Let's Rank the 10 Finest Screen Performances of 2011

If you’re both a movie fan and a consummate statistician, it’s easy to love and appreciate the Oscars for shoehorning the majority of film history into a manageable grading rubric. I’m an Oscar apologist myself, and I still have one bone to pick with the Academy — and all award-spewing organizations: the unnecessary reliance on gender-based categories. Is it not more thrilling to pit all actors against each other? Is there such an objective difference between Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock? Meryl Streep and Robert Downey Jr.? “Actor” is a gender-neutral term, and I think we’d all better off — and better entertained — without the meaningless siphoning. Thus, I’m stacking up the best performances of 2011 without categorical regard for gender or role size. It’s a winner-take-all affair, and this winner definitely wants it all. Here’s my top 10: 10. Albert Brooks, Drive Albert Brooks is Drive’s Oscar-friendliest component, and that’s for one reason: eerie, sustained dastardliness. As the Driver’s shady foe, Brooks’s lovable, aw-shucksy expression hardens into a papier-mache fright. Perhaps he benefits generously from his decision to counteract the lovable schmos he offered in Lost in America and Broadcast News, but his rancor is too real and evil to dismiss. While Ryan Gosling’s stoicism helps substantiate Drive’s reputation as an evocative mood piece, Brooks’s performance steers — or careens — the movie into horrifying reality. 9. Keira Knightley, A Dangerous Method Knightley’s performance in the part-fascinating, part-boring A Dangerous Method embodies the acting trope “big choices,” but it’s still a triumph: As Carl Jung’s histrionic patient Sabina Spielrein, she’s a quivering, questioning, repressed and entirely believable intellectual. Even when she’s jutting her jaw in spastic episodes like an unhinged Ruth Buzzi, her humanity is apparent and her insight is breathtaking. For playing such an uncomfortable character, I missed her whenever she wasn’t onscreen. 8. Jeremy Irons, Margin Call Irons’s very presence summons actorly gusto, so it’s easy to write off his commanding performance (or any of his performances) as a mere extension of his Shakespearean bravado. But Irons is no ham as CEO John Tuld in the bracing ensemble drama Margin Call; he’s the perfect picture of bureaucratic spinelessness. If you’re wondering what happened to the ungodly chill he once emanated as Claus von Bulow, look for it in his delivery of Margin Call’s spookiest insight into Wall Street politics: “If you’re first out the door, that’s not called panicking.” 7. Ralph Fiennes, Coriolanus Stephanie Zacharek is on to something when she denounces the relatively ho-hum proceedings of Coriolanus’s original text, but let’s remember to commemorate Ralph Fiennes’s directorial debut for its greatest asset: crackling performances. As the titular veteran who wears his moral conflict like an Egyptian death mask, Fiennes’s rage transcends mugging, warps into agony, and projects thunderous depth. Thunderous, I say! He’s so thoroughly and bleakly numbed to the strife and fanfare he abandons in wartorn “Rome” that his grisly comeuppance in the movie’s final moments feels like something of a relief. You see, Fiennes’s performance is an internal bloodbath long before we’re confronted with a viciously Technicolor one — and if there’s any justice, he’ll be rewarded with the Best Actor nomination that he was snubbed for after Quiz Show. 6. Shailene Woodley, The Descendants The most revered teenage performances seem to share the same dichotomies: childlike overreaction and burgeoning maturity, self-assurance and bubbling insecurity, sensibility and selfishness. Woodley is no iconoclast in these departments, but she gives Alexander Payne’s drippy, but poignant The Descendants its handfuls of urgency and momentum. While I’d hate to whittle her fabulous — and subtle — work down to one scene, the most memorable sequence I’ve seen all year is Woodley’s underwater breakdown in her family’s pool. It’s a heartbreaking and startling shot, but moreover, it’s an expression of unadulterated fear that confronts the viewer and challenges him to disbelieve her.

Fox Intl. Channels to bow sports net in Brazil

Fox Intl. Channels will spike its presence in Brazil with the launch of a Portuguese-language Fox Sports in February. It will be entering a relatively underserved pay TV marketplace where ESPN, local net Sport TV and Fox-owned Speed are the only sports cable channels on offer. FIC has also bought out HM Capital Partner's majority stake in Fox Pan American Sports, the leading Spanish-language sports programming service in Latin America of which it previously owned a third. This will likely be renamed Fox Sports Latin America. FIC is in talks with Brazilian MSOs to carry both Fox Sports and/or Speed on their grids. It expects to build on the distribution of Speed Channel Brazil, which reaches 4 million homes on all key feevee and telco platforms. Fox Sports will be the only cable network in Brazil to carry live games of Copa Santander Libertadores and Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana, the biggest inter club soccer tournaments in Latin America. "We'll be offering 2,500 hours of regional productions in Brazil of which 2,000 hours are soccer games. The rest of Fox Sports Brazil programming will include original news and talkshows as well as two exclusive live games of the Barclays Premier League each week," said Hernan Lopez, prexy and CEO. Meanwhile, the company has upped Carlos Martinez to prexy FIC Latin America and Emiliano Saccone to prez, entertainment, FIC Latin America. Both were formerly exec VPs. Saccone has tapped Eduardo Zebini as VP, managing editor Fox Sports in Brazil. He was most recently g.m. of TV with the World Cup Brazil 2014 Committee. Zebini will be based in Rio de Janeiro. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Anastasia Griffith To Co-Star In BBC Americas Drama Series Copper

EXCLUSIVE: Anastasia Griffith, who recurs on ABC’s Once Upon A Time, has landed the female lead in BBC America’s first scripted series, drama Copper. The 10-episode series, from Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson, is produced by Canadian-based Cineflix Studios. Co-created by Tom Fontana and Will Rokos, Copper centers on an Irish cop operating in the immigrant communities of 19th century NY, a role that has not been cast yet. British actress Griffith, repped by Paradigm, Untitled and UK’s Ken McReddie Assoc., will play his wife. Fontana, Rokos, Barry Levinson and Cineflix’s Christina Wayne are executive producing the series, which is slated to begin production at the end of January. Griffith, who plays a woman locked into a love triangle with Snow White and Prince Charming on Once Upon A Time, also has been recurring on USA’s Royal Pains. She previously co-starred on NBC’s Trauma and FX’s Damages.

Time Warner makes fresh Endemol bid

ROME -Time Warner has restored its interest for Endemol getting a $1.3 billion all-cash offer, since the with debt Nederlander content giant gets into final countdown phase to attain an agreement with loan providers. In the statement, Endemol confirmed it's received "an altered offer from TW," and contains "passed it to the loan providers.Inch "We remain dedicated to our discussions with loan providers that have became a member of the best stages. We are sure that a solution that puts the business around the firm financial footing money for hard times is becoming imminent," the statement added. TW has recommended a thrilling-cash, non-binding offer, instead of the mixture of money and debt that composed their previous offer for a similar amount. But according to sources, this new TW offer is not likely to acquire a much more traction with Endemol than their first offer. "The primary focus for Endemol remains on capital restructuring," mentioned someone with close understanding in the situation. They noted that Endemol is outperforming budget the first time in five years, so has appear prospects becoming an independent entity, and is not prone to initiate a putting in a bid process. Nonetheless, loan providers may rather pick the Time Warner cash offer. Mediaset, the Italo broadcasting giant controlled by Silvio Berlusconi, which already has one-third of Endemol and contains developed a rival offer for just about any majority stake, did not have immediate discuss Monday. In 2007, a consortium made up of Mediaset, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and Cyrte, a good investment company through which Endemol co-founder John p Mol can be a minority investor, paid out some $3.5 billion for Telefonica's controlling stake in Endemol in the three-way split. Nonetheless they largely used utilized financial financial loans that now weigh heavily round the Nederlander unscripted TV giant most broadly noted for "Government,Inch whose other formats include "Deal or No Deal" and "Extreme Transformation: Home Edition." Endemol is hooked by some $3.7 billion with debt to creditors, including private equity finance finance funds Apollo Management, Centerbridge and Providence Equity Partners. The extended deadline with this particular capital restructuring looks like it's tomorrow, 12 ,. 13. Mediaset and Italian equity fund Clessidra have apparently presented to inject $268 million in Endemol to enhance their current 33% stake to 51%, with loan providers having the relaxation from the minority interests. Mediaset has apparently informed Endemol the outcomes from the restructure may modify the companies' relationship, telling Endemol it designed to negotiate all existing contracts, too. Contact Nick Vivarelli at nvivarelli@gmail.com

What Herman Cain's Presidential Campaign Suspension Means for Hollywood Conservatives (Analysis)

Disney Channel is at it again.our editor recommendsDisney Channel Sets Premiere Date for 'Frenemies' TelepicDisney Channel Renews 'A.N.T. Farm'Disney Channel Renews 'Phineas and Ferb' for Fourth SeasonDisney Channel Slate Includes 'Zombies,' 'Super 8' Comedy The premiere of holiday television movie Good Luck Charlie: It's Christmas, inspired by the cable network series Good Luck Charlie, hit ratings gold Friday evening. The Christmas movie delivered nearly 7 million total viewers (6.9 million to be more exact) at 8 p.m. Good Luck Charlie: It's Christmas averaged 3.3 million among kids 6-11, 2.4 million among tweens and 1.4 million among adults 18-49. The movie is now the top live-action cable film of the year among total viewers. To compare, Lemonade Mouth -- which aired in April and also starred Bridgit Mendler -- averaged more than 1 million less viewers with 5.7 million viewers to its premiere. The telepic's strong ratings performance boosted the launch of music comedy Austin & Ally at 9:30 p.m. The half-hour series drew 5.7 million viewers, with 2.7 million falling in the kids 6-11 demographic and 2.1 million in tweens. Next week will be a big test for Austin & Ally as it will premiere in its regular Sunday time slot at 8 p.m. Versus Friday's broadcast offerings, which were not tailored to kids or teens, the Disney Channel outdrew nearly every program during the 8-10 p.m. period in viewership -- the exceptions being CBS' A Gifted Man and CSI: NY. Good Luck Charlie: It's Christmas centered on the Duncan family who get separated during a trip to Grandma's house and going against the clock to reunite in time for Christmas. Austin & Ally follows Austin, an extroverted singer, and Ally, a brilliant but shy songwriter and their best friends. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Disney Generation's New Rising Stars TV Ratings Disney Channel

Michael Fassbender: 'Shame' Made Me Go a 'Little Bit Loopy' (VIDEO)

