Friday, April 24, 2009

Queen Sophie -Anne what do we know about her...?

I thought with the announcement of the casting for the role this week we'd better look carefully about what we know about Sophie- Anne Leclerq from the books.

In the leaks about Ms Wood's casting we learned that according to True Blood, Sophie - Anne is 500 years old, French and known for being a consummate diplomat who has known many key members from history and SA will appear in two episodes this season.

In the Sookie books, Sophie Anne does not appear until the short story " One Word Answer" which takes place after book 5, Dead as a Doornail.
She is 1100 years old, not 500 and we do not know about her meeting famous historical figures.
This was the casting call from March 11th;

True Blood - Casting Call for Queen Sophie Anne

Vampire Queen of Louisiana. Originally from France (no accent necessary), Sophie-Anne has been a vampire for almost five hundred years. She is charming, wily, ruthless and wise. With one foot in the old world and one in the new, she rules all vampires in the state of Louisiana, engages with Kings and Queens from other states. Brilliant and far-sighted, she is a consummate diplomat, politician and adversary. Incredibly cultured, has known many of history's most famous people personally -- as well as had affairs with many of them -- she is entertaining, funny, dangerous and delightful. Scheduled for one appearance in season 2, she will figure in future seasons. sptv050769 PLEASE SUBMIT STAR NAMES ONLY.

Source: SpoilerTV

Here are other things we know about Queen Sophie- Anne: What have I forgotten ?

Sophie Anne sends Bill Compton back to his hometown of Bon Temp to find and seduce if necessary Sookie Stackhouse because SA knows of her telepathic ability and thinks she is valuable.( dd 104)

She is beautiful, reddish brown hair, pale as milk, large eyes, tilted and the same brown as her hair. Red fingernails and no jewelry. ( One Word answer)

New Orleans's most famous and visible vampire, Sophie-Anne LeClerq,"

If you're call on Sophie-Anne, you can't go in casual; there is a proper dress for an interview with the vampire . one of America's most prominent vampires."

There were fifty other vampires just as prominent. Maybe not as publicly oriented or as colorful as Sophie-Anne Leclerq, but the public didn't know that.

Sophie-Anne, had been brave, strategic, and busy in her career as a vampire leader.

She'd brought Sigebert and Wybert ( her body guards and Anglo-Saxon
warriors) over and kept them with her, in a bond that stronger than any other emotional tie, for a vampire.
Sophie-Anne Leclerq, Queen of Louisiana, must have been, no more than fifteen when she died

She was an elegant woman, perhaps four inches shorter than my height of five foot six, and she was groomed down to the last eyelash. Makeup, dress, hair, stockings, jewelry-the whole nine yards.

Sophie-Anne had a flawless facade

The queen was like looking at an antique silver tray-a shining surface, an elaborate pattern, and hard to the touch.

Her smooth face and clear eyes were as impenetrable as a wall of ice, "I began my life in what became northern France, about . one thousand, one hundred years ago." "in Lotharingia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotharingia

She has looked for the place she spent my first twelve years, but couldn't, even if her life depended on it find it .

Her mother was the wife of the wealthiest man in the town, which meant he had two more pigs than anyone else. Her human name was Judith.

"When I was about ten or twelve, everyone in her town dies from influenza. She is left to live with a neighbor boy somewhat older than here named Clovis. He raped her and offered her in exchange for food.

A Vampire named Alain killed Clovis and made her his companion. For three years she traveled with Alain. And he also would sell her for money. He was captured and finally agreed to turn her. He was killed and she escaped.

She later found an orphan roaming in the wood who was also being forced to have sex and she rescued him. His names was Andre Paul and he became the personal bodyguard of Sophie-Anne Leclerq, the Queen of Louisiana

She was lovers with Sookie's cousin Hadley and also her maker. She took Hadley ( Sookie cousin) under her wing. Because she been molested, by her great-uncle Bartlett Sophie-Anne likes to waltz

She gives Andre permission to kill he husband Peter Threadgill, King of Arkansas after he and his people attack her.

BK 7

Katrina damaged her headquarters by taking off most of the roof and flooding the first floor, her entertainment estate in the Garden District is looted. She goes to live in Baton Rouge at the home of the area sheriff Gervaise. The queen can talk to her "children" telepathically, Sophie-Anne is small and extremely pale, with her shining brown hair swept up in a chignon. She wears jewelry that is heavy, gold, and simple.

