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Rated TV-MA: How Sex Came of Age on Television

Mr. Skin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Mr. Skin

Explosions and mechanical mayhem have supplanted plot and character at the movies and thus, the simple art of storytelling has moved into living rooms. Where plots develop and characters grow, sex happens.

True Blood Sucker Punch: Episode 12

Mark Blankenship | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mark Blankenship

Seasons can't go on forever, and "Beyond Here Lies' Nothin'" sends True Blood out in style.

Vampires: Why Here, Why Now?

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Tom Alderman

If fiction often reflects a nation's culture, why, oh-why-oh, do we have so many vampires, in so many places, sucking up so many entertainment dollars with such blazing success today?

Beatles For Sale, John Leckie Interview on The Stone Roses, This Week's New Albums, plus Scott Weiland, Jason Mraz, and Glee

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

With the release of stereo and mono box sets, individual album reissues, and their own edition of Rock Band, The Beatles finally have stepped into the 21st century in a major way.

After Twilight, Gothic Sex Takes a Bigger Bite

Susie Bright | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Susie Bright

eBtween the pandemonium over Twilight and True Blood, there's been renewed interest in why horror and sex have made a comeback in each other's arms.

True Blood Sucker Punch: Episode 11

Mark Blankenship | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mark Blankenship

I can forgive my favorite shows when they have a bad episode or two. And I'll definitely have to forgive True Blood for this week's installment, "Frenzy." It's pretty much a disaster.

Evan Rachel Wood Talks Nudity, Lesbian Vampire Sex

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Evan Rachel Wood joins the cast of 'True Blood' Sunday as 1,100-year-old vampire Queen Sophie-Anne. Who will she get naked with? E! has the story. O...

'True Blood' Episode Is HBO's Most-Watched Since 2004

Broadcasting & Cable | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Vampire series True Blood on Sunday night captured HBO's largest audience outside of The Sopranos in more than five years....

Anna Paquin & Stephen Moyer Talk Rapey Vampire Sex

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

In the new issue of Nylon, Anna Paquin dishes about onscreen sex scenes with her 'True Blood' costar and real-life fiance, Stephen Moyer. You can re...

True Blood Sucker Punch: Episode 9

Mark Blankenship | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mark Blankenship

What can I say? I wasn't feeling it tonight. "I Will Rise Up" has a few Sucker Punches, but it mostly functions as a placeholder.

True Blood Sucker Punch: Episode 8

Mark Blankenship | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mark Blankenship

Iximng ti pu. See what I did there? I took the phrase "mixing it up," and I mixed it up. That's because True Blood episode 2.8, "Timebomb," mixes up the meaning of two central metaphors. (I know, right? I'm so clever!)

Anna Paquin & Stephen Moyer Are Engaged

people.com | Stephen M. Silverman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

It's true love for True Blood couple Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer. The two are engaged to be married, reps for both actors on the HBO vampire series ...

Why America Bares Its Neck for Alexander Skarsgard

Mike Alvear | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mike Alvear

There's a rash of plunging necklines across the country as women (and men) try to bait the dark eroticism they see in Alexander Skarsgard, the vampire Eric Northman on HBO's True Blood.

True Blood Sucker Punch: Episode 7

Mark Blankenship | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mark Blankenship

Are you serious, True Blood? Are you really going to spring Godric on me in the last moment of Episode 7 ("Release Me") and then cut to the credits? D

True Blood Stars Hang Out With Dolphins and Penguins At SeaWorld (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

True Blood co-stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer took a break from their steamy on-and-off screen romance to cool off with two-month-old Magellanic p...

True Blood Sucker Punch: Episode 6

Mark Blankenship | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mark Blankenship

There are so many sucker-punchy scenes in this installment that I could get carpal tunnel syndrome writing about them all.

True Blood Sucker Punch: Episode 5

Mark Blankenship | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mark Blankenship

Welcome to Sucker Punch, the only blog post that ranks the gaudiest moments on this week's episode of True Blood.

2009 Emmy Nominations: Not So Bad (For a Change)

Ed Martin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Ed Martin

There may be some whoppers, but as I scan the lists of nominees in each category it occurs to me that there are few (if any) nominees this year that do not deserve to be included.

HBO's Big Sunday Ratings Are Back

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

NEW YORK — Much to its relief, HBO has finally discovered that there's life after "The Sopranos" and "Sex and the City." The pay cable network,...

"True Blood" May End HBO Slump

New York Times | BILL CARTER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

The slump at HBO is apparently over. In "True Blood," the pay cable giant has its first hit since "Rome," and the numbers indicate it may be the bigg...

True Blood Sucker Punch: Episode 4

Mark Blankenship | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mark Blankenship

Almost all the characters are weakened in some way, which creates a queasily exciting energy: We can sense a bomb's about to drop, but we can't quite tell where it's going to fall.

Anna Paquin: Nude Scenes Easier With Real-Life Boyfriend

people.com | Janet Mock | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Shooting those steamy scenes with costar and real-life love Stephen Moyer only makes it easier. "Obviously, if you're already with that person then...

Vampire-Mania: A Trend With Teeth

New York Times | Ruth La Ferla | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style

THE symptoms are unnerving: a taste for fresh meat -- rare, if you please; an aversion to sunlight; and a passion for spectral-looking, fine-boned rak...

True Blood Sucker Punch: Episode Three

Mark Blankenship | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mark Blankenship

Welcome to Sucker Punch, the only blog post that ranks the gaudiest moments on this week's episode of True Blood.

True Blood Sucker Punch: Episode Two

Mark Blankenship | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mark Blankenship

And now back to the important question: When does "Keep This Party Going" go the furthest over the top?