Edward Stanton Redstone dies

Edward Stanton Redstone, a partner with his brother Sumner Redstone in their family-owned exhibition chain, National Amusements, before he turned to a career in banking, died suddenly in Rancho Mirage, Calif., on Dec. 23. Edward graduated from Colgate U. and Harvard Business School and was involved in philanthropic efforts both in New England and later in California. In addition to his brother, Redstone is survived by his wife, Madeline; four sons; and a number of grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at the Tamarisk Country Club, Rancho Mirage, on Jan. 19 at 4 p.m. Donations may be made to the Betty Ford Center Foundation, 39000 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

L.A. production up over last year's holiday week

With much of Hollywood on holiday, last week's offlot production activity registered mild levels -- but well ahead of Christmas week a year ago. Total permitted production days for features, TV and spots hit 389, up 104 days from the same period in 2010, according to the FilmL.A. permitting agency. The Christmas week represented a sharp drop from the Dec. 12-18 week when total permitted production hit the highest level of the quarter last week with 827 days. "It's especially hard to make much of a week's worth of information at this uncertain time of year," noted Film L.A. spokesman Philip Sokoloski. "We saw a great deal more television and far less feature activity last week than we did in the same week in 2010." Feature activity hit the lowest level of 2011 with just 49 days, 46 fewer days than a year ago. The previous low had been set during Thanksgiving week with 58 days; both holiday weeks were miniscule in comparison with the 2011 highs for the year of 246 days and 229 days during the last two weeks of June. New features started last week included "Cyber Planet" and "Spreading Darkness." As usual, TV represented the lion's share of local production with 226 days last week, more than double the 2010 period. "We had quite a few TV reality shows (and a much smaller handful of TV dramas) pulling permits to film at more than one location during the same day," Sokoloski said. "This is a common permitting trend for reality TV, affording the production team maximum flexibility even as it inflates our numbers. The inflation effect is even more pronounced when shows do this over multiple days within the same week." Dramas shot last week included "Bones," "Touch" and "The Closer" while reality episodes included "Life in L.A.," "Celebrity Couples," "Braxton Family Values," "Real Life" and "Untitled Tenant Show." New dramas which began shooting include "Zero Dark Thirty" while new reality skeins include "Scarlet Grey," "Q Viva the Chosen" and "Ryu Challenge." Spots last week totalled 114 days, up 28% from Christmas week last year -- but less than half the previous frame, when commercials hit a robust 260 days. FilmL.A. will release the final 2011 total next week, including "other" categories such as music videos that comprise about 25% of offlot filming. The total's likely to rise from 2010's 43,646 days, given that the first three quarters of this year saw gains of 4.7%, 1.1% and 15.4% -- highlighted by a 50% jump in third quarter feature film activity to 2,079 days. Offlot activity in Los Angeles posted its most robust numbers in 2008 in the aftermath of the end of the Writers Guild of America strike. Feature filming in the second quarter that year totaled 2,482 days and TV activity totalled 5,765 days. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Dialect coach Robert Easton dies

Character actor and Hollywood dialect coach Robert Easton, whose successes include teaching Forest Whitaker to speak like Idi Amin in the 2006 movie "The Last King of Scotland," died of natural causes on Monday, Dec. 16, at his home in the San Fernando Valley. He was 81. Whitaker won the Oscar for best actor for his performance in the film. Easton was born in Milwaukee but lived in Texas for a time and attended the U. of Texas at Austin. As a young actor, Easton often played country bumpkins on TV because of his drawl. Fearing that he would be typecast, he worked on different accents and learned he could mimic regional speech patterns. He earned dozens of credits on films and TV shows as a dialect or dialogue coach, becoming known as the Henry Higgins of Hollywood and working with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Liam Neeson, Dennis Hopper, Anne Hathaway, Ben Kingsley and Robert Duvall, among others. Easton first began in showbiz in the 1940s on the radio show "Quiz Kids" as the one of the young, high-IQ competitors. He also appeared on other radio programs including "Fibber McGee and Molly" and "The Fred Allen Show." He made his first film appearance, uncredited, in 1949's "Undertow"; by 1951 he earned his first credit as a dialect coach, on the film "Havana Rose." Easton also earned dialect-coach credits on "The Molly Maguires," "Scarface," miniseries "North and South" and "Good Will Hunting." His movie credits as a thesp include "Paint Your Wagon," "Pete's Dragon," "Working Girl," "Pet Sematary II" and "Primary Colors." On television, he appeared on episodes of "Gunsmoke," "Father Knows Best," "The Munsters," "The Beverly Hillbillies" (he later appeared in the bigscreen adaptation), "Petticoat Junction," "Lost in Space," "Perry Mason," "Get Smart," "Mod Squad" and "The Bionic Woman," among many other programs. He had a regular stint as a voiceover actor on the animated series "Stingray" in 1964-65. Easton's wife June died in 2005. He is survived by a daughter and granddaughter. (Associated Press contributed to this report.) Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Bill Murray Reportedly Hates 'Ghostbusters 3' Script

Another day, another "Ghostbusters 3" rumor and this one comes from gossip mag The National Enquirer of all places! The scandalmongers are reporting that after star Bill Murray was sent the latest screenplay of the project, he mailed fellow ghostbusters Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis a nasty present: a box with the script totally shredded inside like confetti. The note attached read, "No one wants to pay money to see fat, old men chasing ghosts!" The Enquirer reports that Dan and Harold were so upset by his response, that they plan on making the movie without him. Dread Central has more on the report. Sound like a lot of nonsense to you too? Let us know below, and keep on reading for more of the week's Horror Bites. 'Hansel and Gretel' Set to Battle Witches This Fall "Dead Snow" director Tommy Wirkola makes his Hollywood debut with the upcoming "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" but Fangoria is reporting that Paramount will be shuffling the release date from March 2 to sometime next fall. Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton star as the iconic children in the woods all grown up. The whole gingerbread house debacle inspired them to become expert witch hunters. Here's hoping we'll get our dark fairy tale fix sooner rather than later. 'The Innkeepers' Paranormal Viral Clip Have you been looking forward to "House of the Devil" director Ti West's latest, "The Innkeepers?" A bit of viral goodness has hit the interwebs to get everyone pumped for the film's VOD release on December 30. Sara Paxton and Pat Healy star in the chiller about a ghostly hotel and the inn's employees who try to uncover the secrets of its dark past. This EVP footage should satisfy (and possibly terrify) the supernatural enthusiasts. New Teaser Images for 'John Dies at the End' "Phantasm" director Don Coscarelli's newest "John Dies at the End" based on the novel of the same name by David Wong (AKA Jason Pargin) has some new images on their Facebook page that are getting us more excited for the movie's upcoming Sundance appearance. The "Bubba Ho-Tep" filmmaker's fans have been waiting for a new project by the director since his 2005 "Masters of Horror" episode. Fans of the book which began as a web series in 2001 are also anticipating seeing the horror/sci-fi/comedy story on the big screen. Paul Giamatti, Clancy Brown, and Doug Jones star alongside Chase Williamson and Rob Mayes two slacker buddies that are charged with saving all of humanity. Paranormal creatures and a weird time-traveling drug known as Soy Sauce creates trouble for the friends and the residents of their midwestern town. Hit the Facebook page for a preview. 'Hostel III' Clip Requires an Exterminator Whenever we think of the holidays, we always imagine high stakes gambling and perverse games of torture. Perhaps that's why the DVD and Digital Download premiere of "Hostel III" is coming to you on December 27 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Friends at a bachelor party in Vegas end up gambling on their lives when they are lured off the strip and into the Elite Hunting Club's private playhouse. Dread Central has an exclusive clip that should make your skin crawl if you're curious. Tell us what you think of this week's Horror Bites in the comments and on Twitter!

Trent Reznor on Relating to 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' Darkness; Why Grammys are 'Rigged and Cheap'

