The Runaways New York Premier

Tonight was the NYC premiere for The Runaways!

While playing various roles, Kristen Stewart has had the opportunity to share onscreen kisses with both Robert Pattinson’s Edward Cullen in the “Twilight” movies and Dakota Fanning’s Cherie Currie in their new girl-power rock flick, “The Runaways.” So we obviously had to ask: Who is the better kisser?

We caught up with a dazzling, Pucci minidress-clad Stewart on the red carpet for the New York premiere of “The Runaways” and she gave us the answer. “Cherie, yeah,” she laughed.

Kristen Stewart on Jimmy Fallon

Kristen was recently on Jimmy Fallon to promote her new movie The Runaways. Check out the video!

Parade: New Interview With Kristen Stewart

Parade Magazine has an interview with Kristen Stewart about everything from Twilight to possibly being directed by her mom (K11). Check it out!

Kristen Stewart has millions of fans waiting for her return as Bella in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse on June 30.

Meanwhile, she’s been busy in a string of smaller films including The Runaways. Stewart co-stars as Joan Jett and Dakota Fanning gets the role of lead singer Cherie Currie in the real-life story of the all-girl band that made music history. Parade.com’s Jeanne Wolf discovered why Stewart worked so hard to sing and play the guitar and why, after the third time around, it’s not getting easier to play Bella.
 
Filling the shoes of a rock icon.
“I think my generation doesn’t really know what The Runaways was. I didn’t, even though I was aware of Joan Jett. She’s a legend, so it was a big deal not only to meet her, but to have her on the set. The main thing that Joan talked about was just how much she cared about that period of her life because it jump-started her entire career. The Runaways was one of the first all-girl bands, so it’s an incredibly triumphant, feminist story. Joan became my friend and I was thinking about all she stood for and going, ‘Oh God, now I have to do her justice.’” 
 
Not doing a Milli Vanilli.
“I was really concerned about getting the music right because The Runaways have a very distinctive sound. It’s not just singing, it’s trying to sound like them. I wasn’t lip-synching. I worked hard to get like that growl that Joan does when she’s performing. I’m not saying that I did it perfectly, but I gave it my best. And I learned to play the guitar because I didn’t want to fake it.”

Meeting Dakota Fanning again in the Twilight zone.
“We really bonded on The Runaways. I’m really looking forward to the three days that she’s probably going to be filming Breaking Dawn. It’s weird to see her in the Twilight setting because it’s usually the same cast of people. But, suddenly, there was Dakota. The first time I saw her in her wardrobe as Jane, on Eclipse, which was not too far after we finished The Runaways, it was bizarre as all hell.”
 
Her review of Robert Pattinson in Remember Me.
“I think he’s bold and different. It wasn’t an easy character to play. I thought he was really good in it.”

Read the full interview here

Kristen Stewart on Live With Regis and Kelly

This morning, Kristen Stewart made her way to Live With Regis and Kelly to promote her film, The Runaways.

First thing, the three discussed her involvement with this year’s Oscar awards show. “It was great,” she said. “It felt a little funny because typically you’ve either had a movie there or you know, so I felt like a little kid in front of all these . . .”

When asked whether she was at all starstruck by the experience, she said “I met Kate Winslet . . . it was sort of like how I would be with someone who was like ‘oh my gosh’ because she was like ‘Oh, hi.’”

Apparation to Distribute ‘Welcome to the Rileys’

Again the Twilight Examiner brings us some good news concerning Kristen Stewart’s movie Welcome to the Rileys.

After the successful premiere of their film The Runaways yesterday, distribution company Apparition must have no doubt of the star power that is Kristen Stewart.

Deadline Hollywood announced today that Welcome To The Rileys has been officially picked up by Apparition for distribution.

“Apparition is eyeing a fall distribution slot,” they report.

As you well know, Kristen Stewart’s fans were adamant about getting Rileys a deal, and things got a little hectic from the distributor’s end.

Rileys debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival right alongside The Runaways, but Apparition had picked up distribution rights for Runaways long before Sundance.

Right now, Welcome To The Rileys‘ official Twitter page is campaigning to get 20,000 followers in return for a special “tweet” from Kristen Stewart herself.

“I’m with Kristen. She is going to be tweeting a special message tomorrow! She wants as many followers as possible. . . She wants us to get 20,000 followers!”

Access Hollywood – Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning

Access Hollywood talked to Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning about The Runaways.

MTV Rough Cut – The Runaways

Check out  MTV Rough Cut interview with Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart for their film The Runaways!

The Runaways – Press Junket

Kristen & Dakota at the The Runaways press junket.

Here’s the video from HitFix

Here’s the video from CNN

Here’s Entertainment Tonight

The Runaways LA Premier – Pic and Videos

The Runaways had it’s LA premier on March 11th.

Last night at the premiere of The Runaways, MTV chatted with Kristen Stewart about cutting her hair for the film, and the wig she had to don for Eclipse.

See more pics of the premier and afterparty HERE

Kristen Stewart on Jay Leno

Check out the videos of Kristen Stewart on Jay Leno! She looks GORGEOUS as usual.

‘Cherry Bomb’ Video Featuring Kristen and Dakota

 mtvU has released the  music video of “Cherry Bomb” from The Runaways featuring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning.

Collider: The Runaways Featurette

Collider has posted a featurette from The Runaways and 7 clips from the film

Kristen Makes People’s Oscars Best Dressed List

Kristen Stewart made People’s “Oscars Best Dressed” list.  She looked STUNNING!

 See People’s full list here.

