The young actors that make up the unlikely love triangle in the Twilight movies: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, will be set for life if they manage their money properly. NY Magazine reports that they’ll each get $25 million for the last two Twilight Movies, Breaking Dawn parts 1 and 2, plus 7.5% of the gross, which should add around $14 million on top of that. That makes their final take somewhere around $41 million each.

I guess the question is whether they’ll manage their fame and fortune as well as the Harry Potter gang. Judging from Kristen Stewart’s recent foot-in-mouth press tour I think the answer is “no.” She’ll soon have enough cash to retire from acting or stick to local productions if she’d rather avoid the pitfalls of fame. As for Pattinson and Lautner, they seem to be doing fine. It would be nice to see these kids go to college and focus on their educations.

As for the paydays of the other cast members, I recently read that Kellan Lutz and Ashley Green will each bank $1.25 million for the last two movies, having lobbied for higher pay. It hardly seems fair compared to the $25 million plus that the stars will take home. The lesser characters in the Twilight movies are replaceable, though, according to filmmaker Summit. They replaced actress Rachelle Lefevre with Bryce Dallas Howard when a independent movie she was making had a 10 day overlap with production. I’m sure that had a chilling effect on salary negotiations.

The latest Twilight installment, Eclipse, is cleaning up at the box office but still hasn’t surpassed New Moon. So far it’s earned $175.3 million in the U.S. since it’s opening last Wednesday and it was on top of the box office this holiday weekend. It’s still a few million behind New Moon’s six day box office numbers, but I’m sure no one is worried about that.

Taylor, Robert and Kristen at the Eclipse premiere on June 24, 2010. Credit: WENN.

Just in time for the release of the third much-anticipated installment in the pedestrian Twilight series, a producer has confirmed that stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are a couple. Feigning disbelief that people were even still interested in Pattinson and Stewart’s relationship, producer Wyck Godfrey told Time Magazine that the two were in a stable relationship that could be considered boring. Tell that to all the sobbing, shaking Twimoms and their Twitweens.

Everyone is talking about whatever is going on between Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. Is that good for business?
Do you want the honest answer? I haven’t even thought of it that way.

That’s not the honest answer.
It really is. I honestly don’t think of it in terms of business. It doesn’t affect our core business at all. The thing I do think about is, Oh my God, I hope they stay together. Because it could be awkward on set in the next movie if they have a huge falling out. It’s like, Wow, they have to portray this love story through two more movies. God, I hope they stay together; please stay together. That’s what affects my day-to-day.

But you walk by newsstands and it’s a publicist’s dream: they are on every cover.
I don’t feel it’s out there anymore. Do people still report on it? If you look at people who have a stable personal life, the rags get tired of them. I think we’re heading to that place where they are together and that’s their life and we better find someone new to create drama out of.

[From Time via Huffington Post]

So this guy doesn’t think that people are still reporting on Pattinson and Stewart’s relationship. The young stars are on plenty of recent magazine covers just promoting the film, but they’ve also earned countless gossip rags. Just two weeks ago US and Life & Style ran competing covers giving different versions of their relationship. US had Kristen potentially breaking Rob’s heart and Life & Style had Kristen’s heart already broken by Rob with the title “Dumped!”

The stars themselves aren’t saying much and have only given a kind of joking non-admission to Oprah. Is Godfrey as clueless as he sounds or is he genuinely surprised that people still care? I find it hard to believe that he hasn’t been exposed to the “are they or aren’t they?” hype, but maybe he lives overseas or just doesn’t do his own shopping at all.

Meanwhile there are some new quotes from Pattinson that may come closer to admitting a relationship with Stewart. He allegedly said:

“Kristen and I have lived a great adventure together with the ‘Twilight’ films. We are very close and no one can understand what we’ve gone through together the last few years.

“When we’re together, we understand each other so well that we don’t have to say a lot to explain what we’re thinking. Kristen is a wonderful girl.”

