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The Original Voice of the Daleks Dies.
The original voice of the Daleks Roy Skelton has passed away at the age of 79 after suffering a stroke.
He was also know for providing the voices to the British ITV kids Programme "Rainbow" where his voice talents were used for the Puppets Zippy and George.
A short bio follows taken from "The Manchester Evening News"
Teaser for the Autumn.
Even though Pt.1 of this series has not concluded there is a rather disturbing Trailer for Pt.2 of the season. Click for the full article to view the Trailer. *Possible Spoilers*
Doctor Who Anime Featuring the 3rd Doctor - Final Version [VIDEO]
This video has been in the making for some time now as I have seen various earlier incomplete versions of it over the last few years now I believe. Originally created as a mock trailer by OtaKing77077 (on YouTube) has expanded into a mini-episode. Because it was originally meant only as mock trailer, it lacks some narrative. It is done in the style of 1980's anime featuring 1970's Doctor Who mostly (it is a 3rd Doctor Jon Pertwee story). It features many original voice clips of various characters from the series as well as some original vocal work. Almost every iconic aspect of 1970s and some 1980s Doctor Who is depicted here except K9 perhaps.
For some reason the video had been pulled from YouTube, someone else had posted it again in the above.
Reign Of Terror DVD Gets Animated
This time around it is my absolute pleasure to announce something classic series related. The DVD release of 'Reign of Terror' will have missing episodes 4 & 5 animated, in a 'Invasion' similar style.
Introduction to A Good Man Goes To War.
There's no real spoilers at all just a nice Intorduction from the Director.
Trailer: A Good Man Goes to War. *SPOILERS* [VIDEO]
The trailer is only 30 seconds, and contains spoilers. Click on the article if you are absolutely sure you want to see this.
Adam Savage of the Mythbusters Rocks Out to the Doctor Who Theme via Tesla Coils [VIDEO]
Adam Savage @donttrythis of Mythbusters dances in a Faraday cage to the Doctor Who theme played by ArcAttack's Singing Tesla Coils at Makers Faire 2011.
Thanks to @24k for the heads up on this one.
Doctor Who: The Rebel Flesh Finally on iTunes (and Amazon)
The long wait is over if you have been waiting for The Rebel Flesh to appear on iTunes. This year, the new episodes have been appearing on iTunes within hours of it being broadcast of BBC America, as opposed to last year when it was usually a 24 hour wait. I even made a point of mentioning how fast they are appearing this year in Doctor Who: Podshock 247. So wouldn't you know that this week, they deliberately held back on it just to prove me wrong. Well, perhaps not deliberately. There was some issue though that had held it up.
It is now available now in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Although it had been listed on Amazon, there were reports that it was not downloading from them. Now that it is available via iTunes, we might assume that the download issue from Amazon has also been resolved.
Below are the links to fetch the episode from the respective provides:
Frazer Hines brings "Time Traveling Scot" to Manhattan Friday July 8th 2011
Frazer Hines brings his one man show "The Time Traveling Scot" to The Producer's Club Grand Theatre in Manhattan on Friday July 8th 2011. There will also be a short Q&A hosted by Ken Deep from Doctor Who: Poshock and an autograph session with Frazer. This is a rare appearance by one of the Doctor's most popular companions in New York City. Details can be found at www.whoyork.com
History of the Police Box [VIDEO]
This video features Colin Baker narrating the history of the police box in the UK. The shape that the TARDIS has been stuck in since The Unearthly Chid premiered in 1963. This feature was originally transmitted in 1993, part of the 30th anniversary of Doctor Who celebration by the BBC.
Thanks to @tvkirby for bringing this video to my attention.
Sarah Jane Adventures Official Press Release. The Rumours Stop Here.
The BBC released this on the Doctor Who Website earlier today.
"Contrary to press reports today we can confirm that no new episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures will be filmed following the tragic death of actress Elisabeth Sladen in April, 2011. As a tribute to Elisabeth the six episodes that were recorded with her last year will be broadcast on CBBC at a date to be confirmed."
Doctor Who - Q&A Video
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"There will be a children's fashion show. Some [of the models] are sick, some are volunteers' children, but as they walk down the runway they will be donating a wishlist item to RMHC," said Ross. "We really feel they represent the 16,000 families who have been through the doors since we opened; it's what we're all about, which is kids and hope that they'll get better."
Several jockey wives and their daughters will help celebrate this year and Ross said the show usually sells out, packing the tent to its max of 500.
To pull off a fashion show with such fanfare and big city feel, it takes a team of volunteer committee members scrambling behind the scenes to brainstorm, coordinate and ensure it goes off without a hitch. This year's co-chairs are Dr. Mark Moreau and his wife Carole, of Smile Sanctuary, a dental practice in Saratoga Springs.
"I got involved specifically for my office manager who has a son who had numerous surgeries and had to use the facilities and services of RMHC for almost 20 years," said Moreau, who relocated his practice from Canton in 2008. "I'd not really gotten involved in too many charitable events before, but I was at a stage where I wanted to get involved. I listened to many things my office manager experienced through RMHC and thought, why don't I go ahead and meet the lady who runs this remarkable place."
Moreau met with Ross the day after Christmas and immediately felt like he'd hit a "slam dunk."
"The way she conducts her life and business and interactions with people was essentially along the same philosophy of what I was beginning to implement in my dental practice and life. It's much bigger than helping to raise money for the house; it's my small way of hopefully telling a story in a way that people will check [RMHC] out," said Moreau, who defines his co-chair duties as "coordinator of personalities."
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Were you impatiently waiting for your dinner date with Candice Accola? Well, here it is:
Were you impatiently waiting for your dinner date with Candice Accola? Well, here it is:
Joseph Morgan talked to TV Line about Klaus' struggles with his enemies, family and his love life. He has spent the last couple of months not being able to react, not being able to get revenge. Oh, and painting of course. So at the very start of the season there is finally an opportunity to react, there is finally a plan that is productive. But, with all the enemies he has to face – which is the most threatening?
