Teen Drama Links for July 26, 2022

The next best thing to watching the teen dramas?

Watching fan-made videos about the teen dramas!

I’m talking about fan-created montages of scenes and dialogue set to poignant songs that get you back in your feels about this couple or that one. I’ve always been amazed at how fans put these videos together. I wouldn’t even know where to start. Just watching one usually sends me down a rabbit hole, never mind making the thing myself.

On the original TeenDramaWhore, I even used to showcase a “YouTube Video of the Week,” though now a handful of them are, sadly, no longer available.

Today I wanted to share two of my all-time favorite teen drama fan videos — and a plea. The first video is about the entirety of Kelly and Dylan’s relationship on “Beverly Hills, 90210,” and the second is about most of Peyton and Lucas’s relationship on “One Tree Hill.” Both video creators are extremely talented and I encourage you to check out their YouTube pages for more offerings.

Now the plea — or pleas, plural, I should say. There are three videos I am just desperate for someone to make. I’ve tweeted about these requests before, but maybe expanding on my thinking will inspire someone to do what I can’t… you know, actually make the videos.

1. A Kelly-Dylan video set to Taylor Swift’s “August”: This is the perfect song for Kelly and Dylan’s season 3 summer romance from Kelly’s perspective. As the summer ends, it represents her longing for what she can’t really have. The song reflects back on “thinkin’ I had you” and “livin’ for the hope of it all” as she returns to reality and the fact that they have to go their separate ways.

   "Back when we were still changin' for the better
   Wanting was enough
   For me, it was enough
   To live for the hope of it all
   Cancel plans just in case you'd call
   And say, 'Meet me behind the mall'
   So much for summer love and saying 'us'
   'Cause you weren't mine to lose
   You weren't mine to lose, no"

2. A Joey-Pacey video set to Taylor Swift’s “Happiness”: When Joey and Pacey implode toward the end of season 4 and then try to figure out if they can still make the relationship work, it’s incredibly bittersweet. This song gives Joey’s perspective on the breakup — how upset she is, how she can’t forget the good they did for one another, and how she has to go through life on her own now. One such video is already on YouTube, but covers way more than this specific time period, so it’s not quite what I’m looking for.

   "I can't make it go away by making you a villain
   I guess it's the price I paid for seven years in heaven
   And I pulled your body into mine
   Every goddamn night, now I get fake niceties
   No one teaches you what to do
   When a good man hurts you
   And you know you hurt him too"

3. A Marianne-Connell video set to Taylor Swift’s “Illicit Affairs”: I’ve already written about why watching “Normal People” is a must for teen drama fans, and I recently completed my annual rewatch. To be fair, there are at least three videos on YouTube currently that blend “Normal People” and “Illicit Affairs,” but none of them have done it for me, you know? I’m looking for a video that covers only the show’s first three episodes (senior year of high school) and how Marianne feels about having to hide their relationship.

   "And you wanna scream
   Don't call me 'kid'
   Don't call me 'baby'
   Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me
   You showed me colors
   You know I can't see with anyone else
   Don't call me 'kid'
   Don't call me 'baby'
   Look at this idiotic fool that you made me
   You taught me a secret language
   I can't speak with anyone else
   And you know damn well
   For you, I would ruin myself
   A million little times"

So the obvious, albeit unintentional, theme here is Taylor Swift. I’ve listened to these songs, from the Folklore and Evermore albums, countless times and in each instance, my mind goes to these three couples and how the lyrics so fittingly describe moments in their relationships. The lines I’ve highlighted above are just especially apropos and my favorite parts, but really the full songs are applicable in so many ways.

I really encourage you to listen to each song with the teen drama storyline I referenced in mind. After all, until someone makes these mashup videos, that’s all we can do.

For further viewing if you’re a Delly (Kylan) or Poey (Jacey) fan, I highly recommend these two video series: “Dylan and Kelly Top 50 Moments” and “My Top 50 Pacey and Joey Moments.”

