season 5 trueblood cast!

The True Blood casting calls are coming fast and furious, and we finally have an idea of what the fifth season might be about!

Check out 11 new characters who are poised to hit up Bon Temps trailer homes, and drink up some tasty hints about their plot lines!

If you don't like any kind of spoilers, including casting news, stop reading now!

 

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1. Meet Alcide’s Dad: J.D is unsecured loans described as a beefy “Marine-type” fiftysomething who’s domineering and wants control of his pack. 

2. Marcus’ Mom Pays Her Respects: We’re still reeling from Marcus’ tragic death-by-punch, and now we’ll have a chance to meet his mom, Annie! Apparently, she’s a powerful were and wants to perform a “ritual” when she rolls into town. Uh oh, dead parrot alert!

3. A Hot New She-Wolf Picks Up the Scent: Marcus’ death has raised a lot of questions, and a “dirty-beautiful” she-wolf in her mid-20s named Rikki is eager to find out what happened. We assume “dirty beautiful” means “ugly-pretty.”

4. The Wolf Police Ask Questions: Get ready to meet a few tough mutts named Danielle and Kenneth, who are in charge of interrogating a prisoner.

 

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5. Meet Holly’s Kids: We finally have a chance to meet Holly’s teenage sons, Rocky and Wade! Rocky is a typical rebellious teen who eye-rolls at his mom, but Wade has a little bit more respect for his pot-smoking, gogo-boots-wearing parental unit.  

6. Judgement Day Approaches: Where bad credit loans there’s a judge, there’s a court. Is one of our truebies going to jail? Say it ain’t so!

7. A New Lady Vamp Hits Up Bon Temps: Give a warm Truebie welcome to Cat, a forty-something vampire with zero sense of humor, who works for the vampire underground railroad. 

8. Jason Gets a Fan Girl: Jason and Jessica are still fangbanging buddies, and when they attend a frat party they meet Cammy (who has a crush on Jason) and Zander (who wants to sex-up Baby Vamp). Ménage a quatro?

9. Hoyt Gets a Friend: Meet Buddy, Hoyt’s new brosef who works on the Renard Parish road crew and makes merciless fun of our Ghost Daddy. 

10. A Vamp Hit Man Comes to Town: Alan Ball is looking for someone to play a large Eastern European vamp who is sent by the Authority to sentence some fellow vampires to the True Death. Watch your back, Hard Hearted Hannah!

11. Sookie Flashes Back To Gym Class: We’ll take a trip to Sookie’s traumatic middle school experience where she’s bullied by a boy named Donnie and uses her telepathy to reveal his secrets!

Twitter Revamp

During a small press gathering this morning, Twitter announced a major redesign that will bring a new look and organized feel to the social network. Taking place in its new (and yet-to-be-completed) office building in San Francisco, founder Jack Dorsey and CEO Dick Costolo talked about how the new design will make it easier to find interests, communicate, and view media.

Get ready for the revamp and check out all the changes that are being made to Twitter, below.

Your Profile

Your Twitter profile is getting a big overhaul. Now, your basic information will live in a wide banner at the top of the page, while your stream and other stats — like followers, people you follow, lists, favorites, and thumbnails of photos you've uploaded — and suggested users will reside below.

Home

The "Home" tab is where you'll find your main content on Twitter. Your stream will now be on the right-hand side of the page, while your tweet box, followers, and trending topics will be on the left. Photos and videos will be embedded into your stream for easy access (you can play YouTube videos without unsecured loans leaving your stream, even viewing in full-screen mode), and you will also be able to expand each tweet to see all retweets and favorites for that particular tweet.

Learn more about the "Connect" and "Discover" tabs on the new version of Twitter (and them in action) after the break.

Connect

The "Connect" tab is where you'll find all of your @replies, mentions, retweets, and new followers (similar to the current activity tab). It will give you an overview of who's talking about  bad credit loans you so you can chime in.

Discover

The "Discover" tab is where you'll expand your Twitter horizons. Located on the top left box, there are several components to the Discover tab. The "Stories" section is similar in nature to Facebook's "relevant stories" option, in that it takes into account your location, people you follow, and trends to feed you information and various tweets that you might be interested in. If you're constantly tweeting about gaming, for example, Twitter will populate this section with tweets about video games and industry insiders, as well as other popular topics from around Twitter. In the "Activity" section, you can see who your "connections" (or the people you follow) are following and what they are tweeting about, and in the "Who to Follow" section, you'll see smart recommendations on who you should be following based on your interests and connections. The "Find Friends" and "Browse Interests" sections are similar to what they are now, just in a more clean and organized layout.

jeremy clarkson strike comments

Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson caused outrage last night when he said striking public sector workers should be shot dead “in front of their families”.

The BBC was immediately forced to apologise for his comments in a live interview on BBC1 flagship programme The One Show.

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When asked about the public sector workers who went on strike today across Britain, Clarkson, 51, said: “I’d have them all shot. unsecured loans I would take them outside and execute them in front of their families.

“I mean how dare they go on strike when they’ve got these gilt-edged pensions that are going to be guaranteed while the rest of us have to work for a living.”

Matt and Alex react to Jeremy's comments

Show hosts Alex Jones, 34, and Matt Baker, 33, appeared visibly shocked and struggled to compose themselves following Clarkson’s remarks.

And the star, who is paid over a £1million a year by the  bad credit loans BBC, left TV viewers stunned again by also claiming trains should not stop for people who have committed suicide by throwing themselves on tracks.

The pair were forced to issue a public apology live on air after the show was deluged with complaints.

Thousands of furious TV viewers hit out at Clarkson on Twitter and Facebook. Jeremy Clarkson’s name was last night mentioned so many times on Twitter his name began trending worldwide.

Furious TV viewer Crystalline Swine posted on Twitter: “Just tried calling the BBC to complain about Jeremy Clarkson, and can’t get through due to a high volume of calls.”

Ian Charles added on Twitter: “Jeremy Clarkson should get the sack from the BBC over his shoot strikers comment. But he won’t, since he can get away with anything...”

Referring to Clarkson’s co-host Richard Hammond, who survived a horror car crash in 2006, shocked Anna Hedge posted on Twitter: “I hear Clarkson sh*t on public sector on One Show. Did that include those who patched up Hammond when he crashed his car?”

Daily Mirror columnist Tony Parsons posted on Twitter: “Jeremy Clarkson has misjudged the moment. Criticising striking public sector workers today is like sieg-heiling at Last Night of the Proms.

“Those saying Jeremy Clarkson’s ‘execute the strikers in front of their families’ is his Jonathan Ross moment are right.”

Public sector workers taking industrial action on a picket outside Barnet College (Pic: Getty Images)

A man wears a banner as he stands outside St Thomas's Hospital in Westminster (Pic: PA)

Public sector workers on a picket line outside Turnpike House in Salford (Pic: PA)

Workers demonstrate outside the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield (Pic: PA)

Top Gear star Clarkson, 51, who is also a columnist for The Sun and The Sunday Times, makes an annual salary estimated to be more than £1million from the BBC.

Last year he earned an extra £850,000 from spin-offs from the show – including Top Gear Live.

Last night ex-deputy prime minister John Prescott, 73, posted on Twitter: “Clarkson says these things to be outrageous & obviously doesn’t mean it. But I think he’s misjudged the public mood.

“I know Jeremy Clarkson likes winding people up but it’s worth pointing out he gets £1m a year from the licence fee/public sector."

A BBC spokesman said: "The One Show apologised at the end of the show to viewers who may have been offended by Jeremy Clarkson's comments."