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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Charlaine Harris's Mom's obit in Tunica Times
Doris Jean Balentine Harris
Doris Jean Balentine Harris, 84, died Sept. 20, 2010 at Baptist DeSoto Hospital after a long illness. She was born Nov. 23, 1925 to May Laine and Lemuel Balentine of Rocksprings, TX.
Following her marriage to R.A. Harris in 1946, she became a devoted member of Tunica Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Harris taught Sunday School, sang in the choir and served as an elder. Mrs. Harris briefly taught school in Tunica and for several years worked as a librarian at the Tunica County Library.
A lifelong avid reader, Mrs. Harris was also an enthusiastic fan of the St. Louis Cardinals and a notable cook.
Mrs. Harris was preceded in death by her husband Robert Harris; her son Ashley Harris, and his wife, Linda House Harris; her two sisters, Georgia May Gobble and Vivian Hutchins; and her brother Jack Balentine.
Survivors include daughter Charlaine Schulz, Charlaine’s husband Hal, and their children, Patrick, Timothy, and Julia. Mrs. Harris also leaves a nephew, Rodney Balentine, a brother in law and his wife, Buddy and Jean Harris, and their children and grandchildren.
The family gratefully acknowledges the individual help of Linda McKinley and Angela Vardamon.
Visitation will be Friday, September 24, 2010 from 5 until 7 p.m. at Nowell Memorial Funeral Home in Tunica. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, at the Tunica Presbyterian Church, with Dr. Paul Husband officiating.
The family requests that memorials be directed to the Tunica Presbyterian Church.
In lieu of flowers, Charlaine asks that you please send donations in her mother's name (Jean Harris) to the Tunica Library, where she worked for many years, or to her mother's church.
The Robert C. Irwin Public Library
1285 Kenny Hill Avenue
Tunica, MS 38676-9501
Tunica Presbyterian Church
1251 Woolfolk Drive
Tunica, MS 38676
Ears We Trust: True Blood/Dexter Music Supervisor Gary Calamar
Freelance Whales: Weathervanes (FRENCHKISS / MOM+POP)
The five-piece band from the streets and subways of NY mixes synthesizers with banjo, glockenspiel, harmonium and, um, waterphone? Far out and beautiful.
Best Coast: Something In, The Way and Make You Mine EPs (POST PRESENT MEDIUM, GROUP TIGHTENER)
Sun-bleached and fuzzed-out girl group sounds from the City of Angels.
David Bowie: Hunky Dory (EMI)
A perfect album of timeless, cinematic pop. All killer, no filler: “Life On Mars?,” “Queen Bitch,” songs about Warhol and Dylan. Smart and fun. Released one year before Ziggy Stardust, when changes were a-happening. “Kooks” kills me every time.
Whenever I listen, I discover a new favorite song for all time. “September Gurls” and “Thirteen” are simply brilliant. R.I.P. Alex Chilton and Andy Hummel.
Various Artists: One More Record Please (BEAR FAMILY)
A record about records from mostly obscure country and rockabilly artists. For those who were born in ‘45 and turned 33 in ‘78. Go down to your local record store and check it out.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Let me in: Moretz dives into bloody role
(Understandable enough, since her last role was as the limb-hacking, c-word-spouting Hit-Girl in Kick-Ass.)
So the 13-year-old would seem ideally cast as a centuries-old vampire who wears the guise of an adolescent girl in Let Me In (in theatres Friday), the Americanized remake of the acclaimed Swedish thriller Let the Right One In. Until she reminds you, "I'm just a little girl."
A point underscored by this: She hasn't watched the original film because she's not allowed to.
"My mom won't let me see it. It's too strong material for me. Which means I'm going to have to wait a little bit. But also I wouldn't have wanted to watch it, even if I was able to. (Director Matt Reeves) and my brother, who's also my acting coach, didn't want me to watch it because you want to read the script and be emotionally connected to it and you want to take a part of yourself and put it into the character, not just imitate someone else. It sounds stupid, but I've only started to (watch) PG-13 movies. Nobody believes me."
Based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let Me In, like its predecessor, concerns a lonely, bullied 12-year-old boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee from The Road) transfixed by his new neighbour: A girl named Abby who, it is revealed, is a member of the undead, complete with an insatiable hunger for blood.
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Saturday, September 25, 2010
Hotshot : Were-panthers as described by Charlaine Harris in Sookie books
That's Crystal in the middle -Ha!
Here kitty kitty !
Dead to the World
He wasn't thinking tabby or calico when he said feline; he was thinking panther.
Panthers were what we called mountain lions. Sure, there aren't mountains around here, but panthers—the oldest men hereabouts called them "painters"—live in low bottomland, too. To the best of my knowledge, the only place panthers could be found in the wild was in Florida, and their numbers were dwindling to the brink of extinction. No solid evidence had been produced to prove that any live native panthers had been living in Louisiana in the past fifty years, give or take a decade.
But of course, there were stories. And our woods and streams could produce no end of alligators, nutria, possums, coons, and even the occasional black bear or wildcat. Coyotes,
Florida panther population triples in size with help from Texas ladies
There may be hope for the Florida Panther. After coming within two dozen cats of extinction, their numbers are increasing. How? Find out why hybrids were the answer, and see some very cute baby panther pictures along the way. here
Being Human: A vampire, a werewolf and a ghost walk into a pub.....
It is described as: Being Human is a British supernatural dramedy television series. It was created and written by Toby Whithouse and broadcast on BBC Three. It stars Aidan Turner, Russell Tovey, and Lenora Crichlow as three apparent twenty-something characters sharing a house in Totterdown, Bristol, trying to live a normal social life, despite being a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost respectively.
There is a really good wikipedia page with list of episodes, filming locations and more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_Human_%28TV_series%29
They have also started releasing a series of books ...
True Blood Music Video of the Day: Lady GaGa Monster True Blood Style
Gotta do a Lady Gaga song as props for her valiant effort in Maine this week on DADT!
Friday, September 24, 2010
'Being Human' Season 1 and 2 on DVD !
Being Human
Being Human is a comedy-drama series about three twenty-something housemates trying to live normal lives, despite struggling with unusual afflictions - one is a werewolf, one is a vampire and the other is a ghost. They face a human threat in the form of the mysterious Professor Jaggat and the cold-hearted Kemp. Jaggat and Kemp are fundamentalist Christians who have discovered the existence of vampires, werewolves and ghosts - and are determined to destroy them or carry out brutal experiments upon them. They believe that vampires are the Devil incarnate and must be destroyed; that werewolves contain an evil gene that can be removed by violent scientific experiments; and that ghosts must be forced over to the other side whether they like it or not.
Mitchell
Aidan Turner plays the dark and handsome Mitchell who, in contrast to George, has the gift of the gab and is very popular with the ladies. He's a vampire who has been struggling to go cold-turkey from the blood he so desperately craves. Now, in the wake of the vampire leader, Herrick's death, Mitchell must appease an out of control vampire world - can he find a way to lead by example?
The Irish-born Aidan Turner recently played Ruairi on the Ireland-based drama The Clinic. He has also appeared in an episode of the Showtime series The Tudors. Turner is set to star as Rosetti in the BBC miniseries Desperate Romantics, which is scheduled to air in the UK later this year.
George
Russell Tovey is the lovable George, battling with his double identity as a mild-mannered hospital porter who for one night a month is transformed into a flesh-hungry, predatory werewolf. This season George is coming to terms with the fact that he has Herrick's blood on his hands, and a girlfriend who knows his horrific secret.
Actor Russell Tovey rocketed to international acclaim with his role as Rudge in the West End and Broadway productions of the play The History Boys and its subsequent film adaptation. He is best-known to BBC AMERICA viewers as Budgie, Gavin and Smithy's mate on Gavin & Stacey. He has also appeared as a midshipman in the Doctor Who episode "Voyage of the Damned", guest-starred as Marcus Johnstone on Ashes To Ashes, and played John Chivery in an adaptation of Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit.
Annie
(Annie is a ghost who haunted the house that she and her fiancé, Owen shared while she was alive. At the end of last season, she turned down entering through the door of death in order to help Mitchell who had been injured, but doing so will definitely impact her current state. The good news is, her confidence is at a peak, and she's determined to stand up and be counted in the real world.
Actress Lenora Crichlow trained with the YoungBlood Theatre Company in London. Her best-known role is Maria "Sugar" Sweet in the British television series, Sugar Rush. She also appeared as Cheen in the Doctor Who episode "Gridlock".
Nina
Nina is a tough senior nurse who fell hard for George, unaware that he was hiding a dark secret. Their relationship has had its ups and downs, but now Nina has gotten much more than she bargained for when George inadvertently scratches her during a transformation and passes his werewolf curse onto her.
