Ratings: American Idol Debut Suffers Biggest Decline in Its History

American Idol The two-hour Season 11 premiere of American Idol - the nation's most-watched prime-time program for the past eight seasons - attracted 21.6 million people and posted a 7.2 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds, down roughly 17 percent and 26 percent, respectively, compared with last year's premiere. A year ago, Idol debuted to 26.1 million people, down 13 percent from 2010's 29.9 million, according to preliminary Nielsen figures at the time - which also showed a more precipitous drop in the industry-prized demographic, 18 percent. The Fox show scored a 9.7 rating in the demo, compared to 11.8 in 2010. The numbers have declined some 10 to 15 percent per season for five years. Check out our first American Idol recap of the season Still, the show far outpaces every other show - well, except NCIS - and certainly runs way ahead of the knockoff shows it's spawned, The X Factor and The Voice. On Wednesday night, it had a bigger audience than all of its competition combined. The show took a bite out of every competing show's viewership, particularly the four ABC sitcoms - three of which hit season lows - and the two on NBC, where Chelsea Handler's comedy plummeted by more than 30 percent in Week 2. On basic cable, Monday night's episode of Bravo's The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills set a series record, attracting 2.8 million. Check out the rest of the day's news on TVGuide.com 8 p.m.CBS: NCIS [rerun] 9.07 million viewers (1.5 demo rating)ABC: The Middle 8.15 million (2.6); Suburgatory 7.02 million (2.5)Fox: American Idol 21.6 million (7.2) {8-10 p.m.}NBC: Whitney 4.30 million (1.6); Are You There, Chelsea? 4.27 million (2.3)CW: One Tree Hill 1.52 million (0.9) 9 p.m.CBS: Criminal Minds 12.83 million viewers (3.2 demo rating)ABC: Modern Family 11.81 million (5.0); Happy Endings 6.22 million (2.9)NBC: Harry's Law 6.41 million (1.1)CW: Remodeled [rerun] 605,000 (0.3) 10 p.m.CBS: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11.81 million viewers (2.8 demo rating)ABC: Revenge 7.58 million (2.5)NBC: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 6.41 million (1.8)

The 2012 Golden Globes Were...Fine

The 2012 Golden Globes have come and gone, and unfortunately, they did little else besides that. If you asked most people to recount their favorite moments from Sunday's telecast, you'll certainly hear about Seth Rogen's poorly-timed erection or the challenge Madonna extended to Ricky Gervais. (We would have run too.) But aside from one or two memorable surprises, the Golden Globes lived up to their reputation and did little else. Gervais returned to host the show after his performance at last year's honors stirred the kind of controversy that the historically mild award show desperately need. Predictably, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association wanted Gervais back, but the Ricky we got was far more reserved than what we saw last year. If the HFPA wanted to draw attention with an edgy Gervais, they needed to let him off the leash. Now all they have to show for it are complaints that the host took it easy. Personally, I thought Gervais performed well with the (unfortunately) short amount of time he was given. You can't listen to him tell a Justin Bieber-turkey baster joke and say he lost his edge. The Globes also lacked any sense of intrigue when it came to the awards themselves, particularly in the film categories. Both the nominations and winners played to the same safe, star-hugging template the HFPA has made for itself. Meryl Streep won for "Iron Lady," a film loved by virtually no one. Predictably, "The Artist" scored wins for Best Picture and Best Actor in the comedy/drama categories. The night was not without its bright spots. Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy made a great case for themselves as co-hosts of the 2013 Globes. Scorsese took home a well-deserved Globe for directing "Hugo," an initial dark horse that only recently moved toward the front of the pack. "The Descendants" earned a Best Picture - Drama Globe and a Best Actor - Drama award for the always suave George Clooney. Though these were among the favorites in their respective categories, the wins returned some of the HFPA's credibility. What did you think of the Golden Globes? Let us know in the comments below and on Twitter!

Britney Spears Posts Video of Son Shaking His Groove Thing Watch It!

Britney Spears Britney Spears' dancing genes must run in the family. In a video the singer posted on her official YouTube page, her son Sean Preston shakes his groove thing for the video game Just Dance - and the 6-year-old has moves! (His father Kevin Federline was also a dancer.) Britney Spears Is Engaged Best moment? When he pushes his brother Jayden, 5, out of the way. Watch the video below:

'LOL' Trailer: Miley Cyrus and Demi Moore Laugh Aloud (LOLz)

Forgive us for thinking Miley Cyrus' next movie, 'LOL,' only represented "laugh aloud." Behold, 'LOL' means Lola, Cyrus's character within this coming-of-age rom-com starring Demi Moore, Thomas Jane and Ashley Greene. With different French film of the identical title, 'LOL' follows Lola, a higher school teen coping with typical senior high school problems. (Boys! Underage consuming! Bad grades! Annoying moms! LOL!) The previous Mrs. Kutcher stars as Cyrus's mother, Anne, who's just searching for notebook computer for Lola. Also, there's an inexplicable visit to Paris, along with the inevitable "let us possess a party when my mother's on vacation and trash the whole house without cleaning before she comes back homeInch scene. However, the main one factor you will not see within this movie is Cyrus's character smoking pot. Based on US Weekly, that sequence from 'LOL' was carefully edited following a video of Miley smoking a bong put their hands up online this past year. You should check out a clip for that film below. 'LOL' is scheduled hitting theaters a while in 2012. [via Vulture] [Photo: WireImage] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Healthy Hollywood: Get Movin Monday Ideas To A Smokin Hot Bod In 2012!

First Released: The month of january 9, 2012 11:49 AM EST Credit: Womens Health NY., N.Y. -- Caption Marisa Burns on cover of Womens Health (Jan/February 2012)Like a top-ranked entertainment show, Access Hollywood has questioned many (if not completely) the mobile phone industry's most breathtaking women. It rarely phases your camera men whenever a gorgeous girl walks into our office to have an interview unless of course that woman is actually Victorias Secret model Marisa Burns. Yes, shes undeniably beautiful, but for whatever reason, she helps make the men around here go absolutely crazy! To not crush the only men available, but she's happily married, but continues to be generous enough to talk about the tips for getting her drool-worthy body within the The month of january/Feb problem of Womens Health magazine. So, gals read onto be motivated to turn yourself into an item of mens fantasy in 2012! Why don't you, you deserve it! Behave like youre confident and youll make it happen, recommends Marisa, who describes herself in Womens Health as very shy and does not enjoy being the middle of attention. Yet, like a top lingerie and bathing suit model, Marisa knows she must strive to appear this hot. 80 percent of the things that I actually do aren't natural for my personality. In my opinion you need to fake it until you allow it to be. Marisas is a sensation from mind-to-foot, but shes noted for her fantastic abs. The supermodel shares her favorite flat-belly moves in Womens Health. 1. Alternating Crunch: Working your obliques pulls everything together and provides a slim waist, discloses Marisa. Her top move is alternating crunches, that are made by laying lying on your back together with your hands behind your mind, elbows out. Then, raise your legs to tabletop position, lift up your shoulders off the floor, while you bring your left elbow to right knee. Repeat on other part. 2. Plank: Contain the upper position of the push-up. Then, keeping your arms straight, back flat, and neck lengthy, hold for approximately a minute. Its a great ab toner. 3. Leg Boosts: Lie lying on your back, arms at your disposal after which raise your legs until theyre verticle with respect towards the floor. Keep legs as straight as you possibly can and gradually raise your tailbone an inch started. Reverse revisit start repeat for just one minute. For additional of Marisas wellness tips, take a look at world wide web.womenshealthmag.com. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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.