Eclipse & Last Airbender Lead Razzie Nominees

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is leading this year's Golden Raspberry Awards (The Razzies) after scoring nine nominations for the upcoming ceremony, which names and shames the worst movies.

The popular vampire sequel is on the shortlist for Worst Picture, while Kristen Stewart is up for the Worst Actress trophy and the film's lead male stars Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner are set to battle it out for Worst Actor.

Jackson Rathbone, who plays Jasper in the blood-sucking series, picked up two nominations for Worst Supporting Actor - one for his role in the latest Twilight project and another for his part in The Last Airbender, which also picked up a total of nine nominations.

The film, starring Dev Patel, landed on the shortlist for awards including Worst Picture, Worst Supporting Actor (Patel) and Worst Supporting Actress (Nicola Peltz).

The other Worst Picture contenders are The Bounty Hunter, Sex and the City 2 and Twilight spoof Vampires Suck.

Joining Stewart in the Worst Actress category are Jennifer Aniston (The Bounty Hunter), Miley Cyrus (The Last Song) and Megan Fox (Jonah Hex), while Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon received a shared nomination for their roles in the second Sex and the City sequel.

Other contenders for this year's Worst Actor title include Jack Black (Gulliver's Travels), Gerard Butler (The Bounty Hunter) and Ashton Kutcher, who is nominated twice for his parts in Valentine's Day and Killers.

The winners of the awards will be announced at a ceremony in Los Angeles on 26 February - a day before the Academy Awards take place.

Last year, Sandra Bullock attended the event to pick up the Worst Actress trophy for All About Steve - a day before she won an Oscar for her part in The Blind Side.

This year's Academy Award nominations – for outstanding achievement in movies – will be announced later this morning.

Vampires Eclipse the Competition at the People's Choice Awards

The stars of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse were the big winners at the People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday night.

Robert Pattinson missed out on early honors as Johnny Depp won the Favorite Movie Actor a year after he was awarded the first Favorite Movie Actor of the Decade Award at the 2010 event.

Pattinson and Stewart also missed out on the Favorite Movie Star Under 25 Award - to Zac Efron.

But then the movie vampires took over, winning four big awards, including the night's Favorite Movie honor and Favorite Movie Actress (Stewart).

Eminem also claimed four big awards - for Favorite Male Artist and Favorite Hip-Hop Artist and for his Rihanna duet Love The Way You Lie, which was named Favorite Song and Favorite Music Video.

TV medical drama House was also a quadruple winner, taking home the Favorite TV Drama honour, while stars Hugh Laurie and Lisa Edelstein claimed the Favorite TV Drama Actor and Actress awards. Laurie was also named Favorite TV Doctor.

Other multiple winners included Katy Perry, who was named Favorite Female Artist and Favorite Online Sensation; TV hit Glee, which claimed the Favorite TV Comedy and Favorite TV Comedy Actress (Jane Lynch), and Adam Sandler, who picked up the Favorite Comedic Actor honor, while his 2010 movie Grown Ups landed the Favorite Comedy Movie accolade.

Tim Roth was also a surprise double winner, picking up the Favorite TV Crime Fighter award for his role in Lie To Me. The show also won the Favorite TV Crime Drama.

The full list of winners is:

MOVIES

Favorite Movie - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Favorite Drama Movie - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Favorite Onscreen Team - Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)
Favorite Movie Actress - Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)
Favorite Movie Actor - Johnny Depp
Favorite Comedic Star - Adam Sandler
Favorite Movie Star Under 25 - Zac Efron
Favorite Comedy Movie - Grown Ups
Favorite Action Movie - Iron Man 2
Favorite Action Star - Jackie Chan
Favorite Family Movie - Toy Story 3
Favorite Horror Movie - A Nightmare on Elm Street

TELEVISON

Favorite TV Drama - House
Favorite TV Comedy - Glee
Favorite TV Comedy Actor - Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
Favorite TV Comedy Actress - Jane Lynch (Glee)
Favorite TV Drama Actress - Lisa Edelstein (House)
Favorite TV Drama Actor - Hugh Laurie (House)
Favorite TV Obsession - Dexter
Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show - Fringe
Favorite New Drama - Hawaii Five-0
Favorite New TV Comedy - $#*! My Dad Says
Favorite TV Guilty Pleasure - Keeping Up With The Kardashians
Favorite Talk Show Host - Conan O'Brien
Favorite TV Guest Star - Demi Lovato (Grey's Anatomy)
Favorite TV Doctor - Hugh Laurie (House)
Favorite TV Family - The Simpsons
Favorite Family TV Movie - Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
Favorite TV Chef - Rachael Ray
Favorite Competition Show - American Idol
Favorite TV Crime Drama - Lie To Me
Favorite TV Crime Fighter - Tim Roth (Lie To Me)

