Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Vampire Diaries Ep. 1.4
Family Ties
Elena (Nina Dobrev) asks Stefan (Paul Wesley) to escort her to the town's annual Founder's Party. Vicki (Kayla Ewell) gets Jeremy (Steve R. McQueen) to ask her to the party, then accuses him of trying to hide their relationship from his family. Zach (guest star Chris William Martin) reveals a useful family secret to Stefan. At the party, Damon (Ian Somerhalder) tells Elena a story about the Salvatore family's past, leaving Elena with questions that Stefan refuses to answer. Finally, Stefan takes action to get Damon out of his life for good.
Vampire Diaries Ep. 1.3
Friday Night Bites
Elena tries to ignore Bonnie's warnings about the disturbing vibes she got from Stefan. Tyler tries to embarrass Stefan by throwing a football at him, but Stefan effortlessly catches and passes the ball back, impressing everyone with his skill. Mr. Tanner reluctantly lets Stefan join the football team. Elena invites Stefan and Bonnie to dinner, hoping that the two will bond, but the evening is disrupted by the unexpected and unwelcome arrival of Damon and Caroline. Finally, the town is shocked by an act of violence.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Vampire Diaries Ep. 1.2
NIGHT OF THE COMET
As Mystic Falls prepares for a festival to celebrate the passing of a comet, Vicki (Kayla Ewell) is in the hospital recovering from the attack she can barely remember. Stefan (Paul Wesley) goes to the hospital and tries to use his abilities to make sure Vicki doesn't remember what really happened, but his attempt is cut short when Vicki's brother Matt (Zach Roerig) arrives. Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) continues to struggle at school and with his feelings for Vicki. At a parent/teacher conference, Mr. Tanner (guest star Benjamin Ayres) makes Aunt Jenna (Sara Canning) feel that she is failing as a surrogate parent, especially when it comes to Jeremy. Elena (Nina Dobrev) decides to go to the Salvatore house to talk to Stefan, but finds his charming brother Damon (Ian Somerhalder) instead. Damon reveals surprising information about Stefan's past, and when Stefan arrives home, Elena is confused and embarrassed to realize that he isn't happy to see her there. Meanwhile, Vicki's memory of the attack begins to come back to her.
TONIGHT AT 8PM EST ON THE CW
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
New New Moon Trailer from VMA's
I have to say this is looking really good!! I know I am going to have to take my eldest to see this on the 1st day..lol
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Vampire Diaries on CW
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES
Don't miss the premire of L.J. Smith's Vampire Diaries airing tonight on the CW at 8pm EST. I know I will be watching it along side my eldest daughter Tessa(10) who has been anxiously awaiting for this premeire...lol With post up my thoughts and comments later about what it was like and what not. Hope you all enjoy!!
Trailer(extended)
Synopsis for the Pilot:
Four months after a tragic car accident killed their parents, 17-year-old Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev, "DeGrassi: The Next Generation") and her 15-year-old brother, Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen, "Everwood"), are still adjusting to their new reality. Elena finds comfort with her best friend Bonnie (Katerina Graham, "17 Again"), frenemy Caroline (Candice Accola, "Juno"), and former boyfriend Matt (Zach Roerig, "Friday Night Lights"), but Jeremy is trying to figure out why Matt's sister, Vicki (Kayla Ewell, "The Bold and The Beautiful"), is suddenly rejecting him and hanging out with his rival, Tyler (Michael Trevino, "Cane"). As the school year begins, Elena and her friends are fascinated by a handsome and mysterious new student, Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley, "Fallen"). Stefan and Elena are immediately drawn to one another, but Elena doesn't realize that Stefan is hiding a dark, deadly secret – the fact that he's a vampire. At a nighttime bonfire party, Elena and Stefan are getting to know each other when chaos erupts after Vicki is attacked and left bleeding from a savage bite to the neck. Fearing that he knows who is responsible for the attack, Stefan finds that his older brother, Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder, "Lost"), has returned to town. Now these two vampire brothers – one good, one evil – are at war for Elena's soul and for the souls of her friends, family and all the residents of Mystic Falls, Virginia.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
New Season 2 promos for True Blood
Now when I saw these I almost lost my voice screaming!! There are 3 things I am in love with/obsessed with, they are Doctor Who, True Blood and Depeche Mode!!! Now that 2 have been combined for HBO I am in blissful heaven! The only thing that can top these videos is a video of all 3 of my favorite things combine...LMAO
Thank you so much Depeche Mode and True Blood!!!
Long Version:
Corrupt by Depeche Mode - Lyrics:
I could corrupt you
In a heartbeat
You think you're so special
Think you're so sweet
What are you trying?
Don't even tempt me
Soon you'll be crying
I wish you'd trapped me
You'll be calling out my name
When you need someone to blame
I could corrupt you
It will be easy
Watching you suffer
Girl, it will please me
I wanna touch you
With my little finger
I know it will crush you
My memory would linger
You'll be crying out in pain
Begging me to play my games
I could corrupt you
It would be ugly
They could sedate you
But what good would drugs be?
But I wouldn't touch you
Put my hands on your hips
It would be too much to
Place my lips on your lips
You'll be calling out my name
Begging me to play my games
Thank you so much Depeche Mode and True Blood!!!
The song used in these videos is Corrupt by DM's latest album Songs Of The Universe which my father, eldest daughter(10) and myself went to NYC to see them at Madison Square Garden!!
Short Version:Long Version:
Corrupt by Depeche Mode - Lyrics:
I could corrupt you
In a heartbeat
You think you're so special
Think you're so sweet
What are you trying?
