'Hangover 2' Lawsuit, Part 4: Louis Vuitton Sues Warner Bros. Over Fake Bag in Film

It's the R-rated comedy that keeps on giving. For lawyers. Everyone's favorite legal punching bag, 'The Hangover Part II,' is being sued again, this time by the luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton. The company alleges that a handbag featured in the film is actually a fake. This wouldn't seem like such a big deal except that, as the Hollywood Reporter points out, the scene in question has Zach Galifianakis carrying the bag and stating "Careful, that is ... a Louis Vuitton." The complaint states that Louis Vuitton has been "damaged by consumer confusion." If you're keeping count, this is the fourth (fourth!) lawsuit brought against the comedy. First, a tattoo artist sued the producers for copyright infringement over the face tattoo Ed Helms' character sports in the film. After that, a stunt man sued for damages due to brain injuries he suffered while shooting a scene. Then there was the guy who claimed the writers stole the idea for the sequel from the man's life story. The first lawsuit was settled out of court; the second two were dropped by the plaintiffs. For this latest legal snafu, Louis Vuitton probably won't go quietly. After all, their reputation has been irrevocably damaged, or something. [via THR] 5 Movie Lawsuits 'Natural Born Killers''The Hangover, Part II''Borat''Passion of the Christ''Coming to America' See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Dominic West, 'The Hour' Happy With Globe Noms

LONDON (AP) Dominic West is not any stranger to award occasions he's not familiar with being nominated.The British actor is about the candidate for his performance in BBC America's period newsroom drama, "The Hour.""Throughout my 37 years in show business I haven't yet win an award," West grinned. "So yes, we'd somewhat jump up minimizing in your house, cracked open another bottle."Speaking Tuesday for the Connected Press round the TV program's south London set, West mentioned he'd worried about how a program might be received, watching the cruel competition it faced from "great" American dramas like "Mad Males.""The Hour" remains nominated for 3 Globes in many best miniseries or movie, West for your actor category and co-star Romola Garai for top actress.West plays blustery anchorman Hector Madden, while fellow British people Garai and Ben Whishaw complete the love triangular that's happening behind the curtain from the hour-extended British news Tv series. Garai is Bel, producer, while Whishaw can get into a number of trouble becoming an investigative reporter.West states what is the news in the Globe nominations, which came at the outset of shooting for six new episodes inside the second season, has put a spring to the step in the cast and crew."It definitely is nice to know that your work is actually being seen and appreciated by people," he mentioned."Specially when audience figures aren't so large. Too as with England, i had been on inside the summer season holidays, therefore i wasn't ever certain that anybody first seen it,Inch he jeered.The Golden Globes ceremony continues to be held Jan. 15 within the Beverly Hilton hotel in La. And West is wanting his old co-star from HBO's celebrated series "The Wire," Idris Elba, will probably be there to discuss the enjoyment Elba is nominated inside the same category as West for "Luther."Although West claims to not come in the running with an acting prize before, according to him his old castmates at "The Wire" visits any award show."Nobody would arrive from 'The Sopranos' since they were bored of honours, without any you may arrive from 'West Wing' or whatever since they were bored nevertheless the whole of 'The Wire' would arrive,Inch he referred to. "We never got nominated because of not we'd also have fun."The completely new quantity of "The Hour" purports to address cover-ups, sexual intrigues as well as the pending Cold War. West mentioned his character has converted into a high profile in 1957 England and very soon chimes the rails."He's developed as this large star and also the fall is, consequently, as large and profound," he mentioned.Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Penn, McDormand, Giamatti Join Sundance Cast List

Penn, McDormand, Giamatti Join Sundance Cast List December 20, 2011 Paul Giamatti LOS ANGELES (AP) Films featuring Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Paul Giamatti, Jesse Eisenberg, Tracy Morgan and Melissa Leo are among late additions to next month's Sundance Film Festival.Organizers for Robert Redford's independent-film showcase said Monday they have added four titles to the previously announced lineup of more than 100 movies.The new films are: director Paolo Sorrentino's rock-star-on-a-road-trip tale "This Must Be the Place," with Penn and McDormand; Philip Dorling and Ron Nyswaner's "Predisposed," with Eisenberg, Leo and Morgan in a comic romp about a piano prodigy, his troubled mom and a drug dealer; Don Coscarelli's horror comedy "John Dies at the End," featuring Giamatti; and Joachim Trier's "Oslo, August 31st," a drama about a Norwegian man in crisis.The festival runs Jan. 19-29 in Park City, Utah.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Penn, McDormand, Giamatti Join Sundance Cast List December 20, 2011 Paul Giamatti LOS ANGELES (AP) Films featuring Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Paul Giamatti, Jesse Eisenberg, Tracy Morgan and Melissa Leo are among late additions to next month's Sundance Film Festival.Organizers for Robert Redford's independent-film showcase said Monday they have added four titles to the previously announced lineup of more than 100 movies.The new films are: director Paolo Sorrentino's rock-star-on-a-road-trip tale "This Must Be the Place," with Penn and McDormand; Philip Dorling and Ron Nyswaner's "Predisposed," with Eisenberg, Leo and Morgan in a comic romp about a piano prodigy, his troubled mom and a drug dealer; Don Coscarelli's horror comedy "John Dies at the End," featuring Giamatti; and Joachim Trier's "Oslo, August 31st," a drama about a Norwegian man in crisis.The festival runs Jan. 19-29 in Park City, Utah.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Wrath From The Leaders Trailer Rages Online

Feel! The! Wrath!Sweet dreams are constructed with this. Who're we to disagree? Less than 2 yrs ago, the Clash From The Leaders remake opened up to colossal box office, and immediately grew to become a well known watchword in how you can cock up a three dimensional publish-conversion and completely annoy a crowd. However here is a spanking new trailer for follow up Wrath From The Leaders, also it appears to be if all might potentially be pardoned.Same territory as before, obviously. Major battles with a number of CGI monsters within the offing, but, on first inspection, the look work this time around does not look quite as almost as much ast whether it's happen by getting someone crane over Guillermo Del Toro's shoulder to check out his sketchbook. Jonathan Liebesman (Fight: LA) may be the director, overtaking from Louis Leterrier, also it does look as though he's shipped the grittier undertake the fabric he guaranteed a couple of several weeks ago.Oh, and you will find really leaders in that one. The plot happens 10 years after Clash, and sees a mullet-haired Perseus, upon the market on his Kraken-killer pension, attempting to stay anonymous like a fisherman, until Kronos busts his wrathful troops from Tartatarus to remonstrate with Zeus, Hades and Poseidon (Liam Neeson, Rob Fiennes and Danny Huston). They are his sons plus they jailed him. Families right?Signal a Perseus-brought mission towards the underworld to save Zeus and prevent the planet being a blasted cinder, whereupon we'll encouter cyclops, minotaur, shifting architecture and large explosions. It's all regulated cut to Marilyn Manson's Eurythmics cover within the trailer, but we could not help wanting it had been Your Dream Song.Wrath From The Leaders also stars Edgar Ramirez as war god Ares, and Rosamund Pike as Andromeda, together with Toby Kebbell as Argenor and Bill Nighy as Hephaestus. In lots of ways it's had its thunder stolen by Tarsem's Immortals. We'll have the ability to observe how Wrath analyzes when it is launched on March 30.

Talkback: Is Ryan Gosling Really the Coolest Man of the Year?

For generations, Time has taught you, your kids, and your step-grandkids what is “cool” in popular culture, and today they’re dropping a bombshell on you: Ryan Gosling, who played the most alpha, well-jacketed dudes in cinema this year, is the magazine’s “Coolest Man of 2011.” Right, right, yawn, yawn. Does anyone else here object? First things first, while I enjoyed Drive and The Ides of March like y’all, Gosling’s “cool” is really just facial symmetry. Yes, it’s a lot of facial symmetry, and I want to measure it with “a protractor” (code for “my trembling, loving hands”), but it just qualifies Gosling to be a cool actor, not a cool person. Those tumblr memes have to stuff words in his mouth to make him seem awesome, you know? Hey, girl, that makes him more of a cipher than a pillar of cool — and I don’t care what street brawls he broke up. Here are the best alternative choices: 1. Ellen Barkin. You may have heard of her. You may have also heard that I spill little worlds of tears and LOLs when she tweets. She emerged from nowhere to become a 140-character phenomenon, and now when I watch Sea of Love, I feel connected to her “Bronx bitch” beginnings. She’s dating Barry Levinson’s chatty, amiable 25-year-old son Sam, too, which makes her especially cool — because she definitely starred in Barry’s Diner back in ‘82. WHAT. 2. Uggie the dog. He arrived unceremoniously, added a heart to the otherwise formulaic The Artist, and is the key to the film’s lofty Best Picture chances. He also emotes on command. He’s our Tatum O’Neal. Respect him. 3. Michael Fassbender. If Ryan Gosling snatched up the most archetypal “cool” roles since Sean Connery ruled, Fassbender acted as his sly, intellectual counterpart. Between Shame’s manic protagonist and A Dangerous Method’s conflicted experimentalist, Fassy sought for libidinous depth beneath his characters’ severe exteriors. That? Is pretty cool. And still hot and overwhelmingly symmetrical. Which means all “cool” rubrics have been met. Any other options, ladies and gents? Time Magazine Crowns Ryan Gosling ‘Coolest Person Of The Year’ [Jezebel]

