Christmas Weekend Box Office: 'War Horse' Strong, 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' More powerful

It works out things in the domestic box office were not as disappointing because they initially appeared on Christmas morning. Weekend champion 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' snapped up $46.two million within the four-day holiday, a bid that's nearly $20 million bigger compared to $26.5 million which was reported for that three-day frame. The 4th installment from the Tom Cruise franchise might find yourself being probably the most lucrative yet -Resistant that possibly audiences have forgotten/pardoned Cruise for those that couch-jumping hysteria that clouded this area office of 'Mission: Impossible III.' Elsewhere, 'War Horse' opened up on Christmas Day to strong receipts. The Steven Spielberg-directed Oscar contender drawn within an believed $15 million between Christmas and 12 ,. 26 because of a mature crowd, 31 percent who were 50 plus. Spielberg's 'The Adventures of Tintin' did not fare too the motion-capture adventure gained $16.a million within the four-day weekend, with ticket sales only reaching $24.a million since release on 12 ,. 21 -- or simply $4 million a lot more than weekend a couple of 'Alvin and also the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked' snapped up over Christmas. For another new releases: 'The Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo' gained approximately $19 million throughout the 4-day holiday, while 'We Purchased a Zoo' snapped up approximately $15 million. Both of them are being considered disappointments, however with a lengthy holiday week with no new releases next weekend -- plus excellent word-of-mouth -- both films might have lengthy legs. That will not be from the unscreened-for-experts 'Darkest Hour' the alien invasion film was D.O.A on Christmas Day, generating just $5.5 million. EARLER: 'Mission: Impossible' Takes Christmas Crown [via LAT/Company Town] [Photo: DreamWorks] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Tilda Swinton Takes On a Dark Family Scenario

Tilda Swinton Takes On a Dark Family Scenario By Simi Horwitz December 20, 2011 Tilda Swinton had long admired the work of director Lynne Ramsay ("Ratcatcher"). When Swinton learned Ramsay was planning a film adaptation of Lionel Shriver's novel "We Need to Talk About Kevin," centering on a malevolent child's impact on a family, Swinton was determined to help get the film made. Initially, she was not committed to playing the starring role. But as the project evolved and it became clear the story was going to be told from the mother's point of view"her experiences, isolation, memories, and fantasies," Swinton enumeratesthe actor was enthusiastic about tackling the part.Co-starring John C. Reilly as her husband and Ezra Miller as Kevin, "We Need to Talk About Kevin" is a bone-chilling look at a mother's anguish and conflicted feelings in the face of her evil youngster. With subtlety and nuance, Swinton brings to life a woman who knows something is terribly wrong with her son, doesn't understand why, but clearly feels culpability and profound discomfort because she is unable to embrace him.With an array of film rolesincluding the White Witch in the three "Narnia" films; the wealthy, repressed wife who is awakened by a young lover in "I Am Love" and the savagely ambitious attorney in Tony Gilroy's "Michael Clayton," for which she won an OscarSwinton admits playing the mother in "Kevin" was a "leap of imagination." She explains, "There is no research anyone can do for this part. It's a mother's worst nightmare." Being a mom in real life "kick-started" her into the film's landscape, she says. Swinton knew she'd love being a mother as soon as she saw her twins, she recalls. At the same time she understood, despite the assumptions that a mother instinctively loves and nurtures her child, that's not always the case. Disliking one's child is a taboo and rarely discussed, Swinton points out.But the major filmmaking challenge was the 30-day shoot. "We did two takes on each setup," she says. The rehearsal process was "nonexistent," though the family-like atmosphere among the creative team and cast made for a relatively smooth journey. Indeed, that camaraderieand shared visionwith the filmmaker is what most draws Swinton to any project. "The role I'll be playing is the last thing I deal with," she notes. Indeed, short of a handful of filmmakers with whom she has workedshe cites the Coen brothers, Charlie Kaufman, and Tony Gilroymany of her European directors do not use scripts at all, she says. In the early stages of her career, Swinton was most identified with the late experimental director Derek Jarman, with whom she worked for nine years, producing a host of films before his death in 1994. "We were working pre-industrially, sharing responsibility and making it up as we went along," she recalls. "We were a bunch of avowed amateurs." To this day, Swinton says she has no acting method, like "proper actors," emphasizing, "I never intended to be an actor, and each film I do I assume will be my last."Planned to Write The London-born Swinton graduated from Cambridge University, with her sights set on a writing career. Yet she found time to appear in a few theatrical school productions and spent a season with the Royal Shakespeare Company before launching her long association with Jarman and other experimental directors. Swinton is still well-known for her gender-bending performance in Sally Potter's 1992 "Orlando," based on Virginia Woolf's novel.Swinton still is floored that commercial directors came calling, likening it to a "miracle." Her work as the White Witch in the first of the Narnia films in 2005 ("The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe") marked her initial foray into the commercial arena. "It was a delicious red herring, opening up a different path," she says. But its greatest significance is that thanks to Disney, "more children might get to see the works of Jarman," as her commercial success may win wider audiences for some of her other, earlier films. Looking back at "Michael Clayton" and her Oscar win, she remarks, "Again, it was a delightful and unlooked-for present. Making a film with Tony Gilroy fell into my lap, and then to get the recognition was amazing. But as far as I can tell, the big difference in my life is everybody asking me, 'What's the big difference in your life?' Yes, I've gotten more offers, but everything I've done since that time I was going to do anyway."Upcoming films represent a mixed bagfrom an untitled Jim Jarmusch project to the German film "Die Blutgrffin" to "Moonrise Kingdom," a Wes Anderson film featuring a starry cast that includes Bruce Willis, Ed Norton, Bill Murray, and Frances McDormand.At the moment Swinton is thinking about "We Need to Talk About Kevin," convinced, ironically enough, "it's the feel-good movie of the year." It certainly makes parents who don't have Kevin for a son feel pretty good in contrast. Non-parents may feel even more delighted.Outtakes Landed her first agent when he saw her in a university productionMade her film debut in Derek Jarman's "Caravaggio"Views all her films as her children but reluctantly admits she is especially proud of her work in "Julia," playing an alcoholic who develops a kinship with a child she has kidnapped for ransomFor her role in "We Need to Talk About Kevin," Swinton was named best actress by the National Board of Review. Tilda Swinton Takes On a Dark Family Scenario By Simi Horwitz December 20, 2011 Tilda Swinton had long admired the work of director Lynne Ramsay ("Ratcatcher"). When Swinton learned Ramsay was planning a film adaptation of Lionel Shriver's novel "We Need to Talk About Kevin," centering on a malevolent child's impact on a family, Swinton was determined to help get the film made. Initially, she was not committed to playing the starring role. But as the project evolved and it became clear the story was going to be told from the mother's point of view"her experiences, isolation, memories, and fantasies," Swinton enumeratesthe actor was enthusiastic about tackling the part.Co-starring John C. Reilly as her husband and Ezra Miller as Kevin, "We Need to Talk About Kevin" is a bone-chilling look at a mother's anguish and conflicted feelings in the face of her evil youngster. With subtlety and nuance, Swinton brings to life a woman who knows something is terribly wrong with her son, doesn't understand why, but clearly feels culpability and profound discomfort because she is unable to embrace him.With an array of film rolesincluding the White Witch in the three "Narnia" films; the wealthy, repressed wife who is awakened by a young lover in "I Am Love" and the savagely ambitious attorney in Tony Gilroy's "Michael Clayton," for which she won an OscarSwinton admits playing the mother in "Kevin" was a "leap of imagination." She explains, "There is no research anyone can do for this part. It's a mother's worst nightmare." Being a mom in real life "kick-started" her into the film's landscape, she says. Swinton knew she'd love being a mother as soon as she saw her twins, she recalls. At the same time she understood, despite the assumptions that a mother instinctively loves and nurtures her child, that's not always the case. Disliking one's child is a taboo and rarely discussed, Swinton points out.But the major filmmaking challenge was the 30-day shoot. "We did two takes on each setup," she says. The rehearsal process was "nonexistent," though the family-like atmosphere among the creative team and cast made for a relatively smooth journey. Indeed, that camaraderieand shared visionwith the filmmaker is what most draws Swinton to any project. "The role I'll be playing is the last thing I deal with," she notes. Indeed, short of a handful of filmmakers with whom she has workedshe cites the Coen brothers, Charlie Kaufman, and Tony Gilroymany of her European directors do not use scripts at all, she says. In the early stages of her career, Swinton was most identified with the late experimental director Derek Jarman, with whom she worked for nine years, producing a host of films before his death in 1994. "We were working pre-industrially, sharing responsibility and making it up as we went along," she recalls. "We were a bunch of avowed amateurs." To this day, Swinton says she has no acting method, like "proper actors," emphasizing, "I never intended to be an actor, and each film I do I assume will be my last."Planned to Write The London-born Swinton graduated from Cambridge University, with her sights set on a writing career. Yet she found time to appear in a few theatrical school productions and spent a season with the Royal Shakespeare Company before launching her long association with Jarman and other experimental directors. Swinton is still well-known for her gender-bending performance in Sally Potter's 1992 "Orlando," based on Virginia Woolf's novel.Swinton still is floored that commercial directors came calling, likening it to a "miracle." Her work as the White Witch in the first of the Narnia films in 2005 ("The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe") marked her initial foray into the commercial arena. "It was a delicious red herring, opening up a different path," she says. But its greatest significance is that thanks to Disney, "more children might get to see the works of Jarman," as her commercial success may win wider audiences for some of her other, earlier films. Looking back at "Michael Clayton" and her Oscar win, she remarks, "Again, it was a delightful and unlooked-for present. Making a film with Tony Gilroy fell into my lap, and then to get the recognition was amazing. But as far as I can tell, the big difference in my life is everybody asking me, 'What's the big difference in your life?' Yes, I've gotten more offers, but everything I've done since that time I was going to do anyway."Upcoming films represent a mixed bagfrom an untitled Jim Jarmusch project to the German film "Die Blutgrffin" to "Moonrise Kingdom," a Wes Anderson film featuring a starry cast that includes Bruce Willis, Ed Norton, Bill Murray, and Frances McDormand.At the moment Swinton is thinking about "We Need to Talk About Kevin," convinced, ironically enough, "it's the feel-good movie of the year." It certainly makes parents who don't have Kevin for a son feel pretty good in contrast. Non-parents may feel even more delighted.Outtakes Landed her first agent when he saw her in a university productionMade her film debut in Derek Jarman's "Caravaggio"Views all her films as her children but reluctantly admits she is especially proud of her work in "Julia," playing an alcoholic who develops a kinship with a child she has kidnapped for ransomFor her role in "We Need to Talk About Kevin," Swinton was named best actress by the National Board of Review.

