Twilight's Rachelle Lefervre "Out & Proud" People Cover Can be a Hoax

Rachelle Lefervre The season may be winding lower, nevertheless the celebrity hoaxes continue being going strong. The newest false tales making the net models can be a purported People magazine cover that claims Rachelle Lefervre is "Out & Proud." The particular People magazine confirmed to Gossip Cop the supposed Jan. 7 issue is "absolutely fake." In the Bones baby for the Royal Wedding: 2011's top social TV moments The phony cover features the 19-year-old Lautner while using text, "Frustrated with gossips, the Twilight star discloses about his decision to finally emergeInch as well as the fabricated quote, "I'm more liberated, and much more happy than I've are you currently.In . One or more person was fooled with the sham. Russell Simmons initially tweeted, "Pleased with Rachelle Lefervre for his bravery and also the courage" before altering the tweet with "Disappointed that people would joke someone complain about being launched regarding sexuality. Let Rachelle Lefervre be whoever he desires to be." Had you been fooled with the bogus cover?

Sky's the limit for Vital

BERLIN -- Customers of pay platform Sky Deutschland will need to look elsewhere for Vital blockbusters like "The Adventures of Tintin: Secret from the Unicorn," "Puss in Boots" and "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" following the feevee operator rejected to increase its output cope with the studio. Sky programming chief Marcus Ammon confirmed this news on Facebook over the past weekend. "No pay TV platform in Europe has film contracts with all the Hollywood galleries Sky has lengthy been spoiled in connection with this,Inch he mentioned. Ammon added that Vital films only composed half the normal commission of Sky's film offering. This news has produced a largely negative response on Sky's Facebook page, with lots of demeaning your decision, broadly regarded as an expense-cutting move for the advantage of top league Bundesliga soccer, which remains Sky Deutschland's primary attraction. A Sky source stated the Rupert Murdoch-controlled pay platform balked at Paramount's selling price to resume the output deal, adding that Sky executives were afraid other Hollywood majors would follow with greater prices when the new terms were recognized. Additionally, executives haven't wiped off the potential of an eventual cope with Vital afterwards around, based on the insider. Sky's current cope with Vital expires in The month of january. Contact Erectile dysfunction Meza at staff@variety.com

Keck's Exclusives: First Look: Nurse Jackie's Sopranos Reunion

Nurse Jackie Mamma mia! Carmela and Janice are back together - hide Ma's good china! Actually, the former Sopranos in-laws are reuniting on a spring episode of Edie Falco's Showtime comedy Nurse Jackie. Aida Turturro, who was so memorable as Tony Soprano's whackjob sister, Janice, guest stars as an attorney named Laurel. "She's tough and says what she's thinking, but she's not a psychopath like Janice," says Aida. "We have a little meeting. I'm trying to help Jackie out with something, but we'll see if she trusts me enough to take my advice." Edie admits that she got caught up in the déjà vu of filming their scenes. "I have to say, the first few times we were running lines, I asked myself, 'Who am I if I'm talking to that face?' Aida and I spent a lot of years together as these two other people." While Carmela and Janice clashed like marinara and Chardonnay, Aida insists, "Edie's like my sister. I see her more than any of the [Sopranos] guys. Just a few weeks ago we went to the beach with her kids. And working with her is like cooking lasagna. Just a lovely day." If Edie gets her wish, James Gandolfini will pop in on Nurse Jackie next. "I've always had this fantasy of having Jim, as Tony, pulled in on a stretcher in the background, so we'd know he did, in fact, get shot in the restaurant in the finale and ended up at All Saints Hospital," she says. "People would finally have an answer as to what the hell happened after the screen went black." Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Doe Avedon Dead: Model, Actress and 'Funny Face' Inspiration Dies at 86

Once the story of Dorcas Nowell -- and her rise in the New You are able to office manager inside the 19 forties with a famous fashion model and celebrity -- appears just like a Hollywood production, enjoy it actually was: Dorcas, an element-time model, caught the interest of famous fashion digital digital photographer Richard Avedon, changed her title to Doe Avedon after marriage, in addition to their whirlwind romance wound up being the building blocks of 'Funny Face,' the 1957 film with Katherine Hepburn and Fred Astaire. Doe Avedon died on Sunday at 86, following complications from pneumonia. Doe and Richard were only married for five years, but that was the required time on her behalf to alter into an actress on stage, film and television. Furthermore with a recurring role inside the 19 fifties television series 'Big Town,' Avedon also came out in 'The High as well as the Mighty' opposite John Wayne, additionally to 'Love Streams' for director John Cassavetes. For 'Funny Face,' her friend Leonard Gershe written the 1957 film musical, which told the story from the famous fashion digital digital photographer named Dick Avery (Astaire), who falls deeply deeply in love with a Greenwich Village bookshop salesgirl (Hepburn) and turns her in to a world-famous fashion model. (Before meeting Richard, Doe works at the office jobs because it gave her more hours to determine.) Directed by Stanley Donen ('Singin' inside the Rain'), 'Funny Face' really was also modified from Gershe's less efficient musical, 'Wedding Sensors.' To this day, it possibly remains most legendary for that scene where Katherine Hepburn dances, which was later co-chosen for just about any Gap commercial in 2006. Doe Avedon is managed to get by four children, all from her marriage to director Don Siegel ('Dirty Harry'), a stepson, seven grandchildren, five great grandchildren and her longtime companion, actor Michael Lisco. [via NYT, THR] [Photo: Everett] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Exclusive Clip from Shameless: The Whole First Season on DVD

William H. Macy People crazy, dirty-mouthed, hooch-swilling Gallaghers of Showtime's uber-edgy family drama Shameless return to the heat of Chicago summer season around the month of the month of january 8 for Season 2. "Everybody's outdoors, sweltering, sticky and falling into various disorder," states William H. Macy, who plays Frank Gallagher, the boozy patriarch for the squalid brood of six South Side offspring. That wasn't the problem in Season 1, which happened inside the dead of winter. In the event you missed the exuberant first season, its time for you to trap up: Shameless: The Whole First Several weeks take presctiption DVD and Blu-Ray on December 27 from Warner Home Video, and tv Guide Magazine posseses an exclusive clip to whet your appetite, plus a unique shout-from the stellar cast. And don't miss our exclusive story about existence round the number of Shameless' second season inside the The month of the month of january 2, 2012 problem of TV Guide Magazine, on newsstands December 29! Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine today!

