According to a recent Pew poll, a larger percentage of Mormons see Hollywood as “a threat to their values” than any other religion.  Hollywood placed third on the list of threats to Mormon values, just below caffeine and Mexicans, and just ahead of spooning. (Maybe).

The survey showed more than two-thirds of Mormons (68%) rebuffed the entertainment industry, followed by 54% of Jehovah’s Witnesses and 53% of evangelicals. Less than half (42%) of the general population said Hollywood threatens their values.

Incidentally, California is not just home to Tinseltown; it also boasts America’s second-largest Mormon population (13%), second only to Utah (35%). Mormons account for 1.7% of American adults, comparable to the nation’s Jewish population. [USA Today]

Oh sure, but God forbid you rebuff it hard enough to save us from Katherine Heigl and Stephenie Meyer.  It’s going to be all your fault when the dumpsters at prom are all overflowing with “abstinence babies.”  What, too far?  On a lighter note, 96% of Mormons polled were quick to add that Ryan Gosling “seems like a nice boy.”

Robert Pattinson, the star of the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer‘s Twilight books, just gained about 10,000 points in my book when he had this to say in a recent interview with alpha dickweed Ben Lyons:

“When I read it, I was convinced Stephenie was convinced that she was Bella, and it was like a book that wasn’t supposed to be published. It was like reading her sexual fantasy, especially when she said it was based on a dream and it was like, ‘Oh I’ve had this dream about this really sexy guy,’ and she just writes this book about it. Like some things about Edward are so specific, I was just convinced, like, ‘This woman is mad. She’s completely mad and she’s in love with her own fictional creation.’ And sometimes you would feel uncomfortable reading this thing.  It’s kind of a sick pleasure in a lot of ways.”

What a jerk.  I could never imagine a lonely Mormon housewife getting her ya-yas out by inventing a super gay fantasy world for herself.  “And then a muscular-yet-feminine stranger came and they fell in love, and he had really nice breath and pretty hair.  But they couldn’t have sex because that would be icky, and so they just held hands and hugged forever and ever through eternity and no one else could understand because they were so in love.”

[Thanks to RopeofSilicon]
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Stephaenie Meyer, the Mormon Anne Rice and author of the Twilight book series, has halted work on her latest book, Midnight Sun, after part of it was leaked online.  As she explains, waah waah waah.

As some of you may have heard, my partial draft of Midnight Sun was illegally posted on the Internet and has since been virally distributed without my knowledge or permission or the knowledge or permission of my publisher.

I did not want my readers to experience Midnight Sun before it was completed, edited and published. I think it is important for everybody to understand that what happened was a huge violation of my rights as an author, not to mention me as a human being. As the author of the Twilight Saga, I control the copyright and it is up to the owner of the copyright to decide when the books should be made public; this is the same for musicians and filmmakers. Just because someone buys a book or movie or song, or gets a download off the Internet, doesn’t mean that they own the right to reproduce and distribute it. Unfortunately, with the Internet, it is easy for people to obtain and share items that do not legally belong to them. No matter how this is done, it is still dishonest. This has been a very upsetting experience for me, but I hope it will at least leave my fans with a better understanding of copyright and the importance of artistic control.

So where does this leave Midnight Sun? My first feeling was that there was no way to continue. Writing isn’t like math; in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the way you feel changes everything. If I tried to write Midnight Sun now, in my current frame of mind, James would probably win and all the Cullens would die, which wouldn’t dovetail too well with the original story. In any case, I feel too sad about what has happened to continue working on Midnight Sun, and so it is on hold indefinitely.

I’d rather my fans not read this version of Midnight Sun. It was only an incomplete draft; the writing is messy and flawed and full of mistakes.

Thanks, Steph, describing someone reading your unfinished writing as a violation of your human rights has taught us all a valuable lesson.  It’s almost like being raped, or hip-thrusted at by a poor person.  See this?  It’s the world’s smallest wanking motion, and I’m making it just for Stephenie Meyer and her stupid books and her stupid misspelled name.

[RopeofSilicon]

Watch the second trailer for Twilight, Catherine Hardwicke’s adaptation of the Stephanie Meyer novel, after the jump 

Bella knows Edward is a vampire, but she’s fallen in love anyway, a love so broody and complex that no one over 17 could possibly hope to understand it.  Meanwhile, the world is intent on breaking them apart, especially when that douchebag from Never Back Down shows up.  Will their love survive?  Will meaningful looks be exchanged?  Find out on the next Dawson’s Crypt.

Look, a Twilight trailer! Grr, abstinence and vampires!

Edward and his family are unique among vampires in their lifestyle choice. To Edward, Bella is that thing he has waited 90 years for – a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy [he f'n hates Elizabeth Arden -Ed.].

It makes complete sense that he wouldn’t want to bang this chick, I mean, it’s not like the devil already owns his soul or anything.  It’s just that being chaste is so sexy – you can tell by all the meaningful looks they share.  I mean, some people might argue getting your date drunk on wine coolers so you can touch her boobs after she passes out is sexy too, but try making a movie about that and all of a sudden everyone wants to arrest you.  So I’ve heard.  From a friend.  Let’s call him "Chet". 

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