News Roundup: One Tree Hill, 90210 and Gossip Girl

12 04 2009
  • Hilarie Burton’s (Peyton, One Tree Hill) production company has t-shirts for sale.
  • Since I’m sure none of us could actually attend the 90210 panel at the Paley Festival, here’s a live-blog of the event.
  • The cast members at the panel revealed a lot of spoilers.  If you want to know, you can read them here.
  • Some of the 90210 cast also attended a benefit in LA this weekend.  You can see a photo here.
  • E!Online has a Blair & Chuck versus Blair & Nate poll up with some pretty good arguments made by fans.
  • In the April 13 issue of PEOPLE, Blake Lively (Serena, Gossip Girl) is in the Winner’s Circle for her Diane von Furstenberg dress.
  • In the same issue, there’s a full-page article on Matthew Settle (Rufus, Gossip Girl) and the birth of his daughter.  He says his GG co-stars are “all in line to babysit” and that playing Rufus helped him figure out how to be a father.




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

10 04 2009
  • The CW released a bunch of promo clips for the next 90210.  They’re mostly about Donna (Tori Spelling).  You can see them here.
  • PEOPLE has a picture of Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills 90210) and daughter Stella.
  • You can vote for Dustin Milligan (Ethan, 90210) to get his own celebrity page on the PEOPLE site.
  • Bravo is moving forward with its “real-life Gossip Girl” series.
  • Filming for the No Doubt cameo on GG is complete and Josh Schwartz says it’s “great.”
  • Blair (Leighton Meester, Gossip Girl) got the top honors in TV Guide Magazine’s countdown of TV’s Royal Hierarchy.
  • You can see more pictures from Meester’s New York Times Magazine fashion spread and read the interview here.
  • Benjamin McKenzie (Ryan, The O.C.) says the show was “absolutely a good thing.”
  • Mischa Barton (Marissa, The O.C.) is on the cover of the May issue of Cosmopolitan UK.




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

9 04 2009
  • There will be a fashion spread featuring Leighton Meester (Blair, Gossip Girl) in this weekend’s New York Times Magazine.
  • Perez Hilton posted a pre-Gossip Girl picture of Chace Crawford (Nate).
  • Jessica Stroup (Silver, 90210) is one of the celebrities in Zac Efron’s first Funny or Die video.
  • At a recent event Stroup said she’d like to do a cross-over with Gossip Girl.
  • There’s another teen drama connection on Southland, besides the show starring Benjamin McKenzie (Ryan, The O.C.).  The other main character is played by Michael Cudlitz who played Tony Miller in eleven episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210.  This article pointed that out and links to a clip.
  • Scott Scanlon’s suicide on Beverly Hills 90210 in season 2 is on The New York Post’s list of Shocking TV Suicides.
  • The HD Room is giving away 5 copies of the Beverly Hills 90210 Season 7 DVD set.
  • AnnaLynne McCord (Naomi, 90210) and Sophia Bush (Brooke, One Tree Hill) will be part of Op’s Summer of Music campaign.  There’s lots of pictures here.
  • There’s another video blog with Hilarie Burton (Peyton, One Tree Hill) on the Southern Gothic Productions blog.
  • Allison Scagliotti (Abby, One Tree Hill) has been cast in a Sci-Fi series.
  • Film.com has a great ‘where are they now’ piece on the cast of The O.C.
  • Adam Goldberg (Oliver, Dawson’s Creek) stars in new cop show, The Unusuals.




Spoiler: Ask Ausiello

9 04 2009

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

Question: What are your top three favorite shows to watch right now? –Jeremy
Ausiello:
Lost, 90210, and The Big Bang Theory.

Question: Everyone is so worked up about the Hilarie Burton and Chad Michael Murray’s negotiations for the seventh season of One Tree Hill, but what about Sophia Bush and James Lafferty? –Adrienne
Ausiello:
James’ deal is closed. Sophia’s is not, but my OTH mole assures me that she will definitely be back.





