Not one member of Team Jacob was spotted Monday, inside or outside Cricket’s Grill & Draft House, at least not while movie star Robert Pattinson was relaxing with a few beers at the popular bar on Broadway, just a block east from the Texas Tech campus.

From accounts at Pattinson fan sites online, he is traveling with friends to New Orleans.

Pattinson portrayed Cedric Diggory in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” in 2003, but found almost instantaneous fame when cast as sexy vampire Edward Cullen in film adaptations of Stephanie Myers’ four-book “Twilight” series.

Those films include “Twilight” in 2008, “New Moon” in 2009 and “Eclipse” this year. The final literary installment, “Breaking Dawn,” will be released as a two-part film in 2011 and 2012.

Team Edward refers to fans who want Pattinson’s character to be romantically involved with a human played by Kristen Stewart; Team Jacob is the name for fans who would rather she choose a werewolf (played by Taylor Lautner) over Cullen’s vampire.

Pattinson beat out 3,000 other actors in a mass audition for the role of Edward, and, at times, it may have felt like that many young women were stalking him outside the front and rear entrances to Cricket’s.
Actually, numbers most likely totaled around 150, according to witnesses.

There is a reason that Facebook is referred to as a social network. The largest influx of young women arrived after Pattinson’s local appearance was announced via Facebook postings.

The actor was first recognized by Cricket’s waitress Brittni Vivion, a 20-year-old Tech student from Athens, and her friends.

Check back at lubbockonline.com or see Wednesday’s Avalanche-Journal for the full story.

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