Teen Drama Links for June 10, 2025
I’ve gone to Los Angeles for work four times in the last two years, including just last week, and every time one particular song has played on a loop in my head for one particular reason.
The song: “LA Song” by Beth Hart
The reason: Hart memorably performs the song during the final season of “Beverly Hills, 90210.”
In one of the show’s best episodes, “Doc Martin,” Hart sings the track at the After Dark, but its thematic resonance doesn’t become clear until later in the episode, when Gina decides to leave town. Hart’s lyrics:
“She left a note right by the phone
Don’t leave a message ‘cause this ain’t no home
And she cried and she cried, and she cried and she cried
She cried so long her tears ran dry
Then she laughed and she laughed, she laughed and she laughed
Cause she knew she was never comin’ back
She saidMan I’m gonna get outta this town
Man I’m gonna get outta this pain
Man I’m gonna get outta this town
Outta this town & out of L.A
It’s all she loves
It’s all she hates
It’s all too much for her to take
She can’t be sure just where it ends
Or where the good life begins”
Of course, there’s a twist at the end of the song that I won’t spoil, but the track is just such a great fit for the episode and Gina’s story. The nostalgia hits me hard when I’m in Los Angeles, especially when I remember Hart was the second-to-last music guest to ever perform at the After Dark.
What a time that was. And what a time to remember.
Teen Drama Links for June 10, 2025
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Reminder: All lists and articles relate to the teen dramas or teen drama stars in some way.
“Only People Born Before 1992 Will Be Able To Name 12/18 Of These Iconic ‘00s TV Shows” (BuzzFeed)
“I Geuinely Can’t Watch ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ The Same Way Again After Reading These BTS Facts And Easter Eggs” (BuzzFeed)
“Can You Correctly Guess The TV Show Based On A Shot Of Its House?” (BuzzFeed)
“You Don’t Want to Wait for These Dawson’s Creek Secrets” (E! Online)
“Someone Ripped Through 25 Years Of Subway Posters To Reveal A Dawson’s Creek Time Capsule The Internet Can’t Get Enough Of” (Cinemablend)
“The Problems With The O.C.’s Worst Season Started Before The Moment That Made Viewers Quit The Show” (Screen Rant)
“The O.C. Almost Got 3 Spinoffs, But It’s Good They Never Happened” (Screen Rant)
Related: The Teen Drama Spinoffs (TDW)
“3 Incredible Band Cameos on ‘The O.C.’” (PopCulture.com)
Related: Top 10 Musical Guests (TDW)
“‘AJLT’ Here’s Where You’ve Seen Carrie’s Hot Gardener (And Tom Hardy Lookalike) Logan Marshall-Green Before” (Elle UK)
“From ‘Gossip Girl’ to ‘Another Simple Favor,’ revisit Blake Lively’s career and best looks” (USA Today)
“Leighton Meester’s Little Black Dress Is a Blair Waldorf Look-Alike” (Marie Claire)
“Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Next Gen NYC’ On Bravo, Taking Everything We Loved About ‘Gossip Girl’ And Turning It Into Reality TV” (Decider)
“Every Gossip Girl Fan Will Agree These Were The Show’s 10 Best Georgina Sparks Scenes” (Screen Rant)
“18 Years Later, It’s Time to Admit This Sebastian Stan TV Character Had the Worst Arc” (CBR)
“9 Backdoor TV Pilots That Never Got Made” (Screen Rant)
“5 times a TV retcon created more problems than it ever solved” (SoapCentral)
“9 TV show characters who became a crush for teenagers” (SoapCentral)
“10 Most stylish TV shows for ultimate style inspo, ranked” (SoapCentral)
Spot the mistake here?
“10 Shows You Must Watch If You Liked Ginny & Georgia” (SoapCentral)
“25 Female-Led Shows To Add To Your Watch List” (Harper’s Bazaar Singapore)
“10 Love Triangles in TV Shows That Completely Missed the Mark” (Collider)
Related: The Essential Teen Drama Love Triangles (TDW)
“10 Shows I Have To See Now That ‘You’ Is Over” (Collider)
“The 10 Best Shows About Rich People, Ranked” (Collider)
“The 11 Most Stylish Mothers and Daughters TV Has Ever Seen” (People)
Related: The Teen Drama Moms (TDW)
“TV’s 20 most memorable love triangles” (Yardbarker)
“7 Shows Like ‘And Just Like That’ For More Shows About Female Friendship And Life In The Big Apple” (Decider)
“And Just Like That” is a spinoff of “Sex and the City,” which was created by Darren Star (creator, Beverly Hills, 90210).
