True Blood Grammy Nomination

The Grammy Award nominations have been announced , True Blood’s Soundtrack has been nominated for a Grammy Award as Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media.

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on February 12, 2011 at 8pm ET/PT on CBS.

The nominees in this category are:

* Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1 (Various Artists) [Elektra]

* Burlesque: Christina Aguilera [RCA Records]

* Glee: The Music, Volume 4 (Glee Cast) [Columbia Records]

* Tangled: (Various Artists) [Walt Disney Records]

* True Blood: Volume 3 (Various Artists) [WaterTower Music]

True Blood’s creator Alan Ball and music supervisor, Gary Calamar for receiving a nomination for the Volume 3 soundtrack.


http://www.grammy.com/nominees

Scream Awards Tuesday October 18th !!

True Blood was a big winner at Spike TV’s Scream Awards this weekend. Best Horror Actor went to Alex Skarsgard and  Best Male Breakout Performance went to Joe Mangiello and the whole cast won Best Ensemble. Congratulations !

Anna Paquin presents at last night Emmy's

She looked beautiful - I imagine that was another Alexander McQueen dress - compare to some of last night dresses she was an A++++

True Blood Nominated for 7 Scream Awards!

Congratulations to the cast and crew of True Blood, who are up for three SPIKE TV Scream Awards! We’re sure that they’re thrilled.
The show is up for Best Show and Best Ensemble, while Joe Manganiello, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, and Alexander Skarsgard are up for acting awards.

You can vote for them here, as well as for Anna Paquin again, since she’s also nominated for Best Cameo in Scream 4. We’re sure she’s already packing her suitcase to pick that one up.
The Scream Awards will air Tuesday, October 18 at 9 p.m. ET on Spike TV.
Source: Spike

Teen Choice Releases Inaugural ‘Vampire Award’ Shortlist

Yes, you’re reading that right, Teen Choice ’11 actually has a category for ‘Choice Vampire’, thus proving themselves to be far more progressive than the, frankly intolerant Academy Awards will ever be. It’s about time vampires received recognition for their acting prowess and it’s a bold move by Teen Choice (now in its 13th year) to include these supernatural beings in their award categories.
A spokesperson for Teen Choice has today issued a statement in which they lampooned the other award ceremonies, calling them “bigoted” and adding that “their [other award ceremonies] refusal to recognise the thespian talents of other-worldly actors actresses is now bordering on the ridiculous, we [Teen Choice] have decided to lead by example, and from now on will be including at least one category for best supernatural being every year.”

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Of course that didn’t happen, it would be ridiculous. However, Teen Choice has actually announced the nominees for “Choice Vampire” (it does indeed exist), which are as follows:
Nina Dobrev – The Vampire Diaries
Robert Pattinson – Twilight
Nikki Reed – Twilight
Alexander Skarsgård – True Blood
Ian Somerhalder – The Vampire Diaries
Paul Wesley – The Vampire Diaries

True Blood nominated for Emmy's

Outstanding Art Direction For A Single-Camera Series

Beautifully Broken • It Hurts Me Too • Trouble

Suzuki Ingerslev, Production Designer

Cat Smith, Art Director

Laura Richarz, S.D.S.A., Set Decorator

Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic)

9 Crimes

Brigette Myre Ellis, Department Head Makeup Artist

Lana Horochowski, Key Makeup Artist

Outstanding Sound Editing For A Series

Hitting The Ground

John Benson, Supervising Sound Editor

Jason Krane, Dialogue and ADR Editor

Christian Buenaventura, Dialogue Editor

Steve Stuhr, Dialogue Editor

Stuart Martin, Sound Effects Editor

Fred Judkins, Foley Editor

Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series

Alfre Woodard as Ruby Jean Reynolds

Emmy poll: Will 'True Blood' be nominated for best drama series again?

There was something creepy about "True Blood's" surprise Emmy nomination for best drama series last year. The HBO cult hit reaped no nominations in other top races -– only four bids in the tech races (all lost). That suggests support for "True Blood" may be weak and its top bid may have been a fluke, so Emmy-watchers wonder: Will "True Blood" be back when nominations are unveiled July 14?

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True Blood Wins Humane Society Award

I have to admit that's the only scene I never watched ...I guess I'll have to go back and watch it now.

