Vintage Rob

Here is some old(young) pictures of Rob. Especially for Dani :)

Poll Results

Which movie are you most looking forward to?

ROBsessors are most looking forward to the Breaking Dawn movie. I am willing to bet the reason is : Esme Island :)

Little Ashes 417 (19%)

New Moon 348 (16%)

Eclipse 324 (15%)

Breaking Dawn 621 (29%)

Twilight (on DVD) 404 (19%)

Which is your favorite book?

Nothing beats the original! Twilight is the favorite book by a landslide.

Twilight 628 (37%)

New Moon 191 (11%)

Eclipse 419 (24%)

Breaking Dawn 442 (26%)

New Poll: What is your favorite ROBcessory?

The Hair (RIP)
The Suspenders
The Megaphone
The Beanie
The Ray-Bans
The BBJ
The Golden Zipper

I know it's hard to choose :) You can vote on the side bar.

Rob: difference between Twilight and Harry Potter premiere

Old Pictures

The pictures are from the play "Our Town" at The Barnes Theatre Company.




Source: Barnes Theatre Company Facebook page

NEW ROBERT PATTINSON INTERVIEW From COLOMBIA

Thanks to Monica for the link :)) By the way this is our 1000th post on the blog. Woohoo!

Rob's Movies Montage

Cilla @ spunk-ransom.com is at it again with another great vid.
Thank you for sharing Cilla, fabulous job as usual.

Billy Bush Interviews Robert Pattinson

"I had wet kitchen roll, I wanted the texture right" talking about auditioning for a transsexual role and stuffing his bra :)




P.S. Vote for our affiliate Robert Pattinson Online for site of the month at Portrait Magazine. The poll is on the right side bar :) They are always so good at sharing:)

Top Unanswered Questions of 2008

eonline.com blogger Leslie Gornstein listed some funny unanswered questions of 2008. One of them is:

8. What's the personal, secret email address for Jennifer Aniston/Miley Cyrus/Brad Pitt/Robert Pattinson?

Gozde: Believe it or not, I have been getting emails asking me "how can I meet Rob?", "what is his email/phone number" etc. Sorry to disappoint but we have no way of contacting Rob, obviously :)

We can't let little Zackypoo win dammit!

We almost never post polls here on Robsessed but Zack Efron can not win over Rob on the hottie department dammit! Go to Z100 by clicking here and vote your cute little asses off :)

Portrait Magazine Interview w/ Sam Bradley

Sam cowrote 'Never Think" with Rob. Below is a little bit from the interview where he talks about music and Rob.

You wrote 'Never Think', on the Twilight soundtrack, with Robert Pattinson - and then you apparently went in completely different directions when recording it. How did that happen - is there an original version?

The original version is just sort of bits and pieces of when we were writing it. So, no, there's no real original version. What it is, is we wrote a song... I came back to Canada, and kind of switched it up a little bit for myself. Melodically, what we originally wrote is probably closer to my version. But Rob, when he plays music, he's really in touch with what he's doing, so he plays a song differently every time. Any song, it'll never sound the same. It's really cool, he's really in the moment. So the recording of Never Think that he did will never sound the same again, which is kind of interesting. Lyrically, though, it's similar.

It's funny, because you can never understand what he's singing. So it's really interesting to listen to your version and say, "Oh, that's what he's saying!"

I don't think anyone has guessed the lyrics right yet. I've been on YouTube, and I've been reading what people think are the lyrics. Even the first line, I don't think I've read the right first line yet. I mean, he sings it like that because that's how it comes out. I personally love it. I mean, I know what he's saying. There's a feeling behind it, like he's singing it to that person that he's talking to.

So, what was it like, sitting in the theatre and watching the Twilight premiere... and then hearing the song being played?

I've seen the film three times now. It's pretty exciting. I went to the LA premiere, and then I went to London. And then I took my mom to see it in Vancouver. But yeah, I was sitting with Marcus and Bobby [Long] at the London premiere, and we started like - aaah! - jumping up and down.

Their song is great, too.

Oh, the best bit of the film. And Rob does such a good job with it.
That's a great part of the film. I really liked the movie - it was quite the experience, seeing in a theatre full of pre-teen girls, screaming.I didn't get any screaming girls. I wanted to. When I went with my mom, I sat at the back, like - [He beams.]. Just 'cause I was with my mom, all happy and proud.

You can check out the rest of Sam's interview HERE.

Here is Sam performing his version of "Never Think"

It Was a Very Good Year

Our lovely MiCh made the following picture and it sums up 2008 perfectly well :)

Here is to a wonderful 2009!

