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Building on First Successful Tour, Stars of the Hit Show to
Visit Fans at Additional Locations

Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Steven R. McQueen,

Michael Trevino and Candice Accola to Appear at
Hot Topic Stores in Dallas, Chicago and Miami Metropolitan Areas

Live performance at all events by Sounds Under Radio,
featured artist on The Original Television Soundtrack: The Vampire Diaries

Hot Topic, The CW Television Network and Warner Bros. Television will once again join forces for the The Vampire Diaries Season 2 Cast Tour. Stars of the popular series, which airs Thursday nights at 8/7c on The CW, will make personal appearances at select Hot Topic stores in the Dallas, Chicago and Miami metropolitan areas. The first tour – which took place in January at Hot Topic locations in the Atlanta, New York/New Jersey and Los Angeles areas – quickly sold out and thousands more fans gathered at the events to see their favorite stars and hear them answer questions.

How it works:

• At each location on the tour, fans will have the opportunity to meet select cast members and ask them questions during a Q&A session, get autographs on a limited edition tour poster and catch a live concert performance by the band Sounds Under Radio.

• In order to meet the cast, fans must enroll (for free) as an HT+1 member and buy an exclusive The Vampire Diaries Event T-shirt from one of the participating Hot Topic locations. See below for specific locations and dates of availability. 

• Fans purchasing the shirt will then receive a wristband which will grant them access to the signing portion of the event. (Note: Limit one wristband and one autograph per person. Space is limited. Wristband required for entry to signing. No cameras allowed within Hot Topic locations.)

• The Q&A session and music performance will be open to the public.

All Hot Topic stores will feature an in-store boutique dedicated to The Vampire Diaries. Items to be showcased include the following.

• The Vampire Diaries T-shirts and jewelry items
• The Original Television Soundtrack: The Vampire Diaries, an explosive mix of 16 songs heard in the series by artists ranging from the sultry and haunting Placebo and Bat for Lashes to the sexy dance-pop of Sky Ferreira and the lush Sounds Under Radio, released on October 12
  • For more information, visit http://thevampirediariessoundtrack.com/.

Below are current details about the scheduled events.

• DALLAS

• • Date/Time: Saturday, October 9, at 4:00 p.m.
  • Location: Stonebriar Centre, 2601 Preston Road, Frisco, TX 75034
  • Cast: Series stars Ian Somerhalder and Candice Accola
  • Music:  Live performance by Sounds Under Radio
  • For access to event: T-shirts can be purchased beginning October 1

• CHICAGO
  • Date/Time: Saturday, October 16, at 4:00 p.m.
  • Location: Westfield Fox Valley Shopping Center, 195 Fox Valley Center, Aurora, IL 60504
  • Cast: Series stars Steven R. McQueen and Michael Trevino
  • Music: Live performance by Sounds Under Radio
  • For access to event: T-shirts can be purchased beginning October 1

• MIAMI
  • Date/Time: Saturday, October 23, at 4:00 p.m.
  • Location: Shops at Sunset, 5701 Sunset Drive, Miami, FL  33143
  • Cast: Series stars Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder
  • Music: Live performance by Sounds Under Radio
  • For access to event: T-shirts can be purchased beginning October 8

Be sure to visit http://community.hottopic.com/events for more information on The Vampire Diaries Hot Topic Tour as it becomes available.

Follow The Vampire Diaries on Twitter (@CW_VampDiaries, http://twitter.com/CW_VampDiaries) and become a fan of the series on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/thevampirediaries). For more social media links, see below.

SOCIAL MEDIA CONTACTS

THE VAMPIRE DIARIES

TWITTER

The Vampire Diaries @CW_VampDiaries    http://twitter.com/CW_VampDiaries

Nina Dobrev                            @ninadobrev                http://twitter.com/ninadobrev

Ian Somerhalder                       @iansomerhalder          http://twitter.com/iansomerhalder

Katerina Graham                      @KatGraham               http://twitter.com/KatGraham

Zach Roerig                              @zgeorge222               http://twitter.com/zgeorge222

Michael Trevino                        @M_Trevino               http://twitter.com/M_Trevino

Kevin Williamson                      @kevwilliamson           http://twitter.com/kevwilliamson

Julie Plec                                  @julieplec                    http://twitter.com/julieplec

FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/thevampirediaries

The Vampire Diaries is executive produced by Kevin Williamson, Julie Plec, Leslie Morgenstein and Bob Levy. The series is from Bonanza Productions Inc., Outerbanks Entertainment and Alloy Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios.

