Leave me a comment saying "Boom-cha" and I will respond by asking you five questions that satisfy my curiosity. Update your journal with the answers to the questions, including this in the post.

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Good Vanity Fair interview


'New Moon' ticket pre-sales breaking records

No surprise here: Twilight fans are salivating in preparation to sink their teeth into the franchise’s much-anticipated sequel, New Moon. The film, which will be in theaters Friday, is already attracting record audiences for ticket sellers and venues across the country.

According to Fandango, who notes that their numbers are increasing every second, several thousand New Moon showtimes have sold out, making it the most the company has ever sold prior to a film’s release date. (And, yes, that means the film has even topped The Dark Knight, and movies from both the Harry Potter and Star Wars franchises.) AMC and MovieTickets.com report the same information. Both the movie chain and the online ticket buying service have said the film has broken records set by Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. (New Moon even nabbed the No. 1 spot on MovieTickets.com’s list of top 10 advance ticket sellers of all time, breaking a nearly five-year-old record set by Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith. The service is also reporting over 2,150 sellouts for the film, with over 200 in Los Angeles and New York.)

^ That surprised the heck out of me. I mean Star Wars - that has had an obsessed fan base since 1977!!!

Holy Box Office Smash! New Moon Beats Dark Knight?

“Summit has announced that The Twilight Saga: New Moon has officially set a new all-time midnight box office record, taking in $26.27M from 3514 theaters.”

Saw her show on November 8th, with my sister and a friend. I had also read her book, by the same name, the week before.

Both the show and book were hysterical. What made the show great were the visual aids on the screens. Yes some of the photos were also in the book too, but having Carrie there to tell the story with the picture on screen was so much better.

There were also pictures and props that were added to the show. Like a life size Princess Leia sex doll. Yes, in the book she talks about how one exists. Well it was brought on stage. Nothing inappropriate went on, don't worry. It was made of cement anyway but I think the doll looked more like Padmé from the first Clone Wars series than it did Leia. LOL

There was also funny audience participation. When she first comes out she throws glitter onto the people in the first row, while singing "Happy Days Are Hear Again." Damn it, we were sitting in the nose bleeds!!!!!!

She brought a man on stage. Made him put on the Leia buns just to prove everyone looks ridiculous in them.

She also gave a medal to woman. Put it around her neck. Reminded me of the end of A New Hope.

Carrie also spoke about when her friend Greg died in her bed. He slept over after her Oscar party. So she brings up the house lights and has the audience ask FAQs.
Well one FAQ that was asked that took Carrie off guard was what did she eat that night. As if that made a difference or she even remembered. LOL

She also spoke about a few other stories from her life, being a product of Hollywood inbreeding, and the ups and downs of living with bipolar disorder.

I really do admire that Carrie can take some of these serious stories, look back and find some humor in them. She is a strong woman and to live with manic-depression day to day but still get up on stage and preform. :)

I don't know what the tour schedule is like. I know it has played in other cities before. If the show comes to your city, I really recommend seeing it. If not, read the book, Wishful Drinking. You can read it in a day it is such a quick and funny read. Only like 153 pages long, but double spaced and with some pictures.

After the show there was a Q&A. So those who chose to stay were asked to move up to the Orchestra level.
First the Q&A was with the director and stage manager. Then Carrie came out for a few minutes, though she had somewhere to be. So I took out my camera to take a video. I mean the show is over, this is just a Q&A. Well the usher at my side was flashing a flash light in my face but of course I don't look over. Why would I? Carrie is like 20 feet away from me on stage. So my friend was like you can't take pictures. :(
Oh so that is what that light at the corner of my vision was. I did get 15 seconds worth though! (Since it was clear I wouldn't be getting my Playbill signed or a picture with her.)


So as I am listening to the Q&A I am like, 'Stephanie, think of a question! Now! Come on you can get to talk to Carrie Fisher!" And I was blank. My brain froze. And as always I thought of questions to ask her after we left the Q&A.
The director/stage manager had said that the show varies night to night to keep it interesting. Like it is 4 - 7% different each night. But over the course of a few weeks changes about 10%. So I could have asked does that mean that some stories from the book not mentioned in tonight's show, have they been covered in other shows. Stories like the one about her brother accidentally shooting himself in the leg with a blank gun. Or the story when Cary Grant, an idol of hers, called her up on her mother's behalf as an intervention to help her off an acid addiction. (She didn't have an acid addiction.)

See! That would have been a great question.

