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NEW - Marvel's 'THE AVENGER'S' Super Bowl Commercial #theavengers #superbowl #trailer

Marvel - The Avengers Super Bowl XLVI Commercial VIDEO:

Marvel's 'The Avengers' Super Bowl Commercial shows never-before-seen clips from the film, starring Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Chris Evans (Captain America) and Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk).  

Joss Whedon: 'The Avengers' Will Be Told From The Eyes Of Captain America:

While the superhero-packed film "The Avengers" has every comic book lover's heart aflutter, a concern lingers on just how the coming blockbuster will rangle a story with so many characters and backstories.

"The Avengers" has the awesome and difficult task of combining Marvel's VIPs -- Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow -- into a single story line.

Tough, but movie vet (and clandestine Shakespearean daredevil) Joss Whedon has found a way around this too-many-cooks-spoil-the-pot thing. “I set out with a very simple problem," Whedon the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly. "There is no reason for these people to be in the same movie. So that’s what my movie has to be about. So much of the movie takes place from Steve Rogers’ (Chris Evans) perspective, since he’s the guy who just woke up and sees this weird ass world. Everyone else has been living in it.” Clever, very clever!

The film also boasts some of Hollywood's biggest names: Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, and Samuel L. Jackson.

"The Avengers" opens in 3D on May 4th. [EW via Collider]

[EW via Collider]

Johnny Depp As Barnabas Collins - Tim Burton's 'Dark Shadows' Cast Official First Look [PHOTO]

 
The original Dark Shadows was 'a memorably offbeat ABC daytime drama about a vampire whose extended family are bedeviled by ghosts, witches, and other Gothic woes.'

Johnny Depp has recounted how as a boy he practically raced home to watch Dark Shadows after school each day. I did the same but living in the Northeast (versus Depp's Kentucky) we got released from school too late in the afternoon to watch the entire episode. I still turned it on and caught the second act of each one-hour installment. As Depp says, Dark Shadows was 'very weird' so it didn't really seem to matter that I was only getting about half the narrative. The parts I saw were terrifically fun and seemed quite subversive being unreeled during weekday afternoons.

“I remember seeing a group photograph of the cast of the original series,” he told EW. “For me it captured the weird Dark Shadows vibe in a single image." - Dark Shadows director Tim Burton

'Weird certainly sums up this particular family portrait — a shot director Tim Burton, who also obsessed over Dark Shadows as a boy, staged in the early days of production.

 

Here’s the Collins family, from left to right with a brief description of each character following:

 

Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter) – From Alice in Wonderland’s Red Queen, to the cannibalistic cook Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Burton can’t help but cast the mother of his children as a deranged person. This prim and proper psychiatrist, who has taken up residence with the Collins family to care for their troubled youngest boy, might seem to break that trend — but don’t bet on it....

Carolyn Stoddard (Chloë Moretz) — Though she played a voracious child vampire in the critically acclaimed Let Me In, Moretz is on the human side of the spectrum in Dark Shadows — though that doesn’t mean this cousin of young David Collins (and daughter of Michelle Pfeiffer’s character, seen on the far right) isn’t without her own peculiarities...

Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green) — The Bond girl from Casino Royale turns up here as the villain of the story. “Angelique is a witch who has known Barnabas since the 1700s, when they had an affair that went sour. She is the one who cursed him to be a vampire and locked him in that box...”

David Collins (Gulliver McGrath) — Lonely, confused, and neglected by his pompous father (Jonny Lee Miller, over on the right next to Pfeiffer), David has no one to confide in except his bizarre psychiatrist — and the dead people he claims to see...

Victoria Winters (Bella Heathcote) — This young woman arrives to become David’s new governess, only to find herself swept up in the vampire-witch melodrama. “When Barnabas meets Victoria, he’s instantly reminded of the woman he lost in the 1700s, before he was cursed to be a vampire...”

Mrs. Johnson (Ray Shirley) — “Poor old Mrs. Johnson …” Grahame-Smith sighs when talk turns to the old woman seated in the back behind Depp. “She is the mostly blind, mostly deaf maid, who has been with them for decades and decades... I don’t think she actually says anything in the entire film....

Willie Loomis (Jackie Earle Haley) — How awesome is it to play an actual Groundskeeper Willie? The Oscar-nominee for Little Children is... the guy who takes out the trash, mows the lawns, and fixes the cars, except he’s usually so drunk and so disinterested that he doesn’t take his job seriously anymor..."

Roger Collins (Jonny Lee Miller) — This scion of the once-great Collins family is one of the main reasons the aristocratic clan has fallen into such disgrace. “He’s a creepy, self-centered guy who likes to order Willie around, likes to pretend the family is still on top of his game...”

Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) — The mother of Carolyn Stoddard, and mother-figure to David, she’s the one adult member of the Collins clan who is at least slightly competent. “Elizabeth is the rock of the family. She’s the matriarch,”...with a witch perpetually trying to destroy her, and a long lost vampire relative turning up to reclaim control...'

 

SOURCE: EW Weekly - Johnny Depp's true 'Dark Shadows' vampire revealed!

 

Before shooting, Depp said: “What Jonathan Frid did with that character and that classic look he created… I find it very difficult to stray very far from that. I think it’s going to be somewhere in that arena, with maybe just a couple of different touches here and there.

“I do remember, very vividly, practically sprinting home from school in the afternoon to see Jonathan Frid play Barnabas Collins,” the actor says. “Even then, at that age, I knew — this has got to be weird.” -- Johnny Depp

 

SOURCE: The Inquisitr - ‘Dark Shadows’ Cast Photo Released; See Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins

 

The movie premieres May 11 2012.

 

 

More from IMDb after the jump:

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)

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

Watch Homeland: Series Premiere Full Episode - 'Dexter' SPOILER [VIDEO] @SHO_Dexter @SHO_Homeland #giveaway

Morena Baccarin in 'Homeland'

SHOWTIME - Sep 12, 2011

Claire Danes and Damian Lewis star in the suspenseful new SHOWTIME Original Series HOMELAND. New episodes Sundays at 10pm ET/PT beginning October 2nd, only on SHOWTIME.

 

Dexter Poster - Key Art Giveaway!:

Leave a comment saying you'd like a full size copy of the awesome season 6 key art poster featuring Michael C. Hall as Dexter. I'll announce the winner Thanksgiving week. More deets later!

Dexter - Season 6: Episode 1 - 2 Small Spoilers:

Q: Please give us scoop on the new season of Dexter!

A: The season premiere opens on a bleeding Dexter calling 911 to report that he has been stabbed.

 Has someone finally discovered his secret and exacted a poetic revenge? Did he slip in a pool of someone else's blood and fall on his own knife? Will he analyze his own spatter pattern while he waits for the ambulance to arrive? Nope, nope and nope.

 SOURCE:TVGUIDE (make sure you have you pop-up blocker actived!)

Dexter - Episode 6.01 - Those Kinds of Things - Short Synopsis:

Dexter Morgan attends his 20th high school reunion; Dexter considers his son's legacy; Debra becomes an unexpected hero.

Source: SpoilerTV

Homeland 

"Debriefed" http://youtu.be/jqmc44tI9uc

"Presumed Dead" http://youtu.be/_Yq2nncjqh0

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Official HOMELAND Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HomelandOnShowtime

Check out these behind-the-scenes videos for HOMELAND:

Meet the Characters: Homeland http://youtu.be/tvrWr4xbi7I

Hanging with Claire Danes http://youtu.be/Rje3xNCVDYE

On the subject of HOMELAND, Showtime is teaming up with GameSpot to give away 5000 beta keys to preview the newest version of the first-person shooter game Ghost Recon: http://www.gamespot.com/event/codes/ghostrecon/ Beta keys will be given out at random times over the coming weeks, so keep an eye out on Homeland's Facebook and Twitter pages to claim yours!

Also, all of the games at http://watchcareful.ly are live, and starting today, you can unlock the first episode of HOMELAND. Watchcareful.ly is the only place where HOMELAND will be shown unedited online. 

Published on Sep 7, 2011 by SHOWTIME

The CIA debriefs Sergeant Brody.

After the jump - Homeland - 'Presumed Dead' Sneak Peek (VIDEO)

Watch The Big C & Weeds Tonight! @SHO_Weeds @SHO_TheBigC @SHO_Kareem

 

 
Laura Linney in 'The Big C' (Photo credit: Showtime)

When I grow up* I want to be able to write as well as Ileane Rudolph does in her stellar TVGuide article on Showtime's The Big C. Writer Rudolph simply nails oh, everything I like about the show. The piece echos my sentiments about The Big C's ability to strike a chord with survivors of not only life-threatening conditions such as the protagonist, Cathy Jameson with stage 4 cancer, but of the great lot of us that have survived and often thrived in the aftermath of one of the many things that smack us HARD out of left field.

The Big C and Weeds are on tonight beginning at 10:00/9:00c on Showtime.

 After coming home from the real-life fireworks I'm watching both shows which always have someone or some situation heating up, blowing up or causing massive cracking up. How about you?

*Chronologically-speaking this happened a few decades ago...but I'm still coming to grips with that.

 (Photo Credit:  Showtime)

With a mischievous smile, Laura Linney is gleefully ruining a take. During a tense scene between her character, Cathy Jamison, who has Stage 4 melanoma, and her bipolar brother, Sean, played by John Benjamin Hickey, she makes her costar break down in giggles.

Whoever says cancer is no laughing matter hasn't seen The Big C, Showtime's irreverent comedy about a Minneapolis teacher, wife and mom who's trying not only to beat death but to live as fully as possible in whatever time she has left. The smartly written, beautifully cast show has earned a devoted fan base and critical plaudits, and three-time Emmy winner Linney has already snared a Golden Globe for her deft portrayal of the strong-willed Cathy.

