"I was naked with a beautiful girl all day," the star of The Vampire Diaries, who turned 32 on December 8th, stated. "I had a shower scene that led into another scene were I was kind of half-naked and wet."
Though Somerhalder does confirm he was on the set of his hit CW show, he wouldn't say whether his character, the scumbag vampire Damon, finally scored with Elena, who is played by Nina Dobrev and definitely qualifies as a beautiful girl.
"Damon has a long way to go," he says of conquering Elena. "He tried to kill her brother."
So who was in the shower with the birthday guy? "It wasn't Stefan," he says of costar Paul Wesley's character. "I promise."
Though performing a steamy shower scene may be enough of a birthday present for most guys, Somerhalder is asking for more. On his big day, he also launched the IS Foundation, a non-profit that will "focus on biodiversity, reforestation, sustainable farming and green industries," the actor says.
For more information about the organization – and to help make Somerhalder's birthday wish come true! – fans can visit its Web site at http://www.isfoundation.com/.
Here's a list of this weeks new releases on Blu-Ray, CD and DVD including the first season of The Vampire Diaries starring: Nina Dobrey, Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley.
MOVIES Harry Brown (B) Marmaduke (2010) (B) Red Riding Trilogy (B) Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? (B)
MUSIC Goo Goo Dolls - Somehting for the Rest of Us Heart - Red Velvet Car
TV SHOWS Brothers & Sisters - 4th Season FlashForward - Complete Series House - 6th Season (B) Lonesome Dove: The Series - 1st Season The Middle - 1st Season NCIS: Los Angeles - 1st Season (B) Parenthood - 1st Season Sons of Anarchy - 2nd Season (B) Thriller - Complete Series The Vampire Diaries - 1st Season (B)
Former Lost star Ian Somerhalder's vampire character in The Vampire Diaries has beaten Twilight's Edward Cullen to be crowned America's Sexiest Beast.
The actor's Damon Salvatore finished just ahead of Robert Pattinson's movie bloodsucker in Entertainment Weekly magazine's new poll of favorite TV movie monsters.
Cullen beat Cameron from The Sarah Connor Chronicles, played by Summer Glau, and Salvatore beat Hugh Jackman's Wolverine to make it to the final vote.
Morena Baccarin's V character Anna, Taylor Lautner's Jacob Black, Halle Berry's Storm and Alexander Skarsgard's True Blood character Eric Northman all made the quarterfinals.
Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder suck the life out of the February 2010 cover of Nylon. Check out some interview snippets from the Vampire Diaries stars:
Paul on the success of his show: “Do I think the show would be successful as it is, if it weren’t for Twilight? No.”
Ian on working on independent movies after Lost: “I fell off the face of the f—ing planet. I thought I was being cool and edgy, and it seemed like something Johnny Depp would have done 15 years ago. Wrong. Biggest Mistake.”
Ian on his Vampire Diaries character Damon: “This is gonna be the coolest character on television. There was no doubt about it. It reminded me of Sawyer, Josh Holloway’s character on Lost. He was always the character I secretly wished I could play.”
Vampire Diaries and Lost hunk Ian Somerhalder talks “7 Things” with Newsweek.
The 30-year-old actor shared, “I auditioned for [Jason Stackhouse on] True Blood and couldn’t rock it to convince [creator] Alan Ball that that was my role. I didn’t get it and I was very bummed. I couldn’t watch True Blood until now because now I have my own role. But before that, I was convinced I couldn’t play a vampire because I blew the audition.”
Ian Somerhalder rocks a Dolce & Gabbana shirt and Pudel skinny jeans in the November 2009 issue of August Man.
Here’s what the sexy 30-year-old Vampire Diaries star had to share with readers…
On his ideal role: “The one I’m doing right now, actually.”
On his transition from acting to modeling: “Fashion was a ton when I was young but, not being particularly as tall as one would need to be as a model (however I did fairly well) and not particularly seeing myself doing it for any length of time beyond it being a stepping stone into film and TV. The goal was: make money as a model and sink into acting training.”
On keeping his private life private: “It’s all very simple, actually. I’ve been left alone for the most part really. It doesn’t seem that what I do off the set is of importance to anyone!”
Ian Somerhalder, star of the CW's "The Vampire Diaries," has signed to topline the Gothic fairy tale "Cradlewood."
Hand Picked Films and Instinct Entertainment are behind the indie being directed by Harry Weinmann.
