Witherspoon attached to West Memphis 3 pic

WitherspoonReese Witherspoon is attached to star in Atom Egoyan's West Memphis Three drama "Devil's Knot."Pic is based on investigative reporter Mara Leveritt's 2003 book "Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three," which chronicled the prolonged murder trial of defendants Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr., who served 18 years in prison before being released in August. The trio were accused of killing Christopher Byers, Michael Moore and Stevie Branch, three 8-year-old boys who were found brutally murdered and hog-tied in a wooded area of West Memphis, Arkansas known as Robin Hood Hills.Witherspoon will play Pam Hobbs, the mother of one of the victims. Hobbs originally believed that Echols, Baldwin and Misskelley murdered her son, but as the case dragged on and more details became available, she came to believe that the trio did not commit the heinous crime.Scott Derrickson and Paul Boardman wrote the script, which they began working on in 2006 when the project was set up at Dimension Films. Egoyan recently worked with Boardman to develop the latest draft.Former Dimension prexy Richard Saperstein ("Hancock") will produce with Elizabeth Fowler, Clark Peterson ("Rampart") and Boardman.While there are no rights deal with Echols, Baldwin or Misskelley, the producers have secured life rights to several figures involved in the controversial case, including private investigator Ron Lax.Production on the under-$20 million feature is expected to start in the summer.The West Memphis 3 case has attracted heightened media attention as well as the interest of Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, who produced Amy Berg's documentary "West of Memphis," which will debut at Sundance.Witherspoon, who was last seen in "Water For Elephants," next stars alongside Chris Pine and Tom Hardy in McG's "This Means War." Thesp, who won an Oscar for "Walk the Line," recently wrapped Jeff Nichols' indie "Mud" with Matthew McConaughey.Witherspoon is repped by CAA and Management 360. Contact Jeff Sneider at jeff.sneider@variety.com

The 100 Days 'Til The Hunger Games Poster Puzzle Hunt Is On -- And We've Got #78!

Make like Katniss and sharpen those hunting skills, Hunger Games fans, because Lionsgate’s launching a scavenger hunt with a worthy payoff to count down the mere 100 days that remain until Suzanne Collins’ dystopian teen battle royale tale hits screens on March 23: Collect all 100 pieces in the Hunger Games 100 Poster Puzzle Hunt and be the first to get a peek at the full official first poster for the March flick. You can start with golden-flecked puzzle piece #78 (of 100), which Movieline hosts exclusively after the jump. (Hint: It’s a corner piece! Get to puzzling already!) [Click to launch Movieline’s Hunger Games cast gallery] Here’s how to play: - One hundred (100) puzzle pieces are hiding online waiting to be discovered and pieced together; once you fit all 100 pieces together, post your completed puzzle to Facebook and @tag The Hunger Games Official Movie Page. - When the first fan solves the puzzle and posts it to Facebook, Lionsgate will release the poster in all of its high resolution glory. Helpful hints: Search for #HungerGames100 on Twitter to track each piece, and get more info on the game here. Without further ado… behold, piece 78/100 (Download the PDF here directly: http://bit.ly/t2cwNC) Good luck citizens, and may the odds be ever in your favor! Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Spiner to helm 'Olvido'

MADRID -- Fernando Spiner, whose Gaucho Western "Aballay" walked away while using lion's share of kudos at Monday's Argentine Academy awards ceremony, will adapt another Argentine classic: "Mas alla del olvido." Argentina's foreign-language Oscar submission, "Aballay" changes a celebrated short story by Antonio Di Benedetto. Helmer-scribe Spiner's "Olvido" can be a remake in the Argentine movie of the title directed by Hugo del Carril in 1956. The amour fou tale has Del Carril becoming an Argentine ranch-owner stumbling in Paris upon a cabaret dancer who's an inactive ringer for his deceased wife. Taking her to Argentina, he tries to change her to the spitting picture of his former spouse. But tragedy strikes once more. "Del Carril might be the Orson Welles of Argentine cinema, a director, actor, producer, film author and music artist," mentioned Spiner. The 1956 "Olvido" changes 1892 novel "Bruges-la-Morte," by Belgium's Georges Rodenbach. Spiner mentioned it inspired 1954 French crime novel "The Living as well as the Dead," acquired by Alfred Hitchcock for your 1958 pic "Vertigo." "Olvido" is defined at Spiner's Buenos Aires label, Boya Films. Spiner aims to go in production late 2012, shooting in Argentina. On Monday, Spiner scooped eight Argentine Academy awards for "Aballay," including director, actress (Moro Anghileri), cinematography and modified script. "Aballay" is becoming leaving major territory sales for Kevin William's KWA, Willams told Variety. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Hammond: From Mess Tailor To Julia Roberts & Kaira Pitt, Oscar Talk Is Everywhere

‘Tis the growing season. Galleries and marketers are tugging out all of the stops tobring focus on their large honours challengers.The drumbeat continues to be so loudsince Thanksgiving it’snot uncommon to become asked to four to five sceenings, parties, occasions, and Q&As with just one evening. I recieve the sensation everybody ispushing a great deal harder this season than ever before beforebecause of relaxed pre-nomination Academy Of Movement Picture Arts & Sciences rules and also the feeling the race is available.With ballots due bySunday for LA Film Experts, Experts Choice, and Golden Globe honours,AFI Top Ten, yet others, the crush washeavy now. Witness Focus Features’push for Mess Tailor Soldier Spy. Gary Oldman and cast including Colin Firthand key crewhave experienced town doing one screening to another to packed Industry crowds for the kind of SAG, BAFTA, DGA guild honours. A publish-premiere party Tuesday evening came swarms of Academy people while Oldman and company held court.In a Sundaycocktail party attended by people from the La Film Experts, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, along with other groups, I went in to the film’s directorTomas Alfredson (Let The Correct One In) who's a new comer to the Hollywood honours scene but doesn’t appear irritated because of it. After I requested if he was upset by his very British film’s inexplicableloss towards the lower profile minor film Tyrannosaur at this day’s eccentricBritish Independent Film Honours, he stated, “I don’t think they consider Working Title and Universal too independent.”Still, the way a movie around the level ofTinker Tailor could lose to some dreary factor like Tyrannosaur is among the eccentricities of experts honours. Actually theTinker Tailor contingent is fairly thrilledabout their ownreviews and current 86% fresh score at Rotten Tomato plants as well as the industry reaction.In a KCET/American Cinematheque publish-screening Q&A Saturday, Oldman was presented witha career achievement Lumiere award. The actoris known forportrayingfar less restrainedcharacters. But hetold me playing George Smiley and walking in Alec Guiness’footsteps would be a career highlight and that he is wishing to complete another turn according to John LeCarre’s Smiley’s People. Mess Tailor opens within the U.S. today so box officeand possibly honours attention may figure for the reason that decision to visit forward with another Smiley project. Julia Roberts has been busy marketing her writing and directorial debut, the Bosnian war drama Within The Land of Bloodstream and Honey that is getting attention from news shows likeNightline, an hour, which Week With Christiane Amanpour. Jolie utilizes a virtually unknown cast of local stars and shot the film both in British and also the native Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language – but it's delivering within the latter, filled with British subtitles. A minimum of for the time being.Thursday evening’s La premiere party at Boulevard 3 swarming withwell-wishers, Jolietold meshe wanted the pic to betrue towards the occasions that happened and did that which was perfect for the film. An HFPA officer in control ofeligibilityfor the Golden Globes confirmed in my experience that Jolie’smovie is going to be considered for his or her Best Language Film prize. Actually, if you didn't know who directed this movie, you may think it's the work of the great European auteur.It's not qualified, however,for that AcademyAwards’ Foreign Languagecategory because of more difficult rules. It's, obviously, qualified in regular groups for that Academy awards. One ofthe manyoffering congratulations was former Presidential candidate General Wesley Clark who introducedJolie to his boy, a budding filmmaker themself. Clark explained he thought the film, in regards to a war he understood perfectly, only agreed to be “incredible”. That’s the precise word Jolie’s proudfather, Jon Voight, also accustomed to describeher uncompromisingfilm which opens on December 23rd. GK Films and Film Districttoppers Graham King and Peter Schlessel also weresinging the star’s praises. I recommended to King he personally might be nominated within an unprecented 3 picture groups when in a few days’s Golden Globe nominations are revealed: Best Picture Drama for Hugo, Best Animated Feature for Rango, and finest Language Film for Within The Land Of Bloodstream And Honey. “Iwould be at liberty simply to acquire one,” he stated having a smile. Meanwhile, in another corner from the room stoodBrad Pitt, who could nab a few individuals nominations for themself for Moneyball and also the Tree of Existence. Pittseemed alternately intrigued and amused as wetalked aboutthe whole circus and strategiesof honours season.He couldn’t believe men much like me cover this thingyearround now. (“You should write a magazine inside a couple of years,”he chuckled.)He explained hewas happy about his award in the NY Film Experts as well as very happy with Jolie’s movie. The Academy’s relaxed rules mean the meals and wine are flowing at these screening/party occasions. And Academy people I've come across around the circuit appear to become taking pleasure in it more with galleries delivering the invites straight to them the very first time. You will find Q&As everywhere and, for the kind of The Iron Lady’s Meryl Streep and War Equine’s Steven Spielberg in only past week, they arewebcast live all over the world, too, to provide galleries the greatest bang for his or her campaign dollars. To date no webinars of thenumerous parties targeted at bringing in voters: such as the publish-screening fete for Drive Wednesdayat the Andaz Hotel around the Sunset Strip that came Supporting Actor hopeful Albert Brooks and Cannes-winning director Nicolas Winding Refn amongst others. Earlier that evening there is a packedreception at Spagofor china Language entry, The Flowers of War which had Academy and HFPA people interacting withdirector Zhang Yimou and stars Christian Bale and Ni Ni right before these needed to catch an airplane for that movie’s world premiere in Beijing. A number of individuals participants then headed to ICM for any special screening event of Cuba’s entry Habanasation located by Michael Moore which came Sean Penn amongst others to provide support. Meanwhile, Warner Bros was revealing its late-inning release, Very Noisy And Extremely Close, in an industry screening and reception in the La County Museum of Art, much like a celebration they did for J. Edgar there a couple of days earlier. To not be surpassed, Dreamworks did their industry screening of War Equine the evening before in the Academy. And every one of case a little sample of goings on on the circuit all week. This non-stop honours train is sufficient to drive you insane this time around of the year.

