'Men' repeat, Univision finale top Monday

Original programming lifted Spanish-language network Univision to the top of the broadcast ratings heap on Monday, edging out CBS' all-repeat lineup among young adults. ESPN was expected to dominate overall with its season finale of ''Monday Night Football.'' According to preliminary, affiliate-based national estimates from Nielsen, CBS led the Big Four from 8 to 10 p.m. with encores of comedies ''How I Met Your Mother'' (1.8/5 in 18-49, 5.9 million viewers overall), ''2 Broke Girls'' (1.9/5 in 18-49, 6.2 million viewers overall), ''Two and a Half Men'' (2.4/6 in 18-49, 8.1 million viewers overall) and ''Mike and Molly'' (2.1/5 in 18-49, 7.4 million viewers overall), with ''Men'' the night's top series in both 18-49 and total viewers. Closing things out was a repeat of ''Hawaii Five-0'' (1.6/4 in 18-49, 8.1 million viewers overall), which led its hour in key categories. Univision aired the two-hour finale of ''Fuerza del Destino'' (The Strength of Destiny), which averaged a 2.3/6 in 18-49 and 5.4 million viewers overall, followed by ''Don Francisco Presenta'' (1.5/4 in 18-49, 3.6 million viewers overall), a newsmag that featured the cast of ''Destino.'' The net edged out CBS on the night in 18-49 and was easily Monday's top broadcaster in persons 12-34 (1.9/6). Ratings for NBC could come down in the nationals due to a preemption in New Orleans for Saints football, but the net hung in there from 8 to 10 p.m. with gameshow ''Who's Still Standing'' (1.7/5 in 18-49, 6.9 million viewers overall) and a repeat of ''Fear Factor'' (1.6/4 in 18-49, 4.8 million viewers overall). It remained slow going, though, for 10 p.m. newsmag ''Rock Center with Brian Williams'' (0.9/2 in 18-49, 3.5 million viewers overall). ABC had a quiet night with repeats of ''Rudolph's Shiny New Year'' (0.9/3 in 18-49, 3.3 million viewers overall) and ''Castle'' (0.9/2 in 18-49, 4.4 million viewers overall) sandwiched between the finale of feel-good gameshow ''You Deserve It'' (1.0/3 in 18-49, 3.6 million viewers overall). The net's Atlanta station aired the Falcons' game against the Saints, so ABC's meager numbers on the night could come in even lower in the nationals. Fox aired repeats of ''House'' at both 8 (0.9/2 in 18-49, 3.0 million viewers overall) and 9 (0.8/2 in 18-49, 2.8 million viewers overall), and CW went with a repeat of theatrical ''The Education of Charlie Banks'' (0.3/1 in 18-49, 0.7 million viewers overall). Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: Univision, 2.0/5; CBS, 1.9/5; NBC, 1.4/4; ABC, 0.9/2; Fox, 0.8/2; CW, 0.3/1. In total viewers: CBS, 6.6 million; NBC, 5.0 million; Univision, 4.8 million; ABC, 3.8 million; Fox, 2.9 million; CW, 0.7 million. Contact Rick Kissell at rick.kissell@variety.com

L.A. Stars: Win a totally free Makeup Session and Headshot!

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'Casa De Mi Padre' Trailer: Will Ferrell Habla Espanol

Back in April, the full trailer for 'Casa De Mi Padre' -- better known as that bananas comedy where Will Ferrell speaks Spanish -- unofficially snuck online and revealed a film that was seemingly a Funny or Die video stretched to feature length. The first ("first") teaser trailer doesn't do much more to make 'Casa De Mi Padre' look very theatrical, but -- then again -- it doesn't really have to do anything. To wit: if you find the idea of Will Ferrell speaking Spanish for an entire film HI-larious, then this will make you laugh. Or, reír. Mira el trailer por delante. Watch in HD over at Apple. [Embed via Rope of Silicon] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Report On Nominees For Your 18th Annual SAG Honours

First Launched: December 14, 2011 4:35 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Kaira Pitt is seen within the premiere of Moneyball within the Vital Theatre in the Arts in Concord, Calif. on on September 19, 2011Brad Pitt is seen within the premiere of Moneyball within the Vital Theatre in the Arts in Concord, Calif. on on September 19, 2011Nominees introduced Wednesday for your 18th annual Screen Stars Guild Honours: MOVIES: Actor: Demian Bichir, A Far Greater Existence George Clooney, The Descendants Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar Jean Dujardin, The Artist Kaira Pitt, Moneyball. Actress: Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs Viola Davis, The Help MerylStreep, The Iron Lady Tilda Swinton, We must Discuss Kevin Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn. Supporting actor: Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn Armie Hammer, J. Edgar Jonah Hill, Moneyball: Nick Nolte, Warrior Christopher Plummer, Beginners. Supporting actress: Berenice Bejo, The Artist Jessica Chastain, The Help Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids Jesse McTeer, Albert Nobbs Octavia Spencer, The Help. Cast: The Artist, 'Bridesmaids, 'The Descendants, 'The Help, 'Midnight in Paris. Stunt ensemble: The Adjustment Bureau, 'Cowboys&Aliens, 'Harry Potter as well as the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, 'Transformers: Dark in the Moon, 'X-Males: Top Quality. TELEVISION: Actor in the movie or miniseries: Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail Greg Kinnear, The Kennedys Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce James Forest, Too Big to Fail. Actress in the movie or miniseries: Diane Lane, Cinema Verite Maggie Cruz, Downton Abbey Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult Betty White-colored, Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Lost Valentine Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce. Actor in the drama series: Patrick J. Adams, Suits Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire Kyle Chandler, Friday Evening Lights Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad Michael C. Hall, Dexter. Actress in the drama series: Kathy Bates, Harrys Law Glenn Close, Damages Jessica Lange, American Horror Story Julianna Margulies, The Truly Amazing Wife Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer. Actor in the comedy series: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock Ty Burrell, Modern Family Steve Carell, Work Jon Cryer, two and a half Males Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family. Actress in the comedy series: Julie Bowen, Modern Family Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie Tina Fey, 30 Rock Sofia Vergara, Modern Family Betty White-colored, Hot in Cleveland. Cast in the drama series: Boardwalk Empire, 'Breaking Bad, 'Dexter, 'Game of Thrones, 'The Good Wife. Cast in the comedy series: 30 Rock, 'The Large Bang Theory, 'Glee, 'Modern Family, 'The Office. Stunt ensemble: Dexter, 'Game of Thrones, 'Southland, 'Spartacus: Gods in the Arena, 'True Blood stream. Copyright 2011 with the Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Guttman makes move for 'Pawn'

GuttmanGuttmanRonald Guttman has grew to become an associate from the cast in the indie thriller "Pawn," starring Michael Chiklis.He joins a cast including Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker and customary. David Remedy is helming the pic.Story involves just a little-time robbery that spirals in to a tense hostage situation after three gunmen endure a diner this can be a front for your mob.Guttman may have the mystery guy inside the hostage situation gone wrong.Guttman, who's repped by Buchwald/Fortitude, can next be viewed in Gela Babluani's "13"alongside Jason Statham and Mickey Rourke. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

