Wednesday, December 21, 2011

New Prometheus Picture Online

Is Fassbender a paranoid android?Using the Prometheus trailer soon to bookend probably the most spectacular days in promo history, Empire has laid its mittens on the new still in the film. It shows Michael Fassbender's character under-armed and tripping upon some type of space nastiness. Using the actor's current run of psychosexual crises in your mind, we are speculating it's some type of nudie alien action. Real question is, is Fassbender playing a proto-Ash android? And it is he/it establishing the crew from the Prometheus for any nasty fall?There is something about Prometheus that returns reminiscences of Christmases passed by - the feeling of understanding that something exciting is nearby, but getting absolutely no clue what it's. Either Mister Ridley has had a leaf from the Tree Of Life's book and switched out an elliptical treatise around the concept of existence, or he's just keeping the finer particulars to themself. In either case, a clip should answer lots of questions.The director's recent talk to Icelandic site Filmophilia, by which he described the first outcomes of Prometheus and Alien does not come before the finish from the third act, indicates 2001 could be more of the touchstone even than Aliens.Browse the new problem of Empire for additional in the film's set.Prometheus is within movie theaters in eyeball-busting three dimensional on June 1, 2012.

ROLL CALL: Jennifer Lopez Introduces Beau Casper Smart To Fellow American Idol Judges

First Published: December 21, 2011 11:28 AM EST Credit: Getty Premium Caption Jennifer Lopez and dancer Casper Smart perform onstage at the 2011 American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles on November 20, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans J.Lo & Beau Audition For Idol Pals: Cue the you seem a little pitchy Dawg jokes! According to People, Jennifer Lopez has introduced rumored backup dancer beau, Casper Smart, to her fellow American Idol judges and host Ryan Seacrest. The duo reportedly joined the Idol gang in Las Vegas (where they are currently taping their hit FOX reality competition series) on Monday night at Crystals Social House. J.Lo and C.Smart were reportedly not shy about showing a little PDA in front of their friends. [They] cuddled up next to one another, exchanging a few small kisses during the dinner, a source told the mag. They were all very sweet. Wedding Bells For Billy Elliot?: Are things getting serious for The Adventures of Tintin star Jamie Bell and former True Blood star Evan Rachel Wood? According to Radar Online, Jamie is looking for an engagement ring for his ladylove. The pair first met and dated after appearing in the music video for Green Days Wake Me Up When September Ends in 2005. Evan then dated and got engaged to Marilyn Manson, but called it quits in 2010. He hasnt made a purchase yet, but he is starting to seriously look and has met with a few jewelers, a source told Radar. Check out the start of Jamie and Evans romance (and their ability to over act!) in the Green Day video, HERE! Bolt Down The Kitchen Table!: Things might be flying at the house of The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice! The reality stars husband, Joe Giudice, was reportedly indicted on Tuesday, charged with fraudulently obtaining a drivers license in his brothers name. He could face more than 11 years behind bars if convicted. The usually vocal reality star did not address her husbands reported legal woes on Twitter or her website, but she did share her familys holiday card. Check it out, HERE! 32 More Chapters Of Trapped In The Closet!: Just in time for the holidays, R.Kelly has revealed that hes penned 32 more chapters of his epic Trapped in the Closet hip-hopera, and hes looking for investors, because it costs a lot of money to do, the controversial singer told TMZ. So, if youve got money just lying around, R. needs it so he can film more videos like, THIS! -By Jesse Spero Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Polish satcasters to merge

PARIS -- Vivendi's Canal Plus Group has completed the merger of their Cyfra Plus Polish satcaster with rival pay TV platform "n," possessed by Polish TV operator TVN and also the third biggest in the united states, CPG introduced Monday. Together Cyfra and "n" will form a brand new pay TV operator by which CPG may have 51% stake and TVN 32%. The brand new joint satcaster is going to be collectively handled by Boss Markus Tellenbach and deputy Boss Beata Monka. Canal Plus Group has additionally compensated Euros230 million ($300.a million) for any 40% shareholding in N-Vision, which holds 51% of TVN. The Gallic pay TV giant mentioned Monday the merger will prompt synergy savings and revenue growth worth $72.six million and supply customers with "exclusive content and also the most advanced technology, such as the largest high-def offering within the Polish market." Also Monday, Nickelodeon introduced "n" would launch a brand new funnel bouquet, Kids XL package, including Nickelodeon HD. 'n' will even add Nick Junior. The satcaster merger allows Canal Plus, whose Cyfra Plus has already been Poland's second biggest satcaster with 1.5 million customers, to consolidate its position in Polish pay TV and take on the free TV market, as TVN also is the owner of free-to-air channels. "The timing with this deal is appropriate. Cyfra Plus had lost some customer momentum because the arrival of 'n' around the pay TV landscape," described Christophe Cherblanc, mind of media research at Societe Generale. "The Polish pay TV market was becoming saturated with three large pay TV groups: Cyfrowy Polsat, Cyfra Plus and 'n.' Other European marketplaces only have one major pay TV platform, or two, as with Italia." The recently-produced platform is anticipated to achieve 2.5 million customers by year-finish. Deal has not yet been greenlit by anti-trust government bodies. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Friday, December 16, 2011

Teen Mother's Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra Set a marriage Date!

Tyler Baltierra and Catelynn Lowell Teen Mother couple Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra have set the date for his or her approaching wedding. "Yes everybody we selected to start dating ? This summer 15th 2013," Lowell tweeted Wednesday. The date may appear a far, but Lowell told TVGuide.com captured she and Tyler both desired to wait. "We are too youthful, we are only 19. You want to hold back until we are from college." Teen Mother's Catelynn: Wedding with Tyler is certainly not soon Teen Mother has recorded Lowell's find it difficult to accept her decision to provide her daughter, Carolynn "Carly" Elizabeth, up for adoption. MTV cameras also demonstrated Lowell relocating with Baltierra and the mother after her very own mother and stepfather move away, and she or he and Baltierra getting engaged. The pair both got tats to recognition their daughter. The marriage might be remote, but we are already wondering if the couple will even let MTV cameras capture the large day.

Monday, December 12, 2011

Lisa Rinna Returning to Days of Our Lives Next Year

Lisa Rinna Lisa Rinna will return to her Days of Our Lives stomping grounds this spring, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Rinna, 48, will reprise her role as Billie Reed beginning March 8. Few details are known about her arc, but she will share "explosive" scenes with on-screen mother Kate (Lauren Koslow) and her character's former beau, Bo, played by Peter Reckell, network officials tell the trade magazine. Watch full episodes of Days of Our Lives "I am so thrilled to be back and excited to be acting again," Rinna told THR. "I have done reality shows, talk shows and I thought, what a great way to come back and play a character that I love to play so much. Feels very full circle - like a new old chapter." Since starring on Days of Our Lives from 1992 to 1995 (and returning from 2002 to 2003), Rinna has starred on Melrose Place and in the 2010 reality show, Harry Loves Lisa, with real-life hubby Harry Hamlin. She also competed in the second season of Dancing with the Stars and Season 4 of Celebrity Apprentice. Check out photos of Lisa Rinna After leaving Days, Bille Reed was portrayed by Krista Allen and later, Julie Pinson. Are you excited for the original Billie Reed to return?

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Writer pages Hollywood marketing

When "The Lincoln Lawyer" author Michael Connelly wanted to spread the word about his new tome, he took an unconventional approach. At Connelly's behest, publisher Little, Brown hired L.A. trailer house Guillotine to create 15- and 30-second spots for a national-broadcast and online campaign that resembles a movie trailer far more than the standard book commercial, which typically features a no-frills shot of the jacket."During the 'Lincoln Lawyer' film campaign earlier this year, I was around a lot of the Hollywood promotional (tools), and I became intrigued by the idea of taking some of the techniques of promoting a film and applying it to a book," says Connelly of his latest entry in the Harry Bosch detective series. "I saw this as an opportunity to give a cinematic appeal to the Bosch books."Though book commercials are rare, they do occasionally surface for big-name bestselling authors like James Patterson, John Grisham and Connelly. And with viewers increasingly skipping commercials due to DVRs, streaming content and On Demand, the ads most likely to stick are those that deliver the unexpected.Guillotine executive creative director Peter Walsh, who is working on the latest "Spider-Man" trailers, agrees that most book spots are not very good. "We wanted to capture the quality of (Connelly's) books," he says. "The line we had to walk was to give people a flavor and set up the story, but not give away too much."For its first foray into the book-trailer world, Guillotine hired actors and a full production crew for the three-day shoot. Walsh used CG artists to create the illusion of birds flying off the page, and commissioned an original music composition for the spots, which ran on CNN, ESPN, USA, E! and Discovery during commercial breaks for "Burn Notice," "Law & Order," "Anderson Cooper 360" and "SportsCenter."The spots began airing two weeks before the book's Nov. 28 pub date -- another nod to the film marketing business, which, unlike the book-selling world, builds awareness long before its content is available to consumers.The result, Connelly says, is a far stickier ad. "People say to me, 'It's about time they started advertising your books on TV.' And I say, well, actually, they've been doing that for years." Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Stephen King's Bag of Bones

Pierce Brosnan in "Stephen King's Bag of Bones" Filmed in Nova Scotia by Sony Pictures Television. Executive producers, Mark Sennet, Stewart Mackinnon, Mick Garris; co-executive producers, Brian Gary, David Davoli; producer, Michael Mahoney; director, Garris; writer, Matt Venne, based on the novel by Stephen King.Mike Noonan - Pierce Brosnan Mattie Devore - Melissa George Jo Noonan - Annabeth Gish Sara Tidwell - Anika Noni Rose Max Devore - William Schallert Rogette Whitmore - Deborah GroverWatching a novelist work is almost impossible to make visually interesting, and only one of the challenges rattling around "Bag of Bones," the latest adaptation of a Stephen King novel and the seventh involving director Mick Garris. Based on that collaboration -- which includes "The Stand" and "The Shining" miniseries -- this two-part ghost story starring Pierce Brosnan qualifies as a muddled disappointment, building toward an almost risibly convoluted ending. For all his success in print, quality TV versions of King's work remain as elusive as definitive proof of the beyond. A successful novelist, Brosnan's Mike Noonan is wacky about his wife Jo (Annabeth Gish) before she steps in front of a fast-moving bus. Devastated, he spends much of the next hour grief-stricken and fraying emotionally, much to the concern of his agent and brother (Jason Priestley and Matt Frewer, respectively, in what amount to throwaway cameos). Seeking consolation and perhaps the means to begin working again, Mike decamps to the lake house where Jo spent a lot of time, in one of those idyllic King towns that tend to hide big secrets. Much of what ensues occurs within said residence as Jo's presence manifests itself. Working with writer Matt Venne, Garris tries to sustain the audience's interest through a lot of cheap jump-out-at-you moments and eerie dreams, but that's mostly in lieu of narrative momentum, a drawback that becomes increasingly apparent by the second hour. Eventually, Mike meets an alluring woman, Mattie (Melissa George), who along with her young daughter is being harassed by her wizened father-in-law, Max Devore (William Schallert), for reasons that become clear in the frenetic second hour. This allows Mike to play the white knight, when he isn't talking to his late wife via refrigerator magnets. Without giving too much away, the wider plot involves long-ago events revealed to Mike in visions, though the juxtaposition between fantasy and reality is handled awkwardly at best. And while it's nice to see the 89-year-old Schallert sink his teeth into this bad-guy role, Brosnan occupies so much screen time (often in scenes where he's alone in the house) almost nobody else in the cast registers. For A&E, of course, the King name alone probably insures an audience that will validate its investment. Yet as anyone who read and then saw "Pet Sematary" can attest, not all King's material translates, and "Bag of Bones" (a title derived from what's said to be a Thomas Hardy quote about the schism between real people and fictional characters) might fall into that category. Whether it does or not, the net effect is drearily familiar -- another King production that begins with glimmers of promise and winds up being bad to the "Bones."Camera, Barry Donlevy; production designer, Guy Lalande; editors, Andrew Cohen, Patrick McMahon; music, Nicholas Pike; casting, Lynn Kressel. 4 HOURS.With: Matt Frewer, Jason Priestley. Contact Brian Lowry at brian.lowry@variety.com

