ROB; KRISTEN AND TAYLOR DRIVE VANCOUVER CRAZY
Posted by Simone on 17 Sep 2009
VANCOUVER — Hollywood North is on the verge of losing its reputation for cool.
Vancouver has seen stars aplenty since the city graduated into one of North America’s film and television centres. A-listers such as Sean Penn and Robert De Niro are seen walking down the street and dining without bodyguards. Heck, Goldie and Kurt felt so comfortable they bought a house here some years ago.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were molested by paparazzi, but they had a new baby and the public had a right to know what the little tyke looks like. They weren’t mobbed by fans, only the working press.
“Celebrities have always felt quite comfortable in Vancouver and that’s part of our charm and our competitive advantage,” said B.C. Film Commissioner Susan Croome.
History will record that 2009 was the year that everything changed. When filming started last spring on New Moon, the second story in the Twilight saga by author Stephenie Meyer, fans flocked to filming locations in the hundreds, creating unprecedented security headaches for the producers.
Twilight stars Rob Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart are back in Vancouver making the third film, Eclipse, until the end of October and the hysteria shows no sign of letting up. The young stars are tracked by fans to their hotel and favourite restaurants and any bars and clubs where they might try to sneak a drink or see a band.
Fans travel from all over North America and as far away as New Zealand to track their vampire heroes in the hope of getting a picture or an autograph. Some have succeeded, many more failed.
Maybe it’s a virus. Even little Gibsons Landing goes ga-ga over a Zac Efron sighting. The High School Musical star is filming The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud on the Sunshine Coast and attracting some Twilightesque fan attention of his own.
When Zac Efron stopped by the shopping mall on the town’s main drag, he probably didn’t know the local high school was right next door. He was mobbed.
Girls from Elphinstone Secondary gather daily near the waterfront after school and on evenings and weekends for a chance to see Efron. The camera crane on the pier is a clear indication that filming will eventually take place here, but today’s crowd doesn’t know when.
Holly Carter and Courtney Dionne are back after spending three hours waiting for something to happen the day before.
“Today I saw [Efron] drive by me and I was having a freak-out, I was screaming,” said Carter.
“I wasn’t there,” said a dejected Dionne.
Carter’s Facebook status that day read “ZAC EFRON LOOKED AT ME, LIFE = COMPLETE.”
“It’s all anyone at school is talking about,” said Grace Burns. “He’s a big celebrity in a small town and you don’t see that very often.
“You look around and you see younger girls prowling the street,” said Burns, who was sitting with three friends outside The Beachcombers’ iconic cafe Molly’s Reach hoping for a Zac sighting. “I heard a dad ask his kids if they had seen Zac yet, so even the parents know.”
The Facebook status of nearly every girl in school reads “Out prowling for Zac” or words to that effect, Burns said.
The sets for Charlie St. Cloud and Eclipse are closed to the media, so little information is available for fans. The demand for pictures of the stars and any little tidbits of information that can be gleaned by stealth is substantial. Twilight-related stories are huge traffic booster for news and entertainment websites.
Eclipse producers are begging newspaper websites and radio stations outlets in Vancouver not to disclose the filming locations, citing security and safety concerns for both the cast and crew and the fans. For the most part, New Moon and Eclipse have used locations on dead-end streets or remote single access properties that are easily defended. But when urban locations are required, fans are quick to pounce.
Twitter, Facebook and Twilight fansites are constantly updating every rumoured location and star sighting to thousands of hungry Twi-hards at a pace the mainstream media cannot match.
Croome isn’t convinced Hollywood North has completely lost its cool.
“I’m not sure that Charlie St. Cloud is quite the same thing as Twilight, not to the point that they have real safety concerns,” said Croome. “Twilight is the phenomenon the like of which we have never seen before.”
“People aren’t flying in to see a star like Zac Efron,” she said.
THE SEXIEST ROBERT VIDEO I HAVE EVER SEEN
Posted by Simone on 16 Sep 2009
READY TO MARRY? NOPE
Posted by Simone on 16 Sep 2009
OK Magazine shocks us with this headline:
BUT
they don't talk about a fictional marriage of Kristen and Robert. They talk about the Wedding of Bella and Edward in the upcoming Twilight installment Breaking Dawn
OLD ROBERT INTERVIEW - BUT THE BEST EVER!
Posted by Simone on 16 Sep 2009
SEXY AS HELL
Posted by Simone on 15 Sep 2009
Ladies, don't drool 
ROB TALKS TWILIGHT AND NEW MOON
Posted by Simone on 15 Sep 2009
THE DIFFERENCE
Posted by Simone on 14 Sep 2009
I took a very close look at two pics. Do you see the different?
5 REASONS TO LOVE ROBERT
Posted by Simone on 14 Sep 2009
There is no denying it; we are all placed under the "I Love Robert Pattinson" spell that will hopefully never break. Last summer, only a dedicated few knew this British actor was absolutely fabulous. It took the rest of the world a little longer to catch on, but eventually we did, and we gave it everything we have. There are many reasons to love Rob and we took on the daunting task of narrowing the characteristics to the top five.
1. Good Looking. His tussled hair, his chiseled jaw line, and his infectious personality had fans lining up after seeing his first Twilight based interview. Yes, there are many other important qualities to a person besides looks, but when you look like Rob, attention needs to be paid to the details.
2. British Accent. Crisps sound more delicious than potato chips, lift sounds worldlier than elevator and the loo is just more fun to say instead of bathroom. It is no surprise that Americans are infatuated with the British accent; we view it as sexy, debonair, and mostly unique. So when Rob hit the scene, opened his mouth, and his British brogue popped out, fans fell deeper in love.
3. Gave Edward Life. Twilight Saga author Stephenie Meyer painted the picture of Edward Cullen as The Perfect Man. Not only was he painfully good looking, he was sensitive, caring, and a good listener. When Rob morphed into Edward, fans flocked to him because he was brining their hero to life.
4. Humble. Without a doubt, Rob is the most famous person in the world; he tops Google trends, he has been in the top five of IMDb for the past year, and a week does not go by without him on the cover of a magazine. He has a great career, he can buy and do whatever he wants, however he never flaunts his wealth and stays humble throughout all the madness.
5. Part-time Musician. Not only can he rock out to Lynard Skynard late night on set he also has a voice that record labels salivate over. Rob scored himself a spot on the Twilight soundtrack last fall with friend Sam Bradley and it helped the album top the Billboard charts. Pattinson is also a gifted pianist and fans will wait forever for him to be ready to release his own album.
It is hard to only pick five things we love about Robert Pattinson, so if you think we left something out, please add it below. Some runner-up reasons why we love Pattinson are; he nicknamed himself Spunk Ransom, seems to always be happy and smiling, he is not perfect, he loves his hair as much as we do, and he is very articulate in interviews and when interacting with fans. What did we miss?
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