Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains - Life at Ponderosa: Amanda Pt. 1
Air Date: 04/29/10
Clip 5:27
Amanda is voted off and becomes the fourth jury member at Ponderosa
Amanda grills Coach about his 'romance' with Jerri
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains - Life at Ponderosa: Amanda Pt. 2
Air Date: 04/29/10
Clip 1:45
The jury members hatch a wardrobe plan for Tribal Council
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains - Life at Ponderosa: Amanda Pt. 3
Air Date: 04/29/10
Clip 1:56
Season 20, Episode 11
CBS Press Release.
IN THE WAKE OF A GAME-CHANGING TRIBAL COUNCIL, EVERYONE STRUGGLES TO
FIND THEIR PLACE IN THE NEWLY MERGED TRIBE, AND SOME PANICKED PLAYERS
CONSIDER MAKING NEW ALLIES, ON “SURVIVOR: HEROES VS. VILLAINS,”
THURSDAY, APRIL 29
“Jumping Ship” – With two swing votes hanging in the balance, no one
can be sure of their safety heading into Tribal Council, and even the
most formidable villain in the game makes a potential miscalculation, on
SURVIVOR: HEROES VS. VILLAINS, Thursday, April 29 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT)
on the CBS Television Network.
Here's the set up. After winning the reward challenge, Danielle,
Amanda, and Colby were treated to a night at Robert Louis Stevenson's
house and a screening of Treasure Island. Amanda was on high
alert, searching for the clue to the next hidden immunity idol. But it
was Danielle who spotted the clue in the bowl of popcorn that Colby was
too busy shoving down his throat to notice. Danielle took the clue out
and placed it on the floor. One problem: Amanda could tell something was
up so went over by Danielle to scope things out. She saw the clue,
picked it up, and this is where the real fun began. Danielle and Amanda
started wrestling each other for the clue with the former telling the
latter that she was a ''psychopath'' and the latter telling the former
that ''it's not yours!'' All the while, Colby just sat there explaining,
''I didn't even see what happened. I was watching Treasure Island.''
Way to be into the game, Colby.
But here's where things went from crazy awesome to just plain
crazy. When Danielle went to Colby for back-up on how it was her clue
and she should get it back, Colby astoundingly, inexplicably agreed,
responding, ''It's your clue, Danielle. It's your clue. You found it,''
and encouraging his alliancemate Amanda to return it. And then she
astoundingly, inexplicably did! Now to properly establish how insanely
dumb this move was, let's go to the Survivor rulebook for a
minute. Once you have a hidden immunity idol, no one is allowed to take
it from you. They can't just grab it and pull a finders keepers, losers
weepers on you. But this wasn't the idol. It was a clue to the
whereabouts of the idol. And the clue was not even in Danielle's
possession. It was sitting on the floor.
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Oh baby, this poster (click to enlarge) is just chock full o' foreboding! And hoo-boy, is it sexually charged!
I absolutely do think that we are meant to pick up hints of what may come in Season 3 beginning with our young Jessica, front and center, legs splayed, with what can only be interpreted as a huge phallic symbol (snake) between her legs. She and Pam are making eye contact as well as wearing similar colours--this ain't no accident!
There are tons more hints which I hope you enjoy as much as I plan to later when I have more time to "indulge." I must extend my thanks to Alan Ball and HBO and his/their creative team(s) behind True Blood Season 3 promotion as they really do make the wait so much easier with all the distractions to mull over including the collectible posters (available here-- see header-area tab), the clever and tantalizing character-centered "In Production" video snippets & the Season 3 photo stills./ EDIT And now Alan Ball's 'Drop of True Blood' Minisodes. All this good stuff makes waiting for Season 3 quite bearable because it feels like a bit of it is here already!
Q: Do you have any more scoop on the upcoming season of True Blood? June 13 still seems so far away!A: The Bon Temps rumor mill is rife with speculation that Lafayette’s love story will have a supernatural tinge to it. Translation: Boyfriend’s not just a nurse.
I called it! Seriously. Have a gander at Lafayette's Season 3 love interest "Jesus," Kevin Alejandro.
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Is he not a gorgeous man? (That is rhetorical!)
But Kevin has an ethereal quality to his appearance, does he not?
The story thus far is that Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) was to meet this new love interest "Jesus," a Latino orderly who is taking care of Lafayette's mother, Ruby Jean Reynolds (the fab Alfre Woodard) at her care facility. Alejandro is expected to appear in almost every episode of the HBO series' upcoming third season.
Without going too far out on a limb I'm going to guess again that this not-entirely-human bf works the night shift.
Any ideas? Drop a comment below!
On April 25, 2010 - Alexander Skarsgård promoting the animated film "Metropia," at the Tribeca Film Festival 2010 in New York. (Photos by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)
This photo is very flattering of Alex--so cute. It is in candid shots like this that you see how truly gorgeous Alexander Skarsgård is. Not at all hard to believe that he won "most sexy looking man" in Sweden 5 years running.
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Eventually, after his aborted attempt at acting school, he began finding his way into Swedish films and the occasional Hollywood movie, such as Zoolander, in which he had a small role as one of Ben Stiller's male-model roommates. But Skarsgård's real break came with the acclaimed 2008 HBO miniseries Generation Kill, in which he played Sergeant Brad "Iceman" Colbert. Just before leaving for Africa to shoot that project, he heard the network was developing True Blood.
"I thought, 'Oh, vampires—I don't know,'" he admits. "But then they said Alan Ball was behind it, and I was a huge fan of Six Feet Under and American Beauty. I auditioned on tape from my hotel room in Mozambique."
The audition was actually for the part of Bill Compton, which went to Stephen Moyer. "Alex wasn't quite right for Bill," recalls Ball, "but I remember that he was giant and also beautiful. So when it came time to cast Eric, I thought of him. He's got the most amazing eyes. Because of their color—they're an amazing greenish blue—he's able to do this thing with them where he loses focus but remains totally focused."
It's a technique Skarsgård picked up from assiduously studying Bela Lugosi's Dracula,...Nosferatu and even The Lost Boys. But that look...he gives Eric—is also something he learned from hours spent watching nature documentaries.
"It's, like, you see this big male lion, and he's chilling in the sun, and he sits up and he looks at something, and you don't know if he's going to pounce or if he's just going to go back to sleep," Skarsgård says, his steely gaze unwavering, looking like he could easily break into a yawn. "You never know if he's bored or he's frustrated or what."
Ryan Kwanten... is an aspiring highbrow. The 33-year-old Australian, who grew up in what he calls a "beach shack" in Sydney, likes to read philosophy, doesn't own a television, and has been writing a novel for the past 19 years—it currently fills 290 pages of a notebook he's been carrying around since he was 13. Kwanten has the rippling physique of a comic-book superhero but insists he's more of a yogi than a gym rat. Moreover, he doesn't like to talk about his body or how often it's on display on True Blood.
