'Incredibly Close' encounters

WB's Lynn Harris and Jeff Robinov flank Stephen Daldry.Tom Hanks, Thomas Horn and Sandra Bullock reteam for an "Extremely Loud" preem. Jeffrey Wright and Viola Davis party at 583 Park.Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock get star billing but play supporting roles in Warner's "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close."At Thursday's Ziegfeld preem, Hanks surmised, "I just say yes to the role and the marketing department has fist fights about everything else." He took the brief role of a father who perishes in 9/11 "because of the source material and what it was trying to do. The whole gamble is, Are we right on time? Are we too early? Or too late? It's Stephen Daldry's responsibility to make sure we've made a movie that is worthy of being made."Bullock wondered rhetorically, "Absolutely, it's a supporting role, but you saw the film. Did you doubt my decision?" She paused briefly. "Exactly! It's the director, the story, the timing. Timing is everything! It felt like the thing I wanted to be part of."For the pic's real leading player, Thomas Horn, billing was the last thing on his mind, "The big surprise was that I was cast in the first place, frankly. Two years ago I had no idea I would be an actor," said the 14-year-old thesp.After the preem, at 583 Park Avenue, Gayle King proved to be the social butterfly of the party, chatting up Rita Wilson and Christiane Amanpour in the Hanks section before segueing to a talk with pic's Viola Davis and her husband, Julius Tennon. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Best Performances of 2011: From Uggie to Rooney Mara, the Top 11 in '11

As 2011 winds down, Moviefone has offered you every form of best-of lists, including the sublime (the 50 best movies of 2011) and the surreal (best top movies?). Next up on the countdown? The best performances of the year! From the traditional (Meryl as Margaret Thatcher) to the untraditional (Uggie the dog), 2011 was chockablock with great work from actors and actresses. Ahead, the 11 best of the year. Feel free to disagree and/or add your own favorites in the comments below! Best Performances of 2011 11. Uggie, 'The Artist'10. Corey Stoll, 'Midnight in Paris'9. Ryan Gosling, 'Drive'8. Kristen Wiig, 'Bridesmaids'7. Michelle Williams, 'My Week With Marilyn'6. Meryl Streep, 'The Iron Lady'5. Michael Fassbender, 'Shame'4. Albert Brooks, 'Drive'3. Charlize Theron, 'Young Adult'2. Brad Pitt, 'Moneyball'1. Rooney Mara, 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' See All Moviefone Galleries » For more on the best of 2011, visit AOL's Best of 2011. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Aware of 'Potter'

"Harry Potter's" Evanna Lynch, Oliver Phelps and James Phelps rally around Jean Sanders and WB's Ron Sanders at Monday's Variety Home Theatre Hall of Fame Gala in the Beverly Hillsides Hotel."Harry Potter's" Evanna Lynch, Oliver Phelps and James Phelps rally around Jean Sanders and WB's Ron Sanders at Monday's Variety Home Theatre Hall of Fame Gala in the Beverly Hillsides Hotel.

Alan Cumming Flattered By Idea Of Eli Gold Good Wife Spin-Off

First Published: December 1, 2011 3:45 PM EST Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Alan Cumming arrives at BAFTA Los Angeles 2011 Britannia Awards at The Beverly Hilton hotel, Beverly Hills, on November 30, 2011Alan Cummings performance as Eli Gold on CBS The Good Wife has been so delightful, it has left many wondering if it could lead to a spin-off for the character from the popular Sunday night show. A lot of people have said that, Alan told Access Hollywood on Wednesday evening at the BAFTA Britannia Awards in Los Angeles. I kind of think [the reason] why he works so well is [because of] how he affects the other parts of the story and other characters reactions to him. Its very flattering that people think he should have another of his own thing. But while the idea of an Eli Gold show is flattering, Alan said he is pleased to be part of the ensemble, which includes Julianna Marguiles, Josh Charles, Archie Panjabi and Christine Baranski. I just roll with the punches. Im enjoying where I am right now, he said. Alan hosted Wednesdays BAFTA event, which honored actors including Warren Beatty and Ben Stiller, and he was pleased to be master of ceremonies. I think its such a great thing because its everyones body of work, Alan told Access. Its not just for like a film thats been heavily marketed or pushed. Its not fad-dy, you know what I mean? A lot of award ceremonies are. The award season itself is really Its about someones whole life. All the people that are being nominated have made such huge contributions, really over a great number of years, and some of them arent that old. Some of them are. Its just lovely. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Tom Cruise Organizing 'We Mortals Are' for Warner Bros.

Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images Tom Cruise can be a guy who likes to stay busy. With two films inside the can (Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Rock old range), one filming (One Shot) and also the other (Horizons) arranged next, Cruise is strengthening his fascination with starring inside the Warner Bros. sci-fi actionerWe Mortals Are, with discussions prone to begin soon. THR first reported noisy . Octoberthat the actor was speaking for the studio and director Doug Liman in regards to the project. ANALYSIS:Why Tom Cruise Still Matters inside the Film Industry Good 2004 Japanese graphic novelAll You Will Need Is Killby Hiroshi Sakurazaka and Yoshitoshi Abe, the film may have Cruise playing a soldier safeguarding Earth from attacking aliens. Destroyed in fight, he's then stuck presently loop that creates him to see again tomorrow over and over while getting strength and skill each time while he tries to change his fate. Dante Harper and Joby Harold written the modified script. PHOTOS: Tom Cruise, David Blaine and 'South Park's' Most Well-known Spoofs The CAA-repped Cruise has Ghost Protocol striking theaters December 21 and Rock of Agesopening in June. With Vital's One Shot shooting let us concentrate on a February 2013 release, and Universal's Horizons arranged to start production inside the year for just about any summer season 2013 opening, Cruise could certainly film Mortals next summer season. Oddly for Cruise, who likes to mix roles and genres, Horizons which we Mortals Are usually involve sci-fi designs and conceits together with a soldier fighting an alien race. Tom Cruise

ABC Originates Taxies Having A Deal To Enhance Its Back burner Audience In New york city

After I have a taxi It's my job to switch off the intrusiveTV screen on the rear of the motive force’s chair. But many individuals don’t, and that's why they’re appealing to marketers — and also the folks at ABC who just introduced that they'll sell advertisements and supply clips of programmingto about 10,000 cabs that receive video from Creative Mobile Technologies. The agreement, that takes impact on The month of january 1, includes 6,600 New york city cabs and “significantly grows the development possibilities ahead for the taxi TV programming and advertising business, states Dork Davis, Leader and Gm of WABC-TV in NY. The businesses state that “ABCs substantial and growing presence in Occasions Square will afford myriad complete possibilities with CMTs in-taxi media.” (Uh-oh.) Cabs within the The Big Apple that receive programming from CMTwill offerlocal news and weather up-to-date four occasions each day, andnews-you-can-use features. The loop starts shortly afterthedriver flicks the meter. The offer also covers CMT-affiliated cabs in Chicago, Bay Area, Boston, Anaheim, Might, Colorado, Columbus, and Charlotte now. The businesses state that the agreement will “lay the footwork for further expansion into new marketplaces…in the approaching several weeks.” They didn’t disclose financial terms.

Back Stage presents a evening time With'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'

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Watercooler: Original Idol Kelly Clarkson's AMAs Lesson for the X Factor Functions

Kelly Clarkson Attention X Factor wannabes: Kelly Clarkson can be a what you ought to be pursuing.Final evening, the first The The American Idol Show Show introduced her large-ass vocals and solid star-energy for the American Music Honours and separated itself among the section of other, non-TV discovered stars. Why? Because the girl can sang and did. No lip syncing. No "ooh look!" pyrotechnics. No Fiat ads set to music (really, J-Lo...it's name is shame, get some good). Some ballroom ballroom dancers, a killer red-colored-colored dress together with a version of her "Mr. Know-It-All" that equal parts pop perfection and Andrews Brothers and sisters awesome.Which made us question about the opportunity of the relaxation from the X Factor functions. Yeah, we now have heard the whole "they're an illusion entertainers, they are TV works of art" and many types of that blah blah blah. Consider her inaugural win, Miss Clarkson remains showing us over and over that real talent can be found on these reality shows. So when you'll still doubt her capabilities, have a look at her VH1 Unplugged from last Friday. The woman may be the real factor.Totally, which in the artists on Simon Cowell's new show will probably be dealing us the particular stuff another 10 years? Early sings indicate Melanie Amaro and Josh Krajcik, but Astro might be around if L.A. Reid doesn't skin his hide for leading to problems the other day. Maybe late-50s soul stud Leroy Bell? Or Came and her weepy balladry?It's so difficult to tell, so why wouldn't you give to us your opinion and we'll sign in 2021!Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

NBC Buys Jim Henson Cos Hybrid Human-Puppet Family Comedy

Round the eve in the new Muppets movie opening on Wednesday, the Jim Henson Co. provides another hybrid human-puppet project, this time around around on primetime TV. NBC has closed a script deal for your New Nabors, a comedy of a human family as well as the effects they encounter living next door from the household of puppets. NBC, clearly, had success inside the human-puppet family sitcom arena with Alf inside the late eighties. Feature author John Hoffman (Fox 2000′s Afterlife) and 30 Rock executive producer John Riggi will write the script for your New Nabors, they developed with Lisa Henson as well as the Jim Henson Co. (I hear the spelling in the show’s title is certainly an homage to actor-singer Jim Nabors.) Lisa Henson, Hoffman and Riggi are executive creating, with longtime Henson producer Alex Rockwell also attached. CAA-repped Hoffman and UTA-repped Riggi are addressed by Anonymous. Puppets are actually in the major broadcast systems for a while, with Fox’s underrated single-camera comedy Greg The Bunny because the latest example.

