Idol's Danny Gokey Is Engaged

Danny Gokey and Leyicet Peralta The American Idol Show alum Danny Gokey, who notoriously lost his wife shortly before his Season 8 audition 3 years ago, is engaged to his girlfriend, Leyicet Peralta.The happy couple intends to get married late the following month, they introduced online for Gokey's children's foundation, Sophia's Heart, that is named after his late wife.Take a look at photos of Danny Gokey"He's thrilled to possess found Leyicet who also shares the love and need to help children and families in need of assistance,Inch reads the content. Gokey and Peralta are asking for all gifts be as a donation to Sophia's Heart."We're grateful for numerous benefits God has provided us with,Inch the pair states inside a statement. "It's our need to see destitute children and families be stored together and lifted back on the ft with the assistance of Sophia's Heart. We like and appreciate all of you.InchSophia Gokey died in This summer 2008 from complications following a routine heart surgery. Four days later, Gokey auditioned for Idol and managed to get completely to 3rd place behind Kris Allen and Adam Lambert.

FilmFunds buys post house

PARIS -- FilmFunds, a crowdsourcing venture launched at the Toronto Film Festival, has stepped into the 3D conversion biz with the acquisition of Duran Duboi U.S., a California-based post-production and vfx house. Created by Christian Paris in 2002, Duran Duboi U.S. has developed 3D LiveFlix software, which enables real-time 3D conversion of films and toons. Deal allows FilmFunds to poll moviegoers to see what popular library titles they want to see in 3D and offer conversion services to digital players like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, as well as studios. The Los Angeles-based company allows filmmakers to post their synopses and marketing material on FilmFunds' website and mobile app and lets members give feedback on the projects. FilmFunds' online community is currently building, but the goal is to reach the 60 million moviegoers in the U.S., per Carl Freer, co-founder and chairman of FilmFunds.Freer says the idea behind the acquisition of Duran Duboi U.S. is to become a one-stop shop for filmmakers and people in the industry. "We're looking to help content distributors evaluate the market for 3D conversion and decide what movies to convert," Freer said. "Our model is simple: We either have the content owners write the check for the 3D conversion or we fund it inhouse and do a revenue share with pay-per-view websites."Paris, who's now VP of FilmFunds, says the 3D LiveFlix technology, recently used on "Conan the Barbarian," works best to convert homevid titles. "We could convert a catalog of 600 titles in one week," said Paris, a French post-production vet. FilmFunds also is bidding for Quinta Industries' Duran Duboi, the Paris-based vfx and animation shingle that was placed in bankruptcy last week.Paris said the bid has yet to be approved by French authorities. If greenlit, FilmFunds will pursue ongoing productions, such as Luc Besson-produced "The Boy With the Cuckoo-Clock Heart," according to Paris. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Polish satcasters to merge

PARIS -- Vivendi's Canal Plus Group has finalized the merger of its Cyfra Plus Polish satcaster with rival pay TV platform "n," owned by Polish TV operator TVN and the third largest in the country, CPG announced Monday. Together Cyfra and "n" will form a new pay TV operator in which CPG will have 51% stake and TVN 32%. The new joint satcaster will be jointly managed by CEO Markus Tellenbach and deputy CEO Beata Monka. Canal Plus Group has also paid Euros230 million ($300.1 million) for a 40% shareholding in N-Vision, which holds 51% of TVN. The Gallic pay TV giant stated Monday that the merger will prompt synergy savings and revenue growth worth $72.6 million and provide subscribers with "exclusive content and the latest technology, including the broadest high-def offering in the Polish market." Also Monday, Nickelodeon announced "n" would launch a new channel bouquet, Kids XL package, including Nickelodeon HD. 'n' will also add Nick Jr. The satcaster merger enables Canal Plus, whose Cyfra Plus is already Poland's second largest satcaster with 1.5 million subscribers, to consolidate its position in Polish pay TV and step into the free TV market, as TVN also owns free-to-air channels. "The timing for this deal is right. Cyfra Plus had lost some subscriber momentum since the arrival of 'n' on the pay TV landscape," explained Christophe Cherblanc, head of media research at Societe Generale. "The Polish pay TV market was becoming saturated with three big pay TV groups: Cyfrowy Polsat, Cyfra Plus and 'n.' Other European markets have only one major pay TV platform, or two, as in Italy." The newly-created platform is expected to reach 2.5 million subscribers by year-end. Deal has yet to be greenlit by anti-trust authorities. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Angelina Jolie's Luc Besson Movie Is Up Next

Angelina Jolie is about to get her "Fifth Element" on, it seems, as reports of her upcoming sci-fi action collaboration with director Luc Besson are heating up ever more today. Meanwhile, Harrison Ford may have finally found his Jackie Robinson, Michael Shannon's "Iceman" serial killer has found his bride, and "Burt Wonderstone" is crunching the numbers. It's December 13, and you're tuning into today's Casting Call! Angelina Jolie's Besson Collaboration Inches Closer It's looking more and more likely that Angelina Jolie and Luc Besson will indeed be teaming together for a big new sci-fi project. Deadline reports that Universal has made a deal to secure 80% of the upcoming film's distribution rights, including in the United States. The movie is expected to be Jolie's next, though few to no details are currently known beyond the two key players involved and the fact that it's tonally similar to Besson's earlier efforts "The Professional" and "The Fifth Element." In other words: awesome. Jackie Robinson Found Ladies and gentlemen, now batting, number forty-two: Chadwick Boseman! Variety reports that the relative newcomer has been cast as legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson in the upcoming Legendary Pictures biopic "42." Boseman will likely star opposite Harrison Ford, who was previously announced as part of the project. Brian Helgeland will direct from his own script. Ryder Marries The "Iceman" Don't do it, Winona! He's a serial killer! Oh--oh, it's just a movie? Okay, that's not so bad. Looks like Winona Ryder, best known recently for brief appearances in "Black Swan" and "Star Trek," has a killer new role up her sleeve. According to Deadline, she'll star in thriller biopic "The Iceman" as Deborah Kuklinski, who had no idea that her husband (played by Michael Shannon) was secretly a contract killer. Chris Evans also stars as a fellow killer-for-hire. Garrett Meets "Wonderstone" Just as everybody loves Raymond, so too does everybody love "Burt Wonderstone." Or, at least, "Raymond" vet Brad Garrett is a big fan. THR reports that he's joining the Steve Carell-led "Wonderstone" in a supporting role as an accountant that Carell's magician character fires. The cast also includes Jim Carrey, Olivia Wilde and Steve Buscemi. Cooper's "Summer" Vacation THR also notes that Dominic Cooper is about to enjoy "Summer in February." The "Devil's Double" actor has signed on for the novel adaptation that's described as "a true tale of love, liberty and scandal amongst the Edwardian artists colony in Cornwall." Dan Stevens and Ophelia Lovibond also star. Got any casting news to pass along? Send it to me @roundhoward! Let us know what you think of today's Casting Call in the comments section and on Twitter!

Fox Business Says Muppets Movie Anti-Biz

How did we miss this? Fox Business news on the network’s “Follow the Money” program last week opined that Disney’s The Muppets moviestoryline featuring an evil oil baron made it the latest example of Hollywood’s anti-corporate liberal agenda. “They’ve been doing it for decades. Hollywood, the left, the media, they hate the oil industry,” Gainor continued. “They hate corporate America. And so you’ll see all these movies attacking it,” complainedDan Gainor of the conservative Media Research Center:

Raquel Welch and Bo Derek Going to CSI: Miami

Raquel Welch, Bo Derek Raquel Welch and Bo Derek are likely to warm up CSI: Miami.The legendary sex symbols will guest-star in separate instances of the crime drama early the coming year.Bo Derek to guest-star as herself on Chuck Derek will have a "well-maintained" mother who runs a equine stable in which a murder is committed, based on Entertainment Weekly.Welch will have the matriarch of villain Diego Navarro (Carlos Bernard) and the boy Esteban also known as "The Miami Taunter" (Kuno Becker), TVLine reviews. Her episode will air after Derek's.Welch, who started in A Million Years B.C., last made an appearance on television around the short-resided 2008 CBS sitcom Thanks for visiting the Captain. Derek, who's most widely known on her role in 10, can next be viewed on Chuck, where she'll play herself.CSI: Miami airs every sunday at 10/9c on CBS.

'Twilight' maintains top place at Friday B.O.

'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning -- Part 1'The domestic B.O. treaded water yesterday as no new wide releases meant another Friday victory for Summit's "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning -- Part 1." Lower 67%, pic made $5.5 million getting its cume to $235.9 million.In second, Disney's "The Muppets" made $2.7 million for any cume of $48 million. Pic is anticipated to include another $13 million to Disney coffers through Sunday, though yesterday's perf indicates it might only land within the high single numbers rather. "Breaking Beginning -- Part 1" should gross around $15 million a few days ago.The bigger-than-usual drop and the possible lack of major releases this frame could be credited towards the calendar. The weekend following Thanksgiving is typically among the softest Stateside seshes of the season, using what couple of moviegoers you will find likely to play get caught up.The newcomer which has most likely received probably the most buzz this frame is Fox Searchlight's "Shame." The NC-17 drama starring Michael Fassbender like a sex addict opened up on 10 screens countrywide yesterday to some respectable average of $11,048 per screen, landing in 16th place in the domestic B.O.Using the relaxation of yesterday's top films kept in a equine race behind "Muppets," Paramount's "Hugo" jumped from last week's fifth for this week's third with $two million, possibly considering its recent National Board of Review best film win. Par's pic was then a set of The new sony releases, "Arthur Christmas" and "Jack and Jill," which made $1.7 million and $1.six million, correspondingly. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Liam Neeson Is a Badass Wilderness Hero in New Trailer For The Grey

Last time we saw Liam Neeson in a trailer for the upcoming survival drama The Grey, he was preparing to battle a few angry wolves. In the new kickass preview for Joe Carnahan’s wilderness adventure, Neeson is not only preparing to wage a full-scale attack on all of the wolves that stand between him and civilization, but he heroically maintains the morale among a group of fellow stranded plane crash survivors on their long walk home. Courtesy of Moviefone, the new promo shows the deadly plane crash that takes down Neeson’s character, an Alaskan pipeline worker, and a few of his colleagues (Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, James Badge Dale), stranding them in the middle of an endless stretch of white wilderness. As the group struggles to make fire, maintain hope and ultimately make the long, freezing trek towards civilization, they must battle nature’s creatures and perilous landscapes while maintaining their own will to survive. The Grey, which rolls into theaters January 27, marks the first reunion between Neeson and his A-Team director Joe Carnahan. VERDICT: I’ll watch any plane crash survival movie as long as the characters don’t resort to Donner party survival tactics. [via Moviefone]

Men In Black 3 Official Posters Arrive

Don't stare too hard...Given that most of the buzz thus far on Men In Black 3 has been fairly negative reports of script issues, production delays and Will Smith's big trailer, Sony is no doubt ready to try and turn things around. And the first official marketing volley: teaser posters for the movie featuring stars Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are online via Coming Soon.First revealed by the gang at Collider last week when they began cropping up in US cinemas, the posters are at least different from your usual floating head types (and a departure from the traditional shots of Smith and Jones holding big guns), though we do worry that they tend to send your eyes a bit funny if you stare at them for too long.{Men In Black 3 posters}Also gearing up is what appears to be a viral marketing campaign for the film, with a URL on the posters leading to the Facebook page of a conspiracy nut that has hit pay dirt and discovered the existence of the MIB team. There's not much to it yet, but expect it to expand soon.Men In Black 3 finds Smith's Agent J having to travel back in time to save a young K (Josh Brolin) and stop yet another world-threatening disaster. The film also features Alice Eve, Jemaine Clement, Emma Thompson, Bill Hader, Michael Stuhlbarg and Rip Torn. It'll be out (in 3D) on May 25, 2012.

