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Update! TRUE BLOOD Episode 3.09 - RECAP - Russell Has Spine - Pam's Time To Be A Maker? VIDEO SCREENCAPS #trueblood

TRUE BLOOD Season 3 Episode 9 "Everything is Broken" ERIC NORTHMAN (Alexander Skarsgård) is interrogated by the The Vampire Authorty (VIDEO) (HBO):

 

Russell will eat us after he eats our children... True Blood - 3x09 - 'Everything Is Broken' - Official HBO Recap:

Russell makes headlines in the latest episode. Watch the Recap.

Since we know that TRUE BLOOD  Season 5 will have an emphasis that goes heavy on the previously barely-known Vampire Authority (we mostly knew of them through the now-truly dead "Nan Flanagan") and that will include the return of Russell Edgington, I thought it would be fun to revisit the episode that featured them both most heavily: True Blood - 3x09 - 'Everything Is Broken'.

True Blood Moments: Eric's panic (S3E09): The V-Squad is about to bust in...

Eric, Pam and Ginger with the V-Patrol busting down their door:

TRUE BLOOD - EPISODE 3.09 - 'Everything Is Broken' was not the best eppy of True Blood ever. But there were still some truly solid scenes. I've got a lots of  screencaps as well as some great VIDEO scenes from the episode. Enjoy!

This episode did feel sort of choppy. It lacked cohesion as well as the thrills and chills of the previous 2 eppys. Yet Nan Flanagan (Jessica Tuck) was a hoot. We got lots of Pam candy not to mention Pam crying. Crying! Over the prospect of her maker, Eric being punished by death when the Vampire Authority rendered it's opinion about his (mis)deeds. So sweet the way he held her head on his chest like the child (of his) she is. We also had Nan revealing her true colours, not mainstreaming.

JESSICA TUCK AS  Vampire Authority rep., Nan Flanagan, storms Fangtasia and interrogates Eric & Co.. And she brought friends.

Good ole Jason proved that wooden bullets actually work! Almost made up for the Crystal storyline which has really been dragging. Vampire Bill going to the land of the Fae was pretty cool. Surprised the heck out of Claudine. She handled it well while he bungled it completely.The fact is, Bill will steal Sookie's light if she stays with him--any dead guy will.

TRUE BLOOD - EPISODE 3.09 - 'Everything Is Broken' Synopsis - PROMO VIDEO:

Nan Flanagan goes to Fangtasia for answers about the Magister's whereabouts. Bill gets to the bottom of Sookie's real identity. Jason finds an unlikely ally in his feud with Felton and Calvin. Arlene has a pessimistic view of her husband. ' (AUGUST 15TH 2010)

 
Claudine not at all trusting or believing Bill's proclamation that he loves Sookie and 'would never harm her.'

True Blood Season 3 Episode 9 - Eric: 'Everything ends, even the immortals.' VIDEO (HD)

'If I can't go on, its your time to be a maker.' Eric to Pam:

 

JASON KILLS FRANKLIN/SAVES TARA HD (VIDEO):

 TRUE BLOOD Season 3 Episode 9 : Jason Has A Wooden Bullet And A Great Aim!

In a scene that has since become a fan fave involving Jason and Tara and Franklin and the wooden bullet which Jason procured some months back during his Fellowship of the Sun detour.

 

Russell Has Spine (VIDEO):

Denis O'hare as deranged King Russell providing us with our weekly dose of crazy camptasticness in TRUE BLOOD - EPISODE 3.09 - 'Everything Is Broken':

 

Sookie and Bill: 'I'm a faery!?!' True Blood 3.09 Screencaps (HBO):

Some news I'd missed from TvGuide Magazine after the jump: A tie breaking opportunity for the two vamps will come soon, when Sookie learns a secret about herself. It’s the answer to “What are you?,” the question Bill asked Sookie the first day they met.

“It complicates issues,” says showrunner Alan Ball, adding that the discovery will have a major impact on all her romantic relationships. “It makes Sookie question a lot. She has moments where she’s like, ‘I’ve had it with vampires.’” Does that mean Alcide has a chance? Yep! “When you’re fighting for your life, and everything you’ve taken for granted is revealed as something else than what you thought, and there’s an insanely hot person next to you, there is definitely going to be energy,” says Ball, of the growing affection between the two. Adds Paquin, “They find comfort in each other. Plus, he’s big and he’s strong and he’s warm.” As season 3 winds down, expect more twists than a backcountry dirt road. The biggest may come from Sookie when she discovers just how dark passion can be. “Sookie started off the show as a virgin,” Ball says. “But we’ll see a whole new side of her. Had she seen that side back then, she, herself, would have been shocked.” And that’s not the only thing that will shake Sookie up. “Toward the end of the season, she’s not really concerned about “Who am I going to pick?’ She’s more concerned about evading forces that want her for reasons I can’t disclose,” says Ball.

All images copyright HBO/their respective owners.

UPDATE! TRUE BLOOD POSTER ART Season 5 - Conjuring Season 4 Promo VIDEO - SPOILER (May 1) #trueblood

 

 

CLICK FOR FULL SIZE TRUE BLOOD SEASON 5 POSTER ART:

 

ANNA PAQUIN and ALEXANDER SKARSGARD in TRUE BLOOD - 'Conjuring Up Season 4' Promo VIDEO airing MAY 27 on HBO:

                                                                                                                                                                                                         Conjuring up True Blood Season 4 premiering May 27th on HBO.

True Blood Season 5 premiers this June 10th on HBO.

Looks like the TRUE BLOOD gang's all here except Rutina Wesley (Tara) who tooka bullet to the brain for Sookie (Anna Paquin) at the end of season 4. Very much reminds me of the season 1 cliff-hangar with the foot of a person unknown with toenails painted much like Lafayette's hangin' outta the back seat of Andy Bellefleur's (Chris Bauer) car. We'd last see "Lala" takin' out the trash behind Merlotte's and then being startled by something coming at him at vamp speed. He wasn't seen in any of the season 2 previews prior to the season premiere but then we found he was safe and sound locked up in Eric's dungeon as punishment for sellign "V' (vampire blood).

Here's some intel on what to expect from True Blood season 5 fresh off the press earlier today:

Question: Any True Blood scoop?
Answer:

Sorry, Sookie (and fans of the love triangle), but this is the season of the bromance!

"There's a bit of a bromance between going on this year between Eric and Bill," Alexander Skargård tells us.

"It's fun because I love Stephen Moyer to death and after four years of butting heads, this is more like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. We have a common enemy and we have to team up this year."

SOURCE:E!Online
 

UPDATE! TRUE BLOOD Season 5: Waiting Sucks - Eric/Pam EXTENDED VIDEO - HBO Go Screencaps #trueblood #waitingsucks

ALEXANDER SKARSGARD as Eric Northman in TRUE BLOOD HBOGO Season 5 SNEAK PEEK:

True Blood Season 5: (EXTENDED) Waiting Sucks - Eric and Pam

TRUE BLOOD Season 5: Waiting Sucks - Eric/Pam VIDEO:

KRISTEN BAUER van STRATEN in TRUE BLOOD in HBOGO Season 5 SNEAK PEEK:

In which Pam does the unthinkable and demands that Eric, her maker, release her if he is unwilling to trust her. She seems especially aggrieved that Eric she says, takes the word of Bill Compton and 'a werewolf' (probably Alcide) over hers.

Eric had just accused her of lying about digging up Russell Edgington--which she vehemently denied--to which he responded he trusts no one and she should not, either.

TRUE BLOOD - ANNA PAQUIN'S PREGNANT PAUSE #WaitingSucks #trueblood PHOTO

 

TRUE BLOOD Star ANNA PAQUIN, who last week announced her pregnancy, is ambushed by paparazzi as she tries to run errands near her home in Malibu.

Credit: Pacific Coast News /Apr 25, 2012 via PEOPLE

True Blood stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer confirmed this week that Anna is expecting their first child. This of course has set off a media frenzy to get a snap of Anna's belly. Though her tummy does not look particularly big her boobs are ginormous. My guess is she could have hid the evidence of a growing tummy a bit longer but no way could the formerly conservatively endowed Paquin hide her now-ample breasts.

I'm not now, nor have I ever been very interested in Paquin and Moyer's private lives. You won't find but a couple of photos like the one above over the 4-plus years I've written about the show, as I do feel her privacy is being compromised.

HOWEVER, I am really curious as to how this will affect her work on HBO's TRUE BLOOD.

Unconfirmed reports have the baby arriving this fall, 2012. Filming of TRUE BLOOD season 6, if there is to be one, would commence around the beginning of 2013 if  the show sticks to it's previous schedule.  It seems then that this baby was perfectly planned to give Paquin and Moyer a traditional maternity leave of about 3 months or so. She'll need to get back into 'perfect' shape in time for season 6 though one wonders if Anna's bare-it-all True Blood scenes are now behind her, not so much because she won't ever look great (I'm sure she will). More, she's attained power-player status and really doesn't have to 'serve the story' any longer.

I'm curious too, how her maternal status has affected the True Blood season 5 story. Obviously, Paquin's character Sookie Stackhouse, won't get pregnant and now it seems that unless she filmed her sexy-time scenes already she won't be baring too much at all in season 5 (body doubles are not ruled out, I suppose).

That jibes with what has been reported about True Blood season 5, that the Vampire Authority will be the central focus and that this year will deviate greatly from the original source material by writer Charlaine Harris.

I do applaud leaving the Sookie Stackhouse books behind as after the first couple they decline greatly in quality. (Just the same, I read the entire series in an effort to be well-informed about the show.)

With showrunner ALAN BALL exiting TRUE BLOOD after this season, and Paquin and Moyer starting a family, my feeling is that True Blood is winding down. I'm curious too about what kind of audience numbers True Blood will pull in for it's debut on June 10--and beyond. It's my prediction that this will be the first year that True Blood loses some of it's steam. I'm no psychic but perusing the bloated terrain of True Blood websites I have read hundreds of comments especially from fans of the Sookie Stackhouse book series, that they are done with the show. I've seen such 'threats' (promises?) before but after last season I totally understand where they are coming from. Even tho' I'm not a Charlaine Harris book fan-- I am a fan of good TV. And season 4 True Blood to put it kindly, was uneven in quality, as was to a lessor extent, seasons 2 and 3.

You can only squeeze so much juice out of what was a sexy, bloody, fantastical R-rated romp before the source runs dry. Better to exit while you still have a respectable fan base than dying a slow death. In other words, after season 5 TRUE BLOOD, let's stake it and move on.

DEXTER Season 6 Deb & Quinn SPOILER #dexter #spoiler #season6 @SHO_Dexter @SHO_Kareem

Here's this week's Tv Guide Dexter question-with-answer:

Its a pretty straightforward answer given that Deb & Quinn, based on Deb's track record should or could have broken up--voluntarily or through Quinn's death by now. My guess is based on Dexter Exec. Producer Sara Colleton's brief statement on the topic of Quinn and Deb: Season 6  is that they won't be much of a couple for very long.

Q: What's coming up for Deb and Quinn on Dexter this season? 
A: Deb and Quinn will come to an impasse very early on this season that will test the strength of their relationship. "Like all relationships, it's always a matter of timing and rhythm and who wants to commit when the other one doesn't," executive producer Sara Colleton says. "Her career takes off and it's a very interesting year for both of them." ...

SOURCE: MegaBuzz

 

Here's the answer to the query above--almost spelled out by Dexter showrunner Scott Buck:

Q: What’s going on with Quinn this season?
A: This is not going to be the happiest season for Quinn (Desmond Harrington). He’s going to hit some dark days, but we’re going to have a lot of fun with him. We’re going to be further exploring his relationship with Deborah (Jennifer Carpenter). When we come back, they will still be happily living together. But it may not always be that way.

(MORE on 'Dexter' after the jump)

SOURCE: 'Dexter': Exec producer Scott Buck reveals details about season 6  (June 22)

Official DEXTER Twitter: http://twitter.com/SHO_dexter 
Official DEXTER Series Site: http://www.sho.com/dexter

After the jump: What to Expect From Dexter Season 6 Characters NEW and Returning:

UPDATE! (8.15) True Blood Teaser - 4.09 'Run' - Long Synopsis #Recap 4.08 - 'Inside Episode' [VIDEO] #trueblood #promo #screencaps

Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) has a "Russell Edgington' moment after he rips out the throat of a Wiccan (HBO credit).

 

HBO True Blood Season 4, Official Episode 4.09 Promo: 'Run':

UPDATE! Episode 4.08 VIDEO Recap with Screencaps:

Joe Manganiello as True Blood werewolf Alcide Herveaux, carries a limp, gutshot Sookie (Anna Paquin) to safety.