Sookie thinks Sophie-Anne would have looked more age-appropriate wearing a Gwen Stefani L.A.M.B. outfit. She'd died as a human when she'd been maybe fifteen or sixteen. In her time, that would have made her a fully-grown woman and mother. In our time, that made her a mall rat.

She sometimes wears clothes that are too old for her,

Sophie-Anne was the world's most dangerous teenager, and the second most dangerous one is Andre.

Jennifer Cater brings a lawsuit against Sophie-Anne for murdering Peter Threadgill her husband and King of Arkansas

Sophie-Anne has a special gift of keeping her children Andre, Wybert and Sigebert with her. She says " that closeness is my gift, my talent. Every vampire has a gift: some can fly, some have special skills with the sword. I can keep my children with me. We can talk to each other, as you and Barry can. We can love each other physically."

Andre tries to blood bond to Sookie to make her bound to him and Sophie- Anne

The Ancient Pythoness finds Sophie- Anne innocent of the murder of her husband

The queen looses her legs but is saved at the Pyramid of Gizeh after the explosion in Rhodes by Mr. Cataliades.

Bk 8

Sophie-Anne is killed in the take over by the Nevada king, Felipe de Castro

Her obit read : SOPHIE-ANNE LECLERQ, prominent businesswoman, residing in BatonRouge since Katrina, died of Sino-AIDS in her home. Leclerq, a vampire, had extensive holdings in New Orleans and in many places in the state. Sources close to Leclerq say she had lived in Louisiana for a hundred years or more.

True Blood for Your Sims 2 Game

Amy posts about new True Blood Sims ..you hadn't thought about True Blood and Sims have you ?

True Blood is HUGE and I absolutely love the books. No. Seriously. LOVE them. I’ve read them three times.

So, I’ve been on the lookout for a couple of good True Blood Sims and have finally found them!

Woo hoo!

You gotta love people who can do good “famous” Sims.

You can download the Tru Blood Sims by clicking here and add them to your own game

How exciting is that?!

http://www.everyjoe.com/simsgamer/true-blood-for-your-sims-2-game/

Dead and Gone Book Release Party Dallas / Ft. Worth



Dead and Gone: Book Release Party


The long awaited Book 9 of the Sookie Stackhouse mysteries by Charlaine Harris will be released May 5th 2009. (The HBO series True Blood is based on these books)

Loving True Blood in Dallas Fan Group will be co-hosting the book release party for the 9th Sookie Stackhouse mystery, 'Dead and Gone' by Charlaine Harris on May the 5th in Dallas, Texas.

. Autographed book plate drawing
. Prizes
. Meet other fans
. Refreshments






Where:
Barnes and Noble -Preston Royal Shopping Center

616 Preston Royal Shopping Center
Dallas, TX 75230
214-363-0924

When:
May 5th 2009 6-8 pm,

If you can attend please RSVP " Dallas": truebloodindallas@gmail.com

If you live in North Texas and would like to get involved with our local fan group go here: http://groups.google.com/group/loving-true-blood-in-dallas-

Visit the Charlaine Harris Website: http://www.charlaineharris.com/

True Blood's Fangtasia vampire artist :Nicole Welke's Art Show at Salon Pop in Long Beach

I talked with Nicole and she says a website is in the works and it will allow us to purchase online her prints and jewelry ( yippeee) !

Email me if you would be interested in being notified when then website goes up ...

Email: True Blood in Dallas

From a post by Blackphoebe..
One of my favorite Long Beach area artist/musician is Nicole Welke, who not only is a great musician, but is a fabulous painter of cutely subversive paintings. If you have been in the Ladies Room at Alex's Bar, you have seen her pink baby/bunny and little girl paintings on the walls. If you are a fan of the True Blood tv show, then you have seen Nicole's paintings.

Come out next Saturday night to Salon Pop to see Nicole's work in person and have a lovely time with the rest of us!

What: Art Show at Salon Pop, featuring Nicole Welke's paintings
When: Saturday, April 25, 2009
Time: 7-10pm
Where: Salon Pop, 1085 Redondo, Long Beach

Here is the bathroom feature in the Pam and Sookie " you vampire in your cleavage scene "

http://lovingtruebloodindallas.blogspot.com/2008/12/behind-scenes-with-true-blood-vampire.html

Jace Everett of True Blood Theme song "Bad Things" tells us: How to Become an Over Night Sensation

Vampire Bar names

Here are some possible vampire bar names, do you have a good one ?

