Dallas celebrates the return of True Blood with a Contest #7 True Blood -Vampire media ?

Vampire media - tell me a little about vampires and television,

We knew right off in the first few seconds of True Blood when we saw on the TV set in Grabbit Kwik, Nan Flanagan being interviewed by Bill Maher that media and television was going to be VERY important to vampires.



Tell me the name of one vampire TV show we see on True Blood?

Tell me the name of a vampire TV show we read about in the Sookie Stackhouse books?

If you were asked by Ball or Harris to think up a vampire television program( this is a show for vamps to watch not for humans to watch about vamps)

What would be your idea for a vamp sitcom?

What would be you idea for a vamp reality show ?

Talk show ?

Game show ?

How about a special that PBS or Discovery could do for vamp audiences ?

Answer 5 of 7

Good Luck

Email: "Dallas " at Loving True Blood in Dallas

Here is list of available prizes ! HERE

SOME of these prizes WILL be offered everyday - NOT all the prizes.(we randomly draw 4 available prizes each day so all the "good prizes" won't disappear the first few days )

Each day (June 3rd - June 14th) there will be a chance for you to win a prize.
The entrants will be randomly numbered and the winner will be chosen by the Twitter character @TaraThornton each evening.

That days contest ends 4 pm cst the following day.

You foreign folks are welcome to play but if you win you will have to pay postage I can't offer to mail stuff internationally, sorry.

Paley posts 5 mimute video from True Blood Paleyfest

Watch here

http://www.paleycenter.org/collection-screening-room/?browse=program&video=379

True Blood Season 2 : Bill and Eric go shopping for Sookie at Forever 21

In one of the newest True Blood clips we see Eric and Bill shopping and thanks to one of my readers they are shopping in a "Forever 21" store http://www.forever21.com

Haha- this is great to have these two wandering through Forever 21 - must be at the mall in Shreveport, Bon Temps sure doesn't have one ...

There has been much discussion of the sweater we see Sookie wearing when she get's off the Anubis Air flight and she is also seen sitting with Bill in this shot..

@SookieBonTemps ( the twitter sookie) even called in to radio show last night you can listen here










Thanks to knowing the store I was able to get to the bottom of this sweater.
Here is the sweater.. you can still buy it online ( in purple only ) Here for $24

Rose Garden Cropped Cardigan

$24.80: A lovely scoop neck cropped sweater cardigan featuring a 7-button closure, 3/4 sleeves, and pretty floral print all over.
- 18'' approx length from shoulder to hem
- 78% acrylic, 22% nylon; Hand wash cold
- Imported ProductCode: 2054982132





















Thanks to my reader Onlybritishpeoplecanfly for the help ...

Bite into Four News Clips from ‘True Blood’ Season Two

From Ropes of Silicon

Only days away from the season premiere...

Over this past weekend I finally finished watching the first season of HBO’s “True Blood” and I must say it is a show that gets better and better with each episode. On top of that, just yesterday I received the first four episodes of the second season, which premieres this Sunday, June 14 and in preparation I am going to put together a season one flashback piece followed by a review of the season premiere. However, we have other things to talk about right now…

HBO just sent over four clips from the upcoming season and who would I be to not pass them on to you? I hope you enjoy.

FEATURES: Maryann Forrester (Michelle Forbes), Tara Thornton (Rutina Wesley), Lettie Mae Thornton (Adina Porter) SET UP: Maryann meets Tara's mother for the first time and stands up for Tara telling her she is a mother devoid of human compassion.



FEATURES: Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), and Jessica Hamby (Deborah Ann Woll) SET UP: Bill explains to Sookie the process of transforming Jessica into a vampire. Jessica learns that it was because of Bill saving Sookie that she had to be turned into a vampire as reparation for the one he had destroyed.



FEATURES: Rev Steve Newlin (Michael McMillian) and Sarah Newlin (Anna Camp), Orry Dawson (Michael Bofshever), Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten) SET UP: Jason is introduced by Orry to the famous Fellowship of the Sun leaders, the Newlins. He explains to them how he has been saved and feels God has a purpose for him. He tells them that their teachings having brought him from the darkness to the light.