This is NOT a promo--it's only a tease. My bet is there will be more coming up this week--longer, better (maybe) but still I agree with other disappointed #trueblood fans, we absolutely got shorted on the promo for next week's True Blood episode "Run" (4.09).

Season 4, Episode 9: 'Run'

Original Air Date—21 August 2011 Convalescing after her latest near-death trauma, Sookie envisions a world where there's room for both Bill and Eric. Jesus tries to purge the restless spirit out of Lafayette; Marcus enlists Alcide to help him deal with the Sam situation; Bill and Nan Flanagan clash over their agendas; Hoyt asks Jason to make a delivery to Jessica; despite Tara and Holly's misgivings, Marnie plots her next move against the vampires, during a "Festival of Tolerance" event at Shreveport. Next US airings: Sun. Aug. 21 9:00 PM HBO Sun. Aug. 21 11:05 PM HBO

True Blood Season 4 -: Episode 8 "Inside The Episode" with Screencaps:

Inside the Episode #44: Writer Alan Ball and director David Minahan offer their insights:

 After the Jump - Recap True Blood Episode #44 'Spellbound' [VIDEO]:

True Blood Eric & Sookie Make Love VIDEO & PHOTOS #trueblood #season4 #ericandsookie

 

True Blood Eric & Sookie Make Love VIDEO & PHOTOS Album:

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True Blood - Eric & Sookie Make Love VIDEO & PHOTOS:

True Blood Season 4 - Episodes 6 and 7, 'I Wish I Was The Moon', 'Cold,Gray Light of Dawn' Screencaps & Video.

Sookie and a devoid-of-memory but totally smitten Eric, finally give legions of Truebies  (True Blood fans) what they've been waiting for--carnal knowledge. HBO copyright.

HBO Content: Nudity

 

HBO content: Nudity

True Blood Spoilers for Tonite's Episode! - Vampire Jessica - Deborah Ann Woll INTERVIEW (Season 4 SPOILERS) #trueblood

People often remark about how beautiful Deborah Ann Woll is. I agree completely--especially about the porcelain skin--she has a flawless, creamy complexion though ironically, as a kid she got teased for it.

She was blond then too, and became a redhead and a self-professed 'theatre geek' about 13 years ago. She's one of the actors I most enjoy on True Blood as she brings a magnetism to the screen that is irresistible. (Poor Hoyt and now, Jason. No chance at all! LOL)

SPOILER ALERT:

Bon Temps' witch's coven led by the possessed "Marnie" (Fiona Shaw):

 The undead face their greatest threat in tonight’s episode of HBO’s “True Blood” (at 9 p.m.).

In “Cold Grey Light of Dawn,” Marnie (Fiona Shaw) is gone. Her body has been taken over by the 400-year-old witch Antonia, who, as flashbacks revealed, died a gruesome death during the Spanish Inquisition and has good cause to want payback. With her powers, she can compel vampires to walk into the sunlight - to their own fiery doom.

Bill (Stephen Moyer) quickly realizes she could massacre them all. His plan to save his subjects is almost as deadly as the sun itself.

Meanwhile, Sookie (Anna Paquin) and Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) take their lovemaking to just about every part of Bon Temps it seems, much to the distress of Alcide (Joe Manganiello). Eric decides he doesn’t want his memory back if the price is losing Sookie’s love.

Tara’s (Rutina Wesley) life is saved by TMZ - sort of. Sam (Sam Trammell) uncovers his brother’s deception. Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) realizes the sad truth about her relationship with Hoyt (Jim Parrack), who has no idea his best friend Jason (Ryan Kwanten) is also lusting for the red-headed vampire.

Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) begins to learn just how powerful he is. Could he be key to fighting Marnie? Trouble is, she makes a great case for wanting to rid the world of vampires, one even Bill acknowledges.

At hour’s end, one familiar vamp cannot resist the siren call to daylight …

Source: BostonHerald

  
Deborah Ann Woll as Jessica Hamby in the last moments of her human life

 At the tender age of 17, True Blood's quasi-innocent vampire Jessica Hamby has studied up on carnal knowledge, killed a horny trucker, and attacked her boyfriend's mom. But this works out just fine for Deborah Ann Woll, the actress who plays her, who gets to live out all her unfulfilled adolescent angst. Woll spills more details on her character's season-four exploits, then got to the bottom of other pressing matters, such as her favorite flavor of blood and her policy on biting folks for a photo op.

Q: Part of being a vampire is being loyal to your maker. How would you defend your character's maker, Bill Compton, who's become a jerky politician?

He's under incredible pressure. And he has some incredibly powerful people making decisions for him. I think Bill is as disappointed with that as we are. Bill is really alone now. He doesn't have a family except Jess, and I think it's really wonderful that this season they get to [bond] quite a bit. Because things aren't going so great with [her human boyfriend] Hoyt, [Bill] is all that she has.

Q: So … Jason Stackhouse and Jessica? Didn't see that one coming.
I'm actually really excited about that story line. The thing is, Hoyt is such a great guy, but the really sad part of it is that his mom was right: She told Jess all those years ago that Jess can't give him what he wants. While Hoyt is more open-minded than his mother, Hoyt really wants conventional things. He wants a wife and a normal life. And that's not something Jess is capable of, nor does she want it.

Source: Full interview @ Vulture

Update! True Blood Season 4 Episode 5 (4.05) 'Pam Takes the Veil' Jessica, Hoyt & Jason [VIDEO] #trueblood

 

'...you f*ck with mah face...it's time to die' - Vampire Pam to vampire King Bill

King of Louisiana William 'Vampire Bill' Compton and Pam Meeting Clip - True Blood episode 4.05:

My favorite way to not miss True Blood season 4 on Sunday nights @ 9 pm Eastern on HBO is via HBOGo (online free if you have HBO at home)!

<Pam bursts into Bill's office, encased in black veil>

Bill: The world needs more beekeepers.

<Pam removes her veil>

Pam: We have a goddamn problem...

<Bill observes Pam's 'corpse' spell-induced appearance.

 Bill: You went to see the witch... you were told not to...

Pam: Yes. And I'm sorry. I can put up with a lot but you fuck with my face, and it's time to die.

And, I'd like permission to torture and kill the mousy little bitch who cast the spell.

Bill: I'm afraid not, Pam. The Authority has forbidden all vampire-on-human violence. The punishment is the true death.

And I don't wish that for you.

<Pam vamp speeds with her super-creepy face to be extra close to Bill's face>

Pam: Look at my fucking face!

 

I'm getting sort of a zombie vibe from Pam's appearance. Guessing it will be as close to 'zombies' as True Blood will get--or maybe not?

Update! True Blood Season 4 Episode 5 (4.05) Sneak Peek Promo Screencaps:

 
Jessica's (Deborah Ann Woll) body language is screaming, "We are over, Hoyt.'

It seems she cannot bear to be with him now that she's 'kissed' another man. When she confessed her singular transgression, Hoyt (played by Jim Parrack) had complained that he would 'taste' the Fangtasia fangbanger-blood donor when he kissed her.

True Blood Season 4: Jessica, Jason, and Hoyt Clip:

True Blood Season 4 - Why Kill Off A Pivotal Character NOW?! SPOILERS PHOTOS #trueblood

Hey fellow Truebies! I just now had time to rewatch (most of) True Blood Episode 3, 'If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin'? on HBOGo, and I was wondering if y'all were left pondering like me:

 
Why kill off Sookie's faery Godmother NOW?

If you are not a 'bookie' (a reader of the Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse novels upon which HBO's True Blood is based) then it may have only been a surprise not a shock when Claudine (played by Lara Pulver) was murdered by Amnesia!Eric right before Sookie's and our eyes.

Claudine had returned to 'our side' to implore, then demand that Sookie return to 'Faery' with her. When Sookie declined her faery godmother's invitation, then stated firmly that she wished Claudine to take a flying leap...she couldn't have known that Eric was listening and would, with his hypervamp-speed snatch Claudine up and proceed to feed on her--fatally. (Scroll down for more HBO copyright screenshots that I clipped---plus the official promo photo stills from this episode.)

In the book series, which I'll gingerly tred around as best I can (some people may interpret this as SPOILERS so be forewarned), Claudine is one of a trio of faery triplets---2 girls and a guy. We've met Claude in the True Blood  Faery as a rebel fae who helped save Sookie from Queen Mab. In the books there existed a 2nd female triplet who is dead when Sookie's world and the Fae's 'collide.'

However (and I hope this is making sense) in Alan Ball's True Blood, so far we know of only twin faeries who are related to Sookie, which would leave one with the impression that Claudine is indeed gone forever dead.

But, the HBO True Blood 'Fae' storyline has not yet been fully written (if it ever is to be) with Ball  switching up and adapting the story, as he explained to EW.com (scroll down for link to full story).

Just off the top of my head, he and/or the True Blood writers could very well bring back 'Claudine,' if they so chose by simply switching her up with Claudette, her 'dead' faery-sister.

It would be fun to bring faeries back as they were very well-integrated with the Sookie storyline in  the novels. OTOH, it costs nothing to imagine the land of the Fae when reading a Harris novel and True Blood as we all know, is 'only' television. Given that season 4 True Blood is featuring witches , werepanthers, werewolfs, (shape)shifters and vampires, there just may be no more room in the FX budget this season for faeries.

Still, I thought that episode 4 was very entertaining. Of course, anything with the memory-wiped Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård) is incredibly fun to take in but his competition for Sookie's attention, the new King of Louisiana, William Compton (Stephen Moyer) is pretty darn awesome, too.

Anticipating Season 4 Vampire Bill, most of us it seemed, were lamenting the likelihood of watching him mope due to his breakup with Sookie but he's changed so much--outwardly, anyway. Some Truebies thought Bill Compton 'abandoned' his only sire, Jessica Hamby (Deborah Ann Woll) despite her choice to move in with boyfriend (toy?) Hoyt, but a nice little scene in this episode showcased their continuing mutual affection and support--while also giving us a glimpse of super-cautious, sort-of-uptight Bill that we've come to know and love from previous True Blood seasons.

 

There was lots more--notably where my girl-crush, Pam (Kristen Bauer van Straten) got tossed by her maker Eric, across Sookie's living room after verbally threatening Sookie (sense a pattern, here?). When Pam stood up and began to approach Sookie again, Amnesia!Eric cautioned her to 'be nice' to Sookie.

 The Death Of Sookie's Faery Godmother [PHOTOS]:

 

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Sookie: 'You just killed my faery Godmother!'

Amnesia!Eric:  'Sorry.'

EW EXCLUSIVE: 'True Blood': Alan Ball and Charlaine Harris discuss Sunday's shocking death of [SPOILER] --

Entertainment Weekly’s EW.com has spoken exclusively to True Blood executive producer Alan Ball and author Charlaine Harris about the death of Claudine in this past Sunday’s episode. Many fans of Harris’ original novels were surprised by the death scene, which doesn’t occur until much later in the book series. But there’s more left to see in Sookie’s fairy world: "After everything that was going on with the fairies in the first episode, I think we wanted to sort of put a pin in that, but obviously it’s not over," says Ball. "I felt it would have more impact if it was someone we knew as opposed to just a random fairy."

And Harris is okay with the change. "If [Ball] can be gracious to me, I can certainly be gracious enough to wait and see where he’s going."

Full story on EW.com

Photos: HBOGo

After the jump: HBO Official Promo Photo Stills and more screencaps from this episode

True Blood Season 4 - Eric & Sookie 'You're Drunk!' - 'Red Carpet' - BTS [VIDEO] #trueblood #sneakpeek

HBO True Blood, please have a little mercy on the besotted:

 New season 4 clip of Eric and Sookie

Something really has to be done about the plethora of 'OMG! He's SO CUTE!' video clips of Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård) currently swirling about the Internets. He's putting so many woman (and a few guys, I would imagine) over the top I fear the sheer quantity of orgasmic reaction to him shall rock the planet.