Remember, as Bill says about the name Fangtasia "You have to remember that most vampires are very old. Puns used to be the highest form of humor."

FangDaddies

Bubba's

The Bitery

The Coffin Shack

The Drainery

The Dead Drunk

The Stake Out

The Coffin Club

Club Blood

Lestat's

True Blood behind the scenes: Merlotte's on the backlot













The lovely FangsNRoses Warner Brothers tour last week in Los Angeles did go by the Merlotte's building !

She shares her photos with us ..thanks Fang!

True Blood Music Video of the Day: Safewaters by Chevelle




Safewaters by Chevelle LYRICS

Thanks, loverlycannibal

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Sookie Stackhouse novels and other vampire books are Mother Suckers The hidden market devouring Twilight novels.

Vampires are having their moment in, well, if not the sun, then certainly the Twilight. Author Stephenie Meyer's series of books about the romantic yearnings of an undead teen are the, uh, lifeblood of the book business these days. According to USA Today, one in every seven books sold in the United States in the first quarter of an otherwise dismal 2009 was one of the four Twilight stories. On Amazon.com, half of the top 10 is made up of Twilight. (Each of the four books holds a spot, and the collected series takes up another one.)....

Vampires are also enjoying a kind of pop culture vogue; in addition to Twilight, there's the Sookie Stackhouse series of graphic novels, written by Charlaine Harris, which have been turned into the HBO series True Blood. According to Simba Information's "Vampire Industrial Average," the number of best-seller titles featuring vampires has shot up from just seven in 2006 to 27 last year.

Read on http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/impressions/2009/04/23/mother-suckers

True Blood music has Southern gothic bite

Magnolia writer Charlaine Harris’ best-selling Southern gothic vampire Sookie Stackhouse novels inspired the hit HBO television series True Blood.

Now comes the album — True Blood: Music From the HBO Original Series. It’s due May 19. Fans of the show can stake their claim on the show’s first season when True Blood: The Complete First Season is released on DVD, also May 19. The second season begins June 14.

The show’s soundtrack will include the show’s theme, “Bad Things,” as performed by Jace Everett. True Blood’s music reflects its Louisiana backwoods setting with selections such as “Lake Charles” by Lucinda Williams, “Swampblood” by the Legendary Shack Shakers, “Just Like Heaven” by the Watson Twins, “Strange Love” by Slim Harpo, “From a Whisper to a Scream” by Allen Toussaint and “Christine’s Tune” by The Flying Burrito Brothers.


http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/apr/23/true-blood-music-has-southern-gothic-bite/

Team Dallas True Blood Paleyfest Travelogue: Part three by ObjectDesire

Day 3 Agenda: Warner Brothers VIP Studio Tour, PaleyFest TrueBlood Event,
K24 Diner (TB Fan Meet-up #3)

We sleep in a bit, breakfast again in rooftop garden, and Dallas blogs/twitters.

Warner Brothers VIP Studio Tour: We have reservations for the 11am tour.
We have time to peruse the gift store and have a coffee while waiting for our tour. Our tour guide is a nice young man, Wes Smith. When questioned later in the day, he admits to being an actor and to having an IMdB credit.
The tour is interesting and we see sets for ER (in process of being torn
down) and Cafe Perk set that has been preserved from Friends. We also visit the set of Two and a Half Men which is on hiatus. Everyone from our tour leaves early for a "Fine Dining" experience, and we get tour guide to ourselves for last 20 minutes of tour. We are disappointed to learn that because HBO is currently filming, the tour vehicles are not allowed into the backlot where Merlotte's and "the swamp" are located. These locations are part of the tour when filming is not in progress.

We enjoy an excellent lunch at the Warner Brothers Cafe (BBQ Chicken-OD; Cheeseburger-Noct; Soup/salad-Dallas). Dallas receives a phone call from Sookie who tells folks are already lining up outside the ArcLight Theatre and suggesting we bump out arrival time by 1/2 hour.

We head back to hotel to rest and change for the evening. Dallas blogs/twitters. Because we have increased the amount of time we will be standing in line, last minute shoe choices are made.