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"He played the lead character's hot, sweet, dimwit older brother in (the 2006 girl-and-her-horse Flicka,)" Ball recalls. "So when I was casting for Jason, I thought of him. He has almost zero vanity as an actor. He's not afraid to play stupid—a lot of actors that play dumb characters have to do subtle things to show they're not stupid. But Ryan doesn't have that hang-up. And he is so unlike his character that it's almost shocking."
Kwanten became famous in Australia in his early twenties, thanks to a prime-time soap called Home and Away, on which he played a lifeguard...He went on to star in an American film called Junction Boys, coming to L.A. for a few days around its premiere... and deciding to stay. He spent the next three months in a converted storage closet in a grungy Venice (Beach) hotel, sleeping on his yoga mat and riding his bicycle and the city bus to auditions. Finally, after a few small TV roles, he was cast as an Australian surfer in the TV series Summerland and then landed a part in the 2006 girl-and-her-horse movie Flicka, in which he caught the eye of Alan Ball, who was casting True Blood.
'Access Hollywood' - Behind the scenes with Details photoshoot
HBO — Apr 25, 2010 — Season 3 Ep. 0 — Waiting does suck, but the wait is almost over! True Blood "Waiting Sucks" promo showing Season 3 in production. This one features Sookie Stackhouse and Eric Northman. True Blood returns to HBO on Sunday June 13th 2010.
Below - Screen Caps (HBO Credit)
This peaked my curiosity. It's not taken from the book(s), right?
It can't be what it seems but it's hard to dispute what the True Blood Season 3 "Waiting Sucks" #6 Video looks like.
Eric is attacking...someone and Sookie shoots Eric?!?
Isn't there a were(wolf)-looking guy in what must be part of this same scene?
I''m pretty sure we are meant to piece them together.
Survivor: Heroes vs Villains - Flirting with Colby
Air Date: 04/22/10
Clip 1:45
'Parvati describes how Jerri and Danielle practically throw themselves at Colby'
Parvati is so very bad.
In the above video Parv describes Colby as an unappealing "Debbie Downer" and mimics Jerri flipping her hair and batting eyelashes at the beach with Colby and Danielle squeezing her artificially augmented boobs together and playing down her involvement with her boyfriend back home. Catty!
'After merging with the Villains, Amanda becomes annoyed when Parvati and Danielle take the Heroes' stash of plantains without permission'
Survivor: Heroes vs Villains - Intruders
Air Date: 04/22/10
Clip 1:38
'Colby spends an afternoon at a small fishing hole to provide for his new tribe'
Survivor: Heroes vs Villains - Colby's Fishing Hole
Air Date: 04/22/10
Clip 1:32
After the jump Three J.T.-centric post-tribal videos
LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS is British composer Debbie Wiseman’s gothic romantic soundtrack to
Phil Claydon’s horror comedy. Wiseman is well-known in the British film and television
composition industry for her lyrical style and penchant for melody and
the soundtrack she created for Lesbian
Vampire Killers proves this still true. In a similar way to Arsène Lupin (2005), Lesbian Vampire
Killers has a bold, Gothic darkness to it, tinged with a large amount of
highly thematic orchestral and choral beauty, which belies its clearly
comic roots.
The soundtrack features The
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Crouch End Festival Chorus and popular
classical singer, Hayley Westenra.
Released by Silva Screen Records, the
musical score for Lesbian Vampire Killers is comprised of
nineteen tracks, including Showaddywaddy’s 1976 UK chart-topping “Under The
Moon Of Love.”
Even though Wiseman adopts a full-bodied gothic orchestral approach for Lesbian
Vampire Killers, she peppers the soundtrack with fun, lighter
selections, creating musically an entity that provides listeners
with a range of compositions — from the seductive suggestion of tracks
like “Centuries Ago…” to the epic grandeur of “Lesbian Vampire Killers”.
Unlike the spine-tingling, terrifying quality often sought in
traditional horror scores, Wiseman’s compositions are at times melodic
and playful, contributing to the comedic nature of Lesbian Vampire
Killers’s storyline. LVK is an
interesting, varied soundtrack that embodies each of the various
qualities of the film it accompanies and expertly employs both The Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra and The Crouch End Festival Chorus.
One of the coolest features of the Lesbian Vampire Killers
soundtrack is how the track tracks were named, many of them named for quotes
from or scenes in the film. In particular, “I Know Something Really
Wrong Is Happening Here, But Is There Any Chance We Can Just Ignore It?”
and “Have You Been Hanging Out With Vicars?” are two compositions whose
names are direct quotes from the film — and some of the film’s funnier
quotes, as well.
Track Listing:
“Centuries Ago…” (03:13)
“Adv_nture” (02:03)
“At the Olde Mircalla Cottage” (01:47)
“Have You Been Hanging Out with Vicars?” (02:18)
“I Know Something Really Wrong Is Happening Here, But Is There Any
Chance We Can Just Ignore It?” (02:45)
“Vampires? Lesbian Vampires!” (02:56)
“Run You Bellends!” (02:49)
“You’re a Virgin?” (01:28)
“Give Me One Last Kiss” (01:09)
“My aXe Girlfriend” (01:07)
“Full-On Lesbian Vampire Attack!” (03:43)
“The Dawn of the Red Moon” (06:06)
“Jimmy, I Love You” (01:27)
“All Grown Up” (03:10)
“The Crypt of Carmilla” (02:05)
“Carmilla, the Vampire Queen” (03:22)
“Whores of F***ing Hades, Prepare for F***ing Death!” (02:29)
“Lesbian Vampire Killers” (05:34)
“Lesbian Vampire Killers It Is… Let’s Ride!” (01:28)
Showaddywaddy - “Under the Moon of Love” (03:13)
The International Film Music Critics Association has
nominated Debbie Wiseman in the category of "Best Original Score For a
Comedy Film" for her score for "Lesbian Vampire Killers".
Debbie Wiseman was awarded the MBE in 2004 for her services to the film
industry, recognizing her as one of the UK's leading score writers. Her
work includes acclaimed scores for Flood, Wilde, Warriors, Tom's
Midnight Garden and Arsène Lupin.
...Parvati is ballsy, right? Wow. She is knowingly double-crossing the one guy everybody else fears. You know what that tells me? She’s not afraid. Parvati is extremely confident. She smelled Amanda’s bullsh*t and she doesn’t fear Russell’s. Could Parvati win this game again? Maybe.
