by Shaunna Murphy 20 mins ago

At the end of the July 6 episode of “True Blood” — major spoiler alert — fan-favorite character Alcide was killed very abruptly and with little fanfare, when an unnamed, overall unimportant Bon Temps resident shot him, essentially for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was dead within seconds, and while his demise certainly isn’t a huge surprise given the brutal reality of the show’s final season, it was surprising to see such a beloved character meet such a “shrug” fate.

Alcide’s army of fans are undoubtedly hurting, though nobody has had more to say about the character’s death than the actor who played him, Joe Manganiello. Manganiello gave multiple interviews about Alcide’s fate to several outlets, but one particular sentiment kept popping up in all of the conversations. We’ll leave it to you to figure out what that is, but here are some of our favorite recurring themes from Manganiello’s exit interviews:

On Alcide’s Importance (Or Lack Thereof)

From Entertainment Weekly:
“And if you’re looking for characters to kill, it’s not like any other characters are gonna cry for Alcide because nobody knew him. [Laughs] The only one I interacted with in five years was Sam. There was a bunch of werewolf characters that we never got into. He was pack master for, like, a day-and-a-half. [Laughs] So it’s the perfect character to kill off.”

From TVLine:
“I disagree with you [about Alcide being important], but I think it’s very nice of you to say ...

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by Shaunna Murphy 25 mins ago

Well, “True Blood” said that anybody was fair game when they offed Tara in the season premiere, and we all knew that more (and more upsetting) death was likely on the way, but that in no way prepared us for what was to come during the July 6 episode, “Fire in the Hole.” It’s not fair. It’s. Not. Fair.

SPOILERS AHEAD!

Death Comes For… HOLY CRAP, NO!!!
Of. Course.

You know, Alcide’s untimely death really shouldn’t have surprised me, given the fact that the show has fully been setting us up for a Bill-Sookie endgame over the last couple of weeks. But it did. Good lord, it did.

So, crazy enough, a plan of Sookie and Bill’s actually worked. They used Sookie’s fairy mojo blood as bait, effectively luring the Hep-V vamps out of hiding — except at the very moment when the Hep vamps came outside to rumble, so did Alcide, Jason, Sheriff Andy, Jessica, the rest of Sookie’ B-team… and the Bon Temps hillbillies, with their beloved guns. A shootout happened, and a lone stray bullet pierced Alcide. Sookie quickly decided against turning him, which may or may not have had something to do with the speech she gave earlier to Bill about not really loving the jacked-up werewolf as much as he loves her.

Rest in peace, Alcide and your wonderful, life-affirming abdominal muscles. You were far too good for this world.

Violet Proves Her Worth

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by Shaunna Murphy 20 mins ago

Ready to feel old? Ready to feel really really super old?

Well, like it or not, “Seinfeld” officially turned a quarter-century today (July 5), so yeah, you’re old. On July 5, 1989, what would soon become the defining sitcom of the 1990′s premiered on NBC, spawning nine seasons of glorious, “about nothing” comedy that still resonates today… most of it, anyway. The show’s hilariousness is timeless, but many of the show’s situations, references, and — of course — style moments were so ’90s it hurts. (In the best possible way.)

Need proof? Here are 25 of our favorite, most wonderfully ’90s “Seinfeld” moments:

1. “The Couch”

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George spends an entire episode trying to rent a VHS of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” — though the episode has a very 2010′s spin in that one of the video store clerks is played by Patton Oswalt.

2. “The Comeback”
Speaking of video store clerks (RIP), Elaine dates one (played by future “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” actor and current “Hunger Games — Mockingjay” writer Danny Strong) in “The Comeback.”

3. “The Junk Mail”

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If you grew up in the northeast United States in the ’90s (raises hand), you undoubtedly remember the now-defunct electronics store “Nobody Beats the Wiz.” Well, so does Elaine, since she once dated “The Wiz” himself — a fact which was discovered by Jerry, on a VHS tape.

4. “The English Patient”
Everyone loves this 1996 Ralph Fiennes/Juliette Binoche romantic drama, minus Elaine. It’s a thing.