True Blood was honored with a Genesis Award from the Humane Society of the United States on Saturday for the show’s depiction of dog fighting in the season 3 episode “Hitting the Ground”. Stars Carrie Preston and Lindsay Pulsipher attended and accepted the award on True Blood‘s behalf.

http://www.humanesociety.org/about/events/genesis_awards/ 

'True Blood' Wins SAG For TV Stunt Ensemble

The stunt performers and coordinators from True Blood scored the first Screen Actors Guild's Award on the TV side, for outstanding performance by television stunt ensemble.
HBO's vampire series topped USA Network's Burn Notice, CBS's CSI: NY, Showtime's Dexter and TNT's Southland in the category.
Inception performers and coordinators won the SAG Award for outstanding performance by film stunt ensemble, beating out those working on Robin Hood and Green Zone.
The announcements were made on the live SAG Awards® red carpet pre-show webcast on tnt.tv and tbs.com.
TNT and TBS will telecast the 17th Annual SAG Awards live at 8 p.m. (ET).

Stephen Moyer PCA 2011

Golden Globe Nominations Are Announced, But Where Are The Vampires?

The Hollywood Foreign Press has released its list of nominees for the 2011 Golden Globes, and we're pleased that so many of our favorites got some recognition. So congrats Ryan Gosling, Anne Hathaway, Matthew Morrison, Emma Stone, and everyone else who got nominated; we've been rooting for you the whole time! But still, we couldn't help feel like there was one supernatural fanged creature that got snubbed this year. Where are all of our favorite vampires?
It's not too much of a stretch to have expected at least "True Blood" to be on the list. Anna Paquin won Best Actress back in 2009 and was nominated in 2010, and the show received Best Drama noms the past two years, as well. But this year it was booted from the list by the likes of "Boardwalk Empire" and "The Walking Dead," and consistent awards show favorites "Dexter," "Mad Men" and "The Good Wife." And none of the "True Blood" actors earned any recognition for their consistently awesome performances throughout the third season.

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On behalf of HBO's "True Blood," we say to The Hollywood Foreign Press: Bite us!

2011 Golden Globes snub 'True Blood': This could get bloody
We were pretty shocked that The Hollywood Foreign Press had no love for "True Blood's" Season 3 in the Golden Globes 2011 nominations. The Zap2it obsession was neither nominated in the best drama category nor did any of the actors get a nomination.
The series was previously nominated for both Season 1 and 2. And Anna Paquin has been nominated twice, and took home a trophy. So, what's up with the Season 3 snub?

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True Blood nominated for two Grammny's

The Grammy Award nominees were just announced, and True Blood received  two nominations for music from Season 2!

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
1. CRAZY HEART (Various Artists) [New West Records]
2. GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOLUME 1 (Glee Cast) [Columbia Records]
3. TREMÉ (Various Artists) [Geffen]
4. TRUE BLOOD – VOLUME 2 (Various Artists) [Elektra]
5. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE (Various Artists) [Summit Ent/Chop Shop/Atlantic]

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media
1. DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS (FROM THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG)
Randy Newman, songwriter (Dr. John) [Walt Disney Records]
2. I SEE YOU (FROM AVATAR)
Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell & James Horner, songwriters (Leona Lewis) [Fox Music/Atlantic Records]
3. KISS LIKE YOUR KISS (FROM TRUE BLOOD)
Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams & Elvis Costello) [Elektra]
4. THIS CITY (FROM TREMÉ)
Steve Earle, songwriter (Steve Earle) [Geffen]
5. THE WEARY KIND (FROM CRAZY HEART)
Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett, songwriters (Ryan Bingham) [New West Records]

True Blood Lead Actors nominated for Satellite Award Nominations

True Blood leads Anna Paquin (Sookie Stackhouse) and Stephen Moyer (Bill Compton), were each nominated in the Best Actor/Actress in a series category.

True Blood nominated for two Grammy Awards

Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media – Award to the Artist(s) and/or Producer(s) of a majority of the tracks on the album, or, in the absence of either, to the individual(s) actively responsible for the concept and musical direction and for the selection of artists, songs and producers, as applicable.

1. CRAZY HEART (Various Artists) [New West Records]
2. GLEE: THE MUSIC, VOLUME 1 (Glee Cast) [Columbia Records]
3. TREMÉ (Various Artists)[Geffen]
4. TRUE BLOOD – VOLUME 2 (Various Artists) [Elektra]
5. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE (Various Artists) [Summit Ent/Chop Shop/Atlantic]

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media - A Songwriter(s) award. For a song (melody & lyrics) writtenspecifically for a motion picture, television or other visual media, andreleased for the first time during the Eligibility Year. (Artist namesappear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.

1. DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS (FROM THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG) Randy Newman, songwriter (Dr. John) Track from: The Princess And The Frog [Walt Disney Records; Publisher: Walt Disney Music
2. I SEE YOU (FROM AVATAR) Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell & James Horner, songwriters (Leona Lewis) Track from: Avatar [Fox Music/Atlantic Records; Publishers: Franglen Lupino Music, Horner Music in Motion, Suga Wuga Music, Sony/ATV Harmony & TCF Music]
3. KISS LIKE YOUR KISS (FROM TRUE BLOOD) Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams & Elvis Costello) Track from: True Blood: Music From The HBO Original Series -Volume 2 [Elektra; Publishers: Warner-Tamerlane, Lucy Jones Music]
4. THIS CITY (FROM TREMÉ) Steve Earle, songwriter (Steve Earle)Track from: Treme Soundtrack [Geffen; Publisher: Exile On Jones Street Music]
5. THE WEARY KIND (FROM CRAZY HEART) Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett, songwriters (Ryan Bingham) Track from: Crazy Heart [New West Records; Publishers: Lost Bound Rails Publishing/Henry Burnett Music]

And the nominees are... 37th People's Choice Awards

Favorite SCI-FI/FANTASY SHOW

• Fringe
• Smallville
• Supernatural
• True Blood
• The Vampire Diaries

Favorite TV OBSESSION

• Burn Notice
• Dexter
• Pretty Little Liars
• True Blood
• White Collar

Sam Trammell, Kristin Bauer, Rutina Wesley True Blood Interviews

You know why I love covering the SCREAM Awards every year? I'll tell you why. It's because I get to talk to actors who I don't normally see at film premieres. Not all the celebs hit the red carpet at the 5th annual celebration of genres that don't normally get awards recognition, but the ones who did were fun to talk to - though hard to hear with fans screaming just a few feet away.

http://movies.about.com/b/2010/10/20/sam-trammell-kristin-bauer-rutina-wesley-true-blood-interviews.htm

Spike Scream Awards' 7 Best Moments: 'True Blood' Wins, 'Scream 4' Trailer Debuts And More!

"True Blood" wins for Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin
Can vampire Bill please magically adopt the adorable haircut that Stephen Moyer was sporting at tonight's Scream Awards? Because I would argue that he (heresy!) even outshone Alexander Skarsgård on the adorable scale. He won his award for that crazy sex scene Bill and Lorena had during season three. You know the one I'm talking about. "I don't know what all the fuss is about, doesn't everyone have sex like that?" he joked. Anna Paquin had a sexy lead-in in the form of Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder. "I love our fans so much," Anna said. "'True Blood' is the best job I've ever gotten to work on, and it would be nothing without being able to be supported by the amazing fans we have." Oh, and then the camera cut to ASkars. This is why we love the Scream Awards.

Alexander Skarsgård's win for Best Horror Actor
Why does Alexander Skarsgård get his own category on this list? Because we're madly in love with him, clearly. While Alexander accepted his award, he told the story of two kids he ran into outside who were really pissed off that he was in the Best Actor category after being in the Best Villain category last year. "Yes I did slaughter half a dozen werewolves this year, I did push a lot of illegal drugs—a lot of illegal drugs—and I madeout with a really handsome Greek guy, and then I staked him through the back. Oh, and then I had a really innocent girl in the basement for a while," he laughed. "But other than that, I think Eric was a really good boy this year, so thank you." We'll just toss "True Blood" winning Best TV Show in with this too.

http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2010/10/20/spike-scream-awards/

True Blood wins big at SCREAM Awards !

