Teen Drama Links for March 14, 2023
Teen Drama Links for March 14, 2023
Welp, Michelle Williams didn’t win at Sunday’s Oscars — though no one really expected her to.
The critical consensus seems to be that Williams and her camp made a fundamental error in pursuing the Best Actress category for her role in The Fabelmans instead of Best Supporting Actress. When I saw The Fabelmans, it definitely seemed like a leading part to me. Alas, the issue is moot now. But hopefully one day, Williams will get her due.
As for the rest of the Academy Awards, it was nice to see Williams and her Fabelmans co-star Seth Rogen, who appeared on an episode of “Dawson’s Creek,” get shoutouts in host Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue. Eva Longoria, who appeared on “Beverly Hills, 90210,” was among the ceremony’s presenters, but that was pretty much it as far as teen drama connections go — although a number of TD stars were at various Oscars parties.
I was very happy to see Lady Gaga perform at the show, as I really like “Hold My Hand.” Rihanna gave a stunning performance, one I much prefer to her Super Bowl Halftime Show. And I have to say I am just in awe of Paul Mescal, whom I’ve loved since “Normal People.” To get his first Best Actor nomination now at 27 with a long career still ahead of him — it’s truly amazing.
And with that, awards season is over!
Teen Drama Links for March 14, 2023
Listicle Links
Reminder: All lists and articles relate to the teen dramas or teen drama stars in some way.
“‘He Sort Of Was Terrorising The Set’ — These Shows Were Chaotic AF To Film And Had Plenty Of Off-Screen Feuds” (BuzzFeed)
Can you spot the embarrassing mistake?
“19 TV Stars That Were Made Famous In The ‘00s And What They Are Up To Today” (BuzzFeed)
“17 Actors Who Left Or Were Fired From A Movie Or TV Show — Right Before It Became A Massive Hit” (BuzzFeed)
“18 Famous Actors You Never Realized Made Appearances On Popular TV Shows And Movies” (BuzzFeed)
“15 Times Celebs Called Out OTHER Celebs In Their Memoir” (BuzzFeed)
“I Am Fascinated By (And Low-Key Scared Of) James Van Der Beek’s Big Blonde Family Of Small Children” (BuzzFeed)
“These 13 TV Shows Lasted About 6 Seasons Too Long” (BuzzFeed)
“16 Bits Of Film Trivia That Prove Sometimes Filming Horror Movies Is Scarier Than Watching Them” (BuzzFeed)
“15 TV Guest Stars Who Were So Well-Loved That Production Asked Them To Stick Around Wayyyy Longer” (BuzzFeed)
“8 Amazing Side Characters Who Should’ve Gotten More Screentime On Famous TV Shows, And 9 Whose Minimal Screentime Was Wayyy Too Much” (BuzzFeed)
“11 Celebrities Who Are Child Free And The Legitimately Funny Reasons Why They Decided To Never Have Kids” (BuzzFeed)
“Sorry But These Super Popular Shows Are Actually Terrible” (BuzzFeed)
“Out Of All Of The New Friends Joe Made On ‘You’ This Season, This Is The One You’re Most Like” (BuzzFeed)
“Michelle Williams’ Oscars history: What has she been nominated for?” (Today)
Related: Michelle Williams: Teen Drama’s Oscar Nominee (TDW)
“Michelle Williams: How long is each of her Oscar-nominated performances?” (Gold Derby)
“Hollywood Flashback: Michelle Williams Brought Marilyn Monroe Back to Life in ‘My Week With Marilyn’” (The Hollywood Reporter)
“The Best Michelle Williams Movies And How To Watch Them” (Cinemablend)
“Chrissy Teigen Debuts Bright Red Bob, Michelle Williams Cuts a Pixie and More Oscars Night Hair Changes” (People)
“Busy Philipps’ Most Honest Quotes About Motherhood, Marriage and More” (Us Weekly)
“What to watch: 5 Sarah Shahi roles beyond ‘Sex/Life’” (UPI)
“How Seth Rogen’s Ninja Turtles Movie Is Getting the Franchise Right” (Movieweb)
“The 6 Best Shows Like The O.C.” (Screen Rant)
Can you spot the mistake?
