In late June, Stephen Moyer referred to Robert Pattinson as a very bad word.

Now, Entertainment Weekly is stoking the fire of this red hot feud by pitting the actors against one another on the cover of its latest issue.

Based on the success of the Twilight Saga and True Blood, the magazine asks why pop culture is currently embracing this genre with such enthusiasm.

“The traditional vampire story, with monsters and victims, chases and chills, is plain fun,” Alan Ball, a producer on True Blood, said in response to this question.

“But they can often reveal the general state of the cultural psyche.”

Hollywood isn’t done with sucking up the public’s taste for blood, either. This fall, The Vampire Diaries premieres on The CW.

This all started years ago, however, as Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt made hearts melt in Interview with the Vampire, the 1994 movie that helped launch the career of both these A-listers.

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Upon fleeing a horde of teenage fans, Robert Pattinson was clipped by a taxi cab today in Manhattan, but was merely grazed and emerged unscathed.

The British Twilight hunk had a brush with death running away from a throng of fans front of the Strand bookstore on Broadway and 12th Street.

He had been inside filming scenes for his new movie, Remember Me.

Exiting the building, Robert Pattinson tried to duck a crowd of screaming teenage girls waiting for him on the rainy sidewalk and made a break for it, running across the wet street for his trailer. That’s when a taxi grazed his hip, sources say.

Pattinson reportedly stood still for a moment, appearing stunned, as a bodyguard yelled at the girls: “You see what you did, you almost killed him!”
Yeah, way to show your appreciation, ladies.

“The reports are exaggerated,” said Vivian Mayer, a spokeswoman for the film’s production company. “It was not caused by his fans. Production continues.”

Pattinson has been mobbed all over the city, and also the subject of more rumors than we can even keep straight. Earlier today, he was reported to be dating Camilla Belle, a rumored love interest who he has been seen with in NYC.

Others say he is obsessed with Kristen Stewart, his Twilight co-star.

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For Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, a duo whose smoldering Twilight passion has exploded into real life, absence makes the heart grow fonder.

It may also kill them, they are so obsessed with each other.

Rob is in New York for the summer, shooting Remember Me. Kristen is in L.A., working on The Runaways, a rock biopic in which she portrays Joan Jett.

According to OK!, that the young, white-hot stars are more than friends is beyond dispute at this point. It’s just a matter of where they go from here.

“It’s no secret that their relationship has been heating up these past few months,” says a source close to the pair, who recently completed New Moon and who have sparked rumors that they might be dating for over a month now.

“[Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart] are very attracted to each other, and there is definitely something very special going on between them.”

Something very special and complicated.

Kristen is apparently still involved with her longtime boyfriend, Michael Angarano, while Rob wants her to choose, one way or the other, by October.

That’s when he and Kristen start the third Twilight film, Eclipse.

But while Robert Pattinson has given his love interest a few months to decide between suitors, sources say he’s making his interest in her known.

The actor is constantly texting and calling Kristen Stewart to “check in,” according to a source, and inviting her own to New York for a weekend.

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At 8:30 a.m. this morning, Robert Pattinson, the Twilight and New Moon heart throb, began shooting his new movie, Remember Me, in downtown Manhattan.

All under the loving gaze of a throng of celebrity news photographers and dozens of adoring female fans from nearby New York University. Here he is in action:

Before the throng of admirers showed up, Robert, dressed in a flannel shirt over a cotton white tee, jeans, black sneakers and carrying a black backpack, ate breakfast outside with some of the cast during morning walkthroughs…

Remember Me also stars Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper, and Emilie de Ravin, and features R-Patz as a man whose family is torn apart by his brother’s suicide.

Sounds like a good flick, and even if it’s not, it will provide us with a lot of Robert Pattinson pictures during filming, so how bad can it really be, are we right?

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From trailers to photos to secrets about its stars, New Moon is receiving as much hype as any movie in recent memory. And it doesn’t even come out until November!

The latest report is courtesy of Life & Style, a tabloid that, unsurprisingly, is focusing most of its coverage on Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson.

According to the magazine, the stars perfected their spit swapping technique on May 27 in Montepulciano, Italy, as a 10-hour shoot focused on the key reunion scene between Edward Cullen and Bella Swan.

“They were happy and laughing throughout filming,” said an extra. “It was like they were the only two actors on set.”

Despite Stewart’s supposed relationship with Michael Angarano, witnesses say her and Pattinson were able to spend a lot of alone time in Italy.

“I saw them surfing the Internet together,” a bartender at the Grand Hotel Admiral Palace said. “They were looking and laughing at something.”

Meanwhile, Ashley Greene described how the beauty of the Italian countryside contrasted with the tone of the scenes being filmed there.

“These are the most frightening and nerve-racking scenes,” she said. “It’s when [the powerful Volturi vampires] are debating whether to kill Edward and Bella.”

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Have you seen the New Moon trailer?

It’s exciting and it’s revealing, but it also passes by too quickly.

Was that really Jacob Black shirtless?!? And transforming into a werewolf?!? Did Edward really bid farewell forever to Bella?!?

Fortunately, we’ve tracked down a number of still shots from the Twilight sequel, which opens on November 20. There’s no reason to wait until then to ogle Taylor Lautner topless or drool over the blood-soaked lip of Robert Pattinson.Fortunately, we’ve tracked down a number of still shots from the Twilight sequel, which opens on November 20. There’s no reason to wait until then to ogle Taylor Lautner topless or drool over the blood-soaked lip of Robert Pattinson.

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Yes, Sacha Baron Cohen forced Eminem into the 69 position at last night’s MTV Movie Awards.

But while the Web is buzzing over that bare-assed, ballsy maneuver, the evening still belonged to the cast of Twilight/New Moon.

First, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart came thisclose to making out on stage, as the screams of countless teenagers could be heard around the world during the seconds this twosome teased viewers on stage with a near lip lock.

“[The acceptance] was Kristen’s idea. My ideas were so terrible they were rejected,” Pattinson admitted to Entertainment Tonight after the show. “So I’m happy she helped me two minutes before it happened.”

As for the evening’s other major development – the debut of the official New Moon trailer – star Taylor Lautner was pleased with what he saw.

“It’s really cool! We had a blast making the film and we just wrapped. So now that the trailer is already coming out, it’s really cool to be able to see it for the first time,” he said.

Lautner added that no one in the cast expected Twilight to grow into a worldwide sensation.

“We were just making this book series and we hoped some fans would enjoy it and they did. Then, it kind of exploded from there and here we are!”

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No one is denying that Erika Dutra hung out with Robert Pattinson at a party at the French Hôtel du Cap Eden-Roc on May 22.

But did the evening consist of more than just a single snapped photograph?

If so, the blonde Californian isn’t kissing and telling. When asked about the actor by Star Magazine, Dutra simply said:

“We had a great time together! Rob’s very sweet. He’s even better-looking in person than he is in photographs.”

But is he good looking first thing in the morning, Erika? And did you get a chance to find out? Millions of Twilight fans are dying to know!

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Sorry, Erika Dutra. But if you really did sink your teeth and/or any other body parts into Robert Pattinson last week, they didn’t leave an impression.

The Twilight star was spotted having dinner with Kristen Stewart yesterday, as the rumored couple enjoyed a meal in Italy.

Granted, the cute twosome was joined by New Moon crew members, but such a spectacle will only fuel speculation that Pattinson and Stewart are an item. See for yourself:

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