Actress Patricia Clarkson to Lead Carnival Parade

NEW ORLEANS (AP) Actress Patricia Clarkson will lead the Carnival parade of the Krewe of Muses in her hometown of New Orleans.The star of the 2010 thriller "Shutter Island" and the 2003 drama "Pieces of April" will step into a whimsical limelight by riding on a red fiber-optic-lit float shaped like a high-heeled shoe.The Krewe of Muses is an all-women's organization that parades through New Orleans on Feb. 16.The krewe traditionally selects an honorary rider who exemplifies a muse from Greek mythology, such as dance, poetry or music. For 2012, the club said it chose Clarkson as its honorary "EveryMuse" because she embodies the spirit of all muses.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. By Stacey Plaisance December 30, 2011 NEW ORLEANS (AP) Actress Patricia Clarkson will lead the Carnival parade of the Krewe of Muses in her hometown of New Orleans.The star of the 2010 thriller "Shutter Island" and the 2003 drama "Pieces of April" will step into a whimsical limelight by riding on a red fiber-optic-lit float shaped like a high-heeled shoe.The Krewe of Muses is an all-women's organization that parades through New Orleans on Feb. 16.The krewe traditionally selects an honorary rider who exemplifies a muse from Greek mythology, such as dance, poetry or music. For 2012, the club said it chose Clarkson as its honorary "EveryMuse" because she embodies the spirit of all muses.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

New worldwide ad banners for that Avengers

[brightcove]1213024251001[/brightcove]Some wise new ad banners for Marvel's super hero epic The Avengers have showed up online.The breathtaking promotions split the supervillain-fighting pressure into two groups, because, let us face the facts, there's a lot of heroes to cram onto one poster.Probably the most legendary people from the team (Iron Guy, Thor, Cappy) occupy one banner, while Nick Fury, Hawkeye, and Black Widow star within the other, using the large bad from the piece, Loki, skulking within the sidelines.The artwork may be the large, bold style we have come to anticipate from the Marvel supergroup, in stark contrast towards the dark, gritty one-sheets that many blockbusters appear to choose nowadays. Browse the ad banners now:The Avengers opens on 27 April 2012, starting off a legendary summer time for movies.

Haunted Child

Sophie Okonedo and Ben Daniels in "Haunted Child."A Royal Court Theater presentation from the play by 50 percent operates by Joe Penhall. Directed by Jeremy Herrin. Julie - Sophie Okenedo Douglas - Ben Daniels Thomas - Jack Boulter/Jude CampbellDread-filled worry created by helmer Jeremy Herrin's enchanting cast produces almost palpable static inside the mysterious first act of Joe Penhall's "Haunted Child," when formerly missing Douglas (Ben Daniels) returns home all of a sudden a seriously changed guy. Sadly, it's the other sense of "static" that rules the disappointing second act through which Douglas tries to persuade his wife and youthful boy from the advantages of his new values, which challenge everything regarding lives. The opening scenario from the boy (Jack Boulter within the performance examined) telling his mother Julie (Sophie Okenedo) in plaintive tones he thinks he's been sent a ghost inside their otherwise empty house is upsetting. Julie is placating but beneath her soothing tones it's horribly apparent that something in your house went seriously awry. The climate, perfectly caught, points to Penhall's typically effective economy of means. Then, much like audiences are puzzling out what might be happening, Penhall springs an unpredicted getting an abrupt reveal of Douglas, bare-footed, scrawny and set up-out. His startling reappearance as of this early on piles round the questions for his family as well as the audience. Penhall keeps tension by very progressively feeding particulars to the situation. Progressively exasperated Julie forces reluctant Douglas to exhibit the idealism underpinning the "Group" he's grew to become an associate of within the surprising spiritual mission. Can it be a collective of people dedicated to abnegating the present, materialistic self, or lots of deluded or completely dangerous obsessives? Problematically, Penhall chooses to stack his argument one of the ways only. The chance validity of Douglas's spiritual questioning is sabotaged by careful analysis have Douglas, its new disciple, fresh fresh paint the crowd as extreme charlatans. What's still more fatal in dramatic terms is the group only can be obtained via constantly expository description (in Douglas' fevered account) rather than joining developing stage action. Daniels' enchanting, frightening performance from the guy combating mental and physical breakdown wins enormous sympathy, but his plight does not. Part of that has associated with Penhall's refusal allowing audiences to find out why and the way Douglas found keeping it. You don't need to subscribe to any excuses for sentimental, over-written backstory to find out the dilemma with huge thematic weight installed on it has to result from somewhere identifiable. Herrin is, however, conscious of Penhall's talents. He directs as if getting a magnifier to search for as soon as calibrations of emotion beneath the top dialogue. Despite the fact that keeping a lid on any kind of overstatement from his cast, he guarantees the breadth of emotion inside the writing -- including surprising humor -- is honored with the stars. The title signifies the play's focus is about the results round the child in the parental war. Disturbing though Douglas' well-intentioned behavior unquestionably is, that concentrate on the boy is actually off-center if this involves the play's construction. It's a further indication that Penhall's writing is disappointingly jeopardized by underplotting. It seems sensible frustrating, because the acting throughout is actually fine.Sets, Bunny Christie costumes, Christie and Iona Kenrick lighting, Jean Kalman appear, Ian Dickinson production stage manager, David Youthful. Opened up up, examined 12 ,. 8, 2011. Running time: 2 Several hours. Contact David Benedict at benedictdavid@mac.com

Adam Pascal Returns to Broadway in 'Memphis'

NY (AP) Adam Pascal wanted to be in "Memphis" long before he ever saw "Memphis," which sounds a little crazy."It's only insane on the surface," the 41-year-old actor says, laughing. "The reality of it is that I'm a Broadway leading man and there are very few Broadway leading man roles. I knew that that was a show that I would be able to pull off."He was right: Pascal, a veteran of "Rent," ''Aida" and "Cabaret," has slipped into the role of Huey Calhoun in the Tony Award-winning musical, taking over from Chad Kimball."I'm built to do this. It's kind of what I'm best doing," he says. "I'm physically made to do it. I'm emotionally made to do it. For whatever reason, I have the right sets of skills to make doing musicals something that I really, really love to do."The musical, written by playwright Joe DiPietro and David Bryan, keyboardist with the band Bon Jovi, is set in 1950s Memphis and traces the burgeoning romance between Huey, an R&B-obsessed white DJ, and a black singer played by Montego Glover.Pascal approached the producers for "Memphis" two summers ago about coming in and finally got the role in late October when Kimball chose to leave. The day before his audition, he saw the show for the first time."What an incredibly pleasant surprise I had when I finally did see the show and loved it. Again, I didn't care if I liked it or not. I wanted this job. I knew it was right for me," he says. "But, having seen the show, it was a huge sigh of relief."Christopher Ashley, the artistic director of the La Jolla Playhouse in California who directed "Memphis," says Pascal was one of the first names he and the creative team considered when they learned of replacing Kimball."There's not that many people that I think their talents, their vocal chops and their adventurousness can fill this part all the way up. This is a really hard part," says Ashley. "He is on stage all the time for 2 1/2 hours. He has eight songs of his own it's really challenging, really dominating role."One of the toughest challenges is the power tune "Memphis Lives In Me" that Pascal calls "one of the best songs ever written for theater." The song demands a super-high note be hit at the very end and Pascal says he gets up there about half the time. "It doesn't necessarily serve any purpose other than my own ego," he says.Pascal came to fame alongside Anthony Rapp, Jesse L. Martin, Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs in the original cast of "Rent." He originated the role of Roger, the AIDS-infected singer frightened of falling in love and earned a Tony Award nomination for his performance.He also originated the role of Radames in Disney's "Aida" by Elton John and Tim Rice, and was the last MC in the Sam Mendes-Rob Marshall production of "Cabaret." Blessed with a youthful face and a strong voice, Pascal says he's drawn to all kinds of musicals but is known for rock-inflected ones."I certainly don't want to be pigeonholed as 'the Broadway rock guy.' I kind of am, and that's OK. But it's really my job as an actor and a performer to make people see my abilities beyond that. And I actually think this is a role that helps do that," he says.Pascal reprised his role as Roger in the Chris Columbus-directed film of "Rent" and was cast alongside Jack Black as Theo, the lead singer of No Vacancy, in "School of Rock."Although he initially tried to distance himself from "Rent" in the years after appearing in the musical, Pascal has now come to terms with its role in his career. He's even gone to see the new off-Broadway production."To be connected with something that has inspired so many people, that has moved so many people, that has touched so many people there are worse things to be connected to," he says. "I owe my whole career to 'Rent,' to that incredible springboard that it gave to me."Pascal is a musician as well and has put out three solo records. He performs his music on tour, playing an upright bass and guitar with a piano player and a drummer. He has, of course, added songs from "Rent.""I would say the first few years, I wouldn't have touched anything from the show. Then I sort of came to the realization that I'm spiting at the audience. It's not for my own ego. The audience wants to hear it, so they should hear it."One thing he hopes an audience will hear one day is his stage adaptation of "Operation: Mindcrime," a concept album released in 1988 by the heavy metal band Queensryche, whom Pascal, a longtime fan, calls "the intellectual, thinking man's metal band."The album follows a disillusioned man as he becomes involved with a revolutionary group as an assassin and Pascal has gotten permission from the band to try to turn it into a musical. He wants to expand the book he says some of it may need to be "defanged" and create a story-driven musical."I think I'm smart enough to know who the audience is for this. And it's not Queensryche fans. That has to be clear," he says. "The audience has to be the people that are coming to 'Memphis' and to 'Wicked.'"Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Grey's Anatomy Reunites Derek and Addison in Another World

Private Practice, Grey's Anatomy First, Grey's Anatomy did a musical episode. Description of how the are diving into alternate galaxies. Inside an episode slated for February, Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) will get a chance to determine what existence could have been like if her late mother, famous surgeon Ellis Grey (Kate Burton), did not have Alzheimer's, TVLine.com reviews. See the relaxation of current day news This alternate reality will not possess a less dark and twisty Meredith, however the return of numerous Grey's alums, namely Addison (Kate Walsh), who, in this particular reality, remains married to Derek (Patrick Dempsey). While we want to see it happen, we won't be holding our breath for your return of George (T.R. Dark evening) or Izzie (Katherine Heigl). Who would you like to see return?

