VIDEO: Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin at the Make A Wish Event
March 18, 2010
As we all know both Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin attended the Make-a-Wish Foundation Annual Fun Day on Sunday, March 14 down by the Santa Monica Pier to lead their support to this wonderful organization which gives children with life-threatening medical conditions the chance to relax and just have fun with their families outdoors on the beautiful Venice Beach.
Our True Blood stars expressed in this video their reasons for being involved in such a worthy cause. Enjoy!
VIDEO: Charlaine Harris May End The Sookie Stackhouse Novels
March 18, 2010
Recently during Charlaine Harris‘ stop in the UK for her book tour, Charlaine spoke with the BBC and spoke about the success of her Sookie Stackhouse novels and their adaptation into True Blood.
Charlaine describes in the interview who Sookie Stackhouse is and her experiences in the series. As to seeing her characters come to life in Alan Ball’s adaptation in HBO’s True Blood, she states that it is an amazing experience that every writer should experience as it allow the writer to see someone else’s perspective of what is being written in the books.
One very interesting point that Charlaine states is that in the next book she will decide if she is going to end the series or have more for Sookie to say and explore and continue on into the next book. Now the anticipation for Book 11 will grow even more so as fans will be wondering is this going to be the end or not in the Sookie Stackhouse adventures.
To view this insightful interview with Charlaine click the link here.
SOURCE: BBC News
True Blood Season 3 Spoiler: Returning Character
March 18, 2010
Michael Ausiello from EW.com has a little spoiler information regarding season 3 of True Blood. Nothing really shocking but is it always nice to get any information about our favorite vampire show. Here are Michael’s answers to two fan questions:
Question: Hello fellow Smurf lover! Any new scoop on the upcoming season of True Blood? —Candy
Ausiello: I’m 90 percent certain this is new: Mariana Klaveno is returning as Bill’s maker, Lorena, for roughly six episodes.Question: Do you know if True Blood’s third season will feature Bubba? He’s not exactly a major character in the books, but I still love him. —Kristal
Ausiello: Unfortunately, Alan Ball says he couldn’t figure out a way to introduce Bubba “without it being cheesy,” adding, “I don’t know how to do it without either using an Elvis impersonator, which is cheesy, or having somebody and never seeing their face, just hearing their voice — and to me that sounds equally cheesy. So that’s just one of the casualties of the transfer from book to screen.”
SOURCE: EW.com
(Photo credit: HBO Inc.)
VIDEO: True Blood’s Carrie Preston Becomes a Real Redhead
March 17, 2010
True Blood’s Carrie Preston has decided to get rid of her fiery red-headed wig in exchange to coloring her natural blonde hair red for her role as Arlene Fowler. Radaronline.com caught up with Carrie at the salon to catch her transformation and to get her insight into the change.
Carrie told Radaronline.com that she was getting tired that nobody recognized her as she spent almost eight hours getting her locks transformed. She states that each day when she would go to work with her natural blonde hair,
“People who I worked with for two seasons would say hi and introduce themselves to me,” she laughed. “Next season I’ll ditch the wig and use my own hair,” Carrie told RadarOnline.com.”
Carrie states that fans love how funny her character is and how she provides some comic relief in the vampire show. However she does admit that she wished that Arlene could become a supernatural even though in the books she is human with the show anything is possible.
Carrie told RadarOnline.com that she was willing to take the risk of change her natural hair color to be more like Arlene and as Carrie says,
“I still feel like myself but I can relate to her.”
Enjoy the video of Carrie’s interview and transformation.
SOURCE: Radaronline.com
Alexander Skarsgard’s “13″ Cancelled at SXSW Film Festival
March 17, 2010
Alexander Skarsgard’s film “13” was to premier at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX at midnight on March 13,201 at the Alamo South Lamar Theater as part of the SX Fantastic program, but unfortunately it has been cancelled. Skarsgardnews.com confirms the cancellation stating that it was pulled because of editing and that the filmmaker had a new cut.
Gela Babluani’s remake of his 2005 French film, “13 Tzameti” also stars Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, and Ben Gazzara. The film is about a naive young man who assumes a dead man’s identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.
