In honor of the new year and what I anticipate will be a fabulous year for music and art, I had to post this Amanda Palmer “kitchen ukulele blogsong” in homage to pop – as in music, fashion and art.
Oh, and CONGRATULATIONS to Ms. Palmer on her recent engagement to our beloved author, Mr. Neil Gaiman. I am certain that you will have articulate, witty and magically delicious offspring!! I couldn’t imagine a better match!
Cheers, dear readers!
~Calliope
After finishing this thoroughly engrossing book, – “the story of a life and everything that came after” – I am eagerly looking forward to Peter Jackson’s big screen, highly imaginative adaptation of Alice Sebold’s THE LOVELY BONES.
Check out this new “making of” featurette below with some great soundbites from Peter Jackson and the cast!
~Calliope
I just couldn’t resist posting this short from the New Zealand Book Council, produced by Colenso BBDO and animated by Andersen M Studio.
Simply stated, this is awesome.
Enjoy!
~Calliope
Oh how I look forward to March!!
Join my tea party to celebrate!
~Calliope
The new title treatment for THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE (the third film/book in the Twilight series) is HERE!! Check it out!!
Love it!
~Calliope
With the amazing new product range hitting shelves this month in anticipation of the November 20th release of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON (details below), Summit Entertainment is cranking up the volume on the highly anticipated film with a new trailer!
Check it out here!
A large section of cosmetics, apparel, jewelry and “Edward” and “Jacob” life-sized standees are now being offered exclusively at Nordstrom. The collection retails from $30 for a tee to $48 for a jacket and the jewelry line includes necklaces, bracelets, earrings and key chains. Unlike the products at Hot Topic (and those previously at Wal-Mart), this line is purely an “inspired by” range of products featuring icons and sayings from the movie and is showcased in Nordstrom’s Brass Plum (BP) section. Check it out on-line here: http://shop.nordstrom.com/newmoon#/1
There is also a great offering of cosmetics supporting the SAGA – with various branding platforms to allow for distribution segmentation. “Volturi Twilight” is aimed largely at teens and is sold at Hot Topic, Torrid and Ulta. “Luna Twilight” is targeting older girls and teenagers’ mothers is at Nordstrom and Dillard’s. DuWop- a lip plumper brand – (also under Lambus Partners) is offering a Twilight branded lip stain at Sephora with its Venom brand.
Traditional channels of distribution like book stores are carrying a an amazing array of stationery products. And the toys are at all price points ranging from the Tonner Dolls are priced around $140/each while Mattel is offering Twilight Barbie Dolls for sale at retailers like Toys “R” Us and Target!
Twilight Mania is back folks. There’s a New Moon shining.
~Calliope
Arguably the most emotionally charged book in THE TWILIGHT SAGA, the second book NEW MOON reveals a deeper dimension to Bella’s character, creates romantic tension with an alternate love choice in Jacob and layers in a much more terrifying dark force with the introduction of the Volturi.
A hidden sect of Vampires living in Volterra, Italy, the Volturi are a very important plot vehicle for the remainder of the TWILIGHT SAGA and are featured prominently in the latest NEW MOON trailer released by Summit Entertainment. This latest collection of scenes features some of the new additions to the cast including Volturi members portrayed by Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning. Check it out here!
Can’t wait!!
~Calliope
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