True Blood (tv program)

NBC brings 'Dracula' to TV this fall - sort of [video]

2013-05-13 12:02:00

NBC will be bringing "Dracula" to audiences Friday nights in the fall. Today the network put the official preview of the show online, just in advance of the Upfronts, the multi-network previews for media writers and television critics. "Dracula" has a...

Stephen Colbert, Jennifer Egan and 'The Great Gatsby' [Video]

2013-05-10 07:19:00

On his show Thursday night, Stephen Colbert hosted a book club with distinct Oprah-like overtones: cozy chairs, yellow pillows, a pastel tie and chardonnay. The book at hand was F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." To discuss the novel, he...

'True Blood's' Charlaine Harris and the end of Sookie Stackhouse

2013-05-09 11:33:00

It's a sad thing that author Charlaine Harris has brought her Sookie Stackhouse series to an end. The final book, "Dead Ever After," was published Tuesday, and there will be no more. Some fans have taken the news very badly. Threats against the author...

Cedering Fox knows the power of speaking the written word

2013-05-04 06:30:00

Cedering Fox knows good actors, and isn't afraid to ask a favor. Her query is simple, and the actors almost always say yes. It's not like she wants them to be part of a hot new cable drama or a comedy Web series gone viral. Instead, she's asking them to...

Stock footage provider GreenScreen touts its animal instincts

2013-04-17 05:00:00

The star trotted toward a small pad in the middle of the 80-foot stage and stopped on his mark. "Look at the camera!" veteran animal trainer Steve Martin commanded. Like a true pro, Shadow, a gray wolf who has made appearances on HBO's "True Blood"...

Stuntwoman leaps off tall buildings — and makes it look ugly

2013-02-17 22:35:00

Before climbing the scaffold, Heidi Pascoe checked the wind — throwing a handful of dirt into the air to see how hard it was blowing. Pascoe, satisfied that conditions were safe, weighed her options. Should she do a backfall (falling backward),...

The 60th MPSE Golden Reel Awards winners and nominees

2013-01-17 20:56:00

FILM (winners) � Sound Editing - Music In A Feature Film "Life of Pi" Music Editor: Erich Stratmann Additional Music Editor: Mitch Bederman Sound Editing - Music In A Musical Feature Film "Les Mis�rables" Supervising Music Editor: Gerard Mccann Co-...

'Shameless,' 'Ripper Street' and three more series get renewed

2013-01-29 12:19:00

This post has been corrected. Please see below for details. It's a big day in TV renewal land with the news that five cable series are getting new seasons, in addition to the renewal of CBS' entire daytime lineup. The five series that are continuing...

'Argo,' 'The Hobbit' in contention for Golden Reel awards

2013-01-17 19:15:00

"Argo," "Life of Pi," "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"; "Skyfall" and "Lincoln" earned multiple nominations Friday morning for the Motion Picture Sound Editors 60th annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards. Nominations were announced�for 22 categories in...

'Beasts of the Southern Wild,' 'Flight' among NAACP Image nominees

2012-12-11 09:30:00

"Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Django Unchained," "Flight," "Red Tails" and "Tyler Perry's Good Deeds" Tuesday morning received nominations as outstanding motion picture for the NAACP Image Awards. The 44th awards, which celebrate the accomplishments...

Griffith Park was the most popular film location again in 2012

2013-01-01 18:00:00

Griffith Park, Point Dume, the 6th Street Bridge near downtown L.A. and a former community hospital in Boyle Heights reputed to be haunted ranked among the most popular film locations in 2012, according to a new survey. Eight of the top 10 sites for...

Book review: Justin Cronin's 'The Twelve' summons vampires anew

2012-10-14 00:00:00

-------------------- The Twelve Justin Cronin Ballantine Books: 592 pp., $28 -------------------- No one expected Justin Cronin to sink his teeth into a post-apocalyptic vampire novel. He was an award-winning author of quiet literary fiction when he...

"Dexter" "Game of Thrones" (pictured) "Homeland" "Spartacus" "True Blood"

2012-11-16 14:57:16

Premieres: Thursday, Sept. 27 at 8:30 p.m. Expect to see: Season 10 brings Miley Cyrus on board for two episodes to play Missi, an old friend of Walden�s who comes to visit and develops a relationship with Jake when he's home from the Army.

2012-09-06 00:00:00

Release date: May 1, 2012 Why to throw it in your beach bag: Book 12 in the Sookie Stackhouse series promises a murder mystery on top of the usual vampire antics when a dead body appears on Eric Northman's front lawn just in time for a visit from the Vampire King of Louisiana.

2012-06-20 16:13:00