Glam Slam: Third Annual Fantasy Holiday List

First Published: December 22, 2011 11:42 AM EST Credit: WireImage LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Kim Kardashian attends the NY Knicks vs New Jersey Nets game at Prudential Center on February 12, 2011 in Newark, New JerseyWhats at the top of your holiday list this year? The two things that I want money cant buy more time and more sleep! While Im fantasizing about what Id like, I may as well go for it and dream big! Here is my annual skys the limit wish list. KIM KARDASHIANS HIGH END ACCESSORIES She has more than 60 pairs of Christian Louboutin shoes and at least nine Hermes Birkins. Id be more than happy to take a few off her hands! JENNIFER LOPEZS GOLDEN GLOW Not too tan. Not too paleshe gets it just right. GISELE BUNDCHENS BODY A-maz-ing pretty much says it all. SARAH JESSICA PARKERS FASHION SENSE Ive said it a million times. I admire how she always takes chances. She pushes the envelope, but not TOO muchshes still relatable. LADY GAGAS TALENT Forget all the over-the-top clothes and makeup. Shes the real deal, she plays the piano, she can sing, she can writea Renaissance woman, shes a TRUE talent. JULIAS SMILE Nothing comes close to lighting up a room like her megawatt smile, and her laugh is totally infectious! SIMON COWELLS PAYCHECK He makes a cool 75 million a year. He divides his time between swank houses in California and London and he drives a 2.4 million dollar Bugatti. Its good to be Simon. GWYNETH PALTROWS CLOSET Obsessed with her classic with an edge style. She always looks great. KATE WINSLETS CAREER She just gets it right when it comes to her choices and shes got the serious chops to pull off anything. POSHS POSH BABY WARDROBE The designer shoes and clothing for the best dressed baby girl in town are beyond adorable. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

'SNL' Boss Makes Merry With Annual Holiday Show

NY (AP) It's a holly, jolly Christmas for "Saturday Night Live" chief Lorne Michaels as he marks another holiday edition of the show he created 36 years ago, and as he welcomes back "SNL" alum Jimmy Fallon as guest host for this special yuletide bash.Boasting singer Michael Buble as its musical guest, the program airs, of course, Saturday on NBC at 11:30 p.m. EST.But on Thursday night, as Michaels welcomed a reporter to his Rockefeller Center office overlooking Studio 8H, from where "SNL" originates the clock was ticking: little more than two days until show time.In the studio, a sketch was being blocked for the cameras: Denver Broncos quarterback (and famously devout Christian) Tim Tebow confronts Jesus in the locker room."It's been rewritten since last night when we read it," Michaels said. "We read 40-some-odd sketches yesterday, and narrowed them down to the pieces over there" he pointed to a board with a tentative rundown "and that's about 15 minutes (too) long. By the time '(Weekend) Update' gets done, the show will be maybe 25 minutes long, which is what we'll go into dress rehearsal with."Dress rehearsal takes place in front of a live audience on Saturday evening, after which, according to the audience's response, the show is rearranged, cut and otherwise revamped during a crash session to whip it into shape to perform a couple hours later for the world.For Michaels, dress brings pain every week."Things you were certain would work, don't," he sighed. "Things that were really bright flatten and fall apart."So does this mean that, even after all these years of executive-producing "SNL," Michaels, the old hand at 67, is still caught by surprise at how an audience reacts?"Every week," he nodded. "I think it's why I'm still here. It's not a thing you ever master."Or do you?"Lorne has done this for 36 years, and he knows what will work," Fallon had insisted during an interview earlier in the week. "He's a pro. He's a Beatle."Fallon was an "SNL" cast member for six seasons before leaving in 2004. Then, in 2009, he was tapped by Michaels, who also executive-produces NBC's "Late Night," to fill its hosting job when Conan O'Brien graduated to "The Tonight Show."Now, for the first time, Fallon has been invited back by Michaels to his old haunts at "SNL" to serve as host."There will be holiday-themed sketches for different religions," said Fallon, who said he arrived with "about 300 ideas" on Monday. "I'm working on some impressions that I haven't done before. I've got some surprises: Some old friends might be coming back for a cameo or two. And then I want to see if can dust off my 'Update' suit."Fallon was asked if any of the special demands of "SNL" had been hard to face again."Staying up late," he instantly replied. "I don't do that anymore. I have a 9-to-5 job now with 'Late Night.' I got to work on keeping my energy up, so I'm ready to go on Saturday. Which I will be."Once he steps onstage at the top of the show, "it's going to be an adrenaline rush," he predicted. It will also be an emotional rush to be back, in a proud guest-host role on the show he has loved all his life."I just hope I don't break down and cry," he said. "My mom and dad are going to be there. I got to make sure I don't make eye contact with them. I'd be a mess, a blubbering mess.""I was down in Jimmy's dressing room a half-hour ago," Michaels said Thursday night, relaxing for a moment on a sofa in his office. "We were going over the monologue, and I could see he looked anxious about it. He's putting so much pressure on himself for this to be the greatest show of all time!"I found myself saying, 'You know, it's Thursday. It's NOT Friday. That means there's the rest of tonight and all day tomorrow for that missing piece to be written.'"It's the step-by-step, day-by-day "SNL" process, a week-long evolution that's hard to keep in mind when you're in the middle of the stampede for Saturday."For a returning cast member or past host, the very last memory of having done the show is the party," Michaels said, "and, before that, how the show felt on the air, and the goodnights when it's ending."But you don't remember that on Monday there was nothing: 'Really?! THOSE are the ideas?!' And then came the writing, and choosing which pieces, and the rewrites. It's rare that you're excited about the show on Tuesday, or even Thursday. But the process is all about it getting better."By the time Jimmy leaves here tomorrow night at 1 or 2 in the morning," Michaels said, "we'll know kind of what's looking good."It's that process that keeps Michaels challenged, and fired up, and still very much in love with the job he said he has no thoughts of ever leaving."There's no other way to do it," he declared, and smiled resolutely as Saturday night loomed. "If there was, I would have figured it out. Trust me."Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. By Frazier Moore December 16, 2011 Lorne Michaels and Jimmy Fallon PHOTO CREDIT 42 Below Vodka/Casey Rodgers NY (AP) It's a holly, jolly Christmas for "Saturday Night Live" chief Lorne Michaels as he marks another holiday edition of the show he created 36 years ago, and as he welcomes back "SNL" alum Jimmy Fallon as guest host for this special yuletide bash.Boasting singer Michael Buble as its musical guest, the program airs, of course, Saturday on NBC at 11:30 p.m. EST.But on Thursday night, as Michaels welcomed a reporter to his Rockefeller Center office overlooking Studio 8H, from where "SNL" originates the clock was ticking: little more than two days until show time.In the studio, a sketch was being blocked for the cameras: Denver Broncos quarterback (and famously devout Christian) Tim Tebow confronts Jesus in the locker room."It's been rewritten since last night when we read it," Michaels said. "We read 40-some-odd sketches yesterday, and narrowed them down to the pieces over there" he pointed to a board with a tentative rundown "and that's about 15 minutes (too) long. By the time '(Weekend) Update' gets done, the show will be maybe 25 minutes long, which is what we'll go into dress rehearsal with."Dress rehearsal takes place in front of a live audience on Saturday evening, after which, according to the audience's response, the show is rearranged, cut and otherwise revamped during a crash session to whip it into shape to perform a couple hours later for the world.For Michaels, dress brings pain every week."Things you were certain would work, don't," he sighed. "Things that were really bright flatten and fall apart."So does this mean that, even after all these years of executive-producing "SNL," Michaels, the old hand at 67, is still caught by surprise at how an audience reacts?"Every week," he nodded. "I think it's why I'm still here. It's not a thing you ever master."Or do you?"Lorne has done this for 36 years, and he knows what will work," Fallon had insisted during an interview earlier in the week. "He's a pro. He's a Beatle."Fallon was an "SNL" cast member for six seasons before leaving in 2004. Then, in 2009, he was tapped by Michaels, who also executive-produces NBC's "Late Night," to fill its hosting job when Conan O'Brien graduated to "The Tonight Show."Now, for the first time, Fallon has been invited back by Michaels to his old haunts at "SNL" to serve as host."There will be holiday-themed sketches for different religions," said Fallon, who said he arrived with "about 300 ideas" on Monday. "I'm working on some impressions that I haven't done before. I've got some surprises: Some old friends might be coming back for a cameo or two. And then I want to see if can dust off my 'Update' suit."Fallon was asked if any of the special demands of "SNL" had been hard to face again."Staying up late," he instantly replied. "I don't do that anymore. I have a 9-to-5 job now with 'Late Night.' I got to work on keeping my energy up, so I'm ready to go on Saturday. Which I will be."Once he steps onstage at the top of the show, "it's going to be an adrenaline rush," he predicted. It will also be an emotional rush to be back, in a proud guest-host role on the show he has loved all his life."I just hope I don't break down and cry," he said. "My mom and dad are going to be there. I got to make sure I don't make eye contact with them. I'd be a mess, a blubbering mess.""I was down in Jimmy's dressing room a half-hour ago," Michaels said Thursday night, relaxing for a moment on a sofa in his office. "We were going over the monologue, and I could see he looked anxious about it. He's putting so much pressure on himself for this to be the greatest show of all time!"I found myself saying, 'You know, it's Thursday. It's NOT Friday. That means there's the rest of tonight and all day tomorrow for that missing piece to be written.'"It's the step-by-step, day-by-day "SNL" process, a week-long evolution that's hard to keep in mind when you're in the middle of the stampede for Saturday."For a returning cast member or past host, the very last memory of having done the show is the party," Michaels said, "and, before that, how the show felt on the air, and the goodnights when it's ending."But you don't remember that on Monday there was nothing: 'Really?! THOSE are the ideas?!' And then came the writing, and choosing which pieces, and the rewrites. It's rare that you're excited about the show on Tuesday, or even Thursday. But the process is all about it getting better."By the time Jimmy leaves here tomorrow night at 1 or 2 in the morning," Michaels said, "we'll know kind of what's looking good."It's that process that keeps Michaels challenged, and fired up, and still very much in love with the job he said he has no thoughts of ever leaving."There's no other way to do it," he declared, and smiled resolutely as Saturday night loomed. "If there was, I would have figured it out. Trust me."Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

'Young Adult': Diablo Cody and Patton Oswalt Talk Bullying, Beauty and Charlize Theron (VIDEO)

