Teen Drama Links for February 20, 2024

A while back, my friend and “Dawson’s Creek” superfan Lisa told me a fun fact told to her by her husband: The band From Autumn to Ashes references “Dawson’s Creek” — and even features the show’s dialogue — in several songs.

I finally sat down to listen and, boy, it really is something.

From Autumn to Ashes is what I would call a screamo or metalcore band and there is a lot of screaming going on here. Really, it’s hard to even make out a lot of the words. 

But there’s no mistaking that the track “Take Her to the Music Store” opens with a snippet of Joey infamously telling Pacey, “You break my heart into a thousand pieces and you say it’s because I deserve better?” And the lyrics do seem to represent Joey’s feelings in the immediate aftermath of their “Promicide” blow-up.

Then there’s “Reflections,” which, at nearly seven minutes in, features some of Pacey’s dialogue from their horrific prom fight. Meanwhile, “Capeside Rock,” besides having the obvious title reference, contains the lyrics, “Across the creek / and into your home.”

All of the songs are from the band’s Too Bad You’re Beautiful album, which came out in summer 2001, when “Dawson’s Creek” was about to embark on its fifth season. I can’t say I recommend it as a good listen — and I say that as someone whose AIM screenname was “punkmetalemogrl” and who, like the band, is from Long Island — but it is pretty neat that they obviously enjoyed the show (and confirmed as much in interviews).

And, sure, From Autumn to Ashes isn’t the only music act to ever reference our beloved teen drama, but this certainly took me by surprise. I’m betting it will you, too.

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Teen Drama Links for February 20, 2024

Listicle Links

Reminder: All lists and articles relate to the teen dramas or teen drama stars in some way.

• “These 7 TV Quotes Prove Galentines Are Better Than Valentines” (BuzzFeed)

• “People Are The Sharing Side Characters They Think Stole The Show From The Lead, And I’m Nodding Along” (BuzzFeed)

• “‘She Was, Like, Begging To Be Killed Off’: 27 Actors Who Went Right Up To Showrunners And Said ‘Please Kill Me’” (BuzzFeed)

• “19 Shows That Had Perfect First Seasons, And Then Went And Ruined It By Season 2” (BuzzFeed)

• “All About Hilary Swank’s Twins, Aya and Ohm” (People)

• “Hilary Swank’s Sweetest Family Moments” (E! Online)

• “James Van Der Beek’s Killer Clown B-Movie Is Surprisingly Compelling” (Collider)

• “17 Times Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively Expertly Trolled Each Other” (People)

• “Blake and Robyn Lively’s Best Sisterly Moments Through the Years” (Us Weekly)

• “18 Rich Mom Fashion Finds to Channel Lily van der Woodsen” (Us Weekly)

• “15 Best Teen Drama Love Triangles of All Time” (Teen Vogue)

  • Related: The Essential Teen Drama Love Triangles (TDW)

• “10 Great TV Shows That Make A Case For 20+ Episode Seasons” (Screen Rant)

  • Reminder that “Beverly Hills, 90210” did 32-episode seasons.

• “15 TV Shows That Used the Same Set as Another Series” (Movieweb)

• “10 Shocking New York Fashion Week Moments Everyone Is Talking About” (Bustle)

• “The Lipstick Jungle Cast: Then and Now” (TVOvermind)

• “These Are the Celebrity Fashion It Girls of 2024” (Who What Wear)

• “The 10 Most Expensive Zip Codes in the United States” (Architectural Digest)

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Best of the Rest

• “Wild Cards,” co-starring Jason Priestley (Brandon, Beverly Hills, 90210), is on track to be renewed by The CW. (Deadline)

• Hilary Swank (Carly, Beverly Hills, 90210) is making the media rounds for Ordinary Angels, which also stars Alan Ritchson (Tripp, 90210).

  • “Hilary Swank on ‘Ordinary Angels’ and miracles” (CBS Sunday Morning)

  • “Hilary Swank talks new film, late father, story behind twins’ names” (Today)

  • “Hilary Swank Reveals the Meaning Behind Her Twins’ Names and ‘Ordinary Angels’ Movie” (Entertainment Tonight)

  • “Hilary Swank Gifts Jimmy an ABBA Vinyl and Talks Ordinary Angels with Alan Ritchson” (The Tonight Show)

  • Also: “On a Road Trip Through the American West, Hilary Swank Found Sublime Stillness” (Conde Nast Traveler)

  • And: “Hilary Swank, Rainn Wilson, Roma Downey and More Talk Representations of Faith and Spirituality in Entertainment” (Variety)

• Swank has been named chief innovation officer of HealthyBaby. (PR Newswire)

