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The Host: Review

By Roth Cornet

Good news! It’s not Twilight, but boy did the CW miss an opportunity with this one…

The latest cinematic version of one of author Stephenie Meyer‘s novels is unlikely to capture the rabid fanbase that her Twilight Saga franchise did. The Host does have several similar story-threads, but doesn’t quite nail the adolescent fantasy elements the way that her sparkling vampires and imprinting werewolves did. That’s a good thing in some ways for the film, but doesn’t bode well for its chances to match Twilight’s financial success.

Fans of the Twilight films will see some similarities, though: a painfully self-sacrificing female protagonist, eye-color as the distinguishing marker of a species (vampire red or alien silver – neither of which makes any biological sense) and of course, the love story. One girl, two boys is the standard equation. Only in this case, the one girl is carrying two minds. So everyone wins!

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movie Reviews

2013 Kids Choice Awards Honor Kristen Stewart, One Direction

By The Huffington Post News Editors

LOS ANGELES, March 23 (Reuters) – Green slime spewed furiously at the Kids Choice Awards on Saturday, where “Twilight Saga” star Kristen Stewart and British boy band One Direction won two awards apiece.
Stewart, 22, escaped the slime but plunged her hands into the green goo, saying she “felt like I have finally found my kindergartner self,” as she accepted trophies for movie actress and favorite female butt kicker.
Organizers said more than 350 million votes were cast online in more than 20 categories, spanning film, television, books, music and sport for the stunt-filled annual award show on youth channel Nickelodeon.
Hosted by “Transformers” actor Josh Duhamel, who is married to singer Fergie, the show in Los Angeles featured performances by Pitbull and Christina Aguilera, as well as Ke$ha.
Johnny Depp and Katy Perry accepted orange blimp-shaped trophies for favorite female singer and movie actor respectively and both stars had words of wisdom for the audience of kids and young teens.
“This is such a cool award … stay safe, stay in school, don’t do drugs,” Perry told them. Depp said he was “truly honored and humbled. Thank you for what you are, which is the future.”
Selena Gomez, 20, the ex-girlfriend of pop star Justin Bieber, took the female TV actress award for her Disney Channel series “Wizards of Waverly Place,” even though the show came to an end more than a year ago.
Bieber, who is on tour in Europe, was voted favorite male singer and was among several stars who did not make it to accept their award in person.
No-shows included One Direction, who are also on tour and who won for favorite music group and song for “What Makes You Beautiful,” “X Factor” judge Simon Cowell (favorite villain), and Ross Lynch, 17, who was named favorite TV actor for Disney Channel’s pop star series “Austin & Ally.”
Sandra Bullock, Neil Patrick Harris, Duhamel, Pitbull, Nick Cannon, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and dozens of audience members got covered in slime gushing out …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Huffington Post