Paris Jackson Lines Up First Feature Film Role Alongside Ray King

First Released: December 9, 2011 3:49 PM EST Credit: C-It Entertainment Group, LLC La, Calif. -- Caption Paris Jackson around the cover of Lundons BridgeJust a week ago, in the Vegas premiere of Cirque Du Soliels Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour, Paris Jackson told Access Hollywood she planned to follow along with in her own fathers actions and go into the entertainment world being an actress. And today, Access has confirmed the 13-year-old has arranged her first feature film role. Paris will star being an up to now undisclosed human character in Lundons Bridge and also the Three Secrets, an active action feature film, with different kids book series by Dennis H. Christen. Based on the books description on Amazon . com, the storyline surrounds the war between your land and also the ocean. Ancient ocean-miracle turns a dolphin right into a human, an evil spell changes a teenage boy right into a dragonfly along with a once good and loving jellyfish full becomes an evil fairy godmother. This contemporary day adventure forces an naive family being the weapon to battle the war which rages around the land and underneath the ocean, the description reads. Paris can also be featured around the book cover. The film will even feature the voices of Ray King as King Pom, his wife, Shawn King as Full Dalina,and Joey Fatone as Paco, a ocean equine. The project is presently in production with no release date is presently available. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Nikita Scoop: "Naked" Sean Pierce, Damaged Fingers along with a Clean Sweep

Maggie Q, Dillon Casey Nikita's midseaon finale left audiences using more than a couple of questions, and star Maggie Q sitting lower with reporters this month to tease what to anticipate when the show returns in The month of january. Want some almost-nudity? Nikita new guy Dillon Casey, who plays Oversight's Sean Pierce, is going to be draining lower all within the title from the approaching energy play. "He's naked within the whole episode, the one which we simply finished [shooting]," stated Q. "There have been a few women on set who ... [placed] bets how his body was underneath while he would put on suits constantly. Anyway, he strips lower completely to his under garments for the entire episode. He will get associated with a chair without any clothes on. His is amazing." From Nikita to Chuck: TV's most sexy crime martial artists Associated with a chair? That sounds somewhat Amanda (Melinda Clarke) interrogation special to us! Take a look at what else is approaching for Nikita the coming year: Rogue family reunion. Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) and Nikita will not continually be at odds. "Alex will discover much more about her family, which will move her for the reason that direction again," stated Q. "You will discover their whereabouts interact again. It will likely be lovely. There's this kind of older-sister-more youthful-sister dynamic that continues. It's nice, and you are likely to see some nice, tender moments together too... after which you will see them split apart again." Tomcat fight! Protector Patrick Burns (William DeVry) is around the loose after Michael (Shane West) saved him and Nikita, but that is not the final we'll see of him. "We've got some action stuff together that's really, really fun," stated Q. "And apparently Devon [Sawa], Shane and him possess a large fight that's approaching. Since it is hot. Each time the men fight it's hot." Nikita lite. Fans from the show might have observed their favorite rogue agent has not been going mano a mano just as much recently. Like Q broke a couple of her fingers on set whenever a heavy grate fell on her behalf hands. "We have been trying for everyone the experience at this time beside me for around three episodes because I have been healing," she stated. "I simply required my splints off a week ago to help you see my hands... We needed to write it to the episode you saw with Birkhoff. This SEAL is chasing after me, and that i grab this basketball hitting the cop with. I performed as soon as like, 'Ow!' So there is a Navy SEAL but in some way I hurt my hands on the basketball? It had been all we're able to do because we'd shot the relaxation from the stuff already." Nikita's Maggie Q offers expect "Mikita" fans Amorous Amanda? We are still quaking from Amanda's interrogation of Birkhoff (Aaron Stanford), but apparently there is a much softer side to her. "I believe there's likely to be some allusion to something between her and Percy," Q taunted. An Oversight affair to consider. Nikita may have a lengthy-looked forward to run-along with Oversight's Madeline Pierce (La Femme Nikita's Albert Watson)."It's approaching. It will likely be awesome because Nikita hates her," stated Q. Roan... revealed. The Division cleaner (Take advantage of Stewart) has already established a lot more screen time this year, and there is grounds for this. "Roan is completely associated with everything that's happening at this time,Inch stated Q. "That'll be revealed soon, how he's twisted up within this whole factor with Oversight." As we were Roan, we'd be after Nikita for your facial acidity-skin damage. Percy's master plan. Percy (Xander Berkeley) may be for the reason that glaringly lit Division jail, but he's as harmful as always. "Percy isn't stupid. He isn't secured inside not doing anything,Inch stated Q. "There's lots of underhandedness... and we've got some moments approaching, that is really exciting. You will find likely to be a number of three episodes [Episodes 11-13] running like a one large narrative where everything appears to become converging and also the impending implosion may happen. It's essentially the net of Nikita, Division, Oversight, Percy, Alex -- everything type of uniting and just how twisted it's become and what's been bubbling underneath the surface that will happen." A brand new beginning. "Episode 13 is known as 'Clean Sweep.' So 14 is really a rebirth of all things that simply skyrocketed. Where they are likely to go, we do not know." A finale fatality. What is a Nikita finale with no shocking dying? "Through the finish of year, yes, absolutely," stated Q. "Honestly, through the finish from the second season, you are likely to be like, 'What?!?' Again." Nikita returns with original episodes on Friday, Jan. 6 at 8/7c around the CW.

Kanye, Adele & Nicki Minaj Lead Grammy Nominations

First Released: November 30, 2011 11:34 PM EST Credit: FilmMagic Caption Nicki Minaj and LL Awesome J speak onstage durnig The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! Countdown to Musics Greatest Evening at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, La, on November 30, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Adele obtained six Grammy nominations on Wednesday, including for record, song and album of the season, but who owns the 2011s best-selling album with 21 wasnt the nights top nominee which wasnt the nights only surprise. Kanye came away having a leading seven nominations, together with a bid for song of the season for his all-star song All the Lights. However, the album that it came My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, heralded by many people experts because the best album of 2010 was shut from the best album category, and every one of his other nominations were consigned towards the rap fields. Other notable omissions within the top groups incorporated country phenomenon Taylor Quick and veteran crooner Tony Bennett. Bruno Mars and also the Foo Martial artists tied Adele with six nominations each, including within the album of the season category. Critical-darling folky act Bon Iver obtained four nominations, with two within the exclusive record and song of the season groups and dubstep star Skrillex might have been the nights greatest surprise, getting five nominations, together with a bid for the best new artist. The nominations were introduced following the Recording Academys 4th annual live performance special, which broadcast on CBS in the Nokia Theater in La. The hour-lengthy event featured key nominees like Rhianna, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj and also the Band Perry. Despite the fact that Adele didnt obtain the lions share of nominations, she got them where it counted: Her 21, the mournful publish-breakup album that created smash hits such as the torch ballad You was nominated for album of the season. The searing groove Moving within the Deep, which spent seven days at No. 1 earlier this summer time, got nominations for record and song of the season. Only Mars got nominations in most three groups too. Other nominees within the record of the season category incorporated Bon Ivers ballad Holocene Mars ballad Grenade Mumford&Sons The Cave and Katy Perrys inspiring anthem Firework. For song of the season, which honors the authors from the tune, challengers incorporated The Cave, 'Grenade, Holocene and Lady Gagas We. The very best album category was as significant for who had been excluded because it was for who had been nominated. Rhianna received her third straight jerk within the category for Born By Doing This, while veteran rockers the Foo Martial artists were nominated for Wasting Light, together with Mars debut album, Doo-Wops&Hooligans, and Rihannas steamy dance album Noisy. Ignore were perceived faves like 85-year-old Bennett, who grew to become the earliest person to attain a No. 1 debut when his Duets II album was launched captured, and also the megawatt collaboration of Jay-Z and West using the heavily over-blown Watch The Throne. The greatest snub might have been to Quick, who won within the category this year and was considered by some experts to become a favorite for Speak Now, that has offered 3.7 million copies. She ended up getting three nominations, however, including for the best country album. Unlike yesteryear 2 yrs, which saw Quick and fellow country act Lady Antebellum soar within the general groups, the only real country act that got a mainstream nomination was the nation brother or sister act This Guitar Rock Band Perry. Best recognized for their poignant ballad Basically Die Youthful, they were given a nomination for the best new artist. Their competitors includes Bon Iver, Jay-Z rap protg J. Cole, Skrillex and rapper-singer Nicki Minaj, who obtained four nominations as a whole. The 54th Grammys is going to be held February. 12 in La. The ceremony will mark the very first because the academy shaved its groups from 109 to 78 this season, among some protest. A few of the more niched groups, like best Zydeco or Cajun music album, were removed. Additionally, males and ladies now compete together in vocal groups for pop, R&B and country, rather than getting separate groups for every sex. This season, the course is better pop solo performance and Bruno Mars may be the only guy nominated for Grenade. His competition includes Adele for You, Rhianna for We, Pink for (Expletive) Perfect and Perry for Firework. Copyright 2011 through the Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Tyler Perry Pens Open Letter to Alleged Jerry Sandusky Victim: "You are My Hero"

Tyler Perry Tyler Perry, who was simply sexually roughed up becoming an adult, calls the 11-year-old who came forward against Jerry Sandusky inside the Penn Condition sex scandal his hero.Inside an open letter for the not named victim being launched in Newsweek, Perry, who's Hollywood's finest-paid out guy, states the boy was "so courageous" for speaking only at that age - something he didn't do.Jerry Sandusky declines sexual abuse charges, states he's "horsed around with kids""I am unsure your title, however be aware of face. I am unsure your vacation, however know what your location is. I am your brother!" Perry produces. "I've to show you, that which you have completed is actually courageous. The strength it will took for that 11-year-old voice to speak out about this kind of horrible act is a factor which i didn't hold the strength or courage to accomplish only at that age."Perry, who revealed a year ago that was molested becoming an adult in New Orleans, recounts his experience, saying he felt "powerless" because nobody required directly into him. "To think that you simply, if you were only 11 years old, spoke up - you are my hero!" according to him. "I'm so pleased. You haven't anything being embarrassed about. I wish for you to know you didn't do just about anything wrong. It is not your fault. Please realize you had been selected having a monster. You didn't choose him. You didn't request this and, first of all, you didn't deserve it."Though he doesn't title names, Perry alludes for the Penn Condition greater-ups and witnesses, like ousted football coach Joe Paterno, who allegedly didn't remember to report the abuse by Sandusky to government physiques.Joe Paterno fired as sex scandal rocks Penn Condition"Did you know within the youthful ages of 11 you'd more courage than all the grownups who permit you to lower?" he produces. "All those who didn't go to the proper government physiques, all those who happen to be worried about their careers, reputations, or livelihoods. All those who didn't need to get involved. Or possibly those who tried to convince your mother not to fight. You are more effective than these! I question whatever they may have done whether or not this were their particular child."The 42-year-old actor-author-director stresses the "most difficult part" is finished for your victim, despite the fact that an attempt may loom if Sandusky - whom Perry calls "the coward and extremely sick individual" - does not plead guilty. Sandusky, that's been charged with 40 counts of sexual abuse against children, has maintained his innocence, telling Bob Costas on friday that he's only "horsed around with kids."Perry adds that millions will offer you the victim if he maintained regarding testify."You might like to undergo with this particular trial, and you will feel alone when you're on that witness stand, but merely realize that might be numerous youthful boys and grown males that are standing together with you - including me," according to him. "If every guy which has are you currently molested would speak up, you'd realize that we're throughout you. You will possibly not become acquainted with our faces and names, but my prayer is that you simply feel our strength holding you up. You'll deal with this you've already experienced the worst part at 11. Now fight on, my youthful friend, fight on! We're all together with you.Inch

