Blood-Inspired Perfume Piques Vampire Curiosity

A new blood-inspired perfume may soon have an ideal group of early adopters: vampires.

Last week, a pair of Italian entrepreneurs, Antonio Zuddas and Giovanni Castelli, debuted Blood Concept, a provocative fragrance line based on the four major human blood types: A, B, AB and O.

While the line forgoes incorporating actual blood, the Italian duo nonetheless claim that each scent is evocative of the blood type it represents.

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Dead Reckoning will be released May 3rd. Hope you enjoy it.

Charlaine Harris posted on her Facebook Fan Page that the next book in the Sookie Stackhouse series, “Dead Reckoning”, will be released on May 3rd.
Mrs. Harris writes:

Dead Reckoning will be released May 3rd. Hope you enjoy it.

It's not too late to pre - order TODAY!

Asked and Answered | Deborah Ann Woll

The young actress Deborah Ann Woll cut her teeth — err, fangs — as the innocent Christian turned insidious vampire Jessica Hamby on HBO’s “True Blood” (Season 4 starts in June). Woll, 26, hails from Brooklyn but currently lives in Los Angeles, where she recently completed filming on “Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You,” a coming-of-age story based on a teenage novel of the same name by Peter Cameron. The Moment recently e-mailed Woll to talk work (vampires, snakes) and play (home improvement and carpentry).

Q.

The East or West Coast?

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Blu-ray Disc version of True Blood: The Complete Third Season,

HBO Home Entertainment is promising an immersive fan experience with its Blu-ray Disc version of True Blood: The Complete Third Season, offering nearly double the bonus content found with the second season.
The bulk of the extras come with the show’s enhanced viewing mode, which offers such features as character perspectives, in which characters from the show (in this case Jessica, Andy, Tommy and Alcide) pop up to discuss a scene with the audience; a flashback/flash forward mode, in which past or future scenes that relate to the current scene are played; as well as vampire histories and character bios. Viewers can skip from bonus event to bonus event.
New to the third season is “True Blood Lines,” an interactive on-screen guide that highlights the connections between the many worlds in the series.
These Blu-ray extras come in addition to the standard-DVD extras, which include a featurette about the show’s use of werewolves; "True Blood" Post Mortem vignettes; end-of-episode guides for bonus helpings of “True Blood”; Snoop Dogg’s “Oh Sookie” music video; and seven audio commentaries.
The five-disc set is due May 31 at $79.98 (the DVD version is $59.99).

Meet Charlaine Harris, Whose Books Inspired HBO's True Blood

Anderson’s Bookshop in Downers Grove presents an upcoming special program at the Tivoli Theatre with New York Times bestselling author, Charlaine Harris, on Thursday evening, May 5 at 7:00 p.m. Harris is perhaps best known for her Sookie Stackhouse novels, which inspired HBO’s popular True Blood series.
Tickets to the event are available at Anderson’s Bookshop in Downers Grove, 5112 Main St. The price for a ticket package is $36 and includes one copy of Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse #11), admission to the author program, signing line and a showing of episodes of True Blood. The event will be held at the Tivoli Theatre, 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove.
Harris was born and raised in the Mississippi Delta. She has been a writer for 30 years, and is particularly recognized for her paranormal mysteries. Humor and horror are hallmarks of her books.

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Charlaine Harris to make special Michigan Theater appearance for new novel 'Dead Reckoning'

Best-selling author Charlaine Harris will appear at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor next month for a special public Q-and-A session cosponsored by Nicola's Books.
It's the finale — and the only Michigan appearance planned — for a publicity tour surrounding the release of her upcoming novel "Dead Reckoning." The book, on sale May 3, is the 11th installment in the ultra-popular Sookie Stackhouse vampire fiction series, which is the inspiration for the HBO phenomenon "True Blood."

Harris will appear Monday, May 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. in Ann Arbor. The event will include a public discussion and book signing.
Tickets go on sale Friday, April 15 at 10 a.m. and are available in four price tiers: premium access to the front of the book-signing line, special reserved seating and an autographed copy of the latest novel for $38.50; special reserved seating and a copy of the latest novel for $28.50; special reserved seating only for $15; and general seating for $12. Tickets will be available from ticketweb.com or by phone at 866-468-3401..
Last year, Harris' novel "Dead in the Family," of the same series, sold 200,000 copies in its first week on sale and debuted in the #1 slot on both the New York Times and USA Today best-seller lists. In October 2008, she became the only author to have an entire series place on the New York Times best-seller lists simultaneously. There are currently more than 20 million copies of the ten-book series in print.
The event will be the finale of a nationwide tour for the new novel. Harris will discuss the new book and popular series, followed by a moderated audience Q&A. A book signing will follow for anyone who purchases the title through the advance ticket offer via ticketweb.com or from Nicola's Books on-site that evening.

True Blood Auction : win a walk on

Alan Ball & Peter Macdissi have donated a chance to be a part of the show!