News Roundup

USA Today Celeb Heat Index
Hottest breakthroughs: In 2008, 298 stars joined the list. Those who got increased attention from celebrity magazines, websites and news shows include heartthrobs such as Twilight's Robert Pattinson, it-girls such as Gossip Girl's Blake Lively, political figures such as Barack Obama, and celebrity offspring including Harlow Madden and Zuma Rossdale.

The Sun Daily year in Review:

A new heartthrob also emerged. When Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince moved its November 2008 release date to summer 2009, Twilight was moved up from December 2008 to November.

Hence, with no Harry Potter to contend with, Twilight – a romantic tale based on Stephanie Meyer’s best-seller about a lonely teenage girl and her vampire boyfriend – turned out to be the choice of many youthful fans, especially the girls.

Robert Pattinson, who played the lovable but tragic Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, rose up from the dead to emerge as teenage girls’ new heartthrob in his leading role as vampire Edward Cullen (right).

Teen Ink Magazine Soundtrack Review:

I’ll admit that the first time I listened to the album, I immediately skipped to track 10. My incentive for buying this CD was to hear Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen in the movie) sing “Never Think.” Since his catapult to stardom, some of his music has appeared on the Internet. So it was no surprise that he would lend his vocals to the soundtrack.

Pattinson’s music has been compared to Jeff Buckley: bluesy with lots of groaning. But there is also a soft, subtle quality to his voice – completely swoon-worthy. Yes, I have a crush … leave me be!

British schoolboy Robert Pattinson became Hollywood's hot new star

HERE is a long article about Rob. I have selected some parts:

Robert is too smart to be stereotyped.

After gaining his heartthrob status in Harry Potter, he changed tack to play the troubled artist Salvador Dali in next year's raunchy Little Ashes.

He says: "I didn't want to get stuck in pretty, public school roles, or I knew I'd end up as some sort of caricature.

"Playing Dali has been a complete turning point for me. It's the first part I've had that has required really serious thought. I became completely obsessed with Dali during the filming, and I read every biography I could get hold of.

"He was the most bizarre, complex man, but in the end I felt I could relate to him." Robert is nothing if not pragmatic. A professional actor for seven years, he even had to pay his own school fees.

"I was at a small private school in London," he says. "I wasn't very academic. My dad said to me, 'OK, you might as well leave, since you're not working very hard'. When I told I him wanted to stay on for my A-levels, he said I'd have to pay my own fees, then he'd pay me back if I got good grades."
Robert did - an A and two Bs - but his father didn't pay, which must rankle.

Robert says of the car salesman: "My dad told me a lot of stories. I would never buy a car from him."

But it's clear Robert will have to answer to his family if he displays the slightest sign of diva-like behaviour.

Robert's aunt Monica Weller, from Leatherhead, Surrey, said: "My sister is going to make sure the fame does not go to his head." But she added: "Robert has wanted to be an actor for as long as I can remember. We are all really proud of him."

Robert readily owns up to the fact that he aspires to be Jack Nicholson and Twilight - his first lead role - is set to make him a superstar.

Happily, Robert isn't quite perfect. His American film bosses insisted that he wear a brace to correct his wonky chops. Pro that he is, he didn't have to be asked twice.

Today, his teeth are Hollywood perfect.
.....
Teenage girls, seemingly, just can't get enough of Stephenie Meyer's lusty, yet thoughtful, bloodsucker. Nor, it seems, of Robert. There's no stopping the boy.

We.Love.Him

UK Bliss Magazine Scans. Another phobia, getting sick. Yep, he is definitely making up these stuff. Same question different answers :)) And that's why We.Love.Him.




Source: http://bellaandedward.com/

IMDb Article on Rob.

Is that a glimmer in Rob's beautiful eyes???
No its those damn Twilight contacts!

Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson isn't looking forward to reprising his blood-sucking role in the hit film's sequel New Moon - because he has to wear uncomfortable contact lenses for the part.

The British star played vampire Edward Cullen in the box office adaptation of Stephanie Meyer's cult book, and has signed a multi-million dollar deal to play the character again in the franchise's second outing in 2010.

But he is dreading preparing to shoot the new venture - because wearing his character's topaz coloured contacts is such a painful ordeal.

He tells Britain's Ok! magazine, "Wearing coloured contact lenses... It was like I constantly had sand in my eyes. I was wearing them for three months constantly and my eyes never ever accepted them! It took me 20 minutes per eye every single day and I ended up having to literally fold it into my eyeball."

