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With Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter headed to theaters this summer, Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov may have found their next project - Calvin Coolidge Mumy Slayer. The short film was written and edited by Ian MacIntyre and shot and directed by Jon Blair. It stars MacIntyre, Dan Hershfield, Jocelyn Geddie, Blair, and Andy Auld.

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Decades after president Abraham Lincoln hunted vampires, president Calvin Coolidge fought his own battles against the evil Mummy hordes!

Be the first to watch the (conspicuously low-budget) trailer for next summer's presidential monster-fighting sequel to Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter!

Check out the short below, it is so bad it may actually be good. 

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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced Tuesday (April 24) the nominations for its 2012 television awards. British miniseries "Appropriate Adult," which chronicles the real-life serial killer Fred West, leads the way with four nominations.

Other notable nominations include Dame Maggie Smith up for Supporting Actress for her work on "Downton Abbey" - it's the only nomination "Downton" received, after earning two nominations the previous year. "Modern Family" also earned a nomination in the International category.

The full list of nominations:

Leading Actor

Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock (BBC One)

Dominic West - Appropriate Adult (ITV)

John Simm - Exile (BBC One)

Joseph Gilgun - This is England '88 (Channel 4)

Leading Actress

Emily Watson - Appropriate Adult (ITV1)

Nadine Marshall - Random (Channel 4)

Romola Garai - The Crimson Petal and the White (BBC Two)

Vicky McClure - This is England '88 (Channel 4)

Supporting Actor

Andrew Scott - Sherlock...

According to Al Jazeera, slavery persists in The United States of America and there are more slaves worldwide than ever before, according to a shocking new documentary series premiering on Al Jazeera English on 10 October 2011. Oscar and Emmy winning executive producer Jon Blair says, "Slavery: A 21st Century Evil has been a year in the making and represents one of Al Jazeera's most important global investigations. Shot on three continents, this is the most in-depth study undertaken by any broadcaster of how and why modern day slavery persists.. "Slavery: A 21st Century Evil" suggests there are up to 50 000 slaves in America . with 17 000 new slaves arriving every year. The series...

New Delhi, May 2: Al Quaida leader Osama bin Laden, world's biggest terrorist who was killed Monday by the Us Army, spawned quite a few documentaries and some movies that tracked the 9/11 mastermind who remained a mystery till his death.

Here is the list of some of the documentaries and movies inspired by Ladin:

"Bin Laden: The Early Years": Director Jon Blair made the TV documentary.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences kicks off Part 2 of its 27th annual "Contemporary Documentaries" screening series with James Longley's "Sari's Mother" and Michael Moore's "Sicko" at 7 p.m. March 25 at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.

A showcase for both feature-length and short documentaries drawn from among films considered for the 2007 Academy Awards, the program, for which admission is free, runs through June.

The schedule includes:

March 25: Longley's "Sari's Mother" and Moore's "Sicko"

April 1: Jon Blair's "Ochberg's Orphans" and Richard Berge, Nicole Newnham and Bonni Cohen's "The Rape of Europa"

April 15: Theordore Braun's "Darfur Now" and Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern's "The Devil Came on Horseback"

April 29: Neil Leifer's "Portraits of a Lady" and Peter Raymon'ts "A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman"

May 13: Richard E. Robbins' "Operation Homecoming: Writing the...