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Update! True Blood: Watch the First Season 5 Teaser! VIDEO #trueblood

Yes, its true --True Blood is heralding the return this summer of the (former) king (of Mississippi, Russell Edgington) played by Denis O'Hare.

The first teaser for the HBO drama’s upcoming fifth season warns, “In Bon Temps, Nothing Stays Buried Forever,” a reference to the exhumation of Russell Edgington in the Season 4 finale--and possibly a reference to the 'closing' of the land of the Fae a/k/a Faeryland. Despite Sookie's faery godmother's untimely demise in season 4 at the fangs of mindwipe!Eric as reported earlier, Claudine's twin 'Claude' shall make an appearance in Bon Temps, too!

THR has this to say about the True Blood season 5 tease:

But as themes go in True Blood, they seem to apply to everyone. So, what things can yet still be uncovered next season?

Other than Russell’s return, here are four more suggestions as to what won't stay buried on Season 5:

2. Sookie’s (Anna Paquin) fairy friends and family. We know there’s always more to learn about the waitress’s past. The news that fairy Claude returns for next season (recast with actor Giles Matthey), and he must have a reason for coming back.

3. What’s Terry’s war buddy up to? Patrick (Scott Foley) first appeared in the Season 4 finale and we know he recurs next season. What does he know and why did he pop back up in to Terry’s (Todd Lowe) life now?

4. As mentioned, The Vampire Authority is staffing up. Last season, we saw the vampire politics go haywire in Bon Temps and its surrounding towns, but we know the show is casting ancient vampires aplenty. And they’ll probably want to regain the control their underlings have lost.

5. Werewolves out for blood. Marcus’ (Dan Buran) violent demise last season may carry some consequences. We hear the series has cast as his bereaved--or vengeance-seeking (or both) mom with My Name Is Earl’s Dale Dickey. What could she want?

 

 

Giles Matthey will play "Claude' inseason 5v True BLOOD

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TRUE BLOOD Season 5 Casting News Update! (1.23.12) True Blood SPOILERS #trueblood

 

Kristen Bauer van Straten as vampire 'Pam de Beaufort' in True Blood (HBO)

 

For the next few months, if you stay current on the casting calls and newly-cast members you'll have a good chance at getting a rough sketch of what some of TRUE BLOOD Season 5 will look like. So far, the biggest casting coup has been that of one Mr. Chris Meloni.

Casting however, is ongoing along with the rest of the season 5 True Blood production so between now and True Blood's June 2012 season 5 debut, I'll gather up the latest scoopage (and spoilers!) and periodically share with you. I'm not wild about blaring trumpets announcing casting calls for expendable extras (for example) so I'll hold on to that stuff to include with posts like this one with news worthy of you sinking your fangs into.

 Kristen TRUE BLOOD SCOOP - January 23, 2012:

Anything more on True Blood?
Fact: We love us a good flashback, but we love 'em even more when they answer questions that we've been pondering for years. In episode four we're finally going to learn what happened to Terry (Todd Lowe) back in '03 when he was serving in Iraq—and believe us when we say it's going to be intense.

Read more: KRISTEN

(January 23, 2012)

Newcomer Giles Matthey has landed the multi-episode role of a hot and mysterious British faery. One report has him catching Jessica’s attention, but that’s not confirmed. 'Claude' was previously played (briefly) by Neil Hopkins (LOST) on the show.

In the books, Claude is described as “the nephew of Sookie’s half-human/half-faery grandfather, 'Fintan', and cousin to Sookie’s father … He makes an impact on all women and is described as being absolutely breathtaking … He started out as a stripper at Hooligans, a club in Monroe, which he later becomes owner of, and has branched out to print and runway modeling … Women usually say “wow” when they see him, but his interest is men.”

Source: EW

(January 12, 2012)

There has been speculation that this season Pam (Kristen Bauer van Straten), Eric Northman’s (Alexander Skarsgård) 'child' and confidante, will have her origin story explored.

Alan Ball, creator and lead writer on the True Blood team is looking for a diverse roster of new cast members. A 'non-threatening man in his 30s' and a prostitute named 'Washcloth Helen' are among the casting calls. Both of these characters will be introduced during a flashback to a San Francisco brothel in 1905. The date is significant because 1905 is supposedly the year when Eric maid Pam vampire if you are following the books.
The True Blood scribes have previously changed the story so the 'book fact' that Pam actually turns in London doesn't at all mean that TV Pam will do the same.

It's no secret that the legions of Pam fans have been clamouring for her backstory (we've witnessed both Bill and Eric's being turned) and it's also no secret that a) vampires don't age and b) human actors do. So doing the math, yes, season 5 would be a very good time to enjoy the story of how Pam voluntarily(!) became a vampire.

Source: HBO Watch

 

(January 16, 2012)

1 | Janina Gavankar revealed that “a major thing happens to Luna early in the season, and it’s going to change her life forever.”

2 | The cast learned that Chris Meloni was Bon Temps-bound last month at a table read, news that elicited “gasps” throughout the room, recalled Gavankar. “We’re so excited to have him.”

3 | Alcide’s days of playing Mr. Nice Guy are over. “As you saw at the end of Season 4, he’s not taking anyone’s s— anymore,” said the man-beast’s portrayer, Joe Manganiello. “Now you’re going to see an Alcide who’s going to slam you up against the wall and do his thing. Who doesn’t like being slammed up against the wall, right?” Asked to clarify his use of the word “slam” — i.e. is it a euphemism for, ahem, another s-word — Manganiello cracked a devilish smile and replied, “It could be a fun slam. And it could be an angry slam. You never know?” He then reminded us that, “Alcide is single.”

4 | The latest True Blood script Manganiello read contains “some really fun [Alcide-Sookie] stuff,” he revealed. “Stuff that makes you really nervous… I’m watching my words really carefully.”

5 | Ryan Kwanten hinted that Jason may have bitten off more than he could chew with regard to his romance with Jessica. “As you know, anyone who gets involved with Jason better have her wits about her,” he said. “But I think in this case, it’s Jason who better watch out. The tables have finally turned.”

6 | Where do you go after spending half of Season 4 being raped by a werepanther? “Even that can be topped,” teased Kwanten. “Jason was very lucky to survive; he was down for the count. He has a desire to life. I admire that in a man.”

Source: TV Line

 

(January 18 2012)

Christopher Heyerdahl, who plays an ancient vampire in the Twilight Saga movies, will now play one in another screen adaptation of a popular book series, this time on TV. Heyerdahl is joining HBO’s hit vampire drama True Blood in a recurring role. He will portray 'Dieter Braun', an ancient, powerful vampire who plays a large part in the intelligence of the Authority and especially enjoys enhanced interrogation. That is familiar territory for Sanctuary alum Heyerdahl who played the ancient Volturi vampire Marcus in 3 of the Twilight movies: New Moon, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and the upcoming Part 2. Additionally, he played a demon in an arc on the CW’s Supernatural. Heyerdahl... currently co-stars on the AMC drama series Hell On Wheels, playing Norwegian badass The Swede. The period Western was recently renewed for a second season.

Source: Deadline

 (January 19, 2012)

TRUE BLOOD, Episode #504, 'We’ll Meet Again' CASTING CALL:
Director: Romeo Tirone
Writer: Alexander Woo

[TODD JEFFRIES] Seen in flashback to Iraq in 2003, this U.S. Marine joins his squad (which includes Patrick and Terry) on a trip to a small village, where their plans to party and wreak a little havoc go tragically awry. 5 lines, 1 scene (26).

[JEMARCUS KESSLER] Seen in flashback to Iraq in 2003, this Marine Lance Corporal is traveling into a town with his squad (which includes Patrick and Terry) and is preparing for a night of partying and mischief-which goes tragically awry. 7 lines, 1 scene (26).

[IRAQI BOY] YOUNG LOOKING ARAB 18 YEAR OLD. Seen in a flashback to 2003, this Iraqi boy whose village is being blown up by American soldiers speaks out in Arabic to the soldiers. 2 lines in Arabic, 1 scene (28) MUST SPEAK ARABIC OR BE FAMILIAR WITH IT.

[IRAQI MAN] Seen in a flashback to 2003, this Iraqi man whose village is being attacked by American Marines as a lark speaks out in grief and rage after they murder a 12 year old Iraqi boy. 1 line in Arabic, 1 scene (29) MUST SPEAK ARABIC OR BE FAMILIAR WITH IT.

[IRAQI WOMAN] Mother of the Iraqi boy seen in a flashback to 2003, wails with grief. Recurs in episode 505. [Non speaking in episode #504, recurs with lines in episode #505] (29) MUST SPEAK ARABIC.

[ANGELA, LILIANNE, DELILAH] These three impossibly gorgeous, flirtatious, charming women in cocktail dresses greet Judge Clements (an old customer) and Jason and Andy as they take them on a limo ride to a mysterious destination where they find a sensual party in an exclusive club. 4 lines, 2 scenes; 3 lines, 2 scenes; 3 lines, 2 scenes respectively (35).

[LEDA] This radiant, beautiful woman with just a hint of sadness in her face is in the exclusive club. She beckons to Jason and freaks him out a bit by seeming to know a bit too much about him. 6 lines 2 scenes (43).
[DANCER] FEMALE, SCANTILY CLAD. This beautiful dancer in a very exclusive, secret nightclub recognizes Judge Clements and goes off with him. 1 line, 1 scene (43).

[MELANIE] 20s, this female fangbanger goes with Pam to entice a young vampire to feed on her. 2 lines, 1 scene (49).

Source: skarsgardfans

SHAMELESS Episode 2.03 Sneak Peeks - Promo - Screencaps - Full Synopsis @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Shameless

Shameless: Tattoo Artist

Lip tests out his new credit card reader.

Looks like Lip (Jeremy Allen White) is ratcheting up his risk-taking by stealing credit-card numbers. Wonder if he's trying to impress Karen (Laura Slade Wiggins) with his derring-do?

Kevin (Steve Howey) does have a plan and it doesn't sound too bad to me. His father, who is on the edge of death, owns Frank's favourite bar and Kevin's place of employment--'The Alibi.' Kevin's plan is to go to 'the loan store' and buy the bar from dear ol' dad leaving dad with the means to die with dignity. Kevin's shown his ability to control the going's on at The Alibi so you'd think, with a bit of help from 'Vi' (Shanola Hampton) with the books that Steve would fare just fine--though since this is Shameless...anything could happen.

Shameless: I Have a Plan

Kevin tells Veronica he wants to buy the Alibi Room.

Shameless Episode 2.03: 'I'll Light a Candle for You Every Day'

Season 2, Episode 3 Episode Synopsis:

Fiona ponders the morality of getting involved with a high-school crush who's now married but when she finds an abandoned purse with $500 inside she assumes her luck is changing; Frank pulls out all the stops, even proposing marriage, in an effort to stay in the good graces of his meal ticket, Dottie; and Harry's health issues leave Debbie obsessing over death. Meanwhile, Kevin considers buying the Alibi; Lip takes a meeting with an Army officer to see about getting Ian into West Point; Jody asks for Frank's permission to marry Karen. Original Air Date: Jan 22, 2012

CALIFORNICATION - Episode 5.02 - Promo & Sneak Peeks @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Cali

Californication Episode 2: The Way Of The Fist:

Next on Episode 2 - Hank meets with director Peter Berg and discovers a surprise connection.

