Hollywood Stars Who Died this season

The season in popular culture was marked by a few levels, though 2011 going to an in depth, we preferred to take time to recognition a couple of from the artists who died in the last twelve several days. Whether they labored as you're watching camera or behind the curtain, each one of these stars produced an enormous impact on their fans. Stars Who Died this season <a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/anne-francis/1476075/primary">Anne Francis</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/pete-postlethwaite/1321379/primary">Pete Postlewaite</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/peter-yates/1876592/primary">Peter Yates</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/susannah-you'll be able toOr1841071/primary">Susannah You'll be able to</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/john-craig/1035539/primary">John Craig</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/maria-schneider/1035944/primary">Maria Schneider</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/tura-satana/1828027/primary">Tura Satana</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/betty-garrett/1795309/primary">Betty Garrett</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/len-lesser/1809409/primary">Len Lesser</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/gary-winick/1876126/primary">Gary Winick</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/jane-russell/1410206/primary">Jane Russell</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/michael-gough/1797042/primary">Michael Gough</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/elizabeth-taylor/1383330/primary">Elizabeth Taylor</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/sidney-lumet/1861159/primary">Sidney Lumet</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/tim-hetherington/2169318/primary">Tim Hetherington</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/jackie-cooper/1019976/primary">Jackie Cooper</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/rob-conaway/1142961/primary">Jeff Conaway</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/laura-ziskin/1876980/primary">Laura Ziskin</a><A href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/ryan-dunn/2080241/primary">Ryan Dunn</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/peter-falk/1436462/primary">Peter Falk</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/bubba-cruz/823812/primary">Bubba Cruz</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/high high cliff-robertson/1868514/primary">Cliff Robertson</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/frances-bay/1776519/primary">Frances Bay</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/charles-napier/1818094/primary">Chales Napier</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/david-hess/1855633/primary">David Hess</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/leonard-stone/1832732/primary">Leonard Stone</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/heavy-d/1800144/primary">Heavy D</a>Karl Slover<a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/ken-russell/1134415/primary">Ken Russell </a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/patrice-oneal/2122956/primary">Patrice O'Neal</a><a href="http://internet.moviefone.com/celebrity/harry-morgan/1087715/primary">Harry Morgan</a> See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

National Film Registry 2011: 'Bambi,' 'Forrest Gump,' 'Silence of the Lambs' Added

Like a life preserver in during this purgatory week of news, the Library of Congress announced its 2011 selections for the National Film Registry, which saves works because of "their enduring significance to American Culture." Among the 25 films chosen: 'Forrest Gump,' the 1994 Best Picture winner; 'Silence of the Lambs,' the 1991 Best Picture winner; 'Bambi,' an all-time Disney classic still beloved to this day; and 'El Mariachi,' Robert Rodriguez's 1992 micro-budget indie. Also among the chosen: Billy Wilder's 'The Lost Weekend,' 'A Computer Animated Hand,' made by future Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull, and 'The Iron Horse' from director John Ford. Head over to Deadline to check out the full list of selected films. [via Deadline] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

2012 Movie Preview: Family Movies, From 'Ice Age' to Pixar's 'Brave'

With 2011 in the dying cycle, selection time for you to look forward to 2012. All of this week, Moviefone will preview the apparently endless way to obtain large-time films striking theaters throughout the following 12 several weeks -- from from 'The Demon Inside' to 'Django Unchained' and my way through between. Next: the 12 family films to look at for the coming year. 2012 Movie Preview: Family Movies <a href="http://world wide web.moviefone.com/movie/arrietty/10054013/primary">'The Secret Realm of Arriety' </a><a href="http://world wide web.moviefone.com/movie/dr-seuss-the-lorax/38931/primary">'The Lorax' </a><a href="http://world wide web.moviefone.com/movie/the-pirates--band-of-misfits/10020841/primary">'The Pirates! Gang of Misfits' </a><a href="http://world wide web.moviefone.com/movie/chimpanzee/33744/primary">'Disneynature: Chimpanzee' </a><a href="http://world wide web.moviefone.com/movie/madagascar-3/38098/primary">'Madagascar 3: Europe's Popular' </a><a href="http://world wide web.moviefone.com/movie/brave/33554/primary">'Brave' </a><a href="http://world wide web.moviefone.com/movie/ice-age-continental-drift-three dimensional/10037369/primary">'Ice Age: Continental Drift' </a><a href="http://world wide web.moviefone.com/movie/the-odd-existence-of-timothy-eco-friendly/54627/primary">'The Odd Existence of Timothy Eco-friendly' </a><a href="http://world wide web.moviefone.com/movie/paranorman/53943/primary">'ParaNorman' </a><a href="http://world wide web.moviefone.com/movie/hotel-transylvania/29036/primary">'Hotel Transylvania' </a><a href="http://world wide web.moviefone.com/movie/reboot-rob/51434/primary">'Wreck-It-Rob' </a><a href="http://world wide web.moviefone.com/movie/rise-of-the-parents/10054677/primary">'Rise from the Parents' </a>Honorable Mention: <a href="http://world wide web.moviefone.com/movie/beauty-and-the-animal-three dimensional/54572/primary">'Beauty and also the Animal three dimensional' </a>Dishonorable Mention: <a href="http://world wide web.moviefone.com/movie/a-1000-words/1398376/primary">'A 1000 Words' </a> See All Moviefone Art galleries » EARLIER: 2012 Movie Preview: Blockbusters 2012 Movie Preview: Comedies [Photo: Fox] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

James Bond Producer Wants Daniel Craig for Five More Films

Hopefully Daniel Craig likes those shaken martinis. In an interview with the newspaper The People, James Bond producer Michael G. Wilson said that he wanted to see Craig appear in another five Bond films following 'Skyfall.' "Filming has gone very well and I'd love Daniel to surpass Roger's [Moore] record and do eight pictures," Wilson told the paper. Per THR, that means Craig is somehow "in talks" for five more Bond films, though that seems specious to assume at best. After all, Craig has a very full plate -- in addition to Bond, he could have two more 'Dragon Tattoo' films coming in the future -- and there is no indication anywhere that he's in active negotiations to return to Bond following the conclusion of 'Skyfall.' Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, etc. Directed by Sam Mendes, 'Skyfall' stars Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw. It arrives in theaters on Nov. 9, 2012. [via THR] [Photo: Sony] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Glam Slam: The Friday Five: Holiday Gift Ideas For Kids

First Published: December 16, 2011 1:39 PM EST Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption A little girl, wearing a winter coat, gives Santa Claus her wish list. Surrounding him are packages and toys.My family keeps asking me for gift ideas for my 2-year-old and I am stumped! If youve got a kid you need to buy for and need some gifting inspiration, Jenny Cooper, Head of Crewcuts Design, shares her suggestions. 1. Because I want to give the gift that will stand out the most and be the sparkliestthe girls starlet dress. That would definitely make me the favorite godmother, if Im not already!!! 2. A stack of books from our Crewcuts Book Club, where a new associate from J. Crew picks their favorite book that they love to read to their children and we sell it online. One book is never enough and reading is the most useful and enduring skill a little person can acquire. For a boyThe Boy Who Bit Picasso, The Complete Book of United States History (because my boys are always asking me questions I WISH I knew the answers to!) and a green marbled composition notebook for them to write their own book in. For a girlThe Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My (which I grew up with), The Angry Fairy (which tells a funny story about a fairy with blank pages and no illustrations so she can create her own masterpiece!) and she would get the neon pink composition notebook to also write her own story! 3. I would have to get the Playforever Bruno Racing CarI dont care how old your kids are, this one is timeless! The sleek shape and the rubber wheels with the little helmeted head will look so chic on the mantelpiece after once the little one has outgrown it. He will never end up in a tag sale! 4. The cashmere cable crewneck for kids, to keep them warm on snowy days. I think the cashmere cable goes with anythingthe amazing, dyed-in-Italy colors make any outfit! Wear it with a tuxedo pant to holiday events and switch out to jeans when you get home. 5. The girls letter pins are going in with EVERY gift, even boys, because who doesnt love their own initials? Boys can pin their letters on their backpack. Or use them as a tie pin. Thats whats so great about the pinsthey can go on almost anything and they are just $7.50 so I can get them for everyone and some special people can get both or even three! For more info, check out www.jcrew.com. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

'Ellen' Producer Sues Declaring Rabid Fans Specific In Facebook Scam (Exclusive)