Also, this could have been a good question. On the back of the Playbill was this ad:




How funny is that! Princess Leia on the cover and Hayden Christensen A.K.A Anakin Skywalker on the back. ROTFL! I wonder if that was planed. I could have asked her if she saw the irony!

Saw it a couple of weeks ago.

It was good and I really liked it.

There was a good mix of racial diversity that did give the feel of NY. The only thing I can say that was disappointing was there was not one homosexual relationship. For a story about finding love in NYC, they could have at least had one story. Paris je t'aime did.

I also wish they covered more boroughs. I only recognized Manhattan and Brooklyn. Did they even go to Queen, Staten Island, and the Bronx?

On to the things I liked: ( with spoilers )

I am getting to a point where I am going to name every segment. I think it is obvious I enjoyed the film.
I loved recognizing many parts of the city. I felt more connected to this movie than Paris je t'aime.

I'd give it a B+

Ewan McGregor of "Angels & Demons"—Is He the Most Underrated Actor Around?

YES!

and omg lmao at the video when he is talking about his experiences filming Star Wars with the submarine that doesn't really go underwater; and Uncle Owen & Aunt Beru "where? Where?" rotfl

It's hard to talk about how fierce Ewan McGregor is in the flawed Angels & Demons. His role as the right-hand holy man to the just-dead Pope is tied into plot details that lead to spoilers. But in a movie in which most of the actors, led by Tom Hanks, hold back — McGregor lets it rip. The Scottish actor has a reputation for taking risks. And yet McGregor, 38, is traditionally the forgotten man when it comes to winning Oscar nominations. He was the romantic soul of 2001's Moulin Rouge, but Nicole Kidman got the acting nomination. Nothing for Ewan. I'm not saying that anyone connected with the deadly Star Wars prequels deserves credit. But McGregor, as the young version of Alec Guinness's Obi-Wan Kenobi, was the only one to emerge from the Jar-Jar trilogy with his dignity intact. It's time to make up for past insults. So let's look at the roles for which McGregor deserved his share of award glory:

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I went hoping to see Hayden. This time I came prepared with my camera ready (remember the Jumper premiere? No? Find it in the tags.) I was also hoping to see all the other big name stars in it. Like Natalie Portman, Christina Ricci, Bradly Cooper....
Would have loved to see Hayden and Natalie reunited. And what a perfect event. They are both in this film.

Well he wasn't there. Nor was Rachel (obviously), or Natalie. Actually the only actress in the movie I saw there was Cloris Leachman. Saw her get out of her car.

It was the same theater when I went to for the Jumper premiere (the Ziegfeld) and the set up was so different. For one thing the press line was tiny (I should have known then). For Jumper it was the whole block, practically. Last night, one little square area.

And the fans were made to stand behind the press or across the street. But my friend, Erin, and sister who got there before me were standing on the will call ticket line (because that was the only place to stand at the time. The press part wasn't even set up yet when I got there around 5:45.) So when the will call line started to move we stepped aside, being we didn't have tickets, and before we knew it we where trapped in. Didn't make much of a difference. No matter where we stood, couldn't see much.

I was afraid we'd missed Hayden and Rachel.
Erin has asked a coordinator when she arrived if Natalie would be there. The woman said no but we thought she could be lying to make us leave. I mean it was Natalie's directorial debut. But no Natalie.

Anyway, last night when I got home I checked wireimage. Not many people went.
http://wireimage.com/ItemListings.aspx?sr=1&igi=397595&nbc1=1

Checked desiringhayden.net. He is in Detroit filming Vanishing on Seventh Street.

I was suspicious when Jen, who runs DH.N, said nothing of going to the premiere. She went to Awake's and Jumper's.

Oh well. Next time I hope to have better luck. Still had fun hanging out with Erin and Vic.


It's Official! 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn' Gets The Green Light!

"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" production has been greenlit by Summit Entertainment and publisher Alan Baltes has the latest information.

BURBANK, Calif., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The fourth saga in the Twilight Series is going back to it's roots and will be filmed in Portland, Oregon. The original Twilight film was shot there. In addition, a new production company, Sunswept Entertainment, has been brought on board for Breaking Dawn. Sunswept Entertainment was created by Karen Rosenfelt, who is the daughter of former MGM Chairman & CEO Frank Edward Rosenfelt. Karen Rosenfelt served as Producer on both "Twilight" and on "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse". She did not work on "New Moon", but is producing "Breaking Dawn" through her Sunswept Entertainment banner.

