True Blood stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer wed Saturday evening at a private residence in Malibu, Calif. Guests — many of them bearing gifts in purple boxes and with purple bows — included Elijah Wood and True Blood costar Carrie Preston with husband Michael Emerson (Lost). Paquin, 28, and Moyer, 40, exchanged their vows beneath a tent across the street from the beach.

Congratulations to the couple! We wish them a long lifetime together filled with love, joy, happiness and health.

Edit: Following this site’s rules of not posting paparazzi pictures, I’ll just redirect you to Just Jared website, which has some Anna and Stephen’s pictures.

The nominees for the 36th Annual Saturn Awards have been announced.

Anna has been nominated in Best Actress on Television and True Blood was nominated in Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series

Source: Saturn Awards

HBO has renewed True Blood for a 12-episode fourth season.

Created by Alan Ball, the series will begin production of new episodes early next year in Los Angeles, with debut set for summer 2011.

“The new season of True Blood is off to a terrific start, as enthusiasm for this unique show continues to build among both subscribers and critics,” noted Lombardo. “We’re looking forward to more chills from Alan Ball and his gifted team next year.”

In case you’re out of the loop, the series takes place in the not-too-distant future, when vampires have come out of the coffin, thanks to the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood that means they no longer need humans as a nutritional source. The show follows the romance between waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), who can hear people’s thoughts, and her boyfriend, 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), who went missing at the end of season two, and is now the object of a frantic search. Alan Ball (Six Feet Under) created and executive produces the show, which is based on the best-selling Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris.

Anna has been nominated in the category Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi at the 2010 Teen Choice Awards. She is up against Nina Dobrev,Evangeline Lilly, Hayden Panettiere and Anna Torv. So be sure to vote for Anna at the Teen Choice Awards Website!

I’m a little late, but here is the video where Snoop Dogg pays tribute to Anna’s Sookie on True Blood:

by Stuff.co.nz

Kiwi beauties Anna Paquin and Anna Hutchison have united in a celebrity battle against a killer beast – cancer.

True Blood babe Paquin and Underbelly hottie Hutchison are among a galaxy of stars who will appear in The Beauty Book, compiled by Australian celebrity photographer Darren Tieste.

Tragedy struck Tieste in 2008, when one of his best friends, fashion designer Natalie Sattler, lost her fight with brain cancer.

Inspired by her courageous struggle, the 35-year-old decided to raise funds for cancer research by doing what he does best – getting behind the camera.

Tieste chased down every major star he could get his hands on and committed them to a photoshoot to appear in the 260-page coffee table book, to go on sale worldwide in August.

Famous Kiwi faces in The Beauty Book include Outrageous Fortune and Ugly Betty hunk Grant Bowler.

Tieste said getting Paquin involved was a real coup.

“Anna’s a great girl, we had three hours with her. She was a big one to get, and the sweetest girl, so down to earth and easy in front of the camera.”

All of the proceeds from the book will go to charity including Snog, or Sydney Neuro-Oncology Group, and Abta, the American Brain Tumour Association.

Tieste told Sunday News it took a lot of hard work fitting into the schedule of the celebrities.

“We’re talking about some of the busiest people in the world here, so finding time was really difficult.”

He said his efforts got a boost when Hugh Jackman, his first A-list star to sign up, agreed to be involved in the project.

Tieste got his big break with a cover shot for Dolly Magazine when he was just 20 and has since then travelled the world shooting pictures for clients such as Coca Cola, Samsung, Nokia and Visa.

In 2003, the Sydney born-and-bred photographer relocated to Los Angeles, where he has since worked with Christina Hendricks, Rosario Dawson and Sam Worthington.

Pre-order at www.thebeautybook.org

by PR Newswire

Team Todd, Plum Pictures, Benaroya Pictures and Four Of A Kind Productions announced today that Paramount Famous Productions has picked up all U.S. and Canada rights for “The Romantics.” The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, was written and directed by Galt Niederhoffer, and produced by Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd, Michael Benaroya, Ron Stein and Daniel Hendler. Featuring an all star cast including Katie Holmes, Josh Duhamel, Anna Paquin, Malin Akerman, Adam Brody, Dianna Agron with Candice Bergen and Elijah Wood, “The Romantics” is about a tight knit group of college friends who reunite for a wedding of two of their own.

Daniela Taplin Lundberg said, “The response to the film has been extraordinary and I am delighted to have Paramount Famous Productions as our domestic distribution partner.”

“We are thrilled to be in business with the talented team at Plum Pictures and their partners. We have been tracking several of Plum’s projects and “The Romantics” is a great way to start,” said Louis Feola, president of Paramount Famous Productions.

The film was repped domestically by John Sloss of Cinetic Media.

The finished version of the film will screen in Cannes. Simon Crowe of SC International will sell the remaining territories.

Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment, is a unit of Viacom ( VIA, VIA.B), a leading content company with prominent and respected film, television and digital entertainment brands. The company’s labels include Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies. PPC operations also include Paramount Digital Entertainment, Paramount Famous Productions, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Pictures International, Paramount Licensing Inc., Paramount Studio Group and Worldwide Television Distribution.

As we know, Anna is going to present at Screen Actors Awards. But this year only True Blood ensemble got a nomination of ‘Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series‘, along with The Good Wife, Mad Men, Dexter, The Closer.

Source: SAG Awards official site

by Gregg Kilday

George Clooney, Alec Baldwin, Jane Lynch, Michelle Monaghan, Chris O’Donnell, Anna Paquin, Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci will be presenters at the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 23rd.
They join previously announced presenter Sandra Bullock, who will present SAG’s Life Achievement Award to Betty White.

The SAG Awards will be simulcast on TNT and TBS from the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles.

by Brian Scott Lipton

Galt Neiderhofer’s film The Romantics, which features stage veterans Katie Holmes and Anna Paquin, will screen out-of-competition at the Sundance FIlm Festival in Utah next month.

The film, which revolves around eight college friends who reunite for a wedding, will also feature Josh Duhamel, Malin Akerman, Elijah Wood, Adam Brody, Rebecca Lawrence, and Jeremy Strong.

Also added to the Sundance lineup is Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right. starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, and Josh Hutcherson.

And new images on the set of The Romantics, added by Rogana: