- 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!)
News Roundup: 90210, Gossip Girl, The O.C. and More
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Tags: 90210, Big Love, Chuck, Comic Con, Donna, E!Online, Ed Westwick, Gossip Girl, James Lafferty, Jennie Garth, Jessica Stroup, Jessica Szohr, Josh Schwartz, Jossip, Kelly, Maureen Ryan, Nathan, One Tree Hill, S. Darko, Silver, The Chicago Tribune, The O.C., Tori Spelling, US Weekly, Vanessa
Categories : 90210, Beverly Hills 90210, Gossip Girl, The O.C.
Site of the Week
2 02 2009This week I’d like to introduce you to The Melrose 90210 RPG, a site I ran back when I started high school.
The Melrose 90210 RPG was essentially a fan fic that picked up where the Beverly Hills, 90210 series finale left off in 2000.
Combining the 90210 cast with some Melrose Place characters, we wrote more than 30 “episodes.”
I stopped working on it in 2002 for miscellaneous reasons, but always dreamt that someday, my ideas would be turned into actual episodes.
Alas, 90210 has now been remade and it certainly isn’t based on my writing.
The site is still worth a look and the episodes definitely worth a read. But if you don’t have a lot of time (each one is quite lengthy), at least check out the summaries and some of the other content.
The Melrose 90210 RPG is an extremely fun and satisfying look at where 90210 could’ve gone had it continued.
Enjoy!
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Tags: 90210, Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, The Melrose 90210 RPG
Categories : 90210, Beverly Hills 90210
News Roundup: 90210, Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill
30 01 2009- If you’re into Twilight and like the soundtrack, you can thank Gossip Girl and The O.C.’s music supervisor, Alexandra Patsavas.
- A new article suggests it would’ve been more realistic to have Adrianna (Jessica Lowndes, 90210) get the abortion.
- Check out the box cover for the Beverly Hills, 90210 season 7 DVD! Unlike the seasons 5 and 6 covers, Clare (Kathleen Robertson) is actually in it!
- Even though in both the original 90210 and the spin-off, they went to West Beverly High, the actual Beverly Hills High School is trying to profit off the show, with this merchandise.
- A new interview with Ashley Rickards (Sam, One Tree Hill) promises more “little fights” with Brooke (Sophia Bush).
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Tags: 90210, Adrianna, Alexandra Patsavas, Ashley Rickards, Beverly Hills 90210, Beverly Hills High School, Brooke, Clare, Gossip Girl, Jessica Lowndes, Kathleen Robertson, One Tree Hill, Sam, Sophia Bush, The O.C., Twilight, West Beverly High
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Beverly Hills, 90210 Season 7 DVD
28 01 2009Ever since season 6 came out in the fall, I’ve been impatiently waiting for news about season 7.
This week, I happened to check twice…and lo and behold, the second time, I found something.
Beverly Hills, 90210: Season 7 will be released on April 7th!
So what does that include? Some of my favorite moments: David and Donna get back together. Brandon and Kelly get back together. Everyone graduates from CU…and much more!
Let’s just hope there’s special features this time!
You can read more about the upcoming release here.
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Spoiler: Watch with Kristin
27 01 2009RELEVANT QUESTIONS–DON’T READ IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW!!!
Georgia in North Dakota: I love Toni Collette‘s new show The United States of Tara! What can you dish? I’ll take that or Gossip Girl.
I’ll give you both. At the premiere party for the show, Brie Larson (Tara’s daughter) showed up with a familiar Gossip Girl face. Her real life boyfriend is none other than Serena van der Woodsen’s ex-flame Aaron Rose (John Patrick Amedori). Kooky, right? When asked if she’s jealous that John was making out with Blake Lively Brie tells me: “You know, I don’t care. I think she kind of looks like me, so I don’t really take offense to it. I just envision that it’s myself…Whatever! He’s still my boyfriend!”
Randall in Miami: What’s the latest on Gossip Girl?
