Teen Drama Links for June 21, 2022

When a friend asked me to see Top Gun: Maverick, there was one problem: I hadn’t seen Top Gun. That changed the night before our movie plans.

After watching, I told my friend I enjoyed the original film enough to be happy we were seeing the sequel (which I really liked). But I didn’t mention one thing that really made me smile and stuck with me. In the first movie, Kelly McGillis’ Charlie drives a VERY familiar car.

It’s practically identical to Dylan’s car in “Beverly Hills, 90210”!

In actuality, it’s said Top Gun used a replica of the 1958 Porsche 356 while “Beverly Hills, 90210” used a 1964 Porsche 356. No matter, seeing the car in Top Gun made me so happy. Even if I ended up hating the movie, I at least would’ve liked it because of that aspect. Because it reminded me of my favorite show and one of my favorite characters and my favorite cast member.

But let’s give credit where it’s due: Top Gun used the car first. The film came out in 1986 while “Beverly Hills, 90210” didn’t premiere until 1990. I’d still pick Dylan over Maverick, though!

Teen Drama Links for June 21, 2022

Listicle Links

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

• “19 Tweets That Prove Jensen Ackles Is One Of The Best Parts Of ‘The Boys’ Season 3” (BuzzFeed)

• “Think You Are A ‘Gossip Girl’ Fan? Prove It!” (BuzzFeed)

• “Bill Cobbs Is Turning 88 Today, So Let’s See How Many Of These 88 Things You’ve Seen Him In” (BuzzFeed)

• “People Are Debating When Exactly These Super Popular Shows Fell Off And I’m Curious To See Where You Stand” (BuzzFeed)

• “In Honor Of Nick Cannon's Potential Ninth Child, Here Are 16 Other Celebrities With A Buttload Of Kids” (BuzzFeed)

• “23 Essential TV Series From The 2000s (and Where To Binge Them)” (BuzzFeed)

• “23 TV Character Problems That Could Have Been Easily Resolved If They Had Just Used Their Brains And Communicated” (BuzzFeed)

• “Marissa & Alex’s Relationship On The O.C. Deserved More” (Nylon)

• “Rachel Bilson and Bill Hader’s Relationship Timeline” (Us Weekly)

• “Gossip Girl’s Whitney Peak & Evan Mock Attend Chanel Dinner During Tribeca Festival” (JustJared Jr.)

• Lots of Father’s Day content involving the teen dramas…

  • “‘Take It From Me’: Celeb dads share what fatherhood has taught them” (GMA)

  • “Bob Saget and the 11 best movie and TV dads” (Hidden Remote)

  • “Who’s the daddiest TV dad of all time?” (The A.V. Club)

  • “From ‘Full House’ to ‘The Simpsons’: Best and Worst TV Dads” (The Hollywood Reporter)

  • “Saluting some of the best dads in TV history” (Boston Herald)

  • “Celebrate Father’s Day with these favorite TV dads” (New York Post)

  • “From ‘Schitt’s Creek’ to ‘This Is Us’: TV’s Best Father & Son Relationships” (Collider)

  • “The top 100 TV and movie Dads ever” (Indy100)

  • “35 of TV’s Best Father Figures Who Weren’t Actually Dads, From Mr. Belvedere to Joey Gladstone” (The Wrap)

  • “Stars Celebrating Father’s Day 2022” (E! Online)

• “Places Your Favorite Teen Dramas Like ‘Stranger Things’ & ‘Euphoria’ Were Filmed!” (AfterBuzz TV)

• “Euphoria: 10 Characters Who Belong In Other TV Shows” (CBR)

• “10 Messy High School Shows Like Euphoria to Watch While You Wait for Season 3” (TV Guide)

• “13 Shows Like All American to Watch After You Finish Season 4 on Netflix” (TV Guide)

• “The Vampire Diaries Universe’s 25 Best Characters of All Time, Ranked” (TVLine)

• “The 10 Best, Underrated TV Friendships That Are #BestFriendGoals” (Collider)

• “16 Of The Most Unlikely Celebrity Friendships — Some Of These Are So Surprising!” (SheFinds)

• “9 Best TV Guide Magazine Covers From the 1990s” (TV Insider)

• “10 A-List Actors & Their Roles You Forgot About” (Screen Rant)

