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Lifetime knows how to turn up the heat, and the cabler's latest batch of risky romance movies is poised to be a big hit.

Five new movies that reveal the dangerous side of romance as part of the network's Love, Lies and Seduction movie slate with new films premiering every weekend beginning August 6 through August 27 at 8p/7c.

Aubree Bouche and Charlie Bewley kick off the exciting slate, starring in A Dangerous Affair on August 6, followed by Katie Reese, Victor Alfieri, and Gregg Weiner starring in The Art of Passion on August 7.

Scroll down for all the details on the movies.

A Dangerous Affair - Saturday, August 6th at 8p/7c

Pilates instructor, Amelie Didot (Aubree Bouche), begins a steamy love affair with one of her handsome clients, journalist Pierce Dalton (Charlie Bewley), but the duo soon find themselves dangerously intertwined after Amelie comes face to face with a masked woman following a murder.

Stars: Mhairi Calvey, Anatole Taubman, Victor Alfieri, Maja-Celiné Probst, Tyron Ricketts, Martin Kaps, Pete Riley, Dharmander Singh | Written by Wolf-Peter Arand | Directed by Juliane Block

With the recent #MeToo movement it should have been expected that there would soon be several movies based on the topic. And in the horror genre ‘rape revenge’ has been a popular sub genre since I Spit On Your Grave and perhaps hitting its peak recently with Revenge. That said, there will of course be many movies tackling the subject and 3 Lives is one of the most recent.

But 3 Lives tackles things in a slightly different way as the sexual abuse has happened well before our story starts and lead character Emma has now been abducted but is soon saved and on the run with the person who was jailed for attacking her fifteen years earlier. It’s, at least on the face of things,...

On the same day (and time slot), Guiding Light's Reva Shayne declared herself "The Slut of Springfield" and Santa Barbara premiered."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1957: NBC Radio aired the final episode of Hilltop House. The show had run on and off since November 1, 1937.

1968: On Dark Shadows, after trying and failing to kill Barnabas (Jonathan Frid), Cassandra (Lara Parker) continued to age rapidly, thanks to Nicholas.

1973: On The Doctors, Dr. Mike Powers (Peter Burnell) assured Penny Davis (Julia Duffy) that she did not cause any of his troubles.

1984: Guiding Light's Reva Shayne declared herself "The

Slut of Springfield" in the country cub fountain after getting

fed up with Josh's mistreatment of her."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1957: NBC Radio aired the final episode of Hilltop House. The show had run on and off since November 1, 1937.

1968: On Dark Shadows, after trying and failing to kill Barnabas (Jonathan Frid), Cassandra (Lara Parker) continued to age rapidly, thanks to Nicholas.

1973: On The Doctors, Dr. Mike Powers (Peter Burnell) assured Penny Davis (Julia Duffy) that she did not cause any of his troubles.

1984: Daytime...

Recently, Fox served up the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Bones" episode 21 of season 10. The episode is entitled, "The Life in the Light," and it turns out that we're going to see some pretty interesting stuff go down as the Jeffersonian team get their hands full with a murdered biker gang member turned Yoga instructor, and more. In the new, 21st episode press release: The Team Investigates The Remains Of An Ex-con-turned-yoga Instructor. Press release number 2: When the remains of an ex-con and biker gang member-turned-yoga instructor is found in the aftermath of a forest fire, the team is going to have to navigate both worlds from the victim's past to find the killer. In the meantime, Booth is going to continue working hard to beat his gambling addiction and regain Brennan's trust, and Angela and Hodgins will make a big decision that is going to impact their future at the Jeffersonian.

"Bold and the Beautiful" star Victor Alfieri is safe from future attack ... because the man he accused of assaulting him with a hair brush has been ordered to stay out of his hair ... TMZ has learned.We broke the story ...  Alfieri had a close shave last month ... claiming his neighbor, Christopher Veech, hit him in the face with a hairbrush. The soap star claims Veech has been hair-rassing him for more than a year.Alfieri...

It's pretty ironic ... "Bold and the Beautiful" star Victor Alfieri -- famous for his flowing locks -- claims he was attacked with a hairbrush ... and now he wants protection from the perp.Alfieri has just got a restraining order against 47-year-old Christopher Veech, who lives with Alfieri's neighbor. According to docs, Veech beat him in the face last month with a hairbrush ... and has relentlessly harassed him for more than a year and threatened to put him in the hospital.