Gone was the eyeliner, the leather, the booze and drugs... When Trent Reznor took the stage at the 2011 Academy Awards to accept his Oscar for Best Original Score for David Fincher's The Social Network, the 46-year-old frontman and creative mastermind behind the influential industrial band Nine Inch Nails, handsomely clad in a Prada tux and accompanied by his production partner Atticus Ross, beamed and - shocker - even cracked a smile. It was a moment that no doubt inspired countless Gen Xers to let out a collective, "Trent Reznor just won an Oscar?!" our editor recommendsDave Grohl on Trent Reznor: 'He's My Generation's Most Talented Musician-Producer-Songwriter'Trent Reznor Releases 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' Full Soundtrack List The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: Film Review'Dragon Tattoo' Director David Fincher on NYer Embargo Fight: Ban All Critics From Early Screenings Sell out? Hardly. In the mild-mannered world of scoring, where John Williams and Randy Newman are household names, Reznor the rock star stands out, even though he's one of more than a dozen fringe artists currently working in film, including Jonsi from Sigur Ros (We Bought a Zoo) and Chemical Brothers (Hanna). Paired for the second time with perhaps his directorial equivalent, the equally dark and subversive Fincher, Reznor's music for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo evoke the sort of nihilistic, dissonant sounds and anti-establishment themes on that could have been heard on Nine Inch Nails' 1999's double-CD The Fragile, not its biggest commercial success but an artistic highpoint for Reznor -- until Oscar came along. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter's music editor Shirley Halperinfrom his Beverly Hills home, Reznor gets candid about life's highs and lows -- from his career to his addiction to his battle with record companies -- in this week's THR cover story. ON WHY DRAGON TATTOO HIT CLOSER TO HOME THAN SOCIAL NETWORK... Although Reznor had a Facebook account when he began scoring for The Social Network ("I'm still suspicious," he says), Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, with its frenetic pacing and sexually charged storyline centered on a Swedish murder mystery (adapted from Stieg Larsson's best-selling book), felt like more familiar territory for the musical anti-hero who sang of needles, pushers and whores on the 3.7 million-selling The Downward Spiral. "The Social Network was very much an education from start to finish," says Reznor. "It was tricky because it involved mainly people in rooms bitching at each other; it didn't seem obvious what role music would play. This film felt a bit more like: 'Ah, serial killers and anal raping, I know what that sounds like. It's not as much of a stretch ...' Let me rephrase that -- a dark tone felt more familiar." ON WHERE HE KEEPS HIS OSCAR AND WHY A GRAMMY IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND Nine Inch Nails sold 13 million albums in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan, were nominated for 12 Grammys and won two. But you won't find either Grammy displayed in the house that Pretty Hate Machine built. Reznor, a native of Mercer, Penn., admits that having moved several times in the past two decades (Cleveland , New Orleans, Los Angeles), he's not sure where the trophies are, nor does he care. The Oscar, however, sits prominently next to his Golden Globe (puny in comparison) in his living room. "Winning that Academy Award, I'm not ashamed to admit it," says Reznor. "The others don't mean anything. Why don't the Grammys matter? Because it feels rigged and cheap - like a popularity contest that the insiders club has decided. The movie side is interesting, challenging, different and rewarding in way that I hadn't experienced through my music career." By the end of awards season, the music had claimed 15 of the film's 126 honors (curiously, Social Network didn't garner a single Grammy nomination). ON HOW REZNOR CAME UP WITH THE THREE-NOTE MELODY THAT INSTANTLY DEFINED THE TONE OF THE SOCIAL NETWORK Atticus Ross says he's still amazed by the three-note theme to Social Network, which came as a last-minute add-on by Reznor to a nearly finished track, "almost as an afterthought." Ross, 43, recounts the Oscar-making moment: "Trent said, 'I've got an idea for this piano line; let me just try this.' And he puts down that line and plays what I think is one of the greatest cinematic pieces of last year. Fincher really zeroed in on it, and it was that piece that changed the whole landscape of that film." The British-born Ross has no hesitation in calling the melody "genius," telling THR, "I can say that objectively because it wasn't me who came up with it." REZNOR'S FIRST ATTEMPT AT FILM SCORING WAS A COLOSSAL FAIL. HE BLAMES ADDICTION In 2001, Reznor was recruited by director Mark Romanek, who had worked on NIN videos "Closer" and "The Perfect Drug," to compose music for the indie thriller One Hour Photo, starring Robin Williams. Reznor submitted several compositions, but none made it into the movie. "I remember there was an issue with the studio trusting someone who had never scored a film before, so that was the end of that," he says, recalling the sting of rejection by Fox Searchlight. "But the way I choose to see things in my own life, I was getting into a pretty bad space. I was an addict and not functioning very well at that time. So I'm kind of grateful it didn't come together because I couldn't have done my best work then." Whether his first film fail came before or after hitting rock bottom, Reznor can't recall, but he says, "It was another brick in the wall of, 'Hey, you need to get your shit together.' " He got sober that summer and has been clean for 10 years. FRIENDS RECALL A "FUNCTIONING ADDICT" WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY AT SEEING HIS VISION THROUGH. Reznor's affiliation with Fincher goes back to 1995, when the director used a remix of NIN's rock radio staple "Closer" as the opening sequence to his movie Seven. It wasn't long after that Reznor launched himself headlong into a four-year stint in New Orleans, grappling with a heroin and alcohol addition that threatened to derail his music career or kill him, whichever came first. One former party pal who wished to remain anonymous recalls a fair share of drunken, cocaine-fueled nights in the Big Easy with Reznor and Marilyn Manson (who was signed to Reznor's Nothing Records in 1993). "Trent would just go nuts -- he was addicted to the lifestyle, as so many of us were," the friend says. "He's so much more positive now, it's anextreme difference." Another former member of NIN's extended family described Reznor as an exceptionally functional addict. "He always delivered," says the source, who notes that dealing with him directly often felt "like walking on thin ice. ... He was very controlling of the work environment -- everything was about perfection and being very professional. But he had his vision and was always working towards it, whether he was writing an album or shooting a video or going on tour or signing other artists." Today, says Reznor, "I feel fortunate that I came through it physically intact and with my brain pretty much working." ON TAKING A BREAK FROM NIN Music's most intense industrial act is not dead, but Reznor is taking a breather. What prompted the break? Touring. "It was starting to grate on me a bit that it doesn't feel as truthful as it once did," Reznor explains, the days when he and his bandmates would cover themselves in corn starch (to contrast the glut of black leather) long behind him. "I'm kind of moving into a different phase, and I think that's a good thing in terms of a human being evolving, maturing and progressing - to not feel obligated to behave or write music for a certain thing." Indeed, his new passion project, the band How to Destroy Angels, is a full-on family affair featuring his wife of two years Mariqueen Maandig and Ross. Their cover of Bryan Ferry's "Is Your Love Strong Enough?" (from the 1985 Tom Cruise film Legend) appears at the end of Dragon Tattoo, and they are currently racing to meet a self-imposed mixing deadline. The band will release the album independently on Reznor's own Null Corporation. Says Reznor: "No committees, no bureaucracies, no e-mails a week later of why you can't do this. There's no talking to people on the other side of the world that have their own set of agendas and 'no' written a hundred different ways on a piece of paper." ON RECONCILING WITH HIS RECORD COMPANY... It wasn't all that long ago that Reznor was encouraging NIN fans to steal his music (as an act of protest, claiming his label was price gauging for reissues and repackaged albums) and calling Universal Music execs "greedy f-king assholes." But independence has its drawbacks, too. "I miss how a record label can help spread the word that you have something out," Reznor confesses. "Sometimes I feel like stuff disappears into the ether. You tend to rely on the power of your Twitter feed and how loud you can shout from the rooftops, but I've noticed that voice isn't so loud in, say, France." Perhaps that's what precipitated a recent lunch meeting between Reznor and Interscope chairman Jimmy Iovine where the two "swapped war stories." Says Reznor: "Jimmy is a friend. We get along better when we're not working one under the other, not that I can remember it ever being a personal animosity. There was frustration when I was on the label because I believed it didn't serve the customer right and couldn't move as fast as I liked and I felt like, I'm not at the right place anymore." Today, his views on the music industry's shortcomings remain harsh and at the same time, realistic. "Today, if you're not one of the four acts that gets carpet-bomb marketing and has a Coldplay-esque genericness that makes you a commodity to enough people that it warrants spending a lot of money to use outdated means of marketing to tell the masses what to like, you put a record out and it's consumed, stolen, judged and forgotten in a day. It used to be a couple days." To read THR's full cover story, click here PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery 'The Social Network' NY premiere Related Topics Dave Grohl David Fincher Trent Reznor Atticus Ross The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Mickey Liddell Launches Indie Distribution Company With Vital Classics Co-Founder David Dinerstein At Helm

BREAKING: After making pricey festival purchases recently including Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Biutiful after which finding marketers to place them out, Mickey Liddell has released their own distribution operation headed by David Dinerstein to produce films like his Toronto acquisition Killer Joe, directed by William Friedkin. Here’s the announcement: HOLLYWOOD, CA, December 12, 2011 Liddell Entertainment, the innovative production and distribution financier is starting a brand new theatrical distribution entity, LD Distribution, and named indie veteran David Dinerstein as mind from the new company. The companys initial slate includes: William Friedkins significantly acclaimed Killer Joe starring Matthew McConaughey the lately wrapped production, Disconnect, starring Jason Bateman and Alexander Skarsgard in the Oscar nominated director Henry-Alex Rubin and also the horror film, The Gathering, from Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, the authors of Saw lV, V and Vl that is presently in publish-production. The organization intends to release four to six films in the initial year. LD Distribution will positively acquire films and supply distribution for Liddell Entertainments growing production slate. Liddell Entertainment is striving to create 4 to 6 movies annually with budgets as high as $25 million. We're thrilled to create David Dinerstein aboard to operate our new distribution operation. He is among the leading independent entrepreneurs within our business and that we are confident that he's the best person to guide the charge with this remarkable slate of films, stated Mickey Liddell. LD Distribution intends to take a cutting-edge and forward thinking method of the marketing and distribution in our films. Mickey and that i anticipate creating a effective company on an innovative and economic level, stated David Dinerstein. With this degree of production, coupled with our current acquisition and financing activities, full-fledged theatrical distribution becomes the apparent next thing, states Chad Reineke, Liddells mind of economic matters. Dinerstein will even help manage the approaching releases of Liddell productions and purchases by current distribution partners, such as the Gray starring Liam Neeson and directed by Joe Carnahan that is being written by Open Road Academy contender, Albert Nobbs starring Glenn Close and Jesse McTeer, with Kerbside Points of interest and Quiet House starring Elizabeth Olsen, also with Open Road. In the last couple of years, Liddell Entertainment acquired or created several films such as the Academy Award nominated Biutiful, starring Javier Bardem and directed by Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu I Really Like You Phillip Morris starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor Good Hair starring Chris Rock approaching release The Particulars starring Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney and Ray Liotta (The Weinstein Company acquired at Sundance 2011) along with the genre movies, The Haunting Of Molly Hartley and also the Collector. Before opening Liddell Entertainment in 2006, Mickey Liddell created Go, Damaged Hearts Club, Lying in the usa and tv shows Everwood and Jack and Bobby. David Dinerstein joins as Leader of LD Distribution and brings a lot more than two-and-a-half decades of promoting, distribution and purchases experience to the organization. Dinerstein comes with an esteemed history and it has built and handled several independent companies using their beginning. He's labored with plenty of filmmakers including Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderbergh, Justin Lin, Sofia Coppola, Baz Luhrmann, Jane Campion and Kevin Cruz. His films have received over 72 Academy Award Nominations and 15 Oscars. Most lately Dinerstein was Leader of D Squared Films. Formerly he was Leader of Lakeshore Entertainment, and Leader and co-founding father of Vital Classics. He was among the original designers of Fox Searchlight as Senior V . P . of promoting and was mind of promoting at Miramax Films. Just before Lakeshore, Dinerstein co-founded and offered as co-Leader of Vital Classics where he acquired, created and distributed 50 plus films such as the Academy Award champion, Hustle & Flow starring Terrence Howard, and also the award-winning Mad Hot Ballroom, among the greatest grossing documentaries ever. While at the organization younger crowd produced and oversaw campaigns for that Virgin Suicides, You Are Able To Rely On Me, which received two Oscar nominations, and also the Golden Globe nominated epic, Sunshine. At Fox Searchlight, film campaigns Dinerstein oversaw include: The Siblings McMullen, the champion from the 1995 Sundance Grand Jury Prize and probably the most lucrative films of 1995 Bernardo Bertolucci’s Stealing Beauty Al Pacino’s Searching For Richard Ang Lee’s The Ice Storm and Peter Cattaneo’s The Entire Monty, among the greatest independent films of 1997. The Entire Monty made over $45 million locally and $240 million worldwide. It had been nominated for four Oscars including Best Picture. Previous films Dinerstein handled the marketing for include: the highly acclaimed and award-winning Pulp Fiction, The Illusionist, The Entire Monty, Hustle & Flow, The Piano, The Ice Storm, Red-colored Condition, The Virgin Suicides, You Are Able To Rely On Me, Cinema Paradiso, Like Water For Chocolate, Mad Hot Ballroom, Reservoir Dogs, and Clerks.

