Chris Weitz has written an article about Rob for the TIME 100 annual issue of people who most affect our world.  Oh TIME you got that right – Rob definitely affects my world (my emphasis added).  The only issue I have with Chris’ article is his comment “And if I say something bad about Rob Pattinson, I’m dead meat. That’s the devotion the Twilight films inspire.”  Ugh you know Chris I understand your connection with that saga but Rob DOES have fans that were fans before that damn movie franchise that ARE devoted to him.  Anyway sorry haven’t had a rant for oh at least 24 hours – so here’s the full article:

“I have to be careful about what I write here because it will be tweeted the moment TIME hits the stands. And if I say something bad about Rob Pattinson, I’m dead meat. That’s the devotion the Twilight films inspire. It’s certainly not how he planned it. And though I am continually impressed by the aplomb with which he handles the hysteria, I occasionally think he would take it all back if given the chance. Because essentially, Rob, 23, is a reserved, bookish sort of specimen, a guy who’d rather spend the night at the corner table in the pub with friends — a bit of a weirdo, frankly, in the best sense.

I was thinking about doing an LA Times Backlot montage when I came across these which I don’t think I’ve posted before – well I couldn’t see that I had, but I might be wrong.  Thanks to  David Strick of LA Times Hollywood Backlot, and of course our friends and elite affiliates Robert Pattinson Source for these.

Finally, there’s a journo out there that gets Rob and that’s Christie D’Zurilla from the LA Times’ Ministry of Gossip.  Her review of Rob’s Details interview is spot on and yes Christie – John Meyer should take a leaf out of Rob’s book, but I suspect is far too late for him ans as for him being clever – um yes well ….   Thanks Sarah for the tip – it’s a great read.

“In the March issue of Details magazine, cover boy Robert Pattinson steps right up to what could’ve been the edge of John Mayer territory — then cleverly walks away from that line, demonstrating that it’s possible to discuss lady parts, man parts, porn and more without ending up thrown to the media wolves.

One tip: Don’t run your mouth for years in advance like some sort of new-age, “meta-aware,” cooler-than-all-of-us Twitter prophet.

Some other takeaway guidelines we gleaned from reading the interview:

– If you say you want to snort something, let it be wasabi peas, not Jessica Simpson.

– If someone’s going to use an old-fangled word for black people, let it be the interviewer, not you.

– It’s OK to mention your man parts as long as you don’t ascribe political beliefs to them.

– If you’re going to discuss porn, discuss the quaintness of ’80s porn compared with the no-holds-barred smut fest that’s available now, rather than relishing the fact that you can see 300 anonymous private parts online before you get out of bed in the morning.

– If you’re going to admit that sudden fame (and the attendant gabillions of interviews that come with something like “The Twilight Saga”) gave you a  sense that you had “a responsibility to be fascinating,” rather than attempting to be fascinating for fascinating’s sake — or as some would say, embarking on a  “quest to be clever” — draw a parallel to an interest you once had in becoming a political speech writer. Which is sort of fascinating.

– If you in the past possessed mad confidence, and admit to it, show that you now realize some folks might know more about some things (say, your career choices) than you might: “[Y]ou have to figure out whether the way you think at 19 or 20 has any value. And eventually I understood, with all that control, which was probably illusory, I wasn’t progressing. So now I’m relinquishing a bit.”

– Tell endearing stories about experiences with elephants.

– Talk about how much you love your dog.

– And, finally, don’t kiss and tell. 

“As an actor,” he tells the magazine, “you can elevate the human condition or cheapen it. I would assume it’s the same with anything you do — you try to elevate and maybe someday you will.”

Pattinson’s Details interview is geared to adults — we’ll link you to the one page without an f-bomb — but it’s an interesting read.

And now we know that elephants purr.”

Yes and I think we all purred too when we saw those pics.

Vogue.com now have the gorgeous pictures from Rob & Emilie’s photoshoot up on their website.  Only small pics at this stage but fingers crossed we might receive them in glorious HQ at some stage.   Some outtakes would be very welcomed too *smiles*  If you wish to re-read the accompanying article, all you need to do is click on the highlighted link above.  The photos from this shoot are also by the amazing Norman Jean Roy.  Just love your work.

For those of you who remember my post back in July where I reviewed the first 6 months of Rob’s work you may recall that I might have promised a complete review at the end of this year.  Well it’s 31 December 2009 and although it’s not possible to include a pic from every single interview Rob held in November for New Moon, I think I’ve pretty much covered the important ones.  So let’s take a look at why this man deserves to have a break over December/January.  Rob we might miss you honey but you have so earned it since 2010 looks like it’s going to be an amazing year for you!   Thanks to our elite affies Robert Pattinson Source, Robert Pattinson Unlimited, ROBsessed and affie MrPattinson for some of these pics and for some amazing pics over the last 12 months. For the .gifs - thanks to dictums from rpattzdaily (MTVMA), rafaboreanaz (Japan & Jimmy Kimmel) and of course I can’t remember where I found the others.  If they are yours please let me know so I can credit.   Most importantly to all our affiliates, friends/followers and of course Rob  -  we look forward to sharing 2010 with you all because you make this all worthwhile.   Happy New Year!

Smart people over at Interview Magazine, very smart.   We have seen a mag scan of this beautiful pic by Mark Segal before but never in this glorious clear quality.  Seeing as it is officially on Interview Mag’s website we thought there could be no harm in sharing this here.  Hope you are all enjoying your Wednesday.  Thanks to our wonderful friends & elite affiliate ROBsessed for the tip.

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How gorgeous are these photos of Rob during his time in Japan.  These ones come from Japanese magazine ‘Movie Star’ & were sent into Robert Pattinson Online by Asako. Thank you so much to you both for sharing with us all. I have been hoping we would get to see more pics from Japan so am so happy to see these ones have surfaced.   Cannot wait to hopefully see these in HQ.

Okay so you saw my post this morning of that gorgeous picture of Rome Rob and my plea for HQ goodness.  Well thanks to the gorgeous Melainii from our affiliate H.Y.P.E here is a scan that she has done for us from one of her German mags.  OMG I love you Melainii.  If you haven’t visited Melainii’s blog about Rob and Kellan Lutz – Hypnotised [by] Your Perfect Eyes then you really need to do yourself a favour.  Thanks again big hugs.

It’s been awhile since I did a late night post …. 

Sare the world definitely does make sense again and to prove it, here’s the EW December cover untagged thanks to legally_blonde_gurl.  You’ve really got to love the fact that family is willing to spend several hours untagging pics for you since I know what a pain mag covers can be.  Lordy Lordy – Rob that white shirt is going to kill me.

And just so you remember, thanks to the gorgeous Kate from ROBsessed who gave us this original