Those quotes are from Contact Music and sourced to new! Magazine, so it’s hard to tell if they’re legitimate. Whatever is going on with those two, the status of their relationship definitely affects the billion dollar Twilight franchise. It doesn’t need the publicity though, that’s for sure.

Kristen Stewart is becoming something of a fashionista, but I sometimes find her junk hit-or-miss. For the past year, she’s been doing a lot of miniskirts, and while this white dress isn’t really mini, it doesn’t really hit it out of the park, does it? It’s Elie Saab, by the way. And it’s furry. Not really, it’s just some kind of textured fabric that I can’t distinguish. The one-armed thing isn’t great, in my opinion. Instead of sleek and finished, it looks like she lost a sleeve in a welding accident or something. The hair is pretty good though – and the shoes are Louboutin. I’m getting a very “hipster bridal” vibe from this.

Guess who looked horrible? Robert Pattinson. While the hair is an improvement, the burgundy suit makes him look like… a valet? A realtor? I can’t figure it out. Instead of Robert Downey Jr.-esque quirky movie star, he looks like he should parking the car.

Dakota Fanning did the one-shoulder thing too! Her dress is cute and age-appropriate, but it washes her out a little.

Taylor Lautner looking cute and wholesome. And about 12 years old. The kid knows how to wear a suit, though.

You know Ashley Green is a Movie Star, right? She’s the most important character in Twilight! That’s how she dresses, anyway.

Kellan Lutz scares the bejesus out of me.

Nikki Reed is also a STAR! But is she also an ice dancer?

Speaking of, Evan Lysacek. For why?

The Kardashians all scream at once: “DON’T FORGET ABOUT ME!!!”

Um…

Header: K-Stew on June 24, 2010. Credit: WENN.

Robert Pattinson had a profile in the New York Times a few days ago, and it’s an interesting piece. For all of his good-natured promotion, you can tell that the Twilight Saga is really draining the crap out of all of the stars. Still, Pattinson isn’t really bitching about it, he just sounds exhausted, and like there’s nothing new he can really say about his role as the most sparkly of the Sparklepants Vampires. The full piece is here, and here are some of the better quotes:

On Twilight burnout: “It can get a little boring,” he said softly over coffee at the Four Seasons hotel here, referring both to playing an unchanging vampire and to chewing over the Cultural Importance of It All. “The good news is that the whole thing is done in seven months.”

He thinks Kristen Stewart handles it better: “Kris is better about dealing with photographers than I am.”

Sparkles, Philosopher King: “I’ve learned to let it go a bit, but I’m still really bothered by it,” he said. “The more you are exposed, the more people irrationally hate you, I think we reached a point, a peak, with ‘New Moon’ where the stories became so saturated into the culture that it started to feel normal. It’s like the tabloids don’t know what to write anymore because they’ve used up all their scandals.”

He admires Joaquin Phoenix: Mr. Pattinson talks about a desire to play “characters that are not parodies,” and he would love to do a comedy with Todd Solondz (“Welcome to the Dollhouse”). He would like to have a career like Joaquin Phoenix, somebody who makes unorthodox roles pop.

On working on Water for Elephants: Mr. Pattinson has clearly enjoyed working on something else. He lit up when talking about the shoot, mentioning a scene in which a lion had to bite his arm and another where he had to spend hours shoveling horse manure — an unsettling detail given the grimy condition of his fingernails. “It feels like everyone is an Oscar winner except me,” he said of the cast and crew.

On playing a character that doesn‘t age: “I hope it doesn’t start looking ridiculous.”