New You are able to Film Experts Circle Honours Preview: 'The Descendants,' Jean Dujardin and Meryl Streep Predicted to Win

By Tom O'Neil, GoldDerby.com Expect if some crazy award those who win leave the voting powwow from the NY Film Experts Circle on Tuesday morning. According a poll of award experts carried out by Gold Derby, these would be the those who win: 'The Descendants' (Best Picture), Jean Dujardin (Best Actor in 'The Artist') and Meryl Streep (Best Actress in 'The Iron Lady'), Albert Brooks (Best Supporting Actor in 'Drive') and Jessica Chastain (Best Supporting Actress in 'The Help,' 'Tree of Life' and 'Take Shelter'). However, the critics' circle is well known for breeding voter clashes that lead to crazy honorees. Everything has related to the archaic voting procedure. Each critic ranks faves by setting three (top choice), two and something indicate each, and also the champion must show up on most ballots. Consequently, voting in each category frequently spans many ballots, rival camps form and victory are only able to be stated with a compromise candidate. 'Milk' won Best Picture of 2009, for instance, only if players for 'Rachel Marriage,A 'Happy-Go-Lucky' and 'Slumdog Millionaire' surrendered and recognized an agreement. No experts entering the 2002 voting conclave planned to choose the cool 'Mulholland Drive,' however it emerged because the default choice once they could not decide among 'In the Bed room,' 'Gosford Park' and 'Shrek' after many frustrating ballot clashes. Additionally to 'The Descendants,' another movies with strong NYFCC support this season are 'Tree of Life' and 'The Artist,' but expect if 'Moneyball' or 'Midnight in Paris' emerges because the fallback choice. The best champion matters a great deal since the Gotham experts have experienced a powerful affect on the Academy awards over time. In the last 76 years, these were the first one to hail eventual Academy Award Best Pictures 28 occasions. It's obvious the NY Film Critics' Circle performed a vital role within the eventual Oscar victories of these films as 'The Lost Weekend' (1946), 'Marty' (1956), 'Tom Jones' (1964), 'In the Warmth from the Night' (1968), 'The Deer Hunter' (1979), 'Ordinary People' (1981), 'Terms of Endearment' (1984) and 'The Silence from the Lambs' (1992). However the agreement rate has not been too impressive lately. Only five occasions previously two decades has got the same film won Best Picture in NY as well as on Oscar evening. This past year 'The Social Network' taken all the key critics' honours, but Hollywood did not appear of looking after. David Fincher's Facebook movie was usurped by 'The King's Speech' in the industry honours presented through the guilds and also the film academy. Nevertheless, the circle has performed a starring role in spotlighting many stars who continued to win Academy awards. Stars like Forest Whitaker ('Last King of Scotland,' 2006), Geoffrey Hurry ('Shine,' 1996) and Marcia Gay Harden ('Pollock,' 2000) most likely owe their Academy Award victories mainly to early wins inside the circle. Browse the Gold Derby expert picks for that NYFCC those who win on this link. [Photo: Fox Searchlight] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Producer Graham King Talks Tomb Raider

Obviously very brieflyIt's been a while since we heard any updates in regards to the Tomb Raider reboot, and we'd hesitate to take advantage of this word relevant for this story. But let's condition that producer Graham King just re-emphasised his intentions to continue the adventures of Lara Croft.King inherited the videogame franchise in March, when his GK Films banner nabbed the rights from Warner Bros and Square Enix. Since we last reported, the only real news remains that Iron Guy authors Hawk Ostby and Mark Fergus have acquired the script gig. Nevertheless the task they've been designated is, as is actually mooted, to fully reboot the franchise becoming an origin story, and overlook the continuity in the Jennifer Aniston instalments Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Filth Existence."[People two films] weren't problems," states King, most recently in the office with Martin Scorsese on Hugo, "nevertheless the story that people are telling is often the story before she increased being Lara Croft, therefore it is a personality piece, that people like. It's still plenty of action and a lot of fun, however it arrives with plenty of excellent figures, too for me, it's something different. I haven't always done a movie such as this before, however really gravitated to restarting this franchise and that we will probably give it a try.InchThe reboot also, easily, suggests the role might be recast, probably getting a less expensive actress than celebrity Jolie. Start with the wild speculation regarding who that might be below.Once the new Tomb Raider makes its initially mooted 2013 release date, it will likely be following reasonably carefully round the heels in the similarly restarted game franchise. The next console Tomb Raider, getting a 21-year-old "fresh-from-the-academy" Lara Croft honing her nascent fighting and puzzling capabilities undertaking a shipwreck in the coast of Japan, is at development and presently expected for release inside the third quarter of 2012. Its recently-trademarked tagline is "A survivor makes the worldInch.

Cinthia Leon...Got the Part

Cinthia Leon...Got the Part Role: Ana Maria Professional in "Viva Cristo Rey," a nonunion abide by Michael Coughlin November 19, 2011 Every occasionally a simple hunch, with possibly a bit of belief, may provide sufficient confirmation the play is just appropriate to have an actor. Getting huge theater background a effective foundation within the chapel, Cinthia Leon recognized the casting notice for 'Viva Cristo Rey' combined her craft and her belief. It absolutely was an excellent chance on BackStage.com they could not bypass.Initially, the title in the play (meaning "Extended live Christ the King") was the hook for Leon. After beginning research, she states, "what clicked up me was the entire play. Every character is different, and without one of these simple you're missing something." The role of Ana Maria Professional gave the actor a cod: to portray an authentic person with little recorded history to consider. Many of the play is about Ana Maria's brother, Miguel Professional, who was simply carried out in Mexico in 1927 to become a priest. Leon's journey to her character was extended. "Around the personal note, I've been praying and looking to really find what they involved,Inch she states. "There's hardly any literature about Ana Maria." After getting a household portrait in the Pros, Leon noted that Ana Maria was the only real person wearing a white-colored dress, delivering a concept to her role inherited: "She was the professional. Mother died, and he or she needed proper proper care of her brothers and sisters."Peter Gallagher, leader in the G.K. Chesterton Theatre Company, instantly understood Leon was "a specialist.In . According to him, "She's a particular quality about her that gifted stars can show you inside an audition. After her first cold read, we understood that they may be within this mixture, and then, it absolutely was only dependent on acquiring the household develop.Inch Coping with director Angel Duran, Leon welcomed being "challenged" and considered her experience "beneficial." She's quick to see that benefits only include some degree of effort: "My mindset once i begin working is the fact that i am there to use. [Angel] would push me, which i'd keep on.InchRehearsals in the chapel, full of sensors ringing at oddly opportune occasions, only elevated Leon's experience. In just a moment when the villain in the play spews hateful dialogue, then your toll, she recalls, "People sensors would trigger perfectly. There is something symbolic relating to this. It had not been a clich momentit was beautiful." Much like moving were the performances. There has been several after-show discussions, with audience people talking about their personal encounters in regards to the religious persecutions in Mexico through the duration of the play. "Coming initially from from musical theater, doing 'Guys and Dolls' and 'West Side Story,' you touch people," Leon states. "But, it's completely different for those who have an authentic experience. People [inside the audience] are crying and talking about their actual families."Leon's L.A. theater roots provided most likely probably the most valuable training she's learned so far, trained by her sixth-grade teacher Dork Ferris. Leon recalls, "I learned at 10 or 11 years old that even when you perform your better within an audition, you will possibly not have the part." Of casting Leon as Ana Maria, however, Gallagher states, "Cinthia is probably somewhat youthful than we'd anticipated going, but she am good, we're able to not permit the age factor go into the means by which.Inch Leon states she acquired another lesson while using project: "I've learned a good deal by what this signifies becoming an actor to really research before you buy.In . She also values being taken with G.K. Chesterton Theatre Company's mission of making work based on true tales of belief and gallantry. A hunch notifies her to pursue more use the organization. For more information, visit internet.cinthialeon.com.Has Back Stage aided you obtain cast formerly year? We'd like to tell your story. Keep up with the weekly column by getting in touch with casting@backstage.com for NY or bswcasting@backstage.com for La with "I Obtained the Part" inside the subject line. Cinthia Leon...Got the Part Role: Ana Maria Professional in "Viva Cristo Rey," a nonunion abide by Michael Coughlin November 19, 2011 Every occasionally a simple hunch, with possibly a bit of belief, may provide sufficient confirmation the play is just appropriate to have an actress. Getting huge theater background a effective foundation inside the chapel, Cinthia Leon recognized the casting notice for 'Viva Cristo Rey' combined her craft and her belief. It absolutely was an excellent chance on BackStage.com they could not bypass.Initially, the title in the play (meaning "Extended live Christ the King") was the hook for Leon. After beginning research, she states, "what clicked up me was the entire play. Every character is different, and without one of these simple you're missing something." The role of Ana Maria Professional gave the actor a cod: to portray an authentic person with little recorded history to consider. Many of the play is about Ana Maria's brother, Miguel Professional, who was simply carried out in Mexico in 1927 to become a priest. Leon's journey to her character was extended. "Around the personal note, I had been praying and looking to really find what they involved,Inch she states. "There's hardly any literature about Ana Maria." After getting a household portrait in the Pros, Leon noted that Ana Maria was the only real person wearing a white-colored dress, delivering a concept to her role inherited: "She was the professional. Mother died, and he or she needed proper proper care of her brothers and sisters."Peter Gallagher, leader in the G.K. Chesterton Theatre Company, instantly understood Leon was "a specialist.In . According to him, "She's a specific quality about her that gifted stars can show you inside an audition. After her first cold read, we understood that they may be inside the mix, and then, it absolutely was only dependent on acquiring the household develop.Inch Coping with director Angel Duran, Leon welcomed being "challenged" and considered her experience "beneficial." She's quick to see that benefits only include some degree of effort: "My mindset once i begin working is the fact that i am there to use. [Angel] would push me, which i'd keep on.InchRehearsals in the chapel, full of sensors ringing at oddly opportune occasions, only elevated Leon's experience. In just a moment when the villain in the play spews hateful dialogue, then your toll, she recalls, "People sensors would trigger perfectly. There's something symbolic relating to this. It had not been a clich momentit was beautiful." Much like moving were the performances. There has been several after-show discussions, with audience people talking about their personal encounters in regards to the religious persecutions in Mexico through the duration of the play. "Coming initially from from musical theater, doing 'Guys and Dolls' and 'West Side Story,' you touch people," Leon states. "But, it's completely different for those who have an authentic experience. People [inside the audience] are crying and speaking regarding actual families."Leon's L.A. theater roots provided most likely probably the most valuable training she's learned so far, trained by her sixth-grade teacher Dork Ferris. Leon recalls, "I learned at 10 or 11 years old that even though you perform your better within an audition, you will possibly not have the part." Of casting Leon as Ana Maria, however, Gallagher states, "Cinthia is probably somewhat youthful than we'd anticipated going, but she am good, we're able to not permit the age factor get in the way.Inch Leon states she acquired another lesson while using project: "I've many userful stuff here by what this signifies becoming an actor to really research before you buy.In . She also values being taken with G.K. Chesterton Theatre Company's mission of making work based on true tales of belief and gallantry. A hunch notifies her to pursue more make use of the organization. For more information, visit internet.cinthialeon.com.Has Back Stage aided you obtain cast formerly year? We want to see your story. Keep up with the weekly column by getting in touch with casting@backstage.com for NY or bswcasting@backstage.com for La with "I Obtained the Part" inside the subject line.

