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VIDEO: True Blood Season 7 Episode 6 (Karma) Promo Clip

July 21, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Bill Has Hep-V While Pam & Eric Anticipate Their First Sunrise Together: Here’s the sneak peek clip for Episode 6 (entitled Karma) of HBO’s True Blood Season 7. It seems Bill’s (Stephen Moyer) dose of Hep-V is not behaving as it should. Meanwhile, Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgard) and his progeny Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) have been captured, wrapped in silver chains and are destined to meet the morning sun! Also, remember how Violet (Karolina... [Read the full story]

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True Blood: Can’t Attend Comic Con 2014? No Sweat!

July 18, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Watch the True Blood Comic Con Panel LIVE From the Comfort of Your Lounge Room: If you haven’t scored tickets to Comic Con 2014, or you live too far away to attend, there is no need to worry thanks to HBO Connect! Thanks to an announcement made recently, fans can now watch the whole event LIVE and online: HBO is bringing Game of Thrones, True Blood, and Cinemax’s Banshee to San Diego Comic Con this year. If Friday and Saturday rolls around and you find yourself... [Read the full story]

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Carrie Preston: Being Arlene and Returning to HBO After True Blood

July 20, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Find Out What Carrie Preston Thought of Arlene’s Death Experience: For fans of Arlene Fowler-Bellefleur (Carrie Preston), things got a little scary in last week’s episode (entitled Death is not the End) with the redheaded waitress nearly dying after becoming a feast for Hep-V infected vampires! For actor Carrie Preston, though, it was more exciting to see the return of her onscreen love, Terry Bellefleur (Todd Lowe): I was most surprised and excited about Terry... [Read the full story]

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True Blood’s Joe Manganiello Turns Teacher to Conan O’Brien

July 22, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Check out Joe’s Stripper Moves! Recently, Joe Manganiello who plays Alcide on True Blood appeared on Conan O’Brien’s late night show, and helped him with his stripper moves and stripper name referring to his role in Magic Mike where he played a character called Big Dick Richie. The name is very important, if you have the wrong name in stripping I can see you wouldn’t make a lot of tips. Joe then proceeded to give Conan a stripper name: Big Red, Like... [Read the full story]

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True Blood’s Joe Manganiello Turns Teacher to Conan O’Brien

July 22, 2014 · Leave a Comment

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True Blood Fangtasia Merchandise – Get Your Discount Now!

July 18, 2014 · Leave a Comment

HBO is Offering 20% Off Fangtasia Merchandise Through HBO.com: With HBO’s True Blood winding up at the end of Season 7, fans are now scrambling for any merchandise they can get their hands on. To make sure you can get even more for your buck, HBO.com has just announced you can receive 20% off all Fangtasia merchandise purchases through their online gift store! All you have to do is click here, do some shopping and then type in the discount code FANGTASIA20 when you... [Read the full story]

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True Blood Tunes: Delta Rae

June 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Bottom of the River Group shot of Delta Rae: Grant Emerson, Elizabeth Hopkins, Ian Holljes, Mike McKee, Brittany Holljes and Eric Holljes. Recently we at TrueBloodNet.com had the great pleasure of chatting up members of the band, Delta Rae. They, like all of us, love True Blood. Imagine their delight at finding out their song, “Bottom of the River” was being used in the season 6 promo reel. TBN: Thanks for joining us today guys. Delta Rae: Great to be here. TBN:... [Read the full story]

Books

Goodbye True Blood, Hello Aurora Teagarden!

July 10, 2014 · 2 Comments

Another Charlaine Harris Series Gets TV Time: Fans of HBO’s True Blood are both loving and lamenting Season 7 with this being the very final season for the vampire show. However, news has just come to hand announcing that another of author Charlaine Harris’s series will be made for TV! This time round it will be the Aurora Teagarden series rather than her Southern Vampire Mystery series that will be getting air time. And, instead of a TV series, Hallmark will... [Read the full story]

Reader's Corner

True Blood Quickie: True Blood Season 7 Episode 5 “Lost Cause” Recap

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True Blood Quickie: True Blood Season 7 Episode 4 “Death is Not the End” Recap

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True Blood Season 7: It’s Competition Time!

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True Blood Season 6 Finale: How to Throw a Last Minute Finale Party!

