'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
The "Twilight" finale had better reviews than the franchise's previous four movies, but you'd never know it from the Razzie nominations singling out Hollywood's worst of the year.
Who knew that in the ancient Mayan calendar, they would have predicted so much that pointed to the end of the world? Like the exact date that Lindsay Lohan's horrendous Elizabeth Taylor biopic "Liz & Dick" would air on Lifetime? That Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj's egos would collide during "American Idol" auditions? That Donald Trump would act even more bizarrely than he did in 2011? And that Brad Pitt was even making a Chanel ad?
The sun has set on the "Twilight" franchise with one last blockbuster opening for the supernatural romance.
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner have walked their last "Twilight" red carpet with the arrival this weekend of the series finale "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn _ Part 2." Now, they must step into careers of their own using the superstardom the multi-billion-dollar franchise has provided them.

I couldn't count how many characters had their heads ripped, kicked, punched, chopped or eaten off in "Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2," but the sheer volume of gleefully horrific decapitations in the movie must be meant to signal something: Everyone involved with this film – from the dutiful filmmakers to the rabid fans to Stephenie Meyer, the author of the immensely successful young-adult books on which the movie is based – clearly has lost their minds.
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson sit side by side on a sofa at the Four Seasons hotel, discussing the end of the five-film project that made them famous and brought them together.

With Friday's release of the final film in the franchise, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2," Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson bid farewell to the worldwide fantasy sensation but not to the tabloid attention they garner wherever they go.
Finally _ finally! _ the "Twilight" franchise embraces its own innate absurdity with the gleefully over-the-top conclusion, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn _ Part 2."
Stacey Buckley of Bournemouth, England, decided last year that she had to be in Los Angeles for the premiere of the final "Twilight" film.

The newest vampire in "Twilight" re-emerged in public Thursday night at the Toronto Film Festival.
It's been tough for Kristen Stewart to be back out in public after revelations of an affair that led to her breakup with "Twilight" co-star Robert Pattinson.
Cancer is big, but so are the celebrities determined to help conquer it.
While Kristen Stewart promoted a new film in Toronto, her romantic rival took to the runway.

Cancer is big, but so are the celebrities determined to help conquer it. Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sofia Vergara and Robert Pattinson were among dozens of stars who appeared Friday on the third Stand Up to Cancer telethon.
While Kristen Stewart promoted a new film in Toronto, her one-time romantic rival took to the runway.
"It's a really weird thing because you kind of have to hide," Mr. Pattinson says, "and hiding really destroys the thing which, for one thing "
"Doing press for a different movie, you're literally just talking about the movie," Mr. Pattinson says. "This, 90 percent of the time we're talking about our lives rather than the movie."