1. They’re hee-eere. Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, et al.—everyone but series castoff Rachelle Lefevre, pretty much—walked the red carpet at the premiere of The Twilight Saga: new Moon on Monday and continued to light up the talk show circuit (and E!’s microphones) all week. Neither their publicity efforts nor Robsten’s coyness were for naught—their little vampire movie stomped the latest Harry Potter film to set a box-office record for Friday-at-midnight ticket sales (with no help from Miley Cyrus) and is going to make a boatload this weekend, despite the mixed reviews.

2. Judging by the reaction, you would think Oprah Winfrey had pulled a Lou Dobbs. but no, the queen of daytime only announced her projected sign-off date—Sept. 9, 2011, following the end of her 25th season in syndication. Oprah will probably just end up on the talk show maven’s new cable network, OWN, one day…but it will be the end of an era all the same, one that’s already being marked by an outpouring of appreciations and dratted top-nine lists.

Soothe your eyes with the pretty colors in the big Picture gallery.