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True Blood: Australia Will get a Final Club Fangtasia Event!

True Blood Premiere Australian Event is Confirmed: Aussie fans were told that last year's Club Fangtasia event would be the last - and boy, oh boy, wasn't there plenty of bloody tears shed over that announcement! Well it seems management has been glamoured into opening its doors one final time in order to see out HBO's True Blood Season 7. While there is no news yet if any True Blood cast will be attending this event, we at least have confirmation that the event will go ahead with the following details being published recently to Club Fangtasia's Facebook page: // Post by Club Fangtasia. If previous ...

True Blood Season 7: It’s Competition Time!

True Blood Season 7 Merchandise Giveaway: Want to get your hands on the awesome new True Blood Season 7 poster from HBO? You know the one with Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) with a bloody tear? Yeah, me too! TrueBloodNet has 15 of these posters to giveaway, so welcome to the world's easiest True Blood contest! All you have to do to win a poster off our website is comment below. Please include your email address so we can contact the 10 lucky winners (drawn at random). For Twitter fans, just head on over and follow @TrueBloodNet and keep an eye on their tweets ...

TrueBloodNet’s Exclusive Club Fangtasia Interview With Jessica Clark

True Blood's Jessica Clark Talks About Being Lilith: So the epic Aussie True Blood event, Club Fangtasia, has come and gone. There were plenty of fantastic costumes on the night, great merchandise to purchase, a rocking band to dance to and some amazing cocktails designed by world champion barman Jamie Chesher. And, of course, there were the True Blood stars! Thanks to TrueBloodNet and the owners of Seamus O'Toole's (the establishment that hosts Club Fangtasia), Garth O'Hehir and Jason Rigopoulos, I got the chance to not only rub shoulders with Tara Buck (who plays Ginger the screamer in HBO's True Blood) and Jessica ...

EXCLUSIVE: Club Fangtasia Announces it’s True Blood Line Up for 2013!

Tara Buck and Jessica Clark Confirmed as Attending Club Fangtasia This Year: With the announcement of another Club Fangtasia event in Australia this year, fans have been anxious to find out prices along with which True Blood stars will be attending the event on November the 4th. So when the following announcement was made on the Club Fangtasia Facebook page today, fans frantically began hitting refresh in their inbox, in anticipation of news: Well, that email has FINALLY arrived and TrueBloodNet can confirm that the following True Blood stars will be attending Club Fangtasia at Seamus O'Toole's this year: Ginger (Tara Buck) - yes, she had ...

Australia’s Premium True Blood Event – Club Fangtasia – Tickets Go on Sale Shortly!

This year's True Blood Halloween Event at Seamus O'Toole's is Set to Rock! Australian True Blood fans will be able to rub shoulders again with True Blood celebrities at this year's Club Fangtasia Halloween event. So far two True Blood stars have been confirmed as attending, but if you stick around long enough, you just never know who else may rock up from Bon Temps and Shreveport. Seamus O'Toole's is hosting this very special event and it will be your only chance to rub shoulders with your favorite True Blood actors this year since there are no other events or conventions organized for ...

Club Fangtasia Halloween Party is Set to Rock Australia!

Details of the True Blood-Inspired Party are Arriving Daily: Recently we announced the news that Seamus O'Toole's would be hosting yet another of their awesome True Blood-inspired Halloween parties in Melbourne, Australia. Have you got your costume ready yet? Me neither, although I do have a few ideas. It wil lbe interesting to see if there are any outstanding costume ideas in upcoming HBO True Blood Season 6 episodes. Besides talk of costumes and True Blood's Season 6, we now have some more details for you! Yesterday the following was posted to the Club Fangtasia Facebook page: So not only do we get to show off ...

True Blood Tunes: Delta Rae

Bottom of the River [caption id="attachment_21347" align="alignright" width="300"] Group shot of Delta Rae: Grant Emerson, Elizabeth Hopkins, Ian Holljes, Mike McKee, Brittany Holljes and Eric Holljes.[/caption] Recently we at TrueBloodNet.com had the great pleasure of chatting up members of the band, Delta Rae. They, like all of us, love True Blood. Imagine their delight at finding out their song, "Bottom of the River" was being used in the season 6 promo reel. TBN: Thanks for joining us today guys. Delta Rae: Great to be here. TBN: So let's jump right into the big question, how did your song, ‘Bottom of the River’ get selected for ...