Harry Connick Junior Stars in the Broadway Love Triangular

NY (AP) Harry Connick Junior. is stinking up Broadway which they know it.The singer, actor and music artist just cracked open a plastic container along with his lunch as well as the effective scent of seafood covers him together with a great-sized chunk in the empty seats around him inside the St. James Theatre."This smells so bad, sorry," according to him, digging in nonetheless getting a rascal's grin. "Personally, i tend not to consume before you decide to, guy. It smells disgusting."Connick needs plenty of lean protein nowadays while he prepares to guide a reworked revival of "Around the Apparent Day You Will See Forever" to the Broadway opening, a task that's taking a lot in the Grammy- and Emmy Award-champion."Guy, that is so different. It's unquestionably most likely probably the most intricate character I've required to play. Certainly most likely probably the most psychologically demanding factor I've ever required to do on stage," according to him within the slow New Orleans drawl.The expansion takes a gender-bending twist with a musical with tunes by Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner that made its debut on Broadway in 1965 and was modified in to a 1970 film starring Barbra Streisand and Yves Montand.Inside the original, a widowed mental health specialist hypnotizes a young lady to assist her quit smoking but discovers that his patient in the previous existence will be a 19 forties jazz singer and rapidly falls deeply deeply in love with the extended-gone lady. Inside the update, the mental health specialist falls deeply deeply in love with the jazz singer while handling a gay guy."It is really an impossible love triangular. This youthful kid is gay, I'm straight, I'm attracted to her, she's in the different time, and then we can not be together," according to him. "He cannot be with me at night. I am unable to be around him."Connick, which has recorded 24 albums and regularly tours along with his combination of awesome jazz, honky-tonk and enormous band standards, was well alert to the show's finest tunes including "Return in my opinion,In . ''What Did I have Which I Don't Have?Inch as well as the haunting title tune but wasn't interested in the film.InchIt didn't seem sensible whatsoever,Inch according to him flatly.So he was delighted when he read how a story happen to be reworked by Michael Mayer, the director of "Spring Awakening" and "American Idiot," and Peter Parnell, who provided new book material. He calls Mayer brilliant and inside an even thicker Nor'Leans drawl a "mamba jamba.""For individuals intents and reasons, this is often a new show. I'm speaking about, it's totally remade, reconceptualized," states Connick, 44. "It's type of brilliant the way they managed to get happen. It helps it be work. It accounts for legs."The comfort in the cast includes David Turner, Jessie Mueller, Kerry O'Malley and Came Gehling, but Connick is clearly the big draw. It's his title and face round the marquee in the St. James Theatre, but he shrugs in the suggestion that he's moving the show."I i i never thought of myself as getting pressure. I'm available giving everything I have but I have not really considered anything aside from the performance itself. This sounds crazy, but I have not really considered the reviews. There's basically a few individuals who I really care whatever they think," according to him. "I'm speaking about, you can't please everybody which means you are crazy if you'll probably start chasing after after rainbows."Mueller, who's making her Broadway debut as Connick's love interest, states she was interested in his music before she grew to become part of the development and contains now seen while he steps to the role of leading guy."He is amongst the positive, confident and humble people I've ever suffered the pleasure to fulfill,In . she written inside an email. "It's a unique combination. People will probably come look at this show simply because they love him, and they're dealing with determine a side of him they've never observed before."Connick is not any stranger to Broadway, getting starred in "The Pajama Game" in 2006, written music for your 2001 show "Thou Shalt Not," two occasions completed concert shows and acquired two Tony Award nominations. According to him he keeps returning because of the collaborative, intense character of Broadway."I respect these people, in by doing this, greater than anybody else in show business because of whatever they provide. Individuals about this stage? They are freaky gifted. They could try everything. And they're very unsung, specially the folks the ensemble," according to him.Connick, whose 20 films are the recent "Dolphin Tale" alongside Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd, states his career becoming an actor and singer is not prepared. He chooses projects that attract him."It's all about 'what's available that's really awesome?' It might be accurate documentation. It might be a movie or possibly a play," according to him. "I really like this method a good deal. It's unique of anything, guy. I'm speaking about, our planet is different.InchHe likes the earth a great deal that he's writing a children's musical, "The Happy Elf." The project started in the song around the Christmas album and contains morphed into an animated special together with a magazine. It is a good elf named Eubie who tries to convert a metropolitan section of mean-spirited sad-sacks."Who knows?Inch Connick asks, "Maybe eventually it will likely be an issue that may be completed in children's theaters."Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. By Mark Kennedy December 8, 2011 PHOTO CREDIT Jason Kempin/Getty Images NY (AP) Harry Connick Junior. is stinking up Broadway which they know it.The singer, actor and music artist just cracked open a plastic container along with his lunch as well as the effective scent of seafood covers him together with a great-sized chunk in the empty seats around him inside the St. James Theatre."This smells so bad, sorry," according to him, digging in nonetheless getting a rascal's grin. "Personally, i tend not to consume before you decide to, guy. It smells disgusting."Connick needs plenty of lean protein nowadays while he prepares to steer a reworked revival of "Around the Apparent Day You Will See Forever" towards the Broadway opening, a task that's taking a lot in the Grammy- and Emmy Award-champion."Guy, that is so different. It's unquestionably most likely probably the most intricate character I've required to play. Certainly most likely probably the most psychologically demanding factor I've ever required to do on stage," according to him within the slow New Orleans drawl.The expansion takes a gender-bending twist with a musical with tunes by Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner that made its debut on Broadway in 1965 and was modified in to a 1970 film starring Barbra Streisand and Yves Montand.Inside the original, a widowed mental health specialist hypnotizes a young lady to help her quit smoking but discovers that his patient in the previous existence will be a 19 forties jazz singer and rapidly falls deeply deeply in love with the extended-gone lady. Inside the update, the mental health specialist falls deeply deeply in love with the jazz singer while handling a gay guy."It is really an impossible love triangular. This youthful kid is gay, I'm straight, I'm attracted to her, she's in the different time, and then we can not be together," according to him. "He cannot be with me at night. I am unable to be around him."Connick, which has recorded 24 albums and regularly tours along with his combination of awesome jazz, honky-tonk and enormous band standards, was confident with the show's finest tunes including "Return in my opinion,In . ''What Did I have Which I Don't Have?Inch as well as the haunting title tune but wasn't interested in the film.InchIt didn't seem sensible whatsoever,Inch according to him flatly.So he was delighted when he read how a story happen to be reworked by Michael Mayer, the director of "Spring Awakening" and "American Idiot," and Peter Parnell, who provided new book material. He calls Mayer brilliant and inside an even thicker Nor'Leans drawl a "mamba jamba.""For individuals intents and reasons, this is often a new show. I'm speaking about, it's completely remade, reconceptualized," states Connick, 44. "It's kind of brilliant the way they managed to get happen. It helps it be work. It accounts for legs."The comfort in the cast includes David Turner, Jessie Mueller, Kerry O'Malley and Came Gehling, but Connick is clearly the big draw. It's his title and face round the marquee in the St. James Theatre, but he shrugs in the suggestion that he's moving the show."I i i never thought of myself as getting pressure. I'm available creating all I have but I have not really considered anything aside from the performance itself. This sounds crazy, but I have not really considered the reviews. There's basically a few individuals who I really care whatever they think," according to him. "I'm speaking about, you can't please everybody which means you are crazy if you'll probably start chasing after after rainbows."Mueller, who's making her Broadway debut as Connick's love interest, states she was interested in his music before she grew to become part of the expansion and contains now seen while he steps to the role of leading guy."He is amongst the positive, confident and humble people I've ever suffered the pleasure to fulfill,In . she written inside an email. "It's a unique combination. People will probably come look at this show since they love him, and they're dealing with determine a side of him they've never observed before."Connick is not any stranger to Broadway, getting starred in "The Pajama Game" in 2006, written music for your 2001 show "Thou Shalt Not," two occasions completed concert shows and acquired two Tony Award nominations. According to him he keeps returning because of the collaborative, intense character of Broadway."I respect these people, in by doing this, greater than anybody else in show business because of whatever they provide. Individuals relating to this stage? They are freaky gifted. They could try everything. And they're very unsung, specially the folks the ensemble," according to him.Connick, whose 20 films are the recent "Dolphin Tale" alongside Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd, states his career becoming an actor and singer is not prepared. He chooses projects that attract him."It's all about 'what's available that's really awesome?' It might be accurate documentation. It might be a movie or possibly a play," according to him. "I really like this process a good deal. It's unique of anything, guy. I'm speaking about, our world is different.InchHe likes the earth a great deal that he's writing a children's musical, "The Happy Elf." The project started in the song around the Christmas album and contains morphed into an animated special together with a magazine. It comes down lower for an elf named Eubie who tries to convert a metropolitan section of mean-spirited sad-sacks."Who knows?Inch Connick asks, "Maybe eventually it will likely be an issue that might be completed in children's theaters."Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Pretty Little Liars, Charlie Sheen Top Twitter's Hot Topics in 2011

Chris Hemsworth, Lucy Hale, Charlie Sheen For both Charlie Sheen and Twitter, 2011 was the year of the tiger (blood). Both Sheen and the stuff he says runs through his veins made Twitter's list of hot topics for 2011. Sheen, who had a busy year after being fired from Two and a Half Men, is listed as the No. 1 most talked about actor, followed by Macaulay Culkin, Ryan Dunn and Ricky Gervais. His Two and a Half Men replacement, Ashton Kutcher, also made the top 10, landing at No. 8. (#tigerblood is listed as the second most talked about hashtag of the year.) Charlie Sheen, Warner Bros. reach a settlement over Two and a Half Men dispute Two and a Half Men itself was the second most talked about TV topic behind No. 1 ranked Pretty Little Liars. Rounding out the top 5 for television are The Craigslist Killer, Golden Globe Awards and People's Choice Awards. On the movie front, Thor came out on top, followed by The Dark Knight Rises (which will be released July 2012), X-Men: First Class, Fast Five and Green Hornet. See other celebs who died this year Elizabeth Taylor, who passed away in March, topped the most-discussed actresses list. Among the others in the top 10 were Black Swan castmates Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman, along with Harry Potter's Emma Watson and The Vampire Diaries' Nina Dobrev. Despite gaining notoriety as one of the worst songs of the year, Rebecca Black and her tune "Friday" landed at the top of the music list, followed by the likes of Nate Dogg, Gerry Rafferty and Gil Scott-Heron. Are you surprised by the topics that made the list?

Light of Mine

A Resonance Prods. presentation. Produced by Jill Remensnyder, Brett Eichenberger. Executive producer, Josh Wallace. Directed, edited by Brett Eichenberger. Screenplay, Jill Remensnyder.With: Ji Tanzer, Rebecca Sanborn, Justin King, Lanie Hoyo.A photographer who's going blind makes one final trip with his loving wife through Yellowstone National Park in "Light of Mine," which is as replete with good intentions as it is with awkward storytelling choices. A typical case of regional moviemaking (in this case, the Central Northwest of Portland-based director Brett Eichenberger) that prizes good-hearted characters over filmmaking sophistication, the pic will draw interest in North American indie fests looking for an item with spectacular landscapes. Pro shutterbug Owen (Ji Tanzer) learns from his doctor that he has a swollen retina that will soon cause total blindness in both eyes. Owen's musician wife, Laura (Rebecca Sanborn, a jazz musician who regularly gigs with Tanzer), urges them to take the trip of a lifetime, which translates as a trek from Oregon to the most tourist-friendly sections of Yellowstone. Staged scenes tend toward wooden dialogue and perfs, while spontaneously captured moments (such as encounters with the park's imposing wildlife) spark brief moments of interest.Camera (color, 16mm-to-DV), Patrick Neary, Michael Ferry; music, John Askew, Rebecca Sanborn; production designer, Becky Wilberding. Reviewed at AFI Film Festival, Nov. 5, 2011. Running time: 76 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Smug New Yorker Critic In some way Handles to Compel Sympathy For Scott Rudin

This type of silly public skirmish appears a tad too easy to just naturally occur per week once the Artist and War Equine are ruling honours chatter, but in either case, stroppy megaproducer Scott Rudin is furious using the NYer for breaking an evaluation embargo around the Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo. Who are able to blame him, especially since critic David Denby — together with the relaxation from the people from the NY Film Experts Circle who saw the film before voting a week ago — signed a contract assenting to keep his review until 12 ,. 13 in the earliest? Or more essential real question is: Why wouldn't you care? I'm able to think about a couple of reasons, chief included in this being that Denby’s excuse for breaking his word is amusing. The Playlist got a your hands on an e-mail exchange between Rudin and Denby, which really should be read to become thought — particularly this passage from Denby (who, incidentally, gave the film a rave): The machine is destructive: Grown-ups are overlooked for much of the season, cast out like cut down employees, after which given eight good movies all at one time within the last five days of the season. The sunday paper such as the NYer needs to cope as well as it may having a nutty release schedule. It wasn't my intention to interrupt the embargo, and that i never might have tried it with an adverse review. [T]he early [NYFCC] election forced the first screening of Dragon Tattoo. Therefore we were built with a dilemma: What to set up playboy on December 5? Definitely not We Bought the Zoo, or whatever it’s known as. As we held everything serious, we'd be being released on Christmas-season movies until mid-The month of january. We needed to go serious within the magazine. So unwillingly, we went early with Dragon, that we known as “mesmerizing.” I am sorry for that breach from the embargo. It won’t happen again. But it was a unique situation triggered by year-finish madness. Regardless, congratulations for creating one other good movie. I anticipate the Daldry. Best, David Denby “Best,” indeed! I i never thought it may be done, but at least — and again presuming this isn’t all some manufactured debate (that the NYer in the past could be above, but at this time who fucking knows) — I really feel pangs of sympathy for Scott Rudin. A couple of ideas for that six or seven individuals who cared enough to see this far: 1. Evaluating sophisticated adult filmgoers who face a prestige glut in December to “downsized employees” is just one of Denby’s more hobbled (as well as breathtakingly tasteless) metaphors of the season — and this can be a guy who regarded as a movie last winter “like a butterfly half from its cocoon, emerging with lots of fond looks to the protective walls.” Champion, I suppose! 2. “A magazine such as the NYer needs to cope as well as it may having a nutty release schedule,” Denby creates. Memo to Denby: Everybody needs to deal with this schedule — experts, editors, galleries, theater proprietors… It’s challenging that needs strategy and options. That’s what professionals do, not pledge one factor and alter direction to match themselves. I've got a feeling that towards the extent they can care, visitors will understand. However, you let me know, visitors. 3. Furthermore, for how long does “a magazine such as the NYer” sign NDAs barring it from covering something? I’d like to begin to see the Whitened House try by using Seymour Hersh. 4. “What to set up playboy on December 5? Definitely not We Bought the Zoo, or whatever it’s known as.” LOLOL. 5. For Christ’s sake, people, stop calling films “the Daldry” or “the Fincher” or whatever. It’s this kind of apparent, pretentious affectation — as an annoying auteurist equal to being addressed as “bro” — and everybody who practices it knows it. The title from the film is Very Noisy and extremely Close only use it. In either case, there won't be any “the Daldry” for Denby, a minimum of if Rudin upholds their own vow, also acquired through the Playlist: I possibly could not in good conscience invite you to view another movie of mine again, Daldry or else. I'm able to’t ignore this, and that i expect that you simply wouldn’t either when the situation were corrected. I’m not really thinking about the reason why you did this with the exception that you probably did — and also you must a minimum of own that, purely and just, you broke your word to us which that's a deeply lousy and immoral factor to possess done. … You'll now cause The many other reviews to operate per month prior to the discharge of the film, which is really a deeply destructive factor to possess done due to the fact you’re disdainful of We Purchased a Zoo. Why am I designed to worry about that??? For that record, this isn't the crisis that Rudin claims it's — there will likely not be considered a torrent of other reviews per month before Dragon Tattoo, and even when there have been, “deeply destructive” suggests strong dislike overall — which, as word will get around, apparently couldn’t be further from a realistic look at many testers along with other associates’ perspectives. Nonetheless, Denby’s smug entitlement is of the rare variety that outsizes even Rudin’s own. Pretty, I must say. And regardless, around we hate to help you “downsized employees” available wait, Movieline will wait to write its review nearer to the discharge from the film. Stay! · ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Producer Scott Rudin Replies To David Denby’s Approaching NYer Review Embargo Break [The Playlist]

