Report: David Beckham Headed To French Team

First Launched: December 20, 2011 11:25 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption A shirtless David Beckham sometimes seems carrying out a match involving the Melbourne Victory and LA World at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia on December 6, 2011 The Beckhams may be on the purpose of say, Au revoir, to La and, Bonjour! to Paris. On Wednesday morning (Paris Time), French newspaper Le Parisien reported the World soccer star has approved a deal for just about any one-and-a-half year contract while using team Paris St. Germain. The paper reported he'll formally sign anything then the month of the month of january. In line with the paper, Beckham is predicted to earn 800,000 Pounds monthly, that has a lot more earnings coming initially from from endorsements. Beckhams repetition, however, told ESPN.com that the situation is still up in mid-air. There is no agreement showed up at with any club. Any talk from the deal is premature. David is yet to decide, the repetition told the sports site. Britains Daily Mail reported the British soccer stars contract while using LA World finishes on December 31, and reviews have made an appearance in recent days that David and Victoria are trying to find new schools for school-aged children Brooklyn, 12, Romeo, 9 and Cruz, 6, in France. Classy and Becks moved from Madrid to La in 2007 with great fanfare, plus a Thank you for going to America party attended by Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, and may Cruz and Jada Pinkett Cruz. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Musical Based on 'Because of Winn-Dixie' Planned

NY (AP) Plans they're arrived to make a musical based on Kate DiCamillo's book "Because of Winn-Dixie" with tunes by Duncan Sheik together with a genuine dog on stage.Producers mentioned Thursday they plan a workshop reading through through for your project this spring, then an out-of-town engagement and perhaps a perfect Broadway in the future. They've even found their star: Taran, an Irish Wolfhound, remains cast inside the title role.The musical, using the 2000 novel, notifies the story from the 10-year-old girl who gains confidence and rekindles her relationship along with her father, due to a stray dog she finds one visit to a Winn-Dixie supermarket. The novel was converted to a film in 2005 starring Rob Daniels, Cicely Tyson, Dork Matthews and Avoi Marie Saint.Furthermore to Sheik, who won a Tony Award for writing the music activity for "Spring Awakening," the producers have attracted on Nell Benjamin to create the lyrics and story. She acquired a Tony nomination of "Legally Blonde."John Tartaglia, who made his debut just like a puppeteer with "The Muppets" at 16 and acquired a Tony nomination for his puppetry in "Avenue Q," will direct the project. Your financial allowance estimate is between $6 000 0000 and $7 million.Your dog director will probably be Bill Berloni, which has trained dogs for more than twelve Broadway shows and discovered the first Sandy for "Annie." He found Taran, who was simply adopted in the breeder in Connecticut. The musical may also get about 15 human stars.The producers are Gerald Goehring, Michael F. Mitri and Dorothy Berloni.Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. By Mark Kennedy December 16, 2011 NY (AP) Plans they're arrived to make a musical based on Kate DiCamillo's book "Because of Winn-Dixie" with tunes by Duncan Sheik together with a genuine dog on stage.Producers mentioned Thursday they plan a workshop reading through through for your project this spring, then an out-of-town engagement and perhaps a perfect Broadway in the future. They've even found their star: Taran, an Irish Wolfhound, remains cast inside the title role.The musical, using the 2000 novel, notifies the story from the 10-year-old girl who gains confidence and rekindles her relationship along with her father, due to a stray dog she finds eventually inside a Winn-Dixie supermarket. The novel was converted to a film in 2005 starring Rob Daniels, Cicely Tyson, Dork Matthews and Avoi Marie Saint.Furthermore to Sheik, who won a Tony Award for writing the music activity for "Spring Awakening," the producers have attracted on Nell Benjamin to produce the lyrics and story. She acquired a Tony nomination of "Legally Blonde."John Tartaglia, who made his debut just like a puppeteer with "The Muppets" at 16 and acquired a Tony nomination for his puppetry in "Avenue Q," will direct the project. Your financial allowance estimate is between $6 000 0000 and $7 million.Your dog director will probably be Bill Berloni, which has trained dogs for more than twelve Broadway shows and discovered the first Sandy for "Annie." He found Taran, who was simply adopted in the breeder in Connecticut. The musical may also get about 15 human stars.The producers are Gerald Goehring, Michael F. Mitri and Dorothy Berloni.Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

REVIEW: Ethan Hunt Goes Emo in Patchy, Flashy Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol

What does it take to revive a passion for one’s work, years on, whether said vocation is saving the world or churning out sequels in a blockbuster franchise? How does one reclaim human contact in today’s isolating, gadget-dependent world? These are questions IMF agent Ethan Hunt and his portrayer Tom Cruise face in Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, Cruise’s fourth outing in the spy series, directed entertainingly enough by Pixar veteran Brad Bird. If the hoodied Cruise evokes a touch of Eminem-level moodiness in the posters, it’s with good reason: Stopping a maniacal supervillain may be on the docket yet again, but this time around Ethan Hunt has gone emo. Blame it on fatigue in a franchise that never consisted of much more than a series of set pieces and gadget porn held together with flimsy plot threads which all nevertheless managed to entertain, however superficially and evanescently, because of the charisma that Cruise exudes. The first Mission: Impossible film, based loosely on the 1966 television show, coasted to box office success in 1996, an engaging alternative to the flagging James Bond juggernaut; as for 2000’s unfortunate John Woo-helmed sequel — well, some missions are impossible, better left flailing in the distant past of cinematic memory. J.J. Abrams managed to reinvigorate the series with 2006’s Mission: Impossible III, but even then it seemed the creative juices had stopped flowing for both the franchise and its star. To Bird’s credit, his first foray into live-action feature filmmaking in Ghost Protocol opens on a cracking, near-wordless sequence that speaks to years spent perfecting visual storytelling in the Pixar fold: Descending upon a high security Russian facility, an impromptu prison riot erupts as a cover for the extraction of one Ethan Hunt, glimpsed only from behind, who lies coolly on his cot bouncing a makeshift rock-ball against the wall as chaos explodes around him. He mulls the idea of freedom. He hesitates. Then, finally, Hunt grudgingly exits his cell, placing the granite plaything back in the wall he carved it from with probably nothing more than his fingertips, presumably over the span of years of solitude — the same fingertips that used to cling to sheer cliff sides miles above the ground with no safety lines, just for kicks — and leaps into superman mode, shrugging his way through a comically breezy exit like it’s just another Tuesday at the office. He is still Ethan Hunt, of course, but something’s changed. He’s tired of the spy game. A bit jaded. He’s maybe, probably getting too old for this shit, and his failed relationship — did wife Julia leave him, or worse? — haunts him. When IMF tech-turned-field operative Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg) and a new lady agent (Paula Patton) excitedly bust Hunt out of his mysterious, maybe self-imposed seclusion for a new mission, he only reluctantly chooses to accept it. Said mission comes on the heels of a prologue operation gone wrong, in which Patton’s Agent Jane Carter loses her teammate/spy boyfriend Trevor (Josh Holloway) and a set of nuclear launch codes to a dastardly European assassin (La Seydoux). (French girls, they’ll do it to you every time.) Hunt and Co., tasked with breaking into the Kremlin on a related mission to track a shadowy terrorist named Cobalt, find themselves compromised and IMF scapegoated when the Kremlin is reduced to rubble in a brain-rattling explosion; disavowed by the American government and flying sans backup, with Jeremy Renner’s buttoned-up analyst-with-a-secret rounding out the team, the spy gang sets out on their real mission: Stop Cobalt, save the world from destruction, etc., yadda yadda yadda. As with every film in the franchise, the plot machinations are neither important nor realistic, let alone meaningful. Worse yet, they’re terribly cheesy. A Euro-centric baddie (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’s Michael Nyqvist, tragically reduced to cartoonish villainy) with designs on nuclear world war who wants to pave the way for a new world order? A well-heeled French assassin chick who murders in exchange for diamonds? So ’90s-era rejected Bond script, guys. Writers Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec even commit the facepalm-inducing sin of having poor Renner stand against a wall, stiff drink in hand, to recite key exposition to his teammates in order to explain secrets and backstory to the audience. (Renner gamely powers through, while Patton struggles to feign even the slightest bit of awkwardness as the film’s only heroine, a lethal spy crippled… by her inability to flirt.) In a way, the totally ’90s elements work within a larger sense of nostalgic self-awareness that flickers in and out of the film’s consciousness, with varying results. A broken Soviet payphone housing Hunt’s next IMF mission pays homage to the Cold War origins and dated gimmickry of the original series, though the nod inadvertently muddles Ghost Protocol’s tone. At least Pegg’s Benji offers a dose of sweet comic relief, leavening Cruise’s sulkiness with a clever charm that serves to show that the filmmakers are well aware of what got played to death in previous installments. (In a word: Masks.) Still, you get the feeling Bird longed for the days of workshopping those excellent Pixar tales at a studio full of experienced storytellers for months, maybe years even, as he dutifully leapfrogged over character development and tonal balance to nail the franchise’s real attractions: those admittedly eye-popping set pieces. Which brings us to the real reason you’ll want to see Ghost Protocol (and in IMAX, if your eyeballs can take it). Sure, the hand to hand combat scenes are choreographed with slick precision. A skin-scraping sandstorm chase will have you reaching for the eyedrops. And a bone crunching battle inside an automated parking garage is far more brutal than it sounds (if over-long and semi-boring). But marvel as Movie Star Tom Cruise grips the windows of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, doing his own insane stunts while clinging to the outside windows thousands of feet above the ground, and you get your money’s worth. (Cruise insisted on pulling off the Burj Khalifa stunt himself, which offers a hypothetical window into his mindset; if he wasn’t quite challenged by the material, maybe the adrenaline rush was worth signing on for? Well, that and the cash.) Unfortunately for Bird, while he delivers stunning and often inventive visuals, not to mention some ultra cool new gadgets worth drooling over, it’s producer J. J. Abrams who leaves the more indelible creative thumbprint. The slick exotic settings, the high-tech trappings, the capable spy wrestling with the crippling notion that loved ones risk becoming collateral damage — Sydney Bristow did all of this years ago, and on TV. Granted, she didn’t do any of it in glorious, dazzling IMAX. But she did it in heels! Abrams and Bad Robot partner Bryan Burk even imported former Alias writers Nemec and Applebaum and tapped Josh Holloway, continuing the bizarre convergence of the worlds of M:I and LOST, but that’s a discussion of worlds colliding for another day (see: Cruise cousin William Mapother in M:I2 for a taste of the mind-reeling madness). Then again, it could be just that kind of creative mix that gives the Mission: Impossible franchise the spark of life it desperately needed — and still needs, if it is to go on. Between Abrams’s genre instincts, Cruise-esque fearlessness, and the idea of Renner (and a slightly more engaging director, not to mention a better script) taking over in future sequels, Ghost Protocol the film illustrates exactly what Ethan Hunt learns at the end of his adventure even if it doesn’t quite achieve it: People — even top notch spies, or world class filmmakers — need people. Beneath the usual spy games and geekery lies a barely tapped vein that, sadly, remains largely untouched: The loneliness of the spy/human experience in an isolating, gadget-filled world. Note the deliberate proliferation of telephones, cell phones, comm units, and satellite feeds throughout, connecting our heroes to one another. Ponder the imagery of Cruise’s Hunt clinging to the side of a skyscraper hand outstretched, searching for a lifeline — and finding it in the strong, capable hands of his teammates. A lone wolf is a sad wolf! But with the right team, you can make any difficult job work. At least long enough to make it to the next payday. Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

