Nina Dobrev on the Red Carpet:
The beautiful brunette actress attended the 2012 People’s Choice Awards on January 11 in Los Angles at the Nokia Theatre. She wore a green Elie Saab Spring 2012 dress. Lace was applied to sheer sleeves for a touch of romance. She wore her hair long, sleek and parted in the middle. Her round, nude clutch was by Lauren Merkin. Her earrings were long and green. Her makeup focused on her eyelashes, and a peachy lipstick. The actress made history tonight at the People's Choice Awards. Nina initially wasn't nominated for the category, she was the first write-in nominee ever to make the ballot because of her strong fan-base and won!
Nina Dobrev backstage:
Press Room:
Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley presented the award for Favorite Comedy Movie.
The Vampire Diaries Boss Dishes on Tonight's Episode, That Epic Kiss, a Star's Exit and More!
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Vampire Barbie, oh we've missed you.
Caroline Forbes (Candice Accola) returns to the CW's Vampire Diaries in a big way in tonight's episode: She's turning 18! And aside from blowing out birthday candles, Caroline will be dealing with the fallout from her breakup with (newbie) hybrid Tyler (Michael Trevino). But will fans be happy with what goes down next?
We chatted with Accola and executive producer Julie Plec about tonight's episode, that recent epic kiss between Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Elena (Nina Dobrev), Jeremy's (Steven R. McQueen) exit and more...
Prepare for Caroline like we've never seen her before: not in the mood to throw a party. Yes, Ms. Forbes is not looking forward to turning the big 1-8.
"Whereas everyone would think Caroline would throw herself a fabulous party and she would be on cloud nine, Caroline's actually really bummed out. She's not excited for her birthday at all. The is the first time she's realizing that even though she's turning 18, she's not really turning 18," Accola explains. "This is the first time she's realizing that her being a vampire will hold her back from a lot of firsts in her life and first and foremost, turning 18. Everyone's excited to celebrate and she's the only one who's not really looking forward to and it and she just wants to be alone for her birthday."
So will fans be getting some awesome party favors in the form of a Caroline and Tyler reunion? Probably not. "Caroline and Tyler will talk," Accola teases. "It is acknowledged that it is her birthday. We'll see if they can talk their way through sustaining their relationship because they didn't really leave off on the best of terms."
While Accola's answer gave us a bit of hope for the couple, Plec's answer deflated it real quick. "Tyler's in a bad place and the first thing he has to do is recognize he's in a bad place and then he has to figure out how to get himself out of it. That is going to be a long journey and not an easy one for him. There's going to be a lot of dips in his relationship with Caroline and his own relationship to himself before he comes out the other side. We'll see if he comes out the other side and how he does."
Here are a few other interesting nuggest of information Plec talked about with us:
Road to Redemption: "Certainly if Paul Welsey had his way, he would never find redemption because it's more fun," Plec says of the big bad Stefan currently wreaking havoc on the show. "Stefan is definitely about to do one of the worst things he's done and he's not going to get past that very easily. His road to his eventual redemption, not necessarily recovery, but redemption is going to be bumpy, but he's on it. He's definitely on it."
Jeremy's Exit: While Plec says it was not an easy decision to send Jeremy away from Mystic Falls, "it actually felt like it was the right thing to do for the character." While the writers have yet to decide when Jeremy will return to town, Plec tells us, "I'm excited to see what this time away does for Jeremy the character and what will happen to him when he's gone and when he comes back. No, we have lots of conversations about what his life must be like in Denver."
Elijah's Encore: Obviously, we had to ask when our beloved OG Original would be returning to us. Sadly, Plec's response was less than ideal: "I'll never tell, but he is coming back." We'll take it!
The Vampire Diaries' Kat Graham: Abby Bennett's Involvement in the Mythology Is Shocking
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What does a vampire do when he can't get the job done? Call on a witch.
As we last saw on The Vampire Diaries, Stefan Salvatore is looking to take Klaus down, but a locked coffin stands in his way. Bonnie's powers seem to be the only thing that can uncover the key to destroying the most dangerous hybrid in town.
"Stefan feels that it's so important to his freedom, it's detrimental to everything that he wants, to get [the coffin open] because he doesn't want to deal with Klaus anymore on any level," Kat Graham tells TVGuide.com. "He calls on Bonnie [who's] resistant at first like."
But Bonnie doesn't just have decide if she should unlock the coffin. She's caught between Stefan's plea for help and best friend Elena, who strongly opposes Stefan's plans for revenge.
"How Elena is affected in all this really is very important to Bonnie [so] she's going to be weighing all the options. If she does [open the coffin], does she let Elena know? Does she not let Elena know? What would happen if she lets Elena know?" she says.
Ironically, Bonnie's involvement with Stefan leads her to an important person in her life: her mother, Abby Bennett. "This leads her back to finding her mother who, we'll learn, left town 15 years ago, gave up her witchcraft and gave up her family," executive producer Julie Plec says. "[She'll be] reuniting and working out a lot of issues with her mother."
Graham adds that Abby's involvement in the mythology is "intriguing and shocking and important and you'll be surprised."
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Nina Dobrev didn't even have time to change out of her People's Choice Awards red-carpet dress before heading to LAX with boyfriend Ian Somerhalder to head right back to Atlanta last night. Nina was toting her PCA statue, which she won for her work in The Vampire Diaries. Unfortunately, Nina couldn't celebrate by attending any of the after parties, due to her commitment to the show, which the star revealed she had to wake up at 4 AM for filming!"
I loved this episode. I loved Damon/Alaric, Damon/Stefan, Damon/Liz, Caroline/Tyler, and I even liked Damon/Klaus. Damon was proud of Stefan for making Klaus blink - that was so sweet.
You rock babe, truly
