The Vampire Diaries young starlet Candice Accola dishes with Starpulse about her very first television series. Revealing everything from her move to Hollywood at age 16 to the brilliance of the show's writers, she gives us the inside scoop straight from the down south set in Atlanta. The young actress is set to portray resident mean girl Caroline Forbes on the highly anticipated CW series premiering September 10.

Starpulse: How did you get started in this business? We heard you were a singer. How was the transition into acting?

Candice Accola: I moved to La when I was 16 and got recor...

The time and financial constraints of the writers' strike are being felt this TV pilot season. The broadcast networks are developing half the number of pilots they usually do, ordering presentations in lieu of pilots for some and giving others the straight to series order.

Aside from NBC, which announced its schedule ahead of the pack last week, the networks have kept their plans for fall shrouded in mystery. We'll learn more during the networks' May upfronts. While we can't make any guarantees about which series will get the vote of confidence, here are some promising players to keep...

Actress Amber Heard is determined to make the most out of life after her closest friend was killed in a car accident. The 21-year-old, who stars in new U.S. soap Hidden Palms, admits to being ruthlessly ambitious because she has nothing to lose.

Heard says, "My very best friend died in a car accident when I was 16 years old. That was the hardest blow emotionally that I have ever had to endure.

"Suddenly, you realize tomorrow might not come. Now I live by the motto, 'Today is what I have.'"

-Amber Heard Pictures

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