[From The New York Times]

The piece quotes various producers and Hollywood experts extensively, asking them if Pattinson is going to have much of a career beyond Twilight. The experts seemed to think he would, if he tried to fashion his career after Leo DiCaprio, which makes me sad that the “experts” can’t think of another star who was youngish tween-friendly star who transitioned into a full-fledged adult career. I like Pattinson’s suggestion of Joaquin Phoenix, although in Joaquin’s defense, he was always a gritty, independent kind of actor before he got Gladiator and changed the face of his career. Do we really want to see Pattinson dirty it up? I don’t know. He’s just so pretty and sparkly. Even though I didn’t see Remember Me (yet – I will see it at some point), I think that was probably a good character for him, it was modern and he got to be a romantic lead without it being about sparkles and colored contacts and sh-t. And I actually think the fact that he’s English will work well for him, honestly. The British actors think about their careers differently, and I’ve always felt it’s less about ego for them, they just work because they get offered projects and why not? It’s only in Hollywood that actors obsessively “plan” their career paths, I think.

NYT photos & TV Watch photo courtesy of robertpattinson.org.

The Twihards must be stopped. They’ve gone completely off the f-cking reservation. Here’s the story: Emma Roberts was on the Tonight Show the same night as Robert Pattinson (I think it was Tuesday night). Emma was promoting God knows what, I wasn’t paying attention, but she is clearly the “the second guest” you know? Sidenote: Her eye makeup is so bad, it’s distracting. Like, it’s Taylor Momsen-esque. Here’s the video of what happened when she came out as the second guest, and Pattinson stayed on the couch during her interview. Leno asks Emma if she’s Team Edward, and she admits that she’s actually Team Jacob.

I love Pattinson’s response. It was very old school, what he did, very quick and almost David Niven-esque (sidenote: Pattinson would be smart to model more of his actions and personality after Niven, a legendary charmer and wit). It’s obvious that Pattinson wasn’t offended, and he was having fun with her, and no one walked away feeling like sh-t. After all, it was just a difference of opinion about sparkly vampires versus cheesy werewolves, right? Not so much. After the show aired, an angry mob of Team Edward Twihards attacked Emma on her Twitter feed, and she had to shut down her Twitter account. Here’s more:

Robert Pattinson didn’t seem to mind when Emma Roberts revealed on “The Tonight Show” that she is on Team Jacob — but Team Edward definitely did.

Since telling Jay Leno she preferred the hunky werewolf to the brooding vampire on Tuesday’s “Tonight Show,” Roberts has been bombarded by nasty tweets from Pattinson’s fans.

They were so vicious, in fact, that the 19-year-old actress was forced delete her Twitter account, E! Online reports.

“Team Jacob? Ewwwwwwwww!!!!! >.<," wrote one user, whose comment was mild compared to several others.

Before closing her account Wednesday night, Roberts tweeted, "Rob Pattinson is so nice! I was slightly disappointed his skin wasn't glittering & the song 'Wild Thing' didn't start when he shook my hand."

Although some Twi-hards slammed Roberts for her "Tonight Show" proclamation, others are embarrassed by their fellow fans' actions.

"Dear Emma Roberts, Sorry abt our fandom," tweeted one "Twilight" lover. "Please know not all of us act that way. I didn't agree w/ your Jay antics, but won't cuss you out."

Another Twi-hard reminded everyone that if Pattinson wasn't offended, they shouldn't be.

"Emma Roberts deleted her twitter? I can safely say i'm very embarrassed to even be part of Twilight at this point," the fan tweeted. "Rob made a joke about it!"

When Roberts admitted she was on Team Jacob on "The Tonight show," Pattinson quipped, "Well, you just revealed yourself to have no taste."

[From the New York Daily News]

Now, I have to admit – Emma grates on my nerves more than her Aunt Julia. Julia and Emma both have the big-mouthed bitchy genes, but Julia backs her sh-t up with being a movie star for a quarter of a century. That being said, I do feel for Emma because of what happened after this incident on the Tonight Show. She’s a pill, but she’s young, and she didn’t deserve to be made Enemy Number One of the Twihard Nation. For God’s sake, this has gotten beyond embarrassing.

Life & Style’s cover story “Kristen Drives Rob Away” this week is epic in its brilliance. L&S claims that Robert Pattinson dumped Kristen Stewart because she was and is “such a downer.” Unfortunately, whenever Sparkles gets around Kristen, his Sparkle Dick gets hard for what a downer she is, and they get it on. But Pattinson isn’t going to play that game anymore – he “called it quits” according to the magazine. So why is this so brilliant? Because Kristen and Robert never acknowledge their relationship, so why would they come out and deny this story? Perfect.