“Get Your Dose Of (Fictional) School Drama With These 12 TV Shows Set In High School And College” (Nylon Manila)
“Which TV Shows ‘Betrayed’ Viewers in Final Season? Fans Say…” (TV Insider)
“Celebrating TV’s Most Iconic School Days through Cards” (Collectibles)
“Noughties nostalgia trends on TikTok as fans revisit music and TV favourites” (The Guardian)
“Friends in high places: Our favorite Hollywood BFFs, from Matt and Ben to Kate and Leo” (Entertainment Weekly)
“Wilmington for $100: 11 times the Port City was mentioned on ‘Jeopardy!’” (StarNews Online)
Related: Living in Capeside and Tree Hill (TDW)
“Wilmington Film History Cruise Aboard Wilmington Water Tours” (Patch)
“15 creative campaigns to know about today” (Ad Age)
Best of the Rest
At Sunday’s Tony Awards…
Daniel Dae Kim, who appeared on “Beverly Hills, 90210,” lost the Tony for Actor in a Leading Role in a Play.
Katie Holmes (Joey, Dawson’s Creek) was among the presenters.
Kim and Holmes’ respective plays, Our Town and Yellowface, the latter of which also starred Ryan Eggold (Ryan, 90210), both lost for Best Revival of a Play.
There was a 10-year anniversary performance of Hamilton, whose original run was directed by the Tony-winning Thomas Kail, husband of Michelle Williams (Jen, Dawson’s Creek).
The late Linda Lavin (Sophie, The O.C.) was included in the In Memoriam. (YouTube)
Aaron Tveit (Tripp, Gossip Girl) had cameo in opening number, did a commercial segment, and presented later in the show. (YouTube)
Charles Rosin (executive producer, Beverly Hills, 90210 / executive producer, Dawson’s Creek) was on the “GRACE under pressure” podcast. (Apple Podcasts)
Crushing Cabo, a novel by Larry Mollin (executive producer, Beverly Hills, 90210), will be released later this month. (Facebook)
The book is a sequel to Mollin’s The Pool Guy’s Kid. (TDW)
“Alert: Missing Persons Unit,” created by John Eisendrath (executive producer, Beverly Hills, 90210), was canceled by FOX after three seasons. (Deadline)
Jason Priestley (Brandon, Beverly Hills, 90210) is starring in, executive-producing, and directing a “Private Eyes” spinoff called “Private Eyes West Coast.” (Deadline)
Jennie Garth (Kelly, Beverly Hills, 90210) stars in a new campaign for Thirdlove. (Instagram)
Brian Austin Green (David, Beverly Hills, 90210) and fiancée Sharna Burgess cover the June 1 issue of Stellar. (Instagram / The Daily Telegraph)
Green revealed he’s filming a movie called Abominable. (Instagram)
Priestley, Garth, and Green will be at “GalaxyCon Raleigh” next month, along with Ian Ziering (Steve, Beverly Hills, 90210), Tori Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills, 90210), and Gabrielle Carteris (Andrea, Beverly Hills, 90210). (GalaxyCon)
Additional guests slated to attend include Kerr Smith (Jack, Dawson’s Creek), Jackson Rathbone (Justin, The O.C.), and Kellan Lutz (George, 90210).
Greg Vaughan (Cliff, Beverly Hills, 90210) did a new interview tied to his return to “Days of Our Lives.” (TV Insider)
Vaughan will participate in a “Charmed” convention next year, joining the previously announced Jason Lewis (Rob, Beverly Hills, 90210). (Instagram)
Ashley Tisdale (Nicole, Beverly Hills, 90210) did press for the “Phineas and Ferb” revival.
“Ashley Tisdale talks return of ‘Phineas and Ferb’” (Good Morning America)
“Ashley Tisdale Talks About the Return of ‘Phineas and Ferb’” (Live with Kelly and Mark)
“Ashley Tisdale Talks ‘Phineas & Ferb’ Reboot And Looks Back On ‘High School Musical’” (The View)
“Ashley Tisdale on the return of ‘Phineas and Ferb’ and reprising her role” (ABC News)
“Ashley Tisdale, Vincent Martella, Alyson Stoner reveal what’s to come in ‘Phineas and Ferb’ season 5” (ABC7)
“Ashley Tisdale, Alyson Stoner and More Phineas and Ferb Stars Weigh in on Long-Held Fan Theories and Show’s Return” (People)
“Phineas and Ferb’s Ashley Tisdale and Caroline Rhea Talk Comeback, New Dynamic and More” (ComicBook.com)
…and more.