A HERO TAKES A GAMBLE AND PLACES HIS TRUST IN ONE OF THE GAME’S MOST NOTORIOUS VILLAINS, ON “SURVIVOR: HEROES VS. VILLAINS,” THURSDAY, APRIL 22
April 22nd, 2010 | Posted in ep10 - Survivor Heroes vs Villains
Reunited on the merged tribe, two old friends rekindle an alliance but trust doesn’t come easily for this powerful pair, and one castaway makes an unprecedented play, setting the stage for one of the most surprising Tribal Councils in Survivor history, on SURVIVOR: HEROES VS. VILLAINS, Thursday, April 22 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT)
FIRST INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGE
Once again Colby drops out of another challenge. I think he has been one of the biggest surprises and many would probably say one of the biggest disappointments of this season. But the truth is it just shows you how unpredictable this game can be and how big of a factor luck can play in how long you last. The challenges this season have not played to Colby’s strengths so he has struggled. The alliance he chose didn’t last, so he has struggled. Because he has struggled, his attitude has waned from wanting to quit to fightin to stay alive. Survivor is not an easy game to play.
This challenge certainly favored women as we witnessed with Danielle, Parvati and Candice battling in the end. I do not understand why Candice stepped out of the challenge. Even after questioning her at the challenge it still makes no sense. Immunity is everything in this game. She had a very good chance of winning. ...I really think Candice is in a good position to go deep in the game right now but her logic ...really baffles me.
Not only did she give up personal immunity for herself, but in stepping down she gave immunity to someone from the Villain tribe which gave the Heroes one less person to vote for at Tribal Council. Add in the two immunity idols that Parvati had and the Heroes really had no chance at Tribal.
"After the shock wore off, a bit of confusion set in. As spectacular as Parvati’s move was, we were clearly deceived as the show returned to old-school editing and didn’t allow us to see something critical to the game play that contributed to the outcome. (There was a clue that was coming when we saw most of the votes being cast, setting us up for a tie.) "
This annoyed the crap out of me. I realize that if the audience had been in on all of the frantic shifting and shuffling among the Yin-Yang Tribe (which BTW, does not mean good & bad, as the tribe explained--Coach would've known this--but instead Yin & Yang mean the dual principles of nature) that went on prior to Tribal Council, the shock value may have been diminished markedly. Simply based on Danielle's catbird smile throughout the Parvati Tribal Double Immunity Idol Power Play, Danielle knew what was up (though I'm not sure if she fully understood or if her line of thinking went, " If m'lady wishes it so, it must be a good thing," but I digress.
A big part of the fun of watching the game is the mysterious elements--trying to see through poker faces, guessing an outcome before it occurs. But there was no mystery at all at Tribal--just the question of 'who' Parvati had chosen to save based on what went on off-camera. Sure, it's fun to see shocked faces (Jerri's was priceless when Parv literally pulled Jerri's arse out of the frying pan) but it's more fun to have some clue(s) to stitch together to make a semi-informed guess. Because the "old-school editing" ran so rampant we were denied that pleasure. Phooey on gutless editing.
The big mystery is why Parvati played both idols but used neither on herself — especially after Amanda told her to, and especially after she set herself up to be an even bigger target by quitting the immunity challenge, thereby indicating that she felt secure.
And why did Parvati use one on Jerri, who seemed like the least-likely target, at least from the Villains’ perspective? Parvati’s decision obviously worked to her advantage and what she did was obviously a smart, game-changing move, but without some kind of information, her actions would have been ridiculously dumb. Two idols and you don’t use one on yourself even when you’ve been told you’re the biggest target ever?
The most likely possibility is that Parvati learned from Amanda (or someone else?) that Jerri and Sandra were their targets, not her. Or if you like your conspiracy theories with a side of idol, Parvati was tipped off by the producers. I’m pretty sure we’ll see that it was the former next week or later in the season; perhaps there’s a secret alliance we don’t know about.
“Russell looked me right in the eye and swore on his kid’s life that he was with us. And anybody that would do that — right away, I don’t trust them.” Rupert Boneham
Next time on Survivor 20 Episode 11 :
04.23.2010
IN THE WAKE OF A GAME-CHANGING TRIBAL COUNCIL,
EVERYONE STRUGGLES TO FIND THEIR PLACE IN THE NEWLY MERGED TRIBE,
AND SOME PANICKED PLAYERS CONSIDER MAKING NEW ALLIES,
ON "SURVIVOR: HEROES VS. VILLAINS," THURSDAY, APRIL 29
"Jumping Ship" - With two swing votes hanging in the balance, no
one can be sure of their safety heading into Tribal Council, and even
the most formidable villain in the game makes a potential
miscalculation, on SURVIVOR: HEROES VS. VILLAINS, Thursday, April 29
(8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
It seems today's 5th out of a series of 12 collectible postersconfirms that our Bill shall go missing from Bon Temps for an extended period as Season 3 begins.
We've been assured that we'll see William Compton ( "Answers to BILL." lol---like a missing pet) pretty regularly before season 3 is half over-- then we'll well see him plenty.
I'm a couple days late on the True Blood Season 3 schedule. Sorry. (My Internet was out for a day--oh, the horror. I'm serious.)
Would you beleive me if I said that I've been anxiously awaiting the Season 3 schedule so I can plan my (and my family's) summer vacation?
Though it's great to have the U.S. air dates for Season 3 what we all need to take note of aretwo Sunday nights that True Blood is not airing, specifically July 4 (obvious) and September 5, which is part of Labour Day weekend here in the States.
As you'll note above, skipping those two Sundays pushes the True Blood Season 3 Finale to September 12, 2010. Mark your calendars and make your vacation plans! Woo-hoo!
True Blood Season 3 Episode Titles & U.S. Air Dates
"Pack of Wolves" (3.1) - June 13, 2010
"Beautifully Broken" (3.2) - June 20, 2010
"It Hurts Me Too" (3.3) - June 27, 2010
"9 Crimes" (3.4) - July 11, 2010
"Trouble" (3.5) - July 18, 2010
"What Do You Know About Love" (3.6) - July 25, 2010
"Let the Bodies Hit the Floor" (3.7) - August 1, 2010
"Night on the Sun" (3.8) - August 8, 2010
"Everything Is Broken" (3.9) - August 15, 2010
"TBA" (3.10) - August 22, 2010
"TBA" (3.11) - August 29, 2010
"Season Finale" (3.12) - September 12, 2010
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
- Mark Twain, a Biography
Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.
- Notebook, 1894
If husbands could realize what large returns of profit may be gotten out
of
a wife by a small word of praise paid over the counter when the market
is just
right, they would bring matters around the way they wish them much
oftener than
they usually do. Arguments are unsafe with wives, because they examine
them;
but they do not examine compliments. One can pass upon a wife a
compliment that
is three-fourths base metal; she will not even bite it to see if it is
good;
all she notices is the size of it, not the quality.
- "Hellfire Hotchkiss," reprinted in Satires and Burlesques
I'm guessing but these scenes are right in line with the storylines that we've read bits and pieces about as the casting process played out (with an exception or two). This is gonna be good!
One thing that really stands out (besides her ethereal beauty) is that Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) is much more vampire-looking than before. Jess looks quite...predatory--sharper (no pun) somehow. Unsurprising I suppose as last time we saw her she was fanging a guy at a truck stop. It sure looks like she is continuing with this form of feeding. Bill will not be pleased.
