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TV's Best Debates

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With the presidential debates in full swing, HuffPost TV couldn't help remembering some of the best debates in recent TV history.

From Claire Dunphy's determination to win town councilwoman on "Modern Family" to the intense presidential debates on "The West Wing," click through the slideshow below to relive some of TV's best debates ... and a few ridiculous ones, too.


PHOTOS: Inside Kristen Stewart's Secret Hideaway

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In the latest chapter of "are they, aren't they," actress Kristen Stewart continues to intrigue celebrity gossip fiends with the news that she's bought a new home in Los Angeles -- about one mile away from the home she once shared with "Twilight" co-star Robert Pattinson.

Stewart acquired the home for $2,195,000, confirms the Los Angeles Times. The sale, which closed in late August about one month after Stewart's affair with a married director came to light, was first reported by celebrity real estate blog Real Estalker.

Located in LA's trendy Los Feliz neighborhood (fast becoming headquarters for hipsters and young Hollywood), the 3,000 square-foot home has four ensuite bedrooms and an additional half bathroom. It also boasts large patios, a pool and spa, gardens and a fire pit, notes real estate blog Zillow. But the home's most important feature is perhaps the dense tropical landscaping surrounding the property. It's perfect for a woman who's been the subject of intense paparazzi scrutiny ever since her relationship with Pattinson blew up over these secretly snapped photos.

Meanwhile, Pattinson reportedly put his home on the market around the same time Stewart bought this new property. A source told US Weekly that there were "too many memories" for Pattinson to remain there; he had bought the home in Sept. 2011 for both he and Stewart to share.

And yet, it appears that the two young actors have gotten back together again, just in time for the November premiere of "Twilight's" final installment. Whether it's true love or just a film marketing strategy, only time (and real estate) will tell.

Photos courtesy of Zillow.com.

Who Went Home On 'DWTS'?

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Bristol Palin was eliminated on "Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars" this week.

For the first week ever, fan favorite Palin and her partner Mark Ballas did not earn the lowest score from the judges -- Kirstie Alley and her partner Maks Chmerkovskiy did. In previous weeks, the audience vote saved Palin, but not this time.

During Monday's performances, Palin and Ballas did some rock 'n roll and she was praised for her improvement, while Alley and Chmerkovskiy were stuck with the Charleston.

"I had an awesome time and an awesome partner and I wish everyone the best of luck," Palin said before leaving the stage.

Palin's mother, former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin was in attendance to see her daughter go home. No word on when or where she was watching the evening's presidential debate.

Apolo Ohno and his partner Karina Smirnoff, who had a breakdown after falling in Mondays' hip hop dance, were also in the bottom along with Alley and Chmerkovskiy and Palin and Ballas.

Oddly enough, when host Tom Bergeron revealed the two would be in the bottom, Alley and Chmerkovskiy burst into a giggle fit.

Next week, the remaining all stars and their pros will do a team freestyle dance and an individual dance to the all-stars' guilty pleasure song.

Tune in to see who stays and who goes when "Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars" airs on Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

'Modern Family': Mitchell And Cam Struggle In Role Reversals

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Mitchell and Cameron got to do a little role reversal this week when Cam started his new job as a music teacher on "Modern Family." After several years staying at home and taking care of Lily, Cam was a little out of his element on the job, and things didn't go as amazing as he'd hoped. Maybe he missed the memo about how jaded middle school kids have become. His "fun" approach to music created one of the most awkward moments of the episode.

Meanwhile, on the home front, Mitchell was struggling with virtually every aspect of taking care of Lily. One hilarious exchange between the two had them both pretending that everything was fine. Cam was sitting alone at lunch, being ostracized by the other teachers, while Mitch was losing Lily at the grocery store. Even through the phone, Cam knew exactly what was happening, where Lily had gone (the dairy case), and how to get her out.

At the end of the episode, the two came together and tried to lie to one another about how great their days had been. The house was immaculate, and dinner smelled delicious. What Cam didn't see was Claire skulking around in the background trying to sneak out of the house.

