Ryan Kwanten Honored with Australian GQ Award

November 20, 2009

Ryan-Kwanten-GQ-AustraliaThe Sydney Morning Herald just reported on the winners of the Australian GQ Magazine Awards which were held in The Great Hall of Sydney University this past Thursday night. The GQ awards honored leading Australian men across the arts, sport, politics, business and community service. Australian born actor, Ryan Kwanten, who plays Jason Stackhouse on True Blood, was awarded the 2009 GQ Actor of the Year Award. Ryan won in recognition for his breakthrough Hollywood role on the phenomenal hit show, True Blood. Congratulations Ryan for the well deserved recognition!

SOURCE:  Sydney Morning Herald

Photo Credit:  vogue.com.au

Allan Hyde: Rising True Blood Star

November 20, 2009

“That was a fantastic experience when tiny little me stood in front of the camera

and my two meter tall cast mate Alexander Skarsgard fell to

his knees in front of me. I felt the magic of

being an actor then.”

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Allan Hyde, the twenty year old Danish actor, has made quite an impression on HBO’s True Blood fans. Allan plays the 2000 year old vampire Godric, Eric Northman’s (Alexander Skarsgard) maker in the hit HBO series. Although he appeared in only four episodes of True Blood’s second season, Allan Hyde’s Godric has become extremely popular with True Blood’s viewers.

He is a man of many talents. Besides his native Danish, he also speaks English, German and French. He has won the literary Robert Award for Best Short Story (2009) and amazingly, he also finds the time to play the guitar and sing. In Denmark, Allan Hyde has a string of appearances on both the Danish stage and screen. On stage, he has, for example, played Gavroche in Les Miserables but he is perhaps best known for his part in Denmark’s TV3’s 2900 Happiness. He has also provided the voice dubbing for Ron Weasley in the Danish release of the Harry Potter films. However in 2009, he was cast in the critically acclaimed HBO series True Blood as the 2000 year old Godric and the rest, as they say, is history.

In 2009, international acclaim came knocking on Allan Hyde’s door. Allan Ball happened to need a Scandinavian teenager for True Blood. Allan Hyde’s agent heard about it and convinced Hyde to send a tape to Alan Ball who was so impressed with it that there was no need for Hyde to undergo a formal audition. Hyde, at this point, was two months away from graduating from his high school in Zealand, Copenhagen, but he seized at the chance and moved to Los Angeles immediately. He explains his seemingly hasty decision,

“It was my dream. To be a professional (full-time) actor. To live off what I love. And it wasn’t the most important thing about high school to get a certificate with grades on. Most important were the knowledge and friends I’d already won through those three years.”

We are thankful for his decision because the character Godric has proved to be highly popular with viewers and with creator Alan Ball. Hyde’s performance of Godric has brought Hyde acclaim, catapulting him into the hearts of True Blood’s fans. In a recent interview, Allan Ball has also hinted at the possible return of Allan Hyde as Godric in flashbacks in Season 3.

Of his role as Godric in True Blood, Allan Hyde says,

“When I agreed to do it, I had no idea how big it (True Blood) was. I hadn’t heard about True Blood yet. And to be completely honest, I felt that a vampire series was a little boring. I only knew Buffy and that was a girl’s show.”

True Blood, set against a vivid Southern Gothic mise-en-scene, has captured viewers’Godric and Eric Northman imagination with its gloriously gory, fiendish, darkly funny script. Populated with charismatic vampires, small town kooks and other assorted supernatural beings, True Blood is hardly filled with the usual vampire clichés which were the initial responses of critics and naysayers who subjected True Blood to lukewarm reviews.

Instead, proving his critics wrong, Allan Ball, Academy Award-winning writer, has sprinkled his magic dust over the HBO series and bewitched critics and viewers alike. According to HBO, True Blood’s Season 2 averaged 10.8 million viewers per episode, up 39% from last season, proving to be an even bigger hit than HBO’s The Sopranos. Indeed, True Blood’s biggest strength lies in its ability to appeal across a wide demographic spectrum.

As Allan Hyde further explains,

“I realized at once that this would be a unique and intelligent series. Vampires are an allegory for the darkside of humanity. Their race is prone to a mixture of homophobia and racism, and that’s what the series deals with in a brilliant way, I think. That’s why I fell for True Blood – instantly and completely.”

