Robert Pattinson to Focus on Music Career

Ol’ Sparklepants can’t pick a glitter booger without a herd of Twihards shanking each other for it. The stress of being the constant center of worldwide manhunt has Rob doing all he can to shed his Twilight fame.

Robert Pattinson reportedly told OK! (via MTV UK) that he is already working to disassociate himself from his role as Edward Cullen.

“When you’re really successful you pay a certain price. Especially because I’ve been so successful with Twilight I will probably have to prove for the next 10 years that I am more than just Edward.”

Along with his woes of typecasting, he misses the simple things in life.

“The other day at a dinner. I was told I would be sitting next to a table with 18 people and my first thought was, ‘Great, probably a mob of teenagers’. But it was 18 Asian children and they didn’t know who I was. It was the most relaxed dinner I’ve had in ages.”

Pattinson threw out the idea of focusing on music during an BBC Radio 1 interview.

“I’d like to start performing again because I haven’t done it in so many years now. It makes such a difference in your life. If you’ve ever done it once it’s very addictive.”

“The Water for Elephants” is known for showing up to random pubs on open mic nights to perform as well as singing a song for the soundtrack of the first installment of ‘Twilight.’

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Hugh Laurie Records Blues Album

I love ‘House‘ despite the fact the last few seasons have been a bit…crappy. Hugh Laurie, who plays the lovably bitchy doctor, has a back up career in case the whole acting thing doesn’t work out.

The self-taught guitar/piano playing wonder is about to release a blues album. He has been behind the piano or guitar and even belted out a tune or two on the show. Music group Warner has picked up his talents for an album due this fall. Guest musicians will join him to record some songs and Laurie is so excited he could just spit.

Via Telegraph:

”I am drunk with excitement at this opportunity. I know the history of actors making music is a chequered one, but I promise no one will get hurt. I am particularly thrilled to be working with Joe Henry, who has produced some of my favourite records of all time, and I can’t wait to get started.”

Looks like that claim that he and fellow cast and crew are too busy throwing knives, engaged in trailer sex and shooting cocaine into their eyeballs (click HERE for that story) hasn’t been too much of a problem for Hugh.

Tokio Hotel – World Behind My Wall

Tokio Hotel is a German band founded in Magdeburg, Germany in 2001 consisting identical brothers Bill and Tom Kaulitz, along with Gustav Schafer and Georg Listing. The four met after a live show in a Magdeburg club where Listing and Schafer, who knew each other from music school, watched from the audience while the Kaulitz brothers played on the stage. They formed a band and soon began playing in talent shows and small concerts under the name Devilish, being discovered by music producer Peter Hoffmann after Bill’s participation in a children’s Star Search in 2003. They then decided to change their name from Devilish to Tokio Hotel: “Tokio”, the German spelling of the Japanese city Tokyo, due to a love of the city, and “Hotel” due to their constant touring and living in hotels.

Its been quite the busy month for Tokio Hotel; Not only are they featured in the new Verizon Droid commercial their song “Human Connect To Human” (Check out the sci-fi themed spot here), but they also won the award for Best Group earlier this month at MTV’s European Music Awards where they also performed their new single “World Behind My Wall.” This guitar-charged ballad is their new, official focus track in the US and follows “Automatic” as the second single off of their latest album, “Humanoid.” Check out the song above then head on over to iTunes to pick up their latest album.