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Oct 29 2010 09:40 AM ET

'Vampire Diaries': Michael Trevino talks Tyler's transformation (and his first leather jacket)

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Michael-Trevino-VampireImage Credit: Patrick Ecclesine/The CWEven before season 2 began, producers of The Vampire Diaries were talking about Michael Trevino’s beefed up role as a werewolf. So SPOILER-THAT-ISN’T-ACTUALLY-A-SPOILER: Last night, in episode 7, Tyler Lockwood finally (accidentally) killed someone and activated the family curse. (Read our recap.) Shortly after the episode aired on the East Coast (which Trevino watched while flipping back and forth from the World Series), he phoned EW to talk about what’s next for young Mr. Lockwood, which scene he’s yet to shoot that’s making him nervous, and why episode 210 is already one of his favorites.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Watching this episode, I was like, finally! We’ve known it was coming for so long, and now it’s on. Did you have a bit of that reaction to?
MICHAEL TREVINO: Yeah. It’s official now. It’s just a hint of it. It’s at the point where the next few episodes are going to be about preparing for the next full moon that comes. You’re gonna see Tyler do more research, because now he realizes he’s not going to be able to stop himself — it’s just inevitable.

Have you shot that full transformation yet? Are we going to see you shirtless and chained like Mason was?
We have not shot that. I think we might shoot that next week. It’s gotta be soon. I’m not sure how exactly it’s gonna happen, to be honest with you. I would think that he’s gonna go down to those old ruins were Mason was and probably do what he was doing and just lock himself up. And hopefully he doesn’t hurt anybody. He won’t be able to control himself, especially the first time.

Are you doing anything special to prepare for that? Are you bulking up even more?
I’m trying to, yeah. [Laughs] As far as hitting the weights and dieting, it’s hard to do. So just a little bit, nothing extreme.  READ FULL STORY »

Oct 25 2010 05:45 PM ET

This year's Halloween episodes: Which will be the best?

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modern-familyImage Credit: Danny Feld/ABCHalloween episodes are always fun. But the best ones still manage to reveal something about their characters, such as that Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s former vengeance demon Anya is afraid of bunnies, and Bones‘ Brennan, who doesn’t understand 99.9 percent of pop culture references, insists upon dressing up as Wonder Woman every year. Which of this year’s remaining Halloween-themed episodes (sorry, Parenthood and One Tree Hill) sounds like it will become a classic? (We’ve got details straight from the networks on 22 shows. If we’ve missed one, add it in the comments.) Spoiler alert! READ FULL STORY »

Oct 23 2010 01:17 AM ET

'The Vampire Diaries': Taylor Kinney talks [SPOILER!]

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vampire-diaries-kinneyImage Credit: Quantrell Colbert/The CWIf you haven’t watched this week’s episode of The Vampire Diaries and intend to, stop reading… Taylor Kinney — who drew his last breath as werewolf Mason Lockwood (at least for now) — always knew there was an expiration date on his guest arc, but he didn’t know the way it would end (with Damon ripping his heart out after torturing him). No one in the cast knew specifics until they actually got their scripts for the Oct. 21 episode. What was Kinney’s reaction when he read it? “I thought the lead-up was great, but yeah, I was like, ‘Really? Holy s—!,’” he says, laughing. Nina Dobrev had the best reaction though, he adds. Kinney saw her reading the script, which had come out the day before. “I thought she had already read it, and she just wanted to read over a scene again. So I sat down with her, and I asked her if she’d finished it, and I think before she even got the words out, I had told her what happened. Her face just dropped, and she was like, ‘Really?’ She got all worked up because she never likes to know what’s going on with an episode until she reads the script. She didn’t know yet.” So she was actually angry because he spoiled how he was leaving the show? “Yeah. She was really pissed at me,” he says, laughing again.

