It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly 10 years since Twilight became a record-smashing phenomenon at the box office and its broody stars, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, then relative unknowns, ascended to household names whose glossy photos adorned the bedroom walls of teens everywhere.

But come November the beloved girl-meets-vampire saga officially turns 10, and you don’t need to be Alice Cullen to know that something special is on the horizon. (And no, it’s sadly not Stephenie Meyer’s complete draft of Midnight Sun.) After all, Bella Swan and Edward Cullen’s love is eternal.

In honor of the huge milestone, Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment is releasing Twilight on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital) and all five Twilight Saga films with new collectible artwork on Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital) on October 23. MTV News has the exclusive first look at the colorful collectible prints, from award-winning artist Justin Erickson.

Each cover has a soft, romantic color palette — green to symbolize Edward and Bella’s iconic meadow scene in Twilight; red for the Volturi in New Moon, etc. — and hidden images from the films that fans will surely sink their teeth into. For Erickson, the foremost goal was to “service the fans and make them happy,” he told MTV News.

“The first movie is all about the woods and the mist and the locations, so I added a lot of blues and greens, versus New Moon, which ends with that scene of all of the red cloaks. And Breaking Dawn [Part 2] had that snowy final confrontation,” Erickson said. “So specific scenes really speak to the color palette of the print.”

In order to best capture the magic of the Twilight Saga, Erickson had to first re-familiarize himself with the world of the films. So he did what any dedicated fan would do: he watched all five films in one sitting and put himself in the mental perspective of a fan. “You have to ask yourself, ‘If I’m a fan of this movie, what was my favorite scene from that movie? What’s the key scene and the big moment?’ We wanted to have those moments featured on the covers.”

While Erickson doesn’t have a favorite scene per se, he does deeply admire the lush landscapes of the film, all of which are reflected in the artwork. “Is it weird to say that I was a really big fan of how they built the scenery? I love the production design and the cold, dreary locations.”

And yes, he spent hours Google-searching photos of Stewart, Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner — all in different lighting — to get the likeness of those beloved characters just right. “More important that anything, it had to look like the right people,” he said. “If it didn’t look perfect, no one would buy it. So a lot of attention was given to making sure the likenesses were perfect.”

Twilight will also return to theaters nationwide this October 21 for two days only as part of the “Fathom Spotlight” series.

Not only will diehard fans get to rewatch Edward and Bella’s meet-cute in biology class on the big screen for the first time in years, but the celebratory screenings will also feature an introduction by director Catherine Hardwicke and an exclusive sneak peek of the brand-new special feature “Twilight Tour… 10 Years Later,” from the aforementioned Twilight 4K Ultra HD home entertainment release.

To recap: If you need me, I’ll be playing “Clair De Lune” on repeat to emotionally prepare myself for this October.

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Larry Nassar, the disgraced former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor, has been moved from a federal prison in Tucson.

Nassar, 55, had been an inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary Tucson since February.

On Sunday, the serial sex abuser was listed as an inmate at Oklahoma City’s Federal Transfer Center on the Federal Bureau of Prisons website. The facility is typically used as a holdover location before inmates are moved to a new location. It’s not clear where he will be placed after being held in Oklahoma. 

The move comes weeks after Nassar’s lawyers said in court filings he was assaulted in May after he was released into the general population of the high-security prison, the Detroit News reported. He was subsequently moved out of the general population prior to the move. 

Nassar was transferred to the southern Arizona facility after being sentenced on sexual-assault charges in Michigan. It is the only high-security federal facility that also offers a sex-offender-management program.

The Indianapolis Star first detailed the sexual-assault allegations against Nassar in September 2016. Since then, more than 260 women and girls told law enforcement he sexually abused them. 

Nassar pleaded guilty to child-pornography charges in federal court last summer. He must serve the entirety of his federal sentence before he can serve his state sentences.

If he lives to his 2069 release date, Nassar will then have to serve two-decades-long sentences in Michigan for 10 sexual-assault charges. He would be 105 years old in 2069.

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In all the fuss over Avengers: Infinity War, you may have wondered: How is Chris Pine doing? While the other Hollywood Chrises failed to beat Thanos, Pine was dusting off his chain mail to play Robert the Bruce, an exiled Scottish king seeking to reclaim his throne.

