Mel Gibson & Wife Finalize Divorce

First Published: December 23, 2011 5:41 PM EST Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Mel Gibson at the Edge of Darkness premiere in Madrid, Spain, on February 1, 2010Mel Gibson has finalized his divorce from his wife of 28 years. Attorneys for the Oscar winner andhis ex-wife appeared briefly in a Los Angeles courthouse Friday to submit a proposed judgment, which a judge signed hours later. Robyn Gibson filed for divorce in April 2009, just months before Gibsons then-girlfriend gave birth to a daughter. The Braveheart star indicated in his own court filings that the couple separated in 2006. The former couples divorce has been more low-key than Gibsons custody battle with Russian musician Oksana Grigorieva. Gibson agreed in August to pay Grigorieva $750,000 to settle a bitter dispute and split custody of their daughter. The 55-year-old and his former wife have seven children together, but their 12-year-old son is the only minor. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Terrific pix, period

Sketch in the inner sanctum at Britain's intelligence service in 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.'Costumes from 'Anonymous.'Costumes from 'Anonymous.'Madonna's 'W.E.' completely re-created the garments worn by Britains high society inside the '30s and '40s.Oscar loves period dramas, particularly if they're set across water-feature, which year Blighty rules the waves again with four films that together span some 400 years of glorious (and less-than-glorious) British history -- "Anonymous," "W.E.," "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy" and "The Iron Lady."Four categories of artists met the job of employing art direction, costumes and makeup as one example of the various eras, and three in the four company company directors of individuals films aren't even British: Roland Emmerich, a German, handled Shakespeare in "Anonymous" Michigan-born Madonna examined Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson and Swede Tomas Alfredson re-created Cold War England. Only "Iron Lady" helmer Phyllida Lloyd can be a Brit.There's little left of 16th century London, so after extensive research in museums, "Anonymous" production designer Sebastian Krawinkel and also the team made a decision to produce making everything at Babelsberg art galleries outdoors Berlin, like the Globe and Rose theaters and "a London street with 14 houses together with a muddy road round the backlot, which gave us plenty of control."Costume designer Lisy Christl made 300 costumes for your film. Like Krawinkel, she visited museums, archives and galleries, and spoken to historians. When she returned to Babelsberg and began creating, "it absolutely was just a little as being a puzzle, as I'd possess a color in a single source, and possibly a sleeve from another, making something within the different elements." Her finest hurdle: re-creating the wealthy embroidery in the Elizabethan era. "You can't take action today, so our courses london and Berlin emerged using this faux-embroidery, which labored well."For "Spy" production designer Maria Djurkovic, family roots offered a window to the murky arena of espionage. "I'm British-born but my mother is Czech, my father half-Russian, half-Montenegrin, therefore i have extremely effective recollections of childhood holidays behind the Iron Curtain," she states. To re-produce the area from the Cold War, "Tomas which i examined photographs, visited Churchill's War Rooms making our personal version of '70s mess and clutter." Furthermore, it aided they inherited an extensive library of period magazines and books from her grandmother.Her finest resource was utilization of "Spy" author David Cornwall (who written as John le Carre). He gave detailed explanations in the practical workings of MI6. "Throughout the evening all desk drawers were left empty, glass sheets familiar with write onto make sure that no imprints were left," she states. For implementing appear-proofing foam inside the conference room, "it absolutely was a bold visual of my own, personal conceit," she confesses, "but made logical sense for secret heart of MI6, as well as the idea got David's full support."To look into the glamorous existence in the duke and duchess, "W.E." costume designer Arianne Phillips immersed herself inside the '30s and '40s, reading through through "around I really could in regards to the British monarchy and London society, together with the haute couture arena of Paris," she states. She also examined film clips, visited museums and looked for out fanatics of vintage clothing and jewelry. "Sotheby's aided us liaise having a couple of from the private entrepreneurs of pieces infamously offered within the auction," she adds, "and talking with Sotheby's employees was very helpful for your 1997 narrative.InchFollowing the research, Phillips dedicated to sourcing vintage materials, trims and notions. "It's very crucial that you know the feel and touch in the real fabric as soon as,In . she states. "Frequently we're limited to using contemporary materials since the vintage ones don't always stand the age range. I had been lucky to be capable of see and examine a couple of from the real clothes possessed with the duke and duchess."Jenny Shircore, makeup and hair on "W.E.," did research by searching at documentaries and contemporary magazines. To obtain the authentic 19 forties look, she'd the actors' hair "barbered to the short-back-and-sides style throughout your day. A simple dressing for instance Brylcreem wound up being labored to the hair. It absolutely was then separated in to a high side or middle break and combed in to a neat, controlled ultra-groomed finish."The males were clean-shaven, and Shircore "every so often applied a moustache or two within the kind of Ronald Coleman to intensify the '40s look." The ladies' make-up was, "a collection powdered look," she states. "Hair was always fitted near the mind, keeping a neat mind shape, and just softly curled or created into crisp waves over the hairline."Although "The Iron Lady" is occur the higher recent past, still presented challenges for production designer Simon Elliott. "I had been fortunate with the fact there is lots archive footage of Margaret Thatcher throughout her time at the office, but since the scope in the film needed us within the 19 forties through towards the the 19 nineties -- having a couple of from the decades simply with us for any couple of moments, it absolutely was needed that everyone else very quickly have a sense of period," according to him.Capturing in manchester locations increased being, "a logistical problem of permission, road closure, as well as the sheer scale of set dressing," adds Elliott. For starters scene illustrating the stranglehold in the unions within a rubbish strike inside the '70s, "really the only solution will be a huge overnight dress with large amounts of artificial refuse shipped even though evening for just about any beginning shoot."Eye round the Oscars: Art Direction, Costume Design & Makeup:Terrific pix, period Paris' palette competes with L.A. duotone Makeup miracle turns Streep to Thatcher Older crafts rise for the challenge of 3d Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

'The Hunger Games' District Purchasing and selling Cards: Leader Snow and Seneca Crane [Moviefone Exclusive]

Anticipation for 'The Hunger Games' is constantly build like the Games's countdown clock inside the fabulous trailer (still watching that particular each day, FYI), and no less than part of that has associated with the improved fan interaction round the District Facebook pages. All Panem's 12 districts saw a (imaginary) mayor selected the other day, now Lionsgate has released a spate of collectible online District purchasing and selling cards to coincide with people coronations, featuring your chosen 'Hunger Games' figures -- additionally to numerous your potentially least favorite. Like the duplicitous Leader Snow and Gameskeeper Seneca Crane! Moviefone has your exclusive first-think about the Snow and Crane cards, that you simply are advised to print and perhaps use just like a dart board. Seriously, like Katniss wouldn't carry out the same factor? The Tribute Purchasing and selling Cards showcase all of the District Tributes and also have some key stats about all the participants. If you're a 'Hunger Games' newbie, it's a powerful way to study a couple of of Katniss's competition -- make certain to have a look at Glimmer and Cato -- and as a extended-time fan, them certainly are a fun indication that 'The Hunger Games' might be a under four several days from arriving theaters. Mind towards the 'Hunger Games' Facebook page for further and search for them below. 'The Hunger Games' -- starring Jesse Sutherland as Leader Snow, Wes Bentley as Seneca Crane, Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, and Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks and Woodsy Harrelson -- involves theaters on March 23, 2012. See the full gallery below there's been stirrings of real purchasing and selling cards being printed. [Photo: Lionsgate] 'The Hunger Games' Character Posters See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Talker Rob Probst Boosts Station Count

CBS Television Distribution has offered its syndicated first-run Rob Probst to stations in than 70% of the united states before its fall 2012 launch. The completely new one-hour talk show starring the Survivor host is becoming in 22 in the top 25 areas.New sales include to station groups CBS, Dispatch Broadcast Group, Gray Television, Raycom Media, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Hearst Television.

Peter Jackson announces 'West of Memphis' doc

JacksonPeter Jackson and his Wingnut Films have announced completion of helmer-scribe Amy Berg's "West of Memphis," a docu about the West Memphis Three, who were jailed for murder and recently freed. Damien Echols, one of the three, produced the film with his wife Lorri Davis. Jackson and Fran Walsh helped reinvigorate the case in 2005 when they funded a new probe into the conviction of Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelly Jr., who were teenagers at the time of the murders of three 8-year-old boys and spent 18 years in prison. A statement from Jackson said the film reveals unknown forensic evidence surrounding the arrest and conviction of the three defendants. The new evidence prompted the Arkansas Supreme Court to overturn previous denials of appeals and allowed for a new evidentiary hearing to procced. "This film represents the trial these men didn't have. With the support of Damien and Lorri, along with unprecedented access to those closest to the case, we were able to make a film that shows the inner workings of the defense -- the investigation, research, and appeals process, in a way that has never been shown before," said Berg. The state of Arkansas struck an unusual plea deal with the Three, freeing them but requiring them to plead guilty, despite their assertion of innocence. The film examines how the State Prosecutor's declaration that the case is closed leaves the men convicted of a crime they did not commit while the murder goes unsolved. Jackson said he hoped further investigation would lead to finding the killer and exonerating the three defendants. Music for the film was written by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. Exec producer Ken Kamins will conduct discussions with potential distributors. The West Memphis Three have also been covered in three "Paradise Lost" docus by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky. The NY Times reported Sunday that there has been jostling for access to sources between the Jackson's camp, the "Paradise Lost" filmmakers and others making films about the case. Contact Pat Saperstein at pat.saperstein@variety.com

Asa Butterfield Signs for 'Ender's Game'; Harrison Ford Among Other Names Being Discussed

What was an offer has become a deal: 'Hugo' star Asa Butterfield has officially signed on to star in the big-screen adaptation of 'Ender's Game' for Summit Entertainment. Wrote the youngster on Twitter about the news, "Oh yes. I'm really doing it. F*** YEAAA!!!" Due March 15, 2013 -- roughly one year after 'The Hunger Games' -- 'Ender's Game' focuses on a young gamer who gets recruited by the government to fight off an alien race because of his gifted natural abilities of strategy. Gavin Hood ('X-Men Origins: Wolverine') will direct 'Game,' which is based on Orson Scott Card's beloved 1985 book. In addition to Butterfield, some other names could be coming aboard soon. Like maybe Harrison Ford. The least influential star is reportedly being discussed to play Colonel Hyrum Graff, "the Commander of Training for the International Fleet, an elite boys' military academy." Viggo Mortensen was sought for the role, but no deal could be reached. When Butterfield was asked about 'Ender's Game' during his 'Hugo' press obligations, he lit up like a candle. "It's very exciting," he told Moviefone. "I love the book. I've been doing a lot of serious films, it'll be good to do something relaxing and great fun, which 'Ender's Game' is." [via Variety] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Ratings: Victorias Secret, Rudolph Specials Win Big for CBS