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Jane Fonda Opens Up About Her Father, Her Return to Acting and the Lesson She Learned From Warren Beatty

John Shearer/Getty ImagesHelen Mirren After four years in development at Paramount, Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho is in the process of being set up at Fox Searchlight.our editor recommendsEXCLUSIVE: Anthony Hopkins in Talks to Play Alfred Hitchcock Anthony Hopkins, who is attached to play Hitchcock, and Sacha Gervasi (Anvil! The Story of Anvil), who is directing, are making the move and are being joined by Helen Mirren, who will play the filmmaker's wife, Alma Reville. Montecito Picture Co., which has a first-look deal with Paramount and set it up there in 2007, remains on board as producer. Sources caution that the dealmaking behind the move and Mirren boarding is in the early stages, but an April production start is being eyed. (Hopkins and Gervasi have been associated with the project for almost a year.) The project is based on the non-fiction book by Stephen Rebello that tracks how Hitchcock, at the height of his game as a director, decided to make a "lowly" horror movie. No studio wanted to touch it initially, so Hitchcock scrounged for financing by himself. The movie, of course, became one of his biggest hits and one of the most influential of all time. At the center of the script by John McLaughlin (Black Swan) and Rebello is the relationship between Hitchcock and his wife. Email: Borys.Kit@thr.com Twitter: @Borys_Kit PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Women In Entertainment 2010 Arrivals Helen Mirren Sir Anthony Hopkins International

Monday, December 5, 2011

Madonna, 'W.E.' Director and Super Bowl Halftime Artist Is Harvey Weinstein's Best Year Yet?

As is available most likely heard right now, pop icon Madonna will lead the halftime show at Super Bowl XLVI in on February. 5, 2012 -- exactly the same weekend that her directorial effort, 'W.E.' comes to theaters for wide-audience consumption. ('W.E.' will love a 1-week limited honours-season run beginning on Friday.) It is a stroke of selling genius on two levels: besides Madonna and 'W.E.' distribution studio The Weinstein Company obtain the full compliment of free press that carrying out in the Super Bowl offers, but 'W.E.' could be situated as a little of counterprogramming throughout a weekend centered by smelly dudes both around the area as well as on the couch. Mutually beneficial! Though very little else can be expected from TWC mind honcho Harvey Weinstein, an expert of selling and buzz, that has possibly loved his best year yet. To wit: · TWC attached 'My Week With Marilyn' to pop celebrity Katy Perry and her new single "The One Which Got Away" in order to drum up curiosity about the film for youthful women -- the existence-bloodstream from the film industry (see: 'Titanic' and 'Twilight' for reference). To date, the promotion has not compensated hugh box-office returns, but 'Marilyn' continues to be in limited release. Provide the film another couple of days and Cat Purry fans might be arranging to determine a movie which has practically nothing related to Katy Perry -- beyond that Harvey Weinstein wants KP inside a Broadway adaptation of 'My Week With Marilyn.' · Consider Uggie! Spurred on through the estimable S.T. VanAirsdale, Uggie, 'The Artist's' Jack Russell Terrier, has become lots of Oscar ("Oscar") buzz within the last week -- in the NY Occasions to E! towards the NY Publish. Let alone that Uggie your dog can't really have an Oscar nomination (bad he wasn't performed by Andy Serkis) by reveling within the grassroots campaign to recognition Uggie, TWC finds a relatable method of getting audiences of looking after in regards to a quiet, black and whitened film from France: an adorable dog! The Super Bowl, Katy Perry, household pets what mainstream American fixture can TWC use to advertise 'The Iron Lady,' a movie about Margaret Thatcher? It's unclear (before you decide to say Iron Maiden, this guitar rock band is really from London), but expect TWC to find something out at some point. [Photo: AP] Madonna at BFI London Film Festival Premiere of 'W.E.' See All Moviefone Art galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

How Controversial Antipiracy Laws Could Be Enacted Even Without Congress (Analysis)

Courtesy of Twentieth Century-Fox"Avatar" is the most pirated movie of all time according to a study by TorrentFreak. On December 15, the House of Representatives is scheduled to take up debate of the controversial "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA). The antipiracy legislation has set off a firestorm in recent months thanks in large part to provisions that would allow the government to cut access to rogue foreign piracy websites and open up legal avenues by which third parties would be blocked from doing business with the offending sites. Critics fear the end of the Internet as we know it, and in reaction to cries of "censorship," the movie industry says it will at least tone down some of the language in the legislation.our editor recommends'Avatar' Is The Most Pirated Movie Of All Time But even if the bill doesn't pass, courts could eventually put the effects of the bill into force anyway with de facto blacklisting of websites deemed to be facilitating infringement. A couple of recent judicial decisions illustrate this potential. PHOTOS: Netflix's 10 Most Rented Movies of All Time Can search engines like Google be ordered to scrub a website deemed to be enabling copyright and trademark infringement? Can payment services like Visa or PayPal or ad-support businesses be enjoined from doing business with a website hosting illicit activities? Could domain registrars like GoDaddy be told to undercut these websites by changing access info? In 2007, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals appeared to foreclose these possibilities in denying an attempt by adult entertainment publisher Perfect 10 to hold Visa liable for infringing photographs found on websites using Visa's credit card services. The justices determined that Perfect 10 hadn't shown that Visa had induced or materially contributed to the infringements. But now, some courts are entertaining motions to grant extraordinary injunctive relief against third parties in ex parte proceedings. For example, in November, one judge in a case involving Chanel luxury products took action against hundreds of websites being used to sell knock-off handbags, wallets, shoes, and other items. Of particular note, the judge's order not only hit the websites themselves, but according to the Technology & Marketing Law Blog, also hit a host of tech companies that weren't parties to the action. GoDaddy was ordered to change registration info. And services like Google, Facebook, Bing, and Twitter were told to "de-index and/or remove [the domain names] from any search results page." PHOTOS: Hollywood's Biggest Blunders In other words, the websites were eradicated from ever having existed. The same blog in a separate post noted another case involving a website, pharmatext.org, which had pointed users to allegedly infringing copies of textbooks published by Elsevier. In January, a judge ordered two advertising networks to stop helping these websites generate ad revenue. The ad networks had to stop serving up advertisements and freeze money. Last week, after one of the ad networks, Chitika, complained, the judge reversed course because Chitikahadn't been shown to have requisite knowledge of the infringement. The judge, however, left open the possibility that Chitika could have liability upon a takedown/cut-off notice from Elsevier. Had Elsevier sent a legal warning and Chikita continued to do business with pharmatext.org, tech legal expert Eric Goldman thinks the judge would have knocked down Chikita's objections to the ex parte injunction. Meaning, pharmatext.orgwould essentially have been blacklisted in much of the same manner as SOPA intends. "Rightsowners like Elsevier probably can get 90%+ of the benefit of SOPA Section 103 simply by sending cutoff notices to ad networks," writes Goldman in summing up the implications of the decision. Even if Hollywood fails to bring lawmakers on board to pass the latest anti-piracy measures, it's likely we'll see alternative attempts by copyright holders to attain injunctive relief against search engines, social media sites, advertising networks, and domain registrars. If the MPAA is successful in its lawsuit against Hotfile, for instance, the next step might be wiping off the company from the face of digital Earth. The MPAA is already collecting data on its many affiliates.The future of copyright cases looks to be a dragnet. E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Netflix's 10 Most Rented Movies of All Time

Aaron Sorkins HBO Series Gets New Title: Newsroom

Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming HBO drama series, known as More As This Story Develops, has gotten an official title: Newsroom. According to the show’s HBO site, Newsroom is set behind the scenes of a show at afictionalcable news channel UBS and is based loosely on Countdown with Kieth Olberman while it was on MSNBC. (Sorkin spent time shadowing Olberman while researching his new series.) HBO provides 2 snippets of dialogue from the project, which stars Jeff Daniels as UBS primetime host Will McCallister and Law & Order‘s Sam Waterston as UBSNewsPresident Charlie Skinner. In one scene, a talented young producer that was brought over to UBS from CNN realizes that his new job may not be as secure as he thought it was. Okay, Im calling Jim Walton and begging for a job. Here is an exchange between Will and Charlie from another scene. Will: Charlie, I cant go after Halliburton and miss. Charlie: Oh report the goddam news, Will. Will: You remember a guy named Dan Rather? Charlie: Dan got it right. Will: Hes no longer on television. The West Wing creator Sorkin, an Oscar winner for his Social Network screenplay, executive produces Newsroom with Scott Rudin.

