ISABELLA & JACOB! SSA Announces Top Female Male Names for 2009: Twilight a Factor?

According to the SSA (Social Security Administration) the top baby names for 2009 were:
Female: Isabella
Male: Jacob
Can the Twilight craze attribute to this coincidence?
I VOTE A DEFINITE YES!

Coincidentally enough today on Facebook a cousin of mine stated she was happy to go register for "Baby Isabella". Looks like the trend will continue for 2010. However ONE MAJOR disturbing fact in this story....WHERE THE HECK IS EDWARD? Sadly Edward only ranked 137th on list. *sigh*
Listed below are the Top 10 names for both Female & Male:

Source: SSA

Top 10 Names for 2009

Rank	Male name	Female name
1	Jacob	Isabella
2	Ethan	Emma
3	Michael	Olivia
4	Alexander	Sophia
5	William	Ava
6	Joshua	Emily
7	Daniel	Madison
8	Jayden	Abigail
9	Noah	Chloe
10	Anthony	Mia

Bellas Parents in Vancouver

On Monday, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson were in “Florida” at a beach house with “Bella’s” mother played by Sarah Clarke. Sarah left Vancouver yesterday after completing her scenes.

Billy Burke who plays the father is still in town, tweeting about rehearsals, and hanging out with his girlfriend (?) and child. All filming on set this week take place at Bella’s house (on a sound stage) so Billy has been shooting with a busy Kristen Stewart.

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Another New Moon Still: Jacob and Bella on La Push Beach

I know, I know...Its JACOB and not Edward BUT its still a new Movie pic we have NOT yet seen yet. I can't speak for every one but I have to say that it's driving me even more insane with want to see this movieevery time one of these surface. I CANNOT wait for November to get here!!! 114 more days to go and counting....

‘Twilight’ To Be Honored At Vision Awards

Team “Twilight” assemble! The new hotness in vampire romances — sorry “Interview with the Vampire” — can’t seem to stop reaping in the accolades. There’s the five Golden Popcorns — out of seven nominations — picked up by the flick at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. And the record-setting number of Internet streams for the “New Moon” trailer (after the jump), which premiered the same night.

Well you can add another one to the list, because “Twilight” will be recognized as a “film of vision” at the 36th annual Vision Awards on June 27. The Vision Awards are presented by RP International, a non-profit organization that fights the good fight against blinding eye diseases.

Bella, Edward, and the rest of the Cullen clan are in some elite company: Other film honorees this year include “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Seven Pounds,” “Valkyrie” and the upcoming “Inglourious Basterds.” There’s no word yet on how many of the cast members will actually attend the event, but here’s hoping we get a repeat performance of Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson’s almost-kiss at the Movie Awards. Wait, that is if they induct a Best Kiss Of Vision category. Hey, it could happen!

Source:MTV News in Hot Stuff, Twilight Forever!

Exclusive Interview with Hummpy: The Man Behind the Name & the Twilight Spoof

I was lucky enough to be granted an exclusive interview with comedian Dennis Hemphill, better known around these parts as Hummpy. Dennis wrote and starred in the hysterically funny Twilight spoof that The Twilight Sisterhood is so fond of. I've posted it before, but it warrants a replay... trust me, it's that good!

Dennis admits to growing up in a "silly" family, but his biggest inspiration comically as a child was his grandmother. They were very close and he decribes her as being hilarious and brilliant. "She was very encouraging and stuff, so I'd goof off a lot with her."

Dennis says his all-time favorite comedian is Martin Short and he'd love the opportunity to work with him one day. "It would probably be the biggest honor for me." He adds, "Will Ferrell would be pretty rad. Obviously. I mean, I don't know what comedian wouldn't want to work with him right now. He's pretty great."

I asked him where the name Hummpy came from to which he replied, "Uhh, the word hump has always made me laugh and so I just thought Hummpy would b a catchy YouTube Channel name. There is nothing sexual behind it or anything like that, it's just a silly sounding name."

Although, not all Twifans have a sense of humor about the parody (this is mindboggling to me!), he says that the response on his YouTube Channel is probably 95% positive. I told him that we watch it repeatedly and can recite lines from it spur of the moment. "That makes my year, honestly. I love it." Although, he does admit to only watching Twilight initially up through the portion he spoofed, he did finally sit down the other night and watch it in it's entirety. Says he, "I really enjoyed it. I'm a huge fan now. Like, I think it's definitely got it's cute, cheesy 80's cool elements, but overall I'm a huge fan of Twilight. So, I don't want anyone to think that I'm trying to diss it, you know. Every movie you can make fun of in some way. Sure, you can spoof any movie." I wholeheartedly agree, it's all about lightening up and seeing the humor in things.