LucyLocket403 — April 19, 2010 — Starting May 2nd 2010, six new mini-episodes of True Blood will begin airing after the Season 2 repeats only on HBO.
Hard to believe but we are nearly half-way through Season 2 of Nurse Jackie. It still has its acerbic-comedic-witty charm but a growing darkness is descending. Jackie's pill habit--she is described in her character bio as a 'functioning addict'--has taken a turn into deep desperation territory as in 'Caregiver,' the hospital puts a security guard at the pill-dispensing machine from which in Eddie the pharmacist's absence, Jackie has been stealing painkillers.
My prediction is that she is going to have to crawl back to Eddie who is now 'the boss' in the drugstore in which he now works.
Ever since Eddie followed Jackie after work last season to find that she appeared to have a happily-married-with-kids life outside the hospital he has been bent on revenge--a sort of death by a thousand cuts for Jackie.
Though he's been burned badly, it is my bet that he'd take her back in a Devil's bargain. We'll see how inventive Jackie can be in acquiring her daily fix.
'You're Making Things Worse'
Akalitus informs the nurses that there will be a security guard stationed by the Pill-O-Matix.
'I Get to React'
Jackie discovers that Kevin went to the movies with Grace, Fiona, Kaitlyn and Ginny Flynn.
E2.05 'Caregiver'
Dr. Coop becomes the hospital's face in a public marketing campaign.
LucyLocket403 — April 18, 2010 — True Blood "Waiting Sucks" promo showing Season 3 in production. This one features Bill Compton. True Blood returns to HBO on Sunday June 13th 2010.
Though he only says two words in this short clip of True Blood, Season 3 filming, Stephen Moyer conveys quite a bit of meaning--and menace. You know that Vampire Bill was abducted at the end of season 2 and it's been revealed that his captors are quite sadistic SPOILER!!! carving Bill up for their amusement. I don't mind throats or ears getting ripped open or off but I cannot stand torture scenes so I hope it is over at this point and Bill has escaped. Since they film out of sequence and this is from shortly after the beginning of filming Season 3 I doubt it, but one can hope! Go Bill!
Colby proves that he is not ever destined to be a sole Survivor as he too fell for the half-baked scheme cooked up by J.T. in which they secretly give Villain a/k/a Immunity Idol magnet Russell, the Heroes' Immunity Idol. Only Amanda expressed her doubts about the so-called "girls alliance" on the Villains team and the decision to give the idol to the enemy. Perhaps there's a good reason why Amanda, above all men and women who have ever played Survivor, has lasted the longest in the game. As of this episode Amanda Kimmel had played Survivor for 100 days.
Go Amanda!
Amanda in China Source: Scottitude.net
Some interesting "insight" (his word) from Jeff this week:
"JT made perhaps the biggest and boldest move in the history of our show last night. It will go down as one of the most controversial decisions ever made by a player. Some will call him flat out dumb, while others… like myself …see the wisdom in what he was attempting to pull off."
"THE LETTER
JT’s hand-written letter to Russell is the kind of moment that reality producers dream about. You just can’t believe it’s really happening and you hold your breath that he won’t change his mind.
(By the way, you’re no doubt wondering where they got pen and paper? It was part of Amanda’s luxury item that they won in an earlier episode.)"
"JT wants to give Russell an idol. He wants to hand him a get out of jail free card and along with it the power to change the vote at Tribal and decide who goes home. No amount of hyperbole could over sell this decision. This is JT. The guy who won this game in Brazil now wants to give away the single most powerful weapon in the game to the single most untrustworthy person left in the game?
It boggles the mind. It’s one of the most jaw-dropping decisions I’ve heard in the last 769 days of Survivor. (My math may be a day or two off, but I think that’s how many days the game has been played.)"
And finally, while I was scraping the 'nets for a screen cap or two of Survivor 20: Episode 9, (Episode 10's title is "Going Down in Flames" duh-duh-duh!) I read more than once that theJeff PROBST BLOG is "sexist". I think he may have been reading the same type of comments as this week he labels Rupert "delusional" for thinking he is the strongest on his tribe (possibly in the game). Probst goes on to say that he (Probst) would choose Amanda, Parvati, Danielle and Candace over previous fan favourite, Rupert in a strength-based challenge.Wow! Way to do damage control, Jeff! He goes on -
"I hope you all understand that I never bring up anything at Tribal Council that hasn’t already been discussed or isn’t already known. I would never betray or reveal secret information. When you hear them fighting back with me, that’s just part of the game and often, the words they are saying to me, are actually intended to send a signal to someone else."
NOTE: Sunday, May 16 SURVIVOR: HEROES VS. VILLAINS- The special
(8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) two-hour finale begins with five remaining castaways vying for the million dollar prize and title of “Ultimate Survivor.” The finale is followed by a one-hour live reunion show hosted by Jeff Probst.
Amanda's List
Amanda shows off her secret list of game play moves
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains - Amanda's List
Air Date: 04/15/10
Clip 2:35
Survivor 20: Heroes vs. Villains - Jury Member #2 a "Chirpy" Courtney hits it off with Coach at Ponderosa.
Quotes from the booted Courtney:
Why did you get voted out instead of Sandra?
I
really have no idea. I made my case to Parvati, and she
tried to convince Russell and Danielle to keep me. It
didn't go well, because Russell didn't want anyone near her. He was like
the weird, creepy husband—"Don't anyone touch my woman." I thought they
all had to know that Sandra is a much sneakier,
better, more independent player. They were underestimating her. I was
stunned. I didn't want to say it to screw her up, but I was just like,
"All right guys, rock on! Just watch, she's going to ruin you!"
At least you only lost four pounds this time... I
never really got that skinny. There were coconuts everywhere—and that
was something I didn't have on my first season—so I was happy. Coconuts
have water, there's hard ones, there's soft ones, you can toast it!
There's so many things you can do with it. Parvati is the master—I told
her she should open a resort and machete coconuts on the front lawn.
Everyone would come and watch, because she's really good at it. She's
had three seasons with coconuts!
The rain was pretty demoralizing, and the camp—where the trees were
rotting all around us—was nasty. You know, the beach looks great from a
helicopter, on a beautiful day. But for the most part, the reason
there's so much freaking vegetation is because it rains constantly. It
was pretty gross. It rained every day at Ponderosa. Every goddamned day.
There was one sunny day, and I made Coach sit out with me. It
was when we were just there, just the two of us, and I made him sit out
with me for like three hours.
