Entertainment Weekly has issued the first pics of Season 5, including short description of the main characters:




And here are the three most important character descriptions:


Donovan (Matt Bomer)
Gaga’s lover of 20 years finds himself rebuffed when she meets similarly handsome male model Tristan. Says Bomer, “He’s very interested in domesticity and sort of nesting and hunkering down and having her to himself every now and then, and that doesn’t go over so well with her limitless hunger.”

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Iris (Kathy Bates)
Donovan’s mother works at the hotel so she can see her son on a daily basis, even though he deplores her. Says Bates, “Iris is overprotective with a capital O, especially now since her son is ill. She wants to be there every day to make sure he’s all right, and she’s very controlling that way.”

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The Countess (Lady Gaga)
The owner of the titular Hotel Cortez, The Countess is a glamorous but deadly creature who sustains on a healthy diet of sex and blood — she kills with her very fashionable but very sharp chainmail glove. “She’s extremely strong,” explains Gaga. “She’s been through so much. It’s kind of impossible for anything to penetrate her.”




ETA:
Source: EW.com (link will lead to the full gallery)

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Date: 2015-08-27 12:09 am (UTC)
sherylyn: (Default)
From: [personal profile] sherylyn
OH MY HECK.

And he's ILL????


AAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Kill me now. If I keel over, it's all Matt's fault!!!! 0.0

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Date: 2015-08-27 12:27 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] kanarek13
LOL... oh, I have a feeling the three of us here are gonna have no less fun than Donovan, Tristan and Countess... LOL... well, minus the blood shed, of course... but with lots of close encounters with the floor :P

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Date: 2015-08-27 12:28 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] kanarek13
I need someone to fast-forward time to October STAT!!!

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Date: 2015-08-27 12:34 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] sherylyn
At least he's got his mom nearby to watch out for him ;-)
Edited Date: 2015-08-27 12:35 am (UTC)

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Date: 2015-08-27 05:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sandy79.livejournal.com
And don't forget Angela Bassett's character, who also has a special history with The Countess, and according to the EW description, she will team up with Donovan against The Countess and Tristan.


@sherylyn: Don't know if that's so good for him - Iris tends to be "overprotective with a capital O", so I guess Donovan is a bit of a struggle on more than one side XD can't wait how Matty will play that guy *rubs hands in anticipation*
Edited Date: 2015-08-27 05:14 pm (UTC)

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Date: 2015-08-27 05:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sandy79.livejournal.com
me too!! (if only for finally reading all the reviews and such!)

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Date: 2015-08-27 05:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sandy79.livejournal.com
Yeah, Matt tends to do that to us on a regular basis XD But I could definitely think of worse things to keel over XD

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Date: 2015-08-27 05:55 pm (UTC)
sherylyn: (Default)
From: [personal profile] sherylyn
LOL Very true, but this time, it's *deliberate* ;-)