Wednesday, November 4, 2009

More Olympic Tickets going on Sale

Another 100,000 Olympic tickets are going on sale on Saturday, including coveted seats at the gold medal hockey and curling matches and the Opening and Closing ceremonies, VANOC officials said Tuesday.

"This is the final major release of tickets to the Games and we expect demand will be high," said Caley Denton, vice president of ticketing for the Vancouver Organizing Committee.

The seats, which will be sold on a first-come basis on the 2010 Winter Games website, will cover all the events in the Vancouver area during the Games, which run from Feb. 12 to 28, along with tickets to the nightly Victory ceremonies at BC Place

Tickets for high demand Paralympic events in March, such as the Opening Ceremony, ice sledge hockey and alpine skiing, will also be on sale.

The ticketing website will place customers in a virtual waiting room after they log on. They will then be selected at random to buy a maximum of either four or eight tickets to a maximum of four events per transaction.

"To get a jump start, we suggest first-time buyers register a ticketing account with us beforehand and have a look at the schedules to determine what events work best for you. For return customers who want to purchase additional tickets, please log into your account ahead of time to make sure your information is up-to-date," Denton said.

Officials at VANOC have also said they soon plan to rolling out the official Olympic ticket re-selling site to allow people to legally resell seats they can't use themselves, possibly at a profit.


I really want to get tickets to something, anything, we will see.


CBC.CA

OK! Magazine wins scumbag magazine of the century award?


Here we go - spotlight off Robsten... Spotlight On Tay-Tay / Taylor Squared,

And as ROBsessed posted:
Oh Thank GOD! I was so worried ever since last week when they told us [Robsten] split up! I mean thank God for OK!s journalistic integrity that they followed up with the story and surfaced the truth once again! I would be so lost without them... I hope next week they can give me an inside look into Taylor squareds' love shack! I can NOT wait!


BAHHAHAHHAHHAHAH - Love the sarcasm!!! I agree - OK! Magazine is the biggest piece of crap EVER! *sigh* THey seem to hire crack-pot wanna-be journalists to come up with random bullshit to post.

Here's what OK! says:
They portray a prom king and queen in the upcoming romantic comedy Valentine’s Day, and Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift’s real-life relationship is playing out just perfectly.

After just three weeks of dating, “they’ve fallen head over heels for each other,” an insider tells OK!.

“He thinks she’s one of the most beautiful girls he’s ever seen,” a friend of the teenage twosome reveals. And Swift is equally gaga over Lautner. “She can’t say enough about him,” a source says.



It's funny. I love Taylor Lautner and I don't feel all sad, depresed, jealous about Taylro Swift, you know why.... because I WILL NEVER HAVE TAYLOR MYSELF!~!

I wish *SOME* Rob-fans would get a clue too .... sheesh!

[of course I did feel depressed when Channing Tatum got married.... but that was Channing Tatum.... and getting MARRIED.... *hides*]

Piece of Crap Magazine

Hello Magazine features New Moon


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Original V Mini-Series on dvd

Original V Mini-Series on DVD

Rob and Chris in Japan - Lucky Winner

Seiko sent her photos and story into Robsessed.

We were in the first and the second row in the middle. We were actually sitting right in front of Rob and Chris. Less than a couple of meters away from where they stood. It was so great.

We had a short Q&A session with Chris and Rob. I was too dazzled and I don't remember what Rob spoke. I can't believe I don't remember it.
Chris was so funny! He was making fun of Rob and his fans. He was so humble and really funny.

And, we saw a couple of scenes from New Moon. Nothing new, but in the wide screen. It was amazing.
Alice driving the porche, Bella running to save Edward, and that awesome fight-scene with Felix.

And of course, the main event of the fan meeting was to choose the luckiest person who was to be invited to LA Premiere.
Chris and Rob pulled the paper out of the box to select the 5 seat numbers.
So, the lucky 5 ladies went up to the stage.

