Fresh Prince's Jesse Hubert Jams Will Cruz: He's A B--Hole

Jesse Hubert and can Cruz Annoyed that Jesse Hubert - the initial Aunt Viv - wasn't finally week's Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reunion? Well, don't rely on seeing her at any future ones either. The actress informs TMZ that she's still mad at NBC and can Cruz over her firing 18 years back.The cast of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reunites!"There should never be a reunion ... when i won't ever so something with a b--hole like Will Cruz," she informs the website. "He's still an egomaniac and it has not developed. This constant reunion factor will never take place in my lifetime unless of course there's an apology, that they does not be aware of word."Hubert and Cruz were built with a well known falling-out after she was fired and changed by Daphne Maxwell Reid following a third season in 1993. Based on Hubert, NBC attempted to lessen her episode count and slash her salary in two, after which allow her to go when she declined the terms - a move she thinks Cruz was behind. Cruz has refused Hubert's claims and told an Atlanta radio station at that time that Hubert's bad attitude brought to her dismissal. Hubert was pregnant throughout the 3rd season and accepted to being "moody" at the office, but stated she wasn't area of the tension on set.Watch clips from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"I'm able to say upright that Jesse Hubert wanted the show to become The Aunt Viv of Bel-Air Show because I understand she'll dog me within the press," Cruz stated then. "She's essentially gone from the quarter of the million dollars annually to nothing. She's mad now, but she has been mad all along. She stated once, 'I've been in the industry for ten years which snotty-nosed punk arrives and will get a show.' Regardless of what, to her I am only the Antichrist."Cruz has yet to reply to Hubert's latest comments.

New 'Hobbit' Photo: Martin Freeman's Finest Adventure Is Coming Up Next

It has been so, such a long time since we last saw Middle Earth, almost about ten years ago if you're able to accept is as true. The planet returns in 2012's "The Hobbit: An Unpredicted Journey," another Tolkien adaptation thanks to Healing For Peter Jackson along with a sure wager to create a myriad of money. Besides casting news and also the general plot particulars, we've not seen an excessive amount of in the film. All that changes tonight once the first trailer drops quickly at 7 P.M. PST. For the time being, you can aquire a tease by searching only at that production still of Bilbo Baggins alongside his dwarf buddies. Martin Freeman's Bilbo looks quite dapper in the rumbled clothing and knapsack, as the dwarves seem like dwarves. It's not so surprising, though, that Jackson's team still takes note of steps to make Middle Earth's denizens seem like themselves -- they have most likely only become better within the layoff since "The almighty from the Rings: Return from the King." As "The Hobbit" is going to be damaged into two films, there'll be described as a lot to determine as Bilbo and the merry band venture across Middle-Earth looking for the treacherous Smaug. If you want any kind of fantasy, you are most likely just like pumped once we are. Should you haven't swept up with "Hobbit" news, improve around the rumored plot particulars, in addition to our wants what tonight's trailer will disclose. Otherwise, take a look here and over the Internet at 7 P.M. PST sharp to begin getting excited for next year's holidays. Inform us that which you think about the most recent "Hobbit" photo within the comments section as well as on Twitter!

Michael Jackson House Contents Sell For Nearly $1M

First Published: December 18, 2011 10:40 AM EST Credit: Getty Images BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Caption Michael Jackson on set of his video Beat It in downtown Los AngelesThe contents of the home where Michael Jackson lived with his three children just before his death have sold for nearly $1 million at auction. Darren Julien, president of Juliens Auctions, was unable to provide a more specific figure as he continued to tally the totals Saturday after the daylong auction, which brought in nearly triple the companys pre-auction estimate of $200,000 to $400,000. Among the highlights: A kitchen chalkboard where Jacksons children wrote I love daddy, which sold for $5,000, and an armoire upon which Jackson wrote a message to himself on the mirror that fetched $25,750. The auction also included furniture, artwork and other items from the rented mansion at 100 North Carolwood Drive, where Jackson lived as he prepared for a series of comeback concerts in London before his death in June, 2009. The headboard from the bed where Jackson died at age 50 was removed from the auction at the familys request, but the rug that was beneath the bed sold for $15,360. The estimate had been $400 to $600. Juliens Auctions re-created the mansion inside its Beverly Hills showroom and invited fans to fill the space where the bed would have been with a tribute to the late King of Pop. Julien promised to deliver all of the tribute items to Jacksons children and family matriarch Katherine Jackson. Michael Jackson has the greatest fans in the world. I can see why he lived for them, Julien said. They came out every day this week to bring gifts. Its unlike anything weve ever seen as it relates to a celebrity and their fans. Juliens Auctions has conducted auctions for dozens of celebrities, including Cher, Barbra Streisand, William Shatner and Slash. Jackson commissioned the company to sell the contents of his Neverland Ranch before the auction was called off in early 2009. Juliens also sold Jacksons famous Thriller jacket for $1.8 million earlier this year. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

It's Back! RiffTrax Returns With Live, Uncut Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny Revival

Depending on whom you ask, Christmas is a time of cheery togetherness or sharing in the misery. The latest holiday effort from RiffTrax is a bit of both. The RiffTrax team — Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett — will take to Ustream tonight to revisit a Christmas gem they made fun of a year ago, Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny, for the communal enjoyment of bad-movie fans. “It’s a little more intimate for the audience because we tend to absorb the pain and sometimes we share it with each other,” Murphy said. Ustream also makes a good RiffTrax platform because of its chat rooms, where viewers “share the pain among themselves,” he said. The former Mystery Science Theater 3000 writers/performers will do a live studio recording of Bunny tonight and rebroadcast it Saturday. The trio regularly record their scathing commentaries and offer them on RiffTrax.com as downloads to play alongside a DVD — a method that has allowed them to tackle current releases like the Twilight series. Bunny is available as an audio track and on VOD. So why take another stab at a movie that Murphy described as a grade-school play staged for public access TV? Aside from turning the viewing experience into an interactive event, 13 minutes were cut from Bunny last year. Apparently, somewhere between Santa’s sleigh being stuck in the sand in Florida and the story of Thumbelina, things got too weird. “It’s more pain for us, but it’s more fun for the audience. We cut out the things that were almost excruciating, the inexplicable and bizarre,” Murphy said. The riffers also are fresh off recording commentary for The Magic Christmas Tree, in which a child kidnaps Santa Claus and violates the laws of time and space. “This one, instead of being shot at an amusement park in Florida, was shot in somebody’s backyard in California, which doesn’t necessarily make it better,” Murphy said. That movie will be released on VOD, with a preview running during the Bunny stream. RiffTrax recently evolved to spawn the RiffPlayer, software that automatically syncs a DVD and commentary track. “Things keep getting better and better as online media is moving off the desktop computer and into the living room,” Murphy said. “A lot of people, I think, who were a little bit shy about doing that before — loading up the DVD and then syncing the [track] — are finding that the RiffTrax player works really well and is very convenient. And now even Grandpa can join in the fun.” Grandpa also might be interested to know that a mainstream Christmas classic could be on the horizon. “One of these days we might take a crack at It’s a Wonderful Life just because we all know it and we all love it and it’d be fun to do, much like we did Casablanca,” Murphy said. “But when we saw Magic Christmas Tree, we knew that we had our movie for this year.”

Golden Globe Nominations: The Heavens React!

First Released: December 15, 2011 10:58 AM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Julia Roberts steps out in the premiere of Within the Land of Bloodstream and Honey in the School of Visual Arts in NY City on December 5, 2011Following this news from the nominations for that 69th Annual Golden Globes which is passed out on The month of january 15 the heavens spoke out regarding their large award news! Thanks the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is praising our film. It was a genuine collaboration and i'm forever with debt to the cast and crew, who experienced their very own personal tragedies within the Bosnian War and provided a geniune perspective in to the conflict. This nomination is really a tribute towards the collective talent and passion of the remarkable cast. Julia Roberts, Author/Director, Within the Land of Bloodstream and Honey ***** Im honored to become nominated through the Hollywood Foreign Press Association today. I had been very humbled to operate alongside Clint and also the entire cast of J. Edgar, and am very excited to become famous for my focus on the film. Thanks. Leonardo DiCaprio, nominated for the best Performance by an actress inside a Film - Drama, J. Edgar ***** It's rewarding, not just to receive personal recognition in the HFPA, but to determine that individuals who labored so difficult and relentlessly to create Boss a real possibility were also recognized. Kelsey Grammer, nominated for the best Performance by an actress inside a TV Drama, Boss ***** Making Hugo was an remarkable experience for me personally. It offered me a opportunity to operate in three dimensional, which Ive desired to do since i have was youthful it permitted me to create a children's adventure, the kind of picture which i loved after i was youthful also it provided an event to pay for tribute to among the movie theaters finest pioneers, Georges Mlis. Because of the support theyve presented to The Film Foundation within our efforts to revive many films through the years, very good from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association with this particular picture includes a special meaning for me personally. Martin Scorsese, nominated for the best Director Film, Hugo ***** To become famous for representing among the finest stars in our time is really an honor, and i'm incredibly grateful towards the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for his or her ongoing support in our film. Working alongside Michelle was an very rewarding experience, and Im thrilled that both she and our excellent team of filmmakers are also renowned for their incredible work. Personally i think very fortunate to become nominated for any role that's so near to my heart. Kenneth Branagh, Best Performance by an actress inside a Supporting Role inside a Film, Best Film Comedy or Musical, My Week with Marilyn ***** Many thanks towards the Hollywood Foreign Press Association with this incredible gift. To become recognized alongside such brilliant stars is definitely an recognition. The Golden Globe nomination for that ARTIST leaves me without words! Jean Dujardin, Best Performance by an actress inside a Film - Comedy Or Musical, Best Film - Comedy Or Musical, The Artist ***** I'm just thrilled that Bernie and I've been nominated for any Golden Globe. Exactly what a great finish to some fantastic year! Elton John, nominated for the best Original Song, Hello Hello from Gnomeo & Juliet ***** A Golden Globe nomination is unbelievable! I'm so happy, and am very grateful towards the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and also to audiences across America, for his or her support from the ARTIST. Berenice Bejo, nominated for the best Performance by an Actress Inside A Supporting Role inside a Film, Best Film - Comedy Or Musical, The Artist Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

TNT Orders Medical Drama Pilot from David E. Kelley Based on Sanjay Gupta Book

David E. Kelley Chicago Hope creator David E. Kelley is incorporated in the medical drama business. This time around around around, he'll be penning the pilot of Chelsea General for TNT, an activity using the approaching novel Monday Morning by CNN's chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta.It, scheduled for publication in March, tales the non-public and professional lives of 5 surgeons. Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon themselves, will executive-result in the pilot alongside Kelley.Kate Burton assessments to Grey's for alternate world episode"Chelsea General promises to become smart, witty and incredibly effective medical drama, the kind of series David E. Kelley is well known to create,In . mentioned Michael Wright, executive v . p . mind of programming for TNT, The very best spinner's and Turner Classic Movies. "We anticipate coping with David and Sanjay to get the doctors' fascinating tales and figures to television."Photo gallery: Typically the most popular holiday moviesKelley is presently the executive producer on Harry's Law on NBC. He's also the creator of Picket Fences, The Practice and Ally McBeal.

