Andrew Master journeys 'North'

WalkerAndrew Master, who recently co-starred on Lifetime's "In the Wall," has grew to become an associate from the cast of Dimension Films' thriller "Penthouse North." Ernest Ruben directs the genre pic starring Michelle Monaghan just like a blind photojournalist who'll get taken up in a game title title of cat-and-mouse getting a sadistic criminal, carried out by Michael Keaton. Master, repped by ICM and Thruline Entertainment, may have Monaghan's boyfriend. Contact Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com

Bravo Sets Season 7 Premiere for The Real Housewives of Orange County

The Real Housewives of Orange County The Real Housewives of Orange County will return on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 9/8c, Bravo announced Monday.Cast members Vicki Gunvalson, Tamra Barney, Gretchen Rossi and Alexis Bellino will welcome newcomer Heather Dubrow, a former actress who is married to a prominent plastic surgeon.Watch clips and episodes from The Real Housewives of Orange CountySeason 7 picks up with Vicki, who is still in the process of divorcing Donn, moving on with new boyfriend Brooks. Tamra and Gretchen finally try to make amends, which causes a strain on Tamra and Vicki's relationship. Gretchen, meanwhile, has become a singer and dancer with the Pussycat Dolls in Las Vegas and is still dating Slade. And Alexis tries to be independent by getting a job as a correspondent on a local news show. (But what about that awesome fashion line she started?)Will you tune in for the new season?

Cablevision in a rut

Tom Rutledge gave no reason for his recent exit from Cablevision. Dolan DolanCablevision stock has taken a hit after chief operating officer Tom Rutledge's exit left a gaping hole in management led by CEO James Dolan and reinforced Wall Street's nagging fear that execs not named Dolan are dispensable at a company whose employee roster and board are heavily populated with family members.According to its latest proxy statement filed with the SEC last spring, James Dolan is the spouse of Kristin Dolan and the brother of Kathleen Dolan, Patrick Dolan, Thomas Dolan, Deborah Dolan-Sweeney and Marianne Dolan Weber; the brother-in-law of Brian Sweeney; and the nephew of Edward Atwood. All of them, as well as patriarch Charles Dolan, are on the board or employees.The ubiquity of the Dolans, who control more than 70% of the company's combined shares, makes it unlikely Cablevision will be sold anytime soon despite sporadic waves of takeover speculation, including fresh rumors sparked by Rutledge's sudden ankling late last week. The highly regarded chief operating officer's departure sent Cablevision's stock tumbling 17% Friday. It closed down 8.4% at $12.75."They're not for sale that I know of," said an exec at another big cable company. He and others noted that talks with larger rival Time Warner Cable fell apart several times in past years over price, at numbers that were significantly higher than where Cablevision now trades. The two companies' NY-area cable systems are contiguous, which would make them a good strategic fit.Rutledge gave no reason for leaving and Cablevision was clearly caught short without a replacement lined up. If he had planned to take a new job, possibly running Charter Communications, his departure would have been timed and handled differently. Consensus is he left after knocking heads with James Dolan, the son of founder and chairman Chuck Dolan.Craig Moffett of Bernstein Research said Rutledge's loss was compounded by the recent departure of John Bickham, former prexy of Cablevision's core cable business. The two execs did such a fine job that it's considered one of the best run cablers around with high penetration in its markets and many customers taking video, voice and data services. Success, however, leaves it less room to expand and less attractive to a potential buyer."Cablevision, we have long argued, is a victim of its own success. And much of that success owes to Tom Rutledge and John Bickham," Moffett said.The company also faces tough competition in its key markets from Verizon FiOS, also based in NY.Cablevision said in a statement it has started a search for an executive with responsibility for oversight of the cable operations. It didn't mention a replacement for COO."Remember how may iterations of this we went through, with Viacom and other companies, where the owner is dominant and there is friction. Like Sumner (Redstone), and Mel Karmazin and Frank Biondi," said longtime media investor Hal Vogel, referring to two former top lieutenants of Viacom chairman Redstone.While 84-year-old Charles, or Chuck, Dolan is well respected, James, who has been CEO since 1995 and executive chairman of Madison Square Garden since 2009, doesn't have the same stature and Wall Street appears generally unimpressed with his leadership, which makes executives like Rutledge and Bickham important. At the division, James is said to like best and follow most closely, MSG and its teams, one Wall Streeter noted, the NY Knicks remain mired in a decades-long slump unusual for a major metropolitan team with cash and one of the world's most famous stadiums behind it. The Knicks were last NBA Champions in 1973.However, his position seems untouchable. "Charles Dolan, members of his family and related family entities are able collectively to control stockholder decisions and to elect up to 75% of the company's board," the proxy said.Members of the Dolan family have agreed to cast their votes as a block. And in something called the Children Trusts Registration Rights Agreement, super-voting Class B stock from the trusts will automatically be converted to Class A stock if sold to anyone outside the family or related parties.They don't always get their way. The Dolan family tried unsuccessfully to take Cablevision private twice over the last decade, in 2005 and again in 2006.And occasionally the family fights itself as in the famous battle over VOOM, a costly HDTV satellite service dear to Charles Dolan that his son James and the board voted to shut down and sell. Dolan tried to buy it with his own cash and filed with the Federal Communications Commission -- against Cablevision -- to block a sale to EchoStar.He failed. But during the battle Charles Dolan ejected three directors and installed handpicked replacements, including Frank Biondi, former ITT chairman Rand Araskog and John Malone. Malone didn't pan out. The Liberty Media chief was publicly dubious about VOOM's chances and left the board shortly after citing conflict of interest in programming assets.Said one media investor: "I asked him why he left the board and he said, 'It's Chuck's company.'" Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