AFTRA, Labels Reach Sound-Recordings Deal

AFTRA, Labels Reach Sound-Recordings Deal By Daniel Holloway December 15, 2011 The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has reached a deal with the recording industry on an extension to the union contract covering audio recordings. The Sound Recordings Code covers artists working on "recordings in all new and traditional media and all music formats, in addition to audiobooks, comedy albums, and cast albums," according to AFTRA. The existing agreement was scheduled to expire Dec. 1.The contract calls for annual 2 percent wage increasesthe same level settled upon in most recent entertainment-union negotiations, including AFTRA's just-signed Network Code extensionover the three-year life of the deal. It also calls for a one-time increase of 1 percent in employer contributions to the union's health and retirement funds. Details of the agreement were hashed out during an all-day negotiating session Wednesday between AFTRA and representatives from the Disney, EMI, Sony, UMG, and Warner labels and finalized Thursday morning."The working members of this negotiating committee confronted unique challenges in this negotiation due to the structural changes, threats from content theft, and sharp economic declines the recording business has experienced during the past decade, which are beyond anything experienced by our members working in other entertainment and media sectors," AFTRA national executive director Kim Roberts Hedgpeth said in a written statement. "The AFTRA members on the negotiating committee nonetheless succeeded in achieving critically needed increases in minimums and H&R contributions, and further bargained payment structures for digital revenue and new forms of licensing that will enable performers to better participate in evolving business structures as the recorded music industry attempts to adapt to change." AFTRA, Labels Reach Sound-Recordings Deal By Daniel Holloway December 15, 2011 The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has reached a deal with the recording industry on an extension to the union contract covering audio recordings. The Sound Recordings Code covers artists working on "recordings in all new and traditional media and all music formats, in addition to audiobooks, comedy albums, and cast albums," according to AFTRA. The existing agreement was scheduled to expire Dec. 1.The contract calls for annual 2 percent wage increasesthe same level settled upon in most recent entertainment-union negotiations, including AFTRA's just-signed Network Code extensionover the three-year life of the deal. It also calls for a one-time increase of 1 percent in employer contributions to the union's health and retirement funds. Details of the agreement were hashed out during an all-day negotiating session Wednesday between AFTRA and representatives from the Disney, EMI, Sony, UMG, and Warner labels and finalized Thursday morning."The working members of this negotiating committee confronted unique challenges in this negotiation due to the structural changes, threats from content theft, and sharp economic declines the recording business has experienced during the past decade, which are beyond anything experienced by our members working in other entertainment and media sectors," AFTRA national executive director Kim Roberts Hedgpeth said in a written statement. "The AFTRA members on the negotiating committee nonetheless succeeded in achieving critically needed increases in minimums and H&R contributions, and further bargained payment structures for digital revenue and new forms of licensing that will enable performers to better participate in evolving business structures as the recorded music industry attempts to adapt to change."

'Hugo' and 'The Artist' Top the Broadcast Film Critics' Listing of Nominations With 11 Each

NY - Netflix deal chatter could stay in the head lines in 2012, based on Wall Street experts, despite the fact that some say a purchase of the organization or some of it may never happen. On Monday, a study stated that Verizon was searching at purchasing the streaming video company, however, many Wall Street experts had their doubts. "Netflix might be a prime target for just about any kind of M&A," Burns Tabak analyst David Joyce told The Hollywood Reporter. Or at best M&A talk. Inside a set of Tuesday, Joyce authored: "With Netflix's strategy problems and subsequent stock plummet, which has opened up up potential possibilities for telco video distribution companies or online e-commerce companies to think about adding the corporation with 22 million-plus customers for their achieve." He pointed out DirecTV - since satellite television competitor Dish Network captured acquired Blockbuster - Amazon . com, Google, AT&T, Microsoft and Wal-Mart as others that may have a look if Netflix was available on the market. "Also, we'd believe that entertainment companies could become thinking about purchasing Netflix as a way of safeguarding but improving the television ecosystem, rather than Netflix's current role like a disruptor," Joyce stated. "Netflix would explore the windowing plan." The NY Publish on Tuesday also recommended that entertainment companies could get involved with an offer with Netflix, but merely purchase a minority stake within the firm. Some on Wall Street question though when the deal talk has been urged mostly by bankers searching to obtain deal activity going. "It will likely be hard for Netflix to simply accept deals near current stock values after it had been worth $300 only a couple of several weeks ago," stated one observer. "It's just cheaper to purchase the subs rather than purchase the business," stated Janney Capital Marketplaces analyst Tony Wible. "You don't just buy more than $4 billion for that equity, they also have $4.5 billion in content obligations." Adding individuals two together, "you'd pay roughly $400 per customer," Wible believed. "Somebody could really win the subs by having to pay only $100 per sub either like a cash bounty or by offering service for 12 several weeks for your cost. That might be $2.2 billion should you got all Netflix's 22 million subs. However, you don't even need all of the subs." Nevertheless, Wible stated that companies have always made bad deals with corporate history. "Microsoft includes a history, however i don't observe that happening," he stated. Netflix hasn't emerge and signaled any curiosity about deals. A spokesperson stated Tuesday that the organization doesn't discuss gossips or speculation. However, many say the organization may need a regular boost on any deal gossips. "I image they'd lose talent when they cannot turn back current momentum," stated one observer. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgzalai Related Subjects Time Warner Netflix

Norways Morten Tyldum To Helm What Happened To Mondays? As First English-Language Pic

Morten Tyldum, whose Norwegian thriller Headhunters became the most successful title in Norway box office history this year, has signed on to helm Vendome Pictures’ futuristic thriller What Happened To Mondays?, which will be the director’s first English-language project. Headhunters, based on Jo Nesbo’s bestselling crime novel, garnered plenty of buzz when it played in Cannes this year, and WME signed Tyldum during the festival; he also is repped by Anonymous Content. (Magnolia Pictures already has North American rights to Headhunters and has set a spring release date in the U.S.) What Happened To Monday?, with a Black List script by Max Botkin, revolves around identical septuplet brothers who struggle to stay hidden in an overpopulated world where a one-child policy dictates that siblings are against the law. Raffaella De Laurentiis via Raffaella Productions developed the project; it will produce alongside Vendome CEO Philippe Rousselet. Vendome committed to finance the project in December.

Round The Ice Sets Distribution Through PMK*BNC Films, Using Sundance

EXCLUSIVE: After winning Best First Feature within the debut within the 2011 Sundance Film Festival after which it playing over 30 festivals, the Andrew Okpeaha MacLean-directed Round The Ice will uncover its approach to theaters early next season. The film will probably be released theatrically by Round the Ice LLC and PMK*BNC Films, beginning getting a platform release February 10 in NY, La and Alaska (where the film was shot). Round the Ice can be a suspenseful drama about two teen boys who develop like brothers and sisters inside an isolated Alaskan town. Around the seal search with another teen one morning, a quarrel breaks out together will get worse and produces a tragic accident. The Two close buddies, glued with this particular dark secret, create one cover story to a different to live inside a small community that's highly worried about what went lower. This really is really the kind of film that frequently slips using the cracks, nevertheless the film utilized the Sundance Institute’s Artist Services initiative, as well as the filmmakers could raise P&A through Sundance Institute’s partnership with Kickstarter. Round The Ice stars Josiah Patkotak, Frank Qutuq Irelan, Teddy Kyle Cruz, Adamina Kerr, John Burns, Rosabelle Kunnunna Rexford and Sierra Jade Sampson. It absolutely was produced by Cara Marcous, Lynette Howell, Marco Londoner and Zhana Londoner. Sundance Institute’s Artist Services connect director Chris Horton referred to as Round The Ice “exactly the kind of innovative and effective storytelling that warrants for hooking up with audiences which we’re proud being playing a little sector to make which happen.” Here’s a trailer for your film:

Schaech will take off for '7500'

SchaechJohnathon Schaech is making "7500" fly, joining the cast from the CBS Films' thriller to portray an industrial air travel pilot who begins seeing things beyond reality.Schaech joins Ryan Kwanten, Amy Wise and Leslie Bibb in Craig Rosenberg's story of people who encounter what seems to become a supernatural pressure throughout a transpacific flight.Principal photography starts the following month with Takashi Shimizu ("The Grudge") pointing. "7500" reteams Shimizu with "Grudge" producer Taka Ichise, who'll produce alongside Roy Lee.Schaech is repped by APA, Risa Shapiro from the Schiff Co. and attorney Jason Hendler. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Is TV Too Gory?

The Walking Dead When you absolutely, positively have to determine whether a zombie has devoured a missing girl, there's only one thing to do: Shoot it in the head and disembowel what's left of the flesh-eater's rotting corpse.Yuck? Perhaps, but it's that kind of occasional carnage that has fans rabid for AMC's The Walking Dead. The zombie series continues to unearth big ratings as it ushers in a new age of horror and thriller series - and the accompanying gore - on TV. The trend began with Showtime's Dexter and the titular killer's plastic-wrapped human-carving station, as well as HBO's True Blood and its flesh-ripping, neck-biting vamps. Then came The Walking Dead, and more recently, FX's American Horror Story and NBC's Grimm, both of which have scared up sizable audiences.TV's past thrillers, such as The Twilight Zone, relied more on psychological scares than gore. Horror is a polarizing genre, which is why the networks mostly avoided it. But times have changed, content standards have loosened, and cable is able to target a niche crowd that likes a little gristle in their TV diet.The horror genre has made a bit of a comeback in recent years, as audiences grew accustomed to more graphic thrills via the popularity of movies like Saw, Paranormal Activity and The Human Centipede (some of which have been dubbed "torture porn" because of their graphic nature). Also, dark procedurals like CSI and Criminal Minds made it safe to show brutalized corpses in prime time, paving the way for some of the gruesome images on TV's horror explosion."CSI took it to another level in terms of exploring gore," says AMC programming senior vice president Joel Stillerman. "Our intent was never to highlight the gore," he adds of The Walking Dead. "We do it in a way that's organic to the story. People who love that stuff can geek out, and if you don't, you can cover your eyes. We know where the limits are and we know what flies and what doesn't. If we push it, we run a disclaimer."But TV producers say they're still more interested in scaring audiences than grossing them out. Compared to the realism on TV's forensics and autopsy shows, the worlds of The Walking Dead and American Horror Story are at least rooted in make-believe.Fans of The Walking Dead know to expect the occasional blood and guts - like the time a zombie was sliced in half as it was pulled out of a well - which help balance quiet, more emotional moments in a story that at the core is about a family trying to survive an apocalypse. "There are certain conventions in the horror genre, and one is that dispatching zombies, or humans being attacked by zombies, will be fairly graphic," says executive producer Gale Anne Hurd. "If you aren't making a campy show, which we're not, it is something we're expected to deliver. After all, zombies are no longer alive, and the only way to 'kill' them is with a head shot."Viewers don't appear to be turned off by the splatter. The Walking Dead's season premiere attracted the best adult 18-49 ratings ever for a cable drama. At FX, American Horror Story continues to grow its audience and was recently renewed for Season 2. FX programming executive vice president Nick Grad says American Horror Story is bringing in a large female audience that is more interested in the show's characters and its underlying theme - about a marriage in trouble - than its horror imagery (which includes a blood-thirsty demon baby). "We don't want to be gratuitous just for the sake of being gratuitous," he says. "If you're going to do something pretty extreme, there has to be a reason you're doing it."Even though ABC's upcoming The River will contain gory elements, the show's producers say much of it will be blurred out. "We're not really fans of gore," says executive producer Michael Green. "There's a difference between horror and thriller, and we're more in the thriller camp."That means audiences won't get a good glimpse of a gruesome dead body that The River's art department prepared for one episode - at least not yet. Just in case viewers demand more gore with their goose bumps, fellow exec producer Zack Estrin says they're mulling an uncensored DVD. After all, in Hollywood everyone's looking for that other kind of gross - profits.Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

NCIS' David Dayan Fisher Pleads Not Guilty in Choking Case

David Dayan Fisher NCIS' David Dayan Fisher has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge in his choking case, TMZ reports.David Dayan Fisher arrested for battery over pool-towel altercationThe actor was arrested in September for allegedly choking his neighbor during an argument about whether pool towels had been hung up. Fisher claimed it was in self-defense after his neighbor insulted his late mother.He is due back in court next month.