And the star believes the dreaded lenses may inhibit his acting skills - because he couldn't properly portray his character's emotions due to the "two orange blobs" in his eyes.

He adds, "It was frustrating as well because normally your eyes are saying something, but if you've got two orange blobs in your face it's so annoying!

"The director (Catherine Hardwicke) would say, 'Look at her (Kristen Stewart) like you love her,' and I'd be like, 'I'm trying!' I'm going to have to do it again because we're making the sequel next year."

SOURCE

TheDailyBeast.com-Breakout Stars of 2008.

Okay how many breakout lists has he been on now? Its official...Rob is breaking out of 2008, and busting into 2009

Breakout Heartbreaker
ROBERT PATTINSON Not two months ago, Twilight had yet to hit theaters and actor Robert Pattinson was only known to some very devoted Harry Potter movie fans who knew him as Quidditch champ and (spoiler alert!) killed-off Hogwarts student Cedric Diggory. But in November, after starring as the celibate vampiric hunk Edward Cullen—he can never kiss the one he loves lest he suck her blood—Pattinson became the most-wanted and least-touchable tween idol to send young women reeling since the Jonas Brothers and their chastity rings. Case in point—when Robert cut his hair, his new ‘do was a top five search term in Google for days. Days.

SOURCE

German TV Spot and Rob Intro...

Rob's Intro-He says Wir lieben Kino (We love the cinema in German)

TV Spot

More MovieManiacs Audio Interviews..

Talks about writing 'Let Me Sign' and 'Never Think'

Rob on being seen in public with a "mystery man" AKA-his manager.

Whats so special about Edward?

Talks about the things he resists...he's boring?

Rob on voice training for his American accent.

How he prepared for the role.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!

More of his yumminess below in 2009!

Hey everyone we want to wish you a very Happy New Year. We look forward to serving up some steaming hot Rob in 2009. Thanks to all of our loyal followers for your continued support and always kind words. We love you all to bits and hope that this next year brings you good health and much happiness.

Here is to a new year, and another chance to do it better this time around.

Much Love,

Dani & Gozde

OK Magazine Scans (UK)

Thanks to spunk-ransom.com for sharing the scans. You peeps rock!

MTV Best Movie Set Visits of 08- 'Twilight'

If you got to hang out with the hot and incredibly fun Twicast you'd call it the best too. And ahem..ROB it was a no brainer I am sure.

MTV Shows

3 New Myspace Artist on Artist Pics

Rob and Hayley Williams of Paramore

You can see the other pics from this portrait session we posted back in November HERE.

SOURCE

Movie Maniacs Interview with Robert Pattinson

Thanks to Anne for the link :)

TVGuide Best of 2008

Breakout Stars: Robert Pattinson, Kat Dennings

Vampires may not have reflections, but Twilight's Pattinson has obviously been practicing his smoldering look in the mirror for a long time. Denning, meanwhile, turned it up with Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist after smaller parts in The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Sex in the City.

HOW TO BE UPDATES & OFFICIAL POSTERS

From the newly released How To Be Newsletter:

It has been an amazing year for How To Be. But first, let's start with some announcements for 2009!

• We have sold distribution rights for Italy to Just Us Films! Details of the release are being worked out right now, and further news on the Italian release of How To Be will follow in the New Year.
• For all you American Fans, How To Be is very close to securing a distribution deal for the US! We are also looking forward to UK and other international releases. We will do all we can to keep you up to date!
• We are also very happy to announce we have been accepted to CineQuest Film Festival in San Jose, California. We'll pass on dates, locations and times as soon as we have them. This will be the first California screening of How To Be!
• Official film posts, which we debuted at the Austin Film Festival, are now on our website. Please download them, send them to friends, and print them out!
• Thank you all for your support and interest in the film. It has been a fantastic year and we are very much looking forward to 2009. The How To Be team wish you all Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year and look forward to bringing you lots of exciting news come January!

You can always check for updates at the official movie site HERE
You can also subscribe for the newsletters and facebook page.

We will of course let you know when the film has gained official distribution for the US, and I will let out an internal and very loud external SQUEEEEE!!! at the coming of that news.