TrueBloodNet Exclusive! Club Fangtasia Interview With Tara Buck and Marshall Allman

True Blood Stars at Autograph Signing for Aussie Fans: Recently, I was given the opportunity to interview two stars of HBO's True Blood: Tara Buck (Ginger) and Marshall Allman (Tommy Mickens). It was certainly an amazing experience and so much fun to catch up with the friendly and down to earth stars before they did their signing event at Club Fangtasia. If you didn't get a chance to meet them at this event and you live in Melbourne, Australia, you also had the opportunity to meet up with them on Sunday 4th November during the First Contact Full Blood convention. Or, alternatively, see them at ...

TrueBloodNet.com Exclusive: Meet True Blood’s Newest Sheriff — Blackburn — Aaron Perilo!

True Blood's Newest Vampire Sheriff: Recently TrueBloodNet.com had the chance to chat with one of the new True Blood vampire sherrifs, Blackburn, played by Aaron Perilo. Described in his bio as: The Omaha, NE native honed his acting skills in theater productions on both local and national levels before landing television roles on various series, among them NBC’s “American Dreams,” Disney’s “Suite Life on Deck,” CBS’s “CSI: Miami” and ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy.” Of late, Aaron is set to portray Caleb on HBO's highly anticipated series, “Luck,” and is set to portray Jim Bonza opposite Malcom McDowell and Dean Cain in the sci-fi ...

Marcia de Rousse as Dr. Ludwig Returns to True Blood!

We all love the irrascible Dr. Ludwig, and this Sunday, August 7, 2011, Marcia de Rousse will reprise her role as doctor to the Supes! Dr. Ludwig will have a face off with our beloved Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) in "Cold Grey Light of Dawn", the 7th episode of season 4. That's not all that happens in this episode, of course. According to IMDB: With Marnie empowered by spirits of the dead, Bill issues an unpopular order to save vampires from the light. Eric embraces his amnesia; Luna discovers Sam is not the man she thought he was; Lafayette expands his ...

Exclusive Interview with “Franky, Frankly” Producer Kevin Slee

The Inside Scoop on Allan Hyde's New Film: Fans of Allan Hyde rejoice -- you can see the actor who plays Godric, Eric Northman's maker on HBO's True Blood, in a new movie titled Franky, Frankly. We were fortunate enough to land an interview with producer Kevin Slee, so read on for the inside scoop! TBN: When did you know you wanted to do this kind of work? Did you try other things first or have you always known? I have known for some times that I loved storytelling. When I was young, around the age of five, my parents began taking me ...

True Blood’s Kristin Bauer Coming to TrueBloodNet.com soon! (And Ad for Animal Legal Defense Fund)

True Blood's Pam Coming Soon Those of us that follow Kristin on Twitter (@BauervanStraten) know that she's a tireless advocate for animals and generally building a more sane world. We here at TrueBloodNet.com share those views and want to help Kristin get the message out on things that can be made better if we all get involved. As those that follow us know, Kristin is a great artist and has contributed a drawing of Alexander Skarsgard in various forms to help The Amanda Foundation, an animal rescue organization based in LA. We will be reoffering that print in coming weeks but ...

Walk-On Role on HBO’s Hit Series “True Blood” Benefits the Serenity Park Sanctuary

Awesome few chances in a lifetime opportunity for a True Blood fan to buy a walk on role on HBO's hit series True Blood. At the same time, you'll be helping a good cause The Serenity Park Sanctuary. The Serenity Park Sanctuary is a parrot rescue organization. Many may not know it, but Alan Ball is a huge parrot fan! In fact, he owns several of the spirited birds -- in Alan's case, Macaws. He houses them in an outdoor enclosure. In sunny southern California the Macaws probably feel right at home. However, parrots are highly intelligent, long-lived birds and ...

Joe Manganiello Answers Fan Questions at Eyecon 2010

While at Eyecon 2010, Joe Manganiello had a fan Q&A in which he discussed several topics, including his interest in True Blood, the process it took for him to become Alcide, and much, much more. Check out what went on in the Q&A below. Joe Manganiello: Good morning. Do we have any questions? Guest Pictures? All right, then I guess I’ll talk a little bit. I was a huge, huge fan of True Blood. When the show came on the air, I watched it when it premiered. I had no idea it was based on this series of books. I got ...

