'Twilight Saga' premiere

Published November 14, 2012

Thousands of excited “Twilight” fans have been camping out in Los Angeles to await the last episode of the blockbuster saga – and not even chilly temperatures could cool their vampire passions.

The past few nights have been decidedly brisk by California standards, but that has not deterred what has become something of a November tradition: a small tent city sprouting up outside the Nokia Theatre in downtown LA. — Text by AFP /Photos by Agencies

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