Meagan Good as 'Kali' in Californication Episode 5.02:

 

Californication - Episode 5.02 - 'The Way Of The Fist' - Promo  - Sneak Peeks -  Full Synopsis:

Hank passes on writing Samurai Apocalypse's new movie but Sam won't take no for an answer and drags Hank to a meeting with director Peter Berg, where they discover that Hank and Peter have shared more than just a love of the written word. Sam takes it on himself to get rid of Tyler, which makes things worse between Hank and Becca. Co-parents Charlie, Marcy and Stu have their hands full when Little Stuart exposes himself to a preschool classmate, and Charlie takes it upon himself to mend fences with the offended girl's attractive mother. (Showtime)

 

Californication - The Runkles have a parent teacher meeting

Like Father Like Son: http://youtu.be/xDKe5Dgx0Zo

 

Californication - Kissable Cupcake: http://youtu.be/I11AI-ve6d8

Hank drops by Samurai Apocalypse's home and bumps into Kali.

'I do hate hip-hop, but that's not why.' - Hank to 'Sam' as to why he doesn't want to write his screenplay

If the number of views (on YouTube) of the sneak peeks for tonight's Californication are any indication, the show seems to be as popular as ever.  One good reason for this is that Californication has a great tradition of impressive guests stars and this season is no exception. I'm looking forward tonight to seeing Peter Berg who seems (to his great credit) to have found a great deal of work behind the cameras directing in the past decade. 

Judging by last week's season 5 premiere, David Duchovny as "Hank Moody' doesn't seem to have let his almost 3-year stint in prison slow him down from getting back into life in the fast lane.

The torching of his New York apartment by a 'jilted' ex-lover seems to be an extra impetus to 'go west,' beyond both an interest in the beautiful, enigmatic 'Kali' (Meghan Good) and an offer from superstar hip-hop mogul 'Samurai Apocalypse' (RZA) to write a screenplay. The confluence of these situations, along with his concern for daughter 'Becca' (Madeleine Martin) and her choice of male companions, plus his seemingly inexhaustible interest in Becca's mom & ex flame 'Karen' (Natascha McElhone), makes it a sure bet that Hank is back to stay in Southern California--the setting that best captures the essence of Hank Moody.

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SHAMELESS Characters Mashup 2012 VIDEOS - Episode 1 Synopsis @SHO_Shameless @SHO_Kareem

From SHAMELESS Characters 2012 Mashup VIDEOS Screencaps

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SHAMELESS: Episode 2.01 Synopsis - "Summertime':

- In the Season 2 premiere, despite her breakup with Steve, Fiona tends bar at a local hotspot with Veronica, hangs out with a successful young business executive, and enjoys her youth; Debbie runs a daycare with Carl; Ian takes over at the Kash and Grab when Kash leaves town; Lip runs a Little League book and helps Kev out with their annual ice cream/pot truck; despite Eddie's disappearance, Sheila takes small steps to finally leave the house; Frank loses a bet and surrenders Liam as collateral.

 

Credit: SHOWTIME -

About the 2012 Character 'Mashups':

Emmy Rossum as "Fiona Gallagher" & neighbour/family friend, "Kevin" (Steve Howey).

I've included all the new 2012 SHAMELESS character mashups VIDEOS:

Watch 'em here on the blog or you can click thru to the Shameless channel on YouTube or see my Shameless Season 2 player (below):

One thing we can be pretty certain about when trying to discern if the newest sneak peek shots are from Shameless season 1 or season 2 is by what the characters are wearing, specifically winter vs. summer-in-Chicago attire.  Season 2 = summer clothes is how it goes. In Fiona's case tho', since she wears next to nothing for clubbing and at other times to better showcase Emmy Rossum's hotness, it is not a sure-fire way to judge. With 'Debbie' and 'Carl's' cases they are noticeably older and those scenes seem new anyway as they are defo summertime in Chicago, not winter.

 

Shameless: Fiona Gallagher Mashup

Get a glimpse of some of Fiona's most shameless moments.

Shameless: Lip Gallagher Mashup

Get a glimpse of some of Lip's most shameless moments.

Shameless: Frank Gallagher Mashup

Frank Gallagher is father, teacher and captain of the Gallagher ship. Get a glimpse of some of his most shameless moments.

From SHAMELESS Characters 2012 Mashup VIDEOS Screencaps

DEXTER Season 6 Finale SPOILERS & SPECULATION @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Dexter

Next on DEXTER Episode 12: 'This Is The Way The World Ends' SYNOPSIS:

In the Season 6 finale, Dexter and Homicide race against a lunar eclipse to catch the Doomsday Killers before their final gruesome act; Debra struggles with a new emotional reality.

 Update/

Season 6, Episode 12

Episode Synopsis: In the sixth-season finale, Dexter and Homicide try to stop the Doomsday Killers from committing one final murder, while Debra deals with a new emotional situation. Original Air Date: Dec 18, 2011

Guest Cast: Mos as 'Brother Sam'

DEXTER SNEAK PEEK: 'He Just Left'

Travis kidnaps Harrison.

DEXTER Season 6 Finale SPOILERS and SPECULATION:

When we first see Dexter, he’s floating in the middle of the ocean, desperately clinging to the debris of the rowboat. Although we know that Dexter will survive, there’s a helpless desperation that we haven’t seen in him for some time. He’s resigned himself to the fact that he’s going to die and finds it ironically fitting that his body will vanish into the sea without a trace. His deepest fear and regret isn’t death itself, but that he will never see Harrison grow up and become a man. It’s a great start to the episode.

 

If there’s any doubt that Jennifer Carpenter is this season’s MVP, then just check out the excellent performance on display here. If she gets any kind of award consideration this year, guaranteed her highlight clip will be pulled from this episode.

 

Colin Hanks goes out on a fairly strong note. If you’re a Hanks hater, nothing will change your mind here, but he looks worn down and weathered in a few scenes achieving the right amount of menace. It’s hard to remember him as the somewhat sympathetic man-child killer (and that’s a compliment). If you’ve enjoyed Season 6 so far, then Episode 12 is a nice capper on the continuing adventures of Dexter Morgan.

 

On the other hand…

If you’re looking for a “ties up all the loose ends/ advances the plot” finale, then Episode 12 might disappoint. Almost... Some plot details remain a mystery, some end with a general shrug, and others with a convenient “resolution”. If you’ve had issues over Dexter’s easy escapes and convenient logic, then there’s more ammo to fuel the fire here.

Here’s your final hints n’ teases:



Good impressionist, Masuka, he is.

Travis checks the mail

“Oh God”

But here’s one more important teaser…

...the sound of a major bombshell going off in the final minute of the episode.

Everything I’ve written above won’t matter come Monday morning, because THIS is the final impression that will be burned into your brain over the next 9 months. Bring on Season 7!

Source: jkrishan

 

 Michael C. Hall interview on AolTV:

We've come to expect penultimate episodes of 'Dexter' seasons to be heart-pounding and intense, but the second-to-last episode of Season 6 raised the stakes of serial-killing suspense.

In 'Talk to the Hand,' Dexter thwarted a poison gas attack aimed at Miami Metro and lost a showdown with Travis that ended with him set out to sea, surrounded by a ring of fire. It also opened a Pandora's box of step-sibling sexual tension when Deb's therapist suggested that Deb might be in love with Dexter.

To help bring some perspective to such a dizzying episode, AOL TV has an interview-cap with Dexter Morgan himself, Michael C. Hall. We discussed tonight's episode, the developments of Season 6 and where 'Dexter' may be headed in its final two seasons. Hall offered his thoughts on the Wormwood attack, the Gellar twist, and the new, strange wrinkle in his complex relationship with Jennifer Carpenter. Read on for the interview.

A lot of wild things happened in this episode, but the most interesting was the introduction of some weird, incestuous sexual tension between Deb and Dexter. So your TV step-sister who may have feelings for your character also happens to be your real-life ex-wife. Are the writers just trying to mess with you at this point?
 

Hall: Absolutely. [Laughs] But not without our blessing. Jennifer and I were aware that the story was moving in this direction. We laugh about it, we shake our heads ... but you know, in as much as there are inevitable parallels, we're both very professional and committed to telling this story.

(Hall, cont.) And frankly, whatever's happened with Jennifer and me and our relationship's evolution notwithstanding, Dexter in the first episode says, "If I could ever have feelings for anyone, I'd have them for Deb." I think those two characters have been on some kind of collision course from the get-go.

Dexter seemed almost like a super-hero in this episode, thwarting the Wormwood attack and then miraculously surviving the ring of fire at the end. He often seems indestructible. Do you ever worry that the lack of realism can hurt the storytelling?

I honestly feel that from the beginning, there is undeniably, just if you look at the logistics, there is a fantastical element to the world of the show and this guy's abilities. It's not a show that's based on a graphic novel or a comic book, but it feels like it is.

Ya know, on set, we are very much aware of the logistical or literal implausibility of so many of the things that happen on the show, but I think there is a suspension of disbelief that is required of our audience.

You look at the end of the first season ... he subdues the Ice Truck Killer, and gets him back into the Ice Truck Killer's room that's like, part of an active crime scene, and slashes his throat? It's all absurd really, but there's some sort of serendipitousness or fantastical coincidence ... I've suggested in other interviews that while we don't see it, Dexter definitely has the power of flight and can turn himself into smoke.
...

Is Dexter a strong swimmer?

Hall: I mean, come on. Yeah. He better be. Or he better luck into something. I'll tell you this much ... that San Pedro water is not warm. It was pretty cold. It was hard to pretend I was in Miami. My teeth might have been chattering a take or two. Hopefully they can cut around it.

After the Gellar twist, fans have now moved on to wondering about Louis Greene. People are wondering if he's connected to the Ice Truck Killer. My own theory is that he's used his own algorithmic powers to isolate Dexter as the Bay Harbor butcher.

Hall: That's indeed a possibility. He's a formidable guy given his access and expertise. It seems pretty clear that he's somewhat obsessed with Dexter in a way that is ... potentially problematic.
...

That gets you wondering about how messed up psychologically Dexter actually is. You know, in addition to being a sociopath.

Hall: Yeah. That was kind of a magical moment when we get to see Dexter in that basement watching Travis talk to the imaginary Gellar while having a conversation over his shoulder with his imaginary father. He's nuts, man.

SOURCE: Michael C. Hall: "Jennifer and I Were Aware That the Story Was Moving In This Direction"

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Update (11.6.11) Tonite's DEXTER 6.06 FULL SPOILER REVEAL @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Dexter

 

Above: Christian Camargo as 'Brain Moser' and Michael C. Hall as 'Dexter' (Credit: Showtime)

HUGE SPOILER Update:

Well, first, thank dog it's NOT Jonah.

Second, the so-called riddle 'spoilers.' from my prior post about this (the link folllows) were WRONG and the blinking garbarge blog from which I procured them is just that.

Third, welcome back Rudy (Christian Camargo)! Woo-hoo. Super-savage Dex is back in a big way if he's taking cues from his badder big-brother Brian/Rudy/the Ice Truck Killer who Dexter killed in season1.

Here's some context from the blog of a Salon blogger who has no compunction about revealing everything about episode 6.06 before the episode airs:

....when Dexter gets Sam's parting plea on his deathbed in the hospital, Dexter is pitched into a new, harrowing internal battle between the light and dark ... Don't kill my killer, Sam implores Dexter - forgive him,  let your hatred go...  He confronts Sam's killer - Nick - and might have let him live, but the taunts about getting away with Sam's killing goad Dexter into drowning the life out of him.

 

(Credit: Showtime)

(This isn't surprising IMO, as Dex, when taunted by his victim tends to get hyper-intense about the kill. Dex has lost control before and done non-traditional kills.)

...Dex's killing of Sam's killer was not at all ritualistic.   At a time like this, we might expect some laconically appropriate words from Dex's father Harry.

But what we get, instead, is a reappearance of Brian/Rudy/the Ice Truck Killer - Dexter's brother, killed by Dexter in Season One.   And if Dex's brain is bringing him into view, there is some deep darkness indeed ahead for Dexter.