The oft-repeated mantra at The Big C is "It's not a show about dying; it's a show about living." And for sure, Cathy lives large. In the first season she kept her illness a secret, booted her immature husband, Paul (Oliver Platt), and had an affair. "Cathy doesn't behave in a safe, by-the-numbers fashion," says Hickey, during a break on the set in Stamford, Connecticut. "A lot of people who are living with cancer love the funny, outrageous, sometimes controversial way that character deals." Executive producer Jenny Bicks, a survivor herself, says, "The writers take the kid gloves off when we talk about cancer, because when you've gone through it, it's not all tragic and dramatic. It can also be super strange and funny."

Read on after the jump!

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

Weeds Casting NEWS, NEW Theme Song SPOILER @SHO_Weeds @SHO_Kareem

 

WEEDS: Mary-Louise Parker Talks 'Plan C':

Andy Milder is returning to Showtime's Weeds. The actor, who was heavily recurring in Seasons 1, 2, 4 and 5 and a regular on Season 3, did only one episode of the show during the most recent sixth season.

Now Milder is set to recur on the upcoming seventh season, reprising his role as Dean Hodes, former husband of the infamous Celia and good buddies with 'Doug' (Kevin Nealon) who remains part of the Weeds season 7 cast.

Source: Deadline: 

Weeds Season 7 Theme Song (Spoiler) This video was created to be similar to the
Weeds Season 1-2 'Agrestic Theme'.
Music: 'Black Seesaw' by Lauren Alegre
'New York. New High.' 

 

Q: How will Nancy be different after "Plan C"?
A: Don't assume that being behind bars (for 3 years) has taught Nancy anything. You'll see that her shrewd manipulation skills are as honed as ever — and she'll put them to good use on her cellmate. On the outside, things will be less copacetic, as Nancy's plan to reunite her far-flung family won't go smoothly, as not everyone will want to see her. "This year is the chickens (are) coming home to roost," executive producer Jenji Kohan says. "You can only push your family so far before they start to rebel to a certain extent, and it's about what happens then."

Source: June 22 TV Guide

Some of Nancy's family doesn't want to see her initially. Shocking. Lemme guess. The kid who just prior to his Mom finally getting arrested found out that she lied to him his entire life about 'who' his father is. (That would be Silas, played by Hunter Parrish).

Also, little 4-year-old Stevie won't want to be with Nancy--at least not at first. She's a stranger to him and he's been raised by her sister, Jill!

Weeds: Mary-Louise Parker: Plan C

Mary-Louise Parker discusses where we pick up this season, Nancy's life in prison and shooting in New York City.

Weeds Season Premiere
Monday June 27, 2011 only on SHO

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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:

Weeds - The Latest Scoop (6.15.11) [PHOTOS] [VIDEO] SPOILERS @SHO_Kareem #weeds #giveaway @SHO_Weeds

 
More Answers About What's Happened in WEEDS 3-Year Time Jump to Season 7:

  You already know that Season 7 (debuting June 27) picks up three years after the events of Season 6. What you don’t know is what Doug has been up to during those lost three years, other than he was in Copenhagen. And that’s where the scoop comes in.

“Doug got a job working as an accountant for IKEA — if that is in Denmark,” reveals his portrayer, Kevin Nealon.

“Now he’s back stateside again.”

 Source: Ausiello

 

Bring it On! Promo for Weeds & The Big C (June 07, 2011) The Big C and Weeds return for all new seasons June 27th beginning at 10PM ET/PT.

Weeds/The Big C Poster Art Giveaway:

Of course, I'm giving away posters! Drop me an email: foreverafangirl@gmail.com. Be sure to put 'Weeds' in the subject line and if I pick your name out of a hat on July 13, you win the poster art for both Weeds and The Big C!

WEEDS : A PEEK A LIFE THREE YEARS LATER

When Weeds returns for its 7th season on June 27, there will be much for us to catch up on in the world of Nancy Botwin, who at the end of last season turned herself into police.

So, what’s waiting for her on the other side of the fence? A halfway house, for one. And also her family, which had been holding up in Copenhagen and went through some changes of their own, according to creator Jenji Kohan. Silas got into modeling, Shane kept busy doing puppet theater, Doug joined them overseas*(see 6.15.11 update above), and Andy “had a nice little thing going” with a woman. But, Kohan says, despite their new lives, Nancy’s release causes them to “quickly mobilize” and return.

“They had their relationships and their things, but there was a sense that they were always treading water because Nancy seems to be their True North. When you don’t have that star in the sky, you get a little lost,” Kohan says.

But while their dedication to Nancy has not changed, Kohan couldn’t say the same for their physical appearance.

“Shane has mutton chops and a Mohawk and he looks pretty cool, and Silas is very buff, and Andy’s a little grayer, but nothing radical.”

Unless you count Stevie.

“Oh, Stevie, yes! Stevie’s now almost 4 so he’s a little boy, and he talks. That’s a whole new ballgame — the toddler game. It’s not an infant anymore — not a little blob — it’s a person."

Source: EW.com

I think it is safe to say that Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker) is never going to cop to having any regrets. Or if she does, she won't contemplate them long enough to use the new-found insights to change her perpetually self-destructive behaviour. For as long as we've known this character she's seemed to operate in a permanent state of 'emergency mode' plastered over with a veneer of zen-like calmness with a not insignificant amount of 'eff it' thrown into the mix. It is a hat trick that few actresses could pull off as convincingly as Parker does. Showtime certainly picked the right gal to get the job done.

SPOILERS BELOW:

I really, really like that Nancy was arrested and served 3 years time for the bludgeoning death of 'Pilar,' Nancy's now-ex's ex, a powerful Mexican gangster. Shane actually clubbed the woman, who was making serious death threats against the Botwin kids. Though Weeds is obviously not grounded in 'reality' reality and in fact Nancy has had to endure many consequences, jail time should appease those who felt she was getting off too easily.

Mary-Louise Parker, Justin Kirk, Kevin Nealon and the boys, played by Hunter Parrish and Alexander Gould, are all immensely likable and really know their way around these characters after 6 seasons of playing them. It's a fun show to watch and at one-half hour running time, there's very little time investment. (You already subscribe to Showtime, don't you? Need reasons? Try Dexter, Shameless & Californication, for starters.)

(Previously)

Weeds Upcoming Episode Titles:

Episode 7.01 "Bags" (June 27)
Episode 7.02 "From Trauma Cometh Something" (July 4)
Episode 7.03 "Game-Played" (July 11)

Source: Zap2IT

Martin Short and Aidan Quinn are the latest additions to the seventh season of Showtime’s Weeds, which is now confirmed to pack the one-two punch of a time jump and a major change in location--to New York City.

Source: TVLine

 Sneak Peek Photos from Weeds Season 7, Episode 7.02 "From Trauma Cometh Something" (July 4) 

 
Pretty sure that this is a shot of Andy (Justin Kirk) and Shane (Alexander Gould) attempting to see Nancy in the half-way house. Note that 'Shane' does not have 'a mohawk' as show creator Jenji Kohan interviewed (above). Shane has a 'fauxhawk,' which combed a different way, would look like his 'normal' hair. Really can't say much about the mutton chop sideburns other than they look really fake and I doubt if they'll last more than an episode or two...

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Update! (6.15.11) Helena Bonham Carter - Harry Potter's 'Bellatrix Lestrange' is New Face of Marc Jacobs

Helena Bonham Carter in Marc Jacobs - 6.15.11:

Helena Bonham Carter's fierce fashion individuality often suggests, nay insists, that there is much more to her than just a dressed-up thespian:

Helena Bonham-Carter seems to always dress in a way that expresses exactly who she is or feels like being at any given time. She looks like she is having fun with fashion--unlike so many of her peers who look as if they are enduring wearing whatever uber-fancy outfit their stylists have chosen for them for important (read: camera-friendly) events. IMO, Bonham-Carter never looks 'thrown together,' though others have snarked about how she doesn't appear to know how to match things properly (colours, a pair of shoes, etc.).

The stark reality is that in Bonham-Carter's day job in show business she is considered 'of a certain age' and that age means far fewer film roles as each year passes. She is smart and savvy to seque into something she enjoys (dressing up) that will pay the bills (face of Marc Jacobs!)

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Actress Helena Bonham Carter has joined ...Victoria Beckham, Dakota Fanning and Sofia Coppola to become the latest face of U.S label Marc Jacobs.

The choice may seem like an odd one, especially as Helena is a devoted Vivienne Westwood fan, but perhaps talks began after Jacobs dressed the actress for the SAG awards...

But her mismatched style earned her a place on the Vanity Fair Best Dressed List last year.

The Harry Potter star, 44, who counts Marie Antoinette as one of her style icons, told the New York Daily News: 'It was a triumph! ....It made me laugh because I thought it was a joke when I found out.

'But when I saw the article, I thought, "Oh, the photos they've chosen are as bad as the ones they print when I'm worst dressed."'

 
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Fans of her acting will soon be able to catch her in the latest installment of Harry Potter, the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.

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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 Season 4 (6.1.11) Updates, Interviews [SPOILERS] Galore! #trueblood #spoilers #season4

Even a spoiler hound as big as me did not anticipate just how much TB writer Alexander Woo spills in this brand new interview about True Blood Season 4!:

(EW Magazine Illustration)

Want to know the answers to a number of cliffhangers from True Blood's season 3 finale? (Like for example, the definitive answer to: Did Sam shoot Tommy? (It's here.) Do Bill and Sookie really break up? (Uh, I'm not sure I wanted to know but I do now) and, does Bill go to Peru like in the books? And there's much more, depending on how intensely you have been spoiling yourself!

I'm putting all the articles into a silde show album. Click through and read them but be prepared for a few genuine eye-openers!

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Below is an excerpt from the TVGuide article (credit above). If  you have been keeping up with the general  plotline plans for Season 4 at all, then this will be a simple retred of that. Alan Ball has never sounded less enthusiastic about his show. I'm gonna blame the interviewer.

