The CW unveils 'Vampire Diaries' marathon Monday, December 13 and Friday, December 17

The CW has announced a week-long marathon showing of the second season of The Vampire Diaries.

The network plans to dedicate its entire primetime schedule to the supernatural drama between Monday, December 13 and Friday, December 17, showing two episodes a night at 8/7c.

The marathon will begin with the season two premiere 'The Return', before rebroadcasting the rest of the season so far to allow fans to catch up and new viewers to jump on board.

The Vampire Diaries, starring Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder, is The CW's most-watched and highest-rated series among adults in the 18-34 demographic this season.

The show continues on Thursdays at 8/7c.

I-LOVE-TRUE-BLOOD A Gallery of True Blood Fan Art

TRUE-BLOOD WINTER /HOLIDAY FAN ART CONTEST

Since we have now reached 100 members it's time to think about our 1st contest. It will be a "winter/holidays" themed True Blood/SVM Fan Art contest.

All forms of True Blood/SVM fan art are welcome as long as it has a "winter/holiday" theme. Winter holidays that will be accepted for a theme are: Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas and New Years. *You can also do a winter season themed True Blood fan art.*
Examples would be: Thanksgiving at Merlotte's, Eric as Santa, New Years at Fangtasia, Hanukkah with Sookie, Christmas at Casa Compton, Sam building a snow collie, Alcide as a winter wolf, Lafayette ice skating, Sookie dressed in a certain red jacket...etc. I'm sure you get the idea.

The contest entries will be accepted from November 5th, 2010 through January 5th, 2011.

You can enter as much fan art as you like and I have made a special folder for the entries. You do not have to be a member to enter but it would be cool if you were. All members, contributors, and admins are eligible to submit art except for myself (Riogirl9909), although I've made a pic as an example piece only. It is now posted in the contest folder.

You will be able to vote in the comment section of the I-LOVE-TRUE-BLOOD BLOG. There will be a special Blog dedicated to the contest and voting. In the comment section of the blog please write the title and artist of your favorite 3 submissions. Voting begins December 15, 2010 and ends January 15th 2011. Only members, contributors and admins will get 3 votes each to vote on the fan art pieces they most fancy.

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"Dark Shadows" will be Johnny Depp's next movie

By Borys Kit
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Johnny Depp's next movie will likely reunite him with director Tim Burton for a big-screen incarnation of the gothic vampire TV soap opera "Dark Shadows."
The duo's collaboration has been more than three years in the making -- Depp was obsessed with the series as a child -- but Warner Bros. has now set an April start. Depp will portray Barnabas Collins, a vampire living in a Maine manor who is searching for his lost love.
Now that Depp has made his decision, the other projects he was flirting with will have to find new actors, unless of course they can be wrapped up by April. For example, Depp's name has been mentioned in connection with Kathryn Bigelow's "Triple Frontier" as well as with Universal's "Snow White and the Huntsman."
Depp and Burton last worked together on "Alice in Wonderland," one of the year's biggest hits. Depp returns to theaters on December 12 with "The Tourist."

True Blood Music Video of the Day: The Chain - Eric/Sookie/Bill

The Chain - Eric/Sookie/Bill (True Blood)

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Author Charlaine Harris delights fans at ‘If All Arkansas’ book event

A pleasant, middle-aged woman from Magnolia was the center of attention at “An Intimate Evening with Charlaine Harris” and most of the audience was thrilled to be in her midst.

Harris, 58, was the speaker in the culminating event of If All Arkansas Read the Same Book in the R.J. Wills Lecture Hall at Pulaski Technical College’s Campus Center on Friday night.

The hall was near capacity, and Crystal Long, coordinator for Arkansas Center for the Book, said all tickets had been distributed.

The author’s first series of books featured Georgia librarian Aurora Teagarden and the Shakespeare series, set in rural Arkansas, featured Lily Bard. But it was the Southern Vampire series, featuring Louisiana barmaid Stackhouse, that turned Harris into a literary star. The first three books were the basis of the first three seasons of Alan Ball’s “True Blood” series, which is a hit on cable TV network Home Box Office.