Rob and Chris had to climb up to a small balcony. And, each girl had to make confession to Rob and Chris how she loved Twilight and New Moon.
It was like Juliet telling Romeo how she loved him. Rob was so CUTE.
Rob and Chris was supposed to choose the best among them, but... of course they couldn't decide.

Then, a box with red ropes was carried to the center of the stage.
Rob and Chris took the ends of the red rope. Ropes are tangled inside, so you never know which end is connected to Rob or Chris.
All people held the end of the red rope and they pulled.
The girl holding the other side of Rob's rope won the invitation to LA Premiere.

The other girl holding the other side of Chris's rope won "Barbie doll Edward" fully signed by Chris and Rob.
(I saw the doll. It was so funny. It was Edward doll in Twilight grey peacoat costume, so Chris wrote "did not direct" right under his name.)

There was a special present to every one of those girls.
The screen used red robes from Volterra!! I really wanted to have one!!! They were so cool.
Everybody got that red robe from Rob with his HUG and SMILE. Oh, I wish I were on the stage.
Rob was smiling all the time (except for the time listening to the translator). Chris and Rob were both very relaxed and looked happy.


We were so lucky to be able to sit right in front of the stage. (We spent a night outside the building in chilly rain for this fan meeting.)
So, we were exhausted, but very happy at the same time. We were so close to Rob. Rob could hear us.
When he was pulling the paper with seat number from the box, I told him "Rob! Please pull my number out! it's A1-16!" and he really smiled at me.
And when he was finally leaving, I told him (almost yelled) "You gotta come back again next time!" and he told us he will.

I can't remember the details.
I was so happy to be very close to Rob and I was happily dazzled. We really had a great time.

After we thought they really left and the meeting was finished, Rob and Chris suddenly came back in the 2nd story balcony to say good-bye to us again! And they waved at us and it was sooooo nice.

See all Seiko's Photos at Robsessed

Vistalegre Palace in Madrid will host New Moon Major Event

Vistaleger Palace is having a massive New Moon Event featuring Chris Weitz, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner on November 12, 2009.

Event’s description:
The event will start at 19:15. Apart from the anticipated presence of Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), Bella Swan (Kristen Stwart), Jacob Black
(Taylor Lautner) and the director of the movie, Chris Weitz, we’ll be able to enjoy the performance of the music group No Way Out (who are part of the movie soundtrack with their song “Sed”), previews of the movie, thematic performances about the Saga, contests and many more surprises .

The Doors to access the event will open at approximately 17:15 and they will close at 19:00 for security reasons. People that by that time haven’t accessed the venue won’t be able to get in, no matter if they already have a ticket.

The three actors and the director will sign autographs and reply to fans’ questions in which promises to be THE event of the year.

If you don’t want to miss it, we will inform you how the tickets will be distributed.

The Palace Vistalegre has a capacity for 5300 people. All tickets for the event are free and can be obtained by these different channels:

- Palace of Vistalegre’s ticket office: The tickets office on the South entrance will open at 10AM to hand in 1750 tickets. You can take only ONE ticket per person and the first 250 will be for the VIP zone.

- Antena3’s Web: Antena3.com and Antena3TV are activating different ways to participate and get tickets.

- Happing: Coca-Cola’s online store will give prices for the event in the next few days.

- Official Twilight Saga web (www.lasagacrepusculo.com): 5 double VIP tickets will be given.

-Entradas.com: 5000 tickets will be drawn between the people that bought anticipated tickets for New Moon in entradas.com site.

-Kia Motors: Cars brand Kia will also distribute tickets this week through their site: web: www.kialunanueva.es

[via Robsessed who said Big thanks to florparapluie in Pattinson Life for translating this.]

Robert Pattinson Checks out of Tokyo Hotel

Shades, Hat, Plaid, he is looking like the ROb we all know and love (doesn't he always ha ha)

After a great promotional tour in Japan, Rob's heading out - - but to where?


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Harper's Bazaar Interview with Rob & Kristen

First, can I just say - this interviewer CLEARLY interviewed ROb and Kristen Seperately.

