'True Blood' stars keep fights all in the TV family

As a happily married couple, Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer can sink their teeth into on-screen breakup

Anna Paquin has been put through her paces as plucky waitress Sookie Stackhouse on HBO’s “True Blood,” but she hasn’t been thrown a challenge from Creator/Executive Producer Alan Ball that she couldn’t handle. “I’m having the best time of my life. Are you kidding me?” Anna laughed at HBO’s “True Blood” panel at the Television Critics Association Summer 2011 Session in Beverly Hills on Thursday, when asked about all the drama Sookie’s gone through. “I dare him to come up with something I say no to.”


In the current season, Anna’s Sookie has been getting closer to Alexander Skarsgard’s Eric, but whether she’ll forgive Stephen Moyer’s Bill Compton, her first true love, whose betrayal was revealed in the Season 3 finale, is a question the actress avoided answering.
“Do you think I’m gonna tell you that with my boss sitting here?” Anna laughed.

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True Blood Season 5 to be based on 'Dead as a Doornail' by Charlaine Harris, it's time to get reading!

OK --Alan Ball says he's working on Season 5 right now and that it's based on Sookie Stackhouse Book #5. So it is time to get reading or re- reading this novel. You can see this year's storyline setting up next year.


I have one word for you : QUINN
How about leg licking
How about Sookie and Sam kissing !

Sookie Stackhouse just can't seem to stay away from the supernatural denizens of Bon Temps, Louisiana. In Dead to the World (2004), she found herself embroiled in vampire politics; this time around, she's involved in the machinations of the Were-people, whose pack leader has just passed away. -Alcide Herveaux asks her to accompany him to the funeral, where Alcide's father declares his candidacy against a slimy, calculating rival. Angry at being drawn into the conflict, Sookie can't distance herself entirely, because a sniper has been taking shots at Were-people, and the community suspects Sookie's brother, Jason, a new shape-shifter. Sookie's love life is every bit as complicated as usual, and her collection of would-be beaux continues to grow. Also, someone wants her dead, which she learns when an assailant sets fire to her beloved house. Harris' southern vampire series remains one of the best of the breed, concocted out of just the right mixture of humor, intrigue, and excitement. Its latest entry does not disappoint.
Here is what I have on the book HERE

Here some bits from an Amazon Review:
Sam's has a new cook - seems to happen almost every volume. Tara has a new boyfriend - also seems to happen regularly. But then the shooting starts:
*Calvin Norris gets shot, seriously injured.
*Sam gets shot, in the leg.
*Sookie gets shot, a shoulder graze.
*Dawson, a Were bodyguard, gets shot, seriously injured.

And then, in terms of who's who vis a vis Sookie:
*Calvin Norris is still interested in Sookie, and in fact they do get in a serious kiss, which surprises Sookie.
*Claudine kisses Sookie a couple times, though, since she's Sookie's fairy godmother, what that might mean is ambiguous. Claudine certainly plays up a hint to others that it might be serious, when such a suggestion is useful.
*Charles Twining, the new bartender at Fangtasia, is intensely interested in Sookie, although respectful.
*Eric is still interested in Sookie, though he's not sure why, and he wants to find out what went on, and he does kiss Sookie again in this book.
*Even good ol' Vampire Bill gets in a few licks, including sharing (innocently, this time) Sookie's hospital bed.
*Alcide Herveax, the Were, attempts to continue his courtship of Sookie, sort of, escorting her to the sort of thing where other people will assume one's intentions are serious. (If you recall, they were once engaged for 10 minutes.)
*And the one we've been waiting for - Sam kisses Sookie, and it might have gone further... yes, admit it, you've been expecting Sookie to finally realize that Sam more than just admires her as a barmaid for several volumes now!!

Perhaps the biggest surprise for me what the sudden intersection with one of Harris's other series, a straightforward mystery series which has heretofore had no hints of fantasy. Lily Bard, who lives in Shakespeare, Arkansas, has been the heroine of such books as "Shakespeare's Christmas" and "Shakespeare's Trollop" and in this book she pops up, having finally married Jack Leeds (isn't that a great name for a PI? Leeds?) as they are investigating Debbie Pelt's disappearance. It's odd seeing Lily referred to as Lily Leeds, after years of seeing her as Lily Bard. Anyway, for those who have only been reading Harris's vampire books, now you are informed that those two characters, who pop up for a couple of chapters here, are actually a whole 'nother series, one I recommend to those who read non-fantasy as well as fantasy.

