The Vampire Diaries, based on the popular young-adult novels by L.J. Smith, makes its series debut tonight on the CW at 8 p.m. EW grabbed one of its stars, onetime Degrassi cast member Nina Dobrev, who talks other fang-based phenomena (Twilight and True Blood), shooting in Atlanta, and the likelihood of on-air nude scenes. Come back Friday to find out our take on the pilot episode. EW: Did you read the Vampire Diaries books? Read More...
I spent the first half of Nip/Tuck‘s debut season last year disliking it because the series seemed so pleased with its own dislikability; my unwiggling rule of thumb is, I don’t watch any show that’s more smug than I am. The tale of two friends, Sean (the assiduously droopy Dylan Walsh) and Christian (the satiric satyr Julian McMahon) — plastic surgeons who run a Miami Beach chop shop for the vain and wealthy — ”Nip/Tuck” was made for the FX channel in more ways than one. Read More...
At the beginning of 2016, Noah Gundersen had an anxiety attack on stage. As he recalls, he was flooded with a feeling of dread: “I don’t want to keep doing this,” he recalls thinking. “I don’t want to keep playing this kind of music or these songs — they don’t resonate with me now as a person [or] as an artist.” So he hit the creative reset button. Moving away from the confessional, singer-songwriter fare that made up his first two LPs, he began treading in more ambiguous, metaphorical waters. Read More...