MUSIC

Favorite Rock Band - Paramore
Favorite Female Artist - Katy Perry
Favorite Country Artist - Taylor Swift
Favorite Male Artist - Eminem
Favorite Online Sensation - Katy Perry
Favorite Song - Love The Way You Lie by Eminem & Rihanna
Favorite Pop Artist - Rihanna
Favorite Breakout Artist - Selena Gomez & The Scene
Favorite R&B Artist - Usher
Favorite Hip-Hop Artist - Eminem
Favorite Music Video - Love The Way You Lie by Eminem & Rihanna

Cam Gigandet Turned Off Favorite Cookies After Striptease Scene

Twilight star Cam Gigandet will never be able to look at a packet of Famous Amos cookies in the same way again after using a box to cover his privates in a saucy scene in new film Burlesque.

The movie vampire gets naked while performing a striptease for co-star Christina Aguilera's character in the film and grabs a box of cookies to cover his exposed manhood.

He says, "We were actually just looking through my cupboard in my apartment on set and we were like, 'What could work?' Let's try this box of cereal, this box of Twinkies... We settled on a box of cookies."

But the scene has turned him off Famous Amos for the time being: "I don't think I'll be eating them for a while."

Damon Salvatore is the Sexiest Beast in New Poll

Former Lost star Ian Somerhalder's vampire character in The Vampire Diaries has beaten Twilight's Edward Cullen to be crowned America's Sexiest Beast.

The actor's Damon Salvatore finished just ahead of Robert Pattinson's movie bloodsucker in Entertainment Weekly magazine's new poll of favorite TV movie monsters.

Cullen beat Cameron from The Sarah Connor Chronicles, played by Summer Glau, and Salvatore beat Hugh Jackman's Wolverine to make it to the final vote.

Morena Baccarin's V character Anna, Taylor Lautner's Jacob Black, Halle Berry's Storm and Alexander Skarsgard's True Blood character Eric Northman all made the quarterfinals.

Edward Cullen Strips Down in Twilight Spoof Film

It's a lot of pressure to walk in Robert Pattinson's footsteps as vampire heartthrob Edward Cullen, but somebody's got to do it.

Matt Lanter, the hunky actor who plays 90210's Liam Court, has stepped up to the plate to play Edward in the Twilight saga spoof, Vampires Suck.

But judging from Lanter's words, it sounds like the spoofed version will be a bit more racy than the original flicks. "I'm naked in the movie," the actor, 27, said at the Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.

"We very closely follow the Twilight saga, so I think anything you might find cheesy about Twilight – which I know sounds really weird – we tackle that," Lanter says. "You know that famous 'I'm a killer' scene where [Pattinson] is talking about how he's a vampire? We make fun of that, but I pull out a gun and shoot. I'm actually a killer."

And even though Lanter says he hasn't discussed the spoof with Pattinson, he thinks the British superstar and his fans will give the film two thumbs up.

"It seems like [Pattinson]'s got a sense of humor," Lanter said. "We're adding to the Twilight saga in a fun, quirky way … We're paying homage. It's the greatest form of flattery."

Robert Pattinson Excited for Breaking Dawn's 'Pillow-Biting' Sex Scene

In Eclipse Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson's characters end up engaged – so what happens when they become man and wife?

Spoiler alert! Keep reading if you want to know what happens...

"It does actually literally get more physical [in Breaking Dawn]," Stewart tells Access Hollywood, referring to the couple's sex scenes. "It doesn't get more action-packed … [But] they definitely get more physical. Well, they get married."

The film's screenwriter has said she plans to show Stewart's character, Bella, giving birth, so how steamy will the pre-baby scenes get?

"Well, they're man and wife now," Stewart says leadingly. "They have a kid and stuff too, so, I guess to get there that happens."

She adds with mock excitement, "We totally have sex – finally!"

For his part, Pattinson jokes that one moment of the Edward and Bella romantic scenes in the book stuck out to him.

"I'm looking forward to the pillow-biting scene," he says with a laugh. "I thought that was so funny. Of all the random things too do, really? He bites the pillow."

Plus, now that he'll be showing more skin, "I can't wait to get all my body makeup on," Pattinson says, "to be especially pasty looking."