Fox 2000 Exec Veep Carla Hacken Becomes New Regency Production President

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime Fox 2000 executive vice president Carla Hacken is leaving the studio to become president of production for New Regency. It is the latest move in a restructuring of the company since Arnon Milchan reemerged as an active chairman and installed former Paramount Pictures production president Brad Weston as CEO with a mandate to become a more filmmaker-driven concern. New Regency is partly owned by News Corp, whose 20th Century Fox distributes and often co-finances Regency-generated films. The move was orchestrated with the cooperation of Fox Filmed Entertainment co-chairmen Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman and Fox 2000 president Elizabeth Gabler. “Jim, Tom and Liz have been great partners and are incredibly gracious about Carla,” Weston told me in confirming the move. “They see this as a terrific opportunity for her, and a great way to help support New Regency. Arnon and I couldn’t be more appreciative.” Hacken was an ICM agent when she was brought into the Fox 2000 fold 15 years ago by Laura Ziskin. She has worked closely with Gabler and developed such films as Unfaithful, The Devil Wears Prada, Walk The Line, Bride Wars, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and its sequel, Percy Jackson & The Olympians, Love & Other Drugs and In Her Shoes. There has long been a tradition of cross pollination between Fox and New Regency (which is based on the lot). That includes Sanford Panitch (who moved from Fox to Regency and now steers Fox International Productions) and most recently Hutch Parker and Bob Harper, who steered New Regency and exited in late August. Hacken joins Alexandra Milchan, who rejoined her father’s company as executive vice president, after a long stretch as a producer. “Bringing Carla in is a big part of reshaping New Regency,” Weston said. “She has made terrific movies like Walk the Line and The Devil Wears Prada, she has great talent relationships and terrific taste in material. She’s the perfect fit for where we are going with the company.” Arnon Milchan’s goal is to reestablish New Regency as a filmmaker-driven company that generates six to nine movies per year. New Regency is in production on the Mark Wahlberg-Russell Crowe-starrer Broken City; production will start next spring on the Darren Aronofsky-directed Biblical epic Noah, in partnership with Paramount; The Gray Man starts late summer with Brad Pitt and director James Gray; and the Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu-directed The Revenant starts production in September. Sean Penn and Leonardo DiCaprio are circling the lead roles in that drama.

Happy Foot Two: Film Review

What came out fresh and fun in 2006 now feels as if recycled goods in Happy Foot Two. To start with, the vista of multicultural penguins singing and dancing in the gorgeous, eco threatened setting made an appearance disarmingly novel. But while numerous new figures are actually introduced to the zoologically varied cast, the format and designs have a very shopworn air the 3d Antarctic vistas and intermittent brains can't surmount. Commercial, however, there's pointless this splashy follow-up won't perform similar to the initial, which attracted in $385 million worldwide.our editor recommends'Happy Foot Two' Blue Carpet Premiere ArrivalsFrom 'Great Gatsby' to 'Happy Foot Two': 7 Hot Movies, Series Being Launched of Australia'Happy Foot 2' Teaser Trailer (Video) It's now been 13 years since George Burns directed an energetic-action feature as well as the thought he's devoted nearly half that time with this follow-up, no matter how remunerative, naturally agitates devoted fans anxious for him to start his Mad Max retooling along with other project. However, tykes will probably be delighted revisit the icy places resided on by Mumble (now a parent), Ramon, Lovelace and numerous new creatures, who face the down sides of existence with various amounts of trepidation and grit. Nevertheless the minute the film opens getting an enormous musical number featuring what's thousands of penguins singing and dancing in precision symphony, no less than some audiences may decide to affiliate with Mumble's little misfit boy Erik due to not succumbing for the pressure to evolve by joining inside the forced jubilation. But, alas, this is not to become penguin The Catcher inside the Rye. While little Erik does hightail it, based on two fellow Emperor kids and also the father's riffing friend Ramon, it's not always in rebellion, as well as the script fragments with techniques that demonstrates all the existence forms on, under and across the seventh region,the backdrop objects which, as before, are strongly taken in the hyper-realistic animated style. An even more engaging mission of identity than Erik's, much more attractive to be so absurd, concentrates on some krill energetically vocalized by Matt Damon and Kaira Pitt. Resembling small red-colored-colored shrimp, krill come in uncountable amounts within the least expensive finish in the underwater food chain, there being scooped up with the mouthful by numerous potential potential predators. No creatures is often more anonymous or less prone individualization, when Will claims his unique identity--"I am one inch a krillion," he demands in one of several such puns-it's difficult to not to be analyzed in by such unlikely hubris. Not only that, nevertheless the interplay between Damon and Pitt is especially spirited, giving their moments a energy that feels natural rather than cranked up by music too as with-your-face effects. The feeling is palpable of Burns and also the co-employees looking for new techniques to provide the Antarctic setting, to build up something fresh to warrant this follow-up. But ultimately they choose from such reliables as comic shtick in many accents and soul/funk/rap amounts coupled with tired ྂs and ྌs anthem rock refrains. Indeed, really the only truly inspired musical touch, which hits as being a bolt within the heavens, has little Erik delivering, in the pivotal moment, a unique rendition in the "'E Lucevan Le Stelle" aria from Puccini's Tosca. Since the film bounces along, many of the incident and action feels progressively arbitrary and unmotivated. In contrast for the best recent animated features, the script just isn't very funny, tending towards nutty hijinks rather than wit. Even where the disarming krill are involved, a couple of of the close shaves feel like the misadventures in the desperate squirrel inside the Ice Age series. And speaking about Ice Age, the weather change theme can get another serious workout here with techniques that will win nods of approval within the Al Gore faithful but provoke irritation among people frustrated with being spoon because of the politically correct line. The penguins' world sometimes seems being melting, with puddles and wet ice in evidence, plus an atmosphere crisis puts the large avian population in peril requiring a desperate save effort. Scientifically true or else, relating to this subject, additionally to artistically, Happy Foot Two is treading water. Primary Point Here: Aside from commercial, more is less in this antic, much less funny follow-up for the 2006 blockbuster. OPENS: November 18 (Warner Bros.) PRODUCTION: Kennedy Burns Mitchell VOICE CAST: Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria, Alecia Moore (Pink), Kaira Pitt, Matt Damon, Richard Carter, Common, Sofia Vergara, Magda Szubanski, Hugo Weaving, Anthony LaPaglia, Benjamin "Lil P-Nut" Flores Junior., Ava Acres, Meibh Campbell DIRECTOR: George Burns CO-Company company directors: David Peers, Gary Eck SCREENWRITERS: George Burns, Gary Eck, Warren Coleman, Paul Livingston PRODUCERS: Doug Mitchell, George Burns, Bill Burns EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Chris deFaria, Philip Hearnshaw, Graham Burke, Bruce Berman Company company directors OF PHOTOGRAPHY: David Peers (camera), David Dulac (lighting) PRODUCTION DESIGNER: David Nelson EDITOR: Christian Gazal MUSIC: John Powell PG rating, 103 minutes Kaira Pitt Elijah Wood Matt Damon Happy Foot 2

UFC on Fox: Exactly what the Media Says

Saturday evening's mma (MMA) fight between heavyweights Cain Velasquezand Brazilian Junior Dos Santos was the very first Ufc bout ever to air on the broadcast network in primetime. Your dream broadcast on Fox and happened in the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.our editor recommendsSaturday Night's Large Fight: Boxing versus. UFCUFC Leader Calls Fox Deal a 'Milestone' for that SportFox Ink Multiyear Cope With UFCUFC Champion Wealthy Franklin's Story Headed towards the Giant Screen (Exclusive) The bout survived just a little on the minute, with Dos Santos knocking Velasquez down having a punch towards the temple along with a beat lower that adopted before the referee stopped your dream. A reaction to the broadcast ranged in the humorous towards the general consensus that Fox includes a champion using the franchise. PHOTOS: 10 Broadcast and Cable Television Show Most Viewed By Males Book of Basketball author Bill Simmons tweeted: "UFC manages to lose its network virginity to Fox also it's in under 90 seconds. Much like real existence!" Jonathan Snowden from the MMA Nation website authored, "The only fight from the evening on Fox, it shipped an enchanting moment. Regrettably, it had been one one. Everyone else was amped, prepared to participate history. Rather, these were a part of only minute of fight action. Regardless of the paucity of in cage work, the promotion's network debut needs to be described as a conditional success. There have been no major gaffes. Your dream unsuccessful to provide a vintage, but wasn't boring either. The pre-recorded introductions of both martial artists were the very best in UFC history." The Bay Area Chronicle's Peter Hartlaub mused, "No whim, indeed. The heavyweight Junior Dos Santos/Cain Velasquez fight finishes with Dos Santos knocking out Velasquez after approximately one minute within the first round. I'd state that was the 2nd-worst situation scenario with UFC's historic first fight on network TV. (Worst situation scenario undoubtedly would be a nasty injuries.) PHOTOS: Hollywood's Greatest Fantasy Football Fans Hartlaub congratulated Fox of keeping the proceedings lively and available to non-UFC fans: "The broadcast team did a great job of keeping things feasible for new fans, after which airing two small-documentaries that revealed Dos Santos and Velasquez as introspective, humble and intelligent people. My UFC-averse wife was riveted, and wound up watching your dream beside me.Inch The Connected Press notes the short fight wasn't what UFC leader Dana Whitened wanted in broadcast television debut: "The nation's television audience got an idea of M.M.A.'s violence although not anything else within the abnormally short fight. The UFC leader, Dana Whitened, find the two fearsome martial artists for his Fox debut due to our prime possibility of a stoppage victory -- Velasquez and Dos Santos had ended almost all of their fights by early stoppage. But Whitened was clearly not thrilled with only how rapidly that finish showed up, demeaning Velasquez's decision to face and fight with Dos Santos, among the best boxers in M.M.A. SB Nation's Eric Stephen stated the fast decision brings him to the activity: "Yes, it could have been ideal for UFC if both Velasquez and Dos Santos fought one another for five difficult models with lots of back-and-forth action. But a lightning-quick victory isn't always bad. I remember Mike Tyson stunning Michael Spinks in a moment . 5 in 1988 that boxing match would be a very over-blown event, however the quickness from the victory didn't take from the festivities. Actually, it had been a part of what made Tyson Tyson. After watching the occasions in Anaheim on Saturday evening, I'm very likely to look at UFC moving forward. In the end, who knows what can happen.Inch Saturday's fight can serve as an appetizer for that $700 million Fox-UFC seven-year deal that begins in The month of january and brings the frequently violent sport -- featuring aspects of boxing, wrestling, boxing, judo, etc. -- in to the mainstream (a minimum of the UFC hopes so). Fox will broadcast four primetime fights annually, another six will air on sister cable network Forex, and also the reality show Ufc's Ultimate Figher moves from Spike to Fox cable included in the deal. Related Subjects Fox Broadcasting Corporation UFC Sports Dana Whitened

