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Yup it is true that our own Sookie, Anna Paquin is a pretty private gal, and you know I am not so sure that is a bad thing. There was an interview with her in this month’s Zooey and they tried to get her to open up more about her private life. What she had to say was, to me at least, a welcome sign that not everyone in Hollywood feels a need to blurt their life across the web. Here is what she said,
“I think it’s important to have things that are just for you and people that are closest to you. Some people share absolutely everything, but then what do you have left that’s yours? It diminishes what’s really special in your life.”
Of course, that doesn’t mean we don’t want a peek at the shoot for her cover feature for the publication. While the clothes are gorgeous, and check out those shoes they are to die for, our gal Sookie looks just a tad bored with the whole thing.
Could it be she is missing her mates from True Blood? Here is the shoot:
Bromance for Eric and Bill?
And speaking of our gal Sookie, now that Sookie has said she wants to do a Marlene Dietrich (“I vant to be alone “– for those too young to get the reference) it is being said that this next season will see Eric and Bill put differences aside and team up to fight a common foe. In fact, Alexander Skargård has said that their relationship may be more like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. So – do they get to ride horses and have gun battles? I don’t think that is what he means but remembering the wonderful fun chemistry between the two actors in that film, I think that if Alexander is referencing that in a quote, then that is what he and Stephen Moyer will probably reach for. This should be a lot of fun!
Stay tuned for more great True Blood scoops and sighs in the upcoming weeks as we get closer then ever to that premiere date for the new season!
True Blood Bits and Pieces
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I know that everyone has been waiting to get more news from the show or the books, but sometimes the well just runs dry! But while cruising the web looking for more updates on our favorite barmaid, I have run across some odds and ends about True Blood, Sookie and Company and more that I thought I could share with you:
New Sookie!
Yes- it is true that at the Romantic Times Convention in Chicago Charlaine Harris announced the title of the next Sookie Stackhouse book. It will be the thirteenth book in the Southern Vampire Series and is called Dead Ever After. What is more she has said that it is the last book in the series, so it will be Sookie’s swan song. The book is due to be release May 2013 so it will be a long wait for this one folks!
True Blood – Mistakes Vamps Make
Okay, so I caught this little video that I assume is a promo for the upcoming season of True Blood. But let me tell you, this is one hilarious video and the best part of it is that it shows that the folks who make the show don’t take themselves too seriously. Just enjoy-
That’s it for this week – should have news for you next week. Stay true!
Best Vampire Books: Latest Sookie Audiobook Recorded
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For those who have been enjoying the audiobooks for the series True Blood, Johanna Parker is the voice of Sookie Stackhouse. Parker gives voice to the plucky waitress in the best-selling Southern Vampire Series, who has been the narrator for all of the books in the series. The latest audiobook Deadlocked continues the tradition.
The actual recording of Deadlocked was a lengthy process, involving a week of studio time. With the completion of the twenty hours of recording, the book will be edited down to approximately ten hours of final material for release on May 1st.
The book was recorded in San Francisco at the famed Live Oak Studios. Actress Johanna Parker was behind the decision to move the recording to this location after directing Alice Walker there for the recording of the audiobook for The Color Purple. The staff expertise and most of all the sound quality were the driving factors to move the recording of the True Blood books to the location.
Parker began recording the adventures of Sookie with the fifth book, Dead as a Doornail in 2005. The television show True Blood brought new popularity to both the books and the audiobooks, creating a need for continuity in the audiobooks. At that point, Parker went back and recorded all the earlier titles as well.
She has since become the voice of Sookie for a legion of new fans brought in by the television show. In fact, her voice is so connected to the character and the series that she will often tour with author Charlaine Harris, adding her own narration of excerpts from the books to Harris’s talks about the process of writing.
Parker has told interviewers that she has been overwhelmed by the popularity of the series, even receiving fan mail for her work on the audiobooks. The character is one that connects deeply with many readers and listeners, and Parker’s voice with her wide use of inflection and tone seems just the right touch for many fans.