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains - Life at Ponderosa: Courtney Pt. 1
The latest castaway to be voted off the island, Courtney, is sent to Ponderosa and is greeted by Coach
Air Date: 04/15/10 Clip 6:13
Anyway, Russell and JT hugged after the challenge and Russell grabbed JT’s package, and then took it back to camp where Parvati read the letter aloud in the most sarcastic, mocking voice imaginable. It was beautiful, and there was a lot to mock in JT’s writing: “This is not fake.” “I feel like I can trust you.” “You will be completely safe with us.” Best of all, he wrote, “Read in complete privacy” at the top and “Destroy this right when you finish Reading!” at the end, all of it in scrawled, printed handwriting that made sure no one would confuse it with a four-grader’s love letter. Because of that, Parvati also added flourishes like “XOXO JT” and “your BFF.”
Although Russell now has a hidden immunity idol, and did a good job of playing along when all of this went down, he doesn’t get too much credit, because it was all JT and the Heroes who made this decision based on, well, no information. Even if they assume Parvati has a similar alliance like the one she had in Micronesia, it’s dumb to assume anything in a game like this, as Amanda said. I’m now hoping for an Amanda and Sandra final two, with Amanda finally winning. I’m delusional, I know.
Find out what each member of the Villains tribe had to say as they cast their votes
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains -
Tribal Council Voting
Air Date: 04/15/10 Clip 4:06
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains - Life at Ponderosa: Courtney Pt. 2
Air Date: 04/15/10
Clip 2:30
Coach goes kayaking as Courtney watches and bond over drinks
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains - Life at Ponderosa: Courtney Pt. 3
Air Date: 04/15/10 Clip 2:43
Courtney and Coach enjoy their 'honeymoon' kayaking, sun bathing and later primp for tribal council
More Secret Scenes and highlights from Survivor Heroes vs. Villians (20), Episode 9, after the jump
I added it as much because of how pretty Valerie Cruz looks here. In a few episodes she looks like this:
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If you read my little photo post (link below) about Valerie Cruz/Isabel you'll see my reasons "why" she can stop an angry, determined Eric are because she is older than he!
The Fourth True Blood - Season 3 collectible fan poster, one in a series of one-dozen, has been issuedZap2it says.
HBO is releasing one every week leading up to the Season 3 premiere on Sunday, June 13.
While we had some guesses as to what the other posters could mean, this week's theme seems pretty clear: Sam Merlotte is a complicated guy. As a shapeshifter or "shifter" as they prefer, the three images represent the three shapes we've seen him assume so far.
There's a fourth, as a commenter mentioned, the snowy owl that Sam who had never previously flown, turned into to escape Maryann's claws of death.
The poster doesn't do that beautiful while Brahma bull justice, IMO. Scroll down for a pic of Sam as the Brahma bull that saved Bon Temps.
I'll keep checking and will have the fourth "Sam' poster posted download & for sale soon (I hope!)
Posters above sold in the HBO Store (click through to get to store)
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Just seeing this photo gets me all wanting June 13 to be here now.
I have a girl crush Kristen Bauer Van Straten (Pam) and I totally fell in love with Deborah Ann Woll (Jessica) last season.
The rest of the photos really rock, too.
All of them are courtesy HBO.
HBO— April 11, 2010 — True Blood "Waiting Sucks" promo showing Season 3 in production. This one features Jason Stackhouse making out with Crystal Norris. True Blood returns to HBO on Sunday June 13th 2010."
Jason is so lovably thick in the head!
"She: We can't do this. It's too dangerous."
Jason: "Dangerous! Why?!"
Who thinks Jason is gonna find out "why"?
Can't wait to see --so excited.
Fey in re: 'Bombshell' Michelle McGee. "I know we shouldn't judge people by their appearance but when your body looks like a dirtbag's binder from 7th grade metal shop..."
I watched three of the sketches and the Palin one is actually the weakest. Watch 'Weekend Update' and The 'Masters' sketch in which she is 'Ashlyn St. Cloud,' 'Tiger Expert' commentator.
Comedienne and actress Tina Fey reprised her role as Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live last night.
Last night was a homecoming for Fey, a former SNL cast member and writer.
Fey now stars in and runs the half-hour NBC comedy 30 Rock, and is appearing opposite Steve Carrell in the new movie Date Night. She hasn’t been a total stranger to sketch comedy, though; during the 2008 Presidential election, she garnered praise and massive viral video views for her portrayal of then-Governor Sarah Palin in SNL’s political sketches. She reprised that role in one of last night’s sketches.
via: Mashable
Fey is very funny here--I love how she takes the knife of truth and twists just a bit more in Tiger's um, never mind.
Boston Rob is gone. Russell is in charge. Or is he? Who really is in charge over at the Villains camp? Is it Russell? Is it Parvati? Is it Parvati and Danielle? Or is it truly a power trio of Russell, Parvati, and Danielle? Expect a battle for true leadership to emerge at some point because Parvati takes a back seat to nobody. Either way you slice it, the Villains are in trouble...more after the jump
CBS — April 08, 2010 — Coach becomes the first member of the jury when he is voted out and sent to Ponderosa where he feasts
CBS—April 08, 2010
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Coach explores Ponderosa and connects with the elements ( more Ponderosa videos after the jump
Coach taking Rupert out in Survivor: Heoes vs.Villains (S20)
I was not surprised that the Villains continue to eat themselves alive. According to Coach in one of the Ponderosa interviews, they have not
eaten fish once in the 18 days he was with the Villains.
They (except probably Sandra who like Parvati has had her game on since Day 1--waiting to spring into action--which she did in this episode) have blindly followed Russell. Russell however, has no problem letting them all rot, if necessary. IMO, Russell may be a 'great strategist' but his ego will be his downfall. The true power left on Team Villains is Parvati. I think it is safe to say she'll make to the merge and then be more overt about the game she has "on" as in "Game on!" People won't know what hit them until tribal is over and they are eating peanut butter-dipped Snickers in the van to Ponderosa.
CBS cameras keep tabs on the Ejectees, taping bits of conversations from Ponderosa. I'll try to get them up whenever it is feasible as the number of Castaways becoming Ejectees rises.
Jeff Probst says Parvati "spies." Does Probst mean Parvati goes around and listens in to conversations --as in spying on people? And she's never caught?!
I haven't seen all her seasons so I'm confused with that statement. I think she and her Black Widows Alliance put me off one of her one seasons and I quit it.
Basically, Sandra, Courtney, Danielle, and Parvati voted together,
which would suggest that Russell is even less in control than he thought
he was before. Had Russell voted for Coach, we’d still have all the
evidence we need that Russell is not in control, despite the voices in
his head that tell him that he is responsible for the tribe’s votes, the
game, small children’s happiness and/or fear, and the earth’s rotation.
Whatever happened with the vote, Sandra is either in control or
played Russell or both. Sandra endeared herself to me long ago, but I
practically shrieked when she said, “Russell’s so stupid he ate that
crap up,” adding that “he doesn’t know how to play this game.” Amen,
amen. Russell said things like, “I have the power in this game. I send
home who I want to send home,” but instead of getting all flame-faced
over that like I do, Sandra used that to her advantage.
