Robert P Niro & Wife Welcome Baby Via Surrogate

First Launched: December 23, 2011 6:57 PM EST Credit: Getty Premium Caption Sophistication Hightower P Niro and Robert P Niro attend the Moves 2011 Energy Women Honours at Riverpark in NY City on November 9, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Robert P Niro and wife Sophistication Hightower got an early on holiday present a baby daughter! The actor, 68, and also the wife, 56, recently welcomed baby Helen for the family, his repetition confirmed to get into Hollywood. The couples new addition was produced via surrogate. Baby Helen considered in at 7 pounds., 2 oz. according to a disagreement within the actor and also the wife. The couples first child, Elliot, was produced on March 18, 1998. The Oscar champion and first wife, Diahnne Abbott, have a very boy --Raphael. Robert also adopted Diahnnes daughter in the previous relationship Drena. The actor also provides twin sons, Julian and Aaron, with former model Toukie Cruz. The twins were produced by in vitro fertilization and shipped having a surrogate mother in 1995. Robert can presently be viewed within the romantic comedy ensemble New Years Eve. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Brnice Bejo's Colorful Performance Lights up 'The Artist'

Brnice Bejo's Colorful Performance Lights up 'The Artist' By Jessica Gardner December 14, 2011 "The Artist" became the surprise hit of Cannes 2011 when Jean Dujardin nabbed the best actor award. But opposite Dujardin's charming silent-film star George Valentin was another standout performancethat of Brnice Bejo, whose chemistry with her leading man sparked through the screen of this silent movie and whose eyes glittered with personality, even in black and white.Much like her character, Peppy Miller, Bejo is quickly becoming a star. Having already made her mark in French films, this Argentinean-born actor may soon be a household name. Here are five things to know about Bejo:1. She had to get over extreme shyness to be an actor. At age 5, Bejo knew she wanted to be an actor, but she didn't tell her parents until she was 9. "I wouldn't show off for my parents' friends," she says. "I wouldn't put costumes on or anything like that. I knew it was something I wanted to do, but I was too shy for any of that." In Bejo's first role, in a short French film, the director couldn't cut to any close-ups of Bejo because she was so nervous and shaky that her head would go out of frame. "I would have heavy breathing, so I had to really work on that," she says. "I really enjoyed acting, but I was very nervous, trying to be good. Now I don't try to be good or to do the scene right; I'm just trying to work. I'm not anymore looking for a result, which I was when I was young. When you're young, you think you have to do it right, right away, and you forget there's editing. You don't have to do the whole scene all good. You can do a little bit here and a little piece there, and that's the magic of cinema. But when I was young, it was hard [to get over that]."2. She felt serious pressure to perform well in "The Artist." One would think that if a director who was also your husband wrote you a leading role in his film, playing the part would be easy. But Bejowho was starring in a role that her husband, Michel Hazanavicius, had written for herwas stressed at the start of filming. She knew how much work her husband had put into the script, how much time he'd spent raising the money for it, and how important the film was to him. It was difficult for her to loosen up and focus on her role in the first week. "I just wanted to please him so much," she says. She also worried that the crew and the rest of the cast would think of her as just the director's wife and not as a serious actor, even though she had been successful in France for years before she even met her husband. When it was time to shoot her first big scene, Bejo says, it felt like an audition: "I wanted to show everybody that I'm an actress and I'm here for a good reason." She says Hazanavicius said to her: "Relax. You're good. Don't worry. Just focus on your work." Knowing she had his support, she let the pressure go, and, thankfully, she says, everything went well from then on.3. She thinks John Goodman is cute. She loves the scene in which Peppy and George fall in love while doing a take over and over, but Bejo admits that her favorite scene to shoot was her blackmail scene with a studio head played by John Goodman. "I love John," she says. "He was great. He was so cute! He's such a good actor. I didn't have to do anything except look at him and try to seduce him, and it came out great. I loved working with him."4. She got into character by telling Peppy's story over and over. For "The Artist," Bejo worked with an acting coach who asked her on the first day to tell him the story of her character. "It was such a mess," she says. After two weeks of working together, he asked her to tell him Peppy's story again, this time from Peppy's perspective, such as "I went to see a movie with George Valentin." "It totally changed my point of view," Bejo remembers. "I had emotions in every special moment and cried while I was telling the story." At the end of her work with her coach, she truly felt like she was Peppy: "I was like an old woman talking about myself when I was younger and telling the story."5. A painting at the Louvre will always remind her of "The Artist." On Bejo's last day of coaching before filming "The Artist," her coach took her to the Louvre. They were walking around and talking about her character when a big painting caught her eye. They walked over to it and saw that it was Caravaggio's "The Fortune Teller," which in French was translated as "The Good Fortune." Her coach looked at her and said, "Whenever you feel like you're scared, just think about this painting. It's good fortune." Brnice Bejo's Colorful Performance Lights up 'The Artist' By Jessica Gardner December 14, 2011 "The Artist" became the surprise hit of Cannes 2011 when Jean Dujardin nabbed the best actor award. But opposite Dujardin's charming silent-film star George Valentin was another standout performancethat of Brnice Bejo, whose chemistry with her leading man sparked through the screen of this silent movie and whose eyes glittered with personality, even in black and white.Much like her character, Peppy Miller, Bejo is quickly becoming a star. Having already made her mark in French films, this Argentinean-born actor may soon be a household name. Here are five things to know about Bejo:1. She had to get over extreme shyness to be an actor. At age 5, Bejo knew she wanted to be an actor, but she didn't tell her parents until she was 9. "I wouldn't show off for my parents' friends," she says. "I wouldn't put costumes on or anything like that. I knew it was something I wanted to do, but I was too shy for any of that." In Bejo's first role, in a short French film, the director couldn't cut to any close-ups of Bejo because she was so nervous and shaky that her head would go out of frame. "I would have heavy breathing, so I had to really work on that," she says. "I really enjoyed acting, but I was very nervous, trying to be good. Now I don't try to be good or to do the scene right; I'm just trying to work. I'm not anymore looking for a result, which I was when I was young. When you're young, you think you have to do it right, right away, and you forget there's editing. You don't have to do the whole scene all good. You can do a little bit here and a little piece there, and that's the magic of cinema. But when I was young, it was hard [to get over that]."2. She felt serious pressure to perform well in "The Artist." One would think that if a director who was also your husband wrote you a leading role in his film, playing the part would be easy. But Bejowho was starring in a role that her husband, Michel Hazanavicius, had written for herwas stressed at the start of filming. She knew how much work her husband had put into the script, how much time he'd spent raising the money for it, and how important the film was to him. It was difficult for her to loosen up and focus on her role in the first week. "I just wanted to please him so much," she says. She also worried that the crew and the rest of the cast would think of her as just the director's wife and not as a serious actor, even though she had been successful in France for years before she even met her husband. When it was time to shoot her first big scene, Bejo says, it felt like an audition: "I wanted to show everybody that I'm an actress and I'm here for a good reason." She says Hazanavicius said to her: "Relax. You're good. Don't worry. Just focus on your work." Knowing she had his support, she let the pressure go, and, thankfully, she says, everything went well from then on.3. She thinks John Goodman is cute. She loves the scene in which Peppy and George fall in love while doing a take over and over, but Bejo admits that her favorite scene to shoot was her blackmail scene with a studio head played by John Goodman. "I love John," she says. "He was great. He was so cute! He's such a good actor. I didn't have to do anything except look at him and try to seduce him, and it came out great. I loved working with him."4. She got into character by telling Peppy's story over and over. For "The Artist," Bejo worked with an acting coach who asked her on the first day to tell him the story of her character. "It was such a mess," she says. After two weeks of working together, he asked her to tell him Peppy's story again, this time from Peppy's perspective, such as "I went to see a movie with George Valentin." "It totally changed my point of view," Bejo remembers. "I had emotions in every special moment and cried while I was telling the story." At the end of her work with her coach, she truly felt like she was Peppy: "I was like an old woman talking about myself when I was younger and telling the story."5. A painting at the Louvre will always remind her of "The Artist." On Bejo's last day of coaching before filming "The Artist," her coach took her to the Louvre. They were walking around and talking about her character when a big painting caught her eye. They walked over to it and saw that it was Caravaggio's "The Fortune Teller," which in French was translated as "The Good Fortune." Her coach looked at her and said, "Whenever you feel like you're scared, just think about this painting. It's good fortune."

'Dark Dark evening Increases,' More: Best Set-Stalking Of 2011

A whole lot movies came our strategies by 2011, plus much more awesome ones are coming for 2012. But even though a couple of of those films feel far, we've become plenty of advanced examines a couple of from the approaching year's most widely used projects through trailers, posters along with the substantially more shady set-stalking. From leaked set photos to leaked set videos, listed below are five in the movies most worth set-stalking this season. Election that certain was your chosen beyond the break! "Dark Shadows" Our great wants Tim Burton's large-screen resurrection in the medieval cleaning cleaning soap increased being nightmarishly broken with this first unofficial leak from the Actor-kaira Pitt as Barnabus Collins round the "Dark Shadows" set. It triggered a substantial stir at MTV Movies, but fortunately, other things we view (and heard) since has put our fears to relaxation. Our excitement for "Dark Shadows" reaches a thrilling-time high, as well as get increased once we finally go to a trailer. "Guy of Steel" Really, who is able to argue against a bare-chested, bearded Superman? It is not the man of Steel we are familiar with, no, but Henry Cavill's undertake the Electricity Comics icon exudes manliness. Based on set photos and videos we view this year, "Guy of Steel" seems such as the particular action-packed remedy we would like following a lackluster "Superman Returns." "Marvel's The Avengers" It feels as if it needed a really very long time for the "Avengers" trailer to finally drop, nevertheless the wait was smoothed over with the quick relieve photos within the Marvel movie's Cleveland and NY City sets. Because of people leaks, we're more convinced than in the past that Earth's Mightiest Heroes really are slugging it with Skrulls come May 2012 a prospect that individuals couldn't be excited for. "The Astounding Spider-Guy" Spider-Guy has awesome sports footwear. Exactly how should we know this? From "Amazing Spider-Guy" set photos, clearly, which shown us what looks to become pretty serious spoiler about Papa Stacey together with a bizarrely fitted figure who may be Rhys Ifans since the Lizard. "The Dark Dark evening Increases" Can you appear as if you realize exactly what will occur in "The Dark Dark evening Increases" already? In the event that's the situation, for the reason that you've probably seen so much from set photos and videos featuring Batwings, Bane fights, Catwoman rides plus much more. A lot more than almost every other film this year, "DKR" experienced an unpredicted volume of set leaksbut that doesn't make us any less excited for your finished product. Have a look at our year-finish polls: » Best Movie Ensemble » Best Sex Scene » Best Movie Robot » Best Fitted » Best Superhero » Best Couples » Best Set-Stalking All this week, watch "AMTV" on MTV each day at 8 a.m. ET for that Better of 2011 lists. Then, showed up at MTVNews.com at 5 p.m. after we reveal our top chioces of year!