SAG Honours Nominees Introduced

The casts of "The AssistanceInch and "Modern Family" were probably the most honored because the nominees for that 18th annual Screen Stars Guild Honours were revealed Wednesday morning. Judy Greer of "The Descendants" and Regina King of TNTs "Southland" introduced the nominees using a live webcast. Within the film groups, "The AssistanceInch gained probably the most nominations with four: Viola Davis for lead female actor, Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer for supporting female actor, and something jerk for the best ensemble. Rounding the best ensemble category were "The Artist," "Bridesmaids," "The Descendants," and "Night time in Paris"all of the that was honored despite getting received no nominations for individual performances. Films that did receive multiple individual nominations but skipped on a best ensemble jerk incorporated "J. Edgar," "Moneyball," and "My Week With Marilyn."ABC's "Modern Family" brought all television series with four nominations, including Ty Burrell for the best male actor inside a comedy, Julie Bowen and Sofia Vergara for the best female actor inside a comedy, and finest comedy ensemble. No drama series received a lot more than two nominations.Two stars received multiple nominations this yearGlenn Close for her performances within the film "Albert Nobbs" and also the DirecTV series "Damages," and Betty Whitened on her turns in TV Land's "Hot in Cleveland" and also the CBS television movie "Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Lost Valentine."The SAG Honours is going to be broadcast live Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. on TNT and The best spinner's. The nominees are:FILM Outstanding Performance with a Male Actor inside a Leading Role DEMIN BICHIR as Carlos Galindo - A Much Better Existence (Summit Entertainment)GEORGE CLOONEY as Matt King - "THE DESCENDANTS (Fox Searchlight Pictures)LEONARDO DiCAPRIO as J. Edgar Hoover - "J. EDGAR" (Warner Bros. Pictures)JEAN DUJARDIN as George - "THE ARTIST" (The Weinstein Company)Kaira PITT as Billy Beane - "MONEYBALL" (Columbia Pictures)Outstanding Performance with a Female Actor inside a Leading Role GLENN CLOSE as Albert Nobbs - "ALBERT NOBBS (Kerbside Points of interest)VIOLA DAVIS as Aibileen Clark - The Assistance (DreamWorks Pictures as Touchstone Pictures)MERYL STREEP as Margaret Thatcher - THE IRON LADY (The Weinstein Company)TILDA SWINTON as Avoi - We Have To Discuss KEVIN (Oscilloscope Labs)MICHELLE WILLIAMS as Marilyn Monroe - MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (The Weinstein Company)Outstanding Performance with a Male Actor inside a Supporting Role KENNETH BRANAGH as Mister Laurence Olivier - MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (The Weinstein Company)ARMIE HAMMER as Clyde Tolson - "J. EDGAR" (Warner Bros. Pictures)JONAH HILL as Peter Brand - "MONEYBALL" (Columbia Pictures)NICK NOLTE as Paddy Conlon - WARRIOR (Lionsgate)CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER as Hal - BEGINNERS (Focus Features)Outstanding Performance with a Female Actor inside a Supporting Role BRNICE BEJO as Peppy - "THE ARTIST" (The Weinstein Company)JESSICA CHASTAIN as Celia Foote - The Assistance (DreamWorks Pictures as Touchstone Pictures)MELISSA McCARTHY as Megan - BRIDESMAIDS (Universal Pictures)Jesse McTEER as Hubert Page - "ALBERT NOBBS (Kerbside Points of interest)OCTAVIA SPENCER as Minny Jackson - The Assistance (DreamWorks Pictures as Touchstone Pictures)Outstanding