Thus Quoteth Back Stage to 'Saturday Evening Live'

This weekend's episode of "Saturday Evening Live" featured the return of former cast member Jimmy Fallon, who greater than rose for the challenge of his first-time hosting duties using what was easily one of the highlights from the already consistently funny season. Just one Fallon-free skit particularly caught Back Stage's attention.Behold Tommy Palemese's highly inventive, absolutely original one-guy show, "Half Jewish, Half Italian, Completely Neurotic." Your comments ought to have been in, and they're... factual? Watch the sketch below. While no "Dale Herschel" has ever written reviews for Back Stage, we're able to not help but be flattered with the multiple out-of-context (and hilariously ellipses filled) quotes credited towards the publication. Six of those, more particularly. Cheers to "SNL" for recognizing the first position Back Stage likes in fostering fledgling works which otherwise might fall by theoh whatever, enjoy the video!Check out the newest (legit) Back Stage reviews, from major Hollywood releases to off-off-Broadway finds.

From Von Trier to the Fassboner, the Top 9 OMG Movie Moments of 2011

With 2011 drawing to a close, your faithful Movieline editors are taking a look back at the year that was, starting with a catalog of the 9 biggest OMG moments in movies and moviedom. Celebrate the batshit-insane happenings, most shocking screen scenes, death-defying stunts, crazier-than-fiction episodes, and nuclear-level meltdowns of the year… and add your own favorites to the pile. Ah, memories! 9. The Human Centipede II Let’s kick things off with the moment at the end of The Human Centipede II when I glanced over and realized the woman next to me had passed out from the onslaught of depravity being committed onscreen and was in need of medical attention. Lucky her - she fainted right before the very worst of Tom Six’s uncensored director’s cut. I wasn’t quite so lucky. 8. Bridesmaids’ pooping Never go cheap on Brazilian BBQ, ladies. 7. The making of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol’s Burj Khalifa scene - or, confirmation that Tom Cruise is insane What’s a multi-millionaire celebrity to do when normal people kicks just don’t deliver enough excitement anymore? Why, run around the outside of a skyscraper a mile up from the ground because your stuntman is too afraid of heights to do it himself. In. Sane. cue golf clap 6. Drive’s brutal, gorgeous facestomping It’s the most delicately moving and gorgeous moment in Nicholas Winding Refn’s Drive: Ryan Gosling delicately moves Carey Mulligan into the corner of an elevator for a sweet, tender kiss - one so pure, so spiritual, that a heavenly glow emanates around them with the pulsing of true love. And then, in a flash - IT’S FACESTOMPING TIME! Few scenes this year left me this breathless, in more ways than one. 5. Madonna and hydrangeas The erstwhile Material Girl did nothing for her reputation, or her film’s PR profile, when she was caught on camera heartlessly rejecting a fan’s bouquet of flowers at the Venice press conference for W.E. (I mean, obviously. Didn’t that guy know she loathes fucking hydrangeas? What was he thinking?!) Even better: Madonna’s response to the media brouhaha that ensued. She’s not sorry! Let that be inspiration for us all in 2012 - do something insane in the new year and don’t apologize for it. 4. The Skin I Live In reveal If you’ve seen the new Almodovar then you know what I’m talking about here, and if you haven’t? GO WATCH NOW. 3. The fearless skydiving in Transformers 3 Michael Bay’s Transformers series may be built on extensive CG robots and action, but Dark of the Moon featured the realest, most impressive stunt of the year: Stunt performers wearing special wingsuits diving through the airspace above Chicago like flying squirrels, coasting on the wind at high speeds without a safety net, and in formation. 2. Lars von Trier The recipient of 2011’s Mel Gibson Award would be Danish firebrand Lars von Trier if Gibson himself wasn’t still so cray cray himself, but good ol’ Lars came close enough with his ill-advised Cannes Nazi jokes. Foot, lodge inextricably in mouth. The difference, of course, is that poor Lars wasn’t serious in his transgressions (see: Madonna above) but he was condemned - and actually hounded by authorities - nonetheless. 1. The unveiling of the Fassboner Acclaimed British thespian Michael Fassbender is one of the finest actors of his generation, and he delivers one of the best, gloomiest, tortured-est performances of the year in Steve McQueen’s Shame. But oh, that Fassboner. Worn so cavalierly like a trophy, a mark of prowess, so confident is Fassbender that he need not even be at full attention to be duly impressive. He may yet be a shower and not a grower, but what a show! And thematically appropriate still; imagine the fictional Brandon of Shame, so terribly damaged and yet so well-endowed, can’t help but work with what he’s been given. Phew. Is it getting hot in here? Drop your favorite OMG moments in the comments below and let’s hope for even bigger ZOMG happenings in the new year. Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

World's Least Lady Desires to be Bollywood Star

NAGPUR, India (AP) A greater school student in central India was known as our planet's least lady by Guinness World Records on Friday as she switched 18 and mentioned she hopes to earn a qualification and ensure it is in Bollywood.Jyoti Amge only agreed to be 62.8 centimeters (24.7 inches) tall shorter in comparison to average 2-year-old when Guinness reps likely to from London measured her inside a ceremony attended by about 30 relatives and pals within glasgow - Nagpur, in Maharashtra condition.A teary-eyed Amge, fitted in one of her finest saris, referred to as recognition an "extra bithday present" and mentioned she felt grateful to be small, since it had introduced her recognition. After you have a plaque, she and her site visitors cut mothering sunday cake."I have put Nagpur all over the world map. Now everyone knows where it's,Inch mentioned Amge, who states she wants eventually as being a Bollywood film star additionally to pursuing a university degree after she finishes secondary school this year.InchI need to be an actress,Inch she mentioned.She measured 7 centimeters (2.76 inches) shorter than 22-year-old American Bridgette Jordan, who had held the title since September."Jyoti encourages many of us to look beyond mere size also to just celebrate our versions," Guinness adjudicator Make the most of Molloy mentioned.It wasn't Amge's first Guinness record. Until Friday she was considered our planet's least teen, in turning 18 qualified for your new title. She's grown under 1 centimeter (.4 inch) in the last couple of years, Guinness mentioned in the statement, and can grow ignore due to a type of dwarfism referred to as achondroplasia.Her teenage title introduced the chance for multiple Guinness-backed excursions to Japan and Italia for tours and conferences together with other record holders, she mentioned.The title of least lady ever remains held by Pauline Musters, who were living inside the Netherlands from 1876 to 1895 and was 61 centimeters (24 inches) tall.Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. By Manish Swarup December 16, 2011 PHOTO CREDIT AFP Photo/Punit Paranjpe NAGPUR, India (AP) A greater school student in central India was known as our planet's least lady by Guinness World Records on Friday as she switched 18 and mentioned she hopes to earn a qualification which makes it in Bollywood.Jyoti Amge only agreed to be 62.8 centimeters (24.7 inches) tall shorter in comparison to average 2-year-old when Guinness reps likely to from London measured her inside a ceremony attended by about 30 relatives and pals within glasgow - Nagpur, in Maharashtra condition.A teary-eyed Amge, fitted in one of her finest saris, referred to as recognition an "extra bithday present" and mentioned she felt grateful to become small, since it had introduced her recognition. After you have a plaque, she and her site visitors cut mothering sunday cake."I have put Nagpur all over the world map. Now everyone knows where it's,Inch mentioned Amge, who states she wants eventually as being a Bollywood film star additionally to pursuing a university degree after she finishes secondary school this year.InchI need to be an actress,Inch she mentioned.She measured 7 centimeters (2.76 inches) shorter than 22-year-old American Bridgette Jordan, who had held the title since September."Jyoti encourages many of us to look beyond mere size also to just celebrate our versions," Guinness adjudicator Make the most of Molloy mentioned.It wasn't Amge's first Guinness record. Until Friday she was considered our planet's least teen, in turning 18 qualified for your new title. She's grown under 1 centimeter (.4 inch) in the last couple of years, Guinness mentioned in the statement, and may grow ignore due to a type of dwarfism referred to as achondroplasia.Her teenage title introduced the chance for multiple Guinness-backed excursions to Japan and Italia for tours and conferences together with other record holders, she mentioned.The title of least lady ever remains held by Pauline Musters, who were living inside the Netherlands from 1876 to 1895 and was 61 centimeters (24 inches) tall.Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Jeremy Renner on 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol,' 'The Bourne Legacy,' and Cure Might Play Steve McQueen

