Disney's Snow Full Defrosted

Retitled Frozen and due at the end of 2013It's been in ice at Disney for a long time, however it now appears that the thaw is approaching Uncle Walt's version from the Snow Full, that has just obtained a November 2013 release date, underneath the new moniker Frozen. That whole clever "thaw" line does not go a long way when combined with that title, but provide us with a rest, right? It's Christmas.The storyline, obviously, is Hendes Christian Andersen's and involves Kay, whose thoughts are twisted when his heart and eyes are pierced by shards of the evil troll mirror. He's then voluntarily kidnapped through the Snow Full, who travels the planet using the winter months. Kay's playmate, neighbour and sweetheart Gerda however, still thinks in him and sets on a legendary mission to retrieve him in the Snow Queen's structure.Animator Glen Keane (The Small Mermaid, Beauty And Also The Animal, Aladdin) was focusing on the project as soon as about ten years ago, but abandoned it towards Rapunzel, which emerged this season as Twisted. Adjective-based names are apparently extremely popular for Disney's current crop of fairytale animations.Previously it had been intended like a hands-attracted affair such as the Princess And Also The Frog, there is however no indication right now of whether that's still the situation, or indeed, from the current team behind the film.What we should can say for certain would be that the date of November 13, 2013 that Frozen just nabbed, was formerly reserved for Pixar and Bob Peterson's as-yet untitled Dinosaur movie. What are you doing with this then?

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Star Thomas Horn Dishes On Working With Sandra Bullock

First Published: December 16, 2011 12:34 PM EST Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Tom Hanks, Thomas Thorn, and Sandra Bullock are seen at the Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close NY premiere at in NY City on December 15, 2011 Thomas Horn 13-year-old breakout star of the upcoming 9/11 drama, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close shared the screen with Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, and while working with the veteran actors could have been intimidating, the young star says Sandra went out of her way to make filming a positive experience. On camera our characters really had an antagonistic little thing going because we didnt really understand each other, but as actors we really got to know each other because we spent a good few days together, Thomas explained to Access Hollywood at Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close premiere in NY City on Thursday, of working with Sandra (who plays his mother in the tearjerker). Off camera, you know, we would talk and she was really concerned about making me feel comfortable on set. She would always give me encouragement and she did everything she could, he added. Sandra laughed off Thomas praise, telling Access her young co-star was being very generous with his compliments toward her, but said working with Thomas during the films gut-wrenching scenes was a joy. It was like going through a mini emotional war together. I couldnt have asked for a better partner, she told Access. You dont often get great partners and I was blessed with him so blessed. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, which also stars Viola Davis and John Goodman, hits theaters on January 20. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Dominic Cooper can get Summer season In February

Former History Boy and Abba warbler Dominic Cooper has grew to become an associate from the cast of turn-of-the-century drama Summer season In February, using the well-received novel by Jonathan Cruz.He'll appear opposite Serta Stevens, most broadly noted for period cliché factory Downton Abbey (but whosefearless turnin Andrew Davies' superb miniseries The Street Of Beauty is proof of his considerable talent), and, erm,Mr Popper's Penguins' Ophelia Lovibond in the true story of 'love, liberty and scandal.'Cooper remains battling with tinnitus-like 'awards buzz' since his Devil's Double gig and may have a less frenetic performance as acclaimed painter Alfred Munnings, an connect in the bohemian Newlyn School of artists situated in Cornwall together with an adversary for one another to Stevens' land agent Gilbert Evans.Whether Evans, like Stevens' Downton version Matthew Crawley, will probably be needed to give the mean task of having a stylist to supply him blonde highlights inside the muddy trenches of war-torn northern France is not been determined.Jonathan Cruz has modified their very own book for your silver screen, while Stevens, a classic British pupil of his at Tonbridge School, will professional produce. Helming the $8 million pic will probably be Christopher Menaul, who recently made his film debut with opera comedy First Evening (not the primary one with Richard Gere).With aincreasingly accomplished cast and arich and resonant novel becasue it is source material, we feel this appears as an encouraging little Brit-flick.Summer season in February is predicted to achieve cinemas late in 2012.

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever: Theater Review

Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures The San Francisco Critics Circle rallied around The Tree of Life on Sunday, naming it the best picture of the year and giving its best director award to the film's Terrence Malick. It also singled out the movie'sEmmanuel Lubezki for best cinematography.our editor recommendsGotham Awards 2011: 'Tree of Life,' 'Beginners' Tie for Best FeatureThe Tree of Life: Cannes ReviewJessica Chastain 'The Tree of Life' Featurette The group, comprised of 31 Bay Area film critics, met at the Variety Club Screening Room, where it voted Gary Oldman best actor for his portrayal of a British intelligence officer in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spywhile hailing Tilda Swinton as best actress for portraying the mother of a severely troubled boy in We Need to Talk About Kevin. PHOTOS: Gotham Awards 2011 Red Carpet Arrivals: Tilda Swinton, Elizabeth Olsen and Other Supporting actor and actress awards went to Albert Brooks for Drive and Vanessa Redgrave for Coriolanus. The Tinker writing team of Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan took the best adapted screenplay prize, and J.C. Chandor received the best original screenplay prize for Margin Call. Rango was named best animated feature; Certified Copy, best foreign language film; and Tabloid, best documentary. STORY:Gotham Awards 2011: 'Tree of Life,' 'Beginners' Tie for Best Feature A special citation for an underappreciated independent film was given to The Mill and the Cross. The National Film Preservation Foundation received the Marlon Riggs Award for courage and vision in the Bay Area film community. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery 'X-Men' & 'Tree of Life' Premieres Tilda Swinton Gary Oldman The Tree of Life Terrence Malick We Need to Talk About Kevin Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Who's the current Jim Henson?

Since 'The Muppets' has turned into a licensed hit, Kermit, Miss Piggy and also the relaxation from the gang have came back for their popular culture pedestal. While older audiences are wrapping themselves inside a nostalgia blanket, youthful audiences are finding the jokes of Fozzie Bear and also the mistimed stunts of Gonzo the truly amazing the very first time. However for these children at the moment finding the Muppets, their knowledge about the figures and films is going to be totally different from the kids from the 70s and 80s -- due to the lack of Jim Henson. Jim Henson was this type of distinct and caring presence for that youthful audiences that was raised together with his projects, they remain dedicated to his work despite this passing. Storytellers like this are rare, and the too-soon departure boosts the question: who are able to we call "the current Jim Henson"? If you are unaware of it, the touring exhibit 'Jim Henson's Fantastic World' offers incredible understanding of the job he put in his storytelling (and when you are going to NY City this holidays, it's worth seeing the show in the Museum from the Moving Image, before it shuts on Jan. 16). Henson's visual style is unshakable and apparent in each and every production he ever done. Even his Television show plans -- that will simply be seen by professionals for business reasons -- are embellished with full-color sketches using a number of textiles Henson's vision was complete, regardless of how early in to the production process it might have been. His understanding of world culture, joke telling and folk tales was apparent within the music and scripting of his projects. His technical curiosity led to a constantly-flourishing cast of artificial figures evoking real human connections with audiences. And many considerably, his outlook around the world and just how we ought to all treat each other never wavered it rooted itself in the upbringing and continued to be steady regardless of financial, professional or creative obstacle. It's these traits that changed his Television shows and films into cultural touchstones. And it is a great deal to meet for anybody who would like to be described as a "modern Jim Henson." Possibly the title could be presented upon Hayao Miyazaki, the acclaimed director of anime like 'My Neighbor Totoro' and 'Spirited Away' like Henson, japan-born filmmaker informs earth-conscious tales including fantastical figures. Although, to become blunt, Miyazaki -- who had been creating work concurrently alongside Henson -- hasn't quite divided the mainstream cultural edges that can compare with a 'Sesame Street.' So perhaps that recognition of "modern Jim Henson" goes to Henry Selick, the stop-motion animator who directed movies like 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' and 'Coraline.' Another possible candidate is Nick Park, the claymation wizard from Aardman Galleries, who produced 'Wallace & Gromit' and directed 'Chicken Run.' Both males use dazzling effects and also have literally hands-crafted beloved figures. But neither Selick, nor Park (or even the whole of Aardman for your mater) have ever arrived at as numerous audiences as Henson, plus they remain largely unknown to some casual public. Is the modern Jim Henson be somebody like Tim Burton or Guillermo del Toro? The blockbuster set of company directors possess idiosyncratic styles full of other-worldly animals their eye for design is quickly identifiable. However, while Burton is imaginative, it's been a very long time since he created a movie around an authentic idea nowadays he appears content remaking popular faves in the distinct, "plenty-of-retailing-chance" style. And Del Toro still appears mostly worried about the field of horror films he's become more associated with Dreamworks' animated family features, but ultimately he's simply not into making all-age range projects. (Slightly off-subject: this may cause me to feel question exactly what a Jim Henson horror movie would seem like.) Basically needed to take my best guess at that has exactly the same reference to audiences that Jim Henson had, it doesn't fit in with one individual, but a whole studio: Pixar. Beloved movies? Check. Colorful, comedy tales implanted with heart and integrity? Check. Possess the figures of Buzz Lightyear, Woodsy as well as their 'Toy Story' co-stars have arrived at exactly the same popular culture pedestal as Kermit and Miss Piggy? Check. The only real reason I wouldn't provide them with the jerk is because really are a company -- a business having a strong resolve for excellent storytelling -- but ultimately, I do not think it is the right comparison. It is a different atmosphere compared to Muppet training courses from the 70s and 80s which were manned by Henson along with a couple of close partners like Frank Oz or Richard Search. You can result in the argument that Pixar mind John Lasseter steers the ship within the same style as Henson, but Lasseter appears more content to become the businessman that Henson was itchiness to escape. Maybe the "modern Jim Henson" has not damaged through yet, or possibly they won't. Possibly Henson would be a once-in-a-lifetime artist, the type that's simply wired in a different way, like Mozart or Da Vinci the main reason he could produce the things he did was while he would be a genius in each and every feeling of the term. Still, even when this is the situation, it is a noble effort to create something as monumental because the Muppets. Which filmmaker do you consider is today's Jim Henson? Tell us within the comments. The Males Behind the Muppets Jim HensonFrank OzDave GoelzJerry NelsonRichard HuntPaul WilliamsJerry JuhlSteve WhitmireCaroll SpinneyBrian Henson See All Moviefone Art galleries » [Photo: Getty Images] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Island Def Jam ups Anokute