In the trailer for Outlaw King – directed by David Mackenzie, who worked with Pine on Hell or High Water – Pine does his best Scottish accent and recruits allies (including Aaron Taylor-Johnson) in Robert’s quest for revenge. 

The visuals are very Game of Thrones (minus dragons) and the premise very Braveheart, but we’re not going to complain about a rugged Pine throwing axes at his enemies on horseback.

Outlaw King premieres on Netflix Nov. 9.

A series of coordinated attacks against security forces were reported on Monday in Russia’s volatile autonomous republic of Chechnya, with authorities claiming to have killed at least two attackers.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group claimed responsibility for the violence, the SITE monitoring group reported, citing the group’s Amaq website.

“Fighters from the Islamic State attacked Chechen police officers and elements in Grozny and Shali in Mesker-Yurt,” Amaq said, according to SITE.

Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands, reporting from Moscow, said information on the situation in Chechnya was scarce but there could have been at least three attacks.

“These attacks appear not to have been particularly sophisticated or effective,” he said. “Exact details are still coming in. The Russian investigative committee says it has launched a criminal case into the attacks.”

Officials in Russia confirmed several policemen were wounded in the capital Grozny and Shali.

Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechnya’s president, said on his official Telegram social-networking account that one of the attacks saw a suicide bomber detonate his explosives in Mesker-Yurt, on the outskirts of Grozny. The attack injured several policemen, but the attacker survived and was taken to a hospital, he said.

Police in the North Caucasus region said that, in a separate incident, two men armed with knives attempted to enter the district police department in the town of Shali and “inflicted wounds on two police employees on duty” before being shot dead.

According to an anonymous source cited by RIA Novosti news agency, at least one female bystander was also wounded in the Shali incident.

There were also attacks in Grozny, according to unconfirmed reports by the Telegram channel Mash.

In one incident, an attacker was allegedly shot after hitting a traffic policeman with his car. There were also reports of a shoot-out between police officers and attackers at the intersection between Pervyomaiskaya and Isaev streets in Grozny that killed one officer.

Chechnya’s Interior Minister Ruslan Alkhanov said the attackers “attempted to destabilise the situation in Chechnya” but have been stopped. He said no officers were killed.

The Kremlin has relied on Kadyrov to stabilise Chechnya after two separatist wars in the 1990s and has provided generous subsidies to help rebuild the region.

International human rights groups have accused Kadyrov of rampant abuses, including arbitrary arrests and extrajudicial killings by his feared security forces.

Rebels, some of whom have sworn allegiance to ISIL, still conduct sporadic raids in Chechnya.

SOURCE: Al Jazeera and news agencies

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Pope Francis on Monday condemned the “atrocities” of sexual abuse by priests and church leaders who covered up the crimes, apologizing to the church community and demanding accountability from leaders in the future.

The letter to the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics was issued less than a week after a withering grand jury report released by the Pennsylvania attorney general alleged that church leaders protected more than 300 “predator priests” in six dioceses across the state for decades at the expense of more than 1,000 victims.

“I acknowledge once more the suffering endured by many minors due to sexual abuse, the abuse of power and the abuse of conscience perpetrated by a significant number of clerics and consecrated persons,” Francis said.

He said it was with “shame and repentance” that he acknowledged the church was slow in responding to the problem.

“We showed no care for the little ones,” the pope wrote. “We abandoned them.”

The abuses detailed in a grand jury report included crimes against children dating back to at least 1947. Victims were as young as 2 years old. Some of the children who were raped were also beaten with whips and shared in a “ring of predatory priests” within the Pittsburgh diocese, the report said. 

A surge in calls to a clergy abuse hotline the attorney general set up is breathing new life into a vast investigation. The hotline has drawn more than 300 calls since the release of the grand jury report.

More: Clergy abuse hotline calls ‘surging’ after scathing grand jury report

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“We’re answering every call and following up every lead,” Joe Grace, spokesman for state Attorney General Josh Shapiro, told USA TODAY on Sunday.

The pope said the church, too, is working to protect children.

“Looking back to the past, no effort to beg pardon and to seek to repair the harm done will ever be sufficient,” the pope wrote. “Looking ahead to the future, no effort must be spared to create a culture able to prevent such situations from happening, but also to prevent the possibility of their being covered up and perpetuated.”