Growing to just about 1000 screens a few days ago is among the year's best films: 'Young Adult,' a caustic black comedy from film writer Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman ('Juno') in regards to a former senior high school full bee (Charlize Theron) who returns to her home town to regain the married former boyfriend she used up to now. Awkward! Also, an excellent chance for Cody and Reitman to discuss beauty, high-school bullying and just how nostalgia sometimes is not the very best factor for individuals for a crutch. Recently, Cody and co-star Patton Oswalt became a member of Huffington Publish founding editor Roy Sekoff for any conversation in the La home of Arianna Huffington. The lively chat discussed Cody's inspiration for writing the script, Patton's preparation for that role, the film's provocative structure and styles, and also the harsh truth that individuals like Mavis, both men and women, do indeed "walk in our midst.Inch Browse the video below. [via Huffington Publish] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Discovery Sued By Woman Who Claims 'Weed Wars' Was Her Idea

Prashant Gupta / FX FX and Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter have prevailed in a lawsuit filed by an ex-Hell's Angel biker who claimed the idea for the hit drama series was stolen.our editor recommends'Glee,' 'Sons of Anarchy' Added to Amazon Prime Instant Video Streaming Service'Sons of Anarchy' Creator Kurt Sutter on Season 4's Bold Finale and Season 5 PlansFurious 'Sons of Anarchy' Creator Tells DirecTV Viewers 'You're Getting F---ed Over'; Reveals Banned Script Chuck Zito sued FX for $5 million in June 2010 claiming he had developed a show called Nomads (later The Wild Angels) and had agents at ICM set up a pitch meeting in 2004 with FX chief John Landgraf, during which Zito says he discussed ideas for a show about a motorcycle club. FX passed on the project but later developed Sutter's Sons, which ICM packaged and which recently concluded its 4th season as a big hit for the network. "FX was obligated to pay Zito the reasonable value of his ideas, hire him to work on the series and afford him screen credit as creator," the lawsuit alleged. "Defendants breached an implied-in-fact contract with defendant." VIDEO: 'Sons of Anarchy': Ron Perlman Says Season 4 Was a Challenge At the time, Sutter took to his twitter account to blast the lawsuit, saying: "HAVING THE F***ING IDEA IS NOT THE SHOW. THERE HAVE BEEN DOZENS OF OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE TV DRAMAS PITCHED IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. NONE OF THEM HAS MADE IT TO SERIES, EXCEPT SOA. BECAUSE THEY SUCKED." STORY: 'Sons of Anarchy' Creator Kurt Sutter on Season 4's Bold Finale and Season 5 Plans Today a Los Angeles Superior Court judge agreed, ruling on summary judgment that Sons was independently created and Zito doesn't have a case. The judge relied on declarations submitted by Sutter, Landgraf and talent agent Matt Solo (now with WME), among others, showing Sutter's development process and the fact that Sons was pitched to several networks, including HBO and AMC, before arriving at FX, which bought the project in a bidding war. The judge saw no reason for the case to continue past the summary judgment phase. We've reached out to Zito's attorneys for comment. FX is represented by Scott Edelman at LA's Gibson Dunn firm and Rick Stone at Jenner & Block. Email: Matthew.Belloni@thr.com Twitter: @THRMattBelloni PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery 'Sons of Anarchy' Red Carpet Premiere

Jesse Jackson On Becoming An Emotional Eater

First Released: December 15, 2011 11:01 AM EST Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Jesse Jackson talks with Access Hollywoods Rob RobinsonLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Jesse Jackson is opening about her fight using the bulge, telling Access Hollywoods Rob Robinson how shes finally getting charge of her weight. Your scale will be your worst enemy, so its not really in regards to a number its about searching within the mirror and feeling good in regards to you and feeling healthy and loving what you are if you notice that individual within the mirror, new NutriSystem representative Jesse told Rob within an interview set to air tonight on Access Hollywood. Jesse may be the latest celebrity to front an appetite suppressant program, and she or he opened up as much as Rob about her struggles, acknowledging her weight fight continues to be a psychological one. I'm a psychological eater You will find people who dont eat when theyre stressed. I eat after i stress, when Im lower, when Im for the reason that condition of not within the finest space, the celebrity stated. And thats my host to comfort which i visit for your moment. I Quickly kick myself after doing the work. Beyond opening about her weight, Jesse revealed shes nervous on her niece, Paris Jackson, that has arranged her first feature film role in Lundons Bridge and also the Three Secrets an active action feature alongside Ray King, who'll provide voice-over work. Im excited on her, however it worries me a bit, Jesse told Rob. Yeah, If only that they would maybe wait. I acquired in to the business in a youthful age, Jesse, who hit happens while very young, and also the television screen around the seventies sitcom Good Occasions, told Rob. It is not a simple factor. Your childhoodyou completely lose and that i didnt reach experience that, so she's the relaxation of her adult existence to become that actress that they really wants to be and that i informed her that. Yeah, I informed her I'd take this time around to simply study really, really study the craft. To determine the entire interview with Jesse Jackson stay tuned to gain access to Hollywood on Thursday, December 15. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

A Confession (Ganjeung)

A CJ Entertainment release of a Korean Academy of Film Arts presentation of a Kafa Films production. (International sales: CJ Entertainment, Seoul.) Produced by Han Seung-sang. Executive producer, Kim Seung-joon. Directed, written by Park Soo-min.With: Gwon Hyuk-poong, Lee Joo-seung, Lee Dae-yun, Lee Haw-si.A world-class water torturer takes revenge on a religious zealot who kills his own grandma in tyro helmer Park Soo-min's intermittently intriguing critique of belief, "A Confession." Some may bristle at what appears to be Park's pointed denial of God, while others will go with the director's claim that it's blind devotion he's slapping down. Either way, he delivers a bold, very Korean take, replete with torture scenes, that positions absolute faith as either delusion or a shield for psychosis. Though unlikely to generate genuflections, "Confession" may see mild fest action. Expressionless former detective Park Duk-joon (Gwon Hyuk-poong) longs to receive an answer to his prayers, hoping the Holy Spirit might make sense of his son's death and wash away the stain of years spent sadistically interrogating suspects. Despite a certain discomfort with his past (guilt is overstating it), he's now working as a freelance torturer for a local gangster. After frequent attempts to get him to church, Mrs. Lee (Lee Haw-si) finally succeeds, but only because he notices his former boss Lim Gwang-han (Lee Dae-yun), the infamous "torture cop," is Sunday's inspirational speaker. Lim claims to have found religion in prison and now is "clean in God's eyes," though in an unwelcome conversation with Park, he says he feels no guilt for the things they did. Park comes away even more perplexed, and hopes Mrs. Lee may make things clearer. But when he finds her strangled body in the shower and realizes her grandson Yoon Kyung-ho (Lee Joo-seung) is the culprit, he abducts the fanatically religious teen, whose belief that he was God's instrument makes Park even less certain about divine will. Leave it to a Korean filmmaker to wrap a story about a sadist who gets no pleasure from his job around a disquisition on God's invisibility. Also factored in is a pointed criticism of the country's historical amnesia, which all too often blithely brushes away the period in the '80s when state torture was considered acceptable. Park gradually reveals his characters' unspeakable deeds in darkly monochrome flashbacks, unflinchingly lensing a world where faith might help get some through immediate pain but acts as an ineffective salve against lasting torment. The helmer offers no easy answers, just open questions. Thesping is strong all around, from Gwon's deadened core where an ember continues to glow, to young Lee Joo-seung's frighteningly confident psychopath and Lee Haw-si's yearning warmth. An overly obvious fantasy sequence feels out of place, but otherwise, pacing is tight and the tension doesn't let up.Camera (color, HD), Kim Bo-ram; editor, Kim Chang-joo; music, Lee Jeong-hyun; production designer, Gwon Sun-joo; costume designer, Lim Chan-young; sound, No Chun-gil, Seong Yun-yong, Lee In-gyu. Reviewed at Turin Film Festival (competing), Nov. 27, 2011. Running time: 96 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

IM Global Nabs Thriller Script 'Kidnap'

Columbia Pictures A lot of geek talk this week has been about The Dark Knight Rises footage. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows had its premiere, grabbing some spotlight and getting Robert Downey Jr. talking about The Avengers and Iron Man 3.our editor recommends'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' Gets a 2014 Release DateThe Amazing Spider-Man: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone Get Into Character (Photos)'The Amazing Spider-Man' Teaser Trailer Released (Video) So some of us have forgotten that other superhero movies are coming out. Like The Amazing Spider-Man, starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. Well, Columbia is here to remind us and yesterday quietly slid out a new teaser poster for the movie, which opens July 3, 2012. The poster, which debuted on Superhero Hype, is simple but effective, but more importantly, is consistent with comics iconography of having shadows reveal the true soul or identity or whatever the artists wants of a character. It's an effect used from Batman comics to Spider-Man comics and it's used here to show that the man crawling up the stone wall is ... Spider-Man. And it also makes a point to stand apart from the Sam Raimi-directed movies, whose posters slickly had the Arach-Knight stuck or perched to a glass skyscraper. Check it out ... PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery 'The Amazing Spider-Man': Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone Appear in New Production Photos Andrew Garfield Emma Stone Amazing Spider-Man

Anderson Cooper, Miley Cyrus, J.R. Martinez Salute CNN Heroes at Star-Studded Tribute

Peter Iovino/The Weinstein Co. The Artist and the entire Harry Potter film series were voted special awards as the American Film Institute chose its official selections for AFI Awards on Sunday.our editor recommends'The Artist's' Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo to Receive the Santa Barbara Film Festival's Cinema Vanguard AwardAFI Fest Hands Out Audience Awards to 'With Every Heartbeat,' 'Bullhead' The AFI Awards, which focus on American features, cited ten movies of the year: Bridesmaids, The Descendants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, Hugo, J. Edgar, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and War Horse. For TV programs of the year, it selected Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Game of Thrones, The Good Wife, Homeland, Justified, Louie, Modern Family and Parks and Recreation. The selections were made by two juries, one for film and one for television. They were chaired by producers and AFI board of trustees vice chairs Tom Pollock, for movies, and Richard Frank, for TV, and included Whoopi Goldberg, film historian Leonard Maltin, uniiversity professors, critics and members of the AFI board of trustees. The creative ensembles behind the chosen film and TV shows will be honored at an invitation-only luncheon on Jan. 13 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles. Harry Potter Oscars 2007 The Artist

Verizon Plans To Defend Myself Against Netflix With Web Service: Reuters

Verizon Communications intends to launch a film-and-TV streaming service that will contend with Netflix, cable television systems and potentially Amazon . com, Reuters reported Tuesday. Inside a strategy that will result in the service open to 85 million US homes, Verizon is speaking with prospective programming partners about presenting the service outdoors marketplaces in which the phone company offers its broadband and television package referred to as FiOs — which presently has 5 million customers. Verizon’s cool product might be folded out the coming year, based on among the sources Reuters reported. The programming package could be limited in scope having a concentrate on movies much like Liberty Media’s Starz Play and Viacom’s Epix. It might likewise incorporate children’s programming from Disney or Viacom. The second’s Boss Phillipe Dauman stated in a UBS conference now Viacom wold be prepared to barter along with other broadband services. Epix’s exclusive online-streaming contract with Netflix for movies from Vital Lionsgate and MGM expired next September. News concerning the new streaming service follows within the wake of sister company Verizon Wireless Carrier’ http://world wide web.deadline.com/2011/12/verizon-concurs-to-pay-3-6b-for-cable-controlled-wireless-spectrum/" >plans to re-sell cable television service for Comcast Corp, Time Warner Cable Corporation and Vibrant House Systems in return for having to pay $3.6 billion towards the cable companies for spectrum.

