Tweens screaming, collecting everything a cutie’s face is on, and fits of the shakes when near them… for a character in a book? For generations, teenybopping was reserved for heartthrob actors in cutesy movies and TV shows and skillfully-crafted boy bands. No more.

One can only wonder if the likes of Bach and Handel would have been Twilight fans, but as far as Music From the Twilight Saga for Chamber Orchestra goes, it’s well put together music that showcases more the emotions of the movie without the likes of hit makers like you’ll find on the mainstream Twilight soundtracks.

Instead of being clumsy, she’s a predator. Instead of sparkling, he smells. Instead of the Pacific Northwest, it’s Minnesota. In The Twilight of Lake Woebegotten, a parody of the Twilight saga, Harrison Geillor takes the popular story and inserts new twists.

I think this album represents the movies of 2009 pretty well. Good composers, good performances, and the selections from Drag Me To Hell, Slumdog Millionaire, and Twilight give a little variety to your traditional orchestral score music.

It’s Earth Day 2010 and we haven’t quite reached the point of colonizing other planets or living on space stations. We’re stuck here on Planet Earth, so let’s take care of it! Here are 12 reusable tote bags featuring all kinds of geekery, from sci fi to gaming to comics.

Recently, the Academy included Twilight in its horror film tribute montage at the Oscars. Here, Kelly argues that, despite its vampire- and werewolf-themed subject matter, Twilight is not horror; it’s fantasy.

Better than a plain, boring hoodie is one that allows you to (literally) wear your fandom on your sleeve, and even better than that is something unique and different from the usual Hot Topic fare. That’s why these ten fans made their own hoodies, either from scratch or reconstructed from other clothes.

Today’s set of five books include a brilliantly confounding haunted house story, as well as a highly contested vampire novel.

It’s that time of year when it gets to be pretty chilly in many parts of the world, so people start to bundle up. Here are ten pairs of geeky gloves and mittens — fingerless, because while you want to keep your hands toasty, geeks still need their digits free for those touch-screen smart phones, computer keys, and video game controllers!

January 6th saw big wins of the 36th Annual People’s Choice Awards going to the vampires.