Nobleman Of Leon's Caleb Followill Expecting First Child

Lily Aldridge and Caleb Followill Nobleman of Leon lead singer Caleb Followill and also the wife, model Lily Aldrige, expect their first child together, E! Online reviews. The Victoria's Secret beauty, 26, is roughly three several days pregnant, in line with the site. Watch music videos of Nobleman of Leon The happy couple married in Santa Barbara last May after dating more than couple of years. Nobleman of Leon is presently on hiatus after finishing its world tour in November.

Fashion Slam: 2011: The Season In Stars

First Launched: December 27, 2011 1:23 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Sofia Vergara seen searching fashion within the CNN Heroes: A Thrilling-Star Tribute within the Shrine Auditorium in La on December 11, 2011Working on our morning show Access Hollywood Live, I see lots of stars (in addition to their entourages!) close-up. Heres a few things i learned this year within the parade of stars likely to our set. Avoi MENDES is a lot more gorgeous personally. REGIS might be the man. He continued to be and needed photos and spoken while using crew more than 20 minutes after his interview. SARAH FERGUSON might be the very best celebrity she introduced herself and shook hands with Every Single crew member. JENNIFER LOPEZ has IT. The entire atmosphere on our set was abuzz when she came. TORI SPELLING introduced her pet chicken. SOFIA VERGARA exudes attractiveness in spades. JOHN CORBETT might be the craziest celebhe did an impromptu striptease. KRIS JENNER has great shoes. J.R. MARTINEZ is a superb hugger. Smells good too. LINDA EVANS introduced homemade apple piedelicious! STEVE HARVEYS entourage may be the finest fitted. NENE LEAKES is waaayyy taller than I imagined. JENNY MCCARTHY is certainly a riot. DURAN DURANs Simon Le Bon and John Taylor are huge flirts. Still. LA TOYA JACKSON is beyond sweet. Yes, she really giggles such as this. CHEF CURTIS STONE continued to be after his segment and cooked steak tacos for your crew. Tasty! Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Roush Review: American Horror Story Finale

Jessica Lange Such a sick little show American Horror Story switched to be. Ridiculous all the way through, from haunted loft to cellar, from beginning to end, because the population of ghosts within the Murder House increased nearly the size of the Downton Abbey estate. Within the finale, it had been finally Ben Harmon's use die, after being cautioned by Constance (Jessica Lange, always the very best factor within this crazy series) to accept making it through baby and run. "How will you be so blind?" she shrieked. (We have been stating that all season.) He did hightail it, after teasing briefly with suicide (and drawn back in the edge through the ghost of his lengthy-suffering wife), however the bad ghosts got him, hanging him in the chandelier and turning him into one that belongs to them. So the ill-fated addle-brained Harmons finish up quasi-happily ever after within the hereafter.Within the show's one clever twist, the Harmons (Ben, Vivien, Purple) get together being ghostly ghost-busters, frightening away the brand new family that moved in, Beetlejuice-style. Did not observe that coming. As well as in a 3-years-later expensive-forward, Constance has become raising the Demon Spawn, who shows his true colors by slaughtering the nanny and beaming with the bloodstream as Constance clucks, "Ok now what am I going related to you?" If Season 2 will probably be Jessica Lange-Meets-The Omen, and that we can put that absurd Murder House within the rear-view mirror, that may really be worth watching.What have you think about the American Horror Story finale?Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

There is a Leaked Prometheus Trailer, and It Is Kind Of Awesome

Earlier today 20th Century Fox unveiled a shiny new look at Michael Fassbender in Ridley Scott’s 2012 Alien related event pic Prometheus (via Empire), all blond and space-suited. Exciting! As if that wasn’t enough to get your juices flowing, an unofficial version of the first trailer for the sci-fi thriller oozed onto the interwebs mere hours ago, and although it’s shaky-cammed with fuzzy audio and is even labeled “Leaked”… it’s kind of adrenaline-pumpingly awesome. So here comes the tricky part of it: Movieline does not embed leaked materials, so you’ll have to link out to find the video yourself. Consider the ambiguous Dragon Tattoo “leak” earlier this year; with studios increasingly seeking to hit viral status with their marketing campaigns, it’s more and more difficult to know which leaks are true and which are intentional. But this much is certain: If this is indeed Fox’s first Prometheus trailer (the studio’s been teasing a trailer premiere for days, to hit Apple iTunes on Thursday), and it looks this awesome on a shaky screen within a screen on your computer monitor, it should look amazing projected in theaters. Dark, ominous space cruisers, slick inky production design, the scope of the alien world, and that soundscape — all pulsing, pounding Inception “BROOOOOOOOM”s and hydraulic screams… I can’t wait to see this in HD, and I’m only talking about the trailer. (Much of the footage seen here can already be glimpsed in the two 30 second teasers-to-the-trailer premiere currently up at Apple, along with commentary from Ridley Scott.) The synopsis for Prometheus, in theaters June 8 2012: Ridley Scott, director of Alien and Blade Runner, returns to the genre he helped define. With Prometheus, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race. [Vimeo]

'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Trailer Features Plenty of Dwayne Johnson, Very Little Channing Tatum

Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss has signed with APA. Dreyfuss' film credits includeThe Goodbye Girl, Jaws, Mr. Holland's Opus, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and American Graffiti. He was previously represented by ICM. Dreyfusswon the Oscar and BAFTA for best actor in 1977 for his performance in the romantic comedy-drama Goodbye Girl. Dreyfuss was also nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in Mr. Holland's Opus (1995). His recent film credits include Red(2010) and W.(2008); his recent television credits include Showtime'sWeeds and NBC'sParenthood. This week, Dreyfuss will begin shooting Coma, an A&E miniseries produced by Ridley and Tony Scott. Dreyfuss is managed by the Schiff Co. Email: Daniel.Miller@THR.com Twitter: @DanielNMiller Richard Dreyfuss ICM APA

9 Key occasions inside the Evolution of Charlize Theron

In this particular weekend’s Youthful Adult, Charlize Theron plays a bitter teen lit author who returns to her hometown to reclaim her secondary school sweetheart. (A greater school sweetheart who also is undoubtedly a perfectly happy husband and new father.) Precisely how did the Nigeria-elevated Theron transform herself in the delicate ballet dancer with a Oscar-winning onscreen homewrecker? You can trace an instantaneous line via a few important roles for example what introduced to have an actor’s current success. Consequently, let’s have a look at nine pivotal performances that track the evolution of Charlize Theron. a few days inside the Valley (1996) After an uncredited role inside the timeless classic Kids from the Corn III: Urban Harvest, Theron’s first large break came via John Herzfeld’s a few days inside the Valley, which co-starred the South African beauty just like a hitman’s girlfriend which has a legendary catfight with Teri Hatcher. (Epic because she wears mind-to-feet white-colored spandex, calls Hatcher a “bitch” after which it throws her using a glass coffee table.) Possibly I will rewind though: Before manhandling the long run Desperate Regular folks star, Theron travelled to La after an injuries derailed her dancing career at 19. There, she was apparently discovered while yelling inside a teller in the Hollywood Blvd. bank who rejected to cash her check. Bear in mind, ambitious Oscar individuals who win. The Demon’s Advocate (1997) How will you possibly follow-up a spandex catfight? In the event you’re Charlize Theron, by lending your quality services for bit parts because Factor You Must Do! as well as the forgettable Michael Richards-Rob Daniels comedy Learning from your errors before landing the very first significant role in the major Hollywood film, The Demon’s Advocate. The first time, Theron looked into her dramatic range by playing a girl who unravels psychologically when her husband (Keanu Reeves) sells his soul for the demon. Cider Your Laws and regulations (1999) Next might be the role which aided Theron made her first mark on experts. In Lasse Hallstrm’s Academy Award-winning Cider Your Laws and regulations, Theron plays Chocolate, a young lady who falls for your film’s protagonist [Tobey Maguire] while her boyfriend [Paul Rudd] is away at war. Her performance won her praise and her first Screen Stars Guild Award nomination. Furthermore, it cemented her status as celebrity enough on her behalf to win roles in three highly marketed (but underwhelming) projects the year after — Reindeer Games, The Legend of Bagger Vance and Males of Recognition. Sweet November (2001) After obtaining her star, Theron reunited along with her Demon’s Advocate co-star Keanu Reeves on her behalf most considerably loathed film in those days, Sweet November. Of a dying lady as well as the guy she enables love her for just about any month (or, as Roger Ebert known for them, “two sick and twisted people playing mind games and calling it love”), the film — a remake in the 1968 original — was laughably melodramatic and expected. To describe Reeves’s character, this movie defies every law of character I’ve seen. It legitimately acquired every Razzie jerk and fan-made YouTube compilation that adopted its release. Bad Movie We Love To, party of just one. Monster (2003) Then came the role that changed Theron’s career. To see her first nonfictional character, a classic prostitute-switched-killer named Aileen Wuornos, Theron acquired 30 pounds and used prosthetic teeth. Not only did she win an Academy Award on her behalf starring role but experts like Roger Ebert recognized her performance as “one in the finest performances inside the good status for cinema.” Monster also marked Theron’s first producer credit.

