So who is this evil waterlogged fairy then? Calling this as Lochlan (or one of his ilk) seems completely obvious, but boy…that’s who I’m thinking of. Especially after Claudine’s reference last season to the deaths of Sookie’s parents.

Random observation: I am very pleased to see some pointy fairy ears. Even prior to season 3 airing, I was of the opinion that Bill knew Sookie had fairy ancestry when he was originally sent to procure her. Looking at Mr Pointy Ears, this scene in season 1 showing Bill fondling the top of Sookie’s ear over and over, while telling her she doesn’t know how special she is has a certain sense of….foreboding.

One lucky photographer found his way near the set of True Blood in Los Angeles, California today (Thursday, February 24th) and found our favorite shifter Sam Trammell. He was joined by Chris Bauer and Lauren Bowles.

True Blood stars, Sam Trammell, Chris Bauer and Lauren Bowles were filming in Eagle Rock, CA.

On the set of Season 4:

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Författaren Charlaine Harris som har skrivit Sookie Stackhose novellerna som True Blood serien är baserad på berättar för La Times att det ''troligen'' bara kommer bli två till böcker efter den 12:e...

“Dead Reckoning,” the 12th installment in author Charlaine Harris‘ Sookie Stackhouse mystery series, is set to arrive this May — not long before the hit TV series inspired by the franchise, HBO’s “True Blood,” returns for a fourth season — but the novelist now is looking ahead to the conclusion of her long-running saga.

“Truthfully, the next two books will probably be the last two books in the series,” Harris said last week. “I still love Sookie, but I’m beginning to want to write something else, and Sookie’s kind of taken over my life. I was able to write other things for the first few years I was involved in Sookie, but then after the start of the television show she took over so much of my time because of my increased publicity obligations that it’s been very hard to write other things, and I really need to do that.”

Harris says even though she’s a regular viewer of the show, she sometimes is surprised by how graphic it can be, particularly when it comes to the amorous adventures of Sookie’s brother Jason (Ryan Kwanten).

“Of course, the television shows things that I only allude to,” Harris said. “I’ve had some moments where I have kind of covered my eyes a little bit. My gosh, there is a huge amount of skin. I guess I just don’t see that when I’m writing so much. In the books, you know Jason’s a horndog, you know that, but knowing it and seeing it are two different experiences.”

“I think all the actors are very fun,” she said. “I think Alan’s genius lies in picking the right person for the right role. They’re all talented and doing a great job. There are some plot lines that have surprised me, but I know that they know where they’re going — I just don’t know because it’s not where I went. So I can only wait to see what’s going to develop.”

Read the rest and find out what other projects Charlaine is working on in the LA Times.

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Dawn Olivieri, who played Alcide’s sister Janice in True Blood season 3, has a lot on her plate. Not only is she currently on Vampire Diaries, she’s also finishing up the Showtime pilot, House of Lies. In a recent interview, Dawn talked about returning to True Blood and how weird that might be …

House of Lies going to series on Showtime could also throw a wrench in her returning to HBO’s True Blood, should she be asked. The networks are competitors, and well… “It would be an interesting situation given that Joe Manganiello is my ex-boyfriend,” she says with a candid laugh. “I don’t know if he’d be into that. I’m not sure. So we’re not holding our breath on that one… I know. Wrap your mind around that one for a minute. That’s kind of twisted and sick and weird that I’m playing the sister of some guy I dated. I don’t have that many boyfriends. Why do I get into these weird trifectas of confusion on all my jobs?”

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Ni som kollar på Vampire Diaries känner säkert igen henne som Damons ''flickvän'' ;)

Den senaste inlägget över "inside HBO Blogg" av Gianna Sobel, är en intervju med Michael McMillian, mer känd som Rev Newlin.

Gianna: Good morning, Michael!

Michael: Good morning, Gianna!

Gianna: Can you talk about your involvement in the newest True Blood comic book?

Michael: You can ask, but I have to warn you that as the co-writer of an official True Blood story, I may have to keep some secrets.

Gianna: Well what goods are you authorized to share?  We'll take what we can get!

Michael: I was just kidding.  Get ready to be "spoilerized."  I'm giving up the goods!

Gianna: Do it.

Michael: I love my fans.  Fire away.

Gianna: How did it come about that you would be writing for the comic series?