Jeremy Renner ought to be breathless at this time: Between filming action epics 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol,' 'The Bourne Legacy' and 'The Avengers,' he's been run ragged for that entertainment throughout the final 12 several days. While fans will have to wait to find out people latter films, 'Ghost Protocol' hits theaters on IMAX screens across the country this Friday (getting a national rollout to follow along with together with inside a couple of days), with Renner matching wits with star Tom Cruise. (Whom he is not overpowering for, incidentally.) The 2 occasions Oscar-nominated actor also provides a Steve McQueen project inside the works, through which he's slated to see the King of Awesome, although there's still no script and he's prepared to hands it to an infinitely more famous actor, should McQueen's family decide they "hate his guts." Where had you been when Tom Cruise was hanging hazardously from that tower in Dubai? The first time When i first seen it, I used to be on the ground, just trying to find, when he was practicing it. There has been some days we'd off since they were trading all day long lengthy with helis getting shots, floating the main one factor. The building's so tall that anywhere you're inside the city, you will see it and there's this little speck swinging throughout it. You'd look and think, "Observe that guy!" I'd be travelling, negelecting about him after which it shopping, acquiring a glass or two after which it research and go, "There he's, still carrying it out.In . Better him than I. God bless him. There is talk that you'll probably dominate the franchise, do i think the this be you climbing tall structures and hanging having a thread over the following movie? No. People will probably talk all they require. It's Tom's baby. He's the facial skin in the franchise and will also be. If he desires to go make another and they wish to invite me, then I'd be happy. However can't say whether I live or die or whether I'm good or bad. It's also why I like the level of smoothness, loved this part. It's a blessing to sign up the franchise. But you need to return for the next go-round? I am unsure, people have first arrived at see that certain. It's being effective. They're costly to produce. After which it there should be wish to have Tom and Vital to accomplish another. If they wish to get yourself a script together and throw my character in, then, hey: great. Will you have a seek another? Yeah. Once they so opt for your. Or they could tell me to piss off. You know what happens I'm speaking about? It's their call. Like all other franchise, you have to keep the options open. Let us say people hate the level of smoothness or perhaps the character doesn't exercise? Everything anybody could focus on was the task at hands. Also it might be a sizable task to conquer. But you are overpowering the Bourne franchise? Yep. I'm control of 'Bourne Legacy.' Not applying over Bourne, to clarify. Individuals have that misunderstood. Right, you're playing a completely new character, not Jason Bourne. Yeah, yeah. Matt Damon is going to be Jason Bourne. Matt Damon isn't in this particular movie. Jason Bourne isn't within it, but it's still a Bourne movie. People request me, "How can that really work?Inch They don't have it. They need to start to see the movie. They'll start to see the congruency and there's a completely new number of figures. Would be the existing players coming back? Yeah, In my opinion there might be an overlap from the few things. Are we able to see Joan Allen again? I am unable to speak with a number of people things, because I possibly could 't be sure. This can be a whole separate part of people movies. [IMDB lists Joan Allen and Scott Glenn among the cast, with Albert Finney "rumored" to return.] It's the same author [Tony Gilroy] with these and our author may also be our director. It's the identical action director that individuals have for second unit that was also on 'Mission: Impossible.' So that it has that type of continuity. After which it what it's shot, the pace from this, a bad tone, is very similar. It's very documentary-style, similar to these. It's that intimate feel. The the complete opposite of 'Mission,' the large spectacle movie. It feels as if just a little city on set. Whereas with 'Bourne,' you appear as if you are shooting an unbiased movie. It's very intimate, merely a camera hiding in the room while a scene happens. So that it feels tiny, even though it is a large, large movie. It is good tempo and great action and great, great character stuff. You realize it's a Bourne movie. It's just avoid Jason Bourne. It's a new program, new number of spies, new number of obstacles. But same type of other things, In my opinion. Perhaps you have learn Krav Maga, like Damon did? No, I desired to understand all activities. [Laughs]. Though our fight team that's really bled over from 'Mission' to 'Hansel and Gretel' in addition to ''The Avengers' and 'Bourne.' It's virtually the identical males, all 8711. It's a stunt team that has different disciplines their expertise and therefore there's a sizable mishmash of whatever is ideal. Specially when it calls for [playing] a realtor, it is not about doing items that will always be fancy and impressive, it comes down lower to taking someone lower as rapidly as you'll be able to. To ensure that as reasonably as you possibly can. That has been the fantastic challenge, to make it happen which makes it look you're really which causes it to be happen. What's happening along with your Steve McQueen project? It's reaping helpful benefits from legs now at this time around. With James Gray submiting his first draft here next day or two. I'm really excited to determine it. In my opinion [McQueen] will be a interesting individual, only to understand diversely than generally everyone knows him. That's kind of why I desired to see the story that If only to inform. It's tough to carry out a existence story about somebody which makes it interesting, you understand? However when anybody's going to make it happen right, In my opinion James Gray might be the man to go to. If everything seems to obtain together, it'll meet up. Can it be a nontraditional approach to a biopic? I am unsure just what the hell's traditional and what's not. I'm a terrible guy to request that question. The primary one script Someone said was good, nevertheless it wasn't great. There is not a Steve McQueen movie, why have it you have to be good? It has to prosper. I'd rather not party anybody whatsoever, because it was a great script. Nevertheless it only decided to be speaking everything -- which i didn't know a good deal about Steve McQueen -- I already understood about. And I am unsure anything about him. Exactly what are you presently telling here? It absolutely was as being a one-around the sides newspaper view or something like that like this. It was not very broad. It didn't allow audiences into they, so let's understand him in yet another way. After I study him a little more, [I'm finding] the amount of a fascinating dichotomy of the person he was. And the way stingy and cheap, but generous. He will be a constant oxymoron of themselves. Even if he was pretend, I'd think, "The amount of a fascinating character." So yeah, I must explore these inner workings in the King of Awesome. Do you have his family's blessing? Yeah, In my opinion James has labored with Barbara [McQueen's third wife] about it. And so they accept you? I have not become that far. Nonetheless they don't hate you? I have not heard that either! Once they tell me, "Hell no, we hate your guts," maybe we'll get Difficulties to enter there. 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LAFCA Embraces Fox Searchlight's Awards Slate, But Almost Entirely Shuns Studio Fare (Analysis)

Fox Searchlight"The Tree of Life" Voting was conducted Sunday afternoon to determine the honorees for the 37th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, which will take plane Jan. 13 at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles, and while no single film dominated the honors, one studio certainly did.our editor recommendsLos Angeles Film Critics Awards Names 'The Descendants' Best Film of the YearDoris Day to Receive Career Achievement Award From Los Angeles Film Critics Association Fox Searchlight has to be thrilled with the fact that its entire slate of 2011 awards contenders garnered prominent recognition today. Their top Oscar hopeful,The Descendants, won best picture (edging second strongest, The Tree of Life); The Tree of Life's Terrence Malick won best director, Jessica Chastain won best supporting actress (also for her work in The Help and four other films), and Emmanuel Lubezki won best cinematography (the group previously recognized him five years ago for Children of Men); Shame's Michael Fassbender won best actor; and Martha Marcy May Marlene's Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin, Josh Mondand Elizabeth Olsen won the New Generation award. Talk about an unbelievable showing. PHOTOS: THR's Actress Roundtable 2011 To me, it was very surprising that LAFCA completely snubbed The Artist, which has generally been a critics' darling ever since its premiere at Cannes (it was the NY Film Critics Circle's pick for best picture) and is probably the best picture Oscar favorite, and somewhat surprising that none of this year's quality big-studio movies -- especially Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Warner Bros.), The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Sony), The Help (Disney),The Ides of March (Sony), J. Edgar (Warner Brothers), Moneyball (Sony), War Horse (DreamWorks), and Young Adult (Paramount) -- were represented in any category, with the exception of one tip of the cap to Hugo (Paramount) in a below-the-line category (keep reading). THR's Writer Roundtable: 6 Top Scribes Talk Standing Up to Clint Eastwood, Dealing with Rewrites and Being Fired by Your Wife In several categoris, LAFCA echoed the choices of a number of the awards-dispensing groups that scooped it by a few weeks. Christopher Plummer (Beginners) continued his march to the Oscars with another best supporting actor title to go along with those that the Hollywood Film Awards and National Board of Review have already voted for him to receive; Rango reaffirmed its status as the front-runner for the best animated feature Oscar with another win to go along with its National Board of Review prize; Dante Ferretti's work on Hugo was recognized for best production design, as it previously was by the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association; and Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams -- though ineligible for this year's Oscars because it received a limited release last year -- cemented its status as one of this year's biggest critics' favorites by picking up another best documentary win to go along with those for which the NY Film Critics Circle and Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association have already chosen it. STORY:Gotham Awards 2011: 'Tree of Life,' 'Beginners' Tie for Best Feature LAFCA also made a few bold choices that could give a bit of a boost to long-shot contenders. They voted to award their best screenplay award to Asghar Farhadi for the original script of his Iranian film A Separation (the first time that the group had ever given that particular prize to a foreign-language film). And they also singled out the Chemical brothers for their electronic score to the action-flick Hanna (on the heels of honoring Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross' similarly unconventional score for The Social Network last year). THR's Directors Roundtable: How to Fire People, Who to Steal From, and Amy Pascal's Secret Advice Of course, LAFCA wouldn't be LAFCA without making a few way outside-the-box -- or at least way outside the more mainstream awards race -- selections, as has long been their tradition. For some reason, these often tend to come in the best actress category -- the last two winners of which were Yolande Moreau (Seraphine) and Kim Hye-Ja (Mother) -- and this year was no exception, with Yun Jung-Hee winning for Poetry, which only a handful of Americans who are not in LAFCA have even heard of, much less seen. Consequently, this won't thrust Hye-Ja into Oscar contention, however worthy she may be, but it will do for her what all of these early awards announcements do for all of the films and people they choose to single out: namely, to increase public awareness of and interest in them, which can make all the difference in the world for those contenders that were already a part of the discussion, even if only on its perimeter. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Gotham Awards 2011: The Red Carpet Arrivals Jessica Chastain Michael Fassbender The Tree of Life Terrence Malick Martha Marcy May Marlene Elizabeth Olsen The Descendants