Allan Hyde’s portrayal of Godric, an immortal being who also happened to be older than Jesus, was pitch perfect. But at the same time, Hyde acknowledges that, as the youngest cast member, he felt the least experienced,

“I was utterly inexperienced and everything was overwhelming. To be the show’s alpha among the vampires on top of all this felt like immense pressure on me. The directors wanted me to be exactly like I was on the videotape they fell for. But they had never seen me ‘live’. That’s why I had a certain insecurity in the beginning. Would I really be able to deliver or was the tape just a lucky coincidence? [...] There I was, in a foreign country and was supposed to play a character who was as different to mine as may be. At the same time, everything took place in English which meant that I needed to repeat my lines many times before every take or I’d stumble over the words.”

But it is a testimony to the highly talented and mutually supportive ensemble cast of True Blood that Allan Hyde rapidly became comfortable in his role as Godric,

“[...] I felt I caught the character and people around me backed me with praise and recognition. That was a fantastic experience when tiny little me little me stood in front of the camera and my two meter tall cast mate Alexander Skarsgard fell to his knees in front of me. I felt the magic of being an actor then.”

Now that Season 2 of True Blood has finished its run in the US, Allan Hyde has been a very busy man. He has, for example, auditioned for a new Gus van Sant movie. Allan Hyde explains:

“It is as if all the big shots want to see what I am able to do now. I’m going to lots of auditions that aspiring actors who have lived in Hollywood for years don’t even get close to. There’s no doubt that I have to play my cards now. I have to try and get more parts as my name is hot over here because the clock is ticking in L.A. It’s all business.”

Meanwhile, a stage role awaits him in Denmark in 2010. However, when it comes to English language roles, Hyde feels that one of the hurdles he faces is the language. While he speaks the language fluently (he has a Danish mother and a British father), he feels that it’s difficult for him to hide both the British and Danish accents. He elaborates,

“That’s the biggest issue right now. I’m doing everything I can to change it. I practice all the time and work with a dialect coach on a daily basis. I almost got the accent now because at my last audition they didn’t even realize that I’m a foreigner.”

However, it is new found fame that Hyde admits take some getting used to. He admits:

“It needs some getting used to and one has to forget about Danish Jantelovn. Over here, people would be offended if you wouldn’t show your pride and appreciate the chance you got. To downplay your own results is a Danish thing and one you should avoid here [...] At home, it’s not like everybody and anybody is writing to me that I’m ‘suerpcute’ and ‘superhot’ and therefore I’m immensely flattered. But on the flipside, I have no idea what kind of people they are. I’m not looking for praise on the internet but sometimes it’s unavoidable. And my mom’s reading it too. She’s my biggest fan and she’s sending me links whenever she finds something funny about me online.”

Judging from the recent interview with Allan Ball, fans of Allan Hyde can no doubt look forward to his appearances in Season 3 of True Blood. As to further appearances in his subsequent Hollywood career, we wish Allan Hyde all best wishes for his future roles.

SOURCE: www.fri.dk via alexanderskarsgardfans.com

Photo credit: HBO Inc.

True Blood and the Vampire Genre

November 20, 2009

Bill-Compton-blue-eyes-newWe are all madly fascinated with our True Blood and with its undead characters. Our show is obviously not the first to showcase the vampire. Zap 2 It news recently wrote an article comparing the many facets of this up and rising genre. In each of these stories though, the vampires are portrayed with a variety of different abilities and weaknesses.

It all started with the original “Dracula”. A character taken from the pages of Bram Stoker’s novel the Count who could transform himself into a vampire as a way of escaping death. He had super strength, enhanced speed, could climb walls, and crawl across ceilings. He also had the power of hypnosis, mind control and could transform into animals and into an eerie mist. His weaknesses were lessened strength and abilities in the daylight, garlic, and crucifixes. He was forced to rest near Transylvanian soil.  In order to enter someone’s house, the Count needed to be invited.

Some of these traits sound familiar, huh? Some other notable qualities included the fact that he was able to come out in the sunlight and he did not cast a shadow or reflection. If a would be hero wanted to kill the Count, he would have to drive a wooden stake into his heart and then to be thoroughly sure the job was done, decapitate him.

