From TMZ.com
He may be hard to recognize with clothes on — but we’re 110% sure this dude outside Coco de Ville last night is oft-naked “True Blood” hottie Ryan Kwanten, no matter how hard he denied it.
Every True Blood episode is named after a song. The fourth episode of Season 2 is titled “Let’s Take A Trip Together”.
I assume that this is the song by Morphine.
Morphine was an alternative rock group formed by Mark Sandman and Dana Colley in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, in 1989. The band ceased to be in 1999 after frontman Mark Sandman died of a heart attack.
Morphine combined blues and jazz elements with more traditional rock arrangements, giving the band a very unusual sound.
Let’s Take A Trip Together is from the 1993 album Cure for Pain.
Photograph copyright © Ron Vink
Morphine – Let’s Take A Trip Together
Let’s take a trip together
Headlong into the irresistible orbit
Breathing the cold black space
With the glistening edges
Let’s take a trip me and you
Let’s go the scenic route
Get to finally (x3)
Get to know each other
Just to be alone (x2)
Just to be alone with thee
Somewhere there’s no distracting breeze of information
Leaking through the windows dripping from the trees
Somewhere there’s no earthquakes
Of other people’s anxious questions
No nervous wrecks going down (x2)
Let’s take a trip together
Headlong into the irresistible orbit
Article on HMonthly.com, September 2008
At the moment, Anna Paquin is taking a moment to unwind from her photo shoot for h, and there’s something about her that is slightly mysterious but also immediately ingratiating. Somehow this force of nature was one of the youngest Oscar winners ever (11-years-old) for her mesmerizing performance in The Piano, and she’s been working consistently since then in both the independent arena (The Squid and the Whale, A Walk on the Moon) and the Hollywood blockbuster realm (the X-Men trilogy, Almost Famous). Throughout her career, the New Zealand transport has always been able to defy the celebrity stereotype and maintain a seemingly normal life as the girl next door. She is down to earth, humble, and at the moment, quite happy. In truth, it is a happy time; she’s preparing to go on a well-deserved European vacation after many months of shooting her new HBO series about vampires, True Blood. The series is the newest brain fetus of Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball, and is based on a series of books by Charlaine Harris.
True Blood takes a new angle on the vampire mythos, creating a world in which vampires have revealed themselves to the fearful public. There is skepticism among the masses about their intentions, but the vampires are quick to assure the world that their people-eating tendencies are no longer to be feared due to an artificial blood concoction created by an inventive Japanese corporation. The bottled glog is called Tru Blood, and fang faces no longer need to feed off humans, you see. And while the vampires seem to come in peace, I think that you and I both know, once a neck gouger, always a neck gouger.
Anna sits down with us at h and tells us a little about, among other things, her leading role as Sookie Stackhouse.
Anna: Sookie’s your typical perky, happy, young, Southern gal, and also a waitress in a somewhat dingy truck stop-ish bar restaurant. She’s tough and strong; if she sees someone else in trouble, she’ll go and stick herself in harm’s way. She doesn’t fear much of anything, and therefore she ends up being caught in some bad spots occasionally. That being said, she’s only getting roughed up in the course of doing what she thinks is the right thing to do. That, and she’s telepathic (laughs). When the story begins, she meets and falls for the first vampire who walks into her small town. He comes into her bar one night, sits in her section, and orders a bottle of Tru Blood. She has an affinity for him because, for the first time, she’s not able to read someone’s mind.
STORY LINE
Jason’s promotion to soldier is not without strings, and while in Texas with Bill and Jessica, Sookie discovers that she’s not the only one who can read minds…
[DRIVER]
30 to 45, this suspiciously pushy driver, whose thoughts are violent and dark, is sent by Fellowship of the Sun to abduct Sookie when she arrives at the airport. Instead, he is glamored (hypnotized) by Bill and Jessica, and experiences a wide spectrum of emotions and outbursts, from fear, to relief, to embarrassment as his will is usurped and his behavior is dictated. He is ultimately released to return to his superiors and tell them that Sookie “never showed up” (which is what he now believes)…GUEST STAR (33)
[DESK CLERK]
This sleek, female, European desk clerk at a Texas hotel prepares a room for Sookie, Jessica and Bill according to their specifications…CO-STAR (40)
[BELLBOY / BARRY]
This uniformed, 19-year-old bellboy at a Texas hotel brings Sookie and Jessica room service (a handsome guy to feed off of). To Sookie’s surprise, Barry can read her mind, and he grows increasingly freaked out as they communicate silently sptv050769…CO-STAR / RECUR(?) (54)
[CHAUFFEUR]
50ish, very handsome, well-groomed and surprisingly country, he picks up Jessica and Bill’s travel coffins to take to the airport…CO-STAR (24)
[YOUNG MAN / TRAVIS]
21 years old and very handsome in his hotel bathrobe, he is Jessica’s polite, barely legal “room service” (B negative blood)…CO-STAR (54)
Source: SpoilerTV
Channel 4 has acquired UK rights for two dramas from US cable network HBO, True Blood and Generation Kill.