ArcLight Theatre/TrueBlood PaleyFest Event: It is a short drive to the theatre from our hotel. We are happy to find that only about 40 folks are in line in front of us when we arrive at 4:30pm. We find @SookieBonTemps in line. The young ladies first in line are Eric fans, run an Eric blog, and arrived at 8am this morning! They are also Dallas blog fans and were at Alex's Bar the night before. Excitement is in the air. We are eventually joined by Robiart, Beadrbob group, Jeweltoo, FangsNRoses, and Dana. News camera crews film up and down the line and stop to interview VampNerd who is near front of line. Sookie spends time in line twittering, trying to find someone local to take the 2 spare tickets we have ended up with. The doors open at 6pm and we score seats on row 5 right side of theatre (excellent seats). Dallas and Beadrbob group have center row 2 seats and FangsNRoses is on front row!

We are treated to a clip from the 70s soap "Dark Shadows" to start the evening. After brief remarks from the moderator, we see a compilation of clips from TB Season 1 and then an exciting clip from Season 2, very exciting and suspenseful. The actors are introduced: Alexander Skarsgaard, Carrie Preston, Nelsan Ellis, Rutina Wesley, Sam Trammel, Ryan Kwanten, Stephen Moyer, and Anna Paquin. They are joined by series creator, Alan Ball. Dallas has several articles about the interviews and Q&A on her blog.Ei Ei from Beadrbob group asks an excellent question. SookieBonTemps tweets throughout the event. Dallas has collected her tweets on her blog.

K24 Diner: After the event is over, we walk a few blocks to this all night diner, found for us by Robiart, for Fan Meet-up #3. We end up with 5 tables of fans, including VampNerd, Sweetwater, Skarlett, FangsNRoses, Jeweltoo, Robiart, SookieBonTemps, Dallas, OD, Nocturnalinnc. We have essentially taken over the front half of the diner. We table hop, have excellent food, share stories from the weekend and the Paleys. We are standing in groups preparing to leave when a handsome man with a pretty girl squeeze through our group to leave. VampNerd suddenly squeals, "Dave Navarro" I follow you on Twitter. She follows him outside and he graciously poses for pics. The most interesting thing is that he was there the entire time we were but everyone was grouped around Dallas (fairy blood? you tell me) and we did not notice him! The wonderful Sweetwater sneakily has picked up the tab and will not accept money from us. Cheers and thanks, Sweetwater!

We say our goodbyes at the diner and make our way back to our hotel--happy, sated, exhausted. We spend the remainder of the evening packing and preparing for a very early departure the next morning. Dallas blogs/twitters.

We have had fun adventures, met interesting TrueBlood fans, and have seen the TrueBlood actors up close and personal. Listen to Dallas' BlogTalkRadio show on Monday, April 20th. All the fans we met at PaleyFest will be calling in to discuss their experiences!

The two part show/ podcasts can be heard here:

http://lovingtruebloodindallas.blogspot.com/2009/04/true-blood-dallas-blogtalk-radio-live.html

Bon Temps : Who lives here ?



Home is where the heart is...who lives these places ?
Email me with your guess

Email: True Blood in Dallas

Yes it's Lettie Mae Thornton's ( tara's mom ) and Jason's - Boy, you guys are good...



True Blood Season 2 Possible Title Song: Ep. 7 'Release me'

This is exciting ! We now (might) know the titles of the first 7 episodes of True Blood for Season 2.

Now the one thing we know about True Blood is that the episode names come from the a song used in in the soundtrack of that episode and that it is somehow significant to that episode.

So far for Season 2 we have :
Episode 2.01 - Nothing but the Blood
Episode 2.02 - Keep this Party Going
Episode 2.03 - Changed to Scratches from Scratch My Back
Episode 2.04 - Changed to Shake and Fingerpop from Let's Take a Trip Together
Episode 2.05 - Never let me Go
Episode 2.06 - Friend is a Four Letter Word

All we know about Season 2 spoilers, casting calls etc. can be found here
We know the amazing Gary Calamar puts great effort into musically curating True Blood !

Episode 2.07 - Release Me , this is only my guess, I just research the various songs with the leaked title and come up with a song I think it might be. 'Release me' by Eddie Miller and made famous by Humperdinck.

