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Best regards,

Natalie & Courtney

Hello Everyone!

Sorry about the lack of updates. I was in the middle of a big move and lack of internet has kept me away from the site. Here’s what I’ve been working on:

1) Book Summaries are now fully up. We’re working on Character Bios now.
2) Support Campaign for SM: See left side button and click for details! Thanks to those who have submitted the most wonderful letters! I was going to put up a form however I will just get you to email me instead. It’ll keep things more organized for me. Once plans are finalized, I will share with you exactly how I plan to present the support book to Stephenie so stay tuned for details!
3) VMAs coverage coming on Sunday night
4) Scans coming soon from various magazines and the rest of the Twilight Calendar. I have to try to get the drivers for my scanner downloaded on my laptop! I hate scanning on my desktop and would rather do it from my laptop since its more powerful!
5) My Robert Pattinson site (Robtastic is gearing up for a fantastic How To Be give-away. Stay tuned for details. I’ll let you know when its ready! We will also be having a contest over here at IT and it will include some very cool Twilight goodies!
6) Affiliates: I have received many affiliates requests and I plan on updating this week. Don’t worry, your site will be added.

Thats all for now. Don’t forget to send in your letters for Steph!

Dear Twilight Fans:

Over the last month, there has been a lot of emotions running high with the release of Breaking Dawn, hacks on larger Twilight sites, the leak of Midnight Sun, the movie being pushed to an earlier release date, etc.

The items listed above which have me mostly upset are the uproar over Breaking Dawn and the leak of Midnight Sun. While I am overall disappointed about Breaking Dawn, this does not take away from the fact that I did have sections of the book that I enjoyed very much. Also, I must stress that I am still a Twilight Series fan, and a fan of Stephenie Meyer’s work.

Recently, scans of a photocopied manuscript for Midnight Sun ended up on the net. As we know, this is something that is illegal. We were so worried about the leak happening to Breaking Dawn, many of us likely didn’t think this would happen to Midnight Sun.

The end result of this violation is tragic to Twilight fans everywhere. Stephenie Meyer made an official announcement on her website that the project is now on hold indefinitely. She is undeniably hurt, and feels violated because the work was put out there without her permission. She did, however, post an official pdf file version of the manuscript that was leaked so that fans may go to the official source to read it. She encourages us not to do so because this is unfinished work and it is also filled with errors and needs proper editing. But she would rather you go to her site to read than download the illegal copy.

With all of this said, I feel horrible for Stephenie. She has given us a book series and characters that we fell in love with, and someone went out there and deliberately set out to damage her.

As we know, Midnight Sun was the first Twilight book, but from Edward Cullen’s point of view. We had heard from Robert Pattinson, the actor playing Cullen in the upcoming movie, that he received a copy of this manuscript for character study and he based much of his performance on Midnight Sun, rather than Twilight itself. Edward Cullen, to me, was always a mystery. When reading everything from Bella’s perspective, I have often wondered what Edward was really thinking, or what he was feeling. With the anticipation of Midnight Sun’s release, it gave us a glimmer of hope that we would be able to understand his mysterious character better.

Now, because of someone’s stupidity, the project is now on hold and there is now doubt that it will be released.

With all of that said, I decided to begin a campaign of sorts. I would like to put together a support book for Stephenie Meyer. I think with the harsh reviews of Breaking Dawn, and now this episode associated with Midnight Sun, she needs something from her fans to let her know we love her, appreciate her and her work, and pray that she does not give up hope.

So here is what you can do to show your support to Stephenie Meyer:

1) First you can grab a button or banner from below and save it to your hard drive, then your own site or photobucket and link it back to Intoxicated Twilight since this is the home of the campaign.

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2) Spread the word. Let everybody know about this campaign!

3) Write an appreciation note for Stepehenie Meyer and send it to me. Please include the following:

a) Your Name
b) Your Email Address
c) Your Location (City/Town, Province/State, Country)
d) Your Message

About Your Message: Please keep it brief and to the point. No net speak (WaNNa TalK LiKe DiS). Please use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation. I reserve the right to make any neccessary corrections to your message. Think carefully about this and do not be spontaneous! I want you to let Stephenie know how much you appreciate her and her work. She doesn’t need to hear “Edward is sooooo Hot!” That is not the point of this project and messages like that will be deleted and NOT included!

Where to send the message? I will set up a form eventually for this, but in the meantime send your messages to: intoxicated.twilight(removemeplease)@gmail.com. Subject line must be: Stephenie Meyer Support.

Please have all your entries in by November 1st to allow me sufficient time to compile your messages and prepare the book. I’d like to get it delivered to her in time for the holidays.

If you have any questions, or you would like to donate support buttons, or you would like to suggest ways to help out, please use my email above to contact me. Use the subject line “IT Help: SM Support Campaign”.

