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Leslie Moonves, president and CEO of CBS, has been accused of sexual harassment in an investigation published by The New Yorker. The article is written by Ronan Farrow, the journalist behind last fall’s Pulitzer Prize–winning story about Harvey Weinstein’s sexual abuse.

The exposé features six women accusing Moonves of making unwanted sexual advances on them, including actress and TCM host Illeana Douglas. The allegations date back as far as the 1980s.

Four of the women accuse Moonves of “forcible touching or kissing during business meetings, in what they said appeared to be a practiced routine,” while two told Farrow that the executive “physically intimidated them or threatened to derail their careers;” all claim that he grew “cold or hostile” after they rejected his advances.

“What happened to me was a sexual assault, and then I was fired for not participating,” Douglas said. She claims that he harassed...

Fistful of Film a wonderful personal take on We Are the Best from a father of girls 

Section Eighty a composer discusses the Oscar-nominated film scores

Coming Soon Milla Jovovich confirms she's about to make another Resident Evil movie, supposedly the final one. She turns 40 this year and started this series when she was but 25.

Kcrw Actor Craig Chester believes he's haunted by the ghost of Montgomery Clift 

Out Alexis Arquette taking no prisoners in an interview. But bizarre that she didn't know her own sister was up for an Oscar! 

 

Indie Wire the lineup of New Directors New Films this year The Tribe and White God are both featured. They feel like anything but "new" to me after a whole year of festivalling but I still haven't had the chance to see either - will they ever open theatrically or just keep doing festivals like this one for a second year?...

All things come to an end and the true death arrived for HBO’s True Blood earlier this year. This week, HBO Home Entertainment offers up The Complete Seventh Season along with a mammoth complete series box set. In looking back on the series, it probably hung around a little longer than necessary, especially as things spiraled from over-the-top to insane crazy after series creator Alan Ball left.

The seventy episodes veered further and further from Charlaine Harris’s The Southern Vampire Mysteries novels and even she wrapped up her prose stories recognizing the time had come.

Bon Temps is under attack as things open up, picking up where season six dropped us. The Hep V Vampires are running amuck as many of our favorite supporting characters have been threatened. Pam continues her hunt for Eric leaving Sookie as the calming voice of reason and she’s not feeling all that steady.

With the end in sight—True Blood’s series finale airs Sunday at 9 p.m. Et on HBO—here’s another look inside some of season 7’s most fun and memorable scenes, which have led us there.

Episode 1, “Jesus Gonna Be Here”: Tara (Rutina Wesley) dies—again.

“It’s kind of like the catalyst for everything else that’s gonna probably happen,” Wesley told EW. “I think it’s kinda cool that the last time you see me, it looks like I’m gonna win the fight, and then you cut to Lettie Mae. Me and that vampire went at it,...

This post contains plot details of “Almost Home,” the True Blood episode that aired on Aug. 10. Read our full recap here.

The writer of Sunday’s installment of True Blood, supervising producer Kate Barnow, took EW inside Violet’s torture dungeon, Bill’s life-or-death decision, Jason and Jessica’s sweet car conversation, and every other big moment.

Entertainment Weekly: Eric is finally healed.

Kate Barnow: This is where we find out that Eric Northman is not leaving us, and we’ve been teasing this since basically episode 10 of last season, so it is a big moment. The sequence got pared down a bit.

True Blood, Season 7, Episode 7, “May Be the Last Time”

Written by Craig Chester

Directed by Simon Jayes

Airs Sundays at 9pm Est on HBO

On this week’s True Blood, Sookie seeks fairy assistance to cure Bill, Pam and Eric question Amber, Andy and Holly search for their missing children, and Hoyt returns to Bon Temps.

True Blood‘s final season has been excellent thus far–the writing’s tight, the story line’s are cohesive even when they branch in various directions, and the acting’s been lovely. After so many solid episodes, there was bound to be a dud–”May Be the Last Time” is, arguably, the weakest contribution to the series’s final season.

Up until now, the action and the emotional resonance have been evenly-balanced; for every Hep-v vampire attack, there were a handful of character moments showing just how affected the townspeople were by the tragedy.

This post contains plot details of “May Be the Last Time,” the True Blood episode that aired on Aug. 3. Read our full recap here.

The writer of Sunday’s installment of True Blood, Craig Chester, took EW inside the big Sookie and Bill reunion, Arlene’s sexy, emotional scenes with Keith, the joys of researching Violet’s sex dungeon, and the moment he and showrunner Brian Buckner (aka Bucky) first felt like the series was truly coming to an end.

Entertainment Weekly: Fans are going to be talking about Sookie and Bill having sex. She finally seems to accept that...

As the final season of "True Blood" begins winding down, HBO is being a bit stingy with its sneak peeks of upcoming episodes, and all we have for you today is a quick 16-second clip from Episode 7.07, "May Be the Last Time."

Also, in case you missed over the weekend, we've included the look at the "weeks ahead" on "True Blood" that was released during Comic-Con. Only four more remain!

Episode 7.07 - “Karma” (air date 8/3/14)

Eric (Alexander Skarsgard), Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten), and Mr. Gus (Will Yun Lee) close in on Sarah (Anna Camp) in Dallas while Adilyn (Bailey Noble) and Wade (Noah Matthews) find a temporary haven... and unexpected hospitality.

Refusing to accept the inevitable, a desperate Sookie (Anna Paquin) turns to unexpected resources in search of a miracle. Bill (Stephen Moyer) recalls the inexorable forces that led him to his marriage 170 years earlier. A familiar face resurfaces in Bon Temps.

We're half-way through the final season of HBO's "True Blood," so this is as good a time as any for a celebratory Comic-Con send-off. Saturday's (July 26) Ballroom 20 panel is being moderated by the same guy who has moderated nearly all of the previous "True Blood" panels, so... I guess we know what to expect! Anyway, it's one vampire to another, as I just wrapped my live-blog for "The Vampire Diaries." Woo. 5:04 p.m. We begin with a clip reel of "True Blood" stars saying "Good-bye." And now they're going to do it in person. 5:06 p.m. Our panel: Nathan Parsons, The Lovely Deborah Ann Woll, Nelsan Ellis, Carrie Preston, Chris "Comic-Con Virgin" Bauer, Anna Camp, Brian Buckner, Kristin Bauer Van Straten, Rutina Wesley, Sam Trammell, Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin. The loudest reaction, by a wide margin, was for Kristin Bauer van Straten, if you're curious. 5:07 p.

True Blood, Season 7, Episode 5, “Lost Cause”

Written by Craig Chester

Directed by Howard Deutch

Airs Sundays at 9pm Est on HBO

On this week’s True Blood, Sookie unwittingly throws a house party, Bill reflects on his human life, several relationships shift, and Pam and Eric attend a Republican Convention.

One of the best things this season of True Blood has done is balance the action with retrospective character moments–the past two weeks have featured plenty of bloodshed, so “Lost Cause” fittingly focuses solely on the residents of Bon Temps, human and supernatural alike. The result is an episode that isn’t particularly thrilling but is still satisfying on a deeply emotional level.

Hands down, however, the best monologue of the night goes to Lafayette. Nelsan Ellis has always been a brilliant and heavily underused member of the cast, so it’s always fun to watch him get his due.

Spoiler alert: If you haven’t watched this week’s episode of True Blood, “Lost Cause,” stop reading now. (Or, at least read our full recap first.) The Pam and Eric show continued as the duo traveled to Dallas in search of Sarah Newlin at a Ted Cruz fundraiser hosted at the Bush Library. We spoke to True Blood’s costume designer, Audrey Fisher, about their memorable formal wear. And because we’re still obsessed with those flashbacks to 1986, 1996, and 2006, we got the backstory on those looks as well.

The Dallas Fundraiser

Seeing as how Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) would dress...