Guy Ritchie on Madonna: 'I Sort of Encouraged Her to be Interested in Film'

In a twist that could only come out of Hollywood, Guy Ritchie and his former spouse -- a little someone named Madonna -- have new films arriving within weeks of each other. In limited release now is 'W.E.,' Madonna's time-spanning romance about King Edward VIII and his lover, Wallis Simpson (the film arrives in a more expanded capacity in 2012); out Friday is Ritchie's sequel to the mega-blockbuster, 'Sherlock Holmes.' So, apples to oranges. But! A chance to ask Ritchie about his feelings on Madonna, the filmmaker -- something he was happy to answer for Movieline. "I don't know, she's always been interested in film," Ritchie told Jen Yamato at Movieline. "Actually, I sort of encouraged her to be interested in film and she used quite a lot of my crew on her film. I haven't seen her film and I haven't read her script so it's hard for me to comment, but I wish her the best with it." As for his comments earlier this year that his marriage to Madonna was like a "soap opera," Ritchie said that most relationships are to an extent. "I think most people's marriages are like soap operas so I don't know if I'm unique in that sense, to a degree, but I suppose it was exceptionally operatic. [Smiles] But then as I say I suppose everyone's is at some point or another." Check out the full interview with Ritchie over at Movieline. 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' arrives in theaters on Friday. [Photo: Getty]

AFM stays in Santa Monica

The American Film Market will remain in Santa Monica through 2017, spurning attempts to gradually slowly move the beachside film target downtown La. The Independent Film & Television Alliance mentioned Thursday that new contracts can keep the AFM within the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, its home since 1991, while using confab ongoing to make use of additional exhibition space at JW Marriott's Le Merigot Beach Hotel with conferences ongoing within the Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows."We non-stop looked into every option to be sure the AFM may have the most effective extended-term home," mentioned IFTA chairman Paul Hertzberg in the statement. "We anticipate much more effective areas while using beach as our backdrop." IFTA had confirmed in September it had been settling to relocate the 2013 AFM to L.A. Live in downtown La. The association mentioned in September that moving to downtown La means lower hotel and exhibition costs for customers and merchants and screening venues within the Regal Cinemas and Nokia Theater -- which by 2014, you will notice more resort rooms surrounding L.A. Live in comparison towards the Loews Santa Monica area.However the options of the move from Santa Monica triggered resistance finally month's AFM, together with a web-based petition signed by reps of IFDC, Artists View, Constantin, UFO, W2 and Imagem and stating that the downtown location would restrict participants' capacity to satisfy easily. "This could divide participants who will have to run all day long lengthy extended to have the ability to cope with their conferences," the petition mentioned. "This could you need to be tiring, in addition to creating a more demanding atmosphere generally. And, consequently, participants may want to shorten their stay, which will deeply customize the business in the market. A less competitive market can lead to less attendance and, ultimately, for the extinction in the market."The petition also noted the Independent Spirit Honours attempted this season to move from Santa Monica to downtown L.A. however gone to live in the beach a year ago.InchWe do not wish to become parked in soulless spaces in the heart of a crowded downtown L.A.," it mentioned. "You need to meet and do our business serenely if whatsoever possible. Comfort and prestige will be the tips for some effective market."IFTA leader-Boss Jean Prewitt mentioned Thursday in statement, "Our pointed out goal right from the start of the operation is to provide the very best atmosphere, assets and value for your world's customers and merchants and, after extended and careful deliberations, we're feeling dwelling in Santa Monica will achieve all people goals." IFTA noted inside the announcement that Santa Monica will probably be "transformed" by a few public improvements and development projects that will substantially enhance AFM like the following: AMC Entertainment's cinema complex with 12 screens, including an Imax theater, will open in the finish of 2014 or early 2015. The Santa Monica Social Auditorium will probably be rehabilitated and extended, delivering a venue for red-colored-colored-carpet premieres and apt to be completed late 2014. No less than 700 resort rooms is going to be incorporated towards the downtown area, including mid-listed hotels from Marriott and Hampton Motel. A simple Metro Rail terminal at fourth Street and Colorado Avenue, a five-minute walk within the Loews, is predicted being operational in 2015. A seven-acre park on Ocean Avenue directly across within the Loews is scheduled to complete in the finish of 2013 along with an adjoining new mixed-use urban village with restaurants and shops for 2014.Dates for your approaching AFMs are March. 31-November. 7, 2012 November. 6-13, 2013 November. 5-12, 2014 November. 4-11, 2015 November. 2-9, 2016 and November. 1-8, 2017. IFTA mentioned that research within the Santa Monica Convention and Site site visitors Bureau estimations the AFM will lead greater than $100 million for the local economy over the following six years.This Year's market saw the quantity of buying companies rise 8% to 718 from 664 this season buying professionals elevated 7% to a single,523 versus. 1,417 this past year and overall attendance rose 4% to 7,988 versus. 7,695 this season. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Police: Ex-Miss USA Was Above Legal Alcohol Limit

First Published: December 6, 2011 11:25 PM EST Credit: WireImage Caption Miss Michigan Rima Fakih wins the 2010 Miss USA Pageant at Planet Hollywood Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 16, 2010 DETROIT, Mich. -- Former Miss USA Rima Fakih was driving with a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit when she was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park, according to a police report released Tuesday. The report obtained by The Associated Press through a Freedom of Information Act request says the 26-year-old from Dearborn was pulled over early Saturday going 60 mph, weaving in heavy traffic and changing lanes with a turn signal. The report says she was driving a black 2011 Jaguar and immediately identified herself as Miss USA. The former Miss Michigan born in Lebanon won the Miss USA Pageant in 2010 and her reign ended earlier this year. She won the Miss USA Pageant in May 2010. Her reign ended June 19, 2011. She was the first Miss Michigan to win the title since 1993 and the first Arab American winner ever. In the report, officers said a half-full wine bottle was on the floorboard behind the drivers seat. Two breath tests showed a 0.19 percent and a 0.20 percent blood-alcohol level. Michigan law defines drunkenness at a level of 0.08 percent. Phone and email messages were left for Fakih and her lawyer on Tuesday. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Rosie O'Donnell Engaged to Girlfriend

Rosie O'Donnell Rosie O'Donnell is engaged to girlfriend Michelle Models, her repetition certifies to TVGuide.com. Rosie, who recently started a talk show on OWN, introduced what is the news to her studio audience in Chicago throughout a commercial break. See other stars who've become engaged this year The happy couple, who met in the Local coffee shop, are actually dating only for three several days. No date for your wedding remains set. O'Donnell, 49, happen to be married to Kelli Contractor with whom she's four children. Her previous relationship with artist Tracy Katchick-Anders ended carrying out a year.

Report: Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Kim Richards Enters Rehab

Kim Richards The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kim Richards has entered rehab, Entertainment Tonight reports. Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season finale: Kim Richards checks into rehab No details were available about when Richards, 47, began rehab or what exactly she is seeking treatment for. The former Disney child star was said to have entered rehab sometime after the taping of the Bravo series' Season 1 finale, in which she got in a heated argument with her sister and castmate, Kyle Richards, who called her an alcoholic. Earlier this season, new cast member Brandi Glanville accused Richards of using drugs during a game night with the ladies.

Supernatural Episode Recap: "Death's Door"