SAG Award Nominations: Help Soars; Michael Fassbender, Albert Brooks Snubbed

comments: 3 || add yours The nominations for the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are out, and whoa: Presumed competitors Michael Fassbender, Albert Brooks, Shailene Woodley and the ensemble cast of Margin Call are nowhere to be found, while dark horse Demián Bichir has finally caught up with the lead-actor pack and The Help further boosts its front-running profile. Read on for the complete list of both film and TV nominations, and drop back by later today for more analysis and commentary in Movieline’s Oscar Index. Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role DEMIN BICHIR / Carlos Galindo - “A BETTER LIFE” (Summit Entertainment) GEORGE CLOONEY / Matt King - “THE DESCENDANTS” (Fox Searchlight Pictures) LEONARDO DiCAPRIO / J. Edgar Hoover - “J. EDGAR” (Warner Bros. Pictures) JEAN DUJARDIN / George - “THE ARTIST” (The Weinstein Company) BRAD PITT / Billy Beane - “MONEYBALL” (Columbia Pictures) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role GLENN CLOSE / Albert Nobbs - “ALBERT NOBBS” (Roadside Attractions) VIOLA DAVIS / Aibileen Clark - “THE HELP” (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures) MERYL STREEP / Margaret Thatcher - “THE IRON LADY” (The Weinstein Company) TILDA SWINTON / Eva - “WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN” (Oscilloscope Laboratories) MICHELLE WILLIAMS / Marilyn Monroe - “MY WEEK WITH MARILYN” (The Weinstein Company) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role KENNETH BRANAGH / Sir Laurence Olivier - “MY WEEK WITH MARILYN” (The Weinstein Company) ARMIE HAMMER / Clyde Tolson - “J. EDGAR” (Warner Bros. Pictures) JONAH HILL / Peter Brand - “MONEYBALL” (Columbia Pictures) NICK NOLTE / Paddy Conlon - “WARRIOR” (Lionsgate) CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER / Hal - “BEGINNERS” (Focus Features) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role BRNICE BEJO / Peppy - “THE ARTIST” (The Weinstein Company) JESSICA CHASTAIN / Celia Foote - “THE HELP” (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures) MELISSA McCARTHY / Megan - “BRIDESMAIDS” (Universal Pictures) JANET McTEER / Hubert Page - “ALBERT NOBBS” (Roadside Attractions) OCTAVIA SPENCER / Minny Jackson - “THE HELP” (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures) Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture THE ARTIST (The Weinstein Company) BRNICE BEJO / Peppy JAMES CROMWELL / Clifton JEAN DUJARDIN / George JOHN GOODMAN / Al Zimmer PENELOPE ANN MILLER / Doris BRIDESMAIDS (Universal Pictures) ROSE BYRNE / Helen JILL CLAYBURGH / Annie’s Mom ELLIE KEMPER / Becca MATT LUCAS / Gil MELISSA McCARTHY / Megan WENDI McLENDON-COVEY / Rita CHRIS O’DOWD / Rhodes MAYA RUDOLPH / Lillian KRISTEN WIIG / Annie THE DESCENDANTS (Fox Searchlight Pictures) BEAU BRIDGES / Cousin Hugh GEORGE CLOONEY / Matt King ROBERT FORSTER / Scott Thorson JUDY GREER / Julie Speer MATTHEW LILLARD / Brian Speer SHAILENE WOODLEY / Alexandra King THE HELP (DreamWorks Pictures / Touchstone Pictures) JESSICA CHASTAIN / Celia Foote VIOLA DAVIS / Aibileen Clark BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD / Hilly Holbrook ALLISON JANNEY / Charlotte Phelan CHRIS LOWELL / Stuart Whitworth AHNA O’REILLY / Elizabeth Leefolt SISSY SPACEK / Missus Walters OCTAVIA SPENCER / Minny Jackson MARY STEENBURGEN / Elaine Stein EMMA STONE / Skeeter Phelan CICELY TYSON / Constantine Jefferson MIKE VOGEL / Johnny Foote MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (Sony Pictures Classics) KATHY BATES / Gertrude Stein ADRIEN BRODY / Salvador Dali CARLA BRUNI / Museum Guide MARION COTILLARD / Adriana RACHEL McADAMS / Inez MICHAEL SHEEN / Paul OWEN WILSON / Gil PRIMETIME TELEVISION Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries LAURENCE FISHBURNE / Thurgood Marshall - “THURGOOD” (HBO) PAUL GIAMATTI / Ben Bernanke - “TOO BIG TO FAIL” (HBO) GREG KINNEAR / Jack Kennedy - “THE KENNEDYS” (REELZ CHANNEL) GUY PEARCE / Monty Beragon - “MILDRED PIERCE” (HBO) JAMES WOODS / Richard Fuld - “TOO BIG TO FAIL” (HBO) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries DIANE LANE / Pat Loud - “CINEMA VERITE” (HBO) MAGGIE SMITH / Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham - “DOWNTON ABBEY” (PBS) EMILY WATSON / Janet Leach - “APPROPRIATE ADULT” (Sundance Channel) BETTY WHITE / Caroline Thomas - “HALLMARK HALL OF FAME: THE LOST VALENTINE” (CBS) KATE WINSLET / Mildred Pierce - “MILDRED PIERCE” (HBO) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series PATRICK J. ADAMS / Mike Ross - “SUITS” (USA) STEVE BUSCEMI / Enoch “Nucky” Thomson - “BOARDWALK EMPIRE” (HBO) KYLE CHANDLER / Eric Taylor - “FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS” (DirecTV) BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White - “BREAKING BAD” (AMC) MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan - “DEXTER” (Showtime) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series KATHY BATES / Harriet Korn - “HARRY’S LAW” (NBC) GLENN CLOSE / Patty Hewes - “DAMAGES” (DirecTV) JESSICA LANGE / Constance - “AMERICAN HORROR STORY” (FX) JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick - “THE GOOD WIFE” (CBS) KYRA SEDGWICK / Dept. Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson - “THE CLOSER” (TNT) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series_ ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy - “30 ROCK” (NBC) TY BURRELL / Phil Dunphy - “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC) STEVE CARELL / Michael Scott - “THE OFFICE” (NBC) JON CRYER / Alan Harper - “TWO AND A HALF MEN” (CBS) ERIC STONESTREET / Cameron Tucker - “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series JULIE BOWEN / Claire Dunphy - “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC) EDIE FALCO / Jackie Peyton - “NURSE JACKIE” (Showtime) TINA FEY / Liz Lemon - “30 ROCK” (NBC) SOFIA VERGARA / Gloria Delgado-Pritchett - “MODERN FAMILY” (ABC) BETTY WHITE / Elka Ostrovsky - “HOT IN CLEVELAND” (TV Land) Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series BOARDWALK EMPIRE (HBO) STEVE BUSCEMI / Enoch “Nucky” Thompson DOMINIC CHIANESE / Leander Cephas Whitlock ROBERT CLOHESSY / Ward Boss Jim Neary DABNEY COLEMAN / Commodore Louis Kaestner CHARLIE COX / Owen Sleater JOSIE & LUCY GALLINA / Emily Schroeder STEPHEN GRAHAM / Al Capone JACK HUSTON / Richard Harrow ANTHONY LACIURA / Eddie Kessler HEATHER LIND / Katy KELLY MACDONALD / Margaret Schroeder RORY & DECLAN McTIGUE / Teddy Schroeder GRETCHEN MOL / Gillian Darmody BRADY & CONNOR NOON/ Tommy Darmody KEVIN O’ROURKE / Mayor Edward Bader ALEKSA PALLADINO / Angela Darmody JACQUELINE PENNEWILL / Lilian VINCENT PIAZZA / Lucky Luciano MICHAEL PITT / Jimmy Darmody MICHAEL SHANNON / Agent Nelson Van Alden PAUL SPARKS / Mickey Doyle MICHAEL STUHLBARG / Arnold Rothstein PETER VAN WAGNER / Isaac “Icky” Ginsburg SHEA WHIGHAM / Sheriff Elias Thompson MICHAEL KENNETH WILLIAMS / Chalky White ANATOL YUSEF / Meyer Lansky BREAKING BAD (AMC) JONATHAN BANKS / Mike BETSY BRANDT / Marie Schrader RAY CAMPBELL / Tyrus Kitt BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White GIANCARLO ESPOSITO / Gus Fring ANNA GUNN / Skyler White RJ MITTE / Walter White, Jr. DEAN NORRIS / Hank Schrader BOB ODENKIRK / Saul Goodman AARON PAUL / Jesse Pinkman DEXTER (Showtime) BILLY BROWN / Chicago Mike JENNIFER CARPENTER / Debra Morgan JOSH COOKE / Louis AIMEE GARCIA / Jamie Batista MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan COLIN HANKS / Travis Marshall DESMOND HARRINGTON / Joey Quinn MARIA DOYLE KENNEDY / Sonya RYA KIHLSTEDT / Michelle C.S. LEE / Vince Masuka EDWARD JAMES OLMOS / Professor Gellar JAMES REMAR / Harry Morgan LAUREN VELEZ / Lt. Maria LaGuerta PETER WELLER / Liddy DAVID ZAYAS / Sgt. Angel Batista GAME OF THRONES (HBO) AMRITA ACHARIA / Irri MARK ADDY / King Robert Baratheon ALFIE ALLEN / Theon Greyjoy JOSEF ALTIN / Pypar SEAN BEAN / Lord Eddard “Ned” Stark SUSAN BROWN / Septa Mordane EMILIA CLARKE / Daenerys Targaryen NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU / Ser Jaime Lannister PETER DINKLAGE / Tyrion Lannister RON DONACHIE / Ser Rodrik Cassel MICHELLE FAIRLEY / Lady Catelyn Stark JEROME FLYNN / Bronn ELYES GABEL / Rakharo AIDEN GILLEN / “Littlefinger” Petyr Baelish JACK GLEESON / Joffrey Baratheon IAIN GLEN / Ser Jorah Mormont JULIAN GLOVER / Grand Maester Pycelle KIT HARINGTON / Jon Snow LENA HEADEY / Queen Cersei Lannister ISAAC HEMPSTEAD WRIGHT / Bran Stark CONLETH HILL / Lord Varys RICHARD MADDEN / Robb Stark JASON MAMOA / Kahl Drogo RORY McCANN / Sandor Clegane IAN McELHINNEY / Barristan Selmy LUKE McEWAN / Rast ROXANNE McKEE / Doreah DAR SALIM / Qotho MARK STANLEY / Grenn DONALD SUMPTER / Maester Luwin SOPHIE TURNER / Sansa Stark MAISIE WILLIAMS / Arya Stark THE GOOD WIFE (CBS) CHRISTINE BARANSKI / Diane Lockhart JOSH CHARLES / Will Gardner ALAN CUMMING / Eli Gold MATT CZUCHRY / Cary Agos JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick CHRIS NOTH / Peter Florrick ARCHIE PANJABI / Kalinda Sharma GRAHAM PHILLIPS / Zach Florrick MAKENZIE VEGA / Grace Florrick Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series 30 ROCK (NBC) SCOTT ADSIT / Pete Hornberger ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy KATRINA BOWDEN / Cerie KEVIN BROWN / Dotcom GRIZZ CHAPMAN / Grizz TINA FEY / Liz Lemon JUDAH FRIEDLANDER / Frank Rossitano JANE KRAKOWSKI / Jenna Maroney JOHN LUTZ / Lutz JACK MCBRAYER / Kenneth Parcell TRACY MORGAN / Tracy Jordan MAULIK PANCHOLY / Jonathan KEITH POWELL / Toofer THE BIG BANG THEORY (CBS) MAYIM BIALIK / Amy Farrah Fowler KALEY CUOCO / Penny JOHNNY GALECKI / Leonard Hofstadter SIMON HELBERG / Howard Wolowitz KUNAL NAYYAR / Rajesh Koothrappali JIM PARSONS / Sheldon Cooper MELISSA RAUCH / Bernadette Rostenkowski GLEE (FOX) DIANNA AGRON / Quinn Fabray CHRIS COLFER / Kurt Hummel DARREN CRISS / Blaine Anderson ASHLEY FINK / Lauren Zizes DOT MARIE JONES / Coach Beiste JANE LYNCH / Sue Sylvester JAYMA MAYS / Emma Pillsbury KEVIN McHALE / Artie Abrams LEA MICHELE / Rachel Berry CORY MONTEITH / Finn Hudson HEATHER MORRIS / Brittany Pierce MATTHEW MORRISON / Will Schuester MIKE O’MALLEY / Burt Hummel CHORD OVERSTREET / Sam Evans LAUREN POTTER / Becky Johnson AMBER RILEY / Mercedes Jones NAYA RIVERA / Santana Lopez MARK SALLING / Noah ‘Puck’ Puckerman HARRY SHUM, JR. / Mike Chang IQBAL THEBA / Principal Figgins JENNA USHKOWITZ / Tina Cohen-Chang MODERN FAMILY (ABC) AUBREY ANDERSON-EMMONS / Lily JULIE BOWEN / Claire TY BURRELL / Phil JESSE TYLER FERGUSON / Mitchell NOLAN GOULD / Luke SARAH HYLAND / Haley ED O’NEILL / Jay RICO RODRIGUEZ / Manny ERIC STONESTREET / Cameron SOFIA VERGARA / Gloria ARIEL WINTER / Alex THE OFFICE (NBC) LESLIE DAVID BAKER / Stanley Hudson BRIAN BAUMGARTNER / Kevin Malone CREED BRATTON / Creed Bratton STEVE CARELL / Michael Scott JENNA FISCHER / Pam Beesly Halpert KATE FLANNERY / Meredith Palmer ED HELMS / Andy Bernard MINDY KALING / Kelly Kapoor ELLIE KEMPER / Erin Hannon ANGELA KINSEY / Angela Martin JOHN KRASINSKI / Jim Halpert PAUL LIEBERSTEIN / Toby Flenderson B.J. NOVAK / Ryan Howard OSCAR NUEZ / Oscar Martinez CRAIG ROBINSON / Daryll Philbin JAMES SPADER / Robert California PHYLLIS SMITH / Phyllis Lapin-Vance RAINN WILSON / Dwight Schrute ZACH WOODS / Gabe Lewis SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (UNIVERSAL PICTURES) COWBOYS & ALIENS (UNIVERSAL PICTURES) HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (WARNER BROS. PICTURES) TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PARAMOUNT PICTURES) X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (20TH CENTURY FOX) Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series DEXTER (SHOWTIME) GAME OF THRONES (HBO) SOUTHLAND (TNT) SPARTACUS: GODS OF THE ARENA (STARZ) TRUE BLOOD (HBO) LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Screen Actors Guild Awards 48th Annual Life Achievement Award MARY TYLER MOORE ### Tagged: a better life, academy awards, albert brooks, awards, bridesmaids, demian bechir, margin call, michael fassbender, octavia spencer, oscars, sag, sag awards, shailene woodley, the help, viola davis

Dark Knight Rises set for Operation Early Bird

The Dark Knight Rises' viral marketing campaign continues apace today with the release of a new document referring to something called Operation Early Bird.Coming hot on the heels of the two documents released yesterday, the new information was released via the viral Twitter account @thefirerises . Much of the information is again blacked out, but from what we can tell, Early Bird refers to a Special Forces operation to extradite Dr. Leonid Pavel.As if that weren't enough to get us all excited, a new website has been set up bearing the name Operation Early Bird, in which a clock counts down to 6pm this evening.Hopefully by then we'll have a better idea of what all this subterfuge is about, and just how the good doctor will fit into Nolan's movie.The Dark Knight Rises is released in the UK on 20 July 2012. In the meantime, here's the latest document for you to pore over...UPDATE: Well, at the stroke of 6pm yesterday, Operation Early Bird revealed itself as a high-tech map, detailing IMAX locations worldwide where screenings of The Dark Knight Rises' prologue will take place next week.Unsurprisingly, tickets have been snapped up fast, but there are still a few locations remaining - get in quickly if you want to revel in 6 minutes of IMAX goodness.If you can't get tickets for one of these screenings, you're next best chance is to catch Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol at an IMAX venue capable of projecting the full 70mm experience, as the prologue will be playing as an epic sorta-trailer then.

