Armchair Casting Director: 'True Blood' welcomes a Debbie Downer

From EW

You’re gonna have a field day with this one, people — I know I did. True Blood is looking for a twenty- to thirtysomething knockout to play season 3 werewolf Alcide’s psycho ex-girlfriend, Debbie Pelt. So who comes to mind when you hear that she’s described as sporty and spiteful, with black hair that wouldn’t be out of place on an Afghan at a dog show? Who comes to my mind is…

Milla Jovovich: Though she’s the heroine in the Resident Evil flicks, haven’t her angular features and kickass bod always made you think “bitch on wheels”? Just me? Really? Well, she’s still been known to try out the odd shag from time to time.

Katharine Isabelle: How perfect an option is this Supernatural alum? She’s gorgeous, snarky, and in the first of the Ginger Snaps movies, she didn’t just play a werewolf’s honey, she played the werewolf herself. Top that, Shakira!

Shakira: Come to think of it, the hip-swiveling ”She-Wolf” might not be a bad choice for the role. Certainly, her animal instincts are the stuff of legend. Then again, how would Alan Ball feel about a Debbie who talks like Charo?

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Alexander Skarsgard: Let Me Hear You SCREAM!!!

Alexander Skarsgard grabs onto a man’s chest in the most awesome shot taken during Fantastic Fest 2009.

The 33-year-old Swedish stud is set to make an appearance at the 4th annual “SCREAM” Awards, which will tape on Saturday, October 17 in Los Angeles. The two-hour extravaganza will premiere on Spike TV on Tuesday, October 27 @ 10PM ET/PT.

Other True Blood cast and creators who will be on hand include Alan Ball, Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin and Sam Trammell.

Tobey Maguire will also present the tribute for the Comic-Con Icon Award.

The two-hour extravaganza will also feature the full cast of Twilight with a world premiere of footage from New Moon as well as the reunited cast of Battlestar Galactica.

Read more: http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/10/05/alexander-skarsgard-let-me-hear-you-scream/#ixzz0T60avBai

Hey Truebies : Group reading of Bram Stocker's Dracula

It's time to read it again and here is a chance to group read it together

Infinite summer just did a group read of Infinite Jest and now is turning their sights on Dracula.

Check it out here http://infinitesummer.org/dracula/archives/9

All the chapters are posted in very nicely readable pdfs ( for free -there is no copyright on the book) I've posted the first one below and have put the first 4 chapters on our scribd page.

Here is the forum I will open a thread on our forum if anyone is interested in getting a discussion group together on our page.

Here is the reading schedule

Fri, 10/02 Chapter 1: Jonathan Harker’s Journal
Sat, 10/03 Chapter 3: Jonathan Harker’s Journal
Sun, 10/04 Chapter 4: Jonathan Harker’s Journal
Mon, 10/05 Chapter 5: Letter From Miss Mina Murray To Miss Lucy Westenra
Tue, 10/06 Chapter 6: Mina Murray’s Journal
Wed, 10/07 Chapter 7: Cutting From “The Dailygraph”, 8 August
Thu, 10/08 Chapter 8: Mina Murray’s Journal
Fri, 10/09 Chapter 9: Letter, Mina Harker To Lucy Westenra
Sun, 10/11 Chapter 10: Letter, Dr. Seward To Hon. Arthur Holmwood
Mon, 10/12 Chapter 11 Lucy Westenra’s Diary
Tue, 10/13 Chapter 12: Dr. Seward’s Diary
Wed, 10/14 Chapter 13: Dr. Seward’s Diary
Thu, 10/15 Chapter 14: Mina Harker’s Journal
Sat, 10/17 Chapter 15 Dr. Seward’s Diary
Sun, 10/18 Chapter 16: Dr. Seward’s Diary
Mon, 10/19 Chapter 17 Dr. Seward’s Diary
Tue, 10/20 Chapter 18: Dr. Seward’s Diary
Wed, 10/21 Chapter 19: Jonathan Harker’s Journal
Thu, 10/22 Chapter 20: Jonathan Harker’s Journal
Fri, 10/23 Chapter 21: Dr. Seward’s Diary
Sun, 10/25 Chapter 22: Jonathan Harker’s Journal
Mon, 10/26 Chapter 23 Dr. Seward’s Diary
Tue, 10/27 Chapter 24: Dr. Seward’s Phonograph Diary
Wed, 10/28 Chapter 25: Dr. Seward’s Diary
Thu, 10/29 Chapter 26: Dr. Seward’s Diary
Sat, 10/31 Chapter 27: Mina Harker’s Journal

Chapters will be posted here too HERE

draculachapter01
Chapter 2 HERE
Chapter 3 HERE
Chapter 4 HERE

Anna Paquin: interview for 'True Blood’

from Telegraph UK

It seems like only yesterday that Anna Paquin was a shy 11-year-old clutching her Oscar for 'The Piano’. But just look at her now – the star of the hit new vampire drama 'True Blood’, and blissfully engaged to her leading man.

