There's a saying in the creative trades that artists should "kill their babies." That is, as much as you love a particular scene, chapter or character --as much work as you put into creating it -- if it's not serving the story, your work is improved by excising it. Matt Damon, left, and Anna Paquin star in the drama 'Margaret.' It can be a difficult, even heartbreaking, task. But it improves the work and helps audiences to better connect with it -- which is always, always the ultimate goal. It's advice that writer-director Kenneth Lonergan ("You Can Count on Me") would have been wise to take with his earnest but frustrating drama "Margaret," opening Friday (March 30) for a weeklong run at the Chalmette Movies . As well-shot and well-acted as it is, one can't help feeling there's a good movie in there some where. Unfortunately, it's buried beneath such an avalanche of extraneousness and artistic posing. Anna Paquin stars -- ...

"True Blood" Season 5 teaser trailer When " True Blood " comes back this summer for Season 5, the past is definitely coming back for some haunting. HBO has released three new teaser trailers set in Eric's (Alexander Skarsgard) bar, Fangtasia; Bill's (Stephen Moyer) home; and Sookie's (Anna Paquin) house, which you can check out in the slideshow below. Though the videos provide a first person glance through settings viewers have come to know, they offer intriguing soundbytes that give more credence to the words of the previous "True Blood" Season 5 teaser trailer : "In Bon Temps, nothing stays buried forever." The teasers are full of shrieks of desperation, declarations of love, introductions, blood-sucking sound effects and perhaps even a gun shot. At the end of each of these th...

Getty Images Joining hosts Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer of TNT's Franklin & Bash , The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation announces its star-studded presenters for the 33rd Annual College Television Awards on March 31 at L.A.s Renaissance Hotel. PHOTOS: Hollywood Reporter's Philanthropy Issue -- The Photographs In addition to True Blood star Anna Paquin and Greys Anatomy actress Sandra Oh , the presenters include Paul Blackthorne ( The River ), Jennifer Carpenter ( Dexter ), Rachael Leigh Cook ( Perception ), Cat Deeley ( So You Think You Can Dance ), Tony Hale ( Arrested Development ), Russell Hornsby ( Grimm ), Jason Isaacs ( Awake ), Zachary Knighton ( Happy Endings ), Rex Lee ( Suburgatory ), Lamorne Morris ( New Girl ), David Ono ( ABC7 Eyewitness News ), Scott Porter (Hart of Dixie), Wilmer Valderrama ( Awake ), Snuffy Walden ( Friday Night Lights composer), Cress Williams ( Hart of Dixie ), Matthew Gray Gubler ( Criminal...

"True Blood" Season 5 teaser trailer When " True Blood " comes back this summer for Season 5, the past is definitely coming back for some haunting. HBO has released three new teaser trailers set in Eric's (Alexander Skarsgard) bar, Fangtasia; Bill's (Stephen Moyer) home; and Sookie's (Anna Paquin) house, which you can check out in the slideshow below. Though the videos provide a first person glance through settings viewers have come to know, they offer intriguing soundbytes that give more credence to the words of the previous "True Blood" Season 5 teaser trailer : "In Bon Temps, nothing stays buried forever." The teasers are full of shrieks of desperation, declarations of love, introductions, blood-sucking sound effects and perhaps even a gun shot. At the end of each of these th...

HBO Extending the nothing stays buried forever message of the first graphic tease for the upcoming fifth season, HBO's True Blood released three new teasers over the weekend called "Echoes of the Past." PHOTOS: 'True Blood's' Dark, Sexy New Style The teasers are set in Erics ( Alexander Skarsgard ) bar, Fangtasia; Bills ( Stephen Moyer ) house; and Sookies ( Anna Paquin ) home. There are no actors, but we do hear them speaking lines weve heard in previous seasons and ending with the text, you cant escape your past. There are all manners of unfinished business in Bon Temps. Aside from the talk that this season will be about zombies, we know: -- the fairies are coming back, -- the Vampire Authority will be descending on the town, -- former vampire king of Mississippi Russell Edgington ( Dennis OHare ) is long due for a return, -- and Patrick ( Scott Foley ), Terrys ( Todd Lowe ) mysterious military buddy, is sticking around. VIDEO: 'True Blood' EP...