Jason Aldean, Barbara Underwood Reign Supreme at Second Annual American Country Honours

Barbara Underwood Jason Aldean assigned the second annual American Country Honours, which broadcast on Fox live from Las vegas Monday. He won six honours including artist of year. "It's been a helluva year," Aldean mentioned. Barbara Underwood needed home three guitar trophies within the show, broadcast live from Las vegas."I have got an amazing 2012 planned for everybody," she told everybody else. "We will probably come with an enjoyable experience!Inch Have a look at red-colored-colored carpet arrivals within the 2011 American Country Honours Toby Keith was named the artist in the decade and received a distinctive video review of his performance of "Red-colored-colored Solo Cup" from Stephen Colbert who - yes - elevated his red-colored-colored solo cup to Urban. See the full report on individuals who win: Artist of year, Jason Aldean Male Artist of year, Kaira Paisley Female Artist of year, Barbara Underwood Breakthrough Artist of year, Chris Youthful New Artist of year, Scotty McCreery Album of year, My Kinda Party, Jason Aldean Single of year, "Voices," Chris Youthful Single of year: Male, "My Kinda Party," Jason Aldean Single of year: Female, "Mama's Song," Barbara Underwood Single of year: Duo or Group, "Are You Currently Presently Gonna Hug Me or else,In . Thompson Square Single of year: New Artist, " Are You Currently Presently Gonna Hug Me or else,In . Thompson Square Single of year: Vocal Collaboration, "Not Wanna Stay," Jason Aldean Task. Kelly Clarkson Music Video of year, "That are You When I'm not Searching," Blake Shelton Music Video: Male, "That are You When I'm not Searching," Blake Shelton Music Video: Female, "Mama's Song," Barbara Underwood Music Video: Duo or Group,"Not Wanna Stay," Jason Aldean Task. Kelly Clarkson Music Video: New Artist, "Are You Currently Presently Gonna Hug Me or else,In . Thompson Square Touring Headline Act of year, Jason Aldean Finest Hits Award, Alabama Artist in the Decade Award, Toby Keith

The gift of giving

A gift to a favorite charity in the name of a client is a meaningful way to say thanks, and has become increasingly popular with Hollywood. While most everyone in the biz has a favorite, below are several worthy industryconnected non-profits that may not be prominent on the radar.Saban Free ClinicFounded in 1967 as the L.A. Free Clinic, the Saban Free Clinic (endowed by Haim and Cheryl Saban) has four locations that handle approximately 90,000patients. The Saban Free Clinic, 8405 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, 90048 Phone: (323) 653-8622HOLA (Heart of Los Angeles)Located close to downtown L.A., HOLA aimsto aid at-risk youth by providing activities that them off the streets. Volunteers come from all fields and include pro athletes and showbiz execs who are committed to helping these children find success.Heart of Los Angeles,2701 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 100,Los Angeles, 90057Phone: (213) 389-1148Global Alliance for Clean CookstovesWoodsmoke exposure from cooking over open fires causes more than 2 million early deaths annually in the developing world.This international private-public partnership, spearheaded by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, seeks to distribute energyefficient cookstoves; Julia Roberts is global ambassador.Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves1800 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Ste. 400,Washington, D.C., 20036Phone: (202) 650-5345p class="contact"> Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Glee's Chord Overstreet: Mercedes Wants Both Sam and Shane (But Sam's Got an Ab-tastic Plan!)

Chord Overstreet White chocolate or the promise of "beautiful cocoa babies" - which will Mercedes choose? When Sam Evans - who during his time away appears to have been moonlighting as a stripper named "White Chocolate" - returns to McKinley High, he'll be surprised to find Mercedes (Amber Riley) has moved on. And her new guy, Shane (LaMarcus Tinker), has already made a big impression, giving her the confidence to step into her own spotlight and out from Rachel's shadow. But returning Glee star Chord Overstreet tells TVGuide.com Sam's got something Marcus doesn't: "Blonde hair," Overstreet says, laughing. "Abs." Glee videos: The Troubletones prove they're survivors and Sam returns to New Directions True, but seriously now... Sam's a "goofy and lovable" guy, Overstreet says, and what he does have is determination. "He tries to pick up where they left off, regardless of her new boyfriend," the actor, 22, says. "He's trying anything that he can right now to get her back. Really. Everything. There's a bunch of fun surprises in Episode 10, which is what we're shooting right now." Overstreet famously exited the series at the end of Season 2, but was recently asked back for several episodes. Sam's plan of attack does, in fact, include showing off his well-defined abs, first spotted during the Rocky Horror episode. So he joins the synchronized swim team... Hmmm. "He wants to get a letterman jacket because he thinks everyone at school wants to date someone with a letterman jacket," Overstreet says. But will that be enough for Mercedes? Perhaps. Turns out her feelings for Sam haven't entirely gone away. "She's just mixed up and confused because, you know, when you're interested in two guys at once, you don't really want anyone to know it or say it out loud," Overstreet says. "But she already has a boyfriend, and she doesn't want to be a bad person, so, yeah, she's pretty conflicted." Glee casts Guiding Light actress to play Mama Trouty Mouth Maybe Sam should whip out his impressions! (He hasn't gotten to do one yet, according to Overstreet, but here's hoping for more James Earl Jones. Or Sean Connery. Or George Bush. Or Matthew McConaughey.) Outside of Glee, Overstreet has been hard at work on his music career - the one that pulled him away from the show in the first place - and says fans might get a taste next year. "I got to work on a lot of music, and it came together really well," he says, adding that he's finishing a bunch of songs in the hopes of releasing something in 2012. "It's kind of an acoustic pop vibe, a lot of singer-songwriter stuff that I've written over the years. Lyrically, it's more toward jazzy stuff. I think it will be good." Watch the Glee kids welcome Sam back with open arms - and red solo cups -- in Tuesday's all-new episode, "Hold On to 16," airing 8/7c on Fox: What do you think, Gleeks: Samcedes or Shanecedes?

Hugh Grant: A Non-Murdoch Tabloid Jeopardized Me In 2007

First Launched: November 21, 2011 3:49 PM EST Credit: Getty Images LONDON, U.K. -- Caption The dapper Hugh Grant inside a photo demand Have You Ever Heard In Regards To The Morgans in Berlin, Germany on December 4, 2009Hugh Grant told a London courtroom Monday in regards to the gloomy of celebrity existence, explaining mysterious break-inches, leaked medical particulars and jeopardized voice mails and relaxing blame round the entire tabloid press, not just the now-shuttered News around the world. Grants or loans or financial loans testimony with a judge-introduced media ethics inquiry designated a hard day for Britains unhappy press. Earlier, the oldsters from the wiped out schoolgirl whose phone was specific with the tabloid known to how a hacking had given them false hope their daughter had been alive. Grant mentioned he thinks his phone was jeopardized by Britains Mail on Sunday tabloid the first time he's recommended like a factor a newspaper not possessed by media mogul Rupert Murdoch inside the wrongdoing. The actor mentioned a 2007 story about his romantic existence inside the paper, possessed by Murdoch rival Connected Newspapers Ltd., might have only been acquired through eavesdropping on his voice mails. He mentioned he could not consider almost every other way the newspaper may have acquired the story alleging that his romance with Jemima Khan was round the rocks because of his conversations getting a plummy voiced lady the paper recognized just like a film studio executive. Grant mentioned there's no such lady, but he did receive voice messages within the assistant from the movie producer friend. She'd leave charming, joking messages and he or she stood a voice that could just be known to as plummy, he mentioned. Grant punished the newspaper for libel and won. Challenged about whether he'd evidence, Grant acknowledged he was going for a chance. But Id prefer to hear just what the Daily Mail or perhaps the Sunday Mails explanation from the products that source was whether or not this wasnt phone hacking, he mentioned. The Mail on Sunday mentioned in the statement mentioned it absolutely refutes Grantssuggestion it had jeopardized his phone and known to his comments as streaks. Over two and a half several hours of testimony, Grant by turns charming and censorious known to years of tabloid pursuit that began after his breakthrough hit, Four Wedding events together with a Funeral, in 1994. Occurrences incorporated a mysterious break-in at his apartment throughout which nothing was stolen. Explanations in the apartment later came out in the tabloid newspaper. More youthful crowd mentioned articles launched taken on the planet and Daily Express about his visit to a hospital er will be a gross invasion of my privacy. In my opinion nobody would expect their medical records being released to be able to be appropriated by newspapers for commercial profit, he mentioned. That's fundamental towards the British sense of decency. Which he mentioned paparazzi had hounded Tinglan Hong, mother of Grants or loans or financial loans baby daughter, no matter the heavens efforts to keep his paternity secret. He mentioned he did not attend the babys birth in the finish of September, but the very next day, I couldnt resist a quick visit. There seems to own been a leak within the hospital, Grant mentioned. They are able to understood the fake title she'd checked to the hospital under. Grant had initially rejected to ensure the newborn was his, but captured released a disagreement acknowledging it. He told the inquiry the statement intended only to rebuff claims he'd jilted Hong, with whom he remains friendly happen to be composed within a mobile call along with his publicist because they was around the film occur Germany. It had not been ideal conditions, Grant mentioned. I used to be fitted just like a cannibal in those days. Pm David Cameron setup the inquiry into media ethics responding to have an altering scandal over phone hacking in the uk. Murdoch shut lower the discredited News around the world tabloid within this summer time after evidence emerged it had routinelyeavesdropped round the voice mails of political figures, stars in addition to crime sufferers within the search for scoops. The inquiry, introduced by Judge John Leveson, expects to problem research next season and could recommend major changes to the way a media in the uk are controlled. Grant, that is a wide open campaigner against press invasion, known for any media code of ethics and harder regulation. There is an item within our press which has been allowed being toxic within the last 20 or thirty years, he mentioned, promoting Britain to get the courage to pass through tabloid bullies. Grant is among a string of high-profile witnesses, including actress Sienna Burns and author J.K. Rowling, who'll testify about how precisely they were adopted, taken photos of, entrapped and bothered by journalists from Britains tabloids, which with one another sell numerous copies every day. The initial witnesses Monday were the oldsters of wiped out teen Milly Dowler, whose mobile phone voice mails were jeopardized after she disappeared in 2002. Her mother told the inquiry they thought her missing 13 years of age had been alive once she showed up in the women formerly full voice mailbox. Sally Dowler mentioned when she could finally leave an email on Millys voicemail message days following a girl disappeared, she screamed: Shes acquired the voice mails! Shes alive! Really, messages happen to be removed by someone utilized by what is the news around the world because the Dowlers and police continued to be as looking for Milly, who was simply later found dead. The Dowlers mentioned they'd been absolutely shocked when police stated thirstily, later, that Millys phone happen to be jeopardized. Bob Dowler mentioned he recognized immediately the data was dynamite. News that tabloid journalists had specific not just stars but a wiped out girl shocked many British people and triggered a police analysis and media recriminations that are still unfolding. The Dowlers needed the stand together and spoke in quiet, composed voices in their 30 minutes of across the nation public testimony. They known for their shock and anger each time a private walk to retrace their missing kids last steps was independently taken photos of with the tabloid. It really felt such as this type of invasion in to a really, really private grief moment, Sally Dowler mentioned. The happy couple mentioned they later recognized their very own phone, additionally for their kids, happen to be jeopardized. More than twelve News around the world journalists and editors are actually arrested and several senior Murdoch professionals have resigned inside the still-altering scandal. Two top London cops also lost their jobs, along with Camerons media agent. Inside a couple of days the inquiry will pay attention to Harry Potter author Rowling, comedian Steve Coogan, actress Burns and former F1 boss Max Mosley whose taste for sadomasochism was revealed in the broadly marketed News around the world sting. Its a courtroom selection that Britains celebrity-obsessed tabloids want, if possibly they werent individuals inside the pier. Copyright 2011 with the Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

