Stephen Moyer, 39, had a very frank and kind of gushing chat with E!’s Giuliana Rancic on the red carpet at the Emmys. He was inevitably asked a ton of questions about his relationship with on and off-screen love interest Anna Paquin, 27, and to his credit he was open about how much he cares for her and he even gave some personal details about how he proposed to Anna earlier this year. Moyer previously told Access Hollywood that he designed Paquin’s engagement ring with his friend, the jeweler Kathy Waterman. (Link leads to video.)

I’ve said before that I find Moyer a little self-absorbed and I do sense something preening about the guy. He sucks in his cheeks a lot and strikes me as kind of stuck-up, but the more he talks about how much he loves Anna the more he’s growing on me. He told Rancic that he fell for Anna partly because she doesn’t take any of his crap. Now that’s a man after my own heart:

Stephen Moyer didn’t need a red carpet to see stars tonight.

The very-much-in-love True Blood star had far more to say about his “very funny and very frank and very direct and beautiful” costar and fiancée, Anna Paquin, than he did about any of the Emmy nominees.

“Firstly, I fell in love with her talent,” Moyer told E! News while walking the carpet outside Los Angeles’ Staples Center. “We were actually improvising and trying stuff, [like] ‘It doesn’t work this way, let’s do it another way,’ and so immediately I was very excited about that.

“And then after a few weeks, we’d finished working and I was back in London and she was in New York and I really, really missed her…”

It was then he knew she was the one.

And what about that proposal?

Moyer said he asked True Blood’s costume designer what his beloved’s ring size was so that he could plan for the ultimate surprise.

The proposal “was very intimate and quite surprising for her, I think, and we were by ourselves at dinner in Hawaii and…I surprised her.

“But it was something that surprised me probably more than it surprised her.”

Paquin, of course, has remained her frank, direct self throughout their courtship.

“She doesn’t take any of my nonsense,” Moyer said.

[From E! Online]

I like these two together and there’s something so straightforward and cool about Anna that I think that anyone she picks has to be decent by association. I’m still not 100% sold on Moyer, but we’ll see. Many of you commented that you find him charming and don’t get an arrogant vibe from him, and I think I’m coming around on that.

Moyer is also quoted as giving his sort-of blessing to the tamer, some-say lamer, “Twilight” vamps. He previously called Robert Pattinson’s character Edward Cullen the “Diet Coke of Vampires”, but now he’s trying to be more generous toward the younger competition. Moyer told E! at an Emmy after party “I think they serve a certain audience and we serve a certain demographic, so we can all exist happily together.” I bet he wanted to add “We can still kick their asses with our hands tied, though.”

Vague True Blood maybe-spoilers
In terms of the “True Blood” finale I just want to add that I really liked how they wrapped up that one pesky plot point and then added another semi-cliffhanger at the end. I don’t think it will be that much of a complication, considering how swiftly Sookie addressed that same problem earlier in the series, but you never know. At this point I’ve read all the books and you just can’t tell what will happen in the series because it doesn’t closely follow the novels at all. There’s one big revelation about Bill and Sookie in the books that may - and there is serious spoiler territory in the article linked in the next sentence - be incorporated into the series. Entertainment Weekly’s resident TV expert, Bill Ausiello, spoke with True Blood creator Alan Ball, and Ball wouldn’t say whether or not he would use that plot point in the show. I hope I worded all that vaguely enough for those of you are are fans and those who still want the chance to get into the show. It’s one of my favorites.

Anna and Stephen are shown at LAX airport on 9/20/09. Stephen is also shown at the Emmy Awards. Credit: Bauergriffinonline.com

I might think Stephen Moyer is kind of dreamy if it didn’t look like he was sucking in his cheeks and pouting whenever he’s caught out in LA by the paparazzi. There’s something arrogant about the guy, and I confirmed this suspicion by watching a few recent interviews. (He’s very charming when he speaks with his natural British accent, though, and not in that weird Civil War-era drawl. “Suh-key is ma-hine!” You can tell that he’s really into Paquin too and is genuine about her.)