FEATURES: Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) and Eric Northman (Alexander
Skarsgard)
SET UP: Eric tells Bill that his maker, Godric, is missing in Dallas. He needs Bill and Sookie to accompany him on a trip. He needs Sookie for this, and tells Bill that he will be taking her with or without Bill's consent.



Thanks to http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/bite-into-four-news-clips-from-true-blood-season-two

Vampire- Con LA August 14-16th

Vampire-Con 2009, the world’s first convention devoted to Vam-Pop culture swoops into Hollywood, CA for a weekend-long event, August 14 – 16. In association with Harris Publications, Vampire-Con will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the sexy comic-book icon Vampirella ®.

The weekend kicks off with a Vampire Film Festival at The New Beverly Cinema on Friday, August 14th and Saturday, August 15th. The fest will feature celebrity guests, contests and a program of your favorite vampire flicks both classic and new.

On Sunday, August 16th, Vampire-Con takes wing to the famed Music Box Theatre @ Fonda in Hollywood. Find your inner vampire at the day-long event on two floors of vendors, SFX make-up demonstrations and celebrity panel discussions. Topics will include Inked in Blood: 40 Years of Vampirella ®, Why We Love Vampires: A Brief History of the Undead and Hot Blooded: Vampires & Sexuality.

On Sunday evening, The Music Box @ Fonda transforms into VAMPIRELLA’S ® BALL, a heart-pounding 21 & over danse macabre. Vampires and humans alike will experience the dark side of Los Angeles’ acclaimed underground vaudeville cirque “Lucent Dossier” and revel the night away to the bloodchurning beats provided by DJ Gary Calamar, music supervisor of HBO’s TRUE BLOOD and host of KCRW’s The Open Road.

From Dracula to Twilight, Vampires have provided an ageless mythology that taps into our cultural pulse. As new generations become fans, Vampire-Con celebrates these scary and sexy creatures that capture our collective imagination.

Tickets are $15 for the Sunday day-walkers and $30 for Vampirella’s ® Ball. Film festival admission is $7 per night. Stay tuned for updates about celebrity guests, prizes, contests and more!

For more info, visit: www.vampire-con.com

Loving True Blood in Dallas Blogtalk Radio: Season 2 Spoilers shows

Loving True Blood in Dallas Blogtalk Radio: Season 2 Spoilers

Ok, we talked on the radio show about looking back at all the Blogtalk radio shows that we've don.

There are 5 True Blood Season 2 spoiler shows that I recommend that if you have time this week go back and listen to

Click here to check out those podcast shows : here

Shoot to Kill; Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgard's army stint did little to help his 'tour of duty' in Iraq

From The Straits Times (Singapore)

Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgard was a sergeant in the Swedish marines. But that did not prepare him for the filming of HBO's latest series, Generation Kill.The seven-part miniseries, which premiered on Max (StarHub Channel 59) last night, chronicles the first 40 days of the 2003 Iraq war from the perspective of a group of elite American marines.

Produced by the creators of the critically acclaimed HBO series The Wire, the new series takes a similarly hard-hitting look at the gritty realities of war.

'When they wrote it, there was a conscious effort to make it as real as possible and not to explain everything to the audience,' says 32-year-old Skarsgard over the telephone from Sweden where he is holidaying with his family.

He admits having trouble understanding the technical lingo between the soldiers in the script initially.'That was a big challenge because when I first read the script I didn't understand half the words.'

Based closely on the award-winning non-fiction book of the same name by journalist Evan Wright who was embedded with the 1st Reconaissance Battalion during the war, the series is touted to depict the true nature of combat. The names of the characters are those of real marines who were in the First Recon Battalion as well.'It is very technical and the way they speak to each other is not everyday English,' explains Skarsgard. 'But that was something that I really liked because you really feel like you do take part in the journey.'

To ensure the authenticity of the show, two real-life marines were on set to conduct a crash course for the cast and crew as well as to serve as consultants through the filming process.'

They were tremendously supportive, helping us out with everything from small details such as stepping out of a humvee, a military vehicle, to holding a weapon,' says the actor of the team's dedication to specifics.

