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

15 09 2009
  • The Daily News has a photo gallery called “TV Shows That Peaked in High School” and our teen dramas have the (dis)honor of being in it.  One Tree Hill is given credit for skipping the college years, “which may be why this former teen drama is still on the air today.”
  • There’s tons of teen drama content in the new issue of Portrait Magazine.
  • One Tree Hill (2.59 million) did better than Gossip Girl (2.52 million) last night, but not by as much as they usually do.  This was GG’s best ratings since January.
  • Have any of you been to SoapNet’s board for One Tree Hill? Just curious since I’m not really liking it and wondering if anyone feels the same.
  • Hilarie Burton (Peyton, One Tree Hill) and SoGoPro did an interview with Say It Social Radio.
  • PEOPLE.com has a Gossip Girl-version of Hangman.
  • They also have a GG fashion quiz.
  • Chace Crawford (Nate, Gossip Girl) was named one of the “25 hottest actors under 25.”
  • Brandon (Jason Priestley, Beverly Hills 90210) was recently a “weekly crush” on SoapNet.
  • Glamour has a great interview with Tori Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills 90210) on Donna’s fashion.
  • The Los Angeles Times has an interview with Matt Lanter (Liam, 90210).  He says he has an official MySpace but confirms that all Twitter accounts are fakes.
  • TVStar has an interview with Michael Steger (Navid, 90210).
  • LoHud.com has an interview with John Schneider (Jeffrey, Liam’s stepdad, 90210).
  • I like this recent tweet from James Van Der Beek (Dawson, Dawson’s Creek): “I thought I was immune to soapy drama after making it for 6 years, but I’m finding myself kind of addicted to “‘True Blood.'”
  • Michelle Williams (Jen) is on the cover of the October issue of Vogue.  You can read an excerpt of the cover story here.




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!

 





Spoiler: Mega Buzz

6 08 2009

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

Is there going to be a new psycho on One Tree Hill this season? — Jerry and Lana
MICKEY:
Let me ask you this: Is James Van Der Beek a psycho? Because I’m hearing the erstwhile Dawson might want to return to Tree Hill. There’s a catch though. He’d like to direct an episode or two.





Teen Drama Casts Then and Now, Part 2

4 08 2009

MONDAY: BEVERLY HILLS, 90210

TODAY: DAWSON’S CREEK

Come back tomorrow for Part 3!





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

3 08 2009
  • We’ll be playing trivia again tomorrow night.  Details will be posted in the morning.
  • Chuck (Ed Westwick, Gossip Girl) and Blair (Leighton Meester, Gossip Girl) are nominated for Hottest Hook-Up in the Tubey Awards.
  • In the August 7 issue of Entertainment Weekly, the mag takes a snipe at Taylor Momsen (Jenny, Gossip Girl): “Taylor Momsen says ‘I would eat a boy my age alive.’ Well, at least she’d be eating something.” (Momsen’s quote is from her Teen Vogue interview.)
  • Also in that issue, Kristen Bell (Gossip Girl, Gossip Girl) is not “seriously campaigning to appear on screen.
  • Celebrity-babies.com has an article on Kelly Rutherford (Lily, Gossip Girl) hiding her pregnancy last season.
  • Alexandra Patsavas, the music supervisor for Gossip Girl, shares some of her favorite “up-and-coming artists,” including Noisettes who will appear on One Tree Hill this season.
  • E! Online has video interviews with some of the Gossip Girl cast and a somewhat-spoilish article on One Tree Hill’s new season.
  • There are several new vlogs with Hilarie Burton (Peyton, One Tree Hill) on the SoGoPro site.
  • The blog for Web Series Magazine has a post on Burton’s, um, webseries.
  • Saxsen  Norton will reportedly appear on One Tree Hill this season.
  • The CW Source and One Tree Hill Podcast are continuing their reviews of prior seasons.
  • AnnaLynne McCord (Naomi, 90210) spoke with E!Online about who she’d like to guest-star on the show.
  • According to Ausiello, Anne Gillespie (Jackie, Beverly Hills 90210) will be back on 90210.
  • Grant Show (Jake, Beverly Hills 90210) says he may reprise his role on the new Melrose Place.
  • According to the above issue of EW, The Storm, starring Luke Perry (Dylan, Beverly Hills 90210) and James Van Der Beek (Dawson, Dawson’s Creek) “stirred up a paltry 4.9 million viewers.”
  • Ali Larter (Kristy, Dawson’s Creek) got married over the weekend and Joshua Jackson (Pacey, Dawson’s Creek) was reportedly in attendance.
  • You can vote for your “favorite fashionista”: Mischa Barton (Marissa, The O.C.) or Rachel Bilson (Summer, The O.C.)




News Roundup: One Tree Hill, 90210, Dawson’s Creek and The O.C.

