Kristen Stewart does her best Kate Middleton impression in the latest issue of Vanity Fair . As scooped by E! News , the Twilight Saga beauty took off for Paris yesterday in order to pose for an upcoming spread in the famous magazine and it looks like she’ll be featured in one seriously glamorous, big-hatted pictorial when the issue eventually comes out, as you can see here: Stewart won’t be seen next in Breaking Dawn . Snow White and the Huntsman comes out this June and fans are buzzing over its trailer. Can you blame them? Expect Kristen to be featured in many more magazines and interviews leading up to that blockbuster’s release.
Fans support RPattz’s ‘Cosmopolis’ over ‘Breaking Dawn – Part 2,’ advancing the indie film to the Final Four. By Eric Ditzian Robert Pattinson in “Breaking Dawn – Part 1” Photo: Summit Entertainment Wow. Just … wow. In an upset for the ages, “Cosmopolis” defeated “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2” in the Elite Eight round of the 2012 MTV Movie Brawl . Let us count the ways this is shocking. One, it’s a freaking “Twilight” film, one in a franchise that has so far grossed $2.5 billion worldwide and has catalyzed 2.5 trillion fever dreams in teen bedrooms around the globe. Two, “Cosmopolis” is a little indie based on a slim, highbrow novel by Don DeLillo, a writer who has, without a doubt, changed the face of postmodern literature but whose themes, characters and erudition don’t exactly make him a likely Twi-fan fave. And three, “Breaking Dawn – Part 2” had thus far stormed through the Movie Brawl, dispatching challengers with ease and becoming the odds-on favorite to win the entire tournament. But a curious thing happened — and its name is Robert Pattinson . Fans banded together, deciding to support, in “Cosmopolis,” RPattz’s new work (a possible post-vampire breakout role under the direction of David Cronenberg), rather than his been-there, sucked-that performance in a “Twilight” flick. The result, after almost 400,000 votes, was a decisive victory for “Cosmopolis.” “Breaking Dawn – Part 2” will have to find some way to console itself (perhaps a mega opening in the fall will help), while Pattinson’s upcoming film moves on to face “The Dark Knight Rises” in the Final Four. “TDKR,” for its part, has shown a remarkable resurgence, repeatedly fending off challengers and, in the Elite Eight, besting “Dark Shadows,” the Johnny Depp adaptation that at one time seemed like a Movie Brawl dark horse. On the other side of the bracket, the story continues to be Daniel Radcliffe’s “Woman in Black,” a seven-seed that followed up an upset victory over Kristen Stewart’s “Snow White and the Huntsman” with an impressive win over “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.” That contest literally was decided in the final few minutes of voting. When the dust cleared, another franchise had fallen at the feet of an indie flick led by a young international superstar. “The Hunger Games,” meanwhile, straight up embarrassed “John Carter” in the Elite Eight, setting up what is going to be a compelling Final Four battle. Let’s take a look. Vote For Your Favorite Upcoming Flick In MTV’s Movie Brawl 2012! East Region Um, what the heck is going on? Daniel Radcliffe fans, where y’all at? You guys came out in force to dispatch “Snow White” and “Hobbit,” but one day into Final Four voting, you’re nowhere to be seen. “Hunger Games” has staked out a formidable lead, 62 percent to just 38 percent. For “Woman in Black” to come this far and then essentially not show up when the going gets tough would be a tragedy. Yet even a huge voting surge might do nothing in the face of the overwhelming show of support “Hunger Games” fans have shown for this March release. West Region If the East Region is not shaping up for a tense Final Four fight, the West Region is looking to be nothing short of a blowout. It’s looking like the luck of “TDKR” is about to run out at the hands of “Cosmopolis.” We’re frankly surprised “Hunger Games” fans aren’t coming out in force, as they had in past rounds, to vote against Pattinson’s films. Unless something drastic changes, we’re looking at a final matchup of “Cosmopolis” vs. “Hunger Games.” Not exactly how we expected the MTV Movie Brawl 2012 to play out, but this isn’t up to us. The fans have spoken. What are you waiting for? Your must-see movie needs your support. It’s time to show character, poise and heart. Vote for your picks now at MTV Movie Brawl 2012 ! Related Videos MTV Movie Brawl 2012!
