Kat Graham Lands Record Deal
Source: Contactmusic

Vampire Diaries star Kat Graham is launching an assault on the pop charts after landing a record deal.

The former back-up dancer for acts like Missy Elliott and Pharrell Williams has also starred in music videos for Akon, Nelly, John Legend and Justin Bieber – and now she’s preparing to carve out her own music career after signing a deal to release her first album.

In a video posted to YouTube.com, she tells fans, “I am so, so excited to share my big, special announcement with you guys. As you can see I’m in a recording studio… the reason is I am now signed to A&M/Octone Records.

“It’s my first time being signed to a major label and we have a single. The new song that you guys will be hearing is called Put Your Graffiti On Me. We’re shooting a music video this weekend and I’m so excited that you guys are going to be a part of this journey with me!”

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Katerina Graham To Ring In The New At Shrine
Source: Courant

Katerina “Kat” Graham stars as Bonnie Bennett, a witch, in the CW drama “Vampire Diaries.” Besides that, she had a role in the movie “17 Again” and has other television credits. Graham is also a singer who recently toured with the Black-Eyed Peas and produced a remake and music video for the Paula Abdul hit “Cold Hearted Snake.”

On New Year’s Eve, she will host the New Year’s Eve party at the Shrine at MGM Grand Foxwoods. Looking forward to a party that will properly welcome the new year, Graham, who also has a new CD, called from her California digs to Spill the Beans with Java.

Q: Did you ever imagine playing a witch would be your claim to fame? Or is it?

A: Not in a million years. I believe in a lot of different things, and that they exist and people follow it religiously. I have always been an admirer of character actors, and this was a chance to be a character actor. I am totally different than the character I play, but I love playing Bonnie, and I love the cast I work with.

Q: Who is your own favorite witch?

A: I love the witches in the “Wizard of Oz.” When I was younger I loved “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” and Willow from ” Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” They were normal witches. That’s why I like playing Bonnie. She is so absolutely normal on the outside.

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INTERVIEW: Katerina Graham (Bonnie) from The Vampire Diaries
Source: The TV Chick

The Vampire Diaries is off to an amazing start to its second season. Any concerns (not from this TV Chick) of a sophomore season slump have been wiped away. There are crazy doppelganger hijinx, proving that Nina Dobrev really can do no wrong, and of course some incredibly sexy vampires and werewolves (I’m looking at you Uncle Mason!) One of the characters that has really come into her own this season is Bonnie. Her witch powers are developing and she isn’t afraid to take on the vampires to protect her loved ones. I recently had the chance to chat with Katerina Graham at New York Comic Con, and she talked about Bonnie’s powers, her motivations and maybe even a possible love interest.

One thing we learned from the panel is that Bonnie’s powers continue to grow. What can you tease about where she’s going to go in the next few episodes?
They develop and there’s a positive to it and a negative to it. So you’ll be able to see both sides of that instead of just kind of this already evolved witch whose evolution kind of came out of nowhere. The five episodes kind of placed her evolution when she was with her family from last season. You get to see her dealing with her growth for the first time, really, which I think is important to see. So the good and the bad, you’ll get to see.

How much does she blame herself for Caroline turning?
I think enough to really make her want to help her and do what she can to make Caroline’s situation better. But at the end of the day, I stand by Bonnie, and her [thinking] “If these vampires hadn’t come to town, my grandma would still be here.” And people think Bonnie makes these decisions knowing the end of the episode — these are characters that have no idea what’s going to happen from the actions that they do. And I think that if Bonnie knew that Caroline was going to become a vampire, I don’t think she would have pressured Damon to give her the blood. But she didn’t know. She had no idea Katherine was going to go in there and do that. She had no idea that Tyler Lockwood was going to get into an accident and crash the car and Caroline would be in the hospital. These characters — people forget that they have no idea what’s going to happen if they do certain actions. So I think she feels — obviously as guilty as you can when you know you made a mistake — but at the same time — she made a mistake but she’s spending more time trying to figure out how do we fix this? How do we make this better?
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Major Vampire Diaries Scoop: What is Katherine’s Master Plan?
Source: Philly Burbs

The cast of “The Vampire Diaries” – Katerina Graham (Bonnie Bennett), Steven R. McQueen (Jeremy Gilbert), Sara Canning (Jenna Sommers) and Zach Roerig (Matt Donovan) – as well as executive producers Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec made an appearance at New York’s Comic Con earlier this month.

I was lucky enough to sit in on a panel discussion where the cast and producers answered questions about the show and the new season.

“The Vampire Diaries” TV show, which airs Thursday at 8 p.m. on The CW network, is based on the series of books by L.J. Smith.

“We used the book to set up the first episode,” Williamson said. “A lot of the time, we take parts from the book and include it in the show, but we are a room full of writers + and we always change up ideas.”

Plec added that, at this point, the TV show is “very loosely based on the books.”

Williamson hinted at some of the twists viewers can expect.
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Major Vampire Diaries Scoop: What is Katherine’s Master Plan?
Source: TV Fanatic

Attention, Vampire Diaries fans: make sure you tune in for the next four episodes.

We know, this is like asking Damon Salvatore to win a contest of snarky one-liners. It will clearly happen no matter what. But producer Julie Plec has teased the next set of new installments by saying Katherine’s master plan “explodes” and:

“By the time we hit Thanksgiving, you’re going to know a good chunk of it, if not most of it.”

With an uninterrupted string of episodes on tap until Thanksgiving, E! News reports that fans can also look forward to the following spoilers and developments:
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Kat Graham reveals top spoilers of ‘The Vampire Diaries!’
Source: Chicago Now

Sorry guys, the misleading headline on this post is strictly for Katerina Graham, who wasn’t about to give me any scoop on Bonnie, the witch she plays in The CW’s “The Vampire Diaries.”

But she did offer this tidbit as we discussed Bonnie’s desire to protect her friends from vampires, werewolves or anything else threatening them: “Even if there was a bad witch in town, one that was up to no good, she would challenge her. Definitely. She wouldn’t let it slide just because they might bring another, well, you know, witch in.”

Did the spoiler-blocking Graham slip? Since our chat, “TVD” executive producer Kevin Williamson told TV Guide that Bonnie will meet a witch named Lucy “whose identity will be a big surprise.”

But that’s probably not going to happen in “Plan B,” the episode airing at 7 p.m. Oct. 21 on WGN. The vampire-despising Bonnie does deal with her strained relationships to BFFs Elena (Nina Dobrev) and Caroline (Candice Accola). Despite their differences–Elena dates hottie vamp Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley), and Caroline has become a vamp–Bonnie still will help them, Graham said.

“I think Bonnie is all about protecting and loving her friends,” the 21-year-old said. “She’s going to do what she has to do to protect the ones she loves, no matter what.”
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Fans of Katerina Graham may be used to watching her work her magic on the small screen, but now the Vampire Diaries star is going to show the world what she can do on the big screen when she stars in the new dance film Honey 2.

The sequel to the 2003 film Honey, starring Jessica Alba, follows dancer Maria Ramirez, who just got out of juvenile detention. Teaming up with a new crew, Maria is able to channel her talent in a whole new way. Kat is a trained dancer and singer, so the leading role is a perfect fit for her.

Billie Woodruff, who directed the first film, will be behind the lens again for the new and improved movie. The film is already in production in L.A., so we hope to see Honey 2 out in theaters by next year. How excited are you to see Kat in this new role? We already know she can play a good witch, so we can’t wait to see her moves on the dance floor.

Source: JSYK