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(Photo credit: Barbarian Films)
Charlaine Harris’ Dead in the Family Book Review
March 17, 2010
Many Charlaine Harris fans are waiting in anticipation for the May 2010 release of Charlaine Harris‘ 10th book, Dead in the Family. Many are wondering what to expect and are anxious to get any tidbits regarding the storyline and information about their favorite telepathic waitress, Sookie Stackhouse. Publishersweekly.com presented their book review of Dead in the Family and based on what they stated it seems it is going to be a very interesting book.
Still reeling from the deaths of her fairy cousin, Claudine, and many others in 2009’s Dead and Gone, Sookie Stackhouse struggles with paranormal politics in her entertaining if slow-moving 10th outing. When Claudine’s triplet, Claude, appears at her doorstep, Sookie reluctantly allows him to move in. The government threatens two-natures with mandatory registration, and tensions run high in the local Were pack. Then Eric’s maker, a Roman named Appius Livius Ocella, arrives without warning, bringing along Alexei Romanov, whom he rescued from the Bolsheviks and turned into a vampire. Though the action often builds too slowly, the exploration of family in its many human and undead variations is intriguing, and Harris delivers her usual mix of eccentric characters and engaging subplots.
SOURCE: publishersweekly.com
Photo credit: charlaineharris.com
VIDEO: Stephen Moyer in Priest
March 16, 2010
After the release date of Stephen Moyer’s new movie Priest was moved back (in order for it to be made into a 3D movie), very little has been heard about it, and the only promotion we’ve seen for it is a poster. However, Entertainment Tonight in Canada has changed that. They aired a behind-the-scenes video that featured Priest star Paul Bettany, Stephen Moyer, and Cam Gigandet.
Stephen’s part in the video is rather brief, but he compares the vampires in Priest to the vampires on True Blood. Check out the video (which is very short), and let us know what you think!
SOURCE: Collider.com
Carrie Preston Takes Role on The Good Wife
March 16, 2010
Sources have confirmed that Carrie Preston who plays Merlotte’s waitress, Arlene Fowler on True Blood, will be starting in a multi-episode role on CBS, “The Good Wife.” Her character is a woman by the name of Elsbeth Mann and she is will be part of Peter’s legal team on the show.
This news has brought about many rumors about the fate of Carrie’s character, Arlene, on True Blood. HBO declined to comment on the topic but a True Blood insider has said not to count on it. We are reminded that Arlene is not a major presence in the third book considering that most of the action in the third book takes place outside of Bon Temps. Carrie may have just had a little bit of free time on her hands. Most True Blood fans will side with that!
Don’t forget, Season 3 of True Blood premieres June 13th!!
SOURCE: EW.com
(Photo credit: IMDb.com)
Charlaine Harris Delights Fans in London
March 16, 2010
Charlaine Harris continued her European book tour last week, stopping in London at the Prince Charles Cinema. Fans were excited not only to meet Charlaine and have their books signed, but also to see a promo clip for True Blood as Season 2 gets underway on the FX channel in the UK.
After the Q&A session, the audience was completely charmed by how funny and down to earth Charlaine is. She made all the Eric-loving girls’ hearts flutter when she teased that she had actually touched Alexander Skarsgard.
One woman named Caroline recounted the experience from that night on her blog:
“Charlaine explained that it hasn’t been easy being a woman writer for all these years, and that getting published was a hard task especially a few decades ago when fantasy and horror weren’t popular nor mainstream genres at all. She had to fight her way to the top and stay there through hard work.”
Charlaine also shared a few things that will be featured in upcoming Sookie Stackhouse books, including fairies, a half-elf, and the return of Quinn.
SOURCE: portrait-of-a-woman.blogspot.com
(Photo credit: Caroline via portrait-of-a-woman.blogspot.com)
True Blood Season 3 Premiere Date Set
March 15, 2010
The moment that all True Blood fans have been waiting for has arrived! So dust off your DVRs and get yourself some TruBlood to toast its return for HBO has confirmed that Season 3 of True Blood will return on Sunday, June 13 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. So get those party invitations ready for your True Blood premiere party and celebrate the return of all our favorite characters and find out who kidnapped Bill? Will Sookie find him? Will Eric help in the search? So many questions that need to be answered, but at least now we can start an official countdown to season 3!
SOURCE: usatoday.com
(Photo credit: HBO Inc.)
