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Sophie-Anne, a radical departure from the beloved character in the books, was a contradiction of 500 years of vampire power and politics and an eternal capacity for being a brat. With her wicked sense of humor, fierce competition, and loathing of all things boring, even she would have appreciated the irony of her death at the hands of the man she thought she ruled. Her knowledge of the weird and the supernatural was surpassed only by her extensive and fabulous wardrobe. Cold and calculating, perhaps even borderline insane, Sophie-Anne had a distinctive soft-spot for her tastiest humans, especially Hadley. Sophie-Anne reveled in her role as queen, accumulating large amounts of debt in the process. Against mainstreaming, desperate, and on the brink of bankruptcy, she agreed to marry Mississippi King Russel Edginton. Their marriage (of contractual binding rather than affection) was short-lived, as Edginton lost his grip after Talbot’s death and is currently buried in silver and concrete.

We have Sophie-Anne to thank for sending Bill to Bon Temps: after the Queen tasted Hadley’s unique blood and she spilled the beans on her telepathic cousin, Sophie-Anne sought Sookie for her own and sent Bill to “procure” her. After Sookie learned of his secret and delicate mission, Bill and Sophie-Anne fought in his ancestral home. The fight was brief, as Sophie-Anne clearly had the advantage (being older and therefor stronger), but Bill called in reinforcements, soldiers of Nan Flanagan and the National Vampire League. Sophie-Anne barely had time to declare Bill a traitor, let alone process the notion that her assassination had been in the works for years, before she was gunned down with wooden bullets (lined with silver), and Bill was crowned King with her goo still wet on his face.

In the end, Queen Sophie-Anne’s death leaves us with just as many questions as her strange and interesting life. Who will reside in her newly renovated dayroom? What happened to Hadley and her stable of tasty morsels? Under how many layers of deception is the real Bill Compton hiding? She lived and died by the sword, which seems as just as anything can be in Bon Temps. Rest in peace, your Majesty.

Bill is doing the honors at a ribbon-cutting ceremony

UPDATE: ADDED HQ VERSION

Extra aired a new promo for True Blood on Friday, May 20th. We have seen some of this before, but there are some new things to sink our fangs into:

• Eric Northman will be doing public service announcements for the AVL?
• Bill Compton at a ribbon-cutting ceremony
• Tara Thornton is fed-up with vampires, again
• Nan Flanagan is giving orders to Bill and also doing another PSA

UPDATE: We have updated the video that was aired on Extra. This one does not have the intrusive ”Extra” and “Sneak Peek” in the way.

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Evan Rachel Wood is popping up everywhere lately looking simply smashing. Last night (May 2, 2011) she attended the “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art  in NYC.

I absolutely love this gown!

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Evan Rachel Wood attended FFAWN’s 2nd Annual Mary J. Blige Honors Concert at Hammerstein Ballroom on May 1, 2011 in New York City.

Presented by The Foundation For the Advancement of Women Now (FFAWN), the Concert pays tribute to young girls with dreams of becoming the leaders of tomorrow.

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Evan with Kevin Kline and Robert Redford in NY

Evan Rachel Wood, the always well dressed Queen of Louisiana, attended the NY premiere of her new film “The Conspirator.” The event was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York city on April 11, 2011. The day before she also attended the premiere for the same film in Washington,  at Ford’s Theatre. PC: Wireimage.

Rachel Evan Wood attended the “Mildred Pierce” premiere and after party on March 21, 2011 in New York’s Ziegfeld Theatre. The After party took place in the Grand Ballroom at The Plaza Hotel. [PC: wireimage]

Evan Rachel Wood @ Premiere

Evan Rachel Wood @ After Party

No, Queen Sophie Anne of Mississippi, Evan Rachel Wood, isn’t talking about True Blood sadly. She’s commenting on her full frontal shot in the HBO miniseries, Mildred Pierce. We haven’t seen the series yet, but the article itself is educational because we learn what a “merkin” is.

“I was a lot more nervous than I thought I was going to be,” Wood said of the shocking scene she has at the end of the series’ fifth and final installment opposite Kate Winslet, who stars as Mildred Pierce.

“I hadn’t made my mind up if I was going to go full until we were rehearsing, and I was talking to Todd [Haynes, the series' writer and director] – like ‘What do you think?’ – and he was like, ‘I think we’re going to be chickening out if we don’t just go for it.’”

At a New York press event for the miniseries, a retelling of the classic James M. Cain novel, Wood told us she credits Winslet, who famously bared all in “The Reader,” for giving her the courage to strip. “I looked at Kate and she was like, ‘You’ve got to do it. Trust me, it’s so brave. Put a merkin on and you’ll be fine.’” A merkin? “Let’s just say, I had to wear a wig because it was in the 30s, and everything had to look like it was in the 30s,” explained Wood with a laugh.

Read the whole thing here.

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