The X-Files' John Neville Dies at 86

John Neville John Neville, best remembered by TV fans as The Well-Manicured Man in The X-Files, has died, Canadian Press reports. He was 86.Neville, who had battled Alzheimer's and died Saturday in Toronto, guest-starred on the Fox TV series and in the feature film between 1995 and '98. Before his on-screen career - which took off after he filled the title role in Terry Gilliam's 1989 film The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - the English-born actor was the artistic director of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in the 1980s.Check out the rest of today's newsHe also did stints as artistic director for Edmonton's Citadel Theatre and of Halifax's Neptune Theatre. He was also an accomplished theater actor throughout Canada, where he emigrated in 1972.He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Caroline, as well as six children and six grandchildren.

Obama Speechwriter-Turned Show Scribe Reveals '1600 Penn' Details (Q&A)

Earlier this fall, Jon Lovett ditched his three-year gigas President Obama's speechwriter to try to make it in television. The NY-raised Lovett, 29, wasted no time. He's marrying the two worlds with the red-hot1600 Penn, a White House comedy Lovett sold to NBC withThe Book of MormonstarJosh GadandModern FamilydirectorJason Winer.our editor recommends'Book of Mormon' Star, Obama Speechwriter and 'Modern Family' Director Sell White House Comedy to NBCObama Dismisses Republican Rivals on 'Tonight Show' (Video) The Hollywood Reporter: How much will be based on your time with the Obamas? Jon Lovett: Obviously, my experiences are going to inform what I do, but this family will have absolutely nothing to do with the president. The idea is that this is a dysfunctional family, and the first family today is so far from that, it's ridiculous. PHOTOS: Preview NBC's Fall Key Art for 'Playboy Club,' 'Grimm,' 'Whitney,' More THR: You must have signed some sort of ironclad NDA with the president, correct? JL: Well, yeah. I think it's serendipitous ... that I had a meeting with Jason, and he mentioned this idea that he and Josh Gad had been thinking about. I know that world and how the White House works, but this is not about me telling stories from the White House. THR: What more can you tell us about the project? JL:The only thing we talked about it that it's not about politics, it's about a family. It's about what happens when an old married, dysfunctional family just happens to live at this most famous address. Beyond that, we'll see. THR: You've talked about other projects, including a potential MASH update. Where does that stand? JL:It's still just an idea. That's' something that I had to talked to 20th about before this other concept came along. That was something that I was interested in. THR: Still something you'd like to do at some point? JL:I think so. It was an idea that I thought would be interesting and maybe timely. THR: Looking back at your time there, what was the highlight? JL: Standing in the back when he [repealed] "Don't ask, don't tell," or traveling with the president when he was making his case for health care reform.Those were the most meaningful moments for me. And as for the most fun? Nothing compares to the White House Correspondants' dinner, which was about giving the President a chance to make fun of himself, the press and the ridiculous side of Washington. THR: How far can you go? JL:The great thing is that the President is not afraid to go pretty far. He's not afraid in those moments to push the limit because he, like all of us, relishes the chance to make fun of the absurd and superficial side of Washington. THR: Will you stay involved with the President in any capacity? JL:I don't know but I want to be helpful. The hardest part about deciding to leave was no longer contributing and no longer feeling like I was part of a team that I really believe in and serving a President that I really believe in. That was the single hardest part about leaving and the only thing that made me hesitate. I want to figure out a way to still be helpful. Related Topics Barack Obama Politics

Joshua Jackson Does not Possess A 'Fringe' Double, And That Is Okay

Peter Bishop has it pretty easy. Well, really, it's Joshua Jackson which has it pretty easy. The thing is, he's the only real guy on "Fringe" who does not need to play just like a million different versions of his character on the program. And he isn't worrying. "I am talking about, I can tell the enjoyment that everyone's getting using their doppelgangers. But I am not gonna lie, the additional six days off this summer time was pretty awesome," he joked within an interview with MTV News. "So, as i was a slave to on holiday, I wasn't thinking to myself, 'Gosh, If only I had been getting a conversation with myself at this time like a different version of me.' It appears like it might be fun once after which a little of the discomfort within the ass next, so I am not terribly jealous." While he isn't playing many versions of Peter, he is doing need to interact with numerous versions of those they know and loves, that is kind of fun and kind of difficult. We'll allow him to explain. "It's some both: it's daunting because there's lots of particulars now. I suppose it's less so for me personally, but particularly for that men who're playing two, sometimes three versions of the figures, I believe it's daunting because you need to make every one of individuals figures people and you've got to help keep individuals people inside your mind," he described. "That's a great deal to do and TV moves really fast, therefore it is nothing like you've considerable time. I believe that's daunting, but simultaneously it keeps it interesting." Plus, there's this: "It causes it to be really quite simple for me personally. It works out I am not too wise so that they were worried which i wouldn't have the ability to accomplish it.Inch Peter, though, is really a secret genius. Now that none of his family or buddies within the "Fringe"-verse know who he's, we see his smarty pants capabilities much more. "That turns into a difficult factor not because he's brilliant but because to ensure that the show to describe itself each week [there needs to be considered a layman]. It's difficult because a couple of the 3 leads are allegedly prodigies one thing which has been nice for me personally this season is the fact that Peter gets the opportunity to display his intelligence and capabilities," he described. "Because in the earlier version of 'Fringe,' Peter is definitely the 2nd wisest guy within the room because Walter is definitely the wisest guy within the room as well as in this version he's his father's boy, so he reaches display that. I love that. Its a pleasant new wrinkle within the character." Inform us what you believe within the comments section as well as on Twitter!

Rooney Mara Talks 'Girl While Using Dragon Tattoo' Transformation

Some stars psychologically transform for their roles for just about any movie, but "The Woman while using Dragon Tattoo" star Rooney Mara needed to make it happen physically. The ultimate time Mara came out in the film (correctly David Fincher's "The Social MediaInch), she'd extended, luscious brown hair together with a really girl-next-door overall vibe. But forget about. Mara and Fincher available to Entertainment Weekly in this particular week's problem and discuss how a exclusive director told his leading lady right ahead of time they was gonna need to change a good deal for your role. "I told Rooney, 'You're apt to be emaciated, you have to be naked, you need raped [on-screen, get pierced, illuminate, ride a bike,AInch Fincher appreciated saying. "'I need really concentrate and tell me that is something you need.AInch Spoiler alert: it absolutely was. Since, Mara has received her hair chopped off -- "hairstylist Danilo Dixon attracted Maras lovely brown hair to a braid, asked for if she was ready, and squashed the scissors. He handed her the ft-extended twist in the Ziploc bag (she retains it)" -- and contains received eyebrow, ears and nipple piercings. Remarkably enough, it was not the alteration in their looks or prospect of revealing all over the silver screen that afraid her, however the options of mowing the lawn. There has been certainly a couple of a few things i was scared to accomplish, however i i never thought I wasn't up for your challenge," she mentioned. "The motorcycle was the main one factor I really didnt might like to do. You understand, you'll probably be raped, be naked... However the moment he was like, 'Youre gonna need to ride a bike,A I used to be like, 'Oh, really?'" No matter the backlash that Fincher is adapting a novel that already features a beloved Swedish adaptation which his Lisbeth Salander might be too "weak" (as people belittled the provocative teaser poster that was released taken), Fincher is for certain that his film will most likely be everything fans wish it to be. "We've got something fairly simple to supply on," he mentioned. "A gigantic f---ing book that people have very rigid preconceived notions of, to the level they take umbrage getting a teaser poster." Are you currently presently excited to find out Fincher's "The Woman while using Dragon Tattoo"? Reveal inside the comments section below or on Twitter!

Hacking Update: James Murdoch Already Had Understanding From The Scandal Prior To Permitting Payback, Critic States

Here’s another sign that James Murdoch is within for tough questioning on Thursday, when he seems prior to the Parliamentary committee looking into this news Around The Globe phone-hacking scandal: A recently launched letter towards the congress states that Murdoch most likely understood concerning the extent from the lawbreaking even sooner than among his chief competitors initially thought. Former News Worldwide lawyer Tom Crone told the committee on Saturday thatnew evidence revealed a week ago signifies that “Mr. Murdoch already had understanding” from the importance from the problem on May 27, 2008, after he met with NOTW editor Colin Myler. Earlier, Crone and Myler had claimed they filled Murdoch in on June 10, 2008. Murdoch states that’s not the case– it wasn’t until later around when he learned which more than one reporter had commissioned phone hacking. The chronology is essential. If Murdoch understood at the begining of June which more than one reporter was involved, then he or she is viewed as having to pay hush money when he approved the organization to create a $1.4M settlement payment — having a non-disclosure provision– to some hacking victim who understood in regards to a second reporter.Why didn’t Crone or Myler can remember the May 27 meeting? “We may both be criticised with this,” Crone states in the note towards the committee, “but It is most likely quite normal for busy individuals to neglect to recall detail (or perhaps the existence) of conferences and conversations from a lot more than 3 years earlier without having the ability to make reference to everything written down.” Crone states he hasn’t been capable of seeing his records since he left the organization in This summer. In line with the evidence the committee launched a week ago, “I believe that my recollection was incorrect with regards to certain particulars. I apologise for your.”