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show The annual parade of sexy women in sexy Victoria's Secret lingerie won the final hour of Tuesday's prime time for CBS. Hard to believe! It also posted its largest demo rating ever in the nine years that it's aired. On a more wholesome note, Rudolph with his nose so bright and his venerable TV special (with Burl Ives' narration) led off a night that the network easily won in both viewership and 18-to-49-year-olds. But it was a rerun of NCIS - the current season's No. 1 show after 10 weeks - that snared the night's most viewers. Ten weeks into the 2011-12 TV season (based on Nielsen stats through Sunday), CBS is averaging 12.86 million viewers a week, followed by ABC with 9.99 million, Fox with 9.39 million and NBC with 7.30 million. The CW is averaging 2.08 million. In the coveted demo, CBS and Fox are in a dead heat with a 3.4 rating. Next is ABC (2.8). NBC is fourth (2.6), then comes The CW (0.9). Check out the rest of the day's news on TVGuide.com 8 p.m.CBS: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 12.67 million viewers (4.0 demo rating)ABC: Last Man Standing 10.23 million (2.4); Man Up! 6.59 million (1.7)Fox: Glee 7.84 million (3.2)NBC: The Biggest Loser 7.07 million (2.4) {8-10 p.m.}CW: 90210 1.57 million (0.0) 9 p.m.CBS: NCIS [rerun] 13.35 million viewers (2.9 demo rating)ABC: The Middle [rerun] 4.83 million (1.4); The Middle [rerun] 4.51 million (1.3) CW: Ringer 1.57 million (0.6) 10 p.m.CBS: Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 10.30 million viewers (4.6 demo rating)ABC: Body of Proof 9.40 million (1.8)NBC: Parenthood 5.74 million (2.2)

'Boots' gets a salsa kickoff

Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek dance at London preem. Salma Hayek and Antonio Banderas showed London their dance moves on Thursday, at the U.K. opening meow of Paramount's "Puss in Boots."The feline duo prowled the ginger carpet alongside helmer Chris Miller and producer Latifa Ouaou outside Leicester Square's Empire.Multi-tasking helmer and voice of three of the pic's characters, Miller joked that he was trying to perfect a personality disorder by directing himself. "I've had one for years," he quipped.In a fight between Hayek's on-screen Kitty Softpaws and Gotham City's Catwoman, who would triumph? Hayek was confident, "Kitty Softpaws. She can jump higher. I love Halle Berry, but I'd kick her butt!"The competitive mood continued with a dance-off between Banderas and Hayek. With dancing rhythm, the actress wasn't prepared to back her own litter tray, proclaiming, "Unless it's salsa, Antonio."She went on to demonstrate a few steps before finally continuing her dance into the theater. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Robert Kennedy's Murder in L.A.: Defense Presents Proof of Multiple Photographers

Getty Images Director Simon West, presently shooting The Expendables 2, is within discussions to board Dust and Glory, a vehicle racing movie being individually created by Top Cat Media and Blue Star Entertainment.our editor recommendsStuntman Hurt in 'Expendables 2' Accident in Stable Condition PHOTOS: Lights, Camera, Accident! 20 Hollywood Stunts Gone Wrong With different novel by Evan Eco-friendly, the romance adventure project is placed throughout the 1950s' Redex tests, which covered a lot more than 10,000 miles of a few of the most difficult racing terrain around australia, otherwise the planet. Referred to like a mix between Mad Max and Jewel from the Earth, the Robert Lewis Galinsky-written script follows the competition between a united states hotshot as well as an Australian legend Galinsky is creating with Elizabeth Howatt-Jackman and David Parker through the trio's Top Kat. Blue Star Entertainment's Jason Shuman and William Sherak will also be creating. Jib Polhemus of Simon West Productions will join Geoffrey Edelsten as executive producers. The producers are thinking of getting a summer time begin in Australia and aspire to go to cast before year's finish. STORY: Arnold Schwarzenegger Shares Photos In the 'Expendables 2' Set West, repped by CAA and attorney Craig Tyerman, counts movies for example Disadvantage Air, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, and also the recent Jason Statham-starrer The Auto technician as his credits. He's also focusing on Thunder Run, a CG/hybrid Iraqi War movie which has Gerard Butler, Mike Worthington, and Matthew McConaughey attached. Email: Borys.Package@thr.com Twitter: @Borys_Package PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Lights, Camera, Accident! 20 Hollywood Stunts Gone Wrong The Expendables

Why Bachmann Wanted Would Are a fantastic TV Pundit

This informative article came out inside the 12 ,. 2 problem in the Hollywood Reporter magazine.our editor recommendsJimmy Fallon Apologizes to Bachmann Wanted for 'Late Night' Song IntroGOP Presidential Debate on CNN: What Hollywood Is SayingMitt Romney Is First GOP Presidential Hopeful to Book Hollywood Fundraiser event (Exclusive)Related Subjects•Politics As Sarah Palin proven following a 2008 election, failure round the campaign trail doesn't mean you have to disappear within the public eye. Really, she shown the choice, parlaying her not effective work on the Republican ticket right into a hollywood -- and extremely lucrative -- career just like a pundit, with earnings thought at greater than $millions of yearly just from her gig on Fox News. So which in the current crop of Republican candidates -- numerous whom could generate $500,000 to $700,000 yearly round the top finish just like a pundit -- is regarded as the vulnerable to pull a Palin? PHOTOS: 10 Artists Dems and Republicans Prefer to Hate THR questioned agents and cable news affiliates, lots of whom believe Texas Gov. Ron Perry gets the makings from the great TV pundit once his term at the office is finished. "The look, the Southern base, the religion -- he's well suited for Fox News," states Nick Kahn, a broadcasting agent at ICM. But CNN analyst Paul Begala, who made the leap from Bill Clinton consultant to pundit almost 2 decades ago, disagrees. Perry is "certainly inside the top dumbest people I've met throughout my existence," according to him, watching that TV personas must think quickly also keep in mind their cues, a painful spot for Perry inside the wake of his recent debate fumble. "There's just no expect him just like a pundit." PHOTOS: Stars Who've Carried out People in politics Begala thinks Minnesota congresswoman Bachmann Wanted gets the goods being the next Palin. The traits that hurt Bachmann just like a candidate -- a speaking style that doesn't bother to "apparent the holster prior to deciding to pull the trigger," according to him -- might help her on tv. "An opportunity to offer something intriguing, notable and provocative around the moment's notice is unquestionably a talent," argues Begala. Many experts dismiss the probability of former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman ("more in your house on PBS" states Begala) and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to discover TV success. One insider signifies Romney is "too mainstream" for Fox News, and can create a enjoyable fit for CNN in addition to MSNBC once the network is searching to incorporate a conservative towards the liberal-leaning selection. PHOTOS: Best Movie and TV Presidents The wild card seems being Herman Cain. The sexual harassment accusations in the former pizza executive might be "an authentic problem," states one executive, though CNN hired Eliot Spitzer inside the wake of his call-girl scandal. Still one agent thinks Cain's folksy humor might play well on Fox, saying, "He's unpredictable, too as with TV that's an optimistic factor." PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Bachmann Wanted: The Politics of favor Related Subjects Politics Bachmann Wanted Ron Perry Herman Cain

California's Prop. 8 Moves Closer to a Showdown in U.S. Supreme Court

The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that supporters of Proposition 8, the anti-marriage equality measure, are legally entitled to defend the ballot measure in court because the governor and state attorney general declined to do so.our editor recommendsAFM 2011: Rob Reiner Planning Film on Proposition 8 Legal CaseStars singing out against Proposition 8Dustin Lance Black Debuts Prop. 8 Play in NYStar-Studded Cast Debuts Dustin Lance Black's Prop. 8 Play Related Topics•Politics The ballot initiative has become one of Hollywood's top causes with industry members giving talent and money in the battle to overturn it, including Rob Reiner, David Geffen, Steve Bing, Morgan Freeman and Ellen Barkin. The American Foundation for Equal Rights, led by board president and Hollywood political consultant Chad Griffin, is the sponsor of the federal court challenge to the proposition. The state court's decision sends the case back to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which now must decide whether Prop. 8 violates the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution. Since the issue already has been briefed and argued to the court, a ruling should come relatively soon. Whether the appellate justices decide for or against the initiative, their ruling is expected to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. STORY: Rob Reiner Planning Film on Proposition 8 Legal Case "Our plaintiffs are thrilled to be back into federal court, back on the fast track and headed to a place where these loving couples...can have the freedom to marry," said Chad Griffin, the board president of the American Foundation for Equal Rights. If the high court accepts the appeal, which most legal observers expect it to do, a variety of outcomes are possible. Even if the justices sustain the constitutionality of Prop 8, a narrowly drawn decision probably would leave the states free to decide on the legality of marriage equality on a state-by-state basis. The 2008 anti-marriage equality measure has worked a tortured course through the electoral and legal process. It was drafted to overturn an earlier ruling by the California Supreme Court, acknowledging that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. STORY: Dustin Lance Black Debuts Prop. 8 Play in NY After its passage, pro-marriage equality opponents of Prop. 8 sued in federal court, alleging that the state measure violated the federal Constitutional rights of gays and lesbians. U.S. Judge Vaughn Walker agreed and, in 2010, overturned the initiative. When the governor and state attorney general declined to appeal his ruling, the measure's backers took up the cause and asked the Ninth Circuit to strike down Walker's decision. Before handing down a decision on the trial court's ruling, however, the Ninth Circuit asked the state's high court to decide whether the proposition's supporters had legal standing to defend the measure. With that question resolved, the appellate court now is free to move forward, and the consensus among legal analysts is that they're likely to sustain Walker's ruling overturning Prop. 8. The California Supreme Court's unanimous opinion was written by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye. "The inability of the official proponents of an initiative measure to appeal a trial court judgment invalidating the measure, when the public officials who ordinarily would file such an appeal decline to do so," she wrote, "would significantly undermine the initiative power. "It has been nothing short of shameful to see Governor Jerry Brown, his predecessor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Kamala Harris abdicate their constitutional responsibility to defend Proposition 8 in Court," said Brian Brown, NOM's president. "Although today's ruling from the California Supreme Court confirms that the proponents of Prop. 8 have the right to defend their initiative when the state officials refuse to fulfill their sworn duty, it is gratifying to know that the over 7 million Californians who supported the initiative will have a vigorous defense of their decision in our federal courts." Related Topics Dustin Lance Black Morgan Freeman Rob Reiner David Geffen Politics

'Muppets' Interviewed By Six-Year-Old Child

It's hard to out-cute Kermit the Frog, but young Toshi McWeeny managed to do it during a junket interview for "The Muppets." Toshi's dad is Drew McWeeny of HitFix, and he set up his son with the chance of a lifetime, interviewing the legendary Kermit and Miss Piggy. Toshi definitely handled himself like a pro, not letting the stars get the better of him. Both Kermit and Piggy agreed that the interview was the best of the day and told Toshi he had done an excellent job. According to his dad, he had come up with all of the questions by himself and really took the assignment seriously. It shows! Watch the video below for what will probably be the most adorable thing you see all day.

