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Ethan Shanfeld In the eyes of George R.R. Martin, HBO’s “Six Feet Under” sits atop the Iron Throne of television finales.

Roland A. Pattillo, the gynecologic oncologist who played a pivotal role in bringing the case of Henrietta Lacks to public awareness and was played by Ruben Santiago-Hudson in the 2017 HBO movie The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, died of Parkinson’s disease on May 3 at his home outside Atlanta. He was 89.

In the early hours of Sunday morning a small town on the outskirts of Bolton was rocked by an hour of shocking violence. In the space of just 60 minutes several homes and cars were set ablaze in the Farnworth, Great Lever and Daubhill areas in a series of arson attacks.

,”whichearned six Academy Awards, including Best Picture.Bettany most recently appeared in Amazon Studios and the BBC’s “A Very British Scandal,” opposite Claire Foy. He also recently reprised his role as ‘Vision’ in the Disney+ series “WandaVision,” which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for “Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Anthology Series or Movie.” Previously, he starred as ‘Vision’ in the Marvel films “Captain America: Civil War,” “The Avengers: Age of Ultron” and “Avengers: Infinity War.” His other credits include “Uncle Frank” for writer/director Alan Ball, Academy-Award winning film “A Beautiful Mind,” Peter Weir’s “Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World,” and Academy Award nominated film “Margin Call.” He will star in the upcoming Miramax dramedy “Harvest Moon,” from a script he co-wrote with Dana Brown and is producing.

A follow-up series to Alan Ball’s Six Feet Under is being explored by HBO, Deadline has learned.

has gone on to be one of the lasting highlights of HBO’s prestige catalog of TV while finding a permanent place in the pop culture zeitgeist thanks to its nuanced takes on life, death and family.

During a virtual PaleyFest LA panel that aired Tuesday, the cast and crew of Six Feet Under reunited for the first time in 15 years, sharing fond recollections of their time on the show, and their thoughts on its legacy.

The Paley Center for Media has revealed the first selections for its annual TV showcase, which will kick off on Monday, March 29.

True Blood fans rejoice. We are reportedly going to be transported back into the vampire world created by author Charlaine Harris.  A reboot of the series is reportedly in the early stages of development at HBO.According to TVLine, Riverdale and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa will be at the helm of the reboot.

True Blood is in early development stages at HBO, according to Variety.Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who currently runs Riverdale, is attached to write the script and serve as an executive producer alongside Jami O’Brien.Alan Ball, who was the original series creator and showrunner, is also on board as an executive producer. There’s no word yet on the return of any original cast members.True Blood premiered on HBO in 2008, and ran for seven seasons until 2014.

is getting the reboot treatment. A reboot of the vampire series is in early development at HBO, according to multiple reports.

True Blood reboot is in development at HBO from Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, TVLine reports. Reps for HBO declined to comment.Aguirre-Sacasa and Jami O'Brien are reportedly attached to write and executive produce the reboot, while Alan Ball, creator and showrunner of the original series, will return as an executive producer.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWhen Darcy C. Scanlin was hired as the production designer of “Uncle Frank,” she had a very good idea of what writer and director Alan Ball wanted.All she had to do was read the script.Scanlin tells Variety that the pages were full of notes describing every location in exacting detail.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWhen Peter Macdissi first began going on auditions, there weren’t many roles for a young man from the Middle East.“It’s getting better,” the 46-year-old Lebanese actor and producer tells Variety. “On TV, there are some things right now, and it’s really getting better.

Almost 20 minutes into our conversation, Paul Bettany jokes that maybe he really is a “glass half empty” person. It’s been less than a week since Joe Biden was anointed the President-Elect of the United States, but the British born Bettany, who was just able to vote as an American citizen for the first time this year, is far from overjoyed.

When you are belittled and threatened for being who you are at a developmental crossroads, it very well may affect your sense of belonging for the rest of your life. When you feel unsafe simply because of who you find yourself in love with, it can seem like the whole world is turning on you.

While many people really think of Paul Bettany as Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, given that’s the bulk of the film work he’s done over the past half-decade, we tend to forget that Bettany is just one of the most versatile actors working today and has been for years.

A Latino love story that spans decades; a documentary about Billy Tipton, the influential jazz musician who was revealed after his death to have been transgender; and the groundbreaking directorial debut from one of the pioneers of the New Queer Cinema are among the seven LGBTQ films that will be featured at the AFI Festival 2020.

PARK CITY, Utah — Twenty years after he blazed onto the film scene, Alan Ball is back with another American beauty.

Amazon Studios has bought “Uncle Frank,” an acclaimed drama about a closeted gay man forced to come out to his Southern family in the 1970s. The film debuted this weekend at the Sundance Film Festival.

Uncle Frankmarks the return to feature filmmaking after a long hiatus for Alan Ball, the innovative showrunner behind TV's Six Feet Under and True Blood.

One of the people who’s made long-form television drama arguably more interesting as a whole than its mainstream big-screen equivalent in recent years, Alan Ball has underlined his superior comfort with that format in the few theatrical features he’s made to date. His screenplay for “American Beauty,” which Sam Mendes directed, was brilliant but glib; as writer-director of 2007’s “Towelhead,” he couldn’t quite make the complicated agenda of Alicia Erian’s novel gel in two-hour form.