Hot Topic, Inc. is a mall and web based specialty retailer operating the Hot Topic concept, as well as the e-space music discovery concept, ShockHound. Hot Topic offers music/pop culture-licensed and music/pop culture-influenced apparel, accessories, music and gift items for young men and women principally between the ages of 12 and 22. ShockHound (www.shockhound.com) is a one-stop, genre-spanning music website where people of all ages can purchase MP3s and music merchandise, share their music interests, and read music news and editorial content. As of December 10, 2009, the company operated 681 Hot Topic stores in all 50 states and Puerto Rico and Internet stores www.hottopic.com and www.shockhound.com.

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START SPREADING THE NEWS … WARNER BROS. TELEVISION AND
WARNER BROS. ANIMATION TAKE MANHATTAN WITH SIX
SERIES HEADING TO NEW YORK COMIC CON 2010

Stars and Producers from Nikita, V, The Vampire Diaries, Young Justice,
MAD and Green Lantern: The Animated Series to Appear October 8–10

Twitter Pitch: Warner Bros. TV and WB Animation take Manhattan with six series at New York Comic Con 2010: http://bit.ly/dgXAva #WBNYCC

BURBANK, Calif. (September 29, 2010) — Warner Bros. Television (WBTV) and Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) are teaming up to take Manhattan, with six series from the Studio — WBTV’s Nikita, V and The Vampire Diaries, along with WBA’s MAD as well as the upcoming Young Justice and Green Lantern: The Animated Series — headed to New York Comic Con 2010.

Selected stars and producers from these programs will be on-hand for panel sessions, media appearances and autograph signings at the East Coast’s biggest and most exciting popular culture convention from Friday, October 8–Sunday, October 10.

Highlights include:

• Three generations of V queens — series stars Morena Baccarin and Laura Vandervoort, and guest star Jane Badler (Diana on the original V) — discuss their epic power struggle over the future of humanity in the forthcoming season two

• The Vampire Diaries executive producers Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec join series stars Steven R. McQueen, Sara Canning, Katerina Graham and Zach Roerig for their first New York Comic Con appearance (Note: Attendees are subject to change.)

• Nikita stars Maggie Q., Shane West and Lyndsy Fonseca team up with executive producer Craig Silverstein to give fans a peek a what’s ahead in season one

• Warner Bros. Animation unveils exclusive new footage from the upcoming series Young Justice, and the creative team behind Green Lantern: The Animated Series talks about this new project

• The team behind DC Comics’ MAD Magazine and Warner Bros. Animation’s new MAD animated television series give fans a light-hearted look at the past, present and future of an American institution

For continuing information about the Studio’s plans at New York Comic Con, please follow us on Twitter @TheWBdotcom or search for news using the #WBNYCC hashtag.

Here is the complete WBTV and WBA New York Comic Con schedule:

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8

• 3:15–4:15 p.m.  Mad About MAD Presentation/Q&A — MAD Magazine has established itself as the original, most imitated and influential satirical publication across generations. Recently, MAD made a triumphant return to TV on Cartoon Network with an all-new animated series from Warner Bros. Animation to corrupt the minds of the next generation! Come join MAD Magazine editor John Ficarra, MAD art director Sam Viviano, legendary MAD artist Mort Drucker and MAD television program producer Mark Marek, plus a few surprise guests for a light-hearted look at the past, present and future of an American institution.   Room 1A06-7

• 4:30–5:30 p.m.  MAD Signing at the DC Comics booth #2243

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9

• 2:00–3:00 p.m. Young Justice Signing at the DC Comics booth #2243

• 2:30–3:30 p.m. Green Lantern: The Animated Series Presentation/Q&A — Saturday will be NYCC’s “brightest day” as Warner Bros. Animation proudly unveils this new series coming soon to Cartoon Network and based upon characters from DC Comics. Join series executive producer Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series), producer Giancarlo Volpe (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) and producer/story editor Jim Krieg (Ben 10: Alien Swarm) as these creative forces reveal their plans for one of the most highly anticipated new animated series.   Room 1A14

• 3:45–4:45 p.m. Young Justice Video Presentation and Q&A — Join the league!  Fans were given their first glimpse of Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Superboy, Miss Martian and Artemis this past July at Comic-Con International: San Diego. But this panel will offer far more than just a glimpse, as producers Brandon Vietti (Batman: Under the Red Hood) and Greg Weisman (Gargoyles) answer questions from fans and show footage from this highly anticipated series. A one-hour special event of Young Justice will premiere in November 2010 on Cartoon Network, and the series begins in 2011. Young Justice is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and is based upon characters from DC Comics.   Room 1A14

• 4:00–5:00 p.m. Green Lantern: The Animated Series Signing at the DC Comics Booth #2243

• 5:15–6:15 p.m. V Special Video Presentation and Cast/Producer Q&A — In the first season of V, the Visitors arrived. In the second, coming in November to ABC, three generations of V queens — played by Morena Baccarin (Firefly), Laura Vandervoort (Smallville) and guest star Jane Badler (Diana on the original V) — will engage in an epic power struggle over the future of humanity. Join them and a V executive producer for a panel that will feature Q&A as well as footage from the new season. V is produced by HDFilms in association with Warner Bros. Television. Become a fan of the series on Facebook at www.facebook.com/V.   IGN Theater/Special Events Hall

• 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.  V Signing in Room 1C05

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10

• 10:30–11:30 a.m. Nikita Video Presentation and Q&A — Looks do kill!  International action star Maggie Q (Mission: Impossible III) plays Nikita, the former spy and assassin determined to destroy the secretive and corrupt government agency that trained her. Join Maggie, Shane West (ER), Lyndsy Fonseca (Kick-Ass) and executive producer Craig Silverstein (Bones) as they answer questions and provide a sneak peek at what fans can expect in upcoming episodes. From Wonderland Sound and Vision in association with Warner Bros. Television, Nikita airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on The CW. Become a fan of the show on Facebook at www.facebook.com/nikita.   IGN Theater/Special Events Hall

• 1:00–1:45 p.m. Nikita Signing in Room 1C05

• 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. The Vampire Diaries Special Video Presentation and Select Cast/Producer Q&A — The Vampire Diaries sinks its teeth into the Big Apple today — a New York Comic Con first! Join series stars Steven R. McQueen (character name: Jeremy), Sara Canning (Jenna), Katerina Graham (Bonnie) and Zach Roerig (Matt), and executive producers Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec for a discussion of all things Mystic Falls! NOTE: Attendees are subject to change. From Bonanza Productions Inc., Outerbanks Entertainment and Alloy Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios, The Vampire Diaries airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW. Become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thevampirediaries and follow the show on Twitter at www.twitter.com/CW_VampDiaries. IGN Theater/Special Events Hall

• 2:00–3:00 p.m. The Vampire Diaries Signing in Room 1C05

SOCIAL MEDIA CONTACTS

NIKITA

TWITTER
Tiffany Hines                            @tiffanyhines1              http://twitter.com/tiffanyhines1
Ashton Holmes                         @ashtonholmes            http://twitter.com/ashtonholmes

FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/nikita

DOMESTIC PRESS: Winson Seto, @the_real_winson

http://twitter.com/the_real_winson

V

TWITTER
“V”                                          @VonABC                  http://twitter.com/VonABC
Scott Rosenbaum                     @skeeterosenbaum      http://twitter.com/skeeterosenbaum
Morris Chestnut                        @Morris_Chestnut       http://twitter.com/Morris_Chestnut
Morena Baccarin                      @morena_baccarin      http://twitter.com/morena_baccarin

FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/V

DOMESTIC PRESS: Tom McAlister, @tom_mcalister

http://twitter.com/tom_mcalister

THE VAMPIRE DIARIES

TWITTER
The Vampire Diaries @CW_VampDiaries    http://twitter.com/CW_VampDiaries
Nina Dobrev                            @ninadobrev                http://twitter.com/ninadobrev
Ian Somerhalder                       @iansomerhalder          http://twitter.com/iansomerhalder
Katerina Graham                      @KatGraham               http://twitter.com/KatGraham
Zach Roerig                              @zgeorge222               http://twitter.com/zgeorge222
Michael Trevino                        @M_Trevino               http://twitter.com/M_Trevino
Kevin Williamson                      @kevwilliamson           http://twitter.com/kevwilliamson
Julie Plec                                  @julieplec                    http://twitter.com/julieplec
Marcos Siega                           @MSiega                     http://twitter.com/MSiega

FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/thevampirediaries

DOMESTIC PRESS: Rayna Schwartz, @raynaschwartz

http://twitter.com/raynaschwartz

Chris McLaughlin, @ChrisMCtv

http://twitter.com/ChrisMCtv

GREEN LANTERN: THE ANIMATED SERIES

DOMESTIC PRESS: Winson Seto, @the_real_winson

http://twitter.com/the_real_winson

Tom McAlister, @tom_mcalister

http://twitter.com/tom_mcalister

MAD

TWITTER

Kevin Shinick                           @Shiniscope                http://twitter.com/Shiniscope

DOMESTIC PRESS: Winson Seto, @the_real_winson

http://twitter.com/the_real_winson

Tom McAlister, @tom_mcalister

http://twitter.com/tom_mcalister

YOUNG JUSTICE

DOMESTIC PRESS: Winson Seto, @the_real_winson

http://twitter.com/the_real_winson

Tom McAlister, @tom_mcalister

http://twitter.com/tom_mcalister

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In Theaters Friday, October 8, 2010.

In the romantic comedy “Life as We Know It,” Holly Berenson (Katherine Heigl) is an up-and-coming caterer and Eric Messer (Josh Duhamel) is a promising network sports director. After a disastrous first date, the only thing they have in common is their dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter, Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in the world, Holly and Messer are forced to put their differences aside. Juggling career ambitions and competing social calendars, they’ll have to find some common ground while living under one roof.

“Life as We Know It” is directed by Greg Berlanti (TV’s “Brothers & Sisters” and “Everwood”) from a screenplay by first time feature writers Ian Deitchman & Kristin Rusk Robinson. The film stars Katherine Heigl (“The Ugly Truth,” “27 Dresses”), Josh Duhamel (the “Transformers” films), Josh Lucas (“Sweet Home Alabama”), Christina Hendricks (TV’s “Mad Men”), Hayes MacArthur (“The Game Plan”) and Jean Smart (TV’s “Samantha Who?” and “24”).

The film is produced by Barry Josephson and Paul Brooks, with Norm Waitt, Scott Niemeyer, Denise Di Novi, Katherine Heigl and Nancy Heigl serving as executive producers.

The behind-the-scenes team includes director of photography Andrew Dunn (“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”), production designer Maher Ahmad (“Zombieland”), editor Jim Page (“Eagle Eye”), costume designer Debra McGuire (“Superbad,” “Knocked Up”) and composer Blake Neely (“The Wedding Date” and TV’s “Everwood”).

“Life as We Know It” will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. The film is currently scheduled for release nationwide on October 8, 2010.

Watch the trailer here.

* Human Target: Confidential Informant Featurette
* Human Target: Full Contact Television
* Commentary
* Deleted Scenes

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* Art of a Mentalist with Director Chris Long
* Mentalism: A Subliminal Art (11 pods with cast including): Mind Reading, Muscle Reading, Suggestive Imagery and Moving Objects
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* Featurette

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Get your exclusive copy today! Highlights include:

► Behind the scenes photos from Comic-Con
► Sneak peek of an all new Superman Comic
► Q&A with the stars of The Vampire Diaries, True Blood and
many more
► Secrets from the sets of Fringe and The Big Bang Theory
► A first look at the new Nikita

Get it here.