Keck's Exclusives: Kelsey Grammer's 30 Rock Return

Kelsey Grammer Early the coming year, Kelsey Grammer will again play themself on NBC's 30 Rock and get involved with a plan orchestrated by Jenna and Kenneth, getting back the "Close Friends Gang," as named through the trio themselves in Grammer's first episode. "This time around the scam is a lot bigger," Kelsey explained in a TV Academy event for his Starz series, Boss. "It's the very first time ever I pull a man's pants off." The victim: TGS producer Pete (Scott Adsit). 30 Rock can also be cooking up a 1-hour episode which will expensive to a 6-year-old Jenna lip-synching inside a talent show. Her song choice? Marvin Gaye's "Let us Have It On." So wrong! Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Michele Bachmann's Campaign Manager Calls CBS News Producer a 'Piece of S---' Among 'Media Bias' Accusations

Bachmann Wanted and her campaign manager are accusing CBS News of "media prejudice" following a CBS News producer erroneously sent an e-mail to her speaker recommending the Republican presidential candidate would get less questions than her competitors throughout Saturday evening's debate.our editor recommendsRepublican Debate on CBS: Candidates Spar Over Foreign PolicyMitt Romney, Bachmann Wanted to Boycott Univision Debate Because of Extortion Allegations'Butter': Jennifer Garner Campaigns like a Bachmann Wanted Clone (Video) Jackie Mason States Bachmann Wanted Should Drop Her Presidential Election BidMichele Bachmann's Military Jacket Will get Wayne Newton's Election (Poll)Related Subjects•Politics Prior to the debate, a CBS worker sent a note to CBS News producer John Dickerson and Bachmann speaker Alice Stewart associated with Bachmann's participation inside a publish-debate webcast, based on CNN. Dickerson was told within the message that Stewart have been replicated. PHOTOS: Best Presidents in Film and tv But Dickerson either overlooked that time or didn't remember to get rid of Stewart from his reply. He accompanied with this particular message towards the worker: "OK, let's ensure that it stays loose, though, since she's not getting many questions and she or he's nearly from the charts hoping that people could possibly get another person." Throughout the controversy, backed by CBS and National Journal, the Minnesota congresswoman actually wasn't requested as numerous questions because the front-runners. "It's only sincere to permit the candidates to have the ability to speak and never deliberately in advance come to a decision to limit candidates' chance to speak with the United states citizens,Inch she stated after it had been over. "Clearly, this was a illustration of media prejudice." PHOTOS: Stars Who've Performed Political figures Bachmann's campaign manager, Keith Nahigian, was a bit more blunt in the reaction. Based on CNN, he "stormed with the spin room" in the Sc debate, saying: "John Dickerson ought to be fired. He's a bit of shit. He's a fraud and that he ought to be fired." Because of its part, CBS News stated the e-mail was "a candid exchange about a realistic look at the conditions -- Bachmann remains at 4% within the polls." Dickerson echoed that sentiment to CNN: "Bachmann reaches 4 % within the polls and it has been for some time. Other candidates aren't. I sent an e-mail according to that." PHOTOS:Bachmann Wanted and also the Politics of favor Meanwhile, debate moderator and CBS Evening News host Scott Pelley stated he wasn't conscious of the e-mail concerning the chain, but he and the co-host, National Journal's Major Garrett, attempted to become fair within the time they gave to every candidate. Related Subjects Scott Pelley CBS News Politics Bachmann Wanted

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Trailer: One of These Things Is Not Like the Other

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson joking about the Titanic. Luiz Guzman flying a helicopter while wearing a mini guitar. Future Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson and Vanessa Hudgens riding a giant flying bumblebee. Michael Caine. If you chose “Michael Caine” as the thing that does not make sense in the trailer for Brad Peyton’s 3-D Journey to the Center of the Earth sequel, you would be correct. Ahead though, to over-sized vomiting insects, over-serious line readings and Oscar winner Michael Caine! For those of you who didn’t see 2008’s Journey to the Center of the Earth, Hutcherson starred as a 13-year-old who spends a week searching for his missing father with his volcanologist uncle (Brendan Fraser) — a mission that takes them to the, you guessed it, center of the Earth. This time around though, Hutcherson’s character Sean is on a different mission — to track down his missing grandfather (Caine) with the help of his new stepfather (Dwayne Johnson), a cute love interest (Vanessa Hudgens) and Luis Guzman — a mission that takes him to, you guessed it again, a mysterious island. Two words, Sean’s family: microchip implants! Journey 2 arrives in theaters February 10. VERDICT: To paraphrase Luis Guzman’s character, if Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is heaven, I’ll wait outside. [via Yahoo!]

News Corp. Scandal Jumps to 'The Sun' Following Corruption Arrest

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has another publication under investigation following the Friday arrest of a journalist employed by British tabloid, The Sun. All previous arrests in Scotland Yard's investigation into the company's phone-hacking and possible payoffs to police had been limited to employees of the now-defunct News of the World. PHOTOS: News of the World's Top 10 Scandals Police declined to reveal the name of the man, only saying he's an employee at News International, but The NY Times reports the company has confirmed him to be senior editor Jamie Pyatt. Pyatt has been at The Sun for more than 20 years, never working at News of the World during his tenure. His most notable accomplishment at the daily was breaking the story of Prince Harry attending a 2006 costume party dressed as a Nazi. Police arrested him outside of London "in connection with allegations of corruption," when he was then taken in for questioning. In addition to accusations it's been party to the more than $200,000 in News Corp. bribes for police tips, The Sun is now under scrutiny for possible involvement in phone hacking. STORY: Rupert Murdoch Ally Les Hinton Resigns as CEO of News Corp.'s Dow Jones Unit Amid Phone Hacking Scandal A plaintiff who sued News Corp. this year for phone hacking, claimed that the information illegally obtained by The News of the World was passed to The Sun "from time to time." News Corp. has already set aside $30 million to pay phone-hacking victims, the number of which seems to be growing. Police stated just this week that as many as 5,795 people might have been victims of The News of the World's phone hacking, despite giving a figure of 3,870 in the summer. Previous arrests in the case include former News of the World editor Andy Coulson and former News International CEO Rebekah Brooks. No formal charges have been brought to either of them. Related Topics Rupert Murdoch News Corp.

The 'Safe House' Trailer: Denzel Washington is a Bad House Guest

.post-content img {display:none;} Quick warning: if you want to be totally spoiler-free heading into the February action film 'Safe House,' you probably want to avoid the trailer. Not that what's spoiled is so surprising -- think 'Man on Fire' mixed with 'Training Day' and the Jason Bourne movies -- but it does seem to give away a few of the film's twists. That likely won't matter, though, if the action is as balls-out as it seems. The plot: Denzel Washington plays a dangerous rogue CIA agent transfered to a safe house that Ryan Reynolds is watching in South Africa. Explosions, explosions, explosions. Double crosses. Triple crosses. Badass Denzel! Pretty slick trailer, which is expected since director Daniel Espinosa was responsible for the cult Swedish film 'Snabba Cash.' 'Safe House' hits theaters on Feb. 12, 2012. Watch the trailer in HD over at Apple. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

5 Terrible Moments from Five of the Fall's Best Films

We’re on the verge of a star-studded Oscar season, but before we dig into the potentially embarrassing J. Edgar, the probably overblown War Horse, or the already-cloying Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, let’s take a second look at five great films from fall and remember that they weren’t so flawless either. In fact, these films all possessed one ridiculous moment that completely took me out of the otherwise believable drama. Did you have the same problems with Moneyball, Martha Marcy May Marlene, and Drive? Click through for our rundown. Moneyball Moneyball’s critical success seemed like a statistical impossibility (guh-her!), but it’s a smartly scripted meditation on Oakland Athletics manager Billy Beane’s intuition, his successful 2002 recalibration of the team, and the almost mystically unwatchable sport of baseball. It’s successful, that is, until the movie’s conversational realism goes south when we’re introduced to Beane’s wide-eyed preteen daughter. At first she seems like a loyal, if unassuming girl, but in the most cringe-inducing minute of fall cinema, she reveals herself to be a brilliant singer-songwriter who strums a guitar and trills damning lyrics about her father’s character. When do we hear her full, perfectly composed ditty about being a loser, you ask? Why, over the closing credits after her father’s team loses! It’s a little convenient. Especially since Billy Beane has no such singer-songwriter daughter, and the song she chirps is Australian artist Lenka’s post-2002 tune “The Show.” Martha Marcy May Marlene Martha Marcy May Marlene’s glimpses into its fractured heroine’s cult past are disturbing and engrossing, but it runs into trouble when chronicling Martha’s new life squatting with her chilly sister Lucy (Sarah Paulson) and her arrogant husband Ted (Hugh Dancy) at their vacation home. The worst of it occurs when Martha, whose grasp of social norms is clearly shot to hell — she tries sleeping in bed with Lucy and Ted while they’re having sex; she swims nude in the middle of the day as neighbors abound — endures a PTSD-grade conniption during the night. As she harrumphs up the stairs in a maniacal, nocturnal fit, she kicks away Ted, who tries to restrain her. Ted’s reaction? Not to realize that Martha Marcy is exhibiting the most textbook trauma since Sybil, but to yell, “She’s crazy!” and dismiss her animalistic terrors as selfish bitchiness. Come on. I don’t care how many pontoon boats Ted owns; there’s no way he’s too rich to realize Martha’s been through a dehumanizing hell. Drive Drive is undeniably the starkest, most stylish thriller of fall. It is also undeniably pretentious. I’m ambivalent about whether College’s soundtrack contribution “A Real Hero,” which reiterates the inanely literal lyrics, “He’s a real hero and a real human being,” needs to played twice during the film, but I’m very decided that there’s no need for an inhumanely long, lingering gaze between The Driver (Ryan Gosling) and Irene (Carey Mulligan) at her apartment. The Driver is supposed to represent stoic, charitable heroism, but scenes like this squelch his pure intentions and recast him as a reticent homewrecker. He should want to help the beleaguered Irene, not bed her. Later in the film when he steals a kiss from Irene in a surreal elevator scene, the dissolution of The Driver’s saintly intentions is clear. He’s just a horndog with a decent coat and strong facestomping legs after all. 50/50 Bryce Dallas Howard’s role as Rachael in the cute, inoffensive 50/50 is mysteriously one of the most poorly treated female characters of the season. As the cancer-stricken Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s artsy girlfriend, she should be likable until Seth Rogen’s character Kyle spots her making out with an arthouse hipster. Instead, the movie is mean to Rachael right as it begins; early in the film, we’re treated to viewings of her artwork, which she assigns contrived, sophomoric titles like “Existence” and “Defiance” (the actual names are escaping me, but you get the point) — and we’re supposed to laugh at her moronic ideas. Meanwhile, her boyfriend is spending weeks working on a similarly contrived NPR segment about volcanoes for half the movie, so I can’t decide whose artistic instincts are worse. Nevertheless, Levitt is treated like a lovable everyman and she’s treated like a disposable, idiotic bitch as soon as the movie starts. The Ides of March Sure, The Ides of March skimps on deep intrigue and settles for surface-level political thrills, but it’s chockablock with great performances. One of my favorites was Marisa Tomei, who plays a roving, no-nonsense NY Times reporter whose scoops compromise the candidates’ campaigns. However, I could’ve done without learning that her name was “Ida,” and that she represents — wait for it! — the Ides of March. I haven’t experienced such a pang of punny pain since (500) Days of Summer when a girl named Autumn replaced Summer in the movie’s final moments. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, we need to have a firm discussion about your movie paramours.