True Blood, a 12-part series starring Anna Paquin and British actor Stephen Moyer, is set in the not-too-distant future when vampires can survive on synthetic rather than human blood. Paquin recently won best drama actress in the Golden Globes for her performance in the series.
The creator and executive producer of True Blood is Alan Ball, who created Six Feet Under, while the story is based on the novels of Charlaine Harris.
Channel 4 has also acquired the UK terrestrial rights for Generation Kill, the latest project from David Simon, the creator of The Wire. Generation Kill, which had its UK TV premiere on digital channel FX on Sunday, is a seven-part miniseries from HBO Films that tells the story of the first 40 days of the 2003 Iraq war through the eyes of a group of young US marines. The drama is based on a book by Rolling Stone reporter Evan Wright, who was embedded with a US marine unit during the second Iraq war.
The Channel 4 head of acquisitions, Gill Hay, said both series would find a “natural home” on Channel 4. “We are thrilled to bring more fresh, imaginative and bold US drama to Channel 4 audiences,” Hay added.
“True Blood and Generation Kill are examples of HBO programming at its thought-provoking and challenging best.”
Both programmes will be broadcast on Channel 4 later in 2009.
source: Guardian.co.uk
Every True Blood episode is named after a song. The third episode of Season 2 is titled “Scratch My Back”.
We can safely assume that this episode title derives from the Slim Harpo song “Baby Scratch My Back”.
Slim Harpo (11 January 1924 – 31 January 1970) was a blues musician from Louisiana who was known as one of the masters of the blues harmonica; the name “Slim Harpo” was a humorous takeoff on “harp,” the popular nickname for the harmonica in blues circles.
Harpo enjoyed a notable US Top 20 pop hit in 1966 with “Baby Scratch My Back” (also a number 1 R&B hit), which revitalized his career.
Slim Harpo – Baby Scratch My Back
Aww I’m itchy
And I don’t know where to scratch
Come here baby
Scratch my back
I know you can do it
So baby get to it
Aww you’re workin with it now
You got me feelin’ so good
Just lookin’ up to the sun now baby
Uuummmmm
This little girl sho’ knows how’d scratch
Now you’re doin’ the chicken scratch
Aww its lookin’ good baby
Just gettin’ scratchy
That’s what I’m talkin’ bout
Michelle Forbes
Michelle Forbes who portrays Maryann confirmed at a Paley Center event honoring DirecTV’s relaunch of Wonderland, that Maryann is indeed a maenad.
“I am a maenad, which is a supernatural wood-nymph creature. There are a lot of strange creatures in crazy old Bon Temps.”
Source: E!Online
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GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) has announced their nominees for the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.
True Blood has been nominated for:
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
The L Word (Showtime)
South of Nowhere (The N)
Torchwood (BBC America)
True Blood (HBO)
Trophies will be doled out in 41 categories during a trio of ceremonies in New York (March 28), Los Angeles (April 18) and San Francisco (May 9).
Get the complete list of nominees for the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.
Ok, it is poll time again.
Stephen Moyer
On the Frisky.com you can vote for the most desirable actor, they are following the lead of Ask.com who published their list of 99 most desirable women (Anna Paquin was ranked #71). Every day The Friskey will present new men to choice from.
Today our own Stephen Moyer is up for the vote and it looks like the teenagers have been voting because Robert Pattinson has taken the lead. And we can’t let that happen now, can we!
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Alexander Skarsgard
The fansite SookieStackhouse.com had an interview with Alexander Skarsgård. He talks about how he became an actor, his favorite Sookie Stackhouse book and why he wanted to play the part of Eric.
Alexander can’t of course reveal any details about the second season that they are shooting at the moment, but he does say that we will get to know all the characters in a deeper and more profound way in the upcoming 12 episodes. We will definitely see other aspects and other layers of Eric’s personality.