John Malone Finishes Liberty Starz Monitoring Stock And Ups Share Repurchases

This could give Liberty Media Chairman John Malone together with other professionals a great discuss later today in the organization’s annual dog-and-pony show for traders.Your final decision toconvert Liberty Starz and Liberty Capital from monitoring stocks in to a single resource-based stockshould diminish the growingsense that Malonewas fattening up Starz for just about any large deal — possibly an order.The funnel remains buying and selling heavily in original programming, and Liberty Starz just revealed a $1.5B credit facility.Janney Capital Areas analyst Tony Wible states the road “likely will probably be incorporated the actual way it translates what is the news” in the alteration of Liberty Starz’ status. Meanwhile, Liberty’s $1.25B stock repurchase “should help ease (traders’) concern.” And hope springs eternal:Burns Tabak analyst David Joyce states that “in time we'd expect M&A activity using these assets to obtain again.” Here’s the business’s release: ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Liberty Media Corporation (Nasdaq: LCAPA, LCAPB, LSTZA, LSTZB) (Liberty) today introduced that it's board of company company directors has all selected to eliminate Libertys monitoring stock structure by changing each share of the Liberty Starz common stock into .88129 from the share in the corresponding quantity of Liberty Capital common stock, proficient at 5:00 p.m., NY City time, on November 28, 2011 (the Conversion Date). Cash will probably be paid out rather than fractional shares. We are thrilled to announce the mix of Liberty Starz and Liberty Capital into an resource-backed security, mentioned Greg Maffei, Liberty Leader and Boss. The board of company company directors determined it had been the very best go to raise the value for Liberty Capital and Liberty Starz traders by eliminating the tracker discount, growing liquidity inside the stock and creating a more effective acquisition currency. Furthermore, we recently needed advantage of the attractive debt areas to enhance capital at Starz, which we have an overabundance options to deploy it inside a combined Liberty Media. The conversion of shares of Liberty Starz common stock will probably be effected pursuant to Article IV, Section A.2(b)(ii) of Libertys restated charter and can result in the conversion of all of the outstanding shares of Liberty Starz common stock round the Conversion Date unless of course obviously, pursuant for the restated charter, the board determines to terminate the Conversion right before the Conversion Date. The conversion does not need any pursuit by Libertys traders and may haven't any impact on the businesses, liabilities and assets of Liberty. Carrying out a conversion, Liberty might have two quantity of common stock, which will trade beneath the Nasdaq symbols LMCA and LMCB. Libertys board also likely to raise the repurchase authorization for Liberty Capital common stock to $1.25 billion carrying out a conversion. Holders of certificated shares of Liberty Starz common stock can get instructions of transmittal from Computershare Trust Company, N.A., with instructions concerning how to surrender their certificates formerly representing shares of Liberty Starz common stock for certificates representing shares in the corresponding quantity of Liberty Capital common stock. Certificated holders must surrender their stock certificates, along with a completed and duly carried out letter of transmittal (and then for any other documentation needed therefore), to Computershare, Corporate Actions, P.O. Box 43014, Providence, RI 02940-3014, to have the ability to receive certificates representing their Liberty Capital common stock shares. Regarding holders of Liberty Starz common stock kept in book-entry form, their accounts will probably be debited its their shares of Liberty Starz common stock and immediately credited while using relevant number and quantity of shares of Liberty Capital common stock round the Conversion Date.

Exclusive Video: Watch Jake and Claire's Tense Reunion On Degrassi: Nowhere to Run

Degrassi It's awkward enough when your mom marries the dad of one of your high school classmates, but what about when that classmate is your ex-boyfriend? Exclusive Video: Will Degrassi's Holly J. make it to prom? In this exclusive clip from the upcoming Degrassi: Nowhere to Run special, Claire (Aislinn Paul) is reunited with Jake (Justin Kelly) at their parents' wedding - and he's looking to reconnect. "I thought about us and I realized I still love you," he tells her. But a heartbroken Claire doesn't exactly reciprocate. Watch full episodes of Degrassi in our Online Video Guide Watch the clip below (and look for a nice nod to "Team Cake" at the end): Degrassi: Nowhere to Ride airs Friday at 9/8c on TeenNick.