Hey, The Rock, Here's the Script For That New Clint Eastwood Movie

Somewhat over on friday, The Rock Tweeted about how precisely he'd be honored to use around the movie along with his heroes, Clint Eastwood and Steve McQueen. At Moviefone HQ, we wish to start to see the Rock star in the movie with Clint Eastwood. So! We needed it upon ourselves to visualize just what a snippet from the Eastwood-Rock buddy action comedy -- titled 'Rocked and Loaded' -- would appear like whether or not this were put together by 'Shame' director and co-author Steve McQueen (yes, I realize this isn't the McQueen the Rock is talking about, but it is a Steve McQueen) by using Damon Lindelof. In 'Rocked and Loaded,' Eastwood plays Danny Rock, a skilled detective agency who, along with fellow P.I., Frank Load, carried out with the Rock, are presented for just about any crime they didn't commit. So, Rock, any idea what? (Also, you're welcome, nobody.) 'Rocked & Loaded' Script by Steve McQueen And Damon Lindelof Inspired with the book "Superfudge" by Judy Blume FADE IN: INT. FRANK LOAD'S APARTMENT -- Evening DANNY ROCK can be a grizzled detective agency. He's seen everything. Throughout the time of his four decades at the office, he's solved probably the most ghoulish of cases. His eyes look tired. But even tired eyes can't hide worries -- worries of irrelevancy and also the concern with sexual addiction. FRANK LOAD can be a hulk from the guy, appropriate for your brute pressure work from the bouncer in comparison to some detective agency. Elevated by baby baby wolves, LOAD features a inclination to permit his fists perform speaking. That's meant literally: LOAD frequently relies on a sock-puppet named DARREN to speak for him. Both men're just presented for just about any crime they did not commit. The crime that all of them, individually, were considering. DANNY Listen, punk, In my opinion we have to go to the police. In my opinion once we easily explain what went lower, we could apparent this complete ruin, punk. FRANK But we don't understand what went lower, old-timer. No matter what we should make an effort to inform police force, nothing's prone to change the fact there's a defunct llama throughout my apartment. DANNY It is not a llama, punk. It is really an alpaca. FRANK No, I know it's a llama. DANNY Look, llamas have been in least two occasions how large an alpaca. I'm 81-years-old, I realize the primary distinction between an alpaca together with a llama. FRANK Oh, yeah? Well, my fist states it's a llama. Boots to asses! FRANK (speaking through DARREN) It's a llama. I'm positive it's a llama. DANNY Well, anything, it's the ambassador's. As well as the ambassador thinks we destroyed it which he's justification, considering it's within your apartment. And take that stupid sock puppet off. You gaze as being a damn fool. FRANK removes DARREN from his hands. FRANK We'll never deal with this unless of course obviously we interact. Are you currently presently with me at night, Danny? DANNY contemplates FRANK's offer FRANK Only together will we identify the reality. FRANK stretches his hands. DANNY There is a deal. For the moment, punk. FRANK Go TEAM Go! HASHTAG! FRANK and DANNY approach FRANK's window. FRANK opens his window, your two unlikely partners disappear to the night's sky. (P.S., They could fly.) CUT TO: EXT. FRANK'S APARTMENT -- Evening It's states FRANK's apartment can be found on Saturn's moon, Titan, that's now used just like a spot to mate and mix the genetic code of alpacas, llamas and humans. CUT TO: DANNY and FRANK flying using the low-gravity Titan evening sky. The digital camera pans to FRANK's right hands, the hands that's usually incorporated in DARREN. It's the hoof from the Alpaca. CUT TO: R O C K E D A N D L O A D E D You'll be able to contact Mike Ryan on Twitter Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Google's New Venice Beach Office Poised to Jumpstart Real Estate Market

In these endless days of stasis for the residential real estate market, it seems that everyone is searching for a silver lining to news of mounting foreclosures or rising inventories of unsold houses. But in Venice, where Google just opened new offices that house more than 500 employees, there is some honest-to-goodness hope for real estate agents who've long sought silver linings.our editor recommendsGoogle Co-Founder Sergey Brin Gives $500,000 to WikipediaInside Google Music's Launch Party Indeed, the search engine behemoth's November move from Santa Monica to Venice -- where it is leasing more than 100,000 square feet in three buildings on Main Street -- has brokers preparing for a reinvigoration of the housing market. While Google's relocation is expected to lead at least some employees to purchase property in Venice, perhaps more importantly, brokers and others say that the company's choice of location there is spurring others to consider the beachside community. "It's what we call the clustering effect; the Google name leads others to the area," says Kimberly Ritter-Martinez, associate economist for the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. "It will eventually attract like-minded and similar types of businesses -- and you hear so much talk about living close to where you work." PHOTOS: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Robert De Niro and Other Big Real Estate Deals Mountain View, Calif.-based Google isn't the only tech or media firm that has gravitated to or solidified roots in the area. This summer, ad agency Zambezi Ink, owned by Kobe Bryant, moved into new offices on Westminster Avenue. In April, actor-director Jon Favreau paid slightly less than $2 million for a three-story commercial property on Abbot Kinney Boulevard that he leases to a postproduction firm. Robert Downey Jr. purchased a building in the same area in 2009 for $5.6 million. And both Facebook and Yahoo maintain offices nearby in Playa Vista and Santa Monica, respectively, positioning the Westside as a tech hub. Several entertainment industry players also have bought or sold residences in Venice in recent months. In September, Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd bought a three-bedroom house a block from Abbot Kinney for $2.715 million. (He's also listed a residence on Navy Street for $3.495 million.) In May, actress Olivia Wilde sold a 3,000-square-foot residence on Crescent Place for $3.095 million and former KCRW-FM music director Tom Schnabel sold a modern house on an Altair Place double lot for $2.9 million in August. That same month, Payam Shohadai, co-founder of visual effects firm Luma Pictures, purchased a Marco Place property for $2.045 million. Luma -- which has worked on films such as The Avengers, Captain America and The Green Hornet -- is based in Santa Monica, and Shohadai decided to move to Venice from the Miracle Mile area to be closer to his office. And it didn't hurt that Google and other similar companies have moved there. "Since they are my sort of people -- creative technology -- that's a bonus for me," Shohadai says. "There's definitely a creative class of people and professionals that are making good money, but it feels very nontraditional." So far, data that proves Google's impact in Venice is scant. Brokers say that they have shown houses to prospective buyers who work for the company, but none interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter has sold a property to a Google employee. (There's no word on co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin casing the area for residences.) And data from the Multiple Listing Service shows that the Venice market essentially is treading water: The number of single-family-house and condominium sales is up slightly in 2011 compared with last year, but the median price of properties sold is down. But real estate agent Sandra Miller of Engels & Volkers, who represented Shohadai in his purchase, says that despite the stagnant market, deals can be made if sellers are motivated. "And if the seller is a real seller, the buyer can get a deal," says Miller, who also has the listing on a compound owned by Anjelica Huston. PHOTOS: Hilary Swank, Chris Brown, Ronni Chasen and Other Big Real Estate Deals Google is known to locate offices in areas where there is room for growth. And the company is hiring, though a spokesman would not comment on how many people it plans to bring aboard at the Venice office, which is partly housed in architect Frank Gehry's iconic Binoculars Building (it is named for the adjoining oversized sculpture created by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen). Earlier this year, the company said it would add 6,000 workers overall in 2011, and Coldwell Banker agent Todd Baker is hopeful that Google will bring more employees to the area. "That will translate into greater demand for homes and more buyers. Every market needs a kick," he says. The company's new Main Street property was previously occupied in part by Digital Domain, the visual effects and animation firm co-founded by director James Cameron, and now houses Google software engineers and sales representatives. (Digital Domain retains offices nearby in Venice.) For years, Venice worked to shake off a reputation for gang violence and drug dealing that tempered enthusiasm for its artist-friendly vibe. Things changed in the past decade with the emergence of Abbot Kinney as a bastion for haute cuisine and boutiques such as Jack Spade and Mona Moore (think $1,000 Martin Margiela boots). In 2008, the community welcomed a Whole Foods megastore, but some residents boycotted the 2007 opening of a since-shuttered Pinkberry outpost. Google has not been met with resistance, perhaps because it was relatively open about its plans, discussing them, for example, at a Venice Neighborhood Council meeting. "Normally, Venice people don't like big companies, but absolutely Venice has embraced Google," says real estate agent Tami Pardee, who specializes in the area. "It has brought people who say, 'Wow, Google is there; it must be a good place to live.' " But for some, the idea of Venice as a haven for tech companies is out of step with the bohemian enclave's character. Longtime Venice architect David Hertz, who is remodeling Shohadai's house, cautions that the community shouldn't be "yuppiefied." While he's a supporter of growth, he hopes the area can retain its grittiness as it evolves. "I don't think Venice was better when there were prostitutes and crack houses, but I think it is really a vital community of eclectic cultures and socioeconomic brackets, and I don't want to lose that original Venice feel." VENICE BY THE NUMBERS: Although brokers are hopeful for an uptick in sales, the market for single-family houses and condos remains flat in the 90291 Venice ZIP code, according to Multiple Listing Service data. Residences Sold (Media Price) 2010: 189 ($950,000) 2011: 194 ($900,000) UPDATE: One Year Later The premiere issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine checked in on the residences of two of Venice's most famous folks: Anjelica Huston and the late Dennis Hopper. Back then, both of their compounds were for sale, and they remain on the market about a year later. The imposing Huston residence, first listed in May 2010, has been reduced from $18 million to $14 million. The five-story, 13,796-square-foot Windward Avenue property, designed by the actress' late husband, sculptor Robert Graham, is still Venice's most expensive listing. Seller's agent Sandra Miller says that there's an interested party. The eclectic Hopper compound, listed in July 2010 for $6.245 million, has been reduced to $5.75 million. The Indiana Avenue property includes three condos designed by Frank Gehry. Although both residences boast celebrity and architectural pedigrees, agent Todd Baker says they are anomalies suited only to "very unique buyers." Email: Daniel.Miller@THR.com Twitter: @DanielNMiller PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Hollywood's Biggest Real Estate Deals of the Week: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, Jennifer Hudson, Robert De Niro Related Topics Google Dennis Hopper Jon Favreau Julian Schnabel Robert Downey Jr.