Chris Anokute remains elevated to senior veepee from the&R for Island Def Jam Group, the business introduced Thursday. Beginning his career becoming an intern at Def Jam about 10 years ago, Anokute subsequently gone after EMI, where he handled A&R for of Katy Perry's multiplatinum records for Capitol, additionally to Joss Stone's "Showing Joss Stone." He returned for the Universal Group fold taken, most recently as senior V . p . from the&R for Universal Republic. "Chris is very gifted, and i'm happy he's joining our A&R team," mentioned IDJ's professional V . p .-mind from the&R Karen Kwak, to whom Anokute will report. "His history for locating fresh and various talent is impressive." Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Exclusive: George Lopez's First Publish-Talk Show Project Lands at Fox

George Lopez George Lopez is plotting his return to TV, but this time around around behind the digital camera. Fox certifies it's developing a comedy project from Lopez using the information on comedian Mark Viera. The untitled half-hour might be the very first project being created by Lopez because the best spinner's canceled his late-evening series Lopez Tonight in August. Viera stars just like a blue-collar guy who buys a building inside the Bronx to have the ability to stay close to his roots and train his boy street inteligence. Your final decision surprises his wife and backfires when his extended Latino family moves in. Chris Situation (Outdated at 35) is writing the script and may executive produce, along with Lopez and Leslie Kolins Small. Warner Bros. TV, which produced ABC's George Lopez sitcom, might be the studio. Case's other credits include Reba, Titus and Spin City. Very busy author also provides a script (with Joey Gutierrez) in contention at CBS. Viera, who indeed comes from the Bronx, was featured on Martin Lawrence Presents first Amendment Operate in addition to guested on 30 Rock. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

'Kung Fu Panda 2' leads Annie noms

Get more information at the entire listing of nominations''Kung Fu Panda 2'' leads a really mixed area within the 39th annual Annie Honours nominations. The DreamWorks Animation follow up acquired 12 bids, including best feature, adopted carefully by stablemate ''Puss in Boots'' and Vital/Nickelodeon's ''Rango,'' with nine each. The nominating committees of ASIFA-Hollywood opened up in the best pic area for 10 nominees, including Steven Spielberg's motion-capture toon ''The Adventures of Tintin.'' It is simply the 2nd motion-caption film to become nominated to have an Annie Award. Columbia's ''Monster House'' was nommed in 2006.Additionally to ''Panda 2,'' ''Puss,'' ''Rango'' and ''Tintin,'' best pic nominees are: ''A Cat in Paris'' (Fromage), ''Arthur Christmas'' (The new sony Pictures Animation), ''Wrinkles'' (Perro Verde Films), ''Cars 2'' (Pixar), ''Chico and Rita'' (Chico and Rita Distrib'n) and ''Rio'' (Blue Sky Galleries).The Annie Honours is going to be held on Saturday, February. 4, at UCLA's Royce Hall.Disney does skip the honours (Variety, August. 25, 2010).Get more information at the entire listing of nominations Contact Terry Flores at terry.flores@variety.com

Stephen Lang Joins Pawn

Together with Nikki Reed and Sean FarisWhile we are unsure Stephen Lang truly loved chomping the scenery in Conan or whether he's really getting fun grumping up like a sub-Colonel Quaritch-type colony leader on television sci-fi show Terra Nova, we are much more happy to determine him signing onto the cast of indie crime drama Pawn.We first reported around the movie a few days ago, if this already featured Michael Chiklis (who's also creating the pic) and Forest Whitaker within the tale of the hostage situation that begins to visit badly since the police force types and mobsters utilizing it like a twisted chess game have terrible moves.The cast has skyrocketed in dimensions, with Lang, Nikki Reed, Sean Faris, Marton Csokas, Jessica Szohr and Jonathan Bennett all jumping aboard.David A Remedy, a cinematographer who done some of the Saw franchise records, is onto direct, working from the script by Jay Anthony Whitened.Lang, meanwhile, will next be observed in another crime pic, Officer Lower, and murder drama Dancehall.

