Posted by Vee | March 11, 2010, 1:05 (EST) | 7 Comments
Category: TV Series

Flashback eps are Very Special Episodes and Children of the Damned may have trumped Lost Girls in the costume and revelation department. Actually, no “may” about it – we think it did. There’s an ugly undercurrent running through the back story of Mystic Falls and how much of that past is actually foreshadowing? Yes, pondering human/vampire relations is making us philosophical, but how else to pass the time until March 25th? Only two more weeks until brand new episodes of The Vampire Diaries reclaim their rightful place on your television screens. (And guess what? I’ve seen the episode and it is worth the wait, I promise.) In the meantime, share your own philosophical musings in the forum, peruse the songlist, and rate the episode in our poll.

Thanks to Jen at Nina Dobrev Fan for the heads up that Mr. Zach Roerig will be on KTLA Morning News Thursday (this) morning! Make sure you tune in, Los Angeles. Sorry, we’re not exactly sure what time.

Posts from this past week:

• Kevin & Julie talk season finale + why Vicki won’t be back
• A Few Good Men tease, episode 16 title, Nina and Candice in NYLON Guys (Dec) + Kat interview with Seventeen
• New THR video interviews with Julie & Kev, 100+ photos from Paley
• See @paulwesleylover have her moment with Paul Wesley
• Warner Bros.’ photos from PaleyFest
• First look at David Anders as Jonathan Gilbert, Spencer Locke joins the cast as guest star, Ian and Nina confirmed for Vampire Diaries event in Australia + TV Guide Magazine video from PaleyFest
• Vampire Diaries at PaleyFest: Photo, video & link round-up
• Paul and Nina in Seventeen, Kayla Ewell talks Vampire Diaries
• Katerina Graham interview at 2010 NAACP Image Awards (video)
• Candice & Katerina photoshoot in February’s L’Uomo Vogue
• Ian Somerhalder & Melinda Clarke in Entertainment Weekly + video of Nina, Paul and Ian at Love Bites party
• Official A Few Good Men synopsis + Dawn Ostroff talks Vampire Diaries
• New A Few Good Men episode stills

Posted by Vee | February 16, 2010, 20:32 (EST) | 8 Comments
Category: TV Series

Thanks to Denise for the heads up on TV Guide Magazine’s interviews with Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, and Nina Dobrev at this weekend’s Hot Topic event in Los Angeles. They talk about what’s on everyone’s mind after the events of Fool Me Once and, now that we have Season 2 to look forward to, the possibilities are nearly endless.

So without the steadfast mission to find his one-time love, what will Damon resort to next? “Damon having idle time, not having a mission, is a very, very problematic situation…I think there are more shenanigans [to come].” And when Damon is up to no good, his Salvatore brother is sure to follow.

We’ve been thinking about a “Damon without purpose” scenario since the last episode aired, and it scares the crap out of us…in the best possible way.

Dobrev is holding out hope for Elena and Stefan, but admits here will always be outside factors toying with the strength of their relationship, which means anything can happen. “I think his presence always has an effect on their relationship, even if he doesn’t do anything. Even his existence complicates both their lives, so we’ll just have to wait and see,” said Dobrev.

Like having Damon show up unannounced in the bedroom. Boundaries, dude. BOUNDARIES.

“One of my favorite things about the show is the flashbacks,” said Wesley. “There’s still so much to cover, like what happened? We’re still at just the tip of the iceberg. There’s so much for us to explore with 1864, but what did they do in 1910? What about 1950? It’s amazing how much we can explore.”

Yeah, the flashbacks are our favorite too, Paul. We want to see Stefan and Damon in 1977. Just sayin’.

Read the entire article at TV Guide Magazine.

Posted by Vee | February 4, 2010, 0:03 (EST) | 14 Comments
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Here it is, Vampire Diaries fans – possibly the most anticipated episode of the show since the last time Nina Dobrev slipped into that conniving corset in Lost Girls. Yes, it’s time for Children of the Damned, airing tonight on the CW, 8/7c. Katherine is coming out to play and we’ve been told to expect major revelations, betrayals, and yes, costume pr0n galore. Twitter will be on-freakin’-fire tonight, so don’t let us down. You saw those previews, right? RIGHT?

IMPORTANT: General public tickets for The Vampire Diaries panel at PaleyFest (Saturday, March 6th) are on sale now and Paley is taking questions for the panelists on their website. And the Hot Topic Vampire Diaries Cast Tour hits Los Angeles Valentine’s Day weekend, February 13th! (Click the image for more info!)

Warm up for tonight by getting your own flashbacks on – and join us in the discussion forum!

• Read the synopsis
• See episode stills
• Watch promos 1 | 2
• Watch episode clip
• Julie & Kev preview Children of the Damned
• Behind the scenes stills from Children of the Damned
• More episode stills from Children of the Damned & The Turning Point
• Vampire Diaries promo: Do you trust me?
• CW’s video recap of Hot Topic Vampire Diaries Cast Tour: New Jersey & PIX’s Andrew Ramos quizzes fans
• WPIX interview with Nina, Paul & Ian, UK premiere & Nina’s British accent
• Video interview with ITV & viewing figures for the UK
• LA Times interview with Paul Wesley
• Full scans of Ian, Nina & Paul in NYLON | NYLON Shoot Video Part 1 | Part 2
• New interviews with Ian Somerhalder, Steven R. McQueen, Sara Canning & Sean Faris
• JSYK talks Matt/Caroline with Candice and Zach
• IESB exclusive interview with Steven R. McQueen
• Tyler Shields photo shoot with Sean Faris
• Stills from Fool Me Once (EP14)
• Help Haiti PSAs from the CW
• Complete songlist for Unpleasantville | Rate Unpleasantville
• Behind the Scenes stills, ratings and episode downloads for Unpleasantville
• Ian talks to Heat, Children of the Damned spoiler, Marathon in Latin and South America, The Televixen’s TVD podcast & TwiCon Celebrity Gift Baskets

Posted by Vee | January 27, 2010, 13:31 (EST) | 20 Comments
Category: TV Series

TV Guide Magazine has a nice feature on Vampire Diaries’ upcoming flashback episode, Children of the Damned, in their February 1-7 issue, complete with some new photos of Nina Dobrev as Katherine and special guest star James Remar (with Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder). Click the image to see a bigger, readable version in the Gallery, and consider this a warning for some mild spoilers, courtesy of Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson. Thanks to Denise for the scan!