About This Time Diane Keaton Blew Off Jobs

Are you aware Diane Keaton and Jobs were neighbors once? That may go better: “And he begins speaking and all sorts of he’s speaking about may be the computer factor. The way the computer would take around the globe. And That I’m a slave to like, ‘OK, right.’ And that he keeps speaking about how exactly everybody will have some type of computer within their existence, within their world, within their home. And That I’m going, ‘Right, Right.’ And That I never saw him again ever, because clearly I simply wasn’t prepared for your. I figured, ‘Is he nuts?’ […] Are you able to imagine? How much of an idiot I had been.” [Ellen DeGeneres Show via THR]

11 Women to Watch for Next Year's Power 100 List

Joseph Farrell, a pioneering executive in the field of box-office forecasting and one of the most influential behind-the-scenes Hollywood players in his heyday, died Wednesday of natural causes in Los Angeles. He was 76.Related Topics•Obituaries As chairman and CEO of the National Research Group -- the market planning and research firm that serviced all of the film studios and major producers in Hollywood for 25 years until 2003 -- Farrell introduced such services now taken for granted by the film industry as tracking, test screenings, trailers and TV-spot testing as well as norms by "quadrants" and other socio-demographics analyses. All led to early warning forecasting of a movie's box-office potential. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Notable Deaths In 2003, he and partner Catherine Paura sold NRG to Nielsen and started Farrell Paura Productions with a first-look deal at Disney.Farrell also continued as a marketing consultant to top executives at several studios and investment banking groups. In 2009, FP Productions went independent and has just completed with Alcon Entertainment the feature Joyful Noise, a comedy starring Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton that will be released in January by Warner Bros.The company also has The Leonardo Job, to be directed by David Twohy, in development with Alcon. Farrell also served as an executive and consultant to the Carnegie Corporation of NY, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. He developed the U.S. Arts and Cultural Trend Data System for Congress and authored Americans and the Arts, Museums: USA and the Cultural Consumer. Farrell is survived by his wife, Italian actress Jo Champa, and son Sean. Plans for a memorial service are pending. Related Topics Obituaries

UBS: Chase Carey talks Nfl, Hulu, BSkyB

News Corp.'s Chase Carey, seasoned vet though he's, states he required to gulp within the latest cost installed on football rights. In the fragmented media world, the NFL's "value in the marketplace is extremely unique," Carey told the UBS Global Media and Communications confab Wednesday. "Clearly, you will discover costs connected from it possess a inclination to lead you to swallow hard. Sports can be a double-edged sword, as well as the Nfl might be the best double- edge sword." The fee for sports rights is really a theme in the conference as cable systems need to push the higher prices through to operators and ultimately to clients. Fox, NBC and CBS are apparently close to an eight-year extension from the handles the Nfl at fee increases more than 60%. Fox pays an thought $720 million yearly under its current Nfl pact. Asked for in regards to the advertising climate, what is the news Corp. prexy mentioned the fourth quarter marketplace is a touch much much softer in comparison to 3rd and, excluding political, flat year-on-year. But he referred to as it "an excellent market" with Fox getting rates in scatter over upfront. And things seems being trying to find. The business "is starting to find out a little beyond the twelve several weeks, and extremely sees signs and signs and symptoms of fresh money beyond the month of the month of january 1." "Idol will probably be priority one for your partner of the year,In . he mentioned. Round the hot subject of Web streaming, Carey spoken a little more about News Corp.'s partly possessed service Hulu then he did about Netflix, which has centered conference chatter. News Corp.'s "# 1 problem" is building the very best strategy as well as the right enterprize model inside the digital space, he mentioned. Hulu, which was up readily available for several days after which it attracted in the block, will be the focus. Disney, Comcast's NBCUniversal and Providence Equity are Hulu's entrepreneurs alongside News Corp. "Partners are a bit of the bear to deal with. But however, everyone else, the organization and get Hulu has is a factor people imagine,Inch he mentioned. "We've good associations with this particular partners. It's just, clearly, partners can be somewhat cumbersome," he mentioned. He mentioned he thinks the service's prominence inside the digital space which is proper options "dwarfed" what prospective customers were ready to pay. Netflix founder and Boss Reed Hastings on Tuesday mentioned he sees Time Warner's Cinemax Go as his finest rival because other services don't invest just as much in acquiring programming. Hulu, and News Corp. will uncover their unique model, Carey mentioned. Carey wasn't asked for about nor did he address the phone-hacking scandal that rocked News Corp.'s News around the world subsid this summer season and is constantly make mind lines inside the U.K. and obscure not able to one-time heir apparent James Murdoch. But he did mention BSkyB, and News Corp.'s averted expects to purchase within the chunk from this the conglom doesn't already own. A $12 billion deal for your U.K. satcaster was scrapped within the height in the scandal. Including BSkyB, Carey mentioned, News Corp's got $15 billion in off- balance sheet assets, a thing that "is actually a problem for people.In . News Corp. controls BSkyB but doesn't bought it outright. "We are not receiving anything, (not) part of a credit, for the $15 billion. It is probably the things we must still figure outYou desire to mind to places you may either own, or monetize assets. We arenot an resource holding company," he mentioned. That indicates that ultimately News Corp. could sell BSkyB or make another run at buying up, additionally to tidy up its house elsewhere. Carey mentioned particularly he doesn't desire to put a period period on anything. "But directionally we is going to do this and have to be better at interacting that," he mentioned. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Sundance uncovers Next, Night time lineups

