Heidi Helen Davis dies at 60

Heidi Helen Davis, a director, actress and teacher of those arts known for her work at Los Angeles' Theatricum Botanicum, Mark Taper Forum, East West Players and Ensemble Studio Theater, died Dec. 15 in Los Angeles after a yearlong struggle with breast cancer. She was 60. Davis staged more than 20 plays at Theatricum Botanicum since 1985. Artistic director Ellen Geer said: "She had a way of working with actors that allowed risk and complete exploration guided by instinct. I saw a piece of hers about Japanese internment camps in the late '80s. Remarkable direction. I asked to meet her and she was my compatriot in art from then on." Davis' memorable productions at Theatricum included her adaptation of "The Cherry Orchard" set in the Old South, "Our Town" and "Long Day's Journey Into Night." Davis attended Cal Poly State U. and then trained in San Francisco with Phillip Pruneau of the Poverty Players and at the city's American Conservatory Theater under the direction of Bill Ball and Allen Fletcher. She appeared in ACT productions including "Peer Gynt," "Heartbreak House" and "The Little Foxes." She taught numerous acting and directing students over the years, most recently at the Academy of Art U. in San Francisco, Howard Fine Studio and the Los Angeles Film School. She was also the acting coach on the Showtime miniseries "Fidel" in 2000 and on the feature film "Memoirs of a Geisha" in 2003. James Pasternak, a colleague at the Los Angeles Film School where she taught from 2001 to 2010, said: "She taught film directors how to direct actors. Her mastery was immediately recognized and she was given her own studio at the school. She was fearless in her quest for dramatic truth. She had an uncanny diagnostic talent, derived from her own successful directing, that helped other directors find a unique vision of their movie, and a way to collaborate with the actors and crew to realize that vision. The whole school is in mourning." After staging its world premiere at [Inside] the Ford in L.A. in 2010, Davis directed the U.K. premiere of E.M. Lewis's "Song of Extinction" -- a play centering on a teen coming to grips with his mother dying of cancer -- at Venue 13 for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. At the time of her death she was directing a class production of "Loose Ends" at Academy of Art U. Born in 1951 in Wichita, Kansas, Davis grew up in Palo Alto and started writing and directing theater as a child. Her marriage to cinematographer Lloyd Freidus ended in divorce. She is survived by a son, her parents and three siblings. Donations may be sent to the Heidi Helen Davis Intern Fund at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, P.O. Box 1222, Topanga, CA 90290. A public memorial at Theatricum Botanicum is planned for next spring. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Wim Wenders on Pina, 3-D Epiphanies and Until the End of the World at 20

After more than four decades of creative peaks, valleys, experiments and triumphs that have established him as one of the most eclectic filmmakers of his generation, Wim Wenders has ventured into entirely new territory for his new documentary Pina: 3-D. The film’s subject — the late, legendary choreographer (and Wenders’s longtime friend) Pina Bausch — likely wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. Part concert film, part biography and all warm-hearted tribute, Pina profiles Bausch’s work and influence both through the eyes of her colleagues and against the backdrop of the world that inspired her. Wenders frames this legacy vividly — from a stage lined with soil to a somnambulant stroll through the park to a vaguely hallucinatory trip on a hanging commuter train — while the 3-D technology entitles the dances themselves to the space and dimension that eluded the director over decades of previous attempts to collaborate with Bausch. The results have moved festivalgoers from Berlin to NY and Los Angeles, and they finally reach U.S. theaters this week in limited release. Wenders spoke with Movieline about Pina, Pina, pushing the limits of 3-D, the 20th anniversary of his great, globetrotting Until the End of the World, and how to enjoy the reviled Lou Reed/Metallica collaboration LuLu. Pina has caught on quite dramatically since premiering earlier this year in Berlin. What’s your take on the reaction — and having reestablished Pina’s legacy onscreen? I think the reaction by audiences by audiences not only in Europe and America — but also by critics — is really a reaction to the beauty of Pina’s work. A lot of people have caught on to the film in very emotional ways. I think they are surprised and at the same time happy that there was something they may have missed there, but now they can at least see it right in front of their eyes. Obviously you and Pina go back quite a ways, but how and when did this kind of collaboration first arise? You have to go back a quarter of a century. We first started to talk about it in the mid-’80s, and then we just toyed with the idea. We really took it more seriously in the ’90s, and it was Pina who pushed for it. As soon as she did, I realized, “We’ve got to do this.” I had to sit down and write out a concept and actually write out how I would do this — how I would film the glory of Pina’s dance. I realized I didn’t have, in my craft at least, what it took to make it happen. I felt I didn’t have the adequate tools, and the more I thought about it, the less I was convinced I could do justice to Pina’s art with my possibilities as a filmmaker. It was the invisible wall between what Pina did onstage and what I could put on the screen. I was honest to Pina and told her, and she was patient with me. She said, “Eventually you will find it. There’s got to be a way.” And that was a running gag between us for more than 10 years. “When are you ready, Wim?” And I said, “Not yet, Pina.” Until I found a way — and that was not in myself, not in my soul or in my heart. I found out all of the sudden that there was an addition to my craft that I had not known yet. And that was called 3-D. What was your first reaction to the resurgence of 3-D and its improved technology, particularly as a filmmaker? I was sitting in a theater putting on these glasses for the very first time… I mean, I’d done it 40 years ago for some Hitchcock movie, but that was long ago. I even remember in the ’90s, I saw a Cirque du Soleil film in 3-D. But the technology wasn’t really available. So 3-D was altogether forgotten, and it had never really been an option for us when we thought how to do it. And all of the sudden I’m sitting there with these glasses on, not thinking of much, really. I saw a film called U2 3D — a very early 3-D film, one of the first on the market. I thought it would be fun to watch a 3-D concert. But from the first shot on, I was mesmerized. I almost didn’t see or hear the film anymore; I just saw the possibilities. And the possibilities were the answer to 20 years of questioning ourselves how to film dance. There it was, because for the first time we could enter the very kingdom of dance — and that was space. It hit me that that had been the invisible wall — that we had never had access to that kingdom. How did you select the pieces that were most compatible with 3-D? How did you determine they were compatible? We selected the pieces together — Pina Bausch and I. Their compatibility with 3-D was striking. In a strange way, Pina’s dance and 3-D were made for each other from the beginning. It was like a match made in heaven; it was beautiful, this affinity for each other. From the beginning, I knew they were made for each other, and they would bring out the best in each other. Say, for instance, Caf Mller and Le Sacre du Printemps — the first ones that we chose. Caf Mller is a stage full of these chairs and these dancer running through these chairs, and the space itself is so beautifully staggered with these objects — these chairs — you couldn’t have thought of it in a more ingenious way for a 3-D shoot. And Vollmond (Full Moon), the last piece we shot — with this water onstage, and all this water coming down and being splashed toward you? It was like it couldn’t have been choreographed more nicely for 3-D. Beyond the dances, though, some of the scenery and logistics themselves are stunning. What went into deciding to shoot on a train or in a traffic intersection? When we started to shoot that was all wishful thinking, because we started in 2009 — the infancy of 3-D. There was not much equipment available. The first leg of the shoot we shot on the stage with this huge monster — this huge dinosaur — of a crane to carry the equipment. We would not have been able to go into the hanging train or the city; the equipment was not light enough. And to shoot with Steadicam was completely wishful thinking on the first leg. You have to remember this was months before Avatar even came out. You couldn’t just rent any equipment. It wasn’t available. And then my stereographer realized how badly I wanted to get out into the city, and he singlehandedly created the first Steadicam rig that was available — at least in Europe — and with the very first generation of cameras that were mobile, we went out and shot out and about in the city. That was the next spring. There just seem to be so many onlookers out in the city. Were people curious? I swear to God, nobody seemed to know what we were doing there. And Wuppertal is an industrial, working-class city. They don’t care about some film crew standing on the corner. We were left alone as much as Pina was left alone for 40 years. That’s what enabled her to work in that little city and work with that continuity. She was able to work unobserved. How much of directing itself is in fact choreography? Say, between actors, or with the camera, or with actors and the camera against space? In the case of Pina, the choreography already existed, and I had to respect it. And I wanted to respect it as much as possible. My choreography was the choreography of the camera — a sort of reverse-angle choreography: I had to make the cameras sort of react and dance along to Pina’s choreographer. So I was a choreographer of the camera. I probably was such a choreographer after my initial meeting with Pina, which was in the mid-’80s. I instantly got high doses of Pina; I was so blown away with everything that was available that I saw a retrospective of six in a row, and that was, of course, not quite an overdose, but definitely mighty doses of Pina Bausch that really changed my life. And the first movie I did afterwards was Wings of Desire, which by any standard was the most choreographed film I ever made. There was a circus, a trapeze artist… It was a very choreographed movie.

Julia Roberts to get PGA Recognition for 'In the Land of Bloodstream and Honey'

Julia Roberts continues to be recognized on her global humanitarian work, and today her directorial debut, 'In the Land of Bloodstream and Honey,' has been honored because of its "provocative social issues" through the Producers Guild of America. Jolie will be provided using the guild's 2012 Stanley Kramer Award at their honours ceremony on Jan. 21. "'In the Land of Bloodstream and Honey' is definitely an remarkable film that shows an intricate love story set from the terrors from the Bosnian War, especially towards women," Producers Guild presidents Hawk Koch and Mark Gordon stated inside a statement. "This film truly holds the legacy of Stanley Kramer." Kramer, who died in 2001, would be a highly respected director and producer noted for his socially conscious films including 'Judgment at Nuremberg,' 'Guess Who's Visiting Dinner,' and 'The Defiant Ones.' The award named after him is presented on films, producers or any other individual "whose achievement or contribution fires up provocative social issues within an accessible and raising fashion." Previous readers include 'Hotel Rwanda' and 'In America.' 'In the Land of Bloodstream and Honey' opens in limited release on 12 ,. 23. The film's PR states it "shows the incredible emotional, moral and physical toll the war assumes people along with the effects that stem from the possible lack of political will to intervene inside a society stricken with conflict." [via EW] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Lindsay Lohan Scuttles Ellen Appearance, But Keeps Court Date

Lindsay Lohan First, the photos of her Playboy pictorial were leaked (forcing the mag to produce the problem early). Then her purse - that contains $10,000 - was stolen. Now Lindsay Lohan will not make a scheduled appearance on Ellen to advertise the photos, a Playboy repetition has confirmed to TVGuide.com. The 25-year-old actress, who had been travelling in Hawaii, skipped her flight to La, where she was designed to film Ellen DeGeneres' syndicated talk show.Lindsay Lohan inspections in and it is launched from jail within 5 hoursThe actress initially was slated to tape the episode with DeGeneres on Wednesday to ensure that it might air Thursday to coincide using the magazine's release. DeGeneres had snagged the only real interview Lohan decided to do throughout the on-purchase duration of the problem.Lohan will not do every other interviews, Playboy's speaker stated.Take a look at photos from the actressOne commitment she did keep, however, was her court Wednesday. Judge Stephanie Sautner recognized Lohan for finishing her needed community service in the county morgue. "Ms. Lohan, you've really done the job. And tried it this is not on time, but early," she stated. "You are succeeding and Let me view it continue."Lohan arrives in the court again on Jan. 17.