No-limit rule a boon for global pic parade

Belgium entries The Kid With a Bike and Bullhead are both eligible in the foreign-language film category under the HFPA rule that allows multiple films to be submitted by the same country. 'Bullhead'The Oscars may be America's preeminent film awards, but there's one category in which the Golden Globes have them beat: foreign-language cinema. That makes a certain amount of sense when you consider the makeup of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn."We consider this category very important because it gives us the feeling that we are international journalists," says Serge Rakhlin, chairman of the Globes' foreign language category, pointing out the org's members travel to many festivals over the course of the year.Whereas the Academy adheres to a decades-old system in which a committee from each country picks one film to compete, the HFPA will consider any overseas pic submitted and screened for the org, provided it opened abroad within the prior 14 months."Unlike the Academy, we don't accept just one per country," Rakhlin says. "By our rules, they can submit as many as they want. There's no limit."That's important for countries such has France, Italy and Spain, which produce many quality features each year. The Academy forces them to choose. "Remember, the Oscar goes to the country, not the filmmaker," says Mark Johnson, chair of the Acad's foreign-language film exec committee. That is seldom easy for a country like Belgium, uniquely divided between two language factions -- French and Flemish.Belgium's committee raised eyebrows this year after picking "Bullhead," the winner of six Flanders Film Awards, over French-language Cannes grand jury winner "The Kid With a Bike," directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne."The Dardenne brothers are like icons," says "Bullhead" helmer Michael R. Roskam, who fully expected the crowd-pleasing "Kid" to get Belgium's bid over his film, a thriller inspired by murder and corruption perpetrated by the country's "hormone mafia" in the '90s."It's an honor, not only to be the representative of your country, but to have such a strong film as your competitor," says Roskam, whose pic won the audience prize at AFI earlier this month.Roskam wasn't the only one surprised by Belgium's choice. The committee had previously submitted three Dardenne pics -- "Rosetta," "The Son" and "The Child," none of which was nommed -- and many consider "Kid," which features a genuine movie star in Cecile de France, to be the Dardennes' most optimistic and Oscar-friendly film yet."We believe there are people who really did not want it to be our film," confides Luc Dardenne. "We could say that our quasi-celebrity status in other countries made certain people jealous, and it can probably be pinned down to that."Whereas the HFPA will consider both "Bullhead" and "Kid" for its foreign-language prize, the Academy is at the mercy of such political maneuvers in other countries. Another 2011 scandal involves Russia's choice of "The Citadel," Nikita Mikhalkov's critically panned follow-up to his Oscar-winning 1994 pic "Burnt by the Sun," for Acad consideration. Passed over were such celebrated alternatives as "Elena" (from "The Return" director Andrei Zvyagintsev) and Aleksandr Sokurov's "Faust" (which won the Golden Lion at Venice)."Being from Russia originally, I can tell you there are people who say there are better films to represent the country," says Rakhlin, pointing out that the only Russian pic up for Globes contention this year is "Elena." "I'm glad we have this film because it was not submitted for Oscar."The HFPA's approach is also better suited to accommodate international co-productions."I sort of refer to it as 'The Motorcycle Diaries' problem," Johnson says. "We were taken to task for not having nominated the movie, but it was never submitted. For whatever reason, no country would claim it, probably because it was such an international film." The film did receive two other noms, original song and adapted screenplay, winning the former.How is that possible? With the Oscars, foreign language is the only feature category in which films do not need a one-week qualifying run on Los Angeles screens to be eligible, though doing so technically allows them to compete in other categories.That happened in 2002, when Spain selected "Mondays in the Sun" over Pedro Almodovar's "Talk to Her," which went on to win a screenwriting Oscar. Spain has taken criticism this year for choosing Agusti Villaronga's "Black Bread" instead of Almodovar's "The Skin I Live in."Such decisions are inevitably painful and potentially controversial. Films can slip through the cracks with the Globes as well, though Rakhlin and other members often go out of their way to encourage producers of quality foreign pics to submit -- the more the merrier."Theoretically, if two masterpieces come from the same country, why not consider them both?" he says.GOLDEN GLOBES PREVIEWRicky didn't lose their number | Peace for a time as org and prodco collaborate | No-limit rule a boon for global pic parade | HFPA denies being starstruck in noms process | Marketing strategies can shift at Globes time | No rest for the bleary-eyed | New kids on the block Contact Peter Debruge at peter.debruge@variety.com

La Dodgers Accuse Fox Sports of attempting to Hinder Team Purchase

The La Dodgers are accusing Fox Sports of unlawfully attempting to hinder efforts to market they and it is assets, including media privileges to future games.our editor recommendsDodgers to Re-Sign Matt Kemp for $160 Million (Report)Time Warner Cable Mulls Bid for L.A. Dodgers TV Privileges (Report)Dodgers Proprietors Frank and Jamie McCourt Achieve Divorce SettlementAmid Dodgers Chaos, Baseball Posts Attendance Rise in 2011Read the Fox Sports Suit Over Dodgers TV RightsFox Sports Chief Talks Dodgers TV Deal, National football league Coverage (Q&A) Fox Sports Talks Out Against Intend to Sell L.A. Dodgers Broadcast Privileges Dodgers lawyers filed a complaint Wednesday in U.S. Personal bankruptcy Court in Delaware, alleging that lawyers for Fox Sports Internet West, which runs the best Ticket regional sports network, sent a "cease and desist" letter towards the Dodgers' financial agent, Blackstone Advisory Partners. Fox had stated Blackstone solicited bids for TV privileges to Dodgers games. ANALYSIS: Why Hollywood Should Purchase the Dodgers Prime Ticket includes a contract to televise Dodgers games through 2013, and also the deal provides the network a unique settling period from March. 15, 2012, through November. 30, 2012. "Permitting others to bid or express interest in media privileges for that Dodgers is really a obvious breach from the letter and spirit from the exclusive settlement term," Fox lawyer Richard Stone authored within the November. 9 letter. The Dodgers, within their complaint, stated the letter "was meant to hinder the purchase from the Dodgers as well as their assets in personal bankruptcy." STORY: 10 Hollywood Gamers Who Could Purchase the La Dodgers Inside a motion filed to the court Saturday, the Dodgers requested U.S. Personal bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross to approve permitting they to promote its media privileges for 2014 and beyond and also have the Fox exclusive 45-day settling period start whenever a legal court issues a purchase. By "acquiring firm offers, LAD can show purchasers the substantial worth of the publish-2013 telecast privileges," they authored, adding that it is agreement with Mlb requires a purchase to happen by April 30. "LAD has determined within the exercise of their business judgment that marketing the publish-2013 telecast Privileges at this time around will further the interests of LAD, in addition to its creditors." STORY:Frank McCourt to market the Dodgers Fox prosecuted the Dodgers on Sept. 27, requesting an injunction to prevent the Dodgers from acting inside a manner sporadic using the contract. "Case the most recent chapter in the present owner's ongoing plan to prevent praising his contractual obligations," Fox spokesperson Chris Bellitti stated inside a statement Wednesday. "The entire truth of the unfortunate situation will quickly become apparent to any or all.Inch Related Subjects Fox Sports Internet

New on DVD and Blu-ray, Week of November. 15: 'Beginners,' 'Larry Crowne,' 'My Fair Lady' and 'West Side Story'

