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[DEBBIE PELT] In her late 20s.. strung-out and stubborn, she is Alcide's beloved ex who's addicted to V...STRONG RECURRING (29) No nudity required. But will be seen in bra and panties.

[JANICE HERVEAUX] 32 years old, a fit.. tough-as-nails woman in biker gear, she is is Alcide's protective older sister. Somewhat New Age, Janice is into horoscopes and psychics...GUEST STAR (17)

[KITCH MAYNARD] 17 years old (submit 18 to play 17).. cocky, Golden Boy, he's the new high school football star who has replaced Jason as the hometown hero, and he enjoys rubbing it in Jason's face...GUEST STAR (16) RECURRING. Possible car ass type nudity.

[STRIPPER / ANN] Exotic and striking-looking, but dead behind the eyes, this scantily clad stripper is glamoured and devoured by three vampires...GUEST STAR. Topless nudity required. Submit strong actresses. (48)

[CHIP WELLING] This clean-cut, all-American Christian youth recognizes Jessica from Bible Study and is relieved to see her alive...GUEST STAR (31)

[DONNY] A road crew member with Jason, he kisses up to Kitch, the new high school football star...1 speech & 2 lines, 1 scene (14)

[FELTON NORRIS] Early 20s, this violent young punk is a relative of Calvin's who strips Lafayette's car and helps beat up Lafayette...1 line, 2 scenes (33 sptv050769) RECURRING

[TAMMY] 16 years old, she is Kitch's hot girlfriend who drives around with him in his sports car and giggles at Kitch's rudeness...1 line, 2 scenes (16) RECURRING


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Alan Ball Is Pro-New Blood on "True Blood"

Adding a new cast member to an already tight ensemble can be tricky stuff. Chemistry can be slow to build, storylines sometimes feel forced and viewers tend to revolt initially, preferring the stasis of the characters they've come to know and love. But fear not, "True Blood" lovers. Alan Ball wants to make sure everyone is a happy camper.

The third season of the HBO series is expected to see a major influx of new supernatural characters, including Alcide, a werewolf who complicates things with Sookie (Anna Paquin) and Bill (Stephen Moyer) and Sookie and Eric (swoon-inducing Alexander Skarsgard

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True Love makes a cool True Blood DeskTop

http://momtoatoddler.blogspot.com/2010/01/trueblood-desktop.html

Charlaine Harris: 'I'm just a gruesome person'

The author behind infectious TV series True Blood has an unpleasant past, writes Catharine Munro.

Come out of the coffin ... Charlaine Harris introduces taboo topics to the mainstream.

Draining every drop of her deep Southern cordiality, Charlaine Harris holds out on explaining exactly why her latest heroine is involved in an incestuous relationship.

The author behind the popular HBO series True Blood isn't into psychoanalysing her sexy murder mysteries, even though their kinky characters cry out for it.

But otherwise thoughtful and conventional people who have found themselves glued to the television adaptation of Harris's work might need a session or two on the couch to explain why they can't get enough of a story based on sex with vampires. Vampires are, after all, creatures who are dead.

Necrophilia and incest are not themes you would usually associate with a 58-year-old churchgoing mother of three who has lived for 20 years in the Bible-belt state of Arkansas. "I'm just a gruesome person," she says, matter-of-factly.

But there's no avoiding the contradiction between the writer and her subject matter. Speaking from her home in Magnolia, Arkansas, she is unnervingly relaxed.

From Sydney Herald

http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/books/im-just-a-gruesome-person/2010/01/14/1263058321465.html

Vampires would royally f-up the health care debate

From Arkansas Times

Every year, the first-year students at The Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky are broken up into different sectors of government — Department of Defense, Department of Justice, CIA, Health and Human Services, etc — assigned a diplomatic crisis scenario, and then asked them to make suggestions in the event of that crisis.

This year, their assignment was to imagine what would happen if the scenario played out in the HBO series "True Blood" (inspired, of course, by Arkie Charlaine Harris' books) — that vampires are among us and have outted themselves to the human population — was real.

Their conclusions seem roundly smart, but also, of course, pretty hilarious.

Check out HHS "we're-screwed" response:

Vampires will not fit within current human-oriented health administrative codes and regulations because, should they be granted full citizenship, they will have access to the national health care system. Their particular strength, lifespan, and sustenance needs would not fit into normal codes, and new ones must be developed, separate from human regulations to account for vampires’ unique condition. Medicare regulations will have to be severely restricted to vampires, as their life span is known to be far longer than average unaffiliated humans. Medicaid will also require adjustments, as human diseases afflict vampires to a far lesser extent.

http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/rockcandy/2010/01/vampires_would_royally_fup_the.aspx

True Blood Music Video of the Day

That'll Be Me
Thanks, WinifredWEvans

'True Blood,' Lady Gaga and ABC among GLAAD nominees

Designer Tom Ford's dramatic feature film, "A Single Man," HBO's vampire series, "True Blood" and singer/songwriter Lady Gaga were among those nominated for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's annual media awards on Wednesday.

GLAAD nominated 152 television shows, movies, musicians, journalists and artists for their awards, which will be given out in three ceremonies starting in New York on March 13.

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Sookie and Trends, triumphs of the 2009 book year

Book sales rise from these graves

We have Stephenie Meyer's Twilight vampires to thank, in part, for the fact that at least 17% of all book sales tracked in 2009 were related to vampires (and assorted other undead creatures, including zombies) or the paranormal (including paranormal romances). That was up from 14% in 2008, which in turn was way up from 2% in 2007. Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, which are the inspiration for HBO's True Blood, had nine titles in the top 100 sellers of the year, and P.C. and Kristin Cast, the mother/daughter team who write the House of Night series, had six. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith is No. 48 on the list. Expect that trend to continue in 2010, again thanks in part to Meyer. She may not have a new book coming out (that we know of so far), but Eclipse, the movie based on the third book in the Twilight series, swoops into theaters in June, and the paperback reissue of her 2008 adult hardcover The Host is out April 13.