Anyway, the final episode of Season 2 of True Blood airs this Sunday on HBO. Many of us are looking forward to it with bated breath, especially since the show so loosely follows the book series that it’s impossible to guess what will happen. Moyer tells us that it’s going to be wild, and he also heaps praise on his fiance and on-screen love interest, Anna Paquin, saying that it’s a “glorious luxury” to work with her. I would find that swoon-worthy if this guy didn’t rub me the wrong way. Maybe it’s a cultural difference, but I think that “stuck up” sounds and looks the same in most countries:

Playing a vampire on a hit show at a time when vampires are taking over pop culture is a “pretty sweet feeling,” according to True Blood’s Stephen Moyer. But working with his fiancée Anna Paquin is a real “glorious luxury.”

“We are very relaxed together on set, off set and that can only help with some of the things that we get asked to do,” Moyer says of their job, which often includes blood-sucking sex scenes.

Now happily engaged, the costars previously kept their relationship a secret on the set of HBO’s supernatural hit.

“We were very, very cagey,” says Moyer, 39. “We kept tabs on our own relationship, let alone telling anybody because we were very concerned about how it would play out given that anybody who signed up to do one of these series signs for seven years. So, you don’t take a decision like that lightly.”

As the couple, who play Civil War veteran vampire Bill Compton and sweet clairvoyant waitress Sookie Stackhouse, realized there was something serious going, they decided to bring their relationship into the light of day.

“If there is an inevitability to something and there is absolutely no way that that thing can be halted, then you have to go along with it,” Moyer says. “When we realized it wasn’t just some fickle infatuation or chemistry or whatever, we were able to, months later, tell everybody that we were working with.”

There’s reason they’re called actors, apparently. “Everybody was shocked,” he said of sharing their news with the cast and crew, “so I think we’d done a good job of hiding it.”

As for True Blood’s season 2 finale, which airs Sunday (9 p.m. EST) on HBO, Moyer says there will be blood — and cliffhangers and resolutions.

“It’s everything that you would want from a season finale,” he says. “But I don’t even want to make a hint at something because it’s so f–ing crazy. I could tell you something that’s going to happen, but you just won’t believe me, so it’s almost pointless.”

[From People]

Spoilers for past True Blood episodes, sort of
I can’t wait to see what happens on “True Blood” on Sunday, but whatever goes down I really, really hope that Marianne is unequivocally killed. That character plays a much different role in the Southern Vampire Mysteries book series on which True Blood is based, so there’s no telling what could happen. Marianne needs to be offed, though, and I don’t want to see any damn cliff hangers that drag on into next season. That said, I wouldn’t mind if Sookie mixed it up a little and got into the sack for real with Eric. The dream sequences can sort-of satisfy our thirst for seeking hottie Alex Skarsgard’s beautiful body, but I wouldn’t mind if Sookie got tired of Bill and moved on to the hotter vamp. Maybe a new plotline in which her character falls for the viking would help keep her real life fiance on his toes. He seems to be into her, for now, but I just get the feeling that he’s a little too into himself to fully commit. I hope I’m wrong, and he is engaged to her and is speaking about her in glowing terms to the press. That counts for a lot.

Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer are shown at Comic-Con on 7/25/09 and with True Blood creator Alan Ball on 6/9/09. Credit: PRPhotos

Yesterday we covered some early excerpts of Anna Paquin’s Nylon Magazine cover interview. Anna was talking about how people think she’s a dumb blonde, and how she has no problems with nudity. What’s interesting is that Nylon also did a small interview with Anna’s True Blood co-star and fiancée Stephen Moyer, where he talked about vampire sex… and other stuff. To be honest, I don’t have HBO, so I don’t watch the True Blood series, and I haven’t read a book about vampires since I was fourteen and reading Anne Rice’s Vampire Lestat series. So I wasn’t quite sure what Stephen was talking about until CB filled me in. Here’s Stephen’s original comment to Nylon:

Stephen Moyer on Vampire Sex: “The thing about vampirism is that it taps into a female point of view – you have an old-fashioned gentleman with manners who is a f-cking killer… it’s an interesting duality, because in our present society it would be an odd thing for a woman to say, ‘I want my man to be physical with me.’ How, as a modern man, can you f-cking work that? It’s one thing to be polite and gentle… But when do you know it’s OK to crawl out of the mud and rape her [as Bill does in one scene]?… It’s difficult stuff for a bloke, but a vampire gets away with it…. I think that’s the attraction of the show – it’s looking back at a romantic time when men were men, but they were still charming.”