 Salon Spoiler Source

 /End Edit (11.06.11)

In my previous DEXTER post I tossed around some of the speculation as to who, possibly an individual or entity with a Dark Passenger, would be reentering DEXTER's life in this Sunday's episode.  Gossip-ologist Ausiello is now confirming that this 'person' (vs. figment of the imagination/ghost) will not be Lumen. That should help narrow it down a bit but honestly, having watched this show for years (and not re-watched DEXTER's early years recently) I cannot remember if I'm forgetting to consider someone.

Also, I keep seeing the name 'Jonah' brought up in speculative threads around the Internet. Jonah, it turns out, was featured in DEXTER season 5. He was the Trinity Killer's son but he left so small of an impression on me that I cannot see the significance of him being brought back other than he knows that Dexter faked his identity in pursuit of Trinity. Jonah doesn't know specifically that DEXTER is a serial killer and he doesn't know the details of his father's death.

However, having been reared by a serial killer may be significant in pushing Dexter further into pondering the fate of his own son, Harrison. If it turns out that Trinity's son now has own Dark Passenger it would further fuel Dexter's anxiety about his son Harrison's fate should Dexter continue to rear him.

 

Here are the latest hints/spoilers from Ausiello as to what  is coming up on DEXTER:

Question: I have to ask, as I am getting quite nervous about the whole situation: Do you feel Dexter will continue past this season?
Ausiello: Not only do I feel it will, I know it will.

Question: What’s this I’m hearing about a major character returning to Dexter? True? Any clues?
Ausiello: True. Someone from Dex’s past reappears this Sunday and here’s your one and only clue: The mystery man (or woman) in question was featured prominently in Season 5. Or was it Season 3? Come to think of it, it might’ve been Season 1. It’s definitely one of those three.

Question: Any chance we’ll see Lumen on Dexter anytime soon?
Ausiello: OK, one more hint: The returning character is not Lumen. “I don’t think we’ll see her again this season,” confirms EP Scott Buck. “She’s a very important part of Dexter’s life and who he has become, but she’s largely a person of his past.”

SOURCE:

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DEXTER & Homeland TONITE! Death SPOILERS Promos - 'Homeland' Extras VIDEO PHOTOS @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Dexter @SHO_Homeland

 
With the spoiler-questions below answered we know that contrary to speculation, Professor Gellar (Edward James Olmos) is indeed quite real--human (unlike the character he was being compared to, Dexter's ghostly dad).  He is therefore susceptible to death--perhaps taking Quinn's bullet after "Quinn (Desmond Harrington) gets a little too close' in this episode.

Dexter Epsode 5 'The Angel Of Death'  SPOILER:

From this week's DEXTER buzz we learn that a season 6 new-cast member is being offed!

The reason I have no trouble believing this is that when EJO was cast it was NOT for the entire season and since he's been in every episode of season 6 and we are going into episode # five...

 

SYNOPSIS: Dexter Season 6 Episode 5 - The Angel Of Death:

With the help of his new-found friend Brother Sam, Dexter wonders if there is light within him to counter the darkness, while the search for the Doomsday Killers takes him in a new direction; Batista and Quinn pay a visit to the university where Professor Gellar taught; due to departmental regulations following the shooting, Debra is forced to begin therapy.

Q: Is Edward James Olmos' Professor Gellar on Dexter real?

A: He's real, all right—just ask that guy whose body parts took a pony ride through Miami traffic.

Never fear: Lt. Morgan (Jennifer Carpenter) and her team are closing in on the Doomsday Killer—and while Quinn (Desmond Harrington) gets a little too close to the naughty professor, Dexter (Michael C. Hall)  targets his creepy protégé, Travis (Colin Hanks).

Read more: E!Online

Q: Is Dexter moving kind of slowly this season?  
A: (Maybe but) things start cooking in a big way over the next two episodes.

"You know how the show usually kills off the guest stars at the end of the season? Well, one of this season's new characters will meet his or her maker much sooner than that."

Read more: MegaBuzz

Q: Who’s getting the ax on this week’s Dexter? '

A: I can tell you it’s someone who was new to the cast this season — and it’s not under the blade of an ax. Not enough? Let me narrow it down a bit more. For now, I can tell you Harrison’s new babysitter stays out of death’s crosshairs, but too bad she finds herself on the receiving end of Deb’s wrath during a screaming match! Personally, I’d rather tango with death than Deb’s temper.

 Next on Episode 5 'Blide Spot' of Homeland, Brody confronts his sole surviving captor and torturer:

Should be interesting to see what reaction the 'reunion' of Brody (Damian Lewis - above in a sneak peek still) and his former captor elicits for Brody. The guy is still very much an enigma, IMO.

Claire Danes as "Carrie Mathison'  in "Homeland' on SHO Sunday nights after Dexter (10E/9C).

Carrie meets with Brody so he can identify one of his captors.

Q: Homeland?

Sunday’s uber-intense new episode, which centers around Brody (Damian Lewis) confronting the lone surviving insurgent that held him, will lead to a blow-up between Saul (MandyPatinkin) and Carrie (Claire Danes). And on a less crucial note, Morena Baccarin’s Jessica will also debut a new, shorter ‘do.

 SOURCE: InsideTV

DEXTER and HOMELAND Sneak Peeks LINKS and Screencaps!: After the jump:

 

Weeds Season 7 Episode 13 Finale - Screencaps - Synopsis - Series Overview [VIDEO] @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Weeds

 

WEEDS:  Episode 7.13: 'Do Her / Don't Do Her' Synopsis:

Silas betrays Nancy while Shane attempts to protect her.In the Season 7 finale, Silas betrays Nancy, even as Shane makes one last attempt to protect her from Detective Ouellette; back on Wall Street, Doug and Whit hatch a plan to keep the hedge fund alive.

 

I have not watched the WEEDS: Episode 13, season 7 finale but I have watched all of season 7 so far and the entire series, for that matter (backtracking at one point about 1.5 years into Weeds' run on Showtime--to get caught up on the first season and a half that I'd missed initially--didn't have Showtime).

I find it a fun show to watch. It's got sharp writing--a good, solid ensemble cast (to which Heylia returned this year--woo-hoo!) and it is not anti-or particularly, pro-pot use. Only someone who hasn't listened to the explanation of what the show is about would not get that Weeds has years where 'weed' is featured almost like a featured cast member and other times sort of relegated to distant co-star (though the "weeds" of the title remain integral to every season). It really all depends on what the Botwin family lead by Nancy (Mary-Louise-Parker), is struggling through at any particular time. Sometimes imminent death is an 'issue,' other times ' just' going back to prison. Another bump in the road was helping Shane (Alexander Gould) (so far) get away with murder (Pilar with the croquet mallet by the pool--in pseudo-self-defense, some would argue justifiable homicide). When the Botwins have problems they are outsize problems. Thank dog they have "Uncle Andy' ( Justin Kirk) to help them through troubled times.

The the set-up of Silas (Hunter Parrish) getting revenge on Nancy for well in truth, years of lousy (but well-intentioned!) parenting is not too daunting to contemplate when all that the Botwins have survived is tallied up.

The weed-jacked Heylia could be scary but Nancy had been able to sweet-talk her way out of ever dire situation save one--last year's federal arrest subsequent three-year incarceration--so I don't think truly anything awful shall befall our favourite weed distributor in the season-ender.

It's hard to know where Weeds will go from here. There's been no formal announcement by the network about renewal for a season 8 Weeds. Would you want that if it were to be an option? Especially when I compare it to some of the network shows that go on FOREVER  plus the fact that one season of Weeds comprises 13, 30-minute shows--Weeds could easily go on--I'm good with that.

Weeds: 'Deep Breaths' Silas admits his wrong doing to Andy.

Weeds: 'Fire Sale' Doug walks into a problem at Vehement Capital.

Dexter Season 6 Guest Stars Promo [VIDEO] Season 6 - Official Synopsis - Hall & Carpenter Divorce #dexter

Surrounded by new characters, Dexter must decide who is an ally and who will end up on his table.

 

Infographic below created by deviantARTIST dehahs:
 

'As much as I like the idea of Dexter, the collateral damage he causes due to his code deviations are too high. I guess it could be attributed to human error, but is it worth the loss of innocent life?

Kills shown in chronological order.

The kill count of each of Dexter's victims is the minimum amount known, there's definitely a lot more deaths that he has avenged.'

(Click here to enlarge)

 

 Dexter - Season 6 - Official Synopsis:

"The explosively popular DEXTER® is back with a vengeance for a sixth season of startling suspense and unexpected twists. It's been a year since last season's shocking and heartbreaking conclusion, and mild mannered criminologist-cum-grisly serial killer Dexter Morgan has come to terms with who he is. But his existence is shattered when he crosses paths with an enemy unlike any he's faced before. A delusional religious zealot with unflinching convictions, this new adversary soon draws Dexter into a dangerous game that could well end in disaster."

Source: DexterGR

Found at: SpoilerTV

After the jump: Tabloid Report of the Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter divorce:

Update! TRUE BLOOD Episode 4.06 'Cold Grey Light of Dawn' Sneak Peeks (8.04.11) - NEW SDCC 2011 Comic Con - Screencaps SPOILERS #trueblood #sneakpeek

Brit Morgan as were 'Debbie Pelt'. I'm really surprised she is not shifting and showing big fangs at this moment as the subject is her husband, 'Alcide's' obsession with "Sookie."

True Blood Season 4, Episode 7 - 'Cold Gray light Of Dawn':

Original Air Date—7 August 2011
With Marnie empowered by spirits of the dead, Bill issues an unpopular order to save vampires from the light. Eric embraces his amnesia; Luna discovers Sam is not the man she thought he was; Lafayette expands his consciousness; Pam gets a body peel; Andy's date with Holly doesn't go as planned; Jessica has doubts about her future with Hoyt; Alcide and Debbie join a new pack.

 

From the looks of the promo for True Blood Episode 4.06 "Cold Gray Light Of Dawn,' the vampires are going to take a real beating--and that is if they are lucky!

Throughout the clip we see vamps in silver, vampires with the bleeds (due to extended periods of awake-ness) and vampires either attempting to go into the full sun or actually blazing away in it.

The  burned-at-the- stake-witch, 'Antonia' has taken possession of Marnie's (Fiona Shaw) body and she, in her words, is seeking 'vengeance.'

It's pretty clear that vampire King Bill of Louisiana's (Stephen Moyer) solution to stopping the vampires from being compelled by the witches to walk in the "light of dawn' is to order them to SPOILER/speculation chain themselves in silver. Pretty harsh but Bill is obviously out of other options--and things only look to get worse in the coming weeks. Can't wait-- because it looks fangtastic!

SNEAK PEEK VIDEO UPDATE 8.04.11 - Alcide and Debbie Get Initiated - Jason and Hoyt Talk Jessica:

True Blood Season 4: Debbie and Alcide Get Initiated (HBO)

Alcide is stoking the flames of jealousy in Debbie with his obsessing over Sookie. Even off 'V' (vampire juice to which she was addicted), Debbie is a loose cannon and he knows that. He needs to 'wolf up' and either follow his heart or put thoughts of Sookie on the shelf...because there's a bad moon rising if he does not.

True Blood Season 4: Jason Counsels Hoyt (HBO)

Hoyt has been Jason's best friend forever. Arguably, he is smarter that 'Jay' (isn't most of Bon Temps?) so how is he NOT going to see that Jason's innocent act is just that? (SPOILER) The promo shows a shirtless Jason being knocked around. I think buddy Hoyt has had just above enough--of everything-- and Jason's prevarication regarding Jessica is the last straw.

 

After the jump: The Buzz: True Blood Season 4 - Comic Con VIDEO & SCREENCAPS (SPOILERS)

True Blood TCA Panel Bombshell! - VIDEO Screencaps - SPOILERS Seasons 4 and 5 - NEW! Andy & Holly Sneak Peek #trueblood

True Blood Season 4 - Fiona Shaws looks suitably witchy as possessed fortune teller, Marnie  Stonebrook.