Contender: 'Midnight in Paris'

'Midnight in Paris' Read the Variety reviewDespite Woody Allen's insoluble association with NY (and a more-than-implied aversion to Los Angeles), the writer-director found new vitality in a carefree sojourn abroad this year with "Midnight in Paris" -- the latest in a series of late-career pics set in the world's most scenic cities.But after opening the Cannes film festival in May, "Midnight" went on to seduce audiences like no other Allen pic before, which can't hurt its chances in the directing, original screenplay and perhaps even performance categories. Set amid the literary Paris of the '20s, the time-traveling fantasy charmed the critics, while word-of-mouth kept it in theaters throughout the summer, making "Midnight" Allen's biggest hit ever. (With a worldwide cume of more than $128 million, it positively dwarfs the closest Allen film, "Hannah and her Sisters." It's also remade its budget three times.)The director has been a regular name on the Oscar ballot since "Annie Hall" took 1977's best picture, writer and director prizes, and yet, of the 18 nominations he's received since, the only other time he won was for writing "Hannah" -- 25 years ago.If the Academy is reluctant to fete Allen himself, acknowledging Corey Stoll's turn as Ernest Hemingway would be one way of recognizing a movie that has resuscitated the helmer's career.Release date: June 10 Sony Pictures Classics Read the Variety review Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Woodsy Harrelson, Olga Kurylenko and Tom Waits Joining Colin Farrell in CBS Films' 'Seven Psychopaths'

Jason Merritt/Getty ImagesWoody Harrelson Woodsy Harrelson, Tom Waits and Olga Kurylenko have grew to become an associate from the cast of Seven Psychopaths, Martin McDonagh's follow-around his acclaimed thriller, In Bruges, which starred Colin Farrell. Psychopaths once again sees McDonagh coping with Farrell, who plays a fighting film author who inadvertently becomes entangled inside the La criminal underworld after his oddball pals (Mike Rockwell) and (Christopher Walken) kidnap a gangster's (Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu. Harrelson is playing the gangster inside the action comedy. Waits and Kurylenko may have shady underworld types. Production began in La on November. 7. EVP of purchases Scott Shooman is controlling the job for CBS Films. Blueprint Pictures is creating. Film4 are co-financing while using BFI Film Fund and CBS Films which has the U.S. rights for the film. Hanway Films is handling foreign sales. Woodsy Harrelson

Weekend Receipts: Puss in Boots Claws its Long Ago to First

Listen carefully and you will hear the womp wooommp being released of Universal HQ from miles away — that’s the refrain during the day as Tower Heist underperformed its distance to second place behind the incredibly resilient Shrek spinoff Puss in Boots. Faring in addition to might be reasonably expected both in films’ shadows, discover the latest Harold & Kumar installment. Your Weekend Receipts are here. 1. Puss in Boots Gross: $33,000,000 ($75,500,000) Screens: 3,963 (PSA $8,927) Days: 2 (Change: -2%) First, I have to admit which i was wrong a week ago when covering the crowd with this film. It’s larger than my hunch permitted, and that i apologize for you, to Jeffrey Katzenberg, to Antonio Banderas and everybody upset by my gross misjudgment. Since we’ve removed that up, holy shit, America, a couple percent drop? I understand this nation loves its 3-D animated saber-carrying feline Lotharios and everything, but wow. Anyway, DreamWorks Animation may as well obtain a Donkey spinoff going, because… 2. Tower Heist Gross: $25,100,000 (new) Screens: 3,367 (PSA $7,454) Days: 1 …Eddie Murphy needs a bit more muscular image boost in front of the Academy awards. Brett Ratner’s mix-marketing awardscast/blockbuster master plan's searching just like a whiff presently it couldn’t have happened to some better guy, either. Ahem. Ron Meyer holding online one. 3. A Really Harold & Kumar 3-D Christmas Gross: $13,100,000 (new) Screens: 2,875 (PSA $4,556) Days: 1 Don’t allow the middling per-screen average fool you: As films within the burgeoning “Get the Toddler High” subgenre of stoner movies go, this can be a box-office milestone. Not far off: Three Males along with a Crack Baby. In 3-D! 4. Paranormal Activity 3 Gross: $8,500,000 ($95,300,000) Screens: 3,286 (PSA $2,586) Days: 3 (Change: -54%) Whatever. 5. Over Time Gross: $7,700,000 ($36,000,000) Screens: 3,127 (PSA $2,462) Days: 2 (Change: -36%) Not necessarily a bad hold for week two — also it didn’t even need 3-D or perhaps a cat having a sword or perhaps a number within the title. I suppose I owe Justin Timberlake an apology now, too. My bad, JT! You need to still create a new album, though. Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

VIDEO: Mike & Molly's Gardell on Melissa McCarthy's Emmy Win, What He Sees for Show's Future

Billy Gardell, Melissa McCarthy For Mike & Molly's Billy Gardell, seeing co-star Melissa McCarthy win an Emmy was sweet revenge for the show's naysayers in Season 1 "Melissa winning says a lot about our show and says a lot about her talent," he told TVGuide.com. "Not everyone is going to like you, and that's just life but there are 14 million people a week that do, so we'll take that." Watch full episodes of Mike & Molly in our Online Video Guide In the interview below, Gardell shares how his standup career has helped his sitcom skills and where hopes to see the show's title characters in 10 years. Mike & Molly airs Mondays at 9:30/8:30c on CBS.

Box Office Report: 'Puss in Boots' on Track for Halloween Record $36-$38 Mil

DreamWorks Animation's Puss in Boots is dominating the Halloween box office with a Friday gross of $9 million to $9.5 million, putting the 3D toon on course for a record $36 million to $38 million weekend. The current crownholder for best Halloween weekend opening is Lionsgate's Saw III, which grossed just north of $33 million in 2006. It's almost unheard of for a family film to open over Halloween, but Paramount and DreamWorks Animation wanted to give Puss in Boots more breathing room before a deluge of Thanksgiving family titles open later in November. The downside, according to Paramount: Puss in Boots could forfeit business in its first weekend since kids could be otherwise occupied. PHOTOS: 'Puss in Boots' and 9 Other Sexy Cartoons That puts pressure on Puss in Boots to have a strong hold next weekend, when it was originally supposed to open, the same frame that DreamWorks Animation's Megamind opened last year to $46 million. Going in Puss in Boots' favor is strong reviews. Paramount also took the No. 2 spot on Friday with horror pic Paranormal Activity 3, which fell more than 70% on its second Friday to an estimated $7.9 million. The film, already earning nearly $70 million domestically, is on course for a $20 million weekend, and should enjoy a strong Monday because of Halloween. REVIEW: 'Puss in Boots' Paranormal Activity 3 is besting Justin Timberlake-Amanday Seyfried's new sci-fi thriller In Time, which grossed a soft $4.9 million on Friday for a $12 million to $13 million weekend. Fox is distributing the $35 million pic, directed by Andrew Niccol, for partner New Regency, which fully financed the film. The news was all-out glum for Johnny Depp starrer The Rum Diary, which took in less than $2 million on Friday for a projected weekend debut of $6 million or less. FilmDistrict is distributing the movie, which is based on Hunter S. Thompson's semi-autobiographical novel. Related Topics Box Office The Rum Diary Puss in Boots In Time

Hulu scoops up Brit series

"Spy" Hulu has acquired around 40 several hours of British shows from Hat Trick Intl. Package includes exclusive rights to British sitcom, "Spy," starring Darren Boyd just like a reluctant secret agent and Robert Lindsay becoming an MI5 operative, which bowed on Sky1 this fall. Hulu outbid a mystery U.S. broadcaster for "Spy," an indication of techniques VOD platforms are raising their game inside the competition for original shows. Package includes secondary rights to being a parent sitcom "Outnumbered," factual entertainment skein "James May's Guy Lab" and awesome chat show "The Kumars at No. 42." Shows will probably be on Hulu's free advertising-supported platform and subscription service Hulu Plus. Deal was brokered by Sarah Tong, Hat Trick Intl's. director of sales. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

SAG, AFTRA take on IMDb

Hollywood's performers' unions have attacked IMDb for publishing the actual dates of birth of thousands of actors without their consent.The Screen Actor Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists went public with the issue Thursday via a joint statement. The unions asserted that they had been unsuccessful in efforts to persuade IMBd to alter its practice.A rep for IMDb was not immediately available to comment.SAG and AFTRA said most of the affected actors aren't celebrities but rank-and-file actors whose names are unknown to the general public."When their actual ages then become known to casting personnel, the 10+ year age range that many of them can portray suddenly shrinks, and so do their opportunities to work," the unions said.SAG and AFTRA said businesses like IMDb have a "moral and legal obligation" not to facilitate age discrimination in employment."Entertainment industry employers who would never directly ask a potential employee's age routinely access that information through IMDb and its professional subscription site IMDbPro. IMDb has the power to remove the temptation for employers to engage in age discrimination by accessing this information," the unions said.The unions also said they were "disappointed" that IMDb has rejected the efforts of SAG, AFTRA and other entertainment industry unions and workers to work together to reach a solution to this problem."It is time for IMDb to step up and take responsibility for the harm it has caused, and to take appropriate measures to protect entertainment industry workers, including actors, from losing jobs for the enhancement of IMDb's financial statements," the statement concluded. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Report: Twentieth Century Fox Wants Will Smith to Save Movies; Plans Two 'Independence Day' Sequels