The Women of 'The Help' Work Together to Bring a Bestseller to Life

The Women of 'The Help' Work Together to Bring a Bestseller to Life By Back Stage staff November 30, 2011 Photo by Dale Robinette/DreamWorks Time and again, the lack of good movie roles for women has been bemoaned. Or a female-centric film does well at the box office, spawning articles on how there really is an audience for such stories. This year, two films with primarily female casts became critical and box office hits. First came "Bridesmaids," in which Kristen Wiig and company proved they could tackle gross-out comedy as well as the boys. Then there was "The Help," in which a group of fine actors assembled to bring Kathryn Stockett's bestseller to life.The film, directed by Tate Taylor, centers on African-American maids in 1960s Mississippi who decide to tell their stories to an ambitious young journalist. Heading the cast are Viola Davis, in her first lead film role, as quiet domestic Aibileen Clark, and Emma Stone as Skeeter, the writer who tells the women's stories. The supporting cast is full of outstanding actors, from Bryce Dallas Howard as a spoiled socialite to Sissy Spacek as her adorable mother, as well as two of the biggest breakouts of the year: Jessica Chastain, who is also earning raves for her work in "Take Shelter" and "The Tree of Life," charms as social outcast Celia Foote, and Octavia Spencer shines as her maid Minny, a role that Spencer inspired Stockett to write.On how they got involved with "The Help" Viola Davis: I was a fan of the book. I just thought [Kathryn] really humanized these women who in history have never been given a voice. As soon as I read it, I said, "Oh, this has got to be a movie, and I've got to option it, and I've got to play Aibileen. Then I found out that Tate Taylor had it. And from there it just went from us having mutual friends and me finding out that he actually did have me in mind for the movie. Jessica Chastain: Celia was the role I was asked to audition for, and it was the role I truly wanted. I think sometimes people get in the trap of saying, "Oh, I want the lead," or "Oh, I want a hit." But I read the script and immediately I wanted Celia because she is so different from anything I've done. I'm not kidding when I say I cried while reading the screenplay. And I said, "This is a woman I want to know for a while."Octavia Spencer: I met Kathryn about eight or nine years ago in New Orleans. Tate had talked about us meeting. We were there doing the sound mix on his short film "Chicken Party." Kathryn came down for the day, and Tate decided we should take a walking tour of the city. It was hot, I was on a diet, starving and grumpy, and we start on this tour. And then the complaints began from me. And from there, I think, Minny was born. But she's not based on me. I say it jokingly, but it's true: Minny is short and round; I am short and round. Minny speaks her mind all the time; I don't have a problem speaking my mind. But here's the thing: I did have to audition for it, and why not? When you think about it, it's an unknown director with a hot property who wants to cast an unknown in one of the leads. Mo'Nique has just won an Oscar, Jennifer Hudson has just won an Oscar, and you have amazing actresses out there like Queen Latifahwhy would they cast me? [The studio was] very gracious to allow me to come in and audition, and I was never made to feel like it wasn't an easy decision for them.On preparing for the role Davis: A teacher once told me you can never have too much information about a character. You just have to arm yourself with information. So of course, I found every type of information about that period. I felt I had to saturate myself with that because I am a 21st-century girl. A lot of what existed in that time period is so foreign to me. Of course, intellectually I know, but I felt I had to arm myself with more information. So I watched documentaries. Some I had already seen, like "Eyes on the Prize," and documentaries on domesticshow they feel. Everything about Freedom Summer in Mississippi. And also I started with what I feel as an actor is the bible, which is the text itself, which is the book and the script. And then after that I always feel like I need a person to focus on, because I feel like a lot of actors create in a vacuum, that performance is really dynamic but only in the confines of a classroom, but you can never look at a character and go, "I know someone like that" or "Those characteristics are palpable to me." So I always have to have a vision of a person in my head. And that person was my mother and my grandmother, who when they walk into a room nobody would ever notice themjust, in the most beautiful way, ordinary. I felt like I had to start with that. I had their experiences very much in my head, stories my mother had told me about my grandmother being a maid and herself being a maid. And everything else I just had to make up, use my imagination in terms of filling her out. On the most challenging scene to shoot Davis: Definitely the last scene. Probably not for any of the reasons that people think, and for all the reasons people think. Because even reading the book, it was very challenging for me to read that part. That story really touched me the most. When Aibileen and Mae Mobley were separated in the end, it totally devastated me as a reader. So the actual shooting of it was very difficult. Emotionally, it was difficult because for me I felt like it was Aibileen making peace with letting Treelore, her son, go. I felt that was that whole connection. And certainly when you go to that place as a person, it's very difficult. I understand how it feels that someone is gone. That is how I was able to get through that scene, number one. But number two, it was challenging because it was cut up. The first part of the separation scene was an interior scene, and the other part of the scene is exterior. They were shot two different days, and yet when you ultimately see it, it is one long scene. That is very challenging as an actor. And it's also very challenging working with a 3-year-old who doesn't understand that concept. So you're trying to really get it out of them at the same time you have your own work to do. So the constant kind of stepping out of my body to be kind of a facilitator for her just to hit her mark and to say her lines and to look at me, and then stepping back into myself to play Aibileen. Spencer: Actually, there were three. One didn't make the final cut. It's a scene where I finally leave Leroy, and I'm beaten up and the kids are with me and I'm at a phone booth. That was hard. But equally difficult is being in the scene where Celia loses the baby, because I've fallen in love with Jessica Chastain and it's hard to see your friend like that. Same thing with Aibileen, when she tells the story about losing Treelore and why it's important that the book be published. Seeing her go through that pain was hard, because I love Viola. Those were things where I had one or two words to say, but they were just very difficult to shoot.On working with the other actors Davis: It's one of those dream situations where you're with other actresses who are not competitive. That's the best way to put it. Usually people don't want to encourage you to do your best, because they feel it's a reflection of what they're not doing or their failure. But [on "The Help"], my excellence was their excellence. It's my same experience working with Meryl Streep [on "Doubt"]. It felt like her giving 150 percent during my close-up was just as important as her giving 150 percent during her close-up. And those are the kind of people you want to be creating withtotal lack of ego. And so many people have asked this too: "What's it like working with so many women?" It was fabulous! It was exactly how it should be. You know, comrades. It certainly was a whole lot of fun being in Mississippi, in a small community, just us, because we weren't going back to our apartment or homes. We were going to each other's homes. Eating, having just the best time.Chastain: I loved this cast. With Octavia, it was love at first sight for me. She was my reader at my audition. And at my very first audition, I said, "I need to do this movie just because I want to be in scenes with Octavia, because our chemistry's so good." I loved Celia and was excited about it, but when I went in, that's when I was like, "I have to do this." You don't always have that chemistry between people, and usually it's between men and women when they talk about it, and they mean it in an intimate way. But I thought our chemistry was so good. For comedy, for the more touching, emotional scenes. I love working with actors so muchthat's my favorite part of being an actor, the relationships you develop. I became obsessed with the project, and I knew I had to do it. On awards buzz for their performances Chastain: It's funny. I'm in other films this year, and someone told me I needed to strategize or I'll cancel myself out. But I don't know if that's something I can do. To even have people talking about the films I'm in, I'm just overwhelmed. I think more about my co-stars. Like, I think Michael Shannon should be recognized. I think Octavia Spencer should be recognized. This year has been so good, I don't know if I can take anymore!Spencer: You know what? It's every actor's dream to win accolades, but it's not something that we can control. And I'm a control freak. So I'm learning to be healthy and recognize I can't control it and just live in this moment. And in this moment, I got to work on a great film that I'm getting to promote, and I've made great friends. That is a great reward. If anything else happens, I'll be over the moon, but I can't even allow myself to think about it. I will say this: Oscar is my type of guy. He's bald and full of bling. The Women of 'The Help' Work Together to Bring a Bestseller to Life By Back Stage staff November 30, 2011 PHOTO CREDIT Dale Robinette/DreamWorks Time and again, the lack of good movie roles for women has been bemoaned. Or a female-centric film does well at the box office, spawning articles on how there really is an audience for such stories. This year, two films with primarily female casts became critical and box office hits. First came "Bridesmaids," in which Kristen Wiig and company proved they could tackle gross-out comedy as well as the boys. Then there was "The Help," in which a group of fine actors assembled to bring Kathryn Stockett's bestseller to life.The film, directed by Tate Taylor, centers on African-American maids in 1960s Mississippi who decide to tell their stories to an ambitious young journalist. Heading the cast are Viola Davis, in her first lead film role, as quiet domestic Aibileen Clark, and Emma Stone as Skeeter, the writer who tells the women's stories. The supporting cast is full of outstanding actors, from Bryce Dallas Howard as a spoiled socialite to Sissy Spacek as her adorable mother, as well as two of the biggest breakouts of the year: Jessica Chastain, who is also earning raves for her work in "Take Shelter" and "The Tree of Life," charms as social outcast Celia Foote, and Octavia Spencer shines as her maid Minny, a role that Spencer inspired Stockett to write.On how they got involved with "The Help" Viola Davis: I was a fan of the book. I just thought [Kathryn] really humanized these women who in history have never been given a voice. As soon as I read it, I said, "Oh, this has got to be a movie, and I've got to option it, and I've got to play Aibileen. Then I found out that Tate Taylor had it. And from there it just went from us having mutual friends and me finding out that he actually did have me in mind for the movie. Jessica Chastain: Celia was the role I was asked to audition for, and it was the role I truly wanted. I think sometimes people get in the trap of saying, "Oh, I want the lead," or "Oh, I want a hit." But I read the script and immediately I wanted Celia because she is so different from anything I've done. I'm not kidding when I say I cried while reading the screenplay. And I said, "This is a woman I want to know for a while."Octavia Spencer: I met Kathryn about eight or nine years ago in New Orleans. Tate had talked about us meeting. We were there doing the sound mix on his short film "Chicken Party." Kathryn came down for the day, and Tate decided we should take a walking tour of the city. It was hot, I was on a diet, starving and grumpy, and we start on this tour. And then the complaints began from me. And from there, I think, Minny was born. But she's not based on me. I say it jokingly, but it's true: Minny is short and round; I am short and round. Minny speaks her mind all the time; I don't have a problem speaking my mind. But here's the thing: I did have to audition for it, and why not? When you think about it, it's an unknown director with a hot property who wants to cast an unknown in one of the leads. Mo'Nique has just won an Oscar, Jennifer Hudson has just won an Oscar, and you have amazing actresses out there like Queen Latifahwhy would they cast me? [The studio was] very gracious to allow me to come in and audition, and I was never made to feel like it wasn't an easy decision for them.On preparing for the role Davis: A teacher once told me you can never have too much information about a character. You just have to arm yourself with information. So of course, I found every type of information about that period. I felt I had to saturate myself with that because I am a 21st-century girl. A lot of what existed in that time period is so foreign to me. Of course, intellectually I know, but I felt I had to arm myself with more information. So I watched documentaries. Some I had already seen, like "Eyes on the Prize," and documentaries on domesticshow they feel. Everything about Freedom Summer in Mississippi. And also I started with what I feel as an actor is the bible, which is the text itself, which is the book and the script. And then after that I always feel like I need a person to focus on, because I feel like a lot of actors create in a vacuum, that performance is really dynamic but only in the confines of a classroom, but you can never look at a character and go, "I know someone like that" or "Those characteristics are palpable to me." So I always have to have a vision of a person in my head. And that person was my mother and my grandmother, who when they walk into a room nobody would ever notice themjust, in the most beautiful way, ordinary. I felt like I had to start with that. I had their experiences very much in my head, stories my mother had told me about my grandmother being a maid and herself being a maid. And everything else I just had to make up, use my imagination in terms of filling her out. On the most challenging scene to shoot Davis: Definitely the last scene. Probably not for any of the reasons that people think, and for all the reasons people think. Because even reading the book, it was very challenging for me to read that part. That story really touched me the most. When Aibileen and Mae Mobley were separated in the end, it totally devastated me as a reader. So the actual shooting of it was very difficult. Emotionally, it was difficult because for me I felt like it was Aibileen making peace with letting Treelore, her son, go. I felt that was that whole connection. And certainly when you go to that place as a person, it's very difficult. I understand how it feels that someone is gone. That is how I was able to get through that scene, number one. But number two, it was challenging because it was cut up. The first part of the separation scene was an interior scene, and the other part of the scene is exterior. They were shot two different days, and yet when you ultimately see it, it is one long scene. That is very challenging as an actor. And it's also very challenging working with a 3-year-old who doesn't understand that concept. So you're trying to really get it out of them at the same time you have your own work to do. So the constant kind of stepping out of my body to be kind of a facilitator for her just to hit her mark and to say her lines and to look at me, and then stepping back into myself to play Aibileen. Spencer: Actually, there were three. One didn't make the final cut. It's a scene where I finally leave Leroy, and I'm beaten up and the kids are with me and I'm at a phone booth. That was hard. But equally difficult is being in the scene where Celia loses the baby, because I've fallen in love with Jessica Chastain and it's hard to see your friend like that. Same thing with Aibileen, when she tells the story about losing Treelore and why it's important that the book be published. Seeing her go through that pain was hard, because I love Viola. Those were things where I had one or two words to say, but they were just very difficult to shoot.On working with the other actors Davis: It's one of those dream situations where you're with other actresses who are not competitive. That's the best way to put it. Usually people don't want to encourage you to do your best, because they feel it's a reflection of what they're not doing or their failure. But [on "The Help"], my excellence was their excellence. It's my same experience working with Meryl Streep [on "Doubt"]. It felt like her giving 150 percent during my close-up was just as important as her giving 150 percent during her close-up. And those are the kind of people you want to be creating withtotal lack of ego. And so many people have asked this too: "What's it like working with so many women?" It was fabulous! It was exactly how it should be. You know, comrades. It certainly was a whole lot of fun being in Mississippi, in a small community, just us, because we weren't going back to our apartment or homes. We were going to each other's homes. Eating, having just the best time.Chastain: I loved this cast. With Octavia, it was love at first sight for me. She was my reader at my audition. And at my very first audition, I said, "I need to do this movie just because I want to be in scenes with Octavia, because our chemistry's so good." I loved Celia and was excited about it, but when I went in, that's when I was like, "I have to do this." You don't always have that chemistry between people, and usually it's between men and women when they talk about it, and they mean it in an intimate way. But I thought our chemistry was so good. For comedy, for the more touching, emotional scenes. I love working with actors so muchthat's my favorite part of being an actor, the relationships you develop. I became obsessed with the project, and I knew I had to do it. On awards buzz for their performances Chastain: It's funny. I'm in other films this year, and someone told me I needed to strategize or I'll cancel myself out. But I don't know if that's something I can do. To even have people talking about the films I'm in, I'm just overwhelmed. I think more about my co-stars. Like, I think Michael Shannon should be recognized. I think Octavia Spencer should be recognized. This year has been so good, I don't know if I can take anymore!Spencer: You know what? It's every actor's dream to win accolades, but it's not something that we can control. And I'm a control freak. So I'm learning to be healthy and recognize I can't control it and just live in this moment. And in this moment, I got to work on a great film that I'm getting to promote, and I've made great friends. That is a great reward. If anything else happens, I'll be over the moon, but I can't even allow myself to think about it. I will say this: Oscar is my type of guy. He's bald and full of bling.

Football scores big for week

Network game broadcasts showed typical holiday strength as the "Sunday Night Football" matchup capped a big week of pigskin. In a Thanksgiving frame that saw preemptions or lower-than-usual ratings for some of primetime's biggest hits due to lower television usage, football ruled supreme.Pigskin prevailed in key demos on four nights last week (Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday), with NBC's "Sunday Night Football" matchup between Pittsburgh and Kansas City leading the way as usual (7.9/18 in adults 18-49, 20.34 million viewers overall).And capping a Thursday full of football, NFL Network drew its largest Thanksgiving audience to date for the game featuring the first showdown in league history between head-coaching brothers: John Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens and Jim Harbaugh of the San Francisco 49ers (4.1/13, 10.68m).Overall, CBS used a lengthy NFL overrun on Sunday to win the week across the board, including adults 18-49 (2.5/7 to 2.1/6 for runner-up ABC) and total viewers (9.8 million to 8.7 million for ABC).On the entertainment series side, the week's top-rated draws included CBS Monday comedies "Two and a Half Men" (5.2/13, 15.82m), "2 Broke Girls" (4.6/12, 11.33m) and "How I Met Your Mother" (4.4/12, 10.01m) as well as ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" finale on Tuesday (4.1/11, 19.56m) -- down noticeably year to year but still the week's most-watched non-sports program.ABC also scored with "Modern Family" on Wednesday (4.6/13, 12.72m), though this Thanksgiving Eve original episode was well below its usual ratings level and could establish a DVR playback record when those full-week numbers are issued in a couple of weeks.Sunday saw the fall finale of AMC's "The Walking Dead" (prelim 3.4/8 in 18-49, 6.6 million), which was up week to week for its second highest-rated episode to date. The zombie skein matched the demo score of the same night's "Once Upon a Time" on ABC (3.4/8, 10.69m), which logged its lowest same-night demo delivery in its five airings to date but continues to stand as the season's hottest new drama.Also of note Sunday was a weak start for the Hallmark Hall of Fame on ABC, as the franchise that had aired exclusively on CBS for more than 15 years drew low ratings for the original presentation of "Mitch Albom's Have a Little Faith" (1.1/2, 6.44m).Among holiday specials, Fox fared best with its Thursday combo of "Ice Age Mammoth" (2.3/7, 7.10m) and "Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown" (1.6/5, 4.92m), while ABC did OK the same night with "A Very Gaga Thanksgiving" (1.6/5, 5.49m).And on Friday, CBS saw modest scores for the premieres of "Hoops & Yo-Yo Ruin Christmas" (0.8/3, 3.54m) and "Elf on a Shelf" (1.1/3, 4.18m). Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the full page of TV ratings charts for the week of Nov. 21-27 will appear in Thursday's paper. Contact Rick Kissell at rick.kissell@variety.com