Getty Images Recently,Paul "The ProblemInch Sorrentino from Jersey Shoreline prosecuted Abercrombie & Fitch over what he saw would be a less-than-amusing publicity stunt. The store had offered him a "substantial payment" to prevent putting on its clothes, and introduced a type of clothing that apparently aped Sorrentino's famous catch phrases. In reaction, MPS Entertainment, the organization possessed by Sorrentino and the brother, filed a $4 million suit alleging trademark violations, deceitful advertising and misappropriation of his publicity privileges.our editor recommendsTHR's 5 Worst Celebrity Books of 2011: Jersey Shoreline, More Jersey Shoreline and also the Levi Johnston-Bristol Palin Feud'Jersey Shore' Season 5 Trailer: Keeping Guards Employed Since 2009 (Video)'Jersey Shore's' The Problem Sues Abercrombie & Fitch for $4 MillionAbercrombie & Fitch Offers 'The Situation' Compensation not to Put on Its Clothes PHOTOS: 'Jersey Shoreline's' Quotable Situation On Monday, Abercrombie & Fitch responded in the court having a very detailed motion to dismiss. The clothing company informs a rather different story of the items happened. Furthermore, the defendant attacks Sorrentino for weak trademark claims and states the Jersey Shorecastmember is disturbing its First Amendment to make light of the troubling situation. Here's A&F's side from the story, which starts with an episode of Jersey Shorethat broadcast on August 11. Through the episode, A&F states that Sorrentino used eco-friendly Abercrombie sweat pants bearing its logo design. PHOTOS: The Very Best and Worst Moments of 'Jersey Shore' The store states it had been concerned that "the prominent display of their A&F logo design could be seen being an endorsement with a&F from the raucous behavior on the program.Inch Reality Television shows frequently blur out brands. Not this time around, allegedly. So A&F sent instructions to MTV having a request that it is marks be pixilated from future episodes.Together with the demand allegedly came a deal that MTV, Sorrentino along with other castmembers could be compensated money because of not putting on its items. Sorrentino's camping states it never got this kind of offer, but here's phone letter to MTVco-general counselGeorge Cheekbones, revealing the "substantial" offer to prevent putting on A&F clothing was for $10,000: In the suit, Sorrentino states that the&F's efforts to make contact with MTV were a part of a "marketing ploy." Even when MTV was approached, the star states that this kind of offer never was communicated to him. A&F responds it doesn't matter. "If the offer letter went straight to Sorrentino is immaterial, and doesn't establish the falsity from the offer that Litigants allege is made,Inch the organization creates in the motion to dismiss. Sounds good. Here's the issue: Was mtss is a sincere and timely offer? The letter above is dated August 15, yet A&F had already had released a pr release 72 hours earlier observing it had offered compensation to Sorrentino to cease putting on A&F items. Furthermore, although one presidential candidateis getting condemned to be out-of-touch for delicately offering up a $10,000 wager inside a recent debate, we'll wager that "as much as $10,000" wouldn't impress many Hollywood dealmakers to be very "substantial." PHOTOS: Crazy Cases! 18 of Hollywood's Crazy Entertainment Legal cases A&F does somewhat better in attacking Sorrentino's claims that particular A&F clothing infringed his trademarks. A&F states it had placed a purchase in The month of january 2010 for 2 t-t shirts featuring phrases that parodied Jersey Shoreline. The organization states that Sorrentino was conscious of the parody t-t shirts for several months and not objected. The store continues to dispute Sorrentino's trademark dominion over "The ProblemInch and "GTL," saying evidence shows basically the reality star has put on register individuals marks. The programs haven't yet been granted through the U.S. Trademark Office. Furthermore, the utilization and "good will" from the mark is asked. It's noted that MPS allegedly acquired privileges to some stylized upside-lower "Situation" mark and design from the store named Yak Footwear, but A&F questions the validity of the assignment since there's been no transfer of economic nor evidence the mark and design has been utilized. Besides, A&F highlights the asserted trademark registration along with a&F's clothing aren't much the same and it is items are unlikely to confuse customers. The clothing store provides good quality reasoning to doubt whether Sorrentino will ultimately flourish in signing up GTL. It's stated that Viacom (parent company of MTV) really holds a trademark registration for "GYM TANNING LAUNDRY" and it has been offering on its website t-t shirts available bearing "GTL." "According to both MTV's along with other Jersey Shoreline castmates' utilization of 'GTL', Litigants cannot establish that they're the only supply of goods on offer underneath the alleged mark 'GTL', as well as their unfair uncompetition and false designation of origin claim under 1125(a) must fail," states the brief. Possibly most significant may be the wonder if A&F's utilization of Sorrentino and the catch-phrases is constitutionally-protected freedom of expression. A&F states that it is t shirts and utilisation of the star's likeness was parody -- clearly a tale, not meant to convey sponsorship: "A&F's t-shirt bearing the saying 'The Fitchuation' would be a pun or turn of phrase, parodying Sorrentino's nickname for themself as 'The Situation'. As Litigants plead, Sorrentino has made an appearance on several across the country public programs and therefore is really a public figure, susceptible to being parodied due to his presence within the public eye. Furthermore, the t-shirt bearing the saying 'G.T.L. (You Realize The Offer) Fitch', was poking fun in the Jersey Shoreline castmates self announced practice of doing the 'GTL', i.e. 'gym, tanning laundry.' We've no clue why is the typical guido in Jersey laugh, and that we know the word that the easiest method to kill a tale would be to explain it, but was this really humorous? If the judge chuckles and chucks....stay updated. E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery 'Jersey Shore': The Quotable Situation

"Porgy and Bess" Cast Discusses Refreshing the Gershwin Classic (Video)

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Jon Voight Would Love To Be Directed By Daughter Angelina Jolie

First Published: December 9, 2011 5:40 PM EST Credit: WireImage Caption Angelina Jolie and Jon Voight talk to press at the In the Land of Blood and Honey premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood on December 8, 2011 LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Jon Voight was on hand to support daughter Angelina Jolie at the Los Angeles premiere of her feature film directorial debut on Thursday, and the veteran actor told Access Hollywood he is very proud of his girl. Can you imagine? Im a father whose daughter, first of all, is in this great business of ours, and is one of the great stars of this business, he told Access at the In the Land of Blood and Honey premiere. Then she writes a script from the beginning, and she produces it herself, and she directs it. Who does that? Jon said Angelinas multi-faceted talents remind him of the legendary Clint Eastwood, who Angelina worked with for the 2008 thriller, Changeling. Its like Clint, but he doesnt write his stuff of course, he writes his music, Jon continued, referring to Clints work as the composer of many musical themes to his films. Im sure she was very inspired working with Clint and she [thought she] might try this, but shes got a lot of courage to do it. Im very excited. The proud dad said his faith in Angelina extends beyond family ties. He said hed gladly take a role in a film directed by the 36-year-old star. I would love it, of course. Im sure shes terrific, he told Access, when asked if hed like to be directed by Angelina. Im delighted to work with her anytime I can. In the Land of Blood and Honey hits theaters on December 23. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Patty Jenkins Out as 'Thor 2' Director

"I, together with a lot of others, are very searching toward the appointment of Patty Jenkins," original 'Thor' director Kenneth Branagh told Moviefone in November. "In my opinion that's an ideal choice to direct the film. I realize that Kevin Feige and many types of individuals I labored cautiously with, who've been absolutely regions of the introduction of that movie, need to make an excellent second picture. So that it was the very best decision personally too for them and i am really searching toward observe the second one evolves." Relating to this: Jenkins leaves 'Thor 2' because of the dreaded "creative versions." Deadline reviews that Marvel is scrambling now to search for a alternative for Jenkins ("canvasses" might be the word Mike Fleming uses), that your completely new 'Thor 2' helmer needs to be hired relatively soon. This can be a given, since 'Thor 2' is going in theaters on November. 15, 2013. For Jenkins, it doesn't appear like the split was acrimonious according to Deadline, she may direct another superhero film for your studio, simply not a follow-up. [via Deadline] [Photo: Vital] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Trio win Caucus honors

Chetwynd Mancuso JohnsonCharles Floyd Johnson, Lionel Chetwynd and Gail Mancuso won the competitive honors Sunday at the 29th annual Caucus for Producers, Writers and Directors Awards.Johnson won producer of the year for his work as an exec producer of the CBS hit "NCIS."Chetwynd was recognized with the writer kudo for his body of work, notably such historical telepics as "Ike: Countdown toD-Day" and "DC 9/11: Time of Crisis."Mancuso prevailed in the director heat for her work on ABC's "Modern Family."The awards dinner, hosted by thesp Bruce Boxleitner at the BevHills Hotel, also feted ''Friends'' alum Kevin Bright with theCaucus' Chair Award. Dennis Doty received the org's lifetime achievement kudo, while Syd Vinnedge was recognized with itsDistinguished Service laurel. Tanya and Philip Hart were the recipients of the Diversity Award.Lionsgate TV topper Kevin Beggs was feted with the Executive of the Year honor. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

Miramax Owner Colony Eyes Deal With Summit Entertainment

NY - In the latest hit to Blackberry maker Research In Motion, the company said Friday that it would take a $485 million charge in its fiscal third quarter after marking down the value of its inventory of its PlayBook tablets.our editor recommendsBlackberry Service Glitches Hit North AmericaApple iPhone 4S Sells Out in U.S. Pre-Orders The technology company, hit by competition from Apple and Google devices that have overtaken it in U.S. market share, also cut its revenue and earnings expectations amid disappointing sales of the tablets, which have led it to cut its price. The stock dropped sharply in early Friday trading. As of 10:05am ET, it was down 8.8 percent to $16.95. Late last month, the stock had hit a 52-week low of $15.98. "The company now believes that an increase in promotional activity is required to drive sell-through to end customers," RIM said about the PlayBook tablets, which have been met with weak reviews and buzz. "This is due to several factors, including recent shifts in the competitive dynamics of the tablet market and a delay in the release of the PlayBook OS 2.0 software." The Blackberry maker said it wants to "expand upon the aggressive level of promotional activity recently employed by the company in order to drive PlayBook adoption around the world." Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis said in a statement: "RIM is committed to the BlackBerry PlayBook and believes the tablet market is still in its infancy. Although a number of factors have led to the need for an inventory provision in the third quarter, we believe the PlayBook, which will be further enhanced with the upcoming PlayBook OS 2.0 software, is a compelling tablet for consumers that also offers unique security and manageability features for the enterprise." Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Topics Google Apple

Behind the Scenes of the 'Victoria's Secret Fashion Show'

Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Well, that didn't take long.our editor recommendsI'm Quitting the Biz: 16 Hollywood Retirements (and 'Retirements')Steven Soderbergh Exits Warner Bros.' 'Man From U.N.C.L.E.' A week and a half after parting ways with Warner Bros. over a planned remake of Man from U.N.C.L.E., Steven Soderbergh is bouncing back. The prolific filmmaker is reteaming with his U.N.C.L.E. writer Scott Z. Burns for The Bitter Pill, a new project that is being pitched to studios now and is fielding multiple bids. PHOTOS: I'm Quitting the Biz: 16 Hollywood Retirements (and 'Retirements') Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing with Soberbergh's longtime producing partner Gregory Jacobs and Burns. Soderbergh, Jacobs and Burns are the director-producer-writer, respectively, behind the recent Warner Bros. films Contagion and The Informant! Little is known about Bitter Pill, although it is described as a thriller set in the world of psychopharmacology. STORY: AFI Fest: Secret Screening Is Steven Soderbergh's 'Haywire' Soderbergh, who has the spy action movie Haywire coming out in January and the male-stripper dramedy Magic Mike set for June, was due to direct U.N.C.L.E. next year but left the project over differences in budget and casting. Email: Borys.Kit@thr.com Twitter: @Borys_Kit PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery I'm Quitting the Biz: 16 Hollywood Retirements (and 'Retirements') Lorenzo di Bonaventura Steven Soderbergh