Once

A NY Theater Workshop presentation of a musical in two acts with music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova; book by Enda Walsh, based on the motion picture written and directed by John Carney. Directed by John Tiffany, movement by Steven Hoggett.Guy - Steve Kazee Girl - Cristin Milioti Eamon - David Abeles Ivonka - Claire Candela Andrej - Will Connolly Reza - Elizabeth A. Davis Da - David Patrick Kelly Baruska - Anne L. Nathan Svec - Lucas Papaelias Bank Manager - Andy Taylor Ex-Girlfriend - Erikka Walsh Billy - Paul Whitty Emcee - J. Michael ZygoOnce is not enough: "Once" is that rare kind of musical which theater lovers will want to see again. The 2007 independent film from Ireland -- made for about $150,000, with a worldwide gross of $20 million -- has been creatively expanded and adapted for the stage, and it works out impeccably. Songwriters Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (who starred together in the movie) have joined playwright Enda Walsh and the "Black Watch" team of director John Tiffany and choreographer Steven Hoggett to create a rhapsodic, unique stage musical. Machinations for a quick Broadway transfer are underway, with strong prospects. Bittersweet love story tells of an unnamed guy (Steve Kazee) and girl (Cristin Milioti) who over the course of a week meet and make beautiful music together -- and that music proves more beautiful than much of what you hear uptown on the Rialto. Song "Falling Slowly" is already well known, having won the pair an Oscar, but many of the tunes equal it, including "If You Want Me" and "The Hill." "Once" is unusual, for sure: There's no orchestra. The actors themselves play instruments throughout, not as a directorial stunt but as an intrinsic part of the storytelling. This means as many as eight guitars playing together, which -- mixed with violin, viola and voice -- proves surprisingly effective. Eight of the thirteen film songs are retained, with a few additions. Playwright Walsh, for his part, is true to John Carney's screenplay but has expanded some subsidiary roles into full characters. Walsh ("Misterman") has also added humor; "Once," for all its moody romancing and atmospheric color, is very funny. Tiffany grabs the aud from the opening, when the story springs from a pre-show jam session. Hoggett ("American Idiot"), meanwhile, provides arresting movement for his non-dancers. In the first act finale, the musicians grow so engrossed that they are magnetically drawn from their chairs, dancing in formation while still playing -- even the cellist. (This same song, "Gold," is later reprised a cappella.) Orchestrator/music supervisor Martin Lowe deserves credit for translating the songs to the stage; the methods and results are key to the overall success. There is also a Broadway-caliber physical production from vets Bob Crowley ("The Coast of Utopia") and Natasha Katz ("Follies"). Crowley has designed a massive Dublin barroom, which also serves as a liquor bar before the show and at intermission. The walls are crammed with fifty-nine frosted mirrors, which the designers selectively use to reflect the action. Crowley's costumes for Dublin poor and Czech immigrants are just right, while Katz's touches include a dazzling nightscape with some fiber optic sleight-of-hand. Two leads are exceptional. Kazee ("110 in the Shade") makes a fine leading man, likable and attractive but conveying the character's inner anguish when he sings. Milioti is also perfect as the straightforward and blunt heroine; she plays the part so well you wonder whether she is indeed a Czech import. (She's from New Jersey.) Both excel as musicians as well. Paul Whitty, Andy Taylor and David Patrick Kelly stand out among the excellent ensemble, along with Elizabeth A. Davis for both her acting and her viola skills. Lest one wonder how this intimate affair would translate for Broadway, it's worth noting the show has a large cast of thirteen, twelve very-much-in-evidence musicians and a full-sized physical production that seems too wide for some smaller uptown houses. Still, it's the tender love story and the soaring songs that make "Once" a winner.Sets and costumes, Bob Crowley; lights, Natasha Katz; sound, Clive Goodwin; music supervision/orchestrations, Martin Lowe; production stage manager, Bess Marie Glorioso. Opened Dec. 6, 2011, reviewed Dec. 1. Runs through Jan. 15. Running time: 2 HOURS, 20 MINS. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

HAMMOND: Composer Alexandre Desplat Is Music To Oscars Ears Again This Season

Is Alexandre Desplat the completely new most difficult working guy in show business? The prolific Frenchcomposer which has had four Oscar nominations in the last five years is just coming off his most widely used year since getting worldwide prestige in 2003 with Girl Getting A Jewel Earring. Ever since then he's been among, ifnotthe most in-demandcomposers in the market getting a amazing output that assisted me tired just reading through through all the overall game game titles. People Oscar-nominated scores, The King’s Speech, The Truly Amazing Mr. Fox, The Curious Situation of Benjamin Button as well as the Full are a small sample in the nearly 60 scores he's written in the last 10 years, 10 years of major achievement forthe now-half a century old Desplat who is able to probably safely say existence truly does start at 40. He's really been positively creating for films for just about any quarter century only is becoming an internationalhousehold title in movie music circles since 2003. Once I sitting downwith him in a tiny dinner the other day he's at town just for 36hours and between back-to-back Q&Much like his The Ides of March director George Clooney. That morning he'd justcompleted the score for Stephen Daldry’s Christmas release, Very Noisy and very Close. It absolutely was a rush job to make certain while he has been around since just like a eleventh hour alternative for your film’s first composer, Nico Muhly (who despite getting composed Daldry’sThe Visitors additionally to being a music coordinator on his The Several hours, did not exercise relating to this film). Desplatcomposed and conductedan enormous volume of music, an hour or so approximately and twenty minutesworth within monthly which he was certainly feeling the strain of no sleep once we met. “I stood a gap where I really could have rested. I used to be stated to become concentrating on a Stephen Frears movie then Stephen Daldry’s came around. It’s a brave score plus it needed me 72 hours to compose. The story is about sorrow and loss – a youthful child handles to get rid of his father. It’s an up to date tragedy much like aGreek one you could transpose into any period, a universal story,” he mentioned adding he used extremely fast piano, sometimes using 2 pianos on top of each other to talk about our prime quantity of emotion. He described the film can be a amazing and highlights the wordless performance of Max Von Sydow among its highlights. “He includes a bigger role it made an appearance than Tom Hanks within it,” he mentioned. Clearly Very Noisy is simply the latest of his scores for 2011, while he had seven other films released this year, with various challenges. A few them , Roman Polanski’s Carnage and My Week With Marilyn really needed almost no music on his part. Inside the situation in the former music may be used only in the beginning and ending credit sequences, outdoors in the apartment but it is crucial in adding the very best tone the film must establish. “It’s a drama and comedy concurrently. It offers extensive wit and so the trick was searching for this balance between this nasty, angry energy together with a far more witty color,” he mentioned. For your latter it needed a holiday to Paris within the very persuasive producer (with David Parfitt)in the film, Harvey Weinstein to secure his limited participation. “Harvey needed me to accomplish the score, however had eliminate last summer season. We agreed I'd just write the theme which i passed the comfort in the try to my friend Conrad Pope. Marilyn can be a lost soul, an roughed up child who matures being this incredible, sensual, intelligent lady,” mentioned Desplat and also the lilting, haunting theme conveys everything plus much more. On coping with George Clooney round the political drama, The Ides of March according to him Clooney’s an aspiration to own just like a director. “It’s easy later on onto a project when the director likes your music and knows work. Everything seems kind of simpler. My exchange with George was fruitful. They are fully aware what he’s doing and contains a effective perspective. Otherwise he wouldn’t be described as a great director. Once I composed he'd be near me within the piano throughout my studio. He's passionate and then try to positive,” he mentioned. Although he's qualified to continue his Oscar nomination streak with Ides and incredibly Noisy additionally to his shared credit on Marilyn and also the fine target the Mexican immigrant drama A Far Greater Existence, there probably isn’t enough music in Carnage to qualify and you'll find queries about two other perfectly-known movies he did this year. He returned to accomplish the finale in the Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter as well as the Deathly Hallows Part 2,after doing the beginning this season. As they is acquiring on work established initially by John Williams within the last films the music activity branch may deem it not original enough but Desplat thinks it's. “I had total freedom relating to this score which we barely used the John Williams original theme. Basically a few bars occasionally. In general , approximately one hour and twenty minutes of music. We saved the theme in the last final scene because i had been thinking about ending the series where we started, so that it finishes with John Williams,” he mentioned. His concentrate on Part 1 did not earn an Oscar nom a year ago but Warner Bros does a considerably bigger campaign push relating to this finale. Then there’s Terrence Malick. The elusive , reclusive director is surprisingly secretive even when it calls for his composers as well as the Tree of Existence Desplat features a real challenge . He couldn’t start to see the movie. “The process with Terrence is always that he asked for me to produce music without any picture, therefore i written and recorded without any picture. It’s an infrequent as well as other experience. It needed me three years of discussions before I recorded several segments. Some movies, like Harry Potter take three several days,” he mentioned. Malick however used that three years at work very moderately inside the film that is likely there just isn’t enough music to qualify under Academy rules. He’s pleased with what he accomplished though. “Terrence was trying to find some form of river flowing of music which will feel the film. It absolutely was about how precisely love passes along. How will you show love and youngsters musically? The music activity also stood a hymn-like quality and Terrence did request me to produce some hymns,” he appreciated. For 2012 Desplat states he expects to dial it back just a little although he's doing possess a couple of french projects he'll do. Using the kind of work he’s been doing he warrants somewhat time off work work , but Iimagine he'll return around Oscar time. Theodds are extremely within the favor.

