News Roundup: 90210, Gossip Girl, and More

13 04 2009
  • Tori Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills 90210) has refuted some of her mother’s claims in a new article.  Both of their books are reviewed in the April 17th issue of Entertainment Weekly.  You can also read the reviews here, as well as another Tori article from the mag.
  • Newsday put together a lot of Tori-related content, including a photo gallery and an article previewing her return to 90210.
  • Newsday also has a poll asking what other original cast member you’d like to see return and a photo gallery of the new and old casts.
  • Jason Priestley (Brandon, Beverly Hills 90210) will soon have a second child.
  • Shenae Grimes (Annie, 90210) and Ryan Eggold (Ryan, 90210) both said they were disappointed to hear Dustin Milligan (Ethan) won’t be returning for season 2.
  • Rob Estes (Harry, 90210) was recently mistaken for Grant Show (Jake, Beverly Hills 90210/Melrose Place).
  • Korbi at Zap2it has posted fan feedback regarding Gossip Girl’s Nate-Blair-Chuck, much like E!Online did.
  • John Burke (Bart Bass, Gossip Girl) is now on Rescue Me.
  • The April 10th issue of Entertainment Weekly is filled with teen drama content: there’s a small piece on Southland, which includes photos of Ben McKenzie (Ryan, The O.C.) and Michael Cudlitz (Tony, Beverly Hills 90210) during their TD days; Penelope’s (Amanda Setton) “In the last 20 minutes, I’ve been hit on by two Bronfmans and a gay designer.  It was totally worth it” line from the most recent Gossip Girl was included in the weekly SoundBites feature.  Unfortunately, so was Joel McHale’s recent quip on The Soup: “One Tree Hill can be described in many ways: unflinching cure for insomnia, worst show to take place on a hill, and inexcusable misuse of Chad Michael Murray would all work.”; Tori Spelling vs. Candy Spelling made The Bullseye, as did the news that Milligan is leaving 90210.




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

10 04 2009
  • The CW released a bunch of promo clips for the next 90210.  They’re mostly about Donna (Tori Spelling).  You can see them here.
  • PEOPLE has a picture of Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills 90210) and daughter Stella.
  • You can vote for Dustin Milligan (Ethan, 90210) to get his own celebrity page on the PEOPLE site.
  • Bravo is moving forward with its “real-life Gossip Girl” series.
  • Filming for the No Doubt cameo on GG is complete and Josh Schwartz says it’s “great.”
  • Blair (Leighton Meester, Gossip Girl) got the top honors in TV Guide Magazine’s countdown of TV’s Royal Hierarchy.
  • You can see more pictures from Meester’s New York Times Magazine fashion spread and read the interview here.
  • Benjamin McKenzie (Ryan, The O.C.) says the show was “absolutely a good thing.”
  • Mischa Barton (Marissa, The O.C.) is on the cover of the May issue of Cosmopolitan UK.




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

9 04 2009
  • There will be a fashion spread featuring Leighton Meester (Blair, Gossip Girl) in this weekend’s New York Times Magazine.
  • Perez Hilton posted a pre-Gossip Girl picture of Chace Crawford (Nate).
  • Jessica Stroup (Silver, 90210) is one of the celebrities in Zac Efron’s first Funny or Die video.
  • At a recent event Stroup said she’d like to do a cross-over with Gossip Girl.
  • There’s another teen drama connection on Southland, besides the show starring Benjamin McKenzie (Ryan, The O.C.).  The other main character is played by Michael Cudlitz who played Tony Miller in eleven episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210.  This article pointed that out and links to a clip.
  • Scott Scanlon’s suicide on Beverly Hills 90210 in season 2 is on The New York Post’s list of Shocking TV Suicides.
  • The HD Room is giving away 5 copies of the Beverly Hills 90210 Season 7 DVD set.
  • AnnaLynne McCord (Naomi, 90210) and Sophia Bush (Brooke, One Tree Hill) will be part of Op’s Summer of Music campaign.  There’s lots of pictures here.
  • There’s another video blog with Hilarie Burton (Peyton, One Tree Hill) on the Southern Gothic Productions blog.
  • Allison Scagliotti (Abby, One Tree Hill) has been cast in a Sci-Fi series.
  • Film.com has a great ‘where are they now’ piece on the cast of The O.C.
  • Adam Goldberg (Oliver, Dawson’s Creek) stars in new cop show, The Unusuals.




Benjamin McKenzie on Gossip Girl

8 04 2009

“It’s not my thing.”