Robert Pattinson has had enough of Kristen Stewart’s negative attitude and finally called it quits, Life & Style has learned.

In fact, Life & Style can reveal that Rob broke things off with Kristen earlier this year.

“When Rob was back in the U.K., he was totally fed up with Kristen and over it. He told her, ‘We’re done,’” an insider tells Life & Style. “Rob says she complains about everything and is such a downer. But when he meets up with her they start flirting again and get caught up in all the romance.”

But impulsive hookups aren’t enough. Unlike his character, Edward, Rob feels he hasn’t found his soul mate and is keeping his options open.

The magic may have drained from his and Kristen’s relationship, but Rob clearly hasn’t given up on his fairy-tale ending.

“There are still a lot of people in the world who desperately want to keep real romance alive,” Rob has said. “It sounds lame, but it’s the truth.”

[From Life & Style]

So, is this for real? I think Kristen and Robert really care about each other, and they seem to actually put work into their relationship, traveling to visit each other and spending quality time together. Like, it’s not just about sex, it’s not just about the hookup, you know? But I wouldn’t be surprised if Sparkles did think Kristen was a downer, because that’s the way she comes across all too often. Meanwhile, Robert has grown into his fame very nicely, and generally seems like a very upbeat, positive person. And they are both so young – Kristen is 19, Sparkles is 24 years old. It’s not going to last forever. But I don’t think it’s over yet.

Life & Style cover courtesy of CoverAwards.

Robert Pattinson has a new interview on Nightline! God knows when this thing airs, but Nightline has already released transcripts and video (here for Nightline’s full piece). Pattinson is charming, as always, but you know I do adore my Sparkles. Anyway, there’s nothing incredibly new in this interview, just Sparkles joking about his life as a teen idol, and talking about how Edward wants a ring on his finger before he puts out for Bella. That part is kind of funny. Oh, and he thinks he’s going to die at 30, because “I just thought if too many good things happen, then you’re going to die at 30.” Aw…

On being an actor: “I mean, it’s crazy. It’s not what people tell you when people warn you of being an actor,” he said recently in an interview with “Nightline.” “If and when I have children, [and] they ask if they want to be actors, I’m like ‘Yeah, it’s great. You don’t have to do anything. Everything goes right.’”

On Eclipse: “There are a lot of fight scenes, and the love triangle between me, Bella — Kristen’s character — and Jacob kind of comes to a head.”

On “probably” dying at 30: “I guess I just thought if too many good things happen, then you’re going to die at 30… I didn’t want that to happen.” And yet the good things continue to keep happening. “Yeah, so probably, I’m going to die at 30,” he said. “Actually, it’s God saying, ‘Hey, you shouldn’t have asked for too much.’”

On the characters‘ virginity: “If there was a hard and fast decision by both of them saying, ‘Yeah, we’re going to remain virgins our entire lives, it’s never going to happen,’ I don’t think it would be as popular a series,” Pattinson said. He added that the success of the “Twilight” series seemed to lie in its ability to be sexy, without being all about sex. “[Fans] like that moment before … the kind of tipping point before it goes over,” he said. “I mean, everybody likes that. That’s the best part, for a relationship.”

He joked that it was helpful to look as if he was enjoying himself, “rather than looking like it’s freaking you out and you want to leave.”

On Valium: “I knew it was going be a long audition because I was doing a screen test for it, and it was at the director’s house,” he recalled. “And 20 minutes before I had to leave, I just suddenly started panicking.” Desperate, he swiped a few Valium from the friend with whom he’d been staying, and it did the trick. “Um, probably one of the best decisions I’ve ever made,” he joked. “I remember thinking that even when I was in the cab on the way over there, I was thinking, ‘I want to get a prescription for these.’”