True Blood Season 4: Red Carpet with the Buzz (HBO On Demand):

After the jump:

True Blood: Season 4 - Inside The Episode: Episode #38 (HBO)

True Blood (July 1 Update) - Season 4 Episode Sneak Peeks & Screencaps - A Series of 'Cute' Amnesia!Eric Clips [VIDEO] #trueblood #screencaps

A Series of 'Cute' Amnesia!Eric Clips' & Screencaps:

True Blood Season 4: Sookie, Claudine, and Eric Clip:

On True Blood it is 'cute' when someone kills your SPOILER! faery godmother --according to some of the YouTube comments/'Eric Northman' fans. (In fairness, this clip from the scene is played pretty comically). It appears that Sookie's Fairy Godmother, Claudine, returned to 'our side', obviously deliberately, but didn't anticipate (quickly enough, anyway) 'Amnesia!Eric' and his faery bloodlust. From what we know thus far, Claudine was ordered by Queen Mab of the Fae to kidnap Sookie to bring her to the land of the Fae permanently to 'breed' as the vampires had almost wiped them out (see Eric and what is left of Claudine in the video above). Sookie escaped with the help of Claudine's brother , a rebel Fae named Claude. In the books they are the surviving 2 triplets, with a another female having previously been killed. The Fae it turns out, are not what they seemed. Here's Claudine in her 'Earthly' form:

From True Blood Season 3 Main Character Cliffhanger(s) NEW Narration NEW Screencap Details SPOILERS (HBO)

and...Claudine as she appears when not in the Fae's 'Garden of Eden'

From Updated 6.13.11 True Blood - First 8 minutes Season 4 Episode 1 - Sookie Meets Queen Mab Screencaps

True Blood Season 4: Sookie and Eric Clip:

Eric: You live here?

Sookie: Yes.

...in my house?

Sookie: Yes.

Eric: Are you mine?

Sookie: No-oh.

True Blood Season 4: Eric, Pam, and Sookie Clip

Pam (distraught): I believe Bill set Eric up and sent him into that coven... knowning it was a trap...wouldn't be the first time he tried to get rid of Eric...

Sookie: Ye-ah. That's because Eric tasted me!

Eric: (small smile) I did?

Will True Blood Return for Season 5? True Blood Season 4 Ausiello & TV Guide SPOILERs (Update 6.30.11) #trueblood

Sorry Truebies, That Shower Scene Will NOT Be (cont.):

Just as the more intuitive True Blood fans suspected, telepath-part-faery 'Sookie Stackhouse' (played by Anna Paquin) and nice guy werewolf 'Alcide Herveaux' (Joe Manganiello) will not be involved in a romantic relationship in Season 4 True Blood (*pause here to digest this distressing news*), according to TV Guide (scroll down for link).

It seems, as in the books, Alcide gets back together with his werebitch V-junkie ex-girlfriend,  Debbie Pelt (have to love that name!). Truth be told, I'm unsure if Alcide will ever get involved with Sookie given that HBO both has not yet renewed True Blood for season 5 nor has Alan Ball inked a deal with the cabler, despite the sky-high season 4 debut ratings. Seems likely that the two situations probably go hand-in-hand. Ball has dropped hints in various places including Issue # 1113 of Rolling Stone magazine, in which he says:

From True Blood Season 4 Cast/Character Wallpapers Posters & Images HQ UPDATE/ 6.16.11

'I am negotiating for a season past this one...but I don't believe True Blood is 100% dependant on my participation. It has a very strong following and a really strong cast, and there could be future where I step back and the show would continue.' - Alan Ball, True Blood creator & showrunner

TV Guide SPOILERS:

Q: Loved the True Blood premiere, but where the heck is Alcide?
TVGuide: He'll show up in Episode 3, but he will be "spoken for," as they say, which will provoke an interesting reaction from Sookie. Nevertheless, Sookie will need his help. "The great thing about Sookie is that she drags him off on all these adventures," Joe Manganiello tells us. "She's the key in unlocking that reluctant hero inside of him and he recognizes that as a good thing."

Source: TVGuide

Ausiello Spoilers - 'The Eric & Sookie Shower Scene':

Q: I have to know — will this season of True Blood have the smokin’ hot Sookie/Eric shower scene featured in the book?

 
Ausiello: Yes… and No.

“There is a shower scene,” explains exec producer Alan Ball. “But it is not a direct re-enactment of the shower scene in the book. It goes to a slightly different place.” “Sookie and Eric are in the shower together,” confirms Ball, who assures me that, “Everybody who’s been waiting for Sookie and Eric to hook up, this will be a very good season for them.”

Q: Any more details on Scott Foley’s True Blood role?
Ausiello: “He was Terry’s platoon leader in Iraq,” says Ball of Foley’s character, Patrick. “So they [share] a military history.” ... Foley will debut in the Season 4 finale and then recur throughout Season 5. Ball, meanwhile, confirms that a deal is not yet in place for him to return as showrunner for a fifth season. “I’m negotiating,” he says. Of course, HBO hasn’t renewed the show itself — but Ball isn’t worried. “There are no plans for this show to end,” he assures. “I’m pretty sure there will be at least one more season, if not more. It seems like it has a lot of life in it still.”...

Source: Ask Ausiello - Spoilers on Castle, True Blood, Bones, SVU, The Office and More!

After the jump: Marshall Allman's 'Tommy' &  'Sam Merlotte' Spoilers:

Watch The Big C: Season 2, Episode 1 FREE Here! Sneak Peeks Episode 2 [VIDEO] #SPOILERS @SHO_TheBigC @SHO_Kareem

 
Did you remember to tune into Weeds and The Big C this Monday past? 'No,' you say? Don't despair!:

The premieres of both season 7 Weeds and season 2 The Big C are being offered by Showtime on YouTube in their entirety (minus the swear words) for FREE! It's only for a limited time so you'd best hustle over there or better yet, stick around here, scroll down past the jump, watch episode 1 of The Big C then scroll back up here to see the promo and 2 sneak peeks! Just click the Weeds link ( above) to go to a previous post here on Forever A Fangirl to watch  episode 1 of Weeds plus sneak peeks and next week's promo. Such a deal!

I loved the episode--especially the huge twist! I would never have guessed that The Big C would be that daring! But it was awesome, surprising, and sort of mind-bending. Can't wait to see where this season is going because it has a great vibe to it already.

 The Big C - Season 2, Episode 2: 'Musical Chairs'

Frustrated at not being able to land a spot in the clinical trial of a new treatment by a respected oncologist (guest star Alan Alda), Cathy resorts to supernatural aid; Sean becomes assertive around the house; Adam capitalizes on his classmates' sympathy about his mother's illness.

 

Preview Episode 2

Cathy resorts to supernatural aid; Sean becomes more assertive.

 

The Big Dollar Sign
Cathy and Paul pay the bill for her last treatment and look at the next step.

After the jump: Watch The Big C: Season 2, Episode 1 FREE Here!:

TRUE BLOOD - Season 4 Episodes 1, 2 and 3 - Sneak Peeks & RECAPS - Jessica 'Home' [VIDEO] #trueblood SPOILERS

 
Vampire 'Jessica' (Deborah Ann Woll) and human roomie, 'Hoyt Fortenberry' (Jim Parrack) in a scene early in season 4 True Blood:
   
Sam Merlotte's (Sam Trammell) new shapeshifting honey, 'Luna,' (Janina Gavankar). Sam told her he'd enjoyed the view and would try to take her from behind--when they next shift into horses and race wild together.

Plus! Episode Three True Blood Preview - 'If You Love Me,Why Am I Dyin?':

True Blood Season 4 Episode 3 "If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin?" Promo:

Having just watched episodes one and two of Season 4 True Blood on HBO and HBOGo, I think the character that surprised me most was the generally composed, very self-assured vampire sherrif Eric Northman, with his frequent displays of emotion. And this is before the big 'thing' happens near the end of episode 2! (cont.)

 

Warning True Blood Episode 2 SPOILERS:

Is it the vampire backlash in the wake of Russell Edgington killing the news guy on live TV killing Fangtasia business 'cos Pam seems very snarky as well?

Could Bill's !SPOILER! assendence to being the King of Louisiana be chaffing Eric just a bit or has Eric truly missed Sookie?

Not only is Eric more sentimental- sounding in eppy 1 but he's sort of mood-swingy as well. This sets the stage for the SPOILER totally new Eric not being such a jarring change from the bad boy Eric of (in Sookie's mind/time-frame) just a week ago.

She needed a plausible way to segue into bedding this guy and as of episode one we have him buying and refurbishing her house whilst she was "away"...to control her he says, but we know he means (too), protect her. He's made it clear to his second in command, vampire Pam, that he has significant feelings for Sookie-- feelings of the almost human kind. And Pam makes Sookie aware of this, causing eyebrows to be raised.

 
Episode 1 of True Blood went fast and was very amusing. Episode 2 has a different pace. I want to watch it  again not on my HBOGo before I have a real comment on it.

  

True Blood Season 4 - Recap s04e01 (#37) - 'She's Not There'

Jessica - A House Is Not a Home [VIDEO]:

Babyvamp Jessica Soliciting Homemaker Tips?!

After the jump: Synopses for True Blood Episodes 1-6:

True Blood Season 4: 2, 3, 4 ... 'More Days' Promos Screencaps & SPOILERS #trueblood

NEW! True Blood Season 4 Scene - Sookie's screams awaken memory-impared Eric from vampire sleep--during the daytime:

Sam Trammell '(Sam Merlotte') and Janina Gavankar ('Luna') look as if they just got back from the hunt.

True Blood Season 4: 2 Days Promo

Sam Trammell (shapeshifter/ Bon Temps barowner, 'Sam 

Merlotte')

From True Blood Season 4 - 'In 'X' Days' NEW Screencaps - Season 3 Cliffhanger(s) NEW Narration, Details

True Blood Season 4: 3 Days Promo

Stephen Moyer,'s True Blood Season 4 'In 3 Days Promo: Here are the some screencaps (new scenes/angles):

Check out the screencap albums for lots more:

True Blood Season 4: 3 Days Promo Stephen Moyer (Bill Compton) 'Vampire Bill', 'Sookie Stackhouse's' former paramour.

True Blood Season 4: 4 Days Promo Rutina Wesley ('Tara Thorton')

OK. One question. Did Pam (Kristen Bauer van Straten) just throw Lafayette across the Fangtasia dungeon floor and if so, is he now putting the whammy on her? Her fierce look is getting sort of unsure--bewitched?

We've seen her dispatch with Lafayette previously in this scene and she looked very confident.:

From Update! True Blood 'Digging Up Season 3' Season 4 True Blood Tease & Witches vs. Vampires Screencaps

From Update! True Blood 'Digging Up Season 3' Season 4 True Blood Tease & Witches vs. Vampires Screencaps

But what happens after this?:

From Update! True Blood 'Digging Up Season 3' Season 4 True Blood Tease & Witches vs. Vampires Screencaps

Can Lafayette defend himself against the much-stronger vampire or will his bf Jesus, come to his rescue? Or ???

From: Update! True Blood 'Digging Up Season 3' Season 4 True Blood Tease & Witches vs. Vampires Screencaps

True Blood TRUE Season 4 Spoilers (6.25.11 Update!) Full EW Magazine Scans - Cast Interviews #trueblood

 
Courtesy of 'darq' @ SpoilerTV. Scroll down after the jump for rest of article:

 

From True Blood Season 4 (6.25.11) Updates, Interviews [SPOILERS] Galore!

Hey Truebies!

I can't even believe how fast the season 4 premiere of True Blood has come! (pause) Kidding!

True Blood Fans have endured the sucking, waiting since August 2010 for a fresh full-length episode of True Blood to savour. But here we are, teetering on the very brink of the Sunday, June 26 9pm E HBO offering of a brand new episode and (if you signed up for HBOGo) the second episode shortly thereafter! It should pack one helluva one-two punch in the space of 24-hours or so and with any luck, the sky-high ratings will shake up 'talks' between the most brilliant Alan Ball and the 'one true premium cable network,' HBO, so that our man remains on board with the show for season 5.

I'll have more on that later--in the next couple of days--but if you have not read it before be aware this could be Alan Ball's last season at the helm of True Blood! (again, quote attribution from the source--Ball himself) a bit later. I have both a spousal birthday and other deadlines that must be attended to ASAP!

OK. Here we go with  the fishing contest in the pool full of Spoiler-ish/ True Spoilers material that Source: TVGuide has unleashed upon us! 'EDIT's are MINE!

"True Blood has brought witches, werewolves and vampires to life over the last three seasons, but everything you think you know about the supernatural beings will be upended this season.

"Everything you thought you can count on, you can't," executive producer Alan Ball says. "Vampires are not stronger than certain humans, shapeshifters can do things other than shift and there are ghosts."

Here are 10 things we TVGuide knows do know about what's coming up, straight from the cast of True Blood:

1. It's all about the witches (EDIT: Duh!): A band of witches tap into a new form of power, causing Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) to lose his memory. At the head of the coven is Marnie (Fiona Shaw), a (formerly mild-mannered, now possessed by a 1700's) vengeful witch coming into her powers and out for revenge. Unfortunately Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) will be dragged into the increasing vampire vs. witch tension. "Lafayette loves his boyfriend, [Jesus, a practicing brujo], so he's trying to deal with [magic] in stride, but it keeps sucking him in and he doesn't know what's going on," Ellis says.