“Adam Brody’s Best Performances, Ranked” (Movieweb)
“What Went Wrong with this Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt Big Budget Sci-Fi?” (Collider)
“Andy’s Funniest Parks & Rec Line Justified Chris Pratt’s Casting” (Screen Rant)
“Michael B. Jordan, Chris Pratt And More Celebrated International Women’s Day This Week With Sweet Posts For Partners And Co-Stars” (Cinemablend)
“‘You’ Just Pulled a ‘Gossip Girl’ Twist in the Funniest Way Possible” (The Daily Beast)
“Penn Badgley Through the Years: From ‘Gossip Girl’ to ‘You’ (Photos)” (The Wrap)
“Everything Penn Badgley Has Said About How Netflix’s ‘You’ Should End for Joe Goldberg: ‘He Needs to Die’” (Us Weekly)
“15 Wedding Guest Dresses Inspired by Blake Lively’s Red Carpet Moments” (Brides)
“7 Best New Shows on Netflix in March 2023” (Collider)
“10 Best Sports TV Shows to Watch Before ‘Ted Lasso’ Season 3” (Collider)
“10 Hated TV Lead Characters, According to Reddit” (Collider)
“10 Great TV Characters Fans Relate to the Most, According to Reddit” (Collider)
“10 Worst TV Moms” (CBR)
Related: The Teen Drama Moms (TDW)
“17 surprisingly great performances from critically maligned actors” (The Independent)
“9 up-and-coming trans stars poised to dominate our screens this year” (PinkNews)
“The 10 Worst Things About Love Triangle Plots” (Movieweb)
“The Most Disliked Supporting Characters in Popular TV Shows” (Movieweb)
“These Are The Most Popular TV Shows Among Millennials” (Movieweb)
“TV’s 60 Longest-Awaited First Kisses From NCIS, Arrow, Abbott Elementary, JAG, X-Files, Big Bang and More Shows” (TVLine)
“The Cousin Oliver All-Stars: TV’s Worst Character Additions Ever From Buffy, The Office, Game of Thrones and More” (TVLine)
“Port City remakes: 7 Wilmington movies or TV shows that could, or should, see new life” (StarNews Online)
“‘Doing Friends killed our cool’ — theme tune revelations from The Sopranos to The OC and more” (The Guardian)
Related: The Teen Drama Theme Songs (TDW)
“A user’s guide to TV, film and music that centers teen girls” (The Washington Post)
“A Look at All the Celeb Couples Who Had to Work Together After Breaking Up” (E! Online)
Related: Top 10 Real-Life Relationships (TDW)
“Actors Who’ve Scored Oscar Nominations for Playing the Same Character” (People)
“A look back at Best Actress nominees’ early acting days” (ABC News)
“Disney Channel Original Movie Hunks: Where Are They Now? Erik Von Detten, Brandon Baker, Riley Smith and More” (Us Weekly)
Best of the Rest
Shannen Doherty (Brenda, Beverly Hills, 90210) called out SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher over the union’s health insurance issues. (Instagram)
Several of Doherty’s “Beverly Hills, 90210” co-stars and others connected to the teen dramas expressed their support in the comments of her post.
Rebecca Gayheart (Toni, Beverly Hills, 90210) will be at “90s Con” this weekend, as will several other “Beverly Hills, 90210” stars. (That’s 4 Entertainment)
Jessica Alba (Leanne, Beverly Hills, 90210) was on “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?” (CNN)
Grace Van Dien, daughter of Casper Van Dien (Griffin, Beverly Hills, 90210), revealed why she’s taking a break from acting. (People)
Liz Vassey (Marcie, Beverly Hills, 90210 / Wendy, Dawson’s Creek) appeared on last week’s “A Million Little Things” and will presumably be in future episodes.
Reminder that “AMLT” is executive-produced by Terrence Coli (supervising producer, One Tree Hill / co-executive producer, 90210 / consulting producer, BH90210), who also serves as the showrunner.
Scream VI, executive-produced by Kevin Williamson (creator, Dawson’s Creek), set a franchise opening record at the box office last weekend. (Deadline)
Williamson did some interviews for the new Scream installment.
“Kevin Williamson: ‘There’s always room’ for Neve Campbell to return to ‘Scream’” (Page Six)
“‘Scream’ Creator Recalls Phone Call with Hayden Panettiere That Got Her to Return: ‘It All Worked Out’” (People)
Michelle Williams (Jen, Dawson’s Creek) did more press before the Oscars.