'The Pact''Grabbers''I Am Not really a Hipster''Kid-Thing''Sleepwalk With Me'Sundance's edgy Next and Park City at Night time lineups took on the greater profile recently, with purchasers finding offbeat game titles for example "Bellflower" one of the choices. The Sundance Film Festival also revealed lineups today because of its Spotlight best-of-fests section and also the experimental New Frontier selection.Director of programming Trevor Groth stated the following sidebar, inaugurated this year to call focus on innovative no-budget work, is constantly on the grow in importance.Other films from last year's Next section that found distribution include "The Lie" and "Seem of My Voice." To that particular finish, Groth and fest topper John Cooper have added yet another title towards the section, getting it to some total of nine world premieres.That leaves one less title within the fest's Park City at Night time showcase, featuring its seven horror-thrillers and dark comedies. Selection includes "Black Rock," from Sundance alum Katie Aselton ("The Free gift") "Tim and Eric's Big Movie," directed, compiled by and starring the out-there comedy duo of Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim and "V/H/S," a unique collaboration among six company directors including Joe Swanberg, Ti West and Adam Wingard.The very best-of-fests Spotlight slate, devoted to "cinema we likeInch from around the globe, includes foreign-language Oscar distribution "Promise of War" and "Monsieur Lazhar," Toronto audience-award champion "Where Will We Go Ahead Now?Inch and Cannes' Not Certain Regard prizewinner "Elena."The fest's experimental New Frontier section includes five features matching formerly introduced installations and performances.Premieres and Documentary Premieres game titles for that Jan. 19-29 fest in Park City, Utah is going to be introduced Monday. SPOTLIGHTThe nine films within this section have opened at previous festivals."Corpo Celeste" (Italia) - Directed and compiled by Alice Rohrwacher. A Dardennes-esque study of the teenage girl's spiritual journey within and past the obstacles of the strict Catholic community in southern Italia. Stars Yle Vianello, Salvatore Cantalupo, Anita Caprioli and Renato Carpentiere."Promise of War" (Belgium) - Directed by Valerie Donzelli, compiled by Jeremie Elkaim and Donzelli. A youthful couple uncover their newborn child is extremely ill. With Donzelli, Elkaim, Cesar Desseix."Elena" (Russia) - Directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev, compiled by Oleg Negin. A mature lady faces a moral dilemma when her wealthy husband falls ill. Features Andrey Smirnov, Nadezhda Markina, Elena Lyadova and Alexey Rozin."Monsieur Lazhar" (Canada) - Directed, compiled by Philippe Falardeau. By which an Algerian immigrant teacher gets control a Montreal middle-school class shaken by his predecessor's suicide. With Fellag, Sophie Nelisse, Emilien Neron, Danielle Proulx and Brigitte Poupart."The Orator" (Nz) - Directed, compiled by Tusi Tamasese. A Samoan villager must defend his land and family from effective adversaries. Stars Fa'afiaula Sagote, Tausili Pushparaj, Salamasina Mataia, Ioata Tanielu."The Raid" (Indonesia) - Directed, compiled by Gareth Evans. A top-notch SWAT team seeking Jakarta's most well known crime boss must fight its way through successive amounts of a run-lower apartment building. Features Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Joe Taslim, Doni Alamsyah."Where Will We Go Ahead Now?Inch (France-Lebanon-Italia-Egypt) - Directed by Nadine Labaki, compiled by Labaki, Jihad Hojeily and Rodney Al Haddad, using the collaboration of Thomas Bidegain. Lebanese women attempt to ease religious tensions between Christian believers and Muslims within their village. With Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Layla Hakim, Nadine Labaki, Yvonne Maalouf, Antoinette Noufaily."Wuthering Levels" (U.K.) - Directed by Andrea Arnold, compiled by Arnold and Olivia Hetreed. A raw, revisionist update of Emily Bronte's wind-taken classic. Stars Kaya Scodelario, James Howson, Solomon Glave, Shannon Beer and Steve Evets."Your Sister's Sister" - Directed and compiled by Lynn Shelton. Mourning his brother's recent dying, a guy will get a lot more than he bargained when ever he retreats to some friend's family cabin. Stars Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt and Mark Duplass. PARK CITY AT MIDNIGHTThe seven films within this section are world premieres and, unless of course otherwise specified, in the U.S."Black Rock" - Directed by Katie Aselton, compiled by Mark Duplass. Three childhood buddies reunite for any girls' weekend on the remote island from the coast of Maine, only to discover themselves fighting for survival. With Katie Aselton, Lake Bell and Kate Bosworth."Excision" - Directed and compiled by Richard Bates Junior. A disturbed high-school student with medical aspirations seeks the approval of her controlling mother. Features AnnaLynne McCord, Traci Lords, Ariel Winter, Roger Bart and John Waters."Grabbers" (Ireland-U.K.) - Directed by Jon Wright, compiled by Kevin Lehane. Getting a higher bloodstream-alcohol content turns into a survival tactic for citizens of the Irish fishing village beset by mysterious bloodstream-suckers. Stars Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Russell Tovey and Bronagh Gallagher."The Pact" - Directed and compiled by Nicholas McCarthy. A lady struggles arrive at grips together with her past within the wake of her mother's dying. Stars Caity Lotz and Casper Van Dien."Tim and Eric's Big Movie" - Directed and compiled by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, who star as two men attempting to regain a billion dollars by rehabilitating a rundown retail center.InchSixth is vOrThey wouldOrUtesInch - Directed by Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg and Radio Silence, compiled by Simon Barrett, Bruckner, West, McQuaid and Radio Silence. Several misfits is hired by a mystery 3rd party to burglarize a home and discover an uncommon VHS tape. With Swanberg, Calvin Reeder, Wingard, Sophia Takal, Kate Lyn Sheil."Shut Up and Take part in the Hits" (U.K.) - Directed by Dylan Southern and can Lovelace. A documentary that originates over 48 crucial hrs within the existence of LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy. NEXTThe nine films within this section are world premieres and in the U.S."Compliance" - Directed and compiled by Craig Zobel. A prank caller convinces a quick-food restaurant manager to interrogate among his employees. Stars Ann Dowd, Pat Healy, Dreama Master, Bill Camping and Philip Ettinger."I'm Not a Hipster" - Directed and compiled by Destin Daniel Cretton. An search for love, loss and creativeness when confronted with tragedy set from the indie music and art scene. With Dominic Bogart, Alvaro Orlando, Kaira William Henke, Tammy Minoff, Kandis Erickson and Lauren Coleman."Kid-Factor" - Directed and compiled by David Zellner. A edgy girl's crooked routine is interrupted eventually when she listens to a lady with the aid of an opening in the earth. With Sydney Aguirre, Susan Tyrrell, Nathan Zellner and David Zellner."Mosquita y Mari" - Directed and compiled by Aurora Guerrero. Two 15-year-old Latinas uncover a sexual undercurrent within their friendship. Stars Fenessa Pineda, Venecia Troncoso, Joaqun Garrido, Laura Patalano and Dulce Maria Solis."My Best Day" - Directed and compiled by Erin Greenwell. A little-town receptionist's existence is switched upside lower once the father she never understood requires a refrigerator repair. With Rachel Style, Ashlie Atkinson, Raul Castillo, Jo Armeniox, Robert Salerno and Harris Doran."Quest for Loneliness" - Directed and compiled by Laurence Thrush. When an anonymous, seniors patient dies inside a county hospital without any known next of kin, four people try to look for a relative to make contact with. Features Pleasure Hille, Sandra Escalante, Sharon Munfus, Kirsi Toivanen and Natalie Fouron."Sleepwalk Beside MeInch - Directed by Mike Birbiglia and Seth Barrish, compiled by Birbiglia, Ira Glass, Joe Birbiglia and Barrish. A budding standup comedian comes with an intense have a problem with sleepwalking. Stars Birbiglia, Lauren Ambrose, Carol Kane, James Rebhorn and Cristin Milioti."That Is What She Stated" - Directed by Barbara Preston, compiled by Kellie Overbey. Two close friends along with a mysterious youthful interloper have a number of misadventures while seeking love in NY. Stars Anne Heche, Marcia DeBonis and Alia Shawkat."Twenty-Eight Rooms In HotelsInch - Directed and compiled by Matt Ross. A couple's lengthy-term affair is fragmented into a number of rooms in hotels. With Chris Messina and Marin Ireland. NEW FRONTIERThe five films within this section come from the U.S. unless of course otherwise specified."Bestiaire" (Canada-France) - Directed by Denis Cote. Explores the limitations we place around creatures. World premiere."An Oversimplification of Her Beauty" - Directed and compiled by Terence Nance. Following a mystery girl stands him up, a quixotic youthful guy journeys various live-action and animated landscapes. With Terence Nance, Namik Minter and Chanelle Pearson. World premiere."The Thought of Moving Targets" - Directed and compiled by Weston Currie. An outing in to the hopes for four neighbors. With Brighid Thomas, Cherie Blackfeather, Gerald Casey, Tom Wood and Jin Camou."Room 237" - Directed by Rodney Ascher. A docu exploration of many ideas concerning the real concept of Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining." World premiere."whiteonwhite:algorithmicnoir" (U.S.-Kazakhstan) - Directed by Eve Sussman, compiled by Sussman, Kevin Messman and Shaun Wood. An active algorithmic performance having a film noir put together with a software program from raw visual and audio elements. With Shaun Wood and Marina Fedorenko. Contact Justin Chang at justin.chang@variety.com

Don DeVito dies at 72

A&R exec and producer Don DeVito, best known for his '70s work with Bob Dylan, died Nov. 25 at a hospice in the Bronx after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 72. DeVito, who served as senior VP of A&R at Columbia Records for many years, began his association with Dylan on the 1976 album "Desire," one of only four albums by the singer-songwriter to reach No. 1 on the U.S. album chart. The same year, he also produced "Hard Rain," a live collection drawn from a date on Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour. The producer went on to helm Dylan's 1978 studio album "Street Legal" (1978) and "Bob Dylan at Budokan," a live collection recorded in Japan and issued in the U.S. in 1979. He also worked on the 1985 boxed set "Biograph" and produced the live sound for Dylan's all-star "30th Anniversary Concert Celebration," released on CD in 1993. Besides producing the boxed Dylan collection "The Bootleg Series Vol. 1-3," DeVito worked on catalog projects for Sony's Legacy division by Tony Bennett, Carole King, the Byrds, Journey, Janis Joplin and Jeff Buckley, among others. He also produced albums by Billy Joel and Aerosmith and actor Joe Pesci's 1998 vocal set "Vincent Laguardia Gambini Sings Just for You." Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

A trio with Brio

Branagh's role as Olivier in 'My Week With Marilyn' revitialized his desire to act on film.Kenneth Branagh intends to devote more time to film acting in the immediate future -- "I had such a delicious time in ('My Week With Marilyn'), and I want to continue that," he says -- but he's choosing carefully and has yet to commit to his next role. In the longer term, he's developing three features as a director."Italian Shoes," adapted by Richard Cottan from the novel by "Wallander" author Henning Mankell, is about a reclusive old surgeon on a Swedish island who hasn't come to terms with his past mistakes. Anthony Hopkins and Judi Dench are attached to star. "Wallander" co-producers Left Bank and Yellowbird are aiming to shoot in late 2012 or 2013.Fox 2000 is developing "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society," adapted by Don Roos from the bestseller by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer. It's a love story set in London and the Channel Islands after WWII that Branagh describes as "a beautiful romance, very touching and uplifting." Producers are Paula Masur and Mitchell Kaplan, with Branagh's regular partner David Barron."In both cases, the nuance, delicacy and flavor is so based on the perfect casting," Branagh says. " 'Italian Shoes' is tailormade for Anthony Hopkins and Judi Dench. Casting is not fixed yet for the Guernsey film."Even further off, Branagh is attached to direct "The Boys in the Boat," which the Weinstein Co. is developing based on Daniel James Brown's book about the Washington U. rowing squad in the 1930s.On stage, "The Painkiller," in which he starred at Belfast's Lyric Theater this summer, is under discussion to transfer to London or NY. Branagh says a decision will be made after he has finished shooting the latest episodes of "Wallander," which he is in the midst of filming in Sweden.British Independent Film Awards 2011Back to the features The Variety Award: Kenneth BranaghTitan of stage, screen, tube | A trio with Brio | Keen on Kenneth Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Go On, Treat Yourself: Buy the Ring Sharon Tate Was Wearing During Her Murder

If you have $10,000 and no soul, I’ve got the perfect Christmas gift for you: The engagement ring that Roman Polanski bought for Sharon Tate in 1967 — the one she was wearing when the Manson family murdered her and her unborn child — can be yours! The website GottaHaveRockandRoll.com is graciously putting the Valley of the Dolls star’s jewelry up for auction, and if you wanna go a little helter-skelter this holiday season, I suggest you snatch up the pricey trinket without looking back. Fancy and fun! Coming up next on GottaHaveRockandRoll.com: Some plane debris with Jim Croce’s entrails on it. [TMZ]

'50/50' Suit: Did Seth Rogen's Movie Steal Its Title In the Music Label?

