Leaving, On a Jet Plane...

I am at Seatac, I am flying stand by and unfortunately my Seatac - JFK flight was full as was the JFK - Orlando, so I swapped to a Boston layover which meant a midnight departure not 9pm....luckily I had a ride down not a shuttle so we went to Red Lobster for dinner.

I had never been to a Red Lobster because 1- we don't have any near me and 2 - I am not a huge seafood fan.... wait - I lie... When I lived in Michigan we went once.... but I was 20... we are talking ten years ago, I barely even remember going....

Anmyways, I had steak and lobster, figured you couldn't go wrong with a surf & turf... it was good...

Now I am at the airport awaiting my flight, it is chilly here at the gate, glad I brought my parka, even though i am heading to sunny Florida... is it weird I want to try some oranges while I am there... I have a vision of myself walking through orange fields, er... orchards... and picking oranges to eat... ha ha unlikely...

I am excited for this trip because I can scratch two more states off my "MUST SEE USA STATES"

Boston MA, although just a lay over, is two hours and honestly, anything more than an hour counts in my books, airport only - or not.....

Then Orlando FL for the weekend... I can't even wait.

My plans this weekend, in case you pan to stalk me, include:

Twilight Convention Saturday (I am presenting too woot woot)

Daytona Beach

Harry Potter World

City Walk/Bars/karaoke

Site-seeing/Tours

I am super excited as it is a friends birthday so a few of us gals are flying in to celebrate :)

When I get back it's work work all week then holidays for the holidays, we aren't travelling, except maybe driving to Seattle, but we plan to enjoy home, Christmas and fun times....

We have our annual Christmas Sweater/PJ Party and family plans and gingerbread house making and present wrapping and hopefully some snow... if not we will probably head to a local mountain for snow tubing or something fun... Last year we went to the local mountain to snow tube then to my aunt's for dinner and an outdoor hot tub in the snow - - epic!

Anyways, this is deffo more personal blog but I am sitting here bored at the airport.....

Have a fabulous weekend and I promise to tweet, tumblr, facebook and blog all the fun adventures :)

Nikki Reed in SELF Magazine - Outtakes

I can NOT wait to see Nikki Reed this weekend @twi_tour Orlando. She is such an awesome chikita and so beautiful!!!

Here are some more outtakes feom SELF Magazine

[Via]

Jackson Rathbone joins Creation's Official Twilight Convention 2011

@twi_tour 2011 has some exciting guests including Jackson Rathbone and @100monkeysmusic

I will be at Seattle Convention and hope to see you all there!!

2010 was an amazing year for The Official TWILIGHT Convention Tour and we thank all the wonderful guests and fans that made it all possible! Tens of thousands of fans were able to get together and share the love we all have for the Twilight Saga and we had so much fun we're hard at work on making 2011 even bigger and better!


With only one more date left in 2010 (Orlando on December 10-12, 2010) we've just begun to announce our first celebrities for 2011 and we're looking forward to some cool surprises in the weeks to come. We are extremely pleased to welcome the very talented actor/musician/producer JACKSON RATHBONE (Jasper Hale) to the 2011 Tour with four dates as featured below. Along with appearing on stage Jackson will be performing with his amazing band 100 MONKEYS (get ready to raise the roof)!


Here are the first guests set for the below stops on the 2011 Tour, keep an eye out for future announcements as we fill up our guest celebrity and event rosters....


SEATTLE, WA. JANUARY 22-23, 2011
TINSEL KOREY (Emily) Appearing Saturday and Sunday
JULIA JONES (Leah Clearwater) Appearing Saturday and Sunday
TYSON HOUSEMAN (The Wolf Pack's Quil Ateara) Appearing Saturday and Sunday
BOOBOO STEWART (The Wolf Pack's Seth Clearwater)


SAN FRANCISCO, CA. FEBRUARY 4-6, 2011
TINSEL KOREY (Emily) Appearing Friday and Saturday
BRONSON PELLETIER (The Wolf Pack's Jared) Appearing Saturday and Sunday
JACKSON RATHBONE (Jasper Hale) Appearing Saturday
100 MONKEYS Performing in concert Saturday Night


NASHVILLE, TN. MARCH 11-13, 2011
TYSON HOUSEMAN (The Wolf Pack's Quil Ateara) Appearing Saturday and Sunday
TINSEL KOREY (Emily) Appearing Friday and Saturday
JACKSON RATHBONE (Jasper Hale) Appearing Saturday
100 MONKEYS Performing in concert Saturday Night


LOS ANGELES, CA. MARCH 4-6, 2011
BRONSON PELLETIER (The Wolf Pack's Jared) Appearing Saturday and Sunday
TINSEL KOREY (Emily) Appearing Friday and Saturday
JULIA JONES (Leah Clearwater) Appearing Friday and Saturday
JACKSON RATHBONE (Jasper Hale) Appearing Saturday
100 MONKEYS Performing in concert Saturday Night


