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Do you read this blog or listen to the show/ podcasts and live somewhere else than in the United States ?

If so, I'd like to hear from you ...

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True Blood's Arlene is a Character Actress Who Deserves True Fame

from New York Post

Carrie Preston should be more famous. When we caught Duplicity over the weekend and saw Ms. Preston pop-up as a lonely corporate travel agent who, while drunk on Appletini’s, gets seduced by Clive Owen, we immediately knew her face—it just took us a little while to figure out why. Ms. Preston is one of those actresses. Like her Duplicity co-star Denis O’Hare (Milk, Michael Clayton, Garden State and a host of other movies), she’s almost instantly recognizable in that “don’t I know you from somewhere?” way. She’s made the Law & Order rounds; she’s appeared on both Desperate Housewives and Private Practice, meaning a stint on Grey’s Anatomy cannot be far behind; she’s been in indies like Transamerica and blockbusters like My Best Friend’s Wedding; and she’s a regular cast member on the under-watched True Blood. Ms. Preston even worked on one episode of Lost, guest starring as Ben Linus’ deceased mother. This wouldn’t have been weird but for the fact that she’s married Michael Emerson, who plays Ben as an adult. Um, awkward!

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True Blood's Ryan Kwanten is : A long way from Summer Bay

from the Sydney Herald

It's almost a standard line in any Australian actor's resume: graduate acting school, wet feet in the local industry, then head to the US.

Sadly, it's nearly as common for the line that follows to read: come home disillusioned.

Luckily, that's not something Ryan Kwanten will be doing any time soon.

The former Sydneysider, who rose to fame as lifeguard Vinnie Patterson on Seven's teen drama Home And Away, left for Los Angeles in 2004 and he's been quietly succeeding ever since.

This week alone, Kwanten can be seen on two of the US's biggest dramas, Law & Order: SVU and True Blood, playing (respectively) a soldier accused of raping and killing a fellow soldier, and the brother of a psychic barmaid who is in love with a vampire.

"It's rare that an actor can have one role [at a time] let alone two, so I'll take it when it's given to me," Kwanten says, in a brief break from filming True Blood.

"To be honest, I came here [to Los Angeles] with a one-week ticket and it's now years later ... it's been good.

"I'd like to think I'm a resilient kind of guy - I work hard. It's a tough business but, like anything in life, if you put in the hard yards, you get the rewards."

And one of those current rewards is undertaking the role of Jason Stackhouse in the dark drama True Blood, a series by Six Feet Under and American Beauty creator Alan Ball.

In a world where artificial blood has allowed vampires to "come out of the coffin" and admit their existence, Kwanten's character is having a ball, relishing the fact that all of the old rules seem to have been forgotten.

"The first and best note Alan gave me was when he said 'more than anything it's fun to be Jason'," Kwanten says.

"I've taken that [advice] and just run with it. Part of the allure of the show is this eclectic mix of characters. That really makes everything so unpredictable and I'm really glad to be able to be a part of that."

True Blood, Tuesday, 8.30pm, Showcase.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/tv--radio/a-long-way-from-summer-bay/2009/03/24/1237656906421.html

Who's the Hottest Canadian Actress on TV?

Yet another contest , you can VOTE for Anna Here

We're proud Americans here at The Hollywood Gossip, but let's face it, Canada is the best. We're not talking about our northward neighbor's pristine wilderness, universal health care or lack of gun violence, either. Props, though.

No, it's some of the fine exports from this great nation that have piqued our interest on this day ... and most days, to be honest. Some of the most beautiful females on Earth have been gracing our television sets in recent years.

There's no wrong answer in this poll, but we're curious what yours is: Who's the hottest Canadian actress on TV?

Let's meet some of the contenders:

Elisha Cuthbert
Shenae Grimes
Tricia Helfer
Evangeline Lilly
Anna Paquin
Cobie Smulders
Jillian Harris

Eric Northman (Alex ) makes it to Alpha Male round 4

It's time vote in round four of this year's Alpha Male Madness tournament. To win, the champ's going to need a killer character, a popular show and most important of all: fangirls (and boys) who are willing to vote for them in every round and recruit new voters to do the same. Does your guy have what it takes?