This made me smile: “Joshua Jackson & Michelle Williams Have a ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Reunion at Oscars 2023 Party!” (JustJared)
This also made me smile: “James Van Der Beek Says ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Mom Mary-Margaret Humes Sends Him Cookies Every Birthday.” (People)
Busy Philipps (Audrey, Dawson’s Creek) has partnered with Zulily on a Mother’s Day campaign. (PR Newswire)
Also: “Busy Philipps is thankful for the ‘village’ of women who help her raise her kids: ‘need other safe adults to rely on’” (Yahoo)
Jensen Ackles (CJ, Dawson’s Creek) spoke about his appearance on “The Winchesters,” which he and wife Danneel Harris (Rachel, One Tree Hill) executive-produce. (Entertainment Weekly)
“The Winchesters” stars Bianca Kajlich (Natasha, Dawson’s Creek).
Sarah Shahi (Sadia, Dawson’s Creek) and Stacy Rukeyser (writer, One Tree Hill) did more interviews about the second season of “Sex/Life.”
“‘Sex/Life’ Season 2 Stars Explain the Long Delay & Tease Drama to Come” (TV Insider)
“Sarah Shahi on Her ‘Very Personal Journey’ Filming ‘Sex/Life’: ‘Billie and I Were Oddly Similar’” (People)
“Netflix ‘Sex/Life’ Season 2 star Sarah Shahi on creating the steamy, erotic sex scenes” (Yahoo)
“Sarah Shahi Always Looks to the Stars” (W)
“Sarah Shahi was also shocked by Season 2 of ‘Sex/Life’” (Today)
“Sex/Life Is a Steamy Celebration of the Post-Baby Body” (Vogue)
“‘Sex/Life’: Sarah Shahi Relates To Her Character In Season 2” (Forbes)
“‘Sex/Life’ Season 2: It’s All About The Fairy Tale” (Forbes)
“‘Sex/Life’ Boss Weighs In on Most Talked-About Scenes and Future Plans for Netflix Series” (The Hollywood Reporter)
Seth Rogen (Bob, Dawson’s Creek) was on the “Diary of CEO” podcast. (Apple Podcasts)
I missed that Lucy Hale (Hadley, The O.C.) was on this podcast last month. (Apple Podcasts)
Dumb Money, starring Rogen, Shailene Woodley (Kaitlin, The O.C.), and Sebastian Stan (Carter, Gossip Girl), will be released in October. (Deadline)
Seems Ben McKenzie (Ryan, The O.C.) is finally going to be on “Welcome to the OC, Bitches” — Melinda Clarke (Julie, The O.C.) posted an Instagram Story soliciting questions for him.
I’m so excited, I dreamt last night that this podcast was accidentally released weeks early.
Meanwhile, “Drama Queens” asked for questions for James Lafferty (Nathan, One Tree Hill) weeks and weeks ago and we’re still waiting.
Related: The State of Teen Drama Rewatch Podcasts (TDW)
Adam Brody (Seth, The O.C.) revealed he’s not only rewatching “The O.C.,” but apparently there’s a book about the show in the works. (GQ UK)
Brody is doing press for “Fleishman is in Trouble” and Shazam! Fury of the Gods.
“Adam Brody Feels All the Feels With Surfing, ‘Avatar’ and Cate Le Bon” (The New York Times)
“Adam Brody Talks Shazam!, Fleishman Is in Trouble and Working with Helen Mirren” (Late Night with Seth Meyers)
“Adam Brody & Meagan Good Interview: Shazam! Fury Of The Gods” (Screen Rant)
“Shazam! Fury of the Gods Star Adam Brody Reflects on Being Cast as The Flash in Canceled Justice League Movie” (Comicbook.com)
“Why Adam Brody Thought Marrying Leighton Meester Was an ‘Easy Decision’” (SiriusXM)
“This Is Our Origin Story (w/ Adam Brody)” (The Next Level)
Watch Woodley in the trailer for To Catch a Killer. (YouTube)
Chris Pratt (Che, The O.C.), Rogen, and their Super Mario Bros. Movie castmates performed the Mario Bros. theme on “The Tonight Show.” (YouTube)
Watch the movie’s final trailer. (YouTube)
Paris Hilton (Kate, The O.C.) releases her memoir today and was on “Good Morning America” to discuss it. I’ll have the video next week.
