Biggest Character Transformations Pt. 3

6 02 2009

My look at the Biggest Character Transformations continues…

LILY VAN DER WOODSEN (Gossip Girl)

Who She Was: Lily grew up on the West Coast, where she lived a life of privilege before being kicked out of boarding school and going to live with her sister in The Valley. She became a band “groupie,” which is where she met Rufus Humphrey, and was institutionalized for a short time.  (Note: this all occurred off-screen, but some of it will be seen in the upcoming Gossip Girl spin-off!)

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Who She Became: Lily returned to her privileged lifestyle, but this time on East Coast, where she married and divorced several times and became a socialite on the Upper East Side of New York City.

KELLY TAYLOR (Beverly Hills, 90210/90210)

Who She Was: The gang’s beautiful, popular, spoiled rich bitch who was obsessed with boys and shopping.

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Who She Became: A major rewrite was noticeable by the end of season 3, where Kelly lost a lot of her shallowness.  The seasons that followed had a more logical progression with Kelly maturing and taking life more seriously, particularly by pursuing a college degree in psychology and working for non-profit organizations.  The 90210 spin-off rewrote the character once more, making Kelly a single parent and a high school guidance counselor.

TOMORROW: More from The O.C. and One Tree Hill



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Spoiler: You Ask, I Answer

5 02 2009

RELEVANT QUESTIONS–DON’T READ IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW!!!

Anything on 90210? -Missy
Adrianna and Navid are so not over. And the adoption option is still on the table. I’m told Navid will be at Ade’s side as she weighs the possibilities and meets with prospective parents.

Please tell me this Blair and Nate thing won’t last. -Karolina
Take comfort, it’ll be but a blip in the Gossip Girl timeline.


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Biggest Character Transformations Pt. 2

5 02 2009

My look at the Biggest Character Transformations continues…

RYAN ATWOOD (The O.C.)

Who He Was: Ryan’s life seemed to be headed nowhere when he joined the Cohen family after being arrested for stealing a car.  He couldn’t go a week without getting in a fight and struggled to control his anger, regardless of what was at stake.

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Who He Became: Well, for starters, by the second-half of the last season, he was no longer getting in fights.  In fact, I don’t think he threw any punches from that point on.  He improved his relationships with those in his life, especially his formerly-estranged parents.  In the series finale’s glimpse into the future, we saw him working as an architect and befriending a young troubled boy, much like Sandy did for him.

BROOKE DAVIS (One Tree Hill)

Who She Was: Brooke was known in high school for her promiscuity, adversity to studying and love of parties and shopping.  The only glimpses we saw of the respectable woman she would later become was in her fledgling fashion line and her term as student government president.

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Who She Became: Brooke took her small clothing company, Clothes Over Bros, and turned it into a national, multi-million dollar company.  Recognizing there are more important things in life than wealth, she cared for an ill foster baby and took in a troubled teenager.

TOMORROW: Gossip Girl and 90210


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News Roundup: 90210, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill and More

5 02 2009
  • Tuesday night’s 90210 scored in the ratings by achieving double-digit growth in all the key demographics.
  • PEOPLE confirms that Shannen Doherty (Brenda) will be back on 90210 later this season but no clue as to what the storyline will be.
  • As teased during last night’s episode, the Jonas Brothers will give a sneak peak of their new movie during next week’s 90210 and give a special performance.  Jessica Lowdnes (Adrianna) says she hopes the Jo Bros will actually be on the show at some point.
  • The New York Post has an interview with Aimee Teegarden (Friday Night Lights) about her new role as Rhonda on 90210.
  • E!Online is reporting that AnnaLynne McCord (Naomi, 90210) could be cast in the Twilight sequel.
  • Ed Westwick (Chuck, Gossip Girl) is the new face of K-Swiss sneakers.  You can see one of the ads here.
  • Ausiello is reporting that, in an Anne Hathaway-like storyline, Serena (Blake Lively, Gossip Girl) will fall for a European guy who turns out to be less than genuine.  This will eventually lead to Georgina’s (Michelle Trachtenberg) return.
  • Hilarie Burton (Peyton, One Tree Hill) has cast Austin Nichols (Julian, One Tree Hill) in a movie she’s making, and he hijacked her blog to tell you all about it.
  • Instead of watching the Superbowl, one writer created Dawson’s Bowl 2009 after, yep, Dawson’s Creek.
  • Closing The Ring, starring Mischa Barton (Marissa, The O.C.) has been released on DVD.

