I Owe an Apology...

I feel really bad about my negative statements regarding the new 90210. Am I bummed that there is something trying to take the place of the most amazing show in my life? Yes, of course. I think what bums me out the most is the fact that it's not even in the hands of the original people involved in the development of the show.

But as far as my comments go in regards to the acting and the characters and so forth, I do take it all back. I met the majority of the cast last night, and I spoke to them individually at great length. They were the most normal, funny, lighthearted, down-to-earth people I've ever met in this business, and I hope newfound fame does not change them.

So with that said, yes, I do look at this show in a little bit of a negative way (based on where my heart is--with Aaron Spelling and such), but I will not say anything else negative about the show from this point on. I wish the show and the characters all the very best.

Good News For Fans of the ORIGINAL 90210!

SOAPNET is showing a 24-hour marathon of the greatest show ever!!! So while all you alchys spend Monday recovering from your Labor Day bingefest, you can totally hit up your TV screen all day for some sikkkkkk shit! STOKED!

The New 90210 is a Classless Skankfest and Tori Spelling is a Lying Famewhore

I once again hate talking about the stupid 90210 2.0. It like bothers me inside my heart. It kills me, in fact. And the more I hear about it, the more upset I get. I wish Aaron Spelling were still alive so he could put a ban on this crap. It's tearing me apart. And there is yet one more thing to add to my anticipated hatred. Entertainment Weekly posted a pretty interesting interview with former foes and co-stars Shannen "GOD" Doherty and Jennie Garth. The best bitch we knew and loved appears to have cleaned up her act. Now she's like all mature and shit, and that makes me upset. I miss the cigarrette-smoking, bitch-slapping, trash-talking, Rick Solomon-marrying Doherty. Not this proper, well-behaved, soft spoken chick. Who is the girl anyway?

But anyway, Doherty and Garth revealed some skankalicious 411 about the premiere of the 90210 remake. And this scandalousness is shit that wouldn't even appear in an ep of Melrose Place for crying out loud.

"All I know is there's a girl giving a guy a blowjob in the first episode," says Doherty.

"I thought, Aaron Spelling is rolling over in his grave right now," Garth reacts.

And EW also gets to the nitty gritty of Tori Spelling's not-so-best-selling memoir which I saw sitting on a table next to a rack carrying the Lauren Conrad Collection at the Kitson outlet store only two months after publication. So sad.

EW says, "In Tori Spelling's book sTORI Telling, she tells some pretty harsh stories about you, Shannen. Did you read the book?"

And the newly mature Doherty responded all properly, saying, "I will censor myself out of respect for Jennie because she's friends with Tori. I got passages sent to me and a vast majority of it is incredibly exaggerated. Maybe it's a difference of how I was raised. I just don't believe you write personal on-set experiences in a book. For me, when you work it's almost a sacred experience whether you get along with everyone or not. In 27 years of acting I've never sold out one of my cast members. Ever. And I will stick to that."

Tori is pathetic. We all know she was a bitch of her own right in those days. But she felt like selling out her former co-stars was a good way to make a buck. Note to Tori: nobody cares about your stupid book or the stupid drama you have to recount by living vicariously through people who had a far more exciting life than you!

My Hero Shannen Graces This Week's Cover of UsWeekly!!!

Janice Min's famed celeb tabloid took a break from the Speidi sagas and finally decided to place an icon on it's cover!!! I have nothing more to say except that I want to murder the new 90210, but I am thrilled that at least it's giving my idol Shannen Doherty the exposure she still deserves. I am the hugest 90210 fan on the planet and I always will be. Nobody loves her/Brenda more than myself, and I proudly and confidently state this.

Shannen's probably pissed that she has to share a cover with a newbie like Carrie Underwood. [snooze]. Shannen should have been granted the entire cover. Nobody in the world is worth sharing the Goddess of television's space!--well, except maybe Jason Priestley. He's kinda the effing sh*t!

