Here are some photos of Nikki Reed with her husband, Paul McDonald, at the starting line of the Las Vegas Rock ‘n’ Roll 1/2 marathon earlier this month. We don’t have much of an opportunity to talk about Nikki except to comment on her unfortunate fate of having to pose next to Kellan Lurzy and discuss her love of dry shampoo. That last article went over much better than I expected, but it’s a hair thing, you know? People love to talk about hair.

Unfortunately, this story is not about hair but about Nikki’s interview in Parade magazine to promote her participation with CIROC for their “Safe Rides” campaign that provides free taxi cab rides on New Year’s Eve so that partygoers won’t be tempted to drink and drive. This is certainly a worthy cause because people can get really stupid after knocking several back, and Nikki details her reasons for signing onto the project in this interview. She also talks about the end of Twilight and running too. Here are some excerpts:

On the “Safe Rides” campaign: “This campaign is such a great way to help keep people safe. Its a wonderful resource for people during the holidays. It is always better to be safe than sorry. The holidays are such a busy time for everyone, that it’s important to not only take responsibility for yourself but those around you, as well.”

On life after Twilight: “I shot four really cool movies this year and I am so excited to see what comes of them. I am also excited to expand my music and my jewelry line with Pascal Mouawad because those are two projects that are very close to my heart.”

Her New Year’s resolution: “I want to become a better runner. We chose to run our first half marathon in December and now we have lined up five for 2013.”

Is she sad to leave the franchise? “Twilight, as well as all of the other projects that I have been working on this year, have kept me so busy that I haven’t even had time to process that Twilight is over. I’m sure that once things die down, it will sink in.”

On getting involved in animal rescue: “It all started with my mother. She loves animals and every week there was a new addition to our family when I was growing up. I now work with Bark n’ Bitches to help spread awareness on how many homeless doggies there are. I love volunteering and giving my time to all of those animals, because they give so much back to me.”

She wants to be a writer too: “I am constantly writing. I write monthly on my blog, and have several screenplay ideas in my head. Hopefully I can execute one once I can focus and give all of my attention to my writing. I also love the idea of someday writing a book!”

[From Parade]

I totally understand why Nikki has caught the 1/2 marathon bug after running just one of them. The post-race rush is pretty amazing — I just ran my first 1/2 in November, and just a few days later, I signed up for the same race (Route 66) next year. Nikki did fairly well too with an official time of 2:25:18, and she went out with a very casual attitude about the race, so that’s a pretty good first time considering. I did slightly better (2:00:19), but that time was disappointing to me considering that I’d done 5 minutes better during practice runs. Also, I was a complete mess at water stations, forgot to eat my electrolyte jelly beans, and ended up with a shoe full of gatorade. There’s always next year, right? I don’t think I’m as committed as Nikki is to sign up for 5 1/2 marathons next year though. Good for her!

Photos courtesy of WENN

As Kaiser noted a few days ago, poor Nikki Reed gets stuck doing much of her Twilight Saga publicity alongside Kellan Lutz (Kellan Lutz!), and here is the pair together at a London photocall for Breaking Dawn: Part 2. I often wonder what will become of the Twilight supporting cast after this franchise concludes in less than a month. Hopefully, Jackson Rathbone will go on to do much better movies, but I honestly see Kellan Lutz doing something truly bizarre and narcissistic like creating Kellan Lutz’s own special brand of Kellan Lutz creatine bodybuilding supplement or something. As for the ladies, I am pleased to see that Nikki’s IMDb page shows a handful of upcoming projects that rival those of Ashley Greene. Nikki just seems so much less famewhorey than Ashley, and it’s nice to see verification that Ashley really is mostly hustle (thanks in part to the hardest working publicist in the business) and very little substance. However, poor Nikki gets the shaft as far as BD2 publicity is concerned. While Ashley is getting Marie Claire covers that label here the world’s most beautiful vampire, Nikki receives a tiny little Q&A with Glamour UK on make-up and hair. Still, she says a few mildly interesting things about beauty in this interview:

On spoiling herself: “If I was having a pampering night in, I’d put my ridiculous white headband on that lifts all my hair out of my face. Then, first thing’s first, I shave my legs. That’s a special occasion, I’m not the kind of girl that shaves every morning in the shower — I have a special designated bath time, a date with my razor!”