Tony Scott eyes 'Narco Sub' at Fox

ScottGuggenheimKinberg Who stated nobody in Hollywood was working over Thanksgiving?twentieth century Fox used the vacation weekend to shut a preemptive deal for David Guggenheim's action thriller spec "Narco Sub," which Tony Scott is mounted on direct and convey through his Scott Free shingle, together with Simon Kinberg via his Genre Films banner.Referred to as similar to Scott's hit action photos "Crimson Tide" and "Guy burning,Inch the project's plot particulars are now being stored under systems. Nevertheless, narco subs are semi-submersible crafts that South American drug cartels used to smuggle cocaine in to the U.S.Guggenheim developed the script with producer Kinberg, who then gave the spec solely to Scott. Priority project has become being fast-monitored at Fox, where both Scott Free and Genre Films are based.Steve Asbell will oversee for Fox and Aditya Sood for Genre Films, while Michael Costigan and new hire Elishia Holmes will oversee for Scott Free.Within the this past year . 5, former Us Weekly editor Guggenheim has built themself among the most popular action scribes around. The coming year sees the discharge of Universal's "Safe House," which stars Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, in addition to Millennium Films' "Stolen," toplined by Nicolas Cage. Guggenheim also authored "Puzzle Structure" for Summit, which Micrograms just signed onto direct, and that he just offered the pitch "364" to Universal Pictures with Ron Howard mounted on direct.Furthermore, Guggenheim just authored the script "Santiago" for Fox, which Kinberg can also be creating. "I am so excited to become dealing with David again," stated Kinberg. "We have were built with a great experience on Santiago, and he's crafted another truly original, riveting action movie with wealthy figures along with a world we have never witnessed on the watch's screen. It has been a long term imagine mine to utilize Tony Scott. His films really are a huge a part of why I acquired into making movies to begin with. I can not wait to determine him for action, and get the opportunity to gain knowledge from the master from the genre." Scott last directed Fox's actioner "Easy" and it is mounted on direct biker pic "Hell's Angels" for that studio. Kinberg co-authored and created Fox's approaching action comedy "What This Means Is War" and created the studio's adaptation of "Abraham Lincoln subsequently: Vampire Hunter." He's presently creating Neill Blomkamp's sci-fi epic "Elysium." CAA reps Scott and Kinberg, while Guggenheim is repped by agent David Boxerbaum and manager Adam Kolbrenner of Madhouse Entertainment. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com

Is the One-Sheet for A Thousand Words Too Airbrushed, Or is Eddie Murphy Just 14 Years Old?

Either Eddie Murphy has a sprightly nephew named Eddie Murphy who is beginning a career in film, or the people behind A Thousand Words Photoshopped the bejesus out of the Eddie Murphy we already know and lament. The new one-sheet for the March release features a mysteriously youthful Velvet Jones gawking at the camera with eyes that look like Henson workshop appliques. One glance at this and James Brown would have a heart attack right in the hot tub. Make every word count, indeed! Here come six: Eddie, is that you under there? A Thousand Words stars Murphy as a “a fast-talking salesman who discovers that he only has a thousand words left to speak before he dies.” It costars people I care about like Kerry Washington and Allison Janney. Hopefully they remain recognizable. A Thousand Words Poster [MovieWeb] Follow Louis Virtel on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Daniel Tosh: Comic mines Internet for material

ToshWhat do pubescent boys and young men find funny? While much of Hollywood struggles to answer that question, Daniel Tosh seems to have cracked the riddle. With a blend of gross-out humor and politically incorrect jokes interspersed with Internet exhibitionism, the standup's "Tosh.0" enjoys the perch of Comedy Central's highest-rated show.It's no coincidence that the ascent of the weekly skein, which bowed in 2009 and now reaches 4 million viewers, mirrors the rise of YouTube, social networking and video blogging or vlogging. The Florida native spotlights the personalities behind the viral videos du jour, such as Australia artist Pricasso and his penis-etched creations.Meanwhile, the standup's special, "Daniel Tosh: Happy Thoughts," solidified his presence on Comedy Central, drawing 3.21 million for the network. The comic also keeps up a grueling live-act pace between L.A. standup and touring. Last year's "Tosh Tour Twenty Ten" sold more than 200,000 tickets and grossed nearly $7 million. He followed that up with this year's hot ticket, "Tosh Tour on Ice.""My standup is obviously still very much 'me' and my humor, but the tour is completely different," the press-shy comedian, who is recovering from quadruple hernia surgery, told the Santa Barbara Independent last year. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Global Showbiz: Australia, Belgium, Thailand

Gena Rowlands Barred From Australian Movie Gena Rowlands remains knocked within the Australian filmLast Dance because of restrictions on casting of foreign talent, the Australianreports. The 81-year-old actress wound up being to possess carried out a Holocaust survivor of German and Jewish origin who's taken hostage in their apartment having a radical Palestinian (Underbelly‘s Firass Dirani). Under Australian union recommendations, a close production must obtain 30% foreign investment whether or not this utilizes foreign stars although that rule apparently did not apply toLast Dance because of its withinDollar2.5million budget.Terence Hammond written the script with Rowlands in your head and he or she practiced for many days. Your final decision with the stars union comes days after it bowed to pressure and allowed Richard E. Grant to star inThe Kath and Kim Fillum now shooting in Melbourne. The barring of Rowlands has elevated the ire in the production industry and placed pressure round the actress who transformed her, Julia Blake, days before filming wound up being to start. Animal Logic Wins Seek Lego Movie Sydney and Fox Art galleries-based Animal Logic, which done bothHappy Foot movies andLegend in the Parents: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, could make theLego movie for Warner Bros, according toEncore and theHerald Sun.Nsw Premier and Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Stoner mentioned the us government aided secure the Lego project against strong competition in america and Canada. The expansion is predicted to guideDollar48 million for the local economy and make use of greater than 200 people. The film is going to be written and directed by Phil Our god and Chris Burns, who also teamed onCloudy getting possible of Meatballs and21 Jump Street. Serta Lin and Roy Lee are coming up with. Lego’s Jill Wilfert is professional producer. Endemol, Canal+ Belgium Partner On Scripted Series Endemol has closed a deal to produced a scripted local adaptation in the crime thrillerPenoza in Belgium. Canal+ Belgium has commissioned an eight-episode first run that Endemol Belgium will produce.Initially created by Endemol’s NL Film and produced by Alain p Levita,Penoza is presently in production on its second season inside the Netherlands on KRO funnel NED3. The show launched on NED2 in September 2010 and elevated the channels timeslot average by 55%. TheCanal+ Belgium deal with Endemol marks their initial partnership inside the territory. Endemol is constantly on the marketPenoza just like a scripted format in areas. Penoza‘s story concentrates on Carmen, whose husband is wiped out while employing organized crime. She doesn’t trust police force to supply justice and safeguard her children so takes matters into her own hands. Many Thai Film Locations Untouched By Surges Despite flooding in Bangkok throughout the past few days, many productions will be ready to use provincial locations untouched with the surges.”We have 8 or 9 productions filming or on the purpose of start production,” mentioned Wanasiri Morakul, director in the Department of Tourism’s Thailand Film Office.Suvarnabhumi Airport terminal terminal, Thailand’s primary gateway remains open which is operating normally. Bangkok’s Don Meaung Airport terminal terminal is closed nevertheless the domestic airline carriers based there's advanced to Suvarnabhumi. In addition the main commercial and financial center of Bangkok remains obvious by flooding and chances are it will remain dry. Filming locations in central provinces for instance Kanchanaburi, Pattaya and Hua Hin also haven't been influenced by surges. Southern provinces untouched by flooding include Phuket, Krabi, Sarathani, Ko Samui, Hat Yai, Phang-Nga and Ko Chang.Filmmakers may also be busy inside the northern provinces of Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Sukothai. Nocost permits for filming in Thailand’s character and also on goverment agency land remains extended into 2012. Morakul also mentioned that throughout reconstructionhotel lodging will give you great values motel Bangkok too as with the provinces.Morakul advised filmmakers to get hold of theThailand Film Office directly with concerns.

George Clooney Considered Suicide After Injury on 'Syriana' Set

George Clooney seems to have it all -- a successful movie career, an Oscar, good looks, a parade of beautiful girlfriends.our editor recommendsMaking of 'The Descendants'Gotham Award Noms Go to 'The Descendants' and 'Martha Marcy May Marlene'New 'Descendants' Trailer Plays Up Positive Reviews (Video)'The Descendants' Website Introduces the King FamilyGeorge Clooney Opens Up About Stacy Keilbler, Box Office and Whoopee Cushions But life hasn't always been easy for the actor-director, who is on the big screen in The Ides of March, which he also helmed, and next appears in Alexander Payne's The Descendants. PHOTOS: George Clooney's Career in Pictures In 2005, while filming Syriana -- the movie that earned him his Oscar -- Clooney suffered a spinal injury while performing a stunt that left him in so much pain he considered ending his life. "I was at a point where I thought, 'I can't exist like this. I can't actually live,'" the actor told Rolling Stone. "I was lying in a hospital bed with an IV in my arm, unable to move, having these headaches where it feels like you're having a stroke, and for a short three-week period, I started to think, 'I may have to do something drastic about this.'" Clooney added that he even thought of what would be the best way to do it. PHOTOS: 'Descendants' Star and THR's Next Gen Class of 2011 "You start to think in terms of, you don't want to leave a mess, so go in the garage, go in the car, start the engine," he said. "It seems like the nicest way to do it, but I never thought I'd get there. See, I was in a place where I was trying to figure out how to survive." Clooney then turned to alcohol to help alleviate the pain and has sincehad surgery, which has helped, he still suffers from occasional headaches related to the accident. Meanwhile, Clooney has high hopes for Descendants, in which he plays an indifferent husband and father of two girls whose life is turned upside-down when his wife has a boating accident. STORY:'The Descendants': Alexander Payne Goes Behind the Scenes of George Clooney Pic "If it's not nominated for best picture, I'll be shocked," he said. "It's that good." The Fox Searchlight movie opens Nov. 16. Related Topics George Clooney The Descendants