A set of romantic comedies highlight the house entertainment releases now. At one finish from the spectrum may be the low-key but completely entertaining indie 'Beginners,' an interesting and sad tale of the commitment-phobic youthful guy whose father arrives from the closet in the 70s right before being identified with terminal cancer. In the other finish may be the lackluster 'Larry Crowne,' a star-studded studio production in regards to a middle-aged guy who needs to reinvent themself after losing his lengthy-time job. Small is much better. Continue reading. 'Beginners' How It Is About: Director-author Mike Mills ('Thumbsucker') includes a unique undertake existence within this lovingly told story of the father, a boy along with a dog. Chistopher Plummer plays the daddy, a guy that has hidden his homosexuality from his boy (Ewan McGregor) for many years. Since his wife has died, Plummer decides to spill the beans to McGregor, that has their own issues with women ... he can't appear to invest in one. The hook: Plummer's character is dying of cancer, so there's very little time for that pair to obtain close. But by using an even speaking dog (in subtitles), along with a clever script, father and boy look for a deep bond within this touching and continuously entertaining story. It's Kinda Like: 'Greenberg' meets 'Sideways' What We Should Say: This heartwarming story hits all of the right notes concerning the way family people might stray from one another ... after which get together before time runs out. The script offers its three-dimensional figures with lots of heart and great courage, creating personas and situations which are about just as real as fiction can desire to. Also keep in mind that speaking (and incredibly wise) pooch, who steals the show and shows because the script's humor because the humans do. This charming indie outing has great performances by Plummer and McGregor, by Goran Visnjic and Melanie Laurent because the men's particular enthusiasts. Watch it having a very good friend. &bull Extra supplies: Commentary by author-director Mills, 'A Video Clip About Creating Beginners.' Rotten Tomato plants Reviews Buy DVD Save DVD for your Netflix queue Watch a trailer: 'Larry Crowne' How It Is About: Tom Hanks and Jennifer Aniston get together for any romantic comedy about how exactly it's rarely past too far to reinvent yourself. When he all of a sudden is let go from his lengthy-standing blue-collar job, Ray Crowne (Hanks) enrolls at his local college to begin again. There, he becomes a part of an eclectic community of scholars and evolves a crush on his teacher (Roberts), whose adoration for teaching -- and her husband -- have decreased. Naturally Hanks reinvigorates Roberts while learning their own lesson about finding a person's place on the planet. It's Kinda Like: 'Last Chance Harvey' meets 'Back to School' Exactly what the Experts Say: Regardless of the mega-star energy of Hanks and Roberts, 'Larry Crowne' fizzled in the box office. And also the experts were not fascinated through the film: "If this involves unemployment-designed cinema, I'll go ahead and take greater realism of last year's 'The Company Men' or the 2010 'Everything Must Go' over Hanks's too rosy vision of existence following the pink slip," Time magazine's Mary F. Pols stated. Anthony Lane from the NYer chimed along with "To pluck romantic comedy in the jaws of the social crisis is really a laudable project, worth Preston Sturges, and it is a pity this featherlight drama -- compiled by Tom Hanks and Nia Vardalos, and directed by Hanks themself -- should falter in the task." And, lastly, Ella Taylor of NPR stated: "Neither seafood nor fowl, 'Larry Crowne' skitters between pathos and shtick, wasting abundant acting talent as the story goes.Inch However, David Edelstein of NY Magazine stated "The film may also be gentle to the stage of blandness, but it is never flimsy." And Roger Moore from the Orlando Sentinel hit his lips within the film: "It's perfectly enjoyable ... comfort food -- meatloaf, taters and apple cobbler offered as bubbly Tom Petty and ELO tunes waft in the soundtrack." &bull Extra supplies: Erased moments and behind-the-scene featurettes. Rotten Tomato plants Reviews Buy DVD Save DVD for your Netflix queue Watch a trailer: Blu-ray Debuts: 'My Fair Lady': (1964) George Cukor's classic musical version of George Bernard Shaw's 'Pygmalion' starred Katherine Hepburn -- in the peak of her career -- and Rex Harrison, whose turn as Professor Henry Higgins raised from the dead his sagging career. Though corny by present day standards, the film still stands up, with gorgeous cinematography by Harry Stradling Sr. (who captured pics of the 1939 film version of 'Pygmalion') and wonderful tunes by Lerner and Loewe. 'The Rules from the Game': (1939) One among the finest films available, Jean Renoir's classic is really a scathing critique of corrupt French society cloaked inside a comedy of manners, where a weekend in a marquis's countryside chateau lays bare some ugly facts about several haute bourgeois acquaintances. Still stunning and delightful -- and pertinent -- after seven decades. 'Three Colors: Blue, Whitened, Red': (1993-94) A strongly motion picture trio of tales about love and loss from Krzysztof Kieslowski. The flicks were named for that colors from the French flag and are a symbol of the tenets from the French Revolution -- ­liberty, equality, and fraternity -- with every film while using title symbol to look at several ambiguously interconnected people going through tragedy to comedy within their personal lives. 'Red' was Kieslowski's last film -- he died at 54 throughout open-heart surgery following heart disease in 1996. 'West Side Story': (1961) Five decades after its historic debut, the legendary musical returns inside a 50th anniversary hi-def edition. Having a record-breaking 10 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Pointing and finest Original Score, the 1961 film required home more honours than every other movie-musical within the good reputation for cinema. This monumental production not just features the timeless lyrics from master American composer Stephen Sondheim, but an excellent score from Leonard Bernstein and delightful direction by Robert Smart and co-director and choreographer Jerome Robbins. Stars Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Simon Concord, Ned Glass, William Bramley and Tucker Cruz. Watch a unique Blu-ray clip: Other New November 15 Releases: 'Bellflower': (2011) Close friends Woodrow and Aiden spend all their spare time building "Mad Max"-inspired flamethrowers and muscle cars when preparing for any global apocalypse. However when Woodrow meets a charming youthful lady and falls hard for each other, he and Aiden rapidly integrate right into a new number of buddies, leaving on the journey of affection and hate, unfaithfulness, infidelity, and extreme violence. Written, directed by and starring Glodell, the film is really a sincere story of obsession, friendship, and youthful-love gone awry, featuring Glodell's real-existence masterpieces: homemade flamethrowers along with a fire-spewing 1972 Buick Skylark, Medusa. A shateringly honest and cool film 'Flypaper': (2011) A nervous bank customer attempts to thwart two gangs of thieves -- a higher-tech trio who intend to enter the vault, and 2 dumb hicks whose concept of a large score is knocking from the Automatic teller machines -- who both descend around the building, leaving a gun fight and taking everybody hostage. Stars Patrick Dempsey, Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Tambor, Mekhi Phifer, Curtis Remedy and Tim Blake Nelson. 'Griff the Invisible': (2011) Griff, a shy and awkward office manager during the day, finds avoid his regular, "invisible" existence by presuming the identity of the fantastic super hero each evening. But his secret's compromised when he meets Tune, an adorable but unconventional daydreamer who rapidly becomes intrigued by his idiosyncrasies, that are equal simply to her very own, and who takes it upon herself to save him. A warm, loving "underdog" super hero romance -- that may used tight editing -- with offbeat, engaging figures. Stars Ryan Kwanten and Maeve Dermody. Watch a unique clip: 'Highway Patrol Man': (1999) Director Alex Cox's ('Repo Man') Mexican cult film fav has finally made its method to DVD. Against his father's wishes, Pedro -- a naive kid from Mexico City -- joins the government Highway Patrol but his simple need to do good quickly makes conflict with a realistic look at police operate in a lonely rural atmosphere populated by poor maqui berry farmers, wealthy drug sellers, beautiful women, and the father's ghost. Stars Roberto Sosa, Bruno Bichir and Vanessa Bauche. 'Rio Sex Comedy': (2010) A mixed number of vacationers and site visitors on the working trip end up footloose and underneath the sway from the Brazilian city's erotic spell. Stars Charlotte now Rampling, Bill Pullman, Irene Jacob, Jean-Maric Roulot. 'Walk miles during my Pradas': (2010) Two days before his wedding, a homophobic youthful guy is switched gay -- and the made fun of gay co-worker switched straight -- with a magical Christmas tree. Stars Nathaniel Marston, Tom Archdeacon, Tom Arnold, Mike Starr, Dee Wallace and Kirsten Jum. Take a look at more November 15 DVD releases at OnVideo. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

George Clooney is Great

When Moviefone spoke with Shailene Woodley about her role in "The Descendants', she commented on the number of time she's been asked the question, "What was it like to work with George Clooney?" When Jason Reitman was promoting 'Up in the Air,' he created a pie chart that documented the number of times that he was asked each question. Number one? "What was it like to work with George Clooney?" Hey: People love George Clooney! Though, I was curious, what is it like to work with George Clooney? After a quick Google search for "working with George Clooney," here's your answer: apparently it's quite great! (I mean, seriously: great. People, you're just going to have to face facts: George Clooney is pretty great.) "He's great." (Anna Kendrick) "He's great." (Cate Blanchett) "He's great." (Max Minghella) "He's great." (Grant Heslov) "He's great to work with." (Catherine Zeta-Jones) "He's like a little kid" (Renee Zellweger) "George is a great guy to work for." (Max Casella) "It was great, and I heard it would be great." (Paul Giamatti) "We laughed a lot." (Ewan McGregor) "He's such a goofball" (Vera Farmiga) "He wants everyone to have a great time." (Evan Rachel Wood) "He does promise you that you'll have a good time." (Marisa Tomei) "That was a great, great experience." (Rob Huebel) [Photo: Fox Searchlight] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook You can contact Mike Ryan directly on Twitter

Glenn Beck Talks Digital Media Revolution, Capitalism

NY - Former Fox News host Glenn Beck, who has focused on building digital media offers, said here Tuesday that his emerging multimedia empire may be several years ahead of its time, but will prove that it is on the right track. The host of The Glenn Beck Program and founder of live streaming network GBTV, which charges a subscription fee of $9.95 a month, spoke at Ad Age's ME Conference: Media Evolved in Manhattan in a keynote interview conducted by Betsy Morgan, president of Beck's companion news site The Blaze. GBTV had 230,000 paying subs when it launched, Morgan highlighted, saying that the Mercury Digital Network, which also includes the Blaze, GlennBeck.com and e-commerce site Markdown, overall gets more than 50 percent of its revenue from digital businesses. "I don't consider [ourselves] a digital company," Beck told the conference though. "I consider ourselves more a story telling company and a content company. The way we deliver it is secondary." But he emphasized that focusing on traditional media delivery would have kept him from helping pioneer new models. "We are on the verge of revolution" that is as profound as the Industrial Revolution was, but will happen much faster, Beck said. "We'll find out soon whether we're too early or not." His estimate was that his focus on a new type of media empire may be three to five years ahead of its time. But following a tipping point in the media industry, "delivery as you want it" will become the standard, he predicted. The revolution that is in the works "is all about the individual," he added. "It is so close to the American Revolution. It's about you." He told his audience that as a result, in the future, no media executive would get to tell consumers which show is on or off. "The days of 500 sat channels [are] over," Beck said. "You have to know exactly who you are" and who your audience is. After all, people these days look for myriad opinions on different sites where they know what to expect. In that context, Beck also said that he doesn't know anybody under the age of 30 who watches TV, while many members of the generation age 50-plus are not using iPads. Still, Beck emphasized he feels he must provide TV quality in his online offers. Mentioning that the Today show was just over at his studio, and the Today team was impressed, he said: "If you're going to pioneer this, you have to hit the standard - the old gold standard." That said, he predicted that in the coming years, "television is going to go completely interactive," which will allow for a personalized pace even for complicated news. For example, Beck said he wants to design a system where if he mentions the word "digital," viewers can put their mouse on that word and pull up a dumbed down or "dumbed up" explanation of the word. Asked if all this continuing personalization he expects will mean that ESPN will be available a la carte in the future, meaning that consumers can choose to get or not get it in a pay TV package, Beck said he doesn't expect that much change "for a while." Discussing the names of his online businesses, Beck said the Blaze got its name from the biblical burning bush as fire sometimes protects and sometimes destroys - just like the truth. Meanwhile, GBTV may include his initials in its name, but "I didn't want to name that with my name because what we're building is not about me and can't be about me," he said, adding that all others involved in it wanted his name on it. Comparing GBTV to a Netflix of information, he added: "It must be much bigger." Beck also made a reference to the current debate about the state of capitalism as raised by the Occupy Wall Street movement and others. "We're in an age of capitalism, not socialism," Beck argued. But capitalism has become "dirty" and "full of thieves." That means that capitalism too often has become corruption, he said. Beck also briefly mentioned a new studio that he is building in Texas. One idea for a feature in the studio is a giant screen that shows what people engaged in real-time social media conversations are interested in, he said.Discussing his policy on ads, Beck said he must either personally use a product or has his team do homework on it to decide if he can endorse it. "I guard my credibility," Beck said. For example, he canceled General Motors ads when the company was bailed out by the government. Said Beck: "I can't endorse you while railing against big government bailouts."His advice to marketers is to not discriminate between the political left and right or other distinctions. "Respect the end user[s] even if you don't agree with them," he said. The Hollywood Reporter earlier in the day had exclusively reported that GBTV was partnering with Howard Gordon's Icebox for an animated series. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Topics Glenn Beck