[From Nylon]

True Blood spoilers for first season: CB says, “I am trying to remember exactly when the rape scene happened, (like the context, I remember the scene in the show) but to me it didn’t look like rape and in the book it’s more like rough sex. I know! She is in the graveyard where he’s sleeping because he’s trying to hide out. Normally he sleeps out in a “hidey hole” at his house. It wasn’t rape and was frantic reunion sex after she thought he was dead as far as I could tell… He reaches out of the ground and grabs her and she’s crying hysterically and tells him that she thought he was dead. They have quick dirty sex, and it seemed sudden and forceful yet consensual to me. It certainly wasn’t like a rape scene at all.”

That sort of clears it up for me - first, I definitely think Moyer was analyzing the sexuality of the characters, it wasn’t like he was trying to claim “rape is cool” or whatever. Secondly, I think if CB is right, the characters’ sex was rough and dirty, but generally consensual. The point Moyer seemed to be making was that in the real world, women don’t really want rough, dirty graveyard sex with a vampire, they just want some passion and heat within a respectful and realistic relationship, but there’s a fine line. That’s my take on it, anyway.

Moyer and Paquin attended the party for Nylon Magazine last night, and (link has spoilers!) Radar’s got a video of Moyer’s red carpet interview. Moyer told Radar that he and Anna are thrilled to be engaged, but they haven’t set a date for the wedding yet. He also talked about the upcoming season, in which he reveals some major spoilers. The way he talks about Anna is kind of cute. I really do think Moyer and Paquin adore each other.

Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer are shown at a party for Nylon Magazine on 8/24/09. Credit: Juan Rico/Fame Pictures

Anna Paquin was photographed in a baggy dress last week, and it seems the gossip sites were speculating that her fiancée Stephen Moyer had already impregnated her. Not so much, according to Anna’s rep, who told Us Weekly that Anna is “not pregnant”. Good to know. I’m betting Anna does get pregnant soon after getting hitched. She and Stephen seem to really adore each other, so maybe this will be the relationship that he can make work for the long haul.

Anna is the cover girl for Nylon Magazinef or September, and Page Six got some early interview excerpts. Anna says she doesn’t mind all of the nudity she does for True Blood, and that she doesn’t find nudity “shocking”. She also has a funny perspective on being a blonde now:

Anna Paquin doesn’t mind getting naked frequently in her hit HBO show “True Blood.”

She tells the new issue of Nylon, “It’s like, I’m sorry, maybe there are a lot of women who keep their bras on while they have sex . . . I don’t happen to be one of them. I don’t think the naked body is particularly shocking or interesting.”

She adds, “People are incredibly literal sometimes in how they view you. You have dark hair and pale skin? You must be brooding. The second you dye your hair blond and get a spray tan, people treat you as if you’re a bit stupider and happier.”

[From Page Six]

I’m a fan of Anna’s, but I don’t really think her current blonde hair style is really that attractive. She looks so cute as a brunette - she looks younger with darker hair too. CB tells me that Anna has to be blonde for True Blood, because the Sookie character is blonde. I’d be willing to bet Stephen prefers the blonde too.

In one last piece of Anna Paquin news, it seems she and Stephen are searching for a new house. From what I can know of them, I think Stephen moved into Anna’s home soon after they started dating, so perhaps it’s a space issue. Stephen has two kids (a son, Billy, and a daughter, Lilac) who visit him in Los Angeles, so maybe they just need more bedrooms. And a nursery, probably.