From Dracula we move on to two shows that invited vampires into the world of television: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. In these shows vampires are considered demons. Through the seven seasons on Buffy and the five seasons of Angel we met many varieties of vampires with many different abilities and weaknesses. Some of these powers included super strength, enhanced senses, speed, healing, and an immunity to psychics. The vampires didn’t need to breath either. The older and more powerful vampires had the ability to hypnotize and cloud the minds of humans. Weaknesses included amputation because they were unable to regrow limbs. They also could be burned by crosses, crucifixes, and holy water. They too had to be invited into a home in order to enter it. As for their sensitivities to sunlight, it was very inconsistent. It seemed some could go out in the daylight as long as they were shaded, such as Angel and Spike. Other vampires would burst into flames as soon as they were exposed to the sunlight. One notable attribute to these shows was that they could wear magic rings that gave them immunity to most weaknesses. In order to kill them, you would have to stake them in the heart with a wooden stake or you could burn them, but fire was not always the quickest option. Decapitation and the ingestion of large amounts of holy water could also do the trick.

Eric-NothmanThese shows in some ways paved the way for our beloved True Blood. The major difference between True Blood and the other vampires we have gone over is that in this story their existence is public knowledge. Yet humans are not aware of all their abilities or weaknesses. Our vampires have super strength, speed, and enhanced healing and senses. They can heal humans by feeding them their blood. They also have the ability to hypnotize, which we True Blood fans know as “glamoring”. Some of the vampires have the ability to fly and they have a strong connection to their makers and those that drink their blood. Their weaknesses include wood, the need to rest during the daytime, fire, silver, and hepatitis D. They too must be invited into a house before entering it. Sunlight is harmful to them, but the older vampires are much more vulnerable to it than younger ones. A twist that we see in True Blood is that the humans are after the vampire’s blood for its hallucinogenic and aphrodisiac qualities. In order to kill these vampires you would either expose them to sunlight or the classic, wooden stake through the heart.

Another popular vampire show is The Vampire Diaries. This show is fairly new with only a handful of episodes since they are still in their first season. The vampires we have met so far in this series are extremely attractive and brooding. We will not know the full extent of their powers until we watch the show unravel. Right now we know they have super strength, speed, and hearing. They have an ability to turn into birds. They have the ability to control minds and alter memories. All the vampires thus far in this series don’t all have the same powers. Their weaknesses also include wood, but the difference is they can also be injured if staked somewhere other than the heart. They are also sensitive to a plant called Vervain. The plant can protect the humans from the vampire’s mind control abilities and make their blood poisonous. They too, once again, must be invited in to a home in order to enter. One notable point about this series is that human blood magnifies the vampire’s powers. One of the lead characters, Stephan, only drinks the blood of animals but this weakens his powers. To kill them, you would again have to stake them through the heart.

Bill-Compton-Eric-NorthmanThis brings us to the fan obsessed Twilight film. This movie by far has reawakened the vampire genre, though these vampires are the least vampiric. Their powers include super strength, speed, and enhanced senses. They have an exceptional sense of smell and are invulnerable to most injuries. Some of the vampires possess special abilities such a reading minds or foreseeing the future. Their weaknesses include other vampires and werewolves. They are able to be in the sunlight but they sparkle like diamonds. The heavy cloud cover of Forks, Washington is enough to keep them from exposing themselves. The Cullen Clan doesn’t drink human blood, they feed off of animals, but this does not diminish their powers. They can cast shadows and be photographed. If you want to kill them you have to chop them into pieces and burn those pieces.

So now we have completed this small vampire journey and see that all these shows possess different qualities that make their shows what they are. With so many books, movies, and TV shows fulfilling our vampiric needs, it doesn’t look like this obsession is going anywhere, anytime soon.

SOURCE: Zap 2 It

(Photo Credits: HBO Inc.)

Bill And Sam Rivals With A Common Goal?

November 20, 2009

Bill-ComptonBoth Bill Compton and Sam Merlotte may have more in common than you think.  Both of these guys are searching for acceptance, compassion, tolerance and ultimately, love. They have both struggled with who and what they are.  At the onset, these men seem to be rivals, opponents, if you will.  Bill asks Sam to watch over Sookie while he must stand before a judge of a vampire court and be disciplined.  What I find interesting is that when Bill returns to find Sookie and Sam in a most impassioned embrace, he fights Sam aggressively as if he wanted to kill him, however, Sam fights back fiercely and bravely.