Star Trek 2 Warps In On May 17, 2013

Qq Abrams will shoot in 3DNow that Vital has finally switched the electricity at any height enough round the electrodes installed on Qq Abrams' sensitive parts making them purchase pointing the Star Trek follow-up, the pieces are progressively beginning to come under place. To start with, the film may possibly not have a title yet, but it provides a schedule, while using studio concentrating on a May 17, 2013 release date having its torpedoes.Deadline looks at the professionals needed quick action following the new the new sony shoved Roland Emmerich's Singularity off that date, homing in at about the time slot and stuffing Kirk, Spock, Sulu and co into position.We assume it will likely be day-and-date the following, given that's what went down using the first.Now, clearly, it's around Abrams to produce the main one factor, employed in the script he's been controlling by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Damon Lindelof (who tweeted what is the news with "You've strongly anxiously anxiously waited this extended... We shall do good making it worth that wait.")The big news round the Trek front is always that Abrams will probably be which causes it to be his first stab at 3d filmmaking, meaning the Enterprise will probably be bending Into The Face. Okay, hopefully not: Abrams knows what he's doing. But we are little concerned about 3d lens flare burning our retinas out.In related news, there's still no official word on Benicio Del Toro signing on just like a villain (Abrams will simply cagily condition that they're still in discussions) just one individual that is bound to, truly be adding is composer Michael Giacchino. Yeah, make an effort to look surprised.

Media Stocks Hit By Market Fears Of Impasse Over U.S. Debt Cuts

The us government will need to slash $1.2T in investing, mostly starting in 2013, when the 12-member congressional Super Committee can’t strike a deficit reduction deal soon. They still appear split — despite the fact that, like a practical matter, they need to achieve a contract by night time to be able to have something ready for that official Wednesday deadline. That drove most company shares lower, having a late uptick possibly conditioning the blow.The Dow’s U.S. Media Index was lower 1.2% about twenty minutes prior to the finish from the buying and selling day. Disney was toughest hit one of the industry’s greatest gamers: Itsshares were-3.5%, then The new sony (-3.4%), CBS (-2.3%), Viacom(-2%), and Time Warner (-1%). Comcast was up about .5%. Among other media companies, Cinedigm (-8.8%) and RealD (-7.2%) required the worst beatings.Others lower a minimum of 4% include E.W. Scripps, Entercom, Crown Media, Netflix, National CineMedia, Live Nation, LIN TV, and Dish Network. Gainers include Westwood One, Barnes & Noble, Sirius XM, Radio One, McClatchy, and McGraw Hill.

Access Exclusive: Inside Katy Perrys Cosmic AMA Rehearsals

First Launched: November 19, 2011 4:39 PM EST Credit: Getty Images Caption Katie Perry creates stage within a concert inside the Rock in Rio Festival on September 23,2011 in Rio p Janeiro, BrazilLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- When Katy Perry takes happens at Sundays American Music Honours in La, its apt to be truly an out-of-this-world experience. Access Hollywood has exclusively discovered that Katy will probably be undertaking an acoustic version of her song, One Which Got Away. Not merely will Katy give you the vocals, but spend be playing playing the guitar herself, an origin has revealed to get into. She sounds fantastic, the foundation told Access getting seen Katys AMA testing. [She's revealing her talent just like a music artist. For happens, Katy works in the cosmic setting around the circular platform in the middle of happens, the foundation added. The set will probably be full of laser effects together with a big screen behind her filled with asteroids and stars. Besides her performance, Katy may also be up for 3 honours on Sunday, including Artist of year. The 39th annual American Music Honours will probably be held on Sunday, November. 20 within the Nokia Theatre in La. It'll air live at 8 PM on ABC. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Joshua Leonard on His Directing Debut The Lie, And the Fine Art of Dark Humor

Actor. Writer. Photographer. Musician. And now Joshua Leonard makes his feature directing debut this week with The Lie, a darkly comic, sneakily moving vision of 30-something parenthood. Based on a short story by T. Coraghessan Boyle follows Lonnie (Leonard) along the downslope of his dead-end editing job and through the emotional desert of his marriage to fading flower-girl Clover (Jess Weixler). Dedicated idealists and new parents as well, Lonnie and Clover struggle against the expectations of advancing age. But between selling out to the corporate workplace and clinging to rock-and-roll daydreams, both succumb to an inertia shattered one day by Lonnie’s ill-advised impulse to lie his way out of work. Handsomely shot and exquisitely acted, The Lie (which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where a longer version of this interview was previously published) marks the latest milestone for the 36-year-old perhaps best known for inhabiting indie sensations from The Blair Witch Project to Humpday. Leonard spoke with Movieline about taking the next creative step. Congratulations on The Lie. What led to this as your feature directorial debut? Oh, God. Its tender, middle-of-the-road heart? [Laughs] I’m totally joking. It all started with T.C.’s story. I am a guy who doesn’t have ideas too very often, so when I do, I stick to them like a dog with a bone. I read that story and just immediately knew that not only did I want to see a movie made out of that story, but I wanted to be the one to help facilitate it. It just really… I don’t know. It was just one of those things that spoke to me specifically, one of those things that spoke to me generationally. It was a story that addressed really big issues without being too touchy-feely or didactic or giving you a third-life-crisis analysis/bludgeoning. It was very funny, it was very heartfelt. And I felt like I knew the people in it. It all started from there. How long ago did you read it? I guess in making-a-movie terms, not that long ago. Maybe less than two years ago? What did you see eating this guy that compelled you to not only direct but play the role? I often wonder whether I’m just masking my own vanity with this answer, but in general I don’t think it’s a great idea to direct yourself. If somebody else had come to me with the proposal of them acting and directing this piece, I would have told them it was asinine and steered them away as quickly as I could. But look: I did know we were going to have to make it on a pretty tight schedule and on a pretty modest budget. And I think if you read the piece, it’s pretty clear that you have to hit a pretty specific tone or it doesn’t work. If it veers too far to the comedic, you kind of lose complete empathy for the character. And if it veers too far to the dramatic, people feel like they’re being preached to, and it loses its entertainment value. So there was really a balance that we had to strike, and to some extent, it was almost the utilitarian decision I could have made, casting myself in it. I felt like being in that position, I knew in my head and my heart where I wanted to hit, and maybe had less confidence in steering another actor to that that place than just stepping in and doing it myself. What exactly do you think is happening with Lonnie? You just mentioned the third-life crisis; there are some work and marriage issues… I think he’s going through what most people go through when they hit a certain age, which is that moment of reckoning where you realize where you intended to go and where you wound up are two completely different places. And you’re kind of standing at this precipice, and you’ve got a choice to make: You can either rail against that and try to untrench yourself from the decisions you’ve made — that put you in a position you don’t like — or you can accept it. I think Lonnie is really at that crossroads where he’s not willing to accept it, but he also has absolutely no clue how to change it. Without giving anything away, I’ll be interested in people’s reactions to Lonnie and Clover’s climactic decision — they’re kind of inspirational, but kind of… crazy? How did you view it? Maybe a little bit of both? At the end of the day I did not consider the ending of my movie to be the point where these two characters have made the most responsible life choices. I think that there’s something… [Pauses] I knew I didn’t want to have a hopeless ending, so I think the feeling that we were really attempting to kind of imbue into the end of this film is that sometimes our lives aren’t as galvanized into a single track as we assume they are. So at the end of the movie, these guys make a different decision. That doesn’t mean that the different decision is going to be right or any better, or that they won’t wind up back in the same spot. But through a chain of both mishaps and self-analysis where they acknowledge that what they’ve been doing is not working. Their idea of going back to this past dream of who they wanted to be? I don’t know if that actually works. Most of the time it doesn’t. But: You’ve got two characters who felt kind of tethered to the life they’ve chosen, and at least at the end of the story they’ve acknowledged there’s another option. And they do so through a very intriguing confrontation. How did you approach that moment as an actor and a director alongside Jess Weixler? I guess very simply, to me, in terms of structuring the story when we were originally writing it out. And then as we were careening toward it in the arc of the film, the intention was always: Here’s a movie about a group of people who, for better or for worse, live with a certain level of dishonesty in their lives — most of the time. To varying degrees, I hope that people can relate to that. I can certainly relate to that. Whether you’re a liar and you go around telling these overt lies, or you’ve made a decision that omitting certain truths makes your life easier… That one I think more often than not we’re guilty of. So you’ve got a story acknowledging these various levels of dishonesty that these people live with on a day-to-day basis. And the movie is set up to present a situation whereby the stakes are so high that there is no choice but to tell the truth. If you wanted to look at it structurally like that, it’s a movie where people lie for two acts and tell truth for one. It’s kind of hard to believe now, but your relationship with Sundance goes back over a decade now, right? To The Blair Witch Project? Actually, my very first time at Sundance I was there as an editorial photographer for Black Book in ‘98 — the year before Blair With Project. What are some of your highlights from attending over the years, and what did it mean to debut The Lie there? Sundance for me started out, when I was there in the late ’90s, as a club that I really wanted to join. [Laughs] I was surrounded by all these people who really inspired me to make films. You know — the Hal Hartleys, the Nick Gomezes, the Allison Anderses. I didn’t grow up on a diet of ’70s cinema; I grew up on multiplex cinema. And so really, my first exposure to independent film was through the American independent directors of the early ’90s. I guess it’s like a kid who want to be a musician and has a lot of attitude and a lot of angst — but no skills — hears punk rock and feels like, “OK, there’s a place for me in that, because it’s more about what I think and I feel.” It’s not as gilded. And that’s what I thought of independent cinema at that time. But I was also a kid in my early ’20s, and very much just showed up as a fan as much as anything. And then Blair Witch happened, and that really allowed me to get a small toe in the door and continue to work and mentor with people and continue to learn. And it’s really been this really wonderful touch-base over the years. I’ve been back with three or four acting projects. I had my directorial debut — which was a short film [The Youth in Us] — go there in 2005. We were back with Humpday in 2009, and back there with my narrative feature debut in 2011. I guess where that’s really changed is that much like you can go back to your elementary school and really have that sense memory feeling of what it was like to be a kid there, there are hills and venues and theater staircases at Sundance that I very palpably remember. I remember what it was like to be 12 years younger and show up not knowing anyone or really anything, just that I wanted to find a place in this community. To some extent I still have mentors there. I still feel like I have a long way to go. But at the same time I still have a ton of peers there. I have a lot of solidarity and relationships with other filmmakers who had films at Sundance this year. I feel like I am very much finally part of that community, and that’s a pretty great feeling. This is an edited version of an interview that was previously published during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Read Movieline’s review of The Lie here. Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter. [Top photo: Getty Images]

Happy 30th Anniversary to General Hospital's Laura and Luke!