News Roundup: 90210, Gossip Girl, The O.C. and More

7 04 2009
  • EW.com has info on where you can get lipstick Blair (Leighton Meester) wore in a recent Gossip Girl episode.
  • A new song by Meester has been leaked to the internet.  You can hear it here.
  • Chace Crawford (Nate, Gossip Girl) and Sophia Bush (Brooke, One Tree Hill) are among the stars designing messenger bags for charity.
  • The CW had a “ratings comeback” last week, thanks in part to Gossip Girl and 90210.
  • The April 13 issue of PEOPLE has a short interview with Jason Priestley (Brandon, Beverly Hills 90210) and his involvement with the new 90210 but it doesn’t contain anything we don’t already now.
  • The same issue also has a full-page ad of Benjamin McKenzie (Ryan, The O.C.) is in his Southland role.
  • There’s another article on McKenzie’s career trajectory here.
  • There are three teen drama couples in the running for MSNBC’s Most Mismatched TV Couple: Ethan & Annie (90210), Nate & Vanessa (Gossip Girl) and…Lucas & Peyton (One Tree Hill)?! WTF?!




Stephanie Savage on putting fan-favorite couples together

7 04 2009

“We think we had good success on [our first series] “The O.C.”, for example, with the Seth and Summer storyline, where they were really together as a couple for the vast majority of the show. We told stories where they were having issues and they were having obstacles, but in the context of them as a couple. So it’s not necessarily the case that once a couple comes together, they stop being interesting or stop being able to generate story.”





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

6 04 2009
  • Korbi has a lot of scoop on Chuck and Blair, stemming from an interview she did with Gossip Girl’s executive producer, Stephanie Savage.
  • Ausiello has an exclusive clip from the next GG episode
  • Chace Crawford (Nate, Gossip Girl) will star in Twelve, which in part, has to do with life on the Upper East Side.
  • Two Entertainment Weekly writers put their own spin on one of the Dixon-Silver scenes from last week’s 90210. Pretty funny.
  • BuddyTV has an interview with Jessica Stroup (Silver, 90210) on her character’s breakdown and some other interesting things planned.
  • The Charlotte Observer has a great article on Bejamin McKenzie’s (Ryan, The O.C.) career. There’s also on an article in the California Chronicle on how McKenzie managed to go from The O.C. to Southland.
  • The shows aired in SoapNet’s O.C. Favorite Four Marathon were: The Best Chrismukkah Ever (season 1), The Rainy Day Women (season 2), The Graduates (season 3) and The End’s Not Near, It’s Here (season 4).




Spoiler: Watch with Kristin

6 04 2009

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

Donna in Las Vegas: Any news on Gossip Girl?

Check out the spoiler section for more dish on Serena, Mr. Serena and Georgina! We actually have to wait until April 20 for new Gossip Girl episodes, but that just means we’re going to have to while the hours while we wait with a new Love Debate. If you’re a fan of either Nate-Blair or Blair-Chuck, we’re now taking arguments in favor of both sides. Write up 250 words or less about why Blair belongs with a certain guy, email it in to tvdiva@eonline.com and in the near future, we’ll post the best, most persuasive points of view and open the floor to discussion about which pairing is best. Get your submissions in by Friday if you have something to say about Blair’s one true partner.

Jamie in Newport Beach, Calif.: Any truth to the story that 90210 producers are trying to get the rights from Josh Schwartz to use his character from The O.C., Luke Ward (Chris Carmack), so they could bring him onto the show as Ethan’s cousin?

Wow, great rumor. Unfortunately, we won’t be seeing good ol’ Luke on 90210. A source close to the show tells us that’s a solid “not true.”

Zarina in Connecticut: On Gossip Girl, Serena got married to Gabriel? OMG!
Darn you, promo monkeys! Always with the misdirection! But we can save our OMGs on this one, because Serena did not get married for reals.

Jenna in Irving, Texas: When does Georgina return to Gossip Girl?
Georgina returns April 27 and sticks around for the last four episodes of the season (the finale is on May 18). Georgina may have become a good Christian girl, but Michelle Trachtenberg teases that she’s still causing her fair share of trouble, “Her last name is Sparks, so sparks will fly.” Michelle adds that she is “causing quite a stir, as Georgina does,” before the end of the season. Why kind of stir? Well, sources whisper that Blair had better beware. (Eeee!)





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

5 04 2009
  • Zap2it reposted a funny promo video The CW made about Nate (Chace Crawford).  Check it out here.
  • E!Online has some preview clips of next week’s 90210.
  • Laura Leighton (Sophie, Beverly Hills 90210) will reprise her old Melrose Place role in the series remake.
  • The Boston Herald has an article on how Benjamin McKenzie’s role as Ryan on The O.C. affects his role on the new show, Southland.
  • Peter Gallagher (Sandy, The O.C.) has joined the cast of Californication.




Favorite Four OC Marathon

3 04 2009

Tomorrow starting at 4pm, SoapNet is airing a mini-marathon of The O.C.

It’s not clear yet what episodes they’ll be, but according to SoapNet, it will be the four “best” or “favorite” ones.

Watch, and then comment on their choices!