ARLINGTON, VA APRIL 15-17, 2011
BRONSON PELLETIER (The Wolf Pack's Jared) Appearing Saturday and Sunday
TYSON HOUSEMAN (The Wolf Pack's Quil Ateara) Appearing Saturday and Sunday
JULIA JONES (Leah Clearwater) Appearing Friday and Saturday
JACKSON RATHBONE (Jasper Hale) Appearing Saturday
100 MONKEYS Performing in concert Saturday Night


CHICAGO, IL. JUNE 25-26, 2011
BRONSON PELLETIER (The Wolf Pack's Jared) Appearing Saturday and Sunday
JULIA JONES (Leah Clearwater) Appearing Saturday and Sunday

Mandys Mind - I will be at Seattle Convention for sure! I hope to see you all there!

Creation Entertainment has all information on all conventions.

Creation's Official Twilight Convention hits Indiana

Details here.

Karaoke at L.A Twilight Convention (Shoop Video included)

Michael Welch hosted and Kiowa and his band Touche popped in a bit here and there, luckily not too much, sorry but I just am NOT a fan of Touche's sound.... or Kiowa's voice.... (just me?)

Hee are a few pics:

Anyways I have videos to upload still but for now here are a few photos and Christy's video of "Shoop"

Side note - I do not sing EVER not even karaoke EXCEPT for shoop - and only when I have a group of people - we'd all had enough bevvies that I convinced a bunch of people to join me and well... you will see... ha ha ha #insanity



Don't judge us LoL

More Cast Added to Creation's L.A. Twiight Convention

Creation's Official Twilight Convention L.A. just went from great to unbelivably great.

Just when you thought it couldn't get better a ton of new talent was added to the roster.

I posted previously on the L.A. Convention here, but they've since added the following to that already impressive list of guests:

Peter Facinelli

Dr. Carlisle Cullen
Appearing Saturday on a special Cullen Family Panel

ELIZABETH REASER

Esme Cullen
Appearing Saturday on a special Cullen Family Panel.

NIKKI REED

Rosalie Hale
Appearing Saturday on a special Cullen Family Panel.

Also listed is Ashley Greene.

CHASKE SPENCER

Sam Uley
Appearing Saturday on a special Wolf Pack Panel.

ALEX MERAZ

Paul
Appearing Saturday on a special Wolf Pack Panel.

JULIA JONES

Leah Clearwater
Appearing Saturday on a special Wolf Pack Panel

BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD
Victoria
Appearing Saturday on a special panel tentatively with Xavier Samuel.

XAVIER SAMUEL

Riley
Appearing Saturday on a special panel tentatively with Bryce Dallas Howard.

THE FILMMAKERS PANEL
We are incredibly happy to present, on Saturday, a very special panel featuring three members of the extraordinary team that is bringing The Twilight Saga: Eclipse to the theaters across North America on June 30, 2010. Join us to welcome:
David Slade (director) , Melissa Rosenberg (screenwriter) and Wyck Godfrey (producer)


Also as previously listed:


ROBERT PATTINSON

Appearing on a very special panel event Saturday early evening! If you are attending the convention you are IN to see this amazing event!

Due to scheduling, Robert will not be available for autographing or photo ops


KRISTEN STEWART

Appearing on a very special panel event Saturday early evening! If you are attending the convention you are IN to see this amazing event!

Due to scheduling, Kristen will not be available for autographing or photo ops.


TAYLOR LAUTNER

Appearing on a very special panel event Saturday early evening! If you are attending the convention you are IN to see this amazing event!

Due to scheduling, Taylor will not be available for autographing or photo ops.

GIL BIRMINGHAM

TWILIGHT’s Billy Black
Appearing Saturday


JUSTIN CHON

TWILIGHT’s Eric Yorkie
Appearing Friday


TINSEL KOREY
NEW MOON’s Emily
Appearing Friday


MICHAEL WELCH
Mike Newton
Appearing Friday


JUSTINE WACHSBERGER

NEW MOON’s Gianna
Appearing Sunday


TYSON HOUSEMAN
NEW MOON’s Quil Ateara
Appearing Saturday


BOOBOO STEWART

ECLIPSE’s Seth Clearwater
Appearing all three days

CAMERON BRIGHT
The Volturi's Alec
Appearing Sunday


CHRISTOPHER HEYERDAHL

Volturi Leader Marcus
Appearing Sunday


KIOWA GORDON

Embry Call
Appearing Friday


DANIEL CUDMORE

Felix
Appearing Saturday


CHRISTIAN SERRATOS
Angela
Appearing Saturday


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Tickets still available, although I don't imagine for long! I will be in L.A. for a week including the weekend of the convention and will blog & Tweet live.... Expect photos, reports and lot's of awesomeness.

Donate to Mandy's Mind to be entered into a draw for great prizes from the Convention. Your donations will help me keep doing what I do - bringing you the goods.