"He discovers who he is in the middle of all this stuff."

SPOILER: You knew already that Lafayette is a witch, right? There have been no clues or anything. (snicker)

2. Sookie, independent woman: After discovering that Bill (Stephen Moyer) was working for (his) Queen Sophie-Anne, to gain information on her, Sookie is "learning to stand on her own," Anna Paquin says. "At the end of last season, she was at a point where she was willing to walk away from everyone and everything, particularly those troublesome boys. It's not that she doesn't want or need anyone, she just isn't dependant anymore." That's OK for Bill, though. "Bachelorhood kind of turns out all right for Bill," Moyer says. "He's decided to enjoy it while he can."

3. Vampires in trouble: Eric's unfortunate run-in with the witches will send his lieutenant, Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten), into a downward spiral, which is bad timing in the current vampire climate. "The post-Russell Edginton world is hard for Pam," Bauer says. "It's a political environment this year, so she's supposed to be doing what the other vampires are doing — holding babies and shaking hands — but she's incapable. So we see her cause some trouble."

Pam in a downward spiral? Our vicious, beautiful, font-of-sarcastic quips Pam?! Progeny of Eric Northman, Pam? I have not been privileged as the Almighty (j/k) TVGuide to get the first three episodes of season 3 to watch but if Pammy wasn't 'downward spiralling last season when she thought Eric Dead for Sure (I suggest this as the final title in the Sookie Stackhouse series) and after she'd been horribly tortured by the Magister, I don't believe she's gonna 'spiral downward' in the human sense. She may act out. And when vampires act out...look out!

4. Tara returns as a new woman (EDIT/ Sorry: snooze): After getting out of Dodge in the season finale, Tara (Rutina Wesley) will return to Bon Temps hoping to turn over a new leaf, but will immediately find herself in a mess of trouble. "She gets swept back into the world of vampires so quickly," Rutina says. "She doesn't want it, but she has no choice." Fortunately, there may be hope for her yet. "If there was to be love for Tara, I think she's ready for it because I think she's learned to love herself and has opened up in a way."

Holy double-entendre, Batman! As my favourite source, "Spoiler TV" put it, (a character) is 'turning gay.'  True Blood could step on a landmine with this one but I'm going to assume, given the open-mindedness in portrayal on the show of the sexual preference spectrum that this will not feel forced or cliche.

My one concern as far as I can care about the character of Tara and TBH, I don't really (but I do care about the True Blood narrative) is that in three seasons she has shown no hint at all in being attracted to women. Also, she's not particularly at an age (late 20's) where one discovers this. On top of all that she's been written as having a not-so-secret crush on Sookie's brother, Jason for most of her life. Maybe 'turning gay' is the right term but oh, they'd best be careful in making this seem, as they like to say, 'organic.'

 

5. Shifty shapeshifters: The days of Sam (Sam Trammell) turning into a dog or bird are child's play compared to what he'll do this season. "My character explains the full-range of capabilities that shapeshifters have, and a lot of people that she's talking to at the time don't even know some of that," says Janina Gavankar, who'll be a love interest, 'Luna,' for Sam this season. "There's a really dark side to shapeshifters as well and that's something we'll explore this year. There's potential wrongdoings that can happen."

6. Jessica, domesticated? Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) and Hoyt (Jim Parrack) will make a go of living together, but a human and a vampire cohabitating isn't going to be easy. "Jessica is a vampire and I'm not quite sure that domestic life is really what she's in for or what she desires," Woll says. "She's still gotta figure that out because they moved into this very quickly." Helping her navigate this life is Pam, who acts as a "big bad" older sister, says Bauer. "Pam is a very different kind of mentor for Jess than Bill is," Woll adds. "The things you might not want to tell your dad, you may tell your cool aunt."

7. Jason's growing up: Once the older slacker brother of Sookie, Jason (Ryan Kwanten) has now stepped into a role of responsibility that will get him into even more trouble. "This is the season of the biggest growth for Jason, where the young boy turns into a man," Kwanten says. "He's forced to try and raise a tribe of people and eventually fight for his life."

8. PD's into V: The end of last season teased impending trouble for Andy (Chris Bauer) when it comes to V, otherwise known as vampire blood, an addictive drug that can ruin your life (See: Jason Stakchouse, Debbie Pelt and the rest of the werewolves from Season 3). "It's like old demons, new problems," Bauer says of Season 4 for Andy.

"At first V does a lot of good. He had that cast on forever, but after a couple of drops, all of a sudden he's ready to box. He's a guy who we know has issues with substance, and he keeps saying he's done, but he's not done."

 
I love Chris Bauer so I'm hoping that the 'V' that he gets into (he's a semi-recovering alcoholic) gives him many juicy scenes in S4! (Get the pun? Wasn't even on purpose!)

Arlene and Terry tackle parenthood: As if Arlene (Carrie Preston) could ever be the voice of reason, she's especially on edge this season. "I wouldn't be playing Arlene correctly if I wasn't playing her fully, fully stressed out," Preston says. "When you're talking about a child or potential child, and you're talking about it having a father that was a serial killer, in Arlene's mind, she's absolutely justified in freaking out. Luckily, Arlene has found Terry [Todd Lowe], who will put up with all her insecurities." On a possibility related note, Preston adds, "Arlene is going to come face-to-face with something that we haven't even seen on the show yet." (EDIT/ Common-sense?)

10. Debbie's back, baby: Alcide's psychopathic, V-addicted ex-girlfriend, Debbie Pelt (Brit Morgan), will return this season with a new prerogative. "You're going to get to see a different side of Debbie," Morgan says, adding that Debbie will attempt to make amends with Sookie and find some normalcy. But the werewolf in her isn't gone. "You're going to get to see cool things with some of the wolves that you didn't get to see last season," she says."

Taken from/thanks to: SpoilerTV

True Blood Triad: The Eric and Bill and Sookie True Blood Season 4 EW Covers* #trueblood

 
 

“I did some crazy stuff last year. I almost had sex with a Greek man and I was covered in his goo. Everything from here on is pretty childish. Everything’s quite innocent.” - Alexander Skarsgård:

Eric fans could have plenty to salivate over this season, which begins June 26 on HBO. This year, True Blood is inspired by book four of the Stackhouse series, Dead to the World, which features a steamy shower scene between Sookie and the tall, light and handsome vamp. Unfortunately, Skargard isn’t in the mood to kiss and tell. He will say, however, that sex this year is, um, a little more down to earth. -

Source: EW - This Week's Cover: Behind the scenes of the wild and witchy new season of 'True Blood' 

 

Though these covers look fun, I'm more interested in any tidbits that can be gleaned from the 'behind-the-scenes' True Blood preview within. Hopefully, my (free) copy will be here um, later today.

*There's Joe Manganiello as Alcide Herveaux, too, but I still sort of feel that he's not going to get much time with the 'sunshine in a pretty blond bottle' girl--this season anyway (just a feeling, not a spoiler).

After the jump - The Eric and Bill True Blood Season 4 EW covers:

True Blood Season 3 Main Character Cliffhanger(s) NEW Narration, NEW Scene Details SPOILERS [Videos] [Screencaps] #trueblood

True Blood NEW Sookie, Eric, Bill, Jessica, Jason, Lafayette Screencaps (HBO) (6.22.11):

True Blood Season 3: Cliffhanger - Eric (HBO) Take a look at a clip of Eric from the Season 3 finale.

True Blood Season 3: Cliffhanger - Jessica (HBO) Take a look at a clip of Jessica from the end of

Season 3.

 

True Blood Season 3: Cliffhanger - Lafayette (HBO) Take a look at a clip of Lafayette from the 

Season 3 finale.

True Blood Season 3: Cliffhanger - Sookie (HBO)

True Blood Season 3: Cliffhanger - Bill (HBO) Take a look at a clip of Bill from the Season 3 finale.

The new season of True Blood premieres on June 26th only on HBO.

Here are a couple of screenshots which I maintain positively show Bill (Stephen Moyer) using his vampire super-speed to leave Queen Sophie- Anne (Evan Rachel Wood) behind instead of waging a battle--which he would surely lose--with her. I don't know, obv., if Bill locks her in and burns down the place or runs away or what...but he leaves (and his home in the new season is completely refinished or rebuilt). My guess is that the 'fight' between Vampire Bill and Queen Sophie-Anne is very short.

Check out the sceencaps from this scene and from the other characters cliffhangers!:

Seems a foregone conclusion--Bill is going to leave the Queen behind--and destroy the mansion!

 

 

More True Blood Season 3 Cliffhangers Are After the jump!:

True Blood Season 4 NEW Scenes via ET Canada [VIDEO] #trueblood #video #BTS #Paquin

True Blood Season 4 starts June 26, 9 pm on HBO--in any form you wish to view it in! :):

Fun, behind-the-scenes clip from Entertainment Tonight (Canada). Nice little interview with Anna Paquin in costume as Sookie. As usual, she is super-polite--and gives away absolutely nothing, LOL.

Sample: 'Eric is good to her (Sookie)...and it's kind of confusing...but it's nice.'

For his part ASkars ('Eric'), with that crazy-sexy-boyish-looking, styling-gel free look he'll sport until he gets his memory back, enthuses about how much fun he is having this season on True Blood. I can't imagine that this time in his career is anything but fun.

Stephen Moyer (Sookie's now ex,'Bill Compton') almost seems sad about Sookie's conflict of emotions. Is he just acting or does he miss his true-life true love Anna, since they seem to lack scenes together in season 4 (gotta watch to find out)? I'm sure Stephen can console himself each night (morning?) after shooting when he can go home and snuggle in marital bliss with Ms. Paquin Moyer.

True Blood Fans - Bid for Paquin & Moyer Collectibles - Help 'Facing the Atlantic' in Brave Quest for Kid's Medical Team

Golden Globe HBO afterparty (2010) Credit: HBO inc.

Be Part of Something BIG - Facing the Atlantic - Face The World - Helping Disfigured Children Worldwide:

It's been said before but it bears repeating, the True Blood cast is among the most generous bunch of 'creatives'  in show business. Despite their many commitments including shooting their hit HBO supernatural vampire melodrama True Blood, thespian husband Stephen Moyer ('Bill Compton') and wife, Anna Paquin ('Sookie Stackhouse') are working to raise funds for a cause you may be familiar with and if not, once you hear about it I'm sure you'll agree is extremely worthwhile.

Below are the formal details  but suffice to say this cause can't be construed as anything but  hugely important and all the folks making it possible from the adventurers to the bidders on the auctions to the following websites who reach out and do their best to serve the cause are to be commended and sincerely appreciated:

 

The Vault - TrueBlood-Online.com

 and

AllStephenMoyer.com

Questions: thevault@trueblood-online.com

Above: CLICK to enlarge!

Here is what is happening and why you should care about it: On behalf of Facing The World, a humanitarian organisation, the exciting and challenging project Facing The Atlantic will participate in a non-stop-row from the Canary Islands to Barbados.

 More info after the jump:

True Blood July Episode Descriptions [SPOILERS] #icaneatwhoIwant #TrueBlood #spoilers

My goodness, there are just a TON of True Blood Season 4 spoilers here in the True Blood July Episodes Descriptions:

Bonus: Awesome, Jessica-centric sneak: 'I can eat who I want!' - True Blood teaser! [VIDEO] (scroll to bottom):

True Blood July Episode Descriptions (HBO Sundays, starting June 26)

-- Episode #38: “You Smell Like Dinner”: Sookie adjusts to Bon Temps’ new realities; Bill reveals pieces of his past; Eric crashes a witches’ meeting; Jason gets his wounds licked; Andy struggles with his addiction; Sam learns of Luna’s special talents; Jessica satisfies her blood cravings; Arlene witnesses strange behavior from her family. (Written by Brian Bucker; directed by Scott Winant.) Playdates: July 3, 5, 6, 9 and 14

-- Episode #39: “If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin’?”: Sookie makes a deal with Eric, and reconnects with Alcide; Bill punishes an errant vampire and counsels a guilt-ridden Jessica; Jason is cast as a reluctant savior; Tommy eyes a scam and alienates Sam; Marnie flexes her newfound powers; Pam delivers an ultimatum to Lafayette, Tara and Jesus; Eric spoils Sookie’s faerie reunion. (Written by Alan Ball; directed by David Petrarca.) Playdates: July 10, 12, 13, 14 and 16

-- Episode #40: “I’m Alive and on Fire”: Alcide helps Sookie hunt for Eric; Marnie searches for guidance to break a spell; Bill discovers a common bond with the Bellefleurs; Jason begs for liberation from Hotshot; Sam penetrates Luna’s inner circle; Arlene sees the writing on the wall; Tommy returns to his roots. (Written by Nancy Oliver; directed by Michael Lehmann.) Playdates: July 17, 19, 20 and 23

-- Episode #41: “Me and the Devil”: Sookie nurtures Eric; Bill gets involved personally in the necromancy crisis; Pam takes the veil; Sam becomes Tommy’s accomplice; Arlene and Terry look to religion to solve their problem; Jesus and Lafayette head to Mexico to harness a shaman’s power; Jason convalesces. (Written by Mark Hudis; directed by Daniel Minahan.) Playdates: July 24, 26, 27 and 30

-- Episode #42: “I Wish I Was the Moon”: Sookie searches for Jason under a full moon; Marnie connects with spirits of the past; Arlene and Terry cope with a suspicious inferno; Debbie urges Alcide to join a new werewolf community; Tommy trades places with Sam; Lafayette feels the spirit in Mexico; Eric surrenders to his King’s will. (Written by Raelle Tucker; directed by Jeremy Podeswa.) Playdate: July 31

Source: TSF@SpoilerTV
Found at SpoilerTV

I really need to come back and give these epsiode descriptions a thorough read. What do you get from them? Are you more enthusiastic about True Blood season 4, less, or IDK how this works, but 'not sure'?

