The latest scam making its way around Facebook sinks its fangs into a new group of itchy-fingered Internet browsers: Twilight fans.
As first reported on the Sophos blog (with a hat tip to CNET) the rabid fanbase of the bestselling vampire romance novels has been the target of a fake Breaking Dawn game that tricks users into granting …
Move over Bella and Edward, a whole new vampire franchise is about to take the country by storm. And for those who have been dying for a sneak peek: The red band trailer just launched today via facebook. Check it out here.
I love how we get just a glimpse of this little girl, scaling the tree. A fleeting vision of an image that is …
In an interview with Popsugar, Twilight: Breaking Dawn screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg elaborated on what to expect during that seriously disturbing vampire baby birthing scene that occurs just before the halfway point of Stephanie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn. “The childbirth — all the scenes, I feel — should be on screen,” she told …
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse has killed a man. Let me say that again: The latest movie in the Twilight series has killed a man. Sure, police in New Zealand, where the as-yet-unnamed man was found dead after a screening of Eclipse over the weekend are officially calling the death “unexplained,” but I think we all know the truth. Somehow, …
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
Up Front:
8-Bit Twilight Game Shut Down, Makers Slam Summit Entertainment [via NewsFeed] – UPDATE: It’s been saved!
Gadgets:
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over iPhone 4 Antenna [via CNET]
Apple Is Hiring iPhone Antenna Engineers. I Wonder Why. [via …
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
Up Front:
Eclipse Breaks New Mood Record For Midnight Ticket Sales With More Than $30 Million [via LA Times]
Gadgets:
Pornographers Next To Drop Flash For HTML5 [via Apple Insider]
Hands-On 3D Gaming Comparison Test: 3DS vs PS3 [via Popular …
The Twilight fervor is once again in full swing, which means the inevitable presence of Team Edward t-shirts and the media’s capitalization of the name Robert Pattinson. (Guilty: Edward Cullen, Loser, And Nine Other Worst Movie Characters Of All-Time) With the third installment of the franchise out today, vampire saturation is at an all …
There are flawed movie characters. One-dimensional movie characters. Incomprehensible movie characters.
But every once and a while you get a hero so soulless, heartless and expressionless that you can’t help but write him off. A guy you want to punch more than hug, who you heckle in hopes that he fails.
Edward Cullen is such a …
If you were someone who thought that Breaking Dawn, the final Twilight book, was somewhat conservative in its treatment of its female characters, then you might be interested in this interview with Melissa Rosenberg, the screeenwriter of the Twilight Saga movies, where she addresses how she plans to approach the (apparently, …
We hope Archie gets to stake a vamp!
Today, MTV’s Splash Page published a peek at the first of the two-part series of Archie & Friends that parodies the Twilight franchise. Available on August 11, Twilite will be the second mainstream spoof for Archie and gang this summer, after Jersey Shore parody Riverdale Shore hits comic book …
Congratulations to Summit Entertainment for the most ridiculous lawsuit of the year, in which they’re suing the manufacturers of a jacket worn by one of the characters in Twilight for telling people that their jacket was worn by one of the characters in Twilight.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Summit Entertainment filed a …
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
Up front:
New Images of Chris Hemsworth As Thor [via Collider]
Gadgets:
AT&T Warns Customer That E-mailing The CEO Will Result In Cease & Desist Letter [via Engadget]
iPad To Help Humans Speak With Dolphins [via Yahoo]
Widget Apps Get The Axe In …