But after Cam came clean about his awful day and Mitch tried not to, Claire did it for him. The honesty in their failure only brought the two together as they encouraged one another, confident that they would both figure this out and find ways to excel in their new roles.

At the heart of it all is love, always and every Wednesday on "Modern Family" at 9 p.m. ET on ABC.

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'Arrow': Oliver Must Reject His Father's Legacy To Honor Him

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Oliver Queen is still struggling to find his way now that he's back with his family after five years stranded on a deserted island. In the latest episode of "Arrow," his sister Thea took him into the backyard to show him one of the ways she coped with the disappearances of both her father and brother. There stood headstones for both Oliver and his father.

Thea said that she would come and talk to the headstones when she needed to get some things off of her chest. She then said she felt closer to him when he was dead. Thanks to Ollie's mission to take care of all the corruption in Starling City, he's closed off his personal life. Not to mention that flashbacks have only begun to show how harrowing his time on the island was.

But in order to accomplish the vow he made to his father to clean up the city, Oliver has to pretend to be something he no longer is. He has to go so far as to embarrass himself and his family name.

"sometimes, to honor your wishes, I need to dishonor your memory," Ollie explained to his father's gravestone. "I'm sorry."

The quest for justice continues every Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on The CW's "Arrow."

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'Nashville': Juliette Tries Stripping To Lure Deacon

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This week on "Nashville," the story settled more on Juliette, adding layers of dimension to her pop-diva performance. While she's towing the company line and being whoever the label wants her to be day to day, she still has a burning desire to play real country music that means something. That's part of her attraction to Deacon, and why she wants him on her tour.

But while he's proved himself committed to Rayna -- agreeing to go on an intimate tour with her -- he's also more than willing to play with Juliette. This week, that included a songwriting session with her that produced a song she could be proud of. But the magic of successful collaboration wasn't all Juliette had up her sleeves to lure Deacon away from Rayna.

She stripped topless and lured him into the waters like a siren for some fun and frolicking. "Oh, Deacon. You are a dead man," Deacon said as he gave in to his base desires and joined her in the lake.

But his heart remains with Rayna, as it was her he called on stage to perform with at the club later, despite both women being in the audience. Looks like someone's caught in the middle, and Juliette doesn't like not getting what she wants. Juliette and Rayna are definitely at odds over their careers and their music, so why not add Deacon to that list?

The drama continues every Wednesday on "Nashville" at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.

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'The Houstons Remember Whitney': See Bobbi Kristina And Fiance

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In advance of their new reality series on Lifetime, "The Houstons: On Their Own," Whitney Houston's family presented the special "The Houstons Remember Whitney." In it, viewers got their first glimpse at the relationship between Whitney's daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown and her pseudo-adoptive brother/fiance, Nick. That news was only confirmed in a clip from the upcoming show.

Nick came to live with Whitney Houston ten years ago after his mother couldn't take care of him. While he was never formally adopted, he and Bobbi Kristina have grown up together since she was 8-years old. That unique bond and their romantic connection means they are both mourning the loss of Whitney.

"“It’s late at night, and you think about Mom ... I can talk to Krissy about it," Nick said.

See them together when "The Houstons: On Our Own" premieres Wednesday, October 24 at 9 p.m. ET on Lifetime.

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Miley Cyrus Talks About Her Obsession With Honey Boo Boo

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Miley Cyrus may have stopped by "Chelsea Lately" to tout her forthcoming album as well as her guest sting on "Two and a Half Men," but the topic of her own television obsessions came up. Cyrus admitted that she absolutely loves Alana Thompson AKA Honey Boo Boo and her whole family on "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo."

She even said she tweaked her home system to enhance her watching experience. "I put in a home theater in my house, and then it wasn’t quite loud enough so we got sub woofers so I can really hear her extra loud," Cyrus said. "So when I hear her, 'Holla for a dolla!' The whole house shakes."

