Carrie Preston, True Blood’s fiery haired waitress Arlene, is the latest True Blood actor to pose for the NOH8 campaign that protests the passage of California’s Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage.

The NOH8 Campaign is a photographic silent protest created by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska and partner Jeff Parshley. Photos feature subjects with duct tape over their mouths, symbolizing their voices being silenced by Prop 8 and similar legislation around the world, with “NOH8″ painted on one cheek in protest.

Mariana Klaveno & Kristin Bauer participated earlier this year.

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There was a q&a and some of the information coming out of it was pretty cool. Questions were asked on if there would be or was talk of a True Blood movie, favorite scenes, what’s it like to do nudity (surprised!?) and more. Enjoy the videos below and see more on Chris’ Youtube channel.

More at Chris Spirito’s FB & Youtube

The Great Fantasy Convention – 14th to 16th October 2011

 Maritim Hotel in Bonn,Germany

The program for RingCon was announced today. The events involving the True Blood cast are spread out over all 3 days. Sam Trammell (Sam) & Nelsan Ellis (Lafayette) are together on a panel on Friday night, Allan Hyde (Godric) is on Saturday morning, Mariana Klaveno (Lorena) Saturday night, and then all four of them will be in a True Blood panel that will take place on Sunday afternoon for 45 minutes.

Check out the source for the full schedule, ticket information, videos, and the entire guest list.

Heads up UK fans! Starfury Conventions will be helding next month The 2nd Annual Vampire Ball. From True Blood the guests who have agreed to attend are Allan Hyde and Mariana Klaveno. Other guests include Eliza Dushku, Julie Benz, Clare Kramer, Nicholas Brendon, Mark Metcalf and Georges Jeanty.

The event will be taking place from 30th September to 2nd October 2011 at the Renaissance Hotel, Heathrow, London.

Further details can be found on their website at http://www.starfury.co.uk

Sam Trammell, Brit Morgan, Mariana Klaveno and William William Sanderson will be in attendance at the Horrorfind Weekend on September 2-4th, 2011. It will take place in Gettysburg, PA,  at the WYNDHAM GETTYSBURG Hotel (95 Presidential Circle, Gettysburg, PA 17325)

Read more at their website: Horrorfind Weekend

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Be there, experience thier big anniversary with very special star guests from True Blood, Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, Xena, Buffy/Angel and Lord of the Rings and secure your tickets in our ticket shop. Become part of RingCon, experience the unique magic of the Conventions with star guests, fans and friends.

From True Blood: Sam Trammell, Nelsan Ellis, Allan Hyde adn Mariana Klaveno. To see the full list of guests, click here.

The folks at RingCon have just announced a special “Fantasy Night” for Friday, October 14th 2011 that will be held in the hall Gondolin. Wizard students, Hobbits and dwarfs, vampires, werewolves, shape shifters and other creatures of fantastic literature, all are warmly welcome.  Of course civilians are welcome, too. ;-) At the bar, among other drinks, mixed cocktails will be served to match the theme of the night. Their DJ Rick will entertain you with suitable music – a mix between rock, medieval rock, film music and party music, you will hopefully dance the night away and celebrate with us and leave early in the morning. Doors open at 9.30 p.m., the minimum age for participation at Fantasy Night is 16 years, those under 18 must leave the party at 0.00 clock. (I think that means midnight.)

Watch this video to get a taste of what RingCon is like:

Visit the official Ring*Con website for further details. Hope to see you there!

We broke the news back in March about The Carrier, a short film directed by Scott Schaeffer, who is the first assistant director of True Blood. The Carrier features Anna Paquin & Mariana Klaveno while Carrie Preston and Deborah Ann Woll lend their voices in the film.

The film had his world premiere at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival yesterday, and now you can enjoy the trailer featuring Anna Paquin!

‘The Carrier’ tells the story of a grieving mother dealing with the loss of her philandering son. She discovers a secret that will profoundly influence her life, the lives around her, and ultimately a new understanding of her son.

You can keep up to date on The Carrier’s Facebook page.

Update! Bitten2 has just added Grant Bowler & Marshall Allman to the lineup. Guess they weren’t kidding when they said surprise guest(s)!

Mariana Klaveno

In honor of the Season 3 DVD release, Digital Spy gave a shout to Mariana Klaveno, who played the always fabulously dressed and devilish Lorena. Although sadly Lorena is no longer amongst the living (or undead), this interview gives us fresher insight into how Mariana carefully crafted her character. Here’s a snippet:

Why do you think Lorena is still so obsessed with Bill after such a long time?
“It’s a good question. I think that she’d obviously been looking for a companion for quite some time before she met Bill. She really desired and absolutely needed someone to walk the Earth with her. As an actor, I came up with my own little story of what happened to her as a human and that sort of informed why she was so hellbent on having a loving companion with her, and she would get it by God, no matter what. She was denied love or it was taken away from her in some tragic way in her human life and that’s why she was so obsessed with having Bill. Why Bill? I think because he possessed the qualities that she deemed worthy. The irony is that those very qualities are what prevents him from ever loving her back. I think at his core he is a really wonderful, worthy, dignified man and that of course makes him love Sookie and not Lorena!”

Read the rest of this interview with the delightful Mariana Klaveno at the source.