Sneak Peek more new images, plus footage from HBO's 'vampire' TV series, "True Blood" and the episode titled "Lost Cause", directed by Howie Deutch and written by Craig Chester, airing July 20, 2014:

"...exhausted from her recent travails, 'Sookie' finds herself the unwilling host of a festive mainstreaming party in 'Bon Temps'.

"In search of an elusive adversary, 'Eric' and 'Pam' head to Dallas and attend a gala fundraiser. 'Andy' (Chris Bauer) makes a lifechanging decision...

"...'Jessica' and 'James' reach a crossroads and 'Bill' loses himself in remembrance of human days..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "True Blood: Lost Cause"...

HBO is being stingy with its "True Blood" clips this season... none last week and only one for the upcoming Episode 7.05, "Lost Cause." But we'll take what we can get as we prepare for the show's final Sdcc panel on July 26th.

Episode 7.05 - “Lost Cause” (air date 7/20/14)

Exhausted from her recent travails, Sookie (Anna Paquin) finds herself the unwilling host of a festive mainstreaming party in Bon Temps. In search of an elusive adversary, Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) and Pam (Kristin Bauer von Straten) head to Dallas and attend a gala fundraiser.

Meanwhile, Andy (Chris Bauer) makes a life-changing decision; Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) and James (Nathan Parsons) reach a crossroads; Bill (Stephen Moyer) loses himself in remembrance of human days. Written by Craig Chester; directed by Howie Deutch.

Related Story: Visit our "True Blood" archive.

If you'll be at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con next week, here's the "True Blood" panel info:

Saturday,...

Sneak Peek new footage and synopsis from HBO's 'vampire' TV series, "True Blood" and the episode titled "Lost Cause", directed by Howie Deutch and written by Craig Chester, airing July 20, 2014:

"...exhausted from her recent travails, 'Sookie' finds herself the unwilling host of a festive mainstreaming party in 'Bon Temps'. In search of an elusive adversary, 'Eric' and 'Pam' head to Dallas and attend a gala fundraiser. 'Andy' (Chris Bauer) makes a lifechanging decision, 'Jessica' and 'James' reach a crossroads and 'Bill' loses himself in remembrance of human days..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "True Blood: Lost Cause"...

Last night, HBO served up the new promo/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming "True Blood" episode 5 of season 7, and it appears to be very intense and interesting as Eric reveals that he and Pam intend to kill Sarah Newlin, and more! The episode is titled, "Lost Cause." In the new, 5th episode, Sookie is going to be extremely exhausted from her recent travails, and will end up, reluctantly hosting a festive mainstreaming party in Bon Temps. In search of an elusive adversary, Eric and Pam will make their way to Dallas and attend a gala fundraiser. Andy will incur a life-changing choice. Jessica and James are going to run into a crossroads. Bill will lose himself in remembrance of human days. The episode was written by Craig Chester and it was directed by Howie Deutch. Episode 5 is scheduled to air on Sunday night, July 20th at 9pm On HBO.

Recently, HBO released the new,official,synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "True Blood" episode 5 of season 7. The episode is entitled, "Lost Cause," and it sounds like things will get very intriguing as Eric and Pam continue their hunt for unstable Sarah Newlin, and more. In the new, 5th episode press release: Exhausted from her recent travails, Sookie will find herself the unwilling host of a festive mainstreaming party in Bon Temps. In search of an elusive adversary, Eric and Pam will head to Dallas and attend a gala fundraiser. Andy (Chris Bauer) will make a life-changing decision. Jessica and James are going to reach a crossroads. Bill will lose himself in remembrance of human days. The episode was written by Craig Chester and it was directed by Howie Deutch. Episode 5 is set to air on Sunday night, July 20th at 9pm On HBO.

Here is last week’s caption pic winner. This week’s caption pic is at the bottom of the page.

“We really shouldn’t have let the twins dress us.”

Thanks to dostka for this week’s winning caption!

Weekend Birthdays! Jim Sturgess (above) is 36, Tori Spelling is 41, David Boreanaz is 45, Debra Winger is 59, and Pierce Brosnan is 61.

