Robert Pattinson is gorgeous, beautiful, wonderful, GOD and so much more to millions of girls across the world. Many have wondered if the fan hysteria following the young British actor who is gradually rising to fame is healthy. Now we have an answer.
It's not cute anymore. It's an EPIDEMIC.
At a recent Q&A session for Pattinson's new film 'How To Be', the actor had to call in to converse with an auditorium of over a hundred fans... that's right, he called in and it still got all the girls hot under the collar! They were cheering and giggling flirtatiously and nervous... and he wasn't even there. It was just a phone.
It seems like the cast of Twilight really under-estimated the popularity of the popular book series' transition onto the big screen when they signed onto the project. It also seems like they really don't know how to deal with the constant screeching, screaming and sobbing that is fan hysteria.
Kristen Stewart has already cracked and stated she finds fans retarded and their attention less then endearing and now, the ever-gorgeous Robert Pattison has also cracked!
Before introducing an exclusive clip from the movie, Pattison yelled SHUT UP! at the screaming crowd of girls before launching into an awkward laugh.
Am I the only one feeling awkward and uncomfortable after seeing that? What are YOUR thoughts?
Twilight's leading lady, Kristen Stewart, sat down with MSN to talk about the obsessive legion of fans that the popular movie has following it... and she meant literally following it, from venue to venue as she went about promoting the movie.
Talking about the fans who came out to show their support, Kristen was blunt, saying she 'kept her head down the entire way. I just didn't pay attention. I was like, 'You guys are celebrating something that has not come true yet. So, you are really retarded and have nothing to do with this creative process and I really don't want to hear you celebrate in front of me. Get out of here! It's my responsibility!'
I understand she's a committed actress and not everyone likes the limelight, the screams of fans and the irritating flash of the paparazzi's cameras but still... it's a little harsh, don't you guys think so?
The Jonas Brothers left the Roxy on Friday night (15th November) to find an overwhelming crowd of fans waiting for them - looks like the boys have won back their fans!
The trio took some time to pose for pictures and sign autographs and Joe looked very happy. Kevin seems a little left out, poor baby! Also LOL at the security guards trying to keep the girlies under control!
I'm loving Joe's hair... ugh, why does this womanizer have to be so damn cute?
Vanessa Hudgens just had a live chat live from the Grand Hotel in Sweden where she and her HSM beau Zac Efron are staying. The live chat was part of the promotions that the entire HSM3 cast will be doing for the movie which is released next month in October.
This is the contents of the live chat. And no, she didn't answer my question. I'm not gonna cry about it though. No. I'm just gonna take my pet monkey with me down to the red carpet premiere of HSM3 in London and have him throw poo at her. :]
Moderator säger: Hej allihop. Chatten är lite försenad, men Vanessa är på gång. Håll ut! [Hello everybody. The chat is a little late, but Vanessa is going on. Hold on!] Moderator säger: Nu har vi fått besked om att Vanessa är på väg alldeles strax [Now we have been informed that Vanessa is on the way shortly]
Vanessa Hudgens säger: Hey everybody. You fans are so amazing, you rock! Jenny säger: What was your favorite part of filming High School Musical 3? Vanessa Hudgens säger: being back with everybody again, doing the waltz... CeciliaEM säger: Hi Vanessa, I'm a really big fan of you. What is your favorite music? a lot of hugs from Cecilia =) Vanessa Hudgens säger: I have a whole biunch of different. Right now I' more into kind of indierock. Mallan säger: Hi Vanessa! Hope you are having a nice time in Stockholm! My question to you is: Was it difficult learning all the dance moves for the HSM movies? Vanessa Hudgens säger: It was definitely harder this time, the dances was more intricate. But we had a lot of fun doing them! Linda säger: Who is your idol? Vanessa Hudgens säger: I have always looked up to Natalie Wood. adela säger: HI VANESSA I LOVE YOU SO MUUUCH 3 AND MY QUESTION IS : WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT SWEDEN ? :D Vanessa Hudgens säger: Thank you! I think it's beautiful. I haven't got to see much yet, but from what I' ve seen it's beautiful. Bodil säger: Do you sing all the songs in the movies? Vanessa Hudgens säger: Oh yes! That's all my voice! karin säger: Hi Vanessa, I must say that I think that you are one of the most beautiful girls in the whole wide word. Do you often think about what you look like and how to stay in shape? Kisses och hugs!