Loving True Blood Dallas Blogtalk:: Paleyfest revisited ( Episode 18)

Get first hand impressions and thoughts from the fans that were there ...these are folks that traveled thousands of miles to be there LIVE at the event !

They will regale us with stories, thoughts, memories and impressions !

Should be a great show -I can't wait to talk to everyone again.




Chat room opens 8:45 pm HERE


Show starts 9:00 pm CST

If you were also there I will try to take some calls at the end of the show (646) 929- 0825

Great Paleyfest True Blood interviews from Fear.net

TV's sexiest, goriest, Cajun-flavored vampire show celebrated its upcoming second season at the annual Paley Festival in Hollywood. Spider went hunting for spoilers from Alan Ball, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer and the rest of the True Blood cast.

True Blood Recipes: Sookie's Southern Biscuits

I've had fun looking at Southern biscuits recipes. I poked around and I was fascinated how many recipes there were . This recipe for Southern biscuits or Pinch biscuits was a very common recipe and can also be found in Southern Living cookbook. The video also shows this recipe being prepared.
* don't fret if you'd like to make these for dinner and you don't have buttermilk you can take 1 cup whole milk and add 1 tablespoon white vinegar or lemon juice, let stand 5 minutes.

Sookie makes biscuits and brings them to Calvin in Dead as a Doornail.

Equipment

large mixing bowl
greased baking sheet

Ingredients

6 cups White Lily Self-Rising Flour
3/4 cup shortening
16 ounces buttermilk

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 500° F.

2. Add flour to mixing bowl and make a well in the middle. Add the buttermilk and shortening.

3. Work the shortening with your fingers, breaking it up into very small pieces.

4. Start working the flour into the liquid, pulling it in a little at a time. Work in just enough flour to make a soft dough, neither sticky or dry. There should still be some flour around the edges of the bowl. You should NOT use all the flour.

5. Dust some flour on your hands. Pinch off pieces of dough about the size of a small orange or tangerine, about 1/3 cup. Work the dough in one hand, using your fingers to move it in a circular motion. Don’t press hard, you just want to shape them.

6. Lay each biscuit on the greased baking sheet right next to each other, with no space in between. Once you have all the biscuits on the sheet, press three knuckles lightly in the top of each.

7. Bake for about 20 minutes, or until golden brown on top. Remove from pan immediately, place in a basket, and cover with a tea towel.

http://www.andreasrecipes.com/2006/04/18/southern-pinch-biscuits-aka-squeeze-biscuits/

post your favorite in comments !

Bill Compton's middle name ..

In Dead until Dark Bk 1 Sookie dreams that Bill's full name is :

William Erasmus Compton

"Bill," I muttered. I turned to face a stone I hadn't yet touched. When I lay my fingers on it, they traced the letters "William Erasmus Compton." As if I'd been dashed with cold water, my eyes flew open, I drew in a breath to scream, and my throat gave a great throb of pain

In Living Dead in Dallas Bk2 she finds out that his middle name is actually:

William Thomas Compton

I could barely make out the writing.William Thomas Compton,his mother had written, or perhaps his father.Born April 9, 1840. Another hand had written Died November 25, 1868.
"You have a birthday," I said.

Compton family genealogy HERE
Photos -this is the headstone Sookie finds in Bon Temps Cemetery in True Blood.

Nice gravestone image from Lynn, Thanks ! http://lynnpdesign.com/wallpapers

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler Reviews

Wow, the NYT critic wasn't very flattering and Wall Steet Journal raved -you can check out all the various reviews here:

Here is a little from Wall Street Journal Review :

by DOROTHY RABINOWITZ
It's a given, this column noted a while back, that in "Hallmark Hall of Fame" productions darkness may threaten, but not for long -- not in those gleaming, handsomely mounted dramas with their inevitable satisfactory resolutions. All the more remarkable, then, that this weekend should bring "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler" (Sunday, 9-11 p.m. EDT, on CBS), a new production so terrifying in its power and its refusal of false notes. There is in this story of the Polish social worker who -- with a band of like-minded compatriots -- set about saving as many Jews as she could from annihilation at the hands of the German occupiers no glimmer of happy endings or darkness lifting.

This is a "Hallmark Hall of Fame" film unlike any other -- but more important by far, it's unlike any other ever made on this history of rescuers and the rescued. In writer-director John Kent Harrison's picture, the heroes aren't given to speechmaking about the noble cause, and neither do the Germans make declarations on their ultimate aims for the Jews -- which is, in any event, entirely clear. That scrupulous avoidance of underlining and bombast would by itself be a case for the film's distinction, but it's only one of many.