Interview with Catherine Hardwicke from Twilight Lexicon in Vancouver

Here is the interview Twilight Lexicon did with Catherine Hardwicke in Vancouver. I was lucky enough to be in the room and was the videorgapher. What an experience to meet Cahterine Hardwicke in such an intimate setting.

L.A. Twilight Convention Seating Chart

Here is a seating plan for the convention.

And this photo shows the "Glass Partitions" which aren't really that bad at all. Of course there won't be tables like this photo shows, it is only to see the glass "walls" that are in place.

I know Allison an Twifans started a seating chart to fill people who were going in - I am hoping to add to that with anyone who tweets me or comments here or emails me their seat #. I hope to meet as many people as I can because at the Vancouver Convention there were tons of people I'd hoped to meet and didn't.

Once I get my official seat # I will post it also.

I can't wait!

[Via TwiFans]

Mandy's Post on Official Twilight Convention Vancouver

I have so many posts, pictures and stories to share, I wanted to have one "go-to" post with links to everything.

If you are thinking of attending a Twilight Convention I posted "The Basics" for you to read, hopefully it helps.

The whole weekend was hosted by Hillywood which was awesome fun!

Friday Summary.

-Bronson Pelletier's Q&A Session.
-Kiowa Gordon's Q&A Session.
-Friday Night Karaoke.

Saturday Summary

-Bronson Pelletier & Kiowa Gordon's Q&A Session together. *COMING SOON*
-Jodelle Ferland's Q&A Session.
-Cameron Bright's Q&A Session.
-Daniel Cudmore's Q&A Session.
-Volturi Vampire Ball.

Sunday Summary

-Catherine Hardwicke Private Interview.
-Sunday Brunch.
-Catherine Hardwicke's Q&A Session.
-Peter Facinelli's Q&A Session.
-Cameron Bright's Q&A Session.

Also:

-Interview with Creation's co-founder Gary Berman.
-Interview & Q&A Session with New Moon & Eclipse Make-up Artist Leslie Graham. *COMING SOON*
-Fan Photos *COMING SOON*

Overall I had a fantastic weekend.

I was able to more thoroughly enjoy the entire weekend than when I just went a couple days to The Official Twilight Convention in Seattle.

Additionally, it was nice seeing so many local fans who I talk to on twitter and email.

Next up is the L.A. Twilight Convention which will be extra special as it has appearandes from Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and many more cast members from Twilight Saga Eclipse.

I have already started to plan my trip out there and look forward to meeting many more fans who attend also.

Catherine Hardwicke at Vancouver Twilight Convention

Perhaps the most controversial in the Twilight series, director of the first Twilight movie, Catherine Hardwicke attended Vancouver's Twilight Convention.

Known for being a little off-the-wall and eccentric, I was really looking forward to seeing her because she was the only celebrity attending I had never met.

I first saw her going up the escalator while at Starbucks and thought how cool it would be to hear her Q&A later that morning.

When I went upstairs I saw Twilight Lexicon's Alphie and chatted with her. She was about to do an interview with Catherine Hardwicke in a room just down the hall and on a whim I asked if I could sit in.

Catherine came out and we all went into the room. It was Alphie & Something Blue from Lexicon, Catherine Hardwicke and me.

The room was pretty bare walled and dull so Catherine suggested doing the interview on the floor since the carpet was so funky.

You could quickly see how creative and unique Catherine was. She joked they could be sitting like they were in the meadow, then decided they could lie down and be filmed from above. Guess who filmed them?

Yup - me!

Here I am standing on a chair in heels, looking down at the three ladies lying there - - - I joked that I would die if I fell on Catherine and they laughed, what a great first impression eh? ha ha!

It was amazing to be "directed" by Catherine Hardwicke!! I joked I would be adding this to my resume ha ha!

After following her direction on where to stand and the angle to use we did a quick test shot and I showed them how it looked. It got Catherine's stamp of approval and so it began.

I won't share any of the details that were discussed but Twilight Lexicon will be posting the interview and I will link to it then. You won't want to miss it - she is such a neat lady to talk to and listen to!

Afterwards I shook her hand again and after she left did a giddy little happy dance.... HOW COOL WAS THAT?!?!

Off to the Q & A - I was sitting in the front and as you know if you follow me on twitter, tweeting all weekend. At one point she joked that when people were uninterested they'd be on their phone texting... I was SO embarrassed but told her I was listening more intently than most (since I was tweeting her practically verbatim) and she smiled - phew!

Anyhow, there were alot of things she discussed, many of her quotes were misinterpreted or used by magazines and bloggers as their own "Private interviews" but I can let you know that simply wasn't the case. Those quotes were in a public setting in front of a theatre of a few hundred people during the Q & A Session.

To my knowledge Twilight Lexicon was the only group to get an interview with Catherine Hardwicke because she was literally only available a few hours at the convention and had very little to no time for anything else while there.

