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Bloodsucker Bedroom Fantasies, Kick-Ass Vampire Chicks, & the Hottest Vampire Guys in History!

PopSugarTV — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:32:14 PDT

In part two of our 6 Reasons You Can't Live Without Vampires special, we reveal the top three in our countdown: vampires play a big role in our bedroom fantasies, female vamps are beautiful and powerful, and boy bloodsuckers are smoking hot!

Robert Downey Jr. Might Play Lestat in Vampire Chronicles

BuzzSugar — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:45:56 PDT

Word on the street is that the next vampire project will be a reboot of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. In 1994, Rice's Interview With the Vampire was adapted for the big screen with Tom Cruise in the role of the vampire Lestat de Lioncort, "a nobleman-turned-vampire in the late 18th century." Later, in 2002, Stuart Townsend played Lestat in the movie Queen of the Damned. Now, apparently Universal wants to start up a new franchise based on the Chronicles - but this time with Robert Downey Jr. as Lestat.

According to Wikipedia (so, you know, grains of salt required), Rice did not initially like the idea of Tom Cruise in the role of Lestat. She reportedly said that Cruise was "'no more my Vampire Lestat than Edward G. Robinson is Rhett Butler' and the casting was 'so bizarre, it's almost impossible to imagine how it's going to work.' Nevertheless, she was satisfied with Cruise's performance after seeing the completed film, saying that 'from the moment he appeared, Tom was Lestat for me' and 'That Tom did make Lestat work was something I could not see in a crystal ball.'" If the RDJ thing ends up being true, I wonder what Rice will think of this casting choice. Personally, I think it's inspired. I'd love to see him in this role!

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BuzzSugar — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:45:50 PDT

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Joseph Morgan Spills About Klaus's Love Interest on The Vampire Diaries

Shannon Vestal — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:50:53 PST

Joseph Morgan is The Vampire Diaries's resident villain, Klaus, and I recently got to sit down with the actor to chat about playing the insidious character. Morgan talked about the love interest that Klaus is getting, though he's cagey about who it is (I'm suspecting it's Caroline after last week's episode). Watch to see what he has to say about that and what else is coming up on The Vampire Diaries.

Top Trends From Heimtextil 2012

Angela Swinderman Elias — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:41:09 PST

The Editor at Large produced a fascinating trends segment from the Heimtextil 2012 Trend Show, the largest international trade fair for home and contract textiles. Retailers, designers, and decorators gathered for an overview of projected trends that fell into four themes. See which characteristics dominated this year's themes and take a peek at behind-the-scenes footage and interviews from the event!

Colour Riot

This trend is characterized by bold, vibrant technicolors inspired by nature. Rainbow hues are paired with contemporary design techniques like colorblocking, 3D manipulation, and all-over geometric patterns. The result is playful but sophisticated and incredibly modern.

Dark Lux

Feeding on a cultural fascination with vampires and other contemporary mythological creatures of darkness, this trend uses silvery metallic tones, glossy high-quality materials, and sculptural forms. The look is a fusion of masculine strength and elegance and incorporates deep burgundy and blue tones to add depth.

Craft Industry

This trend honors the aesthetics of traditional crafts but uses new technology to create a fused look. Reclaimed objects are often adapted into contemporary pieces, and weathering techniques, like oxidization, are used frequently. The effect feels slightly nostalgic but intriguingly modern.

Split Clarity

Fresh colors and touchable textures create a soothing, streamlined aesthetic that dominates this trend. Touches of warm tones are designated to materials like natural wood. Opposites, like round and linear, lightness and density, symbolize the duality of power and serenity found in nature.

Keep reading to check out behind-the-scenes interviews from the show!

Buzz Time Machine: Kirsten Dunst Begs Brad Pitt For a Vampire Mom

BuzzSugar — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:30:57 PST

In Melancholia, which is out today in limited release, Kirsten Dunst plays a character faced with her own mortality when a distant planet is on a collision course with Earth. But back in 1994, she portrayed a frustrated young immortal Claudia in Interview With the Vampire opposite a much-older Louis (Brad Pitt). Watch as the child vampire implores Louis to make her an immortal mom, because her tiny vampire form lacks the strength to convert a human. Though she's petite and looks absolutely doll like with her tightly wound ringlets, she has no trouble barking demands at Louis until she breaks down in tears in his arms.

Joseph Morgan on Immortals and Why He's Pushing For Klaus to Get a Love Interest on The Vampire Diaries

Shannon Vestal — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:35:35 PST

Joseph Morgan has been terrorizing this season of The Vampire Diaries as Klaus, a vampire/werewolf hybrid with many decades of scheming and torture in his past. He's been a delight to watch on TV, but he's also making an appearance on the big screen this week in the 3D epic Immortals, alongside Henry Cavill (aka the next Superman) and Kellan Lutz. I chatted with Morgan this week to talk about his new film and how he feels about playing Klaus - and why he thinks it's time for his big bad villain to fall in love.