The Swedish hunk who plays sergeant Brad 'Iceman' Colbert in the show is no stranger to television.He is the son of critically acclaimed actor Stellan Skarsgard whose movies include Angels & Demons (2009) and Mamma Mia! (2008), and has been working in film and theatre since the tender age of seven.The oldest of six siblings, Skarsgard started out as a child actor but took a eight-year hiatus from the industry when he turned 13.'I didn't like the focus and the attention that I got. I just wanted to go to school, play football with my friends and be a regular kid.' says Skarsgard, who then went on to complete his military service in the Swedish marines and study language at Leeds Metropolitan University in England.But the acting bug bit again and he enrolled in at Marymount Theatre School in New York City in 1997.

Since then, the good-looker, who has been named Sweden's Sexiest Man five times by the media there, has been carving a name for himself in the industry.He has worked in various Swedish productions including the successful Swedish movie Hundtricket (2002), where he was nominated for a Guldbagge Award, given by the Swedish Film Institute, for his supporting role.He is currently filming the second season of the hit HBO series, True Blood, where he plays Eric Northman, a powerful vampire.When asked what viewers can look forward to in that show, he cheekily replies: 'We're still shooting so I can't reveal too much, but yes, I am naked in Season 2.' fionalow@sph.com.sg Generation Kill is on every Sunday at 9pm on MAX (StarHub Channel 59).

True Blood new 'Welcome to Bon Temps' web page

New 'Welcome to Bon Temps' Website

We think it's probably HBO UK because of the use of the photo of Grans house, De Soto pharmacy etc .

Sure is great - makes me want to visit. Oh wait, I'll be there on Saturday :-)

http://www.welcometobontemps.com/

True Blood Music Video of the Day: Follow The Demons by Felix Marc

Follow The Demons by Felix Marc
Thanks, AnatDawn

Dallas celebrates the return of True Blood with a Contest #6 True Blood -who do you love and why ?

True Blood -who do you love and why ?

Who are your favorite Sookie/ True Blood minor characters and why ?

YOU ARE NOT to choose from Sookie, Eric, Bill , Sam, Lafayette or Tara for any of the questions, only minor characters !


Tell me you favorite human character from the books ? Why

Tell me you favorite human character from the TV show ?Why

Tell me you favorite vampire character from the books ?Why

Tell me you favorite vampire character from the TV show?Why

Tell me you favorite other supe character from the books ?Why

Tell me you favorite other supe character from the TV show?Why

Good Luck

Email: "Dallas " at Loving True Blood in Dallas

Here is list of available prizes ! HERE

SOME of these prizes WILL be offered everyday - NOT all the prizes.(we randomly draw 4 available prizes each day so all the "good prizes" won't disappear the first few days )

Each day (June 3rd - June 14th) there will be a chance for you to win a prize.
The entrants will be randomly numbered and the winner will be chosen by the Twitter character @TaraThornton each evening.

That days contest ends 4 pm cst the following day.

You foreign folks are welcome to play but if you win you will have to pay postage I can't offer to mail stuff internationally, sorry.

From Marine Sergeant to Viking Vampire: The Alexander Skarsgard Interview

Three months ago, I was kidding around with the idea of interviewing Mr. Alexander Skarsgard. I envisioned myself doing the interview at Red Pirates’ pub in Boracay, over a piña colada at happy hour. Of course, bringing along with me my two friends who likewise enjoy his work.

When I got a text message last week saying he may indeed be up for an interview, I could just hear that Journey song in my head going “Don’t stop believing . . .”

Alexander was taking a break from shooting season two of True Blood where he plays a thousand year old vampire when he took the “phoner” at the Skarsgard family country house in the gorgeous Stockholm Archipelago.

Salon.com listed him as one of 2008s Sexiest Men and called him HBO’s “It Boy.” HBO has recently submitted his name to the Emmys for consideration in the categories Best Actor in a Miniseries (Generation Kill) and Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (True Blood).

Listening to the 32-year-old actor talk—you could tell he absolutely loves being with his family (he has six other siblings, his father is actor Stellan), he’s very polite and he’s quite dedicated to his craft.