'Keyhole' opens Whistler kudo

Isabella Rossellini in 'Keyhole'The Whistler Film Festival introduced its award those who win in a brunch held on Sunday. "Keyhole," the most recent pic from Winnipegger Guy Maddin, starring Isabella Rossellini and Jason Patric, won for the best Canadian Feature Film. Not able to go to, Maddin recognized the award together with its $15,000 cash prize inside a pre-written humorous speech proclaiming: "It has been my first virtual festival. If only it did not need to be by doing this. Oh, the number of occasions I have cracked my mind on my small monitor screen attempting to dive to your company." The coming year, Maddin guaranteed to "first to lurk beneath snowy boughs just outdoors fest headquarters," before possibly being "attracted to socialize." He cautioned festival goers to become careful because he could be a little "sasquatchy." The jury selected Maddin's film because of its "originality, audacity, and humor." Among the six films competing were "Coffee shop p Flore" by Jean-Marc Valle and Philippe Falardeau's "Monsieur Lazhar," that is Canada's official Oscar entry.The Brand New Voices Worldwide Feature Competition Award using its $10,000 cash prize visited Mexico's Kyzza Terrazas for "Machete Language." Mark Ratzlaff's video clip pitch project, "Beauty Mark," won on the $15,000 cash contribution or more to $100,000 of in-kind services. Director Ben Addelman required home the Documentary Award for his environment pic, "Kivalina v. Exxon." The Mountain Culture Award visited Richard Boyce for "Jungle: The Limit of Beauty." Because of its eleventh year, the Whistler Film Festival joined with Variety to celebrate film on the top from the great whitened mountain tops, with Variety-backed honors likely to Andy Serkis and Jay Baruchel.The fest presented its inaugural spotlight award to Michael Shannon ("Revolutionary Road") on Sunday. The actor, noted for frequently representing volatile and intense figures, continues to be lately in Vancouver shooting Zack Snyder's superman pic, "Guy of Steel." In the tribute, Shannon talked about his new pic, The new sony Picture Classics' "Take Shelter," by which Shannon shows a functional-class family guy that has terrifying hopes for an apocalyptic storm. The pic opened in the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and acquired the Experts Week prize only at that year's Cannes Film Festival. Shannon has already established an abundant career with photos for example "Groundhog Day," "Cecil B. DeMented," "Vanilla Sky," and "The Runaways." However, he quipped, the roles he will get more famous for come from "8 Mile" and "Bad Boys II." Around the TV side, Shannon stars in Martin Scorsese's Cinemax series, "Boardwalk Empire," that is presently on its second season. When requested what he considered generally being seen as an character actor, Shannon amusingly shot back: "I do not realize that. I have never witnessed an actress not play a personality.Inch He quipped that although most stars attempt to play a personality, they do not always succeed.Despite getting an active career nowadays, Shannon stated the top stars he's known in Hollywood continue to work harder than anybody - that becoming an actor can't ever be secure. "If you wish to be effective, you need to be uncomfortable," he stated.The fest's first Trailblazer in Animation Award was granted to Korean-American director Jennifer Yuh Nelson Saturday in an "In Conversation" event presented by Variety and moderated by executive editor, Steven Gaydos. Getting to existence "Kung Fu Panda 2" for DreamWorks Animation skyrocketed Nelson into becoming the very first lady to exclusively direct an animated feature from the major Hollywood studio - a procedure that required over 3 years. "Positive thing I love pandas," joked Nelson. Because the pic would be a huge box office success, "It's difficult to assume Katzenberg ever allowing you to go," stated Gaydos.Additionally to her act as a director, Nelson has labored extensively like a storyboard artist on projects for example "Spirit: Stallion from the Cimarron," "Sinbad: Legend from the Seven Seas," "Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda."Based on Nelson, the important thing towards the success behind "Kung Fu Panda 2" is not only the humor that Po brings together, but that he's a personality that's "very sweet, emotional, and humble." Nelson notes that this can be a characteristic which carries through Jack Black, who voices the cool panda.When requested if she sees today because the new golden age for feature animation, Nelson responded that they is especially astounded by the truly amazing variety in animation. "One factor that's really awesome at this time, particularly at DreamWorks, is the fact that all of the films are extremely different." The main focus is not on just making another movie that individuals would anticipate seeing, she noted. "Every one of them is extremely different. They appear different, they seem different, their tone differs, or being able to cost nothing to achieve that instead of attempting to squeeze into a specific genre is wonderfully clearing."Also introduced today in the honours brunch is really a China Canada Competition which will give Canadian filmmakers an opportunity to woo Chinese production companies and among the biggest domestic film marketplaces. Telefilm Canada is going to be dealing with China Film Group, China's biggest and many influential condition-run film enterprise and also the sole importer of foreign films in China, to produce this co-production initiative.The China Canada Script Competition will announce a phone call for distribution mid-year. Numerous script synopses is going to be selected and presented in the 2012 Whistler Summit in which the scripts is going to be pitched to Chinese production companies who'll choose projects they would like to focus on. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

L.A. Talent Manager Charged with Alleged Molestation

Martin Weiss, a Los Angelesarea talent manager who signifies child stars, continues to be arrested regarding the the suspected molestation of 1 of his clients. Based on the La Occasions, which first reported around the arrest, police suspect that other children could also happen to be wronged.Det. John Alviani from the La Police Department told the Occasions that Weiss' bail continues to be set at $300,000 which he was, by Wednesday evening, being locked in jail. The alleged victim "told police he'd been sexually attacked in Weiss' Santa Monica apartment and in the home in Woodland Hillsides, based on an affidavit connected to the warrant," the paper reported.Stating a legal court affidavit, the Occasions reported that the 18-year-old male former client of Weiss told police on November. 17 that Weiss had attacked him thirty to forty occasions on the three-year period, ending when he was fifteen years old. The alleged victim stated that Weiss told him "that the things they used to do was common practice within the entertainment industry" which if he told anybody "it might ruin the victim's career," based on the affidavit.Weiss' clients received an e-mail Tuesday notifying them that his firm, Martin Weiss Management, have been dissolved.

Noah's Bale/Fassbender Conundrum, along with other Tales You Will Be Speaking About Today

Happy Thursday! Also in today’s edition from the Broadsheet: Adam Shankman might take around the Nutcracker… Fox boss vents over Prometheus leak… Sean Penn’s boy strips… 󈨞s movie cosplay assumes strangely riveting dimension… and much more. · Be honest: Independently, you’ve lengthy wondered if Christian Bale and Michael Fassbender may be intense, not-so-distant actor relatives — or perhaps the same person. (Maybe you have seen them within the same room together?) Darren Aronofsky knows the sensation: With Bale too busy to defend myself against the title role in Aronofsky’s Scriptural epic Noah, the filmmaker is apparently going after Fassbender as his second choice. That We doubt may be the type of factor the Shame star and the agent want at the moment, though the thought of Fassbender leading creatures towards the ark together with his, er, staff promises some absolutely compelling pictures. [Variety] · I don’t wish to even enter into this at this time: Adam Shankman is within foretells direct an adaptation from the Nutcracker, and action/love story that apparently “aspires to become similar in tone to Alice's adventures in wonderland.” [Deadline] · Fox chief Tom Rothman is none too pleased concerning the online leak of footage from Prometheus and demands the Ridley Scott film isn't — repeat not — an Alien prequel. Which watching the leaked footage is unfair. Let’s visit the video tape! [via Deadline] Have More: Movie Trailers, Movies Blog · Here you’ll look for a photograph of Sean Penn’s boy Hopper in the boxers, encircled by scantily clad models around the group of a brief film known as In the overall game. That's all. [TMZ] · In the Daria gang towards the shabby Jay and Quiet Bob, there's something incredibly, oddly compelling relating to this gallery of 󈨞s-nostalgia cosplayers. [Flavorwire] · “Sure, there's a lengthy tradition of inspired cranks and interested retired people who've always written letters towards the editor, but something within the anonymity and speed and stamplessness from the Internet has unleashed a far more effective and** out of control vitriol**.” Keep an eye out! Katie Roiphe has finally discovered trolls! Naturally this requires a really think-y, serious, 15-years-too-late essay. [Slate]

Unreleased Walken-Wagner Film Being Looked Director Thinks Natalie Wood's Dying Was 'Accident'

Thanks to Fox Searchlight Pictures Until Tuesday, Fox Searchlight had only first showed worldwide and domestic general-release trailers for Shame, Steve McQueen's erotic drama using the NC-17 rating.our editor recommendsNew 'Shame' Trailer Features Carey Mulligan Singing (Video)Nudity, Three-Ways, Hints of Incest: A Studio's Intend to Sell 'Shame' to OscarTHR's Company directors Roundtable: How you can Fire People, Who to Steal From, and Amy Pascal's Secret Advice Now, a red-colored band trailer for that film continues to be launched. As the trailer and also the film focus on a sex addict (Michael Fassbender), both previous trailers which current red-colored band one appear to try to keep your target the film's haunting visual style instead of on just all of the sex. PHOTOS: The Dirty Dozen -- Films that Narrowly Prevented an NC-17 At a negative balance band trailer, Fassbender's character Brandon sometimes appears around the subway looking in a lady who's also looking at him. This single scene is intercut with several moments of Fassbender's character participating in his many sexual tryst. The clip is without dialogue or music, getting into focus the raw sexual character from the film. Unlike the sooner eco-friendly band trailers, you will find no moments using the film's other star, Carey Mulligan within this trailer. Mulligan plays Brandon's sister, who involves town, interfering with Brandon's lifestyle. STORY: Nudity, Three-Ways, Hints of Incest: A Studio's Intend to Sell 'Shame' to Oscar Fox Searchlight has launched two other trailers for that film, including one which features Mulligan singing. Due to the highly sexual content from the film, including moments of full frontal nudity from both Fassbender and Mulligan, the film received an NC-17 rating. Searchlight isn't likely to appeal the rating or make any cuts to secure an R-rating. Rather, it's preparing a significant honours push for that film. THR's Company directors Roundtable: How you can Fire People, Who to Steal From, and Amy Pascal's Secret Advice McQueen's (who's featured in THR's director roundtable) erotic drama opened in the Venice Film Festival, where Fassbender won the very best Actor award. It had been also show in the Toronto Film Festival, and acquired by Fox Searchlight. The film might find release into theaters on December 2. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery The Dirty Dozen: Films that Narrowly Prevented an NC-17 Carey Mulligan Michael Fassbender Fox Searchlight Pictures Steve McQueen Shame

Epix taps film alum as marketing chief

Iwanowski Epix has hired FilmDistrict alum Kirk Iwanowski as chief marketing officer.He's assigned with managing online marketing strategy for that pay TV funnel and it is VOD services.Iwanowski was most lately senior veep of selling at Graham King's FilmDistrict, where he was accountable for theatrical advertising of wide releases including "Soul Surfer" and "Drive." Before that, he labored for Sundance Funnel as professional veep of selling, top quality entertainment and sponsorship.Epix may be the two-year-old partnership of Viacom, MGM and Lionsgate. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

SAG winners tend to head to Oscar glory

Posted: Tue., Nov. 29, 2011, 4:00am PTBy SAG's feature ensemble award has turned out to be a relatively uncanny barometer of Oscar's best pic race. Since SAG first introduced the category in 1995, the two orgs have agreed on the winner eight times out of 16, and only twice have the winners for one org not been nominated by the other in their respective top categories.By SAG winner Oscar best pic YEAR SAG WINNER OSCAR BEST PIC1995 Apollo 13* Braveheart 1996The Birdcage The English Patient** 1997 The Full Monty* Titanic** 1998 Shakespeare in Love Shakespeare in Love 1999 American Beauty American Beauty 2000Traffic*Gladiator** 2001 Gosford Park* A Beautiful Mind** 2002Chicago Chicago 2003 Lord of the Rings: Return of the KingLord of the Rings: Return of the King2004SidewaysMillion Dollar Baby** 2005CrashCrash2006Little Miss SunshineThe Departed** 2007 No Country for Old MenNo Country for Old Men2008Slumdog MillionaireSlumdog Millionaire2009Inglourious Basterds*The Hurt Locker** 2010 The King's SpeechThe King's Speech * nominated for Best Picture by the Acad ** nominated for a SAG ensemble award SAG Awards: The Ensemble:Hunting in pairs | Jay displays eagle for rising talent | Expert opinions | Primetime wholes made up of great parts | SAG winners tend to head to Oscar glory Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Cheers & Jeers: The Walking Dead's Great Scott Wilson