Update! July 29, 2011 - HBO renews True Blood, Show creator Alan Ball signs on for Season 5:

Big news at the opening of the True Blood panel at TCA: Series creator/executive producer Alan Ball said he has just closed a deal to do another season of the HBO series(!), effectively sealing the fifth-season renewal of the hit vampire drama. Ball disclosed the fact that he has re-signed in response to a request to address speculation that Season 4 could be his last. "I have no desire to leave," he said. "Doing the show, I'm having more fun than I have ever had in my life." He later said that he and the show's writers are already breaking stories for Season 5 and one of them is about "how one of the vampires was made."

Source 1: Deadline

Source 2: TVLine

Ep. 42 Clip - Andy Lends Holly a Hand

 

Jul 29, 2011 - This trailer is comprehensive through the first 9 episodes of Season 4 of HBO's  True Blood.

Other highlights from the True Blood presentation at TCA [SPOILERS]:

* They will be going back to see how one of the vampires was made in season five. Kristin Bauer van Straten said at Comic-Con that she really hopes we get to see how Eric made Pam*, so it looks like she'll get that plot wish granted.

<raises hand>

Me, too!

Wouldn't you love to see Pam get made!?

On HBO series True Blood she is known as Pam de Beaufort. On the show except for the fact  that Pam is cryptically funny, beautiful, ruthless, lesbian/maybe bi and most importantly, Eric Northman's sire, we know little of her backstory.

In in the Charlaine Harris-penned Sookie Stackhouse book series (where she originated) Pam Ravenscroft was a young, aristocratic but unconventional woman who did not want to be penned in by her circumstances.

Unlike many made vampire, Pam voluntarily surrendered herself to Eric Northman and, she is very happy being vampire. She expresses this sentiment very succinctly to Bill Compton at the end of True Blood - Season 1, when he is being made to 'make' Jessica as punishment for killing another vampire (to save Sookie, which 'The Magister' found completely irrelevant to the charge). Pam considers 'makers' god-like and admonishes Bill with disgust that he needs to fly his maker-grade colours proudly.

*Alan Ball says the biggest challenge in shooting the show is getting everything done on time. In the end, they have to scale back on or drop certain scenes altogether. "The key to it is everyone really loves working on this show," Ball insists.

* Ball admitted that Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer were able to keep their offscreen relationship a secret for a while, but then he turned to them and said: "Not as long as you thought."

* "It's not a show where you think there's a lack of imagination," Paquin tells the crowd of reporters. Both actors insist they are encouraged to pitch their own ideas for their character. "When we were down at Comic-Con, we were pitching ideas. (Vampire King of  Louisiana)  Bill Compton taking over the world. That sort of thing," Moyer said (maybe?) jokingly. He also wishes for Bill to visit Merlotte's more often.

* Prepare to be quoting Pam yet again on Monday morning. "Kristin's got [a line] coming up that is possibly the greatest line of all time," Moyer reveals. * Paquin is comfortable with the fact that Bill and Sookie will remain apart. "Our love in real life is fine, so I'm fine with our characters being distraught and sad," she says. "It's not interesting television if everything works out for Bill and Sookie and they adopt five babies and live happily ever after."

 

 

Source: Watch With Kristen

 

True Blood - Season 4 San Diego 2011 Comic Con VIDEO & Screencaps (UPDATE 7.26.11) #trueblood

Alexander Skarsgård ('Eric Northman') & Anna Paquin ('Sookie Stackhouse') True Blood Season 4

San Diego 2011 Comic Con True Blood VIDEO & Screencaps:

I think I snagged a few more intriguing screencaps that I've added to the Picasa album but bewarned--they look super-spoiler-ish.

I realize that some scenes (most?) have been rearranged to insinuate something. Even so, certain stuff is right in your face and clearly actual scenes, not dreams.  The rest of True Blood - Season 4, as rumoured, looks like  a very bumpy ride, particularly for the vampires of Louisiana.

True Blood Season 4: Comic-Con Trailer (HBO):

See what's to come in the upcoming episodes of True Blood Season 4.

  Jessica Tuck as 'Nan Flanagan' TreuBlood (HBO) Season 4 2011

SPOILERS Season 4 Comic Con 2011:

Jessica, with wrist's already showing deep silver chain burns, runs through Bill's mansion in the daylight and throws open the front double doors to the bright sunlight.

Also The Authority mouthpiece, Nan Flanagan, King William of Louisiana (Vampire Bill Compton) and Eric a/k/a Amnesia!Eric are, or have been in custody of captors bearing the same silver chain restraints.

Sookie and Eric get it on. I hope she fell this hard and fast on account of  his blood that he tricked her into ingesting. She got all moony-eyed over him pretty quickly, like he was a rescue puppy in Adonis form.

Were-bitch Debbie Pelt confesses to were-husband Alcide Herveaux her insecurities regarding Sookie.

She's shown at Sookie's door, being let in--and pulling out something that was clearly being held behind her back like "Surprise!"

I'm  thinking maybe sewing scissors?

The Shreveport pack leader harassing Alcide to join up...is Luna, Sam Merlotte's new girlfriend's, -ex.  He looks to be tangling with  both Sam and Alcide.

Sookie is shot in the gut. It is implied that Alcide carries her to get help as there is a very fuzzy screencaps with tiny Anna Paquin (Sookie) in Joe Manganiello's (Alcide) massive arms.

 
Deborah Ann Woll as 'Jessica Hamby' True Blood Season 4

 

The Big C - Episode 5 Sneak Peeks - VIDEO - Screencaps - Synopsis @SHO_Kareem @SHO_TheBigC

I found Episode 4 of Showtime's The Big C really quite appealing, especially the introduction of the Hugh Dancy character, 'Lee'.

Lee is a fellow Stage 4 cancer patient with whom Cathy (Laura Linney) winds up in a clinical trial.  Despite their gaping differences or perhaps because of them, the two begin a bonding process that from what I've read (SPOILERS) will culminate in an emotional affair. (Scroll down past the jump for more insight from Executive Producer Jenny Bicks into the creation of the Lee character as well as a rather large hint as to where Lee's path will take him before Season two's culmination.)

I've not seen Hugh Dancy before though certainly I've heard of him as he is quite acclaimed (plus married to the gorgeous, talented Claire Danes). I'm looking forward to seeing how Cathy navigates the uncharted waters of the fast & close connections that can and are made with folks with serious illness. I have no doubt that The Big C will 'keep it real,' which POSSIBLE SPOILER means that we should enjoy Lee's 'possibly' brief interlude in Cathy's life. I have a feeling she is going to be a complete mess when he finallly succumbs. :/

(Image credit: SHOWTIME)

The Big C  - Next on Episode 5, 'Cats and Dogs,' Cathy runs into Lee and has a surprising day with him

Worried about finances after Paul's layoff, Cathy decides to pawn her jewelry but runs into Lee and has a surprising day with him; Adam gets himself into a compromising situation he can't escape on his own; Sean is ostracized by moms at a local park when he field tests his eco-friendly homemade sling.

The Big C: Hold-Up

Cathy and Lee turn a frightening situation into a comedy.

The Big C: Materialistic Moms

Sean gives a consumerism lecture to a group of unsuspecting moms.

 

Screencaps: 

 

After the jump:

Executive Producer Jenny Bicks discusses Cathy's relationship with Lee (Hugh Dancy).

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

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

 
Why kill off Sookie's faery Godmother NOW?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

 

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Sookie: 'You just killed my faery Godmother!'

Amnesia!Eric:  'Sorry.'

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

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

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

Full story on EW.com

Photos: HBOGo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

True Blood Season 4: Sookie and Eric Clip:

Eric: You live here?

Sookie: Yes.

...in my house?

Sookie: Yes.

Eric: Are you mine?

Sookie: No-oh.

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

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

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

Eric: (small smile) I did?

True Blood Season 4: Critics Spot (6.28.11) [VIDEO] Screencaps SPOILERS #trueblood #HBO

New Season 4 True Blood Scenes Video and Screencaps (6.28.11)!:

 

True Blood Season 4: Critics Spot (6.28.11) [VIDEO]

This NEW True Blood tease is kinda cool because it, as is True Blood's way, answers some questions (sort of) and raises a few more. Like for example, what is up with Eric (Alexander Skarsgård)?! In the clip, 'Eric' has dropped fang, looks angry and/or distraught, has a pretty ladder beside him and someone has just shut him inside...whereever he is--his luxury 'hidey hole' at Sookie's rehabbed home, perhaps?

I also dig seeing the beginning of the end of SPOILER!!! witch Hallow Stonebrook in the 1700's as she is being burned (I presume) at the stake.  I'm pretty certain that that scene will entail torture  preceding the actual burning--my cue to cover my eyes.  'Hallow' is the present day malevolent spirit inhabiting Marnie's (Fiona Shaw) body--giving her crazy strong black magic powers. Enjoy the video and be sure to scroll down for the screencaps from this and another very recent True Blood promo video--and click through to my True Blood screencaps, photo stills, wallpapers and screensavers albums for hundreds more.

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True Blood - Season 4 Episodes 1, 2 & 3 - Sneak Peeks & Recaps - Jessica 'Home' [VIDEO] #trueblood SPOILERS

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

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

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

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

 

Warning True Blood Episode 2 Spoilers:

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

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

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

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

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

  

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

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

Babyvamp Jessica Soliciting Homemaker Tips?!

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

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

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

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

True Blood Season 4: 2 Days Promo

Sam Trammell (shapeshifter/ Bon Temps barowner, 'Sam 

Merlotte')

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

True Blood Season 4: 3 Days Promo

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

Check out the screencap albums for lots more:

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

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

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

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

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

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

But what happens after this?:

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

Hey Truebies!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Taken from/thanks to: SpoilerTV

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

 
 

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

True Blood - Sneak Peek! Pam is Annoyed with Sookie #TBWithdrawal #trueblood

Vampire Pam & Sookie the Part-Faery Telepath Bond Over Their Mutual Dislike Of Estrogen-fueled Bookclubs:

Am I mistaken or is this one of the first times that Pam (played by Kristen Bauer van Straten) has used Sookie's (Anna Paquin) first name other than when speaking of her, like when talking to (then glamouring) Sookie's brother Jason when he first went to Fangtasia in search of V?

Pam's voice is just dripping wih sarcasm though Sookie doesn't seem to be intimidated. Should be a very cool scene.

SOOKIE STACKHOUSE BOOK SPOILER!!!:

Wonder if, like in the books (you knew that was coming!) Sookie and Pam will become friends? Pam refers to Sookie as her 'best human friend' in the books though obviously not in that 'estrogen' girls-bonding way. LOL.

What could she be referring to when she tells Sookie that 'Eric is (Pam's) maker so Sookie couldn't have possibly believed that Pam 'would side with her' (Sookie)?

NEW & Same-scene Sneak Peek Screencaps:

True Blood Season 4: One Week Promo (below)

True Blood Season 4: 6 Days Promo Ater the jump: True Blood Season 4: 7 Days Promo - True Blood Season 4: The Blood is Back Promo

Dexter News & Spoilers (6.17.11) #dexter #spoilers @SHO_Dexter @SHO_Kareem

 Has Dexter Found A New Kill Room?:

 
 Dexter is currently in production (see photo) with the Showtime series about a serial killer promising that the upcoming sixth season (premiering this fall) will bring the character, played  Michael C. Hall, 'back to his roots'.

This week Dexter is filming at an auto repair shop around Cherry Ave & E Burnett St in Signal Hill, CA.

OLV reader Charlotte stopped by the set yesterday and spotted Michael C. Hall shooting a scene at the location which will be used throughout the season.

 SPOILER: For this particular scene, it appeared that Dexter had gotten into a car accident and that’s why he was there. He was also spotted running out of shop with someone chasing him during the shoot.