Sting

Promoted by Live Nation and produced by RZO Entertainment, Corporation. Band: Dominic Burns, Vinnie Colaiuta, Rufus Burns, Jo Lawry, Peter Tickell. Examined November. 28, 2011 Undertaking a powerful but half-hearted Police reunion tour and forays into symphonic and Renaissance music, Sting visited the basic principles on his properly named To Bass tour. Playing the initial of three offered-out shows within the Wiltern Theatre, Sting skillfully wielded his electric bass guitar with the evening, the instrument he acquired just like a schoolboy in northern England that eventually skyrocketed him to fame while using Police. It seems a suitable time for your star revisit his roots, getting just celebrated his 60th birthday and released a retrospective box set marking his 25th anniversary just like a solo artist. Searching lithe and lean just like a guy half his age, Sting made an appearance completely comfortable leading his able five-piece band through re-imagined versions of numerous familiar tunes. Beginning off while using crowd-pleaser "All This Time Around Around" and segueing to the Police favorite "Every Little Factor She Does is Miracle," it looked as though it might be a finest hits evening, but Sting soon delved much much deeper into his catalog, yanking out "Demolition Guy" and "I Hung My ThoughtsInch additionally to many tunes that never handled to obtain onto commercial radio. Standing center stage with dramatic white-colored lights lighting him formerly pointed out and below, Sting frequently lapsed into storytelling mode, attempting to show everyone else his inspiration for a lot of tunes, just like a fox that stole chickens from his farm ("Finish of the sportInch) together with a psychic vehicle crook who could intuit the nuances of his victims' lives ("Stolen Vehicle"). It cannot be described as a Sting show without addressing the difficulties and exaltations of love, so during the time of "Fortress Around Your Heart" as well as the country-tinged "Love Is Much More effective Than Justice," the singer distributed relationship advice online online culled from decades of marriage, encouraging everybody else to risk everything for love. Despite his tales, Sting still maintained a regal distance from his fans throughout a lot of the evening. Despite the fact that vital elements with an incredible show were in place a captivating singer together with hits whose voice hasn't reduced as we age, a superb backing band, together with an area filled with adoring fans the performance did not possess a particular magical quality. Possibly it absolutely was too easy an outing for just about any guy who is able to command arenas and very easily transition from rock to jazz to country and again. Sting usually takes a web page using their own book, infusing his entire performance while using closeness he brought to his third encore, which saw him standing alone along with his protection lower playing only an guitar as his voice rung by helping cover their the beloved, heartbreaking lyrics to "Message In The Bottle." Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Report: Twilight Fans Terrorizing the Bridal Industry with Fake Engagements

So maybe stocking that $799 replica of Bella Swan’s wedding dress from Breaking Dawn — Part 1 in your bridal store was not a great idea. TMZ reports that scheming single Twi-hards have been faking engagements just to score fittings with Kristen Stewart’s knock-off gown making it “extremely difficult to conduct business” in Alfred Angelo bridal boutiques everywhere. Hey, at least they’re not recreating the birth scene! [TMZ]

Five Reasons You Need To See 'The Muppets'

It's time to play the music! It's time to light the lights! It's time to meet the Muppets at uh "The Muppets," hitting theaters today! Watch the "Muppets" trailer! Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the rest of their delightfully bizarre pals are back in action at long last with this week's release of "The Muppets," directed by James Bobin and starring Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and an unstoppable array of celebrity cameos. Sporting a 100% certified fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, "Muppets" absolutely deserves all of the credit it's been getting in the past few days and weeks. If you have any fondness at all in your hearts for these wonderful characters, there's no excuse for you to skip out on this one for longtime fans and new ones alike, "The Muppets" is as close to a perfect family film as it gets. Check out five reasons to see the movie after the jump. Forgetting "Sarah Marshall" Segel and co-writer Nicholas Stoller's love and affection for all things "Muppets" is very clearly on display in this movie. The charming, witty writing they're best known for is all over "The Muppets," but gone is the raunchy attitude, the crude dialogue and, most importantly, Segel's practically obligatory nude scenes. In fact, I was surprised at just how much Segel stayed out of the Muppets' way, not just as a writer, but also as an actor. Stoller and Segel go out of their way to highlight who the real stars of "The Muppets" are supposed to be. Speaking of the stars... Meet Walter The newest addition to "The Muppets" gang is Walter, the world's biggest Muppets fan and the viewpoint character of the film. Walter's journey is to decide whether or not he's man or Muppet more on that in a second and every minute we spend with him on his adventure is well worth the price of admission. He's excellently conceived, brimming with an infectious enthusiasm about spending time with Kermit, Gonzo, Fozzy and all of his other favorite heroes that the folks at home can't help but share. Nick Stoller explains the origins of Walter! Muppets, Men And Music The music in "The Muppets" is fantastic, as is always the case when Kermit and pals grace the big or small screens. Credit on this one goes largely to Flight of the Conchords' Bret McKenzie, who served as music supervisor on the film and brought us unforgettable tunes like "Life's A Happy Song," "Pictures in My Head" and the sure-to-be Oscar-nominated "Man or Muppet." The odds of you leaving the theater without any number of these memorable numbers stuck in your head are very, very slim. Chris Cooper Raps You heard me. They're Back! Really, what more is there to say? "The Muppets" have been gone for far too long, and this perfect little movie more than emphasizes how much they've been missed. We need these guys in our lives I do, at least. So if you're a fan of awesome things and you don't want to break my heart, you'll put your hard-earned easy-being green on the line and pay "The Muppets" a visit this holiday weekend. It's my favorite movie of the year it just might be yours as well! Watch Stoller explain what was cut out of the "Muppets"! Are you checking out "The Muppets" this weekend? Let us know in the comments section and on Twitter!

Start Searching: Kellan Lutz Talks A Gamers Heart

First Launched: November 22, 2011 1:10 PM EST Credit: Because of California Pictures & Xenon Pictures Caption Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene get cozy round the number of A Gamers HeartLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Fans may recognize the chiseled Kellan Lutz and stunning Ashley Greene utilizing their particular roles as Emmett and Alice Cullen inside the Twilight Saga, before they increased being famous for taking up the screen as vampire brother and sister, Kellan and Ashley co-starred in a really different onscreen relationship. The duo shot the film A Gamers Heart this past year, despite the fact that it features a modest PG rating, the film which will finally be released on December 2 also boasts plenty of kissing moments between Kellan and Ashley that will have Twi-Hards spinning. The film follows Conor Sullivan (Kellan Lutz), a hotheaded, secondary school lacrosse player, who's dating the coachs daughter, Brooklyn (Ashley Greene). However, Connors feelings get beyond control when his father handles to get rid of his existence in Iraq, which is around Conors family and pals to help steer him back on the right course. Kellan was attracted towards the film since it is not another sports movie. It's not clich, where the kid wins the championship within the buzzer, Kellan mentioned inside an on set interview. Its a coming-of-age story of a boy and also the journey being guy. It absolutely was furthermore an initial for Kellan, who got to battle the role in the projects leading guy. Ive never been # 1 around the call sheet, Kellan ongoing inside the interview. Ive been 781326142[but] in this project, Im in nearly every scene. Im never throughout my trailer, which I'm not familiar with! For further with Kellan round the number of the film, Check out a distinctive interview! Have a look at these photos within the film, HERE! A Gamers Heart will hit theaters in limited release and video on-demand on December 2. The DVD release is slated for February 7. -By Chandler Chase Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Netflix Shares Face A Tough Market Amid Questions About $400M Refinancing

In early trading Netflix shares are down about 3.3% from yesterday’s $74.47 close– and flirting with the possibility of ending the day ata new 52-week low.Investors are still trying to make sense of last night’sannouncement that it struck two deals to raise $400M with a warningthat it expects a net loss in 2012, a change from its previous guidance of “several quarters” of losses. The company agreed to sell $200M in common stock, at $70 a share, to accounts managed by T. Rowe Price Associates in addition to its$200M convertible notes offer to Technology Crossover Ventures. With the deals “we have strengthened our balance sheet and remain focused on growing our streaming subscriptions and returning to global profitability after our launch of the U.K. in 2012,” CFO David Wells said. But several analysts say that they’re pessimistic: Caris & Co’s David Miller lowered his price target to $59 from $77 since Netflix “is sending the rhetorical signal to the Street that the effects of its Q3 public relations nightmare have not stemmed subscriber defections, at least not in the near term.” Lazard Capital Markets’ Barton Crockett says his earnings forecast is under review adding that the company’s “recent history of quick outlook changes suggests reason to be skeptical.” Janney Capital Markets’ Tony Wible questions Netflix’s decision to raise capital just after it spent hundreds of millions of dollars to repurchase its shares. That “reinforces our view that (Netflix) has been buying stock to offset the dilution from its large issuance of equity to its management team, which has aggressively sold the stock with many options priced as low at $1.50 per share.” Susquehanna Financial Group’s Vasily Karasyov says that analysts’ earnings forecasts “will have to come down.”But Credit Suisse’s John Blackledge was a lonely bull, saying that the refinancing “strengthens (Netflix’s) balance sheet and improves its financial flexibility”although itprobably won’t be usedto finance additional content deals.

Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester: I Want the Blair and Dan Relationship to Play Out

Penn Badgley, Leighton Meester While Gossip Girl fans may be torn between who they want Blair to be with, Leighton Meester is not. "The one relationship I'd love to play out is Blair and Dan," she told TVGuide.com at the show's 100th episode party Saturday night. Penn Badgley (Dan) said: "I like the Blair [story line] because it's the most exciting for Dan as a person." See photos from Gossip Girl Although it was a surprise to see the Queen Bee and Lonely Boy, who often butted heads, start to like each other, executive producer Josh Safran said the pairing has been likely to happen since the beginning. "I wrote the first scene with them together in Season 1 ... and we knew at that moment there was something there," he said. Gossip Girl boss Josh Safran: Blair has chosen her guy, L.A. is the perfect place for Serena But Blair and Dan getting together has a few major hitches, namely Blair's impending wedding to Prince Louis - and a baby on the way. On Monday's episode (8/7c, CW) Blair continues preparing for the big day with her bridal shower. And producers said a wedding will happen (or at least partly) when the 100th episode airs Jan. 30. "She does walk down the aisle," said Margaret Colin, who plays Blair's mom. Added Blake Lively: "We shot a big dance sequence." So, while it seems there's a ceremony and a reception, Safran said it could all a dream. While an enduring story line since the first season has been the Blair-and-Chuck relationship, Meester adds that she's OK with their current status. "Her and Chuck have had ups and downs and as much as everyone loves them together, I think them having time apart has actually helped them grow," she said. Watch full episodes of Gossip Girl in our Online Video Guide But, "Chair" fans, don't be alarmed yet. Executive producer Stephanie Savage told us: "We have some amazing Chuck-and-Blair scenes coming up in the next couple of episodes.. The Chuck-and-Blair relationship is really fun and something that wasn't in the books, but came out of Leighton and Ed [Westwick]'s chemistry." Whether you want Blair to be with Chuck or Dan (does anyone want her with the Prince?), creator Josh Schwartz has a solution. "There's only one way to satisfy all those people," he said. "Threesome." Who do you want Blair to be with?

