New Moon

My LA: Chris Weitz On Hidden Neighborhoods, Food Trucks & Malibu

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 08.27.2011

Who: Chris Weitz -- Director, best known for the American Pie franchise, New Moon, The Golden Compass, and About A Boy, which gained him an Academy Aw...

Los Angeles Film Festival

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 08.15.2011

On June 16, Film Independent and the Los Angeles Times present the highly anticipated, seventeenth annual, ten-day-long movie-watching extravaganza th...

Fox News Condemns "Twilight" For Romanticizing Domestic Violence

foxnews.com | Posted 07.31.2011

In a recent episode of CW’s hit series “Gossip Girl,” Ed Westwick’s character Chuck Bass showed his “love” for former flame Blair Waldorf...

The Moon Is Not a Harsh Mistress

Santhosh Mathew, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

Santhosh Mathew, PhD

The speculation that the full moon and its gravitational effect on Earth could trigger earthquakes and other natural disasters is getting attention in some quarters.

Taylor Lautner: Trying To Become The Next Tom Cruise?

Posted 05.25.2011

For a teen wolf, Taylor Lautner has some big ambitions. Working to make the transition from tween heart throb in the 'Twilight' series to a more seri...

This Is Your Brain On 'Twilight'

LiveScience | Posted 05.25.2011

"If you look very, very clearly at what kind of values the 'Twilight' books propagate, these are very conservative values that do not in any way endor...

Interview With a Philosopher: On The Vampire

Tom Morris | Posted 11.17.2011

Tom Morris

From gay rights, to domestic violence, to the morality of our food choices, vampires may after all have a lot to teach us about our humanity, as we see how we react to what we see them do.

Sex and the City and the Misunderstandings Concerning Female Escapist Fantasy

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Mendelson

This is not about whether the films are good or not, but whether critics properly understand the genre that said franchise represents.

Reading In Public: Not Everybody's Reading The Top Of The Bestseller List (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz and Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Reading books in public makes a statement, we think, about how someone feels about a particular work. It usually means someone is engaged enough that ...

Guess What? Women Buy More Movie Tickets Than Men

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Melissa Silverstein

You know that whole conversation about how women don't go to the movies and are not a film market? You know that conversation that we hear over and o...

The Super-Awesome, Astoundingly Mathematical Weekend Box Office Prediction for Twilight Saga: New Moon!

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Mendelson

Based on my top-secret, patented box office estimation formula, I hereby state that Twilight Saga: New Moon will gross $81 million over its first three days. No... wait, it will actually gross $91 million!

Is the Twilight Saga Heralding the Reincarnation of the B-Movie?

Annie Stamell | Posted 05.25.2011

Annie Stamell

The Twilight series has bad writing, ridiculous characters, and is excessive and unrealistic, but most importantly: it's fun. It's a lot of fun. Both the books and the film are so bad they're good.

Kristen Stewart's Sad Face: Is It Her Dress? (PHOTO)

Posted 05.25.2011

"New Moon" lead Kristen Stewart attended the film's London premiere Wednesday night, barely cracking a smile as she posed. Get HuffPost Entertai...

Taylor Lautner's SNL Monologue: Flips, Spins And Fight Moves (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

"Twilight" actor Taylor Lautner re-imagined the 2009 VMAs for his SNL monologue, complete with a backflip, fight moves and more. Lautner, who is supp...

'Twilight' - And Its Fans - To Invade Rome

AP | MARTA FALCONI | Posted 05.25.2011

ROME — The Volturi have invaded the red carpet. The actors playing the vampire "royal class" in the highly anticipated second installment of th...

What Men Can Learn From "New Moon"

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011

Tom Matlack

With all that longing and fighting and running and leaving and reuniting, these guys rise above the day-to-day fray of doing the dishes and taking out the trash.

New Moon, Same Old Sexist Story

Katherine Spillar | Posted 05.25.2011

Katherine Spillar

New Moon is a film full of gender stereotypes -- testosterone-driven male aggression, females who pine away over lost loves, boys who fix motorcycles and the girls who watch them.

"Bad Moon Rising": My Playlist For All You Suckers Waiting On Line To See The Twilight Saga: New Moon

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

David Wild

Fortunately, as the father of two sons, absolutely no one is asking me to see New Moon, but for those out there waiting in some bloody line, here's my moon-themed playlist.

Robert Is Bothered: Pattinson Complains About Lack Of Screen Time In "New Moon" (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

When Robert Pattinson gets sad or angry he doesn't cry about it, but rather he climbs up a tree (usually with a doll that looks like Kristen Stewart) ...

Dakota Fanning Is Leggy In Lace (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Dakota Fanning looked sweet and sophisticated in a strapless black Valentino dress at the LA premiere of 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' Monday night in...

Kristen Stewart's Sheer Intrigue In Madrid (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

"New Moon" leading lady Kristen Stewart dared to bare in Madrid promoting her new movie Thursday night. Stewart donned a dress with sheer panels for...

HuffPost Weekend Box Office in Review: Avatar Crosses $400 Million U.S.

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Mendelson

With $1.33 billion in the worldwide bank, Avatar is just over $500 million away from breaking Titanic's seemingly unsinkable $1.8 billion record.

Robert Pattinson On The Lonely Life Of A Teen Heartthrob

Posted 05.25.2011

"Twilight" heartthrob Robert Pattinson graces the December cover of Vanity Fair. Inside, the brooding Englishman talks about auditioning for his star-...

Vampires: Immortal, and Recession Proof

Janet Ginsburg | Posted 05.25.2011

Janet Ginsburg

Vampires would fare significantly better than most in our current crisis, because they have a few things most citizens do not: old fashion common sense, a fiscally prudent nature -- and a very long memory.

Bella Is a Lousy Role Model, but Do We Only Care Because She's a Girl?

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Mendelson

What is worth noting is that all of these male characters are basically users and abusers of their friends, family, and lovers. Yet Bella is attacked in various circles because she allows herself to be abused and used.