Governors Honours revs Oscars engine

Honorary Award recipient Dick Cruz within the 2011 Governors Honours.The famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey receives the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award within the 2011 Governors Honours.May possibly not function as fall's initial kudofest, nevertheless the Academy's Governors Honours ceremony Saturday evening formally began Hollywood's honours season into high gear.The conventional in the honorees, the star energy in the crowd, the emotion in the evening and - finally - the power of the campaigning within the Hollywood & Highland grand ballroom left undoubtedly the race for Oscar gold has began in serious. This Years honours visited James Earl Manley and makeup legend Dick Cruz, who both received Honorary Oscars, also to The famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey, who received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Honours. As participants turned up they were met with Moet champagne, Wolfgang Puck canapes for instance sangria-drenched watermelon, as well as the music from the live jazz trio. Winfrey and Cruz welcomed well-wishers throughout an hour or so approximately of cocktails, while publicists scrambled to put their clients using this year's Honours hopeful inside the path of luminaries and journalists. Among Hollywood kudofests, Governors Honours allures a unique audience, who represent the cream of the marketplace across decades and disciplines: Sidney Poitier and Seth Rogen Evan Rachel Wood and June Foray Michael Fassbender and Peter Fonda Glenn Close and Viola Davis Richard Edlund and Gary Oldman Julie Taymor and Malcolm McDowell, to title a couple of.In the 35th month, the Governors Honours has converted into a significant stop for publicists wanting to obtain their clients some attention inside the target-wealthy atmosphere of tastemakers and thought leaders. Among the hopefuls attending on Saturday were helmers Sean Durkin ("Martha Marcy May Marlene"), Steve McQueen ("Shame") and Drake Doremus ("ConstantlyInch) and Michel Hazanavicius ("The Artist"). Throughout cocktails McQueen lurked alone inside the back. He recognized he was "too awestruck, and too jet-lagged," to approach a couple of from the stars inside the room, saying "I'm just prone to gape from afar." Evan Rachel Wood ("Ides of March") was equally impressed: "You're trying to consume your dinner but you're checking the region, along with your heroes abound you gaze.In . The program started by getting a look and feel by Darth Vader and "AlienInch Storm Military. Vader approached honoree Winfrey, then made his approach to the podium, and needed off his mask to exhibit Acad prexy Tom Sherak, who quipped "How was your week?" Sherak offered a hard toast for the late Laura Ziskin and Gil Cates. His voice cracked while he expressed his gratitude for Ziskin's fight for preventing cancer "for individuals who've fought with cancer," one of the handful of occasions he's freely acknowledged his fight while using disease. The Academy saved the burgundy, gold and cream drapes of years past but changed within the layout in the ballroom within the inaugural years of the banquet. Instead of splitting the ballroom by 50 percent, with half for cocktails and half for supper and ceremony, this year the entire room was opened up up up and cocktails were kept in the diner. The screen and stage were in the heart of the extended wall, bars were at either finish in the room, as well as the diner took it's origin from a semicircle of banquettes within the center. Design provided an even more spacious feeling, particularly for tables behind and sides, and introduced the farthest tables closer to the screen and podiums.Undertaking a steak dinner supported wines from John Lasseters vineyards - with Mr. & Mrs. Lasseter open to discuss inside the pour - the award presentations began, starting with Manley. Alec Baldwin, who'd eschewed nearly all cocktail hour to eat early and prepare notes, rose since the night's first speaker. He mentioned Jones' career, moving from stage to screen, was the career Baldwin themselves wanted. "That's what every actor wants," he mentioned. He that throughout "The quest for Red-colored-colored October," he'd anxiously anxiously waited until well to the shoot to request Manley for career advice. Simply because they shared a cigarette break outdoors the soundstage, Baldwin asked for advice becoming an actor, and Manley, carrying out a extended pause, offered "Try to to prevent smoking."Manley was unable to visit, while he is at London acting inside the stage output of "Driving Miss Daisy" opposite Vanessa Redgrave. The Acad's solution wound up being to transmit a camera crew to record Manley receiving his statuette after Saturday's matinee and surprise him with Mister Ben Kingsley as presenter. Kingsley saluted Manley for his versatility, honesty and desire for acting, saying "You're always so damn good." The recorded aud london as well as the live aud in Hollywood congratulated together. Manley, still within the "Driving Miss Daisy" costume. mentioned he was "gobsmacked" with the presentation. "When the actor's nightmare continues to be onstage buck naked and not knowing his lines, what's can you label this? I'd my clothes on, I understood my words, then from the wings steps Mister Ben Kingsley, which he hands me an Oscar! What's can you call that but an actor's wet dream?"Acknowledging he stays for the legit stage, Manley mentioned "I appear just like a lone wolf hiding outdoors the glow in the cinema fire, who runs straight into snatch a morsel of movie from time to time," and acknowledged that even though some happen to be good, he'd experienced "a couple of from the worst movies ever." Cruz was alongside be feted, with Linda Blair remembering how she found love him, whilst he gained her absolutely hideous since the possessed girl in "AlienInch - not just a son's dream be realized - since they shared an affection for animals. J.J. Abrams, alongside speak, appreciated writing instructions to Cruz when he will be a boy making 8mm movies, and achieving a box within the mail from Cruz that consists of "a vintage but clean tongue" from "Alien,Inch with instructions concerning how to put it to use. "My mother was concerned," mentioned Abrams. "Who was simply this person named Dick who was simply delivering tongues to her boy?" Nevertheless the exchange started a years'long correspondence plus an lengthy lasting friendship. Then Ron Baker saluted Cruz since the finest makeup guy whatever person were living.Cruz, searching frail, ended up being to express "Forgive me, my memory isn't so great nowadays. After they shown it (of his career highlights), I believed 'Wow, that guy stood a great career!'" Then he added "It's been an incredible pleasure. I have loved like a makeup artist a great deal, but this puts a cap on everything. To experience a lot kindness proven in my opinion simultaneously is just too much." Then he eliminate in tears. It absolutely was the evening's most emotional moment. It salute to Winfrey began along with her acting roles and movies she produced, creating both her Oscar pedigree and her bona fides incorporated within the movie community, before setting up her extensive philanthropic efforts. Ray Gorden recounted an account to complete tequila shots using the famous host the famous host oprah, and calling her "a f***ing moose" on her behalf capacity to create aside liquor. Others within the party excoriated him for speaking together with her by doing this, which he was shocked. However, if she saw him the next morning, she approached Gordon, put open her arms and screamed "Baby, it's your f***ing moose!" Travolta Qantas Video adopted, saying The famous host the famous host oprah had first done tequila shots at his 50th special birthday in Mexico, where she danced with the evening and to the morning. Then Maria Shriver saluted her longtime friend and introduced Ayanna Hall, who received a scholarship within the The famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey Foundation when she will be a secondary school sophomore in Harlem now's attending Barnard College. Hall presented Winfrey her statuette.Winfrey mentioned she'd not prepared a previous address, but she spoke at some length. She mentioned "Being here tonight, if you are no old colored girl born in Mississippi in 1954, its unthinkable (to suit your needs) to understand what this journey has meant," and appreciated that they result from a kind of service personnel, like people in "The Help.In . Her grandmother's want her, she mentioned, was they "find good quality white-colored folks" she may help like a maid.The Hersholt Award, she mentioned, "means more in my opinion than any film plus an Oscar, because it means you obtain it. Every single individual that incarnates on the planet matters. That's what I've been saying through my work." After Winfrey walked lower the formal program was over, nevertheless it only agreed to be 10:15 and site visitors lingered for champagne, coffee and lots of picture taking. Introductions among luminaries ongoing. Sean Durkin marvelled "It made an appearance to apply so quick.Inch Publicists scrambled for parting interviews and first-time participants marvelled within the warmth and closeness in the event."We'll assist you in the Oscars" mentioned announcer Melissa Disney, wrapping some misunderstanding. That's 106 occasions of tests, red-colored-colored carpets, formalwear, acceptance speeches and afterparties. But who's counting? Contact David S. Cohen at david.cohen@variety.com

VIDEO: Penn Condition Students Overturn News Van in Protest of Paterno Firing

Joe Paterno After news broke Wednesday evening the Penn Condition Board of Trustees fired Joe Paterno among the kid sex scandal which has rocked the campus, things in Happy Valley weren't exactly ... happy.Joe Paterno fired as sex abuse scandal rocks Penn Condition football programThousands of scholars started rioting across campus in protest from the board's decision, chanting Paterno's title, tossing rocks at police, and tearing lower lampposts, based on the NY Occasions. In order to control the madness, police responded with pepper spray.Around the campus' College Avenue, disgruntled students even overturned a news van. Take a look at footage from the scene:

Amy Adams Admits Henry Cavills Superman Body Is Distracting

First Published: November 7, 2011 3:58 PM EST Credit: Caption Henry Cavill as Superman in Man Of Steel / Amy Adams chats with Access Hollywood at The Muppets junket on November 5, 2011 LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Lois Lane appears to be very impressed with Supermans body! Access Hollywood caught with Amy Adams at the junket for The Muppets over the weekend, where she dished on working with new Superman Henry Cavill in the upcoming Man of Steel. It is a little distracting at first, Amy, who plays Lois Lane, said of Henrys ripped body. Amy added that sometimes, Henrys fantastic physique, is just part of his appeal. When people first see him, its like, Wow. Youre actually really good looking, she added. The actress said she was blown away by her co-stars dedication to getting into super hero shape. Hes just such a hard worker and I have so much respect for how hard hes worked in this role, just tirelessly, she told Access. Hes doing a great job. As for herself, Amy is loving her latest two roles. Im having a really great time, she told Access. I was a huge Superman fan growing up as well. So, between The Muppets and Superman, I feel like its like, Wow! What else? Man of Steel is slated for release on June 14, 2013, but fans can first see Amy with Jason Segel and of course Kermit and Miss Piggy in The Muppets, which hits theaters on November 23. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Hermain Cain's Wife Cancels Interview With Fox News' Greta Van Susteren

Herman Cain's wife has backed out of an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteren amid sexual harassment accusations aimed at the Republican presidential candidate.our editor recommendsDonald Trump Accuses Jon Stewart of 'Racist Rant' about Herman Cain (Video)Herman Cain Responds to Jon Stewart's Stereotyped Black Dialect: 'Words Are Not Going to Hurt Me' (Video)Condoleezza Rice on CBS 'Early Show': Herman Cain Should Not Play 'Race Card'Jon Huntsman's Daughters Parody Herman Cain Ads in YouTube Campaign (Video)GOP Presidential Candidate Herman Cain's Campaign Bio Hits Amazon Top 10 The NY Times reported Thursday that Gloria Cain had indicated earlier this week that she would appear on Friday night's edition of On the Record. But an anonymous source told the Times that she now has changed her mind. PHOTO: Best Presidents in Film and Television However, this person added that she left the door open for an interview at a future date. At least three women have come forward claiming they were harassed by Cain while working for them. Politico reported earlier this week that two women alleged harassment against Cain while he was president of the National Restaurant Assn. in the 1990s. Those women reportedly signed agreements with the group that gave them financial payouts to leave their jobs and also prevents them from talking about the situation. PHOTOS: Actors Who've Played Politicians A third former employee came forward Wednesday, saying she considered filing a workplace complaint over what she considered aggressive and unwanted behavior by Cain in the 1990s. She said the behavior included a private invitation to his corporate apartment. Cain's camp has denied all accusations. "Mr. Cain has never sexually harassed anybody. Period. End of story," said his campaign manager, Mark Block. PHOTOS: Democrats and Republicans' Favorite Movies Gloria Cain has intentionally kept a low profile while her husband has been campaigning, so the Fox News interview would have marked her first major media interview. "You won't see my family out on the campaign trail on a day-to-day basis," Cain said earlier this week. "My wife represents that calm and tranquility that I look forward to seeing when I get home. She will be introduced in terms of some limited exposure, but it's not her style for her to be with me on every campaign stop because, No. 1, it's grueling, and I want her to continue to be the nucleus for that calm and tranquility that you want for your family." Related Topics Fox News Channel Greta Van Susteren Politics Herman Cain

Universal Wins Harsh Evening Spec

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures just won a putting in a bid for Harsh Evening, a thriller about of a evening that happens yearly globally, where people lock themselves fitness center fight the senseless and random attacks by Grims. Deal reaches our prime substantial against seven-figure range. Unbroken Films partners Bryan Bertino & Adrienne Biddle are joining track of Marc Platt to produce. Bertino directed Another people. The script was put together by Brandon Bestenheider & Allen Bey, who made their first purchase. The duo aided move things along by considering creating a teaser trailer for your spec that was leaked by their Verve reps just before the auction began. About six other shops were interested but Universal moved fastest. Here’s the teaser trailer: 2

U2 Honored As Greatest Act In Last 25 Years

First Published: October 24, 2011 2:02 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images LONDON, U.K. -- Caption Bono rocks out during a U2 concert in NY City on July 20, 2011Rock icons U2 have something new to brag about winning Q Magazines Greatest Act of the Last 25 Years award. The annual music awards by Britains best-selling music monthly took place Monday at Londons Grosvenor House. The Irish quartet were present at the ceremony. Brian May and Roger Taylor, meanwhile, accepted entry into the Q Hall of Fame on behalf of the band Queen. U.K. singer/songwriter Adele won two awards, Best Female Artist and Best Track for her song Rolling in the Deep. Coldplay was voted Best Band in the World at the Moment, while the U.S. Internet sensation Lana Del Ray wa s crowned the Next Big Thing. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Happy 94th Birthday, Joan Fontaine! What's Her Finest Screen Moment?