Tom Oppenheim Discusses the Stella Adler Studio's Off-Broadway Debut

After 62 years, the Stella Adler Studio of Acting is making its Off-Broadway debut. The studio's artistic director Tom Oppenheim, Adler's grandson, took over the school 15 years ago with a mission to bring vibrant, professional-level theater to the studio. With the creation of the Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater in 2001, the studio began producing professional shows internally.One of 2010's works, Israel Horovitz's "Lebensraum," received funding from an independent donor, and now the studio is bringing the Holocaust-themed show Off-Broadway. Oppenheim spoke with "Back Stage" about what producing theater Off-Broadway means for the studio and Adler's legacy.Back Stage: Why did you decide to present a show Off-Broadway now? Tom Oppenheim: The Harold Clurman Laboratory Theater has been productive for five years, doing 3 shows a year here. Really it has to do with opportunity. We've been champing at the bit to build this theater company and present ourselves to the bigger community for some time. And we did this show last year, and we happened to get funding to move it.Back Stage: How did you choose this show? Oppenheim: We did it in the Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts in 2010. [Stella Adler's second husband] Harold Clurman was a co-founder of The Group Theatre. A lot of the work has to do with a sense of being socially engaged, being connected to the world in terms of issues of the day. For example, the way the Group Theatre did theater. A cast member, Aidan Koehler, who is a [Harold Clurman Lab] company member, gave me the play. It has enormous social relevance. It's also an extraordinary theatrical production. Three actors play 50 different characters. It's essentially about war and peace, peace and reconciliation, and the effort to achieve reconcilliation. The deep question at the heart of it is: What might actors do in the face of atrocity and injustice? Back Stage: How has the production changed from its festival presentation? Oppenheim: Not much. We're really able to replicate the set in the Abingdon. There's some more technical abilities that we have in the Abingdon that we didn't have in our little black box theater. You want to stay alive in the new space. In spirit, it's grows out of its original incarnation.Back Stage: Was anything keeping you from bringing your Lab productions Off-Broadway before? Oppenheim: Just funding. We would have moved anything that we had Off-Broadway, and we feel consistently that the work we do is worthy of an Off-Broadway house. Back Stage: Do you hope to continue bringing your shows Off-Broadway? Oppenheim: Absolutely. Now that we've done this, we want to continue to try to fund our shows and do them Off-Broadway. We want to present ourselves as a bona fide, vital, relevant, active theater company and take our place alongside other such companies. We have another theater company called the Harold Clurman Center for New Works in Movement and Dance Theater (MAD). We have a piece that we're hoping to raise funds for and put it Off-Broadway immediately. We're intent on moving our professional work out of the school and into an Off-Broadway setting. Back Stage: Who is typically involved in the studio's professional shows? Oppenheim: It's alumni, staff, faculty, and outsiders. The piece that we're doing right now has Adam Gerber and Aidan Koehler, who are two former students, and Mickey Ryan, who has never studied with us but who we auditioned and is just absolutely terrific.When I took over the studio 15 years ago, I wanted to make sure the studio didn't degenerate into a wax museum devoted to Stella's memory. I wanted it to be a living, breathing extension of her spirit. The question that I posed to myself was: What does it mean to be the Stella Adler Studio of Acting today? The first thing I did was relinquish dogma. I didn't make having studied with Stella a requirement for teaching here. And then I identified what we would use as our guidepost for the future. What guides us in terms of how we move forward? The spirit of her work. For me it's summed up in the insight that growth as an actor and growth as a human being are synonymous. That vitalized us enormously. Back Stage: What sorts of plays do you want to produce? Oppenheim: We want to do plays that are reflected in our curriculum. We want to do classical plays, and we want to do realistic plays. We've done Shakespeare. We've done Thornton Wilder. We also have something called the Harold Clurman Playwrights Division. That playwriting division has a resident playwright, and part of the residency includes that we do a Harold Clurman Lab production of a script of a resident playwright's choice. With MAD, that's avant-garde, movement-oriented theater. We have a great emphasis on movement and conceived work in our curriculum. Back Stage: How do you think it enriches the training curriculum to produce professional theater? Oppenheim: It produces a sense of the next step after training. The mission of the studio is to create an environment that nurtures theater artists, and I think it contributes to that environment to be around productions and to be around the passion to produce theater. Back Stage: Do you think producing theater Off-Broadway is something Stella would have wanted to do? Oppenheim: Absolutely. She several efforts in her lifetime, and I think there was always in the back of her mind a sense that producing professional theater would be an important extension of her work. She did a famous, well-produced "Johnny Johnson" with her students .She did a really important "Alice in Wonderland" adaptation. I think this is something she would be absolutely delighted by.Really the Adler family, we're known for acting. But really we could also be known for building. We've been building theater and building theaters from all the way back in the 1880s in Odessa, in England, and the lower east side of Manhattan. I'm proud and pleased to be able to continue that particular part of the legacy. "Lebensraum" is slated to run at the Abingdon Theatre Complex's June Havoc Theater, 312 W. 36th St., from Oct. 29-Nov. 20. (212) 868-4444. www.smarttix.com. READ MORE ON BLOG STAGE

Moviefone Exclusive: Gorgeous New Poster for 'My Week With Marilyn' Features Michelle Williams Taken photos of by Brigitte Lacombe

French digital digital photographer Brigitte Lacombe has already established portraits of famous faces different from Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson to Barack and Michelle Obama (and almost everyone between). One mega-star she did not possess the chance to photograph? The late Marilyn Monroe. Due to the miracle of Hollywood, however, Lacombe arrived at perform the following best factor: immortalize Michelle Williams's Oscar-worthy performance since the blonde bombshell in this new and exclusive poster for 'My Week With Marilyn.' [Click for bigger] Good journals of Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), another assistant director round the number of 'The Prince as well as the Showgirl' in 1957 with Monroe (Williams) and Mister Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh), 'My Week With Marilyn' opens in limited release on November. 23. Go back to Moviefone for further round the Simon Curtis-directed film inside the future. [Top Photo: The Weinstein Co.] 'My Week With Marilyn' Photos Michelle Williams as Marilyn MonroeEddie Redmayne as Colin ClarkKenneth Branagh as Mister Laurence OlivierEmma Watson and Eddie Redmayne as Lucy and Colin Clark See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Hollywood Democrats Rally Behind U.S. Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren

This article originally appeared in the Nov. 4 issue of The Hollywood Reporter.our editor recommends10 Hollywood Players That Will Make a Difference in the 2012 Elections Every political season, Hollywood Democrats rally behind at least one fresh face. In 2010, it was Kamala Harris, who raked in thousands of dollars from the industry in becoming California's first female attorney general. Before that, it was Alan Khazei, who sought Ted Kennedy's Senate seat that eventually went to Tea Party candidate Scott Brown. PHOTOS: Box Office Politics: The Movies and Stars Dems vs. GOPers Love (and Love to Hate) This year's rising star is ex-Harvard Law professor Elizabeth Warren, who likely will face Brown in November 2012. Warren, 62, came to Hollywood's attention when President Barack Obama asked her to chair the panel overseeing the Troubled Asset Relief Program and she became an advocate for financial regulation reform. At about that time, film composer Hans Zimmer came across a speech on YouTube that Warren had given at UC Berkeley. Zimmer contacted her to discuss ways Hollywood might aid middle-class Americans and also got in touch with Ron Howard, who introduced Warren to Adam McKay, Will Ferrell's producing partner. Ferrell, Jim Carrey and others were enlisted to star in a Funny or Die video urging Obama to back consumer financial reform. Warren received a mention in the credits, and the video became a viral sensation. PHOTOS: 10 Hollywood Players That Will Make a Difference in the 2012 Elections Now, Norman and Lyn Lear are set to host a $1,000-to-$5,000-a-plate fund-raiser Nov. 1 for Warren, with co-hosts including Barbra Streisand, Steve Bing and Lorraine and Sid Sheinberg. Warren has raised $3.15 million, and she'll need more if she wants to beat Brown, who has $12 million banked. But taking Hollywood money has drawbacks. Harold Ford Jr. visited Beverly Hills so often for his 2006 Senate run in Tennessee that his opponent portrayed him as a Hollywood party boy. Ford lost. Still, Warren is expected to be a frequent Westside visitor. Says Zimmer, "She will be that strong and principled voice we need in Congress." 3 OTHER CANDIDATES SHOWBIZ LOVES: Kirsten Gillibrand,NY Senator:The incumbent has raised more than $200,000 from industry sources, most of them supporters of Hillary Clinton, who previously held the seat. CAA's Kevin Huvane hosted an Oct. 23 fund-raiser for Gillibrandat his Beverly Hills home. Patrick Murphy,Former Congressman:He's running for Pennsylvania attorney general, but the West Point graduate helped persuade moderate Democrats to support the repeal of "Don't ask, don't tell." Expect Rob Reiner and others to pledge cash. Dan Roberti,Running for Congress in Connecticut:The first-time candidate has raised $50,000-plus from Hollywood. How? While working on a graduate degree in New Orleans, Roberti met James Carville, who is helping him with industry introductions. Related Topics Barbra Streisand Ron Howard Steve Bing Politics

X-Men: First Class Extended Scene

See Banshee fly!Matthew Vaughn's X-Men:First Class hits DVD next Monday (October 31), but just ahead of that release we have a tiny sneak preview of the disc's extras for you, in the shape of this extensively extended scene showing Banshee's training regime.The film, as any fool knows, is the story of Marvel's mutants' early years, trying to make their super-powered way through a hostile (but kinda cool, James Bond-ian) world. James McAvoy plays the young Professor X; Michael Fassbender is Erik Lehnssher / Magneto; the cast is rounded out by the likes of Caleb Landry Jones (seen here as Banshee), Nicholas Hoult, Kevin Bacon, January Jones, Oliver Platt, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, Jason Flemyng, Zoe Kravitz and Alex Gonzalez.Check out this fun, lengthier version of the scene and see what you think. Any way you look at it, we're looking forward to seeing this again at home, and catching up on the Fassavoy bromance. Roll on Halloween!

American Pie's Thomas Ian Nicholas Welcomes Selecting

Thomas Ian Nicholas Thomas Ian Nicholas has welcomed a baby boy to his family, People reviews. The American Cake star's wife, Collette, gave birth Thursday for his or her first child, Nolan River, who considered in at 7 pounds, 4 ounces. See the relaxation of current day news "The initial component that Nolan did when he became a member of the earth was grab one of the doctor's tools from his hands," Nicholas mentioned. "We might only have the following physician inside our midst." Nicholas will reunite while using Cake gang for 2012's American Reunion.

Bin Laden Film Moving After 2012 Election?

No decision has been manufactured yet. But studio sources say it “looks likely” that The new sony Pictures which in fact had scheduled its search-for-Bin Laden film for release October twelfth is moving it to later in 2012 or into 2013. That puts it following the 2012 election and guarantees the film won’t be a so-known as “October surprise” and boost Leader Obama’s re-election chances by telling voters his administration caught and wiped out the Al-Qaeda leader. Doubtful this can quiet all thepartisan political talk in Washington and Hollywood aboutthe Mark Boal-Kathryn Bigelow film.

The Vampire Diaries' Candice Accola: Tyler and Caroline Are Teammates

Candice Accola, Michael Trevino School's finally in session round the Vampire Journals. "You'll probably begin to see these figures within our prime school atmosphere and a little more inside their age-bracket element," Candice Accola notifies TVGuide.com. VIDEO: Is Vampire Diaries' Bonnie a goner? Watch our Season 3 predictions On Thursday's episode, "The Reckoning," Caroline (Accola) gathers Elena (Nina Dobrev), Bonnie (Kat Graham), Matt (Zach Roerig) and Tyler (Michael Trevino) for Senior Prank Evening to begin the Mystic Falls school year. Clearly, you will discover some problems in route. "Sometimes you would like around the prank going one way, nevertheless the rug is attracted from underneath you together with goes completely the choice,In . she hints. Caroline just desires to have a bit of fun ultimately she's experienced. Between turning to be considered a vampire, helping her friend transition in to a werewolf and looking to be able to save another friend within the most evil Original vampire in the world, Accola states, "She will get a recently found responsibility to guard individuals round her. Which has been one of the qualities that have really grown within Caroline from her transition into as being a vampire." The Vampire Journals Bite: Will Jeremy come clean to Bonnie? Caroline has furthermore found a handsome shoulder to depend on in friend switched friend-with-benefits Tyler Lockwood. "A Few Things I love in regards to the Tyler-Caroline [relationship] could it be develops from a location of friendship and perception of, 'I have your back plus you've got mine.' They're teammates in by doing this,Inch she states, adding: "Even though they've required to psychologically evolve, they're still in secondary school, you never know how extended the bond lasts?In . Since both Sheriff Forbes and Mayor Lockwood realize that their kids are not only found opposing supernatural species, but hooking up up, do they really make an effort to stop them? "There's definite chance for your Council to skyrocket as well as the pot being stirred within the parental perspective, yes, but they are we looked into that at this time around? No," she states. And speaking about parental figures, audiences recently met Caroline's disapproving father. Although a lot of people question if his hate for vampires of the underworld from the underworld originates from rapport for the lately introduced vampire hunter (carried out by Sebastian Roche), Accola shoots lower that theory. "That's reaching pretty far. You never know ... but at this time around this can be a pretty far achieve," she states. Still, last week's episode is most likely not the conclusion of his arc. "We will probably see really Caroline's father," she states. "When which will happen I have not a clue, however don't think that's all the Father Forbes." The Vampire Journals airs Thursdays at 8/7c round the CW.