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Cherries have been crowned the fruit of the summer. (Sorry you had to find out this way, other fruits.)

Cherry printed clothing, cherry-inspired accessories, and cherry red hues have been dominating the fashion world for months now. 

Back in April, the Strategist called attention to the cherry’s emerging popularity after cherry prints popped up in fashion designers’ collections, and Selena Gomez and Margot Robbie were spotted in cherry print ensembles. In June, Harper’s Bazaar dubbed cherries “fashion’s new favorite fruit.”

Models like Kaia Gerber and Sara Sampaio have spent the summer rocking the bright and playful cherry look, rousing consumer’s interest in cherry covered anything. If you take a quick look online numerous lists can be found directing shoppers to the very best cherry-inspired items available on the web.

Cherries, of course, have real 1950s vibes, but Cosmo also suggests they evoke the 1990s — without being costume-like or overtly retro. Simply put, cherries are a classic. 

But they aren’t just popping up in women’s fashion, they’re everywhere. They’ve become an exceedingly popular garnish, a desired additive in beauty products, and an attention grabbing prop for photos (both personal and professional).

There are currently over one million posts on Instagram with the hashtag cherry, and over four million with the hashtag cherries. 

Oh, and there are even cherry slime videos to fulfill all of your ASMR needs.

The cherry is indeed the fruit of the summer.

Maybe next year a bosc pear or doughnut peach will reign supreme, but for now go scoop up all the cherries and cherry products you can find. Embrace the fruits of the season just as nature intended. Sort of.

“Marginal gains” – two words that have become sporting jargon in recent years.

But one Championship club have taken a highly unusual step to try to gain an edge on their opponents.

Norwich City have painted the away dressing room “deep pink”, a colour that is said to lower testosterone levels and have a calming effect on people.

“Pink has an effect, not because it is pink, but because it’s linked to childhood experiences,” said Dr Alexander Latinjak, a lecturer in sport psychology at the University of Suffolk.

“If it is true that pink lowers testosterone levels then the coach should know exactly how to use that advantage tactically.”

Norwich declined to comment, although sporting director Stuart Webber told supporters about the move at a fans’ forum on Thursday.

Painting the opposition’s dressing room pink is not a completely novel idea though – the University of Iowa have previously done it in an attempt to give their American football team the upper hand on their visitors.

In their two games at Carrow Road this season, Norwich have lost 4-3 to West Bromwich Albion and beaten League Two side Stevenage 3-1 in the Carabao Cup, so the jury is out on whether the move is paying off.

“I personally wouldn’t have spent the time bothering to change the locker room colour. There are a lot of things you do before you do that,” Dr Latinjak told BBC Sport.

“Now that teams will know about the pink locker room, they could take counter measures to ensure higher testosterone levels.

“It might even be that players from other teams have some fun – they could go in there all tense but start smiling, and smiling is linked to an improvement in performance.”

Federal investigators are examining whether President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, committed bank and tax fraud worth more than $20 million, according to a media report.

The New York Times, citing anonymous sources, said authorities were focusing on loans obtained for taxi businesses owned by Cohen and his family. The bank loans under examination were provided by Sterling National Bank and Melrose Credit Union, the Times reported. Investigators are looking into whether Cohen obtained the loans by misrepresenting his assets.

Investigators were also considering whether Cohen had violated campaign finance and other laws when he made financial arrangements to pay women to stay silent about alleged affairs with then-candidate Trump in 2016.

Prosecutors may file charges by the end of August, two sources told the Times.

Cohen, who long served as Trump’s fixer, has been under investigation for months. In April, federal investigators for the Southern District of New York seized roughly 4 million files from Cohen’s home, business office and hotel room.

Last week, a court-appointed special master who reviewed the material said investigators would have access to most of those records.

More: Feds win access to records seized from ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen

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The investigation has ruptured the once close relationship between Cohen and Trump. In July, Cohen reportedly said the president had been aware of a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower to obtain damaging about Hillary Clinton.

Cohen also released a tape in which he and Trump discuss buying the rights of former Playboy model Karen McDougal’s story about having an affair with Trump.

Contributing: Kevin McCoy

 

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