Poster For Zach Braff's Completely New People

It's a play, not just a film. We're culturalMaybe you prefer watching filmstars do their stuff, but sometimes wish the earth were less annoying. Or even you can't afford a 3 dimensional, but would love the identical effect in a lower cost. Well, theatre might be the answer! And understanding that, here is a unique think about the poster for your Zach Braff written-and-starring AllNew People. The play, not just a film.A Garden Condition director and Scrubs star already introduced the play toBroadway, then starring The Hangover's JustinBartha, however he's going to London and taking advantage of charge role themselves. We're told the play concerns a 35 year-old who want to spend a while along within the parents' luxury apartment, but finds his expects to mope in peace interrupted having a succession of interlopers.The play opens within the Duke of You'll be able to theatre london on February 22 next season. Should you fancy as being a little cultural (since anything on stage is quickly cultural as much as pantomime) have a look.

Scott Turow's Innocent

Bill Pullman is an appellate judge who has a tense relationship with his wife and an affair with a legal clerk in Scott Turows Innocent. Filmed in British Columbia by Mike Robe Prods. Executive producers, Frank von Zerneck, Mike Robe; producer, Lisa Richardson; co-producer, Laurence Ducceschi; writer-director, Robe, based on the novel by Scott Turow.Rusty Sabich - Bill Pullman Barbara Sabich - Marcia Gay Harden Sandy Stern - Alfred Molina Tommy Molto - Richard Schiff Nat Sabich - Callard Harris Anna Vostic - Mariana Klaveno Jimmy Brand - Tahmoh PenikettIt doesn't take a criminal mastermind to know that when establishing a TV mystery franchise, you need to call upon pros like Scott Turow and Mary Higgins-Clark. They and other bestselling crime writers have been tapped to inaugurate TNT's umbrella "Mystery Movie" banner, kicking off the six-film event with Turow's "Innocent," a sequel to the popular book turned feature "Presumed Innocent." While lacking the goods to impress fans of the novel or even of the 1990 Alan Pakula film, it should satisfy the average armchair sleuth. In their late '70s heyday, mystery wheel titles like "McMillan and Wife," "Columbo" and "McCloud" were a staple. Granted, crime dramas have never gone out of style, but these days, it's more about the procedure and minutiae of detective work or the gross-out factor of forensic science. At first glance the Turow adaptation offers a tantalizing plot, picking up 20 years after the whodunit shocker ending of "Presumed Innocent," as the recriminations of past events have caught up with everyone involved. Rusty (Bill Pullman, stepping into Harrison Ford's role) is an appellate judge balancing a tense and guilt-ridden relationship with his emotionally charged wife Barbara (Marcia Gay Harden). The two put on a decent face for their law grad son Nat (Callard Harris), but Rusty soon strays with his young promising law clerk, Anna ("True Blood's" Mariana Klaveno). When Barbara dies in her sleep, an apparent death by natural causes case dredges up old grudges and new enemies. A legal thriller in the sense that it ensconces viewers in the tight-knit, nepotistic circle of lawyers, clerks and judges, the new movie has all of the left-over baggage of "Presumed Innocent" but none of the courtroom finesse and tense whodunit qualities. At times, it feels like marriage counseling wrapped up with legal red tape. Writer-director Mike Robe does a nice job of exploring the repercussions of life choices, and if young Rusty was about passion and justice, the older version is about guilt and retribution. Pic also offers a solid supporting part for Richard Schiff as Tommy Molto, the "Presumed Innocent" prosecutor, who is still looking for justice even if his life and priorities have changed.Camera, John Bartley; editor, Anita Brandt Burgoyne; music, Laura Karpman; casting, Libby Goldstein, Junie Lowry-Johnson. 120 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

'Breaking Dawn' Driving under the influence: Girl Places blame Arrest on Boyfriend Who Wouldn't Take Her to find out 'Twilight'

An 18-year-old 'Twilight' fan whose boyfriend rejected to think about her to find out 'Breaking Dawn' while he had guaranteed ended up driving her vehicle in to a ditch in Aurora, Illinois. (Also where you can one Wayne Campbell). Olivia Ornelas was determined to access the film anyway, and didn't let having less a front tire and being "very intoxicated" stop her. What did stop her will be a ditch, where cops found her early 'life was imple' with different police report acquired with the Smoking Gun. Ornelas blamed everything on her behalf account boyfriend for bailing around the movie date. So these movies do drive you to definitely certainly drink. Ornelas was released after posting $300 bail. She was "very upset along with her boyfriend because she did not start to see the movie 'Twilight' such as these were suppose [sic] to," the report reads. Because the 'Twilight' movies do advocate abstinence, they apparently also needed to include a "don't drive after drinkingInch message. We wound up bothering one least driving safety tip readily available movies: Parking lots are super dangerous. (Start to see the instructive video, below). [via THR] [Photo from 'New Moon': Summit Entertainment] 'Breaking Beginning' Cast Quotes 'Breaking Beginning' Cast QuotesBill Condon, DirectorAshley Greene, Alice CullenNikki Reed, Rosalie HaleElizabeth Reaser, Esme CullenPeter Facinelli, Carlisle CullenSarah Clarke, Renee DwyerBilly Burke, Charlie SwanCasey LaBow, Kate DenaliJulia Manley, Leah ClearwaterBooboo Stewart, Seth ClearwaterMelissa Rosenberg, ScreenwriterCarolina Herrera, Bella's wedding dress designerMackenzie Foy, Renesmee CullenTaylor Lautner, Jacob BlackRobert Pattinson, Edward CullenKristen Stewart, Edwards Friend Jacob See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

'Hugo' Star Asa Butterfield Talks 'Ender's Game'

Some of last week's biggest news came on Friday (Nov 18), when Deadline reported that "Hugo" star Asa Butterfield was offered the lead role in Gavin Hood's "Ender's Game" adaptation. When MTV News sat down with Butterfield while he was promoting "Hugo," the young actor was tight-lipped on where his status with the project stood, simply stating that he could "possibly" star in the long-anticipated sci-fi film. Butterfield would admit to reading both the book and the script by Hood and "Star Trek" collaborators Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. "I have read the book. I love the book. It's just a great book. I've read the script as well," Butterfield said. According to Butterfield, Orson Scott Card's iconic novel about a boy genius cast into a galactic war is right up his alley. "The book's incredible. It's late 1900s. It's sci-fi. I love all that retro stuff," he said. There have been several attempts made by several directors to get the book onto the screen, and the potential casting of Butterfield represents new ground being broken in terms of progress on the film. And even though the novel's fervid fanbase holds high hopes for an adaptation, if it ever happens, Butterfield said he feels up to the task. "Everything would be cool about playing a role like that," he said. "I reckon I could hack it." Butterfield remained mostly quiet about the project throughout the interview, but said hypothetically, if he were to star in the film, it would be his next project. Do you think Asa Butterfield would make a good Ender? Let us know in the comments below and on Twitter!

Katy Perry, Steve Buscemi to Host Saturday Evening Live

Katy Perry She has been to studio 8H before, however when Katy Perry returns to Saturday Evening Live the following month, she'll possess a couple of more duties. The singer, 27, will host the very first time on 12 ,. 10, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Robyn - who's presently touring with Perry - would be the musical guest your evening. Katy Perry video drawn from Sesame Street Steve Buscemi will host for his second time on 12 ,. 3 using the Black Secrets slated to do. As formerly reported, Jimmy Fallon will go back to his old stomping grounds to host SNL the very first time on 12 ,. 17. Michael Bublé will work on the program, the series' last episode before Christmas. Perry formerly made an appearance because the musical guest in Sept. 2010. She made head lines throughout the episode when she made an appearance inside a sketch putting on a cleavage-bearing Elmo T-shirt right after a Sesame Street skit she made an appearance in was cut due to complaints about her low-cut top. Watch videos from Saturday Evening Live Perry's husband, Russell Brand, located the show in Feb. Watch Katy Perry's SNL skit here: How can you think Perry is going to do as host?