Scott Wilson Cheers to Scott Wilson for breathing existence in to the Walking Dead.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Sign up for TV Guide Magazine.The veteran character actor has introduced subtle shades of humanity towards the character of Hershel Greene, the kindly player who provided shelter to some gang of children - along with a barn filled with zombies, including his wife and stepson. The slaughter of individuals "ramblers" boosts the question of whether Hershel will cast out Ron, Shane & Co. once the AMC surprise returns from the midseason hiatus in Feb.The role signifies a 180-degree turn from Wilson's breakout role nearly 45 years back among the murderers (together with Robert Blake) of the Midwestern farm family within the large-screen adaptation of Truman Capote's In Cold Bloodstream. More lately, he's recurred as Marg Helgenberger's crooked casino-owner father on CSI. Wilson's future around the Walking Dead might be uncertain, but his career and the talent are alive and well.What have you think about The Walking Dead's midseason finale?Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Defense Secretary Invites Dancing Champion J.R. Martinez For The Government

First Launched: November 25, 2011 3:55 PM EST Credit: Getty Images WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Caption J.R. Martinez within the cast of Dwts happily showcases his trophy round the number of Hello America in NY City on November 23, 2011 Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has requested soldier-switched-actor J.R. Martinez, champion from the seasons Dwts competition, to fulfill him within the Government. Within a ten-minute phone call Friday, Panetta told the dance champion he proven the strength and resilience of wounded veterans, Government representative Capt. John Kirby mentioned. Martinez credited his military practicing his performance round the ABC show, Kirby mentioned. Martinez and professional partner Karina Smirnoff bested fellow runners up Make the most of Kardashian and Ricki Lake inside the finale broadcast Tuesday. Martinez, 28, was seriously burned over greater than forty percent of his body when the Humvee he was driving for your U.S. Military in Iraq struck a land mine in 2003. After a lot of methods within a virtually three-year recovery, Martinez increased to become inspiring speaker too as with 2008 won employment round the now-outdated ABC cleaning cleaning soap opera The Kids. Nuances of Panettas winding up in Martinez are increasingly being worked out. Copyright 2011 with the Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Here is your Existence

Stars are Hollywood. One cannot survive without any other. Throughout my research for "The Story of Hollywood: An Outlined History," I recognized why stars should be worried about the old structures in Hollywood. It's their history. Once we understood all the tales from the stars throughout these structures, every story would transfix us.When working stars first turned up in 1909, Hollywood will be a sleepy town in the natural paradise. There has been a few grain farms, lots of lemon orchards, together with a street of humble business structures (Hollywood Boulevard) for everybody its people. Hollywood am remote, a close businessman closed his old fashion old fashion candy store to start a telegraph office, really the only method of communication between movies in addition to their NY headquarters.The people of Hollywood didn't greet thespians with open arms. Really, they hated them. Mostly outdated Midwestern abolitionists, they'd bought their land to subdivide particularly for teetotalers. That changed each time a national craze for individuals things Hollywood sent their house values soaring.As hordes of people, mostly artists, turned up, landowners built hotels and apartment structures in-front and meters to support them. For vagabond stars, Hollywood offered an chance for just about any permanent home and work. Landowners happily subdivided areas into cozy bungalows on the account. In 1909, Hollywood had already commenced experimentation with exotic European-affected houses, German forts and French chateaus, all constructed from wood and stucco. These made perfect starter houses for just about any new film elite full of false grandeur.The finest stars were traders inside the redevelopment of Hollywood from bucolic suburb to self-introduced entertainment capital in the world. Office and retail structures take their hands up through the roaring '20s, offering plenty of pharmacies filled with shades and theatrical makeup.New structures because of the Hollywood machine for an additional 4 decades. First-time site site visitors Bette Davis and her mother checked into Vine Street's Plaza Hotel. Ava Gardner continued to be along with her sister within the Wilcox Hotel. Mel Blanc and Stan Freberg walked into Hollywood Boulevard office structures and started their careers. Sonny first saw Cher inside a restaurant at Hollywood and Cahuenga. You will discover 1000's and thousands of individuals tales, millions in the event you count those which are nowhere.Many stars had companies throughout these structures, starting with Henry Bergman, an actress in Charlie Chaplin's films, who opened up up a common restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard. Rudolph Valentino stood a short-were living nightclub close to the Roosevelt Hotel. Reginald Denny stood a local hobby search for decades. Alan Reed Companies, an import shop on Gardner north of Sunset, offered the very first transistor radios from Fred Flintstone.Artists also had private social clubs. Formerly, there has been lots of ex-vaudevillians in Hollywood, you can study the ability of the artist by going out within the Ontra Cafeteria at Hollywood and Vine. The theater for the north (the Avalon) situated a 1939 WPA smash-hit show built around them referred to as "Two every day.In . Variety artists had their particular private club for several years referred to as Troupers. Its last location, at 1627 N. La Brea Ave., would be a classic Victorian orchard house by getting an auditorium inside the backyard. Two blocks east on Sycamore, film stars had the Masquers Club in the large house, just like any NY theatrical club. Both places as well as the Ontra building were destroyed in our redevelopment.It wounds when these places disappear. The very best old-Hollywood restaurantsthe Vine Street Brown Derby, Al Levy's, Apartment Capri, Martoni's, Don the Beachcomb erhave been destroyed since 1986.Inside the 19 thirties, Gertrude Stein visited her childhood home in Concord, Calif., within a lecture tour. When she could not find her house, she mentioned in the West Coast, "There is no there there." This is why you need to preserve old structures, especially within the Hollywood Entertainment District. And then we could keep our here here. Greg Williams' book "The Story of Hollywood: An Outlined History" is lately released in softcover. By Greg Williams November 23, 2011 Stars are Hollywood. One cannot survive without any other. Throughout my research for "The Story of Hollywood: An Outlined History," I recognized why stars should be worried about the old structures in Hollywood. It's their history. Once we understood all the tales of all the stars throughout these structures, every story would transfix us.When working stars first turned up in 1909, Hollywood will be a sleepy town in the natural paradise. There has been a few grain farms, lots of lemon orchards, together with a street of humble business structures (Hollywood Boulevard) for everybody its people. Hollywood am remote, a close businessman closed his old fashion old fashion candy store to start a telegraph office, really the only method of communication between movies in addition to their NY headquarters.The people of Hollywood didn't greet thespians with open arms. Really, they hated them. Mostly outdated Midwestern abolitionists, they'd bought their land to subdivide particularly for teetotalers. That changed each time a national craze for individuals things Hollywood sent their house values soaring.As hordes of people, mostly artists, turned up, landowners built hotels and apartment structures in-front and meters to support them. For vagabond stars, Hollywood offered an chance for just about any permanent home and work. Landowners happily subdivided areas into cozy bungalows on the account. In 1909, Hollywood had already commenced experimentation with exotic European-affected houses, German forts and French chateaus, all constructed from wood and stucco. These made perfect starter houses for just about any new film elite full of false grandeur.The finest stars were traders inside the redevelopment of Hollywood from bucolic suburb to self-introduced entertainment capital around the world. Office and retail structures take their hands up through the roaring '20s, offering plenty of pharmacies filled with shades and theatrical makeup.New structures because of the Hollywood machine for an additional 4 decades. First-time site site visitors Bette Davis and her mother checked into Vine Street's Plaza Hotel. Ava Gardner continued to be along with her sister within the Wilcox Hotel. Mel Blanc and Stan Freberg walked into Hollywood Boulevard office structures and started their careers. Sonny first saw Cher inside a restaurant at Hollywood and Cahuenga. You will discover 1000's and thousands of individuals tales, millions in the event you count individuals which go nowhere.Many stars had companies throughout these structures, starting with Henry Bergman, an actress in Charlie Chaplin's films, who opened up up a common restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard. Rudolph Valentino stood a short-were living nightclub close to the Roosevelt Hotel. Reginald Denny stood a local hobby search for decades. Alan Reed Companies, an import shop on Gardner north of Sunset, offered the very first transistor radios from Fred Flintstone.Artists also had private social clubs. Formerly, there has been lots of ex-vaudevillians in Hollywood, you can study the ability of the artist by going out within the Ontra Cafeteria at Hollywood and Vine. The theater for the north (the Avalon) situated a 1939 WPA smash-hit show built around them referred to as "Two every day.In . Variety artists had their particular private club for several years referred to as Troupers. Its last location, at 1627 N. La Brea Ave., would be a classic Victorian orchard house by getting an auditorium inside the backyard. Two blocks east on Sycamore, film stars had the Masquers Club in the large house, just like any NY theatrical club. Both places as well as the Ontra building were destroyed in our redevelopment.It wounds when these places disappear. The very best old-Hollywood restaurantsthe Vine Street Brown Derby, Al Levy's, Apartment Capri, Martoni's, Don the Beachcomb erhave been destroyed since 1986.Inside the 19 thirties, Gertrude Stein visited her childhood home in Concord, Calif., within a lecture tour. When she could not find her house, she mentioned in the West Coast, "There is no there there." This is why you need to preserve old structures, especially within the Hollywood Entertainment District. And then we could keep our here here. Greg Williams' book "The Story of Hollywood: An Outlined History" is lately released in softcover.

'Hobbit' Star Benedict Cumberbatch Describes Smaug's 'Beautiful' Behavior

It's been an episode year inside the U.S. for Benedict Cumberbatch. Getting developed a status for themselves inside the Uk with "Sherlock," a modern day retelling of Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective, Cumberbatch appears by 50 percent from the year's finest holiday releases, "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy" and "War Equine." While both films have obtained Oscar talk, the project he'll begin concentrating on within the month of the month of january may be his finest yet. This is where Cumberbatch will mind to Nz to use on Peter Jackson's two-part "Master in the Rings" prequel, "The Hobbit." Facing him can be a challenge that could intimidate any actor, representing, in voice and motion capture, the legendary dragon beneath the mountain, Smaug. "I am unable to wait. I am hoping it'll fans justice," mentioned Cumberbatch, who's presently wrapping on another project prior to going to Middle Earth. Planning to battle employment of the stature requires Cumberbatch revisit the first source, it by J.R.R. Tolkien. "Preparation for something such as that's quite unique. It will be partly to select coming back for the book, however type of want to look at real existence serpents and creatures of the ilk, dragons," Cumberbatch mentioned. "He's a reptile, clearly, it is therefore nothing beats Andy Serkis' use Gollum. I'm apt to be in my belly, to ensure that will take some of practicing." To Cumberbatch, Smaug is a more complicated character than people can offer him credit for. "He's an very beautiful, vain, devilish in addition to, in the lightly strange way, an innocent character. He's fooled with a hidden midget," he mentioned. "The right response is frustrating. There's something quite exceptional in regards to the energy he's over people as well as the imagination of the world that's unlocked in this story." But first of all, Cumberbatch hopes to fulfill fan anticipation. "Clearly, I did so something in the audition," he mentioned. "So tell people fans not have their daggars sharp at this time around.Inch You think Cumberbatch can produce a great Smaug? Inform us inside the comments below and also on Twitter!