Finally, some movie suit news that doesn't involve 'The Hangover Part II.' In line with the Hollywood Reporter, Eastland Group has filed a suit in the filmmakers of '50/50,' proclaiming the film's title was stolen. EMG states it's been while using the "50/50" and "Phifty-50" title since 2000, which there's a typical law trademark on "50/50" (meaning the title is "never formally registered but potentially still known as intellectual property whether or not this was utilized continuously"). The label initially sent a request for the studio in September (the film was released on Sept. 30) to avoid using '50/50.' Clearly, that didn't work. THR also states that EMG is demanding "an enduring injunction against standby time with the title, the destruction of products where '50-50' is attached, plus an award of all of the film's sales and revenues consequently in the alleged breach." '50/50' has presently made $34 million. So ... meaning the complaintant wants everything? Unsure on whether EMG is suing individuals who make bets on gold gold coin movies. [via THR] 5 Movie Law suits 'Natural Born Killings''The Hangover, Part II''Borat''Passion in the Christ''Coming to America' See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

OSCARS: Brian Grazer & Robert Lorenz Open Files On Clint Eastwoods J. Edgar

This is the second production collaboration between Imagine Entertainment co-chairman BrianGrazer and Clint Eastwood’s Malpaso Productions partner Robert Lorenz. (The first was 2008s The Changeling). J. Edgar was surrounded byintrigue and intensity from the startof the film, which was turned down by Universal because the studio didn’t want to make another period film.A Malibu meeting between Grazer and Eastwood paved the way for Warner Bros to release this montha fascinating look at one of the most complicated figures in history, his abuse of power, and the demons that haunted him. Central to the movie is the incredible pedigree ofclint as a director Eastwood, and the powerful performances by Leonardo Di Caprio,Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, and Judi Dench. Before J. Edgar hit theaters, AwardsLine contributor Ari Karpel spokewith Grazer and Lorenz to discuss biopics in the age of dirty Oscarcampaigns, Clint Eastwoods difficult-to-categorize politics, and the challenge ofmaking serious films in an often frivolous age: AWARDSLINE: Tostart, tell me about how this project came to be, from the beginning. Grazer: I thought it would be interesting tomake a movie about Hoover because hes such a complex character.He also, for the most part, originated theFBI.He certainly sustained it. So, I pitched it to Universal and they likedit.I met with writer Dustin LanceBlack and then pitched it to him.Hesaid hed been thinking about something similar.He likes power structures the same way I likepower structures. So while wewere developing it, Id seen Leonardo a couple times just casually. He was aware that we were developing Hooverwith Lance Black.He seemed excited bythe idea of either reading it or maybe even doing it.Script comes in and Universal chose not to doit.I suggested we give it to Rob forClint and for Rob himself.Wed alreadyhad a great work experience together on TheChangeling with Angelina Jolie.He readit, liked it and quickly talked to his partner over there, Clint Eastwood. They said were in. Then that got Leo tosay Ill do it. AWARDSLINE: The subject matter didn’t give anyone pause? Lorenz: Whatever work Brian and Lance had doneprior was working because the script came in and we both felt it was reallysmart and intriguing.Hoover, whomeveryones familiar with as the director of the FBI, is also this characterthats surrounded in mystery because hes hiding secrets and he has thispersonal life that everyone has questions about.It just seemed like a great subject for amovie. Grazer: I think that a lot of the subjects withinthe movie are relevant today and are even more relevant today in some ways.When Lancestarted writing it prior to Clint and Robs involvement, he did a lot of researchon it went to the FBI and then as Rob and Clint became involved, we justcontinued to research.Thats where alot of the story gets filled in because these guys are great.Clint and Rob are just great researchers. I think we made a point tohave it be as accurate as it possibly can be and settle in the aspects thatwouldnt overtake the central story. AWARDSLINE: Obviously,Lance who won an Oscar for his Milk screenplay, is a naturally political person and very progressive in his politics. Similarly, Clint is also a naturallypolitical person, though more conservative.Was that a kind of delicate dance in some way with this project? Lorenz: Well, I dont think so.People try to label him a conservative.But Im always impressed by how progressive afigure he is.I think if you look at thesubject matter in his choice of films over the last several years you canreally see that.I mean choosing to do Flags of Our Fathers and really sort ofglamorizing the Americans and that war and then countering that with theJapanese perspective was something that for a lot of veterans tensed them up tothink that Clint was going to try and tell their side of the story.They resent any need to do that. Grazer: I think hes singularly been sosuccessful at doing these great American tragedies.I dont know if either Rob or I have seenanyone else succeeding on his level; doing films that are so hard.He picks these really difficult and complexsubjects and finds ways to create cohesive movies that make sense. AWARDsLINE: Ofcourse were in such a polarized political culture, even in the Oscar races.Brian, from your experience withA Beautiful Mind — which wasprobably the most attacked movie in terms of the opposition — how does thatshape how you go into making a movie like this that is a likely Oscar contender? Grazer: Well, first of all, Rob and I canonly hope that its thought of with that kind of potential.Thatd be great.As far as ABeautiful Mind, I think controversy comes when you get pulled into therace.It wasnt really as controversialwhen we made A Beautiful Mind as itwas when people started competing with each other.On this movie, Clint has tackled such toughsubjects, so I thought he would be perfect for this not only as an artist butsomeone who always struggles and struggles and finds the truth insubjects.I think people, his criticsand people who work within the business; they all sort of feel that if anyonesgoing to try a tough subject and do it with honesty its going to be Clint. AWARDSLINE: Yousaid Universal didnt want to do this initially. Why was that? Grazer: Once Clint said hewas interested in doing it, Universal might have come to the same conclusion tomake it.But I think they werent goingto come to that conclusion that quickly; whereas, Clint read it and Rob read itand they had an enormous amount of passion and urgency. Clints pretty busy all the time, so Rob andClint and I, to some degree, took it to Warner Bros; they were ready to makeit right away. AWARDSLINE: Whatdid Universal struggle with?Was it thetopic, the budget or what? GRAZER: I dont know.I think its hard to get dramas made rightnow, right, Rob? LORENZ: Yeah.Thats the same thing Warner struggled with.There are restrictions on it in terms of thebudget size.It was a risky proposition that a historical drama was going to make back a big amount of money unless itturned out just right, which I think it has. GRAZER: A movie like this, everybody takes alot less money and a lot less of everything. You have to make it at a verysmart price. [Editors note: They claim J. Edgars production cost came in just under $40 million].In some ways, youre thinking I hope peoplesee it and like it or love it the way we love it. Youre not thinking of it the same way youthink of an event movie.You just cantframe it that way. AWARDSLINE: Now,certainly Clint’s obviously had incredible box office and Oscar success with MillionDollar Baby and Unforgiven.Itseems like his last few movies havent received the attention of the Academy thathis previous ones have.Im curious fromboth of you why you think that is. GRAZER: I think a lot of it is the subject andthe theme.I think this one has those andits also a tour de force.So, I thinkwe might have a chance. LORENZ: Weve been out there every year with aproject.I think enthusiasm goes backand forth.I think the timing is rightto open this particular project.

Natalie Wood Mystery: File Shipped to Sheriff Revealed Telling Clues (PDF Document)

Marti Rulli mentioned Friday, November. 19, she felt a sense of relief after a period of effort to convince government physiques to reopen an analysis to the 1981 dying of actress Natalie Wood.our editor recommendsNatalie Wood's Sister Makes First TV Appearance on 'Piers Morgan Tonight' (Video)Natalie Wood, Christopher Walken's 'Brainstorm': How a Actress' Dying Derailed Her Final Film (Video)Christopher Walken Utilizes Lawyer to cope with Natalie Wood Analysis (Exclusive)12 of Hollywood's Most Mysterious DeathsNatalie Wood's Boat Captain Confesses to Lounging, States Robert Wagner 'Responsible' on her behalf Dying (Video)Natalie Wood: 5 of Her Most Memorable Roles (Video)Natalie Wood: A Hollywood Icon RememberedNatalie Wood Dying: Christopher Walken Radio Interview a HoaxNatalie Wood Dying Analysis ReopenedRelated Subjects•Natalie Wood The Nj freelance author greater than 2 decades ago grew to become an associate of forces with Dennis Davern, who was simply captain in the yacht Wood and husband Robert Wagner were sailing round the evening she died inside the waters off Santa Catalina Island. VIDEO: 5 of Natalie Wood's Most Memorable Roles She's spent people years researching, considering and covering what went lower your evening. Rulli and Davern launched the sunday paper couple of years ago about Wood as well as the situation referred to as Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Beauty, the later a reference to the the title in the yacht. PHOTOS: Best Pictures of Natalie Wood Davern can be a Nj native who offered inside the U.S. Navy until his discharge in 1971, according to his author bio. He got employment inside a marina in California following a Navy, where he increased to become ship captain for Wagner and Wood. After Wood's dying, he will be a part of the Screen Stars Guild and labored mostly becoming an extra when he did be employed in Hollywood. Later, Davern gone after Florida whether they have operated a marina and boat maintenance business. For many days, otherwise years, Marti Rulli and Dennis Davern -- but especially Rulli -- are actually lobbying the La County Sheriff's Department to reopen the problem. She's develop extended files, by getting a connected affidavit from Davern, listing main reasons why they need to rip the lid in the 30-year-old situation (the file she sent the Sheriff's department might be read here). Now, she got what she wanted. PHOTOS: 12 of Hollywood's Most Mysterious Deaths "I'm relieved the problem was reopened," she told The Hollywood Reporter on Friday, "which professionals will probably investigate situation because it has not really been investigated." She and Davern contend the 1981 analysis barely skimmed the top products happened and Davern now states Wagner told him not to discuss all he understood. Davern mentioned he lied in regards to the situation when he spoke to government physiques thirty years ago. To make the models in the media now, within the Today Show to CNN, Davern alone with Rulli, have told their story. Davern has accused Wagner, who was simply Wood's husband, to become responsible for her dying, but has rejected to supply his reasons for the accusation round the air. He mentioned he and Rulli have told police (see files attached here). PDF DOWNLOAD: Read Dennis Davern and Marti Rulli's Sheriff's Department File As a swap, many media have accused Davern and Rulli to become to take advantage of the problem round the 30th anniversary of her dying. This just is really the particular weekend -- Thanksgiving -- that Wood died. Consequently in the publicity, CBS has elevated with this weekend a 48 Several hours Mystery group of the Wood situation that it's going to broadcast that's simply with various 2000 Vanity Fair article. VIDEO: Natalie Wood's Boat Captain Confesses to Lounging, States Robert Wagner 'Responsible' on her behalf Dying Davern and Rulli have declined they're trying to market books or energy up their unique profile. Their publicist referred to as Hollywood Reporter on Friday to shout that anybody accusing his clients to become out for publicity, or trying to take advantage of Wood's dying to earn money, are wrong. Publicist Ron Kramer mentioned it showed up in this area couple of years ago, as well as the soft cover version and e-book showed up in this area way back when too. He mentioned they are only responding to media demands to make states anybody getting a microphone or word processor who asks. STORY: Christopher Walken Utilizes Lawyer to cope with Natalie Wood Analysis In the brief interview with THR, between TV interviews, Rulli mentioned she welcomed the statement Friday from Wagner, released through his publicist, he welcomes an inquiry and may cooperate fully while using government physiques. "If he's doing welcome it is possible he'll be ready to complete the holes as well as the versions between his story for the police (three decades ago) and also the story within the book 20 yrs later. Maybe the time is right for him to resolve some questions." PHOTOS: Hollywood's Finest Deaths and Surprises When asked for if she was troubled the L.A. Sheriff mentioned Wagner wasn't a suspect, Rulli mentioned that was not just a surprise to her. "You will discover no suspects yet for them,In . mentioned Rulli. "They just re-opened up up this case and they have several days before them organizing witnesses, talking with witnesses, staring at the evidence as well as the situation files from three decades ago. So we are not really a suspect at this time around. Hopefully, after they finish this analysis, Natalie might have had the analysis she warrants." Sophie Schillaci and Andy Lewis brought with this report. PDF DOWNLOAD: Read Dennis Davern and Marti Rulli's Sheriff's Department File Related Subjects Christopher Walken Natalie Wood Robert Wagner

