Games Of Thrones Director Alan Taylor To Helm Thor 2

First Published: December 26, 2011 1:31 PM EST Credit: Getty Premium LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Chris Hemsworth steps out at the premiere of Thor at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on May 2, 2011Thor 2 has found its director. Alan Taylor will replace Patty Jenkins at the helm of the superhero sequel, according to Deadline, which was first to report the news. Taylor, an accomplished TV director, is best known for his work on HBOs Game of Thrones, as well as credits on small screen hits including Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men and Nurse Jackie. Jenkins, director of 2003s crime drama Monster, was originally slated to direct the film, but was removed from the project earlier this month following rumored creative differences with Marvel. The highly anticipated sequel, featuring returning star Chris Hemsworth as the hammer-wielding Norse god, is slated for theatrical release on November 13, 2013. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

ROLL CALL: Kevin Federline Really Happy For Britney Spears On Her Engagement

First Published: December 19, 2011 2:11 PM EST Credit: WireImage LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Kevin FederlineK-Fed Shows BritBrit Some Love: There doesnt appear to be any ex animosity between Britney Spears and Kevin Federline. Following the announcement of her engagement to Jason Trawick, the man who gave us Popozao, spoke out about the pop stars upcoming nuptials. Im really happy for her I think hes a great guy, K-Fed told reportedly told Australias TV Week. Shes happy; shes doing really well. I want to say shes in a good place. I havent spoken to her much since Ive been over here (K-Fed is Down Under filming the weight loss reality show Excess Baggage) both of us have been busy with her being on tour but I do know from talking to the kids and talking to the kids teachers that theyre doing really good. Its a good step in the right direction. Im totally happy for her. Could this mean that K-Fed, who split with the pop star in 2007, might possibly get an invite to Brit and Jasons wedding? Shiloh Steals The Show!: The Brangelina clan celebrated Brads 48th birthday this weekend in Las Vegas (CLICK HERE for all the details!), but its the expression on Shilohs face while sitting in the audience that stole the show for us! See the always adorable Shiloh, HERE! In Case You Missed It!: Host Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers reminded us how good Saturday Night Live can be this weekend during a Weekend Update Joke-Off. See who had the best punch line for a story about a strip club having a toy drive, HERE! In Case You Missed That It Or Wondered Who Broke Wind!: On Fridays The View there was an odd noise during an interview with Homeland star Claire Danes. The noise, which appeared to emanate from Whoopis region, caused the host to say, Excuse me, I just let a frog out of there. However, TV execs told The Huffington Post, It was a joke. Every time there is a fun noise she pretends it was her. Check out the possible wind break, HERE! Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Matt Roush's Top 10 (And Then Some) of 2011

Michelle Dockery and Dan Stevens 1. HOMELAND The best new series of the year is Showtime's twisty nail-biter of a psychological thriller, an emotionally intense cat-and-mouse game between two damaged souls: Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody, a Marine POW who may have been turned by terrorists during eight years in Iraqi captivity, and Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, the unstable CIA analyst who breaks all the rules to get under his skin - and at times under the sheets. (Bringing new meaning to undercover agent). The actors are as electrifying as the storytelling in this taut tale of homeland insecurity, which also features a marvelously restrained Mandy Patinkin as Carrie's melancholy mentor and a revelatory Morena Baccarin as Brody's understandably conflicted wife. Homeland comes from the veteran producers of 24, who have lost none of their knack for sustained suspense, but within this more realistic framework have been able to concoct a thoughtful and gripping meditation on the human toll of the war on terror. 2. DOWNTON ABBEY A complete delight. PBS' sprawling, Emmy-winning Masterpiece miniseries, with echoes of Jane Austen and Upstairs Downstairs in its wittily sudsy panache, is set on a grand but embattled English estate in the years before WWI, with romantic and financial intrigues distracting the well-born and servant class alike. First among equals in the brilliant ensemble: Maggie Smith as the perpetually indignant Countess Dowager, given to hilariously withering pronouncements like, "No Englishman would dream of dying in someone else's house." The very idea! Want more Matt Roush? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! 3. BREAKING BAD Not missing a beat in its excruciatingly suspenseful fourth season, AMC's dark fable of violent corruption pits the desperate Walt White (Bryan Cranston, deepening the darkness of this outrageous anti-hero) against the icy kingpin Gus Kring (Giancarlo Esposito in a masterful performance of understated menace) in an unpredictable season-long battle of wills. After the cunningly plotted and literally explosive season climax, Walt says "I won" to his morally compromised wife Skyler (Anna Gunn). Yes, he did, but at what cost? 4. COMMUNITY-vs-THE BIG BANG THEORY Airing opposite each other all year on Thursdays were two fabulous extremes on the spectrum of comedy magic. NBC's low-rated gem, the epitome of cult comedy, the experimental and existential - and hugely entertaining - "fan favorite" Community defies genre categorization (a Glee holiday parody is also a takeoff on Invasion of the Body Snatchers) while bringing to life an ensemble of indelible misfits. And dominating the time period, The Big Bang Theory, CBS' gut buster of a monster sitcom hit, has only intensified its geeky genius since beefing up the roles of the ladies in these dysfunctional brainiacs' lives, with Mayim Bialik's dour Amy and Melissa Rauch's perky Bernadette keeping Kaley Cuoco's Penny from being the oddest girl out. 5. GAME OF THRONES HBO successfully brings the epic fantasy to TV with dynamic impact in this adult, red-blooded and relentlessly brutal saga derived from George R.R. Martin's iconic page-turners. Grim tidings befall good people (including Sean Bean's noble Ned Stark) in a medieval mash-up of dynastic mayhem with just the right amount of supernatural menace. 6. JUSTIFIED In the sensational second season of FX's tangy, twangy crime drama, the lethally charming U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) meets his match - in Emmy winner Margo Martindale's monstrously ruthless Kentucky mountain matriarch Mags Bennett. With her deadly Apple Pie moonshine always at arm's reach, she presides over a tangled multi-family feud for control of Harlan County. If only her bumbling offspring had inherited her steel. Justified goes down with the kick of blended whiskey. 7. THE MIDDLE & MODERN FAMILY The have-not Hecks of Indiana and the well-off West Coast Pritchett/Dunphy clan have little in common, except being uncommonly funny. ABC's underappreciated The Middle nails the raucous comic anxiety of overwhelmed parents (the award-worthy Patricia Heaton and Neil Flynn) and their underachieving square-peg kids: lazy Axl, Poor Sue and oddball Brick. In terms of cultural relevance, The Middle may actually be TV's most significant current comedy. Meanwhile, the acclaimed Modern Family continues to spearhead TV's comedy renaissance with sophisticated farce that anyone with relatives can relate to. 8. FRINGE Living on the fringe of the TV schedule and ratings, Fox's sci-fi/fantasy mind-blower just keeps expanding in its mystical complexity. As Peter Bishop plays peek-a-boo between warring universes, we're treated to cautionary Frankenstein parables of the dangers of playing God. A more than worthy successor to The X-Files. 9. THE GOOD WIFE Once Alicia (Emmy winner Julianna Margulies) embraced her bad side, in a tumultuous secret liaison with her boss Will (Josh Charles), network TV's most compelling drama is also its steamiest, cunningly blending the personal with a sharply written legal procedural that is never less than stimulating. 10. NEW GIRL Four's company, and great company at that. In Fox's endearingly zany new comedy, a free-spirited pixie (Zooey Deschanel in a career-defining test of the how-much-is-too-cute threshold) moves into a man cave with three guys, including Max Greenfield as the hilariously smarmy Schmidt. Their bro-code of conduct will never be the same with this sweet, silly and needy interloper in their midst. She's a hoot, and so's the show. Under the heading of honorable mention, I would have liked to include DirectTV/NBC's Friday Night Lights and FX's Rescue Me on the list for their final seasons, but we were already cheering their finales within the same issue's "Cheers & Jeers" package, so honor was done. In retrospect, I'm sorry I didn't find room for FX's small but mighty, and darkly funny, Louie. Under most improved, and getting better all the time, Parks and Recreation succeeds Community (going on undeserved hiatus) as NBC's best comedy. Damages enjoyed another taut, suspenseful season on DirecTV. What's TV's best American horror story? Not that overrated FX monstrosity, but AMC's imperfect but perfectly harrowing The Walking Dead. And my biggest surprise since fall, because the pilot didn't blow me away, is the guilty pleasure of ABC's Revenge, especially since the evil Tyler showed up to spread his malice in the Hamptons. He makes Emily look like an amateur. In terms of the year's biggest disappointments, that list would include the aforementioned American Horror Story (which, with the exception of the fabulous Jessica Lange, is as inept and indulgent as it is sickeningly ugly), HBO's turgid Mildred Pierce miniseries, the woeful Oscar-night hosting of James Franco and Anne Hathaway, Starz' misguidedly Americanized Torchwood: Miracle Day, ABC's shoulda-been-more-fun Pan Am, AMC's shoulda-been-more-original Hell on Wheels, and ABC's shoulda-never-aired Charlie's Angels reboot. There are more (many thankfully forgotten), but why dwell on the bad? Here's to an even better 2012 in TV. Happy new year! Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

The Way I Met Your Mother's Alyson Hannigan Expecting Second Child

Alyson Hannigan Inside a situation of existence emulating art, The Way I Met Your Mother's Alyson Hannigan is pregnant together with her second child, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Fortunately for that 37-year-old actress, her Mother character also transpires with presently be pregnant, so she will not need to hide behind giant handbags or be a part of waitress or eating contests. Browse the relaxation of present day news This is actually the second child for that Buffy alum and husband Alexis Denisof, 45, who in addition have a 2-year-old daughter named Satyana. The pair get married in 2003.