10 Biggest Winners of TV Development Season

This story first appeared in the Nov. 25 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.our editor recommendsBen Stiller's Shingle Inks TV Development Deal With ABC StudiosSarah Chalke Lands 20th TV Development Deal "An invitation to an invitation to a pre-party." That's how ABC chief Paul Lee describes his network's fall script purchases, only a tiny percentage of which will end up on the air. Still, every hit show starts with an executive saying yes to a pitch, and during the past few months, networks sand studios have bought hundreds of promising new projects, from original ideas like "mechanical-human dramas" to remakes of classics like The Munsters and The Rifleman. Now, with the pitch portion of development season nearing its end, The Hollywood Reporter is crowning the 10 biggest winners, based on volume of network sales rather than size of commitment or fees paid. Note: The most active producers based on number of network projects sold (not prices paid or pilot commitments). PETER CHERNIN The Chernin Group, 20th Century Fox TV | 16 projects sold Highlight:NBC'sUntitledGene Hong, an ensemble comedy set in a karaoke bar withThe VoicecoachAdam Levineattached as an EP. The network has given a script commitment with penalty. MARK GORDON Mark Gordon Co., ABC Studios | 14 projects sold Highlight:CBS has given a script plus penalty commitment toSource Code, an action/procedural that follows three former federal agents who are part of a top-secret program; loosely based on the Gordon-produced feature film. PETER TRAUGOTT Peter Traugott Productions, Universal Television | 13 projects sold Highlight:ABC has given a script order toI'm With Stupid, a buddy comedy withParty DownduoMartin StarrandRyan Hansen. Starr will pen the script alongsideBetter Off Ted'sJustin Adler. JAMIE TARSES Fanfare Productions, Sony Pictures TV | 12 projects sold Highlight:Fox has doled out a script order for an untitled single-camera father-son workplace comedy in which the son is the boss, fromWilfredscribesReed AgnewandEli Jorne. SHAWN LEVY and MARTY ADELSTEIN 21 Laps/Adelstein, 20th TV | 11 projects sold Highlight:NBC has given a script plus penalty commitment to aRomancing the Stoneadaptation fromThe ForgottencreatorMark Friedman, with Levy (Date Night) attached to direct. BRIAN GRAZER Imagine Entertainment, 20th TV | 10 projects sold Highlight:NBC has given a script plus penalty order to an hourlong legal drama from TV legendsSteven BochcoandDavid Milchabout a "rainmaker" lawyer in Washington, D.C., with a dark secret. AARON KAPLAN Kapital Entertainment | 10 projects sold Highlight:NBC has given a pilot order toIsabel, a comedy inspired by a French-Canadian series about a normal family with magical elements from scribesHoward BusgangandTom Nursall. VIVIAN CANNON and NEAL MORITZ Original Films, Sony Pictures TV | 9 projects sold Highlight:John Scott Shepherd's comedySave Me, which NBC granted a cast-contingent pilot order, centers on a woman who believes she's channeling God. JOANN ALFANO Brillstein Entertainment Group, ABC Studios | 8 projects sold Highlight:CSIcreatorAnthony ZuikerandWorld Trade CenterwriterAndrea Berloffhave soldChameleon, a drama centering on an undercover FBI agent who is a master of disguise. DOUG ROBINSON Happy Madison, Sony Pictures TV | 8 projects sold Highlight:Rules of EngagementcreatorTom Hertz's multicamera generational family comedy exploring how childhood affects adult decisions has received a put pilot commitment from CBS. Related Topics Brian Grazer Peter Chernin TV Development Jamie Tarses The Mark Gordon Company

VIDEO: Why Not Cast Donald Glover as Michael Jackson?

Hot on the heels of the announcement that a Michael Jackson biopic may be in the works comes a video interview, over at Next Movie, in which Community star/rapper Donald Glover does the moonwalk and names the King of Pop as his dream role. Coincidence? Who cares? Give the gig to Childish Gambino, already! Glover explains all that is tantalizing about a Jackson biopic: Good music. A tortured soul. An already crazypants real life stranger-than-fiction story. Besides: Can Johnny Depp do the MJ leg kick? I’m guessing not. On second thought: Let’s cast Glover, Depp, and a host of other actors (Kevin Bacon!) to play Jackson at various stages of his life, a la I’m Not There. Everyone wins! Screen Check: Childish Gambino [Next Movie]

'Prime Suspect' Future Uncertain, 'Community' Is Going To Be Back on NBC

NBC"Community" Community and Prime Suspect aren't canceled. As the Joel McHale comedy and also the Maria Bello drama series don't immediately easily fit in to NBC's midseason plans because they were introduced Monday, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that neither series continues to be canceled. NBC acquired six additional scripts for Prime Suspect in October and can still air the battling series (a remake from the British franchise that starred Helen Mirren) through the rest of the year before making the decision whether or not to order additional payments. Prime Suspectthus far has consistently registered a final-place finish in the Thursday at 10 p.m. slotagainst CBS' The Mentalist and ABC's Private Practice. NBC's experiment in sampling Prime Suspect on different nights on its schedule has additionally not proven fruitful enough. Up to now, the reboot is calculating 4.97 million audiences along with a 1.4 rating following a NBC comedies. STORY: NBC Sets Midseason Schedule, Moves 'Whitney,' 'Up Through The Night,' More Community, while standing among the network's battling comedies despite its prime slot among its Thursday comedies, will go back to the schedule in a date to become determined, sources stated. The comedy's newest airing attracted 3.5 million audiences, just shy of their season low it's calculating 3.69 million audiences up to now along with a 1.6 within the marketer-coveted grown ups 18-49 demographic.The CW's supernatural drama The Vampire Journals, at some point this year, came a greater rating than Community on March. 27. Meanwhile, the 4th-place network has yet to plan a lengthy listing of midseason fare, including Bent, BFFs, Awake and Betty Whitened's hidden-camera series From the Rockers. NBC Community Prime Suspect

Disney Posts 30 Percent Boost in Quarterly Net Income As Theme Parks Soar

The Walt Disney Co. on Thursday said it notched a 30 percent rise in net income to $1.25 billion on revenue that rose 7 percent to $10.43 in its fiscal fourth quarter, matching expectations on the top line. On a per-share basis, Disney posted 58 cents in profit while Wall Street analysts had predicted 55 cents. In the same quarter a year ago, Disney reported a profit of 43 cents per share. Studio entertainment revenue sunk 8 percent, while all other segments posted rising revenue on the quarter. The studio, though, recorded a respectable 13 percent rise in operating income. Disney blamed strong comparisons for sinking studio revenue, as Cars 2, Tangled, Thor, Captain America and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides didn't measure up to last year's Toy Story 3, Alice in Wonderland, Iron Man 2 and Princess and the Frog. With a 33 percent gain, Disney's parks and resorts segment scored the biggest improvement in operating income due to the inclusion of the Disney Dream cruise ship and higher ticket prices at the parks, where customers also spent more on food and merchandise. Disney shares rose 2.5 percent during the regular session Thursday to $34.64 and advanced another 2.6 percent in after-hours trading. Disney CEO Bob Iger and other top executives will discuss the earnings in a conference call later today, where some are expecting at least one of the analysts on the call to ask for an update on the suddenly controversial Oscar telecast that airs on Disney's ABC network in February. Disney's earnings wrapped up the season for the conglomerates. Before the opening bell on Thursday, Viacom reported better-than-expected quarterly financials, sending its stock 5 percent higher on the day. Related Topics ABC Bob Iger Oscars Viacom The Walt Disney Company

Studiocanal lands 'Marilyn' for Gaul

PARIS -- Studiocanal has nabbed French rights to Simon Curtis' "My Week With Marilyn." The British pic's high-profile cast includes Emma Watson, Michelle Williams and Kenneth Branagh. Pic recounts Colin Clark's experiences as third assistant director on "The Prince and the Showgirl" with Marilyn Monroe in 1957. Script is based on Clark's diaries. Produced by the Weinstein Co., BBC Films and Trademark Films, pic has played numerous fests, including NY, Mill Valley and AFI. TWC will distribute "Marilyn" Stateside on Nov. 23. Studiocanal will release "Marilyn" on March 7 in Gaul, according to trade mag La Film Francais. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Where's Wally? He's Now At MGM

Book character moves studiosTo individuals in america, he's also known as Waldo. But anything you call him up, the guy at a negative balance and whitened-candy striped jersey and bobble hat continues to be most widely known for Martin Handford's lengthy-running book series, featuring huge crowd moments. The item from the book? To locate Wally, obviously! In 2009, Wretched Me designers Illumination Entertainment nabbed the privileges towards the books. But soon after many years of little development, he's now in residence at MGM.Based on an argument released by the organization (and acquired by Deadline), MGM is searching to feature the smoothness inside a live-action adventure to see relatives audiences. Well, you would not expect a gritty, guns 'n' drugs tale, can you?InchWe're thrilled to become getting the quest for Waldo towards the giant screen. Together with our partners at Classic Media, we anticipate creating a worldwide adventure which will attract Where's Waldo? fans of any age," blabs MGM's Jonathan Glickman. You will find no authors or company directors attached yet, though we wager both Ryan Gosling and James Franco is going to be stated to accept lead. Or otherwise...

Kris Jenner: I Possibly Could Have Saved Nicole Brown Simpson

Kris Jenner Kris Jenner thinks she might have saved Nicole Brown Simpson had she met together with her the morning of her murder in 1994.In her own new memoir, Kris Jenner...And All Sorts Of Things Kardashian, Jenner - whose late ex-husband Robert Kardashian defended O.J. Simpson in Brown Simpson's and Ron Goldman's killings - creates that Brown Simpson known as her in early stages June 12, 1994, asking her in the future over.Kim Kardashian divorcing Kris Humphries"Nicole stated, 'Can you receive right here...? I have to speak with you. It is important,AInch Jenner creates, based on excerpts acquired by Radar Online. Jenner requested when they could postpone until the following day because she was busy together with her children, that Brown Simpson agreed. "[She stated] 'That's okay, are you able to meet me tomorrow for supper? I need to speak with you about something really, vital,AInch Jenner creates. "It might be the final time I'd ever talk to Nicole."Brown Simpson and Goldman were killed that evening. A mutual friend later told Jenner that Simpson had mistreated his ex-wife and Brown Simpson have been collecting evidence, she states. "[She] have been keeping this physical proof as photographs and, it might come out, other evidence, by which she'd recorded 17 many years of abuse," Jenner states. "Nicole wanted someone near to her to be aware what happening, to ensure that somebody - namely me - might be a witness. ... The realization that they had desired to confide within me struck me so difficult. ... And That I had allow her to lower."Repetition: O.J. Simpson hasn't confessed to OprahJenner states she "intuitively understood" Simpson had something related to her dying. "I really could not believe she'd been so tricked by the pack leader who she'd once loved most," she creates. "That O.J. could be so destructive and selfish and jealous he would do this to her only agreed to be mind-coming in my experience. Each one of these ideas were running through my thoughts: This cannot be true."Simpson was found innocent of both killings. He's serving a 33-year sentence for kidnapping, assault having a deadly weapon along with other crimes stemming from the 2007 incident by which he attempted to recuperate autographs.Picture timeline: Think back at Kim Kardashian's boyfriendsKris Jenner...And All Sorts Of Things Kardashian is within stores now. Jenner, 55, can look around the Today show Wednesday to go over it and her daughter Kim's impending divorce from Kris Humphries.