Bosnian Serb War Victim Wants Jolies Film Banned

First Published: December 13, 2011 9:08 AM EST Credit: Getty Images BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Caption Angelina Jolie steps out at the In the Land of Blood and Honey premiere held at ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood, Calif. on December 8, 2011The head of a group for Serbs held prisoner during Bosnias 1992-95 war says Angelina Jolies movie In the Land of Blood and Honey should be banned in the Serb-run part of the country. Branislav Djukic of the Bosnian Serb Association of Camp Prisoners told the Associated Press on Tuesday that although he has seen only the trailer, he can already say the movie is showing lies and portraying Serbs as the only ones who raped women during the war. Jolies movie will be released in the U.S. on Dec. 23 and is a heavy drama about a Serb soldier who finds his ex-lover, a Muslim Bosnian woman, among sex slaves in a camp. The movie was praised by a selected audience of 11 non-Serb war victim groups who saw it in Sarajevo earlier this month. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Clooney Developing Smothers Brothers Pic

60s comedians get the film treatmentGeorge Clooney is a big fan of cinematic nostalgia, particularly when it involves television. We've seen it in his career before with the likes of Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind and Good Night, And Good Luck. Now it appears he's channelling the past again, developing a film based on the lives of '60s comedians Tom and Dicky Smothers.If you've never heard of them, we sympathise, and offer this brief info-blast. The Smothers Brothers show ran between 1967 and 1969, shoving boundaries as American culture erupted in change around them. While they began as easy gagmen, they soon evolved into counterculture troublemakers. As well helping to introduce musical acts such as The Who, Jefferson Airplane and The Doors, their writing staff boasted the talents of Steve Martin and Rob Reiner, among others. Such was the change in their material over time that they ended up fired by US network CBS and on Richard Nixon's list of enemies. High praise, surely!Clooney and regular producing partner Grant Heslov have bought the rights to David Bianculli's book Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story Of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, with writers Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman assigned to work on a script. It's early days for the project, and no word according to Deadline on whether Clooney will actually get involved as either director or actor.

Friday Box Office: New Year's Eve Fizzles in First

Just what the saying again? You'll be able to fool some moviegoers constantly and many types of moviegoers a couple of of times, however, you are able to’t fool these constantly? Something of this character — maybe we have to request Warner Bros., Garry Marshall and many types of the celebs stuffed so tough into Year’s Eve, who recycled the model that acquired the aromatic Valentine’s Day a $56 million opening weekend and situated under another of the crowd ready to be seduced by it can. Still, it'll be enough for to start with around the pillow-soft weekend. Your Friday Box Office will be here. 1. Year’S EVE: $5,080,000 (new) 2. THE SITTER: $3,725,000 (new) 3. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING Beginning PART 1: $2,500,000 ($254,083,000) 4. THE MUPPETS: $1,664,000 ($60,427,000) 5. HUGO: $1,600,000 ($28,964,000) [Figures via Box Office Mojo

Young Bulgarian Filmmakers Tell The Story Of Lost Generation In Tilt

Twelve years after the fall of communism, the cataclysmic events and their aftermath continue to be on the mind of Eastern European filmmakers. Latest case in point: Bulgaria’s Oscar entry for foreign language film Tilt, a teen love story set against the backdrop of the dramatic changes in Bulgaria in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I lived through them as did the film’s co-writer/director Victor Chouchkov Jr. and his brother, co-writer/producer Borislav Chouchkov. We are members of the so-called “lost” generation, kids who were coming of age just as communism was crumbling and were destined to spend most of their adult lives waiting for things to get better while the democracy is going through growing pains. Also part of that generation are the protagonists in Tilt, played by now-famous young Bulgarian actors who made their debut in the movie. Tilt, which was a box-office hit in Bulgaria, marks the first film for the Chouchkov brothers, with whom I briefly worked in the early days of democracy in Bulgaria. Both have colorful backgrounds. Victor’s career trajectory resembles that of Ron Howard. The director too was a child actor who grew up in an industry family (Victor and Borislav’s dad is a well known Bulgarian composer of orchestral and film music.) A bit of trivia: the award-winning Bulgarian film Victor starred in as a child, Yo-Ho-Ho (photo on left), received a Hollywood treatment with an English-language remake, Tarsem’s 2006 film The Fall starring Lee Pace. Meanwhile, Borislav started off as a child singer. (That’s him on right at an international festival in Italy where a kids song written by his dad won a top award.) The Chuchkov brothers will be on hand for a screening of Tilt today, Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Soho House. It will be followed by a coctail reception complete with several bottles of Bulgaria’s famous brandy “rakiya” for tequila-type shots. Bulgaria came close to a first foreign language film Oscar nomination 2 years ago when The World Is Big made it to the 9-film short list.

Guy Ritchie Gets Control 'Man From U.N.C.L.E.' From Steven Soderbergh

It has been a tough road to date for "The Guy From U.N.C.L.E.," the live-action adaptation from the classic tv program, however it might have found a brand new director. After George Clooney walked from the film and director Steven Soderbergh, it's were built with a difficult time possessing anybody. Bradley Cooper left soon after joining the film, and Soderbergh departed shortly after. Now Deadline is confirming that Warner Bros. has triggered the director of "A Virtual Detective: A Game Title of Shadows," its large holiday relase, Guy Ritchie like a producer and probable director from the film. Browse the relaxation of present day film news following the jump! Keanu Reeves Is Indeed A Gentleman Reeves appears to possess gained probably the most attention recently for doing the more routine things. First an image of him eating a sandwich takes the web by storm, and today a privately shot mobile phone video of Reeves around the subway has everybody speaking. Within the video, Reeves surrenders his chair to some standing lady while riding the Q train to Brooklyn. They know kung-fu and manners. "Guy or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Will get the background music Video Treatment It had been the song that stole the show, and today it is the music video each week. Jason Segel's self reflection, the Bret McKenzie-composed "Guy or Muppet" is perhaps the very best song from "The Muppets" and something of their greatest surprises. Should you haven't heard the song before, you have not seen the film, and that means you should not be reading through this. Visit it now! Otherwise, enjoy returning to the moment classic. "The Descent" Director Neil Marshall to Helm "Hellfest" The British horror director has selected his next project, /Film is confirming. The plot description provides the sense this a person's a reasonably easy frightening movie, but anybody acquainted with the director should expect an additional twist or two. The film will focus on a murderer stalking an theme park at Halloween. Harrison Ford Top Pick for Jackie Robinson Biopic Legendary Pictures have set their sights on numerous great stars, but Harrison Ford is the newest pick to experience Branch Rickey, the Dodgers executive accountable for signing Jackie Robinson and breaking baseball's color barrier. Other candidates incorporated Robert Redford and Jack Nicholson. More Sneak Previews Scheduled for "We Purchased a Zoo" Days following the first round of sneak preview screening impressed audience across America, Cameron Crowe's new film "We Purchased a Zoo" is placed for additional showings this Saturday (12 , 10). The film stars Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson, and starts its normal theatrical operate on December 23. Inform us that which you think about present day Dailies within the comments as well as on Twitter!

Video: Watch the Old Milwaukee Commercials Will Ferrell Filmed For Free

If you’re a big Hollywood star, why go overseas to shoot a cheesy foreign commercial for millions of dollars when you could just go to Davenport, Iowa, and shoot an equally cheesy domestic commercial for free? That’s what Will Ferrell figured recently when he approached the Pabst Brewing Co. out of the blue and offered his services for an Old Milwaukee ad campaign pro bono. At the moment, the ads are only airing in Davenport, where they were filmed on what appears to be shoestring budget (unless that American flag polo shirt that Ferrell wears to “hand fish” beer cans is designer). Business Insider, who first reported the partnership, notes that it is unclear why Ferrell wanted to plug the discount beer brand and why he wanted to film in Davenport, when Old Milwaukee is from Wisconsin. [Business Insider via Vulture]

'Nada,' 'Perfidia' shine at Argentina's Ven TV

BUENOS AIRES -- Antarctic-set "La Nada blanca" and fraud thriller "Perfidia" demonstrated standouts at Ven TV, a landmark two-day showcase for that first fruits of the revolution in Argentine public service TV. Other TV series highlights were "El Pacto," with Cecilia Roth ("About My Mother") subjecting large business practices, slum 'burb redemption tale "La Purga" and medical drama "El Paraiso." Full marks for quality visit "Future Puppet," fun-out-noisy marionette telenovela spoof occur the textile biz of Argentina's far north. The condition funded 100% from the series and can underwrite more to fill public DTT channels on air and 220 digital nets to bow the coming year. This is sufficient to cover costs, departing producers to create a profit in worldwide sales. These could come as audiences tire of "seeing exactly the same American story formats," stated Max Oliveras, mind of sales and purchases at Montreal's Delphis Films. Indeed, Luca Macciocca, purchases professional at Italy's RAI Cinema, was upbeat about Ven TV. "You could have first-hands connection with a lot of companies who maybe can not afford Mip TV or Mipcom," he stated. Shows' primary marketplace is Argentina itself: Some series were languorously paced by U.S. or European standards, one buyer stated. However the export biz has started in. Buenos Aires' Primer Plano has had worldwide privileges to social issues actioner "Underneath the Bridge," and damaged dreams drama "Gigantes." Start-up KAFilms is circling "Eden," an ambitious period luxury hotel drama. Aura Films has multiple skeins, including docu-series "Prematuros," co-helmed by Lucia Puenzo ("XXY"). Aura's Patricia Primon has started sales talks with Latin American culture channels outdoors Argentina, Eastern European operators and U.S. VOD services. Whilst not all is exportable, Michelle Wasserman, an worldwide sales director at Buenos Aires' Telefe Intl., stated all of this can be a starting pad "for more compact producers to get involved with bigger projects." Ven TV went 12 ,. 6-7. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Harry Morgan, 'M*A*S*H*' Star, Dies at 96