Weekend Box Office: 'Puss in Boots' Stomps 'Tower Heist,' 'Harold & Kumar'

Both of this week's new wide releases, 'Tower Heist' and 'A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas,' have an Occupy Wall Street, proles-vs.-fat-cats subtext, but it was one particular fat-cat who seized a surprise win at the box office. 'Puss in Boots' not only managed to outduel both newcomers, but also shocked by holding on to almost all of the business it scored during last weekend's record-breaking debut. 'Puss in Boots' was expected to have long legs; not only did the 'Shrek' spinoff have strong word-of-mouth, but it also faced no new family-film competition this weekend. Pundits expected a standard second-weekend drop of about 35 percent, to $22 million. Instead, 'Puss' fell behind last week by only a whisker, with estimates showing a 3 percent drop to $33.0 million. That's the lowest non-holiday drop since 2003, when 'Brother Bear' dipped just 4.5 percent during its second weekend in November. In 10 days, 'Puss' has collared $75.5 million. Conversely, 'Tower Heist' was expected to open much stronger than it did, in the $30 million range where Ben Stiller's wide release movies tend to open. Besides, this one also boasted director Brett Ratner and Eddie Murphy (in a role widely touted as a return to comic form). Yet it opened in second place and mustered just $25.1 million, according to studio estimates. Blame middling reviews, 'Harold & Kumar' and too little youth appeal. Studio polling found that 62 percent of the audience was over 30, which means that people not old enough to remember when Eddie Murphy was funny didn't show up. Chronic underachievers Harold and Kumar also underperformed. Pundits predicted an opening of around $17 million, based on the hit franchise's popularity, surprisingly good reviews, and the surcharges from 3D (used here in a way that's actually integral to the film and not superfluous). Yet the pair's latest joint effort clipped only an estimated $13.1 million and finished in third place. Maybe audiences still have 3D fatigue after a summer of undistinguished 3D releases, or maybe 'Tower Heist' swiped much of the buddy-comedy audience. Rounding out the top five: In fourth place, 'Paranormal Activity 3' scared up another $8.5 million, according to estimates, down 53 percent from last week, for a total of $95.3 million. At No. 5, sci-fi thriller 'In Time' slipped 36 percent to an estimated $7.7 million, for a two-week total of $24.2 million. Outside the top 10, speculative Shakespeare saga 'Anonymous' expanded to 513 theaters and pulled in an estimated $1.3 million, finishing at No. 13 and scoring a two-weekend total of $2.7 million. Long-distance romance 'Like Crazy' made $270,000 at just 16 locations, for an enormous per-screen average of $16,875 and a two-week total of $448,000. And outside the U.S., 'The Adventures of Tintin' grabbed another estimated $40.8 million, brining its two-week total to $125.3 million. At this rate, the eventual U.S. release next month of this Steven Spielberg special seems almost an afterthought. Box office for the year remains off by about 4 percent, or $356 million, with 2011 grosses to date at $8.6 billion, compared to $8.9 billion by this time last year. 'Puss in Boots' - Trailer No. 3 The full top 10: 1. 'Puss in Boots,' $33.0 million (3,693 screens), $75.5 million total 2. 'Tower Heist,' $25.1 million (3,367), new release 3. 'A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas,' $13.1 million (2,865), new release 4. 'Paranormal Activity 3,' $8.5 million (3,286), $95.3 million 5. 'In Time,' $7,7 million (3,127), $24.2 million 6. 'Footloose,' $4.6 million (2,811), $44.8 million 7. 'Real Steel,' $3.4 million (2,438), $78.7 million 8. 'The Rum Diary,' $3.0 million (2,292), $10.4 million 9. 'The Ides of March,' $2.0 million (1,391), $36.8 million 10. 'Moneyball,' $1.9 million (1,278), $70.3 million [Photos: DreamWorks Animation, Universal, Warner Bros.] RELATED Family Film Guide: Holiday Movies 2011 'Jack and Jill''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1''Happy Feet Two''Arthur Christmas''Hugo''The Muppets''Alvin and the Chimpunks: Chipwrecked''The Adventures of Tintin''War Horse' See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook Follow Gary Susman on Twitter: @garysusman RELATED

AFM 2011: THR's Festival Daily - Day 5

In Day 5 from the AFM Dailies, purchasers lament deficiencies in large game titles, Lars von Trier's Melancholia nabs seven European Film Honours noms, and also the Artist director Michel Hazanavicius talks about his Oscar chances.Related Subjects•AFM 2011 See clearly here (PDF download). Related Subjects AFM Melancholia Lars von Trier The Artist AFM 2011

Start Looking at Adam Sandler's Dracula in 'Hotel Transylvania'

'Hotel Transylvania' the very first animated feature by Genndy Tartakovsky of 'Dexter's Laboratory' and 'Samurai Jack' fame, will star Adam Sandler as Dracula, who reveals expensive hotels where his famous monster pals, including Frankenstein and also the Mummy, are frequent visitors. Steve Buscemi, Cee Lo Eco-friendly, Kevin James, Andy Samberg, Fran Drescher and David Spade will even provide voices. See sketches of Sandler's Dracula, as published to The new sony Animation Facebook page, following the jump. Per the The new sony Animation Facebook page: You don't need to trick at this time as here is your morning treat: early types of the smoothness voiced by Adam Sandler in 'HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA.' Dracula wishes a spooky Halloween full of bats, fangs and a lot of scares! 'Hotel Transylvania' is going to be launched on Sept. 21, 2012. [via IFC] [Photos: Getty, The new sony] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

5 Family Details from Kris Jenners New Memoir

Kim Kardashian's March. 31 split from husband of 72 days Kris Humphries, her mother and manager Kris Jenner first demonstrated her first book, Kris Jenner...And Many Types Of Things Kardashian. Because the memoir largely focuses on her early existence, her close friendship in Nicole Brown Simpson as well as the subsequent O.J. Simpson trial, Jenner, 55, makes room for just about any handful of Kardashian family bombshells.our editor recommendsKim Kardashian Divorce: 10 Signs the marriage Was One Large Hoax All Along Kim Kardashian on Wedding: 'It Was Like Heaven'Kim Kardashian's Official Wedding Photos Hit Web Were They Worth $1.5 Million? Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries Join Ranks of Hollywood's All-Time Least Close ties (Photos)Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries Shot Finale Scene Where they Decide to 'Take a Break' PHOTOS: 19 of Hollywood's All-Time Least Close ties 1) Only briefing mentioning to daughter Kim's relationship and marriage to now-estranged husband, Basketball star Humphries, Jenner calls Kim a "hopeless romantic." Jenner states: "After I write this...something totally new has happened...Kim fell for one another.Inch She continues, "I'd never observed Kim so happy which i possibly could tell Kris was different." (It apparently visited print just before the September 17 wedding extravaganza.) PHOTOS: Inside Kardashian Corporation. 2) The apparently ever-present mother was remarkably unaware of Kim's relationship along with her first husband, record producer Damon Thomas (whom she never mentions by title). Jenner states that 19-year-old Kim moved from her father's home and into an undisclosed location -- odd for just about any mother who's now really alert to her children's every movement. Jenner even needed her daughter trying to find home essentials for your mystery apartment, finding later that Kim had leased an area in Northridge and was driving a totally new Jaguar that Thomas most most likely bought on her behalf. Jenner only discovered Kim had really married Thomas three several days later on when Kourtney made a decision to accomplish a web-based search for her sister and uncovered the wedding license. STORY: Kim Kardashian Divorcing Kris Humphries After 72 Occasions of Marriage 3) Jenner calls Kim's first boyfriend T.J. Jackson (pop icon Michael Jackson's nephew) her "first soul mates.In . Nevertheless it was Jenner who was simply "inconsolable" when the teens amicably split and retreated to her bathroom to "bawl." STORY: Kim Kardashian, Kris Humphries' Divorce: With the Numbe 4) Throughout a vacation to the Atlanta for your 1996 Olympic games, the earliest Kardashian sister Kourtney Kardashian stood a flight grounded at Poor after screaming around the plane that there's a blast on the airplane. Both Kourtney and Kim were detained by airline travel personnel and were not permitted to fly until in the morning. STORY: Kim Kardashian Divorce: E! Caught suddenly, Holding Emergency Conferences 5) After her father's passing, Khloe Kardashian am grief stricken that her hair began diminishing in "large clumps." Eventually, she dropped everything and began wearing hats. Related Subjects Khloe Kardashian Kim Kardashian Kourtney Kardashian Kris Jenner E! Maintaining While using Kardashians Kris Humphries

NBC starting new gameshow in December strip

BaileyNBC will launch primetime gameshow "Who's Still Standing?" inside a four-evening strip a few days of 12 ,. 19, before airing it Mondays with the finish of The month of january.The process is comparable to how "Deal or No Deal" bowed on NBC in December 2005. "Who's Still Standing?" would air like a companion to "Fear Factor" on Mondays.Ben Bailey ("Cash Cab") will host "Standing," an adaptation of the year-old Israeli format by which participants compete mind-to-mind in trivia challenges, with nonwinners dropped in the stage via a trap door. The survivor can win as much as $a million.InchThe compelling and fresh format features the very best aspects of a vintage trivia match coupled with physical comedy, supplying a powerful competition that may be loved by any age," stated NBC alternative and latenight programming topper Paul Telegdy. Additionally to being restored for any third season in Israel, the format also airs in The country (Antena3) and Hungary (M1), where it has additionally been spun off into daily syndicated series, and it is in rise in 10 other areas including France and Germany. In The country and Hungary, the format was spun off right into a daily syndicated series.Craig Plestis and Tim Puntillo ("Minute To Win It") are professional creating "Standing" for Universal TV in colaboration with Armoza Formats. Paradigm handled the purchase to NBC with Armoza. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Rankings: World Series Roughs Up Chuck Grimm Debuts Well

Zachary Levi, Dork Giuntoli Game 7 around the globe Series hit a rankings homer for Fox and struck the final season premiere of NBC's Chuck. The Planet Series' climactic game, which saw the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Texas Rangers 6-2, was viewed by 23. two million audiences, based on overnight Nielsen amounts. Additionally, it handily won the grown ups-18-to-49 demographic, leading Fox to some Friday evening conquer NBC. Due to a rain postponement earlier within the week, the overall game ended up placing a major damper around the season premiere of Chuck. The show drawn in 3.4 million audiences along with a 1. demo rating, the cheapest within the show's history. However it wasn't all not so good news for NBC: New supernatural cop drama Grimm drawn inside a surprising 6.5 million audiences along with a 2.1 rating within the demo. That causes it to be the greatest-ranked non-sports broadcast on any network on the Friday evening since December. CBS and ABC tied for third spot for the evening. CBS designed a last-minute decision to air repeats rather than new programming from the World Series. A Gifted Guy came 5.8 million audiences at 8/7c, then CSI: Miami (6.9 million audiences) and CSI: NY (4.7 million audiences). On ABC, a 2-hour Extreme Transformation: Home Edition averaged 4.two million audiences and 20/20 drawn in five.two million audiences at 10/9c. From the heavy competition, the CW held steady. Nikita came 1.8 million audiences and 1.7 million audiences viewed Supernatural.

