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Kat talks to Hollywood Crush about Elena and Bonnie

VA — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:15:40 +0000

MTV’s Hollywood Crush caught up with Kat at Wango Tango to talk about what’s next for her character and Nina Dobrev’s character, Elena. Spoilers for those that haven’t seen the finale.

“Oh well, I’m so excited,” Kat shared with MTV News earlier this week at Wango Tango. “I love Nina. I’m a huge fan of her. She works so hard and, as her friend, I get to see when she plays Katherine versus when she plays Elena. So it’s really great for me to be able to, I don’t know, I’m getting so excited to see what she’s going to do because it obviously has to be different than Katherine. And she’s definitely going to bring the vulnerability of Elena to it, and she’s gonna rock it out. I know she will.”

But it might not be just Elena who makes a move to the dark side. Kat shared that witchy Bonnie might also embrace that side of herself next season.

“Well, a lot of her decisions that she made in the episode ‘Before Sunset’ and the season finale were affected by, I think, the whole of season three and the things that happened and her making the statement that ‘I’m not gonna let you guys push me around anymore,’” she said. “So I think you’re gonna see an even stronger Bonnie, a more surprising Bonnie, a character that’s gonna make some decisions that are going to surprise people. And then I feel like a lot of people want to see a darker Bonnie. So we’ll see if they play with that. It’s amazing. I’m surprised. I thought that people wanted Bonnie to have a halo all the time. But if it’s justified than it’s never bad.”

102.7 KIIS FM’s Wango Tango – 12.05.12

VA — Sun, 13 May 2012 14:19:15 +0000

Kat attended 102.7 KISS FM’s annual Wango Tango in LA yesterday, rocking a fierce new hairstyle. I’ve added 35 pics from the event

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More photos from ‘America’s Best Dance Crew’

VA — Sun, 13 May 2012 02:18:39 +0000

I’ve added 9 more photos of Kat at the taping for America’s Best Dance Crew on May 4th. Please credit the site if reposting thanks.

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TVD 3.22 ‘The Departed’ Screencaps

VA — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:36:38 +0000

That’s it for Season 3! How great was the finale? I’ve added 100 HD caps of Kat in the final episode. Season 4 returns sometime in September.

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Kat visits ‘America’s Best Dance Crew’

VA — Wed, 09 May 2012 03:05:53 +0000

Not sure of the exact date, but Kat was on the America’s Best Dance Crew set, as seen above with DJ Pauly D. Not sure yet if she’ll actually appear on the show, but be sure to look out for her when the episode airs on Wednesday at 10/9cm on MTV.

Video Interviews

VA — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:47:23 +0000

The CW and Bing follow the TVD cast and show us what they do in their spare time.

Kat talks to Dance On about her music and live shows.

10 on Top Outtakes. I was hoping to upload the whole episode, but so far i haven’t had the chance.

TVD 3.21 Screencaps + 3.22 Promo/Webclip

VA — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:55:17 +0000

I’ve added the caps from this week’s episode. Check out the promo and webclip for next week below.

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News Roundup – 01.05.12

VA — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:21:56 +0000

Happy May! Some new interviews popped up over the weekend:

Kat came in at #5 for Complex Magazine’s 25 Sexiest Musicians under 25!:

When she’s not playing Bonnie on The CW’s The Vampire Diaries, Graham’s busy putting out dance hits, including her singles “Sassy” and “Put Your Graffiti On Me.” Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton has already proclaimed Graham as a favorite artist in the gay community, an honor that Graham herself is proudly living up to with a music video she dropped on National Coming Out Day. Although Graham has yet to release her debut album, she’s already been on tour with the Black Eyed Peas and has had some of her music featured in episodes of The Vampire Diaries

source: Complex

She also talked to Ebony Magazine about her music and career plans:

EBONY: You’ve been creating music and releasing singles for years but this is your first project with a major label. How would you describe your sound and evolution as an artist?
KAT GRAHAM: I would describe it now as strong vocal and heavy drums, melodic 90’S bitch pop. It’s definitely grown into fun, self-empowerment, self-ownership kind of music.

EBONY: Many of your fans are really embracing and enjoying your focus on music right now but there are always a few people who just want you to stay who they know you to be and don’t want you to branch out and grow. How do you deal with those people who want you to just be Bonnie Bennett forever?
KG: I don’t let that get to me. I like Bonnie, but I’m a hired actor and I am hired to play a character, whether a good or bad one. I try to be unbiased and middle-of-the-road about the character and just become them [on set] and then leave them. So, it’s like the more work that I do [outside of acting] people start to learn who Kat Graham is [as opposed to] a TV character who I am so different from and who I don’t even control.

Full interview over at Ebony.com

Finally Kat talks to NewNowNext about her pick to win RuPaul’s Drag Race:

3.20 – Do Not Go Gentle Screencaps

VA — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:07:34 +0000

I’ve added the caps from this week’s episode. Check out the promo for next week below.