5. “The Raincoats”

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by Shaunna Murphy 9 mins ago

Oh hey, it’s America’s birthday today — 238 candles, good luck with that! But do you know who else is blowing out a whole heck of a lot of candles and repeatedly checking his Facebook today? The walking pile of sexy known as Captain America!

So, to celebrate the 94th name day of the luscious hunk we all know and love as Steve Rogers 2.0, Chris Evans, we’ve compiled 9.4 of the Cap’s sexiest moments. Enjoy!

1. When he first came into existence, like so:

Thank you, science.

2. When he showed off his stuff, like so:

Hey, no touching!

3. When he found the eye of the tiger, like so:

His glutes seem to be doing okay.

4. When he kissed Margaery Tyrell, like so:

Don’t tell Ser Pounce.

5. When he perfected his patriotic salute, like so:

Ugh, you make US so proud to be an American, Steve.

6. When he threw Tony Stark some shade, like so:

That guy had it coming.

7. When he was an awesome friend always and forever, like so:

This guy did not have it (forgiveness) coming.

8. When he helped save New York City, like so:

Thanks for saving MTV News headquarters, Steve!

9. When he got all sweaty during a workout, like so:

Biceps.

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Oh, how far you’ve come!

by Shaunna Murphy 15 mins ago

Today (July 2) is officially World UFO Day — which means you’re probably already outside with a telescope, hoping for a repeat of the 1947 Roswell “incident” if you’re into that sort of thing. Here at MTV News we’re more of what you might call “indoor kids,” which is why we’ve foregone looking at the sky in favor of researching pictures of the hottest aliens in television and movie history.

Below we’ve compiled a list of our 21 favorite hot aliens, but just know that there are rules — future-humans who happen to be from alien planets (like, say, Alderaan) are not included, but alien life forms hiding out in human bodies are fair game. Geronimo!

1. Thomas Jerome Newton, “The Man Who Fell To Earth”

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It’s David Bowie, you guys.

2. Sil, “Species”

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Your boyfriend’s favorite alien, at least until…

3. Leeloo, “The Fifth Element”

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The alien who spawned a zillion Comic Con costumes.

4. Diva Plavalaguna, “The Fifth Element”

Gaumont Film Company

That voice! That body! That… hair?

5. Neytiri, “Avatar” (And Gamora, “Guardians of the Galaxy”)

20th Century Fox

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Props to Zoe Saldana for being the first person to be typecast as a hot alien. We haven’t seen her kick ass as Gamora yet, but come on — you know it’s going to be sexy.

6. Thor, “Thor” (And “Thor 2″, “The Avengers”…)

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Those. Arms.

7. Loki, “Thor” (And “Thor 2″, “The Avengers”…)

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by Shaunna Murphy 45 mins ago

It’s time for Ashley Benson to stop lying and start kicking butt.

The “Pretty Little Liars” star has officially joined the cast of Adam Sandler’s action-comedy “Pixels,” reports The Wrap. The movie — which is being helmed by Chris Columbus, and is based on Patrick Jean’s short film — is about a bunch of aliens who think that classic ’80s arcade games (hence the “Pixels”) are a declaration of war, so they come on down for a visit and launch a full-scale, apocalyptic attack based on techniques they found in the games. Benson will be playing a character from one such game, a warrior named Lady Lisa from the fictional “Dojo Quest.”

Sandler, naturally, will be headlining the film, playing a washed-out, ’80s arcade champion who is called upon by the president (played by Kevin James, because of course) to lead a team of arcaders against the aliens. The rest of this team is made up of “Frozen” snowman Josh Gad and Tyrion Freaking Lannister himself, Peter Dinklage, so needless to say we “PLL” fans here at MTV News are pretty thrilled for Benson.