"[His parents are] both threatening in different ways. I couldn't say because his father was very physically imposing… And his mother is incredibly emotionally manipulative. So they each have their tools that they use to try and get what they want, which, in fact, is where Klaus has learned that. Seeing a little more of the parents and how they to intend to get what they want, we can learn a lot more about Klaus. But I'm not sure which one is the more threatening. It depends which day of the week you catch them on."
There were numerous reactions by fans after Rebekah's exit – especially considering the fact that only two members of The Original family were left in New Orleans. Joseph shares the fans' opinion and he too hoped that there will be more family friends involved in the series. And Rebekah will be back on the show at some point as her presence very important for the brothers' dynamic. At the point, it seems like only the three of them can trust each other. Will Klaus be gaining any new allies?
"He's not so good with allies, is he? He doesn't play well with others. He's good at temporary allies, like allies for an episode or two and then the old stab-in-the-back or whatever. He works with other people, but there's no sort of fast ally that he has that's solid there for him from the beginning to the end. He fluctuates. When it suits him, he allies himself with other people. When it doesn't, he's the first one to jump ship."
There was a lot of buzz about an upcoming crossover from The Vampire Diaries to The Originals and fans were positively surprised to learn that it is going to be Nina Dobrev who will crossover, but as Tatia – the doppelganger who was loved by both Elijah and Klaus. Is there any chance that a new triangle is born including the brothers and Hayley?
"The three of them are like strangers when we find them. They very much feel the absence of Hope since evacuating her with Rebekah. There's definitely a frustration there for Klaus, being around her, because she reminds him of what he's lost. These are two people who really shouldn't be in each other's lives, but they have to be because they have a child. Because of that, they're family, whether they like it or not. They have to learn to find some sort of equilibrium. Elijah and Klaus and Hayley work best when they're on the same team, but it's just very hard to get them to that place where they all agree on what should be done. It's a struggle for him and for her to deal with the shared responsibility of this new being."
Joseph says that a romance between Klaus and Hayley will likely never happen. In fact, Klaus will avoid romance in general in the near future, not even with Cami:
"I don't think so. I don't know. I hope not for Cami's sake because he seems to destroy anyone that has any potential of getting close to him. He sabotages that relationship. They self-destructed in that way. So I don't know of any love interests for him. But if there are, I'm sure it won't end very well."
And of course, there is always the Caroline question – is she on his mind at all, especially after his visit to Mystic Falls last season?
"Not that I know of."
There you go. He said it. Period.
Everyone was so excited when the news about a Originals/Vampire Diaries crossover broke. Speculations started right away. Will it Caroline? Tyler? Or maybe Klaus is coming to Mystic Falls to help brake the spell? Wrong! Nina Dobrev is the one who crossovers to The Originals and not as Elena, but as Tatia – the original doppelganger whom both Klaus and Elijah loved a long time ago. So, it's a flashback scene.
"When we plan our crossovers, we like to think of the most clever way to integrate 'The Vampire Diaries' mythology into 'The Originals' mythology," Plec says. "There was a character's name introduced a long time ago in Season 3 in association with Klaus and Elijah and how they became vampires and a girl that they both loved a long time ago who was the original doppelganger, Tatia. We don't want to be doing crossovers for the sake of, 'Look at us!' You know? But in this particular case, the character of Tatia is part of their history and is kind of a dangling chad," Plec explains. "It's something we brought up a long time ago and never paid off."
The crossover will happen in the fifth episode of The Originals airing on November 3.
Atlanta bound. Can't believe we're already prepping our holiday episode. #TheOriginals
— julieplec (@julieplec) September 21, 2014
She could have told us which holiday are we talking about – but knowing that episode 8 or even 9 of The Originals is being filmed at the moment than it is probably a Christmas episode! Everyone from the crew seems excited about what's going on on the set of The Originals so our hopes for the second seasons are pretty high! Producer Michael Narducci (who you HAVE to follow on twitter) and writer Carina McKenzie (who you also HAVE to follow on twitter) both shared their "profound happiness" about "something" that's coming in the new season of The Originals – so yeah, it's going to be an awesome season you all!
Saw something in our dailies that made me so profoundly happy. Continually amazed by our immensely talented cast and crew. #TheOriginals — Michael Narducci (@MichaelNarducci) September 20, 2014
DITTO THIS. X100 RT @MichaelNarducci: Saw something in our dailies that made me so profoundly happy. #TheOriginals
— Carina MacKenzie (@cadlymack) September 20, 2014
And for those of you who secretly (or not so secretly) wished for a Caroline crossover to New Orleans for the Christmas episode – here is some amazing Christmas-inspired Klaroline fan art… Thank us in the comments!
An old war, new night, same bloodline… In the latest trailer, titled New Rules, we can once again see what a viscous place New Orleans is becoming! Take a look…
We hope you all enjoyed tonight's episode! The Originals returns next week with a whole new episode titled "An Unblinking Death" Here is the official synopsis and the first preview…
THE BREAKING POINT – Desperate to help Kieran (guest star Todd Stashwick), Cami (Leah Pipes) insists on an unconventional treatment, but her good intentions lead Kieran to a violent episode. After Klaus (Joseph Morgan) and Elijah (Daniel Gillies) disagree over the best way to handle the Crescent Wolves, Elijah makes a trip to the bayou, where he is witness to a horrific explosion that only adds to the hatred and mistrust among the communities. While Jackson (guest star Nathan Parsons) and Elijah work to save the wounded, Hayley (Phoebe Tonkin) learns a surprising piece of her family history from Marcel (Charles Michael Davis). Kellie Cyrus directed the episode written by Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson (#119).
Don't forget to watch the episode on April 22 at 8pm on The CW!
This was an epic episode for TVD! It was not only the 100th episode which is epic in itself, but, the fans made it the number two show in the ratings for that time slot only being beat by American Idol in the ratings. Yay Us! We made the CW rate with the bigger networks!
Ok, the spoiler is already in the title – we are to witness an epic moment tonight when The Vampire Diaries finally returns from the too-long brake. We are talking about the much anticipated 100th episode, or episode 5×11, titled 500 Years of Solitude, an episode that all Klaroline fans were waiting for!
