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February 1st seemed to be chock-full of celebrity birthdays from Lauren Conrad (who turns 25 today) to "Glee" star Heather Morris, who turns 24. The actress-singer-dancer got plenty of birthday wishes from her "Glee"-mates, including Naya Rivera who shared, "Happy birthday Heather Morris!! On my my to work to tell her in person!" But, Ashley Fink (a.k.a. Lauren Zizes) had a different kind of gift for Heather (pictured), as she tweeted,"#HappyBirthdayHemo I love that Heather Morris. I'm gonna kiss her face!"

Elsewhere, Rachelle Lefevre may not be appearing in the final chapters of "The Twilight Saga," but that doesn't mean the actress (who celebrates her 32nd b-day today) isn't still part of the family. That was evident as some of her former co-stars took to their Twitter pages to send Rachelle birthday wishes, including Edi Gathegi, who wrote, "Happy Birthday to my sweet sweet @RachelleLefevre i hope today is splendiferously phantasmagoric."

Check out the rest of Tuesday's best tweets from the stars, including well wishes for new mom Christina Applegate, who welcomed her daughter, Sadie, to the world today! Follow us @hollywoodcrush to get even more celebrity and pop culture news around the clock!

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Tags Ashley Fink, Christina Applegate, Edi Gathegi, Glee, Heather Morris, Lauren Conrad, Naya Rivera, Rachelle Lefevre, The Twitter Nation, Tweet Dreams, Twilight, Twitter, Tyra Banks

Our congratulations go out to "Eclipse" star Jodelle Ferland, who is the latest "Twilight Saga" star to land herself a nice meaty role in a non-"Twilight" film. Jodelle, however, is sticking pretty close to her horror roots (she was also in "Silent Hill") in the upcoming flick "The Tall Man," which casts her alongside Jessica Biel. Bloody Disgusting is calling the movie a "suspenseful thriller in the vein of the early films of M. Night Shyamalan."

Her newest role got us thinking about all the other upcoming projects our other favorite "Twilight" stars have lined up, and we were hard pressed to choose which one we are most excited for. After all, the films range from such exciting fare as "On The Road" to "Live With It" to "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"! So that's why we're letting you do the choosing for us. Cast your vote after the jump for which movie starring a "Twilight" actor you're most excited to see.

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Tags Anna Kendrick, Ashley Greene, Bryce Dallas Howard, Cam Cigandet, Eclipse, Edi Gathegi, Jackson Rathbone, Jamie Campbell Bower, Jessica Biel, Jodelle Ferland, Kellan Lutz, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, The Tall Man, Twilight

"New Moon" is one of those special few DVDs that gets a release on a Friday night. Most DVDs get released on Tuesdays, but a select few (of course "Twilight" being included among them) get released later in the week because, like their big screen predecessors, fans can get hyped for midnight release parties leading into a weekend.

Many major retailers are getting in on the midnight release craze. We're sure you already have a DVD preordered, so you should check with the store yours is stashed at to see if they're going to be open at midnight and having a party.

Summit it making it easy for you to find a midnight release party by having a search engine available on the "New Moon" official website.Select Barnes & Nobles, Best Buys, 24 hour Wal-Marts, Borders and Blockbusters will also be open late on Friday night, some even having contests and giving away merchandise to the fans waiting.

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Tags Chaske Spencer, Chris Weitz, Daniel Cudmore, DVD, Edi Gathegi, Elizabeth Reaser, Melissa Rosenberg, New Moon, Nikki Reed, Peter Facinelli, Twilight, Tyson Houseman

After last night's play-by-play of the "New Moon" premiere in LA (The dresses! The signs! The Pattinson!) we wanted to see how the stars felt after all the premiere madness on Twitter. Jamie Campbell Bower posted on his page, "Wow. Utterly amazing last night was. Thank you to everyone who camped out, showed their support or was there in spirit. Love you. x" and Edi Gathegi (pictured, left) wrote, "Thank you everyone! Last night was spectacular. Hope we do well this weekend. And hope you love the film!" No need to worry there, Edi, we can pretty much foresee both of those things happening. But, the hardcore fans weren't the only ones getting love from last night's festivities, the film's director Chris Weitz (pictured, right) got props from his stars today. After giving kudos to fans, Gil Birmingham gave love to the man at the helm, "Really amazing movie. Chris Weitz is a master." Ditto Tinsel Korey who tweeted, "By the way... the movie was awesome. Wolf Pack rocks! Mr. Weitz you have made an amazing film. :)"

Of course, we've all got to find something to do to kill time until the movie's release this Friday! Luckily, some new tunes dropped today and we know which albums Taylor Swift will be jamming with, "Two of my favorite boys have albums out today: @johncmayer and @justinbieber. Good luck this week!" Both her boys showed their gratitude via Twitter. Justin Bieber, whose album has been climbing the charts steadily all day, took to his Twitter to thank all his followers, "getting alot of congrats and this is a fairytale type messages. Just wanted 2 say thank u 2 all of u for 2day because u made this dream real," while John Mayer wrote a gracious, "It's here - Battle Studies. Having a quiet afternoon filled with gratitude. Thanks everyone for following along..."

Read below for more of today's best celebrity tweets, from deciphering Twitter newbie Neil Patrick Harris' secret language to Whitney Port's dirty little "Twilight" secret. Don't forget to follow us all this week @hollywoodcrush to get all the latest "New Moon" countdown news!

