Naomi, our resident bookworm, has posted her latest review for J.R. Ward’s Covet.

Check it out here.

~M.

Thanks to Becky from Buzz Sugar for this info!!!

~M.

The moderator for the panel was the director of the first season of Vampires Diaries, Marcos Siega.

The panelists were announced as follows: Michael Trevino, Kevin Williamson, The Ugly Vampire…Ian Somerhalder (fans go bonkers), Nina Dobrev, The Uglier Vampire… Paul Wesley (more fan insanity), Julie Plec, purple-pants wearing Matt Davis and Steven R. McQueen.

Marcos feels that it was a mistake that they asked him to be the moderator because it’s like dealing with family and because he knows to much he may possibly air dirty laundry. LoL!

Marcos goes over the questions he had after he read the script of the season finale.

Kevin won’t give away whether Jeremy is going to be a vampire or not. He does not want to give it away because, “It’s the whole fun of the return.”

Julie Plec says that everyone knows that Tyler’s mom will step in as interim mayor now that her husband is dead. Kevin said fans of the book know about the Lockwood family curse, that Tyler does not know about. So, his journey will be of figuring it out. bout this season. “His uncle comes to town for the funeral… He may hold a lot of answers.”

They mention the casting of Taylor Kinney as Tyler’s Uncle.

Someone asked if Alaric will get some of Aunt Jenna. Kevin says that he and Julie sits around and try to figure out who should be naked next and Ian Somerhalder says he always gets naked. This gets the fans all stirred up, LOL!!!! Love him!

Is Damon going of get some of Elena? Fans go bonkers and Kevin would not say.

Is Stefan going to get get some of Katherine thinking it is Elena? Kevin states that this whole switcheroo thing is kind of interesting. It will be interesting to how Stefan and Katherine interact and that will happen in the first episode. “Katherine is a pimp,” proclaims Nina. She goes on to say, “that everyone wants to be a bad girl” and “break hearts.” She goes on to say that she gets away with a lot. Kevin stated that it was “freaky and scary” how good she is as Katherine.

Marcos asked will be more of Stefan drinking blood? Paul thinks the temptation for living blood will “never escape” Stefan.Kevin states that Stefan is struggling with being a vampire and that he has to come to terms with being a vampire. Will Stefan become “Damonesque”? Kevin won’t say whether he’ll turn evil. Ian joked, “I’ll teach you Paul,” And Paul says, “Thanks buddy… I’ll dye my hair black…” Fans chuckle.

Marcos asked if Ian liked being the nice Ian and he said that  the nice Damon freaks him out. “I don’t know how to do it well.” His favorite scene was the  “the fun nutty kind of Damon that dances around in his underwear.”

Marcos asks a series of quickfire questions:

He asked Julie who had the best hair and she responded, “Paul’s hair has “it’s own number on the call sheet.” Nina jokes that it’s helicoptered in.

He asks Kevin who has the best abs and he answers that Kevin say, “I’m going to go with Paul.” Ian states that Paul’s abs are “Insane” and Kevin says that they are “Their own conversation.” Fans once again whoop it up. Ears bleeding…

He asks Michael about whether he would choose Matt’s Sister or Matt’s Mom? He answers, “Why not both?” Marcos goes on to ask if he wanted both at the same time and Michael answers, “Sure.”

Then Marcos goes on to ask Steven about “Caroline or Bonnie?,” Steve replied, “Caroline” and then quickly tried to change the subject. Everyone goes Awwwwww. Yes, the tabloids have stated that Candice and Steven are indeed a couple. Ha!

He asks Nina who is a better kisser, Ian or Paul? Nina does not say anything. Paul hands her a Hershey’s kiss and she goes on to say, “I’ll let everyone wonder.” She goes on further and says that, “I’m the lucky one. I get to make out with them both.”

Paul tried to save Nina by offering the following solution,”Elena thinks that Stefan is the better kisser, while Katherine thinks that Ian is the better kisser.”

Ian pipes up, “Genius! Paul.”

They ask Ian, “Katherine or Elena?” He answers, “Why not both?” LOL!!!

Marcos asks Matt, “Aliens or Jedis?” He answered, “Jedi.”

He asks Michael about were his storyline is going? Michael stated that they are trying  not to mimic any other show or movie that deals with his character’s issue.  Kevin says, “There will be a transformation in the light of the full moon. It’ll happen and it will be fun. It’ll be part of his journey.”