True Blood Season 4 New Promo "I can eat who i want". All rights reserved by HBO. http://www.trueblood-italy.com/

True Blood Season 4: Look Up! Up in the Sky! It's 2 Vampires, a Werewolf & a Faery-Telepath! #trueblood #tbwithdrawal

 

Look up high, specifically on the side of the 9000 building along Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California and you will see a quartet of sexy supernaturals including vampires 'Eric' (Alexander Skarsgård) and 'Bill' (Stephen Moyer), werewolf 'Alcide' ( Joe Manganiello) and faery-telepath 'Sookie' (Anna Paquin).

It is pretty apparent that all three guys are into Ms. Stackhouse but which of the potential/former suitor(s) will she choose? You'll have to tune in to HBO's True Blood on June 26 to begin to get the answer. Until then, keep looking around!

SOURCE: Daily Billboard

Be sure to check out the season three, season two and first season billboards for True Blood at the Daily Billboard, too!

EDIT/ If you want to gaze upon a HQ version of this image, it is a copy of (one of) the previously-released True Blood HBO Promo Poster Art I shared here.

Updated NEW True Blood - Season 4 - Sneak Peek HQ 5.20.11 (VIDEO) (SCREENCAPS) #trueblood

Alexander Skarsgård as 'Eric Northman' (Credit HBO, inc.)

NEW Official True Blood Sneak Peek including previously unseen characters plus more details about our 'old favourites!':

Uploaded by trueblood on May 20, 2011

Jessica: 'I can eat whoever I want!' <sniffle>

Eric: 'I'm a tax-paying, American small-business owner in the great state of Louisiana. I also happen to be a vampire...'  In the past year there's been a lot of inflammatory talk from politicians warning their constituents not to trust vampires.The truth is that vampires are as different from each another as humans are and we ask only to be treated as such.'

Nan Flanagan: 'It's a post-Russell Edgington world everyone and we win back the humans one.smile.at.a.time. No dead humans!...or I'll have your ass'

Bill: (in response to Nan) 'I'll deal with it personally.'

Jason: 'If you are gonna kill me, do it.'

I've culled about 80 screencaps of this sneak peek which, true to True Blood form, cuts very quickly from scene to scene--so there's bound to be scenes you may have missed.

All-in-all looks quite tasty! And Bill looks super-sharp! (No pun!)...* New haircut. He's lost the Henley...great start.

*though Stephen Moyer looks every inch his 40-year-old self.

 

It seems the Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) from the end of season 1 is back, albeit in a much more sophisticated form.

 

SCREENCAPS!:

I do worry though that there is just going to be too much going on to fill 12 episodes. All of the supernaturals are getting involved this season: werewolves, shape-shifters, fairies, vampires of course, and then the plain ol' human...witches...who have supernatural powers. Are we going to spend more time in Hot Shot than Bon Temps?

I'm ready to be pleasantly surprised but I have a feeling that guest actors like the terrific Fiona Shaw are going to be getting too much screen time versus our series' regulars.

I have zero interest in 'Jesus' (Kevin Alejandro) though I love Nelsan Ellis as 'Lafayette.' but with Alejandro moved to featured player--they are gonna get screen time.

Same goes for Joe Manganiello getting featured player status this season.

I have real misgivings about Alcide as he seemed to get shoved aside last year and I don't feel like he's going to get any closer to Sookie this year, hence Joe Manganiello goes off on his own for a good chunk of season 4. I'm feeling like Alcide got saddled with a thankless role (as far as his place in the big story).

Because it has openly discussed and vividly shown in the sneak peeks, my thoughts are that having to endure watching Jason's misadventures in Hot Shot will be dismal. How much gnawing upon Sookie's brother are we gonna have to watch?--'cos if taking the lead from the book, it takes darn near forever to turn a human by biting them.

And seriously, do we need another season of angry Tara (Rutina Wesley)? That girl has had zero growth since the TV series began. Tara has almost no role in the Sookie Stackhouse book series and True Blood would have been better off to have followed the book in that respect. No offense toward any of the actors as I'm refering to how the television characters are written. They wouldn't be on this show if they were not good actors, but the material for several of them has not served them well.

VIDEO: True Blood Season 4 'Waiting Sucks' – Terry & Arlene #trueblood #waitingsucks

 

The Writing is on the Wall for Arlene & Terry:

Clearly, its high time for them to call Ghostbusters!

Terry (Todd Lowe) comes upon a couch-sleeping Arlene (Carrie Preston) & her kids only to look up and see a child-like scrawl on the wall: '(The) Baby (is) not yours.'

Screencaps!

VIDEO: 'True Blood Season 4 "Waiting Sucks" Sam' - Added: Screencaps (Update 3.19.11)

True Blood: Season 4 "Waiting Sucks" Sam (HBO):

Sam Merlotte and his New Woman, 'Luna': 

New! True Blood Teaser Released:

True Blood: Season 4 "Waiting Sucks" Sam (HBO)

Sam and New Woman 'Luna'  (Janina Gavankar):

'Interior Luna's Livingroom'

Luna discloses to Sam (Sam Trammell) that she has a jealous ex who not only is a werewolf but he's a stalker, too. Luna herself is both a shifter and a witch!

Here's more about 'Luna': new love interest played by Janina Gavankar

 

 

   

 

 

VIDEO: True Blood Season 4: More Spoilery Goodness & Goofiness via E! #trueblood #PaleyFest #interview

Paley Fest 2011 - More Reveals About Sookie Stackhouse & Cos. Season 4 Story Arcs, Screen Capped:

From

 Anna Paquin, who stars as waitress/telepath/faery Sookie Stackhouse in HBO's True Blood (S4 debuts 6.12.11), discusses the attributes--and the negatives of Alexander Skarsgård's "Eric" as on-the-show boyfriend material. Skarsgård takes full advantage and hams it up, reacting to all her points. Steve Moyer (vampire Bill) has difficulty keeping a straight face as Anna earnestly explains the why and wherefores of Sookie's romantic options in True Blood, season 4.

From PaleyFest via E!

According to True Blood show runner Alan Ball:

"What Sookie (Anna Paquin) said to Bill (Stephen Moyer) at the end of last season, she meant it, and it's going to take a lot from him to win her back if he ever will, and I don't know if he ever will or not."

..."(Also) there are complications with Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) that (Sookie) didn't see coming, and there are complications with Alcide (Joe Manganiello) she didn't see coming."

Ball explained that everyone's favourite vamps best keep a watchful eye out for witches, because they're joining the show this year, and they're gonna be trouble.

Ball said:

"I don't think it's a rule that vampires and witches that don't get along, but there are certain witches who are really dabbling in dark, dark magic, necromancy—powers over the dead. So vampires aren't going to like that."

 Accordingly to E! you should  much 'angsty awesomeness' from Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) and Hoyt (Jim Parrack) this season!

Parrack says:

"We're living together, and when I get home from work I find she's been sleeping all day because she has to, and everybody told us there would be problems, but...Deborah and I said before the season, let's make this decision: Let's say we told ourselves, 'It'll never be us. We'll never be that. Our love is bigger and stronger. And now...life is starting to say otherwise.'"

  Parrack  further disclosed:

"I like episode three this season; I get to do a great, great scene in that episode. Alan wrote that episode, and I get this wonderful Tennessee Williams-ish scene."

 

From True Blood Season 4 Cast @ Paley Fest 2011 - Anna/Steve/Alex-centric - http://foreverafangirl.com

But Alan Ball & Co. are not finished with Hoyt quite yet. Says Ball:

"Well...[Jim] hasn't even begun. Obviously he hasn't read episode seven or eight yet. Those are major. It's not as easy being a couple as perhaps they thought."

Based on Alan Ball's and Todd Lowe's remarks, the "Is Arlene's baby a demon child?" talk may end up being less than what the ever-excitable Arlene (Carrie Preston) may fear it to be.

Todd Lowe said:

"I don't know if it's devil babies…It's babies. Neonatal, strange, possibly possessed human babies." But here's the thing—as any new mom can tell you, normal human babies behave just like possessed babies, what with the endless screaming and the projectile vomiting. Arlene's probably in the clear, she just won't know it for a while.

Read more: Watch With Kristen

Episodes on Showtime Season Finale Tonight! News: Episodes - Picked up in 186 Countries! @SHO_Kareem #giveaway

Episodes on Showtime: The Whole World is Sold On Episodes (well almost-- 186 countries!):

Episodes - "Episode 7"

Deeply regretting her tryst with Matt, Beverly returns home to find her husband waiting with open arms. She desperately hopes to put this ugly chapter behind them. The dreadful "Pucks!" pilot wraps; Sean and Beverly prepare to return to London. However, a final goodbye between Matt and Sean takes an unexpected turn involving a missing Jaguar, a red-nosed reindeer and the smell of cinnamon.

More after the jump!

'Sookie' and 'Bill' of True Blood Fly Away from L.A. (2.18.2011) #trueblood #paquin #moyer

Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin departing from LAX airport (February 18):

 

Source:

http://www.paquinanna.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=819

Rarely would I publish shots of Anna Paquin (Sookie Stackhouse) and Stephen Moyer (Vampire Bill Compton) off-stage but in this case they are in a very public place and don't seem to be hiding or try to eat a meal or some-such. Folks into their show are in  mega withdrawal from True Blood so here's a fix.

Notice that in the LAX airport shots that Anna is wearing her hair in the only signature Sookie Stackhouse  hairstyle--a high ponytail-- that she sometimes does off set? Very simple and polished-looking.

Photo credit: HBO

Currently, Paquin & Moyer are about one-third into shooting season 4 of True Blood which begins airing new episodes on June 12, 2011 on HBO.

More mundane* snaps of them acting like a normal couple making their way through the airport after the jump:

*'Mundane' in what they are doing--not how fantastic they look.

 

GRAPHIC: Pick Your Cupid by Ji Lee (HUMOR)

Source: NYTimes - The Opinion Pages - Pick Your Cupid Op-Art

Very clever. I'm hoping that my spouse does not succumb to the V-day hype and buy me chocolates. Please, don't let him buy stoopid chocolates. Lunch at Berghoff's in the city couple of days ago was perfect. It goes without saying (but) I'll say it anyway: No card, either!

VIDEO: True Blood Happy Valentine's Day - Give Your Lover Your Heart (HBO Shop)

Get 20% off all DVDs at the HBO Shop with code: DVD

TrueBloodItalia | February 07, 2011

True Blood Valentine's Day!!!

 

***Many T-Shirts available in both Men's & Women's Styles***

True Blood Glamour Me Women's T-shirt

True Blood Fangtasia Limited Edition Hot Pink Fitted Tee Inspired by Pam

True Blood Glamour Me Compressed Women's T-Shirt

True Blood 'Love Hurts' Women's T-Shirt

 

True Blood Fleece Blanket

True Blood Men's 'I Heart Sookie' T-Shirt

True Blood Men's Fangtasia Life Begins at Night T-Shirt - Red

Watch Three FREE! 3 'Episodes' on Showtime - Get Caught Up! Episodes 1.01 thru 1.03 Giveaway @SHO_Episodes #giveaway

'Episodes': Episode 3  TV Rating: Mature Audience - Uncensored - Full Episode:

SHOWTIME | Rated: TV-MA | Season 1 Ep. 3 | Added: January 28, 2011

Sean and Matt spend a day bonding together with a trip to Las Vegas, leaving Beverly feeling left out of her husband's new bromance and leading to a revealing confrontation between her and the star.

