The sexiest Vampires in pop culture

All the new Vampyre projects continue to grab the media's attention. The Montreal Gazette has been inspired to rate their choices for the sexiest Vampires. Not surprisingly, our Moonlight boys Mick St John (Alex O'Loughlin) and Josef Kostan (Jason Dohring) are on the list!

Being a vamp girl for as long as I can remember, I have my own favorites. Lemme just tell ya, Mick and Josef are at the top for me.... right next to Louis ( who has been #1 for years ) from Anne Rice's Interview With The Vampire. I know that most people are in love with Lestat. While I adore him too, Louis is my vamp. Not just because he was played by Brad Pitt in the film. *grin* I'm sure a lot of it has to do with him being a Louisiana plantation/New Orleans character. Spike ( James Marsters ) from Buffy the Vampire Slayer also ranks high for me. I always liked him way better than Angel. As for the ladies, Miriam ( Catherine Deneuve ) from The Hunger, Coraline ( Shannyn Sossamon ) and Lola ( Holly Valance ) from Moonlight. Yes.... I like the "bad" girls.

Who is on your list?

Vamping it up: The sexiest vampires in pop culture
Canada : The Montreal Gazette
by Sheri Levine, Amy Husser and Chris Lackner, Canwest News Service

With Stephenie Meyer's vampire romance Breaking Dawn hitting bookshelves, and a film based on her book Twilight slated for a December release, we look at the sexiest vampires in pop culture history - from Bram Stoker's Dracula and Anne Rice's Lestat to Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Bella Swan, the teen heroine from Meyer's series, is far from the first character to have her heart flutter over a partner who lacks a heartbeat:

The Vamp: Mick St. John (Alex O'Loughlin) and Josef Kostan (Jason Dohring), Moonlight (TV series, 2007-08)

Vampilicious qualities: When Mick St. John was bitten by his vampiric bride, Coraline, years ago, he was both disgusted and heartbroken. Instead of choosing to simply feed off of human beings, St. John utilizes his now acute vampire senses to help the living by becoming a private investigator. His closest friend and fellow vampire, Josef, helps him find alternate feeding sources along the way, and St. John eventually falls in love with a mortal named Beth - a beautiful, ambitious reporter who has been covering a string of unusual murders. Moonlight's vampires have sex appeal because the show portrays them as modern day vamps caught between two worlds.

Fang factor: 3 out of 5

http://tinyurl.com/5e6s6v

Photo ~ I decided to use this great image of Josef Konstantin ( Jason Dohring ) and Mick St John ( Alex O'Loughlin ) together in Moonlight's premiere, No Such Thing as Vampires (episode #1x01). Click on the picture above for a larger version of the photograph.

Nina Tassler comments on canceling Moonlight

Hello all.... On Friday, I read comments Nina Tassler made regarding Moonlight. This was reported by several sources who attended the 2008 Television Critics Association Press Tour. I've posted three examples below. After reading what Tassler had to say, I had many thoughts streaming thru my head (I know you will also). I wanted to at least attempt to get those thoughts in order before posting this for you.

As you know, when I started my Moonlight blog I shared with you that I was already writing, emailing and calling CBS in support of our show. I was very aware of the fact that Moonlight was not the "normal" series and needed its fans to be heard. I asked you all to do that same. You joined the campaign with such wonderful enthusiasm. :) We continued communicating with the network right through the cancelation of Moonlight.

I can not begin to count the number of emails and comments I received from Moonlight fans who were contacting CBS. Lots of you even posted the messages you sent to them for all of us to read on the blog. The notes got our point across but were dignified, polite and gracious... even after we learned that our show had been canceled. Just like the messages we have seen and heard from Trevor Munson, Alex O'Loughlin, Jason Dohring, etc.

One thing Nina Tassler says is that the fan response to Moonlight is "actor-centric." We all know she is referring to Alex O'Loughlin. Of course, Alex is a huge draw! DUH! Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that a good thing? Don't you hire a leading man to do precisely that?