Since Dennis admitted to loving Twilight, I explained that in the Twi-Universe the mythical creature known as a man that loves Twilight is called a unicorn. With a chuckle he replied, "Oh, that's hilarious! So, I'm a unicorn? Oh, no, no...I don't know...Okay, well I'm a unicorn. That is Awesome!"

Out of respect for the spoof (you'll understand once you watch it) and based on some of his other projects like 'The Panther', 'The Gay Dialect for the Serious Actor' and his role as Frances in the movie 'Bring It On Again', I just had to ask, "Are you a GAY?!" He says that he is not, but that he would be totally open about it if he was. He's very comfortable and has some wonderful gay friends that he loves to death. He says there is just something about him that makes everyone he meets, including his last 5 girlfriends, think that he is at first. We just think he's fabulous and could care less really. He did confirm - sorry, SNLamb - that he is no longer single as a gal he went to high school with found him on Facebook, they rekindled and "It's a go. It's a go. It's great!"

As far as what's on Hummpy's playlist, he says he loves the Killers, Muse, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and a "really crazy avant garde group called Lemon Jelly". Dennis also stated that he can't get enough of Enya and has every album.

We decided at this point to play a little round of 'This or That' which was fun.

In-n-Out or Tommy's?: "Tommy's"

Muppets or Fraggle Rock?: "Ooh, that's a good one. Muppets. The make me laugh way more, but Fraggles are hilarious, too."

Vanilla Ice or MC Hammer?: "MC Hammer"

Pinkberry or Coldstone?: "Coldstone"

Goonies or Stand By Me?: "Goonies. I love the prospect of finding a big ship full of gold. Isn't that fun? We'd all want that."

Danny Zuko or the Fonz?: "Who's Danny Zuko?" (to which I explain he's the stud from Grease) "Oh, oh the Fonz. Totally the Fonz."

Addams Family or the Munsters?: "Adam Sandler?" (I repeat & ennunciate Addams Family) "Ohh, Addams Family. Oh, that's hilarious. I'm losing my hearing, that's awesome! Oh, man that's a tough one, they both creep me out really badly. Okay, let's do the Addams Family, I think they're a little cooler."

Crunchy or Soft?: "What am I eating? Uh, I mean..." (I reply, "Tacos".) "Uh, let's do crunchy."

Marvel or DC?: "I think Marvel is Wolverine and I wish I was Wolverine. That would be the one...he's so cool. So Marvel."

Boxers or Briefs?: "Uh, Boxer Briefs. Yeah, a little hybrid there for ya." *laughs*

In addition to being curious about any new projects he might be working on, his mention of wanting to be Wolverine piqued my interest. I asked if we might see a Wolverine spoof in the near future. He responded with, "That would be fun, huh?! Thank You! I don't see why not." Unfortunately, he's not currently working with the director, Sterling Bishop, that he used for the Twilight and Carl's Jr. spoofs; which he says is his go to guy for professional looking projects. So it may be a while. He's currenly in the process of creating 'Mary Blogs' with one of his American Idol spoof characters on his YouTube Channel. And when I mentioned that his fans want a Hummpy t-shirt with his Edward face on it he said, "I don't think I have a choice. I think I have to get that made." He also found it quite humerous that people would actually want to wear his "ugly Edward face" on a shirt saying, "That's so funny that someone would wear that."

You can find Dennis hanging out on YouTube. And for more information on his sketch comedy group, check out Fries on the Side.

I had a lot of fun chit chattin' with him and as we both thanked each other for the interview he said that he really appreciates his fans. Well, we appreciate you, Dennis, and look forward to whatever you have up your sleeve for the future. So, how about it, people, what would you like to see from him? Let's hear it...

Robward Breaks Down Breaking Dawn

SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't read Breaking Dawn yet, close your eyes and move on to the next post. Lion_Lamb posted this hilarious summary of Breaking Dawn by the adorably animated Robward and I had to share the comic relief. Enjoy!"So it doesn't start so bad. Bella is whiny like usual but I basically just drown that out now. Plus I got her a missile proof car. She thinks its to keep her safe..."

"...but it was really just a way to bring the lolz for Jasper, Emmett and I."