Performance with a Cast inside a Film THE ARTIST (The Weinstein Company)BRIDESMAIDS (Universal Pictures)THE DESCENDANTS (Fox Searchlight Pictures)The Assistance (DreamWorks Pictures as Touchstone Pictures)Night time IN PARIS (The new sony Pictures Classics)PRIMETIME TELEVISION Outstanding Performance with a Male Actor inside a Television Movie or Miniseries LAURENCE FISHBURNE as Thurgood Marshall - THURGOOD (Cinemax)PAUL GIAMATTI as Ben Bernanke - TOO Large TO FAIL (Cinemax)GREG KINNEAR as Jack Kennedy - THE KENNEDYS (REELZ Funnel)GUY PEARCE as Monty Beragon - MILDRED PIERCE (Cinemax)JAMES Forest as Richard Fuld - TOO Large TO FAIL (Cinemax)Outstanding Performance with a Female Actor inside a Television Movie or Miniseries DIANE LANE as Pat Noisy - CINEMA VERITE (Cinemax)MAGGIE Cruz as Purple, Dowager Countess of Grantham - DOWNTON ABBEY (PBS)EMILY WATSON as Jesse Leach - APPROPRIATE ADULT (Sundance Funnel)BETTY Whitened as Caroline Thomas - HALLMARK HALL OF FAME: THE LOST VALENTINE (CBS)KATE WINSLET as Mildred Pierce - MILDRED PIERCE (Cinemax)Outstanding Performance with a Male Actor inside a Drama Series PATRICK J. ADAMS as Mike Ross - SUITS (USA)STEVE BUSCEMI as Enoch Nucky Thomson - BOARDWALK EMPIRE (Cinemax)KYLE CHANDLER as Eric Taylor - FRIDAY Evening LIGHTS (DirecTV)BRYAN CRANSTON as Walter Whitened - BREAKING BAD (AMC)MICHAEL C. HALL as Dexter Morgan - DEXTER (Showtime)Outstanding Performance with a Female Actor inside a Drama Series KATHY BATES as Harriet Korn - HARRYS LAW (NBC)GLENN CLOSE as Patty Hewes - DAMAGES (DirecTV)JESSICA LANGE as Constance - AMERICAN HORROR STORY (Forex)JULIANNA MARGULIES as Alicia Florrick - The Great WIFE (CBS)KYRA SEDGWICK as Dept. Chief Brenda Leigh Manley - THE CLOSER (TNT) Outstanding Performance with a Male Actor inside a Comedy Series ALEC BALDWIN as Jack Donaghy - 30 ROCK (NBC)TY BURRELL as Phil Dunphy - MODERN FAMILY (ABC)STEVE CARELL as Michael Scott - Work (NBC)JON CRYER as Alan Harper - 2 . 5 Males (CBS)ERIC STONESTREET as Cameron Tucker - MODERN FAMILY (ABC) Outstanding Performance with a Female Actor inside a Comedy Series JULIE BOWEN as Claire Dunphy - MODERN FAMILY (ABC)EDIE FALCO as Jackie Peyton - NURSE JACKIE (Showtime)TINA FEY as Liz Lemon - 30 ROCK (NBC)SOFIA VERGARA as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett - MODERN FAMILY (ABC)BETTY Whitened as Elka Ostrovsky - HOT IN CLEVELAND (TV Land) Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble inside a Drama Series BOARDWALK EMPIRE (Cinemax)BREAKING BAD (AMC)DEXTER (Showtime)Bet On THRONES (Cinemax)The Great WIFE (CBS)Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble inside a Comedy Series 30 ROCK (NBC)THE Large BANG THEORY (CBS)GLEE (FOX)MODERN FAMILY (ABC)Work (NBC) SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES Outstanding Performance with a Stunt Ensemble inside a Motion PictureTHE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (UNIVERSAL PICTURES)COWBOYS & ALIENS (UNIVERSAL PICTURES)HARRY POTTER And Also The DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (WARNER BROS. PICTURES)TRANSFORMERS: DARK From The MOON (Vital PICTURES)X-Males: Top Class (twentieth century FOX)Outstanding Performance with a Stunt Ensemble inside a Television Series DEXTER (SHOWTIME)Bet On THRONES (Cinemax)SOUTHLAND (TNT)SPARTACUS: GODS From The ARENA (STARZ)TRUE Bloodstream (Cinemax)Existence ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Screen Stars Guild Honours 48th Annual Existence Achievement AwardMARY TYLER MOORE By