Other fun bits to watch for - how Greg Aubert's insurance customers stay so lucky; Andy Bellefleur and Sookie finally air some things out; Quinn, who doesn't exactly... kiss... Sookie, and what kind of shifter he turns out to be.

Joe " Alcide" Manganiello Talks to E! ( Video)

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Spoiler Season 4, Episodes 11 & 12 description from HBO !!

Episode 4.11: ‘Soul of Fire’  – As the Wiccan-vampire standoff reaches a critical juncture, Sookie summons her faerie powers to prevent Marnie from bewitching Bill, Eric and Pam into a suicide march, while Jesus casts a secret spell designed to un-bind Antonia and break the witch’s deadly defenses.  Sam settles a score with Marcus; Alcide confronts Debbie about her allegiances; Andy finds unexpected passion in the forest; Lafayette is consumed by the past.

Episode 4.12: ‘And When I Die’  – Season Finale. – It’s Samhain, Wicca’s greatest holy day, and spirits of the dead surface in Bon Temps, giving Sookie some valuable allies to combat Marnie’s newest incarnation.  Lafayette’s latest medium encounter imperils his relationship with Jesus; Jason finds confession good for the soul, but not the body; Alcide makes a heartfelt appeal to the woman he loves; Terry receives an unexpected visitor at Merlotte’s; Sam and Luna envision a storybook ending, for once; Nan wears out her welcome with Bill and Eric.  As Season Four comes to a shattering conclusion, Debbie confronts Sookie and Tara with deadly consequences, and the denizens of Bon Temps brace for a new crisis with a familiar face.

Spoilers from Alan : True Blood Lightning Round: Alan Ball on Bill-Sookie-Eric Triangle, Season 4 Finale

What will we see in the war between witches and vampires?
Ball: It will go places that surprise you. It's not linear.
What can you say of the Bill-Sookie-Eric triangle?
Ball: It's complicated.
Will Sookie (Anna Paquin) be able to forgive Bill (Stephen Moyer)?
Ball: I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody for everything, but I'm a Buddist, so...
Were you careful with the relationship between Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) and Sookie because of Team Bill?
Ball: I don't worry about Team Bill or Team Eric. I love [the fourth book] because I thought it was a great story, but I'm Team Sookie.
Because Jason (Ryan Kwanten) drank Jessica's (Deborah Ann Woll) blood, will his sex dreams continue?
Ball: He's had her blood and he's already a very sexual person, but he's going to be attracted to her.
What is the season building up to?
Ball: The fate of vampires as a whole.
What's the big, bad villain for next season?
Ball: We are just in the beginning of Season 5, so it's too early to say, but we're basing it on the books.
Do you feel pressure to top each villain?
Ball: I don't think that way because that's only a recipe for trouble. I love my job, I enjoy doing it. I'm not going to put pressure on myself to top. I just want to tell the best story and the most fun story.
Why did the show really jump one year in the future this year?
Ball: The root of that was how we get Jason to be a cop.

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Live Chat on HBO Connect August 1st at 2pm ET with Sam Trammell

Sam Trammell  will be participating in a Live Chat on HBO Connect August 1st at 2pm ET.

Season 4 of True Blood has officially begun. Join actor Sam Trammell in a Live Chat following "I Wish I Was the Moon," the 6th episode this season, on Monday August 1 at 2pm ET / 11 AM PT. For more from Sam, follow @SamTrammell.

Upcoming Chat: Sam Trammell August 1, 2011 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT

Comic - Con 2011 True Blood cast photos ....

I just liked these group shots from Comic Con 2011

True Blood' On Verge Of 5th Season- Alan Ball Signs New Deal

Big news at the opening of the True Blood panel at TCA- series creator/executive producer Alan Ball said he has just closed a deal to do another season of the HBO series, effectively sealing the 5th season renewal of the hit vampire drama. Ball disclosed the fact that he has re-signed in response to a request to address speculation that Season 4 could be his last. "I have no desire to leave," he said. "Doing the show is more fun than anything else I've ever done." He later said that he and the show's writers are already breaking stories for Season 5 and one of them is to "see how one of the vampires was made."

http://m.deadline.com/2011/07/true-blood-on-verge-of-5th-season-pickup-after-creator-alan-ball-signs-new-deal/ 

Watch McAllen actor J.d. Mata on HBO's 'True Blood' Sunday, July 31

Nothing Ol' Dallas likes better than local paper  " hometown boy/girl makes good"  articles about True Blood actors UNLESS it's an article about a TEXAS actor !! Go McAllen!