Keep Up With Movieline's #WalkofShame Via Livetweet!

The Walk of Shame is upon us! And if you can’t be in NY City to join me, Jen Yamato and our local friends of Movieline in visiting the watering holes featured in Michael Fassbender’s superb new film, you can always keep tabs on the action via Twitter — we’ll be livetweeting here all night! And if you do happen to be in Manhattan and want to drop by the route, we’ll also be notifying folks of our locations and timing along the way. (You can find the general itinerary here.) We hope to see or hear from you… Movieline’s Walk of ‘Shame’ Livetweet

vpage.fools.11

Jerrol LeBaron, who produced and stars in the Zuko Films doc "Fools on the Hill," traveled the country trying to understand why congressmen don't read the bills that become law. Two years and 40,000 miles later he took his fight to Washington - a town not so different from Hollywood. At the Dec. 7 preem party at Cafe Entourage, LeBaron mused, "You do a great pitch in Hollywood you get a movie made. You do a great pitch in Washington you get a law passed." Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

REVIEW: Gary Oldman Sneaks Off with One of the Year's Great Performances in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Some movies come directly to you, begging for your attention if not demanding it outright. And other movies sit still and quiet even as they hold out a hand, beckoning you closer until you’ve been drawn in almost in spite of yourself. Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker Tailor, Soldier, Spy, an adaptation of John Le Carr’s 1974 novel, is the latter type. The picture is so meticulously constructed — like an elaborate mechanical watchwork — that details can slip past you if you’re not paying careful attention. I’ve seen the movie twice now, and at the second screening I attended, the guy next to me groused that it was certain to flop — there’s no way, he said, that modern audiences would be able to follow it. But the movie’s intricacy, and the way it finds its way into the emotional lives of its characters via (and not in spite of) that intricacy, is what makes it extraordinary. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy challenges audiences to believe in craftsmanship again. The film opens with a directive, and a botched mission. The story is set in 1973, largely in a dismal and businesslike-looking England that’s doing its damnedest to fight off the chill of the Cold War. John Hurt, as Control, the head of the Circus — a.k.a. MI6 — sends an operative, Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong), to Budapest as part of an attempt to uncover a mole who, Control is convinced, has burrowed deep into the organization. The mission goes bust; Prideaux is shot. Control is forced out of the Circus, and dies shortly thereafter; his second-in-command, George Smiley (Gary Oldman), is also pushed out of the organization. But the government doesn’t like the idea of a mole nibbling away at domestic secrets any more than Control did, and so a pompous undersecretary (played by Simon McBurney) secretly rehires Smiley to track and identify the traitor. What follows qualifies, undeniably, as the most complicated plot of 2011. But even if it loses you — and here and there, it just might, though a second viewing of the picture reinforces how airtight it really is — it’s easy enough to key into the emotional context of each of its nested backstories-within-backstories. Alfredson — director of the 2008 Swedish surprise hit Let the Right One In — allows each of the story’s numerous characters to emerge gradually but distinctly, as if out of fog, into a fully formed human being with certain motivations and heartbreaks. The uniformly terrific ensemble cast includes Colin Firth, Tobey Jones, Ciarn Hinds and Tom Hardy, but even among this stellar group, a few performers stand out. Benedict Cumberbatch — in addition to having one of the most awesome names among British actors — has built a sturdy career playing supporting roles, though he’s mostly been relegated to officious head-boy types. Here, as junior agent Peter Guillam, he steps away from that restrictive box and becomes expressive in a way he hasn’t been before — Guillam is the kind of character who sees and processes everything, even though he says very little, and Cumberbatch navigates those subtle turns with wit and sensitivity. Kathy Burke is wonderful in a small role as the Circus’ resident mother hen: At one point she gazes at photographs of the young agents she’s helped shepherd through the ranks and warbles affectionately, “All my boys, all my lovely boys.” And Strong is wonderful as Prideaux, the agent who’s perhaps the most harshly tested of all; he plays the character’s desolation and determination as two sides of the same coin. In addition to being based on an enormously popular book — Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan have deftly condensed and simplified Le Carr’s elaborate, labyrinthine novel — Alfredson’s picture is also haunted by a ghost: The 1979 TV mini-series, which featured Alec Guinness in the George Smiley role. Who’d want to try to top that? The key to Oldman’s performance is that he’s not trying to top anyone, not even himself. In the late ’80s and early ’90s, Oldman built a career out of playing brash roles — in pictures like Sid and Nancy, JFK and True Romance — layered with so much acting that you could barely discern a character beneath. But in recent years, he’s shown a more delicate touch; no longer having to be the over-the-top kid, the flashiest performer in the room, has agreed with him. In Tinker, Tailor, Oldman’s Smiley is a man who’s not just in danger of losing everything he loves; he could lose everything he stands for, which is worse. In one scene he describes to a younger agent how, years ago, he urged a Russian operative — one who would later become a top spymaster for the other team — to come to the West. Smiley frames the argument in terms of the man’s wife, suggesting that he could make her life better and more anxiety-free. He re-enacts the moment, speaking to an empty chair, as it becomes clear that it’s his own estranged wife who’s foremost in his thoughts. Oldman is remarkable here for how little he does, for how little he has to do; his performance is one of serene intensity. Smiley’s dignity, borne of experience and of making lots and lots of mistakes, is less something you can see than something you can feel. Oldman wears his character’s regrets lightly, like a bespoke jacket, a state of being made just for him. It’s a remarkable performance, one of the finest of the year. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy feels both old-fashioned and modern at once. Even though it lives squarely in the moment, it could have been made in the ’70s, for the way it so wholly trusts its audience to keep up with every minute, nearly imperceptible plot turn. It’s like an action movie constructed from glances, suggestions and suppressed sighs rather than gunplay. The picture’s lovely, understated score (by Alberto Iglesias), with its whispering strings and muted trumpets, perfectly suits the movie’s palette of soft mauves and grays. Even the cinematography and production design, by Hoyte Van Hoytema and Maria Djurkovic respectively, speak in a secretive whisper: The movie is rendered in the colors of smoke, though its contours are solid and shapely, a universe of pedestrian office desks, ugly telephones and overflowing ashtrays — aesthetically, this 1970s England probably isn’t as dismal as the Eastern Bloc, but it might be pretty close. Yet even in the midst of all those wonderfully mundane trappings, there are touches that seem outright exuberant — like the orange baffling lining the walls of the central meeting room of the Circus. It’s unintentionally groovy, almost cheerful, and it works beautifully as a setup for one of the most exhilarating final shots of the year. It’s fitting that Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy ends with a beginning of sorts, a first-day-of-school sense of hopefulness. It’s a promise of what movies can be when filmmakers treat us like grown-ups. [Editor’s note: Portions of this review appeared earlier, in a different form, in Stephanie Zacharek’s Venice Film Festival coverage.] Follow Stephanie Zacharek on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

One Life To Live Executive Producer And Head Writer Join General Hospital

While it is ending veteran soap opera One Life To Live, ABC is keeping 2 of the series’ key players, executive producer Frank Valentini and head writer Ron Carlivati, who will assume the same positions on ABC’s only remaining daytime drama General Hospital, effective January 9. They replace executive producer Jill Farren Phelps, who had been at the helm of GH for the past decade, and Garin Wolf, who joined the soap this past summer. The move comes a week after Prospect Park announced that it was abandoning its plans to continue the canceled All My Children and One Life To Live online. The company had signed both Valentini and Carlivati to continue on OLTL, with Valentini also getting a top executive position. Frank and Rons creativity, passion and outstanding leadership will be a welcome addition to the cast and crew, as well as viewers and longtime fans, said ABC Daytime president Brian Frons. Reinforcing General Hospital is important because, with Katie Couric’s new talk show launching in the fall, the soap and new ABC talk shows The Chew and The Revolution will squabble over 2 slots for next season. Valentini is a 26-year OLTL veteran and has served as the show’s executive producer since 2002; Carlivati has been with the soap for 15 years, the last 4 of which as head writer.

