Posted by Red | February 4, 2010, 15:32 (EST) | 5 Comments
Category: TV Series

iF Magazine has an exclusive interview with Paul Wesley, in which he talks about vampires, Stefan, his feelings for Elena and Katherine, and the possibilities of seeing Stefan’s darker side.

iF: You think Stefan never had any feelings for Katherine?

WESLEY: Yeah. It’s kind of like being in a relationship, you think you’re completely in love, you’re infatuated, and then you meet another person and you go, “Oh my God, what was I thinking?” And it’s kind of like that but a little different because that person also gave me eternal life. His obsession with Katherine was something that was finally broken by this human. And not for a 160 years, no one could break this obsession. And that’s why he would die and breathe for Elena for the rest of his life. For the rest of her life, I should say.

 
Photographer Tyler Shields has a new set of photographs up featuring Ms. Nina Dobrev showing off how impressively flexible she is. Combine this with last week’s impressive self-defence with pencils, we expect to see her kicking more vampire backsides on the Vampire Diaries in the future. ;) Head on over to Tyler Shields’ site to see more awesome Nina photos.

Posted by Vee | January 28, 2010, 15:02 (EST) | 4 Comments
Category: TV Series

Thanks to @CW_VampDiaries for the heads up on IESB’s exclusive interview with Steven R. McQueen (man, we feel a bit guilty for complaining about the lack of Steven press now…). It’s extensive and chock full o’great stuff, including his family’s acting legacy (and forging his own identity as an actor), and he reveals he also auditioned for the CW’s Melrose Place, the challenges of playing Jeremy and losing Kayla Ewell (Vicki), and his upcoming film, Piranha 3-D.

IESB: Was there any hesitation at all, in signing on to play a character that you could end up playing for a number of years?

Steven: Yeah, that was something that me and my agent talked about, but I thought it would be a good experience to learn and stick with a character for a long time, when previously I’ve only been a character for a short amount of time and then have to lose it. I wanted to learn to adapt a character over a long period of time, rather than keeping in the same place. Jeremy is constantly changing. In the beginning, he had all these drug issues and was rebelling against the world. All of a sudden, he had all of his pain and grief sucked out of him, and now he’s in a completely different mental place. It’s almost like I haven’t been playing the same character for a long amount of time, so I’ve enjoyed it.

Read the entire interview at IESB.

And photographer Tyler Shields has just posted photos and video from his shoot with upcoming Vampire Diaries guest star Sean Faris. Um, potentially NSFW, and your monitor/screen might melt – just a warning. Here’s a taster photo – click it to view the rest on Tyler’s website. Let him know what you think as you fan yourself.

Posted by Red | November 2, 2009, 21:21 (EST) | 1 Comment
Category: Books, TV Series

The CW has released official synopsis for “The Turning Point”. As usual, you can find it on the Episode Index, so head on over there for the juicy details. Lots of stuff happening in this episode, though when isn’t there when it comes to the Vampire Diaries?

Several cast members were out and about in costume for Halloween this year. Nina Dobrev (as Willy Wonka), Katerina Graham (a vampire), Sara Canning (Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas) and Kayla Ewell (a pirate) all attended Heidi Klum’s party, and you can find pictures of them over in the Vampire Diaries Show image gallery. Candice Accola was at photographer Tyler Shields’ Halloween party (as a Christmas present), and you can check out the photos over on Tyler Shields’ website. Thanks to Brigitte and @ag808 for the links.

Finally, a reminder to Bulgarian fans that book two of the Vampire Diaries, The Struggle, was released today. You can head over to the IBIS website for more information.

Posted by Red | September 24, 2009, 17:44 (EST) | No Comments
Category: TV Series

“Rising Star” Paul Wesley talked to Access Hollywood about the success of the Vampire Diaries TV series, old friends getting in touch, and how viewers are responding to his portrayal of Stefan:

“I had to work so hard to get this role… that when I did finally get it and I got on set, it was sort of one of these things where I just felt so challenged that I almost never settled in and went ‘OK, I can enjoy this. I can relax,’” Wesley, who is currently filming the sixth “Vampire Diaries” episode, said. “He’s a very complex character… and I’m starting to really figure him out.

“People are really responding to Stefan and I’m just now starting to go, ‘This is nice, this feels good, this feels really like, nice to have people appreciate this character,’” he added.

Read the entire article, and check out the Comic Con video interview with Paul on the top-right of the page.

In honour of the Vampire Diaries tonight, Tyler Shields has posted a picture of Candice Accola taken in New Mexico, which you can see a sneak peak of below. Head on over to his blog to see the full picture.

Posted by Red | September 11, 2009, 19:02 (EST) | 7 Comments
Category: TV Series

We’ve added the synopsis for episode 4, “Family Ties” to the episode index – if you’re avoiding spoilers, don’t click that link. ;) The episode was directed by Guy Ferland and written by Andrew Kreisberg and Brian Young. You can find more information about the episode over in the Spoiler Zone in the forums.

For those of you who missed Damon in the promotional poster we posted on Wednesday, fear not, he’s back for this brand new poster from the CW. There are also some textless images from this shoot in our gallery.

 
Finally, yes, we do know about the Tyler Shields photoshoot story. It is what it is. Moving right along now.

Posted by Red | September 10, 2009, 16:25 (EST) | 11 Comments
Category: TV Series

Tyler Shields has posted a couple of his pictures of most of the lovely ladies from the cast of the Vampire Diaries. Head on over to the post on Tyler’s website to see the full-size images.

(l-r) Sara Canning, Nina Dobrev, Candice Accola, Kayla Ewell

(l-r) Candice Accola, Nina Dobrev

There are so many articles, reviews and interviews flying around that we’re just going to give you a list of links to them. Trying to summarise them would be a danger to our sanity. ;) We’ll be editing this post to add new articles as we find them – we’ll make sure to tag them as new.

Interviews

• New York Post: Paul Wesley, “I’d Never Heard of Edward Cullen”
• BuzzSugar: Kevin Williamson on Bringing Vampires to The CW
• The Hollywood Reporter: Video interview with Kevin Williamson
• MTV interview with Ian Somerhalder
• Nina Dobrev of “Vampire Diaries” on getting advice from the “True Blood” cast (new)
• Latina.com: Q&A: Michael Trevino dishes on his “Vampire Diaries” character (new – MAJOR SPOILERS)
• TV Guide: Ian Somerhalder on the The Vampire Diaries: Why it’s not Twilight on TV (new)

 
Reviews

• TheTorchOnline: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES is GOSSIP GIRL With Vampires
• HitFix review
• New York Post: Love at First Bite
• FearNet: We Sink Our Fangs into ‘The Vampire Diaries’ Pilot
• The Stranger: The Boner Diaries (Warning: Totally WTF and possibly NSFW)
• SciFi Wire: Vampire Diaries is worth watching. Really. Here’s why.
• BuddyTV: The Vampire Diaries: Season Premiere Preview
• NY Daily News: CW’s ‘Vampire Diaries’ lands in space between ‘Twilight’ and ‘True Blood’
• Clique Clack: Is The Vampire Diaries the next Buffy?
• USA Today: ‘Vampire Diaries’ stakes its claim in a populated genre
• TV Guide Magazine: The New Season: The Vampire Diaries
• Ducky Does TV: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES Premieres Tonight!
• AV Club review
• Zap2it: Meet the vamps! (new)
• Nice Girls TV: Thoughts on “The Vampire Diaries” (new)

 
Other Bits & Pieces

• Television Without Pity: The Diaries of other vampires revealed.
• CTV’s sneak peak video (Canada only)
• Los Angeles Times: Video feature with a few new clips