9 Key events within the Evolution of Charlize Theron

Within this weekend’s Youthful Adult, Charlize Theron plays a bitter teen lit author who returns to her home town to reclaim her senior high school sweetheart. (A higher school sweetheart who also is surely a perfectly happy husband and new father.) Just how did the Nigeria-elevated Theron transform herself from the delicate ballet dancer to some Oscar-winning onscreen homewrecker? You could trace an immediate line via a couple of important roles as one example of what brought for an actor’s current success. As a result, let’s take a look at nine pivotal performances that track the evolution of Charlize Theron. a couple of days within the Valley (1996) After an uncredited role within the timeless classic Kids of the Corn III: Urban Harvest, Theron’s first large break came via John Herzfeld’s a couple of days within the Valley, which co-starred the South African beauty like a hitman’s girlfriend that has a legendary catfight with Teri Hatcher. (Epic for the reason that she wears mind-to-foot whitened spandex, calls Hatcher a “bitch” after which throws her via a glass coffee table.) Possibly I ought to rewind though: Before manhandling the near future Desperate Average women star, Theron travelled to La after an injuries derailed her dancing career at age 19. There, she was apparently discovered while yelling in a teller inside a Hollywood Blvd. bank who declined to cash her check. Be aware, ambitious Oscar those who win. The Demon’s Advocate (1997) How can you possibly follow-up a spandex catfight? Should you’re Charlize Theron, by lending the services you provide for bit parts for the reason that Factor You Need To Do! and also the forgettable Michael Richards-Shaun Daniels comedy Learning from mistakes before landing the first significant role inside a major Hollywood film, The Demon’s Advocate. The very first time, Theron investigated her dramatic range by playing a lady who unravels psychologically when her husband (Keanu Reeves) sells his soul towards the demon. Cider Your Laws (1999) Next may be the role which assisted Theron made her first mark on experts. In Lasse Hallstrm’s Academy Award-winning Cider Your Laws, Theron plays Chocolate, a youthful lady who falls for that film’s protagonist [Tobey Maguire] while her boyfriend [Paul Rudd] is away at war. Her performance won her praise and her first Screen Stars Guild Award nomination. Additionally, it cemented her status as superstar enough on her to win roles in three highly promoted (but underwhelming) projects the following year — Reindeer Games, The Legend of Bagger Vance and Males of Recognition. Sweet November (2001) After acquiring her star, Theron reunited together with her Demon’s Advocate co-star Keanu Reeves on her most significantly loathed film at that time, Sweet November. In regards to a dying lady and also the guy she allows love her for any month (or, as Roger Ebert referred to them, “two sick and twisted people playing mind games and calling it love”), the film — a remake from the 1968 original — was laughably melodramatic and foreseeable. To explain Reeves’s character, this movie defies every law of character I’ve seen. It legitimately gained every Razzie jerk and fan-made YouTube compilation that adopted its release. Bad Movie We Like, party of 1. Monster (2003) Then came the role that transformed Theron’s career. To experience her first nonfictional character, an old prostitute-switched-murderer named Aileen Wuornos, Theron acquired 30 pounds and used prosthetic teeth. Not just did she win an Academy Award on her starring role but experts like Roger Ebert recognized her performance as “one from the finest performances within the good reputation for cinema.” Monster also marked Theron’s first producer credit.

Moonves States CBS Is Much More effective Than Its Are You Currently: UBS Confab

When CBS chief Ces Moonves appears within an investor event similar to this week’s UBS Annual Global Media and Communications Conference they need to just get him an orchestra together with a spotlight so they can sing “Everything’s Approaching Roses.” “Everybody calls us a cheerleader but network television’s doing a lot better than it’s carried out a very long time,” he told experts today. He saysthat CBS’ prices for ads inside the scatter market are up “in the mid-teens” inside the upfront although “our rivals do less well.” Heading to the holidays”demand is acquiring again” and handful of are deleting upfront orders for early 2012. “When you gaze at where our ratings are, you don’t desire to cancel a CBS show because (later on) you’ll pay more.” To underscore his confidence in CBS’ finances hethrew some red-colored-colored meat toinvestors:”Could we boost the dividend (next season)? That’s possible.” He’s advised with the additional dollars flowing for the network from retransmission consent handles pay TV entrepreneurs, and reverse compensation obligations to CBS in the affiliate entrepreneurs. In case your local station balked at investing cash to CBS — which familiar with pay stations to keep its shows — then Moonves would consider tugging the affiliation agreement. But according to him that’s unlikely because CBS’ strong prime time period up”is causing them to be a lot of money” by delivering large audiences to local newscasts. Meanwhile he’d like the FCC not torequire that network programming remain onpay TV when entrepreneurs balk at retransmission consent obligations.”This is America. We’ll produce a deal with these males or won’t produce a deal.” Speaking about deals, Moonves states he’s thrilled to sell shows within the CBS library to online streaming services including Netflix. “The future looks very vibrant with this particular revenue stream to consider forever.” Because they states he sights exclusivity being “a dirty word,” lucrative sights Netflix as “more friend than foe. We’re rooting to enable them to expand.” But he won’t start CBS’ new shows. “Those will be the family jewels. People will be the engines that drive almost all our revenue.” He’s also upbeat about sports. According to him thatCBS will bid for Nfl, as well as the cost will rise.”It is rising. They’ve shipped….They’re great partners.” But Moonves adds he’s “not searching to develop” into other sports. He might need a lesson in basketball, though: He referred to as CBS’ joint deal with Turner for NCAA game titles being “ahome run.” But Moonves mostlycreditsentertainment programming for his bullish forecasts. “There’s without doubt that success breeds success.” Having its large audience, CBS has astrong platform to market new shows while focusing on a couple of at any time. “If you have to take eightor 10 shows and throw them in the wall it’s harder being proper.” Furthermore, it emboldens professionals torefresh their agendas, according to him, watching that “it’s advisable to chop a show yearly early when compared to a year late.” For example, CBS cancelled Without Any Trace even though it absolutely was still moderately effective lin its eighth year to have the ability to have a risk onThe Good Wife.”t’s easier for people to accomplish this because we’re effective,” according to him. Showtime is at an extremely different situation. “We’re still Avis (against Cinemax) and looking harder, nevertheless the gap has closed.” Nevertheless the premium funnel is making headway in what Moonvescalls water-cooler shows. According to him he’s “very excited” in regards to the approaching seriesHouse of Lies.For the moment, no less than, the CBS chief states he isn’t worried about seeing lots of pay TV clients cut the cord.Because of the standard of shows on cable “I don’t think it’s possible to produce a significant inroad at this time around.” He adds, though, that “it’s possible we’re ready for.”

Neverland

Rhys Ifans is the criminal Jimmy Hook and Charlie Rowe is loyal follower Peter in Syfys Peter Pan prequel Neverland. Filmed in Dublin and Genoa by Parallel Films on behalf of MNG Films in association with Syfy and Sky Movies and distributed by RHI Entertainment. Executive producers, Alan Moloney, Mark Grenside, Robert Halmi Sr., Robert Halmi Jr.; producer, Redmond Morris; writer-director, Nick Willing.Jimmy Hook - Rhys Ifans Elizabeth Bonny - Anna Friel Peter - Charlie Rowe Holy Man - Raoul Trujillo Tiger Lilly - Q'Orianka KilcherLess a reimagining of "Peter Pan" than an elaborate cut-and-paste job, the only-fleetingly-spectacular "Neverland" weds J.M. Barrie's classic to elements from "Avatar" and "Star Wars," with dashes of "Oliver Twist" for good measure. The four-hour Syfy miniseries represents the latest adaptation of a beloved public-domain property distributed by RHI Entertainment, relying on international support to finance an opulent fantasy featuring accomplished actors in smallish roles. To say it is less dreadful than recent similarly themed co-productions unleashed under the Halmis' shingle is accurate, but also qualifies as damnation with faint sprinkles of fairy dust. Written and directed by Nick Willing (who also did "Alice" and "Tin Man" for the Halmis and Syfy), the pic recasts Neverland as a heavily wooded planet whose local fauna includes giant alligators and tiny tree sprites, one of which is Tinkerbell (voiced by Keira Knightley). People are brought to this strange land via a glowing orb, and then trapped there, without aging, through all eternity. The disjointed occupants include pirates headed by a female captain, Elizabeth Bonny ("Pushing Daisies'" Anna Friel, terribly ill used); a band of ragamuffins led by Peter (Charlie Rowe); and a Native-American tribe, whose ranks include the princess Tiger Lilly (Q'Orianka Kilcher). Finally, there's Jimmy Hook ("Anonymous'" Rhys Ifans), an early 20th century London criminal whose minions include a group of youthful pickpockets, headed by the dashing and resourceful Peter. Loyal to Jimmy, Peter also passes through the glowing portal, but begins to doubt their connection as Jimmy takes up with the pirates and Bonny, who harbors plans of using the orb to achieve unparalleled power. As constructed, it amounts to a Peter Pan prequel lacquered up with a revisionist space-age paint job. As for the cast, Ifans' ruthless, gimlet-eyed Jimmy is the clear highlight, while the cameos include a drive-by Charles Dance and Bob Hoskins as Smee, reprising the role he played in Steven Spielberg's "Hook." Familiarity with Peter Pan actually works against the mini as much as for it, since many of the little twists are so telegraphed. Nor does it help the visual effects are uneven, with flight scenes that only occasionally get off the ground, and assorted CGI beasties, the best being a giant spider. The action, similarly, is loud and chaotic but not particularly stirring, including an interminable battle sequence near the end. There's no mystery surrounding why networks are drawn to these Halmi productions -- delivering, as they do, big promotable titles at a discounted price, while producing enough arresting shots to yield good-looking promos. It's about as low-risk as original programming gets, and it's worked in the past. Even so, "Neverland" in particular comes with a considerable dose of irony. Because while one of the fantastic aspects of the Peter Pan mythos is the promise of eternal youth, by the time it was finally over, I felt as if I'd aged about 10 years watching it.Camera, Seamus Deasy; production designer, Amanda McArthur; editor, Allan Lee; music, Ronan Hardiman; visual effects supervisor, Lee Wilson; casting, Amy Hubbard. 4 HOURSWith: Bob Hoskins, Charles Dance, Keira Knightley (voice) Contact Brian Lowry at brian.lowry@variety.com

Kevin Cruz Calls Out Independent Spirit Honours After 'Red State' Snub

Kevin Cruz is generally someone to hold his tongue -- especially on Twitter -- therefore it is surprising he required the Independent Spirit Honours to task after 'Red State' received an overall total of zero nominations from Film Independent earlier Tuesday. Pause here to place your personal comical strike-through over that sentence. Cruz, who is an expert in scorching earth, known as the Spirit Honours as "#fakeindie" on Twitter within the wake from the nominations, with special attention compensated to his snubbed stars. "The way the fuck did the @SpiritAwards NOT nominate Michael Parks? Nor John Goodman? Nor Melissa Leo?" Cruz authored on Twitter. "Fuck your idiotic organization." Cruz launched 'Red State' through their own Smodcast Pictures production company the director even taken care of a 1-week Oscar being approved run in June to permit Goodman, Parks and Leo the chance being qualified for honours consideration. Lionsgate launched 'Red State' via when needed on Sept. 1. [via @thatkevinsmith] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Jim Parsons Headed To Broadway