Marcos wants to know who will die next? Steven jokes that anyone his character dates ends up dying,” Kevin pipes in that they do not kill off characters for fun. The deaths have to be important to the story, “but… yes people will die.”

Marcos asks about Anna’s death and Kevin goes on to say that, “Anna was going to be a smaller character but they loved her so much they expanded… she was amazing.” He went on to say that if they did their job correctly, the fans would care about Anna and her death would serve a purpose. The purpose was to evolve Damon more by seeing a vampire being staked… it made him be aware of that little part of humanity that is still in him. It will also be interesting to see if Damon stuffs that bit of humanity away or if he embraces it in the new season.

Marcos asks the actors if they could compel Julie and Kevin about what they want for their characters what would it be?

Steven wants Jeremy to have a little more edge to him.

Matt wants Alaric and Jenna to have filthy and dirty sex. The crowd went bonkers. He’s so funny.

Paul wants Stefan to join a traveling circus, but honestly he does not want Stefan to be as confused about indulging in his thirst for blood and the need to be a maniacal vampire every once in a while. They talked about what Paul initially thought of his character and he thought that Stefan was a loner and stuck in the closet. The panel joked about Stefan coming out of the closet. Then Paul stated, “I’d love to do a flashback of Stefan in the 1980s dancing and having fun,” and he was serious about that

Nina said that she would like to see ” Elena take on Katherine.” She  goes on to say that she feels that Elena has evolved and that she loves the depth to their characters and they have a large and long  journey because of all of the changes. Julie joked about the “Long and Large” comment.

Ian said he’d like to see flashbacks of Damon’s past as well. “Front and center at a Rolling Stones concert in 1969 or something and he’d also like to see Damon get Stefan’s bedroom. It’s bad ass”

Michael said he would like to have Tyler have a “page and a half in the scripts.” The crowd goes awww.  .”It’d be funny to see some Lockwood ancestors fighting the Salvatores in flashbacks.”

Julie and Kevinbstatd that there will be more flashbacks in season 2 and they are in 1864 and they deal with Katherine’s back story.

Fans Questions:

What is the criteria for drawing the line with making the characters too good or too bad. Julie answered that they like to think that people who like to come in to wreak havoc are doing it for a purpose that may be coming from a place of good. So, if the character goes darker… you will see some light and vice-versa.

A fan asks who did Nina think was more attractive Stefan or Damon and why. Nina answered very diplomatically that , “Both are very attractive for different reasons. Stefan is very attractive because he is protective and loves Elena unconditionally and Damon is very attractive because he’s fun and spontaneous and that is very very exciting.”

A fan asks Nina which of the guys is least like their characters and why. “They are both like thier characters.” Everyone laughs. “Paul is a lot funnier in person and he has a sense of humor you get to see now. Paul is a down to earth, fun, chill guy,” Nina answers. “Ian is exactly like his character.” The crowd laughs.

A fan asks Paul and Ian about how the characters have gotten the chance to delve into different sides of their characters. Paul states that he enjoys playing characters like that. Ian says that he admires the work of Paul and others because he just goes to work to screw around with the other characters. Ian does loves the flashback scenes where they play the brothers who are enthusiastic about life. The two of them said they love making fun of each other on the show and in real life.

A fan states that Ian seems like a nice guy and Ian answers, “I’m acting.” The fan goes on to ask after everyone stops laughing… if it was difficult for him to get into Damon’s bad boy character and Ian answers, “Oddly enough, no. Because he cannot judge Damon.” He goes onto say, “He has to connect with the character and it’s an interesting journey with this Damon guy.”

A fan asks Nina, Paul and Ian about the special effects and how do they pull it off and how is to work with the blood. Nina joked that, “They are actually vampires and there is no specials effects.” Marcos informs the crowd that they actors only wear fangs for the biting scenes and the rest of the time it is CGI. Nina said they have black dots on their faces for the post production process. Paul said they used to wear contact lenses but the eyes are CGI now. Marcos said the hardest thing to paint in CGI “are their abs” and the crowd laughs.

A fan asks the panel who would they like to portray them. Ian’s answer, “Morgan Freeman.” Everyone busts out ad laughs. Paul states that he would like to be Ian Somerhalder and everyone laughs. Julie says, “Paul’s hair.”

A fan asks about what are they thinking with all these fans screaming at them and Ian says, “Oh no.” Paul wonders how many inappropriate comments have they made. Nina states that everyone “Rocks!”