In an aggressive bid for content, Comedy Central has lined its development slate with sketch artists, stick figures, robots and the revival of a 1980s-style public affairs show.our editor recommendsComedy Central Bets on 'Gajillionaires,' Two More Comedies (Exclusive)Comedy Central Announces Return of 'The Comedy Awards' in NYComedy Central Developing Comedy From 'Tosh.0' EP PHOTOS: Modern Film & TV Comedians "We hired a very expensive independent research firm that suggested that to be strategic, we should get in business with the funniest people we know," jokes Kent Alterman, the network's head of original programming and production. With this collection - a mix of stand-up, animation and scripted fare - Alterman and his team are looking to fill the already-popular 10 p.m. hour as well as expand the network's late-night block past midnight. VIDEOS: THR's Red Carpet Interviews at the Charlie Sheen Roast In addition to previously announced entries starring The Gregory Brothers and Anthony Jeselnik,as well as upcoming series Key & Peele, The Nick Show Kroll and Brickleberry, here's an exclusive first look at Comedy Central's 2011-12 development slate: *The Burn: The "Roast Master General" Jeff Ross and his comedian friends roast the week's hot topics. Ross, Mike Gibbons and Tagline Television will serve as executive producers on the project. *Braunger: A single-camera scripted comedy based on the life of comedian man-child Matt Braunger. The project will be executive produced and created by Braunger and Brent Forrester (King of the Hill, The Office), who will also direct. Avalon Entertainment's David Martin will EP, with the firm's Dan Lubetkin co-executive producing. *Robots: An animated show that pits a group of household electronics against their slacker owner. Kumail Nanjiani (Comedy Central's Hot List, John Oliver's NY Stand-Up Show) along with Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky (The Office, Bad Teacher) will write and executive produce. *Nathan for You: Canadian writer-comedian Nathan Fielder (Important Things With Demetri Martin) uses his finance degree and life experience to help ailing businesses. The catch in this reality-scripted hybrid: Fielder's advice usually does more harm than good. The project will be executive produced by Fielder, Michael Koman and David Kneebone. *TripTank: A collection of animated shorts featuring comedy's brightest, with plots that range from a magical alcoholic wheelchair helping sick children to a group of aliens studying the world's most average guy. The project is a collaboration between executive producers Alex Bulkley and Corey Campodonico of ShadowMachine (Robot Chicken, Moral Orel) and Tom Gianas (Pretend Time with Nick Swardson, Saturday Night Live) combines a variety of animated formats with a broad range of talented writers and creators including Tommy Blacha, Tom Gammill, Jon Glaser, Laura Kightlinger, Joe Mande, Bob Odenkirk and Duncan Trussell. *@RobDelaney: A variety show starring comedian and Twitter mastermind Delaney, who will present videos, interview guests and discuss Twitter trends. Delaney will executive produce alongside Avalon Entertainment's David Martin, Jon Thoday, Richard Allen-Turner and Kara Baker. Avalon's Dan Lubetkin will co-EP. *Eugene!: A sketch show from the absurd point of view of comedian Eugene Mirman (Flight of the Conchords). Mirman, Jon Watts and Chris Ford will executive produce. *Overloaded: A shortform look at social media, with comedian Michael Kosta breaking down what people are talking about on Twitter, Facebook and blogs each week. The project will be executive produced by Kosta along with Infomania's David Nickoll, Will Ward and Roar Entertainment's Jordan Tilzer. *Untitled Amy Schumer: After her star-making turn at the Charlie Sheen roast, Amy Schumer will executive produce and develop a pilot and a stand-up special. *Untitled Cyanide and Happiness: An animated show featuring the twisted humor of a world populated by glorified stick figures, from the creators of the Cyanide and Happinessweb-comics. Kristipher Matthew Wilson, Robert Andrew DenBleyker, David McElfatrick and Matthew Melvin will serve as creators and executive producers on the project. *Untitled Wyatt Cenac: A sketch narrative idea based on 1980s public affairs shows, hosted, written and executive produced by Wyatt Cenac (The Daily Show With Jon Stewart). Joining him as a producer is Generate's David Rath. The previously announced offerings: *Gregory Brothers: The group behind the Auto-Tune the Newsand theBed Intruder Songwill star in an ensemble comedy that features an up-and-coming music group trying to make it in the world of viral videos. The Gregory Bros., which includes Evan, Andrew, Michael and Sarah Gregory,will executive produce alongsideTom Scharpling, David Becky at 3Arts and Peyton Reed (The Break Up), who directed the pilot. *My Mans: The comedyfollows the adventures of two best friends, one who is constantly getting into trouble and the other who is always bailing him out. The weekly narrative weaves in and out of stand-alone sketches, and is executive produced by Naomi Odenkirk and Mark Provissiero. The project is written, performed and directed by Second City Chicago members Tim Robinson, Mark Raterman and Andy Miara, with Bob Odenkirk (Mr. Show, Breaking Bad) serves as creative consultant. *Reviewwith Forrest MacNeil:The half-hour comedy stars Andrew Daly (as Forrest), who reviews not films, food or art but rather the most difficult experiences of life itself... by living them. In this case, he reviews anything that his TV audience throws at him on a zero-to-five star scale, from theadrenaline rush of stealing to the trauma of divorce to the harrowing effects of murder to the joy of anonymous sex. Daly will also pen the script and executive produce with Charlie Siskel. *Time Trumpet:The satirical look at pop culture and current events, set 30 years in the future, will be executive produced by Armando Iannucci (In the Loop, HBO's Veep), Chris Godsick and Laura Krafft. *Untitled Anthony Jeselnik Project:Comedian Anthony Jeselnik will bring bothhis sharp sense of humor and his dark, twisted point-of-view to his comedy project. In addition to starring, Jeselnikwill executive produce, alongside Tom Johnson and Mosaic Media Group's Christie Smith. Email: Lacey.Rose@THR.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Modern Film & Television Comedians Related Topics Jeffrey Ross Comedy Central The Daily Show with Jon Stewart TV Development

Helen Mirren Circling 'Alfred Hitchcock' as Project Moves From Paramount to Fox Searchlight (Exclusive)

As punishment for suing Viacom, the owners of the YouTube viral video What What (In The Butt) have been ordered to pay up the you-know-what.our editor recommendsComedy Central Midseason Schedule: 'South Park,' 'Tosh.0' ReturnsOccupy Wall Street: 'South Park' Takes on the Protests (Video)'South Park' Creators Matt Stone, Trey Parker Targeted by Scientologists During Investigation In November 2010, Brownmark Films filed a copyright infringement lawsuitagainst Viacom and Comedy Central over an episode of South Park that allegedly infringed the massively popular music video. In July, a federal judge dismissedthe case, finding that South Park characters recreating the super-silly clip was clearly fair use. Now, the judge has also ordered Brownmark to pay Viacom more than $30,000 in attorney fees for making a legal action that interfered with free speech and wasn't a proper way to handle the situation. PHOTOS: 'South Park's' Most Famous Spoofs What What (In the Butt) is a 2007 music video from a Samwell song that's so ridiculous that it got featured on VH1's Best Week Ever and has now been viewed more than 44 million times. In 2008, South Park featured their own interpretationin the episodeCanada on Strike, featuring theSouth Parkcharacter Butters in place of Samwell. Brownmark sued but was soundly rejected by a Wisconsin federal judge who described the South Park version as attempting "to lampoon the recent craze in our society of watching video clips on the internet that are -- to be kind -- of rather low artistic sophistication and quality." PHOTOS: 10 Broadcast and Cable TV Show Most Watched By Men On November 30, the judge added to the public record about theWhat What (In The Butt) case,examining Viacom's motion for attorney fees.Judge Stadtmueller writes: "To begin, thedefendants' fair-use argument was very strong, and Brownmark's legal position was objectively unreasonable. The Court took the somewhat rare step of deciding this case at the motion to dismiss stage, precisely because the defendants' fair-use defense was so strong, satisfying all four fair-use factors." The episode of South Park was a parody, was transformative, only used enough lines to conjure up the original, and the show didn't damage the market for this silly video. "In fact, in this respect, it is most likely that South Park's use would have spurred demand for the original, making the viral video's spread more rapid after its exposure to a national television audience," the judge writes. Brownmark's motivation for bringing the lawsuit is deemed to be "questionable" since it waited two years to bring the lawsuit and was warned that South Park's use was fair. The judge sees this as evidence that the plaintiff was using "the threat of litigation against the defendants as a sort of 'sword of Damocles'-hanging by a thread over the heads of the defendants while Brownmark attempted to extract a licensing fee." In order to deter others from going this same route at the cost of free speech, the judge thinks its proper to award $31,525.23. Viacom had requested $46,775.23 but the judge takes pity because Brownmark is a "very small entity, without extensive assets."The judge also indicates he's willing to knock the fee down more if Brownmark submits documentation of its financial situation. Of course, the award could go up too. The parties are still in court. Brownmark is appealing the decision to the 7th Circuit, where it's still pending. One last time, the video and the South Park clip... Canada on Strike Tags: SOUTH PARKmore... E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery South Park's Most Famous Spoofs

Attacking Young Boys Remembers Christmas at Walt Disney World

Attacking Young Boys Even Wacky is not safe from Justin Bieber's swagger. Over the past weekend, the singing celebrity became a member of Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Cee Lo Eco-friendly and Scotty McCreery to tape performances for that approaching Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade to air on ABC. (Check local entries.) Bieber sang a medley of tunes (take a look at individuals moves below!) in the Cinderella Castle stage before appearing with Wacky inside a Santa outfit. "After i busked within the roads wishing to earn money to maybe arrived at Walt Disney World ... now I carried out here. NEVER SAY NEVER. DREAM Large!" Bieber tweeted. Exactly what do you think about Bieber at Walt Disney World?