First Released: November 29, 2011 11:34 AM EST Credit: Getty Images NY, N.Y. -- Caption Jim Parsons gets to the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Honours held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Reside in La on September 18, 2011Jim Parsons appears to possess become a large bang from Broadway and wishes to return. The star from the Large Bang Theory on CBS is placed to star this summer time inside a Roundabout Theatre Company revival from the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy Harvey by Mary Chase. Performances of Harvey will start May 18 at Studio 54 by having an opening looking for June 14. It runs through August. 5. A 2-time Emmy champion, Parsons made his Broadway debut in Ray Kramers take part in the Normal Heart captured. Hell be became a member of in Harvey by Jessica Hecht and Charles Kimbrough. The play is all about a guy who will get into trouble over his friendship having a 6-feet-tall, invisible whitened rabbit named Harvey. Copyright 2011 through the Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Jon Stewart Jams Jerry Sandusky for Bob Costas Interview: 'You Can't Even Bring Yourself to Lie Emphatically'

Jon Stewart had some harsh words for former Penn Condition football coach Jerry Sandusky round the heels in the latter's interview with Bob Costas.our editor recommendsJerry Sandusky's Lawyer Appears On 'Today' To Argue His Innocence (Video)Penn Condition Scandal: Bob Costas Famous for Jerry Sandusky 'Rock Center' InterviewJerry Sandusky's Interview With Bob Costas: What Hollywood, Audiences Are SayingJoe Paterno's Weekly Penn St. Press Conference Canceled Among Jerry Sandusky Sex ScandalJoe Paterno Firing Draws Mixed Reaction Around InternetAshton Kutcher Referred to as 'Idiot,' 'Ignorant' After Tweeting Joe Paterno's Firing Was 'in Poor Taste' Sandusky, that's been charged with 40 counts of sexual abuse against children, broke his silence in regards to the scandal inside an interview that broadcast Monday evening on NBC's Rock Center With John Williams. Through the telephone interview, Costas asked for Sandusky he was "completely innocent and wrongly accused in every single aspect," the 2nd responded: "Well I really could condition that, you understand, I have done numerous people things. I have horsed around with kids. I have bathed after workout programs. I have hugged them which i've touched their leg. Without intent of sexual contact." PHOTOS: Hollywood's Finest Fantasy Football Fans Sandusky -- that's been charged through the health of Pennsylvania while using sexual assaults or advances on eight boys from 1994-2009, throughout which period he offered as Penn Condition defensive coordinator and mind in the Second Mile charitable organization, helping at-risk youth --was adament that he's not just a child molester but recognized that might be some actions he regrets. "I shouldn't have bathed with people kids," he mentioned. On Tuesday evening's The Daily Show, Stewart blasted Sandusky for performing interview. "Now, I'm no lawyer, nevertheless it seems in my opinion if you're billed with most likely probably the most heinous crimes imaginable, you will possibly not desire to literally phone within your defense on national television," Stewart mentioned. VIDEO: Ex-Penn Condition Coach Jerry Sandusky Breaks Silence on Sex Scandal to NBC's Bob Costas: 'I Shouldn't Have Bathed With People Kid He then carried out a clip through which Costas asked for whether Sandusky was "sexually attracted to boys." Sandusky then repeated the question. "Perhaps you have just repeat the question?" Stewart asked for. "Because you will want known that question was coming, but everyone knows really the only time you repeat an problem comes about when you're guilty." He ongoing: "You'll be able to't even bring yourself to lie unquestionably. ... It's like because phone conversation, you're really fighting the requirement later on clean, so when you weren't ready for your question, it wasn't getting any simpler." Stewart, who recognized Costas for his handling in the interview, then carried out a clip through which Sandusky talks about taking part with what he characterizes as innocent "horseplay" inside the shower. STORY:'Rock Center' Air: Bob Costas' Jerry Sandusky Interview Was 'Striking' "Are you currently presently f---ing kidding us?" Stewart chimed in. "Horseplay is wrestling your friend from the pillow fort. Throwing your nephew in to a pool. Items that wouldn't be mistaken for rape." Stewart also poked fun at Sandusky's lawyer, Joe Amendola, who was simply sitting alongside Costas inside the studio throughout the interview. Costas asked for Amendola if he'd allow his kids being alone with Sandusky, which he responded he'd and mentioned he thinks Sandusky is innocent. "Right you'd leave your kids alone with Sandusky," Stewart mentioned. "Um, will be the kids you'd leave alone the children you'd if you heavy-laden a teenage client in 1996 if you were in those days 49 years old? Which kind of creepy guy club can you both participate in? I'm not just a lawyer here, however, in the event you're billed with forceable sex with minors, maybe your criteria for finding a lawyer shouldn't be 'also has problems with sexual restrictions.'" VIDEO: Even Satan Upset by Penn Condition Scandal on 'SNL' His final words for Sandusky? "You're a defensive coordinator," he mentioned. "You need to have had the chance to coordinate a far greater defense." Jon Stewart The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Grimm Exclusive Sneak Look: When Costly Mobs Meet Favorite Anecdotes Gone Wrong

David Giuntoli Social networks are a powerful way to make pals, but among people new contacts can lurk a few unsavory types, especially on earth of Grimm. NBC's fantasy procedural is putting its special twist on social media and crime having its Friday episode "Beeware" (9/8c). A string of odd killings are increasingly being disguised with the latest social media craze, and Nick (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) are approached to analyze. VIDEO: Grimm's David Giuntoli round the gloomy of his character's special ability Before we explore the fractured mythic every week, let's have a unique sneak look in the initial few minutes of Friday's episode which includes a costly mob together with a young lady who looks as being similar to a far more youthful Avoi Longoria: We understood there's something foreboding about people Louboutins! But simply what does this have associated with bees? You'll be able to full bee involved? We will probably crack open our Grimm's Complete Favorite Anecdotes after watching the episode! Grimm airs on Fridays at 9/8c on NBC. Whatrrrs your opinion happened to miss Louboutin?

Jessica Simpson: Pregnancy Can Be A Friend

First Launched: November 8, 2011 4:20 PM EST Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Jessica Simpson chats with Access Hollywoods Billy Rose rose bush on November 8, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Jessica Simpsons first pregnancy is easy up to now. I'm great, I honestly do, the 31-year-old star told Access Hollywoods Billy Rose rose bush on Tuesday. Pregnancy can be a friend, so that all everything has been running easily, Jessica, who was simply marketing her new Beauty Mint skincare line, ongoing. Up to now, so excellent no morning sickness. I'm great. Im tired, however, you realize, Im developing a baby here! Mom-to-be did reveal a few changes that have happened to her body, saying shes had swelling inside the belly and boob area. Jessica who introduced having a baby lately after much speculation states she made a decision to simply accept test without first telling fiance Eric Manley. I did so being pregnant test. I used to be feeling somewhat off, she appreciated. [Initially when i first told] Eric, clearly. He was in your home. He didnt understand that I used to be taking a pregnancy test, therefore i kind of shocked him. I showed up shaking like, Oh my gosh gosh! Oh my gosh gosh! That is happening! The two of us cried. I had been in shock and kind of just a slave to and checked out each other. Jessica as well as the former Nfl player, 32, will welcome their new addition for the family in 2012. I am obtaining a spring baby, she told Billy. The happy couple introduced their engagement in November 2010. Formerly, they mentioned they desire to got married by Christmas 2011, but Jessica told Billy they now plan to push their wedding back. We'd throw something together, but Id rather put more hours within it and be capable of enjoy your entire day, she ongoing. When you're pregnant, your your body's the body's hormones drink too much. I should not be super really stressed out and finished up like a bridezilla! So, Ill hold off until after. The singer/fashion mogul and approaching star of NBCs Fashion Star, mentioned her occasions to be before a camera 24 several hours every day appear to become behind her. Letting everybody in on everything from the existence, thats a difficult step to complete, the singer referred to. I appear like, personally, people days have left, however can almost always be who I am on camera Ill constantly be myself. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

'The Dark Dark evening Rises' Hits Wall Street [PHOTOS]

Since it calculates, 'Magnus Rex' 'The Dark Dark evening Rises' did occupy Wall Street. On Saturday, the Christopher Nolan-directed film descended on Lower Manhattan and shot a scene such as the one the paparazzi clicked on photos of in Pittsburgh this year's summer season. Reshoots? Did Nolan just decide he wanted his riot to occur in NY instead of Pennsylvania? Good questions! Have a look at more recent and much more effective photos within the set ahead, additionally to video from the products seems like a significant intense standoff involving the Gotham Police Department and Bane's minions. Also: Nolan wearing a difficult hat! 'The Dark Dark evening Increases' Hits NY See All Moviefone Galleries » [via Huffington Publish] [Top Photo: FilmMagic] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Hot Trailer: We Have To Discuss Kevin

Director Lynne Ramsay’s We have to Discuss Kevin explores the connection from a mother (Tilda Swinton) haunted through the murderous rampage of her psychopathic boy (Ezra Burns). John C. Reilly plays the daddy. With cinematography by Seamus McGarvey, the film with different novel by Lionel Shriver tested competing this season at Cannes and lately won best picture in the London Film Festival. It opens in limited release December 9.