• “18 TV Series Finales That Left Fans Feeling Totally Disappointed” (CafeMom)

• “100 Of The Most Annoying TV And Film Characters” (Bored Panda)

• “20 LGBTQ stars taking over Hollywood in 2022” (Hola)

• “10 Best LGBTQ+ Shows of the 21st Century” (IndieWire)

  • Related: The Evolution of LGBTQ Teen Drama Characters (TDW)

• “8 Groundbreaking LGBTQ+ Kisses in TV History” (MovieWeb)

• “Beyond ‘Pose,’ ‘Orange’ and ‘Euphoria’: 9 Examples of Trans Representation on TV” (Collider)

• “Songs That Always Spark a TV Memory: ‘Chasing Cars,’ ‘At This Moment,’ ‘Rise,’ ‘Back in Black,’ ‘I’ll Be’ and 21 Others” (TVLine)

  • Catch the mistake in this?

• “Beyond ‘Stranger Things,’ 10 Times ‘Running Up That Hill’ Made TV Dramatic” (Collider)

• “6 Best Covers of Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)’” (Billboard)

• “Where to stream 50 of the best TV comedies of all time, from ‘I Love Lucy’ to ‘Atlanta’” (USA Today)

• “That groundbreaking First Kill character who no one’s talking about” (Digital Spy)

• “‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Is the Best of What Television Used to Be” (Vice)

• A number of stories on the TV adaptation of The Summer I Turned Pretty mention the teen dramas.

  • “Jenny Han Knows The Summer I Turned Pretty Will Get You in Your Feelings” (TIME)

  • “The Summer I Turned Pretty Will Leave You Cold” (Paste)

  • “Meet Lola Tung, Star of Your New Favorite Series, The Summer I Turned Pretty” (Glamour)

  • “7 Shows Like The Summer I Turned Pretty You Must See” (TheCinemaholic)

  • Thanks to a friend’s encouragement, I’m four episodes in and loving it. I’ll share my full thoughts soon!

• “Historic downtown Wilmington lot could see new development” (StarNews Online)

Best of the Rest

• Jennie Garth (Kelly, Beverly Hills, 90210) and Tori Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills, 90210) participated in the NFL Media Summit last week, where they spoke about “9021OMG.” (Instagram)

• “Alaska Daily,” formerly titled “Alaska” and starring Hilary Swank (Carly, Beverly Hills, 90210), will premiere on ABC on October 6. (TVLine)

• Peter Krause (Jay, Beverly Hills, 90210) and Lauren Graham have split after more than 10 years together. (People)

• Ali Adler (writer, Beverly Hills, 90210), Julie Plec (producer, Dawson’s Creek), Liz Tigelaar (writer, Dawson’s Creek), Liz Friedman (writer, The O.C.), Leslie Morgenstein (executive producer, Gossip Girl / Gossip Girl spinoff), Amanda Lasher (co-executive producer, Gossip Girl) and Jessica Queller (co-executive producer, Gossip Girl) are among the signatories on an “Open Letter from Hollywood Film & TV Leaders” in which they agreed “to lead positive cultural change by modeling firearm safety on screen.” (Brady)

• Plec says she, Kevin Williamson (creator, Dawson’s Creek), and another collaborator “have an idea percolating in our brains” for another “Vampire Diaries” spinoff. (TVLine)

• Plec made the above comment while doing interviews for the “Legacies” series finale.

  • “Legacies EPs Talk Crafting ‘Satisfying, Nostalgic’ Series Finale — First Look” (TVLine)

  • “Legacies EPs Break Down Series Finale’s Emotional Conclusions, Reveal What Would Have Happened Next” (TVLine)

  • “Legacies Series Finale: Get the Story Behind Those Long-Awaited Cameos — ‘I Didn’t Think They Could Pull It Off’” (TVLine)

  • “Legacies EP Reveals the Character We (Finally) Would Have Met in Season 5” (TVLine)

  • “‘Legacies’ EPs Julie Plec & Brett Matthews On Saying Goodbye For Now & Their Plans To Expand The Universe” (Deadline)

  • “Julie Plec on Legacies series finale, those Vampire Diaries and Originals character returns” (Entertainment Weekly)

  • “Julie Plec says there will be another show in the Vampire Diaries universe: ‘There’s more to do’” (Entertainment Weekly)

  • Also: “‘Vampire Diaries’ Co-Creator Julie Plec Responds To Kat Graham: “The Door Will Always Be Open For Bonnie Bennett’” (Deadline)

    • Graham appeared on one episode of “The O.C.”