Drafthouse Films Acquires US Privileges to 'Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films'

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema's distribution arm Drafthouse Films introduced Thursday, 12 ,. 1 it had acquired the U.S. privileges towards the approaching documentary Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films.our editor recommendsAFM 2011: Drafthouse Buys United States Privileges for Belgian Oscar Hopeful 'Bullhead,' 'Clown'Alamo Drafthouse to grow to NY and L.A.Tim League launches Drafthouse Films PHOTOS: AFM's 20 Most Crazy Movie Posters The film, which is helmed by Mark Hartley (Machete Maidens Unleashed, Less Than Hollywood), follows Israeli-born cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, who released Cannon Films, an indie film studio in 1979 that continued to create over 120 exploitation films, between 1979 and 1989, dubbing itself the "seventh Hollywood major." Cannon Films introduced Runaway Train (which received an Oscar nomination in 1986), Missing for action, Dying Wish, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Masters from the World and American Ninja towards the giant screen. PHOTOS: Legendary Horror Movies "Cannon Films was a company that in lots of ways defined exploitation cinema from the eighties," stated Alamo Drafthouse Founder/Boss and Fantastic Fest Founder Tim League, "We're thrilled to talk about their untold legacy with movie fans round the country." A theatrical release is planned for late 2012, that will coincide having a traveling roadshow retrospective of Cannon's most known works. Related Subjects

Watercoooler: You Deserve It Can Make Our Love

Chris Harrison It may be Thanksgiving week sappiness coping with us, but we're totally grateful for ABC's You Deserve It. Last evening, the well-intentioned game show started using the emotional fixings: Chris Harrison which are more-dramatic-ever hosting needs, folks sought after for tears, non selfish pals for your "it's simpler to provideInch message, as well as, mild-to-tricky trivia questions for your fun stuff. The sport is to explain, having its multiple models and clues that each cost a quantity, which arrives from the banked pile of cash. It's like Uniform meets Pyramid meets like 40 other groups of rules. But that's not important. The main one factor which means something here is the participants are actually trying to win cash with an naive friend who could really put it to use. And not like "their vehicle eliminateInch type of situations. We're speaking Extreme Transformation: Home Edition-quality dire straits, like the opener's combo from the super-generous Maura Tierney look-alike and her recently widowed bestie who is able to barely cover the-care costs on her behalf two kids. Honestly, just typing that line developed a lump form throughout my throat. Can it be the "riveting new number of game show," since the announcer declared? Not always. We'll save that blurb for one which like miracle grants or loans or financial loans players the power to produce the Kardashians vanish out of your TV screens forever. But it is an awareness-good buffet that's as winning since it is heartwarming. And merely how's it going in a position to not love something that's dedicated to needing to pay - and playing - it forward? Whoever else consider You Deserve It? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

The Expendables 2 Poster is LOL-splosive, and 5 Other Tales You Will Be Speaking About Today

Happy Monday! Also in today’s edition from the Broadsheet: The most recent around the reopened Natalie Wood analysis… Martin Scorsese might have his next project arranged… Joel Coen digs China… and much more. · Good grief, the vacation movie news lull has commenced, with this particular new poster for that Expendables 2 virtually possessing the shared motion picture awareness of moviegoers everywhere. Which would be to say, Jesus, WHAT? Consistent with grand Expendables 2 tradition, it's possible to only imagine the number of entrepreneurs and/or bats died along the way of creating that one-sheet. So make sure to temper your LOLZ having a solemn moment of silence. (Click for bigger.) [JoBlo] · Talking about posters, why can’t Youthful Adult get their own right? Even this Japanese the first is just… uggghhh. Send for help. [First Showing] · The reopened analysis into Natalie Wood’s dying 3 decades ago continues, with Christopher Walken employing an attorney, Robert Wagner removed like a suspect along with a lady who had been on the boat 50 ft from Wood’s declaring to possess heard cries for help and received an email reading through, “If you value your existence, keep quiet by what you realize.” So! Appears like someone stopped pricing her existence. Sad face. [THR] · Martin Scorsese is placed to direct The Snowman, an adaptation of Norwegian author Jo Nesbo’s crime thriller a good “anti-authoritarian, anti-sobriety cop, who looks into particularly nasty killings.” Where this fits using the fistful of other planned projects the 69-year-old filmmaker has in the basket — together with a Frank Sinatra biopic and also the Daniel Day-Lewis/Benicio Del Toro drama Silence. [THR] · In the aforementioned U.S.-China Forum around the Arts and Culture, Joel Coen gave his thumbs as much as the country’s film industry, saying: “Americans don’t possess a real obvious picture of the items Chinese society is much like at this time. There’s lots of distortion, there’s lots of political news. But there isn’t lots of news or lots of exposure how regular Chinese people live, or how Chinese artists work.” Hmm, I question why. [Variety] · Shelagh Delaney, the playwright most widely known on her hit An Idea of Honey but many acknowledged as the coverage star from the Smiths’ singles compilation Even louder Than Tanks, has died of cancer at 72. [The Protector] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

'The Muppets' Stage a Comeback

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) Jason Segel is balancing a bowling pin atop his noggin.The jolly actor-film writer is perched around the stage of the makeshift Muppet Theater which has been erected in the mammoth Universal Galleries soundstage. He's nervously grimacing as the furry blue daredevil Gonzo the truly amazing winds his arm up when preparing to produce a bowling ball toward Segel for any stunt the happy couple are filming for "The Muppets."Segel, who co-authored the film with "Failing to remember Sarah Marshall" director Nicholas Stoller, is balancing not only a bowling pin on his mind nowadays: The Wally Disney Co., which acquired The Muppets franchise in the Jim Henson Co. in 2004, has entrusted him using the first large-screen adventure starring the felt-covered performance troupe in 12 years."I believe sooner or later, The Muppets transformed a bit,Inch stated Segal throughout a rest from filming captured. "Our goal with this particular movie would be to reintroduce The Muppets to kids in ways that's similar to the movies in the late '70s and early 1980s. The truly amazing factor about individuals movies and what Pixar does now's they do not pander or condescend to children."Segel, a hardcore Muppet fan most widely known for his R-ranked roles such movies as "Knocked Up" and "I Really Like You, Guy," petitioned Disney brass to resurrect The Muppets with Stoller in ways that will attract both nostalgic grown ups who was raised watching "The Muppet Show" and kids more acquainted with computer-produced 3-D animation than large-eyed puppets.Within the film, out Wednesday, Segel and Can Be play a little-town couple named Gary and Mary who together with Gary's puppet brother Walter (described by Peter Linz) try to reunite The Muppets. It appears the felt ones have discovered themselves irrelevant within an entertainment landscape centered by such over-the-top imaginary game shows as "Punch Teacher."The musical's story mirrors The Muppets' own reality. They haven't starred inside a film together because the 2005 made-for-TV movie "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" and also have been absent from theaters since 1999's "The Muppets in Space.""It's funny that the prosperity of the film might undue the storyline itself," stated director James Bobin. "That is what really came me towards the story. I had been struck because when honest it had been with real artistic license described how people see The Muppets at this time around. Among the great emotional drives in a story gets this guitar rock band together again.InchThe brand new movie finds The Muppets off doing their very own factor: Fozzie Bear is languishing inside a tribute band known as The Moopets, Miss Piggy is sashaying around Paris like a fashion editor, Animal is dealing with his anger management issues at rehab, Dr. Teeth and also the Electric Mayhem are carrying out within the NY subway and Scooter is working at Google.The filmmakers, the majority of who've never labored with puppets, not to mention The Muppets, carefully worked with using the puppeteers who've been representing these figures for a long time. A particular ending up in them brought Segel and Stoller to axe any self-referential jokes and puns concerning the Muppets being puppets. "I question how that felt," for instance, would be a goner."We are all partners about this movie," stated producer Todd Lieberman. "We was raised around the Muppets, however these men happen to be living it for 25 years. They are fully aware these figures much better than anybody possibly could because they have been doing the work for 25 years. They are fully aware the figures, plus they be aware of style. They get sound advice and more to complete for that brand."Adams, who went the award show gauntlet captured on her role in "The Fighter," thought it was harder to change between fancy gowns during the night and Mary's conservative ensembles during the day throughout production than dealing with puppets. She stated acting opposite puppets like Walter wasn't anymore difficult than working opposite stars like Mark Wahlberg."When you believe that the puppet that you are dealing with is definitely an actual character, it truly is just like dealing with another human actor," stated Adams. "The puppeteers are prodigies at vanishing. I'm not sure the way they get it done, however they get it done. I see Peter and Walter as two completely separate creatures. Peter is Peter, and Walter is Walter."The immersive set design assisted, too. For that new Muppet Theater that's designed to seem like it's abandon before the Muppets provide a transformation, production designer Steve Saklad and the team incorporated the towering theater set built-in 1924 for "Phantom from the Opera," that is still standing in the soundstage around the Universal Galleries backlot."I was initially likely to shoot the various components from the Muppet Theater moments that face the crowd inside a historic downtown La theater, however it would have been restricting for that director to separate everything up," stated Saklad. "It exercised for top because now we have got this huge, luscious theater covered inside a 1000 jackets of fresh paint."Saklad stated the brand new Muppet Theater set was place in storage after production on "The Muppets," just just in case it's needed for any follow up, and he's wishing that nobody offers within the "Phantom from the Opera" walls. However, the possibilities of The Muppets like a re-energized franchise featuring Segel is a the actor-film writer can't appear to fathom."That will easily be amazing," stated Segel sheepishly. "It isn't something I am even considering at this time. I am still centered on this movie. My large goal only agreed to be to re-establish The Muppets where they belonged. After that, anything else is gravy. I simply desired to begin to see the Muppets again the way in which I appreciated them." The Hollywood Reporter