I was taken aback by this since Bill has the immortal strength of a vampire; anyone one else would have been killed or seriously injured. Sam fought valiantly I thought, for someone his size, and showed his hostility and apparent rivalry towards a vampire. The fight causes Sookie to rescind Bill’s invitation, ejecting him from her home. For a moment, It looked like Sam had won out, as he had tried to turn her against Bill, mostly out of jealousy.  It seemed from the onset that these two guys were rivals and opponents  and yet at the end of the first season, Sam helped Sookie to save Bill. Similarly, at the end of the second season, Bill helps Sookie to save Sam.

I believe that they were motivated out of  love and concern for Sookie’s welfare to come together for her sake and briefly join forces. However, to me, Sam and Bill are not so dissimilar because they both want the same things:  recognition, acceptance, compassion, tolerance and certainly not least to be valued and loved for who they are.   Certainly, Sam along with Bill and Sookie were able to collaborate and put forth a joint effort to vanquish Maryann. Although Bill is my favorite character, I tend to favor Sam a bit more because I can empathize with his struggle. He tries so hard to fit in, to make a difference and he does.  Both Bill and Sam truly put forth a heroic effort in saving the townspeople from the diabolical plots of Maryann.

Sam MerlotteI feel badly for Sam because it seems he always gets the shaft. At least Bill has Sookie, but Sam is left alone.  A prolonged affair with Tara Thornton has fizzled and a seemingly promising romance with Daphne Landry, who was a shapeshifter like himself, ended in betrayal and heartbreak.  Sam’s feelings for Sookie were nearly totally non-reciprocated, not to mention being hounded and hunted by Maryann. It seems that Sam can never catch a break.  He’s always a target for trouble or hardship or heartbreak

Obviously there are differences. Bill is a vampire. Sam is a shapeshifter or shifter for short. Another thing, Sam is human, at least more so than Bill, who is a vampire and can be quite a predator; who can and does kill for blood or in defense, mostly of Sookie. Both Bill and Sam are looking for some meaning in their lives or un-life as is the case for Bill. Rivals at first, now I think it has progressed to an uneasy friendship if that.  Bill gave Sam his blood to save his life after he sacrificed himself to take down Maryann. Surely, after that they now have some kind of a bond, if an uneasy one. [Editor's Note: Will there be dreams of Bill in Sam's future?]

Perhaps now they can bury the hatchet and become friendly?  The common goal here is then to evolve and become the best beings that they can, not just for Sookie, but for themselves. If these men are not already fast friends they should be closer this season at least.  They are different to be sure, but they are also very much alike.

I would like to dedicate this article to Stephen Moyer and Sam Trammell: two incredibly gifted actors.

(Photo credits:  HBO Inc.)

Alexander Skarsgard On The Cover Of Swedish Magazine Cafe

November 20, 2009

Alexander Skarsgard seems to be keeping busy while on hiatus from True Blood.  Not only has he been busy working on other projects but has been doing interviews, attending events and posing in photo shoots such as this one.  Here Alexander graces the cover of the December issue of the Swedish Magazine, Cafe. What more is there to say but, enjoy!

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SOURCE:  SkarsgardNews.com

“True Blood” Team Madness

November 20, 2009

HOLLYWOOD —“True Blood” fans and stars converged on Orlando, Fla. last weekend to meet and greet at Eyecon. Two of the most popular actors on the show are a brother/sister team in Jason and Sookie Stackhouse. Both are immature and unsophisticated residents of Bon Temps who lost their parents early in their childhood and were raised by Gran, their grandmother. She was killed in the first season, but her presence is still felt greatly by her two grandchildren who are very popular in the series.

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Anna Paquin, Sookie Courtesy: HBO TV Pro

Their cousin, Hadley, was seen at the end of season two at the palace of the Queen Vampire Sophie’s. Ryan Kwanten is the young hunk who plays Jason Stackhouse. The Aussie born actor has taken America by storm and his performance is one of the most underrated in the industry. Playing a country hick from the south of the U.S. may be something an American actor would easily be able to embrace, but the Aussie has made the popular role of Jason his own.

Sookie is played by Oscar winning actress Anna Paquin, who has made the attractive yet naïve mind reader the most popular heroine on the small screen. Paquin seems to have an ability to connect with the viewers and Sookie is now the most beloved woman on television. Sometimes the character is so naïve yet the actress who plays her knows all the nuances which create even more mystery around the character. That proves Paquin is far more sophisticated and is also a brilliant actress. Many actors have told me over the years that it’s a much tougher role to play a person who is not that smart than there is for a person to play a genius.