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Biggest Character Transformations

4 02 2009

For the next few days I’ll be looking at the characters who’ve had the biggest transformations over the course of a series.  In other words, the people who started out as A and ended up as Z, someone totally different than who they were initially.  This could be due to logical character growth and progression or dramatic license to rewrite the character.

Without further ado, in no particular order:

TEEN DRAMAS’ BIGGEST CHARACTER TRANSFORMATIONS

DONNA MARTIN (Beverly Hills, 90210)

Who She Was: Kelly’s air-headed sidekick who once wore two contacts in the same eye and struggled in school due to a learning disorder; virginal Daddy’s girl.

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Who She Became: One of the show’s most memorable characters (Donna Martin Graduates, anyone?) and one-half of the show’s most-lasting couple.  Donna, who intended to be a virgin til marriage, gave it up to David (her future husband, at least) in season 7.  By the later seasons, Donna had gone from secondary character to fourth-billed, with her own boutique and a successful career as a fashion designer.

JEN LINDLEY (Dawson’s Creek)

Who She Was: As Jen herself said, “the second I stepped out of that cab and onto the creek, I was the instigator, you know? The girl who caused problems and rocked the creek and upset the delicate emotional balance of Capeside.”

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Who She Became: Though largely insecure still, Jen shed her bad girl reputation and developed strong friendships with the others in Capeside, particularly Jack who let her be his “fag-hag.”  Jen moved to New York in the last season where she repaired her fragile relationship with her mother and helped her grandmother through breast cancer.  In the series finale, which took place 5 years in the future, we found Jen had become a mother to an adorable infant named Amy.

TOMORROW: Characters from The O.C. and One Tree Hill


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Spoiler: Mega Buzz

4 02 2009

RELEVANT QUESTIONS–DON’T READ IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW!!!

I buy Kelly as the guidance counselor and Brenda being in town for a play. But how are they going to bring Donna back into the 90210 fold? —  Jill
MICKEY: Remember my idea? Well, let’s just say I wasn’t that far off — at least about the Japan part. But I can’t take credit for the Kelly-Donna scene in the lesbian bar; that’s all them.



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Beverly Hills 90210: The Reunion Show

4 02 2009

BIO is airing a program called Beverly Hills 90210: The Reunion Show at 9pm tonight.

This is a bit of surprise as I haven’t seen anything about this anywhere.

Here is the description they provide:

After its debut in 1990, the glamorous soap about the rich teens at fictional West Beverly High School set fashion trends and turned it’s young cast into instant stars. In this one-hour special, Jason Priestley, Brian Austin Green, Tori Spelling and others reunite to recount all the behind-the-scenes drama and stories you’ve never heard before.

Since BAG and Tori Spelling are in it, this is not the same as the “10-year high school reunion” that aired in 2003.

So, honestly, I have no idea what this is and if it’s truly new.  I don’t have BIO so I can’t watch (though I’m working to change that now).

If you watch, be sure to let me know how it is!


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News Roundup: 90210, Gossip Girl, The O.C. and More

4 02 2009
  • E!Online has video of Tori Spelling (Donna) filming with Jennie Garth (Kelly) and Jessica Stroup (Silver) on the 90210 set.  Nothing revealing.  They also have semi-revealing scoop about Gossip Girl (but nothing new if you read the spoiler post from earlier today!).
  • Don’t usually post tabloid gossip but this is interesting, considering there’s been rumors for months: US Weekly has a photo of Ed Westwick (Chuck, Gossip Girl) and Jessica Szohr (Vanessa, Gossip Girl) kissing.  Or at least it seems to be Ed.  Honestly not 100 percent sure it’s him.
  • But if you want to spot Chuck himself in real life (or someone like him), you should read this post from Jossip.
  • Or you can see Westwick at the upcoming Comic Con, where he’ll promote S. Darko.  The film also stars James Lafferty (Nathan, One Tree Hill).
  • Maureen Ryan from The Chicago Tribune has a cool interview with Josh Schwartz on the role music will play in the Gossip Girl spin-off.
  • I don’t watch Big Love but apparently it improves upon what The O.C. got right in–and only in–the show’s first season.  (For more on what The O.C. got right and then got wrong, as alluded to in the article, check out my own piece here!)