VOTE* VOTE *VOTE

True Blood Music Video of the Day: You Will Be My Ain True Love by Alison Krauss

You Will Be My Ain True Love by Alison Krauss's LYRICS

thanks, DarrisJane5

What a gorgeous video !!!

Loving True Blood Blogtalk Radio talk to a Dead and Gone book reviewer & chat with fans from True Blood HBO forum and IMDb ( Episode 15)

OMG -what a show tonight !!

We will have on Tara Cantor, who is a book reviewer and she has already read and reviewed Book 9 , Dead and Gone. She will take you calls and answer your questions about the book . She maybe can't tell you everything but you can ask away ....

TONIGHT: 9:00 pm central time, chat room opens at 8:45pm

If you don't want spoilers don't listen to first 15 minutes!

Listen to last nights show



Then we will have a great discussion with the True Blood HBO forum and IMDb fan folks .... and we want to make them feel very , very welcome !

Special thanks to luvvampirebill, eileen, piperpals, beadrbop, lindsayjo, vikingvamplover, Selena and Hera !

Tonight we speak to folks from the forum and IMDB and you can find them here !

HBO True blood forum and IMDb True Blood

Vampires in the TV hit True Blood enjoy synthetic blood but ...

New Zealand Herald writes again about the invention of the new synthetic blood that is being reported in UK papers but they use this very interesting graphic for their article.

This is yet another shot from the 'Bill /Sookie in front of Bill's house' photo shoot that we've seen so many versions of in the past 6 months, BUT this one seems to have been photo- shopped onto an image of Gran's ( and Sookie's house) in the backgound.
Here is the NZ Herald article and here is the post where we looked at these photos.

Here are the many different photos weve seen http://lovingtruebloodindallas.blogspot.com/2009/01/say-cheese-and-say-cheese-again.html

Could the Great Revelation be just around the corner ?

Isn't this the precursor to the Sookie Stackhouse books and True Blood ? This is the event that the vampires use "to come out of the coffin."


via The Independent

A major research project is to be announced this week that will culminate in three years with the first transfusions into human volunteers of “synthetic” blood made from the stem cells of spare IVF embryos. It could help to save the lives of anyone from victims of traffic accidents to soldiers on a battlefield by revolutionising the vital blood transfusion services, which have to rely on a network of human donors to provide a constant supply of fresh blood.

The multimillion-pound deal involving NHS Blood and Transplant, the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service and the Wellcome Trust, the world’s biggest medical research charity, means Britain will take centre stage in the global race to develop blood made from embryonic stem cells. The researchers will test human embryos left over from IVF treatment to find those that are genetically programmed to develop into the “O-negative” blood group, which is the universal donor group whose blood can be transfused into anyone without fear of tissue rejection.

This blood group is relatively rare, applicable to about 7 per cent of the population, but it could be produced in unlimited quantities from embryonic stem cells because of their ability to multiply indefinitely in the laboratory.

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Thanks wparkhom!

Michelle Pfeiffer To Join True Blood?

Michelle Pfeiffer, who is starring in the soon-to-be-released Stephen Frears' film, Chéri, is rumored to be in talks to join the cast of the HBO vampire drama, True Blood.

Ask Ausiello at Entertainment Weekly revealed the following:

Alan Ball and Co. are currently talking to “name” actresses to appear in just one episode this season (and more in future ones). The character? No less than Sophie-Anne, the 500-year-old queen of the Louisiana vampires.

If everything goes according to plan, Michelle Pfeiffer could be landing that role, and man could that be awesome!

Thanks to http://furious-oracle.livejournal.com/

True Blood Music Video of the Day: Freaks onleash by Korn

Freaks on a leash by Korn LYRICS

Thanks NocturnaRaven

Things I've learned from True Blood (10)

New vampires don't like True Blood.