TV Guide Magazine’s Summer Preview (6.o6 -19.11)

Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble! In Season 4, “There are two factions at war: vampires and another fueled by witchcraft and power over the dead,” says creator Alan Ball. Battles go down and Sookie’s lightning-bolt-shooting  EDIT 'microwave' fingers/End EDIT strike again.

“We see her use her powers,” Ball says of Anna Paquin’s steel magnolia.

“Other people see that too, and it’s going to complicate things.” She’s not the only one releasing her inner magic.

Tara (Rutina Wesley) and Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) get mixed up with Wiccan medium Marnie (Fiona Shaw).

And witches cast a spell on Eric (Alexander Skarsgård): “Sookie will see a different Eric,” Ball says, but she’s still feeling heat with Bill (Stephen Moyer) and Alcide (Joe Manganiello). Adds Ball, “From the Team Eric, Team Bill viewpoints, one of those teams will be happy, one won’t.”

 Moyer says that Season 4 is “very different. Everybody’s taken a real shift. Some time has passed, there are a lot of hierarchical shifts, and there’s a new bad influence in town.”

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True Blood's Alexander Skarsgård Looks HOT Both On & In June GQ (PHOTOS) #trueblood #GQ #eric

With eyes 'as deep as a glacial fjord' ASkars on the COVER and in the JUNE GQ is a sight you do not want to miss: 

(On newsstands nationwide May 24, 2011.)

See all the Skarsgård you can handle when True Blood returns to HBO on June 26, 2011!

'Out of the misty north there arrived in Hollywood a fair-haired stranger: Skarsgård the Younger, Alexander the Tall, son of Stellan the Comparatively Famous.

 

With his totally convincing American accent and eyes deep as a glacial fjord, he won over fans of HBO's True Blood. Now, with three major films opening soon, Alexander Skarsgård is poised to conquer the rest of us.'

 

Pretty heady stuff, no? And the accompanying interview is funny and surprisingly touching and insightful. (Read an insider's recounting of the filming of a rape scene Skarsgård has in the upcoming, 'Straw Dogs' with Kate Bosworth, rumoured to be his off-screen lady-love, that is incredibly powerful and character-revealing). Any true ASkars fans (or fans of fantastically great-looking Swedish men) will want to check it out.

There are many more gorgeous photos as well.

 

This is my favourite quote from the full GQ article:

In True Blood's ever expanding ensemble of fairies, werewolves, shape-shifters, telepaths, werecats, telefairies, vamp-shifters, and God knows what else, his Eric has become a solid center—the only character to display that essential quality shared by great HBO antiheroes past (think Tony Soprano or Omar Little or Al Swearengen): genuine unpredictability. Skarsgård's minutely calibrated deadpan somehow makes him the show's funniest, most cerebral, and most ferally frightening personage.

"He does this thing with his eyes," says creator and show-runner Alan Ball.

Read the rest: Here Comes the Viking

(Photo Credit: Carter Smith/GQ) 

You mean 'this' thing he does with his eyes?

(Photo Credit: Carter Smith/GQ)

...or is it more like this?

Credit:HBO,inc. From True Blood Eric and Sookie's First REAL Kiss - 'I Smell A Rat' Ep.10 "Blah, blah vampire emergency" much more after the jump: ...on LA versus his native country:

PHOTOS: Johnny Depp Pirates' 4 EW Magazine Scans - Interview #johnnydepp #photos #pirates4

  This article is worth looking at for the magnificent photos of Johnny Depp but it is worth reading both for fun factoids like how did that red 'X' get on Jack Sparrow's right cheek, just under his eye?--as well as further explanation from JD himself about many of the dangly bits that Cap'n Jack sports on his person.

Perhaps most intriguing though is "why" when it seemed an impossibility that Depp would return for a fourth outing as Captain Jack Sparrow, did he make an about face and take on the project? Johnny Depp has long been known for his forthrightness and in this interview he again exhibits refreshing candor.

I suggest picking up a copy of this issue as it is an especially drool-worthy keeper for any Johnny Depp fan.

 

Jack Sparrow doesn’t usually feel regret, though he does at times feel lost. Fans of the devil-may-care seafarer may know what it’s like to be there with him. In this week’s cover story, EW looks at how the fourth film in the Pirates of the Caribbean mega-franchise, On Stranger Tides (out May 20), attempts to reverse course from the previous two installments and return to the stand-alone spirit of the original. “I felt if we were going to do a 4, that more than anything we owed the audience a fresh start, without all the complicated mathematics of 1 colliding with 2 and 2 colliding with 3,” Depp says. “I felt like it was important to eliminate as many complications as possible.”

 

Source: EW.com  'This Week's Cover: Johnny Depp helps chart a new course for 'Pirates of the Caribbean'

 

VIDEO: True Blood Season 4 - Invitation to the Set (4.17.11) #SPOILERS #trueblood #season4 #screencaps

 

Alexander Skarsgård as Eric Northman in True Blood Season 4 (pre-amnesia):

 

So far, this is the best promo for True Blood Season 4, yet. Finally, a bit of story to chew on, not just quick scenes adding up to zilch. Smartly, I think, Alan Ball & Co. are broadly fleshing out for us what to expect in Season 4--especially showing some more of the more of brand new (Marnie) and nearly brand new (Jesus, Holly) characters--witches all-- in action.

The witches circle when over-lit like I made the screen-caps in order to see detail look pretty, idk cornball? Cheesy? But I imagine the (award-winning) set folks put together a replica of what real witches do.

 In the stark light it looks cheesy, in the darkness with candles and all it looks pretty neat.

Oh My Goodness!, some pretty screen-caps came out of this behind-the-scenes preview/promo/trailer!  

Screencaps! *All images Copyright HBO, inc.*:

Alas, nothing terribly spoilerish.

VIDEO: Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows 2 - First Look Featurette! #DH2 #harrypotter

First Look featurette for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II:

This 'featurette' for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II shows some never before seen footage from the final installment while interviewing cast and crew. The general consensus seems to be that this last installment will be loaded with thrilling action sequences.

I'm not a Harry Potter fanatic but this little taste of Deathly Hallows part 2 gave me chills. Without resorting to exaggeration, I think this film may be remembered in years to come as one of the best Harry Potter films in the series, if not THE best. I seriously cannot wait for it to come out!

However, other that the youngest child that can be sold on anything it is absolutely unnecessary to see it in 3D as the trailer urges. 3D movies are not going to 'save' the movies. Good movies will. IMO, nothing replaces the movie theatre experince and unlike complaints that people usually voice about why not to go--which mostly have to do with 'other' people and the noise or mess they make, there are so few people attending that I've found that they are not a problem at all.

Even Deathly Hallows part I on it's second weekend had plenty of seating, certainly no lines. I was amazed that it's numbers were said to be so good. I live in a Northwest (of Chicago) suburban area. I admit that I do enjoy no crowds but I worry 'no crowds at the theatre' will spell the end of the movie theatre experience.

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Chelsea Lately: Emmy Rossum of Shameless on Pool Sex and Toilet Training her Kitty

 
Actress Emmy Rossum dishes on her "Shameless" sexcapades including last week's pool sex:

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Actress Emmy Rossum dishes on her "Shameless" sexcapades including last week's 'Steve & Fiona' pool sex. Plus hear about her plan to potty train her kitty on the toilet!

Aww. This is great! Emmy is cute on Shameless (Showtime, Sunday nights @ 10p.m. E) but here with hair done and lipstick, simply beautiful. She holds her own with Chelsea with a engaging sense of humour and one-of-a-kind laugh that you'd never expect from 'a lady.' Nothing stereotypical about this girl. Love her!

(Note: Ya'll who 'hate' Emmy's shoes: 1.They are a bright spring-like style which is sooo welcome as we are dying for winter to be over, and 2. Chelsea Handler's camera people shoot from an odd "under" angle--perhaps they are hoping for an upskirt shot? Regardless, I've often thought what huge feet/hideous shoes Chelsea was wearing until it clicked that it is the cameraman's doing--not Chelsea or the talent's.)

 

PLEASE NOTE: Over the past 2 months some of my favourite and important posts have effectively been wiped out by my blog host. I'm republishing them in an effort to make sure that they get shared with folks who I know will enjoy them. Apologies if you've seen them already.

As always, THANK YOU for stopping by!

xx Cyn

'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' (4) Extended Super Bowl Trailer - Promo Photos HQ - Plot Reveals

Captain Jack Sparrow is back in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides:

Fourth installment of Disney's 'Pirates' franchise arrives May 20, 2011

Captain Jack's new adventure includes an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink mix of  'mermaids, zombies [and] Blackbeard,' the most dreaded "pirate that all pirates fear," played by noted bad guy Ian McShane.  The woman in Jack Sparrow's ('Shouldn't there be a 'captain' in there somewhere?" wonders Jack) life this time 'round is the enigmatic 'Angelica' (Penelope Cruz), a woman from his past with an agenda all her own. Angelica enlists Jack's help in finding the Fountain of Youth, then forces him to board Blackbeard's ship, and  the story takes off (we hope).

The trailer shows us a peek at the gorgeous Angelica, a woman of action, Blackbeard being his nasty/scary self and Jack being all Jack-like. I'm fairly certain that I saw a cameo by Jack's dad (and Depp's inspiration for his character) played by Keith Richards. If so, yay! There's also a luminously beautiful mermaid (Astrid Berges-Frisbey) and the gallant young missionary (Sam Claflin) who attempts to keep her from harm's way.

Much More After the jump!!

VIDEO: Emmy Rossum Interview On Conan O'Brien (3.01.11) #emmyrossum #conanobrien @SHO_Shameless

Watch Emmy Rossum, whose hit Showtime show 'Shameless' was just renewed for a second season, earnestly explain to Conan O'Brien what a 'vag patch' is as well as the intricacies of a 'cock sock' (it has a bow on top). Emmy goes on to recount her 'first time' using both devices with Shameless co-star Justin Chatwin including how, in order to prevent any :ahem: unintended consequences, sand was used to weigh the sock down! (And they say Hollywood is all about glitz and glamour!)

