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Note: Do not read on if you have not yet seen Season 6, Episode 11 of AMC's "Mad Men," titled "Favors."

In addition to being a devastating episode for poor Sally Draper (Kiernan Shipka), this week's "Mad Men" saw Bob Benson (James Wolk) get his heart crushed by Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser) a bit as well.

Bob had recommend a nurse to Pete, who needed someone to look after his mother (Channing Chase). When Pete found out the caretaker, Manolo (Andres Faucher), had been sleeping with his not-all-there mom, he called Bob into his office. After a disgusted Pete noted, "I don't even want to think about her brushing her teeth," Bob hinted he didn't believe what Mrs. Campbell claimed. "I don't think Manolo's interests turn that way," he explained.

But then, Bob took a different approach and decided to seize the opportunity (above). "Is it really so impossible to imagine?" he sweetly asked Pete.

Squatters can be a real pain in the ass. Especially evil squatters of the supernatural kind. You can barely see them, much less kick them out. Still, can't blame 'em for staying if they did indeed live there once. Check out your first look at the new indie flick Squatter.

This supernatural horror flick, filmed at the very haunted Walker Ames House, is the first in a planned trilogy and is directed by Jerusha Pettit. Jeff Newberg (Cyrus, "Criminal Minds"), Andres Faucher, and Alexander "Lexi" Yulish star.

"Although the film is a straight narrative, there are certainly events and inspiration that have come directly from the town, its founders, and of course, the Walker Ames House," says Pettit of the film's shooting style. "We are also making a behind-the-scenes featurette that will contain actual footage. We are finding that the making of the movie is proving just as interesting as the film itself,...

Shooting at the Walker-Ames House in Port Gamble, Wa (pictured right) that has been the site of reported ghost activity for years and visited by a number of parapsychologists, Squatter focuses on Ellie Walker (Tracy Pettit), who is forced to return to her childhood home and finds a stranger living there, claiming squatter’s rights. As she tries to get him out, she discovers that something much more evil has also taken up residence in the house. The cast additionally includes Alexi Yulish (1st and 2nd photo below with Pettit), whose credits include David Lynch’s Inland Empire, as the fallen angel Abaddon, Jeff Newberg (3rd photo below) and Andres Faucher.

”The investors who decided to fund the project told me I needed to find the perfect, iconic house on which the film would center,” Jerusha Pettit tells us. ”Port Gamble was suggested to me, so I went to scout it out.

Shooting at the Walker-Ames House in Port Gamble, Wa (pictured right) that has been the site of reported ghost activity for years and visited by a number of parapsychologists, Squatter focuses on Ellie Walker (Tracy Pettit), who is forced to return to her childhood home and finds a stranger living there, claiming squatter’s rights. As she tries to get him out, she discovers that something much more evil has also taken up residence in the house. The cast additionally includes Alexi Yulish (1st and 2nd photo below with Pettit), whose credits include David Lynch’s Inland Empire, as the fallen angel Abaddon, Jeff Newberg (3rd photo below) and Andres Faucher.

”The investors who decided to fund the project told me I needed to find the perfect, iconic house on which the film would center,” Jerusha Pettit tells us. ”Port Gamble was suggested to me, so I went to scout it out.

Shooting at the Walker-Ames House in Port Gamble, Wa (pictured right) that has been the site of reported ghost activity for years and visited by a number of parapsychologists, Squatter focuses on Ellie Walker (Tracy Pettit), who is forced to return to her childhood home and finds a stranger living there, claiming squatter’s rights. As she tries to get him out, she discovers that something much more evil has also taken up residence in the house. The cast additionally includes Alexi Yulish (1st and 2nd photo below with Pettit), whose credits include David Lynch’s Inland Empire, as the fallen angel Abaddon, Jeff Newberg (3rd photo below) and Andres Faucher.

”The investors who decided to fund the project told me I needed to find the perfect, iconic house on which the film would center,” Jerusha Pettit tells us. ”Port Gamble was suggested to me, so I went to scout it out.

Shooting at the Walker-Ames House in Port Gamble, Wa (pictured right) that has been the site of reported ghost activity for years and visited by a number of parapsychologists, Squatter focuses on Ellie Walker (Tracy Pettit), who is forced to return to her childhood home and finds a stranger living there, claiming squatter’s rights. As she tries to get him out, she discovers that something much more evil has also taken up residence in the house. The cast additionally includes Alexi Yulish (1st and 2nd photo below with Pettit), whose credits include David Lynch’s Inland Empire, as the fallen angel Abaddon, Jeff Newberg (3rd photo below) and Andres Faucher.

”The investors who decided to fund the project told me I needed to find the perfect, iconic house on which the film would center,” Jerusha Pettit tells us. ”Port Gamble was suggested to me, so I went to scout it out.

Anthony Fabian's "Skin," starring Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill and Alice Krige, and Uberto Pasolini's "Machan" tied for the best feature film award at the 14th annual Palm Beach International Film Festival, which handed out its awards on Monday.

The five-day fest presented its award for best feature film director to Charles Martin Smith for "The Stone of Destiny."

Andres Faucher's "The Legacy" was named best documentary feature.

The award for best short film went to "Gone Fishing," directed by Chris Jones.

Audience choice awards were voted to David Lisle Johnson's "In My Pocket" as best feature and Dori Berinstein's "Gotta Dance" as best documentary.

The audience award for best short film resulted in another tie, going to Meredith Scott Lynn's "Parental Guidance" and Deb Hiett and Richard Kuhlman's "A Bit of Counseling."

 

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