I was an Alex fan long before Moonlight. However, that is not the only reason that I am addicted. The vast majority of the messages I sent to CBS were about how fantastic the show is... the writers... the entire cast. You also shared with us that you did the same. We all know that MickBeth was the topic of innumerable letters, voicemails, emails and such.

Even if we were tuning in just to see Alex as Mick St John, since when is that a problem? Most television executives don't care WHY you are watching their show. They only care that your eyeballs are on their network and not some place else. It's about ratings leading to ad revenue.

In my opinion, the comments are simply an attempt at damage control. TPTB do not like to admit that they are wrong. I know you are shocked by that ~ *wink*

I'm happy to see that the entertainment reporters are still asking about Moonlight. Most canceled shows do not receive this kind of sustained attention in the media. That is because you have been doing an amazing job of keeping our show alive!

Sorry about the long winded post. I'm stopping myself now! I took the extra time to organize my thoughts so that I wouldn't ramble on. That didn't quite work out :)

XO ~
Kandye

Tube Talk ~ STLToday.com
Excerpts from TCA press tour: CBS party, only for the hardy
By Gail Pennington

The point of these events is to give visiting TV critics a chance to mingle with and interview actors, producers and network executives; people you either haven’t seen during the formal press conferences during the day or haven’t had a chance to talk to. The point isn’t really to have fun, although some of the parties can be fun.

...CBS partnered with the CW and Showtime and went all out, busing us to the club Boulevard3 in Hollywood...

...I again tried to get into the club and this time succeeded. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, in a strapless dress, was just outside the door; her publicist was rotating interviewers through on a 90-second time limit. Uh … no. Somebody handed me a glass of champagne (good) and a cone of french fries with rosemary mayonnaise (very good), but it was hard to walk without spilling on myself. After the crowd outside, the club was almost empty. That gave me a chance to talk to Nina Tassler, president of CBS Entertainment, who told me the “Moonlight” supporters had sent her red wine, and that she actually tried a bottle, but it was terrible. Although she had to cancel “Moonlight,” she said, she wouldn’t rule out another project for its star, Alex O’Loughlin.

http://tinyurl.com/623xng

iF Magazine

Television : Breaking News : THE FINAL WORD ON 'MOONLIGHT' FROM CBS
By Carl Cortez

The stake in the heart of the show has been there for some time, but at least we now know why it was cancelled

LOCATION: The underworld

THE SKINNY: While MOONLIGHT has faded into the darkness, it was still important to check in with CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler at today’s TCA press tour about any final words on the series which starred Alex O’Laughlin as vamp Mick St. John.

“Everybody knows I love vampires, witches, werewolves, warlocks – I love them all,” says Tassler. “The response to MOONLIGHT was actually more actor-centric. So I think it certainly measures our decision on the show. Like I said, I don’t question the choice we made. I’m not getting as much mail and most of those comments were actor-centric.

So does that mean CBS would hire O’Loughlin in a heartbeat?

“Sure,” says Tassler. “We’d love to.”

http://ifmagazine.com/new.asp?article=6556

Entertainment Weekly ~ The Ausiello Files
by Michael Ausiello
Live Press Tour : CBS Day One

Executive Session
The Player: Nina Tassler, President, CBS Entertainment. Or as she's more commonly referred, the evil woman who killed Moonlight.

9:30 am: Cover your eyes, Moonlight fans. Tassler downplays the fan outcry in the wake of the show's cancellation, maintaining that most of the feedback was "actor-centric." (Huh?) She also says she's not getting a lot of mail and doesn't regret the decision.

http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/07/live-press-to-3.html

TV.com article about our DirecTV campaign to Save Moonlight

Enterprising Moonlight fans are getting the word out to various media outlets about our efforts to save our show! Tim Surette ( from TV.com ) has written an article regarding the DirecTV campaign.

Rumor: DirecTV looking at adopting Moonlight
By Tim Surette

Could the vampire drama be saved by the same people who saved Friday Night Lights?

