True Blood's Joe Manganiello Talks 'Werewolf Dating'

Who wouldn't want a werewolf as a bodyguard?

In the third season of True Blood, Sookie Stackhouse gets some supernatural protection -- and a possible new love interest -- from the burly, sexy Alcide Herveaux, played by actor Joe Manganiello.

Manganiello told Parade.com why Alcide and Sookie are a good match, what it takes to meet fans' soaring expectations and his thoughts on the complicated etiquette of "werewolf dating."

Jumping on the True Blood bandwagon.
"I watched the pilot episode and it made me really upset after I watched it. That was probably because everyone looked like they were having so much fun and I was really jealous. It was basically like a giant Halloween party. And I got bummed out."

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'True Blood': A Tale of Two Taras

Ever wonder what your favorite TV show would be like if a different actor played one of the main characters? True Blood fans don't have to use their imaginations. The TV blog Remote Patrolled just posted footage from the HBO show's original pilot, where the character Tara was played by an alternate actress:

Here's True Blood's Tara—Sookie's spiky best friend who's now immortalized by Rutina Wesley

But Rutina wasn't the first actress to play Tara. Check out Brook Kerr—the original Tara—in a memorable scene from the vampire saga's first episode.

Kerr is best known for playing Whitney on the soap opera Passions for 8 years on NBC. She left the role in 2007—straight into True Blood—but was replaced after filming the unaired pilot. No official reason was given.

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Alcide behind the scenes !

'Victorian Vampire Stories' not the 'Twilight' variety

"Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories" edited by Michael Sims; Walker & Company (480 pages, $17)
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Most vampires aren't handsome, romantic or protective. They kill. When they rip out your throat, you die smelling corpse breath and terrified.

If you need proof, read "Dracula's Guest," a superb collection of vampire fiction - and non-fiction - from writers dealing with the undead.
Michael Sims has culled stories from the Victorian era to make a collection guaranteed to delight anyone who enjoyed Bram Stoker's "Dracula."
Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 to 1901, but Sims stretched his selections to the beginning of World War I in 1914. He includes several non-fiction pieces reaching back to the 1700s.

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'True Blood' vampires right at home in Miss. HBO show features scenes of Natchez's Longwood

Russell Edgington, a red-haired antiques dealer with a thick Southern accent, is a notable figure in Mississippi politics.
It's uncertain whether he's crossed political paths with Gov. Haley Barbour during his reign as the vampire king of Mississippi, but it would make sense.
If you've lived 2,800 years on Earth, chances are you'd probably have connections with most movers and shakers, particularly those in your home state.
Of course, Edgington isn't the only vampire in town. Now that Jackson is one of the fictional settings for HBO's popular series, True Blood, a host of vampires and werewolves are roaming the capital city.
Created by Oscar winner Alan Ball, the show is based on The Southern Vampire Mystery (book) Series written by Tunica native Charlaine Harris.
This season, lead character Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a waitress with telepathic powers, travels to Jackson to investigate the disappearance of her vampire boyfriend, Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer).

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Seth Grahame-Smith, the author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, will work on a new adaptation of "Dark Shadows"

In news guaranteed to satisfy a unique coalition of vampire obsessives, soap opera devotees, and Jane Austen lovers, Warner Bros. has put the long-discussed remake of Dark Shadows on the fast track with the hiring of a new screenwriter. According to Variety, Seth Grahame-Smith, the author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, will work on a new adaptation of the 1966-1971 supernatural soap. Tim Burton will direct Johnny Depp for the millionth eighth time.
I haven’t watched very much of Dark Shadows, but from what little I remember about tuning into reruns of the show on the network formally known as the Sci-Fi Channel, the vampire melodrama was played pretty straight. Between Burton, Depp, and Grahame-Smith, you have to figure that the movie version will lean in a slightly more absurdist direction. Just imagine what sort of exciting new accent Depp will invent to play lead vamp Barnabas Collins!
Are you excited about this news, PopWatchers? Is this one vampire film too many, or do you think that this creative team will inject a little life into the genre?

http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/07/15/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies-author-will-write-a-dark-shadows-remake-for-johnny-depp-and-tim-burton/

Charlaine Harris signs Sookie books in New England !

WATER STREET & TIME OF WONDER BOOKSTORES

125 Water St., Exeter. Water Street, 778-9731; Time of Wonder, 778-6027:

• Wednesday, July 21 at 7 p.m.: Several writers included in the anthology, "Crimes By Moonlight," edited by Charlaine Harris, will be on hand. Brendan Dubois, Toni L.P. Kelner, and Dana Cameron will all be reading.

Spoilery news on True Blood season finale

Question: I love True Blood. I love Eric. Scoop, please. —Angi
Ausiello: Is it too soon to be talking about the finale? No? Cool. Exec producer Alan Ball tells me that there will be a “lot of Bill-Sookie-Eric stuff” in the season 3 finale. “It involves blood, it involves trust, and it does not go where we expect it to go.”