There will likely be quite a bit of tweaking to the fourth novel in the series due to the explicit sex and birth scenes to avoid an R rating. Inside sources confirm that Breaking Dawn may be filmed and released in two parts - "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I", and "Part II". Although this has not been confirmed officially by Summit, author Stephenie Meyer has stated, "It would have to be made into multiple movies because it's hard to imagine it fitting into ninety minutes".

Fans can expect a massive talent search for the role of Renesmee Cullen, the half-vampire, half-human daughter of Edward Cullen and Bella Swan, just as there was for the roles of Seth and Leah Clearwater in "Eclipse".

David Slade is directing "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse", but it is unknown if he will also direct any of the Breaking Dawn films. "Breaking Dawn: Part I" should start shooting in September 2010, with a release scheduled for 2011.

What explicit sex? The book fades to black and so will the movie. Only the birth scene needs a mention.

These are going to be so short 'cause nothing happened.

Monday, July 20, 2009 and Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 41st Street and Park Avenue
One block below Grand Central Terminal. I don't think they actually filmed in GCT. I looked LOL.
So Rob didn't fly out to San Diego yet. I saw on paparazzi videos that they brought him into this building just below GCT through this garage type entrance.
So obviously since a car can fit in, it could pick him up and leave without having to be mobbed.

I did go early Tuesday morning hoping to get lucky, but it was raining like a bitch and I only saw some P.A.s standing around having coffee. The security guys were no where in sight. I couldn't stay.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 2nd St and 54th Ave in Long Island City
Rob left early this day to catch his flight to San Diego. And no way was I going all the way to LIC.

Thursday, July 23, 2009 and Friday July 24, 2009 - 88th St and Cooper Ave in Queens
With Rob in SD, I think only Emilie and Chris Cooper were filming. I would have loved to meet Emilie again. But frakking Queens!? Might as well be Australia. And how cool to have met Chris Cooper. I'd start rambling Bourne Identity lines, LOL


The week of July 27th they filmed in Silvercup Studios.
There were these videos on rpattzdaily of them filming outdoors late at night on July 30th. Rob's on a bicycle.

And I once read of a fan encounter when they were filming outdoors, in the same neighborhood where Silvercup is. It was late in the evening.
Bummer :(
That's it. Until Rob is in NYC again, or who knows when and where, I haven't gotten to meet him yet.

But! I did get to see Rob, Emilie, Chris Cooper, and Peirce Brosnan from just across the street. And got to see a movie being filmed! Got some great pics and video. Not too shabby ;)
So excited for the movie in February. I have been spoiled enough visiting the set, lol, so I am refusing to read the leaked script.
The premiere better be in NYC!

I am so sad to hear about Patrick Swayze's passing :(
After I saw Dirty Dancing as a kid he was one of my first crushes. I used to watch that movie on repeat. The adult themes went over my head. I just loved the music and dancing.




And I also love the movie Ghost. That is one of the films I still quote to this day.

Friday, July 17, 2009. Park Avenue and 63rd Street.

So, this was the Friday before San Diego Comic-Con and I didn't know if this was Rob's last day of shooting. There was lots of conflicting stories from people on the internet and the P.A.s on set wouldn't tell me anything.

I suspected that Rob would be back after SDCC to finish before heading to Vancouver, B.C. to start Eclipse, but not taking a chance I spent the whole day on set. YES! THE WHOLE DAY!





I got there around 10 am. The makeup trailers were parked on Park Ave and 63rd, the North East corner. Some girls were on 63rd going toward Lexington, behind the barricades. So I waited there awhile but, it was too far down the block to see anything good. So I saw a small group of girls standing in the middle of Park Ave. Now Park Ave. is a very wide block and thus it has this sidewalk divider in the middle where people can wait for the light to change. So I moved there. So as the day goes by the girls figure out that although it's across the street from Rob's trailer, it's got the better view of him walking to set.

It was a sunny day and I was cursing myself for not wearing sunscreen. Luckily I met a woman who had an umbrella and she let me share it with her. Yay shade. I feel bad I forgot her name. I should have wrote this 2 months ago.

So around 10:30am we see Pierce Brosnan (along with security and Erica-looks-like-Sarah Silverman) waiting for the light to change, dressed in a suit, and he goes into this car that is on a truck bed with all the camera equipment. They drive off. At about 11:20am they return, coming up Park Ave and parking again on 63rd Street.