OMG – we just died! A brand new spoilerish video is out for the most anticipated 100th episode of The Vampire Diaries and what happens next in the show and it is all about the fact that "Actions always speak louder than words". We are reminded of the way Damon tried to explain Elena he won't change and his way of what we think is a break up, just to be blown away by scenes from the upcoming episode. The bad brother Damon is officially back, but Stefan is here to help him and he won't give up in his attempt. Will Elena do the same or will she move one? Lets forget about that for a minute and concentrate on what happens at 0:35 – "Hello Caroline" says Klaus and we all just died.
Wow – we didn't expect this! Tv Guide has the most amazing news ever – Klaus is returning to Mystic Falls. This is the coolest thing ever. After Tyler making the first cross-over between The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, now we'll get to see Klaus again in Mystic Falls. So, what do you think will bring him back? As we saw this Tuesday a war is brewing in New Orleans with Tyler determent to win over Klaus and he has Marcel on his sight.
We guess there will be no Forwood at college! Candice Accola dishes that she would like to see Caroline single at college noting that college should be fun for the girls in Season 5 as there will be plenty of new good looking guys. Oh, and guys – Caroline is still on the Stefan team (as we would thought different)
Watch the beautiful and talented Candice Accola discuss Caroline, Season 5 of The Vampire Diaries and her most interesting fan encounter (hint – a massage is involved):
So many Klaroline fans waited for their Season 5 finale moment and all they got was a kiss in the cheek! However, there is still hope for the popular fantasy couple…
In a recent Q&A session with executive producer Julie Plec at the 2013 ATX Television Festival, she says the crew at the "Vampire Diaries" knew they were going to give Caroline a "young, bright eyed girl," a "moment" with Klaus, who is an "old seasoned vampire."
"It was something that we thought was very interesting for Klaus — who had been sort of dispassionate about anybody else — to connect with this random person for no apparent reason. When we saw it put together for the first time all of us were like, 'Holy s–t, that's good. He's the villain. So how do you continue to love this connection that these two have that works so powerfully without compromising the villainy of a hideous and hateful … and delightful character." Plec explains
And altough Plec once again brings up all the bad things Klaus has done that Caroline can not easily forgive, she gives Klaroline fans a hint of hope by saying that "There is something so magical between them that I would say is definitely not the end of that journey"
Oh you are right Julie, it is Pure Magic!
Plec promised an Epic Season 4 Finale and an Epic Finale we got! Matt & Rebekah shared their first kiss and decided to set off for the summer together, Elena chose Damon, Klaus and Caroline had their goodbye (for now), Jeremy is resurrected while Bonnie is still dead and trapped on the other side and we got the two HUGE cliffhangers: Silas' real face is exactly the same as Stefan's?!?! Yes, you read right – Stefan is Silas doppelganger and now he is laying trapped at the bottom of the lake. Katherine is cured! This was a big surprise and it will be sure be fun to watch her trying to cope with being human! After all this, how will we survive 5 months without knowing where will this stories go in Season 5???
Julie Plec gave us some explanation on what happened in the Finale and Season 5 hints in an exclusive interview for Zap2It
On Silas/Stefan doppelganger story: "Last year, when Season 3 was over, we kept a small group of writers and we stayed for five weeks, to try to break the broad strokes of Season 4. Last year, right around this time, we came up with the doppelgänger pitch. We had to convince a lot of different people of how it could work and what could make it work. So that we didn't end up in a similar situation as with Katherine and Elena, where we exhausted Nina to the point of being unable to get out of her bed, because we accidentally overworked her so much. Creatively, everybody was very excited about the Silas doppelganger, it was just a matter of how long it took us to cement it, knowing that's fundamentally what we're going to do."
"He (Paul) is so happy," Julie laughs. "Playing the straight man hero is not always the most exciting job for an actor, and Stefan, of all our heroes, is the straightest on the show. We get to go deeper into his ripper side sometimes, but for Paul, those moments are just pocket moments of opportunity to dig deeply into his craft, and a lot of other times he feels like he's just grooming his hero hair. So obviously, he's very enthusiastic about this, and has been supportive of it all along. He's been dying for something; to be a jerk, to be evil, to be the bad guy, to be able to stretch his muscles."
On resurrecting Jeremy: "It's something that we talked about a lot. Our intention, originally, was to say goodbye [to Jeremy] permanently. But then a lot of questions came up about the power of this girl losing her only living relative. It was so important to her journey at that moment. The global, eternally reaching tragedy attached to that is really sad, and really depressing.We argued a lot, in the writer's room — could we successfully bring this character back in a way that wouldn't feel cheap? Ultimately, I think that the way that it plays out, it does feel like the natural gift at the end of the season for this character that has been through so much. [Getting Jeremy back] resets her, in a way, where she can now get on with her life and live like the Elena that we know. Critically, you can look at something and go, 'Well, that's a take-back, it's not fair,' but emotionally, I think, it's a positive. We might get hammered for it. We'll see. I'm hoping people will be so glad to see our Elena pull her life back together, they'll accept it."
Will we see Bonnie in Season 5?: "Here's what I'll say about Bonnie: I haven't personally seen 'Being Human,' but I do know that they have a ghost character that operates pretty successfully on that show. This is not the last we've seen of Bonnie. If anything, she will be right there in the middle of story next season, just with a few new complications."
On Season 5 Delena: "We're going to get to see Damon trying to be a good boyfriend, and while it's not going to be easy, he's going to try like hell to make it work, and they're going to have a real opportunity for happiness."
The future of Human Katherine: "As a human, she's still very, very bad. If anything, she feels silly for letting herself get vulnerable, and she's taking out that frustration of her own vulnerability on Elena. If Elena goes after her, Katherine's still ready to kick that puppy."
source: Zap2It
Ever since The Originals pilot aired Klaroline fans are out of their minds wondering what will Hayley's pregnancy mean to the future of their favorite fantasy couple. Julie Plec, the showrunner for both The Vampire Diaries and The Originals made some pretty clear points on where will the baby story take Klaus in the spin off and how will affect his future with Caroline, or the future of their "Second most controversial love triangle" as Klaus "murdered her boyfriend's mother and sent him running from town like a chicken" Ok, we know Klaus has done some nasty things in the past, but lets be honest – who haven't done bad things in Mystic Falls (except Matt Donovan of course)?