Realizing that Russell hates being played more than anything else,
Sandra lied to him and convinced him that Coach was going to go after
him—which wasn’t too far from the truth, since Coach wanted to have the
testicles to vote against Russell last week but did not. That set
Russell on the path to dumping Coach, and thus when Danielle approached
him to suggest that it might make sense to vote off Courtney before she
breaks apart, splinters, and gets into everyone’s eyes, Russell became
enraged. “I don’t want to f**king talk to you,” he said. But he changed
his mind a little while later, though Danielle also changed her’s, too.
What? Obviously, the editors left something out in order to deceive us.
At Tribal Council, Jeff starts off with the Villains on their previous two boots, Tyson and Rob. He then throws Courtney under the bus by saying that she is obviously their weakest player. Courtney gets upset with Jeff and defends herself. She adds that she had nothing to do with booting off either Rob or Tyson. Coach thinks everyone is laughing at them right now. Courtney attacks Coach for his wanting to win the food reward more than immunity. Coach and she bicker over this. Parvati then acknowledges that it doesn’t matter, they would still be losing even with Tyson and Rob. She adds that The Merge is on everybody’s mind right now. Russell says his vote tonight will make the tribe more stronger and more trusting. Rrrrright!
It’s time to vote. We see Courtney and Coach trade votes. Jeff gathers the ballots and starts counting them. It’s tied 3-3 when he reads the last vote. Coach is out, 4-3. Russell, Parvati and Sandra sent the Dragonslayer packing. Jerri and Danielle are now the new outsiders. Jeff tells Coach he will be the first Jury member. He then tells the rest that, “The problem with trust is you don’t know it’s gone till it’s too late.” LOL!
SPOILERS: We are first shown a series of the dumbest moves in Survivor history. Then, we see JT plotting with the Heroes to give Russell their hidden immunity idol to protect him from the big, bad women Villains. Seriously, this is like “WHEEL OF FISH” stupid!!!
Read the entire article at:
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978161356
When going through a mud pit obstacle immunity challenge the Heroes
Tribe made it look so easy it was as if they were on a whole different
plane of competition. Courtney sucked enough and hurt herself just a
little adding in a wrinkle that made Danielle want her out of the game.
So for those following all of this without a score card, at the end of
the immunity challenge the tribes stood here:
* Heroes – 4 straight challenge wins and team immunity intact
* Russell Hantz wants coach gone because Coach tried to think and he
wants to make the Heroes think there is an all-girl-alliance.
* Danielle wants Courtney gone
* Coach wants Russell gone but will vote out Courtney
* Sandra proves to be useless at everything but telling lies
* Parvati wants Coach to go home
*Jeri wants Russell to go home
* The villains tell each other so many lies they don’t even know what
their alliance is
* Russell looks like an even more animated Hobbit on crack fighting with
Danielle and pissing her off
* The villains without Boston Rob are a total mess
As the villains got ready to go to tribal council nobody could seem
to make up their mind who was to be voted for. Jeff Probst pointed out
at tribal council that with Boston Rob who was dominating the challenges
gone and someone like – oh say – Courtney who is basically useless
unless you need someone to bitch and like bag of bones, that the tribe
shot themselves in the foot and set themselves up to fail. He was
correct in doing so because as they seemed to almost catch on they
proved nothing more than they are collectively as dumb as a bag of
hammers.
Reverend Steve Newlin complains that he must remind his wife, Sarah of her place "and, of her gender."
HBO — Apr 06, 2010 — Season 3 Ep. 0 — Steve Newlin talks about his wife and her role. True Blood season 2 releases on DVD and Blu-ray May 25 and Don't forget season 3 premieres June 13 only on HBO.
HBO — Apr 06, 2010 — Season 3 Ep. 0 — Pam dishes on Nan Flannigan.
HBO — Apr 06, 2010 — Season 3 Ep. 0 — Karl talks about Maryann's fondness for shape shifters.
Karl got more lines in this promo than he did in the entire season 2! LOL. He's got a great voice. Seriously. Maryann didn't let say very much, keeping him on a tight leash.
HBO — Apr 06, 2010 — Season 3 Ep. 0 — Hoyt chats about trading in his Mama.
Poor Hoyt. His "mama' has made him a mama's boy, afraid to stand up for himself simply because he believes he can't. Hoyt needs a girlfriend. Badly.
Woot! Another Charliane Harris character creation will become a part--perhaps a relatively big part of the True Blood universe!
The part of Holly, which if you've kept up with Ms. Harris's Sookie Stackhouse series, could be a rather important one. We can't be sure that Alan Ball will have his Holly play exactly as the book Holly but he's got a good jumping off point in that the Holly charcter gets nicely fleshed out in the book(s).
My only request is that actress Lauren Bowles not be a bottle-blond like Sookie. She should go any other colour. If the story plays out as in the books it will become apparent why.
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Lauren Bowles has landed a key new role on HBO's "True Blood."
Bowles will recur in five episodes of the vampire drama's upcoming third season, with an option to continue as a regular on Season 4.
She will play Holly, a thirtysomething mother of two who applies for a job at Merlotte's and creeps out Arlene (Carrie Preston) with her oddly prescient observations.
Holly is a major character in the Southern Vampire Mysteries books "True Blood" is based on, in which Holly is a practicing Wiccan and also hooks up with Hoyt, a character played on the show by Jim Parrack.
Bowles, whose recent TV gigs include guest spots on ABC's "Private Practice" and CBS' Cold Case," is repped by Main Title and Progressive Artists.
HBO— Apr 07, 2010 — Season 3 Ep. 0 — Waiting does suck, but the wait is almost over! The new season premieres June 13 only on HBO.
True Blood "Waiting Sucks" promo showing Season 3 in production. This one features Tara Thornton and Franklin Mott .
This sneak peek which aired after Episode 3 of Season 2 True Blood, is pretty obviously Tara being brutalized by as mentioned above, vampire Franklin Mott, a sadist if there ever was one. He is a very bad guy a character in the Sookie Stackhouse novel who Tara gets involved with.
With this (Season 3) storyline, Tara goes from a pretty blissed out Season 2 , hangin' out by Maryann's pool, smoking and canoodling with the now-dead "Eggs" to a living hell which I really hope is the last of circumstances that this character has to endure.
In other news, I put the next Sookie Stackhouse novel, which will be out out in May, on hold at the library with my shiny new library card. I'd been sponging off my spouse and son and then went to reserve a book only to find the card had expired in 2008! lol. Anyway my library is cool but I'm already 7th in line to read "Dead in the Family." I may have to break down and...have someone buy it for me.
Nurse Jackie - S2xE4 - 'Apple Bong' (Monday 9 pm Central - Showtime)
Jackie dispenses illegal medical marijuana to a needy patient.
Medical Marijuana
Dr. Cooper confronts Jackie about suggesting medical marijuana to a patient.