New Line Searching To Shake Some Misunderstanding With San Andreas 3-D

EXCLUSIVE: While Hollywood’s preoccupation now remains high winds, New Line Cinema is planning with an earthquake. I’m told the studio would be to company company directors with San Andreas 3-D, a sizable-budget film hatched by scribes Jeremy Passmore & Andre Fabrizio just like a pitch. They’ve written the script and Allan Loeb is doing a polish for just about any north-of-$100 million film that’s ready to visit. Love Flynn is creating. It’s an entire-scale disaster picture turning around a massive earthquake which is devastating effect on California. That is a thing that hasn’t really been done since the 1974 film Earthquake, which starred Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner. That film boasted of the advantages of “Sensurround” to make a realistic feel, however the options of the 3d rendering holds promise. Passmore & Fabrizio are repped by Paradigm and Aperture Entertainment and Loeb by CAA. Passmore & Fabrizio are spinning Hellified and Passmore scripted the Red-colored-colored Beginning remake.

Charlize Theron vs. Julia Roberts as Evil Queens -- Who Wins?

Everyone's been buzzing about the two upcoming 'Snow White' flicks on the horizon, 'Snow White and the Huntsman' and 'Mirror, Mirror,' excitedly debating details like who will make the best heroine (Kristen Stewart or Lily Collins!) or the most dashing Prince Charming (Armie Hammer or Chris Hemsworth!) My favorite discussions, though, revolve around who will make the most deliciously evil queen: Julia Roberts or Charlize Theron. Both actresses bring distinctive qualities to the table. Charlize excels at being downright terrifying, as evidenced by her role as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in 'Monster.' Julia, on the other hand, is a whole 'nother kind of frightening: her cutting remarks and disdainful glares could reduce any young girl to tears in the blink of an eye. Fairy Tale Villainess Hall of Fame Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Who's the most evil of them all? Charlize Theron as The Queen in 'Snow White and the Huntsman'Julia Roberts as The Queen in 'Mirror, Mirror'Margaret Hamilton as The Wicked Witch of the West in 'The Wizard of Oz'Jean Marsh as Queen Bavmorda in 'Willow'Anjelica Huston as The Evil Stepmother in 'Ever After'Jane Lynch as the Evil Stepmother in 'Another Cinderella Story'Tilda Swinton as The White Witch in 'The Chronicles of Narnia'Helena Bonham Carter as The Red Queen in 'Alice in Wonderland' See All Moviefone Galleries » My money's on Charlize in 'Snow White and the Huntsman.' Based on the "first look" photos of each of the queens, Charlize comes across as much more bad-ass. Her face says 'I'll cut you, bi**h. I'll kill you in your sleep!' Julia's face in 'Mirror, Mirror,' on the other hand, skews more towards the judge-y mother side. Instead of murderous thoughts, she looks like she's thinking, 'Go ahead, fatty. Have another tiny cucumber sandwich with the crust cut off. Mwhahahahaha! You disgust me.' That said, I think both Julia and Charlize are excellent choices to play evil queens -- they'll each make their own distinctive marks in the evil fairy tale villainess hall of fame. [Photo: Universal Pictures] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-399677{display:none;}.cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-399677, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-399677{width:475px;height:357px;display:block;}

Daniel Radcliffe to experience Allen Ginsberg: Report

From Potter to poetry? Based on Twitch, Daniel Radcliffe is placed to experience famous beat poet Allen Ginsberg within the approaching movie 'Kill Your Darlings.' The film, written and directed by John Krokidas, involves the connection between Ginsberg, author Jack Kerouac and Lucien Carr. Jesse Eisenberg, Chris Evans and Ben Whishaw were initially connected to the roles of Ginsberg, Kerouac and Carr, but have since dropped out. Previously Tuesday, MTV published a job interview with Radcliffe, in which the actor spoke about trying his hands at poetry -- a tale which makes much more sense with the actor's Ginsberg casting. "I really authored a poem yesterday the very first time within eight several weeks and that i went, 'Ah, really that's half decent.' Anything else I have written continues to be garbage, however i authored something yesterday I had been really happy with,Inch he stated. 'Kill Your Darlings' is placed for any 2012 release. [via Vulture and Twitch] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

International Emmy Awards: Lady Gaga Steals Show, Nigel Lythgoe Bashes Simon Cowell

NY -- Lady Gaga stole the show at the 39th annual International Emmy Awards.our editor recommendsLady Gaga Presents Nigel Lythgoe With International Emmy Award'American Idol's' Nigel Lythgoe Slams Twitter Followers Over 'X Factor'Nigel Lythgoe Developing New Reality Projects With Kim Kardashian, Alice Cooper, More (Exclusive)Nigel Lythgoe, CW in Talks for Family Singing Competition SeriesNigel Lythgoe's 'CMT's Next Superstar' Renewed for Second SeasonLady Gaga's Thanksgiving Special Includes Tony Bennett, Turkey Carving (Video)Lady Gaga's Former Creative Director Laurieann Gibson Speaks Out on Split (Exclusive)Lady Gaga's Former Manhattan Apartment Available for RentRelated Topics•Lady Gaga•American Idol The pop star made a surprise appearance to bestow the Founders Award on Nigel Lythgoe, executive producer of American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance. "He always spoke poetically about the pursuit of widening the boundaries of love and acceptance in TV," she said. PHOTOS: 'American Idol Live' Tour in Pictures Lythgoe received the award for his outstanding contributions to dance and performing arts on television. Gaga introduced a video tribute to Lythgoe that heavily featured American Idol judges Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and host Ryan Seacrest alternately honoring and ribbing the American Idol exec producer. When the video ended and the lights came back up, Gaga quipped: "I think the four of them are really jealous. It takes a fool to judge but a true genius to find talent." Lythgoe called Gaga "the most creatively talented woman working in show business right now." He also singled out the original Idol judges. "Three judges that will never ever be forgotten: Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson and ah ...," he said, purposely blanking on former judgeSimon Cowell's name. PHOTOS: An 'American Idol' to 'X Factor' Timeline "Simon Cowell unfortunately can't be here tonight due to injuries from self-inflected love bites," said Lythgoe to laughter from the audience gathered at the NY Hilton on Monday night. "I now call Simon Lord Voldemort, because he must not be named, because every time I name him, the press says we are enemies, and (we) are fighting each other," he added of the X Factor judge. "That's not truthful. Simon has no enemies whatsoever in the world, but a lot of friends who hate him." Lythgoe cited the illustrious company he is now in as a Founders Award winner, including Al Gore, Sir David Frost, Steven Spielberg and Cowell. "That is a Vice President, a Knight of the Realm, a wandering Knight of the Realm ... and God." Lythgoe also singled out Fox reality chief Mike Darnell -- who was in attendance and whom Lythgoe urged to stand. PHOTOS: 'American Idol' and TV's Other Most Expensive Primetime Shows for Advertisers "People joke about Mike's height," said Lythgoe of the diminutive Darnell. "He is, after all, one of the few people I know who's got a full-length photograph of himself in his passport. He may be small in stature, but trust me, this man is enormous in talent. His support on American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance has been both productive and invaluable to me." Lythgoe concluded his acceptance speech with a heartfelt thank-you to Simon Fuller, Idol creator and Dance co-creator. "I tonight for some reason have been given the title of creator of American Idol," he said. "That is absolutely not true. The creator of American Idol is a gentleman who came up to me 11 years ago and said I have got this idea for a [talent] show and people telephone in and vote for people. I naturally said that is a terrible idea -- it will never work." Some years later, Fuller pitched the same idea for a dance competition show, prompting the same response from Lythgoe. "Thank God he changed my mind on both occasions," he said. "Simon, thank you, thank you, thank you. Without you, I would not be here." PHOTOS: Behind the Scenes: THR's 'X Factor' Cover Shoot Subhash Chandra, chairman of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited and founder of the Essel Group, accepted the Directorate Award. Chandra, who left immediately after his speech to fly back to Mumbai in time for his nephew's wedding, revolutionized India's television industry when in 1992 he launched the country's first satellite Hindi channel, ZEE TV. Today, ZEE Network is the largest producer of Hindi programming in the world with 25 channels and over 600 million viewers in 167 countries. In his acceptance speech immediately following Lythgoe's, Chandra noted that an Indian singing competition series "was launched much before American Idol and is exactly the same as American Idol." He added that when he brought this to the attention of Idol producer Fremantle, "they offered me five six, formats to run free on (Hindi) television rather than have a conflict about it." When the audience started to volubly murmur, Chandra asserted, "No it's true." Other big winners of the night included the British series Accused, which picked up Emmys for drama series and actor Christopher Eccelston. The Swedish movie series Millennium -- the original Girl With the Dragon Tattoo films starring Noomi Rapace -- earned the Emmy for TV movie and miniseries. Rapace and Michael Nyqvist were nominated for acting awards but did not win. Accepting the award for the films, Millennium producer Soren Staermose said, in somewhat broken English: "We will jump off the roof with this beautiful (statue) and hit every man who still hates women." A complete list of winners can be found on the next page. Related Topics Emmy Awards Lady Gaga Nigel Lythgoe Simon Cowell American Idol Simon Fuller So You Think You Can Dance 1 2 next last

NBC Extends 'Up All Night'

Colleen Hayes/NBC"Up All Night" NBC is staying Up All Night a bit longer. The network has ordered two additional episodes of the marriage comedy starring Will Arnett and Christina Applegate from Emily Spivey. VIDEO: 'Up All Night' Sneak Peek: Reagan Stages a Home Invasion Up All Night, along with the network's Whitney, received early season back-nine orders in October; Monday's two-episode pickup brings the comedy's order to 24 episodes. The Wednesday night comedy, which last week drew 4.8 million viewers and a 1.9 in the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demo, in an effort to protect the series from ratings erosion, will shift to Thursday beginning Jan. 12, where it will air after The Office. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com; Twitter: @Snoodit Up All Night

Eva Monley dies at 88

Eva Monley, a location scout, assistant director, production manager and, later, producer who brought her expertise on Africa to many films and worked with the likes of John Huston, John Ford, Otto Preminger, David Lean and Steven Spielberg, died at her home in Nanyuki, Kenya, on Nov. 12. She was 88. The Berlin-born Monley escaped from Nazi Germany with her mother, landing at a farm in Kenya; over time she developed a detailed knowledge of the country and became fluent in Swahili. While working as a secretary in Nairobi, she picked up her first film job, as an assistant and script supervisor on 1950's "King Solomon's Mines," shot in Africa in the Belgian Congo, Kenya and Tanzania. After following that assignment with similar work on Huston's "The African Queen," she was soon frequently employed by American and British film producers shooting in Africa, including Hemingway adaptation "The Snows of Kiliminjaro"; "White Witch Doctor," with Robert Mitchum and Susan Hayward; and John Ford's "Mogambo." Monley also worked on films lensed outside Africa, such as 1955 Lana Turner-Richard Burton starrer "The Rains of Ranchipur" and George Cukor's 1956 "Bhowani Junction," both lensed in India, and on 1957 Hemingway adaptation "A Farewell to Arms," shot in Italy. She began a five-film association with director Preminger on 1960's "Exodus," on which she was production manager. (She also worked as production manger on the director's "The Cardinal," "In Harm's Way," "Bunny Lake Is Missing" and "Hurry Sundown.") Monley spent two years working as a location manager on Lean's epic "Lawrence of Arabia." Later in her career Monley was associate producer on a number of films, starting with "The Pack" in 1977 and continuing with Gil Cates' "The Promise," John Irvin's "Champions" in 1984, franchise starter "Highlander" and Bruce Beresford's 1990 "Mr. Johnson," shot in Nigeria. In 1993 she brought to the screen "A Far Off Place," based on the book by South African writer Laurens van der Post, a close friend. Reese Witherspoon in the Monley-produced film. Among her other credits are Don Siegel's "Black Windmill," Sydney Pollack's "Out of Africa," Huston's "The Man Who Would Be King," Ken Russell's "Billion Dollar Brain" and Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun." Monley's papers were donated to the Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, and she received a lifetime achievement award from the British Film Institute. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