True Blood’s Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin announced their engagement last week. They’ve been together since 2007, and seem to be all over each other since then. The engagement itself was no big deal - but Anna and Stephen are still dealing with questions about how and when they got together, and whether Stephen basically dumped his girlfriend of seven years for Anna. Also at issue if Stephen habit of dumping baby-mamas. He has two children, a son named Billy and a daughter named Lilac. I’ve said before that I’m happy for Anna and Stephen, but that I really hoped Anna wouldn’t get pregnant right away. According to Star, she’s not taking my advice:

“Anna has wanted to marry Stephen practically since the day she met him,” says a source.

The two have admitted to clicking immediately when he auditioned for the series in early 2007 - though Stephen, 39, was still with Lorien Haynes, the mother of his daughter, Lilac, 7. And Anna, 27, doesn’t want to waste any time now that they’re making it official.

“She’s already talked to the producers about working around her if she gets pregnant,” says the source. “Anna can’t wait to start a family.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, August 24 2009]

Gah! Anna, use your head, not your hormones. You don’t have to get knocked up as soon as you get the ring! Oh, well. She’s not listening to me. She’ll figure it out when they have a baby and he dumps her for the newer model. Too harsh? That’s what he does! It’s his history.

The National Enquirer has another story about Anna and Stephen that I found really strange. Up until this point, the few reports I’d read about Stephen’s ex Lorien Haynes had her rather bitter. There were even some rumors that Lorien considered Anna to be something of a home wrecker. But according to the Enquirer, Anna, Stephen and Lorien all get along famously. Lorien has even used Moyer and Paquin for international exclusives and profiles!

Stephen Moyer’s former longtime galpal is journalist Lorien Haynes - and she’s scoring big with exclusive interviews about the happy couple.

“Lorien may have lost Stephen, but she’s making the most out of the breakup,” said an insider.

Two years ago, Stephen left Lorien and their 7-year-old daughter Lilac back home in England - forever as it turned out - and soon shared a home with Anna in Venice, CA.

While reports say Anna was the cause of Moyer’s breakup with Lorien, sources say the relationship was already over.

“In fact,” said the insider, “Lorien has become good friends with Anna.”

Lorien’s recent interview with her ex appeared [in the NY Post], the same day [the Mail] ran her exclusive with Anna Paquin.

Her article about Stephen mentioned the on-screen “sexual chemistry between” he and Anna, something Lorien surely had firsthand knowledge about.

[From the National Enquirer, print edition, August 24 2009]

At first I was kind of like “meh, weird story”. But it’s actually true! Lorien wrote a Q & A piece with Stephen for the New York Post called “Interview With A Vampire” (so original). The weird thing is that no one identified her as, you know, Stephen’s ex-girlfriend, mother of his daughter, et cetera. Lorien also wrote a piece on Anna Paquin for the Daily Mail called “Rising Vamp” - also without any identification that Anna is the current girlfriend of Lorien’s baby-daddy. I just skimmed the piece, and Lorien was very nice to Anna. Perhaps there is no animosity what so ever. Could it be true? An ex without an axe to grind? An ex who doesn’t use the failed carcass of her relationship to launch the next leg of her career? Except Lorien is using her relationship with Anna and Stephen for her career - but in a good way. Although slightly unethical, journalistically speaking.

Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer are shown out on 7/25 and in a still from “True Blood.” Credit: WENN.com. Anna Paquin is also shown with her engagement ring on 8/6/09

A vampire is getting married! Thankfully it’s not Sparkly McDiet-Coke-of-Vampires (aka Robert Pattinson). It’s none other than True Blood hottie Stephen Moyer, who proposed to girlfriend and costar Anna Paquin. The engagement news was released yesterday to People Magazine. Anna and Stephen have been dating since the first season of True Blood began filming in 2007. There are even some questions about whether there was some overlap between the end of Stephen’s seven-year relationship with British journalist Lorien Haynes, and the beginning of his relationship with Anna. Stephen and Lorien share custody of a daughter, Lilac, and Stephen has an older son, Billy, from another previous relationship.