Kinney says he and Ian Somerhalder shot the torture scene for about 10 hours. “Some of the times when we’d get rolling with it, it seemed really real. Ian wasn’t holding back,” he says, with another chuckle. “I think that guy was really trying to kill me. We made the most of it, and it turned out great.” We mention that exec producer Kevin Williamson once told us that he and fellow EP Julie Plec actually debated whether to have Paul Wesley shirtless in Stefan’s torture scene last season. (“That almost did me in,” Williamson said. “‘That’s enough. Let’s keep the shirt on from here on out.’ I just thought that was too much. But we were like, ‘But that’s what would happen, so…’”) Was there any debate about whether fully-clothed Mason should have his shirt off so we’d get a better look at the wounds Damon inflicted stabbing him repeatedly with a hot poker (not to mention at Kinney’s tattoos)? “I opted to be totally naked,” Kinney cracks. “I said, ‘We should just go for it,’ but they said, ‘No, you will have your clothes on.’ No. It was never a question, really. I think that might have been maybe too gratuitous.”  READ FULL STORY »

Oct 14 2010 05:39 PM ET

'Vampire Diaries': Who should die next?

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Vampire-Diaries-deathImage Credit: The CWFans of The CW’s Vampire Diaries know that exec producers Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec aren’t afraid to say goodbye to recurring characters (R.I.P. Vicki and Anna). So the rumor that another one may soon bite the dust isn’t that difficult to believe. Who do you think it’ll be? Who do you hope it’ll be? The likelihood of it being Elena, Stefan or Damon is about the same as it was that Booth (David Boreanaz) wouldn’t survive the karaoke shooting on Bones in 2008. (Note to The CW: When the moment comes, don’t even try to pretend in promos that it’s possible one of them won’t live; Fox looked ridiculous.) Since The Vampire Diaries is a repeat tonight, let’s take some time and examine the other options:

• Aunt Jenna: I’m enjoying her slightly more now that she and Alaric are officially “on,” but really, the only thing keeping her alive is the fact that Elena and Jeremy need to live with some adult. Why not give her a great death at the hand of Katherine and bring back Uncle John? The writers could do so much more with him. Plus, her death adds to Alaric’s pain. This is what I hope will happen.

• Caroline: Katherine has already threatened to kill the newly-turned vampire (again) and it would keep up her villain status to follow through, but unlike vamp Vicki, Caroline is a survivor and frequently fun. I don’t see it.

• Matt: We know that Katherine finds him attractive and would enjoy getting close to him by pretending she’s Elena. We also know this show loves its cliffhangers, and it would be a great one to have Katherine luring Matt in and Caroline showing up willing to sacrifice herself to save him. I’d hate to see him go because he brings a different kind of masculine energy to the show — human, decent, studly but sweet. If Caroline were to die, it’d be great to see him realize how much she did love him, but then there wouldn’t really be a reason to have around… unless the grief drove him into Bonnie’s arms. Maybe Matt watches Caroline die first, then follows?  READ FULL STORY »

Oct 11 2010 07:35 PM ET

NYC Comic Con: 'Vampire Diaries' cast talks romance (fingers crossed for Bonnie and Damon?)

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Vampire-Katerina-Graham_320.jpg Image Credit: Quantrell D. Colbert/The CWCast members from The Vampire Diaries joined executive producers Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec at New York Comic Con on Sunday and, naturally, a big chunk of their hour-long Q&A session focused on the show’s romantic webs that may just get a little more tangled by the end of season 2.

Right off the bat, Katerina Graham was asked whether her character, Bonnie, will find a love interest. “Everyone wants Bonnie to get some! There is a chance,” Graham told the cheering crowd. Plec immediately jumped into the conversation and offered this tease: “Bonnie is going to be getting interest from somebody that she already knows, and she will meet someone new who strikes her fancy.” This is big news! PopWatchers, who do you think is the character that we already know that develops — or acts on — an interest in Bonnie? Personally, I’d love to see a Damon/Bonnie romance go down on the show, and I’m curious to hear what you all think. (Remember, as Katherine told Stefan in the season premiere, hating someone sounds like the beginning of a love story, not the end of one.) Later in the panel discussion, Plec joked about Damon’s sex figure status and said, “I think by the time the series is over, Damon will have slept with every man, woman, and child.” I choose to believe that means that a Damon/Bonnie hookup is likely at some point in the series (hopefully sooner rather than later).  READ FULL STORY »

