BAM's Blog » Twilight http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:28:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell BAM's Blog no Entertainment blogging from The Oklahoman's Brandy McDonnell BAM's Blog » Twilight http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/category/twilight/ Target, Walmart hosting “Twilight: Breaking Dawn” release parties tonight http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/02/10/target-walmart-hosting-twilight-breaking-dawn-release-parties-tonight/ http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2012/02/10/target-walmart-hosting-twilight-breaking-dawn-release-parties-tonight/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:08:57 +0000 brandy http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/?p=42667

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn-Part 1 Release Party Oklahoma City, OK

From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. To read my interview with “Twilight: Breaking Dawn” director Bill Condon, click here.

Target, Walmart hosting “Twilight: Breaking Dawn” release parties

Forget vampires vs. werewolves: Friday night’s anticipated DVD release of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1” is setting up an epic battle between big-box giants Target and Walmart.

“Breaking Dawn — Part 1” drops on DVD and Blu-ray at the stroke of midnight Saturday, with release parties planned Friday night (tonight) at Walmart and Target locations across the country, …

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From left, Robert Pattinson, Bill Condon andTaylor Lautner attend a Nov. 17, 2011, film premiere of "The Twilight Sage: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1" in Barcelona, Spain. AP photo

From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.

Bill Condon takes on twice the challenges with “Twilight: Breaking Dawn” movies
The “Chicago” and “Dreamgirls” director made “Breaking Dawn — Part 1,” which will be released on DVD and Blu-ray at midnight Saturday, and “Breaking Dawn — Part 2,” due in theaters Nov. 16, at

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Season 7 “American Idol” winner David Cook, who has Tulsa ties, has released today an EP titled “This Quiet Night” exclusively through Walmart. The CD includes acoustic performances of five songs from his 2011 album “This Loud Morning.”

Emerging pop singer-songwriter Cady Groves, who grew up in Marlow, Cache and Yukon, also is released today her “This Little Girl” EP.

Featuring tracks including her popular first single “This Little Girl” the digital EP will be available at all digital service providers and will include fan-favorite track “We’re The Sh*t” as well …

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Juno Temple in "Dirty Girl"

“Dirty Girl,” writer-director Abe Sylvia’s ’80s era indie drama partially set in Norman, is out on DVD today, along with George Clooney’s political drama “The Ides of March,” the faith-based film “Courageous” and “Twilight” heartthrob Taylor Lautner’s actioner “Abduction.”

In “Dirty Girl,” Danielle is labeled the ” dirty girl of Norman High” in 1987, and when she gets banished to special ed, she meets a shy, friendless, closeted gay boy. California, here they come, with the mismatched misfits played by Juno Temple and Jeremy Dozier …

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A version of this story appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman and was a joint effort of George Lang, Matthew Price and me.

Film projections: 2012′s big-screen bright spots

Hollywood is a big circus, and as the film industry has proved every year since “Jaws” took a bite out of the box office in 1975, it cannot put on a circus without “tentpoles.” That is, of course, the business term for movies that hold everything up, and after a year in which every one of the top …

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"The Artist"

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, of which I’m a member, have announced the winners of its EDA Annual Achievement Awards.

“The Artist,” writer-director Michel Hazanavicius’ tribute to the silent film era, earned best film along with best director.

EDA stands for Excellent Dynamic Activism. This year, the EDA Awards included standard best-of categories and AWFJ’s unique Female Focus Awards in which we honor the year’s outstanding achievements by women working in film – and have some fun pointing out which actress is most in need of a …

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There are less than two weeks left until Christmas, and for cinephiles, several soundtrack albums and well-reviewed movies are out this week for home listening and viewing.

In the CD section, movie soundtracks dominate, from the score from the blockbuster “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1″ to Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa’s music from and inspired by “Mac & Devin Go to High School.” Jonsi’s music for “We Bought a Zoo,” John Williams’ for “The Adventures of Tintin” and Hans Zimmer’s from “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” …

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“New Year’s Eve” was quiet at the box office, with director Gary Marshall’s star-studded romantic follow-up to his 2010 hit “Valentine’s Day” opening at No. 1 with a weak $13 million, according to the Associated Press.

The tepid opening for “New Year’s Eve,” which stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac Efron, Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Lea Michele, Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Hilary Swank and Seth Meyers, reflected the overall revenues for the weekend, the worst for Hollywood in three years.

According to The Hollywood …

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“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1,” the fourth and penultimate movie in the blockbuster franchise based on Stephenie Meyer’s supernaturally popular book series, continued its rule of the domestic box office, bringing in another $16.9 million to stay in the No. 1 spot for the third straight weekend.

According to the Associated Press, the third No. 1 finish for “Breaking Dawn – Part 1″ came during one of the year’s slowest weekends at the box office.

Domestic revenues totaled just $82 million, which barely put it ahead of …

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For the second straight week, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1″ maintained its supernatural hold on the domestic box office.

The fourth and penultimate film based on Stephenie Meyer’s paranormally popular books took in $42 million domestically over the three-day weekend and $62.3 million in the five-day Thanksgiving boom time from Wednesday to Sunday, according to the Associated Press.

It’s strong Thanksgiving showing raised the movie’s domestic total to $221.3 million, while the Summit Entertainment release added $71.5 million overseas to lift the international total to $268 million …

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