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Box Office Report: 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' Leads Ho-Hum Weekend With $5.5 Mil Friday

The weekend after Thanksgiving is one of the slowest of the year, and 2011 is no different.our editor recommendsBox Office Preview: 'Shame,' Oscar Contenders Jockey for Position as Awards Season Heats Up 'Shame': What the Critics Are Saying'Shame' Director Steve McQueen on Making His NC-17 Sex Addiction Drama (Video)New Movie Reviews: 'Shame,' 'Sleeping Beauty,' 'Coriolanus' Hitting Theaters With no new wide releases, Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 continued to top the domestic box office, grossing $5.5 million on Friday for a cume of $235.9 million. The pic is on track for a $16.8 million weekend. Disney's kids pic The Muppets held at No. 2, grossing $2.8 million on its second Friday for a winning domestic cume of $48 million and projected $12 million weekend. PHOTOS: Films that Narrowly Avoided an NC-17 As expected, movies saw steep drops from the previous Friday, a holiday. Breaking Dawn was down 67 percent from the previous Friday, while Muppets fell 77 percent. But overall, box office revenues for the weekend aren't expected to fall behind 2010 levels. The real action is among award contenders. Martin Scorsese's Hugo upped its theater count by more than 500 on Friday after being named best film of the year by the National Board of Review (Scorsese also won best director). Hugo, distributed by Paramount, grossed $2 million on Friday, putting it at No. 3. VIDEOS: THR's Awards Season Roundtable Series 2011: The Directors Hugo, now playing in 1,840 locations, will be in a close race Saturday and Sunday with Sony and Aardman's 3D family film Arthur Christmas. Arthur Christmas, playing in far more theaters, grossed $1.7 million on Friday from 3,376 locations for a domestic cume of $19.6 million. Both Arthur Christmas and Hugo are projecting a $7 million weekend. In addition to Hugo, award contenders Shame, The Artist, The Descendants and My Week with Marilyn all did good business on Friday. COVER STORY: Martin Scorsese Talks 'Hugo,' How His 12-Year-Old Rules the Roost Shame's performance is particularly impressive since it's rated NC-17. From Fox Searchlight, the film grossed $110,476 from 10 theaters in five cities. Directed by Steve McQueen, Shame stars Michael Fassbender as a sex addict. Carey Mulligan also stars. Searchlight's The Descendants, directed by Alexander Payne and headlining George Clooney, did well enough on Friday to come in No. 6, grossing $1.4 million from only 574 locations for a cume of $14.3 million. Silent film The Artist grossed an impressive $55,574 on Friday as it expanded its reach into the San Francisco area. From the Weinstein Co., the awards darling is now playing in six theaters in Los Angeles, NY and the Bay Area. The Weinsteins' awards hopeful My Week with Marilyn, starring Michelle Williams as the iconic Marilyn Monroe, came in No. 12 on Friday, grossing $345,000 from 244 locations in top markets for a cume of $1.4 million. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery The Dirty Dozen: Films that Narrowly Avoided an NC-17 Related Topics Box Office The Muppets Shame Hugo

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Virtual Newsstand: Movieline.com, November 2011

Every month at Movieline, we collect the most effective interviews, best features, and several compelling reviews we’ve produced, and curate these questions single easy-to-use table of contents referred to as Virtual Newsstand, which pays tribute towards the print magazine history. Here’s the Virtual Newsstand for November 2011. ENTERTAINMENT As A Way OF LIFEMOVIELINENovember 2011 INTERVIEWS We must Discuss Tilda Tilda Swinton on her behalf account sublime, chaotic We must Discuss Kevin and what ‘indie’ means today Quiet Star Meet Jean Dujardin, french lead (and Oscar leader) in the Artist Condon’s Beginning Breaking Beginning director Bill Condon round the wedding, the honeymoon and also the ‘gay sensibility’ Wocka Wocka Muppets star/co-author Jason Segel, footloose and fancy free The Actor’s Actor Veteran thesp Kenneth Branagh on his brush with Mister Laurence Olivier throughout my Week with Marilyn Tomlin Time Legendary comedienne Lily Tomlin reflects around the amount of achievement Ron 4 Avoi Rupert Grint names his favorite Harry Potter scene featuring… Rupert Grint Mr. Trouble Iconoclast director Werner Herzog goes mano a mano with S.T. VanAirsdale over America, the dying penalty, and To the Abyss Greer Factor Descendants actress Judy Greer on career options and her first, memorable winding up in George Clooney Lemon Sadness The incredible Charlotte now now Gainsbourg on sensual acting, confidence, and her firebrand director Lars von Trier The Artist’s Artist Director Michel Hazanavicius brings quiet cinema razzle-dazzle to Hollywood Twilight Talk Join in towards the passion of Breaking Starting with film author Melissa Rosenberg That’s Brnice Brnice Bejo round the curses — and many, much more benefits — in the Artist. Elder Twi-besman Peter Facinelli, the erstwhile Carlisle Cullen, on the beginning of the conclusion for Breaking Beginning… and also the plans for Whitey Bulger Action Jackson Breaking Beginning vamp Jackson Rathbone rocks out offscreen and plots existence, publish-Twilight Hogwarts and many types of Harry Potter veteran Warwick Davis bids farewell for the series Wim and Vigor Wim Wenders on Prior to the Finish around the world which is legendary soundtrack Bella’s Bruises Twilight sis Ashley Greene weighs in at in at in round the Bella debate Oscar Miracle Director David Yates sights: Will Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 accio Oscar? Tarsem Don’t Give a Shit Everyone’s favorite Honey Badger talks Immortals and beating that other Snow White-colored for the screen (BONUS: Tarsem plays The Most Popular Scene) High Holidays About this certain time John Cho spoken basketball with Leader Obama… Still a Goodfella Brains! Gangsters! Ray Liotta on pushing Channing Tatum around Mr. Penn Visits Washington The Harold and Kumar co-star has came back after couple of years inside the White-colored House THE VERGE Mike Levinson Shailene Woodley FEATURES Oscar Index Most likely probably the most scientific honours survey proven to guy gets into its third month, restricted to Movieline Tanks Away Universal chief Ron Meyer addresses Tower Heist fiasco, confesses Cowboys & Aliens, Wolfman kinda stunk Consider Uggie An honours campaign for sublime four-legged artist of year Request a Vampire Movieline found an authentic existence, self-recognized vampire to resolve the question: How realistic is Breaking Beginning, ultimately? Shame you Explore New you are able to city with Shame director Steve McQueen and Movieline’s interactive map Speak Up for Celluloid Who’s ready to fight for 35mm film? RIP Gil Ranking the late, great Gilbert Cates’s 14 Oscar occasions from 1990-2008 Skyfall on Me Build your own banal 007 set with Movieline’s easy and quick package! Twilight and Illustrator, Forever Past strange posters Flush It The 9 most scathing critical responses to Jack and Jill There’s Waldo Yep, they’re developing a Where’s Waldo movie. Movieline signifies 5 achievable story lines Eddie’s Evolution 9 Key occasions inside the evolution of Eddie Murphy Peep Parody What Happy Madison intern is behind the sad, sad Jack and Jill Twitter page? Reassessing Rachel Do we must stage work intervention for Rachel McAdams? Eye in the Tiger Are you able to go to a Rocky musical produced by Sylvester Stallone and a pair of boxers? Hit Play, Joe Ranking the ten best pop song covers by Ernest Gordon-Levitt H-B-See? 10 images that come to mind when searching at Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham REVIEWS 11-11-11 Another Happy Day Arthur Christmas The Artist A Dangerous Method The Descendants Happy Foot Two Hugo Immortals To the Abyss J. Edgar Jack and Jill Killing Bono The Lie London Boulevard Melancholia The Muppets My Week With Marilyn Another F Word Rampart Eliminate Me The Boy of Nobody Tomboy Tower Heist The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning - Part 1 A Very Harold and Kumar 3d Christmas BAD MOVIES We Love To Billy Madison Hocus Pocus Muppets From Space Twilight [Cover photo: Getty Images]

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

New John Carter Poster Online

Along with a new tagline revealedThe title might not be probably the most clearly sci-fi ever, but we are still pretty looking forward to John Carter (not Of Mars). In the end, it's directed by Andrew Stanton of Wall-E and Finding Nemo fame it's with different kick-ass number of pulpy adventure books set on another planet, and also the footage we have seen to date looks rather beautiful. Now there is a new poster for that film, which not just echoes the coverage and colour of 1 recent Barsoom compilation but causes it to be just a little clearer what are you doing.In the end, ideas see Taylor Kitsch's John Carter in most his nappy-putting on glory, encircled through the clearly alien shapes from the eco-friendly Tharks from the background from the Red-colored Planet. In the event that does not get across what are you doing, we are unsure what's going to. The brand new tagline, too - Lost Within Our World, Present In Another - nicely covers Stanton's method of the storyline and Carter themself:a disaffected publish-CivilWar mess back on the planet finds themself a brand new existence on Mars.John Carter hits movie theaters next March 9. If you cannot hold back until then, read a little more about him within an approaching problem of Empire.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Tribune Co. to pay for Ex-Boss Randy Michaels $675,000 in Settlement

NY - Media firm Tribune Co., which works Tv producers and also the LA Occasions, amongst others, decided to pay former Boss Randy Michaels $675,000 inside a settlement associated with his departure from the organization last fall, the Chicago Tribune reported. Michaels left in October under questionable conditions after charges he produced a "frat house" atmosphere at the organization. Tribune, parents from the Chicago Tribune, will even cover $50,000 in Michaels' legal costs, the paper stated, stating documents filed in U.S. Personal bankruptcy Court in Delaware. It stated that Michaels had required $900,000, the professional-ranked concoction of his planned 2010 bonus, quarrelling he was effectively "ended without cause." Tribune could not agree, but settled to prevent extended lawsuit, the paper stated stating court papers. Tribune, that has been in Chapter 11 personal bankruptcy for 3 years, is searching to finally leave personal bankruptcy the coming year. http://world wide web.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tribune-push-expedited-approval-ne... Meanwhile, Michaels this summer time teamed with private equity finance firm GTCR to purchase majority stakes in three r / c in Chicago and NY. The brand new firm, known as Merlin Media, concentrates on all-news FM formats. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Tribune Company

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

ESPN's Bill Simmons on His Small-Empire, Why Hollywood 'Sucks' and Why He'll not Discuss Sandusky (Q&A)