Bobby. Bobby. Bobby. Our favorite gruff father figure/hunter is at "Death's Door." Again. Things are looking serious and permanent after being shot in the head in "How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters." While Bobby's in a coma, a reaper visits him, which is never a good sign. And as he experiences some of his life's greatest (and worst) hits and tries to find a way to get some essential Leviathan intel to Sam and Dean, we find out a lot about the character and proceed to get all teary-eyed in the process. The last Supernatural of 2011 is a very emotional episode. Jim Beaver does an excellent job of conveying a man desperate to outwit, outlast and outplay a reaper who's after Bobby. In order to figure out a way to get back to the boys and give them some much needed information he got while in Leviathan captivity, he has to work through some painful memories. But reliving his worst memory may be the key to getting back to the boys. Steven Williams is back for "Death's Door." I'm still (more than) a little bitter over Rufus having been killed off in Season 6 but at least this look through Bobby's brain includes seeing Bobby & Rufus in action as ghost-hunting partners. Rufus also ends up accompanying Singer on this look through his "fruitcake" and acts as sort of a guide. It's good to see Rufus return although what was up with that earring? It was dangling. A couple running themes develop. Something that keeps getting repeated is Bobby "breaks" everything he touches. Also, the ghost he and Rufus are trying to rid the world of calls him a heart breaker. And his wife tells him he broke her heart. Poor Bobby. So many reasons add up to why he's pretty much broken on the inside. Thanks to his abusive childhood, he's damaged. He has an alcoholic for a dad and a victimized enabler of a mom that keeps making excuses and blaming her son for his dad's abusive behavior. The kid can't do anything without the dad taking it out on his family. In this very "Eternal friggin' Sunshine" look through Bobby's mind, it's going from one memory to another to another so fast I'm not always sure what is real. Like when a young Bobby shoots his dad after the adult Bobby finally confronts him. Did that really happen? Did Bobby really shoot and kill his dad when he was so young? And then when he was an adult he had to kill his possessed wife? So unfair. Like the reaper said, he's "about the only case of genetic bullet-in-the-brain he's ever seen." He also hits the bottle a little too much like his father. No wonder Bobby didn't want to have any kids. And that's the big revelation we learned concerning his wife. She realized Bobby didn't want to have any kids and felt betrayed and her heart broke because she wanted them badly and he knew she did. We learn she got possessed only three days after their confrontation and now we know why. She was more susceptible to being taken over because of her fragile state of mind. Bobby blames himself for what happened to his wife. After all, he does break everything he touches. The other theme that develops is not a new one. It just gets fleshed out more. Bobby's relationship with Sam and Dean is probably the most significant relationship of his life other than the one with his wife. And I just got a little teary writing that sentence which is crazy. One of the memories we see is Bobby and Dean in a park. Per John's orders, Dean's supposed to be practicing to shoot double-barrel shotguns but Bobby takes him to play catch. Later, he even has to defend himself to John about playing catch with Dean instead of training him. We learn how important the boys are to him throughout the episode but more on that a little later. First, let's take a break from Bobby's noggin' and discuss what's going on in the real world. Sam and Dean are understandably worried and upset and concerned for their "uncle." Sam doesn't move far from Bobby's room. There's definitely a lot simmering underneath but he's in control. At one point, he's working that scar on his hand so he's probably seeing Lucifer and trying to make things go away. Sam also wants to talk to Dean about what they're going to have to do if/when Bobby dies. Sam's just trying to be realistic. Dean's the exact opposite of course. He's moving around a lot, his tension is right at the surface and he looks like he's ready to blow at any second. When that hospital administrator talks to Bobby's next of kin (Dean) about Mr. Singer donating his organs, Dean punches the wall and tells the guy to get away from him. Good move, guy. Then he goes outside where he sees the smuggy smuggerson known as Leviathan Dick Roman. Dean's trying to provoke some sort of reaction but Dick doesn't budge. He tells Dean to go check on Bobby. After all, he's a very good shot. There were a few moments that made me tear up. I know I probably wasn't the only one: "You've done enough. Believe me." "I don't care." "Why?" "Because they're my boys." Bobby wakes up and writes the numbers (the Leviathan intel) on Sam's hand. He musters up the strength to say "idjits" and then immediately starts to flatline. "You break everything you touch." "Uh huh. Well, as fate would have it, I adopted two boys and they grew up great. They grew up heroes! So you can go to hell!" "They'll be OK without you." "Last memory, huh? Glad I saved the best for last." Bobby walks into the room where Sam and Dean are quarreling like brothers over menial things. Dean wants Sam to show "his elders some respect" and Sam calls Dean an "a--hat." It's nice to see them that way. Bobby thinks so too. All he can do is sit back and drink it all in. And then the brothers disappear, the bullet melting his memories away. The reaper shows up once more and says: "Well, Bobby? Stay or go. What's it going to be?" Credits. My issue with "Death's Door": Other than the cliff-hanger ending, this didn't really seem like a midseason finale to me. Other than Bobby getting the numbers to Sam and Dean, it didn't really move any big picture action forward very much. That's cool for regular weekly episodes but for a midseason finale, I expect a little more Random Thoughts -They went all CSI a couple times to show the path the bullet went through Bobby's brain, didn't they? -How many times did Bobby say "balls?" -Big Daddy Winchester is again made to look like a bad dad. If Jeffrey Dean Morgan ever shows up to play John again (and I sincerely hope he does), I wonder how the show's going to handle this? The boys have a lot to be angry about. And I want to see it all play out. Just like Bobby got to do with his dad. -Obviously Ridge Canipe is too old to play the young Dean Winchester needed in this flashback (he's 17 now). But it was still odd to see a new kid actor playing him. Seeing Bobby and Dean play catch is a great moment but I was slightly taken out of it because this kid looks so different from Ridge. -Again, James Patrick Stuart excels at making this guy super smarmy. I don't know how he does it. -Dean and Sam were debating the skills of Chuck Norris versus Jet Li. And then during one of the commercial breaks was an ad for something that featured Chuck Norris. Weird. -How sad was it when things kept disappearing in Bobby's limbo-land? It's because his brain matter was disappearing. Boo. -Numbers on Supernatural? Seems more like Lost. -Dean loves licorice and Sam loves peanut butter and banana sandwiches? How did we not know this before? -Love how clever Bobby was in trapping the reaper. Of course, he admitted he had learned a bit from Sam and Dean's dealings with reapers. This episode did remind me of "In My Time of Dying" in more ways than one. Sam and Dean waiting helplessly as their father (or father figure) flatlines. Wanting to return because they're needed. The reaper trying to take care of business and then being thwarted. Or in this case, possibly thwarted. We won't know for sure until Friday January 6, 2012. Talk to you guys then. Let the winter hellatus begin. show less

Fashion Slam: Holiday Sales Bargain Bonanza Or Bust?

First Released: November 29, 2011 11:48 AM EST Credit: Getty Images Caption Consumers hit the shops looking for some good holiday deals!La, Calif. -- How have you use the vacation sales? I must admit, I am not among individuals people whos gonna wait at night time in order to save 50 dollars on the TV. I'm apparently within the minority though since Black Friday was the greatest shopping day on record with $52 billion in sales. Used to do, however, hit a couple of stores throughout reasonable daylight hrs! I had been amazed in the Grove shopping complex in La. I figured it might be insane finding parking and fighting crowds, however it was simple and easy , not irritatingly crowded. Really, it had been pretty festive there, everybody appeared to stay in the vacation spiritnone from the fighting you saw in the news! J. Crew were built with a good purchase and thus did The Space. I acquired a few gifts, but mostly clothes for my hubby and daughter. I additionally hit a few trendy stores in Beverly Hillsides and also the salesgirl at one trendy mall explained she was embarrassed because nothing was on purchase and clients were very disappointed. I kinda felt exactly the same way. Anticipointment is really a word we use within television and also the same might be stated for that sales. More hype and hoopla than anything. The salesgirl did let me know concerning the large purchase on internet-a-porter.com and so i visited and located an Alexander McQueen scarf which i had just observed in a Beverly Hillsides boutique at full cost, that was half off on the website! Im loving Cyber Monday! (Which, BTW, introduced within an believed $1.2 billion.) Used to do a fast informal poll round the office to determine how others worked out and when they hit the sales. I did not I cant handle packed malls, one producer explained along with a couple of others remained away too. A few people did pretty much though. Our producers, Sharon, hit the Westfield Topanga shopping town. Typically, it had been too crowded that i can would like to try anything onbut at Express, I purchased a shirt and my sister bought a set of pantscombined togethershirt ended up being free because of purchase and coupons! Disney Store sales were good and that i purchased a 10 dollar nightgown for my niece. My sister did perfectly at Targetbuying some kids games for any toy drive in school for $3.99. Colliege Ashley also did well at Target, finding a set of Missoni houses for 7 dollars! Score! Anthony within our photo department states since i have camped out for that H&M Versace line the Saturday before, I felt like I already did Black Friday LOLOL! But, Used to do mind to Macys on Black Friday to obtain some Christmas Lenox China and table linens which were on special each morning. 60 percent off, and that i eliminate coupons in the paper that gave you additional savings before 1pm. Used to do just a little me shopping, Terri within our NY office states. I went in to the Gap on my small corner at 8:30amto grab a couple of pairs of 1969 jeans (my fave) at $19. I additionally did some me shopping on Small Company Saturday, when my hubby, daughter and that i hit adorable Larchmont Boulevard in La. All the stores were getting sales even though they arent in a position to slash prices such as the large men, they create up for this with awesome personal customer support, free offer wrapping and holiday snacks. We might have spent a bit more money than in a chain, however i love that people were helping keep your mother and pop stores running a business and protecting this little jewel of the street which means greater than a fleeting holiday purchase. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Tribeca fest taps Boyer just like a.n.

The Tribeca Film Festival has attracted on Frederic Boyer as artistic director. He most recently went the Directors' Week within the Cannes Film Festival. TFF made the announcement Monday. Boyer will account to Nancy Schafer, professional director, and Geoff Gilmore, chief creative officer of Tribeca Companies. TFF mentioned Gilmore will need around the more active role in controlling the festival program and keep his existing responsibilities across Tribeca Enterprises' others. Boyer has offered just like a.n. and mind of programming for your Directors' Week since 2009. From 2004-08, he was mind of the Film Selection Committee. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Shawn Stockmans Sing-Off Blog: What Must Be Done To Really Make It!