Keck's Exclusives: TNT's Dallas for everyone Up More Lucy and Ray

Charlene Tilton, Steve Kanaly After I was lower in the Southfork Ranch last May for that tape of TNT's new Dallas pilot, I had been thrilled to determine two original cast people arrive for cameos inside a wedding scene, but with the action heading down throughout the heated wedding, Charlene Tilton's Lucy Ewing and Steve Kanaly's Ray Krebbs did not have enough time to provide up much greater than a couple of hugs and well-desires to the wedding couple. This is exactly why I am within the moon to are convinced that both stars happen to be asked revisit Southfork for an additional family gathering within the new series' 4th episode.For individuals individuals who require a refresher on Dallas 101,Lucy may be the daughter of Bobby (Patrick Duffy) and J.R.Ewing's(Ray Hagman) brother, Gary, who fled Dallas with wife Valene for that sun and scandal of Knots Landing, California. Like a reckless teen, Lucy had loved a fling within the hayloft with reliable ranch hands Ray prior to being learned that Ray was Ewing brother No. 4. You heard right - Lucy's uncle!! Altogether now: Eewww!We'll apparently learn that Lucy have been in Italia after her two unsuccessful partnerships to hunky cosmetic surgeon Mitch Cooper, while Ray's lived from the $50 million he earned from selling his ranch to evil J.R.TNT's continuation from the 1978-91 CBS seriesis set to premiere next summer time, with Desperate Housewives' Brenda Strong,Josh HendersonandJesse Metcalfe joiningiconic original stars Hagman, DuffyandLinda Grey.Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Jay Duplass on Jeff Who Lives at Home, Austin's Slacker Savants and the Duplass Secret to Success

comments: 0 || add yours For Mark and Jay Duplass, the sibling team behind The Puffy Chair, Baghead, and last year’s Cyrus, success came only after years of frustration — and only by happy accident. “All we were doing in the late ’90s, in our twenties, was trying to be the Coen brothers,” Jay Duplass laughed to Movieline, “and failing at that, because the Coen brothers are awesome and they’re already the Coen brothers.” It was only when the brothers Duplass stopped trying so hard, at the end of their creative rope and after years of fruitless attempts, that they found the formula for personal filmmaking that would become their signature. After releasing their 2008 indie horror Baghead, the Duplasses ventured into studio territory with 2010’s Cyrus, their first mainstream venture with studio backing (courtesy of Fox Searchlight) and name actors (Jonah Hill, John C. Reilly, and Marisa Tomei); next March, Paramount Vantage will release the slacker comedy Jeff Who Lives at Home, starring Jason Segel and Ed Helms. But, as Duplass explained via phone from the Savannah Film Festival, where he and his brother received the Cinevation Award for “imagination, inspiration and innovation in cinema,” they haven’t deviated from the indie spirit with which they work — they just select their projects, and their collaborators, more carefully. Read on for more with Jay Duplass on accidentally discovering his method (after years of post-film school frustration), why famous actors want to work with him and brother Mark, the security in having Sundance as a fall back plan, the Austin-area slacker savants who inspired Jeff Who Lives at Home, and the current status of the next Duplass release, the back-to-indie-roots sibling comedy The Do-Deca-Pentathlon. Jeff Who Lives at Home plays tonight and tomorrow at AFI Fest in Los Angeles. The award you’re receiving in Savannah isn’t just any award — it honors “imagination, innovation, and inspiration” in filmmaking. What does that represent to you? I can’t believe it… honestly, it’s very surreal, it’s thrilling, and it’s very hard to believe, honestly. You know, I didn’t make a decent movie until I was 30 years old, and that was a seven-minute movie that cost $3. I think it’s mainly because I went to film school, I tried really hard to be innovative and be interesting and be riveting and shit, you know, and my brother and I always wanted this stuff — but really, all we were doing in the late ’90s, in our twenties, was trying to be the Coen brothers. [Laughs] And failing at that, because the Coen brothers are awesome and they’re already the Coen brothers. It might be a good idea not to try to be them, they already have that down pretty good. How did you get from that to where you are now? What ended up happening is, we ended up kind of just really losing it. Me in particular, in my late-20s, just kind of feeling like approaching 30: I have to get a real job, it sucks, I’ve been working on this for over a decade, I haven’t made anything that I can say is even worth watching. And basically, in the basement of that awful time period, which lasted a couple of years, my brother said, “We’re going to make a movie today.” This was when digital cameras were first coming out. We made this movie this one day in Austin called This is John with our parents’ video camera, where Mark acted in it and I shot it. It was like how we used to do it when we were kids. We made this movie, basically, about a guy who’s trying to perfect the personal greeting on his answering machine and fails to do so, so much to the point that he’s about to have a nervous breakdown, which is basically something that had happened to me a month before. It was the first time that we made a movie about what we go through in life. And it was literally just like, this happened to me, it’s fucking totally embarrassing and tragic, but it made us giggle. So my brother improvised it and I shot it and we cut it together, and it went to Sundance and got written up as this innovative, groundbreaking film. [Laughs] Which is what we were trying to do the whole time before, but we were just doing derivative shit! The first time we actually winged something, and did something deeply personal, they called it innovative and groundbreaking and all this stuff. So that’s why I say that it’s so surreal and counterintuitive to me, because we’re not trying to be groundbreaking. We’re just trying to not make something that sucks. And I honestly feel like that is still what we’re trying to do. I know from talking to press now that we’re doing deeply personal stuff. That seems like a great revelation to have as an artist — that what actually works is doing things your own way and telling personal stories. Do you feel like that negates all those years of going to film school, all that stuff — could you have accomplished this at 20 if you had just let go and done things this way? I doubt it. Because it wasn’t a realization; it was an accident. It took me getting pounded down into nothing, and us having no money just picking up a camera saying, let’s just see if we can make something that doesn’t suck at this point. I really believe it had to happen this way. Or, it didn’t have to happen this way but this is the way it happened, you know? It’s only by talking about it in retrospect that we realize how it happened and why we did it. For us it was just the willingness to put our heads down and keep doing it. The struggling filmmakers of the world will be happy to hear that, I’m sure. Your work together with Mark is known for a consistent style, not only in your cinematic sensibility but in your process. Does this revelation give you more confidence in the way you work? Has it been easy to stick to your guns as you work more and more with studios? No, it wasn’t easy to transition. It just took a lot of steadfastness and a lot of conversations, honestly. Just a lot of care. Because a lot of people have this strange idea that we made Puffy Chair, we made Baghead, and then we just switched and did a studio film. But the reality is that after we made Puffy Chair we got tons and tons of meetings in L.A. because people wanted to take what we were doing and make it in the studio setting. That was 2005, when we premiered Puffy Chair at Sundance, and we didn’t release Cyrus until 2010. We developed a bunch of different projects during that time at different studios and it took basically five years, and Fox Searchlight, to feel comfortable enough to know that we were going to be able to make a movie and it wasn’t going to suck. We had other opportunities but we were going to be working in such crunched, or constricted, environments that we felt scared that we weren’t going to be able to do and offer what we thought we had to offer. So it was a very careful process, even hiring crew people on Cyrus; we interviewed everyone ourselves, which people don’t do, because we wanted to make sure people had the right intentions and the right vibes. Everyone had to like what we were doing before, because we don’t assume that everyone’s going to like our movies. They’re very specific, and we work in an unorthodox way. If people aren’t excited about what they’re making we don’t want it to be a drag for them, and consequently a drag on our process. We don’t really work in a framework of hostility and war, which most film sets are in my experience. We’re making movies about subtle, personal things and if the sets aren’t calm we feel like the subtle things can get lost. You two are a unique case in that regard. We’re just careful, because for us it’s not just about making a movie. We’re also lucky in the sense that we can always go and make a $50,000 movie and if it doesn’t suck we can sell it at Sundance for a lot more than that. So we rest very easy in our ability to make independent film, and not only that, we’ve really been fortunate and lucky that movie stars like what we do. We get a lot of phone calls and emails and messages from movie stars who are basically saying, ‘I don’t know what the hell y’all are doing over there but I like it and I want to be in it. And I’ll sleep on your sofa.’ For us that’s been very empowering to know. Because that’s where the real power lies, with distributing films: Having famous people in your movies, for better or for worse. But there’s a great advantage to it. When we’re on set it’s hard, what we do with actors is very painstaking and there’s a lot of chaos and a lot of confusion involved. [Laughs] What we have to go through to get what we get. But the upside of that is that people seem to be pretty attracted to acting in our movies. It probably allows actors to exercise muscles, and in different ways, than they do on more traditional sets. Yeah, and they get to have real moments. They get to do a whole scene all at once, which never happens, and to have a real moment with someone. It’s almost like being in a play, but it’s even better because it doesn’t have to be that controlled. You can let it rip and see what happens and if it doesn’t work out you can do it again. I think it’s a pretty rewarding, and exhausting, way to work. You filmed The Do-Deca-Pentathlon before Jeff Who Lives at Home, but we’ll see Jeff in theaters first. Why is that? The Do-Deca-Pentathlon we actually filmed before Cyrus. And right when we started editing Cyrus we got the greenlight from Fox Searchlight , because we had been developing all kinds of stuff and they weren’t going and it wasn’t ready, so we made Baghead, then we made The Do-Deca-Pentathlon, too. We got greenlit and we brought all of our crew over to Cyrus, and that included our editors. And everyone was thrilled because we were actually going to get paid real money for the first time. So we made Cyrus and we released it, and we got greenlit for Jeff Who Lives at Home immediately, which is the luckiest and most amazing thing in the world. So we made Jeff Who Lives at Home and when we finished editing Jeff we started back on The Do-Deca-Pentathon and we’re actually fine-cutting it this fall. When will it be released? I don’t know. I think it will be released sometime after March, because Jeff is released March 2. You mentioned being confident that you could always take a smaller movie to Sundance, so there’s a degree of security at least in that option. Definitely. And you know, we’ve always tried to remember to make movies, not meetings. So many of our friends have gotten caught up in developing something for six years and then they wake up like, “Shit, we haven’t made a movie in half a decade.” That’s crazy. In Jeff Who Lives at Home, Jason Segel plays a slacker hero-basement dweller, which brings to mind the Japanese phenomenon of hikikomori — grown single men who still live at home, a total psycho-social phenomenon. What’s behind Jeff’s psyche in your film? Well the movie is kind of inspired by us living in Austin, Texas and going to school there and watching a lot of really smart dudes kind of transfer out of academia into basements and efficiencies around Austin, Texas, engaging in philosophical thought and the nature of the universe, destiny, and their part in it all… and also potentially smoking some marijuana while doing that. A lot of people look at those dudes and call them stoner or slacker or laugh at them, and we do that too. But also, if you have breakfast with those dudes at like 7pm at a diner when they’re wearing their cargo shorts, you realize how intensely thoughtful they are and how conscientious they can be, and honestly, how idealistic and hopeful and radical they are, too. Mark and I are at the same time amazed, but also their lives are kind of sad and tragic. But they’re exciting and they’re exciting to talk to, and there’s that hopefulness there. So that’s what the movie’s about. It’s about one of these guys going out into the world and actually interacting with the universe, when his thoughts about his destiny begin to interact with the real world. That’s just exciting to us. Talk about perfect casting — how did Jason Segel get involved? We had known him a little bit socially, and Jason Reitman as a producer was involved. We were talking about how he’s kind of the perfect person to play this part. He read the script and just loved it, and we talked over dinner and knew we were going to make the movie. Jeff Who Lives at Home is schedule to hit theaters March 2. Tagged: afi fest, afi2011, baghead, cyrus, duplass brothers, jason reitman, jason segel, jay duplass, jeff who lives at home, mark duplass, puffy chair, savannah film festival, scad, the do-deca-pentathlon, this is john

