Posted by Kate | February 22, 2013, 14:37 (EST) | 60 Comments
Category: TV Series

The CW has released the official synopsis for The Vampire Diaries: Bring It On (EP416), airing Thursday, March 14th. Highlight for spoilers:

THE NEW NORMAL — Elena’s (Nina Dobrev) new outlook has everyone concerned, leading Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) to agree that going back to the normal routine of high school would be the best thing for her. Caroline (Candice Accola) is pleasantly surprised when Elena decides to rejoin the cheerleading squad, but her pleasure turns to shock when Elena’s behavior proves dangerous. Not giving up on their search for the cure, Damon and Rebekah (Claire Holt) work together until his unwanted advice catches her off-guard. Klaus (Joseph Morgan) tries to use Hayley (guest star Phoebe Tonkin) to get the information he’s after and makes an intriguing discovery in the process. Meanwhile, a bored Elena throws a wild party and gets into an ugly fight.

The episode was directed by Jesse Warn and written by Elisabeth R. Finch & Michael Narducci.

Posted by Kate | January 11, 2013, 15:01 (EST) | 467 Comments
Category: TV Series

Whoa. WHOA. Who wants The Originals? According to THR, Julie Plec is working on a Vampire Diaries spinoff starring Joseph Morgan and Phoebe Tonkin. The idea will be set up in the April 25th episode:

In the Vampire Diaries episode slated to air April 25, Klaus returns to the supernatural melting pot that is the French Quarter of New Orleans, a town he helped build centuries ago, and is reunited with his diabolical former protege Marcel. The Secret Circle’s Phoebe Tonkin, who joined Vampire Diaries this season in a pivotal recurring role, will also star.

Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo will also serve as executive producers. Reminder: The spinoff is not a sure thing, but even the fact that it’s in the works is a big deal! Thoughts? Do you want to watch The Originals?

READ MORE AT THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.

UPDATE: Give Me My Remote has confirmation from the network that this is indeed in the works.

Posted by Kate | October 25, 2012, 15:00 (EST) | 4 Comments
Category: TV Series

You love his recaps – now check out Price Peterson‘s TV.com interview with new cast member Phoebe Tonkin on her character’s place on the show, what it was like moving from The Secret Circle to The Vampire Diaries, and more. On her character Hayley:

“She’s a tomboy. She lost her parents when she was younger, so she sort of grew up running around with these packs of werewolves. She’s a free spirit, she’s kind of ballsy, she stands up to people a lot, I think just because she’s had to take care of herself for so long. Yeah, so, she’s strong. But in the sense that she’s a good person. I think she has priorities of her own, but I don’t think she’s going to be manipulative like Faye—Faye would’ve done whatever it took to get what she wanted. But Hayley definitely has some secrets and some information that she’s looking for, which is kind of more or less what brings her to Mystic Falls. She’s trying to find something out.”

READ THE WHOLE INTERVIEW AT TV.COM.

Posted by Abby | October 25, 2012, 8:07 (EST) | 1 Comment
Category: TV Series

Claire Holt answers a variety of questions from Screen Spy about all things Rebekah in Season 4, including what high school is going to be like for her now that she’s alienated pretty much everyone she knows.

Screen Spy: How hard is it going to be for Rebekah to hold her head up and continue on in High School this year? She’s been ostracized by so many people at this point.

Claire Holt: She’s going to try to put up a bit of a wall and pretend it doesn’t affect her. She’s going to play that mean girl card. But it’s all an act. Obviously, being ostracized like that is going to be incredibly tough for her. There’s going to be some fun elements to it. She can’t really decide what she wants. One minute she doesn’t care. She wants to be the tough bad girl, and the next she really doesn’t, so there will definitely be that dynamic. I got to do some really fun scenes where that whole aspect is played up. [laughing] It’s great!

READ THE REST AT SCREEN SPY.

Phoebe Tonkin shared a few things with TVLine about her incoming character, Haley, and what waves she might be making in Mystic Falls, specifically with one Tyler Lockwood. Spoiler alert!

“All we know is that they were friends and that they went through something big together, so they have a special bond because of that,” replies the actress. “So they were just good friends. But I don’t know if, at the beginning, Caroline thinks that.”

READ MORE AT TVLINE.

Posted by Kate | October 24, 2012, 13:15 (EST) | 5 Comments
Category: TV Series

Ready for your first look at how Phoebe Tonkin‘s character, Hayley, will fit in with the TVD group? Click on the partial image to see the whole exclusive still at The Insider. Hayley will first appear in tomorrow night’s episode, The Rager (EP303). Take a look at who she seems to be spending time with in this episode still, and hit the comments with your theories! And hey, Secret Circle fans, it’s pretty awesome to see Phoebe back on our screens, huh?