Daniel Holloway December 14, 2011 The casts of "The AssistanceInch and "Modern Family" were probably the most honored because the nominees for that 18th annual Screen Stars Guild Honours were revealed Wednesday morning. Judy Greer of "The Descendants" and Regina King of TNTs "Southland" introduced the nominees using a live webcast. Within the film groups, "The AssistanceInch gained probably the most nominations with four: Viola Davis for lead female actor, Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer for supporting female actor, and something jerk for the best ensemble. Rounding the best ensemble category were "The Artist," "Bridesmaids," "The Descendants," and "Night time in Paris"all of the that was honored despite getting received no nominations for individual performances. Films that did receive multiple individual nominations but skipped on a best ensemble jerk incorporated "J. Edgar," "Moneyball," and "My Week With Marilyn."ABC's "Modern Family" brought all television series with four nominations, including Ty Burrell for the best male actor inside a comedy, Julie Bowen and Sofia Vergara for the best female actor inside a comedy, and finest comedy ensemble. No drama series received a lot more than two nominations.Two stars received multiple nominations this yearGlenn Close on her performances within the film "Albert Nobbs" and also the DirecTV series "Damages," and Betty Whitened on her turns in TV Land's "Hot in Cleveland" and also the CBS television movie "Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Lost Valentine."The SAG Honours is going to be broadcast live Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. on TNT and The best spinner's. The nominees are:FILM Outstanding Performance with a Male Actor inside a Leading Role DEMIN BICHIR as Carlos Galindo - A Much Better Existence (Summit Entertainment)GEORGE CLOONEY as Matt King - "THE DESCENDANTS (Fox Searchlight Pictures)LEONARDO DiCAPRIO as J. Edgar Hoover - "J. EDGAR" (Warner Bros. Pictures)JEAN DUJARDIN as George - "THE ARTIST" (The Weinstein Company)Kaira PITT as Billy Beane - "MONEYBALL" (Columbia Pictures)Outstanding Performance with a Female Actor inside a Leading Role GLENN CLOSE as Albert Nobbs - "ALBERT NOBBS (Kerbside Points of interest)VIOLA DAVIS as Aibileen Clark - The Assistance (DreamWorks Pictures as Touchstone Pictures)MERYL STREEP as Margaret Thatcher - THE IRON LADY (The Weinstein Company)TILDA SWINTON as Avoi - We Have To Discuss KEVIN (Oscilloscope Labs)MICHELLE WILLIAMS as Marilyn Monroe - MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (The Weinstein Company)Outstanding Performance with a Male Actor inside a Supporting Role KENNETH BRANAGH as Mister Laurence Olivier - MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (The Weinstein Company)ARMIE HAMMER as Clyde Tolson - "J. EDGAR" (Warner Bros. Pictures)JONAH HILL as Peter Brand - "MONEYBALL" (Columbia Pictures)NICK NOLTE as Paddy Conlon - WARRIOR (Lionsgate)CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER as Hal - BEGINNERS (Focus Features)Outstanding Performance with a Female Actor inside a Supporting Role BRNICE BEJO as Peppy - "THE ARTIST" (The Weinstein Company)JESSICA CHASTAIN as Celia Foote - The Assistance (DreamWorks Pictures as Touchstone Pictures)MELISSA McCARTHY as Megan - BRIDESMAIDS (Universal Pictures)Jesse McTEER as Hubert Page - "ALBERT NOBBS (Kerbside Points of interest)OCTAVIA SPENCER as Minny Jackson - The Assistance (DreamWorks Pictures as Touchstone Pictures)Outstanding