Alan Menken on not able to Movie Musicals

Eight Oscars plus 10 Grammy Honours and seven Golden Globes equals one illustrious career for composer and lyricist Alan Menken, 62, whose musical canon includes such beloved animated fare as "The Little Mermaid," "Aladdin" and "Twisted," with the classic "Little Shop of Problems" and also the latest screen-to-stage adaptation, "Sister Act."After two-and-a-half decades available, he remains an in-demand music guy with heart, soul together with a really sturdy trophy cabinet, soon to incorporate another for the collection: the Billboard/Hollywood Reporter Maestro Award, being presented March. 24 at our 2011 Film & TV Music Conference.The Hollywood Reporter: What is the condition in the movie musical today? Alan Menken: Musicals are tough. There is no industry or pipeline through which new movie musicals come -- there isn't stars that individuals recognize musical theater, nor will there be an existing audience that's big enough just for a film musical. Once we did "Twisted," there's really no movement to accomplish more. Essentially, you're reinventing the wheel when you execute a film musical, and I've been fortunate that we achieve try.THR: Despite the fact that it paid out off for individuals parties ultimately, you voiced frustration inside the way "Twisted" was marketed. Whoever else take trouble with? Menken: It had not been billed just like a musical. Inside the trailers, the tunes were hidden -- they used a Pink song rather -- because In my opinion Disney felt the simplest approach to market the film was like a kind of boy-oriented action adventure. However was hired to produce a musical based on Rapunzel. So sometimes it's frustrating, in the problem of "Twisted," you will find here maybe they understood something since they changed the title, developed a serious effort to advertise it in the certain way as well as the movie did perfectly. It worked out okay. THR: Was there a period of time this didn't? Menken: "Home round the Range" -- that was a bit of the creative train wreck where a whole lot work went into a thing that wasn't smartly produced. Everybody wasn't in the same position, which happens a good deal, particularly with musicals, to get attracted in two or three directions. It might be harrowing therefore it may fail, and frequently, much for the surprise, it might succeed. THR: Are you currently presently surprised about the effective return of "The Lion King"? Menken: Go figure! It's amazing ultimately this time around around. But "The Lion King" is definitely an very beloved animated musical -- very so. THR: You'll be able to movie executive nobody can get music? Menken: Chris Montan. He started just like a music supervisor initially initially when i first found Disney, and 26 years later he's there as [leader of Wally Disney Music]. There's never been anybody more influential on me just like a composer than Chris, however when it involves Jeffrey Katzenberg or Michael Eisner, who Sometimes with, their heads aren't on the way. What they're searching at might be the end result, and that i give them the finish result they require while hanging onto my integrity just like a composer.THR: You've were living inside the NY area all your existence and done Broadway on / off for several years. The thing that was it like watching the "Spider-Guy: Turn Off the Dark" drama within the sidelines? Menken: For people individuals who know very well what it's would rather open a Broadway show, there's great empathy for Julie Taymor and individuals who stuck their necks out. And there's a specific quantity of schadenfreude because most of us have become our rear finishes began with the experts and authors. Many of us are acrobats. You're watching somebody get a particularly difficult dismount. What Julie did actually was courageous. But it's also about getting the music activity of U2 to the stage. One reason we won plenty of best song Oscars could it happen to be didn't appear like somebody just incorporate a trunk song. In every single situation, they were completely honed for the project. The Hollywood Reporter

'Who Am I?': Get to Know Amber Heard, Johnny Depp's 'Rum Diary' Love

Johnny Depp is a well-known fan and former BFF of the late Hunter S. Thompson, but it turns out that Amber Heard -- Depp's beautiful co-star in 'The Rum Diary' -- is also a lifelong admirer of the eccentric, gonzo writer. As such, she couldn't believe her luck in being cast as love interest to both Depp and Aaron Eckhart in the new film. "Who am I?" she told Moviefone of her incredible casting. Well, she was the hot zombie chick in 'Zombieland,' a bunny on the short-lived series 'Playboy Club' and helped saved the world with Nicolas Cage in 'Drive Angry.' Heard sat down with Moviefone to discuss playing a symbol of the American Dream that both Depp's and Eckhart's characters are chasing, her history with the Thompson source book and working with one of the most famous people on the planet. (Depp, if you didn't know.) Had you read the book 'The Rum Diary' before you made the film? Heard: I've been a huge Hunter S. Thompson fan for a really long time. There's a certain aesthetic that I appreciate; I've always been drawn to the rebel-minded artist and if anything, that's what Hunter S. Thompson is. I've always been a fan of his. But this book is different and it spoke to me in a different way. And I was so excited when I heard they were making a movie, but I could have never imagined having a part in it. How did you end up getting the part? I read the script and I was so thankful that it was wonderful as was and that it respected the book as much as it did and did so much to justify Hunter S. Thompson's ideas and did so much justice to the subject matter. I told myself I would do anything to try to get the part. I started auditioning for it and it was a long process, but I eventually got it. What was the coolest part of it for you, landing the role or that you were starring with Johnny Depp? Honestly, this whole situation has been such an unbelievable experience for me. Who am I? For me to get a job like this is an incredible honor and to work with such a sophisticated team and with such talented actors was unbelievable and is unbelievable still to me to this day. Did you get Johnny to tell you all his stories about Hunter? [In the press conference, Depp described his first meeting with Thompson, which involved him clearing space in a bar with a taser and a cattle prod.] I feel so safe making a movie like this because of the relationship that Johnny has had with Hunter. Nobody else could have made this movie. Hunter has such a specific aesthetic and such an indescribable method to his madness that I think it takes a certain kind of madness and ingenuity to understand it and appreciate it in a way that it deserves and Johnny is perfect for that. He has an intimate connection with the material and a personal relationship with the creator of that material and no one better than Bruce Robinson to bring it to life. Were you a fan of Robinson's cult film, 'Withnail and I?' Huge fan. I remember when I found out that he was the same guy that was directing 'The Rum Diary,' I was like, "Oh, of course, who else could do this?" Chenault is a little bit of a mystery. Her motives are hard to fathom. She has this really nice thing going with the wealthy Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart's character), until this penniless writer (Johnny) comes along. We see her more through Johnny's eyes, so we get why he falls for her, but it's less clear what she sees in him. The symbol she stands for is such an important one in the story. In many ways, she's the vehicle that the audience uses to travel from Point A to Point B in the script. Of course, between Aaron Eckhart and Johnny Depp exists this wide spectrum of ways to approach life and the American Dream. One represents something that is a glorified, glamorous industry built on cutthroat imperialist-driven greed and Johnny represents the antithesis of that. So Chenault is important because she, with the audience, goes from one to the other. She, like Sanderson's bejeweled tortoise or his Corvette, is a symbol of success and what you should value and what you should strive for. And people like Sanderson seek to possess such things. She starts off her journey as a part of that, almost like property or another sort of victim to this society. She's a perfect example of a woman of that class and time. Because underneath, there's a flawed human being that is rebellious and fiercely independent and is in many ways the opposite of what you would expect a 1950s or 1960s housewife-in-the-making or socialite to be. [SPOILERS AHEAD] Right, like the scene in the club where Sanderson wants to leave and Chenault insists on staying. She does her own thing. That gets a little scary, frankly, when she gets left behind and we assume something awful has happened to her. I was worried for her. Right, because she has to break, there has to be a moment where we see the American Dream get hurt or fall, something has to happen to it. Did you have a problem with that scene? The movie doesn't get into what happened, but it's implied that it wasn't pretty. I think if we had gone any deeper into it, it would have been, maybe .. I didn't want to exploit the fear there. Rather, I like that she has to go on this journey and then everything changes. And she decides she needs something else in life. She chooses Kemp (Depp's character). She chooses love and the opposite end of the spectrum from which she came. [END SPOILERS] To end on a completely different note, what's your favorite rum drink? I don't drink so much anymore, but ... I guess a mojito. [Photo: WireImage] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Occupy Wall Street Protestors Drop F-Word on Geraldo Rivera's Fox News Show (Video)

A protestor at Occupy Wall Street dropped the f-word during an interview with Fox News' Geraldo Rivera on Sunday. PHOTOS: The Scene at Occupy Wall Street When asked why he was protesting, a man told Rivera that he was fighting for those who are "deeply and profoundly f--ked by the system." "You guys bleeped that, right?" Rivera said as the man being interviewed was taken off camera. "That's raw. You guys swore to me no cursing. That's lame." PHOTOS: The Scene at Occupy Los Angeles Rivera continued to interview people at NY City's Zuccotti Park, and apologize on behalf of Fox. Related Topics Fox News Channel Occupy

Research Firm Ipsos OTX Seeking Industry Input On New Box Office Tracking System

It’s never been an exact science, but Ipsos’ Worldwide Motion Picture Group said today that it has started development on a new, modernized box-office tracking product, and it wants “leading major and independent motion picture studios, production companies and key individuals in the industry” to gather to discuss and refine the offering in a collaborative workshop. Curiously, there’s no mention of possible attendees (though Ipsos says many have already signed on, despite the fact no invitations have gone out yet), but the meeting is set for November 16 at The London Hotel in L.A. The research firm’s take seems like a logical one. From the release: Over the past year distributors, marketers and the media have become frustrated at the often seen instances where pre-release tracking and box office expectations are very different than the actual performance for a movie on opening weekend. These miscalculations can at times have a ripple effect on the film industry by causing distributors to adjust their strategic direction and P&A spend resources based on results that do not accurately reflect moviegoer intentions. By improving the pre-release tracking system, distributors will be able to better prepare for the results of a films opening and ultimately help the bottom line profitability for each film. With Ipsos’ healthy client roster of industry pros, it’s possible the gathering could be prominent enough to actually help fix an aging system. Stay tuned.