Sgt. Brad “Iceman” Colbert and Eric Northman are like day and night. And that’s just how Alexander likes it: “I enjoy challenges in my work.” He loves stepping into projects that offer something different from those he’s done previously, projects where “you’re not necessarily super confident when you embark on the journey where it’s going to end or where it’s going to take you.” He adds, “I thrive in situations like that, I really love that. I’m in a state of where I’m very creative and I enjoy exploring my characters. I would not want to play the exact same character in 15 movies back to back.” He finds the initial uncertainty of dealing with new situation and a new character then eventually taking control of it, “one of the biggest kicks I get out of this job.”

read on

Evan Rachel Wood Tells Us About Her True Blood Lesbian Vampire Queen

As promised, Movieline hit up the Young Hollywood Awards last night, a ceremony dedicated to honoring Tinseltown’s best and brightest (and youngest!). We witnessed heartfelt acceptance speeches and a knockout performance by Naturi Naughton from the upcoming Fame remake before moving on to a DJ AM-spun afterparty that Young Hollywood Artist of the Year Adam Lambert prefaced with, “I hope somebody buys me a drink.” No need, Adam — they were free!

First up in our series of red carpet video interviews from the event is Evan Rachel Wood, who was receiving the Young Hollywood Superstar award (presented by Patricia Clarkson) but took the time to talk to Movieline about her splashy season two performance as the vampire queen of True Blood, a role she’d been unable to discuss until now.

Find out about her take on the character and her impending lesbian love interest in the video

Watch video here

True Blood Travel Guide: Where to Score Custom Fangs

You've heard of Christmas in July, but we're about to get all Halloween in June this week as we prepare for the debut of the second season of HBO's TrueBlood. Any juicy suggestions or questions? Let us know.

Having finally kicked the ghost of Anne Rice's vampires from Louisiana, the addictive HBO drama True Blood is picking up speed partially due to the vampire-fever brought by Twilight and because of the sweaty summer scenery of hot southern swamps. If the thought of perspiring necks gets you just as hot as the muggy temperatures, then you might want to start outfitting yourself for the show's second season.

Although most people relegate the wearing of fake fangs to Halloween, the serious fans are seeking out spots for custom fang creation, and why not get them done in the heart of creepy country? In New Orleans, at the Boutique du Vampyre, customers can get their own sets of pointed pearlies for between $100 and $800.

Crafted to match your teeth color, a pair of these babies shows that you mean business. Plus, you're in a store in a New Orleans filled with vampire-related crap; that's gotta be something for the photo album.

Related Stories:
· Boutique du Vampyre [Official Site]

I was just at the boutique in April it's a great shop, they also sell Vampire chocolate and Vampire energy drink.

http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/6/8/134930/9091/travel/True+Blood+Travel+Guide%3A+Where+to+Score+Custom+Fangs

Dallas Blogtalk: True Blood Season 2 starts is 6 days ( Episode 26)

Ok it's almost here and I want to hear what you have to say !

What are you most excited about ?

From spoilers what has you the most worried?

Is that Lafayette's foot in the car ?

What do you think about Eric's hair ?

Our brand new amazing chat room opens at 8:45 show at 9:00 pm cst.
We want to hear from you !

Call-in #(646) 929-0825



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True Blood Video : Fan Q&A Funny Moments

True Blood BloodCopy: More Schlock for your Jock

A new schlock-peddler has appeared on the infomercial scene. This one's trying to sell you a pill that will give you vampire "powers" (read: sexual prowess) without the side-effects of crisping in sunlight or getting severe lacerations from a silver bracelet.

Something tells us the V-Longate Dude came straight from a continuing-ed improv class, not from between the legs of his hot girlfriend. But these snake-oil peddler sorts, besides being the shiftiest characters to ever ooze across the earth, have proven that they can lead some pretty intense behind-the-infomercial lives. Exhibit A: the ShamWow Guy debacle from a couple of months ago. (Note: isn't it curious how the act that propagated the whole bloody mess was a bite on the tongue? Looks like ShamWow Guy got a little more than he bargained for his first time fangbanging. It happens.)

True Blood Music Video of the Day:Slow Down by Bobby Valentino

Slow Down by Bobby Valentino Lyrics

Thanks, moglytonka

True Blood Music Video of the Day:Slow Down by Bobby Valentino