Second, there is no indication that they "out themselves" as a couple as Harper's Bazaar announced a few weeks ago.

Lastly, the photos are rad, and I will just be content with what we get... I just HATE people who try to force Robsten or Nonsten or whatever.... seriously - - - if they ARE they ARE if they AREN'T they AREN'T

Moving on....

Robsessed Rocks and posted this:
By Laura Brown

Rob Pattinson's and Kristen Stewart's rooms sit side by side on the thirtysomethingth floor of the Sheraton hotel in Vancouver ("the Couve," as Kristen calls it), where they are filming Eclipse, the third installment of the Twilight saga. They spend a lot of time in their rooms in the sky -- two Rapunzels of sorts entertaining themselves behind closed doors -- because it's really, really hard to go out. "There are like 15 different exits in this place," observes Kristen of the tactics she and the rest of the Twilight cast use to avoid the paparazzi. She adds, "Rob is more frustrated with it, but he's 23 and I'm 19. He had a couple more years to be an adult and to be independent, whereas just as I was getting to the age when it's normal to go out by yourself ..." She pauses. "But it's boring because this is all I fucking talk about."

Rob talks about it too. "Do you mind if we sit outside?" he asks as he stands in his hotel room, looking longingly out the window. "I need some air." It's a cold, gray day, but who is to deny him some freedom? (And chivalry is not dead, girls. A young man will still lend you his jacket. Maybe because he is British.) Rob doesn't just face paparazzi, he gets clawing, shrieking girls too. New Yorkers may remember he was clipped by a cab while fleeing from the ladies on the set of Remember Me this past summer. "But at least that's an experience, something new," he says. "If it's just screaming -- and I know this sounds so ridiculous -- that gets old. But sometimes when there's literal chaos, it's like being in a war zone, and that's kind of exciting. You're just running through the crowd of people chasing after you and no one knows what's going on." Rob has laid low for a few days -- a disturbance in the Force so great that Perez Hilton (home of some of Rob's 15,200,000 Google hits) felt compelled to post, "Where is R-Patz?!" "If I'm not out, I've had a heroin overdose," Rob observes. "It's one thing or another."

At the moment, there is only one thing anyone cares about regarding these two, who, as Twilight's Bella and Edward, manifest all of our vampiric romance fetishes: Are they dating or what? Well ... it's clear that Rob and Kristen are close -- very close. Okay, who is the most romantic then? "I have a no-bullshit detector," says Kristen, "so I'd have to say Rob is. I think romance is anything honest. As long as it's honest, it's so disarming." Rob chuckles when asked the same question. "Um, I don't know. What did Kristen say?" You. "No. I'm better at faking." This is followed by a very long laugh.

The two first met at the 2007 auditions for Twilight, what they both assumed was going to be a cult vampire movie -- not a $380-million-grossing global phenomenon complete with their own Barbies. They were thrown into a bedroom scene -- well, a scene in a bedroom, anyway. "It wasn't like we had to lie down together," Kristen says, "but we were very reactive. We had a very responsive, palpable thing." Robert notoriously took half a Valium beforehand. "I was calm and collected, and then we do this thing where we're pretty much making out. I've since tried to do it at another audition, but it completely just collapsed." He adds, "Kristen was very different from how I expected the girl who played Bella would be. I was kind of intimidated."

Even though she was born and bred in chillaxed Los Angeles, Kristen is an intense young lady -- and the shock of unruly black hair she currently has (a legacy from her role as Joan Jett in the upcoming The Runaways) does nothing to dispel that perception. Some Twilight fans were upset about their Bella turning into a noir-haired badass, but rest assured she'll be wearing a wig in Eclipse. "I think it's ridiculous that you need to look a certain way to be conventionally pretty," she declares, then smiles, "but now that my hair's grown out and shaggy, it sort of looks a little funny. I'll admit that." Kristen swears like a sailor and feels everything 200 percent. "She's a unique girl," says Rob simply. "You really don't meet many people like Kristen."

