By now, most Twilighters know more about Kristen Stewart, Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed and the others than their own mothers. So, with filming of “Eclipse” finally under way in Vancouver, the fanbase is excited to welcome some new blood into the vampire franchise.

With that in mind, we present this handy guide to five key actresses joining the “Twilight” saga for its third installment. Much like Bella, we can all look forward to making new friends in Forks, and tomorrow we’ll take a look at the new “Eclipse” men. But to be courteous, here are the ladies first.

Meet The Cast Of “Eclipse”

Character: Maria
Actor: Catalina Sandino Moreno

The Lowdown: Fan-favorite Jackson Rathbone has already expressed excitement over the fact that his role as Jasper Hale will be expanded greatly for the third “Twilight” film. Oscar-nominee Moreno may no longer be “Full of Grace,” but will now play a very different Maria. Described in Stephenie Meyer’s pages as being petite with a soft voice, Maria is the woman who turned Jasper into a bloodthirsty immortal when he was 20 years old in 1863. Her inclusion will play a major role in the young vampire threat that emerges throughout “Eclipse” and the likely-to-film-someday “Breaking Dawn.”

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MTV: Hollywood Crush has made a list of the five things they look forward to the most in “New Moon”, “Eclipse” and “Breaking Dawn”. They sure got some epic parts from the books on that list. Here’s what they had to say.

“New Moon” is only 13 short weeks away, “Eclipse” is shooting and just recently, there was an apparently false rumor that we would be getting two “Breaking Dawn” movies. Even though the last “Twilight” film tentatively won’t be coming out until 2011 (or 2012?), it’s hard not to keep our eyes on the last three novels in the “Twilight Saga” as they move toward hitting the big screen. In honor of our excitement over these film adaptations, we have put together a list of our top five favorite scenes we can’t wait to see (in order of importance, of course).

SPOILER ALERT! If you haven’t read anything past the very first book in Stephenie Meyer’s series, you probably should skip reading this list, run out to your nearest bookstore, and, uh … get on that!

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We’d love to read which scenes you guys are looking forward to the most in “New Moon”, “Eclipse” & “Breaking Dawn”!

InStyle has another very interesting article about Bella’s wedding dress. The article includes sketches of some of the top fashion designers visions of what Bella will be wearing when she says “I do”. Does this mean Kristen Stewart will be wearing a couture wedding dress?! I certainly hope so! Feel free to make fanart with Kristen in a Chanel wedding dress haha!

While we don’t want to ruin the plot for any latent Twi-hards, ever since Eclipse started filming we’ve been dying for a sneak peek of Bella’s wedding dress. In the meantime, we reached out to some of our favorite designers (Christian Siriano’s sketch at left) to see how they envision her gown.

In Eclipse, Bella’s dress is described as an early 1900s design (which complements her antique engagement ring) with friend and Maid of Honor Alice Cullen’s modern tweaks to the train and veil. “You look like you just stepped out of an Austen movie,” Bella’s mother says to the bride-to-be when she spies her in the gown in the final book,Breaking Dawn. “It’s gorgeous! So graceful, so elegant.”

Special editions of the paperback versions of ‘Breaking Dawn’ and ‘Eclipse’ are now available in stores. The ‘Breaking Dawn’ special edition comes with dvd footage of the Breaking Dawn Concert Series, an exclusive lyric sheet from Justin Furstenfeld featuring the words to “My Never” and a beautiful Bella & Edward poster featuring art from the graphic novel. These editions are limited, so reserve your copy today.

Thanks Twilight Saga for the tip!

Checkouts of OverDrive download audiobooks, eBooks, music and video exceeded 10 million items in 2008, and readers at more than 8,500 OverDrive network libraries worldwide made Stephenie Meyer’s young adult novel “Twilight” the Most Downloaded audiobook and eBook of the year. The Most Downloaded digital book titles at OverDrive network libraries for the year were:

Most Downloaded Library Audiobooks (2008)*

1. “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer
2. “The Appeal” by John Grisham
3. “New Moon” by Stephenie Meyer
4. “Eclipse” by Stephenie Meyer
5. “7th Heaven” by James Patterson
6. “1st to Die” by James Patterson
7. “The Audacity of Hope” by Barack Obama
8. “24 Hours” by Greg Iles
9. “Blood Brothers” by Nora Roberts
10. “The Golden Compass” by Philip Pullman

Most Downloaded Library eBooks (2008)*

1. “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer
2. “Eclipse” by Stephenie Meyer
3. “New Moon” by Stephenie Meyer
4. “Devil in Winter” by Lisa Kleypas
5. “Because You’re Mine” by Lisa Kleypas

Source: msnbc

The site YALSA is promoting the Teen’s Top Ten 2008 that is a “teen choice” list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year. And Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer) is one of the “nominated”. So please go there e vote!

Remember that these “little things” always help to promote The Twilight Saga, and like everyone knows, more people knowing the Saga means more attention and good chances for next movies.