When J.d. Mata stepped into the audition room at HBO studios in Hollywood, the McAllen native was careful not to break character. The producers were in search of the perfect brujo – a medicine man who was solemn and mysterious, and Mata was determined to become him.

“(My agent) said ‘Be the character, do not be J.D.,’” Mata said.

The University of Texas-Pan American graduate followed his agent’s advice, and before he knew it, he was scheduled to star in one of the network’s highest-rated shows. This Sunday, July 31, at 9 p.m. Mata will appear as “Tio Luca” on the HBO drama “True Blood.”

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True Blood - August Episode descriptions

Episode #43:  “Cold Grey Light of Dawn” ( S4.07)
Debut:  SUNDAY, AUG. 7 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Other HBO playdates:  Aug. 7 (11:00 p.m.), 9 (11:30 p.m.), 10 (9:00 p.m.), 13 (10:00 p.m.) and 26 (8:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates:  Aug. 8 (9:00 p.m.), 11 (10:00 p.m.), 12 (midnight) and 14 (5:00 p.m.)
With  Marnie (Fiona Shaw) empowered by spirits of the dead, Bill (Stephen  Moyer) issues an unpopular order to save vampires from the light.  Eric  (Alexander Skarsgård) embraces his amnesia; Luna (Janina Gavankar)  discovers Sam (Sam Trammell) is not the man she thought he was;  Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) expands his consciousness; Pam (Kristin Bauer  van Straten) gets a body peel; Andy’s (Chris Bauer) date with Holly  (Lauren Bowles) doesn’t go as planned; Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) has  doubts about her future with Hoyt (Jim Parrack); Alcide (Joe  Manganiello) and Debbie (Brit Morgan) join a new pack.
Written by Alexander Woo; directed by Michael Ruscio.

Episode #44:  “Spellbound?” (S4.08)
Debut:  SUNDAY, AUG. 14 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Aug. 14 (11:00 p.m.), 16 (11:30 p.m.), 17 (9:00 p.m.), 20 (9:45 p.m.) and 26 (9:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates:  Aug. 15 (9:00 p.m.), 18 (10:00 p.m.), 19 (1:15 a.m.) and 21 (5:00 p.m.)
As  Bill and Marnie brace for a dangerous midnight faceoff, Sookie (Anna  Paquin) and Eric pledge their allegiance to the King.  Jason (Ryan  Kwanten) is torn between friendship and passion, and Jessica is spurned  from two homes; Lafayette becomes the pawn of a tormented spirit; Tommy  (Marshall Allman) takes a walk in someone else’s shoes; Sam contends  with yet another adversary in Marcus (Dan Buran), Luna’s ex and the  leader of Alcide’s new pack.
Written by Alan Ball; directed by Daniel Minahan.

Episode #45:  “Run” (S4.09)
Debut:  SUNDAY, AUG. 21 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates:  Aug. 21 (11:00 p.m.), 23 (11:30 p.m.), 24 (9:00 p.m.), 26 (10:00 p.m.) and 27 (2:00 a.m.)
HBO2 playdates:  Aug. 22 (9:00 p.m.), 25 (10:00 p.m.), 26 (1:15 a.m.), and 28 (4:30 p.m.)
Convalescing  after her latest near-death trauma, Sookie envisions a world where  there’s room for both Bill and Eric.  Jesus (Kevin Alejandro) tries to  purge The Restless  spirit out of Lafayette; Marcus enlists Alcide to help him deal with  the Sam situation; Bill and Nan Flanagan (Jessica Tuck) clash over their  agendas; Hoyt asks Jason to make a delivery to Jessica; despite Tara  (Rutina Wesley) and Holly’s misgivings, Marnie plots her next move  against the vampires, during a “Festival of Tolerance” event at  Shreveport.
Written by Brian Buckner; directed by Romeo Tirone.

Episode #46:  “Burning Down the House” (S4.10)
Debut:  SUNDAY, AUG. 28 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
HBO playdates:  Aug. 28 (11:00 p.m.), 30 (11:30 p.m.) and 31 (9:00 p.m.), and Sept. 3 (1:30 a.m.) and 7 (8:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdate:  Aug. 29 (10:00 p.m.)
As  all hell breaks loose in Shreveport, Sookie summons her most potent  powers yet to save Bill, in the process breaking a spell and leading  Marnie/Antonia to re-evaluate her mission.  Jason urges Jessica to  glamour him for Hoyt’s sake; Terry (Todd Lowe) drags Andy to “Fort  Bellefleur” for an intervention; Alcide reconsiders his allegiances  after Marcus’ fight with Tommy; Jesus, accompanied by Sookie, Lafayette  and Jason, tries to breach the Moongoddess Emporium’s defenses to  liberate Tara and Holly, while Bill leads a brigade of vampires  committed to blowing the place to kingdom come.
Written by Nancy Oliver; directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.
TRUE  BLOOD was created by Alan Ball; based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels  by Charlaine Harris; executive producers, Alan Ball and Gregg Fienberg;  co-executive producers, Brian Buckner, Mark Hudis, Raelle Tucker, Nancy  Oliver and Alexander Woo; associate producer, Christina Jokanovich

