And no, we’re not talking about Edward Cullen’s half-bloodsucker demon baby, we mean his now undead wifey Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart). And it looks like we’re not the only ones so excited about K.Stew’s transformation:

Fellow Twilight gal Nikki Reed is, too!

We caught up with Nikki over the weekend at the Rolling Stone Super Bowl party and had to ask the chickie—who’s played ice queen Rosalie in all of the vampy flicks so far—if there was any part of BD Pt. 2 that she was particularly excited for fans to see:

“Kristen makes a really awesome vampire,” Ms. Reed gushed to us. “And I think that everybody has been waiting to see how that transformation goes down and she makes a really beautiful vampire.”

So much for costar feuding, eh?!

Must say, our expectations are very high for vampire Kristen. Not only did we love the last few minutes of Breaking Dawn Part 1—in which Bella goes from corpse to vamp babe with pearly white skin and blood red eyes—but we’ve heard K.Stew was eager to take on her new fanged persona.

Remember, screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg said it was a “great challenge” for an actor.

So K.Stew must be keeping up with the other vamps then, who’ve already had three films of practice to get used to those pesky contacts and lethal fangs?

“Oh, yeah! For sure,” Nikki assured us. “Totally!”

A giant thanks to Nicole for sending this into us!

Breaking Dawn Part 1 , starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, is also on its way to becoming the highest grossing film in the series. The film is just a few million dollars away from passing New Moon, which took in $709.8 million.

The film company’s co-chairmen Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger said in a statement: “The milestone is important on several fronts and illustrates the vitality of the franchise on a global scale even after four films. Stephenie Meyer’s story and characters were brought to the screen this time via the talented hands of Bill Condon along with the cast and crew that has been with the film franchise since its inception. We are very proud of the success the franchise has experienced and anticipate the saga’s conclusion this November.”

Congratulations to everyone involved with Breaking Dawn on this accomplishment! (Source)

With the exception of the Duchess of Cambridge, the wedding dress worn by Twilight’s Bella in the new Breaking Dawn: Part 1 film was one of the most eagerly-anticipated of last year.

And for actress Kristen Stewart, it seems, the gown was more than just a costume.

In the new issue of Town & Country Weddings, designer Carolina Herrera revealed that the actress was visibly emotional when trying on the dress.

She said: ‘We did three fittings. When she initially put on the dress and looked over her shoulder into the mirror, she was very moved.

‘In that moment she was not an actress or a character in a film but instead a bride, and a happy one at that.’

Of course it is not lost on us that Miss Stewart’s real-life beau is her co-star Robert Pattinson, and Mrs Herrera’s revelation brings new significance to the scene.

Mrs Herrera, a veteran of the fashion industry who has worked with women as varied as Jackie O and Christina Hendricks, also described how the design of the dress came about.

‘I took into consideration the character of Bella and Kristen’s portrayal of her, and what this fantasy character would choose to wear for the most important day of her life,’ she said.

‘It’s made of a crepe satin with two inserts on the front and beautiful silk thread topstitching.

‘The neckline is a slight V, just enough to see the collarbones. The back is oval-shaped, with a Chantilly lace border veiled in tulle.

‘It’s very romantic, and when all the details come together, it creates a vision specific to Bella’s style and personality.’

The gown, which was apparently inspired by vampire Edward’s Edwardian heyday, took six months to realise, and the designer worked closely with Twilight author Stephenie Meyer.

It was worth the effort though. Mr Pattinson told the Today Show last November: ‘It’s an incredible dress. She looks amazing.’

Since the film was released at the end of last year, replica gowns have gone on sale for $799 at Alfred Angelo boutiques.

And Mrs Herrera will be selling more high-end versions for brides-to-be that may be prepared to part with $35,000.

Dedicated Twilight fans might recognize the song that plays during the long-awaited wedding between Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Bella (Kristen Stewart) when they see Breaking Dawn this weekend (if they haven’t seen it already; the film made over $30 million in midnight screenings Thursday night). It’s a special ‘wedding version’ of the Iron & Wine song, ‘Flightless Bird, American Mouth’ that played during the prom scene in the first Twilight movie way back when in 2008.

“Before we even started shooting the first Twilight with [director] Catherine Hardwicke, I was rehearsing with Rob and we were sort of dancing around this room, trying to do this scene,” Stewart tells EW. “I put on Iron & Wine’s ‘Flightless Bird, American Mouth’ and I just became instantly emotional. Rob couldn’t handle it — it got weird! But I was like, ‘oooh, this is perfect.’”

