Somerhalder: I don’t think he’s going to ultimately find a way to f*ck it up. Things change, it’s life and … the parallels of how art imitates life this season are pretty staggering. Especially when you have a team of writers who know you so well. I’m starting to see my life surface in the art and I’m starting to see the art surfacing in my life. It’s a very interesting dichotomy actors live but they’re supposed to be intertwined. Art should imitate life and life should imitate art. Continue Reading at ET Online

Just days away from the premiere of “The Vampire Diaries” Season 5, main cast members, Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev, continue promoting the brand new season of the hit CW TV series in their own way. The ex-couple recently bonded via social networking site Twitter as they countdown the days to the Oct 3 premiere.

Ian and Nina are keeping the “TVD” fans hooked with the upcoming Damon and Elena love story in their personal “Vampire Diaries” promo photos. On Monday, Sept 30, Ian wrote on his Twitter account @iansomerhalder that there are “4 days LEFT till #TVD” with an Instagram photo link that shows his hand extending four fingers. Read More

Previously on The Vampire Diaries: Elena (Nina Dobrev) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) officially got together, Bonnie (Kat Graham) officially died and came back as a ghost, Klaus (Joseph Morgan) officially left for New Orleans, aka his own spinoff The Originals, and Stefan (Paul Wesley) was officially beginning the worst summer ever after being locked in a box and put to sea by Silas…after we learned the younger Salvatore brother is his doppelgänger!

Phew, did you get all that? Good, because the CW hit returns for its fifth season in less than two weeks and we just watched the premiere, “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” and can’t wait for you to see The Vampire Diaries: The College Years. While we’re always nervous when our favorite teen TV dramas attempt to make the transition from high school (see: The O.C., Gossip Girl, etc.) TVD doesn’t experience an awkward stage as the season-five opener effortlessly hops between the freshman fun at Whitmore College and the doppelgänger drama back in Mystic Falls. In a word, the premiere is fun. Lots of it. Continue Reading