So what have I been up to in the months since I last posted? Quite a lot, actually. Some of it I'll share a little later down the road, but there are a couple of exciting things I wanted to let you know about now!

Click to playNew addition to the Twilight vampires is Lee Pace (aka nomad Garrett) - who you may recognize from the awesome Pushing Daisies - inexplicably sent a video message to all us TwiCrackers out there...

Many of you have been coming to Eyes of Amber for a long time (from well before I started blogging)  and you know our site policies by now. However I wanted to take a moment to refresh and explain why we are not posting the 'Breaking Dawn' filming pictures/videos.

1 - We are paparazzi free - a lot of these pictures are pap pictures (many are fan pictures also) but it hard to distinguish that and it would go against our policies to post them here.

EW.com launched its ultimate Sexy Beast tournament on July 19 they wanted to take 64 of the hottest vampires, werewolves, aliens, mutants, monsters, and machines ever; pit them against one another in a good old-fashioned, single-elimination bracket tourney; see who prevailed (while indulging in a little eye-candy peru

Unless you have been living on another planet for the past few months you will know that Rob has been filming a small movie called 'Water for Elephants'. The film stars a few extra people like Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz, whatever (I don't think those actors are going to go far..)

You may have noticed a new little button that appeared over on the right sidebar last week. While of course, we all love Twilight, we have to remember there are other books out there. RaShell talked about some of them in her post last week. Completely by coincidence she even used the cover of Hush, Hush in her post.

Good Morning America has a  special preview of Jimmy Kimmel's 'Eclipse'special this morning. Check it out below (Heads up spoilerish for those like Amber trying to avoid 'Eclipse' clips!) :)

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella by Stephenie Meyer

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Oh, Bella, Bella... Sweet, caring, indecisive yet stubborn, brave worrywart Bella Swan. Sometimes, she's a poster child of teenage low self esteem, but when the occasion arises and her loved ones are in danger (real or imaginary), she turns into a self-sacrificing warrior kitten. Bella, we love you so...