Alexander Skarsgård to be the new face of Calvin Klein perfume

Alexander Skarsgard © TheFrisky.com

Fangtastic news everyone, Alexander Skarsgård will be the new face of Calvin Klein. Very little details are known, only that the Swedish überhunk is not going to strip down to his underwear since it'll be a perfume deal (Why Alexander? Why?). The photos were shot a couple of months ago. The campaign will be released these coming days, right on time for the premiere of True Blood's fifth season, where we can see Alexander as vampire Eric Northman.

Alexander Skarsgard © Jessica Gow Photography

This isn't Alexander's first fashion campaign. Two years ago the actor, 35, was the face of suitmaker Hickey Freeman. The photos for this campaign were shot by Annie Leibovitz. 


UPDATE: The campaign photo was released. Besides Alexander, we can also see supermodel Lara Stone in the shot.

Alexander Skarsgard caressing Lara Stone's lips for Calvin Klein's Encounter perfume © Courtesy Calvin Klein

A True Blood baby is on its way!

Anna and Stephen

Anna Paquin is pregnant and due this fall! Her rep confirmed the happy news. Anna, 29, and husband Stephen Moyer, 42, met on the set of True Blood. Both have lead roles in the HBO tv series. Anna plays Sookie Stackhouse and Stephen vampire Bill Compton.

Anna and Stephen married in August 2010. This will be their first child together. Stephen has two children, son Billy, 12, and daughter Lilac, 10, from a previous relationship.

Sam Trammell is a dad!

Sam Trammell and Missy Yager © Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic

Sam Trammell and his girlfriend Missy Yager have welcomed "two healthy baby boys." His rep confirmed the August 9th birth to People Magazine. The names of their sons have not been published yet.

Sam, well-known for his role as shapeshifter Sam Merlotte in True Blood, met Missy in New York, when they were both doing theatre. The couple has been together for eight years now.

Alexander Skarsgard and Kate Bosworth call it quits

Kate Bosworth

In news that probably has women all around the globe fall to their knees and shout "Halleluja, I still have a chance": Alexander Skarsgard and Kate Bosworth have split up. Of course, a break up is always sad news, but according to reports the split was mutual and happened some time ago already.

Alexander Skarsgard

The Swedish True Blood star, 34, and the actress, 28, started dating when shooting a remake of 1971's Straw Dogs in October 2009. April 2010, they were seen enjoying each other's company at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, all the while keeping mum about their relationship status.

In February 2010, Kate said about Alexander, "We are very good friends. He's a wonderful, wonderful man, I adore him." When pressed for more details, she replied, "That's a minefield, man! I'm not stepping into that. I've learned too well from being on that road."

Alexander said in a 2009 interview about finding Mrs. Right, "A sense of humour is No. 1, for sure. Being funny and smart is very important." Ladies, take notes...