The Michael Fassbender-Prometheus-Greg Louganis Nexus

“I kind of went my own way, really. I didn’t watch the [Alien] films. When I found out I was doing it, I didn’t revisit them. […] Greg Louganis was my first inspiration. I figured that I’d sort of base my physicality roughly around him, and then it kind of went from there.” [MTV Movies]

Pre-Split Kim Kardashian Talks Quickie Marriage

First Published: November 15, 2011 3:00 PM EST Credit: Marie Claire LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Kim Kardashian appears on the December 2011 cover of Marie ClaireJust weeks after Kim Kardashian married NBA star Kris Humphries and before she announced her split after just 72 days the reality star said she wasnt worried about her new groom or their quickie engagement. We felt like, Why wait? Kim said in the December issue of Marie Claire in an interview conducted prior to her split. Its fun to have a partner who understands your life and lets you be you. A pre-split Kim told the mag that she and her now estranged husband had nothing but trust for each other. Im not worried about him at all. We have a lot of trust, and I dont think either of us would do anything to break that. It makes life so easy. Hes such a good guy; he is so down-to-earth, and its such a reality check, she told the mag. He is a normal guy, and I just want to chill out and be normal and not get glammed up all the time. He gets it. Sometimes my life can be really intimidating for people, but he allows me to work and do what Ive gotta do. Kim, who took loads of criticism following her short-lived marriage, said the Kardashian clan is all about keeping it real for the cameras. We made a pact as a family and said we would be truly authentic because people dont buy bulls***. Well just be who we are, and love it or hate it we have each other, he told the mag. I think thats what makes it so relatable, because we are not afraid to show crazy things. In related news, Kris who hails from Minnesota broke his Twitter silence for the first time since the split, Tweeting, Theres no place like home, and posted a photo of a lake. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Sales companies petition to keep AFM at beach

Even though it's couple of years away, a recommended move in the American Film Market from Santa Monica to downtown La was already invoking resistance. Since the AFM launched around the sunny Wednesday at its traditional beachside location within the Loews Hotel, about 40 signers went public with opposition to this kind of move by having an online petition. Signers include reps of IFDC, Artists View, Constantin, UFO, W2 and Imagem. "I join this petition as Santa Monica may be the finest place for that AFM," written Atlas's Michel J. Vandewalle. "Getting were living myself in L.A. for any very long time, I have found the bradenton area since the best and many secure place for the worldwide customers to visit. Well, I don't understand why there is a necessity to move it downtown where travelling freely is not that apparent. It'll restrict individuals to fulfill in the open free way and disperse these over town as not everyone will have a way to purchase the pricey hotels in this area.In . The Independent Film and tv Alliance confirmed in September it had been settling to relocate the 2013 American Film Target L.A. Live in downtown La. The 2012 mart would remain in Santa Monica. AFM controlling direcor Jonathan Wolf told Variety, "No decision has been created about 2013. We are hearing everyone's opinions relating to this.In . The association mentioned in September that moving to downtown La means lower hotel and exhibition costs for customers and merchants and screening venues within the Regal Cinemas and Nokia Theater -- which by 2014, you will notice more resort rooms surrounding L.A. Live in comparison towards the Loews Santa Monica area. "The L.A. Live district will let's grow all segments in the AFM -- market, conferences as well as the celebration of film -Making the AFM more inclusive for the entire film industry," mentioned IFTA in those days. Anchor Bay's Kevin Kasha told Variety that AFM's beachside location comes with an alluring setting that could be tough to stop. "I merely got from the screening as well as the first factor that we saw was the beach," he added. The petition noted that more than 15 years, Santa Monica remains the "ideal location" for customers. "Its facilities as well as the beach are actually recognized around the globe and so they embody the prestige in the event, like the Cannes Film Festival and MIP-TV, which boast a stylish beach location," the petition noted. "We, the participants, are becoming accustomed get to Santa Monica for your AFM and consists of be considered a yearly tradition. We are very happy to perpetuate this tradition because we love to the region and also, since it needed us years to work through the running nuances of attending industry in Santa Monica." The petition also asserted the sales suites and screening rooms inside the L.A. Live complex will have to be split between hotels as well as the adjacent convention center. "This could divide participants who will have to run all day long lengthy extended to have the ability to cope with their conferences," the web site read. "This could you need to be tiring, in addition to creating a more demanding atmosphere generally. And, consequently, participants may want to shorten their stay which will deeply customize the business in the market. A less competitive market can lead to less attendance and, ultimately, for the extinction in the market." The petition also noted the Independent Spirit Honours attempted this season to move from Santa Monica to downtown L.A., however gone to live in the beach a year ago. "We don't wish to become parked in soulless spaces in the heart of a crowded downtown L.A.," it mentioned. "You need to meet and do our business serenely if whatsoever possible. Comfort and prestige will be the tips for some effective market." Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Will Ferrell talks political comedy Southern Rivals

We recently sat down with legendary Anchorman mirth merchant Will Ferrell, to chat about his career so far.Talk lead to his upcoming political comedy, Southern Rivals, which will see him and Hangover breakout star Zach Galifianakis playing competing presidential candidates.When we asked Ferrell about the intriguing project, he was more than happy to spill the beans, telling us:"It's basically the story of a small time congressional district in North Carolina, in the south, and I'm the incumbent candidate who's about to run unopposed for my fifth term."There's even mention of me being considered as a candidate for Vice President and that's as high as my aspirations go. I just want to be Vice President and I have a wife who wants to be the Second Lady."We're politically hungry, and I'm cruising along until I leave what I think is a message on my mistress' voicemail but it's really just a random family and it blows up in my face. I'm seen as vulnerable for the first time and the opposition decides to run a candidate against me and that's Zach's [Galifianakis] character."But you know, the movie is just a platform for us to illustrate how insane our political process has become. The crazy ad campaigns that exist now and the manipulations. We're going to make it pretty farcical but not really that far from the truth."Ferrell is of course renowned for his spot-on take-off of George W Bush; will his Southern Rivals character be based on a real figure? "No, no, just kind of based on all the politicians nowadays and how no one really talks about any issues, just pays lip service to a bunch of things."Southern Rivals is expected to open in August 2012.For more from Will Ferrell, get the new issue of Total Film Magazine, which is out now!To subscribe to Total Film Magazine, click here. You can now read Total Film magazine on iPhone and iPad via Apple Newsstand!To find it on the UK App Store, click here. To find it on the US App Store, click here.

Starz orders 'Da Vinci's Demons'

Starz has greenlit original adventure series "Da Vinci's Demons" from BBC Worldwide Prods. David Goyer ("Batman Begins") wrote the pilot and will be showrunner for the series, which will begin production on its eight-episode order early next year, with a 2013 premiere targeted. "Demons" will be the first project in production under the multiyear agreement Starz signed with BBC Worldwide Prods. this summer. "If modern day has Tony Stark, the Renaissance had da Vinci," Starz Media managing director Carmi Zlotnik said. "This is a story we believe will captivate the imaginations of audiences around the world and is the first of what we expect to be many productions with our talented partners at BBC Worldwide Productions." The series will begin with da Vinci at age 25, already an artist, inventor, swordsman and romantic. "Da Vinci was the original Renaissance man -- a near-mythic figure that has worldwide appeal," Goyer said. "After working with characters like Batman and Superman, it made a strange kind of sense for me to dive into the facts and legends swirling around his origins. "This will be a show about secret histories, genius, madness, and all things profane. And I'm particularly excited that I get to do it on premium cable, where the story can be as dark and challenging and irreverent as it deserves to be. Starz and BBC Worldwide Productions have been nothing but supportive." BBC Worldwide Prods. will handle worldwide distribution of the series, which Goyer will exec produce with BBC Worldwide Prods. senior scripted veep Julie Gardner and topper Jane Tranter. "The young life of this incredibly complex and brilliant man has not yet been explored," Tranter said. "We couldn't be more passionate about bringing this story to U.S. viewers and international audiences." Starz premiered its most recent original series, Kelsey Grammer starrer "Boss," last week. "Spartacus: Vengeance" returns in January, followed by the premiere of "Magic City" in April. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Toronto Mayor Calls Police After Being Ambushed by CBC TV Crew