So, Klaroline fans, you can keep calm as Julie says there is not some grand "Klayley" endgame romance brewing in Louisiana: "The bottom line is that this baby, as we move forward in 'The Originals,' is just a power pawn for him, Klaus's journey will be to live up to Elijah's hope, which is that this is going to be the thing that can bring their family back together. This is absolutely not Papa Klaus nursing and changing diapers and suddenly being a good guy, nor will it ever be. This is part of a big picture of taking someone who has been terribly villainous and filled with rage, and hurt as a result of being colossally disappointed by his family, repeatedly — this is another layer onto the evolution of trying to bring him some sort of inner peace"
Oh, and we still have the much talked about sweet Klaroline moment in this season finale of The Vampire Diaries: "We haven't seen the last of Klaus's affection for Caroline, and we certainly haven't seen the last of Caroline's confusion about Klaus. That'll take us past the finale and into both series, in small and subtle ways, certainly, and then possibly with crossover opportunity moving forward." Plec assures us!
source: Zap2It
So many things to look forward to in The Vampire Diaries Season 4 Grand Finale! As much as we don't want this season to never end, the finale episode "Graduation" is in just little over a week! The latest spoilers made us both sad and happy as we are warned to shed both sad&happy tears in the final hour of the finale…which includes an epic declaration of love. Hmm, now we are really eager to find out who will make this declaration – will it be Elena and to which brother will she confess her love, or maybe Caroline will finally tell Klaus she has feelings for him? Our bets are on Elena&Damon. A duo will finally be setting off for the summer together…yes, finally! Is it Elena&Damon again, or maybe even Caroline&Tyler??? The finale wouldn't be a TVD season finale without a major death and we are really unprepared for it! At least we were promised that one resurrected character will stay forever…
Last but not least – another character heading on a path that will leave fans screaming at their screen. We hope it is Stefan!!! What do you think???
Fan Favorite Candice Accola talked to Eonline and Hollywoodlife about the future of Klaus and Caroline and the most anticipated event – their Goodbye before he officially moves to New Orleans. We have so many questions about these two – Are we going to finally see a kiss? Is Klaus going to tell her about the baby thing? What will Caroline reaction be when she finds out Klaus is leaving for good? Finally, does the beginning of The Originals means The End of Klaroline?
Here's what Accola has to say…
"We will see Klaus return to Mystic Falls before the end of the season, and Caroline will find out that he's moved to New Orleans, but she won't understand the reason why. She doesn't know he's going to be a dad. She doesn't know any of this information. I knew they wanted to explore a spin off and I thought this created such a beautiful platform: For one of the oldest vampires in the history of our mythology to all of a sudden have the most human experience of becoming a parent and especially because there's so much family legacy and issues between Klaus and [his siblings]. That's all they really wanted and they're actually going to get a chance to do that."
"I've gotten a lot of questions as to whether Caroline will be going over to the Originals. Right now, to my knowledge, Caroline will be in Mystic Falls, or she might go off to college," she explains. "We are going to be going into these characters going off to school, so right now I don't really see Caroline jumping on a plane to go to New Orleans. I think it'd be a blast and I think a lot of shows have had success with it before, I think it's definitely possible and I think it'd be really fun because I love working with Joseph and Claire and everyone I've met so far who's been cast for The Originals. But I don't see it happening anytime soon."
"As far as the end of season four, Caroline is going to learn this valuable lesson: Sometimes when you get what you want, it's not actually what you want."
sources: eonline & hollywoodlife
We are very well aware that Caroline is in charge every time there is an upcoming event in Mystic Falls so it is not a surprised that she'll be focused on Graduation Ceremony. But, don't you worry Klaroline fans, cause Candice Accola tells you in an interview for TVGuide that you will be much satisfied with the final episodes!
"Obviously Klaus has his hands full in New Orleans … but there are going to be some great moments in the final three episodes that will leave the fans satisfied, but still wanting more from the two of them," Accola tells us in the video below. "Klaroline fans … will be intrigued by this week's episode — they're going to have some moments."
Elena's been really mean to Caroline lately, but Candice says
"What I love about Caroline is that her perspective has grown tenfold as the series has gone on. So, I don't think she's going to hold Elena fully accountable for all those moments when she hasn't been the kindest … but it will be addressed that Caroline is aware [Elena] hasn't been a very nice friend."
Watch The Full Interview HERE
source: TV Guide
Only 2 episodes to go till The Vampire Diaries Season 4 Grand Finale!
We can't believe it is almost over…
The final episode is called "GRADUATION" We will see our Mystic Falls High Schoolers graduate – but things won't go smoothly and graduation will be interrupted – by ghosts! Here is the official Synopsis
WHO WILL TAKE THE CURE? — On Graduation Day, Mystic Falls is overrun with ghosts intent on settling old scores and fulfilling their supernatural destinies. Damon's (Ian Somerhalder) life is in danger after a ghostly encounter, while Matt (Zach Roerig) and Rebekah (Claire Holt) join forces to battle a ghost determined to find the cure. As everyone gathers for the graduation ceremony and the ghosts converge, help comes from an unlikely hero. Caroline (Candice Accola) receives a touching and unexpected graduation present, and Bonnie's (Kat Graham) plan leads to the closing of the veil. Elena (Nina Dobrev) makes a decision about the Salvatore brothers and faces an epic confrontation with Katherine (Nina Dobrev). Finally, Stefan (Paul Wesley) discovers a horrifying clue to the mystery surrounding Silas.
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The Vampire Diaries returns tonight with 4×21 "She's Come Undone"
We've seen the extended promo and the promotional photos and know we have all new sneak peeks!
Rebekah celebrates at the Grill for being free from her brothers, while actually grieving for loosing the cure…Our blue eyed boy Matt is there to make her feel better – he tells her that he is really sorry about the cure.