/ A huge fan :) Vanessa Hudgens säger: That is soooo sweet, thank u so much. I try to stay in shape with pilates. You definitely boosted my confidense now! Saara säger: I love your style of clothes! Do you have a stylist or something? Or how do you do to pick out your clothes? =) Vanessa Hudgens säger: I do have a stylist. But she understands the way I dress. Some days I like to dress more bohemian, some days more adgy. I love fashion. Sandra säger: Hello Vanessa! Have "High School Musical" (films) changed your life a lot since the begining? Vanessa Hudgens säger: Things have become more chaotic. But I lovge travelling and everything. Coming here is so much fun. mattias säger: has you some brothers and sister Vanessa Hudgens säger: I have a little sister named Stella David säger: Hey! What do you like to do when you have time off? Vanessa Hudgens säger: Just relax, hang out with my friends and family. Going to movies. I like cycling. Just hanging out. Zanessa4ever säger: Hey Vanessa! Is it true that you will sing a song with Ashley on her new Solo Album? Vanessa Hudgens säger: I wish! As of now, no. But I should ask her... Kamilla säger: Hi there Vanessa! How do you cope with stress and pressure from the press and such? you are really in the light all the time, so it must be very hard! / with respect from kamilla :) (and i agree, you are very beautiful) Vanessa Hudgens säger: Thank you. Yeah, it's hard. At times it gets very crazy. But I have my family and when I'm with them I'm all at ease. josyjosajosyjosy säger: Do you practice dancing a lot ? Vanessa Hudgens säger: I want to more so than I do. I think I wanna start hiphop dancing lessons. I have danced all my life. Tap dancing is my favorite. Sophie Davies säger: Hiya:) your my rolemodel vanessa, your beautiful, ill be at the HSM3 uk premiere! i cant wait! Whats its like with all the screaming girls over Zac?X Vanessa Hudgens säger: Thank you. It's funny! We have the best fans. It's funny hearing them scream...! Madeleine säger: Hey Vanessa. First I would like to say that you're a very good actress and I love your music. I really love your new album "Identified"! Now my question: are you coming back to Sweden again for a consert? Keep it up! :) Vanessa Hudgens säger: Ooooh, thank you so much. As of now, I'm not. But I would like to if the opportunity arises! Now I have to go. But thank you sooo much for all the questions. Moderator säger: Vi tackar Vanessa och tack så mycket alla ni som varit med och chattat och ställt frågor. [We thank Vanessa and thanks all of you who have been with and chatted and asked questions.] THE END.
The live chat took place here. Zac will also have a live chat today so keep your eyes open!
Embarking on yet another project, Nick, Kevin, and Joe Jonas were spotted hard at work on their upcoming 3D movie yesterday in Los Angeles.
The Jonas Brothers looked to be having a blast as they filmed scenes, including running from screaming fans who chased them to a rooftop where a helicopter was waiting to aid in their escape.
Sounds like this is really, really going to be good and worth paying to watch! Just for these awesome guys, I won't buy a pirate copy of the DVD or even illegally download it - heck, I won't even sneak into the cinema and I will actually pay for my ticket!
Taylor Momsen was pictured by the paparazzi as she left the New York City set og Gossip Girl following a night-time shoot.
She grabbed her Maltese puppy close to her and posed for fan photos as she made her way back to the trailer.
This girl does not look fifteen years old. She looks like a hotter version of Christina Aguilera and at least eighteen years old. She sure has come a long way since her 'The Grinch' days!
Wizards of Waverly Place star, Selena Gomez made a bid a few weeks ago to get to know her fans on a more intimate level. What's more intimate then letting fans call you and talking - one on one?
Well, the Gomez lived up to her promise and in her latest YouTube video; she calls back a few fans and says:
i had soo much fun talking to everyone and will do it again soon! thank you! thank you! thank you! and hope you guys are doing well!
Demi Lovato and Alyson Stoner; both big up-and-coming stars of Disney Channel's Camp Rock were spotted outside their hotel in London, England.
The girls are out here in the UK promoting, of course, Camp Rock which is released on Disney Channel in England. They are there once again, of course, with the Jonas Brothers.
Sporting a multicolored sparkly top, black skirt, black stockings, and black heels, Demi looked to be in her element as she, along with gal palAlyson , schmoozed with the locals, smiling all the way.
I for one love Demi. She looked amazing in her sparkly dress on the purple carpet at the European Camp Rock premiere and of course; her album Don't Forget is due to be released on 23rd September - get it!