Don’t wash your hair? “My mom’s a hairstylist and she’s always told me ‘don’t over-wash your hair — the less you wash it the better’ so I wash my hair maybe once or twice a week, so I use a lot of dry shampoo.”

She loves oils: “I literally use olive oil on my face. I take olive oil from my kitchen and put it on my face. I promise you can do that. I never wear perfume. My mom never wore it when I was growing up; she only wore oils, like patchouli oil or gardenia oil, so I’ve always used oils too. I do a lot of oils, argon oil, and then a little concealer around my eyes, nose and chin.”

On aging: “I saw I have some wrinkles coming. I’m going to be 25 soon, I’m like, ‘what’s going on, so this is happening now?’ so I’ve started putting a little eye cream on too.”

On make-up: “I’m really simple when it comes to make-up. I like to look like I’m not wearing any make-up. I don’t like it when girls do a full face when they’re going out to lunch. I really just use concealer. I really think it’s important to let young girls know that they do not have to wear a full face of foundation. I love bareMinerals, I love their brushes too.”

On sparkles: “I don’t like sparkles, even though that’s the trend; I haven’t gotten into it yet. I also use Clinique Men’s Tanning Cream for my blush because it stays on all day.”

The best part of filming BD2: “I loved filming scenes with Renesmee. [Mackenzie Foy] is the most professional, adorable little lady. Her parents are great. We became very close. She emails me still weekly!”

[From Glamour]

Nikki really is a beautiful young woman even though she’s fallen for the ombre hair trend in a bad way in these photos. Does anyone else out there advocate dry shampoos? I can’t even imagine only washing my hair once or twice per week because if I don’t do it every day, I look like a walking oil slick. So I have no idea how Nikki gets away with barely washing and still looking this good.

Here’s the lone photo that Glamour UK uses to illustrate Nikki’s feature, while Ashley Greene gets all the magazine covers. Ridiculous, right?

Photos courtesy of Glamour UK and WENN

These are some wonderful new photos of Kellan Lutz and non-Kellan Lutz, otherwise known as Nikki Reed. Kellan Lutz and Nikki Reed often get stuck together doing Twilight promotion, and it looks like this last promotional tour will be no different. Kellan and Nikki made appearances in Dublin over the weekend, meeting face-to-Lutz with Irish Twihards, signing Twihard things and posing for Lutzy Twihard photos. I really have to ask: would you really want your photo taken with Kellan Lutz? I think I might. I wouldn’t wait in line for Kellan Lutz, but if I ran into Kellan Lutz, I would make Kellan Lutz pose for photos. You know Kellan Lutz probably makes a great Lutzy duckface.

By the way, did you know that Kellan Lutz goes out of Kellan Lutz’s way to help out Lutzy little old ladies? True story! Kellan Lutz humbly discusses Kellan Lutz’s heroic and beautiful actions:

Kellan Lutz is a gentleman despite his fame.

“I am a big helper at grocery stores,” the muscular “Twilight” star told us during a GQ event. “The other day at the store there was an old lady that was sweet as a button — I feel like she came out of an animated movie — and I asked if she wanted some help, and we got talking. She had such great life stories, and I had fun lifting the bags she had.”

Lutz continues,“She was like, ‘Can I tip you?’ I was like, ‘No, no. I just had some time on my hands.’ ”

[From Page Six]

Hahaha, that’s SO Kellan Lutzy. Kellan Lutz just wanders around grocery stories, stalking Kellan Lutz’s new victims looking for Lutzy ladies to help. Kellan Lutz won’t even accept a tip. Kellan Lutz doesn’t even need the thanks of a grateful Lutzy nation. Kellan Lutz just likes to help people. All you need to give Kellan Lutz is a smile and your car keys and your wallet, lady. KELLAN LUTZ!!

Photos courtesy of WENN.

A very cute and fashion-forward Emma Watson was the only member of the Harry Post cast who was at the MTV Movie awards last night to accept the award for Best Cast. She seemed a little nervous during her acceptance speech, but was gracious and well spoken. Emma thanked all the other castmembers and added a special shoutout at the end to “Dan and Rupert,” adding “Wherever you are, I hope you’re watching, and I miss you both dearly. Just, thank you. I really, really appreciate it.” That was sweet. (If you’re in the US, you can watch her acceptance speech here.) Emma also presented the award for Best Male Performance, along with her Perks of Being a Wallflower costars, Logan Lerman and Ezra Mille. You can watch that here.

