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Man, is it that time of the year already? Thankfully we have another few months to heal from the lameness that was Season Four of HBO's vampire opus "True Blood." Can Season Five get things back on track? We can only hope.

More casting news is coming in for HBO's "True Blood" Season 5, this time in the fairy category, as newcomer Giles Matthey has landed the multi-episode role of Claude, a hot and mysterious British fairy.

If you're going to cast a new vampire on the HBO series "True Blood", why not pick a guy who's played the ancient Volturi vamp Marcus in three of the Twilight movies - New Moon, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and the upcoming Part 2 - as well as a creepy Swede in "Hell on Wheels" and a demon in an arc on the CW’s "Supernatural"? Makes sense to us.

With a tagline of "If your holidays didn't suck, then your New Year will,", HBO is running an encore presentation of "True Blood" Season 4 starting Thursday, December 29th, through Saturday, December 31st. As you might have guessed, they put together a promo video for the event. Check it out!

A couple of weeks ago we reported that the always good Chris Meloni was in talks to join the hit HBO vampire series "True Blood", and lo and behold the official word has finally come. Hopefully his addition will be something more than just another character with another plotline to have to keep up with.

The last time we did a story about HBO's amazing "Game of Thrones" series joining forces with Dark Horse for a new product line that's set to debut in the spring of 2012, all you guys seemed to care about was when you can get your hands on the Blu-ray box set. Well, the answer has come!

Ever since "Oz" went off the air, we've been missing seeing actor Chris Meloni. Sure, he was in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" for years and years, but something was lacking ... nudity! No one does it better than Meloni! Which is why this latest news that he's being courted for a role in "True Blood" has us so excited.

And the "True Blood" werewolf pack has grown by another two members as both Kelly Overton (The Ring Two) and Louis Herthum (The Last Exorcism) have landed major recurring roles on HBO's popular series. Overton will appear in six episodes while Herthum is confirmed for five with both having series regular options for the next season.

We're still several months away from the summer, 2012 return of "True Blood" on HBO, and even though we're pretty sure we're not alone in thinking a major problem with the show lately has been its bloated cast, news of new guest stars/recurring characters for Season 5 has been coming in fast and furious. The latest? Italian Italian actress Valentina Cervi.

We've been on the fence as far as covering the wildly popular "Game of Thrones", just mentioning the show here and there as it's seemed appropriate, but this latest news to cross our desk is just too cool to ignore: Dark Horse Deluxe is partnering with HBO on a vast "Game of Thrones" product line debuting in the spring of 2012, leading up to the show’s second season premiere in April. Read on for the details!

You may not know the name, but we're pretty you'll recognize the face. Dale Dickey, winner of the 2011 Independent Spirit Award - Best Supporting Female for Winter's Bone, has joined the cast of HBO's "True Blood" as the mother of dearly departed werewolf packmaster Marcus Bozeman (played by Dan Buran).

We already knew that Season 5 of HBO's "True Blood" is going to introduce us to Nora, Eric Northman’s (Alexander Skarsgard) centuries-old vampire "sister", and now we have word on who will be playing her. Read on for the details!

There's been a lot of sunshine and roses type of news coming out lately for the adaptation of the classic Stephen King saga The Dark Tower, and now director Ron Howard has come forward to do a bit of talking himself. Read on!

And the beat goes on for those of us looking out for updates on the Ron Howard/Brian Grazer adaptation of Stephen King's The Dark Tower with the pace picking up quite a bit thanks to the latest news from Grazer. Apparently now HBO will be handling the TV portion of the duo's vision for the series, which encompasses multiple films and television seasons.

Interesting news coming in for all you fangbangers out there. Sounds as if they're really looking to keep it in the family next season on "True Blood" as a sibling will be popping up that's guaranteed to stir up all kinds of trouble.