Disinfectant and Dip
Jackie learns about Zoey's heroics earlier that day.
The collective iPad announcement nerdgasm is wearing. me. out. I'm sure it's awesome. I'm also dead certain I'd drop mine, or get jacked for it, so I am not buying one until they're made of titaniumplutoniumcarbonite and can handle the abuse I dish out.
I'm not thrilled to see Boston Rob go as he plays a smart game and I tend to enjoy strategy-strong players. He's also got the physicality, strength. Pretty all-round good player.
Above: Courtney imitates Russell, The Troll.
How many times did people make catty comments about Amber? Geez. She won a million and is married to (arguably) the most-liked players ever. Jealous much? A tonight it was Parvati calling Amber out during the Tribal Council vote in he super-secret poison pen area with a cameraman. Super-secret until the "what they said and who they voted for" 5-minute video is put out for public consumption.
This was cool. More pics later... in the album. Check back.
Maybe Parvati resents Amber because Parv knows that nice guys like Colby that she secretly (or not so secretly) covet instead of creeps like Russell, don't' wan't to marry girls like her.
As Courtney, whom I'm liking about a thousand times more this season than a couple of seasons back (Micronesia?)-- when I could not stand her, says, Parvati will do anyone or thing -- guys, chicks, etc. (paraphrase) -- will and often does use sex in any way it advances her cause.
Above: Parvati and the Hobbit (nicer than "troll') Russell
Now Team Villians no longer have Boston Rob to help drag their arses to the finish line --who is gonna do it now? Russell? LOL.
I do believe that there's huge sea change beginning next week.
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains - Tribal Council Voting
Air Date: 04/01/10
Clip 5:34
Find out what each tribe member had to say as they cast their votes
"Pray for the merge." - Coach
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains - The Fantastic Five
Air Date: 04/01/10
Clip 2:24
Rupert cheers for his tribe's latest immunity challenge victory, revealing what he believes lead to their much-needed win.
Above: Candice Woodcock and Amanda Kimmel Poor girls--they look absolutely exhausted. Still beautiful,though On Candice's previous team on Cook Islands she and teammate Jonathan Penner defected to the other tribe and in turn her new tribesmen sent her to Exile island (a record?) four times and Penner stabbed her in the back!
PRESS RELEASE:
REELING FROM A SHOCKING TRIBAL COUNCIL, THE VILLAINS SEEK TO REGROUP BUT WITH TWO SOLID ALLIANCES OF THREE PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER; ONE LUCKY PAIR FINDS THE FATE OF THE TRIBE IN THEIR HANDS, ON “SURVIVOR: HEROES VS. VILLAINS”
THE
VOICE OF BOSTON ROB IS HEARD OVER A BLACK SCREEN
BOSTON ROB
The more and more I think about it, something doesn’t feel right.
Something just doesn’t feel right.
FADE IN:
EXT. FENWAY PARK – NIGHT
The stadium lights shine onto the field filled with a large crowd of
mourners, mostly dressed in red and blue.
JEFF PROBST
…and as we gather to pay our last respects to Boston Rob, I’d
like to take a moment of silence to remember the many things he brought
to the game of Survivor. He was the Godfather who left too soon in Survivor:
Marquesas. On Survivor: All-Stars, he took a different
approach. He put his arm around the beautiful Amber on day three and
became her “knight in shining armor” as he dragged her to the end giving
her the opportunity to win the million dollars while being a two-faced
betrayer to everybody else — and he did it all with an evil smile that
made many of us fall in love with him in a brand new way. And finally
on Survivor; Heroes vs. Villains, he transformed himself yet
again — this time into a fairly likable, extremely hardworking and
challenge-dominating player who took it upon himself to go up against
Russell, the biggest villain of all-time.Some might say the karma of
past betrayals finally caught up with B Rob and he went down hard.
Probably for the last time. Rob… you will be missed.
There is silence in the stadium. Then… a shout from the cheap seats.
RUSSELL HANTZ
What about me??!!! Where’s the love for me? I’m the one took
him down. I’m Russell Hantz, the greatest Survivor of allllll-time.
I’m that good.
Russell hops down the steps toward the railing and without hesitating
leaps from the 300 section. It is a long way down to the field, but
miraculously he lands in the middle of center field and bounces up on
his feet unharmed.
The crowd recognizes him as the man who took down Boston Rob. As
expected, the Boston crowd quickly becomes a vigilante group and takes
after the gap toothed troll. In a flash, he is gone for there is still
more game to play on Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.
FADE OUT
My therapist says that time heals everything, but I’m not sure how much
time it will take to heal this loss. I miss him already. I miss the
battle. Russell vs. Boston Rob will go down as one of the greatest
battles of all time. I want them back. Now. We should do an entire
season centered around Boston Rob vs. Russell. Give them some war clubs,
put them in a gladiator ring.
Last night, on Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains, Boston Rob started to get the feeling that something wasn’t right following tribal council. That something is named Russell Hantz. Because Tyson basically voted himself out of the game, Rob is left wondering who betrayed his alliance and if that person is still sharing a tent with him. Oh yes, paranoia has most certainly set in at the villains’ camp.
Going into the reward challenge, Colby knows he needs to step it up big time. There have been three tribal councils where he should have been the one going home but somehow, he was spared. Considering the heroes voted out James over him, they must believe that good ol’ Colby still has some gas left in the tank.
In the challenge, teams faced off, three on three. They’d have to retrieve a ball and throw it into their basket, while the opposing team tried to stop them. When the villains were told they had to sit a few players, guess who had no problem taking a spot on the bench? You guessed it – Courtney! She will go down in history as the player who made it the farthest without doing a damn thing. The heroes dominate, scoring all three points in a row, and Colby responsible for two of them. Yeah, Superman! You show them that it’s not just a fat suit!
Read the entire article at:
http://www.realitywanted.com/newsitem/3104-survivor-heroes-vs-villains-episode-7-recap
What’s the first thing you said to Tyson when you met up with
him at Ponderosa?
I can’t say that. [Laughs.] Since then, we’re reconciled. For me, I just
wanted to know why. It didn’t make any sense. It was the first time
ever in the three times I played Survivor, even counting Marquesas
when I went home — it was the first time I ever went to Tribal Council
and things did not go the way I expected them to go, And to me, it was a
total shock, because when I go to Tribal Council, I know what’s going
to happen. The person going home is always the person I think is going
home. So I wanted to know why, and to be honest, at the time, he didn’t
really have an answer for me. He was basically like, “I screwed up.”
I wondered if your new daughter would be a distraction for
you out there, and it certainly didn’t seem to be. How were you able to
block that out?
I didn’t block it out. Once I made the decision to go and play Survivor
you have to use it as a motivator and not a distraction, and I did.
Every time I felt down I said, “You’re doing this for your wife and your
daughter. Go out there and make them proud and give 110 percent of
everything you do,” and that’s it. I just wanted to make them proud. I
did the best I could. I didn’t come home with it but I tried my hardest.