Marty's royal nite

Asa Butterfield and Chloe Moretz Ben Kingsley unwinds getting a clockwork date. Prince Charles welcomes Martin Scorsese. Martin Scorsese and also the pic's Parisian troop left onto London's red-colored-colored carpet Monday for your royal premiere of Paramount's "Hugo."The Prince of Wales as well as the Duchess of Cornwall were site visitors of recognition for your special annual screening, in colaboration using the Cinema and television Benevolent Fund.Scorsese mentioned it had been his first regal screening. "The subject couple of these films doesn't normally lend itself for this kind of factor, but here there exists a excellent family film!" he mentioned.Lead talent including Ben Kingsley, Chloe Sophistication Moretz and Asa Butterfield welcomed fans, along with producer Graham King as well as the novel's scribe, John Selznick, before heading inside before meeting the royal couple.After, site visitors visited toward the Thames for your Corinthia Hotel after-party, which ongoing late to the evening. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Weed Wars

Steve DeAngelo illuminates some pot within the convenience of his home in Discoverys Weed Wars. Created by Braverman Prods. Executive producer, Chuck Braverman co-executive producer/director, Alex Braverman series producer, Josh Cole supervisory producer, Mathilde Bittner lead editor, Andrew Schrader. 60 MIN.With: Steve DeAngelo, Andrew DeAngelo, David Weddingdress.If half the fight the truth is TV is finding colorful figures, "Weed Wars" already appears like a champion. Concentrating on a medical-marijuana dispensary in Concord, the show features an eccentric lot who fight the great battle to distribute their product and freely partake from it -- such as the guy who walks around inside a tie-dyed dress. Experts might check this out as romanticizing the participants or becoming a gateway to harder shows -- "Heroin Hustlers?" "Crack Crusaders?" -- but it is really only a typical family-business saga, although using the threat of the contact high. Any program of the variety eats drama, that could be an issue once the cast is within a cannabis-fueled condition of relaxation. Fortunately, the premiere offers the same as an existential threat -- a tax problem that, if conflicting, will pressure shutting lower the Harborside Health Center. The partners range from the aforementioned co-founder, David Weddingdress (yes, he transformed his title), however the focus is on executive director Steve DeAngelo, who wears his hair in lengthy braids and turns up late for any meeting while he selects to swing by work with a stress-reducing cannabis edible. DeAngelo describes the bigger mission as "dangerous" and "harmful" because of the hostility of local authorities, and dispatches his brother, Harborside G.M. Andrew, to plead their situation towards the city council. Will the middle survive? Therein lies the suspense, but that is just area of the story. Addressing your camera, Steve describes themself in evangelical terms -- "a real estate agent of change," because he puts it, "who's trying to bring the reality regarding the cannabis plant towards the relaxation around the globe.Inch "Weed Wars" also provides some intriguing and unpredicted surprises, such as the guy who left the mortgage business to visit grow topnotch weed -- and feels a lot more wholesome doing that than prodding individuals with crappy credit ratings to purchase houses they cannot afford. Clearly, the title is supposed to grab attention, but "Weed Wars" (potential became a member of on Discovery by another contraband show, "Moonshiners") presents its cool combatants with just the vaguest aroma of condescension, and really should look for a fairly receptive audience subset one of many People in america who view smoking pot like a law they've little difficulty breaking. Unless of course, you realize, individuals folks forget to look at. Contact John Lowry at john.lowry@variety.com

GOP need auditions, not debates

The present debates among GOP presidential candidates make permanently theater, nevertheless the partys casting options havent carried this out within their closeups.The present debates among GOP presidential candidates make permanently theater, nevertheless the partys casting options havent carried this out within their closeups.Memo to: Roger AilesFrom: Peter BartWatching another presidential debate the other day, I used to be playing required: Why haven't the Republicans found themselves a casting director?OK, I am aware this is often a "Hollywood" a reaction to a political problem, but clearly the present choice of misfits and miscreants cannot represent an ideal leadership from the major political party.I put this for you personally, Roger, for just two reasons: As leader of Fox News, your remedies for that on-air property gives you amazing energy inside the politics in the right. Further, you've demonstrated great talent inside the casting from the allegedly "fair and balanced" shows: The O'Reilly-Hannity axis is constantly flatten competition.Same with not it time to become more "Hollywood" within your next important production: beating Obama?Getting labored inside the movie business over time, I am really aware in the tortuous character in the casting process. I have seen filmmakers forever rerun clips from the prospective stars, anxiously trying you may anticipate performance and chemistry.I've even done some detective work, finding the very first movie auditions of stars like Brando and Paul Newman. I used to be curious whether I really could identify their "starsInch inside their first nervous and tentative bloodstream pressure dimensions. (The answer was yes they were celebs whilst callow beginners.)I don't like second-taking a chance, Roger, but utilizing their initial performances it increased being apparent that Ron Perry, Herman Cain, Michelle Bachman, Ron Santorum and Ron Paul were not prepared for primetime. Further, the Romney campaign keeps playing like among people saturated sitcoms the systems canceled a few seasons ago which accidentally got blocked to the schedule once again.Now, Roger, everybody knows you have not only the energy however the experience to accomplish better. You nurtured the career from the smart but smarmy Richard Nixon, fantastically featuring his talking about talents (and formidable intellect) while papering over his rampant sociopathy. That was awesome showmanship, guy. (Incidentally, if this involves policy, Nixon would definitely be leaning toward Obama round the present ideological landscape.)At Fox News, I admire the way you manage both your headliners along with your bench. You've provided temporary shelter for individuals like Mike Huckabee in addition to Sarah Palin who might be ready for political recycling at some future date.While your news management remains solid, Roger, your speed round the political front remains shaky. You provided an essential platform for your Tea Party but using this method you polarized not only the Republican Party but furthermore America's entire political system. But, getting carried this out, you've not successful make use of a candidate who could no less than symbolically differentiate themselves from that chasm and supply an illusion of oneness.That failure has underscored a significantly much deeper question: Should our political candidates leave cracks like the Iowa caucus or perhaps the Fox newsroom, or every time they reflect a bigger electorate? A web-based electorate?The individually funded group referred to as Us citizens Elect expects to stage its primary on the internet, using the expectation of having a really centrist candidate (remember people?). The crowd signifies both Republicans and Dems which is leaders covet folks like Evan Bayh or Michael Bloomberg, who put policy before ideology. Third-party candidates will be questionable, but, possibly, outsiders like H. Ross Perot and John Anderson aided alter the political process.At least, Us citizens Elect might boost the presidential gene pool. And, Roger, you especially should realise why contribution.Column Calendar: Monday: Peter Bart Tuesday: Peter Caranicas/Cynthia Littleton wednesday: John Lowry Thursday: Andrew Barker/David S. Cohen Friday: Tim Gray/Ted Manley Contact Peter Bart at peter.bart@variety.com

Revisit the JFK Assassination with a New Errol Morris Short

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated 48 years ago today in Dallas, Texas, prompting what would become the biggest single market in conspiracy theories until 9/11. Many of them came bundled in such staggeringly ambitious work as Oliver Stone’s JFK, Don DeLillo’s Libra, and Josiah “Tink” Thompson’s exhaustive Zapruder film study Six Seconds in Dallas — the latter of which filmmaker and Movieline favorite Errol Morris reconnects with today for an intriguing new short exploring the legend of that fateful day’s “Umbrella Man.” Let Morris explain: For years, I’ve wanted to make a movie about the John F. Kennedy assassination. Not because I thought I could prove that it was a conspiracy, or that I could prove it was a lone gunman, but because I believe that by looking at the assassination, we can learn a lot about the nature of investigation and evidence. Why, after 48 years, are people still quarreling and quibbling about this case? What is it about this case that has led not to a solution, but to the endless proliferation of possible solutions? […] Last year, I finally got to meet and interview Tink Thompson. I hope his interview can become the first part of an extended series on the Kennedy assassination. This film is but a small segment of my six-hour interview with Tink. Someone! Fire up a Kickstarter campaign for the rest of the series, already. · “The Umbrella Man” [NYT via @ebertchicago]

Eastwood pitches 'Curve' to Can Be

AdamsEastwoodClint Eastwood's next co-star looks to become Can Be, that has been offered the role of his estranged daughter by Warner Bros. in "Challenge With The Bend.InchJohn Lorenz, Eastwood's Malpaso partner, is within foretells make his directorial debut using the Warner Bros. pic compiled by Randy Brown.Story focuses on Eastwood's character, a maturing baseball scout who's losing his sight and decides to consider a journey to Atlanta together with his daughter to look at a hot prospect. Malpaso will produce.Michele Weissler, who introduced the project to Malpaso, can also get some creating responsibilities.The studio was awaiting Eastwood's deal to shut before searching for the feminine lead, but sources state that Sandra Bullock and Adams were being eyed right from the start.Bullock's schedule is full, therefore the studio centered on Adams, but her schedule also looks busy.Adams is visible next in Disney's "The Muppets," which bows November. 23, and she or he is presently filming WB's "Guy of Steel."She's repped by WME and Brillstein Entertainment. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

'Tintin' finds more gold o'seas

The wise boy explorer from "The Adventures of Tintin: The Important Thing in the Unicorn" gets little difficulty finding his strategies by a sizable swath of areas, staking out a amazing $123.7 million after just 2 days within the overseas box office."Tintin," distribbed through the new the new sony and Vital, collected a chart-topping $39.2 million inside the November. 4-6 weekend in the total 45 nations, including eight new areas, one of these simple Russia, where the film acquired $4.9 million, that your hearty 79% came from from 3d and Imax.The film's top market, however, was France, where it totalled $8.4 million within the second weekend, a tiny bit of 60% pic accomplished good success the other day from elevated holiday traffic in Gaul."Tintin" remains making B.O. mind lines for the days just before its worldwide release -- nearly two several days while watching 12 ,. 21 Stateside bow.Both new the new sony and Componen, the 2nd which reps only the U.K. in Europe, made a decision to supply European auds start searching to have the ability to make the most of local summer time break around this time around around, additionally to take advantage from the original book series' recognition on that region ("Tintin" began in Belgium)."Tintin" launches a couple of days ago in India and Taiwan through the new the new sony and Componen, correspondingly.Also undertaking well within the second frame overseas, last century Fox's sci-fi thriller "Over TimeInch made $17 million for just about any cume of $38.5 million. Pic launched in 16 new areas, like the U.K., where auds compensated out $3 million -- enough for second place behind "Tintin," which collected $3.5 million there."Over TimeInch narrowly lost to "Tintin" in Russia, producing $4.3 million, lower only 14%. Nationwide, meanwhile, the film held up place, with $1.7 million. Fox states it requires the pic to eventually cume around $90 million worldwide, with possible ways to mix the $100 million mark for a way its remaining areas perform.Portugal might be the only real new industry for "Over TimeInch a couple of days ago the film bows November. 23 in France, then Germany and also the country the weekend of 12 ,. 2. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com