Tuesday Night Reaction

8 04 2009

90210 (Off the Rails)

  • Didn’t air here in Chicago until 12:05 am!
  • Like the way the previous scenes faded right into this week’s opener and it picks up exactly where we left off.
  • Silver really thought Dixon would like a film of them having sex shown to the public?  Come on!
  • No, don’t leave her alone!  She’ll run!  Classic mistake, Matthews!
  • Or she’ll hide.  Same thing.
  • So he doesn’t live in Melrose Place after all.  The sign on the building says Sea Breeze.
  • So awkward for Annie and Ethan to have to get in the car together now!
  • Really nice job splicing all those scenes together of everyone finding out and having similar conversations.
  • Q1: “Liam’s a total psychopath and an awesome kisser.”–Naomi
  • So awkward telling parents you had sex.
  • Q2: “Why else do you film yourself having sex?  To improve your moods moves.”–Naomi
  • Awesome, intense opener.  Credit goes to Jason Priestley and Rebecca Rand Kirshner Sinclair, I think.
  • Gossip Girl promo
  • Double awkward now that Annie & Ethan and Kelly & Ryan have to pair up.
  • Adrianna should be happy to babysit.  She needs the practice!
  • Harry right about kids not telling their parents they’ve had sex.
  • Candyland!
  • Sammy isn’t a baby.  He’s like four, isn’t he?
  • Yes, Navid pointed that out!
  • Odd to make out with a big belly there like that.
  • Figured Adrianna would go with adoption.  Or plan to, anyway.
  • Understand why she feels it’s not Navid’s problem.
  • Is that book Lord Byron?!  That’s what Dylan (Beverly Hills, 90210) used to read!
  • Silver said she’s going back to the source.  What is the source??
  • Q3: “Without you life isn’t worth living.”–Silver to Dixon
  • Why did he hang up on her?  He should’ve gotten more details first!
  • Promo with Shenae Grimes for the countdown to prom contest.
  • One Tree Hill promo
  • Dixon is in denial or something.  Why else is he being so cold?
  • Weird that Silver’s movie is playing.  Did she do that?
  • Oh, Naomi did.  Nice that she’s looking, too, I guess.
  • Q4: “If you dress a little more like me, the janitor opening the door is only the beginning.  Though with your face…”–Naomi to Annie
  • Q5: “Couldn’t be any creepier than hanging out with my ex and his little girlfriend.”–Naomi
  • Why is Ethan so ready to volunteer that they broke up?  It JUST happened!
  • Oh, Jackie!  Don’t think she’s the “source” though.
  • Q6: “She’ssas?
  • probably out partying somewhere or slutting it up with some boy.  That’s all Kelly ever did.”–Jackie
  • Looks like Jackie has some, um, work done.
  • I miss the old Jackie.  Post season one Jackie, that is.
  • How’d the officer find Silver’s car?  Were they looking for it?  That means someone called them already, I guess.
  • Understand why Kelly is freaking out.  I’d be, too.
  • Ryan giving so many intellectual references.  Wrong audience for that!
  • Q7: “If this is you trying to comfort me, just don’t.”–Kelly to Ryan
  • Dixon is really being ridiculous.
  • Why does she want to go to Kansas?
  • Look at her eyes!  Pretty gross.  Guess that’s the point, though.
  • What’s with this guy?
  • Q8: “You need to go backward in order to go forward.”–Silver
  • Kansas is the source, I guess.