Welcome to Earth. On the heels of the news that Warner Bros. might produce a sequel to 'Dumb & Dumber' 17 years after the original film, Vulture reports that 20th Century Fox is hot on the idea of back-to-back sequels to the 1996 blockbuster 'Independence Day,' with or without Will Smith leading the way. Preferably with. The skinny: Fox has been trying to get Smith onboard for the sequels since 2009, but the negotiations hit a snag when the world's biggest star demanded $50 million in salary. (Hear hear for the 1 percent!) Two years later, with the scripts reportedly set to hit Fox before the end of 2011, the parties are talking again in the hopes that something will work out. If it doesn't, however, the studio will likely still move forward with the films; after all, 'Independence Day' made Will Smith a superstar, and you could argue that it wasn't reciprocal at the time. Of course, as Vulture points out, perhaps the studio should do all it can to get Smith to kick alien ass once again. Box office figures are stagnant, and while it's a leap to say that's because Smith hasn't made a "Will Smith Blockbuster" since 'Hancock' in 2008, the stats are striking. As Vulture notes, between 2005 and 2008, Smith starred in five films, whose box-office grosses topped $2 billion worldwide. Considering ticket sales are down 4.4 percent year-to-date between 2010 and 2011, Hollywood could use a little Big Willie. Smith returns to theaters in 2012 with 'Men In Black III,' a production that saw costs rise thanks to lengthy delays and script revisions. The hope for Fox is that all ducks will be in a row before going forth with Smith attached to 'ID4 2' and '3.' [via Vulture] [Photo: AXELLE/BAUER-GRIFFIN.COM] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Snow White Has A New Dwarf

Johnny Harris In For Stephen Graham...One of the many fairy tale tweaks in the works, Snow White And The Huntsman is already busy shooting under the direction of Rupert Sanders. So we were surprised to see that a change has been made to one of the dwarf roles, with Johnny Harris taking over as Nero for Stephen Graham.Harris, currently receiving plenty of praise for his work on supernatural drama The Fades, is stepping into the part according to The Independent (via The Playlist). Graham sadly had to back out due to a schedule clash with shooting miniseries Parade's End.The main Snow White cast already includes Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Sam Claflin and Charlize Theron as the heroine, the huntsman, the prince and the evil queen respectively.As for the new dwarf arrival, he's joining Ian McShane (Caesar), Nick Frost (Tiberius), Bob Hoskins (Constantine), Toby Jones (Claudius), Eddie Marsan (Hadrian) and Ray Winstone (Trajan). Harris will also be seen in Welcome To The Punch opposite James McAvoy and Mark Strong next year.Snow White And The Huntsman will be out on June 1, 2012.

Milla Jovovich Tweets Resident Evil: Retribution pic

"What Happened to Alice?"That's the question Milla Jovovich posted on Twitter, along with this picture of herself looking more than a little battered and bruised.Nasty neck wound, too.Still, Resident Evil: Retribution is the fifth film in the series so it's no wonder she looks like John McClane after a night out at Nakatomi Plaza. All that's missing is the vest.

Charlie Day, Emma Stone, Jason Segel to Host Saturday Evening Live

Emma Stone and Jason Segel Charlie Day, Emma Stone and Jason Segel will require the Saturday Evening Live stage as hosts in November, NBC introduced Monday. Day, who stars within the Forex sitcom It Certainly Is Sunny in Philadelphia, can make his hosting debut November. 5. He'll be became a member of by musical guest Maroon 5, coming back for any third appearance. Gym Class Heroes frontman Travie McCoy will work alongside the audience for his or her hit song "Stereo system Hearts." Take a look at much more of present day news Stone may have her second turn hosting November. 12 with musical guest Coldplay (the act's 4th appearance). Stone, who lately starred within the Help and Crazy, Stupid, Love is visible next within the Amazing Spider-Guy. Segel models the month November. 19. His latest film The Muppets is going to be launched a few days following his appearance. Florence + the equipment joins him as musical guest.

Singer goes Gaga over former prez

Bill Clinton receives belated birthday greetings from Bono and Rhianna within the Hollywood Bowl. Rhianna works at "10 Years of Difference: A Concert Praising 10 years in the William J. Clinton Foundation."Stevie Question Kenny Chesney "Bill, I'm getting my first real Marilyn moment," Rhianna mentioned to former Leader Clinton after wanting him a belated happy birthday within the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday. "I usually aspired to possess one, which i had been wanting this didn't involve any kind of accident having a couple of pills together with a string of pearls."Gaga needed happens for just about any Decade of Difference, a evening time adoring the tenth anni in the William J. Clinton Foundation.Sooner or later, Gaga walked lower a catwalk to sing right to the best choice, telling the aud when someone had shared with her in the past that she'd achieve serenade the Clintons personally, "I wouldn't have thought them."The evening was headlined having a performance from Bono as well as the Edge, or as Bono put it, "1 / 2 of U2. The tall skinny males. The attractive ones."Throughout his perf, Usher tore the inseam of his pants submitting his leg. The wardrobe malfunction didn't stop the artist, though, and Ellen DeGeneres made light from this after saying, "Sorry I'm late. I came across a rip throughout my pants which i desired to stitch it here here real quick.InchThe Clintons spent short amount of time onstage, selecting to remain inside the aud. Gaga implored, "If perhaps you're playing sax with me at night, baby." Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Arriaga preps 'Heartbeat' project

Arriaga Mexican scribe Guillermo Arriaga is placed to create "The Heartbeat around the globe,Inch four omnibus photos each composed of a number of shorts. The very first, "Words With Gods," will concentrate on religion and can include shorts from Arriaga, Emir Kusturica, Mira Nair, Jose Padilha, Bahman Ghodabi, Worwick Thornton, Hideo Nakata and three other helmers to become introduced. It will likely be launched the coming year. The following within the series, "Encounters," will tackle sex the 3rd "Polis" will appear at human privileges and politics and also the final installment "In to the Blood stream" covers individuals associations using the frequently illicit substances they consume. They'll be launched, between 2013 and 2015. Arriaga will offer you creative leadership around the project with financials handled by co-producer Alex Garcia and Argentinian Lucas Akoskin. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Hilary Swank Belittled for carrying on Birthday of Chechen Leader Charged with Human Privileges Violations

Within the summer time it had been says Beyonce, 50 Cent, Mariah Carey and Nelly Furtado had carried out to see relatives people of former Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi for sums upward of $a million. Now, another group of Celebrities are in serious trouble to take money from the questionable foreign ruler: two-time Oscar champion Hilary Swank and action star Jean-Claude Van Damme attended Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov's special birthday a week ago in return for potential six-figure paydays. Stated Human Privileges Foundation inside a statement to THR: "Ramzan Kadyrov is related to some litany of terrible human privileges abuses. It's inappropriate for stars to obtain compensated to party with him. It bolsters his image and legitimizes a brutal leader and the regime. And becoming compensated to participate this type of lavish show in Chechnya trivializes the suffering of numerous sufferers of human privileges abuses there." The business states that Swank was cautioned about Kadyrov's questionable past, but attended anyway. "Really, truly, for me personally this can be a great recognition to explore both you and your country and what you are building," she told everyone else in the birthday celebration on March. 5. "And, um, happy birthday, Mr. Leader." Van Damme, meanwhile, stated he "loved" Kadyrov. Stars Kevin Costner and Avoi Mendes were also requested to go to, but both rejected because of arranging conflicts. [via THR, NYT/The Lede] [Photo: AP] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Kristen Stewart's Snow White and the Huntsman Sounds Increasingly Badass

“Basically, I’m fighting evil — I’m fighting the most evil motherf—kers — and it’s fine that they’re being killed,” Kristen Stewart told Box Office Magazine of her currently-filming Snow White and the Huntsman. “It’s anguish. It’s literally f—king anguish. She takes absolutely no pleasure in ever hurting anything. I’m exhausted right now and I was thinking, ‘The fight stuff is coming up, maybe that won’t be so bad.’ And then I realized that they’re probably going to be my most emotional scenes because I’m killing people and I’m Snow White. It’s a really f—king cool way to approach a movie where so many people die.” Score another badass point in favor of SWATH. Sorry, other Snow White movie. [Box Office Magazine]

Disney reups Maxdome pact

BERLIN -- Disney has extended a VOD deal with broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 including greater than 500 game game titles due to its on-demand service Maxdome. The agreement provides Germany's finest VOD service wonderful Disney's theatrical slate, including such high-profile game game titles as "Pirates in the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," too game game titles within the Mouse House library, and live action and animated series within the Disney Funnel and Disney Junior, incorporated within this "Hannah Montana," "Masters of magic of Waverly Place" and "Handy Manny." ProSiebenSat.1's first VOD deal with Disney, inked in 2008, incorporated such game game titles as "Toy Story 2," "Armageddon," "Jewel Harbor," "Grey's Anatomy" and "Lost." Maxdome boasts greater than 35,000 film and TV game game titles. Contact Erection dysfunction Meza at staff@variety.com

Another Surprising Elimination On Dancing

First Published: October 11, 2011 10:41 PM EDT Credit: ABC Caption The cast of Week 4 of Dancing with the Stars, Oct. 10, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- It was movie week on Dancing with the Stars, but despite inspiration from a box office smash, one celebritys performance proved to be a ballroom bomb, leading to their elimination from the competition. (Spoiler: This story contains the results from Tuesdays Dancing with the Stars: The Results Show.) It truly was a Mission: Impossible for Chynna Phillips and professional partner Tony Dovolani, who after a disastrous tango to the theme from the Tom Cruise box office franchise (and originally, the 1960s television series) became the fourth couple to be cut from the competition. Im disappointed. Im sad, but I have to take responsibility, Chynna said, referring to her dance on Monday where her mind went blank and she forgot her steps only getting through with subtle cues from Tony. I messed up, she continued, before praising Tony, calling her Season 13 partner, amazing. Chynna was originally a leaderboard frontrunner, coming out strong in Week 1 with a tie for the top spot (with J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff) and later, landing in the top half of competitors each week. On Monday, however, Chynna and Tony received their lowest scores, tying Chaz Bono and Lacey Schwimmer, and Nancy Grace and Tristan MacManus for sixth place. Nancy and Tristan, as well as Rob Kardashian and Cheryl Burke, were the other competitors who did not learn their Dancing fate until the end of the night on Tuesdays results show. AH Nation Poll: Did the right person go home on Dancing? Click HERE to vote! Chaz and Lacey were saved very early on in the evening, and Chazs mom, Cher, even Tweeted she hopes to return to the ballroom to cheer on her son. YEAH ! CHAZ GETS 2 DANCE ANOTHER WK! THANK U, Cher Tweeted in all caps as the show ended. DOES THIS MEAN IM ABOUT 2B CAST MEMBER OF DWTS? I might HAVE 1 MORE CAMEO UP MY SLEEVE. Aside from the elimination news, Dancings own big screen beauty two-time mirrorball champ Julianne Hough returned to the ballroom for the first time in more than two years, performing a modern dance to a slowed-down version of Holding Out For A Hero alongside her Footloose co-star, Kenny Wormald. As that number concluded, a gaggle of dancers in Footloose style clothing, hit the stage showing off their line dance moves, as country star (and coach on NBCs The Voice) Blake Shelton performed the Kenny Loggins classic Footloose, which he re-did for the movie reboot. The dances received a standing ovation, bringing Julianne to tears. Im emotional, Julianne admitted. Later, she reunited with brother Derek Hough, taking the stage with a rousing dance full of flips and fancy moves to Shake A Tail Feather. Dancing with the Stars returns for its fifth week of competition on Monday at 8/7 C on ABC. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