Lauren Conrad Looks Deeply Into Why She Likes Gossip Girl

In a recent interview with Eonline's Marc Malkin, Lauren Conrad made a profound explanation as to why she loves Gossip Girl, stating, "It's so gossipy..."

That's like me saying, "I love Beverly Hills 90210 because it's so Beverly Hills." It's like DUH! Of course GG is "gossipy" and of course 90210 is so Beverly Hills.

Okay, LC. Way to really put off those reports that you have no depth...

Tori Spelling is Dissed by the New 90210

Remember when I posted a while back that Tori Spelling would not be appearing on the new 90210 afterall, due to her recent childbirth to daughter Stella? Well, turns out I was wrongly informed.

It turns out, in fact, that Ms. Spelling has been DE-NIED the same sum as her original co-stars Jennie Garth and Goddess Shannen Doherty to appear on 90210 2.0 . And as one would expect, the horse-faced actress is not a happy camper! Because of this, she has retracted her decision to return to the zip that made her famous.

Is Tori unattractive? Yes. Was she the worst "actress" to stem from the original 90210? Absolutely. But, I must agree with Garth, when she states, "Her father created the show." Good point. And for that alone, I definitely think Spelling should be offered the same amount of money as Garth and Doherty. Perhaps the producers figured Spelling has no career, so she'd probably walk on set for free, for that matter. I mean Doherty has no career, but let's be honest--she'd be worth all the millions and trillions in the world to reprise her role.

Garth apparently doesn't speak to Spelling anymore, but says of her former co-star, "I'm really bummed because I love Tori and I was psyched Tori was going to be on the show. I don't know what really happened because I haven't talked to her. I would like to talk to her."

Doherty is probably stoked. More screen time for her--I mean afterall, she is the only 90210 character people really care about. The only thing she had to offer for comment was, “They didn’t even get the numbers right so I don’t know if it’s about the money either.” How profound...

Shannen Doherty: Just Grateful to Be Recognized

Shannen Doherty, the actress...err...I mean Goddess, who is about to reprise her role as Brenda Walsh on the new 90210, is singing a much friendlier tune these days than the one she sang back in the day before she got fired from not one--but two of Aaron Spelling's TV shows.

I'm happy to see my favorite actress in the universe in much less cat-fighty-ish spirits, but I have to admit, I think she's just stoked to be approached by the paps, following a little incident at the LAPD, in which apparently, the cops had no idea who she was!

Silly policemen, all you need to do is open a dictionary and look up the term "praiseworthy."

Check out Shannen's explanation of the occurrence here!

Paint Yourself With the Colors of 90210

The popular nail polish line O.P.I.--known for developing themed shades often related to countries, seasons and so forth--will develop it's latest collection, titled "90210," in anticipation of the new spinoff series. Details related to the specific shades and their titles are not available just yet, but are to be released within the coming weeks.

Some possibilities are listed here

*Special thanks to Platinum Pen reader Becky Leung*

In Case Your Internet Connection Was Down Over the Weekend...

• DMX has been arrested for sixth time in three months--yes, you read that correctly. What was the cause this time around? Identity left. Arrested in Phoenix, Arizona, the rapper allegedly used a fake name and Social Security number to avoid paying a $7,500 medical bill back in April.
• Khloe Kardashian joined Nicole Richie and Lindsay Lohan on the list of celebs (or sister of a celeb) who managed to turn a 30-some-odd-day jail sentence into a mere one-hundred-some-odd (or less) minutes. HAHAHA and to think Paris Hilton actually had to rock a pinstripe jumpsuit for a whopping three weeks. Oh, the tragedies...
• Shannen Doherty will officially be reprising her role as the greatest TV character of all time--Brenda Walsh--on the new 90210. I mentioned before that she was in talks with the producers to possibly do so, but it appears now the Queen has signed on the dotted line to take back her seat on her television throne. Doherty will return to direct West Beverly High's school musical. Whoop-dee-freakin-doo, right? But who cares, as long she's getting screen time!
• Britney Spears makes her first red (or in this case, blue) carpet event appearance in...what seems like....ever? And even krayzier? She actually looks relatively normal in photos from the event. Normal, but numb. All those sedatives do a damn good job of keeping her emotionless.
  