Walton Goggins, who appeared on “Beverly Hills, 90210,” covers a special issue of Variety with his “The White Lotus” co-star Aimee Lou Wood. (Variety)
Watch Eva Longoria, who also appeared on “Beverly Hills, 90210,” and Keke Palmer (Elizabeth, 90210) in the trailer for The Pickup. (YouTube)
La La Anthony (Shay, BH90210) was on “Watch What Happens Live.” (YouTube)
There are additional clips.
“Dawson’s Creek” will continue to stream on Stan in Australia as part a new deal with Sony Pictures. (Deadline)
In a separate deal, the show will also stream in Australia on BINGE. (Foxtel Group)
James Van Der Beek (Dawson, Dawson’s Creek) paid tribute to Kevin Williamson (creator, Dawson’s Creek) at Williamson’s career retrospective at the ATX TV Festival. (Entertainment Weekly)
Joshua Jackson (Pacey, Dawson’s Creek) made the media rounds for Karate Kid: Legends.
“Joshua Jackson talks ‘Karate Kid,’ fatherhood, LA wildfires, more” (Today)
“Joshua Jackson’s Daughter ‘Not Impressed’ by Seeing Him in ‘Mighty Ducks’” (Entertainment Tonight)
“Joshua Jackson Reflects on ‘Childhood Dream Come True’ Role in Karate Kid: Legends” (People)
“Why Joshua Jackson Says It Was ‘Really Stupid’ to Bring Daughter Juno, 5, on Karate Kid: Legends Set” (People)
“Joshua Jackson Talks Cruel Intentions, Dawson’s Creek, & George Clooney” (Men’s Health)
“Joshua Jackson Talks ‘Karate Kid: Legends,’ 49ers, Stanley Cup & More” (The Rich Eisen Show)
Jackson filed a request for an emergency custody order modification amidst his ongoing custody dispute with Jodie Turner-Smith. (People)
Williams and Kristen Bell (Gossip Girl, Gossip Girl) are among the stars on The Hollywood Reporter’s “Queens of Comedy” cover. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Williams did a new interview about “Dying for Sex.” (The Wrap)
Williams and Mary-Margaret Humes (Gail, Dawson’s Creek) reunited for the first time in 22 years at an event for “Dying for Sex.” (Instagram)
Busy Philipps (Audrey, Dawson’s Creek) did more interviews about “Busy This Week,” as well as her partnerships with Vote Mama and Supernus Pharmaceuticals.
“Determined to Return to Late Night, Busy Philipps Found an Unlikely Ally in QVC” (LateNighter)
“How Busy Philipps And Vote Mama Are Making Motherhood Electable” (Forbes)
“Busy Philipps Dishes on ‘Freaks and Geeks,’ BFF Michelle Williams and Her ADHD Journey” (First for Women)
“Busy Philipps Says It’s Time Women With ADHD Feel More Represented: ‘We All Deserve That’” (Well+Good)
“What ADHD Taught Busy Philipps About Parenting” (Today’s Parent)
“Busy This Week On QVC+ Hosted By Actress Busy Phillips” (Like It’s Live)
“Ms. Busy Philipps – Actress – Talk Show Host – Ambassador” (myclallamcounty.com)
Glimpse Mary Beth Peil (Grams, Dawson’s Creek) in the trailer for The Home. (YouTube)
Watch Jensen Ackles (CJ, Dawson’s Creek) in the trailer for Amazon’s “Countdown.” (YouTube)
The show also stars Eric Dane, husband of Rebecca Gayheart (Toni, Beverly Hills, 90210).
Alex Highsmith (Alexander, Dawson’s Creek) was the keynote speaker at the YMCA’s 11th Annual Breakfast for Community event in Wilmington. (WECT)
Rachael Leigh Cook (Devon, Dawson’s Creek) will star in The Christmas Affair with her She’s All That co-star Freddie Prinze Jr. (Deadline)
The pair are also executive-producing the film.
