BEST DRAMA SERIES
True Blood -HBO
Breaking Bad · AMC
Dexter · Showtime
The Good Wife · CBS
Lost · ABC
Mad Men · AMC

True Blood was also nominated for:

Outstanding Art Direction For a Single-Camera Series
True Blood • Never Let Me Go • I Will Rise
Up • Frenzy • HBO • Your Face Goes Here
Entertainment in association with HBO
Entertainment
Suzuki Ingerslev, Production Designer
Cat Smith, Art Director
Laura Richarz, Set Decorator

Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
True Blood • HBO • Your Face Goes Here
Entertainment in association with HBO
Entertainment
Junie Lowry Johnson, CSA, Casting Director
Libby Goldstein, Casting Director

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special
True Blood • Scratches • HBO • Your Face
Goes Here Entertainment in association with
HBO Entertainment
Brigette Ellis, Department Head Makeup Artist
Ned Neidhardt, Special Makeup Effects Artist
Bernhard Eichholz, Special Makeup Effects Artist
Anthony Barlow, Special Makeup Effects Artist
Sam Polin, Special Makeup Effects Artist
Danielle Noe, Special Makeup Effects Artist
Todd Masters, Prosthetic Designer, Special
Makeup Effects Artist,
Dan Rebert, Prosthetic Designer

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
True Blood • Beyond Here Lies Nothin’
HBO • Your Face Goes Here Entertainment in
association with HBO Entertainment
John Benson, Supervising Sound Editor
Jason Krane, Dialogue/ADR Editor
Stuart Martin, Sound Effects Editor
Brian Thomas Nist, MPSE, Sound Effects Editor
Bruno Coon, Music Editor
Zane Bruce, Foley Artist
Jeff Gunn, Foley Artist

Source: Nominations: Official Primetime Emmy Award Nominees | Emmys.com

True Blood’s Ryan Kwanten will be on Lopez Tonight on Tuesday, 6/22! If you are going to be in LA, See him live! Go to http://www.lopeztonight.com/audience and use promo code “trueblood”

Be sure to watch Ryan Kwanten on Lopez Tonight, Tuesday, June 22 at 11 pm only on TBS.

For more information, check out http://www.lopeztonight.com

Evan Rachel Wood (Vampire Queen Sophie Anne), will be making an appearance the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Show on Thursday, June 25, 2009 on NBC.

Check your local listing for broadcast airtime in your area.

More Info:
http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/

/ Though season two of HBO’s “True Blood” will further diverge from the Charlaine Harris series of books that inspired it, the author herself will be making a guest appearance in the season finale.

Series creator Alan Ball told reporters Wednesday that though he and Harris don’t talk much about the direction of the show, they keep in touch.

“She actually is going to come out and do a cameo probably in the last episode of the season,” said Ball. “But I do think it’s best to just respect that boundary. Maybe I’m just being chicken because I don’t want to hear that she hates this or she hates that.” /

Full Article:
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/06/04/2009-06-04_novelist_behind_hbos_true_blood_planning_guest_appearance_.html#ixzz0HRxPLMOr&A

Stephen Moyer will be appearing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday June 10th, 2009.

http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/

The Macon Film and Video Festival will be held February 18-22, 2009 in Macon, Georgia. and the special guests include True Blood’s Carrie Preston (Arlene Fowler).

The festival will be at the Cox Capitol Theatre where more than 60 hours of original, independent film will be shown.

To find out more go to http://www.maconfilmfestival.com.

Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Auisiello talks more about True Blood Seasn 2 and with Sam Trammell:

“Question: Thanks for telling us that True Blood started shooting its second season last week, but could you tell me when the episodes will start airing? — Katie
Ausiello: This summer, which means season 2 will air roughly eight months after the conclusion of season 1 — a lightning fast turnaround by cable standards. “Alan Ball is a very fast writer,” explains an HBO source. In other True Blood news, I caught up with Sam Trammell (Sam) at the Globes and he teased that his new love interest (played by The Bold and The Beautiful’s Ashley Jones) is up to no good. “I don’t know the whole storyline, but I’ve read the first three episodes, and it’s going to be really twisted and dark and exciting. She’s got some serious secrets and questionable intentions.” “

Full Article:
http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/01/ask-ausiello–1.html

Also, from the blog “Louisiana Movies” comes the following news:

“The HBO television series “True Blood” starring Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer is in pre-production in the Baton Rouge area and will shoot portions of the series in Louisiana in February, April and June. Resumes and inquiries are being accepted by e-mail at truebloodbr@gmail.com.”

Full Article:
http://louisianamovies.blogspot.com/2009/01/whats-on-tap-for-january.html

Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello reports:

“File this under “S” for Stuff That Doesn’t Suck: True Blood is resurrecting Sookie’s Gram (played by the sublime Lois Smith) in season 2! And by “resurrecting” I mean “returning in newly-created flashback scenes!” Still bloody fangtastic if you ask me!”

Source: http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/01/casting-scoops.html

“Question: We all know that Lafayette was the best character in Season One of True Blood. How can we make sure Alan Ball brings him back next season? — Brody
Ausiello: Well, as Ball himself recently reminded me, “Lafayette did die in the books.” But, he adds, “That doesn’t mean he won’t be back. Anything’s possible.”

Question: What’s the deal with Michelle Forbes’ character on True Blood? Is she Tara’s Demon? How does Sam know her? — Marcy
Ausiello: The mystery surrounding who (or what) Maryann is will play out front and center in season 2 — and you may not find many clues in the books. “She’s definitely a new kind of supernatural creature in Bon Temps,” teases Ball. And as new as “it” is, it’s also old. “Ancient. Ancient,” Ball stresses. In other words, not a Cylon. BTW, production on True Blood’s second season begins this week! “

Source: http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2009/01/ask-ausiello-sp.html

True Blood’s Anna Paquin won a Golden Globe for “Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama” On January 11th, 2009!

Congratulations, Anna!

“An Evening with Charlaine Harris
Tuesday, January 6 | 7 PM, 2009

Central Library
500 McKinney
Houston, Texas 77002
832-393-1313

Charlaine Harris, whose Southern Vampires series has been made into the hit HBO series TRUE BLOOD, will be promoting the hardback reprint of “LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS,” the 2nd Sookie Stackhouse book. Charlaine Harris has been a published novelist for over twenty-five years. A native of the Mississippi Delta, she grew up in the middle of a cotton field. Now she lives in southern Arkansas with her husband, three children, three dogs, and a duck. The duck stays outside.”

Source: http://www.houstonlibrary.org/