WME Signs New Women Max Greenfield

EXCLUSIVE: Max Greenfield, one of the male leads opposite Zooey Deschanel on Fox’s breakout new comedy series New Girl, has signed with WME. He was at TalentWorks. On New Girl, Greenfield plays Schmidt, among Jessica (Deschanel)’s 3 male roommates, a self-introduced ladies guy as well as the group’s designated “douche bag.” Greenfield, who formerly had major recurring roles on Ugly Betty, Veronica Mars and Greek, is handled by Adena Chawke and Lisa Wright.

Exclusive: Jonathan Jackson Talks about His Shocking Exit From General Hospital

Jonathan Jackson First, what's promising. They are not changing him. Now, unhealthy. Four-time Emmy champion Jonathan Jackson, stating emotional and physical exhaustion, will exit ABC's General Hospital a few days of December 19 when his character, Lucky Spencer, leaves Port Charles for another visit to Ireland. In recent several weeks, Lucky continues to be hit by one breaking tragedy to another - the hit-and-run dying of his son Mike, the disgusting downfall of his drunken father Luke, and also the dying of his wife Siobhan, which brought towards the character's own descent into drugs and hallucinogenic madness. It is highly likely all of this sturm und drang brings the brilliant Jackson a fifth Emmy award the coming year, but at this time it's going for a large toll around the guy. TV Guide Magazine had a unique talk to Jackson to discover why he stated, "Enough already!" TV Guide Magazine: Your fans are upset. Your costars are upset. What went down here? Could not this happen to be prevented?Jackson: It's one of individuals circumstantial things, I suppose. There certainly wasn't anything negative or contentious about the actual way it happened. I've got a great relationship with everybody in the show. TV Guide Magazine: So, word is, you visited the executives and requested to possess your workload lightened plus they stated they could not get it done. There is no wiggle room? No compromise? Jackson: I do not think my dilemma completely fell on hard of hearing ears. I believe there have been logistics that managed to get difficult to allow them to keep me around basically wasn't inside a large story. TV Guide Magazine: What particularly had you been requesting? Less workdays each week? No large tales for some time? Forget about tragedy? Jackson: All that was talked about. I believe - though I'm not sure without a doubt - that they are truly thinking about determining a method to get this to situation workable. But ultimately it had been made the decision that, basically ended up being to remain on the program, Lucky is simply too important of the character to become placed on the rear burners. The authors have a lot to complete every week it just wasn't likely to be possible to create a significant change such as this. TV Guide Magazine: But is not there a contented medium between tearing your guts out every single day on air and standing on the rear burners? And when Lucky's essential, just how can the authors so easily do without him? Sounds strange. Jackson: I understand. TV Guide Magazine: What introduced you to definitely your decision to not renew your contract? How was your exhaustion manifesting itself?Jackson: This is an interesting paradox. The story lines don't stick with me meaning which i feel personally suffering from what my character is certainly going through, however it does be bad for you on me physically and psychologically. It is a real energy zapper and you will find days after i seem like I've nothing left to provide. As well as in this medium where you are handling a pretty insane quantity of dialogue, day in, day trip, the collision of the heavy workload and growing exhaustion will make you just a little crazy. I enjoy strive but I have been at maximum capacity when it comes to emotional and mental output for several weeks on finish and contains become too hard. I'm very grateful they desired to produce all individuals story lines with the much depth, there is however just no balance. Usually, you can find one or possibly two great and intense story arcs each year. There's often a cycle for this stuff on soaps. But it has been nonstop. There is just no reprieve. I've got a wife and three kids along with other things in existence I must consider. I simply understood I could not sustain the schedule at GH which type of emotion for considerably longer. It had been too intense. TV Guide Magazine: I hear additionally you requested a Lucky and Elizabeth [Rebecca Herbst] reunion and also got a no on that. Have you observe that in an effort to restore some balance and produce Lucky some happiness?Jackson: Absolutely. And i believe the fans want that, too. I had been from GH for ten years and returned [last year] particularly to utilize others. Tony Geary [Luke] would be a huge reason that i can return and thus was Becky. I love dealing with her and like it when our figures are together romantically. Despite the fact that everything has become crazy between Liz and Lucky through the years, there's still an in-depth possibility of something effective and redemptive there. Therefore it appeared just like a real no-brainer in my experience. From my perspective, I simply assumed they'd reconcile. Whether it's a timing problem. There has been large alterations in the writing team at GH which might have moved the timeline for Lucky and Elizabeth to reunite. Or possibly it simply wasn't ever going to take place whatsoever. I'm not sure. TV Guide Magazine: Made it happen surprise you that things switched out by doing this? Or are you aware, starting your conferences using the brass, this may not finish well?Jackson: I can not say I am surprised. I am among individuals individuals who attempt to live daily, moment to moment, and so i didn't have a genuine vision of how this could exercise. I had been greatly available to remaining as we might have determined steps to make it possible for me personally. TV Guide Magazine: I am hearing you will find no large goodbye moments written for Lucky. He just kind of heads to Ireland. Is an indication you might be to finish things off sooner or later, particularly if GH is cancelled? Jackson: This is the one upside to any or all this. Lucky's not dying and they're not recasting. There's a complete possibility that he'll return. We'll see what goes on. TV Guide Magazine: Hey, not have your real-existence kids on GH? Are two Jacksons going for a hike here? Jackson: Yeah, I've my smallest one, Titus, playing Lucky's boy Aiden. Which will continue. He's just a little baby so we are taking it per week at any given time at this time. To date so great. [Laughs] Unlike his father, he's handling it perfectly! Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Kermit & Jason Segel Beg For Can Be

EXCLUSIVE: I needed to obtain my on the job this private little video after i heard it been around. Here are producers Jason Segel and Kermit The Frog inviting Can Be to become listed on the cast from the Muppets movie, the first Muppets theatrical release in 12 years. Beyond cute: rtmp://streaming.deadline.com/ondemand/video/Muppets_Amy_Adams_Invite_v3_2011-11-16.flv

Hotel Lux

Alexander Senderovich and Michael Bully Herbig in "Hotel Lux" A Constantin Film Verleih discharge of a Bavaria Film Intl. presentation of the Bavaria Pictures, Beeplex Film Prods., BSI Intl. Invest, Colonia Media Filmproduktion, HerbX Film, Li Produktion, Little Shark Entertainment, Pirol Film Push., Rainer Windhager Film Push., WDR, BR, ARD Degeto, Arte production, together with Bavaria Film, Bavaria Fernsehproduktion. (Worldwide sales: Bavaria Film Intl., Geiselgasteig, Germany.) Created by Guenter Rohrbach, Corinna Eich. Executive producers, Matthias Esche, Jan S. Kaiser. Co-producer, Michael Bully Herbig. Directed, compiled by Leander Haussmann, according to motifs by Uwe Timm, Volker Einrauch.With: Michael Bully Herbig, Juergen Vogel, Thekla Reuten, Alexander Senderovich, Valery Grishko, Juraj Kukura, Sebastian Blomberg, Axel Wandtke, Steffi Kuehnert, Matthias Brenner, Robert Doelle, Josef Ostendorf, Thomas Thieme, Gennadi Vengerov, Johann Adam Oest, Daniel Wiemer, Uwe-Dag Berlin, Friedrich Karl Praetorius. (German, Russian, British dialogue)"Hotel Lux" really wants to be several things: a side-splitting comedy about Stalin (with Hitler quietly), a grandiose Hollywood-style production in the large studio era, an Indiana Johnson-like romp through history. After making his title with genial comedies occur East Germany, Leander Haussmann ("Sun Alley") winds the time back further, even though "Hotel Lux" is not a train wreck on the amount of Oskar Roehler's "Jew Suss," neither could it be original or especially inspired. Extravagant as well as in dubious taste, the pic does decent biz in your own home, but many worldwide marketplaces is going to be cautious about a Nazi laffer. Berlin, 1933: Apolitical ladies' guy Hendes Zeisig (Michael Bully Herbig) and Jewish commie Siggi Meyer (Juergen Vogel) possess a Stalin-Hitler act that slays Them within the lanes. 3 years later, Meyer's gone into hiding and Zeisig is not getting enjoyable together with his Stalin number, particularly with Nazi Kessel (Uwe-Dag Berlin) now responsible for the theater and pushing him to complete an anti-Semitic parody. Rather, Zeisig dons Meyer's Hitler outfit and works a skit they know is going to be his last. Neither the very first Stalin-Hitler act (very Mel Brooks, with no brilliant comic shock) nor Zeisig's solo Hitler number (with debt obviously to "The Truly Amazing Dictator") is particularly funny, notwithstanding an audience's legitimate need to from time to time laugh at these figures. The issue is based on the way the comedy is created: With Chaplin, there's terror underneath every elegant comic movement, whereas Haussmann is not behind the buffoonery. Nazis chasing after Zeisig lower the road, shot like quiet slapstick, is particularly ill created. Zeisig tries to obtain a visa towards the U.S., convinced he'll be considered a star in Hollywood, but wrangles merely a fake Soviet passport. He comes to Moscow in the Hotel Lux, where Comintern people are lodged within an atmosphere of mistrust. There, he meets Nikolai Yezhov (Alexander Senderovich), the violent, diminutive chief from the secret police, who's convinced the actor is Hitler's personal astrologer, whom Stalin is expecting. Zeisig is designated a translator, Clara (Thekla Reuten), real title Frida, a Meyer partisan whom Zeisig met in '33, and who attempts to save him from an progressively sticky situation. Then Stalin (Valery Grishko) arrives. Unlike Dani Levy's not successful farce-drama hybrid "Mein Fuhrer," "Hotel Lux" does not play the role of anything apart from a comic book caper. Yet with no underlying deadly importance so essential to making the laughs cathartic, Haussmann's Uncle Joe is basically a paranoid and superstitious fool, by having an focus on the second trait. A smart cackle at Stalin (or Hitler) will be a relief, although not if this sweeps away the monster within. Further (minor) laughs are produced by labels determining hotel visitors who'll later go onto become major figures in East Germany along with other Soviet-bloc nations. When the history were completely make believe (just like a "Stargate" episode), the pic will make a directing adventure-comedy romp, but Haussmann's wish to have everything outings him up. Fortunately, Herbig has personality having a capital "P," and also the popular spoofer has very exciting directing the aura of stars from cinema's past. Exactly the same could be stated of Haussmann's entire concept, utilizing products from another era including elaborate studio sets, matte works of art, dolly shots and so on. It's playfully old-fashioned and aesthetically pleasing, with kudos visiting the stylish, self-purposely grandiose lensing by d.p. Hagen Bogdanski ("The Youthful Victoria") and Uli Hanisch's elaborate sets. Ralf Wengenmayr's music tries way too hard having a type of symphonic accompaniment connected with photos in the nineteen forties, and the over ripe arrangements, just like a mix between Max Steiner and John Williams, are excessive.Camera (color/B&W, widescreen), Hagen Bogdanski editor, Hansjoerg Weissbrich music, Ralf Wengenmayr production designer, Uli Hanisch art director, Daniel Chour costume designer, Ute Paffendorf seem (Dolby), Frank Kruse, Ben Rosenkind seem designer, Heiko Mueller, Mario Hubert effects supervisor, Adolf Wojtinek line producers, Anne Leppin, Gilbert Moehler connect producer, Matthias Batthyany casting, Simone Baer. Examined at Rome Film Festival (competing), March. 31, 2011. Running time: 106 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