Here is my summary (and often explanation) of Catherine Hardwicke's Q & A Session at Vancouver's Twilight Convention:


- Catherine says the whole cast was great. Kristen is so intense and Rob so wacky. Peter is amazing… She talks about how Peter Facinelli got the job because of a “book” (Peter told the story in more detail during his Q & A also)

- Catherine talks about bringing words in a book to life in a movie. “It’s a visual and musical experience brought to life”

- She asks fans how many times they have seen Twilight in Theatre. Highest is 15. She says there was once a girl who had gone 80 times and she couldn’t believe it.

- She isn’t sure what she would next like to turn book into movie and takes requests from the fans who offer up a number of novels they’d love to see her transform into a movie.

- When asked if she’d change anything about Twilight she says looking back she wishes Summit saw what she saw and had provided a larger budget. She had an underwater scene and more cool tricks for the baseball scene planned originally but the budget wouldn’t allow it.

- Her past work includes 13, Lords of Dogtown, Nativity Story.

- Her current projects include Red Riding Hood and Hamlet.

- Red Riding hood is the idea of Leonardo DiCaprio to make a modern “Little Red Riding hood” but in a gothic, dark way.

- Red Riding Hood will star Amanda Seyfreid, Gary Oldman, Julie Christie, Shiloh Fernandez who a runner up for the role of Edward. She says we will love him.

- They designed the Cullen Crest for Twilight (it’s not in the book) and she is thrilled fans picked up on it and loved it. The lion represents strength and power and it was based on a necklace she owned.

- If she created a superhero it would be an Architect superhero who hates ugly buildings. Catherine’s background of course is in architecture.

- Creating a movie is like painting a picture or a piece of art, you must be alive in every moment, she's an interactive director and tries to bring that to the screen.

- Casting was fun. She basically brought Kristen to her house and told her she was bringing 4 cute guys over to audition, or essentially make-out with. She promised to provide mouthwash and gum for her. She said Rob was the last to audition and got “a bit wild” and “out of control” making out with Kristen in Catherine’s bed (which she still sleeps on but imagines it will sell for a lot on ebay one day ha ha) She said Rob fell off the bed a lot during the audition and during filming for that matter. Afterwards Kristen says “it has to be Rob” and Catherine had to re-watch to be sure but agreed instantly after seeing the play backs. Summit wasn’t sure because Rob came in and he was a bit “chubby” and “messy” and they called Catherine to say “Are you sure you can make this guy look good?” ha ha

- She said that she told Rob “don’t you dare get involved with her, she is a minor” and explained that being involved with an under-aged girl was illegal.

- She shared full size Edward cut-out doll stories with fans.

- To aspiring directors she says start small, get an audience, and go for it. She says she never made money on her first film which took 2 years of her life to make happen, but it opened up opportunities. She recognizes Hillywood for their efforts in making a go at it and doing it all themselves.

- She says she enjoyed doing Lords of Dogtown because it is a fun skateboard movie with tons of cute boys in long hair extensions, Heath Ledger who was so creative & amazing was in it and there were tons of cool angles.

- Heath was a very creative soul, during party scene he really took on his character!

- Catherine relates to Bella's awkward/clumsy demeanor, she thinks everyone can, She told a story about how at school she couldn't turn off water & flooded the school leading to being teased more. She just knows how it is to feel like an odd-ball and believes most people can and therefore relate to Bella’s character.

- She says that Kristen isn’t clumsy she’s actually an athlete (um, Catherine, who are you talking about? Sorry, I see Kristen as being clumsy and awkward as Bella. Maybe not tripping over tree stumps but dropping awards and stumbling over words…. But again, that makes her easier to relate to and lovable. Athlete? This is a surprise to me!)

- Catherine says she loves how actors brought characters to life and uses Anna Kendrick as an example of bringing so much more to Jessica

- A Fan asked if Stephenie Meyer disagreed with anything she wanted to do in Twilight. Catherine said Stephenie had been so busy writing Breaking Dawn and The Host at the time she only came to set about three times but she had certain rules for making the movie (such as you can’t randomly kill a character who isn’t supposed to be killed off) Catherine said Stephenie may have been shocked when she cast Edi Gathegi as Laurent but in the book he is described as having “Olive skin” and Catherine thought “there’s black olives” ha ha

- Catherine talks about auditioning actors and how sometimes people have such outrageous interpretations of roles and she actually bursts out laughing, though she tries not to. By the same token, those outrageous interpretations can bring a role to life or stand out and get you an amazing part.

- Catherine was talking about Kristen’s amazing acting ability and joked “We may hate her because she is with rob, but she does a great job” [I got a lot of angry tweets about this but it could be taken many ways so try not to freak out ok?]

- Catherine talked a lot about the movie 13. This was my favourite part of her discussion because I absolutely loved the movie 13 and have so admiration for Nikki Reed because of it.

- 13 was written in 6 days with Nikki Reed over school break based on Nikki’s life

- Nikki was having issues and Catherine tied to draw out her creative side by taking her surfing, to draw, go to museums, but Nikki wanted to act. There went to acting classes and read books on acting but there were no serious roles for 13 year olds and Nikki simply wasn’t the Disney kid type so they decided to write their own part for her.