While Cyrus' love of Honey Boo Boo may border on obsession, as E! Online said, not so for her fiance. Liam Hemsworth won't even watch the show.

Miley Cyrus can be seen on upcoming episodes of "Two and a Half Men," airing Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. ET on CBS. "Chelsea Lately" is on weeknights at 11 p.m. ET on E!

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'The X Factor': Fox Airs Half Of Top 16 Reveal Due To Baseball

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Baseball fans may have been wondering if it was a good idea when Fox started airing their scheduled episode of "The X Factor" this week. After all, Game 3 of the NLCS was in the middle of a rain delay, and weather reports made it pretty clear the game would be finished that night. And it was -- right in the middle of the two-hour episode of "The X Factor."

The situation was even worse for fans of "The X Factor" who didn't care about the postseason match-up between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals. Fox cut off the episode after the first hour and went back to the baseball game, leaving the reveal of the Top 16 contestants who would make it to the live shows incomplete.

At least two of the categories got to finish their reveals: Britney Spears' Teens and L.A. Reid's Over 25s. Only four of the remaining six contestants in each category would move on to the Live Shows.

For Britney, those four were Diamond White, Carly Rose Sonnenclar, Arin Ray and Beatrice Miller. L.A. selected David Correy, Jason Brock, Tate Stevens and Vino Alan. That meant it was the end of the road for Teens James Tanner and Reed Deming, while the Over 25s category said goodbye to Daryl Black and Tara Simon.

For the remaining picks, fans will have to wait until Tuesday, October 23 at 8 p.m. ET when Fox will re-air this episode in its entirety. The live shows will kick off after the World Series, meaning the exact return date will depend on how many games the Fall Classic goes.

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Where's Wyclef's Jeans Gone?

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The Fugees' star Wyclef Jean (remember him? 'One time'. There you go) feels the need for Speed(os) as he oils up (isn't that supposed to go in the bike?), strips to his trunks and poses on his Dukati motorbike.

But why, Wyclef? WHHHHYYYYY?

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Well, the hip-hop star felt the need to pose for and then post this pic on his official Twitter page as he turned the ripe old age of 43 yesterday.

"TODAY I AM 43 YEARS OLD! I look And feel 26! U cant keep à good Man down! Keep à smile when they want you to frown!" he tweeted.

Yep, I can confirm you definitely don't look 43 years old, Wyclef. Now go and put some ruddy clothes on before you catch your death.

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'Couples Therapy': Courtney Stodden Forgets She's Married

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Courtney Stodden admitted that she sometimes forgets she's married on "Couples Therapy." The teenager admitted she needs help thinking about and feeling like she's married. But some of the other couples weren't feeling it, feeling that she uses her age as an excuse.

Stodden was 17-years old at the time of filming, and only 16 when she married Doug Hutchison, who is now 52-years old. The truth is that Stodden is still a teenager, and therefore it is a valid excuse for why she sometimes struggles to comprehend the very adult decision she and her parents made to allow her to get married.

Still, the couple has prove volatile throughout their time in the house, causing plenty of drama. Stodden says it's because the other wives think she's flirting with their husbands, though they just think maybe she should put some clothes on at the dinner table. Plus, some of the other castmates are uncomfortable with their relationship in general, with one castmate reportedly going so far as to call Hutchison a "child molester."

The drama continues on "Couples Therapy" every Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET on VH1.

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Joe Jackson Carries A Gun, Not Afraid To Use It

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Joe Jackson FLASHED A HANDGUN to a room full of people at a recent event in Vegas ... and told the crowd it's just like an American Express card ... he doesn't leave home without it.

The bizarre moment all went down while Joe was at the Tuscany Hotel and Casino in Vegas this weekend to be honored at the Black Music Awards (apparently that's a thing).

Springsteen Makes Surprise Appearance At Charity Awards

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NEW YORK -- The night busted open in New York City as Bruce Springsteen and other Rock and Roll Hall of Famers helped Steven Van Zandt celebrate his Big Man of the Year award.