Episodes Tonight! - 'Episode 6' - Don't Miss My Giveaway! @SHO_Episodes @SHO_Kareem #giveaway

Here's proof that even I have some less that stellar compression abilities [wink]. You watch Episodes on Showtime, right? If you don't just hop over here:
 

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(cont.) where you can watch the first three (30 min) episodes of Episodes on Sho.com and YouTube for FREE until February 28! 

Anyhoo. I read *somewhere* that former Friends and now 'Episodes' star Matt LeBlanc dyes his hair. I assumed that because last time I saw him, his hair was dark that he meant he was putting in the gray for his Showtime show, as it does figure in every now and again in a humourous way. Guess what? I was WRONG! Like totally, completely 100% Duh! wrong. Watch the video clip here or just read the summary paragraph that follows: (cont.)

 Matt LeBlanc revealed last summer that he began dyeing his hair more than a decade ago, "almost the whole time" the actor starred in 'Friends'. He clarified on 'The Tonight Show' (weeknights, 11:35PM ET on NBC) that it was "just on the sides" and that he started going gray in his mid-20s. "Dyeing it on the show would take like an hour and a half ... and you gotta listen to everybody's yakking and talking in the makeup room," he said. So the actor took matters into his own hands, purchasing Just For Men and coloring his locks at home. It "takes five minutes, but then about a half-hour of paint-thinner to get the black off your ears," he joked.

Source: TVSquad -  Matt LeBlanc Talks Dyeing His Own Hair During 'Friends' Era (VIDEO)

 Ha!

Matt has been gray since his mid-twenties(!) which as Leno asserts in the clip, happened to him as well. Some guys start going bald in their twenties (think Prince William) but gray, I think, is the better deal.

If I do say so, Mr. LeBlanc is looking mighty fine, and the gray does suit him!

BTW, I have said it before but I want to underline, emphasize and make a point of saying that the Episodes series, which right now is in total, 3.5 hours long (seven, 30-min episodes) really hit it's mark with me as the first season tied up. The final episodes are fantastically funny, doing a brilliant job of setting up season 2.

I watch all three of the Showtime Sunday night comedies (I DVR them sometimes to enjoy them when I have more time). All three shows -- Californication, Shameless and Episodes are broadly appealing which have made them a great choice for myself and spouse who in general, have pretty different taste. It's quite nice to look forward to LOL-ing together.

On Tonight's 'Episode 6' of EPISODES:

Convinced that Sean is having an affair with Morning, Beverly packs a bag and leaves, intending to head back to London. However, in her distress, she is unaware that she's driving on the left hand side of the road. Beverly doesn't realize her mistake until a head on collision -- a collision which leads her down a road with even more dire consequences.

Hey! Would you like your own copy of the official poster art for Episodes?:

Sort of  like this one Here. 

I'm giving it away! To be in the running for the giveaway just drop a comment here in this post telling me one reason why you enjoy Episodes! I'll announce the lucky winner on this blog on Sunday, February 20th. Good Luck!

One of my favourite scenes from Episodes is on tonight! Watch below!

SHOWTIME | Season 1 Ep. 6

Matt LeBlanc and Beverly get into a car accident.

David Duchovny on Californication 'Porn', @SHO_Cali Season-Five Renewal!

 

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!

Photo Credit: Jordin Althaus/Showtime

Showtime has picked up Californication for another round, and don’t expect producers to put the brakes on the show anytime soon. Asked by a critic at TCA if he’s tempted to set a series end date like Lost, executive producer Tom Kapinos said “no way.”

“I’m riding this to the bitter end,” he said. “I believe in sticking with something until we’ve squeezed every drop out of it.”

That said, the rather dramatic upcoming fourth season finale of the show was written as if, just in case, the show wasn’t renewed.

“If lightening strikes tomorrow,” he said, “I make an effort to make sure the end of every season … is a satisfying story.”

One critic asked if the show was taming down its sex scenes after last season, which he said resembled porn.

“That’s totally unfair,” David Duchovny said.

“I don’t feel like it’s ever gone too far,” Kapinos said. “Porn is people having sex on film. These are people pretending to have sex while naked. I have no regrets about the show at all.”

On Sunday, & Co. pulled in 848,000 viewers at 9 p.m. for its fourth season opener (and 1. 1 million viewers total if you include its repeat). Still no word on Shameless, but the new comedy performed slightly better out of the gate than Californication, so it’s off to a good start.

Source: EW.com

"I'd like to go six seasons," David says of Californication's fate destiny. "I always thought six would be a good number …72 episodes would be right."

That said, he's willing to do more—assuming Showtime can foot the bill. "I'd be open because the schedule is so wonderful for me," he told me. "It's only a 13 week schedule. It's like shooting a little movie for me. And I love working with the people. We all have a good time. I could continue on…I just say six years because in cable I think it becomes economically not feasible for them to go beyond because they're going to have to pay me so much money."

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Dexter - Reflecting on Season 5: Julia Stiles - Atonement: Chip Johannessen (Showtime)

Some of the points made by new-this-year executive producer Chip Johanneson include that through the Lumen arc, 'we've put to bed the Rita question.'

I took this to mean that the Rita storyline is tied up as much as it can be. I wouldn't be surprised if a few loose ends show in the future but for Dexter himself, Lumen has fulfilled that function. Johanneson continued, pointing out that the events of season 5 allow the writers to 'pick up anywhere in season 6.'

SHOWTIME | December 13, 2010

Julia Stiles discusses the end of her character's relationship with Dexter.

Though Julia Stiles 'kind of assumed that Lumen would end up dead,' it probably dawned on her as they got deeper into season 5, with the Dexter-Lumen dynamic proving ever-more appealing that perhaps there was another possible ending.  Regardless, season 5 ended on a typical Dexter note--the 'big bad' was on Dexter (and Lumen's) table, taking a knife to the heart.

Sadly, Dexter too, took a (metaphorical) knife to his own heart when Lumen suddenly announced that relieved of her darkness (dark passenger), she would be skipping town the following day. Dexter was cool enough to tell her that he was happy for her that her darkness had gone. He continued, assuring her that he would 'carry (her) darkness' for her. Aww. Poor Dex.

SHOWTIME | December 13, 2010

Atonement: Chip Johannessen

 Chip Johannessen discusses the season five finale of Dexter.

Executive Producer Sara Colleton weighs in via E!

Q:..What did Deb mean during her final conversation with Dexter at the party: "You must be [happy] too, now that this is all over.".... What would Deb be referring to?...s
A: Sara Colleton: "Deb is referring to the barrel-girls case. It was meant to be purposely vague, and it should make Dexter wonder exactly what it is she means as he can't be sure."

Q: Are we to believe that Quinn did not figure out that Dexter is a killer?
A: per Colleton: "Quinn may suspect Dexter has been somehow involved in Liddy's death, but don't think his world view is large enough yet to imagine who Dexter really is." 

Q: So bummed to see Lumen leave last night on Dexter! Any chance Julia Stiles will return?
Colleton: "That has not been discussed. But she is out there..."

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Update: Dexter - NEW #3 #4 Sneak Peeks! Episode 5.11 'Hialeah And Fourth' - Hugetastic SPOILERS From EW, TVGuide

Dexter 5x11 - "Hialeah & Fourth" - Sneak Peek #3 and #4 ***Note: Episode title change

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Dexter -  What Happens Next:

No. 1: “It’s a great moment of panic when you realize someone is spying on you but you don’t know who it is and what exactly have they seen. For Dexter, it’s the world’s worst nightmare…. The audience knows that it’s Liddy, but when Dexter finds out that the surveillance equipment has been checked out by Quinn, his trail leads toward Quinn. What’s Dexter going to do to stop Quinn, who he believes is on his trail?

 

No. 2: “Having worked alongside Deb for this entire season and slowly getting together and at the same time backing off from each other, Quinn finally bares his soul to Deb in such a way that she can no longer ignore what’s happened between them. And this is going to be complicated by the fact that Dexter believes that Quinn is spying on him.”

No. 3: “Deb narrows down the evidence against Jordan and believes she has enough to put him into custody— only to realize that it’s going to be harder than she imagined.”

No. 4: “Jordan Chase makes his ultimate gambit toward getting Dexter where he wants him. He makes a move that leaves Dexter devastated by the end of the episode.”

--Dexter executive producer Manny Coto to EW

Two more sneek peeks (exclusive EW videos)

 In last week's episode, after Dexter (Michael C. Hall) helped rape victim Lumen (guest star Julia Stiles) get her first taste of revenge by killing one of her tormentors, the duo hit the sheets, becoming more than just partners in crime. But Stiles found a certain poetry in the juxtaposition of those two scenes.

 

'Dexter - Julia Stiles Interview'

"Lumen is the only person alive who sees Dexter's true self and accepts him. There's something oddly romantic about that, and also very intimate," Stiles tells TVGuide.com. "The reverse is true for Lumen. The experience she had before was so traumatic, and had an element of shame, where she couldn't go back and see her family. There's something very isolating about that, and the fact that Dexter knows about it and also embraces her is very sweet amidst all this weirdness."

But the two lovebirds sealing the deal wasn't the only big development. Viewers finally met the woman who made Jordan Chase (guest star Jonny Lee Miller) the man he is today — his first victim, Emily (Angela Bettis). And considering the bombshell she dropped on Lumen, Stiles says we'll definitely be seeing more of her.

"I think what's fascinating about Emily is her Stockholm syndrome — the weird way she idolizes the guy that victimized her," says Stiles. "She's a huge lynchpin in terms of Lumen finding out what's going on with these guys."