- While writing about the distractions and the ebb and flow of teenaged life Catherine witnessed the real roller coaster of emotions that exist at that age. She spoke about how while writing Nikki’s phone would go off (as a distraction) from friends calling and she’d be happy and excited and then the next moment it would go off and she’s be enraged or in tears. They tried to capture that reality in the script.

- She thinks 13 worked because it was specific and reached out to a certain group. She says sometimes if you make a movie that is too general it may not appeal to anyone. 13 was specific and thinks Nikki Reed and her family were so brave to let it happen.

- A question came from a local tabloid writer / paparazzi who had bought a ticket to the conference. She asked about the rumored salary dispute with Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz.

It was high inappropriate to ask Catherine Hardwicke who has nothing to do with the project about that topic, especially at a fan event. What was worse was she mispronounced Kellan’s name.

Catherine was very diplomatic and kind enough to answer a question that has nothing to do with her. She explained that it was probably a complicated issue and often in movies things get messy during negotiations. She talked about how there are many people involved. Of course shortly after the event it was announced that everything was signed and done over the weekend anyways.

My thought is it was simply normal movie negotiations with some leaks to try and push people to settle quickly. I was shocked to hear such an absurd question at a fan convention and even more shocked to learn this lady was upset with people reporting on what was said because it was “her story” – some people never cease to amaze me at how cut-throat and insane they can be….

It was a public Q&A at a FAN convention, I wish they had a more thorough screening process!!!

Overall it was a great Q & A besides the last bit. Sigh

Q&A with Daniel Cudmore at Vancouver Twilight Convention

Q&A with Daniel Cudmore.
Daniel arrived looking sexy in his hat. He truly is so tall and sexy. A friend said he reminded her of Dane Cook in his hat and with all his quirky humour.

Charlie Bewley couldn't make it as scheduled and asked Daniel to tell us he was very sorry. I was sad that Charlie didn't make it, however, I had been tweeting Dan all week asking him to come so I was really thrilled to see him there, especially since he is local!

I remember in Seattle he and Charlie were SO funny together, but I enjoyed him solo as he didn’t have Charlie stealing the spotlight ;) ha ha!

Please understand he jokes a lot so it may not come across reading the words but I assure you in person we were all laughing and having a great time!

Here is a summary of what Dan talked about in Vancouver:

- He has done more movies and films than telelvision.

- His fave place in Vancouver is biking on the sewall, except for walkers in the bike lane

- He originally auditioned for the role of the “biker” Bella meets after the movies. He got a call back that he missed and so when he did go in he still had no idea he was doing a 2nd audition but for a new character, Felix. He did a cold read and the rest is history.

- His fave Twilight book is Eclipse because of the battle scenes. It used to be New Moon because he would read it and say “ooh sweet there I am”

- He loved seeing the fight scenes and the wolves. He joked about if he was a wolf he’s truly be a GIANT wolf

- He doesn’t have a favourite colour. He could say blue but then green would be all “what’s up?” He said rainbow before (It was in Seattle, I recall) and Charlie made fun of him (In Seattle this happened, of course rainbow is the symbol of gay pride, so Charlie pretended to be frisky with Daniel, I posted photos and story here) So now he just says he doesn’t have a favourite colour.

- If he could be a different Volturi it would be Jane. He’s sick of her always picking on everyone and would like to not be a giant vampire who always gets beat up by a girl.

- He said it was really hot in Italy and he feared he would pass out.

- Makeup wasn’t too bad it only took an hour or so but the contacts made it hard to see in your peripherals so he worried he would accidentally really hit Rob and knock him out.



- The stunt guy for Rob in New Moon was actually a friend of Dan’s and he had bruises from being thrown around a lot. He said there was a space just the right size for his head when he threw him down and was thankful he didn’t miss. Dan says they are still friends – phew!

- If he could go back and tell himself something he says he wouldn’t change a thing, then he jokes “maybe a few nights I should have just gone home” He then reconsiders “maybe to eat a bunch of junk food and stunt my growth so I would get more roles” Awwn… he mentioned in Seattle also that his height actually hinders him in acting because he is often told he is “too tall” for a role.

- He says he isn’t noticed too much and usually flies under the radar. Mostly people will just stare with that look like “Where do I know him from?” and if it’s in Vancouver, especially when his hair is grown out, they assume he is a hockey player.

- He won’t share any juicy stories about Charlie Bewley because he says it would only start a war and Charlie would retaliate with juicy stories about him and he doesn’t want that. He does say that Charlie makes him laugh, they get along great and he has a ginormous head, not necessarily in an egotistical way but in the actual size of his melon.

- If he could be a woman for one day he would go to naked yoga (Hey Daniel, you can come as you are, we won’t mind!)