Filming for “Pixels” has already kicked off in Toronto, with a release date set for May 2015.

by Shaunna Murphy 12 mins ago

These wonderfully surreal photos of Daniel Radcliffe walking a gaggle of dogs in Manhattan’s Bryant Park on June 30 have been confirmed to be from the set of Judd Apatow’s new movie “Trainwreck,” but we kind of prefer a reality where Harry Potter takes his first trip to NYC and gets stuck walking a bunch of his Animagi friends, who are undercover for some reason:

Pacific Coast News

Anyway, the ten adorable dogs in the photos are clearly the best part, but Radcliffe’s stellar new undercut (and that high-waisted doggie belt) is a winner as well. Also, bonus points for the Twitter users who snapped shots of Radcliffe with the film’s writer and star Amy Schumer — giving us the Harry Potter/”Inside Amy” crossover we never knew we wanted — but negative points for the cigarette, Harry:

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by Shaunna Murphy 39 mins ago

“Lab Rats” star Kelli Berglund has been playing Bree Davenport — a bionic teen with super speed, super dexterity, and the ability to mimic any sound — for three seasons now, which pretty much makes her a bona fide superhero in our book. So when Berglund stopped by MTV News headquarters in preparation for the June 30 return of her show on Disney XD, we just had to ask: has all of this small screen butt-kicking led to big screen aspirations?

“Black Widow in ["The Avengers"],” she said when asked what superhero she’d want to emulate. “I feel a connection with her because she’s the only girl, just like I am on my show, and she totally kicks butt. And her suit kind of looks like mine, so, I want to be Scarlett Johansson!”

Who doesn’t? But with her ability to do stunts, her familiarity with superpowers, and, most importantly, her experience in kicking and punching while wearing black spandex, Berglund has something the rest of us lack — experience.

“I totally see myself one day doing those big screen kind of movies,” she concluded. “Being the lead girl in an action film like [Johansson] is, that would honestly be a dream of mine.”

by Shaunna Murphy 19 mins ago

Last Sunday night (June 29), you might have seen something a little peculiar — a little old school — trending on your Twitter and/or Facebook feed, depending on your particular social media poison. That something was “True Blood,” the bloody, hyper-sexual relic of the late 2010′s that famously went off the rails somewhere in the middle of its run, but is still currently airing its final season — while everybody else has moved on to “Game of Thrones,” “Teen Wolf,” and the 37 other supernatural television shows on The CW.

But “True Blood”‘s remaining loyal fans were freaking out for good reason. After months (years?) of teasing and anticipation, the show aired a soft-core “slash” sex scene between two characters, Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgard) and Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten), that didn’t exactly advance anything plot-wise, but still reminded everybody of what was so thrilling about the show in the first place — its willingness to depict relationships, sexual or otherwise, that defied norms.

“The real question was how we would approach it, because historically with the men-with-men sex dreams, they’ve just been sort of straight sex—no subtext—and we wanted to do something a little different with this one,” writer Kate Barnow told Entertainment Weekly.

Barnow is referring to the fact that “True Blood” has aired many “love” scenes of varying intensity between two male characters before, be they dreams or otherwise. This (thankfully) doesn’t seem like such a big deal nowadays, but back when the show premiered ...

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by Shaunna Murphy 44 mins ago

Well, it’s officially happened. On June 29, “True Blood” aired a scene that was so intrinsically “True Blood” in its very nature that “True Blood” itself, as we’ve always known it, ceased to exist.

… Or something. I might have hyperbolized that one a bit. But still, having Eric (who is back!) and Jason (who never left!) “hook up” for literally no reason at all other than to please the show’s rabid, slash-hungry fan base was a big move, in that it (along with the death of the decidedly not fan-favorite Tara last week) proved that the show is definitely hoping to give fans what they want for its final season (minus a not-dying Eric, but more on that later), even if what they want defies all logic and reason. Anyway, let’s sink our fangs into “I Found You,” and what not:

The Award For “Most ‘True Blood’ Thing To Ever Happen” Goes To…
… the imaginary sex scene between Jason and Eric, in which we learned that Eric is still alive (since I think the vamps have to be alive for the passionate sex dreams to happen) and also a bottom, at least when it comes to Jason Stackhouse. I mean, nothing that happened here was real — we’ve seen many of these scenes play out over the years on “True Blood” and knew right away that this would be no different — but it’s still, undoubtedly, going to be a fan-favorite moment when looking back on this show. Well ...

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