This informative article first came out inside the 12 ,. 2 problem in the Hollywood Reporter magazine.our editor recommendsDisney's ESPN Mind George Bodenheimer to lower Day-to-Day Duties Jan. 1ESPN Analyst Drops F-Blast on Live Television (Video)Penn Condition Scandal: Entrepreneurs Bail on ESPN Broadcast I don't care what anybody states, I'm not scared to check shit," states Bill Simmons, reclining at his desk within the sparsely decorated downtown La office. In this situation, Simmons, 42, whose wit, humor and sometimes irreverent Sports Guy column have switched him to the most prominent sportswriter within the u . s . states, is mentioning to Grantland, the ESPN-backed site he launched in June. By September, the web site -- a combination of intellectuals pontificating round the entertainment triumvirate of sports, popular culture and Hollywood -- was tempting 2.4 million unique site site visitors monthly, according to ComScore. It's quite an addition for the Boston native and former America online blogger's portfolio, which boasts two best-selling books, the Peabody-winning 30 for 30 documentary series, 1.5 million Twitter fans and an amount of B.S. Report podcasts that are each downloaded about 750,000 occasions. The married father of two, who gone after La to produce for Because Of Due To Jimmy Kimmel Live! and keeps lots of Hollywood fans who appreciate his capacity to check a game title title to have an episode in the Wire (nowadays, he's even recapping Tv shows), sitting lower to talk about his vision for Grantland, his Hollywood gripes and also the tentative plan to add "TV star" to his résumé. The Hollywood Reporter: Why did you decide to pursue Grantland? Bill Simmons: I'd spent three years concentrating on this book, which i had been striking 40, which i had been like, "What can If only to complete extended-term?" I usually aspired to make a site that was sports and popular culture. 30 for 30 stood a large impact because I loved how that was about finding, strengthening and dealing using these incredible company company directors, which i figured the identical factor perform for authors. I looked into different sites and looked through all the most popular magazines and tried to locate people who have been enroute up. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Finest Fantasy Football Fans THR: How perhaps you have convince ESPN to invest in it? Simmons: Simple -- I'd made it happen with another person. My contract still had 10 several days to go to, which we started talking about this, which i mentioned: "If only to find this out, and If only to make it happen here. However when we get through to the finish of people 10 several days, I'm still going to make it happen.In . THR: Podcasts certainly are a large focus to suit your needs. You'll be able to real business there? Simmons: Yes. In my opinion we could cut them into Tv shows, but ESPN and ESPN 2 can run them. That's why we built the studio to accomplish half-hour shows or hourlong shows or whatever. THR: And that means you're prone to turn your podcast interviews into half-hour sit-lower interview shows? Simmons: Yeah. In the event you think about the ESPN schedule, you will discover plenty of occasions where, say, a game title title 7 fell through, or they thought a game title title happens plus it doesn't. Or at this time around, where they thought they'd have a number of these Basketball games they don't have. They have time, so when you've evergreen content you'll be able to give them, they're prone to run it whether or not this's good. THR: To date as site visitors go, who's round the wish list? Simmons: In my opinion the most effective podcasts we've done are actually ones where people are smart. Accustomed to perform a podcast with Ticketmaster Boss [Nathan Hubbard], that people thought was great. I'd enjoy getting Aaron Sorkin on. Ray David might be really fun. Anybody that has created a great show -- David Simon or Matthew Weiner. I am in a position to always get commissioners and sports people, however'd would rather dive into Hollywood a little more. I'm approaching it somewhat in different ways. In my opinion after they do industry interviews, it's always "inside baseball." This can most likely be considered a great conversation. THR: What else do you want associated with Grantland that you just haven't yet? Simmons: We discuss it just like you will discover TV seasons. Season one, which we just finished, involved not heading lower in flames, creating a crowd and having a complete staff, which we didn't have until Labor Day. We've four more utilizes to produce, you have to'll be accomplished at about 16 total. Season two is ongoing to acquire authors. One factor that we was wanting happens immediately was getting stars to produce for people. Whenever a celebrity who is able to really write desires to write something, they're doing it for your Huffington Publish, which pisses me off. THR: In May, before Grantland launched, you mentioned inside an interview that you just weren't sure you'd produce the website in the event you needed to make it happen once more. Still believe way? Simmons: It absolutely was possibly the worst possible time will be able to did the interview. I had been beginning in four days, which we weren't ready, which i might potentially come down in flames. Look, we launched before we have to have, which we didn't plenty of people. We'd watching people us and were hypercritical the initial day or two -- that people didn't think was totally fair, however get it. The identical factor happened once we launched Jimmy's show. You obtain judged due to the first week when you are getting judged due to your 30th week. Jimmy's show didn't even get to be the reveal that it is until 18 several days in. They can say all he wants, but he's full of shit. (Laughs.) You learn, and you also make a few mistakes. It really seems like people are scared to check things. Related Subjects ESPN 1 2 next last

Mitre preps political thriller 'The Plain'

GIJON, The nation -- Argentina's Santiago Mitre is planning his second directorial outing, political thriller "La llanura" (The Plain). A effective political thriller set against Argentine college politics, Mitre's "A StudentInch carried out Locarno, winning the Special Jury Prize, then Toronto and NY, creating him within the get-go just like a new talent to follow. Mitre also co-written Pablo Trapero's "Lion's Family room" and "Carancho" with Trapero and Alejandro Fadel. He's penning a 40-page technique to "The Plain" with "A StudentInch co-scribe Mariano Llinas. "A StudentInch has an incisive insider's undertake Peronist political skulduggery, "The Plain," a couple-part movie, "comes at politics in the different position," Mitre mentioned at Spain's Gijon fest where "A StudentInch was building buzz before its Tuesday Competition screening. "Plain's" first part tracks a young lady journalist who hits the southern campaign trail from the politician expected being Argentina's next vice-leader. Set 10 years earlier, then it charts the bond involving the politician and also the other former militant of just one of Argentina's '70s anti-Junta revolutionary groups. Together they organized a jail-break in the clandestine detention center, which left many companeros dead. "The candidate is regarded as as just like a hero, another guy isn't,Inch mentioned Mitre. " 'The Plain' talks about background politics' need to construct and re-construct history, creating figures, myths." "Plain" will share "The Student's" strong sense of place and combination of narrative thrust and near docu-style to cover the campaign moments, Mitre mentioned. Union aims to structure "The Plain" -- whose title describes a familiar part of Argentina's sprawling Pampa -- becoming an worldwide co-production. Mitre's next is defined at Mitre's Buenos Aires-based La Union p los Rios, run with Agustina Llambi Campbell. Union may also be finalizing publish-production on Fadel's directorial n, the Hubert Bals Fund-backed "Los salvajes." Also put together by Fadel, the end result quite a bit of adolescents who avoid a reformatory and continue to mix the Argentina's Cordoba Sierra. The Sierra is beautiful nevertheless the youngsters are violent. All "Los salvajes'" four parts focuses on a personality. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Monday, November 21, 2011

'50/50' Lawsuit: Did Seth Rogen's Movie Steal Its Title From a Music Label?

Finally, some movie lawsuit news that doesn't involve 'The Hangover Part II.' According to The Hollywood Reporter, Eastland Music Group has filed a lawsuit against the filmmakers of '50/50,' claiming that the film's title was stolen. EMG says that it has been using the "50/50" and "Phifty-50" name since 2000, and that they have a common law trademark on "50/50" (which means the title is "never formally registered but potentially still recognized as intellectual property if it was used continuously"). The label originally sent a request to the studio back in September (the movie was released on Sept. 30) to stop using '50/50.' Obviously, that didn't work. THR also states that EMG is demanding "a permanent injunction against use of the title, the destruction of all products where '50-50' is affixed, and an award of all of the film's sales and revenues as a result of the alleged infringement." '50/50' has currently grossed $34 million. So ... that means the plaintiff wants all of that? No word on whether EMG is suing individuals who make bets on coin flips. [via THR] 5 Movie Lawsuits 'Natural Born Killers''The Hangover, Part II''Borat''Passion of the Christ''Coming to America' See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Football, AMAs top Sunday rankings

NBC has centered another Sunday using its National football league game between your Philadelphia Eagles and NY Titans on ''Sunday Evening Football,'' but ABC would be a solid runner-track of the American Music Honours, that have been flat or up overall versus. this past year.The football game on NBC, which saw the Eagles your hands on the Titans to have their slim playoff hopes alive, averaged a 6.6 rating/15 be part of grown ups 18-49 and 17.5 million audiences overall on NBC's stations from 8:30 to 11 p.m., with one of these amounts likely to rise 10% or even more within the excellent. ''Sunday Evening Football'' continues to be the very best-ranked enter in demos on weekly this year. Even though this game figures to rate because the cheapest from the four November sweep ''SNF'' contests within the excellent, still it shipped a really strong metered-market overnight score (14. household rating/22 share), as NY and Philadelphia take into account 9.1% from the country's TV houses.Elsewhere, the ''American Music Awards'' telecast on ABC averaged a 4.3 rating/10 be part of grown ups 18-49 and 12 million audiences overall from 8 to 11 p.m., flat versus. this past year within the demo or more 3% as a whole audiences. The kudocast was up some in many youthful-adult demo groups and saw a particularly large uptick among teens 12-17 (4.7/14) , rising 24% year-to-year for any seven-year high.Rankings for CBS are difficult to read as football extended until nearly 7:30 p.m. within the East, and also the internet elected to begin all its entertainment programs late in the majority of the country. From 7:30 to eight:30 p.m. within the preliminaries, ''60 Minutes'' averaged roughly a 3./7 in 18-49 and 13.9 million audiences overall. The newsmag was then ''The Amazing Race'' (roughly 2.7/6 in 18-49, 10. million audiences overall from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.), ''The Good Wife'' (1.9/4 in 18-49, 9.7 million audiences overall) and ''CSI: Miami'' (1.7/4 in 18-49, 8.9 million audiences overall).At Fox, ''The Cleveland Show'' at 7:30 p.m. (1.8/5 in 18-49, 3.8 million audiences overall) was then ''The Simpsons'' (2.7/7 in 18-49, 5.7 million audiences overall), ''Allen Gregory'' (1.9/4 in 18-49, 4. million audiences overall), ''Family Guy'' (3.1/7 in 18-49, 6. million audiences overall) and ''American Dad'' (2.4/5 in 18-49, 4.8 million audiences overall). As the 9 o'clock hour comedies ''Family'' and ''Dad'' were flat week to week, ''The Simpsons'' demonstrated a decline from a week ago if this loved a football overrun since it's lead-in.Preliminary 18-49 earnings for that evening: NBC, 5.5/13 ABC, 3.5/9 CBS, 2.8/7 Fox, 2.2/5 Univision, 1.6/4.As a whole audiences: NBC, 14.8 million CBS, 11.9 million ABC, 10.a million Fox, 4.six million Univision, 4.a million. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com