News Corp. braces for shareholders brawl

R. Murdoch J. MurdochElisabeth MurdochNews Corp. investors are hopping mad and Friday they'll get a rare chance to slam Rupert Murdoch in person about their concerns -- from U.K. phone hacking, to a servile board, to son James' leadership cred, to the purchase of daughter Elisabeth's production company. But no matter how heated the gathering may get, change at News Corp. is almost mathematically impossible without Murdoch's assent. He controls nearly 40% of the Class B voting stock and his close ally, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, holds 7%. Every single other shareholder would have to vote as a block against them. But they can still send a message. The annual shareholders' meeting, usually in NY City, will be held this year at the Zanuck Theater on the 20th Century Fox lot in L.A. where, as several Wall Streeters noted, security can be tightly enforced. There's no parking on the studio lot. News Corp.'s intricate attendance manifesto includes diagrams and a list of restrictions. No one will be admitted who doesn't arrive on a company shuttle bus that leaves from a parking facility around the corner on Century Park West. Yet News Corp.'s critics face a conundrum: despite the drama and the angst, its stock has remained sturdy and its businesses are performing well. Pressured by the phone hacking scandal at its now shuttered Blighty weekly, the News of the World, the company in July ditched plans to buy its British pay TV platform BSkyB and used the money for a hefty $5 billion share repurchase, which is by far Wall Street's favorite use of extra cash. "That's the interesting thing," said one analyst. With the stock buyback, the scandal "even turns into a win" for shareholders. "There will be fireworks at the meeting, but if you look at the current operations, business is going pretty well. Cable networks are doing great, broadcast is up from a year ago, the film side is doing fine." In a tough economy, ad revenue at Fox's domestic cable channels rose 23% for the fiscal fourth quarter ended in June, the most recent reported, led by pricing and ratings growth at FX. Film profits surged 53%. Broadcast television saw higher local and national advertising and increasing coin from retransmission consent deals. The shares are trading at about $17, well above their 52-week low of $13.83. On Wednesday, they closed off 1.69% at $16.90 in a down market after hitting $17.35 earlier in the day. "If the businesses weren't doing well or the hacking scandal spreads to the U.S., then Rupert might have a problem," said one investor. He and others recalled the maelstrom at Disney in 2004 when irate shareholders stripped Michael Eisner of the chairmanship. He remained CEO. News Corp. shareholders have also asked the company to split the posts. The Disney coup succeed because the businesses weren't being run well, and Eisner wasn't well liked personally. And Disney isn't a family-controlled company. Investor advisory groups in the U.S. and the U.K. want radical changes to the board, in some cases urging investors to vote down 13 of the 15 directors, including James, deputy CEO and chairman and head of international; Rupert's oldest son Lachlan; and deputy chairman and chief operating officer Chase Carey. Murdoch's daughter Elisabeth was meant to take a board seat this summer after News Corp. acquired her company Shine for $675 million, but the move was tabled after the phone hacking scandal accelerated. Amalgamated Bank, as a trustee for a handful of funds, has filed suit against News Corp. in Delaware Chancery Court, accusing the Murdoch family of self dealing in the Shine acquisition and later amending the complaint to include the phone hacking scandal, which it claims is the direct result of a negligent board. The judge in the case is now considering News Corp.'s motion to dismiss. Some find the outcry disingenuous. "Saying Murdoch makes some stupid acquisitions is like saying it's raining water," said one fund manager. Being "shocked, shocked" about a cozy board or nepotism is pointless, he added, since Murdoch's always been public about wanting dynastic succession at News Corp. "Who's surprised? You can't complain about these things. You know they're going on." James' position as heir apparent, however, remains shaky as he faces another round of questioning in front of a U.K. Parliamentary committee next month. As the head of News Intl. he authorized a large out-of-court settlement for phone hacking victim Gordon Taylor, a former pro-soccer player and head of the Professional Footballers' Assn. He claims to have no knowledge of widespread abuse at the time but several former employees contradict him, saying that he was aware of a larger problem. Pressure grew on Wednesday as Julian Pike, a former lawyer for News Intl., testified that he had seen evidence of extensive hacking and informed company management. James has closed News of the World newspaper where the offenses took place and declined a $6 million bonus the board awarded him for fiscal 2011. But many on Wall Street and in the industry think it possible he may be arrested, as have a handful of the division's former employees, or fall on his sword and resign. "James would prefer us to think that he was in a minor way incompetent rather than thoroughly dishonest," said Mark Lewis, a lawyer for U.K. hacking victims.There have been 63 hacking suits filed in the U.K. so far. Lewis, who represents ten of the cases, said only 400 of some 6,500 victims have been contacted.News Corp. has set aside about $32 million to deal with the steady stream of lawsuits stemming from the phone-hacking scandal. But the eventual financial impact is impossible to calculate. "I basically have no idea how big it is going to be," said Alan Gould, an analyst with Evercore Partners. Over the summer, when the scandal erupted, he put a $1 billion figure on damages but admits that was probably an over-estimate. But it's still one a conglom the size of News Corp. can digest. "It was a U.K. paper doing the hacking and the U.K. paper was closed," said another analyst. "Just purely hypothetically, if they found something at the Wall Street Journal, at Fox, or at the Fox television stations, that would be a negative."Lewis says he knows of two Americans who were hacked, both in the U.K. He's asked NY lawyers, Norman Siegel, former director of the NY Civil Liberties Union, and Steven Hyman of McLaughlin & Stern, to explore U.S. angles. "We're doing research, looking for evidence of hacking here. Or trying to determine if people at News Corp. in NY knew or should have known what was happening there," Siegel said. Depending on what emerges, he said he could ask a Federal Court for authorization to take depositions in NY that might help the U.K. litigation. "We think that there are real issues to be pursued, and we intend to pursue them," said Hyman. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Michelle Rodriguez on Discovering Acting

Michelle Rodriguez on Discovering Acting October 18, 2011 Photo by Screen Gems Michelle Rodriguez in "Girl Fight" I am actually a success story for Back Stage. I had been doing extra work in NY for about two years, interested mostly in learning about the art of writing scripts, and I became interested in becoming an actress. I noticed that people in the film industry seemed to respect actors more than writers. My brother Omar had come home from Stevens Institute Tech for the summer and started digging into my brain about responsibility, picking a career and a path in life, etc. He was, to my surprise, incredibly supportive of my newfound wish to stay out of a fluorescent-lit office from 9 to 5 and join the creative struggle as an actress-writer. The very first sign of his support was a fresh issue of Back Stage. He told me where to get it and how this is what actors used to find opportunities. To me, this newspaper was a mounting heap of potentiala magic book full of opportunity.I was way too bummed out to go on any auditions at the time; too many friends I did extra work with were getting rejected left and right. I just gave up the possibility altogether that someone could see in me more potential than I saw in myself. I really wanted to avoid that predicament at all cost, so at first I settled for the extra-work ads. I did extra work in "Summer of Sam," "The Cradle Will Rock," "For the Love of the Game," etc. Cut to two years later. I was now getting hounded by my other brother, Raul, to get a life, one that paid something substantial and didn't involve sitting around all day goofing off in the backdrop of a flick for 60 bucks. At this point I was about to give up, both extra work and the possibility of being judged at an audition by someone with absolutely no clue of what I was capable of.Well, that week, I was looking in the regular paper for a job to hold me over till I got a clue to life. After several phone calls to dead-end jobs around town, I looked at my week-old Back Stage issue. There it was: Open casting call, looking for a female boxer to fill a lead role in a film called "Girlfight," Latin descent, lead character casting. Reading that, I thought to myself, "I qualify three times for this role." I'm Latin; I like to lead the way; half the girls I saw onscreen at the time couldn't kick my butt in a street fight if they tried. What have I got to lose? I thought to myself, "Technically, it's not an audition, because it's a casting call. Go for it, Michelle!"The open casting call was the following day. I have to say, after all that thought put into following my gut and hopping the train to NY that afternoon to make the audition, I had gotten cold feet, deciding it would be better to go to Six Flags with some friends instead. Believe it or not, if it weren't for both that issue of Back Stage and a friend from Jersey (my best friend at the time, Tony), who ditched out on our newly planned summer fun for the day, I would have missed the casting call that led to my current career. I would probably be writing fantasy novels, working for some magazine, or planning my whole life around a travel blog. Either way, my path would have definitely been drastically different than it is today.Thank you, Back Stage, brother Omar for introducing the magazine, and Tony for not making it to Six Flags the day of the audition. If it weren't for those factors, amongst many other variables not worth mentioning (like that of my mother giving birth to me), I would never have ended up hopping the train into NY to that casting call, four hours late, and eventually, after a month of tryouts, landing the role.Cheers,M RodAfter starring in the critically acclaimed "Girlfight," Michelle Rodriguez starred in such films as "The Fast and the Furious," "Resident Evil," "S.W.A.T.," and "Avatar." She was also a series regular on "Lost." Michelle Rodriguez on Discovering Acting October 18, 2011 Michelle Rodriguez in "Girl Fight" PHOTO CREDIT Screen Gems I am actually a success story for Back Stage. I had been doing extra work in NY for about two years, interested mostly in learning about the art of writing scripts, and I became interested in becoming an actress. I noticed that people in the film industry seemed to respect actors more than writers. My brother Omar had come home from Stevens Institute Tech for the summer and started digging into my brain about responsibility, picking a career and a path in life, etc. He was, to my surprise, incredibly supportive of my newfound wish to stay out of a fluorescent-lit office from 9 to 5 and join the creative struggle as an actress-writer. The very first sign of his support was a fresh issue of Back Stage. He told me where to get it and how this is what actors used to find opportunities. To me, this newspaper was a mounting heap of potentiala magic book full of opportunity.I was way too bummed out to go on any auditions at the time; too many friends I did extra work with were getting rejected left and right. I just gave up the possibility altogether that someone could see in me more potential than I saw in myself. I really wanted to avoid that predicament at all cost, so at first I settled for the extra-work ads. I did extra work in "Summer of Sam," "The Cradle Will Rock," "For the Love of the Game," etc. Cut to two years later. I was now getting hounded by my other brother, Raul, to get a life, one that paid something substantial and didn't involve sitting around all day goofing off in the backdrop of a flick for 60 bucks. At this point I was about to give up, both extra work and the possibility of being judged at an audition by someone with absolutely no clue of what I was capable of.Well, that week, I was looking in the regular paper for a job to hold me over till I got a clue to life. After several phone calls to dead-end jobs around town, I looked at my week-old Back Stage issue. There it was: Open casting call, looking for a female boxer to fill a lead role in a film called "Girlfight," Latin descent, lead character casting. Reading that, I thought to myself, "I qualify three times for this role." I'm Latin; I like to lead the way; half the girls I saw onscreen at the time couldn't kick my butt in a street fight if they tried. What have I got to lose? I thought to myself, "Technically, it's not an audition, because it's a casting call. Go for it, Michelle!"The open casting call was the following day. I have to say, after all that thought put into following my gut and hopping the train to NY that afternoon to make the audition, I had gotten cold feet, deciding it would be better to go to Six Flags with some friends instead. Believe it or not, if it weren't for both that issue of Back Stage and a friend from Jersey (my best friend at the time, Tony), who ditched out on our newly planned summer fun for the day, I would have missed the casting call that led to my current career. I would probably be writing fantasy novels, working for some magazine, or planning my whole life around a travel blog. Either way, my path would have definitely been drastically different than it is today.Thank you, Back Stage, brother Omar for introducing the magazine, and Tony for not making it to Six Flags the day of the audition. If it weren't for those factors, amongst many other variables not worth mentioning (like that of my mother giving birth to me), I would never have ended up hopping the train into NY to that casting call, four hours late, and eventually, after a month of tryouts, landing the role.Cheers,M RodAfter starring in the critically acclaimed "Girlfight," Michelle Rodriguez starred in such films as "The Fast and the Furious," "Resident Evil," "S.W.A.T.," and "Avatar." She was also a series regular on "Lost."

Robot Chicken plans DC Comics special

DC Comics' Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns andSeth Green have announced that they're making a Robot Chicken DC special to air sometime in 2012.The parody show based around DC Comics characters was revealed at the NY Comic-Con.The Robot Chicken/DC Comics special - shortened to RC/DC on a concept reel of previously aired Robot Chicken DC sketches shown at NYCC - will begin production in the next month.It will be scripted by Johns and the Mad Magazine cartoon writer Kevin Shinick. Green also revealed that his team are still working on an a comedy series based on Star Wars.Meanwhile, Johns also said he was still hopeful of producing a live-action sequel to Green Lantern."I hope that the character gets another film. And it will be live-action again - I guarantee," he said."There was a lot of really good stuff in the movie."Guess it'll all depend on how the well theGreen LanternBlu-ray and DVDs sell when they're released next week.