  • Who is this dude?!  Kind of creepy, no?
  • Aw, Sammy is very cute.
  • He’s probably scared.  He probably never met Adrianna and Navid before.  Why would he?
  • Q9: “Look, big smiling face!” “Put it away.”–Adrianna and Sammy
  • Aw, now they’re like a little family!  Cute!
  • Creepy to be at school at night in the dark.
  • Don’t care to see Annie and Naomi bond or share a moment or whatever.
  • Old pic of Silver and Naomi.  Where’s the blonde hair Silver used to have?  And Naomi’s?
  • Annie has the weirdest facial expressions.
  • The dude is a pick-pocketer!
  • GG promo
  • LOL Debbie guessing that Dixon’s password is Chiefs or Ludacris.
  • Interesting that she said she doesn’t know Dixon at all.  Silver said the same thing.
  • Q10: “It’s this place.  It’s LA.  It’s Beverly Hills…We made a mistake coming here.”–Debbie to Harry
  • Woah!  Is this guy legit after all?!
  • Annie focused on herself and Ethan.  Guess I would be, too, if I was just dumped.
  • Q11: “I believed that you were the one.”–Annie to Ethan (Could she be any more naive?  Or pathetic?)
  • Annie’s finally admitting how much her character changed.
  • And Ethan is completely un-phased.
  • Is Naomi impressed or pleased?
  • Silver is running!  Why isn’t the guy stopping her?!
  • Dixon still so uninterested.  Surprised he even went with his parents.
  • Did Silver just say Ryan drained her gas tank?
  • Q12: “I was gonna go to Kansas.  Because Kansas equals Dixon.”–Silver
  • Of course the train just missed her.  Or she just missed it.
  • OTH promo
  • 90210 promo with Kelly and Donna for next week
  • Surprised Dixon’s reaching out now.  What’s changed?
  • Oh!  Similar to his birth mom!  Good twist.
  • David, Erin’s brother, has manic depression.  So did David’ mom.  But that’s not Silver’s side of the family.
  • Silver apologizing to Kelly reminds me of Sam and Brooke on One tree Hill
  • Smart that Dixon figured this all out.  Took a while, though,
  • Nice of Naomi to offer to bring Annie home.
  • Q13: “There are a lot of other fish in the sea.  Equally cute fish.”–Naomi to Annie
  • Weird that they can completely bury the hatchet so quickly.  We know it won’t last, though.
  • Is Silver being admitted to the hospital?
  • Ryan is so cute sleeping on the couch.
  • Q14: “I slept with Brenda.  Which I knew would hurt you.  Which is why I did it…I’m really sorry.”–Ryan to Kelly
  • Doubt they’ll have a romantic future now that Ryan will be on Melrose Place, too.
  • Why would Kelly sit in the back of the car now when she hadn’t thus far?
  • Guess Dixon’s delayed reaction made sense.  He didn’t want to deal with his mom all over again, so to speak.
  • Talk of moving back to Kansas is such BS.  Original 90210 did it, too.  Even had a whole episode on it.
  • Q15: “I think the kids have sex in Kansas, too.”–Harry to Debbie
  • Funny exchanged about gluten-free bread.
  • Like Dixon’s explanation for how he figured it all out.
  • Will we see Silver getting treatment?  Or is this the end of the storyline?
  • Jessica Stroup giving info on where to get help if you’re depressed.  (www.bpkids.org/90210)  Original 90210 did this, too.
  • Promo mostly consists of Kelly and Donna, and Dixon talking about his mom.




