Dustin Milligan was conspicuously missing from Saturday’s 90210 event at PaleyFest ‘09, but the actor — who was recently handed his walking papers — was on the forefront of his co-stars’ minds.

“I’m going to miss him terribly,” confessed Milligan’s leading lady, Shenae Grimes. “He is an amazing guy and an amazing actor. We would bounce ideas off each other and we could be straight up with each other. We could be like, ‘Chill with the mouth thing.’ It was nice to have that on-set camaraderie. But we will keep in touch.”

Ryan Eggold, who only just learned of Milligan’s exit, echoed those sentiments. “It will be a bummer not to see him on set,” he said. “It’s sad, but that stuff happerns. Shows end, they go in different directions… I was loving doing Dirt and then the writers strike buried us and we all got let go. You just have to accept that this will happen from time to time. TV is a cruel mistress.”

Adding potential insult to injury for Milligan is the fact that Milligan’s character may not even get a proper send-off; Grimes confirms that the season’s final episodes fail to provide closure for Ethan. “I don’t know exactly how they will explain it [next season].” However, Milligan’s pseudo-replacement, Matt Lanter, hints that his bad-boy alter ego will start to bring out Ethan’s dark side as the season winds down. “[Liam] is going to start influencing the other kids — specifically Ethan — and not in a good way,” he revealed. “We have a Habitat for Humanity episode [coming up] and I take Ethan on a camping trip and Liam gets Ethan into some trouble.”

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I’ve updated the gallery with Shenae’s full shoot for the 2009 Spring issue of Teen Prom - beautiful as always!

The cast of ‘90210′ was featured at The 26th Annual Paley Fest held at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, April 11th. I’ve added some photos - hopefully, I’ve some high quality pics of the event soon!! Shenae looks cute as a button!!

Shenae and a friend were out shopping at the grove yesterday (April 8th) in L.A. I’ve updated the gallery with a few pics!

Well,  not literally..  however, she did appear to be sporting a darker hair color this weekend while enjoying her brief  break from fiming!  I’ve added a few photos - enjoy!

Leaving The Chateau Marmont

Enjoying a night at at the Bardot lounge in West Hollywood

I’ve updated the gallery with nine high quality photos of Shenae at the premiere of “Valentino: The Last Emperor” on April 1. Enjoy the pics!

90210’s new boss lady, Rebecca Rand Kirshner Sinclair, recently told me that the soap’s second season would be “significantly” different than the first, and, man, she wasn’t kidding.

Sources confirm to me exclusively that Dustin Milligan, who plays affable jock (and one half of 90210’s central super couple) Ethan, won’t be returning to the show in the fall — at least not full time.

Reps for The CW and producer Paramount declined comment, but a 90210 insider confirms that Milligan’s contract option is not being picked up for next season. The source adds that the door is being left open for the actor to briefly appear in the fall to wrap up Ethan’s story.

All indications are that Milligan’s exit was strictly a creative decision. “Everyone loves Dustin,” maintains the insider. “There was just a feeling that the character had run its course.” (Curiously, the news comes just days after Milligan’s newbie co-star, Matt Lanter — a.k.a. bad boy Liam — confirmed that he was being promoted to a series regular next season.)

The departure of one the show’s most high profile leading men is the clearest indication yet that Sinclair’s ongoing reboot of the reboot will be anything but minor. Viewers will get their first taste of the Gilmore Girl alum’s new vision when 90210 returns from its winter hiatus this Tuesday with a hilariously campy outing that features the primetime soap trifecta: stalkers, street-racing, and scenery-chewing!

Looking ahead to season 2, Sinclair said last month that she wants to “reconceive things visually. There are opportunities to embrace California culture visually in terms of fashion and style; I want it to be more contemporary.

“If Gossip Girl is about youth in New York,” she elaborated, “I want to [make 90210] about youth in L.A. and Beverly Hills.”

The writer-producer also plans to rely less on 90210 vets such as Jennie Garth, Shannen Doherty, and Tori Spelling to boost ratings. “The show tried to be a lot of things to a lot of people in its first season,” she conceded. “I think the center lies with the generation of kids that are in high school now. I’m not interested in casting people for stunt value.”

Sinclair, who replaces original show-runners Jeff Judah and Gabe Sachs, said the show will benefit from having a singular vision. “The advantage of having one person — me — [in charge] is that scripts, what happens on the set, casting… it all speaks in one voice.”

Thoughts on Sinclair’s new 90210? Waiting to pass judgment until you see this season’s remaining episodes? Is the loss of cute-but-boring Ethan a step in the right or wrong direction? Sound off below!

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Now I know why Shenae was photographed on March 26 at the Four Seasons - she was arriving for a ‘90210′ press conference. I’ve added a few photos!!

Here’s a Group Photo of the cast!!

Shenae flashed the paps a smile as she shopped in Beverly Hills yesterday (March 27). I’m lovin’ the hat!

Shenae was photographed filming (and eating!) in L.A. for 90210 - from sun up to sun down!!

Enjoy the pics!