'Twilight' vampires send Harry Potter to the grave Down Under!Byline: ANI Melbourne, Nov 10 (ANI): The 'Twilight' series, by American author Stephanie Meyer, are fast replacing Harry Potter in popularity among Aussie kids. A survey carried out on 2692 Australians aged 12-18 found that 55 percent would rather read a Twilight book than one about the Hogwarts' wiz kid, and half said they would rather watch a Twilight film over a Potter movie, reports News.com.au. Children are eagerly awaiting the release of the second movie in the Twilight series The Twilight Series is a weekend of bicycle races and events that takes place every spring in Athens, GA. During the course of each Twilight weekend, competitive events in a variety of fields are staged, including BMX racing and trick contests, a Kids' Criterium, a mountain bike or , 'New Moon', with more than a quarter of fans saying they have watched the first Twilight flick on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. or read the book more than 10 times. The survey by teen online virtual world Habbo revealed that only 15 percent of the teens said they had not devoured a book or film from the vampire vampire, in folklore, animated corpse that sucks the blood of humans. Belief in vampires has existed from the earliest times and has given rise to an amalgam of legends and superstitions. franchise. JK Rowling's Harry Potter has not fared well, with just 28 percent nominating it as their favourite. The Twilight series have gained so much in popularity that almost 7 in 10 teens surveyed said they planned to see New Moon at the cinema, with a devoted 30 per cent saying they would go to a midnight screening to be among the first fans to critique the film. But the vampire franchise is not popular only with the kids, as 61 percent of the teens' parents revealed they have watched the first Twilight film. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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