Emily's story line isn't the only one that will be addressed in the final two episodes of the season. Things between Quinn (Desmond Harrington) and Liddy (guest star Peter Weller) really heat up when Dexter finally figures out someone has bugged his apartment. "The tricky thing with Quinn is he has a moral dilemma, and Liddy is sort of out of control," Stiles says. "Quinn can't reverse what he started at the beginning of the season, and it's getting dangerous."

Because Dexter die-hards have learned to be suspicious of everyone, fans have speculated all season about whether Lumen is good or bad. Stiles, who grappled with the question herself during the early stages of filming, says that defining Lumen as one or the other would be way too simplistic for the show.

"I think what's great is that every story line and every character is dealing with what is right and what is wrong, and this idea that there aren't really absolutes," she says. "A lot of these characters — especially Lumen — fall into the gray area. Their actions don't necessarily define them as good or bad."
Source: TV Guide 'Dexter - Julia Stiles Interview'

More from: EW

Q: What the heck is going to happen next on Dexter?
A: ...Dexter ends up unconscious in the back of a white panel van this Sunday.'

Also: Jordan Chase, who up until now has kept his hands very much out of the killing action, finally gets his hands dirty in the penultimate episode of the season.'

More from TVGuide:

Q: Any scoop on Dexter?
A: In Episode 11 entitled 'Hialeah and Fourth'  there are...two deaths and two kidnappings. There are four separate victims, two male and two female. One death you'll cheer, and one will make you cringe. As for the kidnappings, let's just say both victims prove to be easy prey for their captors.

OK. Not really fair given my spoiler round up (above) but here goes on the guessing of who are the 'vics' for killing and kidnapping in episode 11 Dexter, Hialeah & Fourth.

Here's one death: Emily (Angela Bettis):

I think everyone saw that one coming. Note that Dex has his kill outfit on so the other death could be very close to Emily's or perhaps SPOILER Dexter is about to get the tables turned on him and become a kidnapping victim himself?

OTOH, since we are spoiled that we'll 'cheer' for the death of one victim: Hrm. Liddy has to die so it may be him. My guess is if so, it will be at Det. Joey Quinn's hands as Desmond Harrington has hinted ('blood on (his) shoes').

I'm presuming prior to at least one death there is the kidnapping of the victim so I'll stick with Emily:death, Liddy: kidnap/death and Dexter: kidnap (victim) by Jordan Chase. I'm also going to guess that Lumen--on her own--is going to have to rescue Dexter, nicely book-ending their relationship with one save each.

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

 

Take a Peek at 'LOOK the Series' (Showtime) Teenage Girls and what they do/ ATM Surveillance - Who's watching you

LOOKtheSeries | September 23, 2010

Based on Director Adam Rifkin's award winning Film LOOK, this new series reveals the world as seen through the pervasive eyes of ever-present surveillance cameras. You'll discover your Secrets aren't secret.

Did you remember to watch the LOOK the Series marathon TONIGHT at 10pm-12am on Showtime Networks! Catch up on episodes 1-4 and then tune in Sun at midnight for an all new episode 5!

Oh gosh, I wish I could but the timing is bad until one of the shows I watch ends its season. LOOK The Series sounds good, though! Is it on Demand?

Teenage Girls and what they do

 "The Post 9/11 world has forever changed the notion of privacy. There are now approximately 40 million surveillance cameras in the United States generating more than 5 billion hours of footage every week. And the numbers are growing. The average American is now captured approximately 300 times a day, in department stores, gas stations, changing rooms, even public bathrooms. No one is spared from the relentless, unblinking eye of the countless cameras that are hidden in every nook and cranny of day-to-day life. Shot entirely from the point of view of the security cameras, webcams, cell phone cameras, and every other kind of lens that we all live in front of everyday, LOOK The Series follows multiple interweaving, story lines over the course of a random week in Los Angeles."

ATM Surveillance - Who's watching you

LOOKtheSeries | September 30, 2010

There are 40 million surveillance cameras across the united states.

LOOK has been hailed as “Disturbingly inventive” (WSJ), “Brilliant” (LA Times) and “Powerful” (USA Today).

The Producers are:Adam Rifkin (Underdog, Homo Erectus, and Night at the Golden Eagle) and Brad Wyman (Monster, Freeway, and Barb Wire).

LOOK star Ali Cobrin has appeared in films like Hole, Cold Cabin, and Kings by Night.

Both Rifkin and Wyman are available to answer your questions about the series (adamrifkin@mac.com

 

and bwhibbs@aol.com

 

, respectively).

 

Official LOOK website: http://www.looktheseries.com/

 

Acting Outlaws Update! (10.29.) 11p.m. Tricia Helfer & Katee Sackhoff Successfully Complete Bike Trip From LA To La.

"At my buddies wine tent at Voodoo : )" - trutriciahelfer

 

cyn_mccrackan less than a minute ago

Hi Tricia! Congrats on making it to La!
2500 miles on a BMW bike!!
Everyone should have a buddy w/a wine tent!

Where to go for  10.29 rescheduled chat on 10.30.10  (Saturday night) with Tricia and Katee:

Follow Katee and Tricia's ride via live video chats every night at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-la-...

More about the LALa trip follows (reblog)

10.27.10 -  Chilling with fans at a fancy club/hotel in Texas.

 Continually urged to "make out" and "show us your boobs" by a few infants that troll Ustream, Tricia gives in and gives Katee some lovin'...

P.S. A regualrarTricia n' Katee a/k/a Starbuck & Six, webcast is in the works.

Because they are on different schedules acting I'd be optimistic and set a once a month, to-be-tweeted tentative time slot.Ya'll are  just gonna have to join Twitter just like Katie gave in and did for this trip.

(My bet is she'll keep at it!  I folllow Tricia's  and she's pretty good at it!)

 

 

actingoutlaws | October 25, 2010

Katee Sackhoff and Tricia Helfer prep on the day they leave for The LA La Ride -- taking them 2500 miles from Los Angeles, CA to New Orleans, Louisiana.

Follow Katee and Tricia's ride via live video chats every night at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-la-...

  (BTW, Katee is on CSI tonight--check your local listings.)

Katee, trying to read a fast moving stream of ustream comments reads eleven "Bichon" (dogs) as "eleven bike on." Here she reads. Trica starts to realize that ...

...the subject is ownership of 11 Bichon dogs...

Katee starts with that infectious, crazy "Starbuck" laugh...

...which sends Tricia into fits of laughter...

 Pulling themselves up from the floor LITERALLY, they try to get back on track but Katee...

...keeps bursting into laughter and gets Tricia going each time. By now they are both crying ...and Katee has peed herself.

Probably some much-needed hilarity. It's still up on ustream  (see links on this page). These women totally rock. Frak a TV show with Ben and Locke. Wouldn't you rather watch these two each week?

 Previously about the Acting Outlaws journey: You Call Yourself A Battlestar Galactica Fan? Pff! Tricia Helfer - Katee Sackoff LALa Cross Country Charity Ride

You've seen Tricia Helfer and Katee Sackhoff both on the big and small screens. They will be rememberd for decades for their iconic portryals of Kara "Starbuck" Thrace and the cylon "Six" on Battlestar Galactica.

Here though, they are not portraying anyone.

On ustream and in their tweets Tricia Helfer and Katee Sackhoff are for reals. Most of the time completely without makeup -- two stunning, natural beauties --what comes across even more so is their humour and great big hearts of gold.

Last night's live feed of them was hysterically funny. They are so exhausted from the trip that they are punchy--plus they have a drink or two before they broadcast. This makes for great entertainment though they never lose sight of why they are nearly killing themselves in some horrendous conditions to bring awareness to and raise money for http://www.healthygulf.org and http://www.gulffuture.org and continue to help the people and the wildlife in the gulf region who will bee affected by the BP oil spill possibly for decades.

Get more information at http://www.actingoutlaws.org

Please visit http://www.healthygulf.org and http://www.gulffuture.org to donate and continue to help the people and the wildlife in the gulf region who continue to be affected by the BP oil spill.

Video directed/edited by Justin Berger for HKL Films
Produced by HKL Films and Acting Outlaws
http://www.hklfilms.com

You Call Yourself A Battlestar Galactica Fan? Pff! Tricia Helfer - Katee Sackoff LALa Cross Country Charity Ride

 

 

Update 10.24.2010 /Tricia and Katee have announced that starting tonight at 8:30 p.m. when the UStream airs, folks that come up with the best or funniest questions for them (as deemed so by Katee's mom, affectionately referred to as "Mother Mary") will be rewarded with an Acting Outlaws t-shirt of your choice!

 Get all the details at http://www.actingoutlaws.org

I'm really shocked that from the hundreds of thousands (millions?) of Battlestar Galactica fans that according to Katee, only 200-something of you tuned in to the UStream of Tricia Helfer's and Katee Sackoff's 2500-mile cross-country trip from Los Angeles to Louisiana, dubbed the "LAla Ride," to raise both awareness and funds to the still-devastated Gulf Region.

I'm a little irked with you so-called Battlestar Galctica fans for not supporting these beautiful, big-hearted, generous women who are quite literally risking their lives to help the Gulf which was severely damaged by the BP Oil Spill cluster**** months ago.

As Starbuck and as all of the Cylon Sixes, Katee and Tricia respectively, blossomed as actresses and helped to make BSG one of the best television shows in history. They gave a lot of themselves for your enjoyment.

Is it a lot to ask that you at least show some support of them as they make this grueling trip? Is it? I'm dealing with dial-up atm, and so just took 20 minutes to watch two minutes of the embedded video above.

Katee and Tricia are appearing live each night after being on their BMW bikes all day. Though unscripted, they are very entertaining and despite the obvious toll that all that riding through some truly awful weather and road conditions takes, they are putting in their best effort to bring a bit of this experience to you. Please tune in.

 Get all the details at http://www.actingoutlaws.org.

Join us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/actingoutlaws.
and Twitter http://www.twitter.com/actingoutlaws.