First Released: November 23, 2011 3:44 PM EST Credit: Getty Premium La, Calif. -- Caption Shawn Stockman carrying out in the 2011 Essence Music Festival in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans on This summer 1, 2011. Hey gang, Well, which was undoubtedly probably the most emotional evening from the Sing-Off I'd this year. The shows outcome, although questionable using the audiences, took it's origin from a couple of factors. But to ensure that you to definitely know very well what Im going to if you have to begin right from the start. First of all, a cappella, as old because the talent is, still so far as mainstream music is worried, uncharted territory. Because of the show, its in a time of re-innovation, but it'll inspire others to wish to collect up a couple of buddies and begin practicing within their houses to develop something much more leading edge! Information passes so rapidly nowadays, therefore if an organization already is able to sing, you will find countless references to hone their abilities! I only say all this to express, if this involves a cappella music, who the hell knows what's going to work?! I had been just treated this year by groups who made sounds I i never thought was possible related to the mouth, an organization that incorporated stylish-hop and really managed to get seem awesome, a genuine existence college ska-cappella type group, a lady group who designed a cappella look AND seem more sexy of computer ever has a lot of components I'd haven't imagined might be possible, I had been so pleasantly proven wrong! However I digress. For anybody, including myself, to consider ultimately that certain factor works over another could be totally self-righteous for me. Then when decreasing towards the final three, you need to search for who had been either probably the most consistent on the program, or those who demonstrated probably the most growth! The ultimate three are the type who represent individuals two points. Now, I am unable to continue this web site without responding to the question which was most requested on my small twitter page, Why did the idol judges let AFRO-BLUE go? Here's why: Right from the start from the show, I LOVED AFRO-BLUE and that i still do! They so brought to mind things i was raised on hearing in addition to being around groups simmer to that particular after i was becoming an adult! Amazing, intricate, soulful harmonies, and jaw shedding leads that helped me think in the beginning, These men will go completely within this competition! Because the days passed, and that we began to visit music that required All the groups completely from their safe place, rather than AB dealing with the task to do a rock or stylish-hop song, they allow the song challenges intimidate them! Nearly every group pointed out within the packages before they'd perform something similar to We never sang a (blank) record before, however the difference a number of ABs performances was which i felt they werent assertive. They allow the song beat them rather than them beating the song. Actually, far as vocal ability and natural splendor within their harmonies, Ill put AB facing the best every day. But this can be a competition!! Its for that groups to throw all hang-ups towards the wind and choose the things they know. There have been certain episodes where they certainly fell. Now all of the groups on the program let you know, sometimes my co-idol judges and that i would speak with all of the groups at the same time prior to the show tapings. We'd let them know not to hesitate to complete the things they came completely to La to complete and go available and blow the mobile phone industry's minds!! Some required heed to that particular advice rapidly, others it may take them a little longer to learn how to get it done. So that as amazing and soul stirring ABs last performances were, as compared to the other groups who demonstrated growth as well as consistency, it had been too late. As well as in as being a fair judge, you need to award individuals who demonstrated probably the most promise through the days. The breakout group within this whole competition was URBAN METHOD. Make up the gate, they'd a couple of strikes against them far when i was concerned: first strike was getting a rapper within an a cappella group. I believe I instantly thought, This will probably be corny as hell! However when I heard my guy Myke and saw his conviction and just how his group backed him up that didnt resonate as corny whatsoever, my take on the audience began to alter, However I STILL wasnt convinced. Mainly due to their lead singer. Beginning off they didnt leave a lot of an impact, and that i felt these were leaning an excessive amount of on Mykes charisma to hold them. However with each week they were given better, and. They shipped the tunes in ways where it had been listenable, fun, had attitude, And that we saw before our eyes Katie, our little female singer who had been inside a conk spend the very first couple of days, shed her skin and demonstrated us idol judges she'd some chops and demonstrated some star energy! URBAN METHOD developed, plus they never folded their tents and shipped some of their tunes flimsy. THE DARTMOUTH AIRES only agreed to be pure entertainment from starting to finish! Were in business now where artists these day are signed as to the is known as a 360 deal, where companies be part of the reeve from the artists merchandise, touring AND tracks! After I begin to see the DAs I simply dont visit a recording contract, I see advertising, Broadway, along with a standout star within the lead singer Michael! They demonstrated depth, range, levels and lows. Consistent from the beginning. Not to mention, you've PENTATONIX! A five person vocal group that has taken this show to a different level! Front guy Scott Hoying, Mitch and Kristins beautiful voices and Kevin and Avi who I nicknamed the Meat and Taters from the group have opened up my eyes towards the options of the cappella being not only some shoo-bee-doos plus some wah-wahs! They're what my co-judge Sara states SICK! Its one factor to declare youre this kind or that kind of group, nevertheless its another to increase towards the challenge and undertake an application you won't ever might have thought you might take due to the dynamics of the show! Just request last years champs COMMITTED: Gospel boys, never sang secular music like a group within their lives, whose first song on the program was This Love by Maroon 5!! With this performance, they'd haven't convinced me they simply sing gospel basically didnt know the reality. I search for that commitment in most the groups. That throw caution towards the wind type attitude and merely go for this! A chance to be diverse! AB certainly has their niche, but they may be effective at this niche. Much like In my opinion Vocal Point, Delilah, North Shoreline, DelTones, the YellowJackets, The Fannin Family, Kinfolk 9, Messiahs Males, The Felines Pajamas, The Collective, Sonos, and Sould Out have the opportunity, Hopefully with the expertise of being part of being something even more than the things they even thought. It is not about only the competition, its concerning the journey! And so far as my decision to help keep AB and my co-idol judges felt otherwise, I had been upset, however i are evident, and that i ride with my co-idol judges! SO, the FINALE is next! Ill literally be flying from Asia to visit right to set to film this exciting live broadcast! I cant wait to determine my good buddies from the cast And also the crew, the very best males and ladies focusing on television. I must shout you out of trouble because you earn this experience for me personally INCREDIBLE!! And congratulations towards the FINAL THREE, PENTATONIX, URBAN METHOD, and also the DARTMOUTH AIRES! You undoubtedly should be around! Best of luck, it is not within the idol judges hands any longer! Shout to Robert Graham, Jed Clothing, the Jordan Company, Nordstroms and Adidas to make me look great, and my amazing wife Sharhonda for putting it altogether. To my mgr Joe Mulvihill, thank you for causeing this to be crazy schedule of mine work, Whitney Fatone for getting my back, Joanna Mignano, finest PR on the planet, ICM not to mention Joel Gallen and NBC for that love! The way forward for MUSIC looks vibrant where I stand! And it is due to some crusaders who do not need music whatsoever!! Yet another blog and that i will help you all for Season FOUR!! -SHAWN Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Weekend Box Office: 'Breaking Dawn' Breaks Large, While 'Happy Ft Two' Stumbles

Okay, all of us understood that 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning Part 1' would be huge really the only suspense was: will it be record-breaking huge? (Early answer: Apparently not.) The larger shockers were the failure of 'Happy Ft Two' to spread out anywhere close to the levels of their smash predecessor, and also the stunning success (for any glum indie Oscar hopeful using a number of screens) of George Clooney's 'The Descendants.' 'Breaking Dawn' did break the franchise's own record because of its opening night time screening, which gained $30.25 million within the wee hrs of Friday morning (edging the $$ 30 million benchmark set by 'Eclipse'). And it is total take Friday of $72 million was the 3rd biggest single-day gross ever, behind the franchise's own 'New Moon' ($72.7 million) and 'Harry Potter and also the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ($91 million). Still, amounts like this must have led to a weekend total around $148 million. Rather, distributor Summit is calculating a dent at $139.5 million. That's lacking the $142.8 million franchise record set two payments ago by 'New Moon.' It is possible that word-of-mouth on that one is not as strong not surprisingly. (Only at that writing, Moviefone's own informal survey finds 'Breaking Dawn' audiences either exuberantly passionate or bitterly disappointed, with raves outnumbering pans a couple of-to-1.) It is also entirely possible that some adults and children required the PG-13 rating seriously and remained away, considering that this installment is a lot more frank, disturbing, and gory compared to first three movies if this involves subjects of sex, pregnancy, and giving birth. Now, $139.5 million is almost not a disappointment, particularly when put into overseas grosses for any worldwide debut amassing $283.5 million. Nevertheless, with several large holiday movies opening within the next handful of days, 'Breaking Dawn' is not situated in addition to it may be for that sharp dropoff prone to stop by the Christmas. Incidentally, Taylor Lautner's thriller 'Abduction' has gained an believed $27.six million up to now, grossing about just as much over nine days as 'Breaking Dawn' did when Lautner first required his shirt off throughout Friday's first screening. Nobody expected the dancing penguins of 'Happy Ft Two' to become any type of competition for to begin with, however, many commentators did expect it to compete positively using the original, which first showed at $41.5 million 5 years ago. In the end, that one had much of the identical cast, similarly striking Antarctic pictures, and three dimensional taxes going for this. Around the minus side, 5 years is really a very long time between sequels for any family movie many kids who admired the flightless fowl in those days have graduated towards the relatively chaste vampires of the underworld and werewolves of 'Twilight.' Also, the penguin craze has cooled since 'March from the Penguins' and 'Happy Feet' ruled this area office. Reviews were not as strong this time around out. Finally, the follow up faced stiff competition not only from 'Breaking Beginning,' but additionally from fellow family toon 'Puss in Boots,' still holding its very own after four days in theaters. Consequently, 'Happy Ft Two' needed to be satisfied with another-place debut believed at $22. million, about 50 % the outlet take the original loved. Last week's champion, 'Immortals,' faced a steep drop, as action epics often do on the second weekends. It lost 62 percent of last week's business and required third place by having an believed $12.3 million. (You would not think the macho 'Immortals' and also the oestrogen-heavy 'Breaking Dawn' could be competing for the similar audience, however the men who pulled their dates to determine the nasty Greek epic a week ago most likely came back the favor now for that similarly bloody birth of Bella's baby.) In ten days, 'Immortals' has made $53. million. Adam Sandler movies also typically lose half their business the 2nd week therefore it was with 'Jack and Jill,' which rejected 52 percent dropped to 4th put on believed earnings of $12. million. In 2 days, the comedy has had in $41. million. In the 4th week, 'Puss in Boots' arrived fifth by having an believed $10.7 million, lower 57 percent from last week. In four days, the 'Shrek' spinoff has gained $122.3 million. Clooney's 'The Descendants' handled to hack the very best 10 despite the fact that it is a heavy-designed grown-up movie using just 29 screens. It gained an believed $1.two million over the past weekend, meaning a massive $42,150 per venue. Include that to the earnings since its solid early opening on Wednesday, and you've got an overall total take of $1.3 million. 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning Part 1' - Trailer No. 2 The entire top ten: 1. 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning Part 1,' $139.5 million (4,061 screens), era 2. 'Happy Ft Two,' $22. million (3,606), era 3. 'Immortals,' $12.3 million (3,120), $53. million total 4. 'Jack and Jill,' $12. million (3,438), $41. million 5. 'Puss in Boots,' $10.7 million (3,415), $122.3 million 6. 'Tower Heist,' $7. million (2.942), $53.4 million 7. 'J. Edgar,' $5.9 million (1,947), $20.7 million 8. 'A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas,' $2.9 million (1,808), $28.3 million 9. 'In Time,' $1.7 million (1,367), $33.4 million 10. 'The Descendants,' $1.two million (29), $1.3 million [Photos: Summit, Warner Bros., Fox Searchlight] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook Follow Gary Susman on Twitter: @garysusman

Contender: 'My Week with Marilyn'

'My Week with Marilyn' Browse the Variety reviewArguably probably the most worshipful biopics a good actor up to now, "My Week With Marilyn" recalls the time in Marilyn Monroe's career when she shot "The Prince and also the Showgirl" at Pinewood Galleries outdoors based in london, with co-star Laurence Olivier doubling as director.In ways, the film is really as much concerning the contrast between your American-styled Method acting, as fitfully practiced by Monroe, and also the typically trained Britons who praised in the London stage, because it is an intimate remembrance of things past with different memoir by Colin Clark (performed by Eddie Redmayne).Two-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams plays Monroe using the requisite mixture of fragility, insecurity and sexual self-awareness. She adds credibility towards the dangerous task of representing a screen icon by singing her very own musical amounts, even when die-hard Monroe fans would take problem together with her capability to approximate the actual Marilyn's luminous screen presence, that is indisputable within the 1957 film.Kenneth Branagh, themself a four-time Oscar finalist, physically and vocally transforms themself in to the imperious Olivier -- much in the manner that Christian McKay lived on the bigger-than-existence title character in "Me and Orson Welles" (2008) -- even lower to Olivier's thin-lipped scowl. Oscar champion Judi Dench also constitutes a vivid impression as the second revered Dame, the actress Sybil Thorndike.Release date: November. 23 The Weinstein Co.Browse the Variety review Contact Steve Chagollan at steve.chagollan@variety.com