'Simpsons' Actor Harry Shearer Says He's Willing to Cut His Salary by 70 Percent

Courtesy of Fox Simpsons voice actor Harry Shearer has taken a step on his own in the ongoing tense negotiations between the animated series cast and Fox executives who say that unless the voice actors take massive pay cuts, the show will not be renewed for a 24th season. In a statement released Friday, the actor said, "I say, fine -- if pay cuts are what it will take to keep the show on the air, then cut my pay. In fact, to make it as easy as possible for Fox to keep new episodes of The Simpsons coming, I'm willing to let them cut my salary not just 45 percent but more than 70 percent -- down to half of what they said they would be willing to pay us. All I would ask in return is that I be allowed a small share of the eventual profits." PHOTOS: Best and Worst TV Dads: 'The Simpsons,' 'Modern Family' On Tuesday, THR reported that RBC Capital Markets analyst David Bank estimated that Fox could stand to get around $750 million from an off-network syndication rights sale if the show is canceled. Shearer says he speaks for himself and not for his fellow cast members and also says that when his representatives approached Fox execs with his proposal, they were rebuffed. "There were, the Fox people said, simply no circumstances under which the network would consider allowing me or any of the actors to share in the show's success," Shearer explained. STORY: 'Simpsons' Money Battle: Biz Model Not Sustainable Says Fox Shearer and the other members of the cast, including Dan Castellaneta, who voices Homer Simpson, Julie Kavner (Marge), Nancy Cartwright (Bart), Yeardley Smith (Lisa) and Hank Azaria (Moe), have been receiving $400,000 per episode since a salary re-negotiation in 2008. Fox says the series cannot continue under the current financial model. The Simpsons Harry Shearer

Hugh Jackman's 'Real Steel' Hero Is 'The Anti-Father'

Hugh Jackman is, potentially, an ideal guy. He sings, he dances, he is able to do comedy and drama and action and romance, hes easy around the eyes. But many importantly, hes a pleasant guy. So what is all of this-around good bloke doing playing bad father Charlie Kenton in tangible Steel? Or Drover around australia? Or Wolverine? Jackman told MTV News he was raised to become polite to individuals, be nice, kind, sincere. Due to his natural gentlemanly condition, hes drawn to figures which are substantially under perfect. I believe Im pretty boring, Jackman stated. I much like the edgy, slightly wilder people. He stated that his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, was eliminated from 12 schools or something like that. In Tangible Steel Jackman plays the anti-father. He stated, The majority of my moments are with my boy who I havent seen since birth, and Im really mean to him virtually the entire movie. It had been a welcome departure for that actor and father of two, whose personal raising a child philosophy prevents him from releasing any unnecessary nastiness. You need to say things sometimes that you simply understood if youd stated them would insert them in therapy to have an extra two decades. And also you dont. You shove it lower. Despite his onscreen obnoxiousness, Jackman didnt avoid showing Real Steel to his kids, who have been intrigued instead of delay by Kentons insufficient raising a child abilities. These were like, Therefore we can drink sodas in the morning? Inform us that which you consider Jackman's "Real Steel" performance within the comments section as well as on Twitter!

(Dis)connected

Isaiah (Jordan Calloway) struggles with feelings of isolation in "(Dis)connected." Shot in La by In Cahoots Media. Executive producers, Leslie Libman, Chris Lynn, Maggie Malina producer, Fern Martin director, Libman produced by Antonio Campos, Libman, Malina.Isaiah - Jordan Calloway Lisa - Ana Coto Tom - Justin Preston Maria - Lindsey Morgan Nikki - Stephanie Owens Lisa's Mother - Michelle Forbes John - Jason Parsons Shelly - Alexandra Kyle Carly - Estelle Youthful Riley - Angelina PrendergastInspired simply by a real event, MTV's "(Dis)connected" supplies a spare, sobering consider the problem of youth interaction online, with youthful people opening themselves as much as all of the discomfort and cruelty connected with adolescence inside an uncharted new digital domain. The project has a "produced byInch credit instead of actual authors, which approach shows, inside a (dis)jointed and ultimately (dis)recruiting film. Despite good intentions, MTV has shipped a film as shallow because the video-blog world it examines. Although it feels and looks serious, the end result does not bring depth and dimension to the 2D figures. Jumping around among teens and teenagers in various metropolitan areas, director Leslie Libman (who shares the expansion credit with Maggie Malina and Antonio Campos) introduces various gamers wrestling with various issues, from body image to bpd to common-fashioned various insecurities. For instance, Lisa (Ana Coto) is not wanting to strip for any boy with whom she's talking online, while Isaiah (Jordan Calloway) struggles with feelings of isolation. Maria (Lindsey Morgan) experiences a bitter breakup, texting every beat from the process. Point about this feels as though a long, unwieldy prologue, though, for that film's primary thrust, based on the real story of the 19-year-old who committed suicide via webcast, while being advised to undergo by using it with a digital mob. The succession gives mind the 1964 murder of Cat Genovese, only here, the callous onlookers' view is mediated using a video stream. What Libman and her collaborators haven't done is bring much coherence towards the narrative. Rather, "(Dis)connected" bounces along -- utilizing a frenetic, cinema verite style designed to capture the realm it's chronicling -- with your a brief attention span it's tough even going to determine who the important thing gamers are until well in to the film. This is a shame, since you will find some strong and incredibly natural performances here (though Michelle Forbes, playing a mother, is wasted inside a useless cameo), and it is all within the service of the good cause. MTV follows the film having a special that explores such areas as "trust and also over-discussing inside a digital world." There is no doubt media consumption has essentially changed associations and the idea of privacy for individuals weaned within the digital age, which possibly requires techniques used in addressing them. Yet while "(Dis)connected" registers some interesting points about individuals shifting dynamics, sewn together in the way it's, it cannot even connect the dots.Camera, Christos Bitsakos production designer, Cynthia Hill editor, Martin Desmond Roe music, Mark Degli Antoni casting, Tiffany Persons, Chad Ritterbach. 120 MIN. Contact John Lowry at john.lowry@variety.com

New Tintin Trailer Live

Another clue to Secret Of The UnicornHot on the heels of yesterday's War Horse trailer, today brings with it a new peek at TheAdventures Of Tintin:The Secret Of The Unicorn, Steven Spielberg's other upcoming offering based on Herge's endlessly popular series of books. And if the dial yesterday was turned to "emotional", this one ramps it all the way to "action".So there's a tiny snippet of two sailing ships battling on the high seas, cannons blazing, but then we flash forward to slightly more modern times, and see boy reporter Tintin (Jamie Bell) and his dog Snowy recovering a clue to a sunken ship's location, before getting into some perilous adventure and falling in with Captain Haddock (AndySerkis). Cue rocket launchers and a novel way to travel about by motorbike.The Adventures Of Tintin:The Secret Of The Unicorn is out on October 26. Hey!That's this month already!We're nearly there!

Christoph Waltz injured prepping Django Unchained

TF was all "Ooooooh" when we heard Kurt Russell was replacing Kevin Costner on Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. But we were all "Owwwww" when we heard Christoph Waltz had dislocated his pelvic bone in a horse riding accident during pre-production of the same film.According to a statement from his agent, the Oscar-winning actor was injured while training with his horse in preparation for the role."Waltz is currently being treated for a dislocated pelvic bone and is looking forward to getting back in the saddle," the statement added.The actor will miss the NY Film Festival premiere of Roman Polanski's Carnage while he recovers.Django Unchained is currently in pre-production, with the shoot due to start in November.The film also features Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx and Samuel L. Jackson and is set to open in the US on 25 December 2012.

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Rapidly, Let us Develop 20 Amusing New Game titles for that Girl using the Dragon Tattoo

I believe that The Lady using the Dragon Tattoo would be the sensation of winter, and not simply since it looks fantastic in the new trailer. Stieg Larsson’s thrilling Millennium series is ideal for David Fincher’s dark auteurship, and that i expect his protege Rooney Mara to drag off protagonist Lisbeth Salander’s Nordic grit. Meanwhile, though, Lisbeth’s cartoonishly goth appearance (proven within the movie’s new photos) is simply too bizarre to not mock, and I have to acquire some snark from my system prior to the wave of great buzz sweeps through fall. Listed here are 20 mocking new game titles. 1. The Lady using the Hot Subject Gift Certificate 2. The Lady with all of Individuals Feelings 3. The Lady I Ignore in the Bowling Alley 4. The Lady having a Hundred Holes in her own Mind 5. The Lady in the Mudvayne Concert 6. The Lady That Has a tough Time Gelling 7. The Lady using the Pass towards the Counselor’s Office 8. The Lady Who Works at Spencer’s Gifts 9. The Lady Who Sparks the Metal Detector 10. The Lady using the Contrived Poetry 11. The Lady Who Required The Craft Seriously 12. The Lady Who Needs SPF 75 13. The Lady Who Jesse James Scammed With 14. The Lady Who Just Wants Her GED 15. The Lady Who's Ready to have an Armani Under garments Ad 16. The Lady With lots of Lamer Tats Too 17. The Lady Who Stars within the Dope Show 18. The Lady Who Appears Like a Korn Album Cover 19. The Lady Who Hates All Of Your Labels 20. The Lady Using the Apparent Issues Please lead your personal. Difficulties, Rooney Mara in ‘Girl using the Dragon Tattoo’ Please lead yours.

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Connie Britton and Dylan McDermott Fair warning, what you are going to watch might be the most frightening/strangest factor you've observed in a very long time. The very first 5 minutes of FX's new drama, American Horror Story happen to be launched, and also the show certainly lives as much as its title. Ryan Murphy and Kaira Falchuk: The 6 stuff that inspired American Horror Story The freaky haunted house series, produced by Glee's Ryan Murphy and Kaira Falchuk, stars Dylan McDermott and Connie Britton like a battling couple who proceed to La using their daughter Purple (Taissa Farmiga). The only issue? Their creepy home might not be where to begin again. Browse the first 5 minutes from the show below, thanks to America online TV. American Horror Story premieres Wednesday, March. 5 at 10/9c on Forex.