It’s true love for True Blood couple Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer. The two are engaged to be married, reps for both actors on the HBO vampire series confirm to PEOPLE exclusively.

No further details were available.

Paquin, who plays telepathic Sookie Stackhouse on True Blood, is originally from New Zealand and won a 1994 Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as the precocious child in The Piano.

Moyer, from Essex, England, plays bloodsucking Bill Compton on the series. He also has two children from previous relationships: a son, Billy, born in 2000, and a daughter, Lilac, born in 2002.

Last month, Paquin, 27, said of her nude love scenes with Moyer, 39: “Obviously, if you’re already with that person then you’re not having to sort of get over the ‘Wow, I’m naked with someone that I don’t even know the middle name of!’ ”

For his part, Moyer has said of his lady love, “My girl is hardcore.”

[From People]

I think they’re a really hot couple, and congratulations to them. But I do wonder about Stephen. He seems to really love Anna, but I question if his devotion will last after True Blood goes off the air. He just seems like the kind of guy who moves on from women very quickly. But I’ll stop being such a Negative Nellie. I hope they’ll be fine, and I hope Anna gets the wedding of her dreams!

Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin are shown in the header on 7/22/09, they’re also shown in candids on 7/29/09, at an event on 5/2/09, and in stills from True Blood. Credit: WENN.com

True Blood costars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer are getting hot and heavy on and off camera. To her credit, Anna hasn’t been regaling the press with stories about their relationship, and she hasn’t been playing coy about the erotic, racy scenes she and Stephen have to shoot either. In a recent interview, Anna was blasé about True Blood’s content, saying “Obviously, if you’re already with that person then you’re not having to sort of get over the ‘Wow, I’m naked with someone that I don’t even know the middle name of!’ I think that regardless of what kind of scene you’re doing, the better you know the person … the more open and real your performance can be. And that goes for stunt scenes and heavy emotional scenes and sex scenes. OK, so I have a little bit of a leg up in that particular area with my on-screen [partner].”

There’s a question being posed by Star Magazine - just when did Moyer and Paquin begin their off-screen romance? Moyer always claimed that he left Lorien, his girlfriend/baby-mama of seven years, then took up with Anna. But now Star got a hold of an interview Anna allegedly did where she claims that their relationship was “unstoppable” and that they tried “to stay professional for as long as we could.” Yeah, it sounds like Anna was homewrecking the hell out of Stephen. And that he went along willingly:

It was love at first, um, bite for Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer after the British hunk aced his True Blood audition opposite the Oscar winner in early 2007, but they kept their instant attraction a secret from everyone, including his girlfriend of seven years — the mother of his young daughter, Lilac.

That September, Stephen told a British newspaper that his move from London to L.A. for the series had resulted in the end of his relationship with British journalist Lorien Haynes, saying: “Nobody has left anybody for anybody else.” But those words ring hollow now that Stephen and Anna — who now live together — have admitted that sparks flew the moment they first met!

“We tried to stay professional for as long as we could,” says Anna. “But it was unstoppable!”

Stephen’s ex had never before spoken publicly about their breakup, but comments to Star about the situation in our July 20 issue — on sale today. And a friend of the actor weighs in on his friend’s decision to leave Lorien.

“You can understand why he grabbed the opportunity to go to L.A. for True Blood and reach for a new level of stardom,” says the friend. “But Lorien is beautiful, brilliant and the mother of his daughter. Ending their relationship after seven years was a high price for Stephen to pay, even if he and Anna seem happy together.”

[From Star Magazine]

I don’t think Stephen and Anna “seem” happy together, I think they actually are happy together. Ordinarily, I could care less about The Homewrecker Wars being waged about certain actresses (and yet, not some other actresses). But I did find this story interesting. When Anna and Stephen first met, she was 25 years old and he was, like, 38 years old (I’m trying to estimate when True Blood’s first season began filming). They were both old enough to know what they were doing, but my guess is that Moyer, nearing his fortieth year, simply opted for the younger model. It’s sad that he dumped the woman who had given birth to their daughter, but that was Moyer’s choice. Oh, and he’s got another kid, too. A son named Billy - I have no idea about that baby-mama. Lord, I hope Anna doesn’t get pregnant. Moyer will just move on to the next woman. That seems to be his modus operandi.