Hacker Who Stole Photos, Info From Scarlett Johansson And Mila Kunis Didnt Take Action To Earn Money, FBI States

The hacker who broke into the email options of Scarlett Johansson, Christina Aguilera, Mila Kunis and a lot of other stars remains recognized becoming an apparently unemployed 35-year-some guy dwelling within the town of the city of jacksonville, Fla., who the FBI mentioned didn’t possess the signs and symptoms of attempted it your money can buy even though several allegedly pilfered images wound up on celebrity websites. From his pc, the L.A. Occasions reported, Christopher Chaney allegedly looked celebrity magazines, websites and Facebook posts glean emails and password clues within the names of pals, children, siblings and siblings, pets or any apparently innocuous personal data. Beginning in November 2010, the FBI mentioned, Chaney jeopardized around 50 sufferers, many of them from electronic address books. Even if he didn’t sell information or photos or make an effort to blackmail his targets, it’s way creepy, so when billed Chaney faces around 120 years jail time.

Ron Nelson estate sues Capitol Records

Singer-actor Ron Nelson's estate has punished Capitol Records for millions in delinquent royalties, alleging common accounting sleight-of-hands. The knowledge, filed in California Superior Court in L.A. on March. 3, alleges fraud, breach of contract, together with other abuses, and seeks actual and punitive damages being determined at trial. Nelson, who died in the 1985 plane crash, increased to become rock 'n' roll star after he was featured on "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," typically the most popular ABC sitcom starring his parents, Ozzie and Harriet Nelson. He was signed to Imperial Records in 1957, and totalled up 39 chart singles, including two No. 1 smashes and 15 the best-10 hits, before exiting the label for Decca Records in 1963. Imperial was later agreed to Liberty Records, which subsequently increased to explore Capitol, flagship label of EMI Music. EMI is presently up available by Citigroup, which needed control of the troubled company taken. Action states, "Today, Capitol is crippled and operated having a skeleton crew since it prepares itself being offered off." Suit notes that in May 1992, Capitol informed its "legacy" artists in the '50s, '60s and '70s the new, greater royalty rate, of 10% in the retail list cost for individuals full-cost albums, have been implemented. The Nelson estate audited Capitol's catalog account this year, and alleges the label was accounting improperly, decreasing to provide crucial more knowledge about Nelson's royalties and neglecting the '92 royalty increase. Action claims Capitol is possessing $100 million-$250 million in "unmatched earnings" that cannot be connected with any particular artist, and contains "stonewalled" attempts to determine simply how much the Nelson estate arrives from that cache. Echoing recent suits filed against Universal Group by its legacy functions regarding digital royalties, the Nelson action states that since the singer's agreement did not anticipate digital distribution, it may be "grossly inequitable" to cover the estate good old rates. An EMI representative did not immediately respond to a request comment. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Drive Faces Dumbest Suit Ever, and 5 Other Tales You'll Be Talking About Today

Happy Monday! Also in today’s edition in the Broadsheet: A Pixar alum can get the closest of close reads… Tortured Oscar logic… Perfectly absurd new reality stars… The $24 million Korean humanist marathoner World war ii film you've (or haven’t) been waiting for… plus much more. · Apparently some idiot lady outdoors Detroit is actually suing distributor FilmDistrict for misleading her into watching Drive. Apparently Sarah Deming of Keego Harbor, Mich., saw a clip and expected something “very such as the Fast and Furious, or similar, quantity of movies.” Rather, she alleges, she got mood-driven splatter in addition to “extreme gratuitous defamatory dehumanizing racism directed against people in the Jewish belief.” What? However for your last part I’d have just lined all this around another stroke of genius by FilmDistrict boss and marketing wizard Bob Berney. Anyway, take the time revisit bed mattress your entire day isn’t getting far better. [WDIV via MCN] · It’s presently behind the paywall, however’s NYer profile of Oscar-winning Pixar director Andrew Stanton’s transition to reside in-action for John Carter is forever interesting reading through through. [The NYer] · “Will Marilyn Monroe Finally Win An Oscar Jerk If Michelle Williams Does?” Huh? Anyway, just throwing it available. [Deadline] · Speaking about redoutable, immutable logic, let headhunter Stephen Viscusi reduces the philosophy guiding his new A&E reality series The Job Whisperer: “If they that you just saw on tv will get employment, log off your ass and acquire employment, too.” Sigh. [NY Publish] · I’m unsure the earth is extremely ready for just about any “humanist” movie about Korean and Japanese marathoners going for a detour into World war ii to fight for Japan as well as the Ussr and lastly, as crooks of war, Germany. However, the director promises “visual effects that haven’t been seen before in the war movie,” so hey. Can’t wait? [THR] · “Can I buy cancer from dental sex?” Males particularly might want to brace themselves before searching only at that helpful, terrifying infograph. [The Daily Animal]

Affiliates: Professional shuffles

Nicole Sabatini remains named Style Network's senior veepee of promoting. Sabatini recently offered as veep of ad advertising and marketing for Bravo Media.Entertainment Art galleries has hired Lenny Bart professional veep of research and business development. Bart joins the indie syndie distrib from Debmar-Mercury, where he was professional V . p . and gm.Suejin Yang remains named V . p . of digital media at Bravo Media. Formerly, Yang held the V . p . of product publish for MTV and VH1 digital.ITV Art galleries America has attracted on Jane Yusim as professional director of development. She joins ITV's U.S. branch we now have spent just like a development professional at Zoo Prods. and GRB Entertainment.Liana Huth Farnham remains hired senior veepee of partners and occasions for Fuse. Farnham was veep of promoting, concerts and network integration for Monosodium glutamate Entertainment.Game Show Network has hired Stephen Croncota to professional V . p . and chief marketing officer. Most recently, Croncota was senior V . p . of promoting for E! Entertainment Television.Sucherman Speaking to Group has named Angela Gardner professional V . p . of development. Gardner happen to be Fox Entertainment Group's senior V . p . of talent acquisition. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Exclusive: Criminal Minds Books Charles S. Dutton

Charles Dutton Three-time Emmy winner Charles S. Dutton will guest-star on Criminal Minds later this season, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning showsThe actor will play Tony Colt, a Philadelphia boxing trainer who learns that his favorite pupil, whom he's mentored like a son, turns out to be the violent serial killer that brings the BAU to the city. Criminal Minds' A.J. Cook: It makes sense for JJ to become a profilerDutton, 60, won two guest-acting Emmys for his work on The Practice and Without a Trace, and a directing Emmy for the HBO miniseries The Corner. In recent years, he's guest-starred on CSI: NY, Law & Order: Los Angeles and, perhaps most memorably, as Foreman's dad on House.Criminal Minds airs Wednesdays at 10/9c on CBS. Dutton's episode, the 10th of the season, has not been scheduled yet.

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Andy Cohen: All Jersey Housewives Are Returning Next Season

First Published: October 4, 2011 5:51 PM EDT Credit: Getty Premium Caption Teresa Giudice and Jacqueline Laurita attend the 2011 Bravo Upfront at 82 Mercer in NY City on March 30, 2011 LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Fuhgeddaboudit! Those The Real Housewives of New Jersey casting shakeup reports are just rumors Bravos Andy Cohen told Access Hollywood on Tuesday. We have a great finale coming up for the Housewives of New Jersey and an even better reunion, Andy told Access at The Leadership Breakfast Series: Power of the Purse event in NY City. Reports surfaced last week that Jacqueline Laurita, who appears to be in the midst of a Twitter war with co-star Teresa Guidice, was leaving the Bravo series. Andy put those rumors to rest once and for all, saying, The cast is solid and theyre staying there. Everything that youve read has been untrue Theyre all coming back! Adding, Dont believe what you read! As for the recently taped reunion special, which Jacqueline Tweeted that she did not attend, the Bravo guru stayed mum on the drama. Youll have to watch what happens, Andy said with a smile. The season finale of The Real Housewives of New Jersey airs on October 9 at 10 PM on Bravo. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Thoroughly 'Modern' in WeHo

President Obama and Jesse Tyler Ferguson Aaron Kaplan and Gary Newman Barack Obama came to the House of Blues on Monday to fund-raise, and despite it being West Hollywood, the president mentioned DADT only once and DOMA and same-sex marriage not at all. Emcee Jesse Tyler Ferguson made up for the lack of gay talk."I know many of you think I'm the mayor of West Hollywood," he began. "Neil Patrick Harris is."The "Modern Family" star spoke of Obama being a "skinny kid who grew up in Hawaii with a mother from Kansas and a father from Kenya." Ferguson, on the other hand, was a "gay guy who grew up in Missoula, Montana. Who faced greater challenges it is hard to say," he added. Ferguson did thank Obama for getting rid of DADT. "Now gay kids can have a career other than show business," he quipped.Outside the fund-raiser, for which Dems ponied anywhere from $250 to $10,000, Sunset Boulevard looked empty to the point of apocalyptic. From there, the Obama entourage went south a few blocks to Fig & Olive, where $17,500 got donors not just a speech but dinner with the president and Jeffrey Katzenberg, among others. - Robert Hofler* * * Thesps have a tendency not to talk about a pic's mixed reviews at a movie's preem. Gerard Butler, however, had no problem taking on the crix of his "Machine Gun Preacher." "It's like, are we sitting in the same fucking movie?" he said at the Sept. 21 Academy screening. "It got a standing ovation from the Producers Guild and the Screen Actors Guild, where the reaction has been incredible. I've never seen such a powerful reaction from the TV presenters and radio hosts I've been speaking to, and then you read the reviews."- Jeff Sneider* * * Kapital Entertainment's Aaron Kaplan and wife Blaire opened up their Holmby Hills home Monday night for an intimate party celebrating the long-awaited bow of Fox's "Terra Nova." The family-friendly aspect of the dino-drama was reinforced by the squeals from the Kaplans' three young daughters as they took in the show on the giant-screen TV set up in front of their play area in the backyard. Among those who came to toast the unleashing of "Terra Nova" were Kaplan's fellow exec producers Brannon Braga, DreamWorks TV's Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank, Chernin Entertainment's Katherine Pope and Lauren Stein, 20th Century Fox TV's Gary Newman and Michael Thorn, Fox's Terence Carter and WME's Ari Greenburg and Richard Weitz.-Cynthia Littleton Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