Madonna, Trent Reznor, Sinad O'Connor Among Musicians to Land Golden Globe Nominations

Sonja Flemming/CBS"The Amazing Race" CBS on Thursday announced more changes to its midseason schedule, including the premiere date of the next season of The Amazing Race as well as new Friday time periods for Undercover Boss and A Gifted Man.our editor recommends'Amazing Race' Season 19 Winners Revealed'Undercover Boss,' 'Dog Whisperer,' 'Dance Moms,' 'Best Ink' Get Premiere DatesCBS Orders More 'Gifted Man' Episodes Race's 20th edition is set to premiere at 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, with Phil Keoghan returning as host. Last week's season finale posted season-high ratings in viewers (11.2 million and adults 18-49 (3.3 rating). PHOTOS: CBS' New Season TV Shows: 'Person of Interest,' 'A Gifted Man' and More The reality show Undercover Boss, meanwhile, premieres at 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, but then relocated to 8 p.m. Fridays starting Feb. 17. The move means that freshman drama Gifted Man, which airs at 8 p.m. Fridays, will shift back an hour, to 9 p.m. The spiritual-tinged medical drama, which stars Patrick Wilsonin his first series television role, was recently picked up for three more episodes. The show has been a modest performer at 8 p.m. Fridays. STORY:CBS Announces Premiere for Rob Schneider Comedy, 'Undercover Boss' Return Date After Gifted Man completes its 16-episode run, CSI: NY will return to the 9 p.m. Friday time slot. Blue Bloods will continue to air at 10 p.m. Fridays. CBS recently announced that the Rob Schneider comedy ¡Rob! will premiere at 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, starting Jan. 12. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery CBS' New Season TV Shows: 'Person of Interest,' 'A Gifted Man' and More Patrick Wilson Phil Keoghan CBS The Amazing Race A Gifted Man Undercover Boss

A 'Tinker's' murmer

Helmer Tomas Alfredson kicked off the Dec. 7 preem of Focus Features' "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" at the Arclight by singing a Swedish version of "Happy Birthday" to producer Robyn Slovo. After receiving a warm round of applause, Alfredson told the crowd he hoped they'd understand his film, based on John le Carre's dense espionage novel. The afterparty at the Chateau Marmont found stars Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong mingling with well-wishers. Alfredon mused about the pic's protag, George Smiley, being "so complicated for an actor to do, because Smiley doesn't speak for 16 or 17 minutes in the beginning, and in the end, he raises his voice slightly." On certain takes, Oldman's Smiley was a bit too low-keyed. "Tomas would ask me to go a little bigger sometimes, because what I was doing was so small that it wasn't registering," recalled the thesp. "He'd ask me to glance over at Colin and I'd say, 'I did,' and he'd say, 'Can you make it a little bit bigger because we didn't quite see it.' By the end, we communicated telepathically." n Contact Jeff Sneider at jeff.sneider@variety.com

CW Pushes Back Midseason Returns of Ringer, 90210

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ioan Gruffudd The midseason returns of 90210 and Ringer happen to be postponed, the CW introduced on Friday. 90210 is going to be back on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 8/7c Body week after formerly introduced - and can function as charge-to the CW's new reality series Renovated, which follows modeling industry veteran Paul Fisher because he attempts to gather 100s of small agencies. Remodeled's premiere will repeat the next evening at 8/7c in addition to Friday, Jan. 20 at 9/8c, and it is second episode will air on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 9/8c. Catch on Ringer and 90210 within our Movie Guide Ringer will return on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 9/8c as Renovated then forms into its regular time slot on Wednesday, February. 1 at 9/8c. Other CW midseason premieres remain as formerly introduced.

Chelsea Clinton to produce NBC News Debut This Month

Chelsea Clinton Chelsea Clinton could make her NBC News debut Monday, 12 ,. 12, on Rock Center with John Williams, The NY Occasions reviews. Clinton, 31, sets of the nonprofit organization situated in her own home condition of Arkansas. The piece will participate NBC's recurring "Developing a Difference" feature. Clinton was hired lately, nevertheless the network stressed the previous first daughter wouldn't group of politics. Chelsea Clinton joins NBC News "I am hoping telling tales through 'Making a Difference' - just like my academic work and nonprofit work - might help me to reside in my grandmother's adage of 'Life is not in what occurs you, but by what you ought to do in what occurs you,'" she told the Occasions throughout time of her hire. Clinton look on Rock Center additionally to NBC Nightly News. She's the second daughter from the former leader hired by NBC lately. Jenna Rose rose bush Hager is really a correspondent for your Today show since August 2009. Will you watch Clinton's NBC News debut?

Mindy McCready: I Didn't Steal My Child

First Released: November 30, 2011 1:25 PM EST Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Mindy McCreadyLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Mindy McCready informs Access Hollywood that despite reviews, she and her 5-year-old boy aren't missing. I'm dealing with lawyers to get all of this straightened out out, she told Access Hollywood within an e-mail on Wednesday. I didn't steal my child, as it might be impossible that i can kidnap what already goes in my experience! There was not ever any missing persons report and not an Amber Alert. Based on the Connected Press, however, the Department of kids and Families stated military services weapons persons report was filed in Florida on Tuesday. The DCF told the AP the report was filed following the singer required her boy, Zander, in the performers fathers home. McCreadys mother apparently has custody of the children from the child. A judge has purchased McCready to come back Zander by Thursday, the AP reported. Country star McCready has fought addiction and a number of personal issues through the years. In April 2010, she told Access about her stint on VH1s Celebrity Rehab, explaining her diagnosis from Dr. Came Pinksy. Dr. Came in giving us a diagnosis, identified me as an individual who has co-dependency. The brand new age term is really a love addict, she told Access at that time. It leads you in to the wrong associations and also you range from one horrible relationship to a different. I Quickly began consuming an excessive amount of. In December 2008, the singer was put in the hospital after cutting her arms and taking several pills. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Guy Ritchie on His Marriage to Madonna and the Days like a Street Fighter

Guy Ritchie made his title like a director, but mainstream audiences know him to be married to Madonna. That might be unfair, thinking about he's done some particularly memorable British gangster movies ('Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels,' 'Snatch'), but, hey, that is what happens when you begin rapport with probably the most famous women on the planet. Even though two have since divorced, Ritchie does not appear too split up concerning the whole factor. Within an interview with Particulars, he was very tolerant of the knowledge. I loved my first marriage. It's certainly not something I regret. The knowledge was ultimately very positive. I really like the children that arrived on the scene from it, and I saw not one other path to take. However, you move ahead, not? You are right, I walked right into a cleaning soap opera, and that i resided inside it for a significant lengthy duration of my existence. I'll most likely become more eloquent onto it ten years from now. That's an excellent outlook for somebody who spent his pre-filmmaking years hanging with crooks and becoming drunk and fighting people. I've not had a problem for, I'm not sure, fifteen years? Used to do undergo a truculent period once. I smoked lots of weed and drank lots of booze, so when I attempted to provide both of them up, I decided to occupy street fighting. I came unstuck on numerous occasions. I had been just searching for adrenaline. But when someone stated something rude in my experience now, I'd just accept it. This is an age factor. All of a sudden, 'Lock, Stock,' and 'Snatch' all of a sudden make much more sense. Guy Ritchie's next film, 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game Title of Shadows,' opens on Christmas Day. Read the entire Ritchie interview over on Particulars. [via Particulars] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Guy Ritchie Calls Marriage To Madonna A Cleaning soap Opera

First Released: November 28, 2011 6:40 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Guy Ritchie and Madonna, Sept. 2008Guy Ritchie and Madonna split in 2008 as well as in a brand new interview, the A Virtual Detective: A Game Title of Shadows director accepted it had been a rollercoaster ride. I walked right into a cleaning soap opera, and that i resided inside it for a significant lengthy duration of my existence, Guy told GQ magazines December 2011 problem. Ill most likely become more eloquent onto it ten years from now. Guy and Madonna met in 1998 in a social gathering, held by Stings wife, Trudie Straightener, who assemble them. The 2 married 2 yrs later in December 2000 at Skibo Castle in Scotland, and also the director stated he's no regrets regarding their union. I loved my first marriage. Its certainly not something I regret. The knowledge was ultimately very positive, he stated. I really like the children that arrived on the scene from it, and I saw not one other path to take. However, you move ahead, dont you? The split between your couple led to a reported cost for Madonna which is between $76 million and $92 million. When requested what he learned using their marriage, Guy pointed out money. Whenever you finish up with many different what you set to chase and discover that youve happened into a variety of hollow victories, then you definitely become deeply philosophical. Im quite happy that that have was faster for me personally. Im glad I made money, quite simply, he stated. And Im glad I acquired married. A Virtual Detective: A Game Title of Shadows opens on December 16. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

YRF Entertainment Launches By Funding Jason Bateman Comedy A Lengthy Week

EXCLUSIVE: YRF Entertainment has launched using this week’s production oncoming of Longest Week, the Peter Glanz-directed comedy that stars Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde and Billy Crudup. The film got on-going in NY, and Bateman plays an immature guy-child who still lives along with his parents in the chic Manhattan hotel but out of the blue finds themselves started out, disinherited and hopelessly deeply deeply in love with his nearest friend’s girlfriend (Wilde). YRF, which will produce and finance films for people as well as the worldwide marketplace, was started by Uday Chopra, who came onto fully finance A Lengthy Week when the film’s original backer dropped out. Chopra is creating with Neda Armian. Jonathan Reiman, Chris Marsh, Stone Douglass and Taylor Materne are executive producers. Reiman is Chopra’s new mind of development and production. Chopra was elevated learning the film business Bollywood-style. His father is Yash Chopra, whose Yash Raj Films can be a prolific producer and distributor. The 41-years of age company could make five to seven Indian films next season. Chopra is doing from starring in people films to writing them (Love Impossible). His father’s customers are backing YRF and Chopra’s ambition to destroy into Hollywood fare just like a producer/financier. “The decision personally wasn't based on cash except rather my passion to produce American movies,” Chopra described. “I was elevated watching American films and tv, which i preferred to understand more about it, even though I recognize it's a very competitive business.” Chopra mentioned he’s moving methodically, getting a 5-year plan to develop films in many genres. He’ll be opportunistic each time a good project arrives that needs backing. Worldwide areas round the Longest Week are increasingly being provided by Nicolas Chartier’s Current, despite the fact that Chopra mentioned he's offers from domestic entrepreneurs, he's made a decision to hold about before the film is completed just before making a deal. YRF has began acquiring material including an untitled action/comedy by Serta Ewen (Opposites Attract), about two twentysomethings who leave their unique hometowns to pursue large dreams and become a apparently easy duo after they find each other. After leading to to Glanz’s A Lengthy Week script, Chopra introduced the filmmaker and Armian to Bombay and dedicated to increase the risk for film. Chopra mentioned he'll open offices in La within the month of the month of january, once the Longest Week completes production.