Seth Rogen Virtually Forgives Katherine Heigl on her 'Knocked Up' Comments

Way in December of 2007, Katherine Heigl designed a splash throughout a job interview with Vanity Fair when she stated that 'Knocked Up' -- the film she co-starred in the earlier summer time that vaulted her towards the A-list -- was "just a little sexist." Stated Heigl concerning the Judd Apatow-directed comedy: "It offers the ladies as shrews, as humorless and uptight, also it offers the males as adorable, wacky, fun-loving men. It exaggerated the figures, and that i were built with a difficult time by using it, on some days. I am playing this type of bitch exactly why is she being this type of killjoy? Why how you are representing women? 90-8 % of times it had been an incredible experience, however it was hard that i can love the film.Inch 4 years later, Seth Rogen, Heigl's 'Knocked Up' co-star, has apparently finally pardoned the open actress. "I believe that at that time I had been upset about this, consider then ... I am talking about, you need to do a lot press that, chances are, you are likely to say something fucking stupid every every now and then," Rogen told Narrow Your Search while doing press for '50/50.' "From the million things I only say every single day, 400 seem to be stupid as hell [laughs]. And one might end up in a newspaper or perhaps a magazine at any time. So at this time I am a lot more forgiving of this type of factor." This is a different tune for Rogen, who, 2 yrs ago -- within an interview with Howard Stern -- appeared much less forgiving of Heigl. "I gotta say it isn't like we are the only real people she stated some batshit crazy reasons for. That's type of her bag now," Rogen stated when faced together with her Vanity Fair comments. (Heigl, obviously, stated many open reasons for 'Grey's Anatomy' too.) When Apatow, who had been also showing up on Stern's show, pointed out that Heigl had likely been doing many interviews consecutively and "ended up," Rogen retorted, "I did not slip and that i was doing fucking interviews all day long too ... I did not say shit!" Take a look at much more of Rogen's interview with Narrow Your Search, where younger crowd defends friend James Franco following the Academy awards debacle captured. [via Narrow Your Search] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Sorry: Hathaway As Catwoman Is Engaged, and 5 Other Tales You'll Be Talking About Today

Happy Tuesday! Also in today’s edition in the Broadsheet: Tyler Perry’s amazing letter for the 11-year-old Penn Condition abuse accuser… Jared Harris is Ulysses S. Grant… Who knows just what the fuck Forest Whitaker does… Ben Promote’s musical theater ambitions (!)… plus much more. · Sorry, males: Hathaway As Catwoman is formally engaged to marry her boyfriend of three years, Adam Shulman. Your daughter's groom is “an actor who came out on one season in the NBC series American Dreams, is yet another jewelry designer.” Great! As extended while he doesn’t say he’s designs jewelry for your Vatican. [THR] · “Do you will be aware within the youthful ages of 11 you'd more courage than all the grownups who permit you to lower? All those who didn’t go to the proper government physiques, all those who happen to be worried about their careers, reputations, or livelihoods. All those who didn’t need to get involved. Or possibly those who tried to convince your mother not to fight. You are more effective than these! I question whatever they may have done whether or not this were their particular child.” Stop everything you’re doing and study the most effective factor Tyler Perry has written since the Family That Preys. [Newsweek] · Alas, bearded American stars: Jared Harris is stored directly into experience Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln subsequently subsequently. [Variety] · “Michael Chiklis is joining with former The Shield co-star Forest Whitaker for Pawn, an unbiased crime film centered on a hostage situation that has gone terribly wrong. Also starring inside the film will probably be Common (Hell On Wheels), and Ray Liotta.” That's all. [Deadline] · You understand why I like Ben Promote? Because of this I like Ben Promote: “I don’t know. I don’t know. I’m dying for just about any musical comedy right now!” Somebody please, please attempt. [The Film Experience] · “Cole Hauser Signs With WME.” You now know. [THR] [Photo: Getty Images] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

'Walking Dead' wraps season big for AMC

Sunday night saw AMC's "The Walking Dead" wrap its short fall season with big numbers while viewers continued to cling to the Kardashian clan. Also of note at the end of the long holiday weekend was a sluggish start for "Hallmark Hall of Fame" on its new network home, ABC, while that net's "Once Upon a Time" dipped as it returned following a one-week hiatus but still remains potent. Looking at the preliminary Nielsen estimates, "The Walking Dead" averaged 6.6 million viewers, including 4.5 million among the demo-friendly adults 18-49 crowd. It was up week to week and logged the sophomore skein's second best scores to date -- behind only its season premiere last month. While "Walking Dead" has emerged as basic cable's top-rated original drama series ever in adults 18-49, the new drama airing behind it, "Hell on Wheels," has lost ground after its sturdy start and must now proceed for the next three weeks without its customarily strong lead-in. "Hell" drew 4.4 million for its premiere on Nov. 6 and had fallen to 3.5 million for its third episode; AMC did not issue ratings for the show's fourth episode on Sunday. Elsewhere, it appears the short-lived marriage of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries didn't alienate viewers, who are still keen to follow the family's reality exploits. Sunday's second-season premiere of E!'s "Kourtney and Kim Take NY" drew 3.2 million viewers, slightly better than the numbers for the series launch in January. In the 18-49 demo, "NY" garnered 2.3 million. Going into the season preem, it was difficult to predict whether the divorce brouhaha would bring more viewers to the "Kardashian" series or turn them away from the cabler's franchise. The 3.2 million number was in line with the sixth-season finale of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," which aired in September. October's two-part wedding special averaged 4.2 million viewers. Following "NY," "After Lately" drew a series-high 1.2 million for the net. On the broadcast side Sunday, the down-trending "Hallmark Hall of Fame" franchise opened slowly for ABC, as "Mitch Albom's Have a Little Faith" settled for a preliminary 1.1 rating/2 share in adults 18-49 and 6.5 million viewers overall from 9 to 11 p.m., down a whopping 48% from the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" original presentation of "November Christmas" a year ago on CBS. The Eye net had aired the franchise exclusively from 1995 until earlier this year before relinquishing it due to declining ratings. Also for ABC, "America's Funniest Home Videos" (1.8/4 in 18-49, 7.6 million viewers overall) was up a bit vs. its most recent airing, and "Once Upon a Time" (3.4/8 in 18-49, 10.7 million viewers overall), sidelined last week by the American Music Awards, was down but did draw its largest audience to date among the under-18 crowd (1.5 million). The holiday weekend also saw "Tyler Perry's For Better of Worse" draw 3.4 million viewers (including 1.8 million adults 18-49) for its Friday premiere on TBS. The sitcom, based on the "Why Did I Get Married?" movies, is the latest from multihyphenate Perry, whose "House of Payne" aired more than 200 episodes on the cabler. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Lionsgate, Summit revisit merger talks

Are Lionsgate and Summit doing a mating dance again?Speculation about the minimajors reviving their merger talks was spurred Monday by a Bloomberg News report. Lionsgate and Summit insiders were quick to downplay the seriousness of any such discussions. One source noted that there had been some informal flirtation between the companies earlier this year but that those overtures had ended recently.Spokesmen for both companies refused to comment.Another source noted that the companies have held similar discussions in the past but those negotiations have collapsed over issues such as who would control the surviving entity, Lionsgate co-CEO Jon Feltheimer or Summit co-chair Rob Friedman.The two companies have had discussions about uniting going back as far as the fall of 2008, just before the bow of the first "Twilight" pic. Lionsgate in recent years has had on-again, off-again talks about a merger with MGM as well.On the film side, Lionsgate and Summit are both looking for advantage in a marketplace where the major have scaled back the production of mid-budget films in favor of tentpole and franchise properties -- creating an opportunity for sizable indies to fill that gap.Privately held Summit could have the upper hand in any merger negotiation, given the stellar performance of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1" with $220.8 million domestically in its first 10 days. It also has a well-established foreign sales operation.Lionsgate has been seen its stock held down in recent years due to mixed performance by its feature films plus a barrage of criticsim from billionaire Carl Icahn, who agreed in late August to sell off his stake. It has an extensive TV operation with "Mad Men" and "Weeds" and could to structure a merger by tapping via a stock offering or with its more than $500 million in debt.Summit refinanced its debt in March, closing a new $550 million term loan as well as a $200 million revolving line of credit with plans to use the funds to pay down existing debt from the $1 billion in debt and equity raised four years ago when the company launched its effort to become a full-fledged production and distribution operation.Ratings agencies Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poors gave B ratings to Summit's debt this year and cited concerns over the end of the "Twilight" franchise next year and the volatile nature of the feature film business. Summit will open the fifth and final "Twilight" film Nov. 16, 2012. It's also developing a sequel to 2010's Helen Mirren-Bruce Willis starrer "Red" and a reboot of the "Highlander" fantasy pic series.As for Lionsgate, it's counting heavily on the four-picture "The Hunger Games" franchise with the first pic opening March 23. The "Hunger Games" trailer is attached to "Breaking Dawn."Lionsgate announced last month that it had pared its net losses by about $5 million to $25 million last quarter while swinging to a $19 million operating loss from a $22 million profit a year ago on box office disappointments including "Conan the Barbarian," "Abduction" and "Warrior." It also announced two weeks ago that Alcon Entertainment had agreed to co-finance Lionsgate's "What to Expect When You're Expecting," scheduled for domestic release on May 11. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Media Stocks On Strong Holiday Sales And Hope Of European Debt Solution

Consumers spent an archive $52.4B within the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, up 16% from this past year, the nation's Retail Federation states. Include that to reviews that European leaders are becoming seriously interested in solving their debt crisis, also it’s easy to understand why traders are in this good mood today. The Dow Johnson U.S. Media Index expires 2.8% at mid-day, comparable because the Dow Johnson Industrial Average. Among Large Media stocks, Time Warner (+4%) leads then The new sony (+4%), Viacom (+3.7%), Comcast (+3.7%), CBS (+3.4%), News Corp (+3.2%),and Disney (+2%). Within the relaxation from the media world several companies which have been pummeled this year take a breather including Crown Media (+17.7%), Real D (+11.8%), and Netflix (+10.5%). Sinclair Broadcast Group expires 9% after it introduced today it really wants to raise its borrowing capacity by $530M, possibly to purchase Tv producers. Madison Square Garden — which is the owner of the NY Knicks — expires 8.7% following the National basketball association introduced that it'll salvage a minimum of thing about this year’s basketball season. The narrow your search of firms that are lower at midday includes New Frontier Media (-2.8%), Cinedigm (-2.7%) and Westwood One (-1.1%).