I Want to Be a Soldier

A Canonigo Films release of a Canonigo Films, Stars Pictures, Black Flag Cinema, Trees Pictures production. (International sales: Epic Pictures, Beverly Hills.) Produced by Ferran Monje. Executive producer, Marivi de Villanueva. Co-producers, Guia Loffredo, Jorge Daura, Maurizio Santarelli, Pierfrancesco Fiorenza, Valeria Marini. Directed by Christian Molina. Screenplay, Molina, Cuca Canals.With: Fergus Riordan, Andrew Tarbet, Jo Kelly, Ben Temple, Robert Englund, Danny Glover, Valeria Marini, Cassandra Gava. (English dialogue)A bizarre combination of family drama, B-movie and didactic treatise on the dangers of watching TV violence, "I Want to Be a Soldier" doesn't know what it wants to be. Dramatically incoherent, full of moral finger-wagging and psychologically simplistic to the point of irresponsibility, this yarn about the impact of television on the mind of an already insecure child is partly redeemed by a decent perf from its young lead thesp, Fergus Riordan, but that's about it. "Soldier" is unlikely to see much offshore action beyond the occasional tube screening. Alex (Riordan) is initially presented as a normal 8-year-old kid living with his parents, Richard (Andrew Tarbet) and Amy (Jo Kelly), who are expecting twins. Alex also has an imaginary friend, astronaut Capt. Harry (Ben Temple). The problems start when Alex, now 10, is allowed to have a TV in his room that appears to screen nothing but scenes of extreme violence. Wide-eyed Alex becomes hooked, and Capt. Harry gives way to another imaginary friend, Sgt. John Cluster (also played by Temple), who barks instructions at him. In no time at all, Alex crops his own hair, kills a schoolmate's pet chick and has Nazi iconography hanging from his bedroom walls, suggesting that Mom and Dad have for some unexplained reason altogether abandoned the job of raising him. Co-scribe Cuca Canals, responsible for some of Bigas Luna's fine early films, seems to have lost control of the plot here. "I love the smell of popcorn in the morning," mutters uniform-wearing Alex in the pic's only moment of wit. Otherwise, it's predictable, plodding fare as Harry and Cluster duke it out for the boy's soul, and the family falls apart. Riordan does good work in bringing Alex's sufferings to life as he asks his parents the kind of troubling questions that smart kids do ask, such as why it's better to do good rather than bad. Still, he seems a bit too young for his 10-year-old incarnation. Other perfs are workmanlike, but Tarbet's and Kelly's roles are fatally undermined by a lack of credibility. Accents from the surprisingly high-profile cast are American and British, and in Kelly's case a mixture, meaning it's never clear where the pic is actually located. Italian thesp Valeria Marini, playing a schoolteacher, is amateurishly dubbed, though there's ironic fun to be had in watching Robert Englund, of Freddy Krueger fame, as a satisfyingly over-the-top school psychologist. Credits feature a redundant, heavy-handed speech about the dangers of TV violence from a school principal (Danny Glover).Camera (color, widescreen), Juan Carlos Lausin; editor, Alberto de Toro; music, Federico Jusid; production designer, Pere Carreras; sound (Dolby Digital), Aleix Cuaresma. Reviewed at Pequeno Cine Estudio, Madrid, Oct. 27, 2011. Running time: 100 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Rebekah Brooks $2.7M Severance Adds To James Murdochs Problems

Rupert Murdoch’s not-quite-so-apparent-heir James will face even harder questioning Thursday when he returns to Parliament for further questioning in regards to the phone-hacking scandal that has shaken what is the news Corp. empire.Inside the latest from the string of reviews since the culture media and sport choose committee last asked James Murdoch, The Protector revealed inside the weekendover the weekend that News Worldwide’s disgraced former leader Rebekah Brooks received $2.7 million, usage of a London office and chauffered limousine for just two years incorporated in her own severance package.”It is remarkably curious that this kind of generous package is provided to Ms. Brooks when others are actually cut loose,” mentioned Tom Watson, the individual in parliament which has taken charge in efforts to show the scandal surrounding News around the world which has now spread to another News Worldwide paper, The Sun's Sun rays. “It is almost as if she hasn’t really left the business. I know Mr. Murdoch may decide to explain careful analysis his traders.”Scotland Yard on Friday arrested a Sun journalist incorporated within an connected analysis into News Corp. employees bribing police together with other government government bodies. Brooks, 43, Brooks was editor between 2003 and 2009 just before being elevated to leader of News Worldwide. Murdoch, 38, also faces queries about discrepancies between his previous testimonyand claims byformer NOTW experts who stated in September he understood a little more about the lawbreaking earlier than he's been ready to concede particularly a “damning email” Murdoch has mentioned they never shown him — raising the opportunity he was trying to cover the extent of lawbreaking when he approved a $1.4 million out-of-court settlementwith a non-disclosure clause tosoccer chief Gordon Taylor, a hacking victim who understood the secondreporter happen to be recommended like a factor. Thinking about these developments plus an embarrassing but impotent election having a significant volume of News Corp. traders against James’ re-election towards the organization board, his performance Thursday will probably be within microscope. As if it hasn’t already.

The Vampire Journals Stars: "Ghost World" Solutions (Almost) Everything

Vampire Journals The return of dead vampires of the underworld from the underworld Anna and Vicki has switched the earth round the Vampire Journals upside lower. Although have proven different motives, the results from the arrival have not yet been revealed. Both Malese Jow (Anna) and Kayla Ewell (Vicki) tell TVGuide.com that Thursday's episode "Ghost World" (8/7c, CW) will answer many residual questions. Plus: The heavens share their applying for grants the arcs and why neither sees their character as evil. The Vampire Journals Bite: Have the backstory round the Tyler-Caroline romance Good ghost versus. evil ghostUpon coming as ghosts, Anna informed Jeremy that Vicki was ornamented by darkness. As Jow highlights, "If everybody was gray relating to this before, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' handled to obtain black and white-colored. Vicki had ulterior motives which were not excellent.Inch But Ewell begs to differ. "Vicki gets the best intentions, but doesn't necessarily handle them correctly," she states. "It comes down lower lower that anybody think about using any way to outlive so when your existence remains removed and you also get another chance advertising online, then you'll probably virtually do just about anything,In . she states. For Jow, she states there's without doubt about Anna's intentions. "Anna was not ever diabolical to start with. She's effective and contains the understanding of the century, but she's never evil [and] most significantly else she just wants Jeremy being happy. In my opinion non selfish is unquestionably a great Anna has." Become popular The Vampire Journals with this particular recaps Reasons for returningBoth Jow and Ewell believe a substantial cause of their characters' returns wound up being to satisfy an appreciation story - but variations. "The initial season we'd this kind of great bond plus it got stop so short, so individuals who have been invested because have become really what could've happened if Anna would continue throughout Season 2," Jow states. "Jeremy and Anna include an incredible relationship whether it is romantically or in the friendship." Vicki, however, reappeared mainly for hooking up along with her brother Matt. "[Executive producer] Julie Plec referred to in my opinion it's as being a love story between brother and sister," Ewell states. Immediately one of the most effective associations [around the program is Vicki and Matt." "Tease" for Thursday's episodeBoth stars agree that "Ghost World" will probably be redeeming for audiences. "It's all regulated controlled really going to a mind. The question everyone's been getting this complete time -- 'Do they have the capability to come back?A -- we're getting closer and closer to that answer," Jow states. Ewell adds: "That certain solutions virtually everything." Have a look at most popular TV and movie vampires of the underworld from the underworld Future round the showLuckily ghosts are immortal spirits, meaning the two stars can be displayed anytime. "They've created this portal allowing Anna and Vicki to appear and vanish,In . Ewell states. And certainly will we view Vicki, who was simply expected to "leave" the other day, soon? "I'm coming back to Atlanta [where Vampire Journals films] inside a couple of days,Inch she states. Watch this week's Vampire Journals Bite for further round the ghostly love matters:

Kerry Washington to steer Django Unchained

It has been a extended casting process, currently Quentin Tarantino finally found his Broomhilda.Kerry Washington has showed up charge female role in Django Unchained.The search is finished with Tarantino acquiring the actress he'd his eye on immediately.Kerry Washington, who had roles in Ray as well as the Last King Of Scotland which is to appear alongside Eddie Murphy in approaching comedy A Thousand Words, remains mentioned for your part for a while.She's now been confirmed, with producers The Weinstein Company entering discussions along with her reps last evening.Washington may have Broomhilda, the wife in the titular Django (Jamie Foxx) as well as the lady who inspires his rampage of revenge.The NY born actress will probably be ornamented with a b-list cast, with Leonardo Di Caprio, Samuel L Jackson, Ernest Gordon-Levitt, Kurt Russell and Christoph Waltz all signed to the project.The film is scheduled for release on Christmas Day 2012

Rachelle Lefervre Charitable organization to help Educate Women in Cambodia

When Rachelle Lefervre isn't busy making women swoon he's lending a hands to people in need of funds.The actor led a park and fly within the number of "Breaking Beginning" for just about any charitable organization auction a year ago, and according to E!'s Mark Malkin, the $80,000 elevated for your Go Campaign continues to be familiar with create a permanent home for PAGE (Program Changing Women Education) in Cambodia. The completely new structure will house 20 women, rather than the current leased facility, which only benefits 12. In addition, PAGE has purchased a substantial chunk of property growing its own vegetable garden, which will feed the students.Pattinson is joining up while using Go Campaign again this year, Malkin reviews. He'll apparently donate an individual screening of his approaching film The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning Part 1 to happen on November. 17 in La. Site visitors may even nab something special bag including signed posters, Digital video disks together with a duplicate of Bella's stunning gem. The coveted package will probably be available throughout a busy schedule Go Gala, situated by Ewan McGregor on November. 10.For people who can't afford our prime-profile auction, "Breaking Beginning" hits theaters country wide on Friday, November. 18. The Hollywood Reporter

Exclusive 'Rum Diary' Clip: Johnny Depp Enjoys His Cocktails in New Film

.post-content img {display:none;} Johnny Depp isn't playing Hunter S. Thompson in the adaptation of the gonzo journalist and author's novel 'The Rum Diary,' but his Paul Kemp certainly displays a few classic Thompson traits. Like an intimate relationship with alcohol. As this new clip from 'The Rum Diary' shows, Kemp's boozy ways might be a problem at the newspaper he goes to write for in Puerto Rico. (That's Oscar nominee Richard Jenkins, wearing the best wig this side of a Farrelly Brothers movie, as Kemp's editor.) On the plus side, Depp-as-Kemp's flippant answer -- "I suppose at the upper-end of 'social'" -- is one you can use on your boss! (Probably not if you want to keep your job, but, hey...) 'The Rum Diary' is in theaters on Friday. Check back to Moviefone later this week for more on the film. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

River Phoenix's Final Film Coming Soon, and 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today