AMAs 2011: Inside Hot Chelle Rae's Red Carpet Style Meeting

Chris GodleyFrom left: Ian Keaggy, Nash Overstreet, Ryan Follese and Jamie Follese. "It was like we were in the 1970s, we used to dress so much more rock and roll" says Hot Chelle Rae singerRyan Follese when asked about the band's style evolution. He and bandmates Ian Keaggy (bass), Nash Overstreet (guitar and, yes, brother of Glee's Chord) and Jamie Follese (drums) aresifting through a couple dozen shirts, jackets and pants lining every flat surface of a Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel suite, havingbeen tasked with choosing several outfits for their appearance at the American Music Awards on Sunday. And unlike their red carpet look at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, the guys are going for some semblance of cohesiveness this time, rather than simply unruly rock star cool. That means no wild animal prints or red polka dots. Instead, clean lines and tailored hems, a shiny scarf here and a purple tie there for the band who'll play triple duty on Sunday's AMAs, performing the pre-show, presenting an award and as nominees for Sprint New Artist of the Year. "If we won, it would be insane," says Ian. Adds Jamie, "I'm giddy just thinking about it." STORY: Chris Brown, Adam Lambert and a $500,000 Performance: AMAs EP on What to Expect Sunday It wouldn't be a shocker. After all, the Nashville foursome has had one hot year, racking up hit singles with "Tonight, Tonight" and "I Like It Like That." A little more than a week after their AMAs bow, they'll release their second full-length, Whatever (out Nov. 29), which came together in lightning speed -- just under two months including pre-production. The guys were clearly inspired. "The last year has been crazy and because of that, all of the emotions have been heightened that it's enabled us to write and record music from a place that's different for us," says Ryan. "We're going, going, going and missing your families and going through relationship problems..." "It's been so much fuel," adds Nash, "but we're also having way more fun than we've ever had." That was evident as the four continued their hunt for outfits, needing even more ensembles for future media appearances on The Tonight Show, Today and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. "'Never be caught looking bad,' that's pretty much our philosophy," cracks Jamie as buzzwords like "classy" and "classic" make their way around the room. VIDEO:American Music Awards: Lance Bass, Sarah Hyland Sound Off on Red Carpet Pre-Show "I'm all about how you wear your clothes," says Nash. "It's like, so many people can have the same pair of jeans but it's how you wear them -- maybe two inches lower than you're supposed to, or maybe higher. I like to have my jeans so close to skintight and then two sizes too big so they're more slouchy and I can drop them a little if I want." While on the surface, the guys seem like the perfect shopping partners, it's not quite the case, says Nash. "We don't mind shopping for ourselves but it's worse for [the] girlfriends because they don't get to go to their stores. If we didn't care at all, it would be easier." Touché. Look for the Hot Chelle Rae guys on the AMAs pre-show, kicking off on ABC at 7:00 p.m. The band is slated to play two songs. Also, check out details about their wardrobe choices for the big night below: VIDEO: 2011 American Music Awards: Adele Leads With 4 Nominations Nash:"I chose a dark, classic tuxedo by Topman. They're a litle bit ahead of the American curve but not so far out that you don't understand it when you see it. And I always have to have some kind of flash. Between the purple lining of this jacket and the purple tie, I've got it covered." Ryan: "I'm wearing a shiny silk-like blazer, a sheer thin black top, tight faux leather Zara pants and a shiny silk Reiss scarf. The shoes I found in London, on Brick Lane. I like suits and scarves -- I'm kind of an old person trapped in a young guy's body." Ian: "I wanted something kind of classy so I got a navy blue pair of G star jeans -- tailored a little big tighter, as we do -- a stark white shirt by Zara and a Topman blazer. It's a little less than the VMAs when I went with a red polka dot blazer with a matching red polka dot shirt, but I'm still very happy about that outfit." Jamie:"I've got a little classiness going on -- a button-down H&M shirt with the pinstripe suit jacket. I'm not rocking the vest [that came with it], but H&M is my brand, apparently." American Music Awards

Bones Stars Get Boosts, Sign Up for further Season

Bones The supporting stars of Bones are becoming an increase. Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley and T.J. Thyne, who bring home roughly $30,000 to $40,000 per episode, will create a mid-five-figures per episode salary, based on the Hollywood Reporter. The boosts is going to be retroactive and can include the present seventh season. Rankings: Bones has greatest season premiere in 3 years In return for the pay bumps, the 4 stars have signed on for the next season, if the Fox series be restored. Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz apparently earn about $200,000 a chapter.

Ashton Kutcher: 'Man' finds new guy

KutcherAll eyes were on when he walked directly into fill the "2 . 5 Males" void left by Charlie Sheen. Although the first episode's astronomical showing, which saw 28.7 million stay tuned, might be lined as much as curiosity, the CBS skein is constantly on the impress two several weeks later, as Monday's No. 1 entertainment series in most key demos.Still, not everybody was amused by Kutcher's performance. The growing season premiere known as for him to look nude inside a scene. "I was trying to puzzle out the way we would do this before an active studio audience," states Kutcher, who dusted off a prosthetic designed for his "Naked Guy" Internet sketch from the couple of in the past. "After I required my clothes off, the crowd could tell which i wasn't really naked. But we did not tell the Standards and Practices person from CBS which i would do this, so she came lower screaming from her booth, losing it.InchAdditionally to filling Sheen's footwear, the actor-producer-Internet trailblazer also filled seats in the multiplex this year. Kutcher's edgy romantic comedy "Nsa,Inch which nabbed $149 million worldwide, did particularly strong business overseas -- a remarkable task considering the fact that such fare typically does not travel well. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Howard Stern Shoots Lower Americas Got Talent Gossips

First Released: November 14, 2011 12:22 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Howard Stern attends a screening of Eco-friendly Zone in NY City on Feb 25, 2010Howard Stern states hes not implementing over for outgoing Americas Got Talent judge Piers Morgan, but additionally will not reveal if hes in talks for that NBC gig. Everybody knows I really like Americas Got Talent. I believe it is the finest and that i could be certainly honored to sit down with Howie [Mandel] and Sharon [Osbourne] and select these lunatics, the shock jock stated on his on SiriusXM Radio on Monday morning. I take show business very seriously, Howard ongoing. Basically would be a judge on the website, there'd be sincere whatsoever. I'd be there for that talent. I'd be there to really find somebody good. Adding, I'm not the following judge. I've no cope with Americas Got Talent I am not likely to comment if Im in discussions I dont discuss discussions. As formerly reported on AccessHollywood.com, a week ago sources told The Wall Street Journal the radio giant is within talks with NBC to become listed on the panel, inside a deal considered to be worth possibly $15 million annually. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Sweeps Roundup: November. 14-20

Caterina Scorsone, Kate Walsh, Taye Diggs Fundamental essentials guest stars and occasions the systems have planned for that second week of November sweeps: Monday, November. 14 8/7cHow I Met Your Mother (CBS)Will Barney and Robin have the ability to keep their hug a secret? They are likely to try! 9/8cTwo . 5 Males (CBS)Alan returns in the hospital and is confronted with some tough challenges. Like new furniture. 10/9cHawaii Five-O (CBS)A destitute Danno moves along with McGarrett. What might fail? 20/20 (ABC)Diane Sawyer interviews Repetition. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly. Tuesday, November. 15 8/7cThe Greatest Loser (NBC)The participants compete inside a pentathlon with Olympic skater Apolo Ohno his or her coach. Glee (Fox)Sue begins a smear campaign (shocking!) to consider lower Bert Hummel, her greatest competitor for that congressional chair. 9/8c New Girl (Fox)Jess invites her work crush (guest star Justin Lengthy) towards the roommates' Thanksgiving dinner. NCIS: La (CBS)Mike vanishes within the Sudan while he's undercover. 10/9cUnforgettable (CBS)Marilu Henner (on whom charge character Barbara relies) plays Carrie's estranged aunt to helps investigate her sister's murder. Wednesday, November. 16 8/7cUp Through The Night (NBC)Reagan struggles with attempting to fire her assistant (guest star Molly Shannon). The X Factor (Fox)We are finally lower up 10! 8:30/7:30cSuburgatory (ABC)A lot for Tessa's want a minimal-key birthday. Dallas wrangles Dalia to organize an over-the-top Sweet 16. 9/8cCriminal Minds (CBS)They looks for Garcia's missing friend, whose daughter also disappeared seven years earlier. Thursday, November. 178/7c20/20 (ABC)Katie Couric interviews Regis Philbin around the eve of his final Accept Regis and Kelly broadcast. Community (NBC)Dean Pelton directs an industrial starring the research group Abed shoots a behind-the-moments documentary about this. 9/8cPrivate Practice (ABC)Inside a special two-hour episode, the audience rallies in order to save Amelia by staging an intervention. In rehab, she bonds having a more youthful patient (Disney celebrity Debby Ryan). 9:30/8:30c Whitney (NBC)Whitney and Alex attempt to convince your dog-pound owner (guest star Lisa Lampanelli) that they'd be worthy adoptive parents. Friday, November. 188/7cNikita (CW)Uh oh! Berkhoff is taken and tortured after he will not reveal Nikita's location. 9/8cCSI: NY (CBS)Jo comes face-to-face having a harmful rapist she might've assisted acquit with an earlier charge. 10/9cBlue Bloods (CBS)Thanksgiving plans are turned away when Henry suffers heart disease. Saturday, November. 19 8/7cBeneath nowhere (CW)The Vampire Journals may be on hiatus, however, you can continue to watch star Paul Wesley within this movie in regards to a youthful activist fighting to safeguard the neighborhood dolphin population within the Bahamas. Sunday, November. 20 8/7cThe Simpsons (FOX)Homer cashes in around the tween craze by developing a team to create a novel. Andy Garcia voices the writer. American Music Honours (ABC)Katy Perry, Attacking Young Boys and Nicki Minaj are scheduled to do only at that fan-chosen honours show. 9/8cThe Good Wife (CBS)Funny lady Amy Sedaris won't be making cheeseballs when she guest-stars as Eli Gold's no-nonsense new rival.