  • Also: “Hilary Swank Introduces Twins Aya and Ohm as She Announces HealthyBaby Partnership” (People)

• Shawn Levy (Howard, Beverly Hills, 90210) will receive the Director of the Year Award at CinemaCon. (Deadline)

• Babyface, who appeared as himself on “Beverly Hills, 90210,” performed the National Anthem at the NBA All-Star Game. (YouTube)

• Vanessa Lachey (Camille, BH90210) was named “Performer of the Week” for her work on “NCIS Hawai’i.” (TVLine)

• Rachel Bilson (Summer, The O.C.) was on the “Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers” podcast. (Apple Podcasts)

• Shailene Woodley (Kaitlin, The O.C.) will voice the lead character in Girl in the Clouds. (Variety)

  • Also joining the voice cast is Jack Whitehall, with whom Woodley starred in Robots.

• Morena Baccarin (Maya, The O.C.) will reprise her Greenland role in Greenland: Migration. (Deadline)

• Emmanuelle Chriqui (Jodie, The O.C.) and others with teen drama connections signed an open letter urging Eurovision organizers to keep Israel in this year’s competition. (Creative Community for Peace)

• Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Joe, The O.C.) is featured in the 25th anniversary issue of Flaunt. (Flaunt)

• Paul Johansson (Dan, One Tree Hill), Lee Norris (Mouth, One Tree Hill), Stephen Colletti (Chase, One Tree Hill), and Texas Battle (Tony, One Tree Hill) have signed on for Friends with Benefit’s “20in23 Redemption Weekend.” (Facebook)

• Barbara Alyn Woods (Deb, One Tree Hill) claims the “‘One Tree Hill’ Cast Is ‘All on Board’ For a Reunion.” (Entertainment Tonight)

  • I’ll take an unscripted reunion. Anything else, no thank you. And I’m seriously doubtful something scripted would be possible.

• Shantel VanSanten (Quinn, One Tree Hill) is doing press for the new season of “FBI: Most Wanted.”

  • “Shantel VanSanten on Moving From FBI to FBI: Most Wanted and the Future of Scola and Chase” (TV Guide)

  • “How Shantel VanSanten’s Move to ‘Most Wanted’ Changed ‘FBI’ Finale” (TV Insider)

  • “‘FBI: Most Wanted’: Shantel VanSanten on Nina & Remy Tension Due to Kristin’s Exit” (TV Insider)

  • “‘FBI’ Star Shantel VanSanten Was Surprised by the Huge Scale of ‘Most Wanted’: ‘We Have a Jet?’” (The Wrap)

  • “Shantel VanSanten Talks Continuing Nina’s Story on ‘FBI: Most Wanted’” (The Nerds of Color)

  • “Shantel VanSanten Talks Why Nina Chases Transition To ‘FBI: Most Wanted’ Works” (Fangirlish)

  • “Exclusive: Shantel Van Santen says FBI Most Wanted ‘gives me something different, beautiful and complicated’” (HELLO!)

  • “FBI Most Wanted’s Shantel VanSanten details Nina’s ‘intentional’ reluctance to open up to Remy and the team” (HELLO!)

  • “Shantel VanSanten praises One Tree Hill co-stars Sophia Bush, Hilarie Burton and Bethany Joy Lenz after ‘horrifying’ three years” (HELLO!)

  • “‘FBI: Most Wanted’ star Shantel VanSanten has fond memories of growing up on Minnesota dairy farm” (Star Tribune)

• Ed Westwick (Chuck, Gossip Girl) did interviews for DarkGame.

  • “Actor Ed Westwick talks new film and ‘Gossip Girl’” (Good Morning America)

  • “‘Gossip Girl’ actor Ed Westick on his new movie, ‘DarkGame’” (PIX11)

  • “Ed Westwick On New Thriller ‘DarkGame’ & Where Chuck Bass Would Be Today” (NBC New York)

  • “Ed Westwick stars in the thriller ‘DarkGame’” (FOX5)

  • “Ed Westwick Gives Inside Look at New Film ‘Dark Game’ & Talks Engagement!” (On With Mario Lopez)

• Sebastian Stan (Carter, Gossip Girl) participated in a press conference for A Different Man at the Berlin Film Festival — and had a pointed answer to one particular question. (Variety)

• Brittany Snow (Young Lily, Gossip Girl) will star in the Starz series “The Hunting Wives.” (Deadline)

• Thomas Doherty (Max, One Tree Hill) will recur in the second season of “Tell Me Lies.” (Deadline)

• Zion Moreno (Luna, Gossip Girl) will co-star in the Hulu movie Prom Dates. (Deadline)

• Meghan Markle, who appeared in the “90210” pilot, has signed a podcast deal with Lemonada Media and will host her own show. (Deadline)