Sep 20 2010 03:30 PM ET

Timeslot war going to be fun to watch unfold on Twitter, too

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thursday-shows-KingImage Credit: Art Streiber/NBC; Robert Voets/CBS; Bob Mahoney/The CWLast week, we wrote an item about Thursday at 8 p.m. being one of the fall’s fiercest timeslots with The Big Bang Theory, Bones, Community, The Vampire Diaries, and 30 Rock — veteran shows with loyal fanbases who’d need at least two DVRs to see them all on the night they air. People who follow exec producers Hart Hanson (Bones), Bill Prady (TBBT), Dan Harmon (Community), and Julie Plec (TVD) on Twitter know it’s a civil war — and that this week, which finds them all facing each other for the first time this season, is going to be highly entertaining. Below, the Twitter exchange that started last Thursday and continues this morning…. Any other showrunners mobilizing and preparing for battle on Twitter? We want to watch…

Hart Hanson: This is the kind of thing that sends chills. RT/ @billprady Hey @wilw — we’re going to try to get #bigbangtheory to trend next week for the premiere.

Hart Hanson: This is the kind of thing that sends chills: RT @EW If you could only watch one show on Thursdays at 8 pm …? http://bit.ly/c2HhCE

Julie Plec: @HartHanson Oh, it’s ON!!!!

Hart Hanson: @julieplec Fists up! Bobbing …. weaving … jab, jab, jab … shuffle/shuffle … and that’s just a sample baby. An amuse-bouche.

Julie Plec: @HartHanson You have “Angel”. You’ve already won. (fan-girl sigh….)

Hart Hanson: @julieplec (He doesn’t like it if you call him that …) READ FULL STORY »

Sep 17 2010 01:08 PM ET

Today in TV Recaps: 'The Vampire Diaries,' 'The Apprentice' season premiere, 'Nikita'

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Don’t miss EW.com’s other Friday recaps — the ones that don’t already live on PopWatch. If you do, Donald Trump will plate you in solid gold and eat you for lunch. But as you die, you will know you were for just a moment the most extravagant morsel IN THE WORLD.

Sep 16 2010 12:45 PM ET

Fall TV timeslot wars: What's your fiercest battle?

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thursday-showsImage Credit: Art Streiber/NBC; Robert Voets/CBS; Bob Mahoney/The CW; Richard Foreman/Fox; Trae Patton/NBCIt should have hit me sooner, but I didn’t grasp the gravity of my situation Thursdays at 8 p.m. this fall until both Community creator Dan Harmon and Big Bang Theory co-creator Bill Prady permanently changed their Twitter pictures to graphics plugging their mutual timeslot. Fortunately, Bones creator Hart Hanson and The Vampire Diaries exec producers Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec haven’t followed suit, or I would seriously hyperventilate every time I sign in. (Update: Hanson has now acquired a graphic.) Now that you have perused your Entertainment Weekly Fall TV Preview issue and set your DVR (sad if I get a second one for my one-bedroom apartment?), which timeslot is going to tear your TV-loving heart out on a weekly basis — and what is your plan?*

I recap The Vampire Diaries — the second season premiered last week — so its season pass is guaranteed. But then things get sticky come Sept. 23, a.k.a. the day Bones, Community, The Big Bang Theory, and 30 Rock all return. I’ve seen every episode of Bones and have no intention of stopping, but I’ve just confirmed with Hulu that it will once again be available on the site Friday morning, as will Community. That means I can tape The Big Bang Theory at 8 p.m. and 30 Rock at 8:30 p.m. (breathe!).