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It's unlikely that each other new scripted series has these words within it: "Bin Laden is dead." Homeland, an intriguing, notable and thrilling drama entry from Showtime, utilizes people words in the sentence that clearly puts the show on modern ground: It's not just a publish-9/11 series it's a publish-Saddam, publish-bin Laden have a look at terrorism that may have been shot the other day.our editor recommends'Homeland' Previews: Claire Danes Uses Her Interrogation Voice (Video)Comic-Disadvantage 2011: 'Dexter' and 'Homeland' Get Premiere Dates and New Trailers (Video)Start Searching at Showtime's New Series 'Homeland' (Video) PHOTOS: Fall TV Preview 2011: The Completely New Shows The series, easily one of the fall's best, concentrates on Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis), missing for eight many presumed dead. He seems inside the big chunks of rock from the al-Qaida compound just illuminated by U.S. tanks carrying out a tip that particular of the extremely wanted terrorists could be there. Brody is attracted out and returned home just like a national hero. CIA agent Barbara Mathison (Claire Danes), a professional in Middle East terrorism, has immediate accusations, but she's being marginalized within the agency because among her recent missions in Iraq went sideways - and, besides, nobody desires to ruin the sensation-good story that's making the organization are made so. Barbara's apple is always that Brody had really "been switched" and might be plotting a anxiety attack on America from the inside. It's a compelling premise then one the authors quickly go to gray areas. Barbara's rogue actions run afoul of her finest supporter within the CIA, Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin in the grounded, nuanced performance). She's a higher-notch agent but furthermore reckless, and just what the audience is proven pretty quickly is always that Barbara takes pills for just about any mental condition the organization doesn't find out about. (She's supplying all of them with from her sister, a mental health expert, who becomes another person, like Saul, helping Barbara while she consequently puts their lives at risk.) PHOTOS: Fall TV's 12 Most Anticipated Implies That will we feel? Brody has certainly changed. Is Barbara really stressed out and possibly psychologically disabled? Will there be some truth in each story? Both Lewis and Danes are perfect in Homeland. His coiled intensity - and mystery - contrast nicely along with her manic need to be right. The cast includes David Harewood as David Estes, mind in the CIA's counterterrorism center together with a rising star inside the agency. His future basically rides on Brody being the hero everyone thinks him being, thus he's antagonistic to Barbara's accusations. Morena Baccarin plays Jessica Brody, whose existence is switched upside lower when she finds out her husband remains alive ultimately these years. STORY: Showtime Puts 'Homeland' Online Before October Premiere Showtime really has something in this show since there's plenty of intrigue inside the spy-and-terrorist position, especially since it clashes with privacy rights, suspicion within our own troops and the way quite the hero might think the eight lost years weren't useful in the war he might not have confidence in. Really the only worry continue with Homeland happens when extended does it play in the is-he-or-isn't-he card? So when he's, how extended can it be interesting waiting for him to produce a move against his country? Or possibly may be the entire point watching Barbara come unraveled? But people are queries to become clarified at another time. At this time around, Homeland might be the timeliest drama on television then one that could really use that "ripped within the mind lines" currency in the political fashion, which helps it be worth monitoring. Airdate 10 p.m. Sunday, March. 2 (Showtime) Cast Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Mandy Patinkin Executive producers/authors Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa Related Subjects Claire Danes Showtime Homeland

Keck's Exclusives: Debbie Allen Guest-Stars on Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy Debbie Allen - who is currently directing an out-of-the-box episode of Grey's Anatomy that finds the Seattle Grace docs facing off against other hospitals on the baseball field - pops up onscreen in the October 13 episode as Dr. Catherine Avery, the mother of Jackson (Jesse Williams).Like Jackson's grandfather, Catherine shares ties to Meredith's past. "She knows the history of this hospital and knew Meredith's mother, Ellis," says Debbie. "There is a bit of tension with Jackson about what mom is there to do."No surprise there, considering mom's meaty mission is to perform a transplant on a guy diagnosed with cancer of the penis! "This episode will be talked about for a long time," assures Debbie, with a laugh. "The surgery scene was difficult. But it's not a laughing matter what's happening to this poor young man."Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

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FCC Ruling Gives Verizon & AT&T Use Of MSGs HD Channels

The FCC today has ruled that a set of high-definition regional sport shows operated by Cablevision’s Madison Square Garden should be agreed to Verizon’s FiOS and also at&T’s U-Verse video services. The move uses the telephone companies filed a complaintin This summer nevertheless Monosodium glutamate impeded competition by declining to market the formats within the greater NY region — restricting their availability toCablevision.”By pointing Cablevision and Monosodium glutamate to create their high-definition programming available within thirty days, your decision offers to give customers in NY and Nj an option to get the sports programming they need,” Verizon SVP and deputy general counsel Mike Glover stated inside a statement. Verizon also needed to petition the FCC in 2006 to gainaccess to standard-definition versions from the channels. Cablevision appeals the FCC decision. The cable company stated inside a statement that”the data clearly shows that there's been no competitive harmto the country’s two biggest phone companies consequently of not getting two HD channels they previously receive in SD….Rather than competing around the merits available on the market, Verizon and also at&T are adjusting federal law to achieve an unfair advantage.”

Meg Whitman Eyed as Next Hewlett-Packard Boss (Report)

Meg Whitman's not successful bid for Calif. governor this year hasn't made her less marketable within the place of work. The first kind eBay Boss has been eyed because the next Boss of Hewlett-Packard, based on reviews.our editor recommendsCalifornia Elections: Jerry Brown Defeats Meg Whitman for Governor Sen. Barbara Boxer Re-chosen Pot Legalisation Measure FailsMeg Whitman gives $119 mil to possess campaignEx-Hewlett-Packard boss off News Corp board Whitman would replace current Boss Leo Apotheker, but sources stated the executive shuffle "is in no way a done deal," notes the Wall Street Journal's Everything D blog. Whitman brought eBay for ten years and it has labored as part-time consultant at venture firm Kleiner Perkins since April 2011. PHOTOS: 9 Greatest Compensated Entertainment CEOs She became a member of Hewlett packard's board of company directors in The month of january. Whitman continues to be searching for a high professional job in a major tech company since losing her gubernatorial run, notes Everything D. Hewlett packard's board intends to meet soon to go over Apotheker's outster, reviews Bloomberg. Apotheker has held the positioning for under annually, after which the organization's stock has dropped 47 percent. He found Hewlett packard following a 10-month stint as Boss of German software maker SAP. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Top Earners After Bloomberg's report concerning the possible ouster, Hewlett packard stocks rose 6.1 % around the NY Stock Market. Related Subjects

Emmy Winners on the Value of an Award

By Marisa Guthrie and Lesley Goldberg September 20, 2011 Are Melissa McCarthy and Peter Dinklage now household names? The plus-sized actress walked off with the Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series, beating out veteran funny women, including past winners Edie Falco ("Nurse Jackie") and Tina Fey ("30 Rock"). And the 4'5" Dinklage nabbed the supporting drama actor statue for HBO's "Game of Thrones," his first Emmy after a career as a journeyman player."I'd never had [a lead role] before," gushed a still overwhelmed McCarthy backstage at the Nokia Theatre.McCarthy was literally crowned -- with a diamond tiara and a bouquet of red roses -- the Emmy winner. And her heartfelt acceptance speech ("Wow! It's my first and best pageant ever! Holy smokes!") delighted the A-list crowd.Asked backstage what value winning the Emmy will have on his career, Dinklage mused: "That will be interesting. You never know going into anything how it will affect the public."During his acceptance speech, Dinklage thanked his fellow nominees: "Mad Men's" John Slattery; Andre Braugher from "Men of a Certain Age;" "Justified's" Walton Goggins and "The Good Wife's" Josh Charles and Alan Cumming. "Come on, any of you guys could be up here," said Dinklage.Sure, nabbing the Emmy means weeks if not months of bragging rights for the recipient and an instantly recognizable marketing trademark to slap on network promos and DVD sets.Matthew Weiner's "Mad Men" has won the outstanding drama Emmy each of the four seasons it has been on. No mean feat, Weiner told "The Hollywood Reporter.""It was huge. It literally translates into publicity for the show," says Weiner.Julianna Margulies picked up the Emmy for lead actress in a drama for "The Good Wife," an award she was also nominated for last year. But this year, CBS is moving "Good Wife" from the Tuesdays to Sundays at 9 p.m. where it will have to compete with marquee dramas on cable including HBO's "Boardwalk Empire.""Everyday is a fight over ratings," said co-creator and executive producer Robert King. "So anything like that is good. With our move to Sunday we really want a higher profile."Laura Linney -- who was the odds-on favorite to win the comedy Emmy that ended up in McCarthy's hands -- says for a first year show, a nomination let alone a win, can be an entre for viewers who may not have considered a show that treats breast cancer as a comic device."For our show ["The Big C"], which was considered a risky undertaking, it validates that something about it is working," Linney told "THR." "That's very nice. And hopefully [that] will give people who are a little nervous to watch it permission to tune in."PBS' "Downton Abbey" dominated the newly combined movie and miniseries category, winning four Emmys on Sunday night, including outstanding miniseries and supporting actress (Maggie Smith), more than "Mildred Pierce" or any of HBO's additional entries. The category heretofore played at the Emmy telecast like a mid-show commercial for HBO. Creator and writer Julian Fellowes characterized "Downton's" win as a David and Goliath story."HBO has tremendous marketing and advertising muscle behind it," said Masterpiece executive producer Rebecca Eaton. "This is about a show that stands on its merits and the Academy recognized that. I'm very proud of it."Fellows said that the Emmy is "recognition for your work." And with the second season of "Downton Abbey" coming in January 2012, that awareness can be critical. "When you make these programs you so want them to find their audience and register," he said.And if you suddenly find yourself out of work, a recently won Emmy could be a nice calling card."To be selected [from] among so many fabulous actors feels very gratifying," said Margo Martindale, who at 60 years old picked up her first Emmy for FX's "Justified" and will be seen this season in the CBS drama "A Gifted Man." But, adds Martindale, "[I'm] not getting more offers because I'm not available."But unlike an Oscar -- which sends consumers to the box-office -- the Emmy does not appear to have much quantifiable value beyond the branding benefit of the television industry's good housekeeping seal of approval."I think its value is questionable," said David Nevins, president of entertainment, Showtime Networks.Nevins' is an executive producer on "Friday Night Lights," which finally garnered Emmy recognition for lead actor Kyle Chandler and executive producer Jason Katims, who nabbed the Emmy for drama series writing."It's a little bit more questionable for network shows but for Showtime, there's no question that it enhances prestige and the perception of quality. That's what we sell as a subscription, we want people to feel like the best shows in television are on Showtime."For some series, the Emmy can keep be part of a life-extending regimen if not a ratings bonanza. Fox's "Arrested Development" picked up five Emmys in 2004 for its first season including outstanding comedy series, but it never became a ratings hit. NBC's "30 Rock" has been a perennial Emmy darling and is still a ratings also-ran."Anything that's very legitimate and mainstream that says 'good' is very positive for a show that's small from a small network," says Louis C.K., who was nominated as outstanding actor in a comedy for his semiautobiographical FX series "Louie.""It doesn't necessarily mean more people will watch it, but it will extend our time a little more, maybe. And it'll reward the network and the people that let me do it, that's what matters."Whatever the Emmy does -- or doesn't do -- for his career, Dinklage does have one practical use for the six-pound gold-plated piece of hardware."It's going to wind up holding a door open at my house." The Hollywood Reporter

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The eleventh Commandment Heads For TV

Gale Anne Hurd changes Jeffrey Archer.... Former politician and extended-time potboiler novelist Jeffrey Archer is most likely not our planet's most literary scribbler, but he certainly seems to draw plenty of attention for film and TV types searching to shove his concentrate on both small and big screens. Hot round the heels of Bourne producer Frank Marshall signing onto develop his book Determined by Recognition just like a movie comes word the Walking Dead's Gale Anne Hurd desires to turn another of his tomes, The Eleventh Commandment, in to a TV series. The novel, initially launched in 1998, follows what continues when ace CIA assassin Connor Fitzgerald is presented for just about any fake murder attempt around the Russian presidential candidate. Fitzgerald must race to prove his innocence in addition to prevent World War III. "Jeffrey Archer's storytelling is compelling, character driven and ideal for television-full of fast-paced, high-stakes danger," Hurd mentioned in the statement acquired by Deadline. There's not sure yet on whether her Valhalla Entertainment customers are searching to mess while using plot to produce it a little more current. By at this time around, it's simply in development, though given Hurd's the recent past, it provides a good possibility of striking our goggle boxes. Both of these new projects work of Canadian company New Franchise Media, which struck a deal a year ago for your worldwide rights to 10 of Archer's books. If the idea of new visual fodder based on Archer's work has you delighted or depressed, you understand who to credit/blame...

