TRUE BLOOD NEWS: CHARITY AUCTION, SEASON 4 MARATHON, & CHRISTOPHER MELONI JOINS CAST

True Blood Cast Unites for Charity Auction via thefancarpet.com

The leading True Blood website The Vault – TrueBlood-Online.com is auctioning off 3 True Blood items with a total of 25 autographs of the True Blood cast.

The proceeds are donated to Facing the Atlantic, Stephen Moyer’s friends who are rowing the Atlantic ocean to raise funds for the non-profit organization Facing the World. The boys are in the middle of the Atlantic as we speak and have rowed over 500 miles already.

Over $19,000 was already raised by True Blood fans this year for this cause.

Facing the World offers life-changing facial reconstructive surgery in the UK to children with severe facial disfigurements who cannot be treated in their home countries.

• True Blood Season 3 DVD signed by Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgård, Sam Trammell, Kristin Bauer, Deborah Ann Woll, Todd Lowe, Mariana Klaveno and Tara Buck

• T-shirt Real Blood is for Suckers signed by Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgård, Sam Trammell, Kristin Bauer, Deborah Ann Woll, Todd Lowe, Jim Parrack, Joe Manganiello, Nelsan Ellis, Allan Hyde, Ashley Jones

• Photo signed by Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgård

The auction is being held on eBay and ends on December 30.

Ring in the New Year with a True Blood Marathon!! via wetpaint

Are you ready to have a fangtastic New Year’s celebration? HBO is presenting a special three-day marathon of True Blood season 4, starting December 29.

Episodes 1-3 air Thursday, December 29 at 8 p.m. ET, then episodes 4-8 follow on Friday, December 30.

On New Year’s Eve, finish out 2011 with episodes 9-12, starting at 10 p.m. ET.

What’s better than toasting 2012 with a glass of Tru Blood, right?

It’s Official-Chris Meloni Lands Role on True Blood via indiaglitz

Christopher Meloni, just over six months removed from his abrupt Law & Order: SVU departure, has signed up for a regular role on HBO’s True Blood.

The veteran actor will join the hit series beginning with season 5, and he’ll play “”an ancient, powerful vampire who holds the fate of Bill and Eric in his hands,”” according to the series’ creator, Alan Ball (as told to TV Line).

Meloni is no stranger to HBO, having played Chris Keller for three seasons on the network’s prison drama, Oz. He’ll soon be seen on the big screen, too, as Col. Hardy in 2013’s highly anticipated Superman movie, Man of Steel.