General Hospital In recognition of Laura Baldwin and Luke Spencer's large wedding which happened November. 17, 1981, when $ 30 million people viewed, have a look back in the stars who checked into General Hospital - before these were famous. Demi Moore, John Stamos and Ough Martin are among individuals featured in Snakkle's gallery, Luke and Laura's Wedding - 3 decades Later.

John Myhre Named Oscar Production Designer

Beverly Slopes, CA Academy Award-winning production designer John Myhre will design the 84th Academy awards, telecast producers John Grazer and Don Mischer introduced today. This really is the first time Myhre has offered as production designer for your Oscars. “John can be a prolific production designer, which has created most likely probably the most intriguing sets that individuals’ve seen,” mentioned Grazer and Mischer. “His film perspective is a superb contribution towards the team dynamic as well as the reveal.” Myhre won Academy awards inside the Art Direction category in 2002 for “Chicago” too as with 2005 for “Memoirs from the Geisha.” He's three more Oscar nominations for his concentrate on “Elizabeth” (1998), “Dreamgirls” (2006) and “Nine” (2009). Myhre’s other production design credits include “Pirates in the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” “Wanted,” “Ali” and “X-Males.” Academy awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 is going to be provided on Sunday, February 26, 2012, within the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and public live and consume the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation may also be public live in greater than 200 nations worldwide.

Kermit & Jason Segel Beg For Could Be

EXCLUSIVE: I desired to acquire my at work this private little video once i heard it existed. Listed here are producers Jason Segel and Kermit The Frog inviting Could Be to participate the cast in the Muppets movie, the very first Muppets theatrical release in 12 years. Beyond cute: rtmp://streaming.deadline.com/ondemand/video/Muppets_Amy_Adams_Invite_v3_2011-11-16.flv

Peter Thea joins Universal Music Group

Continuing the ongoing exec exchange between Sony and Universal Music Group labels, former Jive Records exec Peter Thea will join UMG as exec VP of Universal Republic and Island Def Jam. Based in NY, Thea will report to current Republic/IDJ chairman-CEO Barry Weiss, under whom he worked at Jive. A former recording engineer-turned-entertainment lawyer, Thea joined Jive in 1999 as senior VP, later moving up to exec VP in the company. Jive was consolidated into RCA Records last month. In a statement, Thea said: "I am thrilled to be working with Barry again. Barry has energized the company with a vision that fosters a great creative environment for real talent to flourish." Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Michele Bachmann's Campaign Manager Calls CBS News Producer a 'Piece of S---' Amid 'Media Bias' Allegations

Michele Bachmann and her campaign manager are accusing CBS News of "media bias" after a CBS News producer erroneously sent an e-mail to her spokeswoman suggesting that the Republican presidential candidate would get fewer questions than her opponents during Saturday night's debate.our editor recommendsRepublican Debate on CBS: Candidates Spar Over Foreign PolicyMitt Romney, Michele Bachmann to Boycott Univision Debate Due to Extortion Allegations'Butter': Jennifer Garner Campaigns as a Michele Bachmann Clone (Video) Jackie Mason Says Michele Bachmann Should Drop Her Presidential Election BidMichele Bachmann's Military Jacket Gets Wayne Newton's Vote (Poll)Related Topics•Politics Before the debate, a CBS employee sent a message to CBS News producer John Dickerson and Bachmann spokeswoman Alice Stewart related to Bachmann's participation in a post-debate webcast, according to CNN. Dickerson was told in the message that Stewart had been copied. PHOTOS: Best Presidents in Film and Television But Dickerson either overlooked that point or forgot to remove Stewart from his reply. He followed up with this message to the employee: "OK, let's keep it loose, though, since she's not going to get many questions and she's nearly off the charts in the hopes that we can get someone else." During the debate, sponsored by CBS and National Journal, the Minnesota congresswoman in fact wasn't asked as many questions as the front-runners. "I think it's only respectful to allow the candidates to be able to speak and not intentionally ahead of time make a decision to limit candidates' opportunity to speak to the American people," she said after it was over. "Clearly, this was an example of media bias." PHOTOS: Actors Who've Played Politicians Bachmann's campaign manager, Keith Nahigian, was a little more blunt in his reaction. According to CNN, he "stormed through the spin room" at the South Carolina debate, saying: "John Dickerson should be fired. He is a piece of shit. He is a fraud and he should be fired." For its part, CBS News said the e-mail was "a candid exchange about the reality of the circumstances -- Bachmann remains at 4% in the polls." Dickerson echoed that sentiment to CNN: "Bachmann is at 4 percent in the polls and has been for a while. Other candidates aren't. I sent an email based on that." PHOTOS:Michele Bachmann and the Politics of Fashion Meanwhile, debate moderator and CBS Evening News host Scott Pelley said he wasn't aware of the e-mail about the chain, but he and his co-host, National Journal's Major Garrett, tried to be fair in the time they gave to each candidate. Related Topics Scott Pelley CBS News Politics Michele Bachmann

The Very Best Movies for Veteran's Day Weekend

War is definitely an naturally motion picture subject, filled with action, conflict, and spectacle, but how about following the fighting finishes? It is a lot harder to create a movie about veterans, who're generally observed in movies attempting to put drama in it and reassimilate into mundane civilian existence. Still, you will find a number of movies that address veterans' difficulties with some sympathy, understanding, and, yes, compelling drama. Veteran's Day might be over, but when you are searching for a movie to salute our coming back soldiers and ladies a few days ago, listed here are 16 of the greatest to think about. The Very Best Movies for Veteran's Day 'Stop Loss''Forrest Gump''Legends from the Fall''It's Always Fair Weather''Some Type of Hero''Slaughterhouse-Five''Dead Presidents''The Manchurian Candidate''Gods and Monsters''First Bloodstream''Born around the 4th of This summer''The Males''Coming Home''The Hurt Locker''The Deer Hunter''The Best Many years of Our Way Of Life' See All Moviefone Art galleries » [Photo: Everett Collection] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Cinemax topper's career brought by military service

NelsonBill Nelson, chairman and Boss of Cinemax, can be a Vietnam combat veteran who offered while using 2/502nd Infantry in the 101st Airborne Division.Serving in uniform can be a existence-changing experience.Practicing this, planning this on and on through it changes your perspective on several things. The vital problem, For me, could it be shuts a bond with people surrounding you. It shuts inside the thought of togetherness, cooperating and selflessness. It's a somewhat dramatic transition from "me" to "we," as well as the military may be the finest educational institution to coach that. It is a permanent and positive enhancement to some person's character.For me the enterprise is only able to achieve its finest potential getting a team attitude. So at Cinemax, I've spent my 27 years trying to guide compared to that concept, as well as the whole executive team and staff, through for the fundamental level, has recognized that culture. It is a culture of collective spirit, collective understanding, collective instinct and strategy. For me the insight, ability and determination to accomplish on that, personally, are experience of your time inside the military.I have to realize that the unemployment rate for that returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan is playing around 30%, or about triple the country's average. For me that every company should focus on employing veterans as it is the very best step to complete, and as it is an excellent business decision. Whenever you train with an experienced, you are employing somebody that's trained, motivated, loyal, has leadership capabilities, knows business structure, works well pressurized and fits well in to a team atmosphere.Veterans are team players. They have been taught to be. Veterans naturally bring an positive, team-oriented influence towards the operating quantity of gifted people. So, employing veterans is not only a moral and loyal obligation, it is a smart business decision too. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

AFM 2011: New Regency, A Company Ink Three-Year Deal (Exclusive)

New Regency has signed a new three-year output deal with Berlin-based licenser/distributor A Company, which will give A Company exclusive rights to New Regency's slate for Russia and the other CIS territories.our editor recommendsAFM 2011: Summit Signs Output Deals With Russia, GermanyAFM 2011: Crystal Edge Launching Theatrical Distribution DivisionAFM 2011: Possible Relocation to Downtown Los Angeles Sparks Outrage Included in the deal are such titles as Andrew Niccol's sleeper sci-fi thriller In Time featuring Justin Timberlake and action comedy Knight and Day starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. Separately, A Company has signed licensing deals with five separate Russian free-TV channels, including market leader Channel One, for a package of 105 films from its library. In addition to the New Regency titles, the agreements include the hotly anticipated Cloud Atlas from directors Tom Tywker and Andy and Lana Wachowski. A Company is a co-producer on Atlas, which stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry and Hugh Grant and is currently shooting at Studio Babelsberg in Germany. The TV deals were signed separately with each individual channel but are closely coordinated allowing the five Russia networks different runs for individual titles. The agreements do not include the first TV run of Cloud Atlas, which A Company is holding back until the project gets closer to completion. Related Topics AFM International Cloud Atlas AFM 2011 In Time New Regency Productions

Lackluster Responses to 'Prime Suspect,' 'Hart of Dixie,' 'Revenge' Marketing Campaigns Suggest Shows at risk: Study