The movie centers on an Australian woman living in Boston with the heir (Somerhalder) to an incredible fortune. His family history involves a legendary pact made with a demon which ensures that whenever a boy is born into the family, the father is killed.
The heir suspects his girlfriend is pregnant, and after strange events occur, he comes to believe he will die if he continues to fall in love.
Emma Lung ("The Boys Are Back") will play the Australian woman.
"Cradlewood" is based on an original story by Weinmann. Stephen Sewell ("The Boys") and John Paul Chapple ("Bathroy") wrote the script.
"Cradlewood" is eyeing production in April, during Somerhalder's hiatus from "Diaries." The actor also is known for his work on ABC's "Lost."
The CW continues it's efforts to be the first to premiere it's new Fall TV shows before the rest of the networks.
Tonight we can finally catch the premiere of "The Vampire Diaries," their answer to HBO's "True Blood" and the Twilight movie series. In addition, the third season of "Supernatural" premieres tonight.
Here's what The CW has posted on their website about "The Vampire Diaries":
Four months after the tragic car accident that killed their parents, 17-year-old Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev, "DeGrassi: The Next Generation") and her 15-year-old brother, Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen, "Everwood"), are still adjusting to their new reality. Elena has always been the star student; beautiful, popular and involved with school and friends, but now she finds herself struggling to hide her grief from the world. Elena and Jeremy are now living with their cool-but-overwhelmed Aunt Jenna (Sara Canning, "Smallville"), who is doing her best to be a surrogate parent.
Elena manages to find some comfort with her familiar social circle – best friend Bonnie (Katerina Graham, "17 Again"), frenemy Caroline (Candice Accola, "Juno"), and former boyfriend Matt (Zach Roerig, "Friday Night Lights"), but Jeremy is on a more dangerous path, hanging out with the stoners and using drugs to hide his pain. Jeremy is also trying to figure out why Matt's sister, Vicki (Kayla Ewell, "The Bold and The Beautiful"), is suddenly rejecting him and hanging out with Jeremy's rival, Tyler (Michael Trevino, "Cane").
As the school year begins at Mystic Falls High, Elena and her friends are fascinated by a handsome and mysterious new student, Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley, "Fallen"). Stefan and Elena are immediately drawn to one another, although Elena is puzzled by Stefan's increasingly bizarre behavior when he appears suddenly at the cemetery where her parents are buried. What she doesn't realize is that Stefan is hiding a dark, deadly secret of his own – the fact that he's a vampire. At a bonfire party the next night, Elena and Stefan are just getting to know each other when chaos erupts after Vicki is attacked and left bleeding from a savage bite to the neck.
Fearing that he knows who is responsible for the attack, Stefan returns home and finds his older brother, Damon (Ian Somerhalder, "Lost"), whom he hasn't seen for 15 years. Damon is also a vampire, and the two brothers have a long and bitter history. Damon ridicules Stefan for rejecting their legacy of violence and brutality, but he understands his brother's obsession with Elena, since she looks exactly like a woman Stefan loved more than a century ago; a woman that Damon tried to make his own. Now these two vampire brothers – one good, one evil – are at war for Elena's soul and for the souls of her friends, family and all the residents of Mystic Falls, Virginia.
Based on the series of books by L. J. Smith, The Vampire Diaries is from Alloy Entertainment and Bonanza Productions Inc in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios with executive producers Kevin Williamson ("Scream," "Dawson's Creek"), Julie Plec ("Kyle XY," "Wasteland"), Leslie Morgenstein ("Gossip Girl," "Private") and Bob Levy ("Gossip Girl," "Privileged"). Marcos Siega ("Dexter") directed the pilot.
I've been sucked right in to watching this show tonight. I hope it turns out to be a hit!
Move over Twilight twink, the CW is bringing us the hottest vampire to date, Lost's Ian Somehalder as a charming immortal Damon in "Vampire Diaries".
The show is based on the book series, which centers on the love triangle of a mortal woman and two vampire brothers, one evil and one good.
Blue-eyed Somerhalder, who played 'Boone' on ABC's Lost and 'Paul Denton' on the big screen in The Rules of Attraction will play the good brother, who struggles with his intrinsic evil tendencies as an immortal.
Premiering in the fall, the series will be exec produced by Kevin Williamson (Dawson's Creek, Scream).
Casting of the evil brother, Stefan, is yet to be announced.
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