Saturday, March 13th, 2010

The last major new role on the upcoming third season of HBO’s “True Blood” has been filled.
After an long search, Brit Morgan of ABC Family’s “The Middleman” has landed the part of Debbie Pelt on Alan Ball’s vampire drama. Debbie is Alcide’s (Joe Mangiello) ex-girlfriend who doesn’t like Sookie (Anna Paquin) much.
Except for Denis O’Hare, [...]

HBO still has lots of love for the Mormon drama “Big Love.”
Four episodes into the series’ fourth season, the cable network has renewed the Playtone-produced show for a fifth season.
“Love,” which centers on Utah native Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton) as he balances the needs of his three wives (Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloe Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin) and [...]

Is ”Glee” star Lea Michele’s youthful-geriatric look as Rachel Berry worthy of an award?
The Costume Designers Guild thinks it might be. The guild announced their nominees for their 12th annual awards, and “Glee” was among the nominated TV shows.
Other shows nominated for their contemporary costuming include “Big Love,” “Dancing With the Stars,” “The No. 1 Ladies’ [...]

It might be time for another Vampire Warsthrowdown. Werewolves are coming to HBO’sTrue Blood this season, and according to Nelsan Ellis, who plays fan favorite Lafayette,Blood’s werewolves compare quite favorably to Twilight werewolves like Taylor Lautner. He tells us, “I like Taylor, but our werewolves have a little more gravitas, they’re edgier-looking, and they’re just much meaner. They’re vicious.” And [...]

If you’re one of the (many) True Blood viewers who suspected there might be fallout from Bill “donating” blood to save Sam’s life in the finale last September, go ahead and give yourself a gold star. The show’s boss, Alan Ball, tells me that in season 3, the hunks will forge “not just anyconnection, an erotic connection.”
How erotic? Ball [...]

Glee has given a lot of people something to smile about.
Including the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, which included Fox’s hit musical series among its nominees for the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards, which honors progressive portrayals of LGBT characters and treatment of relevant issues in TV, film, theater and journalism.
Joining Glee in the competition [...]

According to True Blood creator Alan Ball, whether you’re a fan of Bill and Sookie or Sookie and Eric, season 3 of the HBO hit is sure to make you very unhappy. And, oddly, very happy, too. “Take a look at Joe [Manganiello],” he teases of the hunk he cast as the psychic’s new love interest, the [...]

“Southland” co-star Kevin Alejandro is staying in the South with another high-profile series gig, joining Alan Ball’s vampire drama “True Blood.”
Alejandro, expected to appear in almost every episode of the HBO series’ upcoming third season, will play Jesus, a Latino orderly who is taking care of Ruby Jean Reynolds (Alfre Woodard) at her care facility [...]

Alcide is about to put a major kink in True Blood’s polarizing Eric/Sookie/Bill triangle. At least that’s the word from the werewolf’s portrayer, Joe Manganiello, who makes a strong case for an Alcide/Sookie pairing in Part 2 of our exclusive Q&A.  (You can read Part 1 here.) The 33-year-old actor also weighs in on the length of [...]

Now that you’ve had a few weeks to get used to the idea of Joe Manganiello in the role of Alcide, it’s time to get to know the man behind True Blood’s newest monster. In Part 1 of an exclusive two-part Q&A, the One Tree Hill hunk opens up about the phone call that changed his life, the [...]