Cougar Town Order Cut To Fifteen Episodes, Comedy Eyed For March Launch

EXCLUSIVE: Here's what's promising and not so good news for Cougar Town fans who have been annoyed because the 3rd-year comedy is missing from ABC’s midseason schedule. First, unhealthy news. Because Cougar Town is this is not on that schedule, and therefore it won’t launch before March, its full-season 22-episode order continues to be reduced to fifteen episodes. The (semi-)great news. Rumor would be that the series starring Courteney Cox will return in March, overtaking the Tuesday 8:30 PM slot after Arrange It finishes its run. It might be combined with the Tim Allen starrer Last Guy Standing.

2011 music sales strike upward note

Getting into the vacation gift-purchasing season, total music sales were up 5.1% with the finish of October, based on figures launched Thursday by Nielsen SoundScan. Throughout an internet seminar presentation by NARM, SoundScan senior veep of entertainment analysis David Bakula stated total music sales through March. 30 rose to 353 million models, versus. 336 million this year. Overall album sales were up 3% over this past year, with 249 million albums offered versus 242 million this past year. Digital album sales grown 19.7% to 81 million, but physical album sales ongoing to say no, shedding 3.5%, with 168 million offered this season. However, Bakula noted the drop in Compact disc sales has abated somewhat, following 2010's precipitous 20% decline. Current album sales ended up 1.7% with the finish of October, but catalog sales demonstrated reasonable increase, with overall catalog increased 9.1% and deep catalog up 12.5%. Vinyl sales remained as forecasted to increase 30% this year, although the format makes up about just 1.6% of overall sales. Bakula noted the configuration may be the center of indie stores, which sells exclusive vinyl pieces on Record Store Day and also the publish-Thanksgiving To Black Friday. Sales within the traditional retail space ongoing to erode. Niche music chains were off 10% (using the closure of Edges getting some unquestionable impact), independent stores fell 9.3%, mass retailers were lower 3.2% and non-traditional merchants for example Local cafe dropped 21.8%. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Tarsem Singh Wants To Direct 'Samurai Jack'

After the big time success of his latest project "Immortals," director Tarsem Singh has his eyes on the project he'd like to tackle next. Tarsem recently told The Hollywood Reporter that he would like to direct the live-action version of "Samurai Jack," the beloved and critically acclaimed animated series that aired on Cartoon Network from 2001 to 2004. The potential director and subject combination is sure to have fans nodding their heads in agreement. Tarsem is known particularly for his otherworldly visuals and could theoretically make a great director for the unique art direction of "Samurai Jack." The animated series ran for four seasons and followed the titular character, a feudal Japanese warrior banished to the future as he desperately searches for a way to return to his own time. Over the course of its run, the show won four Emmy awards. New Line attempted a live-action adaptation of "Samurai Jack" back in the early 2000s with the now-controversial Brett Ratner at the helm. When a film did not materialize during that attempt, the rights to the film reverted back to Cartoon Network, who currently holds them. No official discussions about a Singh-directed "Samurai Jack" film have taken place. Singh's next film, "Mirror, Mirror," a new take on the story of Snow White is scheduled to hit theaters in March of next year. Would you like to see a "Samurai Jack" live-action film directed by Tarsem Singh? Let us know what you think in the comments below and on Twitter!

Scott Frank To Write And Direct GK Films Adaptation Of British Miniseries Unforgiven

EXCLUSIVE: Scott Frank will rewrite and direct a feature adaptation of the 2009 British miniseries Unforgiven for GK Films partners Graham King and Tim Headington. When the project was set at GK last year, Christopher McQuarrie was signed to write the early draft as a potential vehicle for Angelina Jolie. McQuarrie did his job before going off to direct Tom Cruise in One Shot for Paramount. Jolie had never been formally attached, and so it won’t be clear who’ll star until Frank does his rewrite and gets the film ready. Frank is finishing Houdini for Sony Pictures and director Francis Lawrence, and he also scripted Hell’s Angels for director Tony Scott and Fox. Both of those are priority projects and his adaptation of the Lawrence Block novel A Walk Among the Tombstones was resurrected by Cross Creek Pictures for DJ Caruso to direct. Frank made his directorial debut on his script The Lookout. Unforgiven is about a woman’s attempt to rejoin society after she serves a 15-year prison stretch for the murder of two policemen. The tragedy happened after the policemen came to evict her family from their farmhouse. Her hope is to live quietly and reunite with her troubled younger sister, but the paroled woman is targeted for a revenge campaign by two sons of one of her victims. Suranne Jones played the lead in the original miniseries, which was written by Sally Wainwright and directed by David Evans. Frank is repped by CAA.

Kim Kardashian's Divorce: The Ten Best Late-Evening Jokes (Video)

Demis Maryannakis/SplashNews/Newscom This news that Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries havefiled for divorce for only 72 times of marriage offered fresh fodder for that late-evening hosts on Monday evening, as you may expect.our editor recommendsKim Kardashian Divorce: 10 Signs the wedding Was One Large Hoax All Along Kim Kardashian Talks On Her Unsuccessful Marriage: 'I Got Swept Up Using the Hoopla'Kim Kardashian's Mother Claims She Did not Profit From Ill-Fated MarriageKris Jenner Continues Media Blitz, Set to look on 'The View'Kim Kardashian Leaves for Australia Without E! CamerasKim Kardashian's Brother Take advantage of Addresses Elephant within the Ballroom After 'Dancing Using the Stars' Kardashian, who stars in E!'s Maintaining With Kardashians and Kourtney & Kim Take NY, confirmed Monday that they was declaring divorce from her National basketball association player husband. The pair were married August. 20 in a private estate in Montecito, Calif. -- after dating only six several weeks -- inside a wedding which was believed to cost the vast majority millions of dollars, but individuals costs were offset by products like a free $20,000 Vera Wang gown and alucrative cope with E!. PHOTOS: 19 of Hollywood's All-Time Least Partnerships So, naturally, the late-evening hosts had plenty to consider shots at on Monday evening. One of the better jokes: 1. Due To Jimmy Kimmel Live host Due To Jimmy Kimmel: "I personally don't like to ruin the atmosphere, however it's my duty being an American talk show host to are convinced that after 72 times of wedded bliss, Kim Kardashian and her National basketball association player husband Kris Humphries are separating. She's made the decision to not pick his option up for an additional season." 2. The Tonight Show host Jay Leno: "For their credit, they did try twenty minutes of counseling. It simply didn't work." 3. The Late Show host David Letterman: "They began bickering in the altar -- now they are fighting over custody of the children from the cake." PHOTOS: Inside Kardashian Corporation. 4. The Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson, determination joke concerning the 7 billionth person being born Monday: "Guess what happens's much more surprising? Of all of the 7 billion people on the planet, we're not surprised that Kim Kardashian gets divorced." 5. Kimmel: "It's unfortunate. I figured they'd be together not less than another five to 10 Us Weekly covers." 6. Kimmel: "Kim has requested that her fans offer her an entire insufficient privacy throughout this time around." 7. Kimmel: "I question what goes on to that particular 20-karat gemstone he gave her. You realize, if no one's utilizing it, I wager it might look wonderful during my navel.Inch PHOTOS: Hollywood's Top Earners 8. Letterman: "They are planning for a lavish divorce in the Laguna Niguel Ritz-Carlton with 3,000 visitors." 9. Kimmel: "Personally i think type of scammed by all of this. I cried throughout every minute of this wedding special, and that i want individuals 11 hrs of my existence back now." 10. Ferguson: "If two celebs who hardly know one another got married for any Television show can't allow it to be, what hope can there be for anybody? Kimmel also produced an imitation promo for E!'s next special: Kim & Kris Kall It Kwits. Watch it below. Craig Ferguson Due To Jimmy Kimmel Kim Kardashian Reality TV Jay Leno David Letterman Kris Humphries

'Immortals' Star Luke Evans 'Can't Wait to return to Work' on 'The Hobbit'

Luke Evans is getting a legendary moment: He plays Aramis in 'The Three Musketeers,' Zeus within the approaching 'Immortals,' and he's been cast inside a proper role in Peter Jackson's 'Hobbit' films as Bard the Bowman, a heroic human who involves Bilbo Baggins' aid. Evans spoken to Moviefone about 'Immortals' (search for our interview with him about playing the youngest version from the Greek God nearer to the movie's release on November. 11) and just how much he's taking pleasure in shooting the "longest job of his existence" in New Zealand. Your character, Bard the Bowman, includes a very pivotal role. This is a large moment there in the finish from the story. There's a legendary moment there, yeah. Are you currently practicing your archery abilities? Yes, I had been trained for 3 days in New Zealand having a stunt coordinator, learning my new weapon. I have gone from swords in 'Musketeers' along with a bow -- a lengthy bow at this -- for 'The Hobbit,' therefore it is been a very interesting education, due to there being very techniques used in utilizing a bow and arrow, so I have learned plenty of them to really make it look realistic. When would you return to focus on it? Time passes in three days for my second block. Going for a little break to spread out 'Musketeers' and 'Immortals' and speak with you lovely people. The stars who made 'The The almighty from the Rings' films had this unique camaraderie, are you currently going through that on 'The Hobbit?' Yes, I'm. It's interesting since the boys -- so when I only say the boys, I am talking about the dwarves -- happen to be there since Feb, so that they already had their team setup. There is however an attractive energy when you attend Wellington and also you satisfy the whole team, including Fran [Walsh] and Philippa [Boyens] and also the whole crew. Everyone. It is a Kiwi quality that we love plus they immediately embrace you and also you are area of the family. It simply kind of goes beyond completely with the layers [from the production], in the runners up up. Everybody's there loving the very fact they are doing something incredibly special and that i feel totally honored to stay in this family. Personally i think some of it now and that i miss them greatly and that i can't wait to return, to tell the truth. Just how much longer is it necessary to film your behalf? I am there until the center of the coming year. It is the longest job of my existence. We can not wait to determine it. Neither can one. [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Queen Latifah Tapped to Host A Daytime Talk Show