Don't even tempt me
Soon you'll be crying
I wish you'd trapped me
You'll be calling out my name
When you need someone to blame
I could corrupt you
It will be easy
Watching you suffer
Girl, it will please me
I wanna touch you
With my little finger
I know it will crush you
My memory would linger
You'll be crying out in pain
Begging me to play my games
I could corrupt you
It would be ugly
They could sedate you
But what good would drugs be?
But I wouldn't touch you
Put my hands on your hips
It would be too much to
Place my lips on your lips
You'll be calling out my name
Begging me to play my games
Video of the Day
Now this one is something my husband said I would do...lol changing the words to a song...lol I saw this today and thought it was absolutly brilliant!!! Watch listen,sing along and enjoy!!!
LA Times on Vampire Mania
Fresh blood for vampires and their followers
The undead are alive and thriving, with still more movies ('Twilight' sequels, 'Dark Shadows') and TV shows ('The Vampire Diaries') coming to feed an unholy hunger.
Forget the garlic, the crucifixes, the security of daylight. Nothing is holding the vampires at bay these days. With the wild popularity of movie, TV and literary properties including "Twilight" and HBO's hit series "True Blood," the bloodthirsty undead are dominating the pop culture landscape in ways Count Dracula could have never imagined, and the trend seems unlikely to abate any time soon.
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon," the second film adaptation of the popular series of novels, is set for release in November, with the third installment to follow in June 2010. "True Blood," drawing some of HBO's largest audiences since "The Sopranos," concludes its second season on Sunday. Now, the CW network is taking a stab at the genre with "The Vampire Diaries," which premieres Thursday.
"Vampires are the bad boys," says series co-creator Kevin Williamson in trying to explain their popularity. "They're dangerous, but they're also just sexy and they can protect you. You can challenge them. There's so much there -- epic love, epic romance, epic epic! Everyone wants their life to be epic."
He admits, though, that he was somewhat skeptical at first, well aware that his new show will be compared to "Twilight." And there are plenty of similarities: Small-town girl meets good-guy vampire, falls head over heels, conflict ensues.
But Williamson said that it's where the action goes after that point that he found particularly intriguing, and the creative possibilities ultimately convinced him to say yes. Well, that and the fact that vampire stories are just plain cool.
And they appear to be here to stay, at least through 2012. Tim Burton is crafting a "Dark Shadows" movie starring Johnny Depp that is set for release in 2011, and there's also a talked-about cinematic reboot of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" aimed for the following year.
Continue
OMG...LMAO
Over on Loving True Blood in Dallas, she put up a post that I do have to agree with her on...lol I know I am going to be going through withdrawls until Dead In The Family comes out in May and until the already anticipated 3rd season of True Blood airs sometime in the summer(I'm sure), but if I start doing anything like this, please put me down...lmao
Check it out here: Garfield Dances the True Blood Theme
Check it out here: Garfield Dances the True Blood Theme
Chicago Tribune's take on the upcoming True Blood Season Finale
Disengage your brain for 'True Blood's' finale
We're used to top TV dramas evoking elegant meals, six-course affairs full of rich textures and witty constructions. We know we'll usually need time to intellectually digest these savory feasts.
No such time is needed for "True Blood" (which, after a Labor Day weekend break, airs its Season 2 finale 8 p.m. Sept. 13 on HBO). "True Blood" isn't a carefully assembled feast. It's a jam-packed, all-you-can-eat buffet served with a side of crazy.
That recipe -- which creator Alan Ball has effectively tweaked since the show debuted last year -- has turned the populist vampire drama into a huge hit: The Aug. 23 episode of "True Blood" attracted 5.3 million viewers, a figure that doubles when repeats are added in. Those are smoking-hot numbers for a premium cable channel.
Halfway through the show's increasingly addictive second season, I realized the mistake I was making with "True Blood." I'm not trying to insult the show by saying it's no "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" or "Angel," but it isn't. There's no deeper meaning here. Metaphor, schmetaphor.
Sure, most of the vamps on the show, most notably the devilishly charismatic Eric (Alexander Skarsgard), are sexy, hot rebels doing whatever they want with whomever they want. There's no denying the appeal of those hedonistic appetites in these stressful times.
But "True Blood's" attempts at more obvious metaphors -- the depictions of the vamps as an oppressed minority and the portrait of their opponents as repressed hypocrites -- have generally been clunky and unsuccessful.
The show excels as a "Perils of Pauline serial, but one with lots of sex and crazy shenanigans in the woods. "True Blood" works best as a suspenseful beach read come to vivid, Southern Gothic life.
The show mostly defies analysis, intellectual probing and the search for subtext. As Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten) put it, "The time for thinking is over." Exactly.
Every Sunday night, it's a chance to turn off your brain and enjoy a show that jams four or five episodes' worth of incident, plot and jaw-dropping moments into 50 minutes.
Part of the reason "True Blood" is such a mass hit is that its characters are easily recognizable types: Newbie vamp Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) is the awkward yet fetching ingenue, Eric is the sexy stranger with a dangerous streak, Maryann (Michelle Forbes) is the crazy aunt, Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) is the tart-tongued cousin and Bill is the slightly befuddled father figure. The recently introduced vampire queen Sophie-Anne ( Evan Rachel Wood) is the kind of mischievous diva you can find in any number of Bette Davis films.
How will the season end? Will the finale be a train wreck full of dangling story threads and plot holes? Sure, why not?
I don't expect elegant resolution from "True Blood." I expect an exhilarating, messy spectacle.