Darlene Love, Elvis Costello and Dion were among the performers Tuesday night at a rollicking benefit for Little Kids Rock, an initiative that rescues music education amid public school budget cuts.

Springsteen had some fun while presenting the award – gleefully detailing their roommate days and Van Zandt's lack of housekeeping skills.

"What a liar," Van Zandt retorted with a grin.

Amid the musical blowout, Van Zandt and the other stars discussed the arts' role in fueling young minds and shaping character – tasks accomplished through the thousands of musical instruments and the lessons made possible by Little Kids Rock.

Costello, before going onstage, waxed eloquently on the "mundane and magical" aspects of music, and its transformative effects. E Street drummer Max Weinberg reminisced about his high school marching band.

Van Zandt said in an interview with The Associated Press before the show that children might see a musical career as glamorous and fun – "and it is."

But it also "requires a lot of work, just like any other craft. ... You need discipline and you need willpower and focus. And ... a lot of hours put into it," he said.

So people might be surprised to know that Van Zandt, while concentrating on a multitude of parallel careers, can go three years without playing a guitar, and then pick it up again in a week or two.

"When you've been playing so long, you don't really forget how to play," he said.

"Well, that's not a good example for the kids, though," he conceded, laughing. "That's just me. ... `You kids: Don't do what I do – do what I say.'"

In the fledgling days of their 47-year friendship, Springsteen said, "we'd spend our afternoons in the Village, sitting in front of a guitar player, watching every move of his hands, then go back to the basement of Steve's house and try to get our guitars to make that sound" – sometimes resulting in a "screeching, horrific noise."

"But to have somebody to make that noise with ... when you really needed to be understood – that was something; that was something."

The charity named the award for E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons in 2009, two years before he died. It was "very close to Clarence's heart," Springsteen said.

Clemons' nephew, Jake, who now tours with E Street, lent heartfelt sax accompaniment to Little Kids Rock musicians from Franklin L. Williams Middle School in Jersey City, N.J.

Singer-guitarist Tom Morello, serving a blistering homage to Van Zandt's old anti-apartheid song, "Sun City," told the crowd how it helped stoke his own activism as a student at Harvard University.

Some bad-boy appeal came when rocker Jesse Malin climbed onto a table of people dining near the stage, singing as he traipsed in sneakers amid stemware on the tablecloth.

Springsteen sang a duet with Little Steven on the rousing Van Zandt song, "Until the Good is Gone."

Then another pride of Jersey, Southside Johnny, made it a trio for the nostalgic "It's Been a Long Time."

All the performers packed the stage for the aptly chosen finale, "I Don't Want to Go Home."

Besides working with Springsteen and E Street, and camping it up in mobster roles – his most recent on the Netflix show "Lilyhammer" – Van Zandt is a record and television producer, radio host, songwriter and arranger, and oversees two satellite channels.

The self-educated music historian is also chairman of the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation, which is developing curriculum for schools. Not bad for a guy who endured his own school days as a self-described "freak," `'misfit" and "outcast."

"That was particular to my generation," he said. Now, being a musician is "acceptable. ... But it wasn't so respectable in the 60s."

In the long run, though, Van Zandt said music saved his life – and he wants to return the favor. "It's why I support Little Kids Rock."

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PHOTOS: Rupert Sanders Back Together With His Wife?

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Rupert Sanders has proven ... you CAN bang a hot Hollywood actress behind your wife's back and still make it all good again ... and we have the pics to prove it.

Art World Power List Includes Some Surprises

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LONDON -- Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and jailed Russian punks Pussy Riot are among artists, curators and collectors on a list of the 100 most influential figures in the art world.

Top spot on Art Review magazine's annual Power 100 list is taken by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, who runs the Documenta 13 art fair in Kassel, Germany.

Other entrants include gallery owners Larry Gagosian, Iwan Wirth and Jay Jopling and Tate director Nicholas Serota.

Ai is the highest-rated artist, at No. 3, ahead of figures including Gerhard Richter and Damien Hirst.