The Queen is heading back to daytime.our editor recommendsQueen Latifah Added to AOL's Celebrity Roster Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment and Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit announced Monday that they will be partnering with Sony Pictures Television to produce a new sydicated talk show for 2103 with Latifah serving as host. She is expected to join an already crowded landscape that is likely to include Katie Couric, Steve Harvey and Jeff Probst. The deal was spearheaded by Flavor Unit co-founder Shakim Compere and Overbrook's Miguel Melendez. Both men will serve as executive producers alongside Overbrook trio James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith and Latifah on the daytime effort. VIDEO: 'Joyful Noise' Trailer: Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton are Forced to Team Up "We share a common vision and have been wanting to collaborate for quite some time," said Compere.Added Melendez, "We have known and admired Latifah for over 20 years: dating back to our music days, to her first television role on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and years alter when she worked with Jada on the film Set it Off." For Latifah, who has added movie star (Joyful Noise), spokesperson (CoverGirl) and producer (BET's Let's Stay Together, VH1's Single Ladies) to her resume, this can be seen as a return to her roots. She first hosted a daytime talker in 1999; the Telepictures production, Queen Latifah Show, ran for two seasons. Related Topics Queen Latifah

The Talk Taps Aisha Tyler as Co-Host

Aisha Tyler Aisha Tyler will join CBS' The Talk as co-host, Deadline reports. Tyler, 41. begins her new gig on Monday and will sit alongside co-hosts Sara Gilbert, Julie Chen, Sheryl Underwood and Sharon Osbourne. She and Underwood replace Leah Remini and Holly Robinson Peete who exited the show in August. Check out more of today's news Tyler, whose credits include Friends and Ghost Whisperer, already has some hosting experience. Besides previously guesting on the talk show, she hosted E!'s Talk Soup in 2001.

Attacking Youthful Boys, Christina Aguilera, Maroon 5, Others to complete At 2011 American Music Honours

The American Music Honours they are under monthly away as well as the dick clark productions (dcp) honours show announce a slew of latest functions set to complete on November. 20 live broadcast.our editor recommends2011 American Music Honours: Adele Leads With 4 Nominations (Video)VIDEO: Nicki Minaj and Pitbull Reveal the 2010 AMA Nominees PHOTOS: AMA Hot Performances Attacking Youthful Boys, Christina Aguilera, Maroon 5, Mary J. Blige and Kelly Clarkson were introduced as artists Monday. VIDEO: 2011 American Music Honours: Adele Leads With 4 Nominations The background music artists join Katy Perry and Pitbull, who've been already signed onto sing round the live show. Aguilera is scheduled to duet along with her The Voice co-star Adam Levine on his band's hit "Moves Like Jagger," for your show, that is broadcast from NOKIA Theater L.A. LIVE. Adele acquired most likely probably the most AMA nominations, with four, after they were introduced March. 11. PHOTOS: Top Finest Paid out Artists Katy Perry,Rhianna,Lil Wayne,Beyonce,This Rock Band PerryandTaylor Swifteach saw three nods whileBeyonce,Bruno Mars,Chris Brown,Jason Aldean,Kanye,LMFAO,Nicki MinajandPitbullcollected two nominations. Related Subjects American Music Honours Attacking Youthful Boys Kelly Clarkson Mary J. Blige Christina Aguilera Maroon 5

'Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo' Launches Cryptic Viral Site

A brand new image submitted to 'The Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo's strangely named Tumblr site, Mouth Recorded Shut shows Trent Reznor scoring the film, it features a connect to another site: ComesForthintheThaw.com. Earlier today, that website featured the look of the house, based on SlashFilm, however when Moviefone looked, there is another photo -Body of Difficulties along with a lady, hidden by frost deposits. Begin to see the image ahead. That appears like Robin Wright, who plays Craig's off- as well as on-lover within the film. We hung out on the website for some time and clicked on around, but anything revealed itself. [via SlashFilm] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

'Enlightened' Cast Teases the HBO Dramedy

Laura Dern stars as Amy, who, after a very public breakdown, returns from a treatment center in Hawaii with an entirely new outlook on life. In the HBO series Enlightened, Amy returns to reality to deal with her mother (played by Dern's real-life mother Diane Ladd), her troublesome ex-husband (Luke Wilson) and a new set of co-workers who may not agree with her new outlook on life.our editor recommendsEnlightened: TV ReviewHBO develops 'Enlightened' comedy The cast of Enlightened, which premieres on HBO on Monday, October 10, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter at the premiere red carpet event, and gave THR an inside-look at the upcoming dramedy. Here are five things seen and heard on the red carpet: PHOTOS: Fall TV Preview 2011: The New Shows 1. Laura Dern Finds It Easier to Work With Her Mother Dern admitted that she is a little more enlightened herself because she found it easier to work with her mother, Diane Ladd, now than when she was younger. Dern worked alongside her mother in the films Wild at Heart and Rambling Rose, but told THR that Enlightened was a better experience. "It's a very different experience than working with her in my early 20s, as I said to her jokingly a few minutes ago, 'You know when we worked together when I was 20, every word you said triggered me, now every eighth word you say triggers me-so there is incremental growth!'" STORY: Tim Goodman's Fall DVR List 2. Diane Ladd Couldn't Watch Her Daughter Have a Mental Breakdown Dern's mother told THR that she couldn't and wouldn't watch her daughter's scene in which she has a mental breakdown. "I don't watch unless I have a scene with her and of course then I'm fighting her in the scene you know, and I'm involved in my own character," she said. "But no, if I'm not in the scene with her, I'm not going to watch her go through that. No, that tears my heart." PHOTOS: Fall TV's 12 Most Anticipated Shows 3. Luke Wilson Says "Anything Goes" With His Character Luke Wilson was able to really push with his character, Levi, who is Dern's character's ex-husband. "I mean for me it was always kind of fun to play this character because I'd always think that because what this guy does with kind of drugs and alcohol, he can be in a great mood, he can be you know on the edge, he can be laughing, he can literally be kind of alone and sobbing so it's really kind of anything goes." TV REVIEW: Enlightened 4. Diane Ladd Is Sick of Reality Shows Ladd had plenty of nice things to say about working with her daughter and the HBO show. However, she's not such a fan of all the reality shows that have infiltrated television. "Everybody I tell about show they say, 'Oh thank god it's not a reality show,'" said Ladd. "I mean there are one or two good ones but I'm sick to death of them, up to here." Ladd went on to express her frustration at the popularity of reality TV and its effects on her own trade. "My people aren't working, they can't make a living, and I think it's a tragedy. You've got all these great writers and directors and actors and cinematographers, out there and they're not utilized." 5. Tim Sharp Plays the Bad Guy, and It's Funny Tim Sharp (Six Feet Under) plays the new boss on the HBO show, and he admits that he's an obstacle for Dern's character. "I guess I'm the bad guy of the show if there is one," he said. "I'm her main obstacle. I'm by no means evil, I'm just a douche bag and it's funny." Related Topics Laura Dern Luke Wilson HBO Fall TV Preview Enlightened

VIDEO: Martin Scorsese Introduces Hugo, Tonights NYFF Surprise Entry

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Report: Martin Scorsese's Hugo to Screen at NYFF

Our sister blog Deadline is reporting that the surprise sneak screening tonight at the NY Film Festival — showcasing a “work in progress from a master filmmaker” — will be Martin Scorsese’s Hugo. If true, it would be Scorsese’s second film to screen at this year’s NYFF (after George Harrison: Living in the Material World) and a considerable risk for Paramount, which would be exhibiting the uncompleted 3-D film in one of the tougher filmgoing environments known to man. Movieline will be there in any case; check back with us later on for a report. [via @NikkiFinke]

'Shame' Start Searching: Teaser Poster for Fox Searchlight's Questionable Film (Exclusive)

I am happy so as offer site visitors from the blog a distinctive consider first the teaser one-sheet for Shame, Steve McQueen's questionable new drama of a sex addict (Michael Fassbender) and also the sister (Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan) that opened up at Venice -- where Fassbender was named best actor -- and carried out Telluride and Toronto in September, was acquired right after that by Fox Searchlight, and you'll be released theatrically on December 2. (Text continues below image.) McQueen and Fassbender first teamed on Hunger (2008), a similarly gritty film about IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands, which was McQueen's directorial debut and switched Fassbender in to a hot commodity (He lost 38 pounds for your role). McQueen has not developed a film since, but Fassbender has labored prolifically, starring in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009), Cary Fukunaga's Jane Eyre (2011), Matthew Vaughn's X-Males: Top Quality (2011), and David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method (that's likely to be out November 23), among others. PHOTOS: Telluride Film Festival: 12 Films to know A few who caught Shame round the festival circuit, including this author, thought it was spectacular, but doubted whether or not this would ever start to see the light of day -- or, I will say, dark from the public theater. Why? Because it includes numerous moments showing full frontal nudity (including from Fassbender and Mulligan) and sexual intercourse (of several types), none which could certainly be "edited around" simply because they appear car film and so are integral towards the plot. This led to any studio considering disseminating the film will have to accept the fact it'll recieve an NC-17 rating within the MPAA, which naturally limits the quantity of theaters that may be examined and guides that may be promoted. Nevertheless, Searchlight made a decision to consider a risk about it, most most likely since they think that Fassbender and Mulligan's gutsy performances might register while using Academy's acting branch (that's been proven to reward harmful and risque work once in some time, such Michelle Williams' in Blue Valentine a year ago). And, indeed, if any studio can alter Shame right into a celebration movie and/or honours contender, it's Searchlight, which has attracted more than a few rabbits from hats in recent honours seasons, and, good release date for Shame, remains digging for the next. Carey Mulligan Michael Fassbender Steve McQueen Shame

