True Blood

By Geoff Boucher The film presents four interlocking tales and there are some good actors in it, to say the least, with some of familiar faces to you Hero Complex readers, such as Anna Paquin ("True Blood," "X-Men"), Brian Cox ("The Bourne Identity," "X2")  and Tahmoh Penikett ("Battlestar Galactica...

By Geoff Boucher When the Percocet kicked in, I felt a level of intoxication that would put Cheech and Chong to shame. I then proceeded to make a slew of raunchy jokes that just sort of tumbled from my lips in a dirty and uncontrollable way. I am lucky to still have a job let alone be considered a lady after this imp...

By Gina McIntyre Alright, that’s it. Maybe I’m a little behind the times in remake news, but I’ve just read in the Hollywood Reporter that director Darren Lynn Bousman has decided to resurrect the 1980 exploitation flick “Mother’s Day,” and somehow has managed to recruit Deborah Ann Woll, who’s delightf...

By Geoff Boucher Here's a trailer for "The Vampire Diaries"... Sucking in Hollywood: Vampire-Con arrives True Blood" pumping: HBO ratings soar Jessica Gelt on the set of "True Blood"   PHOTO GALLERY: Scenes from Season 2 of "True Blood" Near Dark' remake shelved because of ...'Twilight'?

By Geoff Boucher “Merlin,” based on the Arthurian legend, follows the adventures of a troubled Prince Arthur (played by 24-year-old Bradley James, a Devon, England, native) and the young wizard Merlin (played by 23-year-old Irish actor Colin Morgan). The show reaches its double-episode season fi...

By Geoff Boucher This is clearly the year of the vampire. But what blood type are you? Robert Lloyd: 'True Blood' remains 'often frustrating but not unlikable' Jessica Gelt on the set of 'True Blood'  Near Dark' remake shelved because of ...'Twilight'?

By Geoff Boucher Wow! Members of the Television Critics Association actually put their awards where their big mouths are! Finally, the TCA Awards recognized "Battlestar Galactica" after voters beat the beans out of the Emmys for failing to give the show any major awards in the past.

By Geoff Boucher Twilight: New Moon" rises at Comic-Con Walking on the "Moon": Gina McIntyre visits "Twilight" sequel's set  Robert Lloyd: "True Blood" remains "frustrating but not unlikable" True Blood" pumping: HBO ratings soar Jessica Gelt on the set of "True Blood"  

By Gina McIntyre Photo: HBO Lest anyone forget, there is more than one vampire-themed entertainment phenomenon in the pop culture universe right now. "True Blood," HBO's hit adaptation of the Sookie Stackhouse mystery novels from author Charlaine Harris, has its own legion of devoted fans...

By Gina McIntyre G.M. How long is the post-production process, one year? G.M.: Would you do something this technically complex again? G.M. We seem to be in the midst of vampire-mania, what with "Twilight" and "True Blood" and other projects. What do you make of that?

By Jevon Phillips MORE COMIC-CON COVERAGE Darwyn Cooke's "The Hunter" leads crime wave at Comic-Con The Mouse roars: Disney is starting its own Comic-Con?  Thursday: James Cameron + Tim Burton + 10,000 "Twilight" fans Harry Potter fans look for future at Comic-Con

By pdayla Superheroes? Who said Comic-Con is about superheroes? Take these panels with the stars of three of the best (and sexiest) shows on television. “True Blood” (Saturday, 5:15, Ballroom 20)  is the raunchy, gory and loopy Louisiana-based show about vampires who “come out of the casket” in m...

By Geoff Boucher Comic-Con International 2009 begins officially on Thursday and there are so many questions. How will fans react to the strange non-fanboy fare this year (hello, ABC sit-com "The Middle," yes, this means you)? Will "Twilight" fans and "True Blood" fans be able walk side-by-side in...

By Geoff Boucher READ THE REST  RECENT AND RELATED SET VISIT: The fangs, fun and fur  of "True Blood," season two Photos: At top, Lon Chaney Jr. in  "The Wolf Man," circa 1941. Credit: Los Angeles Times archives. Bottom, "The Wolf Man" in 2009. Credit: Universal Pictures

By Jevon Phillips 3:45-4:45 p.m., Entertainment Weekly: Wonder Women: Female Power Icons in Pop Culture -- EW will moderate a conversation with Sigourney Weaver (Avatar), Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost), Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars), and other stars about the actresses who have redefined the rules and the f...

By Geoff Boucher There’s a surge in vampires in pop culture right now, a sort of crimson wave of interest, with “True Blood” pumping up the ratings on HBO and a second “Twilight” film due later this year. The Swedish bloodsucking romance “Let the Right One In” was a hit at the Tribeca Film Festival last year, a...

 CA Twitter is becoming an important chatter box for expatriates. The Washington Post. In today's Los Angeles Times: HBO gets its mojo back with "True Blood." There are still a few people sitting out the digital revolution.

By Geoff Boucher Jessica Gelt on the set of "True Blood"   PHOTO GALLERY: Scenes from Season 2 of "True Blood" Fang feud: "Jennifer's Body" vs. "True Blood" Wrong blood type? Mary MacNamara finds "True Blood" draining True Blood" photos courtesy of HBO

By Geoff Boucher Don't worry, no spoilers here...but I will tell you the second season shows a lot of promise. The bright spots of the cast are again Rutina Wesley as Tara Thorton and Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds and Stephen Moyer continues to add surprising layers to Bill Compton, the vampire with...

By Geoff Boucher Season 1 established the main action: "True Blood" is set in the fictional backwater town of Bon Temps, La., where a telepathic good girl named Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) works as a waitress in a raucous bar called Merlotte's. When a mysterious vampire named Bill Compton (Stephen Moy...

By Geoff Boucher Early in the review, McNamara expresses disappointment that executive producer Alan Ball ("Six Feet Under") has "decided to take Charlaine Harris’ light, fun series of Southern Vampire Mysteries and turn it into a heavy-handed political fable with vampires." I haven't read the books...