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TV Guide columnist William Keck posted this exclusive photo of Nora, played by newcomer Lucy Griffiths, with Bill and Eric from the season five premiere. According to TV Guide, Nora is a part of the Vampire Authority and

“She’s an irreverent British lady who we think was turned during Elizabethan or Victorian times…It’s been years since she’s seen Eric, and she is very excited. She looks up to him, but they’ve had a fiery love/hate relationship in the way that brothers and sisters do.”

Griffiths also reveals more details about the photo: “It occurs just after I’ve met them, and it’s a reaction to being taken by surprise by some threatening characters.” Despite being eight episodes into filming the season, Griffiths said that there’s no “Bon Temps romance” for her character but she has her eye on Salome, an ancient vampire seductress, who will be played by Italian actress Valentina Cervi. Griffith’s described Nora and Salome’s relationship as: “They’re very close.”
Like always, waiting truly does suck!
source: TV Guide

Now updated with scan from May 7–20, 2012 (double) issue of TV Guide

Anna Paquin (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

True Blood stars Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, and Ryan Kwanten are in Washington, DC tonight (April 28, 2012) attending the  98th Annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton.

Just Jared says Anna is wearing an Herve Leroux dress, YSL shoes, Loree Rodkin jewels, and a Judith Leiber clutch.

Thanks to ryan-kwanten.net for some of the Ryan photos, Zimbio, and imhereforsookie!

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I don’t know about you, but I have been waiting for this information for months. We finally get to know the details on the episode commentaries on the Season 4 DVD/Blu-rays thanks to blu-raydefinition.com.

Typically, HBO has loaded this set up with select episode commentaries from the cast and crew, a great in-episode enhanced viewing mode that takes you deeper into the series, and couple of HD featurettes that a are well worth sitting through.

The supplements:

• Enhanced Viewing – This in-episode viewing mode allows you to watch True Blood with pop-up trivia, picture-in-picture character point-of-view commentaries and break-away flashback scenes from previous seasons’ episodes.
• Inside the Episodes (1.78:1; 1080p/24)
• Commentary on Episode 2 “You Smell Like Dinner” by Stephen Moyer (Bill), Deborah Ann Woll (Jessica), and Brian Buckner (writer, co-executive producer)
• Commentary on Episode 3 “If you Love Me, Why Am I Dyin’?” by Anna Paquin (Sookie) and Alan Ball (creator and executive producer)
• Commentary on Episode 4 “I’m Alive and on Fire” by Alexander Skarsgård (Eric) and Michael Lehmann (director)
• Commentary on Episode 6 “I Wish I Was the Moon” by Raelle Tucker (writer, co-executive producer) and Gregg Fienberg (executive producer)
• Commentary on Episode 9 “Let’s Get Out of Here” by Sam Trammell (Sam) and Romeo Tirone (director)
• Commentary on Episode 10 “Burning Down the House” by Fiona Shaw (Marnie) Nancy Oliver (writer, co-executive producer), and Lesli Linka Glatter (director)
• True Blood: The Final Touches (1.78:1; 1080p/24; 00:28:25) – A roundtable discussion with the True Blood post-production staff wherein they discuss much of their visual/special effects work.
• True Blood Lines – This interactive feature lets you explore the different character types in the world of True Blood (ex. Vampires, Werewolves, Faeries, Werepanthers, etc.) and the interconnection between each type in the ongoing storyline.
• DVD — Two double-sided DVDs of the entire series
• Digital Copy — Downloadable Digital Copy for Mac/PC, iPod/iPad/iPhone and Windows Media-Compatible devices

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Just spotted this on Twitter – William Keck (from TV Guide) says to follow him on Twitter on Monday (@KecksExclusives) for your first look True Blood photo with Stephen Moyer and Alexander Skarsgård & chat with new series regular!!

This week Stephen Moyer was snapped on the True Blood set in full period costume.  It looks like we’re getting a 19th century Bill Compton flashback!  Stephen was also in the director’s chair, as scenes for episode eight of season five were shot in Hancock Park, LA.

The cast of True Blood have been speaking warmly of Stephen’s skills as a director.

Lauren Bowles, via Twitter:

“Working with a great director on this ep!  Think his name is Stephen Moyer.  Heard he has a day job but his is AMAZING.”

Carolyn Hennesey, via Twitter:

“Great day on set!  And being directed by Stephen Moyer is just wonderful.”

Janina Gavankar, in an interview with The Vault:

“He’s awesome, he’s a great director.  He has this great way of going in your face about the moment and being completely relaxed about it.  He doesn’t move on …he doesn’t move on unless you, the actor, are completely happy with the take.  Most directors make you THINK they are going off of you, but are really going off of the DP (director of photography) before they move on.  Ha ha!  Stephen is one hell of an actor, and not surprisingly, he is one hell of a director as well.”

Source: Zimbio

Ever wonder how the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences decides who to pick for the Emmy nominations? According to Goldenderby.com, over the past few days, the 15,000 members of the Academy received the mother lode of FYC campaign packages: HBO’s big box. Inside were these DVDs:

DRAMA BOX:
“Boardwalk Empire” (“Two Boats and a Lifeguard,” “Under God’s Power She Flourished”)
“Game Change”
“Game of Thrones” (“The North Remembers,” “The Night Lands”)
“George Harrison: Living in the Material World”
“Gloria: In Her Own Words / Sing Your Song”
“Hemingway and Gellhorn”
“I Can Be President: A Kid’s Eye View”
“The Loving Story”
“Bobby Fischer Against the World”
“Luck” (Pilot, Episode 4)
“On Freddie Roach” (“Body Blow,” “The Wild Card,” “Counterpunch”)
“Real Time with Bill Maher” (Sept 30, 2011, Seth McFarlane, Salman Rushdie, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm / Oct. 21, 2011, Rachel Maddow, Thomas J. Friedman, Joshua Green
“True Blood” (“You Smell Like Dinner,” “Spellbound”)

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Big news in the True Blood world! According to Entertainment Weekly, Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer’s representatives have confirmed that they are expecting a baby! The happy couple are due in the fall. We love them both and wish them all the best. Congratulations!

Source: EW