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One of the shows being re-vamped (pun intended) on the CW is the variety comedic show Whose Line is it Anyway?  Alloy Entertainment caught up with Colin Mochrie of both the UK and US versions of the show, and he says that Candice will be guest-starring!!

We’ve seen her laugh, cry, even sing, but how is Candice’s comedic timing?  I guess we’re going to find out!

Of Accola, Mochrie had this to say:

“We’ve had a couple of guests from The CW. In fact, Candice Accola did an episode with us and of course we had to perform some vampire scenes there. She was very pleasant and easy to work with.”

But his preparation advice might have left something to the imagination!

“Just don’t have anything planned and be ready to react to anything that happens. And that’s basically it.”

As for any new gags that Candice might have been put through, Mochrie teased:

“The camera is on the ceiling,” Colin explained with a chuckle. “Meanwhile, the actors are on the floor on their sides and moving around like it’s normal.” When we pointed out that it all sounds like the sort of activity that requires Olympic style training, Colin responded, “You know what? It was all very grueling. I bled through it! But that’s alright — it still got laughs.”

When will the episode air?  Alloy didn’t seem to know.  And I’ll update as soon as I can find out!

When the nice folks over at TheVampireDiariesOnline caught up with Joseph Morgan at the CW Upfronts last week, he had nothing but praise for his co-star (and bane of his character Klaus’s existence).  So naturally they wanted to find out more about Charles Michael Davis (CMD), and I think they were a little smitten by the end of the interview . . . saying “his smile is so bright and genuine in person, that one flash of it can drive Dementors away quicker than a Patronus charm!”

First off, they wanted to know what CMD’s reaction was to the show being picked up so quickly and if he did anything special to celebrate.

I was pretty confident from the beginning that The Originals was going to be picked up because I watch The Vampire Diaries and think it’s just such an amazing show — but of course you can’t celebrate until you receive confirmation. But we were picked up to series the day right after the [backdoor] pilot aired so I was feeling great. To film a pilot and have it air and then you get a response so soon? I was overjoyed. I really was.

And that joy lead to a smoothie run with co-star Leah Pipes (Camille), apparently.  TVDO says they got their information from a tweet, and CMD confirms.

Yes! That did happen actually. We got a chocolate peanut butter smoothie. Non-dairy. It was delicious. All my dreams came true. And here I am right now! (Laughs)

When they were able to get him to be serious (and put on shades to block out that smile), they were able to find out a little bit about the direction of The Originals.

Will we get glimpses into Marcel’s past at all?
Charles Michael Davis: You’ll definitely learn more about how he got to this point in his life. He was a street rat, kind of came from nothing, and he’s crafty. And so I think we’re going to discover firsthand what that experience was like for Marcel — of growing up on the streets of New Orleans and making that turn; of becoming confident and transitioning from an Aladdin life into a leadership role.

When it comes to getting into character, CMD needed a little confidence booster.  And he turned to?  Ray Lewis, Inside Line Backer for the Superbowl Champion Baltimore Ravens.  Of course!  (Yeah, I’m a Ravens fan.)

What’s your secret confidence trick when slipping into character as Marcel?
Charles Michael Davis: I watch a lot of Ray Lewis videos. That swagger that he comes out with is so intense and incredible and me being a former athlete — I can relate to that. And it gets me going. I pound my chest. I jump and down. I scream. (Laughs)

Mr Lewis has that effect on me, too, even though my daughter once called him the “ugliest cheerleader” she’d ever seen!

I think the thing at the top of CMB’s The Originals wish list . . . tops most of our own as well.  Nathaniel Buzolic?  I’m looking at you!!  {Well, Julie Plec, I’m staring HARD in your direction, too.}

What is at the top of your Originals wish list?
Charles Michael Davis: I hope that Kol comes back and lives. He’s a really interesting character and I think there are a lots of stories to explore there.

We really need Kol back.  Just sayin’.  Who’s with me?

Believe it or not, with the season finale of season 4 not even a week in the can . . . and the spoilers for next season are already coming!

Question: What’s in store for Jeremy next season on The Vampire Diaries, now that he’s back among the living? —Chloe
Ausiello: As EP Julie Plec notes, “Nobody knows the truth” about his resurrection — specifically, that Bonnie essentially sacrificed her life for his. As a result, “There’s going to be some explaining to do and it’s not necessarily going to make his return to his old life very easy.”