Both Joan Fontaine and her large sister Olivia p Havilland are thriving well to their nineties, and despite the fact that they still don’t seem to be talking with one another, they remain a couple of Hollywood’s most esteemed thespians ever. (Watch p Havilland’s “Melanie Takes note of” interview from 2004’s Gone using the Wind re-release — just lovely!) Around the occasion of Ms. Fontaine’s 94th birthday, let’s have a stroll in to the Oscar champion’s filmography and discover her finest motion picture moment. I’m nearly crying at just how much I really like and also have skipped Rebecca. Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 Best Picture champion goes beyond its era and really appears more contemporary than most of the director’s later films. Joan Fontaine plays the un named “Second Mrs. P Winter,” who marries the dashing Maxim (Laurence Olivier) and moves along with him at his great estate Manderley, but soon finds she's condemned to reside in the cisco kid of his first wife. Rebecca is cast perfectly, having a lamb-like Fontaine quivering and bleating her distance to our hearts, Olivier chilly as Maxim, and also the legendary Dame Judith Anderson because the dour, cruel Mrs. Danvers. The 3 received Oscar nominations, but Fontaine may be the true thought because the undervalued bride. And just in case that’s insufficient old Hollywood miracle for you personally, here’s Fontaine’s screen test for that role. She outperform Vivien Leigh, Anne Baxter, and Loretta Youthful — and you will understand why with this particular meek, yet engrossing portrayal received her the part. Happy birthday, Ms. Fontaine! What’s your preferred moment of hers?

'Coffin' opens for indie shingle

'Envy'Independent financier and production company Kerry Kimmel and Pollack has teamed with Eric Thompson's Vigilante Entertainment to get feature film and TV privileges to Gregg Olsen's youthful adult series "Empty Coffin." KK&P and Vigilante will co-finance and co-produce the very first title within the series, "Envy," a paranormal thriller that follows twin siblings Hayley and Taylor Ryan because they attempt to solve the mystery all around the dying of the friend. The women use their talents to resolve the crime and along the way, identify the origin that belongs to them forces. KK&P's Boss Michael Pollack and prexy Mark Morgan ("The Twilight Saga") will produce with Eric Thompson, Brett Hudson and Kami Garcia. "The fabric is sharp, funny and eerie," stated Thompson, who just created the indie horror pic "Rituals of Spring." "It's edgy with protagonists who're present day teen sleuths having a large family secret." Production is skedded to begin in fall 2012. Olsen is really a NY Occasions best-selling author and "Empty Coffin" is his first youthful adult series. Sterling Publishing's Splinter label released "Envy," which hit U.S. shelves in September and was launched within the U.K. a week ago.KK&P, which lately acquired Marcus Sedgwick's novel "Whitened Crow," is placed to begin production the following month around the Hansel and Gretel tale "Black Forest," which stars Lara Flynn Boyle, Michael Welch and Molly Quinn. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com

VIDEO: Watch the initial 9 Minutes of ABC's Not such a long time ago

Not Such A Long Time Ago Snow White-colored, Prince Charming, Jiminy Cricket, Rumplestiltskin... ABC's new fantasy-drama Not such a long time ago boasts many familiar fairytale figures, while offering to re-introduce all of them with techniques you have not seen before. ABC is supplying audiences a sneak try looking in the very first 9 minutes of the new undertake the classics. The series, premiering on Sunday at 8/7c on ABC, stars Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White-colored and Jennifer Morrison as her unknowing daughter, Emma Swan. Snow White-colored as well as the relaxation of her magical posse in some manner finish off inside the modern-day small town Storybrooke, Maine searching like normal people and unaware of that old particulars. Not such a long time ago exclusive: Eion Bailey likely to Storybrooke Watch the initial 9 minutes here: Will you stay updated Sunday to find out more?

Metallica's Lars Ulrich handed down Kill Bill soundtrack

Music being such a fundamental element of a Quentin Tarantino movie, you'd expect that after he will get together and among the greatest names in rock it might be an effective meeting from the minds. In Lars Ulrich's situation, that wasn't really true.The first connecting seems like it went pretty much, using the pair getting dinner inside a Bay Area restaurant in 2001."Getting Q.T. six inches from my face, eyes dancing, intensely animated, explaining in intricate detail how he'd written and choreographed the 2 primary fight moments within the film towards the Metallica tunes 'Enter Sandman' and 'Sad But True'. Fists would impact faces on accents. Kicks would land on cymbal hits. Physiques would twirl together with the rhythm from the music. Tarantino's next-level movie miracle married to Metallica music, all switched as much as 11," Ulrich told the Bay Area Examiner.The film? Kill Bill Vol. 1.However, it's when Ulrich browse the 180-page script that things began to visit wrong."Page by page, I realized that many of the was designed in a language which was outdoors of my arena of understanding. I'd never experienced a story such as this, occur, in my experience, a really foreign culture of fighting techinques and Asian misconceptions. I simply could not wrap my thick Danish mind around it," the rock star confesses."I championed his movies, loved him like a person, but in the finish from the 180 pages, I sitting there somewhat bewildered and felt very uncool because of not setting it up. I wasn't able to appreciating its brilliance."Sad but true indeed.Ulrich, referred to turning lower the Kill Bill soundtrack as, "the only greatest mistake I have produced in the creative department.""Obviously Kill Bill switched to be far above brilliant, as have his subsequent movies, that have all been an essential part of my existence within the 2000s. Even today I still worship the floor Q.T. uses,Inch he added.

Broadway catches 'Peter Pan'

'Peter Pan' prequel 'Peter and the Starcatcher' is headed to Broadway later this spring.Producers of "Peter Pan" stage prequel "Peter and the Starcatcher" have pulled the trigger on a Broadway transfer, announcing a spring bow on the Main Stem. Play, adapted by Rick Elice ("Jersey Boys") from the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, has been a rumored contender for the Rialto since its well-reviewed bow earlier this year at Off Broadway's NY Theater Workshop. Show could be the first of the two Rialto outings this season with ties to Disney Theatrical Prods.: "Newsies," the legit adaptation of the 1992 movie musical, also is circling a potential Broadway berth following a well-received world preem at the Paper Mill Playhouse last month. Disney Theatrical, which owns the underlying rights to "Peter" and has been closely involved in its development, has licensed the title to Broadway producers Nancy Nagel Gibbs and Greg Schaffert, both on the producing of 2005 outing "All Shook Up." For the Rialto staging, Disney will be credited as a producer with the right to a vote in major creative decisions. Helmed by Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, "Peter" follows the origin story of Peter Pan and his enduring enmity with Captain Hook. Prior to its run at NYTW, the show was developed in a early lab production at the Williamstown Theater Festival in 2007 and subsequently as part of the Page to Stage series at the La Jolla Playhouse. Casting for the Broadway incarnation has not been nailed down. The Off Broadway version starred Adam Chanler-Berat ("Next to Normal") as Peter, Celia Keenan-Bolger as his love interest and Christian Borle as Peter's pirate nemesis. Borle's current gig as one of the stars of upcoming NBC skein "Smash" seems likely to complicate any involvement in the upcoming version of "Peter." On Broadway "Peter" could prove a tough sell, as a non-musical offering with a relatively large cast of 13 and, based on the Off Broadway incarnation, no star casting. On the other hand, "Peter" comes to the Main Stem after earning the thumbs-up from several Gotham critics, and it also taps into the hidden backstory of a well-known all-ages tale, a la megahit "Wicked." Rialto design team reunites Off Broadway collaborators Wayne Barker (music), Steven Hoggett (movement), Donyale Werle (set), Paloma Young (costumes), Jeff Croiter (lights) and Darron L. West (sound). Broadway venue and exact dates remain to be announced. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Happy Finish