A former bigtime couple that some of you (though, admittedly, very few of you) love will be getting back together and who it is certainly surprised the pants off of me! Also, Nate’s grandfather makes him an offer that’s too good to pass up, which leads to Vanessa feeling out of place, and the dynamic of that relationship shifting. Basically the whole rest of the season is relationship roulette.
Wanda2Saints: Who is the GG couple getting back together?
Not Jenny and Nate, despite the purposely misleading photo at right. (Shhhhh!) And yes, right now you Chuck and Blair fans should be weeping, ’cause this old couple reconnecting totally means that Bluck or Chair (or whatever your name of choice) will not become a real couple any time soon this season.
Margaret in Tallahassee: What’s next for Rufus and Lily?
Rufus and Lily continue to play house, which continues to sicken the kids…and continues to seriously trigger my morning sickness. This baby is not a Rufus and Lily fan.
Any word on Tori’s comeback to 90210?
I’m hearing Donna (Tori Spelling) comes back to Bev Hills and reveals she’s having problems with David (paging Brian Austin Green!). Seriously, have any of these women been lucky in love?! I feel for the old school 90210-ers! The upside, though, is that their careers all appear to be going well (and global). Word is, Donna is thinking about opening a clothing store in Los Angeles and she’s already a huge success in Japan.
Emily in Rapid City, S.D.: Have you heard any details on the new Dylan on 90210?
Yes, Matt Lanter soon joins the cast as the new Dylan McKay, and AnnaLynne McCord tells me she’ll be the first to get in on that action, “He is the bad boy and Naomi starts to love herself some bad boy…He] just throws her so off her Naomi world and off its axis, that it kind of intrigues her, so she feels challenged. He gets her into trouble.” And it looks like Shenae Grimes may also get into the mix., “I feel like there’s going to be a triangle somewhere there,” she tells me, “and I wouldn’t complain if I was apart of said triangle.”
Katrina in Auburn, N.Y.: Kristin, please tell me Josh Henderson will be back on 90210!
The maybe-he-is-maybe-he-isn’t, long lost Wilson kid might not be finished with Beverly Hills just yet! Josh tells me that the fate of Sean Cavanaugh has yet to be determined. ” I don’t think he’s done by any means. There are still things up in the air where I might be the son. It’s worth watching, I’ll just say that. My guy’s still bouncing back and forth.”
Gregory in Eugene, Ore: Anything you can share on One Tree Hill?
Looks like Lucas’ movie is going to get shut down.
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Wow, this was so jam-packed with scoop that made me mad that I just have to comment!
- Blair and Nate getting back together is old news. I forget who broke it, but I did read it a while ago. While I am not opposed to the idea, it’s hard to believe Blair and Chuck still won’t be getting together. I much rather see a Nate and Serena pairing.
- Donna having problems with David = NOT ACCEPTABLE, especially if BAG isn’t even on the show. I am sick of the new 90210 rewriting history and ruining the way the original ended. It is so disrespectful to longtime fans.
- And calling Matt Lanter the new Dylan McKay is a little premature. Would be interesting/annoyingly predictable, though, if it ends up being another Brenda-Dylan-Kelly triangle.
- I really don’t want to see Lucas’ movie get shut down…except if it starts back up. I’d love to see snippets of the final product, a premiere, etc. Then again, it is getting to be very Dawson’s Creek-like where Dawson makes the movie (in the show’s penultimate episode) based on his life/the actual show.
- Am I off my rocker about all this? What do you guys think?