Roundabout sets Broadway farce

The Roundabout Theater Company has skedded a Broadway run of farce "Don't Dress for Dinner," scribe Marc Camoletti's sequel to "Boeing-Boeing." The 1987 play is adapted by Robin Hawdon and helmed by John Tillinger, who directed the show in a well-received 2008 run in Chicago. Storyline follows Bernard and Robert, the two friends whose antics also fuel Camoletti's 1960 outing "Boeing-Boeing," and the farcical complications that ensue when plans for secret trysts collide. Play originally preemed in a French-language version in Paris, where it had a two-year run, prior to a London version that opened in 1991 and played for six years. No cast has been set for the Broadway staging of "Don't Dress." In Chi the play starred Jeffrey Donovan ("Burn Notice"), Mark Harelik ("The Normal Heart"), Patricia Kalember and Spencer Kayden ("Urinetown"), among others. The two main characters of "Don't Dress" will be familiar to comtempo legit auds from the recent production of "Boeing-Boeing" that launched in the U.K. prior to landing on Broadway in 2008 and scoring Tonys for play revival and for lead thesp Mark Rylance. Design team for the Roundabout production includes John Lee Beatty (sets), Jess Goldstein (costumes) and Ken Billington (lights). Show will begin previews March 30 ahead of an April 26 opening at the Gotham nonprofit's American Airlines Theater. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

'Assassin's Creed' Movie Deal Leaves Hollywood 'Flabbergasted'

Hollywood and the videogame industry have a rocky relationship. Years ago, when gaming was still in its infancy, developers would have given anything to have their title adapted into a film franchise. That eventually did happen, thanks to "Super Mario Bros." in the early '90s, but the film was well, it's absolute garbage. Unfortunately, the tradition of poor videogame adaptations has continued with almost complete certainty since then, leaving both film and game audiences wary of the industry's attempts to cross that digital divide. Ubisoft is trying something different with "Assassin's Creed." The game publisher is retaining abnormal amounts of creative control over the mega-franchise's jump to the big screen; a move that has some Hollywood insiders claiming that the picture will never see the light of day. According to Vulture, the film industry is "flabbergasted" at the level of control maintained by Ubisoft in their deal to bring "Assassin's Creed" to theaters with Sony Pictures. After speculation that other studios like DreamWorks or Universal might land the title, Sony has won out. Given reports that Ubisoft has rights to casting, script, and even release date, one can imagine Sony's willingness to part with control likely assisted in the agreement. Honestly, it should come as no surprise that Ubisoft made such demands. Back in May, the company formed their own film division, Ubisoft Motion Pictures, with the aim of keeping their popular game franchises' adaptations in their own hands. "We want to keep ownership, retain control over the film content, and we're open to work with studios on the development of our projects, and eventually collaborate on the pre-casting, pre-budget and script," Ubisoft's Jean-Julian Baronnet said earlier this year. Why should anyone in Hollywood be "flabbergasted" by the concept of a game publisher wishing to maintain consistency with their brand? Certainly, if the film industry had a wonderful track record of converting videogames to the big screen there would be no issue. Unfortunately, that isn't the case, and one need look no further than the bumbling portfolio of Uwe Boll ("Bloodrayne," "Far Cry") to understand why Ubisoft wants to hold creative restraint on their products. The game industry doesn't quite have the stars in its eyes like it did back in the days before "Super Mario Bros." Videogames are now a $74 billion industry, giving movies a run for their money in control of the entertainment media market, and there is the very genuine question as to whether or not game publishers really need film adaptations. A talent agent told Vulture that the restrictions upon Sony meant the film will "never get made." Of course, if getting the film made means another ham-fisted Hollywood adaptation, gamers may just be better off without it. Tell us what you think in the comments section and on Twitter!

HBO's 'Treme' to complete after four seasons

HBO's 'Treme' is presently in production on season three. It seems like the fourth season will be the go on for the Cinemax drama "Treme."Professional producer David Simon told the completely new Orleans Occasions-Picayune this year's week he as well as the pay cabler have made the decision towards the finish date.Show has not been a ratings hit but Cinemax programming cake cake toppers Michael Lombardo and Richard Plepler have extended supported Simon's vision in the struggles the folks of latest Orleans have experienced publish-Hurricane Katrina.Season two opened up as much as 600,000 audiences within the initial airing, and two.2 million for your week after multiple showings, if needed and Dvr play. In comparison, the premiere of "Boardwalk Empire" received 10.2 million for your cumulative total within the first week this season.Taking began now on season three, which will likely air in the year whether or not this follows previous programming designs.Ensemble stars Wendell Pierce, Khandi Alexander, Kim Dickens and Melissa Leo. Simon professional produces with Nina K. Noble, Eric Overmyer, Carolyn Strauss and George Pelecanos. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

CBS Posts Quarterly Gains That Underwhelm Traders

CBS published third-quarter revenue that rose 2 percent to $3.37 billion and fell just shy of experts anticipation of $3.43 billion, delivering its shares reduced after-hrs buying and selling.our editor recommendsProducers Guild to Recognition Leslie Moonves With Milestone Award Internet earnings, though, rose 7 percent to $338 million, or 50 cents per share, that was about 4 cents a lot more than experts expected, and throughout a business call Wall Street experts were congratulating CBS professionals on which one known as their "great amounts." Advertising revenue rose minimally to $1.99 billion while content certification and distribution revenue was up five percent to $867 million and revenue from affiliate and subscription costs rose 7 percent to $438 million. Around the call, Boss L'ensemble des Moonves stated CBS "is to establish for any record-breaking 2012," simply because political advertising will start high gear throughout the presidential primary season and in to the general election annually from now. PHOTOS: 9 Greatest Compensated Entertainment CEOs That optimism, though, didn't engage in so well on Thursday as CBS sitting out a effective Wall Street rally that sent the S&P 500 up a lot more than 2 percent, instead of a couple percent decline for CBS.Following the closing bell , CBS sunk one more 2 percent. CBS stated Thursday, actually, it would increase its share repurchasing program by $1.5 billon after getting already bought $850 million available from the previous authorization of $1.5 billion. Digital handles the kind of Netflix and Hulu are playing a larger role at CBS nowadays, and Moonves on Thursday credited all of them with making its share from the CW lucrative. Moonves also stated that CBS hasn't been injured by losing distribution of The famous host oprah Winfrey's syndicated show. "I won't say it's terrific to get rid of The famous host oprah," he stated, but added that CBS benefits because shows located by Judge Judy and Dr. Phil have grown to be popular with Winfrey's absence. "The organization's strong operating basic principles and proper enhancements to the business design continue to repay. I understand that Leslie and the team will achieve increased levels once we turn to 2012 and beyond," executive chairman Sumner Redstone stated within the earnings release. The discharge also recommended strong performances from Showtime Systems, CBS Sports Network and Smithsonian Systems. Related Subjects L'ensemble des Moonves Sumner Redstone Showtime Systems Smithsonian Systems The CW

Michelle Williams Wears Her Hair Short 'In Memorial someone Nobody Loved It'

For anyone who is searching for an excellent cry today, here you're going: inside the December problem of Elle Uk, Michelle Williams discloses about why she keeps her pixie-cut hair. "Sometimes for your one straight guy which has ever loved short hair which i placed on it in memorial someone nobody loved it." Yep, that an individual is probably Heath Ledger. Begin waterworks! "What [daughter] Matilda want is ideal for her mother to build up the sprang hair, though that's unlikely to happen soon,In . Williams mentioned for the magazine. "I've really progressed into it -- I appear like myself with short hair. Which is been a really very very long time since i've had extended hair, five years. Clearly, really the only people who appreciate it are gay males and my female buddies. Straight males overall aren't into this hair!" After this piece, the smart ones no less than, will in all probability change their tunes. Williams leads 'My Week With Marilyn' into theaters in limited release on November.23. [Telegraph Uk via Vulture] [Photo: Getty] 'My Week With Marilyn' Photos Michelle Williams as Marilyn MonroeEddie Redmayne as Colin ClarkKenneth Branagh as Mister Laurence OlivierEmma Watson and Eddie Redmayne as Lucy and Colin Clark See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Kris Jenner: Kim Didn't Make Money Using the marriage

Kris Jenner a couple of days afterKim Kardashian declared divorce from Kris Humphries, Kardashian's mother-ager Kris Jenner came out on Now to set the record straight (and, clearly, to market her new book)."I understood [in regards to the divorce] a few days before," Jenner mentioned. "She'd... a really difficult step to complete on Monday. It's just our responsibility to wrap our arms round her and be there on her behalf over time. That's how us is actually.InchKris Humphries: I'm devastated that Kim declared divorce Jenner also taken proper care of immediately criticisms the entire marriage only agreed to be a publicity stunt for Maintaining while using Kardashians. "It certainly wasn't a sham," she mentioned. "We've enough happening on our show. We do not have to have misunderstanding. She really felt they was deeply deeply in love with him... I'd not a clue there's an problem in those days.InchParticularly, Jenner mentioned reviews that Kardashian acquired a massive payday on her behalf E! wedding special are "absolutely false." Really, she told anchor Ann Curry that Kardashian ended up needing to purchase regions of the wedding in advance. "They provided some money for your pictures that have been offered," Jenner mentioned. "However in the conclusion throughout your day Kim required to pay lots of money - the quantity that was owed for your wedding - which she was delighted to accomplish because that was her fairytale wedding."Photo timeline: Think back at Kim Kardashian's boyfriendsJenner mentioned she does not know how much her daughter and Humphries were taken proper care of their photographs, but she mentioned it absolutely was under $millions of and many a$500,000. She also asserted that Kardashian's ring, that's mentioned being worth $2 million, is worth under half of this.Dependent on Jenner, Kardashian, 31, won't return her wedding gifts, and frequently will rather make generous contributions to deserving charitable groups he returns from Australia. And even though the marriage has inflated, Jenner mentioned she's no regrets about televising the wedding. "This is just what all of us do,Inch she mentioned. "We've some people that have devoted to or lives from the very first day, Season 1. I'm so fortunate and grateful for your Tv program.Image gallery: Kim Kardashian over timeInchI told Kim, 'You're not the initial person to ever split up, and you also won't function as last," she mentioned. "She will get like she's let lots of people lower. She's sick relating to this. It's a terrible situation, but she's here to convey 'I developed a mistake and that i apologize.' And look for and restore it together."Watch the whole interview here: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news in regards to the economy

