Fox News Funnel best with primaries

Fox News Funnel centered the policy from the Arizona and Michigan primaries Tuesday evening. Cabler came 2.3 total audiences in primetime, besting both CNN (1.a million) and MSNBC (1.a million). Which was even the order in news reports-friendly 25-54 demo. Rankings are anticipated to improve for that political cablers because the Republican primary process continues toward the presidential general election. March 6 marks Super Tuesday, when 10 states have been in play. Mitt Romney easily won the Arizona primary and narrowly edged Ron Santorum in Michigan. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

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Jeremy Lin For pretty much ten years, the National basketball association continues to be searching for the following Jordan. And even though it is way too early to check the game's ultimate competitor - six titles, 10 scoring game titles - towards the NY Knicks' new guard Jeremy Lin, there's one similarity: He will get individuals to watch. Many individuals. "Somewhat, he's just like a folk hero," states ESPN's senior director of National basketball association programming Doug Whitened of Lin, that has assisted the Knicks go 8-3, by press time, since he became a member of the beginning selection in Feb. "He's bringing in not just hard-core basketball fans but casual fans, in addition to individuals who might not have viewed the National basketball association before but who're now interested since it is become not only a sports story." Yes, this real-existence tale from the Harvard-educated benchwarmer that has excelled beyond anyone's anticipation - he earnings 22.4 points per game together with 8.8 assists - has led to a Linsation. The Feb 19 Knicks/Mavericks match-up came 5.9 million audiences, ABC's third greatest-ranked regular-season game (not performed Xmas day) because the network acquired the National basketball association in 2002 TNT's Knicks/Warmth contest on Feb 23, which NY lost, netted almost two times the crowd of previous Knicks games on TNT this year. (In addition, court-side seats were opting for almost $10,000 around the secondary market, based on the Miami Herald). On the local level, cable network Monosodium glutamate, the Knicks' home within the NY market, is taking pleasure in a virtually 140 percent bump in the average household rankings in comparison towards the season's previous 20 games. "It's theater each and every evening," states Whitened. "I wish to begin to see the story continue. It's fun to look at.Inch Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Naomie Harris talks Skyfall

Total Film lately spoken with new Bond recruit Naomie Harris about her role within the 23rd film within the superspy series, Skyfall.She'll play Eve within the new movie, which arrives half a century after 007's first screen outing in Dr No.While particulars on Skyfall are now being guarded more carefully than MI6 secrets, Harris did divulge some good info.Around the training she has been doing when preparing, she told us, "I began served by yoga and running, and I have been doing stunt training and gyrotonics three occasions per week.InchWhenever we requested if Eve was a friend or perhaps a baddie, she responded, "My character want to see herself like a female Bond however i don't believe anyone's a real match for Bond."And it has she done many stunts? "I kickbox and perform a lot with guns. I began off afraid through the seem of the gun, not to mention getting any concept of how you can hold one however I truly appreciate it.InchFor additional from Naomie Harris, and her Skyfall co-star Bérénice Marlohe, obtain the new problem of Total Film magazine, that is out now!And, it is a special interactive problem this month, meaning that exist great extra content with the free Blippar application. Browse the mag for full particulars!Click the link a subscription to Total Film magazine.Click the link to obtain Total Film magazine on iPad and apple iphone from Apple Newsstand.[brightcove]1258718008001[/brightcove]

'War' to sneak on Tuesday

With stronger-than-anticipated tracking for Sony's "The Vow," 20th Century Fox has repositioned romantic comedy "This Means War" to have a single-screening sneak at approximately 2,500 locations on Valentine's Day, with a wide release now planned for Feb. 17. Studio originally had planned to release "War" wide on Feb. 14, but decided to further distance the pic from "The Vow," which bows on Friday. Fox said "War" will still be able to take advantage of Valentine's Day buzz, aiming to build word-of-mouth over the following days. Moreover, the film's revised PG-13 rating will help attract teenage audiences. Last month, Fox trimmed a few dirty jokes out of "War" to get the MPAA to lower its original R rating. Tuesday's news is the second date change for "War," which was originally slated to open over Presidents' Day weekend. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com

