Soon, I’m sure my brother’s pet goldfish will be able to have a chance of becoming a cast member of the CW’s The Vampire Diaries. It’s been announced that Melinda Clarke, best known for being TV’s first (fictional) OC mom on The OC, is joining the cast as Kelly, Matt Donovan’s mother. Kelly is — surprise, surprise — a bad mom. Not too far of a stretch from Clarke’s former role as Julie Cooper. More »

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In addition to Gina Torres, Kelly Hu, James Remar and maybe Taylor Swift, the L-Word’s Mia Kirshner has recently signed on as a recurring cast member on The Vampire Diaries. With the amount of new additions to the cast, it seems that CW means business when it comes to the Vampire Diaries. Kirshner will be playing the role of Isobel, the wife of Alaric Saltzman (Matt Davis), everyone’s favorite history teacher slash vampire slayer. With the addition of Kirshner comes a semi-spoiler and more questions. More »

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In an effort to probably limit the amount of hot men featured on the CW’s Vampire Diaries, it’s been reported that Joss Whedon-favorite Gina Torres (Angel, Firefly) will be joining the show next week as Bree, Damon Salvatore’s old chum. Sources say she’ll be instrumental in using her witch-like abilities to bring life back to old vampire flame, Katherine. Aside from Torres, co-creator/producer Kevin Williamson recently expressed to E! his interest in Taylor Swift joining the cast. More »

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