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Vampire Diaries star Ian Somerhalder reveals why he was jealous of Chris Wood's Kai By Samantha Highfill :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/SamanthaHighfillauthorphoto0917254112e875604542d49744a27de908d183.jpg) Samantha Highfill Samantha Highfill is an executive editor at , where she's worked for more than 12 years covering television. EW's editorial guidelines August 20, 2021 9:00 a.m. ET The Vampire Diaries creators have talked a lot about the importance of a great villain for the series, and in its later seasons, there was one villain that stood out among the rest: Kai Parker (Chris Wood).

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The* Vampire Diaries* creators have talked a lot about the importance of a great villain for the series, and in its later seasons, there was one villain that stood out among the rest: Kai Parker (Chris Wood). Introduced in season 6, the sociopathic siphoner quickly became a favorite in the *TVD* fandom, and for Ian Somerhalder, whose Damon Salvatore was the series' first villain, Kai marked a significant shift for the show.

In episode 6 of *EW's Binge: The Vampire Diaries*, Somerhalder recalls his hesitation about Damon becoming a good — or at least better — guy in the show's third season. "I was so upset about the trajectory of Damon," Somerhalder says. "So much so that at one point I was sitting across from [executive producer] Julie [Plec] in her office in Atlanta almost in tears so angry about this."

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Plec, along with her co-creator Kevin Williamson, explained that Damon couldn't be what they called a "one trick pony," that he was going to be the villain at times and the hero at others. But that's precisely why Somerhalder says he was jealous of what Chris Wood got to do as Kai in season 6. "That's why I was always so in love with what Chris Wood was doing on screen, because up until that moment, there was never a character in the show, other than Stefan in the Ripper age, that actually had the ability to not be so serious, to do horrific things but do it with a smile," Somerhalder says.

As far as Wood's inspiration for Kai, Wood, who's also on the podcast, says, "We talked about Ted Bundy if he was really funny. It was the worst person in the world who's also like maybe a good hang if you can get him to shut up for a second. That was sort of what I was always going for."

For more listen to the full podcast episode, featuring Somerhalder, Wood and executive producer Julie Plec, below:

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Over the course of its eight seasons, *The Vampire Diaries*' mythology changed every now and then to fit a certain story. But in its seventh season, the show delivered its biggest change from its established mythology when, suddenly, Caroline (Candice King) became pregnant via a magical transfer. Even though she was a vampire, she was somehow carrying Alaric (Matthew Davis) and Jo's (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) twins.

The twist was something the writers thought up as a way to soften the tragedy at the end of season 6 when Kai (Chris Wood) killed Jo and her unborn children—on her wedding day, no less. "We had always left that [story thread] hanging on instinct," writer Neil Reynolds says during episode 7 of *EW's Binge: The Vampire Diaries*.

Executive producer Julie Plec adds, "Because of the tragedy of the twins and Jo dying and looking for story for Alaric for the season, we had separately come up with the story of the woman who knocks on his door and is like, 'I think I'm pregnant with your babies.'" But the writers weren't sure if that twist was *too* crazy, so they didn't originally plan to go there. Until star Candice King called to let them know she was pregnant. "I was very nervous to make that call," King says on the podcast.

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Ultimately, the writers decided to work in King's pregnancy and use the aforementioned story, only instead of a random woman showing up pregnant, Caroline would carry Ric's kids. Plec remembers warning CW president Mark Pedowitz about "the most bananas thing" she was ever going to pitch him at the time, but surprisingly, he wasn't fazed. And thus Caroline's pregnancy became part of the series and will always go down as one of the show's most unexpected turns.

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For *The Vampire Diaries* creatives, casting Enzo was a particularly difficult task. Because originally, the role was going to be very different.