On paranoia: “I used to spend a lot of time walking in cities by myself, and I can’t really do that without being, um, a little paranoid,” he says. “You get better at hiding and you get better at choosing which areas are the right areas to go to. And you also get better at interacting with strangers.”

[From ABC News]

I get a kick at how casually he talks about talking Valium. I think he’s also talked about taking sleeping pills – he’s definitely a fan of being medicated. Sparkle Pills. As far as “interacting with strangers” he’s definitely comfortable with that, considering Oprah made him visit some Twihards in their own homes. He behaved with a lot of humor and grace, I thought. I also think that’s what these Twihards need, really – I mean, what’s the worst that could happen when a Twihard meets Sparkles? Granted, there are some truly terrible things that could happen, but the girl most likely just wants a hug.

Robert Pattinson and the Twilight team have already started the American promotional tour for Eclipse. Thus, Sparkles sat down with an interview for Today – being interviewed by Jenna Bush Hager. You know what? Not even one minute into this interview, I was totally charmed. My affection for Sparkles just continues to grow. I don’t even give a sh-t about Twilight, I just love him. Sigh… here you go, with some transcribed quotes from People Magazine:

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Forget getting engaged or getting married. Robert Pattinson has more modest goals in mind for his immediate romantic future.

“I would like to go on a date,” the Twilight actor told interviewer Jenna Bush Hager on Monday’s Today show on NBC. “I’m just saying. I’m just putting that out there. Because I never go on dates anymore.”

If and when he does get married, the British actor, 24 – who’s been linked to his costar, Kristen Stewart, 20 – says he doesn’t like the term “settling down.”

“I don’t think settling down should be the same thing as getting married,” he says, adding with a laugh: “I mean, I guess settling down just means not sleeping with everybody. I don’t like the idea of having to settle, though.”

True to form, Pattinson did not discuss Stewart. But he did talk about Taylor Lautner, and joked that they’ve had a serious rivalry off screen, too. “Very competitive,” Pattinson says. “I want to have better hair than him. I want to have a better six-pack. No, he’s great. I’ve been close with him throughout the whole series.”

Asked how he feels about news that the fourth Twilight novel, Breaking Dawn, will indeed be shot as two films, Pattinson said it’s a little bit daunting. “Just cause it’s a long shoot,” he says. “The last time, when we were shooting Eclipse in Vancouver, the entire paparazzi population of L.A. came up and just camped outside the hotel. So, if it’s in Vancouver, I’ll probably end up getting cabin fever and end up jumping off the balcony.”

[From People]

What do you think it means that Sparkles doesn’t want to settle?!? What do you think it means that he seems ambivalent about only sleeping with one person? Ooh, the tabloids will have a field day, I’m sure. Is Pattinson just not that into Kristen Stewart? Or is he just saying he wants to go on one “date” with her? Aw… I was trying to describe to my mom why I dig Pattinson (he beeps on my mom’s gaydar), and I found myself at a loss for words. It’s like… Pattinson is who I would have been totally in love with when I was 13 years old. He’s charming, funny and sweet, but without being Disney and wholesome and sickeningly vanilla. That’s just why I love him.

These are some new photos of Robert Pattinson on the set of Water for Elephants, and I also threw in some scans of Pattinson’s appearance on Premiere France. I chanced upon one of Sparkles’ fan sites (I didn’t really chance, I was looking for it!), and I found that robertpattinson.org is extremely well-organized – they even have a complete translation of the Premiere interview. I was reading through it, and sighing over Sparkles’ dreaminess. The full interview is here, but here are some good highlights:

Première: The last time we talked, you were filming New Moon, the second Twilight movie. Here we are again, a year later for the opening of Eclipse. I’m having a hard time keeping up it’s going so fast …
Robert Pattinson: There were only two months between the filming of New Moon and Eclipse, during which I made Remember Me. Everything, went by so fast that I never felt like I quit twilight. But I was still sort of lost when I started Eclipse. I didn’t have the time to prepare myself so I needed a few weeks to accommodate myself.