There are hardcore fans, and there are hardcore fans. The guy with the Dwight Schrute bobblehead doll on his desk? He's kind of hardcore. Moonlight fans? They're really hardcore.

Moonlight fans are attempting to pull a Jericho with the recently canceled vampire drama, making it undead. They've put the line out there in attempts to hook a new network or television provider for Moonlight, and it looks like they may have at least a nibble.

According to Moonlight fan site Moonlight Line, which is attempting to resurrect the show, DirecTV has inquired about possibly picking up the program. Though DirecTV may seem like an odd choice--basic-cablers such as Sci Fi Channel seemed possible destinations--the satellite service has already acted as life preserver for another well-loved drama treading water.

In April, it was officially announced that DirecTV had reached a deal with NBC to keep Friday Night Lights on the air. The unique arrangement would see DirecTV have first-airing rights, with NBC rebroadcasting the show four months later.

It's unclear what DirecTV has plotted for Moonlight, but the company is apparently interested in at least considering something. According to one of the board's higher-ups, DirecTV asked the site to post a poll asking what members thought of DirecTV sponsoring the show. The poll is up with the following three answers: "No problem, I already have DirecTV," "I'll switch to DirecTV in a hot second," and "Not switching."

The results of the simple market research would then be looked over by DirecTV who would determine if any of this makes financial sense. As of press time, 21 percent said they already have DirecTV, 71 percent said they would switch, and seven percent said they wouldn't switch.

This is great news for Moonlight fans, but probably best to hold off on hosting a bloodsucking party until something official comes out.

http://www.tv.com/story/11415.html?tag=gumballs;ing;1

Moonlight fan rallies around the country today!

The funeral is today. I can't sleep :( I decided to make use of this time to remind you of the amazing rallies Moonlight fans will be hosting for us... and to say ~ Thank you & good luck to our rally-ers!

Moonlight fans will rally today in the following locations :

New York City demonstration & picnic

Central Park ~ Heckscher Playground
Picnic Area CP-01
near Columbus Circle @ West 59th St & 8th Ave
Saturday, June 14, 2008
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
NYC, NY
leeser@moonlightline.com
savemoonlight@yahoo.com

Los Angeles area/Southern California gathering

Griffith Park
4730 Crystal Springs Drive
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
LA, CA
Contact Rueben ruebenpreymate@gmail.com and Leeser leeser@moonlightline.com

Tulsa, Oklahoma area rally

LaFortune Park ~ Picnic Area
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Tulsa, OK
Contact bravogabbo@yahoo.com

Orlando, Tampa, Central Florida Moonlight fan rally

Saturday June 14, 2008
Time: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (Meet at 1pm ~ location to be determined)
Where: Downtown Orlando at 400 S. Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL

There is a Free concert that day starting at 4pm with Spin Doctors and Eddie Money sponsored by WMMO. The amount of people and possible coverage/exposure would be really good.

Contact Melissa mel9116@gmail.com


Dallas Demonstration ~ Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas & New Mexico

Be ready to donate blood! The American Red Cross bloodmobile will be at this location.

Saturday June 14, 2008
Time: 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Where: Thanksgiving Square
1650 Pacific Avenue
Dallas, TX
Photos of location ~ http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/texas/dallas/thanksgiving/johnson.html
Contact Christy wondergirl9847@hotmail.com

Portland, Oregon area Save Moonlight event
Unite for Sight ~ Eye/sunglasses and cases will be collected for charity at this location!

Fingerfood Potluck
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Mt. Scott Park - Section 'C'
SE 72nd & SE Harold
Portland, OR

All ideas and help welcome.
Contact: M.Spinnerr@hotmail.com

Pennsylvania gathering

"Moonlight by Daylight......an affair of the Heart"
Schenley Park
June 14th, 2008
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Pittsburgh, PA
Contact Arabella mamalion27@aol.com and Sokorra Sokorra@gmail.com

South Carolina Moonlight fan meeting
Bring paper, pens & postage. Wear a Moonlight t-shirt

Westgate Mall ~ Food Court
June 14th, 2008
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Spartanburg, SC

Contact savemoonlight.upstate.sc@gmail.com



San Francisco, California area get together

Ceasar Chavez Park at Berkeley Marina
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
12:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Bay Area ~ San Francisco, CA
Contact Elia elia22@yahoo.com

Pittsburgh Moonlight fan rally ~ Saturday, June 14th

I have a little time before our family dinner. Sooooo.... I'll do a post for my Moonlight family :)

Another Moonlight fan rally is making news! This time, it is the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania gathering.