"You were supposed to be the third Salvatore brother," executive producer Julie Plec tells star Michael Malarkey in episode 8 of *EW's Binge: The Vampire Diaries*. Writer Brett Matthews adds, "That was always the plan, and then it went a different direction, but that's why it was so hard to find the person. We thought it was going to be a Salvatore brother, so we cast a very wide net [and] looked very hard." Ultimately, they scrapped that plan and made it so Enzo didn't share Salvatore blood, but he was a brother figure for Damon (Ian Somerhalder) for many years (and he was sired by Lily Salvatore).

But that wasn't the only plan that changed in the writers' room over the years. In discussing the *Vampire Diaries*' final season, Plec and Matthews recall the final major debate: Which Salvatore were they going to kill in the series finale? "We went back and forth in the writers' room all season long," Plec says. "We finally landed on: We're killing Damon. That's the right thing to do. He is the one with the consequence to pay. Stefan was morally a bit stronger of a character."

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Matthews adds, "Damon's a fairly obvious choice," noting that the writers really fell in love with the idea of Damon compelling Stefan (Paul Wesley) to let him die. But when executive producer Kevin Williamson proposed that it should be Stefan that dies, they started to rethink their plan. "It felt like dying for Stefan freed him from a lot of weight, whereas it felt like living for Damon freed him to go and be the man that he was always supposed to be," Plec says.

Of course, both Salvatores were meant to die in the original ending Plec and Williamson came up with during the show's second season. In that ending, "The boys would sacrifice themselves to save Elena so that Elena could go and have a life and be human and live," Plec recalls during the podcast. "To save her, they would die together, and that was always the pitch. And then when Nina [Dobrev] left, it felt like the show can't be as much about protecting Elena's happiness, although that's important to us, but we want to protect the bothers' happiness, we want them to get something out of this. Then it shifted to: We can't kill both of them for her because that feels somehow like nobody got what they wanted. Let's find a different way to give one of these brothers the happiness that they need and the other brother the closure that they need."

(One other way Dobrev leaving changed the plan? Plec says, "I thought that by the time we came back to the end of the series, whenever it was, that Elena would've found her way back to Stefan and Damon would've found a different path.")

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicked off on Thursday, June 11, in Mexico City, with the host country taking on South Africa in the first match of the international soccer championship.

Colombian superstar Shakira performed during the opening ceremony at Mexico City's Estadio Azteca. The 49-year-old was joined by Burna Boy as they debuted the official song of the 2026 World Cup, Dai Dai. The international hitmaker's performance was met with skepticism, as fans theorized that the singer had been replaced by a 'body double.'

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Shakira wore a yellow outfit, white shorts, and platform sneakers, topped off with dark sunglasses, as she took the field. Her signature blonde hair was dyed a light strawberry red color, and her eyes were hidden behind large dark sunglasses, obscuring her appearance.

Fans took to X to speculate, with an influx of comments speculating that Shakira may have had a stand-in take her place for the opening ceremony. One user wrote, "Is that Shakira? She doesn't look like Shakira? Am I tripping ?" as several others referred to the performer as a 'doble,' which translates to 'double.'

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Another echoed, "Esa no es Shakira … who dat?!?!" as one wrote in Spanish, "Don't tell me I'm the only one who thought that was Shakira's body double."

Others weighed in with comments like, "HAHA why at the World Cup opening did they bring in a Shakira lookalike?" and "Am I the only one who thinks that's not @shakira?? They got a double in thereee." Another skeptic wrote, "Real doubt. What if it's Shakira? Something tells me it's an impersonator."

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Shakira has been a fixture at the World Cup, having performed at the global tournament in 2006, 2010, and 2014. The pop superstar debuted the iconic official anthem Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) during the 2010 opening ceremony in South Africa.

This year, the official song is Dai Dai, which means 'come on, come on' in Italian slang. On what drew her to the tune, Shakira said that the lyrics resonated with her, including phrases like "What broke you once made you strong." She explained, "I always thought that I was more fragile or weaker than what life proved me to be."

"Behind every experience in life, there's always a lesson, and we have to be grateful for all those lessons, even for the people that leave you with scars," the real Shakira told PEOPLE, "because they just make us better."