RATINGS RAT RACE: OK Start For Secret Circle, Vampire Diaries Premiere & Wipeout Finale Down

Four days before the official start of the fall season, the CW has already launched three of its four new series. The latest, The Secret Circle, opened last night with 3 million viewers and a 1.3/4 in adults 18-34. It was even with last fall’s premiere in the time slot of Nikita among adults 18-34 but down 16% in total viewers and a tenth in adults 18-49 as Nikita is a little broader and older-skewing. Secret Circle edged the Nikita premeire in women 18-34 (1.9/5) by 6% to post the network’s all-time high in the slot in that demo. The Secret Circle‘s lead-in, the third-season premiere of CW’s flagship drama The Vampire Diaries (3 million, 1.6/5), was down 11% in total viewers and 16% in 18-34 from last fall’s premiere but built on the May finale. Secret Circle and Vampire Diaries — which share Kevin Williamson as executive producer and Alloy books by L.J. Smith as source material — showed good compatibility, with Secret Circle retaining 100% of the Vampire Diaries audience. But the real test for the two shows will come next week, when they will face all-new competition, including Fox’s The X Factor. The only original offering on the Big 4 last night was the two-hour finale of ABC’s Wipeout (2.2/6 in adults 18-49), which was down 19% from last September’s two-hour closer. It finished tied for second place for the night in 18-49 with a Big Bang Theory repeat, with another Big Bang rerun (2.6/8) topping the rankings. ABC (1.8/5, 5.6 million total viewers) finished tied with CBS (1.8/5, 8.1 million) for the night in 18-49, while CBS was No. 1 in total viewers.

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Jeremy Irons and James Earl Jones on 'The Lion King 3D' and Keeping It Together When Mufasa Dies

When it comes to iconic voices on film, few people measure up to the sinister plotting behind Jeremy Irons and the baritone pipes on James Earl Jones. With 'The Lion King 3D' hitting theaters this week, Moviefone rang up Scar and Mufasa themselves to hear what it was like being part of a Disney classic, and how they channeled their inner beasts to create some of the most memorable roles of their careers. James Earl Jones: What's the deal with ['The Lion King'] re-release, is anything being done to it? Moviefone: As far as I know they're just re-releasing it in theaters and converting it to 3D. Jones: Ah, that's right. But our voices stay two-dimensional, right? [laughs] Yeah, I don't think they'll be popping out of the screen or anything. What do you think of the 3D revival going on right now? Jeremy Irons: I've only seen one movie in 3D and it was Werner Herzog's film 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams.' I'm not sure 'The Lion King' needs 3D, but I think at the moment it's fashion and I'm sure it looks amazing in 3D. But I think story is story, and it is a great story. But I'm so pleased it's being re-released because it will be there in cinemas for a new generation, and that's fantastic. So what drew you to 'The Lion King?' Jones: I have a son who's now 28, and he loved the Disney studio tours and some of the workshops they had down in Orlando and Hollywood. He really enjoyed that, he even considered going into animation for a while. It didn't work out that way since he works with me now, but there was always that possibility. He's very good with graphics. And that was the main reason I took the job. I like animation and I like voice work. Irons: Well I think it's a great story. People liken it to Shakespeare's 'Hamlet,' it's a great story, it's a family story. There's emotion in it, there's excitement in it, there's humor in it, and fantastic graphic work. I think it's a film that really pleases every demographic and it's story-led and character-driven. What more could you want from a movie? It really deserves its success I think. Did you have any favorite Disney movies growing up? Jones: Well 'Bambi' is everybody's favorite. What I was surprised about and what I couldn't tell from the script as I could from the result, was that 'The Lion King' came close to achieving what 'Bambi' did in terms of being a movie for the whole family -- a movie that captured the attention of grown people as well as children. So what do you like most about doing voice work as opposed to being in front of the camera? Jones: Well there's a certain freedom you have in the studio with your microphone and you don't have to worry about anything visual. Did you see models of Mufasa and what he looked like when you were doing it? Jones: I did. They were very careful to give us an idea of what to go for, so they had models and they would change the models as they went along. I think they did the voices over a two-year period. They'd call us back and say, "Let's try something different," and they themselves took over four years for the visuals. And what they would do is they would record our faces as we stood in front of the microphone doing the words. And anything that happened that would make our faces express something unusual, they'd try to incorporate that in the animation. So to make it very subjective and unique, they'd ask us to keep that in mind as we re-recorded our words, to enhance it. So my character became more and more of a dopey dad instead of grand king, you know? [laughs] Is there a trick behind performing a really good lion's roar? Jones: Oh, no, but I did try to develop a roar. Do you remember the movie ['Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes'] where Tarzan is brought back into a civilized family? He was taught good British manners, and he was at a formal dinner where he entertained everybody by making sweet animal noises that he'd learned in the jungle. And he went up beside one lady and made a real scary roar, and it turned all of us on -- it turned me on -- that a human being could make that kind of a sound. It wasn't his real voice, but I wish a human being could do that sort of thing. And I tried it as Mufasa, but I didn't turn anybody on. [Laughs] We got a raw throat, I think, and my vocal chords suffered a little bit. There's some muscles deep down that are used in an animal that we don't even recognize in our speech. So before signing up to play Scar, you already had a remarkable career playing live-action villains in movies geared towards adults. Did starring in a family movie open up any new doors for you? Irons: No, well, one never knows what opens up doors. I made a children's film before that called 'Danny the Champion of the World,' but it wasn't nearly such a big success as this one. So what's been great for me for this film really is the generation who first saw it. I mean, how long has it been since it came out? It came out in 1994, so that's 17 years. Irons: Right. So the four-year-olds are now 21 and they're watching it again. And of course they get to know you as an actor then in that film and they'll follow you in other things. It's very nice, and I meet so many people know and they say, "God, I've always wanted to meet you because of 'The Lion King!'" Well in comparison to the other villains you've played in your career, how does Scar measure up to the likes of Simon Gruber [from 'Die Hard with a Vengeance] and Claus von Bulow [from 'Reversal of Fortune']? Irons: I think he measures very highly, he's a great villain. He has charm, he has Machiavellian qualities, he may not have the muscle of Simon Gruber, but he really is iconic in some of the things he says. So, yeah, he's right up there in the forefront with all of them. Was it your idea to give him Claus Von Bulow's "You have no idea" line? Irons: It wasn't actually my idea. The film makers wanted to try it and I figured, "Well, why not?" Do children have any funny reactions when they meet you for the first time and realize who they're talking to? Irons: I certainly became the favorite of many kids, the one they love to hate. Jones: Well their parents will say, "There's Mufasa!" But I don't look like a lion, and if they're real little kids, they think they're being shafted or having the wool pulled over their eyes. And I can't roar to prove it to them, but I can say [in Mufasa's voice], "Simba. You have deliberately disobeyed me!" I can do things like that, and then they recognize it because they've heard it over and over and over again. They go from having no idea who the heck I am and not wanting to know because I'm big and loud and scary, but then I come out with those lines and they go, "Ohhh, that's who you are." Then I belong to their world, other than that I'm an alien. I could be Chewbacca as far as they're concerned. Do you have a favorite scene from 'The Lion King?' Jones: I think when Simba meets his jungle pals for the first time, Timon and Pumbaa. It's the beginning of his salvation -- he's in exile, but at least he has friends. And in his friends he learns to come back to life, in a way. Do you still tear up when Mufasa dies? Irons: Oh, I haven't seen it in years. I'll probably be one of the people in the audience watching it in 3D. Jones: Oh, well of course that's my very favorite scene, but I can't say that, that'd be selfish! But everybody tears up at that scene! Jones: You're right. That's what I mean about this being a film for adults as well. That's where the 3D glasses come in handy, so no one can see you crying in the theater. Jones: [Laughs] Right! Do you still tear up when Mufasa dies? Photos courtesy of Getty Images, Steve Granitz/WireImage, and Disney.

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David Oyelowo will not miss 'One Shot'

David Oyelowo is within final discussions to become listed on Tom Cruise within the Vital and David Ellison's Skydance Productions' "One Shot."Christopher McQuarrie will direct from the script he composed.In line with the book series by Lee Child, the series follows Jack Reacher, an old military policeman switched drifter. In "One Shot," Reacher looks into a situation in which a sniper is charged with killing five people prior to being taken. Oyelowo will have an experienced homicide detective looking into the mall sniping. Componen had no discuss the casting.Cruise and Ellison will produce together with Don Granger, Paula Wagner, Dana Goldberg and Gary Levinsohn through Mutual Film Company and Cruise/Wagner Productions.Oyelowo has remained busy this summer time getting been observed in both "The AssistanceInch and "An Upswing from the Planet from the Apes" and it has lately finished production on "The Paperboy." He'll be also observed in the approaching Lucasfilm production "Red-colored Tails."He's repped by ICM, Hamilton-Hodell in United kingdom and handled by Inphenate. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

'Star Wars' 40 Hours Extra Blu-Ray Footage

Nobody has found a way to squeeze more cash out of a film franchise than George Lucas has done with Star Wars, and he's at it again. Here's a trailer for the release of the six films on Blu-ray. I caught the bug on the original trilogy that was far ahead of its time, but I found the prequel uninteresting compared to films like The Matrix, which was released around the same time. Still, Lucas is serving up 40 hours of extras in these releases. But does anyone other than the hardcore geek really care?