Now Open! Zazzle Store Featuring the Artwork of True Blood’s Kristin Bauer!

Kristin Bauer van Straten and TrueBloodNet.com have once again teamed up to help The Amanda Foundation. The Amanda Foundation is a pet rescue organization and veterinary clinic. Mrs. Bauer van Straten, who plays Pam on HBO's hit series True Blood, with the endorsement and permission of Alexander Skarsgard, has very kindly donated her artwork to appear on mugs, T-shirts and other wearable and displayable items! Alexander Skarsgard brilliantly plays the tall blond Viking vampire Eric Northman on True Blood. Get Alexander's mug on a mug! There are literally dozens of items available for purchase and all profits go directly ...

Let’s Get Sam Trammell on Saturday Night Live

Sam Can Rock SNL During his recent EyeCon appearance, Sam Trammell, who plays resident good guy Sam Merlotte on HBO's True Blood, admitted that he would love to host Saturday Night Live. We here at Truebloodnet.com would also love to see that happen! Fans of the show know what a talented actor Trammell is and we know he would do a fantastic job. His Eyecon appearance was exciting and hysterical. Not only would he, in our opinion, make a great SNL host but he would also rock as a late night host. He just has ALL the right stuff for that kind of ...

A Taste of Last Year’s Eyecon-Nelsan Ellis

Last year at Eyecon we all got to mix and mingle with True Blood's Nelsan Ellis (Lafayette), Sam Trammell (Sam Merlotte), Ashley Jones (Daphne) and Allan Hyde (Godric). It was incredible! The actors were really fun and friendly and accessible, mingling at the cocktail party and sitting down to breakfast and dinner. Well this year's Eyecon 2010 is rapidly approaching and we thought if you were teetering on the edge of going .. this little article might help you make up your mind. Nelsan Question: University of Florida vs. University of Alabama in the NCAA Football championship, who wins? Nelsan: ALABAMA! I’m from ...

Tanya Wright Talks About True Blood’s Kenya and Butterly Rising

If you ever want to have a great, intelligent and fun conversation with an actor we highly recommend talking to Tanya Wright who plays True Blood's Sherriff's Department Officer Kenya. Tanya has had a fascinating life and knows the entertainment business inside out from acting, to producing to writing-she's done it all and best of all, she's not afraid to color outside the box. So get out your Crayola's guys... and enjoy our conversation with Ms. Wright! Tanya's Early Years TBN: Reading your bio it states that you grew up in the Bronx, New York and then earned scholarships to George School ...

True Blood’s Lorena – Mariana Klaveno: The Last Bite-Exclusive Interview!

We've talked to a lot of True Blood actors and they are all intelligent and exciting and nice. But no one was less like their character than Mariana Klaveno. She's sweet and fun and has a really nice laugh! We didn't once think we were about to be bitten or tortured or anything! We did this interview in the start of the season but wanted to save her for the end because it was just that fun an interview. She's Mariana Talks About Her Beginnings: TBN: Can you tell us how a farm girl from Washington decided to become an actress? Did ...

Echoes: The Story of An American Hero with PTSD

On TrueBloodNet.com we rarely do very serious pieces; we do light articles to entertain, to distract you from the worries of the day and to support our favorite show, True Blood. We're departing from that meme tonight and we invite you to take a different journey with us. On Wednesday night, September 8th at 10pm EST just before the penultimate season 3 episode of True Blood airs on HBO, we will be doing our first 'TwitterPlay', "Bringing a Soldier All the Way Home: the Story of Arlene and Terry" The play, while done within the arena of True Blood and by ...