Apple Honors Steve Jobs With Homepage Takeover of Official Site

On Wednesday, Steve Jobs passed away at the age of 56.our editor recommendsSteve Jobs Dies at 56Related Topics•Steve Jobs The mastermind behind Apple's iPhone, iPod, iPad, iMac and iTunes, had a long struggle with failing health after fighting an unusual form of pancreatic cancer, and in 2009 getting a liver transplant. STORY: Steve Jobs Dies at 56 "We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today," read a statement by Apple's board of directors. "Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve." "His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts," the statement finishes. STORY: 9 Highest Paid Entertainment CEOs Almost immediately after the news of Jobs' death, Apple's website held a singular black and white image of Jobs with the text: "Steve Jobs, 1955-2011." STORY: Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO After clicking on the image, a statement is centered on the screen: "Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple." An email address is available to send condolences and memories of the innovator. Related Topics Steve Jobs Apple

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Marvin J. LevyAfter a long career of working on film projects alongside dinosaurs ("Jurassic Park"), aliens ("E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial") and Roman warriors ("Gladiator"), you might think that nothing much would surprise Marvin J. Levy, marketing honcho at DreamWorks Studios.But the man receiving the Variety Marketing Award for Lifetime Achievement today says, "I know too many people in this world of motion picture marketing who could also be candidates for this award. I've been lucky, I've had the opportunity to work on so many projects with so many great people, most of all Steven Spielberg."Levy's resume is loaded with heavyweight jobs: Columbia Pictures vice president of advertising-publicity-promotion, marketing consultant at Amblin Entertainment and then his current gig at DreamWorks Studios. He's got "Real Steel," "The Adventures of Tintin" and "War Horse" on his plate for the rest of 2011."One of the biggest challenges over the years was the rise of the Internet and an explosion of other media for reaching the public," Levy says.He praises his DreamWorks colleagues, likening the collaborative atmosphere at the studio to being part of a "big family."Levy is also involved in the USC Shoah Visual History Foundation, the Righteous Persons Foundation and the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation. He is also the chairman of the public relations branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is on the board of governors for the Academy. FILM MARKETING SUMMIT 2011:New era, new rules | The hard sell | Levy's job is a dream that works Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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Greg Gayne/Fox Fox won Wednesday night with New Girl, Raising Hope and Glee only experiencing slight dips from their premiere last week. PHOTOS: 'New Girl': Behind the Scenes of Fox's New Comedy New Girl was the highest-rated show (4.4, 9.3 million), but down 8 percent in the key 18-49 demo. Glee was down 10 percent (3.6, 8.3 million), after opening its third season 29 percent lower in the demo (4.0, 8.6 million viewers) last week. Raising Hope was down 6 percent. ANALYSIS: Why the 'Glee' Season Three Premiere Took a Ratings Dive CBS came in second, with NCIS down just 2 percent and NCIS:L.A. off 3 percent from last week. Unforgettable slipped 14 percent from its premiere. ABC and NBC tied for third place. PHOTOS: 'Glee' Season 3: Back to School Pictures On ABC, Dancing With the Stars results rated a 2.8, down just 3 percent from last week. Dana Delany's Body of Proof was down 14 percent from its premiere. On NBC, Biggest Loser was down 4 percent, but Parenthood went up 5 percent from last week. PHOTOS: Fall TV Preview 2011: The Returning Shows Univision came in fourth (1.8), followed by the CW, which aired its most-watched episode of 90210 since April, up 14 percent in the demo. Sarah Michelle Gellar's Ringer built on its 90210 lead-in in total viewers by 19 percent. It was up 8 percent in total viewers (1.8 million) and 9 percent in the key demo (1.2). Below, networks ranked by demo, with shows' total viewers and demos: FOX - 3.6, 8.1 million viewers · Glee: 3.6, 8.3 million · New Girl: 4.4, 9.3 million · Raising Hope: 2.9, 6.3 million CBS - 3.4, 15.9 million viewers · NCIS: 4.2, 19.1 million viewers · NCIS: LA: 3.5, 16.1 million viewers · Unforgettable: 2.5 12.3 million viewers NBC - 2.2, 5.7 million viewers · The Biggest Loser 12: 2.2, 5.8 million viewers · Parenthood: 2.2, 5.6 million viewers ABC - 2.2, 11 million viewers · Dancing With The Stars 13: Performance (RS): 1.8, 9.3 million viewers · Dancing With The Stars 13: Results: 2.8, 9.3 million viewers · Body of Proof: 1.9, 9.4 million viewers CW - 0.9, 1.8 million viewers · 90210: 0.8, 1.7 million viewers · Ringer: 0.9, 2 million viewers RELATED: PHOTOS: The 2011 CW Fall Premiere Party: A Hollywood Welcome PHOTOS: 18 Familiar Faces of Fall TV PHOTOS: Fall TV Death Pool: Will 'Charlie's Angels,' 'Whitney' or 'How to Be a Gentleman' Be Axed First? Lindsay.Powers@thr.com @LKPE TV Ratings New Girl

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TVTracker.com, the showbiz research and data-monitoring firm that Variety acquired in June, has launched its seventh annual Agency Energy List, which ranks the very best agents and agencies supplying TV both in the literary and talent arenas. TVTracker's Energy List is made on quantifiable data, ranking individual agents in line with the aggregate quantity of clients (authors, non-writing producers, principal cast and staff company directors) on broadcast and cable network series for that 2011-12 season. All primetime and latenight, scripted and variety shows are thought. Clients focusing on multiple series are counted for every show. Writing teams are counted as you client, as it possesses a better overall accounting. Among other info, the 200-page guide offers detailed use of almost everybody employed in TV, including contact details its the shows' writing employees, showrunners, executives and producers. The entire list, sorted by various criteria including agency, buyer occupation, can be obtained for download at TVTracker.com for $49. TVTracker is a component of Variety's compensated premium content. While a regular membership gives visitors use of all content from Variety proper -- print, iPad, news alerts, etc. -- additional factors, like the Variety Archives (issues returning to 1906) and TVTracker are a part of another tier. TVtracker.com, founded in 1999, provides clients with development and production info, monitoring and examining the 3 major divisions of shot entertainment within the U.S., including television, feature film and digital entertainment. TVtracker.com resides within the Variety business building in La and serves a lot more than 250 from the leading brands in entertainment and media. :- Variety staff Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

NBC To Stream Up With The Evening And Whitney Episodes On Yahoo Before Original Airings

It labored hugely for your premiere of Fox’s comedy New Girl, and NBC will stream the second cases of its promising new comedies Up With The Evening and Whitney inside their whole before they air. NBC has struck a deal with Yahoo to offer the Wednesday episode of Up With The Evening as well as the Thursday episode of Whitney streamed and promoted on Yahoo’s site beginning tomorrow morning. Undertaking a couple-week stint of having the pilot of latest Girl pilot on iTunes, VOD, planes, Hulu too as with hotels, the Fox comedy blew past any ratings predictions to start getting a 4.8/12 in grownups 18-49 and 10.3 million audiences the other day. The Yahoo deal does not include NBC’s third new comedy, Free Agents, which appears headed with a quick cancellation.

Dirty Hearts (Coracoes sujos)

A Downtown Filmes relieve a Mixer production in co-production with Downtown Filmes, Globo Filmes, Teleimage, RioFilme, Lereby. (Worldwide sales: Mixer, Rio p Janeiro.) Produced by Joao Daniel Tikhomiroff, Michael Tikhomiroff, Gil Ribeiro, Vincente Amorim. Executive producers, Eliane Ferreira, Oliver Kwon, Bernardo da Fonesca. Co-producers, Daniel Filho, Caique Martins Ferreira, Anne Pinheiro Guimaraes. Directed by Vincente Amorim. Script, David Franca Mendes, good book by Fernando Morais.With: Tsuyoshi Ihara, Takako Tokiwa Eiji Okuda, Shun Sugata, Kimiko Years of age, Eduardo Moscovis, Celine Miyuki, Issamu Yazaki. (Japanese, Portuguese dialogue)Amazing, little-known historic occasions shape Vincente Amorim's imaginary publish-World war ii drama "Dirty Hearts," occur Brazil's large Japanese colony. Sequestered through the war, stop all Nippon guides, most immigrants rejected to consider their country did not triumph. Obsessed towns sprang up, concentrating on people who acknowledged Japan's surrender as "dirty hearts," and beginning a murderous internecine campaign against them. Like Amorim's 2008 "Good," "Hearts" follows the fate from the good guy taken up in fascistic madness, here told using the eyes of his disillusioned wife. Though pic is unimaginatively shot, its explosive written content could launch it into distribution. Friendly youthful neighborhood digital digital photographer Takahashi (Tsuyoishi Ihara, "Letters From Iwo Jima," "13 Assassins") and also the lovely wife, Miyuki (Takako Tokiwa), appear untouched with the distant war. But tensions mount around reviews of Japan's loss, what is the news denounced as enemy propaganda by almost all immigrants. A correctly-loved part of the town, the somewhat naive Takahashi is designated by diehard Col. Watanabe (Eiji Okuda), a monomaniacal fanatic with no redeeming qualities. Takahashi, believing that his loyal duty is dependant on the extermination of traitors, emerges a samurai sword to complete the job. First to go to is Takahashi's friend Aoki (Issamu Yazaki), who socialized just like a simple translator for your Brazilian police and happened to consider that accounts of Japan's defeat were genuine. Helmer Amorim stretches the graphic execution scene in painful, gory detail, Takahashi returning home bloodied and demoralized with a wife who progressively begins to know what he's done. Once compromised, Takahashi is firmly caught inside the colonel's web, killing sensible males whom he once referred to as pals and losing the adoration for his wife and also the self-respect on the way. In David Franca Mendes' melodramatic script, Takahashi stands alone within the moral ambiguity: The colonel's other fans are referred to as villainous thugs delighting in meting out dying and destruction, while all Takahashi's rapidly dwindling pals and acquaintances are thoughtful family males who see no virtue in denying reality. Amorim posits his film just like a domestic drama carried out on the substantial historic stage, with apparent relevance to contemporaneous issues of bigotry, fanaticism and denial. The sepia-well toned pic marks little distinction between inside and outdoors, whether Brazilian police stations or Japanese houses. The expansion design, made to convey claustrophobia and sequestration (it's rarely apparent once the colony can be a war-created ghetto or possibly a pre-existent enclave), mainly handles to look like one large, brown movie set.Camera (color, widescreen), Rodrigo Monte editor, Diana Vasconcellos music, Akihiko Matsumoto production designer, Daniel Flaksman costume designer, Christina Kangussu appear, Jose Louzeiro re-recording mixer, Armando Torres Junior. casting, Patricia Faria, Yutaka Tachibana. Examined at Montreal World Film Festival (competing), August. 22, 2011. Running time: 107 MIN. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Corey Stoll on Night time in Paris, Being Ernest Hemingway and also the Audition a person can have