In still photos, this Brood dress looks a little much with the goofy dust ruffle around the waist, the black piping and buttons, and the contrasting bold purple and blue patterns. In video, it looks amazing on her incredible figure. I love her leather cuffs and her shoes especially, which Red Carpet Fashion Awards identifies as Tabitha Simmons “Gothic” sandals. A quick google search reveals that they’re $949 at Nordstrom, so I don’t think I’ll be adding them to my collection. Damnit. Also, her hair is growing out and it was a little limp last night but not bad. I love that she didn’t over accessorize and skipped the earrings.

Shailene Woodley also took home an award last night, for Best Breakthrough Performance for The Descendants. She told MTV’s Josh Horowitz afterward that she was “sweating like a waterfall” on stage. (Update: Here’s a link to her acceptance speech.)

Shailene wore this black tuxedo-look Stella McCartney pantsuit which isn’t that bad and is sexy without going overboard. She’s rocked some gorgeous dresses and some conservative looks this year, and this falls in between, even with the plunging neckline. She’s still just 20 and it’s nice that she’s being a little daring without tarting it up. Also, her hair was really cute. There’s a better photo of it here.

Kate Beckinsale was hot but a little boring in this pale peach turtleneck mini dress. I can’t find a designer ID on it. I like her bold purple shoes and it’s nice to see that she didn’t go matchy-matchy with nude pumps. She looks very pretty, and at least she didn’t overdress in some gigantic ballgown as she’s done so frequently in the past. This is understated, especially for Kate.

Nikki Reed of Twilight was so pretty in this Randi Rahm gold dress, which Red Carpet Fashion Awards describes as “microbeaded.” The dress is incredible from the waist up. The bottom half doesn’t flatter her, though. I love her makeup and especially her hair. That side half-tucked under wavy asymmetric look is striking, and I don’t think I’ve seen that hairstyle before. It’s clever and flattering. Nikki doesn’t look too thrilled to be there. It makes me wonder if she’s having trouble in her marriage with that guy from American Idol, Paul McDonald.

Photo credit: WENN.com and FameFlynet, Inc

I have some affection for Nikki Reed as a relatively nice-seeming castmember of the Twilight franchise. I haven’t seen an interview with her before. So I was surprised by the fact that she has a kind of a nasally, mildly annoying voice. Nikki takes the cover of Seventeen’s December/January issue, which we first saw a preview of six weeks ago.

Seventeen released a behind-the-scenes video of Nikki’s interview and photoshoot (above) and she gives some totally unremarkable comments about what she’ll miss about her Twilight costars. She says that Kristen Stewart makes good desserts, that Robert Pattinson tells elaborate stories and is a “good storyteller,” that Taylor Lautner has a lot of energy, and that Kellan Lutz is a goofball. Ashley Greene gives her workout tips and fashion advice (I get the impression that she’s a mini-Goop) and Jackson Rathbone jams out with her now-husband, former AI contestant Paul McDonald.

So everything Nikki said was diplomatic and my impression of her as a nice person was confirmed. If you read between the lines on what she said in the actual interview she may be hinting at some kind of issues with her costars. She said (and we covered this a while ago) that “success comes along and changes the dynamic. We’re not all best friends, and we’re not all going to hang out together after the final movie is done.” She also claimed in that video interview that what she’ll miss about Twilight is the time at the beginning of filming, when everything was innocent.

HollywoodLife claims that in this video Nikki disses Robert Pattinson as a liar and confirms a feud with him and his now-girlfriend, Kristen Stewart. GossipCop calls them out for drawing spurious conclusions, and I agree that they’re really reaching with that one. That doesn’t mean that there’s no feud though.

Quick background: Rumor has it that Nikki dated Robert Pattinson before Kristen Stewart and that Kristen and Nikki were friends back then. Kristen had another boyfriend at the beginning of filming, who was also friends with Nikki prior to when Kristen dumped him and hooked up with Robert. (Not necessarily in that order and more background is here.) So there’s probably bad blood there but I doubt they’re seething at each behind the scenes.

