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'Twilight' Star Robert Pattinson Reveals His Rules for Biting

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:01:00 +0000

Robert Pattinson shares some bizarre stories he has from 'Twilight' press tours with David Letterman , offers his guide to biting people and answers questions as to whether he is in fact dating his onscreen lover Kristen Stewart. Just two days before the theater release of 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' on Friday, Nov. 20, Pattinson appeared on the "Late Show" and talked about his chaotic fan base that is out to be bitten by the vampire heartthrob. Pattinson said that one female fan asked him to bite her small child. "Somehow I ended up biting the baby on the head and there was a photo of it afterward," the actor jokes. Pattinson explains to Letterman his decision process when biting a fan, saying, "Depends on your mood and depends on what you want to get out of it. ... There are variations of biting."

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Robert Pattinson On Letterman VIDEO: Biting Fans & Dodging Kristen (WATCH)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:11:17 +0000

Robert Pattinson, everyone's favorite vampire hunk of the moment, was on Letterman Wednesday night to promote the second "Twilight" movie, "New Moon." In between awkward hair tugging Pattinson talked about the strange phenomenon of fans who want to be bitten by him. With the second film, the would-be bitees include men and the moms of teenage girl fans. Letterman also asked the question everyone asks Pattinson about co-star Kristen Stewart - if they two are dating in real life. Pattinson responded, "I've been so sort of cryptically avoiding this question throughout the entire press tour." Letterman's response? "Oh bite me! What do I care?!?" WATCH: Get HuffPost Entertainment On Facebook and Twitter!

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Robert Pattinson Meets Fans On New Moon Letterman Visit - Pictures

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:59:16 +0000

See The Twilight Star's Frenzied Arrival And Departure Here...

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Robert Pattinson Meets Fans On Letterman Visit - Pictures

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:24:27 +0000

See The Twilight Star's Frenzied Arrival And Departure Here...

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Robert Pattinson Visits Letterman, Dodges Kristen Stewart Question - Pictures

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:37:16 +0000

See The Twilight Star's Frenzied Arrival And Departure Here...

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Robert Pattinson On Letterman VIDEO: Biting Fans & Dodging Kristen (WATCH)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:11:17 +0000

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Penelope Cruz Won't Say If She's Engaged (VIDEO)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:47:07 +0000

Penelope Cruz still won't say whether marriage and/or a baby with longtime boyfriend Javier Bardem is in her immediate future. "I don't feel comfortable talking about my private life in public," she told David Letterman when he asked her on his show Tuesday night if she was engaged. Letterman persisted, but Cruz was refused to budge. "I've been here a few times with you, you know I'm tough. One thing I don't do, I don't lie about my personal life," she said. "It's sacred to me. It's my life. But I don't give details about it because I am allergic to that." Cruz stepped out with a big rock on her ring finger last month, and you can see her wearing it again in the clip below. She has spent months ignoring pregnancy questions , though she does not look pregnant here. WATCH: Get HuffPost Entertainment On Facebook and Twitter!

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Letterman spokesman bashes Enquirer report, says wife did not give him the boot

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:23:27 +0000

TV funnyman David Letterman on Sunday night denied a supermarket tabloid report claiming his wife booted him from their Westchester mansion over his sex scandal.

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'Law & Order' Takes Inspiration From Letterman Scandal

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:38:24 +0000

NEW YORK, New York -- David Letterman has had a year of big headlines. There was his triumph in the ratings over "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien," his much-publicized jokes and backlash about Sarah Palin's daughter, and most recently, it was the alleged blackmail scandal over his sexual relationships with junior "Late Show" staffers. And now it seems, Letterman's latest column inches are inspiring an episode of "Law & Order."

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Craig Ferguson Defeats Jimmy Fallon for First Time

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:06:35 +0000

By Variety Domination by CBS in the final half-hour of primetime is contributing to a shift in the latenight ratings race, where CBS shows fronted by David Letterman and Craig Ferguson both defeated their NBC rivals in key demos last week. Ferguson's "Late Late Show," which bowed in January 2005, posted its first outright 18-49 victory to date over NBC's "Late Night," according to national estimates from Nielsen. After finishing in a virtual tie in some weeks this season, "Late Late Show" averaged 747,000 adults 18-49 during the week of Nov. 2-6, while NBC's "...

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Pre-'New Moon' Watching List: RPattz Does Letterman and Robsten Gets Explored

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:30:49 +0000

Ahh, New Moon is coming. A week or so, yes! I'm seeing the trailers in the cinemas and on television, the web is abound with conversation about the movie, and of course, fans are out for details on what happens on screen and off screen. Of course, Robert and Kristen, right? Let me add a couple of shows to your pre-New Moon watching list, then. Bit one: MTV is screening two New Moon behind-the-scenes specials this Monday, November 16. At 10:30pm, New Moon Revealed the folks at MTV News answer five pretty big questions fans have about the movie series that'll take over the world again. You know, stuff about Taylor Lautner almost losing the Jacob role, or how fame has changed Robert Pattinson.

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Motion filed to dismiss Letterman case

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000

Robert Joel Halderman's attorney says his client's actions did not meet New York state's definition of extortion. Talk show host's lawyer disagrees. > Robert Joel Halderman did not think he was breaking the law when he allegedly demanded $2 million from David Letterman in exchange for the rights to a screenplay treatment about the talk show host's affairs with female staffers, a lawyer for the CBS News producer said Tuesday.