BuzzSugar: How has it been being the big villain of the season?
Joseph Morgan: It's been very, very fun; I enjoy my job immensely. I've been asked a few times, "what other character would you like to play?", and I just think I get the best stuff to do, or the most fun stuff at least. It's been great, but I feel like I've always wanted to play a character like this. When I read for the part, I got through the pages I had to read, and I looked at them like "Oh yeah, I know exactly how I want to do this." I guess because I'm a fan of the genre, [I was] subconsciously preparing for a role like this for a while, you know? It's an immense amount of fun and I get to push a lot of buttons with the other characters on set, which is always fun. And to play someone who really isn't worried about anything - there isn't any real threat to him most of the time - it's really an interesting challenge.

Buzz: The characters are trying to kill Klaus, so do you get panicked that the next script may have your death in it?
JM: Yeah, there's a little bit of that going on! Certainly, at the end of last season when I read the penultimate episode, all the way through they're talking about this plot to kill me, and I thought, what if I turn this page and that is what happens? But I trust them; if it's the end of the line, they're going to do it epically and it's going to be in keeping with the quality and the style they already put out. So I'm really not worried. I feel like if Klaus is going to die it's going to be the biggest dramatic death we've seen so far. There's some merit in that as well. But I do worry a little bit. I'm very, very happy to be a part of the show and I do feel like there's more that could be explored with this character.

Buzz: Would you ever want Klaus to get a love interest?
JM: Oh, man I hope so. I've been pushing them for ages. There's a certain amount of humanity they're bringing to the character now, which is really great, because people are starting to empathize with him, and really understand the dysfunctional background he comes from. But there's a side of a person that you only get to see when they're with someone they care about. And I think that's the side we're missing with Klaus. I think it would be wonderful if they were to introduce some sort of love interest for him. I'm confident if they think that's where we need to go, that's what will happen. I certainly keep nagging Julie Plec [The Vampire Diaries executive producer] about it.

Get more of my interview with Morgan, which includes his thoughts on who Elena should be with (hint: it's him) and what he thinks of his Immortals costar Henry Cavill, after the jump.

The Vampire Diaries Creator Kevin Williamson Says It May Not Be OK For Elena to Love Both Damon and Stefan

Shannon Vestal — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:11:21 PDT

The Vampire Diaries stars dished a lot on their characters and where season three will take them at their Comic-Con panel, but no one knows what's next for the supernatural series better than the creator himself, Kevin Williamson. The show's writer and producer sat down for a chat, and he revealed what's going to happen with the Damon/Elena/Stefan love triangle, why he decided to kill off Aunt Jenna, and more.

When we pick up, what will happen between Damon and Elena?
Kevin Williamson: Stefan has taken off with Klaus for a greater agenda: Klaus is up to something. And that's sort of the first chapter of our story and what that entails. It'll sort of be Damon and Elena's search for Stefan and how their relationship changes. At the end of season two, Katherine uttered that one line: "It's OK to love both of them," and we'll sort of watch that play out. And what does that mean? It meant one thing for Katherine; what's it going to be for Elena? Because you can love someone brotherly, you can love someone like a friend, and I just think [regarding] romantic love, it may not be OK to love both of them.

I think that's the journey. She's on a big journey, because yes, 100 percent yes, she's attracted to this man [Damon]. Yes, she's in love with Stefan; it's the epic love that's never going to change. So she's going to be torn. It's so tragic, these characters. And Damon is like this reluctant character who doesn't want to be the hero, it's not his role in life, he's not good at it. Elena's going to be there pushing him on to be the hero, but his nature is to kill people, so it's going to be interesting.

Click here to read more from Williamson's interview, including why they got rid of Jenna and whether Bonnie and Jeremy will survive his new ailment.

Tom Cruise Explains His Family's Weekend Routine

Allie Merriam — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:54:52 PST

Tom Cruise swung by the Late Show in NYC yesterday to chat with David Letterman about Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. The guys spoke about Tom's Interview With the Vampire costar Brad Pitt, then moved on to chatting about how Tom manages to relax between moviemaking, promoting, and traveling. He said, "Well. . . we have weekends!" Find out how Tom, Katie Holmes, and Suri unwind on Saturdays and Sundays.

The Vampire Diaries Producer Julie Plec Talks Bad Boy Stefan and Promises "Naked Action" For Caroline and Tyler

Shannon Vestal — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:20:01 PDT

If The Vampire Diaries' creator Kevin Williamson didn't give you enough season three dish, then you'll be happy to learn that executive producer Julie Plec also had lots of details to dole out at Comic-Con. She spilled about how Stefan will change and what's in store for Caroline and Tyler's werewolf/vampire romance.