Ben Stiller shingle in overall deal at ABC Studios

LieblingRed Hour Films is getting into the TV business.Ben Stiller's shingle has signed an overall deal with ABC Studios and brought in Deborah Liebling, formerly president of production at Universal Pictures, to oversee its TV expansion.Pact marks a coup for ABC Studios, which has been beefing up its roster of overall deals. While financial terms were not disclosed, the deal runs through May 2013 with an option for an additional year. No specific projects have been queued up yet for development.Liebling comes to Red Hour after an 18-month stint at Universal, which she exited in May amid a restructuring that saw the elevation of Peter Cramer and Jeffrey Kirschenbaum. Prior to Universal, where she shepherded hit film "Bridesmaids," she spent seven years at 20th Century Fox, the last two of which she served as president of Fox Atomic Pictures. "Borat" and "Dodgeball" came out of the studio under her watch.But Liebling also has solid TV credentials having worked as senior VP, original programming and development, at Comedy Central, where she oversaw hits including "South Park" and "The Man Show." She's also worked in various capacities on productions for nets including MTV, HBO, NBC, Nickelodeon and FX."Debbie is an incredibly talented executive," said Stiller. "I am hoping she helps us get a show on the air that is culturally relevant, groundbreaking, and doesn't get cancelled after 12 episodes."Stiller is no stranger to TV himself, having starred and produced in his own Fox sketch comedy show, in the early 1990s, "The Ben Stiller Show." Even in failure he made a memorable mark on the medium; 1999 pilot "Heat Vision and Jack" starring Jack Black was passed on by Fox, but became a cult classic of sorts.Red Hour remains busy at 20th Century Fox on the film side, where Stiller is currently working on "Neighborhood Watch" in anticipation of a July 2012 release.(Cynthia Littleton contributed to this story.) Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com

Showtime Renews Weeds For Season 8

After extended discussions with Lionsgate, Showtime has closed a deal with an eighth season of comedy Weeds. Production round the 13-episode eighth season will start next season for just about any 2012 launch. Weeds, created by Jenji Kohan, might be a long-running series on Showtime as well as the most seen comedy. It stars Mary-Louise Parker just like a suburban widow-switched- full-fledged marijuana queenpin. Justin Kirk, Hunter Parrish, Alexander Gould and Kevin Nealon co-star.

Puss In Boots Holds Off Tower Heist At Box Office

First Published: November 6, 2011 2:51 PM EST Credit: Getty Images Caption Salma Hayek and Antonio Banderas arrive at the premiere of Dreamworks Animations Puss In Boots at the Regency Westwood Theatre on October 23, 2011 in Westwood, California.LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Puss in Boots pounced on Tower Heist and Harold & Kumar at the box office. The DreamWorks 3-D animated film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, earned $33 million in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. The PG-rated film centering on the swashbuckling feline voiced by Antonio Banderas from the Shrek series surprisingly toppled the weekends two new releases, bringing its total haul to $75 million. Universals PG-13 revenge romp Tower Heist starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy snatched $25.1million in the No. 2 spot, while the Warner Bros. R-rated sequel A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas with John Cho and Kal Penn unwrapped $13 million at No. 3. Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com, said family films are tough to beat out. From the re-release earlier this fall of The Lion King to Dolphin Tale and now Puss in Boots, it seems that the family audience is the one you can really count on right now, said Dergarabedian. I think the cavalry is definitely on the way though. Weve got Immortals and another Twilight coming up, as well as a bunch of big releases in December. Anne Globe, head of worldwide marketing and consumer products at DreamWorks, said the decision to move up the opening of Puss in Boots to last weekend is one reason why the film experienced just a 3-percent drop, the smallest ever for a non-holiday film, ahead of the 10-percent dip for Twister during its second weekend of release in 1996. To be No. 1 again is really extraordinary, said Globe. Its really an unparalleled hold driven by our two-weekend release strategy, which was pretty unprecedented in and of itself. That and the amazing word of mouth has given us tremendous momentum into November, which is a better play period for an event-level movie like Puss in Boots. Another animated film dominated outside of North America. The Adventures of Tintin, which is being distributed overseas by Sony Pictures and Paramount Pictures, scooped up $40.8 million as it grew from 19 to 45 international markets. The 3-D film, directed by Steven Spielberg and adapted from the Belgian comic series, opens Dec. 21 in the United States. The 20th Century Fox science-fiction thriller In Time starring Justin Timberlake fell to No. 5 in U.S. after opening at No. 3 last weekend. In Time clocked better numbers overseas, earning $16.6 million in 53 markets for a second-place finish behind The Adventures of Tintin, while Puss in Boots scratched out third place with $15 million in five international markets. ___ Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday. 1. Puss in Boots, $33 million. ($15 million international.) 2. Tower Heist, $25.1 million. ($9.5 million international.) 3. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, $13 million. 4. Paranormal Activity 3, $8.5 million. ($14.1 million international.) 5. In Time, $7.7 million. ($16.6 million international.) 6. Footloose, $4.5 million. 7. Real Steel, $3.4 million. ($10.7 million international.) 8. The Rum Diary, $2.9 million. 9. The Ides of March, $2 million. 10. Moneyball, $1.9 million. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Bad Movies We Like: Hocus Pocus

Create a cauldron of haterade, as this week’s Bad Movie We Like is really a foray into children’s Halloween cinema. It’s a good deal bin Addams Family ripoff with spooky wind gusts beneath its wings. It’s Hocus Pocus, my pretties, Disney’s perennial Halloween favorite for those who were exactly 7 in 1993. (Present!) We’ve got yer veteran character stars in hag attire, a few winning child stars, and 2 tunes which should render you songless until Thanksgiving. No, this isn't a prequel to Sex and also the City 2. Director Kenny Ortega (!!!) includes a tale on his hands that will send chills throughout Sleepy Hollow: Three ghouls (Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, Nicole Kidman) hanged in Salem, Massachusetts within the 1600s return 300 years later to terrorize two youngsters (Thora Birch and Omri Katz), because of a curse positioned on their physiques. There’s several business including an immortal cat, but you need to simply refer to this as flick The Excrucible, virtually. Like several Bad Movies We Like, you will find five great perks worth returning to here, and that we ask them to all totalled lower. Discuss a Ghost World — now’s selection is damn haunted! 5. At 11, Thora Birch understood how you can matter. Sure, she’s not really the little one star who functions as our primary protagonist (that recognition goes to Omri Katz, whose character hilariously needs to keep saying his virginity — though his floppy hair continues to be envy of early 󈨞s fifth graders), but Thora Birch is fairly fresh as youthful Dani. She’d achieve her true potential in American Beauty, but her performance is the fact that rare version of precociousness that doesn’t appear unbelievable on camera. She’s wise, although not a grownup hiding inside a kid’s body. Refreshing. Not creepy. Tolerable. 4. Am I purchasing discount leopard heels? Since it seems we’re at “Marshalls.” Please click to at least one:50 which are more confusing set of cameos from Garry and Cent Marshall. What's this, Lost in the usa? How are Marshall cameos even legal in 1993. They’re a husband and wife here (chills), plus they’re also pretty goddamn tired of this movie, it seems. I don’t understand what or whose favor reeled them in to the picture, however their participation is really a glamorously dada moment such pedestrian fare. Discuss Awakenings! I won’t sleep for the days. 3. Remember when Nicole Kidman ruled? I introduced this up before, but Nicole Kidman was once pretty unpredictable being an in-demand Hollywood thespian. Before Barbara Bradshaw set her up for existence like a bonily chic romcom star, SJP required on character roles that may best be referred to as “wacky.” I possibly could are in position to rewatch L.A. Story and, hell, Honeymoon in Las vegas. As well as Mars Attacks! (again). Here, as witch Sarah Sanderson, she stays the majority of her screentime working up giggles and witchy shivers throughout All Hallow’s Eve. She’s brassy! And frightening! I don’t understand how she will it, but actual witchcraft is formally not unthinkable. Just putting it available: Kim Cattrall might have stolen her Samantha Johnson laugh from SJP’s operate in this movie. 2. Remember when Nicole Kidman wooed children for their disaster? Hocus Pocus is really a genuine cult sensation, and i believe area of the reason is Nicole Kidman’s creepy, yet oddly alluring siren song “Come Small Children.” Sure, she’s caressing a broom while soothing naive children, but she makes their disaster seem as an irresistible dollop of Mint Chocolate Nick frozen treats. Benefit from the succulence of dying, sweet kids. Just watch and gawp beside me. 1. Bette Midler puts a spell you, also it’s got soul. Onetime Oscar nominee Bette Midler is really a three-layer sassafras casserole in Hocus Pocus, and her enthusiasm only multiplies as mind witch Winifred Sanderson throughout the path of the film. Some solid one-inserts from Winnie: “Oh, look. Another glorious morning. Makes me sick.” Less than Morticia Addams, but adequate. Or: “You know, I’ve always wanted a young child. And today I believe I’ll have one… on toast!” Both amusing and lame! Thanks, Hocus Pocus. But Midler’s courageous campiness culminates inside a near-unparalleled rendition of “I Put a Spell you” later within the movie. Could it be embarrassing? Not necessarily. Well, not whenever you realize the karaoke disaster it might’ve been. Nicole Kidman, how may you engage in a couple of the nuttiest karaoke segments from the cinema’s past two decades? How? It bears repeating: I. Don’t. Know. How. She. Does. It. Follow Louis Virtel on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

'Beavis And Butt-Head' Returns Tonight

FROM MTV NEWS: It's been almost 14 years since the slackest slackers of a generation, Beavis and Butt-head, filled the airwaves with their shenanigans, but when the duo returns to television with new episodes Thursday (October 27), the MTV they return to is quite a different one. Creator Mike Judge had to address the changes to the channel when deciding which direction to take the show in. Without music videos playing as regularly on MTV, there is less of an opportunity for Beavis and Butt-head to sit around and comment on them as they did during the show's original run. Reality shows like "Jersey Shore" and "16 and Pregnant" have replaced what were formerly blocks of music videos, and Judge said he wanted the new "Beavis and Butt-head" episodes to reflect that shift. Read the full story at MTV News!