Details ~

"Moonlight by Daylight......an affair of the Heart"
Schenley Park
June 14th, 2008
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Pittsburgh, PA
Contact Arabella mamalion27@aol.com and Sokorra Sokorra@gmail.com

Tuned In Journal: 'Moonlight' fans gather ... in daylight!
By Rob Owen, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Local fans of the canceled CBS vampire drama "Moonlight" plan to have a picnic. In the daylight.

Fans will gather outside the Schenley Park visitor center, 12-4 p.m., Saturday.

"Come help us support 'Moonlight,'" says a release put out by local fan Dorothy Jadlowiec and her granddaughter. "There will be donuts, cold drinks and lots of people who love a certain, sexy vampire, his lovely lady and his snarky but lovable friend!"

But why in daylight? And why at Schenley Park and not in front of KDKA where they'd get a lot of attention since the Three Rivers Arts Festival has set up shop in front of the station's Gateway Center HQ?

Jaclowiec, who is 80 and lives in California, Pa., said fans chatting online made plans to meet in parks across the country (Central Park in New York and Griffith Park in Los Angeles).

"We didn't want to be that obvious," she said of the notion of rallying in front of KDKA. Besides, the campaign to get the show renewed has moved away from CBS. Now fans are encouraging Sci Fi Channel and DirecTV to give the show a shot.

"We're getting four or five people from the area and people are bringing people," she said. "We're getting a contingent from Ohio because they didn't get their act together."

Jadlowiec said she's one of the show's older fans; most top out in their 50s or 60s.

"My grandkids have been in awe since I got pages on Facebook and MySpace," she said. "My kids call it, 'What is Grandma up to now?'"

And how did she become a local "Moonlight" leader?

"I opened my big mouth," she said.

Jadlowiec, who goes by the name Arabella online (she also writes an Internet magazine devoted to classic films), said fans will not be wearing fangs at their rally Saturday.

"But we will be wearing shirts" devoted to "Moonlight," she said. "I got my 5-year-old great-granddaughter a shirt that says, 'It's Friday night, do you know where your vampire is?'"

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08164/888803-237.stm

Photo Caption ~ Mick (right: Alex O'Loughlin) enjoys a picnic on the beach with Beth (left: Sophia Myles) on a "Moonlight" episode. Fans of the canceled series will do the same Saturday.

San Francisco Moonlight fan rally ~ Saturday, June 14th

Can't turn my brain off. I thought I would spend a little time with Moonlight and you :)

Plus..... there is great positive news to pass on. As you know, there are Moonlight fan rallies planned all over the country this Saturday. The San Francisco Bay gathering is already receiving wonderful press attention from InsideBayArea.com.

“Moonlight” Fans Refuse To Give Up
By Chuck Barney

You’ve gotta love those “Moonlight” fans. They refuse to take “you’re canceled” for an answer.

After the vampire drama was axed in May by CBS, the loyalists bore their fangs and rallied together in hopes of bringing the show back from the dead, a la “Jericho” last summer. They’ve put out ads. They’ve had blood drives. Now they’re having a series of picnics, including one right here in the East Bay.

The event is set for Saturday at the Berkeley Marina in Caesar Chavez Park and it will run from noon to 3 p.m. Lynne T., one of the organizers, says everyone is welcome to attend and admission is free. They’re also promising free food and entertainment.

In addition to the event in Berkeley, there are picnic rallies scheduled this weekend in New York’s Central Park, downtown Orlando, Portland, Dallas, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles.