A while after Pierce comes out of the trailer again, dressed more casual. A woman, and you can hear her on the video, was calling out his name as he crossed the street. He gave us a peace sign and waved. :D That was wicked cool. Anyway he then walked into the building, 575 Park Ave.

I learned how to combine videos in Windows Movie Maker so you can see Pierce and the parking of the truck bed ( under the cut )
So as the crowd grows, people passing by want to know who are we waiting around for. The woman, Melissa, who you heard calling "Brosnan" on the video, would just tell them 007, aka Peirce. Whenever you say Robert Pattinson, especially to older people (and even a few younger girls) they ask "who?" and saying the Twilight guy is freakin' annoying. But no one asks "who?" when you say Peirce Brosnan.

So waiting around was a bitch. It was getting hotter and the crowd was so big people were standing in the flowerbeds of the divider-sidewalk. Security came across the street to tell us to keep a path for pedestrians and to not jump out into traffic when Rob comes out. LOL.

I don't know WTF Rob was doing in that trailer the whole time. He arrived on set before I showed up and finally didn't come out till..... 2 pm!. And guess what, it was to get in a car and go out to lunch! But he was wearing his Stoli shirt. hehe. I saw it in the flesh! *Squee*

So apparently Melissa who's done this a lot more then me says they take long lunches. So I left to go eat something at the cafe they got at Borders on 54th(?) and Park Ave. Also bought a book Erin recommended, book one of Mortal Instruments Series, City of Bones. Who knows when I will get to it.

So when I got back to the set from Borders and got a good spot on the flowerbed (LOL) and I got to speak to Erin. She was at the airport on her way to California for SDCC. But then I had to let her go fast because Rob returned at 3:40 and went back into his trailer. Need to get my camera out, LOL.

More waiting, and waiting and waiting till they PA's make us move. They said the way they'd be shooting we might get in the shot. :( SO I guess I can't be in the movie too? j/k, sort of. Why couldn't be an extra? I applied but never heard back. The crowd is so big now they move us to either Park btw 63rd & 64th, and on 63rd Street. I was on 63rd.

Around 5pm, Rob and Ruby came out. Then realizing that the middle of Park Ave would not be in the shot, we all moved our way back to the flowerbeds.

( pictures and video )

Ok that was long and took me 3 days to write so I'll get to the rest, which is really short, sometime soon. Before the movie comes out, LOL.

Talk about procrastination. I meant to do this weeks ago. And well, here it is September and now I am finally journaling it. If I don't do it now I never will and then my memories of it will be gone. I hope I remember some details nearly two months later!

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 58th Street between 5th and 6th. (The Plaza Hotel)
I got off the train at Central Park South and saw across the street the trailers and lots of equipment going into a restaurant connected to The Plaza. See now this is where procrastinating bites me in the ass. I can't remember the name on the awning. Anyway, it is an indoor shoot. I met my friend Erin around the block on 58th. A while later our friend Jax met up with us. There was a MOB of girls waiting. Most of them were across the street, on the south side of 58th. But occasionally cars stopped at the light and blocked their view of The Plaza's exit. Then they would scream in frustration. So we went to the north side of the street, behind the barricades.

They all must have been inside shooting. First we got to see Pierce Brosnan come out of The Plaza and go to a trailer across the street. I got a 4 second video of him going back to the set. Oh By the By, I took these videos, so don't take them and claim them as your own. If there is a video I post that I didn't take, I will say so.
Blink and you'll miss the blur. Not really worth seeing. Wait for the videos under the cut.

So we were waiting awhile. A few funny things happened in that time.
One, a Big Apple tour bus stopped and the girls on it asked "Who are you waiting for?" So we say Robert Pattinson. And they all get up to look and get the cameras out. LOL And they think the P.A. (Nick), who looks a bit like Rob, was him. You can see some of that go down here.

Second, one of the crew guys was goofing around, pretending to be Rob and pulled his jacket around his head and ran to the trailer. Nice to see those guys have some fun, even at the fangirls' expense.


That was entertaining but we all want to see the actors right? Right.

( Videos of Emilie and Robert. )

Tuesday, July 14, 2009. Brooklyn Heights. Cranberry Street between Hicks St. and Willow St.
So Erin was there and called me up around.... I want to say 4ish. Said no one was there! I was shocked but thought THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO MEET ROB AND EMILIE! So I got there ASAP. Little did I know, and Erin too, that she was at the set and all the fangirls were at the trailers (whatever street they were parked on.) So by the time I got there, the actors were on set and so were about 20-30 fangirls. There goes that opportunity.