Breaking Dawn Screenwriter Votes for Showing Bella Giving Birth on Screen

It's a question that's hovered over the Twilight franchise for months: How will the filmmakers handle Bella's notoriously graphic childbirth scene in the movie version of Breaking Dawn?

Now, screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg has weighed in – and she's all for showing it on screen, though perhaps without some of the gorier details.

"The childbirth – all the scenes, I feel – should be on screen," Rosenberg tells PopSugar. "Would we actually see Edward's teeth through the placenta? I don't think so. I don't think we need to see that."

She adds with a laugh: "If someone needs to see that, I think they should take a look at that."

In the novel, the birth is so difficult that Bella nearly dies, and one book reviewer complained that the scene was so graphic, it "may promote lifelong abstinence in sensitive types."

As the Breaking Dawn film production has been getting closer, Kristen Stewart, in particular, has been curious about that scene. "I haven't seen a script," she told MTV News in January, "but I'm not alone in really, really wondering how they're going to handle that."

Rosenberg, who also wrote the first three films in the series, said last month that she was "deep in the middle" of the script for the two-part Breaking Dawn movie, the first installment of which is due in theaters in November 2011. In the PopSugar interview, Rosenberg says it's been great fun writing the character Bella, in particular, as she evolves.

"I think seeing Bella as a vampire and her adjusting to her powers and embracing them, those are all really fun scenes to write," she says. "Particularly when you picture Kristen Stewart playing her, and the way she's embodied Bella as a sort of awkward, fidgety persona. When she turns into a vampire, all of that goes away."

Twilight's Taylor Lautner on Swapping Spit with Robert Pattinson

The real danger on the set of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse didn't involve vampires or werewolves. It was all the flying saliva.

"We're always like an inch away from each other's faces, screaming at each other, spitting at each other in the face. It gets a little awkward," Taylor Lautner said of costar Robert Pattinson at Monday's Cinema Society and Piaget-hosted screening of their latest Twilight film in New York.

Did Pattinson have to duck any major projectiles? "Not anything super dramatic," Lautner says, "but I'm sure he caught a couple splats."

Shouting at each other doesn't come naturally for two guys who don't, in real life, despise each other. And so, the scenes often veer into laughter. "Rob and I ruin a lot of takes," Lautner admits. "It's hard to keep a straight face, because we actually like each other. So, it's pretty funny."

With Pattinson filming Water for Elephants, Lautner, 18, was joined at the screening by costar Kristen Stewart, 20. Both actors said they've been enjoying some relatively quiet time recently.

Lautner said he's been following the World Cup – "I was rooting for the U.S., and that was a bummer," he says – while Stewart has been indulging her passion for music and cooking. "I'm fairly obsessed with [indie rocker] Jenny Lewis right now," she admits. "I'm in a state of grief because I'm missing her show in L.A."

But the cooking is going well – and it sounds like Stewart is being resourceful. "I like making pies," she says. "I have a bunch of fruit trees in my backyard. My loquat tree sprouted, and I like making loquat pie. They're really hard to peel and everything, and it took me forever, but they make the best pies. They're amazing."

Paparazzi!: They're Fang-tastic

Eclipse stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner look absolutely fang-tastic Thursday at the Los Angeles premiere of the newest Twilight film, which arrives in theaters June 30th.

Fans Can Expect Lots of Skin – and Sex! – in Twilight's Breaking Dawn

Twilight films have been fairly tame when it comes to sex. But it sounds like Breaking Dawn will stay true to Stephenie Meyer's book, with especially racy scenes between leading lovers Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.

"You will see sex – Yes!" Breaking Dawn and Twilight screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg said at the Eclipse premiere in Los Angeles on Thursday night. "The relationship [between Pattinson's Edward and Stewart's Bella] does go all the way in the book, so in the movie, it will as well. You are going to see more skin in Breaking Dawn than you did in the other films."

But don't expect any XXX antics. "Will it be pornographic? – That, I do not know," Rosenberg said with a laugh. "I don't know if it has to be R-rated, but it has to be what the book is, which means more skin. ... I will definitely be writing more skin."

Breaking Dawn Getting Broken Down into Two Films

Twilight fans have twice as many reasons to cheer. Summit Entertainment has confirmed that Breaking Dawn, the fourth novel in Stephanie Meyer's best-selling vampire series, will be released as two separate films.

The first installment will be released on the originally announced date of November 18, 2011. The second film's release date has yet to be announced. The production of both films will happen simultaneously and is expected to last four to five months, starting in the late fall.