Here are Anna and Stephen in “True Blood.” Images thanks to WENN.com .

Last week, we reported on True Blood’s star vampire Stephen Moyer’s interview with Marie Claire. In the interview, Moyer seemed funny and charming as he discussed his girlfriend and costar Anna Paquin and how awesome his vampire character Bill is. But then Moyer totally escalated The Epic Battle of Vampire Supremacy when he called Robert Pattinson’s Edward “a p-ssy” and “the slim-Fast, Diet Coke of vampires.” Suddenly, everyone who ever got their mom to buy them black lipstick had to chime in about vampires, sex with vampires, kissing vampires, Joan Jett, and Diet Coke.

Several sources noted the escalation in The Vampire War, but I found MTV’s take particularly funny. MTV actually got “man on the street” interviews, random New Yorkers to comment about vampires. God, I love New York. Here are some of my favorite comments:

“‘True Blood’ because it’s so much better,” one fan told us on the New York streets. “‘Twilight’ is the cheesy version of ‘True Blood.’ [The vampires] are scary and bad, but you still love them.”

Another fan, Sarah, added that “True Blood” is better because it’s “a little bit more mature.” Her friend, Marie, hasn’t seen “True Blood,” but having read both Harris’ and Meyer’s novels, she prefers “Twilight.” ” ‘Twilight’ the movie is awesome,” Marie added.

Sarah opted for Bill. “He seems older and mature,” she told us. Meanwhile her buddy, Marie, explained why she’d go for Edward: “The hair!” she said. “Vampire Bill in the book isn’t that cool.”

[From MTV]

In added Stephen Moyer news, he recently gave an interview to Access DirecTV magazine (story via People). Moyer fails to follow through on the whole “Robert Pattinson can drink my bloody milkshake” stuff, but Moyer does say sweet stuff about Anna Paquin - he seems thrilled that he won a girl who is so “hardcore”.

A couple that boxes together, stays together?

At least, according to True Blood’s Stephen Moyer – the brooding Brit who plays Southern vampire Bill Compton and throws punches with costar and real-life love Anna Paquin.

“When I was a boy I loved boxing,” he tells Access DirecTV magazine in its July issue of his off-screen pastime. “And I’ve got Anna into it.”

Of their love for the brutal hobby, Moyer adds, “I like the sport and she likes the blood. I’m like, ‘Stop the fight, people are getting hurt, I can’t bear it!’ and she’s going, ‘Go on, hit ‘em!’ She loves it. She boxes too.”

But can chivalrous vampire Bill beat telepathic cutie Suki in the ring?

“No way!” he says. “She won’t stop until she’s gnawed your stumps off. I tell you, my girl is hardcore.”

[From People]

Moyer and Paquin seem so cute together. Well, “cute” meaning “I bet Anna nails that to the wall every night and then some”. They seem like such a sexy couple, and it’s good to see Anna find such a cool guy. Do you think Moyer and Paquin box as foreplay? I bet they do - and I bet Robert “Diet Coke” Pattinson and Kristen “Joan Jett” Stewart don’t. Advantage: True Blood.

Here’s Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer at the True Blood season 2 cast party at TABU in Las Vegas on May 2nd. Images thanks to WENN.com .

It looks like poor little Robert Pattinson got torn limb from limb by either A) An angry mob of Twihards pissed that he’s cheating on Bella with that Lost sk*nk or B) True Blood’s Stephen Moyer, who just called Pattz a “p-ssy” in next month’s Marie Claire. Actually, Pattz’s bloody photos are fake - I mean, the blood is fake, it’s all for the movie he’s doing, Remember Me.