Michael Fassbender is about one inch away from becoming a household name. The German-born Irish actor has enjoyed a breakthrough 2011, with roles in everything from 'Jane Eyre' to 'X-Men: First Class,' where he starred as Erik Lehnsherr -- better known as Magneto. His role in the critically acclaimed new drama 'Shame,' however, might be his biggest challenge yet. Fresh on the heels of his performance as Carl Jung in the David Cronenberg-directed 'A Dangerous Method,' Fassbender stars in the NC-17 drama as Brandon, a Manhattan-based sex addict struggling under the weight of his desires. Quiet and methodical, Fassbender nails the role (pardon the pun) and will likely be among the five Best Actor nominees this year. Moviefone caught up with him earlier this year at the Toronto International Film Festival to -- what else -- talk about 'Shame,' sex and full-frontal nudity. Michael Fassbender: Journey Through the Ages That Michael Fassbender sure is the master of period pieces. From Spartan times to the swingin' '60s, Fassbender proves he can tackle any era. '300''Jane Eyre'A Dangerous Method'Band of Brothers''Inglourious Basterds''X-Men: First Class'Shame See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Your Home Sink

Ryan Sampson in "Your Home Sink" A Rose rose bush Theater presentation from the play by 50 percent operates by Tom Wells. Directed by Tamara Harvey. Sets and costumes, Ben Gems lighting, Oliver Fenwick appear, Matt McKenzie. Opened up up November 23, 2011 examined November 25. Running time: 2 Several hours, 10 MIN.With: Leah Brotherhead, Lisa Palfrey, Steffan Rhodri, Andy Hurry, Ryan Sampson.Within the 19 fifties and sixties, 'kitchen sink drama' meant realist plays about British working class figures locked in impoverished social conditions railing against their lot. Tom Wells' invocation in the term inside the title of his new play invites us to consider how close or far his story and our occasions originate from when the phrase was produced. Furthermore, it, in the clever-to-the-point-of-cloying stroke that covers a bad tone in the play as well as the production, describes a genuine domestic appliance whose perennially degeneration stands in metaphorically for your internal existence in the Yorkshire family that's who owns it. That is, basically, a far more satisfying, gentler provincial British story: drain drama for age therapy. Gay, sensitive little brother Billy (the astonishing Ryan Sampson) satisfies his imagine participating in London art school, but runs aground when his teachers and sophistication mates realize that his portraits of Dolly Parton are sincere, unsure kitsch. His sister Sophie (Leah Brotherhead), an ambitious jujitsu professional, continues to be courted by Pete (Andy Hurry), a sweet-tempered plumber who can't finish a sentence, drives a pink van, and whose only living relative can be a stylish-hop loving, pot-offering grandmother. Milkman father Martin (Steffan Rhodri) is at denial the superstores are rendering his self-possessed business obsolete, while matriarch Kath (Lisa Palfrey), who works just like a school lunchlady and crossing guard, is just trying to retain the family together. Wells can be a skilled youthful author: The play's structure is tight, and quotable lines abound. You will discover handful of moments when Wells makes overt mention of the a worldwide beyond the family sphere, but hanging outdoors the play's frame -- and delivering it considerable relevance -- might be the larger context of financial recession, globalization, and public service cuts, which can make the script's control over existence round the precarious boundary between lower-middle-class getting-by as well as the economic abyss feel timely. This adds gravitas with a imaginary world that teeters consistently round the side of twee. The heavens bring lots of emotional truth for his or her roles (with Sampson a standout since the febrile, vulnerable Billy), there is however an anger under the top story that both script, and Tamara Harvey's production, disassociate with touching. Every character is revealed being frustrated and unrealized, however microcosm feels safe and padded, and there's nothing at risk the Dolly Parton tunes together with a cuppa tea can't make wiser. A late thought explaining why Sophie is relationship-shy arrives of nowhere we haven't received a reasonable reason to stress that something's really wrong along with her. Even Kath's large Christmas Day meltdown, when she attacks the sink getting a hammer and harangues your family about its capacity change, feels more awesome than desperate. Thus play and production may, ultimately, feed into old-fashioned stereotypes concerning the simplicity small-town folk. One looks toward future plays through which this promising author emerges within the new-writing hothouse, and allows products to obtain a little messier. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Katy Perry, Steve Buscemi to Host Saturday Night Live

Katy Perry She's been to studio 8H before, but when Katy Perry returns to Saturday Night Live next month, she'll have a few more responsibilities. The singer, 27, will host for the first time on Dec. 10, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Robyn - who is currently touring with Perry - will be the musical guest that evening. Katy Perry video pulled from Sesame Street Steve Buscemi will host for his second time on Dec. 3 with The Black Keys slated to perform. As previously reported, Jimmy Fallon will return to his old stomping grounds to host SNL for the first time on Dec. 17. Michael Bublé will perform on the show, the series' last episode before Christmas. Perry previously appeared as the musical guest in Sept. 2010. She made headlines during the episode when she appeared in a sketch wearing a cleavage-bearing Elmo T-shirt soon after a Sesame Street skit she appeared in was cut because of complaints about her low-cut top. Watch videos from Saturday Night Live Perry's husband, Russell Brand, hosted the show back in February. Watch Katy Perry's SNL skit here: How do you think Perry will do as host?

Frears to helm 'Bengali Detective'

FrearsBrit helmer Stephen Frears and scribe D.V. DeVincentis, who previously teamed on "High Fidelity" and "Lay the Favorite," are set to work together once again, as the duo are set to respectively direct and write Fox Searchlight's English-language feature adaptation of documentary "The Bengali Detective."Philip Cox directed the original. Native Voice Films' docu followed intrepid private eye Rajesh Ji as he explores Calcutta's criminal underworld while pursuing his dream to dance on Indian TV. Film took a look at modern India through the eyes of an unlikely hero.Ridley and Tony Scott's Scott Free banner will produce. Fox Searchlight execs Zola Mashariki and Richard Gold will oversee development for the studio.Frears, who has Oscar nominations for directing "The Queen" and "The Grifters," last directed the Gemma Arterton starrer "Tamara Drewe."DeVincentis, who co-wrote and appeared in the 1997 comedy "Grosse Pointe Blank" with John Cusack, recently adapted Bob Powers' novel "You Are a Miserable Excuse for a Hero" for producer Mark Gordon.Frears is repped by ICM, while UTA and Management 360 rep DeVincentis. Contact Jeff Sneider at jeff.sneider@variety.com

Warner Bros Teams With Amazons LOVEFiLM For Uk Digital Distribution

LONDON and BURBANK, Calif. 17th November 2011: Warner Bros. has signed a substantial film distribution agreement with LOVEFiLM it absolutely was introduced today by Josh Berger, Leader & Controlling Director, Warner Bros. Uk, Ireland & The nation and Simon Calver, Leader, LOVEFiLM. The multi-year, multi-layered pact offers clients wider choice plus much more utilization of Warner Bros. content across a number of options. The sale spans LOVEFiLMs digital subscription, download to own and ppv services, additionally to Warner Bros. high quality SVOD service WarnerFilms. A distinctive second window subscription pay TV deal will dsicover Warner Bros.’ recent and forthcoming film releases put in LOVEFiLMs Watch Online service using the LOVEFiLM Player, either while using pc or accessible through the new the new sony PlayStation3, Ipad, an growing quantity of web-enabled Televisions and Blu-ray players, after which this year Microsoft Xbox 360 360 360. Movies available at the outset of the sale in December includes The Dark Dark evening, The Hangover, Gran Torino and Sex as well as the City 2. And, inside the coming several days and years, LOVEFiLM clients, who subscribe to streaming within their package, will have a way to right away watch an ordinary flow of Warner Bros. latest movies. Underscoring both companies persistence for giving clients a comprehensive-different number of options to look at Warner Bros. content, the sale is constantly increase the risk for art galleries film releases available for sale or rent digitally via LOVEFiLMs market-leading DVD and Blu-ray subscription rental service, through which Digital video disks and Blu-sun sun rays will probably be available by publish two several weeks after release, from 2012 and via Warner Bros. high quality SVOD funnel, WarnerFilms. Scheduled by Warner Bros. and offering a great selection of recent and classic movies from Warner Bros. portfolio of game game titles, WarnerFilms provides 24 several hours every day on-demand utilization of 28 movies at anybody time with seven new game game titles added every week. Departing comments round the agreement, Josh Berger, Leader and Controlling Director, Warner Bros. Uk, Ireland and also the country mentioned, This significant deal with LOVEFiLM which is parent company Amazon . com . com takes a throughout approach to delivering Warner Bros.’ top class movies across multiple business lines. Now, LOVEFiLM clients will like different choices of experiencing great film content, using the convenience the service continues to be noted for. Jeffrey R. Schlesinger, Leader, Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Distribution added: The establishment from the second pay window with LOVEFiLM is a crucial evolution in the way films are produced designed for viewing inside the Uk in ever-simpler ways. Importantly, the dwelling in the deal guarantees our films still retain their value to linear and non linear operators following this window as well as the lengthy-term. Simon Calver, Boss of LOVEFiLM, added: Simon Calver, Boss of LOVEFiLM, added: This major deal evolves our partnership with Warner Bros. and offers LOVEFiLM people exclusive utilization of world-class movies across multiple platforms. We are dedicated to delivering the most effective entertainment service possible giving our people the information they require round the platforms from the choice.

Felicity Manley, Warren Beatty to Fall crazily for each other in Untitled Howard Hughes Film

Forget May-December romances that certain is a lot more like February-December. Deadline reviews Warren Beatty has selected 2011 It-Girl Felicity Manley since the female lead for his untitled Howard Hughes biopic, that's still looking for financing. Manley, who began inside the Sundance sensation 'Like Crazy,' would play a young lady in the relationship with Hughes's driver, who eventually falls for your eccentric billionaire (Beatty). Unsure yet on who'll play Hughes's driver, but Justin Timberlake and Alden Ehrenreich are the youthful stars up for your role. Also being spoken about for your film: Jack Nicholson, Alec Baldwin, Owen Wilson and Beatty's wife, Annette Bening. Beatty was last seen onscreen inside the 2001 disaster 'Town & Country.' Since 1990, he's only came out in five films. Manley is seen now in 'Like Crazy.' [via Deadline] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Fake 'Jack and Jill' Twitter Account: More amusing In comparison to Movie? [UPDATE]

Because the day wouldn't be complete without another 'Jack and Jill' publish: some merry pranksters have setup an imitation consider the considerably-destroyed film on Twitter. "NO SPOILERS, there's however a massive athlete cameo in 'Jack & Jill,'" reads the feed. "His title rhymes with Paquille So Real, but that's all we're saying!!!! Please RT." Funny, or as @JackNJillMovie would say, "LOL. Just thinking about something from #JackAndJill LOL!!!" Unsure who's adjusting the fake Twitter account (sadly, it probably isn't Armond White-colored), but, well carried out all involved. You'll be able to stay with the fake take into account your snarky 'Jack and Jill' needs this link. 'Jack and Jill' is at theaters now. UPDATE: The account remains shut lower, so save time before next link unless of course obviously you uncover error screens amusing. EARLIER: Really the only reviews which are positive for 'Jack and Jill' [Photo: The brand new the new sony] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

VIDEO: The Immortals Welcome You to the Space Jam!