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Tags Chris Weitz, Edi Gathegi, Gil Birmingham, Jamie Campbell Bower, John Mayer, Justin Bieber, Neil Patrick Harris, Taylor Swift, Tinsel Korey, Tweet Dreams, Twitter

By Haley Murphy

The sunlight didn't stop vampires from coming outside to the stage of the Mall of Georgia courtyard yesterday as “New Moon” stars Edi Gathegi (Laurent) and Jamie Campbell Bower (Caius) stopped in the dirty south to sign some autographs and tell fans how they really feel about Robert Pattinson.

Outside of the Mall of Georgia, hundreds of fans kept busy getting free makeovers and vampire teeth from “Hot Topic” while waiting for the cast to arrive.

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Tags Edi Gathegi, Hot Topic, Jamie Campbell Bower, New Moon, Photo, Twilight

By Nyssa Gesch

If there was one thing “New Moon” fans found out last night at the latest mall tour stop, it was that Jamie Campbell Bower and Edi Gathegi have nothing to hide. Edi admitted he’s never seen “Titanic.” Jamie has never eaten a Pop-Tart. Edi’s Kelly voice really does sound feminine. And Jamie’s favorite “New Moon” scene happens to be one of the more emotional moments—when Edward leaves Bella. “It’s incredibly heart wrenching, and a beautiful scene,” he said.

Even in the spacious Mall of America, a chorus of intermittent screams made it easy to find the hundreds of Twihards who had waited hours in line in hopes of obtaining an autograph from Volturi Caius and vampire Laurent. Add that wait to the time they’d already endured just to get the wristbands necessary to stand in that line and it was easy to understand their restlessness.

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Tags Edi Gathegi, Hot Topic, Jamie Campbell Bower, New Moon, Nordstrom, Photo, Twilight

You know the phase of a "New Moon" has officially begun when the cast starts making so many appearances that we can't keep up with all the delectable photos coming our way! Today, Larry Carroll is speaking to all of your favorites (keep checking back with us all day for updates!), and later he'll also be attending the kick off of the Hot Topic Cast Tour at Hollywood & Highland (again, MTV News will be your source for on-the-scene reports!).

But ... before all that madness gets underway, a few of the clan (a.k.a. some wolves, a human and a vampire) got together last night to launch the Nordstrom version of the "New Moon" cast tour (check out the rest of Nordstrom's stops here) in Canoga Park, California. So click on the photo below to see our entire gallery of Edi Gathegi, Christian Serratos, Alex Meraz, Chaske Spencer, Bronson Pelletier and Kiowa Gordon hamming it up. We especially love the way Edi looks to be clawing at Christian's face. Cute.

Tags Alex Meraz, Bronson Pelletier, Chaske Spencer, Christian Serratos, Edi Gathegi, Kiowa Gordon, New Moon, Nordstrom, Photo, Twilight

Over the past couple of weeks, MTV in-house "Twilight" expert Larry Carroll posted a series of interviews he did with the cast of "New Moon." Today the lucky guy is off interviewing the stars again (we will have more for you on that later!) but to try to make sense of the madness, we at Hollywood Crush have decided to pick our five favorite questions from his interviews for your reading pleasure. Sorry Billy Burke — you didn't quite make the cut!

KELLAN LUTZ

Q: What is the one question that you hope you never get asked again in an interview?

Kellan: Do I wear boxers or briefs? I think it's such a funny one, and there's always someone and they're usually older than 50 who asks that question.

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Tags Edi Gathegi, Jamie Campbell Bower, Kellan Lutz, New Moon, Nikki Reed, Twilight, Video

Greetings, Crushers! This was a banner weekend for vampire and werewolf fans as lots of goodies and news bits hit the Twiverse. Let's not waste anymore time and sink our teeth into all the dazzling deets!

1. "Ulalume: Howling at New Moon"

We're sure your "New Moon"-inspired Halloween costumes are going to be off the charts (especially those of you who decide to take our instructions on how to dress like Jane!), but now we have another way for you to celebrate the holiday "Twilight" style: MTV’s Ulalume Halloween Festival, which premieres on the channel at 9pm ET/PT this Friday (Oct. 30). The one-hour special will showcase performances by Paramore, AFI, Dead By Sunrise and Kid Cudi, along with a host of "Twilight" cast members. Kellan Lutz and Nikki Reed will kick-off the show from one of the most-feared haunted houses in the country. Ashley Greene will dish on rumors, while Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner will introduce an exclusive, sneak-peek clip from "New Moon." The clip will be available afterward on MTV.com.

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Tags Ashley Greene, Eclipse, Edi Gathegi, Kellan Lutz, Kristen Stewart, New Moon, Nikki Reed, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Twilight, Ulalume, Video

This newest clip TV spot from Fandango (see it after the jump!) for "New Moon" brings a whole new level of intensity to the film. Focusing almost solely on the fight between Edward and Jacob over Bella, the clips shown seem for the most part to be brand new.

First and foremost, check out how intense wolf Jacob is! One of the things I have been hoping since the first teaser trailer was released was that Chris Weitz would change transformed Jacob from cute and cuddly to intense and badass (after fan backlash on CGI in other films like "Iron Man" the animation department has made alterations that were significant improvements) and Chris totally stepped up to the challenge. I no longer see "The Golden Compass" every time a wolf comes on screen, so kudos.

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Tags Chris Weitz, Edi Gathegi, Kristen Stewart, New Moon, Rachelle Lefevre, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Twilight, Video