And you can count on one thing: There will be blood.
moryan@tribune.com
Chicago Tribune.com
EW.com...Write your own True Blood Episode
As we all know, there’s no new True Blood episode this Labor Day weekend. The season finale is Sept. 13.
But should we do without True Blood this weekend? Hell, no! Today I’m inviting you to participate in my “Write Your Own True Blood Episode” competition.
Here’s the deal:
Starting now until Sunday at 9 a.m. EST, please use the Comments section below to write a quick summary of the True Blood episode you wish was airing this Sunday, Sept. 6.
All I’d like is a few sentences, sketching the outline of a plot. You can keep it simple: Describe an episode in a way similar to those “log lines” that your cable provider gives you. You know, like, “Bill asks the Vampire Queen for help; Sookie and Lafayette try to save Tara but encounter an angry Maryann” — that sort of thing. (If you want to refresh your memory about last week’s episode, here’s my Watching TV blog on it.)
The key is to describe plot and character elements that fit into the current storyline, that you know would please and amuse show creator Alan Ball, book author Charlaine Harris, and be fun for your fellow fans. It’s your chance to write the imaginary second-to-last episode of Season Two!
Sound like fun? Try it; you don’t have to write a long entry.
And on Sunday night, Sept. 6, at 9 p.m. EST, when True Blood would usually air a new episode, I’ll announce some winners in a few categories: The Best Written, The Funniest, The Craziest. (Maybe the Sexiest. But keep the language clean, you sly filthy fangsters.) No prizes except for the fun of being picked and enjoying everyone’s take on Bill, Sookie, Eric, Maryann, and all our favorites.
Go to EW.com to read and write your own True Blood Episode you never know??!!!
But should we do without True Blood this weekend? Hell, no! Today I’m inviting you to participate in my “Write Your Own True Blood Episode” competition.
Here’s the deal:
Starting now until Sunday at 9 a.m. EST, please use the Comments section below to write a quick summary of the True Blood episode you wish was airing this Sunday, Sept. 6.
All I’d like is a few sentences, sketching the outline of a plot. You can keep it simple: Describe an episode in a way similar to those “log lines” that your cable provider gives you. You know, like, “Bill asks the Vampire Queen for help; Sookie and Lafayette try to save Tara but encounter an angry Maryann” — that sort of thing. (If you want to refresh your memory about last week’s episode, here’s my Watching TV blog on it.)
The key is to describe plot and character elements that fit into the current storyline, that you know would please and amuse show creator Alan Ball, book author Charlaine Harris, and be fun for your fellow fans. It’s your chance to write the imaginary second-to-last episode of Season Two!
Sound like fun? Try it; you don’t have to write a long entry.
And on Sunday night, Sept. 6, at 9 p.m. EST, when True Blood would usually air a new episode, I’ll announce some winners in a few categories: The Best Written, The Funniest, The Craziest. (Maybe the Sexiest. But keep the language clean, you sly filthy fangsters.) No prizes except for the fun of being picked and enjoying everyone’s take on Bill, Sookie, Eric, Maryann, and all our favorites.
Go to EW.com to read and write your own True Blood Episode you never know??!!!
Ryan Kwanten Interview with People.com
From battling addiction to vampire blood to getting mixed up with a fanatical religious group and then sleeping with the preacher’s wife, Ryan Kwanten’s True Blood character, Jason Stackhouse, is always getting into trouble on HBO’s hit show. Luckily for the 32-year-old Australian actor, who has lived in Los Angeles for seven years, he’s nothing like his rural Louisianan alter ego. “We look the same to a certain degree,” he jokes. “But my jeans aren’t as tight.” Before True Blood’s finale on Sept. 13, which Kwanten calls “the amalgamation of pretty much the entire season,” the actor spoke with PEOPLE about his character, Louisiana cooking and how he stays so darn ripped! –Aaron Parsley
Congrats on the success of True Blood. How does it feel?
It’s is not something that you set out expecting [because of] the amount of factors that have to fall into place for a show to even be picked up … True Blood was already a pretty tasty cake before and then now it’s just a nice little cherry on top.
Do you notice a difference between when the first season aired and now?
I’ve really noticed a difference in how people are aware of the show and of me. It’s certainly a new thing to me.
Were you familiar with the Sookie Stackhouse books before you started playing her brother Jason?
It was only after I got the role that I started reading the books to catch up with it, but even then [creator] Alan Ball made us aware that it wouldn’t be following word-for-word, story-for story with the books.
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Harris' Cameo on True Blood
Now we have all heard about the cameo appearance of Charline Harris,writer of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, in season 2. Well everyone we finally will get to see her at Merlotte's this coming Sunday!! If it was not for her we would not be able to enjoy (obsessively) the brilliant wonderful show True Blood or its characters!!
From Charlaine’s blog and website June 21, 2009
As I’ve said elsewhere on the board, last Friday (June 19) I spent an afternoon on the set of “True Blood.” I enjoyed the experience, of course, and it was great seeing Alan Ball, his wonderful henchmen Christina Jokanovich and Gianna Sobol, writer Alexander Woo, director Michael Cuesta, and some of the wonderful actors who make up the cast: Rutina Wesley, Sam Trammell, Carrie Preston, Chris Bauer, Patricia Bethune, and Todd Lowe.
However, though I already knew that there was a crew to support all the actions in the show, I hadn’t realized how many people there were. It was amazing to see everyone who works behind the scenes. There were so many of them, and they work so hard. Makeup artists, hair artists, light men, sound men, continuity people . . . the list goes on and on. Everyone knows what to do, and somehow it all gets done; taking all these people working at the same moment to get one little bit of film.
