Good news for fans of the locally filmed TV series “One Tree Hill” who want a ninth season!

Stars Sophia Bush and Austin Nichols tweeted early this morning that they each had signed on for a ninth season of “One Tree Hill,” if there is one.

@SophiaBush: “Well faithful followers … I am officially in for ONE last year of OTH. The writers have GREAT plans! Now all we need is a CW pick up!  .”

They also confirmed that Rob Buckley, Jana Kramer and Lisa Goldstein are locked in as well.

That still leaves question marks for James Lafferty, new mom Bethany Joy Galeotti, Shantel Van Santen, Stephen Colletti and Lee Norris. (According to Zap2It, Jackson Brundage’s contract logically depends on whether his TV parents, Lafferty and/or Galeotti, return.)

Now, of course, none of this means the show is definitely coming back. But ratings seem OK, and local crew members seem upbeat.

The big question: Would you watch the show if only the cast members above returned?

PS: I hope the show does get to go out with some closure, and if it does come back I’d like it to be definitively the last year. But I don’t put much stock in the factthat Bush and Nichols both said that they only signed on for ONE more year. For the past few seasons one cast member or another has said that they or the show was done after that season. And every year the show (and most of those actors) came back. I’m sure they plan for next season to be their last. But would they have said last April that would be upping for a ninth season right now? You never know what’s going to happen in Tree Hill.

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We’ve added a few images of Austin and Sophia at Elle’s Women in Music event hosted April 11th.

Check them out, here. More to come soon.

Austin and Sophia attended Elle Magazine’s Women in Music Event last night (April 11th).

It was date night for Sophia Bush and beau Austin Nichols as they attended ELLE‘s Second Annual Women In Music concert event at the Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood on Monday night (April 11).

Joined by the likes of Miranda Cosgrove, Kate Walsh, Solange Knowles, Hayley Williams and pop star Robyn, the young lovebirds stepped out for a glamorous evening filled with girl power and rock and rock.

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Just Jared have been reporting that Austin and Sophia have been spending some time with Zac Efron whilst he was in North Carolina visiting Vanessa Hudgens on the set of her new movie.

Talk around the internet is that Zac flew to North Carolina to visit Vanessa, who is working on Journey 2 there. He’s been spotted hanging out with Sophia Bush and Austin Nichols as well.

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Check out the video of Austin and Sophia receiving their award from Global Green USA:

Austin & Sophia recently visited one lucky fan’s house to help them “Go Green” for MTV’s The Seven show.  Thanks to Allison Lombardi (@WilmiGirl) we have the video for you.

Here’s a short clip from ET:HD – Now Trending featuring Austin & Sophia talking about their work with Global Green.

You can see this video and more here.

As we posted earlier in the week – Austin attended the Global Green Design Awards in New York to accept an award alongside his girlfriend and fellow eco-warrior, Sophia Bush.  We have added some images from the awards ceremony in our gallery.

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Sophia Bush and boyfriend Austin Nichols attend Global Green USA’s 11th Annual Sustainable Design Awards on Monday (December 6) at NYC’s Pier 60.

Earlier in the day, the One Tree Hill stars dropped by PIX11 Morning News to chat a bit about their CW show and also their latest project, the compilation CD Gasoline Rainbows.

One hundred percent of the proceeds of the album, which was released last week on iTunes, will go to Global Green to help those affected by the Gulf oil spill.

“If there’s anything we need to learn from what happened in the Gulf it’s that our reliance on dirty energy is risking not only human beings, but every living being on the planet,” Sophia told Zap2it.

FYI: Sophia is wearing a Jill Stuart dress, vintage House of Lavande necklace, Made Her Think earrings, and LAMB shoes.

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Austin is attending the Global Green USA Sustainable Design Awards this evening at Pier 60 at Chelsea Pier, New York where, together with his girlfriend and One Tree Hill Co-Star Sophia Bush, he is being honoured with the “Entertainment Design” Award.