Performance with a Cast inside a Film THE ARTIST (The Weinstein Company)BRIDESMAIDS (Universal Pictures)THE DESCENDANTS (Fox Searchlight Pictures)The Assistance (DreamWorks Pictures as Touchstone Pictures)Night time IN PARIS (The new sony Pictures Classics)PRIMETIME TELEVISION Outstanding Performance with a Male Actor inside a Television Movie or Miniseries LAURENCE FISHBURNE as Thurgood Marshall - THURGOOD (Cinemax)PAUL GIAMATTI as Ben Bernanke - TOO Large TO FAIL (Cinemax)GREG KINNEAR as Jack Kennedy - THE KENNEDYS (REELZ Funnel)GUY PEARCE as Monty Beragon - MILDRED PIERCE (Cinemax)JAMES Forest as Richard Fuld - TOO Large TO FAIL (Cinemax)Outstanding Performance with a Female Actor inside a Television Movie or Miniseries DIANE LANE as Pat Noisy - CINEMA VERITE (Cinemax)MAGGIE Cruz as Purple, Dowager Countess of Grantham - DOWNTON ABBEY (PBS)EMILY WATSON as Jesse Leach - APPROPRIATE ADULT (Sundance Funnel)BETTY Whitened as Caroline Thomas - HALLMARK HALL OF FAME: THE LOST VALENTINE (CBS)KATE WINSLET as Mildred Pierce - MILDRED PIERCE (Cinemax)Outstanding Performance with a Male Actor inside a Drama Series PATRICK J. ADAMS as Mike Ross - SUITS (USA)STEVE BUSCEMI as Enoch Nucky Thomson - BOARDWALK EMPIRE (Cinemax)KYLE CHANDLER as Eric Taylor - FRIDAY Evening LIGHTS (DirecTV)BRYAN CRANSTON as Walter Whitened - BREAKING BAD (AMC)MICHAEL C. HALL as Dexter Morgan - DEXTER (Showtime)Outstanding Performance with a Female Actor inside a Drama Series KATHY BATES as Harriet Korn - HARRYS LAW (NBC)GLENN CLOSE as Patty Hewes - DAMAGES (DirecTV)JESSICA LANGE as Constance - AMERICAN HORROR STORY (Forex)JULIANNA MARGULIES as Alicia Florrick - The Great WIFE (CBS)KYRA SEDGWICK as Dept. Chief Brenda Leigh Manley - THE CLOSER (TNT) Outstanding Performance with a Male Actor inside a Comedy Series ALEC BALDWIN as Jack Donaghy - 30 ROCK (NBC)TY BURRELL as Phil Dunphy - MODERN FAMILY (ABC)STEVE CARELL as Michael Scott - Work (NBC)JON CRYER as Alan Harper - 2 . 5 Males (CBS)ERIC STONESTREET as Cameron Tucker - MODERN FAMILY (ABC) Outstanding Performance with a Female Actor inside a Comedy Series JULIE BOWEN as Claire Dunphy - MODERN FAMILY (ABC)EDIE FALCO as Jackie Peyton - NURSE JACKIE (Showtime)TINA FEY as Liz Lemon - 30 ROCK (NBC)SOFIA VERGARA as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett - MODERN FAMILY (ABC)BETTY Whitened as Elka Ostrovsky - HOT IN CLEVELAND (TV Land) Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble inside a Drama Series BOARDWALK EMPIRE (Cinemax)BREAKING BAD (AMC)DEXTER (Showtime)Bet On THRONES (Cinemax)The Great WIFE (CBS)Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble inside a Comedy Series 30 ROCK (NBC)THE Large BANG THEORY (CBS)GLEE (FOX)MODERN FAMILY (ABC)Work (NBC) SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES Outstanding Performance with a Stunt Ensemble inside a Motion PictureTHE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (UNIVERSAL PICTURES)COWBOYS & ALIENS (UNIVERSAL PICTURES)HARRY POTTER And Also The DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (WARNER BROS. PICTURES)TRANSFORMERS: DARK From The MOON (Vital PICTURES)X-Males: Top Class (twentieth century FOX)Outstanding Performance with a Stunt Ensemble inside a Television Series DEXTER (SHOWTIME)Bet On THRONES (Cinemax)SOUTHLAND (TNT)SPARTACUS: GODS From The ARENA (STARZ)TRUE Bloodstream (Cinemax)Existence ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Screen Stars Guild Honours 48th Annual Existence Achievement AwardMARY TYLER MOORE