Start Looking At Oliver Stone's Savages

Benicio Del Toro looks LivelyUniversal Studio's Argentine arm has tweeted a brand new still from Oliver Stone's Savages, an initial consider a film that we are plenty intrigued about. It is a crime drama which will hopefully mark coming back to create for any director who, even his finest fans would cede, is a little from the boil recently.Modified from Don Winslow's novel, Savages follows two low-scale marijuana farmers - uni grad Ben (Aaron Manley) and ex-Navy SEAL Chon (Taylor Kitsch) - as well as their tries to save their (shared) girlfriend O (Blake Lively) from the Mexican drug cartel boasting the henchman energy of Benicio Del Toro.Throw into that heady mix Uma Thurman as O's mother and Travolta Qantas Video like a DEA agent plus you've got all of the key points of the film Kitsch lately referred to to Empire as "Pulp Fiction meets GoodFellas". If that's the case, we are speculating this scene either finishes having a dance-off or Del Toro dangling inside a frozen meat wagon. Click the pic for a closer inspection.InchThis really is in Stone's wheelhouse," Kitsch told us whenever we swept up with him in the John Carter junket. So would the finished Savages be considered a Hard-R Stone experience? "It's gotta be," Kitsch stated, "Uma Thurman and Travolta Qantas Video wouldn't subscribe to anything wishy-washy."Return from more from Kitsch around the film in a few days. Savages has gone out on September 28.

Ana Ularu: Riding new Romanian Wave

Ana UlaruSince graduating with advanced degrees from Bucharest's National U. of Theater and Cinematography, 26-year-old Ana Ulara has amassed an enviable string of credits, including the lead in "Turkey Girl," Cristian Mungiu's segment of the "Lost and Found" omnibus, and Bogdan Apetri's "Outbound," for which she received a Boccalino d'Oro award in Locarno and the actress prize at Thessaloniki.Did she feel fortunate to be emerging alongside the so-called New Romanian Wave? "Not really. I've been acting since I was 9 years old," says the thesp who debuted in Claude-Michel Rome's 1995 thriller "Meurtres par procuration." "I've worked with both the older generation of directors and the new one."Anyway," she adds, "I'm always a little skeptical when I hear people talk about this 'New Romanian Wave.' I know these filmmakers, and every one of them has their own ideas, their own aesthetic, they think and operate in their own particular ways.Just because they became known internationally at the same time doesn't make it a movement, per se! The fact that Romanian cinema is gaining attention is good, and overdue. But artists, I think, would always rather be considered as individuals than be assimilated into a group."And she is her own artist as well, with a world perspective and ambitions helped by the fact that as well as her native Romanian, Ulara speaks the kind of flawless English that would put a BBC newsreader to shame -- plus French, Spanish and Italian. Europe, you sense, is beckoning her -- and America, too."Of course I have a loyalty toward my own country, and doing films in my own language, but at the same time, I love breaking these barriers, playing, say, a Spanish character, or a Frenchwoman. I never wanted to be typecast (as some) Eastern European woman being trafficked for sex," she says. "Which is always the danger, when you're from a smaller country: being trapped in a certain ethnic stereotype. That's not for me. I'd rather be all over the place, in every sense."Return to the Berlin Preview >> Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

VIDEO: Bachelor's Chris Harrison Says if Fans Hate Courtney Now, Wait Until Next Week

The Bachelor If you think The Bachelor's Courtney has shown off her villainous side, just wait until next week's episode. Bachelor: The Morning After: Don't mess with Courtney "Her behavior instigates more and more, so if people are angry at her now, next week it's not going to be better," Chris Harrison tells TVGuide.com. "Love and finding it and fighting for it is a bit of a game and she knows what works." The Bachelor's Chris Harrison: Shawntel had every right to return In the interview below, Harrison tells us that one of the "background" contestants will soon emerge and whether to expect some Jason Mesnick-like tears from Ben in the finale.