Glimpse Julie Bowen (Gwen, Dawson’s Creek) in the trailer for Happy Gilmore 2. (YouTube)
Glimpse Seth Rogen (Bob, Dawson’s Creek) and Palmer in the teaser trailer for Good Fortune. (YouTube)
Rogen’s “The Studio” won Breakthrough Comedy Series at the Gotham TV Awards. (Deadline)
Rogen and Jason Segel interviewed each other for Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series. (Variety)
Williamson calls his new series “The Waterfront” “like Dawson’s Creek, if everyone grew up to be criminals” in a new profile. (TV Insider)
Greg Berlanti (executive producer, Dawson’s Creek) will receive UCLA’s Center for Scholars & Storytellers’ inaugural Social Impact Award, which will be named after him. (Deadline)
“All American,” executive-produced by Berlanti and created by April Blair (executive producer, Gossip Girl spinoff), was renewed by The CW for an eighth and final season. (Deadline)
Watch the trailer for Amazon’s “We Were Liars,” executive-produced by Julie Plec (producer, Dawson’s Creek) and starring Emily Alyn Lind (Audrey, Gossip Girl spinoff). (YouTube)
Mike White (producer, Dawson’s Creek) will compete in the milestone 50th season of “Survivor” following his second-place finish in season 37. (TVLine)
Paula Cole, who sings the “Dawson’s Creek” theme song, will tour Canada this fall with Sophie B. Hawkins, whose music was memorably featured on “Beverly Hills, 90210.” (Broadway World)
Ben McKenzie (Ryan, The O.C.) did interviews about his directorial debut, Everyone is Lying to You For Money.
“Ben McKenzie on His Crypto Doc ‘Everyone Is Lying to You for Money’: A ‘Human Story About Trust’” (The Hollywood Reporter)
“Why the OC star Ben McKenzie is leading a crusade against crypto” (The Sunday Times)
“Sunday Brunch” (Channel 4)
Mischa Barton (Marissa, The O.C.) joined the cast of Bad News on the Doorstep. (Deadline)
Some new “Nobody Wants This” things with Adam Brody (Seth, The O.C.) and Bell…
“Adam Brody, Kristen Bell and Their Nobody Wants This Costars Drop Some Big News About Season 2 — Thanks to a Magic 8 Ball!” (People)
“Netflix’s ‘Nobody Wants This’ Cast Reveals Why Seemingly Everybody Wants This Kind Of Show” (Deadline)
“Everybody Wants More” (Netflix)
More with Brody…
Watch Chris Carmack (Luke, The O.C.) and Sophia Bush (Brooke, One Tree Hill) in the trailer for The Stranger in My Home. (YouTube)
Shailene Woodley (Kaitlin, The O.C.) will star in Netflix’s Unabom. (Deadline)
Olivia Wilde (Alex, The O.C.) will receive the Creativity Award at the Taormina Film Festival, which is taking place this week. (Deadline)
Cam Gigandet (Volchok, The O.C.) is in a legal dispute over allegedly unpaid rent. (Us Weekly)
Morena Baccarin (Maya, The O.C.) was named an ambassador for the National Domestic Workers Alliance. (Instagram)
Baccarin, of course, is married to the aforementioned McKenzie.
Broadway will dim its marquees tonight in memory of Lavin and other late stage vets. (Deadline)
John Candy: I Like Me, directed by Colin Hanks (Grady, The O.C.), will open the Toronto International Film Festival in September. (Deadline)
Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Joe, The O.C.) is the theme of the “People Puzzler” in the magazine’s June 9 issue. (People)
Morgan was on the “Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers” podcast. (Apple Podcasts)
Danny Booko, who appeared on “The O.C.,” welcomed his fourth child with wife Nia Sanchez. (Us Weekly)
The Disney+ Throwback Experience in Los Angeles later this week will feature “One Tree Hill” memorabilia. (ABC)
Chad Michael Murray (Lucas, One Tree Hill) did a few Canadian interviews about various projects.
“Chad Michael Murray EXPLAINS not recognizing Hilary Duff with a mask on in ‘A Cinderella Story’” (Etalk)
“‘It felt like family’: Chad Michael Murray on Freaky Friday 2 with Lindsay Lohan & Jamie Lee Curtis” (The Morning Show)
“Chad Michael Murray on Freakier Friday, 2000s Nostalgia and Being Your First Crush” (Elle Canada)
“Chad Michael Murray pokes fun at his teenage Crush status” (Vancouver Sun)
“Is Chad Michael Murray giving us a sign for a One Tree Hill reboot?” (SiriusXM Canada)
Glimpse Murray in the trailer for Freakier Friday 2. (YouTube)
Bush, Bethany Joy Lenz (Haley, One Tree Hill), and Robert Buckley (Clay, One Tree Hill) were on the “Ravens” podcast. (YouTube)
Bush made some additional podcast appearances…
“Sophia Bush” (Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky)
“BONUS EPISODE: The Sophia Bush Interview” (New Democrat Coalition)
Lenz has joined the lineup for Creation Entertainment’s “A Salute to One Tree Hill” convention. (Instagram)
Lenz did the “Bookstore Blitz” challenge. (YouTube)
Bush, Lee Norris (Mouth, One Tree Hill), Shantel VanSanten (Quinn, One Tree Hill), Torrey DeVitto (Carrie, One Tree Hill), and Matt Barr (Psycho Derek, One Tree Hill) have signed on for Friends With Benefit’s “Happy Hallowthankmas” event. (Facebook)
Here’s a new interview with Austin Nichols (Julian, One Tree Hill)… (Gio)
Jana Kramer (Alex, One Tree Hill) did interviews tied to Kidnapped by a Killer: The Heather Robinson Story.
