Tag: Robert Pattinson

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Twilight Saga’s New Moon: Let the Obsession with Edward-Obsession take a hold once again

August 7, 2009

Oh. Dear. God. It’s really starting again. I was hoping it wouldn’t. By some miracle of the universe, I was hoping we would all be spared. But it seems that not only it’s starting again, but that in the couple of months since the release of the first movie, the insanity has gathered momentum, its… Read More Twilight Saga’s New Moon: Let the Obsession with Edward-Obsession take a hold once again

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Here we go again: will the DVD release of Twilight cause another period of teen-vampire laden obsession?

March 22, 2009

From midnight release parties to screaming fans to surprise visits from stars to hours spent going over detail about the story and possibly emergency room visits for dehydration secondary to excessive Robert Pattinson related drooling (I totally invented that last one), it seems like a second surge of the Twilight craze is threatening to engulf… Read More Here we go again: will the DVD release of Twilight cause another period of teen-vampire laden obsession?

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Pushing the boundaries: Going beyond the current definition of Edward Cullen-obsession

January 7, 2009

Remember the insanity that is (was?) Twilight? The release of the fourth book, Breaking Dawn, the release of the first movie in theaters, the lines of screaming girls, the requests to Robert Pattinson to be bitten (he’s going to need therapy if people don’t let go of that one)… It all seems to 2008, doesn’t… Read More Pushing the boundaries: Going beyond the current definition of Edward Cullen-obsession

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Murderer!

December 31, 2008

While I doubt books are going to become extinct anytime soon, the industry will most certainly change in the upcoming years. Just like television and Internet have changed the book publishing landscape, so will blogs and digital books. This pains me, because I have always loved books. But it seems to me that, in an… Read More Murderer!

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The Economic Crisis: Down with the Economy, Up with Celebrity Activism

December 16, 2008

Celebrity activism could potentially be a great tool with which inspired teenagers would leave their screens (TV or computer) to go into the outside world and help make a difference. Learning to be selfless in a smart, dedicated kind of way would help decrease, if not eliminate the greed underlying many of the problems that… Read More The Economic Crisis: Down with the Economy, Up with Celebrity Activism