Henry Cavill Will get Angry Inside a New 'Immortals Clip (Video)

Universal Pictures Keep an eye out world, Henry Cavill is visiting town.our editor recommends'Immortals' Trailer: Henry Cavill Rallies Humans in Fight Against Greek Gods (Video) The actor, presently at the office getting Clark Kent to existence in Zack Snyder'snew Superman reboot: Guy of Steel, can also be starring as Theseus inRelativity's Immortals, opening November. 11 (that's 11.11.11 for thesuperstitious). VIDEO: Immortals: Trailer Inside a new Yahoo! clip, Cavill's Theseus is summoned to look before King Hyperion'smen obtain a note in the King (his mortal enemy-performed by MickeyRourke). PHOTOS: 'Man of Steel' Set Photos Reveal Henry Cavill's Superman Costume Changes "Does he know my rage? Does he realize that I live, simply to see his bloodstream atthe finish of my sword? Does he know he butchered my mother?" he asks themasked soldier of his enemy Hyperion prior to it being says the guy isHyperion themself. PHOTO: Henry Cavill as Superman in 'Man of Steel' The footage reduces just like Theseus realizes he cannot attack his enemybecause he's encircled. Watch below Mickey Rourke Relativity Media Henry Cavill Immortals

Make Room Maks! Mama Cher Blasts Dancing Idol idol judges

First Launched: October 25, 2011 11:06 PM EDT Credit: ABC Caption Chaz Bono, Cher, Len Goodman, Bruno TonioliLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Maksim Chmerkovskiy isn't the only person angry within the idol idol judges of Dwts. Celebrity artist Cher can also be making their situation. (SPOILER this story includes nuances of Tuesdays DWTS elimination) After an angry confessional camera featuring Chers boy, Chaz Bono, raging Bruno Tonioli for evaluating him with a penguin and formerly an Ewok broadcast on Tuesdays show (the confessional was recorded Monday evening), Cher leaped to her removed sons defense. Going Home is Fine why insult him b4 he Goes! Maybe Disrespect & Flapping Arms replace TALENT, Cher written, clearly singling out Bruno. For that Older Gentleman .every Show Takes A Inflammed Some Guy ! she added. Barbara Ann Inaba, however, steered obvious of Chers criticisms, as she was moved each week by Chazs journey. Thank u Barbara Ann 4 your Gentility u r beautiful inside & out, Cher written. The Chick is beautiful & Polite ! The Males suck, Cher added later. Chaz and partner Lacey Schwimmer were removed on Tuesdays DWTS. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

No Sequel Yet, But Bad Teacher Trio Reunites On New Sony Pictures Comedy

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has re-teamed Bad Teacher writers Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg with director Jake Kasdan for a new untitled comedy. The logline: After a Supercuts manager advises his best friend to break off his engagement, he unexpectedly falls in love with the jilted fiancee, testing both his new romance and his friendship. Eisenberg and Stupnitsky will produce with Mosaic, which produced Bad Teacher. So far, they haven’t made progress on mounting a sequel to Bad Teacher, a film that cost around $20 million and grossed around $215 million worldwide. The writers also worked for Sony Pictures on Ghostbusters III. While there has been no shortage of rumors that actors are being cast and that production will begin as soon as spring, I’m told that the studio isn’t going to make it without Bill Murray. And as recently as last month, he had not read the script, or if he did, he has not reached out to get the deal making started. Without him, I don’t think the film has a ghost of a chance.

New Girl Adding Another New Girl to Diagnose Schmidt

June Diane Raphael June Diane Raphael has joined the cast of Fox's New Girl, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Raphael, who has appeared on NTSF:SD:SUV and Party Down, will play Sadie, Jess' gynecologist friend. As we first reported, an upcoming episode will see Schmidt (Max Greenfield) stricken with an ailment. He'll turn to Sadie, who also happens to be a lesbian, who will offer him an unofficial diagnosis. Rachael Harris to guest-star on Fox's New Girl Raphael will first appear in Episode 9, with the potential to recur on the freshman series, which will return to Fox on Tuesday, Nov. 1.

Box Office: Real Steel Takes Lower Footloose, The Main One Factor Remakes

Footloose Within the second week, Real Steel still packed a punch and narrowly beat the Footloose remake, Box Office Mojo reviews. The Hugh Jackman-starring film made an thought $16.3 million. The completely new Footloose was hot on Jackman's steps, consuming $16.millions of within the first weekend. Another remake, The Main One Factor, scared up $8.7 million later on in third. Real Steel outmuscles your competitors Ides of March strong second At No. 4, The Ides of March came $7.5 million. Dolphin Tale completed the most effective 5, with $6.3 million. During the time of postseason baseball, Moneyball drummed up $5.5 million in ticket sales and ranked sixth. 50/50 needed No. 7 with $4.3 million. Rounding the very best ten: Courageous (No. 8, $3.4 million), the completely new Steve Martin film The Big Year (No. 9, $3.3 million) as well as the Lion King re-release (No. 10, $2.7 million).

Clooney: Ohio Roots Influenced Ides Of March

First Published: October 3, 2011 12:39 PM EDT Credit: WireImage CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Caption George Clooney arrives at The Descendents premiere at The Elgin during the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on September 10, 2011 George Clooney says his Ohio-Kentucky roots and his fathers failed bid for political office influenced his upcoming film, The Ides of March. Clooney tells The Cincinnati Enquirer he decided to film the movie in Cincinnati because he knows it well and thought it would be fun to shoot in his hometown. The movie is directed by Clooney, who stars as fictional presidential candidate and Pennsylvania Gov. Mike Morris. Co-star Ryan Gosling plays the governors idealistic press secretary who learns quickly about dirty politics. Clooney tells the newspaper that the movie was inspired by his father Nick Clooneys unsuccessful 2004 run for Kentuckys 4th Congressional District. George says many of his characters political views are derived from his fathers work as a columnist for the now-defunct newspaper The Cincinnati Post. (Copyright 2011 by Associated Press) Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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By Chandler RabensLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- While using Season 6 premiere of Dexter here, AccessHollywood.com examines Hollywoods Top Killings Incredible! From cunning Eric Northman to creepy Hannibal Lecter, these TV and movie villains can from time to time make serial killer Dexter Morgan appear as an angel. 10. Russell Edgington, True Blood stream (Denis OHare) Upon first glance, the now-former Vampire King of Mississippi appears polite and charming, but he's no problem stirring up difficulties for Sookie and gang. Cold-blooded yet perennially prim & proper Edgington is doing his great deal of killing. But even True Blood stream audiences who are employed to copious amounts of violence and gore were shocked when the vampire ripped out a TV anchors spine around the live news segment. But they are we seen all the this mischievous vampire? (Hint: Not really a chance!) Though he came out to own been hidden alive in Season 3, it appears hell be leading to havoc in Bon Temps once again soon. 9. Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (The Actor-kaira Pitt) The Actor-kaira Pitt is not afraid to tackle crazy and outlandish figures, which explains why we love to Depps haunting and eerie interpretation of Sweeney Toddy. This part is not even close to his heartthrobby roles, but we still enjoy watching Depp since the crazed London barber getting a penchant for singing and killing people. Ultimately, what's not to love of a guy who gives new meaning for the phrase, Slightly in the top! 8. Vincent, Collateral (Tom Cruise) Its difficult to imagine Tom Cruise in anything aside from his stereotypical good guy action hero roles, but theres something relevant for this deviation within the norm which in fact had us round the side of our seats as you are watching him terrorize the streets of los angeles badly-to-the-bone hit guy Vincent in Collateral. Whether it is the villainous character or that pepper and salt hair, we like to that which you see which we would like more anti-hero roles from Tom Cruise. 7. Catherine Trammell, Fundamental Instinct (Sharon Stone) The only real female to produce this list! Watching Sharon Stone play a troublesome serial killer along with her sights set on Nick, a police detective carried out by Michael Douglas, gave us chillsand an absurd anxiety about ice picks. Then theres that murder interrogation scene, yes, the primary one in which a sitting Stone, while proclaiming innocence, deliberately uncrosses her legs and unveils her mostpersuasiveargument. With hundreds of thousands of sights online, this scene is much more infamous than her odd choice of murder weapon. 6. King Henry VIII, The Tudors (Jonathan Rhys Myers) Offered by their heads! The amount of of Henry VIIIs six partners met their finish via dicing block? We lost track sometime throughout Season 3. Any lady will have to be mad to marry a man knowing theyll most likely finish off dead or divorced. When the actual King had looked anything like the devilishly handsome Jonathan Rhys Myers, even we'd be tempted to reconsider people odds. Fortunately for Henry, his royal status made sure he was not ever single for extended. 5. Patrick Bateman, American Psycho (Christian Bale) Extended before his real-existence on-set temper made mind lines, Christian Bale introduced yuppie Wall Street banker Patrick Bateman to existence inside the thriller, American Psycho. Bateman hides behind a mask of sanity hes wealthy, dresses impeccably which is meticulous about every little detail of his daily routine which includes impacting on, raping and killing. The chaos might be tough to bear sometimes, however, if the wolf is fitted in this situation in Armani suits we uncover any excuse to check out. Plus, in the event you werent a sizable fan of Phil Collins Sussudio, you're really its a vintage killer track! 4. Tony Soprano, The Sopranos (James Gandolfini) Leave Televisions all-time favorite mob boss in the list? Fuggedaboutit! Even though Tony Soprano has only personally destroyed eight people, since the mob boss and mind of the extremely effective Italian-American family, he isn't directly responsible for the deaths of several others. Well have to pier a few points for the awful fade-to-black farewell, but dont tell Tony! 3. Hannibal Lecter, The Silence in the Lamb, Hannibal (Anthony Hopkins) Why, hello Clarice With multiple film adaptations, decades of people still feel chills lower their spine upon hearing people three little words uttered by Anthony Hopkins within the Academy Top ranked performance since the flesh-eating serial killer Hannibal Lecter. Mister Anthony Hopkins fantastically and creepishly brings the demonic Lecter to existence and due to him, no-it's possible to ever eat fava beans much the same way again! 2. Eric Northman, True Blood stream (Alexander Skarsgard) True Bloods resident bad boy Eric Northmans 1,000+ years in the world have gone him incredibly cold, calculating and frankly one sexy badass. But the 2009 season, i had been intrigued to find out a significantly much softer, more compassionate side in the Viking vampire hunk. Fortunately, slightly situation of amnesia didnt stop this sexy Swede from stealing our hearts literally. In one memorable scene, Eric ripped one's heart from the witch sympathizer partner and slurped the blood stream directly from the aorta while you would a strawberry milkshake. Tasty. 1. Dexter Morgan, Dexter (Michael C. Hall) As well as the title of Americas favorite serial killer still would go to Miami Metros blood stream spatter analyst, Dexter Morgan. Which makes it through five seasons of slaughtering baddies beneath the very nose in the police, FBI and also the nearest pals and family? Awesome. But thats only a few of the reason we love to Dexter. Due to the brilliance of people extended internal monologues, we understand the particular Dexter from loving father to murderous Dark Passenger a lot better than any character around the program. Hes a family group guy, friendly and charming but even though he kills people, we're rooting for Dexter, the anti-hero, before day he abolishes the code permanently or until their very own karma finally catches tabs on him. Seriously, even though theyre all crooks, ya cant bypass killing people is it possible to?!?Copyright laws laws and regulations 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved.These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