NBC's Prime Suspect, the CW's Hart of Dixie and ABC's Revenge should concern yourself with their futures, if TiVo's soon-to-be released report about marketing conversions is any suggestion.our editor recommendsFall TV's 'The X Factor,' 'New Girl' Among Top Shows For Entrepreneurs Study: Fall's Most Anticipated New Shows RevealedNew Training of Fall TV: Comedy Is King18 Familiar Faces of Fall TVFall TV Premiere Week: The Individuals who win and LosersRelated Subjects•Fall Television Preview According to TiVo, really the only shows with lower conversions than people three, Charlie's Angels and H8R, are actually canceled. TiVo questioned the viewing habits of 35,000 of the clients to discover the amount of promotions on new Tv shows they saw, the amount of occasions they saw them and when the promotions convinced those to stay updated. Once they up-to-date to the premiere episode getting seen no less than three promotions, that qualified just like a effective "conversion." PHOTOS: 10 Tv Shows Canceled Faster Than 'The Playboy Club' Television professionals might want to take TiVo's data seriously, because no five shows while using least expensive promo conversions a year ago was restored. Scoring the finest conversion rate was CBS' 2 Broke Women, which already acquired an entire-season order. No. 2 on TiVo's list was Fox's New Girl. PHOTOS: Fall TV Dying Pool: Which Shows Will Probably Be Axed Next? The device isn't foolproof, though, since the show while using third-finest conversion rate, CBS' How to be a Gentleman, remains canceled, as was NBC's Free Agents, which acquired the eighth-finest promo conversion rate. Rounding the very best ten new broadcast shows while using finest promo conversions are Terra Nova, Person of curiosity, Pan Am, Suburgatory, Up With The Evening and Memorable. PHOTOS: Fall TV's 12 Most Anticipated Shows Rounding the underside 10 are Whitney, The X Factor, The Playboy Club (already canceled), Ringer together with a Gifted Guy. TiVo also notes within the think that there's no direct correlation between "achieve" and conversion rate. For example, Whitney acquired the finest achieve with 85.three percent in the panelists uncovered for the promotions, though its conversion rate was the fifth least expensive among the 21 new fall broadcast series that opened up between Sept. 12 and March. 2. Revenge also acquired high achieve but low conversion. Related Subjects Terra Nova The X Factor New Girl Hart of Dixie Ringer H8R Person of curiosity Memorable A Gifted Guy 2 Broke Women Charlie's Angels Pan Am Revenge Suburgatory Prime Suspect The Playboy Club Up With The Evening Whitney Free Agents ABC NBC CBS Fox Broadcasting Corporation The CW Fall TV Preview

10 Methods to Know You've Became a member of a Cult (A Minimum Of in Movies)

Already a vital hit because of its film festival runs, 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' is producing an abundance of buzz nowadays. The haunting indie drama stars Elizabeth Olsen as Martha, a youthful lady who struggles to reintegrate into normal existence after getting away from the cult within the Catskills. But author/director Sean Durkin's feature debut is not the very first movie to explore the harmful grasp cults holds over their fans. With 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' out now in theaters (try ordering that ticket five occasions fast), Moviefone think it is time revisit some true "cult" classics if you are just a little wary about why that new social club you registered for keeps suggesting that you try the Kool-Aid, listed here are the very best 10 methods to know you've became a member of a cult -- within the movies a minimum of. 10 Signs You're inside a Cult See All Moviefone Art galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Handy hired at New Wave

HandyNew Wave Entertainment has drawn on Ri-Karlo Handy since it's Vice president of unscripted development.Handy was most lately co-professional producer for MTV's "Boy of the Gun" and New Wave has hired him to assist using the shingle's elevated production slate. He'll are accountable to John Volk-Weiss, mind of production and senior Vice president of talent management. One of the reality skeins New Wave produces are "Stevie TV" for VH1 and "True Muck" for Analysis Discovery. Additionally, it created recent stand-up special offers featuring Nick Cannon and Whitney Cummings. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Darrell Hammond Performed on 'SNL' Same Week He Was Taken From NBC in Straitjacket (Video)

Darrell Hammond breaks down in tears describing his childhood abuse, struggles with drug addiction and being checked into psych wards during an interview on CNN.com's Red Chair from early October.our editor recommends'SNL's' Darrell Hammond Reveals Crack Addiction, Leaving NBC 'in a Straitjacket' Russell Brand Draws Mixed Reactions From 'Saturday Night Live' Debut "My dad never really abused me... I was frightened to be around him," says Hammond, who goes on to explain that his father was a veteran who had "nightmares about Nazis" every night. VIDEO: Emmy Roundtable: Comedy Actors "My mom did things that have cost me dearly," adds Hammond, who was the longest-running castmember on Saturday Night Live after 14 seasons. "Stabbing, beating, beating electrocuted...it was my mom." "When I was 19 was the first time I ever cut myself," says Hammond, who is releasing a new memoir, "If You're Not There God, I'm F--ked." "Over the years it became more habitual." PHOTOS: Hollywood's Memorable Mea Culpas "I was never in a mental institution for a long time. I was in psych wards. I was diagnosed with everything from schizophrenia to multiple personality disorder. I was on seven medications at one time... soul-killing drugs." Speaking of SNL, Hammond says, "Performing with anthrax in the building is not nearly as difficult as performing in a home where you might get stabbed at night." PHOTOS: Hollywood's Biggest Blunders He says he used to cut backstage and he was "taken to the psych ward the week I did the [Al] Gore debates. I believe that was when I was taken away in a straightjacket. There's no way for people to know about that. SNL is a place where if Lorne [Michaels] judges you can hit the ball over the wall that night, you'll get up and step up to the plate. I didn't want to let Lorne down, whom I'm close to." Hammond says he struggled playing Senator John McCain on the show. "I didn't want to make fun of a guy whose body and voice were changed by combat. I had a hard time playing John McCain. My father [told me] on his death bed he wanted me to play him." VIDEO: Emmy Roundtable: Comedy Showrunners Hammond says says he's not hiding his past. "I don't feel ashamed for falling down because I got hit by a mac truck," he says of his childhood. "I kept trying to get back up and then I did." After beating his drug addiction, Hammond starred this summer in Sag Harbor as Truman Capote in one-man play Tru. He's also involved in Will Ferrell's Funny or Die website. Related Topics Saturday Night Live

Hannah Montana's Mitchell Musso Charged With Driving under the influence

Mitchel Musso Mitchell Musso remains charged with two counts of driving while impaired following his Monday arrest which is now facing jailtime, TMZ reviews. The Burbank City Attorney has charged the 20-year-old Hannah Montana star with driving drunk of alcohol and driving getting a blood stream alcohol amount of .08 or greater. Both charges are misdemeanors so when billed, he faces a $1,000 fine or even more to six several days in jail. Mitchell Musso billed with Driving under the influence Musso was stopped early Monday morning after he not successful to decelerate to traffic cops. Police force smelled alcohol and proceeded to supply him a area sobriety make certain a breath analyzer. Musso blew within the legal limit of .08 which he was arrested. He presently stars on Disney XD's Group of Nobleman and hosts the Disney Funnel reality show PrankStars.

NBC Buys Comedies From Chelsea Latelys Sarah Colonna & Weeds Stephen Falk

NBC has bought 2 more single-camera comedy projects, Existence When I Mess It Up, from Chelsea Recently and After Recently author/panelist Sarah Colonna and Satellites, a place of work comedy from Weeds author-producer Stephen Falk. Existence When I Mess It Up is dependant on Colonnas approaching book and follows Colonna and her existence within the Area encircled by eccentric buddies and family whose opinions and actions know no limitations. Happy Madison and The new sony TV are creating together with Colonna’s management company New Wave Entertainment, Lunch Large Snail Prods. and Universal TV. Colonna will write the script and executive produce with Danielle Sanchez, who'll supervise, Doug Robinson, Abbey MacDonald, Michael Pelmont and John Volk Weiss. APA-repped Colonna lately carried out on theComedians of Chelsea Recently tour. Satellites is occur the chaotic realm of satellite radio and centers around an old reluctant 󈨞′s boy-band member along with a female blogger/podcaster who co-host a relationship call-in show. They have to contend not just with their loaded bitterness for one another, however the madness of working within the " new world " of radio in which the Stylish-Hop Station is over the hall on the Gay Station that is across the street from the Nothing-But-Windchimes Station. ICM-repped Falk is presently a supervisory producer on Weeds and formerly developed musical comedy Timing with Weeds creator Jenji Kohan at Showtime.

Bots storm 'Smurf' turf overseas

For the first time in nine weeks, "The Smurfs" didn't rule the international B.O. Instead, Disney's robo-fighters in "Real Steel" won overseas bragging rights for the Oct. 7-9 sesh."Real Steel," which launched in 19 territories (25% of the international market), debuted with $22.6 million, scoring No. 1 perfs in markets like Australia, Mexico and Russia, where the pic earned one-third of its entire bow, with $7.4 million. Oz contributed $4.1 million and Mexico, $3.1 million."The Smurfs" tallied $8.5 million overall, with Oz the pic's top territory at $2.2 million."Smurfs" has managed to stay atop the international B.O., primarily because of a lack of new product entering the market.And while "Real Steel" still has plenty of markets to enter, the film had a wide-enough bow to eclipse "Smurfs" overall. That hasn't been the case for previous entries, most of which have avoided extensive day-and-date releases. Post-summer, early-fall berths aren't very popular overseas, since most moviegoers spend the remaining weeks of summer outdoors, and most fall holidays don't arrive until around mid-October -- a boom time for family fare.Universal came closest to surpassing Sony's "Smurfs" during the pic's eight weeks atop foreign wickets, with the launch of "Johnny English Reborn" the weekend of Sept. 16.Over the Oct. 7-9 weekend, "Johnny English" made a run at "Real Steel," adding 10 markets and grossing $21.1 million in its fourth frame, including star Rowan Atkinson's best bow ever in the U.K. at $7.8 million. Pic also opened on top in Germany, with $3.9 million. The pic has cumed $61 million at the international box office, and is poised to play into school holidays in both countries over the next few weeks. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com

WATCH: Evan Rachel Wood Plugs Ides of March By Covering Justin Bieber on Jimmy Fallon