Bethany Joy Lenz (Haley, One Tree Hill) will perform at the Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival later this month. (Instagram)
Huey Lewis (Jimmy, One Tree Hill) appeared on “After School Radio.” (Apple Music)
Penn Badgley (Dan, Gossip Girl) did a ton more interviews for “You” and the second half of the show’s fourth season.
“Penn Badgley Unpacks the Major Twist of ‘You’ Season 4” (The Hollywood Reporter)
“Penn Badgley Breaks Down ‘You’ Part 2: From That Insane Joe Goldberg Twist to a Taylor Swift Easter Egg” (Variety)
“Penn Badgley reveals he had lead in his pants during You underwater scene” (Entertainment Weekly)
“Is Rhys Really Gone? Penn Badgley & Ed Speleers Explain ‘You’ Season 4 Finale Twists” (TV Insider)
“You Season 4 Part 2: Penn Badgley and Creator Sera Gamble on That Ending” (Rotten Tomatoes)
“Penn Badgley Wants ‘Greater Resolution’ for ‘You’ — and Explains Why Joe’s New Path Is a ‘Terrifying Prospect’” (People)
“Penn Badgley Teases the Future of You After Season 4” (E! Online)
“‘You’: Penn Badgley Breaks Down Season 4 Finale Twists and Why Season 5 May Be the End” (Entertainment Tonight)
“‘You’ Star Penn Badgley On Why Fans Can’t Get Enough Of Joe Goldberg” (ET Canada)
“Penn Badgley on That Big You Twist: ‘He’s Not on an Arc of Redemption’” (Vanity Fair)
“Penn Badgley Is Done Rooting For The Anti-Hero” (Bustle)
“Penn Badgley Wants Out of His Box” (Harper’s Bazaar)
“Penn Badgley guides us through You season 4’s twists” (The A.V. Club)
“Penn Badgley Wants ‘You’ Season 5 to Be the Last: ‘Joe Needs to Get What’s Coming to Him’” (IndieWire)
“You’s Penn Badgley explains that reunion twist and what really happened at the end of season 4” (Digital Spy)
“Is ‘You’s Joe a Swiftie? Penn Badgley weighs in” (Mashable)
“Penn Badgley is not done with You” (GQ UK)
“Penn Badgley on why he almost said no to taking on the role of Joe Goldberg” (ITV)
“Penn Badgley finally speaks out on You’s geographical plot hole as fans expose errors” (Express)
“Even Penn Badgley has no idea if Jenna Ortega will return for You season 5 now she’s ‘got that Wednesday money’” (Metro)
“You’s Penn Badgley: ‘My first kissing scene was when I was 15. I’m now 36. I’ve had enough’” (iNews)
“‘YOU’ Isn’t The First Time Penn Badgley Played A Stalker (Elle)
“‘YOU’ Cast Guesses Lines From Jenna Ortega, Shay Mitchell, and Penn Badgley” (Elle)
Also: “‘You’’s Tati Gabrielle Says Penn Badgley Morphed into ‘a Whole New Person’ on Set During Tense Marienne Scenes” (People)
Also: Badgley will be on “The Tonight Show” tonight. I’ll share the video in next week’s newsletter.
Matt Doyle (Jonathan, Gossip Girl) will leave Little Shop of Horrors in July, later than initially expected. (Broadway World)
Watch Aaron Tveit (Trip, Gossip Girl) in the trailer for season 2 of “Schmigadoon.” (YouTube)
Tika Sumpter (Raina, Gossip Girl) shared how she “Gets Her Skin So Good.” (The Cut)
The interview was tied to Sumpter’s partnership with Bloomingdale’s. (Bloomingdale’s)
Whitney Peak (Zoya, Gossip Girl spinoff) appears in a new video for Chanel, for which she is an ambassador. (Instagram)
And here’s Peak’s new campaign ad. (Instagram)
Sony Pictures Classics bought the global distribution rights to Shortcomings, starring Tavi Gevinson (Kate, Gossip Girl spinoff). (Deadline)
Watch Laura Benanti (Katherine, Gossip Girl spinoff) in the trailer for No Hard Feelings. (YouTube)
Luke Kirby (Davis, Gossip Girl spinoff) was on last week’s “The Company You Keep” (not this past Sunday, the Sunday before).