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Ryan Kwanten, Jason Courtesy Link 81 Collection

Alan Ball has the ability to know which characters in this series need to connect with viewers and how best to accomplish that. Though the actress who portrayed Maryann, Michelle Forbes, was never intended to bond with the viewers, I suspect many who celebrated the character’s demise still feel the actress did an amazing job on the series. That’s how I feel about Ashley Jones, who played shape shifter Daphne. Ashley along with Nelsan Ellis, Sam Trammell, Allan Hyde and Todd Lowe spent the weekend at Eyecon meeting legions of “True Blood” addicts who simply can’t get enough of the hit HBO series.

Jones’s character Daphne betrayed Sam Merlotte in the second season, but now that Maryann has been killed and has paid for her deeds, fans like Bobby Head in Alabama say, “Wouldn’t it be great to see Daphne back in Bon Temps? Sure Maryann killed her and ate her heart, but this is ‘True Blood’ we are talking about, and Alan Ball is a creative genius.”

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Ashley Jones, Daphne, Courtesy: Gilles Toucas, Bell Phillip TV Prod.

Other fans who equally love the series include Tony in New Jersey, who sees his favorite character Bill as someone we can all look up to. “I think he embodies all of us, Tommy. He’s a vampire who chose not to be an animal or a monster. He simply wants acceptance by others and wants respect. Isn’t that what most of us want in life?” Tony tells Canyon News. Where Bobby Head is a big fan of my pal Ashley Jones, Tony is truly a member of team Bill and in actor Stephen Moyer’s corner.

Other fans include Cheryl Kay Durst, who can always be found on the “True Blood” official Facebook page offering excitement and support for the show. While Nicky Johnson Owle continues to remind me she’s solidly behind Team Eric and handsome star Alexander Skarsgard, who has been named Sweden’s Sexiest Man Alive five times. Nicky says, “Tommy, Eric and Alex are like KFC, finger-licking good!” Peter and Debbie Blomert always seem to offer positive support and rhetoric for Alan Ball and are anxiously awaiting the DVD set – of season-two and who are always interested in casting news for season three. Megan Smith McDevit reminds me, “You should come on and chat more often, Tommy. But beware, it’s highly addictive.” Addictive it is. Not just the series but spending time with fans of the show including those who are heading to Orlando this weekend.

With everyone choosing their favorite team player, I cannot lie. I still say, I’m on Team Daphne and I do hope the shape shifter makes a resurrection next season. Fans of the beautiful actress can see her as Bridget Forrester Marone on CBS’s mega daytime hit, “The Bold and the Beautiful.” Jones is perhaps one of the best actors on television.  With fans from as far as Melbourne, Australia, Jeff Dean says, “I love her as Daphne. I just may have to take up watching her on ‘B&B.’” Nicky Johnson Owle; however, has very little time for anyone but Eric and Skarsgard. Whether it’s Sookie and Jason or Eric or Bill, “True Blood” fans can be assured of great storytelling, brilliant acting and wonderful surprises.

True Blood” is an HBO series.

Source: Courtesy of Tommy Garrett at Canyon News

(Photo Credits: HBO, Link 81 Collection and Gilles Toucas, Bell Phillip TV Prod.)

VIDEO: Alexander Skarsgard on the Red Carpet at the GQ Awards

November 19, 2009

Alexander-Skarsgard-GQ-Awards-Red-CarpetAlexander Skarsgard was interviewed on the red carpet at the GQ Men of the Year Awards where Alexander, along with Stephen Moyer and Ryan Kwanten were honored with the title of “The Men Who Saved HBO.”  Alexander explains how much he enjoys working on True Blood and you will see Alexander being playful with the interviewer when she asks him a question about Twilight.  A fun video with Alex which we know you will enjoy.

Real Vampires Walk Among Us

November 19, 2009

VAMPIRES TODAYFor some people, vampires are more than just a pop culture fascination or entertaining characters to read and watch but, rather, a way of life. A recent article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution looks at the Atlanta Vampire Alliance, one of several vampire communities in the US.

These people are serious and devoted to their lifestyle, having adopted the gothic culture of vampire legend. “Merticus,” the leader of the Atlanta Vampire Alliance, believes that vampires are physically and psychologically different:

They draw energy to feel good and stay healthy, and they absorb it psychically from close contact with ‘donors’ or from drinking a tablespoon of blood from them maybe once a week. They do not claim mythic powers such as immortality, and the screen depictions are often off-putting to members.