Source: OLV - 'Michael C. Hall filming ‘Dexter’ on location in Signal Hill, CA'

 

New cast members announced thus far include Edward James Olmos, Colin Hanks, and the recently cast Molly Parker (Deadwood). New information about the season 6 guest actors seems to trickle out several times per week so I'll take a stab (pun entirely intentional) at tying it all together.

According to TV Line, Molly Parker, the esteemed Canadian actress who many know from her memorable turn in Deadwood, will play the sister to Colin Hanks’ character, Travis. (He’s “a brilliant expert on ancient artifacts who somehow becomes linked to a series of grisly murders in Miami.”).

Though Dexter showrunners have stated that there will be no 'one' big bad in Season 6, with Edward James Olmos on board it is hard to fathom him in a passive role and really satisfying to envision him as a scary son-of-a-gun.

TV Line alluded to this when they chatted with CS Lee, who plays Masuka, who says that the character played by EJO is almost certainly a villain, and may be the villain.

“It seems to be that way… The guy is such a wonderful actor and such a presence that you would probably shoot yourself in the foot if you didn’t do that. He’s going to be great.”

And this makes me even more curious:

In episode four of season six, called 'A Horse of a Different Color,' Dex faces off a preacher, a pastor and a "bit of a religious fanatic."

Anyone wondering if Olmos will be one of these  guys?

 Source: Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Castle, True Blood, Glee, Dexter, 90210 and More!

TVLine has exclusively learned that Parker will appear in several Season 6 episodes of the Showtime drama as 'Lisa Marshall', the sister of Colin Hanks’ mysterious new character, Travis. Sounds innocent enough, but details surrounding Parker’s role are scarce — which piques our interest even more.

As TVLine first reported, Hanks will appear in all 12 episodes of Dexter‘s sixth season as a brilliant expert on ancient artifacts who somehow becomes linked to a series of grisly murders in Miami. It remains unclear if Travis will turn out to be a friend or foe of a certain Dark Passenger. Either way, as Showtime president David Nevins recently told TVLine, this year’s installment “ is not [about] one big bad.”

Read more:  -Deadwood heroine Molly Parker is headed to Dexter as — drumroll please — someone’s sibling!

So the 'not about one big bad' statements, combined with one of the the season's taglines: 'going back to (Dexter's) roots,'  sounds like it means that as in the early seasons, Dexter will take on multiple bad guys.

I have to wonder though if the writers are not responding to the mixed reaction to season 5, which featured Julia Stiles as 'Lumen,' a torture and rape victim that Dexter stumbled upon, then helped in her recovery by teaching her how to exact revenge on the men responsible. Lumen knows Dexter's secret as well as how to wield a knife, though after the last of her abusers was 'put down,' Lumen seemed repulsed at the notion of any more killing and made a hasty exit.

Here’s Showtime’s blurb about Dexter season six:

This season, Dexter goes from happily married husband to guilt-ridden single dad. How will it affect his ability to maintain an average-guy facade while satisfying his need to kill? Dexter Morgan spent Season 5 atoning for the death of his wife Rita. He committed to being a part of her children’s lives, and entered into a deep, passionate relationship with Lumen, unlike anything he’d ever had before. But Dexter’s need to kill overpowers his desire for human connection. And now that one person knows the truth about him, and a few others are close, how much longer will America’s favorite serial killer be able to keep his dark side a secret?

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True Blood Update #2 - 6.16.11 Episode 2 SPOILER with PHOTO! Promo Posters HQ UPDATE #TBWithdrawal #trueblood

True Blood Update #2 - 6.16.11 Episode 2 SPOILER with PHOTO!:

 
Photo Credit: John P. Johnson - New York Times

On a recent Friday, on a soundstage representing a New Age shop in Shreveport, La., another sign warned “Live panthers on set,” but those terrifying predators were nowhere to be seen. Instead, Sookie Stackhouse, the mind-reading, vampire-attracting waitress portrayed by Anna Paquin, and her friends Tara (Rutina Wesley) and Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) were cowering in fear of a sinister Wiccan, played by Fiona Shaw, who appeared to be carrying on a conversation with herself — or maybe with someone else inside her.

When Ms. Paquin visited behind the cameras during a shooting break and sprawled herself across a director’s chair, she playfully declined to explain what exactly had transpired in this scene from the next-to-last episode of the coming “True Blood” season.

“Would you want to know what you’re getting for Christmas on Christmas Eve?” she asked. “There’s something about anticipation that makes it more exciting.”

 SOURCE: New York Times

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

Michelle Forbes as Maryann Forrester, a very troublesome 'maenad' who Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell) killed to save Bon Temps.

UPDATE/ 6.16.11

True Blood - Season 4 - HQ  'Show Your True Colors' Posters and Wallpapers - CLICK through to FULL SIZE!

(Thanks to SpoilerTV  'darq'!)

TRUE BLOOD kicks off its 12-episode fourth season SUNDAY, JUNE 26 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), on HBO, followed by other new episodes on subsequent Sundays at the same time.

E!Online reported on Wednesday that a True Blood 'set spy' (loose lips sinks ships) says there is a statue of Michelle Forbes' evil maenad Maryann in the back room of the Moon Goddesses magic shop that features heavily in this season's witch storyline.

Much more after the jump!

True Blood On Set 'War' PHOTOS - Skarsgård (Eric), Bauer van Straten (Pam) & Woll (Jessica) SPOILERS 6.13.11 #trueblood #BTS

True Blood Season 4 - the Final Battle?:

Pam & Eric confer

True Blood fan favourites Alexander Skarsgård (Eric), Kristen Bauer van Straten (Pam), and Deborah Ann Woll (Jessica) are photographed filming possibly the final episode of Season 4 of HBO's mega-hit supernatural series, True Blood in La Puente, CA on June 9th, 2011. The darkened set included bodies on the ground for the scene. True Blood season 4 debuts on HBO on June 26 on every Internet viewing device you own.*

*as long as you subscribe to HBO.

 SPOILER!!!

There is no doubt, given how  how far along the show is in filming season 4, that this very well could be part of the epic battle that many devoted book fans have been waiting for.

At this point, Eric has regained most if not all of his memory--defo he's remembering to use the styling gel and to forgo the unfortunate plaid shirts that he sported whilst in Sookie's care after being robbed of his memory by the witches.

**Note: In this photo set both 'Pam' and 'Jessica' are dressed similarly (combat boots, ponytails). However, their jackets are not the same--'Jess' is in leather and 'Pam' is not, for one. Can't mistake  Mr. Skarsgård, tho'! :D

More photos after the jump!:

Source: Accidental Sexiness

(Photo Credit: Fame Pictures, Inc.)

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.

NEW! True Blood Vampires Cast PHOTO - Ausiello Teases Season 4 (6.7.11) #SPOILERS #trueblood #cast

'Vamping': Jessica Tuck ('Nan Flanagan')  Stephen Moyer ('Bill Compton'), Kristin Bauer van Straten ('Pam Swynford de Beaufort'), Alexander Skarsgård (Eric Northman) and Deborah Ann Woll ('Jessica Hamby')

Photo Credit & thanks to:  DeborahAnnWoll.net

Ausiello-one-time-only-rant ('cos who wants to be as tedious to read as he is?):

Though Ausiello may be considered to be an awesome spoiler source (I'm looking at you @HBO), Ausiello himself is not a genuine True Blood fan, as hard as he may try to convince us as such (I take that back; he doesn't really try, does he?). I say this partly because he or his minions get basic things like the name of the actress who plays Pam, Kristen Bauer van Straten, wrong all the time--which back in the day was a huge no-no and IMO, still is (esp. considering how high-profile i.e. well-paid the guy is). 

He gets plenty else wrong too about True Blood, mainly when he's feigning excitement about knowing that which we don't. In fact, we actually or probably do know because we love the show, we've read the books, and we 'troll'* the Internet for True Blood tidbits (Hint: Some comment sections on the better-quality TB fan sites are excellent sources).

*as in 'fish for'

 
Ausiello: There was a...nice surprise in my mailbox...the first three episodes of Season 4!... I’m going to declare that the show gets off to its strongest start yet. The trouble is, there’s not much I can tell you without spoiling one of the biggest (literally and figuratively) twists in the series’ history. But give me a second, I’ll think of something… Oooh, there’s a very subtle clue in this trailer.

Also:

| An unlikely new romance takes shape.

(Fansite  Sookieverse Blog seems to be leaning in the direction of this couple being Tara and her new, cage-match fighting BFF. My opinion: Making Tara a lesbian will not make her more interesting).

| * *i***** *******e* ***s.

(I hate stoopid puzzles like this.)

| Pam is at her bitchiest best.

(Ya think?! Wow. This is new for Pam! *sarcasm*.)

| Jessica makes Hoyt dinner — sounds boring but I swear it’s not.

(Will it be raw and bloody?!)

| There’s some big real estate news — sounds boring but I swear it’s not.

(Speculated at Sookieverse (see above) to be Eric buying up Sookie's home since she'll have been gone to Faeryland far longer than she expected. Theory is, Sook paid no real estate taxes in that year so it went to auction and Eric bought it. Guess then he wouldn't have to ask to go inside!)

| Sam comes dangerously close to exposing his naughty bits.

(It's HBO. I've seen more male naughty bits on Game of Thrones than I ever again wanna see on my flat screen EVAR! But Sam Trammell ('Sam Merlotte'), that would be OK--I would in no way feel in 'danger.')

More after the jump:

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!

Credit #1: Pages 1, 2, 3: SFX Magazine and Found & scanned by and thanks to: PaquinAnna.com.
Credit #2: Pages 4 and 5: EW Magazine and Thanks to TrueBlood-Online.com.
Credit #3: Pages 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11: Article credit: Ashley Jude Collie Scanned by and Thanks to TrueBlood-Online.com.
Credit #4: Pages 12-13: Credit: A Few Little Season 4 Spoilers in TV Guide | True Blood News - Season 4 Spoilers
Credit: http://www.trueblood-news.com/a-few-little-season-4-spoilers-in-tv-guide.

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.”

Source: trueblood-news

True Blood Season 4 PHOTO Stills (HBO 5.25.11) Episodes 1- 4 #trueblood #tbwithdrawal #photos #HQ

Excitement for fans of the fang!:

Released today and here for your viewing pleasure are HQ photo stills from the first four episodes of True Blood Season 4!

Not only do we have some wicked awesome shots--some are of a small poster size--but we are presented with a slew of questions about the context of each photo!

For example, take a peek at fan fave & Eric's right hand & progeny, vampire 'Pam' (Kristen Bauer van Straten). Our Miss Pam has dumped her demure 'pretty in pink' look for a fangtastically fresh-blood-red ensemble.

What is going on here? Has Pam been tossed aside, landing on a large, worn braid rug on a tired-looking wood floor (albeit in a lady-like pose)? And are those bloody fangs I see--or just the sanguine hue of Pam's lipstick? If Pam has bitten someone, pray tell who?

So many questions and just a bit over a month until we start getting answers!

TRUE BLOOD Season 4 - Photo Credit: John P. Johnson/HBO, inc.

Found at/thanks to: http://www.seat42f.com/

Please click through to my account to enlarge the HQ photo stills.

 

Season 4, Episode 1: She's Not There Original Air Date—26 June 2011

Season 4, Episode 2: You Smell Like Dinner Original Air Date—3 July 2011

Season 4, Episode 3: If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin'? Original Air Date—10 July 2011

Season 4, Episode 4: Episode #4.4 Original Air Date—17 July 2011

I'd love to hear your comments about the shots.

 

Are you picking up on things like the shot from episode 2: 'You Smell Like Dinner' in which Sam's little brother is in a leg cast, sporting a James Dean hairdo? Did Sam Merlotte wing his 'baby' bro in the leg with that bullet he discharged in the last episode of season 3?