True Blood’s blood-suckiest vampire Stephen Moyer is Marie Claire’s “2-Minute Date”, which is kind of a cute way to profile a celebrity. Moyer plays Bill Compton “the ruggedly handsome 173-year-old Southern vampire”. And when Moyer does call Pattz a p-ssy, I think he’s talking about the character of Edward, not really Pattz. Well… I don’t know. It could be either/or. Here are the best little snippets of the Marie Claire piece:

Bill’s very gentlemanly, asking ‘May I visit with you at your home?’ It’s a sentimental, old-world kind of courting,” explains Moyer.

[However]… all that gallant wooing is underscored by a twisted sexuality.

“It’s about being courted by somebody who could rip your arteries out,” Moyer says.

On kissing on-and-off screen love Anna Paquin: “I keep my mouth open and let her probe around the sharpness of the [fangs]… which is quite erotic.”

As for the competition, Twilight’s toothsome Robert Pattinson, Moyer simply says: “He’s a p-ssy! He’s the slim-Fast, Diet Coke of vampires.”

[From Trueblood.net]

Oh no, Vampire Throwdown! I would love to see Moyer (who I think is hot) throw down with Pattz (who I think is lovely, but rarely sexy). Pattz does seem sort of p-ssy-esque, but you what? Not every guy has to be some ultra-macho dude. And I definitely don’t like the way Moyer disrespected my Diet Coke. What does that make Moyer? The “Coke Classic” of vampires? Puh-lease.

Here’s bloody Robert Pattinson on the set of his latest film “Remember Me” in New York yesterday. Images thanks to BauerGriffinOnline.

Anna Paquin has been turning in solid work ever since her Oscar-winning performance as a child in The Piano. She’s worked steadily, most notably as Rogue in the X-Men movies and a small but interesting part in the often overlooked Spike Lee film The 25th Hour. It was no surprise to me that Paquin would end up doing a television show. There’s no shame in it, after all. Lots of Oscar-winners are finding juicy work in television, like Marcia Gay Harden and William Hurt on FX’s “Damages”, or Paquin’s Piano co-star Holly Hunter on TNT’s “Saving Grace”.

Paquin’s turn to television is HBO’s “True Blood”. It’s a strange but effective time for a television show about vampires, considering the craze for all things blood-sucker in books and movies. I haven’t seen the show, but I’ve seen a couple of interviews with the show’s British star (and head vampire) Stephen Moyer. What is it with Brits playing vampires these days?

Anyway, Moyer is really cute. He looks like the kind of guy I would have gone for in college (slender, good jawline, intense eyes), but he’s 37 years old! I would have pegged him at mid-twenties. Good bones, I guess. It looks like he’s Anna Paquin’s type too - the two are now dating, as Moyer confirmed to TV Guide magazine.

For any True Blood fan, the relationship between the show’s lead characters, Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) and Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) is about as hot as it gets–even by HBO standards!

Now, it looks like the actors have taken that chemistry from the scripted page to real life!

“We are together,” Moyer confirmed to TV Guide Magazine. “It’s just exciting and that was there from day one. “We always take the piss out of each other and are silly with each other and it is great. We’re very, very happy. She’s the best.”

On the show, the tall dark and British Moyer, 37, plays a century-year-old vampire who has come back to live in a small Lousiana town and falls in love with the mortal and virginal Sookie (Paquin), a small town waitress with an ability to read people’s minds.

In real-life, Moyer and Paquin, 26, are living together here in the states, however Moyer splits his time between L.A. and London, where he has two young children from a previous relationship.

The couple’s real-life romance first sparked at the True Blood audition, but the pair decided to wait to go public. “The reason it was dodged last year was very intentional on both our parts,” Moyer says. “It was very important to me that the cast and crew we were working with didn’t feel it was fickle, and didn’t feel it could possibly potentially encroach on our lives, you know, just like, ‘Oh the two stars are having a thing.’ We didn’t want to take anything away from the show. The show is the star, not the two people having a relationship.”

From OK! Magazine

He’s sounds like a nice guy, but maybe a little… famewhoring? This is one of those rare times where the guy is gushing to the press about his relationship, and it makes me a little uncomfortable. But it seems like they make each other happy, so God bless. I wonder if he bites her in bed.

Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer are shown at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on 2/22/09. Credit: WENN