Way to Heaven

An Odyssey Theater Ensemble presentation of a play in two acts by Juan Mayorga, translated by David Johnston. Directed by Ron Sossi. Sets, Frederica Nascimento; costumes, Audrey Eisner; lighting, Kathi O'Donohue; sound, John Thompson; videography, Marlon Duarte. Opened Oct. 1, 2011. Reviewed Nov. 18. Runs through Dec. 18. Running time: 110 MIN.Commandant Norbert - Weisser Gershom Gottfried - Bruce Katzman With: Hannah Cowley, Nicolas Francis, Inessa Guenther, Dylan La Rocque, Michael McGee, Joshua Moore, Nina Sallinen, David Valdes, Talyan Wright.Juan Mayorga's Holocaust-themed "Way to Heaven" is a bold but failed employment of metatheatrical means to unearth a parcel of historical truth. It's one thing to characterize the appalling deception at Theresienstadt concentration camp as the ultimate role-playing theatrical spectacle. It's quite another to emphasize the performance metaphor to the exclusion of everything else. In the process, the victims' horror - genuine suffering, not figurative - is trivialized. For those with short memories, in 1944 the Nazis famously created a Potemkin village at Theresienstadt in order to mislead Red Cross inspectors about the Jews' treatment in captivity. Inmates were tidied and dressed up, given jobs and leisure activities, treated to good, plentiful food and told to smile, smile, smile. (To give the impression of spacious barracks, excess camp population was shipped off to Auschwitz.) Film footage to this day serves the noxious purposes of Holocaust deniers. As Mayorga tells it, the commandant (Norbert Weisser) is a demented impresario who has created not just types, but individualized roles with full pages of dialogue to support them. He obsesses like Max Reinhardt with proper casting and line readings, tapping Gottfriend (Bruce Katzman), the mayor of the inmate population, as reluctant stage manager/facilitator. "Way to Heaven" downplays or ignores the situation's specifics, which you'd think would be dramatically fertile enough, in favor of the unenlightening, self-conscious theatrical conceit. We never believe this officer is worried about making just the right impression on the observers, or the consequences if his superiors decide he's bungled it. He just preens and struts, chortling over this staging coup or fretting about that gesture's authenticity. If the mayor is trying to tread a dreaded line between cooperation and contriving the best deal for his people, it's all in his head, for the portrayal is sheer numbness. Before the show, audiences are invited to (in essence) assume the Red Cross's function by exploring the exhibited prison trappings, faithfully re-created by designer Frederica Nascimento. But when the museum labels are removed, implying we're about to see the truth behind the artifice, the production merely shifts to another level of artifice. Mayorga has helmer Ron Sossi deploy the inmates as sleepwalking puppets, brainwashed to review their lines over and over until they get the business right. Following the curtain call come two minutes of the actual propaganda movies, not the wisest choice for an enterprise as abstracted as this one. The heartbreaking images of captives playing out their assigned parts, at once grinning and desperate, merely emphasize the irrelevance of Mayorga's windy duality-of-theater guff to the genuinely mournful legacy of Theresienstadt. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

'The Iron Lady' Star Meryl Streep is Under-Appreciated... Yeah, You Heard Me Right! (Analysis)

It's hard to argue that the actress Meryl Streep -- who has garnered 16 Oscar nominations (more than any other male or female in history), two of which resulted in wins -- is under-appreciated by the Academy. That, however, is precisely what I've felt the urge to do since screening the latest film in which she stars, Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady, earlier this week.our editor recommendsMeryl Streep's 'The Iron Lady' Sparks Internet Frenzy Following Early ScreeningsMeryl Streep Debuts New 'Iron Lady' Poster and Trailer in U.K. (Video)Meryl Streep: 5 Things To KnowMeryl Streep Movie 'The Iron Lady' to Open Dec. 30 PHOTOS: Hollywood's 10 Highest-Paid Actresses If anyone needed a reminder that Streep is the world's greatest living actress, this performance is it. She transforms -- body, soul, and, as always, accent -- into former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who is not exactly history's most likable or sympathetic character, but who is humanized by the actress to an extent that I never thought imaginable. It's almost beside the point to talk about the film overall, since Streep's performance so dominates it. Sure, Alexandra Roach is quite good as the younger version of Maggie; Jim Broadbent does his usual solid character work as the older version's put-upon husband Denis Thatcher; and Alexander Head is perfectly fine as Thatcher's political ally-turned-challenger Geoffrey Howe. But the fact of the matter is that there is one reason to see The Iron Lady: it features the best actress that we have working at the top of her game. The question, of course, is whether that's good enough for the Academy, which has, on 14 occasions, nominated Streep but chosen to honor someone else -- including three of the last five years, even though she was perfectly worthy of a win for her extraordinary work in The Devil Wears Prada (2006) and/or Doubt (2008) and/or Julie & Julia (2009). It's not like the performances that beat hers -- Helen Mirren in The Queen (2006), Kate Winslet in The Reader (2008), and Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side (2009) -- were markedly better. (In fact, I would argue that only Mirren's even might have been worthier.) And it's not like Streep is unliked -- in fact, she seems to be adored and revered by her peers. (Indeed, both Winslet and Bullock specifically acknowledged her from the podium when delivering their Oscar acceptance speeches, with Winslet saying, "I think we all can't believe we're in a category with Meryl Streep at all!") So how does one explain it? PHOTOS: Actors Who've Played Politicians Here's my theory: most people -- including Academy members -- aren't exactly up on their Oscar stats. What they know about Streep is that she seems to be nominated every year, and that she doesn't campaign to win nearly as aggressively as her competitors, so, understandably enough, they conclude that she has been properly taken care of over the years ("She must have six Oscars by now!") and isn't especially hungry for further recognition ("In that case, let's give someone else a chance this time!"). The cold, hard facts, however, tell a different story, and should be noted by voters henceforth. Consider the following numbers... 29 -- The number of years that it's been since Meryl Streep last won an Oscar -- in other words, a full generation of people, including myself, have come of age without ever having seen her honored for her work by the Academy. 3 -- The number of best actress Oscars that Katharine Hepburn -- the actress to whom Streep is most often compared and the only other one who ever seems to top lists of the greatest movie actresses of all-time -- had won by the time she was Streep's current age (62); Hepburn would go on to win another to bring her total to four. 1 -- The number of best actress Oscars that Streep has won. It came for Sophie's Choice (1982); her first Oscar, which came three years earlier for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), was for best supporting actress. To put things in some perspective, this is the same number of best actress Oscars that have been won by Cher, Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts, and Reese Witherspoon. 2 -- The number of best actress Oscars that Hilary Swank has won. In pointing out this disparity I mean no disrespect to Swank, who is a terrific actress in her own right... but I think that even Swank would acknowledge that it's a bit messed up that she has twice as many best actress Oscars as Meryl Streep. Meryl Streep Oscars

Kim Kardashian Utilizes Marty Singer to seal Lower Former PR Repetition

Kim Kardashian takes suit against claims that her public wedding to Kris Humphries (in addition to their 72 occasions of marriage) were fake.our editor recommendsKim Kardashian's Hairy Suit, Kat Von D on Jesse James' 19 Women, Kendall Jenner's $90,000 CarKim Kardashian Has not Received Dying Risks on Number of 'The Counselor,A Reps SayKim Kardashian's Husband Kris Humphries Utilizes Divorce LawyerKim Kardashian's Ex-Publicist Thinks She Staged Her Wedding (Audio) PHOTOS: 19 of Hollywood's All-Time Least Close ties The Maintaining While using Kardashians and Kourtney & Kim Take NY star has hired prominent lawyer Marty Singer to silence the man proclaiming being her former PR repetition Jonathan Jaxson. Jaxsonsaid"she understood days just before marriage she didn't might like to do it." And claims she's never become over ex-boyfriend Reggie Rose rose bush. PHOTOS: Inside Kardashian Corporation. More youthful crowd keeps he "staged a few of the moments stuck seen of her," like the speculation of her engagement to Rose rose bush in 2007. STORY: Kim Kardashian Divorce: 10 Signs the marriage Was One Large Hoax All Along However, Singer notifies The Hollywood Reporter that Jaxson was not ever Kardashian's publicist alleging that in March of 2007, "Jaxson apologized in writing to Kim for mentioning to themselves as her publicist." "Consequently of Jonathan Jaxson interacting crazy false claims the other day, Kim Kardashian commenced court proceedings on Friday [November. 11] mid-day against Jaxson," Singer mentioned in the statement to THR. TMZ reviews that Jaxson, who labored with Kardashian very briefly couple of years ago, signed a discretion agreement which she thinks he's now in breach of. She's seeking $200,000 in damages, alleging he gained defamatory claims. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Top Earners However, Jaxson states anything was not ever signed. "I haven't signed an agreement dealing with discretion with Kim Kardashian," he told TMZ. "I have an agreement throughout my possession without either parties signature about it.In . COVER STORY: How a Kardashians Made $60 5 million A Year Ago Singer is famous for representing high-profile cases, including Charlie Sheen's combat CBS taken. He's also labored with Britney Warrior warrior spears, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kaira Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. Related Subjects Kim Kardashian Marty Singer Maintaining While using Kardashians Kris Humphries Kourtney & Kim Take NY

George Clooney's Suicidal Side, and 5 Other Tales You Will Be Speaking About Today

Happy Monday! Also in today’s edition from the Broadsheet: The ripoff artistry from the L.A. Occasions… Vanity Fair includes a surprising new film critic… Atlas Shrugged includes a blurb problem… The “Chocolate Rain” guy describes the economy… and much more. · Within the same interview where he opened up up about his icky first orgasm, George Clooney apparently elaborated too concerning the suicidal ideas he experienced following a spine injuries he experienced around the set Syriana: “I was in a point where I figured, ‘I can’t exist such as this. I'm able to’t really live.’ […] You begin to consider when it comes to, you don’t wish to leave chaos, so use the garage, use the vehicle, start the engine. It appears such as the best method of doing it, however i i never thought I’d make it happen. See, I had been inside a place where I had been trying to puzzle out how you can survive.” Yikes. Regardless, I’d say everything exercised? [Moving Stone via EW] · It had been bad enough once the L.A. Occasions scammed Movieline’s interactive map of Drive locations. Description of how the’ve got something known as The Defacto Standard — essentially a replicated, copied and pasted, and slighty reconstituted version in our Oscar Index with no legitimate analysis or insight. Review and take a look, by leaving a comment letting them know what you want their features once they appear on this website days earlier. [LAT] · Hey, this really is fun: Author-director Paul Mazursky has become the film critic in residence at Vanity Fair. First of all: Melancholia. Seriously. [VF.com] · Much more fun: The bozos behind Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 have remembered the very first run of DVD’s due to a blurb alluding to “Ayn Rand’s timeless novel of courage and self-sacrifice.” Bzzzzt. The brand new covers will say, “Ayn Rand’s timeless novel of rational self-interest.” The sexy silhouette will stay, obviously! [Badass Digest] · Considering moving to Tehran? Don’t take your pet. [Guernica via Andrew Sullivan] · Below you’ll find Zay Tonday — Also known as the “Chocolate Rain” guy — singing a brand new primer on our current financial crisis. It’s appealing! (And pretty damn inspired overall, honestly.) [via Gawker]

FEINBERG FORECAST: 'War Horse,' 'Extremely Loud,' 'Dragon Tattoo,' 'Iron Lady' and 'Blood and Honey' Remain Question Marks

