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Total Film has made a list of the thirty TV Actors Who Should Do Movies. Alexander Skarsgård came in as #4 and Rutina Wesley was #27 on their list and below is what they had to say:

Alexander Skarsgård #4

The Actor: Saucy Scandinavian with a penchant for stripping down to his smalls (and then some) in TV’s so-sexy-its-almost-radioactive (or something) True Blood. As Nordic Eric, Skarsgård steals every scene with his brooding, hurt-puppy face-pulling – will he ever get his mitts on Sookie?

Ideal Project: Skarsgård’s already lined up an appearance in Peter Berg’s Battleship redux (yes, the boardgame), and he likes to hop back to the hemland once in a while for bit parts in Swedish flicks, but we want more from/for the smouldering Swede.

He missed out on the opportunity to play Thor, but Skarsgård is perfect for the superhero mould. Perhaps a role in Chris Nolan’s third and final Batman? Yes, that would do nicely.

Rutina Wesley #27

The Actor: Basically unknown before True Blood sunk its fangs into her, Wesley plays Tara Thornton in the hit show – and spends much of her time sassing and sobbing. Prior to Blood, she pitched up in an episode of Numb3rs, has voiced a character in The Cleveland Show, and made her acting debut in 2007’s duff drama How She Move.

Ideal Project: Alan Ball has really put Wesley through the wringer on True Blood, giving her a mad-as-two-wasps-stuck-together mother, a doomed romance and all manner of vampire hell. So how about something a little lighter and brighter? Romcoms are below her, but a road trip comedy could do her a world of good.

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True Blood’s Rutina Wesley and Joe Manganiello will attend the True Blood Bash in Boston on September 4, 2010 at the Estate located 1 Boyleston Place. The event will last from 9pm to 12 midnight (doors open to the public at 10pm). Read more about this event below:

Want a chance to get thrown to the wolves? The vampires, too? For this year’s Fall Rush, we’re bringing back the True Blood Bash and we want you to join us for all of eternity…Well, maybe just for the night. By filling out the form located here, you’ll be automatically entered to win free passes to the party, and hangout with True Blood stars Joe Manganiello (Alcide) and Rutina Wesley (Tara).

Space is limited, so come early. Register now and you’ll also be able to enter the party at 9pm, instead of 10pm, when the doors open to the public.

Also, Rutina Wesley,  will be appearing at John Barleycorn in Wrigleyville on Monday, September 6, 2010 in Chicago, IL. According to the press release, RCN’s True Blood Bash will “transform John Barleycorn into a vampire den complete with coffins and creatures.” To sign up for this event, click here.

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The ladies of True Blood truly looked great last night and its fun to learn their beauty secrets. Rutina Wesley and Mariana Klaveno had new makeup tricks they sported.  BellaSugar sent over this fashion info to us so we could share it with all the True Blood fans.

Keeping in line with the True Blood theme of red, Rutina Wesley wore a beautifully bold hue to the Emmys. If you’re looking to steal the style, you can do so with Nars Vesuvio Pure Matte Lipstick, the exact shade she wore on the red carpet.

As vicious vamp Lorena on True Blood, Mariana Klaveno usually wears deep, sultry makeup. In real life, though, she looks sweet and flirty. “I was going for a soft, romantic look with a twist,” makeup artist Agostina Lombardo says of the look she created. For suggestions on re-creating Mariana’s makeup, read below.
Cheeks: To create a peachy pink flush, Agostina applied Nars blush in Orgasm on Mariana’s cheeks.

Eyes: For a soft look, Agostina used Valerie Beverly Hills eye shadows: muted purple tones on the lid and crease, pink as highlighter, and black at the corners of Mariana’s eyes. L’Oréal Voluminous mascara in Blackest Black, along with a few individual faux lashes at the outer corners, made the eyes stand out.

Lips: To create the magenta hue, Agostina filled in Mariana’s lips with Prestige lip pencil in Tango, then slicked on Valerie Beverly Hills lip shine in Revenge.

source: bellasugar.com Mariana Klaveno
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Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin tell Access Hollywood Shaun Robinson their most memorable moment from their wedding.

TV Guide interviewed Alexander Skarsgård, Rutina Wesley, Carrie Preston and Michael Emerson.

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The ladies of True Blood are getting kudos for their looks on the red carpet at the Emmy’s tonight. Rutina Wesley and Carrie Preston went bold in their printed gowns, but none as bold as Anna Paquin, who was gladiator chic in her Alexander McQueen gown with black and gold sequins.

She also had the ultimate accessory, co-star and hubby Stephen Moyer, who kept it stylish in a suit by Alexander McQueen.

source: MTV.com

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True Blood’s Rutina Wesley and Kristin Bauer attend the red carpet for The Emmy’s in the videos below.

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Kristin Bauer and Abri van Straten, Carrie Preston, Todd Lowe, Lindsay Pulsipher, Rutina Wesley and Nelsan Ellis all attended the HBO Luxury Lounge in honor of the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards held at The Four Seasons Hotel on August 28, 2010 in Beverly Hills. While Lauren Bowles checked out the GBK Gift Lounge in Honor of the 2010 Emmy Nominees and Presenters at SLS Hotel on August 27, 2010 in Beverly Hills.