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Tags: 90210, Aaron, AnnaLynne McCord, Annie, BAG, Beverly Hills 90210, Blair, Blake Lively, Bluck, Brenda, Brian Austin Green, Brie Larson, Chair, Chuck, David, Dawson, Dawson's Creek, Donna, Dylan, Gossip Girl, Jenny, John Patrick Amedori, Josh Henderson, Kelly, Lily, love triangle, Lucas, Matt Lanter, Naomi, Nate, Rufus, Sean, Shenae Grimes, The United States of Tara, Toni Collette, Tori Spelling, Vanessa, Watch with Kristin
Categories : 90210, Beverly Hills 90210, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill
The Essential Teen Drama Love Triangles
26 01 2009Love triangles are one of the major characteristics of teen dramas, often the most talked about, debated and controversial. So what happens in a love triangle? This (or some derivation of this) in a nutshell: Boy meets girl. Boy dates girl. Girl falls for someone else. Girl dates that someone else. Girl goes back to boy number one, but still has feelings for that someone else. She may end up with boy number one OR boy number two. You have to watch to find out!
In the next six days, I’ll be posting about the need-to-know love triangles from the 6 major teen dramas.
TODAY: BEVERLY HILLS, 90210
BRENDA-DYLAN-KELLY
How It Started: Brenda and Dylan began dating in season one. While Brenda was in France the summer before senior year (season 3), Dylan and Kelly had an affair. When Brenda and Dylan broke up, Dylan was going to begin dating Kelly until Brenda found out and he had second thoughts. He spent a while debating who he wanted to be with before ultimately choosing Kelly.
How It Ended: When Kelly and Dylan broke up at the end of season 4, it seemed Dylan and Brenda were going to get back together. This did not actually happen, though, until some time in season 6, and it occurred off-screen. Dylan returned to Beverly Hills in season 9, where he admitted to Kelly that he and Brenda had been apart for two years. In the series finale, in season 10, Kelly and Dylan committed to each other again.
Key Episodes: 3.3-3.7, 3.13, 3.19, 4.30-4.32, 6.32, 9.9, 10.28
YouTube Evidence: Brenda/Dylan/Kelly Love Triangle
DYLAN-KELLY-BRANDON
How It Started: While Dylan and Kelly were still dating in season 4, Kelly accompanied Brandon on a school retreat where they shared a passionate kiss. When Dylan and Kelly broke up at the end of the season, Kelly followed Brandon to Washington, D.C. where they gave into their feelings and started a relationship, affectionately named Brelly by fans. Dylan, predictably, was not happy about this when he found out a few months later. At the end of season 5, Dylan tried to get Kelly back by offering her a trip around the world. Brandon, realizing he might lose her, proposed. Kelly made a memorable choice and proclaimed a now-classic line: “I choose me.”
How It Ended: With Dylan no longer in Beverly Hills, Kelly and Brandon get back together towards the latter half of season 7. They get engaged in season 8 but decide at the last minute not to go through with the wedding. At the beginning of season 9, they try to still have a relationship but that fails, in part because Brandon chooses to take a job on the East Coast. Dylan returns to Beverly Hills not long after Brandon leaves, but it’s not until the end of season 10 that Dylan and Kelly commit to each other again.
Key Episodes: 4.22-4.23, 4.31-4.32, 5.2, 5.30, 7.26, 8.32, 9.1-9.3, 9.6, 9.9, 10.8, 10.28
YouTube Evidence: Brandon, Kelly & Dylan: Starts With Goodbye
OTHER TRIANGLES TO CONSIDER
Donna-David-Nikki
Dylan-Kelly-John Sears
Steve-Valerie-Dylan
Jesse-Andrea-Peter
Griffin-Donna-Ray
Kelly-Brandon-Emily
Ray-Donna-Joe
Kelly-Collin-Valerie
Brandon-Susan-Jonathan
Steve-Clare-Prince Carl
Valerie-Tom-Kelly
Steve-Clare-Dick
Tracy-Brandon-Kelly
David-Donna-Cliff
David-Donna-Noah
Noah-Donna-Wayne
Gina-Dylan-Kelly
Camille-David-Donna
Matt-Kelly-Dylan
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Tags: Beverly Hills 90210, Brandon, Brelly, Brenda, Dylan, Kelly, love triangles
Categories : Beverly Hills 90210
90210 Locations Pt. 7
26 01 2009Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
I spent a small portion of my 90210 journey traveling to secondary sites. That is, locations that appeared on the show but weren’t primary or all that significant.