Text to donate: "FUTURE" to 85944 to donate $10 to the Gulf Future campaign for Gulf Coast recovery.
http://www.healthygulf.org

 

Weeds Spoiler! Esteban Returns in Episodes 11 and 12

So, two things. First, it looks like the "Newmans" are not going to win the butter-eating contest so they can snag a Winnebago and live happily as travelling outlaws. Dang. That looked like it had a ton of comedic potential (j/k--Winnebago jokes wear thin pretty quickly).

EDIT/ Just got a postcard from Montana!

Two, at the end of this post the Ausiello spoiler is spoiled by the E! scoop (again) in that we now know that "Nancy’s second thoughts about her family’s life on the lam lead her to make what could be a fatal mistake" means that somehow she tips off Esteban about her whereabouts. Leave it to Nancy to continue never learning from her mistakes. Mary Louise sure does make her a loveable loser, though.

Sources confirm that Demián Bichir returns to Weeds this season as Tijuana mayor, jilted husband and devoted daddy Esteban Reyes for the penultimate Nov. 8 installment and the season finale on Nov. 15. We just chatted with Demián, and here's what he told us about the coming consequences of Nancy's actions...

According to Demián Bichir, it's anybody's game when his character reappears in Weeds episodes 11 and 12.

He says, "This is a first-come, first-served situation, and everyone is after Nancy and me. Because there's been a murder, and they are digging out a couple of things about Esteban that are pretty much not OK. The whole situation is time-sensitive. It's a timebomb. We'd better hurry up, because this is getting uglier as time goes by. Esteban's pretty, pretty upset about the whole thing. Because you don't run away with my boy—Esteban's not going to sit down and cross his arms and wait for his boy. That's not going to happen."

... Bichir... wouldn't mind if things got heated between Mr. and Mrs. Reyes one last time. He says of costar Mary-Louise Parker,

"There have been some really nice hot scenes with Mary-Louise, and it's really hard to do those scenes unless you have a true partner, a good friend and a generous fellow actor, but she's a great hanky-panky partner."

He continues, in answer to "Does he think that Nancy & Esteban have a future?"

"When I first started working on this show, every time I got a new script I just hoped for Esteban to be alive, but then I realized being alive or dead on this show doesn't mean anything. Even if you're alive, you can be dead, and even if you're dead, you can come back to life. These guys are wacko. That's what I love about the show, and all I can say is that I would love to come back."

Read more: EOnline!

Ausiello Gossip tidbit:  In episode 8 (airing Oct. 11), Nancy knocks boots with guest hottie Mark-Paul Gosselaar. From what I hear, it’s the kind of scene that DVR rewind buttons were invented for. Meanwhile, in episode 9 (airing Oct. 18), Nancy’s second thoughts about her family’s life on the lam lead her to make what could be a fatal mistake. Read more: Ausiello

True Blood Season 3 Finale Live Chat with " Pam " & " Alcide " (HBO)

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HBO | Season 3 Ep. 0 | Added: September 09, 2010

Directly following the True Blood Season 3 finale on September 12, 2010 at 9/8c on HBO, join your hosts Kristin Bauer van Straten at 10 EST and Joe Manganiello at 10 PST at Bloodcopy.com to for a live chat where they'll answer burning questions about Season 3 and divulge whatever secrets they can about Season 4. Visit Bloodcopy now. http://bloodcopy.com

Oooh! Cool beans! Love both these actors. Time to start thinking of some really good Q's for them.

IMO, one of the best things about Season 3 was "Pam" having more screen time and seeing just how deep her relationship with Eric goes. If I had to ask her a question I'd probably go all fangirl and want to know what it's like working with ASkars. He is so serious as Eric. When they yell cut does he stay in character on set or does he revert to the real Alex who I've heard is pretty fun to be around?

Or maybe I'd ask Kristen what it's like having both a brand new husband (musician Abri van Straten) and an expanded role on one of the hottest television shows happen in the same  year? A bit overwhelming or  the best year ever or...?

Joe is a bit harder because I've only seen him in interviews and True Blood and feel I don't "know" him very well. Maybe try to pry some info about season four True Blood in which he'll be a full cast member?

What would you ask Kristen Bauer van Straten and Joe Manganiello?

Dexter: Julia Stiles Interview "I'm Horrible With Gore"

SHOWTIME | September 07, 2010

Actress Julia Stiles talks about her love of Dexter and excitement for being a part of season five.

Hmm. Not sure if Julia  Stiles watched Dexter before she was hired for a guest starring arc in Dexter Season 5. She mentions that she "watched all of season 4" with baited breath and now working on Dexter season 5, she reacts in a similar fashion upon reading the scripts.

No matter. I'm guessing that like, me the Dexter story is so compelling and fantastically ensemble-acted that we can deal with the proportionally insignificant amount of gore.The meat of the story lies inside Dex's head. Woohoo! won't be long now' til the season 5 premiere (on Showtime--check your listings)!

EDIT/ A little bit about the character Stiles will be playing: 

"the character’s name is Lumen, and she’s described as “psychologically and physically damaged.” Her introduction to the cast presents Dexter with a dilemma..."

Weeds Sneak Peeks: 'You Can't Choose Your Family' 'Could've Eaten Twelve'

SHOWTIME | Season 6 Ep. 4 | Added: August 31, 2010

Shane walks Stevie in the stolen Yippity stroller to the benches to hang out with the MILFS.

Hard to believe with this episode that the sixth season of Weeds is one-third over. As Justin Kirk who plays "Uncle Andy" Botwin says in the video interview (below) this season plays like a road movie with the Botwins again having picked up and moved on but this time In deeper shit than ever. I was sort of mulling just how can they end this series? Does Nancy wake up next to her "dead" husband Judah to find it was all a very bad dream? Or perhaps she never was married to Judah and she awakes next to Andy? Just how do you write yourself out of the situation that this family is now in with drug and murder charges to face? Weeds is well-written enough and certainly has quirky charm to spare that I'll continue to tune in to find out "how it all ends."

Season 6, Episode 4 - 'Bliss' Nancy cuts a deal with the hotel's concierge to sell hash to hotel guests. Meanwhile, Silas and Andy also make unusual progress with their day jobs. Elsewhere, Shane and baby Stevie keep themselves occupied by joining a 'mommy group'. Back at Ren Mar, Doug is interrogated by Cesar and Ignacio for information on Nancy.

SHOWTIME | Season 6 Ep. 4 | Added: August 31, 2010

Andy challenges the chef to try one of his dishes.  He may lose another appendage

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

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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.

Dexter Season 5: Sneak Peek / Behind the Scenes / Screen Caps

Dexter Season 5: Behind the Scenes

SHOWTIME | Season 5 Ep. 0 | Added: August 24, 2010

It's a misnomer to label this video "Behind the Scenes." I would rename it "Cast Interviews (about the show) and Sneak Peeks" because that's what it is.

It contains opinions from most of the lead cast about Dexter the man and the show in season 5 and how one can expect both a clean slate and a kind of "re-boot" of the Dexter we've watched for the past four seasons.

The clip also contains short peeks of the actual Season 5 show. I've screen shot a couple. I do believe they were going for "tormented and brooding" as the adjectives to describe the atmosphere of the sneak peek components of the vid.

Enjoy!

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

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."

Comic-Con: Dexter's Definitive End - Q&A with Fans - All In The Family - Anti-Hero Panel

It's sometimes more fun and informative to hear from the writers of a show about the show's direction then from the actors.  Producer Sara Colleton spoke to Dexter having a "definitive end" in answer to the question of how and when there might be one. At least as far as the serial killing goes she said "that will never happen." After Rita's murder Dexter can never let go of his dark passenger by referencing how close he got to a taste of normality only to have it snatched away. Explaining further, she spoke of how in the last eppy of last season as Dexter disposed of Trinity's body he mused that it was time to embrace his family and he hoped that "someday soon" he'd be rid of the dark passenger. She says he was at the "most optimistic point" in his life about ridding himself of his dark passenger only to discover his murdered wife and infant son in a pool of her blood, shattering that notion completely.

SHOWTIME | July 27, 2010

Michael C. Hall answers questions from fans about his voiceovers, a new love interest for Dexter and his reaction to the season four finale.

SHOWTIME | July 27, 2010

The cast and producers of Dexter talk about the impact Rita's death has on Dexter and the children (Astor and Cody).

SHOWTIME | July 27, 2010

Michael C. Hall and executive producer Chip Johannessen discuss the importance of Dexter's code and the challenges his character faces with his family.

SHOWTIME | July 26, 2010

The producers of Dexter discuss keeping the show alive and Dexter's dark passenger.

Update! Sneak Peek Dexter Scene - 'Rita was their only hope' - Michael C Hall - Jennifer Carpenter 'Deb' - Getting Rid of the Ghosts

It's really hard not to observe the marital dynamic between Michael C Hall (Dexter) and wife Jennifer Carpenter (Deb). He looks good at Comic Con, though his hair is kind of wavy. Wondering if that a result of the chemo. I've noticed in the Season 5 promos that he is bewigged. For the start of Season 5 and for promotion of it it seems needed but according to Jennifer Carpenter, they are filming Episode 4 currently so I wonder if sharp eyes are going to notice Dexter getting a haircut after the first couple of episodes? Hall looks great though. Much perseverance on Hall's part to work right through his treatments and to return to work barely as he finished them. Strong guy.

'Rita was their only hope.'

SHOWTIME | July 26, 2010

Dexter copes with the idea of raising Astor and Cody. Bonus sneak peek scene from the 5th season of Dexter.

What Deb Knows

SHOWTIME | July 26, 2010

Jennifer Carpenter discusses Deb's love interest and her character's suspicions about Dexter.

Comic-Con: Killer Satisfaction

SHOWTIME | July 26, 2010

Michael C Hall discusses his favorite kill as Dexter and addresses a question from the audience on how to deal with being an amateur serial killer.

Comic-Con: Working with John Lithgow

SHOWTIME | July 26, 2010

Michael C. Hall discusses what it was like working with John Lithgow in season four.