Lettie Mae owes Terra $445.

Maenads have nice cars and homes.

Andy is surrounded by assholes and morons.

I learned that while Sam is taller than Bill but that Bill's pants were too long on Sam.

'Dead and Gone' No, not that one, the one with Justin Timberlake!

T.I. - Dead And Gone ft. Justin Timberlake


Charlaine doesn't mind at all that she shares the " Dead and Gone " stage with Justin Timberlake !

She even says "Justin Timberlake and I have a deep mystical connection. "Charlaine Harris. I think we can surmise that Ms Harris is a JT fan....

Justin Timberlake and T.I. from the album Paper Trail

The Ten Best Vampire Movies of the Modern Era from Video Hounds

From Video Hound here are the top 5, I still need to see 'Near Dark' and it's sure amazing how 'Let the Right One in' has zoomed to the top of Vampire movie list.

With Underworld: Rise of the Lycans opening earlier this year, Let the Right One In winning awards right and left (but getting snubbed by the Oscars), and every casting rumor about the Twilight sequel, The Twilight Saga's New Moon, turning the internet into a message board-posting rampage, blood-sucking creatures of the night are the "in creature" for 2009. A few years ago it was all about zombies and maybe Benicio Del Toro can bring it back to werewolves with The Wolf Man, but we are undeniably in the year of the bat.

5. Cronos (Guillermo Del Toro, 1993)

If you're late to the Del Toro party, having learned about the great Mexican director from films like Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy II: The Golden Army, do yourself a favor and go back and revisit arguably his two best movies - The Devil's Backbone and Cronos. The latter is his debut and co-stars the big red guy himself, Ron Perlman. The film is about an antique dealer who finds an ancient device that essentially turns him into a vampire. Moody, atmospheric, and very dark, Cronos clearly heralded the arrival of a talented new filmmaker when it premiered at Toronto in 1993. A decade-and-a-half later, Guillermo Del Toro has a loyal following and is prepping to do The Hobbit. Check out where it began with one of the best vampire movies ever made.

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4. Fright Night (Tom Holland, 1985)

If you had asked me to write this list when I was thirteen, Fright Night would have been at the top. Heck, if you had asked me to list the best movies ever made, Fright Night might have been at the top. I loved this '80s action/adventure/comedy flick, a perfect example of the kind of tongue-in-cheek horror they made more often in the era of Ghostbusters and Gremlins. Come to think of it, why DON'T they make as many mainstream horror comedies anymore? It's weird. Watching it now, what I love about Fright Night is its recognition of the fans. It's a film about a horror movie fan made by horror fans for horror movie fans. The adoration of the genre comes through in every frame. Director Tom Holland was chosen for Showtime's Masters of Horror primarily for Fright Night (secondarily for Child's Play and not at all for The Temp).

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3. Bram Stoker's Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola, 1992)

Yes, Keanu Reeves is goofy and no one likes to think anything positive about Winona Ryder any more, but before you knee-jerk response to this choice, check it out again. Coppola's Dracula is a grandiose spectacle of a film, which is exactly what this story demands. Over-the-top set pieces with ridiculous dialogue not only work for this kind of material, there's no other way to pull it off successfully. Gary Oldman gives one of the best performances of his career, and we'll take Anthony Hopkins as Van Helsing over that Oscar host any day of the week. But the real key to the mesmerizing charm of Bram Stoker's Dracula is there in the design. The bloody, insane, gorgeous design.

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2. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008)

I hate it when critics and viewers try to claim all of a certain kind of horror movie is the same. There is a wide variety within the subgenres of "zombie movie," "ghost story," "slasher flick," etc. and snobby people often lump things together. As if this list hasn't proven the unpredictability within the "vampire movie" already, take the case of Let the Right One In. Tomas Alfredson's riveting adolescent drama couldn't be much more dissimilar from the over-the-top style of #3 or the action extravaganza of #1. Where most movies about bloodsuckers are action or horror flicks, I would almost call Let the Right One In a vampire drama. It's a beautiful dissection of adolescence and longing for a true relationship, even if it's with a vampire.