REVIEW: Broken Beds! Bloody Placenta! Breaking Dawn - Part 1 Goes to Crazytown - Almost

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part I is such a departure from the previous three Twilight pictures that you could almost consider it a rogue offshoot. Director Bill Condon steers the franchise away from visions of wan, suffering teens and fake-fur werewolf tussles and brings it closer to — if not necessarily close to — something resembling human adult sexual obsession and its attendant responsibilities and anxieties. It’s like Jules and Jim for the Tiger Beat set. In fact, even Twilight naifs, those who haven’t read Stephenie Meyer’s blockbuster vampire-romance novels or seen any of the other pictures in the series, can probably step into Breaking Dawn — Part I and get at least a small charge out of it. It’s the most imaginative picture in the franchise, and I say that as a fan of the first picture, Catherine Hardwicke’s Twilight, an irony-free adolescent romance that took the idea of teenage erotic fantasy seriously. (I loved the entrance Hardwicke gave Robert Pattinson’s vampire heartthrob Edward Cullen: A pale effigy with brooding eyes and a blond quiff, he strode in the school cafeteria looking like a cross between Elvis and Simon Le Bon.) But the second installment, Chris Weitz’s New Moon, suffered from an excess of cheap, fake werewolf fur — what’s so suspenseful about being attacked by a pack of trappers’ hats from Target? And in the third, David Slade’s Eclipse, the actors looked all but ready to pack it in and go home, as if the mere thought of doing two more movies were enough to send them drifting toward to their Victorian fainting couches. But Breaking Dawn — Part I gives the series a jolt, a little like the lightning-bolt goosing Elsa Lanchester gets in Bride of Frankenstein, a film that’s lovingly referenced here. (It’s also an obvious nod to Condon’s 1998 Gods and Monsters, about the last days of James Whale, the director of the Frankenstein movies.) For those of you not up to speed on the Twilight canon, all you need to know is that Pattinson’s Edward is a vampire hiding in plain sight (with his whole family, no less) in the American northwest. He’s deeply in love with Bella (Kristen Stewart), though if he has sex with her, he’ll go crazy and turn her into a vampire, too. Did I mention that there’s also a neighborhood werewolf clan, perpetually at war with the vampires? The most significant of these wolfies is Jacob (Taylor Lautner), who’s also in love with Bella and who almost got her out of Edward’s clutches. Until Bella and Edward patched it back together and got engaged — they figured they’d work out the sex thing somehow. And that’s where Breaking Dawn — Part I picks up the thread. The movie opens with a wedding. Actually, there are two: One a dream-sequence affair, the other a really-and-truly exchanging of vows and rings. One of these weddings is a vision of white tulle and blood-red roses; the other is a storybook illustration incorporating hanging wisteria, cheerful, saucy wedding toasts (very artfully edited ones, at that), and the sight of the new bride and groom gazing into each other’s eyes, giddy with happiness and the knowledge that the whole thing is finally over. Now they can get to their secluded Brazilian honeymoon shack, where Edward literally breaks the bed. Who knew he had it in him? But the Honeymoon doesn’t last long, and here’s where the kookiness kicks in: Bella discovers that just 14 days after losing her virginity, she is with child. Or with something. And it’s growing inside her fast, like a watermelon with teeth (and, apparently, a thirst for blood). The birth scene that ensues is less Rosemary’s Baby and more Dario Argento, complete with smears of bloody placenta and Fantastic Voyage-style point-of-view shots that take us zooming through Bella’s arteries. Meanwhile, Jacob shows up to growl at Edward and hold Bella’s hand as she gazes placidly into his eyes. Exactly who’s married to whom here? There’s more, but you probably get the picture. While I, and perhaps you, don’t care for all of the Twilight pictures, I have greatly enjoyed the anticipation leading up to each one. For New Moon, especially, that lead-up was wonderful, a pop-culture moment reminiscent of the way audiences might have looked forward to a new Rudolph Valentino film in the ’20s: Moms, grandmoms, gay men, lesbians and last but not least, the preteens and young teenagers who were ostensibly the franchise’s target audience — there were lots of people gearing up for the Twilight movie adventure, and if the pictures let them down in some ways, at least they’d experienced the thrill of anticipation, some thread of connection via a big, lavish popcorn phenomenon. Breaking Dawn — Part 1 may restore the faith of part of that audience, and it may very well turn some of the faithful right the heck off. But Condon hasn’t fully taken the series to crazytown. He, cinematographer Guillermo Navarro and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg (who has written all of the Twilight adaptations) still hit all the essentials: They prolong the moment at which we finally get to see Bella’s wedding dress — our first glimpse is a sensual tracking shot along her spine, a long, slow stretch of lace-trimmed sheer netting. And Breaking Dawn — Part 1 gives us more laughs than the previous films did: Anna Kendrick, as Edward and Bella’s snotty school friend Jessica, shows up to make some wisecracks about the wedding cake, and series favorite Billy Burke returns as Bella’s protective yet perennially nonplussed dad — Condon gives him a great reaction shot when one of Edward’s brothers offers an off-color wedding toast. There’s also a scene in which various friends and family members weigh in on Bella’s baby-name choices. No snickering, please! (Snicker.) Breaking Dawn — Part I has to include the by-now obligatory wolf-and-vampire battle, and so it does. But it also features a wild, fancifully silly sequence in which the wolves talk to one another in growly, old-phonograph voices. The actors seem recharged, too: Pattinson still hasn’t been fully jolted out of his Eclipse sleepwalking stupor, but he occasionally shows signs of life — particularly in a scene where he attempts to revive his possibly dying wife — and he may yet rally for Part 2. Stewart seems more engaged too; she warms to the slow-burning melodrama Condon’s stoking here, and at certain points of the film she looks less like a lovesick teenager than a seriously exhausted and perplexed adult. Even Lautner seems less like a talking brick than usual. Breaking Dawn — Part 1 hints that the Twilight series will go out with a bang rather than slink off with a whimper. If Condon is going to send us off licking our wounds, he’s at least going to make it sexy. Follow Stephanie Zacharek on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Daniel Tosh: Comic mines Internet for material

ToshWhat do pubescent boys and teenagers find funny? While a lot of Hollywood struggles to reply to that question, Daniel Tosh appears to possess cracked the riddle. Having a mixture of gross-out humor and politically incorrect jokes interspersed with Internet exhibitionism, the standup's "Tosh." likes the perch of Comedy Central's greatest-ranked show.It's really no coincidence the ascent from the weekly skein, which bowed last year and today reaches 4 million audiences, mirrors an upswing of YouTube, social media and video blogging or vlogging. The Florida native spotlights the personas behind the viral videos of the day, for example Australia artist Pricasso and the penis-etched masterpieces.Meanwhile, the standup's special, "Daniel Tosh: Happy Ideas," hard his presence on Comedy Central, drawing 3.21 million for that network. The comic also keeps up a difficult live-act pace between L.A. standup and touring. Last year's "Tosh Tour Twenty Ten" offered a lot more than 200,000 tickets and made nearly $7 million. He adopted that track of the 2010 hot ticket, "Tosh Tour on Ice.""My standup is clearly still greatly 'me' and my humor, however the tour is totally different," the press-shy comedian, who's recuperating from quadruple hernia surgery, told the Santa Barbara Independent this past year. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Bill Condon, 'Breaking Dawn' Director: There Were No 'Twilight' Reshoots

'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1' caused even more of a media circus than usual while filming. With wedding, sexy honeymoon and half-breed baby for Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, the two-part finale to the 'Twilight' series is what fans have been anxiously awaiting for years. But what about those pesky rumors that the first couple of human-vampire angst got a little too R-rated while consummating their on-screen marriage for PG-13 audiences? It was reported that there were reshoots of certain honeymoon scenes (with the paparazzi shots to back it up), with the couple getting romantic for the cameras in the Caribbean several days after the film had reportedly wrapped. But when Moviefone caught up with 'Breaking Dawn' director Bill Condon at the 'Twilight' premiere in Los Angeles on Monday night, he was singing another tune entirely. Apparently, those weren't reshoots at all. "We didn't reshoot it!" he said when questioned about the supposed extra scenes. "No, not at all! We never re-shot it. I just cut a few frames. [...] No reshoots!" Asked about his comments that Kristen Stewart was "very into" the 'Breaking Dawn' sex scenes, Condon was similarly emphatic. "That was Rob -- that's wasn't me. He's allowed to be that rude about her," he said before laughing. "It was not me ... OK, I take it back!" 'Breaking Dawn Part 1' is out in theaters on Friday. You can find out more about Condon and 'Breaking Dawn' by reading Moviefone's recent interview with the director here. [Photo: Getty] 'Breaking Dawn Part 1' Premiere Photos See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

NBC Orders Advanced Pilot Beautiful People

NBC Logo design NBC on Monday purchased the advanced pilot Beautiful People, referred to like a "let's say?Inch drama set ten minutes in to the future. From executive producer Michael McDonald, the show concentrates on groups of mechanical people who exist for everyone a persons population - except, the robots start to awaken. McDonald, who made an appearance on Mad TV, would be a talking to producer on Scrubs and directed instances of Cougar Town. ABC Galleries and Universal TV are creating what's recommended as "low-tech, high drama."