It was a very interesting afternoon, and I hope I didn’t get in the way too much. I actually spoke a line, but it may end up on the cutting room floor. I almost hope so. I’m no actress. I think the brief time I spend on the set was really illuminating, and it was certainly a fascinating afternoon. I appreciate them putting up with me.
I was there most of the afternoon, though only an hour or so was taken up with shooting my scene. I ate lunch with Alan, talked to the cast when they weren’t working, had my makeup and hair done, watched the shooting on video, and toured the set of Sookie’s house.
I am no actress. But since I was in the scene with Sam, I just felt I was talking to him, and that made it much easier.
The writer of the episode, Alexander Woo, actually wrote that line down so I could remember it. I have to see things before I can learn them.
From Charlaine’s blog and website June 21, 2009
As I’ve said elsewhere on the board, last Friday (June 19) I spent an afternoon on the set of “True Blood.” I enjoyed the experience, of course, and it was great seeing Alan Ball, his wonderful henchmen Christina Jokanovich and Gianna Sobol, writer Alexander Woo, director Michael Cuesta, and some of the wonderful actors who make up the cast: Rutina Wesley, Sam Trammell, Carrie Preston, Chris Bauer, Patricia Bethune, and Todd Lowe.
However, though I already knew that there was a crew to support all the actions in the show, I hadn’t realized how many people there were. It was amazing to see everyone who works behind the scenes. There were so many of them, and they work so hard. Makeup artists, hair artists, light men, sound men, continuity people . . . the list goes on and on. Everyone knows what to do, and somehow it all gets done; taking all these people working at the same moment to get one little bit of film.
It was a very interesting afternoon, and I hope I didn’t get in the way too much. I actually spoke a line, but it may end up on the cutting room floor. I almost hope so. I’m no actress. I think the brief time I spend on the set was really illuminating, and it was certainly a fascinating afternoon. I appreciate them putting up with me.
I was there most of the afternoon, though only an hour or so was taken up with shooting my scene. I ate lunch with Alan, talked to the cast when they weren’t working, had my makeup and hair done, watched the shooting on video, and toured the set of Sookie’s house.
I am no actress. But since I was in the scene with Sam, I just felt I was talking to him, and that made it much easier.
The writer of the episode, Alexander Woo, actually wrote that line down so I could remember it. I have to see things before I can learn them.
NWOnline.com.au Interviews with Anna and Stephen
How’s life as a blonde?
It’s very high maintenance.
It must be…
Yeah it turns out my hair grows really fast and I have really dark hair naturally so, you know, this even the tiniest bit of roots, not okay. But now that we’re wrapped it’s okay because I’m not suppose to look like a natural blonde but not really a fan for sitting still for the hairdresser once every ten days for a couple hours. Makes me feel really vain and nutty.
Do people treat you differently?
It’s such a cliché but yes. I really didn’t think that was going to be the case, but people stare at blonde girls. It’s funny. It’s bright and shiny and it catches the light. Like a magpie.
Do they think you’re less intelligent?
I sometimes get that sense, yes.
Why does the world like vampires so much right now?
The honest answer is I don’t know. I mean they’re dangerous and sexy and most films and TV shows cast very good-looking people which probably helps!
How is it working with your fiancé Stephen Moyer?
He’s great. He’s really talented, and so is every other member of our cast and crew and writing staff and directors I mean, we have, we have such an amazing group of people and it’s a real treat.
You’ve done a lot of racy scenes together. How is Alan Ball about directing those scenes?
He’s not usually around when we’re shooting that stuff. I don’t know if he feels less awkward about asking you to do things with someone that you know, you would optionally do things with. I don’t know. Again, this is the only way I have experience with the show but, our whole cast is really comfortable with each other as far as the sort of weird and emotionally scary and physically odd places that we go with it. There’s a comfort level with all of us that is really really good and really important and that goes for any kind of scene you know not just the sexy naked stuff, I don’t think that’s important.
Did you have any worries about doing the raunchy material?
I’ve done plenty of not particularly child-friendly work when I was less age-appropriate to do it. So maybe I’ve just never had conservative taste.
Do you work out?
Of course, you know, you do what you gotta do…
What do you have to do?
Okay well genetics were kind, so I’m not gonna say it’s the hardest thing in the world, but of course I work out. If you were going to do your job naked you would probably have very specific opinions about what you look like, as do most actors – particularly ones who take their clothes off on a regular basis or have little outfits that are this big at work.
We keep hearing about the sock (to cover the male actors nudity)…
But girls don’t have the sock. Girls have the patch.
The patch, is that glued?
No! (laughs) It’ s topstick, double-sided toupee tape.
That’s like glue?
No, that is not like glue. Glue would be messy and awkward. Topstick is also awkward but less messy. Yeah a modesty patch, or just the patch or the sock. I think they started calling it ‘the sock of destiny’ last season, I’m not entirely sure, I think that might have been a Ryan Kwanten coinage cause he was in little else for most of that season and if I’m not very much forsaken, I think he gave socks to all of the boys on the crew as a wrap gift. He had the wardrobe department make them which I thought was kind of hilarious.
How are you enjoying this crazy role?
I’m having a lovely time, thank you very much.
Is it difficult to have an on/off screen relationship with Anna Paquin?
Our relationship obviously started at the beginning of the show. We got together because we loved being together and created the thing in the first place. So I think this might be easier because the crew has grown up with us, watching us as a couple and we feel comfortable with them. So, we are able in some ways to explore an intimacy which maybe some people aren’t able to.
Was it love at first sight?
