THE MISSION - TO SUPPORT THE WRITER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCERS, AND ACTORS OF WELCOME TO THE RILEYS

This is an Official fan site that supports Kristen, James, Melissa, Jake, and everyone else who worked on creating and bringing us WELCOME TO THE RILEYS. Please bring family, friends, and everyone you know to see WELCOME TO THE RILEYS!

Why Saturday?

The reason why WTTRSaturday chose to promote Saturday, October 30th, 2010 and November 6th, 2010, is because Friday and Saturday are the days weekend box office estimates are based on. Sunday counts, but for perception and reporting, Friday and Saturday are the key days. Most people go see movies on Friday. Which is fine, but we are encouraging fans to see it a second time. That's why Saturday, October 30th, and November 6th, are the days chosen to hold this fan campaign and try to make a difference with box office receipts.

Friday, October 28, 2011

AUCTION TO RAISE FUNDS FOR PATTZSTEWGLOBAL


We at WTTRSaturday, along with other sites in our Twilight community, would like to express our sincerest condolences to Tammi and her family. She lost her son today, from a fatal accident. We are trying to raise money for her son's funeral expenses.

Tammi is one of the most caring and sweetest persons I know. She always tries to help out everyone, and now it’s our turn to do the same for her.

In the next few days, we will be auctioning off items to help raise money for Tammi. This page will be updating regularly, so please keep checking back! If you’d like to donate an item for the auction please e-mail us at: WTTRSaturday@yahoo.com.

A small amount sometimes goes a long way. Feel free to re-post this on your sites. Any items for the auction and participation will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

-Stephanie-

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Enter for a chance to win some of our awesome prizes and help us raise funds for Tammi!

Auction #1
Breaking Dawn book (paperback), Set of Twilight Journals in collector's tin, Twilight themed Walmart Gift Card (Loaded with $5.00).

Auction #2
Vampire themed stickers, bag, tattoos, car magnet, iron on transfer, wall decals & a set of Twilight Journals in collector's tin.

Auction #3
W Magazine, Twilight Journals in collector's tin & Twilight themed Walmart Gift Card (loaded with $5.00).

Auction #4
Welcome to the Rileys poster autographed by Movie Producer Giovanni Agnelli, Welcome to the Rileys Original Motion Picture CD Soundtrack, and Welcome to the Rileys DVD

Auction #5
2 custom made ornaments (Excludes book covers) or a Set of 4 Book Cover canvas boards -- Winner choice. They can be Team Jacob/Team Edward, personalized, a character themed one- quote- song lyrics, etc.

*Please note* These are custom made and donated by @adawnn1, so the wait time will be slightly longer! Thank you for your understanding!

Auction #6
An autographed photo of BooBoo Stewart, from an Official Twilight Convention.
*Donated by @PattinsonPost*


Auction #7
An Outtake of She Gives Me Religion by LizLemonBennett
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6516955/1/She_Gives_Me_Religion

She Gives Me Religion is a late in life coming of age story about two people learning how to love one another and themselves. It is a story about having faith in humankind. The story begins with a foul-mouthed seminary student called in to the hospital to help a just-widowed bride, Bella Swan, still in her blood-splattered wedding gown.

Outtake from SGMR:

The Scientist:

This outtake is the second installment of the Alice x Jasper sub-plot of She Gives Me Religion. Alice is recovering from a crushed pelvis and Jasper is leaning to be a compassionate lover. "Close your eyes, Alice. No peeking. I want to try an experiment..." Rated M for lemons.

Any contribution to help cover these funeral expenses would be appreciated. Please donate whatever you can, email me the receipt with "The Scientist" in the subject line, at latersbaby@gmail.com, and I will email you the outtake no later than 12/15/11. Thank you so much for your support.


Auction #8
An issue of People Magazine's The Stars of Eclipse and One Twilight Director's Notebook.
*Donated by @letmesigndotcom*


To enter you must:

1.) Leave a comment below with your twitter name, bid amount and which auction you are bidding on. Serious bidders only, please!

2.) Please wait for a final amount, before making donation!

3.) If you would like to make a separate donation, please click here.

Final bidding and donations will end on 11/20/11 at 11:59pm PST.

Thank you once again!

Stephanie and the Welcome to the Rileys Saturday Team

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Melissa Leo to Lead Naked Angels' SIDE MAN Reading, 8/28

Academy and Golden Globe Award winner Melissa Leo will join the cast of the one night only benefit staged reading of celebrated playwright Warren Leight's Tony Award-winning play Side Man, presented by Naked Angels in association with the Guild Hall. As previously announced, the reading will also star acclaimed film, television and theater star Zachary Quinto and original Broadway cast members Jeff Binder, Kevin Geer, Michael Mastro, Angelica Torn, and Tony Award winner Frank Wood. The reading will take place at Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY on Sunday, August 28 at 7pm. Proceeds will go towards Naked Angels' ongoing development of new work.