Erin showed me the photo she got from across the street of Rob arriving on set. :) It was a bit far but clear. She also told me when Pierce arrived he took some photos with fans. I would have liked a picture with Mr. Brosnan. :/

The shoot was outdoors on the stoop of a brownstone. (Such a nice neighborhood.) There were these big white screens and equipment in the way, but every so often I'd see Emilie's head come out the doorway and down the steps followed by Peirce going up the steps. (Apparently Lena Olin was there too. I saw her in some pap photos of that day, but never saw her with my own eyes and she is not seen in this video.)

( Here is a video someone took that day. It may be a bit spoilerish even if you can't hear them. )

At one point the PA Erica, who I was calling Sarah Silverman all summer because that is who she reminds me of, comes over and tells us to be quiet and not use flash photography or we'll be asked to leave. I don't know what the frak she was talking about. We were all quiet. It was the paps who were talking and using flashes. (Later I found out there was an incident that day where a pap ruined a shot, and even the director stepped in and yelled at him for doing so. So I guess she had a plausible reason to be short that day, but she was short with the wrong people.

At one point she heard a cell phone and wanted to know who's it was and for it to be turned off. (I heard no cell phone.) And she made a woman who was walking her dog pick up the dog because the tiny little dog chain was jingling. They are actually not supposed to do that, disrupt the daily neighborhood activities.

So after the shoot wrapped around 7:30-8pm, a car was waiting right across the street, Emilie and Rob got in and speed off and that was it. We didn't even know where their trailers were or if they were even going back there, so Erin and I hung around. I asked a crew guy if Nick was around. LOL. He acted like he had no idea who I meant. Me and Erin laughed with each other. Please like he doesn't know Nick!

As they were packing up the equipment some older women in the neighborhood who were there for a glimpse of Peirce told us that the corner house was the one used in Moonstruck. :) Cool.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Financial District. John and Water St
I thought about going in the morning but couldn't get up early enough. And then I also don't like that part of Manhattan. And I saw on paparazzi videos it was crowded.

Thursday, July 16, 2009. Liberty Avenue and Pennsylvania Ave.
Me and Erin were contemplating going but it is not the safest neighborhood of Brooklyn. So we chickened out. Sort of wished we hadn't. The crowd was small, quiet, and not barricaded like cattle. They got to see Pierce, Emilie and Rob walk by them. :/ onlocationvacations.com has some fan pictures.
Oh well. I made up for it the next day.

Friday, July 17, 2009. Park Avenue and 64th Street.
This was a long day. I was there from 10 am to 8 pm. So yea, stay tunned for part 2 this weekend! I am too exhausted now to tell it.

gen_ficathon gen_ficathon

Title: Distractions
Recipient: cariel
Author: haydens_angel81
Fandom: Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Character(s): Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, and the clones
Prompt: Anakin comes across the posters of handmaidens that the clones
have up in their barracks. He knows some of them.
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,053
Author's Notes: This was quite a challenge. I tried to make it more humorous at first but that was not working out. It also turned out to be more of an introspective piece than I originally planned.
Summary: It takes place right before "Storm Over Ryloth." The characters are too distracted to get any sleep and Anakin discovers what the clones picked up while they were on Naboo.

Disractions @ gen_fication

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betareject wrote for me The Guardian and The Sage.

This is the prompt I gave:

Character(s): Padmé Amidala, Sola Naberrie
Prompt: Can take place either in their childhood, or during Padmé's reign as Queen/Senator, whenever. It can even be an AU where Padmé survives childbirth and is a new mother. I would just like to see the sisters bonding.

And the summary
Sola wanted to protect her little sister from the harsh realities of her duties and the political games. Padmé wanted to protect Sola from the dark secrets that was rapidly consuming her and the dying republic. In the end it was the truth that brought them closer together than ever before. A look at Sola and Padmé's relationship throughout the course of the prequels.

Go read it! It everything I could have asked for and more!!!

The Guardian and The Sage
The Guardian and The Sage.
The Guardian and The Sage.
The Guardian and The Sage.

I will get to my last Remember Me set post this weekend. I promise. It was just a long, good week. Lots of details I have been to lazy to type but should before I forget them!

Meanwhile:
Kristen and Taylor are this week's cover of Entertainment Weekly :D. Watch the video. It is funny. Kristen says something like how Taylor should grow up to fast... but says it more like he should wait to grow into his cajones. I am sure I spelled that incorrectly. LOL

Maria Full of Blood
We'll get to see Jasper's past in a flashback!!!

