True Blood Season 4 - Screen Test Character Trailer - Anna Paquin & Stephen Moyer

An Evening with Charlaine Harris and Laurell K. Hamilton

An Evening with Charlaine Harris and Laurell K. Hamilton
by Jenny Beatrice

It was a gray, rainy night at the gothic cathedral where 350 devoted followers of the queens of the modern vampire tale generated so much excitement they could have raised the dead.  No, this is not a storyline from the imaginations of the wildly successful paranormal authors Charlaine Harris and Laurell K. Hamilton, but the reality of the special September 14 event that brought the writers together with their fans for a good cause.
This fundraiser for the St. Louis Public Library was a collaboration between the library, Christ Church Cathedral and Subterranean Books, held in conjunction with the Bouchercon Mystery Convention that was in St. Louis from September 15-18. The Very Reverand Michael Kinman, dean of Christ Church Cathedral, welcomed the guests, noting that hosting an event such as this is part of the millennia-long tradition of cathedrals serving as community hubs. Christ Church’s local community includes Central Library, currently undergoing a massive two-year renovation and slated to reopen in late 2012. Waller McGuire, executive director of the St. Louis Public Libraries, thanked all involved with the event, stating that the funds from this event will benefit the Central branch, “helping assure that the library will have another century of service” and “become one of the world’s great modern libraries.”

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5 Creatures We Want to See on 'True Blood' Next Season

Season four was laid to rest last week, but I am already dreaming about what season five of True Blood will bring. Naturally, the question on my mind is what the "big bad" next season will be. We've had a human serial killer, a maenad, witches, and, of course, lots of vampires and werewolves (and werepanthers). I have culled together a few possible ideas for season five. Keep in mind that I have not read any of the books. 

Succubus

It seems that a succubus - or incubus - would be a natural fit for True Blood. A succubus is a female demon that saps the life out of a male sexual companion in order for her to remain young and beautiful (an incubus would be the male version). It's got all the elements that True Blood thrives on: sex, violence, and the sapping of bodily fluids. Generally succubi do not kill in the first lay. Their victims are usually sucked dry after multiple sexual encounters. They are likely aware of their fate, but are so entranced by the succubus that they don't care. Perhaps a family of succubi and incubi roll into Bon Temps and start fucking the citizens to death. Of course, there needs to be some kind of special mojo that happens when they screw vampires. Maybe a succubus doesn't kill a vampire, but she can make him look his true age.

Swamp Thing

True Blood doesn't normally tread into creature-feature territory, but being set in the swamps of Louisiana just begs for some kind of swamp creature. They don't have to show it for most of the season. It could even just be a few episode arc. But dammit, the swamp is scary - utilize it.

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True Blood Season Five: What Will Happen And Why

The finale of True Blood left us sweating, questioning and clinging to the nearest human. So many new plots were opened up and, in typical true blood style; very few were brought to completion. We won’t know what’s going to happen until the season premiers in November, but here’s what we think you can expect.
*SPOILER ALERT*
No but seriously… This whole article is speculative spoilers. Don’t read if you don’t want to know.

Expect Tara to be dead. Now, Tara is an ass kicking goddess who deserves her own spin off show that I would watch religiously, but if she’s not dead it will be a huge let down. You don’t end the season with a main character getting shot in the head, just to have her survive. However,
Expect Tara to haunt Lafayette. Tara isn’t completely finished yet. She’ll probably stay around for, at least, the first few episodes of next season as a ghost hovering around in Lafayette’s house.  The audience needs closure, as does Lafayette who’s just lost not only Jesus (his boyfriend, not Christ) but Tara as well. And how the hell will he deal with that? Which brings us to…
Expect Lafayette to be mofoing CRAZY. Lafayette has been a pretty mentally stable character on the show so far. He’s dealt with a lot of drama and disturbing things, but he’s overcame it all and found true love with Jesus. Now he’s losing the two people he loves the most. He has to finally have a breakdown.
Expect Andy to become a father. The scene where Andy has sweaty sex with a gorgeous fairy in the middle of the woods is something that is forever burned into my mind… for better or for worse.  But before they get to the love making, the fairy tells him that she must know she can trust him completely, which we can only assume means there’ll be a little half fairy version of Andy running around in the near future.
Expect Sookie and Alcide to get it on. Sure Sookie just killed Alcide’s one true love, but if there’s anything we’ve learned over the past four seasons it’s that everyone wants Sookie. Whether it’s the fairy blood or her rocking bod, it seems clear that she’s downright irresistible, and Alcide has already shown interest more than once. It may not last, but season five wouldn’t be complete without a steamy scene between Sookie and the sexy werewolf.
Expect to learn more about Eric and Pam’s relationship. Things weren’t exactly left at a great place between the two of them, and it seems clear that they are going to need to work through their problems.  According to various interviews with the cast and with Alan Ball himself, we will definitely have a flashback to when Eric turned Pam into a vampire. Since Pam is the most baller character ever, we all can’t wait.
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True Blood: A Couple Of Things We Missed by Jefwithonef from Houston Press