Teen Drama Links for July 26, 2022

Listicle Links

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

• “19 Actors Who Were Horribly Miscast Considering Their Age And 20 That Were Just Right” (BuzzFeed)

• “Are You Still In Love With These 26 TV Couples Or Completely Over Them?” (BuzzFeed)

• “61 Famous Couples That I Wouldn’t Believe Actually Dated Unless I Was Old Enough To Remember Or Saw One Of These Pictures” (BuzzFeed)

• “27 TV Storylines That Vanished Into Thin Air For No Reason At All” (BuzzFeed)

• “48 Celeb Couples That Are Currently Together That I Either Had No Idea About Or Totally Forgot Were A Thing” (BuzzFeed)

• “Brian Austin Green and Girlfriend Sharna Burgess’ Son Zane’s Baby Album: See Photos” (Us Weekly)

• “Virgin River’s Alexandra Breckenridge and Husband Casey Hooper’s Relationship Timeline” (Us Weekly)

• “10 Movies and TV Shows Alexandra Breckenridge Starred in Before ‘Virgin River’” (PureWow)

• “‘Virgin River’ Star Alexandra Breckenridge Deserves Her Very Own Netflix Rom-Com, Stat” (Decider)

• “The ‘Virgin River’ Season 4 Cast: New Faces and Old Favorites” (Marie Claire)

• “The O.C.: 7+ Thoughts I Had While Rewatching The Pilot Episode All These Years Later” (Cinemablend)

• “'The O.C.’s Best Musical Moments From ‘Running Up That Hill’ to ‘California’” (Collider)

• “Who Is Paul Wesley’s Wife? All About Ines de Ramon” (People)

• “‘One Tree Hill’ Cast: Where Are They Now?” (Us Weekly)

• “Best Sophia Bush Movies and TV Shows For You To Stream” (Dankanator)

• “Everything Kristin Cavallari and Ex-Boyfriend Stephen Colletti Have Said About Their Friendship Post-‘Laguna Beach’” (Us Weekly)

• “Spotted: The Original Cast of Gossip Girl Then vs. Now” (E! Online)

• “Maya Hawke and Camila Mendes’ New Movie ‘Do Revenge’ Is ‘Euphoria’ Meets ‘Gossip Girl’” (Grazia)

• “A Breakdown of Armie Hammer Allegations, Controversies, And Time-share Drama” (Vulture)

• “Who is Model and ‘And Just Like That’ Actress Katerina Tannenbaum?” (L’OFFICIEL)

• “The Boys: Ranking the Characters in the Series by Power” (MovieWeb)

• “Costars Reunited Through the Years” (Us Weekly)

• “Orange Is The New Black: The Actresses Who Almost Played Piper Chapman” (Screen Rant)

• “Five Actresses With a Great Reputation in Hollywood” (TVOvermind)

• “7 Shows Like ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’” (Decider)

• “10 Best TV Shows Like The Lake” (Screen Rant)

• “10 TV Shows Like Only Murders In The Building That Prove Friendship Has No Age Limit” (Screen Rant)

• “10 TV Shows With A Terrible Message” (CBR)

• “10 TV Couples That Should Have Been End Game, But Weren’t” (Collider)

• “Top 10 Most Toxic TV Relationships of All Time” (Collider)

  • Related: Chuck and Blair: An Abusive Relationship? (TDW)

• “13 Best Romantic Shows on HBO Max Right Now” (The Cinemaholic)

• “That’s a ‘You’ problem: 5 unsettling recent examples of hot actors playing serial killers” (Queerty)

• “The most memorable TV ‘rascals’ of all time” (Yardbarker)

• “The 25 most memorable fictional TV towns” (Yardbarker)

• “Iconic On-Screen Wedding Dresses” (L’OFFICIEL)

• “Throwback Thursday: the most binge-worthy 2000s dramas” (North Texas Daily)

• “The Only Thing I’m in the Mood for This Summer Is Teen Drama” (Vogue)

• “To Become Your Most Mature Adult Self, Watch Teen TV” (The New York Sun)

• “Who’s In? Who’s Out? TV’s Major Casting Moves for Fall (and Beyond!)” (TVLine)

• “Beyond Hollywood: These beloved movies and TV shows were filmed in North Carolina” (The Charlotte Observer)

• “Celebrity Podcasts That Give Fans A Behind-The-Scenes Look Into Their Favorite Shows” (TheThings)

• “TV rewatch podcasts exploded in a way ‘we didn’t predict,’ iHeartMedia exec says” (Yahoo)

  • “Beverly Hills, 90210” is wrongly referred to as “90210,” ugh.

• “Lauren Conrad’s First-Ever Fragrance Smells Like a Love Song” (Allure)

• “All the Celebs Who Love a Summer Vacation in Italy — Plus, Exactly Where They Go” (People)

• “Stars Who Struggled to Conceive Children Share Their Fertility Issues” (Us Weekly)

• “60 Women Who Are Shaping the Future of the Wine, Beer and Spirits Industry” (Girlboss)

Best of the Rest

• A little rant: I’m pretty disappointed with the outcome of TV Guide’s “90 Best Shows of the ‘90s” countdown. Somehow, “Beverly Hills, 90210” only ranked 38th while “Dawson’s Creek” only placed 29th. Yet “Melrose Place” made it to 19th?! (TV Insider)

  • Related: The Teen Drama Spinoffs (TDW)

• Brian Austin Green (David, Beverly Hills, 90210) did interviews for Last the Night and Bootyology.

