Hollywood Crush › Ryan Kwanten

This morning, the internet fairy brought us the best gift ever: some sneak-peek pics of Ryan Kwanten's upcoming appearance on "New Girl"! And if you've been missing Ryan's glistening pecs adorable face in these long, cold months without "True Blood," then take note: Fox released a whopping 10 (TEN!) delicious stills from the show, which depict the actor in various stages of flirtation with Zooey Deschanel.

The bad news: He's wearing clothes in all of them. (Boo!)
The good news: There's not a T-shirt in the universe that could hide the glory of those beautiful biceps. (YAY.)

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If things seem a little empty around here, it's because MTV News has left the building.. and arrived at the Sundance Film Festival to hob, nob and generally get acquainted with this year's best under-the-radar and indie flicks. And like all good friends on vacation, we've got a great set of picture-postcards to say "Wish you were here!" with our flipbook of celeb sightings from industry talks and premieres alike.

Among the folks you can spy in our gallery: Emma Roberts, whose performance in "Celeste and Jesse Forever" has everyone anxious to see the film, and Ryan Kwanten, who popped up in the T-Mobile Google Music Village and happily took photos with a fan or two. Elizabeth Olsen was spotted at the premiere of her new movie "Red Lights"—making her an established darling of the indie circuit after her buzzworthy attendance at Cannes—with a bulky jacket and bundled scarf to keep out the chill. And also in attendance: Taylor Swift! The singer popped up at the "Ethel" premiere thanks to her new friendship with filmmaker Rory Kennedy, and the two were photographed together at a dinner and discussion event later that evening.

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Tags Elizabeth Olsen, Emma Roberts, Photo, Ryan Kwanten, Sundance 2012, Sundance Film Festival, Taylor Swift

Unfortunately for all of us "True Blood" fans, we still have quite a wait for the premiere of season five. And while the waiting does indeed suck, MTV News was lucky enough to attend HBO's fancy Golden Globes party on Sunday where we encountered not one but four excellent cast members—Ryan Kwanten, Janina Gavankar, Carrie Preston and Joe Manganiello—who gave us a little preview of what's in store for their characters.

"Jason is hanging onto every shred of humanity as it is, and he was lucky to survive last season. He was on the brink of death several times," Ryan said of Jason Stackhouse's failed werepanther transformation. "This season he's finally becoming a man, I think. He's got responsibility in his life. He's in a position of authority too because Andy is not doing too well with being a sheriff."

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Tags Carrie Preston, Janina Gavankar, Joe Manganiello, Ryan Kwanten, True Blood, Video

If you're staring down a long, lonely winter of singledom (including a loverless Valentine's Day in the cold, cruel month of February), then here's a piece of news that'll make you want to rip your own face into little, angry pieces! The news from E! Online is that Ryan Kwanten, best-known 'round these parts as the hot-bodied Jason Stackhouse on "True Blood," will be making an appearance on a special Valentine's episode of "New Girl" as a love interest for star Zooey Deschanel. Because apparently it's not enough for our friends, our boyfriends and every single guy we've ever crushed on to have a thing for the Hot Hipster Poster Girl; she's got to take our celebrity lust objects, too. Way to bogart ALL THE GUYS, Zooey.

The scoop from E! indicates that Ryan will play a prospective one-night stand for Zooey's character Jess, making her the 2,399,764th person in the world to take one look at Ryan Kwanten and immediately want to see him naked. But while we can't get our hopes up for some sizzling nude scenes (this show doesn't air on HBO, alas), this might be a great opportunity to see Ryan playing a different kind of role—and ooooh, perhaps showing off his natural, yummy Australian accent? 'Scuse us, but we've gotta go set our DVR.

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Hide yo kids, hide yo wife: It's a "True Blood" season finale, and—as suggested by that screamy Bon Temps depopulation teaser they've been showing all week—they killin' ERRBODY out here.

Ding, dong, the witch is dead
Jesus, distracted by guilt over aiding in the murder of his good pal Marnie, is a little too slow to realize that Lafayette has been possessed by her. Too bad! A grievous fork-to-hand injury could've been avoided if he'd just paid a little attention—as could the very, very sad thing that happens next. Because Marnie's in control, and she wants Jesus' brujo magic... ALL of it, she says, and this can't mean anything good. But Laf's life is at stake, and Jesus agrees to hand over his powers. Marfayette stabs him in the heart and gets the Demon Cathead. Jesus, in exchange, gets dead.

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Tags Alexander Skarsgard, Anna Paquin, Deborah Ann Woll, Kevin Alejandro, Kristin Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Rutina Wesley, Ryan Kwanten, Stephen Moyer, True Blood

It's the penultimate episode of this season, y'all, and it's about to get REAL. Outside the necromancer's hideout, four leather-clad, gun-toting vampires are ready to rumble. And inside, Marntonia's posse is starting to split between "peaceful Wiccans" and "people who love murder," with the latter category containing pretty much nobody but Marnie and Roy. Even Antonia is ready to call the whole thing off; after Marnie kills another coven member, Antonia evacuates and makes a break for it (Lafayette: "Marnie just puked a bitch out!"). But Marnie has grown too powerful, and back into her mouth goes the ghost.