The producer who is being sued by soap star Victor Alfieri claims she was just joking when she asked him to send her a pic of his privates -- and says the two were in an "intimate relationship" until Alfieri broke it off and ran off with her money. Adriana Trevino claims she began working with Alfieri on a movie in June 2010 and their relationship began around the same time. Trevino says Alfieri wanted to keep their relationship secret,...

A super good looking soap opera stud claims he's being victimized by an obsessed female movie producer -- who allegedly has it out for him because he refused to email her a pic of his "live organ." Victor Alfieri -- who starred on " The Bold and the Beautiful " and appeared in the movie " Angels and Demons " -- is also an aspiring filmmaker ... and claims a female fan decided to invest in one of his projects last year.

Beit T'Shuvah, the renowned Los Angeles non-profit residential treatment facility, hosted their 2nd annual "Knock Out Addiction" fundraiser at the Petersen Automotive Museum last week.

The star-studded event included several celebrities enthusiastically standing up for the cause, including Ryan O'Neal, Jack Osbourne, Karina Smirnoff, Robert Shapiro, Frank Stallone, Victor Alfieri, Lisa Vidal, Eddie Kahil, and Ashley Hamilton, to name a few.

Pro-boxers, including two world champion pro fighters, Larry Musgrove and Ricky Quiles, are part of the boxing line-up.

On this date in...

1984: NBC soap opera Santa Barbara, created by Bridget and Jerome Dobson, debuted. The show lasted 2,137 episodes before finishing its run in the U.S. in 1993. The show continued to air around the world and became an international hit.

2001: Mexican telenovela Amigas Y Rivales debuted on Televisa.

Celebrating a birthday today are:

Ilene Kristen (Liza, The Bay; Roxy, One Life To Live; ex-Delia, Ryan's Hope; ex-Norma, Loving; ex-Madeline, Another World) - 59

Richard Burgi (ex-Chad, Another World; ex-Karl, Desperate Housewives; ex-Philip, Days Of Our Lives; ex-Glenn, As The World Turns; ex-Randy, One Life To Live) - 53

Laurence Fishburne (ex-Josh, One Life To Live) - 50

Vivica A. Fox (ex-Maya; Generations; ex-Carmen, Days Of Our Lives) - 47

Lilly Melgar (Janice, The Bay; ex-Lily, General Hospital; ex-Claudia, The Bold And The Beautiful) - 42

Simon Baker (ex-James, Home And Away) - 42

Ben Jorgensen (ex-Chris, As The World Turns; ex-Kevin, All My Children...

Ben McKenzie and Michael Cudlitz discuss the season 3 finale of Southland

TNT's electrifying hit drama Southland brings Season 3 to a close this Tuesday, March 8th, with Episode 03.10: Graduation Day. In this breathtaking final episode, Officer Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie) faces his final day as a rookie and contends with his partner Officer John Cooper's (Michael Cudlitz) increasing dependence on painkillers. Meanwhile, Detective Sammy Bryant (Shawn Hatosy) is assigned a new partner.

We recently caught up with Ben McKenzie and Michael Cudlitz to discuss this climactic Season 3 ender and series game changer. Here is our conversation:

Spoiler Alert!

Spolier here....Ben, when you jumped over that building in the finale, was there a wire on you?

Ben McKenzie: The stuntmen all use wires. But I was there. I said, "I want to do this! By myself!" No. That's not true.

Michael Cudlitz: I threw him over!

Ben McKenzie: He did!

(Victor Alfieri and Tom Hanks, in Angels & Demons, above.)

by Terry Keefe

Actor Victor Alfieri, who has also had past careers as both an Italian model and a Rome police officer, must have just had a lovely weekend, with the box office take of $48 million for Angels & Demons, in which he co-stars as Police Lieutenant Valenti. Alfieri has also recently been shooting the Fox Television series "Persons Unknown," for Christopher McQuarrie, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Usual Suspects. We spoke to Alfieri shortly before the opening of Angels & Demons.

Let’s first talk about how you were cast as Lieutenant Valenti in Angels & Demons.

The first time around, I couldn’t audition for it. They were casting in Italy and looking for Italian actors. I was actually there at the time, but I couldn’t meet them. I tried to get a general meeting, but I couldn’t get in.