"Release Me" is a popular song by Eddie Miller, Robert Yount, and Dub Williams, published in 1946. Miller wrote the song in 1946 but could not get anyone to record it for years, so he recorded it himself in 1953. Shortly afterward it was covered by Jimmy Heap, and with even better success by Ray Price and Kitty Wells.
Subsequently a big seller was recorded by Little Esther Phillips (#1 on the R&B and pop charts) and the song was also taken to #4 on the pop charts (and #1 in the UK) by Engelbert Humperdinck.
The song has the distinction in the UK of holding the number one slot in the chart for six weeks during March and April 1967, and preventing The Beatles single, "Penny Lane" / "Strawberry Fields Forever", from reaching the top."Release Me" was also the highest selling single of 1967 in the UK, recording over one million sales.

Lyrics

Please release me let me go
for I don't love you anymore
to waste our lives would be a sin
release me and let me love again.

I have found a new love dear

and I will always want her near
her lips are warm while yours are cold
release me my Darling let me go.

Please release me can't you see
you'd be a fool to cling to me
to live a lie would bring us pain
release me and let me love again

Go ask Dallas: Sookie Stackhouse books in hardback ?

A writes to ask ..

"Hey Dallas,

I want to collect all the sookie books in hardback but I can't seem to find some of them ..what's the deal ?"

Dallas: Hello A -for this answer we will go right to CH herself. " the first three books were paperback originals. Now they're being re-released as hardbacks for the first time, and since CLUB DEAD was the third book, it's being the last one released in hardback. "

Dead until Dark , Living Dead in Dallas and Club Dead were NOT originally published in hardback.


* my hardback collection looks a little different here's mine ( photo above) because I love the Science Fiction Book Club version , more on those below

Dead in Dixie
http://lovingtruebloodindallas.blogspot.com/2008/12/this-is-my-favorite-sookie-stachhouse.html

Dead by Day
http://lovingtruebloodindallas.blogspot.com/2009/01/here-is-my-2nd-favorite-sookie.html

True Blood - Episode 2.09 - I Will Rise Up - Casting Call

[BOY] 20s, Caucasian. This terrified youth, a Soldier of the Sun, attempts to flee from the enraged Bill. He pleads for his life...3 lines, 2 scenes (1)

[CUSTOMER] Female, 40s, Caucasian. This very sick sensation seeker comes into the restaurant asking to see where the murder took place sptv050769...2 lines, 1 scene (19)

[CUSTOMER #2] Male, 60s, African-American. This annoyed and surly restaurant patron asks the annoyed and surly Arlene for a little service...2 lines, 1 scene (19)

Source: SpoilerTV

Charlaine Harris Interview about Dead and Gone : All About Romance

All about Romance does a great Charlaine Harris intereview about Dead and Gone !

On May 5th, the wait is over for Sookie Stackhouse fans when Dead and Gone, the ninth entry in Charlaine Harris’ incrredible series hits bookstores.

As if that wasn’t enough to get your buzz on, season two of True Blood, the ultra-cool HBO show based on the ultra-cool books debuts on June 14th.

We’ll all have to wait until June to catch the latest TV adventures of Sookie, Bill, Eric, and Sam, but one lucky reader is about to get…well, very lucky because, courtesy of Ace Books, I’ve got an early copy of Dead and Gone ready to ship out Thursday. Details on how to enter for your chance to win are at the end of this post.

In the meantime, ready for a tease (or two)? Charlaine Harris herself was kind enough to take the time to answer a few of my burning (really) questions about Sookie, Dead and Gone, and, of course, True Blood.

Read on http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=1421

Vampire Video Craze

Unless you've been living in a cave for the past six months, you've heard about Twilight or Trueblood: Twilight,the book, was written by Stephanie Meyer and published in 2005, but the movie's screenplay was written by Melissa Rosenberg.The Sookie Stackhouse book series written by Charlaine Harris became a hit miniseries on HBO (The second season is slated to start this summer). A creative viral marketing campaign was used to promote the show.

Since the premier episode of Trueblood and the premier of Twilight, vampires have replaced pirates as the "in" movie or TV characters. For example, check out the movie section of your local Wal-Mart, and you'll notice an end cap devoted strictly to the vampire genre.

http://www.marketingshift.com/2009/4/wal-mart-tries-capitalize-vampire.cfm