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Lawyer for Accused David Letterman Blackmailer Denies Extortion

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:46:00 +0000

A lawyer for the CBS producer accused of blackmailing David Letterman says his client was only attempting to sell the Late Show host a screenplay, according to The Associated Press. David Letterman felt "threatened" over extortion attempt "There was no extortion. There was a screenplay for sale," Gerald Shargel, Robert J. Halderman's attorney, said in a statement outside of the courtroom. "There was a commercial transaction. Nothing more." Despite Shargel asking that the case be dismissed...

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Lawyer: Letterman suspect just shopping screenplay (AP)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:38:10 +0000

AP - David Letterman was on the receiving end of a sales pitch, not a shakedown, a defense lawyer said Tuesday as he argued that a TV producer accused of extorting the comic was simply peddling a screenplay.

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Lawyer: Letterman suspect just shopping screenplay

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:38:10 +0000

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Lawyer: Letterman suspect just shopping screenplay (AP)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:38:10 +0000

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David Letterman Suspect Seeks Dismissal of Case

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:55:00 +0000

But the TV host is fully prepared to testify at trial, says his attorney

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Letterman Blackmail Suspect Asks Judge to Drop Case

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:49:11 +0000

A defense lawyer for the CBS news producer says his client was only trying to sell David Letterman a screenplay.

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Accused Letterman Blackmailer Asks Judge to Dismiss the Case

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:45:21 +0000

Robert Halderman's lawyer says that he didn't attempt blackmail -- just a "hard-driven" business deal

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Accused Letterman Blackmailer Asks Judge to Dismiss the Case

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:45:21 +0000

Robert Halderman's lawyer says that he didn't attempt blackmail -- just a "hard-driven" business deal Get more Us! Follow us on Twitter , Friend us on Facebook , Subscribe to Us Weekly

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Lawyer: Letterman suspect just shopping screenplay

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:25:48 +0000

AP - A TV news producer accused of blackmailing David Letterman in exchange for keeping quiet about his sexual affairs was only trying to sell the late-night comic a screenplay, the producer's lawyer said Tuesday.

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Letterman Sextortion Update: Defense Lawyer Wants Case Thrown Out

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:05:30 +0000

By Dylan Stableford The attorney for Robert Halderman, the CBS News producer accused of trying to extort millions from David Letterman, said on Tuesday that his client was not engaging in blackmail but merely trying to negotiate a book deal. Gerald Shargel, Halderman's lawyer, asked a New York judge to dismiss the grand larceny charges against him. In court papers, Shargel argues that "a hard-driven arm's length commercial transaction does not constitute extortion.” Sharge...

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Letterman's Alleged Extortionist Claims He was Only Trying to Sell Screenplay

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:04:00 +0000

Robert J. Halderman -- the TV news producer accused of attempting to extort over $2 million from David Letterman -- asked the courts to drop the case, claiming he was only trying to sell a screenplay to the "Late Show" host. In a New York courtroom on Tuesday, Halderman's attorney requested that the attempted first-degree grand larceny charge against his client be dismissed, the Associated Press reports. "There was no extortion. There was a screenplay for sale," Halderman's lawyer Gerald Shargel told the court, according to AP .

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Letterman plot suspect asks NY court to drop case (AP)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:56:10 +0000

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Accused Letterman Extortionist: It Was Business, Not Blackmail

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:46:00 +0000

If you ask the man accused of trying to blackmail David Letterman, he's the victim of a stupid human trick, nothing more. Which explains why the attorney for suspect Robert...

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Letterman scheme suspect asks court to drop case

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:39:42 +0000

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Letterman plot suspect asks NY court to drop case

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:24:54 +0000

AP - The TV news producer accused of blackmailing David Letterman has asked a New York City judge to dismiss the extortion case against him.

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Letterman suspect's lawyer to seek dismissal

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:21:20 +0000

A CBS producer accused of trying to extort $2 million from "Late Show" host David Letterman will appear in a Manhattan federal courtroom on Tuesday, where his attorney will ask that the indictment against his client be dismissed.

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Defense: Letterman extort plot just a 'hard-driven' book deal

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:17:43 +0000

Prosecutors violated a CBS producer's free-speech rights to sell a tell-all book on David Letterman's randy ways when they busted him for a blackmail plot, his lawyer said Tuesday.

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Letterman scheme suspect to ask court to drop case (AP)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:59:53 +0000

AP - A lawyer for the TV news producer accused of blackmailing David Letterman plans to ask a judge to dismiss an extortion case that prompted the late-night comic to acknowledge affairs with staffers.

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Letterman scheme suspect to ask court to drop case

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:49:10 +0000

A lawyer for the TV news producer accused of blackmailing David Letterman plans to ask a judge to dismiss an extortion case that ...

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Letterman suspect to ask court to drop case

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:34:00 +0000

A lawyer for the TV news producer accused of blackmailing David Letterman plans to ask a judge to dismiss an extortion case that prompted the late-night comic to acknowledge affairs with staffers.

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Letterman scheme suspect to ask court to drop case (AP)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:06:37 +0000

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Letterman scheme suspect to ask court to drop case (AP)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:06:27 +0000

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Letterman's Alleged Blackmailer Headed to Court

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:39:06 +0000

By Observer Joe Halderman, the CBS News producer accused of attempting to extort $2 million from CBS "Late Show" star David Letterman, will be headed to a Manhattan court on Tuesday morning for the first hearing in the criminal case against him. Will Mr. Halderman, as it is widely assumed, try and reach a hasty plea agreement with prosecutors, beginning with Tuesday's motions hearing? That's unlikely, according to a source close to Mr. Halderman. Read more from the New York Observer.

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