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1. Near Dark (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)

It's been twenty years since Kathryn Bigelow rocked our worlds with Near Dark and yet it is still one of the very first movies I think of when I hear the word "vampire", modern era or otherwise. Near Dark is a masterful combination of varying themes and ideas from vampire mythology as a whole, playing off both the allure and danger of being a creature of the night. Who hasn't thought about being sucked into a more exciting world than their own? Face it. Being a vampire would be pretty cool. Hanging with Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen all night at biker bars? Sign me up. Near Dark is a Western/horror/biker movie hybrid that feels like nothing else in the subgenre of vampire flick. It stands alone. It is weird, unusual, riveting, action-packed, romantic, old-fashioned, gory, clever, and exceptional. Near Dark rules.

True Blood : Cutting Edge Camera Work

Interesting article in American Cinematographer magazine, it can be a little technical but it's fascinating.

True Blood
by Jay Holben

When writer/director Alan Ball hired Checco Varese, AMC to shoot the pilot for HBO’s horror fantasy True Blood, the cinematographer spent the next several nights “doing my homework,” he says. “I watched everything I could that was on TV at 10 p.m. I flipped to one channel, and it looked fantastic; the show was moody and had lots of camera energy and a bit of a blue tone. Then I flipped the channel, and that show looked great, but it looked just like the first one. Then I flipped again, and again, and saw that most of the shows looked the same. That’s not the case now — there are a lot of great shows with a lot of great looks — but at the time, they all looked the same to me! I thought True Blood merited a very different look, something sweaty, hot and sexy, which is what Louisiana feels like. Alan, [production designer] Suzuki Ingerslev and I decided to make it a saturated show, with red reds and green greens.”

Another key component of the look is humidity, which had to be artificially created for the Los Angeles-based production. “When you’re in a very humid climate, there isn’t any dust,” notes Varese. “So whenever we shot an exterior, I made sure every inch was wet down.” Fire hoses were used to wet down the vegetation in the background and Hudson sprayers were used to saturate the closer greens. “I was obsessed with that detail because I think it really refines the look,” says Varese. “When you see those details in the trees in the background and the sheen in the foreground, it really looks like Louisiana. The constant wetness was tough on the actors, but it really enhanced the look.”

Set in the sleepy town of Bon Temps, La., True Blood is based on Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire Series, which was begun in 2001 with the publication of Dead Until Dark. The invention of synthetic blood has enabled vampires to integrate themselves into human society, but the transition has not been smooth. Tensions in town reach a boiling point when a comely local, Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), takes up with a vampire, Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), and Sookie’s associates and loved ones begin turning up dead.

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True Blood goes to the movie : Anna Paquin stars in Castle in the Sky

Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_in_the_Sky

Director : Hayao Miyazaki

Release Date : 2 August 1986 (Japan) Anna did the English Disney English audio dub in 1998

Genre : Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Cast : Mayumi Tanaka as Pazu (voice), James Van Der Beek as Pazu (2003) (voice: English version), Anna Paquin as Sheeta (2003) (voice: English version), Keiko Yokozawa as Sheeta (voice), Kotoe Hatsui as Dola (voice), Cloris Leachman as Dola (2003) (voice: English version), Mark Hamill as Muska (voice: English version), Minori Terada as Muska (voice), Richard Dysart as Uncle Pomme (2003) (voice: English version), Fujio Tokita as Uncle Pomme (voice), Jim Cummings as General (voice), Ichirô Nagai as Shogun Mouro (voice), John Hostetter as Boss (voice: English version), Hiroshi Ito as Oyakata (voice), Machiko Washio as Okami, Mrs. Daffy (voice)

You gotta love this plot text !

Plot : A infantile boy furthermore a gal as well as a anathema bright must race hostile pirates furthermore unfamiliar agents inside a pursuit as a legendary hanging castle.

True Blood Music Video of the Day :Ice by Sarah McLachlan

Ice by Sarah McLachlan LYRICS