On the Scene: Conan O'Brien's Return to New York City

Jimmy Fallon and Conan O'Brien To celebrate his one-year anniversary on TBS, Conan O'Brien brought his late-night show to NY for his first broadcast from the Big Apple since he left Late Night in early 2009. And nearly 3,000 screaming fans were on hand at the Beacon Theater to give him a warm welcome. Conan O'Brien looks back on his big year "I have not heard applause like that since they announced I was leaving NY," O'Brien joked at the top of his monologue. O'Brien then turned his attention to the members of the audience, many of whom were dressed in Halloween costumes. Not surprisingly, more than a few fans were dressed as O'Brien. "I see a lot of Conan costumes," he said. "Hey, at least you can take yours off! I'm trapped in this!" O'Brien, who now tapes Conan in Los Angeles, continually repeated his love of NY City, and both of the episode's pre-taped bits celebrated the city. In the first, O'Brien spent the day working as a delivery boy at a Chinese restaurant with mixed results. His first delivery customer refused to accept food from him for fear of being on camera. Later, Conan couldn't find the address he was delivering to, so he gave the food away to people on the street. (He then replaced the takeout food that he'd given away with Thai soup, but the customers quickly forgave their famous delivery boy.) Conan O'Brien to officiate gay wedding on TV A second pre-taped bit saw O'Brien donning a disguise in order to visit some of his old friends at NBC without making it "too awkward." So, with the aid of a fake mustache and some sunglasses (Conan first remarked that he looked like a "hipster pedophile" and later the Unabomber), he blended into the audience at the Today Show in Rockefeller center. The NY City love continued with a battle to the death between the Empire State Building and a Scientology book store - aka "the best building L.A. could come up with." (The Empire State Building easily won.) Then NY City Mayor Michael Bloomberg turned up to administer a NY citizenship test. Sample question: What's Derek Jeter's greatest accomplishment? Conan's (correct) answer: Minka Kelly. Check out photos of O'Brien O'Brien's first guest of the week was Jimmy Fallon, who succeeded O'Brien as the host of Late Night. Fallon offered up a "winning" impression of Charlie Sheen, and took a few moments to plug his new Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor, which the audience sampled after the show. (Sadly, this reporter was a little late to the sample line, but it sounds delicious.) Both Fallon and musician/comedian Reggie Watts, who opened for Conan during his nationwide tour last year, performed rousing musical numbers. Watts did a fitting rendition of "The Boys Are Back in Town" while Fallon performed a "Halloween Song" that was really a celebration of America that included a huge American flag and red-white-and-blue-clad baton twirlers. During some commercial breaks, O'Brien ventured out into the audience to sign autographs, pose for pictures and even give out a few hugs. During others, he danced around the stage and pretended to box announcer/sidekick Andy Richter. At one point late in the show, O'Brien removed his jacket to cool off, only to discover some noticeable pit stains. He turned to share his embarrassment with the audience, but the Team Coco crowd simply roared with more applause. Only in NY. Conan airs weeknights at 11/10c on TBS. What did you think of O'Brien's fist show back in the Big Apple?

Jessica Simpson (Finally) Confirms Pregnancy: I'm Going to Be a Mummy

Jessica Simpson Jessica Simpson Bump Watch 2011 finally came to an end Monday when the singer and fashion designer confirmed she is expecting. "It's true - I'm going to be a mummy!" Simpson, 31, wrote on her website along with a picture of herself dressed in a mummy (get it?) costume for Halloween. Check out 9 failed reality TV marriages Speculation has been rampant for weeks about Simpson's impending motherhood after she was photographed with a growing belly several times. This will be the first child for Simpson and her fiancé, Eric Johnson. The two started dating in May 2010 and became engaged in November of that year. Simpson will next appear on the upcoming NBC reality series, Fashion Star. Simpson was previously married to Nick Lachey for three years before the Newlyweds stars split in 2005. Lachey started dating Kim Kardashian, who is newly single, shortly after his divorce from Simpson.

New rules redraw Oscar's picture, doc, toon races

'Toy Story 3'Going into this season's Oscar race, a number of rule changes produced by the Academy of Movies Arts and Sciences could considerably alter the number of groups pan out.Most particularly, the amount of nominated films within the best picture category will no more always be 10. 2 yrs after raising that category's nomination area from five to 10 films, the Academy chosen to alter it again in June. This time around, they'll be permitting between five and 10 nominees according to another system.In the last ten years, an analysis through the Academy discovered that the very best election-getting movie received 20.5% from the first-place votes, normally. Thus, the Academy determined that to be able to be nominated, a movie should receive, at least, 5% of first-place votes.Academy voters -- and you will find roughly 6,000 of these -- will rank their finest picture options on the ballot in statistical order. If every member chosen, that will mean a movie would want 300 to begin with votes to become assured a nomination.That standard produces a slate of a maximum of 10 movies. Had the machine experienced effect from 2001 to 2008 (prior to the expansion to some slate of 10), the Academy discovered that there could have been years that produced five, six, seven, eight and nine nominees, but never 10.Past the best picture shakeup, you will find additional changes over the rulebook.Within the animated feature category, there might be between two and five nominees, based on the number of toon movies are launched that year. In a year that eight to 12 are launched, the branch may nominate the 2 or 3 finest. When 13 to fifteen films are launched, no more than four might get nominated, while when 16 or even more animated features are launched, no more than five might make the cut.Furthermore, the qualifications period within the documentary feature and short groups changes this year, putting it good twelve months (formerly it absolutely was September to August). Consequently, this season's qualifications period will really be 16 several weeks: Sept. 1, 2010, to 12 ,. 31, 2011.And lastly, within the visual effects category, the amount of films selected to become runners up has risen from seven to 10, which five is going to be nominated in line with the traditional "bakeoff" voting event.Honours SEASON LAUNCH:Acad muzzles the clink and guzzle scene New rules redraw Oscar's picture, doc, toon races Tricky photos spend years on the way Fest test weeds out basically Oscar's best Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Keck's Exclusives: The Story Behind Law & Order: SVU's Mystery Necklace

Mariska Hargitay I've observed Benson sporting a completely new necklace on Law & Order: SVU. Any significance? - Leslie, Saratoga, N.Y. Plenty! The building blocks in the necklace - having a Semper Fi Marine medallion (alongside two pendants representing Mariska Hargitay's Pleased Heart Foundation) - was referred to in the scene cut within the October 12 episode. Olivia opens an envelope from ex-partner Elliot Stabler, featuring its the medallion together with a little badge with Stabler's badge number about it (the badge is becoming clipped to her gun). Why the edit? "We'd already seen Olivia break lower and be off her game. How extended can your protagonist moon around the colliege?" states professional producer Warren Leight. Later this season, Olivia will most likely obtain a visit from half brother Simon (Michael Weston), not seen round the series since 2007. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Martin Scorsese circles 'The Snowman'

ScorseseMartin Scorsese is looking to return to the sort of films that have defined his career, but with a chilly, Nordic twist: The helmer is in early talks to direct Working Title's adaptation of Jo Nesbo's bestselling mystery novel "The Snowman." While no formal offer has been made, Scorsese has been circling the project for the last month while putting the finishing touches on Paramount's "Hugo." He recently began engaging with Working Title and is now seriously considering helming the project. Matthew Michael Carnahan is in talks to adapt the Norwegian novel, the seventh entry in Nesbo's series about detective Harry Hole. Set in Oslo, "The Snowman" concerns a missing woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous-looking snowman. Hole discovers that the crime may be the work of a serial killer. Working Title's Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce the pic, while Nesbo and Niclas Salomonsson will exec produce. Nesbo's Harry Hole series has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide and offers franchise potential similar to that of Sony's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," helmed by David Fincher. Elsewhere, Ridley Scott is attached to direct Sony's American adaptation of the British "Red Riding" serial killer trilogy. Carnahan, whose past films include Peter Berg's "The Kingdom," Robert Redford's "Lions for Lambs" and Kevin Macdonald's "State of Play," is one of two scribes credited on Paramount's upcoming Brad Pitt starrer "World War Z." Paramount will release Scorsese's "Hugo" on Nov. 23. Pic, which stars Asa Butterfield and Chloe Moretz, is aimed at a decidedly younger audience than "The Snowman." Scorsese and Carnahan are repped by WME. Contact Jeff Sneider at jeff.sneider@variety.com

New 'Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' Poster Isn't Nude, But Noirish

by Rachel Molino The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo has adapted Swedish author Stieg Larssons crime thriller novel of the same name in a perfect cacophony of white hot director David Fincher, newly most-sought-after score master Trent Reznor and fan-approved leads Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara. The film, which features Mara as a tormented computer hacker, probably doesnt need a real hand in the hype department, but it certainly is appropriate that a Tumblr site helms its viral marketing campaign. MouthTapedShut.com, the as of yet unofficial viral marketing hub for the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, has posted a new poster just as striking as the first one we saw, albeit for different, less naked reasons. Distinctly infused with notes of 40s-era noir, projected on a bleak snowy landscape and topped with a sharp-edged font, the poster has as much style as the ultra stylish film deserves. Updates, in both picture and video form, already come at a rate of about one per day at the Tumblr, and are likely to speed up the closer we come to the thrillers December 21 release. Ironically, those who have remained unexposed to Larssons novels and Swedish film adaptations will have to wait until the snowy season for the mysteries of Girl With The Dragon Tattoo to come forth in the thaw. Which Girl With The Dragon Tattoo poster do you prefer? Have you seen any of the Swedish film versions? Let us know what you think in the comment section or on Twitter!