Thanks for reading! Now go get creative and get ready to be supportive!

Best Regards,

Natalie
Intoxicated Twilight Owner/Webmaster

We were so worried about Breaking Dawn, that no one probably thought about Midnight Sun being leaked, despite a few copies being out there.  Stephenie has updated her official site with the following statement:

As some of you may have heard, my partial draft of Midnight Sun was illegally posted on the Internet and has since been virally distributed without my knowledge or permission or the knowledge or permission of my publisher.

I have a good idea of how the leak happened as there were very few copies of Midnight Sun that left my possession and each was unique. Due to little changes I made to the manuscript at different times, I can tell when each left my possession and to whom it was given. The manuscript that was illegally distributed on the Internet was given to trusted individuals for a good purpose. I have no comment beyond that as I believe that there was no malicious intent with the initial distribution.

I did not want my readers to experience Midnight Sun before it was completed, edited and published. I think it is important for everybody to understand that what happened was a huge violation of my rights as an author, not to mention me as a human being. As the author of the Twilight Saga, I control the copyright and it is up to the owner of the copyright to decide when the books should be made public; this is the same for musicians and filmmakers. Just because someone buys a book or movie or song, or gets a download off the Internet, doesn’t mean that they own the right to reproduce and distribute it. Unfortunately, with the Internet, it is easy for people to obtain and share items that do not legally belong to them. No matter how this is done, it is still dishonest. This has been a very upsetting experience for me, but I hope it will at least leave my fans with a better understanding of copyright and the importance of artistic control.

So where does this leave Midnight Sun? My first feeling was that there was no way to continue. Writing isn’t like math; in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the way you feel changes everything. If I tried to write Midnight Sun now, in my current frame of mind, James would probably win and all the Cullens would die, which wouldn’t dovetail too well with the original story. In any case, I feel too sad about what has happened to continue working on Midnight Sun, and so it is on hold indefinitely.

I’d rather my fans not read this version of Midnight Sun. It was only an incomplete draft; the writing is messy and flawed and full of mistakes. But how do I comment on this violation without driving more people to look for the illegal posting? It has taken me a while to decide how and if I could respond. But to end the confusion, I’ve decided to make the draft available here (at the end of this message on the Midnight Sun page). This way, my readers don’t have to feel they have to make a sacrifice to stay honest. I hope this fragment gives you further insight into Edward’s head and adds a new dimension to the Twilight story. That’s what inspired me to write it in the first place.

I do want to take a moment and thank the wonderful fans who have been so supportive of me over the past three years. I cannot begin to tell you how much each of you means to me. I only hope this note will stop all the confusion and online speculation so that the Twilight universe can once again become the happy escape it used to be. After this incredibly busy year, I am now focusing on spending more time with my family and working on some other writing projects.

–Stephenie

With all that said, I’ve downloaded the official manuscript from her site and plan on reading it.  I never posted my review of Breaking Dawn because to be quite honest, I was one of the disapointed readers.  That, however, does not mean that I am not a fan of Stephenie Meyer’s.

Now, I am planning something of sorts and I will announce the details soon.  So please keep coming back to see what we’re up to.  Not to mention some very exclusive photos from Forks, Volterra, BD Concert Series (with video clips) AND this week’s filming!  YAY! 

So how much do you love me?  *giggles*  I kid, I kid!  Thanks to some fabulous resources, I’ve managed to get my hands on 14 of the 30-something latest Comic Con pics in HQ!  Yahoo!

Now I’m working on some interesting and exclusive updates including photos from Forks, WA; Volterra, Italy and the Seatlle BD Concert Series (including clips).

I’m also looking for a journalist or two to keep up with actual news updates for the site.  If you are interesetd, send me an email at intoxicated(dot)twilight(at)gmail(dot)com with the subject like “IT Staff”.  Tell me why I should pick you to help out on the site.

Also, while I’ve received some neat photos from the current set filming going on in California, I will not be posting them until after filming is done this week.  If you know of the location of the filming, or find it out, PLEASE do not go stalk the set.  Catherine and company are on a very strict deadline because of the moved up release date and plus, everyone is exhausted and being hounded by fans would be a disrespect to them.  So please hold back, ok?  Great!  Thanks

Hello Everyone!

Sorry about the lack of updates.  I’m in the midst of doing a million and one different things for the bazillion fansites I run or co-run! lol!  But its all good, I have a neat update for you!  Now these photos surfaced almost a week ago now, but I wasn’t sure if they were fan photos or if they were pro photos.  Upon a search with some of my sources and image accounts, I came across the images recently posted at lion & lamb LJ community.  While I can give credit to L&L for bringing the images to my attention, I cannot credit them for the actual images since I gathered them from another source all together.

