True Blood’s Queen Sophie-Anne, Evan Rachel Wood co-stars in “Love Me Chase Me,” a new video from the band Carney. The video follows the life and death of a fictional character named Mr. Green, played by frontman Reeve Carney—who will also be co-starring with Wood in the upcoming Broadway production of Spider-man.

Shot on the Riverside, California, set of HBO’s Carnivale, the clip was directed by Timothy Garrett.

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True Blood Fan Art by riogirl9909

Posted by Lynnpd On November - 21 - 200911 COMMENTS

riogirl9909 has put together a fan art album where she features her creations of True Blood characters in many spoofs of famous film posters and paintings.  Below are a few samples, but you can see her complete collection by visiting her album at this address. Thanks for sharing riogirl9109!

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This is my favorite from the Edward Hopper painting.

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Hollywood’s crush on British Vampires

Posted by Lynnpd On November - 21 - 20091 COMMENT

Last month The Vault reported on how our perception of vampires has changed, in my article, “Today’s vampires, not about capes and bats“, and that this vampiric transformation makes perfect sense allowing the forbidden to be something we can now embrace.  Below is an article that goes further into the new phenomenon discussing how the UK has exported quite a few of their own, of which we now are enamored.

From Gary Oldman and Kate Beckinsale, to Rob Pattinson and Stephen Moyer, the UK exports quality vampires.
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The following is a partial transcript; for full story, listen to audio.

Story by Alex Gallafent, PRI’s “The World”

The British Ambassador to the United States, Sir Nigel Sheinwald, has written a blog post extolling the virtue of British (on screen) vampires.

It begins at the British Embassy in Washington, with a recent blog post titled, “A Bloody Good Show.” The author is Sir Nigel Sheinwald, Britain’s Ambassador to the United States.

Sheinwald has noticed something unusual in Hollywood. Admittedly, this doesn’t give much away. To explain, he notes that British on-screen bad guys are commonplace. But he points out, “a less remarked-upon British contribution to American life, to the unholy ranks of the Silver Screen’s undead.”

Ambassador Sheinwald writes not of mummies rising from the grave, nor of zombies roaming Sunset Boulevard; but of vampires. British actors playing vampires that is.

“Could it be the British climate that creates the pale and pasty complexion necessary to portray authentically Bram Stoker’s monster?” Wrote Sheinwald. “Or is it our ‘deadpan’ humour, putting the grave into graveyard, that makes us Brits especially suited to vampire kitsch?”

Early in the history of silver screen vampires, there was Christopher Lee, sinking his teeth into the role of Dracula. Later, Gary Oldman also played the Count. In his case, for Francis Ford Coppola.

“I had a casket up at my house. It was a gift from Francis. So I can’t reveal whether I ever used it,” said Oldman.

Oldman’s revelation and Ambassador Sheinwald’s blog reveal a sinister though perhaps unsurprising truth: The British are more than comfortable playing pasty-faced, centuries-old bloodsuckers.

Here’s Kate Beckinsale as Selene, in one of the “Underworld” movies: “You’re in the middle of a war that’s been raging for the better part of a thousand years. A blood feud between vampires and likens. Werewolves”

And you wouldn’t catch a British actor playing a werewolf; heavens, no. That kind of thing is left to the Australians.

This week, another movie vampire arrives, in “Twilight: New Moon.” This British vampire takes on a new shape. Actor Robert Pattinson disguises his true nature under the cloak of an American accent. He’s not the only one. Stephen Moyer does the same for his portrayal of Bill Compton in the HBO series, “True Blood.”

“Your choices are your own, as are mine. You have my gratitude for your hospitality. I will not soon forget it,” Moyer’s character, Compton, says in an episode about the hospitality shown to him during the Civil War, moments before he turns bloodsucker.

But he may as well have been talking about the easy passage British vampires, or actors, have made into American cultural life.