TORONTO - As if performing a farce by remaining perfectly serious, Toronto mayor Rob Ford rang the police Monday after being confronted by actress Mary Walsh and and a cameraman from the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.'s satirical news show This Hour Has 22 Minutes.our editor recommends'Everybody Loves Raymond' Director to Helm CBC's 'The Debaters''Hockey Night' power play bad news for CBC "I came out of my house and I was ambushed," Ford told reporters after Walsh, garishly dressed as intrepid journalist Marg Delahunty, unexpectedly showed up at the edge of the mayor's driveway, with a microphone in hand. "There was a lady dressed up and she was screaming my name: 'We got you Rob Ford, we got you,'" Ford, the poster boy for Canada's Tea Party movement, recounted. The mayor, accompanied by his five-year child, who he said was frightened by the incident, returned to his house and made a 911 call to the police. "When you come to my private house early in the morning and ambush me, I think that crosses the line," Ford added, with a remark that rang with Canadians questioning Tuesday why the CBC crew chose to confront the mayor at his home. CBC spokesman Chris Ball told the CBC.ca website that the This Hour Has 22 Minutes crew attempted to ambush Ford outside his home to shoot a segment for a future show. "These surprise interviews are what 22 Minutes are known for and have been a part of the show for years. The interview began at the end of his driveway and concluded shortly thereafter. The crew had no interaction with the Toronto police," Ball said. Most Canadian politicians, including former Ontario premier Mike Harris and former Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien, take their confrontations with the Marg Delahunty character in their stride, and mostly smile broadly as Walsh delivers her comic lines in front of a TV camera. Walsh also famously ambushed former Alaska governor Sarah Palin during a U.S. book tour. But Ford served notice to Canadian satirical news shows not to doorstep him again, or else. "Don't come to my house. I just hope someone else doesn't do that again because I just don't want anything else serious to happen," he told reporters. Related Topics International Sarah Palin

Amazing Race's Liz and Marie: Our Cabbie Ripped Us Off

Liz And Marie Kat Dennings and Janet Behrs aren't the only real 2 Broke Women on CBS. Liz and Marie Canavan did not possess a cent for their title once they showed up in Bangkok around the Amazing Race after giving almost all their cash to some cabbie. So that they were instructed to walk the majority of the method to their destination, eventually resulting in their elimination. "I believe we could've swept up had we'd money," Liz informs TVGuide.com. "We could've taken cabs and also you saw how unpredictable that got." The twins ended up getting two free cab rides - although past too far - however they don't regret not requesting them earlier. Discover why - and why they love tigers.Amazing Race's Kaylani and Lisa: We are shocked Marcus didn't remember the answerHow far behind Jeremy and Sandy had you been?Jessica: Well, i was most likely an hour or so in it. An hour or so to 2 hrs. ... We understood i was last.Why everyone were so short on money when Laurence and Zac can afford two teams of bus tickets?Marie: Well, all of us began [the lower limb] with $186. Whenever we showed up at this bus station, our cab driver wanted $190 and that we did not have that. And that we needed to buy bus tickets which were $15 each, therefore we first gave him money and that he was like, "Not a way,Inch therefore we stated we'll get our bus tickets after which see what goes on. Therefore we bought our bus tickets and literally had nothing left to pay for him while he needed more. So there is a large fight about this. So finally the cab driver understood we'd nothing, so he was like, "Okay, whatever." ... He then was like, "OK, get in." I was like, "You simply fought against around for 30 minutes and today you are giving us a totally free ride towards the bus? What is?" The like public transit to Bangkok, i was like, "What exactly are we likely to do?" We literally didn't have money.Liz: We did not know what to anticipate in Bangkok. We did not know in which the bus terminal was, such as the countryside or even the city. I was so blinded.Why was your fare greater? Another teams which were proven only compensated $150. Was he ripping you off?Liz: He was totally ripping us off. Marie: It had been luck from the draw what your cab driver was prepared to take.Last leg, you stated you did not exchange your Indonesian money for Thai money. Did affecting your hard earned money stash?Marie: No. Whenever we showed up in Phuket, which was an issue, but when we began this leg, we'd the right money, to ensure that wasn't the problem. It had been literally getting screwed with that cab driver.Liz: Yeah, and that we understood we were not dead last. Our [bus] was at 8:15 and [Laurence and Zac's] was at 8, therefore it would be a 15-minute difference. ... But we did not leave until nearer to 9 because [we needed to settle with this cabbie].Amazing Race's Ron and Bill: We could not get over two bad cabbiesDid public transit really watch for you whenever you were negotiating using the cabbie?Liz: Yeah, so as we bought the tickets, public transit left and also the lady was nice enough to call public transit driver and also have him watch for us. Why you have towards the bus station so late? You saw Bill and Cathi in the tigers plus they got around the 5:30 bus.Liz: We do not know. We never got lost. I believe we left a lot after another teams that even if saw Bill and Cathi, the elephant ride still required a very long time and i believe that they are capable of making up time that people could not constitute.Jessica: We didn't have the opportunity to constitute time. We left last and that we could not get caught up. I had been thinking following the Spirit House [we'd an opportunity as we swept up with teams in the bus terminal, but when we've got there, i was like, "We are so screwed." But you are not going to stop.How lengthy have you walk in Bangkok prior to getting that free ride?Liz: We walked for, like, four hrs. We simply understood we could not quit. I was like, "We are just going to get for this Pit Stop regardless of what.Inch Each time we requested [how lengthy it might take] we'd get "three blocks" or "15 hrs." [Laughs] I was literally on the road and that we would stop motorbike people and request as we were going the proper way. They'd all laugh, like, "What's happening?Inch I believe all of them understood how far it had been. These were like, "Yeah, it's this way, but you are never gonna make it happen.InchYou've made a place of not pleading local people for the money.Jessica: Well, across the highway were the indegent plus they were also pleading for the money. Liz and that i aren't like this. We are able to suck this up. Even when we needed to walk, we are able to walk. I am not likely to request those who have nothing for something. It had not been worthwhile. ... Also, our father never drove. He was blind in a single eye, so he never got a license and that he walked literally everywhere. He was like, "Basically can perform it, it can be done.Inch He required the train every single day to operate and that we resided within the city, so he walked everywhere. Therefore we were really like, "OK, we are able to suck up and check out it."Amazing Race's Ethan and Jenna: We prefer SurvivorThen you saw a cabbie and requested him for any free ride?Liz: Yeah, first he chuckled within our face and was like, "Get free from here!" Finally, I believe he felt so harmful to us and that he required us midway.Marie: In the end were walking, we flagged cabs lower. Everybody just chuckled at us. It had not been like we were not asking [cabbies] the entire time, but simply not strongly. We do not regret that whatsoever. I was fine as we needed to walk completely. It was the luck from the draw finding both of these cabbies who'd drive us free of charge.So why do you like tigers a lot?Jessica: I really like them simply because they possess the nearest feelings to humans, so that they grieve like humans and they are so cute! I really like them! [Whenever we saw them] I dropped my backpack and merely went in to the water.Liz: Marie put herself in internet marketing! I was more happy compared to what they described on television. I was elated!Marie: Whenever we were driving we had an indication nevertheless "Baby tigers" and that we were really like, "No! Way!"Liz: Since which was area of the day, i was like, "It's not necessarily a bad day."What exactly are you so far?Jessica: I am working at Penny's From Paradise. It is a baby store in Lake Forest [Illinois]. And using for jobs. I've got a meeting with Blue Mix Blue Shield Wednesday.Liz: I am working like a marketing assistant at Great American Group.

Avoi Longoria's 'Without Men' Lesbian Moments Removed in the united states

May Be The country not ready to see what women is capable of doing sans males? With different movie festival director, the lesbian love moments in Desperate Regular folks star Avoi Longoria and Christian Slater's film, Without Males, are actually cut with the film's distributor because country.our editor recommendsEva Longoria Kisses Another Lady in Redband 'Without Men' Trailer (Video)Maya Indie Film Series to Screen 'Without Males,' Starring Avoi Longoria PHOTOS: Avoi Longoria's ALMA Fashion "We received a disagreement within the distributor in the united states proclaiming that when the film premieres it has the lesbian moments removed," the director in the Barcelona Worldwide Lgbt Film Festival, Xavier Daniel, notifies AFP. Consequently in the censorship, the film festival has made a decision to cancel its screening in the film. "We are very angry the distributor can personalize this content from the film," Daniel states. "Everyone else will not know the film, because all the lesbian moments are eliminate... It's unbelievable around 2011." PHOTOS: SAG Honours 2011 Red-colored-colored Carpet Without Males shows a Latin American village that has found a means to exist after communist guerilla mma fighters deliberately employed its males. Written and directed by Gabriela Tagliavini, the film will depend on a novel by James Canon. It opened up inside the U.S. in June. The Hollywood Reporter attempted to make contact with the film's distributor in the united states via its U.S. distributor, Maya Entertainment. THR has furthermore requested comment from Longoria through her reps round the film's censorship. They did not immediately respond to our demands. Watch a clip for your film below. Email: Jethro.Nededog@thr.com Twitter:@TheRealJethro Related Subjects Avoi Longoria Christian Slater

Kim Kardashian To Co-Star In Tyler Perrys Next Movie The Wedding Counselor

EXCLUSIVE: With what comes down to her most substantial acting role to date, Kim Kardashian has signed onto costar within the Counselor, the Lionsgate film Tyler Perry will next direct, according to his stage play. Shooting starts October 26 in Atlanta. The film informs the storyline of Judith, an Ivy League-educated relationship expert who makes her living meting out marital advice, but is really tired of her very own marriage that they breaks her professional code and cheats having a smooth speaking client simply to realize she's designed a huge mistake. Jurnee Smollett plays the wedding counselor and Kardashian will have Ava, a co-worker who gives Judith a large city transformation and new confidence as she struggles together with her personal issues. Kardashian formerly performed roles within the films Deep within the Valley and Disaster Movie.

George Romero to adapt novel The Zombie Autopsies

King of the zombies George Romero is currently writing an adaptation of a 2011 book The Zombie Autopsies: Secret Notebooks from the Apocalypse written by Steven C.Schlozman.Schlozman's novel shows that there's still life left in the overworked zombie genre, and we're pretty sure he's happier than a dead-head with a mouthful of brains that Romero's adapting it.The novel is about a group of scientists perform autopsies on zombies after a zombie apocalypse, making startling discoveries.Romero said "I've written and made films about zombies for over forty years. In all that time, I've never been able to convince my audience that zombies actually exist.""On page one of The Zombie Autopsies, Steven Schlozman takes away any doubt. This fast-moving, entertaining work will have you chuckling...and worrying."Romero has fallen in love with novel, dubbing it "Tense, graphic, accurate and shocking."At the moment, we're not sure if the inventor of the modern zombie movie will slot this adaption into his established undead franchise - Autopsy Of The Dead, anyone? - but one thing's for sure, we're ridiculously happy that he's returning to the genre he invented.