JoJo WhildenMargin Call What follows is my latest assessment of all of the high-profile Oscar categories, along with commentary about what/who has the most positive and negative momentum at the moment in each of them. I welcome your thoughts in the comments section at the bottom of the post.our editor recommendsBehind the Scenes of THR's Actress Roundtable 2011'J. Edgar' Premiere Red Carpet ArrivalsThe Help's Retro, Southern Style BEST PICTURE Frontrunners The Artist (The Weinstein Company, 11/23, TBA, trailer) The Descendants (Fox Searchlight, 11/23, R, trailer) The Help (Disney, 8/12, PG-13, trailer) Midnight in Paris (Sony Pictures Classics, 5/20, PG-13, trailer) War Horse (Disney, 12/25, PG-13, trailer) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Warner Brothers, 12/25, TBA, trailer) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Sony, 12/21, TBA, trailer) Moneyball (Columbia, 9/23, TBA, trailer) J. Edgar (Warner Brothers, 11/11, R, trailer) The Ides of March (Sony, 10/14, TBA, trailer) Major Threats Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Focus Features, 12/9, TBA, trailer) The Tree of Life (Fox Searchlight, 5/27, PG-13, trailer) Shame (Fox Searchlight, 12/2, NC-17, trailer) Margin Call (Roadside Attractions, 10/21, R, trailer) NEW Hugo (Paramount, 11/23, TBA, trailer) The Iron Lady (The Weinstein Company, 12/30, TBA, teaser) 50/50 (Summit, 9/30, R, trailer) Young Adult (Paramount, 12/9, TBA, trailer) Possibilities Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2 (Warner Brothers, 7/15, PG-13, trailer) Super 8 (Paramount, 6/10, PG-13, trailer) In the Land of Blood and Honey (FilmDistrict, 12/23, R, trailer) Drive (FilmDistrict, 9/16, R, trailer) Beginners (Focus Features, 6/3, R, trailer) NEW Carnage (Sony Pictures Classics, 12/16, R, trailer) The Adventures of Tintin (Paramount, 12/21, TBA, trailer) We Bought a Zoo (20th Century Fox, 12/23, TBA, trailer) After a mixed-response to its first screening at the NY Film Festival as a not-yet-finished film, Martin Scorsese's now-completed 3-D adaptation has been going over much more strongly of late. One never wants to bet against a project that stars Meryl Streep, but it has taken an unsettlingly long time for Phyllida Lloyd's biopic of Margaret Thatcher to get finished, trailered, and screened. BEST DIRECTOR Frontrunners Alexander Payne (The Descendants) Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris) Steven Spielberg (War Horse) Tate Taylor (The Help) Major Threats Stephen Daldry (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) David Fincher (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) Bennett Miller (Moneyball) Clint Eastwood (J. Edgar) George Clooney (The Ides of March) Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life) Martin Scorsese (Hugo) Possibilities Tomas Alfredson (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) J.C. Chandor (Margin Call) NEW Steve McQueen (Shame) Phyllida Lloyd (The Iron Lady) Jason Reitman (Young Adult) Roman Polanski (Carnage) Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) Steven Spielberg (The Adventures of Tintin) Cameron Crowe (We Bought a Zoo) PHOTOS: Behind the Scenes of THR's Actress Roundtable 2011 He is not well known among his peers -- indeed, this was his feature directorial debut -- but strong best picture contenders like The Help almost always carry along their director on their coattails, and his film certainly fits that description. Tintin's North American premiere at AFI Fest confirmed that it is a film with huge box-office potential -- and that its helmer's chances for a seventh best director nod rest solely with War Horse. BEST ACTOR Frontrunners Jean Dujardin (The Artist) George Clooney (The Descendants) Brad Pitt (Moneyball) Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar) Michael Fassbender (Shame) Major Threats Michael Shannon (Take Shelter) Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) Woody Harrelson (Rampart) Ryan Gosling (The Ides of March) Ryan Gosling (Drive) Joseph Gordon-Levitt (50/50) Ralph Fiennes (Coriolanus) Possibilities Paul Giamatti (Win Win) Daniel Craig (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris) Demian Bichir (A Better Life) Thomas Horn (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) Zachary Quinto (Margin Call) NEW Matt Damon (We Bought a Zoo) True, he still can't speak much English, but that hasn't kept him from attending virtually every possible gladhanding opportunity, just like Roberto Benigni and Marion Cotillard in years past, and things worked out quite nicely for them. I'm hearing that the star of War Horse -- which will begin screening for press at the end of this month -- is not its leading man (who apparently does a perfectly fine job with limited screen time), but rather its title character. BEST ACTRESS Frontrunners Viola Davis (The Help) Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn) Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) Major Threats Keira Knightley (A Dangerous Method) Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) Charlize Theron (Young Adult) Michelle Yeoh (The Lady) Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin) Possibilities Felicity Jones (Like Crazy) Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre) Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia) Adepero Oduye (Pariah) Ellen Barkin (Another Happy Day) Rachel Weisz (The Whistleblower) Vera Farmiga (Higher Ground) Nobody has been more a trouper on the awards trail this year than the five-time nominee, who has hobknobbed around the world on behalf of her film (she's picked up no fewer than three career achievement awards at this point), and who was a hit at Saturday's Governors Awards. Unfortunately, Cannes' best actress winner has been unable to get out from under the shadow of her director Lars von Trier's Nazi-sympathizing comments, which come up in conversation every time her film or performance does. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Frontrunners Christopher Plummer (Beginners) Albert Brooks (Drive) Stanley Tucci (Margin Call) NEW Jeremy Irons (Margin Call) NEW Kevin Spacey (Margin Call) NEW Major Threats Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) Armie Hammer (J. Edgar) Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn) Tom Hanks (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) John Hawkes (Martha Marcy May Marlene) Jonah Hill (Moneyball) Patton Oswalt (Young Adult) Nick Nolte (Warrior) Possibilities Andy Serkis (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) Christoph Waltz (Carnage) John C. Reilly (Carnage) Jim Broadbent (The Iron Lady) Brad Pitt (The Tree of Life) George Clooney (The Ides of March) Viggo Mortensen (A Dangerous Method) The last few years have proven that actors are rewarded in the supporting actor category for being bad -- or at least playing bad boys, like Brooks's homocidal psychopath. See: Javier Bardem, Heath Ledger, Christoph Waltz, and Christian Bale. There are few better actors than Mortensen, but this intellectually-demanding film and his brief but nuanced performance in it both seem to have gotten lost in the shuffle. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Frontrunners Octavia Spencer (The Help) Berenice Bejo (The Artist) Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) Jessica Chastain (The Help) Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs) Major Threats Vanessa Redgrave (Coriolanus) Sandra Bullock (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) Carey Mulligan (Shame) Evan Rachel Wood (The Ides of March) Judy Greer (The Descendants) Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life) Possibilities Jodie Foster (Carnage) Kate Winslet (Carnage) Marion Cotillard (Midnight in Paris) Emily Watson (War Horse) Judi Dench (J. Edgar) Scarlett Johansson (We Bought a Zoo) True, the Emmy winner's performance is not of the sort that usually registers with the Academy -- but the same was true of Robert Downey Jr.'s in Tropic Thunder, and he made the cut. Likability matters, too, and McCarthy, like Downey, oozes it. The Dame has appeared this year in three noteworthy films -- Jane Eyre, My Week with Marilyn, and J. Edgar -- which is pretty amazing for a 76-year-old. Unfortunately, none of her parts have had quite enough meat on the bones to merit a nomination. BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Frontrunners Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash (The Descendants) Tate Taylor (The Help) Richard Curtis, Lee Hall (War Horse) Eric Roth (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) Steven Zaillian (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) Major Threats Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian (Moneyball) George Clooney, Grant Heslov (The Ides of March) Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) John Logan (Hugo) Pedro Almodovar (The Skin I Live In) Hossein Amini (Drive) Possibilities Roman Polanski (Carnage) Christopher Hampton (A Dangerous Method) Cameron Crowe, Aline Brosh McKenna (We Bought a Zoo) James Ellroy, Oren Moverman (Rampart) John Logan (Coriolanus) There probably isn't any category in which The Descendants is more likely to be recognized than this one -- Payne, who is about as revered a screenwriter as there is, was nominated in it twice before, winning for Sideways (2004). I saw this film on the opening night of the NY Film Festival and liked it quite a lot, but the general consensus seems to be that it pales in comparison to God of Carnage, the Tony winning stage play that inspired it. BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Frontrunners Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris) Dustin Lance Black (J. Edgar) J.C. Chandor (Margin Call) NEW Mike Mills (Beginners) Major Threats Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy Mae Marlene) Abi Morgan, Steve McQueen (Shame) Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life) Diablo Cody (Young Adult) Tom McCarthy, Joe Tiboni (Win Win) James Ward Byrkit, John Logan, Gore Verbinski (Rango) Drake Doremus, Ben York Jones (Like Crazy) Possibilities Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids) Will Reiser (50/50) Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter) Abi Morgan (The Iron Lady) J.J. Abrams (Super 8) Dee Rees (Pariah) His poignant script is based largely on his own experiences -- for instance, his own elderly father, like the character played by Plummer in the film, came out of the closet to him shortly before dying of cancer -- a talking point that plays very well in Q&As and interviews. Very few foreign language films have managed to score an Oscar nod outside of the foreign language category, and this worthy winner of the Berlin Film Festival seems unlikely to buck that trend. BEST ANIMATED FILM (FEATURE) Frontrunners Rango (Paramount, 3/4, PG, trailer) The Adventures of Tintin (Paramount, 12/21, PG, trailer) Cars 2 (Disney, 6/24, G, trailer) Happy Feet 2 (Warner Brothers, 11/18, PG, trailer) Puss in Boots (DreamWorks, 11/4, PG, trailer) Major Threats Arthur Christmas (Sony, 11/23, PG, trailer) Kung Fu Panda 2 (DreamWorks, 5/26, PG, trailer) Rio (20th Century Fox, 4/15, G, trailer) Possibilities Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked (20th Century Fox, 12/11, TBA, trailer) Winnie the Pooh (Disney, 7/15, G, trailer) The Smurfs (Sony, 7/29, PG, trailer) The Lion of Judah (Animated Family Films, 6/3, TBA, trailer) BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM (FEATURE) Frontrunners The Interrupters (The Cinema Guild, 7/29, TBA, trailer) Project Nim (Roadside Attractions, 7/8, PG-13, trailer) Senna (Producers Distribution Agency, 8/12, PG-13, trailer) Buck (IFC Films, 6/17, PG, trailer) Into the Abyss (Sundance Selects, 11/11, TBA, TBA) Major Threats If a Tree Falls (Oscilloscope, 6/22, TBA, trailer) Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (Submarine Deluxe, TBA, trailer) Bill Cunningham NY (Zeitgeist Films, 3/16, TBA, trailer) The Island President (Samuel Goldwyn Films, 11/8, TBA, TBA) Better This World (Bullfrog Films, 8/26, TBA, trailer) Koran by Heart (HBO Documentary Films, TBA, TBA, trailer) Tabloid (Sundance Selects, 7/15, R, trailer) Page One: Inside the NY Times (Magnolia, 6/24, TBA, trailer) We Were Here (Red Flag Releasing, 9/?, TBA, trailer) Hell and Back Again (Docurama Films, 10/5, TBA, trailer) Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (HBO Documentary Films, TBA, TBA, trailer) Possibilities The Rescuers (Menemsha Films, TBA, TBA, trailer) The Bully Project (The Weinstein Company, TBA, TBA, trailer) Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (Anchor Bay Films, 10/16, TBA, trailer) Magic Trip (Magnolia, 8/5, TBA, trailer) The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (Sundance Selects, 9/9, TBA, trailer) Hot Coffee (HBO Documentaries, 6/27, TBA, trailer) Pearl Jam Twenty (Abramorama, 9/20, R, trailer) Bobby Fischer Against the World (HBO Documentary Films, TBA, TBA, TBA) The Whale (Paladin, TBA, TBA, TBA) Revenge of the Electric Car (Westmidwest Productions, TBA, TBA, trailer) The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (Sony Pictures Classics, 4/22, PG-13, trailer) Still Seeking Domestic Distribution Bombay Beach The Carrier Footnote Semper Fi: Always Faithful (trailer) BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Frontrunners A Separation (Iran) Where Do We Go Now? (Lebanon) Le Havre (Finland) A Simple Life (Hong Kong) In Darkness (Poland) Major Threats Monsieur Lazhar (Canada) Declaration of War (France) Footnote (Israel) Pina (Germany) The Flowers of War (China) Happy, Happy (Norway) Terra Firma (Italy) Sonny Boy (Netherlands) Superclasico (Denmark) Possibilities Bullhead (Belgium) NEW Black Bread (Spain) Postcard (Japan) Omar Killed Me (Morocco) The Turin Horse (Hungary) Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkey) Montevideo: Taste of a Dream (Serbia) Morgen (Romania) War Horse The Help J. Edgar