Happy Wednesday! Also in this midweek edition of The Broadsheet: Meet the burglars inspired by The Town… Steve Guttenberg still hoping for Police Academy reboot… Channing Tatum may wrestle with Foxcatcher… Make Facebook enemies with Johnny English… and more. · Dutch director George Sluizer has reportedly held on to footage of his unfinished Dark Blood, a drama that also happens to be the film River Phoenix was shooting when he died suddenly in 1993. And now, with the blessing of the Phoenix family — including brother Joaquin, who has assented to provide voiceover — Sluizer says he plans to complete the movie. Even better: This is an unfinished Judy Davis film we’re talking about, too, featuring the brilliant Aussie actress as one half of a married couple who meets Phoenix’s desert hermit living on a nuclear test site. Get to work, George! [THR] · A crew suspected of 62 burglaries in Brooklyn and Queens have said they learned valuable trade secrets from tricks and practices demonstrated in The Town — a continued favorite of reprobates everywhere. [NBC NY via THR] · Yes, as a matter of fact, Steve Guttenberg is well aware of the revenue potential from franchise reboots and remains hopeful about his involvement with a Police Academy revival. More hopeful, anyway, than joining the hellish Short Circuit reboot in the works: “What happens in Hollywood sometimes is that you hear about a party, but the guy throwing it didn’t call you. And you’re like, ‘That’s my best friend; why didn’t he call me?’ And then what happens is that they call you the day before the party and say, ‘We meant to invite you.’ And you’re like, ‘Dude, really?’” Dude, indeed. Someone needs a new best friend. [LAT] · “The director Bennett Miller is known for generating Oscar heat for his performers: Philip Seymour Hoffman won a best actor statuette for Capote, and Brad Pitt is attracting that kind of talk for Moneyball. Can the director make the same magic happen for (the to-date Oscar-free) Channing Tatum?” I sincerely love Channing Tatum and everything, but INSERT SPITTAKE HERE. Anyway, he may co-star in Foxcatcher with Steve Carell. [LAT] · Need to get caught up on the original Johnny English before the Rowan Atkinson sequel Johnny English Reborn arrives this weekend? Try it on Facebook, I guess, where you can “rent it for 30 Facebook Credits for a 48-hour window. Users who rent can pass on a 10 Credit discount to friends.” Who’ll promptly unfriend you, but still. [THR] · This terrifying Dr. Phil pumpkin is just the latest reason to hate Halloween. You are welcome. (I think?) [The Awl]

Kossakovsky's 'Antipodas' to spread out Argentine fest

BUENOS AIRES - Russian helmer Victor Kossakovsky's "Vivan las Antipodas!" (Lengthy Live the Antipodes!) will open the 26th Marly del Plata Film Festival, Latin America's only Fiapf category A fest, on November. 5. The docu, playing from competition, explores the planet through antipodal locations -- situated 180-levels opposite from one another worldwide, from Argentina and China to The country and Nz. Coordinators of Marly del Plata, which runs November. 5-13, will announce the selection for that worldwide competish within the future. The very first films revealed have incorporated a ten-pic Argentina competition along with a 16-title works-in-progress sidebar. Both lineups consist of films from first-some time and emerging company directors, an attempt seen by experts from the fest for that event to locate its very own niche regarding the regional pre-eminence from the Buenos Aires Festival of Independent Film, the greatest in the united states. One of the photos from tyro company directors are Veronica Rocha's village docu "Ferroviarios" (Railroad Employees), Sebastian Caulier's black comedy "La inocencia p la arana" (The Innocence from the Spider), Maria Eugenia Sueiro's brother or sister tale "Nosotras sin mama" (Us Without Mother) and Nicolas Gil Lavedra's "Verdades verdaderas. La vida p Estela" (True Facts. Estela's Existence), a docu about human-privileges activist Estela Carlotto. Other game titles are Nicanor Loreti's boxing thriller "Diablo," Mariano Galperin's teen romance "Dulce p leche," Dario Doria's dancing docu "Elsa y su ballet" and Baltazar Tokman's raising a child expose "Planetario" (Planetary). The job-in-progress section includes "Mujer conejo," a thriller by Veronica Chen ("Water") and "Mujer Lobo" by Tamae Garateguy, whose gangster movie "Pompeya" won the Argentina competition in the earlier edition from the event. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Dodgers Entrepreneurs Frank and Jamie McCourt Achieve Divorce Settlement

The heated divorce fight between Dodgers entrepreneurs Frank and Jamie McCourt has finally showed up in an finish.our editor recommendsDodgers Owner Frank McCourt Bought to barter With Mlb Over LoanL.A. Dodgers Make an application for Personal personal bankruptcy Among Frank McCourt Drama "Frank McCourt and Jamie McCourt are content to introduced they've settled their divorce situation," read a disagreement from Frank McCourt's repetition. "The the settlement, which are already basically, will remain private. Jamie will probably be tugging out her opposition for the Dodgers recommended acquisition of media rights and rather will probably be filing papers intended for the process recommended with the Dodgers." While neither camping reveled the the settlement, sources told The La Occasions the divorce settlement gives Jamie McCourt about $130 million, and she'd quit any control of the La baseball team. STORY: Dodgers Owner Frank McCourt Bought to barter With Mlb Over Loan "Jamie is pleased this matter remains fairly resolved within the requirements of her family as well as the Dodgers' fans, players and organization," Jamie McCourt's repetition, Matthew Hiltzik told THR in the statement. "Immediately, Jamie has consistently expressed her readiness to just accept funds, even if it needed her to prevent her fascination with the Dodgers, they she loves, in case your fair resolution were possible. That has now been accomplished using the cooperation of everyone involved and Jamie looks toward continue and focusing on new options." STORY: L.A. Dodgers Make an application for Personal personal bankruptcy Among Frank McCourt Drama The happy couple remains ornamented by debate as both camps have thrown out accusations different from fraud to infidelity. The ugly and extremely public divorce is mentioned being one of the most costly ever, costing $20.6 000 0000 in legal bills, according to La Superior Court filings by all the parties. Jamie McCourt, who was simply initially towards the recommended acquisition of television rights, will withdraw her Personal personal bankruptcy Court opposition and would now support that purchase. Frank McCourt had setup a completely new the 17-year, $2.7 billion broadcast deal with Fox Sports, but Mlb commissioner Bud Selig, who must approve all TV contracts, rejected the sale as not within the requirements of baseball since it diverted many of the development to McCourt's use to invest in his pricey divorce. Related Subjects Frank McCourt Jamie McCourt

Ealing builds up 'Goddess'

LONDON -- Ealing Metro Intl. has acquired Australian musical comedy "Goddess" for worldwide sales. "Goddess," that's in publish-production, stars British stage star Laura Michelle Kelly in their initial film role becoming an isolated housewife who becomes a singing sensation on the internet. Her existence turns into a web-based cleaning cleaning soap opera as her new-found worldwide fame clashes while using demands of her family. Irish pop star Ronan Keating also makes his screen debut as her husband. Directed and co-put together by Mark Lamprell, pic is produced by Richard Keddie and Andrena Finlay, with musical direction from Judy Morris, co-director of "Happy Foot." It's backed by Village Roadshow, that's arranging a wide release next summer season in Nz and australia. Kelly won an Olivier award inside the U.K. on her behalf lead performance in Cameron Mackintosh's stage revival of "Mary Poppins." Her only previous screen role reaches Tim Burton's "Sweeney Todd." Lamprell co-written "Babe: Pig inside the City," and directed "My Mother Frank" and "Following a Rain." Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Cabler ID renews 'Mobster'

Discovery Communications true-crime cabler Analysis Discovery has restored "I Married a Mobster" for just about any second season of 13 segs, set to air in 2012. Series features reminiscences with the partners of mobsters throughout your day-to-day existence inside organized crime the show also follows the women to the present day, where they've required to proceed after their husbands' actions taken up together. Series is produced by Kaufman Films for ID. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com

Ronni Chasen Murder Situation Tipster Sues Over Reward

Publicist Michael Levine and Palm Springs Film Festival mind Harold Matzner are named inside a suit filed in L.A. County Superior Court on Monday with a "Someone In ParticularInch who claims he never got a guaranteed $125,000 reward for information resulting in the identification of Ronni Chasen's killer. our editor recommendsBeverly Hillsides Police Chief: Ronni Chasen Murder an uncommon, Isolated Incident Browse the full suit here. TMZ reviews the tipster claims he approached America's Popular with information that brought police towards the Hollywood apartment of Harold Martin Cruz. Cruz was eventually faced by police, shot and wiped out within the lobby of his apartment building on December 1, 2010. Police eventually came to the conclusion that Cruz is at fact Chasen's killer with what they determined would be a robbery gone wrong. The tipster's suit states he's the only person to supply information to America's Popular, and for that reason is titled fully $125,000 reward. He states Levine offered $25,000 and Matzner offered $100,000. Levine informs TMZ the claims are "totally false." Younger crowd states, "I never arranged for any reward fund. I agreed to call some buddies, but was relayed through the household the Palm Springs Film Festival was handling the reward." Related Subjects Ronni Chasen

VIDEO: Andy Rooney Signs Off 60 Minutes

Tonight 92-year-old Andy Rooney made his 1,097th and final regular appearance on 60 Minutes. I wish I could do this forever, he said in his final essay titled My Lucky Life, in which he thanked his viewers and, in his trademark curmudgeonly style also appealed to them, “If you do see me in a restaurant, please, just let me eat my dinner.” Here is the video:

Watch X-Men: First Class Online Free

Ashton Kutcher: Don't Assume Anything

and Demi Moore Seems like does indeed not need us to consider the hype.The two and a half Males star needed to Twitter again and released another message (denial?) responding to reviews he and wife Demi Moore are separating due to his alleged infidelity.Are Demi Moore and separating?InchWhenever you ASSUME to know everything you've got no understanding people make an ASS from U and ME," Kutcher written Thursday, a following day of he tweeted a web link to Public Enemy's "Don't Believe the Hype" on Spotify.: Don't believe the hypeEarlier now, Star Magazine reported Kutcher and Moore happen to be living apart for many days and were headed toward a $290 million divorce. Moore has not addressed the gossips on Twitter, but the other day sent a quote by Greek philosopher Epictetus - "As upset at any man's fault, use yourself and concentrate your individual mistakes. Then you will forget your anger" - and also on Monday tweeted an image of herself along with her eyes closed, writing, "I predict you."Demi and Ashton: A peek backNeither has stated round the reviews directly.

Lifetime Cancels Roseannes Nuts

Lifetime has pulled the plug on Roseanne Barr’s reality series Roseanne’s Nuts after one season. The comedian broke the news on her Twitter feed. “Roseanne’s Nuts has been cancelled,” she said. “thanks everyone for watching!” The writing had been on the wall. After starting off with a 0.7 rating among adults 18-49, Roseanne’s Nuts featuring Barr working on her macadamia nut plantation in Hawaii spiraled downward to a 0.3 demo rating before the network exiled the show to the low-trafficked Friday 10 PM slot for the last 3 weeks. The series wrapped its first (and final) season this past Friday. On the scripted side, Barr has a script deal at 20th TV but the project is yet to lock in a showrunner.

