News Roundup: Gossip Girl, 90210 and One Tree Hill

26 05 2009
  • Gawker is predicting Cobra Starship’s Good Go Girls Bad, featuring Leighton Meester (Blair, Gossip Girl), will be one of the most-played songs this summer.
  • Season four of “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood” premieres tonight on Oxygen.  The New York Times has a partly-critical, partly-complimentary article on the show.  PEOPLE.com has a video preview.
  • Randy Spelling (Ryan, Beverly Hills 90210; brother to Tori) is now a life coach in Los Angeles.
  • A remake of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is in the works, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  The original film starred Luke Perry (Dylan, Beverly Hills 90210.)
  • BuddyTV has a story on Kate Voegele (Mia, One Tree Hill).




Donnarama Marathon Today!

25 05 2009

Today beginning at 10am, SoapNet is airing “Donnarama Marathon.”

The marathon consists of 10 Beverly Hills 90210 episodes that showcase some of Donna’s “top moments.”

The chosen episodes span the ten seasons and conclude with the series finale.

Be sure to check out their “Donna Martin Madness” slideshow, which has photos of both Donna through the years as well as Tori Spelling post-90210.





News Roundup: Gossip Girl, 90210 and One Tree Hill

24 05 2009
  • You can see pictures of some of our favorite teen drama stars at the upfronts here.
  • Ed Westwick (Chuck, Gossip Girl) used his GG character to convince advertisers at the upfronts to work with The CW.
  • Westwick talked about his character’s style and his real-life tattoo with The Washington Post.
  • Kristin has spoilish info on Gossip Girl’s next season.
  • TVGuide.com said 90210 had the “most pointless cliffhanger” of the week/TV season.
  • Finished reading Mommywood by Tori Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills 90210).  Loved it just as much as I did sTORI Telling (which is a lot!).  Best parts: when she talks about 90210, including recently running into Luke Perry (Dylan, Beverly Hills 90210) and him completely snubbing her!
  • You can follow the progress of Bethany Joy Galeotti’s (Haley, One Tree Hill) restaurant here.




Tori Spelling on the new 90210

23 05 2009

“I knew that first and foremost they had to make it their own thing. It couldn’t be a remake, because people compare everything to the original. And they’re always going to find fault with new shows that are trying to recreate something that was very specific to its era. And, you know 90210 was the ‘90s. So I think it’s great when they pay homage to those fans…But I think truly to be a stand up show they needed to create their own characters and just have a time in a Beverly Hills setting. And I think they’ve done a nice job of really creating their own show.”





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

19 05 2009
  • E!Online is speculating whether Michelle Trachtenberg (Georgina, Gossip Girl) will be back next season and to what extent.
  • Chace Crawford (Nate, Gossip Girl) has officially signed on to star in Footloose.
  • The Boston Herald explores some of the things 90210 is doing wrong.
  • Jessica Stroup (Silver, 90210) talked about the finale and next season with E!Online.
  • Tori Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills 90210) had a surprise birthday party courtesy of her husband, Dean McDermott.
  • There’s a video on YouTube on how to get Haley’s look from One Tree Hill.
  • Rachel Bilson (Summer, The O.C.) was burglarized recently and lost designer clothing and jewelry.
  • The CW picked up Beautiful Life, starring Mischa Barton (Marissa, The O.C.) for the fall.  The article says Gossip Girl spin-off is a possibility for midseason (as does this one) but Ausiello says its “officially dead.”
  • An NPR blog post says The O.C. “transformed the musical television landscape.”




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

18 05 2009
  • Now that the Sarah Connor Chronicles has “officially” been canceled, maybe we’ll see Brian Austin Green (David, Beverly Hills 90210) on 90210 next season?
  • TENGossip.com has a humorous but thoughtful article on Chad Michael Murray (Lucas, One Tree Hill) leaving the show.
  • Kate Voegele (Mia, One Tree Hill) is the artist of the week on ACESHOWBIZ.com. Voegele’s album received 2 stars in the May 25 issue of PEOPLE.  It’s available for purchase through this link for just $2.99.
  • S. Darko, starring James Lafferty (Nathan, One Tree Hill) and Ed Westwick (Chuck, Gossip Girl) is now available on DVD.  It was never released in theaters.
  • Michelle Trachtenberg (Georgina, Gossip Girl) talked a teeny bit about the GG finale here and a lot here.
  • E!Online has more preview clips of the GG finale.
  • Leighton Meester (Blair, Gossip Girl) will be one of the presenters at the MTV Movie Awards.
  • Mischa Barton (Marissa, The O.C.) discussed her fashion choices with a paper in the U.K.
  • An interview with Benjamin McKenzie (Ryan, The O.C.) appears in the May 15 issue of Entertainment Weekly.
  • Michelle Williams (Jen, Dawson’s Creek) discusses her life and career here.




Nine years ago today…

17 05 2009

…my favorite show of all time, Beverly Hills 90210, went off the air.

Below is a great video that reflects on all 10 seasons and includes nearly all of the first-billed characters.*

*Not included: Jim, Cindy, Nat, Ray, Carly.  Also: Matt’s last name is Durning.  It is incorrect in the video.





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

15 05 2009
  • Taylor Momsen’s (Jenny, Gossip Girl) band Pretty Reckless signed a record deal with Interscope.
  • The Gossip Girl spin-off might end up being a mid-season replacement, according to The Hollywood Reporter
  • Best Week Ever says Color Me Badd’s season2 appearance on Beverly Hills 90210 was “the best 90210 cameo ever.”
  • Tori Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills 90210) is on the cover of Cookie Magazine’s June issue.
  • Tiffani Amber Thiessen (Valerie, Beverly Hills 90210) is considering starting a family, even though she is working on a new series.
  • E!Online has spoilish info regarding Brenda (Shannen Doherty) on 90210.
  • AnnaLynne McCord (Naomi, 90210) is involved with charities called The Blind Project and St. Bernard’s Project.
  • The trailer for Table for Three starring Sophia Bush (Brooke, One Tree Hill) looks pretty funny.
  • The Soup has yet again made fun of Nick Lachey’s appearance on One Tree Hill.
  • Here’s a short article on James Van Der Beek’s (Dawson, Dawson’s Creek) new movie, Formosa Betrayed.




YouTube Video of the Week

10 05 2009

Most of this video has nothing to do with teen dramas.  But at :20 to :56, it has the best recreation of the Beverly Hills 90210 intro I’ve seen done by “real people.”  Check it out and you’ll see what I mean.





Romantic Scenes Pt. 4

9 05 2009

4. Donna chooses David over Cliff (Beverly Hills 90210, Episode 7.21)