Chase Carey States News Corp Is Going To Do What is Essential To Grow Hulu: UBS Confab

You wouldn’t realize that the Hulu auction would be a failure in line with the way News Corp COO Chase Carey describes the proprietors’ plans.They made the decision to hold onto digital video service because its value for them “dwarfed a few of the values which were being placed on it” by bidders including Dish Network and Google. Keeping Hulu reflects “a judgment this digital space can be quite important and will probably be, within the next 5 years and beyond, the most crucial area we must navigate.” Consequently, he told the UBS Annual Global Media and Communications Conference, “we’ll do what’s necessary to really make it grow.” But that doesn’t always mean adding movies towards the package to really make it more competitive with Netflix.”Me-toos aren’t an excellent place to stay in e-commerce,” Carey states. “We want to check out it having a fresh eye.” Traders oddly appeared uninterested in news reports Around The Globe hacking scandal. But among the effects — News Corp’s decision to abandon its effort to purchase BSkyB — would be a concern. Carey states it’s “one of the things that we must determine” while he states the organization will get”a fraction of credit” itbelieves it warrants because of its 39% stake within the United kingdom media company.News Corp must”do a more satisfactory job interacting value.” Still, he didn’t leave traders empty handed: Carey states that News Corp’s lately released round of share repurchases is “certainly not really a 1-time factor.It’s a significant part in our capital allocation” he stated, adding that News Corp shares are”woefully underrated.” Careyseemed less passionate than his co-workers were in the conference concerning the condition of TV ad sales. The present quarter is “a little much softer than the usual quarter ago,” he states. He needs to determine additional investing at the begining of 2012. Even when he’s wrong, “we’re in an excellent place. We made the decision to market much deeper in to the upfront than anybody else” and there has been couple of cancellations. Meanwhile Fox is relying on an established commodity, The American Idol Show, they are driving the other half from the broadcast season. The talent show is going to be “priority one” for network. “We were thrilled with Idol’s performance” this past year, he states. Even when the ad market disappoints, Carey looks toward additional revenues from retransmission consent deals. “We’re starting to get fair value for which the Fox Network signifies,” he states. And that he states there’s a lengthy approach to take: “If ESPN may be worth $4 (per month for every home it reaches) then Fox may be worth $5.” But he rejects the argument from pay TV companies that programmer efforts to gather more money for broadcast and cable services will increase consumer prices. “Some of that's settling,” he states. “If you create good content you'll, and really should, be paid out.” And although he states he knows “the attraction of having to pay less,” he states that customers “will pay a reasonable cost for any quality experience.” Which should include digital distribution to mobile products that they states will “excite that customer.” Carey states that the organization isn’t always likely to plow that retransmission consent cash into greater listed programming — including sports. “You don’t wish to have indistinguishable, mediocre product,” he states but adds that “you can’t buy everything.” Fox remains thinking about the National football league. “Their value is really unique.” Still, Carey states that “there are costs connected by using it which make you swallow hard…. Sports is really a two pronged sword, and also the National football league may be the ultimate two pronged sword.” For another hot subject in the confab — Netflix along with other digital services thinking about content — Carey states they represent “an exciting new dimension towards the business” but “we don’t view it instead of the broad experience you receive” from pay TV. It assisted with Forex’s Sons of Anarchy, which could have been tough to syndicate. “We are in possession of an industry for this since it works best for Netflix.”Digital alsois an excellent platform for that series 24.”It includes a tail onto it in DVD, but that’s about this.” Meanwhile, News Corp doesn’t sense danger by a number of YouTube’s new channels which include appropriately created content. “I don’t think they’ll by any means, shape, or form become: ‘this is going to be my television experience’,” he states.”Over time you need to work out how they fit in to the bigger hole.” Still, he adds, “you have to be certain you’re making your personal choice, not chasing after everyone else.”