A fan asks Paul if he had the chance what character would he play and why? Paul said that he would love to play Damon for a minute.  A fan asks Paul for the name card and he gives it to her. Everyone applauds.

The Kevin announces that everyone in the hall will get a sneak peek at the season premiere. The crowd goes insane.  The video shows Katherine telling  Damon that she never loved him and then she goes to Stefan and tells him that she came back him. Dun, dun, dun… Stefan answers the following, “The problem, Katherine, is that I hate you.” Upon hearing his reply she stabs him in the stomach and tells him “that sounds like the beginning of a love story, not the ending.”

Oooooooooooooooooooh boy. This season is going to be bonkers. Let me start the count down now!

Click on the image to see the video…

EW also has a series of portraits of the cast:

This last pic of Joe Manganiello, reminds me of Harry Potter. Just sayin’.

And here’s one more of Kristin and Joe…

…DO NOT click on the image to see the video.

Have a great night my lovelies.

~M.

Here is the video that they showed before the panel discussion.

Joe, Charlaine, Kristin, Deborah, Nelsan, Alan, Denis, Sam, Rutina, Anna, Stephen…and a cardboard cut-out of Alexander. LoL!!!!

Alan says he would consider a story involving Godric’s maker.

A fan asked Stephen if the darkness of his character has affected him and he answered, “You never know what you’re going to get. But it’s so delicious.”

Charlaine said that her favorite moment of True Blood was when she filmed her cameo at the end of Season 2.

Denis just loves the culture on the set and he fell in love with everyone and he felt comfortable in Alan Ball’s hands.

Anna says that, “I get to kick some ass this season.” Possibly hinting at a fight with Debbie Pelt.

Joe said his favorite moment on TB was three days ago when Alan asked him to be a series regualr and the fans go WILD!

A fan asked Alan what his favorite moment was and he answered, “This one. This is the closest I’ll ever get to being a rock star.”

Alan has not seen Twilight!

Alan stated that he liked the vampires in “Near Dark” & “Let the Right One In.” Denis likes the vampires in “Thirst.” Joe likes Kiefer in “Lost Boys.”

Deborah Ann Woll stated that Jess and Hoyt are dunzo for now. “Particularly for young people, you have to figure out who you are before you love someone else.”

A fan asked,”When is Tara gonna get a break?” Alan answered: “Towards the end of this season. But it won’t last…” Of course!

Charlaine reiterated that the books and the show are separate!

Alan Ball believes that Sookie and Bill are soul mates and he hopes that it works out between them, because their love is true. Weak fan response.

Spoiler: The witch, Hollow, will be a big character in season 4.

Of all the creatures on True Blood, Alan would want to be a shifter.

Favorite lines from the show: Kristin’s favorite line: “I’ve been hearing and answering to ‘hookah’ a lot.” Nelsan stated that his favorite line was: “I personally like ‘Bitch.’”

When asked about working with the animals on the show… Kristin jokes, “Skarsgard isn’t so bad once you get to know him.”

Alan states “People who know the books know that there’s a character who doesn’t really know who he/she is and becomes someone else.”

Joe (makes the ladies wild) on being inducted into the brotherhood of the sock: “You’re gonna like this weekend’s episode.”

Charlaine is looking forward to Sookie meeting her Great Grandfather on the show.

Who is Eric more loyal to Pam or Sookie? Pam is his childe, while Sookie is his infatuation.

Denis on Russell’s extensive backstory: “Alan gives us a starting point, then encourages us to fill things in. He has an ancient morality.”

Kristin says Liz Taylor is a Trubie. Charlaine says Ann Rice is also.

Nelsan likes the softer side of Lafayette with Jesus.

Nelsan joked that the girls in the Snoop Dogg video wore Alexander Skarsgard’s wig. LOL!!!

Alan Ball loves Snoop Dogg’s “Oh Sookie.” He particularly loves “the Sookettes.”

Stephen on the “twisted” sex scene: “It’s amazing the detail that goes into scene like that.”

Anna stated the following regarding how she says Sookeh, “I’ve just heard it a lot.”

Images are from the latest Entertainment Weekly.

TGIF!

Enjoy my lovelies.

~M.

DS – Ryan Kwanten has revealed that he enjoys his role in True Blood.

The Australian actor, who plays Jason Stackhouse in the cult vampire series, said that he finds it fun to play a character who takes his clothes off so regularly.

“It’s very liberating. He gets more action than even the most rambunctious male. It’s quite disheartening at times, just how much action he gets!”

He recently revealed that he does not have time for a relationship because of his career.