Tuesday, December 15, 2009

'True Blood's' Anna Paquin 'flattered' by double Golden Globe nominations

From the LA Times

The vampire craze continues.

“True Blood” star Anna Paquin received two separate Golden Globe nominations this year — a feat shared by Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock and Matt Damon.

Sookie Stackhouse — the telepathic waitress Paquin plays in the HBO drama “True Blood” — probably knew the whole time. But Paquin -- who received a nod for her role as Sookie (for which she won the same award earlier this year) as well as a part in the made-for-TV movie “The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler” — got word from her publicist … and she wasn’t exactly standing by for an alert.

“It was 5 in the morning. I was in bed,” Paquin quipped. "It was all very surprising."

And the Kiwi actress definitely didn’t spread the word once she heard.

“It’s not considered nice to wake people up at 6 in the morning. No one likes that. Weird, huh? But I e-mailed my family.”

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