For Truebies it might all just be entertainment, but real witches aren’t very pleased with the way Marnie is being portrayed.

“I’m absolutely disappointed with the portrayal of Marnie,” said one witch – and professor of biology at a college in New England – who goes by the magickal name Taarna RavenHawk.

“When Marnie gives up her ‘power within,’ which is a witch’s ability to practise the craft without harming others, it allows possession by Antonia who becomes the controlling entity. Marnie lets it happen. It’s unconscionable a witch would act this way.”

Elaanie Stormbender, a witch and mother of five who lives in Jackson, Miss., said all the members of the small community of witches to which she belongs are displeased with Marnie’s behaviour. “When witches invoke a spirit, they take precautions and retain full control to banish,” she said. “Marnie didn’t stay in control, so she’s entirely to blame for giving herself over to being possessed.”

Marnie’s behaviour also feeds into some people’s fears about witches tampering with forces beyond their control, and the character’s recklessness only reinforces this fear, Stormbender said.

“Ethical witches communicate with the dead, not bring them back to life. Crossing these lines was very grave and not something any of us would advocate. She went overboard,” said RavenHawk.

And all this time I thought that what is dead remains dead, but apparently necromancers do walk among us.

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Kristin posted a letter she wrote to the California state senator Paul Fong on the Oceana blog yesterday.

As Kristin describes in her letter, shark finning is a hugely disgusting practice and needs to be banned altogether.

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Joe told Digital Spy that a schedule conflict with his HBO show True Blood took him out of the running to play Clark Kent.

“[Warner Bros] wanted me to screen test and part of the screen test process is that they actually have to settle your deal, as if you were cast going into a screen before you get the screen test,” he said.

“And so that involved settling of shooting schedule and the dates for shooting Superman would have conflicted with 11 weeks of season five [of True Blood]. And as it turns out they had big plans for my character in season five and they were not willing to share me with Superman.

“So regrettably I never got to screen test and I never got to compete for the role. I never got to put on the suit.”

Discussing how he felt after losing out on the Superman part, Manganiello added: “This was back in January. I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t… I was really, severely depressed for a few months. For a few months afterwards.

“Because I really thought the direction they were taking the movie and the character, I really thought I had a great idea where to take that and I was very excited and I just wanted to try out my ideas and things. But, you know, it just wasn’t meant to be.”

The 34-year-old admitted that he was consoled by the fact that “big stuff” will happen for his character Alcide Herveaux in True Blood.

“Playing Alcide is a bit like playing a superhero. He has this secret identity that he has to hide from the world and has these superpowers and is burdened by that,” he commented. “I love the show and I love this character, I love working with my castmates and I’ll forever be indebted to [True Blood executive producer] Alan Ball for the opportunity. So there’s a definite upside.”

Over at TV Line, they answered some questions from the fans and one of them was about True Blood and the potential for a relationship with Jessica and Jason.

Question: Any intel on where True Blood‘s Jason, Jessica, Hoyt triangle is headed? —Marina
Ausiello: It’s headed for a major turning point in this Sunday’s episode. Hint: It involves the back of a pickup truck.

Vi har länge vetat att säsong 5 av True Blood ska spelas in, men nu är det officiellt!

The renewal of the show was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. Created by Alan Ball, the series will begin production of new episodes later this year in Los Angeles, with debut set for summer 2012.

“I am thrilled that True Blood continues to enjoy a phenomenal reception from both subscribers and critics,” noted Lombardo. “Alan Ball and his gifted team have devised the greatest thrill ride on TV.”

“I remain amazed and delighted by the enthusiasm of our viewers,” says Ball. “I can’t imagine having more fun than this.”

The 12-episode fourth season of True Blood, which launched June 26, has inspired critical raves, with USA Today calling it “exuberantly entertaining,” as well as hailing the “superb crew of writers and actors,” while the Washington Post called the show “a rollicking good scream” and “addictive.”

True Blood recently received four Emmy® nominations, including Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Alfre Woodard).

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Dying for some True Blood…especially on Jessica dying. Is she still alive?

I believe so, yes. I’m told that we’ll soon see her inside the witch store with Fiona Shaw, watching Bill (Stephen Moyer) out in front doing something very bad. Like, you know, life or death kind of bad. Oh…I’ll just come right out with it: Bill kills someone! Or, more accurately (not grammatically though) is that Bill kills someones. As in plural. Also hearing that Tara (Rutina Wesley) somehow injures her arm, and Jason (Ryan Kwanten) will be packing (up) something other than heat. Lots of good stuff coming up.