Michael: Pluck and constant pestering, really.  I heard they were making a True Blood comic last spring through Alexander Woo, one of True Blood's talented writers.  I immediately started to plot how I would go about scoring myself a story-arc on the book.  I was in the middle of writing LUCID, my series with Archaia and Zachary Quinto's Before the Door Pictures, so I was eager to keep the ball rolling with other comic projects.  Ultimately, I teamed up with my friend Marc Andreyko, a seasoned comics pro, and we pitched ideas to IDW.  I also sent Alan Ball a live panda.  It seems the bribe worked and now Marc and I are writing the comic.

Gianna: Ah, yes, I remember the panda.  So what's the book about?  Did you and Marc come up with the idea together?

Michael: Our story is called "Tainted Love" and runs for six issues.  Bottles of Tru Blood are contaminated with a mysterious ingredient that causes vampires to lose all moral center and go "feral," attacking humans without restraint.  The whole fiasco is a terrorist plot by a new villainous group, called the "Vampire Liberation Front," who has grown tired of Vampires having to play by society's rules.  These are fundamentalist Vampires who want to destroy the civil ties between humans and vampires, so they target the Tru Blood Corporation.  Jessica drinks a bottle of bad 'Blood, and Sookie, Bill and the rest of the Bon Temps crew scramble to save her before she kills somebody.  Marc came up with the idea of the tampered Tru Blood and we just ran with the idea.

Gianna: Can you tease us readers with one mind-blowing moment they can look forward to in your story?

Michael: I think just about every cliffhanger has its shock value.  That's a characteristic of the show that Marc and I wanted to make sure closed out each issue.  There's a sequence in Issue 2 involving Jessica and an alligator that's a favorite moment of mine.  And Eric takes his relationship with Sookie to new heights in Issue 3.

Gianna: Are there references to story lines that happen on the show, particularly concerning season 4?  Or are the comics independent of what Alan is doing?

Michael: The comics aren't entirely independent of the show, but obviously the show is the main True Blood storyline.  We're the supporting act.  The comic is a great way to expand the mythology and explore certain corridors of the True Blood world that the show may perhaps leave untouched.  Issue 1, for example, kicks off with a tour of a Tru Blood bottling plant.  We've seen bottling plants in teasers for upcoming seasons, but so far the Tru Blood company itself hasn't really been showcased in any narrative on the show.  I think fans will appreciate getting a little glimpse behind the curtain there.  There are certainly references to things that have happened in previous seasons, and our story reflects the increasing human/vampire tensions established in season 3.  We'll also flesh out a very important backstory to a fan-favorite character.

Gianna: Are we going to find out a little more about Steve Newlin's backstory in upcoming issues?

Michael: If I have it my way, "True Blood: The Steve Newlin Adventures" ongoing will kick off in summer of 2011!  Just kidding.  We will see a bit of Smilin' Steve in "Tainted Love."  And perhaps a glimpse of what Sarah Newlin has been up to...

Gianna: Oh really? Any clues to her whereabouts?

Michael: All I can say is she has taken what has happened to her and used it to her advantage.

Gianna: Interesting... Speaking of the Newlins, any plans for them coming back on the show? In season 4, or even beyond that?

Michael: You're asking the wrong guy!  I certainly hope so.  Obviously, True Blood has no shortage of characters, but I think it's significant that the Newlins made it out of Season 2 alive.  And there MUST be some kind of Fellowship of the Sun revival after what Russell Edgington pulled on national TV, right?  If I were Steve - and I am - I'd be plotting revenge on both Stackhouses and Eric in particular.  Nobody bangs Steve's wife and shoots him in the face with a paintball and gets away with it.  Nobody.

Gianna: So if Steve could torture Jason, just to get back at him for his dalliance with Sarah, what would he/you do?  Waterboarding?  The rack?  Death by firing squad?

Michael: Perhaps lowering Jason into a giant vat of boiling paint would suffice?  Although I'm not sure Steve wants to see that pretty face destroyed... He's so torn, that Reverend!

Gianna: It is a pretty face, I don't think anyone can argue with that.  Okay, thank you so much for your time, Michael!  Before you go, two final questions.  Who's your favorite human on True Blood?  Now I'm asking you as a fan, not as an actor on the show...

Michael: Humans are quickly disappearing on True Blood!  They are an endangered species, lately.  It's tough to pick.  Obviously I am quite partial to Anna Camp's portrayal of Sarah Newlin.  I thought she was just fantastic - perfect in every way.  And then there's Carrie Preston, whose genius goes criminally unsung. I love Arlene. She's such a wonderful character. In many ways she's the most relatable human on the show. If I lived in her world, I would be scared and pissed too!  My favorite human character to write is definitely Jason.