Van Halen To Sign with Interscope Records

Legendary rock-band Van Halen are going to sign with Interscope Records, states a resource acquainted with the discussions. The offer is anticipated to become completed in a few days, marking the very first time in 35 years the band won't release music through Warner Music, its longtime label home.our editor recommendsVan Halen to look at Grammy Nominations Special, Possibly Perform at Honours CeremonyAmid Lay offs, Is Warner Bros. Records Abandoning Rock Music? It absolutely was rumored -- and reported -- the band was joining the Columbia Records roster. Actually, an insider informs The Hollywood Reporter the agreement for the The new sony deal was attracted up and approved but had not been signed when Universal Music walked in to the picture. The signing would be a group effort involvingUMG chairman and CEOLucian Grainge,UMG Worldwide COOMax Hole, Interscope Geffen A&M vice chairmanSteve Berman andInterscope chairmanJimmy Iovine, who, states a resource, "heard this guitar rock band was available and wanted to utilize them. It had been made the decision in the 11thhour."What came next was a number of conferences that presented this guitar rock band having a global plan that incorporated extensive marketing, retailing, touring and, obviously, tracks. What exactly derailed the Columbia deal? The typical rock-band complications, states an insider. As the group reunited with original singerDavid Lee Rothin 2006, the The new sony label couldn't be prepared for Roth, that has another management, legal and accounting team compared to other three people, guitarist Eddie Van Halen and the boy Wolfgang, who changed bassistMichael Anthony, anddrummer Alex Van Halen. The primary problem for Roth? He was apparently adamant about standing on a west coast label. "He never was aboard [with Columbia]," states the origin. "It had been as complicated as anybody would imagine, when one for reds states black, another states whitened. The label was pretty skeptical that things works out." It's expected that as frontman, Roth will need to carry a lot of the marketing burden also it appears this guitar rock band people ultimately want their singer to be pleased with the offer and that's why they opted for Universal's west coast-based Interscope. A brand new album, their first studio effort since 1984, is thought to become nearly finished with the expectation that it may be launched in 2012.This guitar rock band is anticipated to create a "special announcement" on November. 30 in the Grammy Honours nominations concert, that will air survive CBS from Los Angeles' Nokia Theater. An Interscope repetition didn't have comment. Twitter: @shirleyhalperin Related Subjects Interscope Jimmy Iovine Universal Group The new sony Music

Clooney Considered Suicide After Injuries In 2005

First Released: November 11, 2011 3:56 PM EST Credit: Moving Stone La, Calif. -- Caption George Clooney seems around the November 11, 2011 problem of Moving StoneGeorge Clooney has says he considered once taking their own existence because of the discomfort he sustained from the movie stunt injuries. In 2005, while filming Syriana (a movie which gained him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar), the actor experienced a spine injuries, one which am severe he considered suicide because of the discomfort. I had been in a point where I figured, I cant exist such as this. I cant really live, the actor remembered in the present problem of Moving Stone, striking newsstands today. I had been laying inside a hospital mattress by having an IV during my arm, not able to maneuver, getting these head aches where it feels as though youre getting a stroke, as well as for a brief three-week period, I began to consider, I might have to make a move drastic relating to this, Clooney ongoing. You begin to consider when it comes to, you shouldn't leave chaos, so use the garage, use the vehicle, start the engine. It appears such as the best method of doing it, however i i never thought Id make it happen. See, I had been inside a place where I had been trying to puzzle out how you can survive. Much has since transformed for that 50-year-old actor, who's presently starring within the Ides of March, with Ryan Gosling and it has The Descendants, opening on November 16. Based on Clooney, the second movie is bound for many Oscar love. If it is not nominated for the best Picture, Ill be shocked. Its so good, he told the mag. For current girlfriend Stacy Keibler, the usually private actor stated hes fine together with her getting an energetic Twitter account. She will do whatever she would like, he stated. I rarely tell anybody what they must be doing using their existence. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Spot the Similarities Between Robert Pattinson in Cosmopolis and Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver

Any photo of Robert Pattinson is embraced by the Internet, so this week’s brand new Cosmopolis stills featuring the Twilight heartthrob were a welcome Web treat. But one of the photos struck me as eerily reminiscent of a classic image from Taxi Driver, which got me thinking about the similarities between Pattinson’s upcoming David Cronenberg-directed project and Martin Scorsese’s famous De Niro vehicle. Can you spot the likenesses? I’ll start you off… · Both dramas feature the above still of their main characters pointing a gun to the upper left corner of the frame. (Obviously.) · Both Cosmopolis and Taxi Driver chronicle the lives of two Manhattan-ites who spend the majority of their screen time driving around NY City in a car. · Both films’ protagonists need a haircut. This is not just a tongue-in-cheek observation. Cosmopolis actually centers on a 28-year-old billionaire traversing the Big Apple in search of a haircut. Taxi Driver features a violent, insomniac Vietnam vet whose long hours, proclivity for seedy porn theaters and his depression keep him away from the barbershop. Do you see any other similarities? · Robert Pattinson Traverses Manhattan in ‘Cosmopolis’ [THR]

Gervais, HFPA informally talk Globes

Ough Gervais as well as the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. have hidden the hatchet -- the question now becomes, did they sink it deep enough to produce him towards the Golden Globes? Though some HFPA people condemned Gervais to consider shots at notables inside the Beverly Hilton audience within the month of the month of january, the two sides have began speaking informally of a third straight stint as host in the telecast on NBC. While Gervais mentioned late lately that there's no truth to reviews he'd been asked for back, the rumor mill began churning again Thursday, when the NY Publish reported the comedian was spotted dining in Paris with HFPA leader Aida Takla O'Reilly and NBC's mind of special deals Doug Vaughan. Gervais later tweeted a web link for the story, saying: "Ooooooh! The plot thickens ..." Though sources stress that no offer has been created, people near the HFPA the org unquestionably thinks Gervais will return for your Jan. 15 kudocast, which working out particulars can be a mere formality. Reps for NBC as well as the HFPA declined comment. Gervais' schtick was tame enough this season, but following this year's show, then-HFPA leader Philip Berk mentioned the comedian's withering humor "joined the street.In . Others belittled the comedian for barbs for instance calling Bruce Willis "Ashton Kutcher's father" and showing Robert Downey Junior. as "sometimes known for his stays within the Betty Ford Clinic as well as the L.A. City Jail.Inch This isn't the first time this year Gervais' title originates up for your Globes. In February, he tweeted that he'd been offered the job, even though HFPA firmly declined it in those days: "Nice try, Ough," Berk mentioned in the statement. Then in September, Gervais mentioned he was thinking about getting their very own no-holds-barred webcast to use through the show. Josh Dickey and Andrew Wallenstein brought with this report. Contact Christy Grosz at christy.grosz@variety.com

ABC Agendas New Game Demonstrate Deserve It Throughout The Holidays

ABC will launch a brand new game show with non-profit elements,You Deserve It, on November 21 from 9-10 PM behind the performance season finale of Dwts. Imagined as a part of ABC’s holiday selection, the six-episode series located through the Bachelor’s Chris Harrison and co-located by Brooke Burns features participants who arent to win money on their own but they are playing for another person — someone they think warrants it. The beneficiary, who's in another location under constant hidden-camera surveillance through the show, will get the surprise a person can have when family, buddies, Burns along with a camera crew burst along with existence-altering news. You Deserve It, produced by Deal Or No Deal creator Dick p Rijk and created by Chris Coelen’s Kinetic Content, continues within the Monday 9 PM slot, with holiday special offers overtaking the 8 PM hour. Also today, Lifetime introduced that it'll premiere the 25th season ofAmerica’s Popular on Friday, December 2 at 9 PM.

Bill Murray Cast in Crazy Charlie Sheen Movie

Bill Murray is beloved around Moviefone HQ for his bizarre eccentricities, brutal honesty, enormous talent and total unpredictability. Which is why this latest bit of Murray-centric news perfect in addition to somewhat apparent: Variety reviews that Murray has grew to become an associate from the cast of 'A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III' opposite Jason Schwartzman, Aubrey Plaza and -- watch for this -- Charlie Sheen. Directed by Roman Coppola, 'Swan' focuses on the titular playboy (Sheen duh), a effective artist who sees his existence come down the restroom . carrying out a break-up. Per the number description, Swan copes while using discomfort "through delirious dreams including his many not successful romances, [and] begins hard road of self-evaluation to be ready for existence without her." Unsure yet on who Murray may have, but it's a reunion of sorts for Murray: he labored with Roman's sister Sofia Coppola inside the Oscar-nominated 'Lost in Translation.' Furthermore to Murray, Sheen, Schwartzman and Plaza, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Patricia Arquette are actually put in the cast. Production is presently on-going in La. [via Variety] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

New Clips In The Rum Diary

The Actor-brad Pitt demands to possess some boozeIf you've read Hunter Thompson's The Rum Diary you know that although it's a lot of things - riotous, chaotic, colourful - what it really is not is definitely an clearly 'filmy' book. There's very little conflict, little requirement for resolution with no large villain to possess audiences hissing in the screen. On the other hand, such like was stated about Fear And Loathing In Vegas which wound up winning a place in cult movie paradise. This, we suspect, is how Bruce Robinson is available in. It is a greatly welcome return for that Withnail And That I director, coaxed from semi-retirement by The Actor-brad Pitt to create and direct. The humour and none-more-quotable patter that made Withnail great, coupled with Thompson's acidity prose, should alllow for a feast for fans of wise scriptwriting and blackly comic moments. Both of these new clips in the film, thanks to Yahoo!Movies, set the scene for Paul Kemp's (Depp) arrival within the Puerto Rico capital of scotland - San Juan, where he's because of begin working for that San Juan Star. There he will get involved with a bombshell blonde through the title of Chenault (Amber Heard), sharp operator Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart) along with a titanic quantity of rum.Depp's in comparison the storyline to Casablanca, humbly we are sure, and there is greater than a touch of Scoop inside too. It's in movie theaters from November 11 tell us if you are searching toward seeing Captain Jack in landlubbers garb within the usual place...