Thanks to takemyhandtonight @ Rob's IMDb board and from RobertPattinsonOnline for the updates and links. And a big thanks to Kat and Kate for sending the links to us :)

Top 10 Stars of 2008 according to sugarslam

And guess who is at #1 :)

1. Robert Pattinson

Age: 22
Why He’s on the List:
No one rose to International stardom faster in 2008 than everyone’s favorite vampire, Robert Pattinson. Not only did Rob become the newest teen heartthrob, he also showed off his musical talents by performing his song, ‘Never Think’, on the ‘Twilight’ soundtrack. Rob is expected to have a new film, entitled ‘Little Ashes’ coming out in 2009, as well as shooting and releasing the Twilight sequel, ‘New Moon’.

Rest of the list is HERE.

The Honor Roll: 20 People That Made an Impact in 2008

We like to do things differently around here, and with every End of the Year Top Whatever List floating around the internet (which are bound by law to include The Dark Knight) and on our own site (which are bound by editorial edict to include Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo), we thought we’d take a fresh look at a different group of people.

So bust out the pomp and circumstance, because we’re presenting the people that made the biggest noise in 2008, the movers and shakers that either moved up the ladder into the spotlight or blew it up and took the elevator, the industry insiders and outsiders who made such an impact this year, that we’ll be looking for them to do even bigger things in 2009.

Since there’s no way to arbitrarily quantify moving and shaking, here they are in no particular order:

Robert Pattinson

Somehow Pattinson transformed a small role in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire into a role in a phenomenon of his very own, starring as Edward in Twilight and winning the hearts of every tween girl in the country. He’s already received some positive buzz for his role as Salvador Dali in Little Ashes and has several projects in development. Some of our readers may scoff his inclusion in this list, but as of publication, he’s ranked #1 on IMDB as the most searched for film entity, and that’s hard to ignore.

Thanks to Jae Lu for the link :)

New Moon Update on Reelz (a little gossipy)

New Moon Dailies

Thanks to our delicious Kate for the link :)

Robert Pattinson + Vampire Lovin' = Box Office King

If only Wall Street had bet on Twilight. Or Hannah Montana. Or Kirk Cameron.

With a $167.3 million overall domestic take as Sunday, per Box Office Mojo, Twilight made more than four times its reported $37 million production budget—the best rate of return on any film in the 2008 Top 10, including The Dark Knight.

The Batman epic was a pretty good investment, too, very nearly tripling its gargantuan $185 million budget with a $530.8 million domestic take, Hollywood's second-biggest ever.

Here's a look of the top-grossing films of 2008 through Sunday based on numbers compiled by Box Office Mojo:

1. The Dark Knight, $530.8 million
2. Iron Man, $318.3 million
3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $317 million
4. Hancock, $227.9 million
5. WALL-E, $223.8 million
6. Kung Fu Panda, $215.4 million
7. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, $174.9 million
8. Twilight, $167.3 million
9. Quantum of Solace, $164.3 million
10. Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, $154.5 million

Source: eonline.com

FilmFantasy - January 2009

Film Fantasy has a collector's edition featuring Twilight on stands. It has more than 50 pages of Twilight goodies :)




Thanks to Kate for sending us the link and Lion & Lamb Love for the scans. You can see the rest of the magazine scans HERE.

7 Pictures of Robert Pattinson we haven't seen before

Rob Pattinson defends Heath Ledger?

I was going to make the title: Rob Pattinson tells off an a-hole that called himself a comedian but decided not to. The story doesn't sound real, I don't believe anyone would think THAT would be funny. And this is from US Weekly so there is always a doubt on the story but here you go:



Source: http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt

EW: Biggest ShowBiz Events of 2008

Entertainment Weekly listed the biggest ShowBiz Events of 2008 and of course Twilight Premiere is there.

TWILIGHT PREMIERE
Nov. 17

Newly minted movie star Robert Pattinson signed autographs for the teeming crowd of teen vampire fans who showed up to see Stephenie Meyer's best-selling book hit the big screen. The film had earned $175 million by mid-December.

Source: EW.com

CNN.com : From 'Twilight' to the 'Dark Knight,' the year in entertainment

Source: CNN.com

Best Trends of 2008 - Black on Black

The Huffington Post lists the best trends of 2008 and Rob's black on black ensemble at the L.A. premiere made the list.

Black on Black on Black

This men’s formal style, started by John Cusack and perfected by Robert Pattinson makes us go a little weak in the knees.

We would like to remind our readers that, in the words of Tim Gunn, "We need clothes, do we need fashion? No. And fashion, when it's good, comes out of a context that's societal and cultural and historic and economic and political -- so it's of a time and a place." In other words, fashion is like every other art -- if it's good, it describes the sociopolitical and economic hodgepodge from whence it came.
But also, it lets us post pictures of Twilight's freakish yet fetching actor Robert Pattinson, so really it's a win/win for us.