"The wedding goes well...even a bit boring...but it was nice not to have to fight some evil vampire for a few hours...so I try to be a good husband and invite Bella's smelly dog best friend to cheer her up..."

"...but of course Fido has to go cause a big scene when he finds out I'm gonna tap that while she is still human even though SHE'S BEEN BEGGING ME TO DO HER FOR MONTHS and I mean, How much restraint is man supposed to have? I swear if I don't get some soon I'll choke a bitch..."

"Anyways, so I take Bella away to Esme's Island which is in the middle of nowhere so I can get busy with my wife in private and she won't get all cold from me because it's hot as hell. I mean I've had 107 years to plan this so I better not mess up now..."

"So then I get all seductive and tell Bella to meet me in the ocean then I'm finally not a virgin anymore but now no one has any idea how fucking awesome I am in bed since the bitch author fades to black so I get all emo about and figure I shouldn't do it with Bella again until after she is changed which of course pisses Bella off..."

"Then she is all "Edward, I need you" so I do her again then the bitch gets PREGNANT..."

"...so I totally freak out because there is no god damn way I'm spending eternity looking after a kid so I'm thinking it's time for a mutant baby smushsmortion but Bella is all attached and shit..."

"So we go back home to get help from Carlisle but apparently Bella and Rose are all BFF now so the house is all divided then to top it off things are now told from the mongrel's POV...

"I'M EDWARD FUCKING CULLEN...does no one care about my view?"

"Anyways, so I hear all the dog's thoughts and between Bella dying from the mutant baby and me not getting a chance to have my POV I get REALLY emo and desperate and ask Jacob to do Bella so she can have puppies or whatever werewolves have..."

"I know, I KNOW....WTF right? Lapse in judgement but I really didn't want Bella to die."

"So we're trying to be all nice to the dogs because the pack broke up and give them food and shelter and of course my bff Seth is awesome about it all but Jake and Leah have to be complete assholes about it all..."

"So this pregnancy shit goes on for way too long not mention a bunch of really pointless and boring stuff with the pack goes on..."

"Then of course as soon as Carlisle and the others leave Bella goes into Labor and then Rose decides she gets thirsty for Bella right when she is supposed to save the baby so I'm all "WTF MOVE BITCH" and get Jacob to keep Bella alive for the transformation..."

"So I inject her in the heart with my venom then bite her all over then 2 days go by while she has her transformation and she doesn't move at all so I'm kinda freaked but I mean 2 days! Quit bitching, mine was the full three and with way less help..."

"So when she wakes up she is super hot which is awesome and I take her hunting and it turns out she can handle the bloodlust business really well so thumbs up and I show her the baby and warn her about Jacob but kinda don't say everything..."

"...so Bella finds out Jacob imprinted on our kid and nicknamed her after the lock ness monster so she flips out on him which basically just amuses me..."

"...so to calm Bella down I take her to our little cabin the family gave us for some vampire sexin' and she felt way better if I do say so..."

"After we did it like all night (Yes ladies....ALL NIGHT) and even though it was only alluded too, we went back to see Nessie..."

"Okay, you have to admit the stuff with Nessie and me is pretty fucking cute..."

"SO Bella is all bonding with Nessie then that idiot Jacob comes back and tells Bella he fucking phased in front of Charlie and invited him over so we try to act all normal since hes been clueless all this time and its like "oh shit, what are we gonna do?"..."

"Then he comes and like basically doesn't care which is stupid but at least Bella didn't eat him which was helpful..."

"Time totally flies by and Nessie grows super fast and is all creepy too so Carlisle and I do research and plan to go back to South America to figure this baby shit out..."

"Bella goes hunting with Jacob and Nessie but that ho-bag Irina sees them on some fucking mountain and gets all miffed and walks away..."

"Alice has some epic vision of the Volturi killing us all just when things are going okay so we're basically all fucked then Alice and Jasper totally bail after we decide to round up more vamps to vouch for Nessie..."

"And its like "WTF Alice way to bail" but we formulate a plan anyways and everyone goes off to round up vampires to witness that Nessie grows since vamp babies and big N-O with the volturi since Irina told them she saw her that day in the mountains..."

"So all these vamps from all over show up and we find Bella is actually a shield but she kinda sucks at using it so we are all training her..."

"All this preparation stuff goes on for a long ass time, I mean even I'M GETTING BORED and I'm expecting to die soon..."

"So then the day finally comes for the battle to end all battles but it goes on so long and the volturi are all corrupt because we proved Nessie wasn't an immortal and Bella's shield keeps us all safe..."

