True Blood Episode 1:04 – “Escape From Dragon House” Cambodian Music Info
You guys remember the Cambodian music that Bill was listening to as he was driving both him and Sookie to Fangtasia for the very first time? That funky Cambodian music?
Well our newest News Staffer “Saffron” (aka Shannon) just informed me that the music comes from a Amer-Camb Indie Band from LA name Dengue-Fever and judging from Saffron – they are pretty damn good.
Here are a few articles in which I found on the net just now while surfing the net, looking for anything new on Stephen Moyer. I came across some movie reviews as well as a preview of the next episode of True Blood which airs this coming Sunday on November 16th:
88 Minutes Review: Basically this is a review of the movie 88 Minutes which also stars Al Pacino (as the main male lead),
WARNING: Features spoilers – so read at your own risk.
Waking The Dead Review: I think this is a review written by someone, so it is really more of a personal review written by a fan or in this case one who is not so fond of it. Once again this review features spoilers, so read at your own risk.
HBO “Out For Blood” With Moyer: This is just an article I came across in which they talk about Stephen Moyer’s role as Bill Compton in “True Blood”. This is really an old article that is a month or so old.
Well, thats all I got for now. Please stay tune for more latest news and updates. Have a nice day (or night) all!
Stephen Moyer was born in Brentwood, Essex of England in the year of 1971. He has a son name Billy (who was born in 2000) and a daughter name Lilac (who was born in 2002). In October of 2007, he bacame Brentwood Theatre’s first patron especially in supporting their “Reaching Out, Building On” campaign to help fund the 2008 completion of backstage facilities.
His most recent television & film role is the tall, dark, and mysterious Bill Compton of True Blood in which he plays the vampire who is looking to make a small town in Louisiana his home. Where he meets Anna Paquin’s character Sookie Stackhouse who seems to be very much attracted to him. During his career as an actor he has had the pleasure of working with many actors and actresses on different film and television projects such as: Kiera Knightley from The Princess Of Thieves movie as well as Geoffrey Rush and Kate Winslet from the movie Quills. On the Hollywood side he has worked with Debra Messing from the show The Starter Wife as well as Al Pacino in 88 Minutes. And most recently Anna Paquin from the HBO’s show True Blood. In theatre he has played many roles in famous plays such as The Man In The Iron Mask with the Vic Young Theatre as well as Romeo and Juliet with the Oxford Stage Company.
He made his first debut on television in 1993 in the british show Conjugal Rites and ever since than he has been making appearances both in british film and british television. In 1997, he made his first big break in the british movie Prince Valiant where he played the title character Prince Valiant.
These days you can find him on HBO every Sunday night at 9 PM Eastern Standard Time Zone in his most recent television show True Blood where he plays the talk, dark, and mysterious vampire Bill Compton.
Stephen Moyer as Bill Compton with Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse
TV GUIDE ONLINE “Favorite TV & Movie Vampires”: Special thanks goes to Crystal Jiminez who sent me this info about TV GUIDE ONLINE“Favorite TV & Movie Vampires” – Bill Compton of True Blood is listed as one of TV GUIDE ONLINE “Favorite TV & Movie Vampires”
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), True Blood
When a Japanese scientist invents synthetic blood, vampires, including Bill, a Civil War soldier, come out of the coffin in present-day Louisiana, in an attempt to “mainstream” into society. Thus far, it’s working. Bill has won over the townsfolk, and even snagged a hot human girlfriend, Sookie (Anna Paquin).
Across the country, vampires have “come out of the coffin” following the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood. In Louisiana, Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a waitress with telepathic abilities, falls under the spell of sexy, 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) – whose thoughts she can’t read. After saving Bill from the Rattrays (James Parks, Karina Logue), a pair of ruthless “vampire drainers,” Sookie tests the limits of Bill’s gratitude when the two are left alone in the dark. Meanwhile, Sookie’s best friend Tara (Rutina Wesley) goes to work for Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell) at his bar and grill, while Sookie’s roguish brother Jason (Ryan Kwanten) finds himself in hot water when a “fangbanger” with whom he’s been intimate meets a tragic end.