A Nordisk Film discharge of a Zentropa Intl. Sweden, Trollhattan Film presentation and production. (Worldwide sales: TrustNordisk, Hvidovre, Denmark.) Created by Madeleine Ekman. Directed by Bjorn Runge. Script, Runge, Kim Fupz Aakesen.With: Ann Petren, Malin Buska, Gustaf Skarsgard, Johan Widerberg, David Dencik, Mariah Kanninen, Hanna Malmberg.Good intentions don't always result in preferred effects in "Happy Finish," the most recent feature from Swedish theater and periodic film director Bjorn Runge ("Daybreak," "Mouth to Mouth"). A little web of interconnected tales that fans out around an eager mother's difficult rapport together with her thin-skinned artist boy, the pic reps an average slice of Scandinavian miserabilism, from the solid acting to the fairly straightforward aesthetic. Pic preemed in the recent San Sebastian fest and will also be welcomed at other film occasions, though ever-after happiness is likeliest around the Euro tube. Widowed driving-school instructor Jonna (Runge regular Ann Petren) takes her grown-up boy, Peter (Gustaf Skarsgard, Alexander's brother), in after he suffers a failure and it is abandoned by his pretty g.f. (Hanna Malmberg). Home, the still-fragile painter falls for pretty Katrine (Malin Buska), Jonna's cleaner, who's herself in an abusive relationship together with her b.f. (Johan Widerberg), who owes money to some thug (David Dencik). Aesthetically more straightforward than "Mouth to Mouth," this depressing crisscrosser does feature one attention-getting sequence: a sluggish zoom that discloses ace thesp Skarsgard's face because he asks Katrine an essential question.Camera (color), Ulf Brantas editor, Lena Runge music, Ebba Forsberg production designer, Jette Lehman costume designer, Anna Karlsson. Examined at San Sebastian Film Festival (competing), Sept. 20, 2011. Running time: 94 MIN. Contact Boyd van Hoeij at news@variety.com

Twit Wit: The Best 5 Tweets About Movies This Weekend

comments: 0 || add yours It was an underwhelming weekend at the box office, but that didn’t stop Twitter from reacting to the fancy-free stylings of Footloose, the terror of The Thing and even the already-forgotten The Big Year. We’ve racked up the best five tweets about movies this weekend — and the most dubious telegrams comes from one of the film’s own stars. 5. Wil Wheaton invents his own Zagat-style rubric when evaluating The Thing. #embedly_twitter_4766986{background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/65705603/3248766724_ccb7a0d113.jpg) #022330;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 p a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_4766986 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@wilwWil Wheaton Anne and I saw The Thing tonight. I loved it. I rate it 4.5 out of 5 horrifying monsters.Oct 17 via Plume FavoriteRetweetReply 4. Ken Jennings was traveling this weekend, but don’t worry, he kept us abreast of the grim cinematic pickings at his fingertips. #embedly_twitter_14667740{background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png) #C0DEED;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 p a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_14667740 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@KenJenningsKen Jennings “Our in-flight movies today will be Mr. Popper’s Penguins and Zookeeper.” I wonder if United is seeing an uptick in in-flight suicides.Oct 16 via Twitter for iPhoneFavoriteRetweetReply 3. Comedian Billy Eichner has an important question for James Lipton. #embedly_twitter_61855083{background:url(http://a2.twimg.com/profile_background_images/232625895/Billy_with_Dog_.png) #C0DEED;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 p a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_61855083 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@billyeichnerbilly eichner How is there not an Inside the Actor’s Studio with Julianne Hough?Oct 15 via webFavoriteRetweetReply 2. Glee producer Michael Hitchcock summed up the justice-seeking instincts of Kenny Wormald pretty succinctly. More like William Jennings Grindin’! #embedly_twitter_18893545{background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/291297098/227979_115848111834273_100002272543050_145619_2118461_n.jpg) #022330;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 p a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_18893545 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@hitchmichaelMichael Hitchcock Spoiler Alert: the “Footloose” kids got dancing legalized again. Sort of.Oct 17 via webFavoriteRetweetReply 1. 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The movie is The Big Year. I play a character called “Year.” Wait, that’s not right. Let me get back to you.Oct 10 via webFavoriteRetweetReply Tagged: billy eichner, footloose, ken jennings, michael hitchcock, steve martin, the big year, the thing

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No Agenda Behind 'Muppets' on 'Modern Family' (Video)

If you were watching Modern Family with the rest of the Emmy-winning comedy's 13.4 million viewers Wednesday, Oct. 12, you likely made the assumption that the multiple Muppets movie plugs were either paid or the synergistic workings of Disney, the corporate parent to both the show's network home and the movie's studio.our editor recommends'Muppets' Movie Soundtrack Features Feist, Flight of the Conchords, Andrew Bird As it happens, neither is true. Instead, the mentions --first in the movie theater, and then later in Cam and Mitchell's retelling of the movie theater story to the extended family-- were 100 percent creatively driven, aspokesperson for the show confirmed. In this case, the series' writers were looking to include a current kids movie to reference in an arc about Cam and Mitchell ending up in the wrong theater, and then blasting a father who had taken his kids to see what the couple believed was a scary movie. That there was a Muppets ad for the movie, opening Nov. 23, running during one of the commercial breaks was still another coincidence. It's worth noting that Modern Family has a history of incorporating actual brands and pop cultural references to lend authenticity to its storylines without any larger corporate agenda at play.You'll recall what appeared an Apple tie-in during season one, when Phil Dunphy spent much of an episode pining for a new iPad for his birthday, even petting one adoringly at the end of the show. Though the show went through official channels to secure the then not-yet-released iPads for the shoot (and the late Steve Jobs sat on Disney's board), the idea to include them was initiated in the writers' room and no money was changed hands.(Given co-creatorsSteve LevitanandChris Lloyd's clout care of the show's critical and commercial success, multiple sources suggest they have earned the right --or at least, the power-- to deny any such requests when they do come up.) Related Topics Modern Family The Muppets

Pete Travis and Alex Garland set the record straight over Dredd

On Friday The LA Occasions broke the story that Dredd director Pete Travis wasn't any more concentrating on the project which author/producer Alex Garland had adopted editing duties.However, the state update from each side claims that is not really what's happened.According to them, it's just all gone just a little "unorthodox" and been "misinterpreted"."Throughout all stages in the filmmaking, Dredd is really a collaboration between numerous devoted creative parties," see the statement released by both Travis and Garland."Within the start we made a decision by having an unorthodox collaboration to produce the film. This situation remains misinterpreted. To produce the record straight, Pete wasn't fired and stays a central part of the collaboration, and Alex is not seeking a co-director credit."The clarification is constantly on the express, "We're all happy using the film we've made, and appropriately claim that it's judged on viewing when it's released next season.InchSince sounds more orthodox.Dredd is founded on the 2000AD comic strip of a advanced lawman as well as the film opens 21 September 2012.

Manley wins Equity recognition

JonesJames Earl Manley has showed up the Paul Robeson Award from legit thesps' union Actors' Equity Assn.Inaugural kudo was granted to Robeson in 1971, too as with subsequent years remains presented to an actress or other creative who demonstrates the renaissance-guy concepts of Robeson, a thesp, singer, athlete, author and civil rights activist.Manley, presently london undertaking within the civilized world Finish version in the recent Broadway revival of "Driving Miss Daisy," arrives back round the Rialto in the year in the revival of "Gore Vidal's The Most Effective Guy." His extended stage career has incorporated a string of Shakespeare and Athol Fugard plays additionally to "The Fantastic White-colored Hope" as well as the 1987 bow of "Fences." Recent Primary Stem credits are the 2005 revival of "On Golden Pond" as well as the 2008 staging of "Cat around the Hot Container Roof."The Robeson Award is due to be given out within an Equity general membership meeting Friday, but because Manley is at London, he won't be there to just accept the award personally. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Hank Williams Junior. Produces New Song for Fox News, Books 'The View,' 'Hannity'