‘The bitch brought it!’ she tells MTV News at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards about ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ rival. By Kara Warner, with reporting by Josh Horowitz Charlize Theron attends the 2012 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards Photo: Getty Images It’s no secret that we are very excited about Kristen Stewart’s first big non-“Twilight” movie, “Snow White and the Huntsman,” which made it through to the Sweet 16 in the MTV Movie Brawl 2012 . We’re excited not only because Stewart is the star, but because she is playing an action-star version of Snow White and faces off against a very formidable Evil Queen in Charlize Theron. The last time we caught up with Theron, she hadn’t yet filmed the big fight sequence with Stewart but admitted that she hoped her Evil Queen might get the best of Stewart’s Snow White. “I’m just really, really, really hoping I get to kill her,” she said with a smile. “That is how the story ends up, right?” We’re pretty sure that isn’t how the story ends — especially since we happened to bump into Theron again at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards on Thursday (January 12), and she seemed to be changing her previous tune. When we asked the Oscar winner and Best Actress CCMA nominee for “Young Adult” if she’d filmed the epic fight sequence, she didn’t seem too keen to divulge any details. “Yeah,” she admitted, “but I don’t want to talk about it.” Why didn’t Theron want to talk about it? Did the fight not end in her favor? “I don’t want to talk about it. No! No, it’s going to be a surprise,” she said, resisting our probing questions. “Dammit, I give you way too much. People have to pay money to go see the movie to see what happens.” Theron finally relented a bit and revealed that Stewart’s Snow White does, indeed, kick some ass. “She was a good fight,” Theron said. “She was a good fight. The bitch brought it! There you go. Now you have something.” Stick with MTV News all night for the 2012 Critics’ Choice Awards winners , and don’t miss all the fashion from the red carpet ! Check out everything we’ve got on “Snow White and the Huntsman.” For young Hollywood news, fashion and “Twilight” updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com . Related Videos 2012 Critics’ Choice Awards Rep Carpet Highlights MTV Rough Cut: Charlize Theron Related Photos Backstage At The 2012 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards
Stephen Colbert may not have succeeded in buying the naming rights to the South Carolina Republican primary, but he is polling at a respectable 5 percent. Seriously, he is . That’s tied with Rick Perry and ahead of Jon Huntsman. If Huntsman is hopeful he’ll get a bump after his third-place finish in New Hampshire last night … this is not it. Again, he is trailing comedian Stephen Colbert. The survey, by Public Policy Polling (PPP), puts the Comedy Central anchor, who is not (and was never) running, at an even 5 percent, with Perry. Huntsman has 4 percent. With that projected vote tally, Colbert is in a tie for fifth behind Mitt Romney (30%), Newt Gingrich (23%), Rick Santorum (19%) and Ron Paul (10%), respectively. Admittedly, many of Colbert’s supporters may be Democrats planning to participate in the Palmetto State’s open primary … or just saying his name as a joke. If so, nicely played. Colbert also happens to be a South Carolina native and very involved in politics, albeit in an absurd way. Who knows, if his Colbert Nation Super PAC starts making some key ad buys, maybe he’ll creep into double digits. Watch your back Mitt.
With Jon Huntsman’s two votes doubling Ron Paul’s one in New Hampshire’s first-reporting Dixville Notch , the latest wave of media attempts to downplay the significance of the nearly or more than 20 percent of the electorate who seem interested in voting for the supposedly unquestionably unelectable and confusingly ideological Ron Paul is now about Jon Huntsman (who swept the early “earnestly intellectual… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Reason Magazine – Hit & Run Discovery Date : 10/01/2012 04:04 Number of articles : 2
‘I think the young vote’s got to get out and be more informed,’ said one first-time voter. By Gil Kaufman, with reporting by Sway Calloway A young Republican presidential supporter outside a polling station in Manchester, New Hampshire Photo: AFP CONCORD, N.H. — On a blue-sky, unseasonably not frigid morning in the Granite State, young voters came out early to the Green Street Community Center in the shadow of the gold-domed state capital to cast their ballots in the first-in-the-nation Republican primary on Tuesday (January 10). MTV’s Powerof12 caught up with them and found out what issues were on the minds and why they were motivated to hit the polls early. Andrew Judd, 19, was feeling good about his first voting experience, confident that his ballot could make a difference in the outcome. “I normally would say I don’t have a chance at affecting anything, but the results in Iowa state that seven votes could make a difference,” he said, referring to GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s eight-vote margin over former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum in last week’s Iowa caucus . “If I’m one of those seven, then I’m making a big