More after the jump!:

Nurse Jackie Episode 9: Sneak Peeks Screencaps - Episode 3.08: Most Shocking Scene? @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Jackie

Eve Best as Dr. O'Hara in a scene from Episode 9 of Nurse Jackie (Showtime):

By now you've watched Episode 8 of Nurse Jackie and know that drug-peddler-addictions counselor and epileptic 'Bill,' got mowed down by a truck as Jackie watched from just across the street. She had come to his high rise "with a doorman and gargoyles," he'd described it, because she had gotten 'desperate', which is also how dear, departed scumbag Bill calculatingly phrased it to the near-jonesing Jackie. The scene is very cleverly done (and gruesome!) and it foreshadows I think, the very last scene in the next episode (9),  'Have You Met Miss Jones?'

 

Synopsis: Nurse Jackie Episode 9: 'Have You Met Miss Jones?'

Out of pills and jonesing for a high, Jackie is confronted about the missing drugs from Oncology; Coop decides to start a family of his own and finds an old girlfriend on Facebook; Zoey reconsiders her relationship to Lenny after he's put on a heart monitor.

 

 "Desperate for a high, Jackie is confronted about the stolen drugs.'

Nurse Jackie: Everyone Makes Mistakes

Lenny accidentally gets a 'epipen' needle stuck in his finger.

Nurse Jackie: Dudeville

Coop shows a picture of his "future" wife to Eddie.

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Dexter - Season 6 Casting and Production News (through May 14) PHOTOS #Dexter #season6

From Dexter Episode 5x12 'The Big One' *Showtime Images*

 

Good news! We can expect the casting news and hopefully, some storyline news to be pretty regularly forthcoming between now and when Dexter - Season 6 premieres on Showtime in September. Now that cast and crew are gearing up for production of 'one of the most acclaimed series on television' (source: SHO) I 'll be keeping my radar up for new stuff. Don't you agree that the actors that are starting to fill out the guest cast are pretty great-sounding and/or looking?!

 

Native Chicagoan and Off the Map actress Aimee Garcia, is joining the cast of Dexter as Jamie, the new nanny Dex hires to care for his son, Harrison. Jamie also happens to be the kid sis of Dex’s colleague Batista...duh ,duh, dun.

Previously:

Among the three recurring roles being cast are:| Jamie: Described as an outgoing and fun Latina in her mid-20s, this Florida native relocates to Miami for grad school.

Garcia will appear throughout the Showtime drama’s upcoming sixth season.

Source - TVLINE

(Photo: Aimee Garcia's Facebook page)

From Dexter Preview Screen Caps Season 5 inc. "Beauty & The Beast" Showtime Copyright

A round-up of Dexter's NEW Cast Members for Season 6:

Dexter - Season 6 -  Three New Characters (5.02.11)

Dexter Morgan’s little underground vigilante operation is about to reopen for business.

Production on Dexter‘s sixth season gets underway at month’s end — ahead of a likely September premiere — and TVLine has an early look at the new blood being brought in to fill the void left by Julia Stiles, Peter Weller and Co.

Among the three recurring roles being cast are…

| Jamie: Described as an outgoing and fun Latina in her mid-20s, this Florida native relocates to Miami for grad school.

| Chicago Mike: New thirtysomething African-American homicide detective who possesses a finely turned BS detector. The Windy City native does not play well with others.

| Louis: A buddy of Masuka’s (C.S. Lee) who joins MMP as a new lab intern. Role calls for a Caucasian actor in his 30s who is “attractive in his own way.”

Source- TVLINE

Dexter - Season 6 'Going Back To The Roots'

It’s out with the new and in with the old as Dexter heads into its sixth season.

“Dexter this season will be in some ways a return to the Dexter that you’ve seen in the early seasons,” Showtime president David Nevins told TVLine at Thursday’s 4th Annual Television Academy Honors in Beverly Hills. “There’s a really interesting story and journey that he’s going to be on this year. There’s going to be some degree of getting back to his roots.”

And that includes putting the focus back on the sibling dynamic at the heart of the show. “There will be a microscope on the Deb/Dexter relationship this season,” Nevins revealed. “Over time you’re going to see that relationship evolve and change, no questions about it.”

Season 6 — production on which begins later this month ahead of a fall premiere — will be similar to Season 5 in at least one key way: Dexter won’t face off against a singular menace a la Trinity and the Ice Truck Killer. “It is not one big bad,” he confirmed. “There’s one interesting story that will move through the season, and it will be cast very interestingly, but it’s not exactly that one person.”

After the jump: Will Deb Die in Season 6?:

Will Deb Die in Season 6?:

I'm sure I'm not the only one who has wondered how the dissolution of Michael C. Hall (Dexter) and Jennifer Carpenter's (Deb) marriage would affect DEXTER. To me, it sounds pretty ominous that the Deb/Dexter relationship is going to have 'a microscope on' it in season 6. The consensus has been for some time that Debra would find out about Dexter's 'moonlighting job,' and with her being such a by-the-book cop, she'd have a terrifically difficult time in deciding on his fate--if Dexter does not decide on Deb's fate first.

As one of Dexter's executive producers, Michael C. Hall certainly will have input as to how they will work out the logistics of a real-life divorcing (divorced?) couple working as co-stars on the still-hugely popular premium cable show.

There has been a number of loose-lipped anonymous cast and/or crew who upon Dexter's season 5 conclusion, told of a very tense set and worse, of Carpenter bad-mouthing her husband to anyone within earshot. This bodes ill for the character of Debra which makes me sort of wistful as besides  the Dexter-Dark Passenger relationship,' the Deb & Dexter relationship has been the most satisfying on the show.

I'm going to bet on the easy way out. Debra has to die because Jennifer Carpenter needs to go--if there is to be a season 7. I'm leaning toward guessing too that 6 seasons and a bout with cancer is enough for Michael C. Hall and that season 6 Dexter is where the show concludes.

Colin Hanks to Play Another Creepy Guy on Dexter?:

(Photo/Bio Credit Moviefone.com)

'DEXTER' Snags COLIN HANKS for SEASON 6:

LOS ANGELES, CA - May 10, 2011 - Actor Colin Hanks has joined the cast of SHOWTIME's Emmy-nominated drama series DEXTER for Season 6. Hanks, who will appear in all twelve episodes, will play Travis, a highly intelligent young expert on ancient artifacts who gets linked to a series of grisly murders in Miami. Production on begins in June in Los Angeles and will premiere on SHOWTIME this fall. EDIT/ The premiere of Season 6 of Dexter will be called "Those Kinds of Things". Filming starts on the 25th May 2011.

Colin Hanks has quickly become one of Hollywood's most sought-after young actors. Hanks appeared in Oliver Stone's biopic W, in the ensemble comedy The House Bunny starring opposite Anna Faris, and the Diane Lane thriller Untraceable. Additional film credits include The Great Buck Howard, King Kong, Orange County, Get Over It and the independent films Alone With Her, Standing Still, Rx, 11:14, and Whatever It Takes. On television, Hanks starred in Steven Spielberg's award-winning 10-part miniseries Band of Brothers and guest-starred as Father Gill in the award-winning drama series Mad Men.

One of the most acclaimed series on television, DEXTER stars Michael C. Hall (Golden Globe(R) and SAG Award winner) as a complicated and conflicted blood-spatter expert for the Miami police department who moonlights as a serial killer. The show has received both multiple Emmy(R) and Golden Globe(R) nominations for best television drama series as well as a prestigious Peabody Award in 2008 and was twice named one of AFI's top ten television series. The show also stars Jennifer Carpenter, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, Lauren Vélez, David Zayas, and James Remar. 

Source: SHO

 (May 11, 2011)

(Photo/Bio Credit Moviefone.com)

Mos Def has finalized a deal for a multi-episode arc on the sixth season of Dexter, according to sources.

The actor and hip hop artist will play a hardened ex-con who claims to have found religion yet seems to continually find himself surrounded by violence. Michael C. Hall’s Dexter will reveal the truth of who he really is.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

"Dexter's" fifth season was its most-watched to date averaging over 5 million viewers a week (in linear and on-demand plays). The season finale rivaled Season 4's dramatic closer, pulling in 2.5 million viewers on its first airing.

 

 

VIDEO: True Blood: Season 4 - Witches vs. Vampires Trailer #trueblood #SCREENCAPS #SPOILERS

Pam to Sookie: 'You'd better be somebody's or you won't be.'

True Blood Trailer #2 SONG: 'Burn The Witch' by Queens of the Stone Age:

True Blood: Season 4 - Witches vs. Vampires Trailer (HBO) Screencaps

One thing you must have noticed about the last two True Blood Season 4 trailer teasers from HBO, is that unless they are pausing a beat for dramatic effect, the video images are moving really, really fast.

So what did you see in the 'True Blood: Season 4 - Witches vs. Vampires' trailer tease that I saw the first time just prior to 'Game of Thrones' on HBO on Sunday night?

I saw Portia Bellefleur (Andy's sister) making whoopee with Vampire Bill. I last saw Courtney Ford, who is playing  a very different-from-the-book Portia, on Dexter as the Trinity killer's psycho daughter and she was really good.

We finally see that Jason (Ryan Kwanten) has good reason to scream---he's being chewed on by a panther. I really hated that sequence in the book and truly did not want to watch it on the show. I'm squeamish about torture scenes, period. For people who dig that stuff I can tell you, it is a gruesome set of scenes. "No good deed goes unpunished," indeed.

We see more of Alexander Skarsgård's (Eric's) abs. :D

Lafayette doesn't yet appreciate the power of the witchcraft he's getting involved in, naively wondering where they would get a dead person to 'raise.'

It seems we know or at least have a working notion as to how Eric came to be bewitched and lose his memory. Some witches can control the dead. He looks like he's making an enemy of powerful witch 'Marnie/Hallow Stonebrook' (Fiona Shaw) by biting her so anything that happens following that makes sense in terms of 'he had it coming.'

Pam (Kristen Bauer van Straten) is on speaking terms with Sookie. Probably a good thing.

Tara (Rutina Wesley) is very upset about something. Go figure. ;)

Finally, I predict that 'Bon Temps Bill' a/k/a Vampire Bill is gone for good. After spiking his hair and putting on guyliner, not to mention the black nailpolish he's sporting, it appears unlikely that our dear Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) will go back to his 18th Century fashion sense.

True Blood: The New Season 4 (VIDEO) (SCREENCAPS) 5.13.11 #Spoilers #trueblood #waitingsucks

'Is this another dream?':

SONG: 'Future Starts Slow' by The Kills

Here's a new promo for True Blood Season 4-- just in time for Friday the 13th. I've screencapped the whole thing--I don't think I missed anything important. One cliffhanger is answered in a way I hadn't even considered but it makes good sense logically. (Spoiler - scroll down)

 

SPOILER:

The outcome of the Queen Sophie-Anne and Bill Compton fight seems as if there is no fight! Apparently, their scene picks up where we left off at the end of season 3. Before the Queen can get her claws fangs into Bill--he exits at vampire super-speed!

(Brief interjection: I hereby request that anyone of the caliber of E!Online for example, read the book upon which each season is based. This at most will take a couple of hours each year and I guarantee it will help you to not sound like a dumbass when you breathlessly report that Sookie and Eric might be getting together in Season 4!)

So, what else have we got here?

It appears that a cocky, not-yet-afflicted-by-amnesia Eric walks in on a coven of witches.

Someone or thing attacks Pam in Eric's dungeon with what looks like a silver chain and she tosses said person or thing across the room. Go Pam! Downside: The attacker is black, probably a black man--can't imagine Lafayette trying that but it would be so ironic if he again faced consequences in Eric's dungeon!

We are already getting repeats of what we have already seen in previous season 4 teasers without hardly anything added to enhance the scene.

Example: Jason is tied down to a cot, shirtless, wounded and shrieking in pain.