All-Star Celebrity Bowling is coming. Now, before you poo-poo it, the pilot episode has Jon Hamm and the cast of Mad Men up against Chris Hardwick and his fellow Nerdists.

Parade for Conchita Wurst banned by Russian officials

Male Soccer Players Share Kiss After Win — And Apparently People Need Answers About It

Gay marriage caused Godzilla. This is a parody, but sadly … is it really?

PETA adds are usually unwatchable, but this one features Jason Biggs getting naked at the end.

Here’s the first trailer for Christopher Nolan‘s Interstellar, with Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway.

Birthday shoutouts go to Andy Murray (above), who is 27, Lainie Kazan is 74, and David Krumholtz is 36.

Tr Knight will star as the male lead in the Amazon series Hysteria, as the brother of Mena Suvari, who is investigating an epidemic in her hometwon of Austin, Tx. He’ll play “Carter James Harlow, a fiercely intense man who’s been on death row since he was 19 years old and is two months away from execution. In the last few days of his life, and after attempting to kill himself by setting fire to his cell, he tries to convince his sister that the panic currently swallowing Austin is the same hysteria that sent him to prison 25 years ago, and if she will help to exonerate him, he’ll give her the clues she needs to resolve the crisis.”

Man Suing Bryan Singer Said He Never Traveled To Hawaii, Where He Alleges...

Birthday shoutouts go to Gabriel Mann (above), who is 42, Olly Murs is 30, Miranda Cosgrove is 21, and Cate Blanchett is 45.

Bryan Singer comes out as bisexual. “In the last five years, I’ve had two girlfriends — one for two years, one for eight months.”

The latest episode of Roger That is up, with celebrity designer Roger Hazard and his husband Chris Stout-Hazard helping to refresh a rec room. It’s enough to make us forget those, well, I can’t say because they’re banned from the Briefs.

Russia Proposes ‘Voice Of Eurasia’ Competition After Conchita Wurst Sweeps Eurovision

Jane Lynch talks about coming out in Episode One of “It Got Better.”

How Michael Sam Inspired the Great Facebook Kiss-In. But …

News lady walks off set because she can’t handle Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend, and … he doesn’t think of the children … and he’s shoving things down her throat.

Birthday shoutouts go to Hunter Parrish (above), who is 27, Lena Dunham is 28, Robert Pattinson is 28, Stevie Wonder is 64, Stephen Colbert is 50, and Armistead Maupin is 70.

Antonio Banderas: Homophobes Are Mentally Ill

Clay Aiken Wins Nc Dem Congressional Primary

The Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts is scheduled for November 2016, with plans to start a franchise.

TV Line previews tonight’s Glee Season Finale, and it’s bad news for Klaine.

It had to happen.

@MissesDynamite pic.twitter.com/1zEjEZ6wG6

— Günter Stassler (@GuenterLois) May 12, 2014

Zack Snyder tweeted out the first image of Ben Affleck as Batman

I shot this with my @Leica_Camera M Monochrom. #Batman #Batmobile #Gotham http://t.co/WPHKLxgBLM pic.twitter.com/p5DEf6fLzJ

— ZackSnyder (@ZackSnyder) May 13, 2014

Here’s your Tasty Two For Tuesday With Matt Bomer. These are from yesterday at the NYC premiere of The Normal Heart

And here’s The Weekly ShoutOUT™. Each...

Birthday shoutouts go to Jason Biggs (above), who is 36, Emily VanCamp is 28, Catherine Tate is 46, Kim Fields is 45, and Billy Squire is 64. Here is his career-killing moment.

NBC has set The Music Man as the their next live production following Peter Pan.

‘The Real Hedwig’ Speaks: The Show’s Creators Respond!

Fox has released their primetime schedule for the fall, and Glee isn’t on it! The show won’t be back til midseason, which makes a lot of people wonder if it the final season will have a full 22-episode order, or be cut down to 13.

The Weather Channel picked the wrong Fort Worth council member to take a shot at on Twitter. I’m just glad to be reminded of Joel Burns again.