Anna, Kristen, and Taylor on The Oscars Red Carpet

Here is Anna Kendrick walking down the Oscars Red Carpet a few moments ago.

Kristen looks STUNNING wearing a dress by Monique Lhuillier.

Check out the handsome Taylor Lautner

Film.com Says Thank Goodness For Kristen Stewart

Jen Yamato at FILM.com has a new article about Kristen Stewart’s success with Twilight and her involvement with indie films.

 In a world where independent films have diminishing opportunities to be seen — even those “Hollywood” indies, with their “modest” $10 million budgets and A-list stars — thank goodness for Twilight. Sure, some may lambaste the sparkly vampire property for its swooning treatment of the traditionally dark and dangerous vampire mythos, or claim that the franchise only exists to fuel teenybopper fantasies with tepid, moony-eyed romance. But while you can hate the $670 million+ film franchise (counting theatrical and DVD returns for Twilight and its yet-to-be-released on DVD sequel, New Moon) for a number of reasons, there’s no denying the megabucks. Because behind the megabucks is a rabid fan base, and that fan base has trickled down to benefit a worthy cause: indie film. There’s logic behind that thinking, I assure you. For example: How many teen girls would have films like The Cake Eaters and this week’s The Yellow Handkerchief on their radar if 19-year-old Kristen Stewart hadn’t been their Bella Swan? Or cared enough about the Sundance entries Welcome to the Rileys and The Runaways to post and retweet their production stills and trailers up and down Twitter? Like it or not, the single best side effect of the enormity that is the Twilight phenomenon is that the intangible, teen idolizing force that transformed Kristen Stewart into KStew (and Robert Pattinson into RPattz) and has spilled over into small-scale cinema, bringing the power of its youthful, enthusiastic fan following with it. Stewart was no stranger to acting by the time she became “KStew” (which I’ll define as the celebrity entity powered by the squeals of millions of Twilighters around the world), having acted in films big and small since her debut in 2002’s Panic Room. Even around the time her name began being used in conjunction with Stephenie Meyer’s vampire romance, she’d had roles in a number of recent major studio films and high profile indies including The Messengers, Into the Wild, and In the Land of Women — films nevertheless known more for their genres or Stewart’s better-known cast mates. Enter Twilight. Once the massive hit turned Stewart into a household name, a handful of smaller independent films she’d done prior to Twilight benefited exponentially. One of those smaller films was the ensemble drama The Cake Eaters, directed by actress Mary Stuart Masterson. After making the rounds on the film festival circuit and debuting in limited release in March of 2009, the film found a loyal fan following once the Twilight audience latched on. Stewart, who plays a terminally ill girl in the multi-strand story, adorns the film’s promo art. On the film’s official blog, fans are encouraged to send in photos of themselves “reshuffling” The Cake Eaters DVDs at their local stores so that the DVDs dominate the shelves. Look closely and see that along with The Cake Eaters DVDs, these mostly young women are also “reshuffling” copies of Twilight DVDs to the front of the stack. Coincidence? Likewise, KStew fans have a chance this week to come out in droves to support her latest small non-Twilight film, The Yellow Handkerchief. Shot in February of 2007, before she was even cast in Twilight, The Yellow Handkerchief debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and nabbed distribution last year courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films. It will finally reach theaters this week in limited release, although if box office booms enough it could expand to other cities. And with its teen-friendly PG-13 rating, success could be within reach. However, ratings could prevent other upcoming Stewart films from capitalizing on her star power. Flora Sigismondi’s The Runaways, the rock biopic of the titular ’70s girl rockers, is rated R for “language, drug use, and sexual content — all involving teens,” which will hinder the younger ranks of the Twilight set from attending. Shame, especially considering that The Runaways has twice the Twilight power given it stars not only Stewart as Joan Jett, but also her New Moon co-star Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie. Still, the older Twilight audience will undoubtedly come out in support of the film — but then, weren’t they the key demographic after all? Also uncertain is the indie drama Welcome to the Rileys, which debuted at Sundance this year. Though it hasn’t yet earned a film rating, the subject matter may prove just as mature as The Runaways, with Stewart playing a 16-year-old prostitute in a performance that USA Today’s Anthony Breznican called “shockingly sexual.” Prognosticators might look to the extra-Twilight career of Stewart’s co-star Robert Pattinson for hints. His star wattage may have gotten pre-Twilight projects like How to Be more attention (his 2006 BBC feature The Haunted Airman earned a Region 1 DVD release last year), but his daring turn as Salvador Dali in 2009’s Little Ashes disappointed at the box office, earning a total of $650,000 worldwide. Was it the gay theme that deterred RPattz fans, the mixed reviews, the fact that it only played in as many as 16 theaters, or the R rating that prevented more fans from buying tickets in droves? (And didn’t they know about his nude scene??) Pattinson’s career is unlikely to repeat that box-office misstep; his next film, the romantic drama Remember Me, is rated PG-13. (It’s also being cleverly marketed by Summit Entertainment in conjunction with his June sequel, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.) After that he’s doing Bel Ami with Christina Ricci and Uma Thurman, Unbound Captives with Rachel Weisz and Hugh Jackman, and the Fox adaptation of Water for Elephants, sending him well on his path toward starring in major studio releases and “big” indie films in the very least. In the meantime, we’ll see how much KStew’s KStewiness benefits The Yellow Handkerchief when it opens this week, as well as her future projects like March’s The Runaways. Will the filmmakers behind those movies be saying, “Thank goodness for KStew!” when it’s time to count ticket sales?

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