The picnics are all part of a grssroots campaign targeting the Sci-Fi Network to pick up the show and DirecTV to underwrite production costs. For more info on the campaign, click here.

http://www.ibabuzz.com/tvfreak/2008/06/11/moonlight-fans-refuse-to-give-up/

Here are the details again for the San Francisco, California area get together ~

Ceasar Chavez Park at Berkeley Marina
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
12:00 pm to 3:00 pm
San Francisco, CA
Contact Elia elia22@yahoo.com

Detroit Moonlight rally in the news

The Detroit area Moonlight fans rally is getting some media attention! YEA! Mekeisha Madden Toby has written the following blurb about the gathering for The Detriot News. Remember, the picnic & rally takes place tomorrow :)

Metro Detroiters obviously feel an affinity for Alex O'Loughlin and "Moonlight," too. Local fans of the show will be holding a petitioners' picnic and rally to urge CBS to rethink its decision to kill the series. The local effort is one of several happening all over the country this weekend. The "Moonlight" picnic and rally will take place 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturday at the Southfield Civic Center Park, 26533 Evergreen Road, Southfield. For more information, e-mail Bob Eccles at rceccles@hotmail.com.

http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080606/OPINION03/806060406

mmadden@detnews.com

About.com ~ Moonlight Fans Look to Sci Fi

Mark Wilson has written a new article for About.com reporting Moonlight fans continuing the campaign to save our show! It is great to see our show still in the news. That is very important. We want entertainment/media outlets to keep talking about Moonlight and our campaign. Thank you for contacting magazines, reporters, etc. Keep it up :)

About.com :
Mark's Sci-Fi / Fantasy Blog
by Mark Wilson

Moonlight Fans Look to Sci Fi

Die-hard fans of CBS's canceled vampire detective drama, Moonlight, are turning their attention to the Sci Fi Channel, which may be considering the possibility of thinking about maybe picking up the show. Or not.

Pondering the future of canceled but popular shows is like reading invisible tea leaves, because discussions are always tentative and firm commitments rarely materialize. What we do know is that Harry Werksman, who is one of the show's writers and executive producers (and a veteran of Farscape and Earth: Final Conflict, among others), told Moonlight fans recently that "talks" are under way for season 2, and that if the show were picked up by Sci Fi its hero, Mick St. John (Alex O'Loughlin), would likely be transplanted to New York City, where Sci Fi is headquartered. (Mick has talked about vampires having to move on because of their longevity, though he seems to really like L.A.)

Again, nothing is even close to agreed yet. Fans are reaching out to other networks as well, though TV Guide's Michael Ausiello has proclaimed that Moonlight on The CW "ain't happening" (true that: they've got more fantasy shows than they want already). A push to get DirecTV to sponsor Moonlight, which has a precedent with Friday Night Lights, is also under way.

Werksman also stated the obvious, which is that there can be no Moonlight without O'Loughlin. Hidden in that statement is a reminder that rest of the cast – which was replaced once already en bloc at the pilot stage – is probably expendable. Would Moonlight fans be willing to sacrifice the brassy Beth (Sophia Myles) to keep their Mick fix? Smart money says yes. But the chemistry was developing nicely between Beth and Mick in the bottom half of season 1, so producers will most likely try to keep that dynamic if Myles stays available. Beth needs to move on from Buzzwire anyway, so a move to New York will be good for her character as well.

Werksman also said that the season 1 DVD, including some commentary tracks from O'Loughlin, is scheduled for September. Meanwhile, if a TV deal falls through they'll start thinking about shopping a Moonlight movie, with the high level of fan support a strong selling point.

Fans looking to convince Sci Fi to pick up Moonlight have a number of options, including sending a "perpetually cool" postcard (pdf) to the network's headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 10112. You can email them too and let them know you'll follow the show to Sci Fi.

http://scifi.about.com/b/2008/06/01/moonlight-fans-look-to-sci-fi.htm

Photo ~ Mick St John ( Alex O'Loughlin ) looking too handsome in Moonlight's season finale ~ Sonata ( episode #1x16 )