Dawn of the undead

Beck worked on the singular musical episode of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' titled 'Once More With Feeling.'Christophe Beck worked on more than a dozen TV series, and won an Emmy, before he got his big feature-film break with the cheerleading movie "Bring It On" in 2000.From UPN's sitcom "Pig Sty" to ABC's "Spy Game," nearly all of Beck's TV career was for short-lived or ill-fated series. But one stands out, and helped propel Beck into the film career he has today: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."Beck scored half of its second, and all of its third and fourth seasons (from 1997 to 2000), winning an Emmy at the end of his first year. "Musique Fantastique" author Randall Larson says: "The music is incredibly rich in emotional layers and aggressive potency. It's by far some of the best music that has ever graced the smallscreen.""TV scoring is a great training ground," Beck says. "You have to do so much work so quickly. One thing 'Buffy' did for me was to really hone my fake-orchestra producing skills." Budgetary constraints forced him to produce the weekly score on synthesizers, although he added one or more musicians (usually a woodwind player), which "made everything sound more real."But, he adds: "No matter how far you get in TV, it's really like starting from scratch when you go to do films. So after three seasons of 'Buffy' and one season of 'The Practice,' I quit.""Bring It On" and "Big Fat Liar" came along over the next two years and Beck was able to transition to a full-time film career. But all that electronic music for TV made Beck a whiz at a skill that is now deemed crucial for every composer in film: the mock-up, whereby a director can hear a synthesized approximation of every cue and thus not be surprised when they hear it played live, days or weeks later, by an orchestra.BILLION-DOLLAR COMPOSER: CHRISTOPHE BECK Beck's green phase | Resurrecting 'Muppets' in Disney tradition | Dawn of the undead | Beck's music in his own words | Beck, private school grad, gives back Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Evanescence debuts at No. 1

Hard rock act Evanescence thundered towards the U.S. album chart at No. 1 now. "Evanescence" (Wind-Up), the group's third album and first release in five years, bows within the apex getting an initial-week total of 127,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan data for your week ended March. 16. Performance is way within the Arkansas-bred band's debut sales of 447,000 due to its last set, 2006's "Outdoors Door," its first No. 1. Act remains something from the turning door, while using departure of the guitarist and drummer in 2007 singer Amy Lee is its lone which makes it through original member. Adele's "21" (Columbia) hung on at No. 2 with only singlePercent dip, tallying 111,000, since the British singer's No. 1 single "YouInch is constantly warmth sales. Year's bestseller will formally top some million mark inside a couple of days. L.A. metal unit Five Finger Dying Punch turned up at No. 3 having its third full-length "American Capitalist" (Prospect Park). First-week score of 91,000 pressed new title within the No. 7 plateau established by its 2009 predecessor, "War Might be the solution.Inch Countrified "The The American Idol Show ShowInch alumni return-to-back slots inside the 5 best. Last week's No. 1 entry, Scotty McCreery's "Apparent As Day" (Mercury Nashville), fell to No. 4 behind an 88,000-unit week (off 55%). The '11 "Idol" runner-up Lauren Alaina became a member of at No. 5 with "Wildflower" (Mercury Nashville), beginning with 69,000 offered. Inside the week's the best 10 debuts, alt-country poster boy Ryan Adams first demonstrated at No. 7 along with his solo album "Ashes and Fire" (PAX/Capitol), which moves together with 49,000 moved. Country vet Martina McBride's "Eleven" (Republic Nashville) moves in at No. 10, selling 40,000 because they are. Week's holdovers include Tony Bennett's "Duets II" (No. 6, 55,000, off 23%), Lady Antebellum's "Own the Evening" (No. 8, 47,000, lower 18%) and Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter IV" (No. 9, 45,000, off 15%). Top-selling Christian rock act Casting Crowns should materialize inside the top inside a couple of days. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

'11-11-11' Exclusive Teaser Poster: The Conclusion Is Becoming

All hell will break loose, but fortunately everyone knows exactly when which will come down. MTV News has your exclusive start searching inside a brand-new poster from "11-11-11," the total amount-obsessed horror movie of a guy who becomes concentrated round the tragic simularities that occur on that date at 11:11. But maybe they aren't simularities whatsoever. You will need to wait and discover. Basically a few particulars are actually released in regards to the approaching film, which poster is among your better shows what's later on when the clock strikes 11. And from the design of it, things aren't prone to go so well. See the full poster following a jump! Furthermore for the "11-11-11" teaser poster, we now have more recent and much more effective photos within the key searching for the film. Have a look below. "11-11-11," from "Saw II, III & IV" director Darren Lynn Bousman hits theaters on you suspected it November 11, 2011. Reveal everything you consider the poster inside the comments section and also on Twitter!

HBO Shuts Down Its Casting Department

EXCLUSIVE: HBO is shutting down its casting department, with its staff, led by 14-year HBO veteran, SVP Carrie Frazier, and VP Amy Jo Berman, exiting. HBO uses outside casting directors on all of its projects, with the in-house casting executives playing a supplemental role, mostly on the longform side. With the pay cable network’s movie and miniseries output decreasing over the past few years, HBO brass have made a decision to close that department. The network may revisit their casting needs in the future. HBO’s decision is the latest in a growing cost-cutting trend over the past several years on both the TV and feature side that involves the downsizing/eliminating in-house casting departments or the phasing out of seasoned senior staff casting executives. Rick Jacobs left Lifetime 2 years ago as part of the company-wide layoffs. NBC’s Marc Hirschfeld was let go from NBC in the 2008 executive shakeup. Walt Disney Studios dropped Marcia Ross in February. Beth Klein exited Showtime in April after 23 years. (She has since landed at Universal Television) The list goes on. “Sometimes they are replaced by junior casting execs at a fraction of the cost. Many times they eliminate the position entirely,” one industry insider said. “Hiring a casting consultant as a freelance is a way to keep your headcount low.” Newer players in the original programming arena forgo the casting department route altogether. Starz, for instance, has never had one. Instead, the network has a non-exclusive deal with Hirschfeld who serves as their casting consultant.

Magnolia Closing In On LFF Opener 360

EXCLUSIVE: Im hearing that Magnolia is positioned to seal a U.S. deal for Fernando Meirelles sexual drama 360, which opened up in the 55th BFI London Film Festival last evening. Artificial Eye may also be in predicts release 360 inside the Uk on March 3 2012, I recognize. Co-produced by Revolution Films, the Uk production company behind IFCs The Trip, the Peter Morgan-scripted feature follows a sexual circle of prostitution, infidelity and soul mates. Anthony Hopkins, Rachel Weisz and Jude Law star. Paris-based telemarketer Wild Bunch is selling the BBC Films-backed project worldwide. Reviews here today are actually pretty moderate: The Daily Telegraph made clear the film just like a glossily unengaging trudge through other artists love lives explaining one moment where a character imagines an plane moving away his lover as spectacularly stupid. The Occasions located in london offers the film a significant dismissive 3-star review, calling the plot improbable, and mentioned the merry-go-round structure crushes performances into twenty-minute slots that frequently don't elicit our sympathy. The Evening Standard though was much more positive, calling 360 a correctly-crafted package together with a movie of lovely moments, elegant structure and vivid locations. Planners in the LFF drummed up some star energy with Jude Law speaking round the red-colored-colored carpet Anthony Hopkins and Rachel Weisz though werent available. Weisz, who stars in LFF closing film The Dark Blue Sea on October 27, was busy in NY filming while Hopkins, Im told, does not enjoy travelling. Personally, I believed that Hopkins gave an amazing performance just like a sober alcoholic although given his extended link with Aa, you must do question simply how much of just one scene where he shares within an AA meeting was ad-libbed while Ben Promote was scarily unpredictable just like a billed child rapist.

TV Ratings: 'New Girl' Continues to Top Tuesday, 'The Biggest Loser' Hits Fall Low

FOX Due to baseball playoffs, many primetime programs on Tuesday dipped. But Fox notched a third straight victory on the night among the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demo with a solid performance from its lineup. This is becoming routine: New Girl (8.6 million total viewers, 4.3 rating in adults 18-49 demographic), down 4 percent in the demo, was the highest-rated program of the night -- and among the younger adults 18-34 category. Raising Hope (6.5 million, 2.9) remained steady from the previous week. PHOTOS: Behind the Scenes of Fox's 'New Girl' Glee (8.3 million, 3.5) dipped 5 percent at 8 p.m., placing second in the key demo to CBS' older-skewing NCIS. (Thus far this season, NCIS also outrated the musical comedy.) Fox won the night, averaging a 3.6 rating in primetime, while placing third in viewers with a 7.9 million average. NBC's weight loss series The Biggest Loser (5.6 million, 2.0) sank 13 percent to its lowest-rated fall telecast to date, and Parenthood (5 million, 2.0) didn't right the ship, dipping 9 percent. PHOTOS: Fall's Death Pool: Which Show Will Be Axed First? ABC's Dancing With the Stars results show (14.8 million, 2.8) saw a 3 percent decrease following a DWTS recap. Still, DWTS topped its 9 p.m. hour among total viewers, edging out NCIS: LA. Dana Delaney's Body of Proof (10.2 million, 2.1) was the only exception on a night of lower ratings performances, jumping 17 percent. CBS' NCIS franchise went down slightly, 2 percent for NCIS (18.8 million, 4.1) and 6 percent for NCIS: LA (14.7 million, 3.4) -- the former being the most-watched show of the night and topping Glee in the demo. Rookie drama Unforgettable (11.3 million, 2.4), down 4 percent, still won the 10 p.m. hour in both viewership and the demo. The CW's 90210 (1.3 million, 0.6) and Ringer (1.5 million, 0.6) continue to struggle, plunging substantially from the previous week. Fox -- 3.6 · Glee: 8.3 million, 3.5 · New Girl: 8.6 million, 4.3 · Raising Hope: 6.5 million, 2.0 CBS -- 3.3 · NCIS: 18.8 million, 4.1 · NCIS: LA: 14.7 million, 3.4 · Unforgettable: 11.3 million, 2.4 ABC -- 2.2 · Dancing With the Stars results: 14.8 million, 2.8 · Body of Proof: 10.2 million, 2.1 NBC -- 2.0 · The Biggest Loser: 5.6 million, 2.0 · Parenthood: 5 million, 2.0 The CW -- 0.6 · 90210: 1.3 million, 0.6 · Ringer: 1.5 million, 0.6 TV Ratings

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Ridley Scott, BBC prep U.K. 'Life'