The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicked off on Thursday, June 11, with host country Mexico taking on South Africa at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. The US team will face Paraguay at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Friday, June 12.

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- Whoopi Goldberg has, once again, collapsed live on *The View*.

- The EGOT-winning actress reacted to news of the New York Knicks winning Game 4 of the NBA Finals.

- Goldberg fell back in her chair as her cohosts watched.

Whoopi Goldberg has, once again, put on a stunning display of collapse-based artistry live on *The View*.

The EGOT-winning actress' latest faux faint came on Thursday morning, as the cohosts walked out to the Hot Topics table celebrating the New York Knicks basketball team's historic Game 4 victory in the NBA Finals.

The studio audience applauded the cohosts walked out to set, with three of them — Goldberg, Sara Haines, and Sunny Hostin — wearing New York Knicks shirts in celebration of the big win.**

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"Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute!" Goldberg said as the audience cheered over the news, eventually falling back in her chair in shock. "Just hold on a second! Did you see what happened at the Garden last night?"

This is, by far, not the first time Goldberg has collapsed at the table. Goldberg has tapped out several times in the past, including over Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, comments about Donald Trump, and coverage of the *Real Housewives* franchise.

The crowd again cheered, while Goldberg — who was in attendance when the Knicks won Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden — summarized the game. The Knicks recovered from a 29-point deficit to win 107 to 106 over the San Antonio Spurs to take a 3-1 lead in the series.

"The Knicks scored the greatest comeback in NBA history. This was the greatest game and the worst game. It was all in one, but, for me, the greatest game I've ever witnessed in my life as a fan of any sport," Goldberg said. "This goes down, for me, as the greatest game ever played."

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Goldberg and Hostin then got up from the table to demonstrate a few of the preceding evening's game-winning maneuvers.

"This was the greatest way to say to people it ain't over until it's over, until the hefty person sings, until the woman with the big feet sings, it doesn't matter, it's never over until it's over, and don't give up," the *Sister Act* star said. "You saw what they did. They played poorly and those refs, y'all, because you were making calls nobody ever heard of before."

Goldberg has long supported the New York Knicks from her post on *The View.*

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In May, Goldberg celebrated the Knicks' advancement to the NBA Finals, its first since 1999, by walking out to the set while holding a broom to symbolize the team sweeping the competition.

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"I just wanted to finish sweeping this up right here. Is that the sweep? Yeah!" Goldberg said as the audience applauded, with Goldberg later adding, "We want to start off by congratulating the New York Knicks for making it to the NBA Finals for the first time in 27 years after sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers."**

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The 47-year-old had been in a coma for three years and had been hospitalized since December 2022

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Thailand's Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, the eldest child of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, has died after three years in a coma. She was 47.

Bajrakitiyabha, also known as "Princess Bha," died on Thursday, June 11, at a hospital in Bangkok, the Bureau of the Royal Household announced in a statement.

The princess, who was a lawyer and one of the most visible members of the royal family on the world stage, was hospitalized in December 2022 after she fell unconscious while training dogs. Bajrakitiyabha had a mycoplasma infection, the palace said, per the .

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn (2nd R) and Queen Suthida (R) wave to well-wishers with his children Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana (L), Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti (2nd L) and Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol in 2019Credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty

The royal family rarely shared updates on Bajrakitiyabha's condition. In August 2025, they reported that her medical team "detected a severe infection in the bloodstream, leading them to administer antibiotics and medication to stimulate blood pressure in order to maintain stable levels." Her doctors reported that her "lungs and kidneys have been functioning with support from medical devices and medication," the statement said.

In May, the royal family said Bajrakitiyabha was experiencing "unstable vital signs, low blood pressure, irregular heartbeat and abnormal blood coagulation."