A journey from ensign to agent

Joel A four-year stint in the Navy helped lay the foundation for Brandt Joel's future career as a tenpercenter."It was great training for me to go from being in college with little or no responsibility to a situation that taught me how to be responsible for a lot of people very quickly," says Joel, who now reps actors and directors at WME. "It definitely prepared me for working in this business."Joel joined the service from Duke U., which he attended with tuition aid from the military under the condition that he serve four years after graduating. During his 1987-91 hitch, his ship was deployed to the Persian Gulf. They conducted plenty of battle exercises but ultimately did not see combat. (Years later he thanked Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf for that decision when he ran into him at the premiere of "The Lost World: Jurassic Park.")After being discharged in San Diego, Joel headed to Hollywood where he quickly landed in the UTA mailroom."I think I got hired because they hadn't met with many people who were coming out of the military," Joel says.Today he's a strong advocate of clients going overseas to entertain the troops. He knows what an impact it can have on service members stationed far from home."It can be very lonely over there," he says. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

Canon booms with professional camera line

Camera maker Canon is making a hostile transfer to Hollywood, unveiling its first-ever type of professional cameras and contacts for movie and tv shooting. Beneath a picture stating the slogan "Leave no story untold" and before an asked audience of camera and tech pros from all over the world, Canon worldwide topper Fujio Mitarai required to the level in the Vital Theater on Thursday to announce the business's Cinema Eos 550d line and paired contacts. Mitarai guaranteed the machine is going to be compact and light-weight but in a position to capture in an exceedingly number of light levels, enabling natural-light shooting in conditions from full sunlight to moonless evening. The very first offering within the line, the Cinema Eos 550d C300, is going to be offered at the finish of The month of january. List cost is $20,000 with no lens. First available camera will include an EF lens mount, enabling it to make use of the 70 contacts in Canon's Eos 550d line. A version by having an industry standard PF mount is going to be obtainable in March. Tim Cruz, manager of professional marketplaces for Canon, told Variety the camera's lightweight and versatility should allow it to be well suited for TV production, and often will likely attract feature filmmakers too. Mitarai stated, "I stand here to request you to definitely welcome us in to the community within Hollywood," then revealed the Cinema Eos 550d camera, which appears like a mid-sized camcorder. After showing several extended excerpts from photos shot using the Cinema Eos 550d system, each selected to exhibit the abilities from the camera, Martin Scorsese required the podium. The filmmaker ended by saying, "In my opinion these new tools from Canon allow a significantly closer relationship between filmmakers and also the subjects they're filming than in the past, and so i thanks for your. Mr. Mitarai. Thanks for visiting Hollywood." One of the photos proven was a clip for Bryce Dallas Howard's approaching directorial effort "Whenever You Find Me." Mitarai also introduced the outlet from the Canon Hollywood Professional Technology and Support Center at Sunset Gower Galleries in Hollywood, with a full showroom, repair services and education on its new items. "We are creating a significant resolve for the film and tv production industry," stated Eliott Peck, senior Vice president and GM, sales for Canon's Imaging Technologies and Communications Group. "We are within this business and we are likely to remain in e-commerce.Inch The C300 camera offers 12 stops of dynamic range through all ISOs and includes a new CMOS sensor designed particularly for video. New design is supposed to cut lower around the "jello" items that affected canon's still cameras once they were utilised for professional video. A panel of d.p.'s who'd labored using the system recognized its simplicity of use, lengthy battery existence, lightweight and also the "filmic" look it shipped with little effort. The Cinema Eos 550d line also boasts full iPad integration, with all of its controls available with an iPad application. Camera has not been examined in three dimensional production but was created with side-by-side three dimensional shooting in your mind. It may do as much as 30 fps at 1080p or 60 fps at 720p. Canon's Dslr cameras have grown to be popular for shooting movies and tv despite problems taking rapid motion because of the appearance of their shutter. The footage proven in the Vital unveiling did not show such apparent "jello" items. Masaya Maeda, chief professional for image communication items procedures for Canon, stated the organization could be an energetic participant in a variety of groups and forums in Hollywood. Maeda stated it had been his idea to include video abilities towards the Canon Eos 550d cameras to begin with, but the organization was amazed at the nice and cozy response the Digital slr received within the movie business. Company also introduced it's creating a new Eos 550d digital still camera having the ability to record 4K video at 24 fps, an element clearly targeted at professional moviemaking. Contact David S. Cohen at david.cohen@variety.com

Watercooler: Is American Horror Story's Tate a Ghost?

Evan Peters, Jessica Lange and Frances Conroy For a teenager, that kid sure seems like an old soul. Maybe that's because he is! Last night, American Horror Story wrapped up its crazycakes two-part Halloween episode with a major hint regarding the mythology of the Harmons' "Murder House." Apparently, if you die on the premises, you stay on the premises. Note Ben's crazy zombie mistress, the bitchy former owners, the devil baby in the basement, and our favorite two-faced maid, Moira. Only the feast of Samhain allows these ghosts to wander off the grounds and get their errands done or do whatever the undead tend to when they take on corporeal form. So let's apply that "home is where the horror is" logic to Violet's unstable beau. Until Halloween, we'd only seen Tate inside the house, in the yard or on the front sidewalk. Once October 31 rolled around, he was off meeting Ben in the town square for coffee and taking Violet on a beach date. Coincidence? Maybe. But then, things started to really fall into place. First, he was unable to, um, do what guys like to do on late-night beach dates and blamed it on his meds. Sure. Find us a pill that combats teen hormones and AHS' usually sex-soaked atmosphere. Then the "dead Breakfast Club" (including Awkward's Ashley Rickards!) showed up to terrorize him for "pulling the trigger" during a years-ago school shooting, of which they were clearly the victims. And while he claims to be both innocent and unaware of the crime, those deeply disturbing flashbacks imply that the kid is indeed in denial about doing the deed. So, did Tate open fire on his classmates and then kill himself back at the house? Was he taken out by the cops? Or, since we now know that he's also Constance's son, was he offed by his own mother? After all, since she's hip to the house's ability to keep the dearly departed around, killing her kid within the property lines would both save him from going to jail and keep him close by forever. What do you think? Is Tate dead or just dreadful? And how are you liking American Horror Story so far? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Ann Peacock Signs On For Brett Ratner-Helmed Hunting Eichmann

EXCLUSIVE: Ann Peacock has signed onto write Hunting Eichmann, a thriller in line with the true account of Israeli agents who privately joined professional-Nazi Argentina to capture Adolph Eichmann, referred to as architect from the final solution. Tower Heist‘s Brett Ratner is mounted on direct along with a Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman is creating with Ratner for Trina Schulman at Mandalay Pictures. Peacock authored Stories Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And Also The Wardrobe and it is presently scripting Cinderella for Universal. Eichmann had evaded capture for pretty much 2 decades, before the Mossad acquired his trail and sent a team of agents to locate him. A number of them were Holocaust children themselves, and also the eight agents risked everything to create Eichmann to face trial in Israel, where he was hanged in 1962. She’s repped by CAA and Principato-Youthful Entertainment.

Jackson Hosting West Memphis 3's Damien Echols (And 'The Hobbit' Premiere) in Nz

Jackson didn't just help fund the reason behind free air travel Memphis Three, he's now hosting Damien Echols in the now-freed trio at his home in Nz. "We're doing investigative work, we're doing forensic work," Jackson mentioned Friday inside a press conference. He and partner Fran Walsh are actually funding legal efforts for your three Us citizens, who've been billed as teens. Through the conference, Jackson also introduced the planet premiere for 'The Hobbit: An Unforeseen Journey' will -- not remarkably -- exist in Wellington, the primary city capital of scotland - Nz. Jackson and Walsh, along with other stars, such as the Actor-kaira Pitt, have championed the innocence of Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jesse Misskelley, with one another known to as West Memphis Three. The trio offered 18 years jail time for your killings of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. They have maintained their innocence and were released after pleading guilty to lesser charges. Their story of apparent injustice remains told in three documentaries. The newest, 'Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory', was up-to-date to include their extended-looked for release in August. It examined captured within the NY Film Festival and may debut on Cinemax within the month of the month of january. For 'The Hobbit: An Unforeseen Journey,' the eagerly anticipated prequel to 'The Our god in the Rings' might have its world premiere in Wellington in November 2012, Jackson and Pm John Key introduced today within the Hobbiton occur Waikato. One hundred 1000 people packed Wellington for your 2003 world premiere in the 'The Our god in the Rings: The Return in the King' in December 2003. "In my opinion Warner Bros. particularly were amazed with the 'Return in the King' premiere," Jackson mentioned. "Nobody inside the worldwide industry could quite believe how a country got behind that." The entire press conference might be seen here. 'The Hobbit: An Unforeseen Journey,' hits theaters December 14, 2012. The second movie, 'The Hobbit: There And Again,A opens December 13, 2013. [via THR and Deadline] [Photo: AP] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

IMAX Says Weak Canadian Dollar Hurt 3Q Earnings

The large screen theater company says it generated $8.39M in net income for 3Q, up 24.6% vs the period last year, on revenues of $67.5B, up 32.2%. That translated into adjusted earnings of 16 cents a share, light of the 20 cents that the Street expected. But IMAX says it took a 6 cent hit due to “a sudden decrease of the Canadian Dollar against the U.S. Dollar at the end of the third quarter.” Most of IMAX’s revenues are in U.S. dollars, but most of its expenses are in Canadian dollars. Since the end of September the Canadian dollar has strengthened, leading IMAX to project a $3.4M gain in 4Q. CEO Rich Gelfond says he’s optimistic about upcoming films led by Paramount’s Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol: The IMAX Experience as well as revenues from new theaters being built overseas. Gelfond says that 3Q was the first time that IMAX saw more gross revenues from overseas theaters than from domestic. The company increased its international growth plans by 25% and says those markets will account for about 75% of the new IMAX venues planned for the next 15 months.

You'll Never Guess Who Was Named the Highest-Grossing Actor of All-Time by Guinness

Thanks to the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' franchise and global smashes like 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'Alice in Wonderland,' Johnny Depp has become one of the biggest movie stars on the planet. Between him, Will Smith, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio, you would assume one of those Hollywood heavyweights would rank as the highest-grossing actor of all-time in the Guinness Book of World Records. If you did, however, you'd be dead wrong. Can you guess which star has seen his or her films gross more globally than anyone ever? Stumped? Try Samuel L. Jackson. The 62-year-old actor has appeared in well over 100 films, including box-office hits like the 'Star Wars' prequels, the Marvel films ('Iron Man,' 'Iron Man 2,' 'Captain America: The First Avenger,' 'Thor'), 'The Incredibles,' 'Pulp Fiction' and 'Jurassic Park.' All told, Jackson's films have earned $7.42 billion according to Guinness. Not bad for a guy who didn't get his big break until Spike Lee cast him in the 1991 film 'Jungle Fever.' The Oscar-nominated Jackson is currently appearing on Broadway as Martin Luther King in 'The Mountaintop' opposite Angela Bassett. You can see him in 'Captain America: The First Avenger,' on DVD this week. [via NYDN] The Dark Side of 'The Avengers' Cast Robert Downey Jr, 'Less Than Zero'Chris Evans, 'Puncture'Chris Hemsworth, 'Ollie Klublershturf Vs. the Nazis'Samuel L. Jackson, 'Jungle Fever'Jeremy Renner, 'Dahmer'Mark Ruffalo, 'Reservation Road'Scarlett Johansson, 'The Last Score' See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Monaghan Utilized By Fort Bliss

She'll play a war veteranShe was last seen being saved having a war veteran in Source Code, however Michelle Monaghan will get into uniform herself, signing onto indie drama Fort Bliss. Monaghan will probably be playing a trooper home in the extended tour in Afghanistan which has difficulty modifying by existence. That's especially difficult since she's a five-year-old boy who barely knows his mother. So her toughest mission is always to reunite along with her own child... We now have formally just written one of the title cards for your eventual trailer and that we want our cash ahead of time, please.Author/director Claudia Myers, who last attracted dual purpose on indie comedy Kettle Of Sea food, is switching with a factor dramatic on her behalf latest film. She'll start shooting in New Mexico next June.Monaghan, meanwhile, will next be seen on our screens in Machine Gun Preacher opposite Gerard Butler. She's also got revenge drama Boot Tracks planning, and starts shooting Better Dealing With Chemistry over the following number of several days.

