Posted by Vee | February 17, 2010, 18:48 (EST) | 2 Comments
Category: TV Series

So…remember that little award The Vampire Diaries won back in January? You know, that one the fandom went crazy voting for? Something called the People’s Choice Awards? Favorite New TV Drama? Big thanks to Kevin Williamson for this beauty (click to see a bigger version in the Gallery, and LOVE the Vampire Diaries posters visible on either side!).

Kevin Williamson:

Look what came in the mail. Yippee!!! http://twitgoo.com/edjev

Marcos Siega:

@kevwilliamson – we want one!

Michael Trevino:

Are we all gonna get to keep it for a few days like the Stanley Cup???

UPDATE: Nina Dobrev:

@kevwilliamson (re: http://twitgoo.com/edjev) cool Kev…where’s ours! haha. Paul and I are still waiting for our “Hottest New Couple” award

We say all future awards should come in pairs – one for Los Angeles and one for Atlanta. ;)

Posted by Red | January 21, 2010, 16:10 (EST) | 5 Comments
Category: TV Series

In typical Thursday tradition, the news likes to attack us while we prepare for the next episode of the Vampire Diaries airing. This is also a pretty spoiler-heavy post, so we apologise in advance for looking like someone blacked-out a government document with coffee. ;)

First up, episode 14 has a title – Fool Me Once! – and was written by newcomer to the Vampire Diaries, Brett Conrad, and directed by Marcos Siega. We also have a synopsis, courtesy of KryptonSite’s Vampire Diaries site.

SECRETS OF THE TOMB — Stefan helps Elena and Bonnie out of a dangerous situation. Jeremy asks Anna to a party in the woods, unaware that she has her own reasons for wanting to meet him there. When Stefan, Damon and Elena work with Bonnie and Grams to open the tomb, everyone is shocked by what they discover.

 
There was a lot of interesting information revealed at the Vampire Diaries TCA panel earlier this month, but Fancast have revealed that there are a couple more little tidbits that are interesting in their own right, but even more interesting to fans of the books. You can read the whole thing over at Fancast, but we’re going to highlight the interesting spoilers here:

On Tyler:

All the speculation about Ty is right. Says Williamson, “If you read the books you know the character that has the curse. And it’s a repressed curse triggered by one particular activity that hasn’t happened yet. Its no secret its Tyler, and as we reveal the full moon and his aggression issues, we’ll let him explore his anger issues, his Daddy issues.”

Founders Day:

Damon will continue his attempts to resurrect Katherine. Williamson reveals, “We’re building towards the Founders Day celebration and the 150th anniversary of this town. It’s a happy little party but then there’s this tomb business to deal with, and there’s 26 vampires down there. The whole back nine focuses on that tomb.”

As if we weren’t excited enough already with “Bloodlines” tonight and the next few episodes, now we have this to keep our minds spinning with the possibilities. ;)

Posted by Red | January 7, 2010, 19:37 (EST) | 3 Comments
Category: TV Series

While we’re sure everyone knows that the Vampire Diaries won the favourite new drama category at the People’s Choice Awards, we also imagine that not everyone was able to see it happen. So, for your viewing pleasure, Greg Grunberg (Heroes) and Kathryn Morris (Cold Case) announcing the Vampire Diaries as the winning show.

 
Regular forum member and proud Elena fan thedean786 has written an interesting article explaining just why the Vampire Diaries appeals to a regular guy such as himself:

So I’ve got a confession to make. I like TVD – no, wait, scratch that – I actually love TVD. *sigh* much better. I really needed to get that off my chest. But here’s the kicker – I’m actually a guy that actually enjoys watching a TV show which for all intents and purposes I should be shunning. I mean c’mon, what “full grown alpha male” in his right mind would ever admit to liking this show? Especially since it’s supposedly for the “screaming sappy girl fans of Twilight” – ok that was a bit harsh, but you get my point. Yet here I am readily admitting my admiration of all things TVD. Could I possibly be insane? Read on dear friends read on.

Read the rest of the article over at Vampire Diaries Online.