'The Expendables 2' Poster: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis Shoot Guns

The first poster for 'The Expendables 2' is here -- and it's everything you expected. There's Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger (sans head injury), Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jason Statham and Dolph Lundgren, shooting a variety of assault rifles while a giant fire rages on in the background. It's like the best aging action hero poster in history! 'The Expendables 2,' which is scheduled to hit theaters on Aug. 17, 2012, has already run into problems while shooting -- the crew was most recently fined for damaging a bat cave in Bulgaria. Head over to JoBlo for the poster. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

The three dimensional journey of "Immortals"

The producers of Relativity Media's "Immortals," which opened up to some better-than-expected $32 million earlier this weekend, always meant for the film to become launched in three dimensional. Once production got going ahead with Tarsem pointing it had been obvious that except for a tiny bit of footage the film could be shot on 2D and then be transformed into the stereo system medium. Cinematographer Brendan Galvin - who's also shooting Tarsem's Snow Whitened film "Mirror Mirror" - entrusted a lot of that task to some fellow d.p., David Stump, that has the loan of senior stereographer around the film. Galvin and Stump both spoken to Variety's Inside Production's Peter Caranicas concerning the convinced that went in to the shooting and conversion from the swords-and-sandals actioner.***Peter Caranicas: How lengthy perhaps you have labored with Tarsem?Brendan Galvin: Over two decades, totally on advertisements. Caranicas: Discuss the way you shot "Immortals."Galvin: We shot everything electronically around the Genesis camera system from Panavision. We shot many tests before determining whether or not to shoot real three dimensional in order to shoot 2D and perform a conversion. We wound up shooting just little area of the film on three dimensional the relaxation is really a conversion. Among the factors was how quickly Tarsem loves to work. Our schedule was very challenging when it comes to the quantity of material we needed to shoot within the time available. Many people say there is no time difference shooting three dimensional, some say there's 10% difference i'm there's a great deal of difference.Caranicas: How quickly does Tarsem work?Galvin: You will find occasions when we have done just a little of labor per day, and in other cases when he's just manic, go, go, go. I favor to utilize him when he's working faster. He will get another energy. I can not exactly explain it. Because he shoots, he puts the film together in the mind. I have never met anybody who it like him. He'll remember visual things, every shot we all do on the film, exactly. Caranicas: What's your look at conversion versus. stereo system shooting?Galvin: I have seen both negative and positive conversions and negative and positive native three dimensional shooting. Personally, after carrying this out conversion, I'd perform the same factor again. I am not to imply I wouldn't shoot three dimensional with stereo system cameras. I can tell situations where that might be a advisable to do. But about this particular film, using the elements we'd, that wasn't what you want. I do not regret your decision we made.Caranicas: That which was the intent in the start?Galvin: It had been always release a in three dimensional, then when we captured pics of in 2D we accomplished it knowing that. I believe three dimensional continues to be a medium completely in the infancy, despite the fact that it has been around for donkey's years. Individuals are still learning a great deal about what's possible and what's not. They are learning a totally new language for filmmaking. Caranicas: Where have you shoot "Immortals"?Galvin: We shot 100% in-studio in Montreal. We did plenty of greenscreen work, but we did have sets. The greenscreen was largely for set extensions. We shot for 62 days, so for around three several weeks permitting for weekends. We finished at the begining of This summer, 2010.Caranicas: How involved had you been in publish and DI?Galvin: A great deal. Because i was shooting electronically we desired to make the most of what digital can provide over film. One thing we're able to do was setup our certifying suite within the studio where i was shooting, therefore we were built with a color correction suite along with digital projection, and many nights we viewed dailies there. We did fundamental color correction around the set once we were shooting.Caranicas: Who handled the conversion?Galvin: Probably the most main reasons was to achieve the whole process supervised with a cinematographer. David Stump handled everything controlling a team of individuals. The truth that he's a d.p. was greatly beneficial, technically and esthetically. David would do some things and demonstrate to them in my experience and Tarsem. When he saw what we should loved when it comes to depth, perspective, convergence, etc., he'd then start using that. Younger crowd led some very useful ideas. The brief was this needs to be considered a very comfortable three dimensional experience. We wanted individuals to forget that they are watching three dimensional.***Peter Caranicas: Had you been a stereographer just in publish?David Stump: Yes, only in publish, I wasn't area of the photography process.Caranicas: What type of look had you been pursuing?Tree stump: Among the obligations we designed to Tarsem ended up being to provide the figures "human volume" so that they did not seem like flat card board cutouts put into space. Which type of volume is actually tough to achieve inside a conversion. We compensated additional care and attention compensated to putting things in the best place, and becoming things constructed with volume - amount of the figures and amount of the area. Which has been a achieve for many previous conversions and i believe we arrived at quite a high mark when it comes to achieving volume within this conversion.Caranicas: How did you accomplish that?Tree stump: You need to create depth maps which include roundness in faces and also the background sets. You need to do not only eliminate a wall and put it thorough. We added indentations for home windows, entrance doors, architectural features. We did a lot of depth mapping at length - I have always observed the lack of it on other conversions.Caranicas: Where have you perform the work?Stump: The lion's share visited Prime Focus. They did the majority of the operate in India. Small sections received to 3DRevolution in Pasadena and Mikros Image in France.Caranicas: Where have you spend much of your time?Stump: My team and that i spent several several weeks in Mumbai, too as with Paris, Montreal and L.A.Caranicas: Is certainly going the conversion route costly? Stump: Not necessarily. It had been most likely ultimately cheaper to transform rather than shoot native three dimensional, particularly with the amount of cameras, the quantity of technology and also the longer schedule (needed) to shoot in three dimensional. And also you might have needed to knock Tarsem lower from 60 configurations each day to twenty, with all of individuals extra supplies standing neighborhood for that fight scenesCaranicas: Did the greenscreen work result in the conversion any simpler?Stump: No, it had been yet another variable that managed to get just a little harder. To be able to correctly covert a greenscreen vfx shot you need the ultimate version from the shot done, therefore it just pressed much more of individuals shots much deeper in to the schedule - which ultimately causes it to be harder to achieve the three dimensional consistent from shot to shot and scene to scene.Caranicas: Was the colour correction done following the conversion?Stump: Within this situation, yes, since it would be a live cut - the edit wasn't locked until once i returned from my last visit to Mumbai. There have been a lot of things I needed to re-jigger new shots starting the pipeline as late as September of the year, and so i needed to engage in the colour correction process. Caranicas: What exactly is it in regards to a d.p. that best qualifies him like a stereographer?Stump: Most likely the amount of obsessive-compulsive image manipulation and control that d.p.'s can handle. The actual benefit of conversion is it provides you with is a whole lot of control you don't have in natively shot three dimensional. Should you shoot something in three dimensional and also you aren't devoted to transforming anything, and you receive a shot wrong, there isn't a great deal that you can do about this. You cannot return and say, I wish to pull the cameras closer together making mtss is a less deep scene. (All you should do is) turn to transforming the shot - discard one eye and convert another.Caranicas: Is three dimensional not going anywhere soon?Tree stump: Some predict is can last, others it will not. Within the last ten years because the creation of digital cinema everybody has turned into a prophet saying film is dead, film can last forever, three dimensional can last forever, digital won't ever become popular, digital may be the future, etc. Everyone loves to express "I said so," so individuals are making a myriad of forecasts and later on they'll pull out correct ones. Contact Peter Caranicas at peter.caranicas@variety.com

Judge upholds Occupy eviction from park

Getting faced lower every news org within the city throughout the abortive eviction of Occupy Wall Street protesters at Zuccotti Park in mid-October, the NYPD chosen to do a second operation with no warning and under an apparent media blackout on Tuesday between night time and a pair of a.m. CBS was requested to help keep air space within the park obvious (the internet have been live streaming the confrontation between protesters and police). Rosie Grey from the Village Voice told an NYPD officer that they would be a person in the press, that the officer apparently responded, "Not tonight." Other reporters confirmed that they are not permitted in to the park, although a lot of handled to set of the big event despite discouragement and reported risks the police would confiscate press qualifications if journalists declined to obey orders. Many shops went YouTube clips shot by protesters themselves. By Tuesday mid-day, Zuccotti Park was partly reopened towards the public, with police available to close protesters who made an appearance to become trying to smuggle in contraband, which now includes tents, machines and sleeping-bags. NY Top Court Justice Michael Stallman retroactively upheld the group's eviction in the park on Tuesday mid-day, stating that the very first Amendment didn't guarantee activists the authority to indefinitely setup shop within the plaza. Journalists arrested throughout the Tuesday crackdowns include AP reporter Karen Matthews, AP photog Seth Wenig, Daily News reporter Matthew Lysiak, NPR freelance worker Julie Master and NY Occasions freelance worker Jared Maslin. Many tweeted news of forced removal in the scene underneath the hashtag #mediablackout. Manhattan City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez seemed to be arrested. One outlet not caught unexpectedly was the NY Publish, that has been campaigning for any shutdown from the protest for many days. This News Corp. newspaper's late city final were built with a censored picture of the naked protester taken your day prior along with a full story around the eviction, with particulars about Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's ending up in FDNY commissioner Sal Cassano and police commissioner Ray Kelly. The storyline was published at 1:20 a.m. around the Post's website, at about the time the Mayor's Office tweeted orders towards the protesters to obvious by helping cover their the #OWS hashtag. On Tuesday, the paper released an editorial calling the operation "a lengthy-past due fumigation." Following the eviction, a large number of Occupy protesters were left with no the avenue for call the media, now fully awake, adopted OWS to Duarte Park, a personal park possessed by sometime Occupy ally Trinity Wall Street, an Episcopal chapel. Protesters jumped the wooden fence and rose via a hole within the chainlink to start establishing shop. Inside, an organization in the Occupy "puppet guild" nervously manned a 3-person Statue of Liberty puppet. "Could they be arriving?" one requested a current arrival. "We must decide whether we are out or perhaps in, since it appears like they are likely to block us inside," he stated. Tony and Oscar champion Frances McDormand viewed in the pavement and took part in the chanting because the attack started, although she requested to not be cited with this article. Word showed up that Trinity Wall Street, which is the owner of the area, had requested protesters not to setup shop at Duarte Square, along with a whitened police bus drawn up in front from the park as police blocked the chainlink hole within the rear. A comedy group within the park practiced "getting arrested" for that audience on the other hand from the fence -Body hit another while shouting, "You are fighting off arrest! You are fighting off arrest!" About 30 minutes later, law enforcement pulled out protesters, including an allegedly nonviolent protester who had been tossed roughly towards the pavement as several officials held him lower and something made an appearance to strike him before several media shops, including Variety. Everyone else chanted "Shame!" and "The world is watching!" because the protesters were pulled away. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com