The Latest West Beverly News (Yes, More!)

Your prayers have been answered, folks. Not only is it likely that praiseworthy Shannen Doherty will be back on the BH scene as Brenda Walsh, but the latest news is that Tori Spelling is no longer joining the cast afterall. She proclaimed throughout interview after interview that she couldn't wait to get back to the zip-code that made her famous, but apparently that zip-code don't want her nasty azz (not that we can blame it). Or maybe it's simply because she just had a baby and isn't ready to go back to work. I'd like to think it is the first reason. ;-)

Or, perhaps, now that all the buzz is around Shannen's triumphant return, perhaps Horse Head feels intimidated. Here she thought she had her chance at the spotlight, but no one can steal Shannen's thunder. No way Jose! Nobody wanted to see Tori and her gawd-awful acting skills overdramatize Donna's role again anyway. So this is much better. Looks like it's going to be Brenda vs Kelly. The two gals are still probably bitter about Dylan. Brenda needs to whoop Kelly's ass--something she never had the chance to do back in high school. Ugh, Brenda + Dylan 4eva [sigh].

Other 90210-ish stuff:

After work today, I just *had* to drive to Beverly & Martel to scope this 90210 filming which was rumored to be taking place. Well, sure enough, there was indeed filming going on. Whether it was The Peach Pit (as stated prior) or even whether it was the 90210 cast for that matter--remains a mystery to me, because it's not like I'm going to recognize all the members of the spin-off's Z-list cast (oh, except Lori Laughlin--the F-lister).

Additionally, today while I was in Rite Aid in Studio City (yes, the same place where I saw the freakish nail lady), I happened to be in line right in front of Meg Wittner, who played the role of mom to a deaf child who Brandon befriended during the Beverly Hills Beach Club days (ahh...good times). Wittner also had a role on Melrose Place as Billy's seductive boss at Escapade magazine. Kinda coincidental that I ran into her of all people on today of all days. She had a grumpy vibe though, so I dunno... She probably has a big head knowing even though she's a Z-lister, she had minor roles on two of the biggest Primetime dramas in TV history.

Hell Has Frozen Over : Shannen Doherty May Actually Be Joining 90210 Spin-off Cast

The unthinkable may very well be happening. Shannen Doherty may be headed back to the Hills. Beverly Hills, that is. (AKA the Hills that existed long before LC and cohorts even graduated elementary school). That’s correct. Brenda Walsh’s legendary character may be reprised. I never thought she’d go for it—heck, I never even thought she’d get asked. But, according to sources, depending on the storyline and the dollar sum, the tabloid queen of the ‘90s just might grace TV screens more than 10 years after the demise of her role.

Doherty was the reigning queen of primetime drama—and real life drama. Regardless of the immense popularity of her 90210 role, the actress was booted off the show due to differences she shared with her cast and crew—most notably Jennie Garth.

In her 2007 memoir So NoTORIous, Tori Spelling wrote of Doherty and Garth: "Sometimes they got along, but there were explosions. Once they got into a fistfight."

Despite an unresolved past, Garth stated a few weeks ago, “If Shannen comes to do the show... Excellent. The fans would love it. I'm a big girl. I can handle anything."

In other 90210 spin-off news, a source spotted the set of The Peach Pit being put together this morning on the cross streets of Beverly Blvd & Martel Ave in Los Angeles at a restaurant called Kokomo (perhaps something to go check out?)