- Any nicknames? “Cuddles” he says, though his brother got it too and he isn’t very cuddly. (It has to be because of their last name Cudmore) He says he used to be a short, chubby kid but then he started growing and didn’t stop. It was like his arms and legs were stretched and he was clumsy like a deer on ice (Awn Bambi)

- A Fan asked about White Spot (a restaurant) and he jokes about their “Triple – O sauce”

- Before acting his fave job was as a “petroleum flow engineer” aka gas attendant. He worked in Squamish which is a party town and he would literally work 3 hours shifts after school then go party at the lake with people he had met coming through on their way to party.

- Upcoming Projects? Indie Film A Night for Dying Tigers directed by Terry Miles. (I looked into this, he plays Dave and co-stars include L-Word’s Jennifer Beals and the original 90210’s “Claire” actress, Kathleen Robertson)

- He loved the cast, he says Dakota is 16 but so much more mature than he is, Sheen is amazing to watch because he is so professional and talented. He said Charlie and him are very close, Cam is cool Jamie is funny and always happy and Chris is a blast. He said the Volturi are like a “cool little family”

- When asked about where to shoot Breaking Dawn he said obviously he loves Vancouver but he doesn’t know or decide those things.

- He grew up in Squamish and went to Howe Sound Secondary. He says there were no sports because noone wanted to come all the way out to their small town for a game, so he took a lot of drama.

- His dream role would be a remake of Spaceballs or a wacky comedy with Jack Black or Will Ferell. He isn’t sure he could do it because everytime Will Ferell looked at him with his beady lil eyes he’d probably crack up laughing. (For the record, Dan is so funny I would LOVE to see him in a comedy!)



- When asked where he shops he says “Not Big & Tall, I don’t wear sweater vests” He says he loves Australian stores because they have stuff that fits him. He wants real jeans not capris but stores in Vancouver look at him crazy when he asks for 36 length or size 14 shoes. (Yes ladies, size 14!)

- He loved the wire work in Eclipse, he was floating around, which was cool but his feet would drag or get caught on everything, meanwhile Dakota would start floating sideways and just keep going so professional despite being spun around the wrong way

- He says Rob is funny and Kristen is a sweetheart, both are very cool and down to earth.

- He had a nice conversation with fans about toxic candy like the ones that make your mouth bleed but you are thinking “yum” (flying saucers) or the giant gobstoppers you used to jam in your mouth and suck on then wrap in tissue which would always lead to picking off bits of tissue before you ate it again, or eating tissue.

- He watched Friends, but he doesn’t own the box set…. So he had to think about his fave “Friends” moment – he chose Ross and the leather pants. It reminded him of his outfit in X-Men, to which a fan asked “wasn’t that spandex?” ha ha “No I don’t look good in spandex, it was leather”
- Dan (sadly) is not single… though he did say “I am not single but I am also not married” ha ha

-He hasn’t done stand-up comedy but would like to – or as he says “maybe sit down comedy” ha ha The crowd thinks he should do I t- he had us laughing the entire time!

Here he is after his dance at the Volturi Ball.


He was so nice at the Volturi Ball posing for photos and chatting with fans



See More from Vancouver's Twilight Convention Here

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Convention in L.A. June 11-3, 2010

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE CONVENTION comes to Los Angeles on June 11-13 headlined by ROB PATTINSON, KRISTEN STEWART and TAYLOR LAUTNER and the cast of the year's most eagerly awaited film. You are invited to join the celebration as the countdown to the film's release of June 30th in theaters throughout North America draws ever closer!

Today, due to popular demand, they opened up sales of tickets for single days of the convention for those that can not make it the full weekend. They are also offering separate tickets to both of the super-cool Friday and Sunday evening Volturi Vampire Balls.

Make your plans to be there for this once in a lifetime weekend!

Mandy's Mind - I will be there! See more at the bottom of this post!

Ticket Options
CULLEN CREST WEEKEND (GROUP A OR GROUP B)
$349

HERE’S WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU GO CULLEN CREST (Group A or Group B) at The Official Twilight Saga: Eclipse Convention coming to Los Angeles:

1) Reserved preferred seating for daytime/early evening convention MAIN AUDITORIUM events, all THREE DAYS. The MAIN AUDITORIUM is where we have star appearances, Q&A, contests, videos, special events, & more.

2) FREE in-person non-rushed autographs from four TWILIGHT celebrities in attendance! Awesome and if bought separately, worth a big portion of the entire Cullen Crest Price. The celebrities included in your package for complimentary autographs are (Group A - Saturday Morning) DANIEL CUDMORE, GIL BIRMINGHAM, CHRISTIAN SERRATOS, and TYSON HOUSEMAN. (Group B - Friday Early Evening) JUSTIN CHON, KIOWA GORDON, TINSEL KOREY and MICHAEL WELCH. Celebrity autographs included in this package are non-changeable and non-exchangeable. Celebrities signing are tentative and subject to change.

3) Complimentary hand-signed autographed photo of a TWILIGHT celebrity (our choice) who is not autographing at this convention.