Week in Review: Real Talk Is Scary, Y'All

It was a week for real talk ‘round these parts at Movieline HQ, with everything from Halloween to Lindsay Lohan’s latest legal woes bringing everyone to terms with the truth. Like the fact that no matter how many Halloweens you live through, you’ll never match Heidi Klum’s level of kookiness. Then the awful truth about the monster flop The Wolfman broke, and America’s favorite sparkly vampire dropped some cineaste science all over the Twilight crowd. What’s going on around here? First, Movieline celebrated Halloween with celebs, goth heroes, unintentionally scary characters, Verbal Vogueing, and the latest Heidi Klum getup. LiLo was sentenced back to the clink. Movieline remembered the late, great Oscar producer Gilbert Cates. Twilight madness continues! Oh that RPattz, always dropping Bunuel references into tween movie promo tours. Universal prexy Ron Meyer exploded a few truth bombs all over the Savannah Film Fest, and Movieline was there to report. http://www.movieline.com/2011/11/universal-chief-ron-meyer-addresses-tower-heist-vod-fiasco-admits-cowboys-aliens-land-of-the-lost-wo.php A hearty thank you to this week’s Movieline Interviewees Joely Richardson, Kal Penn, Ray Liotta, Lily Tomlin, Werner Herzog, and John Cho.

'In Living Color' Coming back to Fox, Keenen Ivory Wayans Creating

Fox is placed to rebootIn Living Color. Host Keenen Ivory Wayanswill produce two half-hour special offers according to his classic sketch comedy series in the early the nineteen nineties, which assisted launch the careers of their own family in addition to individuals of Jamie Foxx, David Alan Grier andJim Carrey, amongst others. The revival has been charged like a contemporary undertake the hit sketch comedy reveal that will have a new cast of fresh, youthful talent in addition to musical performances by special visitors. The network will air the pairing this spring, using the choice to order the show to series for next fall or mid-season. This news comes mere several weeks after Fox tried to create an authentic sketch comedy series,Within the Flow with Affion Crockett. The short-resided, half-hour series located byAffion Crockettand executive created byJamie Foxx. The special offers is going to be created by Ivory Way Productions in colaboration with twentieth century Fox TV spin off Fox 21, also known as the organization behind Homeland, Breakout Nobleman and Sons of Anarchy. Related Subjects Keenen Ivory Wayans TV Development

Snooki Talks Boob Job Fears & Bieber BBMing

First Launched: October 27, 2011 5:43 PM EDT Credit: Caption How Come Jersey Shores Snooki Afraid To Acquire A Boob Job?La, Calif. -- Many may think that Jersey Shoreline star Nicole Snooki Polizzi went beneath the knife, nevertheless the reality star notifies Access Hollywood that her fears have always prevented her from acquiring a boob job. I truly need to get a boob job because I like Jennis breasts, Snooki told Access Hollywood guest correspondent Jill Martin about her busty roommate, JWoww. Everyone Ive seen which has had boob jobs states its awesome! she ongoing. But Snookis fears have stopped her from improving her cup size. Im scared if The year progresses under anesthesia, Im scared Im apt to be awake the whole time, she mentioned, recounting tales of people sinking but nevertheless getting a chance to possess the procedure. Instead of getting plastic surgery, the reality star offered up an all-natural alternative. I encourage women to use two brazier, making it appear like you've fake boobies if you're scared to acquire surgical treatments or should not, she mentioned. Snooki also revealed to get into they includes a few celebrity stars in their phones address book. I have Biebers and Beyonce, she told Jill, saying shes messaged them. Which I really like Beyonce. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

'Footloose' tops Friday B.O.

'Footloose'Paramount's "Footloose" swept the domestic B.O. off its feet, grossing roughly $5.6 million last night.Though hardly record-breaking figures, Par's remake should maintain its edge over last frame's champ, "Real Steel," which earned another $4.5 million for Disney. "Footloose" is expected to land around $15 million through Sunday.Par can probably credit its strategically targeted Sept. 30 free sneaks of "Footloose" for its success last night, though B.O. gold isn't a sure thing as the film is only playing to female audiences versus "Real Steel's" across-the-board appeal.Meanwhile, Universal launched prequel "The Thing" last night to $3.2 million Stateside. Pre-weekend estimates put the film in the low teens this frame, but if it behaves like "The Stepfather" which opened this time last year, it may struggle to break $10 million.Sony's two big adult-skewing fall dramas took fourth and fifth place last night. "The Ides of March" grossed $2.3 million, while "Moneyball," showing off its legs in its fourth week at bat, added another $1.7 million to its tally for a domestic cume of $53.9 million.Finally, Fox's "The Big Year" bowed in eighth last night to $1.2 million. Pre-weekend projections pegged the pic for a dismal $3 million - $5 million this frame, which looks accurate. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Production On Cinemaxs Transporter On Hold After Star Chris Vance Will get Hurt

EXCLUSIVE: Filming of Cinemax’s approaching series Transporter continues to be temporary suspended following the series star, Chris Vance was hurt while shooting an action sequence. I hear no return continues to be set and also the hiatus is anticipated to last a minimum of 2 days. You want to ensure Chris go back to peak health before putting him in front from the camera to carry on shooting this fast-paced, action-packed series, executive producer/showrunner Steve Shill stated. Transporter have been shooting in Toronto, with production around the series’ 12-epiosde order slated to carry on through November. The series went through a big change in the helm in August when executive producers/original showrunners Frederick Mallozzi and Paul Mullie remaining creative variations. Shill then walked in because the new showrunner. According to Luc Bessons Transporter film franchise, the series stars Chris Vance as professional transporter Frank Martin, who are able to continually be counted onto complete the job discreetly.

Can Clouds Convince People in america to purchase Streaming Movies?

Attention, home video audiences: Hollywood has observed you are not purchasing as numerous movies recently, which not really the development of Blu-ray has slowed down the slump. Now, the is wishing the creation of cloud storage will enable you to get to purchase movies again, using streaming video. (Yes, you are already familiar with using streaming video to rent movies, however the galleries would like you to purchase too.) As a result, greet two new rival cloud services -- UltraViolet, starting now using the home video releases of 'Green Lantern' and 'Horrible Bosses,' and Apple's yet-un named movie service, starting soon -- made to hopefully improve your movie-purchasing behavior. Both services provide you with a choice of watching your movie on a number of products, wherever you will be, but could Hollywood make use of the ease of cloud storage and streaming to enable you to get to invest more about what you are already getting? UltraViolet, the industry partnership among virtually all of the galleries except Disney, works by doing this: if you purchase a Blu-ray or DVD which has the UltraViolet logo design around the package (right photo), you're titled to some digital copy dwelling within the cloud, which you'll stream on any Web device, whether it's a computer, a smartphone, a tablet, or perhaps an Internet-enabled TV. Quite simply, it's such as the digital file you are accustomed to getting with a few Dvd disks, only it's this is not on your hard disk and you will listen to it on any machine."You want to stress the idea of 'buy once, play anywhere,'" Warner Bros leader of digital distribution Thomas Gewecke stated inside a statement. Apple's service, which does not yet possess a formal title or launch date, is anticipated to operate by doing this: you'd purchase the movie online with the iTunes store, and you'd have the ability to stream it on any Apple device. Based on the La Occasions, the service ought to be ready to go by late 2011 or early 2012. You will find some caveats, obviously. At this time, you cannot buy UltraViolet streaming movies without purchasing a disc. Actually, if you wish to stream 'Green Lantern,' you cannot even purchase the mere single-disc DVD you need to buy either the Blu-ray combo pack (selling for $35.99) or even the Blu-ray three dimensional combo pack ($40.99). And despite the fact that you are purchasing a higher-definition version from the movie on disc, the streaming copy isn't hi-def (or three dimensional, for your matter). Also, you need to jump through some hoops to make use of it: there's a web-based UltraViolet code that you need to enter to assert your copy to experience it, you need to setup a merchant account having a service like Flixster (the film-designed social media site possessed by Warner Bros., among the four UltraViolet galleries). For Apple's service, it'll work only on Apple's own mobile products and Internet-TV boxes. Customers of non-Apple mobile phones, or set-top boxes like Roku are at a complete loss. And it is not really obvious when Apple customers will have the ability to access the service. The brand new iOS5 operating-system for Apple mobile products, introduced Wednesday, enables cloud storage of music, photos, plus some other media, although not movies -- yet. A number of individuals difficulties is going to be ironed out later on. In 2012, UltraViolet will begin selling streaming copies alone, without needing to purchase a physical copy too. 'Green Lantern DVD' - Clip No. 1 Still, questions remain. What's going to Disney do? Does it affiliate with Apple or UltraViolet? Or both? Will the 2 services undercut one another? Based on the Occasions, studio professionals think not actually, they welcome Apple's entry in to the streaming-movie market, around the theory that iTunes could possibly get people within the practice of purchasing cloud movies the actual way it got customers acclimated to purchasing music downloads, which behavior change may benefit all of the galleries. And often will audiences change their behavior? At this time, you are likely to save money to possess a streaming movie than you'll a subscription for an entire library (like Netflix's) for 2 several weeks. And UltraViolet certainly is not as simple to use (yet) as Netflix. More generally speaking, are streaming customers and DVD/Blu-ray customers exactly the same people? At the chance of overgeneralizing, disc fans such as the storage medium's display quality, its bonus features, and a chance to replay a film an limitless quantity of occasions. Streaming customers prefer digital's convenience and portability, don't mind watching a film on the three-inch screen, have no need for extra supplies, and are familiar with watching a film only one time. The studio's cloud strategy is dependent on getting both groups to alter how they watch movies online. To date, it isn't obvious whether either UltraViolet or Apple provides a compelling enough group of enticements to create audiences change. Nevertheless, it has been obvious for a while that Hollywood does not actually want to maintain the disc business any longer. Still it wants you to definitely buy movies, however it does not wish to spend some money creating and shipping the physical product. Eventually, streaming can become the main -- or perhaps the only -- delivery system web hosting movie viewing. Therefore the question becomes not "Can audiences learn how to start loving streaming?" but instead, "Do we must start loving it now?" 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Rachel Zoe and Baby Skyler Do All White-colored within the LA Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic

Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Veuve ClicquotRachel Zoe, baby Skyler and Jaime King within the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic Super stylist and reality TV (The Rachel Zoe Project) star Rachel Zoe introduced her 7-month old selecting Skyler Morrison Berman to Paris along with her the other day. But she didn't carry the little lad for the Spring 2012 runway shows. However, she did take her best-fitted baby for the second Annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic on Sunday, March 9 Skyler and Zoe looked perfectly matched up in white-colored, the completely new trend early in the year 2012 shows as seen round the Lv, Stella McCartney, together with other designers' fashion fashion runways. Zoe used her usual flowing white-colored gown while Skyler transported white-colored leather driving mocassins on Sunday. Before he was produced, Zoe recognized that she'd been just a little disappointed (she states she cried for just about any week) they wasn't getting girl. Nevertheless it seems like she's building success out effective of things, dressing her selecting in several designer poor entertainers. PHOTOS: Famous Faces within the Paris Spring 2012 Fashion Shows She told Existence & Style "I'm so passionate about baby clothes at this time around. Skyler wears Gucci, Take advantage of Lauren, Missoni, Armani, Bonpoint and shoes by Bottega Veneta, Hermès and Casadei. I'm prone to say his shoe collection is rather major." Especially thinking about the small dude isn't even walking yet. Sklyer also provides a Lv diaper bag. Well, Rachel does. Her new line is available exclusively at Neiman Marcus. And she's planning .. watch for this.. a baby boys clothing line. Hope this kid can get his modeling day rate. Photo credits: Getty Images Fashion Rachel Zoe Stella McCartney Red-colored-colored Carpet Marc Jacobs

John Travolta's Gotti Mob Biopic Indefinitely Postponed

Looks like John Travolta may not get the chance to prove that he’s man enough to play John Gotti Sr. in the upcoming crime-boss biopic from Barry Levinson. Showbiz 411 reports that the project, Gotti: In The Shadow Of My Father has been indefinitely postponed now that production company Fiore Films has run out of funds. Al Pacino, Ben Foster and Kelly Preston had also been cast in the film. Click ahead for more Buzz Break. [Showbiz411] · Bad news, Harry Potter fans who were hoping to adopt adorable cast member Berry, who played Padfoot in Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban: the rescue shelter has determined that he is too famous to adopt at this time. Reports TMZ, “the rescue is worried someone will adopt Berry just for his star power — not for his companionship.” I mean, yeah. [TMZ] · Aaron Eckhart will star in Lionsgate’s modern-day epic I, Frankenstein, not to be confused with the Frankenstein projects at Fox, Summit and Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Productions. [Deadline] · Jena Malone has been cast as Carson McCullers in Lonely Hunter, a biopic of the Southern Gothic writer, from Hounddog filmmaker Deborah Kampmeier. [THR] · If you’re in the Brooklyn area this weekend, stop by Spike Lee’s pop-up store, where you can purchase all kinds of new and old 40 Acres gear. Cash only! [Whosay.com]

Robert Pattinson's 'Cosmopolis' Co-Star Weighs in at in at In On 'Terrifying Experience'

FROM MTV MOVIES: Rachelle Lefervre, who'll marry Billy Burke in "Breaking Beginning" this November, may also be set to got married Sarah Gadon in David Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis." And, as Gadon revealed to MTV News, it's going be described as a very worthwhile journey for your wedding couple inside the film. "I believe that it is a interesting film, and I'd rather not hands out a lot of, however think in the really kind of pared-lower version in the film, it comes down lower to some youthful uniform who handles to get rid of everything throughout every day,In . New Class-er Gadon mentioned. "I play his new wife, and so i am one of the only figures that's obtainable in and in the story with the film. We've breakfast, lunch and dinner together, and people is going to be some interesting meals." See the full story at MTV Movies!

Grease Actor Conaway Died Of Major Infections

FIRST PUBLISHED: September 30, 2011 9:42 PM EDT LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- An autopsy has ruled that Taxi and Grease star actor Jeff Conaways May 27 death was accidental and caused by major internal infection. Los Angeles County coroner Craig Harvey says coroners did not conduct a toxicology test because Conaway had been hospitalized for weeks prior to his death, so his blood would have come back clean. However, Harvey says when Conaway entered the hospital May 10, opiates and other drugs were in his system. Conaway struggled publicly with his addictions on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. Conaway, who had repeated back surgeries for an injury, blamed his drug abuse, in part, on his lingering back problem. Conaway was known for playing vain, struggling actor Bobby Wheeler on Taxi and Kenicke, the swaggering best friend of John Travolta in Grease. Copyright 2011 by Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Universal Signs Three-Year Deal With 'Black Swan' Producer Cross Creek Pictures

Universal Pictures and up and coming producing and financing entity CrossCreek Pictures have signed a three-year distribution deal.our editor recommends'Black Swan' Breaks Studio Record as Prestige Films Make Impressive Debuts, Expansions'Black Swan' PGA Nomination Lesson: 'The $25-30 Million Film is Back' The pact covers a minimum of six pictures that will be produced and financedby Cross Creek. At the same time, Universal is opening its development slate for projects that Cross Creek can produce and finance. The first project to fall under the deal will be Rush, the Ron Howard-directed racing project starring Chris Hemsworth and written by Peter Morgan. Cross Creek is co-financing and co-producing the project with Exclusive Media Group. A second project, still not determined, may be The Creed of Violence, a ToddField-directed Western being produced by Michael De Luca that has Leonardo DiCaprio circling. Cross Creek, run by president Brian Oliver and CEP Timmy Thompson, hit itbig with their its movie, Black Swan, which grossed $329 million worldwideon a budget of $13 million. The company is involved in the George Clooney-directed political thrillerThe Ides of March, which opens Oct. 7, and has The Woman in Black,starring Daniel Radcliffe, coming out Feb. 3, 2012. Cross Creekpartnered with Exclusive Media on both projects. According to Universal and Cross Creek, the budget range for Cross Creek projects will range between $15 million and top out at $65 million. The planit to keep most projects between $25 and $35 million. Cross Creek hopes to produce three or four movies a year with Universal giving at least two of them a wide screen commitment. Related Topics Black Swan

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Sundance Pic 'Son of No One' Will receive a Release Date together with a brand new Cut

Hannibal Pictures Anchor Bay Films has set November 4, 2011, since the release date for Boy of Nobody, the all-star crime thriller from Dito Montiel. Nevertheless the version striking screens can change in comparison to version that opened up within the Sundance Film Festival, where Anchor Bay selected up. VIDEO: Al Pacino, Channing Tatum Sport Badges, Mustaches in 'Son of Nobody' Trailer "After acquiring The Boy of Nobody at Sundance taken, we labored while using filmmakers to tighten some sequences and that we are thrilled being obtaining a completely new cut to movie theaters in November that people are extremely pleased with,In . mentioned Anchor Bay's professional v . p ., purchases and co-production Kevin Kasha in the statement. The film is positioned to start in 10 areas. SUNDANCE REVIEW: The Boy of Nobody In line with the organization, Nobody sees Channing Tatum as "another-generation cop who'll enter over his mind when he's designated to re-open a double homicide cold situation within the Queens neighborhood." The cast includes Al Pacino, Juliette Binoche, Tracy Morgan, Katie Holmes and Ray Liotta. Channing Tatum The Boy of Nobody

Andy Rooney To Sign Off an hour On Sunday

UPDATE, 2:50 PM: The network’s pr release is below. Stated CBS News chairman and an hour executive producer Shaun Fager about Rooney’s retirement, which Rooney will announce throughout his essay segment Sunday: “Its tougher for him to get it done each week, but he'll always be capable of speak his mind on an hour once the urge hits him. PREVIOUS, 2:49 PM: Andy Rooney, who started his run because the finish-of-show commentator on an hour in 1978, can make his final regular appearance around the CBS newsmagazine this Sunday, the network stated today — although it’s entirely possible that the 92-year-old will remain on in certain reduced capacity. His final original essay — his 1,097th, based on the Connected Press — is going to be preceded throughout Sunday’s telecast with a career retrospective segment on Rooney with correspondent Morley Safer. The network is planning a pr release now. Andy Rooney will announce about this Sundays an hour that it'll be his last regular appearance around the broadcast. Rooney, 92, continues to be featured on an hour since 1978. He'll result in the announcement in the regular essay in the finish from the program, his 1097th original essay for an hour. It will likely be preceded with a segment by which Rooney looks back on his career within an interview with Morley Safer. Theres nobody like Andy there won't be. Hell hate hearing this, but hes a united states original, stated Shaun Fager, chairman CBS News and also the executive producer of an hour. His contributions to an hour are immeasurable hes additionally a great friend. Its tougher for him to get it done each week, but he'll always be capable of speak his mind on an hour once the urge hits him. Rooney started his operate on an hour in This summer 1978 by having an essay concerning the confirming of automobile deaths around the Independence Day weekend. He grew to become a normal feature that fall, alternating days using the dueling James J. Kilpatrick and Shana Alexander prior to getting the finish slot all to themself in nov 1979. In Rooneys first full season because the an hour commentator, the broadcast was the main program the very first time. He'd been a cause of an hour because the programs beginning. Throughout the very first season from the broadcast in 1968 he made an appearance a couple of occasions in silhouette with Palmer Williams, an hour senior producer, inside a short-resided segment known as Ipso and Facto. It had been one of several experiments the programs creator, Don Hewitt, attempted being an finish for that program. Hewitt settled using the Point/Counterpoint segment that Kilpatrick and Alexander made an appearance set for a couple of years before locating the perfect coda for an hour in Andy Rooney. Rooney also created an hour segments for Harry Reasoner throughout the broadcasts first couple of seasons. He authored his first television essay, an extended precursor from the type he is doing on an hour, in 1964, An Essay on Doorways. From 1962 to 1968, he worked with with Reasoner, with Rooney writing and creating and Reasoner narrating, on such notable CBS News special offers being an Essay on Bridges (1965), An Essay on Hotels (1966), An Essay on Women (1967), An Essay on Chairs (1968) and also the Strange Situation from the British Language (1968). That same year, he authored two CBS News special offers within the number of Black America. His script for Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed won him the very first of 4 Emmy honours. An Essay on War (1971), accomplished for PBS, was his first appearance on tv as themself and won Rooney his third Authors Guild Award. Later, he authored, created and read a number of broadcasts for CBS News on various facets of American existence, including Mr. Rooney Would go to Washington, that he won a Peabody Award, Andy Rooney Will Take Off, Mr. Rooney Would go to Work and Mr. Rooney Would go to Dinner. From 1979, he authored a weekly syndicated newspaper column which was identified by the nation's Society of Newspaper Columnists when he was given its Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award in June 2003. That September, he was honored having a Lifetime Achievement Emmy. The Overseas Press Club gave him its Presidents Award this year for his confirming in The Second World War for that Stars and Stripes. Rooney became a member of CBS in 1949 like a author for Arthur Godfreys Talent Scouts, a high 10 hit which was number 1 in 1952. Younger crowd authored for that Garry Moore Show (1959-65), helping it to attain hit status like a Top 20 program. Simultaneously, he authored for CBS News public-matters broadcasts like the Last Century, News of America, Adventure, Calendar and also the Morning Show with Will Rogers, Junior. Additionally to magazine articles he authored earlier in the career, Rooney may be the author of 16 books, most lately Andy Rooney: six decades of Knowledge and Wit, was released by PublicAffairs last year. Rooneys other books are: Air Gunner The Storyline from the Stars and Stripes Conquerors Peace The Fortunes of War A Couple of Minutes with Andy Rooney And Much More by Andy Rooney Bits of My Thoughts Sentence after sentence Not Too You Requested… Sweet and Sour My War Sincerely, Andy Rooney Common Nonsense, Many years of Minutes and From My Thoughts. Rooney was created Jan. 14, 1919, in Albany, N.Y. He attended Colgate College until he was drafted in to the Military in 1941. 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'Limelight' Producer Reveals How to Make a Documentary About Your Controversial Father