Time Warner Chief Says Hes Open To Acquisitions, If Theyre Cheap: UBS Confab

Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes needed a better joke writer to help him acknowledge the anniversary of the blunder he made at last year’s UBS Annual Global Media and Communications Conference when he wrote off Netflix, comparing it to the Albanian army trying to take over the world. He had to eat those words as Time Warner, along with just about everyone else, began licensing programming to the online streaming service. “This is the appropriate place to point out that the Albanian army did take over the world. Alexander the Great?It’s close.” The line only elicited a few chuckles from analysts, but they didn’t seem to mind after hearing Bewkes say a lot of things they wanted to hear. Time Warner’sad sales have been”up double digits (since the upfront market)and are holding.” Although4Q was a little soft,”some of that is advertisers pulling stuff forward to the upfront. … We’re looking fine for the first quarter,” especially with the return of NBA games. He also assured investors that they don’t have to be concerned about Warner Bros’ prospects following the end of the Harry Potter film series. He said that within hours, the Harry Potter presence that has done so much for Universal’s Islands of Adventure park in Orlando “will move in a material way in that direction” — suggesting that the company and Comcast will confirm reports that Universal Studios Hollywood will get a version of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction.”Everybody stay tuned.” He also says that the studio has high hopes for additional franchises including the Batman/Dark Knight series. As for Time Warner’s cable channels, Bewkes says that TBS and TNT are starting to recover from a period of weaker-than-expected ratings. He attributed the problem to a few syndicated series includingWithout A Trace and Law & Order that he says “wore out.”About five years ago the major networks “were all economizing,” resulting in a dearth of good shows. “We have that rat moving through the snake,” Bewkes says.Now there’s a lot of new hit shows including The Big Bang Theory. “It’s now starting to run on TBS, and it’s doing great. … We’re not soothsayers here. But we’re looking at it carefully” and feel optimistic. He didn’t rule out the possibility of a bid for NFL games but says he’ll only do it if it “fits with our desire to make money. … We aren’t trying to re-create ESPN.”Bewkesalso talked up CNN, saying that its ratings are up as much as 30% “admittedly off of what had gone down.” The growing focus on international events and the election campaign will play to CNN’s advantage, he says. “It’s a very profitable channel and has been growing profits for the last seven years.” Bewkes adds that he isn’t worried yet about pay TV cord-cutting. The online alternatives are still mostly for early adopters and are “not that easy to use.” Still, Bewkes defended his drum beating for TV Everywhere, which makes it possible for pay TV services to offer cable channel programming to mobile and other digital devices. “It’ll give consumers a fair deal. … The advertising can migrate to what the interactive positives are.” Indeed, he says that the company is seeing great results from thepay TV providers who offer the HBO GO digital on-demand service. “Viewing is up considerably in the neighborhood of 30% to 50%,” Bewkes says. “I think that will continue across the base.” After years of spinning off assets and returning cash to shareholders — Time Warner returned 150% of its capital this year in the form ot stock repurchases and dividends — Bewkes says that he’s considering acquisitions. “We never rule them out. We’ve done about 20 deals in the last three or four years, 80% of them are overseas.” But he said he’ll only buy a business that complements Time Warner’s existingoperations, at prices that wouldn’t drive the stock down.For example, he’ll stay awayfrom “strange conceptual diversification into areas that nobody understands” — an obvious reference to Time Warner’s disastrous merger with AOL. “If any of you are pushing deals like that on trusting clients, you shouldn’t.”

About That Lost Sexual Hysteria Project For Julia Roberts

In David Cronenberg’s new film A Dangerous Method, Keira Knightley plays Sabina Spielrein, a young woman who at times lapses into fits of hysterics and at other times, comfortably discusses masturbation and the arousing aspects of her father’s beatings. Originally though, this complicated character (and the onscreen spankings she endures) were not intended for the Pirates of the Caribbean star — but for Julia Roberts, America’s Longest-Reigning Sweetheart. In an interview, Cronenberg confesses that an earlier iteration of Christopher Hampton’s script centered on Sabina — who, in real life, went on to become one of the world’s first female psychoanalysts after being treated by (and some say, engaging in a sexual relationship with) Carl Jung. “[Christopher] had written a screenplay for Julia Roberts called Sabina and it was for Fox,” the filmmaker explains. “I think that was 17 years ago and it didn’t happen for whatever reason, and he then asked [the studio] if he could have the permission to make a play out of it, so it was really a screenplay first and it was based on many things.” Hampton took his concept to the stage for 2002’s The Talking Cure, which starred Ralph Fiennes, Jodhi May and Dominic Rowan before eventually adapting the idea into this week’s feature, which centers on Jung’s relationship with Sigmund Freud as much as his relationship with Spielrein. While Cronenberg does not explain why Sabine never got off the ground, readers might assume that Roberts was uncomfortable with some of the sexually charged scenes that initially caused Knightley to almost leave the project. “There were these two scenes, and I didn’t know that I could do those two scenes,” Knightley told Reuters this fall. “In the age of Internet and all the rest of it, I didn’t know that that is what I want particularly to be out there. […] I phoned [Cronenberg] up initially to turn it down because I thought they were incredibly important for the piece. So it wasn’t a question of trying to negotiate them out of the film because I thought they were very necessary for the film. But I just thought, ‘I don’t think I can do that.’” The filmmaker was ultimately able to assuage Knightley’s nerves by promising her that the scenes would be more “clinical” than “sexual.” While moviegoers may never get to see Julia Roberts play a hysterical Russian mistress who begs for beatings in the bedroom, they will get to see her play an unintentionally hysterical evil queen who appears to practically beg for critical beatings in the upcoming Snow White adaptation Mirror, Mirror this March. · David Cronenberg Says A Dangerous Method Was Originally Intended For Julia Roberts [The Playlist]

REVIEW: Fassbender and Mortensen Duke It Out, Amicably, in A Dangerous Method

David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method is probably the most fun you’ll ever have watching a movie about Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud duking it out — and nurturing a deep-rooted but fragile friendship — in early 20th century Austria and Switzerland. In fact, when I first saw Viggo Mortensen done up in his trim little Freud beard, I nearly laughed out loud — not because he looked ridiculous, but because he looked so right. Mortensen has become one of Cronenberg’s go-to guys in recent years, and you can see why: Even in a period film like this one — a picture that runs the heavy risk of being ponderous and stiff — he can slip himself into the scenery with a “Don’t mind me, here in my Sigmund Freud getup” naturalness. That’s not true of everyone in the picture, particularly Keira Knightley, who has to navigate a particularly difficult entrance: Knightley plays Sabina Spielrein, a young Russian woman who would go on to become a renowned psychoanalyst herself, but when we first see her, she’s a hysterical creature being carted off to a hospital, kicking and screaming, in a horse-drawn carriage. Michael Fassbender’s Jung is the doctor in charge of treating her, and she’s in the midst of a fit when he first sits her down: Her neck is drawn long and tight, her eyes pop, her jaw juts out so far it looks as if it might detach from her face. It’s a lot of acting — maybe not good acting — but it sure gets the point across. Knightley gets better scene by scene, and the movie does too: Cronenberg is working from a script by Christopher Hampton (the movie is based on his play, The Talking Cure, as well as on John Kerr’s book A Most Dangerous Method), and his control over the material is both masterful and confident in its lightness. The picture is handsome — it was shot by Peter Suschitzky — but not stately in the deadly way. Turn-of-the-century Vienna looks like a happening place here, bustling with horse-drawn carriages and men and ladies walking briskly in, respectively, their dark homburgs and fluted skirts. Somehow, Suschitzky makes it look alive and not like a 3-D souvenir postcard. In short, Cronenberg has made an elegant film, with spanking. There’s some mildly kinky sex in A Dangerous Method, but Cronenberg makes it neither exploitive nor so tasteful that it loses its charge. He’s hip to the allure of the forbidden, but he doesn’t get carried away by it, nor does he assess any judgment — kind of like your therapist, come to think of it. (One of the movie’s jauntiest sections involves Jung’s “treatment” of Dr. Otto Gross, a hedonist sex maniac played by a terrifically scruffy Vincent Cassel.) Nor does Cronenberg make the mistake of thinking he’s writing a term paper. He’s a skilled and astute filmmaker, but he has an unfortunate tendency to take himself too seriously. His disciplined offhandedness is key here, and his actors thrive in the atmosphere he’s created for them. Fassbender has the great gift of being able to forget how good-looking he is: His Jung is gentlemanly, thoughtful, dutiful, as upstanding as the starched white collar he wears. It all goes kerflooey when he’s tempted by forbidden fruit, and Fassbender works that transition beautifully: His facial features are so classically composed — he looks so preternaturally stable and trustworthy — that when you see him play a character torn between intellect and the sexual impulse, you understand the costs involved. Through the course of the movie Knightley, as the woman who most challenges Jung both in and out of the bedroom — he clearly doesn’t get the same kick in the pants from his aristocratic wife, played very prettily by Sarah Gadon — turns her stilted, phony-Russian diction from a liability to a strength. By the end, she’s believable as a woman whose intelligence is inextricably bound with her awkwardness: Her Sabina Spielrein is never quite at home in the world, which gives her a better perch from which to observe it. But the exchanges between Fassbender’s Jung and Mortensen’s Freud are the movie’s greatest pleasures. Fassbender is the straight man to Mortensen’s sly jokester. At their first meeting, Freud listens patiently as Jung outlines Spielrein’s symptoms in great detail. He offers one observation, which Jung rejects; he offers another that Jung also pooh-poohs. “Well,” he says, after waiting one patient beat, “perhaps it’s a Russian thing.” In A Dangerous Method, Cronenberg takes this meeting of minds and finds the crackle in the connection. It’s never dull for a moment, which is an achievement for a movie about two guys who built whole therapeutic disciplines around the acts of talking and listening. Cronenberg is attuned to the inherent drama, and the pitfalls, in what these men did. As a filmmaker, he’s as good a listener as he is a talker. [Editor’s note: This review appeared earlier, in a slightly different form, in Stephanie Zacharek’s Venice Film Festival coverage.] Follow Stephanie Zacharek on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