difference.” Judd said he definitely kept an eye on the ever-fluctuating polls in the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s vote, watching as leading candidate Romney saw his 40-plus percent margin slip into the low 30s as the numbers for congressman Ron Paul and former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman crept up. But even if his candidate of choice doesn’t make the cut, Judd said he will still come out to vote again in the general election. Though she was also excited about her first time voting, Emily Flanders, 18, was a bit disappointed that some of her friends sat the primary out. “I think that they still think that they can complain about the government, but they don’t have the right to if they’re not going to vote,” she said. It wasn’t the same story for Amelia Dickinson, 18, one of several politically active students from nearby St. Paul’s School, an Episcopal boarding school, who stepped into a voting booths in the center’s gym and check a box behind a red, white and blue curtain. As she did, one of her teachers, Grant Edwards, looked on with pride as he watched his charge take the lessons she had learned in his class and put them to work. “I was really looking forward to it [voting],” said Dickinson, who spent last semester studying the various campaigns for a new-media and culture class and is currently examining the candidates’ views in a practical politics course. “It was a nice way to go about voting for the first time with all the information.” Rather than letting the polls affect her vote, Dickinson said she focused on watching the various debates and studying the candidates’ beliefs, ultimately deciding that her values lined up with Santorum’s as she tried not to get distracted or swayed by Romney’s momentum in pre-primary polls. “I hope people actually look into what they’re saying,” she said, also promising that she would be back in the general election regardless of Tuesday’s outcome. Yet another first-timer in Edwards’ class, 19-year-old senior David J. Chester, said he absolutely thinks the nation’s 45 million young voters can help impact the 2012 election. “But I think the young vote’s got to get out and be more informed. You’ve got to know the policies the candidates are running … you’ve got to take time and research what it is you like about the certain candidates,” he said. Taking advantage of the state’s open primary system, Chester cast his ballot for Barack Obama . “Hopefully, if you get a large support base for the Democratic Party and Obama, it will hopefully start a snowball effect and more people will hop on the bandwagon when they see how many people came out and still voted for Obama even though the focus is on the Republican candidates,” he said. MTV is on the scene in New Hampshire! Check back here around the clock for up-to-the-minute coverage on the primary caucuses, and stick with throughout the presidential election season. Related Videos New Hampshire Primary Sparks Youth Conversation
To watch video just click on image. (Now before we start I must caution all of you to avoid staring directly at the crazy wriggling mass on Palin’s head. Remember the lesson of Perseus , and only look at it in a reflected surface, like a shiny a mirror or reflected off of the bald spot of a loved one.) Early in the interview Palin is asked about Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman, and others in the race… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Immoral Minority Discovery Date : 08/01/2012 03:19 Number of articles : 2
(John Hinderaker) There has been an uproar today over an anti-Jon Huntsman ad that is being aired in New Hampshire, ostensibly by an independent group of Ron Paul supporters. The ad suggests that Huntsman is anti-American and pro-Chinese, taking off on the fact that he has two adopted daughters, one born in China and one in India, and, of course, was Ambassador to China and speaks Chinese. Here is… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Power Line Discovery Date : 07/01/2012 00:01 Number of articles : 2
Ron Paul lifted to third-place finish by youth vote with only eight votes separating first and second place. By Gil Kaufman, with additional reporting by Andrew Jenks Mitt Romney addresses his supporters after the Iowa caucus Photo: Jewel Samad/ Getty Images DES MOINES, Iowa — It was a dogfight that came down to a razor-slim margin of votes Tuesday night (January 3) between former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and former Senator Rick Santorum. Romney came out on top after running in a tie with Santorum at 25 percent of the vote for much of the night, winning the Iowa caucus by only eight votes with north of 122,000 voters turning out. In addition, the third-place finish by libertarian rabble-rouser Representative Ron Paul with 21 percent of the vote proved the power of the youth vote in this year’s election. The mainstream media had been virtually ignoring Paul for months as they focused on the reality-show-like rise and fall of other Republicans vying for the GOP presidential nomination. But on Tuesday, the congressman from Texas shocked naysayers when he came in third place in the all-important Iowa caucus , the first primary contest of the season. CNN reported that entrance polls showed Paul’s strongest support came from voters ages 17-29, while