Thursday, November 17, 2011

TV Academy Decides Bruce Rosenblum as Chairman and Boss

The first time in 14 years, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has selected a higher industry executive becasue it is chairman and Boss. Bruce Rosenblum assumes our prime-profile but delinquent position furthermore to his job as leader in the Warner Bros. Television Group and part of work in the Leader of Warner Bros.our editor recommendsWhy It's name is an Emmy9 Emmy Myths DebunkedAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences Decides 2011 OfficersTV Academy Hall of Fame Honors Diahann Caroll, Peter Jennings He's the initial high-level TV executive to steer the company most broadly noted for delivering the Primetime Emmy Honours since Wealthy Frank ended his terms at the office in 1997. In individuals days, Frank appeared to become leader of Wally Disney's television methods. PHOTOS: The Most Effective and Worst Moments Within the 2011 Emmy Honours Rosenblum replaces John Shaffner, who was simply known as out after two terms and not capable of operate for re-election. Shaffner can be a production designer which has done nearly all his focus on Warner Bros., on such shows as Pals, The Big Bang Theory and two and a half Males. The notion that clear on TV's top professionals would lead the academy was an problem inside the election, through which Rosenblum faced a heated contest with Nancy Bradley Wiard, a completely independent TV producer and consultant. She's done projects for TV One and formerly will be a producer round the TV cleaning cleaning soap opera The Youthful & the Restless, from 1973-2003. The issue was whether Rosenblum, who was simply utilized by some ATAS board individuals to reinvigorate the nonprofit group's leadership, needs to be selected over Wiard, who had labored her in position using the organization, serving on numerous committees. She most recently remains the ATAS vice chair and co-chairs the academy's anomalies committee and it is possessed by individuals activities by-laws and regulations and rules committees. She also was part of the group that taken talked about a completely new eight-year seek some major broadcast systems to continue moving the Emmy Honours. PHOTOS: Best and Worst Emmy Moments It's what's unspoken because new contract with ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox making this election particularly significant. Over the following seven years, you will notice options to produce modifications within the show, for instance losing certain groups to quicken things making room for further pure entertainment. Wiard was proven to are actually instrumental inside the decision by ATAS to fold together the tv movie and miniseries category. Some board people believe Rosenblum, who's on one level since the top network professionals, will improve able to make the best offer. Others believe that he's too near the network heads that they might be vulnerable to going along with their wishes. Additionally, there are concern that some ATAS board people may not desire to confront Rosenblum since they will fear he might then not hire those to focus on Warner Bros., the very best supplier for the major TV and cable systems and contains been for 18 of history 2 decades. PHOTOS: Professionals Hit the Emmy Red-colored-colored Carpet Within ATAS, everyone can be a peer. Meaning a production designer or author or publicist or director might be the equal from the top executive like Rosenblum, no less than theoretically. The election of latest authorities is not a election by all 6,000 ATAS people. Rather the election is actually reps of all the peer groups within the academy as well as the executive committee. Meaning about 80 people election after each candidate is allowed to produce a brief statement regarding intentions. Rosenblum has mentioned that he's coping with this time around around consuming task as they desires to self-help guide to an important industry organization at any time of great change in the market of television. He's really a man of great integrity and contains an excellent business status. PHOTOS: Emmys Red-colored-colored Carpet Fashion Rosenblum has furthermore mentioned in recent days that his agenda should be to expand the diversity in the ATAS membership, promote anti-piracy efforts, encourage local production and help create employment options for everyone on the market. Rosenblum, who's 53 years old, has headed the Warner TV group since 2005 and before that was executive v . p . for six years. He carried out a central role inside the deal that created the CW, a partnership of Warner and CBS. Rosenblum grew to become an associate of Warner in 1989 if the acquired Lorimar Telepictures, where he was v . p . business matters. He began his career in entertainment law in 1982. He's a graduate of USC and contains his law degree from UCLA. Related Subjects Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 1 2 next last

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Looking for a True Fiancee (Yubi wa wo hametai)

A Kino Film Corp., Gaga Corp., Kinoshita Management Co. production. (International sales: Gaga Corp., Tokyo.) Produced by Yumiko Takebe, Tsutomu Hirabayashi. Executive producer, Naoya Kinoshita. Directed, written by Yuki Iwata, based on the novel by Takami Ito.With: Takayuki Yamada, Manami Konishi, Yoko Maki, Chizuru Ikewaki, Fumi Nikaido.Uneven helming and a dull male lead undermine the brilliant premise of Japanese romantic comedy "Looking for a True Fiancee," the story of an amnesiac man who can't recall to which of his girlfriends he was about to propose. Adapting Takami Ito's novel, first-time helmer Yuki Iwata shows a flair for captivating moments that recalls early Baz Luhrmann, but the poor pacing, even during the funniest gags, deadens every laugh. Local auds will engage with "Fiancee" in its mid-November release, but it's probably too twee for offshore markets, although a rewrite could make it a remake contender. Pic begins with first-aid-kit salesman Teruhiko (Takayuki Yamada) sustaining a concussion at an ice-skating rink. Finding himself in possession of an engagement ring, he can't remember whether he was planning to pop the question to a melancholy puppeteer (Chizuru Ikewaki), an exacting biochemist (Manami Konishi) or a good-time girl (Yoko Maki). There is one more obvious candidate: the sprite-like ice skater (Fumi Nikaido) who glides like a snow angel around the rink where Teruhiko was injured. While auds won't miss the skater as the guy's best chance, Teruhiko is too caught up in his dilemma to notice her. Despite its apparent simplicity, the yarn is actually more sophisticated than the setup would indicate, with eventual revelations offering some unexpectedly bitter twists. Helmer Iwata's previous experience with musicvideos and low-budget shorts is apparent in her inventive visual flourishes. A pleasing dance number conducted on the ice rink is a real charmer, but overall Iwata lacks the timing needed to make this romantic comedy work. The film is further hamstrung by male lead Yamada, who's too stiff to be funny and not stiff enough to be hilarious. Better suited to more dramatic fare like "Gantz" and "13 Assassins," Yamada tries hard but doesn't cut the ice as a comic performer. Talented femme thesps have less-developed characters to work with, but all throw themselves into their roles with dazzling gusto and far more success. Pic has that flat, washed-out look that often stems from overlit HD lensing. Other tech credits are low-budget pro, although a tighter edit would exponentially improve things.Camera (color, HD), Shuhei Onaga; music, Mino Kabasawa; production designer, Shinpei Inoue; costume designer, Sachiko Ito; sound (Dolby Digital), Hajime Komiya. Reviewed at Tokyo Film Festival (Special Screenings), Oct. 22, 2011. Running time: 108 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Indian Entertainment Energy Player Eyes U.S. Growth

Subhash Chandra, chairman of Indian entertainment firm Zee Entertainment Companies as well as the Essel Quantity of Companies, is among Forbes' 20 wealthiest media moguls in the world. Throughout vacation to NY, THR NY bureau chief Georg Szalai spoken to him about his plans for wellness programming business Veria Dwelling within the U.S., an Worldwide Emmy he'll receive Monday, competition from entertainment conglomerates in India as well as the outlook for your media and entertainment business in India. THR: A few years back, you launched wellness programming network Veria Living, having a TV network an online-based component. How's that going and so are you concentrating on getting bigger distribution beyond current entrepreneurs Dish Network, Verizon FiOS and Frontier Communications? Chandra: Veria Living needs to be in every single home, every mattress room. It's something that people strongly feel might help the audiences to reside in well and be healthy. We are speaking to all or any satellite and cable operators. On Dish, we are around the [tier] that merely reaches about 4-5 million houses. You want those to expose this to all or any 11-12 million houses. DirecTV remains this really is this is not on, but we are speaking on their behalf. People request me why we are not receiving distribution. You might have four pornography channels, but no wellness funnel. It is said there's scarcity of bandwidth. However'm sure once individual to individual advances, they'll also carry us. Will there be any U.S. network you're feeling competes together with you if this involves wellness and health content? There isn't any network, which does that. But you will discover systems that carry some health programming half an hour or hour. There is however no full 24/7 wellness and lifestyle funnel. You introduced today the roll-from a $250 million (U.S.) content development, production, co-production and acquisition fund that will benefit Veria over five years. Precisely what will you utilize it? That which you do is we can do production here, co-production in other nations. We wish the most effective of programming. Eventually Veria Living is really a global brand. Once it's well distributed inside the U.S., the next stop will probably be all British-speaking nations after which it non-British-speaking nations. In this country, we intend to carry out a The the spanish language language version in the network. We wish this to offer the utmost quantity of people. How will you experience new digital distribution options for Veria? Any fascination with getting content on Hulu, Netflix etc? We are dedicated to growing across television, Internet, mobile and [over-the-top] platforms. Our objective is always to achieve towards the utmost quantity of people. We are talking with mobile companies, Internet companies while others...It must be distributed in the linear way, but we should compliment it while using Netflixs and Hulus. You will discover plans for completely new primetime programming on Veria in 2012. Anything you can inform us relating to this? And then for any large names which will be factor relating to this? You will notice new programming. And you'll see some stars involved. Our programming team will deliver. The programming needs to be entertaining in addition to utilization for the viewer. Stars will probably be ones that have been already to the wellness space. They may its not all be large stars. [For example, Deion Sanders does reality Tv program Sports Fathers about fathers who wish ether kids being sports stars. And Jewel will host the completely new season in the Incurables.] I heard you are focusing on health and fitness too. What now ? on that front within your private existence? I eat vegetarian food. I avoid fried food. I aim to accomplish my workout each day - some yoga, some while using the machines. I really do approximately one hour. You will get the world Emmy Directorate Award here on Monday. How important is always that for you and your company? Frankly, I must confess I didn't know a lot of relevant for this. Then our people mentioned you need to accept this, which used to do. The take-away personally is quite than feeling personally proud, I'm it is a recognition of India just like a television programming country, which was up to now only appreciated by South Asians. However Hollywood and people may also be accepting that India is not nearly software programs, but has quality programming for TV and flicks. Will there be room to produce more content from India for the U.S.? We already introduced here six Indian language channels. We haven't done [major distribution deals] yet. My recommendation to my team is that they need and dub a couple of from the programming in to the the spanish language language here and try out it what it is received, We are dubbing into local languages in other nations, for instance Indonesia and Russia. We are progressively, progressively doing a little of products. There's already a lot of content in British. In my opinion dubbing into British might not work. You stated that Hollywood has already established note of India. Viacom, CBS, Disney, Time Warner and also the new the new sony are active there. Do aggressive global media groups provide plenty of competition for Zee? India if this involves controlling matters is very open. Viacom, The brand new the new sony and anybody else can own one hundred percent and don't need Indian partners. The higher of those come, the higher it's. We have to our country, our people, our programming much better than they could do. And competition helps make the better. Any applying for grants whether some global entertainment companies did a far more acceptable job in India than these? Most of them exist. Some did better jobs, some did bad jobs. I'd nothing beats to go over who's [doing] better. Zee has British movie funnel Zee Studio and British entertainment funnel Zee Cafe in India, among others. How are things doing inside the British-language space and so are Hollywood conglomerates a harder competitor there? There's undoubtedly they are excellent at British language programming. The problem is the fact that British programming has niche audiences. Although India features a large British-speaking population, bear in mind that seventy percent-eighty percent of houses continue being single television houses. As well as the remote is within charge in the ladies. And they wish to watch their unique programming. So British programming has really a market audience. Today, in the $13 billion-$14 billion industry, the revenue for British language would not be greater than, my conjecture is, $100 million. And if you have been channels offering British-language programming, including CBS, News Corp., The brand new the new sony plus much more. We've three British systems Is purely fashion, the very first is general entertainment, the very first is movies. We make an effort to purchase programming from this level and Europe. Shows you're seeing here, you'd see there on our network. I don't think we must go bigger than that. There isn't any market. Hollywood and India did or looked into some collaborations, such as the DreamWorks-Reliance partnership. Can you expect really this? And which U.S. entertainment companies are you currently presently coping with? Yes, if this involves production, I see really it coming if this involves movies. There will not be as much in television programming. There exists a partnership after a while Warner now with News Corp. We are disseminating our in addition to their content together in the partnership company. It's going quite good. Can you expect more mix-over of Indian stars like Anil Kapoor to the U.S. and the other way round? Progressively, it'll happen. Monday's Worldwide Emmy Award may be the oncoming of that. The is recognizing that India is creating quality programs. That will open some discussion and partners. Mix-fertilization of talent can happen. What's your outlook or forecast for your fast-growing Indian media market? Back in the day 30-35 percent growth within the last 18-2 decades. That has slowed down lower lower close to fifteen percent. The, which has grown inside an unstructured manner. You will discover 500 Tv producers, 20 news channels in one language adding to 75 including other languages. That kind of factor isn't sustainable. Growth is slowing down lower lower, but you will notice an occasion when it explodes again if you do consolidation. How about your outlook for Indian content inside the U.S.? The programming from India could keep growing in the present amount of 5-six percent. But people will progressively begin to use our formats and also find out about Indian background biographies [together with other formats]. Once that programming starts being launched of India, I know it'll explode. Any misconceptions the truth is about India as well as the Indian entertainment industry? Misconceptions are actually created by us Indians. Sometimes some Indians frequently overpromise and deliver less. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

The Biz: Analyzing This Season's Talk Shows

Ellen DeGeneres, Rosie O'Donnell Big changes and familiar faces have stirred up the talk-show arena this season. Here's how it's shaking out so far. EllenEllen DeGeneres was expected to benefit from Oprah Winfrey's departure in daytime and so far, she has. The syndicated chatfest is up 6 percent year-to-year, averaging 3 million viewers. The ChewABC execs expected ratings to drop when they replaced All My Children with The Chew and they were right - year-to-year, the food-oriented talker is off 15 percent. But the production costs are much less and audience levels have been ticking upward, with a season high of 2.2 million viewers watching the week of October 31. The TalkCBS rearranged the chairs around the coffee table (Leah Remini and Holly Robinson Peete were replaced by Sheryl Underwood and Aisha Tyler), but the audience level has stayed close to last year's average of 2 million and recently hit its season high. AndersonAnderson Cooper's show is drawing 1.7 million viewers, and in times of fragmented audience, that's enough for a Season 2 in syndication. "If you show some promise, TV stations are more patient," says Telepictures president Hilary McLoughlin. The Rosie ShowIt's hard to imagine that Rosie O'Donnell's new show on OWN is one of Oprah's favorite things. It's been dropping since its premiere week, averaging a puny 171,000 viewers overall and a scant 58,000 in the 18-to-49 demo. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Saturday, November 12, 2011

'James Murdoch Arrested' Tweet Taken Down by Sky News

LONDON -- After sending shockwaves through the social media sphere Saturday night, Sky News has taken down a tweet on @SkyNewsBiz reporting that James Murdochhad been arrested, saying the feed had most likely been hacked.our editor recommendsJames Murdoch May Face Police Questioning After New Cache of Emails Found (Report)James Murdoch Admits News Corp. Put British MPs Under Covert SurveillanceRebekah Brooks' Computers Still Held Amid Report of $2.7 Million News Corp. Severance The tweet, which appeared at 11:16 p.m. London time, was re-tweeted multiple times and came just hours after press reports that Murdoch may face police questioning over a cache of new emails that have emerged - which are thought to contain damaging information. PHOTOS: News of the World's Top 10 Scandals Saying simply: "BREAKING: James Murdoch arrested over phone-hacking claims. Questioned at Paddington Green Station at 10pm," the post appeared on @SkyNewsBiz. But the Sky News channel wasn't carrying the story in any form and within ten minutes the tweet was deleted. "Sky News has no information to suggest that James Murdoch has been arrested and believe that the @SkyNewsBiz account has been hacked," Sky producer Neal Mannposted. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Biggest Blunders A spokeswoman from News International also said she had "no guidance" that any arrest had taken place. Earlier reports in the London Daily Mail suggested that police investigating a new cache of emails may want to question James Murdoch and former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks on new evidence. Related Topics International News Corp. James Murdoch Phone Hacking Scandal

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

25 Things You Didn't Know About 'Blue Velvet'

'Blue Velvet' fans, lend an ear. You may think you know all there is to know about David Lynch's twisted classic -- which effectively launched the careers of Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini and Laura Dern and relaunched those of Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell and Roy Orbison -- but there's plenty of forgotten lore hidden in the movie's dark corners, some of which is coming to light only now with the Nov. 8 release of the 25th anniversary edition on Blu-ray. So crack open a Pabst Blue Ribbon and a cylinder of nitrous oxide, and read on for 25 little-known facts about 'Blue Velvet,' from its unlikely connections to Helen Mirren and Carol Burnett, to the shocker that a nude Rossellini delivered to Hopper, to the legendary lost (and found) flaming-nipples scene. 1. How did Lynch ever conceive of such a bizarre movie? He has said the inspiration came from several ideas that had been floating in his head as far back as 1973. One was the image of a severed ear in a field. Another was a saloon with a neon sign out front. Another was the 1963 Bobby Vinton song that became the film's title and was included on its soundtrack. 'Blue Velvet' - A Human Ear (h/t The HD Room) 2. Another inspiration, for the look of small-town Lumberton, was the imagery of small-town Americana he'd known as a child growing up in the Pacific Northwest. "My father was a research scientist for the Department of Agriculture in Washington. We were in the woods all the time," Lynch once recalled. "I'd sorta had enough of the woods by the time I left, but still, lumber and lumberjacks, all this kinda thing, that's America to me like the picket fences and the roses in the opening shot. It's so burned in, that image, and it makes me feel so happy." 3. Most notoriously, the scene where Dorothy (Isabella Rossellini) appears naked on a neighborhood street was inspired by a similar incident Lynch and his brother witnessed as children. The event was so traumatic it had made Lynch cry. 4. It was Lynch's massive critical and commercial failure with 'Dune' that, paradoxically, gave him the chance to realize his vision for 'Blue Velvet.' Despite the poor reception for the sci-fi epic, Lynch had maintained a strong working relationship with its producer, Dino de Laurentiis. The Italian film-industry veteran asked Lynch if he had any more ideas for movies, and Lynch pitched him 'Blue Velvet.' De Laurentiis agreed to give Lynch complete creative control on the condition that the director halve his salary and keep the budget below $6 million. 5. Lynch was also on good terms with Kyle MacLachlan, who had made his film debut as the messianic hero in 'Dune.' Lynch said he felt that the 27-year-old actor could play Jeffrey, the much more naive teen sleuth at the center of 'Blue Velvet' because MacLachlan could convey the impression of someone thinking on screen. 6. Helen Mirren almost took the role of Dorothy, the lounge singer trapped in a sadomasochistic relationship with the man who kidnapped her husband and son. Indeed, Lynch credits her with helping him work out some difficulties in the script before they parted ways. A meeting at a NY restaurant with Rossellini -- then best known as a Lancome cosmetics model, who'd worked on only one English-language movie ('White Nights') -- could handle the part. 7. Filming had already begun in Wilmington, N.C. before Dennis Hopper was cast as sadistic villain Frank Booth. Hopper had seen the script and had phoned the director, demanding to be cast, saying, "I've got to play Frank! I am Frank!" Indeed, the star had famously lived on the edge for years, and while he'd finally gone to rehab and been drug-free since 1983, Lynch still had some trepidation about hiring him. "Dennis had to have been through experiences on the dark side to have owned that character," Lynch recalled in a 2007 interview. "When Dennis called me and said that to me, he had been clean and sober for about a year-and-a-half, and had already made another film clean and sober, but he had held all that he had learned from his suffering. He could bring that now in a very strong way to characters without screwing everything up" 8. Hopper certainly brought his knowledge of hard drugs to bear on his portrayal of the gas-huffing Frank. Lynch's script had called for Frank's cylinder to be full of helium, but Hopper knew that helium doesn't get you high, it just gives you a squeaky voice. He suggested he play Frank's scenes as if he were inhaling amyl nitrate or nitrous oxide and called upon his own sense-memories to replicate the experience. Years later, Hopper told Bob Costas in a TV interview that he almost wished he'd stuck to the script because a chipmunk-voiced Frank might have been even more freakish and disturbing. 9. Hopper and Rossellini met for the first time on the day they were to shoot a scene of Frank raping Dorothy. Under her robe, Rossellini wore no panties because the camera would have captured them when the robe came off. Hopper didn't know this and was surprised during shooting to find himself up close and personal with the actress he'd just met. 10. Wilmingon locals had no idea of the nature of the movie Lynch was making until the filming of Rossellini's shocking public nude scene. In her memoir, she recalled, People came out with blankets and picnic baskets, with their grandmothers and small children. I begged the assistant director to warn them that it was going to be a tough scene, that I was going to be totally naked, but they stayed anyway.... I apologized to them in a loud voice, knowing they were going to be upset, and concentrated on my scene.... Once David called, 'Cut -- we have it,' someone came with a robe for me to wear and my attention returned to our surroundings. Everybody had left. The next day a notice from the police told us we would not be given any more permits to shoot in the streets of Wilmington, North Carolina. 11. Lynch had hired musician Angelo Badalamenti as Rossellini's singing coach for her cabaret scenes. He was so pleased with the results that he commissioned Badalamenti to write a song ('Blue Star') for her to sing. (He also appears in the movie, as the piano player.) Eventually, Lynch had Badalamenti compose the movie's entire score. Thus began a partnership that made Badalamenti Lynch's composer of choice for the next 15 years. 'Blue Velvet' - Dorothy Sings 12. Dean Stockwell has said he based his performance as Ben, the face-painting, lip-synching pimp, on a character from a Carol Burnett comedy sketch. He also came up with the idea of using a work light as a mock microphone. In rehearsal, he picked the light up and sang into it, assuming it was a prop, and Lynch liked the way that looked. 13. Roy Orbison did not grant the filmmakers permission to use 'In Dreams' for the lip-synch scene, but they got permission elsewhere. Orbison didn't even know that his song was in the film until he watched it in the theater. Nonetheless, Lynch and Orbison collaborated on a music video for the song, using images from the movie. A late career comeback for the operatic rockabilly crooner followed, including his stint with the likes of Bob Dylan and George Harrison in the Traveling Wilburys. 'Blue Velvet' - 'In Dreams' (NSFW) Blue Velvet by David Lynch from oastronauta.tumblr.com on Vimeo. 14. According to Jeffrey's love interest Sandy (Laura Dern), the robin eating a bug in the final sequence represents the triumph of love over evil. Many 'Blue Velvet' fans think the scene is supposed to be ironic and hollow because the bird is so obviously a mechanical fake. Lynch has said, however, that the crude mecha-robin was simply the best the filmmakers could do on short notice with a limited budget. 15. The MPAA initially thought the film was too violent to earn an R rating, citing a scene where Jeffrey watches Frank slap Dorothy. (Really? Of all the movie's extreme content, that was the straw that broke the camel's back?) Lynch agreed to amend the scene so that the slap occurs off-screen, but Jeffrey is seen wincing when he hears it. Lynch thought this edit actually made the scene even more disturbing than it had been before. 16. Altogether, Lynch trimmed nearly half the footage from his rough cut, in order to deliver a film under two hours, as his contract stipulated. Most of that footage was assumed to be lost forever, but Lynch announced at the beginning of 2011 that fifty minutes of footage had been found and would be released as deleted scenes among the extras on the new Blu-ray. 17. One legendary lost scene, one of Lynch's favorites, invoved an actress who performed a trick that involved setting her own nipples on fire. The scene, which took place in Ben's brothel, was part of the found footage and is included on the Blu-ray. You can watch the (obviously NSFW) scene at Slashfilm. 18. When Lynch presented de Laurentiis with the completed film, the producer wasn't sure what to do with it. He thought of trying to release it as a midnight movie. No distributor would touch it, and de Laurentiis eventually founded his own distribution arm, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, to put the film in theaters. 19. DEG never managed to book a release wider than 188 theaters in North America. It grossed only $8.6 million domestically, though de Laurentiis eventually made a profit from overseas screenings and home video. 20. Critics were sharply divided over the film. Some hailed it as genius, others found it repellent. It earned only one Oscar nomination, for Lynch's direction. 21. 'Blue Velvet' is widely credited with launching Hopper's comeback, proving his enormous gifts and setting him on the path of playing baroque villains that would mark the rest of his celebrated career. It also marked a comeback of sorts for Stockwell, leading to his casting as a flamboyant mafia don in 'Married to the Mob' and as Scott Bakula's sidekick on the hit TV series 'Quantum Leap.' 22. Rossellini has said that her performance earned her plenty of attention, much of it negative. She said de Laurentiis was embarrassed for her, having known her since her childhood and having been a friend of her legendary parents, director Roberto Rossellini and actress Ingrid Bergman. Italian reviewers speculated that she must be so desperate to be a movie star like her mother that she'd act in anything, even this piece of semi-pornographic trash. Her agents at ICM dropped her. And the nuns who had taught her in school told her they were praying for her soul. Nonetheless, the film put the model on the map as a serious thespian. 23. 'Blue Velvet' launched what became the Lynch repertory company. Along with composer Badalamenti, there was MacLachlan,who went on to star in Lynch's TV drama 'Twin Peaks' and its movie prequel 'Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.' Dern went on to star in Lynch's 'Wild at Heart,' and she starred in and co-produced Lynch's most recent movie, the surreal 2006 epic 'Inland Empire.' And of course, there was character actor Jack Nance, who'd been a Lynch regular since starring in Lynch's first movie, the notorious 'Eraserhead.' 24. After 'Blue Velvet,' Lynch and Rossellini became a couple and lived together for five years. They acted together in Tina Rathborne's 1998 family drama 'Zelly and Me' (Lynch's first real acting role), and Rossellini appeared in 'Wild at Heart' before the couple split in 1990. 25. Yeah, Frank Booth uses the F-word in nearly every sentence, but he's the only one in the movie who uses it. (Except for Ben, when Frank goads him into saying it.) [Photo: MGM] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook Follow Gary Susman on Twitter: @garysusman RELATED

Monday, November 7, 2011

'60 Minutes' Pays Tribute to Andy Rooney: 'America's Favorite Grouch-in-Chief' (Video)

60 Minutes paid tribute to the late Andy Rooney on Sunday night, two days after the CBS newsmagazine's former commentator died.our editor recommendsAndy Rooney Dies: What Hollywood Is SayingAndy Rooney's Final Broadcast Draws Largest October Audience Since 2007Andy Rooney: 10 Curmudgeonly Tweets From Web Imitators'60 Minutes'' Andy Rooney Retires: What Pundits Are SayingAndy Rooney: 'I Just Dont Sign Autographs' (Video)Related Topics•Obituaries On Sunday, veteran correspondent Morley Safer gave a short introduction about Rooney's death (the 92-year-old curmudgeon died Friday at age 92 from serious complications that developed after a minor surgery). PHOTOS: Hollywood's Notable Deaths In his introduction, Safer said Rooney "had the special gift for speaking for every man." He also called Rooney "America's favorite grouch-in-chief." Then 60 Minutes reran Safer's interview with Rooney that aired Oct. 2, the episode that featured Rooney's final commentary. It was filled with clips from Rooney's essays over the 33 years that he served as commentator on the newsmagazine. VIDEO: Andy Rooney: 5 Memorable Rants The segment, which aired at the end of Sunday's 7 p.m. telecast, focused not only on the highlights of Rooney's career -- including his coverage of the Oklahoma City bombing and Iraq War -- but also on the lowlights, including when he was suspended in 1990 over "questionable observations" he had made about sexuality and race. Rooney's "A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney" segment had been a fixture on the show since 1978. His final essay, titled "My Lucky Life," marked his 1,097th commentary. PHOTOS: The Faces of Broadcast and Cable News "This is a moment I have dreaded," he told viewers. "I wish I could do this forever." Rooney's final report boosted the ratings for 60 Minutes, which drew 17.1 million viewers, its largest October audience in four years. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Related Topics Obituaries CBS 60 Minutes Andy Rooney

18 Films Submitted to Oscar's Best Animated Feature Race; What Can Win?

There’s good news and… well, more good news about this year’s race for the Best Animated Feature Oscar. First, the number of submissions — 18 — exceeds the minimum of 16 required for a year of five nominees. (Last year only netted 15 submissions, and thus three nominees, as if anybody was going to knock off Toy Story 3 anyway.) And with a soft year for the likes of both Pixar and DreamWorks Animation, that means the field is pretty wide open for the first time in a while. What can win? Here are your options: · The Adventures of Tintin · Alois Nebel · Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked · Arthur Christmas · Cars 2 · A Cat in Paris · Chico & Rita · Gnomeo & Juliet · Happy Feet Too · Hoodwinked Two! Hood Vs. Evil · Kung Fu Panda 2 · Mars Needs Moms · Puss in Boots · Rango · Rio · The Smurfs · Winnie the Pooh · Wrinkles One word: Rango. It’s the best-reviewed film on the list, it’s an international hit (with less than half of Cars 2 or Kung Fu Panda 2’s global gross, but exponentially more cultural goodwill), and it’s a rare chance for George Lucas — whose Industrial Light and Magic produced the revelatory animation — to throw his weight around in the awards ring. Tintin’s motion-capture stylings remain fraught with technical ambiguities about which the Academy is notoriously prickly, The Smurfs is half-live-action, and Disney’s otherwise weak crop of competition includes a 63-minute bonbon and one of the biggest flops ever. Rio, Puss in Boots and Happy Feet Too are probably locks for nominations as well. Chico and Rita has a solid shot to sneak in as well — not as a huge influencer by any means, but rather as the token foreign-language offering with a ’50s-era romance spanning Havana, NY, Las Vegas and beyond. Thoughts? · 18 Animated Features Submitted for 2011 Oscar Race [AMPAS] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Friday, November 4, 2011

Carol Robinson Peete Sounds Off on Kim Kardashian's Divorce: Kris Humphries 'Got Used'

It's been several several weeks because the Talk fans happen to be in a position to hear Carol Robinson Peete seem off around the day's hot subjects. But, that does not mean she does not have something to express if this involves the large celebrity news each week: Kim Kardashian's quickie divorce filing from Kris Humphries. And also the actress does not have a pity party for that E! reality star.our editor recommendsHolly Robinson Peete Discusses Her Surprise Axing From 'The Talk' What Went Wrong With Show'The Talk's' Carol Robinson Peete Lands 'Mike & Molly' RoleKris Jenner Under Fire for 'Good Morning America' 'Indian Giver' RemarkKim Kardashian's Divorce Exposes Her Ambition for Fame and cash, Say Brand Experts (Analysis)Related Subjects•Kim Kardashian PHOTOS: 19 of Hollywood's All-Time Least Partnerships "If your sex tape does not ruin your brand, so how exactly does the divorce ruin your brand?" Peete, 47, informs The Hollywood Reporterabout whether she thought the unsuccessful marriage would damage Kardashian's image. "It will not ruin her brand. It will likely be great for her brand. We're not considering her because this love-struck puppy. Nobody every considered of this. They simply desired to visit a wedding plus they viewed." "The conversation that, well, America is upset together with her, because she's no respect for that covenant of marriage is silly," she continues. "This is about money, and fame, and all sorts of individuals things. This really is her brand. I believe it will likely be totally fine. It is the next chapter. It is who's she going up to now next." PHOTOS: Inside Kardashian Corporation. Peete, that has been married to former National football league player, Rodney Peete, since 1995, informs THR that they found herself spending time with some professional basketball gamers as well as their spouses over Halloween plus they had plenty to say of the divorce news. "That's all individuals men can discuss," she states. "And also the gist from it was they simply felt so sorry for him, simply because they know he got so swept up in stuff. And That I just feel below par that no a person's speaking about him, I truly do. Personally i think terrible for your boy. These were stating that when you are noted for getting married to somebody who has a sex tape out, which was all they are able to discuss, and just how that is not sexy immediately.Inch "Personally i think terrible for your boy," Peete, who starts her multiple episode guest role Monday on CBS's Mike & Molly, continues to express. "I believe he really loves her and he's youthful and he isn't accustomed to that kind of world. I believe he got used, I truly do." PHOTOS: Hollywood's Top Earners Humphries launched an argument right after the divorce filing was confirmed saying it required him unexpectedly which he'd prefer to still focus on the wedding. Would you accept Peete? What exactly are your ideas around the hands Kris Humphries was worked in the relationship with Kim Kardashian? Inform us within the comments section below. Email: Jethro.Nededog@thr.com Twitter:@TheRealJethro Related Subjects Carol Robinson Peete Kim Kardashian Kris Humphries

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Alice Cooper Rocks Tim Burton And Johnny Depp's 'Dark Shadows'

When Johnny Depp's Barnabas Collins throws an event, he asks Alice Cooper to create just a little musical ambiance in Tim Burton's approaching "Dark Shadows" remake. The veteran rocker, who just launched a completely new album, "Welcome 2 My Nightmare," is going to be showing up within the "Alice's adventures in wonderland" director's reboot from the medieval cleaning soap opera. Cooper plays themself within the movie that is occur 1972 and he'll be carrying out the classic "Forget About Mr. Nice Guy" for his Collins party set. On rock, horror, and comedy, Cooper told the La Occasions: "Tim Burton knows it so well. Hes unique. Hes a kindred spirit." There's lots of horror happening at Santa Monica's American Film Market (AFM) now meaning there's lots of wheelin' and dealin' for brand new projects within the pipeline that need to find made. See what new terror tales are now being previewed now, and catch on other horror bites beyond the break. Elijah Wood to experience a Sleazeball Killer in 'Maniac' Remake William Lustig's sleazy slasher favorite, "Maniac," might be seeing baby-faced Elijah Wood like a topliner for that Alexandre Aja ("Piranha three dimensional") created remake. "The The almighty from the Rings" star could be playing Frank a psychopathic loner that tracks women with the gritty roads of NY City within the original film. Nora Arnezeder ("Safe House") will have Anna a job that Hammer horror vixen Caroline Murno required on within the original movie. She's the style digital photographer that Frank falls for. It's difficult to assume Wood becoming a seedy madman, but Bloody Disgusting states they have got the exclusive skinny around the matter. Are you able to see Frodo on the bloody rampage? 'Saw' Writers' New Book Will get Screen Adaptation Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton who composed the gory "Saw" movie you are aware of love wrote a magazine with Shock Festival creator Stephen Romano. It's known as "Black Light," and today the thriller is anticpated to be a film. The storyline involves some supernatural detective action, a tragic family dying, along with a "black light" the investigator uses to try and interact with his past. "Whenever a reclusive billionaire employs him, all of the pieces start to fit together." There is a book trailer right here if you want to find out more. Can the storyline result in the change to the screen effectively? Cillian Murphy Gives Good Crazy Eyes in 'Red Lights' "4 weeks Later" star Cillian Murphy is searching just a little cray cray within the new images from "Red-colored Lights." The strange tale finds "The Dark Dark night" actor alongside Robert P Niro, Sigourney Weaver, Joely Richardson, and Elizabeth Olsen like a tortured paranormal fraud investigative assistant. P Niro is really a "legendary psychic" who oddly reappears after missing for three decades. Murphy's character is challenged by his forces and also the "inexplicable dark phenomena" that develops. "Hidden" director Rodrigo Cortes directs the image, also previewing at AFM. Are you currently aboard? 'Paranormal Activity' Director Creating a Radioactive Ghost Flick Using the recent success of "Paranormal Activity 3," the initial director from the supernatural series is fresh within our minds and she has a brand new project within the making. Oren Peli's untitled new thriller won within the purses from the folks at FilmNation throughout AFM. Peli authored the script for that new movie, and Kaira Parker directs the storyline about several buddies who're haunted by strange cries within a desolate city where they've been abandoned following a nuclear disaster affected the region. Think you will see video cams among the lost crew recording the entire factor? Jessica Biel Plays a Mother having a Missing Child in 'The Tall Man' What's more frightening: Pascal Laugier's ("Martyrs") new film title, "The Tall Guy," or Jessica Biel starring within the movie like a mother? She plays a nurse who moves to the suburbs in which the local kids appear to visit missing under mysterious conditions. Legend has it that the "tall guy" hides about, stealing them within the evening. When her boy gets lost, she needs to face the reality and her skepticism. A brand new photo of Biel opened at AFM. Take a look right here. 'Halloween' Stars Arrive the Warmth to '247F' Sounding a lot more like a deodorant commercial or perhaps a lost boy band in the mid 1990's comes "247F" starring the "Halloween" remake crew Scout Taylor-Compton (final girl celebrity Laurie Strode) and Tyler Mane (Michael Myers themself). Sadly, this movie risk turning to be worse than Take advantage of Zombie's travesty knowing through the trailer. Four pals visit the lake for any weekend, but three of these get kept in a precariously hot sauna and also have to battle for his or her lives. This project's searching for love at AFM, so yeah. Is truly the type of factor the "Halloween" crew ought to be going after? 'Shark Evening 3D' Director and Celebrity Go swimming in 'Briar Lake' "The Briar Lake Killings" brings "Shark Evening three dimensional" compadres, director David R. Ellis and star Sara Paxton back together again. The film's temporary website has released and describes the bizarre and deadly conditions surrounding several "rude and insensitive city kids" who go to the river in a tiny town for any getaway. After several brutal killings from our area, the audience end up the best suspects from the wrongdoing. Obviously, the city includes a secret past which does not mean anything great for our gang of unmanageable site visitors. Are you going to holiday with the "Briar Lake" kids, or have a permanent detour out of this trip altogether? Inform us that which you think about this week's Horror Bites within the comments section as well as on Twitter!

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Jane Fonda being Honored at THR's Women in Entertainment Breakfast

The Hollywood Reporter will recognition acclaimed actress, author, fitness icon, and activist Jane Fonda, while using 2011 Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at THR's annual Women in Entertainment breakfast on 12 ,. 7, presented by Lifetime Systems. The Sherry Lansing Leadership Award yearly recognizes a girl who's a pioneer and leader in their particular industry. The award is going to be presented to Fonda by Lansing at THR's annual Women in Entertainment breakfast, coinciding while using publication of THR's annual listing of the extremely best 100 Best Women in Entertainment. This year marks the 20th anniversary of girls in Entertainment which has recognized Hollywood heavyweights including Disney's Anne Sweeney, Sony's Amy Pascal, OWN's The famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey, NBCU's Bonnie Hammer together with a&E Network's Abbe Raven. "Jane Fonda is certainly a symbol, someone whose passion, candor and honesty through her career makes her not only fascinating, but an authentic role model for a number of us,Inch mentioned THR editorial director Janice Min. "I am thrilled Sherry Lansing as well as the Hollywood Reporter are adoring this kind of legend." Previous Sherry Lansing Leadership Award visitors include Meryl Streep, Halle Berry, Jodie Promote, Glenn Close and Barbara Walters. Last year's champion, Dame Helen Mirren, made worldwide mind lines along with her attention getting acceptance speech demeaning Hollywood's age and male biases. "Wonderful due respect for you personally many brilliant and effective women in this room," she mentioned, "really little has changed inside the canon of Hollywood filmmaking that's constantly around the worship within the altar in the 18- to 25-year-old male and also the penis." Since her screen debut in 1960, Jane Fonda, the actress, constitutes a effective mark in popular culture with almost 50 movies including Cat Ballou, Barbarella, They Shoot Horses No, The China Syndrome, On Golden Pond, Julia, Agnes of God, job, Monster-in-Law as well as the potential released Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding. Her professional accolades for acting include two Oscars -- for Klute and Coming back Home -- seven Oscar nominations, two Emmys, six Golden Globes and a pair of BAFTA's. She also received a Tony nomination this past year on her behalf stage role in 33 Versions. Fonda also provides developed a significant mark outdoors of Hollywood. She's had direct participation as founding father of both Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention as well as the Jane Fonda Center at Emory College. She's a co-founder and board part of the Women's Media Center that seeks to empower the voice of girls. Fonda has furthermore offered just like a Goodwill Ambassador for your Not Population Fund. Inside the ྌs, Fonda totally transformed the fitness industry while using Jane Fonda Workout, a concept which produced an industry into which she's since offered greater than 17 million fitness books, plus equal levels of videos and tracks. A year ago, Fonda launched the boomer specific Prime Time brand while using relieve two fitness Digital video disks, Jane Fonda Prime Time: Fit & Strong and Jane Fonda Prime Time: Walkout, with two more Digital video disks scheduled for release this year. She's the author in the 2005 #1NY TimesbestsellerMy Existence Up To Now and her latest title, Prime Time: Love, health, sex, fitness, friendship, spirit--making the first of all from the existence, spent days this year round the NY Timesbestsellerlist. Related Subjects

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Benicio Del Toro, Others Linked to Outcry Over Academy's 'Discriminatory' Puerto Rico Ban

Benicio Del Toro, Jimmy Smits and Esai Morales are among the stars named in a protest of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new rule to block Puerto Rico from competing in the Foreign-Language Oscar race. Their concerns were made public this morning in a press release distributed by Puerto Rican producer Frances Lausell, who said that the Academy rejected her film America from submission after last year’s decision to exclude the U.S. territory from the running. At the time, AMPAS executive director Bruce Davis explained the rationale in a letter to the Puerto Rico Film Commission [PDF here]: We are aware of course that few issues present as much complexity as the determination of Puerto Rico’s political status. Past Academy committees have tended to sidestep the issue, or to conclude that Puerto Rico was near enough to being a sovereign nation to warrant inclusion in the Foreign Language competition. That view has now been abandoned. The current committee, working from the fact that Puerto Rican artists are U.S. citizens, has ruled that in allowing them to compete in this particular category, the Academy would open itself to the same suspicion of favoritism that we have been at pains to avoid with respect to filmmakers based in the fifty states. On the one hand, the committee is consistent: Just a few weeks ago it ruled Albania’s entry, The Forgiveness of Blood, ineligible because of “crew composition” that included American director Joshua Marston (who’d been through this previously with his acclaimed Maria Full of Grace). This came despite Blood’s Albanian language dialogue, co-written by native scribe Andamion Murataj. On the other hand, as Marston alluded when the decision came down, the committee is vague and more than a little myopic. Citing Rule 14 of the Oscars (“A foreign-language film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States of America with a predominantly non-English dialogue track”), Puerto Rico Film Commissioner Mariella Perez Serrano argued further this month in a letter to AMPAS [PDF here]: This provision does not require that the producers, the director, or any member of the cast or crew must be a non-US citizen. In order [sic] words, the criterion for this category is not who makes the film, but where it is produced and the language of the dialogue track. Therefore, the films made in Puerto Rico can be eligible under the regulations for the Foreign Language Film category because they are produced outside the United States and provided they have a predominantly non-English dialogue track. Only 11 Puerto Rican films have ever been submitted to the Academy for consideration, with just one — the 1990 effort Lo que le pas a Santiago — earning a Best Foreign Language Film nomination. (It lost to Cinema Paradiso.) Nevertheless, Lausell has a petition up and running at RecognizePuertoRico.com, invoking various screen imprimaturs of Puerto Rican heritage in a campaign to reverse the Academy’s “offensive” ruling: The decision is incorrect on many levels, as even our production company is considered a foreign corporation for tax and legal purposes, because it’s registered to do business in Puerto Rico. […] I understand the Academy was lead to make an uninformed decision that could wrongly portray it as a discriminatory entity against Latinos and Puerto Ricans. I just want to help them make the right decision based on all the facts. Fair enough. That said, A Separation is going to run the table in February, and the way overdue Michael Haneke has his Isabelle Huppert stroke-victim heart-wrencher on the way for 2012, so maybe just give it a couple years? Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.