Anna Paquin was nine years old when she first became famous for her role as Flora in The Piano, and 11 as she stood smiling and gasping in silence for a full 20 seconds at the podium to receive her Oscar for it. In True Blood, Channel 4’s new HBO hit, Paquin, now 27, has morphed into the telepathic barmaid Sookie Stackhouse. She runs around in tiny shorts, and has bleached blonde hair and a lot of steamy sex with a vampire named Bill.

The first episode sets out its stall to shock, featuring a couple getting amorous strung from a meat hook while watching vampire sex on video. But it has been a huge success in America, winning Paquin a 2009 Golden Globe for best actress in a television drama. It is now HBO’s third most popular series, after The Sopranos and Sex and the City. To add to the mix, and to the delight of the tabloids, in August Paquin got engaged in real life to her vampire lover, the English actor Stephen Moyer. He is 40, she is 27 and they divide their time between his house near Hampstead and hers in Los Angeles. The 'most serious 15-year-old ever’ – her own description – has certainly grown up with a vengeance.

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Loving True Blood In Dallas: Lullaby song by The Dixie Chicks

Lullaby song by The Dixie Chicks LYRICS
Thanks, FallnHavenInc

EyeCon Celebrity Autograph Conventions

EyeCon Celebrity Autograph Conventions is proud to announce the launch of the first ever fan convention based on the popular television series True Blood. The convention will give fans the opportunity to gather with each other and celebrate this breakout new series. The convention will feature celebrity guests, bands, artists, vendors, Q&A’s, parties, contests, panels, fan films, photo shoots, video games, blood drives and more.

The celebrity guest list includes:

* Sam Trammell (Sam Merlotte)

* Nelsan Ellis (Lafayette Reynolds)

* Allan Hyde (Godrick)

* Ashley Jones (Daphne)

* Mehcad Brooks (Eggs)

More guests will be added soon. Keep track of all the updates at www.eyeconfla.com/trueblood
The convention hours of operation are:

Friday: 4:00pm - 1:00am
Saturday: 10:00am - 1:00am
Sunday: 10:00am - 5:00pm

Tickets are currently available online, pricing is as follows:

General Admission Friday: $10, Saturday: $40, Sunday: $40
3 Day Weekend: $80
Silver Weekend Pass: $110
Gold Weekend Pass: $135
Platinum Weekend Pass: $295

Special rates are available for all attendees who stay at the host hotel. Hotel information and room rate information can be found at www.eyeconfla.com/location.html


A little about us: EyeCon is a fan-friendly multi-genre celebrity autograph convention for science fiction, horror, television and movie fans! We have been running successful fan conventions since 2006, bringing fans closer to the stars they love and providing enriched fan experiences for their favorite television shows and movies. There will be Celebrity Autograph sessions, Celebrity Photo Op sessions, a Celebrity Banquet, a Cocktail Party with the stars, a Fangbanger's Ball, Panels, Games, Guitar Hero, Celebrity Breakfast auctions, Blood Drives and so much more! There will always be something to do during the busy, fun-packed weekend!

Our goal is to bring the celebrity guests together with their fans in a relaxed atmosphere with the most exposure possible. At EyeCon, it's like a family reunion. We hope to see you there and look forward to an amazing, memorable weekend! For more information and updates visit: www.eyeconfla.com

Alexander Skarsgård on starring in both Generation Kill and True Blood

From Telegraph UK

Alexander Skarsgård, the star of HBO’s biggest hit since The Sopranos, talks about his sudden success and having a famous father.

Channel 4 is giving both True Blood and Generation Kill their first airings on terrestrial television on Wednesday, one straight after the other. It’s an odd juxtaposition, because apart from the fact that they are both made by the American cable company HBO, they could scarcely be more different – True Blood, a tale of vampires coming out of the closet in the Deep South, is a fantastical, at times hilarious chunk of modern gothic; Generation Kill, based on real events and people, is a painstakingly realistic seven-part depiction of life for an elite detachment of US Marines in the first phase of the Iraq War.

The one constant between them is the Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård, 33. He plays a 1,000-year-old Viking vampire in True Blood, and a laconic US marine sergeant in Generation Kill, but he steals the show in both.