Romney was the pick for voters 65 and older and Santorum clicked with those 45-64. In his concession speech, Paul thanked his enthusiastic supporters for believing in him and reintroducing what he described as a core Republican value: “the conviction that freedom is popular.” “Once again, we have had a fantastic showing for this cause and not the status quo we have been putting up with for decades and decades,” he said to lusty applause. “This movement is going to continue, and we are going to keep scoring just as we are tonight.” The major story of the night, though, was the battle longtime poll leader Romney was drawn into with classic conservative Santorum, who had been polling in the single digits for much of the year but got a sudden burst of support late in the pre-caucus cycle in Iowa. Romney, who spent more than $10 million in 2009 to win Iowa, only to lose to former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, didn’t spend as much this time around but ended up in the closest Iowa caucus in history. Romney addressed his supporters before he was named winner of the unbelievably close race. “This is a campaign night where America wins. We’re going to win the White House and get America back on track,” he said as he reiterated many of his stump talking points about what he said were President Obama’s failures on security issues (Iran) and the economy (continuing high unemployment, record deficits). Promising to dismantle the so-called ObamaCare health plan, Romney said this election is about the soul of America, once again reciting his favorite lines from “American the Beautiful,” as he’s done often on the stage. “I want to restore the principles that made America the hope of the earth,” he said, professing his love for freedom, the constitution and the country. With 25 delegates at stake and Iowa no longer a winner-takes-all state, Romney earned bragging rights, but not the kind that would come with a convincing, large-margin victory. If anything, pundits said that Santorum came out the champion by simply having such a strong showing. Just moments after voting wrapped up at Olmstead Hall on the campus of Des Moines’ Drake University, Katherine Rupp — who was undecided going in — was happy that Romney came out on top in her precinct after the night’s vote. “Romney has a business background, and I believe he’ll bring his CEO experience to hopefully being our Republican presidential candidate,” she said. Rupp said the unique nature of the Iowa caucuses — where Iowans get up onstage to give their personal pitch for why their friends, neighbors and fellow precinct dwellers should vote for a particular candidate — played a big part in swaying her from the undecided column into the Romney camp. Ricki Meyer was a Santorum supporter going into the night, and while her candidate came in a tie for second with Paul at the Drake caucus, she was feeling bullish about the former senator’s prospects and vowed to keep supporting him as he marches forward. “The things I believe in line up so well with what he believes in, and if I don’t stand up for that and for him right now, I don’t want to look back on this election and how pivotal it is for our country and think, ‘Why didn’t I support that guy anymore?’ ” she said. Santorum addressed Meyer and his other followers even before the results were in Tuesday night. “People have asked me how I’ve done this sitting back in the polls … I survived the challenges so far by the daily grace that comes from God,” he said. “You have taken the first step of taking back this country,” he told the people of Iowa, who he met while visiting all 99 counties, and likely winning over the state’s all-important Evangelical voters. “The essential issue in this race is freedom. Whether we will be a country that believes that government can do things for us better than we can do for ourselves,” he added in an address that sounded more like his standard stump speech than a victory celebration for a candidate who most thought would never make it this far. “We are off to New Hampshire.” Benjamin Levine, 20, a Drake student and ROTC member, was inspired enough by Paul’s message to get up during the caucus and speak out on behalf of his candidate, with no notes, because the congressman’s message resonates that clearly in his mind. After volunteering for the campaign for several months, and after Paul’s third-place finish in the Drake caucus, Levine said the fight was not over. Larger precinct 46 went for Romney at the Drake vote, but Levine’s precinct 45 went to Paul in a tight one, and he was pleased with the result. Though Tuesday was his birthday, Levine said the Paul win in his precinct was the bigger deal. “I don’t feel any older, but I can feel maybe a little more freedom coming,” he said as he prepared to go to a Youth for Paul watching party downtown. “Mitt Romney is the establishment guy. He ran four years ago. He has name recognition. It’s huge that Paul can even get second in that precinct because people said he’s unelectable, they made up all those lies … even a second place in this precinct is pretty good.” Though final results would take several more hours, Levine said even if Paul did not end up snagging second statewide, “It’s certainly not the end of the road.” As for the rest of the field, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich came in fourth (13 percent), followed by Texas Governor Rick Perry (10 percent), who signaled he might soon drop out, then Representative Michele Bachmann (5 percent) and former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman (1 percent), who didn’t really campaign in Iowa at all. The remaining candidates now move on to New Hampshire, which will hold its primary next Tuesday. MTV is on the scene in Iowa! Head to Iowa.MTV.com for all our Iowa caucus coverage , and stick with PowerOf12.org throughout the presidential election season to follow Andrew Jenks on the campaign trail. Related Videos Barnstorming The Iowa Caucus With Andrew Jenks