Ben Stiller Ascends The Mountain

Pointing a literary horror storyNo, he's not absorbed Within The Hills Of Madness from Guillermo Del Toro: The Mountain is actually a different sort of horror project and Fox just selected up for Ben Stiller to direct.It's a spec script by Helen Childress, a lot of fun from Stiller's past, since she written Reality Bites, they directed in 1994. The Mountain is known to by Deadline as "an elegant horror premise inside the vein of Rosemary's Baby". Very oddly, it's apparently based to some extent on Edith Wharton's 1917 novel Summer season, which in no way, shape or form seems a likely grounds for any frightening movie.Wharton's book is about Charitable organization, developing a more respectable living than her prostitute mother just like a small-town librarian in Colonial. But her world is switched upside lower when she starts an affair with architect Lucius Harney, who's engaged with a society girl. Charitable organization can get pregnant, and flirts with the idea of returning for the poverty-stricken mountain community of her roots to follow along with together with in their mother's actions, until her protector Lawyer Royall procedures in and marries her. It shares lots of Wharton's styles (women's devote early American society sexual awakening and peer disapproval) with later works like Age Innocence and Home Of Mirth, and contains several plot points that's much like Ethan Frome.It definitely is not the story of "a young lady who struggles to confront her future after stumbling upon a mysterious object that forces her to check out the methods of her past", although there is a brooch that serves a considerable purpose. So quite what's happening here's unclear. Some sources are suggesting that Childress' script is in some manner a follow-up to Summer season, although some assume it's just a very loose reworking in the book, or possibly a completely new story that for reasons uknown uses Wharton's figures.Once we find out more, we'll inform you. The Mountain is really a couple of way off yet, since its still within the development stage. Meanwhile, Stiller and Childress may also be working with an adaptation of Ezra Jack Keats' sixties kids' picture book The Snowy Day, and Stiller's also juggling The Important Thing Information On Walter Mitty, a David O Selznick biopic, Neighbourhood Watch and, remarkably, Rentaghost.Have a very read of Summer season at Project Gutenberg, and reveal how frightening you believe that it is.

'Captors' eyes New York

CristoferMichael Cristofer will star as Adolf Eichmann in a Huntington Theater production of a new play that has an eye on a future life in NY. Evan M. Wiener, who penned 2010 indie film "Monogamy," wrote the play. Huntington a.d. Peter DuBois ("Becky Shaw") helms a two-thesp cast that also includes Louis Cancelmi ("This," "Blasted") as Mossad agent Peter Z. Malkin. "Captors," based on 1990 memoir "Eichmann in My Hands" by Malkin and Harry Stein, is set in Buenos Aires in 1960, with Holocaust mastermind Eichmann in custody and Malkin struggling to persuade the war criminal to agree to stand trial. Design team includes set designer Beowulf Boritt ("The Scottsboro Boys"), costume designer Bobby Frederick Tilley II ("Sons of the Prophet") and lighting designer Russell Champa ("In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play"). Commercial producers attached to the projects are Michael Weinberger, Jeff Mandel, Tom Heller and the Kostman Family. Mandel and Heller previously collaborated with scribe Wiener on "Monogamy," the Chris Messina starrer that preemed at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2010. Run at Boston's Huntington Theater is set to play Nov. 11-Dec. 11. No set plans have been announced for the potential move to Gotham. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Lauren Alaina on her behalf 'Make It or Break It' Debut

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Lauren Alaina is becoming an adult rapidly.The 16-year-old "The American Idol ShowInch runner-up has spent yesteryear four several weeks because the show's season finale carrying out in arenas across the nation, doing interviews, music video and photo shoots, and recording her debut album, "Wildflower," launched a week ago.The first kind senior high school cheerleader is wishing your time and effort can help solidify her in the united states music world, because she realizes the stakes are high."I seem like this primary album is type of make-it-or-break-it for me personally, because I simply got off national television. So people know who I'm, but they do not know who I'm being an artist," stated Lauren inside a recent interview. "I simply seem like this album is my method of type of putting myself available and showing them just who I'm.InchBillboard's connect director of charts, Keith Caulfield, thinks Lauren is off and away to an excellent start. Her first single, "Like My Mother Does," is incorporated in the top 40."Despite the fact that she's 'Idol' because this great platform to produce her, she's still a developing artist. You always aren't seeing 'Idol' those who win using their first single around the country charts fly to No. 1," he stated."I believe both her and (champion) Scotty (McCreery) are generally in a good position at this time, because they are both youthful and they are both singing new bands,Inch he added, observing that the prosperity of Taylor Quick has opened up doorways for youthful entertainers within the genre.The 12 tunes Lauren chose for "Wildflower" reveal encounters she's been through or tales she pertains to on the personal level. She co-authored one track, known as "Funny Factor About Love," with Nashville songwriting talents Luke Laird and Brett James."I suppose when individuals hear the tunes, they are likely to determine if I have had my heart damaged or maybe I have had my first love or everything type of stuff," she stated. "I simply think it's awesome will be able to share that wonderful (my fans) the way in which Barbara Underwood or Miranda Lambert or someone would."Lauren cut an audio lesson Underwood co-authored, known as "18 Inches." Like a former "The American Idol ShowInch champion, Underwood provides significant support to Lauren. The 2 exchanged telephone numbers, and Lauren asks her for advice when she will get upset. Lately, the Georgia native was feeling particularly homesick and arrived at to Underwood."I simply stated, 'How would you cope with getting away from your loved ones for such a long time and merely being gone constantly?A And she or he stated, 'You need to consider all of the positive stuff that's happening, since you have a lot opting for you at this time. Your loved ones will be there.' Just hearing that from her, understanding that she'd experienced what I am dealing with, just helped me feel 10 occasions better," stated Lauren.The respect is mutual."She's a breath of outdoors in new bands today," stated Underwood within an email. "I can not wait to determine what she'll do later on!"Lauren has carried out around the Grand Ole Opry, presented in the CMT Music Honours, and sang with Martina McBride before over 60,000 people throughout CMA Music Fest. She's impressed a lot more than her great amount of industry veterans."I believe she's really gifted and she's this type of sweet girl," stated McBride within an interview. "I simply really hope that they goes far."Lauren's short journey is not without challenges. The greatest obstacle she's faced to date continues to be with herself.Lauren, that has a frame most would consider usual for a teenager girl, stated she never battled together with her weight until coming in Hollywood."Like a girl, a teenage girl, without attempting to, you constantly compare you to ultimately other women. It's like I had been within this competition with all of these beautiful women," stated Lauren. "It sometimes would swallow me up. I'd compare myself to individuals other women to the stage where it might cause me to feel sick, because I am nothing like heavy, heavy, but I am not the skinniest girl on the planet.InchLauren stated she needed to learn how to cut herself some slack and her motivations under control.InchI am really exercising at this time. for me personally. This is the greatest factor, you need to do it on your own,Inch she stated. "Throughout the show I figured, 'These people aren't likely to much like me basically look by doing this.' But that is not the case, because i quickly began recognizing that my group of followers was growing and that i was getting further along within the competition, and that i was thinking, 'I haven't transformed anything.'"Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Share counts don't follow buybacks

Companies frequently buy back their very own shares, and Wall Street thinks this improves investor value. With less shares outstanding, earnings per share should climb, improving the stock cost. S&P Capital IQ lately tested its database to check out buybacks by major media companies. The film and TV firms that bought back shares within the quarter ended June 2011 did have less shares in public places hands, however the amounts don't always accumulate. CBS Corp. bought back 9.9 million shares, but upon the market only six million throughout the time -- a 39% difference. Viacom had a nearly 20% discrepancy between your 14.3 million shares it repurchased and also the 11.4 million really withdrawn in the market. How about we share counts visit the amount of shares repurchased? Executive investment might be grounds. Executives working out such options purchase from the pool the organization holds (known as treasury stock), including a few of the shares which were lately repurchased. Because the only reason to exercise a regular option would be that the cost executives covers the stock is gloomier compared to market cost, they frequently immediately sell individuals shares, coming back these to outdoors market. Thus shares the organization might have repurchased inside a buyback will go from "shares outstanding" to "treasury stock" and to "shares outstanding" very quickly whatsoever. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

'Cars 2' Toys, Disney Princesses Help Drive Mattel's Third-Quarter Results

our editor recommends'Toy Story 3' boosts Mattel profitsCarl Icahn Unloads Yahoo Stock, Buys Mattel Shares NY - Toy giant Mattel on Friday reported a 6.2 percent grow in third-quarter earnings assisted by sales of toys associated with Cars 2and the organization's Disney Princess line. Quarterly profit came to $300.8 million, consistent with Wall Street anticipation. Revenue exceeded forecasts, rising 9 % to $2 billion. Stifel, Nicolaus analyst Came Crumsaid which was "well ahead" of his estimate of $1.94 billion. "Not just are we ongoing to enjoy the strength in our core brands, but this season's large entertainment property, Cars 2, can also be fueling momentum," stated Robert Eckert, chairman and Boss of Mattel. "Once we enter the all-important holidays, we remain acutely centered on execution and delivering development in our core brands, trying to expand and leverage our worldwide footprint, optimizing our entertainment portfolio, and building our latest franchise, Monster High." Entertainment segment revenue elevated 14 %, driven "mainly" by Cars 2sales, the organization stated. Barbie dolls sales rose 17 %, and the organization recorded a 32 percent grow in its "other women brands" segment driven by Monster High and Disney Princess sales. Related Subjects Cars 2

Hilary Duff Moving Full Speed Ahead With Existence

First Launched: October 12, 2011 9:04 AM EDT Credit: Getty Images NY, N.Y. -- Caption Hilary Duff signs copies of Devoted, her new novel, at Barnes & Noble Tribeca in NY City on October 10, 2011Although shes came out in hit movies, starred around the Disney Tv program and offered countless records, Hilary Duff still feels as if she's products to prove in showbiz. Duff states throughout her time on Lizzie McGuire, the show she starred looking for two seasons that made her famous, she got to get this done many fun things and be so physical with my comedy. I'd no hang-ups. It absolutely was fun will be able to be crazy. I Rapidly preferred to sing that was new however had lots of fans with this point they were all supporting me therefore i actually was confident. Now Im somewhat older which personally i think I must re-learn numerous people things. I have goals and aspirations nonetheless they kind of come under what Ive already accomplished. I appear like I've attempt to do within things Ive already dabbled in. One recent success shes had influences posting world. Duffs a best-selling youthful adult novelist along with her Elixir trilogy. The second book, Devoted is becoming in stores. To position a magazine out was huge, she mentioned. To hear people finish up like, I didn't want to offer you much credit however love this book. Its an enormous feeling of gratefulness and relief. Besides writing, 24-year-old Duff is expecting her first child with professional hockey player Mike Comrie. The Two married this season. She states she sees fans posting on Twitter that having a baby ensures they are feel old. The truth is Im very youthful and things throughout my existence have happened very fast. I guess, why stop now? She doesn't determine whether the newborn can be a boy or possibly a woman, but expects to consider her husband, mother and sister (actress Haylie Duff) for the appointment to uncover. Duff states the suspense is killing her and predictions it'll be a boy. Although shes developed the primary attraction Duff states in everyone eye can be challenging while shes studying the pros and cons of childbearing. Getting an infant each day might be a bitdifferent. Sometimes youre feeling great and frequently you just like could cry within the drop from the hat. I handle it too as I am in a position to In my opinion. Copyright 2011 with the Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

