Posted by Vee | August 14, 2010, 0:19 (EST) | 13 Comments
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As if we haven’t been spoiled enough with DVD extras today – FearNet has another exclusive clip from the The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season special features. This clip has the cast and producers discussing the changes from and differences between the Vampire Diaries book series and the show.

Posted by Vee | August 13, 2010, 11:35 (EST) | 5 Comments
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Friday the 13th is Vampire Diaries DVD and new promo day, didn’t you know? The NY Post’s PopWrap has the third new DVD clip of the past 24 hours – remember MTV Hollywood Crush’s Vampires 101 DVD clip? Well, this is a continuation of that pop quiz. And what better way to celebrate Friday the 13th than with some scary Mr. Tanner action? (Watch a bigger version of the clip over at PopWrap.)

Posted by Vee | August 12, 2010, 22:43 (EST) | 19 Comments
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Yahoo!TV’s has posted yet another exclusive clip from The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season DVD and this time the cast and producers discuss what sets the show apart as a television drama. Love this quote from Julie:

We always said in the pilot it’s a girl who feels dead inside and a boy who is dead inside and how they bring each other back to life.

BIG thanks to Denise for the heads up!

And thanks to @ara_celi for the heads up on this: Target will be selling an exclusive version of the Vampire Diaries DVD which includes footage from the Vampire Diaries panel at PaleyFest. This version of the set will only be available at Target.

Posted by Vee | August 8, 2010, 23:50 (EST) | 28 Comments
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Tonight was a big night for The Vampire Diaries – the show and cast racked up a more-than-impressive seven surfboards at tonight’s Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles, including: TV: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show, TV: Breakout Show, TV: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Actress and TV: Female Breakout Star for Nina Dobrev, TV: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Actorand TV: Male Breakout Star for Paul Wesley, and TV: Villain for Ian Somerhalder. A HUGE CONGRATS to the cast, crew, and to YOU GUYS for putting them up on that stage. Well done, fandom!

You can watch the fun yourself this Monday night, August 9th, at 8/7c on FOX. Check out some photos from the blue carpet and the press room below and more in the Gallery. Nina, Paul, Ian, and Katerina Graham were also in attendance (as were executive producers Bob Levy and Julie Plec!).

Posted by Vee | August 4, 2010, 0:27 (EST) | 10 Comments
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Zap2It’s Carina MacKenzie has posted another video snippet from her Vampire Diaries set visit last month, and this time it’s a chat with Michael Trevino. Michael talks about his new central role in Vampire Diaries’ second season, including where Tyler’s head will be at for the first few episodes, his friendship with Matt, and his willingness to get naked. (Oh, just read the article.)

Taking such a central role in the show’s plot is a new experience for Trevino, since Tyler was M.I.A. for the majority of episodes in Season 1. “I’m looking forward to our take on this werewolf lineage and culture,” Trevino says. “You know, there’s ‘Twilight’ and ‘True Blood’ and they have their differences, obviously. I just want us to be original and be our own kind of werewolf with the transformation and the look of our wolves.”

READ THE ARTICLE AND CHECK OUT THE VIDEO ON ZAP2IT.

And TV Guide’s MegaBuzz has a very interesting tidbit – something that was slyly alluded to by Kevin Williamson in his video interview with MTV at Comic Con. (Did you catch it?) Anyway, it’s definitely spoilery, so highlight to read:

How will the vamps and weres interact on The Vampire Diaries? — Tamara
MICKEY: “In our world, our vampires know very little about the werewolf mythology, other than what anybody who’s watched Wolfman or read books has learned,” says executive producer Julie Plec. “They’re going to be surprised at what they can do.” Well, not everyone will be surprised. Katherine, it turns out, has a long history with the werewolves of Mystic Falls.

Can we just fast-forward to September 9th already? Anyone?

Posted by Vee | August 2, 2010, 10:02 (EST) | 9 Comments
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K!dult’s Lee Hernandez interviews Mystic Falls’ favorite (only?) history teacher, Matt Davis, about his role on The Vampire Diaries, the role he’s most recognized for, his interests outside of acting, and how those interests make it to his Twitter, @ErnestoRiley.

On The Vampire Diaries you play a history teacher. Are you a history buff in real life?

I’m an alternative history buff more than anything else. I have a passion for conspiracy theories, alternative histories, and different points of view that you don’t necessarily get exposed to in public schools.

READ THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW AT K!DULT.

Thanks to Kat from Portrait Magazine for the heads up on the magazine’s August cover, which features Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder (by popular demand). The issue features a lot of Vampire Diaries content, including: 25 Reasons we Love Nina Dobrev, Hanging with the Vampire Diaries cast in Sydney!, Ian Somerhalder: A Star with Conviction, Confessions of a TV-Holic: Crushing on the Bad Boy…, and Rise of the Vampires (the best Vampire Diaries quotes).

Think we forgot to post these a few days ago: CW Source has new video interviews with Nina Dobrev, Steven R. McQueen & Julie Plec from Comic Con. Nina talks about the challenge of a character imitating another character, Steven discusses not discussing what’s going on with Jeremy, and Julie talks about the big surprises in the Season 1 finale.

And finally, thanks to Ian Somerhalder Italy, here’s Ian’s shot from L’uomo Vogue. Click to see a bigger version in the Gallery.

Posted by Vee | July 29, 2010, 11:09 (EST) | 1 Comment
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TV Guide’s Natalie Abrams caught up with Julie Plec, who sheds more light on the plethora of Season 2 tidbits that came out of Comic Con this past weekend, and also explains that certain devastating events happen for a reason.

TVGuide.com: How close will you stay to the novels as you carry on?
Plec: The deeper we get into the series, ironically, the more we’re going to be taking from the books. That’s cool because we strayed so far so quickly, just by definition of trying to shape a good story in the right way for television. To find ourselves naturally returning to the source material and the villains that you met, it’s kind of awesome.

Villainssssss?

READ THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW AT TV GUIDE.

And MTV’s Hollywood Crush has posted two more videos from their Comic Con sitdown with the Vampire Diaries cast. You can check out a brief video of Julie discussing Elena and Katherine here, and watch some amusing “speculation” about werewolf effects from Paul Wesley and Matt Davis below, with more reliable insight from Michael Trevino:

By the way, the TCAs are in full-swing in L.A., and the CW’s session is getting ready to begin as you read this. Thanks to @stayingin for giving us all a glimpse of our very first new Season 2 promo shot. It’s not the best quality, but it is shiny new promo of Paul, Nina, and Ian!

Posted by Vee | July 28, 2010, 11:11 (EST) | 6 Comments
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So much good stuff from Comic Con – buckling under the weight of it all. First up – BuzzSugar has press room interview footage with Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev, Kevin Williamson, and Matt Davis. One particularly interesting tidbit dropped: Kev says the fourth episode of Season 2 will be an 1864 flashback episode.

And DigitalSpy has several one-on-ones with the Vampire Diaries crew. You can see the Julie Plec interview below and check out Kevin Williamson, Matt Davis, Nina Dobrev, and Paul Wesley over on DigitalSpy’s YouTube channel.