So it looks like this spin-off is going full-force: same high school, some of the same characters, and now—even The Peach Pit is being reborn. I promised myself I wouldn’t dare watch such an atrocity unless Brenda came back. But it appears those far-fetched dreams are a lot closer to reality than I ever thought. Do I now actually have to give it a go? I still have something in my heart telling me there’s no way I can sit there and watch a spin-off that doesn’t even have any of the same writers/creators/producers as the original show. And as stated in previous posts of mine, the spin-off is on an entirely different channel, for crying out loud!

I dunno, we’ll see. I’m sure the spin-off will be far juicier than the original (because now-a-days, everything has to be especially scandalous. Morals clearly do not make for good television), but juicy-ness doesn’t necessarily matter to me. The original 90210 was truly the greatest addition to my life. Words cannot express how much that show means to me. I honestly think I had to have been amongst the top 10 fans on the planet. I ate, slept, and breathed that show. Secret confession: I even almost submitted my college admissions letter about the damn show! No lie! I had the whole thing written out, and it was great! But then I realized it probably wasn’t what the admissions department was looking for.

A Special Treat For 90210 Fans!

If you are an avid 90210 lover (or obsesser) life myself, you’ll be happy to know that you can put your long-saved quarters, dimes and nickels back in the Piggy Bank because you no longer have to purchase 90210 DVDs to catch The Spring Dance, The Slumber Party, High School Commencement and all your other favorite Brenda/Dylan/Kelly/Steve/Brandon/Donna/Andrea/David moments from Seasons 1-3.

Surprisingly, CBS.com has every episode from the first 3 seasons loaded on the site for your convenience. View them here: http://www.cbs.com/classics/beverly_hills_90210/ .

Which 90210 episode or moment is your favorite? Sound off in the comments!

Orange County High School Student Pulls a Steve Sanders

The story sounds all too familiar, circa 1993. Steve Sanders (Ian Ziering) gets crappy grades and decides it’d be a wise idea to break into his high school computers and change his grades (a-la the help of his “Freshman Buddy” who happened to be a technological genius)—with the hopes that his newfound marks will grant him entry into a (decent) college.

Fast-forward 15 years later, Tesoro high school student Omar Khan took the same action. But unlike in the case of Sanders, Khan’s case is real life. And chances are, there’s not a Principal as understanding as Mrs. Teasley available to bail him out.

Khan, 18, allegedly changed grades for 12 other students as well, and once broke into the locked office of a vice principal in an attempt to retrieve a test after he was caught cheating, according to a statement from the Orange County District Attorney's Office.

The Coto de Caza resident is charged with nearly 70 felony counts, including altering public records, computer access and fraud, burglary, identity theft and conspiracy. He could be sentenced to more than 38 years in prison if convicted.
He is accused of altering test scores from Advanced Placement classes and school records from previous semesters, often changing grades of "C," "D," or "F" to "A," according to the DA's statement.

Some Territory Should Just NEVER Be Tampered With

Let’s be honest. The only way this stupid 90210 spin-off is going to actually be a success for more than a season (if lucky) would be if the role of praiseworthy Brenda Walsh is reprised. That’s great that Kelly Taylor and Donna Martin are making cameos, but guess what? Nobody actually cares. I love the show till the day I die, but there’s no way the show would have been what it was without Shannen and her bitchass.

Well, apparently *some* people are already acting like divas about the show, and think the appearance of Mizz Doherty doesn’t matter.

“I don't think Shannen will [guest appear on the 90210 spin-off]. No. I don't think anyone wants to touch that,” said ex-“Full Houser” Lori Laughlin, who plays a mom on the new 90210.

Umm what? I can’t even believe she went there! If TV were a religion, 90210 would be my belief…and BRENDA would be my God. How dare anyone speak out about MY savior?! Even Jennie Garth, who famously feuded with her former co-star, says she would not be opposed to having Doherty make a return.

If Shannen comes to do the show... Excellent,” Jennie told Extra. “The fans would love it. I'm a big girl. I can handle anything."

See? At least she knows what’s up. Laughlin obviously knows nothing about ratings. Ugh.

Spotted...

