We added the first promotional still from the 3×01 The Birthday episode of the Third Season of The Vampire Diaries! Nina looks so beautiful! We can’t wait! We’re so excited for Season 3! Hopefully more photos will be released along with the Season 3 Promoshoot!

Via Zap2It: Here it is, “Vampire Diaries” fans — the first official picture from the Season 3 premiere, “The Birthday.” Elena (Nina Dobrev) is turning 18, and despite the doom and gloom of the last year, Caroline insists on throwing her a small party.  Of course, knowing Caroline, it’s no surprise that the bash at the Salvatore mansion is a little bigger than Elena expected, complete with at least one uninvited guest. This first photo shows Alaric (Matt Davis), Elena, and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) taking a quiet moment outside the house to talk, complete with the bottle of bourbon that’s never far from Alaric’s reach.
We’ll have to wait until Sept 15 to find out just what these three have to discuss, but if we had to guess, we’d say Stefan, Stefan, and more Stefan. Elena’s not the type to kick back and celebrate while her boyfriend is off on a ripper rampage.

GALLERY LINKS:
The Vampire Diaries > Season 3 > Episode Stills > 3×01 The Birthday

We added 400 screencaptures of Nina and the cast being interviewed by Entertainment Weekly in the EW Lounge at the 2011Comic-Con on July 23, 2011 in San Diego, CA. She looks so beautiful, we just wish she talked a little bit more! Check the Ew.com site for the video :)

GALLERY LINKS:
Screencaptures > Appearances > 2011 > JULY 23RD – 2011 Comic-Con: Entertainment Weekly Interview

Vampire Diaries fans, mark your calendars for September 15. That’s The CW drama’s third-season premiere — and a special day for Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev). “Our first episode is Elena’s 18th birthday,” spills exec producer Julie Plec. What’s in store for the birthday girl?

There will be a small time jump [from where last season ended] as we celebrate Elena’s birthday,” says Plec. “But as is the pattern in Mystic Falls, the event never reaches its climax.” Elena will now be a senior in high school, but don’t bank on a season-ending graduation.

Now that she’s 18, “Elena and Jeremy technically don’t need a parent living in their house [following Aunt Jenna's death],” says Plec. “She will be taking care of herself.”

On the romantic front, might the show now capitalize on the real-life romance of Nina and Ian Somerhalder (Damon) and have their characters hook up? While Plec stresses she would never exploit her actors’ personal lives, she hints that “over the course of the season, Elena will be struggling with a deep, deep attraction toward Damon. That’s going to be a big problem for her.” As will Rebecca, a yet-to-be-cast vampire from Stefan’s “darkest ripper days who loves that Stefan’s back to his bad behavior.” She’s not the only one.

The season finale was.. let’s say surprising, in both good and bad way at least for us. [SPOILER ALERT - Don't read if you didn't see the finale yet!] The fact that Stefan sacrificed himself and teamed up with Klaus ‘really upset us. Also thinking that probably Elena will end up with Damon in Stefan’s absence kinda ruins the great love story we loved and felt they had. We’re not saying we don’t like Damon and Elena together but it just seems a little bit unfair cause this isn’t the best way we thought they could end up together. We imagined Damon & Elena could eventually have something in the future, if Stefan and Elena started to grow apart. Nevertheless it was an amazing episode, Katherine was INCREDIBLE and we really love the idea of Jeremy seeing dead people now and this makes us even more excited for the next season. Lastly but more importantly, Nina’s performances throughout the Second Season were flawless, we feel that she’s growing so much as an actor and we’re so amazed by her talent! Nina you’re absolutely incredible! We added 2400+ high definition screencaptures of last Thursday’s episode 2×22 As I Lay Dying of The Vampire Diaries.

GALLERY LINKS:
Television > The Vampire Diaries > Season 2 > Episode Caps > 2×22 As I Lay Dying

The Vampire Diaries season 2 finale is tonight! In light of that, in this exclusive interview, Nina talks about such finale, her diet, and how she chooses her projects!

Currently, what is your favorite book?

I’m reading a couple of things right now. There’s a book called Wherever You Go, There You Are, and I also re-read The Perks of Being a Wallflower for my role in the movie.

Had you met your Wallflower co-star Emma Watson before?

No, I’ve actually never met her. I know Logan [Lerman], he’s a friend of mine. I’m very excited to work with everyone.

How do you choose your projects? What goes through your mind when scripts come across your desk?

Its one of those things where…I try to stay away from anything I’ve played before, so I’d prefer not to do anything vampire related for supernatural. [laughs] At the same time, we’re reading scripts looking for good material surrounded by good casts, directors. I really want to be associated with great projects and character driven projects and films. I have to feed my soul, and keep feeling like an artist and keep being challenged. That’s one of the things now, it’s a very interesting experience after two years on the show, even with the two characters, and I’m getting into a routine. I don’t want to get comfortable or into a pattern, I want to continue to be challenged. I really love what I do, so I have to give it my all.