NBC Nabs Jim Henson Puppet Comedy

AsThe Muppets prepares striking theaters, NBC is planning some puppet fare that belongs to them. The network is developingTheNew Nabors,only one-camera comedy project that concentrates on a family group that lives in Palm Springs which is aghast utilizing their new neighbors -- a gang of puppets. The project, which arises from Jim Henson Art galleries in colaboration with Universal Television, will probably be put together by 30 Rock executive proudcer John Riggiand John Hoffman, who'll also executive produce alongside Henson Company Boss and Jim Henson's daughter Lisa Henson. Email: Lacey.Rose@THR.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose Related Subjects TV Development

Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Gives $500,000 to Wikipedia

NY - A foundation created by Google co-founder Sergey Brin and his wife has given a $500,000 grant to Wikipedia that will help fund the company's annual budget, Ars Technica reported. The online encyclopedia holds an annual fundraiser instead of accepting advertising. The grant from Brin and wife Anne Wojcicki goes to the Wikimedia Foundation, which began its latest annual fundraiser to support Wikipedia and sister sites last week, according to the report. The fundraiser will run through January. The Wikimedia Foundation's total planned spending for the new fiscal year is $28.3 million, according to Ars Technica. Last year's campaign raised $16 million toward the foundation's $20 million budget. "If everyone reading this donated $5, our fundraiser would be over today," a message on Wikipedia said. A personal appeal from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, cited by Ars Technica, said: "Google might have close to a million servers. Yahoo has something like 13,000 staff. We have 679 servers and 95 staff. Wikipedia is the #5 site on the web and serves 450 million different people every month - with billions of page views. Commerce is fine. Advertising is not evil. But it doesn't belong here. Not in Wikipedia." Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Topics Google

AMAs 2011: Katy Perry Surprised With Special Achievement Award

Katy Perry was surprised getting a unique award of achievement within the American Music Honours on Sunday evening.our editor recommendsAMAs 2011: The Red-colored-colored Carpet ArrivalsAmerican Music Honours 2011: The NomineesAMAs 2011: Taylor Quick Wins Artist of year Adele Scores Favorite Album Bruno Mars Upsets Justin BieberAMAs 2011: Attacking Youthful Boys Brings Christmas Spirit (Video)AMAs 2011: Nicki Minaj Gives Electric Performance with David GuettaRelated Subjects•American Music Honours PHOTOS: AMAs Red-colored-colored Carpet Arrivals After singer completed her song "One Which Got Away" round the AMAs stage, Heidi Klum presented her by getting an award to become the initial female pop singer to own five No. 1 singles off one album. While accepting the award, Perry came out noticeably shocked to find very good. PHOTOS: 2011 American Music Honours Nominees Perry in August tied Michael Jackson's No. 1 singles record with five chart-topping hits off her current album, Teenage Dream, when "Last Friday Evening (T.G.I.F)" showed up at the most effective place. That adopted round the heels of lead single "California Gurls" (featuring Snoop Dogg), the title track, "Firework" and, "E.T." (featuring Kanye). STORY: Taylor Quick Wins Artist of year at AMAs Adele Scores Favorite Album Bruno Mars Upsets Attacking Youthful Boys The album bowed atop the Billboard 200 album chart in September 2010. Complete Report on 2011 AMA Individuals who win and Nominees The 39th annual American Music Honours is going on at Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live in downtown La and airing on ABC. Related Subjects Heidi Klum Katy Perry AMAs 2011

'The Help' Co-Stars Join Indie 'Light Years' (Exclusive)

Allison Janney and Chris Lowell, both of whom appeared in The Help, have joined Jessica Szohr and Rose McIver in Light Years, a romantic drama indie that began shooting this week in NY.our editor recommendsAllison Janney Joins Cast of 'Liberal Arts' (Exclusive)'The Help' and 'Mad Men' Win Hollywood Post Alliance Awards PHOTOS: How 'The Help' Was Cast Maggie Kiley is directing the feature, which expands and builds upon the story she told with her award-winning short Some Boys Don't Leave which starred Jesse Eisenberg. Kiley wrote the screenplay with Matthew Mullen. Lowell is playing a boy who is heartbroken over a girl (McIver) and begins a relationship with Szohr's character, though he can't move past the one with whom he believes he is meant to be with. When he goes to work at an observatory, he meets an astronomer (Janney) who helps guide him back to the right path. Clark Gregg and Peter Jacobson are also in the movie. Paul Finkel and Jason Potash of What A World Productions are producing along with Kyle Heller and Gina Resnick under their VariEnt banner. Janney recently wrapped Liberal Arts, Josh Radnor's follow-up to his directorial debut Happythankyoumoreplease and has the indie Struck by Lightning in the can. Lowell recurred for several seasons on Private Practice and recently wrapped AWOL, also starring Liam Hemsworth and Aimee Teegarden. Both are repped by WME and Thruline Entertainment. Related Topics Chris Lowell Jessica Szohr Rose McIver Allison Janney

Ryan Gosling Fans Protest People's Decision to Name Bradley Cooper the Sexiest Man Alive

Bradley Cooper, Ryan Gosling Sorry, Bradley Cooper: There are people who don't think you're the sexiest man alive. One day after People named the Hangover star the Sexiest Man Alive, fans of The Notebook's Ryan Gosling took to the streets of NY outside the magazine's headquarters to protest. The angry fans each donned Gosling masks, with signs stating, "Ryan was robbed" and "Ryan Gosling is proof that there's a god and she is a woman." Bradley Cooper named People's Sexiest Man Alive "We stand by our man," People's executive editor Liz Sporkin says. "Bradley Cooper is the whole package. He's gorgeous, talented, brainy, loves his mom, can cook up a storm and speaks fluent French! Who can argue with that?" Apparently, a lot of people can argue with that because a whole Facebook page devoted to the Pro-Gosling movement already has more than 300 fans. Do you think Cooper deserved to be People's Sexiest Man Alive? Hit the comments with your thoughts.

Bruce Rosenblum chosen TV Academy chairman

Rosenblum Bruce Rosenblum continues to be chosen chairman from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, beating vice chairman Nancy Bradley Wiard inside a election through the board of governors Wednesday evening. As leader from the Warner Bros. Television Group, Rosenblum becomes the greatest-ranking professional to mind the business that presides within the night time Emmy Honours since that time-Wally Disney Galleries chief Richard Frank completed his stint within the mid-the nineteen nineties. Even though race appeared as if a mismatch -- Wiard is really a freelance producer and consultant who signifies the academy's daytime branch, getting left "The Youthful and also the Restless" eight years back -- her insider status because the No. 2 chosen official to outgoing chairman John Shaffner stored the end result uncertain. Possibly probably the most pressing challenge Rosenblum will face in the Acad would be the networks' need to streamline the Primetime Emmy ceremony and enhance its entertainment quotient by reduction of the amount of on-air honours. Past attempts have produced strong pushback from key constituencies -- specially the guilds representing authors and company directors, a number of whose groups could be likely casualties. Within an interview, Rosenblum downplayed the value of possible revisions towards the Emmys, observing that changes towards the broadcast "happen to be considered for a long timeInch and can eventually become determined using a consensus from the board. When it comes to the leadership, "I do not think the main role is restricted towards the primetime Emmys," he told Variety. Where he hopes to become positive, Rosenblum added, is as simple as "getting a restored energy towards the organization" and "finding methods to result in the academy more highly relevant to people beyond September." Inside a letter to board people he reiterated throughout the candidates' brief addresses on Wednesday, Rosenblum reported a necessity in order to increase the academy's relevance with people and visibility, in addition to increase revenue. Other focal points include concentrating on diversity and also the problem of so-known as runaway production, with a significant effect on the neighborhood community, he stated. Because of the stark choice the election presented, the television academy seems to possess dodged a bullet, a minimum of when it comes to its perception one of the industry's upper echelons. One professional who requested to stay anonymous stated it could have been an embarrassment for that board to select Wiard -- despite her many years of plan to the business -- on the energy player in the industry's most prolific studio. Wiard mentioned just before the election that they knows various industry leaders from her years around the board and planned to solicit their participation within the group. But that is hardly just like somebody that interacts together every day. As the position is voluntary, managing the academy will in the public profile of Rosenblum, who's a part of a 3-member office from the leader at Warner Bros. together with film chief Shaun Robinov and home-entertainment prez Kevin Tsujihara. In other races, producer Kevin Hamburger was chosen vice chairman, Frank Scherma (advertisements peer group) won as second vice chair, Marcelino Ford (interactive) was reelected as secretary, and production executives repetition Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg capped four rivals being treasurer. Incumbent L.A.-area representative Joetta Di Bella went unopposed. The brand new officials assume their posts in The month of january.Despite 16,000 people, just the board composed of two reps from all of 28 peer branches and 13-member executive committee take part in choosing TV academy officials. Contact John Lowry at john.lowry@variety.com

'Breaking Dawn' Premiere Live Stream (VIDEO)

If you aren't able to make it to Monday night's Los Angeles premiere of 'Breaking Dawn, Part 1' in person, you're in luck. Moviefone is streaming the festivities from the Nokia Theater thanks to our friends at Entertainment Tonight and The Insider. So, while you may not be able to see Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner up close and personal, you can at least make it feel you're there. Make sure to come back to Moviefone for photos of the premiere, which we'll be posting after the event. UPDATE: The premiere is now over, but you can watch it from the beginning below. RELATED: 'Breaking Dawn' stars cast '80s version of 'Twilight' RELATED: 'Breaking Dawn' stars pick favorite props for the Smithsonian 'Breaking Dawn' Premiere Preview: Photos of Past 'Twilight' Red Carpets 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' Premiere (2010)'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' Premiere (2010)'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' Premiere (2010)'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' Premiere (2010)'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' Premiere in Rome (2010)'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' Premiere (2010)'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' Premiere (2009)'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' Premiere (2009)'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' Premiere (2009)'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' After Party (2009)'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' Premiere (2009)'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' After Party (2009)'Twilight' Premiere (2008)'Twilight' Premiere (2008)'Twilight' Premiere (2008) See All Moviefone Galleries » [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Cromer joins Raine's 'Tribes'

