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Mandi Bierly

Staff Writer, Entertainment Weekly and EW.com

Mandi Bierly is known for covering TV vampires and their torsos, having an abnormally high tolerance for both awesomely bad TV movies and clichéd big-screen romantic comedies, and encouraging readers to share their obsessive/shameful entertainment habits and memories in her PopWatch Confessionals.

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Inside TV 'The Good Wife' season finale postmortem: Creators tease what's next (with a 'Fifty Shades of Grey' reference)
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 29, 2012 10:01 PM

SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't yet seen tonight's season finale of The Good Wife stop reading now. We asked creators Robert and Michelle King to...

PopWatch TV Land Awards: Honorees reveal what they kept -- or wished they kept -- from their set. Your picks?
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 27, 2012 03:42 PM

On Sunday, the 10th-annual TV Land Awards (airing at 9 p.m. ET) reunites the casts of honorees In Living Color, Murphy Brown, Laverne & Shirley, and...

Inside TV 'The Good Wife': Josh Charles talks Sunday's season finale, a special night on set, and his obsession with Howard Lyman
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 27, 2012 01:31 PM

On Sunday, CBS' The Good Wife closes its third season with a finale directed by co-creator Robert King. As fans can tell from the promo,...

TV Recap 'The Vampire Diaries' recap: To Mr. Saltzman, With Love
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 27, 2012 01:38 AM

Esther's plan for Alaric produces a new villain

PopWatch 'Vampire Diaries' shocker: Who sobbed?
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 26, 2012 10:13 PM

SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't seen tonight's episode of The Vampire Diaries, stop reading now. While you await our full recap of the rollercoaster hour...

PopWatch 'MythBusters' don 4-inch stilettos to test high-heel driving ability: VIDEO
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 26, 2012 05:29 PM

What do we learn watching the clip below from this Sunday's MythBusters showing Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman sporting 4-inch stilettos to test the myth that...

PopWatch 'Vampire Diaries' poll: Which Original do you hope can't be killed?
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 26, 2012 04:53 PM

We have three episodes of The Vampire Diaries left this season, including tonight's Roaring '20s Decade Dance, and by the end of them, we will...

Inside TV 'The Secret Circle': Shelley Hennig on Diana's possible move to the dark side
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 26, 2012 03:35 PM

Last week on The Secret Circle, viewers learned that Diana (Shelley Hennig) is the second Blackwell child. Hennig only learned that Diana was Cassie's (Britt...

Inside TV 'Bunheads': First look at Kelly Bishop in Amy Sherman-Palladino's new Sutton Foster series -- EXCLUSIVE
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 25, 2012 05:16 PM

Bunheads, the new show from Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, won't debut on ABC Family until June 11, but we've got your first look at...

The Vampire Diaries | Exec producer Julie Plec has said writing the May 10 season finale, ''The Departed,'' was an emotional experience. ''We do flashback to a time when…
Photo Gallery 'Vampire Diaries': 11 preview pics
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 25, 2012

With the season finale only two weeks away, here's a window into what's about to go down in Mystic Falls

The Vampire Diaries | Exec producer Julie Plec has said writing the May 10 season finale, ''The Departed,'' was an emotional experience. ''We do flashback to a time when…
Photo Gallery 'Vampire Diaries': 11 preview pics
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 25, 2012

With the season finale only two weeks away, here's a window into what's about to go down in Mystic Falls

The Vampire Diaries | Exec producer Julie Plec has said writing the May 10 season finale, ''The Departed,'' was an emotional experience. ''We do flashback to a time when…
Photo Gallery 'Vampire Diaries': 11 preview pics
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 25, 2012

With the season finale only two weeks away, here's a window into what's about to go down in Mystic Falls

The Vampire Diaries | Exec producer Julie Plec has said writing the May 10 season finale, ''The Departed,'' was an emotional experience. ''We do flashback to a time when…
Photo Gallery 'Vampire Diaries': 11 preview pics
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 25, 2012

With the season finale only two weeks away, here's a window into what's about to go down in Mystic Falls

The Vampire Diaries | Exec producer Julie Plec has said writing the May 10 season finale, ''The Departed,'' was an emotional experience. ''We do flashback to a time when…
Photo Gallery 'Vampire Diaries': 11 preview pics
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 25, 2012

With the season finale only two weeks away, here's a window into what's about to go down in Mystic Falls

The Vampire Diaries | Exec producer Julie Plec has said writing the May 10 season finale, ''The Departed,'' was an emotional experience. ''We do flashback to a time when…
Photo Gallery 'Vampire Diaries': 11 preview pics
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 25, 2012

With the season finale only two weeks away, here's a window into what's about to go down in Mystic Falls

The Vampire Diaries | Exec producer Julie Plec has said writing the May 10 season finale, ''The Departed,'' was an emotional experience. ''We do flashback to a time when…
Photo Gallery 'Vampire Diaries': 11 preview pics
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 25, 2012

With the season finale only two weeks away, here's a window into what's about to go down in Mystic Falls

The Vampire Diaries | Exec producer Julie Plec has said writing the May 10 season finale, ''The Departed,'' was an emotional experience. ''We do flashback to a time when…
Photo Gallery 'Vampire Diaries': 11 preview pics
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 25, 2012

With the season finale only two weeks away, here's a window into what's about to go down in Mystic Falls

The Vampire Diaries | Exec producer Julie Plec has said writing the May 10 season finale, ''The Departed,'' was an emotional experience. ''We do flashback to a time when…
Photo Gallery 'Vampire Diaries': 11 preview pics
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 25, 2012

With the season finale only two weeks away, here's a window into what's about to go down in Mystic Falls

The Vampire Diaries | Exec producer Julie Plec has said writing the May 10 season finale, ''The Departed,'' was an emotional experience. ''We do flashback to a time when…
Photo Gallery 'Vampire Diaries': 11 preview pics
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 25, 2012

With the season finale only two weeks away, here's a window into what's about to go down in Mystic Falls

The Vampire Diaries | Exec producer Julie Plec has said writing the May 10 season finale, ''The Departed,'' was an emotional experience. ''We do flashback to a time when…
Photo Gallery 'Vampire Diaries': 11 preview pics
by Mandi Bierly | Apr 25, 2012

With the season finale only two weeks away, here's a window into what's about to go down in Mystic Falls