Teens and 20-somethings at ‘Rock the Caucus’ talk to MTV News about the GOP hopefuls in Iowa on Tuesday. By Gil Kaufman, with reporting by Joel Hanek Ron Paul speaks during a “Rock the Caucus” event at Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — How important is the youth vote to the Republican party? So important that on Tuesday morning (January 3), two of the leading candidates in tonight’s crucial Iowa caucus took time out from their vacuum-packed schedules to address a throng of pumped-up teens at a “Rock the Caucus” event in the gymnasium of Valley High School in West Des Moines. Although Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is polling in the single digits and widely expected to have a poor showing at the first-in-the-nation caucus, GOP contenders Ron Paul and former Senator Rick Santorum were close to neck-and-neck for the second-place spot in final polling on Monday. As MTV News found as we headed to Iowa for our Power of 12 campaign, all three caught the attention of voters who are eager to step up for their man/woman. Thomas Deacon, 21, woke up before 7 a.m. to drive from Lawrence, Kansas, with two of his friends and hold up Ron Paul signs by the side of a busy road on Tuesday morning alongside Kansas City, Missouri, native Elizabeth Bronaugh, 22. “We’re just trying to get awareness about Ron Paul … and people are pretty receptive to it,” said David Megli, 22, who was interrupted by motorists driving by and honking their horns in support. Megli, wearing a knit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wool hat to ward off the cold, was a registered libertarian in 2008, but said he switched to the GOP for this election cycle. And, like his friends, he didn’t realize you had to be a student to attend the event, so he was stuck outside and was not able to hear Paul speak. Bronaugh said all four in her group backed libertarian Paul in the 2008 election because they appreciate his stance on civil liberties and small government. And though he’s the oldest candidate in the race at 76, Deacon said there’s a very good reason that Paul has gotten the attention of young voters. “He recognizes that if we’re doing personal activities that don’t harm other people, why should we be punished for that?” said Deacon, alluding to Paul’s position on the legalization of drugs and the nearly trillion-dollar cost of the 35-year-plus War on Drugs. Paul’s stances on state’s rights, avoiding a military conflict in Iran, smaller government and fewer taxes also appeal to the new generation of voters, Deacon said. “When Obama got elected, a lot of young people supported him because we thought we were going to get change,” Deacon said when asked about some of Paul’s more controversial policies regarding the elimination of the Dept. of Education and his call for an end to the student loan program.”But for the most part it’s been the same … you haven’t seen a lot of change,” he added, noting that he actually supported Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2008. “Obama seemed like an OK guy and I was excited about the change he was going to bring. There was a real upswell of energy. But I think he really wasted that.” This time, Bronaugh said, Paul is the one who has the same amount of energy and enthusiasm from young voters, but she believes he will follow through on his promises. Inside the gym, the candidates did their job, with Santorum giving a shout-out to the school’s mascot (“go Tigers!”) and Paul mentioning that his followers had recently given former “American Idol” Kelly Clarkson a sales bump. Valley student Allie Brown, 17, said she thought it was really cool that the candidates took time out from their final day of campaigning to visit the school. Brown was interested in Bachmann’s pledge to lower the price of gasoline through more oil exploration, an issue that’s obviously a big one for teen drivers. “I’m leaning toward Michele Bachmann because I think she’s really personable and sincerely cares about the things she’s talking about,” she said while standing in the school gym and sporting her “Rock the Caucus” T-shirt. Paul supporter Sulejman Malic, 17, was just blown away by the amount of press coverage at his school, and friend Pallavi Aurora, also 17, said the high-energy spirit of the event was getting her psyched up to vote— for the first time — later in the day for former Massachusetts governor and leading candidate Mitt Romney . MTV is on the scene in Iowa! Head to Iowa.MTV.com for all our Iowa caucus coverage , and stick with PowerOf12.org throughout the presidential election season to follow Andrew Jenks on the campaign trail. Related Videos Barnstorming The Iowa Caucus With Andrew Jenks