Listen, Gothtopia makes mistakes... mostly mistakes named Amy, but sometimes we make other, non-werewolf-obsessed sex-partner mistakes too. For instance, there were two musical stories involved in this season of True Blood that the high journalism standards we try so very hard to pretend to have demanded we cover, but we just plain missed. Usually, we would have waited until the show had a lull while showing repeats to address these lapses, but this is the first season where there was literally no break in the action.

Now that it's over, we'd like to address those musicians we offended by omitting them, and the first is from right here in Houston. Chris Knudson, better known as Kanude, is a singer now based in Austin laying down a combination of rock and Americana he calls Americronica. He's wandered all over the country plying his trade, and even as far as Berlin, and earns our respect for having worked with Robert Rodriguez on the score for El Mariachi.

​Kanude's tune "Wheels" made its appearance back in the second episode, "You Smell Like Dinner." Rocks Off too busy throwing up in our mouths whenever we typed Jinx Titanic and Super 8 Cum Shot, which was the band we chose to focus on since the episode was named after their awesome single.

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Charlaine Harris & Laurell K. Hamilton

More photos here and no that's not the library that was a near by Episcopal church HERE

A few things about books 12 from an earlier CH interview

Will she ever realize that she has the perfect guy in Sam, who she seems to only view as her best friend right now?
A Charlaine Harris :The forthcoming books will have your answer.

Do you think Quinn will make another appearance in the novels before the end of the series?
A.Charlaine Harris :Uncertain on that.

Will we see Niall in the next book?
A Charlaine Harris :Yes.

Where did Eric hide Debbie Pelt's car?
A.Charlaine Harris :I believe it's at the bottom of a pond way back on someone else's property. But that's just a rumor.

If you could go back and change anything in your Sookie-verse, would you?
A.Charlaine Harris :Hmmm. Yes, I wouldn't kill Claudine, and I would have left out the Sino-Aids thread, because that never really went anywhere.

Will Sookie find her true love by the end of the book series?
A Charlaine Harris :I plan on letting the reader know the course of Sookie's future by the end of the series in 2013.

Joe Manganiello: 'We joke about nudity on True Blood'

Joe Manganiello has opened up about shooting Alcide and Eric's (Alexander Skarsgård) naked confrontation on True Blood.

In the fourth episode of the HBO series's most recent season, Manganiello's character Alcide comes face-to-face with Eric as he swims in a lake. In the scene in question, the two fight over Sookie (Anna Paquin) entirely in the nude as she looks on.

Manganiello recalled the infamous scene, revealing that it was shot on Valentine's Day.

"It was Valentine's Day, and there's me and Skarsgård naked, screaming that were going to kill each other, with Anna in the middle and my wolf Thunder a few feet away," he told TV Line. "There were a lot of 'Happy Valentine's Day, Anna' jokes going around."

Manganiello recently revealed that he is comfortable with being naked on screen, considering nudity to be "just a typical day at the office".

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True Blood Season 4 Crossword Puzzle - Episode 12 " And When I die "

Kristie has out done herself with greatness here ..enjoy
She's going to be continuing to do crosswords during the off season on Sookie books and topics.

AND WHEN I DIE

Anna Paquin presents at last night Emmy's

She looked beautiful - I imagine that was another Alexander McQueen dress - compare to some of last night dresses she was an A++++

Brad Pitt: 'Interview with the Vampire made me miserable'

Brad Pitt has described the filming of Interview with the Vampire as a "miserable" experience.