Oscar winning director Bill Condon – best known for writing and directing Gods and Monsters, Chicago and Dreamgirls – will be directing both films. And stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner are of course back. However, it has not been confirmed whether Dakota Fanning (as Jane) and Michael Sheen (as Aro) will reprise their roles. And despite graphic scenes in the novel involving sex and childbirth, the film adaptations will have a PG-13 rating.

The biggest question now is where in the story the first film will end and the second film begin. Fans will surely start speculating as they wait in line to see Eclipse, which hits theaters June 30th.

Eclipse Gets Rapturous Reviews From Sneak-Peek Viewers

Abbreviations and expletives are flying through Twitter as the lucky few who saw The Twilight Saga: Eclipse this week at a screening with Oprah Winfrey offer their ecstatic – though cryptic – reviews.

The audience was sworn to secrecy about the details of the movie, but the overall reaction to the early cut was a huge thumbs-up. "I just saw Eclipse. Oh my [expletive] god," writes Nicolediscogrll. "Best movie I have ever see. The fight scenes the love scenes oh my god."

She adds: "I wish I can talk about the movie but I can't. But you will NOT be disappointed and the love scenes are [expletive] HOT."

Here are reactions from others who attended:

• TrendingJB: "AMAZING movie. That's ALL I'm saying … I loved it. And it was two months early, which makes it more awesome. And I'm gonna see it again June 30th."

• Shannon_Haile: "Eclipse left me speechless … I couldn't contain myself. Everyone should be GLAD the movie turned out AMAZING."

• vivian_ortiz: "Eclipse was amazing!! Can't wait to see the final version!!"

The audience also got to attend a taping of The Oprah Winfrey Show with the movie's stars – Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Dakota Fanning. The episode will air next Thursday, May 13th. Eclipse opens in theaters on June 30th.

To cap off the busy week, Summit Entertainment has also announced a release date for the next Twilight installment, Breaking Dawn. It will open in the U.S. on November. 18, 2011.

David Duchovny Talks Man Crushes and Free Stuff

It's hard to deny that the guys from Twilight are pretty dreamy, even David Duchovny would have to agree. But, if you give him the names Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson, you'll probably just get a blank stare in return. If you say "the werewolf and vampire from Twilight," then bingo. We're sure the former X-Files actor is not alone in this.

David, who has two children with wife Tea Leoni, said: "If I were gay, you know. I think Woody Allen is one of a long list of men I might go gay for. Garry Shandling is someone I've publicly gone gay for, for jokes. Oh and anyone in the Twilight movies. I don't know any of their names, but all of them. The wolves, the vampires? They're all fantastic."

David also revealed that one of his greatest pleasures is showering in the buff outside his house in Massachusetts. He told Empire magazine: "I seriously hope no-one in Massachusetts reads this, but we have this outdoor shower and so I'm kinda naked and outside. I really enjoy taking an outdoor shower."

David also admitted he regularly uses his fame to get free goods. He said: "Do I use my celebrity to get something for free? Hell yeah! Mostly sporting apparel. Oh and the courtside seats at basketball games are fantastic. It's a fantasy for someone like me, who grew up wanting to play basketball, to be down there."

The Twilight Sage will Continue...

Twilight fans thirsting for more were heartbroken when author Stephenie Meyer announced she would no longer be publishing Midnight Sun, the story of Twilight as told through the eyes of undead leading man Edward Cullen.

But on Tuesday the best-selling author revealed plans to add a different fifth installment to The Twilight Saga – The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, a novella following one of Eclipse's newborn vampires.

"Her story is a nice complement to Eclipse," Meyer wrote on her official Web site. "It explains a lot of the things that Bella never knew.

The 192-page book, which during filming was used as a reference guide by the cast and crew of Eclipse, will be released in a hardcover edition on June 5th, with $1 from every purchase going to benefit the American Red Cross. It will also be available for free online at breetanner.com from June 7th to July 5th.

Paparazzi!: Vamp It Up!

True Blood's Stephen Moyer and New Moon's Kellan Lutz join (sexy) forces Monday for Cosmopolitan's annual Fun Fearless Males bash at New York's Mandarin Oriental Hotel, where the stars were honored for their style.

‘Eclipse’ to Get Super-Sized in IMAX

Just in case you didn’t think the Twilight Saga movies were huge enough, it’s just been announced that Eclipse, the third installment of the teen vampire blockbuster, will be available in a super-sized version for IMAX theaters.