CinePremiere Magazine Scan (Mexico)

A little international buzz for Rob and Little Ashes.



Translation :

After becoming one of the hottest young actors thanks to Twilight, you would think Robert Pattinson’s next move would be a super production (like Shia LaBeouf with Indiana Jones, or Emile Hirsch with Speedracer). However, aware that he still has a lot to learn, he has chosen to make movies like Little Ashes, a modest project of only 2,500,000 euros, but a project who can present to him the histrionic growth he needs. (…)

The story will talk about Dalí’s homosexuality, there’s huge buzz about the strong sexual scenes between Pattinson and Javier Beltrán, who plays García Lorca.

Even though this career choice might disappoint a few fans, let’s remember that actors like Will Smith or even Antonio Banderas dared to play controversial roles as well in the beginning of their careers.

Let’s see if Pattinson is up for the challenge.

Thanks to Vale @ TwilightPoison for the scan and translation.
You rock girl! And a big hug and kiss to Stella-D for the link.

A Year In Robland-Public Appearances of 08

This awesome little slideshow of Rob's public appearances this year was made by Cilla from SpunkRansom. She did a really great job, as always the pictures are drool worthy. Wow our boy had a busy year.

Thanks to joannady from Rob's IMDb board for sharing the link.

Bravo Magazine Translation

As a vampire in "Twilight" Robert Pattinson delights millions. Nonetheless he's still lonely... He revealed only us why!

The world gone crazy about this guy with mysterious stare and characteristic, dishevelled hair. No wonder that 22 year old Robert Pattinson played an attractive vampire in "Twilight". As the only group from Poland we meet with him in Los Angeles!

"I'm not suitable for a perfect guy."


Bravo: Is it true that you could have not played in "Twilight"?

Robert: I guess I was the last person that the producers of the movie took into consideration. The castings went on for a year. At first I read that they were looking for an actor to play a role of a 'perfect man' . I didn't go to the auditions at all, cause I thought I'm not suitable for a perfect guy! Director, Catherine Hardwicke invited me for a casting to Los Angeles.

Bravo:Supposedly you convinced her with a love scene!

Robert: Yes. She made for Kristen, who plays Bella - a girl that fell in love with Edward, and me a test scene at her home. It was a love scene on the bed. But I don't know what extraordinary thing I did that I convinced her. (laughs)

Bravo: How did your friends react when you got the part?

Robert:I know one hardcore "Twilight" books fan. We know each other for a long time and when I told her that I got the part she was dumbfounded. She said "What??? You...you'll be Edward?!"

Bravo: Did you meet already some crazy fans?

Robert: When I played Cedric Diggory in "Harry Potter" once near the place where we were shooting, a school bus was passing by. Suddenly it stopped and we survived an attack of a crowd of mad with happiness school girls. But "Twilight" is something different. Things like this happen to me everywhere, wherever I appear! Shock!

Bravo: Do you cope with it?

Robert: I can't understand it! I always looked the same and nobody paid attention to me. I wasn't girls favourite, on PE I was chosen to the team as the last one. And now everyone go crazy even about my hair! When I wanted to get my hair cut, people told me that I can't because it's my trademark. It's incredible. Week after week the fuss around "Twilight" grows!

Bravo: Is it true that girls are camping near your apartment in Los Angeles?

Robert: It was like that for quite some time. They also leave me notes behind windscreen wiper. They write: 'Call me. Don't be afraid I'm not crazy!' And the next day: 'Please, stop ignoring me! If you ignore me I'll kill myself!'.

Bravo:To shot the movie you had to fly from London to US. Far away from family and friends. Didn't you feel lonely?

Robert: I was always a loner. I liked to hide somewhere alone. When it comes to US I come here only for a couple of months to work and then I'm going back home. It's a weird feeling: like I don't leave here, but I spend here almost a whole year! Do I have friends still? A flat? Girlfriend? I managed to get away ofr Christmas to London.

Bravo: Did you leave someone with broken heart in London before coming here to US?

Robert: Hm, I can't remember... (laughs) I don't have luck with relationships. People always scream at me. In relationships and many other situations in life.

Bravo: Was it easy for you to become a vampire?

Robert: I treated Edward like an ordinary men. He's not pleased with being a vampire. Why should he show off with his vampire powers? He wants to be a normal guy, yet he has to feed with blood and kill other creatures. He gets for it an ability of running fast and throwing heavy objects. Lame treaty! I guess I would get bored with it! (laughs)

Source: http://twets.livejournal.com/