'Bang,' 'Grey's' shine Thursday

CBS comedy ''The Big Bang Theory'' remained Thursday's standout performer this week, easily ruling as the No. 1 program while ABC's fall finale of ''Grey's Anatomy'' saw a nice uptick to stand as the top-rated drama. Fox still won the night, though ''The X Factor'' and ''Bones'' declined week to week.According to preliminary national estimates from Nielsen, Fox saw both ''The X Factor'' (3.3/9 in 18-49, 10.2 million viewers overall) and ''Bones'' (2.7/7 in 18-94, 8.8 million viewers overall) drop from the previous week, with the crime drama sliding more. Each ranked second in their hour but Fox's nightly average beat out the three-hour averages of its rivals, and the net has now won eight straight Thursdays to start the season (including two with the World Series).ABC aired what could be the last scheduled episode of ''Charlie's Angels'' (1.1/3 in 18-49, 5.1 million viewers overall), a show that was effectively canceled last month but allowed to play out its produced episodes. The show's sixth-place finish among the broadcasters didn't seem to affect 9 p.m. anchor ''Grey's Anatomy'' (4.0/10 in 18-49, 11.2 million viewers overall), which was up more than 10% week to week to deliver its best demo score since its season premiere and its largest overall audience since last spring. Also picking up steam is 10 p.m. drama ''Private Practice'' (2.9/8 in 18-49, 7.7 million viewers overall), which was up week to week in advance of next week's two-hour episode.CBS dominated Thursday's opening half-hour with ''The Big Bang Theory'' (5.2/15 in 18-49, 15.7 million viewers overall), which was down just slightly from last week's record high in the timeslot. It was followed by ''Rules of Engagement'' (3.6/9 in 18-49, 11.8 million viewers overall), which was in line with last week and led its timeslot in all categories (tied with Fox in 18-49). The Eye then aired repeats of ''Person of Interest'' (2.0/5 in 18-49, 9.1 million viewers overall) and ''The Mentalist'' (1.9/5 in 18-49, 10.0 million viewers overall). Despite the two repeats, CBS was competitive in 18-49 and won in adults 25-54 and total viewers.Univision moved up to fourth on the night with its three-hour telecast of the Latin Grammy Awards, which averaged a 2.2/6 in adults 18-49 and 5.2 million viewers overall.NBC had another quiet Thursday, starting with ''Community'' (1.5/4 in 18-49, 3.5 million viewers overall) and ''Parks and Recreation'' (1.8/5 in 18-49, 3.6 million viewers overall). Its top show remains ''The Office'' (3.0/7 in 18-49, 5.9 million viewers overall), down a bit week to week, and rookie 9:30 p.m. comedy ''Whitney'' is hanging in there (2.1/5 in 18-49, 4.3 million viewers overall), matching last week's score despite the slightly smaller lead-in. And at 10, ''Prime Suspect'' (1.2/3 in 18-49, 4.8 million viewers overall) continues to struggle, on par with last week and seeing no bump in spite of CBS airing a repeat of its crime drama.Off their strong showings of last week, CW was down a bit with both ''The Vampire Diaries'' (1.4/4 in 18-49, 3.3 million viewers overall) and ''The Secret Circle'' (0.8/2 in 18-49, 2.2 million viewers overall), with the former again beating ABC's ''Charlie's Angels'' in 18-49 and tying the NBC comedies for third in persons 12-34 (1.5/5). ''Vampire'' drew its second largest overall audience of the fall.Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: Fox, 3.0/8; CBS, 2.8/7; ABC, 2.7/7; Univision, 2.2/6; NBC, 1.8/5; CW, 1.1/3.In total viewers: CBS, 10.9 million; Fox, 9.5 million; ABC, 8.0 million; Univision, 5.2 million; NBC, 4.5 million; CW, 2.7 million. Contact Rick Kissell at rick.kissell@variety.com

Cars.com Yanks Sponsorship Of Penn Condition Game Broadcasts On ESPN

Stating “allegations all around the Penn Condition Football program,” Cars.com has yanked its sponsorship from ESPN broadcasts of two approaching Penn Condition football games, the Wall Street Journal reviews. “As a proud, longtime supporter of ESPN Nfl And College Football, it’s vital that you us that people’re building our logo and raising the visibility in our marketers in ways that remembers the activity, the dedication of their student sports athletes and also the many trustworthy colleges that area teams,” Cars.com stated inside a statement. Cars.com is really a classified advertising venture under an umbrella referred to as Classified Endeavors possessed through the media companies Belo, Gannett, McClatchy, Tribune and Washington Publish. The kid sex-abuse scandal has led to the exits of Penn Condition leader Graham Spanier and football Joe Paterno. Marketers who’ve betrothed their brands to sports athletes are specifically skittish about scams and finally otherwise immediately sever the hyperlinks.

Andy Rooney dies at 92

RooneyLongtime CBS newsman Andy Rooney, who brought greater than 1,000 essays to "an hour or so,In . died on Saturday consequently of complications following surgery. He was 92.Rooney's career at CBS spanned six decades, beginning in in 1949 when he was hired by Arthur Godfrey after telling r / c star he is able to apply certain better writing (the encounter happened inside an elevator), and ending in October of the season, when he introduced that his 1,067th "an hourInch essay might be his last.More than thirty years, "A few momemts With Andy Rooney" broadcast just like a regular feature in the award-winning CBS newsmagazine. Rooney's curmudgeonly and sometimes humorous have a look at life's minor irritations acquired him three Emmy Honours additionally to some devoted fanbase. He gained his last regular broadcast on March. 2."Underneath that gruff exterior will be a prickly interior," mentioned longtime friend Morley Safer, "and far much deeper lower will be a sweet and gentle guy, a patriot getting an appreciation of other dietary meals American, like good bourbon, together with a tasty hate for prejudice and hypocrisy." Safer will lead a tribute to Rooney on Sunday, November. 6 on "an hour or so.InchAddressing subjects different from paper clips and umbrellas to presidential politics and racism, Rooney established television essays just like a viable commercial form. Time magazine once known to him as "most likely probably the most felicitous nonfiction author in television." Indeed, Rooney won the Authors Guild Award for script of year six occasions, formerly greater than almost every other author inside the good status for television. Rooney was produced in Albany, N.Y. in 1919. He graduated from Albany High Schoo, attended Colgate College (he written for schools' newspapers) and was drafted to the U.S. Military in 1941 throughout his junior year. He offered inside an Artillery unit in England and will be a correspondent for your Stars and Stripes for three years. He received the Bronze Star for verifying under fire within the fight of St. Lo.February 1943, Rooney was among only eight correspondents who travelled with the Eighth Air Pressure round the first American bombing raid in Germany. The crowd of journos, named "the Writing 69th," incorporated United states . Press scribe Walter Cronkite, who'd become Rooney's longtime friend and friend at CBS News.At the beginning of Rooney's career, Godfrey's show, "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scounts," increased to become high-ten hit by 1952 Rooney also written for "Arthur Godfrey and also the Pals" along with many other radio shows, including "The Morning News with Will Rogers, Junior.," where he met Harry Reasoner.With the mid-1960's, Rooney was an institution within the Eye's news divsision combined with begun developing essays for television broadcast, they produced and reasoner read. The Reasoner-Rooney collaboration brought to special deals for instance "An Essay on Bridges" (1965), "An Essay on Women" (1967) and "An Essay on Chairs" (1968). More youthful crowd spent the sixties creating documentaries for CBS, including "Frank Sinatra: Dealing with the Legend" read by Cronkite, and "Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed," which acquired him his first Emmy in 1968.Rooney and Reasoner left CBS for just about any short tenure at ABC News, from whence they returned in 1973. He nabbed a Peabody award for "Mr. Rooney Visits Washington" and came out on "an hourInch several occasions just before being designated to switch the program's "Point/Counterpoint" seg for your summer season of 1978. With the next season, the best short while in the popular broadcast was Rooney's alone.His sour humor immediately hit a chord with audiences who appreciated his wry and honest have a look at each-day existence. Rooney rarely strayed within the format that made him famous, but he gained the very best in May 1996 when he did a long feature on assisted-suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who made the decision to exhibit on "an hourInch only if Rooney asked him. Rooney also written an ordinary column for Tribune Media Services, which distributed it to hundreds of newspapers country wide. More youthful crowd brought articles to Esquire, Existence, Look, Reader's Digest, Harper's, Playboy and Saturday Review, among other guides.The prolific author also written numerous books, including "The Fortunes of War," "A few momemts With Andy Rooney," "Items of My Ideas,Inch "Sentence after sentence,Inch "Much Less You Asked for," and "Sweet and Sour."Debate adopted Rooney throughout his career, and not always permanently reason. In 2005, Rooney felt the need to refute a racist essay written anonymously in the poor imitation of his style and disseminated online with Rooney's title attached.But sometimes the controversy was of Rooney's own making. Rooney's remarks about gay and black people - the first sort made round the air, the 2nd to have an interviewer he mentioned had misquoted him -acquired him monthly-extended suspension without pay in 1990.Cronkite defended Rooney against charges of racism, but Rooney ongoing to stir the pot in the last handful of decades of his career. In the 1992 essay about Native American complaints of insensitivity (there is a deal to change the title in the Atlanta Braves), he mentioned "We are feeling guilty and we'll do that which you can on their own account within reason, nonetheless they can't obtain country back. Next question." In 2002, he mentioned that girls had "no enterpriseInch working at football games as sideline reporters in 2007, he written a newspaper column proclaiming that all current day baseball stars are "males named Rodriguez in my opinion.InchRooney was open to critique. Carrying out a 1994 segment round the dying of Kurt Cobain that came significant viewer ire, he devoted the following week's seg to have an apology also to on-air reading through through of negative feedback from people who authored him to challenge his perspective.Indeed, self-interest was demonstrably not a part of Rooney's curmudgeonly perspective - in 1990, he blamed CBS's difficulties with the WGA on chairman Laurence Tisch and dared Tisch to fire place him. Most likely probably the most complaints CBS ever received of a Rooney broadcast showed up 2004, when he referred to as Mel Gibson and Pat Robertson "wackos" round the air. To hear Rooney tell it, he only decided to be verifying the particulars. "'Andrew,' God mentioned in my opinion - he always calls me Andrew I really like that - 'Andrew, there is a eyes and ears of numerous people,Inch Rooney mentioned on "an hour or so.In . "If perhaps you'd tell your audiences that both Pat Robertson and Mel Gibson strike Me as wackos. For me that's your present words.""In my opinion its' fair to convey he was the most used person ever to appear on '60 Minutes,'" mentioned fellow CBS Newsie Steve Kroft, "and i'm sure Andy would believe that assessment. His wife of 62 years, Marguerite, predeceased him in 2004. He's managed to get by four children: Ellen, an electronic digital photographer John, an ABC News correspondent Emily, the host of PBS's Boston public matters show "Greater Boston and Martha Fishel, who works well with the U.S. National Library of medication along with five grandchildren and a pair of great-grandchildren.Funeral services will probably be private. A memorial will probably be introduced afterwards.Rooney were living in Manhattan. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com