From USA Today

The new Seth Grahme-Smith book is of particular interest to us:
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Pre order today - it will be released March 2nd

'Diaries' "under pressure" from 'True Blood

maybe they should read the books ;-)

The executive producer of The Vampire Diaries has admitted that he feels "under pressure" from True Blood.

Speaking to SFX, Kevin Williamson said that he is not worried about the show being compared to Buffy, but to Twilight and Alan Ball's Blood.

"The pressure doesn't come from Buffy, it comes from being caught between Twilight and True Blood," he said.

"They're the ones that are telling the same stories because there's certain tales that come with being a vampire. And we do try to pay attention to what True Blood is doing.

from Digital spy

http://www.digitalspy.com/ustv/news/a196112/diaries-under-pressure-from-true-blood.html

"For instance, the obvious storyline that's going to come up between a human and a vampire is what's going to happen when I grow old and he doesn't. True Blood's touched upon that, so we're going to try to hold off on that for a while."

He concluded by saying that he is "more concerned" about his characters - Damon, Elena and Stefan - than Twilight's Edward and Bella because the show has "carved out our own little corner".

Vampire Diaries returns Thursday, January 21 on The CW.

HBO Forum closed until January 21st

Our friend and intrepid presence on the HBO True Blood Forum, Marlene ( marlenem on the HBO forum) emailed tonight to let us know that the HBO forums will be down until the 21st of January!

We love the forum fans and I know the communities of the TB wiki and TB IMdb would welcome you guys while your site is down !

http://truebloodwiki.hbo.com/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844441/
The official announcement reads:
We're sorry but the HBO.com bulletin boards are currently unavailable.

We will be launching a completely new HBO.com next week and invite you to come back on January 21st to be the first to spark conversation and create threads in the new community.

If you are one of the first 100 members to elevate your status by participating in and creating engaging conversations, you could win more than just the respect of your fellow members.

We are extremely excited about the new site and think you will be too. We look forward to seeing you again next week!

Thank you,
HBO.com

P.S. If you can't wait until next week, you can always join the discussions at www.facebook.com/hbo

Alcide ( Joe Manganiello) on CSI tonight

Joe stars in tonight's CSI:NY, episode 12, entitled “Criminal Justice.”

This episode of CSI:NY will air Wednesday, January 3rd @ 10:00 Eastern on CBS.

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/csi_ny/

Rutina Wesley says True Blood could run for six seasons!

True Blood has recently been renewed for it’s third season, but actress Rutina Wesley has suggested that the vampireseries may run for ’six seasons or more’.

The actress, who stars as Tara in the show, told SciFiNow that fans will be “dying to watch for a long time”.“I think it will run for as long as… I mean there are nine books out there, and [Charlaine Harris] is going to do three more, but I don’t know if we will [run] that long.

“People seem to think that True Blood is going to be one of those shows that will run for five or six seasons if not more.”

She added: “It’s going to depend on audience ratings and stuff like that, but I can’t imagine it not running for a long time because the books are just so juicy and Alan Ball has also made everything so vibrant, colourful and imaginative, and so I think it’s going to be a show that people are going to be dying to watch for a long time.”

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The ABCs of What It Takes to be a Vampire Leading Man on TV

Tall, check. Mysterious, check. Broody, check. Tortured, check. What does it take to be a male leading vampire in a television series? The commonality between all of them seems to scream an anguished creature bent on using their supernatural powers for good as they struggle with their animalistic natures. I’ve seen a good number of these tortured souls trying to atone for their sins of feasting on human blood.

Who are some of television’s past and present vampire leading men? Probably the most well known would be Angel of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Created by Joss Whedon and played by David Boreanaz, the character fits all the categories. He’s tall, mysterious, broody, and tortured. He also opens his own detective agency to investigate supernatural cases. Whedon’s vampires are soulless creatures who are bloodthirsty and lacking of a moral compass. Angel becomes cursed and receives his soul back and thus regains his human emotions to feel remorse for his actions.

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Alexander Skarsgard "Beyond the Pole" review

from Variety

A Shooting Pictures production, in association with Polite Storm. (International sales: HanWay Films, London.) Produced by David L. Williams, Andrew J. Curtis. Executive producer, Helen Baxendale. Co-producer, Dean O'Toole. Directed by David L. Williams. Screenplay, Neil Warhurst, Williams, based on a radio series by Paul Barnhill, Warhurst.

Calling itself "the world's first global-warming comedy," cheeky low-budgeter "Beyond the Pole" brings a breath of satirical fresh air to a topic that's rapidly approaching media suffocation. Mockumentary about two fumbling Brit amateurs who want to save the planet by walking to the North Pole plays like a cross between "The Office" and a "Touching the Void" parody set in the Arctic. Sending up earnest documentary cliches as well as eco-warriors, this modest but good-looking item goes out digitally in Blighty in February (following offshore fest screenings last year) and will play equally well on the smallscreen.

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Mark Blankenship still writing about HBO!

from our friend Mark Blankenship!

During the "True Blood" hiatus, I'm recapping "Big Love," my other favorite HBO show, for HuffPo and The Critical Condition. Thought some of your readers/listeners might be interested to join in on the fun.

My "Big Love" recaps are called Wife Watch!, since I rank the most powerful wives on the show every week. Here's a link to the first one:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-blankenship/ibig-lovei-wife-watch-sea_b_419924.html

True Blood Music Video of the Day:Thriller by Michael Jackson

Thriller by Michael Jackson

thanks, davyncalypso4eva

True Blood: Back in production Season 3 commercial