Exclusive: Alexander Payne On For Wilson

And Nebraska will get a new titleOscar-tipped comedy-drama The Descendants marks a very welcome return fromAlexander Payne. It's his first directorial gig since Sideways, almost eight years back, a slight return fromone of our favourite filmmakers. So the obvious, if tongue-in-cheek question to ask when Empire caught up with him was would he please make some more films? "Working on it!" Payne joked. "I wish now to swing now from film to film like a monkey to monkey from branch to branch."The first monkey swing takes him back to his old Midwestern stomping ground and Nebraska. According to Payne, it's likely to get a new name (the film, not the state) and casting news can't be too far off either, with filming due to start in April.Payne plans to shoot in black-and-white and is looking to find a veteran of iconic standing to play the aging alcoholic dad at the centre of the story. The currently-retired Gene Hackman and Robert Forster, so good in The Descendants, are two names to have been mentioned.Payne plans to crack straight on after that - heading back to California for his first comic-book adaptation,Wilson.As Empire reported a whiles back, Paynes's production company, Ad Hominen, has been working to bring Dan 'Ghost World' Clowes' comic bookto the big screen. Payne confirmed that it's still beeping across his radar: "[Daniel] hasadapted his own graphic novel for me and we're going to set it in Oakland, California." Wilson is a middle-aged misanthrope who's left floundering after the death of his father and tries to reconnect with his ex-wife and the teenager daughter he's never known. But who to play him? Post your casting ideas below.

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

Because it works out, 'Magnus Rex' 'The Dark Dark night Rises' did occupy Wall Street. On Saturday, the Christopher Nolan-directed film descended on Lower Manhattan and shot a scene like the one the paparazzi clicked photos of in Pittsburgh the 2009 summer time. Reshoots? Did Nolan just decide he wanted his riot to happen in NY rather than Pennsylvania? Good questions! Take a look at newer and more effective photos in the set ahead, in addition to video of the items appears like quite a intense standoff between your Gotham Police Department and Bane's minions. Also: Nolan putting on a tough hat! 'The Dark Dark night Increases' Hits NY See All Moviefone Art galleries » [via Huffington Publish] [Top Photo: FilmMagic] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

'Harold & Kumar' cast ready for additional

Sue Kroll and Todd Strauss-Schulson pose together as New Line Cinema is definitely the La Premiere of "A Really Harold and Kumar three dimensional Christmas" in the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA on Wednesday, November 2, 2011. (Alex J. Berliner/ABImages) Neil Patrick Harris and Tom Lennon left, Warner's Sue Kroll with Todd Strauss-Schulson Kal Penn, Danny Trejo and John Cho gather in the Chinese Theater to provide up their undertake the holiday season. John Cho thought it was completely surreal to come back as Harold Lee in New Line's "A Really Harold & Kumar three dimensional Christmas," which preemed November. 2 in the Chinese. "To begin with, we shot it in Detroit throughout the most popular summer time ever," Cho remembered throughout the yuletide-designed afterparty in the Supper Club. "If you would requested me seven years back whether we'd receive another film from these figures, I'd have stated no." Cho's ready for any 4th go-around, observing, "It'll work providing them with to age, maybe as 50-year-olds." Neil Patrick Harris is all set too, adding, "I really like performing these -- it's 5 days work after which an excellent party nine several weeks later. I believe there must be a 'Harold & Kumar' marathon on The best spinner's." First-time helmer Todd Strauss-Schulson confesses that he's still a little stunned to become pointing a Christmas movie. "I am a Jew, what exactly will i know from Christmas?" he mused. "I have always loved that old Christmas movies like 'Miracle on 34th Street' and 'Home Alone.'? " Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

HBO's 'Treme' to finish after four seasons

HBO's 'Treme' is presently in production on season three. It appears such as the 4th season would be the continue for the Cinemax drama "Treme."Professional producer David Simon told the brand new Orleans Occasions-Picayune the 2009 week he and also the pay cabler have decided to the finish date.Show hasn't been a rankings hit but Cinemax programming cake toppers Michael Lombardo and Richard Plepler have lengthy supported Simon's vision from the struggles the people of recent Orleans have suffered publish-Hurricane Katrina.Season two opened up to 600,000 audiences in the initial airing, and a pair of.two million for that week after multiple showings, when needed and Digital recording device play. In contrast, the premiere of "Boardwalk Empire" received 10.two million for that cumulative total in the first week this year.Capturing started now on season three, that will likely air early in the year whether it follows previous programming designs.Ensemble stars Wendell Pierce, Khandi Alexander, Kim Dickens and Melissa Leo. Simon professional produces with Nina K. Noble, Eric Overmyer, Carolyn Strauss and George Pelecanos. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Fox Business Funnel Rankings Still Dismal After 4 Years

It had been an abysmal month for Fox News' youthful brother or sister funnel. Fox Business Network saw a typical daily viewership close to 65,000 for October, based on Nielsen, that also been the month from the network's four-year anniversary. In the target 25-54 demo, though, Fox Business only came typically 10,000 audiences daily. This, in comparison towards the network's chief competitor, CNBC, which saw around 201,000 audiences normally and 59,000 within the 25-54 age bracket. A resource acquainted with the network states that 4 years in, they expected Fox Business to become carrying out "much better than 10,000 within the target demo." PHOTOS: Probably The Most Spoken-About TV News Faces Contributing to the network's worries is always that Don Imus' program, Imus each morning, which Fox Business first showed last year because the network's daily morning kickoff program, is carrying out totally -- with typically just 5,000 daily audiences within the target demographic for that month and 90,000 total audiences. In comparison, Squawk Box, which airs on FBN's chief competitor CNBC simultaneously as Imus' show, received 179,000 total audiences normally for that month and outdelivered Imus within the target demographic by a lot more than 1,100 %, with 65,000 audiences. There's one relatively vibrant place for Fox Business -- its early prime-time 4 p.m.-8 p.m. slate, including shows like Cavuto and Lou Dobbs Tonight. The network drawn around 85,000 average daily audiences for that month, including 12,000 audiences in the target demographic, throughout individuals hrs. But even that figure continues to be well behind the 212,000 total audiences CNBC received for your same time slot. Fox Business Network executive v . p . Kevin Magee is attempting to place an optimistic spin around the amounts, saying things aren't badly because they appear. "I usually want better rankings than I've,Inch he told Adweek. "[But] the popularity expires for all of us.Inch Magee stated the network's rankings are "considerably up from October last year -Up 38 percent year upon year.Inch For the network's rankings in comparison to the competition, Magee downplayed the significance of target demographic rankings altogether, saying, "I'd professionally tell you just how the particular makeup in our audience is fairly terrific. We now have probably the most affluent audience in fundamental cable. We have got individuals with money, and that we attract some very, high-finish marketers." Calculating success based on if the network is reaching it is the 25-54 age bracket "may be an outdated measurement," Magee stated. STORY: Moguls Share A Common Television Channels The rankings trouble at Fox Business follows around the heels of the incident earlier within the month when Reuters acquired a memo Magee had sent the network's staff instructing these to focus a lot more on business news and a smaller amount around the kind of political fodder that's become Fox News Funnel's signature. "I've been requested to help remind all of you again that they're separate channels, and also the more we make [Fox Business Network] seem like [Fox News Funnel] the greater of the injustice we all do to ourselves," Reuters cited Magee as writing within the memo. "I realize the temptation to mimic our brother or sister network expecting emulating its success, but we can't.Inch That note to staff brought some to wonder if Fox News chief Roger Ailes was searching to create Fox Business Network on something of the course correction. In talking to Adweek, Magee searched for to understate the significance of what he'd written. "I believe the memo got a bit more play of computer deserved," he stated. "We now have stated right from the start that we must function as the Fox Business Network." For whether he's pleased with Imus, that has fought gossips surrounding his employment in the network previously, Magee stated, "Don introduced a crowd to us that people wouldn't have become otherwise . . . I'm not out thinking, 'I need to replace Imus.' Incidentally, he's on the contract. There's this too.Inch Related Subjects Fox Business Funnel

Exclusive: Get a First Look at ABC Family's Jane By Design

Andie MacDowell and Erica Dasher The title character of ABC Family's Jane By Design, may be clueless in her new fashion gig, but she certainly looks confident in our exclusive first look at the show's posters. The series stars newcomer Erica Dasher as Jane Quimby, a spunky teen who finds herself in the cutthroat world of high fashion due to a case of mistaken identity. Andie MacDowell plays Gray Chandler Murray, her no-nonsense, hard-headed boss. ABC Family orders new series Jane By Design Check out all of the show's colorful posters below. Jane By Design debuts Tuesday, Jan. 3 at 9/8c. Will you tune in?