Here’s your chance. Do your dance. In this mashup of Space Jam and the Immortals trailer. Hey, Henry Cavill! Come on and slam! And welcome to the jam! It looks like Michael Jordan gives a really strong performance as Theseus! Seal the gates, call in Wayne Knight, and prepare for war. (Yes, this means Shawn Bradley is an immortal now.) Immortals Trailer Re Cut [YouTube]

Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway

Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway showcases the film stars chops like a song-and-dance guy. A Robert Fox and Shubert Organization presentation of the concert in 2 functions. Directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle. Music direction, Patrick Vaccariello.With: Hugh Jackman, Robin Campbell, Kearran Giovanni, Anne Otto, Lara Seibert, Hilary Michael Thompson, Emily Tyra, Olive Dark night, Clifton Bieundurry, Paul Boon, Nathan MundrabySuperlatives are unnecessary regarding "Hugh Jackman Back on Broadway," that the song-and-dance guy-switched-superstar has introduced towards the Broadhurst for 10 days. Jackman could at this time likely become unattainable any show on sheer pressure of celebrity, but because it works out, his vehicle can be his talents. The evening, apparently put together from the star's grab-bag of song faves, demands Jackman's all, and that he exceeds anticipation. The show continues to be developed between gaps in Jackman's shooting schedule for the following installment within the Wolverine franchise. "Hugh Jackman in Performance" preemed in the Curran in San Fran in May, after which the artist received greater grades compared to material, which appeared hastily put together. A refurbished "Hugh Jackman in Concert" was stated to become much enhanced in This summer in the Prince of Wales in Toronto. This Broadway edition appears to become further refined. The result is increased by the option of the Shubert's prime midsized house, the Broadhurst, that is some 500 seats more compact compared to Rialto's bigger venues. Box office signifies the star could fill individuals houses too, but here he's more close up and private. The proceedings happen to be devised to permit extensive interaction using the aud. Jackman invites a sing-along within the opening number, constitutes a couple of detours in to the house, brings a patron onstage, and it is happily chatty. Show continues to be slickly put together with a team headed by director-choreographer Warren Carlyle ("Follies"). Patrick Vaccariello leads the superb 18-piece orchestra through usually swinging charts (newer and more effective, some old). Landscape is minimal, composed mostly from the bandstand along with a movie screen that flies out and in. There's particularly great work from lighting designer Ken Billington. Six slinkily outfitted women offer window-dressing, which Jackman does not appear to require. Also available are four people of Nomad Two Mobile phone industry's, a Jackman-backed charitable organisation that supports Aboriginal culture. On "Within the Rainbow," the star is supported by two didgeridoos it makes sense magical. A salute to Hollywood musicals along with a Peter Allen section also rock the home. Word has it the show continues to be considered ineligible with this season's Tony Honours since it is technically a concert. But honours or otherwise, what Hugh Jackman does around the stage from the Broadhurst clearly keeps the crowd in the users hand of his hands, and that is entertainment.Sets, John Lee Beatty costumes, William Ivey Lengthy lights, Ken Billington seem, John Shivers video design, Alexander V. Nichols production stage manager, Kim Vernace. Opened up November. 10, 2011, examined November. 8. Runs through Jan. 1, 2012. Running time: one hour, 55 MINS. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Kelly Osbourne From Hospital After Mind Injuries

First Released: November 7, 2011 2:58 PM EST Credit: Getty Images MIAMI, Fla. -- Caption Kelly Osbourne is smiles in the 2011 Fashion Honours Dinner to profit Phoenix House at Pier 60 at Chelsea Piers in NY City on November 2, 2011 Kelly Osbourne states she's been launched from the Miami hospital after receiving treatment for any mind injuries. The 27-year-old E! Fashion Police co-host Tweeted on Sunday that they was handed the all obvious and was launched from Whim Hospital, which rejected comment Monday. The character from the injuries and just how Osbourne was hurt weren't immediately obvious. She tweeted that they had cracked her mind open, though her publicist hasn't launched any particulars. Osbourne is at Miami attending one casting demand Madonnas Material Girl clothing line. Osbourne found fame after showing up around the reality series The Osbournes alongside her family, including rock star Ozzy Osbourne. She's recorded several albums and made an appearance on Dwts last year. Copyright 2011 through the Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

DiCaprio Up For That Revenant

Sean Penn also around the wish listAfter stalking with the desolate wastes of development hell for age range, dark revenge drama The Revenant took its claws into another director in August, with Alejandro González Iñárritu mounted on result in the film. Now he's funding in position from New Regency and it is around the search for any cast. And also the first names on his wish list? Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn.Based on Deadline, both stars have met with Iñárritu concerning the film, but no deals have been in place at this time.The Revenant, which Mark L Cruz modified from Michael Punke's novel, follows an ill-fated fur trapping expedition to chilly 1820s South Dakota. Hunter Hugh Glass (DiCaprio, if he signs on) is mauled with a bear, and the buddies leave him for dead.To include insult to injuries, two males are designated to bury what everybody assumes is his dead body. However the greedy pair (Penn would play one of these) decides to take advantage of him and then leave him helpless rather. Glass rebounds, and swears bloody revenge...Both stars are busy males, therefore if they are doing jump aboard, Iñárritu will probably need to wait nearly annually to obtain began around the film.DiCaprio will next be viewed on our screens as J. Edgar Hoover in, er, J. Edgar before appearing within the Great Gatsby. He's going to start focus on Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. Penn, meanwhile, is busy shooting The Gangster Squad (most likely literally, since he plays the villain...)

Box Office Preview: Brett Ratner's Star-Packed 'Tower Heist' Hopes to Steal $30 Mil Opening

Universal's broad PG-13 action-comedy Tower Heist is poised to top the domestic box office in its debut, but the big question is whether it can hit $30 million.our editor recommendsTower Heist: Film ReviewA Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas: Film ReviewEddie Murphy in 'Tower Heist': What the Critics Are Saying Eddie Murphy Says Brian Grazer Saved 'Tower Heist' (Video)Universal Backs Off 'Tower Heist' Premium VOD Test The $85 million pic has plenty of star power in a cast led by Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy and Matthew Broderick. Murphy, whose live-action career has suffered in recent years, in particular should see better numbers than usual. Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Tea Leoni, Michael Pena and Gabourey Sidibe also star in the film, about a group of non-crooks who set out to rob the man who swindled them out of their pensions. PHOTOS: Where Are the 'Ben Stiller Show' Alumni Now? Imagine Entertianment's Brian Grazer and Kim Roth produced the film with Murphy, while Relativity Media helped finance. A year ago on the same weekend, Warner Bros.' comedy Due Date opened to $32.7 million at the domestic box office, and while Universal is using that film as a comp, the studio is lowering its weekend estimate to between $25 million and $30 million because of the soft marketplace. Rivals suggest Universal needs the movie to open to at least $30 million. COVER STORY: Why Is Funnyman Ben Stiller Not Laughing? Tower Heist also opens day and date in 21 countries overseas, including the U.K., Germany, Spain, Hong Kong and India. In the U.S., tracking -- which has popped in recent days, due to a flurry of publicity by Stiller and Murphy -- is strong among males of all ages followed by older women. Tower Heist also should play well with African-American and Hispanic audiences because of Murphy and Pena, according to Universal. However, Tower Heist could lose young men to Warner Bros. and New Line's more modestly budgeted A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas. Conservative estimates show the R-rated stoner comedy opening in the $18 million range, but it could hit $20 milion, thanks in part to the 3D factor. (Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay opened to $14.9 million in April 2008.) Played by John Cho and Kal Penn, Harold and Kumar go on the search for the perfect Christmas tree after Kumar destroys the original. The film, also starring Niel Patrick Harris, is packed with 3D gimmicks (think smoke rings). A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas cost in the low $30 million range to produce. DreamWorks Animation and Paramount's 3D toon Puss in Boots has a good shot of besting Harold & Kumar for the No. 2 spot domestically, and is predicted to gross in the low $20 million range in its second weekend. The pic opened to $34.1 million last weekend after losing business because of the freak storm on the East Coast. Puss in Boots has grossed just north of $40 million through Wednesday at the domestic box office, and nearly $20 million overseas, where it enjoyed a record-breaking debut in Russia last weekend. But big story internationally will continue to be Steven Speilberg's The Adventures of Tintin: Secrets of the Unicorn, which debuted to a dazzling $56 million last weekend as it rolled out in its first key territories, smashing records in France and Belgium, home country of the beloved comic book character. Sony and Paramount are partners on Tintin, and sharing foreign distribution duties. Paramount releases the film in North America over Christmas. At the specialty box office, Anchor Bay opens The Son of No One in 10 theaters in select U.S. cities. The Sundance Film Festival title stars Channing Tatum, Al Pacino and Katie Holmes. The Weinstein Co. is re-releasing Kristin Scott Thomas indie hit Sarah's Key in 300 theaters across the U.S. this weekend in a move to drum up attention as awards season gets underway. The film has grossed north of $7 million domestically to date. Related Topics Brett Ratner Eddie Murphy Ben Stiller Puss in Boots Matthew Broderick Tower Heist A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas

Stanley Tucci Engaged to Felicity Blunt

Stanley Tucci Stanley Tucci is engaged to his The Demon Wears Prada co-star's sister, Felicity Blunt, US Weekly reviews. The 50-year-old actor was setup with Blunt by her sister, Emily Blunt, who starred alongside Tucci in Prada. Browse the relaxation of present day news This is the 2nd marriage for Tucci, who lost wife Kate to cancer last year. Tucci, who'll come in the approaching film The Hunger Games, has three kids with his first wife.

