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There will be blood...sort of
Published: 7/14/2008 10:00 AM
Last Modified: 7/14/2008 10:00 AM

It's one of the more bizarre ads in the 11 July 2008 issue of Entertainment Weekly: Page 58, right across from the magazine's review of the HBO show "Generation Kill" (which EW likes, by the way), a full page in red with the slogan "Real Blood is for Suckers." It is advertising bottles of "Tru-Blood -- Synthetic Blodd Nourishment Beverage," along with the warning that "HBO Reminds Vampires to Drink Responsibly."

Bizarre, that is, unless one is familiar with the novels of Charlaine Harris, and her Southern Vampire series. Harris was in Tulsa a couple of months ago to launch her most recent addition to the series, "From Dead to Worse," and she spoke about the HBO TV series that was being made from her novels.

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It would appear that the show is definitely on its way.





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James D. Watts Jr. has lived in Oklahoma for most his life, even though he still has people saying to him, "Don't sound like you're from around these parts." A University of Oklahoma Phi Beta Kappa graduate, Watts has received the Governor Arts Award, Harwelden Award and the National Conference of Christians and Jews Beth Macklin Award for his writing. Before coming to the Tulsa World, Watts worked for the Tulsa Tribune.

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