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Sarah Lemp as Dr. Sarah Bauer (top) and James Kautz as Robert Wyatt (bottom) in Pink Knees on Pale Skin. An Amoralists presentation of two plays in 2 functions. "Pink Knees on Pale Skin" written and directed by Derek Ahonen. "Creatures and Plants" written and directed by Adam Rapp."Pink Knees on Pale Skin"Dr. Sarah Bauer - Sarah LempLeroy - Jordan TisdaleRobert Wyatt - James KautzCaroline Wyatt - Vanessa VacheTheodore Williams - Byron AnthonyAllison Williams - Anna StrombergNorman - Nick Lawson"Creatures and Plants" Dantly - William Applications Burris - Matthew Pilieci Cassandra - Katie Broad Buck - John MendesOne of nowadays, the Amoralists are likely to get arrested. Company's "HotelMotel," a website-specific production in the Gershwin Hotel, restricted to a comfortable 20 seats, promotes among its two plays as "a comedy about orgies gone bad," and because of the company's literally ballsy tendency for boundary-pushing nudity, Amoralists fans may go into the venue with excusable trepidation, a minimum of if they are getting dates. Second play reps a number of author/helmer Adam Rapp's best writing, with less surefooted work from company founder Derek Ahonen (also double-sinking) on first. Nakedness, both emotional and physical, develops. Ahonen's "Pink Knees on Pale Skin" opens both-play set. Fearlessness seems the fuel within the Amoralists' engine, which quality is on full display because Ahonen and the stars construct the plot: a cruel sex counselor (Sarah Lemp) and her husband Leroy (Jordan Tisdale) use couples about the verge of divorce in accommodation where Leroy hides underneath the mattress, naked, and emerges to screw using their heads and, if they are interested, their physiques. The play advantages of good quality performances, particularly from Lemp along with a very game Anna Stromberg as Allison Williams, a comedian who can't come with an orgasm or tell a tale. But Ahonen assigns a lot of pat mental backstories, and also the play begins to appear conventional even while its its figures graphically exercise their sexual dysfunctions within arm's achieve from the audience Following a particularly small-talk-free intermission, Rapp's "Creatures and Plants" gets control the area. The plays have similar configurations, but on departing the Gershwin, it's difficult to think about two more different scripts. Rapp's two drug sellers, Dantly (William Applications) and Burris (Matthew Pilieci), appear lent from the Mike Shepard play, but Rapp produces this type of strong atmosphere of miracle and fear within the play's Boone, N.C. motel room the figures appear just like bewildered because the audience because the murderous narrator begins to experience methods in it. "I am not necessarily here, however i may be back later," he alerts. Pilieci is particularly good here, because he is at "Pied Pipers," and John Mendes is terrifying. Tech aspects are minimal in "Pink Knees" and remarkably complicated in "Creatures and Plants" overall, the talents from the production overpower the weak points within the "Pink Knees" script, although careful analysis play Rapp's much reduced, creepier play last inside a nearly four-hour bill sucks it of a number of its energy.Set, Alfred Schatz costumes, Jessica Pabst lighting, Keith Parham seem, Phil Carluzzo production stage manager, Jaimie Van Dyke. Opened up August. 10, 2011. Examined August. 8. Running time: 3 Hrs, 45 MIN. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com

'The Walking Dead': What Really Happened to Fired Showrunner Frank Darabont

When Frank Darabont appeared on a Comic-Con panel July 22 to promote The Walking Dead, he didn't realize he was a dead man walking. Neither did the cast and crew. Everyone was shocked when news broke three days later that AMC had taken the extraordinary step of firing Darabont from the network's biggest ratings hit.our editor recommends'The Walking Dead': Showrunner Frank Darabont Stepping Down'The Walking Dead': Glen Mazzara in for Frank Darabont as Showrunner'Breaking Bad' at Impasse as AMC's Growing Pains Emerge (Analysis)'The Walking Dead': Season 2 Finds Rick Between a Rock and a Zombie (Video) In hot, sticky Atlanta, where production on the second season had been under way since June, the cast was summoned to a lunch meeting with AMC vp scripted programming Ben Davis, who confirmed that Darabont was out. The crew was briefed separately. One insider says those gathered were stunned at "the duplicity of AMC" for having used Darabont to promote the show at Comic-Con before firing him. And they were angry about the lack of explanation; they were simply told, cryptically, "This isn't working." Above all, they were disheartened. "It's a crushing blow," says the insider. "Even when you have a hit, they can still destroy you." VIDEO: Emmy Roundtable: Drama Showrunners Darabont -- like many showrunners, not known for a small ego or manageable temperament -- had been working on an edit in Los Angeles. After he was sent packing, he returned to give some final notes. He sent farewell e-mails to associates on the show. But he has maintained a steady silence in the media as his representatives work out the terms of his departure. Through his lawyer, Darabont said he has no interest in talking to the press. There also have been no public comments from the cast, and a source with knowledge of the situation says AMC has been "terrorizing" them and their representatives to discourage them from speaking out on Darabont's behalf. "They're scared," confirms another insider. "They're on a zombie show. They are all really easy to kill off." AMC issued a statement after Darabont was dismissed, expressing gratitude for his "innumerable" contributions to the show. Asked to comment on criticism for the handling of his departure, a spokesperson said, "We have nothing further to add." PHOTOS: Behind the Scenes of 'The Walking Dead' This drama makes it a hat trick: Within a space of months, AMC has become embroiled in messy public fights with the creators of its top three shows -- Mad Men, Breaking Bad and now Walking Dead. The battles have been about money, but in this case, at least, it was more of a slow burn than a sudden flare-up. Sources say last fall, even before the first episode of the show had aired, AMC let it be known that it would effectively slash the show's second-season budget per episode by about $650,000, from $3.4 million to $2.75 million. AMC cut the budget and pocketed a tax credit previusly applied to the show. An AMC source says the size of the cut cited by sources is "grossly inflated" and that the second-season budget represents a more typical and sustainable number for a basic cable show. At a glance, it would appear AMC is taking a big risk with its only huge commercial success. Mad Men and Breaking Bad are Emmy magnets that average 4.3 million and 2.3 million viewers, respectively. But Walking Dead, based on a series of graphic novels, attracted an astonishing 5.3 million viewers when it premiered on Halloween. The season finale in December drew more than 6 million viewers. In the 18-to-49 demo, it chalked up the biggest number ever for any drama on basic cable. VIDEO: TV Executive Roundtable with Charlie Collier, David Nevins and More AMC has enjoyed stunning success since it stopped relying on old movies and plunged into original series with Mad Men in 2007. But given its recent battles, several sources involved with its signature shows say AMC does not seem ready to handle its success. "It feels like they don't have the experience of being on top," one fumes. "They're total ball-busters, and that pisses people off." But being on top can be more about perception than profit. It's no coincidence that these flare-ups have come at a time when success for the network will be defined in far more specific terms. In July, AMC was spun off from parent Cablevision as AMC Networks (which also includes Sundance Channel, IFC and others). AMC has been preparing to face Wall Street's scrutiny as its expenditures on programming have shot up. (According to SNL Kagan, the network's programming budget has climbed from $123.3 million in 2006, the year before it got into original series, to an estimated $174.5 million this year --actually not that much given the network's 180.) PHOTOS: Emmy Nomination Snubs, Shockers and Surprises What is also hugely significant is that Walking Dead is the only show AMC owns, which means the network bears all the financial risk (and could reap much greater rewards in success). That is not the kind of chance that the network had been willing to take before. AMC developed Mad Men and even fully financed a pilot before the company decided that the cost of the first season, about $25 million, was too much to bear. So AMC sold the idea to Lionsgate and licensed it from the studio. Lionsgate owns Mad Men, and Sony Television owns Breaking Bad. And despite "being on top," AMC is still a newcomer in the world of original programming and still small potatoes compared with more established competitors. The network costs distributors about 26 cents per subscriber each month, compared to $1.08 and 60 cents for TNT and USA, respectively, according to SNL Kagan. ♦♦♦ A source on Walking Dead says wistfully that if a studio owned the show, the producers might have gotten help in the battles with AMC. In the case of Breaking Bad, Sony responded to the network's decision to cut the number of episodes from 13 to six or eight by shopping the series to FX, which isn't possible with Walking Dead. (Breaking Bad now appears likely to remain on AMC.) STORY: 'The Walking Dead' Guide to Becoming a Zombie Even when there's a studio involved, the fights have been tough. The conflict with Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner has been abundantly documented and concluded with Weiner getting $10 million per season for up to three more seasons and AMC getting more commercial time. The fracas didn't burnish any reputations with the public. Now sources involved with Breaking Bad are venting displeasure with the network. One says AMC could have dealt with Breaking Bad in a more timely and collaborative manner and come to an easier resolution, adding, "You hate when it comes down to the point where it gets stupid." Laments a producer on one of the signature shows: "AMC may have had too much success too soon, and they think they know how to do it. But showrunners like Matthew Weiner and [Breaking Bad's] Vince Gilligan are so rare -- you can't replace people like that." In the case of Walking Dead, AMC has replaced Darabont with executive producer Glen Mazzara, by many accounts a strong talent. But sources associated with the show say Darabont was an integral part of a lightning-in-a-bottle formula that had been working. "Everybody loves Frank and has had an amazing experience," says a talent rep with a client in the mix. "He's brilliant, and we want him there." According to an insider, many members of the cast and crew feel the same way. "Frank's fingerprints are all over every single aspect of the show," this person says. "I heard a Teamster saying, 'How are we going to do this without Frank?' " The rupture doesn't make sense for Darabont, either. His other best credit, The Shawshank Redemption, dates to 1994. Despite his public complaints about the grueling hours on the show, Darabont was hardly walking away from Walking Dead. But AMC's budget-cutting upset him. "Frank doesn't like to see the cast and crew overworked and underpaid," says a show insider. As recently as the end of May, with the show's second season poised to go into production, Darabont seemed to be holding out hope that AMC would relent. "Creatively, I have no complaints thus far," he said at a THR roundtable. "But I believe if they do move ahead with what they're talking about, it will affect the show creatively ... in a negative way. Which just strikes me as odd. If you have an asset, why would you punish it?" An agency source says Darabont is "notoriously a pain in the ass" known for "taking a feature-film approach to television," which is meant to suggest that he didn't manage the brisk pace of television well. But an insider says Darabont's approach was what made Walking Dead special. "Frank fights for the show," says an insider. "He doesn't just do what the network wants him to do. ... He's a filmmaker, and that's why the show was as good as it was." Sources with ties to the show insist it was on schedule and on budget. ♦♦♦ What remains a central mystery, even to those closely involved, is what triggered AMC's move to fire Darabont. As noted, AMC's decision to cut the budget dated to the previous fall, when the network instructed Darabont to produce 13 episodes for a second season, up from six for the first season, for less money. Not only would the show get a lower budget, but AMC also decided that Walking Dead would no longer reap the benefit of a 30 percent tax credit per episode that came with filming in Georgia. Now the network was going to hold on to that money. At the time, a source says, the show's producers decided not to get into a confrontation. "To have a fight over a number when they didn't know what the show was going to do didn't make sense," says this source. But when Walking Dead began to break AMC records, those involved figured that a negotiation would take place and the cuts might be reduced. But this source says that AMC had its own ideas about how to make the show more cheaply. The show shoots for eight days per episode, and the network suggested that half should be indoors. "Four days inside and four days out? That's not Walking Dead," says this insider. "This is not a show that takes place around the dinner table." That was just one of what this person describes as "silly notes" from AMC. Couldn't the audience hear the zombies sometimes and not see them, to save on makeup? The source says Darabont fought "a constant battle to keep the show big in scope and style." Despite the show's success, AMC stuck to its original position on the second-season budget. When those involved with the show protested that the network was taking chances with its biggest hit, AMC's head of original programming, Joel Stillerman, is said to have declared, "Ratings have no bearing on this conversation." The show went into production on its second season in June. Sources say an early episode came in with footage that was not usable. The director had shot a successful first-season episode and was a mutually agreeed-upon choice. Darabont was editing the episode in an effort to fix it but by then, an insider believes, AMC was looking for a pretext. "Joel thinks he is responsible for the success of shows on AMC, and not the creators," this person says. This person blames Stillerman for the decision to fire Darabont. (Stillerman also has a strained relationship with Mad Men's Weiner, who declines to speak to him.) Through an AMC rep, Stillerman declined comment. With Walking Dead in the middle of production on its second season, a number of very key and capable players are still involved, including Mazzara, Walking Dead comic creator Robert Kirkman and effects master Greg Nicotero. Only time will tell whether the Dead will suffer when they return or -- who knows? -- maybe even rise. If the show stumbles, many of its most passionate fans will blame AMC for firing Darabont, and he will become an even bigger martyr in their eyes than he already is. WHO'S WHO IN THE DISPUTE Charlie Collier: AMC's president is finding that success creates its own challenges. Joel Stillerman: AMC's head of original programming had ideas about how to keep costs down. Glen Mazzara: The man taking over for Darabont joined the show after its first season wrapped. Related Topics AMC The Walking Dead Frank Darabont