Defense Witness: Michael Jackson Triggered Own Dying

First Launched: October 29, 2011 12:04 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Michael Jackson rehearses for his planned shows london within the Staples Center in La on June 23, 2009With dramatic court room testimony, lawyers for Michael Jacksons physician have dropped the bombshell theyve been hinting at for many days a professional opinion accusing the singer of leading to their personal dying. Dr. Paul White-colored mentioned Jackson injected themselves getting a dose of propofol following a preliminary dose by Dr. Conrad Murray used off. More youthful crowd calculated that Jackson gave themselves another sedative, lorazepam, for pills after an infusion of the drug while others by Murray not successful to put him to relaxation. That combination of drugs may have had lethal effects, the defense teams star scientific witness mentioned Friday. Murray has pleaded not prone to involuntary wrongful dying. White-colored shown jurors numerous charts and simulations he created formerly a couple of days to assist the defense theory. More youthful crowd did a court room illustration showing how a milky white-colored anesthetic propofol may have became a member of Jacksons veins inside the small dose that Murray mentioned he gave the insomniac star. White-colored mentioned he recognized Murrays statement to police he given only 25 mg of propofol carrying out a evening-extended find it hard to get Jackson to relaxation with infusions of other sedative drugs. How extended would that (propofol) have observed an effect on Mr. Jackson? asked for defense attorney J. Michael Flanagan. If you're speaking effect on the central nervous system, ten to a quarter-hour max, White-colored mentioned. He then mentioned Jackson may have injected themselves with another 25 mg throughout time Murray has mentioned he left the entertainers room. And that means you think it absolutely was self-injected propofol between 11:30 and 12? asked for Flanagan. For me personally, yes, White-colored mentioned. The witness, one of the early researchers in the anesthetic, contradicted testimony by Dr. Steven Shafer, his longtime friend and collaborator. Shafer earlier stated Jackson might have been groggy all of the medications he was handed through the evening and could not need given themselves the drug inside the two minutes Murray mentioned he disappeared. He cant give themselves a go if hes asleep, Shafer told jurors the other day. He referred to as defense theory of self-administration crazy. Whites testimony belied no bitterness involving the two experts, who've labored together for thirty years. Although White-colored was referred to as through the judge eventually to create derogatory comments with a TV reporter in regards to the prosecution situation, White-colored was sincere and soft spoken round the witness stand. When Flanagan developed a mistake and referred to as him Dr. Shafer a few occasions, White-colored mentioned, Im honored. The prosecution asked for more hours to examine laptop computer program White-colored used before mix-examining him. Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor granted the request, saying he too was baffled with the complicated simulations of Jacksons fatal dose. He recessed court early and gave prosecutors the weekend capture up before questioning White-colored on Monday. The surprise disclosure of Whites new theory triggered an interruption in the court schedule, as well as the judge had worried aloud that jurors, who expected the trial being over now, were being inconvenienced. Nevertheless the seven males and five women came out active in the testimony and offered no complaints when the judge apologized for your delay. Prosecutors could call Shafer back in their rebuttal situation to resolve Whites claims. Among the key issues happens when White-colored calculated the large residue of propofol in Jacksons body may have vary from small dose that Murray states he given. Shafer assumed Murray had lied, which he thought Jackson actually was handed 1,000 mg in the drug by Murray, who he mentioned left the bottle running into an IV tube beneath the pull of gravity. White-colored disputed that, saying one more 25 mg self-distributed by Jackson might be enough to offer the amount contained in his blood stream and urine. White-colored also mentioned a minuscule residue in the sedative lorazepam in Jacksons stomach convinced him the singer needed some pills in the prescription bottle contained in his room. He suggested the mix of lorazepam, another sedative, midazolam, along with the propofol may have destroyed Jackson. It potentially may have lethal effects, mentioned White-colored. In my opinion the mix effect is quite, very profound. Whites testimony was prone to finish Murrays defense situation after 16 witnesses. It in most probability will probably be intensely challenged by prosecutors, who spent four days setting up their situation that Murray can be a greedy, inept and reckless physician who was simply giving Jackson propofol just like a sleep aided within the entertainers mattress room. Experts including Shafer have mentioned propofol is not designed to treat insomnia and should not be gave in a home. Whites theory required it's origin from urine and blood stream levels in Jacksons autopsy, evidence contained in Jacksons mattress room and Murrays extended interview with police detectives a couple of days after Jackson died throughout his care. While accepting Murrays account of medication he gave Jackson, professionals information hinged round the invisible quotient: Jacksons possible actions while his physician was in the room. With no witnesses and contradictory physical evidence, that's the key factor question hanging inside the situation. People who understood the artist within the final days offered a portrait from the guy held by fear he wouldn't meet large plans for his comeback concert and worried about his capacity to do if he didnt get sleep. He was impacted by insomnia, together with other doctors spoke of his mission for your one drug he thought might help him. He referred to as it his milk, plus it was propofol. Jurors have recently seen close up as both Shafer and White-colored proven its potential use becoming an IV infusion. With Whites testimony, the defense looked for to resolve strong scientific evidence with the prosecution. However they did not address other questions for instance accusations that Murray was negligent and acting below the traditional of take proper care of your physician. Flanagan, the defense attorney, produced certificates from Sunrise Hospital in Las vegas showing Murray was licensed to handle moderate anesthesia, recognized to as conscious sedation. However, the document shown several needs such as the physician monitor the person carefully and offer sufficient oxygenation and ventilation for just about any patient that stops breathing. Medical witnesses noted that Murray left his patient alone under anesthesia and was lacking sufficient equipment to create back him when he found him not breathing. The coroner credited Jacksons June 25, 2009, dying to acute propofol intoxication complicated by other sedative drugs. Copyright 2011 with the Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

The New York Times Investigates 'Neo-VHS' Culture

What is this strange retro fascination the kids have these days with watching old crappy horror movies on — what was it called again? V-H-S? The NY Times investigates. “I like putting it in the VCR and rewinding and pausing and fast-forwarding,” said Lunchmeat founder Josh Shafer. “The best way to watch is to know nothing about how it was created, like it was a tape that was found buried in a ditch or was found unmarked at a Goodwill,” explains Drafthouse Films’ Evan Husney. See kids, once upon a time there were these things called videotapes… that you rented from video stores… before the internet existed. Yes, I know. That’s a lot to digest. Let the nice Gray Lady explain it to you. [NYT]

Cheers & Jeers: NCIS Touched by an Angel

Cheryl Ladd Cheers to Cheryl Ladd on her behalf divinely twisted guest appearance on NCIS.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine.The first sort Charlie's Angel made connection with along with her devilish side as Mary, the doctor who snared the affections of coroner Jesse "Ducky" Mallard (a never-more-charming David McCallum) after they met online. (DiNozzo's rendition of "Ducky's for one another,Inch for the tune of Ricki Lee Jones' "Chuck E.'s for one another,Inch will be a nice touch.) Do not believe whatever you see on the internet: She switched that need considering a psycho who wiped out cheating military males via unconsciously self-triggered overhydration.Bloody Mary preferred to exhibit Ducky something he'd never observed before, and on the way, Ladd shown us something we'd never observed before - her range becoming an actress. Maybe if ABC's reboot of Charlie's Angels had reserved Ladd just like a guest villain, it cannot have met its maker so quickly.You think Cheryl Ladd destroyed it on NCIS?Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Karl Urban Switches into Overdrive

With Ben Barnes also aboardAction thriller Overdrive remains searching to acquire traction for a while now, with director Antonio Negret aboard for age groups but no solid symbol of stars. Thank heavens, then, for Karl Urban and Ben Barnes, who've just hopped aboard. Urban and Barnes may have adventurous, vehicle-stealing brothers and sisters who enter real trouble inside the South of France. Oh, and so they may soon be grew to become an associate of by Wager On Thrones Emilia Clarke, who's presently thrashing out a deal to co-star.Overdrive has seen several casting whispers appear and vanish, with Matthew Goode, Alex Pettyfer and Garrett Hedlund all attached at different occasions to see the two siblings and siblings.The script arises from Wanted authors Derek Haas and Michael Brandt, who imagined within the concept in 2008 following a a vacation in France incorporated inside a Hollywood outreach program. They introduced the script to Fox, which started development, however shoved it into the neutral gear of turnaround. However Taken director Pierre Morel walked straight into produce, and he's improving the film get setup for financing. Negret will start shooting within the finish each week in Marseilles.

Eisner's Tornante shops chef show

EisnerMichael Eisner may be returning to ABC -- sorta. The first sort Disney chairman is shopping a comedy series to tv producers like the Alphabet along with "Desperate Regular folksInch executive producer Rob Greenstein. Script is mentioned being inspired by real-existence chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, whose culinary empire ranges within the Santa Monica restaurant Border Grill to Food Network's "Too Hot Tamales." The pair were featured in the chapter of Eisner's 2010 book "Cooperating: Why Great Partners Succeed." While Eisner is not active at ABC since he labored within the network in a number of programming abilities through the sixties and '70s, his company, Tornante, is not entirely in the TV business either. He showed up animated series "Glenn Martin DDS" for just about any multiseason run at Nickelodeon beginning last year and attempted to acquire a live-action project referred to as "Circling the Drain" into primetime last development season but didn't succeed. Sources close to Eisner mentioned he is not planning any large push into broadcast TV, just ongoing to pursue choose options different from film towards the web. Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com

Exclusive Clip Within The Awakening

Warning: includes frightening dollhouseEven once we didn't inform you anything in regards to the Awakening, we're betting that you may have a chance to figure a great deal out by watching this exclusive clip within the film. There's a mysterious child running upstairs in the large and empty-searching house, a troubled-searching lady running after him along with her hair all askew, and near the top of the house a very terrifying toy house (Yes, seriously. Who understood dollhouses may be this unnerving?). It's, basically, a horror!Occur 1921 in the country recouping within the trauma from the First World War,the film sees Rebecca Hall play in the wonderfully-named Florence Cathcart, who visits a boarding school to show what she thinks can be a hoax story from the ghost child haunting the region.We're taking a chance, in this situation, it's under that simple.The film also stars Dominic West and Imelda Staunton, which is all directed by NickWest. Think About The Awakening on November 11 correctly enough, the anniversary in the signing in the Armistice that ended The Very First World War.