Cromer The Olivier-nommed "Tribes," which bowed at London's Royal Court, gets an industrial production directed by David Cromer at Off Broadway's Barrow Street TheaterThe Nina Raine-composed comedy, which follows a hard of hearing boy inside a hearing family, is scheduled to start performances in mid-Feb by having an opening date looking for March 4.Cromer's newest Gotham outing would be a revival of John Guare's "House of Blue Leaves" on Broadway, starring Edie Falco and Ben Stiller.Tickets for "Tribes" continue purchase 12 ,. 15. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com

Keck's Exclusives: Pretty Little Surprise

Came Van Acker At TV Guide Magazine's Hot List party, Pretty Little Liars' Came Van Acker (who plays dead Alison's brother, Jason) dropped a bombshell. Once the year begins in The month of january, "Jason returns to town searching for solutions regarding who his real father is," Came states. "We'll learn my character relates to among the four little liars, which shakes some misconception a great deal. The 4 of these have always seen Jason because this mysterious slip, but when they discover whom I am associated with, it changes the trust problem." Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Why Universal Music Prosecuted Its Insurance provider On the $14.4 Million Payment to Music artists (Analysis)

GettyChet Baker in 1961 We question if anybody is ever going to remake Double Indemnity, except this time around having a record label that purchases an insurance plan that takes care of handsomely should a songwriter be killed on royalty issues. That one's got potential. Take a look at a suit filed now by Universal Group against among its insurance companies. On Tuesday, in La Superior Court, UMG prosecuted the nation's Union Fire Insurance Provider of Pittsburgh for neglecting to pay $15 million required to settle a category action suit brought by jazz great Chet Baker. That class action lawsuit was filed in 2008 in Canada and alleged thatseveral record labels had took part in a plan which was nicknamed "Exploit now, pay later." Before the late eighties under Canadian law, when record labels released compilation albums, they didn't want to get the permission of artists. Rather, they basically required to pay compulsory mechanical royalties.Then, the nation transformed its law to require permission of song artists, but based on the 2008 suit, labels ongoing to place out compilation albums without getting approval. Not just did they not get permission, however the record labels allegedly held back royalties. Rather, labels marked tunes onto a "pending list" for later approval and payment. Based on the class action lawsuit complaint,the defendant record labels believed that money reserved for copyright holders around the Pending Lists was $50 million.So record labels owed $50 million, however the litigants introduced charges of copyright violation, which meant potential legal damages amounting to a lot more than 100 occasions that amount. The suit wasdeemed at that time to beCanada's biggest ever copyright violation situation, Earlier this The month of january, record labels settled the situation and paid $45 million. Quite simply, comparable amount of cash that labels were stated to possess acknowledged owing to begin with. During the time of the settlement, the attorney for that litigants recommended labels for solving the problem. Now, it will get interesting. Now, UMG switched to the insurance provider for compensation of their area of the settlement ($14.4 million) plus attorney's costs and legal costs (about $a million). UMG states it first tried to get National Union to repay this year, once the settlement demand was initially made, however the insurance company declined. Not wanting to manage potential vast amounts of dollars in damages, UMG made the decision to accompany other music business and settle.UMG now states that National Union's failure to repay comprises a breach of their insurance plan to indemnify copyright claims. Quite simply, UMG released albums without artist permission, held back royalties from all of these artists, after which finally compensated out when dealing with a significantly bigger legal threat. Now, despite the fact that the settlement money appears to pay for that which was stated and acknowledged to become owed to artists, UMG is applying the guise of the copyright claim that they can recover the cash from the insurance provider. One might request if record labels must stop handing over royalties to artists altogether and let insurance companies get the tab following the inevitable copyright violation claims come. Is UMG attempting to pull an "exploit now, pay later, murder the insurance provider" plan?The organization didn't react to demands for comment. Here's UMG'scomplaint: E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner

Hammond: Scorseses Hugo Takes Hollywood Could It Be A Best Picture Contender Or Pretender?

Another bit of this season’s Oscarmovie puzzlewas revealed inside a large way a few days ago when Vital folded out Martin Scorsese’s 99.9% finished version of his first family film, three dimensional film and possibly most personalfilm.Hugo, an ode towards the beginning of cinema and also the eye-popping options of movies. Within an intriguing, notable and highly improbable move , Vital held a packed screening, with a lot of asked press and writers incorporated, at Regal’s Downtown LA Live cinemas Saturday mid-day. Then that evening additionally they performed it atthe Samuel Goldwyn Theatrein Beverly Hillsides for that Academy’sofficial membership screening. That last move was interesting because most films play either weekend of opening or after for that Acad (even though Weinstein Co. is unspoolingtheir much recognized ode towards the beginning of cinema, The Artist because of its officialAcademy screening Sunday evening). But it's very rare to exhibit voters something that's still incomplete (one effects shot didn't have and also the finish credits are not even close to complete) but this film’s media rollout continues to be different from the beginning. It was initially unleashed inside a a smaller amount finished form in the NY Film Festival recently like a “work happening.” Reaction on the internet was everywhere, generally favorable, but didn't signal a significant honours contender outdoors from the apparent technical nominations for that film’s stunning look. That screening in hindsight might have been a mistake. Now things started to warm up. Vital had a few “tastemaker” tests for AMPAS membersa couple of days ago(one evening, one throughout lunch)in which the median age groups was stated to become 60-plus with 50 people reportedlyat each. There have been also reportedly80 people who checked set for the Regal screening which was supported with a livelypost Q&A moderated by director Paul Thomas Andersonwith Scorsese and the dream team of great importance and-Oscaredcollaborators including DP Robert Richardson, production designer Dante Ferretti, editor Thelma Schoonmaker, composer Howard Shoreand visual effects supervisor Take advantage of Legato. Scorsese received a very passionate standing ovation when he was introduced just like he did again today following a DGA screening for aQ&Amoderated byJames Cameron who told himthat Hugo would be a “masterpiece.” He added “finally there's a Scorsese film I'm able to take my children to.”Musician Slash was among individuals there and that he latertweeted “Fantastic movie! Not only for children.” Prior to this I never thought Vital was positioning this film like a major Best Picturecontender but apparently with only 2 days to visit before its November 23 opening they're letting the catout from the bag. Actually that's only the description one Componen stafferemailed to explain the emerging campaigntelling methey now think it may possibly go completely. “The Oscar pic nobody saw coming. Stealthy. It's playing like gangbusters using the Academy. The kitty is outof the bag,” it read. Someone else associated with the film reported on last evening’sprimetimeSaturday evening Academy screening,spinning that there have been about 450-500 memberswith their visitors which it had been “looooooved”with solid, sustained applause and appreciation for “Scorsese’s homage for their industry.” This individual feels it'll certainly be a good contender inmost major groups and “across the board” in crafts. Unrealistic or according to truth? The attendance figure in the Acad screening is middling, nowhere close to the packed houses for other recent Oscar challengers Night time In Paris, Moneyball, The Ides of March to title three that nearly filled the area. Despite Scorsese’s title, area of the problem may be that it's currentlyperceived weight loss of the three dimensional kids film by Academy people who generally don’t lavish Oscar attention on that genre. Paramounties are positioning it as being something with equal as well as greater adult appeal and that i would agree, if you're able to work these to a winter’s passion to determine it the actual way it ought to be seen. It’s a lot more ambitious compared to average studio family holiday offering. At the minimum it’s certainly got HUGE film freakappeal (count me among individuals). Scorsese working in the absolute surface of his game might be answer to getting individuals older butts in seats.From my perspective it's a masterpiece of private filmmakingalong the lines of Fellini’s Amarcord, Truffaut’s Day for Evening and Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso. It's understandable the craftsmanship is just like it will get as well as for individuals who are able to’t stand three dimensional this may be a game title changer. Critic Leonard Maltin (who loved it) said following the Regalscreening that oneextraordinary utilization of three dimensional in ascene including co-starSacha Baron Cohen’s face moving progressively closer in to the audience may be the one which “finally makes the3Dsale” to individuals who imagine it’s a fad. I spoken to producer Graham King within the lobby after and that he stated he was really nervous that they are “finally” showing the film in the (near) finished condition but couldn’t wait to possess people view it — and find out it on the giant screen. “I really don’t wish to send the DVD screeners (to voting groups). I suppose I must however it kills me. It's not the best way to visit a movie such as this,” he stated. knowledgeable that screeners are a realistic look at Oscar campaigning. He’s right, though, and flicks from master filmmakers that arehigh around the aesthetically artistic scale ofHugo, War Equine and Tree of Existence among otherswill unquestionably be reduced considerably around the home video format. With looser Academy rules this yearregarding once-verbotenattendance of people where you will find Q&As possibly the amounts of voters seeing these films in cinemas increases. That might be a positive thing throughout, and particularly for Hugo. According to John Selznick’s children’s book, The Invention ofHugo Cabret,film writer John Logan and Scorsese have certainly maintained thosefantasticalstory elements that kids will relate, however it isin the film’s other half having a plot including film pioneer Georges Melies (strongly performed by Ben Kingsley)and the lost silentmoviesthat the bond towards the wonderment ofcinemacomes alivein the hands of film aficionado Scorsese. “I’m wishing it will likely be educational for that audience,” King explained. Certainly it'll inspire new decades of movie dreamersas well asthose who're already living the dream (quite simply, the Academy). I'd be shocked if a number of Scorsese’s chief rivals within the Oscar race this season, Steven Spielberg, Woodsy Allen and Alexander Payne — film brainiacs all — aren’t completely in complete agreement with Cameron’s assessment from the film. The succession re-creating the building of Melies’ classic, A visit to the Moon is essential for cineastes. It'll befascinating to determine how deftly Vital can attempt to steer what around the page is really a three dimensional kids movie, although a classy one directed by Martin Scorsese, right into a Best Picture race that simply got more interesting.