Componen taps 'Orphan' scribe for completely new sci-fier

Vital has attracted on "Orphan" scribe David Leslie Manley to evolve sci-fi actioner "Last Guy Standing," Daniel LuVisi's graphic novel that offered out at Comic-Downside to 2 several hours this summer season."Last Guy Standing" created plenty of interest from art galleries as of this summer's confab, but production prexy Marc Evans reeled it looking for Componen.Recently launched by Kevin Eastman's Rock label, the story, set 600 years afterwards, follows an invincible soldier created to help Earth win a war against Mars. After as being a celebrity hero, he's presented for just about any heinous crime having a terrorist organization. Carrying out a nine-year prison sentence, he escapes and sets towards the score.Scott Aversano is creating with LuVisi, while Stephan Lokotsch, Russell Binder and Peter Levin will professional produce.Graphic novel, which needed 2 1/24 several weeks to create and offered out within two several hours within the Hillcrest confab, continues to be extended in to a comic series by Rock furthermore to being developed just like a multi-platform franchise property.Since writing the sleeper hit "Orphan" for Warner Bros., Manley has become something from the go-to scribe for your studio. He recently scripted its mythic adaptation "Red-colored-colored Riding Hood" and co-written "Wrath in the Leaders" for WB and Legendary Pictures. Manley got his start just like a production assistant on Frank Darabont's "The Shawshank Redemption" after which offered as Darabont's assistant on "The Eco-friendly Mile." He recently written an instalment of "The Walking Dead" that Darabont professional produced.Manley is repped by Paradigm and attorney Howard Abramson. Contact Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com

Paramount CEO Brad Grey Buys $15.5 Million Condo in New York's Carlyle Hotel (Exclusive)

Lionsgate"The Hunger Games" Lionsgate, the studio behind the upcoming film version ofThe Hunger Games, has been sued for $10 million by a beauty products company that claims it isbeing jerked around overa deal to create special nail polish in connection with the movie's March release.our editor recommends'Hunger Games' Nail Polish Debuting in 2012'Hunger Games' Trailer Sparks Strong Reaction From Fans of the Book Series'The Hunger Games' Trailer: 5 Instant Observations While Watching Los Angeles-based American International Industries, which says it is the country's largest privately-held manufacturerof personal care and beauty products,filed a lawsuit Wednesday in LA Superior Court. The companyclaims that it closed a deal in late October to create a Hunger Games-branded version of its "China Glaze"nail polish, as well as contribute to the promotional campaignfor the adaptation of the popular Suzanne Collins novelthat Lionsgate is hoping will be a mega-blockbuster movie series similar to Twilight. But shortly after Lionsgate executives signed the contract, according to the complaint, the studio made statements to the press that the deal was "not happening," and askedAmerican to say that the parties "were merely 'discussing' a 'possible' promotional deal." American says it refused to lie, prompting a Lionsgate attorney to send an email on Nov. 17 saying that the studiowas "terminating" the contract. "However, the contract does not permitLionsgate to unilaterally terminate,"argues the complaint, a copy of which was obtained by THR. "Lionsgate attempted to justify its actions by claiming that American had supposedly 'leaked' information about the contract to the press. The claim was and is completely untrue--American did not 'leak' any information, and so informed Lionsgate immediately." American says it purchased millions of dollars in nail polish materials and expended substantial time and labor in reliance on the fully-executed contract, and it wants $10 million in damages. We've reached out to Lionsgate for comment and will update with a response. Thesuit, filed by Charles Harder and Michelle Goodman of LA's WolfRifkin Shapiro Schulman & Rabkin, alleges one cause of action for breach of contract. Lionsgate declined to comment on the suit. Email: Matthew.Belloni@thr.com Twitter: @THRMattBelloni PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery 'Hunger Games' First Look: Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson Hunger Games

Bruce Willis Selling Idaho Home For $15M

First Published: November 23, 2011 10:22 AM EST Credit: Getty Images HAILEY, Idaho -- Caption Bruce Willis poses in the press room at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton hotel, Beverly Hills, January 16, 2011Die Hard movie star Bruce Willis is asking $15 million for his Idaho home complete with a guesthouse, gym and pool with water slides. The Idaho Mountain Express reports Willis property in Haileys Flying Heart subdivision is up for sale because he hasnt been able to spend much time in the area. This is just part of Willis plans to pare his ties to the region. Hes also trying to unload The Mint bar and nightclub on Haileys Main Street after dropping the price to $4.5 million, from $6 million when it went on the market last year. Willis and former wife, Demi Moore, became part of the celebrity scene in the Sun Valley area during the 1990s. Willis still owns a ski area, Soldier Mountain, west of Hailey. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

'Breaking Dawn' Director Bill Condon Talks Collaboration with 'Twilight's' Trio; Reveals Details From Next Film (Video)