John Oliver on Eurovision. “Between Conchita and Michael Sam, did it feel like the world became a better place this weekend?”

And here is Conchita returning home.

E! is trying its hand at scripted series, and one of the projects it has on the docket is the latest from Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. The "Gossip Girl" and "The O.C." creators teamed up once again on the series "Laurel Canyon," another Southern California-based television show that E! is looking to air.

The project is described as being about "a young woman who returns to her Hollywood family after her rock-star dad dies," and is one of eight scripted shows E! has in development. Among the others is a "darkly psychological retelling" of "The Prince and the Pauper" called "The Stand-In," a modern retelling of "Great Expectations" about a "morally corrupt family in the diamond business in New York City" called "Expectations" and series produced by Gale Anne Hurd and Kevin Spacey.

These aren't the only new series E! is looking to create. The network is still staying...

E! certainly knows its niche. At its upfront presentation today, the network that spawned a thousand Kardashian series will unveil a programming slate filled with shows united by three Gs: glitz, glamor, and gobs of cash.

Highlights include The Wanted Life, which documents the lives of One Direction rivals and Lindsay Lohan accessories The Wanted; Blinging Up Baby, a special designed to make normal people envy celebrity toddlers; a one-off peek behind the curtain of Hollywood’s “cults, cabals and underground clubs”; and 50 Hours with 50 Cent, which answers one of history’s age-old questions: “What is it like to be 50 Cent?...

Brace yourselves. This list of the Top 100 Greatest Gay Movies is probably going to generate some howls of protest thanks to a rather major upset in the rankings. Frankly, one that surprised the hell out of us here at AfterElton.

But before we get to that, an introduction. A few weeks ago we asked AfterElton readers to submit up to ten of their favorite films by write-in vote. We conducted a similar poll several years ago, but a lot has happened culturally since then, and a number of worthy movies of gay interest have been released. We wanted to see how your list of favorites had changed.

We also wanted to expand our list to 100 from the top 50 we had done previously. We figured there were finally enough quality gay films to justify the expansion. And we wanted to break out gay documentaries onto their own list (You'll find the...

New York. The Last Modernist: The Complete Works of Béla Tarr opens today at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and runs through Wednesday, and R Emmet Sweeney has a wide-ranging talk with the retired filmmaker. "Whether or not The Turin Horse turns out to be Béla Tarr's last film, as the gnostic, gnomic Hungarian master has claimed it will be, the sense of finality is absolute," writes the L's Mark Asch. Aaron Cutler for Moving Image Source: "Primo Levi writes in Survival in Auschwitz that the lowest point a human can reach is when he or she is forced to act without choice, performing tasks purely for his or her own survival. Freedom of choice is what separates humans from other animals. The Tarr crew (which, beginning with him and partner, Ágnes Hranitzky, has gone on to include a regular screenwriter [László Krasznahorkai], composer [Mihály Vig], and cinematographer [Fred Kelemen]) began by comparing humans to each other,...

This week is the final airing of the syndicated movie review program At The Movies, marking a true end-of-an-era for those of us who grew up eagerly anticipating the weekly thumb wrestling of critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert.

In September of 1975 Chicago Tribune writer Gene and Chicago Sun-Times writer Roger were reluctantly paired for the monthly PBS show Opening Soon at A Theater Near You, which ran for two seasons before being renamed Sneak Previews.

The show became a huge hit for PBS, which decided to syndicate it with Gene and Roger remaining as hosts until 1982, when contract negotiations fell through. They were replaced by liberal commentator Neal Gabler and human block of wood Jeffrey Lyons, who would become best known for siring a quote whore (more on that later.)

Gabler left after three years, unhappy with the direction of the show, and was replaced by Michael Medved, who...

Who needs holidays? Make your own with the birthdays of movie people.

Parker, Oleg and Vlad the Impaler (as interpreted by Gary Oldman)

Today's Birthdays 11/08

1431 Vlad the Impaler would have turned 578 years old today if not for that stake through the heart. To be accurate, his exact birthday is unknown but sometimes he's listed on this date which probably has something to do with...