More photos in the Photo Gallery.

Photos by Wireimage

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True Blood’s Rutina Wesley attended the Emmy’s HBO’s Luxury Lounge yesterday where she spoke to TV Squad about the celebrity perks she found there, about her character of Tara, and the finale of season 3.

Click on the image to go to TV Squad to watch the video.

With only two episodes left in this third rollercoaster of a season, Wesley laughed about Tara’s situation — “she’s been sort of out of her mind!” — but agrees with fans that it’d be nice for Tara to get stronger, and maybe even find love again. So what did she dish about the big season finale? “Fun” and “bloody” were two adjectives, if that gives you any indication.

She also talked all about the Emmys, the show’s Best Drama nomination and the “artistic” dress she’s wearing. Then she dished about HBO’s Luxury Lounge where stars can go to get pampered and showered with fabulous freebies before the big night.

That beats almost getting turned by the blood-sucking undead any day.

source: TVsquad

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Rutina Welsey was interviewed by Sara Bibel at Fancast.com, where she discusses going to her first Emmy show, and speculates on Tara’s character development.

‘True Blood’  will compete for the Best Drama Emmy this Sunday.  What are your plans for the ceremony?
I’m still working on it but everything’s slowly coming together.  It’s my first Emmys so I’m a tad nervous but I’m incredibly excited and I feel honored that our show is getting recognized.  It doesn’t really matter if we win.  It’s just really cool that we’ve been nominated.

In the most recent episode of ‘True Blood,’ Tara finally learned that Jason Stackhouse killed Eggs.  Where does she go now?
That’s a good question.  That was like a punch in the stomach for her.  Honestly, it’s probably going to be hard for her to recover from that.  But then, maybe not, because she’s been through so much lately that maybe she’ll be like, ‘Oh, whatever.  I can’t take it anymore.  This is something I can just roll off my shoulders.’ The hard thing for her is Jason has always been a hero for her.  To have your hero, someone you’ve looked up to or even wanted to be with, kill a man that you love, it is just a huge betrayal.  And the fact that he kept it from me.  It’s going to be interesting to see how Tara handles the information.  Hopefully she’ll handle it well and stay in her right mind.

Tara is now thoroughly anti-vampire.  With battle lines being drawn, how far is she going to go into the anti-vampire movement?
I don’t know if she’ll go deep into it because she’s got her own troubles.  I think we’re going to see Tara deal with herself for the next couple episodes and try to figure out where she fits in and who she is and what she wants to do with her life. We’re going to see Tara figure some stuff out.  I think it’s pretty nice to see that change for her.

Tara endured a terrifying ordeal with Franklin.  What was it like playing such intense scenes and working with James Frain?
James Frain is one of the most amazing actors that I’ve worked with.  It was so much fun.  He’s so professional. He’s so good.  He’s funny.  He’s charismatic.  It was hard sometimes to keep a straight face in some of those scenes because he was so funny.  One time we busted out laughing when he was doing the fast texting during a take.  It was challenging as an actor to go to that inner turmoil that Tara was going through and then to try and take it all off and go home and be a wife… but it was a lot of fun.

What have been some of your favorite scenes from this season?
I definitely would say being tied to the bed and him texting on the phone and me sitting at the table trying not to eat those flowers and throwing plates at people’s heads.  We had some serious scenes.  Also, some of my favorite scenes have been when we’ve seen Tara with Sam.  Seeing Sam comfort her is nice.  As Rutina the actor, I love to see those two together because they make sense to me.  They really get each other.  I just don’t know if Tara will ever be stable enough to see him for who he is and see that he’s a good guy.

So you think Sam is the right man for Tara?
I think she and Sam could work.

What about Jason? She kissed him last week.
I think that was in the moment.  She was very vulnerable and needed affection.  Immediately after she said, ‘I am so messed up. What am I doing?’  Like, I need to be alone.  I am not myself.

There are a lot of theories that vampires are allegories for various groups on ‘True Blood.’  What do you think vampires represent?
They can represent so many things: gay rights, human rights, civil rights, minorities. It’s in the eyes of the audience.  I think it changes from show to show. It’s a combination of things. That’s what I love about it.  I don’t think Alan [Ball] is putting one thing on it. He mixes it all together. They have a worldly representation of a lot of different minorities, ethnicities and movements.

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True Blood’s Rutina Wesley will be featured in the the August/September 2010 issue of Bust Magazine.

With all the attention on the Rolling Stone cover featuring Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer and Alexander Skarsgaard, Wesley’s Bust interview has been overshadowed. It shouldn’t be. Hard as it is to imagine, given that Tara and Eggs spent much of Season 2 cavorting naked, but Wesley is a happily married woman.

And no matter how sexy Rutina Wesley’s scenes get, her grandmother still gathers a group of people to watch each episode!

Here are some other things you might not know about Rutina Wesley: she’s originally from Las Vegas. She starred in the step-dance flick How She Move. She’s also a classically trained dancer who attended Juillard.

In Jeaneen Lund’s photos in Bust Magazine, Wesley wears a black-and-white geometric patterned summer dress from Switch Boutique; one the next page she rocks a white peasant top over white shorts.

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