Should you haven’t yet seen Woodsy Allen’s fantastic Night time in Paris, do your favor and prevent reading through this now. (Then do your bigger favor and go take a look.) Perhaps the easiest method to benefit from the film is understanding little to nothing about its protagonist Gil (Owen Wilson) or his late-evening exploits round the Town of Light, which culminate in encounters with Gil’s literary and artistic heroes. Kind of. Corey Stoll knows things i’m speaking about. That’s because Stoll has the wedding of Night time’s many showcases: As Ernest Hemingway, the native NYer brings clipped, piercing levity to Gil’s disbelieving romp with the Jazz Era and beyond. It’s a job as major because the film itself, using the 35-year-old actor most widely known as detective “TJ” Jaruszalski on Law & Order: LA rocking a Hemingway hairpiece and stalking round the salons and saloons of Paris with outsized aplomb. 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And So I thought, “Yeah, case great.” But his movies haven’t been making huge splashes during the last couple of years, and so i wasn’t expecting this to become any kind of popular. However I also understood it’s a Woodsy Allen movie, therefore it’s likely to last. It’s likely to be a part of film history. So all this — it’s his greatest hit ever, a minimum of when it comes to gross and all sorts of that — it’s awesome, but I wasn't expecting it. Which means you contacted it as being an innovative chance? Absolutely. I'd a lot time for you to prepare, that was so excellent. Frequently if you have time for you to prepare, you don’t always get sound advice. However it all kind of exercised that i can just read Hemingway and discover about him. I possibly could have ready for a couple of years years. It had been unlimited. How have you prepare? Reading through was the majority of it. I just read about him contributing to another figure for the reason that circle, however the I had been daily hearing the sounds — the tempos — of his writing, the muscularity of this. Really speaking it aloud frequently was the very best and helpful factor which i did. Can there be any film or video clip of Hemingway available? I’ve i never thought to appear. I’m unsure. I only took in to 1 little audio factor, also it am not the Hemingway you think about whenever you imagine him. Clearly it's him. It’s his real voice, but… So was your method of play Hemingway once we’ve mythologized him versus Hemingway the historic figure? Well, he mythologized themself. But yes, it’s the first kind. It’s not really a biopic. Many people have stated, “It could be so awesome when the whole movie involved him.” I’m unsure — a minimum of how a moments I'd were written — if my performance could have been sustainable for any whole movie. I believe a part of what’s effective about this is you just obtain a taste from it — most likely much like Hemingway themself. I believe he’d most likely be fun to spend time with for any weekend. I don’t think you’d want for traveling him to Kilimanjaro. He alienated virtually everybody he understood in the existence. And So I was searching at the rsum returning a couple of years. Your roles incorporate a detective, agent, sergeant, detective, “Intel type,” agent… How can you think hard-boiled figures you’ve performed inform playing a man like Hemingway — even when it’s basically delivering them up? That’s interesting. Really, I had been just searching in a clip where I performed this hit guy — in Lucky Number Slevin. He was this orthodox Jewish hit guy, super deadpan. I had been watching it and thinking, “That’s kind of things i’m doing with Hemingway.” It had been type of shocking in my experience. But that stillness and directness is a factor which i’ve had the opportunity to take advantage of a little. It really comes more from theater: that capability to plant yourself and extremely show up. Going further back, what's your background? Where come from, how have you get a start? I’m came from here[NY City]. I had been born around the Upper West Side. I visited our prime School for Carrying out Arts here, then disappeared to liberal arts college and returned. After I was attending college, I had been doing much more experimental, performance-arty types of stuff. However I cam back and began employed in theater. I visited grad school for theater and was working here for some time, after which I went to L.A. having a play which had moved from NY. That’s after i began doing film and tv. I’ve return a couple of occasions to complete some theater. However, you’d state that your principal interest now's doing film and TV? I believe for the short term, it's. At this time you will find possibilities opening for me personally in ways they hadn’t before in film and tv — especially film. I’d like to focus on that. However it’s by pointing out best project to engage in. Clearly there’s some calculus within the career stuff you need to consider, however it’s not always about which medium it's. Film is kind of rarefied, harder factor to obtain good jobs in, but theater and tv may also offer the opportunity to play great roles and use great people. I certainly am not cutting myself removed from that.

Netflix, DreamWorks Animation Finalize Streaming Deal

DreamWorks Animation and Netflix have finalized a streaming rights deal for DWA films and TV specials, the NY Times reported late Sunday.our editor recommends CBS, Netflix Sign Two-Year Content Agreement ICMs Chris Silbermann on New Network Chiefs, Netflixs Impact and the Very Interesting Pilot Season'Mad Men' Begins Streaming on NetflixAmazon Taking on Netflix With New Unlimited Streaming Initiative The new deal -- which is reportedly worth $30 million per movie to DWA over an unspecified time period -- essentially replaces the animation studio's film output pact with HBO, which expired in 2014; the Times reports that the network let DWA out of its contract two years early. STORY: DreamWorks Animation, Netflix Finalizing Streaming Deal The new deal, which has been in the works for months, is being touted as the first time a major Hollywood content provider has chosen Web streaming over pay TV. "We are really starting to see a long-term road map of where the industry is headed," DWA chief Jeffrey Katzenberg told the Times. "This is a game-changing deal." Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos added: "You're seeing power moving back into the hands of content creators. When a company like DreamWorks ends a long-running pay TV deal - when a new buyer in the space steps up -- that's a really interesting landscape shift." STORY: Analyst: DreamWorks Animation Losing 'Mojo' With Netflix Streaming Deal The deal will see Netflix begin streaming DWA movies starting in 2013. The studio is releasing three movies that year: prehistoric-themed The Croods;Turbo, which centers on a snail; and Peabody & Sherman, featuring the famous Rocky and Bullwinkle characters. According to the Times, library titles like Kung Fu Panda and Antzalso are part of the deal and will become available at a later date. Analysts have predicted that Netflix would push for more streaming content deals in the face of increased competition from Apple, Amazon, Blockbuster and Vudu, while they have said that DWA may look for new ways to make money off its content. Related Topics DreamWorks Animation Netflix

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Colin Firth Concerning The Railway Guy

Full steam ahead for Bang dramaGary Oldman may be drawing the critiques with Alec Guinness at this time but it's his Mess Tailor Soldier Spy co-star Colin Firth who's heading onto Guinness' patch next. Firth remains freshly cast becoming an ex-Bang inside the approaching adaptation of Eric Lomax's memoir The Railway Guy, which he shared some early impressions in the project when Empire taken track of him now. Lomax, a lieutenant inside the Royal Signals, was taken with the Japanese at november Singapore in 1942 and shipped to pay attention to the infamous Burma railway. The film will cut between his brutal war time encounters and also the tries to sit in civilian existence and reconcile along with his Japanese captors. The film starts shooting early next season in the uk, Thailand and Australia. It dates backwards and forwards with time and set, Firth referred to. My character's story occupies Britain, and precisely Berwick. You will observe the moments that occur through the war but clearly someone else will probably be doing that. The actor told us the railway moments will probably be shot australia wide, unlike The Bridge Concerning The River Kwai where Sri Lanka bending-up for your Burma-Siam railroad. Director Jonathan Teplitzky and also the crew set to use in February next season. Question for you is: who should play in the youthful Colin? Suggestions about the forum-created postcard....

Billys Blog: Landau Eugene Murphy Junior.s Got Talent & Heart

FIRST Launched: September 15, 2011 4:15 PM EDT By Billy BushLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- I merely spent 20 minutes throughout my radio studio with Americas Got Talent champion Landau Eugene Murphy, Junior. This individual might be the very best guy alive. He loves his wife. He's grateful on her behalf support, to create him focus on Shoneys when he didnt cash happening. His mother did the identical on her behalf husband. There has to be an authentic Regular folks of Logan, West VirginiaREAL, God fearing women, protected from temptation, dedicated to decency. Whod air it though? Landau is grateful. He desires to sing for your senior citizens since they gave us this existence. He's taking his wife and four youngsters with him to Vegas in the finish of October so they can keep his foot on the ground. He'll ultimately return to Logan so they can breathe hope into youthful kids there. How could anybody not love this individual? Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved.These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Emmys Poll: Who's Your Pick to Win Drama Supporting Actor?

Peter Dinklage With reigning champ Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) out of contention this year, the Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Emmy is up for grabs.Emmys poll: Who's your pick to win drama supporting actress?The six who are in the running this year include two Good Wife men - Josh Charles and Alan Cumming - Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), Walton Goggins (Justified), four-time nominee John Slattery (Mad Men) and Andre Braugher of the defunct Men of a Certain Age.Who's your pick to win? Vote below. Who do you think should win the Emmy for Oustanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series? Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age Alan Cumming, The Good Wife Josh Charles, The Good Wife Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones Walton Goggins, Justified John Slattery, Mad Men vote view results

Reese Witherspoon Hit by a Car While Jogging

Reese Witherspoon Reese Witherspoon was struck by a car Wednesday in Santa Monica, Calif., People reports. The Oscar winner, 35, was jogging when she was hit by a car traveling at 20 mph, Santa Monica Police confirmed to Entertainment Tonight. However, she did not sustain serious injuries and is "resting comfortably at home," her rep told People. Check out a photos of Reese Witherspoon This is the second injury this year for Witherspoon, who sported a walking boot for several weeks when she twisted her ankle. Witherspoon most recently starred in the drama Water For Elephants.