Scripters on 'Zombie' trail

Smash Media Films has tapped Lior Chefetz and Joe Swanson to script the horror pic "Zombie Blondes."Harry Winer and Shelley Hack will produce.Pic is based on the book by Brian James and follows a girl at a new high school who hopes to find acceptance with the cheerleader crowd only to find out there may be something life-threatening in the activity.Winer is a producer on "The Expatriate" starring Aaron Eckhart, which will premiere at AFM.Chefetz is repped by the Bauer Co. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

Aaron Eckhart To Experience Beach Boy Dennis Wilson in 'The Drummer'

If Aaron Eckhart does not have musical chops, he better get practicing: the 'Rum Diary' co-star just signed onto play Dennis Wilson from the Beach Boys, a job which requires him to understand the drums and piano, perform a little bit of singing and -- to resemble the '70s-era Wilson -- grow out his beard. (Individuals individuals who loved him best because the biker boyfriend in 'Erin Brockovich,' rejoice.) The Drummer' follows the final six many years of Wilson's existence, in the 1977 discharge of his solo album 'Pacific Sea Blue' to his dying in 1983. The film has got the blessing from the Wilson family, including Carl B. Wilson and Jennifer Wilson, who'll co-produce. Eckhart will share executive creating credit using the Beach Boys former manager James William Guerico. Filming will start this spring or summer time in California and Georgia. Eckhart's next film, 'I, Frankenstein,' begins production in Feb. So far as his 'Surfin' USA' qualifications, Eckhart spent a while surfing in Hawaii before landing his first film role. [via THR] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

'The Descendants' Website Introduces the King Family

Fox Searchlight Pictures Fox Searchlight's drama The Descendants is all about family.our editor recommendsGeorge Clooney: Career in PicturesToronto Film Festival: 13 Films to know So, to supply audiences a far greater think about the King family, Fox Searchlight has launched an interactive website that digs much much deeper for their family tree. PHOTOS: George Clooney: Career in Pictures The Descendants centers about Matt King (George Clooney), a land baron who attempts to create a better relationship along with his kids after his wife falls in to a coma. Alexander Payne's drama examined within the Toronto Film festival, which is quickly gathering honours buzz. TELLURIDE FILM REVIEW: The Descendants The interactive site has videos of all the family people in addition to their descendants. Set against a stylish Hawaii backdrop (since the film relies there), audiences can meet Matt King's ancestors and forefathers, including Hawaiian royalty. Visit the site here. George Clooney The Descendants

Resident Evil: Retribution footage released online

"Destructication." It is a alternative inside our vocabulary but that's the initial word which involves Milla Jovovich's mind when she sees the devastation in Raccoon City.Yes, Resident Evil returns towards the gaming roots by way of its most well-known city - most likely to provide the backstory for rookie Raccoon City Officer Leon S. Kennedy (Johann Urb).And Jovovich will there be to provide her own unique commentary on exhausted cars and crashed helis."Another visit to 'camp evil'!" as she puts it.The primary reason we will not argue along with her pronunciation isn't associated with it exhibiting gun training. Not again.Although we imagine "Easy peasy lemon squeasy" could be also her response if she'd just filled us full of holes.Resident Evil: Retribution opens 14 September 2012.

Michael Fassbender wants X-Men First Class 2

Michael Fassbender has been talking up his experiences on X-Men: First Class, saying he's ready to put Magneto's metal helmet back on and wave his hand in the air to make cars or whatever float around (we're paraphrasing here)."It was a very rewarding experience, so hopefully we'll get the same team back again," he said.And it seems he especially enjoyed working with James McAvoy, despite the fact they experienced difficult circumstances (very fast turnaround, very late reshoots)."We worked very hard. It was a very trying time. Thank God, James is a very good guy, a very smart guy and he's a very practical guy," he said.But Fass doesn't just want to work with James again, he's also fairly insistent Matthew Vaughn returns."He's great because he makes films as a fan. There's something like a nine-year-old boy in him when he's making a film," he admitted."He's very much into characters and allowing the characters to drive the plot and the plot to drive the action film, as opposed to action driving the film and threading in some sort of a plot."X-Men: First Class is released on Blu-ray on 31 October.

Am I Really Up To Now Within the Madhouse? (Women li fengrenyuan jiujing you duo yuan?)

Directed, edited by Li Hongqi.With: Yang Haisong, Xu Bo, Shi Xudong, Jonathan Leijonhufvud. (Mandarin dialogue)The epic journey of gifted Chinese publish-punk band P.K. 14 emerges radical film treatment in "Am I Really Up To Now Within the Madhouse?" Among China's most inventive rising filmmakers, Li Hongqi ("Winter Vacation"), flexes his filmmaking muscles by rethinking the music activity doc in the earth-up. Li's typically deadpan wit leads to within unforeseen ways, which will strike guitar guitar chords with progressive and music-niche fests worldwide. A Redflag Films/Egosum production. Produced by Alex Chung. Initially, nothing seems particularly unusual in regards to the first moments from the film of a band that fans within the civilized world have recognized for merely a couple of years, climax been a fixture of where you live now China's alt scene for more than ten years. The bandmates (singer Yang Haisong, guitarist Xu Bo, bassist Shi Xudong and drummer Jonathan Leijonhufvud, on crutches getting a broken leg) spend some time in hotels, speaking away. Nevertheless it soon becomes apparent the scene lacks any appear sync rather, various animal noises replace what dialogue there can be. This opening sequence might take getting used to, much like possibly with any opening in the Li film, which always starts by throwing the viewer off-kilter. When the bandmates hit your truck-clogged highway inside their cozy, humble van, their music will get control, and Li edits the sequences with techniques that allows the tunes (in subtitled Mandarin) to see from starting to finish. The hypnotic flow in the journey meshes perfectly while using growling, semi-abstract washes of appear and words that characterize P.K. 14's style (the band's title is short for "Public Kingdom for Teens"). The images never work as mere backdrop, but form a picture from the progressively hyper-industrialized China moving. The film initially follows a pattern of images in the group on the road (colored), and off course (in black-and-white-colored), but changes emphasis and tone once the focus is about the gigs, which Li shoots and constructs in characteristically unconventional modes. To start with, your dog soundtrack continues just when music might be anticipated, then when the music activity is heard, it's deliberately from sync while using picture. Even this disconnect isn't entirely apparent prior to the finish from the extended, ultra-extended shot in the hard-working group introduced by Yang's impassioned vocals. This fascinating separation of image and appear makes "Am I Really Up To Now Within the Madhouse?" (the title of one of the group's most broadly used tracks) probably the most striking and distinctive films about artists connected having a stripe lately. Once the group's music is publish-punk, then Li's filmmaking here's publish-Godard, meaning of how the auteur reframed and rejiggered the Moving Gems within the "One Plus One (Sympathy for your Demon)." Li's lensing is resolutely rough and unrefined, offering up a substantial different try looking in the fixed, neutral perspectives within the narrative features. Pic will certainly open a completely new audience for your band, additionally to the offshoot, the higher lyrical two-person unit Dear Eloise, heard here on some lovely tracks that bring fine sonic variety for the overall soundtrack.Camera (color/B&W, widescreen, DV), Li music, P.K. 14, Dear Eloise production designer, Qin Yurui appear (stereo system system), Guo En'ru. Examined at Vancouver Film Festival (Dragons and Tigers), March. 3, 2011. (Also in Hong Kong Film Festival.) Running time: 85 MIN. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Joel Schumacher Tells Movieline About the Time He Wrote The Wiz