No, we both were absolutely single and we were doing this job and HBO puts us in the same hotel. We were the only two out of towners as everybody else lived in LA.
And there’s nothing else to do, right?
[Laughs.] That’s right. There was nothing else to do! No, we just had some time off so we started hanging out together and literally finished the pilot, went home and felt very strange not being together suddenly. And I think we were both really surprised about that. Really nicely surprised by that.
Is it hard not to talk about work non-stop?
That’s a good question. I’ve never thought about that. I don’t think we do. Certainly, I’ve got enough going on in my life that work is not my be -all-and-end-all and it certainly isn’t Anna’s. We do talk about that a lot. Of course we do, but it’s don’t think anymore excessively than any other couple.
Are you comfortable with all the racy scenes? Happy with your sock?
I love the sock! Everyone has got a different size sock, as you can imagine.
What size is yours?
I veer medium to extra large. No, it’s very funny, they brought in a selection of socks to try on and I don’t know whether they were doing it very sweetly, the costume department, like they brought in an extra-small one so that you feel really good. But I wasn’t the extra small which was very gratifying for me.
There’s a fair bit of raunch on the show.
I like the fact that sex is shown in our show, I like the fact it is shown to be true. We show lustful sex, we show loving sex, and then my character does the loving and lustful sex. We’re in a society where it’s ok at 7 o’clock in the evening to see 200 terrorists gunned down by Jack Bauer [on 24], but we can’t see one female nipple unless it’s on cable network and I think that’s ridiculous.
People are scared of nipples?
They can be quite scary can’t they? Especially of the very big ones that look like dustbin lids. But I’m very proud of our show, and that our show embraces it. It’s not a problem for me at all.
It’s very high maintenance.
It must be…
Yeah it turns out my hair grows really fast and I have really dark hair naturally so, you know, this even the tiniest bit of roots, not okay. But now that we’re wrapped it’s okay because I’m not suppose to look like a natural blonde but not really a fan for sitting still for the hairdresser once every ten days for a couple hours. Makes me feel really vain and nutty.
Do people treat you differently?
It’s such a cliché but yes. I really didn’t think that was going to be the case, but people stare at blonde girls. It’s funny. It’s bright and shiny and it catches the light. Like a magpie.
Do they think you’re less intelligent?
I sometimes get that sense, yes.
Why does the world like vampires so much right now?
The honest answer is I don’t know. I mean they’re dangerous and sexy and most films and TV shows cast very good-looking people which probably helps!
How is it working with your fiancé Stephen Moyer?
He’s great. He’s really talented, and so is every other member of our cast and crew and writing staff and directors I mean, we have, we have such an amazing group of people and it’s a real treat.
You’ve done a lot of racy scenes together. How is Alan Ball about directing those scenes?
He’s not usually around when we’re shooting that stuff. I don’t know if he feels less awkward about asking you to do things with someone that you know, you would optionally do things with. I don’t know. Again, this is the only way I have experience with the show but, our whole cast is really comfortable with each other as far as the sort of weird and emotionally scary and physically odd places that we go with it. There’s a comfort level with all of us that is really really good and really important and that goes for any kind of scene you know not just the sexy naked stuff, I don’t think that’s important.
Did you have any worries about doing the raunchy material?
I’ve done plenty of not particularly child-friendly work when I was less age-appropriate to do it. So maybe I’ve just never had conservative taste.
Do you work out?
Of course, you know, you do what you gotta do…
What do you have to do?
Okay well genetics were kind, so I’m not gonna say it’s the hardest thing in the world, but of course I work out. If you were going to do your job naked you would probably have very specific opinions about what you look like, as do most actors – particularly ones who take their clothes off on a regular basis or have little outfits that are this big at work.
We keep hearing about the sock (to cover the male actors nudity)…
But girls don’t have the sock. Girls have the patch.
The patch, is that glued?
No! (laughs) It’ s topstick, double-sided toupee tape.
That’s like glue?
No, that is not like glue. Glue would be messy and awkward. Topstick is also awkward but less messy. Yeah a modesty patch, or just the patch or the sock. I think they started calling it ‘the sock of destiny’ last season, I’m not entirely sure, I think that might have been a Ryan Kwanten coinage cause he was in little else for most of that season and if I’m not very much forsaken, I think he gave socks to all of the boys on the crew as a wrap gift. He had the wardrobe department make them which I thought was kind of hilarious.
How are you enjoying this crazy role?
I’m having a lovely time, thank you very much.
Is it difficult to have an on/off screen relationship with Anna Paquin?
Our relationship obviously started at the beginning of the show. We got together because we loved being together and created the thing in the first place. So I think this might be easier because the crew has grown up with us, watching us as a couple and we feel comfortable with them. So, we are able in some ways to explore an intimacy which maybe some people aren’t able to.
Was it love at first sight?
No, we both were absolutely single and we were doing this job and HBO puts us in the same hotel. We were the only two out of towners as everybody else lived in LA.
And there’s nothing else to do, right?
[Laughs.] That’s right. There was nothing else to do! No, we just had some time off so we started hanging out together and literally finished the pilot, went home and felt very strange not being together suddenly. And I think we were both really surprised about that. Really nicely surprised by that.
Is it hard not to talk about work non-stop?
That’s a good question. I’ve never thought about that. I don’t think we do. Certainly, I’ve got enough going on in my life that work is not my be -all-and-end-all and it certainly isn’t Anna’s. We do talk about that a lot. Of course we do, but it’s don’t think anymore excessively than any other couple.
Are you comfortable with all the racy scenes? Happy with your sock?
