If anyone is keeping score, it took less than 24 hours for me to go FULL TWIHARD on Robert Pattinson’s publicity tour for Cosmopolis. In the past, I’ve had moments where I really enjoyed Rob. He’s almost always a good interview, he’s funny and he usually comes across as a sweet guy. But something about The New Rob… it’s turning me into a squealing Twihard. I really did do a little “squee!” at these photos of Rob yesterday in NYC. He was just walking from his hotel to the car. He wore a simple white t-shirt, dark jeans, with a hint of boxer shorts sticking out from behind. And he’s just perfect!!! OMG. Is that what Twihardom feels like?

Anyway, I’m sure this will be one of many Twihard-y posts about Rob today, so let’s just get to some of the stories circulating about him. It seems that at the Cosmopolis afterparty on Monday night, Rob was in a halfway decent mood:

Robert Pattinson turned his frown upside down! After a charming appearance on The Daily Show and a red carpet walk at MOMA, the 26-year-old didn’t shrink into the corner for the Cosmopolis premiere afterparty at The Dream Downtown hotel in NYC’s Meatpacking district.

Following a private dinner at the hotel’s Library, the Gucci-clad actor — making his first public appearance since news of girlfriend Kristen Stewart’s affair broke — “looked happy,” one observer tells Us Weekly.

“He was friendly and spoke to everyone that said hello.” One topic that never came up? “There was no talk of Kristen,” the observer says. “He was smiling and laughing a lot.”

Arriving at PH-D (the penthouse at the Dream Downtown) around 10:30 p.m., the star and his pals (including Cosmopolis costars Stanley Tucci, Paul Giamatti, Kevin Durand and Sarah Gadon) parked themselves at a banquette near the DJ booth — surrounded by six bodyguards. Pattinson drank bottles of Budweiser as he chatted with other revelers — and, with the doors opened to the outside terraces, he puffed on an electronic cigarette.

Leaving PH-D past midnight, the star and his group just moved the party downstairs — to the Electric Room, a bar in Dream Downtown’s basement — for a few more drinks. The fun, chill evening was about “celebrating with his friends and costars,” a source explains to Us. Guests were treated to an open bar care of Ciroc vodka.

“It’s really too bad that there was a cloud over his big night. He knows that everyone wanted to ask and bring it up,” adds the source of Pattinson and Stewart’s troubled romance. “He’s ready for life after Twilight now — now more than ever.”

[From Us Weekly]

People Magazine had many of the same details, but People’s unnamed source said, “He was very charismatic, all smiles, looking very relaxed and hugging all who stopped by to say . The general crowd gravitated towards his table, but he was shielded by security. He was surrounded by women and the movie’s cast. The whole room was watching him, and he looked genuinely at ease and comfortable the whole time.” Apparently, Paul Giamatti, was “looking over at Rob, and looked like he felt sorry for him.” OMG. Paul Giamatti is all Twihardy and horny too. JUST LIKE ME.

Other stories… Variety reports that Rob is signing on to Werner Herzog’s new film called Queen of the Desert. My gut reaction was “DRAG QUEENS!!” because I thought it was some kind of remake of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. But it’s actually about the desert, and the relationship between Gertrude Bell and T.E. Lawrence. Bell would be played by Naomi Watts, and Pattinson has been cast as T.E. Lawrence, also known as “Lawrence of Arabia”. I could actually see that. You know who would have made an outstanding T.E. Lawrence? Benedict Cumberbatch. I’m just sayin’. I’m not hatin’. Anyway, this new role is part of Rob’s new strategy to get as far away from sparkly vampires as he can get. He’s also doing a military role with Mission: Blacklist, and several mysteries/action/drama films.

Meanwhile, Radar claims that Kristen Stewart is relieved and “filled with regret” after watching Rob’s interview with Jon Stewart. A source claims, “Just like his devout fans, Kristen tuned into Robert’s interview with Jon Stewart with drawn breath. But after seeing him deflect the questions about her, Kristen’s anxiety soon disappeared and instead she was filled with regret. While she was obviously relieved that Robert didn’t trash her, the realization that their relationship was finally over hit her hard. Kristen was praying that after the dust settled she would get another chance and she was clinging on to that hope.” Now she wants to see Rob in person and work on having a friendship with him. A friendship that would involve him publicly forgiving her, I’m assuming.

Photos courtesy of WENN.