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

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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

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