P: What did you expect from a director like David Slade and did was he different on the set from what you imagined?
RP: I had no idea what I could expect from a director specialized in more mature films, who’s not afraid of explicit violence. Honestly, I was wondering how his universe would merge with the one of Twilight, which isn’t known for its nerve-raking violence. David had a clear idea of what he wanted to do; he had a different work method than Catherine and Chris’.

P: Like what?
RP: Eclipse introduces a lot of new characters; the atmosphere is less stuffy than in the first two movies. Twilight was centered on Edward and Bella’s romance, New Moon on Jacob and Bella’s relationship with Edward at the periphery. Eclipse allows each character to have its ‘moment’ the spectrum is wider. The movie is, also, more rhythmed by action, and less focused on everyone’s intimacy.

P: Did you have a trainer who yelled at you and ordered you to do push-ups?
RP: Constantly. And here I thought that it would be just like the other movies: Kristen, Taylor and I in a room, going through the script. I was surprised.

P: All the juicy stuff is in Breaking Dawn: The sex scene, a birthing scene in which your character performs a C-section with his teeth…
RP: I know! I’m wondering how they will be able to translate this on screen. We’ll end up with a R rated movie … Can you imagine if we decided to go all in and turn Twilight into a raw saga for adults with sex scenes and everything? Summit would appear as the most progressive studio in the world. This would be funny.

P: When you got the script for Eclipse, what were the scenes you were the most impatient to film?
RP: Until now, the majority of the scenes in Twilight were between me and Kristen. I was happy to play this role with other actors. In the first two volumes, I always felt like Edward was hidden and reserved. In Eclipse, he’s angry; he sort of flies off the handle. It looks simple said like this but he seems less taciturn in this movie, to the point where I thought I was playing someone else.

P: If I was playing someone as serious as Edward Cullen for months, I’d like to release the tension once the filming is over, probably by getting drunk all night.
RP: But I was already drinking on set. *laughs*But seriously, when I was done filming Twilight I shot another movie right away so I really didn’t have the time to stand back from all this. On the beginning of May, I went back to reshoot some scene for Eclipse just as I was done with Bel Ami, I was completely lost. I couldn’t lose my accent, I couldn’t find my marks … but once the make-up was put on my face, and I wore my contacts, everything came back to me. For the first time, I realized that I missed this character and how weird I would feel when the saga is over.

P: You know how to keep the suspense. I’d like us to go back on the topic of Remember Me which shocked me with its maturity and seriousness. Do you think this darkness played a role in the shy number it got at the box office?
RP: Remember Me wasn’t made to be a blockbuster on the scale of Twilight, it was an indie movie with a tiny budget meaning that the promotion would be minimal. In the end, it made 60 millions of dollars all over the world: not bad for a movie which cost 16. I’m happy it wasn’t a big flop but never was I worried about the box office.

P: Many people said that this movie was your test about your movie star status, it seemed a little early to me…
RP: I know! I read all the articles about Leo Dicaprio and the fact that his fans followed him after Titanic. But for me, Twilight has nothing to do with it. The fans will see the movies because they love the story. I never felt like I had a role in the success of it all. Like I’ve always said, it’s the character that people love, not me. I hope to be able to reach out to people due to the quality of the films that I make and not because people will hope to see a new Twilight as soon as my name is in the end credits.

P: You say that celebrity opens some doors and closes others. Which ones would you have liked to stay open?
RP: I’d like not to be so paranoid when I meet new people. When I walk on the street, I’m scared of meeting anyone’s eyes in case they recognize me. I have to hide constantly, it’s unsettling. So, I live a strange life, I can’t be as open as I’d like. In fact, you learn as you go. Over the years, I managed this situation better and better, I’m more at ease than before the Twilight madness. I think you reach a point after a while: you lose it, become a recluse and turn your back on the whole humanity or you learn to accept it.