'Glee's' Ryan Murphy and Allison Adler Shopping Half-Hour Comedy

"Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy may be adding half-hour comedy to his rsum.Murphy and new "Glee" co-executive producer Allison Adler are pitching half-hour comedy project, "The Hollywood Reporter" has learned exclusively. Though particulars are increasingly being tightly guarded, the pair will begin shopping it to all or any the systems Friday.Fox may well be a likely home for your project, considering Murphy's associations while using network and also the first-look deal with its sister studio last century Fox Television.The project would fit Fox Entertainment leader Kevin Reilly's have to stay in business with Murphy. He told "THR" in September he "works together with Ryan and also the team for your relaxation of my career and happily take action -- even round the days where he desires to kill me and If only to kill him."Reilly offers also made growing the network's live-action comedies a greater priority this development season."Since I Have Have came back to Fox, the network has kind of lost its pulse round the comedy side," he told "THR." "It's debatable simply how much brand association you've getting a network, but previously, there is greater brand link with Fox: 'Oh, this can be a Fox unscripted show,' or, 'that's a Fox drama.' Fox comedy happen to be apparent sooner or later, from 'Married ... With Children' to 'The Bernie Mac Show' to 'Malcolm within the center.A [Comedy is] something you need to see really round the schedule next season.InchAdler, whose credits include "Chuck" and "No Regular Family," was one of the six new scribes introduced in to the "Glee" writers' room in June since the series looked for to relieve the burden on Murphy and co-creator Kaira Falchuk simply because they launched FX's "American Horror Story."She's a history in comedy, being a producer on "Family Guy" additionally to some supervisory producer on "Just Shoot Me!" additionally to "Still Standing."The project has come about as Murphy and "Glee" co-creator Kaira Falchuk's second series round the air, "American Horror Story," first demonstrated since the No. 1-ranked program on fundamental cable throughout its Wednesday premiere on Foreign exchange.The project would mark Murphy's entry into the half-hour format his credits have dramedy "Popular" as well as the Foreign exchange drama "Puppy puppy nip/Tuck."Murphy is repped by CAA Adler is to apply WME. The Hollywood Reporter

Presidents Clinton and Bartlet Watch 'The Way' Together

Last evening, a properly-to-do crowd of generous NYers loved an uncommon chance to spend time with two presidents from the U . s . States: Bill Clinton and Josiah Bartlet. The occasion would be a charitable organisation screening of 'The Way,' starring Martin Sheen -- who performed Bartlet on 'The West Wing' from 1999 to 2006 -- and directed by Sheen's boy Emilio Estevez. Clinton, who had been there to aid the evening's beneficiary, The Walkabout Foundation, went of his method to thank "my pal Martin Sheen, who after i left the Whitened House grew to become my leader." (This is a George Rose bush joke, for individuals playing in your own home.) "I attempt to exhibit the right deference." 'The Way' follows your way of the surviving father (Sheen) across the Camino p Santiago, a medieval pilgrimage route from France to The country that each year draws in hundreds of 1000's of motivated people on the streets. It isn't the type of movie you'd make if box-office success were anywhere in your listing of focal points, but individuals that do register will love watching Sheen, who so notoriously trekked in to the heart of darkness in 'Apocalypse Now,' pursue the road of something similar to salvation, and also the Super 16 footage from the Camino is one thing humanity could be glad to own. As Estevez place it, after lamenting our chronilogical age of cynicism, "This can be a movie that invites you to definitely climb greater around the tree. The vista is much better, the fruit is more gratifying." Still, just like the movie regularly questions its characters' causes of taking their journey, a crowd member needs to request: Why get this to movie? The solution came throughout the publish-screening Q&A, when Estevez shared a household anecdote. A couple of in the past, Martin Sheen and the grand son Taylor Levi Estevez (Emilio's boy) walked the Camino, and on the way Taylor fell deeply in love with an motel-keeper's daughter, whom he continued to marry. Upon his return, Martin told Estevez, "You've lost a boy around the Camino, and when you need to see him you should look at creating a film there. Even though you are thinking about that, why not write that film that i can star in." Now everything made sense! But there have been other mysteries to ponder, too. Why Bill Clinton? Why the Walkabout Foundation, a really youthful organization whose very, very ambitious lengthy-term goal would be to supply electric wheelchairs to each of the 100 million people all over the world who require them? These solutions eventually emerged too. Walkabout was founded by brothers and sisters Luis and Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster, whose father, Rolando, roomed with Clinton throughout their newcomer year at Georgetown. Rolando can also be the one that forged an association with Estevez, after presenting themself with an plane to request what Estevez and the father have been doing creating a movie around the Camino. Once it emerged that Luis have been the very first person ever to create the pilgrimage inside a motorized wheel chair, the miracle began to occur. "We wouldn't be here tonight if Rolando hadn't taken that chance," Estevez observed. "Tonight is among the miracles." Click the link to give towards the Walkabout Foundation. [Photo: AP] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

"Beginning," "Dark Dark evening" Casting Director to speak at Actorfest LA

This list of well-known and respected casting company company directors who'll speaking at Actorfest LA grows. The newest addition: Casting director John Papsidera will play in the Feature Film Casting panel. His credits include such Hollywood blockbusters as Christopher Nolan's "Beginning," "The Dark Dark evening" and approaching "The Dark Dark evening Increases" additionally to "Zombieland," "Colombiana" and Mike Raimi's next project, "Oz: The Fantastic and Effective." He joins Laray Mayfield, casting director of "The Woman while using Dragon Tattoo," who was simply formerly introduced.Actorfest LA, that's introduced for you personally by Back Stage, the Actor's Resource, will occur on Saturday, November fifth within the California Market Center in downtown La.To help kickstart your work, Actorfest provides a lot more than 24 exclusive Courses Casting Calls Meet & Drops with Top Casting Company company directors a Networking Caf plus an enormous Exhibit Hall, where you'll talk to acting teachers, coaches, schools, headshot photography fanatics, plus much more providers who will help you achieve your work.To link up for Actorfest LA, take a look at actorfestla2011.eventbrite.com. For more information, visit internet.ActorfestLA.com. Actorfest NY will occur on Sunday, October 23rd within the Metropolitan Pavilion. To link up for Actorfest NY, take a look at actorfestnyc2011.eventbrite.com. For more information, visit internet.ActorfestNY.com. As you register, take full advantage of our special limited-time subscription offers.Enjoy every day at Actorfest!

'Homeland' opens well for Showtime

Showtime received strong traction using its series debut of "Homeland" Sunday evening, drawing approximately millions of audiences for that drama's initial telecast. The Ten p.m. airing recorded probably the most auds for any drama premiere since 2003's "Dead Much Like Me.Inch When amassing the night time and a pair of a.m. telecasts, in addition to online sampling the cabler provided via online When Needed, "Homeland" came a combined 2.7 million. Compared to recent Showtime preems, in April the debut of "The Borgias" received slightly under "Homeland." "Shameless" came 982,000 in the The month of january debut. "Homeland," starring Claire Danes, Damien Lewis and Mandy Patinkin, focuses on a launched prisoner of war and also require switched from the U . s . States. The strong start for that skein is really a boon to Showtime leader David Nevins, as "Homeland" may be the first scripted series to become greenlit by him after coming from Imagine Entertainment. Show is professional created by Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Gideon Raff, Michael Cuesta, Abi Nir and Went Tellem. In coming back series, Showtime's top-rating "Dexter" obtained a proper 2.two million audiences at 9 p.m. Sunday in the sixth season debut, becoming a proper lead-directly into "Homeland." That's better of any "Dexter" season premiere, together with a 24% increase from season five. When adding the 11 p.m and 1 a.m. showings, "Dexter" came 2.7 million audiences. Both "Dexter" and "Homeland" should see substantial viewer increases with a lot more telecasts throughout a few days. Showtime has yet to resume an offer with "Dexter" star and professional producer Michael C. Hall, which strong start can provide him leverage using the internet. His current pact has expired and also the internet is presently settling with him for future seasons. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Showtimes New Drama Homeland Has Solid Premiere, Dexter Posts Record High

Showtime’s new drama Homeland opened with 1.08 million audiences last evening, delivering the pay cable systems greatest-ranked drama debut in eight years, since Dead Much Like Me’s 1.11 million in June 2003. It had been the 3rd consecutive Showtime drama series premiere to publish Showtime’s best amounts since Dead Much Like Me, beginning with Shameless (982,000) in The month of january and Borgias (1.06 million) in April. But while Shameless and Borgias broadcast at 9 PM, Homeland went at 10 PM, following a blockbuster sixth season premiere of Dexter (2.two million), that was 24% from this past year and marked the hit series’ greatest-ranked premiere ever and Showtime’s best original series opener in 14 years, since Stargate in 1997. Such as the 11 PM and 1 AM, encores, the Dexter premiere averaged 2.76 million audiences, up 18% from this past year. Homeland, which held onto 1 / 2 of its Dexter lead-in, averaged an overall total of just one.38 million audiences for that evening, invoice discounting within the 12 AM and a pair of AM encores. Including online/on-demand pre-premiere viewing, the Homeland premiere episode continues to be seen by 2.78 million.

NBC Accumulates Two More Instances of Being a parent

Richard Dreyfuss, Lauren Graham, Craig T. Nelson NBC has purchased two more instances of Being a parent, a show repetition verifies.The pickup brings the growing season 3 total to 18 episodes.Fall Preview: Get scoop in your favorite coming back showsThe family drama is a consistent artist for that network. Tuesday's episode averaged 5.5 million audiences along with a 2.2 rating within the grown ups 18-to-49 demo - a five percent increase from a week ago.Being a parent airs Tuesdays at 10/9c on NBC.

