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It's a great time to be an alum of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," seeing as many of the show's cast members are returning to the small screen. With news that the show's resident mean girl, Cordelia (a.k.a. Charisma Carpenter) has nabbed herself a cameo spot on USA Network's "Burn Notice," it got us wondering what the other actors on the show are up to these days. Short answer: quite a lot!

Sarah Michelle Gellar will be back on prime time this fall with her thrilling new CW drama, "Ringer." The show revolves around a woman running from the mob who is pretending to be her twin sister. The problem? Her sister's identity also comes with some baggage.

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Tags Alyson Hannigan, Bones, Buffy, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Burn Notice, Charisma Carpenter, David Boreanaz, Eliza Dushku, How I Met Your Mother, Ringer, Sarah Michelle Gellar

Vampire romance? Dude, that's soooo 2009. If you want to get trendy, you'd be talking to us about vampire snuff films—because when it comes to keeping up with our fang-related trends, crushing on the Cullens is out and the next big thing is a kick-ass, vamp-killing heroine with a bag full of stakes! That's per the latest news from Warner Bros, which just announced that they've got a feature-length reboot of 1990s favorite "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" in the works.

It was about time for Buffy to get another big-screen moment—especially since in previous versions, her on-screen exploits were slightly sullied by the limits of low-budget special effects. So while nobody will ever replace Buffy originators Sarah Michelle Gellar or Kristy Swanson in our collective hearts, we'll be excited to see the actual slaying brought up to CGI speed.

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Today in totally made up holidays: It's Chocolate Day! It's totally a real holiday according to the Internet, you guys!

In honor of the day celebrating all things rich and delicious (sorry, we tried to get real chocolate bars delivered to every single one of your houses, but the post office just wouldn't comply!), we've decided to celebrate chocolate's top five moments in pop culture history.

So, grab a Hershey's bar and join us in looking back after the jump!

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Tags Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Chocolate Day, Katy Perry, New Moon, Tay Zonday, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

FROM SPLASH PAGE: Things have been heating up lately in the Buffy-verse thanks to recent events in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight," but it's good to know the creative team responsible for the hit series is still having fun with Buffy, Angel, Spike and the rest of the gang.

Take for example, the image to the right from the upcoming cover by "Buffy" artist Georges Jeanty for issue #36 of the series. Does it look familiar? It should!

To see the full cover, continue reading "EXCLUSIVE: 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' Comic Parodies 'Twilight: New Moon' Image" at SplashPage.MTV.com.

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Nicholas Brendon has been charged with four misdemeanors in connection with an incident last month in which he tried to fight of police. The former "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" star was charged with one count resisting arrest, two counts of battery against a police officer and one count of vandalism.

TMZ reports that Nicholas could face up to two years in jail and a $4,000 fine if convicted on the charges. He is due back in court on April 7 for his arraignment.

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"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" star Nicholas Brendon was arrested on Wednesday. Brendan, who played Xander on the vampire series, was arrested during the early morning hours on Wednesday in Venice, CA after authorities got a call that an intoxicated individual was causing a commotion, according to TMZ.

TMZ also reported that Nicholas swung at cops and then tried to run away from authorities. He was then tased twice before he was taken to a hospital. Later, he was booked on felony vandalism charges for causing some damage in the brouhaha. Access Hollywood reported that Brendan is currently being held on $20,000 bail.

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FearNet's Tournament of the Werewolves continues through this week with some interesting results.

"The Twilight Saga's" Jacob Black beat "Buffy the Vampire Slayer's" Oz in the Teen Wolf category 59 percent to 41 percent, while Anna Paquin's Laurie made it into the final four thanks to her she-wolf from "Trick 'R' Treat." Those two will face off Wednesday as the final four is narrowed down to the final two.

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Tags Anna Paquin, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, New Moon, Seth Green, Taylor Lautner, Trick 'R' Treat, Twilight

In honor of the "Sweet Sixteen" countdown trends running rampant through media outlets recently, the folks over at FearNet.com decided to have a fan vote-off to choose the world's fiercest werewolves. Their Tournament of Werewolves kicked off on January 29 with four categories: American Wolf Men, International Wolf Men, She-Wolves and Teen Wolves, with four options in each.

Earlier this week they announced the final two in the American and International Wolf Men categories, but today the results were announced for the final two Teen Wolves and She-Wolves, and we couldn't be more thrilled.

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Tags Anna Paquin, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Ginger Snaps, Katharine Isabelle, New Moon, Seth Green, Taylor Lautner, The Wolfman, Trick 'R' Treat, Twilight

Yeah, so David Boreanaz may never feel like bringing Angel back from the undead for a "Buffy" and/or "Angel" reunion, but "Buffy" resident, Alyson Hannigan (who played Willow in the series), wouldn't be against it.

Unless, of course it has anything to do with those plans to remake the cult-loved TV show and movie without its creator, Joss Whedon. "Yeah, and that's a very big mistake in my opinion," she told Cinemablend. “I mean if Joss isn't involved, it's only the title."

If the rumors are true and they go through with remaking the series without Joss, she wouldn’t even drop by for a quick cameo. "Not without Joss. Joss is the only reason that we would go back. I mean, it's just ridiculous to think of that TV show without Joss," the "How I Met Your Mother" star explained. "That's just silly to me… And all the fans know that, too, so I don't know what they're thinking."

David recently argues that there's probably no place to make "Buffy" happen again, given the number of hit vampire series already on TV these days. "You have so many new shows that are coming out like 'True Blood' and 'The Vampire Diaries,' you have so many different types of those shows it's kind of regenerated itself," he explained.

Tags Alyson Hannigan, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Joss Whedon

By Kara Warner

Attention Vampire fanatics: For those looking to fill the void before "New Moon" opens, the next season of "True Blood" and "The Vampire Diaries" latest episode, check out "Vampire Taxonomy: Identifying and Interacting with the Modern-Day Bloodsucker," by Meredith Woerner. One part witty how-to interaction guide and two parts vampire glossary, this book is a humorous, yet authoritative look at pop culture's current fixation on all things fang-tastic.

"Taxonomy" begins with an overview of vampire origins, and then delves right into the gory detail of five definitive vampire types: Romantic (aka Edward Cullen, Bill Compton — see an illustration after the jump), Villainous (Count Orlok, Dracula), Tragic (Angel, Jasper Cullen), Halfies (Blade). We like the Tragic vamps best, in large part due to an adolescent crush on "Buffy" heartthrob Angel (it wasn't the same after he left!), and also because we are suckers for those tortured souls. Er, tortured soul-less? Ha. Who knew there were so many puns to be had in writing about vampires? Anyway, moving on...

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Tags Book, Books, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Page Turners, True Blood, Twilight, Vampire Taxonomy