Happy Birthday Blake Lively and Rachel Bilson!

25 08 2009

We have two teen drama birthdays today!

Lively (Serena, Gossip Girl) turns 22.

Check out this video slideshow of Lively in recent years.

Rachel Bilson (Summer, The O.C.) turns 28.

Below is a fun video of Bilson’s best bloopers from The O.C.





Before They Were Teen Drama Stars, Part 5

21 08 2009

MONDAY: Beverly Hills 90210

TUESDAY: Dawson’s Creek

WEDNESDAY: The O.C.

THURSDAY: One Tree Hill

TODAY: Gossip Girl

BLAKE LIVELY (Serena)

Starred in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and its sequel.

LEIGHTON MEESTER (Blair)

Appeared on Tarzan, Surface, 24 and other shows.

PENN BADGLEY (Dan)

Starred in Do Over, The Mountain and The Bedford Diaries.

TAYLOR MOMSEN (Jenny)

Starred in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

KRISTEN BELL (Gossip Girl)

The star of Veronica Mars.

JESSICA SZOHR (Vanessa)

Recurring roles on What About Brian and CSI: Miami.

Come back tomorrow for the last part!





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

29 07 2009




News Roundup: Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill

14 07 2009




News Roundup: Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill and The O.C.

13 07 2009
  • PEOPLE.com has a short article on a Kelly Rutherford (Lily, Gossip Girl) sighting.
  • Serena (Blake Lively, Gossip Girl) & Blair (Leighton Meester, Gossip Girl) and Peyton (Hilarie Burton, One Tree Hill) & Brooke (Sophia Bush, Gossip Girl) are up for Best Friends Forever Moment in The Sourcies.
  • Burton posted another vlog on SoGoPro, this one previewing their upcoming podcasts.
  • The One Tree Hill Podcast has a very interesting interview with Danneel Harris (Rachel, One Tree Hill).
  • Nikki Griffin (Jess, The O.C.) is the Getty Hotty of the Week for SPiN.




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

8 07 2009
  • Blake Lively (Serena, Gossip Girl) is on the cover of the August issue of Glamour UK.
  • Gawker posted a spoilish picture from Gossip Girl filming.
  • Spoiler TV posted a video of Gossip Girl filming.
  • The CW Source has a massive Gossip Girl bracket-tournament you can participate in.
  • The CW Source also has video interviews with some of our teen drama guys discussing their July 4th plans.
  • Fights from Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill and 90210 are up for Best Fight in The Sourcies.
  • Julian (Austin Nichols, One Tree Hill) and Liam (Matt Lanter, 90210) are up for Favorite Newcomer in The Sourcies.
  • Allison Scagliotti (Abby, One Tree Hill) has a Twitter account. You can watch her in a new show called Warehouse 13, which is now airing on the newly-renamed SyFy channel.
  • Mischa Barton (Marissa, The O.C.) had the honor (or is it dishonor?) of being on a list of the “20 Unsexiest Beautiful People.”





Spoiler: Watch with Kristin

7 07 2009

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

Amy in Pittsburgh: So excited Gossip Girl is back in production! What can you tell us?!
Sorry, Hilary Duff haters, but Duff joins the Gossip Girl cast as movie star Olivia, and she’ll be getting her movie-star cooties on the entire cast, not just Vanessa and Dan. Also on Gossip Girl this season, Chuck and Blair are totally getting married and having a million babies. (OK, not that, but they are staying tight. Yay!) And believe it or not, the show really is trending away from “Dan and Serena are the one true pairing of Gossip Girl.” Certainly, that arc might turn back sometime in the future, but for now the show is trying to establish their separate identities, apart from their on-again, off-again shenanigans. Is that great news or the worst thing you’ve ever heard? Post in the comments!

Gervase in Montreal, Quebec: Thanks for the interview with Blake Lively about Papa van der Woodsen. Are we actually going to see Serena’s dad this season on Gossip Girl?
TV Diva’s Magic 8-ball says: It is decidedly so. We will finally meet Serena’s dad this season on Gossip Girl.

Cristina in Teaneck, N.J.: Will Adrianna and Naomi reconcile with Annie on 90210?
As far as Naomi (AnnaLynne McCord), Adrianna (Jessica Lowndes) and Annie (Shenae Grimes) being best buds in the second season (something some of you would like to see), AnnaLynne says, “Never. Not going to happen. I’m sorry. I wish.”

Marianne in Toluca Lake, Calif.: Any scoop on 90210? I’m in for the long haul.
Michael Steger
tells us, “They’re talking about renovating the Blaze newsroom, so it’s going to be where everything happens and everybody meets up. They’re going to make it very loungey, very comfortable.” (The Blaze newsroom is where we’ll meet Rumer Willis‘ character when she guests in a season-two episode.)





