Kiss from a Vampire. Is that an Anne Rice novel? A song from Undead Seal? No, it's a thing that happened. Apparently, Twilight hunk/hair farmer Robert Pattinson auctioned off a kiss on the cheek to the highest bidder at Cannes last night. The money went to charity and for a couple of tiny pecks on the cheek, they were worth a lotta scratch. Reports People:
Actually, the Twilight star, 23, auctioned them off to not one, but two bidders ñ at $20,000 per kiss ñ all part of his participation in this year's 62nd film festival.
$20K for a kiss! $20K! Christ on a crutch. We're about to set up a kissing booth on the corner pretending to be Rob. Tween girls will line up for a kiss, we'll blindfold them and then press an ice cube on their cheeks while blowing stale cigarette smoke in their face. Instant RPattz! Hell, for 20,000 clams, we'll even strip down and wag our–
In a lighter moment, Josh Hartnett offered to strip ñ for money that would go to research for an AIDS cure ñ but the bidding never got high enough.
Oh. Never mind.