READ MORE AT THE INSIDER.

Posted by Abby | October 12, 2012, 16:59 (EST) | 14 Comments
Category: Misc, TV Series

Friday Night Bites is a weekly round-up for various tidbits of show and cast/crew news not quite big enough to warrant a blog post, not strictly Vampire Diaries-related, or that somehow just fell through the cracks.

SPECIAL NOTE: Now that the forums are closed we’re noticing a lot more off-topic links and things appearing in comments. Now that the show is back on we’ll be trying to keep things more focused, but we invite you to share other links and discuss non-tvd topics here in the weekly FNB post.

• What’s Candice Accola reading right now? Check out this video (above) from Hollywood Crush’s Celebrity Book Club.
• Ian Somerhalder wrote about America’s energy crisis for the Daily Beast.
• Hottest girls from the CW? We spy Nina Dobrev and Kat Graham on this list, with bonus of Phoebe Tonkin and Persia White for their work on other shows.
• To celebrate the premiere, YA author Gwenda Bond posted a snippet from her awesome book Blackwood that involves our favorite show.
• Joseph Morgan’s movie Warhouse will screen at the South African Horrorfest 2012.
• Nina Dobrev will be Self Magazine’s cover girl in November.
• And Phoebe Tonkin will appear on the cover of Australian magazine Women’s Fitness, November 2012 edition.
• Great pictures of Paul Wesley and Torrey DeVitto from the Opening Night Gala of the 13th Annual Polish Film Festival Los Angeles.
• And here’s Daniel Gillies at the Kingdom Come premiere.
• Candice Accola supports the Tick-Born Disease Alliance’s Trick’n'Tweet event (VIDEO).
• And head to TV Fanatic to support the Tick-Born Disease Alliance and enter to win a signed cast poster.
• Fantastic Fangirls Scribble in Their Vampire Diaries

Posted by Abby | October 5, 2012, 18:18 (EST) | 1 Comment
Category: TV Series

Friday Night Bites is a weekly round-up for various tidbits of show and cast/crew news not quite big enough to warrant a blog post, not strictly Vampire Diaries-related, or that somehow just fell through the cracks.

• Big congrats to our Name Elena’s Teddy Bear/Love You To Death 3 contest winners! Crissy has chosen “Bearton Earnspaw” as the winning entry, so congrats to Sue on the clever Wuthering Heights reference! And congrats to Theresa and Amy for being two of our four random winners. (Hey, other two winners, check your Twitter DMs and get back to us before we draw two new winners in your place!) All winners will receive an autographed copy of Love You To Death 3, and the grand prize winner also gets some awesome official TVD merch. Thanks to everyone who entered!
• Kat Graham and Candice Accola live at the iHeartRadio music festival. (Video above)
• Ian Somerhalder’s OFFICIAL Facebook page, so stop following fakes.
• Ian Somerhalder on the cover of Defy Magazine.
• Nina Dobrev gives fans a wave as she heads to an interview with Extra.
• Phoebe Tonkin and Claire Holt at the Teen Vogue Young Hollywood Party.
• Daniel Gillies interview with Xtreme 107.1 Radio.
• Video of Kat Graham and Ian Somerhalder onstage at the 2012 Environmental Media Awards.
• Ian Somerhalder at the 2012 Environmental Media Awards.
• Kat Graham, also at the 2012 Environmental Media Awards.
• Big congrats to Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec for making the list of The Holywood Reporter’s Top 50 Showrunners of 2012.
• As part of their TV Club Ten, The AV Club shares their choices for the 10 episodes that best showcase The Vampire Diaries.
• Nina Dobrev has a feature in the November 2012 issue of Glamour. And US Weekly has more photos.
• Great news for Sara Canning fans! SyFy has picked up Primeval: New World for 13 episodes in 2013.
• Fun photo of Daniel Gillies and Rachael Leigh Cook at a pre-Emmy event.
• Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder make Glamour UK’s 50 Sexiest Men List.
• Elena Gilbert and Alaric Saltzman makes Hollywood Life’s list of 20 Most Shocking TV Death From the Past Year.
• Paul Wesley and Michael Trevino make Huffington Post’s 27 Older Celebrities Who FAIL At Playing Teens. In other news, it’s Hollywood and no one cares.