"Then Alice comes back with another half immortal kid who is basically totally okay and stopped growing at like 17 so we know Nessie won't die and now we know that Alice didn't bail on us..."

"And like I totally knew she wouldn't bail because she is Alice and she is too Awesome for that..."

"So the voluturi back off because everyone kinda turned against them and all is good again and we have a bunch of random new friends and Charlie is totally doing Sue Clearwater now so Bella knows he is fed and shit..."

"So I thank Jacob and call him "Son" just to see the fucking look on his face which was priceless..."

"I mean if he is gonna end up my doing my daughter when she technically only like 7 but looks 17 and probably end up having some wolf-vampire baby I better get the jokes in now..."

"So everyone is all happy then Bella and I put Nessie to bed then I was gonna totally get some but Bella let me see in her mind finally which was nice after all this time..."

"So all in all it was pretty boring but I can't complain because I'm not a virgin anymore."

TLYDF: Exploring the Jasper Factor

Not long ago, our good friend AngstGoddess003 turned to the Twilight Sisterhood for a little research assistance. We're always glad to help when we can, so I was thrilled to see the results of that with her excellent essay for TLYDF called Exploring the Jasper Factor.

AG delves into the concept of Jasper being the next truly "acceptable" star of fanfiction's future. There are literally thousands of fics about Edward and Bella and recently there has been a surge of next generation fics with Jasper taking the reigns.

She breaks down the different variations of Jasper that we're seeing such as Vampsper, Texsper, Darksper and, one that scares me a bit, Edsper. AG explores what it is about these characterizations, in addition to others, that are so appealing to the readers and what the thought process is behind them from the authors themselves.

Beyond that, AG enlisted the help of the Twilight Sisterhood and others with some questions which I presented to those on our forum. First, she wanted to know if we imagine actor Jackson Rathbone, who played Jasper Hale in the movie adaptation of Twilight, when we read/write Twilight fanfiction. If not, she was curious who we do picture in that role. Then she wanted to know our opinions on which we thought was the cooler power, Edward's ability to read minds or Jasper's power of empathetic manipulation.

Here is the Jacksper breakdown and some of our contributions. I know who these "random" readers are. Can you find your input here?:

Jasper is Jackson : 11
Jasper is Jackson, with physical alterations : 5
Jasper is not Jackson : 3
Jasper is Joe Anderson : 1
Jasper is Tatum Channing : 1

Random Reader comment from The Twilight Sisterhood: As for the powers... I think they are both incredibly intrusive; you're either invaded by their thoughts or their emotions. I think I’d have to go with the thoughts, because it is the lesser of the two. I think Edward learned to ignore and tune out the chatter all around him, but they never said anything about jasper being able to ignore emotional surges around him. I’m a very empathetic person, and I know how hard it is not to succumb to the emotions of others when they're running high. I imagine most of the time he's not even sure how he himself feels, he is so inundated with the thoughts around him.

Random Reader comment from The Twilight Sisterhood: The "cooler" power is relative... I think the mindreading thing is cool, but not sure I'd want to live like that the rest of MY life or live with someone else who had that power...so I'd have to choose empathetic manipulation, although I'm a moody bitch, so I'd have to choose C - none of the above...if I had a choice, I'd choose seeing the future like Alice...she has the ability to change the future based on her visions! Way coolest power!

This is such a fun, insightful piece that you must check it out and show AG some love. She did a great job dissecting all of the aspects of The Jasper Factor.

The Lazy, Yet Discerning Ficster

There's still time to vote for Twilight!!!

Are you still voting? If you don't already know this, voting for Best Movie is still open until the beginning of the live show for the MTV Movie Awards. So click until your hearts content and lets give Twilight that last extra PUSH!!

Twilight and cast members are up for 7 awards which include, Best Movie - Twilight, Best Breakthrough Male Performance - Robert Pattinson, Best Breakthrough Male Performance - Taylor Lautner, Best Female Performance - Kristen Stewart, Best Kiss - Robert Pattison & Kristen Stewart, Best Fight - Robert Pattinson & Cam Gigandet and Best Song from a Movie - Paramour - Decode (see below, its a FANTASTIC song and a great video!!)



Last but certainly not least the MOST highly anticipated part of the evening (besides seeing our beloved Rob) will be (hopefully) steamy trailer of New Moon. Click here to see the clip yet again...