VIDEO: Martin Scorsese Introduces Hugo, Tonights NYFF Surprise Entry

Tonight’s NYFF Mystery Film Is Martin Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’ EXCLUSIVE: Vital Pictures and GK Films have released a brief feature that provides a behind-the-moments take a look at Hugo, the three dimensional film that'll be proven tonight like a surprise addition towards the NY Film Festival. It’s Martin Scorsese’s first foray into three dimensional as well as his first family film, and that he appears pretty looking forward to it. video platform video management video solutions video player

Woo Hoo! Fox Orders Two More Seasons of The Simpsons

The Simpsons The Simpsons will live on! Fox has renewed the longest-running comedy for two more seasons, Seasons 24 and 25, which will include the show's 500th episode in February 2012, the network announced Friday. The Simpsons cast close to signing deal - but how much will they make? The renewal comes as a relief to fans. On Monday, the network reportedly gave the cast an ultimatum: Agree to take a 45 percent pay cut by Friday or the animated series will be canceled. The new deal reportedly won't reduce their salaries as much as Fox originally demanded, but it will not include any revenue pay. On Monday, it was reported that the actors - Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer - proposed a 30 percent pay cut in exchange for a small percentage of the show's back-end profits, which includes syndication and merchandising. But that offer was swiftly rejected by the network. Early Friday, Shearer spoke out against Fox, saying he would take a pay cut as large as 70 percent in order to get a share of the sitcom's hefty profits. Shearer said there were "simply no circumstances under which the network would consider allowing me or any of the actors to share in the show's success." Fox gives Simpsons actors an ultimatum The show's producers already agreed to salary reductions, but several of them already have deals that include compensation from back-end profits. Created by Matt Groening, The Simpsons airs Sundays at 8/7c on Fox. Following the World Series, The Simpsons will return with "Treehouse of Horrors XXII" on Sunday, Oct. 30.

Barnes & Noble Eliminating Electricity Entertainment Graphic Books From Stores

Fans in the Superman, Batman, Watchmen and Sandman graphic books won' more be capable of buy the series at Barnes & Noble stores. The business began eliminating Electricity Entertaiment's comic content from shelves now responding with a Electricity deal that places digital versions in the works exclusively on Amazon . com . com's Kindle products. Barnes & Noble chief merchant Jaime Carey mentioned in the statement, "Regardless of author, we will not stock physical books inside our stores as not offered the free gifs. To promote and promote the physical book inside our store showrooms and not hold the e-book available available would undermine our promise to Barnes & Noble clients to provide any book, anywhere, anytime." PHOTOS:Comic-Book Figures In Dispute The Kindle Fire might have exclusive digital distribution rights for the books beginning November. 15, day one the e-site visitors begin shipping. Barnes & Noble clients could special order the graphic books at stores or have them with the bookseller's website. As first reported round the Bleeding Awesome blog, 100 graphic books are incorporated inside the move, including V for Vendetta, Fables and Blackest Evening. While using shutdown of Edges stores, Barnes & Noble's decision entails there will not be any commercially made book store selling Electricity's game game titles. PHOTOS:top ten Summer season Superheroes Ever: Fight of Box Office Brawn Electricity Entertainment mentioned in the response statement, "We are disappointed that Barnes & Noble has thought we would eliminate these books off their shelves which makes them unavailable for his or her clients. Electricity Entertainment could keep our content available to our fans and new site visitors through multiple distribution channels including in your town-possessed comic retailers, independent book shops, other book store chains together with other common means for instance online through Amazon . com . com and through our programs on iOS and judge Android powered items additionally to new and exciting items continue.In . Electricity Entertainment

Jena Malone to see Carson McCullers in 'Lonely Hunter'

Ernest M. Brown/Getty ImagesJena Malone Jena Malone remains cast as Southern medieval author Carson McCullers in Lonely Hunter. Hounddog filmmaker Deborah Kampmeier is pointing the biopic, whichis scheduled to begin filming in the year. PHOTOS: New Pictures of 'The Avengers' Hunter will span 35 years inside the author and playwright's existence, which involved debilitating illness, a untidy personal existence together with an innovative circle that incorporated Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote.Sarah Schulmanand Kampmeier written the script. Troy Johanson of Full Moon Films is creating the project with Kampmeier and Blair Breard.Abigail Disney of Fork Films will probably be an expert producer. PHOTOS: 'Five' Screens in Washington D.C. "Jena's vulnerability, curiosity, and passion are perfect for Carson," mentioned Kampmeier. "She's very gifted which i'm thrilled being coping with Jena using what I'm sure is an extremely creative and exciting process." The Gersh-repped Malone has came out in Sucker Punch, The Ruins, Into the Wild, Donnie Darko as well as the Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys.She's the movies Jack and Diane, For Ellen as well as the Wait forthcoming. Movie Casting

Hot Trailer: My Week With Marilyn

The Weinstein Clients are looking to make an Oscar Best Actress push for Michelle Williams during my Week With Marilyn, that is looking for a November 4 release. She stars as Marilyn Monroe and Kenneth Branagh is Laurence Olivier. So, does Harvey Weinstein possess a campaign on his hands? rtmp://streaming.deadline.com/ondemand/video/mwwm_dt1_100411.flv

We Can All Learn Something from A Madea Christmas

Movieline hero Tyler Perry may be busy filming I, Alex Cross and blogging to his choir, but his wisdom never ceases to spread throughout the land, as in trailer for Lionsgate’s holiday-timed DVD and Blu-ray release of A Madea Christmas. Hallelujer! The home video release is a filmed version of Perry’s stage play A Madea Christmas, in which Madea, Aunt Bam (Cassi Davis) and Co. trek to well-to-do Cape Cod to clash with some unreasonable uppity folk. Guess who’ll be doling out lessons in good, old fashioned Christmasy values? Look, I’ve had a newfound, unironic appreciation for Perry and his Madea schtick ever since I found myself rolling in the aisles (pretty much by myself, but still) during Madea’s Big Happy Family. And do you know what this Madea joint has that the other Madea films and plays don’t? MUSICAL NUMBERS! A Madea Christmas hits shelves November 22. I know what my fellow Movieline editors are getting for Christmas. Stocking stuffer!

Watch Ellen Barkin Strangle Demi Moore, Battle Ellen Burstyn in Emotionally-Charged Another Happy Day Trailer

Imagine Rachel Getting Married, but instead of one emotionally unpredictable family member silently threatening to upset a family wedding, there are multiple. Enter Another Happy Day, the directorial debut of Sam Levinson (son of Barry) which features Ellen Barkin in a juicy comeback role as the volatile mother of the groom, Ellen Burstyn as her mother, Thomas Haden Church as her ex, Demi Moore as her ex’s new wife, recent Verge designee Ezra Miller as her drug addict son and Kate Bosworth as her cutter daughter. If your head’s not yet spinning, click ahead to see the family member-on-family member emotional crimes on display in the trailer for the messy matrimonial movie event of the year. To be more specific, Barkin plays a troubled matriarch, who, following years of mothering missteps, attends the wedding of an estranged son (Michael Nardelli) after springing her other son (Ezra Miller) from rehab. During the course of the wedding weekend, Barkin’s character clashes with her own resentful mother (Burstyn), strangles her ex’s former stripper wife (Moore), hits her son (Miller) and unleashes her own complicated, pent-up emotions on anyone within crying or screaming range. After the film ignited a Sundance bidding war earlier this year, Mandalay Vision snapped up the angsty indie, written and directed by Levinson. Look for Another Happy Day in theaters November 4. VERDICT: Bring on the crazy. [via ComingSoon.net]

'Paranormal Activity 3' Trailer: Back To Start

by Dionne Buxton Paramount Pictures has released a brand new trailer today of "Paranormal Activity 3," which will serve as a prequel showcasing how Katie and Krisiti started this battle with demons. Although a very brief trailer, it looks like there will be more of a back story explained and not just a movie full of camcorder shots, but the majority of the trailer takes place in the daytime, and everyone knows that the real freaks (in this case paranormal demons) come out at night. The trailer depicts young Kristi and Katie 18 years ago talking about their clich imaginary friends. As always the concerned parents want to know whats really going on behind the strange behavior, sooo... you guessed it: they set up cameras everywhere. In addition to releasing the new trailer, Paramount has also announced a new spin on advertising for the latest addition to their thrilling "Paranormal Activity" series. They have enlisted the help of the Twitter world to get the audience excited about the suspenseful story. The "Tweet to See it First" campaign will bring "Paranormal Activity 3" to 20 different cities on October 18th, three days before it hits theaters everywhere. The winning cities will be chosen by the 20 cities that have the most tweets. The support of this franchise from the online community is phenomenal. We again look to reward them for that support by offering them the chance to see it first, this time expanding our reach globally, said Rob Moore, Vice Chairman of Paramount Pictures in a press release announcing the initiative. To vote for your city head to www.ParanormalMovie.com to find out more information.

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'All My Children': Emmy Honours and Key occasions With the Amounts

The denizens of Pine Valley signed taken off network television Friday with ABC's final episode from the Kids. The Agnes Nixon-created show went for 41 many was notable for addressing social issues for instance war, homosexuality, race, rape, incest helping -- taboo subjects on other soaps.our editor recommends'All My Children' and 'One Existence to Live': With the Numbers'All My Children' Casting Director Joins 'Young as well as the Restless' (Exclusive)'All My Children' Farewell Honored With Notable Alumni of ABC's Daytime Drama (Photos)Susan Lucci Criticizes ABC Daytime Chief in New EpilogueSusan Lucci Didn't Have Clue of 'All My Children's' Cancellation (VIDEO) Furthermore, it had been the start point for numerous stars including Sarah Michelle Gellar, The Fighter's Melissa Leo and Mischa Barton. PHOTOS: Famous Alums of 'All The Children' Susan Lucci, Michael E. Dark evening, Darlene Morgan and David Canary are most likely the drama's longtime cast individuals who might play in the show if the moves online for just about any web series produced by Prospect Park. With 4 decades under its belt, The Kids totalled up numerous Emmys and impressive stats that constructed here from goldderby.com as well as the Hollywood Reporter. 41 Seasons: Time Susan Lucci carried out Erica Kane 3: Occasions The Kids acquired best drama series within the Emmys. 30: Best drama series Emmy nominations. 1970: The Kids opened up on Jan. 5 of the year. 1990: Year Kelly Ripa grew to become an associate of The Kids. The conclusion in the show is "like losing a a relative,In . she mentioned. 28: Combined Emmy acting wins for your cast. 18: Volume of occasions Susan Lucci was nominated for top actress before finally winning. By 2011, she'd been nominated 21 occasions. 1999: Year Lucci finally won her first Emmy. "There's something being mentioned for anticipation. It's its not all bad," she joked. 2: Emmy wins for Darnell Williams for representing Jesse Hubbard. One prize was for supporting actor as well as the other was for lead actor for a similar character. 1: Really the only African-American actress to ever win a Daytime Emmy is Darlene Morgan, who carried out Angie Hubbard. 5: Volume of Emmys won by David Canary for doing dual purpose as callous magnate Adam Chandler and also the simple-minded twin brother Stuart Chandler. 1: Primetime Emmy win for Mary Fickett. The actress won the prize in 1973 with an episode through which her character expressed her worries in regards to the Vietnam War. Fickett died Sept. 8 of Alzheimer's. Related Subjects Susan Lucci Kelly Ripa The Kids