“Jana Kramer Clarifies Claim Husband Allan Russell Forbid Her From Doing Sex Scenes” (E! Online)
“Jana Kramer Talks New Lifetime Movie, Whine Down Podcast, Music & More!” (On with Mario Lopez)
“Jana Kramer on ‘One Tree Hill’ reboot and where Alex would be now” (WCHS)
“Heather Robinson’s shocking true story of being kidnapped by a serial killer” (WCHS)
Joe Manganiello (Owen, One Tree Hill) shares his picks for the “Best of the ’Burgh” in a new profile. (Pittsburgh Magazine)
Manganiello reflects on his friendship with the late Paul Reubens in a newly released interview. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Jonathan Jackson, who appeared on “One Tree Hill,” is leaving “General Hospital” again. (TV Insider)
Leslie Morgenstein (executive producer, Gossip Girl / executive producer, Gossip Girl spinoff) “talks streaming and AI.” (Marketplace)
Blake Lively (Serena, Gossip Girl) scored a huge victory in her legal battle with Justin Baldoni yesterday, as the judge in the case dismissed Baldoni’s lawsuit against her, husband Ryan Reynolds, and other parties. (Associated Press)
Lively posted a statement about the legal ruling on her Instagram Story. (People)
As a reminder, the judge in the case, Lewis J. Liman, is the brother of Doug Liman (executive producer, The O.C.).
Leighton Meester (Blair, Gossip Girl) is the subject of two new profiles.
“The Many Lives Of Leighton Meester” (Bustle)
“Exclusive: Leighton Meester Is Ready to Shake Up The Buccaneers” (Vanity Fair)
Chace Crawford (Nate, Gossip Girl) hosted a launch party for his American Dream Clubhouse line. (Instagram)
Watch Kelly Rutherford (Lily, Gossip Girl) in the teaser trailer for The Tributaries. (ComingSoon.net)
Rutherford and son Hermés cover the summer issue of Harper’s Bazaar Netherlands. (Instagram)
Robert John Burke (Bart, Gossip Girl) will co-star alongside Tom Cruise in an untitled Alejandro G. Iñárritu film. (Deadline)
Tveit will star in a Broadway revival of Chess. (Deadline)
“The Hunting Wives,” starring Brittany Snow (Young Lily, Gossip Girl), is moving from Starz to Netflix and will premiere in July. (Deadline)
Bell and the aforementioned Segel did a joint interview reflecting on Forgetting Sarah Marshall. (Vanity Fair)
Whitney Peak (Zoya, Gossip Girl spinoff) opened up about her The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping casting. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Zion Moreno (Luna, Gossip Girl spinoff) has joined the cast of Corporate Retreat. (Variety)
“Étoile,” starring Luke Kirby (Davis, Gossip Girl spinoff), was canceled by Amazon after one season despite having a two-season order. (Deadline)
Rumer Willis (Gia, 90210) did some interviews for Trail of Vengeance and her Sereniby parternship.
“Rumer Willis Continues ‘Kooky Hollywood Legacy’ by Bringing Her 2-Year-Old to Movie Sets: ‘It’s in My DNA’” (People)
Part of this interview appears in the magazine’s June 9 issue.
“Rumer Willis Dreams of Action Film with Mom Demi Moore, Inspired by Dad Bruce Willis’ Genre ‘Legacy’” (People)
“Rumer Willis Says It’s ‘Such A Delight’ to See Grandpa Bruce Willis and Yaya Demi Moore Bond with Daughter Louetta” (People)
“Rumer Willis Reveals How She Adopted Her Horse Moose From ‘Trail of Vengeance’ Set” (Access Hollywood)
“Rumer Willis on Following in Dad Bruce Willis’ Action Footsteps with New Western” (Extra)
“Rumer Willis Shares Sweet Insight Into Daughter Lou’s Relationship With ‘Grandpa Bruce’” (Entertainment Tonight)
Palmer is expected to star in a One of Them Days sequel after the success of the first film, which she starred in and executive-produced. (Variety)
Palmer did a few new interviews.
“Eddie Murphy & Keke Palmer Crack Up Behind the Scenes of New Movie” (The Jennifer Hudson Show)
There are additional clips.
“Keke Palmer: It would be a ‘dream’ to start a business in Chicago” (Axios)