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

28 08 2009
  • One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl and 90210 all have nominations in the Most Dramatic Meltdown category of The Sourcies.
  • One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl also have nominations for The Voice of Wisdom Award.
  • Gossip Girl and 90210 also have nominations in the Best Cliffhanger category.
  • Nicole Bilderback (Heather, Dawson’s Creek) is included in a “Where Are They Now” for Bring It On.  Bethany Joy Galeotti (Haley, One Tree Hill) and Michael Copon (Felix, One Tree Hill) each starred in one of the sequels.
  • As of Monday, One Tree Hill and The O.C. are swapping weekday timeslots on SoapNet. For the new schedules, click on their pages above.
  • There will also be a One Tree Hill marathon Monday, Sept. 7.  I will post a reminder as we get closer.
  • Don’t forget: both Jennie Garth (Kelly, Beverly Hills 90210) and Lori Loughlin (Debbie, 90210) will be at the Daytime Emmys on Sunday night.
  • You can vote for Kellan Lutz (George, 90210) to get his own PEOPLE.com page.




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

27 08 2009
  • One Tree Hill, 90210, and Gossip Girl all have nominations in the I Love To Hate You category of The Sourcies.
  • The Baltimore Sun has an interview with Kate Voegele (Mia, One Tree Hill).
  • If you want to check out Shantel Van Santen (Quinn, One Tree Hill) before the new season premieres, you can go see the new Final Destination movie, which opens tomorrow.
  • More teen drama references on Big BrotherThis time, it was Beverly Hills 90210, The O.C. and Dawson’s Creek.
  • 90210 and Gossip Girl are both discussed (in relation to Melrose Place) in an Los Angeles Times article.
  • E!Online has a spoiler-filled interview with Matt Lanter (Liam, 90210).
  • Trevor Donovan (Teddy, 90210) is included in a TVGuide.com photo gallery of “fresh faces” for the new TV season.
  • Dustin Milligan (Ethan, 90210) was reportedly considered for Robert Pattinson’s role in Twilight.
  • MTV News has a related article on Milligan.
  • The CW Source is taking fan questions for an interview with Laura Leighton (Sophie, Beverly Hills 90210).
  • Both Leighton and Kelly Rutherford (Lily, Gossip Girl) are included in a “Where Are They Now” photo gallery for Melrose Place.
  • Blake Lively (Serena, Gossip Girl) joined the cast of The Town, a crime thriller.
  • Kristen Bell (Gossip Girl, Gossip Girl) was apparently the victim of a Twitter hacker/faker today.  Remember, you can follow her real account: @IMKristenBell
  • Josh Schwartz, the creator of Gossip Girl and The O.C., is now developing a comedy series.
  • The season premiere of Southland, starring Benjamin McKenzie (Ryan, The O.C.) and Michael Cudlitz (Tony, Beverly Hills 90210), will be delayed.
  • Mischa  Barton (Marissa, The O.C.) did a very interesting interview with Time Out New  York, where she explains her hospitalization.




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

25 08 2009
  • Jennie Garth (Kelly, Beverly Hills 90210) is back on Twitter with a slightly different username.
  • According to Michael Cudlitz (Tony, Beverly Hills 90210), James Eckhouse (Jim, Beverly Hills 90210) will be on an upcoming episode of Southland.
  • At the premiere for Extract, a film in which Dustin Milligan (Ethan, 90210) appears, he discussed how he won’t be back on the show.  Jessica Stroup (Silver, 90210), his girlfriend, was also there.
  • AnnaLynne McCord (Naomi) is on the cover of the first issue of Beauty Entertainment Magazine.
  • TVGuideMagazine.com has a spoilish interview with McCord and Matt Lanter (Liam, 90210).
  • Star News posted a “first look” photo gallery for One Tree Hill’s seventh season.
  • According to the Associated Press, it hasn’t been decided what will happen to Antwon Tanner (Skills, One Tree Hill) in regards to his role on OTH.  Tanner plead guilty last week to fraud charges.
  • Ausiello has interesting spoilers on a Chuck (Ed Westwick, Gossip Girl) storyline for this season.
  • MTV is developing a U.S. version of Skins to be the “absolute opposite of Gossip Girl.”
  • Michelle Trachtenberg (Georgina, Gossip Girl) will star in Young Americans alongside Chris Pratt (Che, The O.C.). Coincidentally, Young Americans used to be the name of a show on The WB, a spin-0ff of Dawson’s Creek which starred Rodney Scott (Will, Dawson’s Creek).
  • MTV has an interview with Adam Brody (Seth, The O.C.) on his role in Jennifer’s Body.