Laura Linney - 'The Big C' - Mary Louise Parker - 'Weeds' Showtime Promo Teasers

The clip below has Mary Louise Parker and Laura Linney--in character--interacting! It's good! Worth watching. I'm going to have to cut my vacation down enough that I'm home for these shows to premiere because I don't want to mess with bittorrent, a small screen and no previews. I'm really looking forward to them both tho' Weeds kind of has an asterisk attached. It has run it's course. Even Mary Louise Parker,in her interview (scroll down) says as much when she says really all that Nancy has is her charm to get her by.

Weeds - Season 6 and The Big C  -Season 1 - Premiere August 16 on Showtime.

The Big C: Nothing Left to Lose

Showtime presents a new original series about grabbing life by the balls. The Big C premieres August 16th at 10:30PM ET/PT.

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SHOWTIME | Jul 11, 2010

The Big C's cast introduce the new Showtime comedy series about making every second count.

Hanging with Laura Linney

Emmy award winner Laura Linney, star of Showtime’s new original series The Big C, discusses growing up in NYC and her path to becoming an actress.

Mary-Louise (Hearts) Laura

Every Monday night two of Showtime's leading ladies star back to back. Every Monday night is girl's night in beginning August 16th at 10PM ET/PT. After the jump: more official promo photos!

Johnny Depp As Rango (Official Trailer) Depp "Inside The Actor's Studio" Interview (Full)

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JohnnyDeppWorld | June 29, 2010

Argh! I finally watched the "Rango' preview but got caught up in the "Actor's Studio Interview With Johnny Depp." One of the first queries was "How do you go about choosing a role?" Depp's answer was that the part needed to be "surprising." Does Johnny Depp as a animated lizard surprise you? It does me. Looking forward to it!

Rango Official Trailer

Inside The Actor's Studio Johnny Depp 1

renatargj | October 29, 2008

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True Blood: Joe Manganiello (Alcide) & Brit Morgan (ex-gf Debbie Pelt) SPOIL MORE Season 3 - ' 9 Crimes '

[caption id="attachment_7785" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Debbie Pelt (Brit Morgan) - Sookie's nemesis"][/caption]

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"PW: Your first episode teased a Sookie/Alcide connection — how does their relationship develop this season?

Joe: [laughs] ... Alcide’s in a dark, lonely, sad, heartbroken place because his psycho ex fiance, Debbie Pelt, has left him but....and is still floating around, causing trouble. Then ...Sookie is going through her trials and tribulations with Bill. I think if you stick people in that situation – this big, strong, protective bodyguard with a girl, both heartbroken, sparks will happen...

PW:You mentioned Alcide’s ex, Debbie, earlier — can we expect fireworks when they get together?

Joe: Yes, they have a very volatile relationship... there was a lot of passion, but now that things have gone sideways...hey get back into it very quickly.

PW: Sounds like Debbie and Sookie are polar opposites.

[caption id="attachment_7780" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="Alcide's ex, Debbie Pelt (Brit Morgan)"][/caption]

Joe: They are... I think Sookie represents the woman Alcide wants to be with, that he wishes he could be with whereas Debbie represents where he came from.

PW: Do you have a particular favorite episode from season three?
Joe: I think episode 7 is pretty amazing.

PW: Why?
Joe: [laughs] Uh, there’s a lot of blood and a lot of people die.

[caption id="attachment_7779" align="alignright" width="297" caption="Joe Manganiello "Alcide Herveaux""][/caption]

PW: Fair enough. You just wrapped production on season three. Is the finale a cliffhanger like as last year's?

Joe: ...Waaaay worse. You have no idea what they’re going to spring on you in season three... You've got the introduction of my race and a lot about where Sookie comes from.

They answer a lot of questions and in answering those questions they open up a whole new universe. It’s pretty wild."

Source: nypost

While True Blood's Bill is off dealing with his own enemies, Sookie has a brand-new nemesis of her own.

Debbie Pelt (Brit Morgan), a crazed V-addicted werewolf who's engaged to pack leader Cooter (Grant Bowler), still has unresolved feelings about her ex-boyfriend, Alcide (Joe Manganiello).

So seeing Sookie (Anna Paquin) around Alcide, Morgan tells TVGuide.com, "pretty much sparks a murderous rampage in her head."

TVGuide.com: How does it feel getting to join such a hot cast?
Morgan: It's such a beautiful cast... At the first table read, I could barely think straight. Everyone is just so easy going, despite how good-looking they are.

TVGuide.com: Tell us about your character, Debbie Pelt.
Morgan: Debbie Pelt is a really kick-ass, passionate, ballsy woman. I'm a werewolf with a bit of an addiction to V, so I'm going on a rampage against Sookie. I'm not too happy with her. My character just takes this winding road, a bit of a downward spiral. I'm definitely in attack mode towards Sookie.

TVGuide.com: Did you read the Sookie Stackhouse novels before being cast?
Morgan: Once I was cast, I read two of them. Just the ones I was involved in. I'm not sure ... but I think Debbie is much different [in the show] than in the books... I got to do whatever I wanted with her. There's nothing better than playing crazy when everyone else is just encouraging it.

TVGuide.com: The stakes are so much higher this year because the werewolves and vampires don't get along and are both powerful....
Morgan:... but that's great because up until this point it's been vampires ruling the planet.. [but]

There are two other sets of mystical creatures you'll be introduced to toward the end of the season. There are fairies and there are going to be witches. (Brit Morgan "Debbie Pelt")

From: TVGuide

True Blood: Season 3 - Truebies & Newbies: Jason & Crystal (HBO)

HBO | Jul 05, 2010

True Blood: Season 3 - Truebies & Newbies: Jason & Crystal (HBO)

True Blood star Ryan Kwanten who plays Jason Stackhouse introduces his new castmate Lindsay Pulsipher in this special.

True Blood: Season 3 - Mythological Creatures: Vampires (HBO Video) Screen Caps

[caption id="attachment_7417" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Vampire Bill Compton--new in town"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_7418" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Sheriff Eric Northman's Lieutenant & sire, Pam"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_7419" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Most True Blood vamps are incredibly good-looking"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_7420" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Eric Northman, 1000 yr. old ex- Viking vampire"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_7421" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Deborah Ann Woll describes how her character Jessica became a baby vamp"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_7424" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="There was a lot of Kristen Bauer van Straten (Pam) in the myth. video. I have a bit of a Pam crush so I'm indulging"][/caption]

HBO | July 02, 2010

Alan Ball and the blood-sucking cast members take an illuminating look at the life, death and unique skills of True Blood vampires. For more information, log onto HBO.com.

A good primer on the True Blood-verse type of vampire versus say, one that glitters in the sunlight.

[caption id="attachment_7402" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Bill glamours a cop who has treated him unfairly"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_7403" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption=""As your maker, I command you!""][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_7404" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The way True Blood vamps can die...you can sever their head clean off..."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_7405" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="You can set them afire as they sleep (or stake them with a beer tap)"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_7406" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Staking is messy tho'--just ask Sookie"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_7407" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Crosses have zero effect but silver burns--tho' not to death"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_7411" align="aligncenter" width="601" caption="Bill was forced to make Jessica after he staked Longshadow (above). He drained her of human blood, had her ingest his--then they went to ground together for one day."][/caption]

Much more after the  jump

[caption id="attachment_7412" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Makers all. clockwise. The King of Mississippi, Lorena, Bill's maker, The Magister, The Queen of Louisiana"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_7413" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The "child (Eric) is very close to his/her maker (Godric)"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_7414" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="The maker is stronger than the child as vampires grow stronger and gain other powers as they age"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_7415" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Vampires CAN be seen in mirrors and they can telepathically summon their children (Pam is Eric's sire)"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_7416" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Jessica being only weeks old is called a "baby vamp." Hoyt was her human boyfriend. Bill, her maker is trying to teach her not to feed on humans but instead drink Tru Blood"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_7427" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Now that Sookie the telepath/part faerie/human has ingested Eric's (full vampire) blood accidentally both she and he are more aware of one another's emotions and have a sexual attraction. The same holds true for anyone ingesting vamp blood."][/caption]

NEW Video Interviews w/Sam Trammell & Joe Manganiello (7.2.10)

Joe Manganiello is the newest star of True Blood, playing a werewolf Alcide Herveaux. Off-screen, Joe is a comic book fan, and takes us on a tour of his favorite place to get them, Los Angeles' famous Golden Apple Comics.

Zap2it caught up with "True Blood's" Sam Trammell (who plays shapeshifter, Sam Merlotte) at KTLA News Morning Show right after he revealed the secret of male nude scenes on the show. It's called "the sock" and, well, we had to flesh it out with him. Pun intended.

[caption id="attachment_7088" align="aligncenter" width="340" caption="Joe Manganiello (Alcide Herveaux) S3 True Blood"][/caption]

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It's a double scoop of  True Blood manliness with both Joe Manganiello and Sam Trammell giving some face time to the media while we wait two whole weeks between True Blood episodes.

Joe discusses his life-long comic-book geekiness (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were his fave) and in general comes across as a gorgeous,  sweet 6'5" guy.

I'm a bit more comfortable going all fan-girl on Sam Trammell who is a few years older than Joe, though no less charming. Sam is a really good sport as interviewer after interviewer wants to know more about "the sock."

Sam gives really nothing away spoiler-wise other than to say that there is a big story arc for his character and that it will take him places that we've never seen (him) go before.

There is a very brief clip of a scene that follows where we left off with Sam--his younger brother broke into his safe, setting off the alarm, rousing Sam out of bed and then taking off (literally).

True Blood " Beautifully Broken " S3xE2 (#26) " Inside the Episode " Screen Caps

True Blood "Beautifully Broken" S3.E2

All images fan made for Truebies

Credit HBO.com

Ep. 26: Inside the Episode

Credit HBO.com

This episode was jammed-packed and  moved at a lightening pace but for a few moments like the Sam and Bill erotic scene ( which turned out to be a dream, sadly. I still have hope!)