Puss In Boots Claws Tower Heist To Win Weak Weekend: Harold & Kumar 3d Soft

SATURDAY PM, 4th UPDATE: This type of surprise! DreamWorks Animation/Vital’s Puss In Boots claws its approach to #1 tonight with $15.5M Saturday and may win the weekend by getting an thought $33M. That’s just -10% off snow-affected Halloween weekend opening.”I guess the entire process of getting away . each week early to create word-of-mouth labored,” a studio professional emails me tonight. It easily beat Universal’s much-buzzedTower Heist which made $10M Saturday just for a $25M weekend.(That is like when Cowboys & Aliens got Smurf-erection dysfunction inside the summer season.) Sources say the Brett Ratner-directed comedy caper starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy is weak overseas too: just 3rd inside the Uk and fifth in Germany, for instance.New Line/Warner Bros’A Very Harold And Kumar 3d Christmas eked out $5.5M Saturday for just about any disappointing $14.5M weekend, underneath the prior 2D installment Harold and Kumar Avoid Guantanamo Bay‘s $14.9M weekend opening. Both Tower Heist and Harold And Kumar 3d received ‘B’ CinemaScores from audiences. Here’s the most effective 10: 1. Puss In Boots 3d (DreamWorks Anim/Vital) Week 2 [3,963 Theaters] Friday $7.8M, Saturday $15.3M, Weekend $34M (-10%), Cume $76.5M 2. Tower Heist (Universal) NEW [3,367 Theaters] Friday $8.1M, Saturday $10.5M, Weekend $24.6M 3. Harold And Kumar 3d Christmas (NL/Warner Bros) NEW [2,875 theaters] Friday $5.5M, Saturday $4.7M, Weekend $13M 4. Paranormal Activity 3 (Vital) Week 3 [3,286 Theaters] Friday $2.9M, Saturday $3.7M, Weekend $8.5M, Cume $95.3M 5. With Time (20th Century Fox) Week 2 [3,127 Theaters] Friday $2.5M, Saturday $3.2M, Weekend $7.8M, Cume $24.3M 6. Footloose (Vital) Week 4 [2,811 Theaters] Friday $1.4M, Saturday $2.1M, Weekend $4.8M, Cume $45M 7. Real Steel (DreamWorks/Disney) Week 5 [2,438 Theaters] Friday $925K, Saturday $1.6M, Weekend $3.5M, Cume $78.8M 8. The Rum Diary (FilmDistrict) Week 2 [2,292 Theaters] Friday $980K, Saturday $1.1M, Weekend $2.9M, Cume $10.3M 9. Ides Of March (The brand new the new sony) Week 5 [1,391 Theaters] Friday $600K, Saturday $925K, Weekend $2M, Cume $36.8M 10. Moneyball (The brand new the new sony) Week 7 [1,278 Theaters] Friday $575K, Saturday $875K, Weekend $1.9M, Cume $70.3M FRIDAYPM/SATURDAY AM,3RD UPDATE: Hang on tight, folks, as this is turning to be considered a bumpy ride. U . s . States box office remains unsettlingly weak much like it’s been forever of August. A couple of days ago’s totalgross is controlling a poor -25% behind a year ago’s.”The fear is always that our total business influences toilet,” one studio executive sighed in my opinion tonight.Friday’s numberswere too ill-defined personally todeclare hits and misses in the beginning. However, in the large surprise, DreamWorks Animation’sweek-old 3d holdover Puss In Boots compiled by Vital seems enjoy it’s giving Universal’s2DTower Heist a run for #1 by Monday morning because of greater ticket prices plus much more theater bookings. One studio already is depending around the cat beating thecons.Remember, last weekend’s surprise Colonial snow storm and outage brought to thetoon’s mediocre debut. The tie depends on Saturday whenstrongfamily matineesmay swamp evening time grownups within the multiplexes. (Uh-oh: is yet another Smurfs beats Cowboys & Aliens situation inside the works? But, unlike pricey C&A, the studio claims TH cost only $85M.) Universal was wanting for just about any late-evening hurry of African-American and Latino audiences that never materialized. New Line/Warner Bros’ unabashed raunchfest A Very Harold & Kumar 3d Christmas lookssurprisingly within the low finish of anticipation despite the3D surcharge.Yet ithad beentracking well for the days.This opening is among the same result as the2D follow-up however question if there weren’t enough cheapertheaters reserved. Ultimately, its2,875 runshad 2,943 3d screens.”Maybe Nikki Rocco and Serta Fellman should call off their blood stream feud,” one rival studio professional suggested in my opinion tonight. “For the second time this year, Universal and Warner opened up up comedies on one weekend. Before was Your Highness and Arthur – as well as the second time both pictures will underperform.” Full analysis coming. 12:30 PM: Hollywood art galleries are participating the current box office slump within the U . s . States will hurt what ought to be a sizable weekend beginning from the vacation movie season. Already professionals are trying to find less. “Based on our noon earnings, the overall marketplace looks very soft at this time around,” one professional emails me. Affiliates tell me that Universal’s Tower Heist opened up track of $85K in evening time shows and just takes #1 today with between $7.5M to $10.5M regarding the quantity of date evening wannasee in 3,367 theaters. The thing that was once thought a sure-factor $35+Mfirst weekend is becoming forecasted to eke out $30Mas whether or not this werean R-rated action comedy like Deadline (32.7M opening) which Uni professionals keep using just like a comp. ButTower Heist isactually PG-13directed by Brett Ratner and starring Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller so needs to be producing much more.Nevertheless, any double-digit number getting a 𔃽′ of all time reason to celebrate in nowadays of decreased anticipation as youthful males have abandoned the multiplexes since August.”Tower Heist looks good. Got large break when Puss In Boots elevated,” an origin notifies me in regards to the Oceans Eleven-style heist movie designed to appeal more to grownups. (However’ve been worried about people trailers that don’t illustrate even one truly funny line or scene.) Tower Heist opens day and date overseas in 21territories like the Uk, Germany, Hong Kong, Sweden, Austria, Taiwan, The nation, India, and Nigeria. DreamWorks Animation’s Puss In Boots compiled by Vital might have excellent postpone last Friday’s/Saturday’s freak Colonial snow storm and funky Halloween weekend getting aDollar25M outcome for #2.New Line/Warner Bros’ low-budgetA Very Harold & Kumar 3d Christmas first demonstrated after evening amount of time in 1,000 locations for $550K the franchise best however the first 3d installment with greater ticket prices. It opens wide today by 50 %,875 runs with2,943 3d screens and anticipation are for just about any $4.5M to $5.5M Friday debut to completeNumber3 with $19M finish which, again, can be a gift throughout these soft attendance occasions. After I mentioned formerly, worst situation scenario a couple of days ago is always that Tower Heist can’t crack $30M, Puss In Boots holds for less than $20M, together with a really Harold & Kumar 3d Christmas eventually ends up low to mid teens. Don’t expect almost every other photos to even collect $7M.

Willy Wonka as well as the Chocolate Factory's Leonard Stone Dies at 87

Leonard Stone Character actor Leonard Stone, who's most broadly noted for representing Crimson Beauregarde's father inside the 1971 film Willy Wonka as well as the Chocolate Factory, has died, according to TMZ. He was 87.The actor, who died eventually shy of his 88th birthday, happen to be fighting cancer. Start to see the other stars we now have lost this yearStone's character in Willy Wonka infamously uttered the street, "Crimson, you're turning crimson!" after his gum-striking daughter broadened in to a human blueberry because she broke among Wonka's rules.Stone acquired a Tony nomination in 1959 for his role in Redhead. His TV credits include L.A. Law, Gunsmoke, M*A*S*H, General Hospital, Hill Street Blues and Mission: Impossible.

Symbols & Leaders: Denis Leary and Michael J. Fox

Denis Leary & Michael J. Fox "You would like us to speak to one another?" Denis Leary jokes, relaxing together with his old friend Michael J. Fox. "This is actually hard, because we do not have a great deal to tell one another. Really, we all do, but it is mostly hockey talk." Actually, Leary, 54, and Fox, 50, share greater than their fascination with the Boston Bruins: They are devoted fathers and husbands (Fox married Family Ties costar Tracy Pollan in 1988, twelve months before Leary get married author Ann Lembeck) using their own non profit organizations: the Leary Firefighters Foundation and also the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Fox's Emmy-winning role like a hedonistic paraplegic on Leary's lately wrapped drama Save Me reignited his acting career, resulting in his irreverent turns being an unscrupulous lawyer around the Good Wife so that as themself, poking fun at his Parkinson's, on Curb Your Enthusiasm. One thing's without a doubt: Both of these can't curb their enthusiasm for one another. TV Guide Magazine: To our series "Symbols & Leaders." I'll allow you to two decide who's the Icon and who's the Innovator.Fox: He's the Innovator.Leary: Since f---ing sucks! TV Guide Magazine: How can you experience the Icon label?Fox: It's more the stuff I have tried. Alex Keaton and Marty McFly are legendary figures, and others think Teen Wolf is definitely an legendary character for completely different reasons.Leary: He's far too humble. A few years back, my children were watching To the near future. One time i first saw the film, which kids were poking fun at exactly the same spots. This dates back to his timing. You can either get it or else you don't if this involves comedy. Fast-forward years later, and consider the Parkinson's, and that he does Curb, where it's dark and funny and having fun with who he's. Very little people can or is going to do that.Fox: That is what I have been saying by what you need to do, I am so amazed...Leary: I had been wishing you'd suck up.Fox: I'm not sure it's drawing up. I'm not going anything. However, you set me free on Save Me and allow me to do stuff I have been transporting around for any very long time. And also you inspire me since you don't provide a s--t. And That I give an excessive amount of a s--t lots of occasions. Like engaging in a battle with Hurry Limbaugh [after he accused Fox of faking his Parkinson's signs and symptoms]. Like, it's OK if a person does not as if you, whether it's that individual.Leary: Yeah, especially!Fox: And it is OK to piss many people off and try taking some chances. And from the start, Save Me, at any given time once the world was appropriately praising firefighters and putting them on a pedestal for excellent reasons, you stated, "I recieve that, but they are real people, too. They've real lives and defects." I do not think I have ever done anything as brave and innovative as that.Leary: I understood Michael lengthy enough to understand he could perform the role on Save Me when it comes to surprising people. That's the one thing at our age. You receive better as you become older since you convey more stuff to drag from, right?Fox: Yeah. And today I do not worry about playing figures that individuals don't always like. They are not heroic, such as the character around the Good Wife...Leary: This is a great character.Fox: I do not possess a moral continue reading that character. It's funny that individuals react so strongly, like I am an evil guy. And That I go, "Really? He's got his M.O." TV Guide Magazine: What is the secret for your marital achievements?Leary: When you are a famous guy, quite frequently people go beyond the individual standing alongside you. Both in in our cases, she's really the one who warrants the majority of the credit. Because whenever you raise a household, just during 3 decades to be together like a couple isn't any day by the pool.Sibel: Many people say Tracy's a rock, but she did not cast herself for the reason that role. I have went through challenges of Parkinson's, and that i need her. She's the Boss from the operation.Leary: Our spouses really care enough to prevent us and go, "Okay, listen: Some tips about what you are doing wrong now."Fox: After I was writing my book [Always Searching For] and that i was way behind deadline, I had been literally tugging my hair out and Tracy stated, "What is the matter?" I stated, "I am not going to finish my book on optimism!" And she or he stated, "What have you just say?" TV Guide Magazine: So why do everyone get on so well?Leary: We range from same place. We originated from nothing, our fathers died early, we'd tough moms, and that we wound up because these things you are calling us - I do not think either people thinks we are symbols or leaders. And So I admire and respect the way in which he's worked by using it. There is a load of bravery along with a complete insufficient self-pity by what he's completed with his foundation. That's simple to admire, but behind the curtain, watching him like a father and exactly how he handles themself is amazing.Fox: Thanks. My turn. With Denis, I consider writing, creating and creating a show like Save Me, and that i not have the cognitive abilities for your. He then steps while watching camera and kicks ass. I'd maintain my trailer going for a nap, eating some Cheetos, then go out and do my bit. After which to possess his foundation, making a significant difference. It saves lives. It's surprising that Denis is brash, fun guy, there is however this unique citizen, artist, creator and innovator - to that word - who'll also have my respect and admiration.Leary: As being a control freak with ADD really helps. Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Sinead OConnors Methods For Teen Kids Showbiz Dreams