Pussy Riot, in 57th spot, is a new entry on the list, compiled by an international jury and released Thursday.

Two of the all-female group's members are in prison for staging an anti-government performance in a Moscow cathedral.

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Dutch Actress Famous For Erotic Movies Dies

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Actress Sylvia Kristel, the Dutch star of the hit 1970s erotic movie "Emmanuelle," has died of cancer at age 60.

Her agent, Features Creative Management, said in a statement Thursday that Kristel died in her sleep Wednesday night. Kristel, a model who turned to acting in the 1970s, had been fighting cancer for several years.

Her breakthrough came in "Emmanuelle," a 1974 erotic tale directed by Frenchman Just Jaeckin, about the sexual adventures of a man and his beautiful young wife, played by Kristel, in Thailand.

She went on to star in several sequels to "Emmanuelle," as well as in Hollywood movies including "Private Lessons" in 1981.

In Hollywood, she sank into a world of drink and drugs. "I wish I could have skipped that part of my life, she said in a 2005 interview with Dutch newspaper De Volkkrant.

Her agent described her as one of the Netherlands' biggest movie stars, with more than 50 international films to her name.

Among them were many erotically tinted films, including a 1981 adaptation – also directed by Jaeckin – of D.H. Lawrence's novel "Lady Chatterley's Lover" and "Mata Hari," four years later.

She was honored in 2006 with a special jury prize at the Tribeca Film Festival for a short animated film she directed called "Topor et Moi."

Kristel told De Volkskrant, "love dictated what I did," saying her former partner, Belgian author Hugo Claus, persuaded her to star in "Emmanuelle."

"He said, `Thailand, that's nice, we've never been there and anyway the film will never come out in the Netherlands so you won't put your mother to shame,'" Kristel said. "In the end, 350 million people saw it worldwide."

Jaeckin, the director who is also a sculptor and has a gallery in Paris, said by telephone that he and Kristel maintained contact, calling each other every three to four months. But he said he hadn't spoken with her since February.

"I am very sad ... She was like a little sister," Jaeckin said.

"We started together ... `Emmanuelle' brought us big problems. We were a bit marked," he said. "It was a highly contested film then and now it is a cult film."

He said that he knew immediately that Kristel was destined for the leading role.

"When I saw her face, I was thunderstruck," he said.

In an interview with the French Le Nouvel Observateur magazine, which has an online edition, Jaeckin explained that he went to the Netherlands to cast the role and, "I saw a quantity of very beautiful girls." Then by chance he saw Kristel, who worked at the agency and was not in the casting call, and immediately knew ,"This is Emmanuelle."

Kristel is survived by her partner Peter Brul and a son with Claus, Arthur Kristel. She is to be buried at a private funeral. Further details were not released.

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Associated Press writer Elaine Ganley in Paris, France, contributed.

Is Beyonce The Most Beautiful Entertainer Of Our Generation?

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Click through to see a beautiful photo of Beyonce.

Documentary Uses Basketball As A Bridge To Iran

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With the drumbeat of war coursing through American politics once again, a curious little documentary titled "The Iran Job" appears to provide a would-be path toward diplomacy.

By following Kevin Sheppard, an American basketball player, to Iran's Super League, we are exposed not only to Sheppard's own inimitable curiosity but also to an Iranian public that is bursting with love for America. Sheppard is black and extremely tall, two features which prompt endearingly earnest reactions from the locals ("I love black people!" shouts one bazaar shop owner).

But the film is more than a string of cute cross-cultural anecdotes. The documentary was shot in 2009, the year President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was reelected amid mass suspicions of fraud. Protests spread throughout the country and were met with brutal force, particularly in Tehran. Sheppard, his now-close Iranian friends (including Elaheh, a charming woman who at one point seems to fall for the disarming basketballer) and the theater audience witness the birth of the Green Movement.