We added additional promotional stills from the tonight’s season finale 2×22 As I Lay Dying of The Vampire Diaries!! Nina looks so gorgeous as both Elena & Kat! Take a look and don’t miss TVD tonight!

GALLERY LINKS:
The Vampire Diaries > Season 2 > Episode Stills > 2×22 As I Lay Dying

We’re so excited! Tonight you can’t absolutely miss the Season 2 season Finale of The Vampire Diaries on the CW! We’re sure it will blow our minds and that they will leave us wanting more and more! We’re so happy and thrilled for the 3rd Season! You can leave your comments below!

GALLERY LINKS:
The Vampire Diaries > Season 2 > Episode Stills > 2×22 As I Lay Dying

We added promotional stills from last week’s episode 2×21 The Sun also Rises of The Vampire Diaries that were released the other day! It was an amazing episode, Nina looks so beautiful in these photos so take a look!

GALLERY LINKS:
The Vampire Diaries > Season 2 > Episode Stills > 2×21 The Sun Also Rises

Last night’s episode was a lot to handle, it was truly intense, emotional and just stunning and yes we admit, we shed a few tears.. This show is amazing for so many reasons, it has terrific writing, directing, such an amazing cast and the list goes on and on.. Nina’s performances stun us every single time, she’s truly talented! We can’t wait for next week to see the finale, we’re sure that it will blow our minds! We added 1700+ high definition screencaptures of last night’s episode 2×21 The Sun Also Rises of the 2nd Season of The Vampire Diaries.

GALLERY LINKS:
Television > The Vampire Diaries > Season 2 > Episode Caps > 2×21 The Sun Also Rises

Ew released a stunning and absolutely breathtaking picture from the Second Season of The Vampire Diaires Promotional Shoot. Nina looks so beautiful, check it out in the Gallery!

The sacrifice ritual is finally upon us, and no one is pretending that tonight’s game-changing episode of The Vampire Diaries (The CW, 8 p.m. ET) won’t have a body count. It was an emotional hour for the cast to shoot. “The big sacrifice is very tragic. A lot of people die, and it’s all people that we love and care about, and so when you’re on set filming it and you’re looking at these people in their eyes and you know that they’re dying, it’s like losing a family member for real,� Dobrev tells EW. As always, the cast had to find the light at the end of the tunnel. “The show is so dark, and dangerous, and scary, and there’s so much blood and death, we have to make ourselves laugh, we have to make sure that we have fun. During the sacrifice episode, we shot mostly nights, about an hour or hour and a half outside [Atlanta], so we would drive an hour and a half twice a day after working 16 hours a day for a week. We worked on a Saturday night as well. We were joking around saying, ‘If we have to work on Saturday night, we should be able to drink on Saturday night at work. We didn’t obviously,� she says, “but then on Sunday morning, when we wrapped at like 9 a.m., we all went out for brunch, which was basically like our dinner.� So mimosas all around? “We tried, but in Georgia there’s a law that you can’t drink before 12:30 on Sunday,� she says.

Speaking of tragedies, we asked Dobrev to tease tonight’s episode. Here’s what she told us:

• John (David Anders) has been MIA because independent Elena’s been avoiding him despite their truce, and frankly, she’s had so much on her mind, she hasn’t even thought about keeping him in the loop. “We saw a lot of him this episode, and you’re gonna see him be as selfless as we’ve ever seen him,� she says. (RIP, John?)

• Aunt Jenna (Sara Canning), who’s in transition and will become a vampire if she drinks human blood, will go through hell either way. So will Elena. “Jenna will have to make the choice, and Elena will have to sit there and watch her go through this terrible thing. When you think about it, Jenna found out that vampires existed and then become one in, like, a day. And now she’s fighting all these different emotions because when you’re a vampire, all your senses are heightened — the feeling for love, and regret, and sadness, and pain,� Dobrev says. “The one thing Elena has been fighting so hard to achieve all season is to protect her friends and her family, and now she’s in this circumstance where she’s very vulnerable and helpless and she has to sit there like a spectator and watch those around her die knowing that she’s basically next.�

Nina did an interview with Tv Guide, we added 140+ screencaptures in the Gallery! You can watch the interview here! Nina looked absolutely gorgeous!
Who’s the biggest jokester on The Vampire Diaries set and which cast member is mostly likely to be caught at the craft service table? TVGuide.com caught up with star Nina Dobrev who joined us for a little game of Vampire Diaries superlatives. While Dobrev was torn between Ian Somerhalder and Matt Davis as the cast clown, she had no hesitation in admitting she can usually be found between takes prowling the snacks table. (Those must be some healthy snacks in order to get this magazine cover.) A Vampire Diaries post-mortem and a preview of the shocking finale The 22-year-old actress also shared which of her co-stars she thinks looks best wearing their period-piece wig. Hint: it’s an “original.”