Ides of March co-star Evan Rachel Wood hit the late night circuit last night to push her latest, George Clooney’s political thriller Ides of March, by talking to Jimmy Fallon about… her recent bout of Bieber Fever. Sure, why not? She plays an eager 20-year-old in the film, after all. And in grabbing the mic to perform an impromptu version of Justin Bieber’s “Baby,” Wood kills two birds with one stone by pimping both the Clooney-Gosling Oscar hopeful AND the concert doc Never Say Never. Judge her Bieber-esque swag and stick around for more Buzz Break. [via THR] After the British Board of Film Classification essentially banned The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) by refusing to give it any certification, Tom Six’s barf-fest has finally been approved (32 cuts and roughly 2 minutes shorter) with an 18-certification. Yay? [EW] (“Ew” is right.) Which mystery director abused their script supervisor so that star Jennifer Aniston threw a chair at them in protest? Place your guesses below! [Huffington Post] Does this Twitpic of a Criterion-branded Spinal Tap guitar pick mean the out of print Rob Reiner mockumentary classic is coming back via the vaunted label? [@Criterion] Just keep swimming… towards the cash. Finding Nemo is heading to Blu-ray before it gets the 3-D re-release treatment. [Disney]

Star Trek 2 prep includes comics

J.J. Abrams stopped dragging his space boots recently and signed onto direct the follow-up to Star Trek.Where can it be already?Well, co-author Roberto Orci states pre-production is becoming on-going.InchThe cast is excited. There exists a director. We now have started scouting locations. Next time round the crew was already together right from the start, and then we can join in towards the adventure," he told the condition Star Trek website.Orci has furthermore been busy concentrating on more recent and much more effective Star Trek comics with author Mike Manley that will match while using movie follow-up."The initial handful of issues in the series are adaptations in the Original Series episodes, since the 'new' crew encounters a couple of of the identical risks the first crew did, though versions that reflect things like Kirk like a youthful captain and Spock losing his homeworld. After we get nearer to another movie, the tales will begin to foreshadow the occasions in the movie, for instance possibly showing new figures we'll have on-screen... pun greatly intended," Manley taunted.

I'm a Good Person/I'm a Bad Person

A Punk Films presentation. Created, directed, compiled by Ingrid Veninger.With: Ingrid Veninger, Hallie Switzer, Simon Reynolds.Using the "personal film" for an extreme, Canadian auteur Ingrid Veninger's "I'm a Good Person/I'm a Bad Person" is really sketchily attracted and obscure, it might be just the helmer herself you never know exactly what's going on, departing even supportive experts in the emotional cold. Veninger's microbudget third feature may have difficulty mustering even minimal returns, given its anemic narrative and offhanded regard because of its audience. Acclaimed on her second feature, "Modra," Veninger used the ecu tour of this film like a backdrop with this follow-up, where a filmmaker named Ruby Whitened (Veninger) brings her not successful movie before unresponsive festival audiences, shateringly finding what it really was that drove her to create the film to begin with. A brittle and offending personality (which does not result in the film anymore appealing), Ruby eventually drives her pregnant 18-year-old daughter, Sara (Veninger's daughter, Halle Switzer), to separate together with her in Berlin. Sara continues onto Paris to determine how to handle her baby. The end result is foreseeable, the procedure too spare to earn much affection.Camera (color, HD), Benjamin Lichty editor, Chris Wiseman costume designer, Hallie Switzer. Examined at Toronto Film Festival (Vanguard), Sept. 15, 2011. Running time: 82 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Follow up to Angelina Jolie's 'Wanted' Progresses With Familiar Screenwriters

Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection Derek Haas and Michael Brandt feel Wanted once again. The screenwriting duo happen to be drawn on to operate on Wanted 2 for Universal, that is developing the follow up towards the hit action movie starring Julia Roberts and James McAvoy. The 2008 movie, directed by Timur Bekmambetov, took it's origin from a comic book small-series by Mark Millar and J.G. Johnson and dedicated to a disillusioned office manager who finds out his father was a part of a secret society of super-human assassins. Brandt and Hass authored the screen story and shared screenwriting credits with Chris Morgan. The film made $341 worldwide, therefore it wasn't lengthy before Universal put a follow up into development. But getting a story demonstrated harder to hack. Morgan was commissioned to operate around the project in nov 2008. Last Year, Evan Spiliotopoulos was triggered board prior to the project silently faded away. Now Haas and Brandt will move the Wanted 2 needle forward, according to Spiliotopoulos' work. Marc Platt is creating alongside Bekmambetov. Jim Lemley, Ken Levin and Jason Netter are also creating. Shaun Kirschenbaum and Anikah McLaren are managing the work for the studio. Haas and Brandt authored the approaching Richard Gere political thriller The Double, that also marks Brandt's directorial debut. The duo also authored The Courier, the approaching crime thriller starring Mickey Rourke and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. They're repped by WME, Industry Entertainment and attorney Adam Kaller. Email: Borys.Package@thr.com Twitter: @Borys_Package Julia Roberts Universal Pictures James McAvoy

VIDEO: Alec Baldwin Breaks SNL Hosting Record But Did He Take Action Honestly?

Alec Baldwin Alec Baldwin situated the 37th season premiere of Saturday Evening Live, damaging the record for a lot of occasions hosting (16). The 30 Rock star surpassed his It's Complicated co-star then one-time Oscar co-host, Steve Martin, who developed a surprise appearance throughout Baldwin's monologue to make sure he was carrying it out "honestly" -- without needing steroid drugs or other performance-enhancing drugs. Seth Rogen grew to become an associate of Baldwin and Martin on stage just like a "drug expert," even though Martin didn't seem to require assistance and completed the urine test in the pretty stomach-turning way: Photo timeline: The emasculation of males on tv A following day of The Kids ended its 41-year TV run, SNL paid out tribute for the daytime cleaning cleaning soap by showing a behind-the-moments goodbye party where former lighting designers, stage managers together with other crew people showed up in this area in the woodwork to bid the show adieu. Such as the crazy on-screen story lines, some were regarded as as dead, the first is in a coma and also the other was battling with amnesia: Using a gray hairpiece together with a prosthetic nose, Baldwin impersonated Tony Bennett to look at the newest movies (and Storage Wars), tell a few tales and plug his current sponsor, Poise Panties: If Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel had sex, who definitely are the very best? What about Roberto Benigni and Gerard Depardieu? Timon and Pumba within the Lion King? People were among the burning questions throughout the sport show Who's on top? (sponsors not remote, no less than they hope):

'Muppets' return to the silver screen

Developing a feature pointing debut is daunting enough. Try handling a beloved children's property, too.That's what "Flight in the Conchords" co-creator James Bobin did when he signed onto helm Disney's relaunch of "The Muppets" for his first bigscreen outing. The film, which stars Jason Segel and may Be, will introduce Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Animal -- last observed in the cineplex in 1999's "Muppets From Space" -- to a different generation if the bows November. 23."It's much like getting a household treasure to consider proper care of because people love the Muppets a great deal,In . describes Bobin, a U.K. native who caught the eye of Hollywood just like a author and director on "Da Ali G Show." "You clearly feel some pressure because of the burden of responsibility of coping with these (legendary) puppets."Disney isn't the main studio clearing in the spiderwebs in the dormant but timeless kids characteristics. Fox found box office manna if the reduce "Alvin inside the Chipmunks," which will spawn another installment this Christmas. Similarly, The brand new the new sony was already continue getting a "Smurfs" follow-up following a little blue creatures needed in $135 million worldwide inside their first 12 days.The newest "Muppets" version loved a typical studio start. In 2008, Disney executive Kristin Burr requested Segel for the Burbank lot and asked for the thesp, who was simply branching into writing, if there has been any Disney characteristics that sparked his interest. Segel, a Muppets fanatic, asked for in regards to the status in the figures created by Jim Henson inside the 19 fifties and bought by Disney in 2004. Though there's a "Muppets" script floating around Disney's development coffers, Burr gave Segel a busy schedule-ahead to pen a script along with his "Negelecting Sarah Marshall" cohort Nick Stoller. (In those days, the pair were in postproduction round the Stoller-helmed Segel vehicle they written together.)"He referred to as me round the clarify and mentioned, 'Do you have to write a Muppets movie with me at night?A which i mentioned, 'Of course,'?" recalls Stoller, who counts the myriad TV and film incarnations in the Muppets among his comedy inspirations. "We determined all of the large story beats on that call. We understood we that to have the ability to relaunch it, we required to address where the Muppets are actually.InchFozzie grew to become an associate of the Reno casino tribute band referred to as Moopets, Miss Piggy increased being a benefit-size fashion editor at Style Paris, Animal became a member of a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo segued with a career just like a high-powered plumbing magnate.Despite Burr's enthusiasm, Stoller and Segel's take didn't catch fire until Wealthy Ross needed Disney's reins this past year and hang "The Muppets" round the steps for achievement, sure that your family-friendly film may be used within the studio's many platforms. Nevertheless, the house recognized for beginning such tunes as Kermit's Oscar-nominated ballad "The Rainbow Connection," needed a helmer good at both comedy and musical genres. Enter Bobin, whose Cinemax comedy "Flight in the Conchords" increased to become vital darling and Emmy nominee due to its unusual combination of story and song."(Bobin) can tell how musicals be employed in a profound way," notes Stoller, who befriended Bobin in the past when the director shown fascination with among Stoller's scripts that eventually disappeared within the Hollywood radar. "Plenty of his notes in my opinion and Jason were about shifting the storytelling" for everybody the music activity.For Bobin, who passed down Universal's raunchy laffer "Bridesmaids" to have the ability to direct "The Muppets," there is nothing worse when compared to a forced transition into song."It's all about developing a song feel natural and absolutely as organic as you can therefore it doesn't end up becoming an accidental joke when the song is starting,Inch notes Bobin, who began pointing for TV 16 in the past for Britain's Funnel 4 before joining with Sacha Baron Cohen to flesh out Cohen's alter egos, Ali G and Borat. "If you watch a musical done incorrectly, there's a terrible feel. When you're setting it up wrong, it's very apparent it's wrong."Bobin introduced in "Conchords" star and composer Bret McKenzie, who written the majority of the film's tunes. More youthful crowd enlisted fellow countrymen like Ough Gervais to accomplish the celebrity cameo selection to be able to infuse some "Englishness" in to the property, which lensed inside the U.K. from 1976-81.Still, exactly what is a director like Bobin, most associated with edgy, sometimes sexually explicit Cinemax comedies, doing in G-rated territory?"In several ways, contemporary comedy nowadays is on your way to just what the Muppets was formerly,Inch states Bobin, watching that his comedy sensibility changed after fathering two children inside the years since "Ali G." "It is not cynical comedy. It's comedy with heart. Comedy can be very generous and warm. 'Conchords' is very innocent and sweet in addition to funny. You don't need to be mean being funny. In my opinion the Muppets will be charming, utilizing their old-style jokes and puns." Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Always Brando