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Hank Williams Junior. will have his say.our editor recommendsESPN Permanently Cuts Hank Williams Junior. From 'Monday Evening Football'ESPN's Decision to reduce Hank Williams Junior. From 'Monday Evening Football' Met With Cheers and Jeers VIDEO: Hank Williams, Junior. Compares Obama to Hitler on Fox News Williams' has cut a completely new song "I'll Keep My ...," calling out Fox & Pals and ESPN after the interview the other day round the Fox News talk show introduced for the finish of his link with the sports network and Monday Evening Football, extended where you can his "Is not it time for a lot of football?" theme. STORY: ESPN's 'Monday Evening Football' Finds Alternative for Hank Williams Junior. He's also scheduled to to research the View and Hannity on Tuesday to talk about the uproar that put their hands up after he gained a good example that Leader Obama and House Speaker Repetition. John Boehner golf together was like Nazi leader Adolph Hitler and Israeli Pm Benjamin Netanyahu playing a round. ESPN made a decision to tug Williams' intro from last Monday's MNF telecast following a comments as well as the move increased being permanent Thursday when both sides mentioned they'd made a decision to tug the area. Williams written the topical third verse of "I'll Keep My ..." when he awoke Friday morning which he and many players laid it lower in the Nashville studio by Friday mid-day. It might be on iTunes late Monday or early Tuesday. STORY: ESPN's Decision to reduce Hank Williams Junior. From 'Monday Evening Football' Met With Cheers and Jeers Inside the song Williams, boy of recent bands icon Hank Williams, states Fox & Pals hosts twisted his words: "So Fox `n Pals wanna put me lower/Request my estimationOrDistort everything around." He finishes the verse: "Well two can also enjoy that gotcha game you'll see." At the beginning of the song, according to him the U.S. is "likely to waste" and states it's becoming "The united states . Socialist States of America." He mentions keeping Fox & Pals and ESPN at home toward the conclusion in the song. VIDEO:ESPN Drops Hank Williams Junior. Opening From 'Monday Evening Football' Williams' comments last Monday came unlikely reactions with a lot of writers and comics going to his defense, proclaiming ESPN was infringing on his to free speech. His defenders incorporated the left-leaning Whoopi Goldberg and Pleasure Behar in the View and Jon Stewart in the Daily Show and however in the political landscape Sarah Palin and Hurry Limbaugh. STORY: ESPN Permanently Cuts Hank Williams Junior. From 'Monday Evening Football' The brouhaha motivated Williams and also to start selling "Hank Junior. for Leader" T-t t shirts on his website. STORY: Hank Williams Junior.s' Boy Defends Him for Evaluating Obama to Hitler on Fox Williams' theme song is constantly on the take part in MNF since 1989. The song will be a version of his hit "My Rowdy Pals Are Coming Over Tonight" he transformed to fit each week's game. He has the song and many types of the rights in it, so ESPN will not be capable of put it to use at all. STORY: Hanks Williams Junior. 'Owes Apology to Holocaust Children' After Obama-Hitler Comparison, States ADL Rather, the network states it'll take advantage of the intro featuring Hall of Fame running back Craig Sanders and soul singer Jimmy Scott right before the Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions game Monday evening. The introduction can alter each week. Related Subjects Monday Evening Football

Kelman drawn on to evolve 'Ramayan 3392 AD'

Mandalay Pictures has drawn on emerging scribe Nic Kelman to evolve Liquid Comics' graphic novel "Ramayan 3392 AD." First released in 2006, story is dependant on a legendary Hindu poem concerning the adventures of legendary blue-skinned warrior Prince Rama, who fights to save his wife in the demon king who kidnapped her. Mark Canton ("300") is creating with Mandalay prexy Trina Schulman, while Liquid Comics cake toppers Gotham Chopra and Sharad Devarajan will professional produce the pic with Atmosphere Entertainment. Former Mandalay professional Scarlett Lacey will even serve inside a creating capacity. John Collee ("Master and Commander") was initially hired to evolve the comicbook in March. 2008, but Mandalay sparked to Kelman's new undertake the fabric. Kelman, who's best referred to as author of the greatest-selling novel "women," offered his sci-fi spec script "Genneris" to DreamWorks in March. He's repped by CAA and attorney Michael Gendler of Gendler & Kelly. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com

Pic players ply promos

DWA's Anne Globe, Warner's Sue Kroll, Fox's Oren Aviv and Universal's Josh Goldstine take the stage for a panel at Variety's Film Marketing Summit on Tuesday at the Universal Hilton. In today's film biz, marketing may not be everything, but everything is definitely marketing.That was the prevailing sentiment Tuesday at Variety's Film Marketing Summit, as execs and creatives debated issues ranging from what aspects of a pic to reveal to auds, and when, to the integration of social media into promotion and new tools to propel auds to plexes.Execs from both the studios and the indie realm weighed in the scope of today's marketing approaches in back-to-back sessions at the Universal Hilton, with some some embracing -- and others wary of -- just how much material comes into public scrutiny as a film ramps up."You can't announce your title, your release date, your director, your casting choices without thinking of it as a piece of marketing," said Oren Aviv, prexy of domestic theatrical marketing and chief marketing officer at 20th Century Fox.Speaking at a session titled "State of the Theatrical Film Marketing Business," Aviv said his reaction to releasing early marketing materials -- trailers in particular -- is typically "terror," but that the process has its advantages, in that the long lead time and abundance of feedback "gives you the opportunity to shape your message.""You have time to screw it up," he said, "and fix it."Josh Goldstine, who joined Universal Pictures as marketing prexy in August, underscored the importance of galvanizing a message early and sticking to it."Do I want to make this look like something they've seen before, or something they haven't seen before?" Goldstine said, noting that U's marketing team, even before his arrival, had already decided to present "Bridesmaids" as a distinctly different kind of female-driven comedy. That turned out to be the right call. Changing people's expectations enabled the film as a whole to "tap into what was so inherently human and relatable in that movie: to embrace breaking the rules," said Goldstine. "That actually set the audience up for the heart of that movie to really connect with people."Likewise with "Horrible Bosses" and the "Hangover" films, which Warner Bros. worldwide marketing president Sue Kroll cited as examples of how today's long-lead marketing campaigns and multiple platforms allow audiences a more intimate look at a film's characters well before the films themselves unspool."Nowadays you can bring shape and definition to all the different characters through all that content," Kroll said. "With 'Horrible Bosses,' we had a great concept, but we branded it in a way that was unique for a comedy. Because when people understood all those characters and their different interactions, they understood what it was."During the afternoon's "Indies Make a Comeback" panel, FilmDistrict prexy Bob Berney stressed that in the indie and adult-oriented realms, the key to marketing is to stay focused on a specific audience -- but also to pick the right movies in the first place."It's all about finding that balance of art and marketability," Berney said.Howard Cohen, co-prexy of Roadside Attractions, agreed: "You have to court your core as an indie. Identify them -- and then stay with them."Beyond creating crucial first impressions of a film, finding ways to get auds involved -- through sites like Twitter, Facebook or Eventful -- is increasingly important, as execs at the panel titled "Urgency & Driving Moviegoing Frequency" noted."Letting people be part of the process pays off in spades. That's what social media is for," said Jordan Glazier, CEO of Eventful, adding that an online campaign that interacts with potential moviegoers creates "a sense of affiliation, belonging and kinship" which "translates to theatergoing."Ted Hong, chief marketing officer of online ticket seller Fandango, agreed, saying, "The power of online is it's much more of a dialogue. TV is still one way."The growth of online advertising also means studios need to figure out how to speak with audiences in a new way. "We want to protect the theatrical window," Hong said, "But we want studios to stop marketing and start connecting with audiences to the point where it doesn't feel like marketing."Landmark Theaters CEO Ted Landmark's Mundorff made a point of suggesting that studios spend more to support a film after it opens in theaters, not just before. "A lot of the time they're not supported," he said.Mundorff isn't a fan of discounting ticket prices to fill seats. He didn't approve of Lionsgate's pair-up with Groupon and Fandango to discount tickets for "The Lincoln Lawyer" earlier this year. "When the consumer is buying a $6 ticket, you are devaluing movies," he said.But the ploy worked for Fandango and Lionsgate, which said 89% of the people who took advantage of the discount said "they would not have seen the movie had it not been for Groupon," according to Hong.There are both perks and perils to other ticket-sales drivers as well, the panel noted.For Fandango, ticket sales on mobile devices have grown from 1% to 20% of the online ticket seller's business over just a couple of years, said Hong. Fandango is now testing barcodes that can be scanned in theaters when tix are purchased on cell phones. Two exhibs are currently testing the service, with a third coming on board soon.But as consumers rely more on their cell phones to text and tweet, their increased usage in theaters is turning off moviegoers to the point where exhibs need to remove them during screenings."When someone's not happy (about the no cell-phone policy), I say tell your friends," said Landmark's Mundorff, adding that "the worst offenders are the acquisition people at film festivals. It's already against all odds that these films get picked up."Mundorff said it would be shortsighted to phase out more traditional marketing tools. He said doesn't foresee a time when film ads no longer appear in newspapers."People read reviews and reviews drive our business," Mundorff said. "If the industry abandons newspapers, newspapers will abandon reviews."The biz, panelists agreed, needs to find ways to enhance the moviegoing experience as a whole."Our theaters are churches, and my goal is to preach to cinema fans of different denominations," said Henri Mazza, chief creative officer of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, whose chain of theaters relies on positive word of mouth and serving alcohol in a more laidback setting to attract auds.The Texas-based chain has 10 locations, mostly within the Lone Star state, and one in Winchester, Virginia, but is looking to expand into Los Angeles and NY soon."The first couple of years was about perfecting the experience," Mazza said. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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“Can there be an Oscar nomination for any equine?” asks Sasha Stone at Honours Daily, supplying her initial ideas concerning the new trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-bait behemoth War Equine. I am talking about, it’s an excellent question! At this time I’m wondering if there anything this film can’t be nominated for. Obviously you can do without all of the standard, Spielbergian monitoring-in-at-gaping-whitened-people shots, however the relaxation is really a sell project for the age range. More in Wednesday’s Oscar Index, but spoiler alert: That one’s not budging. VERDICT: So, so there.