Public Enemy's Chuck D sues UMG

BY CHRISTOPHER MORRIS Rap act Public Enemy's frontman Chuck D has added his title to some chorus of Universal Group artists who've prosecuted the organization for underpayment of digital royalties. Inside a related matter, a federal judge has refused UMG's motion to dismiss the sooner actions filed by Take advantage of Zombie and Ron James' estate. Chuck D (real title Carlton Douglas Ridenhour) filed their own class action lawsuit against UMG in U.S. District Court in Northern California on Wednesday. The experience alleges "UMG's accounting practiceshave permitted UMG to unlawfully withhold a large amount of money it receives from digital content companies" for that purchase of digital downloads and master ring tones. Based on the action, UMG acquired privileges to Public Enemy's 1987-98 tracks if this acquired Def Jam, the rap act's label, in 1998. The suit claims "UMG is having to pay complaintant along with other class people roughly 25% from the royalties that it ought to be having to pay them for moneys received from music download companies." It alleges that on 1,000 digital singles downloaded at 99 cents each, artists are titled to $315.85, versus $80.33 owed based on UMG's information. For 1,000 ring tones offered at $3 each, the suit claims artists are owed $660, versus $49.89 owed based on UMG's methodology. Chuck D's action cites last year's appellate court decision in F.B.T. Productions' suit against UMG and Aftermath Records, which discovered that F.B.T., which created Eminem's earliest tracks, was titled to greater digital royalties according to rates for masters licensed to 3rd parties (Daily Variety, Sept. 7, 2010). That decision also inspired class actions filed in federal court in Northern California captured through the James estate (Daily Variety, April 5) and Zombie, his band Whitened Zombie, Whitesnake and Dork Mason (Daily Variety, May 24). On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston refused UMG's motion to dismiss the situation with different reading through of Zombie's and James' contracts indicating the correct venue for law suit. Illston also refused UMG's motion to transfer the situation in the court's Northern District to the Central District. Chuck D's action now brings the amount of pending royalties cases against UMG to 3. James Pizzirusso, a lawyer at Hausfeld LLP in Washington, D.C., that is representing the rapper, told Daily Variety, "I can tell the instances will ultimately be consolidated." Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Ratings: Allen Gregory Debuts Weakly

Allen Gregory Allen Gregory looks like he just might be a snotnose whom people dislike. The latest entry in Fox's Animation Domination block debuted Sunday to modest 4.74 million viewers and a 2.4 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds at 8:30/7:30c, overnight Nielsen numbers showed. That indicates people changed channels in droves as The Simpsons' "Treehouse of Horror XXII," which preceded it, spooked 8.01 million, posting a 4.0 demo rating. Fall TV Popularity Contest: We have a winner! In the same hour, Once Upon a Time, starring Ginnifer Goodwin and Jennifer Morrison, looked like it could be a keeper, pulling in 11.64 million (compared with 12.79 million for its debut) and a 3.9 demo rating. With CBS' ratings skewed by a half-hour football overrun, Amazing Race lured 14.29 million viewers (3.5 demo rating), according to the early data. At 9/8c, CBS' The Good Wife attracted 10.12 million people (2.3 rating), whileDesperate Housewives grabbed 9.28 million (3.1), and Family Guy and The Cleveland Show grabbed 5.97 million viewers (3.2 demo rating) and 4.63 million (2.3), respectively. Sunday Night Football again featured a lopsided game. But the Eagles' 34-7 thrashing of the Cowboys wasn't nearly half as bad as the 62-7 final score a week ago (the biggest blowout in the franchise's history on NBC) and managed a night-leading 20.16 million fans and 8.2 demo rating. Check out the rest of the day's news In prime time's final hour Sunday, Pan Am leveled off, getting 5.90 million viewers and a 1.9 demo rating vs. last week's 5.77 million (1.8) - which culminated a downward path that began with 10.87 million, down to 7.75 million, to 6.42 million and to 5.89 million viewers. At the same time, CSI: Miami grabbed 10.14 million people and a 2.0 demo rating. And for the record, the seven-game World Series won by the St. Louis Cardinals wound up averaging 16.6 million viewers, a 16 percent increase over last year's 14.3 million. The final game caught 25.4 million fans, making it the most-watched Series game since 2004, when the Boston Red Sox clinched their first title in 86 years.

Sandra Bullock's Agents Buy Her Son a $14,000 Warhol Painting

In what might qualify as the most extravagant baby gift ever, Sandra Bullock's agents, Kevin Huvane and Bryan Lourd, bought a $14,000 painting for her 1-year-old son, Louis. Before you start occupying Huvane's CAA offices in Los Angeles, note that the Andy Warhol painting was bought at a charity auction and that the money will go toward Elizabeth Taylor's amFAR organization for AIDS research. Bullock's reaction to the generous gesture? "Thanks for not being cheap f-cks." At Thursday's amFAR Inspiration Gala at the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood, Bullock's agents placed the winning bid on a $14,000 Andy Warhol print called 'Peaches.' "I want to thank Kevin Huvane and Bryan Lourd for not being cheap f-cks and gifting my son with his first Warhol," joked Bullock. Bullock spoke in honor of Taylor, who died in March at the age of 79: "Earlier this year, the world lost a radiant woman of courage and compassion. She lives on in every person she touched. She never thought twice to put her arm around someone who was suffering, and that is the gift we have a human beings, the ability to reach out and touch another human being. Tonight we can honor this extraordinary woman and finish what she started." [Photo: FilmMagic] [Via Us] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

'The Killing' Star Wins Lancelot Role in Warner Bros.' 'Arthur & Lancelot' (Exclusive)

Ernest M. Brown/Getty ImagesJoel Kinnaman Warner Bros. finds its Lancelot for that planned King Arthur movie Arthur & Lancelot. The Killing star Joel Kinnaman has won the role and it is in discussions to star for director David Dobkin, who also authored the script. The role of Arthur has not yet been cast, and sources say Kinnaman will do chemistry reads with a number of Hollywood's up-and-coming leading males. As THR first revealed, the casting process for that two leads has incorporated such hot stars as Package Harrington (Cinemax's Bet on Thrones), Mike Claflin (Pirates from the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides), Dominic Cooper (The Demon's Double), Hendes Matheson (A Virtual Detective), and Jim Sturgess (Over the World) within the United kingdom and Ben Master and Liam Hemsworth within the U.S. Kinnaman found Hollywood's attention within the Swedish film Snabba Cash (Fast Money), then reserved a lead male role in AMC's acclaimed crime series The Killing. Younger crowd can look in the Snabba Cash director Daniel Espinosa's approaching Ryan Reynolds-Denzel Washington thriller Safe House and that he has shot Snabba Cash 2 in Sweden. Kinnaman is repped by UTA and Magnolia Entertainment. Email: Borys.Package@thr.com Twitter: @Borys_Package The Killing Joel Kinnaman

Pemberton clocks in on Fox's 'Watch'

Johnny Pemberton has became a member of the cast of Fox's "Neighborhood Watch," starring Ben Stiller. Cast includes Vince Vaughn, Rosemarie DeWitt and Jonah Hill. Akiva Schaffer is aboard to helm. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg composed the script about several concerned neighbors who form a neighborhood watch group to prevent crime, simply to uncover a larger conspiracy. Shawn Levy will produce. Pemberton continues to be multitasking in the last year, getting carried out in films including Sony's "21 Jump Street" and Universal's untitled Judd Apatow pic in addition to hosting the MTV skein "Megadrive." He's repped by Gersh and Principato Youthful. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

Start Looking: Rose McGowan, Patrick John Flueger in 'The Tell-Tale Heart' (Photos)

"True!-nervous-very, very nervous I used to be and am why are you going to say that i'm mad?" opens Edgar Allan Poe's short story, The Tell Tale Heart. The haunting tale of the guy who killings a classic guy, after which hides his body under his floormats simply to be driven insane through the seem of his still-beating heart continues to be modified into an approaching film starring Patrick John Flueger, Rose McGowan and Peter Bogdanovich.our editor recommendsRose McGowan to Star in Romantic Thriller 'Napa'Scream Honours: Stars Celebrate the Frightening (Videos) Flueger, most lately observed in Paramount's Footloose, is playing charge role, and joining him because the female lead is McGowan, noted for her roles in Grindhouse, Scream, Jawbreaker, The Black Dahlia and Charmed. An account of romance continues to be put into Poe's dark story for that film adaptation. Bogdanovich (director of Paper Moon, The Final Picture Show) will have the main one-eyed old guy. VIDEOS: Scream Honours: Stars Celebrate the Frightening Director John La Tier's adaptation is presently filming in New Orleans. Also joining the cast is Jacob Vargas (Demon, Traffic, Jarhead), Damon Whitaker (Ghost Dog: The clear way of the Samurai), and Kirk Fox (Failing to remember Sarah Marshall). The film has been created by Daniel Zirilli through Popart Film Factory & Leverage Entertainment. Flueger is symbolized by UTA & Nancy Kremer Management, McGowan through the Gersh Agency & MPE, Bogdanovich by Abrams Artists Agency & MPE, and Zirilli is handled by Zero Gravity. View more exclusive start looking photos below: Above: Patrick John Flueger. Below: Patrick John Flueger and Rose McGowan. Related Subjects Rose McGowan

Mena Suvari to Guest-Star on American Horror Story

Mena Suvari Mena Suvari has signed on for just about any guest role on American Horror Story, TVLine.com reviews. The American Beauty and American Cake star may have a young lady getting a hyperlink using the Harmon's house whose nickname is really The Black Dahlia. It's unclear whether she'll portray the identical Black Dahlia murder victim whose situation remains unsolved after greater than six decades. See the relaxation of current day news Suvari, who'll return to the wedding cake fold in 2012's American Reunion, look in Episode 9 in the Foreign exchange series.

