If you have a female TV fan on your holiday shopping list, you might want to think about picking up this gorgeous new photography book called About Face.
The publishers say the “160-pages of black and white photographs shot with the soon-to-be-extinct Type 55 Polaroid film captures the intensity of the male subjects.”
And boy, what subjects. . .   Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights), Ian Somerhalder (Lost,Vampire Diaries), Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl), Ryan Kwanten (True Blood),  Jerry O’Connell (Crossing Jordan), Justin Chon (Twilight, New Moon), Justin Hartley (Smallville), Mark Wystrach (Passions), Gilles Marini (Sex and the City),  Victor Webster (Mutant X),  Will …read more

Though it’s listed as episode 1.1, Night of the Comet is the second episode of Vampire Diaries, airing a week after the pilot (1.0). And I haven’t forgotten about your questions for Katerina Graham. She answered them and I’ll have them for you soon.
Now, here’s the official synopsis and it’s pretty detailed, so don’t keep reading if you’re not into spoilers.
Vampire Diaries: Night of the Comet
Air Date: September 17, at 8:00 on The CW

ELENA MEETS DAMON AND LEARNS ABOUT STEFAN’S PAST LOVE — As Mystic Falls prepares for a festival to celebrate the passing of a comet, Vicki (Kayla Ewell) …read more

Entertainment Weekly and Syfy teamed up this year for a glitzy party to celebrate all things Comic Con. The event took place at the Hotel Solamar in San Diego and some of our favorite stars were in attendance. Have a look:
Supernatural’s Adrianne Palicki came by as did Ian Somerhalder of Vampire Diaries.

Fringe’s Anna Torv and Mark Valley stopped by as did Battlestar Galactica’s Grace Park and Tahmoh Penikett now of Dollhouse.

More of your favorite scifi stars have found new gigs this week:
(Number two could be considered a spoiler for Sarah Connor so. . . )
Battlestar Galactica’s Tricia Helfer has joined the cast of the Canadian series The Dealership where she’ll play a beautiful sales manager in the world of luxury cars. (Does that sound horribly boring to anyone else?)
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles‘ Jesse, aka Stephanie Jacobsen is moving into Melrose Place.  She’ll play a med student who pays her tuition with a job as a high-class call girl.
Ian Somerhalder is joining The CW’s pilot Vampire Diaries.  According to Daily …read more

This Saturday, SCI FI Channel presents a new original movie titled Lost City Raiders. A cross between Waterworld and Indiana Jones, the movie stars James Brolin and Ian Somerhalder as a father / son team of salvagers struggling to survive in a post-global warming world.
I had a chance to chat with both of them and I was surprised to hear how passionate they were about the ‘Go Green’ warning that is at the heart of this scifi action flick.
High Dive at Hollywood & Vine

The movie opens with a rather startling image of divers trolling through a submerged Los …read more