As any Twilighter worth their “Team Edward” t-shirt knows, we here at MTV love Michael Welch. He’s funny, talented, and about to make his big breakthrough playing Mike Newton in “Twilight.” What’s not to like?

Well, now there’s one more reason to dig the dude: His new website is dedicated to “all the twi-hards, gate-heads, joan-cores and other –hards, -heads and –cores,” and it has posted Mike/Mike’s 4th grade talent show that he performed in at age nine.

While a career in stand-up comedy might not be in Mike’s future, I highly recommend downloading it, especially if you’ve ever pondered the eternal question of what the big chimney said to the little chimney. Read more...

"Twilight" fans have always made their exuberance known, whether they're delivering gift baskets to the stars' hotel rooms, flooding our message boards with thousands of questions for their favorite actors, or attempting to send me into outer space. The enthusiasm reached an all new level recently, however, when Twilighters began posting on sites like TwilightLexicon.com that Mr. Mike Welch deserved his own day of "Twilight Tuesday" treatment.

Well, our interview with Mike/Mike just went live here, and he had a lot of fun things to say about the fanbase that loves him. But he also wanted our help in getting the word out to one particularly enthusiastic Twilighter.

"NoMoreMarbles, I'm sure she's watching," Mike laughed, referring to one of our all-time favorite Twilighters, who has made a name for herself uploading videos like this one. "I would like to have an interview with you." Read more...