27 07 2009
  • I’ll be hosting another trivia game tomorrow night.  Details will be posted in the morning.
  • Still taking submissions for the Defend Your Favorite Couple guest post opportunity.
  • There’s a bunch of videos and other goodies floating around from the opening of Galeotti’s, a restaurant partly owned by Bethany Joy Galeotti (Haley, One Tree Hill).
  • Rob Buckley (Clayton, One Tree Hill) is now on Twitter.
  • Christy-Anne of OTH TwitterBugs is planning a group trip to Wilmington, N.C. where One Tree Hill is filmed (and Dawson’s Creek was).  For details, you can check out the official Web site or follow the Twitter account.
  • The One Tree Hill Podcast is taking a look back at season 3.
  • Shenae Grimes (Annie, 90210) will be on The Bonnie Hunt Show tomorrow.
  • The Jerusalem Post has a feature on Darren Star, the creator of Beverly Hills 90210.
  • I’ve been hesitant to post Candy Spelling-Tori Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills 90210) news from this weekend because I despise TMZ but PEOPLE.com is saying it’s legit, so here you go.
  • The London Free Press has an article on Luke Perry (Dylan, Beverly Hills 90210) and James Van Der Beek (Dawson, Dawson’s Creek) but I’ve posted those quotes already.
  • In a chat with readers, two Boston Globe writers discussed The O.C.




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

25 07 2009
  • Finally watched Wednesday’s Today Show, the last one Tori Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills 90210) co-hosted.  She showed off her children’s clothing line and was the answer to a trivia question–who played Violet Bickerstaff on Saved by the Bell?
  • Star News has photos from recent One Tree Hill filming.
  • Sophia Bush (Brooke, One Tree Hill) supposedly now has an official site.  Honestly not sure though–also looks like it’s just a fan site.
  • BuddyTV has an article speculating on who will narrate OTH episodes this season.
  • Katie Holmes (Joey, Dawson’s Creek) is receiving a lot of flack for her So You Think You Can Dance performance.
  • Watch James Van Der Beek (Dawson, Dawson’s Creek) tomorrow night in the first part of The Storm miniseries, 9pm on NBC.  Luke Perry (Dylan, Beverly Hills 90210) also stars.




James Van Der Beek on Life During & After Dawson’s Creek

24 07 2009

“I was pretty burnt out after six years on a series. And I don’t know that I was really ready to jump back in. One thing that’s happened, I will say in the past year, year-and-a-half is I’ve really started to rediscover my passion for acting and for being a part of a story and in a leading role capacity. So it’s fun. I’m really having a good time right now.

I think really the only thing to kind of avoid burnout is a level of appreciation that I don’t know you can really come to without stepping away from it for a little while. The hours are so intense. And the opportunities kind of come so fast and furious that it’s almost impossible to really be able to appreciate them to the level that you should. I was doing movies during the hiatuses and doing movies during and then doing press and photo shoots and all that kind of stuff. You know, and it was a six-year run. Is there anything I could have done to avoid it? I don’t know. I mean, I think now that I’m older and can kind of have a little bit different perspective on it, I’d like to think now that I can probably handle it not be burned out for so long.

I think also it started for me at age 20. I wasn’t in the place of really being able to handle everything that was thrown at me. And I came out OK, but what I would say for anybody going through it: “Just focus on the work, keep good people around you. And don’t believe the hype either way, good or bad. Just really keep it all about the work and make sure the people you’re surrounding yourself with are just high-quality human beings and you should be OK.

The one thing that I kind of came out of my experience with is a real compassion for anybody else who goes through the same thing. It’s very easy to stand on the outside and judge and look at people making bad decisions and say, “What the hell were they thinking?” Having gone through and been in the eye of that storm I think I would try to judge a lot less than your average person looking at somebody going through a train wreck.”





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

22 07 2009
  • Kellan Lutz (George, 90210) is one of the choices in a PEOPLE.com poll on vampire hotties.
  • The next round of the Gossip Girl bracket is available.
  • In The Dearly Departed category of the Sourcies, Bart Bass (Robert John Burke, Gossip Girl) and Quentin (Robbie Jones, One Tree Hill) are nominated.
  • According to the above link, Chuck (Ed Westwick, Gossip Girl) barely beat Brooke (Sophia Bush, One Tree Hill) in the Fashion Guru category.
  • Bethany Joy Galeotti (Haley, One Tree Hill) has launched an official blog and posted a vlog.
  • SoGoPro posted another podcast, this one an interview with Hilarie Burton (Peyton, One Tree Hill).  Burton says she recently stayed with Danneel Harris (Rachel, One Tree Hill) in Los Angeles.
  • In an interview, James Van Der Beek (Dawson, Dawson’s Creek; Dixon, One Tree Hill) said he might direct an episode of OTH. There’s a few other goodies in there, too.