I love the sock! Everyone has got a different size sock, as you can imagine.
What size is yours?
I veer medium to extra large. No, it’s very funny, they brought in a selection of socks to try on and I don’t know whether they were doing it very sweetly, the costume department, like they brought in an extra-small one so that you feel really good. But I wasn’t the extra small which was very gratifying for me.
There’s a fair bit of raunch on the show.
I like the fact that sex is shown in our show, I like the fact it is shown to be true. We show lustful sex, we show loving sex, and then my character does the loving and lustful sex. We’re in a society where it’s ok at 7 o’clock in the evening to see 200 terrorists gunned down by Jack Bauer [on 24], but we can’t see one female nipple unless it’s on cable network and I think that’s ridiculous.
People are scared of nipples?
They can be quite scary can’t they? Especially of the very big ones that look like dustbin lids. But I’m very proud of our show, and that our show embraces it. It’s not a problem for me at all.
MTV'S Take on the whole True Blood Fashion
One thing we've always loved about Alan Ball's titillating tale of Bon Temps and its supernatural beings is the series' fine attention to detail—did you notice that clever "Sorry, We're Dead" sign hanging outside vampire Eric's Fangtasia bar last week? This keen eye extends to virtually every corner of HBO's drama, including its fierce fashions.
We got the chance to chat with "True Blood" costume designer Audrey Fisher who spilled on Alexander Skarsgård's cross-dressing moment, where she shops for the cast's fashions (hint: K-Mart!) and the inspiration for newcomer Evan Rachel Wood's '40s-glam look.
HOLLYWOOD CRUSH: During last week's "True Blood," Alex appears in one of Lafayette's delusions wearing a dress. Did it have to be specially made for him? He's a pretty big guy. I can't imagine it was ready to wear!
AUDREY FISHER: Actually, no! We were able to buy larger sizes of Lettie Mae's outfit, which fit just fine with a few alterations. I love putting Alex in all of these delusional outfits: first Andy, then Lettie Mae. Who's next?
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We got the chance to chat with "True Blood" costume designer Audrey Fisher who spilled on Alexander Skarsgård's cross-dressing moment, where she shops for the cast's fashions (hint: K-Mart!) and the inspiration for newcomer Evan Rachel Wood's '40s-glam look.
HOLLYWOOD CRUSH: During last week's "True Blood," Alex appears in one of Lafayette's delusions wearing a dress. Did it have to be specially made for him? He's a pretty big guy. I can't imagine it was ready to wear!
AUDREY FISHER: Actually, no! We were able to buy larger sizes of Lettie Mae's outfit, which fit just fine with a few alterations. I love putting Alex in all of these delusional outfits: first Andy, then Lettie Mae. Who's next?
Continue to read here
TV Guides interview with The Vampire Queen of Area 5
No longer the sullen teen of Once & Again or gothed-out girlfriend of Marilyn Manson, Evan Rachel Wood is all grown up—and glammed up—as True Blood’s vampire queen, Sophie-Anne Leclerq. That so doesn’t bite.
We hear Sophie-Anne is gonna get down with someone in Bon Temps.
[Laughs] No! I don’t know how that got out, and I don’t want people tuning in and being disappointed. It’s not a sex scene; it’s just a steamy scene. There’s a little something going on with somebody you don’t expect.
How old is she?
I’ve heard somewhere between 500 and 1,000 years old. And she’s spoiled—she’s a queen—so she’s decked out in the best clothes and the best jewelry. She’s incredibly smart and witty, but she is definitely deadly.
Is she heroic?
You don’t know if she’s good or bad. I think she’s a little bit of both.
Does she have any weaknesses?
None that I know of, but you know, everybody does. I was gonna say she’s only human, but she’s not! [Laughs]
Now who would you rather bite, Eric or Bill?
I’m gonna say Eric.
This is a big change for you.
It’s gonna be another side of me that people have never quite seen. I think it’s the role I was born to play.
We hear Sophie-Anne is gonna get down with someone in Bon Temps.
[Laughs] No! I don’t know how that got out, and I don’t want people tuning in and being disappointed. It’s not a sex scene; it’s just a steamy scene. There’s a little something going on with somebody you don’t expect.
How old is she?
I’ve heard somewhere between 500 and 1,000 years old. And she’s spoiled—she’s a queen—so she’s decked out in the best clothes and the best jewelry. She’s incredibly smart and witty, but she is definitely deadly.
Is she heroic?
You don’t know if she’s good or bad. I think she’s a little bit of both.
Does she have any weaknesses?
None that I know of, but you know, everybody does. I was gonna say she’s only human, but she’s not! [Laughs]
Now who would you rather bite, Eric or Bill?
I’m gonna say Eric.
This is a big change for you.
It’s gonna be another side of me that people have never quite seen. I think it’s the role I was born to play.
Spike TV 2009 Nominies
Star Trek earned 17 nominations and tops the list of nominees for Spike TV's SCREAM 2009 Awards, an annual event honoring the best in the sci-fi, fantasy, horror and comic genres. Watchmen and X-Men Origins: Wolverine also found a lot of love from the special advisory board responsible for overseeing the selection of nominees, each earning 13 nominations. And HBO's sexy vampire series True Blood picked up 9 nominations including Best Villain (Alexander Skarsgard) and two nominations in the Best Actor category (Ryan Kwanten and Stephen Moyer).
Commenting on his nomination, Skarsgard said, "Everyone knows it's the villains who have the most fun. Thanks to the 'SCREAM' team and congrats to everyone at True Blood. This is very exciting for the whole show."
