// 213: Rats & Heroes

How are they going to get rid of Harry Wilson on 90210? — Mindy
MICKEY: The Wilsons’ marriage is heading south, that’s how. Only this time, it’s Debbie whose actions will screw things up, especially once Dixon’s birth mother comes to town with some special insight.

As fun as 90210 is, sometimes an actor just has to branch out, or remember his roots. We’re always happy to talk with Michael Steger about either. You know him as Navid Shirazi from West Bev, but Michael has definitely been around the theatrical block.

We spoke with the actor about his work and it turns out he’s gotten quite experimental.

You were in two Bollywood films in 2005 and 2008; what was that experience like compared with American film-making?
It is completely different and really great. It was a very magical experience working in a foreign country.

Read on about Michael’s other adventures in acting, including his work with “Alice in Wonderland” director Tim Burton.

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Jessica Lowndes dishes on her new lip-lock partner when “90210″ returns Tuesday, March 9.

Jessica spills that her character Adrianna gets to know Rumer Willis’ Gia through Alcoholics Anonymous and the relationship just grows from there. Lowndes also teases an all-girl band. Yes! The Runaways comes to West Bev!

Adrianna isn’t the only one getting a new love interest. Her ex-boyfriend Navid is also finding someone new — also someone who works on The Blaze. Ooooh, drama.

Jessica Stroup and I are a little jealous of her “90210″ character, Silver.
I mean, Silver’s clearly way cooler than I am with her music knowledge and her web series and her edgy style. But Stroop-a-loop — yep, that’s what the kids in her life be callin’ her these days — says she’s in the same boat.

Plus, when “90210″ returns this week (Mar. 9), you’re going to see Silver navigating a love triangle that includes two boys — both Dixon (Tristan Wilds) and Teddy (Trevor Donovan) — who are kind of obsessed with her.

But if you’ve been reading KTV’s “90210″ coverage, you know that she’ll ultimately end up with Teddy this time around. And Dixon will be okay, don’t worry. He’ll test the waters with a new lady, whom J.S. mentions over drinks in the clip below.

She’s also talking about talkin’ smack to Mr. Ryan O’Neal, who comes in to play Teddy’s movie star dad that just doesn’t like Ms. Silver dating his son.

Maybe he’s jealous of her too?

Stoup explains…

source: blog.zap2it.com/korbitv

Rebecca: How about some 90210 scoop please!
Soitenly! I’m hearing that Dixon and Ivy are going to fake-date to make Liam jealous, but Dixon is going to start having some feelings for Ivy. Oh, the tangled web young love can weave!

source: E!Online

The CW’s reboots of 90210 and Melrose Place return from hiatus tonight, and, let me guess: You don’t care. And I don’t blame you. I myself stopped watching 90210 halfway through a first season so tiresome that I was nodding off before the first commercial. And while Melrose Place did delight for several weeks, periods of dullness eventually began to creep in.

But now both shows are better than they’re given credit for, and they have serious potential to be great. Plus, they each boast a cast of characters I’m not ready to say goodbye to. Much to my relief, 90210 has been picked up for a third season, but Melrose Place is teetering on the edge of preemptive cancellation. So here’s my appeal to set your DVRs and get watching.

90210: New and improved!

How has 90210 rebounded from that mess of a first season? Peripheral characters, like Adrianna and Liam, have been moved to the forefront. Flat storylines (who cares about those parents, anyway?) have been dropped. The angst level has been recalibrated—there’s enough to make for good TV, but the show is sufficiently lighthearted to keep viewers entertained.

I wish The CW would quit endlessly teasing the upcoming same-sex relationship between Adrianna and Gia (Rumer Willis), but I’m confident the rest of the season will be about more than just ratings-grabbing liplocks. I’m dying to find out, for example, what’s going on with Jasper, the creepy drug-dealer who’s now got accidental murderess Annie under his thumb.

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Look, it’s not high art, and Melrose Place still has a lot of growing to do. But given how drastically 90210 improved from one season to the next, I bet Melrose Place will prove its haters wrong—provided it has the chance.

source: tv.com