Heart-throb casts spell over teenage fans
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- Heart-throb casts spell over teenage fans
- Twilight Enchants Box Office
- A Harry Potter offshoot
- ‘Twilight’ a monster at the box office
- ‘Twilight’ series sends girls a wrong message
Heart-throb casts spell over teenage fans
Hindu, India
The teenaged heart-throb voted as “sexiest men” after being mobbed by fans at the premiere of his new film, Twilight, in Los Angeles. Based on a series of vampire novels, Twilight is proving extremely popular with the teenage audience that enjoyed Harry Potter. In the film, 22-year-old Pattinson plays a lecherous bloodsucker, a far cry from the squeaky-clean head boy, Cedric Diggory, that he played in Harry Potter series. The vampire novels are written by Stephenie Meyer, a Mormon housewife-turned publishing phenomenon who has been hailed as the new J K Rowling.
Twilight Enchants Box Office
CanMag, CA
6 million during its opening bow. Summit Entertainment had expected numbers close to this, as the studio has already acquired and announced a sequel, New Moon. Landing behind three Harry Potter movies, Twilight experienced the fourth best opening in November; knocking The Incredibles down to #5. Twilight’s draw also hurt Disney’s. Even with the competition,.
A Harry Potter offshoot
Livemint, India
In the ancient-looking book, ?stained and peeling in places?, with a title embossed in runic symbols, Hermoine finds a strange symbol which is later revealed by Xenophilius Lovegood, father of one of the students and editor of The Quibbler, to be the symbol of the Hallows. This book within a book, is supposedly a collection of fairy tales known only to children born into wizard families, but now?s your chance to read it.
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‘Twilight’ a monster at the box office
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com, NJ
Its midnight screenings tripled ‘Quantum of Solace. ‘ It nearly tripled those of ‘Sex and the City. ‘” The stars aligned for “Twilight,” as it swooped into a prime release date when “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” abandoned its pre-Thanksgiving spot for a summer ‘09 bow. The vampires migrated a month up from their original Dec. After this weekend, a sequel is all but guaranteed. “Potter” probably would have hit a number north of $70.
‘Twilight’ series sends girls a wrong message
Contra Costa Times, CA
” I’m not one of them. I see “Twilight” as a sappy and unhealthy romance. Worst of all, I believe “Twilight” rejects modern ideas of feminism and supports the idea that a woman cannot survive without a man. The modern teenage girl thinks of Edward Cullen as the perfect, chivalrous man, while I find him chauvinistic and corny.