The Keystone Oil Pipeline Controversy: What Hollywood is Saying

The controversial Keystone XL Pipeline has garnered a slew of high-profile stars speaking out in opposition to the proposed project that will transport crude oil 2,000 miles from tar sands in Alberta, Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.our editor recommendsMark Ruffalo to Get Green Award for His Fight Against Fracking'Occupy Wall Street Hollywood': Entertainers On Scene of Protests PHOTOS: 10 Entertainers Democrats and Republicans Love to Hate Robert Redford, Mark Ruffalo, Kyra Sedgwick and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are among the actors in opposition to the project. Environmental activists who are fighting it say that it will increase America's dependence on fossil fuels and, because of the possibility of leaks, endanger groundwater supplies in the Midwest where the pipeline will run. It will run through the huge Ogallala Aquifer and Nebraska's Sandhills wetland ecosystem. On Sunday, Nov. 6, more than 10,000 protestors, including Ruffalo, created a human circle around the White House. Over the summer, actresses Daryl Hannah and Margot Kidder were arrested protesting the pipeline. Approval of the pipeline does not require actions of Congress, only the signature of President Obama, who has not signaled how he will act. He recently said: "My general attitude is, what's best for the American people? What's best for our economy both short term and long term? But also what's best for the health of the American people?" PHOTOS: 'Occupy Wall Street Hollywood': Entertainers On Scene of Protests Here's what Hollywood is saying about the Keystone XL: Mark Ruffalo: The days of just sticking a straw in the ground and having beautiful concentrated carbon-based energy bubble up to the surface so easily are over. We're entered this era of just really radical and environmentally harmful forms of extractions, tar sands, hydro-fracking, mountain top removals and even nuclear. All of these things destroy water. They destroy fresh water, each and every one of them. ... Our politicins aren't necessarily looking out for the 99 percent's best interests. ... We invite the President to make good on his promises about a real renewable policy for the United States, ending our addiction and tyranny to carbon-based fuels. If he doesn't do it, he will be left in the dustbin of history." Robert Redford: The Keystone XL pipeline would carry the dirtiest oil on the planet from Canada to America's Gulf Coast refineries and ports. It would firmly wed our energy future to the destructive ways of our past. It would promote one of the most damaging industrial practices ever devised to coax low-grade crude oil from tar sands. In piping tar sands across our country, it would expose Americans to the kind of ruptures and blowouts that in just the past year have brought environmental disaster to the Yellowstone River, to the North Sea, to the Gulf of Mexico. And for what? The enriching of the oil industry, that's what. They posted profits of more than $67 billion in the first half of this year. Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Remember when President Obama said, 'Let us be the generaetion that ends the tyranny of oil.' Man, that was great except I just checked and big oil is still pretty much running the show. But Mr. President, you've got a fabulous chance to turn that around and make good on your word. As we speak some very greedy guys are trying to make some very big bucks building a very, very dangerous pipeline that would carry an especially dirty form of oil called tar sands oil from Canada right through the heart of the United States. ... Who can stop this mega-stupid mega-pipline? You can President Obama. ... See an international pipeline like this one needs a permit directly from you, the President of the United States. Denying the permit for a brutally stupid money grab like the Keystone XL pipeline is a no brainer." Darryl Hannah: It's just unbelievable that it's even in consideration. It's coming from the Canadian tar sands, which are recognized as the world's largest and most hideous environmental atrocity. Not only did they deforest an entire section of the boreal forest, but they've left behind a fifty-mile-wide toxic slurry pond that's so large it can be seen from outer space. I feel that if Obama approves this pipeline that he is sentencing us to our dependence on fossil fuels. It's just insanity because the pipeline, it's not a possibility it might spill, it's inevitable that they have spills. We need that money and those jobs that are gonna go toward this pipeline to go toward real solutions, American U.S.-made community-based energy like solar, like wind, like geo-thermal. These things are happening, are already available. Kyra Sedgwick: Every day, I take it for granted that when I turn on the faucet, clean water will come out. But the tar sands pipeline threatens to change that in America's heartland. Just like the BP oil spill, one glitch in the tar sands pipeline could destroy our clean water source possibly forever. Please join me and nine Nobel Peace Prize winner including the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu in asking our President to do what we voted him into office to do, protect our resources and us. David Strathain: President Obama is hearing voices, a lot of voices every day. For the most part they are the voices for the common good but sometimes they are the wrong voices like the voices of big oil companies that produces the dirtiest of dirty oil, tar sands oil. ... Presidnet Obama ran for office speaking of the dangers of our fossil fuel addiction, promising to fight climate change and to fully embrace a clean energy future. The Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is a dangerous step away from that commitment. This is President Obama's decision to make yes or no. Margot Kidder: It's bound to leak, there's no way it's not going to. ... They always assure us those things are safe, and they never are. Related Topics Barack Obama Daryl Hannah David Strathairn Julia Louis-Dreyfus Kyra Sedgwick Mark Ruffalo Robert Redford Margot Kidder

New Regency, EEAP extend pact

BERLIN -- New Regency has re-upped its exclusive distribution pact with Berlin-based licensing group Eastern European Acquisition Pool. The deal provides EEAP with exclusive TV distribution rights to New Regency titles in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, with the exception of the Ukraine, for an additional three years. EEAP's Moscow-based subsidiary Gala Media will oversee distribution in the region. In addition to Andrew Niccol's upcoming sci-fi thriller "In Time," starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried, and "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked," the New Regency library includes such titles as "Knight and Day," "Heat," "Fight Club," "L.A. Confidential" and "Unfaithful." "The collaboration with New Regency has been extremely successful over the past two years and we are thrilled that New Regency wishes to continue the partnership in the region," said EEAP managing director Alexander van Duelmen. "After recent discussions with Russian TV stations on the new license agreements, I am confident that we will succeed in continuing the impressive sales achieved to date in 2009 and 2010." The negotiations to extend the partnership were finalized by van Duelmen and New Regency senior VP Peter Eiff. Contact Ed Meza at staff@variety.com

'Wanderlust' Trailer: Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd Stumble In to a Hippie Community (Video)

Gemma Lamana/Universal Art galleries"Wanderlust" The initial trailer for your Jennifer Aniston-Paul Rudd comedy Wanderlust has hit the internet. Inside the David Wain-directed feature, Aniston and Rudd -- who first came out together in 1998's The Product of My Affection -- play a couple, Linda and George, who've to go to plan B after George handles to get rid of his job. "The reason behind not in the office George?," Linda inquires when she notices her husband consuming round the couch. "Oh, I obtained to- .. I uh got fired," George responds. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Finest-Paid out Stars With without any options, they decide to increase the risk for relocate with relatives dwelling in Georgia -- and then try to go back to their foot. In desperate need to escape their situation, the pair takes a detour of sorts, landing inside a awesome bed mattress and breakfast (also called hippie commune) referred to as Elysium. "For me I am in a position to fly!," Linda declares after taking a sip of a thing that's not tea. "In the event you're getting literal by getting an R. Kelly song, do 'Trapped inside the Closet!,' " George signifies. Justin Theroux, Malin Akerman, Ken Marino, Lauren Ambrose and Alan Alda co-star inside the R-rated film helmed with the Heroines and Wet Hot American Summer season director. Universal's Wanderlust lands in theaters Feb. 24, 2012. Watch a clip below: Jennifer Aniston Paul Rudd

'Bond 23' Entitled 'Skyfall,' Javier Bardem And Rob Fiennes Confirmed

Goodbye "Untitled Mission Impossible 23" code title, hello "Skyfall." Finally, the reputation for Mike Mendes' undertake the 007 franchise continues to be revealed, together with another key particulars concerning the project. Director Mike Mendes met with 100 journalists in a London press launch for that flick to provide some particulars concerning the secretive production. However, based on a study explained by Reuters, Mendes still wasn't quite ready to provide everything away. He confirmed many of the stars active in the project -- including Javier Bardem and Rob Fiennes -- but tend to "provide you with hardly any details aboutInch the figures they are playing. Still, fans searching for more particulars to munch on should be pleased with the information Mendes let slip today. Click following the jump to see the relaxation from the lately-revealed news. » The film is going to be known as "Skyfall," and it is slated hitting theaters on November 9, 2012. » Additionally to Difficulties and Judi Dench, stars Javier Bardem, Albert Finney, Naomi Harris, Ben Whishaw, Berenice Marlohe and Rob Fiennes come in the film. » The plot follows Bond as his loyalty to M is examined when "her past returns to haunt her." MI6 comes under attack, and Bond must find and destroy the threat, "regardless of how personal the price.Inch » Filming will occur working in london, Shanghai, Istanbul and Scotland. » Producer Barbara Broccoli stated Craig will "certainly" stay in the hand Bond within the next couple of years. Are you currently searching toward "Skyfall"? Do you consider it is a good title? Inform us within the comments section below or on Twitter!

Endgame kicks off marketing venture

Endgame Entertainment is launching an ambitious marketing venture dubbed Endgame Releasing to partner with equity investors, third-party producers and studios to provide PandA funding for wide release films.Endgame made the announcement Thursday during the second day of the American Film Market. Endgame's production of Rian Johnson's sci-fier ''Looper,'' starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt will take advantage of Endgame Releasing by co-financing marketing costs with FilmDistrict for its release next year through Sony's Tri-Star Pictures. Endgame said the marketing and distribution funding (also known as Prints and Advertising or ''PandA'') will be for $20, plus million for films released on a minimum of 1,800 screens. Endgame said it expects to finance the release of four to six films per year totaling $400 to $500 million in PandA investments over the next four years.Endgame disclosed that it's invested the equity portion of the $150 million revolving financing facility with London-based Octopus Investments providing the mezzanine debt and a consortium of banks lead by Comerica and Union Bank providing a revolving senior debt facility. The company touted Endgame Releasing, which is aimed at pics released by major studios and major independent distributors, as providing films and film makers with the benefits of studio-level marketing and distribution support along with giving producers greater financial control and participation in marketing process. ''The non-exclusive, multi-picture model will allow for a diverse portfolio of projects and an opportunistic approach to investments, matching each film with the right distributor and release date,'' it said.It also said that Endgame can help to complete a financing package which would provide an effective green-light for projects in pre-production while also providing PandA for completed films of independent financiers as well as for studios.''With studios reducing the size of their slates and seeking PandA funding for a variety of reasons, we feel there is no better time to offer an alternative funding source for domestic marketing costs,'' said Endgame prexy Douglas E. Hansen in a statememt. ''We believe that Endgame Releasing is a unique, financially viable model that will benefit producers, investors, filmmakers and studios alike.''Endgame, which has been operating since 2003 under the leadership of CEO James D. Stern and Hansen, has been involved with producing and financing two dozen titles including ''An Education,'' ''Every Little Step,'' ''The Brothers Bloom,'' ''I'm Not There,'' ''Hotel Rwanda,'' ''Lord of War,'' ''White Noise'' and ''Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.'' Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Foxs Midseason Series Alcatraz Breaks Production On New Episodes For Reshoots