Here are links to all three complete episodes of Episodes:

EPISODES 101: http://bcove.me/prrfogan

 

EPISODES 102: http://bcove.me/fukikhsj

 

EPISODES 103: http://bcove.me/cstzq520

 

SHOWTIME | Rated: TV-MA | Season 1 Ep. 2 | Added: January 28, 2011 |

Sean and Beverly attend a swanky dinner party at Merc's house where Sean falls prey to Matt's flattery and attention, while Beverly resists the star's charms and discovers that having Matt LeBlanc as an enemy is a bad idea.

Episodes: Episode 1 (Full Episode)  

The only thing crazier than making a hit TV show, is remaking one. Matt LeBlanc stars as Matt LeBlanc, the seemingly innocent actor who's making more trouble than friends in the new Showtime Original Comedy Series EPISODES.

NEW EPISODES: Sundays at 9:30PM ET/PT, only on SHOWTIME.

 

Repost:

Often it takes some time for a new series to build an audience, to find it's footing. That's how I feel after watching all seven episodes of  'Episodes' on Showtime. Because each episode is only about 30 minutes, the entirely of the series is about the length of a film. Yet obviously, Episodes is not a film and so does not follow the structure of one. Although I felt that there were many funny moments and certainly great talent in the first 2 hours/ 6 episodes of  Episodes,' it was not until the 7th episode that I felt that I'd gotten in the groove, so to speak, with the show. To me, that is totally OK as it is my habit to watch the first 7 or eight hour-long episodes of a show before I reach a conclusion about whether I wish to continue. Episode 7 of Episodes, which I realize is still weeks away, was the show hitting it stride, finding it's pitch, whatever metaphor you wish to use.

 When it reached it's conclusion I turned to my watching partner and said,' This show is going to be a hit," and he did not hesitate in agreeing with me. If you have been watching I urge you to 'hang in there' because there is a payoff, which I believe will set the tone for season 2--one of smart hilarity.

 

 

Official EPISODES Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EpisodesOnShowtime

Official EPISODES Twitter: http://twitter.com/sho_episodes

Official EPISODES Series Site: http://www.sho.com/episodes

Californication - Episode 4.04 - Monkey Business - Promo - 2 Sneak Peeks - Synopsis - Promo Photos @SHO_Cali #giveaway

 

 

Californication 4.04 - 'Monkey Business' Synopsis:

Hank learns from his lawyer (Carla Gugino) that he will be going to trial for statutory rape. After Hank finishes the F & P script, Charlie (Evan Handler) drags him to a meeting with the director (Jonathan Kasdan), the producer (Stephen Tobolowsky) and an eccentric financier (Fisher Stepens). A dead billionaire caps off the meeting.

Official CALIFORNICATION Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Californication

Official CALIFORNICATION Twitter: http://twitter.com/sho_cali

 Official CALIFORNICATION Series Site: http://www.sho.com/site/californication/home.do

Do you like free stuff/giveaways?

How 'bout your very own, super-awesome, let's celebrate Californication getting-picked-up-for a-5th-season, Californication official poster art?

All you have to do is leave me a comment telling me one thing you like about the show Californication on Showtime and you are in the running. An announcement of the winners will be posted on Sunday, February 20th. Good Luck!

Update! Dexter's Michael C. Hall & IRL Wife, Sister 'Deb' On Dexter, Jennifer Carpenter Split #dexter

 


Update/ This never crossed my mind until today and by then I was sure the speculators got their hooks into it. (They have.)

Yes, 'Dexter' and 'Lumen' made a great couple in the Showtime drama "Dexter."

But do you really, really think that because of this and no other info. that the two of them are the reason for MCH (Dexter) and Jennifer Carpenter (Deb) breaking up, IRL? Really? C'os they didn't split when he married 'Rita' or when she dated the now-dead 'Agent Lundy' or, depending on the actual time frame of their romance--which we will never know--any of the other bf's 'Deb' has had in the last couple years.

Do you really believe that what is being acted out on your television is real life? If you do, you are silly and shallow. It's a possibility, sure, but are you certain Stiles isn't in a serious relationship with someone already or maybe has a 'thing' against hooking up with married guys? So many assumptions! And now of course it will be Stiles for whom every doubter looks askance and wonders,"Did she bust up the Hall-Carpenter union?

Note: In attempting to gather some solid news on the impending divorce of Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter, I came across a little bit of what may be factual info.: 'Carpenter was the one who filed for divorce,' 'Carpenter is said to have complained about MCH to castmates on the set this season. Said castmates are 'concerned' about season 6.' 'Hall and Carpenter have been 'apart' for some time now and were in general, cool toward one another for the entire filming of season 5.'

Make of it what you will but don't expect any tell-all sob stories from Hall, Carpenter or Stiles. None of them are particularly outgoing or into the H'wood scene.

I'm sure there will be a variety of reactions to this but one that springs to mind is that some of your audience just got fully comfortable with the image of you going home to your wife who plays your sister on Dexter along with mastering the ability to not think that you guys are married IRL and now. NOW you split up?!

I admit at first when Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter were in a scene together post-marriage anouncement, I'd watch for any sign that they were not acting.

This is sad news-- and  after such a short go of it.  I wonder what's next for the two of them and of course, the same question on everyone lips besides 'Why did they split?'

BTW, the timing on the announcement of this split is just plain weird. Whose idea was it to wait until the Dexter season 5 ended and do so within a few hours?

Will there still be a season 6 Dexter?

After nearly two years of marriage, Dexter stars Michael C. Hall, 39, and Jennifer Carpenter, 31, are divorcing. An exclusive joint statement to EW from their representatives read: “Having been separated for some time, Jennifer Carpenter and Michael C. Hall have filed for divorce.” Both reps add that the split was amicable. The couple — who met on the set of the Showtime drama, in which she plays his foster sister — married on December 31, 2008. Hall completed treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma earlier this year.

13 2010 07:27 PM ET EW exclusive-'Dexter' stars Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter file for divorce '

 

 

 

 

Spoilers, Dexter & Lumen: Why? Video - 2 Sneak Peeks! Is There Going to Be a Season 6 for Dexter?

Is there going to be a Season 6 for Lumen? Is there going to be a Season 6 for Dexter?

 

SHOWTIME | Season 5 Ep. 8 | Added: November 17, 2010 |

Dexter Showrunner Chip Johannessen discusses Dexter's growing relationship with his new apprentice, Lumen (Julia Stiles).

'Jordan Chase' (Jonny Lee Miller) is referred to by showrunner Johanessen as 'the Hannibal Lector of inspirational speakers.'

My favourite part of this eppy of Dexter 5x08 'Take It!' was when at the hotel-convention center/kill room Lumen was freaking out at the sounds of another women's screams. Dexter put his glove-convered hands over her hands, over her ears, effectively blocking out the terrifying sounds. It was such a bizarre, but tender moment.  At that moment he could feel her pain which is an astounding thing for him.  It's a piece of what is making this season really good. Dexter just gains more and more depth as the seasons pass.

From Dexter - 5.09 - 'Teenage Wasteland' Screen Caps SPOILERS - Lumen & Dexter *Showtime Copyright*

Above: Mystery person in Dex's house...with Lumen hiding in the bathroom with a big knife.
For sure a female. The 2nd one looks male--but slight build, so I dunno. Could've been the angle making ID confusing... it wouldn't be the 1st time...

Q: Dexter scoop?

A little birdie told me they have another "doozy" planned for the end of the season—the kind that will have everyone talking, á la the bathtub.

The end of Dexter 5x08 'Take It!' was sort of freaky because Peter Weller's corrupt cop Liddy saw Dex and Lumen dump a body. Lucky for Dex Quinn the cop with the 'iffy' ethics (he's never been disproven 'dirty' himself)' is falling pretty hard for Deb,' (and) 'is going to make sure he takes care of her.' Also, Dexter might just catch on to the fact that someone is on to him which will switch up the normal Dexter dynamic even more...

I've finally seen some nice comments about Julia Stiles' 'Lumen.' She and MCH are quite a great fit. I think most people are realizing it... (the showrunners, MCH, Stiles most likely realized it many months back). Julia Stiles is quite good as this character and MCH--always so. I always thought Stiles was handling the challenging task of being convincing as Lumen's character, certainly quite competently, so I'm glad the naysayers have quieted down.

Watch the video of Dexter Showrunner Chip Johannessen talk about how in the scene prior to the planned kill at the hotel, Dexter and Lumen exchanged some rather intimate information.

Johannessen talks about how Lumen is speaking for 'us' when she let's him know that she sees who he is.

That part of the kill when he handed her the slide with the drop of blood. It was filled with suspense. Was she going to get all creeped out, like it, neither? Iit seemed  that she was interested in a curious-interested way.

Clearly, Lumen wants to better know Dexter & what he does for recreation. She sees him coping with his Dark Passenger. Now that Lumen has her own DP, she's open to seeing what her own coping might look like.

P.S. I'm not the only person who thinks that Peter Weller's dirty cop character is a dead man, right? These characters never live--certainly not on Dexter.

 

Q: Is Julia Stiles' Dexter character only set to appear in one season, or is there a possibility of her sticking around in the future?

Sorry, but it's just too soon to reveal something that juicy.If we told you that, it may ruin the rest of the season...

A: What we can say is that Julia Stiles is in every one of the season's remaining episodes and plays a pivotal part in Dexter's life up until the very end. So stay tuned for now, and as the season nears its end, the answer to your question will become a little clearer.

(I don't think Stiles, based on her previous remarks about working on TV, is planning to stay.  I mean, she's essentially standing in for Julie Benz. Stiles is way more interesting IMO, but still. Can they afford her?

Q: Is Dexter is signed for a season six?
 

Dexter boss Chip Johannesson tells us that "there's no official word," but with the end of season five upon us, expect an announcement from Showtime sometime soon.

If Dexter does receive a sixth season, as expected,  says the format of this season (á la no big bad) would likely change. "Season six would definitely not look like it did this year because the events are all different," the showrunner explains.

 

SHOWTIME | Season 5 Ep. 9 | Added: November 16, 2010

Lumen hides from an intruder.

SHOWTIME | Season 5 Ep. 9 | Added: November 16, 2010

Dexter:' Fractured Self'

Dexter meets with Jordan Chase.

 

Airdate 11.21.10

Dexter - Episode 5.09 - 'Teenage Wasteland' - Synopsis:

Dexter and Lumen are on the hunt for a new victim but get sidetracked by the arrival of a surprise visitor; as a result of fallout from the Santa Muerte case, Debra gets reassigned to the file room, where she is still able to dig up new evidence in the Barrel Girl investigation.

Source: SpoilerTV

Official DEXTER Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dexter

 

Official DEXTER Twitter: http://twitter.com/SHO_dexter

 

Official DEXTER Series Site: http://www.sho.com/dexter

 

True Blood Wins Big At 2010 Spike Scream Awards (Update 10.17.10)

True Blood took home some of the highest honours given out at the 5th annual Spike Scream Awards on Oct 16. I'll have some more details later but the winners and some comments they made when accepting are below.

QUOTEWORTHY

Alan Ball as he accepted the Best Television Show Award: "One question I get asked a lot is why do people like vampires so much, and I have no f***ing idea."
Haha. Love Alan Ball. Every time he opens his mouth what he says is quote-worthy.

Steven Moyer as he accepted "Holy Sh!t Scene of the Year" for True Blood - Twisted Sex : "I don't know what all the fuss is about. Doesn't everyone have sex like that?"
Steve is another walking quote machine. So witty. And extra super-cute without the vampire makeup.

Among the many stars partaking in the annual Halloween-time event, Alexander Skarsgård made an appearance at Spike TV's Scream 2010 Awards in Los Angeles, California on Saturday night (October 16). The "True Blood" hunk skipped out on the arrivals carpet at the Greek Theatre venue, but was among those taking the stage - as he ended up winning the Best Horror Actor trophy which was presented to him by Kelly Osbourne. Giving fans plenty of action, the 2010 Scream Awards feature a tribute to the end of “Lost,” the premiere of footage from Scream 4, a 25th-anniversary celebration of Back to the Future and a musical performance by M.I.A. The not-to-be-missed event airs on Spike TV on Tuesday, October 19 at 9PM ET/PT.