  • “Brian Austin Green Talks Baby Zane, Expanding His Family, and His New Mockumentary” (Entertainment Tonight)

  • “Brian Austin Green welcomes baby no. 5, reveals what he misses about ‘90210’” (KTLA)

    • SIGH: Green wasn’t on “90210” — he was on “Beverly Hills, 90210.”

• Vanessa Lachey (Camille, BH90210) made the press rounds this month for various projects, some with husband Nick Lachey, who appeared as himself on “One Tree Hill.”

  • “Vanessa Lachey talks summer must-haves and what it’s really like working with her husband” (Today)

  • “‘Love Is Blind’ co-hosts Nick and Vanessa Lachey reveal why they are in couples therapy” (Today)

  • “NCIS Hawaii’s Vanessa Lachey on how new role impacted marriage ‘Could be awful’” (Express)

  • “'NCIS: Hawai’i’ Star Vanessa Lachey Spilled the Tea on Skincare and Her Relationship with Nick” (Country Living)

  • “Vanessa Lachey says her ‘mama bear instinct’ came out when she stood up to Shake on the ‘Love Is Blind’ reunion” (Insider)

  • “Vanessa Lachey Reveals the Surprising Yet Special Way She and Nick Celebrated Their Anniversary” (E! Online)

• Rebecca Balding, who appeared in two episodes of “Beverly Hills, 90210” as the landlord for The Peach Pit After Dark, has died at age 73. (Deadline)

• Chris Nassif, a talent agent whose career included representing Luke Perry (Dylan, Beverly Hills, 90210) and James Van Der Beek (Dawson, Dawson’s Creek), has died at age 62. (Deadline)

• Katie Holmes (Joey, Dawson’s Creek) is on a media tour for Alone Together.

  • “Katie Holmes talks new movie, ‘Alone Together’” (Good Morning America)

  • “Katie Holmes Loves Snooping Around New York City Film Sets” (Late Night with Seth Meyers)

  • “Katie Holmes Reflects on What Made ‘Dawson's Creek’ Special, Talks New Film ‘Alone Together’” (Entertainment Tonight)

  • “How Pandemic Love Stories Inspired Katie Holmes’ Latest Film” (E! Online)

  • “Katie Holmes Covers AMAZING Magazine” (AMAZING)

  • “Katie Holmes On Whether Or Not She Wants A Dawson’s Creek Reboot” (Screen Rant)

• The Fabelmans, starring Michelle Williams (Jen, Dawson’s Creek) and Seth Rogen (Bob, Dawson’s Creek), will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. (Deadline)

• Jensen Ackles (CJ, Dawson’s Creek) “Took on Toxic Masculinity (and ‘Movie Star’ Competition) to Play The Boys’ Soldier Boy.” (Men’s Health)

• Alexandra Breckenridge (Kate, Dawson’s Creek) continued doing interviews for the new season of “Virgin River.”

  • “Virgin River Season 4 Premiere: Alexandra Breckenridge Breaks Down Jack’s First Encounter With [Spoiler]” (TVLine)

  • “What’s Up With Virgin River’s New Doc? Alexandra Breckenridge Talks Jack’s Alleged ‘Competition’ in Season 4” (TVLine)

  • “Virgin River’s Alexandra Breckenridge Admits She Campaigned for Those Pregnancy Reveals in Season 4 Finale” (TVLine)

  • “Virgin River Star Reacts to Season 4’s Biggest Mel-Centric Twists, Including That Long-Awaited Surprise” (TVLine)

  • “Alexandra Breckenridge Dishes On Mel, Jack, And Season 4 Of Virgin River” (The List)

  • “‘Virgin River’ Stars Alexandra Breckenridge and Martin Henderson Reveal Original Season 4 Ending” (Entertainment Tonight)

  • “Virgin River Season Four: Every Question About That Shocking Finale, Answered” (Glamour)

• Julie Plec (producer, Dawson’s Creek) has optioned three of E. Lockhart’s books for TV adaptations. (Deadline)

• Plec was promoting “Vampire Academy” during last week’s Comic-Con.