Lionsgate Shopping Animated Version of Harold & Kumar

John Cho and Kal Penn Harold & Kumar go to White Castle TV? Lionsgate is shopping around an animated version of the Harold & Kumar franchise for the small screen, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Check out the rest of today's news Original film writers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg are attached to write the script, with film stars John Cho and Kal Penn set to voice the leading characters. The third film in the franchise, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, was released Friday.

Russian Tenor Nikolai Baskov Wants to Conquer US

NY (AP) Over the past decade, Nikolai Baskov has emerged as one of the biggest selling recording artists in Russia.He's a favorite of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, and his performances with dramatic lighting and dazzling showmanship are becoming legendary there and in Europe.Now, the rest of the world may be in Baskov's grasp. The classically trained vocalist has his eyes or more appropriately, voice on seizing the rest of the world with his powerful range."For me, really this is the beginning. Because I've accomplished so much in my country, I'm used to being received at a certain level, but I also appreciate a certain level of anonymity here when I'm in NY," he said in an intimate performance earlier this month. "The public perception of me has been really phenomenal. In America, if they love you, they love you unconditionally, which separates the U.S audiences and American audiences from any other audiences in the world."Classically trained in Russia, Baskov turned down an offer to study in the United States at Julliard. That opportunity came during tough times in Moscow; Baskov opted to study at home. He also admitted he couldn't be away from his mother for that long."I love my mom more than anything else in the world," Baskov, 35, said."My mom made me believe since I was very young," he added. "She always told me that I was destined to be an artist."His father was not as optimistic at least not at first. As a high-ranking officer in the Russian military, the elder Baskov saw a different life for his son. But as he began to perform, his father slowly became more comfortable with his son's dream. The support began in the early stages of his career and has grown throughout the years.Now that he's an adult, he still stays very close to his parents."No matter where I am in the world, I call her," Baskov said. "And my father too."The tenor's stratospheric rise to the top of the Russian charts began with a music video of the song "Caruso." It was picked up by every television outlet in Russia, and was played for months. Based on the popularity of that song and video, he became began to perform, and quickly learned how to charm audiences with his charisma and stage persona.His favorite artists include Barbara Streisand and Lady Gaga."I can't stop myself from watching Lady Gaga perform," Baskov says with. "She makes music so interesting to watch."Besides Gaga and Streisand, Baskov cites Italian crooner Mario Lanza as his main influence."I admire everything about him, from the way he carries himself on stage to the way he sings."In June, PBS ran Baskov's Moscow concert from the famed Luzhniki Arena. Earlier this month, that performance was released on CD and DVD as "Romantic Journey."Baskov will tour North America early next year with dates in Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Hartford, and other cities.He will also perform in NY, which is a favorite."There is so much life here, and I love the shopping," he said.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. By John Carucci October 31, 2011 Nikolai Baskov PHOTO CREDIT AP Photo/John Carucci NY (AP) Over the past decade, Nikolai Baskov has emerged as one of the biggest selling recording artists in Russia.He's a favorite of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, and his performances with dramatic lighting and dazzling showmanship are becoming legendary there and in Europe.Now, the rest of the world may be in Baskov's grasp. The classically trained vocalist has his eyes or more appropriately, voice on seizing the rest of the world with his powerful range."For me, really this is the beginning. Because I've accomplished so much in my country, I'm used to being received at a certain level, but I also appreciate a certain level of anonymity here when I'm in NY," he said in an intimate performance earlier this month. "The public perception of me has been really phenomenal. In America, if they love you, they love you unconditionally, which separates the U.S audiences and American audiences from any other audiences in the world."Classically trained in Russia, Baskov turned down an offer to study in the United States at Julliard. That opportunity came during tough times in Moscow; Baskov opted to study at home. He also admitted he couldn't be away from his mother for that long."I love my mom more than anything else in the world," Baskov, 35, said."My mom made me believe since I was very young," he added. "She always told me that I was destined to be an artist."His father was not as optimistic at least not at first. As a high-ranking officer in the Russian military, the elder Baskov saw a different life for his son. But as he began to perform, his father slowly became more comfortable with his son's dream. The support began in the early stages of his career and has grown throughout the years.Now that he's an adult, he still stays very close to his parents."No matter where I am in the world, I call her," Baskov said. "And my father too."The tenor's stratospheric rise to the top of the Russian charts began with a music video of the song "Caruso." It was picked up by every television outlet in Russia, and was played for months. Based on the popularity of that song and video, he became began to perform, and quickly learned how to charm audiences with his charisma and stage persona.His favorite artists include Barbara Streisand and Lady Gaga."I can't stop myself from watching Lady Gaga perform," Baskov says with. "She makes music so interesting to watch."Besides Gaga and Streisand, Baskov cites Italian crooner Mario Lanza as his main influence."I admire everything about him, from the way he carries himself on stage to the way he sings."In June, PBS ran Baskov's Moscow concert from the famed Luzhniki Arena. Earlier this month, that performance was released on CD and DVD as "Romantic Journey."Baskov will tour North America early next year with dates in Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Hartford, and other cities.He will also perform in NY, which is a favorite."There is so much life here, and I love the shopping," he said.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

NBC Temporarily Stops Production on Approaching Drama Awake

Jason Isaacs NBC has temporarily stopped production on its midseason supernatural drama Awake allowing more hours to use round the scripts, Vulture reviews. The series stars Jason Isaacs just like a guy who - carrying out a vehicle accident - lives by 50 percent different details: One where his wife died inside the accident but his boy managed to get, as well as the other where his boy didn't survive but his wife were living. ER alum Laura Innes joins Awake Awake, executive-produced by Lone Star's Kyle Killen and 24's Howard Gordon, has completed production on six episodes. The hiatus lasts roughly four days. "We've got [six] scripts and episodes we're happy with, but we felt the show would make the most of getting more hours to plot out where we're going," Gordon told the web site. "It's a very complex show, as well as, since i was not under any gun if this involves delivering episodes having a deadline, we asked for [the hiatus]." Gordon acknowledged "there's a narrow margin for error" because of the complicated narrative, but furthermore mentioned he thinks the break can be a "method of calculating belief in us" from NBC. Awake will debut sometime next season on NBC.

Harry Potter Dvd disks To Vanish

Warners announce moratoriumIn an evil conjuring trick worth He Who Mustn't Be Named, Warner Bros. have says all of the current versions from the Harry Potter Dvd disks will walk out print on December 29. Company, that does include Deathly Hallows Part 2, which is not balance out until December 2. Better enter quick if you would like your set to complement!What this signifies used isn't that all copies will all of a sudden dry out and become withdrawn and remembered, but that whenever that date, new copies will no more be accessible to order from retailers. So once they are gone in the shelves, which will be it for some time. It appears to become exactly the same model that Disney ways to use its classic game titles: delivering them for brief periods after which securing them within the vaults again. Additionally, it briefly happened towards the Mission Impossible films within the increase to Quantum of Solace and also the current gold-spined special models.Warners haven't made any bulletins regarding once the Potter franchise might come back, however it appears likely the "resting" from the original releases will create some trendy new versions at some future date. Warners' official statement runs thusly:"Harry Potter, the #1 film franchise ever, will quickly disappear from shelves, as Warner Bros. stops shipping all Harry Potter theatrical film game titles (including Harry Potter and also the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, and Harry Potter: The Entire 8-Film Collection) by December 29, 2011 (moratorium doesn't include digital Electronic Sell-Through & VOD or games). The Harry Potter franchise has made a lot more than $12.1 billion for Warner Bros. Entertainment, with $7 billion in the worldwide box office for Warner Bros. Pictures and $5.1 billion for Warner Bros. Home Theatre Group and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment."