Benefit Concert Boosts A Lot More Than $1M For Minot

FIRST Released: September 6, 2011 10:02 PM EDT MINOT, N.D. -- Preliminary figures show a concert featuring The Black Eyed Peas because the headliner elevated a minimum of $1.3 million to assist with ton recovery efforts within the North Dakota capital of scotland - Minot. Minot Area Community Foundation leader Ken Kitzman stated inside a news release that Saturday nights initial count of 15,800 people attending in the benefit concert breaks an earlier record looking for a Hug concert this year. Kitzman stated concert authorities continue to be accumulated donations, but a minimum of $1.3 million continues to be elevated to date. Hollywood actor and Minot native Josh Duhamel spoke in the concert, that also featured Ontario-based rockers Charlz Newman. Duhamel is married to Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie. Copyright 2011 by Connected Press. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Spike Puts Scripted Development On Hold

The writing have been about the wall for some time, and Spike professionals started silently telling agents in the last handful of days the network is escaping . from the scripted business, a minimum of for the moment. Among the network’s 2 scripted professionals, Laurence Sullivan, has departed to become listed on Conan O’Brien’s production company Conaco. The final time Spike introduced a scripted development slate was last October. From the 7 projects onto it, one, the Wally Becket-created and Andy Tenant-directed Thunderballs, visited pilot but hasn’t been acquired to series. Spike also handed down its 2 aircraft pilots purchased this past year, Back Nine and Having fun with Guns. (Having Fun With Guns was later redeveloped by Comedy Central). Spike’s only remaining scripted executive Dustin Davis continues to supervise existing development, together with a script the network bought recently a good NYPD explosive device squad, in addition to Spike’s sole scripted series, Blue Mountain Condition. Spike’s lately acquired 4 new series, all within the reality genre in which the funnel has already established rankings success with your hits as Auction Predators and Repo Games.

5 Favorite Senior High School Comedies

5 Favorite Senior High School Comedies By Christy Lemire August 26, 2011 Photo by Universal Pictures "16 Candle lights" La (AP) That magical time is here again: the beginning of the new school year. Time for you to start thinking about new ways to ditch class and blow off homework.Here is a suggestion should you seem like waiting: five of my favorite comedies about senior high school. Don't be concerned, there will not be considered a quiz after: "Fast Occasions at Ridgemont High" (1982): A lot of classic lines. So many great tunes. And the like a good youthful cast of then-unknown stars, brought by Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold and Forest Whitaker. Individuals people who was raised within the 1980s most likely appreciate everyday "Fast Occasions" with great fondness and nostalgia. In the day, though, it appeared pretty racy it matter-of-factly portrayed a personality getting an abortion, after all. However it was refreshingly honest concerning the way teens talk and relate the way they get wasted making mistakes within an early illustration showing author Cameron Crowe's excellent ear for dialogue. "Rushmore" (1998): Clever, sweet and crackling with artistic energy, this really is still Wes Anderson's best film. His trademark stylistic methods and dependence on detail felt new and fresh back then, plus they offered the storyline perfectly. Rushmore Academy's ultimate joiner, Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman), is a little of the lonely, odd duck with a few romantic, misguided notions. Sure, he's a compulsive liar, but you will naturally wish to emulate him: He's prepared to try anything or befriend anybody. And despite the fact that he's usually wisest guy within the room, he's never cynical. He's observant and kind. He sees the great in people and that is how he will get his heart damaged. "16 Candle lights" (1984): While "The Breakfast Club" remains my favorite John Hughes movie ever, it will get heavy and angsty because it goes along. You may like "Ferris Bueller's BreakInch best, that would be also a suitable answer. But this story of the regular girl (Molly Ringwald) whose family does not remember the most crucial birthday of her existence is simply rapid-fire amusing from begin to finish. It entirely will get the absurdity of adolescence and precisely delineates the rigid caste system of senior high school without ever taking sides. Everyone's a freak or perhaps an idiot in their unique way and everyone's were built with a secret crush with an not possible Mike Ryan type. "Election" (1999): This early feature from director Alexander Payne would be a dead-on, dark satire of how senior high school energy struggles go a long way while shrewdly supplying a metaphor for the own political system. Reese Witherspoon is simply insanely adorable in her own irritatingly perky way as Tracy Flick, who'll visit absolutely nothing to be chosen student body leader. You do not blame Matthew Broderick as her social studies teacher from walking in and seeking to contain her ambition. However the script from Payne and Jim Taylor also finds the inadequacy and vulnerability in Tracy, which prompts our unpredicted sympathy. "Heathers" (1988): Like "Election," this pitch-black comedy required an unflinching consider the means by which senior high school kids shoot for control and, on the other hand, the means by which they are prepared to fall in line to become recognized. In director Michael Lehmann's increased version of reality, the Heathers rule the college three women with exactly the same title who cruelly dominate everybody around them. Winona Ryder plays the rare Veronica who's permitted in their clique, but she sees her peers clearly making her easy pickings for the subversive J.D. (a youthful, exciting Christian Slater). The large hair and shoulder pads are as abundant because the classic, biting lines. It's all regulated so ... very.Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 5 Favorite Senior High School Comedies By Christy Lemire August 26, 2011 "16 Candle lights" PHOTO CREDIT Universal Pictures La (AP) That magical time is here again: the start of a brand new school year. Time for you to start thinking about new methods to ditch class and blow off homework.Here is a suggestion should you seem like waiting: five of my personal favorite comedies about senior high school. Don't be concerned, there will not be considered a quiz after: "Fast Occasions at Ridgemont High" (1982): A lot of classic lines. A lot of great tunes. And the like a good youthful cast of then-unknown stars, brought by Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold and Forest Whitaker. Individuals people who was raised within the 1980s most likely appreciate everyday "Fast Occasions" with great fondness and nostalgia. In the day, though, it appeared pretty racy it matter-of-factly portrayed a personality getting an abortion, in the end. However it was refreshingly honest concerning the way teens talk and relate the way they get wasted making mistakes within an early illustration showing author Cameron Crowe's excellent ear for dialogue. "Rushmore" (1998): Clever, sweet and crackling with artistic energy, this really is still Wes Anderson's best film. His trademark stylistic methods and dependence on detail felt new and fresh in those days, plus they offered the storyline perfectly. Rushmore Academy's ultimate joiner, Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman), is a little of the lonely, odd duck with a few romantic, misguided notions. Sure, he's a compulsive liar, but you will naturally wish to emulate him: He's prepared to try anything or befriend anybody. And despite the fact that he's usually wisest guy within the room, he's never cynical. He's observant and kind. He sees the great in people and that is how he will get his heart damaged. "16 Candle lights" (1984): While "The Breakfast Club" remains my personal favorite John Hughes movie ever, it will get heavy and angsty as the story goes along. You may like "Ferris Bueller's BreakInch best, that will be also a suitable answer. But this story of the regular girl (Molly Ringwald) whose family does not remember the most crucial birthday of her existence is simply rapid-fire amusing from beginning to end. It entirely will get the absurdity of adolescence and precisely delineates the rigid caste system of senior high school without ever taking sides. Everyone's a freak or perhaps an idiot in their unique way and everyone's were built with a secret crush with an not possible Mike Ryan type. "Election" (1999): This early feature from director Alexander Payne would be a dead-on, dark satire of how senior high school energy struggles go a long way while shrewdly supplying a metaphor for the own political system. Reese Witherspoon is simply insanely adorable in her own irritatingly perky way as Tracy Flick, who'll visit absolutely nothing to be chosen student body leader. You do not blame Matthew Broderick as her social studies teacher from walking in and seeking to contain her ambition. However the script from Payne and Jim Taylor also finds the inadequacy and vulnerability in Tracy, which prompts our unpredicted sympathy. "Heathers" (1988): Like "Election," this pitch-black comedy required an unflinching consider the means by which senior high school kids shoot for control and, on the other hand, the means by which they are prepared to fall in line to become recognized. In director Michael Lehmann's increased version of reality, the Heathers rule the college three women with similar title who cruelly dominate everybody around them. Winona Ryder plays the rare Veronica who's permitted in their clique, but she sees her peers clearly making her easy pickings for that subversive J.D. (a youthful, exciting Christian Slater). The large hair and shoulder pads are as abundant because the classic, biting lines. It's all regulated so ... very.Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Exclusive First Look: Brandy on Drop Dead Diva

Drop Dead Diva Drop Dead Diva is breaking out the Brandy. TV's former Moesha will guest-star as a sexy nurse on the Sunday, Sept. 4 episode of Drop Dead Diva for a multi-episode arc that may stretch into next season, and TVGuide.com has the exclusive first look. 90210 elects Brandy for recurring role Brandy's character is an old flame of Parker (Josh Stamberg) and seeks out his legal advice when her father's life insurance company refuses to pay out his policy. "I've been a huge fan of Brandy from her earliest days in television," creator Josh Berman tells TVGuide.com. "When we met to discuss her role on Diva, she was so warm and kind. I was thrilled to discover that she had actually watched every episode of the series and is a huge fan. I'm excited for the viewers to see Brandy's arc." Brandy, who was also a Dancing with the Stars finalist, will kick off her acting comeback this season with the Diva role and then will recur on the upcoming season of 90210 this fall. Drop Dead Diva airs Sundays at 9/8c on Lifetime, with this week's episode marking Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger's acting debut.

