by People

A couple that boxes together, stays together? At least, according to True Blood’s Stephen Moyer – the brooding Brit who plays Southern vampire Bill Compton and throws punches with costar and real-life love Anna Paquin.

“When I was a boy I loved boxing,” he tells Access DirecTV magazine in its July issue of his off-screen pastime. “And I’ve got Anna into it.”

Of their love for the brutal hobby, Moyer adds, “I like the sport and she likes the blood. I’m like, ‘Stop the fight, people are getting hurt, I can’t bear it!’ and she’s going, ‘Go on, hit ‘em!’ She loves it. She boxes too.”

But can chivalrous vampire Bill beat telepathic cutie Sookie in the ring?
“No way!” he says. “She won’t stop until she’s gnawed your stumps off. I tell you, my girl is hardcore.

by Out.com

True Blood’s Anna Paquin chats about playing metaphorically gay roles, dating her co-star, and her character’s newfound love of S&M.

Bleeding into a highly anticipated second season, True Blood, Alan Ball’s dark and drawling Southern vamp drama returns, riddled with thinly veiled metaphors for LGBT rights. On and off-screen the show’s lead vampire lover, Sookie Stackhouse, played by X-Men’s Anna Paquin, aches for the bite of her vampire lover, solves mysteries telepathically…and waits tables.

The Canadian-born, New Zealand raised Oscar winner (she won Best Supporting Actress at the ripe age of 11 for The Piano), recently chatted with Out about the new season, her uncanny ability to play metaphorically gay roles, her off-screen romance with co-star Stephen Moyer, and sweet Sookie’s newfound love of S&M.

Out: How did you get involved with True Blood?
Anna Paquin: Well, I read the pilot script and completely fell in love with it and then pursued it incredibly hard, auditioned 100 times — I mean four or five times — until they said yes.

Sookie initially comes across as a innocent and incredibly virtuous girl. What drew you to the role: was it that sweet nature or was it her darker moments?
Well, it’s the fact that she’s all of it [rolled into] one, because I feel like that’s real. You can be someone who’s gone through a lot of crap in your life and who has survived a lot of ups and downs and whatevers and still be someone with a positive outlook. You can be sweet and kind and treat people the way you want to be treated even if that’s not the way you’ve been treated. She’s not a victim. I love that about her, and she’s really tough — mostly she just kicks ass.

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True Blood episode 3 stills ate poping up! I love Sookie’s new hair but I like it more on first season… idk…

Another interesting article about True Blood by TVWeek:

HBO’s “True Blood” topped the TV Fandex, a new measurement system created by Wetpaint that tracks the level of “fan engagement” on Facebook, Twitter, Google and Wetpaint’s network of 1.5 million fan sites, The Hollywood Reporter says.

The series was followed by CBS’ “NCIS,” Fox’s “House,” Showtime’s “Weeds” and canceled Fox series “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” in the first week of public Fandex rankings.

“It’s clear there is a fundamental decentralization under way in how consumers experience TV programming, but the measurement tools have remained substantially the same,” Wetpaint CEO Ben Elowitz said. “Fans now have the tools to connect and evangelize, and they are using them with gusto. The TV Fandex provides networks and producers with the first gauge of the winners and losers in creating and retaining an online audience.”

This is not much about Anna, but it’s quite an interesting and funny article about True Blood, by MTV Crush.

If there’s one thing that “Twilight� and “True Blood� fans can both agree upon, it’s that vampires don’t suck — well, they do literally suck, but… ah, you get the point.

No matter which one you’re a fan of, both bloodthirsty franchises have strong support from their viewers. In a lot of cases, those viewers are active in the social media circuits like Twitter and Facebook. And while neither “Twilight� nor “True Blood� tends to edge the other out too badly in terms of online mentions, something very odd occurred to the contrary just last week.

OneRiot has compiled an interesting chart that details the amount of mentions that “Twilight� and “True Blood� each receive in the social media circuit — and while they’re usually neck and neck, “True Blood� soared past “Twilight� on June 15, 2009, dwarfing the likes of Edward and Bella by eight times the normal amount of mentions.

Like a vampire rising from the dead for the first time, the numbers for “True Blood� spiked on the evening of June 14, the same night that the Southern vampire drama premiered its second season on HBO. The premiere, which yielded almost four million viewers, remained a hot topic throughout the remainder of the next day.

What does this mean? For starters, it means that Edward and Bella fell victim to Bill and Sookie — for one night, at least.

But my real hunch? Check those numbers out again when “New Moon� comes out later this year. I got a sneaking suspicion that even the sleaziest of Bon Tempe’s residents won’t be on vampire fandom’s mind when the cameras focus on the Cullen family again.

Which dynasty are you a bigger fan of?

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A new episode 2 preview:

by EW.com

NAMES/AGES
Anna Paquin (Sookie), 26; Stephen Moyer (Bill), 39; Sam Trammell (Sam), 38; Ryan Kwanten (Jason), 32; Rutina Wesley (Tara), 29; Nelsan Ellis (Lafayette), 31
WHY THEM
HBO’s vampire drama has the sexiest, sauciest ensemble on TV — one that was willing to suck blood to work with show creator Alan Ball. ”I started stalking him,” says Paquin of her pursuit of Ball for the role of prim but feisty Southern belle Sookie.
PLAYING AGAINST TYPE
As Sookie’s love interest, Moyer’s vampire Bill provides a gentle take on the undead. ”The sex and drug addicts on our show are all human,” contends Moyer. ”They’re the seedy side.” And none more so than androgynous gay fry cook/drug dealer Lafayette. ”I’ve never really heard a character description of a dude wearing lipstick and makeup who’s masculine sometimes,” says Ellis of what drew him to the part. Recognition came more quickly for Wesley, who plays bitter Tara. ”Immediately I got Tara. I saw through her anger straight to her heart.” That’s why Ball’s show isn’t your typical vamp camp. As Kwanten puts it, ”With the depth of characters and substance of our stories, it’s so much more than just a vampire show.” True that.
NEXT
Season 2 will feature wilder story lines and crazier creatures. ”I don’t think it’ll feel like a different show, but it’s definitely going to feel like a bigger show,” says Trammell.
ON THEIR MUST LISTS
Paquin’s fired up over FX’s Rescue Me, while Moyer just finished Willy Vlautin’s The Motel Life.

by Self.com

It’s no secret that here at SELF, we love True Blood. Anna Paquin’s emergence as a sex symbol–and the onscreen (and off-screen!) heat between her and costar Stephen Moyer–has made HBO’s hit show one of our favorites. In fact, we love it so much that we just had to feature its heroine in our July issue.

In a nice departure from the show’s dark, gritty nature (what else would you expect of vampires?), the Golden Globe winner, who plays sassy waitress Sookie Stackhouse, took to the beach to model sweet ’50s-inspired summer clothes. Fortunately, True Blood’s Southern set has helped Anna adjust to her character’s skimpy wardrobe–her usual uniform consists of a tiny tee and short shorts.

“After I was cast and realized my body would be exposed all the time, I went out and bought some shorts–I owned none–to help me get used to it,” she said. “I’ve learned to feel very comfortable wearing very little. It’s liberating!”

Check back later this week for more exclusive features from our July issue, and don’t forget to pick it up on newsstands on Tuesday, June 23!

I´ve added photos from True Blood Season 2 Premiere in LA on June 09. Anna looks absolutely gorgeous! I love her hair and dress :) I´ve also uploaded new photoshoot by Eric Ogden for new issue of TV Guide. You can watch the video of making the photoshoot below.

I have uploaded new high quality True Blood Season 2 promotional cast photos. Anna looks amazing!