• Shelley Meals (co-producer, Dawson’s Creek) is working on the HBO Max series “Welcome to Derry.” (Collider)

• Katie Holmes (Joey, Dawson’s Creek) attended the premiere of her movie Alone Together at the Tribeca Festival last week. (Entertainment Tonight)

  • Somehow I missed the teaser release earlier this month! (YouTube)

• James Van Der Beek (Dawson, Dawson’s Creek) did interviews tied to his partnership with Kalahari Resort.

  • “James Van Der Beek talks family life and summer plans” (WAFF)

  • “James Van Der Beek says future Hollywood career would have to ‘fit around’ his family after move to Texas” (Fox News)

    • I *hate* linking to them. Sigh.

  • “James Van Der Beek Shares 3 Reasons Why You Should Visit Kalahari Resorts This Summer” (FOX28)

  • “James Van Der Beek on PA live! 6.14.2022” (PAhomepage.com)

  • Fun fact: I went to a Kalahari in 2008 and had a blast despite being way older than the target demographic.

• As he has in years past, Van Der Beek will participate in the Big Slick Celebrity Weekend this weekend. (The Kansas City Star)

• Busy Philipps (Audrey, Dawson’s Creek) was on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” last week. (YouTube)

• Philipps talked with Jenny Mollen about Mollen’s new novel. (Elle)

• One more with Jensen Ackles (CJ, Dawson’s Creek) talking “The Boys”: “It's Payback time! Jensen Ackles on Soldier Boy’s explosive mission on The Boys season 3” (Entertainment Weekly)

• Jane Lynch (Mrs. Witter, Dawson’s Creek) will leave Funny Girl in September. (Deadline)

• Alexandra Breckenridge (Kate, Dawson’s Creek) was submitted for Emmys consideration for her role on “This Is Us.” (Gold Derby)

• Stephen Lanier, a special effects coordinator on “Dawson’s Creek” and “One Tree Hill,” has died. (Rocky Mount Telegram)

• Here are more interviews with Rachel Bilson (Summer, The O.C.) promoting her new podcast.

  • “Why Rachel Bilson Is So Done With Being a People Pleaser” (E! Online)

  • “Chatting with the Very Delightful Rachel Bilson” (The Kit)

• Max Greenefield (Young Sandy, The O.C.) will appear in Netflix’s Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story. (Deadline)

• Chace Crawford (Nate, Gossip Girl) did yet another interview about “The Boys.” (The Indian Express)

• Taylor Momsen (Jenny, Gossip Girl) spoke “about her career transition and coping with grief” on “Good Morning America.” (GMA)

• Momsen will be “in Conversation with SiriusXM’s Nicole Ryan” at a 92NY event next week. (92NY)

• The “Gossip Girl” spinoff is up for Emmys consideration, as are other shows with teen drama connections. (Gold Derby)

  • Related: Why the Teen Dramas Aren’t Taken Seriously (TDW)

• Evan Mock (Aki, Gossip Girl spinoff) collaborated with Acacia on a limited-edition swimwear and apparel collection. (WWD)

• On a related note: “Evan Mock Is Everywhere, and He’s Unstoppable” (Cultured)

• Whitney Peak (Zoya, Gossip Girl spinoff) is on the cover of Harper Bazaar Singapore’s June issue. (Harper’s Bazaar Singapore)

• Zion Moreno (Luna, Gossip Girl spinoff) shared what she and “Her ‘Gossip Girl’ Character Luna La Have In Common.” (The Zoe Report)

• This is a great interview with Laura Benanti (Katherine, Gossip Girl spinoff) in advance of her concert on Saturday. (Broadway World)

• “Swagger,” starring Tristan Wilds (Dixon, 90210), was renewed by Apple for a second season. (Deadline)

• AnnaLynne McCord (Naomi, 90210) discussed “‘90210’ Prom Memories and Stacey Bendet’s Styling Saves at Alice + Olivia’s 20th Anniversary Celebration.” (Footwear News)

  • Philipps was also at the celebration event.

• Diego Boneta (Javier, 90210) purchased a new home in West Hollywood. (Dirt)