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

24 08 2009
  • Interview Magazine has a great interview–and some interesting photos–with Chace Crawford (Nate, Gossip Girl).  There’s even a Shannen Doherty (Brenda, Beverly Hills 90210) reference!  And the best part: he confirms what I already told you–he is not on Twitter!
  • You can vote Gossip Girl as the Show Most in Need of a Vampire Character in The Tubey Awards.
  • Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill both have nominations in the Biggest WTF?!? Moment category of The Sourcies.
  • The special features from the Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill and 90210 DVDs are making their way onto YouTube.  For many of the OTH ones, check out the One Tree Hill Blog.
  • In this weeks’ One Tree Hill Connection podcast, there’s an interview with Star News’ Jeff Hidek about his article on the essential OTH eps.
  • Star News has an article on SoGoPro, but Hilarie Burton (Peyton, One  Tree Hill) is only mentioned a couple of times.
  • Burton is in a new SoGoPro vlog. Burton again confirms what I already told you–she is not on Twitter!
  • For all the rumors that Burton isn’t on good terms with the One Tree Hill family, it’s interesting they’ve been tweeting SoGoPro stuff.
  • Bethany Joy Galeotti (Haley, One Tree Hill) updated her official site with a vlog.
  • TVGuideMagazine.com has a picture of Daphne Zuniga (Victoria, One Tree Hill) with Laura Leighton (Sophie, Beverly Hills 90210) at the Melrose Place premiere party.
  • Jessica Stroup (Silver, 90210) was also at the aforementioned Melrose event, where she inspired today’s edition of InStyle’s Look of the Day.
  • News on the season 8 DVD of Beverly Hills 90210 finally came out today!  Special thanks to David for making sure I got it.  Really not happy with the set’s cover art.  Check it out and see if you can guess why.
  • TVGuide.com has info on a new 90210 casting.
  • BizBash has an article on 90210’s massive season two premiere party.
  • Jessica Lowndes (Adrianna, 90210) is apparently dating Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul.
  • This article on The Vampire Diaries references both Beverly Hills 90210 and Dawson’s Creek.
  • The Dawson’s Creek Complete Series DVD set will be released November 10.
  • PEOPLE.com has a short article on Mischa Barton (Marissa, The O.C.) attending a recent Charlotte Ronson event. Hilarie Duff (Olivia, Gossip Girl) and Sophia Bush (Brooke, One Tree Hill) were also in attendance.




Happy Birthday Chad Michael Murray!

24 08 2009

Murray (Lucas, One Tree Hill; Charlie, Dawson’s Creek) turns 28 today.

Let’s celebrate with this sexy video.





News Roundup: One Tree Hill, 90210, Gossip Girl and Dawson’s Creek

21 08 2009
  • Chad Michael Murray (Lucas, One Tree Hill) was on a radio show for a charity in Buffalo. I think this is the first press he’s done since he left the show.
  • SoGoPro’s first webseries, Friendship Union Community Theater launched today.  You can watch it here.  Hilarie Burton (Peyton, One Tree Hill) also posted a vlog to go with it.
  • According to a study by LiveHive Systems, One Tree Hill has the most social impact (aka social engagement) of any show on the air last season. The new 90210 was a distant second, followed by Jon and Kate Plus 8. “One Tree Hill’s top performance in the Social Engagement Index is the combination of a story format that is well suited to active social discussion and interactivity, and a demographic that gravitates to multi-platform media consumption,” says the press release.
  • PopSugar posted photos of some of the 90210 cast at a recent event.
  • Will.I.Am of the  Black Eyed Peas explains his connection to Brian Austin Green (David, Beverly Hills 90210) in an MTV article.
  • You can vote in a PEOPLE.com poll whether you want Grant Show (Jake, Beverly Hills 90210/Melrose Place) to appear on the new Melrose.
  • PEOPLE.com spoke with Hilary Duff (Olivia, Gossip Girl) about working on GG.
  • An article on Life Unexpected explains the show’s connections to Dawson’s Creek, including star Kerr Smith (Jack).
  • Ali Larter (Kristy, Dawson’s Creek) is today’s HD Hottie.




What’s YOUR Story?

21 08 2009

At various points I’ve explained my teen drama background/origins.

Here are the cliffnotes: started watching Beverly Hills 90210 at the way-too-young age of 9, which led me to the teen dramas that followed suit, and I haven’t been able to kick the habit since.

But what about you?

What’s your story?

When did you start watching teen dramas?





Mark Schwahn on Naley

20 08 2009

“You know, when we started the show, we were coming on the heels of “Dawson’s Creek.” They were shooting their finale when we were shooting our pilot, so when people saw our first episode, they were sure that Haley and Lucas would be together, because Dawson and Joey had [a similar dynamic]. But we had always designed it as Nathan and Haley. In my mind, Nathan and Haley have always been a cornerstone of the show.”





Teen Drama Twitter Accounts

18 08 2009

I’ve been inspired by Christy-Anne at OTH Twitter Bugs to do some of my own digging.