In the 1980s and 90s, metropolitan club owner Peter Gatien was such an influential taste-maker that he was once dubbed "the king of NY City nightclubs." His crown jewel was Limelight, a midnight haven that welcomed thousands of enthusiastic patrons -- celebrities, drag queens, dancers -- and blasted innovative electronic tunes until sunrise. All walks of life were welcome in the Studio 54 of the 1990s, until Mayor Rudolph Guliani's crime crackdown descended onto Gatien. His clubs were raided, he was arrested on tax evasion charges and deported to Canada. The new documentary 'Limelight' premiering in NY this weekend looks at a version of the city that thrived under his influence, and went hand-in-hand with the birth of ecstasy culture in the 90s. Who better to tackle Peter Gatien's controversial career than his own daughter? Moviefone spoke 'Limelight' producer Jen Gatien about depicting the troubles that arise when your own family in a tough documentary, as well the changing landscape of NYC in film. You're producing a movie... about your dad. How did that happen? Initially it was to be a feature film, and I had worked on launching it that way. We went down that road and into development hell, as it's known, so it didn't really go anywhere. In the meantime, I pursued my own projects and got some of my own films produced. Now that we're fifteen years away from my father's indictment, I thought if there was a time to look at the nineties, it's nice to do it with some years in between. So I conceived of the project and knew I needed to find a director that was appropriate for the subject matter. After seeing 'Cocaine Cowboys' I thought that Billy Corben was the best match, topic wise. I liked how he used the city to form the story of cocaine smuggling, and how cocaine built Miami. I wanted to look at how ecstasy was a decade defining drug, and how it's so synonymous with the nineties. Considering everything that's happened to your father, what was the working relationship like during the production? My father managed people, he's always been the boss of people. There's a power reversal here, and not that I'm power tripping, but Billy Corben, as a director, doesn't answer to anybody. I don't know that my father's ever had to deal with that sort of dynamic before. And for him, I think it's been incredibly difficult to accept that he can't control how he's portrayed. It was an opportunity to set the record straight from his point of view. But it's very balanced because we speak to the other people that were involved. And they should get their version of events. I think when people leave the movie, they're going to feel one way or the other. Was it Giuliani's campaign to clean the city? Did we suffer at all through that, or was it all good? By cleaning up NY City, what did we lose? What other recent projects do you think have accurately captured the flavor of NY City right now? I keep going back to Abel Ferrara because I love him and I know just how much of an iconic NYer he is; he gets into parts of NY that other people can't penetrate. Off the top of my head, I'm trying to think of what I've seen; that's probably a testament to what NY is about now. Has it been so gentrified and commercialized that the city isn't the character it once was in previous decades in film? I have to say, that's probably what it is. Even Woody Allen has been pushed out. He's like, "Dude, take me to Paris, there's nothing to do here!" There's no grit, there's no underbelly. It's sanitized in many ways; NY is feeling interchangeable to other generic American cities. Watch the trailer for 'Limelight' You were in your twenties when this boom happened and when your father was involved with it; how involved were you in the club culture? I wasn't emergent in the culture. I had an appreciation for the culture, but I had a very strong sense of a different life from that of my father's. I guess it's kind of the way I rebelled -- by not doing what he did. Instead I was very academic and went to Trinity, which is a very rigorous, academic program, and later went to Columbia. So while I would go to clubs, it didn't define who I was in a any way. When you did go, how did you perceive that world? Did it overwhelm you, excite you, freak you out? I thought it was so killer to go into a place with 4,000 people of every walk of life and be under the same roof and come into contact with people that I would otherwise never meet. This was also a pre-paparazzi and pre-cellphone-camera age. So even being a nightclub owner's daughter, I was pretty anonymous. There were celebrities but everyone blended it. It wasn't really that relevant who you were in any way, it was just sort of about the energy of being, you know, hearing DJs spin and drag queens and an art performance and it was just a lot of stimulae. For the audience that is totally alien to the scene, what aspects do you hope they connect with? I never intended this film to be a love letter to 'Limelight.' This film for me, was a statement of our federal justice system and I also wanted to expose how cooperation agreements work and how the government will give you a pass on the crimes you've committed if you're willing to take down somebody else. I don't think people realize what's involved in that. In my father's case, there were people that had not been convicted -- for murders, drug dealing, not paying their taxes, assault, impersonating an office, kidnapping, bank robberies.. Those people were all given a walk on any of those crimes provided they were willing to point the finger at my father. It said something really disturbing on the lengths to which the federal government will go if they want to get somebody. When you look at the depiction of club and drug culture in movies, do you think it's glamorized? I've yet to see a film that can capture the energy and the feeling. The only film I think did it really well was 'Babel.' I feel like there's that sense, in the Japanese segment when she walks into the club and you can't even hear the audio, but you just see the stimulae, and then sense of all the things going on around her. The intensity of that, it's the only film that comes to mind, they nailed it. Every other film has been pretty pathetic. Really? [Laughs] Yeah. Then what do you think about both the documentary and then the feature version, of 'Party Monster,' especially because that story is so connected to your father's history? I looked at those projects as something that tackled the subset of nightclub culture: club kids. I think in that sense, it's a successful film,. What I feel is very different about 'Limelight', is that it's more of a socio-political crime thriller with a mixture of cultural significance of club culture, but it's not devoted to club kids in any way, shape, or form. With Limelight and the club scene in the nineties, even if you weren't a part of it, you could recognize what it was. Do you think that youth, college and post-college, have something like that now to gravitate to? I think that for this generation, everything is so demystified for them. There's no secrets with Twitter and Facebook. People go to a club and they can Tweet and say, "This place sucks." There's a sharing of information that in many ways has democratized things, but in many other ways has demystified certain rites of passage because they've seen it, or hear about it. They don't experience things as much; they're so into writing or documenting the experience that they lose out in the experience itself. It's information overload and then it all tastes the same. If you go to a club now, I feel like everyone's worried about, they're on their cell phones, and they're either taking pictures and posting it, or they're writing about it. There's no more letting those places be an incubator of music and dialogue. In many ways it's just about documenting things and it's weird. It's a funny dynamic. Where do you think people can still discover music and form a community now? As in a physical location that isn't just file sharing? I'm sure that there are little spots, but the electronica movement is alive and well, it's just different. It's a roving party, they do it in terms of a one time event. There was a time in NY when it was not so one-time aspect driven; it was every Friday night. You could go and hear something and be part of something that was happening. It's venues have changed, it's concerts. There is no venue in NY. What other NY stories are you looking to tell? There's a film called 'Jack and Diane' that captures a certain part of NY that is a seventeen year old's playground, and that was a very different beast than it is today. Getting a fake id, trying to sneak into clubs, you know, hanging out in Washington Square Park. I think those things also take place, these kids just have it differently than I did. Limelight is out in limited release this weekend.