French Actress Rumored to Be the New Bond Girl

Feast your eyes on the (reportedly) newest member of the James Bond girl club. According to Twitch, French actress Berenice Marlohe is set star alongside Daniel Craig in the tentatively titled 'Bond 23.' In other Bond news, director Sam Mendes plans on shooting the opening scene of the movie in Istanbul. No word on what the opening scene entails, other than Istanbul locations. 'Bond 23' (working title) is scheduled to hit theaters on Nov. 9, 2012. [via Twitch and /Film]

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'Footloose' promotions take new turn

HSN adGreyhound adBootbarn adAs the remake of "Footloose" readies to bop into theaters the next month, Vital Pictures has arranged marketing partners that typically don't back a film's release. They include HSN, Procter & Gamble's Herbal Essences, Greyhound, Bootbarn, Salon Perfect, Walgreens and Ft Flower flower petals for several country wide promotions which entail TV, in-theater, retail, print an online-based ads. For example, Greyhound, whose buses are plainly featured inside the film, is marketing the pic through counter cards in 90 Greyhound stations, texting on boarding passes, ticket jackets an online-based banner ads, furthermore to beginning a tournament. With boots a signature image inside the film's advertisements and also on screen, it's not surprise that Bootbarn signed on just like a partner, while using store prone to push the pic in 80 of the stores, and through direct mail, e-mail blasts which is website. Herbal Essences is beginning a "Have the Look" campaign, inspired with the movie, which will be advertorials in gossip posts like Shape, OK! and Glamour to market its shampoos and hair hair conditioners. Walmart's exclusive Salon Perfect beauty model of lashes and brow products will need out full-page ads in additional youthful-skewing Lucky, Teen Style too as with Touch Weekly magazines, and through shows at 4,000 Walmart stores, and also on its Occasions Square electronic billboard. Walgreens may even supply the film considerable exposure through its "Walk with Walgreens Program" a more healthy lifestyle type in its stores. And HSN is investing every day of programming to "Footloose," on March. 12, designed around footwear, apparel, add-ons and wonder products designed around the film like some red-colored-colored cowboy boots from Twiggy London, and nail colors from Deborah Lippmann, inspired by tunes within the original's soundtrack, like "Almost paradise," "Dancing inside the Sheets," "Let's Participate in it for your Boy" and "Footloose." Other brands displayed includes Zodiac USA, Keds, Benefit Cosmetics, Steven by Steve Madden, jeans from Levi's Curve ID, and footwear from DKNYC, Libby Edelman and La Victorie. HSN will promote the film across its platforms, like the TV funnel, website and mobile. The Tv network alone, broadcasts live to 96 million houses inside the U.S. HSN may even produce a custom "Footloose"-designed magazine while using editors of Footwear News, and advertise its tie-in using a print ad in Lucky magazine and cable spots. HSN may even sponsor the film premiere in La October 3. The requirement for the marketing support wasn't revealed, nevertheless the deals enable Vital to push the pic in stores it normally doesn't buy ads due to its movies. "This strong roster of joining up brands supporting the film hits every audience," mentioned LeeAnne Stables, executive V . p . of worldwide marketing partners at Vital, who brokered the deals. "These campaigns have provided us extra consumer achieve on television, in grocery, at retail, on the web and even on Greyhound buses." "Footloose," directed by Craig Maker and starring Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Andie MacDowell and Dennis Quaid, bows March. 14. Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com

Dolphin Tale: Film Review

The concept that behind every setback around lies a potential rainbow is laid on the little thick in Dolphin Tale, a stylish family film that doesn't know when you quit while using uplift. In telling the actual story from the dolphin whose damaged tail is eventually transformed having a prosthetic one (the specific dolphin it happened to plays herself), not just a scene passes that hasn't been precision designed due to its full inspiring, heart-warming value, which translates with lots of people's be worried about what paradise may be like: The sheer goodness from this all might be a lot of to cope with. This follow-up by Alcon Entertainment to its smash The Blind Side shares that film's focus on positive, well-purposed people doing the very best factor and helping others out. Consequently, it will be recognized having a portion of the public, although while using youngsters with you.our editor recommends'Dolphin Tale' to start 3d Film FestivalThree stars eye 'Dolphin Tale' Like the majority of the best animal films, that certain is less in regards to the animal in mind as in regards to the kids who choose it. Dolphin Tale appears bullets in this department with Sawyer (Nathan Gamble), an excellent-searching, freckled 11-year-old who's experienced an unrelieved funk since his father needed off his mother Lorraine (Ashley Judd) couldn't be superior but Sawyer is failing at school, does not have pals and stays every second they can toying with stuff within the father's abandoned workshop. But his existence changes when he discovers a beached dolphin near his Clearwater, Florida, home. Experts from our marine hospital untangle it on the internet of ropes prior to taking it for the facility for treaatment, nonetheless its tail remains badly damaged having a large crab trap. Arriving towards the inviting clinic/aquarium, Sawyer becomes obsessed with the fate in the dolphin, named Winter, which seems to retort especially well for the boy's attentions. Sawyer is quickly recognized with the hospital's staff, introduced by Dr. Clay Haskett (Harry Connick Junior.), whose cloyingly rambunctious daughter Hazel (Cozi Zuehlsdorff) is not just roughly Sawyer's age but doesn't have a very mother. Also aboard, literally, is Kris Kristofferson as Clay's old salt father. Aside from some overdone comic relief together with a cackling pelican, this early stretch may be the finest inside the film, since it sensitively signifies a withdrawn boy's emergence from his spend Sawyer stimulates to existence, their very own potential and also the other being's survival. It's a process Gamble's talents make palpable and from time to time touching. After Winter remains getting a stumpy rear after her tail is amputated, the doctor demands she takes a prosthetic addition to facilitate a dolphin's normal up-and-lower space movement. A genial, can't-say-no physician within the nearby V.A. hospital (Morgan Freeman) obligingly signs onto design one, but Winter rejects the very first prototype. Then there's a hurricane, the destruction that puts a health care facility such debt it'll have to be offered. There's a subplot about Sawyer's cousin Kyle (Austin Stowell), a hunky local swimming champion who no sooner joins the military than he returns getting a debilitating injuries making him inconsolable. The dolphin, along with her own disability, inspires him to shape up. As agreeably made since it is by director Charles Martin Cruz, who spent plenty of screen time with animals in Carroll Ballard's Never Cry Wolf and was behind the digital camera round the dog-centric Air Bud, the film doesn't know when you quit. If the appears to be when the Clearwater Marine Hospital is condemned, within the snap from the finger people concerned can generate TV coverage and stage a massive marine assistance to try can offer relief. Kyle can get in water well. A billionaire property developer calculates to offer the soul of Santa Claus. Winter will receive a completely new tail with different lately invented sleeve that, as outlined in extensive climactic docu/online video, has clearly gone onto greatly assist the handicapped and hurt. Really the only set-up that doesn't participate in as being a Hollywood fairytale involves Sawyer's mother and Hazel's father getting together, but possibly that could wait for follow-up. Ballard's influence echoes using the project, not only through Cruz, however with the script, put together by his Duma scenarist Karen Janszen, along with Noam Dromi. The opening CGI shots of whales swimming inside the ocean create fears of undue fakery that fortunately prove misguided. Performances remain the sincere affiliate having a pressure on emotional positivism. The film will probably be released in 2D and 3d versions, while using former caught for review. Opens: September 23 (Warner Bros.) Production: Alcon Entertainment Cast: Harry Connick Junior., Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble, Kris Kristofferson, Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Morgan Freeman, Austin Stowell, Frances Sternhagen, Austin Highsmith Director: Charles Martin Cruz Screenwriters: Karen Janszen, Noam Dromi Producers: Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Manley, Richard Ingber Executive producers: Robert Engelman, Steven P. Wegner Director of photography: Karl Walter Lindenlaub Production designer: Michael Corenblith Costume designer: Hope Hanafin Editor: Harvey Rosenstock Music: Mark Isham PG rating, 113 minutes

Comcast Still Upbeat About NBC Despite Economic Concerns

NBC’s broadcast network is refreshing faster than Comcast expected and signifies “our greatest upside soon,” NBCUniversal Boss Steve Burke told a good investment conference today. Since Comcast purchased a 51% stake in NBCU in The month of january “most of what have transformed have transformed for that better.” He states the national ad business remains “very strong” — with spots for that 2012 Super Bowl nearly offered out. Although you will find growing signs the economy may weaken or stagnate, Burke told the financial institution of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications and Entertainment Conferencethat NBC can improveonce it will get the respect he states the network warrants from marketers.He states unit prices for NBC’s advertisements “are reduced heavily, as much as 25%” versus. ABC, CBS, and Fox.If NBC developsmore must-see showsthen thegap should narrow and “you would ever guess 100s of millions (of dollars) in EBITDA arriving.” Burke adds that NBC-possessed stations are also “significantly less lucrative than we have to be” which “there’s pointless” that The spanish language language network Telemundo can’t achieve a larger audience. Burke is also upbeat about revenues in the systems’ and stations retransmission consent handles satellite and cable marketers — including Comcast. The professional states that a number of that cash goes back to programming. The network’s previous owner, Whirlpool, “had not been as enthusastic concerning the business and was not as prepared to invest once we are.” Comcast is also pushing to locate synergies between NBC along with other areas of the organization. “We don’t take a look at NBC like a stand-alone any longer,” he states. He added that “the world is extremely different” now of computer would be a couple of years back when NBC procedures were run by bigger-than-existence personas for example Dick Ebersol in sports and Andy Don't have any news. “You need to start in the premise that each executive in the organization works with everybody else.” Burke states the working together compensated off when Comcast heavily marketed NBC’s The Voice. “In Comcast marketplaces The Voice had rankings which were 45% greater compared to non-Comcast marketplaces.” At Universal’s film studio, Burke states thathe was disappointed by sales for Cowboys And Aliens and also the Alter. He added that”the film clients are harder today of computer would be a couple of years back” largely because of decreasing DVD sales. But he states the studio still can overcome generating movies that attract global audiences, by matching marketing efforts across Comcast. Younger crowd states he’s “bullish” concerning the Universal Galleries amusement parks despite the fact that “it was most likely the final factor on our list” of interests when Comcast bought its NBCU stake. There’s been no slip within the 40%-to-50% uptick attending in Orlando following a opening this past year of their “Wizarding Realm Of Harry Potter” attraction.