Skarsgård’s True Blood character Eric Northman is ‘funny and confident but also lethal’, he says. Eric is more anti-hero than hero – a blood-sucker with an entrepreneurial bent who runs a nightclub, Fangtasia.
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Project Paranormal with Charlaine Harris by Penguin Group

Clarion Ledger talks to Tanya ( Kenya ) Wright

COLUMBUS — In 2006, when Tanya Wright first penned the script for a very personal film she hoped to one day make, she had never heard of Columbus.

But while in the city to meet a business partner, the native New Yorker and Los Angeles-based actress had what one might call a Possum Town epiphany.

"I was here, and we were talking about making a couple of movies," said Wright, who plays the character Kenya in the HBO series True Blood.

"I had this script I wrote several years ago that was very dear to my heart. We actually weren't going to make this one any time soon (but) I looked out the window one day and realized this is the perfect place to shoot this movie, just perfect in every way."

Butterfly Rising was Wright's directing debut and what she calls a passion project inspired by an experience in her own life.

"My brother, Barron Wright, died suddenly in 2005, and I was ... changing, wide and deep. My attraction to butterflies during this period of my life was strong. A butterfly - with its four stages: egg, caterpillar, cocoon and, finally, butterfly - is the result of a metamorphosis, the complete transformation."

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True Blood Music Video of the Day: Clocks by Coldplay

Clocks by Coldplay LYRICS
Thanks, ninjastars134

Time to start your Christmas list ? True Blood Alexander Skarsgard Eric Northman Umbrella

How could you not want one of these ?

Ebay for $14 bucks

or this Vampire Dog T-Shirt

The Top 10 Best Vampire Book Series

The top ten most popular (based on online chatter) vampire book series are:

10. Riley Jensen Guardian by Keri Arthur

9. Anita Blake Vampire Hunter by Laurell K. Hamilton

8. The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice

7. The Morganville Vampires by Rachel Caine

6. Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber

5. The Darren Shan Saga by Darren Shan

4. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

3. The House of Night by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast

2. The Southern Vampire Mysteries / Sookie Stackhouse Novels / True Blood Series by Charlaine Harris

...and the most popular Vampire Lit Series is no surprise...

1. The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer

Not quite making the top ten were Night Huntress by Jeaniene Frost, Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith, Undead and ... by MaryJanice Davidson, Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz, Vampire Beach by Alex Duval, Night World by L.J. Smith, Nikki and Michael by Keri Arthur, Mackenzie Vampires by Nina Bangs, and Almost Human by Melanie Nowak.

The top two series on this list have also been adapted for the screen, with the wildly popular Twilight Saga movies and True Blood television series on HBO. This can have only helped their dominance in this poll. While great literature does not need to be adapted for the screen, it will clearly raise awareness of a series and bring in a whole new group of fans. A Darren Shan motion picture (Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant) will be released in late 2009. Both House of Night and Vampire Academy films or TV adaptations are almost inevitable, although neither seem to be even close to production. If the new CW Network TV series based on L. J. Smith's Vampire Diaries is a hit, then those novels are bound to be in the top ten for my next vamp lit poll. And, finally, it is lovely to see that modern vampire literature icon and pioneer Anne Rice made the list, even if she was not in the top five. Oddly, only two of Anne Rice's novels (Interview with the Vampire and The Queen of the Damned) were ever turned into feature films.

I compiled this list by searching for each of the vampire book series on a number of search engines and ranking them by the number of web pages, discussion forums, photos, videos, etc that are available online.

By: Larry Truett

http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/The-Top-10-Best-Vampire-Book-Series/1103222

Alexander Skarsgard : All-Day Dogs

From Hollywood elsewhere

Today's visit to the Straw Dogs interior sound-stage set in downtown Shreveport, Louisiana was a fascinating burrow; ditto visiting the exterior of the farmhouse, located in the fictional Mississippi town of Blackwater, that David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden, Kate Bosworth) move into, live in and then, during the third act, defend in a violent siege by five locals (James Woods, Alexander Skarsgard, Drew Powell, Rhys Coiro, Billy Lush). Except I'm not allowed to write about anything except in a general way, so here's some aroma & atmosphere.

more photos

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2009/10/all-day_dogs.php

True Blood Crossword Puzzle : S2E08" Time bomb"

Kristie saves up with a fantastic crossword puzzle

Time Bomb

True Blood: Fun Vamp Magazine

True Blood Fan Art by cogdis

True Blood: Eric and Pam by ~cogdis on deviantART

True Blood Music Video of the Day: Crazy by Placebo

Crazy by Placebo LYRICS

Thanks, Lawliettte