Gianna: And your favorite supe?

Michael: I'm team Eric.  Sorry, Bill.

"According to Suzuki Ingerslev, our esteemed Production Designer, several of the crew's family heirlooms were incorporated into the Old Stackhouse Place – crocheted items, pill bottles, toilet paper covers, afghans, etc.  Some of the Stackhouse family photos up on the wall are actually shots of Suzuki's own family, as well as show creator Alan Ball's family.  Actress Lois Smith also donated several pictures.  But many of these memories were destroyed in the Maenad attack.

This here is a shot of Alan Ball's mom from the 1930s.  "I like having her on set," Alan said, "there is a picture of my mom and dad and brothers on the piano, and my Uncle Bud is over the fireplace in the dining room."

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Daniel Buran is joining the HBO smash as Raoul, the werewolf packmaster of Shreveport or Alcide’s boss!

Buran, whose credits include appearances on CSI: NY, Criminal Minds and Southland, as well as CSI creator Anthony Zuiker’s digi-novel Level 26: Dark Origins, will appear in roughly seven episodes of TB‘s upcoming fourth season."

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• Glee: The Music, Volume 1 (Glee Cast) [Columbia Records]
• Tremé (Various Artists) [Geffen]
• True Blood – Volume 2 (Various Artists) [Elektra]
• The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Various Artists) [Summit Ent/Chop Shop/Atlantic]

Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

• Down In New Orleans (From The Princess And The Frog) Randy Newman, songwriter (Dr. John)
• I See You (From Avatar) Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell & James Horner, songwriters (Leona Lewis)
• Kiss Like Your Kiss (From True Blood: Music From the HBO Original Series – Volume 2) Lucinda Williams, songwriter (Lucinda Williams & Elvis Costello)
• This City (From Tremé Soundtrack) Steve Earle, songwriter (Steve Earle)
• The Weary Kind (From Crazy Heart) Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett, songwriters (Ryan Bingham)

2. Worst Valentine's Day memory?

Well, the year I moved to Los Angeles, I was really floundering around in Austin and was penniless, loveless and totally stagnant.  My good buddy had a girl he was in love with and went out and got a suit and made dinner reservations for the two of 'em.  I called every single girl I knew, and a bunch I didn't, and tried to get them to come over and watch a movie with me and drink.  No one answered, and I felt so low and wrote about it in my diary.  Then I watched The Usual Suspects and pretended that I wrote it as I watched along. And the fact that when the movie was over, so was Valentine's Day, hit me hard and I drank and vowed to do something with my life...

3. Any special plans for Valentine's Day this year?

I am getting a dog sitter, kidnapping my wife Ciera and locking the door. ;)

4. If you were writing the episode, how would Hoyt celebrate Valentine's Day with Jessica?

If I were writing an episode for a Hoyt and Jess V-day, I would have him drive her to New Orleans, catch the Red Eye to NYC, check us into the Waldorf Astoria and sleep all the day side by side with the shades drawn.  And then we'd wake up together, take on a Vampire sleep schedule and just be a couple of love birds from the country in the big city.  We'd savor the freedom that we crave and relish the fact that no one would know us or our situation.  And then we'd have lots of bloody sex...

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“Phineas and Ferb” is proving to be a draw for star-caliber voice casting for its coming season. Michael Douglas, Tina Fey, Michael J. Fox and Jane Lynch will headline the guest cast for the third season of the Disney Channel animated hit.

Joan Cusack, Jamie Oliver and Anna Paquin will also supply guest voices for this season’s run, which bows March 4.

Douglas is guesting along with his 10-year-old son Dylan in a haunted house episode, while Fox and Paquin will pay homage to their “Teen Wolf” and “True Blood” roles. Oliver, of ABC’s “Food Revolution,” will be a meatloaf competition judge.

Meanwhile, Lynch will be Phineas and Ferb’s sister’s boyfriend’s mother, and Fey plays an eager buyer for the headquarters of Doofenshmirtz Evil Inc."

Both Ryan and Joe attended the GQ, Cadillac, Lacoste and Patron Tequila Celebrating the Coolest Athletes and the Big Game hosted by Andy Roddick at Hickory Street Annex. And, Joe, along with his girlfriend, Audra Marie, attended Kari Feinstein’s Super Bowl Style Lounge at W Hotel Dallas. Ryan also was seen at the Bud Light Hotel Playboy Party with performances by Snoop Dogg, Warren G and Flo Rida."

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//Salisha