“Twilight moviegoers will have a whole new way to experience this next installment of the series, with the enhanced image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience putting them IN the movie,” said Richie Fay, Summit Entertainment’s President of Domestic Theatrical Distribution. “The IMAX release puts us on the event film calendar for 2010, and we’re very excited to work with IMAX to bring a new kind of film to the IMAX theatre network.”

And, unlike many films which have gotten an IMAX release Twi-Hards won’t have to wait to see it. The IMAX version will be released on June 30, the same day as the highly anticipated film opens nationwide on regular, puny screens.

“We’re very excited to work with our new partners at Summit Entertainment to transport the very loyal and enthusiastic Twilight fans into the world of the Volturi via The IMAX Experience,” added Greg Foster, Chairman and President of IMAX Filmed Entertainment. “With our growing theatre network, we’re poised to take advantage of the rapidly growing fan-base devoted to this dynamic, cutting edge series.”

Twilight Finale May Be Split Into Two

Moviegoers who think that the Twilight saga will be dead and buried after the third installation, Eclipse, had better think again: Summit Entertainment may release not just one but two movies based on the fourth novel in the series.

The film company is considering turning Breaking Dawn into a two-part finale to the movie series, Variety reports.

Of course, there are complications to such a move. First off, screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, who wrote the first three movies' scripts, hasn't begun writing. Second, director Chris Weitz, who filmed New Moon, has said he wants to quit the movie business after finishing a pet project, The Gardener.

But perhaps most critical is getting actors Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and the rest to come back on board – and paying them suitably staggering salaries.

On the other hand, if Harry Potter can pull it off, why not the Cullens?

New Moon Scores Thanksgiving Box Office Record

The Twilight Saga: New Moon is at the top of the U.S. box office for the second consecutive week, taking North American ticket sales into a record-breaking five-day Thanksgiving weekend.

The Twilight sequel, starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, boasts $66 million in earnings over the five-day holiday period, including a three-day haul of $42.5 million taken from Friday through Sunday.

Total movie ticket sales in North America over the Thanksgiving period amounted to $278 million, breaking a previous record of $244 million set in 2000 - when How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Unbreakable were the two top films

New Moon now boasts a staggering worldwide total of just under $475 million.

Sandra Bullock's drama The Blind Side took in $40.1 million over the weekend, bringing its own two-week total to $100.3 million.

Disaster film 2012 followed at three with $18 million in profits in three days.

Rounding out the top five are Robin Williams and John Travolta's comedy Old Dogs and Disney's A Christmas Carol, taking in $16.8 million and $16 million.

New Moon's Fang-tastic Opening

Twilight sequel New Moon has shot to the top of the U.S. box office, sucking the competition dry and earning a staggering $140.7 million in its opening week of release.

The vampire adventure achieved the third highest American debut of all time - taking $258.8 million worldwide, after opening in 26 countries.

New Moon isn't the only box office success story, Sandra Bullock's The Blind Side - the true story of American football prodigy Michael Oher - opened with an impressive $34.5 million.

John Cusack's disaster film 2012 followed with $26.5 million.

Planet 51 and Disney's A Christmas Carol round out the top five with $12.6 million and $12.23 million respectively.

Twilight's Kellan Lutz & Peter Facinelli Shoot Down Gay Rumors

Twilight father and son Peter Facinelli and Kellan Lutz have dismissed murmurings of a secret gay romance after photos surfaced of the two actors holding hands.

Both stars find the gossip amusing, with Lutz joking there are far more damning shots of the pair together.

He tells http://www.eonline.com/, "It's the naked one (photo) of us in the bubble bath that would really get us into trouble!"

Facinelli is also poking fun at the fuss - posting the picture on his Twitter.com blog and quipping, "Co-stars caught holding hands... Guess this picture proves everything."

And the actor, who is married to 90210 star Jennie Garth, jokes, "We're just friends. It's weird how rumors get started. You're holding hands with a friend and then the rumors begin."

Facinelli reveals the paparazzi snap was taken in April: "We were coming off a plane and the paparazzi were all over us so we were just being goofy. At one point, we even pulled out a Twilight book and started reading it. If they wanted a circus, we were going to give them a good show."

Ironically, Lutz has been romantically linked to AnnaLynne McCord - a castmate of Facinelli's wife on 90210 - but he dismissed dating reports during a recent radio interview.

The actor told Los Angeles DJ Ryan Seacrest he and McCord had been friends since they were both Abercrombie & Fitch models - but they have never dated.