New Moon Named Best Movie of 2009

UNITED STATES News: New Moon Named Best Movie of 2009, Twilight sequel ‘New Moon’ has been voted the best movie of 2009 in a new poll.

Heartthrob Robert Pattinson took away the title for Sexiest Male star, with 46.5pct votes, while co-star Taylor Lautner was named Best Male Breakout star, timesofindia.com quoted.

‘New Moon’ was also ranked as the year’s champ “chick flick.”

Although voters ranked “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” as the worst movie of 2009, as well as the second most disappointing film after “Bruno,” yet at the same time, they called it the year’s best action flick.

“Transformers” star Megan Fox was voted the year’s Sexiest Female thespian but voters also felt she gave the worst performance of ‘09.

“The Hangover” got was voted the year’s funniest movie, with 51.8pct votes, while Disney/Pixar’s “Up” was named the best animated film.

Sandra Bullock took the best performance by an actress prize for “The Blind Side.”

Meanwhile, Twilight series’ next instalment ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ was picked as the 2010 film fans most yearn to see.

Holidays Vampire Sequel ‘New Moon’ at Box Office

LOS ANGELES, News update: The ‘Twilight’ vampire romance sequel ‘New Moon’ took a record-breaking bite out of the North American box office this weekend, final figures showed on Monday.

The second big-screen installment adapted from Stephenie Meyer’s phenomenally successful books raked in an astounding 142.8 million dollars in three days, the third biggest opening of all time, Exhibitor Relations said.

Only Batman sequel “The Dark Knight” with 158.4 million dollars and “Spider-Man 3″ with 151.1 million dollars have scored bigger openings.

However, the “New Moon” earnings are considered remarkable because the film was released in November, outside of the traditional summer blockbuster season.

Although the movie was unable to dethrone “The Dark Knight” or “Spider-Man 3″ for highest opening weekend, it did set records for biggest midnight opening and opening day, figures showed.

The “Twilight” franchise follows the fortunes of high school teenager Bella Swan, played by Kristen Stewart, and her vampire lover Edward Cullen, played by British heart-throb Robert Pattinson.

The success of “New Moon” left American football drama “The Blind Side” in second place.

The feel-good film, adapted from Michael Lewis’s 2006 book, is based on the real-life journey from rags to riches of Baltimore Ravens star Michael Oher.

Starring Sandra Bullock as the woman who helps Oher realize his dream, it earned a healthy 34.1 million dollars in its opening weekend.

In third place, end-of-the-world film “2012″ brought in 26.4 million dollars, more than double its next-runner-up, “Planet 51,” with 12.3 million.

“Disney’s A Christmas Carol” earned 12.2 million, trailed by acclaimed abuse saga “Precious” with 10.9 million dollars.

In seventh place was satire “The Men Who Stare At Goats,” starring George Clooney and Jeff Bridges as members of a military unit schooled in psychological warfare. The film took 2.8 million dollars.

Eighth spot was taken by comedy “Couples Retreat,” which earned 1.9 million dollars while extra-terrestrial drama “The Fourth Kind” was ninth with 1.7 million.

Michael Jackson concert movie “This Is It” completed the top 10 with 1.6 million dollars.

New Moon Reviews

New Moon Reviews: Imagine waking up to realise that you have aged 60 years but the love of your life is still a handsome, youthful man of 17. That’s how Bella Swan feels at the beginning of the second instalment in author Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga, New Moon.

For the uninitiated, Bella (Kristen Stewart) is going out with Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), who happens to be a 109 year old vampire who stopped ageing over 90 years ago.

Edward and his vampire family Live in the small town of Forks where unlike other vampires they abstain from human blood, feeding instead off wild animals.

In New Moon, Bella begins to realise that it’s not safe for her to be human anymore, especially after her birthday where a little blood almost causes Edward’s vampire brother Jasper to attack.

To protect Bella, Edward decides that instead of turning her into a vampire and essentially damning her, he must leave her, causing Bella to spend months severely depressed — until she starts hanging out with Jacob Black.

Jacob (Taylor Lautner), becomes Bella’s best friend, whom she spends time fixing up some old dirt bikes with to indulge her new found rebellion.

A major heart throb in the series, 17-year-old Lautner received a collective squeal of delight when he first takes his shirt off, revealing his nicely toned chest and abs at which Lautner was forced to work extremely hard throughout filming to maintain.

The shirtless Jacob scenes leave fans excited for more, until you see Edward’s first shirtless scene later in the film — which in its pasty, scrawny comparison, disappoints!

When Bella finds out that her friend Jacob is a werewolf, you start to see some more action, including the transformations of Jacob and his wolf pack.

Despite the average special effects, the wolves are pretty scary and in general as a viewer you are so enthralled in the story you barely notice the special effects.

One thing you do notice however, is Jacob’s stunningly Hollywood white teeth — questionably too white for a guy meant to be a Native American werewolf!

Then there’s Edward, whose makeup in this film leaves you wondering if he just dipped his face in a bucket of pressed powder or had been crying all night wearing cheap eyeliner.

This game of opposites between Edward and Jacob is a theme carried out through the entire series. Cold versus hot, ‘good’ versus ‘bad’, tan versus pale, buff versus slim, old versus young, safe versus fun-loving… the list goes on.