ABC Buys Tracy McMillans The Reason Why You Aren't Married Comedy With Penalty

EXCLUSIVE: In the hit blog publish with a book with a TV series. In the competitive situation, ABC has nabbed Tracy McMillan’s single-camera comedy The Reasons You’re Not Married getting a script commitment plus penalty. DreamWorks TV, which developed the project, will produce it with ABC Art galleries. McMillan, whose series credits include Mad Males and rge DreamWorks TV-produced United states . States Of Tara, will write The Reasons You’re Not Married, an ensemble comedy that explores the current condition of recent American love — specially the dynamic involving the countless attractive chicks between age selection of 25 and 45 who would like to be married as well as the males who apparently will not purchase them. The project, known to as “a very honest have a look at love,” originates from McMillan’s greatly popular February blog publish titled The Reasons You’re Not Married, which went viral and increased being the second most read story on Huffington Publish having a couple of 2.9 million sights. The publish launched a investing in an offer war among book entrepreneurs, eventually landing at Ballantine/Random House, which will release The Reasons You’re Not Married…Yet: The Best Way To Stop Acting As being a Bitch And Start Getting Betrothed on May 29 next season. A TV project good blog publish as well as the book adopted, plus it too came interest from multiple systems before landing at ABC. WME-repped McMillan, the daughter from the pimp together with a prostitute, was elevated inside the promote-care system. She looked into caused by her upbringing on her behalf account adult associations, including 3 not successful close ties, in their first book, memoir I Like We’m Departing You Anyway.

'Immortals' Mondays: Kellan Lutz Takes A Dive As Poseidon!

"Immortals Mondays" continues today with an exclusive behind the scenes look at Poseidon, the trident-wielding god played by "Twilight" favorite Kellan Lutz. Describing his character as "the favorite uncle," Lutz explained that the god of the sea has been commanded by his brother Zeus (Luke Evans) not to interfere with the matters of men. Poseidon has a hard time adhering to this order, of course, leading him to spearhead one of the most visually breathtaking moments in the entirety of Tarsem Singh's mythological epic. Take a glimpse in the video below. In addition to the exclusive video, we also have details on an "Immortals" sweepstakes. The Gods need a Hometown Hero, and MTV is looking for one man or woman to assemble their troops for a private hometown screening of "Immortals." Click here to find out how to enter!

Angelina Jolie's Directorial Debut Gets A Trailer

FROM MTV MOVIES: We all know Angelina Jolie, Academy Award-winning actress, sex symbol, mother and philanthropist, but today for the first time, the new trailer for "In the Land of Blood and Honey" introduces all of us to Angelina Jolie, writer and director. There's been talk about the project, a love story set during the Bosnian war in the early '90s, for a while now, but there was little actually known besides a rough description of the plot. Brad Pitt even refused to give his review of the film when he spoke with MTV News while promoting "Moneyball." The movie remained more or less a mystery with Jolie's name as the only recognizable feature. That is, until the trailer hit the Web on Friday (October 21). In it, we get a look at a sweeping romance buried deep within the horrors of the Bosnian war and filled with suspicion and betrayal. The film stars Zana Marjanovic and Goran Kostic as two lovers caught in the middle of the conflict. The scale is surprisingly big, attempting to portray a full-out war, and features lots of gunfire and several large explosions. The trailer also makes clear the emotional weight tied to both the romance and its wartime backdrop. Read the full story at MTV Movies!

John Travolta Doesn't Understand How KFC Works

According to The Daily Mail, last Friday while in West Sussex, England for an annual Scientology event, John Travolta asked one of his reps to reserve a table at the local KFC for him and his guests. The KFC employee who answered the phone kindly explained to the actor’s rep that fast food chains operate on a first come-first serve basis, even if the customer was John Travolta. Sadly, the actor never got his table or his fried chicken, instead going directly to a charity dinner. A spokesman for KFC has since released a statement about the Travolta debacle: “In hindsight, of course, we would have reserved a table for him. It’s not every day you get a Hollywood star eating in your restaurant.” [Daily Mail]

Dwts Episode Recap: Monday, March. 17, 2011

Andrew Lincoln subsequently [Warning: The next story consists of spoilers in the Season 2 premiere from the Walking Dead. Read at the own risk.] "I hear we are getting shot," states an actress, smiling behind a mask of rotted teeth. "Awesome!" replies a bloody actor by having an enthusiasm that's, ironically, everywhere around the Walking Dead set - from undead extra supplies to guide stars - despite an in-house summer time shake-up. "It's jam-packed, character-smart and action-smart," states Andrew Lincoln subsequently, as electrified by the field of hungry corpses as his character, Ron, is terrorized by them. Much deeper, more dark and (at 13 episodes) a lot more than two times as lengthy as this past year, Season 2 from the record-breaking AMC drama questions the price of survival, and just how much humanity its figures can salvage. Executive producer Robert Kirkman, author from the original comic, promises "stomach-wrenching drama." And, obviously, plenty of guts, too. This season's opener began having a shock - youthful Sophia got lost within the zombie-filled forest - and ended in an instant, as Rick's youthful boy, Carl, was accidentally shot. "They are anticipation for the future,Inch states Steven Yeun (Glenn). "When the children are gone, what is the point?" Not everybody shares this concern. "Some would like to move, other medication is eager to find Sophia, and everybody has their very own agenda," states Melissa McBride, who plays Carol, Sophia's mother. Adds Kirkman, "It's interesting how rapidly a couple of proceed to self-upkeep. It'll shock you who goes there, that 'we desire to make sacrifices' mode." That philosophical split may cause tension between close friends Ron and Shane (Jon Bernthal). "Shane understands what must be done to outlive: deficiencies in empathy and emotion," states Bernthal, whereas Ron attempts to keep his humanity - to some extent. "Not too Rick's attended the negative side,Inch states Lincoln subsequently, "but that is the question: Are we able to survive without becoming monsters? And everyone's arguments are seem. 1 week you are going, 'Shane is really a psycho!' and subsequently you are like, 'But he's right!'" Caught between your two males is Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies), Rick's wife - and Shane's ex-lover. "Each time Ron states, 'We need to be human,' Lori listens to that," states Callies, "but each time Shane states, 'Guys, it's math. It's what we have to caused by keep Carl alive,' which makes sense, too." It is a dynamic, Kirkman states, that'll allow it to be even harder to help keep Lori and Shane's Season 1 affair secret: "Carl's shooting brings them into new areas, puts lots of stress on Lori and Shane, and raises some dark stuff they have been keeping under systems, as they say." Could Lori's condition, like her comic-book counterpart, become much more delicate this year? (Spoiler alert: The smoothness was revealed to become pregnant within the comic.) Callies is only going to say Lori's focus is Sophia and Carl, but adds vaguely, "Later, she might have some choices about dealing with new duties." What else are we able to expect this year? Dr. Jenner's secret, whispered to Ron within the final moments of last year's finale, "is going to be revealed," states professional producer Gale Anne Hurd. Andrea (Laurie Holden), probably the most damaged survivor after her sister's dying, will morph right into a more effective player. "I have been served by the boys - understanding how to shoot, adopting my inner tomboy," states Holden. And Glenn constitutes a connection with a brand new character, Maggie Eco-friendly (Lauren Cohan). "It gives him anyone to love,Inch states Yeun. For additional around the Walking Dead, get this week's Halloween preview problem of TV Guide Magazine, on newsstands Thursday, October 20! Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Fall TV Recognition Contest: Had You Been Enlightened?

Enlightened, Laura Dern Cinemax includes a method of bringing in large-time film stars towards the small screen. Using the Monday evening premiere of Enlightened, the network's tried it again with Laura Dern, who plays a professional that has were built with a "nervous breakthrough." You want to understand what you considered this show - and that which you think about every new series this year. Election: Which fall premieres won you over? Which flopped? Have you recognize Dern's character Amy? How have you like Luke Wilson around the small screen? Are you going to tune in for an additional dose of enlightenment and options? Election now! And don't forget to encourage your buddies along with other fans to election. Return to determine what TVGuide.com customers think about your preferred - and least favorite - new shows for fall and also the final ratings for that debuts. Fall TV: Obtain the lowdown about this season's must-see new shows When are you able to election next? Here is a handy calendar that will help you keep a record.

Happy 62nd Birthday, Sigourney Weaver! What's Her Most Underrated Movie Moment?

Film legend and Movieline pal Sigourney Weaver turns 62 today, which means she’s been a working girl for almost 35 years. Damn, Ripley. Let’s pick her most underrated work on the big screen after the jump. Personally, I think I’ve pinpointed it. If your suggestion is You Again, I’m prepared to yell, “Get away from her, you bitch” at you. We can always use more serial killer dramas, and 1995’s Copycat is one of the funnest — and scariest — in the genre. Weaver plays field lecturer and serial kiiller expert Dr. Helen Hudson, whose expertise makes her the target of Daryll Lee Cullum (Harry Connick, Jr!), a murderer who likes recreating the work of famous serial killers in history. Weaver is strong, believable, and panicked in Copycat, and though Holly Hunter gives the movie’s most interesting performance as detective M.J. Monahan, it’s Weaver whose plight is compelling. I bet when visions of evil Harry Connick Jr. swim up to surface in Helen’s mind, it’s like the horrifying prequel to Dolphin Tale 3D. What’s your choice for Weaver’s most underrated role?