Stefan explains Caroline his and Damon's extreme plan to help Elena.
And in the last one we see Damon getting into Elena's head in attempt to show her everything she is missing while being a humanity free vampire bitch
We can't wait for tonight! Especially knowing that maybe just maybe we will get a Klaroline kiss!
Klaroline fans have been waiting for a kiss between their favorite couple ever since the two of them first met! We already told you about an upcoming "confusing and dangerous encounter" but now we have a new tease from Joseph Morgan himself!
TV Guide gives us a scoop that Klaroline isn't over yet – at least not this season! Asked about the surprising encounter JoMo teases: "It's going to come in the guise of an olive branch, and then it'll start as something that I think people have wanted for a long time — but we'll see where it goes."
OMG – is he talking about the most anticipated Klaroline KISS???
Their relationship is really twisted and the Klaroline fans are really loud! Even Joseph himself always gives us hope for the Klaus/Caroline relationship…but what is really coming next for these two?
TVLine posted a spoiler photo for the upcoming episode of The Vampire Diaries showing a really "dangerous and confusing encounter" between the original hybrid and the barbie vampire. But what does it mean? Is Caroline confused about her feelings? Or maybe Klaus will finally confess his love to her after telling her he missed her while in New Orleans?
What do you think? Is the moment captured on the above photo passionate or dangerous???
We are still SO out of our minds because The Originals has officially been picked up by The CW and will air as an individual show this fall!
Our favorite leading man, Joseph Morgan had a quick chat with Digital Spy about what the show's about, what it means for Klaus and Caroline, and also what we can expect from the final few episodes of this season of The Vampire Diaries…
Is he excited about The Originals? – "Yeah, definitely – ever since I signed on and certainly since I read the script and we went up to New Orleans to film it and everything. But yeah, absolutely – there's been loads of anticipation and even before it was ever a real thing there were all these fan made trailers about it, so I just hope now it lives up to people's expectations. I'm excited for everyone to see all the work we put in!"
Now that The Originals is picked up, what will it actually be about? – "I think the overriding theme of our story lines within The Vampire Diaries has always been about family. We can do terrible things to our family members but woe betide the person from outside who comes in and tries to mess with us! And so I think that's going to be a theme of the series – family. And then also the sort of power struggle. Vampire Diaries is kind of a coming of age story, and I think The Originals is definitely more sort of epic. It's even in the backdoor pilot that you'll see – it's almost like a war is brewing. It's on a grander scale – it's less about prom and more about a war between the vampires and the witches. So it's gooOn Rebekah/Klaus relationship – "It's probably at its most fragile since he daggered her in the '20s, I think! She's absolutely done with him, and he is with her. Essentially they've reached a point where they just don't want the same thing at all. Rebekah, I think, wants the cure – she wants to be human again, she wants to be loved, she's looking for all of these feelings. And Klaus, he wants something entirely different. He embraces his true nature and he thinks the very things that she loves are the things that make her weak. I suppose that's ironic, because he loves her and probably his vulnerability in terms of family is one of the things that make him weak. But yeah, they're not in a good place right now. Elijah wants her to come to New Orleans with him so they can all be together and they can tackle this thing that's going on down there as a family, and I don't think Rebekah's very keen on that idea.
What about the future of Klaroline? – "Well, this is interesting, isn't it? I would say with the tremendous outpouring of support from the fans for The Originals, the one thing that's been in question the whole time is what's going to happen with Caroline now? Because two characters, each on different shows – you're putting an ocean between them. But I'll say this – I know that there's no other love interest in the near future for Klaus. I know that he's very much still enamoured with Caroline Forbes – he's still very much interested in that.
We know how serious Caroline is about planning events and making sure they turn out just fabulous! It is not a surprise that our vampire barbie has perfectly planned entire upcoming and much anticipated prom night! She even chose her perfect gown way back ago, but new bitchy Elena seems determined to ruin things for her ex best friend…She decides to wear Caroline's beautiful pink dress which leaves Caroline clueless just hours before the big night.
And who does she turns to for help? Klaus, of course, who is always amused when she is in question. Rumors are saying he is the one who picks Caroline's last minute white gown. Does that mean he will save the night?
The bigger question is will Caroline be thankful enough to share a dance with him? Is he even attending prom? We know Tyler will be making a short return and he'll share a dance with Caroline and she'll be also sharing a dance with Stefan. So, we really think Klaus deserves at least one dance!
Only 5 days left and the TVD hiatus is over!
The vampire Diaries returns this Thursday with 4×19 "Pictures of you" or the much anticipated Senior Prom episode!
In addition to our Ultimate Guide for the episode where you'll find all the promos, spoilers and photos we have a new webclip to share!
Watch it here and enjoy a little prom dress fitting
Seems like Bonnie is having dreams about Jeremy – is that Silas playing her or maybe Jeremy trying to contact her from the other side. Maybe as Caroline says – Bonnie is just upset because she didn't have a proper goodbye with him.
As we already posted – The infamous pink dress we see Elena wearing at prom was Caroline's first choice! How pissed will she be when she finds out she doesn't have a prom dress couple of hours before the prom celebration? Don't worry Caroline – we know someone who knows how to pick a dress for you – just ask him and you have a winner!
Are you excited about the next episode?
There have been so many rumors and speculations about who will play evil witch/vampire hybrid SILAS in The Vampire Diaries. Everyone has been mum about the casting. Julie Plec revealed in recent interview that we will indeed see Silas real face – and believe it or not it is happening in the next TVD episode airing on April 18!
"Pictures of you" might be the most anticipated episode in Vampire Diaries History!
After all it is Senior Prom in Mystic Falls and we already saw all those beautiful gowns. Spoilers are out that Elena will wear Caroline's dress at prom and Caroline will ask for Klaus' help in finding a last minute dress (How exciting is that???) We have the return of Jeremy and Tyler who is speculated to share a dance with Caroline on prom (or outside the prom). Damon and Stefan will try to seduce Elena in a plot to gain back her humanity.