Wolverine star Hugh Jackman was quoted as saying, "Without all of the fans, the claws would have been sheathed a long time ago! Thank you so much."
Help determine the outcome by voting at scream.spike.com until Saturday, October 17, 2009. The results will be broadcast on a star-studded 2-hour show airing on Spike TV on Tuesday, October 27th (10:00 PM-Midnight, ET/PT).
SCREAM 2009 Awards Nominees
Ultimate Scream
Drag Me to Hell
Let the Right One In
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Up
Best Fantasy Movie
Coraline
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Twilight
Up
Watchmen
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Best Horror Movie
Dead Snow
Drag Me to Hell
Friday the 13th
Let the Right One In
My Bloody Valentine 3D
Splinter
Best Science Fiction Movie
Knowing
Moon
Outlander
Star Trek
Terminator Salvation
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Best Actor in a Fantasy Movie or TV Show
Ed Asner - Up
Hugh Jackman - X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Robert Pattinson - Twilight
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Michael Sheen - Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Best Actor in a Horror Movie or TV Show
Bruce Campbell - My Name is Bruce
Michael C. Hall - Dexter
Kåre Hedebrant - Let the Right One In
Justin Long - Drag Me to Hell
Ryan Kwanten - True Blood
Stephen Moyer - True Blood
Best Actress in a Horror TV Show or Movie
Jennifer Carpenter - Quarantine
Jaime King - My Bloody Valentine 3D
Lina Leandersson - Let the Right One In
Alison Lohman - Drag Me to Hell
Anna Paquin - True Blood
Monica PotterThe Last House on the Left
Best Actress in a Fantasy Movie or TV Show
Scarlett Johansson - The Spirit
Jaime King - The Spirit
Rhona Mitra - Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Kristen Stewart - Twilight
Emma Watson - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Best Comic Book
Green Lantern
Hack/Slash
Kick-Ass
Thor
The Walking Dead
Wolverine: Old Man Logan
Best Comic Book Movie
Dragonball Evolution
Punisher: War Zone
The Spirit
Watchmen
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Best Director
J.J. Abrams - Star Trek
Tomas Alfredson - Let the Right One In
Michael Bay - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Pete Doctor & Bob Peterson - Up
Duncan Jones - Moon
Sam Raimi - Drag Me to Hell
Best Villain
Eric Bana as Nero in Star Trek
Cam Gigandet as James in Twilight
Lorna Raver as Mrs. Ganush in Drag Me to Hell
Liev Schrieber as Victor Creed/Sabretooth in X-Men
Alexander Skarsgård as Eric Northman in True Blood
The Holy Shit! Scene of the Year
The Death Eaters Attack London in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Destruction of Manhattan in Watchmen
Space Dive onto Orbital Drill in Star Trek
The Séance in Drag Me to Hell
The Subway Crash in Knowing
The Swimming Pool Scene in Let the Right One In
Most Memorable Mutilation
The Arm Removal Surgery in Splinter
Arms Cut Off by Rotary Saw in Watchmen
The Eyeball Cake in Drag Me to Hell
Head Ripped Apart by Nazi Zombies in Dead Snow
The Pendulum in Saw V
The Swimming Pool Scene in Let the Right One In
Best Actor in a Science Fiction Movie or TV Show
Nicolas Cage - Knowing
Josh Holloway - Lost
Shia LaBeouf - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Chris Pine - Star Trek
Zachary Quinto - Star Trek
Sam Rockwell - Moon
Best Actress in a Science Fiction Movie or TV Show
Moon Bloodgood - Terminator Salvation
Eliza Dushku - dollhouse
Megan Fox - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Lena Headey - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Katee Sackhoff - Battlestar Galactica
Zoe Saldana - Star Trek
Commenting on his nomination, Skarsgard said, "Everyone knows it's the villains who have the most fun. Thanks to the 'SCREAM' team and congrats to everyone at True Blood. This is very exciting for the whole show."
Wolverine star Hugh Jackman was quoted as saying, "Without all of the fans, the claws would have been sheathed a long time ago! Thank you so much."
Help determine the outcome by voting at scream.spike.com until Saturday, October 17, 2009. The results will be broadcast on a star-studded 2-hour show airing on Spike TV on Tuesday, October 27th (10:00 PM-Midnight, ET/PT).