UPDATE: Bachmann Wanted Demands & Receives Apology From NBC Over Lyin Ass Bitch Intro On Fallon

UPDATE 10 PM: Bachmann Wanted has become an apology from NBC inside the song choice flap throughout her appearance round the network’s Late Evening With Jimmy Fallon on Monday when the show’s house band completed the 1985 Fishbone song Lyin’ Ass Bitch while she was walking on stage. The apology is created in the personal letter from NBC’s V . p . late evening Doug Vaughan. According to Bachmann’s speaker Alice Stewart reported with the AP, Vaughan written the incident was “not only unfortunate but furthermore unacceptable.” She mentioned Vaughn offered his sincerest apologies and mentioned this rock band happen to be “severely punished.” PREVIOUS 11 AM: The controversy over Late Evening With Jimmy Fallon‘s choice of the 1985 Fishbone song Lyin’ Ass Bitch as intro music for guest Bachmann Wanted shows no signs and signs and symptoms of subsiding. Conservative authors started the campaign on Tuesday morning, soon after the show broadcast Monday evening. Last evening, Fallon apologized for the presidential candidate on the phone and via Twitter. Im honored that @michelebachmannwas on our show yesterday and Im so sorry in regards to the intro mess,” Fallon written on Twitter. “I really hope she returns.” Turning up on Fox News Funnel’s America’s Newsroom today, Bachmann mentioned they accepts the comedian’s apology but was adament the network that broadcast the broadcast, NBC, should apologize too. In the event that were Michelle Obama, whod emerge round the stage, so when that song happen to be carried out for Michelle Obama, I have undoubtedly that NBC may have apologized to her and likely they'd have fired the drummer, or otherwise suspended him,” Bachmann mentioned. “None of the happened from NBC. That is clearly a type of prejudice for that Hollywood entertainment elite, nonetheless it is also, In my opinion, sexism also. This wouldnt be tolerated when the was Michelle Obama it shouldnt be tolerated if it's a conservative lady either. Up to now, really the only disciplinary measure toward Questlove, the drummer lately Evening‘s house band The Roots apparently responsible for the song choice, showed up a type of a tweet from Fallon yesterday, “?uestLove is grounded.” Bachmann on Tuesday received support from an unlikely ally, Democratic Congresswoman Nita Lowey. A choice of song presenting Bachmann Wanted on Late Evening With Jimmy Fallon last evening was insulting and inappropriate,” she mentioned in the statement. “I don't share Michele Bachmanns politics, but she warrants being given respect. No female politician without any lady needs to be uncovered to sexist and offensive innuendo like she was last evening. The Roots, Jimmy Fallon, and NBC should apologize.

The Expendables 2 Poster is LOL-splosive, and 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today

Happy Monday! Also in today’s edition of The Broadsheet: The latest on the reopened Natalie Wood investigation… Martin Scorsese may have his next project lined up… Joel Coen digs China… and more. · Good grief, the holiday movie news lull has already commenced, with this new poster for The Expendables 2 pretty much owning the shared cinematic consciousness of moviegoers far and wide. Which is to say, Jesus, WHAT? In keeping with grand Expendables 2 tradition, one can only imagine how many marketers and/or bats died in the process of making this one-sheet. So be sure to temper your LOLZ with a solemn moment of silence. (Click for bigger.) [JoBlo] · Speaking of posters, why can’t Young Adult get theirs right? Even this Japanese one is just… uggghhh. Send for help. [First Showing] · The reopened investigation into Natalie Wood’s death 30 years ago continues, with Christopher Walken hiring a lawyer, Robert Wagner cleared as a suspect and a woman who was on a boat 50 feet away from Wood’s claiming to have heard cries for help and received a note reading, “If you value your life, keep quiet about what you know.” So! Looks like someone stopped valuing her life. Sad face. [THR] · Martin Scorsese is set to direct The Snowman, an adaptation of Norwegian author Jo Nesbo’s crime thriller about an “anti-authoritarian, anti-sobriety cop, who investigates particularly gruesome killings.” Where this fits with the fistful of other planned projects the 69-year-old filmmaker has in his basket — including a Frank Sinatra biopic and the Daniel Day-Lewis/Benicio Del Toro drama Silence. [THR] · At the aforementioned U.S.-China Forum on the Arts and Culture, Joel Coen gave his thumbs up to the nation’s film industry, saying: “Americans don’t have a real clear picture of what Chinese society is like right now. There’s a lot of distortion, there’s a lot of political news. But there isn’t a lot of news or a lot of exposure on how ordinary Chinese people live, or how Chinese artists work.” Hmm, I wonder why. [Variety] · Shelagh Delaney, the playwright best known for her hit A Taste of Honey but most recognized as the cover star of The Smiths’ singles compilation Louder Than Bombs, has died of cancer at age 72. [The Guardian] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Gossip Girl

Thank you for going to NY's Upper East side where the wealthy and connected mingle at benefits and continue to deal with their always dramatic love lives, in addition to picking schools. Blair Waldorf might be the so-referred to as toast of adolescence in their world she and her pals, Kati Farkas and Isabel Coates, go to a prep school and fancy parties utilizing their wealthy parents. Blair is envied by her adversaries because she's thought to offer the perfect existence, not just because of her gorgeous boyfriend, Nate Archibald, but because she's also considering participating in her dream college, Yale. With everyone worried about college(or waiting on worrying, which everyone seems to complete), and senior year dragging along, her apparently perfect existence is interrupted by her ex-nearest friend, the attractive Serena van der Woodsen, coming back in to the city once you have began from boarding school. Serena returns into her existence, and to the eyes of Blair's boy friend. When everything Blair knows starts to interrupt apart, everyone will realize that her existence is definately not perfect. Will existence within the top East Side redeem itself from the products it's really stated to become? Or will the false facade demonstrate the wealthy have the identical problems since the much less wealthy (Jenny and Serta Humphrey), or maybe more. And basically maybe Jenny and Serta are much more happy with their simple, much less expectant lives.

Starz Chief Warns Investors That It Will Take Money To Produce The Original Programs It Needs

Although Starz appears to be off the market for now, CEO Chris Albrecht told investors today that his channel should still be in the catbird seat as digital media grow. But it will take money to produce the kind of programming that will set Starz apart from basic cable channels that spend as much as $3M an hour for originals, he said at a conference organized by his parent company Liberty Media. He wants Starz’ shows to have a theatrical feel with iconic, larger than life characters and broad appeal. He assured the audience that he won’t break the bank, though: For example, Spartacus is shot completely inside a warehouse in New Zealand.This is the way they make theatrical movies now. Also Starz has decreased its spending on theatrical films. That money will be reinvested in original programming. Starz still plans to runtheatricalsfrom its premium TV agreements with Disney, which runs to 2016, and Sony, which goes to 2017. The biggest new opportunities are in digital media: Starz next year will launch its own streaming platform for its pay TV customers, similar to HBO Go, Albrechtsays.That will get us in front of younger eyeballs and make our product as compelling as anything in the premium space. Albrecht also is willing to have the conversations with companies that want tochallenge cable and satellite providersby licensing traditional channels for a streamed service. Someone will do it, he says. For now, though, hes focused on makinga subscription VOD deal to replace the one with Netflix that Starz decided not to renew. We are in very active discussions with other players, he says. Starz backed away from Netflix because the channel wants to be seen as specialdeserving a higher price. Albrecht is counting on someone to launch a premium digital subscription VOD service, and if Starz had stuck with Netflix then we would have made it almost impossible for anyone else to come into this space.

What the Broadcast Networks Are Betting on This Development Season

This story first appeared in the Nov. 25 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.our editor recommends10 Biggest Winners of TV Development SeasonIt's Official: NBC Orders 'The Munsters' to PilotChris Columbus to Reboot Western 'The Rifleman' at CBS "An invitation to an invitation to a preparty." That's how ABC chief Paul Lee describes his network's fall script purchases, only a tiny percentage of which will end up on air. Still, every hit show starts with an exec saying yes to a pitch, and during the past few months, networks and studios have bought hundreds of promising projects, from original ideas like "mechanical-human dramas" to remakes of classics like The Munsters and The Rifleman. THR parses the loglines and pilot commitments to analyze what the networks are buying. NBC:With little clicking this season, NBC boss Bob Greenblatt has been spending big to not only revive but also put his mark on the net. He's lured boldfaced names from Roseanne Barr to Snoop Dogg. BestBet(drama):Blue Tilt has Ethan Hawke and Vincent D'Onofrio attached as fragile homicide detectives balancing work with family. BestBet(comedy):Sarah Silverman's vehicle centers on a woman readjusting to single life after a decadelong live-in relationship. Silverman will co-write alongsideDan Sterling and Jon Schroeder. ABC:Despite strong freshman offerings, the network doled out more put pilot commitments than its rivals. Overall, ABC remains focused on female-centered soaps, with a few supernatural projects thrown in. BestBet(drama):Rand Ravich will write and EP a Jerry Bruckheimer-produced drama based on the livesof Navy SEALs and their families. BestBet(comedy):A multicam Jim Belushi vehicle about a co-dependent father and his teen daughter, from Murphy Brown creator Diane English. CBS:The projects likely to fill CBS's few holes will look much like what's already on. Save for a handful of en vogue Westerns, CBS' lot is heavy on cops, docs and detectives. BestBet(drama):A drama from Shawn Ryan and Simon Mirren about a genetic scientist who discovers he has the psychopath gene and helps the FBI catch killers. BestBet(comedy):A multicamera workplace comedy project from Cougar Town's Bill Lawrence and Friends writer Greg Malins. FOX:With The X Factor filling several slots on Fox's schedule next fall, the network again will have little need for new shows. Still, Fox is determined tolaunch more comedies in the vein of its freshman hit New Girl and a harder-edged procedural. BestBet(drama):Kevin Williamson's thriller about a diabolical serial killer who uses technology to create a cult of killers, and the FBI agent who finds himself in the middle of it. Best Bet (comedy):Adam F. Goldberg's untitled 1980s family comedy, an autobiographical look at growing up with a highly screwed up but loving family. Related Topics TV Development

'Burn Notice': Michael and Fiona Flirt While Taking Lower Anson (Exclusive Video)

