Thus far, pretty much all of the promo materials for the upcoming sequel film The Twilight Saga: New Moon has focused on the burgeoning relationship between protagonist Bella Swan (played by Kristen Stewart) and Jacob Black (played by Taylor Lautner) with Bella’s true love Edward Cullen (played by Robert Pattinson) pretty much relegated to the sidelines. Today we get to see a new promo poster for the film that puts the love between Bella and Edward front and center … at last:

While the poster may look a bit Harlequin romance, it is among the first promo materials for the film that features Bella and Edward together … without Jacob in the picture. But, after the jump, you can check out two more promo posters — one that features Jacob all by himself and one that features Edward all by himself …

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Last night David and I took his parents for a sumptuous meal at XIV for an early celebration of his dad’s birthday this weekend … XIV is one of our fave places and we were very happy that his parents loved it there as well:

We happened to be seated right next to Robert Downey, Jr.’s table and also noticed that George Eads from CSI: was in the hiz last night as well … ’twas a cool dinner.

Afterward, David and I made our way out to Korea Town for a small birthday celebration for our friends Tamar and Brett and really had a fantastic time there. Being the old fuddyduddys that we’ve become, it was nice to spend a late night out with friends.

No big plans for tonight, prolly just hangin’ out … I have my next Nine Inch Nails concert tomorrow night so I’m prolly not going to go buckwild tonight ;)

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Here is this week’s batch of photos sent in by Pink is the new Blog readers — Cathy from Livonia, MI sends in a pic of her adorable daughter Audrey all dressed up for her first day of the First Grade this year … you may recall that we got to see Audrey on her first day of Kindergarten last year, too — Ruben, a huge Britney Spears fan, sends in a pic from his birthday celebration on August 29 … he shares his birthday with his niece and the late Michael Jackson — Leah sends in a pic with her two BFFs Vanessa and Kristyn who helped her celebrate her 33rd birthday — Adriana sends in a fun pic she took in Paris, France where she was visiting from a work trip to Luxembourg — Krystal sends in a pic with Lady Gaga who she met in Osaka, Japan recently:

Much love and thanks to you all for another batch of amazing photos … it’s insane that we just saw little Audrey heading off to Kindergarten and now she’s already started the First Grade. Birthday Lurve goes out to the folks celebrating their bdays and my love to you all for continuing to send in your amazingly fun photos!! Please keep ‘em coming … I want more, more, more!! xoxo

So, are you ready to hear something totally and entirely hilarious? It turns out that the Jackson family, Randy Jackson especially, are unhappy with the way that the media intruded on the “private” funeral/burial service that they held at Forest Lawn Cemetery this past Thursday night because they wanted to keep it a “private” matter. A “private” matter that was filmed for the upcoming A&E reality TV series titled The Jackson Family, mind you. Here is the text of Randy Jackson’s official and, IMHO, entirely ridiculous statement on the matter:

“As a family, we are all aware of how Michael’s life, and his death, touched so many around the world,” Randy said. “It is why we held a public memorial in my brother’s honor. And it is the reason we chose to release a small amount of footage leading up to yesterday’s ceremony at Forest Lawn. I was dismayed last night and again today at the coverage I saw on television of our ceremony for Michael. We had asked the media to respect the privacy and the sanctity of this event; to give us one moment of privacy to mourn as a family out of the public spotlight. Unfortunately, despite a no-fly zone around Forest Lawn, many media organizations decided to ignore our wishes. They employed helicopters that not only surreptitiously recorded our private family ceremony, but also severely disrupted it. I therefore ask today that media organizations airing helicopter footage of the ceremony we held for my brother immediately pull that footage from their air and refrain from airing it in the future.”

Pardon me but this is the biggest load of bullshit to come from the Jackson family, well, this week. These people will continue to exploit the death of MJ to their greatest advantage and it’s entirely disgusting to hear the high and mighty tone of this statement, especially coming from possibly the most least famous Jackson brother (who is most likely relishing the fact that his name is now appearing in the media). Let me remind you that the Jacksons felt it was appropriate to film the funeral service for inclusion in their upcoming grasp at reality TV fame:

Michael Jackson may have been laid to rest on Thursday, September 3 but his story is still an interest to networks. After the funeral, the Jacksons held a ‘celebration of life’ party at Pasadena’s Villa Sorriso Ristorante. Rumor has it, there was a camera capturing the event as well as the funeral itself. Both the footage may go to the A&E TV special that has been talked about earlier as well as to a DVD which will be released later. The cable network has not determined when to air the special in order to pay respect to the family who is still grieving Michael’s death. Dan Silberman, spokesman for the network said that the one-hour pilot will focus on the five brothers sans Michael who did not agree to participate in the first place. The Pasadena party itself was attended by around 150 guests including the Jackson siblings. Randy Jackson allegedly made the reservation and bought the facility for the night. However, Joe, Katherine, Michael’s three children and Elizabeth Taylor who attended the funeral reportedly did not participate at the party.

And so, to Randy Jackson, I would like to say STFU. The media may want to “exploit” MJ’s funeral in order to share at least some of the ceremony with fans around the world, but it is my contention that the Jackson’s want to exploit everything about MJ they can for their own fame and financial gain. So I ask you, which is worse?

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In late July we saw photos of Courtney Cox-Arquette filming the first scenes from her new ABC series Cougar Town which is being heralded as her long-awaited return to network television (Dirt doesn’t count cuz it sucked so bad) … today we get to see some promo photos from the series that clearly shows that Courteney is one hot mama, deffo worth watching on TV from week to week. According to Court, the role she plays on Cougar Town is more her than Monica (her role on Friends):

It’s five years since she appeared in Friends, but to her fans Courteney Cox will forever be Monica Geller. So it may come as a shock to learn that the actress much prefers her latest role, as the star of Cougar Town. Courteney, who plays a man-eating divorcee, says: ‘I hope this show is a huge hit and that people love it. Because I like playing this character more than any character I’ve ever played.’ And she told the LA Times she prefers her new show to acting in Friends. ‘This show says what I think,’ she explained. In photos to promote the show mother-of-one Cox sits with her legs swung around a chair. Her toned figure looks decades younger than her 45 years. The comedy sees her star as Jules, a fortysomething single mother of a 17-year-old son. Fans will see her on the prowl for younger men as she tries to get back into the dating scene. Earlier this month, the star hinted that her Friends co-star and real-life best friend Jennifer Aniston may make a guest appearance in the ABC sitcom.

Damn, she does look great … but as hot as she looks in these photos, you have to see her in action. After the jump, check out one more promo photo for the show and check out a 3 minute preview video that gives a taste of what Cougar Town is all about …

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Sarah Michelle Gellar, who should be bringing forth the first fruit of her loins any time now, has been keeping herself bizzy and in great shape for the past few weeks. After a healthy pilates workout yesterday, SMG grabbed her canvas shopping satchel and did a bit of grocery shopping with burgeoning baby bump in tow … behold:

As always, it’s so nice to see SMG and her rotundness out and about in sunny SoCal, especially as we await the birth of her first born child with hubby Freddie Prinze, Jr. She looks fabulous as usual, tho I would swap out that not-so-cute cap with something more fashionable and lively, mebbe a oversized sun hat or something? In any regard, I’m sure we will be hearing the joyous news of the birth of her baby very soon … after all, it already seems like she’s been pregs for years now ;)

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