This Week Needs Some True Blood

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From Ausiello, this must be Ben- Move over, Bill. And Eric. And Alcide. There’s a new man in Sookie’s life — and he’s putting down stakes in Bon Temps. True Blood has tapped  English actor Rob Kazinsky (EastEnders) to join the Season 6 cast as a series regular, TVLine has learned.  Kazinsky — whose biggest TV credit stateside was an arc on Brothers & Sisters — will play Ben, a highly charismatic faerie who takes a liking to Sookie (and vice-versa) and helps Sookie and Jason delve deeper into the mystery of their parents’ murders. This marks True Blood‘s second major Season 6 hire. As TVLine reported last month, acting vet Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner) has also come on board in the series regular role of Macklyn, a mysterious and sinister figure with deep ties to Sookie and Jason. True Blood‘s sixth season is slated to premiere in June.  Deadline confirms he is Ben-
British actor Rob Kazinsky has joined the cast of HBO‘s vampire dramaTrue Blood as new regular for the upcoming sixth season. He will play Ben, a highly charismatic faerie who takes a liking to Sookie (and vice-versa) and helps Sookie (Anna Paquin) and Jason (Ryan Kwanten) delve deeper into the mystery of their parents’ murders. Kazinsky, repped by Gersh and Brillstein Entertainment, spent seven years on the popular British soap EastEnders. He will next be seen in Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim.

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Great list, most have been featured on this blog at one time or another, but they missed a few I'd add. 

                        Joe tweeted another pic of him in character for the movie "Ten".

Life and Style say "a Pal" told them the sexes of Anna's and Stephen's babies.

Since welcoming twins in September, Anna Paquin, 30, and Stephen Moyer, 43, have kept all the details — even the kids’ sex — secret. Now Life & Style has exclusively learned the True Blood lovebirds have one of each! “They had a baby boy and a girl and thought that was perfect,” reveals a pal in the new issue of Life & Style.