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Interview with The Advocate

VA — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:20:37 +0000

Kat just announced on her Twitter that she’s been officially added to the GLAAD Atlanta Council. Congrats Kat!

On a related note, here’s a new interview from The Advocate.
The singer-actress speaks to The Advocate about pursuing her hot single “Put Your Graffiti On Me,” her obsession with drag queens, and her close ties to the transgender community.

Although best-known for her role as Bonnie Bennett on the CW’s hit series The Vampire Diaries, Kat Graham’s true love is music. With her stunning voice and sexy choreography, her new single “Put Your Graffiti On Me” has caught the attention of names like Perez Hilton and RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant Jiggly Caliente. And as an appropriate rite-of-passage for the rising actress-singer, she’s even been noticed by Sherry Vine, who has has already produced a naughty parody of the song. Graham speaks to The Advocate about pursuing her music career, her obsession with drag queens, and her close ties to the transgender community.

The Advocate: I know you’ve been acting for a while, but when did you find a passion for music?
Kat Graham: Well, I was a backup dancer when I was 14 or 15 years old. That’s when I started to dance for other acts. I was pretty young. I saw what they were doing and I saw myself in the background of it. I thought that I could do what they did. I actually got into music around that time. I started making mostly beats and making tracks in my bedroom. That eventually led to everything, from working with Will.I.Am to signing to A&M/Octone Records. So it’s been a natural process. It’s been a hustle and a struggle, but it’s been great.

On that note, how did you go about booking yourself on a gay club tour just a couple of years ago?
You know, it’s so funny. It’s like you’re this little black girl walking into Fubar and talking to everyone saying, “Hey, I’d love to perform here for free if you would give me a chance.” That was the first step into everything that has become so much a part of who I am and so much a part of my performances and lifestyle in the gay community. I’ve been so completely influenced by performers in the community, drag queens especially. I feel like most of the world, or the mainstream, has the complete false perception of a drag queen or a transgender performer. There’s so much incredible beauty and style and ferociousness that goes into it. I feel like what I want to do, the more I grow as an artist and the more known I become, is to help raise that knowledge of how incredible these performers are. I feel like so many artists take different things from different queens and the originals never get any credit. For me, I’m like, “Listen, honey, I learned everything I know from a drag queen.” I’m part of a house in Atlanta, the House of Brooks, with Phoenix and Nicole Paige Brooks.

So where did your inspiration for “Put Your Graffiti On Me” come from?
Different places. One, I’ve always been about self-acceptance and self-love. I wanted to express that in sassy way, where it’s like if you want me come and get me. I wanted to put it in a song that had euphemisms. So when graffiti came about, it was perfect because I was singing about someone who I wanted, if they really wanted me, to come and put their name on it. It’s the attitude I have.

Read the full interview over at The Advocate

GLAAD Awards – 21.04.12

VA — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:51:50 +0000

Kat attended the 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards on April 21st. 17 pics added.

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NY Times Behind the Scenes Look at ‘Hip Hop Squares’

VA — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:49:47 +0000

New York Times went to the taping of the upcoming Hip Hop Squares by MTV2 in Brooklyn, which Kat will be a part of. They didn’t mention Kat much in the article but they did provide some insight into how the show would be, as well as a couple of behind-the-scenes pics. There’s also a video, but it doesn’t embed. Click the image above to watch on NYTimes.com.

“Hip Hop Squares,” a new MTV series that reboots the classic “Hollywood Squares” game show for the YouTube generation. On “Hip Hop Squares,” set to have its debut on MTV2 on May 22, the nine squares of the tick-tack-toe board are filled with a rotating cast of rappers, D.J.’s, comedians and sports and television personalities, and they field questions about music, history, pop culture and the Kardashians.

As on the original series, contestants must agree or disagree with the stars’ answers to score an X or an O, and the stars, who are given the answers beforehand, do their best to entertain or confuse with shtick and attitude.But there are departures from tradition. For starters, the green room is on camera, complete with a stocked bar, and the celebrity players are invited to drink. Cocktail waitresses show up on the neon-blue-and-pink set; an in-house D.J. adds to the clubby vibe. A third of the players wore sunglasses during the taping.

Contestants on the show can win a few hundred or a thousand dollars, but few of the celebrity players seemed to care who won or lost. Many had not seen any episodes of “Hollywood Squares”; neither had some contestants. Nor did the squares always stick to the script, preferring their own punch lines whether they landed or not.

Read the full article and watch the video over at NYTimes.com

‘Chili Beans’ Store Opening – 18.04.12

VA — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:46:55 +0000

Kat performed at the Opening of the Chili Beans Sunglasses store in LA on April 18th. Also present at the event was Secret Circle actor, Chris Zylka and Pretty Little Liars star, Lucy Hale.

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3.21 ‘Before the Sunset’ Episode Stills

VA — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:26:31 +0000

Spoiler Alert!

The Hollywood Reporter posted 7 exclusive images from the 21st episode of the season, along with some info, check out the Bonnie ones and view the rest over at THR.

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