News Roundup: 90210, Gossip Girl, Dawson’s Creek and More

3 07 2009
  • Tori Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills 90210) reportedly has a children’s book coming out.
  • According to Access Hollywood, Rumer Willis (daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis) will appear in at least one episode of 90210.
  • E! Online is speculating on who could be cast as the father of Serena (Blake Lively, Gossip Girl) and Eric (Connor Paolo, Gossip Girl) on GG.  They have a poll on it as well.
  • Celebuzz is refuting a report that Leighton Meester (Blair, Gossip Girl) and Sebastian Stan (Carter, Gossip Girl) are engaged.
  • Just re-found a column bout Gossip Girl that appeared in my (now former) college paper.  Interesting read.
  • Examiner.com has a short story on Wilmington, North Carolina where One Tree Hill films and where Dawson’s Creek did as well.
  • Another Katie Holmes (Joey, Dawson’s Creek)/So You Think You Can Dance update: she will be on the 100th episode, which airs July 23.




Villains, Part 5

30 06 2009

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

GOSSIP GIRL

1. Georgina Sparks (played by Michelle Trachtenberg)

Only a teen and already a wild child, Georgina relies on alcohol and lies to make sure she gets her way–which usually means screwing over nemesis Serena (Blake Lively).  Among her heinous acts: pretending to be someone else and blackmail.

2. Gossip Girl (voiced by Kristen Bell)

She/he is the source of many problems in the halls of Constant Billard and St. Judes.  By simply exposing damaging secrets via text or her blog, Gossip Girl’s identity remains a mystery.

I debated whether or not to included Chuck (Ed Westwick) and Blair (Leighton Meester) as villains but ultimately decided not to as I think they have many more redeeming qualities to them than any of the others I included on my list.

I think we can all agree that there are no outright villains on 90210 (yet) so my list ends here.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Gina Kincaid (Beverly Hills 90210)

Suzanne Steele (Beverly Hills 90210)

Garrett Slan (Beverly Hills 90210)

Tony Marchette (Beverly Hills 90210)

Evan Potter (Beverly Hills 90210)

Joe Patch (Beverly Hills 90210)

Eve Whitman (Dawson’s Creek)

Matt Caufield (Dawson’s Creek)

Luke Ward (The O.C.)

Oliver Trask (The O.C.)

Caleb Nichol (The O.C.)

Trey Atwood (The O.C.)

Dean Jack Hess (The O.C.)

Matt Ramsey (The O.C.)

Kaitlin Cooper (The O.C.)

Nicki (One Tree Hill)

Rachel Gatina (One Tree Hill)

Daunte (One Tree Hill)

Bart Bass (Gossip Girl)

Penelope and co. (Gossip Girl)

Poppy Lifton (Gossip Girl)

Gabriel Edwards (Gossip Girl)

Who would be on your list?





Spoiler: Mega Buzz

24 06 2009

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

Can we assume that Gossip Girl‘s Serena won’t be attending Brown now that she’s off chasing Daddy Dearest? — Becky
MICKEY: Here’s what Blake Lively told us about Serena’s plans in the wake of being slapped with that paternal jaw-dropper. “She’s thrown for this huge loop,” she says. “There are a lot of things she’s going to find out about her mother and about her background.” In other words, Serena will not be heading to Providence in the fall… but she might not be in New York either.

Do you know if One Tree Hill plans to cast an African-American or other minority in any of the roles being added? — Dee Bee
MATT: Thus far, you’re 0-for-2 on that wish, seeing as Robert Buckley and Shantel VanSanten have been cast as Nathan’s agent and Haley’s sister, Quinn, respectively. As for “Alex” (the supermodel fronting Brooke’s new clothing line), Tree Hill is looking at “all ethnicities,” so there’s some hope there. For what’s it worth, I can offer up this concrete piece of guest casting: NFL legend Jerry Rice will appear as himself in the Sept. 14 season opener.

Is there a shot for the CW to pick up Body Politic as a midseason replacement?  From the sneak peeks I’ve seen, it looks like it’s got lots of promise, and I really need a weekly Jason Dohring fix! — Gina
MICKEY: I’m with you, Gina! Body reminds me of the heady mid-’90s, when I actually called Washington, D.C., home (in large part because of the movie St. Elmo’s Fire). My CW mole tells me that the Beltway drama is still in the running for a midseason slot, but that it’s up against the Gossip Girl spin-off, which has a few high-ranking fans in the building.

**Note: Brian Austin Green (David, Beverly Hills 90210) also stars in Body Politic.