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HBO/New York Int'l Latino Film Festival Call for Entries for Short Film Competition
HBO and the New York Int'l Latino Film Festival are accepting entries of original scripts for their annual Short Film Competition. The HBO/NYILFF Short Film Competition will award $15,000 and mentoring for a grand prize winner to produce and direct an original-scripted short film that will later...
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Where to Watch the First Episode of 'Veep' Free Online
For anyone doing without premium cable, last night's premiere of "Veep" -- the new show from "In The Loop" director Armando Iannucci starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a hapless vice president fighting to stay politically relevant -- the first episode is now online, for fre...
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Review: 'Girls' Tackles Abortion, Sex & STDs Head On With Heart & Hilarity
Having already established in the premiere episode that the sex in "Girls" that sex in the show (at least for now) will often be uncomfortable and awkward, the second show of season turns up the cringe factor. As the show opens, Hannah and Adam are in the midst of some fairly routine missionary sex,...
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GIRLS RECAP 2: VAGINA PANIC
"Vagina Panic" is an attention-getting episode title—but nobody's really panicking in the second episode of "Girls" except Hannah, whose takeaway from a childhood viewing of Forrest Gump is an obsessive fear of contracting AIDS from "stuff that gets up around the sides of condoms." "Vagina Denial" m...
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Review: Armando Iannucci's 'Veep' Off To A Fast, Furious But Only Intermittently Funny Start
In the midst of an election season, where politics in the United States seems to be more partisan than it ever has been, and riding on the back of the Occupy Wall Street movement that spread across the world last year, there is probably no better time for a political comedy. And for Armando Iannucci...
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GAME OF THRONES RECAP 4: GARDEN OF BONES
"Garden Of Bones" was perhaps my least favorite episode of "Game Of Thrones," period. The show has been such a success that seeing it struggle so much is a surprise. It’s still competent and watchable, but "Garden Of Bones" was frayed at the edges.
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What Are We Mad At Lena Dunham About Today?
Lena Dunham's "Girls" returns Sunday for its second episode, which is hard to believe given the amount of media coverage and musings about realism, feminism, race and likability already generated by the show. Heading into that installment, which is sure to automatically infuriate plent...
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Armando Iannucci on 'Veep,' Politics and the Inherent Funniness of Being Vice President
When it comes to satirical targets, Scottish writer, director and comedian Armando Iannucci has been gradually moving his sights up the political food chain. His ongoing BBC comedy "The Thick of It" focuses on the administrative and media mishaps of the fictitious Department of Social Affa...
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Take A Look At The Full Cast Of Aaron Sorkin's HBO Series 'The Newsroom'
With a slate of programming that already boasts two of the biggest shows on television -- "Game Of Thrones" and "Boardwalk Empire" -- HBO is not slowing down for a minute in 2012. This past weekend they finally unveiled the hotly buzzed Lena Dunham series "Girls," and t...
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Where to Watch the First Episode of 'Girls' Free Online
No HBO? No problem. If you weren't able to catch last night's premiere of Lena Dunham's hotly anticipated and much-discussed new series "Girls," the network has put the first episode up for free (and uncensored -- you have to sign in) online.
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