Bachelor Pads Vienna Girardi States She & Kasey Kahl Will Marry

La, Calif. -- Vienna Girardi is likely to marry her Bachelor franchise fellow, Kasey Kahl Were gonna got married eventually, were gonna get engaged, Vienna told Package Hoover and guest co-host Kevin Jonas on Tuesdays Access Hollywood Live. Vienna revealed this news when Package raised that they flinched when Kasey presented a jewellery box on Bachelor Pad, something she thought may have been an gemstone. For me personally, I dont desire a TV engagement again, she stated. I would like that to become our engagement, ours alone. Vienna and Kasey have produced a stir since striking Bachelor Pad this year, and she or he revealed it's become the pair some not-so-friendly Tweets. Dont send us nasty mean comments, its entertainment, she stated. Just relax and revel in it. Were pretty good people. Nobody about the shows bad. Kasey stated despite what is been show, he's no damaging feelings toward his ladys ex-fiance, Mike Pavelka. I dont wish harm upon anybody. I dont really wanna punch him hard, Kasey described. I seriously wish the very best for him. Were happy. Hopefully the very best for him. On Monday nights Bachelor Pad, the show came to the conclusion having a Sopranos-style fade to black screen. Kasey and Mike remained as up for elimination because the moment happened and merely prior to the screen went black, show host Chris Harrison stated Kaseys title. On Access Hollywood Live, Vienna cast doubt on whether hes being removed once the show returns in a few days. I'll say this, Kasey got his named known as, so in each and every rose ceremony [youve] seen, if you achieve your title known as, you receive a rose. In case your title does not get known as, you decide to go home, she stated, showing up to hint it had been Mike who does be packing his bags. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Ben Stiller To Receive Britannia Award

Ben Stiller will receive the Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award For Excellence In Comedy from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts/Los Angeles, the organization said today. The ceremony is Nov. 30 at the Beverly Hilton. BAFTA has already announced fellow Britannia honorees Helena Bonham Carter, John Lasseter and David Yates; the Stanley Kubrick Award For Excellence In Film is due to be unveiled soon.

Ghost Musical Hits Broadway This Spring

Keeping with the trend of bringing movies to the stage, London’s musical adaptation of Ghost — the embarrassingly awesome ’80s classic featuring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg and the most erotic pottery wheel scene in the history of cinema — will hit Broadway this spring. Matthew Warchus, who is directing the Piccadilly Theatre production of Ghost will shepherd this one overseas, though no word yet if stars Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy will come along. Ghost, Dirty Dancing, the Red Dawn remake — what Patrick Swayze property will get re-done next? Road House? [NYT]

The Company

A Tent Filled with Wild birds presentation Created by Maggie Betts, Ben Selkow, Joedan Okun, Benjamin Prager. Executive producer, Roland Betts. Directed, compiled by Maggie Betts.With: Mutinta Mweemba, Abarcon Mweemba, Patrick Nchimunya, Matildah Mweemba. (Tonga dialogue)Sober highlighting on funereal, "The Company" is really a painterly, poetic docu in regards to a polygamous family in Zambia the mother and father are Aids-positive, the ladies are pregnant and everything is so dysfunctional that giving birth is really a mixed blessing at best. It's difficult to suggest what else helmer Maggie Betts may have completed with a topic she clearly likes you. However the movie's tirelessly morbid tone is not likely to have it much play, ill serving its tries to raise awareness about Africa's Helps crisis and methods to prevent infant Aids. Utilizing a surfeit of portraiture along with a score too melodramatic for that film's overall aesthetic, Betts informs the storyline of Mutinta Mweemba, the 2nd from the three spouses of Abarcon Mweemba, a player within the village of Keemba as well as an easy villain. His spouses -- who include Brenda, the first one to die, and Matildah, the final to obtain examined -- perform the work Abarcon struts while seated. The household's a lost cause, so any dramatic tension is supplied by the fate of Mutinta's unborn baby, a reveal pulled out to the stage of absurdity.Camera (color, HD), Kat Westergaard editor, Flavia p Souza music, Daniel Burns, David Della Santa. Examined on DVD, New You are able to, August. 16, 2011. (In DocuWeeks, Tribeca Film Festival.) Running time: 88 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Ray Bradbury's 'Dandelion Wine' Set for the Big Screen

Happy birthday, Ray Bradbury. The dean of American science fiction turns 91 Monday, and what better way to celebrate than to announce that he has teamed with Mike Medavoy and Doug McKay of Phoenix Pictures. RGI Productions' Rodion Nahapetov and producer Natasha Shliapnikoff to produce the feature film adaptation of Bradbury's classic 1957 novel 'Dandelion Wine.' Nahapetov will pen the screenplay. "'Dandelion Wine' is my most deeply personal work and brings back memories of sheer joy as well as terror," Bradbury said in a statement. "This is the story of me as a young boy and the magic of an unforgettable summer which still holds a mystical power over me." 'Dandelion Wine' is a series of short stories connected together to tell the story of a 12-year-old boy's magical summer in 1928 in the fictional town of Green Town, Ill. Many of Bradbury's books and short stories have been turned into films and TV productions, the most famous being 'Something Wicked This Way Comes,' 'The Martian Chronicles' and 'Fahrenheit 451.' Medavoy has an enviable Hollywood track record, having run Orion and TriStar Pictures and shepherding dozens of Academy Award-winning films. Most recently he produced 'Shutter Island' and 'Black Swan.' Tip o' the hat to Deadline.

Hooters Snow Angels 2011

What type of girl could rock a bikini on the ski trip? A Hooters Girl! Join twelve from the mobile phone industry's most popular Hooters women because they mind to Aspen, Colorado to warm up the Rockies.Its requires a special kind of girl to rock a bikini on the ski trip. The Hooters Women certainly suit you perfectly. Get looking for spills, thrills and many chills because this fun-loving crew assumes Aspen, Colorado and also the star-studded slopes by storm and provides new meaning towards the term moguls. And lastly, what all Spike audiences are awaiting, they complete their stick with the mobile phone industry's most popular bathing suit pageant within the snow.

Film directors reign at Emmys

Todd Haynes directs Kate Winslet on the set of HBO miniseries 'Mildred Pierce.'Feature film director Olivier Assayas earned an Emmy nom for 'Carlos.'Starting in the late 1950s, television invaded the movies in a two-fold attack. First, it seized the moviegoing audience, offering up enough free entertainment in the comfy safety of home that the notion of bothering to go out to theaters became a burden that had a simple solution: Stay in. Second, TV style infiltrated the cinema, from directors like Sidney Lumet and John Frankenheimer to actors like Steve McQueen bringing their smallscreen talents to the bigscreen.Now, the invasion has reversed course. Filmmakers from the cinema world are shifting to TV with unprecedented speed and gusto, giving up little if any of their artistic vision in the process and snatching Emmy noms along the way.No fewer than 11 of the 15 directing nominees in the drama, nonfiction and miniseries-movie categories are feature film helmers, including such world-class filmmakers as Olivier Assayas ("Carlos"), Martin Scorsese (with twin noms for the pilot of "Boardwalk Empire" and the doc profile on Elia Kazan, "A Letter to Elia"), Todd Haynes ("Mildred Pierce"), Neil Jordan ("The Borgias") and Curtis Hanson ("Too Big to Fail").Add to this impressive roster the likes of Canadian filmmaker Jeremy Podeswa (the "Boardwalk Empire" episode, "Anastasia"), "Monster" director Patty Jenkins ("The Killing" pilot) and feature doc filmmakers Josh Fox ("Gasland"), Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Berman ("Cinema Verite") plus Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato ("Becoming Chaz"), and the roster begins to resemble the Oscars more than a traditional Emmy rundown.And as these directors note, their tube projects were, for all intents and purposes, movies with fewer strings attached."I approached this like a regular movie, in terms of its shooting," says Hanson of "Too Big to Fail," his HBO drama based on Andrew Ross Sorkin's book-length account of the 2008 fiscal crisis that verged on economic meltdown. "The challenge was that it was largely contained to offices with guys talking, so how do you make that visually interesting? My choices weren't to compromise for the television screen at all, but to come up with the most interesting camera setups I could find."Haynes' adaptation (with screenwriter and novelist Jon Raymond, who usually collaborates with filmmaker Kelly Reichardt) of James M. Cain's novel "Mildred Pierce," may prove to be a test case in how a highly developed cinema language and style cedes no ground to the supposedly limiting TV confines. Effectively a five-hour and 40-minute movie, it emphatically reduces the impact of Michael Curtiz's Oscar-winning version with Joan Crawford, while displaying all of Haynes' exceptional gifts for aesthetic textures in color and light. As a sign of its inherent cinematic punch, the film will screen in its entirety at the Venice Film Festival."Cain had written his 'Madame Bovary' with 'Mildred Pierce,' a social novel with a domestic narrative," Haynes says. "Jon brought the novel to my attention, and it was such a shock to discover since I so much loved the movie. I jettisoned any noir touches, and turned to the American style in '70s films like 'Chinatown,' 'Klute' and the 'Godfather' films, many shot by (cinematographer) Gordon Willis, which stressed a cool, sophisticated camera that was more observant and less intrusive."Assayas, whose films from "Summer Hours" to "Irma Vep" consider a host of topics from genre to economic and cultural globalization, was offered "Carlos" by Canal Plus. The Euro cable giant, he says, "understands cinema, since they have one foot producing in the film world and one foot in television. They allowed me not only a budget far exceeding anything I had before ($15 million), but also the chance to make a film without compromising an inch."When "Carlos" appeared last year, it premiered in an out-of-competition Cannes slot, and its astonishing screening inspired many observers to note that had the festival's rules not applied -- that a pic set for tube play can't compete -- "Carlos" may very well have won the Palme d'Or.Docmakers like Fox made "Gasland" for the bigscreen first -- it preemed at last year's Sundance Film Festival -- and then was picked up by HBO. But fellow docmakers Pulcini and Berman, who shifted from docs to narrative movies a few years ago with "American Splendor," made "Cinema Verite" for the premium cabler, and even further, determined to "make a movie that was TV commenting on TV itself," Berman says."We never conceded to filming for the TV screen," she adds, "except for perhaps a few more closeups than we'd normally do."ROAD TO THE EMMYS: THE DIRECTOR Film directors reign at EmmysDrama | Comedy | Minis, Movies and Dramatic Special | Nonfiction | Variety, Music and Comedy Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com