A Shoreline Entertainment presentation from the Alya Films production in colaboration with Hamzeh Mystique Films and K. Lazaar Foundation. (Worldwide sales: Shoreline, La.) Produced by Ziad H. Hamzeh, Ridha Behi. Executive producer, Abdelaziz Ben Mlouka. Directed, put together by Ridha Behi.With: Anis Raache, Christian Erickson, Lotfi Al Abdelli, Soufiene Chaari, Souhir Amara. (French, Arabic, British dialogue)Shortly before Marlon Brando's 2004 demise, he met with Tunisian helmer Ridha Behi, allegedly showing enthusiasm about cooperating around the feature together. Whatever shape that project may take been there been recognized, Behi's "Always Brando" eventually ends up a curious animal: Part fan worship, part personal memory, it mostly applying this brief real-existence interaction since the springboard for just about any crude, old morality tale in regards to the corrupting character of showbiz. Exposure outdoors the Arab world will probably be slight, while using prominence a vintage-school predatory-homosexual character vulnerable to turn off many designers. Seen onscreen sometimes and heard speaking about his brief, odd interactions with Brando (while not in nearly enough detail), Behi states they'd planned developing a film about "two Brandos": anyone to be carried out with the star themselves, another by Anis Raache becoming an actor attempting to emulate his idol's occupation inside the modern Arab world. Current pic's drastically reworked script keeps the 2nd element: Raache (whose allegedly amazing resemblance to Brando is just fair) plays Anis, a decent small-town guy whose thoughts are switched when Western filmmakers, shooting a cheesy commercial film about mythic Atlantis, improbably decide to hire him as lead. At first, Anis isn't whatsoever sure he desires to be an actress, and he's delay with the crew's exploitation of cheap local labor girlfriend Zina (Souhir Amara) thinks the whole factor is definitely an awful idea. But Anis is attracted with the bogus promises of Hollywood fame dangled by imported actor James (Christian Erickson), and very soon he's caving for the lecherous old actor's casting-couch entreaties, then losing themselves in recently found vices of luxury, sloth and substance abuse. This road-to-ruin tale could affect be composed 80 years back, whether or not this were a Hollywood film clearly, attitudes toward licentious behavior and Western influence remain greatly unchanged in many current day Muslim world, including Arabic cinema. Veteran helmer Behi ("The Swallows Don't Die," "The Miracle Box") doesn't even try to reconcile his high-minded message while using annoying undeniable fact that Brando themselves wasn't any paragon of virtue, virtually neglecting that ethical quandary. The film has time for digressions into broad comedy and clips from stereotypical Arab representations in film (particularly a common "Raiders in the Lost Ark" scene), but merely what all this really has associated with Brando evolves ever fuzzier, as well as the cautionary narrative can be as inert since it is clumsily melodramatic. Perfs are highly variable, as they are the modest setup.Digital camera (color, HD), Martial Barrault editor, Kehena Attia music, Lutfi Bochnak, Nicola Piovani, Jean Claude Petit production designer, Toufik Behi appear (Dolby 5.1), Hashmi Joulak re-recording mixer, Samy Gharbi assistant director, Josette Barnetche. Examined at Toronto Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema), Sept. 9, 2011. Running time: 85 MIN. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Dancing's Maks: I am Still Likely to Pinch Tom's Butt

Maksim Chmerkovskiy Hey everybody!We do hope you were built with a great week!Well, the large day is nearly here. Everything's great. We have been busy yesteryear couple of days traveling for Hope's pre-Olympic training and games. We are in Might at this time, where she's a game title, so she has been splitting her time between dancing, training and competing. I am just trying to not be too annoying! Personally i think good using what we now have, therefore the traveling and her maybe the inability to devote additional time to dancing does not really worry me. She's the routine lower. We actually can't complain about anything. There's never an ideal partner so far as someone who's perfect along with a perfect situation. Almost always there is something - drama, injuries, a hard schedule or some form of problem. With that said, I believe we are inside a good situation. We are not crazy. It has been quite calm and drama-free.I believe Val is nervous. He does not know what to anticipate yet. He's very verbal about how exactly amazing employment we all do on the program, but in the outdoors, you won't ever see the testing stuff. You do not fully realize what we should undergo until you're doing so. He's taking part and today he's finally recognizing everything that adopts investing in the show. I believe he'll do great and I am wishing he pops up together with his own trick to taunt Tom. Butt-pinching is mine! I'm able to assure Tom it isn't over yet. Just how can there 't be butt-pinching, right?Today is another large day within our family. It's Sleep's birthday! He's two, so he's a large boy now. I am likely to take him to L.A. the very first time this season throughout the show, no matter the end result. I do not think L.A. is prepared for him, but what will you do? I believe it's the perfect time for him to be released. He's sad. He explained he does not like this Val and that i aren't home a great deal, so L.A., ideas come! I should also rapidly mention my jewellery line. A restricted collection is presently on Amazon . com.com and Endless.com. It isn't the entire collection yet. We are searching to determine how these is going to do. You'll also have different shops that'll be disbursing and that we hope to be out by year's finish. Those that are out, I understand individuals are pleased with and I think you'll all can take a look!That is all for the time being. I really hope you'll election for all of us this year. I am very looking forward to the premiere, but simultaneously, it's type of a calculated excitement - not inside a bad way. I understand what to anticipate and that i know I am likely to be sitting back and watching Hope's reaction because it all originates. I am excited on her. Help you Monday!Maks

Six Sections inside the Origin Story of Nicole Kidman

A couple of days ago, Nicole Kidman stars in 'I Have No Clue How She'll It.A In their new film, Parker -- y'know, I really have no idea what she does or how she'll it in this film. What Let me tell you is always that 'I Have No Clue How She Does It' involves Parker's character juggling work and family existence. (I am also able to show you Tina Fey will not ever look at this movie. Probably.) Regardless! It definitely is interesting to look in the foundation from the actor because even though some are inevitably embarrassing, some give a look at what's yet later on. With Parker, her origin starts about the popular PBS series not titled 'Sesame Street' or 'The Utility Company,A which eventual finds her opposite Kevin Sausage in 'Footloose' -- extended just before the planet ever suffered ever experienced Barbara Bradshaw. 321 Contact (1980) In Parker's first credited role, she carried out Annie the Orphan (for reasons I actually do less than understand) concerning the popular PBS children's tv series '321 Contact.' In this version of Annie, her dog, Sandy, is actually cold, he takes a space heater. At in some cases, Sandy is actually hot he takes a fan and shades. The oddest factor relevant for this clip is always that we are trained that sooner or later Sandy is "hibernating" -- even though Sandy has his eyes available and it may be considered unusual for domesticated dogs to hibernate. I question the amount of parents, undertaking an awful discovery, adopted suit and told their kids their beloved pet only decided to be "hibernating" -- and stuck a contact concerning the poor factor about not getting out of bed before spring. (Parker gets into at 1:55 inside the video below.) 'Somewhere, Tomorrow' (1983) The plot this can be a little convoluted: Parker plays Lori Anderson, a lady who handles to get rid of her father in the plane accident. Later, two increasing numbers of people they knows will be in an plane accident (note: don't fly knowing Lori Anderson), but -- this time around around -- one of the people survives, plus it becomes Lori's pursuit to assist this survivor. Inside the clip below, Parker is watching 'Topper,' that's probably a far greater idea than watching 'Somewhere, Tomorrow.' 'Square Pegs' (1982) Parker's breakout role was as Patty Greene inside the considerably acclaimed but short-were living secondary school comedy 'Square Pegs.' Consider it the 'Freaks and Geeks' in the early eighties. Fun fact: Co-star Amy Linker would look at guest concerning the 1984 situation comedy, 'E/R,' starring George Clooney. Fellow co-star Jami Gertz would look at guest concerning the medical drama 'ER,' also starring George Clooney. 'Footloose' (1984) Parker carried out the adoration for Chris Penn's existence, Rusty, inside the 1984 original. (I'll never become accustomed to writing "original.") For your new film, Rusty's character remains given a Latin flair -- her title is becoming Rusty Rodriguez which is carried out by Puerto Rican native Ziah Colon. Even though 'Footloose' will be a massive hit, it's interesting to see that overwhelming success for Parker used to be several years away. 'Girls Want to Have Fun' (1985) Parker plays Janey, a lady who just desires to have a great time and who also loves a dance show referred to as 'Dance USA.' Janey's father doesn't want her to own fun and doesn't want her to bop on 'Dance USA.' (Janey's father is not carried out by John Lithgow.) Not remarkably, Janey eventually reaches dance on 'Dance USA.' This can be a clip of the dance -- featuring maybe 45 seconds of Parker in contrast for the remainder being Parker's dance double. You will be aware 'Sex as well as the City' prequel series that's in development -- it'll probably look as being similar to this. 'Flight in the Navigator' (1986) "But that's impossible!" It appears youthful Joey Cramer was taking his acting training from watching a lot of 'Star Wars.' Being fair, essentially were the star of 'Flight in the Navigator,' I'd me taking my acting training from 'Star Wars,' too. The plot from the movie focuses on a young boy named David who's strangely moved into the future from 1978 to 1986. Seriously, this type of lame time jump. Remember all the great movies that showed up in this area between '78 and '85 -- 'Raiders in the Lost Ark,' 'The Empire Strikes Back,' 'E.T.,' 'Back for the Future' -- now you're dwelling in 1986? We imagine you like 'Crocodile Dundee,' kid! Oh, yeah, Parker plays an intern within an institute that's undertaking tests on David. You'll be able to contact Mike Ryan on Twitter. Follow Moviefone on Twitter.