1847 Bram Stoker who wrote the original Dracula, which gave Vlad the immortality that he had mythically already won as the original nosferatu... vampyr. The cinema loves him harder and deeper than Lucy Harker ever could.

1900 Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone With the Wind. She didn't have to impale anyone or renounce heaven to achieve immortality. She just had to write one mammoth book. The movie based on her novel is still the highest grossing film of all time when adjusted for inflation. One of only four films...

Lisa Kudrow, whom I’ve crushed on since she kissed Rachel and said, “I’ve had better,” has always been a friend to the Lgbt community. And her latest project is no exception.

Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky, who worked with her on The Comeback, are developing a comedy for Showtime based on the book Why the Long Face? by Craig Chester. The TV series, Rapture, is the story of Chester growing up as the gay son of born-again Christian parents.

If you don’t recognize Chester’s name, you may remember him from playing Nathan Leopold in Swoon or Adam in Adam & Steve, which he also directed.

Ok, I didn’t like Adam & Steve, but that’s beside the point.

Chester’s book is full of both humor and sadness, in much the same way Augusten Burroughs’ books are. Chester isn’t nearly as funny as Burroughs, but the story...

The 2005 Tribeca Film Festival, founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, announced films in four competitive categories Wednesday. The festival, which runs April 19-May 1 in Lower Manhattan, will feature fictional films and documentaries in two categories, dubbed NY, NY Narrative Features and NY, NY Documentary Features. The fictional features, which range from dramas focusing on the effects of 9/11 to slapstick comedy and suburban tales, include: Adam & Steve, directed by Craig Chester; Alchemy, Evan Oppenheimer; Bittersweet Place, Alexandra Brodsky; Conventioneers, Mora Stephens; The F Word, Jed Weintrob; Four Lane Highway, Dylan McCormick; Great New Wonderful, Danny Leiner; Laura Smiles, Jason Ruscio; Life on the Ledge, Lewis Helfer; Love, Vladan Nikolic; Puzzlehead, James Bai; The Reception, John G. Young; Red Doors, Georgia Lee; Rockaway, Mark Street; Satellite, Jeff Winner; and Slingshot, Jay Alaimo.

Strand Releasing

NEW YORK -- Style takes precedence over content in this fourth installment of Strand Releasing's popular series of gay-themed short-film compilations. Perhaps the weakest edition of the series, "Boys Life 4: Four Play" features a quartet of efforts more reflective of the filmmakers' career aspirations than of a desire for meaningful expression. The film is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Quad Cinema.

The opener, "L.T.R.", from writer-director Phillip J. Bartell, at least displays a timeliness in its satirical look at reality TV, which this summer has been on a particularly gay-oriented bent. It depicts the unraveling of the so-called "long-term relationship" between pot-smoking, stay-at-home Riley (Weston Mueller) and the younger, party-animal Michael (Cole Williams), a relationship not at all helped by the sexual fling between Michael and the filmmaker documenting their story.

Another rocky relationship is examined in Brian Sloan's "Bumping Heads", depicting the developing friendship between thirtysomething Craig (Craig Chester) and much younger Gary (Anderson Gabrych), who meet when their noggins collide at a party. Craig wants the relationship to progress into something more romantic but is unable to act on his desire until yet another incident of head bumping lands him in the hospital.

The most serious entry, Alan Brown's "O Beautiful", uses the Matthew Shepard incident for inspiration in its depiction of the aftermath of a gay-bashing incident in which a young man (Jay Gillespie) has been left for dead in a Midwestern cornfield. One of his attackers (David Rogers) returns to help him, with his true motivations only gradually becoming clear. Its extensive use of split screen is more distracting than illuminating.

But not as distracting as it is in "This Car Up", Eric Mueller's trivial depiction of the "meet cute" between a yuppie exec (Michael Booth) and a sinewy bike messenger (Brent Doyle), in which the relentless use of split screen is as annoying gimmicky as it's been in Mike Figgis' feature-length experiments.