Posted by Red | March 3, 2010, 18:03 (EST) | 5 Comments
Category: TV Series

We’ve known for a while that Kevin Williamson loves to keep things as mysterious for the cast as he does for the fans in regards to upcoming Vampire Diaries storylines, and the mystery of Katherine is no exception. MTV’s Hollywood Crush spoke to Paul Wesley on the subject of our favourite wicked vampire, and he’s dying to know what happens just like we are.

Congratulations to @shaylawiseman, who won the signed Vampire Diaries poster and tote bag that we gave away on Twitter yesterday. We’re planning on giving away something every Monday until the show comes back on March 25 (we’re doing our part to make this hiatus more bearable for you), so keep an eye on our Twitter account to be in with a chance of winning some Vampire Diaries goodies.

Posted by Red | February 25, 2010, 10:39 (EST) | 7 Comments
Category: TV Series

Australian channel GO! has a shiny new promo for the Vampire Diaries featuring Nina Dobrev:

 
French fans have been asking us if we have any news on the TV series airing in France, and finally we have some good news for you. Thanks to Vampire Diaries France we now know that the Vampire Diaries will be broadcast on channel TF1 at some point soon. We’ll let you know as soon as we have an actual air date.

Stephen Martines, who is set to play a vampire by the name of Frederick on the show, will be guesting on Stardish Radio on March 16. Tune in then to see if he drops any Vampire Diaries hints for fans.

Finally, congrats to the winner of our Vampire Diaries tote bag giveaway on Twitter, @Letthemeatcakex! Keep an eye out on our Twitter account for a new contest this coming Monday evening.

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 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 Vee | November 9, 2009, 23:49 (EST) | 3 Comments
Category: TV Series

Courtesy of Nina Dobrev (and reposted with her kind permission):

Let Nina and Ian cut through all that Twitter fakery for you!

UPDATE: Says Nina, “And here’s another – for those of you who had doubts. ;)”

Posted by Vee | November 5, 2009, 1:46 (EST) | 5 Comments
Category: TV Series

Happy birthday, Stefan! Or will it be “happy” after all? This is Mystic Falls. We know many of you weren’t digging what you were seeing in the “rebound” promo – who the hell does Lexi think she is? – but we say don’t trust the edit and watch those webclips again. Then tune in to The Vampire Diaries on the CW, 8pm/7c, to see how Lexi’s visit goes down. Something tells us it won’t be all towels and pool tables.

As you will the hours, minutes, seconds to pass quickly, busy yourself with a refresher in all things 162 Candles (and hop in on the theorizin’ and anticipatin’ in the discussion forum – a few smart cookies posting over there):

• Read the synopsis
• See episode stills
• Watch promos 1 | 2 | 3
• Watch episode clips 1 | 2
• TV Guide’s spoilerific interview with Arielle Kebbel (Lexi)
• More interviews (warning: Haunted spoilers!): Kevin Williamson | CW Connect video interviews with Katerina Graham, Zach Roerig & Kayla Ewell | Paul Wesley | Julie Plec on Vampire Diaries music | Katerina Graham | Ian Somerhalder
• Vampire Diaries cast members share their iTunes playlists

 
And we want to remind you of a few things, the first being that Vampire Diaries is nominated for final inclusion in the People’s Choice Awards’ Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Show category. Go vote ‘em into the Final Five!

Next, Ian Somerhalder will be on Jimmy Fallon this Friday night.

And last, but certainly not least: PAUL WESLEY DOES NOT HAVE A TWITTER ACCOUNT. Thank you.

Posted by Vee | November 3, 2009, 22:37 (EST) | 12 Comments
Category: TV Series

The Vampire Diaries Wednesday night re-run spree continues with an encore of last week’s episode, Haunted. And Thursday brings a brand new ep: 162 Candles. Talk about both in the discussion forum, where the back and forth is already in full swing (seems a lot of people aren’t sure what to make of Lexi). Oh, and you can still chime in on the Haunted poll, of course.

If we told you how many hits this humble website receives off “vampire diaries music” keyword searches alone, you’d be more than a bit surprised. Hell, we still boggle at it and we’re total music junkies. TV Guide Magazine has taken note of the show’s unique soundtrack and chats with Julie Plec about the challenges and song choices thus far:

“There’s something about the indie artists that really works well for our vibe,” says co-executive producer Julie Plec, stressing that the tunes heard in Vampire Diaries aren’t just background music, but help advance the romance and drama of Damon, Elena and Stefan.

What’s your favorite song from the series so far? (Our picks? Red loved Sea Wolf’s “You’re a Wolf” from Friday Night Bites and the Submarines’ “Brightest Hour” during Bonnie’s candle-lighting scene in Family Ties. I personally loved White Lies’ “Death” from the pilot, and I especially liked how the Black Keys’ “Strange Times” and that Moby cover of New Order’s “Temptation” were used in Friday Night Bites. Actually, we’re both in agreement that FNB has the overall best songlist. Agree? Disagree?) Props to series music supervisor, Chris Mollere.

Marcos Siega announced that Liz Friedlander – who’s also been known to direct a music video or two, including one for Blink-182 – will be taking over TVD directing duties. We believe she’ll be helming episode 11 (#110).

And, finally, TV Guide’s Mega Buzz has a “WTF?” tidbit about an upcoming character development that’s sure to set all of you buzzing for all sorts of different reasons (please don’t forget your spoiler tags in the comments!):

Witches and vampires aren’t the only supernatural creatures in Mystic Falls. It won’t be right away, but a major male character will reveal himself to be a werewolf. And don’t think having read the books will help you figure this one out. In fact, the werewolf in question won’t even know he’s a werewolf, initially at least.