True Blood goes to the movie: Alexander Skarsgard stars in Beyond The Pole

Alexander Skarsgard stars in Beyond The Pole, he plays Terje.

A documentary film crew follows the first carbon neutral, organic, vegetarian expedition ever to attempt the North Pole. Simultaneously Saving the Planet and getting into the Guinness Book of Records Brian and Mark hope to kill two birds with one stone. Unfortunately, they have never done anything like this before. |



http://www.shootingpictures.co.uk/beyondthepole/

http://dejavufilms.net/DejaVu/News.html

True Blood: Newcomers launch into rare air

From LATimes blog
'United States of Tara,' 'The Mentalist,' 'Lie to Me,' 'True Blood,' 'The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency,' and 'Eastbound & Down' are all rookie shows that have broken free of the first-season pack.

'TRUE BLOOD' SO IT'S AN ACQUIRED TASTE

When it comes to HBO's swampy Southern Goth horror story, "True Blood," about a feisty, telepathic waitress who charms the fangs off a Southern gent cum vampire with excellent sideburns, Emmy voters might not want to cry "camp" too quickly.

The Charlaine Harris book series, as re-imagined by "Six Feet Under" creator Alan Ball, is a political satire, romance and murder mystery set in a world where vampires don't need to feed on humans -- but sometimes do -- and where the buxom Sookie Stackhouse is the literal center of the action.

During the first season, she is pursued by a killer and courted by both a 173-year-old vampire named Bill and her tender boss, Sam (not a werewolf but a shape-shifter), all while having to deal with dead bodies piling up around her, the vile thoughts of her vampire-hating human clientele and a brother addicted to sex and vampire blood, a potent hallucinogen.

"It's powerful and moving and scary and completely crazy," says Anna Paquin, who says she stalked Ball for the part of Sookie. "Our show is definitely not for everyone, but all of us who work on it are obsessed."

The mix is an acquired taste, to be sure, but ratings for the show indicate a growing group of thrill seekers. According to HBO, the "True Blood" audience started small but grew throughout the season.

Chasing after the role has already paid off for Paquin. She won a Golden Globe for lead actress in January, and, unlike other Hollywood actors who feign indifference about award season, she doesn't quickly dismiss it.

"Obviously, I'm really grateful for [award season] as a concept. If I hadn't won an Oscar when I was, like, 11, I'm guessing I wouldn't have a career right now," the actress says. In 1993, she became the second youngest performer in history to win an Oscar for her portrayal of a child translating for her mute mother in Jane Campion's "The Piano."

It will likely be more of an uphill battle for "True Blood" when it comes to Emmy voters, a group long spooked by genre shows, snubbing critical favorites like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" season after season. But timing could be on its side. Season 2 premieres June 14, less than two weeks before nomination ballots are due, and the intensity hasn't let up. Sookie and her vampire suitor are now the adoptive "parents" to Jessica, the teen Bill was forced to turn into a vampire as punishment for killing another vampire.

"Trouble, as usual," Paquin says. "But if you already watch the show, you know that's going to be the least of it."

http://theenvelope.latimes.com/news/env-en-newcomers27-2009may27,0,3448045.story

Blood Copy / Gawker dust up

watch at 1:20



About That Vampire Blog Thing
By Gabriel Snyder

Something else you might have missed if you, like a normal person, enjoyed the Memorial Day holiday without following online media industry news: Gawker found itself in the middle of an advertising-blurring-with-editorial controversy after our sales department and HBO pretended that an advertorial blog was a Gawker editorial property.

Gawker the editorial staff and Gawker the advertising staff don't tell each other much about what they're doing. And they shouldn't. The way the media economic engine works is that the eyeballs attracted by editorial can be sold by advertising in order to pay for the editorial. It's a nice little symbiotic circle, but the key ingredient for keeping it running is to keep a bright line between the ads and edit. And clearly that wasn't the case here.

More from Gawker here

http://gawker.com/5270707/about-that-vampire-blog-thing

True Blood Season 2 Cliffhangers: Will Terry and Arlene hook up ?

I'm going to look at some of the loose ends from last season and see if we have seen any answers to these questions in the promo video.

Will Terry and Arlene hook up ?

We see a promising moment between Arlen and Terry in the "two weeks later " part of S1Ep 12.

Your hair is like sunset after a bomb went off, pretty .
Watch here 3:20


This still taken from one of the latest season 2 promos gives us an answer to that...