Sam Trammell on True Blood’s Emmy Shutout, His Pal Peter Dinklage, and Running Into Ozzy Osbourne

Unlike his True Blood character, Sam Trammell can wax philosophical on both astrophysics and the band Rush alike. Not impressed? He can also discuss all of the above in French, enfoiré. But these days, the actor (a.k.a. diner owner/shape-shifter/nice-guy-with-a-past Sam Merlotte) is more preoccupied with genetics: as in his still-gestating twin sons with actress-girlfriend Missy Yager. Vulture interrupted Trammell, who's busy nesting at home in L.A., to talk to him about his True Blood plotline, his castmates' drinking habits, his days partying with Peter Dinklage, and what to do if a serial killer cocoons you in Saran Wrap.

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Sponsor needed for Talk Blood Radio let's honor Charlaine Harris !

I need sponsor(s) for this week's Talk Blood Radio show !
I'd like to dedicate this week's episode to Charlaine Harris, so i like to have some one sponsor the show in her honor. I'd be happy to have you on to the show to talk about what her writing has meant to you and how much pleasure she has brought. I am also having on our friend from the Charlaine Harris message boards MCDallas who will give us some updates on new publications and the end of the Sookie series.
It's only $50 ...thanks so much.

You can also buy a $20 raffle ticket (each ) and help us pay the costs of running the blog and producing the radio show this year.

Your chances of receiving a prize are astoundingly good and we have wonderful items like:  autographed Sookie books by Charlaine Harris, True Blood collectors grab bags, an original signed Andy Swist ( Yes, as in the True Blood paper dolls ) wonderful original portrait of Eric & Sookie, True Blood collectors poster ( one of a kind !) more vampire books, and various other gift certificates and goodies donated by some of our show sponsors!

But best of all you know you helped keep your favorite True Blood Blog or radio show going for another year!
Thanks, Dallas

For more info or to sponsor and epsidoe email me truebloodindallas@gmail.com

Stephem Moyer dishes little known “True Blood”-related trivia and secrets behind Punk Bill

By now, most fans of “True Blood” know a few details regarding the personal lives of the show’s stars – like how Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer are married. But the show is actually filled with dozens of more quiet references to the stars, details Access Hollywood uncovered at Comic-Con.

For starters, in Episode 2, which aired on the HBO drama just a few weeks ago, the scene that sees Stephen’s character, Bill, in a flashback in time, set in London in the early 1980s, was inspired by the Essex-bred star’s own life.

“That was fun,” Stephen grinned, when Access asked about the moment, penned by longtime “True Blood” writer Brian Buckner.

The episode featured Stephen, with spiky, Sid Vicious style hair, and a leather jacket, hanging out with punk rockers.

“I had a sort of a punk leaning. I was more of a mod,” Stephen explained. “Actually, 1982, I was into The Jam. I was bit young for The Jam, but I just followed them obsessively. But it was really great. And I live very near Camden when I’m in London and that’s set in Camden.”

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Sneak Peak Episode 4.06 True Blood Season 4: Tara Receives A Visitor (HBO)

Vampire Wedding first Global Vampire Casting Competition for Aspiring Draculas, Nosferatus, Bellas and Edward Cullens

London, United Kingdom, July 28, 2011 --(PR.com)-- UK Company Castalides Pictures gives the opportunity to millions of aspiring vampires to play one with the launch of the very first cross media global vampire casting campaign: The Vampire Wedding Casting Competition by using Facebook, Twitter YouTube, iPhone and Android APPs to cast them.

In the wake of the great success of Twilight and other vampire movies, London based film production company Castalides Pictures has turned the dream of millions of young aspiring Draculas, Nosferatus and Bellas from all over the world into reality by given them the chance to play a vampire.

In order to take part in the three competitions, aspiring vampires would need to let their imagination go wild and post their best vampire impressions on the Vampire Wedding Facebook fan page www.facebook.com/vampirewedding.

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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

New full trailer for 'Fright Night' shows vampires still can kick ass!