Hugh Grant joins Cloud Atlas adaptation

Hugh Grant has been casually added to the stellar line up of the ambitious adaptation of David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas.A press release announcing the start of shooting dropped in the fact Grant would be joining stars Tom Hanks and Halle Berry in the time-spanning epic.The Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer co-wrote the adaptation, and they will film the adaptation with two full units shooting simultaneously, across locations in Scotland, Spain and Germany.Grant hasn't been seen on screen since 2009's Did You Hear About The Morgans?, although he has lent his voice to Aardman upcoming animation The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists.It'll be interesting to see what he comes up with, given the opportunity to perform outside of the constraints of a generic romcom.

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'Fright Night' Exclusive Clip: Don't Invite Colin Farrell To Your Home

Think you will find the neighbor from hell? Tell that to Charley Brewster he's literally facing a neighbor in the great beyond through the amount of "Fright Evening," director Craig Gillespie's remake from the 1985 cult classic. It's teen Charley versus the vampire Jerry in "Fright Evening," which fight from the undead takes its toll on our poor hero. Within this MTV News exclusive clip, Charley does his better to explain the threat-next-door to his mother Jane without spilling the beans that Jerry's a bloodstream-drawing, fang-carrying monstrosity a thought that does not only wouldn't many sense at all, but wouldn't do worthwhile. But his capabilities to correctly articulate his fears are, forgive the pun, a little drained right now. Anton Yelchin stars within the movie as Charley, delivering a performance that film writer Marti Noxon formerly referred to to MTV as positively Spielbergian. "I believe [Anton's] likely to be huge," she told us in April. "He's such humanity. He's so likeable. He's an ideal Spielbergian hero, you realize? He's human-sized, but, he feels things so deeply and that he enables you to feel them as well. Which was really true overall. They simply dug in and pretended it wasn't a horror movieit's only a movie where some crazy stuff is going on. Anton, first of all, he just really introduced it." "Fright Evening" sinks its fangs into theaters this Friday (August 19). Inform us that which you think about the exclusive "Fright Evening" clip within the comments section as well as on Twitter!

Haven't We Seen Drive's Tagline Somewhere Before? (Hint: Yes)

Who knew that the No Country For Old Men poster would be so influential in 2011? A few months after the team behind the Fright Night remake appeared to borrow heavily from the one-sheet for the Coen Brothers’ big Oscar winner of 2007, an eagle-eyed tipster points out another upcoming film’s marketing debt. No clean getaways, indeed. But as a recent commenter at IMP Awards notes as well, No Country kind of adapted Traffic’s tagline — “No One Gets Away Clean” — for its own purposes, so hey. All’s fair in love and marketing. [Click below for full-size image]

'Evidence' leads to Funk

FunkNolan Gerald Funk has been cast as the lead in the indie thriller "Evidence" produced by Marc Platt and Bold Films.Olatunde Osunsanmi is on board to direct with John Swetnam penning the script.Story revolves around a detective played by Funk who hunts down a killer using video footage shot by the victims of a massacre at an abandoned gas station. Production is set to start this month in Los Angeles.Funk can be seen next in "House at the End of the Street" starring Jennifer Lawrence slated to bow next April.He is repped by Gersh, Kim Callahan at Affirmative Entertainment and Play Management in Vancouver. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

Aretha Franklin

Band: Fred Nelson III, Richard Gibbs, Chas Craig, Teddy R. Whitened, Chinbat Batmunkh, Brenda Corbett, Winnie Scott, Shelly Ponder.It is a rare event whenever a singer of Aretha Franklin's stature, acclaim and purchasers figures (18 Grammys and most 75 million records offered) presents a totally free full-length concert, therefore it wasn't any surprise that her August. 4 Coney Island appearance came the greatest crowd within the Seaside Summer time Concert Series' 33-year history. The show was rescheduled from last summer time (after Franklin's fall triggered a cancellation) and follows her six-month break because of a significantly-promoted health fight. Contributing to the draw were questions regarding this comeback: would the 69-year-old legend's singing retain its energy, or perhaps be reduced by any means? The good thing is that her voice really appears more powerful than recently, and she or he made an appearance to become making wise options with how she uses it. While it's lengthy been well-maintained in the lower registers, Franklin's belting has sometimes adopted a raspy quality. However when she fearlessly hit our prime notes Thursday evening, they rang clearer compared to they have in more than ten years. Franklin is at a noticeably good mood through the show, less than as amazingly thin as she made an appearance in interviews this spring, but not even close to the heavy frame that likely led to her health problems. For many parts of the show, however, she was a little hard to hear, together with her mic levels lower compared to her fine band (featuring her boy, Teddy R. Whitened, on guitar) and her backup performers. Nevertheless, she sang in fine form at key moments through the evening. It's proof of Ms. Franklin's taste and artistry that nothing essential appeared to become missing from her 13-song set, a part of her voluminous catalog. She opened up having a solid cover of Jackie Wilson's "(Your Ex Keeps Lifting Me) Greater and Greater" and her signature "(You Are Making Me Seem Like) An All Natural Lady," then got everyone else on its ft with "Understand it properly,Inch devoted to author Luther Vandross. Strong assumes her very own classic songwriting triumphs, "Think" and "Day Fantasizing," adopted, and also the band's energy was fully revealed with another Vandross-composed tune, "Jump into it,Inch and also the 1970 hit "Don't Play That Song." Franklin has more on the line than the usual comeback from health issues together with her current run of shows, which continues with choose dates with the fall. She lately launched "A Lady Receding of affection,Inch the very first album from her very own label, Aretha's Records. Her business instincts started in when she introduced and closed the only "How Lengthy I have Been Waiting" by telling everyone else it had been available "at Walmart and Walmart.com." She also gave the folks the things they wanted: rousing renditions of "Chain of Fools," "Freeway of affectionInch (which converted into a revival-style, fitting chorus chant of "Jesus") and also the inevitable yet satisfying closer, "Respect." Among the evening's highlights saw Franklin in the piano for any moving "Bridge Over Troubled Water." Her finest performance from the evening was one she stated she had not practiced, a virtually a cappella "Moody's Mood for Love", which bested the faster-paced version on her behalf 1973 album "Hey Now Hey (Sleep Issues from the Sky)." The amount was ideal for the most powerful a part of her vocal range and remembered her best Columbia-era album, the 1966 jazz LP "Yeah!!!," featured within the label's new box set. Ms. Franklin could be smart to include a jazz album to her very own label's slate, and her solid concert selection might be increased by more tunes inside a similar range, such as the classic "Ain't Not A Way.Inch Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Spies like these

Producers Bob Weinstein and Elizabeth Avellan party. Jeremy Piven plays nice to his niece on the red carpet. Joel McHale and Robert Rodriguez kid around with Mason Cook and Rowan Blanchard. Joel McHale and Robert Rodriguez kid around with Mason Cook and Rowan Blanchard. Joel McHale and Robert Rodriguez kid around with Mason Cook and Rowan Blanchard. Joel McHale and Robert Rodriguez kid around with Mason Cook and Rowan Blanchard. While pint-sized guests noshed on crustless PB&Js, the adult stars of Dimension Films' "Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D" were singing scribe-helmer Robert Rodriguez's praises at the film's premiere on Sunday at the ESPN Zone at L.A. Live downtown."I would play a lovable pedophile if he wanted me to," joked Joel McHale. But he said the movie was tough on his co-star Jessica Alba."It was one of the hardest roles she has ever had to play because she had to pretend to like a guy that looks like me. It really shows how good she is at acting," he quipped.Pic's baddie Jeremy Piven brought his nieces to the premiere for a sinister reason. "They don't know what Uncle Jeremy does for a living, they've never seen me act before," he said. "It was nice to possibly scare them." -

Second teaser poster for that Amazing Spider-Guy

 The Amazing Spider-Guy will get a brand new teaser poster revealing much more of Spidey's costume.  The first poster for that film - see above - would be a major tease in each and every sense, considering the fact that it only displayed the state logo design and never anything else.  However, a trailer took its first airing at Comic Disadvantage now and today this second poster increases the slow build which will only finish in summer time 2012.  There's still no manifestation of any character action bleeding in to the frame, though - with Rhys Ifans theif The Lizard still nowhere to appear. 

The Witches Of Oz 2011 R5 DVDRip READNFO-FANTASIA-PLAY

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Language: English
1h 25mn | XviD @ 2001 Kbps | 672x368 @ 25 fps | AC3/128 Kbps - 6
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*Genre:* Action | Comedy | Fantasy
*Director:* Leigh Scott
*Cast:* Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Jeffrey Combs The Witches of Oz
follows the exploits of the grown Dorothy Gale, now a successful
children's book author, as she moves from Kansas to present day New
York City. Dorothy quickly learns that her popular books are based on
repressed childhood memories, and that the wonders of Oz are very,
very real. When the Wicked Witch of the West shows up in Times Square,
Dorothy must find the inner courage to stop her.

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_Genres : Documentary_ American public schools have been growing
progressively worse. According to the U.S. Department of Education
national testing, only 35% of American high school seniors are
proficient in reading, based on 2006 data. And fewer than one-in-four,
23%, are proficient in math. On the global stage, America ranks last
in educational effectiveness among large industrialized countries
despite the highest spending per student in the world. It presents a
conundrum: How has the richest and most innovative society on earth
suddenly lost the ability to teach its children at a level that other
modern countries consider "basic"? If the problem is that were not
spending enough on schools, which many people believe, its instructive
to study the U.S. state that spends more than any other per student:
New Jersey With spending as high as $483,000 per classroom (confirmed
by NJ Education Department records for 2005-06)...

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*Release Date:* 27 March 2009
*Stars :* Reese WitherspoonRainn WilsonStephen Colbert
*Writer :* Maya FbesWallace Wolodarsky
*Genres :* Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi
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Final Destination 5 Trailer 2 2011

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Final Destination 5 Trailer 2 | 2011 HD - in 3D August 12th, 2011 New
Trailer 2: Final Destination 5 Movie Official Trailer #2 in 3D Genre:
Horror Official Site: finaldestinationmovie.com Director Steven Quale
Cast: Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher, Arlen Escarpeta,
David Koechner, Tony Todd, Courtney B. Vance, PJ Byrne, Ellen Wroe,
Jacqueline MacInnes-Wood Writers: Eric Heisserer Synopsis In "Final
Destination 5," Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is
unleashed after one man's premonition saves a group of coworkers from
a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of
unsuspecting souls was never supposed to survive, and, in a
terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group frantically tries
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