'X-Files' Creator Chris Carter Plots Go back to TV With Police Thriller

X-Files creator Chris Carter is heading to the little screen. After many years from Hollywood despite heavy demand, Carter has reemerged having a female-lead mystery police thriller entitled Unique. The project, which is to establish at Media Privileges Capital,includes a supernatural element into it. He's set to create and executive produce. Carter spent nearly ten years in the helm of theDavid Duchovny and Gillian Andersonvehicle, which went from 1993 to 2002. The series not just assisted put host network Fox into the spotlight but additionally define it as being a place to go for edgy, quality fare. Additionally to some wealthy ancillary revenue that originated from DVD and merchandise, the franchise spawnedtwo movies, 1998's The X Files and 2008' The X Files: I wish to Believe.Recently, Anderson told an Australian morning reveal that there's talk of the third X-Files feature. "I really hope it takes place,Inch she stated. "There's talk from it.Inch Carter, who also produced Millennium,which went on Fox from 1996 to 1999,is repped by ICM. Email: Lacey.Rose@THR.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose Related Subjects TV Development

Sony Pictures Classics Picks Up Toronto Audience Winner 'Where Do We Go Now?'

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all U.S. rights to Nadine Labaki's Where Do We Go Now?, the winner of the Cadillac People's Choice Award at the just-completed Toronto International Film Festival.Related Topics•Toronto International Fil... Lebanon's submission for the best foreign-language film Oscar, Where is set in a remote village where the women conspire together to keep their husbands, sons and fathers from waging religious war with each other. It proved to be a real crowd-pleaser in Toronto, where previous audience awards have gone to such films as The King's Speech, Precious and Slumdog Millionaire. SPC acquired the film, produced by Anne-Dominque Toussaint of Les Films des Tournelles, from Pathe International. To be added to this list of highly distinguished filmmakers supported by Sony Classics is an achievement in itself for me! I am proud and honored to say that I have become now part of the very prestigious Sony Classics family!," Labaki said. Related Topics Toronto International Film Festival Sony Pictures Classics

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Mia Farrow Zings Woody Allen on Twitter

Mia Farrow was married to Woody Allen for 12 years, and -- consequently -- appeared in many of his films (you're forgiven for losing count after 'Hannah and Her Sisters'). Well, it seems that Farrow left that decade-plus of being married with some of Allen's patented wit. On Twitter earlier this week, Mia responded, rather hilariously, to one of Sarah Silverman's posts. Check it out ahead. [via NYMag and WoW]

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Islands (Isole)

An Obraz Film production. (International sales: Ellipsis Media, Rome.) Produced by Selvaggia Sada, Gianluca Arcopinto. Directed by Stefano Chiantini. Screenplay, Chiantini, Guiliano Miniati, from a story by Massimo Gaudioso, Chiantini.With: Asia Argento, Ivan Franek, Giorgio Colangeli, Anna Ferruzzo, Pascal Zullino, Paolo Briguglia, Alessandro Tiberi, Vincenzo Crivello.Sympathetically acted and directed, Stefano Chiantini's "Islands" is a watchable Italo drama that nonetheless doesn't come up with the distinctive style, plot turns or psychological insight to elevate its antiquated story basics -- it's the old "attractive drifter beguiles wallflower daughter of resident crank in xenophobic village" chestnut. Toplined thesp Asia Argento's name will open some doors, though the real lead here is Czech actor Ivan Franek. Theatrical potential is modest, but ancillary looks brighter. Undocumented emigre worker Ivan (Franek) is scraping by, supporting himself and an ungrateful father who gambles away any money he can get his hands on. Journeying from their squalid coastal flat to a nearby island to work as a bricklayer, Ivan is not only cheated of his pay but gets beaten to boot. He's helped by Martina (Argento), who as an orphan was taken in to be raised as a daughter by Father Enzo (Giorgio Colangeli). She's antisocial, mute by choice and a beekeeper, reason enough for locals to consider her crazy. For his part, the recently retired, barely mobile Enzo is a crusty old cuss who resents being replaced at the church but could hardly have been an inspirational figure to his flock. Since Ivan doesn't even have money to get back to the mainland, and Martina offers shelter for the night, Enzo decides the stranger should earn his keep as housekeeper/nurse -- partly to spite the padre's sister Wilma (Anna Ferruzzo), whose spurned offers of assistance may spring less from family loyalty than from a covetous desire for the land her brother withholds from development. Surprisingly, this domestic situation suits all quite well. Courteous and warm, Ivan's presence has a thawing effect on both prickly Enzo and skittish Marina, even sparking a certain romantic frisson with the latter. But of course the villagers take exception to this "gypsy" interloper, leading to a conflict that's pretty rotely worked out and devoid of any real suspense. There is, however, a touching subtlety to the closing scene. Indie production makes good use of handsome scenery (it was shot in the Tremini Islands), though its general look is gritty rather than postcard-pretty. Perfs are strong if somewhat hemmed in by simplistic character writing, with soulful Franek faring best suggesting an inner life for his figure. Assembly is aptly unfussy but pro.Camera (color), Vladan Radovic; editors, Luca Benedetti; music, Piernicola Di Muro; production designer, Ludovica Ferrario; costume designers, Susanna Mastroianni, Francesca Tessari; sound (Dolby Digital), Tullio Morganti. Reviewed at Toronto Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema), Sept. 9, 2011. Running time: 92 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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Together with Chris CooperRobert Redford has attracted a substantial and solid cast for his new drama The Business You Keep, nevertheless the fine thespian options just continue coming, with Stanley Tucci and Chris Cooper both signing on. Company, which Redford is both pointing and starring in, finds the veteran actor just like a former part of radical US group the sun and rain Undercover Organisation, which orchestrated a deal of protest bombings together with other terrorist functions inside the seventies. Nowadays, he tries to remain strictly concerning the lower low, but his cover is blown by an ambitious youthful reporter (Shia LaBeouf), who's considering both his past and also the possible participation in the botched robbery. Tucci's onto play LaBeouf's boss, the editor of his paper, while Cooper will probably be Redford's brother, who eventually eventually ends up aiding to guard his niece when her father must flee within the FBI. Julie Christie, Susan Sarandon, Stephen Root, Richard Jenkins and Brit Marling will also be inside the movie, that is shot while using the Limey author Lem Dobbs' adaptation of Neil Gordon's novel. Redford starts turning the cameras and yanking on his best running shoes now.

DreamWorks Animation preps Shanghai facility

DreamWorks Animation is drawing up plans to open a facility in Shanghai that will enable it to produce toons developed for the Chinese market. The company is currently considering candidates to fill various posts at the venture, including that of president, tapping Los Angeles-based recruitment firm RSR Partners to handle the headhunting duties. Word leaked of DWA's plans when prospective hires received the letter from RSR revealing the studio's plans to "establish a production and development presence in China." "As it is an important market for us and one in which the DreamWorks Animation brand and products have tremendous value, we continue to explore opportunities in China," said a DreamWorks Animation spokesperson. "Any further speculation is premature." Last month, DreamWorks inked a deal with Youku.com, a Chinese YouTube of online videos to distrib its films, starting with the "Kung Fu Panda" pics. Making a bigger move in China would make sense for DWA, considering how the "Kung Fu Panda" franchise was developed to appeal to that market. First film was the first animated release to earn more than 100 million yuan ($15 million) at the local box office there. This summer's sequel also performed strongly there, breaking B.O. records. "Kung Fu Panda 2," which Par distribbed for DWA domestic and internationally, established a new opening day mark for a foreign release in China just a week after Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" set the record. "Panda" pic took in $18.5 million over its two-day weekend in May. The film has earned $92 million in China since then. Altogether, it's collected $492 million from foreign territories and $657 million overall. Either way, a presence in China would enable DWA to tap into the growing B.O., which rose a whopping 64% last year, earning $1.5 billion. But given how the Chinese government restricts how many foreign films can unspool in China, DWA will still have to work with a local business to launch the new studio and bypass the restrictions the way Legendary recently launched Legendary East to produce a slate of live action pics in the region. Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com

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Toronto: Cecchi Gori Assumes Global Flyer

EXCLUSIVE: Cecchi Gori Pictures has optioned Global Flyer, the autobiography of British hang-gliding champion John Milton. They'll create a film according to Milton’s miraculous recovery from the near-dying crash later. Annually later, he tried to get to be the first guy to circumvent the world inside a microlight. Against adversity that incorporated unfaithfulness, abandonment and crashes, Milton made it happen in 80 days. It gained him a location among the top 10 British outdoorsmen ever. Stated Cecchi Gori Pictures Boss Niels Juul: Brians story is really an affirmation from the energy from the human spirit. With lots of humor and heart, we're feeling strongly the story fits superbly using the Cecchi Gori tradition of creating films that celebrate the triumph of affection and character — however unlikely, and regardless of the obstacle. Cecchi Gori, the organization behind Existence is Beautiful, Il Postino and Mediterraneo, has completed a significant restructuring following a two-year effective lawsuit against his former business partner, Gianni Nunnari, which won the organization a multimillion-dollar judgment. Last Year, Juul and the recovery firm Nofatego were introduced directly into spearhead that legal effort. Cecchi Gori’s next project is Silence, the Martin Scorsese-directed adaptation from the Shusako Endo novel. Production is anticipated to start early the coming year.