There are 34 fabulous images of the cast, Catherine Hardwicke and Stephenie Meyer now in the image gallery.  They are MQ and if I find HQ, they will be replaced by HQ.  Enjoy!

Cam Gigandet (James) at Entertainment Weekly’s After Party @ Comic Con - 3 MQs

Cast Photos @ Comic Con with Catherine and Stephenie 5 MQs

Other Photos @ Comic Con 26 MQs

In other site upcomings, stay tuned for a super contest coming up!  I’m putting together a few Twilight packages to give away on the site.  This will happen in the next few weeks so stay tuned!

While in the middle of a chat with my dear ladies of the RAA, it was brought to my attention that the release date for the Twilight movie had been changed. We looked for proof and we found it on Steph’s official site, the Lexicon and also on the official twilight site! YAHOOO! We get Twilight SOONER!

Summit Entertainment has also release a press release on their site:

SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT MOVES UP RELEASE DATE FOR
TWILIGHT TO NOVEMBER 21, 2008

Los Angeles, CA August 15, 2008 — TWILIGHT, the first film in Summit Entertainment’s thriller romance franchise, has moved up its North American release date to Friday, November 21, 2008. The film, which was previously planned to be released on December, 12, 2008, is taking advantage of an opening in the upcoming fall release calendar. The new release date for TWILIGHT allows the studio to both bring the film to the written-series’ enormous fan base sooner, and to present the film in more theatres prior to the holiday movie-going season where traditionally screen time for any popular film is limited.

“When Warner Bros. decided to move HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE to the summer of 2009, we saw a unique opportunity to slot in our film which has been gaining tremendous awareness and momentum over the past several months,” said Rob Friedman, Co-Chairman and CEO of Summit Entertainment. “We by no means are trying to fill the shoes of the incredible POTTER franchise for 2008, rather we are just looking to bring the fans of Stephenie Meyer’s incredible book series the film as soon possible from a programming perspective.”

Starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in the thriller-romance based on Stephenie Meyer’s publishing phenomenon, the film is directed by Catherine Hardwicke from a script by Melissa Rosenberg (STEP UP). Karen Rosenfelt (DEVIL WEARS PRADA), Greg Mooradian and Wyck Godfrey will produce along with Mark Morgan via his Maverick Films banner.

TWILIGHT tells the story of 17-year-old Bella Swan (Stewart) who moves to the small town of Forks, Washington to live with her father, and becomes drawn to Edward Cullen (Pattinson), a pale, mysterious classmate who seems determined to push her away. But neither can deny the attraction that pulls them together…even when Edward confides that he and his family are vampires. Their unorthodox romance puts her in physical danger when Edward’s nemesis comes to town and sets his sights on Bella.

About Summit Entertainment LLC
Summit Entertainment is a worldwide theatrical motion picture development, financing, production and distribution studio. The studio handles all aspects of marketing and distribution for both its own internally developed motion pictures as well as acquired pictures. Summit Entertainment, LLC also represents international sales for both its own slate and third party product. Summit Entertainment, LLC plans to release 10 to 12 films annually.

Hi All!  I’ve added 17 photos of SM at the Breaking Dawn concert series in NYC.  You can view all the images in the gallery.  They are MQ but if I find HQ they will be added when I find them.

If you have photos from your release party or from any other concert series, we’d love to see them and share!  Send them to intoxicated(dot)twilight(at)gmail(dot)com with the subject “Photo Submissions for IT”.  Please include either your web address or email address you wish to be credited at, your images (zipped please), and the event and where it was held and the date.

Enjoy!

I’ve added MQ images of Cam Gigandet, Taylor Lautner and Michael Welch to the gallery.

Previews:

I’ve added THREE new HQs from Comic Con featuring Taylor Lautner and Rachelle Lefevre to the gallery:

And there are two albums added of EXCLUSIVE IT Comic Con images (thanks to Hollie & Wendy).  These are site exclusives and are NOT TO BE POSTED ELSEWHERE.  Hollie and Wendy were kind enough to give us the permission to use their images and I expect you all to please respect that.  If you would like permission to repost, please contact me and I will pass along the message myself.

Hollie’s Pic Preview:

Wendy’s Pic Preview:

Gallery Update

Now that I’m done with Breaking Dawn (review to come), I’m now able to focus on the general aspects of the site.  First thing to report is there are new photos of Comic Con that have surfaced and I’ve added 5 HQs to the gallery.

Media Site Online

I’m still working out kinks but our streaming media site is now online.  You can view it here.  Please bear in mind that it took a long time to set up, design, gather and upload all the videos on there.  If you are going to use anything from it, please please PLEASE credit us!

I’ll have more updates over the next few days!  Stay tuned!