And now – We will see Silas face!!! Ok, just a passing glimpse of Silas' real face and he is supposedly played by an unknown actor from Atlanta named Scott Parks. Rumor has it that there was an open casting for the role and that we actually won't see much of Silas real face throughout the show – he prefers to use someone else's appearance.
So – are you excited to see real Silas? Do you think they should have cast a well known or at lest a very HOT actor to play Silas? Will it be interesting to see him using the appearance of our favorite Mystic Falls citizens or you would prefer seeing his real face?
Hit the comments…
source: TVLine
And as an addition – have a listen to the beautiful song we can hear in "The Pictures of You" promo called Get Started by Nick Nolan
The Vampire Diaries is finally returning next week with 4×19 "Pictures of you" after 3 weeks hiatus. Excited?
We sure are, that is why we are making a list of everything we know about this episode as well as all the photos and promos that are out. So keep calm, read this and be prepared for Thursday's all new episode!
Lets start with the official synopsis:
TVD'S PROM NIGHT IN MYSTIIC FALLS— After making a decision that exasperates Klaus, Elijah proposes a life-changing challenge for Rebekah. Caroline finds that her carefully laid plans for the perfect Senior Prom are disrupted by Elena, so she turns to an amused Klaus for a solution. When Elena suddenly lashes out in a way no one could have predicted, Matt turns to Rebekah for help. Finally, Bonnie makes a terrifying discovery, and Klaus receives a message that could change everything.
Air Date: April 18,2013 / Written by: Caroline Dries & Neil Reynolds / Directed by: J.Miller Tobin
Our beloved characters are going to attend Senior Prom this episode! So far we learned that:
We also have the extended promo and mini clip best quotes :
Damon : "She doesn't want the cure. She's just gonna start killing people if she knows we're still trying to get it for her."
Stefan : "So why don't we make her want it?"
Elena : "I don't need a baby sitter."
Stefan: "Really? Last time I saw you, you snapped a waitress' spine."
Damon: "Don't eat the prom queen."
Elena : "I feel nothing for you, Damon."
Bonnie : (to Damon) "Elena's gone."
Elena : "Pretty dress Caroline."
Caroline : "I know, you helped me pick it up months ago, before you tried to kill me."
All main cast is credited for this episode as well as recurring cast Daniel Gillies as Elijah and Claire Holt as Rebekah.
Last, but not least – ENJOY all the photos from "Pictures of you"
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There are so many fan favorite ships when it comes to The Vampire Diaries & The Originals and we know how dedicated and talented our fans are!
We are sharing two beautiful fan made videos including some of the favorite fan pairings…Enjoy!
Who is your favorite TVD & The Originals couple?
There have been speculations that Elena will wear Caroline's dress at prom and now we have the proof that it is true! Watch this mini web clip (sorry for the low quality) to see it your self
The white dress Caroline appears to be wearing at the stills are (possibly) a gift from Klaus because in this episode, Caroline turns to him for help when Elena did something to her.
Do you think the pink dress that was Caroline's first choice would have looked better on her or you prefer the white one?
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Klaroline? Elenjah? Arielle Kebbel mulls over the options in this week's edition of the TVD Rehash!
Do you like Crazy Elena or you want old Elena back??
We have learned so far that in The Originals pilot episode Klaus returns to The Big Easy after 100 years after he learns that some witches are conspiring against him and Elijah follows him there too.
'His interest in Klaus for 1,000 years has been how to dig deep past Klaus' ego and paranoia, and all the things that have made Klaus such a vicious person over the years — he's always searching for some form of redemption for his brother," says executive producer Julie Plec.
"What he sees in New Orleans, and what he finds out in the context of a place where they were once happy as a family, is an opportunity to rebuild that with Klaus and with Rebekah and put the broken bits of the Original family back together."
Here we can see pictured the final scene of the pilot including the brothers. "It's a beautiful, simple scene where they talk about their potential future in the town," Morgan says. "After all of the confrontations and all of the history, it's really nice to have a simple scene just about two brothers."
Klaus finds out that his former protege, diabolical Marcel, has created a community in New Orleans where vampires, for all intents and purposes, get to walk the streets freely, throw hedonistic parties undisturbed, and generally do whatever they want.
Have a look at their first encounter in a karaoke bar where "It starts with them being very pleased to see each other, and then Klaus isn't very happy about how well Marcel is doing," Morgan says, laughing. "There's an element of envy that comes in. And also, Klaus doesn't feel that he's getting the level of respect that he deserves from Marcel."
Marcel has created this guilt-free supernatural community "Through force and some pretty nefarious acts," Plec says. "Somehow Marcel has managed to silence this deep and rich community of witches that have been there just as long as the vampires have."As for the witches community we get to meet Sophie (Daniella Pineda, another would-be series regular). "Sophie is somebody who comes from a long line of witches that have been in the French Quarter for hundreds of years, and she's taken it upon herself to lead the charge against Marcel and against his oppression of the witch community. So she's a bit of a warrior," Plec says. "She is at the center of the mystery that Klaus is trying to unravel, which his what do these witches want with me, and what does Marcel have on them that is keeping them in subjugation?"
Sophie will give Elijah some important information "This is her laying down the law for me, basically, which is kind of amusing to Elijah because he feels like he could destroy her in the bat of an eye, " Gillies says of the scene pictured in New Orleans' Lafayette Cemetery No. 1. "He's sort of beneath this suspended sword of Damocles, and I can't reveal what that is. But I can say that she does have both Klaus and Elijah trapped in a sense, and they're negotiating in that photo."
There were photos, tweets and spoilers about shooting a scene for the pilot in Lafayette Cemetery no.1. Morgan, a big fan of Interview with a vampire teases about the scene "So, when you see Elijah and Klaus in it that cemetery," Morgan teases, "get ready to get excited."
Gillies is a bit more forthcoming: "I'm taking him to visit the witches," he says. Adds Morgan, "For once, Klaus is the one which things are happening to, as opposed to him being the cause of things. So it's really interesting to put him at the center of the story like that. He's still making assertive choices and changing the course of things, but he is certainly being driven through this. He's in unfamiliar territory, other people are telling him what's going on, and he's following the clues and following what heart he has through the story."