4) FREE ADMISSION to The GALA VOLTURI VAMPIRE BALL held on Friday Night (Group A) or Sunday Night (Group B). PLEASE NOTE: The day of your party is not changeable or exchangeable. These parties have been enormous hits with audiences on the tour and here fans from around the globe congregate in their finest wear to raise the roof! Prizes for best dressed and best dancers! Show off your Twi-creative side by entering our Twilight themed Centerpiece contest. Here’s the perfect way to meet and mingle with fellow fans and there will be special unique appearances by popular Twilight celebrities. Hosted by the amazing Hillywood Show Cast, this party is fine for all ages. Come dressed to kill!

5) YOU ARE FIRST to get autographs for signings included in your package that are done row by row in the MAIN AUDITORIUM.

6) FREE ADMISSION to our special Musical Karaoke Concert (performers include tentatively Michael Welch). This event will not conflict time-wise with your Gala Volturi Vampire Ball. Come to have fun, come to sing, come to hang with fellow fans! Always super-fun! Keep your same great seat for this!

7) CULLEN CREST PRE-REGISTRATION: you get to register FIRST during a special pre-registration block of time. While not a necessity, just a benefit, you can get your credentials early and you are set for the full weekend.

8) SPECIAL CODED WRISTBANDS: once you get your CULLEN CREST coded wristband this allows you immediate entrance for the entire three days so you don’t have to wait again.

9) Cullen Crest Package Collectible credential admission card for the convention

**Photo Ops must be purchased separately.

VOLTURI WEEKEND SEATING
$189

1) You get reserved seating for daytime/early evening convention MAIN AUDITORIUM events (behind and to the sides of CULLEN CREST Packages holders), all THREE DAYS. The MAIN AUDITORIUM is where we have star appearances, Q&A, contests, videos, special events, & more.

2) FREE in-person non-rushed autographs from CHRISTOPHER HEYERDAHL and JUSTINE WACHSBERGER. You will also receive a complimentary hand signed autographed Twilight photo by KIOWA GORDON and one other Twilight celebrity not attending the convention. The in-person autographs and autographed photos are worth a substantial portion of the package.

3) VOLTURI WEEKEND PACKAGE PRE-REGISTRATION: you get to register EARLY during a special pre-registration block of time. While not a necessity, just a benefit, you can get your credentials early and you are set!

4) SPECIAL CODED WRISTBANDS: once you get your VOLTURI WEEKEND PACKAGE coded wristband this allows you immediate entrance for the entire three days so you don’t have to wait again.

5) Volturi Package Collectible credential admission card for the convention

WOLF PACK WEEKEND SEATING
$119

1) Guaranteed Reserved Seating in rear of theatre daytime/early evening convention MAIN AUDITORIUM events (behind and to the sides of other package holders), all THREE DAYS. The MAIN AUDITORIUM is where we have star appearances, Q&A, contests, videos, special events, & more.

2) SPECIAL CODED WRISTBANDS: once you get your WOLF PACK WEEKEND SEATING coded wristband this allows you immediate entrance for the entire three days so you don't have to wait again

3) Wolf Pack Weekend Collectible credential admission card for the convention

SINGLE DAY RESERVED SEATING

FRIDAY $49 (includes reserved seating in the main theatre, where all guests appear, to the rear and sides of our weekend package holders. Also includes admission to the vendors/display areas)

SATURDAY $49 (includes reserved seating in the main theatre, where all guests appear, to the rear and sides of our weekend package holders. Also includes admission to the vendors/display areas)

SUNDAY $49 (includes reserved seating in the main theatre, where all guests appear, to the rear and sides of our weekend package holders. Also includes admission to our vendors/display areas)

EVENT HOURS

All times are tentative and subject to change, please check back the Wednesday prior to the event for final schedule.

FRIDAY

Pre-Registration (Cullen Crest Patrons) 11:30 am to 1 pm - Plaza Pavilion Foyer
Pre-Registration (All Patrons) 1 pm to 2 pm - Plaza Pavilion Foyer
Registration/Theatre (Los Angeles Ballroom) Open for all patrons: 2pm to 7pm (autographing will take place after 7pm)
Cullen Crest A Gala Volturi Vampire Ball 8 pm to 10:15 pm (Plaza Pavilion) This event is included on a complimentary basis for Cullen Crest A Patrons. There are limited tickets available for others, details to follow.
Musical Karaoke Concert featuring Michael Welch and others 10:30 pm to ? (complimentary for Cullen Crest A and B patrons, for others general admission tickets will be $20 available at the convention only)

SATURDAY

Registration Open for all patrons: 9 am to 6 pm (Plaza Pavilion Foyer)
Autographing: 8:30 am to 11 am (Los Angeles Ballroom)
Vendors (California Showroom) and Theatre (Los Angeles Ballroom) Open for all: 11 am to 8 pm
9:30 pm: Celebrity Concert, separate ticket required for all, information to come (Los Angeles Ballroom)

SUNDAY

Registration Open for all patrons: 10:00 am to 6 pm (Plaza Pavilion Foyer)
Vendors (California Showroom) and Theatre (Los Angeles Ballroom) Open for all: 11 am to 6 pm (autographing continues beyond 6 pm, please plan accordingly)
Cullen Crest B Gala Volturi Vampire Ball 8 pm to 10:15 pm (Plaza Pavilion) This event is included on a complimentary basis for Cullen Crest A Patrons. There are limited tickets available for others, details to follow.