Forex teams with Audi for brief

'Unititled Jersey City Project'FX Network is riding together with Audi of America to create "Unititled Jersey City Project," an authentic 16-minute short-form drama that revs up Sunday and can air throughout the cabler's Sunday primetime movies broadcasts.The top quality entertainment project involves tales of fame, energy, money and dying, and it is set amongst the short-developing Jersey City waterfront.Payments from the series will air as eight, two-minute episodes over four consecutive days.Episodes were designed to appear as fragments of the television series or film, with each delivering a bit of a puzzle including males employed by an architectural firm who're hiding a dark secret.It is also available on the web at world wide web.untitledjerseycityproject.com, where audiences can explore the interactive realm of Jersey City and discover clues to patch together the mysteries in the shorts through new story lines and figures -- and suggest game titles for that project.Forex and Audi collectively created the series, that was taunted throughout the Emmys broadcast on Fox and through advertisements in theaters. Audi may be the official automotive partner from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.Audi's Studio Progress Films banner created the "Jersey" project, with Daniel Minahan, that has helmed instances of "True Bloodstream" and "Bet on Thrones," pointing.Naturally, the drama showcases Audi's automobiles, namely its new A6 sedan, and it is high-tech features.The "Jersey City" project is not Audi's first foray into creating entertainment. Company created an element-length docu around the 24-hour Le Guys race, and adopted that track of a docu concerning the U.S. Olympic ski team that broadcast on NBC. This season, additionally, it created a number of comedy shorts that featured Joel McHale teaching Melissa McCarthy regarding how to browse the Emmy nominees and Jeremy Piven, Kristen Chenoweth, Megan Mullally and Jackee Harry on which existence is much like after winning an Emmy trophy."Since our beginning, Audi has accepted creativeness, innovation and new methods for thinking," stated Scott Keogh, chief marketing officer of Audi of America. "Believe to interact with this progressive audience than through forward-thinking entertainment." Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com

Top Moments: Castle's White Lie and The X Factor's Naked Truth

Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion Our top moments of the week: 14. Best Blast from the Past: Six years after attempting to cheat on her on How I Met Your Mother, Ted gets the shock of his life when he spots Miss Buttercup herself, Victoria (Ashley Williams), catering the Architects Ball. We know canonically that Victoria's not the mother, but she was among our favorites of Ted's girlfriends (and he's had a lot), so it's nice to see her again, even if her only purpose is to restore the jaded romantic's faith in romance. 13. Best First Dance: Who knew moves like Jagger involves rooster chest-puffing and cat-clawing? But then again, Carson Kressley is always ahead of the trends. The Dancing with the Stars hopeful puts on an infectious, show-stopping cha-cha that is far from being technically perfect, but is perfectly entertaining, totally committed and endlessly glittery. As the former Queer Eye guy himself promised: "Nobody's going to be working harder than I am to compensate for my lack of talent." Keep it up, Carson, and the Mirrorball may just be yours! 12. Most Awesome Comeback: During a Senate hearing on Criminal Minds about the BAU's rogue pursuit of Ian Doyle, defiant Reid comes out to play. In the hot seat for having suggested the team use Doyle as bait, Reid forcefully explains his logic and actions to a decidedly unamused Senator Cramer in his typical (not to mention nerdy) rapid-fire pace. "Calm down, Agent," Cramer demands. Reid fires back: "This is calm, and it's Doctor." Oh, snap! 11. Saddest Death: On the eve of her trip to Italy on The Big C, Cathy receives a phone call from Lee asking her to come over, where she discovers he is on his deathbed. She suggests they call a doctor. "I did call someone," he weakly tells her. "I wanted to say goodbye to my soulmate." Cathy misses the trip to Italy and stays with Lee until he takes his final breath on, as he points out, the darkest day of the year, with the guarantee that the next day will be brighter. 10. Funniest Bust: Nicole Scherzinger drops by Conan in a low-cut, figure-hugging dress to promote The X Factor, and in Conan's mind, her boobs. As the Pussycat Doll starts telling a story, Conan's eyes inevitably drift downward toward her bust. "Focus, Conan," Scherzinger orders. "You didn't think I was going to look down there?!" he replies. Don't worry, Coco - we all did. 9. Sweetest Breakup: Now that she's running for city council (Knope 2012!), Leslie must break up with her boyfriend/boss Ben on Parks and Recreation. Ben also realizes they can't stay together and - after giving Leslie a Knope campaign pin - morphs into a jerk to make it easy on her. "It's not you; it's me. I'm not ready for a commitment. I just like don't like you anymore. ... You're boring and frankly, you disgust me. Bleh." Actions speak louder than words, and the understanding, but oh-so-disappointed look on Ben's face as he lets her go is both romantic and completely heartbreaking at the same time. 8. Coldest Revenge: Emily Thorne, you've got nothing on Gustavo Fring. Carrying out revenge more than 20 years in the making on Breaking Bad, Gus wipes out Don Eladio and his capos by poisoning Eladio's favorite tequila, the rare Zafiro Añejo, at his compound where they were celebrating Jesse's solo meth-cooking success. After vomiting up the poison he had ingested himself, Gus watches with glowing rage as Eladio collapses into the same pool Gus watched Max bleed into two decades earlier. 7. Best Musical Entrance, Part I: After a desperate plea from boyfriend Kurt, Blaine decides to ditch the Dalton blazer (peace out, Warblers!) and transfer to McKinley High on Glee. Kurt plans to "ease" Blaine in to New Directions, but Blaine chooses a different creative direction - performing Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual" in front of the entire school with a full back-up band and a posse of dancing cheerleaders. The performance ends in flames, literally, but the piano fire is no match for Blaine's spark. Please, please let him be a junior! 6. Most-Fitting Goodbye: Two and a Half Men lays Charlie Sheen Harper to rest with a funeral in the season premiere. Naturally, the writers use the fictional service - during which his former conquests parade out to share the venereal "presents" he gave them - to get back at their fallen star and explain that Charlie died when he "fell" in front of a high-speed train (conveniently, the day after his fiancé found out he had cheated) and that his body subsequently exploded "like a balloon full of meat." Charlie's housekeeper responds, "Never cross a crazy woman," and, minus the woman part, we somehow get the feeling those words are coming from experience. 5. Best Musical Entrance, Part II: On New Girl, Jess' three roommates ditch their big party and come to her rescue when they find out she's been stood up on her first date post-breakup. They find her sitting alone at a fancy restaurant in a little black dress, so what's the logical thing to do to cheer her up? Sing her favorite song, "I've Had the Time of My Life" from Dirty Dancing, at the top of their lungs (and way off-pitch) in the middle of the restaurant. She cries, they get kicked out, and a sweet, but weird kinship is born. 4. Worst Breakup: With Christopher Meloni having left Law & Order: Special Victims Unit over the summer, Benson must learn secondhand from Cragen that Stabler has retired from the force. "He's earned it," she says, pursing her lips and forcing a smile before insisting that she's fine. But after walking out of Cragen's office, she heads to an interrogation room and breaks down in tears. It really won't be the same without you, Elliot. 3. Best Promotion: After months of waiting, The Office gets right to the point in the Season 8 premiere and reveals that - drum roll - Andy Bernard is the new manager of Dunder Mifflin. Andy's climb up the corporate ladder is made official in the opening credits when he's shown in Michael's old office adjusting an object on his desk (a nod to the old shot of Michael adjusting his Dundie) and then, appropriately, knocking it over. Let the era of the Nard Dog begin! 2. Most Painful Audition: Yes, we're all in favor of singing contestants who really put themselves out there emotionally, but The X Factor contestant Geo Godley takes that adage far too literally. During the performance of his original (read: horrible) song, "I'm a Stud," Geo drops trou and dances around on the stage, shaking his equipment to the point where Paula Abdul runs back stage and starts dry-heaving. This coming from a woman who already had to endure William Hung live and in person. 1. Best Confession: After barely surviving the Season 3 Castle finale shooting, Beckett tells Castle that she doesn't remember anything after she was shot - including Castle saying "I love you" to her. But the truth comes out when she sees her police-mandated shrink and comes clean with her own three shocking words: "I remember everything." So how long is it going to take for her to say those three words back to Castle? What were your top moments?

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RoboCop Remake Director Misunderstands Phrase 'Urgently Needed'

Love the fire, Jose Padilha, but come on: “I love the sharpness and political tone of RoboCop, and I think that such a film is now urgently needed. […] But I will not repeat what [original director Paul] Verhoeven has done so clearly and strongly. Instead I try to make a film that will address topics that Verhoeven untreated. If you are a man changes into a robot, how do you do that? What is the difference between humans and robots developed? What is free will? What does it mean to lose your free will? Those are the issues that I think.” [Film 1 via The Awl]

Revenge's Emily VanCamp: "I Am Hoping People Will Root on herInch

Emily VanCamp She lies. She cheats. She poisons. Emily Thorne (Emily VanCamp) needs to think about lower people who destroyed her father's existence. But will audiences cheer relating to this vengeful vamp? "These people did horrible, horrible things but people will in all probability enjoy watching mean, wealthy people who've done horrible things come down,Inch VanCamp notifies TVGuide.com of her new series Revenge. "I am hoping people will root on her behalf.In . Fall TV: Have the lowdown relating to this season's must-see new shows Premiering Wednesday at 10/9c on ABC, Revenge follows Emily 17 years after her father was presented for just about any crime. She never saw him again, which is now showing up just like a wealthy and mysterious youthful lady to put her payback plan moving inside the Hamptons - where everything began. Her ultimate target: Victoria (Madeleine Stowe) - the Hamptons' unofficial leader. "That's who she's really got her eye on which may have a substantially extended period,Inch VanCamp states. VanCamp confesses she was concerned about whether audiences could sympathise together with your a callous lady. "You never know how people will probably proceed and take character, however think ultimately it's justified. She's lost everything - she's won by you,Inch she states. "The indegent girl - she's been using a lot." Fall TV: Start to see the 17 stars as well as sturdy . eyes relating to this year Her character is not even close to VanCamp's previous notable roles: Amy Abbott, the woman nearby while using comatose boyfriend on Everwood, and Rebecca Harper, the lonely outsider among the Master clan on Brothers and sisters & Brothers and sisters. "I like strong women figures, and she's certainly that," she states. "I used to be really trying to find challenging in those days throughout my existence that we see the script and basically really connected by using it.Inch But VanCamp also stresses that audiences might find as well as much softer side of Emily (real title: Amanda Clarke) through flashbacks - something the show uses showing her transformation in the child removed of her father with a jaded 20-something passionate about settling the score. "We'll kind of start to see the weaker side of her - who she was as Amanda Clark. We will probably see plenty of where she's been and the way she's trained with this particular huge plan of hers," she states. Will you watch Revenge?

