Read more vampire stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/24141/vampire.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:15:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74512/how-twilight-rescued-hot-topic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLike much of America, Ylan Q. Mui had forgotten all about Hot Topic, the mall mainstay for baby Goth merchandise—and then Twilight came along and made the store relevant again. The uber-popular vampire franchise “accomplished what the store had tried but failed to do: It made goth mainstream,” Mui...http://www.newser.com/story/74512/how-twilight-rescued-hot-topic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 11:34:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72610/even-dems-say-graysons-nuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRep. Alan Grayson has irked Republicans over the past month or so with his sharp tongue—saying the GOP health plan was for Americans to “die quickly,” then, last week, comparing Dick Cheney to a vampire—but even fellow Dems are up in arms after an interview surfaced in which...http://www.newser.com/story/72610/even-dems-say-graysons-nuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 21:10:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72366/cirque-du-freak-a-bloodless-bore.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant isn't particularly freaky, and it sure could use some assistance. Some critics' takes: Peter Travers doesn't deign to explain the film's loose ends. "All you need to know is that the movie is a setup for sequels that I hope never come," he writes...http://www.newser.com/story/72366/cirque-du-freak-a-bloodless-bore.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 11:38:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69041/vampire-diaries-bloody-good-fun.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Vampire Diaries, which premieres tonight on the CW, has its finger on the pulse of American youth, delivering a teen-vampire love story that gives Twilight a run for its money: “Let the other franchises sniff with disdain at moldy old genre conventions,” writes Mary McNamara in the Los Angeles...http://www.newser.com/story/69041/vampire-diaries-bloody-good-fun.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 10:59:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67598/paquin-i-take-off-my-bra-for-sex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSassy Anna Paquin has absolutely no trouble stripping down for scenes in HBO's steamy series Tru Blood , she tells Nylon in a let-it-all-hang-out interview. "I'm sorry, maybe there are women who keep their bras on while they have sex. I don't happen to be one of them," quips Paquin, who...http://www.newser.com/story/67598/paquin-i-take-off-my-bra-for-sex.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 4:00:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60691/chadian-vampire-dish-gets-blood-boiling-or-frying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere’s a vampire resurgence in Chad, and no, it’s not because Twilight has swept the African country. Cost-conscious residents have resurrected a dish slyly known as “vampire”: cooked animal blood, the BBC reports. With global food prices soaring and meat increasingly expensive, traditional vampire is “actually an excellent source of...http://www.newser.com/story/60691/chadian-vampire-dish-gets-blood-boiling-or-frying.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 16:10:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54565/boston-high-school-awash-with-vampire-rumors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAuthorities at an elite Boston high school found themselves yesterday in the bizarre position of having to publicly deny that certain students were vampires, the Globe reports. While vampires have been popping up more often in popular culture recently, officials and law enforcement say Boston Latin’s issue is most likely...http://www.newser.com/story/54565/boston-high-school-awash-with-vampire-rumors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 27 Mar 2009 11:30:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53293/vampire-unearthed-in-venice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagItalian archeologists have discovered evidence of an ancient vampire-slaying ritual in a 16th-century plague pit near Venice, the AP reports. A female skeleton was unearthed with a brick wedged between her jaws, in what experts believe was an attempt by superstitious gravediggers to stop the corpse from eating through its...http://www.newser.com/story/53293/vampire-unearthed-in-venice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Mar 2009 2:04:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48670/ex-child-star-fanning-weighs-villainous-twilight-role.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDakota Fanning: adorable child star or sadistic teen vampire? The actress, 15 next month, is in talks to star as vamp villain Jane in Twilight sequel New Moon , scheduled for a Nov. 20 release, E! reports. “There were no auditions. They just offered it to her outright, and now they’re...http://www.newser.com/story/48670/ex-child-star-fanning-weighs-villainous-twilight-role.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Jan 2009 12:25:01 CST