'Culling' scares up cast

Jeremy Sumpter, Bret Davern, Elizabeth DiPrinzio, Chris Coy, Lindsey Godfrey, Virginia Williams, Jonathan Schaech and Harley Graham are starring in indie horror thriller "The Culling," presently shooting in New Orleans.Craig Chapman ("Machine Gun Preacher"), Colin Bates and Peter Fruchtman ("Black Swan") are creating with Gary Safady professional creating. The film was written and directed by Rustam Branaman."The Culling" focuses on several five college buddies who mind on vacation for any fun-filled lengthy weekend however their plans change after getting a 7-year-old girl alone in an empty coffee shop across the highway and also have no choice but they are driving her home. Once they get to her house it's rapidly apparent they're going to have to remain for that evening -- but what's not apparent may be the evil nightmare they're going to encounter. Graham plays the 7-year-old and her parents are described by Schaech and Williams. She made an appearance in "Thor" and merely reserved Gerard Butler's "Of Males and Mavericks."Sumpter was observed in "Soul Surfer," DiPrinzio in "The Demon Within" and Godfrey in "The Home Bunny." Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Access Exclusive: Behind The Curtain Of Breaking Beginning With Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke & Rachelle Lefervre

First Released: October 19, 2011 5:44 PM EDT Credit: Summit Entertainment Caption Taylor LautnerOrBilly BurkeOrTaylor LautnerLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Twilight fans its almost here! With under 30 days until Breaking Beginning Part 1 hits theaters on November 18, Access Hollywood has three new exclusive features in the set! Within the first, Access goes behind the curtain with Taylor Lautner and Billy Burke because they discuss filming the long awaited wedding & honeymoon moments! Its only a relatively momentous moment for that series. It has been accumulating and accumulating I believe Edward has suggested to her about 50 occasions right now, Robert states within the behind-the-moments interview. Itll be rather nice a minimum of he does not need to propose any longer! Bella is completely sure that she would like to invest forever with Edward but theres just something with marriage that shes apprehensive about, Kristen described of her character. You will find a couple of beats before the marriage really happens you will find a couple of looks from Edward which are type of unclear to her. For the honeymoon, featuring the now-infamous head board-breaking sex scene, Robert described that things rapidly have a dramatic turn. It begins off quite nice just will get progressively worse, he chuckled. Indeed, the honeymoon will get cut short when Bella discovers shes pregnant. Bella clearly wants to achieve the baby and Edward is simply afraid from it and thinks it'll destroy her and thinks that shes absurd for thinking shes sufficiently strong to possess a vampire baby. He thinks its much like Satans spawn, because thats how he feels about themself, Kristen described from the dramatic thought. For That FULL INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT AND KRISTEN, Click The Link! Within the second exclusive, Rachelle Lefervre sits lower to discuss the evolution of his character, Edwards Friend Jacob, as well as discloses what he thinks the fans will like most concerning the final sections within the film saga. Towards the start of the film, hes still exactly the same Jacob he has been. Hes jealous. Hes still directly into Bella and hes hot-headed. Through the movie, he matures a lot, Taylor described of his werewolf character. I believe probably the most exciting factor [fans] can get from Breaking Beginning is seeing all the figures inside a different light. All the figures change a lot right from the start from the movie before the finish, he revealed. I believe its likely to be really exciting to determine. For That FULL INTERVIEW WITH TAYLOR, Click The Link! Finally, singer Christina Perri a self-announced Twi-hard who gives her voice towards the films soundtrack sits lower to discuss writing the state love song for Edward and Bella, A 1000 Years, and also the special connection it needs to the film. I really recorded the song on August 13, that is when Edward and Bella got married within the story, so its pretty magical, she revealed. For the song, Christina stated its a track shes very happy with. Its classical and it is really romantic and it is really pretty and straightforward. Its most likely the easiest song I've and among the lovliest that Ive ever written, Christina states. For That FULL INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTINA, Click The Link! For additional of Access Hollywoods Breaking Beginning exclusives, stay tuned to Wednesday nights show (check local entries). Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

VIDEO: The One Homemade Pixar Costume Not to Mimic for Halloween

Because it looks complicated to make, has very limited mobility, and is kind of super creepy, this homemade Pixar-inspired costume — a full-body reconstruction of the anthropomorphic Pixar Luxo lamp logo — may not be the best costume idea for your Halloween movie-related revelries. But you’ve got to see it in action. Shivers. Check it out and stick around for your daily Buzz Break. [The Daily What] Anne Hathaway is indeed confirmed for Les Miserables, in which she’ll play Fantine to Hugh Jackman’s Jean Valjean and Russell Crowe’s Inspector Javert. Huzzah? [Deadline] Sorry, everyone: Salman Rushdie hates Game of Thrones. And he’s won the Booker Prize and was married to Padma Lakshmi, so he knows a thing or two about books and hot women. [Pajiba] Scott Derrickson (The Day the Earth Stood Still) co-wrote and will direct Charlize Theron (who will also produce) in a remake of the Dutch horror pic Zwart Water (AKA Two Eyes Staring, which played last month at Fantastic Fest), a ghostly tale about a little girl with an invisible friend who knows things about her mother (Theron). [Heat Vision] Wrap up your coffee break by marveling over these five things predicted by The Simpsons, including the fact find ourselves on movie dates to see an unabashedly silly big screen Three Musketeers movie again. [The FW]

REVIEW: Not Only Your Average Remake, Footloose Has All of the Right Moves

God save Craig Maker’s Footloose, that is less a film for today’s audiences compared to yesterday’s — and that i imply that within the great way. This can be a pop entertainment created using a watch for detail: When our teen hero and also the youthful lady he’s been wooing relocate for his or her first hug, the sundown peeps from behind their conjoined silhouettes. Corny, right? Understand this: The sun rays beam out via a star filter. You are able to roll your vision in the obviousness from it all, or else you can marvel that the filmmaker cared to select so traditional, so clichd, it turns into a type of pop-culture mission statement. It’s as though Maker takes a are a symbol of movies that appear to be like movies rather than audience hipness barometers. Maker designed a splash in 2005 using the well-received Hustle & Flow, as well as in 2006 thrown away all of the goodwill he’d gained from audiences and experts with Black Lizard Moan, a level better and more daring movie with Southern scriptural righteousness deep in the soul. (Plenty of audiences appeared to have a problem with the thought of Christina Ricci’s being chained to some radiator by Samuel L. Jackson, but poor the storyline and it is setting, the look was hardly gratuitous.) Maker, who spent the majority of his childhood in Memphis, is among the couple of contemporary filmmakers I understand of who are able to make movies concerning the South without sentimentalizing it, glorifying it or searching lower onto it. Which might be area of the reason this new Footloose is occur Georgia, while Herbert Ross’ 1984 original — the film that designed a star from Kevin Sausage and grew to become a pop-culture phenomenon on its own — was occur Oklahoma. Pushing aside all of the “Who must remake Footloose?” arguments which have swirled around previously year — whomever must remake anything? — this new Footloose, while sincere from the original, is bold about staking its claim being an old-fashioned entertainment for age the ipod device. Kenny Wormald, a dancer who was raised in Boston (he was created the entire year the initial was launched), stars as Ren McCormack, a higher schooler who finds themself adopted to the house of his Uncle Wes (a deadpan-jovial Ray McKinnon) after his mother’s dying. The city is known as Bomont, and 3 years before Ren’s arrival, several teens were wiped out inside a vehicle accident following a evening of dancing and, because the high-walking opening montage clearly spells, consuming. In the grief, Reverend Shaw Moore (Dennis Quaid), the daddy of among the boys, convinced the town council to prohibit underage dancing within the town. So that as it works out, the reverend’s saucy daughter Ariel (Dwts’ Julianne Hough) may be the first local girl Ren notices upon his arrival. Ren may be the essential good kid: He takes an very unglamorous job in a local cotton mill (its barnlike environs will prove useful later) and rebuffs a redneck stoner who tries, as a means of framework him, to hands him some pot. Still, Ren will get in danger using the local authority figures, including Reverend Moore, who emphatically disapproves of Ren despite the fact that he barely knows the little one. And extremely, all Ren really wants to do is dance. He sets loose his pent-up anger in the local grown-ups — inside a version of Sausage’s original signature pissed-off dance — within an old barn, where he tumbles, scissor-kicks and shifts in the rafters. (He’s a gymnastics kid, too.) Wormald bakes an admirably low-key heartthrob, just like a more sexy version from the youthful John Cryer. With his ruffian pompadour, he'd have checked out home back in 1984 or 1964: Jumping and kicking around that barn in the jeans and whitened Converse, he or she is a Jet straight from West Side Story. That’s the vibe Maker taps so happily here, and the entertainers are unapologetic about directing the “Hey kids, let’s placed on a show!” moxie he asks of these. Hough isn’t as appealing as Wormald is — she's a shrewdly appraising attitude, and she or he doesn’t soften up enough because the movie continues. But her spitfire brassiness is effective enough, particularly when her character gives Ren the bible — filled with relevant underlined verses — he’ll have to persuade the city elders to overturn their no-dance policy. Because he guides us toward that teen barn-burners of the speech, Maker does one hundred small things right: The neighborhood adult who privately enables the children to keep dance parties has the neighborhood drive-in where they spend time, and that he’s a black guy (he’s performed by Maker regular Claude Phillips) — someone’s reached stand towards the city’s unaware, squaresville whitened people. The film’s second bananas — Rusty, performed with a youthful dazzler named Ziah Colon, and Willard, Miles Teller (of Rabbit Hole) — are perfectly cast, plus they’re a part of a mixture of buddies Ren makes in the new town. (Like plenty of youthful us citizens, although not within the movies, Ren dangles by helping cover their pals of races — Ser’Darius Blain plays his buddy Woodsy — without getting a neon “Interracial Friendship” sign hanging overhead.) And merely following the movie’s most misguided character, Quaid’s weatherbeaten reverend, confesses the mistake of his ways before his congregation, he announces the hymn: It’s “Just Like Me,” an audio lesson that talks of humbleness and human frailty, not jubilance. It’s just a little moment of sophistication hidden among the film’s unabashed pop-culture pleasures. After which there’s the dancing: There’s most likely more ho-hum thumping and grinding than there is within the original Footloose, but a lot of the dancing continues to be very exciting to look at — the sequences are exuberant and, fortunately, not cut to laces and ribbons. There’s country line dancing (which Ren describes, with smart-ass affection, as “the whitened guy’s wet dream”), categories of black kids kicking it on the asphalt, and, finally, as soon as when all of the youthful people of Bomont get together on their hard-gained promenade. Whirling and shuffling around the party area, they’ve reclaimed a fundamental pleasure along with a right. Dancing is simply fun. You don’t require a remake of Footloose to help remind you of this — though should you’re at all like me, you most likely can’t recall the before you probably did it yourself.

Micrograms confesses Terminator Salvation mistakes

Regrets, TF's stood a handful of. But even though we love things our way, we're not above acknowledging once we were wrong. Seems Micrograms gets the same existence philosophy."I appear like we did a good deal right with Terminator which i appear like we did a good deal wrong," the This Means War director told Collider.com."I really tried to provide and perform the very best I really could with making that film. It labored for several people. Lots of people didn't like the ending. Your home is and learn."Does he think he destroyed the Terminator series?"I like the Terminator franchise. I am hoping they've created another one. We'll see where that can us," he mentioned.Hang on, where's all this coming initially from from? Surely he is not angling to carry out a director's cut of Salvation?"We did the most effective we are in a position to. I put everything I'd into that picture. Yeah, there's some outstanding footage available and we'll discover if there's a director's release later on afterwards. You never know. Time will state.InchWe are channelling Anakin Skywalker within the recently effed up Return In The Jedi once we say: "Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!"