The princess was born to Vajiralongkorn, 73, and his then-wife, Princess Soamsawali, 68, on Dec. 7, 1978. She studied law at Thammasat University and later earned a master's degree in law at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., in 2002. She also earned a doctorate at Cornell University. Bajrakitiyabha then worked at the Thai Mission to the United Nations in New York City before returning to Thailand to serve as a public prosecutor.

Bajrakitiyabha was Thailand's ambassador to Austria from 2012 to 2014 and became a goodwill ambassador for the U.N.'s Office on Drugs and Crime in 2017. She campaigned for justice reform, focusing on efforts to rehabilitate incarcerated women. Bajrakitiyabha played a key role in the U.N. adopting the "Bangkok Rules," also known as the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders, in 2010. She was also an honorary U.N. goodwill ambassador for women.

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"Society cannot grow if there is instability and injustice," Bajrakitiyabha told the AP in 2013. "Without the rule of law, without a good justice system it's always chaos... I think the rule of law is a very important pillar to development, to economic growth, and of course to human rights."

Bajrakitiyabha's death leaves the future of the Thai monarchy uncertain, as the king has not officially named a successor. His youngest son, 21-year-old Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti, is the presumptive heir because sons take precedence over daughters. However, Bajrakitiyabha was seen as a potential heir due to her public service. Thailand has never had a ruling queen, but the country did pass an amendment in 1974 to allow for a female ruler, the BBC reported.

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Vajiralongkorn does have four other sons with his second wife, but they were disowned in 1996 and live with their mother in the U.S. Their sister, 39-year-old Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana, was returned to Thailand and holds a royal title.

"She gave a lot of her time, which she didn't have to do," Jeremy Douglas, a senior official at the United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime who worked with Bajrakitiyabha, told The New York Times on Thursday. "Behind the scenes, she was pushing her ideas, holding meetings, sitting down with people and brainstorming: 'What can we do better?' "

The princess is survived by her parents and six half-siblings.

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- Tom Hanks said in an interview that he doesn't think the Oscars need a separate category for voice actors.

- Hanks, who's won two Academy Awards, plays Woody in the animated *Toy Story* films.

- "The truth is, just a voice actor can win Best Actor," the *Big* star said.

Tom Hanks doesn't support a separate category for voice work at the Oscars.

"I think they have enough categories," Hanks told Gold Derby of the Academy Awards in an interview published Tuesday. "The truth is, just a voice actor can win Best Actor. The judgment is any performance that moved you, so that’s a quality."

And Hanks should know. The *Big *star took home back-to-back trophies in 1994 and 1995, for his starring roles in *Philadelphia* and *Forrest Gump*. He's been nominated four other times. He's also been an active member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization that hands out the little gold men.

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"We have talked about, for example, Andy Serkis for whatnot. Even though he does not appear as Andy Serkis, he gives all the raw material to it," Hanks said of the actor known for playing creatures in franchises including *The Lord of the Rings* and *Planet of the Apes*. "And there's been people who have been close to being nominated that do not appear on camera. That could happen to a pure vocal actor."

To confirm, Hanks was asked if he preferred that Oscars voters were simply more open-minded.

"If they are moved, that means that they are moved by a human being's performance," Hanks said. "That's all the requirement."

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For all his work in live-action films, Hanks is known for his animated projects, too. He's voiced the character Woody in the* Toy Story* movies since they debuted in 1995.

The blockbuster franchise features the voice of Hanks, as well as such stars as Tim Allen and Joan Cusack, as they portray a group of living toys.

Tom Hanks promotes 'Toy Story 5'

Tom Hanks promotes 'Toy Story 5'.

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"Over the course of five movies, we've gone back to the same confines, and it's the same geometry," he told ** in April. "The mic is here, the stand is there, the team is there. They might have some props or what have you, but if you could have taken me at any point in all of the recording of all of these, I experienced the same anxiety, pressure, physical demands of it. So there actually is a familiar sameness."

*Toy Story 5 *arrives in theaters June 19.

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Published: June 12, 2026 at 08:00AM on Source: MORNING MAG

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