CBS Films in talks for 'Psychopaths'

CBS Films may come on board Martin McDonagh's "Seven Psychopaths" and is in negotiations to co-finance the black comedy.If the deal goes through, CBS Films would distribute "Psychopaths" domestically. CBS Films confirmed the negotiations Friday.Project was announced at the Cannes Film Festival with Hanway selling international rights with Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke and Christopher Walken joining Colin Farrell. Rourke is currently not attached to the project.Directed and penned by "In Bruges" helmer Martin McDonagh, pic will be produced by Blueprint Pictures' Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin with Tessa Ross as exec producer.Story follows a screenwriter (Farrell) struggling for inspiration for his script, "Seven Psychopaths," who gets drawn into the dog kidnapping schemes of his oddball friends (Rockwell and Walken). Things take a turn for the worse when a gangster's mutt goes missing.The project reunites McDonagh, Broadbent, Czernin, Ross and Farrell, who all worked together on hitman pic "In Bruges."CBS Films exec VP Scott Shooman will oversee the project.Deal comes a day after Amy Baer announced she will be exiting her post as president and CEO of CBS Films, four years after she joined the company, and plans to segue to a producer role. CBS Films made the largest acquisition at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival earlier this month with a $5 million deal for Lasse Hallstrom's "Salmon Fishing In The Yemen."Shooting on "Psychopaths" is expected to start this fall in Los Angeles. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

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5 Ways Simon Cowell Intends to Crush Idol using the X Factor: Mo' Money, Crazy Nicole

L.A. Reid, Nicole Scherzinger, Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul knowing 1000's of ambitious performers, a number of whom can make your ears bleed? Seems like The American Idol Show redux. Initially, there is not a lot separating Cowell's audio competition show, The X Factor, from the forerunners - before you compare the particulars. Then Cowell's master arrange for music show domination becomes very obvious. My God, It's huge! And 9 other activities we learned in the premiere from the X Factor Prior to Wednesday's premiere (8/7c on Fox), Cowell and also the other X Factor idol judges help explain 5 greatest ways their show will crush your competition. 5. He'll throw more income in the screen: Just how to top his former co-workers at Idol? Go ahead and take Michael Bay approach! (And when you have not heard, Fox has signed on for your, pronouncing The X Factor the greatest show in the world.) Think veterans administration veterans administration voom aerial shots, grand entrances for that idol judges via helicopter and costly arenas full of 1000's to host the audition models. And that is only the audition models! "Whenever we began here [within the U.S.], i was only going to choose the network who would support it using their wallet," Cowell states. "No. 1 question we'd is: Why show not the same as anything else, and I have always stated, 'If you watch it, you will see the main difference.AInch Fall TV: Obtain the lowdown about this season's must-see new shows 4. The idol judges will not be as nice because the idol judges around the Voice: The Voice coaches get it very easy, relaxing in their large red-colored chairs, pushing a control button once they hear something purdy, hands-picking a common performers for his or her teams. Individuals coaches never need to use someone they do not like. Around The X Factor, however, producers assign each judge among four groups to mentor - males, women, groups and performers over 30 - and never everybody will be pleased with their team. To wit, performers just have three from four idol judges to agree advance, so odds are all of the idol judges is going to be dealing with a minumum of one contestant they initially switched lower. As well as in stark contrast towards the latest season of Idol, which featured not just one harsh word for that top 13 runners up, Cowell states the auditions would be the "nice" models. Expect the fangs to be released after. 3. They have employed a genuine live training partner for Simon: Simon likes nothing much better than a verbal smackdown - regrettably, watching him undertake Randy "for me personally, for you personally, it had been just aiight" Jackson and Ryan Seacrest continues to be merely a study in Cowell's persistence. They are like window dressing in comparison to X Factor judge L.A. Reid, an archive executive who counts Pink and Mariah Carey among his hits. So when Simon and L.A. face off, their arguments usually increase the conversation concerning the talent, instead of detract from this. "We now have both run record labels and that we always wanted no.1 record. We taken part with one another which explains why I needed him on the program,Inch Cowell states. "I did not want somebody that would accept me. I needed somebody that was competitive and that he is easily the most competitive person." Simon Cowell's X Factor may have drunks within the audience! Plus: Scherzinger changes accents! 2. You will see cry-offs between Nicole and Paula: Here's how new judge Nicole Scherzinger discusses the pains from the job: "It's difficult since you really sympathise. This is not only a talent show. They are real those who have families who're battling also it feels as though their whole existence is at risk, and you are part of that. So for me personally, it has been very emotional. I must refuse to those who are losing their houses the ones whose family just died a few days before and it is been very difficult for me personally.Inch Even Paula, the first kind teary-eyed cheerleader champion of singing competitions, states she was taken aback about how exactly emotional Nicole got throughout the audition models. "She was way in front of me, that was amazing," Paula states. "It had been like, wow, another person is really a crier." 1. Nicole may also be permitted to out-crazy Paula: Yes, Paula continues to be kooky and unpredictable Body first-round contestant makes her gag and she or he leaves the knowing table - but Nicole is directly on her heels. Simon has stated she automatically switches accents, and we are most likely likely to hear a great deal about her getting become her begin by winning a singing competition herself in the past. Eden's Crush, anybody? But she's a talkative one, and knowing through the 90-minute mash-from Episodes 1 and a pair of tested for reporters, producers are likely to allow her to ramble. Here is a sample, the response to "Why is a good fit for that X Factor?" "I'm able to only bring my encounters and that is me getting been in a show such as this ten years ago and becoming an artist, and getting an artist's life blood, which we usually put on on our sleeve. I bring that empathy and empathy and understanding. But simultaneously, I am pretty tough. I have labored very difficult to reach where I'm and that i know what must be done. Therefore, after i use the participants, I am likely to work to create the very best in them ..." Are you going to watch The X Factor? What exactly are you most excited to determine?

MRC raises $350 mil to grow biz

Media Rights Capital has closed a five-year, $350 million revolving credit facility, providing more coin for the company to grow its film and television business. The facility, led by JPMorgan, Comerica, Bank of America, SunTrust and Union Bank, will also provide for the indie studio to expand and develop current projects, including those under its five-year distribution deal with Universal as well as CBS sitcom "How to Be a Gentleman,'' Neill Blomkamp's "Elysium" (which Sony will distribute) and serialized Netflix political drama "House of Cards." MRC's last credit facility closing was a three-year $350 million starting in 2008. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com

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Toronto 2011: Sundance Selects Takes U . s . States Rights to 'Trishna'

Sundance Selects has acquired U . s . States rights to author-directorMichael Winterbottom's new film Trishna. Freida Pinto and Riz Ahmed star inside the drama based on Thomas Sturdy's classic novel Tess in the D'Urbervilles. TORONTO REVIEW: Trishna Occur contemporary Rajasthan,Trishna notifies the story from the Indian lady who falls deeply deeply in love with a wealthy British businessman when she goes to get results for his father's hotel business. Torn between tradition and ambition, Trishna's existence ultimately turns tragic.Winterbottom produced the film withMelissa Parmenter. The film had its world premiere within the Toronto Worldwide Film Festival. VIDEO: 'Trishna' Trailer: Freida Pinto Stars inside the Michael Winterbottom-Directed Drama "Trishnais Michael Winterbottom's most incredible and sensual film having a really sublime performance by Freida Pinto," mentioned Sundance Selects leader Jonathan Sehring. Sundance Selects execArianna Bocconegotiated the sale withStephen Kelliherof Bankside Films regarding the filmmakers. Bankside, that's handling worldwide sales, and Uk Film Council funded the film together with VTR Media Possibilities, Bob Film Sweden and Film I Huge while using support in the Swedish Film Institute.A Film (Benelux), Madman (New zealand and australia), Bac Films (France), Shooting Stars (Middle East) and Video Vision (Nigeria) also acquired rights for the film. A sister division to IFC Films, Sundance Selects has formerly released the Winterbottom films The Shock Doctrine, The Trip as well as the Killer Inside Me. Toronto Worldwide Film Festival Freida Pinto Trishna

Vanessa Hudgens Cast Opposite John Cusack and Nicolas Cage in 'The Frozen River'

Vanessa Hudgens is getting as far away from her 'High School Musical' persona as she possibly can. On the heels of starring as a pregnant teen runaway in 'Gimme Shelter,' Deadline reports that Hudgens will star as an escaped almost-victim of a serial killer in 'The Frozen River' opposite John Cusack and Nicolas Cage. Based on true events, the Scott Walker-directed film follows an Alaskan state trooper (Cage) on the trail of Alaska's most notorious serial killer (Cusack), a family man and well-respected member of the community. Shooting begins in Alaska on Oct. 17. [Deadline]

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Box Office Report: Steven Soderbergh's 'Contagion' Winning Weekend Race

TORONTO --Steven Soderbergh's thriller Contagion opened to No. 1 at the domestic box office Friday with an estimated $8 million, while Disney's The Help held in strong at No. 2.our editor recommendsContagion: Venice Film ReviewWarrior: Film ReviewThe Help: Film ReviewBucky Larson: Born to Be a Star: Film ReviewRelated Topics•Box Office Otherwise, the news ranged from so-so to grim.The film business is looking at the worst weekend of the year in terms of revenues, which may only hit $70 million. PHOTOS: A Guide to Fake Film Diseases Lionsgate's mixed martial arts drama Warrior grossed an estimated $1.8 million in its first day to come in No. 3 and is now looking at a lower-than-expected weekend debut of $5 million to $5.5 million. At the same time, the film -- starring Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy -- is drawing strong reviews and drew an A CinemaScore, portending good word-of-mouth. Sony's comedy Bucky Larson: Born to be a Star, produced by Adam Sandler's production company Happy Madison, is an all-out bomb, earning a dismal $540,000 on Friday to fall outside of the top 10. Oddly, the pic received a B CinemaScore. PHOTOS: Movie Report Card: 10 Biggest Flops of 2011 (So Far) Warner Bros. and Participant Media's Contagion, starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Marion Cotillard, Jude Law,Laurence Fisburne and Kate Winslet as a team of CDC doctors trying to stop a worldwide viral epidemic, should easily win the weekend race with $20 million to $22 million. The pic received a B- CinemaScore, with more than 80% of the audience over the age of 25. DreamWorks' The Help -- also co-financed by Participant -- should gross around $9 million, pushing its domestic total to nearly $140 million. Contagion knocks the film from the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office after a three-week rule. STORY: Summer Box Office: The 10 Biggest Flops of 2011 Focus Features' The Debt is enjoying a strong hold in its second weekend, grossing an estimated $1.4 million on Friday for a cume of $18.5 million. The Helen Mirren thriller, coming in at No. 4, is expected to gross roughly $4.5 for the weekend. Sony's Zoe Saldana action pic Colombiana is holding in the No. 5 position, grossing an estimated $1.2 million for a domestic cume of $26.9 million. Shark Night 3D and Apollo 18both saw steep drops in the their second weekends. Shark Night placed No. 7 on Friday, falling 64% to an estimated $1 million for a cume of $12.3 million. PHOTOS: 10 Billion Dollar Babies: Movies That Have Crossed the 10-Figure Mark Apollo 18 tumbled more than 68% to an estimated $875,000 for a cume of $13 million. Box office observers say Sunday, Sept. 9 could be a particularly slow day for male-driven films because of the start of the NFL season. Related Topics Gwyneth Paltrow Kate Winslet Matt Damon Tom Hardy Box Office Contagion Steven Soderbergh The Help Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star Warrior

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