Bella is forced to leave Jacob, her pillar of strength, to go and save Edward from the cruel vampire authority The Volturi, after he races to Italy under the impression that Bella was dead and wanting to end his own life by exposing his vampire traits (in this case, the fact that vampires sparkle in the sun) to the public in the Tuscan town of Volterra.
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What Drives Edward Phase 4

latest news about, What Drives Edward Phase 4: Volvo launched a tie-in contest with the second movie Twilight New Moon, “What drives Eduardo?”

Twilight fans who participate in the contest can win tickets and premiere a new Volvo. Many fans are having trouble with “What drives Eduardo, Phase 4,” and a question on Yahoo answers points to a video that apparently helps. (Hard fans: Stephenie Meyer appeared on Oprah today to promote the New Moon.)

Then a video of “leading to Edward, phase 4″ of the challenge. I’m not playing, so I say in the comments, does it work?

Source: inquisitr.com

Eid-ul-Fiter Will Be On Monday In Pakistan

Eid-ul-Fiter : The new Shawwal moon should be sighted on Sunday, according to astronomical parameters. Therefore, Shawwal One, 1430 AH should fall on Monday. The moon will cross the conjunction line on Saturday at 0044 Pakistan Summer Time (PST). The sunset on Sunday will be at 1932 PST, and the evening civil twilight (ECTL) will be at 1954 PST. The moon will set at 2021 PST.
Eid-ul-Fiter Will Be On Monday In Pakistan
Thus the age of the new moon will be 43 hours and 10 minutes at ECTL. It will set 49 minutes after sunset and 27 minutes after ECTL. At ECTL the moon will be at an altitude of five degrees and 37 minutes and at an azimuth of 252 degrees and 48 minutes. At sunset the moon will be at an altitude of 10 degrees and 14 minutes. It will be at an azimuth of 250 degrees and 25 minutes. According to astronomical parameters, there is a very good chance of sighting the new moon for Shawwal 1430 AH on Sunday. The weather is expected to be partly cloudy to cloudy.

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PHASES OF THE MOON:

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Eid on Monday

KARACHI : The new Shawwal moon should be sighted on Sunday, according to astronomical parameters. Therefore, Shawwal One, 1430 AH should fall on Monday. The moon will cross the conjunction line on Saturday at 0044 Pakistan Summer Time (PST). The sunset on Sunday will be at 1932 PST, and the evening civil twilight (ECTL) will be at 1954 PST. The moon will set at 2021 PST.

Thus the age of the new moon will be 43 hours and 10 minutes at ECTL. It will set 49 minutes after sunset and 27 minutes after ECTL. At ECTL the moon will be at an altitude of five degrees and 37 minutes and at an azimuth of 252 degrees and 48 minutes. At sunset the moon will be at an altitude of 10 degrees and 14 minutes. It will be at an azimuth of 250 degrees and 25 minutes. According to astronomical parameters, there is a very good chance of sighting the new moon for Shawwal 1430 AH on Sunday. The weather is expected to be partly cloudy to cloudy.

New Moon Extended Trailer

We love you MJ. We love you Beyonce and Lady Gaga. But the most exciting moment at the VMAs was the debut of a third “New Moon” trailer. For those of you who missed it, check out the full video and then follow our walk through of the entire trailer, with 70 (!) snap shots in total (click on any of the photos in this post to see all of ‘em!). Happy Stephenie Meyer Day, indeed!

Above, we get a closer look at the man being punished by Aro (we look into who the mystery victim could be in our secrets of the “New Moon” trailer article!). Also in our flipbook, we see Jacob and Bella at the movie theater, Bella’s hallucinations of Edward and all those gorgeous Italy scenes.

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I’m so glad there is a snap shot of my absolute favorite shot from the entire trailer, the one of Bella’s vision of Edward after her cliff jump. She reaches out to him as he floats in the water next to her, and as she is pulled away from him by Jacob, she touches his face, distorting the image. It is so sad and so beautiful, and shows the leaps and bounds “New Moon” has come from “Twilight.”

This trailer is such a perfect summary of everyone we crave from the “Twilight” universe. We get to see all our favorite Forks High friends in photo 10, more of the wolf pack before transformation and after and bad boy Laurent. Then there’s more Jacob, Charlie and Alice (we love seeing her adorned in a scarf while driving a sweet, sweet ride).

And then, for your viewing pleasure from here on until forever, you get a snap shot of RPattz’s new (or airbrushed, but we’ll pretend they’re real) abs. Boy do we want to see that boy sparkle in the sunlight more often.

Click on any of the photos above to see more freeze frames from the newest “New Moon” trailer, then tell us in the comments section below which ones are your favorites!

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Watch New Moon Extended Trailer

Twilight stars Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart took the VMAs stage tonight to debut an extended trailer for the upcoming The Twilight Saga: New Moon — “a first look at a movie we’ve been working on for months,” said Pattinson.

The trailer offers a look at the darker sequel to last year’s blockbuster, which details what happens when Pattinson’s vampire hunk Edward leaves his girlfriend, the mortal Bella (played by Stewart), who in turn looks to Lautner’s character, the human-turned-werewolf Jacob.

Fans also got a first look at the improved CGI in play for Jacob’s mythical transformations, as well as glimpses of Dakota Fanning and Michael Sheen as evil vamps.

New Moon opens November 20th; in the meantime check out what Peter Travers predicts for the movie.