By Kara Warner
Attention Vampire fanatics: For those looking to fill the void before "New Moon" opens, the next season of "True Blood" and "The Vampire Diaries" latest episode, check out "Vampire Taxonomy: Identifying and Interacting with the Modern-Day Bloodsucker," by Meredith Woerner. One part witty how-to interaction guide and two parts vampire glossary, this book is a humorous, yet authoritative look at pop culture's current fixation on all things fang-tastic.
"Taxonomy" begins with an overview of vampire origins, and then delves right into the gory detail of five definitive vampire types: Romantic (aka Edward Cullen, Bill Compton — see an illustration after the jump), Villainous (Count Orlok, Dracula), Tragic (Angel, Jasper Cullen), Halfies (Blade). We like the Tragic vamps best, in large part due to an adolescent crush on "Buffy" heartthrob Angel (it wasn't the same after he left!), and also because we are suckers for those tortured souls. Er, tortured soul-less? Ha. Who knew there were so many puns to be had in writing about vampires? Anyway, moving on...
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Eliza Dushku has already revealed that "Firefly" actress Summer Glau will be stopping by the "Dollhouse" this season. But what we really wanted to know was who from "Buffy" or "Angel" would she like to reunite with on her show. True, she's network mates with David Boreanaz, and she already stars side-by-side with Amy Acker on "Dollhouse," but there's got to be someone else from back in the day she'd like to work with?
Well, the answer is yes, there is. And that person happens to be former TV werewolf, Seth Green. Though, before she would even bring up the redhead's name, she got a little nervous about answering our "weighty" question. "That's so big. I don't want to single someone out and then leave out the others," she admitted, and then finally fessed up. "You know who I ran into the other day was Seth Green. He looks exactly the same. I mean that dude does not age. He's adorable and smart and funny and I think he'd be an interesting addition to the Dollhouse." Press play below to hear more from Eliza!
So, would you love to see Oz and Faith reunited on the small screen? How awesome would that be?
David Boreanaz is apparently a major heartbreaker. That's right the "Bones" star has just revealed to MTV News that he doesn't think we'll ever see Buffy and Angel ever again. He hasn't heard plans of a reunion and to make matters even bleaker for Buffy/Angel fans everywhere, he's not sure he's even willing to play the vampire with a soul ever again.
"I don’t know. I don’t think so. I really don’t," he said. "I really don't know [maybe] if it was done in a way that was smart and good and maybe in a lethal way in a film probably but it just wouldn’t happen in the television era anymore."
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Over a decade ago there was another vampire phenomenon taking over the psyche of teens everywhere. And that was "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." The story of a slayer, Buffy, falling in love with a vampire, Angel, became an instant sensation when the show made its debut on the now defunct network, The WB in 1997.
So, with "Twilight" mania taking over the world these days, how does "Buffy" creator, Joss Whedon, feel about the franchise? Long story short, he's cool with it. Read more...
By Alan Kistler
She may be best know as Tara McClay on the series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," but Amber Benson (left, with Sarah Michelle Gellar) has since become an accomplished writer. She has written and produced her own films, written several comics and she and co-writer Christopher Golden created the popular BBC series "Albion." Now, she's taking her first solo-flight as a novelist with “Death’s Daughter,” which is book one of a trilogy.
During a book signing at Midtown Comics in Times Square, we had the chance to about her new book and its interesting protagonist, a sarcastic young woman named Calliope Reaper-Jones. Amber told Hollywood Crush, “Basically, it’s about a girl who’s father is Death. [Death as a force] is run like a corporation. He’s the president and CEO. And he gets kidnapped and [Calliope] has to come and run the company and find out what happened to her dad. But she’s like a normal girl and she doesn’t want any part of the supernatural world.” Read more...
FROM SPLASH PAGE: It’s a fairly wide consensus in geekdom that nobody wants a new “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” film unless series mastermind Joss Whedon is allowed full creative control (or at least serious consultation privileges). But as it turns out, Whedon himself isn’t all that interested.
Whedon spoke with Entertainment Weekly’s PopWatch about the hotly-contested “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” film relaunch — rumored to be an interpretation of the character that not only purports to ignore Whedon’s continuity, but is being developed without Whedon’s participation. Still, that’s not to say that the producers behind the upcoming film didn’t reach out to Whedon… eventually.
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