Charlaine Harris's Book Picks by Charlaine Harris

The author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, which were the basis for the HBO series True Blood, says she didn’t soul search for four of her all-time favorite books, but shared compelling reads that have taught her a little something about writing. Her newest book, Dead and Gone was released by Ace Hardcover this month.

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster By Jon Krakauer 368 pages. Anchor. $14.95. Into Thin Air
by Jon Krakauer

“Krakauer is such a meticulous reporter, such a skilled writer, that a person who’s never been anywhere close to a mountain…can grasp the difficulties involved in the attempt to scale Everest.”

Into Thin Air is the only book in the world that could get me onto Everest, even secondhand. I’m absolutely terrified of heights, and I’m only adventuresome on my word processor. But Krakauer is such a meticulous reporter, such a skilled writer, that a person who’s never been anywhere close to a mountain or met a mountain climber can grasp the difficulties, both physical and mental, involved in the attempt to scale Everest. The unexpected storm, combined with errors in judgment and tragic mistakes, which cost so many climbers their lives, is recounted in stark prose that conveys the horrors of that disastrous day. Krakauer spares no one, especially himself, in his account. This is an adventure book of the first quality.

Guilty Pleasures By Laurell K. Hamilton 272 pages. Jove. $4.99. Guilty Pleasures
by Laurell K. Hamilton

“The originality of Hamilton’s protagonist, who raises the dead for a living, filled me with delight when I first read Guilty Pleasures.’”

Laurell K. Hamilton’s Guilty Pleasures, the very first book in her Anita Blake series, taught me a lot. The originality of Hamilton’s protagonist, who raises the dead for a living, filled me with delight when I first read Guilty Pleasures. The book still fills me with sheer enjoyment of Hamilton’s raw talent for bringing to life a prickly, stubborn, young woman with her own unusual ability, a woman who fully inhabits a world sort of like ours, but frighteningly different. This early work is raw, quick-moving, and an attention-grabber from start to finish.

Lullaby Town: An Elvis Cole Novel By Robert Crais 352 pages. Bantam. $7.99 Lullaby Town: An Elvis Cole Novel
by Robert Crais

"I might have named any of Crais’s books, because I’m an ardent fan, but Lullaby Town is wonderful."

I’m discovering that I love books that can take me places I’ve never gone, because my third pick is going to be Robert Crais’s Lullaby Town. I might have named any of Crais’ books, because I’m an ardent fan, but Lullaby Town is wonderful. Crais’ hero, Elvis Cole, is a Los Angeles detective with a sense of humor that Crais lets us share in some of the best dialogue ever written. Peter Alan Nelson, who is as pathetic as a person as he is great as a director, hires Elvis to look for his long-lost divorced wife, Karen Shipley. Peter has his own reasons to find Karen; buried somewhere in his childish and egotistical personality is the certainty that he owes her. Because Elvis is a great detective, he does find Karen, but nothing about the situation is straightforward. Events mount inexorably to a violent climax. This is novel writing, detective branch, at its peak.

The Language of Bees By Laurie R. King 448 pages. Bantam. $25. The Language of Bees
by Laurie R. King

"I recommend the reader begin this amazing line of books with the original (in every sense) entry, The Beekeeper’s Apprentice. I guarantee if you read the first 20 pages, you’ll be hooked.

Since I’m thinking about California, Laurie R. King has popped into my mind, especially since she has a new book, The Language of Bees, in her Mary Russell series. I can hardly wait to open it, but I recommend the reader begin this amazing line of books with the original (in every sense) entry, The Beekeeper’s Apprentice. Young Mary Russell, an orphan and a misfit, stuck with living with an uncongenial woman until she comes of age, almost literally stumbles across a peculiar neighbor as she walks on the moor. In the most fabulous leap of the imagination, that neighbor is revealed to be Sherlock Holmes. In her sensitive, perceptive, prose, Laurie R. King has me utterly believing in Mary and her unusual relationship with the great detective. I guarantee if you read the first 20 pages, you’ll be hooked.

Plus: Check out Book Beast, for more news on hot titles and authors and excerpts from the latest books.

Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse books are the basis of the HBO series True Blood. Ms. Harris was born in Mississippi and lives in southern Arkansas with her husband, daughter and three dogs. Their sons are out of the nest. In her years as a published writer, she’s written four series, two stand-alone novels, numerous short stories and a novella or two.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-05-26/charlaine-harriss-book-picks/full/?cid=topic:bookbag2-1

True Blood inspired t-shirts

http://www.zazzle.com/

True Blood Recipes: Sam Merlotte's Louisiana Swamp Gas Chili

This is part II of Sam's chili recipes. What sets this apart from most other chili recipes is celery, sweetener ( jelly, molasses or honey) and the Louisiana seasoning.

Louisiana Swamp Gas Chili

1 cup green peppers, chopped
2 cups red onions, chopped
2 cups green onions, chopped
2 cups celery, chopped
1/4 cup jalapenos, chopped
4 tablespoons chill powder
2 teaspoons cumin
2 teaspoons mustard powder
1 teaspoon black pepper
2 teaspoon Louisiana Hot Sauce
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 8-ounce can tomato paste
1 cup cheap burgundy wine
3 cups water (add more as needed)
1/4 cup grape jelly or 1/8 cup molasses
3 pounds ground round meat

* You can add 1 can of kidney (red) beans if you'd like.

Brown meat, drain excess fat, saute vegetables on medium heat for 10 minutes. Add meat, spices and liquids. Simmer for 2 hours.

Serve with Ritz crackers and top with grated Cheddar cheese.

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" returning to big screen

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A new incarnation of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" could be coming to the big screen, courtesy of the director of the original movie.

"Buffy" creator Joss Whedon isn't involved and it's not set up at a studio, but director Fran Rubel Kuzui is working on a relaunch with Vertigo Entertainment, which specializes in English-language remakes of Asian films, such as "The Grudge" and "The Departed."

While Whedon is the person most associated with the "Buffy" franchise, Kuzui and her Kuzui Enterprises have held onto the rights since the beginning, when she discovered the "Buffy" script from then-unknown Whedon. She developed the script while her husband Kaz put together the financing to make the 1992 movie, which was released by Fox.

Kuzui later helped bring back Whedon to make the TV series, which began its successful run on the WB in 1997. She received executive producer credits on "Buffy" and its spinoff, "Angel."

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True Blood's Anna Paquin at Hampton Magazine party.

Anna attends Memorial Day celebration hosted by Hamptons magazine in Southampton.
http://womancelebritywallpaper.blogspot.com/2009/05/anna-paquin-in-white-top-dress-at.html

True Blood Music Video of the Day:Join Me In Death by H.i.m. (his Infernal Majesty)

Join Me In Death by H.i.m. (his Infernal Majesty) LYRICS
Thanks, FaithLillisir

You can easily buy your own copy of the HBO emmy campaign box on Ebay

The HBO's Emmy campaign box, which includes 2 episodes of True Blood: Episode 1.05 Sparks Fly out and Episode 1.09 Plaisir d'Amour has been on sale on Ebay for the last week or so...

this one is listing for $ 12.90 right now
HERE

Here is the whole HBO emmy box with 25 dvds
HERE

Loving True Blood in Dallas Blogtalk Bill Compton what we need to know ! ( Episode 24)

Join us TONIGHT for the Bill Compton show on Blogtalk Radio...

We are joined by Bill fans from the HBO wiki , the HBO Forum and True Blood IMDb..for laughs and discussion.

Where is the Bill character as we find him at the beginning of True Blood Season 2 ?

Where is the Bill character as we find him at the end of Book 9, Dead and Gone ? I'll also test them a little with Bill trivia.

Our brand new amazing chatroom opens at 8:45 show at 9:00. We want to hear from you too!

Eric fans welcome !

Thanks to BOB, GEG, FNR,RC Greysky, Marlene and Sense!



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HBO and Gawker viral campaign for ‘True Blood’ causes upset

On 05.25.09, In TV, by Paul Larn

A viral campaign to promote the HBO TV series ‘True Blood’ recently drew criticism from The Business Insider, who say there were tricked into running a false story about GAWKER acquiring a fictional blogging site from the ‘True Blood’ universe. Full details and after the break…



Business Insider is more than a little upset with HBO, Gawker and marketing firm CampfireNYC who were running this admittedly clever viral campaign to promote the television show “True Blood”.