Cheers & Jeers: Once Upon a Time's Bad Reflection

Giancarlo Esposito Jeers to Not so long ago for trapping Giancarlo Esposito inside a one-dimensional role.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Sign up for TV Guide Magazine.The intensely versatile actor warrants an Emmy for his silently riveting act as drug kingpin Gustavo Fring on Breaking Bad. What exactly is he doing on ABC's featherweight fantasy because the Miracle Mirror on evil full Lana Parilla's wall (along with a toadying reporter named Sidney within the alternate world of Storybrooke, Maine)?One only hope future payments of Not so long ago give Esposito more to complete compared to number of throwaway moments he'd in the first episode. Otherwise, this really is one harsh story book which will not have a contented ending.Do you consider Not so long ago should have thought two times before casting Giancarlo Esposito in this silly part?Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

TV Ratings: 'Chuck' Return Hampered By World Series, 'Grimm' Has Good Premiere

NBC"Chuck" It was baseball that was at the top of the list for television viewers -- and it showed in the ratings. The final game of the World Series, which crowned the National League's St. Louis Cardinals as this year's champions after the team handily beat the Texas Rangers 6-2, averaged 23.2 million total viewers in primetime for Fox, according to preliminary numbers. (Finals for the game will be in later.) In the all-important 18-49 demographic, Game 7 posted a 6.8 rating. Fox easily took home the victory. PHOTOS: Fall TV Death Pool: Which New Shows Will Be Axed? That didn't prove helpful for NBC, which opted to move forward with its two premieres, Chuck and Grimm, but the latter performed better than expected in the ratings. Meanwhile, Fox pushed Fringe's return back one more week and CBS pulled its Friday dramas from the schedule at the last minute, airing reruns for the night instead. The start of Chuck's final sason was the series' lowest to date; at 8 p.m., the hourlong drew 3.4 million and posted just a 1.0 rating in 18-49. Ratings could grow next week, without baseball breathing down its neck. Offering the full Grimm pilot and a country-wide screening tour before last night's premiere may have been factors in the new fairy tale procedural's solid start following a weak lead-in. PHOTOS: 10 Shows Canceled Faster Than 'The Playboy Club' The new series surprised, averaging 6.5 million and a 2.1 rating in the demo, against heavy sports competition. Grimm was the top-rated non-sports telecast on any network since December, NBC notes. What's even more impressive is that the genre show had an uphill climb in a tough time slot (next week, it will also go up against Fringe, in addition to Supernatural and CSI: NY), but ended up performing better than some of the network's higher-profile projects like The Playboy Club. Dateline (4.7 million, 1.3) aired at 10 p.m. The CW, which proved Thursday that it could grow its audience even against the World Series, aired originals of Nikita (1.8 million, 0.6) and Supernatural (1.7 million, 0.7) -- both dramas remaining steady. ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (4.2 million, 1.1) settled into its new home, followed by 20/20 (5.2 million, 1.2). Following Fox was NBC, which averaged a 1.5 rating. ABC and CBS tied on the night with a 1.1 with the CW trailing with a 0.7. Fox -- 6.8 NBC -- 1.5 · Chuck (P): 3.4 million, 1.0 · Grimm (P): 6.5 million, 2.1 · Dateline: 4.7 million, 1.3 ABC -- 1.1 · Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: 4.2 million, 1.1 · 20/20: 5.2 million, 1.2 CBS -- 1.1 · A Gifted Man (R): 5.8 million, 0.9 · CSI: Miami (R): 6.9 million, 1.1 · CSI: NY (R): 4.7 million, 1.3 The CW -- 0.7 · Nikita: 1.8 million, 0.6 · Supernatural: 1.7 million, 0.7 TV Ratings

Iron Man 3 Joins Movie And TV Production Exodus To North Carolina

“The rumors are true,” a North Carolina TV station announced when the governor flew to the hometown movie studio to break the news this past week. “Tony Stark and the third installment of the Iron Man movie franchise will fly into Wilmington.” Great news for North Carolina maybe but for the Los Angeles movie and TV community it felt like a punch in the gut. Thanks to the state’s generous 25% production credit, North Carolina’s EUE/Screen Gems Studios sealed the deal. Manhattan Beach-based Marvel Studios considered making the third movie in Los Angeles just like the first two, but the 25% credit proved too hard to resist. California has a 25% credit which excludes big budget studio productions. Marvel also considered Michigan and New Mexico but North Carolina won out because of the size of the facility as well as the tax credit. “We aggressively pursued this piece of business,” said EUE/Screen Gems Co-Owner and COO Chris Cooney. “We negotiated hard, and it paid off.” EVP Bill Vassar pointed out that in addition to Screen Gems’ 10 sound stages the area has a large local crew base with experience handling five productions simultaneously. Iron Man 3 is expected to pump about $80 million into the local economy. “This is a great day for North Carolina,” Gov. Bev Perdue boasted. Not so great for Los Angeles, though. “Five-hundred-fifty jobs, all the other sub-jobs, the construction jobs, that’s what it’s all about to us here locally.” In addition to Iron Man 3, Perdue cited Hunger Games and a lot of other movies and TV work currently and recently all over North Carolina. “The film tax credit made a real difference.” Too make matters worse, at a time when many other states, not just North Carolina, are aggressively pursuing location shoots, California’s tax credit program was extended after only one year because the Legislature didn’t think the financially strapped state could afford originally proposed five-year version. L.A. wasn’t the only city that got this kind of news recently. NBC Sports announced that it was moving out of its longtime home at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan about 35 miles away to Stamford, Conn., to take advantage of tax incentives. Connecticut offers tax credits from 10% up to 30% depending on a production’s budget. Iron Man 3, which North Carolina officials say will be the state’s biggest production yet, is expected to set up shop in Wilmington for about 10 months starting after the first of the year.

Immortals Featurette Online

Check out that Henry CavillHe's Zack Snyder's ManOf Steel, but before he dons the blue tights, you can get a taster of Henry Cavill, Action Man, in Immortals. That's the fast-approaching Greek god epic from Tarsem in which he plays the under-dressed but over-achieving Theseus. And here's a featurette all about the character!The film features a war involving the GreekGods - played here by the likes of Luke Evans, Kellan Lutz, Isabel Lucas and Corey Sevier - and a king with ambitions to take over the world, Hyperion (MickeyRourke). Caught in the middle is Freida Pinto's soothsayer Phaedra and, of course,Cavill's demi-god Theseus, chosen to lead the fight back.Immortals is out on November 11. Given that Tarsem made the slightly barmy but utterly ravishing likes of The Cell and (in particular) The Fall before, we're expecting something gorgeous.

'Anonymous' Author Attracted onto Pen Bryan Singer's 'Battlestar Galactica'

NBC/Universal Whilst Bryan Singer is at publish on his tentpole fantasy, New Line's Jack the Giant Killer, another of his projects is making strides forward. Universal is at discussions to use John Orloff, who written the completely new non-disaster Roland Emmerich movie Anonymous, to pen the script for your large-screen version of Battlestar Galactica, which is founded on the well-appreciated seventies TV series. The film does not have link to the present TV series which is relaunching the story of far-flung humans trying to find a extended-lost colony in the world named Earth while being chased having a race of robots known to as Cylons. Orloff also written Zack Snyder's animated movie Legend in the Parents: The Owls of Ga-hoole together with a Mighty Heart. Universal Pictures Bryan Singer Anonymous

Pretty Little Liars Star: A Brand New "A" Suspect Arises in Halloween Prequel

Pretty Little Liars Pretty Little Liars star Sasha Pieterse has two suggestion for audiences watching the Halloween episode: Give consideration. "It amplifies evidence in addition to a new suspect arises," Pieterse states. "This individual is someone you have not really considered before, or for those who have, there isn't much evidence to support it.Inch Will Pretty Little Liars' Ezra prepare for battle against Aria's parents? The approaching prequel is told in the point-of-look at Alison (Pieterse), whose mysterious dying may be the foundation for the series. The very first time, audiences might find Alison outdoors of flashbacks. "It shows her vulnerable side ... and her first encounters together with her opponents," she informs TVGuide.com. Pieterse, 15, elaborates: "Give consideration [to] the very first opening scene. Keep searching at their surroundings. We see Alison's room the very first time. Take a look at her room for many interesting things inside.Inch Pretty Little Liars finale: burning questions clarified! A vital element is Jenna's arrival to Rosewood. A fascinating scene between your two implies that Alison once employed Jenna (Tammin Sursok) into her group. "Alison always hated Jenna, however, you don't fully realize why which ties everything in. She wanted her on her behalf side because she recognized Jenna had potential," she states. Pieterse states the data uncovered in Wednesday's episode is going to be addressed once the show returns for that other half of Season 2 in The month of january. "The audiences know things from Alison's perspective that [Aria, Spencer, Hanna and Emily] haven't determined. It gets worse after that and they'll soon meet up with the audiences," she states. Watch a clip of Alison and Jenna's first meeting in the episode airing Wednesday at 8/7c on ABC Family.

Rankings: The Walking Dead Season 2 Premiere Nabs 7.3 Million

Andrew Lincoln subsequently The Walking Dead Season 2 premiere nabbed 7.3 million audiences, and AMC stated Monday the show published record amounts in the market-valued census for any fundamental cable drama. Rankings: Pan Am lower again Sunday's debut shipped 4.8 million among 18-to-49-year-olds and 4.two million within the 25-to-54. Gross! The brains behind The Walking Dead dissect the premiere's zombie autopsy AMC Leader Charlie Collier stated the amounts were "staggering, much like our zombies."