Includes: a non-speaking, featured “extra” walk-on role on HBO’s hit series, TRUE BLOOD. Valid for one person however, the winner may bring a guest on set. Be a part of this amazing show and bid now on a featured walk-on role!
The proceeds for this item benefit Serenity Park Sanctuary, which houses rescued parrots in a 20 acre garden on the grounds of the VA Hospital in West Los Angeles. Returning veterans get a chance to step outside the brick and mortar of the VA hospital and work with these feathered therapists.
Terms: This walk-on role is a nonspeaking role. The award is valid for one person, however the winner may bring a guest to the set. The winner must be 18 or older. Availability is based on our production schedule. The show films in LA. We cannot guarantee the scene in which you participate or your performance in that scene will make the final cut and be aired. While on the set, please follow any rules or guidelines communicated to you by our production staff. This is valid until the end of June 2011.
Here’s your chance to be part of one of the best shows on TV and help a charity to boot! Get on over to the auction site and bid!

" True Blood Season 4 "Waiting Sucks " Terry

True Blood AND HBO Go Apps Available On Your iPad and iPhone On May 2nd

HBO GO joined the online video streaming experience last year when it started bringing pay TV content to your PC. The service provides HBO subscribers access to hundreds of titles including HBO Original Series, movies, sports, and all of it comes in high-quality HD.

If that wasn’t enough, HBO has now teased us with a new video that shows the company’s streaming service hitting tablets and smartphones early next month.

HBO is planning to release apps for Apple’s iOS, as well as Android-based devices. The video below appeared on HBO’s YouTube channel, and teases us with the promise of allowing subscribers to enjoy “all your favorite HBO series, movies and more” with unlimited access to all HBO content.

The TV industry keeps leveraging online streaming services. It is definitely a way to bring additional value to subscribers and the millions that have embraced the new tablet era. HBO’s latest move is certainly a great way to show its subscribers that paid TV content can be made available almost everywhere you go.

The HBO GO apps and streaming service will be free of charge to HBO subscribers. According to the video, the HBO GO service and iOS apps will be released on May 2nd.

I can’t wait to get instant and unlimited access to Game of Thrones and the upcoming season of True Blood, conveniently from my iPad. Stay tuned, we will take a closer look at HBO GO on iOS devices as soon as it hits the market.

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True Blood Season 2 Invitation to the set

Funny or Die : Grampires "when Sharon bit Harry"

When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren from Billy Crystal

True Blood: The Complete Third Season, preorder

HBO Home Entertainment is promising an immersive fan experience with its Blu-ray Disc version of True Blood: The Complete Third Season, offering nearly double the bonus content found with the second season.
The bulk of the extras come with the show’s enhanced viewing mode, which offers such features as character perspectives, in which characters from the show (in this case Jessica, Andy, Tommy and Alcide) pop up to discuss a scene with the audience; a flashback/flash forward mode, in which past or future scenes that relate to the current scene are played; as well as vampire histories and character bios. Viewers can skip from bonus event to bonus event.
New to the third season is “True Blood Lines,” an interactive on-screen guide that highlights the connections between the many worlds in the series.
These Blu-ray extras come in addition to the standard-DVD extras, which include a featurette about the show’s use of werewolves; "True Blood" Post Mortem vignettes; end-of-episode guides for bonus helpings of “True Blood”; Snoop Dogg’s “Oh Sookie” music video; and seven audio commentaries.
The five-disc set is due May 31 at $79.98 (the DVD version is $59.99).

Waiting Sucks: The Writing on the Wall

Waiting Sucks: Terry

Stephen Moyer on The 3 Minute Talk Show

Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer of “True Blood,” to attend White House Correspondents’ dinner

wow-- CSPAN runs a great " red carpet " type thing before the dinner so you might want to watch CSPAN to catch a glimpse of Sookie and Bill !

WHCA 2011 DINNER
Save the date! The next WHCA dinner is scheduled for April 30th, 2011. 

At Tina Brown and Newsweek’s tables, Colin and Alma Powell will rub elbows with Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer of “True Blood,” Jason Sudeikis of “Saturday Night Live,” President Obama’s speechwriter Jon Favreau, Michael Kors and six-packed congressman Aaron Schock. Diane von Furstenberg will also sit with Newsweek to keep Barry Diller company

Vampires are representing that night with ...

The Atlantic and National Journal, in a combined tabling effort, will host Taylor Kitsch of “Friday Night Lights”, Maria Bello and Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev of “The Vampire Diaries.”


         

C-Span coverage began at 8pm Eastern, and included the LIVE coverage of the pre-dinner program, guest arrival from the red carpet area, and LIVE coverage of the after-dinner program. C-SPAN streaming video remains available in Flash and Real Video formats. DVDs of selected videos may be purchased online at CSPAN.ORG.

First look at Alexander Skarsgård in “Melancholia” Trailer

Melancholia from Zentropa on Vimeo.

True Blood' Star Stephen Moyer Flips Car in Dramatic Racetrack Mishap

Anna Paquin breathed a sigh of relief on Friday after her husband and 'True Blood' co-star, Stephen Moyer, survived a dangerous crash behind the wheel of a race car in Southern California.

The 41-year-old actor rushed to be a guest driver at the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race, according to RadarOnline, on very little sleep.

Before the race, Moyer had reportedly been working on the set of HBO's 'True Blood' until 6 a.m. Friday, after which his only downtime was one hour of sleep that morning, plus a power nap around lunchtime Friday.

Moyer's crash occurred after a sharp bend when his car plowed into a tire barrier, rolling his car. The Long Beach Press-Telegram reports that his vehicle did a 360-degree flip before landing back on its tires. Moyer walked away, uninjured, and even gave a thumbs-up to the crowd.

He later told the press, "I want to apologize to the rest of the drivers for ruining everyone's qualifying session."

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