OWN's Existence 2. Documentary Is First-Rate

Existence 2. OWN is not just four-for-four using its Documentary Club choices - they are improving as time continues. With Existence 2. (premiering Thursday at 9/8c), director Jason Spingarn-Koff explores Linden Lab's virtual world Second Existence, by which people explore and interact within an online world via avatars of the choice. It's less than a game title, but exactly how the documentary subjects negotiate the pc world and also the real you make for gripping dramatic tension. OWN's Serving Existence is re-inifocing Spingarn-Koff weaves together three tales of people that are mainly recognized through their avatars. Aimee Goode and Candidly Berblinger (real title: Steven) really are a couple who met on Second Existence, where they involved in "emotional infidelity." In other words, when they were thumping avatars and doing strange pre-virtual sex meditation on giant floating lotuses, their real-existence partners thought these were just playing some game. Their cheating is presented at length in the film's start which is luridly fascinating. Asri Falcone may be the avatar of the Detroit lady who stays her nights (she looks after a nocturnal schedule to maintain her from real-existence distractions like telephone calls) creating houses and clothes for virtual-world citizens. After which, there's Ayya Aabye, an 11-year-old female avatar controlled with a grown guy whose identity is revealed progressively throughout Existence 2.. It isn't that after you ultimately see his face, it's some large reveal (you will not recognize him), it is simply that his arc is about visiting terms together with his own identity and thus this is an artistic decision (along with a smart one at this) to trickle his image in. OWN's Sons of Perdition is essentially fascinating That this type of person almost entirely missing self-awareness is really a plus towards the entertainment quotient. We are treated to some really absurd sex scene between Aimee and Candidly (Aimee: "Personally i think very naked." Candidly: "You're.Inch). Sinking from Second Existence and into online communication that's somewhat less removed, they intentionally drift off together while Skyping, making due inside their lengthy-distance relationship (Candidly: "I am gonna switch off my light, but I am gonna let it rest on to ensure that you are there and that i can hear you breathing." Aimee: "OK. Appreciate sleeping beside me. Makes me feel so in your area.Inch). Asri states her avatar is really a "mirror image" but anybody with working eyes can easily see that's false. At some point, it's stated that they consumes six figures consequently of her Second Existence work, but this will make no sense unless of course she's counting the decimal points. (As revealed late within the film, a category-action copyright suit regarding products built on as well as for Second Existence - the very first available - nets its six litigants, including Asri, under $600 as a whole.) She states she'll work with 5 or 6 several weeks, eight hrs each day to create a home, but thinking about that forts choose 4.200 Lindens (the 2nd Existence currency), which is equivalent to $15.61 in tangible dollars, this means that Asri's controller works best for under 2 cents an hour or so. She'd be best trading inside a metal detector. Meanwhile, Ayya Aabye's guy discusses his avatar as if she's another entity having a will of her very own ("One thing that I have learned from her is the fact that there is nothing ever enough"). Becoming Chaz review: Human in the end Second Existence appears to release these individuals grasp about the real life or attract individuals who never really been with them to begin with. Among Ayya's online buddies, another female child, is questioned and she or he discloses, "I possibly could not think that we're both males in tangible existence!" But can you explain that so unbelievable? The idea of a dude at his keyboard pretending to become female for reasons uknown is really as old as the idea of online social media. When Linden Lab Boss Philip Rosedale is questioned, he claims: "Situations are real because they are there around and that we have confidence in them. And when they are simulated on digital computer versus kind of simulated by atoms and molecules, it does not make a difference to us." It is a nice theory, and definitely perception could be that which you allow it to be, but there's a simple distinction between what's in a person's mind and what's within the real life. Just to illustrate: Destitute people. Just to illustrate highly relevant to the film at hands: Asri's proclamation that "you could have home of your dreams within Second Existence with no real-existence cost" is simply talk, thinking about that she's taking care of her avatar's mansion within the basement of her parents' house. OWN announces fall selection, including Rosie O'Donnell's new talk show While sad unexpected things happen to those people, their general attitude doesn't suggest tragedy. They appear, for better or worse, pleased with the choices they have made and exactly how they have chosen to complicate their real lives with Second Existence. A portrait of those complications, Existence 2. is strange and amusing, much like existence. It's virtually real.

BBC chief launches attack on BSkyB

LONDON -- BBC topper Mark Thompson has launched a withering attack on James Murdoch, and what he claims is BSkyB's success in making the paybox's size a no-go zone for U.K. politicians. Writing on the eve of the Edinburgh Intl. Television Festival, which bows Friday, Thompson referred back to the gabfest's 2009 MacTaggart lecture given by Murdoch. In that speech the BSkyB chairman famously declared in his concluding sentence that "the only reliable, durable and perpetual guarantor of (journalistic) independence is profit." In his article, the BBC director general said that in the light of the phone hacking and police corruption scandal at the News of the World, the defunct British tabloid owned by News Corp.'s U.K. subsidiary News International, the phrase had taken on "an almost tragic irony." He said that if Murdoch were giving the MacTaggart lecture today, he would need to amend one word in his "final flourish." The only reliable, durable and perpetual guarantor of independence is not profit. Nor who you know. Nor what corners you can cut. It's integrity," wrote Thompson in the Guardian, the U.K. paper whose investigations have put the phone hacking scandal at the top of the news agenda. As British policy makers prepare for new media legislation -- a U.K. Communications Bill is expected next year -- Thompson said that the "broader debate about the future media landscape must not deflect us from the most obvious and urgent matters arising from the News of the World case matters of personal conduct and criminality, and above all of ethics and values." Turning to the highly charged topic of the corp.'s own size, Thompson claimed that the "BBC today takes a smaller share of U.K broadcast revenues than at any time in its history," and that last October's license fee deal will lead to more cuts. It's impossible to look at the facts and still argue that the BBC represents a growing threat of economic dominance," he added. Thompson said BSkyB's 6.6 billion ($10.8 billion) revenue means that the paybox is "already by some margin the largest player" in British broadcasting compared with a BBC with revenue of $8.2 billion. Despite this BSkyB had been "uncannily successful in persuading politicians to leave it out of the equation when they debate economic and editorial dominance." The phone hacking and police corruption scandal has highlighted close ties between the Murdoch org and leading U.K. pols, including British prime minister David Cameron and his predecessors, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

'Last Call' visiting Fuse

'Last Call With Carson Daly'"Last Call With Carson Daly" is visiting Fuse. Madison Square Garden-possessed music cabler has acquired the privileges to NBC's latenight skein and, from September, will air it at 6:30 and 10:30 p.m. the next day of it works on the Peacock. Daly frequently has musical visitors on his half-hour show, which airs within the 1:35 a.m. timeslot. Fuse is searching to achieve to music-centric audiences and Daly frequently has emerging bands and new artists on his show. Also, broadened "Last Call" content that do not air on NBC -- extended interviews and performances -- is going to be on the Fuse website. "This partnership is really a no-brainer," stated Daly. "Getting the show air on Fuse the next day of it initially airs on NBC means more and more people can easily see what we have been so looking forward to creating." "Last Call" is calculating 978,000 total audiences, up 12% from last year. Daly has lately made his mark in primetime as host of NBC's reality hit "The Voice." Show will go back to the Peacock February. 5 soon after the Super Bowl. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

West Memphis Three Movie in the Works

Talk about serendipity. The release of the West Memphis Three murder defendants from prison on Friday has added a happy ending to the third 'Paradise Lost' documentary by filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, who were finishing off their film in preparation for unspooling at the Toronto and New York film festivals. It turns out that -- below the radar -- Dimension Films, the genre arm of The Weinstein Co., had been preparing a film on the case since 2006, when they bought the rights to Mara Leveritt's book 'Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three.' The studio hired Scott Derrickson and Paul Harris Boardman to write the script. But the production was put into turnaround and languished until a few months ago, when director Atom Egoyan came onboard and began rewriting the script with Boardman. The West Memphis Three -- Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. -- were convicted of killing three 8-year-old boys in West Memphis, Ark., in 1993, on circumstantial evidence, and the trial and convictions quickly came in for criticism. Berlinger and Sinofsky made two documentaries about the case: 'Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills' and 'Paradise Lost 2: Revelations,' which aired on HBO. The third, 'Paradise Lost: Purgatory,' is scheduled to be released on HBO in January. In addition to the two films and a Web site set up for the three men, several Hollywood celebrities had rallied to the cause, including Johnny Depp, Eddie Vedder, Natalie Maines, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh. 'Devil's Knot,' which will be financed independently at a budget of under $20 million, begins shooting in the spring -- with a happy ending. Tip o' the hat to Deadline.

Leah Remini, Holly Robinson Peete Leaving The Talk

The Talk Two more Talkers down... Leah Remini and Holly Robinson Peete are not expected to return for the second season of CBS' The Talk, according to Deadline.com. The daytime talk show will be undergoing several changes in its sophomore year, starting with the women on the panel. The contract options for Sara Gilbert, who also created the show, Julie Chen and Sharon Osbourne have been picked up. The options for Remini and Peete were not renewed, though it's unclear what the future holds for the pair. Sharon Osbourne to take Talk break Osbourne recently asked for time off from the show, but she expects to pop up from time to time in a reduced role when The Talk returns in the fall. Remini and Peete aren't the first Talk hosts to exit. Marissa Jaret Winokur, one of the original six co-hosts, left in January.