U.S. Version Of Jo Nesbos TV Series Occupied Being Eyed

An American version of Norwegian bestselling crime author Jo Nesbos new TV series Occupied is being talked about, Swedish producer Marianne Gray tells me. American actors and a U.S. director are also being considered for the eight-episode Norwegian TV series, which is awaiting a green light from state broadcaster NRK. Nesbo, whose novel Headhunters is being adapted by Summit Entertainment as a $30-40 million movie, has co-written three scripts for the show with local writer Havald Rosen Loew Eeg. Working Title is separately developing a feature film version of The Snowman, another bestseller by Nesbo, whose books featuring detective Harry Hole have sold nine million copies worldwide. Occupied is set in the near future, when Russia has invaded Norways oil fields and the country is under occupation. Gray, who has just come back from the States meeting with LA-based studios and producers, says: People are saying Occupied has the potential to be a U.S. series. There are parallels with the German occupation of Norway during the Second World War. The question is, how far do you collaborate when everything on the surface is pretty much the same? Yellow Bird produced the original feature-film version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, which David Fincher has remade. The Swedish version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo has grossed $104 million worldwide — $10 million of that in the U.S. alone, which is almost unheard of for a subtitled film. The Stockholm-based company also made TV versions of the other two books in Steig Larssons series, launching Noomi Rapace as an international star. It also created the original Swedish TV version of local detective Wallander, which again the BBC has remade starring Kenneth Branagh. Yellow Bird co-produced the UK version with Left Bank Pictures too. Its own $5 million feature-film adaptation of Headhunters, which tells the story of a thieving corporate headhunter who gets in over his head when he steals a clients valuable painting, played at the BFI London Film Festival last night. Magnolia has picked up the Norwegian version for U.S. release later this year. Summits U.S. remake of Headhunters is now out to writers, and Gray revealed that Nesbo may write a sequel to his original Headhunters novel. Gray, who gave the keynote speech at the Film London Production Finance Market this morning, said that she is also developing a TV version of a series of books by an American crime author. She wouldn’t say who. Many American crime authors have had one-off movies of their books made, but not entire series, she says. Gray, who started her career in LA at studios including Disney, Warner Bros. and Fox, says there is greater desire for American companies to work with European production companies such as Yellow Bird. Its strategy is to identify bestselling crime novel series, and then convert them into high-end television drama, often giving them a theatrical outing first. We are getting a lot of approaches from companies in the States. One American executive said to me, International is the new DVD. Everybody wants a piece of Europe, but sometimes they dont understand that Europe is not just a single territory.

Occupy Wall Street: Hollywood Weighs in at In on Protesters' Refusal to Vacate Park

NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg has told the Occupy Wall Street protesters that they need to vacate the low Manhattan park where they've been camped out for pretty much per month.our editor recommendsEntertainment Unions Increase Support for Occupy Wall StreetHollywood Chefs Join Occupy Wall Street ProtestsKanye West Visits Occupy Wall Street ProtestsMichael Moore, Susan Sarandon Make Looks at Wall Street ProtestsOccupy Wall Street: Hollywood Is constantly on the Weigh In around the ProtestsRelated Subjects•Occupy Wall Street The main reason? Bloomberg wants a sanitation crew in the future into Zuccotti Park to wash in the site, which is stuffed with a lot more than 1,000 demonstrators. He's purchased them from the area by 7 a.m. Friday. However the protesters have stated they aren't departing. PHOTOS: Box Office Politics: The Films and Stars Dems versus. GOPers Love (and Like to Hate) "Come tomorrow morning, we'll passively resist making it as being difficult a procedure to get rid of us as you possibly can,Inch Occupy Wall Street spokesperson Tyler Combelic told CNN. "It's no occupation if you're able to't occupy the park." It appears he and the fellow protesters possess some support from the couple of people in Hollywood. Russell Simmons tweeted he's likely to attend the park at 7 a.m. and urged his a lot more than 987,000 fans to complete exactly the same. "Meet me at Zuccotti Park tmw at 7AM. There's Not a way the brave, loyal yng ppl are now being started out," he authored. PHOTOS: The Scene at Occupy L.A. Younger crowd designed a plea to Bloomberg through the social media site: "Dear @MikeBloomberg please don't get rid of protesters at Zuccotti Park. I covers clean-as much as avoid confrontation." He added: "The yogi within me wants 2 pay 2 clean park & the threat disappears. The activist thinks it might be easier to let government bodies fu+k themselves." Meanwhile, Mark Ruffalo, who has been a vocal supporter from the protesters, also chimed in, asking Bloomberg to alter his mind. "Since Liberty Square continues to be washed through the Occupiers what's Bloomberg's reason behind Clearing the park other then Provocation? Stop," he tweeted. STORY:Occupy Wall Street Protests Pose Unique Risk for Stars Who Become Involved Younger crowd came out in the park Thursday, writing the demos are not even close to over: "There's without doubt i believe it does not matter what goes on tomorrow this factor is just beginning." He later added he spoken to some policeman who supported the protestors. "Just spoken with a in our NYPD siblings," he authored. "After I requested one what he considers #OWS. Stated if he wasn't putting on his blues he'd maintain here." Roseanne Barr also required problem using the mayor, tweeting: "Bloomberg no!!!" STORY:Occupy Wall Street: What Hollywood Says Concerning the Protests Michael Moore, who also offers made looks in the occasions, chimed in too by having an update around the ongoings. "People in Zuccotti Park cleaning the park so police don't possess a reason 2 close park lower," he tweeted. The protests, which began Sept. 17 in NY, have since spread to La along with other metropolitan areas as demonstrators protest corporate avarice and corruption. Related Subjects Mark Ruffalo Michael Bloomberg Russell Simmons Roseanne Barr Michael Moore Occupy Politics

Chris Tucker's Million-Dollar Florida Mansion Faces Foreclosures

Last summer time, it had been says Chris Tucker owed the government over $11 million at the spine taxes. Now it seems the reclusive actor-comic has encounter more financial troubles. The Orlando Sentinel reviews that Tucker allegedly owes a lot more than $4 million to SunTrust Bank, that has filed foreclosures papers around the 10,000 square-feet Florida mansion. Per the Sentinal, Tucker's mansion includes "five sleeping rooms, three fire places, an individual health spa within the master bedroom, an outside kitchen looking over a swimming pool, as well as an unusual basement designed just like a sailing ship having a wooden deck, mast and sail." Ironically, the Irs put an $11.5 million lein around the waterfront home within the pricey Bella Collina of Monteverde, Fla. last summer time to gather delinquent taxes in the 'Rush Hour' star. Tucker has yet to discuss the foreclosures. He was lately talked about just as one co-star for 'The Silver Textures Playbook' with Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. His Florida house is presently priced at just $1.six million. [via Orlando Sentinel] [Photo: WireImage] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

What you should expect From John Williams' 'Rock Center'

This story first came out inside the March. 21 problem in the Hollywood Reporter.our editor recommendsBrian Williams' Newsmagazine being Referred to as 'Rock Center'Brian Williams Talks Politics, Occupy Wall Street on 'Late Show' (Video)John Williams' NBC Nightly News Causes Brawl In May, when NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt spoke in regards to the network's new newsmagazine introduced by John Williams -- the Nightly News anchor, wry talk show customer and repeat guest star on Tina Fey's 30 Rock -- he recommended that Williams' comedy side would participate the show. However, if Rock Center premieres March. 31 inside the 10 p.m. Monday slot vacated by quickly canceled drama The Playboy Club, executive producer Rome Hartman cautions that Williams will not be pointing Jon Stewart. "John comes with an excellent wit together with a spontaneity," Hartman notifies THR, "but this is not a comedy show." PHOTOS: Most likely Probably The Most Spoken-About TV News Faces Rock Center covers news and human-interest tales while remaining from sister show Dateline's true crime genre. NBC News personnel including medical editor Nancy Snyderman and chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel will lead their agendas allow, but Kate Snow and Harry Cruz could possibly get top billing alongside Williams. (Former Today co-host Meredith Vieira will not show up on this program through the initial couple of several days because of previous obligations.) NBC News has produced an assortment that affiliates call an elegant guy cave getting phone Manhattan skyline and multiple anchor stations -- including one getting a settee. Rock Centeris the initial broadcast newsmagazine launch in recent memory and extended past the heyday in the format when such programs made news with major "can getInch and commanded prime primetime property from network entertainment divisions. Nowadays, most regularly scheduled newsmagazines are shunted to weekend several hours and many of them are employed to fill holes inside the schedule. PHOTOS:10 Tv Shows Canceled Faster Than 'The Playboy Club' But Hartman notes that Rock Center has introduced a "tremendous commitment" from network professionals."From [NBC Universal Boss] Steve Burke to [NBC News leader] Steve Capus to John Williams and also on lower, there's dedication the program will most likely get every chance to be successful.In . Certainly the price for Rock Center is substantially within scripted hour newsmagazines typically cost $250,000 to $300,000 to produce (excluding anchor salaries), compared to $3 million per episode for just about any drama series. But you will discover no expects to grow Rock Center to plug additional future programming holes or put it to use just like a money-saving gambit such as the network's aborted 10 p.m. Jay Leno experiment. "One evening each week is enough for people at this time around,Inch states Hartman. "We neither wish to be considered filler nor can we have plans for world domination." Related Subjects John Williams NBC Robert Greenblatt The Playboy Club

Supernatural Star Jared Padalecki & Wife Expecting

First Published: October 13, 2011 10:28 AM EDT Credit: Getty Premium Caption Supernatural star Jared Padalecki and wife Genevieve Cortese arrive at Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, Calif. on March 13, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Its only natural that actor Jared Padalecki is super excited, he and his wife have a baby on the way! The 29-year-old actor announced that wife Genevieve Cortese is pregnant. OK yall Id rather you officially hear it from me So, yes. Genevieve is pregnant, the CW star wrote on Twitter. Well be welcoming a new member to our family in 2012. It appears his legions of Supernatural fans flooded his Twitter account with well-wishes and questions about where to send baby gifts. PLEASE PLEASE send gifts not to us, but to St. Judes Childrens Hospital! Lets make the world a brighter place for those not as fortunate, the actor wrote in another Tweet. The former Gilmore Girls star, who played Dean on the series, married Genevieve, who also once starred on Supernatural, in February 2010. Supernatural airs Fridays at 9 PM on The CW. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