Series Synopsis: In the not-too-distant future, vampires have come out of the coffin. Thanks to the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood, vampires no longer need humans for their fix, and can walk freely, if not yet quite comfortably, among their living counterparts – though they can still come out only at night. Meanwhile, in the backwoods Louisiana town of Bon Temps, Sookie Stackhouse works as a waitress at the down-home bar Merlotte’s. Though outwardly normal, she has unusual qualities of her own: Sookie can read people’s minds, which complicates her world in endless ways. But Sookie’s life gets a lot more interesting when Merlotte’s gets its first vampire patron – the 173-year-old Bill Compton – and the two outsiders are immediately drawn to each other. Mixing romance, suspense, mystery and humor, this new HBO series is created and executive produced by Alan Ball, creator of the Emmy®-winning HBO series “Six Feet Under.”
Want to say thank you to Stephen Moyer for his work over the years and especially as Bill Compton in True Blood? Here is your chance. Stephen has been involved in the rebuilding of a theater in his hometown where he had the chance to hone his acting skills. Today, November 12th, 2008, a letter was sent out from the theater via Stephen Moyer Online
There are a lot of ways to donate, here are some excerpts from the letter that SMO sent out:
An opportunity to help complete backstage facilities at Brentwood Theatre and receive a certificate signed by your favorite vampire, Stephen Moyer!
For details on the renovation go to the Brentwood Theater site. This limited opportunity supporting the final phase of construction gets each £25 minimum donation a signed certificate [by Stephen Moyer!] as commemorative thank you!
GIVING OPTIONS INCLUDE:
*Buy-A-Brick Scheme: £50 (appx USD $80) or more – Donors at this level will be able to name a Brick for the theatre’s donor wall and receive a certificate signed by patron Stephen Moyer. One or two lines (16 total spaces/letters per line)
*Certificates: Donors at the £25 to £49 (appx $40 to $78) level will receive a certificate signed by patron Stephen Moyer.
*Friends: Donors with a minimum of £20 (or $32) and up will receive an honorary membership card in the Friends of Brentwood Theatre good for one year.
*General Contributions from £5 to £19 (appx US$8 to $30) are truly welcomed, since all amounts add up in reaching our goal!
It’s really easy to do. If you need more information contact: mark@brentwood-theatre.org
Caught in a compromising position, Sam shares a secret with an incredulous Sookie. Thinking she’s been purged of her demon, Tara celebrates with Lettie Mae – but goes off the deep end when she uncovers Miss Jeanette’s true intentions. Sookie has a disturbing revelation during Arlene and Rene’s engagement party at Merlotte’s; Jason and Amy debate what to do with Eddie; and Tara speeds into a bizarre roadside encounter that lands her in jail. At a vampire tribunal to decide his fate, Bill faces a harsh penalty for his offense, but the magister decides on a more creative sentence involving a young human named Jessica.
TRUE BLOOD (54 minutes) Episode 10 1.4/2 HH 1.2/3 A18-49
Estimated viewership: 2.28 million
* 02 Nov 08 “Plaisir D’Amour”
Bill breaks a vampire taboo in protecting Sookie – and must pay a steep price as a result. Jason and Amy break their own taboo by kidnapping a vampire named Eddie in order to harvest his blood. With Lettie Mae apparently cured, a skeptical Tara consults with Miss Jeanette about exorcising her own inner demon. Sookie returns home to yet another horrific tragedy, prompting Bill to enlist an unlikely bodyguard – Sam – to protect her while he’s away.
October 26th, first airing:
TRUE BLOOD (56 minutes) Ep 8:(A18-49:??; HH:??; V:2,075,000)
The October 26th first run showing of True Blood Ep 8 drew 2.07 million viewers! No breakdown is currently available. This is only slightly down from last week’s record high of 2,098,000 first run viewers and 6 million viewers across the whole week. Congrats Alan Ball, Stephen Moyers, Anna Paquin and the rest of the cast and crew! ROCK ON!
Data:
October 19th, first airing:
TRUE BLOOD (53 minutes) Ep 7:(A18-49:1.1/3; HH:1.2/2; V:2,098,000)
As a comparison:
ENTOURAGE (27 minutes) 1.0/2 0.9/2 1,586,000
LITTLE BRITAIN USA (29 minutes) 0.3/1 0.3/1 447,000
This is up .2 in the targeted viewers and .2 in HH from last week (and up .1 in HH from the previous High). Also, Neilsens are only first showing. So extrapolating from previous numbers on second showing TB got about a million views on the second showing bringing the Sunday showings to over 3 million viewers! The data on 6 million views shows that the previous extrapolations I did, estimating half the weekly views on Sunday and half from on demand and later views during the week are fairly reliable and I will continue to assume that from now on unless I see data to the contrary. Since our goal number as detailed below is 3.5 milliion views..
