Today, Taylor Lautner is in Paris, France promoting Abduction. Photos of him at today's photocall event are attached in the slideshow. Lautner's interview with Conan was revealed last night, and in it, he talked about sneaking out to bowling alleys catered to elderly individuals and, well, he punched Conan O'Brien in the gut (note: it was per Conan's request). Taylor Lautner's TV appearances in support of Abduction have been very funny (he also rode a mechanical bull on Jimmy Fallon recently). The funniest part to-date, though, happened on Conan when a clip of Lautner in his first movie Shadow Fury was unearthed by Conan and his team. The embarrassment on Lautner ...
- 9/27/2011
- by thetwilightexaminer
- Twilight Examiner
1 cup Hollywood Actor 3/4 cup World Champion 2/3 cup Sports Fan There are many elements that make up the mega hunk that is Taylor Lautner stemming back to his roots in the Midwest. Taylor grew up to appreciate strict discipline and hard work thanks to his seven years studying and mastering karate. His intense focus allowed him to pack up and head west to Hollywood where his next journey as a Hollywood actor would await him. Taylor along with his family grew up in Grand Rapid, Michigan, where at the age of six he became involved in karate. At the age of eleven, Taylor was ranked number one in the world for Naska's Black Belt Open Forms, Musical Weapons, Traditional Weapons, and Traditional Forms and a year later he won the Junior World Championships. Taylor's coach and mentor was the one who opened his mind to acting and pursued him to take it up full time.
- 7/16/2009
- by cjoyce@corp.popstar.com (Colleen Joyce)
- PopStar
Before starring in 2008’s Twilight, you might have seen Taylor Lautner in a couple of children’s films, but now, even cave-dwellers can’t miss this young star. At a mere seventeen years old, the world knows this young man’s name – and will be hard-pressed to forget it any time soon. Beginning as a martial artist, Lautner’s main goal in childhood life, it seemed, was karate. Adorned with numerous awards for his stellar and ahead-of-his-time talent at this craft, Lautner endlessly impressed on-lookers and was once laughingly accused of show-boating by one news anchor. Yet, that was not all Lautner was good at – or loved. When he was seven, he began to pursue an interest in acting. Taylor Lautner got his start back in 2001 as Kismet in Shadow Fury. Paying his dues in small featurette roles in such series as Summerland and The Bernie Mac Show, Lautner climbed...
- 6/18/2009
- by Twilight Examiner
- t5m.com
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