Intro

• Twilight mad libs from Twilight Novel Novice from Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, pages 267-68

Twilight News

• Peter Facinelli and Jennie Garth story about being Dr. Cullen at home. (See more at IMDB)
• MTV 2009 Movie Awards (See more at MTV)
• Congratulations to Twilight for winning 5 awards, including Best Fight, Best Male Breakout Star, Best Female Star, Best Kiss and Best Movie.
• New Moon Teaser Trailer premieres at MTV Movie Awards (Watch the trailer in HD at the TwilightGuy.com)
• Rumors of Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart having dinner after the MTV awards (See more at NY Daily News)
• Casting for Eclipse and the Newborns has started. Yay! (Read more at E! Online)

Newborn News

• Our polls about the MTV Movie Awards
• Website of the Week: Forks Gift Shop
• Be sure to check out the photo album of Dejeuner’s clone, Pranzo, tearing up Italy.  There are also New Moon set photos from Italy there too!!
• Twilight Newborns contest! Ends July 1, 2009: Send it a photo of “Twilight Newborns” written in a creative, interesting BUT legal place. Winner to receive a Dej clone or a t-shirt from Twilight Newborns’ CafePress store.

Meat of the Discussion – True Love

• Do you want to find true love so early?
• Jacob’s imprinting on Renasty
• Speculation on Renasty’s reaction to Jacob as she gets older
• Do you want true love if you live forever?
• Denali Clan is the only one without soul mates
• The effect of fate on the story lines of the series
• What if you miss destiny?
• Jasper and Alice’s relationship – Is it fate or did Alice make it happen?

Renasty Award Winner

• Weird YouTube Girl bringing shame onto the Twilight Fandom. Watch her video here.

Cullen pets: Who would have what and what would the name it?

• Thanks to Katy, Fan of the Week Emeritus, for the question!

Intro

• Newborns sing “Peeps in Rainy Places”– spoof of Garth Brooks’  “Friends in Low Places”

Twilight News

• MTV Movie Awards to be aired May 31, 2009
• New Moon trailer – See Entertainment Tonight for a sneak preview
• Robert Pattinson attends Cannes Film Festival (Check out pics on Pillow Biters)
• Kiss Auction – Robert Pattinson earns $40,000 for charity (See TwilightTillDawn for more)
• Italy’s New Moon shooting – Fan of the Week Emeritus Chris visits the set. See set pictures on Lauren’s Bite (Spoilers!)
• New Moon Movie Script found in trash (See more at MTV Movies blog)

Newborn News

• Dej in Italy – See posts here, here and here!
• Voicemail – (513) 252-2895
• Poll: What statement describes your feelings about the New Moon teaser poster?
• Fan of the Week: Katy via email. Her questions: Would Edward still have fallen in love with Bella if she had always lived with Charlie in Forks instead of living with Renee in Phoenix? AND Do vampires shower or do they never sweat and so they never need to wash themselves?
• Twilight Newborns contest! Ends July 1, 2009: Send it a photo of “Twilight Newborns” written in a creative, interesting BUT legal place. Winner to receive a Dej clone or a t-shirt from Twilight Newborns’ CafePress store.
• Website issues – should be all okay now

Meat of the Discussion – Once a cheater, always a cheater?

• Bella kissed Jacob in Eclipse
• Is she likely to cheat again?
• Why did Edward put up with it?
• Cullen Family reaction
• Charlie’s influence
• Kiss versus ‘emotional cheating’
• What if Edward cheated?

Top Five Bella Cheating Songs

Outtakes

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Intro

• Edward Cullen baseball color commentary

Twilight News

• New scene being filmed of Bella riding bikes with one of the men from the bar (see HisGoldenEyes.com)
• New Moon filming halfway completed (See video from ET)
• Italian filming of New Moon scheduled for end of May (See video from ET)
• Breaking Dawn – Will it be made into a movie? (See Entertainment Weekly)
• Rob Pattinson baby photos (See Pattinson Online)

Newborn News

• Polls: Which one of “The Boys” from Twilight is the sexiest?, Whose Mother’s Day gift is Esme’s favorite? and Should the Twilight Newborns record a DVD commentary?
• Fan of the Week Emeritus: Lara from Denver
• New t-shirt design: Renasty Award Winner
• How to dream of Rob

Meat of the Discussion – Twilight Relationships

• Christen and Edward
• Bella and Edward
• Bella and Jacob
• Carlisle and Esme
• Rosalie and Emmett
• Alice and Jasper
• Angela and Ben
• Jessica and Mike
• Renee and Phil
• Renee and Charlie
• Victoria and James
• Irina and Laurent

The Cougars of Twilight

• Rosalie, Esme, Renee and special shoutout to Edward

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• Twilight Apples commercial

Twilight News

• Cam Gigandet had a baby girl with girlfriend Dominique Geisendorff. (See MTV)
• Life & Style Magazine – Rumors of onset romance. Truth? (See Life & Style’s article)
• Entertainment Tonight – Exclusive New Moon set interviews April 23 (Watch teaser from ET.com here)
• New Moon cast list announced  (See Yahoo Movies for more info):

1. Jane—Dakota Fanning
2. Alec–Cameron Bright
3. Aro–Micheal Sheen
4. Caius–Jamie Campbell-Bower
5. Harry Clearwater–Graham Greene
6. Heidi–Noot Seear
7. None of “Jacob’s friends” from Twilight are returning
8. Billy Burke was left off Summit press release but he is returning

Newborn News

• Poll: Who does the Cullens’ taxes?
• Poll:  So far, which Twilight book or movie is your favorite?
• Fan of the Week – Harriet2000 on twitter
• New Video – YouTube channel www.youtube.com/twilightnewborns
• Top Twilight Sites – please vote for us!