ROBERT PATTINSON

Appearing on a very special panel event Saturday early evening! If you are attending the convention you are IN to see this amazing event!

Due to scheduling, Robert will not be available for autographing or photo ops


KRISTEN STEWART

Appearing on a very special panel event Saturday early evening! If you are attending the convention you are IN to see this amazing event!

Due to scheduling, Kristen will not be available for autographing or photo ops.


TAYLOR LAUTNER

Appearing on a very special panel event Saturday early evening! If you are attending the convention you are IN to see this amazing event!

Due to scheduling, Taylor will not be available for autographing or photo ops.

GIL BIRMINGHAM

TWILIGHT’s Billy Black
Appearing Saturday


JUSTIN CHON

TWILIGHT’s Eric Yorkie
Appearing Friday


TINSEL KOREY
NEW MOON’s Emily
Appearing Friday


MICHAEL WELCH
Mike Newton
Appearing Friday


JUSTINE WACHSBERGER

NEW MOON’s Gianna
Appearing Sunday


TYSON HOUSEMAN
NEW MOON’s Quil Ateara
Appearing Saturday


BOOBOO STEWART

ECLIPSE’s Seth Clearwater
Appearing all three days

CAMERON BRIGHT
The Volturi's Alec
Appearing Sunday


CHRISTOPHER HEYERDAHL

Volturi Leader Marcus
Appearing Sunday


KIOWA GORDON

Embry Call
Appearing Friday


DANIEL CUDMORE

Felix
Appearing Saturday


CHRISTIAN SERRATOS
Angela
Appearing Saturday

AUTOGRAPHS
Autograph and Photo Op Tickets do not include admission to the convention. In order to receive your photo ops and autographs at the convention you must also be a convention attendee by having an advance admission ticket (bought on-line) or purchasing one at the door.

Gil Birmingham: $20 - Saturday

Justin Chon: $20 - Friday

Tinsel Korey: $20 - Friday

Michael Welch: $20 - Friday

Justine Wachsberger: $20 - Sunday

Tyson Houseman: $20 - Saturday

Booboo Stewart: $20 - all three days

Cameron Bright: $20 - Sunday

Christopher Heyerdahl: $20 - Sunday

Kiowa Gordon: $20 - Friday

Daniel Cudmore: $20 - Saturday

Christian Serratos: $20 - Saturday

Note: all autograph tickets will be $30 at the convention, if still available. Please note that Rob, Kristen and Taylor are not doing autographs at this event.

PHOTO OPS

Gil Birmingham: $35 - Saturday

Justin Chon: $35 - Friday

Tinsel Korey: $35 - Friday

Michael Welch: $35 - Friday

Justine Wachsberger: $35 - Sunday

Tyson Houseman: $35 - Saturday

Booboo Stewart: $35 - all three days

Cameron Bright: $35 - Sunday

Christopher Heyerdahl: $35 - Sunday

Kiowa Gordon: $35 - Friday

Daniel Cudmore: $35 - Saturday

Christian Serratos: $35 - Saturday

"Friday Guests & YOU" Here is a great souvenir of YOU with FOUR of our great Friday guest celebrities: Justin Chon, Tinsel Korey, Michael Welch and Kiowa Gordon all surrounding YOU! Awesome! Limited availability: $89

"Saturday Guests & YOU" A beautiful photo of YOU with four of our wonderful Twilight celebrities: Daniel Cudmore, Christian Serratos, Tyson Houseman and Gil Birmingham! An unbelievable souvenir available in limited supply: $89

"Sunday Guests & YOU" A photo of YOU with Cameron Bright, Christopher Heyerdahl and Justine Wachsberger! Limited availability: $79

"Hillywood Show Cast and YOU!" (Saturday)
Here's your chance to get a professional photo with the amazing cast! $30

Note: all single celebrity photo op tickets will be $45 at the convention, if still available. Please note that Rob, Kristen and Taylor are not doing photo ops at this event.

Mandy's Mind

I am so excited for this. I will arrive in L.A. Thursday and stay until Tuesday. The convention runs Friday, Saturday, Sunday and I am hoping to spend Monday sight-seeing and/or set-stalking and perhaps get into Jimmy Kimmel Monday Night.

Once I know my seat I shall let you know so you can come say hi!!! I want to meet everyone while I am there so don't be shy!

If you want to read more about the Vancouver Convention go here.

Also I attended the Seattle Convention in January.

FUll Details & Tickets available at Creation's Website www.twilightconvention.com See you in L.A.!!!!!!