PRI’s “The World” is a one-hour, weekday radio news magazine offering a mix of news, features, interviews, and music from around the globe. “The World” is a co-production of the BBC World Service, PRI and WGBH Boston.

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Jim Parrack in Official Supernatural Magazine

Posted by Lynnpd On November - 21 - 2009ADD COMMENTS

Interview with Jim Parrack in the new issue of Official Supernatural Magazine

Thanks to Stefanie for the scans. Click on the images to enlarge.

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The new Sookie Stackhouse Novel is now on pre-order

Posted by Shadaliza On November - 21 - 2009ADD COMMENTS

On Amazon you can now pre-order the latest Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse Novel entitled ‘Dead In The Family’. A cover image is not available yet, the book will be released on May 4, 2010.

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Kristin Bauer cancels Boston Mega SuperFest

Posted by Shadaliza On November - 20 - 20095 COMMENTS

Kristin Bauer was scheduled to attend the Boston Mega SuperFest this weekend (November 21 and 22), unfortunately she won’t be able to be there because she came down with a flu bug.

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Ryan Kwanten On The Chelsea Lately Show – Nov. 24

Posted by Lynnpd On November - 20 - 20091 COMMENT

ryan kwantenRyan Kwanten, will make a guest appearance on the Chelsea Lately Show on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 11:00pm eastern on the E! Network.

Chelsea will be in Australia recording four of her episodes at the Sydney’s Foxtel Studios in front of a live audience that will feature Australian guests to be broadcast to a worldwide TV audience.  Along with Ryan, Guy Branum, Heather McDonald, and Wil Anderson will be guests on the show.  So don’t forget to set up your DVR because it sounds like it is going to be lots of fun to watch.

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True Blood composer Nathan Barr wins HMMA Award

Posted by Shadaliza On November - 20 - 200911 COMMENTS
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Only moments ago True Blood composer Nathan Barr won the Hollywood Music In Media Award for Best Score True Blood in the Highlands in the world famous Hollywood & Highlands/Kodak Theater complex in Hollywood. Congratulations, Nathan!

The Vault’s reporter Gretchen is attending the event. More news later.

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Allan Hyde  who played Godric on True Blood was interviewed by the Foreign Press’ Thomas Conradsen and the interview, as seen below, has been translated in to English by alexanderskarsgardfans.com.

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Do you know this guy? Probably not, but the Americans do. The Dane Allan Hyde is admired by millions in the US for his top part in True Blood, one of the biggest Americans tv-series of this decade.

”I realised at once, that this would be a unique and intelligent series. Vampires are an allegory for the darksides of humanity. Their race is prone to a mixture of homophobia and racism, and that’s what the series deals with in a brilliant way, I think.”

Did you enjoy the drama in the gangster series “The Sopranos”? Or the realism in “Band of Brothers”? Maybe, you prefer the more sensual scenes in “Sex and the City”?

The three critically acclaimed tv-series share two things: They’re all produced by the American pay-per-view channel HBO and have cast a spell on millions of viewers in the US as well as in Europe. Week after week. Year after year.

Now, the stations latest creation, “True Blood”, is the reason for deserted streets, with the best view count since the aforementioned “The Sopranos” and between the serie’s biggest stars, a Danish teenager, 19-years old Allan Hyde, is hiding.

“When I agreed to do it, I had no idea how big it (=TB) was. I hadn’t heard about “True Blood” yet. And to be completely honest, I felt that vampire series were a little boring. I only knew “Buffy” and that was a girls’ show,” Allen Hyde, in Denmark best known for a small part in TV3’s soap opera “2900 Happiness”, explains.

Alan Ball, the man behind “True Blood”, happened to need a Scandinavian teenager for one of the key parts on his show. Allan Hyde’s agent heard about the part and convinced him to make a tape and send it to Alan Ball. This impressed Ball so much, that the Academy Award-wining writer of “American Beauty” immediately hired the young Dane.