I think the most telling thing in Seventeen, though, is this first person work of “fiction” Nikki wrote about a young girl in love with a charismatic guy who convinced her that they should keep their romance a secret:

It had been almost a year since we began dating, but nobody knew about us. Sometimes I would bring it up casually, but he always found a way to twist and turn his words until they morphed into a theory that seemed to make sense. He was good with his words, and I was good at coming up with reasons to believe them. Only a few friends at school were allowed to know about us, and they were mostly hand selected by him.

At the time it made sense, because he was convincing when he spoke about privacy being a persons number one priority. Sometimes I would tell him half jokingly that I wanted to scream it out to the world on a megaphone, because that’s what being in love made me feel like doing. He never smiled at that. Although my mom sensed there was something unusually dark about him, I always argued that it was self-induced. Besides, I couldn’t let myself believe that I was too good for him. He was endlessly charming, and intelligent, and philosophical beyond his years. At least that’s how he would secretly want to be described.

I knew I loved him, and that’s all that mattered. Sure I wasn’t the prettiest girl in the world, but he always said he liked me for that very reason, so I felt content with that. Most of the time that is. One time, I gathered the courage to sing a song in front of him in the lunch room (I had always loved singing), and he laughed and said “…that’s what’s so great about you; even though you aren’t a good singer, you’re not afraid to try.” That’s a compliment right?

[From Seventeen, written by Nikki Reed]

That to me is way more revealing than the fact that she called Robert a good story teller. She’s married at this point, so you would think she’d be over this though. Maybe that explains why she got married so quickly in the first place.

Nikki is shown on 11/14, 11/15 and 11/16. Credit: Pacific Coast News and Fame

Of all the Twilight girls, I like Nikki Reed the best. She just married that Chris Kattan-looking American Idol contestant, and she seems pretty happy with him. Plus she does red carpets and she gets papped occasionally, but she doesn’t seem to be up her own ass or full of herself like Ashley Greene. Nikki is happy to be a secondary player, and she’s happy to share the spotlight. Ashley Greene once implied in an obnoxious Allure interview that the cast of Twilight was close. She said “All of us essentially were unknown. So everyone kind of went through this crazy whirlwind [together]. It was really nice to be able to confide in people who were going through the exact same thing.” Only if that was true it didn’t really last, according to Nikki Reed. In a new interview with Seventeen, Reed says that while the cast was initially close they were eventually driven apart by “fame.” I wonder if she has anyone specific in mind.

On the Twilight cast, behind the scenes: “In the beginning, it was innocent and fun, and we were like one big happy family – it was like being sleepaway camp. And then success comes along and changes the dynamic. We’re not all best friends, and we’re not all going to hang out together after the final movie is done.”

On people’s misconceptions of her:
“I got typecast as a party girl when Thirteen first came out. The funny thing was, I was a virgin, I didn’t do drugs and I barely drank.”

[From Seventeen]

Nikki Reed is 23. Thirteen came out in 2003, which means she was 15 when it came out. So the fact that she was not on drugs like her character, was a virgin and “barely drank” at 15 shouldn’t be remarkable at all.

As for her comments on the cast, Kaiser thinks Nikki could be referring to Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. There were rumors that Nikki dated Kristen’s now-boyfriend, Robert Pattinson, briefly before Kristen hooked up with him. Nikki has denied that. There were also stories about how Nikki was friends with Kristen’s last boyfriend, Michael Angarano, whom Kristen seems to have ditched for Robert. Plus Nikki used to call Kristen her “best friend” in 2009, but then said in 2010 that “Kristen does her own thing” when it comes to hanging out with the rest of the cast.

Here’s Nikki in sea green Marchesa at the Breaking premiere. I love shades of green, but I really dislike the color of this dress, which looks too pastel to me. The foil-like sequin piping looks cheap too. At least the cut of the dress is pretty and elegant and I love her shoes! I also like that Nikki didn’t pose on the red carpet with her new husband, Paul McDonald.

Photo credit: WENN.com

That vampire from Twilight who looks like she has no business having blonde hair and the guy from American Idol who looks like Chris Kattan with a beard got married. These two crazy kids are 23 and 27 and have been dating a whole seven months. They met on a red carpet for the Red Riding Hood premiere on March 8 of this year. There’s video of them meeting all cute and everything, it’s at :52 here. Now these two are married, having made it official at a weekend ceremony in Malibu attended by 100 friends and family.