The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell

HBO documentary The Strange History of Dont Ask, Dont Tell takes a look at the Clinton administrations controversial policy. Produced by World of Wonder. Executive producer, Sheila Nevins; supervising producer, Jacqueline Glover; producers, Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Mona Card, Gabriel Rotello; directors, Bailey, Barbato; editors, Langdon F. Page, Chris Conway; music, David Benjamin Steinberg. 79 MIN.With: Margarethe Cammermeyer, Barney Frank, Joe Lieberman, Patrick Murphy, Aubrey Sarvis.Before political compromise became taboo, it birthed some peculiar artifacts, few more controversial than the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy introduced during the Clinton administration governing gays in the military. After devoting more than a year chronicling efforts to eliminate the muddled law, producer-directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato are rewarded with a happy ending: Its official repeal on Sept. 20. Despite the title, though, DADT's "strange history" really isn't all that unusual; rather, it's a testament to what formidable opponents ignorance and prejudice can be. For anybody who has followed the debate, this 79-minute film's most interesting portion probably resides in its first third, chronicling how ousting homosexuals became the official military stance during World War II. Challenges to discrimination surfaced in the 1970s, but didn't take shape until after candidate Bill Clinton -- having pledged to allow gays to serve openly -- settled for a half-measure in face of opposition from the military hierarchy and an intransigent Congress. Whatever the intentions, enforcement of Don't Ask, Don't Tell prompted the military to discharge more than 13,000 service members and forced others into a closet where honesty threatened to torpedo careers. The history includes moments of heartbreak -- a murder that followed extended harassment of a young man afraid to speak out -- and hilarity, like the Navy approving a warship for use in the Village People's "In the Navy" video, assuming it would be a splendid recruiting tool. The filmmakers spend considerable time interviewing gay service members (their faces obscured), advocates, legislators, and especially the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, whose last-minute efforts to kill DADT during Congress' lame-duck session last year take on the attributes of a political thriller. Not that "The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell" -- like many HBO docs, an unapologetic piece of liberal advocacy -- is likely to win over many converts. Fortunately, discriminatory policies toward gays appear to be living on borrowed time thanks to more permissive attitudes among younger generations, which probably explains the vehemence of opposition from self-appointed stewards of the status quo, such as Sen. John McCain. As part of "The Strange History," there's a quote from Sgt. Leonard Matlovich's tombstone that reads, "When I was in the military, they gave me a medal for killing two men, and a discharge for loving one." With this latest doc, Bailey and Barbato have etched another epitaph, one that essentially says: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell: 1993-2011. RIP. And good riddance." Contact Brian Lowry at brian.lowry@variety.com

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FIRST PUBLISHED: September 14, 2011 8:11 PM EDT LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- An FBI spokeswoman in Los Angeles says agents are investigating a series of computer hacking attacks on celebrities. The FBIs Laura Eimiller said Wednesday that dozens of celebrities had been targeted by hackers, who stole personal information from email and other computer accounts. She declined to provide further details, but several websites including TMZ have identified one of the victims as Scarlett Johansson. A message left with the actress spokeswoman was not immediately returned. Copyright 2011 by Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Kid Cudi Gives 'Fright Night' The Music Video Treatment

"Fright Night" doesn't hit theaters for another week still, but that doesn't mean you can't sink your teeth into the vampire thriller a little bit early. Kid Cudi's "No One Believes Me" music video made its grand premiere today, a video that's directly pegged to next week's "Fright Night." Not only does Cudi's latest deal with the vampire menace, it also comes courtesy of filmmaker Craig Gillespie, who directed both the video and the movie. Check out what Cudi has to say about his latest in the video below: "I kind of wrote it to the original 'Fright Night' and I wanted to stay true to the plot and story," Cudi told MTV about "No One Believes Me's" origins. "We were inspired to create the song for the movie, which is something I've never done before. It was a challenge. I didn't want it to be a cheesy, clich type of record. I wanted it to be something people could play and absorb and enjoy without thinking this is for the 'Fright Night' movie." But looking at the "No One Believes Me" video, it's impossible to ignore vampire lore as Cudi walks along a darkened street, passing cars and bedrooms painted red with human blood. Indeed, Cudi himself bears his own fangs at multiple points, and the "character" he plays absolutely has an arc. "The video is true to the format of the film. It looks like a mini movie," said the rapper. "I portray kind of a Charlie like character from the movie, the only difference is I'm a vampire and I don't like it too much. I'm fed up with being this monster. I didn't ask to be this monster. I'm seeing all these murderous things happening around me and I'm unfazed and numbed to it." But in reality, Cudi can relate to the fanged monsters: "They stay up all night, and that's meI never go to sleep at all. When I do sleep, it's day time. I'm always working." "I'm not working on killing people," he added with a laugh, "but I'm working!" Tell us what you think in the comments section and on Twitter!

EMMYS: Why Movies & Miniseries Combined

EMMYS: Movies & Mini-Series Race What doMeryl Streep,Jessica Lange, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Jack Lemmon, Halle Berry, HelenMirren, Maggie Smith, Geoffrey Rush, Holly Hunter, Katharine Hepburn,Jane Fonda, Ingrid Bergman, Joanne Woodward,Laurence Olivier and Vanessa Redgrave (among many others) all have in commonbesides their Oscars?They have alsoeach won an Emmy in the category of Leading Performance in a Movie orMini-Series. Given this distinguished star power, and the prestige factorof the projects they choose to do for television, then why does it increasingly feellike the Movie and Mini-Series categories are suddenly the bastard child of theEmmys primetime telecast? The reason is that, in recent years, the four broadcast networks havebasically abandoned the formats that once shoneso brightly on their air. They also broadcast the Emmys and foot the bill. So they've been grumbling that the Movie and Mini-Series categories are one longcommercial for HBO and that the Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences should downsize them. It was seen as more or less inevitable for a category that has averaged fewer than 10 Emmy submissions annually since 2005 declining to 7 in 2009 and a scant 5 last year and generated a paltry two nominations each of the past two years. So now the miniseries submissions are being consolidated into a single Made-For-TV Movie/Miniseries groupingobliged beginning this year to compete with single-night originals (typically two hours or thereabouts).There is a measure of irony that this is the strongest year for big-budget miniseries submissions since the categorys fate has hung in the balance.Four Mini-Series --HBOs Mildred Pierce,PBS Masterpiece Theatre's Downton Abbey, ReelzChannel'sThe Kennedys, and Starzs Pillars of the Earth -- are competing head-to-head with the HBO docudramas Cinema Verite and Too Big to Fail. John Leverence, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences SVP of awards, asserts that years of thin submissions finally prompted the TV Academys Board of Governors to bring to a vote whether to keep top Mini-series as its own stand-alone designation. When assessing categories to excise, the TV Academy board abides by a so-called Rule of 14, wherein if a category spawns 14 or fewer entries for two consecutive years, a category revision or consolidation is addressed.The miniseries category hadnt had more than 14 submissions since 2004, Leverence told Deadline contributor Ray Richmond, which means its had fewer than five nominees each succeeding year. So in fact, the rules would have allowed for a consolidation as long as five years ago. But the board opted to take a more patient and measured approach to this. It was reviewed annually, and only this year was action taken.It's just something that our board felt needed to be done to keep the category balance fair and equitable. HBO has won the Mini-Series award 7 times since 1998 andtriumphed in the Movie category an astounding 17 of the last 19 years, including the last 6 years running.When HBO loses it's usuallyto a BBC production airing on PBS.The lavish epic miniseries of yore that used to routinely pop up on ABC, NBC,and CBS like Roots, Holocaust, The Winds of War, and War And Remembrance have gone the way of the dinosaur, done in by dwindling attention spans, altered viewing habits, and the erosion of network audiences not to mention radically slashed programming budgets. ABC wasthe last broadcast net to have acontender in the movie race (2008s A Raisin In The Sun) and alsothe lastnet to actually win with Tuesdays WithMorrie backin 2000. CBS was the last tohave a mini in contention with Elvis in 2005 but itsuccumbed to PBSTheLost Prince. HBOs dominance is such that last year it swept all 8categories in the Movies/Mini-Series sector.Todd Haynes, who wrote and directed the acclaimed five-part remake of Mildred Pierce, disagrees with the notion that the miniseries form itself has grown antiquated. The miniseries is changing, but I think still as popular as ever as a form, Haynes told Deadline contributor Ray Richmond. Just look at HBO, which is looking less like a place for fictional drama and more of a place for historical drama and real-life stories. They didnt quite throw around the money on this that they had in the past for a World War II epic, but Mildred Pierce also wasnt cheap. It shows HBO's commitment to the form is still very much there. And I would posit that the proliferation of viewing options has only made people hungrier to watch multi-part events. Masterpiece Theatre executive producer Rebecca Eaton understands that these projects simply arent the moneymakers for the commercial networks that they have been in the past,and the kind of period drama thats often the subject matter is the most expensive kind to do. These are very pricey things to do. But we nonetheless remain fully committed to making them. They are our food and drink, after all," she tells Deadline contributor Ray Richmond.Its what we do, what were known and respected for.Emmys mean a great deal to us and are a great cause for celebration because we dont have the money to campaign for them, she says. When a Masterpiece project wins, its strictly on its merits. That makes for a sweeter win. A big argument against the merger of the categories has been that enormously expensive and ambitious mini-series such as pastwinnersThe Pacific, John Adams, and Band Of Brothers would dwarf any mere two-hour movie forced to compete against them. But it always seemed ill-advised to me that the Academy would even entertain a discussion to relegate what are arguably their most prestigious awards to the back of the room. The TV Academy vehemently denies that network pressure was a factor in thedowngrade. WhileIserved on the Board Of Governors representing writers [from 2005 to 2009]a votewas taken in 2007 to do the exact same thing and it passed.But Academy leaders, apparently fearing too muchchange, forced a second vote at the next meeting and the idea was tabled. Then there was the disastrous attempt to time shiftmost of the movie-mini categoriesby pre-taping them and then truncating thespeeches for air. That was met with a resounding thudin the industry, particularly by writers and directors, and the idea was quickly dropped by producerDon Mischer and the Academy. There wasalso an Academy task forcethat lookedinto all of these thorny issues and seriously discussed moving the entireMovie-Mini awardsinto the overcrowdedCreative Arts Emmys.There was even talk about creating a separateshow entirely devoted to the awarding of Movie and Mini Emmys forbroadcast on HBO or another cable channel. Whetherany of this is still on the table is a big question. But in announcing their new8-year Emmy broadcast deal with the nets, the TV Academy said the organization andthe broadcast network retain the right each year of the deal to review the awards categories and theirpresentation on the show.