Trust Me (Puss)

A St. Paul Film production in colaboration with Sveriges Television, Gotlands Filmfond, Nordisk Film, Filmregion Stockholm-Malardalen and 4 1/2 Film. (Worldwide sales: Trust Nordisk, Hvidovre, Denmark.) Produced by Fredrik Heinig, Mathilde Dedye. Executive producers, Gunnar Carlsson, Bo Rehnberg, Lone Korslund, Ake Lundstrom, Karin Julsrud. Directed, put together by Johan Kling.With: Susanne Thorson, Alexander Skarsgard, Philomene Grandin, Michael Segerstrom, Lotti Tornros, Gitte Witt, Lars Bringas, Michelle Meadows, Peter Carlberg, Moa Gammel, Richard Ulfsater, Vera Vitali, Gustaf Skarsgard.After winning some acclaim for his 2007 bigscreen debut "Darling," author-director Johan Kling encounters a sophomore slump with "Trust Me.In . Still reading through the fest circuit a minimum of annually past its home-turf theatrical release, this glumly misanthropic backstage ensembler might be the kind of enterprise one suspects amused its makers really computer ever will any needing to pay clients. Thesp Alexander Skarsgard's rising worldwide star should help snag some home-format sales. The youngish people from the theater company introduced by author-director Katja (Susanne Thorson) are practicing her latest play, but she seems really the only person truly devoted to your time and energy. Everyone else is bored, lazy, predatory, pathetic and/or possibly a liar, with just about all people terms highly relevant to Katja's b.f. Alex (Skarsgard), who's likely to uncover he's heavy-laden another company member (Philomene Grandin). Other styles associated with less-than-amusing hijinks are the resident Don Juan (Lars Bringas), the lone plus-sized female (Lotti Tornros) as well as the peeping-tom landlord (Michael Segerstrom) anxious to evict these for murky reasons. Within the final stretch, the pic tries a turn toward the nice cozy and fuzzy via enhanced romantic prospects and justice properly meted out. But it's far too little, too far gone following a lot time spent with dully unsympathetic figures in quasi-farcical situations missing of fizz. A soundtrack filled with retro jazz attempts to pressure some jauntiness into the proceedings, to little avail. People who eventually rent "Believe MeInch (initially entitled "Puss," or "Hug") to feast their eyes on "True Blood's" Skarsgard will feel no less than partly compensated the actor briefly temps clad only in the towel, a revealing kimono. Artists are competent if hardly challenged. Packaging is clever enough.Camera (color), Jakob Ihre editors, Johan Soderberg, Patrik Gyllstrom production designer, Roger Rosenberg costume designer, Anna Grenas. Examined on DVD, San Francisco Bay Area, March. 12, 2011. (In Mill Valley Film Festival -- World Cinema.) Running time: 119 MIN. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Winfrey to stay after 'Lifeclass'

Discovery Communications' partnership using the famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey, OWN, features that Winfrey it's still available to fans every Friday after "Oprah's Lifeclass," both on the web and on-air beginning now. Winfrey will fix the series, which revisits interviews and moments from "The The famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey Show" in greater depth, and allows fans in the cable program ("childhood friendsInch) to resolve questions asked for by Winfrey and respond to each other online. Series is produced by Harpo Art galleries. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com

Individuals Choice Honours 25 Under 25: Hollywood's Most popular Youthful Stars

It appears like Hasbro Boss John Goldner wasn't kidding around. Only one next day of he told experts the toy company was "positively talking about" a 4th 'Transformers' film with director Michael Bay, producer Steven Spielberg and Vital, Variety reviews that plans for any 4th and fifth have been in the whole shebang. Should this happen, the program would be to shoot 'Transformers 4' and 'Transformers 5' back-to-to keep production costs lower and produce inside a new star to exchange the departing Shia LaBeouf. No deals happen to be offered yet, but Variety mentions Jason Statham being an option being "bandied about." (Note: this is awesomesauce.) Bay had alluded that he wouldn't direct another 'Transformers' film, but he's thinking about pointing this go-around, showing once more those funds talks. [Variety] Talking about Shia LaBeouf, the actor is mounted on play a 20-feet-tall giant in what's being referred to being an "untitled cool love story." The film follows a broke girl who moves home following a string of bad associations, and strikes up a rapport using the giant nearby. Gil Kenan ('Monster House') authored the script and can direct. Being 20-ft-tall might have prove useful for LaBeouf in Vancouver a week ago. Ahem. [Variety] Time for many Hollywood gossip: TheWrap reviews that Mark Wahlberg and David O. Russell are no more buddies following the director cast Bradley Cooper in the new film. Wahlberg have been mounted on star in Russell's 'The Silver Textures Playbook' but was changed by Cooper due to costs. A minimum of that is what the director's estranged cousin informs TheWrap. Wahlberg has starred in three films for Russell, including 'The Fighter' which marked the director's comeback after investing years in Hollywood jail for his caustic on-set antics. Originate from this story that which you must. [TheWrap] "Used to do it by myself terms, during my own time, during my own words, which is completely the kind of relationship I wish to need to that information. Used to do it because I recognized the way in which it assisted people, Used to do it since it was time to get it done, and yeah, it had been certainly a deliberate choice to get it done for the reason that way," Zachary Quinto on why he made the decision to be released. Good job. [NextMovie] 'Zombieland' screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese happen to be hired to show the Hasbro toyline 'Micronauts' right into a new film for director J.J. Abrams and Vital. You will find several things wrong for the reason that sentence, however, many right? [Deadline] Film writer William Monahan has ideas for any follow up to 'The Departed,' try not to hold your breath. ""I believe Warner Bros. might have loved to determine a synopsis from it,Inch the Oscar champion told Collider when requested why a follow up wouldn't materialize despite Monahan's notes. "I do not do synopses and that i don't pitch. Personally, I'm not sure whether it's ever going to take place. I understand the film, I have got the film during my mind. Even when everyone did not return, that they could within the film as I have set up it, it might be a hell of the salary for an individual to create. The film would need to be absolutely superb." [Collider] [Photo: Vital] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

'Fringe' Star Anna Torv On Existence Without Peter Bishop

For somebody who does not exist, Peter Bishop sure gets lots of attention. "Fringe," the breathtaking Fox series presently in the 4th year on tv, established fact to take bizarre risks and asking audiences in the future along for that ride but removing among the show's most significant figures Joshua Jackson's skeptic youthful genius Peter Bishop directly from existence? This is a gigantic gamble, for this show. When Anna Torv, who stars within the series as brilliant FBI agent Olivia Dunham, stopped by MTV News now to discuss the present season of "Fringe," we requested her the most crucial question of: what's existence as with a global without Peter Bishop? "Well, the Olivia which i play does not understand what existence was as with him, so I am normal," she stated, speaking that the show presently is available inside a world where both Peter from your world and also the one from sleep issues died within their childhood quite simply, he never resided lengthy enough to satisfy Olivia and link up with Fringe Division. Obviously, Peter were available our heroes just have no idea that at this time. Also it will not be lengthy before he comes roaring to existence, Torv taunted, so when he is doing, things are likely to get better, interesting, to place it gently. "I do not think I am giving anything away when I only say the event of the months are Peter Bishop," she stated. "We are likely to see much more of him and just how he unravels these figures." Starting this latest season, Torv stated that they was completely not aware from the "Fringe" writers' plans for how to approach Olivia, her fellow cast people and also the mythology they have already spent years creating considering Peter's departure. "They're going for their authors camping and pretty near to filming, they return, and it is like, 'Okay, are we able to talk now?'" she chuckled. "I suppose there's just kind of a lot there wasn't time to sit down lower and exercise which cases did not get solved and which of them did [within the new, Peter-less 'Fringe' timeline]." Without that type of concrete information, then, Torv centered on what she thought will be the transformed dynamics between Olivia along with other people from the Fringe team, namely Peter's father Walter, the ingenious but broken researcher performed perfectly by John Noble. "When Peter was there, he was greatly the nurturer [to Walter], he was greatly the companion, but without him, the greatest difference we have seen is within Walter, who did not have Peter to create him out and help him improve,Inch she stated. "But things i was looking forward to is there's a bit more warmth, a closeness between Walter and Olivia." It's not only Olivia and Walter's relationship that's transformed due to Peter's removal from existence, either. "You will find a few episodes approaching where we reintroduce a few figures and you will go, 'Oh, this is a different relationship towards the one we are accustomed to,AInch she taunted. "But I am not likely to say anymore about this!Inch Inform us that which you think about the brand new season of "Fringe" within the comments section as well as on Twitter!

Disney reups Maxdome pact

BERLIN -- Disney has extended a VOD deal with broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 that includes more than 500 titles for its on-demand service Maxdome. The agreement provides Germany's biggest VOD service with all of Disney's theatrical slate, including such high-profile titles as "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," as well titles from the Mouse House library, and live action and animated series from the Disney Channel and Disney Junior, among them "Hannah Montana," "Wizards of Waverly Place" and "Handy Manny." ProSiebenSat.1's first VOD deal with Disney, inked in 2008, included such titles as "Toy Story 2," "Armageddon," "Pearl Harbor," "Grey's Anatomy" and "Lost." Maxdome boasts more than 35,000 film and TV titles. Contact Ed Meza at staff@variety.com

Chris Brown Tops BET Hip-Hop Awards With Four Wins

Chris Brown was the big winner Tuesday night at the BET Hip-Hop Awards, held in Atlanta.our editor recommendsABC 'Sorry' for Airing Nicki Minaj Wardrobe Slip-Up Snoop Dogg Teaming With Rapper Wiz Khalifa for 'Comedy Stoner Movie' Cash Money Founders on Lil Waynes Tha Carter IV Debut: No Record is Safe From HimBET Awards Preview: Justin Bieber to Attend, Beyonce, Lil Wayne Among Performers and Nominees The singer received four trophies, including best hip-hop video and best collaboration for "Look at Me Now," featuring Busta Rhymes. STORY: Chris Brown's 'Dancing With the Stars' Performance Angers Fans According to E! Online, Brown was not present at the show as he is currently on his F.A.M.E. tour, but he did tweet this message: "Thank you BET but most of all TeamBreezy." Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne and Wiz Khalifa also were among the night's big winners, taking home two awards apiece. The latter was named rookie of the year. STORY: Chris Brown Announces North American Tour Meanwhile, Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy won for best CD, while his Watch the Throne collaborator Jay-Z was named hustler of the year. The show, hosted by Mike Epps, featured performances by T.I., Wiz Khalifa, Big Sean, Lupe Fiasco and Erykah Badu (who initially appeared onstage in a mask and surprised attendees when she revealed her identity) and Heavy D and Tyrese, among others. VIDEO: Chris Brown Shows Off his Dance Skills at VMAs A complete list of winners follows: Best Hip-Hop Video Chris Brown feat. Bustya Rhymes, "Look at Me Now" Best Featured Verse Chris Brown feat. Busta Rhymes, "Look at Me Now" Best Collaboration Chris Brown feat. Bustya Rhymes, "Look at Me Now" Best Live Performer Lil Wayne Best Lyricist Lil Wayne Video Director of the Year Hype Williams Producer of the Year Lex Luger MVP of the Year Nicki Minaj Track of the Year Wiz Khalifa, "Black and Yellow" Hustler of the Year Jay-Z CD of the Year Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy DJ of the Year DJ Khaled Rookie of the Year Wiz Khalifa Best Mixtape J. Cole, Friday Night Lights Made-You-Look Award Nicki Minaj People's Champ Award Chris Brown feat. Bustya Rhymes, "Look at Me Now" I Am Hip-Hop Award LL Cool J Best Club Banger Waka Flocka Flame feat. Roscoe Dash and Wale, "No Hands" Related Topics Chris Brown Jay-Z Kanye West Nicki Minaj Lil Wayne Wiz Khalifa BET