"It's my birthday," says Bella (Best Actress nominee Kristen Stewart) as she pulls up in her iconic truck. "Can I ask for something?" Considering her words carefully, Edward looks at his true love. As the music swells, a close-up on KStew reveals her big line: "Kiss me." To the delight of a million Twilighters, Edward Cullen obliges her with a deep smooch that could very well be nominated for next year's Best Kiss award. And then, Bella punctuates the point by taking their forbidden relationship to the next level. "I love you," she says, closing out the clip.

OME...my heart is pounding yet again, I don't even have to watch the clip. I don't know how I'm going to make it to November.

The MTV Movie Awards will air TONIGHT 9PM Eastern, 8PM Central, 7PM Mountain, 6PM Pacific ( I think that should cover it!)

Please please PLEASE ...don't forget to keep voting for "Twilight" <<<---YES THATS THE LINK!!! CLICK ON IT!!! Source

A Kiss from Rob Pattinson? PRICELESS

How much is a kiss with Rob Pattinson worth?

The vampy leading man was auctioned off today in Cannes for the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS 2009 tail Party. The bidding got so high that Pattinson was split between two bidders, who each paid $20,000 for the chance to meet, greet and win a kiss on the cheek from the 'Twilight' idol.

Other items that were auctioned off included a saxophone donated by Bill Clinton, and a vacation with newly engaged pair Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart.

Proceeds from the auction support amfAR's work which includes AIDS research, HIV prevention, treatment education and sound AIDS-related public policy. To find out how you can support amfAR, visit www.amfar.org.

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Cam Gigandet Gets His Ass Kicked by Twihards!

Cam Gigandet vs. Twilight Fans from Cam Gigandet

Gotta love funny or DIE!

Embarrassed Vampire Robert Pattinson

We all know what a shy guy our Robert is and it just makes my heart go pitter-patter even more when he goes all humble on us. Not only is he an ubber hottie, he is one of those guys that just doesn’t let it go to his head.

Robert says: "The Edward in the book is like an enigma of everything that's perfect about a man. It's like, 'He walked into a room and it hurts to see how beautiful he is.' It's just kind of embarrassing. I just couldn't figure out a way to act perfect. I felt like an idiot going into the audition - even having the gall to go in means you're a bit of an arrogant k. who could possibly play it apart from Zac Efron?"

For more click here

Source: M&C

ET New Moon Coverage: Night Three

Last night was the third and final installment of Entertainment Tonight's exclusive New Moon coverage. It was nearly 20 minutes of pure awesome.

ET New Moon 3
by officialspunkransom

Kristen touches on the pivotal break up scene, "She can't move," she describes. "Literally, her guts fall out of her." As did ours when Edward left Bella in the forest in New Moon. Kristen reveals that the break up scene has not yet been shot, and she seems nervous about the prospect of delving into that kind of pain.

Speaking of pain... Rob talks about the Volturi scene where he gets beaten up by a number of vampires - including Dakota Fanning as Jane - and trying to come up with an appropriate way to portray the agony. He describes it as "horrible" and "really disgusting," but I think we all know that nothing Rob does could be either. ;)

And in true Rob fashion, he blurts out his on-set code name without a moment's hesitation. Kind of debunks his earlier statement that Kristen's GQ "Rob can't lie" quote was inaccurate.

He also mentions that he is booked for the next year with various projects. He reveals that he will be starring in a romantic comedy of sorts, but describes it as "more dark than you could possibly imagine." We assume he is talking about Summit's Remember Me, which is set to begin filming this summer.

And while there are no plans for him to be featured on the New Moon soundtrack, he does mention that he is working on composing the soundtrack to another movie - though he won't spill which.

The dark nature of New Moon is further revealed in these exclusive interviews with the cast. From what was said, the masochism and obsession will definitely be translated from the page to the screen, and I for one am excited to see the darker side of Twilight. (And Edward.)

Thanks to Spunk Ransom for the video.

Twilight making an impact on the baby names

Have you ever viewed babynames.com's Top 100 Names of 2008 you will see several names from the Twilight Saga.
Male Names:
#7 - Jacob
#13 - Jackson (Rathbone?)
#94 - Edward
#100 - Jasper

Female Names:
#2 - Isabella
#24 - Bella
#87 - Alice

I predict we will see Carlisle, Esme, Cullen and Emmett added to the Top 100.
And let's not forget Renesmee, which has also been added to the list.

Twilight Trivia Fun

I found this fun trivia game on Rotten Tomatoes. I won't even tell you what my score was. ;o)

Test your Twilight knowledge HERE.