This included Melrose Place and 7250 (where Now Wear This and Matt’s law office were located).
As you can see below, they both look a bit different than how they appeared on the show. To be fair, though, that was more than nine years ago!


As you may notice, I didn’t include The Peach Pit After Dark on my journey. The After Dark–outside and inside–was shot on the 90210 lot in Van Nuys. We drove by and you could clearly tell where the iconic After Dark awning was but it wasn’t easy to take a picture. Swingtown, recently canceled, has been filming on the lot recently and I do regret not taking a picture of that sign.
So there you have it: 90210 up close and personal.
I did skip a number of secondary sites, such as Andrea and Jesse’s apartment, a few of the hotels and a bunch of places only seen in one episode. The purpose of the trip was to visit the main places where 90210 was filmed, places I’ve seen on TV hundreds of times since I was 9 years old. I think we can all agree: mission accomplished!
Remember, you can find out how to create your own 90210 journey here!
To find out more about LA in general and see my pictures, click here!
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Tags: 7250, 90210, Beverly Hills 90210, Matt, Melrose Place, Now Wear This, The Peach Pit After Dark
Categories : Beverly Hills 90210
Spoiler: You Ask, I Answer
26 01 2009RELEVANT QUESTIONS–DON’T READ IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW!!!
I don’t think Silver is being bitchy at all. Annie and Ethan on 90210 are totally annoying!! -Kara
No worries, as I reported a while back, the nauseating couple will break up before the end of the season. As for Silver and Dixon’s recent estrangement, it won’t last long. Those two have many more trials to look forward to. As I told you weeks ago, Silver is going to have a mental breakdown — which not only brings her sister-in-law Donna Martin back to town — but also ensures a supportive Dixon at her side.
What’s up with Diablo Cody’s 90210 appearance? -BSGfan
The rumors are true, Donna Martin will definitely be making her a dress for some high profile premiere. Mrs. David Silver is going to walk the red carpet with Diablo, forging the newest Bob Mackie–Cher type partnership. Oh, and p.s., I’m hearing Ms. Cody might be sporting a hamburger-shaped cell phone on the show.
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Tags: Annie, David Silver, Diablo Cody, Dixon, Donna Martin, Ethan, Korbi, Silver
Categories : 90210, Beverly Hills 90210
90210 Locations Pt. 6
25 01 2009One of the most iconic 90210 places is The Peach Pit, seen in all 10 years of the show and nearly every episode.
The interior of The Peach Pit was actually a set constructed on the 90210 lot in Van Nuys. But the exterior was a building located in Pasadena. Film shoots only happened there once in a while but it was still worth a trip.
As you can see from the picture below, the building looks very different from what we know it as. Most noticeably, it’s been refaced and a sushi restaurant is under construction! You can still recognize the iconic double doors, though.

On the new series, The Peach Pit has undergone many changes as well. First, it’s now a hip cafe instead of an old-fashioned diner. Secondly, it has presumably changed locations considering the exteriors and interiors are completely different. And, most importantly, it’s now just known as The Pit.
And where is The Pit really located? In the heart of Los Angeles at the Komoko Cafe.

When I arrived at Komoko Cafe for breakfast, I requested a table “in the back.” Their response: “Why? Do you not want to be seen?” Apparently they thought I was famous and hiding from paparazzi! In actuality, I just wanted to sit the outside porch near the Dr. Pepper-plastered bar. Well, turns out, that is actually a constructed set and doesn’t really exist!
I, somewhat embarrassingly, explained the reason for my confusion which led to a brief discussion about the show filming there. They film very infrequently because most of the stock footage can be used again, just like they did on the original show. Komoko Cafe was the site of a recent press party attended by the cast just days before I arrived. Too bad I wasn’t there for that!
Check out more pictures below and come back tomorrow for the final part of my 90210 journey.
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