Sam and Luna are kissing.

Sookie finds a shirtless, amnesiac Eric at the side of the road. OK. Something new happens. She hits him in the face (a 'snap out of it' gesture?)

Other stuff to be found in the quick-jumping 30-second trailer tease:

This gal:

...who casting news told us is Alexandra Breckenridge, True Blood's 'Daisy,' a 'member of a wiccan group founded by Marnie.' In this scene, Bill is about to drop fang and seize Daisy by the throat. Yikes!

Bill has a funny hairdo (I think he is 'undercover'). IMO, no matter whose 'team' you are on, you gotta love the mad acting skillz Stephen Moyer brings!

Alcide is growling which annoys Sookie. (Sookie can be such a priss sometimes!)

Me, I get annoyed by extremely fake-looking background scenery. I'd be more than fine with Mr. 12-pack doing his growly thing.

What do y'all think of this tease?

Californication Season 5 Casting News - 5.03.11 Update! #californication #casting

Storylines are coming together for Showtime's 5th Season of the David Duchovny vehicle, Californication:

Meagan Good has joined Showtime's dark comedy Californication for a major recurring role. Good, who will appear in nine of the 12 episodes of Californication's upcoming fifth season, will play Kali, an extremely hot up-and-coming hip-hop artist.

 

Source: Deadline.com - 'TV Castings'  (May 3, 2011)

 

So, from what I can piece together here, the 'slightly dangerous' rapper Apocalypse, is dating Kali when he meets Hank. Hank, in his usual fashion, cannot resist a beautiful, sexy woman (the just-cast Meagan Good) and either steals her away from Apocalypse or cheats on him with her. Either way, exciting times are again on the horizon for Hank Moody.

Californication is currently in production for it's fifth season which will premiere in September, 2011.

Previous Californication Season 5 News/Spoilers

(4.22.11)

According to TVLine Robert Fitzgerald Diggs (better known as The RZA) will play a major recurring role in season five.

His character will be called "Apocalypse" who's a hip hop mogul who Hank considers writing a movie for.

(4.12.11)

Hank's going to get a screenwriting gig working on a movie for a rap impresario named Apocalypse, Hank dates a "bangin' Carrie Bradshaw wannabe" and our beloved Becca's (Madeline Martin) getting a much older boyfriend whom you will pretty much hate.

Source: E!Online

Californication -
Episode 5.01 is entitled 'JFK to LAX.'

Some big hints at where season 5 is heading, two characters on a 9 & 8 episode arc are Apocalypse and his girlfriend, Kali. Apocalypse is a slightly dangerous rapper who takes a meeting with Hank in the hope of Mr. Moody writing a movie for him. The producers want big names for this role.

Also on an 8-episode arc is Doug, a ruggedly handsome and uber-successful contractor who doesn't take any of Hank's BS.

More big news-worthy is the 8 episode arc of Tyler, Becca's boyfriend who is a cocky pretty boy with a snotty rich-kid vibe, which irks Hank.

 

Source: SpoilerTV -'Adams TV Teasers 15 - Glee, Californication, True Blood, Desperate Housewives & More... '  

Season Five Possiblities:

Season Five was picked up by Showtime in January 2011. Creator Tom Kapinos suggests that the show will need to take on a new direction to stay fresh. The narrative will take place soon after Hank's bio-pic ("Fucking and Punching") has been released and his fame and fortune has reached never before seen heights. It is clear that Becca (Madeleine Martin) and Karen (Natascha McElhone) will reprise their roles as Hank's daughter and anchor-ex-fiancee, but will start the season aboard an RV trekking along on their road trip with Ben (Michael Ealy) and his daughter Pearl (Zoë Kravitz). Their role as regulars in the show may taper off this season, but they will still be pivot points to Hank's endless attraction to disaster. The romance between Marcy (Pamela Adlon) and Stu Baggs (Stephen Tobolowsky) will be further explored, as well as how that relationship is affected by Marcy's pregnancy with Charlie Runkle (Evan Handler).

Source: Wikipedia

VIDEO: Nurse Jackie Episode 3.06 Promo & Sneak Peeks 3.05 Review @SHO_Jackie @SHO_Kareem

Sneak Peek Nurse Jackie: 

"Deep Breaths"

Dr. Cooper vents to Jackie and Eddie

 

I'm both a tiny bit late and a wee bit early with my weekly Nurse Jackie post:

I drove cross-country. I'm on a coast!-- with spouse--no kids OR dogs! I'm in Maryland (instead of my home near Chicago).

I'm with spouse, my one sib. and his wife, and we are helping out my Dad with his house/ house stuff. My mom died in January and my dad will move back to the midwest when he can--but first--the house!

 

What did you think of Nurse Jackie episode 3.05 "Rat Falls?"

It was my favourite episode of season 3 so far because it was stuffed full of meaning and great moments and scenes.

For one, I've been wondering how Eddie and Jackie were going to proceed, post 'intervention' now that Eddie is pretty much Jackie's husband's best friend as well as her co-worker. The answer is, with caution.

 

Much more after the jump!:

VIDEO: Weeds Season 7 Tease fea. Mary-Louise Parker #weeds #season7 #teaser

Weeds - Season 7! Mary-Louise Parker is back in an all new season of Weeds:

'Well. When you put it that way I sound just awful!' - 'Nancy Botwin' to 'FBI interrogator'

So sorry about labelling my previous Weed's promo video post as 'Weeds: Season 6,'  when it correctly is: Weeds: Season 7.'  I got it mixed up with Doctor Who Series 6. My bad. All fixed. (Cyber-gods willing.)

Q: Is Mary-Louise Really a Tease?

A: Yes, she is. And she doesn't care if you know.

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

 

The Writing is on the Wall for Arlene & Terry:

Clearly, its high time for them to call Ghostbusters!

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

Screencaps!

True Blood Season 4 Series Premiere Date Confirmed But...! #trueblood @HBO @trueblood

 

What About the Holidays!?! What's Up For the Fourth & Labor Day?:

This ^^^ is putting a serious crimp in my summer plans!

Put a (blood) red X on your calendar: HBO has set the premiere date for the fourth season of True Blood. The fangtastic vampire drama returns Sunday, June 26 at 9/8c. The new season, which promises to delve even deeper into witchcraft and faeries, will once again run for 12 episodes.

Source: TVGuide

The question I have is, True Blood generally skips the Sundays that fall near holidays. In this case Episode 2, which will air on July 3, (based on this announcement) falls on both the Independence Day (Monday, the 4th of July) and Canada Day (Friday, the 1st of July) weekend. Poor timing, I would think. So then, will True Blood delay it's second episode of season 4 until July 11th?

With 12 episodes to be aired, True Blood will also run into Labor Day so the second question is: Will True Blood air on Sunday, September 4, which is during the Labour Day weekend?

If True Blood skips the 4th of July and Labor Day it will literally take this summer series' finale into autumn!

True Blood Episode 4.08 – 'Spellbound' - Casting Call - Fan Pic w/ Eric & Bill in Sookie's House #trueblood

Too bad the photographer appears to be on 'Team Bill', almost cutting Skarsgård out of the shot entirely:

Very lucky lady clad in True Blood 'character charms'  in close proximity to 'Bill' (Stephen Moyer),  who is touching 'Sookie' while 'Eric' (Alexander Skarsgård)  looks on  on the set of True Blood. 

Source: Santress' Tumblr

As  the bookies will tell you, Eric's appearance is in line with his Book 4 storyline. I believe that his shirt is not 'flannel' but simply plaid. Skarsgård regresses in age about 10 years when he doesn't slick back his hair as shown here. I prefer the non-greaser look.

On the plus side, 'Bill' is clad in  leather however, sadly, he is still being forced to wear bangs. Steve Moyer is so much more handsome as not-Bill.

NEW True Blood Casting Calls Continue:

New casting calls are out alongside the reveal that episode 4.08 will be called 'Spellbound'--and it will be written by Alan Ball who seems to be writing about two episodes per season. Other info. that can be culled from the casting call?

One of our vamps (who else is that old?) is flashing back to the 1930's--wouldn't it be fun if it were Pam (Kristen Bauer van Straten)?!

Maxine (Fortenberry, Hoyt's mom)  is being interviewed by a TV news reporter but she's interrupted by Bill who wishes to speak his mind about...I guess we'll just have to endure the sucky waiting to find out.

As you may know, each True Blood episode is named after a song--which plays over the end-credits. Spellbound has a few versions. I'm inclined to agree with my fave True Blood blog 'Sookieverse' that Siouxsie and the Banshees’ version is a good choice.

TRUE BLOOD, Episode 408, “Spellbound”
Writer: Alan Ball
Director: Daniel Minahan
Location: L.A.
Start Date: Approx. 4/11/11

[VIRGIL] 35 years old, a harshly handsome blue collar Caucasian man with a cold and ruthless streak, Virgil is seen in a flashback to the 1930s. Guest star.

[REPORTER] Female, a local TV news reporter, she is delighted when Bill shows up to interrupt her conversation with Maxine. Charmed by Bill, she’s more than willing to give Bill a public forum. 1 speech & 5 lines, 3 scenes.

[RITA] In her 40s, an attractive maternal woman. 1 line, 1 scene.

Source

 

 

Tricia Helfer As a Spell-Caster? Absolutely! #BSG #Baltar #17thPrecinct

 trutriciahelfer 

Beautiful ride up the coast yesterday. Rode by Baltar's House #BSG:

http://yfrog.com/h4mkhpwj

You know what I love about Hollywood? (besides the many gifts that it bears for me--see photos above and below). There is no 'off-season'! Oh sure, shows like my fave Showtime show Shameless go on hiatus (as of tonight <sob>) but there is always something good percolating, maybe just about to be unveiled.

I, like I'm quite sure thousands, if not millions of Battlestar Galactica (RDM) enthusiasts, have been waiting for the right project with the perfect combination of cast to look forward to settling in and being amazed by ever since BSG took it's final bow. Darned if 17th Precinct doesn't sound like it could be the very show that we've been waiting for!

I'm so excited at the prospect but totally nervous that something could get in the way of it airing... but I'm really more excited than nervous because I'm keeping a positive attitude. Tricia Helfer as 'Morgana,' a spell-casting, potion-making coronor? All of a sudden all those network procedurals sound so very dreary.

Photos: Credit to and courtesy of @trutriciahelfer (Tricia Helfer)

 

Last nights wrap party with another #17thPrecinct actor, Matt Long. Great guy and great actor! http://yfrog.com/gzfe3czj

 

Tricia has signed on to play Morgana, a potion-making and spell-casting coroner in Ronald D. Moore’s NBC Pilot, 17TH PRECINCT, a supernatural-themed police drama for NBC.
She’s the third BATTLESTAR GALACTICA alum to join the cast — Jamie Bamber and James Callis being the first two. Ron Moore was of course the executive producer of the re-imagined BSG series, making 17TH PRECINCT a reunion of sorts.

Also joining the cast is Stockard Channing, Matt Long and Eamonn Walker.

Source: Triciahelfer.com -  'Tricia Joins Ronald D. Moore’s 17th Precinct':

 

VIDEO: True Blood Season 4 - It's Saturday Night & Waiting Sucks: Bill and Eric - Screencaps - #trueblood

True Blood Season 4 - It's Saturday Night & Waiting Sucks: Bill and Eric - Screencaps - SPOILERS?:

True Blood Season 4: Waiting Sucks: Bill and Eric:

A clip from episode 4.02 - ' You Smell Like Dinner' of True Blood Season 4.

Ranking the "Waiting Sucks' morsels being parceled out every Saturday (Geez HBO, didn't you know--power off for an hour tonight?!), I would put Waiting Sucks: Bill and Eric on par with the Sam & Luna one. Just not really anything to get excited about. Wow. Eric is bragging again that he's much older than Beel. Where have we heard that before? And Beel! WTF with the hair?! I know we teased you about the bangs but parted down centre?! It certainly is shaping up to be Eric's season!