Haywire Poster Fights Online

Steven Soderbergh's MMA action epic!Hot on the heels of Contagion comes the other film Steven Soderbergh made this year (not counting his second-unit work on The Hunger Games). Haywire is the action vehicle Soderbergh built around Mixed Martial Arts star Gina Carano. You can't really recognise her in the poster that's just arrived, but it's still pretty damn cool. Although without the gun, the activity she's engaged in here might possibly be misconstrued..."Haywire has a bit of our special sauce in it," Soderbergh told Empire recently. "I'd like to think that even when we make things that are supposed to be straightforwardly entertaining, there are some other aspects that keep them from being disposable. It was great fun, because it required a different skill-set than I'm used to. I hadn't shot fights like this before, so I had to educate myself."Gina is a natural athlete and she really delivered in some brutal fights, but for all that, I think my favourite scene in the movie is a foot-chase in Barcelona. I could watch her run forever. We've also got a very odd little car chase, and some cat-and-mouse in a house where the lights go out. We didn't really have enough money to blow anything up though!"Alongside Carano, Haywire (the movie formerly known as Knockout) stars Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas, Bill Paxton and Channing Tatum. Lem Dobbs wrote the screenplay, and it's out in the UK on January 20. Contagion arrives on October 21.

HBO Grabs Soderbegh's Liberace Film

Damon and Douglas still attachedSteven Soderbergh's project about the life of OTT musician Liberace has been in development for ages now. But the trajectory of the film has just taken an unexpected direction, with US cable channel spin-off HBO Films stepping up to make it, retaining stars Matt Damon and Michael Douglas.Richard LaGravenese is behind the script, which is now called Behind the Candelabra. The plot, as it has been all along, will chronicle the relationship between the entertainer (Douglas) and his younger live-in lover Scott Thorson (Damon)."This is a story that's going to surprise a lot of people," HBO Films president Len Amato said in a statement picked up by The Hollywood Reporter. "It's funny, heartbreaking and always fascinating, and we are delighted that Jerry (Weintraub) and Steven brought the film to HBO. With Steven at the helm, directing such accomplished actors as Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, this is a dream project for us."It might seem surprising for a film that had long been planned as a cinematic release to suddenly make the move to TV, but Soderbergh seems happy: "From the inception of this project, we've had two priorities: getting it right creatively, and getting as many people as possible to see it." The director plans to kick off shooting next July in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Palm Springs.

The Simpsons Executive Producer Al Jean on How the Show Was Saved

The Simpsons Mmmmm... contract renewal. Things were looking grim a week ago for The Simpsons, as the possibility loomed that a new deal between the voice actors and 20th Century Fox TV might not happen.Now, with a new pact in place and a 24th and 25th season secure, The Simpsons executive producer Al Jean tells TV Guide Magazine that the negotiations had actually been going on for months without resolve. Things began to turn around last week after he and fellow executive producers Matt Groening and James L. Brooks sat down with the stars."I was always cautiously optimistic," Jean says. "I work for Fox but I represent the show, and I love the cast, so I don't get involved until the very end where we say, 'OK there will be a deal or not a deal, it's not up to me but I hope there is.' When we talked to the cast at that point I was very optimistic; it was very clear to me how much they loved the show and how much they wanted to continue to do it."Even though the deals are between 20th Century Fox TV and the actors, Brooks has been known to smooth things between both sides in the past - and his attorney, Sam Fischer, has occasionally stepped in to resolve stalemates during previous standoffs.Jean won't divulge specifics of how this negotiation turned around (the actors had wanted a piece of the show's back-end profits, but 20th Century Fox TV made it clear that wasn't an option), but says, "It's always helpful to have two powerful guys, Jim and Matt; they want the show to continue but want it to be a good show. Their motives are clear."Now, even though it's been speculated that the 25th season might be The Simpsons' last, Jean says there's no reason to believe the show won't continue long beyond that. He also gives some insight into when fans can expect a second Simpsons movie in theaters.TV Guide Magazine: It was a week of uncertainty, but it led up to this being resolved rather quickly. Walk me through what happened. Was there was a moment where you thought maybe this was all over?Al Jean: It was definitely serious in that we would not have been brought back at the same amount the show now costs. Fox had actually come to us months ago with an analysis basically saying, DVD sales are less, foreign revenues are less, and we're a really expensive show. They said, "This is what we have to get the budget down to," and this was shared with the cast some time ago. And it just became public a week ago, and that's when everything turned from a "negotiation" to an "impasse." We got mislabeled by the reporting. One thing that was really untrue, it was never discussed to do just one more year. It was always going to either end, or do at least two more years.In terms of the mortality of the show, I wound up being in a bad car accident on Thursday, although I'm fine. But when you go through that, you're not going, "I'm thinking about the mortality of The Simpsons." You're just glad you're alive. Yeah, there's a chance The Simpsons could have ended, but it didn't, because we value every person's contribution, especially the cast, and we also love the show and want to keep doing it.TV Guide Magazine: The Simpsons renegotiations generally happen in the spring. Why did this all go down right now?Jean: The network said, either we get a deal where we're set, or we will just announce that we're going off the air. We would have prepared an ending for the show, which we still needed time to do, even though it would have been a year from now.TV Guide Magazine: The idea of recasting the roles wasn't an option this time (like it was during an earlier renegotiation more than a decade ago). Why was that not on the table?Jean: Every negotiation I've ever been involved in, it hasn't been an option. These actors are these characters. There's no reason to give people less than what you've grown to love over 23 years.TV Guide Magazine: When these studies started showing up illustrating how News Corp. stood to make even more money once The Simpsons went off the air, did that give you pause at all? Jean: This is one of those things they told us six months ago. This was told to the cast and everyone involved. By the way, I should say there are other budget cuts and have been other budget cuts in the past couple of years because of this. I think the Fox network and the studio, they were really trying to find a way to keep the show going. I believed them when they said the show had gotten too expensive that it no longer made financial sense at the level we were at. But they still loved the show and wanted to continue it.TV Guide Magazine: Even though it might have been more profitable to shut it down?Jean: That was a real debate. It's a big company, and there are definitely people whose interests would have been better served by ending it. Those interests were superceded because we're still valuable to the network in terms of our ratings. We still double our lead-in every Sunday.TV Guide Magazine: Among the budget cuts were a reduction in salary for the producers. Can you talk to where else things were trimmed?Jean: They're all over the budget. We don't like to talk about specific areas or specific people's salaries. But everything involved in the show, from the animation and the post-production to the writing, yes. But this is the world we live in. Everyone involved, especially me, believes this is a terrific place to work. There are so many economic difficulties that people face now, I would never complain about anything we're having to do.TV Guide Magazine: As animation production has changed, were you able to find some efficiencies there?Jean: Digital animation (has helped). There are initial startup costs, but in the long run it's less expensive. I hate to say "cheaper animation" because I think it looks better than it ever has, but in some cases money was saved... With computers you're able to realize different savings as you continue to refine the method. There was a big cost incurred for switching to high def, but now that we're in high def we can realize some savings too.TV Guide Magazine: When Harry Shearer put out his statement on Friday, what was the reaction, and did it help move a deal along?Jean: The only comment I would make is that the actors are very valuable and deserve to participate in the success of the show. I agree with both of those statements. The negotiation determines in what way that happens. We would never do a show without them. I think everyone who has worked here for a while [has] certainly done quite well by The Simpsons, and everyone is grateful for it. We're going to move on now and settle the NBA strike.TV Guide Magazine: Maybe you can resolve Michael C. Hall's contract negotiations for Dexter.Jean: We actually have a little homage to Dexter in our Halloween show coming on October 30. And we're really proud that our Halloween episode airs before Halloween this year.TV Guide Magazine: When the two-year renewal came out, we couldn't help but notice how it brings us right to that nice 25-year number. What is your sense of whether The Simpsons will end after that?Jean: Nobody can predict what the future holds. But the fact that we got the costs down is, in my view, a very big hope that we can continue beyond those two seasons. They never said, "We want to end it." They said, "We want to find a way so that it can continue into the future."TV Guide Magazine: So 30 years?Jean: I'm so optimistic I'm upping it to 50 years now.TV Guide Magazine: You guys are getting close to Gunsmoke's 635-episode record. Is that something to aspire to?Jean: A little bit, but honestly, you don't do this just to break records. You do it because you think you can still do funny shows. We just had a table read of next year's Halloween episode, which went great. You go to these reads and see how funny it is, and the cast being great, and you say to yourself, "This is why we want to keep doing this."TV Guide Magazine: Plus, these days, even when you go off the air, there's opportunity to revive these franchises down the road, like Futurama or Family Guy.Jean: So extrapolating that, we'll be on the air 75 years. Animation is evergreen. I've given up trying to forecast it. I would just say, don't bet against us. We really kill ourselves to try and keep the show funny and current.TV Guide Magazine: Can you really do a final episode of The Simpsons? That seems like a tall order.Jean: We've done episodes of The Simpsons that would have been great final episodes, like the one where Elizabeth Taylor was Maggie's voice in Season Four. But we're not going to say, "Watch this last episode and the meaning of life will be revealed." Sometimes shows put themselves in a box by trying to promise that. We know a lot of things we want our last episode not to be. What we do want it to be is sweet, true to the show and funny.TV Guide Magazine: Is there ever a point where you revisit a spin-off? There hasn't been talk of one since the plans to do a live-action Krusty the Clown show was scrapped in 1994.Jean: That was the only one that got close. In my view, if you start diluting that universe you start losing something.TV Guide Magazine: And now that this is out of the way, we can get back to asking you about a second Simpsons movie.Jean: Oh, come on! I've always been of the view that if we ever did a second movie, which would be exciting, it would be whenever the run of the show ended. So I guess the news is a Simpsons movie has been pushed back another two years at least.TV Guide Magazine: You're always working ahead of the game, keeping some episodes left over for the following year. Had a deal not closed, when would you have run out of fresh episodes?Jean: Season 23 would have been the last recorded season, the new episodes would have aired through December 2012, in accordance with the end of the world according to the Mayan Calendar. I guess we beat the prophecy.Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

TV Ratings: Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears Score for ESPN

Leon Halip/Getty Images Early ratings for Monday Night Football's Detroit Lions vs. Chicago Bears are in.our editor recommends'Monday Night Football' Pre-Season Continues With Jets vs. TexansESPN Drops Hank Williams, Jr. Opening From 'Monday Night Football' (Video) In Chicago, the game delivered a 18.7 household rating on ESPN, and a 13.3 household for WCIU, for a combined 32.0 rating in the market. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Biggest Fantasy Football Fans In Detroit, the game rated a 10.7 household on ESPN and 25.7 on WXYZ, with a combined 36.4 ratting in the market. The Lions beat the Bears 24-13. The average metered market rating was 11.3. If that holds after final numbers are in, it will be the second best rated game of the year for ESPN, behind Washington - Dallas two weeks ago. PHOTOS: 10 Broadcast and Cable TV Show Most Watched By Men It beats the season opener of New England - Miami, which rated a 10.6 household. Monday Night Football