Eastwood in talks to star in 'Trouble'

EastwoodClint Eastwood said "Gran Torino" would be his final film in front of the camera, but with his next directorial effort, "A Star Is Born," delayed, he's decided to un-retire as a thesp for "Trouble With the Curve." Robert Lorenz, Eastwood's Malpaso partner, is in talks to make his directorial debut with the Warner Bros. pic written by Randy Brown. Eastwood is in talks to play an aging baseball scout who's losing his sight and decides to take a road trip to Atlanta with his daughter to eye a hot prospect. Malpaso will produce, but the company won't start its search for the female lead until Eastwood and Lorenz close their deals. Sarah Schechter will oversee the project for WB, which had difficulty tracking Brown down, as the script has been kicking around Hollywood for several years. Eastwood had been searching for a project to topline ever since Beyonce Knowles announced her pregnancy at the MTV Video Music Awards in August, which pushed back the start of production on the remake of "A Star Is Born" to what will likely be late spring or early summer next year. While Eastwood starred in and helmed 2008's "Gran Torino" for Warner Bros., the last he starred in but did not direct was the 1993 thriller "In the Line of Fire," which was directed by Wolfgang Petersen. Lorenz has served as assistant director on several of Eastwood's movies, including "Mystic River" and "Million Dollar Baby." WB will release Eastwood's next film, "J. Edgar," on Nov. 9. The Dustin Lance Black-scripted pic, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts and Judi Dench, is being eyed as a contender in the upcoming awards season. Contact Jeff Sneider at jeff.sneider@variety.com

'Vampire Diaries' Actress to Star in Hallmark Movie Channel Western (Exclusive)

The Vampire Diaries actress Sara Canning and Greystone Holt have been tapped to star in the Hallmark Movie Channel telefilm Hannah's Law, a Western set to premiere in spring 2012. Danny Glover, Kimberly Elise, Billy Zane, Ryan Kennedy and John Pyper-Ferguson co-star in the movie, which went into production Monday in Calgary, Alberta. The movie is set in a frontier town filled with crime and corruption until Hannah (Canning), a strong-willed heroine, and her friends, including Wyatt Earp (Holt, Durham County) and Doc Holliday (Kennedy, Hellcats), take a stand for justice as she tries to track down the McMurphy gang, which brutally murdered her parents and young brother. Glover (Mandela) is set to play Isom Dart, a father figure to Hannah; Elise (For Colored Girls) is Stagecoach Mary, her best friend; Zane (Titanic) is Lockwood; and Pyper-Ferguson (Caprica) plays Frank McMurphy. Hannah's Law, from Nomadic Pictures Productions 3 and Sony Pictures Television, is executive produced by Mike Ogiens and John Fasano. Chad Oakes and Mike Frislev are the producers. Rachel Talalay is directing from a script written by John Fasano. Canning is perhaps best known for her role as Jenna Sommers on CW's Vampire Diaries. Holt also appears in Alcatraz, J.J. Abrams' upcoming series for Fox. Related Topics The Vampire Diaries Danny Glover Kimberly Elise TV Casting

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Showtime To Make Push In Documentary Production, Greenlights Suge Knight Feature Documentary Helmed By Antoine Fuqua

Showtime has greenlighted Suge Knight (working title), a feature-length documentary about the Death Row Records co-founder as well as the volatile and influential era in music over which he presided. The project will be directed by Training Day helmer Antoine Fuqua. Suge Knight, produced by Bradley J. Fischer and Fuqua, will be the first in a series of new documentaries produced by Showtime that will spotlight iconic and controversial figures and be done by A-list filmmakers. The documentary marks Knights return to the music business; through his new company Black Kapital, he will oversee the films soundtrack. David Prior, Laeta Kalogridis, James Vanderbilt, Lisa Remington and Edward McGurn are executive producing, with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chuck Philips serving as co-producer.

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As if the photos of Anne Hathaway's full Catwoman costume were a bad enough treat a couple of days ago, new images within the La shoot showcase a bit of package that's sure to experience a major impact on The Dark Dark evening Increases.Yes there has been more images of Christian Bale's Batman inside the Batwing and shots of multiple Tumblers but it's the main one factor being revealed at the rear of that box that has TF's full attention.The large device was formerly noticed in Pittsburgh through the shoot at Heinz Area so when fan forthcoming nexus s right appears to become doomsday orb.Is Tom Hardy's Bane prone to finish what Liam Neeson's Ra's Al Ghul started in Batman Begins and absolutely destroy Gotham?Christopher Nolan's The Dark Dark evening Increases opens on 20 This summer time 2012.

Does 'Bond 23' Finally Have It's Villain?

Could Ernst Stavro Blofeld, among James Bond's finest competitors (together with the muse behind Mike Myer's Dr. Evil), produce a return to the 007 franchise? It's possible, states John Logan, the writer behind the tentatively titled 'Bond 23.' According to WhatCulture!, Logan recommended at the potential for Blofeld's large-screen return for your approaching film inside a BAFTA screenwriters lecutre. When someone within the audience asked for the writer of a quote he mentioned previously -- that "Bond should always fight Blofeld" -- Logan responded by repeating the identical factor (getting a grin on his face, surprisingly): "Bond should always fight Blofeld." No, that's not quite a confirmation, but it's something! Ultimately, as CinemaBlend highlights, really the only confirmed cast member by now's Jason Bourne themselves, Difficulties. [via CinemaBlend]

Ice Cube Still Planning NWA Biopic

John Singleton states he might directIt's well more than a year since Ice Cube introduced he was planning to make a biopic of his erstwhile NWA crew. Meanwhile he's switched out for romantic drama New Year's Eve and performed the Frank McRae angry captain role in 21 Jump Street. But Cube has ongoing to build up Straight Out of Compton, and today John Singleton has revealed he's in foretells direct. This is an apparent match of fabric along with a director who formerly labored with Cube around the epochal Boyz N the Hood. Since that time the kind of Shaft, Four Siblings and a pair of Fast 2 Furious have stored him afloat, and he's lately completed the Rachelle Lefervre vehicle Abduction, in the hot Black List script by Shawn Christensen. His Compton participation is not occur stone - I can not talk too prematurely about this, he told The Playlist - but he is doing state that the script is actually, great, so we are foreseeing it. He adds that New Line desires to allow it to be. Last we heard, that script was at the disposal of World Trade Center author Andrea Berloff, however it appears since to possess acquired S Leigh Savidge and Alan Wenkus, each of whom will also be working together on the new Dolemite movie. Savidge designed a documentary concerning the Dying Row label, the publish-NWA home of Dr Dre, in 2001. Matt Alvarez, Cube's creating cohort from the kind of Barbershop and therefore are We There Yet?, can also be involved. Cube had an acrimonious split from NWA before going after his solo career (he went platinum, bitch, but he did not need to become unattainable), and although he's been reconciled together with his former bandmates because the dying of Easy E, a Cube-controlled Straight Out of Compton still appears one-on the sides. Nevertheless, it's beginning, so there is no reason to suspect that Dre, DJ Yella and MC Ren will not possess some kind of participation somewhere down the road. Additionally, there are the question of casting: any recommendations for Cube like a teen, with some gold along with a pager?

Kaira Pitt Clarifies Jennifer Aniston Remarks

La, Calif. -- Kaira Pitt has clarified his recent remarks about ex-wife Jennifer Aniston. It grieves me it was interpreted using this method. Jen is certainly a remarkably giving, loving, and amusing lady who remains my friend, Kaira mentioned in the statement to get into Hollywood on Thursday evening, mentioning to remarks he apparently made to Parade magazine in regards to a couple of from the troubles that allegedly introduced for his or her split. This is an important relationship I value greatly, Brads statement ongoing. The reason I used to be trying to create is not that Jen was dull, but that we was becoming dull to myself which, I am responsible for. As formerly reported on AccessHollywood.com, Parade magazines Sunday edition quotes Kaira as getting mentioned, I spent the 90s trying to hideout, trying to duck the whole celebrity cacophony. I started to acquire fed up with myself searching in a couch, holding some pot, hiding out. It started feeling pathetic. It increased being very apparent in my opinion that we was set on searching for a film a great interesting existence, however wasnt living an amazing existence myself. In my opinion that my marriage [to actress Jennifer Aniston] had something connected with it, he's reported as getting mentioned to Parade. Trying to pretend the marriage was a thing that it wasnt. Kaira and Jen split in 2005 after half 10 years of marriage. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved.These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Happy 65th Birthday, Tommy Lee Jones! What's His Greatest Moment on Film?

Joan Rivers may not love Tommy Lee Jones, but as the Oscar-winning actor turns 65 today, we recall only his most lovable moments at the cinema. He debuted in Love Story, but the bulk of his career has been spent playing gritty figures, real-life men of intrigue and Will Smith’s crisply suited confidant. What’s his best performance to date? Like Paul Newman or Jack Lemmon before him, Tommy Lee Jones won an Oscar, but not for his best work. Does anyone ever rent The Fugitive and think, “Can’t wait to watch an Oscar-winning performance”? Jones and Harrison Ford play a suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse, but is that enough to warrant a statue? Over Amon Goeth? I think not. Let’s talk about more affecting work: Though there are certainly strong arguments for Lonesome Dove, JFK, In the Valley of Elah, and No Country for Old Men, I definitely love Tommy Lee Jones most in Coal Miner’s Daughter. Though Sissy Spacek delivers the powerhouse performance as Loretta Lynn, Jones is so believable and familiar as her husband Mooney. It’s also a great departure from the roles that would later define him. This simple exchange between the young couple is a work of art. What do y’all think is best? Be as critical as you want. Here’s what Tommy thinks of your opinions:

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Alcon, Arc partner on toon 'Ormie'

Posted: Thu., Sep. 8, 2011, 3:37pm PTAlcon Entertainment has gone hog wild, closing a deal with Canadian animation studio Arc Prods. to develop the latter's short "Ormie" into a feature film with Arc co-producing. Deal was announced Thursday during the Toronto Film Festival.Ormie -- a pig obsessed with cookies -- wascreated and directed by Arc's Rob Silvestri. "Having worked with Alcon as a client has shown us their extraordinary expertise on both the business and creative sides," said Steven Hecht, exec VP of business developmentat Arc.Arc was the animation house for "Gnomeo and Juliet" and has provided vfx for Starz's "Camelot" and Alcon's "Dophin Tale."The short film has won awards at festivals in Savannah, Palm Springs and Seattle along with the New York Children's Festival. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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Superman: Guy Of Steel's Michael Shannon talks General Zod

Michael Shannon confesses that Terence Stamp's General Zod made an impact on him when he was more youthful. He isn't letting that will get to him, though."I am not likely to impersonate Terence Stamp," he told MTV while talking about Superman: Guy Of Steel. "I am not going to possess a British accent or anything.""I am still getting my feet in to the pool, you realize? I simply began focusing on it and all sorts of I'm able to have to say is it is extremely well crafted and you will find lots of great possibilities to reinvent it personally. The task is that i can do this.InchAnybody who's seen Shannon's turn like a driven, God-disturbing federal agent in Boardwalk Empire knows he's as much as the job.InchThere is nothing holding me back and i believe they are relying on me to provide my interpretation so I'll perform the best I'm able to,Inch he added.What exactly concerning the suit that's been clicked through the paparazzi?"Individuals are really my street clothes. I'm not sure why they are taking individuals pictures," he deadpanned.