Stewart says that they ended up playing the song for her on-set when they filmed the actual scene, and the rest is Twilight history. Listen for parts of the song to play during the long-awaited love scene too: “I think our composer played with it and you hear the melody throughout the film,” says Stewart.

Be sure to pick up the new issue of Entertainment Weekly to read more from Kristen, Robert & Taylor!

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The ‘Breaking Dawn’ stars talk blood, sex, and that vampire baby

Twihards have long been anticipating seeing Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) honeymoon on Isle Esme and consummate their marriage amid flying feathers. And as audiences will see when The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1 arrives in theaters this Friday, the love scene does not disappoint. But, according to the stars of the movie, things could have been even more steamy — if it weren’t for director Bill Condon needing to keep the action PG-13. “There’s a version where it was really intense,” recalls Pattinson in this week’s EW. “Cinematically, cut all together, it’s awesome,” says Kristen Stewart. “But we didn’t really do that scene. ”

“And when we did,” adds Pattinson, “they kept telling us to stop.”

The PG-13 rating also limited things with regard to the climactic birth scene, which takes place at the end of the film. “That’s what I’m really disappointed about — and I’ve talked about it with Bill,” says Stewart. “It was more sympathetic or something when I played the scene with less energy, and it made it easier for him to tell the story. But in the book, Bella is screaming, ‘NOOOOO!’ [Stewart stands and demonstrates.] And I did it like that — crazy and Exorcist-like. I was going for this weird mix of turning into the most feral mother you can imagine and also fighting for my own life. I mean, I was a nutcase. I was an absolute nutcase.”

“I do still love the birth scene,” says Lautner. “I know it’s frustrating that some things aren’t in there.”

“Yeah,” says Stewart, “I still love it too.”
For more on Breaking Dawn – plus Kristen Stewart talking about punching Chris Hemsworth in the face on the set of Snow White and the Huntsman – pick up the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, on stands Nov. 18.

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“I worked on that dress for like six months going back and forth,” Herrera said. “I still have all the sketches and everything because it was so special.”

But she is nervous.

“There’s so much expectations,” said Herrera, who has designed real-life wedding dresses for starlets like Christina Hendricks, Renée Zellweger and most recently Amy Smart. “I hope [the fans] like it.”

Herrera didn’t have to research too much to come up with the right look. “It was a combination of things,” she explained. “I got inspiration from the book and descriptions from Stephenie Meyer. You had to really take in consideration the whole story—which was this innocent girl with the first true love of her life. It had to be magical.”

The fourth installment of the Twilight movie franchise hits close to the fashionista’s home. “I have four daughters and 12 grandchildren,” Herrera smiled. “They are all waiting for the movie.”

‘It’s not so easy!’ she tells MTV News of slipping into a British accent at ‘Breaking Dawn’ premiere.

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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who has the best British accent of them all?

The answer could be Kristen Stewart, who plays the lead in director Rupert Sanders’ “Snow White and the Huntsman,” but you wouldn’t know it based on the recently released trailer.

Though the Evil Queen played by Charlize Theron and “Thor” star Chris Hemsworth’s titular huntsman get plenty of screen time in the new trailer, not a single word is uttered by Stewart, who spends all her screen time looking beautifully badass with swords, shields and armor aplenty. While we’re guaranteed to hear her highly awaited British accent as Snow before the movie hits theaters next June, don’t expect to hear it anytime soon.

Speaking with MTV News at the black-carpet premiere of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1,” Stewart refused to offer even a glimpse of what fans can expect from her fantasy character’s alluring accent.

“I’m so enigmatic. You’ll [have to] see,” she teased about her Snow White voice. When pushed further, she tsk-tsked any possibilities of being put on the spot, joking: “It’s not so easy! I would need to drop into character and I have no time to build!”

Earlier in the evening, Stewart’s “Twilight” co-star Robert Pattinson commiserated with MTV News about not hearing his onscreen lover’s British accent in the “Snow White” trailer.

“It’s crazy,” he said. “She’s really good at it. She’s really good. It was a bad decision on Universal’s part.”

With Stewart’s full-on “Snow White” debut still ahead of her, there’s no time like the present to focus on “Breaking Dawn.” The glamorously dressed actress was asked what she’d miss the most about “Twilight” when looking back on these days 30 years into the future, and other than the obvious answer — “You,” she joked with MTV News’ Josh Horowitz — she admitted that it all comes down to the fans and the shared experience of working with the “Twilight” family.

“To be honest with you, I think I’m never going to [repeat this feeling],” she said. “One of the greatest things about my job is that you have … this shared energy. You love something together. I’ll never get that with so many people ever again. It really is like the most fueling, fulfilling thing.”