When New Moon, the second installment of the Twilight series, was filmed in British Columbia, the producers were reported to have called in the Canadian Mounties to protect its lead star, Robert Pattinson, from the barrage of female fans. Constables Brandon Builziuk and Brendon Baillant were enlisted to make sure that the filming went without a hitch.

The two cops are said to have encountered many overzealous teen fans while on assignment.  They were said to be tasked to keep the fans off the set.  Part of New Moon was filmed in the tiny island of Tofino on Vancouver Island in British Columbia.

According to the two constables, the fans were annoyed with them because they won’t allow them to get closer.  Moreover, the constables said that the fans’ spirits lifted when Pattinson’s co-star, Kirsten Stewart, came over and posed for a few photographs with them.

The money donated by the New Moon producers, amounting to more than $3000 because of the service rendered by the two Mounties while the crew was filming, was used to purchase for two local school’s sporting equipment.

It has been reported that female fans kept on visiting the set even though it had been raining hard the whole time.  On the other hand, the producers are said to have loved the rains because it helped make the scenes gloomier.

Robert Pattinson is an English actor, musician, model, and producer who started out with his career portraying the role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.  He eventually landed the leading role as the vampire Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Novels and gained international fame.

Pattinson has been cited as one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood and one of the biggest movie stars in the world.  This year, Forbes has ranked him as one of the most powerful celebrities and is one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People In The World.”  He has also been named as “Best Dressed Man” of 2010 by both GQ and Glamour and included in the People’s list of “World’s Most Beautiful.”

In 2009, Pattinson was one of the “Sexiest Men Alive” by both People and Glamour.  He was also included in the “Top Hollywood Earners of 2009.”  In the same year, he was also named by Vanity Fair as “the most handsome man in the world.”

Pattinson already has a wax statue of him in Madame Tussauds collection both in New York City and London.  He will be seen in his upcoming films Water For Elephants, Bel Ami, Unbound Captives, and the parts 1 and 2 of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.

While it may seem like an odd way of settling a pending lawsuit but the owner of an RV dealership sued by “Twilight” star Taylor Lautner has indeed dared the actor to do a push-up challenge to resolve the case.

Lautner, 18, filed a breach of contract and fraud lawsuit against 47-year old Brent McMahon, owner of McMahon’s RV in Irvine, California, last August 23 over the dealership’s alleged late delivery of a customized vehicle ordered by the actor.  Lautner claimed that the dealership failed to deliver the RV on time.  The RV is said to cost $300,000 and was to be used as a Lautner’s dressing room on the set of his latest film, Abduction. The vehicle was expected to be delivered last June 21 but was not delivered on time.

In the lawsuit filed by Lautner, it claimed that McMahon’s RV failed to deliver on time the customized RV and that it still needed additional work even after it was delivered.  However, it was unclear on what kind of upgrades Lautner sought.  According to McMahon, he gave the vehicle a custom paint job.

It was reported that Lautner’s camp wants to resolve the case in the tune of a $40,000 settlement and unspecified damages for “annoyance’ and “emotional distress” to the actor.  McMahon, instead, issued his unorthodox proposal to Lautner.  According to him, he will donate the settlement money to Orange County’s Children’s Hospital if he won the push-up contest.

McMahon and his lawyer had already denied any wrongdoing and vowed to defend the case in court in the event that Lautner does not accept the challenge.  Robert Barba, Lautner’s attorney, initially declined to comment on the matter and cited the pending lawsuit.  However, Barba then responded that McMahon is a “moron” and that McMahon just donate the sum to a charity of Lautner’s choice for the issue to be resolved.  Barba further commented that McMahon’s challenge is demonstrative of his lack of professionalism.

Lautner has appeared in various message and shot to fame in the Twilight movie series for his role as the Native American werewolf Jacob Black in love triangle with the main characters of the human Bella Swann and the vampire Edward Cullen.  The movie series is based on Stephanie Meyer’s best selling Twilight series books.

Lautner is currently considered the highest paid teenage actor and has been named the second sexiest man of 2010 by Glamour magazine.

Robert Pattinson

With the release of the eagerly anticipated Twilight movie, British actor and heart throb Robert Pattinson has been thrust into overnight popularity. Playing the 17 year old vampire Edward Cullen, Pattinson has set the hearts of teenage girls and their mothers racing all over the world.

The movie Twilight has been a huge box office success in Northern America. Raking in $200 million in under a month this movie has even knocked the latest James Bond movie “Quantum of Solace” out of its number one position. Twilight is of course the first in 4 books about a pair of star crossed teenage lovers. Star crossed because one is human and the other is a vampire who attends the local high school and is seen in daylight hours.

The story encompasses all aspects of teenage love including forbidden fruit, unrequited love, best friends, loyalty, secrets, and familial obligations and responsibilities. Throw in a whole family of supernatural characters as the Cullen family vampire coven, not to mention the local Indian tribe who can convert into wolves, and you have a pretty riveting set of stories.

Robert Pattinson biography and trivia:

* Robert Pattinson was born in England on 13th May, 1986.

* Prior to Twilight, Pattinson was best known for his role as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).

* In 2005 Robert Pattinson was awarded by Times Online the “British Star Of Tomorrow”.

* Rob Pattinson has also modeled and is a musician.

* According to Pattinson himself, he only ever joined a dramatic group at the age of 15 because “there were lots of pretty girls”.

* Robert Pattinson was on the brink of giving up acting prior to being selected for Twilight. He had only persevered with acting because he realized it was too late to start university.

* In a recent Robert Pattinson interview the actor revealed that “I don’t watch my stuff, ever …. it makes me feel nauseous watching myself….. I’m just stupidly self-conscious.”

Robert Pattinson of Twilight

* Until his recent change in fortunes, Pattinson used to sleep on his agent’s couch when in LA for auditions. (We assume he can afford a hotel room now.)

* According to Pattinson himself he is terrible at sports and baseball in particular. In fact Twilight producer Catherine Hardwicke actually hired a baseball coach to try and ensure that Pattinson’s scenes in the Cullen family baseball match looked authentic.

* Robert Pattinson has recently gone against studio advice and had his hair cut. He claims to have not washed his hair for 4 years!!

* Robert Pattinson showcases his musical talent with his own song “Never Think” being included on the Twilight soundtrack.

* Robert Pattinson will be next seen on the big screen portraying the artist Salvador Dali in the movie “Little Ashes”.

One thing’s for sure, Robert Pattinson and Twilight may have become overnight money making phenomena, but neither the series nor the actor will be vanishing from our radar anytime soon.

The great news for all those fans of Robert Pattinson is that production has been approved on New Moon, the second book in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series. Girls and women all over the world will be able to again enjoy Robert Pattinson as Edward, looking exactly the same as the never changing and eternally youthful 17 year old vampire. Don’t know about you, but I can’t wait.