"The idea of chasing our tails in Mystic Falls isn't necessarily the most appealing thing in the world to Elijah, but the opportunity of a new beginning, to sort of renew that 'inheritance' of the city, which, within the mythology of The Vampire Diaries we were founders of, is enormously appealing," Gillies says. In this scene, shot in Pirates Alley, Elijah tries to sell Klaus on the idea: "I'm essentially saying, 'If we do the witches' bidding in order to position ourselves strategically/politically among the
vampires here, then we can have a whole new kingdom,"' Gillies says. "And he's kinda telling me to f— myself." This is the scene Plec was referring to when she tweeted, "I was just brought to tears in take 1 of a super-wide master shot," during shooting in mid-March. She got emotional because it was in Pirates Alley where she, writer-producer Michael Narducci, and her writer's muse, Marguerite MacIntyre (TVD's Sheriff Forbes), sat in a bar and discussed the story and characters during a research trip last December. "We were shooting in Pirates Alley that night, and it was one of the very first scenes that came to my mind between Elijah and Klaus when I first started thinking about what this pilot would be. It's a really emotional fight between the brothers, and I was sitting around the corner watching the camera point right down past the bar where I'd dreamt up these ideas. Just listening to it, and being right there in that spot, where so many of these ideas had been birthed, it was very moving."
A new human character is introduced in the episod. Cami (Leah Pipes), a bright, independent psychology student who also tends bar at Rousseau's, which would become a familiar haunt to viewers if a series is ordered. "She refuses to believe in evil," Plec says. "She believes that every person has a story, and you just have to dig deep enough to try to get to the bottom of what their story is." Though Cami doesn't have much interaction with Klaus in the episode, Morgan says Klaus feels "a little bit of understanding, like perhaps he could be related to" when he hears her interpretation of a dark painting they're both drawn to in Jackson Square (pictured). Cami may be unaware that vampires exist, but they definitely notice her. "Cami represents an allure to Marcel and ultimately, as a result of Marcel's interest, will catch Klaus's eye down the road," Plec says. "But in the meantime, Klaus is still very attached to Caroline Forbes and the idea of what it could be like if they were ever to be together. It'll be a little bit of time before, if ever, he's able to be distracted from that."


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SOURCE: "A Key to The Piano," in The Women's Review of Books, Vol. XI, Nos. 10-11, July, 1994, pp. 35-6.
In the following review, Halprin discusses The Piano in relation to the published screenplay and comments on the film's literary influences.
I am frightened of my will, of what it might do, it is so strange and strong.
Jane Campion began writing the script for her acclaimed and controversial third feature film, The Piano, in 1984, nine years before it reached the screen. The published script, accompanied by production notes, monochrome stills and credits, is a literary oddity which owes its life and reason for being to the film. It serves as a study guide, clarifying and articulating the territory the film explores.
The Piano is marked by unusual visual perspective, strong acting and music-impelled narrative. Set in the 1850s, it tells the story of Ada McGrath, mute by her own decision from the age of six, and her illegitimate ten-year-old daughter Flora, who accompanies her from Scotland to the New Zealand bush to start a new home with Stewart, the mail-order husband procured by Ada's father. Flora shares a private sign language with her mother and serves as her voice in the world. Stewart, despite Flora's translation, is unable to understand Ada or her passion for her piano, her other voice. Awkward and earnest, he longs for her affection and fails to win it.
His more sensitive colleague, Baines, also longs for her, and is more successful. He trades land to Stewart for the piano, then uses the piano to barter for sensual favors from Ada. He stops, however, when he perceives that the deal is making her into "a whore." "I want you to care for me," he says to her, "but you can't." Stewart is too busy trying to wrest more land from the Maoris to notice what is happening. His inability to understand the Maoris' passion for their land is equalled only by his incomprehension of Ada. Meanwhile, Ada realizes that she does care for Baines and, with characteristic impetuosity, goes to him.
When Stewart discovers that Ada and Baines are lovers, he is beside himself. Kept from Baines, Ada turns her newly awakened sexuality toward Stewart but still refuses him her affection. She sends a love message written on a piano key to Baines through Flora, who delivers it instead to Stewart. Driven beyond the bounds of his limited reason, Stewart takes violent revenge. In front of Flora, in a shocking scene, Stewart chops off one of Ada's fingers. Eventually, however, through a convoluted sequence of scenes, he is persuaded to allow Ada and Flora to go off with Baines. Seated in the Maori canoe that is taking them to another part of New Zealand, Ada orders her piano shoved overboard and apparently allows herself to be dragged in with it, but then frees herself and survives. The film ends with her "mind's voice" (heard once before at the beginning) reading lines from a poem by the nineteenthcentury writer Thomas Hood, which appear on screen:
There is a silence where hath been no sound
There is a silence where no sound may be
In the cold grave, under the deep deep sea.
The Piano has been widely reviewed as a Victorian melodrama, influenced, depending on the interests of the critic, by the Brontës, Emily Dickinson, The French Lieutenant's Woman, the German filmmaker Lotte Reiniger, Victorian portrait photography, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence and Edward Lear. Insofar as the film depicts events that follow one another in time, it is a conventional narrative, but it does not explain why things happen or why characters behave the way they do, which has perplexed and infuriated some viewers. Critical responses to the film following the award of the Cannes Palme d'Or—the first time it has ever gone to a film by a woman—ranged from sublime to ridiculous to hostile, with feminist responses split down the middle.
Campion herself, in the production notes that follow the script, says:
I feel a kinship between the kind of romance that Emily Brontë portrayed in Wuthering Heights and this film. Hers is not the notion of romance that we've come to use, it's very harsh and extreme, a gothic exploration of the romantic impulse. I wanted to respond to those ideas in my own century.