Jonathan Goldsmith Does More Than Sell Dos Equis Beer

Jonathan Goldsmith Does More Than Sell Dos Equis Beer By Frank Nestor September 13, 2011 Jonathan Goldsmith Jonathan Goldsmith's mother does not have a tattoo that reads "Son," nor do sharks have a week dedicated to him. Those are facts about the character referred to as the Most Interesting Man in the World, whom Goldsmith has played in commercials for Dos Equis beer since 2006. Though he and his character are different people, the actor is by no means a boring man.Goldsmith never even intended to become an actor, but he says, "It was a love affair from the very beginning"in more ways than one. During his junior year at NYU, he was "asked to leave," he recalls, due to a "quite personal" relationship he was having with a married female teacher. At the time, he was taking part in "too much hell raising" and was "leading a fatuous existence," he says. His father sent him to see psychiatrist Fredric Wertham. The doctor agreed to treat Goldsmith only if he enrolled in classes at NY's Living Theatre.Despite not knowing what an improvisation was, the 19-year-old received applause after performing his first. "Accolades, good-looking chicksthis is all right," he remembers thinking. Goldsmith then studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse and also worked as an extra. His first Broadway show was 1961's "A Cook for Mr. General," and at one point he told fellow cast member Dustin Hoffman, "The reason you don't like me is because I'm gonna make it and you're not."After Goldsmith starred in the film "Act One" in 1963, an L.A. producerin "loafers, no socks"offered to help him find work, so he moved to California. For six months, he drove a truck with industrial waste and worked in construction, among other jobs, to make ends meet. Then he landed a role on "Perry Mason," beginning a steady television career in which he guest-starred on more than 350 shows, including "Gunsmoke," "Bonanza," and "Dallas." "I fell off almost every horse in Hollywood," he quips.In the 1976 film "The Shootist," John Wayne shot him, requiring that Goldsmith have a blood pellet explode painfully between his eyesfor seven takes. The director doubled the actor's pay the next day. Two years later, he starred in the acclaimed film "Go Tell the Spartans" and seemed poised to break out in movies. Instead, he says, he "drifted into the ethos of occasional work," and out of frustration he left the industry in 1991.During the '90s, Goldsmith became vice president of an international marketing business for waterless car-wash products. He enjoyed success as an entrepreneur and retired in 1998, but he missed acting. Soon after divorcing his first wife, he tried to "resurrect," as he puts it, "a very dead career." For a couple of years he found little work, until he received a call from his then agent, now manager and wife, for a Dos Equis campaign.For the audition, the company wanted a "Hemingwayish type of character," he says, and required an improv that ended with the line "And that's how I arm-wrestled Fidel Castro." Goldsmith recalls hundreds of men in the waiting room who looked Latino. He didn't think his odds of booking the job were high, so he was "loose as a goose," he says. During the audition, he based his character and accent on the actor Fernando Lamas, a close friend and sailing partner. Goldsmith was surprised when he got a callback a month later and eventually a screen test. He booked the role and says, "It's absolutely changed my life."In his spare time, he works with Free Arts for Abused Children, through which he teaches acting and improv in the Los Angeles prison system. He is grateful for his good fortune at 72 and says earnestly, aboard his sailboat, "The sound you hear is knocking wood. Lucky guy." Fun Facts - Once rescued a drowning swimmer off the Malibu coast- Escorted a Miss America winner to the Oscars despite not having a tuxedo- Used to wait in the lobby of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel for young women on their way to Warren Beatty's suite, saying, "Warren sent me down. I'm terribly sorry, but he had to cancel the meeting." - Discovered a few years ago that he had two severely blocked arteries, but because he has exercised his whole life, his body developed routes to bypass the blockagesWatch The Most Interesting Man in the World on Language below: To watch more Most Interesting Man in the World spots, visit the Dos Equis YouTube channel. Jonathan Goldsmith Does More Than Sell Dos Equis Beer By Frank Nestor September 13, 2011 Jonathan Goldsmith Jonathan Goldsmith's mother does not have a tattoo that reads "Son," nor do sharks have a week dedicated to him. Those are facts about the character referred to as the Most Interesting Man in the World, whom Goldsmith has played in commercials for Dos Equis beer since 2006. Though he and his character are different people, the actor is by no means a boring man.Goldsmith never even intended to become an actor, but he says, "It was a love affair from the very beginning"in more ways than one. During his junior year at NYU, he was "asked to leave," he recalls, due to a "quite personal" relationship he was having with a married female teacher. At the time, he was taking part in "too much hell raising" and was "leading a fatuous existence," he says. His father sent him to see psychiatrist Fredric Wertham. The doctor agreed to treat Goldsmith only if he enrolled in classes at NY's Living Theatre.Despite not knowing what an improvisation was, the 19-year-old received applause after performing his first. "Accolades, good-looking chicksthis is all right," he remembers thinking. Goldsmith then studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse and also worked as an extra. His first Broadway show was 1961's "A Cook for Mr. General," and at one point he told fellow cast member Dustin Hoffman, "The reason you don't like me is because I'm gonna make it and you're not."After Goldsmith starred in the film "Act One" in 1963, an L.A. producerin "loafers, no socks"offered to help him find work, so he moved to California. For six months, he drove a truck with industrial waste and worked in construction, among other jobs, to make ends meet. Then he landed a role on "Perry Mason," beginning a steady television career in which he guest-starred on more than 350 shows, including "Gunsmoke," "Bonanza," and "Dallas." "I fell off almost every horse in Hollywood," he quips.In the 1976 film "The Shootist," John Wayne shot him, requiring that Goldsmith have a blood pellet explode painfully between his eyesfor seven takes. The director doubled the actor's pay the next day. Two years later, he starred in the acclaimed film "Go Tell the Spartans" and seemed poised to break out in movies. Instead, he says, he "drifted into the ethos of occasional work," and out of frustration he left the industry in 1991.During the '90s, Goldsmith became vice president of an international marketing business for waterless car-wash products. He enjoyed success as an entrepreneur and retired in 1998, but he missed acting. Soon after divorcing his first wife, he tried to "resurrect," as he puts it, "a very dead career." For a couple of years he found little work, until he received a call from his then agent, now manager and wife, for a Dos Equis campaign.For the audition, the company wanted a "Hemingwayish type of character," he says, and required an improv that ended with the line "And that's how I arm-wrestled Fidel Castro." Goldsmith recalls hundreds of men in the waiting room who looked Latino. He didn't think his odds of booking the job were high, so he was "loose as a goose," he says. During the audition, he based his character and accent on the actor Fernando Lamas, a close friend and sailing partner. Goldsmith was surprised when he got a callback a month later and eventually a screen test. He booked the role and says, "It's absolutely changed my life."In his spare time, he works with Free Arts for Abused Children, through which he teaches acting and improv in the Los Angeles prison system. He is grateful for his good fortune at 72 and says earnestly, aboard his sailboat, "The sound you hear is knocking wood. Lucky guy." Fun Facts - Once rescued a drowning swimmer off the Malibu coast- Escorted a Miss America winner to the Oscars despite not having a tuxedo- Used to wait in the lobby of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel for young women on their way to Warren Beatty's suite, saying, "Warren sent me down. I'm terribly sorry, but he had to cancel the meeting." - Discovered a few years ago that he had two severely blocked arteries, but because he has exercised his whole life, his body developed routes to bypass the blockagesWatch The Most Interesting Man in the World on Language below: To watch more Most Interesting Man in the World spots, visit the Dos Equis YouTube channel.

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