First Launched: October 28, 2011 5:07 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Sinead OConnor works within the The 2010 amfAR Inspiration Gala locked in the Chateau Marmont, La, on October 27, 2011Sinead OConnor has shared with her teenage daughter when sherrrd like to follow along with together with mother into show business, she may want to take advantage of the alias. Ive shared with her to change her title, Sinead told Access Hollywood round the red-colored-colored carpet within the amfAR Helps benefit in La on Thursday evening. The protective mother added they shared with her teen who functions and sings when she does pursue operate in musical theater, she'll go up to now regarding slam Sinead herself. We've it worked out cause Im always worried, will she have [grief] because shes my daughter? Therefore I always remind her the key is always to tell everyone she hates me. Just say, Oh my gosh God! Shes a monster, after which it spend be grand, Sinead added. While she knows her daughter can sing, Sinead recognized she hopes her teen never tries out for your X Factor, especially in the Uk, where Take That singer Gary Barlow works like a judge. Hes really horrible to people. He examines people really horribly like after they seriously and Id be worried about putting her because, she mentioned. I dont think shed wanna do that anyway, Sinead ongoing. She doesn't wanna be described as a pop star or famous. Shes really really shy. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Exclusive: Watch the very first Four Minutes from the Covert Matters Premiere

Piper Perabo Counting lower the minutes until Covert Matters returns Tuesday? Here's something to keep you afloat for now: The very first four minutes from the premiere!Take a look at photos from Covert AffairsThe episode begins with Annie (Piper Perabo) on the mission in Venice. But whentwo goons chase her lower the city's narrow roads, things did not go as planned. Possibly she was distracted by Danielle (Anne Dudek) still giving her the cold shoulder?It's OK, Annie. Santiago Cabrera is going to be awaiting you when you are getting back.Watch the very first four minutes below. Covert Matters premieres Tuesday at 10/9c on USA.

On the Set With Person of Interest

Michael Emerson and Jim Caviezel Jim Caviezel is knackered. It's about noon, and he and Person of Interest costar Michael Emerson have just concluded a gauntlet of satellite interviews at CBS' Midtown Manhattan headquarters. He apologetically struggles under our barrage of questions about what exactly has happened so far on the action-suspense drama and where it's headed. "It's a blur to me," he says. "It all makes sense when you see it. That's all I can tell you. What's in my head right now is trying to do the day's work," which over the past week or so, he says, have been 18-hour marathons. "It's a killer." He's not the only one who's bracing for a long haul. With the series racking up impressive ratings in the competitive 9pm Thursday time slot, it looks like CBS has a hit on its hands. And no wonder. In addition to Caviezel's and Emerson's star power, POI is executive produced by suspense mastermind J.J. Abrams (Alias, Lost) and features a premise that's both tantalizingly out-there and eerily contemporary: a post-9/11 America where an all-seeing surveillance behemoth, called simply the Machine, can watch us, hear us and data-mine our backgrounds to identify threats to the state. It also spits out the social security numbers of people who, while deemed "irrelevant" for national-security purposes, are predicted to be imminently involved in criminality of some kind. Emerson plays Finch, the gazillionaire designer of the Machine who's come to regret how his creation has ignored "irrelevants." He decides to atone for his sin by intervening in the lives of the irrelevants to prevent said crimes, recruiting Caviezel's Reese, a traumatized former black-ops supersoldier, as his partner. As a screenwriter of The Dark Knight and the 2006 feature The Prestige, POI creator Jonathan Nolan knows that with November sweeps looming, it's time to start putting some meat on the show's mythological bones and fleshing out his thus-far maddeningly mysterious leads. "I like shows that dangle the big picture forever," he says, "but we really like these characters and we're impatient to tell some of their story." Key word: some. After about 10 minutes of grilling, Nolan finally admits: "J.J. has given us a list of things to say in answer to these questions." Unfortunately, those answers - to questions like, Why does Finch limp? Is Harold really his first name? What is the personal loss he refers to that motivates his crusade? How did Reese's fiancée, Jessica, die? - frequently amount to "stay tuned," "possibly" and "we'll see." Fortunately, afternoon finds the production shooting a climactic scene of tonight's episode, titled "The Fix," amid the marble-and-granite grandeur of lower Manhattan's Museum of the American Indian. There, Emerson attempts to enlighten us. "We've begun to explore backstories for Reese and Finch that would explain their psychological motivations," he says, his measured, erudite tones evoking Lost's Benjamin Linus. "We're also beginning to get a sense that there might be a little connection between some of these crimes that they're intervening in, that there might be some ongoing criminal enterprise that might occupy them for more than an episode." More good news: This week's story line revolves around money-in-the-bank guest star Paige Turco (Damages). She's a shadowy "fixer" who moves among a variety of Gotham's criminal subcultures. As Nolan puts it, "She operates in a sort of gray zone, so she and Reese are somewhat fascinated by each other." Fascinated... and smitten? Nolan will only reveal, "She ain't going anywhere." Emerson, meanwhile, prepares us for Taraji P. Henson's NYPD detective Carter to loom larger as the season wears on: "Our two avengers have attracted the attention of the authorities, so in addition to their vigilante work, they now have to spend more energy avoiding detection." We also learn that November will bring an as-yet-uncast archvillain of sorts into the picture to complicate the duo's mission. Caviezel can't say how powerful or connected said nemesis will be but, as he puts it, "He's somebody's kryptonite." Through it all, the show's centerpiece relationship will evolve and deepen, despite the pair's laconic, distrustful natures. "Over time, there are little easinesses that are creeping in," Emerson explains. "There is a kind of grudging brotherhood growing up between them, like they're two halves of one great avenging angel." That bonding, says Caviezel, will be especially challenging for Reese. "Something's broken there," he says of his alter ego, "like a magnet that you can't put together again. But because the intention of what they're doing is selfless, they can't help at times admiring one another, liking one another." Nolan, for his part, imagines the pair as a latter-day Mulder and Scully. "The X-Files is definitely something we had in mind," he admits, specifically the softening of the pair's odd-couple dichotomy. "In upcoming episodes you'll see that line blur a little bit. We start to see Finch take on a more active role and a little bleed from what Finch does. They kind of rub off on each other, hopefully in really fun ways." And so far, they're holding people's interest. Person of Interest airs Thursdays at 9/8c on CBS. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Is Attack the Block Getting an Awards Season Campaign?

Awards screeners have yet to really start coming in (a few have already been sent out, including Sony Pictures Classics’ Take Shelter, The Guard, and Higher Ground, and Summit’s A Better Life), but this week’s arrival of Attack the Block DVD screeners is a surprise entry to the season. The Sony/Screen Gems-released sci-fi pic was sent out to members of the L.A. Film Critics Association this week, although it’s unclear how much of a campaign the studio plans, if any. Does the British kid-oriented genre film have a shot at awards season, anyway? Last month at Awards Daily, Oscar pundit Sasha Stone entertained the idea of Attack the Block having Oscar potential, even if it’s a long, loooong, longshot given its modest box office returns and Academy-alienating genre trappings. Where it could conceivably pick up steam, however, is with critic groups like LAFCA, who in previous years embraced studio-released genre pics like Black Swan, Inception, District 9, and Pan’s Labyrinth, though each of those honorees enjoyed a great deal more mainstream attention and acclaim. The critically-embraced Attack the Block seems an appropriate contender for LAFCA’s New Generation Award, as it’s Joe Cornish’s feature debut. Even its techno-flavored score, contributed by Basement Jaxx, could contend in the Best Music category. And there are always critics groups’ Top 10 lists, which couldn’t hurt this relatively small film’s chances of picking up steam, even in home video release. (The DVD and Blu-ray hit shelves October 25.) Technically, the Attack the Block screeners arrived without the usual “For your consideration…” verbiage, making the intent even more vague. Earlier this year, Attack the Block took home the Midnight Feature Award at SXSW and the Audience Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival. It’s currently vying for the Audience Award at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, which is voted on publicly at the festival’s website. Screen Gems did not respond immediately to Movieline’s request for comment, but keep an eye on this space for more as the story develops.