Nikki Reed and Paul McDonald said “I do” Sunday at a private ranch in Malibu, Calif. on Sunday in front of 100 guests, Reed’s rep confirms to Us Weekly exclusively.

“We couldn’t be happier!” the 23-year-old Twilight star and former American Idol season 10 contestant, 27, tell Us. “[We were] surrounded by our family and friends. We’re so glad this day has come!”

Reed and McDonald confirmed their engagement to Us in June after just two months of dating.

The couple first met at the premiere of Little Red Riding Hood in March. “You’re amazing,” she told him. “I’m blushing! I should go.”

McDonald clearly felt the same about his future wife. A month later, the singer moved in to Reed L.A. home. He admitted to Us that his instant connection with the actress was “weird,” especially since he wasn’t exactly a Twi-hard.

“I haven’t ever actually watched any of her movies. I don’t know too much of her career at all, but the person she is is super cool,” he said.

But even if he’s not first in line for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, McDonald feels like he landed the jackpot with Reed. “She’s amazing. She’s the perfect girl,” he gushed to MTV News. “We fit each other; when you know, you know, and she’s the one.”

[From US Weekly]

I think they’re sincere about each other, and I wish them well and everything. They got married really fast though and I doubt they had much time to stop and question whether they were ready to spend the rest of their lives together. They seem sweet and only moderately fame-whorey, so maybe they’ll make it work. Or maybe their divorce will be a secondary story that we’ll all shrug at in ten months time.

photos are from 6/19/11 and 10/4/11. Credit: PRPhotos

These are just some random photos of the kids from Twilight and Vampire Diaries at the Teen Choice Awards. We wanted to post some more photos without doing individual posts for everyone.

First off we have Twilight’s Nikki Reed in an Etro maxi dress with a Ferragamo clutch. I love her loose hair with the braid around the hairline, her soft makeup and her complimentary accessories, if it’s possible to compliment that dress at all. The gold cuff is awesome. That dress looks like a tablecloth and would be out of place at a dressy Sunday brunch. It’s not a cute look for her. She’s gorgeous and could rock so many different styles so this is a shame.

Next is Nikki’s beady-eyed narcissist co-star, Kellan Lutz, looking like a substitute teacher who will kick your ass after school for looking at him funny. Lutz paired a button down shirt and tie with a cardigan, jeans and jaunty rope bracelets. He hilariously rolled his sleeves halfway up his arms and strategically left the bottom of his cardigan unbuttoned to show off his matching blue belt. Points to Lutzy for bringing his little brother Tanner along with him – and then demonstrating how he treats him at home.

Also from Twilight, Ashley Greene was rather demure in a black and white Givenchy dress with Neil Lane jewelry. I love her thick strappy shoes, which would have looked out of place on a busy print dress or if she were wearing too much jewelry. The dress seems too plain and isn’t particularly flattering, which is a shame because she’s hot. I like her straight hair and her dark but not overdone makeup.

Rounding out the Twilight people (R-Patts didn’t walk the blue carpet and K-Stew didn’t come, boo!) there was Taylor Lautner in an All Saints Replica Leather jacket that looked like someone balled it up wet before letting it dry in the sun. His hair looks kind of goofy to me like that, but maybe he has it in that weird cut for a role.

The Vampire Diaries’ Nina Dobrev was totally adorable in a blue and white gingham Dolce & Gabbana dress with matching blue Ferragamo heels. Her look was one of my favorites.

Nina’s costar and boyfriend, Ian Somerhalder, was gorgeous in a simple gray t-shirt and jeans accessorized with messy hair, scruff, open boots and his trademark smirk. Ian testified before Congress on biodiversity last week if you missed it. I just love him. Ian won for “Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi.”

Katerina Graham of the Vampire Diaries was overdressed and ridiculous in what I can only assume is Alexander McQueen, but that’s hard to confirm because everyone jacks the late designer’s style. It could be Stella McCartney or anyone really. The dress might have been ok without the pointy Star Trek shoulder pads and the trailing fringe. Katerina won for “Choice TV: Female Scene Stealer.” She consistently gets her style wrong.