GALLERY LINKS:
Screencaptures > Appearances > 2011 > MAY 4TH – Tv Guide Interview

“Vampire Diaries” executive producer Julie Plec wasn’t kidding when she said the “loss of life [will] be extreme over the last several episodes.” Already (SPOILER ALERT) we’ve seen Aunt Jenna meet her demise and return as an undead. But will she say goodbye forever after Klaus is done with her? We can’t say for sure, but when we spoke to star Nina Dobrev recently about tonight’s “The Sun Also Rises,” her preview didn’t give us high hopes for a happy ending.

“It’s the one pretty tear-jerking episode,” she revealed to Hollywood Crush. “It’s a very intense, very sad episode. So definitely tune in to watch that one because it’s pretty epic.”

We’ll definitely being sharing our love seat with a box of Kleenex tonight as we (hopefully) find out the fate of some of our favorite Mystic Falls residents. But we don’t want to leave you on such a downer note going into tonight’s episode, so let’s quickly chat about the positive aspects of “The Sun Also Rises.”

“Paul Sommers is directing it,” Nina said. “And Paul Sommers is our director of photography, so he’s done every episode since the beginning, except the pilot. So it’s his directorial debut. And it’s really cool and we’re really excited for him.”

We’re excited too, but just don’t bum us out too much, Paul. Okay?

Don’t forget! 2×21 The Sun Also Rises is airing tonight on the CW! We’re beyond excited to see it! This is the last episode before next week’s season 2 finale! As Nina revealed in the interviews she did these past few days, a lot is happening tonight to be ready! You are welcome to leave your opinions by commenting below after you enjoy tonight’s episode!

Nina Dobrev has spoken of a terrifying Vampire Diaries shoot at one of America’s most haunted houses. The 22-year-old, who plays both Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce in the CW series, recalled how filming at Georgia’s Gaither Plantation was thrown into chaos after a musical instrument inexplicably sprang into life.

“The ADs (assistant directors) started screaming, ‘Stop! Whoever that is, stop the music. We’re rolling. Cameras are on’.

Dobrev further claimed to have experienced another supernatural occurrence at the site, when lights in one room began “spontaneously coming on and off”. Admitting that the moment had shaken her skepticism, Dobrev added:

“All of a sudden it was kind of happening, and it was kind of weird.”

We added 1900+ high definition screencaptures of last Thursday’s episode 2×20 The Last Day of the 2nd Season of The Vampire Diaries. Nina was so amazing, she delivered such a strong performance! We can’t believe we’re only 1 episode away from the season finale, so much happened in this one so buckle up, it’s going to be a FUN ride!

GALLERY LINKS:
Television > The Vampire Diaries > Season 2 > Episode Caps > 2×20 The Last Day

Don’t forget! All new The Vampire Diaries tonight on the CW. 2×20 The Last Day is airing! We’re so excited to see it! You are welcome to leave your opinions by commenting below after you enjoy tonight’s episode!

GALLERY LINKS:
The Vampire Diaries > Season 2 > Episode Stills > 2×20 The Last Day

The CW Network has given early pickups to five of its established series for next season, including network’s top-rated drama THE VAMPIRE DIARIES.

The CW’s bloodily addictive hit THE VAMPIRE DIARIES was also given an early renewal, and in its sophomore season, remains the network’s most-watched show (4.0 million viewers) and the network’s number-one show among its target audience of women 18-34 (2.9/9).

Not that we didn’t expected this but it’s so awesome! We’re really excited for the 3rd Season! Congrats to Nina and the rest of the cast & crew!

Do you think Elena will live through ‘the sacrifice?’ Nina gives us the straight talk on her character’s fate. While we Vampire Diaries fans are busy worrying about whether Elena (Nina Dobrev) will choose to be with Damon (Ian Somerhalder) or Stefan (Paul Wesley), we’re all forgetting one very important thing: Elena may not live long enough to make that choice!

“[Damon and Elena] definitely have chemistry,â€� Nina admitted to HollywoodLife.com on April 25 at the TriBeca Film Festival premiere of Last Night, hosted by Cinema Society. “But right now, she’s just trying to survive the day.â€�

And it sounds like Nina may actually get to watch the May 12 season finale, as she told us she recently (finally) bought a TV!

“I just got a TV like three weeks ago,� she said. “Believe it or not, I got a 3-D TV. I decided I had to go big or go home — from nothing to the biggest thing there is.�

We’re glad to hear Nina will finally get to watch the show from the comfort of her own home. Now let’s hope it’s not just in time to watch Elena meet her end!

We added the first promotional stills from the upcoming 2×22 As I Lay Dying, the season 2 finale episode of The Vampire Diaries! We’re looking forward to see it in 3 weeks! We’re sure it’s going to be mind blowing! Nina looks gorgeous!

GALLERY LINKS:
The Vampire Diaries > Season 2 > Episode Stills > 2×22 As I Lay Dying