This week brings Trespass, the latest film from Joel Schumacher. The occasion prompted the opportunity for Movieline to have a candid, wide-ranging chat with the veteran filmmaker about his career, his critics and his humble origins as a costume designer in the 1970s. And despite his glossy new thriller starring Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman, one subject demanded even more attention: The Wiz, the Motown musical directed by Sidney Lumet and written, in his brief, scrappy scribe-for-hire days, by Schumacher. I’ll have more with Schumacher later this week, but his recollection of the road leading to the legendary Bad Movie We Love — and the relationships it yielded, from composer Quincy Jones to co-star Michael Jackson, on several of whose videos Schumacher said he later passed on directing — is just, well, priceless. “I got it because my first two scripts that I sold and that got made were Sparkle, which is about three African-American girls in Harlem who become stars — sort of a precursor to Dreamgirls — and Car Wash. So I was kind of the black writer to some people,” Schumacher chuckled. “Sidney Lumet was a social friend of mine, and he asked to write the screenplay for The Wiz. I saw the play, and it was so magical that I didn’t think I could do anything with it at all. I said no. And everybody in Hollywood that I knew as friends or who were in the business said, ‘Are you insane? You’re not going to do a huge musical with Sidney Lumet?’ And I was so impressionable then that I thought there must be something wrong with me. “So I got on a plane to go to NY to meet with Sidney, and when I got off the plane, Sidney said, ‘I have great news for you: Diana Ross is going to play Dorothy.’ And I played catch-up from then on, because my first conversation with Sidney was that we were going to go all over the United States and find a girl who was the appropriate age for The Wizard of Oz. And the concept of Oz being Manhattan… You know, Sidney was such a NYer, and NY was one of the stars of the movie. Well, I hadn’t planned on any of that, nor was the play like that at all. I played catch-up the rest of the time, and I tried to roll with the punches the best I could. But, you know: Dorothy was suddenly 39 years old and a spinster in Harlem. “I think everybody worked their asses off,” he continued. “The movie is so loaded with talent. I think that it was historic; I don’t think any African-American film had been made at that budget, and I think, at the time, Sidney was the only one who could have made that happen. And I was working with Lena Horne and Diana Ross and Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson when he was 17. Nipsey Russell. All the great people who are in that movie! Ted Ross, who played the lion. Mabel King. I was working with brilliant and talented people. The great Ozzie [Oswald] Morris, a very, very legendary cinematographer. It was quite an experience. “Remember, I’m coming from Car Wash, which is a day in the life of a car wash and was made for $750,000. No one knew that Car Wash was going to be Car Wash — certainly not me. In fact, one of the big moguls in Hollywood came to me and said, ‘What is this movie you’ve written?’ And I told him, and he said, ‘Joel, people do not go to the movies to see black people washing cars. People go to the movies to see…’ I can remember, he sort of put his hands up and blocked the words in front his face: ‘Lawrence. Of. Arabia. Gone. With. The. Wind. They do not come to see black people washing cars.’ And I remember when I left, it was night. I had a little Karmann Ghia convertible, and I never could figure out how to put the top up. And I literally had a white-knuckle ride home thinking, ‘He’s a billionaire. He’s one of the smartest people I know. Oh my God. I am making a movie about black people washing cars!’” Schumacher laughed. “And then I thought, ‘But I think it’s pretty good and pretty funny!’ So we had the last laugh, obviously. “I never thought I totally got my ass in the seat because the direction of it had changed so much. But the movie is so beloved, especially in the African-American community. Everyone grew up on it. Everybody’s kids love it. And I think that’s true of some of the Caucasian community, too. I mean, it’s quite a fascinating film visually, and it does have Michael Jackson at that age, which will be forever preserved, and Lena Horne, who nobody may ever know of or see any other way. I’m still friends with Quincy Jones to this day. Michael and I stayed in contact for many years. He was always trying to get me to do a music video or put him in a movie.” Alas, Schumacher and Jackson never collaborated. “‘Scream’ was the last video I turned down with him,” the filmmaker said, explaining that he was already committed to a range of projects during a particularly prolific period that yielded his two Batman movies and his hit John Grisham adaptations The Client and A Time to Kill. “That was the last conversation I think we had together; it was right around the time of ‘Scream.’ And if you’d met Michael when I knew Michael, you’d never have believed that he could have done anything to his face or anything. He was such a beautiful, brilliant talent. Well, he was always a brilliant talent. But it would have been impossible to know that there were demons lurking in that shy, exquisitely mannered, young, beautiful boy. The minute Sidney yelled, ‘Action,’ it was like, ‘Oh my God. Look at this child.’” Now you know. There’s more where this came from, too; please do check out the rest of Movieline’s chat with Joel Schumacher later this week.

Zsa Zsa Gabor's Husband Announces L.A. Mayoral Candidacy

Prince Frederic von Anhalt -- better known as Zsa Zsa Gabor's ninth husband -- could be the next mayor of Los Angeles in 2013. PHOTOS: Lost Homes of Hollywood The 68-year-old announced his bid for mayoral run via billboard on Sunset Blvd earlier this week. The ad features a photograph of von Anhalt smiling and pointing, with text that reads: "Get Los Angeles Back to Work.... Lower Taxes.... Lower DWP Bills." "We have 400,000 unemployed people, 40,000 homeless people, almost thousand people eating out of trash cans every day," he said during an interview with ABC 7. "You know, talking about unemployed people -- probably unemployed people are unemployed because they don't want to go to work because they are sick and tired of getting headaches, you know, when they drive to work. So that's probably why they stay at home." "I want to fix the streets because I get a headache myself," he continued. PHOTOS: Actors Who've Played Politicians In a press release on his website, von Anhalt hopes to make Gabor the "First Lady of the City of Angels." His campaign platform includes revitalizing Los Angeles, creating jobs, lowing utility bills, ending homelessness, encouraging illegal immigrants to become legal, cutting taxes, cutting film industry permit costs and fixing the city's infrastructure. von Anhalt ran for Governor of California back in 2010, but withdrew his candidacy due to Gabor's failing health. His 94-year-old wife was hospitalized on Saturday, Oct. 8 after losing consciousness due to high fever, the LA Times reports. Related Topics Zsa Zsa Gabor

Rankings Corporate Jungle: Fringe Inches Up, Kitchen Bad dreams Slips, Gifted Guy Flat

Three days in, the Friday series appear to possess settled in. There have been only minor changes within the rankings from a week ago, some series adding a tenth of the 18-49 rating point, some losing one and also the others keeping steady. Those of course can change once the second phase from the Friday fall rollout begins with the development of NBC’s Chuck and Grimm and ABC’s Extreme Transformation: Home Edition and Shark Tank. For now, let’s benefit from the tranquility. Listed here are the stats for last evening: Fox’s Kitchen Bad dreams (1.5/5 in grown ups 18-49) was lower a tenth from a week ago, while Fringe (1.3/4) corrected the downward trend with the addition of a tenth. CBS’ rookie A Gifted Guy (1.2/4) seems to possess found the underside, despite a week ago. CSI: NY (1.6/7) was lower a tenth, while Blue Bloods (1.9/6, 11 million) was up with that much. It had been once more the greatest-ranked program from the evening both in 18-49 and total audiences. Similarly, the CW’s Nikita (.5/2) was lower a tenth in 18-49, while Supernatural (.7/2) was steady. ABC’s 20/20 (1.1/3) too was lower a tenth from a week ago, while NBC’s Dateline (1.4/4) was the only real program to buck the popularity, lower 2 tenths.

Disincentives for Hollywood

'The Avengers' moved its shoot from Michigan to Ohio following a Michigan governor vowed to curtail the state's incentives program.Chris Winters thought he'd showed up a sweet gig when he started last November for just about any startup visual effects and production company in Michigan, Maxsar Digital Art galleries. He'd developed inside the Wolverine Condition, as well as the job was close to his parents' home. "I used to be searching toward it," according to him. "It made an appearance too good actually was -- plus it was too good actually was.InchIn under yearly, Winters and at least one half-dozen other artists were chasing after following a producer for $50,000 in delinquent wages, while Maxsar Digital was expected to close. Production incentive programs can lure legitimate productions and convey a lot of money into the condition. Nonetheless they could also allures bottom-bird bird feeders who is able to make use of the state's allotted funds. The Maxsar tale happened concurrently the alternation in condition government meant a rapid inadequate support for your program, then any sort of accident inside the filming industry inside the condition. The Michigan experience stands just like a cautionary tale for anyone associated with incentives. States need to be conscious of don't assume all film company will have a way to provide on its anticipation. And film companies, their employees and native companies need to be conscious of politics can be a volatile area, together with a general change in administrations frequently means a serious change for everyone involved.Winters, along with around 15 other freelance vfx artists, started for Maxsar Digital around the sci-fier referred to as "Scar 23," produced by Philippe Martinez, who was simply Boss of Maxsar, though Maxsar wasn't the expansion company round the pic. The completely new Maxsar artists would never know Martinez, nonetheless they soon discovered that french-born professional had offered incarceration in France after traders complained to government physiques about his former company, Ulysse, that have been forced into receivership in La. Martinez's business dealings in 2006-2007 with helmer Amy Heckerling and filmmaker David Ayer on separate projects left both worrying freely that Martinez was trying to barter regards to already-completed deals or deliver less support for films than he'd guaranteed.After winning rights to Ayer's "Harsh Occasions" getting a $4 million bid, Martinez later asked for him to slash the price by $millions of. In the 2008 Entertainment Weekly interview, Heckerling alleged that Martinez botched deals for "I Really Could Never BeYour Lady" by signing away DVD rights, killing its chances for theatrical release and relegating it for the straight-to-DVD bin.At first, production made an appearance being going as planned on "Scar 23," then one supervisor told they that Maxsar planned to improve its slate with elevated films each year for an additional a long time. But by early 2011, the business began to obtain behind in needing to pay lots of its freelance artists. When the artists began asking the thing that was happening, states Winters, "i had been told a number of things. They saved saying that they're prone to find more traders which we'd get our money, when they asked for me to keep working even though I wasn't being paid out, I did so it."They were also told that Maxsar may be affected because lately selected Gov. Ron Snyder, a Republican, mentioned right after taking office he thought the film incentives type in Michigan should be changed or removed. Maxsar general counsel Franklin Master (who's among people still owed money through the organization) states "I told (the vfx artists) we'd pay them back, but that individuals were getting problems because of traders being nervous concerning the governor's claims in regards to the incentives program." The Michigan Film Office, however, states that since "Scar 23" were being qualified for your incentives type in 2010, it may be grandfathered in, regardless of just what the new governor or condition legislature did this season.Feasible traders were introduced into the Maxsar facility to determine vfx concentrate on "Scar 23," according to editor Nick Hoban, a classic Maxsar staffer who was simply paid out entirely for his work there. Hoban thinks the failure to draw more investment wasn't only dependent on worries in regards to the incentive program."They were constantly spinning the script for 'Scar 23' and asking the vfx artists for ideas about how precisely to correct the problems inside the script," Hoban states. "It had not been an excellent story, therefore i don't think the incentives may have developed a difference either in situation.InchConsider Snyder began moving to eliminate the Michigan film credit and alter it getting a grant program designated at $25 million, the entire film industry there's cratered. "I used to be concentrating on 'Avengers' taken, as well as the minute the governor started talking about changing the incentives program, they attracted from Michigan and visited Cleveland," states David Rumble, a Michigan-based location manager. "And So I have spent the ultimate seven several days in Ohio together with a lot of other Michigan crew people who required to stay with the job.InchRumble thinks Michigan's film business flattened as soon as Snyder began his anti-incentives claims. With fierce competition from neighboring states like Ohio, it absolutely was quite simple for producers to find financially eco-friendly pastures nearby. Michigan also recently lost "Iron Guy 3" to more attractive incentives type in New You are able to."It's the large productions that fill hotels, restaurants and hire plenty of local crew after which it pay them back union day rates," states Rumble. "Little films will almost always scrimp and continue to shell out less."The Michigan Film Office confesses there's less film production this year in comparison to 2010, but stresses will still be capable of approve incentives for 21 projects.In the lost "Iron Guy 3" deal, the film office states, "We put a hostile offer available to Marvel and Disney, and so they, like several project, needed to produce a business decision."Michigan's incentive program features a dim future at best. Right now, SB 569 -- the legislation which will introduce a cap of $25 million and show how individuals funds might be granted -- sits in committee inside the condition legislature. Since it hasn't moved, the Michigan Film Office made a decision on Sept. 30 that it's going to forget about take incentive programs for fiscal year 2012.Maxsar employees were made knowledgeable that incentives carried out an element inside the company's financial crisis. In addition, whilst the studio was falling days behind needing to pay its self-employed noisy . 2011, management started to see the vfx artists that they need to complete song in the vfx for "Scar 23" quickly. According to several artists asked with this particular story, managers mentioned they needed the shots with an audit with the Michigan Film Office. The audit, they mentioned, would demonstrate that Maxsar was transporting it which will qualify them this year incentives funds. However, Michigan's film office states it doesn't examine the vfx around the project throughout any kind of audit. The Film Office as well as the Dept. of Treasury only perform an audit to have the ability to determine the specific amount make the condition within a production, since that number may be used to calculate how large the incentive check a production can get.Maxsar shuttered in April, departing "Scar 23" incomplete plus a few of their self-employed, including no less than six digital artists, delinquent for approximately three weeks' work. Some attempted to get hold of Master or Martinez to uncover if there has been any expects to pay them back. Some artists handled to handle and were guaranteed they'd obtain money. Others found themselves calling disconnected numbers. Vfx artist Adam Skutt states he was told through Martinez within this summer time producer would cut a deal for just about any different project, that when the offer experienced, a couple of from the funds would be familiar with pay him the more than $4,000 he was owed. Next mobile call, he never learned by producer again, and Martinez has since stopped taking his calls, according to him. Skutt never received his payment. Yet others informed that after "Scar 23" passed through its incentive audit, Martinez would settle all obligations for Maxsar. Master, who certifies the artists' claims are legitimate, states you will discover records of Maxsar's outstanding obligations, including information for individuals creditors, like the artists. No vfx artists asked with this particular story say they'd learned by Maxsar or happen to be asked for their current information.InchContrary, it seems like they've been remaining from us, must be phone number for Franklin (Master) was changed after which it I possibly could not contact him," states Winters, that has labored by getting a lawyer to find the $9,000 still due him.The incentive search for "Scar 23" might have to go a extended way toward settling people obligations. Even though Michigan Film Office can't discuss specific areas of the audit for your project, they confirmed "Scar 23" was approved for your incentives program which their audit is going on. Work also pointed out once the film qualifies for the entire amount per its original documents, a reason search for $4.28 million may be launched, although neither Maxsar nor Martinez would be the recipient. Rather, payment might be made to a company referred to as Teddy 23, registered in Michigan with Luc Campeau listed as "resident agent."Even though it can happen strange, you'll have the ability to recieve a motivation check on a project that's not completed. To get this done, though, producer must demonstrate by having an audit the cash for your project remains place in Michigan. Also, projects ought to be pre-approved for your incentives program, and before they begin work, they need to usually show a concrete request completion and distribution. However, any wages paid out to people that are still owed money will not be qualified for your incentive program since people wages might have been paid out following a final incentive documents remains filed.Getting aided complete Maxsar's "audit" footage inside a breakneck pace, Joan DiSalvo, a vfx producer who's owed greater than $5,000 by Maxsar, states, "Ultimately, I possibly could have no solutions about payment, now i'm pursuing options using the (Michigan) Dept. at the office.In . Having a lawyer would consume a lot of what DiSalvo is owed, she states, together with a little-claims court victory means little, since Maxsar isn't any more in operation. Adds Winters: "These amounts, $3,000 or $5,000, might appear small, but if you are freelance, it's a lot of money. People forget we still have to buy medical insurance on our own, that came to a lot whenever you don't purchase it incorporated in business, so you have to save for your occasions when you're unemployed."Variety showed up at Martinez by telephone via his office at Bauer Martinez Art galleries in Florida. When asked for in regards to the money he still owed the "Scar 23," crew, he increased being upset."I spent a lot of money in Michigan, and I'd rather not discuss it any more,Inch Martinez mentioned in the finish of August. "We will probably pay them back in September, In my opinion. I'm tired, and if you want to create an account about $50,000, start.InchThen he stuck. Master supported about 30 minutes later to resolve questions regarding his client's account, adding many of the data with this particular story. Inside their last conversations with Variety, both Martinez and Master confirmed individuals funds used to be owed to people who tried "Scar 23."Meanwhile, Winters as well as the others is only able to wait and expect payment."Allow me to think it'll happen," states Winters. "But we now have learned several things at a multitude of points that i'm unsure items to believe any more.InchBy March. 6, Adam Skutt, Chris Winters and Joan DiSalvo wasn't paid out. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Oscarcast Team Of Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, Adam Shankman Plot Pic