A few days ago, The Business Insider received an e-mail announcing that “Gawker” had acquired the blogging website www.bloodcopy.com and that it would be a new addition to their network. The e-mail was an invitation to an event to celebrate the faux deal, in which guests are advised that “True Blood” (the ficitional synthetic blood from the show) would be served, and a request that guests “kindly refrain from wearing silver jewelry”. TBI then went on and reported the story - shortly thereafter being advised that the website was indeed a fake and that Gawker were in partnership in HBO with promoting the show.

Now, to us who aware of True Blood, it may seem ridiculous that TBI fell for this in the first place - but they seem to be most upset with the fact that there was no clear indication or disclosure in the privacy/terms on the website that it was a viral campaign or was owned by HBO, etc. (this is usually the case).

This incident does raise some interesting questions though - are there, or should there be any ethics guidelines when dealing with Viral marketing? We often report on information sent to us via press release, so in a different scenario we may well have fallen for the same trick, especially as it was created in partnership with such a recognizable brand name as “Gawker”. And how much research is enough before reporting on such press releases? Still, this is a pretty big one to get caught up in.

Anyhow, we kind of take cruel enjoyment from the whole thing being “True Blood” junkies ourselves, and there was ultimately no real harm caused in the incident.

Head on over to The Business Insider for more detailed information on the incident.

True Blood Season 2 and Michael Papajohn

From Michale Papajohn interview about.com

And, being a huge True Blood fan, I have to ask you about getting a part in that HBO series. Are you playing a vampire?
Michael Papajohn: "I do not die."

Okay...
Michael Papajohn: "What I can say is my wife treats me totally different now, she loves the show so much. A real quick story, my wife, she locks the door – 'Watch the baby, True Blood's on.' You know, I love the show, I watch it [on Tivo] but my wife watches it when it comes on that night. So when I got the audition, she was giving me notes while I was running lines with her. She's not an actress, which is really refreshing for me, but I run lines with her all the time. But this time she's like, 'No, no, no, Michael. You're playing it all wrong. You're playing it way too fast. You've got to watch the show; they play things slower.' I said, 'Paula, I'm just running lines with you,' and she goes, 'But your accent's not even there.'"

"It was hilarious. And then right before I went out to go on my audition, she goes, 'You have to get this. Now how can I go to the set with you?' Now she's figuring out how she could go to the set."

"But no, it was cool. We went in the audition room to read for Alan Ball and you know the projects that he's been involved with. Working on it, in my experience you walk on a set - even if it's television - you kind of get a vibe of how the crew is and the actors with the crew. You can see why that show is so successful, because the collaboration with everyone and the energy on the set was amazing."

Alexander Skarsgard and Carrie Preston couldn't say enough good things about the production in our interviews.
Michael Papajohn: "Well I actually got to work with him. Everyone was awesome. And I can tell you I don't die."

How many episodes will you be in?
Michael Papajohn: "I don't know. Who knows? They may have me back. That show can turn any moment. I can see watching it how anything can happen and anything can become anything."

And characters you don't know are going to become big can become big all of a sudden. It's an interesting show.
Michael Papajohn: "My wife has been telling me for a year, 'Michael, you have to get on that show,' for a whole year. But I didn’t know it was about her wanting to meet all those good-looking vampires. [Laughing] She loves those vampires. I thought it was more about me and my career... She has an ulterior motive. I found that out later."

Was the set as interesting to be on as it looks? It looks like they're actually filming in Louisiana.
Michael Papajohn: "Well they do go to Louisiana to film but the majority of True Blood is filmed in LA and the set that they picked was, when I was working, was a cemetery. It was a really cool church that they picked, a great location for the scenes we did. [It was] a really cool cemetery outside of LA. I mean I drove up and the sun was going down and I was like, 'Well the vampires are coming out tonight.' What a set. I'm parking my car in the middle of the cemetery and it kind of felt too real. I was like, 'No acting required,' you know? I'm looking over my shoulder with my bag, waiting, just hoping for the van to come pick me up."

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Bon Temps bumperstickers

On a shapeshifter's car: "This vehicle protected by a collie. No, wait, by a doberman. No, wait..."

Sookie's: "I'M NOT PSYCHIC!"

True Blood Music Video of the Day:Just Dance by Lady Gaga

Just Dance by Lady Gaga ~ FANGTASIA True Blood Tribute LYRICS

Thanks, Lawliettte

Taste of True Blood with Alan Ball HBO documentary

This is the full video that will air tonight

A Taste Of True Blood


Slide show of the last few minutes from season 2