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Spoiler: Ask Ausiello

4 02 2009

RELEVANT QUESTIONS–DON’T READ IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW!!!

Question: Do you hate 90210 or something? Give us some good scoop! — Sam
Ausiello: Hate it? The show is awesome! Just kidding, I haven’t seen an episode in months. But several trusty sources tell me it’s about to get really good, so I’ll probably start watching again next week — if for no other reason then to prep for Tori Spelling’s arrival in March. Speaking of which, I hear Tori’s bestest frenemy, Shannen Doherty, is returning for one more episode in May. Could this be the Brenda-Donna reunion we’ve been waiting for?! Sure couldn’t! I’m told the two won’t be sharing any scenes. Bum-mer.

Question: I recently saw a photo of Nate and Blair kissing in an upcoming episode of Gossip Girl. What the hell?! We waited all season for Blair to get together with Chuck! Please say it won’t last. — Clare
Ausiello: Let’s ask exec producer Stephanie Savage about that incriminating photo: “I think they look really cute together kissing in the snow.” Um, let me take a different approach. What does the rekindled N and B romance mean for C and B? “Tell those Chuck and Blair fans to hang in there.” That’s better.


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Tuesday Night Reaction

3 02 2009

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  • Promo leads me to believe Navid will be back in this episode.  I guess that’s good.
  • Glad they picked up right where they left off.
  • Oh, wow.  He’s perfectly fine!
  • Figures they went the typical teen drama promotional route of making it seem worse than it really is.
  • Why do Annie’s parents need to wait with them?
  • Q1: “The right moment was like 2 years ago.”–Naomi
  • “I’m eating for two” is quite an overused phrase in like…everything!
  • I like that she said “it’s your baby” rather than “it’s yours.”  Semantics, I know.
  • Q2: “Sometimes I took the pill.  Sometimes I took other pills.”–Adrianna
  • Why do collapsed lungs always sound more serious than really are?
  • Why is Harry massaging Debbie in front of the kids?!
  • Q3: “Do you want to tell us what it is or do you want to play charades?”–Harry
  • Q4: “I’m not really into the whole unrequited love thing.  So I had to get out before somebody got hurt.  Or more hurt.–Dixon (I hear ya, Dixon!)
  • Q5: “Ty is like 11 in girl years.”–Naomi
  • Q6: “If Perez Hilton tuaght us anything, it’s that you can’t hide a baby bump forever.”–Naomi (Ugh, did they have to give him a shoutout?)
  • Q7: “I just finished being rehab girl. Now I have to be pregnant girl.”–Adrianna
  • Q8: “I’m so sick of reading about myself on the bathroom walls.”
  • Ty is being really mature. This can’t last, right?
  • Navid is back!
  • Q9: “Hell to the yes.”–Navid
  • Q10: “Who am I kidding? I’m never gonna get another girl.”–Navid
  • Rhonda is so cute and baby-faced!
  • See, Rhonda agrees that the lung thing sounds worse than it is!
  • Typical that he doesn’t know who she is.
  • Q11: “You obviously just live in your own bubble.  When’s the last time you spoke to someone who wasn’t running for homecoming queen or didn’t play a varsity sport?”–Rhonda
  • Typical mother-in-law joke.
  • Ugly/scary dogs!
  • Typical married couple banter.
  • Wow, Ty’s parents seem really genuine.  This can’t last either, right?
  • That’s an awfully pretty maid. (Sorry, Dorota!)
  • Q12: “Please commit them to your brains and your BlackBerrys.”–drama teacher
  • Balloon seems childish.  How about flowers?  Or even just a nice, hand-written note?
  • Ty’s mom = overprotective or sketch?
  • Funny/weird seeing Adrianna with a baby bump.
  • Random Jonas Brothers/90210 promo.  Apparently I should tune in next week?