  • “Vampire Academy series co-creator says to expect romance, friendship, and horror” (Entertainment Weekly)

  • “Julie Plec wanted to make a Vampire Academy TV show before The Vampire Diaries even began” (Entertainment Weekly)

  • “Julie Plec reveals how Vampire Academy is like a timely Hunger Games” (Entertainment Weekly)

  • “The Vampire Academy Showrunners Announce Fan Favorite Character Will Appear on the Series” (E! Online)

  • Related: “‘Vampire Academy’ Teaser Trailer: First Look At Peacock YA Drama Series, Photos — Comic-Con” (Deadline)

• Glimpse Adam Brody (Seth, The O.C.) in the trailer for Shazam! Fury of the Gods. (YouTube)

  • Related: “Jack Dylan Grazer knew Adam Brody would play him in Shazam! since the day he was born” (Entertainment Weekly)

• Watch a new trailer for Don’t Worry Darling, directed by and featuring Olivia Wilde (Alex, The O.C.). (YouTube)

  • The film will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. (Deadline)

• I’m late to the party with all this coverage of Paul Wesley (Donnie, The O.C.) and his new “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” role.

  • “‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Actor Paul Wesley on Taking Up Captain Kirk Mantle in Surprise Finale Appearance and What’s Next” (The Hollywood Reporter)

  • “‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Star Paul Wesley Discusses Playing Captain Kirk for the First Time: ‘It’s Not an Imitation’” (Variety)

  • “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Actor Paul Wesley Breaks Down That Surprise Kirk Cameo in the Season 1 Finale” (TVLine)

  • “Paul Wesley’s Captain Kirk on Star Trek is not like William Shatner: ‘This is a whole new look’” (Entertainment Weekly)

  • “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Paul Wesley Reveals His ‘Kirk/Spock Dynamic’ With Ethan Peck, Plus Details About Their Characters In Season 2” (Cinemablend)

  • “Paul Wesley on His 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Debut as Captain Kirk” (Collider)

  • “Vampire Diaries star teases his classic Star Trek role in Strange New Worlds season 2” (Digital Spy)

  • Also: “Catching Up With Paul Wesley of Lifetime’s ‘Flowers in the Attic: The Origin’” (Channel Guide)

• The latest additions to the lineup for the “A Week in Tree Hill” convention include James Lafferty (Nathan, One Tree Hill), Shantel VanSanten (Quinn, One Tree Hill), Barbara Alyn Woods (Deb, One Tree Hill), Allison Munn (Lauren, One Tree Hill), Scott Holroyd (David, One Tree Hill), and Jaeden Earle (young Lydia, One Tree Hill). (Facebook)

• “For All Mankind,” starring VanSanten, was renewed by Apple for a fourth season. (TVLine)

• Jana Kramer (Alex, One Tree Hill) is mourning the passing of her grandfather. (Instagram)

• Stephen Colletti (Chase, One Tree Hill) did some press for his new “Laguna Beach” rewatch podcast.

  • “Exes Kristin Cavallari and Stephen Colletti on Their Friendship, Laguna Beach Podcast: We’ve ‘Learned a Lot’” (People)

  • “Kristin Cavallari and Stephen Colletti Don’t Think Anyone Under 18 Should Be on Reality TV” (People)

  • “Stephen Colletti talks re-watching MTV’s ‘Laguna Beach’ for new podcast with Kristin Cavallari” (KTLA)

• Kid Cudi, who appeared as himself on “One Tree Hill,” was pelted with objects as he performed at Rolling Loud last weekend. (Rolling Stone)

• “The Orville,” starring Jessica Szohr (Vanessa, Gossip Girl), will be available on Disney+ next month. (Deadline)

• Szohr was among the stars who participated in photo shoots at Comic-Con.

  • “‘The Walking Dead,’ ‘EVIL,’ ‘Resident Alien’ & More Stars Strike a Pose in Our Comic-Con Studio” (TV Insider)

    • Also peep Casper Van Dien (Griffin, Beverly Hills, 90210).

  • “Behind the Scenes With the Stars of ‘TWD,’ ‘Resident Alien,’ ‘The Orville’ & More at SDCC 2022 (PHOTOS)” (TV Insider)

    • Also peep the aforementioned Wesley.

• Kristen Bell (Gossip Girl, Gossip Girl) did press for her Shipt partnership, which somehow led to this headline: “How Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard ‘Graduated’ Their Daughters to Their Own Bedroom.” (E! Online)

• Bell is returning to “Central Park” to voice a new character. (Deadline)

• Watch the trailer for Mack & Rita with Elizabeth Lail (Lola, Gossip Girl spinoff) and Dustin Milligan (Ethan, 90210). (YouTube)

• Trevor Donovan (Teddy, 90210) reacted to fans clamoring for him to play Ken (as in Barbie’s Ken). (Heavy)

• Lori Loughlin (Debbie, 90210) made her first TV appearance since being imprisoned for her role in the college admissions scandal. (KTLA)