Spoiler: Mega Buzz

8 04 2009

RELEVANT QUESTIONS–DON’T READ IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW!!!
Please tell me the banana from last week’s racy episode of 90210 is replacing Annie as the show’s main character. At least it had appeal. Get it? Lee
MICKEY: Hey Lee, smell my flower. I’m sorry to say that Shenae Grimes will be sticking around. (Dustin Milligan, who plays Ethan, on the other hand, will not be.) If it helps, I’m hearing that Naomi’s special brand of emotional terrorism will again set its laser sights on Annie toward the end of the season. So, there’s that for you to anticipate. In the meantime, keep the banana out of it.

Will there be a continuation of Gossip Girl‘s storyline about Lily and Rufus’ child? Yankee
MICKEY: I had a college roommate who called me Yankee. I called him A–hole. For the Supremes fan in the house, the love child/never-meant-to-be will show up May 4 to wreak havoc on Lily and Rufus’ blissful, excitement-free union. I’m hearing it’s kind of cliff-hang-y, as the season’s final two episodes will tee up the Brittany Snow spin-off and reveal exactly what Bart Bass had in that envelope.





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

7 04 2009
  • EW.com has info on where you can get lipstick Blair (Leighton Meester) wore in a recent Gossip Girl episode.
  • A new song by Meester has been leaked to the internet.  You can hear it here.
  • Chace Crawford (Nate, Gossip Girl) and Sophia Bush (Brooke, One Tree Hill) are among the stars designing messenger bags for charity.
  • The CW had a “ratings comeback” last week, thanks in part to Gossip Girl and 90210.
  • The April 13 issue of PEOPLE has a short interview with Jason Priestley (Brandon, Beverly Hills 90210) and his involvement with the new 90210 but it doesn’t contain anything we don’t already now.
  • The same issue also has a full-page ad of Benjamin McKenzie (Ryan, The O.C.) is in his Southland role.
  • There’s another article on McKenzie’s career trajectory here.
  • There are three teen drama couples in the running for MSNBC’s Most Mismatched TV Couple: Ethan & Annie (90210), Nate & Vanessa (Gossip Girl) and…Lucas & Peyton (One Tree Hill)?! WTF?!




New 90210 tonight!

7 04 2009

At least 90210 is new this week.  That’s a good thing, right?

And here’s the best part: this is the episode Jason Priestley (Brandon, Beverly Hills 90210) directed!

Watch Off the Rails tonight at 9pm on The CW.

Come back tomorrow for my reaction post!





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

6 04 2009
  • Korbi has a lot of scoop on Chuck and Blair, stemming from an interview she did with Gossip Girl’s executive producer, Stephanie Savage.
  • Ausiello has an exclusive clip from the next GG episode
  • Chace Crawford (Nate, Gossip Girl) will star in Twelve, which in part, has to do with life on the Upper East Side.
  • Two Entertainment Weekly writers put their own spin on one of the Dixon-Silver scenes from last week’s 90210. Pretty funny.
  • BuddyTV has an interview with Jessica Stroup (Silver, 90210) on her character’s breakdown and some other interesting things planned.
  • The Charlotte Observer has a great article on Bejamin McKenzie’s (Ryan, The O.C.) career. There’s also on an article in the California Chronicle on how McKenzie managed to go from The O.C. to Southland.
  • The shows aired in SoapNet’s O.C. Favorite Four Marathon were: The Best Chrismukkah Ever (season 1), The Rainy Day Women (season 2), The Graduates (season 3) and The End’s Not Near, It’s Here (season 4).




Spoiler: Watch with Kristin

6 04 2009

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

Donna in Las Vegas: Any news on Gossip Girl?

Check out the spoiler section for more dish on Serena, Mr. Serena and Georgina! We actually have to wait until April 20 for new Gossip Girl episodes, but that just means we’re going to have to while the hours while we wait with a new Love Debate. If you’re a fan of either Nate-Blair or Blair-Chuck, we’re now taking arguments in favor of both sides. Write up 250 words or less about why Blair belongs with a certain guy, email it in to tvdiva@eonline.com and in the near future, we’ll post the best, most persuasive points of view and open the floor to discussion about which pairing is best. Get your submissions in by Friday if you have something to say about Blair’s one true partner.

Jamie in Newport Beach, Calif.: Any truth to the story that 90210 producers are trying to get the rights from Josh Schwartz to use his character from The O.C., Luke Ward (Chris Carmack), so they could bring him onto the show as Ethan’s cousin?

Wow, great rumor. Unfortunately, we won’t be seeing good ol’ Luke on 90210. A source close to the show tells us that’s a solid “not true.”

Zarina in Connecticut: On Gossip Girl, Serena got married to Gabriel? OMG!
Darn you, promo monkeys! Always with the misdirection! But we can save our OMGs on this one, because Serena did not get married for reals.

Jenna in Irving, Texas: When does Georgina return to Gossip Girl?
Georgina returns April 27 and sticks around for the last four episodes of the season (the finale is on May 18). Georgina may have become a good Christian girl, but Michelle Trachtenberg teases that she’s still causing her fair share of trouble, “Her last name is Sparks, so sparks will fly.” Michelle adds that she is “causing quite a stir, as Georgina does,” before the end of the season. Why kind of stir? Well, sources whisper that Blair had better beware. (Eeee!)