Platinum Pen reader Ben Mann spotted 90210's James Eckhouse at the Van Nuys courthouse on Thursday.

The Sex and the City Movie Touched Me In Places I Never Knew Existed

Ok,that was a pun--but a good one at that.

Anyway, would you believe I think I've only seen maybe 2 episodes of SATC in my lifetime? Pretty abnormal, right? And even though I figured the movie itself would be good, I didn't know If I would be able to follow, seeing as I was unfamiliar with the show's past. Well, luckily those 2 episodes I DID see were enough to get me through the plotline. Anyway, the movie was incredible. It was fun, emotional, inspirational and bittersweet. It just made me feel different. It made me miss new York so much and it made me just feel the beauty of what a potential love life and career life would be for me there. I really saw the beauty and passion in the characters' romantic relationships and it just gave me so much to think about. And everything in the movie seemed so realistic. It was just really wonderful and I truly hope everyone has the opportunity to experience the joy and emotion I experienced watching this film. Ahh... Here come the tears.

I guess on a slightly different note, I began to reflect on what a 90210 movie would be like, and it made me sorrowful to think that because the show was so drawn out and because Shannen would probably never agree to return, and because there's some ridiculous spinoff show, I guess a 90210 movie probably will never occur. And then I started to become sad about how dumb the show got during it's final years, and how Brenda really DID run the show and how I never felt the same way about the show following her departure. It's just sad. And that stupid spinoff show makes me sad. How dare anyone try to take away from the impression the original 90210 left on my generation and the one prior. Ugh, I guess I'm rambling and I guess I just get sad over stupid things?

EXCLUSIVE: Today I Chatted With Tori Spelling

On the brink of the 3rd season of her Oxygen-hosted reality show "Tori & Dean," the former (and perhaps re-appearing) Donna Martin shared some words about what to expect this season. I don't watch the show (duh), but I was digging much deeper, for like actual juice. I asked her about the current relationship she has with her mom Candy, and if Mama Spelling would indeed be making an appearance on the show this season. Tori blatantly ignored the question about the status between her mom and she, and in a cold-mannered tone, responded, "No, no, there will be no family appearing on my show. After all my family drama portrayed in the media, at this point, having anyone in my family appear would only seem like a gimmick to get people to watch." (ala Dina Lohan, perhaps??... hmmm....)

She also mentioned that her son Liam loves the camera and hubby Dean chimed in, saying Liam is "a pro."

She's stoked about appearing on the 90210 spinoff and says she owes everything to the original show and all of it's fans. She doesn't know if Donna and David are still married (so it looks like you'll have to tune in to find out [dun dun dun...]).

Lastly, there's nothing she regrets about publishing her tell-all book, "sTORI TELLING," and Jennie Garth is the only original 90210 cast member who she gave a copy to.

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9021-NO!

It's official. This 90210 spinoff thing is indeed coming to haunt your television screen. I was in denial for the longest time, but now that this preview (below) has officially been assembled, I guess it's time for me to face reality. I can't express how upset I am that a so-called "spinoff" of a show that isn't even using any of the same directors, producers, writers, characters (except maybe 1 or 2...mayyybe) as the original is going to exist. Heck, it's not even on the same CHANNEL, for crying out loud. 90210 was the greatest thing that ever happened to me. I'm not even joking. I never want ANYTHING to even come close to attempting to replace it. I don't want some ridiculous spinoff to be what the new generation is left with as what 90210 is. No! I'm sorry, but unless the name Brenda Walsh is in the script, you can count me out of this viewing! I'm sure the show is going to be exactly like Gossip Girl and OC, except instead of taking place in NY or Newport, it'll take place in Beverly Hills. There was so much more to the original 90210 than just soap-esque drama. There were powerful lessons, meaningful family moments, just so much. 90210 is the only show that has and will EVER really hold a special place in my heart. Nothing will replace it, and nothing should ever try. Check out this terrible looking preview. This is *so* not cool...