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Tags Alexander Skarsgard, Anna Paquin, Carrie Preston, Chris Bauer, Deborah Ann Woll, Jim Parrack, Kevin Alejandro, Kristin Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Rutina Wesley, Ryan Kwanten, Sam Trammell, Stephen Moyer, Todd Lowe

So much for peace, love and tolerance. Martonia watches from above while her bewitched vamps go on a bloody tear through the Festival of Tolerance, all muttering, "Must... kill... the king!" in the same manner that a stumbling pack of zombies hollers for braaaaaaaaains. But wait, because this fight isn't over: Nan Flanagan destroys the cameras and stakes a would-be assassin with a pencil! Bill wounds his attackers with silver bullets! And, just when it looks like Eric might actually succeed in killing Bill, Sookie's on-again, off-again Faerie Weaponry comes on with its typical, day-saving vengeance. Eric is enveloped by a blast of golden light...

...and it all comes back.

We'll pause here while everyone sniffles, wrings their hands and mourns the sad-but-inevitable loss of that hooded sweatshirt with the sleeves cut off. (I know, I know; he was actually starting to look really cute in it.)

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Tags Alexander Skarsgard, Anna Paquin, Deborah Ann Woll, Kevin Alejandro, Kristin Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Rutina Wesley, Ryan Kwanten, Stephen Moyer, True Blood

Let's just get this out of the way: Nobody actually thought Sookie was going to die on last night's "True Blood," right? Right.

Somewhere between the first scene and the end of the opening credits, Sooks apparently recovers from her gunshot wound enough to drink some of Bill's healing blood. Next thing, she's up like gangbusters and demanding that the search for Eric resume. Alcide, who's fed up with Sookie's loyalty-at-all-costs to the befanged, throws up his hands and flounces.

Alcide returns home to a fake-sleeping Debbie, who opens her glowing wolflady eyes to the scent of his NAKED BEAUTIFUL BUTT. OMG. Did that just happen? Yes, yes it did.

But more importantly, Sookie is right to be nervous. Eric is officially under Marntonia's control, and the witch has big plans for him: a command appearance at the vampires' big-deal tolerance festival. And we're starting to get a glimpse of just what an obsessive, unhinged bitch Antonia really is—when Tara, Holly and other coven members balk at her plans, she uses her powers to hold them all hostage. See, you guys? See? This is what happens when you just spontaneously resurrect a vengeful 16th century necromancer without thinking through all the consequences!

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Tags Alexander Skarsgard, Anna Paquin, Carrie Preston, Deborah Ann Woll, Jim Parrack, Kevin Alejandro, Kristin Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Rutina Wesley, Ryan Kwanten, Sam Trammell, Stephen Moyer, True Blood

Oh, "True Blood," how tangled and soap opera-esque your romances and relationships have become. Some may argue that the love connections have always been complicated, what with all the human-on-supernatural action and such, but in my opinion things are getting a bit convoluted in this fourth season.

The most intriguing of the recent character hook-ups, in my opinion, is Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) and Jason (Ryan Kwanten)—and not necessarily because of the twisted way in which their make out came about in Sunday's episode. When MTV News ran into lovely Deborah recently, we asked for her commentary on both the state of Jessica and Hoyt, as well as the relationship possibilities for Jessica and Jason.

"Here's the amazing thing about our writers, we thought through the first three seasons that they did such a good job bringing [Hoyt and Jessica] together, that they would never be able to break us up," Deborah revealed. "And then this season, even from what we've seen so far, they've done such a good job making it look impossible for Hoyt and Jess to make it, so I actually have total faith in them that if they want to reverse it and bring us back together, that they could do it."

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We were all on tenterhooks after last week's "Jessica meets the sun" cliffhanger, but the "True Blood" suspense doesn't last long: Jason tackles her as she starts to sizzle, pushes her inside, and kicks the door closed behind him. Not only that, but when the spell breaks a half-second later, they totally make out...

...which prompts Jess to head home as soon as she heals and instantly break up with Hoyt. He blubbers and sobs and begs her to stay, telling her he'll die if she doesn't love him. Jessica's response?

"Then DIE!" she screams, and smashes his head in!
And then goes outside to meet Jason!
Who suggests that they have sex right then and there while she drinks his blood!

And it's all just a little too much, which is why we're not surprised when it turns out to be just a dream—albeit one that reveals a lot about how Jessica feels about Hoyt these days. But when she actually does go home to break his heart, the real Hoyt is cold, angry and mean. He hurls accusations, says some very nasty things about her vampire-issue eternal virginity and then rescinds her invitation to their house.

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Tags Alexander Skarsgard, Anna Paquin, Deborah Ann Woll, Fiona Shaw, Joe Manganiello, Rutina Wesley, Ryan Kwanten, Sam Trammell, Stephen Moyer, True Blood