Meat of the Discussion – The Meadow Scene

• Pocketpiece Theater: Edward quotes “You can’t imagine how that feels”
• Hard to understand smell in books
• Alcoholic reference (brandy) and drug reference (heroin) not usual teen book fodder
• Bella – “a demon from my own personal hell”
• Esme and Edward’s relationship – talks about upsetting Esme that Edward to live in Alaska

Renasty Award Winner

• “Eye-verts” for Twilight DVD release in United Kingdom (See Trendhunter.com)

Twilight Shippers

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Intro

• My So-Called Life quote (Episode 9 “Halloween”) See episode guide here from mscl.com.

Twilight News

• Kristen Stewart’s birthday
• Set Photos of New Moon (See HisGoldenEyes.com)
• Dossier Photos of Rob Pattinson (see MTV)
• Twilight author Stephenie Meyer continues to dominate USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list.

Newborn News

• New design on CafePress store,  Proud Member of the Newborn Army. See design here.
• Poll: Who usually wins the Easter egg hunt at the Cullen house?

My So-called Life

• See http://www.mscl.com, “The world’s largest, most-visited tribute web site devoted to ‘My So-Called Life’”
• Love triangle between Angela, Jordan and Brian. Similar to love triangle between Bella, Edward and Jacob.
• Difference and similarities of Edward Cullen and Jordon Catalano
• Difference and similarities of Brian and Jacob
• Bella and Angela comparison. First person narration.
• Brian is like Edward as protector
• Jordan and Jacob—Love to get in trouble

What vampire power would the cast of My So-Called Life have?

Outtakes

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Twilight News

• DVD editions: Borders in the top running for the Twilight Newborns (suggested by “Fan of the Week Emeritus” Chris)
• Entertainment Weekly—cover story featuring Twilight and director Catherine Hardwicke (See EW’s Twilight Central here)

Newborns News

• Origins of Déjeuner, our podcasting mascot and mountain goat
• Physical description of the goat
• Name meaning: Lunch in French
• Name inspiration: Robert Pattinson’s running abilities (see MTV interview)
• Poll update: Which Twilight Character do you want to spend Valentine’s Day with?
• Fan of the Week: Jolene for her website comment

Meat of the Discussion: The theme of courtly love in the Twilight Series

• Description of courtly love on Wikipedia (Wik it!)

Courtly love was a medieval European conception of nobly and chivalrously expressing love and admiration.[1] Generally, courtly love was secret and between members of the nobility.[2] It was also generally not practiced between husband and wife.

Source: Wikipedia

Stages of courtly love
•    Attraction to the lady, usually via eyes/glance
•    Worship of the lady from afar
•    Declaration of passionate devotion
•    Virtuous rejection by the lady
•    Renewed wooing with oaths of virtue and eternal fealty
•    Moans of approaching death from unsatisfied desire (and other physical manifestations of lovesickness)
•    Heroic deeds of valor which win the lady’s heart
•    Consummation of the secret love
•    Endless adventures and subterfuges avoiding detection

Source: Wikipedia

Valentine’s Day and Edward

• Sidetracked to “What chores do the Cullens do around the house?”

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In episode 5, the Twilight Newborns tackled the question of whether Edward is an abusive boyfriend, using the checklist from loveisrespect.org.

Everyone deserves to be treated with respect in all their relationships. If you want to learn more about dating abuse, visit loveisrespect.org. There you can get more information or live chat with peer advocates about your situation.

If you want to support this cause, here you can get wallpapers, music, videos, cards or the glitter logo like the one above. Let the love sparkle!

Intro by Common Sense Media (See their post on how to talk to kids about Twilight)

Twilight News

• DVD decisions
• The rebirth of the old story about Stephenie Meyer not writing Midnight Sun (Duh! See SF Chronicle)
• Who we wouldn’t want to be cast in New Moon (Sorry Lauren Conrad and Chef Gordon Ramsey!)
• New Moon soundtrack speculation (See E! Online)
• Twilight Soundtrack breaking records (See Yahoo! Music) (Note: See our post listing Twilight movie songs in order they play in the movie)
• Thoughts about the delay of Stephenie Meyer’s The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide (See Amazon)
• Rumors that Robert Pattinson might be cast in the upcoming movie, Ohio (See LA Times)

Newborn News

• Twilight Newborns Website now listed on twilighttopsites.com. (Review us!)
• Fan of the week: TwilighterNews on Twitter (http://twitter.com/TwilighterNews)
• The makings of a Newborn army
• Poll update

Meat of the discussion: Is Edward Cullen an abusive boyfriend?

Questionaire from loveisrespect.org

Does your boyfriend/girlfriend:

Look at you or act in ways that scare you?
Act jealous or possessive?
Put you down or criticize you?
Try to control where you go, what you wear or what you do?
Text or IM you excessively?
Blame you for the hurtful things they say and do?
Threaten to kill or hurt you or themselves if you leave them?
Try to stop you from seeing or talking to friends and family?
Try to force you to have sex before you’re ready?
Do they hit, slap, push or kick you?

Source: loveisrespect.org

Merch Girl: Twilight items on eBay

• Socks, sheets, t-shirts, ironic wall clocks and more

Word Association Game Part 2

Website of the Week

• twilightheaded.com

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