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The ladies love Billy from Twilight

POSTED: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 6:20 PM

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Last night, Meal Ticket maven Drew Lazor and I hit up a King of Prussia sneak peak/reviewer screening of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse because, well, they're totally hilarious. As per usual, we were greeted with the same undying adulation for sparkly vampires and six-packed werewolves. Tweenagers and middle-aged women scream at equal decibels in anticipation of barely legals going shirtless and brooding as hard as they can on screen. (Although, no one broke down and cried this time, like they did at the end of the New Moon, so that was disappointing.) But the most gut-busting part of the evening (other than a sighting of Philebrity's Joey Sweeney, who is probably, like, totally on Team Edward)? When werewolf Jacob's pop, Billy Black, played by Gil Birmingham, appeared onscreen and a small section of the crowd let out a whoop usually reserved for the more spritely characters. So, I'm putting out a call to the Twilight devotees: What gives? Why not Charlie (Billy Burke), who play Bella's father? He's older and studly, in that Miller High Life kind of way. Is it because of his role as ne'er-do-well casino owner Leonard Lobo on much beloved TV show Veronica Mars? That's my guess. But tell me: Why are the ladies getting all hot and bothered about Billy? RELATED >> OMGZ!: Twilight's Jackson Rathbone hits Philly

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