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Blonde Ambition: Televisionary Talks to Anna Camp of HBO's "True Blood"

HBO's seductive vampire drama series True Blood is positively overflowing with memorable and flawed characters but one of this season's most indelible and dynamic character additions is that of naughty preacher's wife Sarah Newlin, played with delicious aplomb by South Carolina native Anna Camp. I had the opportunity to catch up with Camp earlier this week in an exclusive interview where we talked about Sarah Newlin, Camp's original audition for True Blood (for the role of Sookie, no less!), the love triangle between Sarah, Jason, and Steve, Sarah's darker side, Camp's theatre work (opposite Daniel Radcliffe in Equus ), whether the Newlins are gone for good, Mad Men , and lots more. So what are you waiting for? Toss your hair, flash your pearly whites, sharpen a stake and let's see what Anna Camp had to say about True Blood . Televisionary: How did you get involved with True Blood ? What sort of audition process did they put you through? Anna Camp: Actuall

Talk Back: Much-Delayed Season Six Premiere of "Project Runway" on Lifetime

Two words: halter diaper. It seems like it's been years since we last caught a glimpse of the catwalk on the sartorial competition series Project Runway . After what seems like a delay of several years (no, it wasn't quite that long) and a protracted legal battle between studio The Weinstein Company, Bravo, and the series' new network Lifetime, Season Six of Project Runway kicked off last night amid a three and a half hour block of Runway -related programming. Now that the season has begun, I'm wondering how many of you tuned in last night and what you thought of of the new Project Runway , which returned with our beloved Tim Gunn, Heidi Klum, Michael Kors, and Nina Garcia, but new executive producers and a new production company. Did you feel the opener ("Welcome to Los Angeles!") had the same energy and sparkle of previous seasons? Did you dig the series' move from New York to Los Angeles? Did it feel fresh and new or tired and lackluster? Did the delay

Sneak Peek: Next Week's Episode of "Warehouse 13"

Want a sneak peek at the new episode of Warehouse 13 , which just happens to feature a very glam Agent Myka Bering (Joanne Kelly)? On Tuesday evening's episode of Warehouse 13 ("Duped"), written by Benjamin Raab and Deric A. Hughes, Myka and Pete head to Las Vegas to retrieve an artifact from some gamblers and Myka finds herself accidentally trapped in author Lewis Carroll's mirror, unleashing a malevolent entity that was trapped inside. And if that weren't enough incentive for you, Eureka 's Erica Cerra and Niall Matter guest star as well as said Vegas gamblers. But what are you waiting for? Head to Sin City, roll some dice, and take a look at a spoiler-filled episode clip and the network promo for Tuesday's episode of Warehouse 13 below. Warehouse 13 airs Tuesday night at 9 pm ET/PT on Syfy.

Channel Surfing: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Ascends to "Thrones," FOX Breaks in with Olmstead and Santora, Edie Falco Talks "Nurse Jackie," and More

Welcome to your Friday morning television briefing. Virtuality star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has been cast in the pilot for fantasy drama Game of Thrones , HBO's adaptation of George R.R. Martin's novel series. Coster-Waldau will play Jaime Lannister, described by The Hollywood Reporter 's James Hibberd as "one of the king's guards and a ruthless usurper of the previous king." Also cast in the Tom McCarthy-directed pilot: Tamzin Merchant ( The Tudors ), Richard Madden ( Hope Springs ), Iain Glen ( Into the Storm ), Alfie Allen ( The Other Boleyn Girl ), Sophie Turner ( Doctor Who ), and Maisie Williams, all of whom join the previously announced Sean Bean, Mark Addy, Jennifer Ehle, Kit Harrington, Harry Lloyd, Peter Dinklage, and Jack Gleeson. Production begins this October in Ireland. ( Hollywood Reporter ) FOX has handed out a pilot script order with penalty to drama Break Out Kings , from 20th Century Fox Television and Prison Break writer/producers Matt Olms

Finding the Pattern: "Fringe" Cast Teases Season Two

Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Jasika Nicole, Lance Reddick, and Blair Brown seem to want to tell us just what Season Two of Fringe is all about... but they seem unable to reveal much in the way of details. That might be due to threats from Massive Dynamic or the publicity team at FOX, which today released the below sneak peek at Season Two of the FOX drama series, which returns with a story of parallel dimensions this fall. (On September 17th, to be precise.) According to the official FOX press release, "Each episode of the sophomore season promises to uncover more about the larger threat and while some questions will be answered, new ones will surface. The intensity accelerates as Season Two opens with Olivia’s shocking return to this reality, and a determined Peter, unknowingly in a race against time with an ominous mobile force, pursues information about Olivia’s blurred and perplexing visit to the alternate reality. Meanwhile, Walter reenters the lab to cook up a bi

First Look: "Dollhouse" Season Two

FOX has released nine promotional images for Season Two of Joss Whedon's metaphysical action drama series Dollhouse , which returns to the lineup on Friday, September 25th. The nine images can be found below and depict not only a group shot for the series regulars for Season Two but also solo shots of Eliza Dushku (Echo), Tahmoh Penikett (Paul Ballard), Dichen Lachman (Sierra), Harry Lennix (Boyd Langton), Enver Gjokaj (Victor), Olivia Williams (Adelle DeWitt), and Fran Kranz (Topher Brink), all of whom seem to be posing against the backdrop of a bare-bones warehouse set. Except that is for Echo, who is depicted alternately lounging and posing with a gun in a psychedelically yellow and hot pink room that looks like a windowed jewel box. Hmmm... Look below to take a peek at just what might lie ahead for the Actives and their handlers next season on Dollhouse . Let the guessing games begin... ( Dollhouse fans, click on the below images to enlarge them.) DOLLHOUSE : L-R: Dichen Lachm

Wrath of Seitan: Vices and Virtues on the Season Opener of "Top Chef: Las Vegas"

I'm ecstatic that Top Chef is back on the air again. While I've enjoyed Top Chef Masters , I'm more than ready to dig into my main course now. On the season opener of Top Chef: Las Vegas ("Sin City Vice"), seventeen chefs headed to sunny Las Vegas, each eager to take down their competition and walk away the winner of the title of Top Chef. But this first course in the ongoing competition was no walk in the park; rather, it tested the contestants in a series of challenges--from mise-en-place relays to cook-offs and extremely focused thematic dishes--that was tested to separate the wheat from the chaff. You had the opportunity to read my advance review of the season premiere , but now that it's aired, we can get specific about just what went down this week on the culinary competition series. So how did the new chefs perform in this first challenge? Let's discuss. As I mentioned in my advance review of the premiere, the chefs this season are a motley bunch