Today, in the hotel's Constellation Suite, Kristen is sitting on the concrete terrace in her uniform of jeans, a white tank under another tie-dyed one, and a hoodie. "I'm like, fuck, I'm not wearing a neon-colored tube top or something pink," she says, putting her at odds with many in her red-carpet, The Hills-ian peer group. Ask her who made her top and she has no idea. A look at the tag, though, reveals something called Born Famous Couture. She looks mortified, then cackles. "I did not buy this, I promise."

Of the two, it seems Kristen wears the pants.[Mandys Note - I've said this numerous times!] (While she will admit to one girlish thing, a love of Chanel, her dream outfit is a custom Brooks Brothers suit.) When she ventures into a dress, it might just be covered in metal, like the Rock & Republic mini she wore to the Teen Choice Awards earlier this year. "Everyone was like, 'Look at your spiky skirt!'" she says with a grin, "and I was like, 'Spiky skirt? They were bullets, mofo!'" She gets some stick in the media for not suffering fools. "People think I'm trying to be rebellious, but that's the last thing I'm doing," she says. "But I would hate myself if I tried to satisfy the people who have a problem with the way I speak about myself, so it's okay."

"Kristen doesn't take any slack," Rob says. "She sticks to her guns -- and that's difficult to do." He also thinks she's a better actor than he is. "I don't really know how to act. I'm kind of guessing everything. ... Even though I can conceptualize stuff, she can actually do it. I can make something so complex and then be like, That was pout 27." He reckons she's a better judge of character too. "She'll decide on someone a lot quicker. She has a lot more self-esteem than I do, so she's like, 'You're an idiot and I don't want to talk to you,' and I'm like, 'I'm an idiot too!' So I'll talk to an idiot for like three days before deciding."

That handicap aside, Rob is gloriously handsome. The planes of his face work beautifully in 3-D, 2-D, probably 1-D too. But in person, he doesn't have a whole lot of game. He is self-deprecating to a fault. (During the interview, he refers to himself as an idiot a half dozen times.) He also maintains, in all seriousness, that he's never broken up with a girl; they've always broken up with him. "Eventually, the girl is like, 'I know it's got nothing to do with me. You're an?...?idiot.'"

See more here at Harper's Bazaar


Things you didn't know about Rob:

Rob: On Driving

"My dad's a car dealer, but I grew up in London, so I always say I don't drive…I get driven. I got a driving lesson in Oregon, and then I bought a car in L.A. and I basically learned how to drive by people honking at me. I'm terrible at driving."

[Mandy's Note - Indeed, his driving scene at the "Forks Police Station" for Eclipse clearly showed this lack of driving skills ha!]

Rob: On Laundry

"In London, doing the washing was a bi-annual thing, a giant mission. Me and my flatmate had BMX [bikes] and we'd have two of them and this massive laundry sack, a convoy."

Rob: On Anonymity

"I kind of wish people didn't know who I am, that I could just lie, say I'm a speechwriter for Obama. This is what I said before Twilight. And then Obama came along and picked up all these young writers. I found out this guy, Jon Favreau -- who's not the actor Jon Favreau -- is writing for him. And I was like, 'Wow, I wonder if the people who thought I was bullshitting at the time are like, 'Oh my god. That guy! That kid who was drunk in some bar actually wrote the health care bill!'"

Rob: On Money

"I don't spend any money. The only thing I've really bought is my car, which cost $1,500 and keeps exploding. It would be nice to buy a house for my parents, but at the same time my parents are so comfortable where they live; they would probably just feel like it was a burden. I wear the same clothes every day and the only thing I used to splurge on was DVDs."

Rob: On Modeling

"I peaked at 12. There are so many photos from that time where I look unbearably awkward. I'd just be looking in random directions and stuff."

Rob: On Dancing

He says dancing makes him nervous. "I used to be really good, but then something happened in my brain."

Love this!

Via Robsessed - my own personal brand of heroin