TV’s ‘Vampires’ jailed for disorderly conduct

September 12, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

FORSYTH, Ga. — Several members of “The Vampire Diaries” TV series landed behind bars after a photo shoot on a bridge in Georgia prompted motorists to call police.

The drivers last month reported women dangling off the side of the bridge and flashing them in Forsyth, about 60 miles south of Atlanta.

Nina Dobrev, Sara Canning, Kayla Ewell and Candice Accola were charged with disorderly conduct on Aug. 22 and were released on bond.

Authorities say a man named Tyler Shields told them he was a photographer shooting pictures for the show, which premiered Thursday on the CW Network. He was also charged.

Redford picks Savannah

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Robert Redford has picked the city of Savannah as the location for his post-Civil War film about a woman who was hanged for aiding the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.

City officials announced the selection Friday. Redford previously filmed along the Georgia coast for “The Legend of Bagger Vance” in 1999.

Other films made in Georgia’s oldest city include “Forrest Gump,” “Glory,” “The General’s Daughter” and “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.”

Today’s birthdays

Actor Dickie Moore (“Our Gang” films) is 84. Actor Ian Holm (“Lord of the Rings,” “Chariots of Fire”) is 78. Country singer George Jones is 78. Actress Linda Gray is 69. Singer Maria Muldaur is 66. Actor Joe Pantoliano is 58. Singer-guitarist Gerry Beckley of America is 57. Drummer Neil Peart of Rush is 57. Actor Peter Scolari is 54. Actress Rachel Ward is 52. Actress Amy Yasbeck (“Wings,” “Life on a Stick”) is 47. Singer Ben Folds (Ben Folds Five) is 43. Guitarist Larry LaLonde of Primus is 41. Actor Paul Walker (“The Fast and the Furious”) is 36. Country singer Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland is 35. Actor Benjamin McKenzie (“The O.C.”) is 31. Singer Ruben Studdard is 31. Singer-actress Jennifer Hudson (“American Idol,” “Dreamgirls”) is 28.