Ratings week of October 12th first airing:
– “True Blood” (HBO) Ep 6: (A18-49: 0.9/2; HH: 1.0/2)
Below is the ‘high’ point when the series was renewed:
Week of September 21st:
– “True Blood” (HBO) Ep 3: 1.82 million viewers (A18-49: 0.9/2; HH: 1.1/2)
We haven’t gotten the number of viewers total lately but the A18-49 demographic hasn’t changed at 0.9 although households has dropped by a tenth of a percent from the high. (that might be just because of all the politics and sports and might be a very small fluctuation that rounds down).
The way HBO looks at a show is total views in a week including on demand and DVR. Currently, True Blood’s second run on Sunday is bringing in half as many as the first run. I can’t even guess at the rest of the week they are showing it a couple times a day in addition to on Demand. But just taking the first two viewings brings us to 2.4 million views. To keep True Blood on the air they would need to have one of two things, viewership greater than 3.5 million total (my guestimate that might need to be slightly higher depending on the cost of production) If fifty percent of the views are on the first showing then we’re at 3.6 million viewers already. Some shows have had historically as little as one third of it’s views on it’s debut night and considering that it’s up against sunday night football it’s likely that it’s first play views are no more than fifty percent of it’s total viewership so we’re already safe on this level just based on total views.
The second thing is that a show can pull in a particular demographic that HBO has trouble with and that makes them giddy. And who is that demographic? Women. Well.. look around ladies.. we’re a in like Flynn!
To complicate the question (in our favor) is the problem with the economy. Many folks are cutting back on ‘extra’s’ like HBO and I don’t know how the subscriber pool has dropped. They may be willing to accept a lower viewership if things are getting slim. Of course, anything we can do to grow the viewership is a good thing.
And finally, HBO keeps shows on the air if the only reason you are subscribing is that show. So if anyone asks, tell them what is likely the truth, you subscribe for True Blood.
FoxNews.com compiled a list naming the top 20 vampires of all time and Stephen Moyer from “True Blood” was named #1 on their list. To see the complete list follow the link below.
Stephen Moyer will attend the re-opening of the Brentwood Theatre in Brentwood, U.K. Tuesday Nov 4, 2008.
Brentwood-born Hollywood actor Stephen Moyer, who will be joined on the opening night by Oscar-winning star Anna Paquin, who played Rogue in X-Men, said: “It has been brilliant just to be able to see it change. It’s when you go upstairs and you see that rehearsal space – it’s really fantastic.”
Since Brentwood is Stephen’s home town, it’s great to see that he’s supporting his roots.
Annika Harris from the frisky.com decided to take a deeper look into who is Anna Paquin and what we do know about her. Annika covers the various areas in Anna’s life: Love, Career and Crew and discovers through her research that Anna has had a very successful life in all three areas and hopefully her good fortune and down-to-earth personality will continue in the future. To read the article follow the link below.
Southern Vampire Novels by Charlaine Harris. In the eight novels collectively dubbed the Southern Vampire series, author Charlaine Harris has vividly imagined telepathic barmaid Sookie Stackhouse and her small-town Louisiana milieu where humans, vampires, shape-shifters and other sentient critters live, not always in harmony but often in some state of arousal.
Sookie Stackhouse is a waitress in a small town in Louisiana, who just happens to be a telepath. The series begins a few years after the vampires have “come out of the closet” and started to integrate into mainstream society. The vampires are officially suffering from an “unknown virus” and feed on synthetic blood as a rule.
In the first novel of the series, Dead Until Dark, Sookie met and fell in love with Bill the Vampire. While some of her neighbors look askance at Sookie for her relationship, others are more accepting of her unusual boyfriend. In addition to the uneasiness of her human friends, Sookie has some challenges from the undead side of her relationship. Touching on the mostly secret and politically complex society of vampires, Sookie is obligated to assist them when her unique talents are needed.
As Sookie navigates the world of vampires, she finds out that other supernatural creatures, which she thought were only myths, turn out to live in the shadows of human society, some of them helpful, others deadly.
Here is a nice Youtube video put up by a fan to the song Addicted. This video has become a favorite on blog posts, myspace and viewed over 10,000 times!
The video is of course about Sookie and Bill’s romance from True Blood
