Posted by Vee | March 14, 2010, 22:11 (EST) | 14 Comments
Category: TV Series

PaleyFest last weekend was fun times, and considering I made it to L.A. despite being sick as all get out, you’ll forgive me for taking the past week to recuperate and throw together some thoughts.

First off, it was nothing short of a pleasure (finally!) meeting Niyah (@CW_VampDiaries), Craig (@KryptonSite), and Carina (@cadlymack), and great seeing Jen (@NinaDobrevFan) again. And of course my travel partners-in-crime, Connie (@conallen) and Lucia (@Heroine_TV), who weathered my sick, pathetic butt and made me laugh so much. This fandom has a core made of awesome, wonderfully witty, hard-working folks, and the above are all class acts. You guys made my trip, so thank you. (The rest of you – follow all of the above on Twitter!)

If you’re looking for a thorough PaleyFest panel recap, I point you no further than Lucia/Heroine TV’s excellent breakdown. She touches on everything worth noting during the actual panel, and I can’t disagree with (most of) her personal observations either. (By the way, I’m the arm she grabbed in the last moments of the episode screening, heh, but more on that in a minute.)

CLICK TO READ PALEY IMPRESSIONS & VERY VAGUE, SLIGHTLY SPOILERY THOUGHTS ON A FEW GOOD MEN

Posted by Vee | March 12, 2010, 19:58 (EST) | 7 Comments
Category: TV Series

Spider from FearNet caught up with Paul Wesley on the red carpet at PaleyFest. Paul discusses Stefan as a romantic figure and bad boy, and gives his take on why Vampire Diaries fans get so defensive about those Twilight comparisons.

Posted by Red | March 12, 2010, 14:48 (EST) | 9 Comments
Category: TV Series

Twenty seconds of trailer for “A Few Good Men” last night not enough for you? Us, either. Here, have an extra ten seconds to drive yourselves nuts over with the extended trailer. ;)

 
The CW has also released the synopsis for episode 16, “There Goes the Neighborhood”, featuring more Kelly Donovan and some interesting dating news. Highlight/mouseover to reveal the details:

A NEW START — Anna brings a surprising guest along when she pays a visit to Damon. Elena and Stefan go on an awkward double date with Caroline and Matt, but Stefan and Matt find they have some common ground. Jenna reunites with her old friend Kelly, and Jeremy’s relationship with Anna takes an unexpected direction.

 
And finally, a roundup of interviews. Zach Roerig was recently a guest on the Friday Night Lights Fan Podcast. He discusses his former role as Cash on FNL and of course his current stint as Matt Donovan on the Vampire Diaries. Head on over to FNL Fans to listen. Nina Dobrev talks about what she expects to see in Elena’s future in five questions with TV Addict, Candice Accola talks to Orlando Magazine about her early career and growing up in Orlando (scroll down a bit for Candice’s section), and Paul Wesley sums up nicely what helps draw fans to the show.

“I think what the audience really loves about the show is how layered it is in terms of very gentle sarcasm and comedy. It just doesn’t take itself too seriously but yet serious enough. We’re all really proud of it.”

Posted by Vee | March 11, 2010, 14:16 (EST) | 7 Comments
Category: TV Series

Vampire Diaries was featured on E!News last night, with Kristin dos Santos catching up with the cast at PaleyFest to talk love triangles. Thanks to Denise for the heads up!

Posted by Red | March 11, 2010, 14:00 (EST) | 9 Comments
Category: TV Series

When they visited the set of the Vampire Diaries not so long back, Seventeen asked the cast a bunch of questions that fans had put forward for them, including whether or not the guys had to get shirtless when auditioning.

 
And don’t forget that Seventeen are offering one lucky reader and a friend a chance to visit the set of the Vampire Diaries in Atlanta Georgia. You have to be a female between the age of 13 and 29 and a resident of the USA to enter. Sorry international, male and older fans. Maybe we’ll get our chances another time. ;)

Posted by Vee | March 9, 2010, 22:41 (EST) | 5 Comments
Category: TV Series

The Hollywood Reporter’s Philiana Ng (@insidethetube – follow her on Twitter!) has posted two more PaleyFest red carpet interviews. The first has Julie talking about what Katherine may be doing now, Damon as hero?, Tyler’s future, when we can expect the werewolf element to surface (at the earliest), Matt/Caroline, and who’s going out on a double date?

And Kevin talks about what’s in store for Bonnie as we head towards the season finale.

And thanks to Vampire Diaries Show, we have over 100 HQ photos from the PaleyFest red carpet/panel up in the Gallery.

Posted by Vee | March 9, 2010, 19:46 (EST) | 9 Comments
Category: Fandom, TV Series

Thanks to the LA Times’ Carina MacKenzie (@cadlymack), see PaleyFest’s Vampire Diaries panel highlight: @paulwesleylover and Paul Wesley have a moment. ;)