Read on

From Dead to Worse reviewed at Bloody Bookaholic

I just love the enthusiasm of some Sookie books reviewers. I hope everyone has re-read book 8 From Dead to Worse. ( I would recommend re-reading Bk 6 All Together Dead too ) Taschima from Bloody Bookaholic reviews FDTW.

"When the fur has finished flying and the cold blood finished flowing, her world will be forever altered."

After the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina and the man-made explosion at the vampire summit, everyone-human and otherwise-is stressed, including Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse, who is trying to cope with the fact that her boyfriend Quinn has gona missing.

Its clear that things are changing-whether the weres and vamps of her corner of Louisiana like it or not. And Sookie-friend to the Pack and blood-bonded to Eric Northman, leader of the local vampire community-is caught up in the changes.

Read on

Michelle Forbes (Maryann )Talk To Me from H

Yep, if you want to read about everything else Michelle Forbe's is doing aside from True Blood this is the article for you ...

Michelle Forbes speaks highly of her recent colleagues for their fascination with the human condition; ultimately for their ability to “get in there and be intimate with people, uncovering their deepest, darkest secrets.” She too has delved into some deep and dark characters over the years in theatre, television, and movies including Swimming with Sharks, Kalifornia,The District, Prison Break, 24, Battlestar Galactica, Homicide: Life On The Street, and Star Trek: The Next Generation and has enjoyed a diverse acting career where she explores the human psyche and spirit through intriguing characters and storylines.

With Forbe’s latest two series (both on HBO), In Treatment and True Blood, she brings us two more compelling characters: She joined True Blood late last season as Maryann, a wealthy “social worker” with an unrevealed secret power adding another layer of mystery to the town of Bon Temps, and Kate Weston from In Treatment. Kate is the repressed wife to psychotherapist Dr. Paul Weston (Gabriel Byrne); they bring their 25 year marriage under the therapy microscope with Paul’s therapist, Gina, brilliantly portrayed by Dianne Wiest. The series is gripping, and like therapy itself, you have no idea where it’s going to lead you. Gabriel Byrne’s Paul Weston is fascinating as he uncovers his patients’ struggles with piercing intuition and honest compassion as he himself hovers on the brink of an emotional crisis. Michelle Forbes tackles the role of repressed housewife with depth and grace alongside her own emotional cave-in.

http://www.hmonthly.com/blog/2009/04/20/michelle-forbes-talk/

True Blood Music Video of the Day: Everything by Lighthouse (Sookie / Eric)

Everything by Lighthouse LYRICS
Thanks TruBldFan ( this is beautiful)


http://lovingtruebloodindallas.blogspot.com/

Anna Paquin and Tavis Smiley talk about the real Irena Sendler

Great interview of Anna Paquin by Tavis Smiley about her performance in The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler and what she learned about the real hero.

Anna Paquin

original airdate April 15, 2009

Since garnering instant fame by winning an Oscar at age 11 for her performance in The Piano, Anna Paquin has remained in the limelight with roles in numerous projects. She also has an exec producer film credit (Blue Slate) and won new fans—and a Golden Globe—for the lead in HBO's True Blood. Born in Canada and raised in New Zealand, Paquin attended Columbia University in New York, where she began working in the theater. In addition to her series, she stars in the TV biopic, The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

Excellent 12 minute video interview:
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200904/20090415.html#

Audio and transcript also available.

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler,” tonight at 8 pm CBS

Anna is doing lots of interviews before tonight's showing of The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler,” tonight at 8 pm cst on CBS. This was from the Boston Herald this morning.

Anna Paquin feels humbled by her latest project.

The actress stars as Nobel Peace Prize nominee Irena Sendler, who risked her life to rescue Jewish children during World War II, in “The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler,” tonight at 9 on WBZ (Ch. 4).

“She did an absolutely extraordinary thing, and she was so young and that’s intimidating,” Paquin said in a recent interview from Los Angeles....

Paquin is dating Stephen Moyer, who plays vampire Bill Compton on “True Blood.”

“I have a very, very ridiculously perfect setup because usually the thing about acting and relationships is someone is on the other side of the planet,” she said. “So it’s an incredible luxury to get to spend your work time and your personal time with the person you want to be with all the time.”

Read article here

True Blood Music Video of the Day:The Memory by the Default

The Memory by the Default LYRICS

Thanks islove

"Do it , I want you to " inspired True Blood Season 2 poster

True Blood Paley from the LAist

The LAist does an excellent over view of the TB Paley event.