EXCLUSIVE: New Line Cinema is at early talks to obtain a pitch for just about any comedy vehicle which will re-team 2010 Oscarcast hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin with Adam Shankman, who'll direct and who produced the Oscars that year. That is all pretty early stuff — they haven’t closed the sale in addition to hired a author — nevertheless the principals have sparked to the idea of carry on the comedy with a little of Purchasing and selling Places meets Inflammed Old Males. The comedy will probably be produced by Shankman and also the Offspring Entertainment partner Jennifer Gibgot. Martin and Baldwin formerly teamed within it’s Complicated, playing dueling paramours for your affection of Meryl Streep. The idea for your project sprang from Martin turning up with Baldwin inside the opening segment of Saturday Evening Live, when Baldwin broke Martin’s hosting record, and Shankman and Gibgot thought they’d produce a good screen pairing. Baldwin just teamed together on Rock Old range, even though he made an appearance shaky about taking part for a lot of personal reasons sooner or later, I’m told he'd a lot of fun round the film. We don’t see plenty of comedy tandems any more, but these males in the comedy has potential. Martin is repped by WME, Baldwin by CAA and Shankman at UTA.

Rhapsody buys Napster

The lengthy-looked forward to consolidation within the music streaming space is going ahead. Rhapsody has acquired Napster from electronics giant Best To Buy to have an undisclosed cost. The offer will mix a couple of the biggest streaming services within the U.S. and may roughly double the amount of Rhapsody customers. The transaction is anticipated to shut through the finish of the following month and can lead to Best To Buy getting a minority possession stake in Rhapsody. Financial the deal weren't revealed. "This can be a 'go large or go home' business, so our focus is on sustainably growing the organization," stated Rhapsody leader Jon Irwin inside a statement. "This deal will further extend Rhapsody's lead over our rivals within the growing on-demand music market."Napster, with a, continues to be most widely known for starting off digital music revolution by permitting peer-to-peer discussing of MP3 files in early area of the decade. Nearly all that discussing was of unlicensed copies of tunes. Best To Buy acquired the organization, which in fact had retooled like a music streaming service, for $121 million in 2008.Rhapsody presently has over 800,000 customers. During the time of its acquisition by Best To Buy, Napster was declaring to possess nearly 700,000, climax unclear in which the company's current customer count stands. The merger between your two companies may come as digital music market has seen competition intensify this season. Rhapsody and Napster are generally well-known names within the streaming market, however the U.S. launch of Spotify and also the effective IPO of The planet pandora captured signaled a general change in stakes. The launch of Amazon . com Cloud Player, Sony's Music Limitless and Google Music further muddied the waters. Recently, the streaming music market got another large potential boost using the update of Facebook, which now enables customers to talk about streaming quite happy with one another using a live-ticker feed. Customers will not have the ability to join their buddies in hearing tunes unless of course they are people of the identical streaming service, though, that has motivated a land hurry. (For example, if a person are members of Rhapsody, but another uses Spotify, they will not have the ability to listen together until one switches services.) The very first plan to gain critical mass on Facebook may end up being the champion within the streaming music space. By being conspicuously featured onstage throughout Facebook's f8 summit, Spotify was handed a large jump. Rhapsody instantly fired back, though, announcing a brand new 30-day trial program for Facebook customers, that will provide limitless use of its catalog of 13 million tunes. Customers aren't needed to supply charge card information once they register and do not need to bother about being instantly transformed into customers in the finish from the trial. (The service normally costs $10 monthly.) Rhapsody was among the first online music services to determine itself following the Napster legal cases were winding lower. Recently, though, it's been at risk of being overshadowed by Spotify, with a substantial following in Europe and it has rapidly attracted U.S. clients. (The free version of Spotify attracted 1.4 million people in the first month -- and converted 175,000 of individuals -- an astonishing 12.five percent - to having to pay clients for the reason that time.) "There's substantial value in getting Napster's customers and robust IP portfolio to Rhapsody once we execute on our technique to expand our business via direct purchase of people and distribution deals," stated Irwin. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Nikki Finke & Bryan Lourd, Together In Song

Hey Morgan!, the Matt Shakman-directed musical that opens at the Black Dahlia Theatre in Los Angeles on October 15, has released a sample song (audio below) that conveys a real insider’s take on the Hollywood agency game. The song, “(I Gave My Heart To) CAA”, is a catchy tune from the show that captures the frustration of a young woman’s attempt to rise to the rank of agent. Written by Matt Fogel and Isaac Laskin, the song drips with sarcasm. But how can you not like a tune that works the names of Nikki Finke and Bryan Lourd into its lyrics? But call a fact checker –because the heroine sings of wanting to be an agent at CAA so she could rep Michael Bay. Of course, Bay is repped by WME, but that doesn’trhyme.

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The Chew Jeers for the Chew due to its unappetizingly overstuffed premiere.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!Even though among its five cohosts oddly didn't attend the opening of ABC's The Kids-killing chat 'n chew - Mario Batali briefly came out via satellite in the charitable organization golf tournament in Jersey City - the table still felt way too overcrowded. In this culinary fake in the View, More to Wear's Clinton Kelly made an appearance irritatingly shoehorned into the Whoopi Goldberg sassy-moderator role. And merely just in case you missed the fact "all around health expert" Daphne Oz is Dr. Oz's daughter the initial ten occasions they stated it, the truly amazing physician themselves switched up for just about any "surprise" cameo to declare how proud he's of his lately youthful girl (she lost 25 pounds, and her weight-loss secrets were also packed lower viewers' throats).Meanwhile, Top Chef's Carla Hall and Iron Chef's Michael Symon (all of whom introduced their moms for the show) tried to out lower-home each other: Symon cooked cheap-and-easy pork and beans, while Hall introduced the thought of "Gon' Bes": quality quality recipes gone wrong that, she assured us, are "gon' be OK." Sooner or later maybe we'll be capable of exactly the same in regards to the Chew, if they'd like to trim your body body fat within the cast, lessen the cornball forced merriment and throw a few less elements into the proverbial pot.What's your consider the Chew?Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Michelle Branch Records 'Terra Nova' Promo Track; Talks Upcoming Reality Show (Video)