Johnny Depp Lone Ranger Project Reportedly Back On for Slightly Less Stupid Money

When Disney pulled the plug on its expensive Lone Ranger project, which was to reunite Pirates of the Caribbean cohorts Johnny Depp, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Gore Verbinski, a few industry-watchers held out hope that the studio and the filmmakers would yet still reach an agreement over how many hundreds of millions of dollars the would-be franchise would cost. Almost exactly two months later, it seems they’ve reached that compromise. More stupid money for someone! From Deadline: On Lone Ranger, there has been a lot of behind-the-scenes drama as the three principal players made concessions in their deals, and worked on the script to salvage the spectacle that made the movie worth making in the first place while bringing the budget down to a more manageable figure in the $215 million range. So, not quite the affordable $200 million that Disney reportedly initially wanted, but definitely less costly than the $250 million or more that the production was threatening to cost. $215 million makes it ever so cheaper than all but the last three Pirates movies, which cost a reported $225M (2006’s Dead Man’s Chest), $300M (2007’s At World’s End), and $250M (2011’s On Stranger Tides). It remains to be seen if any further drastic creative changes will be implemented, especially given that naysayers took license at August’s project-halting announcement to blast certain rumored fantastical elements in the script which I won’t spoil here. Consider that a free litmus test, Disney. Deadline’s Mike Fleming thinks it unlikely for Lone Ranger’s initial December 2012 release date to stand, which solves at least one of the five challenges the project faces which Movieline pinpointed last August. But, all things considered, is it wise for Bruckheimer, Disney & Co. to move forward after such a public false start? Weigh in below. ‘The Lone Ranger’ Saddling Up With Johnny Depp And A Tighter Budget [Deadline]

Hungarian SWAT Seize Cache of Functional Assault Rifles to Be Used as World War Z Props

Monday brought more bad news to the reportedly beleaguered production of the zombie flick World War Z, produced by and starring Brad Pitt, when SWAT in Budapest raided a warehouse storing prop guns for the film. The problem: they weren’t props, but fully-functional military-style assault rifles. Oops! Since Pitt is involved, US Weekly has the scoop from Hungary’s Anti-Terrorism Unit on the police raid that uncovered the major slip-up: “This morning a private plane brought guns wrapped in a parcel from a company to an individual [in Budapest],” Janos and Bodnar [said]. “Guns like these are highly illegal to transport even if they were to used as stage guns, which hopefully they weren’t.” According to a source, Pitt, 47, isn’t to blame for the prop problem. “The movie company’s employees must have made a mistake bringing the guns in without the Anti-Terrorism Unit’s permission.” According to the report, the World War Z shoot wasn’t exactly going as planned anyway; it’s “already over budget and over schedule,” according to US Weekly’s source. This weapons pickle will only mean more of a headache for poor Brad. (And how could this kind of mix up happen in the first place? Somewhere, some other dude is puzzled over his shipment of 85 fake plastic guns…) [US Weekly via Cinema Blend] [Photo credit: Images of (unrelated) assault rifles per Getty Images]

Newlywed Paul McCartney Announces Tour

LONDON - He may just have married for the third time, but former Beatle Paul McCartney isn't settling down to a quiet life. Fresh from walking down the aisle with trucking heiress Nancy Shevell, the singer songwriter has announced plans for an 11-date tour to begin next month.our editor recommendsSir Paul McCartney Marries Nancy Shevell in LondonNancy Shevell's Wedding Dress Designed by Paul McCartney's Daughter Stella McCartneyPaul McCartney and Nancy Shevell's Wedding: 5 Things to Know His On The Run tour will play dates in Russia, Europe, London and his hometown of Liverpool as well as the United Arab Emirates. It will wrap up in the Beatles home city of Liverpool with a performance at the Echo Arena on Dec. 20 with tickets due to go on sale on Thursday. "Playing live is one of the most exciting parts of my job," the singer said in a statement announcing the tour. "My audiences seem to get better each year and the band and I love the buzz and feedback they give us." The 69-year-old married Shevell at Marylebone Registry office in London in front of guests including Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood and musician Jools Holland. Fans queued for hours to catch a glimpse of the couple, who married in the same spot that McCartney had wed his first wife Linda more than 40 years ago. The bride wore a knee-length ivory silk dress designed by Stella McCartney and the groom told gathered fans "I feel absolutely wonderful." Related Topics Paul McCartney Stella McCartney International The Beatles

Keck's Exclusives: Eric McCormack Summer time Series Lines Up Eclectic Guest Stars

Edward Furlong and Tom Sizemore TNT's new Eric McCormack crime drama Perception, set to debut in summer time 2012, has reserved an eclectic selection of guest stars in the future have fun with the Emmy-winning Will & Sophistication star. Roger Bart, who performed Desperate Housewives' crazed pharmacist, and 2 stars who've strained with pharmaceutical drugs and also the law in tangible existence - Edward Furlong (Terminator 2) and Tom Sizemore, happen to be cast in suspicious roles.Roger will playa high-powered IRS agent asked regarding the the murder of the cult member, while Edward and Tom can look together within an episode centered around an Irish crime syndicate. Tom will have a high-level mobster and Edward will have a rising underworld figure.Mobile phone industry's from Will & Sophistication, Perception finds Eric playingDr. Daniel Pierce, an eccentric neuroscientist and college professor known as upon by his former student (Rachael Leigh Prepare) to assist the feds solve complex criminal cases. Though Pierce'sintimate understanding of human behavior gives himan edge in reading through people, he's a little of the social moron.Performs this seem just like a series you'd supplment your record list?Sign up for TV Guide Magazine today!

Hollywood Film Festival Announces Producer, Screenwriter, Breakthrough Director and Composer Honorees (Exclusive)

Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesDiablo Cody The 15th annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards, presented by Starz Entertainment, will honor Golden Globe winner Letty Aronson with its Hollywood Producer Award for Midnight in Paris, Michel Hazanavicius with its Hollywood Breakthrough Director Award for The Artist, Oscar winner Diablo Cody with its Hollywood Screenwriter Award for Young Adultand two-time Oscar nominee Alberto Iglesias with its Hollywood Film Composer Award for both Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Skin I Live In. All four individuals will collect their statuettes at the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony, which will take place at the Beverly Hilton on Oct. 24. "We are very proud to recognize the films and work of these talented filmmakers," said Carlos de Abreu, Founder of the Hollywood Awards Gala. EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood Film Awards Honorees Announced (Exclusive) Aronson produced nine Woody Allen films -- including Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), for which she won the best picture (musical or comedy) Golden Globe -- prior to Midnight in Paris, which recently became the writer-director's most commercially successful outing ever with box-office receipts totaling nearly $55 million domestically and more than $107 million internationally. Previous recipients of her award include Mel Gibson, Mike Medavoy, Ryan Kavanaugh, and Christian Colson and Danny Boyle. Hazanavicius is a Frenchman who had never made a film in America beforeThe Artist, the black-and-white silent film that was a smash hit at the Cannes Film Festival and was soon thereafter picked up by the Weinstein Co. He is married to The Artist's leading lady,Berenice Bejo, and was heretofore best known for his collaborations with The Artist's leading ma,n Jean Dujardin, on OSS 117 -- Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) and OSS 117 -- Lost in Rio (2009), France's comedic answer to America's James Bond films. Previous recipients of his award include McG, Zach Braff, Paul Haggs, Ryan Murphy, Ben Affleckand John Patrick Shanley. EXCLUSIVE: Glenn Close to Receive Career Achievement Honor at Hollywood Film Awards Cody, who is best known for her Oscar-winning original screenplay Juno (2007), is being honored for Young Adult, which reunited her with that film's director,Jason Reitman. During the years between the two projects, she penned the script for Jennifer's Body (2009) and all 36 episodes of the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning Showtime series The United States of Tara (2009-11). Previous recipients of her award include Robert Towne, Ronald Bass, John Logan, Akiva Goldsman, Eric Roth, Christopher Hampton, John Patrick Shanleyand Aaron Sorkin. Iglesias, meanwhile, has twice been nominated for the best original score Oscar -- for The Constant Gardener (2005) and The Kite Runner (2007) -- and has to be considered a contender for another nod this year for Tomas Alfredson's Cold War thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and/or Pedro Almodovar's haunting The Skin I Live In. (He has scored the vast majority of fellow Spaniard Almodovar's films over the years.) Previous recipients of his award include Thomas Newman, Harry Gregson-Williams, Gustavo Santaolalla, Mark Isham, Danny Elfmanand Hans Zimmer. EXCLUSIVE: 'The Help' to Receive Ensemble Award at 15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards In recent weeks, as "The Race" was the first to report, de Abreu announced the recipients of several other prizes, as well: the cast of The Help for the Hollywood Ensemble Award; Oscar nominee Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn, Meek's Cutoff, Take This Waltz) for the Hollywood Actress Award; Oscar nominee Christopher Plummer (Beginners) for the Hollywood Supporting Actor Award; Rango for the Hollywood Animation Award; Oscar nominee Emmanuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life) for the Hollywood Cinematographer Award; Oscar winner Stephen Mirrione (The Ides of March) with the Hollywood Editor Award; Oscar nominee James Murakami (J. Edgar) for the Hollywood Production Designer Award; Oscar winner Scott Farrar (Transformers: Dark of the Moon) for the Hollywood Visual Effects Award; Joseph Gordon-Levitt (50/50) for the Hollywood Breakthrough Actor Award; Jessica Chastain (Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life) for the Hollywood Breakthrough Actress Award; Felicity Jones (Like Crazy) for the New Hollywood Award; and Oscar nominee Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) for the Hollywood Career Achievement Award. He said that the remaining honorees will be announced over the next few weeks. RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: 'Rango' to Receive Animation Award at 15th annual Hollywood Film Awards EXCLUSIVE: Michelle Williams to Receive Hollywood Actress Award at 15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Diablo Cody Midnight in Paris The Artist Young Adult Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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