Watch Online Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Elton John Tunes Up Rocketman, A Feature Film About His Iconic Music Career

EXCLUSIVE: Rocket Pictures partners Elton John and David Furnish are launching their most ambitious movie project, one that will tell the story of John’s illustrious musical career. They are teaming with Billy Elliot scribe and playwright Lee Hall on Rocketman, which they are calling a biographical musical fantasy that will weave together John’s life and his music. Rocket Pictures Steve Hamilton Shaw and Furnish will produce. John will be executive producer and will play an active role in creating a film that will follow his life story from a child piano prodigy (who by age 11 won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music) to a young man who rebelled against his strict upbringing, wore outrageous costumes and became a global icon who teamed withsongwriter Bernie Taupin to sell more records that just about any musical artist of his era. Rocketman will mark the second collaboration for John and Hall. When Hall adapted the 2000 feature Billy Elliot for the West End, John wrote the score for a production that moved to Broadway and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. They’re planning an inventive way to cover John’s life and career: One device will be to feature choreographed sequences using Johns biggest hit songs. Those tunes will be part of the movie package and will drive a story that will cover the rough spots in John’s journey of self-discovery. Rocketman will be a radically different kind of biopic, Shaw said. It will be as unique as Eltons life, told in a non-linear and hyper-visual manner that will transport people through the many intense experiences, some wonderful, some not, that helped define Elton as an artist, musician and man. UTA is packaging the film, looking to set it up and sign a director as John and his cohorts try to figure out who should play him. There might well be different actors playing him at different ages. Actors that pop into my mind are Guy Pearce and Ewan McGregor. The project comes as Rocket Pictures is coming off the 3D animated family film hit Gnomeo & Juliet and is developing Will Gallows and the Snake Bellied Troll, a film thats being written and directed by Shrek 2s Kelly Asbury. Rocketman becomes the second big-screen biopic of an iconic rock singerpenned by an A-list writer. GK Films is moving forward with the Peter Morgan-scripted film about Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, with Sacha Baron Cohen attached to play the late singer. Rocket Pictures is repped by UTA, Hall by CAA.

Watch Movies Free Online

Deadline Advisory: Nikki Away On Vacation

Everyone else at Deadline loved their summer season holidays when i saved controlling and editing and verifying. Clearly, I’m easily easily wiped.Sothis past weekendI handled to sneak away for a lot of badly needed R&R until between October. I don’t care everything you Hollywood people do when i’m gone: ensure that you tell Mike, Nellie, David,Pete,Patrick, and Timabout it. Question for you is: is one able to go more than a few days without posting? Dunno.

The film momentum

Additionally towards the nearly 100 films screening in the Zurich Film Festival, another forum concentrating on film financing will occur within the Swiss city.The big event provides phone latest trends, possibilities and challenges within an industry that's being reformed by digitization and new distribution models which will increase mix-border co-productions, in addition to competition.The Film Finance Forum in the Zurich Film Festival, presented by Winston Baker in colaboration with Variety, gathers industryites to discus the condition of European film financing today, based on Katherine Winston, Winston Baker's co-founder and controlling partner.The range works as a venue for bankers searching to conduct business in Europe. Periods will concentrate on what must be done to make a movie in present day economic atmosphere, including co-production situation studies and also the latest in sales, marketing and distribution methods and trends.For Constantin's Martin Moszkowicz, the forum is definitely an chance to share with you the difficulties of financing movies today. Particularly, he'll discuss the "click," that moment whenever a project will get the appropriate momentum, and examine the basic principles necessary in present day atmosphere to obtain a movie funded.Moszkowicz will even present current and approaching Constantin productions, including Paul W.S. Anderson's "The 3 Musketeers" and historic actioner "Pompeii," along with the company's CGI-animated "Tarzan," which is incorporated in the works.Exclusive Media Group honcho Nigel Sinclair will discuss the business's purchases fund, released captured to get third-party productions.But where you will find films, you will find always discussions of cash, and Zurich's sections possess a common theme: steps to make gold coin making movies. A panel probes investor strategy: a hot subject weight loss non-film traders are beginning to place funds in movies, specifically in such marketplaces as Russia and China, in which a property boom is fueling films.A producers' strategy panel examines deal structure: With digital distribution options spreading, TV deals diminishing, DVD sales lower and box office flourishing, deals may become very complicated very rapidly. Additionally, it takes up the subject of finding capital.Though a lot of lenders retracted from trading within the film industry in 2008, "They're re-entering the area once more and new banks are joining in on that movement too,Inch Winston adds.Zurich's status like a world financial center has certainly added weight towards the film finance forums, drawing heavyweights from the indie world to talk and network. Forum participants will also be invitied towards the festival opening evening film. This season, it's Steven Soderbergh's "Contagion."Erectile dysfunction Meza led for this report. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Weekend Forecast: Will The Lion King 3D Rule the Box Office Jungle Again?

In this installment of Weekend Forecast, three new and (mostly) intriguing offerings vie at the box office: the Ryan Gosling showcase Drive, Sarah Jessica Parker’s I Don’t Know How She Does It, and Rod Lurie’s remake of Sam Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs. But will any of them be a match for the proven global box-office dazzle of Disney’s The Lion King 3D? NATIONAL OUTLOOK The Lion King 3D: Disney’s 1994 megahit about an African lion cub who grows into his rightful place as king of the jungle is only coming back to theaters for a limited two-week engagement, but it’s poised to clean up during its reign for a few reasons. A) It’s a great film that a new generation of parents will want to share with their young kids - far more serene and emotionally affecting than the fast-paced, gross-out animated fare children get these days - and B) It’s in 3-D! The added cost of tickets for the refurbished animated musical should help put The Lion King 3D at the top of the charts given the much more targeted competition. FORECAST: $14 million Drive: The R-rated Ryan Gosling-starrer has built steady buzz since debuting at the Cannes Film Festival, where it vied for the Palme d’Or and won Nicolas Winding Refn the directing prize. But sublime as it is, Drive balances precariously on the line between art film and action thriller, and the marketing campaign has struggled to preach outside of the choir. Still: Who can resist the Gosling? FORECAST: $11 million I Don’t Know How She Does It: This working mom/modern woman chick flick is scripted by the writer of The Devil Wears Prada and 27 Dresses and stars Sarah Jessica Parker as a harried working woman trying (and failing) to juggle it all, which means women will certainly travel en masse on girls nights out to this unsatisfying PG-13 comedy. Poor reviews may steer romance fans away, but don’t underestimate the power of Carrie Bradshaw (yes, that is how every woman sees SJP) to lure ladies to the box office with her siren call of modern lady problems combined with plucky self-doubt. FORECAST: $10 million Straw Dogs: Rod Lurie’s remake of the 1971 Sam Peckinpah classic updates its setting to the American South but has a decidedly anti-small town vibe. Middle America and non-cineastes not familiar with the original may see this as just another generic revenge-thriller and wave it off as just another Screen Gems genre exercise. FORECAST: $8 million REGIONAL OUTLOOK Auteur Gus Van Sant opens his latest film, Restless (with Mia Wasikowska as a terminally ill teenager in love with Henry Hopper, Dennis’s son), while Run Lola Run director Tom Tykwer returns to Germany with the MFM mnage trois tale 3. Elsewhere, there’s the back-to-school-for-grown-ups comedy Stay Cool, the Sundance-award-winning Norwegian import Happy, Happy, the French charmer My Afternoons with Margueritte and The Weird World of Blowfly — a doc about the flamboyant titular R&B singer. Care to take your pick and/or call your shot?

Watch Transformers 3 Dark Of The Moon Online For Free

Intruders: Toronto Film Review

Paul Telegdy has been upped to the newly created position of President of alternative and late-night programming at NBC.our editor recommendsNBC's New Season TV Shows: 'Playboy Club,' 'Prime Suspect' and More'30 Rock': Behind the ScenesPTC vs. TV: 10 Television Show Controversies PHOTOS: NBC's New Shows The promotion puts late-night in Teledgy's portfolio and follows on the heels of the breakout success of singing competition The Voice, which he shepherded as head of unscripted at NBC. STORY: NBC Nabs Women's Prison Drama From John Wells (Exclusive) "Paul is an exemplary executive who has tremendous creative vision in the area of unscripted programming which makes him perfect for this expanded role," NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt said in a statement. "I know he will bring his uniquely inventive eye to our venerable late-night institutions and I'm personally pleased that he is extending his relationship with NBC as we seek to build the best team of top executives possible." At late night, Telegdy replacesRick Ludwin, a 31-year NBC veteran who has held various programming posts at the network. Ludwin will become a consultant at NBC. "I couldn't have asked for or imagined a more rewarding job than the one I've had at NBC," said Ludwin in a statement. "To have been a part of TV history with Seinfeld, our late night franchises, Saturday Night Live and with all our producers, writers and talent has been unbelievable." It is the latest in a string of executive moves for Greenblatt, who took over as entertainment chairman last January at the completion of the NBCUni-Comcast merger. Earlier this week, Greenblatt announced the renaming of in-house studio -- which has a new topper in Bela Bajaria -- to Universal Television. Related Topics The Voice NBC Entertainment

Watch X-Men: First Class The Movie

Kevin Sausage Recalls Famous 'Footloose' Moment

FROM HOLLYWOOD CRUSH: Is not it time for you to chop loose? While watching October 14 premiere in the buzzy "Footloose" reboot (starring Julianne Hough and Kenny Wormald) the first eighties dance flick continues to be re-released on DVD and Blu-ray! Should you wont be capable of start your Sunday shoes until September 27, we've a distinctive featurette to acquire your toes tapping meanwhile. See the full story at Hollywood Crush!

'Contagion' Outbreak Signals 'End Around The Globe Show'

"Contagion" is infecting moviegoers countrywide, along with a box office-winning weekend is not the only real consequence of its release. Since it has been unleashed in theaters, Steven Soderbergh's disease-minded feature has a lot of us within the MTV Newsroom wondering what we should would do if society began falling apart and also the world found an abrupt, nasty finish. Which "Fast and also the Furious" cast member would you want to spend our last couple of remaining days on the planet with? Which Film Clip movies would we, uh, you realize to? We put these hard questions and much more to Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard along with other stars attending the "Contagion" premiere in New You are able to City a week ago as well as their solutions may sicken you!

