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"I'm not going to share any stories because I don't remember half of them and the rest are too dirty to talk about." Some stars are cagey — like Kyle Chandler, when he playfully said the above during an interview with Indiewire in early 2015 — but many are open books. The fun part is, you can learn a lot from both of them. In our efforts to summarize a long and busy year in TV, Indiewire has been looking back on past projects, including the interviews we conducted this year. Our primary purpose is for an upcoming story summarizing the best quotes of the year, but the TV team used the research to highlight a few choice full-length interviews. Indiewire TV Editor Liz Shannon Miller chose her favorite interviews conducted by Indiewire TV Critic Ben Travers, and Mr. Travers did the same for Ms. Miller. Below are their choices: Raphael Bob-Waksberg Adam Reed...

Former "Lost" star Ian Somerhalder's vampire character in "The Vampire Diaries" has beaten "Twilight" 's Edward Cullen to be crowned America's Sexiest Beast. The actor's Damon Salvatore finished just ahead of Robert Pattinson's movie bloodsucker in Entertainment Weekly magazine's new poll of favorite TV movie monsters.

Cullen beat Cameron from "The Sarah Connor Chronicles", played by Summer Glau, and Salvatore beat Hugh Jackman's Wolverine to make it to the final vote. Morena Baccarin's "V" character Anna, Taylor Lautner's Jacob Black, Halle Berry's Storm and Alexander Skarsgard's "True Blood" character Eric Northman all made the quarterfinals.

In another news, "Twilight" patriarch Peter Facinelli has laughed off a leading critic's dishonor - the actor has landed at the top of Rolling Stone magazine film buff Peter Travers' Worst Movie Vampires list. Facinelli's Carlisle Cullen in the film franchise 'beat' Eddie Murphy's monstrous performance in...

Twilight patriarch Peter Facinelli has laughed off a leading critic's dishonour - the actor has landed at the top of Rolling Stone magazine film buff Peter Travers' Worst Movie Vampires list.

Facinelli's Carlisle Cullen in the film franchise 'beat' Eddie Murphy's monstrous performance in Vampire in Brooklyn and Gerard Butler's turn in Dracula 2000 to land at the top of the dis-list.

But he refuses to feel sorry for himself. In a tweet to fans, he writes, "Yes! I finally came in Number 1 in something! Thank you Mr. Travers. As Carlisle is a compassionate humanitarian, and anti-vampire in nature, being the worst Vampire was quite the compliment."

Bela Lugosi was named the Best Vampire for 1931’s Dracula in Travers' list.

He’s risen to a new level of fame thanks to his role in the “Twilight” films, but Peter Facinelli isn’t without his fair share of bad press.

For instance, Rolling Stone magazine named him the silver screen’s “Number One Worst Vampire” for his portrayal of Dr. Carlisle Cullen.

The scathing review said, "Facinelli is a solid actor, but playing Carlisle Cullen, the white-haired head of the fang-challenged Cullen vampire family, he looks about as terrifying as 'Project Runway' winner Austin Scarlett, whom Carlisle closely resembles," and was written by Peter Travers.

In response, Peter stated, “Yes! I finally came in Number 1 in something!” via his Twitter page. "Thank you Mr. Travers. As Carlisle is a compassionate humanitarian, and anti-vampire in nature, being the worst vampire was quite the compliment. Although, you had me at ‘solid actor.’ :) I did find the comparison to Austin Scarlett...

Peter Facinelli was chosen as Rolling Stone's "Worst Vampire" by Peter Travers for his work as "Dr. Carlisle Cullen" in the Twilight Saga films.

"Facinelli is a solid actor, but playing Carlisle Cullen, the white-haired head of the fang-challenged Cullen vampire family, he looks about as terrifying as Project Runway winner Austin Scarlett, whom Carlisle closely resembles," the post states.

Peter Facinelli spoke out on Twitter about the win, joking "Yes! I finally came in Number 1 in something!"

Facinelli went on to respond to the text of the article. "....Thank you Mr. Travers. As Carlisle is a compassionate humanitarian, and anti-vampire in nature, being the worst Vampire was quite the compliment. Although, you had me at 'solid acto...

Peter Facinelli, who plays Dr. Carlisle Cullen in 'The Twilight Saga,' is tweeting about being named the silver screen's No. 1 "worst vampire" by a Rolling Stone film critic. "Yes! I finally came in Number 1 in something!" the good-natured actor tweeted Wednesday evening, referring to Rs writer Peter Travers' list of "The Best and Worst Vampires on Film and TV." "Facinelli is a solid actor, but playing Carlisle Cullen, the white-haired head of the fang-challenged Cullen vampire family, he looks about as terrifying as 'Project Runway' winner Austin Scarlett, whom Carlisle closely resembles," Travers opined in his list. "Thank you Mr. Travers," Facinelli tweeted in response. "As Carlisle is a compassionate humanitarian, and anti-vampire in nature, being the worst vampire was quite the compliment. Although, you had me at "solid actor". :) I did find the comparison to Austin Scarlett utterly ridiculous though ... He has way better cheek bones.

Like many, I really hated last night's Oscars. But for the moment I'll try to put my complaints behind me (or elsewhere), mostly for the sake of my mother, who still loves the Oscars and often told me "if you can't say anything nice, don't say it at all." Well, by the logic of the classic phrase I only need to find some positive things to say about some of the honorees in order to allow for my usual negativity. Anyway, I agree with Dustin that it should be about celebrating great films and performances. So here goes:

1. I'm glad The Cove won, though most Americans will still ignore the film just as they do other documentaries, even those with cameos from the Heroes cheerleader and produced by the white guy who basically went blackface to play an Indian in series of popular movies about robot tolerance.

2. I'm glad Mo'Nique won,...