As the promise of the movie is a hopeful one, of reconciliation and human interconnectivity, it's a jarring context to relive the despairing crackdown on Iran's young, freedom-hungry citizens. But for all of the disheartening scenes -- including the murder of Neda Agha Soltan -- a certain sense of possibility remains with the audience member, as though no matter how horrible things might be, they needn't stay that way.

If the idea of a basketball movie offering a window into better Iran-U.S. relations seems too heavy, rest assured of two facts: The film is full of hilarious moments, and stranger things have happened (see: Ping Pong diplomacy).

HuffPost Entertainment spoke with husband-and-wife director-and-producer team of Till Schauder and Sara Nodjoumi about the film and its grander implications. Due to overwhelming demand and sold-out screenings, "The Iran Job" has been granted a second week run at Manhattan's IFC Center. Information on how you can support the movie's bid for a wider release is available at the conclusion of the following interview.

Did you know as soon as the Green Revolution started rumbling that you would include it in the film?
Schauder: Pretty much, it was a question of how we can weave it in. But when something that momentous happens you can't ignore it. It was more a question of how can we organically weave it in without having it take over the whole story.

How soon into the time that you got to Iran did you realize that the Green Movement was such a force?
Schauder: Oh when I first started I had no idea. I think nobody did, because I remember quite clearly having a conversation with the girls and Kevin about the system. And I remember that one of the girls pretty much predicted exactly what would happen. She said there would be an election, it will be rigged and nothing will change. She said that half-jokingly, and of course at that time no one could know that's exactly what would happen. People were conscious of the upcoming elections but I don't think anyone had any sort of anticipation as to what would happen. I think the whole atmosphere in the last month before the election was a surprise -- even to most Iranians.

When you came back to the States, was there anything about the way that Americans interpreted the events in Europe -- in a way that didn't match up to what you saw in Iran?
Schauder: One thing that struck me as odd was how different factions were trying to take advantage of what was going on, politically. People where pressuring the administration to take a stance very quickly. The other thing that struck me was how the Iranian, so-called "experts" who were interviewed on television. How little in-tune they were with what was actually going on with their countrymen on the ground. I was surprised at how some Iranians living in L.A. or on the West Coast or even here in New York would make judgments about what their countrymen should do, sitting smug in their apartments without having to go through it themselves.

And how long did you spend with Kevin before you decided he would be a good subject for your film?
Nodjoumi: [Laughing] I spent five minutes with him on Skype before Till decided to fly to meet him and start shooting.
Schauder: After those five minutes, we looked at each other and I decided to get a ticket and go there. And that's where this German passport came in very handy, because I could make that decision on the fly -- I didn't have to go through some lengthy process of getting even a tourist visa. You can just show up at the airport in Iran and get an express visa.

How long did you spend in his hometown before he flew to Iran?
Schauder: Actually I shot that out of sequence. There was no other way of doing it, because the way that the contracts work in Iran, it gives neither the player nor the team any lead time. In other words, Kevin gets a call and signs and is expected to be there 48 hours later. So what I did was to go to Iran and spend a lot of time with him there, very much regretting that I didn't get his departure from home. But then, via a stroke of luck, the team had a pretty extended break for Norooz [Persian New Year]. So during that break he went home, and I went with him. Then what happened is basically when he left after that break, the exact same emotions came up in him, [his girlfriend] and his family.

There seems to be a love interest between Kevin and one of the young women, especially about halfway through the film. Was this as apparent to you when you were putting the film together?
Schauder: There was definitely a little bit of flirtation, interest or temptation. Who wouldn't be, with a beautiful woman like that and an interesting man like that. What I found remarkable about it was that it never trespassed a certain boundary. Instead, if you will, they made love intellectually -- with an exchange of thoughts. It sort of reminded me of "Witness," when Harrison Ford goes into an Amish community and falls in love with a recently widowed Amish woman. It would be completely inappropriate for the two of them to have any romance, and that what makes the film interesting, because they really can't. In that film, they end up having the romance, but in our case they don't. And I think that's incredibly exciting to see, because you sort of want them to have it but you also don't, and they take it to a very deep place of friendship.