Your turn. Get your timeslot war frustrations out below. Maybe another reader will be able to offer a battle plan. And yes, they really do need to figure out a way to add Hulu views into ratings. I’m sure show creators cringe when they hear how that availability can factor into a fan’s decision. If you could only watch one show in the Thursday 8 p.m. hour, period, what would it be? Poll below! READ FULL STORY »

Sep 10 2010 11:42 AM ET

'The Vampire Diaries' finally gets homoerotic!

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vampire-diariesImage Credit: Bob Mahoney/The CWWe touched upon it in our recap of The Vampire Diaries‘ season 2 premiere, but The Vampire Diaries first hint of homoeroticism — unless I’m forgetting something (Isobel’s gay cowboy minion doesn’t count) — deserves its own post. Uncle Mason (Taylor Kinney) had to tackle his nephew Tyler (Michael Trevino) to the ground when the angry teen physically lashed out at his mother grieving his douchey dad’s death. Fine. But he didn’t have to land on top of him in front of the fireplace! Maybe the flames were supposed to be a metaphor for the rage that burns inside them as part of the Lockwood family werewolf curse. Maybe they were just supposed to be pretty. But that quick shot with the fireplace behind them was totally hot. (Sadly, that angle was not one of The CW publicity stills.) I hope it wasn’t that brief because they knew it looked a little too romantic (warm lighting, fireplace, expensive rug, nearby leather sofa) and were afraid to go there. That’s an innate part of the vampire genre, and you’re a sexy show (see: steamy, mutual shirt-tearing foreplay between Damon and Katherine, Damon stealing a glance at Bonnie’s cleavage, Katherine looking Stefan up and down) — embrace it. TO CLARIFY for commenters worried I’m suggesting incest here: I’m not. I’m not saying there’s something between Tyler and Mason. I’m saying anger is an emotion that can boil over into passion. The intensity of that emotion can become sexy to viewers watching it. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 9 2010 04:12 PM ET

Inside the Writers Room: 'The Vampire Diaries' returns, as does some of TV's most satisfying pacing

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vampire-diaries-katherineImage Credit: Annette Brown/The CWThe Vampire Diaries returns tonight with its season 2 premiere (The CW, 8 p.m. ET). If you’re contemplating tuning in for the first time but worry you’ll be lost, read through our catch-up gallery, which has everything you need to know — plus a look ahead from executive producers Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec. You won’t be sorry. This show has the kind of swift, satisfying pacing that makes you want to hug your television, because the writers aren’t afraid to give you answers — they know they’ve got plenty more questions to raise. We asked Williamson and Plec for their secret. Other TV writers take note!

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What was your mindset for season 1?
KEVIN WILLIAMSON: It was a conscious decision that we wanted to move the story forward, and we didn’t want to be that show that just offers up 20 questions and no answers. I felt like we kind of latched onto this big huge story when we were sitting in the writers room, and we were doing everything we could to tell it all. If you look at all 22 episodes of the first season as a whole, the first four or five were not so much all of that adrenaline. It was a little more of a girl meeting a guy and thinking he has a secret and trying to figure out what it is about this guy she loves that she doesn’t quite understand. And then she figures out that he’s a vampire. And then we ran those few episodes about the uncovering of the town realizing vampires are back. So what episode was the tomb?
JULIE PLEC: Nine or ten.
KW: Nine or ten was when we actually sort of spit out what Damon’s true agenda was. I feel like once we did that, that’s when it was off and running. That to me is when we entered the sprint race, and every episode was baboom, baboom, baboom.
JP: We started this season saying we can’t do that again, it’s too hard. It makes the stories too hard to break. The sprint is so hard to execute. We tried to slow down in the first episode, and then we read the script, and we’re like, nope, nope, kinda speeds back up. [Laughs] For some reason, we stumbled into a formula that really works for us, which is cliffhanger upon cliffhanger, moment upon moment, big epic game-charging moves, and as much as we — for our own sanity — would like to slow that down a bit, we can’t and we won’t. READ FULL STORY »

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