Rob says that losing Tyson was a big mistake, but Russell defends it as the “best move” he could have done. Coach says everybody is worried about alliances, and Rob says it’s “catastrophic” that some people are thinking in terms of keeping alliances strong instead of the team strong.
Russell says he will use Rob’s quote, “If you aren’t with me, you’re against me”. Rob says that he is definitely against him and it’s no secret, but Russell retaliates by saying Rob wouldn’t have the guts to do what he did last week.
“At some point you pick someone to trust and you go with that and that’s all there is to do,” says Rob. “I did that and I think tonight’s vote will be to bring this Tribe together.”
Jeff reads the votes: Rob, Russell, Rob, Russell, Rob, Russell, Courtney, and Rob. Rob is the eighth player to be voted off the show.
“That is without question the biggest move this Tribe has made in the game so far,” says Jeff. “The good news is that it won’t take long at all to see if voting out Rob brings this Tribe back together or destroys it.”
Read the entire article at:
http://www.digitalspy.com/ustv/s76/survivor/news/a212140/survivor-heroes-vs-villains-episode-7-recap.html
It had to be the week that either Rob or Russell would go if the Villains lost immunity. Rob was clearly thrown by the vote against Tyson from last week.
Jerri was recruited by Russell and Danielle to come to their alliance. As she spoke out, Coach got peeved that she would assure his vote with hers. “You want to lump me and Russell together (about trust) and I hope that’s not the case,” Coach said to Jerri. Coach told her he wasn’t sure they could trust Russell, especially after Russell assured the two of them that he wanted them to go to the final three. He wants to remain “honorable.”
“As much as I like Coach, he is so naive,” Jerri said. “He wants to be the good guy to everyone. You can’t be the good guy and win this game.”
Read the entire article at:
http://www.newstrib.com/articles/lifestyle/hollywood/default.asp?Article=20026&aname=Cindy’s+Scoop+on+’Survivor’+Week+7
True Blood will become a comic-book series this summer. IDW Publishing and HBO have announced the July release of True Blood as an ongoing comic with storylines that will be faithful to the mythology of the hit TV series but “different from” the show’s story lines. The TV show’s creator Alan Ball had this message for fans at this week’s WonderCon:
With artists such as David Messina (Angel) and J. Scott Campbell (Danger Girl) drawing, the True Blood comic has a good chance to capture the show’s combination of sexiness and menace. Ball and show writers such as Elisabeth Finch and Kate Barnow will work with writers David Tischman and Mariah Heuhner, among others, on the scripts. (No mention of any Charlaine Harris involvement.)
The comics will include all of the show’s major characters, from Sookie to Bill to Lafayette.
A comic book series? Really? Could be quite cool. Collectible. There are already over True Blood items for sale in the HBO Store. Why not add comics? It could add a whole dimension that neither television nor paperback books can bring. Seriously. A comic book is as different a format as books-to-television. I welcome it!
Q: I’m on my hands and knees begging for some True Blood news! Ausiello: The show is currently shooting episode 6, penned by executive producer Alan Ball. And guess what? It contains what Ball describes as an “intense” Sookie/Eric moment. “Let’s put it this way,” he adds, “I think people will have strong feelings about it.” In possibly related news, Ball told TV Guide that “Sookie is sexually drawn to [Eric] because she’s had his blood. But there is another reason he’s drawn to her, one that will be revealed this season.”
Q: The promo tease for True Blood’s third season shows Eric with noticeably darker hair. Why?
Ausiello: “Because when vampires keep secrets from humans that they love, their hair follicles turn darker,” deadpans Alan Ball. “And that’s especially true if they’re carrying a torch for a blond waitress.” Very funny. The real reason, please? “Alexander made a movie during his hiatus and his hair was darker when he returned,” explains Ball with a laugh. “It wasn’t a choice [we made].” Ask Ausiello Permalink (March 30)
“The first shirtless scene [Joe] had I was like, “Who has those abs?” Ball recalls. “He’s in crazy peak physical condition. He’s eating nothing but pure protein. And of course, this being True Blood, he’s already shot his first naked scene. Hello, werewolves when they shift — no clothes!”
Jackie refuses a friend's loan and is caught snorting drugs.
One of the most welcome shows running new episodes on premium cable television is IMO, Nurse Jackie.
I mentioned to my spouse more than once in Season 1 that this little half-hour dramedy was quite good and Edie Falco was fantastic yet even so he took no interest. Fast forward to Season 2, Episode 2 (last week) and he joins me to watch it. After it finished the first thing he said was "Why didn't you tell me it was this good?"
Why, indeed. LOL.
'Grace's Tuition'
I am My Boss
Dr. Cooper visits Eddie at the the drug store.
Behind the Scenes
'Liberated and Free': Eve Best
Eve Best discusses O'Hara's interest in Sam and some of Jackie's flaws.
Revelation of the day: Mark Pellegrino, who’s most recognizable these days as Jacob on “Lost,” also played the Blond Treehorn Thug in The Big Lebowski. So if you’re a Hollywood casting agent and you need an actor who can forcibly dunk a guy in water, Pellegrino’s your man. Up next for him: a role as a superhuman Southern Baptist preacher on “True Blood” who baptizes vampires by force.
I've been wanting to find a way to tie two of the shows that I'm most invested in, LOST and True Blood together and I think Mark Pellegrino may be my ticket. Can someone call True Blood casting and make this happen? This guy has perfected forced dunking! (links go to my WordPress-hosted blogs)
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NEW Casting addition for Episode 3.06
Kevin Michael Walsh has been added to the cast of True Blood in Episode 3.06 ‘What Do You Know About Love’ as Jethro.
This marks yet another instance of a character from Charlaine Harris's outrageously popular Sookie Stackhouse novels slipping into the cast of Alan Ball's True Blood on HBO.
Doesn't Kevin already sort of look like a supernatural being? Not that I'm saying that's what he'll play.
True Blood Casting Call for 3.09 TRUE BLOOD, Episode 309, “Everything Is Broken”
Director: Scott Winant
Writer: Alexander Woo
Location: L.A.
Start Date: Approx. 4/22/2010
[HUNTER] 6 years old to play 4. Hadley’s son and Sookie’s nephew. He’s a distressed, scared little boy who, amid tears and confusion, has a telepathic conversation with Sookie at the aquarium. 7 lines (Some in voice over), 1 scene.
[FAMOUS NEWSCASTER] Male, 40s – 50s. Seen on TV, “the most famous newscaster we can get”. 1 speech, 1 scene.
I'll be doing a TruBlood (the drink) Review and posting the ingredients to make both alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks. Look for that sometime the next few days! And something even more fun very soon! Hint: It involves you...and TruBlood. :) In the meantime, a LIST of PLACES to shop for TruBlood:
