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.

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

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.

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?

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

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

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

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.

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