‘NEW MOON’ CAST TOPS LISTS
According to IMDB and Moviefone, the cast members of The Twilight Saga: New Moon are ranking pretty high up this year. Rob Pattinson is STARmeter’s No. 1 celebrity on IMDB with Kristen Stewart following at #2 and Taylor Lautner at #5. According to Moviefone’s list the Twilight trio also came in at #3 on the “Top Entertainers” list. Read more below:
Johnny Depp may be People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive†but Robert Pattinson, who plays teen vampire Edward Cullen in the wildly popular “Twilight†saga, is STARmeter’s No. 1 celebrity. STARmeter, a tool that ranks celebrities’ popularity among IMDb.com’s visitors over the year, reported that Pattinson attracted the most interest, vaulting him from No. 33 on last year’s list, to the top spot for 2009, ending Johnny Depp’s five-year domination at No. 1.Pattinson isn’t the only “New Moon†star on the rise, however. Kristen Stewart, who plays Edward’s soul mate Bella, is at No. 2. Stewart’s ascendency isn’t as abrupt or rapid as Pattinson’s. She was No. 8 on last year’s STARmeter ranking, registering more quickly with users with the first film in the series, “Twilight,†than her co-stars.
Depp didn’t fall far down the charts, however, and is in the No. 3 slot, a fairly impressive ranking, considering his last two films, this summer’s “Public Enemies†and last year’s “Sweeney Todd,†underwhelmed both critically and financially.
Megan Fox, the outspoken bombshell from the biggest box-office draw of the year, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,†is at No. 4, the spot held last year by Brad Pitt (who slips to No. 6).
“Team Jacob†didn’t disappoint him as Taylor Lautner, who plays the shirtless lycanthrope Jacob Black, again from “New Moon,†rounds out the top five. Lautner bumps out last year’s No. 5, Angelina Jolie, who ends up at No. 12.
“New Moon’s†representation didn’t end there. Numerous other actors from the film appear in the top 25, underscoring “New Moon’s†popularity. Dakota Fanning, who plays the Volturi vampire Jane, is at No. 8; Ashley Greene, who plays Edward’s effervescent sister Alice is at No. 11; Nikki Reed, Edward’s brooding sister Rosalie, is at No. 15 and Jackson Rathbone, who plays Jasper, is just outside of the top 25 at No. 26.
“STARmeter is a fascinating indicator of what’s actually of interest to our users,†said Keith Simanton, managing editor, IMDb.com. “In 2005 we couldn’t figure out why the young actor that played Cedric Diggory, a relatively minor role in ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,’ showed up in the top 10 of our weekly STARmeter charts. Now that actor, Robert Pattinson, is No. 1. STARmeter registers something that may otherwise be imperceptible: genuine, popular interest – a kind of charisma indicator.
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Moviefone has their list of the Top 10 Movie Entertainers of 2009
3. Kristen Stewart, Rob Pattinson, and Taylor LautnerWhether we were on Team Edward or Team Jacob, a lot of us couldn’t stop talking all year about ‘Twilight,’ and how last year’s initial installment had whetted our appetite for the vampire/werewolf/teen-girl triangle to come. The stakes were high, but the anticipation paid off in ‘New Moon.’ In a year where pop culture everywhere seemed to be crawling with vampires, these neckbiters were the ones we couldn’t stop obsessing over.
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(Thanks Noor!)