The Tree of Life actor recalled being demoralised by the physical challenges of the 1994 fantasy drama, further dismissing his iconic character Louis de Pointe du Lac as a "bitch role".

"I am miserable [in the film]," he told Entertainment Weekly. "Six months in the f**king dark. Contact lenses, make-up, I'm playing the bitch role."

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Was Nicolas Cage a vampire during the Civil War? This $1,000,000 photograph holds the answers

Are you an unhinged billionaire? Are you a sucker for impulse buys? Do you sit around wondering if the fellow née Nicolas Kim Coppola is an immortal Confederate soldier who feasts on human blood? Then have I got an eBay purchase for you, pilgrim!
Behold this recent auction titled "Nicolas Cage is a Vampire / Photo from 1870 / Tennessee"

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Ack ! Can I say how sick I am of Hollywood " Gift Lounge" photos !!

I get it,  I get it - companies create these huge rooms filled with UNBELIEVABLE free gifts for very wealthy, well compensated actors to come and take anything they'd like,  in exchange they will pose for a photo with that product.

Pure capitalism at it's best- I get it,  but it seems increasingly gratuitous and obscene in this climate of proposed austerity, unbelievable income disparity, poverty and unemployment.

So please,  very wealthy, well paid actors think about not showing up for this scheme. It's a little hard for middle America and lots of your fans to take right now ... and you know you can afford to buy that item yourself if you want it.

 Read on NPR- Stars Rake In The Swag As Emmy Gift Suites Abound here and Swag Bags Rule Ahead of the Emmys here

Did you miss the scary in True Blood this year ? Are you looking for a really scary show to watch? Try Paranomal Witness on SYFY

I love the real Ghost Hunters and thankfully the new Season has started with Grant and Jason but this year following GH has been a new show called, Paranormal Witness. 

You can watch the whole first ep on the site - I gotta say I actually had to turn it off because I was so creeped out by the first episode and this week's episode with the young mother and the car wreck was really good. The production values are really high, the writing is good , the recreations of events are very well done with even some nice FX and they always mix it with interviews with the real folks, who seem credible and sane making it all even scarier.

Here is how it's described in press release:

Using a mixture of intimate first-hand testimony, actual home video and gritty realistic drama, Paranormal Witness transports viewers into a world turned upside-down by extraordinary, terrifying and sometimes life-threatening paranormal events.

The September 14 episode presented two real life paranormal tales. The first was “Haunted Highway.” Dave Stautzenbach’s 21-year-old daughter and his 3-year-old grandson mysteriously disappeared on a car journey to southern California. But then disturbing premonitions and the ghostly sighting of a naked woman drew different family members and the police to the exact same spot down a ravine at the side of Highway 50 – and the shocking fate of mother and son was revealed. In the second story, “Kentucky UFO Chase,” two cops are drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse when their police helicopter was chased across the night time skies of Kentucky by a glowing orange orb that fired fireballs at them.


Check it out ...


http://www.syfy.com/paranormalwitness 

Sookie and Eric ( Anna and Alex ) from EW - really nice

Alexander Skarsgard and Season 5 what to expect from Eric ...

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New Charlaine Harris short story anthology due next fall " Apple for the Creature"

Charlaine Harris and I have co-edited four urban fantasy anthologies together—HOME IMPROVEMENT: UNDEAD EDITION, the most recent, just came out this week. But I have to be honest—when Charlaine and I started working on our first anthology, we really weren’t that sure what anthologists did. And having recently attended a couple of panels about anthologies, I’ve realized that the way we work isn’t typical but our method is working for us.
In his book WHICH LIE DID I TELL? MORE ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE, screenwriter William Goldman says, “It bears repeating; by the first day of the movie, the fate of the movie is sealed. The point, once again, is that if you have prepared the script right, if you have cast it right, both actors and crew, you have a shot. If you have made a grievous error in either script or casting, you are dead in the water.”

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An Apple for the Creature, which is going to be about the horrors of education.  It’s scheduled for back-to-school time in 2012.

Charlaine Harris Explores Love and Sex with Vampires in The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast

Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, basis of the hit HBO series True Blood, joins us to discuss wrapping up the series, her oddest fans, and whether or not vampires poop.

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy is hosted by John Joseph Adams and David Barr Kirtley.

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