Winner of the 1999 Tony Award for Best Play, Warren Leight's Side Man is a tender and poignant memory play about a jazz musician struggling to save both his fading career and troubled home life during the dawn of rock 'n roll in America. In addition to winning the 1999 Tony Award for Best Play, Side Man was honored with a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor (Frank Wood), and was nominated for the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and three Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding New Play, Outstanding Direction of a Play (Michael Mayer) and Outstanding Actress in a Play (Edie Falco).

Leo will play Terry, joining the previously announced Zachary Quinto as Clifford and original Broadway cast members Jeff Binder (Al), Kevin Geer (Jonesy), Michael Mastro (Ziggy), Angelica Torn (Patsy), and Frank Wood (Gene).

As a long-time company member of Naked Angels, Leight developed Side Man during its earliest stages in the company's various new play development programs before it became a widely-recognized and award-winning hit on Broadway and across the country. Currently celebrating its 25th anniversary this season as one of Off-Broadway's leading theater companies, Naked Angels is committed to strengthening a community of artists by developing and producing provocative new work like Side Man from within the founding ensemble as well as from the next generation of emerging theater artists.

Regular tickets for Side Man are $30.00; VIP Prime Orchestra tickets, which include a post-show reception with the cast, are $100.00. For tickets, visit Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, New York 11937; go online at GuildHall.org or Theatermania.com; or call the Box Office 631-324-4050 or 1-866-811-4111 .

Melissa Leo (Terry) received an Academy Award, Golden Globe and SAG Award for her tour de force performance in The Fighter. She also received Oscar and SAG nominations for her starring role in Frozen River, for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and a Spotlight Award from the National Board of Review, among countless other accolades. Leo shared a Best Ensemble acting award from the Phoenix Film Critics Society for her outstanding work in 21 Grams opposite Benicio del Toro and Sean Penn. Her most recent films include Conviction opposite Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell and Welcome to the Rileys opposite James Gandolfini and Kristen Stewart. Other notable film work includes The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, in which she starred opposite Dwight Yoakam and Tommy Lee Jones, and Hide and Seek, in which she starred opposite Robert De Niro. Leo can be seen in the upcoming films Red State, written and directed by Kevin Smith, and Seven Days in Utopia opposite Robert Duvall, and in "MildrEd Pierce," the HBO miniseries directed by Todd Haynes, in which Melissa stars opposite Kate Winslet. Leo's television credits include the current HBO series "Treme" from executive producer David Simon, and she is known for her groundbreaking portrayal of Detective Kay Howard on "Homicide: Life on the Streets." Leo studied Drama at Mount View Theatre School in London, England and later at the SUNY Purchase Acting Program.

SINCE 1986, Naked Angels has been committed to strengthening a community of artists through the development and production of provocative new work. The company has played a role in developing critically acclaimed new plays including The Substance of Fire, Side Man, Tape, Fault Lines and most recently the Tony Award-nominated Next Fall. From New York to LA, they inspire artists to generate fresh voices and create new work through their popular Tuesdays@9 (cold readings of plays, screenplays, stories and music in early development), 1st Mondays (public readings of new plays), and Angels in Progress (weeklong workshops). Their newest venture, Naked Radio, brings the work of talented new writers from the stage to the digital airwaves through weekly blogs and podcasts.

Source: Broadway World

Monday, August 15, 2011

Reeve Carney Steps Up to the Mic as Jeff Buckley for Jake Scott’s Biopic


We noted back in April that Welcome to the Rileys director Jake Scott was set to direct a biopic of musician Jeff Buckley – a young talent with a haunting, soaring voice who died tragically young while swimming in the Mississippi River. The great challenge, of course, would be finding an actor who could take on the appearance of Buckley as well as the intensity that the role demanded. It looks like that challenge has been accepted.

According to a press release, Reeve Carney will go from playing Peter Parker on Broadway for “Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark” to strapping on an acoustic for what’s still known as the Untitled Jeff Buckley Film.

Buckley had his music featured in several films, including The Messenger, Lord of War, and Vanilla Sky although it seems safe to say that he’s most famous for his soul-shaking version of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” As for his story, it’s a compelling one that sees him rise through the music scene as a bit of an eccentric, and the production will be aided by a large amount of information they’ve bought rights to through the singer’s family.

It’s a compelling story, and it will be interesting to see if Carney, whose biggest role to date was in Julie Taymor’s The Tempest, has what it takes to breath life into such a noteworthy artist.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Kristen Stewart Featured in W Magazine








WOMAN ON THE VERGE

TWILIGHT’S KRISTEN STEWART ON GROWING UP, GETTING MARRIED, AND GIVING BIRTH—AS MILLIONS LOOK ON.

By Lynn Hirschberg
Photographs by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Styled by Edward Enninful
September 2011

Lynn Hirschberg: Everyone knows you as Bella Swan, the heroine of the Twilight series, whose penultimate installment, Breaking Dawn Part 1, premieres on November 18. What audiences may not know is that you’ve been acting since you were a child. How did you get your start?