Pairing up for a red carpet evening, Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer were side-by-side at Spike TV's Scream 2010 Awards in Los Angeles, California on Saturday night (October 16). Held at The Greek Theatre, the "True Blood" couple mingled with fellow guests in the arrivals area before taking their seats for the taping of the annual ceremony. Not leaving empty-handed, Mr Moyer took the stage during the course of the night - as he won the Holy Sh*t! Scene Of The Year award. Gossip Center

What it is all about:
"Scream 2010 celebrates the hottest films, TV shows, comics, actors, creators, icons, and pioneers who have influenced and shaped the industry.

Ballots were sent out to Spike TV’s "SCREAM 2010" advisory board, consisting of some of the most respected and well-known members of the horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and comic book worlds, who were responsible for advising on categories and determining nominees in each category. All films, television shows, and comic books were deemed eligible for inclusion if they were released between July 16, 2009, and July 16, 2010, and were representative of the genres listed.

HBO’s “True Blood” had the most nominations of any television series with 10.

Esteemed members of this year’s advisory board include Tim Burton, John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Damon Lindelof, Ridley Scott, Quentin Tarantino, and Joss Whedon.

Look for the televised version on Spike TV on Tuesday, October 19, at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. "

Below are the True Blood Winners and the presenters for each award:

Best Horror Actor: Alexander Skarsgård -- True Blood -- Presenter: Kelly Osbourne -- Accepting: Alexander Skarsgård

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Best TV Show: True Blood -- Presenter: Marilyn Manson -- Accepting: Alan Ball

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Holy Sh!t Scene of the Year True Blood - Twisted Sex -- Presenter: Rainn Wilson -- Accepting Stephen Moyer

Best Horror Actress: Anna Paquin -- True Blood -- Presenter: The Vampire Diaries stars (Nina Dobrev, Paul Westley & Ian Somerhalder) -- Accepting: Anna Paquin

I've been a science fiction and fantasy fan since age 4 (Twilight Zone, Outer Limits) as well as "horror" if it's done with humour (think Eric Northman of True Blood, season 2 in his dungeon going all primal on a redneck who has just "(done) silver to (him)," then immediately switching gears to consulting with the shackled and terrified Lafayette worrying if his highlights foils got blood in them, fretting that "Pam is going to kill me," so I think its fantastic that media for this genre is being singled out and recognized for excellence. I hate to complain but I have to state that SPIKE TV needs to become more inclusive about "who" is in their demographic. I've read that in the past few years the number of women enjoying the Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror genre has skyrocketed from 10% to almost 50%. Obviously, True Blood has had a lot to do with this as well as those "other" vamp series both on film and TV (wisely labeled "fantasy" at the Spike Awards).

I never thought that science fiction or fantasy belonged to guys. I just knew that there were not too many girls with my tastes in superheroes, film and television shows. As an adult, other than once a year, I never watch SPIKE TV because they make such a whoop-de-do deal about being for guys. I think they should wise up, look at the female faces in their audience and then take the logical next step. Programming guys, are you listening? Otherwise, I'd like to see a basic cable network that already knows what the girls like, SyFy, pick up the slack and get it's own awards show going.

True Blood - 3x12 - ' Evil is Going On ' Finale Screen Caps - Sookie, Alcide & the Creepy, Cold Vamps

(CLICK through for captions)
*HBO owns all images/copyrights* http://thetruebloodblog.com / The True Blood Blog -

IMO, the best sequence in the finale where Sookie awakens, pissed off from near-death due to draining--again--due to Bill's duplicity. Thoroughly disgusted, she agrees to watch the silver-bound and burned-by-the-daylight Russell while the "creepy, cold" vampires Pam, Eric & Bill rest. Russell tries to cajole Sookie into freeing him but she tires of him and his BS and turns quite mean herself. Later, help arrives in the 6'5" form of Alcide Herveaux (Joe Manganiello--enjoy because this has to hold you until summer 2011) who admits to Sookie that he's thought a lot about her--even in his dreams--since they last parted.

True Blood season 3 - BabyVamp Jessica Signing Off For A While - (w/ Hoyt) ScreenCaps

True Blood season 3 - BabyVamp Jessica - Signing Off For A While (w/ Guest Appearance by Hoyt) ScreenCaps
Jessica takes a break from vlogging to try out what she's learned in the "real world."
Very cute sequence which sort of makes up for Jessica's (Deborah Ann Woll) near-complete absence in the season 3 finale (Episode #36).

True Blood 3x12: Evil (Is Going On)

sibowittz2 | September 13, 2010

That whole extremely awkward intervention thing involving Hoyt, his "mama", his from-10-years-previous high school guidance counselor and poor sad, little "Summer."
Segues into Hoyt's Surprise for Jessica.

True Blood Finale 3 NEW Sneak Peeks! 3x12- " Evil Is Going On " : There ' s A Reason I Bark In My Sleep - Bill Steals From Sookie - Sit Down, Hoyt

True Blood - Season 3 Episode 12- Evil is Going On - Tara & Sam : There's a reason I bark in my sleep.

taliasamara | September 08, 2010

Sam cooks Tara breakfast.

Oh no! Just when I was thinkin' that maybe just maybe Sam & Tara could work out their tortured souls together Sam decides to get all honest with Tara! Remember how the sort of level-headed Sookie reacted when she found out about Sam's true nature? And now Tara , still trying to recover from Egg's death and Franklin's physical & sexual abuse...gah! No way will she be eating those pancakes (fried in bacon grease--yum!)  if Sam blurts out the truth now. <nail biting>

OTOH, she took to Alcide pretty quickly and he's way more scary-seeming when he shifts...

True Blood - Season 3 Episode 12- Evil is Going On
taliasamara | September 08, 2010

In a dream-like state, Sookie runs through the forest towards the light--then Bill leans over he , literally bringing darkness and "stealing" Sookie's light.

"Sit Down, Hoyt"

taliasamara | September 08, 2010

Hoyt gets a suprise visit at work.

Hopefully Hoyt's response will be something like "Get lost, Mama."--only using harsher language.

True Blood Season Finale NEW Media! I rescind your invitation - Rawr!

Hi Guys,

I'm away on a short trip to the back woods of Canada and I notice that there is just a ton of new video for True Blood. Instead of yammering about it, I'm just going to post them and tomorrow weed out some juicy details that flash by so fast you miss 'em. Check back!/

EDIT/ Now that I've seen most of them I'm sad to say--there isn't too much new. Yet. You find out who Bill was going all fang-y on in a previous True Blood finale video ...and there's a bit more of Sookie rescinding her invitation into her home to Bill.

True Blood Season 3 Finale Promo Bill Sookie Queen clip

jussunique | September 04, 2010

New caps  of Bill & the Queen and Sookie & Bill

I rescind...

...your invitation!

Nooooooo!

[caption id="attachment_9475" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Rawr!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_9457" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Game on!"][/caption]

Isn't Queen Sophie-Anne something like twice as old as Bill?

Unless he cheats he's going to get his fangs handed to him--or he'll have to hand them to her as she likes to make earrings of them (joke).

I'm curious how they can bring her back in to the story this late into it.

True Blood s03e11- Fresh Blood - Recap

taliasamara | September 03, 2010

A little late but here it is the recap of episode 11.

Very short clip of Anna & Stephen post-Emmy ceremony. Anna makes a cute quip.

jussunique | September 04, 2010

This was at the HBO afterparty. The interviewer also gave them a toaster for a wedding gift.

True Blood 3x11 ' Fresh Blood ' - Jessica Feeds On Hoyt! Video & ScreenCaps

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True Blood 3x11: Hoyt's Choice

sibowittz2 | August 31, 2010

My second favourite scene of  True Blood Episode 11, "Fresh Blood."

In the alone time Jessica and Hoyt share at Bill's house after she saves him from Tommy in his pit bull form by ripping open her vein and feeding him, Hoyt listens as Jessica explains the realities of her true nature. Although momentarily taken aback by her confessing that she accidentally drained and killed a trucker, Hoyt accepts that Jessica simply cannot stomach Tru Blood and can only feed on humans. Without hesitation but with slight trepidation Hoyt offers his own blood to Jessica.

True Blood Pre-Emmy Party Raw Video w/ Post Emmy Interviews - Kristen Scoop*

...
This is a raw video. It's Kristen of E! interviewing Mariana Klaveno (Lorena) and Carrie Preston (Arlene) as well as lots of Joe Manganiello (Alcide) being photographed alone and with Rutina Wesley. There is also video of Steve & Anna though no interview.<sad face>

Here's a pic (they did no interviews) from the same event of the newly-married Mr. and Mrs. Anna Paquin. Kidding!

[caption id="attachment_9255" align="alignright" width="285" caption="Anna Paquin & Stephen Moyer attend the pre-Emmy party (Jason Merritt/Getty Images)"][/caption]

TheVaultTrueBlood | August 28, 2010

*By now I'm pretty sure you know how Kristen defines "scoop"--anything that will get you to read what she /her staff have written which is OK-- she seems to love True Blood.

"I am happy with the way [the finale] sets up for next season. I think [the fans] will be pleased at what they find out about Lafayette. There is something to be found out in the finale about LaLa," he says mysteriously. (Nelsan Ellis about his character known affectionately as "LaLa.")

Shape shifter Marshall Allman (Sam's little brother) is also bursting with giddiness over the season finale. "[It's] very shocking on every front. I think they did an excellent job of the cliffhanger this year for my character, for Anna's character, and for Alex's character, too," he reveal(ed).

Sam Trammell--so adorable--so witty--love him bunches! Little bit of talk in his Kristen interchange about how he feels about TB season 4 & a lot of playful bantering--worth a watch!

Kristen again w/Alexander Skarsgård who speaks briefly about "just flying in" from Sweden and being jet-lagged--thus needing to get inside to the party and have a beer (ha ha). He tells nothing of the season 3 finale BUT he does smile a lot--something we don't see much of on the show and that itself is worth a look:

Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin/Alexander Skarsg ård Red Carpet Emmy Interviews

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taliasamara | August 30, 2010

Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin tell Access Hollywood Shaun Robinson their most memorable moment from their wedding.

Actually, Anna & Stephen graciously duck the question about a "memorable moment" and allude to a "15-minute" interlude of alone time at the wedding (or reception?).

Anyway, Anna is positively giddy having only been wed for about a week and Stephen is his normal witty and slightly bawdy self. Might be the best interview I've seen them give despite the not-really-the-greatest interviewer.

taliasamara | August 30, 2010

TV Guide interview Alexander Skarsgård at the Emmys.

Alex interviews that he is jet-lagged from just getting in from a film shoot in Europe. Shooting on True Blood Season 4 starts in late November and he states he knows nothing about next season. Worth watching to get a long look at the gorgeous ASkars.

True Blood Season 3 - Episode 11 ' Fresh Blood ' - 3 Sneak Peeks - Eric & Russell, Jason & Crystal, Sam in Merlotte ' s

taliasamara | August 26, 2010

Watch Eric confront Russell in an exclusive preview clip of Sunday's all-new episode.

" You murdered my family ...

...for your vast collection of meaningless shit..."

True Blood s03e11 - Clip - Jason & Crystal have a serious talk.

taliasamara | August 26, 2010

After Crystal reveals her true nature to Jason he struggles to come-to-terms with it.

True Blood s03e11 - Clip - Jason & Crystal have a serious talk. (Screen Caps)

True Blood s03e11 - Clip - Sam barges into Merlotte's.

taliasamara | August 26, 2010

So. Has Sam blown a gasket or something? I keep thinking that now, near the end of season 3, everyone on this show has been traumatized and the events are just coming one after the other. "Snapping" would seem to be a reasonable expectation of the fallout from the serial killer-co-worker and maenad Maryann--plus all the "other stuff" in the last 2 months of the show's time frame.

Poor Sam. His early life seems about as bad as it has gotten so far one the show. Maybe Crystal, the "daughter of a meth dealer" promised at age four to her half brother as a future wife <ick>. Then there's Sam's bro Tommy who no doubt has had a rough go of it but he's hard to feel sorry for, little wanna be badass tht he is.

(8.24.10 Updates) Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin Get Married - More Fun Details

[caption id="attachment_9050" align="alignright" width="262" caption=""With Anna it's just about pure trust, on camera and off," Moyer said recently to Playboy. "I have never trusted anybody like I trust Anna." "I feel so lucky right now," Paquin told Rolling Stone. "Life is pretty great.""][/caption]

True Blood costars Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin got married on Saturday evening in Malibu “surrounded by their family and friends,” a rep for the couple confirmed.  According to Us Weekly, which first reported the wedding, guests included True Blood‘s Ryan Kwanten, Sam Trammell, Alan Ball, Rutina Wesley, Carrie Preston & spouse Michael Emerson, as well as Elijah Wood (who costars with Paquin in the upcoming film The Romantics).