Equity, League strike deal

Stage thesps' union Actors Equity Assn. and the Broadway League, the trade association of legit producers and presenters, have made a tentative pact for the production contract, the agreement that governs the employment of actors and stage managers in commercial Broadway productions and tours. Good for four years, the new deal would expire in September 2015. Few details were made public prior to the union's upcoming ratification vote on the pact, but among the provisions were annual wage increases as well as the formation of a new Labor-Management Committee. The new body would aim to reduce grievances and more nimbly address work-related situations regarding safety and other issues. Group, to be made up of an equal number of union reps and producers, would meet quarterly. Formation of the committee seems prompted in part by last season's urgent, high-profile labor and safety concerns arising on "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark." The new overall deal between Equity and the League will first be reviewed by Equity's governing body, the National Council. If the council gives the pact a green light, the deal then goes up for a ratification vote by union members who have worked under the production contract since 2004. No exact timeline for that process has yet been laid out, although a rep for Equity estimated the vote could take place in early December. Once approved, the contract would be retroactive to Sept. 25. The latest round of labor talks seems to have gone smoothly for both sides, with barely a peep heard in legit circles about the negotiations. Although often such contractual wrangling is largely collegial, talks do sometimes deteriorate, as evidenced by the stagehands' strike in 2007 and the musicians' strike in 2003, both of which shut down the Rialto for multiple performances. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Cronenberg Updates On Eastern Promises 2

And The Fly 3!A Dangerous Method is about to premiere at the NY Film Festival; Cosmopolis is in the can; and there have been various rumours in recent months about what else David Cronenberg may have in development. "Sometimes on IMDb you see you're doing three movies you've never even heard of," he told Shock. Thankfully, he's happy to clarify.There were odd rumblings some time ago of Cronenberg remaking his own version of The Fly. Not strictly true, says the director, but not exactly false either. "Yeah, that was a thing," he says. "It's not exactly a remake; it's sort of a sequel, kinda. I've written a script of that but I don't know if it's going to really happen. That has to do with Fox..."He definitely isn't making Timecrimes, the English-language version of Nacho Vigalondo's sci-fi thriller: "They proposed it to me and I turned it down, and then suddenly it was on the 'net like I'm doing it! I think it was the director of the Spanish version that was responsible for saying I'm doing it, but I never was."But a sequel to 2007's Eastern Promises definitely is on the cards, albeit not quite as an immediate prospect. "It's possible," says Cronenberg carefully. "Steve Knight wrote it, and he's now writing a second draft, and Focus are interested, so we'll see..."More naked Viggo violence? Something to erase the memory of The Fly II? Or would you rather Cronenberg shocked with the new rather than revisiting the old? A Dangerous Method is out in the UK in February, followed by Cosmopolis some time later in the year.Of the Don Delillo adaptation (which stars Robert Pattinson) Cronenberg enthuses "It's very cinematic. Well, it is and it isn't. Most of the movie takes place inside a limo. Some people would say that's not cinematic, but I say it is!"

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Keys writes 'Stick Fly' music

KeysAlicia Keys, already on board as a commercial producer of the upcoming Broadway play "Stick Fly," also will pen original music for the production.Keys' stint on the creative team makes her eligible for a Tony nomination, although it's not often play scores are included in the musical-dominated category of scores written for the theater. Still, in 2010, the music from two plays -- including the Branford Marsalis-penned score for "Fences" -- made the cut.Keys is also part of a "Stick Fly" producing theam that includes Nelle Nugent, Samuel Nappi, Reuben Cannon, Sharon A. Carr/Patricia Klausner, Huntington Theater Company, Dan Frishwasser, Sarahbeth Grossman and Charles Salameno in association with Joseph Sirola and Eric Falkenstein.Lydia R. Diamond's play, a regular on the regional circuit and making its Gotham bow this fall, beings previews Nov. 18 at the Cort Theater ahead of a Dec. 8 opening. Helmed by Kenny Leon ("Fences"), play centers on a wealthy black family's weekend gathering on Martha's Vineyard. Cast includes Dule Hill, Mekhi Phifer, Tracie Thoms, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Condola Rashad and Rosie Benton. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

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Derek Luke Joins the Remake of 'Sparkle'

More news around the remake front (yes, we're getting as fed up with writing it when you are reading through it): Derek Luke continues to be cast because the male lead within the remake from the 1976 film 'Sparkle.' The film follows singer Sparkle Williams and her rise to fame. This time around around, actress Jordin Sparks is going to be playing Sparkle with Luke representing Stix, a singer-songwriter deeply in love with Sparkle. Starring alongside Sparks and Luke is going to be Whitney Houston, Mike Epps and Cee Lo Eco-friendly. If perhaps we're able to get another Curtis Mayfield soundtrack using this. [via Deadline] Image thanks to Getty Images

Rhapsody nabs Napster

Music subscription service Rhapsody introduced Monday it was obtaining a familiar brand -- Napster, the peer-to-peer service that released music's online crisis within the late 1990's -- from Best To Buy. The deal weren't revealed. Large-box store Best To Buy acquired Napster 3 years ago for any reported $121 million. Under the agreement, Rhapsody will get Napster customers along with other assets, while Best To Buy will get a minority stake in Rhapsody. Released in 2001 by Viacom's RealNetworks unit, streaming service Rhapsody has become an indie operation that claims 800,000 having to pay customers within the U.S. Rhapsody is facing fresh competition from three-year-old Swedish streaming operation Spotify, which joined the U.S. market in This summer having a "freemium" service offering customers both free and compensated streams. Spotify claims a lot more than two million customers worldwide. Spotify's backers include Sean Parker, a vital player in the introduction of Napster. Rhapsody prexy Jon Irwin stated inside a statement, "There's substantial value in getting Napster's customers and robust IP portfolio to Rhapsody once we execute on our technique to expand our business via direct purchase of people and distribution deals." Founded in 1999, Napster was the most popular P2P network that first caused common online music piracy. It had been ultimately hounded bankrupt and into personal bankruptcy by an RIAA suit, but other sailing sites sprang up in the wake. Following a unsuccessful bid by Bertelsmann to get the website, Napster's assets were acquired by Roxio and, later, by Best To Buy. The mall store offered a hyperlink to Napster's 12 million-song catalog on its site. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

India chooses 'Abu' for Oscar run

MUMBAI -- Salim Ahamed's Malayalam-language feature "Adaminte makan Abu" (Adam's Boy, Abu) continues to be selected to become India's entry within the foreign-language film group of the Academy awards.The Film Federation of India find the film, which won the nation's Award for the best feature. This season the jury from the National Honours suggested the best feature be sent as India's entry also it seems the FFI agreed.The pic, which toplines Zarina Wahab, Nedumudi Venu and Salim Kumar, charts the travails of the old Muslim couple because they cobble together money to fulfil their imagine a weight pilgrimage to Mecca. "Abu" continues to be selected for next month's London Film Festival. The deadline for nations to transmit within their distribution is March. 1. The 84th Oscars is going to be held February. 26 in the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Healthy Hollywood: Fab Food Friday Eat Your Way To A Younger You In 3 Days!

By Terri MacLeodLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Ah! Youre what you eat! Weve all heard this mantra time and time again but Healthy Hollywood cant repeat it enough. Need more evidence? Just look to Hollywoods enviable fresh-faced stars, like Kate Hudson and Eva Mendes, who always seem to have a glowing complexion on and off the red carpet. Yes, good genes are key, but so is diet! Both stars are fans of Dr. Nicholas Perricone, author of Forever Young, who has unlocked the secret to radiant, more youthful skin in three days! The promise of a visible difference in your looks in three days may seem too good to be true. But if you eat the wrinkle-free way for even a short period of time, you will experience dramatic changes, not only in how you look, but how you feel, states Dr. Perricone. The superstar food of Dr. Perricones plan is salmon, which must be eaten twice a day for the ideal effect, which is an increased radiance and firmer skin. Healthy Hollywood advises, Dont walk rush to the supermarket and stock up on wild salmon it will do wonders for your body and complexion. Dr. Perricones Three-Day Nutritional Face-lift also helps eliminate puffiness, increases contours, and firms the jaw line. Still not convinced? Why not try it for yourself. Dr. Perricone shared with Healthy Hollywood his face-lift in your fridge. Breakfast3 egg omelet and/or 4-6 oz. grilled salmon½ cup cooked oatmeal (not instant)2 wedge of cantaloupe or fresh berries No juice, No Coffee or Toast. If you are normally a coffee drinker, drink black or green tea to avoid caffeine withdrawal. 8 12oz. spring water Lunch4-6 oz. grilled salmon. Option: you can also use canned salmon and mix a little mayo and fresh squeezed lemon.2 cups green salad made with romaine lettuce or other dark leafy greens. Dressing: extra virgin olive oil and fresh squeezed lemon to taste.1 kiwi fruit or cantaloupe or fresh berries 8-12 oz. spring water Snack1 apple2 oz. sliced turkey breast or 6 oz. plain yogurtSmall handful of hazelnuts, walnuts or almonds Dinner4-6 oz grilled salmonGreen salad (same as above)½ cup steamed veggies. No root vegetables, such as potatoes, carrots, beets etc.Cantaloupe and berries8 12oz. spring water Before Bedtime Snack1 pear or apple2 oz. slice chicken or turkey breast or 6 oz. plain yogurtSmall handful of hazelnuts, walnuts, or almonds For more information on Dr. Perricone and his nutritional tips and products, head to www.perriconemd.com Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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'Belvedere' is Bosnia Oscar entry

MOSCOW -- Ahmed Imamovic's "Belvedere" will represent Bosnia and Herzegovina within the foreign-language film Oscar race.Imamovic's second movie was selected over Adis Bakrac's "The Abandoned" with a committee hired through the Balkan country's Assn. of Filmmakers.The choice committee, chaired by director Nedzad Begovic, composed fellow helmers Semsudin Gegic, Namik Kabil, Danis Tanovic and Srdan Vuletic company directors of photography Mustafa Mustafic and Almir Dikoli producer Zoran Galic and costume designer Lejla Hodzic.The haunting black-and-whitened movie traces the effect on the lives of households from the 8,000 Muslim males and boys killed in Srebenica throughout the Balkans civil war. It opened in your area last fall and it has tested at numerous film festivals, including Sarajevo.The title is really a mention of the a refugee camping where, fifteen years following the war crime that shocked the planet, widows, moms and kids wait because the remains of the family members are exhumed from mass graves. Director mixes stars and real-existence children to inform a disturbing story that's prone to have arthouse and fest appeal but is a try to sell you for wider auds.Pic is created by Samir Smajic of Comprex, also is handling worldwide sales.The deadline for those nations to transmit within their distribution is March. 1. The 84th Oscars is going to be held February. 26 in the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Image nabs 'Division III: Football's Finest'

Image Entertainment has acquired all United States privileges to football comedy "Division III: Football's Finest," starring Andy Dick, Adam Carolla, Marshall Prepare, Bryan Callen and Sally Kirkland. Image chief purchases officer Bill Bromiley made the announcement Tuesday after closing the offer in the Toronto Film Festival. Image intends to release "Division III" around the college circuit this fall beginning by having an October date in Michigan. Dick and Prepare, who also directed, is going to be touring using the film. Story follows a football team within the cheapest division within the NCAA that finds itself at the disposal of its worst nightmare -- an excessively-aggressive, redneck coach -- after their coach suddenly dies. Division III" is created by Tyler A. Hawes, Chris Johns and Noor Ahmed. Script is compiled by Dick, Prepare and Paul Henderson. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Liam Hemsworth Joins Expendables 2

Liam Hemsworth remains cast inside the Expendables 2, the follow-up for the action-hero-wealthy actioner that Simon West is pointing for Millennium Films. The film already stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Terry Deckie's and Jet Li, additionally to Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme — with extended roles for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis thrown in — and filming is positioned to begin in October. The first movie made $274 million worldwide. Hemsworth recently wrapped shooting on Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games.