ScottCANNES -- Ridley Scott is cooperating while using BBC around the feature docu inspired by feature "Existence daily,In . which aims to make a self-portrait in the U.K. throughout only one day. The idea involves British people filming themselves for just about any project that will air in your town in 2012 incorporated within the pubcaster's Cultural Olympiad, which seeks to pay attention to existence and mores in Blighty as London gears around host the Olympics. Scott mentioned: "Filmmaking is actually about just acquiring a camera, getting away . there and carrying it out. "Our goal with this particular new project is to find everyone behind the lens and supply us a window onto eventually in the uk.In . "Existence daily,In . which was produced by Scott's shingle Scott Free, was helmed by Kevin Macdonald. He edited greater than 4,500 several hours of footage published by people from around the world in to a 90-minute documentary, which bowed theatrically inside the U.S. within this summer time. Macdonald is professional producer round the new docu, being helmed by Morgan Matthews, maker of "The Fallen," the BAFTA-winning film naming all British soldiers destroyed in Iraq and Afghanistan. "(Matthews) uses the wealthy chest of material published to craft only one, coherent story that captures the number and excitement of existence in the uk today," mentioned the BBC. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Fox Responds to 'Black Swan' Intern Suit

Fox Shot Entertainment has overlooked a suit introduced against Fox Searchlight by two former interns who done the film Black Swan are suing over alleged breach of minimum wage and overtime laws and regulations and rules.our editor recommends'Black Swan' Interns Sue Fox Searchlight We Now Have Spent totally free In the statement, the studio mentioned, "Since we've had an chance to examine this suit, it's apparent they are completely meritless claims specific solely at getting press coverage for your litigants in addition to their lawyers. These interns were not even maintained by Fox Searchlight and, really, were utilized by the expansion company that made Black Swan just before Fox Searchlight even acquired its rights inside the film. These folks were never employed as interns or maintained inside a capacity by Fox Searchlight, having a proud good status for supporting and fostering productive internships. We anticipate strongly fighting these groundless, opportunistic accusations." PHOTOS: Natalie Portman's 10 Red-colored-colored-Hot Red-colored-colored Carpet Looks The litigants, Alex Footman and Eric Glatt, report that Fox Searchlight did not give them the kind of educational experience which will exempt the business from requiring to give the interns under current labor laws and regulations and rules. "Fox Searchlight's delinquent interns certainly are a crucial work pressure on its productions, functioning as production assistants and bookkeepers and undertaking secretarial and janitorial work," the suit states. "In misclassifying lots of its employees as delinquent interns, Fox Searchlight has declined them the benefits what the law states purports to employees." VIDEO: A review of 'Black Swan' Footman told the NY Occasions his duties including making coffee, handling lunch orders, obtaining the garbage and cleansing the production office. Glatt, meanwhile, labored becoming an accounting intern, creating documents available orders and petty cash, going to the searching for signatures and making stand out excel spreadsheets to follow missing information in personnel files. "Really the only factor I discovered this internship wound up being being more picky in choosing employment options," Footman told the Occasions. "Black Swan had greater than $300 million in revenues. Once they paid out us, it wouldn't produce a large effect on them, however it'll make a massive effect on us." Related Subjects Fox Searchlight Pictures Black Swan

YouTube Gets near Original Content Handles 'X Factor' Producer, 'CSI' Creator, Tony Hawk

NEW You are able to - YouTube is putting the finishing touches on handles programming partners that can bring professional content towards the Google-possessed movie site in funnel form, the Wall Street Journal reported. One of the content partners which have signed or are required to sign with YouTube are skate boarder Tony Hawk, media companies, for example Warner Bros. and News Corp.'s ShineReveille unit, RTL Group's FremantleMedia, which produces The X Factor, BermanBraun, that has created shows for SyFy along with other cable channels, and IAC's Electus, run by Ben Silverman, based on the Journal. To supplement potential partners, it pointed out CSI creator Anthony Zuiker, Everyday Health, which produces quite happy with celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels yet others, Legendary Entertainment, founded by former Sundance Funnel mind Ray Aidem and former VH1 executive Michael Hirschorn, DECA, making movie content for ladies, anda sports content venture released by National basketball association player Baron Davis and funds Warren. The Journal, a part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., added that it could also produce news content for any YouTube funnel. Using its content deals, YouTube is searching to become next-generation content provider having a slew of online "channels" showing professional programming. The approach is comparable to the way in which cable operators offer channels, but YouTube isn't charging customers monthly customer costs.The website is investing a lot more than $100 million in payday loans for that content production and it is searching for advertising revenue in exchange, the Journal stated. It'll later split that ad revenue with content partners. The professional content channels are required to unveil the coming year. A YouTube spokesperson told the Journal: "We don't discuss rumor or speculation, but we're always speaking to content designers and curators of all types about building audiences online.Inch Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com TwitterL @georgszalai Related Subjects Google Time Warner News Corp. YouTube

ABC News, Yahoo Announce Partnership

NEW YORK - ABC News and Yahoo on Monday unveiled a strategic alliance focused on online news programming designed for the Web.our editor recommendsABC, Yahoo! extend vid content deal'Up All Night,' 'Whitney' Episodes Bow Early on Yahoo Among other things, GoodMorningAmerica.com will launch on Yahoo in a model that is set to allow audiences to continue conversations before, during and after the broadcast. Yahoo's and ABC News' slate of online video programming kicks off Monday with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos' interview with President Obama live from the White House as part of a new series called Newsmakers. Yahoo News and ABC News reach a combined audience of more than 100 million people in the U.S. each month on PCs, mobile devices and tablets, the companies said. "This relationship will give ABC News an unrivaled ability to reach across the Web, combining Yahoo's vast distribution and cutting-edge technology with our award-winning journalism," said Ben Sherwood, president of ABC News. "For years, we've proudly proclaimed that more Americans get their news from ABC News than any other source. Going forward, we will greatly expand this leadership by building a connection with a whole new online audience." "This unmatched alliance creates a powerful news experience that provides people greater access to compelling news and information, including more original news video online than ever before," they said. "Yahoo is committed to building the richest set of premium and personalized content experiences for our users," said Ross Levinsohn, executive vp, Americas, here onMonday. "Our deep collaboration with ABC News further strengthens Yahoo! as the No. 1 online news source, greatly enhancing our already robust news content." Under the new partnership, ABC News content will be prominently integrated into Yahoo News, the Yahoo front page, and other parts of the Yahoo network. Newsmakers is described as an original interview series that kicks off later in the day with the President Obama interview at 2:35pm. The entire interview will stream live on Yahoo.com and ABCNews.com. Other original Web shows are Around the World with Christiane Amanpour, which the correspondent said in a press conference will allow to explore key issues that don't always get enough TV exposure, and This Could Be Big, which will glimpse into the future of innovation and will be anchored by Nightline's Bill Weir each week. "On TV, time is not always your friend," Katie Couric echoed Amanpour in highlighting the opportunity to provide additional news coverage online. Additional programs will debut in the coming months and throughout 2012, the companies said. The companies' editorial teams will also work together to develop premium news content and co-produce coverage for major news events. Also, they will have integrated bureaus in NY, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles, with Yahoo editorial staff and content set to appear on air. The partners will also offer premium online video advertising opportunities. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Topics Yahoo

Fantastic Fest: Rom-Com Extraterrestrial , Erotic Musical Underwater Love Charm with Lies and Turtle Sex

Four years after bringing his feature debut Timecrimes to Fantastic Fest (where it won the Best Picture award), Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo returned to Austin, a place so warm and familiar he liked it to returning to the womb. “It’s like going back into my mother’s vagina,” exclaimed Vigalondo, addressing the friendly crowd at the debut of his sophomore film, Extraterrestrial. “So I get inside my mother’s vagina, and for some reason you are all there inside!” Extraterrestrial is a vastly different film than Vigalondo’s time-travel thriller Timecrimes, but it’s just as well matched to the Fantastic Fest spirit, a sweet little romantic comedy in the guise of an alien invasion movie. It begins one day as Julio (Julin Villagrn) wakes up the morning after a drunken one night stand with Julia (Michelle Jenner), a gorgeous but mysteriously aloof young lady who can’t seem to wait for her hook-up to leave, already, until both realize the city outside is strangely quiet. While they’ve been asleep, alien ships have materialized in the skies and the population evacuated, leaving them alone with no internet, no cell service, and only each other to depend on. That is, until Julia’s awkward neighbor ngel (Carlos Areces, star of last year’s terrifically twisted Fantastic Fest entry The Last Circus) reveals he’s stayed behind as well, not so secretly because he’s desperately in love with Julia. And then Julia’s boyfriend Carlos (Ral Cimas) returns home for her, bearing tales of government quarantines, and leaving the foursome locked in an amusing mire of shifting relationships, shared lies, and increasingly paranoid fears that there might actually be a real alien among them. Vigalondo lends a sharp sense of humor to the proceedings, and despite occasionally using clumsy fade outs to get from scene to scene, the film makes its way to a sweet, unconventionally romantic ending. It is, at its core, more character-driven romantic comedy than science fiction film, the ultimate realization of which may turn off those expecting the latter. But, as Vigalondo explained of his misleading alien element, “There is no reason. It’s like The Birds. You like The Birds? It’s a classic!” — Speaking of sweetly romantic but unconventional Fantastic Fest entries, just try to wrap your head around Shinji Imaoka’s Underwater Love: It’s a pink film, meaning it follows in the grand tradition of Japanese softcore erotic cinema, it’s a musical featuring songs by German duo Stereo Total, and the story — well, it involves a thirty-something woman named Asuka (Sawa Masaki) visited by a former classmate, Aoki (Yoshir Umezawa), who died 17 years ago and came back to life as a dancing, cucumber-earing mythical turtle-like creature called a kappa. Then there’s the chain-smoking, dress-wearing supernatural hippie, the death clock, the inter-species coupling, and the anal pearls. But more on those delights later. Shot by renowned DP Christopher Doyle (whose love for the drink came up uncomfortably often in the film’s intro and Q&A), Underwater Love is disappointingly unpretty to look at, thanks perhaps to a limited budget but probably more to a decision to pursue a washed-out visual look. Still, every now and then comes a breathtaking Doyle composition; the blue sky reflected in a stream, or fast-motion time lapse lingering on the solemn body of a naked woman in a river. But shot in about a week and with a cheeky acceptance of its limitations (Example: The “kappa” is an actor wearing a visibly fake turtle mask. Just go with it!), Underwater Love gets the basic job done, which is to bring a wonderfully perverse (in a good way) and playful love story to life. The musical aspect, however, is a letdown, despite an opening number set in a factory that called to mind Bjork and Catherine Deneuve frolicking among machinery in Dancer in the Dark. Imaoka admitted he only included it because he was asked to by higher ups, and considering that the whole production completed filming within just eight days (a luxury by pink film standards, apparently), who can blame him for at least trying? If anything, the nonsensical lyrics and awkward choreography only lend more wild whimsy to the show. Which brings me to the anal pearls. Rest assured this is the only film in history that will feature comically childlike turtle-people having sex with human women (the turtle penis fellatio scene is a LOL-worthy highlight) and pulling magical rocks out of their crotches which, if inserted into a human’s anus, will avert death. And I guarantee you’ll never see a case of necrophilia-as-CPR again on film — at least, it couldn’t possibly be as desperately romantic as it is here. Read more coverage of Fantastic Fest 2011 and follow Movieline on Twitter.