EXCLUSIVE: Fox’s midseason drama Alcatraz has put filming new episodes on hold to accomplish reshoots on the couple of from the 7 completed episodes. The series will stay in production, doing additional principal photography on previous episodes before proceeding with filming the relaxation from the 6 cases of the series’ 13-episode order. The J.J. Abrams-produced Alcatraz is certainly an ambitious time-travel drama, since the show is is this is not on a great delivery schedule, the producers chosen to decelerate making improvements on the couple of from the finished episodes. The reshoots are needed to last 1-a couple of days. Unlike another ambitious midseason drama, NBC’s Awake, which recently shut lower production for any couple of days to make use of scripts, Alcatraz is predicted to stay in continuous production, segueing from reshoots to filming new episodes. This can be a recent trailer for your show:

News Corp's IGN, Shine Group Partner for YouTube Gaming Funnel START (Exclusive Q&A)

Included in YouTube's new purchase of entertainment channels, News Corp-possessed IGN Entertainment has joined with Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine Group company Reveille to build up a brand new slate of broadcast-quality shows targeted in the growing gaming demographic. The series, that will vary from short-format to television-length, will debut at the begining of 2012 on START, YouTube's new gaming funnel created by IGN.our editor recommendsAnalyst: YouTube Channels No Immediate Threat to Entertainment CompaniesYouTube Announces TV Initiative With 100 Niche Channels IGN has attracted over 1 billion sights from the current YouTube choices, but has become taking production to another step using the intent of seeing some content migrate past the Internet. START will launch with new shows like Celebrity Assassin, IGN Professional Gaming, The Following Game Boss and Game Over. Roy Bahat, leader of IGN Entertainment, discusses Begin in this exclusive interview. The Hollywood Reporter: What exactly are your plans with START? Roy Bahat: We feel there's a gap in entertaining content about games on the giant screen. Games are the main leisure activity for men younger than 35. 90-1 % of youngsters younger than 17 play games. We feel that games, like a genre, ought to be symbolized with a specific item on television around sports, music, film and sci-fi and fantasy. There must be hit television content about games and that we just check this out YouTube funnel like a great opportunity to experiment and check for your. THR: Which kind of length are you currently searching at for this kind of content? Bahat: The space will probably be more than that which you typically might see for that Web completely as much as what might work with television. A few of the stuff will probably be seven, eight minutes lengthy. A lot of it may be twenty-two minutes lengthy as well as longer. THR: What is the rollout plan when it comes to when individuals would start seeing content? Bahat: At first, that's something we are doing together with YouTube. The moment the channels unveil we'll be there together. It's at first from the new twelve months, essentially. THR: What shows are you starting with? Bahat: The Following Game Boss competition series is one thing we are likely to expand on whenever we launch. It features a handful of episodes on IGN already and it is a real possibility reveal that enables players to obtain a job within the gaming industry. We are doing a bit of games news and things like by using Game Over, it is simply not really the predominant factor around the funnel. It will likely be just included amongst other things like Celebrity Assassin, where celebs get a game title controller and discuss their new projects, and IGN Professional League, that will concentrate on eSports. THR: For games news, could it be much like what we should see on the web today? Bahat: This is an broadened version of the items we have seen on the web most likely with somewhat different pacing. We are likely to be essentially supposing you are watching it on the giant screen and leaning back. We are going to try and concentrate on which makes it that type of content. THR: What type of production quality will these shows have? Bahat: One thing we have attempted really difficult to do at IGN is do stuff that's quick therefore we can capture footage here at work when somebody really wants to lick about a game title or say something funny, but doing the work at quality that appears great. What's great is the fact that each year the main difference from a Switch Cam then one that can take reasonably well-lit HD video, is really not too large any longer. The intent is for this all to appear great to ensure that this content makes brands feel at ease associating their title with. That isn't the case with user-produced content available or of all of the stuff that's shot at lower production quality. That's not saying we are likely to have ten-person deck hands. We are just going to pay attention to doing stuff that look wonderful, but they are easily to achieve that brands may wish to be connected with. THR: How can you check this out content varying from what we have seen Machinima use YouTube recently? Bahat: We have also labored very carefully with YouTube. You will find there's billion sights up to now online. I'd say Youtube is really a platform which has been your pretty fair way with all of partners. This content that YouTube has become funding will probably be not the same as everything that's presently around the platform due to there being likely to be more dollars starting this content. Which means you'll most likely see during these channels a smaller amount of the only content creator doing game play commentary and much more stuff that have Hollywood-quality talent focusing on them. There's great stuff being created by sole independent content men and that we love dealing with them, but I think you will visit a different type of professional quality of talent at the office. THR: Who're you dealing with from Hollywood on these projects? Bahat: Our partner in creating this funnel is Shine Group and they are the manufacturers from the Office, Master Chef and also the Greatest Loser. Our intent in this way ended up being to bring television quality content for this chance. Related Subjects YouTube IGN

Componen taps 'Eagle Eye' scribe for sci-fi pic

Vital has attracted on "Novelty helmet Eye" scribe John Glenn to rewrite John Heffernan's untitled sci-fi actioner, setup at Mary Parent's Disruption Entertainment. Studio acquired Heffernan's script in June. Pic's known to as "Die Hard" by having an alien spaceship. Parent and Cale Boyter are coming up with. Disruption remains ramping up business since Parent setup the Componen-based banner in February, four several days after exiting since the topper of MGM's film biz. It's developing "Hyperdrive," acquiring the science-fiction spec script from Morgan Jurgenson and Alex Ankeles "The Watching Hour" at New Line with Mad Hatter plus an adaptation in the Electricity Comics series "The Mighty" with Chris Bender and JC Spink of Benderspink and John Spink creating. BenderSpink is professional creating the Heffernan actioner, that has furthermore been known to as "Kidnapped." Glenn's repped by WME and John Lutz. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Globe golden at DWA

Anne Globe has overseen DWAs marketing efforts since 1996. DreamWorks Animation has inked a new long term agreement with Anne Globe to remain as the toon studio's chief marketing officer through at least 2014.A new contract, which begins at the start of 2012, comes as DWA prances into theaters Friday with "Puss in Boots," a spinoff of the "Shrek" franchise, and as "Kung Fu Panda 2" ranks as the highest-grossing animated pic at the worldwide B.O., with a $664 million haul, the fourth highest grosser of 2011.Globe has overseen marketing efforts for DWA's films, TV shows and ancillary properties like videogames, theme park attractions, stage shows and live tours since 1996. Her position also has her broker promo partnerships with marketers that tie in with the company's films or the DreamWorks Animation brand, and manage studio relationships with partners including Imax, RealD and Nickelodeon. In the past, promo deals have involved heavy hitters like Walmart, McDonald's, General Mills, HP, Intel and cruise line Royal Caribbean. "Puss in Boots" has McDonald's, Friskies and Avocados From Mexico as key partners.DWA has produced and released 23 animated films, with 11 through Paramount since 2006. The pics have earned more than $5.5 billion at the B.O., and $10 billion once homevideo, pay TV, merchandise and other sources are tallied.Globe's efforts are being rewarded with a pay raise. She will now earn a salary of $862,000, up from $835,000, in addition to cash incentive awards and other bonuses, according to a DWA filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The documents state that Globe's new contract extends through 2014, but that the studio has the option of extending it further for an additional year under new terms.The studio is in the midst of deciding whether to ink a new distribution deal with a studio once its current pact with Paramount expires at the end of 2012, or to self-distribute its films on its own. Globe will oversee the release of three new films in 2013.DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg said Globe's "creativity, dedication and amazingly hard work over the last 15 years have been vital to establishing DreamWorks Animation as a premiere family entertainment company.""As the DreamWorks Animation brand grows both in the U.S. and internationally, I look forward to working with my team in the pursuit of global marketing efforts that highlight the amazing creative work done by our artists every day," said Globe, whose team has previously created a series of spots that aired during the Winter Olympics, in Vancouver, to promote "How to Train Your Dragon." Walmart also built a store-within-its-stores, complete with a Viking ship filled with merchandise, for the dragon tale."It is an incredibly exciting time at the company as we look around the corner at the many opportunities we have to continue to build on all that DreamWorks Animation has accomplished to date," Globe said. Prior to joining DreamWorks Animation, Globe served as VP of promotions at MCA/Universal, and director of national promotions for Universal Pictures and Universal Studios Hollywood. She began her marketing career at Disney. Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com

Gerard Butler, Mike Worthington, Matthew McConaughey Team for Iraq War Pic 'Thunder Run'

Getty Images Lather within the beefcake! Gerard Butler, Mike Worthington and Matthew McConaughey are joining up for Thunder Run, a thrilling-CG 3d action thriller being created by Freedom Films. Simon West is positioned to direct, according to Freedom Films, while Hyde Park Worldwide is handling worldwide sales and beginning the title at AFM. The film is adapting the novel Thunder Run- The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad, by Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent David Zucchino. Robert Port, who won an Oscar in 2003 for top short documentary, and Ken Nolan, who co-written Black Hawk Lower, composed the script. PHOTOS: Hollywood's A-List Transformed The project aims to recount the capture of Baghdad by American forces at the outset of the Iraq War in 2003. The Three-day assault was known just like a "lightning strike" or "thunder run." The producers desire to fresh fresh paint "the harrowing picture in the soldiers round the front lines as well as the details of recent warfare." The Graphic Film Company remains attracted onto take advantage of proprietary facial-capture technology it applied to West's approaching Evening in the Living Dead: Roots 3d movie with the motion capture technology found in Avatar, mentioned Freedom Films. Creating are Freedom Films' John Presley, with the business's Carissa Buffel and Kevin Matusow additionally to Jib Polhemus in the Graphic Film Company. The trio's work will consist mostly of voicework but you will notice eco-friendly-screen aspects too. "That which you capture inside our cameras will probably be them," Presley told The Hollywood Reporter. "It features a stylized effect in it but we are shooting them. We're not ageing them lower like Rob Bridges in Tron Legacy, it will likely be them for just two several hours in the highly intense tank fight. "The scope in the movie will feel huge and thegoal is always to attract the Cod world. It won't have a very gaming world feel but to experience a stylized use it. "We're locked and loaded and may shoot next season.In . Thunder Run is repped by Gersh with CAA also developing board to repetition the film. Gersh also reps Freedom Films. Butler is repped by CAA and Alan Siegel Entertainment, Worthington by CAA and Anonymous Content, McConaughey by CAA and attorney Kevin Morris. West may also be repped by CAA. Gerard Butler Matthew McConaughey Mike Worthington

