After Julian left baby Davis in the car last week, you might’ve been shocked that One Tree Hill wrapped up this plotline in just one episode, and without a ton of drama. But that actually made it resonate more. More »
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Is Davis dead? Was he kidnapped? What will happen to Julian and Brooke? If you were floored by the episode’s ending, come share theories with us. Because we have to know if little Davis will be OK! More »
After nine seasons, we finally meet Brooke Davis’ (Sophia Bush) dad, played by Desperate Housewives star Richard Burgi! Though Mr. Davis has never been seen on-screen, he’s partly to thank for Brooke’s character going from spoiled queen bee to One Tree Hill‘s sweetheart. More »
Toward the end of summer in 2008, I lost my job. It was a terrible experience made even more terrible by the fact that I’d actually hated my job. Initially, of course, I walked away feeling psyched. Awesome! I thought. This is an opportunity for a fresh start! But in reality I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, or even what I’d planned to do the next day. Some people would probably go to a museum, or take a walk in the park to collect their thoughts. Others would simply dust themselves off and dive right back into the job search. Me? I found One Tree Hill. More »
Doesn’t it feel like January is suddenly just a week away? Unfortunately you’ll have to wait a tad longer than that, but we are just a few weeks from the premiere of One Tree Hill season 9. From the looks of this first official trailer, Mark Schwahn has some heartache planned for OTH‘s final season. Brooke (Sophia Bush), the show’s new emotional center, narrates about her happy nostalgia concerning Tree Hill, while a tortured Nathan (James Lafferty) talks about hell and being tested.
What could’ve happened to lead us to such dire straits when we have only 13 episodes til the end? I’ve watched the trailer three times, and here are my knee-jerk reactions, screencap by drama-filled screencap. More »
We were understandably a little confused to hear that One Tree Hill star Chad Michael Murray has branched out into the world of graphic novels. It was just so unlike what you would expect of the teen-soap star, or any celebrity, for that matter; usually it’s more tell-all memoirs that are ghostwritten anyway. But according to those who attended his very first book signing for his novel Everlast, Chad was nothing but humble and nervous. More »
What do Scarlett Johansson, Liam Hemsworth, and Aaliyah all have in common? Plenty of new parents were obviously reading celebrity sites (maybe even ours!) and watching movies when they decided on what to name their kids. Our favorite guessing game is figuring out which celebrity scandals, cult TV shows, and reality-show children influenced the top baby names of 2011. More »
You might’ve forgotten about One Tree Hill, as the CW drama won’t be returning to the airwaves til January 2012, but One Tree Hill has not forgotten about you. The CW recently released this promo of season 9, the show’s swan song, and it’s clear that creator Mark Schwan is bringing out the big guns. More »
The odd but cute couple have an interesting dynamic: They’re out and about at events like this Breaking Dawn, Part 1 premiere, but details of their relationship are still under lock and key. More »
GQ has an awesome essay (via Vulture) from John Jeremiah Sullivan, a normal guy with a legendary house: His neo-Colonial residence in Wilmington, North Carolina, became Peyton Sawyer‘s house on One Tree Hill. From prom-night kidnappings to cookie-dough fights, his house saw it all—and was somehow miraculously clean when he, his wife, and their infant daughter would return from the hotel in which they stayed during these dramatic shoots. More »
I’m a man who deeply values his dignity. I cling to it, actually. I won’t dance, I don’t sing in public, and I refuse to drink through straws. It’s a cloak I wear; one that I imagine protects me from the crippling judgment of my community. In reality, dignity is just another word for conformity; it’s a way for society to determine what is, and what isn’t acceptable behavior. For a man my age (let’s just say early thirties and leave it at that), dignified pursuits include resume building, home-ownership, procreation, and participating in fantasy sports leagues. Unfortunately I do none of these things. In fact, one of my most cherished pursuits would be considered decidedly undignified by society at large. I am a man (in his early thirties as previously stated) who’s addicted to teen dramas. More »
Summer camp: It’s one of the greatest universal experiences for our generation, what with the adventure of going away from home for a week or two and all of the different people we meet. So it’s no surprise that TV shows jumped on the bandwagon to put their characters into the great outdoors. The characters from One Tree Hill, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Family Guy, and more bond, run from bears, lose weight, and hook up. Yep, sounds like camp to us. More »
Here’s a question I never know how to answer: “What’s your type?” I mean, how do you respond to that without seeming like a totally judgmental jerk? So I usually say that I don’t really have a type, but secretly, I know it isn’t true. Thing is, I totally do have a preferred variety of male, and it’s the boyfriend characters from the heyday of The WB. Jess from Gilmore Girls, Ben from Felicity, Eddie from Dawson’s Creek: beautiful, secretly sensitive bad boys who totally, like, read books and stuff. So here they are in gallery format, those prime examples of my type: the ten dreamiest WB characters of all time. More »
Apparently Chad Michael Murray is trying to shake off the role of Lucas Scott by reinventing himself as a writer. He penned a cheesy 1940s episode of One Tree Hill in 2008 — and now he’s branched out into comic books. His official website added a page for Everlast, the supernatural graphic novel he’s been working on for nearly a decade. More »
Before The Hunger Games, the state of North Carolina mostly dealt in overblown teen dramas: One Tree Hill shoots almost exclusively there, hiring college students (like Lilit’s sister!) to play extras as well as patronizing local businesses. One of those establishments? Pure Gold, a gentlemen’s club that has featured heavily in the show’s history. Every few seasons, there’s a plotline where the gang heads to the strip club, either to check out the entertainment or because they’re forced to take the stage themselves. Let’s review all of the underage, unclothed goodness. More »
Glee creator Ryan Murphy has said that Rachel, Finn and the rest of the gang will be graduating at the end of season three because “you can’t stay in high school forever.” Ha! It’s like he’s never watched TV. Maybe Mr. Murphy can learn a thing or two from the writers of these high school dramas. Because they sat down in a meeting, looked at each other and thought, what would Boy Meets World be without Shaun and Corey?, Buffy without Xander and Willow?. The answer: hollow, empty, shells of TV shows. And if Glee were to become a hollow shell, there’d be a damn echo to deal with as well. More »
One Tree Hill, like Dawson’s Creek before it, films in Wilmington, North Carolina. Often, students from UNC – Wilmington get drafted into being extras on shows that are taping in town. My sister, Stephanie Marcus (who pops up occasionally around these parts), a UNCW alum, did a couple of rounds as an extra on One Tree Hill. Blink and you’ll miss her – she’s at the 27:32 mark in this episode. The episode, “Just Watch the Firew More »
The 1999 Columbine massacre was by no means the first school shooting in the United States, but it has become iconic due to the brutality of the event and how Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were supposedly influenced by violent video games. Now, the “school shooting” has become a TV plotline, a film tragedy, and the subject of multiple songs. With the release of the drama Beautiful Boy — and We Need to Talk About Kevin wowing audiences at Cannes — we look at which details and tropes crop up again and again in pop culture. More »
The CW decided to reward its mainstay One Tree Hill — usually on the bubble each season, the show performed well this year — with a renewal for season 9. Mark Schwahn‘s bizarre soap gets only 13 episodes, which will start airing in January 2012. That’s a pretty good indicator that this will be OTH‘s final season. More »