


Tara has two siblings, a brother and a sister. The television show also expands Tara's family to include the spared Lafayette Reynolds and his mother, Ruby Jean Reynolds. The books establish that Tara's parents were abusive alcoholics. Tara Mae Thornton is a twenty-something Louisiana native and lifelong friend of the main protagonist, Sookie Stackhouse. Tara Mae Thornton is a fictional character in Charlaine Harris's The Southern Vampire Mysteries and their television adaptation, HBO's True Blood. We got to be on stage and perform for these people - that was so exciting.Rutina Wesley as Tara in True Blood, the television adaption of The Southern Vampire Mysteries. “I was sitting down with my jaw wide open while surrounded by everyone we grew up with like Tony Danza and the cast of The Facts of Life.

“I remember my manager looking at me and she said, ‘This is why I love Hollywood.’ It was really a night to remember,” shared the Chicago native, who flexed her singing skills at the soiree. Machado, who starred in the One Day at a Time revival, shared insight into what it was like to be in that room celebrating Lear with the likes of Jimmy Kimmel, Tom Hanks, Rita Moreno, Rob Reiner and many more. RELATED: Contenders Docs + Unscripted Deadline’s Complete Coverage How do you do that in such a short amount of time? It was taking on various themes from his life, like what is his life in politics like? What’s his life in entertainment? So ultimately, if we could go after all those various subjects and build from there, it was 100 years of music and laughter.” We wanted to really capture all bits of his life, a life that’s been well lived. “Our starting point was that we really wanted to surround Norman with talented people who carried his story, and then find a format that allowed us to get beneath the surface of what it is about Norman that makes him extraordinary and so special.”Īdded Miller: “It was a love letter in a sense but we wanted it to be more meaningful than that.

“What we really didn’t want to do was make this banal, shiny special that brings a parade of celebrities onstage to read off a teleprompter,” Jammy said. Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted Kicks Off Today 22 Top Nonfiction Programs In Awards-Season Spotlight