Elizabeth Olsen on Martha Marcy May Marlene and Growing Up in Hollywood

One of the biggest discoveries you’ll make this year — and one of this fall’s class of neophyte Oscar contenders — is 22-year-old Elizabeth Olsen. The younger sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley may have earned her first credits as a child actor in her siblings’ tween franchise-building movies, but she launches her very serious film career this October in the Sundance award-winning Martha Marcy May Marlene, Sean Durkin’s deeply observed drama-thriller about a shell-shocked young woman (Olsen) who reunites with her family after spending years under the influence of a sexually abusive cult. It’s a deceptively quiet film that builds a palpable feeling of unease anchored around Olsen’s central performance as Martha, who comes to live with her sister (Sarah Paulson) and brother-in-law (Hugh Dancy) but can’t shake the feeling that her former cult leader (played dangerously and charismatically by John Hawkes) and his network of volatile devotees are hiding around every corner, in every shadow. (Writer-director Durkin, making his feature debut, based his script from the real-life experience of a woman who went through similar trauma.) Olsen returns to NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts this fall to complete her senior year and will appear in a run of upcoming films in 2011 and beyond: Peace, Love and Misunderstanding, with Jane Fonda; the single-take horror remake Silent House, Olsen’s other Sundance 2011 entry; Rodrigo Cortes’ Red Lights, with Robert De Niro and Sigourney Weaver; Liberal Arts, opposite Josh Radnor; and Very Good Girls, with Dakota Fanning. She rang Movieline to discuss Martha Marcy May Marlene, how her acting training helped lay the groundwork for her subtle performance — and launched her, inadvertently, into her film career — and explained how she wound up earning those first few Olsen twin movie credits way back when. How did you find yourself first tapping into this character? Did you find yourself connecting to her as you read the script? There’s something that was really interesting that happened as I was reading it that I actually hadn’t experienced with other scripts, because it was also within the first six months of reading scripts and auditioning. Like when you’re reading a book in your head, you create this imaginary character, naturally. And it was my first time reading a script imagining myself instead of another character. Now, every time I read a script I try and make that happen, because it helps a lot to figure out or tell yourself, ‘Oh, I can do this,’ and then you end up reading it in a way that you would do it. Especially when reading a script in the third person, and in the case of Martha Marcy May Marlene, reading a character who is herself so opaque to begin with. Yes, totally! So when I read it, for some reason — it’s never happened before — I imagined myself as this character. And I think initially what I really connected to was her paranoia, actually. I had a lot of compassion for her and I wanted to make sure that she could never be diagnosed, or written off. That she was rooted in a reality where she needs something, she didn’t receive it, and she didn’t get it from her family. So then when I got the job I started trying to figure out how I could make things as simple as possible for something that goes in so many different directions. I tried to figure out a basic line to follow, which is that she has a void to fill, and her family didn’t provide that, yet she meets these people who care and love her and they provide the thing she’s been looking for — but then she becomes manipulated and learns that this isn’t the right place for her. So when she leaves, what does it mean for her to lose that? Sean [Durkin] and I would also talk about how it’s almost like domestic abuse; people don’t talk about, and aren’t able to talk about, the abuse. Even though you’re being abused you still go back to that person and it also takes away your voice, you won’t talk to other people about it because you know maybe they could think it’s wrong, but you don’t think it’s wrong… it was an interesting balance because there are so many different ways to relate to her problem, from so many different angles. Martha is also such an internal character; because of her loss of voice, as you say, she doesn’t reveal a lot of what happened to her with the cult to the people around her. How did you figure out how much to convey? It was an interesting balance, story-wise, when she releases what’s going on inside. When are the points that she becomes most frustrated. To me what was really important was that there’s so much not being said, there’s, like, not enough dialogue to use, that I needed to try as much as I could when she’s not speaking to always have some sort of clear action. So it’s not like she’s just moping and not doing anything. It was really important for me to always have a clear, fluid, moving action through a scene even if she’s being quiet. Because if that’s all kept under while she’s trying to keep a cool composure, if that’s all brewing underneath, then the audience can understand that she’s not truly present. Or if she is, that she’s clearly trying to figure out something else. That’s a lot of thought to go into such a natural performance, a deceptively methodical approach. Yeah, I approach a lot of things analytically. That’s kind of my most recent training, in conservatory at the Atlantic Theater Company — it’s all about analyzing and telling a story based on the script provided. It’s not so much about your own emotional life, it’s about how you can tell the story from an analytical point of view. I find that really helpful. It keeps you focused on what the goal is. Your sisterly relationship with Sarah Paulson feels particularly authentic in exploring how tumultuous an adult sibling relationship can be. Was that all in Sean’s script, or did you and Sarah work to give it all that unspoken conflict? It was all in Sean’s script, but because we filmed the stuff at the lake house after the cult stuff, she joined us upstate on our day off and we talked for a few hours about exactly what happened in our past together. How we communicated as a family, what was said — we talked as specifically as possible so that when there are things not being said and there are things that are more undercutting, they all were rooted in the same story. I think you can learn so much about someone’s family from what they don’t say. Sean has also talked about how it’s really true that in families, the things that need to be talked about or the things that are important to talk about, families don’t. They talk around it, they try to make light of the situation, they talk about things that don’t matter, but you can still tell how people relate to each other based on their history. And also, to top it off, Sarah and I got on super well. We had the best time together. I’ve never had more fun working with someone — we were such fools all the time, singing show tunes non-stop. And it helped that we could connect in that way, even though it didn’t manifest in the film. I think it was important that we were able to connect in that type of way just so there could clearly be some sort of longer connection, as opposed to something shallow. It’s like all of the good times between the sisters happened offscreen. Yes, exactly! [Laughs] We had such a good time and I can’t wait to see her soon, because she’s been working nonstop and I haven’t seen her in a while.

'In Time' Premiere: 'Mad Men's' Vincent Kartheiser on his Fear of Death (Video)

In Time is a sci-fi action film set in a futuristic world where people don't age physically beyond 25 years old. However, everyone has a clock on their arm that tells them how much time they have left to live because time has become the only form of currency. Therefore, the rich can live forever as the poor struggle to live another day.our editor recommends'In Time' Official Trailer Starring Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried Debuts'In Time' Premiere Red Carpet Arrivals: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried Justin Timberlake stars as Will, a poor young man who is accused of murder when he inherits a fortune of time from a wealthy man. Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy and Olivia Wilde also star in the film. PHOTOS: 'In Time' Premiere Red Carpet Arrivals: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried Mad Men star Vincent Kartheiser plays Philippe Weis, a wealthy man with lots of time whose daughter (Seyfried) is taken hostage by Will. Kartheiser talked to The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet at the premiere of In Time, which will open in theaters on Oct. 28. In the Andrew Niccol-directed film, the only way to stay alive is to buy or steal more time. Kartheiser admitted that he is -- like many of the characters in the film -- afraid of death. "I think we're afraid of the unknown. I run from death. It terrifies the hell out of me," he said. VIDEO: 'In Time': Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried Meet, Look for Help in New Clips Kartheiser also told THR that about one of his favorite scenes in the film. "There's a scene in which I gamble with Justin Timberlake, and I like poker, so it was kind of fun," said Kartheiser. Kartheiser is best known for his role as Pete Campbell, the brown-nosing account man at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce on Mad Men. In both his Mad Men role and his part in In Time, he plays a well-off man, who is living a very privileged life. THR asked Kartheiser if that was a challenge for him. STORY: Comic-Con 2011: Justin Timberlake's 'In Time' Footage Wows Crowd "It's pretty easy. I'm a white America. We're all kind of born with a silver spoon in our mouth. We're all much luckier than people born in Bolivia or West Africa," he said. Stories have circulated in the past about Kartheiser not owning a car in Los Angeles and living in a very small home. It was once rumored that he didn't even have a toilet. "I think it's modest in comparison to the most extreme of people," he said. "I used to have no car and everybody thought that was some big modest thing, but, no I spend a lot of money and I'm pretty lazy." Related Topics Amanda Seyfried Justin Timberlake Vincent Kartheiser In Time

Ready For Transformers 4 AND 5?

Oh, and Micronauts...Given the amount of money the Transformers franchise comprises to now, there's no chance toy company Hasbro and film partners Vital would stop serving up juicy meat created from that cash cow. Now, within a normally dull-as-ditchwater earnings business call, the Hasbro brass has confirmed that which you all understood already: that everyone involved thinks about the problem about options for future Transformer activities. Nevertheless the actual news is the next factor might be to go to all Matrix/Pirates and shoot two new activities consecutive.In compliance to Variety, the companies will be in "active" discussions (we like to to think about meaning they get together and talk while finishing a hurdle course, but that could be a lot of fun) with Steven Spielberg and director Michael Bay about new films.Bay, clearly, has mentioned formerly that he'd would rather step in the series to give consideration with other projects. But he's usually been tempted to return having a) dump trucks of money supported to his house (he is not produced from stone!) and B) the chance to enjoy new filmmaking toys (even ones he wasn't clear on before, like 3d). Even though he seems to become devoted this time around around to coming back to non-robot Bayhem, for instance bodybuilding pic Discomfort And Gain, there's an opportunity he'll return.1 individual that likely won't return however, is Shia LaBeouf, who appears emphatic that he's moved onto alternative activities. That's a smaller problem for your studio, since everybody knows the punters appear for Optimus Prime and co anyway. Who could replace him? Whispers keep swirling about Jason Statham (who'd certainly be described as a large change), but that's all they are for the moment.What Vital includes can be a story idea cooked up by Dark In The Moon author Ehren Kruger, the professionals are apparently happy with. It remains to look when the two-TF film plan computes so when Bay does indeed sit inside the director's chair, particularly if he must make two movies simultaneously.In related Hasbro property news, the business bakes an offer with Zombieland authors Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese to use on turning Micronauts in to a movie.Micronauts, just just in case you have not learned about them, originated from just like a effective but ultimately short-were living toy line known to as Microman in Japan. Numerous robots and automobiles with interchangeable parts, they're more according to inner space than giant machines fighting.Deadline reviews that Qq Abrams' Bad Robot customers are joining track of Vital to develop the film, but you will discover few other particulars yet. It is not Wernick and Reese's first Vital project: furthermore they written the script for GI Joe 2: Retaliation...And talking about Zombieland (it's a three-link story! Somewhere an angel will get drunk inside a bar!), it seems the new the new sony is actually heading down another path with any possible follow-because the studio's TV division as well as the Fox network are really developing a comedy series good movie, which Wernick and Reese would write. Strangely enough, the duo initially planned the concept just like a Tv program, so they have got a few ideas worked out. Producer Gavin Polone notifies the Hollywood Reporter once the series can get the greenlight, it'll replace any plan to produce a follow-up film. It's surely no coincidence that current hot zombie show The Walking Dead has returned to record ratings...