News from Charlaine Harris blog : t-shirt fundraiser and book sale

CLOSET BOOK SALE

Charlaine's book closet is overflowing so it is time to clean it out. The book sale will run through Friday, July 30.
Book sale

Lightning Bolt Investigations Shirts

Charlaine has agreed to sponsor the sale of HARPER CONNELLY T shirts, "Lightning Bolt Investigations." Check them out! The profits from the sale of this shirt go to PROTECT, the National Association to Protect Children.
T-shirt sale link ( it's broken now but soon should be fixed )

True Blood Music Video of the Day: Oh my god

Oh my god
Thanks, Lawliette

Eric's dream from " 9 Crimes " does the script sound familiar ???

True Blood ep 4 scene
SS: Can all vampires fly?

EN: Can all humans sing?

SS:Are you kidding?
Couldn't carry a tune in a bucket with a lid on it.

Dead until dark
"If you say so. Can I see you levitate?"
"Right here?" Bill sounded amused.
"Sure, why not? Unless there's a reason?"
"No, none at all." And he let go of my arms and began to rise.
I breathed a sigh of pure rapture. He floated up in the dark, gleaming like white marble in the moonlight.
When he was about two feet off the ground, he began hovering. I thought he was smiling down at me.
"Can all of you do that?" I asked.
"Can you sing?"
"Nope, can't carry a tune."
"Well, we can't all do the same things, either." Bill came down slowly and landed on the ground without a thump.

Blood Work! “True Blood” vlog 3.04: Ring ring, hookah!

The postman always rings twice, but in this week’s Blood Work!, very special guest Joe Zaso doesn’t have that luxury!
Yes, the Alpha Horror Himbo himself is back to visit and deliver a very special Wolf Bag. After we wipe the drool off our chins we dig into the latest True Blood, in all its shot-glassed, Debbie-Pelted, RuPauled glory.

True Blood's Stephen Moyer on Regis and Not Kathie Lee

Time Magazine :Ask Anna Paquin

Why do you think people are so fascinated with vampire stories? —Enrique Feliciano, SAN JUAN, P.R.
I honestly don't know. I get asked that a lot. I wish I had a really great answer. They're usually portrayed as being sexy and kind of dangerous. But I don't really know. (See pictures of vampires on the big screen.)
You've worked in both film and television. Which industry do you enjoy more? —Stephanie Kadlicko, AMES, IOWA
I like both. The way HBO shoots — the way the stories are structured and the attention to detail — is like in film. So there's very little difference. I get to go to more places with my character than I would in a two-hour film. That's really exciting, creatively speaking.
I know people usually ask what the perks are of working alongside your fiancé Stephen Moyer. But what do you like least about working with him? —Okimasi Takim, ST. PAUL, MINN.
[Laughs.] There's nothing I don't like about it. So I guess that's the answer.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2004104,00.html#ixzz0tnB1I2zH

Sookie Stackhouse fans swarm Charlaine Harris in Mississippi

I don't know about you, but I'm loving this season of HBO's True Blood. If you're missing it, I suggest you catch up before a spoiler bites you on the neck.
This week Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse books that inspired the series, dropped by the Hernando Public Library in Hernando, Miss., to greet fans. Pop reader David B. (aka knowjack) attended the event.
"We were thrilled to have her come back to our area to visit, and apparently so were a lot of other people -- we had about 600 people to show up!" he says. (David works at the nearby First Regional Library.)
He adds, "She was very entertaining and stayed until the very last person got an autographed book. It was very cool to hear her talk about her writing process, HBO and the relationships she has made with the True Blood cast. She told the audience that Kristin Bauer (Pam) just got married to a 'gorgeous' guy, Rutina Wesley (Tara) is one of the nicest people she's ever met, Deborah Ann Woll (Jessica) gets even more beautiful up close and a lot of other juicy tidbits.

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True Blood's Stephen Moyer opens up in the August issue of REDBOOK

From Redbook :

True Blood's Stephen Moyer opens up in the August issue of REDBOOK (on newsstands July 20), and in the interview he discusses his engagement to co-star Anna Paquin, their onscreen chemistry, viewers' fascination with vampires, and more. Please see below for quotes, and if any info is used,  the link to www.redbookmag.com/stephenmoyer must be included.    

 

On his onscreen chemistry with fiancee Anna Paquin: "Everybody on set now gets to see what goes on behind closed doors. We leave nothing to the imagination! But our love scenes actually work really well. Since the crew knows we do have chemistry and are together in real life, I feel like it takes away from the nerve-racking tension that can occur when people have to watch two actors who are just getting to know each other engage in an intimate scene." 

 

On the moment he knew Anna Paquin was "the one": "It was when I was away from her. When we were filming the pilot, we were the only two actors who didn't live in Los Angeles, so we ended up going to dinner almost every night. When we finished filming, I went to London and she went to New York, and it felt so weird not to talk to her. So we began Skyping and have been together ever since!"   

 

On why people love vampires: "Vampires are so old that they don't need to impress anyone anymore. They're comfortable in their own skin. It's this enigmatic strength that's very romantic and old-fashioned. I think it goes back to something of a Victorian attitude of finding a strong man who's going to look after his woman. Bill represents the kind of guy who is bad and dark, but ultimately, he'll defend you with his life if it comes to it."