  • OMG, they want her to go away!
  • A contract?!  Adoption?!
  • Was Rhonda in a cast in the earlier scene?
  • Q13: “And romance horror genre does exist.  It’s not very popular but the Swedes have mastered it.”–Ethan
  • He’s quite cute when he’s being sweet/sincere/nervous.
  • Love The Wedding Planner!
  • Q14: “As long as you are okay with the occasional ‘this is such a chick flick!’ commentary.”–Ethan
  • Q15: “He’s swimming in chicks.  And he’s funky–looking.”–Navid
  • Q16: “You’d be very beautiful…if you didn’t ahve that lame hair ‘do.”–Navid
  • Q17: “I wish I videotaped it so I could put it on YouTube.”–Dixon
  • Q18: “If Dixon wants a girl, Dixon gets a girl.” “Not if Dixon talks about himself in the third person like a tool.”–Dixon and Christina
  • Q19: “I don’t think you’ll  be doing much skiing in your third trimester.”–Naomi
  • The Juno reference had to come sooner or later.
  • Like that Naomi’s looking out for her.
  • Dragon Fury?
  • Q20: “Gotta pass the old guy.  I’m sick of seeing his ass.”–Rhonda
  • Q21: “All I saw was one long Sports Center reel.”–Ethan
  • Is Rhonda channeling Jamie in A Walk to Remember?
  • Blacksmithing?
  • Why is Annie so insulted about an acting class suggestion?
  • Weezy keeps making me thing of The Jeffersons.
  • Weezy does have some fair points.  Adrianna hasn’t been that responsible.
  • Woah, go Adrianna’s mom!
  • Will someone pleaseeee order a Mega Burger??
  • I like when the background music is incorporated into the scene.  (In the film world we call that diagetic and non-diagetic sound.)
  • Proud of Adrianna and her mom talking their issues out.
  • Maybe things would be easier on them financially if they didn’t live in Beverly Hills.
  • Ironic that now Annie is in “in” the bubble.
  • Very O.C. moment with the indie rock band.
  • Q22: “She looks pretty and not pregnant.”–Navid
  • Q23: “I’m really uncool.”–Navid
  • Q24: “I may drop a World of Warcraft reference before I remember that not everyone plays massive role-playing-games.”  “As long as I get to be a seventh level sage.”  “Marry me?”–Navid and Nika
  • Did Debbie deliberately tell Silver the party thing?  She had such a smirk on her face!
  • Q25: “Danny, really, after the fifth round?”–drama teacher saying “Catch the Clap”
  • Ha! Rhonda can totally walk!
  • Q26: “I knew you weren’t a lesbian!”–Silver
  • Q27: “No, I’m his nothing girl because he dumped me.  What kind of love just stops like that?”–Silver  (All she said was sooo dead-on!)
  • Q28: “This being in love stuff is making me crazy!”–Silver (I love how the promo for this ep mashed this quote–and others–with a different line.)
  • Q29: “So you love me?”  “I didn’t say that.”  “Yes you did.  You said this being in love stuff is making you crazy.  Ergo, you love me.”  “Ergo, I do.  Well, I ergo you, too.”–Dixon and Silver (Too cute!)
  • Should the breakup have lasted longer?  Or do you think this is realistic?
  • So the real reason for the amnio comes out!  The paternity question is a fair one, though.
  • Okay, the baby is not an ‘it’!
  • Q30: “Luckily I’m getting pretty good at dealing with humiliation.”–Adrianna
  • The TV announcement was so clever!
  • Ty looks soooo shocked!  And is he crying??
  • Q31: “And as for the father, there isn’t one.  It was an immaculate conception.”–Adrianna (Funny, but do you think she should’ve ‘outed’ him?)
  • That was a really good ending.
  • Adrianna is really becoming the show’s focus–and breakout star.
  • Promo: “It’s Valentine’s Day Beverly Hills-style.”
  • Promo would appeal more if they didn’t just do the whole first time storyline with Ethan and Annie.

**This episode will re-air Wednesday at 9PM!


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