Question: Will Claire Holt (Rebekah) appear in any Vampire Diaries episodes next fall? Or is she going straight to The Originals? —Justine
Ausiello: “We do have the ability to use Rebekah on either show in the beginning,” says Plec. ” We will see when we start writing how much of her we’ll see before she heads off to New Orleans.” One scenario has the new season of TVD picking up at the tail end of Rebekah and Matt’s European vacation. “When we get back, we might see [them] still on their trip,” shares Plec, adding, “When Matt gets back to Mystic Falls, his whole world will have changed. I can’t wait to see what comes out of that adventure and how he re-adapts to life at Mystic Grill.”

And the site teases a few more SPOILERS from Executive Producer Julie Plec!

TVLINE | What’s Silas’ agenda as Stefan? Is he going to be sticking around town for some purpose?
I can’t say whether he’ll be sticking around town, although I can say that he’ll definitely be coming back to town when we get back into the next season. His agenda has always been to cure himself, to get rid of the other side so that he could then die and pass over and find peace. That will remain his agenda. The question is: How will he go about it? Everything he meant to do this year blew up in his face.

TVLINE | Can he really fool everyone into thinking he’s Stefan?
He’s going to give it a good college try. He is, after all, psychic, as well. So he can get inside people’s heads and make them think whatever he wants. It’s not like we’re going to play an entire season of TheParent Trap. [Laughs] But there will be some funny times right at the beginning of the season.

TVLINE | Now that Katherine is a human – and given that she’s pissed off her fair share of people in Mystic Falls – what’s to stop everyone from killing her?
Absolutely nothing is going to stop everyone from trying to kill her. That’s what puts her in a pickle that is going to have her seeking out protection from unlikely sources.

TVLINE | With Stefan gone, Damon with Elena, and Klaus and Elijah on The Originals, who is left to care about what becomes of her?
[Laughs] That’s the realization she comes to over her summer break. “Oh, boy, did I screw up, and now my chickens are coming home to roost.” She’s definitely going to find herself on the wrong end of a lot of vendettas.

TVLINE | So Nina [Dobrev] will be playing two characters again for a pretty significant portion of the next season?
Yeah. We’ll definitely see a great storyline with Katherine as a human, and a great, fun one with Damon and Elena trying to make their relationship work as she heads off to college and starts her new life.

TVLINE | Speaking of, why Damon? What were you hoping to get to explore in Elena choosing Damon?
Damon’s a character who’s been driven by feeling like he’s not worthy of love. Now that he’s on the receiving end of that love, what will that mean for him? And where will he have to make changes in him, in his behavior? Or will he still be, “I am who I am. You love me for who I am. I’m not going to change for you”? It’ll be a fun dynamic to see him either trying to exercise restraint or not being able to exercise restraint in the name of love of this girl, especially as he’s got a new houseguest. He’s [living] with Jeremy Gilbert as Elena goes off to college.

TVLINE | It seemed like Caroline and Tyler are poised for a reunion. Will Michael Trevino be back next season as a regular?
Michael Trevino is still under contract. When he’ll return, we can’t say yet. He is going to have the opportunity to return to Caroline’s life in Mystic Falls. The question is, will he want to take it, given everything he’s been through since he’s been gone, which will be fun for us to learn — like what kind of life he’s been leading on the run.

TVLINE | That last scene between Caroline and Klaus was so loaded with emotion and potential. Is there any chance at all of having Caroline move to The Originals? Or was that the capper on ‘Klaroline’ for now?
It’s not the capper, per se. We’ll have to be more judicious with the moments between them. We’ll see. Klaus has a long journey ahead of him. He’s got a very, very, very long road toward being a redeemed character. He hasn’t exactly been a peach. Even when he does nice things for Caroline, they don’t necessarily offset all the nasty things he’s done to her and all her friends. So as Caroline grows up and goes to college and experience a new phase of her life, we’ll see if she is still drawn to him and if he’s making the kind of changes that make her want to have him in her life at all.

TVLINE | Bonnie is still a series regular, so how does she fit into the scope of the show with only one person being able to see her?
She fits very much into the scope of the show as she tries to deal with the fact that what she thought maybe wouldn’t be so difficult actually is. The absence of physical touch and physical connection with the boy that she likes, just that alone makes her feel really distant. We’ll get to see her more in her own life a little bit as she tries to figure out ways to keep her secret — [and] also stay on top of her friends and what they’re doing and if they’re safe.

TVLINE | I’m surprised you didn’t find a way to keep Alaric (Matt Davis) around.
[Laughs] Put it this way, I was all on board with that pitch. I think it felt like if we kept everybody that we loved, we’d have an entire, new, double ensemble of series regulars.

TVLINE | Now that Katherine’s human, can Klaus use her to make more hybrids? Is that something he might be concerned about on The Originals?
Given his experience with his hybrids, he might be a little gun-shy about creating another army that could potentially be used against him.

