17 Jun 2013
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Even though they may be cold-blooded, vampires are so hot right now. Whether they're in “Twilight” or “Vampire Diaries” or this Sunday’s Season 6 premiere of “True Blood,” we just can’t get enough of 'em! We also can’t get enough of these celebs who play coldhearted vamps on screen but are anything but in real life.

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11 Apr 2013
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Photo: (Getty)

Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder may play heartless vamps on the "Vampires Diaries," but the costars and real-life lovers are anything but cold in real life. The duo recently visited 14-year-old fan, Kayla Miller, in Toronto before a lifesaving lung transplant...and turned her into an immortal vamp juuuust in case.

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25 Mar 2013
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Photo: (ABC News)

You know he’s an Emmy-worthy brooder on “The Vampire Diaries” and lover of animals, but we know some things about Ian Somerhalder that just might surprise even his biggest fans.

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22 Mar 2013
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Photo: (JustJaredJr.com)

Now I know y'all are too busy starting at the picture above, drooling over sir Ian Somerhalder but hear me out!

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20 Nov 2012
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You know Ian Somerhalder the star, but do you know Ian Somerhalder the philanthropist? “The Vampire Diaries” celeb founded his Ian Somerhalder Foundation to help the environment and animals, and there are lots of ways YOU can get involved.

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10 Aug 2012
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The boys of The Wanted are soooo over hot chicks, so in their next music video, they cast sharks as their love interests. Kidding! That make out scene would not be pretty!

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10 Jul 2012

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"Vampire Diaries" hottie Ian Somerhalder can finally be yours! Well…kinda. The smoldering actor is auctioning off a lunch date in Atlanta, Georgia via charity auction site Charitybuzz.

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23 May 2012
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Photo: (Warner Bros, Summit Entertainment, The CW, HBO, PBS/ Getty Images)

When we found out that a UK auction house was selling a vial that apparently contains blood residue from conservative icon and former President Ronald Reagan -- we were all like, “WTF!” -- and not just what, but who. Seriously, what weirdos would pay for that?! Sure, President Reagan is still one of the most admired dudes to have repped the Oval Office, but bidding on his blood, c'mon! As SNL "Weekend Update" anchors Amy Poehler and Seth Meyer would say, “Really? REALLY?!”

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5 Oct 2011
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Photo: (Getty Images)

By Cory Midgarden

While you may know her best for her work on The Vampire Diaries, Nina Dobrev is so much more than her characters Elena and Katherine. For starters, did you know she’ll be in the film adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower with Emma Watson and Paul Rudd? And if that doesn’t keep her busy enough, the Bulgaria-born beauty also joined forces with the nonprofit organizations Free the Children, which empowers youth to make a difference and Project Pink, which helps in the fight against breast cancer.

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10 May 2011

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Show Me Your Mumu is on a roll. After a Fashion Week splash benefitting Care for Kenya and an Earth Month promotion showing a wilder side of eco-friendly clothes, the fashion line just teamed up with Candice Accola, aka Caroline Forbes from "Vampire Diaries," to create a special design benefiting Lyme disease research.

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