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Nina Dobrev, Alan Cumming The Emmys red carpet isn't just about fashion: TV's hottest stars arrive with lots of scoop to unload. Stars including Emmy winner Ty Burell, Vampire Diaries' Nina Dobrev, Glee's Jenna Ushkowitz and The Office's Angela Kinsey unburdened themselves to TVGuide.com about such subjects as Modern Family's Thanksgiving extravaganza, multiple weddings, The Good Wife's ill-advised relationships and a naked Jason O'Mara on Terra Nova. Modern Family dominates Emmys, Friday Night Lights surprises 1. Modern Family and some great pumpkins: Remember that Thanksgiving episode we teased? Well, the Dunphy and Pritchett families will come together for a little competition they call "pumpkin chunkin'." "There's a bet: Can they launch a pumpkin the length of a football field?" executive producer Steve Levitan tells us. Why a pumpkin chunkin'? "It's something Cam used to do in his youth," Emmy winner Ty Burell says, adding that this episode will also feature Book of Morman's Josh Gad as a former neighbor who was obsessed with Phil. 2. Another Office wedding: One of the Dunder Mifflinites tied the knot over the summer! "You don't see the wedding, but it's going to be alluded to," star Angela Kinney says of her character marrying State Senator Rob Lipton (Jack Coleman). So will Oscar finally clue her in on his theory that the senator is a closeted homosexual? "They have a pretty cool reveal that's going to come up," she says. "Does she know and she's OK? She's got a much better life, she's all about moving up in society, so who knows?" 3. Vampire Diaries' Damon and Elena: After Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Elena's big fight in the season premiere, you'd think a romance would be out of the question. Au contraire, says Nina Dobrev! "Elena is really angry with Damon right now, but he won't allow her to be angry with him for very long. He will make sure to get in her good graces." 4. Parks and Recreation's missing person: Just because Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari) got a new job, that doesn't mean we'll be seeing less of our favorite cunning linguist. "Just like with Ann Perkins, who was a nurse but was always at the Parks Department, Tom, who works at Entertainment 720, is always at the Parks Department. He keeps coming back," says Retta, who notes that we'll find out that her character Donna and Tom are actually friends out of the office. "You get to see how they are with each other. It's pretty funny." 5. Big Bang Theory's wedding woes: When the show returns, Bernadette and Wolowitz (Simon Helberg) are in full wedding planning mode, but there's a hitch in their plans. "We're dealing with the living situation," Melissa Rauch says. "We don't know if we're going to be able to get Howard out of his mother's house. She's definitely marrying Mrs. Wolowitz as well as Mr. Wolowitz, so that's the situation. I don't know if we're going to actually get him separated from his mother." 6. Nudity on Terra Nova: The series premiere of Terra Nova offers a special treat in the series premiere: a shirtless Jason O'Mara. And you won't have to wait long to see that hot bod again. "You have to wait a whole week after the pilot episode for more," O'Mara jokes. "Then you have to wait a bit, so you've got to get it while it's good." Despite saying there's no mandate for him to be half-naked in every episode, the Irish actor takes his nudity seriously... sort of. "I'm so sick of chicken breasts and boiled vegetables, I can't tell you. I'm so sick of getting up at 5 a.m. to work out before the shoot. It's been tough." Check out all the fashions from the Emmy red carpet 7. Glee's senioritis: With most of New Directions heading off to college next year, one of the few juniors is feeling the pressure. Tina will have to meet Mike Chang's seriously strict parents this year. "They don't really approve of her. She's a distraction to him, so it'll be a struggle for them and we'll see if they last through it," Jenna Ushkowitz tells us. 8. The Good Wife's rocky relationships: We already know Eli Gold's estranged wife (Parker Posey) will be joining the show, but Alan Cumming dishes that their relationship is "prickly." We're guessing this is what drives Eli to do this: "I'm going to have a lot of ill-judged relationships," he says.

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Golem buys 'Bertsolari' for The country

MADRID -- The spanish language arthouse distrib Golem Distribucion has had theatrical and home theatre privileges to docu-feature "Bertsolari," which world preems Saturday in the San Sebastian Film Festival. Screening from competition in fest's Official Section, docu activates the Basque dental poetry tradition. Asier Altuna, co-champion from the San Sebastian youth award in 2005 for "Aupa Etxebeste!," directs "Bertsolari," a co-production between Txintxua Films and Basque pubcaster ETB. Golem aims release a "Bertsolari" March. 14 in The spanish language theaters. Docu may be the latest inside a flurry of surprise pick-ups, inked throughout the final several weeks through the Pamplona-based exhib-distributor. Japanese helmer Hirokazu Kore-eda's drama "If Only," which Golem pre-purchased from Wild Bunch, makes its European premiere in San Sebastian's Official Section. Offered by Match Factory, Finnish helmer Aki Kaurismaki's French-language comedy "Le Havre," a contest standout at Cannes, screens within the Zabaltegi-Pearls section. Acquired from Reminder Films, Asghar Farhadi's "Nader and Simin: A Separation" -- champion from the Berlinale's Golden Bear -- also screens at Zabaltegi-Pearls. Playing in San Sebastian's Horizontes Latinos sidebar, Chilean Cristian Jimenez's sophomore pic "Bonsai," was bought by Golem after it required the primary award at March's Films happening in Toulouse. A lot of Golem's movie purchases are pre-buys. "Our editorial line causes us to be stay loyal to established auteurs, following very carefully their new productions before they're completed," stated Golem co-founder Josetxo Moreno. Beyond its San Sebastian tests, Golem has additionally acquired Polish helmer Malgoska Szumowska's "Elles," starring Juliette Binoche. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Gabrielle Giffords Grants or loans First Interview To Diane Sawyer

FIRST Released: September 12, 2011 1:47 PM EDT NEW You are able to, N.Y. -- Arizona Repetition. Gabrielle Giffords can give her first TV interview since being shot in The month of january to Diane Sawyer of ABC News. Giffords, shot within the mind while ending up in ingredients on Jan. 8, is going to be questioned together with her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly. ABC stated Monday the discussion will air included in an excellent-time special November. 14. Thats the evening before a magazine by Giffords and Kelly is going to be released. Its entitled Gabby: A Tale of Courage and Hope. Giffords has gradually emerged as her recovery in the near-fatal brain injuries continues. Her office had launched a photograph of her in June, as well as in August she made an appearance in Washington to election about the debt ceiling bill. Copyright 2011 by Connected Press. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Contagion Beats The Help to Top Slow Weekend Box Office

Contagion Steven Soderbergh's virus outbreak thriller Contagion fittingly topped what was a pretty sickly weekend box office.The film, which stars Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law, pulled in $23.1 million, according to Box Office Mojo. That was enough to topple three-time champ The Help, which fell to second place with an additional $8.7 million (for a total of $137 million after five weeks).All told, the box office gross for the weekend's top 10 films was only $66.4 million, the lowest weekend gross this year. That was due in part to low debuts by the weekend's other newcomers, two of which failed to even make the Top 10.New release Warrior did manage to take third place with $5.6 million, followed by The Debt and Colombiana, which earned $4.9 million and $4 million, respectively.Rounding out the top 10: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (No. 6, $3.9 million, bringing its take to $167.8 million), Shark Night 3D (No. 7, $3.5 million), Apollo 18 (No. 8, $2.9 million ), Our Idiot Brother (No. 9, $2.8 million) and Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (No. 10 $2.5 million).

'Mercer Report' tops Geminis

Peters The lengthy-running, top-ranked CBC satirical series "Ron Mercer Report," a "Daily Show"-like undertake current occasions, won the trophy for comedy series, and also the Irish-Canadian-Hungarian period co-push "The Borgias" required home the hardware for dramatic series in the final public gala from the Gemini Honours on Wednesday in Toronto. The seven honours were doled out in the ceremony, broadcast on pubcaster CBC. A week ago, 112 Gemini Honours were passed out at two nontelevised galas. Peter Keleghan won for actor inside a comedy for his role within the Montreal-shot sitcom "18 to Existence" and Callum Keith Rennie as actor inside a drama for "Shattered." Tracy Dawson required comedy actress for "Call Me Fitz." The prize for drama actress visited Michelle Thrush for "Blackstone," about crime and corruption on the First Nations reserve.James Duthie won the host or interviewer inside a sports program trophy for "NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft," which broadcast about the Bell-possessed sports web TSN. Russell Peters located the gala. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Baz Luhrmann's $125 Milllion 'The Great Gatsby' Begins Production in Sydney

SYDNEY -- The high-octane cast of The Great Gatsby, led by Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire, has gathered in Sydney for the start of production of Baz Lurhmann's 3D adaptation of the American classic this week.our editor recommends'Warrior': Tom Hardy Spars With a Professional Fighter in New Clip (Video)Joel Edgerton, Luke Evans Square Off for Key 'Great Gatsby' Role (Exclusive)Joel Edgerton to Play Tom Buchanan in 'The Great Gatsby'Baz Luhrmann to Shoot 'Great Gatsby' in Sydney Baz Luhrmann Might Shoot 'Great Gatsby' in 3D The two leads will be joined by Indian superstar Amitabh Bachchan, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke and newcomer Elizabeth Debicki, Luhrmann said Wednesday. DiCaprio stars in the title role as Jay Gatsby, with Maguire as Nick Carraway.Joel EdgertonandCarey Mulliganappearas Tom and Daisy Buchanan.Bachchan will play the role of Meyer Wolfsheim, Fisher and Clarke are cast as Myrtle and George Wilson. Debicki will play Jordan Baker. Production on the AUS$120 million ($126 million) feature got underway at Fox Studios Australia on Monday with sound stages and locations in Sydney to be transformed into glittering Jazz Age New York and Long Island. Warner Bros Pictures, which is backing the film, said Luhrmann will "create his own distinctive visual interpretation of the classic story, bringing the period to life in a way that has never been seen before." That includes, according to local reports, shipping in a fleet of vintage cars, for the shoot from Volo Auto Museum in Illinois, including a pair of 1929 Duesenbergs and a 1929 Packard, to be used by DiCaprio's character and rumored to be worth up to $3 million each. For his part, Luhrmann, who is directing as well as co-writing, co-producing and co-designing through his Bazmark Films shingle, said, "Fitzgerald's story defies time and geography. The vision and the goal of our remarkable cast and creatives is to do justice to the deftness of Fitzgerald's telling, and illuminate its big ideas and humanity. This is our challenge and our adventure." "The opportunity to make the film in Australia with the Bazmark creative team is very important to us; the assistance from Screen Australia and the [New South Wales] Government has made that possible," he added. The feature will reportedly qualify for the Australian government's producer offset that gives a rebate of up to 40% of a features budget on qualifying Australian productions. The NSW state government has provided financing under its enhanced film investment fund. Luhrmann is producing, along with Catherine Martin, Catherine Knapman, Lucy Fisher and Douglas Wick. The executive producers are Barrie M. Osborne and Bruce Berman. Lurhmann has written the screenplay, from F Scott Fitzgerald's novel, with longtime writing partner Craig Pearce, while his collaborator, and wife, Catherine Martin is doing production and costume design. The editors are Jason Ballantine, Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond, and the director of photography is Simon Duggan. Filming will take place over 17 weeks, with over 400 cast and crew estimated to take part, with another 30 weeks to be spent on post-production, also to be done in Sydney. The film will be distributed in 3D and 2D by Warner Bros. Pictures and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures. Related Topics International Asia Baz Luhrmann The Great Gatsby Warner Bros. Pictures Group

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