I have confirmed with the respective publicists that the follow accounts are fake:

@officialchace

@ChacexCrawford

@ChaceCrawford_

@edwestsidestory

@OfficialEd

@ed_westwick

@jessicaKszohr

@JessSzorh

@thejzho

@officialconnorp

@AnnaLMcCord

@jessiclowndes

@heyshenae

@shenaegrimes

@shenaeSgrimes

@hilarieburton

@hilarie_burton

@sophiabush

@sophiabushh

@sophiaOfTheBush

@sophiaannabush

@realsophiabush

@sophbush

@bjgofficial

@bjgaleotti

@BethanyJoyG

@laffertyjames

@jmartinlafferty

@chadmichmurray

@cockymurr

@chadmcmurray

@ChadMichaelMurr

@danneelharris_

@danneelharrisx

@harrisdanneel

@scotletti

@stephencolletti

@stephenagustc

@sukkstobu

@bevinprince

@markschwahn

@Ben_Mckz

@benOCmckenzie

@ItsRachelBilson

@ShannenDoh4real

In fact, any account you see for those stars is FAKE.  These people are not on Twitter.

Also fake: @torispelling, @jenniegarth97, @LeightBaby

Also  not on Twitter: Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed

But here is some good news: the following are real!

@tristanwilds (Tristan Wilds: Dixon, 90210)

@trevdon (Trevor Donovan, Teddy, 90210)

@TheAdamGregory (Adam Gregory, Ty, 90210)

@itsmeleighton (Leighton Meester: Blair, Gossip Girl)

@zuzannawanda (Zuzanna Szadkowski: Dorota, Gossip Girl)

@DorotaNYC (Zuzanna Szadkowski: Dorota, Gossip Girl)

@imkristenbell (Kristen Bell: Gossip Girl, Gossip Girl)

@RealOneTreeHill (One Tree Hill)

@katevoegele (Kate Voegele: Mia, One Tree Hill)

@antwon_tanner (Antwon Tanner: Skills, One Tree Hill)

@ashleyrickards (Ashley Rickards: Sam, One T ree Hill)

@kramergirl (Jana Kramer: Alexis, One Tree Hill)

@robbuckleyduh (Rob Buckley: Clayton, One Tree Hill)

@danneelharris (Danneel Harris: Rachel, One Tree Hill)

@joemanganiello (Joe Manganiello: Owen, One Tree Hill)

@bryangreenberg (Jake, One Tree Hill)

@miksecrew (Michael Copon: Felix, One Tree Hill)

@youromegagirl (Maria Menounos: Jules, One Tree Hill)

@tylerhilton (Tyler Hilton: Chris Keller, One Tree Hill)

@allisonscag (Allison Scagliotti: Abby, One Tree Hill)

@colinfickes (Colin Fickes: Jimmy Edwards, One Tree Hill)

@amberbrookeband (Amber Wallace: Glenda, One Tree Hill)

@lonewolflindsay (Lindsay Wolfington: music supervisor, One Tree Hill)

@SoGoPro (Southern Gothic Productions/Hilarie Burton: Peyton, One Tree Hill)

@vanderjames (James Van Der Beek: Dawson, Dawson’s Creek)

@busyphilipps25 (Busy Philipps: Audrey, Dawson’s Creek)

@RachaelLCook (Rachel Leigh Cook: Devon, Dawson’s Creek)

@kevwilliamson (Kevin Williamson: creator, Dawson’s Creek)

@jenniegarth (Jennie Garth: Kelly, Beverly Hills 90210)

@torianddean (Tori Spelling: Donna, Beverly Hills 90210)

@TAThiessen (Tiffani Amber Thiessen: Valerie, Beverly Hills 90210)

@RedDonovan (Elisa Donovan: Ginger, Beverly Hills 90210)

@cudlitz (Michael Cudlitz: Tony Miller, Beverly Hills 90210)

@therealmischa (Mischa Barton: Marissa, The O.C.)

@autumnreeser (Autumn Reeser: Taylor, The O.C.)

**Thanks to Christy-Anne for providing the One Tree Hill accounts**

Here’s some tips on spotting a fake account: First, see if it has the Twitter verified seal on it. All celebrities have been encouraged to register with the company in order to show their legitimacy. If they don’t have the seal, check with TruthTweet and Valebrity, two very reputable databases of celebrity accounts. Lastly, check with official sites for the network, show and the celebs themselves. If they are not confirmed in any of those places, odds are they fake. Additionally, if the account in question is following any of the fake ones above, odds are that it is fake, too.

Being a journalist, I have access to the publicists and managers that most don’t have.  I will continue to contact them as necessary to confirm or deny accounts but please do you part: do not follow fake accounts but spread the word that they are in fact fake!

You can follow me @sizzlemaker.





Before They Were Teen Drama Stars, Part 2

18 08 2009

MONDAY: Beverly Hills 90210

TODAY: Dawson’s Creek

JAMES VAN DER BEEK (Dawson)

Recurring role on As the World Turns.

KATIE HOLMES (Joey)

Starring role in The Ice Storm.

JOSHUA JACKSON (Pacey)

Appeared in all three Mighty Ducks movies.

KERR SMITH (Jack)

Recurring role on As the World Turns (not at the same time as Van Der Beek).

BUSY PHILIPPS (Audrey)

Starring role in Freaks and Geeks.

Come back tomorrow for part 3!