 

Californication: Season 4.12 Finale 'And Justice For All' - Season 5 Time Jump? @SHO_Californication @SHO_Kareem

                                                        (L to R) Carla Gugino, David Duchovny, Addison Timlin
Californication:  Season Finale Episode 12: 'And Justice For All':

'Passion Project'  'Commence Sentencing' Sneak Peeks, Preview, Showtime Promo Photos, Synopsis:

Californication:  Season 4 Finale: Promo Photos:

Californication Season 4.12 'Commence Sentencing'

Hank awaits sentencing and visits the set of his movie. Hank receives his sentence.

Californication: Passion Project

Stu invites everyone over for a celebratory dinner party.

Spoilers On Showtime - @SHO_ Californication

 

Californication Season 4.12 'Commence Sentencing'

Hank receives his sentence.

After the jump: Music List from Season Finale episode 12, Season 5 casting/time jump spoiler -

True Blood Season 4 News and Spoilers Updated: (3.16.11) #trueblood #spoilers

Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), Season 3 Finale: Abducted by The Fae (fairies)?

True Blood: Faery Tales!:

Hey Truebies. There's not a whole lot of substance to today's True Blood nugget o' info on Season 4 (start date 6.12.11) but what there is sounds...almost magical!

TV Guide spills just a trickle about Sookie Stackhouse's relatives:

Here's one thing you can be sure of: Faeries can't be turned into vampires. (Vampires just think their blood is mighty tasty and helpful for sun-bathing.) But executive producer Alan Ball reveals something else that fairies can do: "They can abduct humans and take them somewhere else that is not here," he says. "Just like aliens."

OK, so maybe die-hard True Blood fans sort of knew this already (Alan Ball revealed this some time ago) but it doesn't hurt that the TV critics are getting up to speed, right?

It seems a stretch but could Tara have met the same fate as Sookie--being 'taken' by faeries? Rutina Wesley (Tara) has said that Season 4 brings a 'whole new Tara.' Could the influence of  The Fae (as fairies are referred to in True Blood) help bring about Tara's change?

Just a thought. When humans are 'abducted,' are they seducted by The Fae into willingly being 'abducted' as Sookie seemed to be in the Season 3 finale?

SPOILER: True Blood - About That Doll! - VIDEO: Season 4 Tease of Pam, Jessica, Hoyt @Fangtasia #trueblood

 

Doll in Jessica & Hoyt's New House Has Baggage, says Alan Ball:

I've turned up the backlight in this True Blood HBO copyright screen shot of the 'doll' on the floor of Jessica & Hoyt's new house. This is the last scene of season 3 in which we see True Blood's favourite young couple.

The doll definitely has some type of beads around it's torso. What significance the stick lying  adjacent to it has, I have have no idea. Do you?

 

From TVGuide comes one of the creepiest spoilers yet!
TVGUIDE (in answer to a request for True Blood Spoilers:

Remember that creepy doll we saw at Jessica and Hoyt's new home in the season finale? "I can tell you that the doll is more than just a doll," executive producer Alan Ball tells us. "That doll has a passenger."

Source: TV Guide

Oh, crap. Dolls are inherently creepy but a 'doll with a passenger'...on True Blood(!)? That sounds really, really bad. Wonder what shennigans it is going to get into during the day while Jessica sleeps and Hoyt is away at work .That thing will have way too much time on it's hands (does it even have hands?)

Here's a really nicely done recap of True Blood season 1 -3. It caught my fancy so I thought I'd share.

'True Blood - Raining Oil '

Californication - Episode 4.10 'TheTrial' - Sneak Peeks - Promo Photos @SHO_Californication @SHO_Kareem #giveaway

 

  Natascha McElhone as Hank's ex, 'Karen':

Californication: My Best Friend  

Charlie takes the stand at Hank's trial.

With best friends like Charlie Runkle testifying on the stand in your defense who needs...friends?

 Hank's trial turns into a disastrous character assassination:

From Californication - Episode 4.10 - Promo Photos http://foreverafangirl.com * IMAGES Showtime copyright

With best friends like Charlie Runkle testifying on the stand in your defense who needs...friends?:

Californication: Relationship Conversation  

Hank and Abby discuss their relationship.

I don't know if it is because this little clip is (of necessity) out of context, but it seems an awkward scene to me. It could be that it is meant to be awkward as does Hank, besides having a relationship with his daughter and his ex (and  bf, Charlie), even have real relationships?

Specifically with women he's 'dating,' Hank doesn't get that serious, does he? (I ask, as 1. it doesn't seem that he does and 2. this is my 1st season watching Californication.)

The thing that is throwing me a bit about Hank and Abby is that neither seem particularly in need of anything deeper than what they have, which let's face it (excluding the attorney-client thing), is that they are f**k buddies. Should be interesting to find out where they end up.

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MUCH MORE AFTER THE JUMP!!!

A personal note from me to you--in case you missed it previously ;) :

I've extended both the Californication official poster art giveaway AND...

VIDEO: Shameless: Episode 10 Sneak Peeks - Preview - ScreenCaps & HQ Episode Photos - E1.09 Recap @SHO_Shameless @SHO_Kareem

From Shameless EPISODEs 9 /10 Promo Photos/Screencaps http://foreverafangirl.com *All images Showtime's*

 Shameless EPISODE 10: 'Nana Gallagher Had An Affair' Promo:

Monica's return wreaks havoc on the Gallaghers; Fiona moves out.

 From Shameless EPISODE 10: 'Nana Gallagher Had An Affair' - Parental Rights'

 

 Previously on Shameless: 'EPISODE 9: But At Last Came A Knock':

Frank has some settlement money coming his way. The only catch — he needs his ex-wife's signature on the documents. Debbie goes on a mission to find out if Steve is cheating on Fiona, only to discover Steve may not be who he says he is at all. Kev and Veronica receive a visit from Ethel's baby son Jonah... and the DCFS. Lip needs money to take Karen on a date so he turns to Steve for help. Meanwhile, Eddie reaches out to Karen and invites her to a Purity Ball.

Things don't end well when Frank's ex-wife Monica shows up, announcing her plan to take Liam. Kash catches Ian and Mickey going at it. An enraged Fiona moves out of the house and in with Steve.

Best line from Shameless - EPISODE 9: 'But At Last Came A Knock':

Lip  to Ian: “You know how Dad’s a total fucking asshole? Turns out he’s the good one.”

From Shameless SEASON 1 Ep. 9 *ALL IMAGES Showtime copyright*

Wow. Shameless - Episode 9 was one head-spinning moment after another.

Firstly, I never thought we'd see mother Gallagher 'Monica', so quickly. I figured they'd stretch that part of the plot out maybe even until season 2 because  'missing mom'  has been such a large, looming spectral presence in the Gallagher home. But no, Mrs. Frank Gallagher did show up in full force with a Peterbilt-driving gf and she was ready not only to reunite with the family but to take home a souvenir afterward. That would be baby Liam, a mixed-race baby, obviously not Frank's biologically (though I realize that legally it could get very complicated as Monica and Frank were living as husband and wife, Frank's name is probably on the birth certificate, etc.).

As mind-blowing as it was for Frank (William H. Macy) to come face-to face with his ex, it was about 6 times as awful for the Gallagher children.

Though they were all shocked (with the exception of the previously-mentioned 2 y.o. Liam) their reactions immediately following Monica's proclamation that she wished to be a 'mother again' to the young ones and to actually take custody of Liam varied widely, with Fiona-- not unexpectedly-- reacting with outrage.

Realizing that there was nothing she could do to fight back at that moment and overcome with a flood of emotions that she probably kept dammed up for the previous 2 years, Fiona announced to Monica that the kids were Monica's now--then out into the Chicago winter she walked. Emmy Rossum's pronouncement to her onscreen mother (Chloe Webb  China Beach, Sid & Nancy, performance art), was just devastating. Less a tirade than it was a howl of psychic pain. Emmy Rossum played it very, very real. It's my opinion that Rossum's 'Fiona' is the heart of this fine new series, though she is surrounded  by stellar talents all 'round.

When Fiona's heart broke into a million pieces right before our eyes and the eyes of her sibs, bf, & parents,   it was like watching her crumble emotionally. It was hugely touching.

From Shameless SEASON 1 Ep. 9 *ALL IMAGES Showtime copyright*

MUCH MORE After the JUMP!

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

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

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

From PaleyFest via E!

According to True Blood show runner Alan Ball:

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

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

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

Ball said:

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

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

Parrack says:

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

  Parrack  further disclosed:

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

 

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

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

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

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

Todd Lowe said:

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

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Update! 'Shameless' and 'Episodes' on Showtime - Renewed for Season 2! @SHO_Episodes @SHO_Shameless

 

As hoped for, the good news arrived today: 'Shameless' has been confirmed as renewed for a second season!

This fantastic news comes on the heels of the previously-released BBC-report that Matt LeBlanc's half-hour Showtime comedy lead-in 'Episodes', was picked up for a second season as well.

Here are the details and the official Showtime announcement on the second season pick-up for Shameless and Episodes:                                     

Emmy Rossum/ Justin Chatwin in Shameless

 (Photo Credit: Showtime)

You can count on spending more time with the Gallagher family and “Matt LeBlanc,” now that Showtime has renewed both Shameless and Episodes for second seasons.

“The viewer loyalty and critical acclaim that has met both [these shows] since their January debuts makes it clear that these two brash and sophisticated series are burgeoning hits,” Showtime entertainment president David Nevins said in announcing the pick-ups. “[Shameless EP] John Wells is carving out a tone that is truly unique in the television landscape — equal parts drama and comedy. And Episodes marks the universally embraced and hilarious return to television of an inspired comedy triumvirate: Matt LeBlanc, and creators Jeffrey Klarik and David Crane. We are thrilled with the response to both series and eager to start planning for their second seasons.”

Shameless — which with nearly four million weekly viewers across multiple platforms is on pace to be Showtime’s second-highest rated drama series (behind Dexter) — was granted a 12-episode order for Season 2. The episode count for Episodes is at this time “TBD.”

Production on both shows’ sophomore runs will start later this year with an eye on 2012 premieres.

Source: TVLine - Shameless and Episodes Earn Second Seasons

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True Blood - NEW (2.11.11) HBO Launches Insider's Blog

Today HBO launched a 'production blog,' HBO: Inside True Blood:

The blog, a behind-the-scenes effort, is authored by 'Gianna' who introduces herself as having worked 'for the extraordinary Alan Ball' for two years. She describes herself as being 'in the middle of things' and goes on to dish a very few small tidbits about what was going on BTS including that 'today’s call sheet includes the words hostage, bites, dinner and Eric.  There is also a General Safety Memo When Working with Exotic Animals attached to the front,' she disclosed.

She goes on to urge True Blood fans to check back because you can expect weekly 'news on production, plus a little backdoor peek at how things work around here.'

 

 

Gianna wrote a great little post about Sookie Stackhouse's little yellow Honda car's identity crisis (Am I for driving, A stunt car? For being towed about?! Turns out, literally: All three!) as well as a 'quick Q&A' with Alan Ball:

 

Gianna: What are you most excited about this season?
Alan: I really love the Eric storyline.

Gianna: What's going to shock the fans?
Alan: What happens to Jason...throughout the whole season.

Gianna: Got any advice for fans that are chomping at the bit?
Alan: We're working as fast as we can! In the meantime, I recommend watching the Swedish film Let the Right One In and the Russian films Day Watch and Night Watch.

  (Photo credit: HBO, inc.)

The only downside I can see from what otherwise seems like a great little fix for True Blood fans is the following disclaimer: 'This website is intended for viewing solely in the United States.'

Also amusing and ironic, is this caveat: "This website may contain adult content."