'Glee': Ryan Murphy Discloses Particulars on 'The Glee Project' Finalists' Figures

Jason Merritt/Getty ImagesRyan Murphy When Glee's third season opens Tuesday, a familiar face in the Oxygen competition series The Glee Project is going to be seen -- like a enemy of sorts for Rachel. [Warning: Spoilers up ahead.] Glee co-creator and executive producer Ryan Murphy told reporters on Thursday the "part had recently been written" before it dawned on him that Lindsay Pearce, among the four runners up about the Glee Project, might be a good fit for that part -- an innovator of some other singing group. VIDEO: Fox's Fall Launch Eco-Casino Party: Red-colored Carpet Interviews "It had been just a little strange because i was shooting it prior to the final episode from the Glee Project broadcast, therefore we built that large conference hotel set about the stage and kind of cloaked her within blanket -- not really, but i was nervous about this escaping .," Murphy states, "Therefore we stored stalling it." Added Murphy, "After we considered that, I made the amount bigger." However the two those who win, Damian McGinty and Mike Larsen, is going to be featured with major arcs. First of all is McGinty and that he'll possess a reference to Brittany (Louise Morris) the concept was initially raised by Murphy and company about the Glee Project. PHOTOS: 'Glee' Season 3: To School Pictures "Damian is available in episode four, which Adam Shankman is pointing, which we're shooting at this time,Inch Murphy states, adding that McGinty's character is really a sophomore. "He's a foreign currency student who's shacking track of Brittany and she or he obviously thinks he will be a leprechaun with magical forces." Murphy recognized McGinty's acting and singing ability. "On his first day, he was shoved right into a locker 25 occasions, but without saying exactly what the song is -- his first consume his first song, the crew gave him an enormous ovation. He did great using the acting," he states. PHOTOS: Behind the curtain of Emmy Contender Glee's 'Rumours' Episode The 2nd champion, Larsen, will probably be introduced in "episode 10 or 11," Murphy revealed, and that he'll "be considered a relative, In my opinion, of Puck (Mark Salling)." To not be forgotten, another top four finalist Alex Newell, "may also be used kind of like Lindsay," he shared, adding he "will be later" within the season. But has Murphy considered growing the runner-ups' arcs from two episodes to possibly more? PHOTOS: Fall TV Preview 2011: The Coming back Shows "I've,Inch Murphy states of potentially seeing more Pearce, whose character will probably be seen at sectionals on her second episode. "Among my personal favorite moments for the reason that episode, I really like where she will get in Jum [Michele]'s face. In my opinion people would like to see catfights together onscreen between Jum and Lindsay." When requested whether Cameron Mitchell, the competitor who quit The Glee Project within the seventh episode, could seem a while this year, Murphy stated "not this seasonInch but left the doorway open for the coming year. Glee premieres Tuesday at 8 p.m. on Fox with "The Crimson Piano Project." Email: philiana.ng@thr.com Glee Ryan Murphy Fall TV Preview

FBI: Celebs Specific By Computer Cyber-terrorist

FIRST Released: September 14, 2011 8:11 PM EDT La, Calif. -- An FBI speaker in La states agents are looking into a number of computer hacking attacks on celebs. The FBIs Laura Eimiller stated Wednesday that a large number of celebs have been specific by cyber-terrorist, who stole private information from email along with other computer accounts. She rejected to supply further particulars, but several websites including TMZ have recognized among the sufferers as Scarlett Johansson. A note playing the actress speaker wasn't immediately came back. Copyright 2011 by Connected Press. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

R.I.P. High cliff Robertson

The rugged leading guy and 1968 Best Actor Oscar champion for Charly died today after acareer that started like a handsome youngthesp and continuedwell into his dotage. He was 88.ButCliff Robertson may be appreciated for getting downoneof probably the most effective Hollywood moguls, David Begelman.In 1977, Robertson learned that his title have been forged on the $10,000 check that they recognized he'd not gained.He soon discovered it had been a forgery completed of Begelman andtriggered among the biggeststudio scams from the seventies. Begelman resigned, and Robertsoncouldn’t get acting work before early eighties.Robertsons lengthy movie career started with Have a picnic in 1955 and ongoing through Spider-Guy and it is first couple of sequels as “Uncle Ben Parker”.But he might be best appreciated for playingJohn F Kennedyin the biopicPT 109 andwas selected personally through the leader.He seemed to be a familiar face in television dramas in the earliest times of the little screen.

Toronto: Fox Searchlight To Acquire Shame

UPDATE: Fox Searchlight toppers Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula have confirmed the acquisition ofShame at Toronto. Searchlight’s official release is after the jump. EXCLUSIVE: In the first major deal of the Toronto Film Festival, Fox Searchlight has acquiredShame, the Steve McQueen-directed NC-17 drama that was the talk of Telluride. Bidding came down to Searchlight and The Weinstein Company. The film is said to showcase a tour de force performance by Michael Fassbender, who plays a New Yorker unable to manage his sex life when his wayward younger sister (Carey Mulligan) moves into his apartment, and his world spirals out of control. Searchlight had been the frontrunner in the bidding. The film is a provocative purchase for a number of reasons: It is unabashedly NC-17, features graphic sex scenes and nudity — one source said “think dungeon sex” — and McQueen has final cut and will not change a frame. It will be a controversial release for Searchlight, whose parent company has already weathered plenty of scandal lately. Also, the deal calls for a late-year release and Best Actor campaign for Fassbender; Searchlight will already be waging a campaign in the same category for George Clooney in the Alexander Payne-directed The Descendants. Hanway brokered the Shame deal. Here’s Searchlight’s release: TORONTO, Ontario, Canada September 9, 2011 Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula announced today that the company has acquired U. S. rights to the intimate and provocative drama SHAME. The film is directed by Steve McQueen, written by McQueen and Abi Morgan and stars Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan. SHAME is a See-Saw Films production for Film4 and U.K. Film Council and produced by Iain Canning and Emile Sherman. Tessa Ross, Robert Walak, Peter Hampden and Tim Haslam are executive producers with Bergen Swanson as co-producer. HanWay Films is handling international sales. The film is scheduled to be released in 2011. Steve McQueens courageous exploration of modern lifes extremes is breathtaking. He has crafted an extraordinary film that probes some of the deepest and darkest issues ever portrayed on screen with amazingly gifted performances by Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan, said Gilula and Utley. Fox Searchlight contacted us immediately after the screening in Telluride to tell us how much they loved the film. Their approach to marketing and distributing the film this year was incredibly detailed and impressive. We are excited to be working with them on a film that is sparking debate and a strong emotional reaction from audiences, said Canning and Sherman. This is a brave statement and an important move by Fox Searchlight. I am very happy they came on board to release Shame in the U.S. It’s great to be working with a team that is so passionate about cinema, said McQueen. Brandon (Michael Fassbender) is a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister (Carey Mulligan) moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandons insular life spirals out of control. The deal was brokered by Fox Searchlights Executive Vice President of Worldwide Acquisitions Tony Safford, Senior Vice President of Business Affairs Megan OBrien, Vice President of Acquisitions Ray Strache with Thorsten Schumacher and Claire Taylor of HanWay Films on behalf of the filmmakers. Fox Searchlight Pictures is a specialty film company that both finances and acquires motion pictures. It has its own marketing and distribution operations, and its films are distributed internationally by Twentieth Century Fox. Fox Searchlight Pictures is a unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a unit of Fox Entertainment Group.

