Topic: The Vampire Diaries

Culture Cafe 'The Following': The season finale goes in an unexpected direction

'The Following' finished its first season with a twist. 'The Following' has been renewed by its network, Fox, for a second season.

Bram Stoker books: 9 things you didn't know about the 'Dracula' author

Bram Stoker is the godfather of the vampire craze, but the writer is often a mystery to modern readers. Here are 9 facts you probably don't know about the author.

Horizons Bram Stoker books: How 'Dracula' created the modern vampire

Before there was 'Twilight' or 'True Blood,' there was Bram Stoker. Books like 'Dracula' defined the genre for a century to come.

The Vote Lena Dunham's sexy Obama ad: Youthfully alluring or bad taste?

The star of 'Girls' has cut a YouTube video for the president discussing her 'first time.' It made the Vote kind of uncomfortable, but then, we're not the demographic Obama is trying to reach.

Culture Cafe 'Vampire Diaries' premiere: Executive producer previews season 4

The 'Vampire Diaries' premiere raised a lot of questions about the future of protagonist Elena and her friends and love interests. Executive producer Julie Plec previews what's coming up on the show.

Culture Cafe Fall TV schedule: Your guide to every premiere date

The fall TV schedule has begun – when is your favorite show premiering?

American Idol delivers hypochondria and inharmony

American Idol recap: The arduous American Idol group rounds began with too many ailments and too little singing.

Culture Cafe 'The Vampire Diaries' has the best new male character on TV in 2011

'The Vampire Diaries' actor Joseph Morgan was the best new actor on a TV show with his villainous Klaus

Netflix will stream CW shows after collapse of Starz negotiations

Netflix: Under a four-year licensing deal announced Thursday, Netflix will have the right to show the previous seasons of TV series that CW airs through the network's 2014-15 programming window.

Word of the year 2010: 'Austerity' beats 'socialism' as Webster's word of the year

Word of the year: Austerity, the 14th century noun defined as "the quality or state of being austere" and "enforced or extreme economy," set off enough searches that Merriam-Webster named it as its Word of the Year for 2010, the dictionary's editors announced Monday.

'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse': movie review

'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse': Kristin Stewart's Bella finds herself torn between Robert Pattinson's Edward and Taylor Lautner's werewolf Jacob Black.

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Why 'Twilight' fascinates today's teens