Posted by Vee | October 3, 2012, 14:06 (EST) | 44 Comments
Category: TV Series

The CW has released the official synopsis for The Vampire Diaries: The Rager (EP403), airing Thursday, October 25th. Highlight for spoilers:

BORN TO BE WILD — Connor (guest star Todd Williams) continues his search to uncover the secrets of Mystic Falls and tries to convince Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) to work with him. With Dr. Fell’s (guest star Torrey DeVitto) help, Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Klaus (Joseph Morgan) question Connor, but the confrontation takes a lethal turn. Trying to keep her new life as normal as possible, Elena (Nina Dobrev) is determined to continue her senior year at Mystic Falls High with support from Matt (Zach Roerig) and Caroline (Candice Accola). Rebekah’s (Claire Holt) arrival at school makes it difficult for Elena to control her anger, but she learns that confronting Rebekah can be extremely dangerous. Later, Rebekah realizes how alone she is, and reaches out to April (guest star Grace Phillips). Stefan (Paul Wesley) takes Elena on a thrilling motorcycle ride in an effort to show her that life can still be fun. Tyler (Michael Trevino) gets a surprise visit from Hayley (guest star Phoebe Tonkin, “The Secret Circle”), a werewolf who helped him through the ordeal of breaking his sire-bond to Klaus. Concerned about Elena, as well as his own emotions, Stefan turns to a sympathetic Caroline for advice.

The episode was written by Brian Young and directed by Lance Anderson. This also marks the first episode of guest star Phoebe Tonkin!

Posted by Abby | September 28, 2012, 18:54 (EST) | 10 Comments
Category: TV Series

Friday Night Bites is a weekly round-up for various tidbits of show and cast/crew news not quite big enough to warrant a blog post, not strictly Vampire Diaries-related, or that somehow just fell through the cracks. Please insert theme song by Explosions in the Sky here and enjoy.

• Paul Wesley and Torrey DeVitto attended the Entertainment Weekly Pre-Emmy Party Presented By L’Oreal Paris (picture above).
• Ian Somerhalder at the Strut Your Mutt fundraiser for the Best Friends Animal Society.
• And video of Ian at Strut Your Mutt!
• Kat Graham tweeted a pic of herself in Disfunkshion Mag.
• Photo of Steven R. McQueen and Zach Roerig at the opening of Taco Bell’s Graduate To Go Studio.
• Nina Dobrev, Candice Accola and Kat Graham sparkled at the 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival.
• TV Guide’s Matt Roush gives some thoughts on TVD Season 3 in Sunday’s edition of Ask Matt.
• E!Online will be livestreaming the Environmental Media Awards on Saturday, check it out and keep an eye out for Ian Somerhalder!
• If you’ve ever wanted a look at Ian’s early days as a teenage model, today is your lucky day.
• Paul Wesley and Torrey DeVitto were on hand for the Humane Society’s H-Couture 2012 Fur-Free Fashion Show.
• Nina Dobrev talks The Perks of Being a Wallflower with FanBolt and Collider.
• And check out her Toronto International Film Festival portrait.
• Want to win a chat with Daniel Gillies and Rachael Leigh Cook? Paste Magazine is running a pretty sweet contest.
• Sara Canning’s new show, Primeval: New World, now has a trailer!
• Cosmopolitan Australia dubs Phoebe Tonkin their Rising Star of the Year.
• Our long (inter)national nightmare is over: iphignia939 is posting about TVD again!
• Need something to sip while watching season four? Check out this themed tea!

Posted by Abby | September 6, 2012, 18:39 (EST) | 6 Comments
Category: TV Series

Secret Circle fans aren’t the only ones who are looking forward to seeing Phoebe Tonkin on the Vampire Diaries cast this fall, we’re all pretty psyched that she’s heading for Mystic Falls. There’s been a lot of speculation about her role so far, and The Insider recently interviewed Phoebe to ask her about her character, working with Candice and Michael and telling pal Claire Holt about the new gig.

From the sound of it, she’ll fit in nicely, we strongly suspect that “no parental involvement” is a prerequisite for all extra curricular activities at MFHS.

Insider.com: What can you tell me about your character, Haley?
Phoebe: I like that she’s a world traveler, a bit of a tomboy, pretty ballsy and provocative, but not in the way Faye was on Secret Circle. I mean, she went out to manipulate and see what should could gain from people. Hayley just doesn’t have a filter. She didn’t really have parental figures in her life, and I like that kind of a person. I like that she’s tough and tries to keep up with the boys. That’s what I responded to when Julie [Plec, executive producer] first pitched the character to me.

READ THE REST OF THE INTERVIEW AT THE INSIDER.

Speaking of new characters, TV Guide revealed today that we’ll be seeing a couple of new Hybrids a few episodes into the season.

Blake Hood and Alyssa Diaz have been tapped to play his minions, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

READ MORE AT TV GUIDE.

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