There was no need for a formal audition. Allan didn’t even have the time for a cup of coffee before he found himself sitting between the show’s already established stars, ready to rehearse his scenes.

At this point, the young Dane was only two months short of graduation from his high school on Zealand (AN: that’s the island where Copenhagen is located). In other words – he threw the proverbial school books away, packed his suitcase and moved to Los Angeles when the chance arose.

“It was my dream. To be a professional (full-time) actor. To live off what I love. And it wasn’t the most important thing about highschool to get a certificate with grades on. Most important were the knowledge and friends I’d already won through those three years,” Allan Hyde says about his hasty decision.

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Spending time with Sam Trammell at EyeCon True Blood

Posted by Shadaliza On November - 19 - 200929 COMMENTS

The Billsbabes represented The StephenMoyerWebring.com which was a sponsor of the True Blood Eyecon Event in Orlando Florida – November 13-15, 2009.

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Written by co-founder of the Billsbabes and the StephenMoyerWebring Michael (aka SterlingSilverCharm)

Sam Trammell …… What more can I say – this young man needs no introduction – He is a gentleman thru and thru. He’s charming, intelligent, bright, beautiful and quick witted – perhaps even more so than Stephen Moyer. Did I mention that he has the most beautiful blue eyes I have ever had the pleasure to look upon, besides a smile that would light up New York City? His gorgeousness is not the only aspect to this talented young man, he has “IT”. He is the complete package – beauty, brains, superb acting skills, and a penchant for our world’s oceans and our suffering Earth. What more could a girl ask for?

When I met Sam on Friday night at the Cocktail Party, he was engaging, forthright and direct. He was very personable and sweet, maybe a bit taken aback by me. We all introduced ourselves to him so that he knew whom we represented, Stephen Moyer’s Billsbabes. Yes, there are a lot of us worldwide, but as he was told, we do spread the love around and he has his own Forum on the Yuku board. I guess that would make Michael his Web mistress. We did leave early from that party as we were going to The Palm for dinner, but decided it was too late and headed for Fish Bones instead.

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We saw Sam and spent quite a bit of time with him throughout the weekend, more so than the other actors. He was gracious enough to sign a few items for our Billsbabes “Raffles for Charity” on www.Trueblood-Online.com – The Vault.
We also had a few novelties from our Billsbabes Shoppe, (www.cafepress.com/billsbabe) that we carry as regular items, for Sam’s character Sam that we also had him sign for charity as well. We asked him his favorite charity and he told us Oceana. We are in contact with Oceana and will proceed with raffle items signed by Sam and the cast for this great organization in a few weeks. You can find more information at http://na.oceana.org on this wonderful charity.

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Sam signs the raffle items.

At Saturday night’s supper with Sam, he could not have been more engaging. The entire table was charmed by him. The supper conversation was very personal and intimate and I will not discuss in detail what was said as that was private, but the entire table was enthralled with this young man’s wit and we had many laughs. (On a personal note: I do commend him for his choice of vehicle, it will offset my carbon footprint – which is HUGE! LOL! – I will try to do better …. ) As conversation flowed, I prompted him as to which director he would like to work with. Sam expressed his desire to work with director Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited). He also expressed a keen interest in helming behind the camera and directing. I would love to see this happen for him. We were talking about what genre he would like to start with and it was “horror “. I thought to myself ,hmmmm, Stephen King has a new book coming out called THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE…. (I am always thinking) I would love to see this young man direct , although I do hope he does not deny us his presence in front of the camera. I would also love to see this Tony Nominated actor back on Broadway again. Perhaps, in one of his breaks in filming True Blood, we will have the pleasure of seeing this diverse actor once again on the stage. That is a ticket I will not miss.