Dwts: Shock, Awe and Injuries

Chynna Phillips and Tony Dovolani It cannot be Dwts without injuries - and in the last 24 several hours, there's been two doozies, both such as the professional ballroom ballroom dancers. On Tuesday evening, despite the fact that he'd just dislocated his shoulder, Derek Hough powered using the discomfort to do a reunion dance along with his celebrity sister, former professional Julianne Hough. "He's this kind of trooper," mentioned one staffer. "Installed the shoulder to place, and he's in lots of discomfort, but he'll dance anyway - including doing the lifts." It remains to look when the injuries will affect his rehearsals with talk show host Ricki Lake, who's presently in to start with. Meanwhile, insult was put in injuries for your just-selected-off Tony Dovolani, still limping consequently in the ankle sprain he experienced throughout his dress testing Monday evening with singer Chynna Phillips. Dovolani's ankle twisted on the floor following a crew did an assessment run in the fog machine used to make a special atmospheric mood on set. "The fog sometimes leaves somewhat oil clever within the wake," mentioned one staffer. "It might be slippery." But a painful ankle was nothing in contrast for the blow with this couple's pride. Phillips stood a mental lapse throughout her tango and didn't wish to be selected off after not doing her best. It absolutely was apparent they was devastated. "Imagine you're in the final exam," she states, "and you've examined with the evening, and you also considered it, interceded relating to this, and did all your homework, after which it without warning, there's that paper before you decide to which is like - everything goes blank. I'd one minute. I'm human. I'm terrible it required to happen last evening. I'm terrible for Tony. It could've been his year [to win the mirror ball trophy]. I dropped the ball." Dovolani, who's still replaying the disastrous dance within the mind, states, "I saw the look in their eyes and the way afraid she was. She froze a little on me. However understood she was gonna go for me. I felt appreciate it was my child. I seriously considered there on her behalf. All things in me shook because I felt so bad. I understood how bad she wanted it, which i wanted the crowd provides for us another chance. We're really the only couple that didn't have a very fight, was without drama, therefore i guess that isn't sufficient enough.Inch So he's shocked that they are forget about inside the competition? "Shocked happens to be an understatement," states Dovolani. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Former CW Topper Beginning Ostroff Named Leader Of Conde Nast Entertainment

Four several weeks after she left the CW to relocate to NY, Beginning Ostroff finds her new gig — leader of Conde Nast Entertainment. This can be a recently released division because the top magazine writer is searching to go in the film/TV/digital space. Former CW Entertainment leader Ostroff will result in the expansion, creation, production and distribution of original television, film and digital initiatives according to Conde Nasts portfolio of brands, including Style, Vanity Fair, The NYer, GQ, Glamour and Architectural Digest. She begins immediately. I'm very excited to achieve the opportunity to build e-commerce for Conde Nast, a business that already includes a lengthy good reputation for engaging audiences across print and digital platforms, Ostroff stated. Ostroff released the CW broadcast network and brought it from 2006 until May. She segued to that particular role from becoming Leader of UPN Network from 2002-2006. Ostroff became a member of UPN from Lifetime, where she offered as EVP of Entertainment from 1996-2002.

Males in the office Handles to get rid of Final Court Bid Over 'Down Under' Song

Males in the office, the Australian rock-band recognized for its 1981 hit, "Here," has lost its final court attract overturn a ruling nonetheless the crowd had stolen the flute lick in the hit in the traditional children's song.our editor recommendsApple Corps, EMI settle royalties dispute Australia Progresses Privacy Laws and regulations and rules Among News Around The World ScandalRuling on Males at Work's 'Down Under' causes males to chunder A Federal Court Justice australia wide a year ago ruled that "Here" needed lots of its music within the song, "Kookaburra Sits inside the Old Gum Tree." That song, written greater than 70 in the past, remains under copyright for the posting company Larrikin Music. Males in the office songwriters Colin Hay and Ron Strykert, additionally for their record label EMI Tunes Australia, were bought to cover 5 % of royalties within the song acquired since 2002 and many types of future royalties towards the organization. The crowd, through its lawyers, had looked for to overturn the judge's ruling, but that is been shot lower our prime Court of Australia, the Connected Press reviews. Inside an email, an attorney for Larrikin mentioned, "Larrikin welcomes your final decision and seems toward fixing the relaxation from the issues involving the parties." An attorney for EMI referred to as your final decision disappointing. The song "Here" showed up at no. 1 perfect Billboard's Hot 100 chart three decades ago. It's considered a common and loyal song australia wide. "Kookaburra Sits inside the Old Gum Tree" was put together by an Australian school teacher and stays a fireplace favorite. Related Subjects

'Seediq Bale' leads Equine race

"Gamers in the Rainbow: Seediq Bale"BEIJING -- Taiwan's entry for your foreign-language Oscar, "Gamers in the Rainbow: Seediq Bale," has introduced more nominations than almost every other movie inside the finest Chinese-language kudofest, the Golden Equine Film Festival.Wei Te-sheng's $24 million pic, most likely probably the most pricey film in Taiwan's history, shows the Wushe Incident, a 1930 uprising by aboriginal Seediq gamers in the Japanese when Taiwan was colonized. It received 11 nominations for your Taiwanese honours, that is kept in Taiwan's Hsinchu City on November. 26.The Two-parter will face stiff competish from within the Strait of Taiwan. Where you live now helmer Jiang Wen's B.O. success "Permit the Bullets Fly," which received nine nominations, was China's finest grossing pic a year ago. Zhang Meng's "The Piano in the Factory" has seven nominations.Other movies arranged inside the best feature film category include Ann Hui's "A Simple Existence," that is Hong Kong's foreign-language entry, and Taiwanese helmer Teng Yung-hsing's "Return Ticket."The four and a half hour "Seediq Bale" appeared to become nominated for just about any Golden Lion Award within the Venice Film Festival this year, where it triggered debate when Taiwan objected to fest planners setting it a Chinese co-production and needed a correction to reflect the film's provenance since the self-ruled island.A complete of 161 films will participate in the 48th annual honours, which have been founded in 1962 and are usually considered the most effective honours for Chinese-language films in Asia, getting in interest from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Where you live now China. Films from Where you live now China were first permitted to sign up through the the 19 nineties. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Variety taps Grosz as honours editor

GroszChristy Grosz has became a member of Variety as honours editor, covering the kudos season and matching coverage for print, Variety.com along with other Variety platforms. Underneath the umbrella title the Election, Variety's coverage includes improvements one of the news and VPlus sections, posts and blogs. She will also use the range team on Variety's honours-related occasions throughout the buildup towards the Academy awards. The honours editor publish is really a new position, with Grosz confirming to film editor Josh Dickey. Grosz continues to be writing for Variety about many subjects, including kudos. She's run honours coverage for many other guides. Variety editor-in-chief Timothy Grey stated, "Christy will probably be a significant resource once we revitalize our kudos coverage. She's wise, she's witty and she or he knows pressure, the madness and also the strange fun of honours season." Grosz stated, "I've overseen honours-season feature coverage for any dozen different seasons and realize that no two seasons are alike, using the rules and also the zeitgeist constantly altering. It is really an exciting chance to set of the races in most of the complexity for that world's prominent supply of entertainment news." Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Moviefone's #HorrorGiveaway Gets First Winner

Congratulations to @BekErgashev, the first winner in Moviefone's horror giveaway! He knew that the still photo above was taken from 'The Shining,' Stanley Kubrick's landmark 1980 adaptation of Stephen King's famed novel. Thanks to his fandom, @BekErgashev won a pair of free movie tickets -- and you can too! Follow Moviefone on Twitter for a chance to win free tickets every weekday in October as part of our #horrorgiveaway. Contest details here, but head over to Twitter to follow us for your chance to win!

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Tom Cruise Searching Easily fit into Leaked 'One Shot' Photos

On Thursday, Moviefone's Mike Ryan mentioned that Tom Cruise is similar age Wilford Brimley was when he starred in 'Cocoon.' Clearly, that doesn't mean the 49-year-old Cruise intentions of -- or might even accomplish -- playing an senior citizens guy soon. Really, quite contrary. Ultimately, the next 'Mission Impossible' follow-up will probably be through the finish of year. After which it there's 'One Shot.' Inside the approaching film, Cruise plays Jack Reacher, a classic military officer-switched-drifter who checks a sniper shooting. (It's good book series by Lee Child, where Reacher is known to to become six-ft-five movie miracle, Tom!) New photos within the number of 'One Shot' have made an appearance, showing Cruise participating in the chair from the red-colored-colored 1970 Chevelle. Within the looks from this, Tom remains a extended way taken off Brimley. Ought to be the Quaker Oats. [via Celebuzz] Image because of Getty

Star Trek, Inception and Fast Five Getting Imax Rerelease

Star Trek, Inception and Fast Five -- three of the biggest blockbusters of the last couple of years -- are coming back to select Imax screens for one week, starting Friday, Sept. 30 and going until Oct. 6.our editor recommends'Ghostbusters' to Get a Limited Rerelease in OctoberBox Office Report: 'The Lion King' Roars Again, Capturing $29.3 Million AMC Theatres is hosting the event, called Imax Big Movie Week. The films will play daily on the oversized Imax screens with tickets selling for $7, significantly cheaper than the cost of other first-run Imax movies. PHOTOS: 20 Best Taglines From Movies Over the Last 30 Years None of the films were shot with Imax cameras, the way Christopher Nolan shot select sequences in The Dark Knight. However, some parts of Inception were filmed in 65mm. Fast Five grossed $609 million worldwide when it was released in April. Inception grossed $825 million when it was released in July 2010 and Star Trek grossed $385 million when it was released in May 2009. Related Topics Inception Fast Five Star Trek

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