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True Blood: The Complete First Season

By Jonah Flicker on 3:00 PM on May 19, 2009

Was Alan Ball’s latest HBO project, True Blood...  read more

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Despite rocky start, HBO picks up True Blood for season two

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 3:08 PM on September 25, 2008

Does HBO know something we don't know? Despite mixed reviews and a small viewer base so far, the network has already picked up True Blood for a second season, sticking with the hard-knuckled publicity campaign it has already orchestrated for the series....  read more

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Towelhead

By Robert Davis on 5:58 PM on September 11, 2008

Screenwriter Alan Ball (American Beauty, Six Feet Under) is no stranger to...  read more

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Despite controversy, Warner Bros. sticks with Towelhead

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 4:07 PM on August 27, 2008

When a small movie called Nothing is Private debuted at the Toronto Film Festival last year, it didn't exactly come quietly. For one thing, the man behind it was Alan Ball, the writer of American Beauty and creator of Six Feet Under, who made a name for himself with subversive dramas unafraid of the darker aspects of American life. And its subject, a 13-year-old Lebanese-American girl who must sift through ethnic and sexual tension in early-’90s Houston, left even seasoned festival audiences a little squeamish....  read more

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Sundance 2008: Towelhead interview

By Culture Clubbers on 9:27 AM on April 2, 2008

Click above to watch an exclusive interview with Summer Bishil and Peter Macdissi, stars of Towelhead, the debut film from Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball....  read more

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