By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
The "Twilight" team finally has earned some love _ or loathing _ from Team Razzies.
The "Twilight" team finally has earned some love _ or loathing _ from Team Razzies.
Feb. 10: Actor Robert Wagner is 83. Guitarist Don Wilson of The Ventures is 80. Singer Roberta Flack is 76. Singer Jimmy Merchant of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers is 73. Bassist Bob Spalding of The Ventures is 66. Keyboardist Cory Lerios of Pablo Cruise is 62. Country singer Lionel Cartwright is 53. Actress Laura Dern is 46. Country singer Dude Mowrey is 41. Actress Elizabeth Banks ("Scrubs") is 39. Singer Eric Dill (The Click Five) is 31. Keyboardist Ben Romans of The Click Five is 31. Actress Emma Roberts is 22. Actress Makenzie Vega ("The Good Wife") is 19. Actress Chloe Grace Moretz ("Hugo," "Kick-Ass") is 16.
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.
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.
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 B-list rules Hollywood's fall and holiday movie season: Bond, Bella and Bilbo.
The B-list rules Hollywood's fall and holiday movie season: Bond, Bella and Bilbo.
"The Twilight Saga" is gonna need a bigger garage.
"The Twilight Saga" is gonna need a bigger garage.
"The Twilight Saga" is gonna need a bigger garage.
"The Twilight Saga" is gonna need a bigger garage.
"He's very good at playing the young, muscular jock or hero," he said. "Similar to Kristen, I'd love to see roles that offer Taylor different objectives than to be the hero, take his shirt off and save the day. However, I'm not sure that the public would believe him as anything more than the borderline superhero he has become famous for."
Director Bill Condon, who began working with Miss Stewart, Mr. Pattinson and Taylor Lautner in 2010, says the young megastars understand the pressures of the spotlight.