Anson gets a ball blackmailing Michael and Fiona on Burn Notice, nevertheless it's the dynamic duo's chance to drag one inside the evil genius. The Hollywood Reporter posseses an exclusive clip that shows exactly how they'll try to depart the darkness -- or perhaps a hint of tease.our editor recommends'Burn Notice': Watch the opening Scene Within the Midseason Premiere (Exclusive Video)Electricity and USA Launch 'Burn Notice' Digital Comic'Angel's' Charisma Contractor on USA's 'Burn Notice' (Photo) In "Unfortunate Requirement,Inch airing Thursday, Michael (Jeffrey Donovan) runs point around the CIA save mission together with a investigator kidnapped having a warlord. He and Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar) go upon themselves to destroy into -- literally -- a skyscraper to have the ability to obtain a maximum submit their fight with Anson (Jere Burns), the man who burned Michael. Once the two-minute scene is any suggestion, there's hardly any other pair than Michael and Fiona who is able to accomplish a task of the quality. And there is an indication of tease happening because the two hang hundreds of foot within the ground pretending being window automatic washers. "A burlap sack might be a noteworthy difference,Inch Fiona states inside the clip as she fiddles along with her drab-searching uniform. ("You need to argue at 300 foot up?Inch is an additional memorable Fiona quote.) "In my opinion that they are gung-ho," Anwar notifies THR of Michael and Fiona's motivation to escape their own conditions. "This character [Anson] remains penetrating their lives for a number of many remains so clever, so careful and therefore cunning, they be capable of weave this kind of complicated web throughout the time of lots of years -- using family people and becoming incredible intelligence regarding Michael." She added: "Now, we're trying to get together with how deep this person has dug this grave. There's plenty of hope, but this character is probably a considerable match for Michael's wiles." Burn Notice airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. round the USA Network. Burn Notice USA Network

Justin Timberlake's Marine Corps Ball Date: It Was About Bringing Sexy Back

Kelsey De Santis and Justin Timberlake Cpl. Kelsey De Santis, who took Justin Timberlake as her date to the Marine Corps Ball, says the event was "wonderful.""It was a really good experience. He had a big smile on his face and so did I," De Santis said on Tuesday's Today show. "The whole thing was about bringing sexy back. It was a good time. We were on the dance floor and having a good time at the table joking and laughing. It was altogether really great."Justin Timberlake keeps his word, attends Marine Corps BallThe combat instructor famously invited Timberlake via YouTube in July after Timberlake's Friends with Benefits co-star Mila Kunis accepted Sgt. Scott Moore's invitation to his ball.Timberlake wrote on his website Sunday that he wasn't prepared to be so moved by Saturday night's experience. "You could see he genuinely cared about what he saw," De Santis said.But De Santis doesn't have any advice for Moore, whose ball is on Friday."I don't think he needs it, with the video he came out with, I'm confident he'll have a great time like I did," she said.Check out her Today interview: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Sweeps Roundup: Nov. 14-20

Caterina Scorsone, Kate Walsh, Taye Diggs These are the guest stars and events that the networks have planned for the second week of November sweeps: Monday, Nov. 14 8/7cHow I Met Your Mother (CBS)Will Barney and Robin be able to keep their kiss a secret? They're going to try! 9/8cTwo and a Half Men (CBS)Alan returns from the hospital and is faced with some tough challenges. Like new furniture. 10/9cHawaii Five-O (CBS)A homeless Danno moves in with McGarrett. What could possibly go wrong? 20/20 (ABC)Diane Sawyer interviews Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly. Tuesday, Nov. 15 8/7cThe Biggest Loser (NBC)The contestants compete in a pentathlon with Olympic skater Apolo Ohno as their coach. Glee (Fox)Sue starts a smear campaign (shocking!) to take down Bert Hummel, her biggest competitor for the congressional seat. 9/8c New Girl (Fox)Jess invites her work crush (guest star Justin Long) to the roommates' Thanksgiving dinner. NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)Sam disappears in the Sudan while he's undercover. 10/9cUnforgettable (CBS)Marilu Henner (on whom the lead character Carrie is based) plays Carrie's estranged aunt to helps investigate her sister's murder. Wednesday, Nov. 16 8/7cUp All Night (NBC)Reagan struggles with trying to fire her assistant (guest star Molly Shannon). The X Factor (Fox)We're finally down to the Top 10! 8:30/7:30cSuburgatory (ABC)So much for Tessa's wish to have a low-key birthday. Dallas wrangles Dalia to plan an over-the-top Sweet 16. 9/8cCriminal Minds (CBS)The team searches for Garcia's missing friend, whose daughter also disappeared seven years earlier. Thursday, Nov. 178/7c20/20 (ABC)Katie Couric interviews Regis Philbin on the eve of his final Live with Regis and Kelly broadcast. Community (NBC)Dean Pelton directs a commercial starring the study group; Abed shoots a behind-the-scenes documentary about it. 9/8cPrivate Practice (ABC)In a special two-hour episode, the group rallies to save Amelia by staging an intervention. In rehab, she bonds with a younger patient (Disney starlet Debby Ryan). 9:30/8:30c Whitney (NBC)Whitney and Alex try to convince a dog-pound owner (guest star Lisa Lampanelli) that they'd be worthy adoptive parents. Friday, Nov. 188/7cNikita (CW)Uh oh! Berkhoff is captured and tortured after he refuses to reveal Nikita's whereabouts. 9/8cCSI: NY (CBS)Jo comes face-to-face with a dangerous rapist she might've helped acquit on an earlier charge. 10/9cBlue Bloods (CBS)Thanksgiving plans are thwarted when Henry suffers a heart attack. Saturday, Nov. 19 8/7cBeneath the Blue (CW)The Vampire Diaries might be on hiatus, but you can still watch star Paul Wesley in this movie about a young activist fighting to protect the local dolphin population in the Bahamas. Sunday, Nov. 20 8/7cThe Simpsons (FOX)Homer cashes in on the tween craze by forming a team to write a novel. Andy Garcia voices the publisher. American Music Awards (ABC)Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj are scheduled to perform at this fan-voted awards show. 9/8cThe Good Wife (CBS)Funny lady Amy Sedaris will not be making cheeseballs when she guest-stars as Eli Gold's no-nonsense new rival.

Cars.com Yanks Sponsorship Of Penn State Game Broadcasts On ESPN

Citing “allegations surrounding the Penn State Football program,” Cars.com has yanked its sponsorship from ESPN broadcasts of two upcoming Penn State football games, the Wall Street Journal reports. “As a proud, longtime supporter of ESPN College Football, it’s important to us that we’re building our brand and raising the visibility of our advertisers in a way that celebrates the sport, the dedication of its student athletes and the many reputable universities that field teams,” Cars.com said in a statement. Cars.com is a classified advertising venture under an umbrella known as Classified Ventures owned by the media companies Belo, Gannett, McClatchy, Tribune and Washington Post. The child sex-abuse scandal has resulted in the exits of Penn State president Graham Spanier and football Joe Paterno. Advertisers who’ve hitched their brands to athletes are especially skittish about scandals and eventually if not immediately sever the links.

Joshua Marston to produce and Direct Remake of 'The Double Hour' (Exclusive)

Andreas Rentz/Getty ImagesJoshua Marston Joshua Marston is positioned to produce and direct a remake in the Italian thriller The Double Hour.Roy LeeandNicola Giulianoare creating the project. Starring Ksenia Rappoport and Filippo Timi, Hour followsa Slovenian hotel maid plus an ex-cop who fall crazily for each other after meeting inside a speed-dating event. After they retreat to his employer's house inside the Turin countryside, armed criminals shatter their romantic interlude and throw light on secrets utilizing their pasts. Giuseppe Capotondi directed the first, which was put together by Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi and Stefano Sardo.The film was released in Italia soon after its first showings within the Venice and Toronto film festivals this past year. Samuel Goldwyn Films released the thriller inside the U.S. in April. Repped by WME and Anonymous Content, Marston most recently co-written and directed The Forgiveness of Blood stream, that have its premiere within the Berlin film festival and may hit theaters through Sundance Selects in February. More youthful crowd written and directed the 2004 dramaMaria Full of Sophistication. Lee most recently producedThe Incident,Abduction,The RoommateandThe Uninvited.Giuliano(This Ought To Be the region) appeared to become a producer in the original Double Hour.

Sonny Chiba Cuts Four-Picture Cope With Set up Line (Exclusive)

Getty Images Legendary Japanese fighting techinques masterSonny Chiba has signed a four-picture cope with Set up Line. The 72-year-old actor-directorwill start the pact by co-starring with Tony Todd within the action drama Bushido. According to an authentic story from Chiba, Bushido follows a gang of Zoysia Soldiers and Japanese samurai serving together within the American Civil War.Set up Line partners Neal Fischer, Destin Pfaff, Kern Saxton and Suren M. Seron will produce.Three more action projects follows. "This primary project falls right in the alley of why Set up Line was put together, to produce top quality films in a number of genres," stated the Gersh-repped Pfaff (Uniform Matchmaker). "We couldn't be more happy to become joining up having a legend for example Sonny Chiba." Chiba and Set up Linepreviously teamed onSushi Girl, that was compiled by Pfaff and Saxton, who also directed.Todd, Chiba, Mark Hamill, Michael Biehn, Danny Trejo and Shaun Fahey star within the thriller. Set up Lines are also developing Catalytic, Todd's directorial debut about amagician's journey around the eve of the supernatural apocalypse. Chiba continues to be making movies, including Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Executioner, for half a century. Worldwide Asia

Maksim & Hope On Why They Shown A Significantly much softer Side On Dancing

First Launched: November 8, 2011 4:59 PM EST Credit: ABC La, Calif. -- Caption Hope Solo and Maksim Chmerkovskiy on Dwts, November. 8, 2011Maksim Chmerkovskiy displayed a significantly much softer side on Monday nights Dwts since the program featured footage in the ballerina obtaining a enjoyable family meal along with his partner, Hope Solo, as well as the two mentioned it absolutely was all intentionally. Possibly you've seen the 7 days within our packages? It absolutely was all negativity lots of curse words, me kicking the wall, us being very physical and intense, which is not necessarily fair towards the fans, Hope told Access Hollywood on Monday evening after DWTS. This is often a dance show, those wish that will help you happy and becoming fun. Were rivals, and then we got really intense. Maks noted, however, the intensity is real. It's not a line, Maks added. Continued to be as intense about considering succeeding in this particular competition. We kind of did not take into account that theres cameras inside the room. A number of things that people believe between each other, people dont, because theyre avoid us, Maks ongoing. They just go to a little snippet. We just must be considered just a little politically correct, but when more, we are incompetent at putting on a show to date as acting were not lounging to anybody. DWTS proceeds Tuesday at 8/7 C on ABC. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Brangelina Clan Descends On Tokyo