'Thing' preems at Universal

Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Ulrich Thomsen Eli Roth and Marilyn MansonThe U team includes Ron Meyer, left, Adam Fogelson, pic's producer Marc Abraham and Josh Goldstine. Selena Gomez Exec producer J. Miles Dale hands the night to Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. Halloween got an early start Monday night as horror fans came out for Universal's premiere of "The Thing" at Universal City Walk. Before the screening, helmer Eli Roth and rocker Marilyn Manson were seen talking shop with Platinum Dunes execs Brad Fuller and Andrew Form. After the premiere, guests relived the film at Universal Studio's haunted maze, a replica from the pic, before heading to Jillian's Arcade for the afterparty, where the scary preamble didn't put the film's star, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, off enjoying a slice of pizza. "Thing" director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. said he wanted his version to be different from the Howard Hawks-produced 1951 pic, but liked the original's sense of claustrophobia. "I have always been a fan of isolated thrillers, and in a film like this, you are searching with the characters, and that really allows the audience to feel like they are a part of the film," he said. Also seen making the rounds were "Breaking Bad's" Aaron Paul and director Peter Berg. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

Steve Jobs' Dying: Hollywood Honors the Visionary

Apple co-founder and former Boss Jobs omitted a effective legacy in the world of technology and computing, but knowing through the quantity of Hollywood personas that felt the necessity to share their condolencs on Twitter, his influence went far beyond that.our editor recommendsSteve Jobs Dies at 56Steve Jobs 'Died Silently,' His Family SaysApple Honors Jobs With Webpage Takeover of Official SiteSteve Jobs Appreciated By Disney, Pixar ExecsRemembering Jobs (Video)Jobs: 10 Memorable Key occasions in the Apple Co-Founder's CareerSteve Jobs' Dying: Obama States 'World Has Lost a Visionary' Reality stars, stars, company company directors and comics all shared their ideas -- these apparently sincere. A few of the extremely notable Tweets: Actor and comedian Albert Brooks Had the pleasure of utilized by him and knowing him. He was our Edison. R.I.P. Jobs. Cowboys & Aliens director Jon Favreau We lost a man of true vision today. Condolences for the whole Apple family. Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof Jobs. Regarding every dreamer using their garage who's crazy enough to affect the world, you will be missed. Generate An Earnings Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris Relaxation in peace, Jobs. Your genius can survive for many years later on... PHOTOS: Hollywood's Notable Deaths Community star Jesse Glover R.I.P. Jobs. I am in a position to honestly say you changed my existence as well as the world many occasions over. Internet personality Wil Wheaton iRIP, Jobs. Appreciate making incredible things, and then we can live afterwards. Model and talk show host Tyra Banks After I type in my apple apple iphone, tears spring2 my eyes4an amazingMan I never met. His genius has touched most of us. Jobs, you'll b/around 4ever Jay Manuel of America's Next Top Model May he RIP... Steve will be a groundbreaking genius who changed the facial skin of computing! -( Actress Rose McGowan I am beyond sad about Jobs' passing. Beyond. Author-director-actor Harry Shearer Steve, appreciate changing our life-style for your better. Scott Pilgrim Versus. the earth director Edgar Wright Farewell and R.I.P. Jobs. Written in the Mac laptop. Work author-actress Mindy Kaling Tough to not think simply how much Jobs could've finished with more years. So sad. You're the most effective, Steve. Star Trek star LeVar Burton Even though I never met him, I'm feeling losing Jobs around the very personal level. Skateboard star Tony Hawk Jobs was the man. Give Up Boy member Pete Wentz RIP jobs. true legend. Comedian Patton Oswalt RIP Jobs. Nearest factor we required to Tony Stark. Actor Steven Weber "Dying...is existence's change agent..." Jobs Bachelorette Host Chris Harrison RIP genius Jobs. Incredibly sad. Thx for that gifts he left us TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington Damn. People like jobs should live forever Technology pundit Robert Scoble Jobs has died, Apple has reported. We've lost a great one. TV host Suze Orman So sad that Jobs has died. This type of brilliant and kind guy. We'll miss you Steve. Model and talk show host Tyra Banks After I type in my apple apple iphone, tears spring2 my eyes4an amazingMan I never met. His genius has touched most of us. Jobs, you'll b/around 4ever two and a half Males star Ashton Kutcher Avatar in memory of#stevejobs [Kutcher changed his profile photo to have an Apple logo design design featured Jobs in silhouette] Comedian Jeffrey Ross Sad day. Apple's Jobs bytes the dust. However the positive thing is he backed themselves up. #roastinpeace Actress Busy Phillipps RIP Jobs. Just how much of the incredible guy. He'll leave a legacy that will go far beyond his inventions... Chuck star Zachary Levi May most of us need to affect the world the means by which Jobs has. We've only one existence. Appreciate it. #ripstevejobs Comedian Joe Rogan Jobs has died and omitted the best computer company stuck seen. A picture showed up at, an aspiration satisfied John Hodgman, the "PC" within the Mac ads Everything good I have done, I have done around the Mac. Related Subjects Jobs

CBS In Talks For Half-Hour Comedy Spec By Jon Favreau

EXCLUSIVE: Author-director-actor Jon Favreau is certainly going into scripted series with Tweaked, half-hour spec script that has showed up at CBS. The network is at early discussions for your single-camera project, which Iron Guy director Favreau written which is set to direct and executive produce. When all is mentioned and done, I hear Tweaked is predicted to obtain an plane pilot order from CBS and acquire release at sister CBS TV Art galleries. Favreau has labored for a while round the script, which tales existence and dating among single parents in Santa Monica. It marks his first foray into TV series writing. On Tv, Favreau formerly directed and executive produced the pilot for ABC’s well-received but short-were living single-camera comedy series Just Just In Case Of Emergency. More youthful crowd created, executive produced and situated the IFC talk show Dinner For Five. Round the feature side, CAA-repped Favreau, who rose to prominence becoming an actor while using 1996 indie Swingers, they written, most recently helmed Cowboys & Aliens. He's now concentrating on the script for your 2013 Disney tentpole Miracle Kingdom, they is installed on direct. CBS stood a success getting a comedy spec by another feature author-director last season. Last December, the network bought Michael Patrick King’s spec 2 Broke Women, they co-written with Whitney Cummings. The project handled to get at series and ranks since the finest-rated new show this season among grownups 18-49.

Mad Fashion: TV Review

After nine seasons of Project Runway's tried and true weekly elimination formula, viewers may be excused for occasionally craving a change of pace from the fashion brand that has championed a "one day you're out" competition format. But while the wildly popular show has made bona fide television stars out of mentor Tim Gunn and judges Michael Kors and Nina Garcia, few of the many contestants whose designs have graced the runway -- save for season four winner, Christian Siriano-- have seemed worthy of spin-off experimentation. One other exception to that rule, however, is Chris March, the flamboyant, amiable season four also-ran whose creations routinely ignored Kors' obsession with more conservative sportswear and separates, and Garcia's tasteful, editorial rebukes. Unlike so many of Runway's forgettable contestants who promise new beginnings upon elimination from the show, March parlayed his third-runner-up finish into Chris March Designs, a no-holds-barred embrace of his Beach Blanket Babylon-inspired aesthetic that sometimes proved too over-the-top for the adventurous Heidi Klum. On Mad Fashion, Bravo's new series constructed around March's new business venture, the fan favorite is given creative license by his female clients to produce clothing that is perhaps better suited for the drag queens of Coney Island's Mermaid Parade than for the women who regularly shop at Saks Fifth Avenue. In the premiere episode, that means creating a show-stopping ensemble for NY shoe designer Ruthie Davis to wear at a preview of her new line. Meeting with his new client at her apartment to discuss the concept for the get up, March immediately seizes on a design idea. "Would you like the idea of having some shoes on your outfit?" March asks. "Some actual shoes?" Davis fears that such a literal motif "could look cliché," but gives March the green light to see what he can come up with. "I don't want to design something that everybody else would do," March says before heading back to his studio in the old Lord & Taylor building in Manhattan's Flatiron District. "I want to design something that's bigger or better or funnier or more beautiful." In the absence of a whole lot of actual dramatic tension, executive producers Matt Westmore (Beauty and the Geek, The Biggest Loser) and Noah Scheinmann (Hired) rightly bet March's fertile imagination and snide sense of humor will keep viewers entertained. When one of March's assistants complains about developing a blister on his finger while cutting strips of tough fabric, March quips, "Do you know how many homeless gay people would be happy to cut up glitter canvass?" And in a hilarious aside squeezed in during a commercial break, March pulls out a blue Sharpie for a solemn moment. "I've been fascinated with Stevie Nicks for a long, long time," he explains with his staff assembled behind him. "I've written 'Stevie Nicks' inside everything I've made for the past 20 years. It blesses everything we make." In other words, if you're looking for fashion's quirky flipside of Project Runway's "go, go, go" cutthroat ambition, Mad Fashion is your show. March is completely at ease with himself and his aesthetic, and the worst that can happen here would be to deliver an outfit that misses the mark for his eccentric clientele. As March gleefully orders one of his team to drill and saw through thousands of dollars worth of Davis' stiletto heels, even that prospect doesn't seem all that troubling. "She might think it's too crazy," March says. "If she does, she's wrong." Bravo Project Runway

ABC's 'Missing' finds buyers

CANNES -- Disney Media Distribution has unveiled a raft of sales on ABC Studios' thriller series "Missing," which has its world preem Monday at Mipcom. The series, which toplines Ashley Judd, has been sold to more than 80 territories, including Fox Channels in Italy, Russia and Ukraine, AXN in Spain, Portugal, and Central and Eastern Europe, Mediaset in Spain, RTE in Ireland, Digiturk in Turkey, SBS's Kanal 5 in Sweden, TVNorge in Norway, SBS in Denmark, OSN for the Middle East, and Fox International Channels across Asia. Further Asian deals were inked with Chinese websites' Youku.com and Tudou.com, Taiwan's NextTV and Singapore's MioTV."Missing" turns on a former CIA agent tracking down her son, who has disappeared while on a summer internship in Europe. Show lensed this summer in Prague, Dubrovnik and Istanbul, and will bow on ABC in the U.S. midseason in 2012. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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Phaedra