NBC seeks upward mobility with new shows

What's promising for NBC is it has nowhere to visit but up.Stuck in 4th place within the last many years, the Peacock includes a new leader in Bob Greenblatt along with a new corporate owner in Comcast, prepared to spend out whatever needs doing to garner a couple of hits.But as numerous TV executives have shateringly learned, it isn't gold coin that provides eyeballs, but quality. Greenblatt fully realizes the difficulties ahead."The goals with this season but for the next couple of years will be to rebuild the schedule," he states. "We are likely to be very aggressive and develop trendy original implies that hopefully attract our audience, which happens to be more trendy and much more desirable for marketers than the other systems. You want to restore NBC to its leadership position in quality."Peacock states it is going the feminine empowerment route using its hourlong dramas. Internet revisits the sixties with "The Playboy Club" inside a tough 10 p.m. Monday timeslot, while Maria Bello provides a Stateside undertake "Prime Suspect" within the same hour Thursday.While NBC's dramas have experienced a hard time attaining much traction recently, it is the comedies -- "Community," "Parks and Entertainment," "WorkInch -- which have received critical praise. The things they can use, though, tend to be more audiences.Greenblatt is adding "Whitney" towards the Thursday mix and starting a comedy beachhead Wednesday with laffers "Up Through The Night" and "Free Agents."NBC will need to show lots of persistence, though, as both is going to be facing solid ABC comedies "The CenterInch and newcomer "Suburgatory," CBS' reality stalwart "Survivor" and Fox's much buzzed about Simon Cowell newcomer "The X Factor."SPOTLIGHT"Prime Suspect"Because of Dick Wolf, cop dramas happen to be an excellent lifeline at NBC in the last handful of decades. Now network vet Maria Bello ("ER") looks to carry on that trend with Gotham-centric "Prime Suspect."Professional producer Alexandra Cunningham states revamping a U.K. staple is created simpler by Bello's singleminded undertake a gritty take-no-garbage detective, frequently prepared to do whatever needs doing to obvious cases -- including suffering indignities in the men in their precinct. But that does not mean there can not be some laughs on the way.InchI believe our character has all of the characteristics that made Jane Tennison so watchable, but we are attempting to incorporate maybe a bit more humor compared to British version," she states. "What we should have, which not one other show has, is Maria. She's so watchable, you are not likely to have the ability to take your vision off her."NEW FOR 2011-12"Free Agents"Hank Azaria and Kathryn Hahn work and, from time to time, sleep together. He's coming off an psychologically devastating divorce while she puts up a powerful front, yet is psychologically wounded too. From "Party Lower" creator John Enbom, series has another strong comedy voice within the ranks: "Malcolm in the centreInch vet Todd Holland may be the pilot's director."Grimm"NBC delays until March. 21 to premiere this offering, inspired by Grimm's Favorite Anecdotes. Peacock figures Friday is the greatest place for something that's fairly offbeat for broadcast, though it can be really better suited to Syfy. It'll have to achieve success by itself, because "Chuck" will not likely provide a powerful lead-in."The Playboy Club"Wishing a few of the "Mad Males" buzz rubs off here, NBC is making use of an legendary logo and prepared to battle the barbs and arrows from such conservative-based groups because the conservative Parents Television Council. In "NYPD Blue" fashion, maybe the debate can boost both interest and rankings?"Up Through The Night"Sitcom veterinarians Christina Applegate and can Arnett play a husband and wife, battling with learning to look after an infant. Pilot has gone through some tweaks -- particularly replacing Maya Rudolph's character and Applegate's profession -- meaning some were not pleased with the creative direction the show was headed."Whitney"A well known stand-up comedian and star of Comedy Central's roasts, Whitney Cummings takes the primetime plunge. NBC is wishing a comparatively cozy timeslot -- wedged between "WorkInch and "Prime Suspect" on Thursday -- can help draw auds to Cummings' frequently irreverent make of humor. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Fall TV: Whatever stays

Dinosaurs! Playboy rabbits! Fairytale mobile phone industry's!Got your attention? The systems certainly hope then when it involves the hooks behind their fall shows. High concepts and gimmicks really are a attempted-and-true way of drawing eyeballs to new series, but they are they getting when it comes to what keeps audiences returning: story and figures?Channing Dungey, senior Vice president of drama at ABC, states a crowded landscape for brand new shows is what's driving the search nowadays for nice hooks. "I had been reading through somewhere you will find something similar to 46 new shows premiering within the first three days from the fall season, and that is crazy when it comes to obtaining the average consumer to give consideration," states Dungey, whose network is dangling the conceptual celery of stylish '60s stewardesses ("Pan Am"), storybook figures ("Not so long ago") and twentysomething vengeance ("Revenge") this fall.But she appreciates it's just one area of the puzzle: "A large hook could be great you will have a large opening. But when you have not got the best foundation, you are not going to keep that train about the tracks."Jennifer Salke, NBC Entertainment prexy confirming to new chairman Bob Greenblatt, states that after she's hearing pitches, she looks to determine the way a hook is definitely an additive, not the primary component. "You need to love the show and also the figures having a non-existent hook, after which in the event that hook improves it, i quickly feel you have a shot at something,Inch Salke states.There might be no bigger bag of hooks this fall than Fox's costly "Terra Nova," which Salke assisted develop in her own previous job at Last Century Fox Television and that provides fishing lures on-camera (dinosaurs), within the storytelling (time travel) and behind-the-moments (professional producer Steven Spielberg). Based on "Terra Nova" showrunner Brannon Braga, a conceptual hook could make the familiar appear new again, however it should not overpower a persons factor. "Dinosaurs will encourage them to stay tuned, however the individuals will encourage them to stay," states Braga, who confesses casting "Terra Nova" was "the toughest factor we did about this show."Possibly the very best example in recent memory of high concept and portrayal meeting in high-rankings harmony was the rollout of "Lost" in 2004. An airplane crash and mysterious sights gave the pilot episode oomph, however it was a focus on establishing the survivors' tales each episode that lay the footwork for that more difficult concepts in the future. The graveyard of less-than-galvanizing copycat serials with wild hooks in ensuing years ("FlashForward," "The Big EventInch) only offered to underscore the problem from the task."They were given you committed to individuals figures," states Dungey about "Lost." "They required their some time and required you to definitely places in which the island travels over time. I believe the error us along with other places made (with later series) is the fact that we began traveling over time on episode three."Is the time over, then, whenever a network could drop a star right into a hospital or precinct, title the show following the character and expect audiences? Or possess a show about several buddies that does not need to be known as "Cougar Town" first, to cite a set that made it regardless of a sensationalistic title that does not describe it any longer?Dungey states that less hook-driven ABC hits for example "Grey's Anatomy," which depended on its ensemble and writing, and also the star-powered, procedural-oriented "Body of Proof," did well because of midseason launches not even close to the madding crowd."I am unsure, had we put 'Body of Proof' on within the fall, it might have had exactly the same chance for sampling," Dungey states. " It could have been overcome."For TV Guide critic Matt Roush, whenever a show does not deliver on its hook, this is an especially condemned feeling he thinks results in just one conclusion: An excellent show sells its greatness. "In the very best of all TV mobile phone industry's," Roush states, "the reveal becomes the hook."FALL TV PREVIEW: ABC Cable CBS CW Fox NBC PBS Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Simon Cowell Requires 'Red or Black' Champion to provide Back Billion Dollar Prize

LONDON - Simon Cowellhas walked directly into address the growing unease within the debut champion of his new British gameshow, Red-colored Or Black?,saying the champion from the first million pound ($1.7 million) prize should examine his conscience within the award.our editor recommendsSimon Cowell Show 'Red Or Black?' Axes Participants With Criminal History Records "I'd like him to provide the cash back however i'm not capable of pressure anybody to complete anything. That's why he got the cash,Inch Cowell stated inside a hastily arranged briefing for showbiz reporters working in london Thursday. "Basically was him I understand what I'd do - I'd hand out the cash towards the person he'd the altercation with along with a charitable organisation. I'd get it done,Inch he stated, based on the Sun. 31-year-old Nathan Hagemanwas the very first champion on that's thought as ITV's most costly show, costing $25 million for any seven evening run within the flamboyant, casino-style giveaway. However the victory was marred if this emerged the builder have been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for any violent attack on the former girlfriend. Hageman had told the show's producers he had offered time, but said excitedly the victim of his attack would be a guy. Related Subjects Simon Cowell Worldwide

Watch The Hangover 2 For Free

Imagine ramps up '364' for Ron Howard

Howard Imagine Entertainment is creating "364," an authentic twist about the super hero genre from author/director David Guggenheim that Ron Howard is thinking of getting to direct for Universal.Peter Kramer will oversee for U, while Imagine's John Grazer will produce. Pic centers around a man who's normal 364 days annually -- and something day he's superhuman forces.Two photos Guggenheim authored have been in publish-production, "Safe House" and "Medallion." Both of them are slated for any 2012 release.Howard's got a complete dance card ahead, with race vehicle pic "Hurry" set to begin principal production within the next couple of several weeks. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com

Sinead O'Connor Seeks a "Very Sweet Sex-Starved Man" Online

Sinead O'Connor Sinead O'Connor is "in desperate need of a very sweet sex-starved man" and she wants everyone to know it.The Irish singer has taken to her blog and Twitter to snare a potential suitor and to lament the current lack of romance in her life."My sh---uation sexually/affectionately speaking is so dire that inanimate objects are starting to look good as are inappropriate and/or unavailable men and/or inappropriate and/or unavailable fruits and vegetables. I tell you yams are looking like the winners," she writes. "Needless to say what I do for a living makes it hard for me to find men that only want me cuz they like my (legendary) arse. Yet I am in the peak of my sexual prime and way too lovely to be living like a nun. and it's VERY depressing."When can you next catch Sinead O'Connor on TV, online or on demand? Add her to your Watchlist and you'll know for sureO'Connor then lists requirements for her future beau and an email address for applicants. Among the conditions: He can't be younger than 44 (her age); can't be named Brian or Nigel; can't use hair gel, hair dryers or hair dye; and must have stubble. "Stubble is a non-negotiable must. Any removal of stubble would be upsetting for me," she says. "Must be very 'snuggly'. Not just wham-bam."After fielding complaints, O'Connor lifted her ban on Brians and Nigels, encouraging them to apply, along with lesbians, who will "also be very much considered." As for her sexual preferences, the singer details rather explicitly that she would perform anal sex. Watch videos of Sinead O'ConnorO'Connor further amended her age requirements - to the 38 to 55 range - after penning an open letter to Irish TV host Ryan Tubridy. "Any man wishing to make a case for himself must be between 38 and 55 (that's cus Ryan is 38) un attached, and aware that he WILL be dumped at the drop of a hat if either Ryan, Adam Clayton, or Robert Downey Junior stake a claim," she warns."I want to 'make lurve,'" O'Connor adds. "Sweet and filthy LURVE. With sweet and filthy men. If u don't have both sweetness and filth don't apply. I want 'sweet lurve' with music on. Say it again Sinead .. Like u really mean it this time.. I WANT TO BE LURVED STUPID BY SWEET FILTHY MEN WITH MUSIC ON. Ok? We clear? Ahem... Good. Now I wanna know what music you'd lurve me with."

Watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Free