First Published: November 8, 2011 11:09 AM EST Credit: Getty Premium Caption Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and their six children Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne arrive at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo on November 8, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Hollywoods globe-trotting family, The Pitt-Jolies, continue to crisscross the globe! Brad Pitt, 47, Angelina Jolie, 36, and their six children Maddox, 10, Pax, 7, Zahara, 6, Shiloh, 5, and 3-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox touched down at Tokyos Haneda International Airport on Tuesday. Hundreds of fans who had waited for hours greeted the family, who appeared to travel without the help of a giant entourage or staff of nannies. Besides oldest son Maddox, who walked through the busy airport independently, the rest of the family all held hands while making their way through the terminal. Just days prior, the massive family was in Budapest, where Brad continued to film his latest movie, World War Z, a zombie apocalypse thriller. The actor and the rest of the Pitt-Jolies are in Tokyo to promote Brads baseball movie, Moneyball. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Jane Fonda in the courtroom of Legal Action

An Edgemar Center for that Arts presentation of the play in 2 functions written and directed by Terry Jastrow. Co-director, Michelle Danner. Sets, Chris Stone costumes, Raffel Sarabia lighting, Juliet Klanchar. Opened up March. 14, 2011. Examined November. 5. Running time: 105 MIN.Jane Fonda - Anne Archer With: Terrence Beasor, Robert Promote, Mark Gadbois, James Giordano, Jonathan Kells Phillips, Chauntae Pink, Ben Shields, Don Swayze, Steve Voldseth.It is a mixed verdict for "Jane Fonda in the courtroom of Legal Action.Inch The actress's little-known, unrecorded 1988 confrontation with veterans still furious at "Hanoi Jane" is imagined by author Terry Jastrow as kind of a canned documentary pageant, with stock types mouthing attitudes instead of figures growing and altering. The evening never quite catches fire, but like a primer around the Vietnam era both at home and abroad it's pretty interesting, most likely especially so for individuals who never resided through it. Production's ace within the hole is really a riveting assortment of film clips broadcast overhead - contemporary news reviews footage from the infamous outings to North Vietnam - to assist bring the time to vivid existence, itself almost justifying a visit to the Edgemar Center for that Arts. However the dramatic event is pallid. Waterbury, Conn. protesters were going to flummox local location shooting from the P Niro co-starrer "Stanley & Iris." The pic got made as planned indicates something fundamental happened throughout the June 18 powwow at St. Michael's Episcopal Chapel, but Jastrow's version does not really convince. It's too chronologically structured, more Robert's-Rules-tidy than we'd expect associated with a true-to-existence verbal brawl. Had less veterinarians been incorporated within this version from the meeting, it may have been simpler to assign them identifiable personas and distinct viewpoints. Because it is, the seven antagonists - believably impersonated through the ensemble selected by Jastrow and co-director Michelle Danner - remain largely a blur. Each alternates between antagonism and sympathy toward Fonda (Anne Archer) with techniques impossible to chart. Archer herself is really a rather one-dimensional Joan of Arc, ringingly re-creating such famous moments because the "Klute" Oscar acceptance and Tokyo, japan Rose-tinged broadcast from Hanoi. But though truthfulness and regret come through in pretty much equal measure, Fonda like a character will not make any more genuine breakthroughs throughout the running time compared to the ex-soldiers. Everything feels designed, the developments pre-processed. Around the evidence here, the whole incident boiled lower to those lyrics from Vietnam-era pop hit "Achieve From the Darkness": "I understood a guy that I didn't take care ofOrAnd eventually this guy offered me a call/We sitting and spoken about things on our mind/And today this guy he's a friend.Inch A contented sentiment, although not a really scintillating someone to witness being performed out. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

'Like Crazy' Director Drake Doremus Responds to Next Gen 2011 List (Video)

Within an event at Milk Art galleries in La on Saturday evening, the agents, filmmakers professionals and stars in the Hollywood Reporter's Next Gen 2011 collected with supporters in the Film & Television Fund to celebrate the annual list and experience a evening duration of bloodstream pressure dimensions which told the tales of industry people in addition to their families who've tips from MPTF's services over time.our editor recommendsNext Gen 2011: Hollywood's Fastest-Rising StarsTHR's Next Gen Class of 2011Paramount Vantage Sets Release Date for Sundance Champion 'Like Crazy' PHOTOS: The Hollywood Reporter's Next Gen Class of 2011 Red-colored-colored Carpet Drake Doremus, who directed the Sundance-winning romantic drama Constantly spoken for the Hollywood Reporter about being incorporated available. "It's a true recognition. You will discover lots of great people available. To become arranged together with them, it's exciting," Doremus mentioned. PHOTOS: THR's Next Gen Class of 2011 Constantly, which was bought by Vital at Sundance a year ago and was released in theaters on October 28, has seen good success, recognized for your performances in the stars Felicity Manley (who was simply also a part of Next Gen Class of 2011) and Anton Yelchin. "Once we opened up the film at Sundance taken we would never know what you should expect,In . he mentioned. "It's amazing to check out people communicate with it." STORY: Next Gen 2011: Hollywood's Fastest-Rising Stars Doremus also shared some tips for other youthful filmmakers who may wish to be on THR's Next Gen list afterwards. "Go increase the risk for movies you have to make. Do not let anybody enter your path and don't let necessity stop you making your film. Set a deadline which makes it, do not let anybody stop you,In . he mentioned. The large event, held at Milk Art galleries, was situated by Robert Downey Junior. and featured bloodstream pressure dimensions completed by Jodie Promote, Jennifer Garner, Chris Pine, Nick Offerman and Josh Brolin. "Reel Tales, Real Lives" features bloodstream pressure dimensions which tell the tales of industry people in addition to their families who've tips from MPTF's services over time. A gallery demonstrated also features photography by Scott Caan and Rob Bridges. SUNDANCE REVIEW: Constantly THR's Next Gen list features a choose quantity of 35 people working on the market more youthful than 35. Among people incorporated relating to this year's list are: Armie Hammer, actor in J. Edgar Adepero Oduye, actress in Pariah Elizabeth Olsen from Martha Marcy May Marlene Lauren Abrahams, director of production at Columbia Pictures and Dana Archer, EVP at DDA PR. Over time, this list has furthermore incorporated Stacey Snider, Mike P Luca, Ari Emanuel, Amy Baer, Ben Silverman, Sue Naegle, Donna Langley and Kevin Huvane. Related Subjects Next Gen Drake Doremus Constantly Next Gen 2011

The Hollywood Reporter Announces New Hires

Los Angeles, CA-November 4, 2011-- The Hollywood Reporter announced today that Andy Lewis has joined THR as a staff writer and Gary Baum as a staff reporter; the art department will promote Julie Jamerson to art production assistant manager.our editor recommendsThe Hollywood Reporter Cover Stories Lewis will cover a variety of subjects including books and personal electronics. Over the last six months he has written for THR about the Dodgers' bankruptcy, reviewed books on Steven Tyler and ESPN, and has broken news about the book and movie rights for the SEAL Team Six story. Lewis holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, a PhD in American History from the University of Virginia and has taught at Wesleyan University and the University of Richmond. He was also a fellow at Harvard University. He is the author and editor of four books, including his most recent, The Shadows of Youth. His work has also appeared in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Fortune and on NPR. He will report to THR.com Editor Joseph Kapsch. PHOTOS: The Hollywood Reporter Cover Stories Gary Baum will contribute to the Style and About Town sections, including the Rambling Reporter page. He will also cover restaurants and write THR's weekly online Eat Sheet stories. In June he wrote "L.A.'s Power Golf Clubs: Where the Hollywood Elite Play" for the magazine. Baum comes to THR from Angeleno where he was a senior editor covering dining, nightlife, art, culture and business. Baum is a graduate of USC's Annenberg School of Journalism. He will report to Culture Editor Degen Pener. THR Art Production Associate Julie Jamerson has been promoted to Art Production Assistant Manager. Jamerson joined THR for the re-launch in October 2010 and was previously at Atlanta Magazine and Bon Appétit. About The Hollywood Reporter A legendary publication that has serviced Hollywood for 81 years, The Hollywood Reporter underwent a radical makeover in November 2010, with a dramatically redesigned website that now attracts 4.4 million unique monthly visitors and a new, much acclaimed glossy weekly magazine format. The Hollywood Reporter is the definitive interpretive voice of the entertainment industry. Smart, incisive stories and breaking news are delivered across a multimedia platform that also includes a daily news PDF and an iPad app. The Hollywood Reporter is read by the most powerful people in the entertainment industry and the most influential consumers who follow it--those who shape desire, set trends and ultimately drive culture--providing an unmatched level of access and influence. Related Topics Hirings-firings

Due To Jimmy Kimmel To Host Whitened House Correspondents Dinner

Due To Jimmy Kimmel notoriously skewers the leader of ABC each year in the network’s upfront presentation. Now he'll get to get it done towards the leader from the U . s . States. The host of ABC’s late-evening talk show Due To Jimmy Kimmel Live! continues to be drawn on to headline the following Whitened House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on April 28, 2012. He works recent hosts from the event Wanda Sykes, Jay Leno and many lately Seth Meyers this past year. “Jimmy’s humor is sophisticated and edgy while attractive to a large audience,” stated Caren Bohan, a Reuters journalist and WHCA leader. Stated Kimmel, “I anticipate being part of theWhite House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. I really like dinner.” The WHCA dinner is attended through the Leader and First Lady along with other senior government authorities and people from the press corps supported with a slew of celebs.

