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

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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.