resent. To properly pay tribute, the event trotted out some major names for the festivities.
"X-Men" alum Halle Berry showed up in a snug, gilded number to present the first honor of the evening, Most Mind-Bending Film, to director Christopher Nolan for the elaborate dreamscapes of "Inception."
Entering the stage in a nude sheath, former "Transformers" star Megan Fox handed the hardware for Best Villain to her "Passion Play" co-star and tattoo inspiration Mickey Rourke, for his turn as Ivan Vanko in "Iron Man 2."
"Paranormal Activity 2" stars Katie Featherston and Micah Sloat unveiled the trailer to the follow-up to their breakout, creep-inducing hit and "Thor" actor Chris Hemsworth gave the Best Comic Book Writer award to DC Comics' Geoff Johns.
"The Office" actor Rainn Wilson, gave attendees a taste of his upcoming movie "Super" before doling out the "Holy Sh--! Scene of the Year" to head-twisting sex moment in HBO's vampire soap "True Blood."
Honoring one of the most iconic sci-fi romps in movie history, 1985's "Back to the Future," the show recreated the parking lot time-warp scene, and updated the date on the car to October 19, 2010. A voice-over announcer boomed, "The man, the myth, the legend," as a DeLorean drove onto stage. However, audience members were surprised when instead of the film's plucky protagonist Michael J. Fox stepping out of the vehicle, funnyman David Spade popped out instead. After a montage of choice moments from the "Future" trilogy screened, Fox and co-star Christopher Lloyd took the stage to a standing ovation.
The cast of AMC's new post-apocalyptic series "The Walking Dead" introduced an exclusive clip from the show and handed over the trophy for Best Comic Book or Graphic Novel, which fittingly went to The Walking Dead tome the show is based on.
"Batman" villain Aaron Eckhart presented Best Fantasy Actress to "Twilight" superstar Kristen Stewart, who accepted the honor in a two-toned frock.
Nonagenarian author Ray Bradbury was celebrated as the 2010 Comic Con Icon for popular works such as Fahrenheit 451 and The Illustrated Man.
Screen veteran Anthony Hopkins gave viewers a look at his upcoming exorcism movie "The Rite," which follows an American priest who travels to Italy to study the ins and outs of vanquishing demons.
Later, Emma Roberts, David Arquette, Neve Campbell and filmmaker Wes Craven took the stage to present a world-premiere look at the latest flick in the "Scream" series, and in a night crammed with exclusive looks at upcoming films, the audience also got the chance to check out a new trailer for the forthcoming "Harry Potter" flick.
The show also brought out many faces from the perpetually befuddling ABC hit "Lost," including Jorge Garcia, Harold Perrineau and Ian Somerhalder, for a tribute to the recently cancelled show, and to get some answers about what actually went on during the past six seasons. However, no one in the crew gave details and politely declined to answer questions.
Marilyn Manson became a one-man horrorfest when he hit the stage with a woman chained to pole that was set aflame and presented Best TV Show to "True Blood."
Funnywoman Sarah Silverman presented the award for Best Horror Movie to "Zombieland," a moment that segued into another highlight of the evening as Bill Murray made a surprise appearance to accept the award. The actor delighted the crowd by donning his "Ghostbuster" garb as the notes of the film's synth-heavy theme blasted into the theater. He then shouted-out many of his late colleagues such as Rodney Dangerfield and John Belushi.
Sigourney Weaver's legacy as a horror and sci-fi heroine was also celebrated and the screen legend rolled onstage in an egg-like structure similar to the ones found in her latest fantasy hit, "Avatar," which later won Top 3D Movie.
M.I.A. performed sporting a suitably eye-catching look for the eccentric star and rocked the stage in yellow and pink sequined outfit.
Other awards of night went to Alexander Skarsgard for Best Horror Actor in "True Blood" and Most Memorable Mutilation for "The Human Centipede." Skarsgaard's co-star Anna Paquin took home Best Horror Actress. "Zombieland" won for Best Horror Movie. "Twilight Saga: Eclipse" won Best Fantasy Movie and Ryan Reynolds accepted the Top Anticipated Movie award for "Green Lantern."

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1650164/20101017/story.jhtml

HBO's True Blood Wins AdvertisingAward -MIXX Best in Show

Last night, the Interactive Advertising Bureau held its sixth annual MIXX Awards to "recognize the brand marketers and agencies responsible for the most innovative and effective interactive advertising of the year."
This year, Best in Show went to HBO's True Blood and Digital Kitchen for their "Hacking Reality" campaign for the second season launch of the vampire series. The work integrated digital and traditional media, with online, outdoor, print, stunts and a series of brand partnerships.
The second season of True Blood was teased through a mix of media tactics including vampires in faux blogs and online editorials as well as in traditional advertising and editorial takeovers. The strategy included co-branding with products like Geico, Harley-Davidson and Gillette, a host of classified ads, viral videos and a serialized weekly Inside Edition-type show covering all things vampire.
The worked seemed to have paid off since it resulted in True Blood season 2, episode 1, being the most-watched show on HBO On Demand, with an average of 12.6 million gross viewers per episode for the season, up 62% over the previous year.

The Complete List of 2010 MIXX Award Winners:
Best in Show
HBO's True Blood & Digital Kitchen for "Hacking Reality"

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