Kristen Stewart: It’s weird, because I would be the last person in my school to be in plays, but I was forced to sing a song in a school thing. I sang a dreidl song, which is funny for me. I’ve never celebrated Hanukkah—it wasn’t in my upbringing, but it was one of those deals where everybody has to pick a song or participate somehow in the chorus. It wasn’t the normal dreidl song; I can’t really remember the words, but it was a more serious dreidl song. The dreidl was huge, it was really honored. And that’s how I met my agent, who was in the audience. I was eight. I was nine when I did my first movie, The Safety of Objects.

Did you do any commercials, or did you go straight into films?

I did two commercials, one for Porsche, but I was definitely not the type of child one would cast in a commercial or any TV that you’d typically go out for as a young kid. I wasn’t the type of kid who would be in stuff that kids watch. I wasn’t cutesy.

In 1999 David Fincher cast you as Jodie Foster’s daughter in Panic Room. He likes to do dozens of takes for each scene. Was that difficult, as a child?

I didn’t realize that 80 takes wasn’t normal. But it’s funny: Some of my proudest moments from film sets are in Panic Room. My character had seizures. Just being able to say, I was 10 years old and I broke all the blood vessels in my eye on that take, is cool. It was fun.

You had a tomboy quality, which was unusual.

I have brothers, and that so-called boyish quality was something that I was deathly self-conscious about when I was younger. I was, like, No, I’m a girl. Actually, I’m still embarrassed to say that.

But it sets you apart from other young actresses. And it made you more interesting.

I don’t really know what to say. I just knew I wanted to work. And I did. I was working when I read the script for Twilight. I read the script before I read the book. I actually did the audition before reading the book, which was kind of crazy. Obviously, I tore all four books apart over the course of three years, but initially I had no idea that Twilight was such a big deal.

Did you have a particular interest in vampires? All young girls like vampires.

I fucking love me a vampire [Laughs]. I was 17 when I read Twilight, and at the time it was so perfect for me. The script was about young kids who think they can handle stuff that they just can’t. And they’re going to do it anyway. Because, why not? Just torture yourself. I relate to that. Vampires are a little dangerous—and we girls like to test ourselves.

In Breaking Dawn, Bella and Edward, her beloved vampire, get married. What was the wedding like?

Awesome. This was my first wedding. It was insane. And odd. The wedding dress experience was a huge deal. I tried on one version of the dress, and it was like tweak and tweak and alter and tweak and change, and then it’s done. BFD dress. Huge deal.

How was the actual wedding?

It was major. The last Twilight book is filled with BFDs, things that people have been waiting for for so long. For me, it was ridiculously dramatic: I get married, give birth, the baby has an incredibly accelerated growth rate we’re all very concerned about, and I say goodbye to my dad for the last time ever. It was all big—I could never go, Whew, I’m losing this character.

Did you finally say goodbye to Bella in some meaningful way? You’ve been living with her for a long time.

I’d been anticipating that end-of-Bella moment. I was going, Oh, my God—I wonder how I’m going to feel. And the last scene of the shoot was at the wedding. Every single character was there on set. At the end of that day, I was kind of whacked. And so I never really had that moment then. Instead, it happened later. We needed to film one more sort of honeymoon scene and we went to the Virgin Islands. After that scene, my true final scene, I felt like I could shoot up into the night sky and every pore of my body would shoot light. I felt lighter than I’ve ever felt in my life.

Twilight was your college, and you graduated, in a way: You became Bella Swan at 17, and now you’re 21.

Yeah—and that time has been sort of nuts for me. In film, I have chronicled every stage of my life since I was nine. And it’s more intense now, obviously, because I’m not in control of it anymore.

You’re not in charge of your life?

No. Not really. Not if I want to think solely about what I really like to do. It’s a funny thing: You want so badly for people to see what you do—you’re proud of it—and I like the effect that movies have on people. But the attention can also make me uncomfortable. In certain situations, people say to me, “C’mon, what’s wrong with you?” I apologize. I love what I’m doing, but I’m a little uncomfortable.

Do you like watching yourself?

It’s not like I sit around watching my movies again and again, but I’ve never quite believed actors when they say they don’t watch themselves. I hear them going around the block to make excuses for why they don’t watch their work. It’s bullshit. Sorry, guys—I know you watch your stuff.

It must be interesting to watch your younger self in movies. Very few people have such an extensive visual record of themselves at so many ages.

I get embarrassed. It’s weird, too: I’m 10 years old in Panic Room, and that’s a version of myself that’s pretty far away, but it doesn’t feel that far away to me. Occasionally my dad will flip the TV on, and it’s cool to look at some movie that I’m in for one second. And then, “Dude, off. Now. Like, cut it out.”

Via: KStewartNews