How bad is Stefan going to get?
Julie Plec: Bad. Yeah. Yeah, he’s got it in him, man; he’s pretty hardcore when he falls off the edge, and it's not just going to be "one and done" with him. We wanted our hero to go down a really dark road and we’re going to take him down that dark road for a while. But you know, there’ll be levels of bad [that] I think Paul Wesley is really excited to explore. But no, we’re not going to back off of that.

Do you worry at all about crossing the line of irredeemable for him?
JP: You know, I will tell you this. I sort of decided there was no line when Damon killed Jeremy, and everyone was like “Oh, 'cause he was just really upset and sad." There’s a strange overwhelming majority that was totally fine with it, so it's surprising to us, and good for the character. So we’ll see if the same is true for Stefan or not. You know, what we don’t want to do is homogenize a hero or a villain by not taking them to the edge. You’re rolling the dice that your audience will be able to come back from it. So it’ll be risky - it's very risky - and we’ll see how we can get him out [to] the other side, but we’ll sure as hell be rooting for him to get out the other side. So that hopefully will go well.

To find out what else Plec said about Caroline and Tyler and whether Alaric will be moving in with Elena and Jeremy, just

read more. Does this mean that Damon has to step it up as the good Salvatore brother? JP: Yes, much to his chagrin. By no means are they swapping personalities, but yes, Damon, unfortunately, I think his big beef with Stefan is like, “Hey man, he went and fell off the edge and now I got to, like, be here cleaning up your mess.” It’s a nice role reversal for the two bothers; usually it’s the other way around. But Damon isn’t going to be happy about it, and he’s certainly not going to go gently into it; he’s not going to take that role on with much pleasure or comfort. What’s going on with Jeremy, and how soon will we find out what his deal is? JP: It’s a story that’s going to kinda slowly unfold. It’s going to have both kind of a great supernatural genre element to it, but also a really strong emotional element to it, which I think is one of the reasons we wanted to do it. Because you’ve got this kid that, in the second to last episode, Elena says [to] “I’m so sorry you’ve lost so many people.” And he has, and he’s just a kid [when it's] all said and done, and his two first loves of his life are now, you know, poppin’ around. So not only will it be cool and creepy, but also hopefully a little warm and yummy too. How much will Anna and Vicki be on this season? JP: We haven’t laid that out with them or anything, but we definitely want to re-explore some of those relationships that Jeremy had and make it a little bit difficult for Bonnie and Jeremy as a couple. And then of course when you’ve got strange people paying strange visits, then bad things are bound to happen. So I think you’ll see it more than once at least, I can say. How much of the Elena/Stefan/Damon/Katherine love square do we get this year compared to last? JP: We have a whole journey to explore, and thank God, because that means we can actually be on the air for a lot of years, as far as Elena and her feelings and her relationships with our Salvatore boys. Katherine last year was our mini-bad - she started as the bad and became the mini-bad - and so she got a lot of showcasing last year. We definitely haven’t seen the last of her; it's just a matter of when we’re going to see her again. That’s the fun surprise. Is Alaric moving in with Elena and Jeremy, since Jenna is gone? JP: Alaric is going to be struggling with this role that he’s sort of accidentally stepped into at the end of last season, where he sort of decided to spend the night. When we come back for our premiere we’ll see he’s been basically living on the couch for a while, and struggling with suddenly feeling like he doesn’t have enough to offer as a guardian, as a mentor, because he himself is going through a hard time in his life. So will he/won’t he be living there, and what will his relationship with those two be, is part of the story for the first couple episodes. How about Caroline and Tyler and Matt? JP: Well, for Matt it’s not going so well. Poor Matt has hit some hard times in life, and I loved what he said to her [Caroline] at the end of the season, which is, “You know, my life was hard enough without all this stuff, so I think I’m just going to try to live it and keep myself away from the supernatural." But one of the last things we saw at the end of the season, of course, was his sister Vicki making an appearance to Jeremy. So that’s not going to stay just Jeremy’s storyline for very long. I think that Matt having lost his sister, it’s a big deal, so we might get to see that play out a little bit for him. And then, of course, Caroline and Tyler, they have such wonderful chemistry, those two, and the characters have been through so much together. Tyler has been exposed to his core, and she’s been right there, you know, holding his hair back proverbially, and so we’ll see if that friendship lasts and how long it stays just friends. Because it’s kind of inevitable that there’s gonna be some naked action happening there eventually. Are you going to continue exploring the relationship of Caroline and her mother? JP: Yes absolutely, absolutely. We love ourselves some Sheriff, and we love the idea of this woman who is charged with protecting the town. And as Marguerite MacIntyre will say, completely ineptly and embarrassingly wrong and badly. But, [she] also now has to deal with the fact that the very thing that she was raised to hate is in her daughter. She found a nice level of acceptance for Caroline at the end of the season, and so we’ll get to see the fun mother-daughter dynamic now that Caroline is out in the open and the two of them are living under the same roof. And you know, how do you set those rules? What’s curfew for your vampire daughter?