And finally we have the very lovely Paul Wesley looking a little too thin for my tastes. He needs to gain 10-15 pounds to regain the hotness. That jean shirt isn’t doing it for me, but I’ll overlook it.

Designer details from Just Jared. Photo credit: WENN.com and Juan Rico/Fame

Just two months after we first heard that they were dating, and three months since they first met (here’s a link to a video of them meeting on the red carpet on March 8, it’s at :52 in), Nikki Reed of Twilight and American Idol contestant Paul McDonald are engaged.

McDonald, 26, is a bearded Chris Kattan lookalike who was number eight this season on Idol when he was voted off. We heard some mild rumblings in the National Enquirer’s May 16th issue that he might be using Reed to help him out with his music career. They quoted a source who claimed “Paul is pressuring Nikki to introduce him to her agents, studio executives and even her ‘Twilight’ co-stars. His own friends are predicting he’ll leave Nikki as soon as he gets his big post-Idol break.” The Enquirer also reported that McDonald’s band The Grand Magnolias will be featured on the soundtrack of an upcoming movie, Loosies, starring one of Reed’s Twilight costars, Peter Facinelli.

Whatever McDonald’s intentions, he’s trying to signify that he’s serious. The two of them walked the red carpet together at the MTV Movie Awards, where Reed flashed an engagement ring. She simply told E! Online “He’s the one.” The girl is all of 23. “The one” is incredibly relative at that age. Her taste in men is probably about as developed as her fashion sense.

Looks like that Breaking Dawn wedding isn’t the only prospective Twilight marriage on tap.

On the red carpet at the 2011 MTV Movie awards, Twilight star Nikki Reed flashed some serious bling when I asked her whether she thinks she and her man Paul McDonald will wed. And she had an answer ready.

“He’s the one,” she said. “He’s the one.”

A source confirms that the two are, indeed, engaged. Congratulations, you two. And guess what else she told me…

Reed says her man, who made it to the top 8 of American Idol this season, has been writing a bunch of songs in her honor! Aww.

“He says he’s going to release a Nikki Reed EP,” she said.

[From E! Online]

Well good luck to them. I like that her ring is understated and isn’t a huge bauble that McDonald couldn’t afford. I believe she’s really into him, but I have some reservations about him given the Enquirer story and another article I read about how he was a sourpuss at Reed’s recent birthday party. If he is dating her for the fame and perks it’s a smart move. Former American Idol contestants are a dime a dozen. So are Twilight stars in a way. So it’s a win-win.

Photo credit: WENN.com

I guess we can’t accuse Twilight’s Nikki Reed of pulling the same famewhore stunts as her co-stars and hooking up with the most high profile guys she can find. Nikki is dating American Idol’s Paul McDonald, the guy who looks like a blonde Chris Kattan and who I could have sworn batted for the other team. But these two supposedly locked eyes on a red carpet last month and have been going strong ever since. There’s even video of the two of them meeting for the first time. (It’s at :52 into that linked video.)

The Idol cameras were rolling as Nikki, in a strapless dress and flowing hair, gushes to Paul, “You’re amazing. I’m blushing, I should go.” Paul then says, “Wow, thank you” and the two awkwardly hug goodbye.

As soon as Reid is out of ear shot, Paul turns to the camera crew and asks, “Was she a famous actress or something? I’d hang out with her!”

And it turns out, the two have been “hanging out” since then. No word on who got whose digits, but these two are totally into each other!

So while Reed has been busy off filming Breaking Dawn and McDonald is obviously preoccupied trying to win American Idol, the two have been keeping in close contact via Skype.

[From E! Online]

That’s cute! We’ll have to see how far McDonald gets in Idol. I’ve been following it sporadically, but I haven’t seen it in about a week. The show lasts too long and doesn’t have enough drama to keep my interest. They drag out the results forever. I guess this week’s elimination was a real upset (spoilers for past shows obviously) and everyone is shocked about it. I probably won’t watch the show again until the final week though. I can see this guy making it that far, especially if he stages a few well photographed dates with Nikki Reed. That will raise his profile.

Nikki is shown on 3/7, 3/9, and 10/6/10. Credit: WENN. Paul is shown on 3/7. Credit: PRPhotos