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NEWS ABOUT: True Blood

True Blood stories: 7 news summaries

 Brits Eat Up 
 Steamy Yank 
 Vampires 

Fangs a lot, gush new True Blood fans

Nov 9, 09 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The sizzling TV vampire series True Blood is ringing just as true with British audiences as with American fans. Why? Brits love the "gripping blend of southern American small-town mentality and hideous murders" in the series peopled by "Daisy Duke" Anna Paquin and her "chisel-cheeked" lover played... More »

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television • vampires • True Blood • television program • Anna Paquin • Stephen Moyer

 Gentlemen 
 Prefer Zombies 

Vampires are sensitive wimps

Oct 28, 09 3:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Give a guy a good, old-fashioned zombie any day over a vampire. "Dudes don't dig bloodsuckers because vampires pretty much look like girls," writes John DeVore in The Frisky . "We prefer zombies, because we love chainsaws, flamethrowers, and samurai swords." But primarily, guys realize their "... More »

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horror flims • horror movies • vampires • zombie • True Blood • Monsters vs Aliens

GLOSSIES

Point of Vampire Craze:
No Sex Is Deviant Anymore

Bloodsuckers of today just want to fit in

Oct 14, 09 6:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A cultural obsession with vampires usually coincides with changing sexuality, writes Stephen Marche. The vampire is a realized sexual other—whether an aristocratic libertine or an AIDS victim—with the human characters representing the mainstream. Usually, the normals have killed the other, but our current vampire moment is different: Whether... More »

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entertainment • homosexuality • sexuality • sexual behavior • Twilight • vampires • True Blood

tv review

 True Blood Kills 
 With Metaphors 
 (and, Uh, Sex) 

Kinky sex meets social commentary

Aug 28, 09 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics are gushing about HBO's hit True Blood, which manages to marry kinky vampire sex to social commentary, writes Gina Bellafante in the New York Times. The barrier-busting series touches on gay marriage, racial profiling, capitalism run amok, and right-wing religious extremism. In the current season, a crazed Christian cult... More »

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gay marriage • HBO • blood • racial profiling • right-wing extremism • True Blood • television program • Anna Paquin • Stephen Moyer

(Newser) - True Blood stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer are engaged, People reports. The two have been open about their 6-month relationship and how it affects their onscreen romance. Says Paquin, 27: “If you're already with that person, then you're not having to sort of get over... More »

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entertainment • television • HBO • actor • celebrity engagements • celebrity marriage • True Blood • Anna Paquin • Stephen Moyer

 Why Do Vampires Turn Us On? 


Jul 18, 09 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vampires have always been sexy, from Bram Stoker’s original smooth operator to Brad Pitt in Interview With a Vampire. But why have True Blood and Twilight sunk their fangs so thoroughly into today’s erotic zeitgeist? For starters, they're modern-day Romeos for angsty Juliets, Newsweek reports, a hypersexualized update... More »

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sex • Twilight • vampires • True Blood

emmy awards

 Family Guy Scores Nod; 
 30 Rock Leads With 22 Noms 

Mad Men also rakes them in

Jul 16, 09 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The list of Emmy nominations, out today, is full of familiar names. One surprise: Family Guy is nominated for best comedy series—it's only the second animated show to get a nod in the category, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Fox stalwart is up against Entourage, 30 Rock, The ... More »

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entertainment • television • The Office • comedy • award show • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards • Weeds • Family Guy • How I Met Your Mother • Battlestar Galactica • Neil Patrick Harris • Mad Men • Grey Gardens • True Blood • Flight of the Conchords

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