I record the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade every year, because, really, I’m not going to wake up to watch it live. Still, I find myself fast-forwarding through most of the balloons and floats, because they are either old-fashioned or just plain boring.

I have to start this article with an embarrassing confession: I really like the “Twilight” series. I started reading the books when I was a freshman in high school, and the series still brings out my squealing-teenage-girl side. The movies, so far, have stuck with what “Twilight” did best: melodramatic storylines coupled with guilty-pleasure fan service.

While there are probably a few of you out there who are legitimately looking forward to “Breaking Dawn – Part 1,” we at Cadenza don’t quite understand why. For the rest of us, here are 10 ways to make the movie more enjoyable. 1. Every time Robert Pattinson is on screen, yell, “Kill the spare!” to mock all the Harry Potter fans dragged by their Twihard friends. 2.

Thanks to the utterly disgusting “Twilight” series, American television viewers will soon be presented with another drama centered on the “normal” lives of supernatural beings.

It seems that we Cadenza reporters often write about pop-culture-inspired Halloween costumes that we think would be awesome. We’re tired of the positive attention we’ve brought to some looks, so here are five costumes we absolutely do not want to see as the end of the month approaches.

There’s a six-foot tall cardboard cut-out of Edward Cullen in my younger sister’s bedroom. It wobbles when she hugs it. She wraps her arms around his shoulders, and one of her hands scrapes his unfinished back. My mom smiles at me from behind the flashing camera, and I turn away. “Vampires are in now,” my sister informs me. I have to wonder when wizards became “out.

In general, sex toys have always been a fairly stable category of products. Most of the Web sites and sex shops have all the same kinds of merchandise, plus or minus some variety in brands, styles and colors. The rest of the world might go crazy with every passing fad, but the sex toy industry knows how to stick with a good thing. Or do they?

The second installment of the “Twilight” Saga, “New Moon,” will be released at midnight this Thursday night or Friday morning (Nov. 20), if you prefer. If you are planning on attending a midnight screening of the much-anticipated sequel, then there are a few things you should know ahead of time. The Story In case you [...]

Both fortunately and unfortunately for “Vampire Diaries,” the CW’s new show has premiered this week at the height of the vampire mania surrounding “Twilight” and “True Blood.” Yes, this helps the show find a larger audience, but it also gives way to more comparison among all of the vampire shows and movies.

Though he may be renowned for turning hordes of squealing teenage girls to a slobbery mess with one single, angst-ridden stare, Robert Pattinson is just like any other bumbling teenager. However, with his portrayal of Edward Cullen, the hero of the “Twilight” trilogy, his normal life is sure to change.