Suffice it to say, they are not fans of True Blood and Twilight, although they owe it to the popularity of these books, series, and films that people are interested in learning about them now, especially scholars who seek to study them.

One such man is Joseph Laycock, who spent time with the Atlanta group and then wrote and presented a paper about vampires, not as some sort of religious cult or cultural phenomenon, but as a self-identifying group. They are teenagers, stay-at-home moms, and professionals, who blend in with appearance and behavior, but identify as vampires. Most of them keep that part of themselves hidden because they fear discrimination, although there are those that don’t care what people think and wear fake fangs and gothic dress.

For his research, Laycock used a survey–the Advanced Vampirism & Energy Work Research Survey–that “Merticus” and his fellow members had distributed to more than 900 self-identified vampires.

Laycock’s observations were also published in May 2009 in the book Vampires Today: The Truth about Modern Vampirism. Since then, he has been doing interviews across the country. TV psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw was among those who contacted Laycock:

“He said he was doing a show about teenagers biting each other. I said, ‘Dr. Phil, have you ever heard of hickeys?’ “

Other academics are skeptical of the vampires as being anything more than people who love the power and mystique, so they adopt alternate identities. “Merticus,” however, claims that the survey he conducted presents many physical ailments that set vampires apart from normal humans. He says that he would welcome genetic testing and scientific examination.

Whatever that research would reveal, they are just people who want to be understood for their differences. That’s a feeling everybody can relate to.

SOURCE: ajc.com

(Photo credit: amazon.com)

Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard and Ryan Kwanten Honored at the GQ Men of the Year Awards

November 19, 2009

Alexander-Skarsgard-GQ-AwardsTrue Blood stars Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard and Ryan Kwanten were honored last night, November 18, 2009 at the GQ Men of the Year Awards as “The Men Who Saved HBO.”  The event was held at the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Hollywood, and while Stephen and Ryan are both busy with film project set outside of the country, Alex was able to attend the event to represent the men of True Blood at the Awards.

While at the event RadarOnline.com was able to catch up with Alex and ask him some questions about what we can expect to see in season 3 of True Blood and with his character, Eric NorthmanAlex stated that:

“There’s a lot of nudity,” he said. “As far as Eric goes, there’s going to be a lot violence and a lot of sex — with women and men! So it should be interesting.”

Asked if his love scenes with Anna Paquin are tense or uncomfortable (since she is engaged to co-star Stephen Moyer), Alex responded:

“No. I mean, I can’t wait to get back to my L.A. family,” he said referring to the True Blood cast. “I love Stephen, we’re friends and I love Anna. They’re great together. I actually think it makes things easier that way.”

Of course RadarOnline.com asked he if there was a special lady in his life, in particular they asked about certain rumors about who he may be dating currently to which Alex remarked:

“I’m not dating anyone, those are just rumors,” he laughed. When asked if there were any special women in his life, the hunky actor replied “my mom and my sister.”

Now that is a very sweet response.  Although Stephen, Alex and Ryan were honored at the GQ Awards with the title of “The Men Who Saved HBO” let us not forget about Sam, Nelsan, Todd, Jim, Chris, William and Alan who should have be included in the list.  All of them would have looked great in tuxedos in the featured photoshoot in the December issues of GQ which is available at newsstand now.

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SOURCE:  radaronline.com

(Photo Credit: David Edwards – DailyCeleb.com via Hollywood.com)

True Blood in the Finals for the Open Web Awards

November 19, 2009

trueblood-mouth2Good news True Blood Fans! The finalists for the Mashable’s 3rd Annual Open Web Awards for Social Media have been announced and there is plenty of True Blood to go around! The Mashable Open Web Awards is an international voting competition that celebrates innovation in web technology and social media. True Blood has been nominated in the following categories:

True Blood for Best Brand Use of Facebook

@TrueBloodHBO for Best Brand Use of Twitter

True Blood for Best Facebook Fan Page

@KitchenBitch for Most Interesting Twitter User To Follow

@SookieBonTemps for Twitter User of the Year

A big THANK YOU to all the True Blood fans that voted and put these pages in the top running! Make sure you go and vote now to make them number one!! Voting is open for this final phase from November 18th to December 13th. The winners will be announced December 15th. Good Luck to all these fabulous True Blood pages!!

SOURCE:  TrueBloodTwitter.com

Photo Credit:  HBO Inc.

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