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Chris Bauer (True Blood) interview by MovieMikes

Chris Bauer is known for his role of Andy Bellefleur in HBO’s “True Blood” With the show entering its fourth season next year. Movie Mikes had a chance to talk with Chris to discuss his character and how he has changed over through the seasons. We also discussed his other film roles and what he is currently working on besides “True Blood”.
Mike Gencarelli: Tell us what has been the best part of playing Andy Bellefleur in “True Blood”?
Chris Bauer: The best part for me, so far, is that, like it or not, for better or worse, there’s something about this guy that I love. There’s an essential kind of insecurity mixed with strength and moral fortitude that I’m interested in…that I identify with. I think the guy’s funny. And in a lot of ways I think he’s the portal the audience see’s that world through. And that’s a fun role to have.
MG: How do you feel that your character has grown season by season?
CB: I think he’s gotten more dynamic. He’s gotten more human. He has gone from, essentially, a plot function into a contradictory, complicated character. And that humanity is what I like to bring to a role. To me that’s the difference between a character and an idea. In the first season he was out to break Jason Stackhouse’s balls. (laughs) And that was fun. In the second season we found out a little more of his biographical background. He went on this bender. And his obsession to get things right turned out to be true. And he paid the price for it in the third season. But I would love to see him expand more. I would love to see that whole human dimension take up more space. But in the mean time I think they are continuing to write an interesting and compelling character that I’m very happy to play. This is the sixth TV show that I’ve been a regular on and I’ve never been the kind of actor who gets right up the writer’s ass to find out what they’re going to do with the character. I look forward to the surprise…week to week…to see what happens next. I trust the writers that I work with. I’ve been very lucky in my career to work with very talented and inspired writers. And it’s a thrill to see how the character evolves, symbiotically, through your relationship with the writers and their experience with your work.

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True Blood' star works with panthers

NEW YORK —"True Blood” star Ryan Kwanten, pictured, says he's the "go to guy” when a production calls for working with panthers, even though he has a healthy fear of them.

Real panthers were used in the HBO series, and Kwanten said recently that he was supposed to work with a panther in his new Australian Western, "Red Hill,” until he learned the feline turned on its owner in a deadly attack.
Instead, Kwanten acted while writer/director Patrick Hughes pretended to be the feline off camera. Kwanten joked that it was his "finest bit of acting to keep a straight face and try to stay in it while my director was licking his paws and carrying on.” Another panther was filmed for scenes added in later.
Kwanten, who plays Jason Stackhouse in "True Blood,” said the hairs on his back stand up when panthers are on the set, but the animals are always chained.
"You're definitely on your toes” when working with the big cats, he said.
The Associated Press

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The CW to adapt 'Vampire Diaries' writer's, L.J. Smith, 'The Secret Circle'

According to Kristin Dos Santos, the CW’s new pilot Secret Circle, based on the book series authored by The Vampire Diaries scribe L.J. Smith, is expected to help fill the Life Unexpected void midseason. There are also some rumors of other pilots in development for the network.

“The Secret Circle” is a series of books about witches. A 16 year old girl named Cassie moves, with her mother, to New Salem, Massachusetts. Her new highschool is ruled by a group of girls known as ‘The Club’. The girls in The Club are witches, descended from the original Salem witches, and Cassie is a witch herself.

Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain, are writers and producers who were also involved with creating The Vampire Diaries show (and were involved with Buffy, Angel and Dollhouse). They’re now spearheading the adaptation, while screenwriter Andrew Miller is writing the pilot episode.

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Best television adaptations of science fiction and fantasy novels

This is a fun list !

Can a book really become a decent television show? Yes, and here's the proof! Here are 12 shining examples of science fiction and fantasy books that actually got turned into television series that are worth watching in their own right.