P: You look more relaxed than last year…
RP: I am. I’m starting this new movie that excites me and I just finished another one that I like. I know that nothing would have gone so fats without the fans who follow me everywhere and the people who recognize me on the street, to be honest.

P: Do you think you saw everything when it comes to the craziness of the press or do you think they are more surrealistic experiences to live?
RP: I don’t know. On the plus side, you can’t stay the object of stares forever. New actors will come and grab their attention. It only last for a while. The craziness reached its point during the shooting of Remember Me but it died down since. When I was filming Bel Ami in London, things were calmer. I could even walk around freely.

P: How would you react if everything stopped tomorrow?
RP: The end of the world, you mean? I think I could survive. *laughs* To be honest, I have no idea. I’d find something else to do. The path I’m on right now helps me a lot but I haven’t achieve yet everything I want.

P: I could see you play songs in bars in the nowheres of France.
RP: You couldn’t have said it better. When I was 19 I filmed a short movie in Brittany for two weeks. Every night, I would play music in bars, it was fantastic. One of my favorite memories.

[From Premiere France, transcribed from scans by robertpattinson.org]

I do think he’s done a lot of growing up and maturing the past few years, and he’s begun to wear his fame with a lot of grace and good humor. Instead of looking permanently hunted, he’s begun to look like he’s actually enjoying himself and trying to be a good sport about his crazy fans. And you know what? He gets it a lot worse than Kristen Stewart. Little girls like Kristen because she plays Bella, and they want her autograph. Little girls LOVE Pattinson and they want to touch him, grab him, cut off a strand of Sparkle Hair, etc. They want to swarm him and take him down. So why is it Pattinson maintains such grace and good humor while Kristen is still such a snot?

Pattinson on June 9, 2010. Credit: Coqueran/Fame Pictures. Scans of Premiere cover and additional pic courtesy of robertpattinson.org.

Remember how Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart’s cheesy Best Kiss victory was universally reviled? Turns out, Sparkles had nothing to do with it. At least that’s what he’s saying now. Pattinson admitted to OK UK that he had other ideas for what they should do, and that their fake, badly-acted, dumb Best Kiss act just “didn’t work”. I’ll say. I would love to know what Sparkles wanted to do:

TWILIGHT Saga: Eclipse stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart may have made the crowd go crazy when they kissed on stage at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday. But Robert Pattinson has revealed his kiss with Kristen Stewart (that surely proves they’re off-screen lovers too) went horribly wrong.

R-Pattz, who went in for the snog on receiving the award for Best Kiss, told reporters he had grand ideas for the public smooch.

He said: “I had the best ideas last night. And I was telling everyone, ‘Listen, just leave it to me, I’ve got it all under control.’ … I was telling everyone all these ideas. I gave them a whole selection and no one thought they were funny, so then we ended up doing something which didn’t work.”

We don’t know about you but we thought their whole clumsy snog routine was hugely endearing – and only added to the squeal factor when the pair locked lips.

Kristen told the cheering crowd: “To be perfectly honest with you, it takes a lot of smoke and mirrors to make us look good kissing. We’ll give it a shot.”

The pair then jokingly pretended to fumble around with one another and K-Stew even slapped him away a few times, before he finally stole a kiss – to make all of our stomachs flip.

[From OK! Magazine]

Do you think Twihards will continue to vote for them even after two consecutive years of c-ckblocking? Probably. We have to remember, this is many girls’ first experiences with feeling “funny” down there, so they want to prolong the experience. Meanwhile, us adults just want to see Sparkle Wang.

Also – I put this in the links yesterday, but it’s actually pretty funny. The Remember Me DVD is about to be released, and some sites have gotten advanced copies. Some of the extras include Sparkles talking about what he was actually writing in his character’s journal: “I remember writing all these kind of pornographic poems… whenever there was a close-up on it. Horrible, horrible things in bold capital letters.” He also joked about how he felt for director of photography during the sex scene in the film because the man “had to look deep into my … crack for a long time.” Sparkle Crack.

Here’s video of the Best Kiss win again: