The cast and crew of CW's "Vampire Diaries" got a supernatural chill during recent filming at the Gaither Plantation in Covington. Actress Nina Dobrev, who plays Elena and Katherine, said a piano started playing on its own and lights went on and off, totally freaking everyone out. "The [assistant directors] started screaming, 'Stop! Whoever that is, stop the music. We're rolling. Cameras are on,'" Dobrev told The Associated Press, recalling when piano music interfered with a shoot. But when the crew investigated, the piano was sitting in a room by itself. At another point, lights flickered while she was in the bathroom. At first she thought her colleagues were just pulling pranks but once again, no one else was around. And "nobody could pinpoint" why everyone felt so spooked while they were there, she said. By the way, "Vampire Diaries" has just been renewed for a third season. That's no surprise, as it is CW's top-rated program. The show has studios in Decatur and also has filmed elsewhere, such as Noon restaurant in Midtown, along with the occasional haunted mansion.
Quirky show creators answer questions, sort of
The Atlanta-based creators of Adult Swim's longest-running show channeled their inner Charlie Sheen during an interview to discuss "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" with us the other day. Their show will be known as "Aqua Unit Patrol Force 1" when it returns at 11:45 p.m. Sunday with its four main characters – Frylock, Master Shake, Meatwad and Carl – having moved from New Jersey to Seattle. "We're reintroducing America to what made them buy a TV in the first place," Dave Willis said, tossing out the first of a slew of non sequiturs. "We don't know anything about Seattle except it rains," the equally inscrutable Matt Maiellaro added. The animated show, you may recall, briefly alarmed Boston in 2007 when people thought its guerrilla ads were terrorist bombs. "We feel we can open up and talk about it," Maiellaro said. "Without getting in trouble," Willis added. Then they changed the subject.
Celebrity birthdays
Actor Theodore Bikel is 87. Singer Engelbert Humperdinck is 75. Actress and political activist Bianca Jagger is 66. Country singer R.C. Bannon is 66. Singer Lesley Gore is 65. Actor David Suchet is 65. Singer-songwriter Larry Gatlin is 63. Rock singer Lou Gramm (Foreigner) is 61. Actress Christine Baranski is 59. Singer Angela Bofill is 57. Movie director Stephen Daldry ("The Reader") is 51. Actress Elizabeth Berridge is 49. Country singer Ty Herndon is 49. Rock musician Todd Sucherman (Styx) is 42. Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is 39. Soccer player David Beckham is 36. Actress Jenna Von Oy is 34. Actress Ellie Kemper ("The Office") is 31. Actor Gaius Charles is 28. Pop singer Lily Allen is 26. Olympic gold medal figure skater Sarah Hughes is 26. Rock musician Jim Almgren (Carolina Liar) is 25. Actress Kay Panabaker is 21.
Contributing: Rodney Ho, news services
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