Tag Archives: Paleyfest

Alcide Herveaux, Cast, Characters, Events, Interviews, Joe Manganiello, News, Season 4, Season 4 News, Spoilers, Video Interviews, Videos

Joe Manganiello Gossips about True Blood’s Boy Sandwiches

March 11, 2011 Heather Day 2 Comments

The WereHunk Talked to Access Hollywood about Season Four at PaleyFest 2011:

‘True Blood‘ fan favorite Joe Manganiello (Alcide Herveaux) revealed some excitingly delicious details to Access Hollywood on the red carpet at PaleyFest, one in which he promises there will be lots of boy sandwiches on the season four menu. Um, yes please!

“There’s definitely going to be some boy sandwiches this year with Sookie in the middle. For sure!”

Manganiello’s smile when talking about the chemistry between Alcide andSookie really says it all! And now that the 34 year old is a series regular, Manganiello couldn’t be happier about his place among his fellow cast-members:

“I really feel like I have a place at the table now. Where last year I felt like a kid getting bussed to another school in another district and this year I actually feel like I belong. I have a home there.”

Up until recently, Manganiello was being courted to play the role of Superman in the film’s 2012 reboot, ‘Superman: Man of Steel‘. He was asked to screen test for the role and even got so far as giving his measurements for the suit, but the timing just didn’t work out. Manganiello let some big news slip, indicating that filming for Superman would have taken up 11 weeks of his ‘True Blood’ season five schedule. So, season five, huh?! Best. News. Ever. Check out the interview in its entirety below:

Source: WetPaint– Joe Manganiello Dishes on True Blood’s New Season

Access Hollywood– Joe Manganiello at ‘Home’ on ‘True Blood’ & Explains ‘Superman’ Movie Rumors

(Photo Credit: Access Hollywood)

Edited by: Shanea O’Connor

Cast, Events, Interviews, Lafayette Reynolds, Nelsan Ellis, News, Season 4, Season 4 News, Video Interviews, Videos

True Blood’s Lafayette is Lonely No More

March 10, 2011 Heather Day Leave a comment

Nelsan Ellis Talks to The TV Junkie at PaleyFest 2011

If you haven’t already heard, this year’s PaleyFest was raucous good fun for the True Blood cast and fans. We got a little delicious sneak peak at season four and we saw a lot of great interviews. The TV Junkie has just released a short video interview with Nelsan Ellis (Lafayette Reynolds), in which Ellis chats about his alter ego’s (sometimes) lonely life. As Alan Ball has said in the past, characters are only allowed to be happy for one episode, which is evident in the rollercoaster of emotions that the characters ride from one episode to the next. When asked about Lafayette’s loneliness, Ellis disagreed that his character appeared to be one of the lonelier habitants of Bon Temps, but then changed his mind:

“…yeah, it sounds like a sad life, like a very sad life…he did go home by himself and service people when they came…but now he has somebody who’s a fixture in his house and he’s certainly not lonely this season. We learn last season that Jesus is a brujo, which is a witch, a wiccan…and he’s my protection.”

While Ellis doesn’t delve deeper into the flourishing relationship between Lafayette and Jesus, he has (coyly) said recently that Lafayette trusts Jesus because he’s under his spell. Does that mean that Jesus has literally put a spell on Lafayette to get him to fall for him? Or, is he figuratively speaking about the spell-like feelings evoked by Jesus’ charm and handsomeness?! What do you think Truebies?

Watch the interview in its entirety below.

Source: The TV Junkie – Nelsan Ellis of ‘True Blood’ at PaleyFest2011

(Photo Credit: weneeded.info)

Events, News

Television Festival to Honor True Blood

December 18, 2010 Heather Day Leave a comment

28th Annual PaleyFest Will Be Held March 4-18, 2011

The Paley Center for Media has announced four of its honorees for March 2011’s PaleyFest: HBO’s True Blood, AMC’s The Walking Dead, FOX’s American Idol, and two beloved, prematurely deceased shows, Freaks & Geeks and Undeclared. The television festival will take place between March 4 and 18, 2011 at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills.

During each evening event, the audience will view episodes or highlights of the featured TV series and will have the opportunity to ask questions of the cast and creative team or the individual involved in its production. No information has been released regarding who will be on hand to represent True Blood, but you Truebies can be certain that you’re not going to want to miss out on any of the action!

PaleyFest is an interactive pop culture event that connects fans with the casts and creators of their favorite series, as well as the icons who have changed or are changing the face of media. Named for William S. Paley, founder of both the Paley Center and CBS, the annual festival celebrates television’s rich and diverse programming and the creative process behind the medium.

The complete PaleyFest2011 schedule will be formally revealed on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 on paleycenter.org. Individual tickets will go on sale to Paley Center Members on Friday, January 21, and to the general public beginning the following Sunday, January 23, 2011.

Anyone planning to attend? Please be sure to give us any details that may be revealed about season 4!

Source: Televisionary – Press Release: The Paley Center for Media Announces PaleyFest2011 (True Blood, Freaks and Geeks, The Walking Dead, American Idol!)

(Photo Credit: Entertainment Weekly)

Entertainment News