New Year’s Eve has traditionally been the time to reflect over the past year; today we’re taking the time to go through the True Blood events of 2009…
We started the year eagerly awaiting the Golden Globes ceremony. True Blood was up for best TV show and Anna was nominated for a GG for best TV drama actress. We couldn’t wait to see Anna and Stephen in public, since their relationship was one of the best kept secrets (to them maybe ;). And, let me tell you, we were not disappointed.
Anna won the Golden Globe, and we saw for the first time (outside of tabloids), a simple kiss between the two (a shy one, but enough to ensure that they were together). The photos that came later just confirmed what everyone knew. True Blood didn’t win for Best TV show but somehow we all felt that Anna’s Golden Globe was an award for the entire cast and crew… and also for the fans that were following the event; because make no mistake, us fans feel we were part of this thing.
Later that month, our insane curiosity was satiated, as the first photos of Anna & Stephen as a couple were released – the Vanity Fair Party photos. We spent whole weeks talking about how awesome they looked together and sharing our happiness that our favourite couple in fiction and real life, were having a solid relationship.
Then in April, we had the Paley festival, where we could see the main cast together after 4 months of anxiety. There we got some insight about what was to come in season 2; we knew it was going to be good. At the same time, the first promos for season 2 came out and we started to satisfy our lust accompanied by the broken deep voice of Bob Dylan’s “Beyond Here Lies Nothing.”
Next, on June 9th, cast and crew reunited for the season 2 premiere party at the Paramount Theater in Hollywood. Amazing photos and video interviews flooded the internet for the next week until the following Sunday.
Some dirty dancing hurt us so good
TB team at Season 2 premiere Kevin Winter/getty images
And then, the main event. June 14th was our big day as True Blood’s new season premiered on HBO. We all talked about the first episode en masse discussing what we liked, what was different, but we soon fell for the whole season. I was really happy to see that season 2 was so different from season 1, but for sentimental reasons, I believe season 1 will always be my favourite. I found what Alan and the other writers designed to be really brave – this insane orgy of absurdity. It’s the first show where I can forgive anything, no matter how stupid it appears on the surface, because you always see coherency in the plot eventually.
This is the second installment of Videos From The Past. Today we have Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer and Alexander Skarsgard doing an interview with Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly. It’s one of many done during Comic Con 2009 and the most requested video we’ve had so far.
Send requests to info@trueblood-news.com and include the URL for the video you desire or a good description and we’ll do our best to find it for you.
In the future we’ll be dredging up some of our favourite videos from the past of the actors from True Blood. Interviews, acceptance speeches, commentaries they’ve done, whatever holds a soft spot for you and I. If there’s something that makes you smile or giggle with pleasure let us know and we’ll do our best to fulfill your desire.
First up, my all time favourite: Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin doing an interview with Wired Cafe during ComicCon 2009 this past year.
Send requests to info@trueblood-news.com and include the URL for the video you desire or a good description and we’ll do our best to find it for you.
Actor Mike McMillian may have a few successful TV shows under his belt, but he’s a little intimidated by the challenge of selling a comic book.
As the Rev. Steve Newlin on the HBO television series True Blood, McMillian plays a character who is totally dedicated to saving humanity from vampires. But the actor behind the role is more interested in making comic books. A reader since childhood who actually considered a comics career while pursuing acting, McMillian is getting the chance to write his first comic thanks to a friendship with Star Trek and Heroes star Zachary Quinto.
As announced at Comic-Con International: San Diego, Quinto and his company, Before the Door Pictures, is developing comic books in a partnership with publisher Archaia Comics. And among their first releases is Lucid, a four-issue mini-series written by McMillian that is set to debut in comic shops in summer 2010. Read More »
About.com just published exclusive NEW photos of True Blood stars Anna Paquin, Alexander Skarsgard, Stephen Moyer, Rutina Wesley, Deborah Ann Woll, Nelsan Ellis, Michelle Forbes, and Sam Trammell, and director/writer/producer Alan Ball and novelist Charlaine Harris at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con.