Special Features
* All 23 Episodes of Season Two, including The Unearthed Episode, plus
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* Commentary on 4 Episodes by Series Stars and Creative Team
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* Unaired Scenes
* Dissected Files: Unaired Scenes
* Second Bite: Gag Reel

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* Big Bang Set Tour with Simon and Kunal – Get an insider’s look at TV’s hottest comedy, The Big Bang Theory, as Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar take us on a tour of the set.
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Watch the series premiere of Nikita tonight on The CW, 9/8c.

When she was a deeply troubled teenager, Nikita (Maggie Q, “Live Free or Die Hard,” “Mission Impossible 3″) was rescued from death row by a secret U.S. agency known only as Division, who faked her execution and told her she was being given a second chance to start a new life and serve her country. What they didn’t tell her was that she was being trained as a spy and assassin. Throughout her grueling training at Division, Nikita never lost her humanity, even falling in love with a civilian. When her fiancé was murdered, Nikita realized she had been betrayed and her dreams shattered by the only people she thought she could trust, so she did what no one else before her had been able to do: she escaped. Now, after three years in hiding, Nikita is seeking retribution and making it clear to her former bosses that she will stop at nothing to expose and destroy their covert operation.

For the time being, however, Division continues to recruit and train other young people, erasing all evidence of their former lives and turning them into cold and efficient killers. One of these new recruits, Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca, “Kick-Ass,” “Desperate Housewives”), is a beautiful girl with a violent past and a story not so different from Nikita’s. After her parents were murdered, Alex’s life completely derailed. Haunted by her horrific past, she ended up drug-addicted and homeless until Division “rescued” her and brought her into the fold.

Division’s top authority, Percy (Xander Berkeley, “Kick-Ass,” “24″) spent years being a good government soldier, taking his role as an insider and using it to turn the secret organization into a lucrative spy-for-hire shop. With Nikita gone rogue, Percy will do whatever it takes to destroy her and protect the empire he’s built, and he often turns to his top lieutenant, Michael (Shane West, “ER,” Once and Again”), for help. Michael trained Nikita when she was a recruit and is now faced with the responsibility of tracking down his renegade student. At the same time, Michael is in charge of training Alex, Nikita’s young replacement, along with other recruits, including Thom (Ashton Holmes, “Boston Legal”), who has been at Division for a year and is anxious to prove himself, and Jaden (Tiffany Hines, “Bones”), a beautiful and tough young woman who challenges Alex at every turn.

The recruits all spend part of their training with Amanda (Melinda Clarke, “The O.C.,” “The Vampire Diaries”), a master manipulator who can turn any ugly duckling into a swan and any bleeding heart into a killer. Her use of psychological warfare and strategy is key to Percy’s entire operation. Amanda has only had one failure during her tenure at Division: Nikita, the recruit she was never able to break.

Nikita also left her mark on Birkhoff (Aaron Stanford, “Traveler,” “X-Men: The Last Stand”), the nonconformist computer genius who was caught hacking into the Pentagon’s system from his college dorm room and was recruited into Division at the same time as Nikita. Birkhoff never admits to anyone that he misses his former colleague, and he has managed to hold onto his own rebel spirit, his geek-speak and his slacker dress code.

This is the world of Division that Alex now finds herself facing everyday, and she is just beginning to understand why the legendary Nikita has dedicated herself to taking them down.

“Nikita” is from Warner Bros. Television in association with Wonderland Sound and Vision, with executive producers Craig Silverstein (“Bones,” “K-Ville”), David Levinson (“The Commish”), Danny Cannon (“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Chuck”), McG (“Supernatural,” “Chuck,” “The O.C.,” “Charlie’s Angels”), and Peter Johnson (“Supernatural,” “Chuck”).

Visit the official site here.