Courtesy Warner Bros. Records Michelle Branch fans were only recently treated to the singer's first solo offering in eight years, when she released "Loud Music" off her upcoming album, West Coast Time. Now, Branch is lending her vocals to the highly anticipated Fox fall series, Terra Nova. PHOTOS: 'Terra Nova': Never-Before-Seen Photos From Behind the Scenes Singing "Another Sun," Branch appears in a promotional spot for the show, unveiled on Sept. 22. Terra Nova makes its debut on Monday, Sept. 26. STORY: Why Michelle Branch Almost Quit Music (Exclusive) "The earth was all but collapsing. We couldn't breathe the air, drink the water," says actor Stephen Lang in a voiceover. "Terra Nova is a new beginning." Lang plays Commander Nathaniel Taylor in the series, the first of a group of settlers to arrive on prehistoric Earth and begin cultivating a new colony of humans among a group of dangerous dinosaurs. Watch the clip below. THR COVER STORY: On Set With 'Terra Nova': 8 Secrets Revealed From TV's Most Ambitious Fall Show In other Branch-related TV news, the singer tells The Hollywood Reporter that she's working on launching a food show -- baking, to be exact -- and has hooked up with the producers of Hell's Kitchen to bring it to life. "I'm opening my bakery in LA hopefully sometime between January and March of next year and we're going to film a food show following me as I try to open a restaurant while being on tour and being the mother of a six-year-old," said Branch. As for the delectable confections she plans to make? "Mostly pies," she says. "It's like a bar and bakery -- a pastry speakeasy." Michelle Branch Terra Nova

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Emmy producers add eco-friendly touches showing

Emmy host Jane Lynch, professional producer Mark Burnett and TV Acad topper John Shaffner unveil the eco-friendly red-colored-colored carpet.Pv energy and recycled carpet materials are available in the Emmy spotlight on Sunday incorporated in Fox as well as the TV Acad's efforts to produce the ceremony substantially more eco-friendly than it has been formerly. Fox as well as the TV Acad are choosing photo voltaic energy sections to provide the power employed by all people screaming photogs while others who'll line the threshold for the Nokia Theater. The 390-ft red-colored-colored carpet itself consists of 25,000 sq foot of in your town acquired recycled carpet created inside a factory about 16 miles from downtown L.A. All of the lighting may come from low-energy Introduced and fluorescent lights, clearly, which will just use about 20% in the energy attracted in by conventional lighting sources. Following a Emmys, the photo voltaic energy sections will probably be led to Habitat for Humanity of Greater La for use in your home-building efforts. Carpeting will probably be led for the Ronald McDonald House in Extended Beach also to Habitat for Humanity. Among the other eco-friendly initiatives for your Emmycast: n All signs is printed with water-based ink on biodegradable materials. n Bicycles will replace golf buggies for staff and crew people whizzing around the venue. n All of the chow offered backstage will probably be in your town grown and organic, from chef Alan Jackson of Lemonade. All of the plates, cups and products are multiple-use. :- Cynthia Littleton Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

'Dexter's' Julia Stiles Says Murder Scenes Were Surprisingly Enjoyable

Showtime's "Dexter" is 3-for-4 when it comes to scoring Emmy nominations for guest star in a drama series. Jimmy Smits picked up a nom for his portrayal of Assistant District Attorney Miguel Prado in season three, and John Lithgow took home the statuette last year for his portrayal of the chilling Trinity Killer. This season, Julia Stiles boarded the series about a Miami serial killer-with-a-cause as Lumen, a damaged rape victim freed from abduction by Dexter (Michael C. Hall). Stiles says she read a lot of literature to effectively play the victim, whom Dexter ultimately transforms into a revenge killer.The Hollywood Reporter: How much did you know about Lumen or her story arc when you took the role? Julia Stiles: I actually knew very little. I met with producer John Goldwyn, and he gave me the broad strokes about what the arc of the character would be. I did ask if I would end up killing anyone, and he said yes. At that point, I decided to do it. He told me that when you meet her for the first time, she's been victimized. I was more interested in how she would become more active. The revenge part of it is what intrigued me.THR: The fact that Lumen ultimately got to kill someone is what sealed the deal for you to take the part? Stiles: Yes, the idea that she wasn't just the victim. I was really excited by the idea that she would be involved in Dexter's secret life, as opposed to on the outside of it like a lot of the other characters.THR: How familiar were you with the series ahead of your audition? Stiles: I was a big fan. I'd seen season four with John Lithgow, and that's what got me hooked. Then I went back and watched from the beginning.THR: Following Lithgow's Emmy-winning turn two seasons ago, did you feel particular pressure to deliver another award-winning guest arc? Stiles: Absolutely! My one hesitation was that his shoes are big ones to fill. My saving grace is that I'm a girl and that my character was very different from his. I at least comforted myself with that idea. If I thought too much about how great he was and how much the fan base really responded to his work, I would have been paralyzed. I tried to focus on the differences.THR: What was the most challenging aspect of playing a victim-turned-revenge killer like Lumen? Stiles: I never think of myself as an actor who takes work home with them, but I was surprised, especially toward the end of the season -- around episode 10 -- when some of the details of what Lumen had experienced became really harrowing, and I started to realize that it was affecting me outside of work. One scene in particular, in episode 10, when the detectives have found DVDs showing what has happened to the victims -- it was really dark. It made it more difficult for me to sleep. THR: What did you learn about yourself playing Lumen? Stiles: I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the kill scenes and the sacredness of them. As a fan of the show, I felt very privileged to be a part of them.THR: How did you prepare for the role? Stiles: On one hand, it was difficult to prepare because I couldn't see much of where it was going when we first started the season. The details of what she had experienced were really important to me; everything that she had experienced before the attack and abduction was irrelevant because she became a different person. I met with the writers a lot and grilled them for details about what she had experienced -- the sensory experience of her trauma -- because that would affect her behavior when you first meet her. I read a lot about trauma victims and rape victims, but for me, that was very intellectual, and I wanted it to be more visceral and emotional. I had to use my imagination a lot, and that was pretty harrowing. I wanted to do the character justice, in terms of the reality of how she was affected and to justify her revenge later.THR: Was there anything you brought in that the writers incorporated into the script? Stiles: There was a lot of discussion later as the relationship between Dexter and Lumen became more intimate. The biggest question was whether Lumen was ready for any sort of closeness with a man.THR: Were you surprised that Lumen survived? Stiles: Not only was I really surprised that she survived, but I was surprised that she ended up distancing herself from Dexter. The tradition on the show is once you get too close to Dexter, he's got to kill you.THR: Could Lumen ever return? Stiles: I have no idea, only because I don't know if it makes sense for the show. It's out of my hands. So we'll see. THR: Is there a scene that stands out most when you think about your "Dexter" experience? Stiles: In the kill room, when she first gets to put the knife in. That was really special. There was also a nice moment of collaboration where the set designers had put up pictures of all the other victims on the wall, and I remember saying to the director that I felt like it was important that Lumen acknowledge the other girls and say that it was for them, too. We did a separate shot of that, and it ended up in the final edit, which I was really pleased about. It's a great example of how collaborative the show is and what a nice environment it is to work in. The Hollywood Reporter

NOVA Einstein Revealed

Albert Einstein is most likely the favourite researcher ever, but exactly how much will we fully realize about him aside from the hair, the explosive device, and relativity? In Einstein Revealed, NOVA guides us through his existence as reflected in the private papers, showing a guy of turbulent feelings and strong obsessions, yet kind and gentle like a mother hen. Using dramatized interviews, historic photography, and cartoon to enlighten us about his personal existence and the long term mission to comprehend character, Einstein Revealed works in showing both guy and the are nothing you've seen prior.

Today on indieWIRE: One Hot 'Orgy,' 'One Day,' & More

Today on indieWIRE, we introduced IFP's Project Forum's participants, profiled TIFF's developers, questioned 'Senna' director Asif Kapadia, plus much more! Christine Vachon, Rose Troche, Bruce LaBruce One of the 150 in IFP's Project Forum: New projects from Christine Vachon, Bruce LaBruce, David Robert Mitchell ('The Myth from the American Sleepover'), and Rose Troche are probably the 150 that made the cut with this year's Project Forum, located by IFP throughout Independent Film Week (Sept. 18-22) in the Film Society of Lincoln subsequently Center's Elinor Bunin Monroe Film Center. iW's Movie during the day: Jason Sudeikis and Tyler Labine Wake Up Close & Personal in 'Orgy': We were not so hot about the tame trailer for that approaching comedy 'A Traditional Fashioned Orgy.' It had been all buildup with no payback. Therefore it would be a enjoyable surprise whenever we discovered a just-launched clip in the film that satisfies about the commitment of its title: namely that individuals really have it on. Abel Ferrara, David Mamet and David Fincher Featured in Film Noir Series at San Sebastian: The 59th San Sebastian Film Festival includes a repertory series, ''American Method of Dying: American Film Noir 1990-2010', dedicated to the current-day American film noir. Satisfy the Toronto Worldwide Film Festival Developers, In Their Own Individual Words: We are pleased to present the Toronto Worldwide Film Festival because the first non-U.S. event within our ongoing series spotlighting festival developers. Toronto Film Festival Announces Participants in Four Industry Programs: The 36th Toronto Worldwide Film Festival introduced the participants in four industry programs today -- coming back programs Telefilm Canada PITCH THIS!, Talent Lab, and Producers Lab Toronto, and new initiative Rising Stars. FUTURES Asif Kapadia, Director of Racecar Doc 'Senna': Served By the Speaking Heads!: Asif Kapadia isn't any newcomer. The filmmaker won a BAFTA for his 2001 aesthetically ravishing epic 'The Warrior' and helmed the Sarah Michelle Gellar horror flick 'The Return.' Why shall we be profiling him? His Sundance award-winning sports documentary, 'Senna,' marks his first stab at documentary filmmaking, and that he nails it. Start Looking At 'American Psycho' Director Mary Harron's 'The Moth Diaries': It's been six years since we have been told by Mary Harron, a minimum of about the giant screen. The director who made waves using the one-two knockout of 'I Shot Andy Warhol' and 'American Psycho' happened using the workmanlike and disappointing 'The Well known Bettie Page' and spent the following couple of years largely employed in television. Director Lone Scherfig Discusses 'One Day,' Hathaway As Catwoman, and 'The Approach We Take To Were': 'One Day' includes a rigid structure that some company directors would find impossible. Emma and Dexter -- performed by Hathaway As Catwoman and Jim Sturgess -- survive through 2 decades of tumultuous friendship and love, although we simply discover their whereabouts on This summer 15 every year. But this romantic drama plays to Danish-born director Lone Scherfig's talents. Dubai Film Connection Stretches Deadline, is Available to Arabic and French Scripts: The Dubai Worldwide Film Festival has extended its submission deadline for that fifth cycle from the fest's co-production market, Dubai Film Connection. Until Augu. 22, scripts designed in British, Arabic and French is going to be recognized, permitting a larger selection of filmmakers to sign up. Tribeca Accepting Distribution for Doc Fund, Sloan Filmmaker Fund, All Access & Latin America Fund: The Tribeca Film Institute has become accepting distribution for his or her following programs: The TFI Documentary Fund, TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund, Tribeca All Access and also the TFI Latin America Media Arts Fund.