Posted by Vee | February 22, 2010, 18:58 (EST) | 5 Comments
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If you remember the CW’s T-Mobile video interviews with Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, and Ian Somerhalder, you’ll be happy to know they’ve added Steven R. McQueen, Sara Canning, Zach Roerig, Candice Accola, Katerina Graham, Matt Davis, and Michael Trevino. That’s a bunch of interviews to work through – so have at it!

Hot Topic has also posted their own video of the Los Angeles Hot Topic Cast Tour stop. Thanks to @jayyu_jp for the heads up!

And if you follow us on Twitter (@tvdnews), don’t forget you have 24 hours to enter our Twitter contest! (And the contest is open internationally!)

Posted by Vee | February 13, 2010, 9:06 (EST) | 4 Comments
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Big thanks to Kidult writer Lee Hernandez for giving us the heads up on his chat with Michael Trevino. If you’ve somehow managed to avoid spoilers concerning Tyler, here’s your warning that this puts those spoilers front and center (for both the book and the TV series). For those who don’t mind knowing, let the speculation on the hows, whens, and whys take over the comments.

What’s coming up for your character, Tyler Lockwood, in this season’s remaining episodes?

Tyler is going to evolve. In the beginning of the season he was ruthless and mean to everybody, and now he’s kind of questioning himself. He’s at the stage where he doesn’t know what his issue is, so he’s his own worst enemy—he reacts violently, but then questions himself right after.

Read the entire interview at Kidult.

And if you’ve been wondering about Tyler’s relative absence during “the tomb chapter,” BuddyTV has some interesting spec about what Tyler’s role may be as we head towards Season One’s end. (Again: spoilers for the books and TV series.)

Posted by Red | January 21, 2010, 16:10 (EST) | 5 Comments
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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 Vee | January 13, 2010, 19:51 (EST) | 30 Comments
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Thursday night marks the final encore of the excruciatingly long Hiatus from Hell – The Turning Point, which you guys voted your favorite episode of the series so far. As you peruse that laundry list of lingering questions you had after the original airing, rejoice that next week is finally – FINALLY – January 21st. That means Bloodlines (EP11) kicks off the 2010 chapter of The Vampire Diaries. And we’re not saying this is going to happen – so don’t come ’round with the pitchforks if it doesn’t – but who knows? Maybe the CW will have a nice Bloodlines surprise for us tomorrow night. We can hope, right?

On that note – what are YOU looking forward to? (Your most anticipated storyline not listed? Let us know in the comments.)

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Posted by Vee | December 19, 2009, 11:29 (EST) | 2 Comments
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StarryMag has added a conversation with Michael Trevino to their collection of Vampire Diaries cast interviews. He talks about the differences between working/living in Atlanta versus his native Los Angeles, the inspiration and challenges behind playing Tyler Lockwood, Tyler’s relationship with his parents, shooting nights, and why he thinks The Vampire Diaries is so popular. (He also pleads the fifth. You’ll have to read the interview to find out why.)

Q. What do you think it is about the show “The Vampire Diaries” that continues to garner so many viewers?

A. It’s that we’re on the CW network, but we’re still very dark and we do have this Sci-Fi element and we live in Mystic Falls that has this crazy mythology about the town, but also these characters are rooted very deeply, they are real characters. Even though we have some that might be vampires and some that are witches, they don’t act like vampires or witches to a certain extent. They are still just regular people that have these dark secrets or they’re kind of just getting to know their character. I think that fans gravitate towards that, they like to identify with each one of us in some way or another, and that’s what brings them in.

Read the entire interview over at StarryMag.

Posted by Vee | November 11, 2009, 14:08 (EST) | 6 Comments
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Ah, I knew I forgot something in the news dump of last night! Here’s your reminder that Mr. Michael Trevino will be a special guest on The VRO TONIGHT at 9pm ET. Have some burning questions about Tyler Lockwood, what’s going down in Mystic Falls, and those rumors that are flying about? You can email them to vro@thevro.com OR you can call in at (718) 508-9440. Be sure to catch the interview LIVE at BlogTalkRadio. Show Michael some love!

UPDATE: Props to Angie and Gina at The VRO for a fun, informative, and good humor-filled interview with Michael. Some great questions, not just about Vampire Diaries, but Michael himself. Here’s hoping he gets to work with Chris Nolan some day, yeah? The entire interview is up for download now.

Posted by Vee | September 28, 2009, 22:10 (EST) | 5 Comments
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Seventeen Magazine has a lighthearted Q&A with Candice Accola where she talks about the usual – living and working in Atlanta, hanging with the cast, and why those scripts are on lockdown:

17: Are you on the edge of your seat every time you get a new script?
CA: We actually got in trouble, [but] we’re all blaming Nina [Dobrev] who plays Elena. Nina took the script from the hair and makeup trailer because we’ve been dying to know what will happen next. And then she got caught, and so now, they have scripts on lockdown, and they won’t tell us any information!

And this afternoon had two radio interviews with Vampire Diaries cast members:

The first was BuzzWorthy’s interview with Michael Trevino who, according to many of you on Twitter, had a way better radio voice than the guy interviewing him. (Radio can’t have him, he’s on our TV.) Ends up Michael has also read the books (the first four), hints that perhaps there’s a reason why Tyler is such a jerk and bully (and maybe it has something to do with his parents), and that we might be seeing a different side of Tyler in upcoming episodes (especially when it comes to Vicki). He also played coy on the Lockwood family in general and referred to Mystic Falls’ history having a very real impact on the newest generation. We’re also pretty sure he dropped a super-vague hint about a particular character’s appearance later on down the road. You can listen to the entire interview (half hour) over at BuzzWorthy.

And on Stardish Radio, Jasmine Guy shed a little more light on her upcoming role as Grams, Bonnie’s witchy (and, uh, drunk?) grandmother, whom she apparently has the honor of naming and was soliciting suggestions (which included the Salem-inspired Tituba and Katerina’s suggestion of Sadie). She also revealed the name of Bonnie’s great-great-great-great grandmother (hover to see), Birdy Mae, and said she looks forward to seeing more of not only the race dynamics of the show’s Civil War-era flashbacks, but also the way vampires and witches interact, and what the “rules” will be for the show’s witches. Listen to the interview over at Stardish.

And finally, there’s an itty bitty Paul video snippet over at People.com where he talks about the best thing about growing up in New Jersey.