 
You can catch a glimpse of Ian, Nina and Paul on the dance set of episode 12, “Unpleasantville”, in the video below:

 
And finally, Marcos Siega tweeted a picture from his phone of some of the cast hard at work on set… on their own phones. ;)

Posted by Vee | January 6, 2010, 23:14 (EST) | 16 Comments
Category: TV Series

Well, we tried to be spoiler-free on Twitter, but that went out the window once the cast and production team started tweeting their thanks – sorry, West coasters! In case you’re not on Twitter (le gasp!), everyone will be happy to know that you voted Vampires Diaries Favorite New TV Drama in the 2010 People’s Choice Awards. Nice job! The award was presented by Greg Grunberg (Heroes) and Kathryn Morris of Cold Case, who added a nice personal touch to proceedings as a lot of Vampires Diaries‘ crew used to work on Cold Case. They accepted the award on behalf of Vampire Diaries since, as you all know, cast and crew are back filming new episodes in Atlanta.

TVD cast and crew had this to say on Twitter:

Marcos Siega:

Wow! Congrats to all my Vampire Diaries family! And thanks Kathryn for the shout out!

Julie Plec:

holy shit, we won??? Wow. And to think I only voted 243 times. Thanks, everyone! Way to mobilize.

I’m still in awe that a show w 25% of the competitions’ viewers can win. Really does show the power of fandom (and the TVD Twitterverse)!

Rob Pralgo:

Congrats to friends, fans, cast and crew of ‘People’s Choice Award Winner” ‘THE VAMPIRE DIARIES!!!

Ian Somerhalder:

Thank you everyone for the People’s Choice Award!!!! Very very very cool

Michael Trevino:

Thank you soooooo much to all the fans who voted for us.. Love you guys… THE VAMPIRE DIARIES WON BEST NEW TV DRAMA!!!! #peopleschoice

Nina Dobrev:

@ dinner w/ @iansomerhalder and Paul – we just heard the news- THANK YOU TO THE FANS FOR VOTING! We <3+appreciate u more than you know!!!!!!

Going to bed now bc I have to wakeup at 5am to start shooting so u guys can get your TVD fix! :) the people (you) voted, we won, THANK YOU!!

And from all of us thank you to our incredibly hard working crew,talented cast, amazing writing team @julieplec @kevwilliamson etc! U rock!

Daphne (Production Assistant):

Thank you for voting for us, people!! we at The Vampire Diaries love you!

UPDATE: Kevin Williamson:

Best New Drama! People’s Choice Award! Thanks for all the votes people!!!

And Congrats to an amazing cast and crew in Atlanta and Hollywood! You guys are amazing!!!

UPDATE: Katerina Graham:

I just found out we won the people’s choice award!!! Thank you to the fans, you did it!!! Congrads to you guys and the rest of the tvd fam!

UPDATE: Paul M. Sommers, Director of Photography:

Thanks everyone for voting. Thanks to KM for the shout out. Congrats to the Vamp family

 
And remember that Hollywood Style “Hottest Couple” award Paul and Nina won back in October? Tonight’s People’s Choice Awards broadcast aired a (super, super-brief) “thank you” video with Paul and Nina.

If you can manage to work around the carpal tunnel, pat yourself on the back, fandom!

Posted by Red | December 17, 2009, 17:59 (EST) | 5 Comments
Category: TV Series

Marathon week is all about re-experiencing the Vampire Diaries, so how about a little blast from the past with some behind the scenes pictures from “Night of the Comet”? We’ve got to admit that Ian’s devilish grin in the first picture gives us a thrill of fear. Reassuring to know he’s not that evil in real life.

Posted by Vee | November 21, 2009, 1:21 (EST) | 7 Comments
Category: TV Series

Weird seeing a fandom pet name pop up in TV Guide Magazine. William Keck has just posted that actor James Remar, aka Harry Morgan from Dexter (aka One of the Greatest TV Shows There Ever Was), has been cast as Giuseppe Salvatore (Stefan and Damon’s father). He starts filming December 2nd and also reveals he may be making more than one appearance on the show.

Keck: You seem like a great choice to play Papa Salvatore. How did you get the role?
Remar: I was brought in by Marcos Siega, who has directed several episodes of Dexter and Vampire Diaries. He’s now the show runner on Vampire Diaries and thought I’d be right for this role.

Check out the interview at TV Guide Magazine. (Two of my favorite things colliding – thanks, Marcos!)

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).