What do you think about what’s coming this Fall?  Does anything surprise you, yet?  What are you most looking forward to about season 5?

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On the heels of Fifty Shades of Grey came The Submissive, Beautiful Stranger and gobs more stories that used to be fanfiction.  And although I don’t have a problem with the idea of stories originally written (and adored) as fanfiction being significantly changed and then published . . . I have a little bit of an issue with what Amazon is proposing.

According to Entertainment Weekly:

Amazon is readying the launch of a new publishing platform called Kindle Worlds where writers will be able to publish and earn royalties from their fanfiction.

For now, fanfic writers are limited to submitting stories about only three TV shows: ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars, the CW’s Vampire Diaries and Gossip Girl, which aired its series finale on the CW last December. Amazon Publishing has secured licenses for those three properties (all owned by Warner Bros.), though it expects to announce more licenses soon.

Most stories on the publishing platform will be priced between $0.99 and $3.99. More details about submission rules and royalty rates are on Amazon.com.

Here’s the thing.  The ENTIRE notion of fanfiction is . . . that it is free.  Now, that’s not saying that I don’t now own copies of the aforementioned three former fanfictions, but those authors are ones that I kind of built relationships with as they were writing the original fanfiction, and I’ll do anything to support a fellow writer.  But here’s where this idea and I part ways.

Fanfiction, as fanfiction (not the reworked for publication kind) is complete and total plagiarism.  This coming from the author of one such, admittedly plagiarized, work.  (I am working on a continuation of Stephenie Meyer’s Midnight Sun, and if you are really interested, email me at allison@fangirlish.com.) I’m not shy about the fact that I am using someone else’s characters, someone else’s words, and most fanfiction authors aren’t.  Nor should they be.  But, that’s the beauty of it.  These are pre-made characters, in a pre-made setting, sometimes even with pre-made dialogue.  But, they aren’t mine.

So I shouldn’t get paid for them.  Even $ .99.

That’s not to say that I’m against EL James (I count her a friend of sorts), or Christina Lauren (LOVE those ladies).  I’m just saying that they have PAINSTAKINGLY re-worked these stories into their own entities.  That makes them no longer fanfiction, but their own stand-alone stories.  In fact, the only things that the original fanfictions really even had in common with the original stories were the character names.  Edward became Christian Grey and Bennett Ryan.  But these Edwards and Bellas were in TOTALLY DIFFERENT situations dreamt up by the authors.

As fanfiction, again the use of someone else’s ideas, these ideas should still be free.  Why?  Because someone else has already profited from them.  And that person had the original idea.  (Stephenie Meyer in all my examples.)  No one else should be able to profit off of something using “Edward Cullen” or any variation of that name.  So, no, Amazon, I don’t like this new idea . . . as much as I’d love to make a buck or a million on the back of someone else’s ideas, I will not be taking part of this.  Not as an author, and not as a connossieur.

But that’s just how I feel about it.

What are your thoughts?

{Author’s Note:  I do realize that the original authors of TVD, PLL, and Gossip Girl will most likely benefit somewhat from this agreement.  This doesn’t really change my views on the idea, but if the author wants to give the “ok” then I suppose my point is mute.}

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Every year, the Upfronts happen.  Networks showcase their new shows, promote successful current shows, and hope to garner some interest for all of the above.

This year was no different.

But this year, The Originals was on the forefront of a lot of minds.  And, this year, Entertainment Tonight was intrigued as well.

I’ve poured over all the pilot presentations to select 10 stand out submissions; the shows that, based solely on their short trailers, are initially on my Must Watch list. Granted, this is likely to change once full episodes are released for review, but it still gives you a good idea of what awaits your DVR this September.

The countdown of 10 Most Promising Fall Shows included things like NBC’s Dracula and Julie Plec’s other  (no, not TVD, the OTHER one) Tomorrow People, in no particular order.  It included the preview video, seen here:

and this small, but informative, recap:

‘The Originals’

By JARETT WIESELMAN

What:The Vampire Diaries spin-off, focusing on The Original Family — Klaus, Rebekah, Elijah — as they make New Orleans their new home.
Why: Unlike all the other entries this year, we’ve already seen an episode of The Originals since The CW tested it out with a backdoor pilot episode of TVD. Not only did the familiar faces dazzle in this new setting, but Charles Michael Davis is a star-in-the-making and a ferocious foe for Klaus to tangle with.
When: Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on The CW.

Are you glad that The Originals is getting so much hype?  Do you think the CW should rename their network JP for Julie Plec?  (Aww, come on, that was funny!)

Remember a while back, when we posted these pictures that were outtakes of the season 3 promos?

Well, here’s three more!!

That last one is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo different!!!  I like it!!

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