The couple's Saturday beach-side wedding in Malibu was presided over by the "True Blood" script supervisor, who is also an ordained minister.

The couple's non-denominational ceremony included Apache, Buddhist and other elements...

Stephen walked down the aisle to Led Zeppelin's "Cashmere."

The couple's co-workers also lent their skills when it came to the music. The show's music director lead a string quartet during the ceremony and co-star Todd Lowe (Terry Bellefleur) brought his band, Pilbilly Knights, to play at the reception.

Anna wore a Marilyn Monroe white halter-neck 3/4 length gown and Neil Lane jewelery with her hair swept up and black platform heels, while groom Stephen wore a dark suit and tie as they exchanged vows beneath a tent at a private residence, described as a "lot" across the street from the beach in Malibu.

The Neil Lane necklace Anna Paquin wore when she married her True Blood costar Stephen Moyer on Saturday night, her wedding jewelry was...glam.

“She wanted something with a vintage-inspired, romantic vibe,” says celebrity jeweler Neil Lane, who provided Paquin with a stunning necklace–complete with a whopping 50 carats of round diamonds!–set in darkened metal for a patina vintage style. To balance out the dramatic look, Paquin, 28, wore a white halterneck gown and donned an elegant pair of diamond studs, also from Lane. The other lucky recipient of the jeweler’s sparkly bling? Paquin’s mom, who opted for a bracelet and earrings. The couple solidified their union with platinum wedding bands, designed by Cathy Waterman. –Elizabeth Leonard/people.com

The bridal party then crossed the road to a beach house for the reception which was held was held across the street from the private residence where the two exchanged vows in front of costars Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Sam Trammell and Carrie Preston and TB boss, Alan Ball, among others.

The couple, who began filming True Blood with the pilot episode of the deliciously twisted vampire drama in 2007 - were surrounded by family and friends as they said their vows.

Anna's brother-in-law Russel Norman - who is married to the actress' sister Katya - revealed "there were constant helicopters" during the service, adding to the New Zealand Herald "It  was really, really beautiful, actually. It was great. Somehow they've managed to stay real in the middle of this unreal world. It was quite sweet."

After the ceremony, the actor and some of his friends/family changed into swimsuits and took a dip in the Pacific Ocean, as seen in photograph by Pacific Coast News. In more photos from the ceremony taken by the paparazzi some in helicopters,  the bride remained dry in her gown, but watched her new groom and friends celebrate in the Pacific.

Moyer proposed to Canadian-born, New Zealand-raised Paquin on a Hawaiian beach, presenting her with a ring -- a rustic diamond set in an antiqued platinum inset which he helped design with jeweler Cathy Waterman. both of the couple wedding rings were also designed by  Cathy Waterman.

Anna and Steve announced their engagement last August.  In the oft-told story of "how they met" they interviewed that they got to know each other over daily breakfasts at a West-Hollywood cafe when they were still new to town and being put up by True Blood in a hotel. They began dating a few months after filming first began in 2008 for HBO's smash vampire series, now in its third season. On the show, Paquin (a 1994 Oscar-winner at age 11 for her role in The Piano) plays Sookie Stackhouse, the psychic, mortal lover to vampire Bill Compton (Moyer); their first kiss occurred onscreen.

These days, Moyer splits his time between his native London where his two children from previous relationships reside, and the Venice, Calif. home he shares with Paquin.

In more "True Blood" news, on Monday it was announced that Stephen and Anna, along with their co-star Alexander Skarsgård, would be presenters at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards this Sunday August 29, airing live on NBC at 5 PM.

8.25 Update! Eric & Sookie Centric Scenes - First REAL Kiss Video & Screen Caps - True Blood Episode 3x10 - ' I Smell a Rat ' Recap

"I wish you the best, Sookie Stackhouse." - Eric, True Blood Episode 3x10

sibowittz2 | August 23, 2010

lylyford316 | August 23, 2010

True Blood Episode 3x10 - 'I Smell a Rat'  Recap

taliasamara | August 23, 2010

True Blood - Comic-Con 2010 - Full True Blood Panel Videos (1-5) Interview - Casting EW Scoop* (8.17)

August 17 Ausiello "Exclusive"*

Though this season of True Blood still has three episodes to go, I’ve already got scoopage on the next one: Long story short, it might as well be titled “Season of the Witch”!

Series creator Alan Ball reveals that he’ll be introducing Hallow Stonebrook, the were-sorceress from Charlaine Harris’ fourth Sookie novel, Dead to the World. Preferring to refer to the character as a necromancer, the boss man says she’s “actually a medium. She communicates with the dead, and she’s interested in developing further powers.”

In the book, Hallow casts a spell on Eric... she’s described as a tall, trim brunette.

*Unless you saw the Comic-Con True Blood panel Interview.

ew | July 23, 2010

http://www.ew.com/comiccon
Michael Ausiello chats with Alan Ball, Anna Paquin, and Stephen Moyer in San Diego

Comic-Con 2010: True Blood Panel (part 1)

ProgGrrl | July 24, 2010

Comic-Con videos from www.TheFemmeBot.com

With on stage, left to right: Joe Manganiello, Charlaine Harris, Kristin Bauer, Deborah Ann Woll, Nelsan Ellis, Alan Ball, Denis O'Hare, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer.

Comic-Con 2010: True Blood Panel (part 2)

ProgGrrl | July 24, 2010

Comic-Con videos from www.TheFemmeBot.com

With on stage, left to right: Joe Manganiello, Charlaine Harris, Kristin Bauer, Deborah Ann Woll, Nelsan Ellis, Alan Ball, Denis O'Hare, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer.

Comic-Con 2010: True Blood Panel (part 3)

ProgGrrl | July 24, 2010

Comic-Con videos from www.TheFemmeBot.com

With on stage, left to right: Joe Manganiello, Charlaine Harris, Kristin Bauer, Deborah Ann Woll, Nelsan Ellis, Alan Ball, Denis O'Hare, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer.

Comic-Con 2010: True Blood panel (part 4)

ProgGrrl | July 24, 2010

Comic-Con videos from www.TheFemmeBot.com

With on stage, left to right: Joe Manganiello, Charlaine Harris, Kristin Bauer, Deborah Ann Woll, Nelsan Ellis, Alan Ball, Denis O'Hare, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer.

Comic-Con 2010: True Blood Panel (part 5 final)

ProgGrrl | July 24, 2010

Comic-Con videos from www.TheFemmeBot.com

With on stage, left to right: Joe Manganiello, Charlaine Harris, Kristin Bauer, Deborah Ann Woll, Nelsan Ellis, Alan Ball, Denis O'Hare, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer.

Comic-Con 2010 : True Blood

CBS | July 25, 2010

The cast of True Blood experience the Comic-Con fandemonium first hand

What Did YOU Miss? True Blood Season 3 Episode 10 " I Smell a Rat " TV Clip / Final 3 Episodes Screen Caps *HBO*

True Blood Season 3 Episode 10 "I Smell a Rat" / Final 3 Episodes Promo Screen Caps *HBO Copyright* http://thetruebloodblog.com / The True Blood Blog

I capped many of these but for others the sources were LucyLocket and TrueBloodItaly.Thanks to both.

taliasamara | August 16, 2010

True Blood Season 3 Episode 10 "I Smell a Rat" through Finale Preview

Season 3, Episode 10 – Airs: 8/22/2010

Sookie is warned about the dangers she will have to deal with. Dark memories surface for Sam. Arlene must ask Holly for help while Jason faces unexpected dealings with Tara and Crystal. Jesus’ interest in V’s qualities is aroused.  Russell vows to inflict punishment on his enemies. After precautions, Eric satisfies a wish.

True Blood Cast Naked, HOT On The Cover Of The Rolling Stone (Photo, Scans)

I've been reading Rolling Stone since I was 14 and subscribing since age 16. That's oh, let's say about for about 30 years.

Suffice to say that this is the most excited I've been about a Rolling Stone cover and it's accompanying interview (with freakin"Alan Ball(!) since David Cassidy posed on the cover of Rolling Stone in his altogether when I was 12 years old.

With the hues and cries of "too much blood" in season 3's True Blood here are our heroes' (literally) cheeky reply.

This is gonna sound snooty, but I've actually been hoping that the gore--which hello! is funny in it's over the top-ness--would turn the  "jump-on the bandwagon"- types off the show. And it is--with some at least.

Today, while fishing for True Blood news I saw a comment--someone actually wrote that "True Blood would be so much more popular without the gore." LOL. Might as well take out the sex, too. But no one is complaining about too much sex. Isn't that interesting?!

I love you Rolling Stone for the much-anticipated Alan Ball interview and for putting some of his pretty people/main characters/terrific actors on the cover!

By Rolling Stone

Aug 17, 2010 12:56 PM EDT

The following is an excerpt of an article from the September 2, 2010 issue of Rolling Stone. This issue is available tomorrow on newsstands.

"I've had 10 piercings in my ear, and a bellybutton pierce (sic), and a tongue ring. My tongue, as it turns out, is not really appropriate for piercing, because the webbing is too close to the font, and the bottom barbell kept hitting against my teeth... and it gave me a lisp, which isn't great as an actress." ANNA PAQUIN on her history of piercings.

The idea of celibate vampires is ridiculous, True Blood creator Alan Ball says. "To me, vampires are sex," he says. "I don't get a vampire story about abstinence. I'm 53. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed." On his show, every available orifice is used for intercourse: gay, straight, between humans and supernatural beings, and supernatural being on supernatural being, whether he be werewolf, dog or an enormous Minotaur-looking being called a maenad. None of the sex is quite as good as vampire sex, though, which can happen at the astonishing rhythm of 120 bpm while simultaneously devouring one's neck and making your eyes roll back into your head. Says Stephen Moyer — who plays Bill Compton, the undead Southern Civil War Veteran — "If we go from a base level, vampires create a hole in the neck where there wasn't one before. It's a de-virginization — breaking the hymen, creating blood and then drinking the virginal blood. And there's something sharp, the fang, which is probing and penetrating and moving into it. So that's pretty sexy. I think that makes vampires attractive." He laughs a little. "Plus, Robert Pattinson is just hot, right?"

Keeping in mind that there are some great supporting actors on True Blood we have a few bits from Kristen which in a style typical of bits from Kristen don't tell you a whole lot (but they are served up with such verve!) In re: Carrie Preston's Arlene: Carrie Preston w/Michael Emerson credit: FilmMagic Inc/FilmMagic

Keep your eyes on Arlene (Carrie Preston). According to her real-life hubby Michael Emerson, he's "glad she's able to be the one human story this season so far, because there needs to be a human element." But he warns us ominously: "She's going to have some superhuman challenges coming up."

In re: Joe Manganiello: 's Alcide: "you get to seen him scantily clad in an upcoming ep of True Blood…" Good to know he'll be back before season's end. As a shifter however, scantily clad is a normal condition. Finally, Carrie Preston's spouse, Michael Emerson, again talks about someday (next season perhaps?) having a part in True Blood written in for him by Alan Ball.  As Emerson puts it,  "Whenever I see Alan Ball he says, 'I must write something for you,' and I say, 'I'll be there in a heartbeat.' So we have an understanding and liking of one another. I certainly think he's a fantastic talent and maybe they'll find some little tidbit for me next season."

True Blood - 3.09 - ' Everything Is Broken ' 2 Sneak Peeks - Sookie & Bill " Just Once, I ' d Like To Not Find a Dead Body... " Sam & Terry Have Words - Screen Caps

True Blood - Sneak Peek (8.12) - Sookie & Bill: 3x09 'Everything is Broken' Sookie to Bill, "Just once, I'd like to not find a dead body in my house" (like a "normal couple.") Bill jokingly suggests watching television instead of what they do. He implies that Sookie couldn't enjoy a sedate lifestyle. Click to my site - http://thetruebloodblog.com for the Sneak Peek (8.12) video. Anna Paquin as Sookie looks adorable in this scene as she steers the conversation whilst she and Bill clear her house of the night before's mayhem, in this case the were corpse with the ripped-out throat.

True Blood 3x09 - Sookie and Bill clean up. All rights: HBO

TrueBloodItalia | August 12, 2010

My goodness! look who is all demanding and huffy (lol).

Sookie is sick of scrubbing up dead bodies and entrails off  her Gran's floor. Go figure.

Yay! A scene with Terry. Love Todd Lowe.

TrueBloodItalia | August 12, 2010

True Blood 3x09 - Terry and Sam Clip.

Terry telephones Sam in the middle of the night.