The other day, we listed the worst TV adaptations of SF books, now here are the best. If The Walking Dead and A Game Of Thrones turn out to be awesome, they'll join the select club that already has these dozen members:

True Blood.

And then there's the other vampire TV show based on a book series. Alan Ball and company haven't been afraid to make Charlaine Harris' best-selling Sookie Stackhouse series their own, taking huge liberties with the source material, but they've also paid tribute to the characters and concepts that made the books great in their own right. Few TV shows have become day-after watercooler material to the extent that True Blood has, and they've made characters like Lafayette (who survives on the TV series despite dying in the books) their own.



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MOVIE GEEKS UNITED interviews True Blood's Ryan Kwanten

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True Blood Music Video of the Day: Starry Eyed

True Blood • Starry Eyed

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Stephen Moyer talks True Blood with Jive in Brisbane, Australia

Set in the near future in a fictional Louisiana town called Bon Temps, True Blood is a sexy, romantic and gloriously Gothic world where vampires – not to mention werewolves, shapeshifters and telepaths – mix freely with humans. Moyer plays 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton who falls for a waitress, Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin).

In True Blood, vampires have emerged from the shadows thanks to the invention of mass-produced, synthetic blood, which means that they no longer need to prey on humans for their fix. Although for some, the lure of true blood is too hard to resist.
The series was created by Alan Ball and is based on the best-selling novels by Charlaine Harris. Moyer credits Ball, an Oscar winner for American Beauty who also created the highly acclaimed Six Feet Under, and his team of writers with making the very best cutting edge television that stands alongside great US shows such as Breaking Bad and Mad Men.
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True Blood Music Video of the Day: Lorena, Unlucky in love.

True Blood. Lorena. Unlucky in love.

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Anne Rice Calls 'Twilight Saga' A 'Failure Of The Imagination'

Oh snap! The grand dame of vampire literature, Anne Rice, had some not-so-nice things to say about Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight Saga" universe in a recent interview with New Jersey's The Star-Ledger while promoting her new novel "Of Love and Evil." We're wondering if this will spark a verbal smack-down in the bloodsucking book world!
"['Twilight']’s based on a really silly premise: that immortals would go to high school. It's a failure of imagination, but at the same time, that silly premise has provided Stephenie Meyer with huge success," Anne said. "The idea that if you are immortal you would go to high school instead of Katmandu or Paris or Venice, it’s the vampire dumbed down for kids. But it's worked. It's successful. It makes kids really happy."
It's not too surprising that Anne had less-than-sweet nothings to whisper about the series that has made vampires the hottest supernatural property around and virtually diluted a genre that had been a sophisticated cultural metaphor. Still, wow, those are some pretty harsh words towards Stephenie! Anne did add that "it's almost like a stroke of genius to put vampires in high school," but that still sounds a bit derogatory to us.

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Vampire Diaries -Stefan Salvatore costume

Nina Dobrev tweeted this- thought everyone needed a laugh !

@iansomerhalder as "Stefan Salvatore" for Halloween! Brilliant!!!

James Frain joins Twitter and gets some help from others in the True Blood cast

You can find James here:

James " Franklin" Frain http://twitter.com/James_Frain

Other cast member are here:

Allan " Godric " Hyde http://twitter.com/Allanhyde

Kristin "Pam" Bauer http://twitter.com/BauervanStraten

Mariana "Lorena" Klaveno http://twitter.com/KlavenoFarmGirl

Marshall " Tommy" Allman: http://twitter.com/MarshallAllman

Jim " Hoyt" Parrack: http://twitter.com/parrack120

Lindsey "Hadley" Haun: http://twitter.com/HaunSoloProject

Sam "Sam" Trammell http://twitter.com/SamTrammell

Thanks Kathryn
Others ???

True Blood Music Video of the Day: Sleep Alone - Eric/Sookie/Bill (True Blood)

Sleep Alone - Eric/Sookie/Bill (True Blood)

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