Getty Images Joining hosts Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer of TNT's Franklin & Bash , The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation announces its star-studded presenters for the 33rd Annual College Television Awards on March 31 at L.A.s Renaissance Hotel. PHOTOS: Hollywood Reporter's Philanthropy Issue -- The Photographs In addition to True Blood star Anna Paquin and Greys Anatomy actress Sandra Oh , the presenters include Paul Blackthorne ( The River ), Jennifer Carpenter ( Dexter ), Rachael Leigh Cook ( Perception ), Cat Deeley ( So You Think You Can Dance ), Tony Hale ( Arrested Development ), Russell Hornsby ( Grimm ), Jason Isaacs ( Awake ), Zachary Knighton ( Happy Endings ), Rex Lee ( Suburgatory ), Lamorne Morris ( New Girl ), David Ono ( ABC7 Eyewitness News ), Scott Porter (Hart of Dixie), Wilmer Valderrama ( Awake ), Snuffy Walden ( Friday Night Lights composer), Cress Williams ( Hart of Dixie ), Matthew Gray Gubler ( Criminal...

Following the release of an unofficial Twilight -themed cookbook, creators of another vampire-based series True Blood have announced the fall launch of the official companion cookbook . Based on the HBO series set in Louisiana, the show follows the romance between waitress Sookie Stackhouse , played by Anna Paquin and her vampire soul mate Bill Compton. Though details from publisher Chronicle Books are scarce, The True Blood Cookbook is described as a collection of photos from the show's four seasons, side stories and authentic southern recipes typical of what characters in the fictional world of Bon Temps would eat. For a concept in which the main form of sustenance is blood, vampire-based cookbooks seem to be fairly popular. At the height of the Twilight phenomenon for instance, came the release of Love at First Bite: The Unofficial Twilight Cookbook. Other cookery books based on popular TV series include The Sopranos Family Cookbook , The Desperate Housewives Cookbook and ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hollywood producing duo Neil Meron and Craig Zadan will receive a top honor when the gay and lesbian watchdog group GLAAD presents its 23rd annual media awards in March, the group said on Thursday. Zadan and Meron, film and television producers known for such movies as the Oscar-winning "Chicago," "Hairspray" the new musical television show "Smash," will receive the Vito Russo Award, named after one of GLAAD's founders, at a March 24 ceremony in New York. The New York ceremony will be hosted by Glee's Cory Monteith and Naya Rivera . Joining them on stage will be Harvey Weinstein who will present high school student Katy Butler a special award in recognition of her anti-bullying efforts. "Through many of their projects, Zadan and Meron have been trailblazers in telling the stories of the LGBT community," the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation said in a statement, citing such television movies as "...

Following the release of an unofficial Twilight -themed cookbook, creators of another vampire-based series True Blood have announced the fall launch of the official companion cookbook . Based on the HBO series set in Louisiana, the show follows the romance between waitress Sookie Stackhouse , played by Anna Paquin and her vampire soul mate Bill Compton. Though details from publisher Chronicle Books are scarce, The True Blood Cookbook is described as a collection of photos from the show's four seasons, side stories and authentic southern recipes typical of what characters in the fictional world of Bon Temps would eat. For a concept in which the main form of sustenance is blood, vampire-based cookbooks seem to be fairly popular. At the height of the Twilight phenomenon for instance, came the release of Love at First Bite: The Unofficial Twilight Cookbook. Other cookery books based on popular TV series include The Sopranos Family Cookbook , The Desperate Housewives Cookbook and ...

Getty Images Joining hosts Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer of TNT's Franklin & Bash , The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation announces its star-studded presenters for the 33rd Annual College Television Awards on March 31 at L.A.s Renaissance Hotel. PHOTOS: Hollywood Reporter's Philanthropy Issue -- The Photographs In addition to True Blood star Anna Paquin and Greys Anatomy actress Sandra Oh , the presenters include Paul Blackthorne ( The River ), Jennifer Carpenter ( Dexter ), Rachael Leigh Cook ( Perception ), Cat Deeley ( So You Think You Can Dance ), Tony Hale ( Arrested Development ), Russell Hornsby ( Grimm ), Jason Isaacs ( Awake ), Zachary Knighton ( Happy Endings ), Rex Lee ( Suburgatory ), Lamorne Morris ( New Girl ), David Ono ( ABC7 Eyewitness News ), Scott Porter (Hart of Dixie), Wilmer Valderrama ( Awake ), Snuffy Walden ( Friday Night Lights composer), Cress Williams ( Hart of Dixie ), Matthew Gray Gubler ( Criminal...