Popstar Magazine's YouTube channel posted this very cool video of the Jonas Brothers riding to their concert venue in Detroit. They pass a car that's decorated with "Honk for Jonas!" Watch it below!
We all know the Jonas Brothers are a huge band. They are amazing. They are literally taking over the world and why isn't anyone stopping their plans for domination?
One simple reason.
These boys have not changed. Not one bit.
They are still New Jersey boys at heart who have remained diva-free and ever appreciative of their fan support. Their fans do so much for them and go to great lengths for them and these brothers continue to show their appreciation.
They haven't gotten to a stage where they feel they are 'above' making contact with their fans - they still have their meet and greets and even take time out from their busy schedule to comment fans back on MySpace at 2AM in the morning.
Yes, they have dedicated fans but the fans are only dedicated because the boys are. That is why these three are on the rise and are only going to continue rising up, up and up.
You know they're getting up, up and 'upper' when they've got their own life story being played out on the ever popular Much Music.
Britney Spears. Gosh, her little antics kept the bloggers and TV networks fuelled full of gossip for a couple of weeks there, didn’t they?
You know what else is interesting?
The stars of hit TV shows like Gossip Girl and Heroes. Who saw Hayden P and Milo Ventimiglia’s little relationship coming? Man, there’s a significant age difference between them so it means we can criticise them! YAY! And then there’s the gossiplicious hottie Chace Crawford and his break-up with Carrie Underwood. They broke up through text messages and wow, that just had everyone recalling ‘Federline-Spears’ break-up all over again!
And do you know what’s interesting right now?
Vanessa Hudgens. Her little nude pictures stunt was Perez Hilton’s dream come true.
Yes, these stars are very interesting. They live these little lives that we get to read and for a couple of minutes or hours or even days, we escape from our own lives. We have chores to do, some have errands to run, others have mortgages to pay and families to feed.
But doesn’t it make you feel like you’re in an alternate universe when you’re reading about these people? No wonder you’re getting a buzz out of the paparazzi videos, the candid photos and the stories hot off the rumour mill. It’s good to know that these untouchable, super-glamorous people crash and burn too.
And boy, do the media know it.
They know we love seeing Vanessa Hudgens’ sweaty two hundred pound or so father yell abuse at a TMZ cameraman and they know we love watching Zac and Vanessa walking out of a restaurant in California after New Years. They know we love watching beautiful people lead beautiful lives that sometimes mess up. It’s the perfect reality soap opera.
What they also know is that we are contributing to their magazine sales, the hits their webpages get and the ratings their TV shows have.
What they also probably know is that sometimes watching the pretty people makes us feel ugly and depressed because they don’t feel ‘interesting’ but of course: THEY don’t care about that. I’ll be honest, I look in the mirror and I see a monster and hey, that’s not just me being ‘modest’ – little kids run away from me in the street and old grannies scream in horror at me in the supermarket. I can deal with it.
This Friday (the 11th April), Vanessa Hudgens debuted her first single from her second album ‘Identified’ on Radio Disney. The single is called ‘Sneakernight’ and you can check it out here if you haven’t already (although I seriously doubt anyone ‘in the zone’ hasn’t heard it yet!).
How would I describe this? It’s jazzy and Vanessa definitely explores a range of vocals we never got to hear in her first album. Sneakernight proved one thing to me for sure. The girl’s got a voice and the girl’s got a little soul in her. However, she doesn’t carry the song well. The chorus wakes you up again and really gets your head bouncing but the verses were a strange place for me. And my mother told me strange places are bad, especially when a 45 year old retired gym teacher tries to take you to one....
So what does Vanessa’s ‘Sneakernight’ have to do with her having the best fans in the world and my point about the media often depressing us with these beautified images of these idols?
Well, here’s my point. Sometimes you’re having a bad day (or maybe this is just me...) and you flip open a magazine and see these pretty, beautiful people with their lives talking about another holiday home they’ve bought for a ridiculous amount of money in some exotic location and you think: ‘YOU DIRTY LITTLE MOTHERFUCKER!’ Or, you know, if you’re a nicer person then me, you think: ‘When am I going to get a break? These people are people, they’re just like me and they can do this. Am I doomed to failure?’ Like I said, sometimes you go to a dark, depressing place and the last thing you need is skinny famous people with more money than they can handle shoved in your face. Sometimes you think ‘Hey, Rihanna... if I hadn’t bought your album, if my friends hadn’t bought it, if I’d taught my grandma how to illegally download it instead... you wouldn’t be in your fancy little car. So shut up, Rihanna. Just shut up. Stop smiling. Stop Rihanna, for the love of God, Rihanna STOP!’ (I have nothing against Rihanna, she’s lovely...). It only makes sense that you would question ‘Where’s my recognition for buying your damn DVD/CD?’ because the sad truth is, a lot of stars these days forget to thank the FANS. I think fans should at least be second on your ‘list of people to thank in my acceptance speech for my Emmy’, you know?