At 5 p.m. last Tuesday, the line for the True Blood panel at PaleyFest snaked around the Cinerama Dome toward the Arclight entrance. Many of the predominantly female fans of the HBO series had been camped out since early afternoon, traveling from as far as Texas and New York.

When the program began at 7 p.m. there were only a few empty seats toward the back of the balcony. The lights dimmed and, courtesy of The Paley Center for Media (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio), a 1967 excerpt from Dark Shadows - the cheesy low-production-values vampire soap opera - ran on the screen. The audience shrieked, although not half as much as they did when the highlights reel from Season One of True Blood followed, winding up with a two-scene preview from Season Two featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse in peril, her vampire boyfriend, Civil War vet Bill Compton being dunderheaded as usual, and, best of all, a scary new supernatural creature!

Read on

http://laist.com/2009/04/18/paleyfest_2009_true_blood_panel.php

Fanart from Toni to Charlaine Harris

Toni has gifted Charlaine with Sookie inspired backgrounds-they are linked from CH webpage.

http://www.charlaineharris.com/index.html

FREE 'Sookie Stackhouse - True Blood Widescreen' SCREENSAVER

Twelve Widescreen 3D images inspired by the HBO series "True Blood", originally derived from the "Sookie Stackhouse Novels", written by Charlaine Harris (This link was approved by Charlaine Harris, and you can buy her the books from this link). The nine books are even more exciting than the TV series and worth reading over and over!

http://www.screensavers-tlc.com/sookiestackhouse..html

Sookie Stackhouse book sales April 17th

We haven't looked at these numbers in a while:

New York Times Best Sellers List for April 17, 2009:
Mass-Market Paperback ~ Fiction
#3 FDTW
#26 DUD

Currently on amazon:

Mystery & Thrillers
DAG #3
FDTW #4
SSBS #5 ( this is boxed set)

Sci-Fi/Fantasy
DAG #3
FDTW #5
SSBS #6

True Blood Paleyfest coverage from Dallas and @SookieBonTemps: Part 4

I'm using @SookieBonTemps tweets as a narrative for my Paley event photos, videos etc.
I will also add my own comments but Sook did the tweeting and I did video and photographs (because I ended up on the second row) It was so great getting to know @SookieBonTemps in person as we have been online friends since with both started doing our True Blood/ Sookie fan stuff.

We both choose to stay incognito and we are the most unlikely of all teams but I think we did a good job of covering the event together.

*Part One I HERE / Part Two 2 HERE Part 3 HERE
* It will be a 4 part series.

(*Dallas comments in parenthesis)

Skarsgard's talking about the character of Eric. Just called him a sweetheart? Kwanten is talking about throwing out the actor's handbook.



Rutina is talking about the big heart behind the big mouth. Ball is saying Michelle Forbes' character has evolved

Whole cast on stage. http://twitpic.com/3ak28

Skarsgard's talking pink leggings...said he'd look forward to it. If Ball writes it. Ball's promising big surprises. Book and nonbook.

Cambodian disco dancing and Tuvan throat singing! Moyer is a riot!

Ball believes the show has many years. Season 3 not Confirmed



Ball just described the series of a big bowl of possibilities. Someone just asked a question about nudity on show. Kwanten's not bothered

The sack of destiny = the cock sock. Skarsgard just said he's disappointed to not be naked all the time. 'Cause he's Swedish

Tara love! Ball's saying Sookie needed a pal, not just a parade of hot guys

Anna just said that where the dirt went during the graveyard sex scene wasn't a concern. Moyer's talking about bursting through the ground.

In a big black condom. LOL



Bill's Babes just got props from Ball. Asking Moyer who he'd want to play if not Bill. Said he'd love to channel is inner Lafayette.

Ball's talking about casting. Characters first, actors later. Can the actors bring the material to life?

Question about Gran. Ball says he feels blessed having to work with him.
Michael Raymond James wept during the shooting of the flashback



Ball's asking for a shameless plug: buy the DVD

Whole cast is 'fessin up to who read the books. And it's Over



Folks rushin' the stage for autographs

Pray that the pics on my camera are good! Going to dinner with @trueblooddallas, @objectdesire, @robiart and some friends.

At Kitchen24 with everyone post-Paley. http://twitpic.com/3ambz

Not sure if this pic posted! And no, I sure as heck wasn't gonna fight the horde of women rushin' the stage. http://twitpic.com/3ao1e

Folks, it's been an eventful night. Thanks for tuning in.

New HBO True Blood Web page design

HBO has launched it's new Season 2
True Blood webpage

http://www.hbo.com/trueblood/

Great new video area: http://www.hbo.com/trueblood/video.html

Links to the wiki, store and more