As I feel, Season One belonged to Anna and Steve and Season Two belonged to Anders Skarsgard and Michelle Forbes, I sure do hope that Season Three is the Year of the Dog, err, moreover the Year of Sam Merlotte and Sam Trammell. He is after all, the third top liner. I hope they feature this consummate professional all season long. He is a gifted, thoughtful actor that (to me) seemed to be on the back burner in Season 2. I wanted to see more of him. His performance in the Season Ender (Episode 12 – Beyond Here Lies Nothin’) from the moment Bill dragged him out of the crowd to the end was superb and award winning. I hope that HBO puts this multi talented, multi faceted actor in for consideration for the awards season this year. He deserves it for this performance alone. See you at the GG’s Sam.

On another note, I was a little dismayed when I picked up a copy of GQ and Sam was noticeably missing. He should have been there. I would love to see Sam in a few magazine or fashion shoots. It would give us girls something to talk about in between his projects. You can see Sam in his new film coming out in 2010 called “The Details” and of course in June 2010 in True Blood.

samsbabesI want to personally thank Sam for his hospitality and graciousness that he showed to all the Billsbabes this past weekend – he was an absolute gem and a gentleman. They could not have selected a better ambassador to have brought to the public in a convention setting than this young man. He’s an absolute doll. I have made a new shirt that will debut in the Billsbabes Shoppe for this young man’s fans……Samsbabes…… I will be the first to order, as well as new Sam Wallpapers and YouTube Videos that will be debuting on The Vault in the next few days/weeks.

Sam Trammell Wallpapers (Artwork by Sanguinarium and Lynnpd respectively)

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Alexander Skarsgard on cover of Cafe.se magazine

Posted by Lynnpd On November - 19 - 20093 COMMENTS

Alexander Skarsgård dismisses rumors

Posted by Lynnpd On November - 19 - 20092 COMMENTS

At Wednesday night’s GQ Men of the Year party at the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Hollywood, the True Blood star Alexander Skarsgård told RadarOnline.com exclusively that he and Kate Bosworth are just friends.

I’m not dating anyone, those are just rumors,” he laughed. When asked if there were any special women in his life, the hunky actor replied “my mom and my sister.

gqparty1Skarsgård was one of the night’s special guests; he was honored as one of the “Men Who Saved HBO”.

For the record, Kate also attended Wednesday night’s party but avoided the red carpet, sneaking quietly into the hotel instead.

Skarsgård, 33, who plays brooding vampire Eric Northman on the HBO hit series True Blood, will begin shooting season three along with the rest of the cast later this month. The actor told RadarOnline.com that fans can expect a lot more from Eric this time around.

“There’s a lot of nudity,” he said. “As far as Eric goes, there’s going to be a lot violence and a lot of sex — with women and men! So it should be interesting.”

At 6-foot-four, Alexander’s model good looks are just as striking in person as they are on the small screen. Last season, he had to get up close and personal with True Blood co-star Anna Paquin — who in real life is engaged to co-star Stephen Moyer. But Skarsgård says there’s no tension on set.

No. I mean, I can’t wait to get back to my L.A. family,” he said referring to the True Blood cast. “I love Stephen, we’re friends and I love Anna. They’re great together. I actually think it makes things easier that way.”

So there were absolutely no sparks flying between Skarsgard and Paquin during last season’s steamy love scenes?

“Not at all,” he said. “Anna and I are completely platonic, and Stephen knows that.”

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Sam Trammell out and about in New York

Posted by Shadaliza On November - 19 - 20094 COMMENTS

Sam Trammell is in New York where he attended the “The Starry Messenger” cast party at Montenapo Restaurant on November 16, with his girlfriend Missy Yager.

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The next day November 17, Sam was at the 15th annual ARTWALK NY at Skylight Studio in New York City.

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Alexander Skarsgård at the GQ “Men Of The Year” 2009 held at Chateau Marmont on November 18, 2009 in Hollywood, California. Alex represented True Blood at the event. He was among the True Blood actors, that include Stephen Moyer and Ryan Kwanten, honored as “The Men Who Saved HBO”.  Both Stephen Moyer and Ryan Kwanten were out of town and did not attend.

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