Canal Plus set to takeover Poland's TVN

PARIS -- Vivendi's Canal Plus Group is holding exclusive discussions while using ITI Group to obtain a controlling stake in Polish TV operator TVN. ITI must accomplish purchasing their 56% stake in TVN to Canal Plus with the finish of year, according to French newspaper Ces Echos. TVN has free-to-air channels, pay TV platform N -- the next greatest within the u . s . states -- and website Onet. Canal Plus was already a substantial player in Belgium through Cyfra Plus, which ranks as Poland's second greatest satcaster with 1.5 million clients. The Polish pay TV market leader is Cyfrowy Polsat. Deal enables Canal Plus to consolidate its position on Poland's pay TV market and undertake the Polish free TV landscape. Taken, ITI had began discussions with some other potential customers, including Time Warner, which was considered an innovator, along with Vivendi, to snap up TVN. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

DreamWorks Animation Retains Disney Veteran Chuck Viane as Distribution Consultant

NY - As it continues to evaluate a possible future distributing its own movies, DreamWorks Animation said Tuesday it has hired Walt Disney veteran Chuck Viane as a distribution consultant. He will be working with company executives, effective immediately, and "will provide counsel on the implementation of the studio's future distribution plans," DWA said. DWA's current distribution partner Paramount Pictures has launched its own animation division in a sign that it may not continue the relationship with DWA beyond next year. "In addition to being a truly great guy, Chuck is one of the smartest, most experienced and respected leaders in the industry, and I don't know of anyone with a deeper understanding of the movie landscape, its trends and its future," said DWA CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg. "At this strategic moment in time for DreamWorks Animation, I am confident that he will serve as an invaluable resource." Said Viane: "I've known Jeffrey Katzenberg for 26 years, and he was a close colleague of mine during our time together at Disney." He added: "Under his leadership, I believe that DreamWorks Animation has truly become a studio for the 21st Century and I look forward to helping shape their future distribution strategy." Viane previously served as president of global distribution for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in a 25-year career at the entertainment giant, from which he retired early this year. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Topics Jeffrey Katzenberg DreamWorks Animation

You Mentioned What? (Hjelp, mire er i filmbransjen!)

A Tappeluft Pictures presentation in cooperation with Star Media Entertainment from the Langfonn, Krypton Film and Filmcamp production. Produced by Terje Stromstad, Kjetil Omberg. Executive producers, Friend Granlund, Henrik Bergesen, Elisabeth Granlund, Tommy Wirkola, Stig Frode Henriksen. Co-producer, Benedicte Ringnes. Directed, put together by Nini Bull Robsam, Patrik Syversen.With: Henrik Thodesen, Odd-Magnus Williamson, Stig Frode Henriksen, Stein Johan Grieg Halvorsen, Marte Germaine Christensen, Jenny Skavlan, Christian Rubeck, Peter Stormare.Norwegian filmmakers Nini Bull Robsam and Patrik Syversen proceed and take fundamental premise of Takashi Miike's "Audition" -- the well-known 1999 horror-thriller of a lonely widower who pretends being casting a movie while seeking a completely new companion -- and playfully convert it right into a scenario for cheeky romantic comedy in "You Mentioned What?" Reviews indicate this high-concept, lightly entertaining pic already continues to be regarded as as material with an American remake, nevertheless it could find its own appreciative aud in offshore areas with sufficiently savvy marketing. After locating the flagrant infidelity of his live-in girlfriend, Glenn (Henrik Thodesen), an affable vidstore clerk, moves using their apartment and sinks in to a dark blue funk. Wanting to cheer him up, his more rambunctious pals, introduced with the persistantly smart-alecky Philip (Odd-Magnus Williamson, in "Meatballs"-era Bill Murray mode), encourage Glenn to get into a web page from Takashi Miike and hold auditions with an imaginary movie, with the expectation of landing, otherwise a completely new love, then some easy sex. Complications arise when Glenn instantly falls for one of the auditioners, Linda (Marte Germaine Christensen), and promises her a lead role using what he unwisely promises will probably be popular fantasy adventure. (Think "Our god in the Rings" around the "Plan 9 From SpaceInch budget.) The problem here's, despite Linda's well-do-to mother onboard just like a quiet investor, Glenn and also the pals take time and effort pressed to actually to produce the epic -- or any other pic -- especially after they blow a lot of the budget on pre-production chilling out. Since the would-be filmmakers proceed around the frazzled-shoestring budget, getting in credulous collaborators and anxiously disguising their lack of skill, "You Mentioned What?" frequently recalls the higher frantic improvisations in the title character in Tim Burton's "Erection dysfunction Wood." And since the self-kidding schlockmeister of Burton's pic relied round the collaboration from the aged Bela Lugosi, the faux auteurs here wager everything on settling single-day cameo by Peter Stormare to produce their slapdash project a bit more marketable. Filmmakers Robsam and Syversen artfully juggle a diversity of tones and feelings while playing mostly everything for laughs, even fine-tuning the romance this is the soft center from the pic getting a soundtrack of wonderfully cheesy '70s and eighties pop hits. You will discover darkly comic touches, and a few gags that, in this context, appear almost subversively perverse. There's however anything amusing in comparison to gleefully crazy scene through which the sport Stormare looks after a straight face together with a menacing attitude while carefully balancing themselves atop a papier-mache dragon and snarling, "I am the King of Darkness!" Tech credits overall are much better than are available in the film within the film.Camera (color, HD), Havard Andre Byrkjeland editor, Syversen music, Gaute Tonder production designer, Liv Request costume designer, Linn Henriksen appear, Hakon Lammetun assistant director, Jonas Viken Oby. Examined at Fantastic Fest, Austin, Sept. 29, 2011. Running time: 107 MIN. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

'Grey's Anatomy's' Kevin McKidd Talks Owen and Cristina

Cristina (Sandra Oh) and Owen (Kevin McKidd) have had their share of ups and downs on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy."He struggled with PTSD. She struggled with the same after the hospital shooting that traumatized everyone that led to their quickie marriage. To say the couple has issues would be a serious understatement, especially considering it wasn't until after Cristina was pregnant and planning to have an abortion that they had a serious discussion about having children.This week, Owen and Cristina will continue to tiptoe around their issues but as the actor and director of this week's episode tells "The Hollywood Reporter" their problems will eventually catch up with them. "I don't think there's long to wait because they've brushed a lot under the carpet this season," he says."THR" caught up with McKidd to discuss when and how the couple will confront their problems, if there could ever be a compromise and whether or not Cristina could ever realize that there's more to life than her career.THR: How long will Cristina and Owen continue to avoid facing their problems? McKidd:That's going to keep coming back. Around midseason, I think, something is going to happen some straw is going to break the camel's back and they're really going to have to deal with it. I'm not sure what the outcome is going to be, but I think it's going to be pretty explosive. I don't think there's long to wait because they've brushed a lot under the carpet this season. I don't think people will have to wait long to see the fallout from that.THR: Will Owen eventually confront Cristina or are they avoiding talking because they love each other? McKidd: I think that's the reason they do it, because they do really love each other. The problem they have is that they've got very different views on children. I think they'll both eventually have to deal with each other. There's a big thing that happens medically in the hospital that becomes the catalyst for this, it's a very intense event that happens. I think that weighs on him and eventually that becomes the catalyst for them confronting each other with the truth.THR: Is the heart of Owen and Cristina's problems the abortion or is it more about bigger issues like communication and a shared vision of what a marriage is? McKidd: It's all of those things rolled into one. They're going to get to a point where there's at a fork in the road and they're going to have to really decide what they're going to do, whether they can reconcile all those things or not. I think they have passion for each other but that isn't always enough in a relationship. I think there's going to be some dark times ahead for them and it's going to test whether they can make it through.THR: Will Owen eventually turn to Richard or Derek about his feelings about Cristina's abortion? McKidd: He and Derek are really starting to bond over a lot of things. The fact that Derek went through a period of being chief becomes quite a big support for Owen as we go forward. They're much more equals now in the hospital, so they can communicate pretty well. I think he'll become attached to him.THR: Will being the Chief impact Owen's marriage? McKidd: That's one of the stories we're telling in the next few episodes: there's this big medical situation that happens and he has to make some hard decisions as chief and put all of your personal feelings aside. There will be something that happens that will really put a lot of pressure on Cristina and Owen and other colleagues. He's suddenly in this position of power and having to try and navigate that, he doesn't get it right all the time. So yes, absolutely.THR: With Owen's career blossoming and Cristina's somewhat stumbling, will Cristina eventually realize that there's more to life than her career? McKidd: I don't know, maybe! Who knows. People do change. Maybe that's just her. Maybe that's never going to change for her and maybe that's the point. That's a story that hasn't really been told before. Usually on TV shows eventually they come around but there are different people in the world and it would be naive of us to think that they don't exist. I think it's an interesting story itself and I don't know the answer to that question.THR: Can there be a compromise in terms of their differing ideas about family and children? McKidd: Sure, absolutely. I don't see any reason why not; it might be a hard one. But I can't see any reason why there can't be. They both have to be happy or there's no point in continuing and that's the same in anybody's relationship. What that looks like that's what they say about people in relationships behind closed doors: you can never really tell what a relationship is really like behind closed doors even if you think you know a couple really intimately, you can never really tell what it is that makes that relationship tick. Cristina and Owen are interesting, odd, powerful, passionate people with very strong ideas about life, so it makes a really good story to tell and a good journey to be on. What that looks like, I think will be more interesting than all of us can imagine because they're so unique. If they're going to be together, I think it's going to be in quite an unusual way; they already live in a firehouse! (Laughs.)THR: How will Owen factor in with what Derek is going through with Zola? Watching Owen with Zola and the backdrop of Cristian's abortion is heartbreaking. McKidd: I think all that does weigh down on Owen a lot. The fact that there's this cute little baby toddler around, it's a constant reminder to him. But yeah, it's not going to be easy for Owen and it's definitely not easy for Derek and Meredith to have Owen in the shadows with that longing. THR: Will Owen wind up helping Derek and Meredith with what they're going through with Zola? McKidd: We're on Episode 9 at the moment and he definitely talks and tries to be there for Derek. Meredith and Owen have never had the most warm and cozy-up relationship there's always been quite a bit of tension between the two of them when it comes to Cristina. Certainly I think Owen is there for Derek in the same way that Derek is there for Owen. Owen tries to be a good friend and a pair of ears for Derek with what he's going through. The Hollywood Reporter