So.
Vanessa Hudgens. Sneakernight. Lots of ‘OMG! I can’t wait’ and a ton of anticipation that has been leading up to the premiere of the single for almost months. Fans have seen the pictures of her going into a recording studio in the morning and leaving when it’s dark. Reports have been coming through that she was working impressively hard on it and the producers working with her were impressed. Cue the fan hysteria. Wait, let me amend that. Cue the loyal fan hysteria. Fans who saw her ‘naughty area’ and still stuck by her. Fans who scrounged for even the tiniest piece of information about her new album for months. Wild assumptions stating she could be working with the likes of Timbaland and that her album was going to be one of the best of 2008 started to circulate.
Then the single was released and the response across fan-boards was pretty much varied. There were sprinkles of ‘she sounds so different! Wow. I love it’ and others of ‘NOOOO! I stayed up until 2am in the morning on iTunes for this?!’ But the general consensus seemed to be: ‘It was an OK song but definitely not the best and I feel Vanessa has a lot of potential left’.
See that?
That’s what the unanimous agreement seems to be.
Now don’t you think Vanessa Hudgens fans absolutely rock?
I sure as hell do!
I went to bed late Friday night and didn’t get to listen to the song.
I wake up on Saturday morning and hit ‘SNEAKERNIGHT’ into YouTube. There were well over a hundred videos there, I’m sure. This is how dedicated and loving these guys and girls are. Even the ones who disliked her song still can’t wait for her album photoshoots or her other songs from the album.
Now tell me this. If this was anyone else... if this was, say.... Soulja Boy... or even the Pussycat Dolls and they came out with a song that came from an album that had been highly anticipated for the best part of almost a year and the song disappointed the vast majority of fans... do you think they’d still be making support banners or getting creative on YouTube making their own versions of the music video? Hell no. They would either move onto the next ‘fad’ hip-hop band or artist and forget them. Or you know, if they were uncivilised like me, they’d go throw dog poop at their windows and heckle them in public.
But that is not the case with Vanessa Hudgens fans with their ‘Team Hudgens’ websites and support networks. They take fandom to a whole new level and I think... I think all you good-for-nothing beatniks could learn a thing or two from them. Yeah, that’s right, I’m lecturing you! OK... not really... because... you wouldn’t listen because... you’re horrible... Now you can say ‘but I detest Vanessa’. That’s fine. Everyone knows I’m not crazy-happy for her either. But not even the most insane Vanessa Hudgens’ hating dude-person can deny that Vanessa fans deserve a little recognition for what they do and for their dedication... and they have a lot of fun with it!
It kills me to say this because I am not a ‘touchy-feely-emotive’ person but it is beautiful, it really, REALLY is... to think some of these guys stayed up for hours talking online and waiting for this song... how they connected across countries and cultures just because they are fans of this one person. So these famous people can be a good thing in our lives after all! Now if only every single celebrity would band together for world peace... we’d be onto something.
So really, this is just a blog to say that if you are a Vanessa-crazy girl, guy or alien then you are part of something special. This is just a personal blog for me because this whole ‘Sneakernight’ thing got me thinking about bigger stuff... yeah, Vanessa Hudgens got me thinking about deeper issues- AMAZING... but I won’t talk about them here. Just a quick ‘keep it up, V-fenders!’ and I’m out.
Vanessa really doesn’t know how lucky she is but she is one of the more gracious stars who thanks her fans when receiving awards, so props to her for that! And ‘Sneakernight’ was horrible for me but I’m sure it’ll do something impressive in the charts because of these amazing, amazing fans... I swear, the government should recruit you guys with how organised you are...
Talking of organised...
Everyone needs to check out VanAshBrenique, they’ve started their own little campaign to get Vanessa’s song even more widely recognised. Apparently, they think Hollywood Records is screwing her over (can’t say I agree there, if the song sucks... not really the record company you can blame!) but check it out and lend a hand. They're also way better then JJ for updates on all things Disney and celebosphere!