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The babies are doing well and Life & Style Weekly, reports that the happy couple are positively overjoyed with the births of their sons, and both labor and delivery went smoothly.

We’re so happy for Missy Yager and Sam Trammell on the births of their twin baby boys. May the whole family revel in the joy that new life can bring.

Stort grattis till dem!

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TRUE BLOOD (New Series Regular)
Start Date: Mid-November
Location: L.A.

[NEW FEMALE VAMPIRE] 19 to 30s. A dangerous female seductress. Must be smoking hot! Nudity required.

HBO just published an interview with Alexander Skarsgård about his recent scenes as the memory-challenged Eric Northman.

Alex: I know that people have been talking about it – but I try to stay away from the blogs and fan sites. I’m a little scared … I do meet fans in person, though, and the feedback has been great this year. It seems that people are enjoying Eric’s arc, which is great because I had a blast shooting it. I love playing “Amnesia Eric.” It’s just such a different side of him, and it’s always fun as actor to dig deeper. You learn a lot, and I definitely have this year.

Alex: I wanted to make sure that it was a side of Eric – not a new character. The side of him that was hidden. He’s very innocent and naïve now, but I also thought it was very important not to lose the old Eric – the predator – and the element of danger there. You’ve got to feel that to make it interesting, I think, and it’s something I focused on. You definitely see how he can get very violent, especially in those moments where he’s protective of Sookie.

Alex: It’s up there. I’ve done some stuff in other movies as well that’s pretty graphic…But these were definitely some pretty intense scenes. We were kind of all over the place. But my favorite scene is yet to come…

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When we last saw Pam on True Blood, she was running away. Marnie (Fiona Shaw) or the vengeful witch possessing her had just cast a spell that began rotting away her face. And when it comes to her looks, Pam doesn’t play around.

“Every season, we learn something new about Pam,” Kristin Bauer van Straten, who plays the vampire, tells The Hollywood Reporter. “So, last year we learned she had a vulnerable side. And this year, her vanity is probably even closer to her heart than Eric. I didn’t think anything could supersede Eric, but I think her face does.”

Bauer told us that while they were able to get the process down to four hours, that scene last week where she pulled off part of her face took 9 hours to test and another nine hours to shoot. And while we may have found the action disturbing, Bauer says she was so busy with the technical aspects of the scene to think about how gross it was. It’s the difference between “watching a surgery and being a surgeon,” she tells us.

Needless to say, Pam isn’t happy about what has been done to her face and will now search for her own vengeance against the witches. “She goes crazy,” Bauer quickly sums up what we should expect going forward.

“Throughout the years, I’ve seen other vampires get to do stuff. You know Alex gets to rip a body apart Season 2, I think it was the opener, and I was so jealous,” she says. “So, I wanted to see if Pam had this warrior feral side. And she does.”

But with tension rising between vampires and humans in this post-Russell Edgington world on True Blood, times aren’t right for Pam to go off waging war with the witches.

“The combination of Pam not being a strategist and her face falling off — and she is pissed – is great,” Bauer says. “And the different avenues she tries to kill and maim is so fabulous. But, I love that she’s a fighter.

Alexander Skarsgård, 34, började jobba som skådespelare vid sju års ålder, kanske inte så konstigt med tanke på att hans pappa heter Stellan Skarsgård, och han "växte upp bakom scenen på teatrar".

På tre år var han med i tre olika filmer. Men vid 13 års ålder valde han att sluta.

— Jag ville bara vara ett barn. Jag gjorde en grej i Sverige när jag var 13 och det fick ganska mycket uppmärksamhet. Jag ville inte bli känd, jag gillade inte att folk kände igen mig. Så jag slutade, säger han i tv-programmet "Live with Regis & Kelly".

— Jag var osäker. Jag gillade inte uppmärksamheten. Jag visste inte vem jag var. Så att höra folk på tv eller radio prata om mig, om vem jag var och vad jag gillade blev ganska förvirrande.

Och Alexander berättar att det inte var ett svårt beslut att ta.

— Det var inte som att mina föräldrar hade gett upp allt för att flytta till Hollywood så jag kunde bli skådespelare. Jag sa bara, jag är inte bekväm med det här och så slutade jag.

Efter sin tid som barnskådespelare blev han militär, en karriär som ändå fick ge vika för skådespeleriet några år senare.

Efter att ha medverkat i svenska succéer som "Hundtricket" och "Kill Your Darlings", flyttade Alexander till USA där han just nu röner stora framgångar med sin roll som vampyren Eric Northman i tv-serien "True Blood".

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