The script articulates crucial moments in the film that for some viewers may have passed too quickly to stick in the memory, but which were meant to help explain a character's motivation. Some critics have questioned Flora's motivation for delivering the piano key to Stewart, which precipitates the action that leads to her mother's mutilation. Reading the script, we quickly realize that Flora is truly her mother's daughter, with a strange, even perverse will of her own. During one of Baines' early piano "lessons," she is described as "operating a merciless power game with [Baines'] dog, forcing it out of the verandah with a stick." In the next scene she "cradl[es] the poor confused dog, asking him what cruel miserable person sent him out into the cold and wet." When the betrayed Stewart barricades Ada and Flora in their hut, the child "joins in the spirit of the exercise, gaily pointing out any slats Stewart has missed." When her mother orders her to deliver the piano key to Baines, she "is shocked, stunned"; at the junction where the paths leading to Baines and to Stewart separate, she "looks back to see if her mother is watching; she's not"—and chooses her stepfather over her mother's lover.
The Piano is not a film for everyone; it is not for those committed to patriarchal concepts (see John Simon, for example, in the National Review, who called the film "the wet dream of an inane woman"), nor for every feminist. The violence against Ada, seen through the eyes of young Flora, is the focus of most feminist concern about the film; what is the function of this violence? The script is helpful here in articulating a sense of the inevitability of an explosion, one made so not only by Stewart's unimaginative insistence on his own pragmatic way, but also by Ada's remorseless use of the virginal Stewart as a sexual object.
The script also confirms that a performance of "Bluebeard" at the local mission center is meant to prefigure Stewart's attack on Ada. The silhouetted figure of Bluebeard brandishing an axe at his wife is echoed in the image of Stewart striding home with his ax; the script tells us that when Ada hands Flora the fateful piano key, "her black shadow behind the sheet recalls the macabre play." As used in this film, "Bluebeard" is the story of a man's attempt to subjugate a woman to his will by obliterating all traces of her own, even in his absence, and of her refusal to be subjugated.
The script makes clear Ada's role in creating the tension that culminates in Stewart's violence. Far from being a helpless, silent victim, Ada is depicted as a willful woman, at once courageous and foolhardy in pursuing her passion, whether for her piano or for Baines. The script explicitly compares these two: in one scene, Ada looks "down at Baines and his but, in the exact same manner that she once looked at her piano…." The production notes that follow the script explain Campion's view of Ada and Stewart's relationship:
Ada actually uses her husband Stewart as a sexual object—this is the outrageous morality of the film—which seems very innocent but in fact has its power to be very surprising. I think many women have had the experience of feeling like a sexual object, and that's exactly what happens to Stewart…. It becomes a relationship of power, the power of those that care and those that don't care.
The Piano explores sexuality, intimacy and power in the complex relationships not only between women and men, mother and daughter, but also between colonizer and colonized. The Maori subplot is intended to function not as a colorful, exotic background to the white European romance but as a parallel example of power, its misuse and the resulting violence. In fact, the greater violence in The Piano is that done to the land itself: the film shows Stewart's hut "bleakly set among smoking stumps."
The script and accompanying notes make it clear that Campion wished to represent Maori frustration that they and the land they hold sacred are treated as objects by the colonist Stewart. However, this is an area that could have been strengthened in the film. Many of the scenes in the script that were deleted from the film have to do with the Maoris; they prefigure the war that was very soon to break out between the Maoris and the colonists.
Their deletion suggests that Campion may have had difficulty in realizing her intentions; ultimately, it will be Maori filmmakers who succeed with Maori perspectives on New Zeaiand. The lines by Thomas Hood can be seen to refer in part to the silence of those who survive systematic violence at great cost to their freedom of expression. I would have liked to learn the actual relationship of script to film—was this the actual working script? and were the deleted scenes shot and then dropped in editing, or were changes made before shooting took place?
Apart from Wuthering Heights, it is hard to say what the actual influences for The Piano were. Certainly it is possible to view the film and read the text and imagine all the influences critics have mentioned, and more: the work is grounded in a sophisticated sense of European and New Zealand culture and history. But a comparison comes immediately to my mind: the work of Marguerite Duras, who has done so much on women's silence, as a defense, as a weapon, as a language; and on issues of voice and perspective—in writing and in film. Duras was a pioneer in the field of multimedia; she understood that a story may have many lives, as a text, as a play, as a film. Her work—nonlinear and often shocking audiences used to more conventional narrative—explores global as well as intimate perspectives on power relations. And her use of her childhood in French colonial Indochina/ Vietnam is comparable to Campion's use of her own background, her "strange heritage … as a pakeha New Zealander." Campion's comments in the production notes show she realized how the look of the film—its portrayal of the bush, the authenticity of the Victorian costumes, the greasiness of Holly Hunter's hair—would both document and construct a composite portrait of an era and its human relationships.
To construct that portrait, Campion pulled together an extraordinary collection of talents, briefly described in the notes. One of these was the composer Michael Nyman, whose comments appear in the notes along with those of Campion, her producer Jan Chapman and the actors. Nyman describes how he used Scottish folk songs as a base, and created a score especially adapted to lead actor Holly Hunter's ability as a pianist. "It's as though I've been writing the music of another composer," he says, "who happened to live in Scotland, then New Zealand in the mid 1850s."
I am disappointed that the book is not fuller because I have gained so much from what is there. I also would have liked the book to take more care in introducing its own materials: it is difficult to get a sense of who wrote the various parts. It seems there was no actual author; someone simply assembled Campion's script, Miro Bilborough's production notes, some sepia-tinted stills and a list of credits. The book lacks the film's cohesiveness, and compares unfavorably to other documentations of films, such as the book about Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing and the text and separately published production history of Marguerite Duras' India Song. (A novelization of the film by Jane Campion and Kate Pullinger has since been published, also by Hyperion.) The film itself is an instrument of great subtlety and power in depicting the scope and boundaries of a woman's will; the book provides a useful, if slight, accompaniment to the film's greater performance.
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U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Janesville told delegates to the state GOP convention Saturday that he was optimistic about the party and the country heading into the 2014 elections.
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With problems over the national debt and turmoil at home and abroad, Ryan said Republicans are a strong opposition party.
He drew applause when he told the crowd a House Select committee would be formed to investigate the 2012 attack on Americans in Benghazi in Libya.
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