Fox News Yanks Facebook Post Following Death Threats

Fox News has been forced to take action surrounding threatening and racist comments on two separate web posts recently. First, the network was forced to yank a post from Facebook after a guest received multiple death threats from readers, Yahoo's The Cutline blog reported. The post centered on Blair Scott, communications director for American Atheists, who appeared on the network'sAmerica Live to talk about his group's lawsuit aiming to stop the use of a crucifix at the World Trade Center Memorial. VIDEO: Fox News Criticizes Chris Brown's 'Today' Show Appearance But the post received more than 200 comments that the network identified as threatening; they included multiple death threats aimed at Scott. As a result, Fox News later decided to delete the post. "We make every attempt to keep our Facebook page as safe as possible," Peter Drace, Fox News vp and creative director of promotion, told The Cutline. "And we take immediate steps to remove all hateful and dangerous language." Before the post was deleted, atheist blog One Man's Blog posted several of the comments, which included: -- "These people are f'ing scum of the earth. can we start killing them now? few groups are filled with more hatred than atheists." -- "I love Jesus, and the cross and if you dont, I hope someone rapes you" VIDEO: 'Fox & Friends' Slam SpongeBob SquarePants' 'Global Warming Agenda' -- "Someone show me where they live&and they will live no mere [sic]!" -- "They're atheists so it won't matter if you kill them." -- "KILL THEM." The second incident involved Fox News' Fox Nation website, which on Friday was forced to close comments on a post about President Obama that referred to his 50th birthday as a "Hip-Hop BBQ." The post spurred a slew of comments that the network deemed racist. "We found many of the comments to be offensive and inappropriate, and they have been removed," Fox News executive vp programming Bill Shine said. Related Topics Barack Obama Fox News Channel

TV CASTINGS ROUNDUP: 'AMC' Creator To Appear On Soap, Slew Of Actors Join Series

All My Children creator Agnes Nixon will appear on the daytime drama, which is nearing the end of its run on ABC. In an arc starting Aug. 31, she will reprise her role as Agnes Eckhart, a long standing board member of Pine Valley Hospital, which she created for herself in 2005 when she first appeared on the show as part of its 35th anniversary. This time around, Eckhardt is admitted to Pine Valley Hospital where Cara (Lindsay Hartley) and David (Vincent Irizarry) tend to her. She also crosses paths with Erica Kane (Susan Lucci). Another soap veteran, The Young and the Restless regular Michael Graziadei has booked a recurring role on FX's upcoming drama series American Horror Story. The thriller, from Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuck, is about a couple (Dylan McDermott, Connie Britton) moving into a 1920s house and their new nosy neighbor Constance (Jessica Lange). Graziadei, repped by Innovative and Main Title, will play Constance's new, young boyfriend. Ashton Holmes (HBO's The Pacific) has landed a recurring role on the upcoming ABC drama Revenge, which stars Emily VanCamp as a young woman who goes to the Hamptons to exact revenge on the rich Grayson family who destroyed her father. Holmes, repped by UTA and manager Jeff Morrone, will play a high-society bad boy who is a Harvard classmate of Daniel Grayson (Josh Bowman). iNew Zealander Simone Kessell has been tapped for a major recurringrole on Fox's upcoming prehistoric drama Terra Nova. Kessell, who joined the project for the reshoots of the pilot and has appeared in every episode shot so far, plays Alicia Washington, the tough second-in-command to the Terra Nova colony's Commander Frank Taylor (Steven Lang). Kessell, repped by ROAR and Buchwald/Fortitude, just wrapped the movie Singularity. Devin Kelley (The Chicago Code) has been cast in a recurring role on the USA series Covert Affairs. The actress, repped by APA and the Group Entertainment, will play the younger sister of Auggie's (Chris Gorham) deceased friend and former comrade. Top of her class at Duke, she is a Richmond girl at heart with an effortless beauty and charm that not even Auggie can resist. Mariana Klaveno (True Blood) has been cast in the TNT movie Innocent opposite Bill Pullman and Marcia Gay Harden. Based on the novel by Scott Turrow, the takes place twenty years after the events in bestseller Presumed Innocent. Klaveno, repped by APA and Shelter Entertainment, will play a court clerk whose relationships with both Rusty Sabich (Pullman) and his son come into the limelight after Sabich is charged with the murder of his wife. Klaveno is doing an arc on the upcoming season of Dexter.

DirecTV Defends Football Advertisements Against 'Deceptive' Comcast Suit

DIRECTV Comcast prosecuted DirecTV a week ago on the national marketing campaign allegedly meant to mislead football fans into think they'd receive "free" football with service. The satellite giant has taken care of immediately Comcast's emergency injunctive request, saying its advertisements are truthful which Comcast anxiously waited two several weeks following the advertisements first broadcast before filing law suit. In the brief for an Illinois justice of the peace judge, DirecTV states that Comcast's accusations that it's misleading people "edges on absurd." Comcast had contended that DirecTV was attempting to pull a bait-and-switch, tempting fans with "free offers" but really imposing in it a 2-year contract with "hefty" cancellation costs, plus automatic renewal within the second year in the full cost. In reaction, DirecTV states the particular phrase in the advertisements is "no extra charge," that has allegedly been transposed to "free" by Comcast "as though this means exactly the same factor." The satellite giant provides the judge the Merriam Webster dictionary's meaning of the term "extra" as "a lot more than arrives, usual or necessary additional," explaining National football league Sunday Ticket clients is going to be billed the typical satellite television costs but nothing "additional" for that football package. DirecTV also describes that commercial having a Philadelphia Eagles fan worrying about the inability to see his team on tv. The organization discloses that whenever the commercial arrived on the scene, the Nfl objected inside a letter. In reaction, DirecTV states it transformed the commercial to ensure that now, throughout the start moments from the ad, what "10 am, LaInch expensive on screen, in order to make obvious in which the disgruntled Eagles fan is really situated. Obviously, DirecTV doesn't explain why it made a decision to air that one ad within the town of Philadelphia. DirecTV does say it went in the advertisements, though, all of the necessary reports concerning the 2-year agreement and auto-renewal conditions and directed customers to its website for more particulars concerning the conditions of their offer. That could be true, although it requires an bald eagle-eye (or stop and zoom) to place it. Are you able to? Here's among the ads within this campaign featuring just-inducted National football league Hall of Famer Deion Sanders: E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner

Zemeckis' ImageMovers inks deal with Universal

ZemeckisRobert Zemeckis has signed a two-year first look deal to bring his ImageMovers Digital shingle over to Universal, where he'll get back into creating live-action pics in addition to the motion-capture animation he's been focused on in recent years.IMD, which Zemeckis founded in 1997 and Walt Disney Studios acquired in 2007, was without a home since the the Mouse House decided last March not to reup their deal.Run by Zemeckis and his business partners Jack Rapke and Steve Starkey, Imagemovers had been producing mocap pics such as "The Polar Express" and "A Christmas Carol" -- but was also behind box-office dissapointment "Mars Needs Moms," which grossed only $40 million worldwide.Sources say that the deal would have Zemeckis developing both live-action and motion-capture pics for Universal. IMD would not move to the Universal lot, however.Even with Imagemovers being shut down, Zemeckis has stayed busy circling several projects, including "Flight" at Paramount starring Denzel Washington. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

PBS to air new series from Fred Rogers Co.

The first television series produced by the Fred Rogers Co. since ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' has gone into production for a fall 2012 premiere on PBS. ''Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood'' will be an animated series set in the ''Neighborhood of Make Believe'' that was a feature of ''Mister Rogers.'' The 4-year-old Daniel Tiger will talk directly to his preschool audience while on his adventures in this world. ''It has been in discussion for literally years , I can't even remember how many years,'' PBS children's media senior veep Lesli Rotenberg told Variety. ''It's been a conversation between the Fred Rogers Co. and PBS about how what to do with the legacy of Fred Rogers and how to turn that into a show for this new generation of kids.'' Rotenberg said that ''part of the magic'' was when Out of the Blue Prods. and founder Angela Santomero (''Blue's Clues,'' ''Super Why'') came aboard to help develop, with Rotenberg noting that Santomero ''often says Fred Rogers was her inspiration.'' Kevin Morrison is exec producing for FRC with Santomero. The show, which will be accompanied by multiplatform content including online resources for parents and teachers, will be grounded in Rogers' approach to learning. ''We're very excited to be creating a program that builds on Fred's legacy in such fresh and innovative ways,'' FRC prexy Bill Isler said. ''Fred knew that school-readiness skills are the foundation for academic achievement and a full life, and now a growing body of research confirms this.'' The series will also have nods to the man himself, including Daniel Tiger putting on a sweater and tying his shoes at the start of every episode. Musically, the show will use some of Rogers' songs while introducing new ones, but all generally in a contemporary fashion. ''You could say we took a little bit of 'High School Musical' and turned it into 'Preschool Musical,'' Rotenberg said. Joining in the production will be animation specialist 9 Story Entertainment, while Schell Games will design the digital education applications. ''Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'' premiered on PBS in 1968 and remained in production almost continuously until 2001. It aired nationally in reruns through 2008, five years after Rogers passed away. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Watch the Thrilling First Trailer for 'The Ides of March'

By Harley W. Lond (Sign up for Harley W. Lond's posts) Published Jul 28th 2011 1:00AM Filed under: Trailers and Clips, Movie News Email This You gotta admire George Clooney. The gifted author-director-producer-actor can certainly move from comedy to thriller to socially conscious drama within the wink of the eye -- and get it done with aplomb and integrity. His latest -- 'The Ides of March,' that they stars in, directed and co-authored -- is really a political thriller that happens throughout the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, when an up-and-coming campaign press secretary (Ryan Gosling) finds themself involved with a political scandal that intends to upend his candidate's (Clooney) shot in the presidency. The film, which opens March. 7, also stars Marisa Tomei, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Evan Rachel Wood, Paul Giamatti, Jeffrey Wright and Max Minghella. The new sony on Wednesday launched a poster for that film and then Wednesday evening published a trailer to the web. Try them out following the jump. Tip o' the hat to SlashFilm.

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Claire. Gentleman that he is, he decides to partake in the activities.
Ultimately, Claire surrenders to him as well.

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Transformers 2007 m-HD BRRip AAC x264 - freedom

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*Transformers 2007 m-HD BRRip AAC x264 - freedom*
English | Subs : English | 2h 23mn | x264 912*384 1300Kbps | AC-3 6
channels 320Kbps | 1.62 GiB
*Release Date:* 3 July 2007
*Stars :* Shia LaBeouf,Megan Fox,Josh Duhamel
*Director :* Michael Bay
*Writer :* Roberto Orci,Alex Kurtzman
*Genres :* Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
IMDB Info [2] A long time ago, far away on the planet of Cybertron, a
war is being waged between the noble Autobots (led by the wise Optimus
Prime) and the devious Decepticons (commanded by the dreaded Megatron)
for control over the Allspark, a mystical talisman that would grant
unlimited power to whoever possesses it. The Autobots managed to
smuggle the Allspark off the planet, but Megatron blasts off in search
of it. He eventually tracks it to the planet of Earth (circa 1850),
but his reckless desire for power sends him right into the Arctic
Ocean, and the sheer cold forces him into a paralyzed state. His body
is later found by Captain Archibald Witwicky, but before going into a
comatose state Megatron uses the last of his energy to engrave into
the Captain's glasses a map showing the location of the Allspark, and
to send a transmission to Cybertron. Megatron is then carried away
aboard the Captain's ship...

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