Actress Sinead Keenan appeared in the Irish comedy series The Cassidys back in 2001. She also currently stars in the British sitcom Moving Wallpaper as naïve personal assistant Kelly Hawkins. She also appeared as Addams in the Doctor Who episode The End of Time, Parts One and Two.
Lucy
Lucy and Mitchell met while working at the hospital and they became romantically involved. However, is Lucy really what she seems? And what will happen when her true identity is revealed?
The British-born Lyndsey has appeared in the feature film The Hours, and in the HBO series, Rome.
Aidan Turner plays the dark and handsome Mitchell who, in contrast to George, has the gift of the gab and is very popular with the ladies. He's a vampire who has been struggling to go cold-turkey from the blood he so desperately craves. Now, in the wake of the vampire leader, Herrick's death, Mitchell must appease an out of control vampire world - can he find a way to lead by example?
The Irish-born Aidan Turner recently played Ruairi on the Ireland-based drama The Clinic. He has also appeared in an episode of the Showtime series The Tudors. Turner is set to star as Rosetti in the BBC miniseries Desperate Romantics, which is scheduled to air in the UK later this year.
George
Russell Tovey is the lovable George, battling with his double identity as a mild-mannered hospital porter who for one night a month is transformed into a flesh-hungry, predatory werewolf. This season George is coming to terms with the fact that he has Herrick's blood on his hands, and a girlfriend who knows his horrific secret.
Actor Russell Tovey rocketed to international acclaim with his role as Rudge in the West End and Broadway productions of the play The History Boys and its subsequent film adaptation. He is best-known to BBC AMERICA viewers as Budgie, Gavin and Smithy's mate on Gavin & Stacey. He has also appeared as a midshipman in the Doctor Who episode "Voyage of the Damned", guest-starred as Marcus Johnstone on Ashes To Ashes, and played John Chivery in an adaptation of Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit.
Annie
(Annie is a ghost who haunted the house that she and her fiancé, Owen shared while she was alive. At the end of last season, she turned down entering through the door of death in order to help Mitchell who had been injured, but doing so will definitely impact her current state. The good news is, her confidence is at a peak, and she's determined to stand up and be counted in the real world.
Actress Lenora Crichlow trained with the YoungBlood Theatre Company in London. Her best-known role is Maria "Sugar" Sweet in the British television series, Sugar Rush. She also appeared as Cheen in the Doctor Who episode "Gridlock".
Nina
Nina is a tough senior nurse who fell hard for George, unaware that he was hiding a dark secret. Their relationship has had its ups and downs, but now Nina has gotten much more than she bargained for when George inadvertently scratches her during a transformation and passes his werewolf curse onto her.
Actress Sinead Keenan appeared in the Irish comedy series The Cassidys back in 2001. She also currently stars in the British sitcom Moving Wallpaper as naïve personal assistant Kelly Hawkins. She also appeared as Addams in the Doctor Who episode The End of Time, Parts One and Two.
Lucy
Lucy and Mitchell met while working at the hospital and they became romantically involved. However, is Lucy really what she seems? And what will happen when her true identity is revealed?
The British-born Lyndsey has appeared in the feature film The Hours, and in the HBO series, Rome.
Guillermo Del Toro Says 'The Fall' Vampires ' the blood-suckers in his novel 'won't take you to dinner. You will be dinner.'
Guillermo del Toro is a jolly fellow. You'll be 20 minutes into a conversation filled with jokey repartee and his self-deprecating asides, and you'll think: This is the guy who unleashed a swarm of killer cockroaches on a city full of children in "Mimic"?
Then, suddenly, a fuse will blow in the studio, and as your crew scrambles to re-light the set, del Toro will say, with a mix of charm and do-not-cross-me gravity, "My DP would punch you!"
But his director of photography is nowhere to be seen, nor are plague-laden roaches, and all soon returns to normal. Del Toro is here to chat about "The Fall," the second book in his trilogy (co-written with Chuck Hogan), about a parasitic epidemic turning a city's population into blood-sucking vampires. It's grim material, no doubt, but the director-turned-novelist talks ebulliently, almost from start to finish, about the book, its influences and its development.
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He was also on Cobert this week- fun interview.
True Blood Music Video of the Day:The beautiful people -» true blood cast
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