We have a wolf in the house! Today on The Twilight Effect, Ashley and Mel are super excited to welcome Julia Jones, aka Leah Clearwater. Julia and the girls stroll down memory lane, discussing the whirlwind that it was to be cast in the franchise after it had exploded, and what they wish they could have done differently during their time shooting. Julia talks about her relationship with the rest of the pack, which cast mates she was closest with, and some of her favorite memories. They then battle it out with another Twi-hard in some trivia.

Ashley heeft een nieuwe fotoshoot en interview gehad met Instyle Magazine over haar zwangerschap. De foto’s zijn gemaakt door haar man Paul en schoonzus Liv Khoury was betrokken bij de styling.

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In the era of TikTok, Alice Cullen has become a symbol for gay awakenings, and the actress behind her is taking her new title — and the Twilight resurgence — in stride.

Nearly 14 years after the series premiered in 2008, the Twilight standom is stronger than ever — thanks to the saga’s debut on streaming platforms and the TikTok thirst traps (see: Alice Cullen baseball pitch) and fan reenactments that followed. Its release on Netflix in 2021 thrust the films back into the pop culture zeitgeist and was one of the few things that brought solace during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown. Maybe it was nostalgia for simpler times (in the early 2000s, my 7th-grade self’s main worry was deciding if I was Team Edward or Team Jacob), before the world descended into virus-spreading, politically fueled madness. But Twilight movie marathons and those “Where the hell have you been, Loca?” memes have returned, plopping us right back into the fantasy world of Forks, Washington, and providing an escape from our own dreadful, pandemic-surging reality, even if just for a moment.

Ashley Greene Khoury, who played vegetarian-vampire-turned-gay-icon, Alice Cullen, heard the fans and capitalized on the Cullen craze by launching a podcast, The Twilight Effect, a deep dive into the making of the movies with guest appearances from all your favorite cast members, like Kellan Lutz (who played Emmet Cullen) and Billy Burke (Bella’s completely oblivious father, Charlie Swan). After attending a fan convention, reuniting with some co-stars, and reminiscing about her time as the future-sighted good vamp, the mom-to-be (she’s expecting her first child with husband Paul Khoury) knew she wasn’t done talking about the films.

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“I have reconnected with a lot of fans and had a lot of really meaningful conversations with them because Twilight acted as this escape for them during the pandemic when they were going through a lot of really heavy things,” Greene explains to me over Zoom from her Los Angeles home. “That’s really special.”

In the era of meme culture, it’s become evident that others connected with Alice on a deeper, more personal level, crediting her with their gay sexual awakening. Fans made Alice TikToks and memes (with an emphasis on the sexy baseball scene from the first movie) to let us know that we had been fantasizing about the wrong vampire all along. And the sentiment resonated with the Internet and Greene, who says she totally sees it now.

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De eerste filmstills van Ashley’s opkomende film ‘The Immaculate Room’ zijn verschenen. De film verschijn later deze maand in Amerika.

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On this episode of the Twilight Effect, Ashley and Mel couldn’t be more excited to welcome the one and only writer of A Thousand Years, Christina Perri. Christina takes us through her journey writing and submitting the song, her long-standing twi-hardness, and how it feels to hear song at weddings. Mel and Christina share the same wild story and then answer a fans burning questions.

Screencaptures van Ashley nieuwste film ‘Wrong Place’ staan in de galerij!

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De trailer van Ashley’s nieuwste film ‘The Immaculate Room’ is verschenen. Deze zal vanaf 19 augustus in de bioscopen en op Video On Demand verschijnen in de VS. DE film ging eerder dit jaar al in première op het Mammoth Film Festival. Vooralsnog is er niets bekend over een eventuele Nederlandse release van de film.

Ashley was vorige week te gast in de Scrubbing In podcast met Becca Tiley and Tanya Rad!

Eind mei verscheen er een interview van Ashley en schoonzus Olivia met VeronicaBeard.com, als onderdeel van hun blog #MakeItHappen. Hiervoor hadden ze een fotoshoot met Kate Jones

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Menstrual Health Advocates Ashley Greene Khoury, Olivia Khoury & Melissa Berton

Imagine having to use newspapers or old rags when you have your period. Now imagine being ostracized for even having a period—your education is halted, you’re stigmatized by society, and made to feel “dirty” or less than during that time of the month.
Sadly, this is the reality for many low-income communities. Without access to basic sanitation services and reproductive education, girls and women around the world—including here in the U.S.—face these harrowing hardships, oftentimes with acceptance.
That’s where The Pad Project comes in. The nonprofit dedicates itself to ending period stigma and ensuring access to period care for all, working with school districts and grassroots organizations to distribute period products in thirteen states in the U.S., and supporting reproductive education workshops, pad machine enterprises, and washable pad programs in twelve countries around the world—because no girl should have to drop out of school because she lacks access to affordable and hygienic menstrual supplies. “A period should end a sentence, not a girl’s education,” says founder Melissa Berton, who also produced the 2018 Academy Award-winning documentary, Period. End of Sentence., which started the global conversation about menstrual equity.

Berton isn’t doing this alone. Actress Ashley Greene Khoury and her sister-in-law, stylist Olivia Khoury, are co-founders of Hummingway, the hormonal health brand, which frequently partners with The Pad Project to amplify its message. “I find it insane that our periods are the key factor in the creation of life, yet has become a burden for so many,” says Greene Khoury. “Everyone deserves to go throughout their lives with dignity and equal rights. No one’s life should be interrupted or have opportunities suppressed by their menstrual cycle.”
“We have been programmed by the patriarchy to think that our pain is normal, marketed Midol all our lives to believe that we have to get up and go, when in reality our period is a time for restoration and softening. It is a time to go inwards,” adds Khoury, whose company addresses whole cycle wellness—and the tools, education, and community that come with it. Their Cycle Soother Patches, for instance, focuses on the root cause of your pain, working with your body instead of against it.
Here, in honor of Menstrual Hygiene Day on May 28, we speak with all three women on what set them on their path, what keeps them going— even in the face of obstacles—and why menstrual equality matters.

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