SCREAM 2009 Awards Nominees
Ultimate Scream
Drag Me to Hell
Let the Right One In
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Up
Best Fantasy Movie
Coraline
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Twilight
Up
Watchmen
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Best Horror Movie
Dead Snow
Drag Me to Hell
Friday the 13th
Let the Right One In
My Bloody Valentine 3D
Splinter
Best Science Fiction Movie
Knowing
Moon
Outlander
Star Trek
Terminator Salvation
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Best Actor in a Fantasy Movie or TV Show
Ed Asner - Up
Hugh Jackman - X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Robert Pattinson - Twilight
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Michael Sheen - Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Best Actor in a Horror Movie or TV Show
Bruce Campbell - My Name is Bruce
Michael C. Hall - Dexter
Kåre Hedebrant - Let the Right One In
Justin Long - Drag Me to Hell
Ryan Kwanten - True Blood
Stephen Moyer - True Blood
Best Actress in a Horror TV Show or Movie
Jennifer Carpenter - Quarantine
Jaime King - My Bloody Valentine 3D
Lina Leandersson - Let the Right One In
Alison Lohman - Drag Me to Hell
Anna Paquin - True Blood
Monica PotterThe Last House on the Left
Best Actress in a Fantasy Movie or TV Show
Scarlett Johansson - The Spirit
Jaime King - The Spirit
Rhona Mitra - Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Kristen Stewart - Twilight
Emma Watson - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Best Comic Book
Green Lantern
Hack/Slash
Kick-Ass
Thor
The Walking Dead
Wolverine: Old Man Logan
Best Comic Book Movie
Dragonball Evolution
Punisher: War Zone
The Spirit
Watchmen
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Best Director
J.J. Abrams - Star Trek
Tomas Alfredson - Let the Right One In
Michael Bay - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Pete Doctor & Bob Peterson - Up
Duncan Jones - Moon
Sam Raimi - Drag Me to Hell
Best Villain
Eric Bana as Nero in Star Trek
Cam Gigandet as James in Twilight
Lorna Raver as Mrs. Ganush in Drag Me to Hell
Liev Schrieber as Victor Creed/Sabretooth in X-Men
Alexander Skarsgård as Eric Northman in True Blood
The Holy Shit! Scene of the Year
The Death Eaters Attack London in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Destruction of Manhattan in Watchmen
Space Dive onto Orbital Drill in Star Trek
The Séance in Drag Me to Hell
The Subway Crash in Knowing
The Swimming Pool Scene in Let the Right One In
Most Memorable Mutilation
The Arm Removal Surgery in Splinter
Arms Cut Off by Rotary Saw in Watchmen
The Eyeball Cake in Drag Me to Hell
Head Ripped Apart by Nazi Zombies in Dead Snow
The Pendulum in Saw V
The Swimming Pool Scene in Let the Right One In
Best Actor in a Science Fiction Movie or TV Show
Nicolas Cage - Knowing
Josh Holloway - Lost
Shia LaBeouf - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Chris Pine - Star Trek
Zachary Quinto - Star Trek
Sam Rockwell - Moon
Best Actress in a Science Fiction Movie or TV Show
Moon Bloodgood - Terminator Salvation
Eliza Dushku - dollhouse
Megan Fox - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Lena Headey - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Katee Sackhoff - Battlestar Galactica
Zoe Saldana - Star Trek
10th Book: Dead In The Family
Dead In The Family is the title of the 10th Sookie Stackhouse book by Charlaine Harris. On September 1 Mrs. Harris wrote on her blog:
I finished DEAD IN THE FAMILY Sunday, the last possible day I could finish it. My friend Toni is reading it now, and then I’ll send it to my editor, Ginjer. The concept of DITF was originally quite different from the book I ended up writing, but that often happens and doesn’t quite scare me like it used to. At first I thought DITF would be very episodic; it turned out to have a unifying theme and to have a crazy night of resolution. Of course, this may change once my editor has a read!
By the time I send a book in to New York, I hate it. Maybe I hate DITF a little less than others. I don’t know if that’s good or bad.
Finishing a book is like coming up out of deep water. It’s a relief just to breathe and look around and return to the land of the living. I’ve had a long list of things that needed to be done, and now I have time to do them.
Synopsis of Dead In The Family:
Sookie Stackhouse has finally settled into a relationship with the Viking vampire Eric, and her errant brother Jason seems to have his life in order, too. But all the other people in Sookie’s life – Eric himself, her former lover Bill, her friend and boss Sam – are having family problems. Eric’s maker shows up with Eric’s ‘brother’ in tow, the ailing Bill can only be healed by a blood sibling, and Sam’s brother’s marriage is about to take place …or will it? The furor raised by the coming out of the two-natured has yet to settle; some people are just not ready to sit down to dinner with a man who turns into a dog. And Sookie herself is still recovering from her last ordeal. She’s definitely improving, physically and mentally, but she’s always going to have some dark moments now. The werewolves tell her that there have been strange and ominous passers-by in the Stackhouse woods; now Sookie is about to come face-to-face with one of her more distant relatives …
The book will be available on May 27, 2010.
I finished DEAD IN THE FAMILY Sunday, the last possible day I could finish it. My friend Toni is reading it now, and then I’ll send it to my editor, Ginjer. The concept of DITF was originally quite different from the book I ended up writing, but that often happens and doesn’t quite scare me like it used to. At first I thought DITF would be very episodic; it turned out to have a unifying theme and to have a crazy night of resolution. Of course, this may change once my editor has a read!
By the time I send a book in to New York, I hate it. Maybe I hate DITF a little less than others. I don’t know if that’s good or bad.
Finishing a book is like coming up out of deep water. It’s a relief just to breathe and look around and return to the land of the living. I’ve had a long list of things that needed to be done, and now I have time to do them.
Synopsis of Dead In The Family:
Sookie Stackhouse has finally settled into a relationship with the Viking vampire Eric, and her errant brother Jason seems to have his life in order, too. But all the other people in Sookie’s life – Eric himself, her former lover Bill, her friend and boss Sam – are having family problems. Eric’s maker shows up with Eric’s ‘brother’ in tow, the ailing Bill can only be healed by a blood sibling, and Sam’s brother’s marriage is about to take place …or will it? The furor raised by the coming out of the two-natured has yet to settle; some people are just not ready to sit down to dinner with a man who turns into a dog. And Sookie herself is still recovering from her last ordeal. She’s definitely improving, physically and mentally, but she’s always going to have some dark moments now. The werewolves tell her that there have been strange and ominous passers-by in the Stackhouse woods; now Sookie is about to come face-to-face with one of her more distant relatives …
The book will be available on May 27, 2010.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
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Sorry for the lack of updates and whatnot, have been on Holiday(vacation) and just got back last night. will have everything caught up and all over the weekend so please bear with me..Thank you...Jennie(Owner)
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