True Blood - Season 3 Finale Spoilers - On Set Cast Photos - Episode 2 Reveals

True Blood - Season 3 Finale - Set Photos SPOILERS (scroll down to the jump)

All have to say is boy, do those True Blood makeup people do a fantastic job with the gore!
The *Spoilers* photos tell a great deal about part of Eric's (Alexander Skarsgård) fate. They are filming in bright sunlight. He's very burned and has draining tubes aplenty.
Godric (Alan Hyde) is also there, wearing the white robe-like garments Eric last saw him in before Godric "met the sunrise." This is, based on the state Eric is in some type of hallucination or simply a fading into a almost final death place (where ever that is for vamps).
In addition, King of Mississippi Russell Edgington (Denis O'Hare) is in a bad way-- in heavy "burn" makeup--holding a lunch tray which to say the least, is an odd juxtaposition.
So brace yourself! After the jump comes the Season 3 final spoiler photos courtesy of the ever-wonderful SpoilerTV!

More Spoilers:

Q: How are True Blood's werewolves different than shifters?

A: They're definitely similar, but werewolves are a bit more ambitious. For example, they fought in World War II... just not on our side. Details! Look for an Eric-and-Godric flashback about these cani-Nazis, which will probably confuse you once you find out who employs Bill's kidnappers. Source: TV Guide

Q: (Oh. Poor. Bill.) What's Bill in for?
A: I have three words for you: Vampire hate sex. And it comes in Episode 3. I’ll leave it to you top speculate on who’s about to like it rough. (Isn't that called rape? I am so glad I watched (another HBO show, OZ, show a few years back, to prep me for this. )

Source: Fancast

Kristen TB S3 spoilers after the jump

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Q:... is Jason Stackhouse going to get a new love interest this season?
A: According to Ryan Kwanten, yes! and... "She may just stick around for a little while" Ryan tells me.

Q: I need to know more about this True Blood sex shocker that is so twisted. Who does it involve?
A:You learned one half of the party here and the other half, who will be revealed in the third episode, has this to say about it:

"It was actually the most shocking thing that I've ever read in a television script. My jaw dropped on the floor when I read it and thought, 'Oh my god, I actually have to do that.' Here's your script, pray that your parents will be okay when they watch this episode. They may not want to. It was a little uncomfortable, but we got through it and I'm working with the best people from the writers to the producers to the other actors and at the end of the day, I'd rather be on a show that's provocative and pushes the envelope than one that doesn't." ( is this a Stephen Moyer quote?)
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Q: Is Sam ever going to be happy on True Blood?
Based on the first three episodes... no, Sam will never, ever find happiness.  but... "Yes, you will see Sam happy. Momentarily." (Sam Trammell)

Q: Any more  Bill's maker Lorena again ?
A: Lorena will be making a very unwelcome return to True Blood this week. And per usual, she's piling on the drama superthick. Luckily (sorta) for Bill, this lights a fire within—operative word being fire.
Source: E!Online

True Blood: Post Mortem - Season 3 Episode #1 (HBO) Alan Ball Interview/Video - " It ' s about the wolves, stupid. " *

HBO — Jun 13, 2010 — Season 3 Ep. 0 — Go behind the scenes with Alan Ball and his team as they talk about using real wolves in the show. For more information, log onto HBO.com.

*Alan Ball does not actually say or imply this but he does make a very large point that real wolves are really important in Season 3 of True Blood.
I love that he (correctly) refers to the (real) wolves as "actors." It's probably not even a thing to be noted by those in the business but it tells the audience quite a bit about 1. Alan Ball and, 2. how incredibly trained these wolves are. This is what they do.

Entertainment Weekly ' s New Sweethearts: True Blood - Stephen Moyer Does NOT Need a Fluffer

In honour of Sunday's premiere of TB Season 3, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, and Alexander Skarsgård landed the cover of this week's Entertainment Weekly. See what the cast has to say about the sexiness and secrets of season three!

* Alexander Skarsgård on his newfound fame: "It's quite surreal that people want to take a picture of me buying milk. I don't really get it."
* Joe Manganiello on having to be nude as Alcide: "Having been a fan of the show, you know you're going to be naked at some point. I will say that I was welcomed into the brotherhood of the sock. When you're naked on the show, you have to wear a sock, and it's not on your foot."
* Creator Alan Ball on this year's theme: "If last season's general theme was religion, I would say this season's theme is probably politics — vampire politics."

To hear some more, including how real-life couple Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer feel about their sex scenes, just keep reading.

* Sam Trammell's hints about the new season: "There are some elements, metaphors of racial politics and gender politics — they're there if you want to look for them, but it's really popcorn, fun entertainment."
* Anna Paquin on how she feels about the nudity: "It doesn't really bother me. I'm really close with all of our cast, and we've all seen each other in various compromising and odd situations."
* Stephen Moyer on how his relationship with Paquin is a benefit: "I think that one great bonus is we don't need a fluffer."

Source: Pop Sugar

Hee.
First Kristen is calling True Blood "porn." Now Stephen Moyer (Vampire Bill Compton) is teasing us about his non-need for "a fluffer" when he's got Anna around.
I love HBO for giving us True Blood.

True Blood - Selling Sex* Live From the Red Carpet - The True Blood Season 3 Premiere Party

Live From the Red Carpet -The True Blood Season 3 Premiere Party
http://www.eonline.com/videos/v54626_true-blood-premiere-party-anna-paquin.html
***To be clear, it was Kristen Dos Santos of E! that was fixated on the sex. She should watch some of her own videos and get a gander at the uncomfortable facial expressions on her interview-ees she elicits sometimes with her take-no-prisoners (some would call her pushy) interview style.

[caption id="attachment_5496" align="aligncenter" width="422" caption="Deborah Ann Woll. Anna Paquin. RutinaWesley - True Blood Season 3 Premiere Party Photo: Michael Caulfield/Wire Image"][/caption]

http://www.eonline.com/videos/v54628_true-blood-premiere-party-sam-trammell.html

[caption id="attachment_5501" align="alignright" width="295" caption="Nelsan Ellis, Sam Trammell"][/caption]

Though the 2 starring male vamps seem to be the focus of all the chatter (in the press at least) both Sam and Nelsan can very much hold their own in any department. Theirs may be a different kind of awesome (non-throat-ripping, at least so far) but they are both awesome all the same. One of them has been my fave male TB actor since Season 1. (I'm not telling - I 'ship the WHOLE show).

[caption id="attachment_5508" align="alignleft" width="294" caption="Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin, Alexander Skarsgård - TB S3 Premiere"][/caption]

http://www.eonline.com/videos/v54627_true-blood-premiere-party-stephen-moyer.html

Though clearly Alex is the most beautiful human walking the earth, Stephen oozes charm and good humour. Though at age 40, he calls himself "an older actor,' he obviously picked up a lovely mix of self confidence and poise along the way.

http://www.eonline.com/videos/v54625_true-blood-premiere-party-alex-skarsgard.html

http://www.eonline.com/videos/v54629_true-blood-premiere-party-rutina-wesley.html

Of all the stars interviewed Rutina seems like the one you could comfortable talk to and not squee. She still seems excited and grateful to hone her craft on the show. During the interview a bus goes by and she is taken aback by seeing her image on it's side (it's a very cute moment).

I missed seeing Nelsan Ellis and Deborah Ann Woll being interviewed. They both looked beautiful. Deborah stunning and Nelsan so handsome. Hopefully next time they will have a chance to share a few insights about ...anything really. :)

Full Length Video *Ultimate Fan Experience* Event

HBO— Jun 06, 2010 — Season 3 Ep. 0 — Watch the full Ultimate Fan Experience event with Alan Ball and the cast as they answer fan questions about the new season. For more information, log onto HBO.com.

A couple of caps:

[caption id="attachment_5376" align="aligncenter" width="404" caption="The Magister & Queen Sophie-Ann, Pam & the dancer, TB Season 3"][/caption]

TheVaultTrueBlood — June 07, 2010 —The Magister & Queen Sophie-Ann, Pam & the dancer, TB Season 3

[caption id="attachment_5377" align="aligncenter" width="404" caption="Sookie accidentally shooting...?, Sookie and Jason (?)"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_5378" align="aligncenter" width="404" caption="Sam w/ a gun in Merlotte's parking lot, Jessica hiding the trucker's body"][/caption]

True Blood: Catch Up on Seasons 1 & 2 (HBO) Video - 220 NEW Screen Caps - NEW Promo ' In FIVE Days ' (6.8.10)

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HBO — Jun 02, 2010 — Season 3 Ep. 0 — Lafayette tells it straight up about what happened in the previous seasons of True Blood. The new season premieres Sunday, June 13 at 9pm only on HBO. For more information, log onto HBO.com.

The Season 1 & 2 Recap Screen Caps will be up in about 30 mins. EDIT/LOL. It took me 5 hours. Enjoy. All Images are property /copyright HBO. I'm putting them up because HBO's True Blood has put out some great-looking promos---for all three seasons of  True Blood.

Enjoy fan-art worthy caps of  Eric/Alex, Bill/ Stephen,  Anna/Sookie , Samx2, Tara/Rutina, Lafayette/Nelsan and Mr. 12 pack, Jason/Ryan. Jessica's looks good here in a few shots but she is getting deflowered by Hoyt and it's pretty fangy. Let's all thank both Alan Ball and Charlaine Harris  for True Blood. If you want to see more screen caps for all episodes of  Season 1 &2 and of promos for Season 3, just click the "Screen Caps and Videos" tabs.
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Season 2 Recap

HBO — June 08, 2010 — Only 5 days until the season premiere of True Blood. For more information, log onto HBO.com.

True Blood ( 6.08.10) – Only 5 More Days S 3 Promos 1- 3 (HBO) Screen Caps w/ Captions *SPOILERS