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True Blood Season 7: Meet Newcomer Nathan Parsons

This Aussie Loves Being the New James: With the final season of HBO’s True Blood already half way done now, we are now meeting an amazing new character who is enjoying a fabulous story line. Born in Australia, but raised in the US, Nathan Parson’s,... [Read More]

VIDEO: True Blood Season 7 Episode 6 (Karma) Promo Clip

Anna Paquin on Larry King Now – “Auditioned for The Piano on a Whim”

True Blood Fans Are Glad Anna Paquin Made This Choice: Make sure you tune into Larry King Now on Monday 21st July 2014 at 5PM ET for the full interview Larry King did with True Blood star Anna Paquin (who stars as telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse... [Read More]

True Blood Quickie: True Blood Season 7 Episode 5 “Lost Cause” Recap

Here’s what went down in Episode 5 (entitled Lost Cause, but also previously titled as Return to Oz) of HBO’s True Blood Season 7: Kenya (Tonya Wright) is dead! Yeah, totally missed that last week. Willa Burrell (Amelia Rose Blaire) is pissed... [Read More]

Carrie Preston: Being Arlene and Returning to HBO After True Blood

True Blood Newcomer Riley Smith Spills the Beans on the Final Scene

Playing vampire Keith, Riley Smith Talks About the Last Day of Filming: With the very near death of Arlene Fowler-Bellefleur (Carrie Preston) in Episode 4 (entitled Death is not the End) of HBO’s True Blood last week, we got introduced to Keith... [Read More]

Jim Parrack Discusses Why He Returned to True Blood

Hoyt Fortenberry Gets an Unwelcome Phone Call From a Friend He Can’t Remember: In Episode 4 (entitled Death is not the End) of HBO’s True Blood Season 7, we witnessed a scene between Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten) and his glamoured ex-best... [Read More]

True Blood Season 7: Sarah Newlin Bumps Into [SPOILER]

Find Out Who Sarah Newlin Will Meet Up With Unexpectedly in Season 7: For fans of HBO’s True Blood, the return of Sarah Newlin (Anna Camp) was met with mixed emotions. Some were glad to see this regular True Blood baddie return for Season 7, while... [Read More]

True Blood Season 7 Episode 4 Tops the Ratings Charts

HBO’s True Blood Still A Fan Favorite: Even though HBO’s True Blood Season 7 will be the final season, it is still a ratings success! According to Zap2It’s TV By The Numbers, fans are still tuning in rather than watch other established... [Read More]

True Blood’s Jessica Hamby: Social Media Baby Vamp or Zealot?

Find Out What Jessica Has to Say About Drinking Fairies: In Episode 4 of the final season of True Blood we see Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) struggling with her 10 week abstinence from blood – her life force. She posts a blog about how the blood of... [Read More]

True Blood’s Nelsan Ellis to Appear on The Today Show

Find Out What Nelsan Ellis Has to Say About Lafayette: Fans of HBO’s True Blood can tune into The Today Show this Monday 21st July 2014 to hear Nelsan Ellis (who plays the colorful Lafayette Reynolds in True Blood Season 7) chat about True Blood... [Read More]

What is True Blood’s Stephen Moyer’s Real Name?

Stephen Moyer Reveals All to Jimmy Fallon: Many fans of the actor who plays Bon Temps resident vampire Bill Compton, were unaware that his name, Stephen Moyer, is actually a false one. While name changes are common among actors, there is also a funny... [Read More]

True Blood’s Tara Buck Talks Big Hair, Big Screams and Big Backstory

Ginger’s Story Unfolds in True Blood Season 7: Ginger (Tara Buck) is one of those characters in HBO’s True Blood that you just love for no reason at all. But its in Episode 4 of this season, we started to see behind the over-glamored veil... [Read More]

VIDEO: True Blood Season 7 Episode 5 (Lost Cause) Second Promo Clip

Sookie and Bill Prepare For a Party in Episode 5: This week HBO has graced us with another sneak peek into Episode 5 (entitled Lost Cause) of True Blood Season 7! While the first video clip was a general tease about the upcoming episode, this video... [Read More]

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True Blood Fangtasia Merchandise – Get Your Discount Now!

HBO is Offering 20% Off Fangtasia Merchandise Through HBO.com: With HBO’s True Blood winding up at the end of Season 7, fans are now scrambling for any merchandise they can... [Read more]

True Blood Cast Interviews

VIDEO: True Blood’s Anna Paquin Swears in Interview With Seth Meyers

And Reveals Her True Blood Trailer Left her Without Clothes: Recently, True Blood’s Anna Paquin (who plays the main character of Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO vampire series),... [Read more]