A Shotgun Gamers presentation of the play in 2 functions by Adam Bock. Directed by Rose Riordan. Set, Nina Ball lighting/forecasts, Lucas Krech costumes, Valera Coble props, Chelsea Pegram stage manager/seem, Hannah Birch Carl. Opened up Sept. 24, 2011, examined Sept. 29. Running time: 100 MIN.Paulie Patrick Alparone Antonio Keith Burkland Catherine Catherine Castellanos Taylor Cindy Im Olibia Trish MulhollandProbably probably the most conventional play Adam Bock has opened within the San Francisco Bay Area before or since his proceed to NY City, "Phaedra" spells its source noisy and obvious within the title. But what's on stage is really a noticeably contemporary spin that diverges substantially in the blueprints supplied by Euripedes, Racine yet others. Rose Riordan's Shotgun production provides a compelling work that may still stand fleshing out at the moment, Bock boosts more issues than he truly explores, making for a night that's tersely including but does not cash emotional resonance because of the eventual extremity of functions committed. It's certainly far in the vibrantly absurdist constructs this playwright established themself ("Five Plane tickets," "The Thugs," "The Typographer's Dream"), or perhaps the compressed semi-realism of "The Shaker Chair." Here things are as straight readable because the stylish beige decor of Nina Ball's classy two-floor suburban home interior: Initially we grasp it is a stage looking for people role-playing (and/or fighting) some stilted, inorganic perception of fortunate propriety. Climbing down the steps from sleeping rooms to livingroom just like a California-moderne Bette Davis circa 1972 is Catherine (Catherine Castellanos), who controls everything of the sterile environ even while she appears strangled because of it. The love has lengthy gone from her marriage to conservative judge Antonio (Keith Burkland), a pompous windbag offering some semblance of busy everyday existence is gabby British housekeeper Olibia (Trish Mulholland, directing Hermione Gingold). However the dead air within this domestic mausoleum is stirred by prodigal boy Paulie (Patrick Alparone), a troubled youth on probation from the alcohol and drugs detox program. He's going to start anew this time around but father is condescendingly doubtful, Catherine imperially disapproving. (Olibia aside, Paulie's sole ally is really a jaded recovery buddy performed with terrific comic disdain by Cindy Im.) Why his stepmom has been so hostile is revealed right before intermission, when she constitutes a late-evening confession certain to screw together with his mind and produce disaster upon all. Frequently cast in raucous working-class parts, Castellanos gives her central figure a glacial, analyzed elegance that's its gilded cage. Yet vivid as she and also the other gamers are, we do not quite purchase the grotesque passion Catherine hides for Paulie, or its catastrophic effects, weight loss than tragic contrivance. This "Phaedra" may portend that key thought at greater leisure, develop Paulie's new character further, and expand upon the political commentary implicit in Antonio's boorish arbiter of "justice." The show does not feel rushed (oddly, the one thing that actually works least in Riordan's assured staging really are a couple of mannered "slo-mo" movement passages), however it plays a tad thinner of computer should. Design contributions are astute, with particularly evocative input from Lucas Krech's subtle lighting and forecasts. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Howard Stern Regular Jim Breuer Sells Comedy to ABC

Jim Breuer Half Baked star and Howard Stern regular Jim Breuer has sold a multigenerational comedy project to ABC. According to Jim executive producers Judd Pillot and John Peaslee have been tapped to pen the project and serve as showrunners with Levity Entertainment Group attached to executive produce the comedy from ABC Studios. Breuer will star in the multicamera project, described as a multigenerational comedy revolving around Breuer and his wife, who live under the same roof as his father and three daughters. Breuer, repped by UTA, Levity Entertainment Group and King, Holmes, Paterno & Berliner, was a regular on Dave Chappelle's The Chappelle Show, Saturday Night Live and Comedy Central's special Let's Clear the Air. Pillot and Peaslee are repped by UTA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Kleinberg Lange Cuddy & Klein. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com; Twitter: @Snoodit

Roush Review: Homeland Is Fall's Best New Drama

Claire Danes Showtime is going to enhance the dramatic stakes every sunday, that have been already plenty high. Network TV's finest adult drama, CBS' The Great Wife, lately gone to live in the evening, ABC just released a scrumptious bit of escapism in Pan Am, the 2nd season of HBO's luxurious Prohibition period piece Boardwalk Empire has already been going ahead, as well as in two days, AMC resurrects its terrifyingly graphic zombie thriller The Walking Dead. Threatening to upstage the area is Showtime's effective one-two punch, beginning this Sunday: the return from the ever-popular Dexter (9/8c), now in the sixth bloody cycle of under-the-radar serial killing, which supplies a mighty lead-into the fall's most riveting new drama, Homeland.Want more Fall TV News? Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!Right now, we are accustomed to Dexter's darkly compelling juggling act, killing individuals who deserve it in the off hrs while showing up in the clock for that Miami police and feigning a façade of normality in the home existence, which now includes the task of single being a parent. But a much more fascinating mystery of duality are available in the mental thriller Homeland (10/9c), in the producers of 24, that provides two tortured heroes for that cost of 1.Within the situation of Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody (the electrifying Damian Lewis), we are speaking actual torture. Saved after eight years in difficult Al-Qaeda captivity, Brody is beset by alarming flashbacks and evening terrors because he faces an uneasy hero's homecoming to an enormous amount of secrets and lies as well as an awkward duration of adjustment having a family that barely knows him, including V's Morena Baccarin, very affecting as his psychologically overcome wife.Brody's finest obstacle, though, might be Barbara Mathison, an unsound loose cannon of the CIA analyst, performed with fiery intensity by Claire Danes. She's reason to think the inscrutable Brody might have been switched while a prisoner, and might be a sleeper agent suggested as a factor inside a pending terrorist attack. She strongly chases her accusations, repel her bosses and jeopardizing her one remaining professional relationship, together with her naturally concerned mentor (a properly understated Mandy Patinkin).It might be rapidly apparent that Brody is hiding something, and also the more we obtain inside his mind, the greater disturbing our perception of his situation becomes. Lewis conveys Brody's stress, disorientation - and many important, his ambiguity - genuinely. And unsettling are Carrie's rogue actions, together with a creepily voyeuristic invasion of his privacy. "Me? No. I am never done!" she states (brags?) to 1 of her contacts.Who's the actual terrorist? Who's the monster? Shows like Homeland possess a method of keeping us enchantingly off balance. Can't think about a location I'd prefer or perhaps a show I'd more recommend.Sign up to TV Guide Magazine now!

Spain selects 'Bread' for Oscars

"Black Bread (Pa Negre)"BARCELONA -- Agusti Villaronga's rural coming-of-age tale "Black Bread" has been selected as Spain's foreign-language Oscar candidate. "Bread" beat out Pedro Almodovar's "The Skin I Live In" and Benito Zambrano's Civil War meller, "The Sleeping Voice," which also made a three-pic shortlist announced Sept. 14 by Spain's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The pic, which is set in 1944, took nine kudos at February's Goya Awards, including film, director and actress for Nora Navas. "Bread" will be the first Catalan-language movie selected as Spain's Oscar entry. A former left-of-field helmer who moved mainstream for "Bread," Villaronga won this year's Spanish National Cinema Prize, bestowed by the ICAA Spanish Film Institute. With "Bread's" selection, the Spanish Academy has once more cold-shouldered Almodovar. Only one of his last five features, and the one most clearly focused on Spain, "Volver," has been selected by the Spanish Academy as Spain's foreign-language Oscar candidate. Another, "Talk to Her," though not put forward by the Spanish Academy, won an Academy Award for original screenplay. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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Roman Polanski Returns to Scene of 2009 Arrest

Around this time around around this past year, an naive Roman Polanski travelled for the Zurich Film Festival to obtain a very long time achievement award. He didn't get farther in comparison to airport terminal terminal. Swiss police arrested him around the U.S. warrant from 1978, when Polanski fled the country after pleading guilty for you to get illegal sex getting a 13-year-old girl. What adopted was several days of house arrest, a extended extradition fight together with a media circus. It ended, since it began, with Polanski a free of charge guy.our editor recommendsRoman Polanski's 'Carnage': Just what the Experts SayVenice 2011: Al Pacino's 'Wilde Salome,' Roman Polanski's 'Carnage' Win Awards'Carnage' Trailer: Kate Winslet and Jodie Promote Stress in Roman Polanski's Film Adaptation (Video)The brand new the new sony Pictures Classics to produce Roman Polanskis 'Carnage' Now, the Oscar-winning director is acquiring where he left off. On Tuesday, Polanski, 78, will fly to Zurich to obtain his award and connected adulation. The festival follows the tribute while using world premiere from the "secret" documentary. Zurich planners are keeping things hush-hush, nevertheless it's regarded as as Marina Zenovich's follow-around Roman Polanski: Wanted and Preferred, the 2008 doc that reignited fascination with his situation. PHOTOS: 'Carnage' and 9 Other Movies to know within the Venice Film Festival There's little danger history will repeat in Zurich. A Swiss court freed Polanski around the technicality -- it mentioned it didn't plenty of evidence to warrant extradition. But unless of course obviously La County Da Steve Cooley confirms to supply private testimony about Polanski's sentencing procedure in 1977-78, they has frequently rejected to accomplish, the Swiss are unlikely to change their brains. Cooley, using a speaker, declined comment, aside from to assist help remind Hollywood that Polanski can be a fugitive together with a warrant remains out for his arrest. It is simple to forget, before his arrest put him within the mind lines, Polanski had wound up off lots of people's radar. His latest film in those days was 2005's Oliver Twist, a box-office flop inside the U.S. ($2.millions of domestic gross) that completed better overseas but divided experts. The thrill round the Ghost Author, they was finishing when he was arrested, was minimal. Entrepreneurs worldwide worried that news in the scandal would drive audiences away. Polanski's next project, an adaptation in the hit play God of Carnage, looked dead in water. This type of difference couple of years makes: Ghost Author opened up within the 2010 Berlin Worldwide Film Festival and ongoing to gross $60 million worldwide, and Polanski could recruit a cast including three Oscar individuals who win -- Kate Winslet, Jodie Promote and Christoph Waltz, plus John C. Reilly -- for Carnage, which opened up Sept. one in the Venice Film Festival for the best reviews Polanski has seen since 2002's The Pianist. Polanski's rehab began almost as soon as what is the news of his arrest broke. Because the conservative talk-show circuit was with him being reduce for the U.S. in chains, filmmakers were petitioning for his release. Polanski used to be under house arrest when Ghost Author won the most effective director prize in Berlin. It taken the eu Film Honours -- a apparent symbol of solidarity among the director's co-employees. With Carnage delighting Venice together with an organized honours campaign in the new the new sony Pictures Classics connected using its December U.S. release, Polanski's comeback is complete. Cooley has mentioned in case your "cooperative jurisdiction" busts Polanski, his office might again seek extradition. But for the moment, Polanski has came back on top. Many predicted the 2010 arrest means the conclusion of his career. couple of years on, the helmer returns to Zurich mind held high. POLANSKI Laminator Tl901 OFFICE: Worldwide grosses for your filmmaker's 5 top movies The Pianist (2002): $120.millions of The Ghost Author (2010): $60.2 million The Ninth Gate (1999): $58.4 million Oliver Twist (2005): $42.6 000 0000 Rosemary oil oil's Baby (1968): $33.6 000 0000 Related Subjects The Ghost Author Jodie Promote Kate Winslet Roman Polanski Carnage