Walking Dead's New Boss: I'm Not Frank Darabont and I Shouldn't Try to Be

Andrew Lincoln Fear not, Walking Dead fans: The man who replaced Frank Darabont as series boss wants to calm your fears. "There's been all this concern that I'm going to f--- up this show, and really, we're just trying to get it done," Glen Mazzara told a handful of reporters who screened the Season 2 premiere on Thursday. Glen Mazzara replaces Frank Darabont as Walking Dead showrunner Mazzara certainly has some big shoes to fill. Darabont, who adapted the AMC hit from the comic books created by Robert Kirkman, parted ways with the series just days after attending its Comic-Con panel in July. (Fortunately, he had already mapped out the entire season with around eight episodes already written.) "We all did a lot of work on plotting this season under Frank, and part of the reason we've had such a smooth transition is that it's a fully articulated world," said Mazzara, who had never read the comic books before starting Season 2. Previously, he wrote an episode in Season 1 as a freelancer. "This [season] is consistent with the material that we did last year. I think, like any second season, you work out the bugs. You try to improve. What you're seeing is the usual growth of any TV show, creatively. There's no plan to deviate from what we worked out, there's no different vision of the show." Though the producers declined to elaborate on the why Darabont is no longer running the show, they did reiterate that he'll remain an executive producer. (His name appears in the opening credits of the season premiere.) "Let me be honest, it was rough," Mazzara said of breaking the news to the cast. "There's an emotional connection to Frank that they're never going to have to another writer/producer." 10 cool things from The Walking Dead panel at Comic-Con "So, now I'm in this situation where I have to take over and try to fill Frank's shoes. Well, that's a dangerous situation," he continued, explaining to the cast that at some point, there's going to be scripts that differ from Darabont's voice. "I think the show would be inauthentic if I tried to mimic's Frank's voice. I'm not Frank Darabont and I shouldn't try to be. I think that would hurt the show. I asked them, please help keep me honest, keep the writers honest and be collaborative." The cast then insisted they be present when Mazzara broke the news to the crew, so they could be standing behind him in solidarity. "Frank blessed Glen as showrunner and made it clear to the cast and crew that he had his blessing," executive producer Gale Anne Hurd added. As for the second season, the show will take a long 11-week break after the first seven episodes have aired. Hurd said they knew about the split from the beginning, which gave them time to create a great cliffhanger to keep fans anticipating the February return. Kirkman likened it to having two seasons in one year. Compared to what some critics have called a slowly paced first season, the producers said they'll have more event episodes this time around. "Season 2 is just jam-packed," Kirkman said, later adding that Season 2 is very intense. "It's a much bigger season than the first season. There's a lot going on." The Walking Dead: Creator weighs in on Season 1's biggest mystery Part of upping the excitement will come from more fantastical and gruesome zombie kills - a few of which in the season premiere may actually make you scream out loud. "Breaking Bad keeps setting new precedents for us to try and top," Kirkman joked, noting that AMC didn't attempt to censor the gore. "The fight really, for me, is to find something that they're not going to let us do, so we have to continually top ourselves." Just because it's more extreme, that doesn't mean it will be constantly grim. "You need to break the tension," Mazzara said of infusing more comedic moments. "This is not a bleak world, it is an intense world, but you need to have humor and hope in it otherwise it's a very bleak, ugly world and that's not something we're interesting in doing." The 90-minute second season premiere of The Walking Dead premieres Sunday, Oct. 16 at 9/8c on AMC.

Universal Acquires David Guggenheim Pitch 364 For Ron Howard To Direct

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has gotten back in business with its Safe House scribe David Guggenheim. The studio has preemptively acquired 364, a drama that will be produced by Imagine Entertainment. Ron Howard is attached to direct. The title refers to the number of days in a year that a normal guy spends each year figuring out the heroic deeds he will perform on the one day each year that he has super powers. Brian Grazer will produce and Erica Huggins will be executive producer. Guggenheim is quite a story in his own right. He was an editor at Us Weekly when he wrote Safe House, and quit that job only after he sold it to Universal. That film just wrapped, with Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds starring for director Daniel Espinosa. Since then, Guggenheim sold the Fox pitch Santiago, which has Simon Kinberg producing and he set Puzzle Palace at Summit Entertainment, with Temple Hill producing. APA and Madhouse Entertainment rep Guggenheim

'Inbetweeners' breaks U.K. records

LONDON -- U.K. teen laffer "The Inbetweeners" has loved the greatest weekend opening ever for any Brit comedy and native indie pic within the territory, taking 13.two million ($21.8 million) from 455 sites in Blighty and Ireland. The figures, including 2 days of previews ($4.3 million on Wednesday and $3.two million on Thursday), trumped the prior greatest Brit comedy opening, "Bridget Johnson: Fringe of Reason," which made $17.two million in the first weekend in 2004. The $5.8 million pic, that is written by Entertainment Film Marketers and it is created by Film4, is really a spinoff from Funnel 4's eponymous hit sitcom four socially troubled teenage boys as well as their adventures in senior high school. Within the feature pic version, the gang mind to The island for 2 days to party without any parents, no instructors with no money hoping of meeting youthful women. The whopping opening figure also far surpassed opening weekend figures of top Brit pic of 2011, "The King's Speech," which made $5.5 million in the first weekend as well as outperform opening weekend figures for Disney's "Pirates from the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" ($19.a million) and "Transformers: Dark from the Moon" ($17.7 million). Pic is composed through the program's original designers and authors Damon Beesley and Iain Morris, while Ben Palmer directs and Christopher Youthful produces. Pic toplines Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, James Buckley and Blake Harrison. In Cannes, IM Global was selling the pic, that was quickly acquired by a few worldwide areas, including The country (Aurum), Canada (Walnut Pictures), France (French Connection) and Germany (Where You Started Entertainment), a task for this type of localized comedy. Pic does not possess a U.S. distrib. Contact Diana Lodderhose at diana.lodderhose@variety.com

VH1 Classic All Time Hits Vol.9

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Adam Carolla in Hot Water With GLAAD for LGBT Comments Again

Adam Corolla GLAAD is once again speaking out against Adam Carolla for his harmful remarks against the LGBT community. In a recent podcast, Carolla went on a tirade about transgendered people, asking, "When did we start giving a sh-- about these people?" He went on to say that the LGBT community should "shut up" about speaking out for equality because they are "ruining his life." He also said members of the LGBT community should drop the acronym LGBT (which stands for "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender") and instead use "YUCK." Check out the rest of today's news "Given his history of anti-gay and racist comments, networks and advertisers should know what their money is supporting if they choose to hire Adam Carolla," said Herndon Graddick, Senior Director of Programs at GLAAD. "The gross intolerance that he tries to pass off as comedy should not have a place on our airwaves." This isn't Carolla's first time going up against GLAAD. Two years ago, on the "Loveline" radio program, which Carolla co-hosted with Dr. Drew Pinsky, the shock jock told listeners that gay parents are "not as good as" straight parents. On Monday, Carolla offered a half-hearted apology. "I'm sorry my comments were hurtful," he told TMZ.com. "That being said, I'm a comedian, not a politician."

'Final Destination 5': A Closer Look At Death's Design

The new "Final Destination" hits theaters today and takes audiences on a fifth spin through the horror franchise that finds teens terrorized by Death. This time, the Grim Reaper stalks a group of suspension bridge collapse survivors who manage to escape the disaster with their lives but not for long. The film stars Nicholas D'Agosto, Miles Fisher (who created that hilarious video we shared last week), Emma Bell, Courtney B. Vance, Arlen Escarpeta, Ellen Wroe, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, David Koechner and everyone's favorite Candyman, Tony Todd. While the reviews start pouring in, get a leg up on the nifty behind-the-scenes footage that Dread Central has queued up for you -- because you're a morbid weirdo -- then hit the jump for more of this week's Horror Bites! Wesley Snipes Talks "Blade" From Jail Between dropping the soap and carving himself a nice shiv, "Blade" star Wesley Snipes currently serving time in prison spoke to IGN about the popular vampire franchise and his thoughts on a sequel. The actor candidly revealed that he thinks the film biz doesn't credit the vamp series with the respect it deserves for contributing to the reinvigoration of the summer blockbuster. But would the Daywalker be up for another movie? "Under the right circumstances, with the right team, yes, I'd do another one. But don't get me wrong; I'm not waiting around for the opportunity. I've got plenty to do, plus an unraveled character in the works who I think will give Blade a helluva run for his money." See you on the other side soon, Snipes. "World War Z" is No Longer "World War Z" Point one for the big bummer department is news that Paramount has abandoned the nibbles of Max Brooks' beloved novel, "World War Z," that zombie fans were expecting to see on the big screen. The studio has decided not to adapt the author's post-war narrative, which is basically what helped separate the story from every generic flesh-muncher tale out there. Instead, Brad Pitt's character United Nations employee Gerry Lane will fight " in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself," Bloody Disgusting reports. It's also been confirmed that "Lost" star Matthew Fox has officially joined the cast. The film opens December 21, 2012. Ving Rhames Kicks Undead Ass in "Zombie Apocalypse" We'll be seeing Ving Rhames' Deputy Fallon again when "Piranha 3DD" hits theaters this November, but there's another horror project on the actor's horizon that sounds equally entertaining. The "Dawn of the Dead" star will battle the hordes again in "Zombie Apocalypse," and this time he's brought a sledgehammer. The film tackles the familiar plot of survival after the zombie plague hits America. Where are all the survivors this time? Apparently on the island of Catalina, and Rhames fights his way cross-country to join them. Check out this photo gallery of Rhames' latest dance with the undead. "Resident Evil: Retribution" Reunites Fans With Milla Jovovich Need more Milla? Well, you got her because this October she'll start shooting the latest installment in the survival horror franchise, "Resident Evil: Retribution." Hubby Paul W.S. Anderson will be behind the camera (working from his own screenplay) for Jovovich to reprise her role as the action-horror heroine, Alice. She'll be joined by the previously announced Sienna Guillory as Jill Valentine though Bloody-Disgusting reports she's being recast. Popular game character Leon S. Kennedy and S.T.A.R.S. member Barry Burton are also expected to also make an appearance. Check out the carnage on September 14, 2012. Meet "Silent Hill 2's" Red Pyramid in Creepy Teaser Video The fan and studio behind-the-scenes footage for Lionsgate's "Silent Hill 2: Revelation 3D" has been creepy as hell, and this latest video doesn't disappoint. Check out the "Red Pyramid Suit" created by FX designer Paul Jones. Pyramid Head is one the game's most iconic (and demonic) characters who will be making another appearance in the new film. "Revelation" follows Heather Mason, the main character in the third videogame, who heads to Silent Hill to investigate the disappearance of her father after a nightmare begins to haunt her before her 18th birthday. Carrie-Anne Moss, Malcolm McDowell, Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell, and Deborah Kara Unger star in the 2012 film. Tell us what you think in the comments section and on Twitter!

Riddick 3 Starts Casting

A few character details revealedAfter a few months of teasing and negotiating, it seems that the follow-up to Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick is finally up and running, with casting for what's so-far known simply as Riddick officially underway. And with casting news comes character reveals. In the first round of auditions, director David Twohy and his casting director Anne McCarthy are on the lookout for sexy female mercenary Dahl, smug commander Krone, the undescribed henchman Santana (not Joey, as far as we're aware), and [POSSIBLE SPOILER] Boss Johns, who's the father of the Johns played by Cole Hauser previously, and who's apparently rather keen to learn what happened to his son on Hades. Moviehole have seen a script of undisclosed age and draft, and are saying that Riddick is much more aligned with Pitch Black than Chronicles, making little or no mention of Furya or the (ahem) Underverse, and quickly dispensing with the business that saw Riddick as leader of an army of (ahem) Necromongers at the end of the last film. There's apparently a small role for Vaako, which might mean Karl Urban will be back for a cameo. And if that lot made us reasonably optimistic, we're slightly concerned at the mention of a twelve-year-old Alpha Kid , who has magic powers and shiney eyes like Riddick's.... Vin Diesel is, of course, starring (after a bit of soul searching), and the start-date is currently supposed to be sometime in September. We're rather liking the concept art that Diesel revealed on his Facepage....