In a perfect world, what do you hope people take away from your film?
Nodjoumi: I think my takeaway is for people to just take a moment to learn about each other's complexities. This sort of whole, us-versus-them or black-white rhetoric that has been instilled in our politics… Luckily it's fading a little bit, but during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, we really had no chance of understanding who we were going to bomb. I think if they do have a chance to understand a people of a country, at least there will be more of a conversation about what we will do rather than to just jump into war. And not just Iran -- Iran is our example, but really when it comes to any country or people, we should take a moment to understand them more before rushing to judgments.

Schauder: I think that during the Bush administration, after 9/11 was where this rhetoric was first introduced to us. I think that has deeper consequences than people actually realize. It's not like when Obama was voted in, the fear that was instilled in people would wash away. You still had fear of the other, of other religions, and in many cases it was more ingrained in people than they actually realized. It remains extremely important to demystify certain things. When you look at the way that people talk about Iran and our options vis-a-vis Iran, it is mostly dictated by fear. And the fear seems to be of information. One of the most striking things, when I went to Iran, was to find out just how much Iranians like us. If you take opinion polls there, you will find approval ratings in the 70 percent range. And so it's absolutely not understandable why these two countries shouldn't have really good relations -- not just normal, but very good relations. If you keep that sympathy away from the American public, while just feeding them the idea that these are just enraged Muslims that you can't reason with … it's so far away from the average Iranian and yet it dictates the way a lot of Western audiences view Iran.

"The Iran Job" is currently raising funds through Kickstarter in an attempt to finance a wider release. Ticket and showtime information is available here. More information is available at the film's website and Facebook page.

Ooo! The Academy Unveils New Designs For Film Museum

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LOS ANGELES — The film academy says it has raised $100 million toward the construction of its new museum and is revealing its design concept for the nonprofit facility.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday that the first major American museum dedicated to film will occupy the historic May Company Wilshire building in Los Angeles. The design of architects Renzo Piano and Zoltan Pali restores the street-front facades of the 1938 building and will include a new modern movie theater.

Academy officials say the 300,000-square-foot museum will open in 2016.

The organization plans to raise another $150 million to support the new museum. The initial $100 million came from private donations from film studios, corporations, entertainment-industry guilds and individuals such as Tom Hanks, Jerry Bruckheimer, Bob Iger, John Lasseter and others.

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Sharon Osbourne, 'The Talk,' Co-Host, On Bad Pickup Lines

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The ladies of "The Talk" are opening up about some of their most awkward pickup moments.

“I feel like when it comes to being picked up, I am, like, the slowest to know what’s happening,” says Sara Gilbert. “I remember this one time I was in New York City and I was hanging out with this girl, and I just thought we were friends or something. And then all of a sudden, she was like, 'Oh, it [is] getting late, we should go get massages.' There this massage place that’s open until 4 in the morning. I was like, 'Okay, I can get a massage.' So we got there and she’s rented out some hot tub. Suddenly I realize we are alone and it's private, and I was like, 'Is she picking me up?'”

Co-host Julie Chen says an admirer who tried to pick her up in New York City wasn’t so subtle after he'd been out all night on the town.

“I actually think I might have one of the most offensive pickup lines,” says Julie. “Now, granted this guy was so drunk. It was early one morning. I was standing in line for a coffee, and you could tell he was a drunken guy from night before. Stumbling, trying to get a coffee, and I see him kind of leering at me. And he comes up, and he goes, 'I normally go to Panda Garden for No. 23, but I just want your number now!'"

Sharon Osbourne didn’t disclose her own worst pickup moment, but the "America's Got Talent" judge did reveal the technique of a huge male celebrity she once worked with.

“I think it's all disgusting. However, I did work with this guy, quite recently, and he used to have little photographs of himself. And he would sign them and put his phone number on and pass them out to ladies in the audience. That’s sad, isn’t it?”

"The Talks" airs Monday-Friday on CBS.

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