Dawn Ostroff to head Conde Nast Entertainment

Conde Nast has tapped former CW entertainment prexy Dawn Ostroff to head a newly created entertainment wing at the publishing giant.Ostroff is tasked with developing film, TV and digital initiatives derived from Conde Nast's portfolio of brands, which include such blue-chip magazines as the NYer, Vanity Fair, Vogue, W, Details and Architectural Digest. Ostroff's appointment was announced late Sunday by Conde Nast prexy Robert Sauerberg Jr. "There is an enormous, untapped opportunity at Cond Nast to develop unique and engaging programming," said Sauerberg. "Dawn's extensive experience in cable and digital entertainment, coupled with her strategic expertise, makes her the perfect choice to oversee the launch of this new venture."Ostroff joins Conde Nast nearly five months after she exited CW following a five-year run as head of programming. Her departure was spurred in part by her desire to relocate permanently to NY after years of splitting her time between her family in Gotham and the CW's HQ in Burbank.Ostroff was a key player in the launch of CW, formed out of the merger of UPN and the WB in the fall of 2006. Prior to CW, she spent four years overseeing entertainment for UPN. Before that, she headed programming at Lifetime from 1996-2002."The chance to create new consumer experiences for some of the world's most admired brands is a tremendous opportunity," Ostroff said of her new gig as prexy of Conde Nast Entertainment. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

Bardem In Talks For Wretched Me 2

He'll be described as a villain...Javier Bardem cannot stop being bad. Fortunately, he keeps everything on-screen which is now in discussions to fire place up another evil role, this time around around in cartoon form for Wretched Me 2.The initial film, which starred Steve Carell as speaking villain Gru, the mastermind whose cold heart is melted by three adorable orphan moppets, shown to become huge success. So naturally, the follow-up was quickly greenlit which is now in production at CG company Illumination Entertainment.There's little word round the plot at this time around, though all of us do understand that Gru will this time around around face a totally new villain referred to as El Macho (Bardem), who brings with him their very own child, Machito. The Heat Vision blog reviews that the majority of the original movie's cast is coming back, so expect voice turns in the type of Russell Brand, Will Arnett, Julie Andrews, Miranda Cosgrove, Kristen Wiig plus much more.Although stars frequently nabs roles in movies similar to this gain points utilizing their children, Bardem welcomed his first, a boy born to Penelope Cruz the 2009 This summer time. So his sprog will have to wait a couple of years to find out father to use it. But that's okay, because Wretched Me 2 isn't due to hit screens until October 2013...

On set photos from Marvel's The Avengers

Entertainment Weekly made The Avengers its cover stars this week and some of those photos have now been released online.The exclusive pictures include one candid scene as the super team chat with a green screen in the background.Director Joss Whedon and actors Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Chris Hemsworth were all captured, while Mark Ruffalo submitted a pouting studio shot.To be fair, Ruffalo was probably feeling angry. And you wouldn't like him - or be able to see him yet - when he's angry, as he goes all CGI.

Robert Downey Junior. Teams With Warner Bros. for Perry Mason Film

Robert Downey Junior. apparently loves playing detectives. Variety looks at the 'Sherlock Holmes' star will partner with Warner Bros. (parents studio of 'Holmes') to produce beloved P.I. Perry Mason for the silver screen. Like the source books by Erie Stanley Gardner, 'Perry Mason' might be occur 19 thirties La and not the '50s and '60s like the famous television series with Raymond Burr. At this time RDJ is simply creating, nevertheless the project continues to be developed using the chance of him to star. Unsure if Downey will probably option 'Matlock' too, but as of this rate he might as well. [Variety] [Photo: WireImage] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

New Academy Museum Could Feature Oscar on its Historic Facade

Double size and half the fundraising event burden.our editor recommendsMotion Picture Academy Takes Answer to Create Museum in Former May Co. Department StoreInside the Oscar Museum's Past Troubles and Uncertain Future People will be the rough metrics in the Academy of motion Picture Arts and Sciences' plan to open a museum inside the former May Co. building round the La County Museum of Art campus -- instead of inside a Hollywood property that the business made the decision to create a $400 million project. The museum could open within three years -- plus it may even come with an picture of Oscar etched round the building's distinctive gold cylinder. It may be operated by AMPAS within extended-term lease agreement with LACMA, according to Academy leader Tom Sherak, who spoke while using Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday. "The fact we don't have this in L.A. -- home of the film -- we must change that," he mentioned. STORY:Inside the Oscar Museum's Past Troubles and Uncertain Future The Academy's board of governors on Tuesday evening grew to become an associate of the LACMA options by tallying to sign a memorandum of understanding to use in good belief to find out a movie museum inside the 300,000-square-ft former mall building, that's situated at 6067 Wilshire Blvd. round the western side of the LACMA campus inside the Miracle Mile district. The memo makes way for your two organizations to talk about the following contract as well as the Academy, which produces the large the majority of its revenue in purchasing broadcast rights for the Oscars show,to develop fundraising event plans. But several questions remain: Sherak did not offer specifics round the terms or entire lease the Academy would sign with LACMA, except to convey, "I won't be around if this lease is finished.In . Even though he did not divulge the thought cost from the project -- that may take as extended as five years to complete -- Sherak mentioned AMPAS "will just raise half of that which you needed to boostInch for your now-scuttled Hollywood museum development on Vine Street. "We are beginning the fundraising event campaign now which determines how rapidly this building increases," mentioned Academy Boss Beginning Hudson. AMPAS would retain autonomy total areas of the museum, while based on LACMA's understanding of museum management and construction, Hudson mentioned. The first sort mall, built-within the Streamline Moderne style, opened up up in 1939 LACMA acquired it in 1994 and re-referred to it as LACMA West. The May Co. structure is famous for that gold cylinder that comprises a few of their facade, that's been designated historic with the city's Cultural Heritage Commission. LACMA Boss Michael Govan mentioned that there's been discussions regarding the potential for integrating the legendary Oscar statuette into the round part of the building's facade. "It absolutely was just screaming being an Oscar," mentioned Govan, adding that might be techniques to change that part of the building "that could be consistent with its historic designation." In line with the La Conservancy, the city's Office of Historic Assets would review any recommended changes for the cylinder. STORY: Film Academy Takes Answer to Create Museum in Former May Co. Mall Despite its new direction, the Academy still expects to spread out exhibition space within the Vine Street property it once imagined as home of a movie museum, though its extended-term plans for your property are unclear. "The primary one factor we won't do -- the Academy will not do as well as the board will not ensure it is accomplished -- we won't abandon this website,In . Sherak mentioned. Nevertheless the new LACMA plan marks a substantial alternation in AMPAS' previous movie museum efforts which is a blow to Hollywood stakeholders who had wanted a movie museum would help in the continuing revitalization in the area. The Academy had extended planned to create a 144,000-square-ft development on Hollywood property it began acquiring in 2005 in the expense up to $50 million. French architect Christian p Portzamparcdesigned a sleek, modern edifice, but merely before a considerable fundraising event campaign may have begun, the project was derailed with the economic collapse that began in serious in fall 2008. The 3.5-acre site, that's situated across from ArcLight Cinemas on Vine, has sitting vacant for several years in August area stakeholders told THR it had become an eyesore. Sherak mentioned the Academystill expects to produce an exhibit space inside the structures to start and there is been discussion about hosting periodic outdoors tests. The Academy has began razing some structures and washing the home, that's alongside its Pickford Center for Film Study. "I'm glad to look for the museum is continue which AMPAS is firmly dedicated to buying and selling in and developing its Hollywood property near Sunset [Boulevard] and Vine. The entertainment industry has extended been necessary to our local economy and carried out a considerable role inside our global culture," La City Council Leader Eric Garcetti mentioned. "AMPAS' new assets will celebrate that background go to existence for future decades." But Sherak mentioned he wasn't sure how a property might be used once the movie museum opens, though he suggested that potential features for instance an outdoors theater could remain getting used once the museum opens. "Why would that needs to disappear to maintain it? It need not disappear. So there are many planning that needs to be done," he mentioned. STORY: Beginning Hudson: Job as Academy Boss Offers 'Global Platform' on her behalf Adoration for Film Sherak mentioned that discussions with LACMA began informally in spring 2010, and were initially headed by former Academy leader Sid Ganis, who met with Govan and spoken about the requirement of an AMPAS museum. "We spoken about how precisely sad it absolutely was this had less than attracted itself together yet," Govan mentioned. Talks increased being worse once Hudson was named the completely new Boss in the Academy in April. Sherak mentioned that inside a June 1 AMPAS board of governors meeting, Hudson, former mind of Film Independent, homed in round the potential project. "Without warning it absolutely was being an arrow for the bull's-eye. Next factor I realize, Michael and he or she were speaking which we stood a committee develop,Inch Sherak mentioned. The LACMA campus remains substantially transformed through the final half-decade by using two new structures. In 2008, the museum opened up in the Broad Contemporary Art Museum and a year ago the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion put open its entrance doors. Incorporated inside a 3-phase plan, the May Co. building wound up being to will also be refurbished. However, Govan mentioned that Metropolitan Transportation Authority's plan to build the Westside Subway Extension, which might add a go to a corner of Wilshire and Fairfax, triggered LACMA to re-think its plan. "We paused and mentioned, 'that is an extremely important building plus it ought to have something fantastic within it,AInch Govan mentioned. "It should be a destination within it of itself. This could become again, since it was, most likely the favourite structures in La. We are very happy to move our plans around along with other spaces." The objective museum might be probably the most effective signal so far that LACMA needs to boost its connections for the movie business. Taken LACMA introduced it might reboot its film-screening program this fall. It's produced a partnership with Film Independent, the crowd behind the Spirit Honours as well as the La Film Festival, and contains hired film critic Elvis Mitchell as curator. STORY: Academy Taps Beginning Hudson, Ric Robertson to switch Bruce Davis "LACMA is certainly an eclectic museum with many different collections in a number of different areas -- film seems as being a slam dunk," mentioned Terry Semel, co-chair in the LACMA board of trustees and former chairman of Warner Bros. The museum's board now features a slew of entertainment business players, including Willow Bay, John Grazer, Michael Lynton, Carole Bayer Sager, Barbra Streisand and Steve Tisch. And also on Monday it absolutely was introduced that CAA partner Bryan Lourd is joining the 64-member board. Also, in September, LACMA introduced that it's inaugural Art + Film Gala -- slated being held November. 5 -- will recognition Clint Eastwood and conceptual artist John Baldessari. The gala is meant only to boost funds to assist LACMA's "initiative to produce film more central for the museum's curatorial programming," the museum mentioned in the news release. Email: Daniel.Burns@THR.com Twitter: @DanielNMiller Related Subjects AMPAS LACMA