Aniston, Streisand & More To Be Honored By ELLEs Women In Hollywood Gala

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- ELLE, the worlds largest fashion magazine, has announced the lineup for this years 18th Annual Women in Hollywood Celebration at the Four Seasons Beverly Hills Hotel on Monday, October 17, 2011. ELLE, together with presenting sponsors Calvin Klein Collection and LOral Paris, and additional sponsor David Yurman, will bring together an extraordinary group of Hollywoods best and brightest talent for a celebratory dinner honoring womens achievements in film. The tribute features a diverse group of women who have had a profound impact on the film industry. This years honorees include an incredible group of actresses including Academy Award winner Barbra Streisand and Academy Award nominees Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Naomi Watts. Several of todays most acclaimed women in film will also be honored including Jennifer Aniston, Frieda Pinto and Evan Rachel Wood, as well as, DreamWorks CEO, Stacey Snider. Emerging actress Elizabeth Olsen will receive the Calvin Klein Collection Emerging Star Spotlight Award. LOral Paris, another presenting sponsor, is proud to honor Barbra Streisand with the LOreal Paris Legend Award. As has long been our tradition, this year we honor an extraordinary group of women who continue to redefine what is possible in Hollywood, said ELLE editor-in-chief Robbie Myers. From icons to stars to emerging talent, we are thrilled to celebrate their contribution to understanding what it means to be a woman in the wider world. Last years honorees included Gwyneth Paltrow, Diane Kruger, Kate Hudson, Kerry Washington, Sofia Coppola, Hilary Swank, Diane Keaton, Jodie Foster and Jessica Chastain. Past recipients of this honor include Meryl Streep, Charlize Theron, Julie Andrews, Emily Blunt, Katie Holmes, Julianne Moore, Zoe Saldana, Jane Fonda, Halle Berry, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Salma Hayek, Anne Hathaway, Sigourney Weaver, Isla Fisher, and Anjelica Huston. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Breakfast of Champions: Watch Theatrical Trailer for 'Human Centipede 2'

What better way to kick off your Tuesday than with the trailer for 'Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)'? Maybe not. Judging from reviews out of Fantastic Fest -- where 'Centipede 2' premiered last week -- the Tom Six-directed film is as disgusting, vile, foul, degrading and altogether disheartening as your imagination leads you to believe. Wrote Variety reporter Jeff Sneider on Twitter: "If you're an actor in 'Human Centipede 2,' how do you show that movie to your parents, or put it on your reel?" Considering he later called it "fecal porn," you probably don't? With that, here's the trailer. Enjoy! (Just don't watch if you've eaten in the last 30 minutes.) 'Human Centipede 2' is out on Oct. 7. [via Yahoo!]

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Miramax ink Offer Japan

In another proceed to electronically exploit its library, Miramax has inked an offer with Hulu in Japan for choose library game titles. Photos include "Chocolat," "The British Patient," "From Dusk Till Beginning," "Gone Baby Gone," "Good Will Hunting," "Jackie Brown," "Pulp Fiction," "Swingers," "You Will See Bloodstream," "Scream" and "Spy Kids "Beginning immediately, Hulu customers in Japan will have the ability to instantly watch the game titles on platforms including Televisions, Blu-ray gamers, and gaming systems, Computers, pills and mobile phones.In June, Hulu and Miramax introduced an offer for 100s of Miramax films to stream around the Hulu Plus subscription service as well as for choose Miramax films to stream through the ad-supported Hulu service within the U.S"We're very happy to partner with Hulu in Japan, that has built a compelling platform inside a market we're very centered on,Inch stated Mike Lang, Boss of Miramax. "We anticipate making our terrific movies open to a lot more television and digital platforms in Japan, along with other marketplaces throughout Asia, because the audience is constantly on the expand tremendously and new platforms still proliferate." Financial particulars from the deal weren't revealed. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com

As Obama Involves Hollywood, Showbiz Heavies Plan More Democratic Party Fundraiser

our editor recommends'Extreme Transformation: Home Edition': Michelle Obama to Guest Star round the ABC Reality Series'American Idol' Judge Jennifer Lopez to check out Super Bowl With ObamaMorgan Freeman Notifies CNN's Piers Morgan That Tea Party Is Racist Leader Obama may be going to town Monday mid-day for some fundraiser, but people occasions are merely the start of an energetic week for the majority of the Dems' major Hollywood contributor. Numerous occasions intended for the party's Congressional candidates will also be planned. House minority leader Nancy Pelosi will be the large attract a Tuesday evening fundraiser event situated by director J.J. Abrams and also the wife,Katie McGrath. The large event will probably be held round the roof of Abrams' Santa Monica production studio Bad Robot, wonderful proceeds going to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. PHOTOS: Stars Who've Carried out People in politics Dems ready to pop for $10,000 and $5,000 tickets could possibly get a distinctive half-hour alone while using former Speaker at 5:30 p.m. A $1,000 contribution allows you to definitely another face inside the 6-8 p.m. crowd. Abrams and McGrath are becoming one of the Dems go-to Youthful Hollywood energy couples. In June, they situated First Lady Michelle Obama and, earlier, carried out a pivotal role in showing Kamala Harris, then Da of San Francisco Bay Area, for the entertainment industry's Democratic community. Harris, presently the California party's smartest star, ongoing to win a lesser-the-wire election as Condition Atty. General, with many different her crucial financial support supplied by Hollywood. The Pelosi event's report on co-hosts can be a virtual who's-who of Democratic Hollywood's heavy-gamers, including Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg, Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg, Ari Emanuel, Barbara Mandel and James L. Brooks, Barbra Streisand and James Brolin, gay rights activist and political strategist Chad Griffith and Barack Obama's guy-on-the-scene Andy Spahn. STORY: Obama Hollywood Fundraising event Event Sets Artists Abrams and McGrath have formerly given $35,800 to Obama's re-election campaign this year, plus another $100,000 for the Democratic Super Pac, Priority USA Action. Abrams' efforts dovetail people of Katzenberg, who grew to become one in the Dems' key money raisers. (Katzenberg recently gave $2 million to Priority USA, plus 1000's more for the Democratic Party.) Katzenberg and Obama's other Hollywood supporters are actually busy drumming up support for your leader's occasions Monday in your own home of Blues and Fig & Olive on chic Melrose Place, where the per-couple tariff is $33,800. (In the event you're considering driving round the Westside, beware: Site visitors will begin coming at House of Blues at 4:30 p.m., just with time to complicate hurry hour traffic along Sunset Boulevard. The dinner on Melrose Place could possibly get showed up around 6 p.m.) STORY: Disappointed Hollywood Giving Obama Cold Shoulder The best choice's two occasions, however, won't function as the sole political fundraiser round the Westside on Monday. Sid Sheinberg and also the wife,Lorraine,are likely to host a evening time fundraiser event for Congresswoman Lois Capps, who's running against former California Lt. Governor Abel Maldonado. Maldonado has introduced extensive support within the Republican Party as well as in the Super Pac run by former Rose rose bush White-colored House political strategist Karl Rove. As Monday's full dance card signifies, it's apt to be a frenetic fund-raising season west of la Cienega between now and November 2012. STORY: Morgan Freeman on Obama: 'He Might be a Small Bit Too Regular being the best choice' Throughout a year ago's mid-term elections, the entertainment industry elevated greater than $Thirty Dollars million to help fund your dream for control of the house and Senate. Even though some Hollywood activists are chilly on giving to Obama at this time, the continues to be keen to assist its congressional faves. Email: TinaDaunt@gmail.com Related Subjects Obama J.J. Abrams Jeffrey Katzenberg Kate Capshaw Steven Spielberg

Mo Rothman, Who Designed the Return of Charlie Chaplin inside the '70s, Dies

Mo Rothman, a skilled studio executive whose landmark deal with Charlie Chaplin inside the seventies reinvigorated the career in the Hollywood legend, died Sept. 15 in La carrying out a extended bout with Parkinson's disease. His age wasn't immediately available.our editor recommendsLong-lost Charlie Chaplin film discoveredMarilyn Monroe, Judy Garland and Charlie Chaplin Costumes being Offered by AuctionRelated Subjects•Obituaries In 1971, Rothman paid out Chaplin a reported $6 000 0000 plus fifty percent royalties for your distribution rights to 11 Chaplin classics like the Great Dictator, City Lights, Modern Timesand The Child and arranged for your reissue in the films inside the U.S. through Columbia Pictures. More substantially, the pact also incorporated that "The Little Tramp" make personal looks intended for the movies, so Chaplin made the decision to complete his self-enforced 20-year exile and return to the U.S., first for just about any 1972 tribute within the Lincoln subsequently subsequently Center Film Society in NY after which it soon after to just accept an honorary Oscar in the repentant Hollywood. (Chaplin had left the country among tax problems and accusations he was involved with anti-American activities.) Rothman and Chaplin made millions round the deal, which came just like a blow to Chaplin's boy, Sydney, who had previously been told he'd be allowed to broker the arrangement. Before his business with Chaplin, Rothman labored at Universal Pictures from 1946-52 just like a manager in India, Singapore and Venezuela at United states . Artists in Paris from 1952-59 as continental manager for Europe at Columbia from 1960-71 as Boss of the worldwide arm after which it v . p . worldwide marketing. He offered as Columbia's liaison with director Stanley Kubrick on 1964's Dr. Strangelove or: Generate An Earnings Learned to avoid Worrying and Love the Blast. In 1982, Rothman was granted a purchase of Merit with the Italian government for intend to Italian cinema and offered round the juries within the 1985 Cannes and Venice film festivals. Rothman's wife Lyn elevated funds to create the Parkinson's Appeal for Deep Brain Stimulation london in 2001 after her husband was recognized with Parkinson's disease. DBS utilizes chronic, high-frequency electrical stimulation to help ease tremor, rigidity and dyskinesia of a quantity of movement disorders. Furthermore to Lyn, children include children Keith, Nicole and Monique stepchildren Sebastian and Arabella Serrell-W and seven grandchildren. Related Subjects Obituaries

Liberty Media Anticipates Reasonably Limited Tier For Movie

It’s “more likely these days”that new movie streaming companies for example Amazon . com will offer you some programming on the premium tier — a contrast with Netflix’s single-pricepackage –Liberty Media Boss Greg Maffei stated today in the Goldman Sachs Communicopia conference. He broadly suggested that his company’s need to charge extra for Starzwas a large reason the premium funnel lately ended discussions to increase its carriage cope with Netflix. The present arrangement, he states,is “inconsistent” with theway customers receive Starz on pay TV. More broadly, Maffei states that Liberty is on the right track to separate off its Liberty Capital and Liberty Starz monitoring stocks by tomorrow since it's beat back a court challenge by bondholders.The dealtransfers some assets towards the spun-off companies, breaking some bond contracts. However the Delaware Top Court yesterday upheld a lesser court decision nevertheless the split-off is alright since it isn’t a part of what it really known as an “overall plan” to harm bondholders. That likely won’t alter the overall technique for the organization that’s controlled through the notoriously tax-averse former cable titan John Malone — which some experts have to say is nothing more than a portfolio of stock holdings. “Finding items to buy at attractive prices may be the greatest chalenge we now have today,” Maffei states. Additionally to repurchasing Liberty shares, the organization has “looked at stuff that are downtrodden,” he states. That’s how Liberty found own major stakes in Sirius XM and Barnes & Noble.Liberty attempted to purchase it store chain since it likes the potential for e-book sales for this Nook e-readers and “we think the retail business will probably decline in a reduced rate than people anticipate.” Talks fell apart when B&N wanted a greater cost just like “the real estate markets were leaving us.” Maffei states that at QVC “we do remarkably well within the U.S. given what consumer confidence is.” The organization’s focusing more about electronic devices than jewellery, but nonetheless really wants to target women. Additionally, it wants toavoid evaluations with Amazon . com, which Maffei calls “a fearsome, strong competitor.” Liberty might consider pursuing HSN, but “not at today’s cost.”