Warum Bodhi-Dharma in den Orient aufbrach

Three people live in a remote Buddhist monastery near Mount Chonan: Hyegok, the old master; Yong Nan, a young man who has left his extended family in the city to seek enlightenment - Hyegok calls him Kibong!; and, an orphan lad Haejin, whom Hyegok has brought to the monastery to raise as a monk. The story is mostly Yong Nan's, told in flashbacks: how he came to the monastery, his brief return to the city, his vacillation between the turbulence of the world and his hope to overcome passions and escape the idea of self. We also see Hyegok as a teacher, a protector, and a father figure, and we watch Haejin make his way as a curious and nearly self-sufficient child.

Keira Knightley in 'A Harmful Method' -- Oscar-Worthy or Laughable?

Keira Knightley's bold performance in David Cronenberg's 'A Harmful Method' is splitting experts in the Venice Film Festival, who're finding her role being an uninhibited mental patient "fabulous" or laughable. In either case, individuals who've seen the film agree that her approach is extreme. The film, which stars Viggo Mortensen and Michael Fassbender as, correspondingly, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, opened Friday in Venice, and Knightley rapidly grew to become probably the most debated aspect. Variety calls her performance "problematic," stating that her "brave but unskilled depiction of hysteria sometimes leaves itself available to easy laughs." Meanwhile, the Guardian's rater resented the film overall, but authored, "Knightley offers the Oscar bait." Likewise, Britain's Telegraph states Cronenberg "has coaxed a performance from Knightley so ferocious during these early moments it appears prone to get to be the film's primary speaking point. It is also a dangerous strategy, as Sabina's behavior is extreme to the stage to be offending." The Hollywood Reporter's Todd McCarthy concurs that Knightley begins off in a high pitch, but praises her "excellent are a personality having a very lengthy emotional arc" which by film's finish, "the performance modulates into something fully felt and truly impressive." Movieline covers Knightley's hysterics: "It's lots of acting - not good acting - however it sure will get the purpose across" and adds as her character will get better under psychoanalysis, "Knightley will get better scene by scene." Will Canada prove kinder to Knightley? The film hits the Toronto Film Festival in a few days prior to a November 23 U.S. release. Begin to see the trailer here. [via LA Occasions]

Comcast, CAA, DreamWorks Among Biggest Biz Donors To Obama Campaign

The entertainment industry is doing its part to get President Obama re-elected, according to a new report from the Center for Responsive Politics, as media-related donations account for $2.53 million, or 6.5%, of the campaign’s contributions through June, and the Los Angeles metro area — home to Hollywood — is tops nationwide in support, with residents donating $5.18 million (followed by New York City at $5.12 million.)According to the CRP’s OpenSecrets blog, top donors include the employees of Comcast, CAA, DreamWorks and Disney, who all participated in those big fund-raisers in Los Angeles that cost $35,800 to attend ($5,000 goes to the Obama campaign, the rest to the Democratic National Committee) but cost the rest of us traffic headaches in Century City. Comcast, based in Philadelphia but owners of NBCUniversal, lead all companies in all sectors in employee donations with $199,850; Comcast VP David Cohen and CEO Brian Roberts have hosted Obama events recently, the latter at Roberts’ Martha’s Vineyard summer home last week. CAA is fifth overall at $111,900, DreamWorks is eighth at $107,400 and Sony is 11th at $95,900. Disney employees are 15th, Time Warner 16th, News Corp 19th and the City of Los Angeles is 20th.In all, Obama raised $39 million during the first six months of 2011.

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The Wooden Horse

In a POW camp, the Nazis have placed the huts far from the boundary so that any escape tunnel would have to be a long one. One British officer has the idea of starting a daily gynmastics routine using a vaulting horse: they can place it near the boundary and start a tunnel from under it. He and two others do escape the camp by this means and plan to make for neutral Sweden. To do that, they'll not only have to move around without arousing any suspicions, but also find a stranger from a neutral or occupied country who'll be willing and able to help them.

Chuck Lorre, Matthew Weiner to Present at Creative Arts Emmys (Exclusive)

You know you're no longer just "The Schmemmeys" when TV's biggest showrunner agrees to show up and hand out gold.our editor recommends'Glee's' Jane Lynch as Emmy Host: Five Reasons This Is a Great IdeaJane Lynch Officially Named Emmys Host The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively that Chuck Lorre and Two and a Half Men co-star Jon Cryer will be among the presenters for the Creative Arts Emmy Awards held Sept. 10 at the Nokia Theater L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles. EXCLUSIVE: Kathy Griffin Fires Back at A&E's 'Hoarders' in New Emmy Campaign Ad They are among other boldface-name pairs of Emmy winners and nominees that include: Connie Britton and Jason Katims (Friday Night Lights); Mitzi Gaynor and Bob Mackie (Mitzi Roaring the 20's); Alison Brie and Dan Harmon (Community); Phil Keoghan and Bertram Van Munster (The Amazing Race); Noah Wyle and Robert Rodat (Falling Skies); Nick Tweed Simmons and Gene Simmons (Gene Simmons: Family Jewels); Kiernan Shipka and Matthew Weiner (Mad Men); and Jeff Probst, who will appear alongside Emmys producer Mark Burnett (Survivor). STORY: 2011 Emmy Award Nominations For the first time in its history, the Creative Arts Emmy Awards -- which give out trophies for achievements in categories as diverse as costumes, sound editing, original music and guest stars -- will air on Reelz Channel on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 8 p.m., the night before the primetime Emmys telecast. Related Topics Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Awards Awards

'Shark Night 3D' Exclusive Clip Warns Of The Dangers Of Wakeboarding In Lakes

The summer might be ending, but there's still time to get freaked out about going swimming in open bodies of water thanks to MTV's exclusive new "Shark Night 3D" clip. I personally havent heard stories of sharks searching out and attacking people wakeboarding in what looks like an enclosed body of water, but who am I to judge? The clip shows why actor Sinqua Walls likely won't be riding around behind a motorboat any time soon (hint: he doesn't look like he's living too long beyond the end of it). "Shark Night 3D" might be a horror satire, but the "Jaws" influence on the flick is certainly evident in this clip. Walls might not be wearing a bikini like the swimmer at the beginning of Steven Spielberg's classic, but he is definitely just as unsuspecting of his imminent demise. Coming from "Snakes on a Plane" director David R. Ellis, "Shark Night 3D" follows a group of seven vacationers who go to the Louisiana Gulf to spend an innocent weekend at a lake house. Unfortunately, that vacation doesn't go quite as planned when they start being subjected to fresh water shark attacks. Expect plenty of meta humor in the vein of "Snakes on a Plane" when "Shark Night 3D" hits theaters on September 2. Based on what we've seen, the movie knows better than to take itself too seriously, and should be just as much gory 3D fun as last year's "Piranha 3D." What did you think of this clip from "Shark Night 3D"? Tell us your thoughts in the comments section below or on Twitter!

25 Stars Before These Were Wealthy and Famous Celebrities

Every superstar needed to start somewhere. When they might be drowning inside a ocean of money now, it had not been always this way, and that's why it is good to look at a few of their first movie roles once they remained as battling to interrupt in to the business. Usually, the footage is either embarrassing, cheesy, or both. A couple of days ago, a clip made its way onto YouTube, featuring early roles of a number of present day most bankable stars. Denzel Washington, Jim Carrey, Scarlett Johansson and Jack Nicholson all make looks. You should check out the recording below. [via /Film]

'Real Housewives' prepare to brush the country

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What's Really Happening With Mike Myers And 'Austin Forces 4'?

Following the Hitfix website reported that Mike Myers had signed an offer to perform a 4th Austin Forces film, other websites are running wild by using it. What's really happening? Well, I wouldn't always dress for that premiere at this time. No deal has yet been signed, and top New Line brass are surprised the entire factor has reared up once they made Myers a deal six several weeks to last year, and listen to nothing. Forgive New Line to be skeptical: The film company think it is well in route to a different Austin Forces installment if this designed a offer 2008 with Myers to collaborate with Mike McCullers for any Dr. Evil film which was to pay attention to his relationship with boy Scotty (Seth Eco-friendly), intended to be an unabashed homage to Myers' father, whose Brit influence essentially prodded Myers to produce the British agent Austin Forces character to begin with. Then, Myers' screen creation, The Love Guru, opened up to $13 million in June 2008 from the nearly $40 million that Steve Carell's Get Wise made with Steve Carell. Myers went AWOL, appearing just for a little role in Inglourious Basterds. McCullers never moved on using the script. Cut to 6 month ago. While Myers got a $20 million against 20% of first-dollar gross for Austin Forces in Goldmember (which made $297 million in 2002), New Line sent Myers' reps a professional forma deal offer that gave a minimal upfront pay day against a gross that will start working after Warner Bros recovered its costs. That isn't an infrequent deal for stars who cashed out-sized first-dollar gross inspections but who ain't ever getting individuals deals again. Myers was offered an offer like the one Cameron Diaz got for Bad Teacher and Jim Carrey for Mr. Popper's Penguins. The studio heard nothing from Myers -- until now, when Myers' reps arrived on the scene from the woodwork and expressed interest. New Line's unsure what this signifies. It's unclear whether Myers really wants to proceed together with his 2008 father homage idea, or whether he's determined a different way to bring back his Shagadelic secret agent. I am told that at this time it isn't obvious whether McCullers is going to be back or if Myers works with another collaborator. Also unclear is whether or not Jay Roach is engaged at this time, despite the fact that he directed the very first three films. And there's the question of whether Myers anxiously waited too lengthy to create his franchise character back. It is the risk stars take once they choose to step back for a long time at any given time. I frequently question exactly the same factor concerning the extremely gifted Chris Tucker, whose title was pointed out because the possible lead in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained (a job that visited Jamie Foxx) but who is not on the watch's screen since 2007's Hurry Hour 3. But say one factor for Mike Myers: He's a few to utilize, however the only superstar who dependably produces screen figures as memorable is Sacha Baron Cohen, who's presently back in internet marketing using the Dictator. Myers most likely has enough good will to produce another Austin Forces, but when he wants it, he'd better move rapidly and never disappear like he did in 2008. In the end, we are approaching on ten years because the last Austin Forces, and also the clock is ticking.