The Twilight saga adds a new undead darling to the cast of Eclipse, with Catalina Sandino Moreno joining supersucker Robert Pattinson et al. in the third installment of the trilogy, the studio confirms to E! News.

Best known for her turn as a pregnant teacher turned drug mule in Maria Full of Grace, the Colombian-born actress will switch from victim to victimizer for her new role—but she won't need to learn a new name: Her Eclipse character is also named Maria.

Not unlike Royce King II, Maria is a crucial part of a Cullen sibling's history. After turning Jasper (Jackson Rathbone) during the Civil War, the evil vampire recruited Edward's bro to create an army of "newborn" vamps. The military man eventually went AWOL, choosing peace with Alice and the other Cullens.

With all this major casting news from the backstory bits in Eclipse, this movie is starting to sound epic in both scope and length. Will there even be time for a little Bella and Edward swoon-worthy action?

courtesy of rpattzdaily, now I can listen to Robert sing :). It streams online here: Pattinson Online Music. These live versions sound a bit better than ones I downloaded months ago. They are clearer and have less background noise.

And the sight has a longer, live version of Let Me Sign. Here are the lyrics. <3
( Let Me Sign )
I also love the song Roam.

ETA: LOL why is "I'll Be Your Lover Too" all warped?! He sounds like a chipmunk.
And I love that song too!

I DVRed the Teen Choice Awards so that I can fast forward all the BS and only see the Twilight parts :P

LOL. I love Kristen's imitation. I can so see Rob doing that! She got his expression down too.
ROTFL Chea pet!
And he does talk a long time to get ready on set. Oh gosh a really long time! I'll describe it more this week when I finish up my Remember Me set post. I've been too lazy to journal it.
( videos )

1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate (more than once but less than 10)

2. Multiply this number by 2 (just to be bold)

3. Add 5

4. Multiply it by 50 -- I'll wait while you get the calculator

5. If you have already had your birthday this year add 1759 ..
If you haven't, add 1758.

6.. Now subtract the four digit year that you were born.

( And here's the result )

source 1 and source 2
“I was stunned by Summit’s decision to recast the role of Victoria for Eclipse. I was fully committed to the Twilight saga, and to the portrayal of Victoria. I turned down several other film opportunities and, in accordance with my contractual rights, accepted only roles that would involve very short shooting schedules. My commitment to Barney’s Version is only 10 days. Summit picked up my option for Eclipse. Although the production schedule for Eclipse is over three months long, Summit said they had a conflict during those 10 days and would not accommodate me. Given the length of filming for Eclipse, never did I fathom I would lose the role over a 10-day overlap. I was happy with my contract with Summit and was fully prepared to continue to honor it. Summit chose simply to recast the part. I am greatly saddened that I will not get to complete my portrayal of Victoria for the Twilight audience. This is a story, a theatrical journey and a character that I truly love and about which I am very passionate. I will be forever grateful to the fan support and loyalty I’ve received since being cast for this role, and I am hurt deeply by Summit’s surprising decision to move on without me. I wish the cast and crew of Eclipse only the very best.”

Don't even tell me that for 10 days you can't shoot someone else. Victoria isn't the lead after all. Spend those 10 days on Bella, Edward and Jacob because we all know there is a huge triangle to cover there! Heck spend it on the tent scene! (That better be in the movie or so help me God I will write a nasty blog!)

Scheduling conflicts - pffft. This is the same bullshit Summit gave for replacing Catherine Hardwick.
Just say you fired them because you didn't they were the right person for the job and stop lying to us, Summit.

ETA: Summit's response.
uh-huh. Ya know, Ewan shot 3 movies at once.

And as if I weren't upset and regretful enough that I didn't go to Comic Con - the voices behind Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Including ANTHONY DANIELS!!) did a mock skit reading. LOL at the Anakin and Padmé innuendo and Obi-Wan's ad-lib line.
First saw this video on ladyaeryn's journal.

SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT: BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD TO REPLACE RACHELLE LEFEVRE - Twilighters Anonymous

WTF!? Scheduling conflicts? Didn't she sign a 3 movie deal like the rest of the cast had? Wouldn't she have already been committed to Eclipse! Something is fishy.

I don't want a new Victoria! boooo!
I hate this! I hate recasting! This better not be a sign of things to come and already ruining my fave book in the series!