Posted by Vee | December 1, 2009, 23:39 (EST) | 10 Comments
Category: TV Series

The Wrap counts Vampire Diaries as one of Fall’s 6 Buzziest Shows (along with Glee, The Good Wife, Modern Family, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, and Parks & Recreation), crediting the show’s success to the current vampire trend, “breakout star” Ian Somerhalder, and a still-growing audience:

The CW’s foresight has been rewarded with the network’s biggest new hit since “Gossip Girl.” Viewers are responding to the show’s juicy storylines, its super-hot cast and the always appreciated sense of humor that showrunner Kevin Williamson (“Scream”) brings to the table.

Direct link to the Vampire Diaries segment.

E!’s Watch with Kristin has confirmed Kelly Hu’s casting (which we tweeted then blogged on Sunday night – thanks to @thetelevixen/Fancast for actually giving us credit on that one). As we suspected, she is indeed playing Pearl, but (as usual) don’t place too much faith in those casting sides:

Kelly will be appearing in flashbacks as an apothecary named Pearl, but contrary to other reports, she doesn’t go door to door and accidentally try to sell vervain to Katherine (Nina Dobrev). We’ll first see her on Jan. 28.

Tweeted this last night, so in case you missed it: E’s Spoiler Chat talked with Jasmine Guy about upcoming episodes:

We just chatted up Jasmine Guy, and she tells us she’s “having a ball” playing Bonnie’s grandmother and will be back sooner or later. She also hinted at a bigger picture storyline arc for the series: “There’s this whole inner life between the witches and the vampires where there’s this pact between the two forces that they won’t expose each other. So I’m excited to explore that.” She also calls the show’s producers “elusive” and that she learns what she’s going to do when she gets on set.

UPDATE: TV Guide’s Mega Buzz has quite the tidbit (highlight to read – it’s definitely spoilery):

What if I were to tell you that Elena will soon find herself in the romantic company of a Salvatore brother not named Stefan? Said Salvatore introduces her to a friend who allowed himself to be “turned” by his vampire lover, which gets the hamster wheels in Elena’s pretty, pretty head spinning.

And if you missed Zach Roerig’s interview with The VRO tonight, never fear: the entire thing is up for your listening pleasure.

Posted by Vee | November 13, 2009, 22:06 (EST) | 6 Comments
Category: TV Series

We tweeted a hint about this earlier this afternoon, because we love teasing book fans: The Vampire Diaries is casting two characters for episode 13 (production #112), one of which has a name (and role) book readers will recognize. If you’re dying to know, and don’t mind spoilers, head over to the Spoiler Zone. As always, these things are subject to change, so take it with a grain of salt. But can you say…more flashbacks?

TV Guide Magazine’s William Keck has a tease about next week’s episode, The Turning Point, though we’re not sure exactly how spoilerific this is considering the promos released last night and this morning. Maybe someone’s pulling a fast one? Thanks to Ina for the heads up.

Posted by Vee | November 10, 2009, 23:54 (EST) | 5 Comments
Category: TV Series

As many of you have undoubtedly heard by now, The Vampire Diaries is a contender in the People’s Choice Awards. We first relayed their potential nomination in the Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show category weeks ago and encouraged you to vote – and vote you did! The Vampire Diaries not only made it into that category – where it’s up against Heroes, Lost, Supernatural, and True Blood – but it’s also up for Favorite New TV Drama (along with Eastwick, FlashForward, Melrose Place, Mercy, The Forgotten, The Good Wife, Three Rivers, NCIS: Los Angeles, and V). We think you know what to do: VOTE!

UPDATE: Looks like the Sci-Fi/Fantasy category is mobile-only. Sorry for the confusion!

TV Guide’s MegaBuzz has another Kevin Williamson-sponsored tease for upcoming episodes:

“We have another flashback episode scheduled,” says executive producer Kevin Williamson. “We’re going to learn more about the night [Stefan and Damon] died.” This flashback will give us more information about Katherine, which will eventually lead to a surprising reveal about the Elena doppelgänger.

Thanks to Denise for hooking us up with a few scans from the upcoming issue of TV Guide Magazine. First up, we have the inclusion of Vampire Diaries in a piece on how vampire shows are “hotter than hell,” and then a piece from Matt “I talked so much smack about this show after the pilot” Roush in which he changes his tune – for the most part.

Thanks to Marcos Siega for clarifying the director line-up for the next handful of Vampire Diaries episodes. J. Miller Tobin (Supernatural, Cold Case, did we mention Supernatural..?) is helming episode 11, the aforementioned Liz Friedlander will direct episode 12 (we incorrectly said episode 11 – oops!), Mr. Siega himself will step back behind the camera for episode 13, and Julie Plec mentioned some time back that Vampire Diaries editor Josh Butler will handle directing duties for episode 14 (re: production code 113).