Attacking Youthful Boys Offers Quite A Bit Swag, He doesn't Need To Carry Cash

First Launched: October 28, 2011 3:51 PM EDT Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Access Extended: Justin Biebers Titanic Date With Selena GomezLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Known germaphobe Howie Mandell, eat your heart out! Attacking Youthful Boys offers quite a bit swag, they can manage without moving any bills. You carry no cash? Access Hollywoods Billy Rose rose bush asked for Justin, who recently sitting lower with an exclusive interview, while he promoted his holiday album, Beneath The Mistletoe. No cash never, Bieber mentioned. Well, Never Say Never Sometimes, essentially want it, Bieber added. Essentially know Im going somewhere that we know Im need to cash, i rapidly carry cash. Truly, not always. Thats interesting, because you wouldnt normally need cash, Billy responded. Theres not always places The year progresses, like I dont visit strip clubs or anything, Justin mentioned. Whos your hard earned money guy? Billy asked for. Nobody really carries cash. I dont really ever need cash, in truth, Justin mentioned. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Bruce Willis & Wife Expecting First Child Together

First Published: October 26, 2011 4:11 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Bruce Willis and wife Emma Heming attend the Corduroy Magazine launch and exhibition at Milk Gallery on in NY City June 10, 2010 Bruce Willis is about to be a dad for the fourth time. Bruce and wife Emma Heming are expecting their first child together, a rep for the actor confirmed to People. It will be the fourth child for Willis, 56. He has three children daughters Rumer, 23; Scout, 20; and Tallulah, 17 with ex-wife, Demi Moore. Bruce and Emma, 35, are expecting their bundle of joy in early 2012, the rep noted. The couple tied the knot in March 2009 at Bruces home in Turks & Caicos. Later that year, Bruce told Access Hollywood that more kids certainly werent out of the question. Well you know anything is possible, he said in September 2009 at the premiere of his film Surrogates. It has been suggested that we should begin breeding immediately, he joked. I dont know. You cant predict the future, can you? Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Sky Deutschland picks up TMG package

BERLIN -- Steven Soderbergh's revenge thriller "Haywire," starring Gina Carano, and "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1" are heading to Sky Deutschland as part of a film rights deal inked with Herbert Kloiber's Tele Muenchen Group. The agreement, announced Wednesday, also includes such high-profile pics as Phyllida Lloyd's "The Iron Lady," with Meryl Streep; Robert Schwentke's action comedy "Red," starring Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren; and Yasemin Samdereli's local hit "Almanya." The deal also provides Sky with new rights for the feevee's expanding product line, which includes services such as Sky Go and Sky Anytime that allow customers to access content in a variety of ways. Contact Ed Meza at staff@variety.com

The Brand New You are able to Film Experts Circle Grabs First-Election Spotlight

DreamworksWill Steven Spielbergs "War Equine" be tested over time for that initial honours of Oscar season? The NY Film Experts Circle intends to steal the spotlight in the National Board of Review, typically the very first influential honours voting body from the Oscar season, by announcing its honours on November. 28 (rather than 12 ,. 13 like this past year). "We're the NY Film Experts Circle," NYFCC chairman John Anderson informs The Hollywood Reporter. "Why shouldn't we be beginning the conversation? The Gotham Honours are provided November. 28, the nation's Board of Review votes 12 ,. 1, we're hardly boosting the honours season significantly."our editor recommends'War Horse': Latest Trailer Heavy on Orchestration, Heartstring Tugging (Video)Steven Spielberg and Jackson: The Leaders Behind 'The Adventures of Tintin' But it's a dramatic move. "It requires back the excitement we've lost to LA Film Experts Circle [which chosen 12 ,. 12 this past year] and also the crones at National Board of Review," states one NYFCC member. States Anderson, "They [the nation's Board of Review] have very little reason to exist except to become the very first group to announce their options. And maybe you have attempted to discover who the people from the National Board of Review are? It's such as the Masons or something like that. It's like some type of secret society. And why when they have any influence whatsoever? Everyone around the West Coast possess the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, we now have the nation's Board of Review." PHOTO: Steven Spielberg's 'War Equine' Poster Debuts Experts from the proceed to earlier voting charge that could modify the fates of films not launched, and enhance the odds for your already launched. States the nameless NYFCC member, "Who will get hurt? Us, for needing to election next day of Thanksgiving, needing to see everything at that time, small films that people'd watch on DVD screeners finally minute looking for something much better than [Steven Spielberg's not-yet-tested] War Equine. Who benefits? Movies tested at Toronto & NYFF & Venice & Telluride." VIDEO: 'War Equine': Latest Trailer Heavy on Orchestration, Heartstring Tugging "The films are carried out,Inch retorts Anderson. "I don't believe that there's a film that might be in contention, even though it's tough to state that without getting seen them, those that we've got within our minds which are most likely likely to be in contention are finished and also the galleries are looking at them because that's what their Oscar strategy requires. Therefore it's a little of the garbage shoot, however i'm betting you that people see everything with little trouble before Thanksgiving." One NYFCC insider states, "They'll show War Equine over time, I've this on good authority." Other challengers may also simply send their screeners and hold their tests early. "What's going to be interesting to determine is going to be if the National Board of Review attempts to election before Thanksgiving. I wouldn't rule it,Inch states Anderson. On the internet and on Twitter, the NYFCC move is questionable. "Everybody's bitching and moaning about this.Inch states Anderson, who are able to't see exactly what the large deal is. Still, he confesses, "It's fun to result in just a little trouble." The NYFCC honours is going to be passed out in a ceremony on Jan. 9, 2012. Academy awards War Equine AMPAS Academy awards 2012

Lawsuit: Hangover II Stole Grooms Story

The Hangover Part II is beginning to seem like a litigation magnet. The latest lawsuit was filed last week in federal court in Los Angeles according to Entertainment Weekly. It alleges that filmmakers mimicked a script that aspiring scribe Michael Alan Rubin based on his own marital misadventures in Asia. Plaintiff Rubin claims The Hangover II is copied from the treatment and also from the real life incident of the Plaintiff, because the protagonist … travels from the United States to an Asian country to marry his Asian girlfriend. How did they get his script, you might wonder? Rubin claims his ex-wife gave the filmmakers his story, and furthermore accuses them of defaming him with descriptions of Ed Helms’ character’s drug-fueled antics including sex with a transsexual prostitute. Rubin is representing himself. A previous lawsuit filed by the tattoo artist who designed the ink adorning Mike Tyson was settled, and another filed by a stunt man injured during the making of the film is pending.

Rachel Zoe and Baby Skyler Do All Whitened in the LA Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic

Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Veuve ClicquotRachel Zoe, baby Skyler and Jaime King in the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic Super stylist and reality TV (The Rachel Zoe Project) star Rachel Zoe introduced her 7-month old choosing Skyler Morrison Berman to Paris together with her a week ago. But she did not carry the small lad towards the Spring 2012 runway shows. However, she did take her best-outfitted baby towards the second Annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic on Sunday, March 9 Skyler and Zoe looked perfectly matched in whitened, the brand new trend in the Spring 2012 shows as seen around the Lv, Stella McCartney, along with other designers' fashion runways. Zoe used her usual flowing whitened gown while Skyler carried whitened leather driving mocassins on Sunday. Before he was created, Zoe accepted that she'd been a little disappointed (she states she cried for any week) that they wasn't getting girl. However it appears like she's making the most effective of things, dressing her choosing in numerous designer poor performers. PHOTOS: Famous Faces in the Paris Spring 2012 Fashion Shows She told Existence & Style "I'm so enthusiastic about baby clothes at this time. Skyler wears Gucci, Rob Lauren, Missoni, Armani, Bonpoint and footwear by Bottega Veneta, Hermès and Casadei. I'm likely to say his shoe collection is fairly major." Especially considering the little dude is not even walking yet. Sklyer also offers a Lv baby bag. Well, Rachel does. Her new lines are available solely at Neiman Marcus. And she's planning .. wait for this.. an infant boys clothing line. Hope this kid will get his modeling day rate. Photo credits: Getty Images Fashion Rachel Zoe Stella McCartney Red-colored Carpet Marc Jacobs

Moviefone Exclusive: Watch Julia Roberts Play Doting Mother to the Future Ryan Reynolds in First 'Fireflies in the Garden' Clip

After premiering at the Berlin Film Festival in 2008, 'Fireflies in the Garden' will finally get released on Oct. 14 in NY, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Austin with an expanded roll-out to follow. The film follows three generations of a family and how their domineering father (Willem Dafoe) shaped them over the years. Set in the present day with flashbacks, 'Garden' stars Julia Roberts as the family matriarch and Ryan Reynolds as her grown-up son. In the first clip from the film, Roberts consoles the future Reynolds after a particularly rough quabble with his father. Watch ahead. For more on 'Fireflies in the Garden' click here. The film arrives in theaters on Oct. 14. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

'NCIS,' 'New Girl' top Tuesday

The 3rd Tuesday from the year looked nearly the same as the very first two, with CBS vet ''NCIS'' steamrolling your competition within the opening hour and Fox's ''New Girl'' shining at 9 o'clock and standing because the night's top show among teenagers. Fox won for any third straight Tuesday in grown ups 18-49, while CBS ruled among grown ups 25-54 and total audiences. Based on preliminary excellent from Nielsen, CBS opened up the evening a champion with ''NCIS'' (4.1 rating/12 be part of grown ups 18-49, 18.9 million audiences overall), lower slightly week to week but winning its hour in 18-49 and again Tuesday's top dog both in 25-54 (5.4/14) and total audiences. The internet then fell off some at 9 p.m. with ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' (3.4/8 in 18-49, 14.7 million audiences overall), second in 18-49 and first in 25-54, and more at 10 p.m. with rookie ''Unforgettable'' (2.4/6 in 18-49, 11.3 million audiences overall), which again brought its hour but dipped another tick in 18-49. At Fox, ''Glee'' (3.5/10 in 18-49, 8.3 million audiences overall) rated second in 18-49 for that 8 o'clock hour, lower a little from a week ago, but comedy ''New Girl'' again built on its lead-directly into win at 9 o'clock among teenagers (4.3/11 in 18-49, 8.six million audiences overall) though lower slightly from a week ago, the Zooey Deschanel-fronted comedy was again Tuesday's No. 1 show in 18-49 and was especially dominant in 18-34 (4.9/14). And also at 9:30 p.m., ''Raising Hope'' held steady (2.9/7 in 18-49, 6.5 million audiences overall), tying for second in 18-49. ABC opened up having a ''Dancing Using the Stars'' special (1.7/5 in 18-49, 9.a million audiences overall), then the ''Dancing'' results show at 9 (2.8/7 in 18-49, 14.8 million audiences overall), that was roughly on componen with a week ago. And also at 10, ''Body of Proof'' edged up (2.1/5 in 18-49, 10.2 million audiences overall) inside a competitive timeslot, rising over the net's showing within the hour this past year with ''Detroit 1-8-7.'' Tuesday remains an OK but hardly spectacular evening for NBC, as ''The Greatest Loser'' dipped further (2./5 in 18-49, 5.six million audiences overall) and ''Parenthood'' also was lower a little (2./5 in 18-49, 5. million audiences overall), although it continued to be within 1 share from the 18-49 lead. At CW, new Sarah Michelle Gellar drama ''Ringer'' delivered week to week (.6/2 in 18-49, 1.5 million audiences overall), as did its ''90210'' lead-in (.6/2 in 18-49, 1.3 million audiences overall). In CW's target demo of grown ups 18-34, ''Ringer'' handled b .6 from b .8 for ''90210.'' Preliminary 18-49 earnings for that evening: Fox, 3.6/9 CBS, 3.3/9 ABC, 2.2/6 NBC, 2./5 Univision, 1.5/4 CW, .6/2. As a whole audiences: CBS, 15. million ABC, 11.4 million Fox, 7.9 million NBC, 5.4 million Univision, 3.3 million CW, 1.4 million. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com