As expected, fans turned out in droves to see Breaking Dawn - Part 1 its opening weekend (the film is expected to make around $140 million domestically).our editor recommendsBox Office Report: 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' Headed for $140 Mil Domestic Opening'Twilight: Breaking Dawn's' Taylor Lautner on Jacob's Pivotal Imprinting Scene, TK TK TK'Twilight: Breaking Dawn's' Robert Pattinson on Working Opposite Faux Bella Cullen; Possibility of Joining Twitter (Video)Red Carpet's Top 10: Twilight: Breaking Dawn PremiereTwilight Time Capsule LaunchesRelated Topics•Twilight The penultimate film in The Twilight Saga's franchise, which hit theaters Nov. 18, stars series regulars Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen), Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan) and Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black). But, in addition to a few vampire and werewolf fresh faces in the cast, the movie's director, Bill Condon was also new to Twilight's world. PHOTOS: 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part I' Black Carpet Premiere "For me, this movie, it was a combination of the romance and the romantic melodradrama - sort of classic Hollywood filmmaking in the first two thirds of this movie, and that appealed to me," he toldThe Hollywood Reporter of his vision for Breaking Dawn - Part 1. "And the last third, it felt like a flat-out horror movie. I started in horror movies and I love horror movies and I've been looking to do one again, so that combination of things really appealed to me." Condon also said that his stars were very involved in their character's archs throughout the shooting process. PHOTOS: 'Twilight' and the Top 15 Grossing Threequels of All Time "First of all, Kristen is the biggest Twihard, so for her, she was excited, because it wasn't all being crunched into a two-hour movie, so it was sort of like, "Oh, no, I miss that line, I miss that moment" stuff like that. And sometimes I agreed, and sometimes not," he said. While Pattinson "explained something that he had been playing that we never saw before and I thought, 'let's put that into this movie.' For Taylor [he wanted] to really explore the way that Jacob's point of view is expressed in the book for the first time in Breaking Dawn. We really get more inside his of head." At the movie's Hollywood premiere Nov. 15, the director, who's also helmed Dreamgirls and Chicago, told THRwhat fans can expect when the screen goes black onBreaking Dawn - Part 1(after Bella opens her eyes as a newborn vampire) and they return a year from now to see the franchise's final film. REVIEW: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 "Early on I put the scripts together, a big 220-page script, and it's the same thing. It's the same story. It is one book that we're telling and it really is the minute the first movie ends the second one begins. So it was good, I can't imagine having a year break in between those two." PHOTOS: New Images of 'Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn' One things fans can look forward to? A vampire flash mob that they surprised Condon with on set. "It was the most brilliant thing ever!" Condon told THR. "It's for movie two. It's going to definitely be on the DVD. It was like a Westside Story dance off, it was incredible." Related Topics Robert Pattinson Taylor Lautner Twilight Saga Twilight Kristen Stewart Bill Condon

Howard Stern Talks 'America's Got Talent': 'I'd Be Superior Compared to Hoff'

NY - Howard Stern isn't presently settling with NBC's America's Got Talent to exchange Piers Morgan like a judge, the shock jock told the NY Publish's Page Six.our editor recommendsHoward Stern Pleads 'No Comment' on 'America's Got Talent' Talks (Video)PTC to NBC: Don't Hire Howard Stern for 'America's Got Talent' PHOTOS: Howard Stern Over time "I believe I'd be superior compared to Hoff [David Hasselhoff], but you never know?,Inch the paper cited him as saying only at that week's NY premiere from the Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning - Part 1. "However, there is nothing to report about this.Inch Added Stern: "No a person's explained anything. I heard they want me to do the job . . . I am honored they would consider me." STORY: PTC to NBC: Don't Hire Howard Stern for 'America's Got Talent' Requested if he'd have the ability to avoid the cursing and edgy comments, that they is renowned for, on the broadcast show, Stern stated: "Listen, I am not insane. Basically were on the network tv program, I wouldn't curse." He added: "I have been in David Letterman. I do not just curse just like a raving lunatic. You broadcast for whatever is suitable.Inch VIDEO: Howard Stern on Jerry Sandusky: 'They Should Cut His B---- Off' The Mother And Father Television Council (PTC) now advised NBC to not "abandon and offend its family audience" by employing Stern. The Sirius XM Radio star also reiterated that he's keen on the NBC show. "America's Got Talent is a superb show," he told the Publish. "I really like watching the show, I have looked at it right from the start.Inch Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Howard Stern NBC Sirius XM Radio PTC America's Got Talent

NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service

Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs might be the best choice from the team of special agents from the NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) Major Situation Response Team. , a classic Marine, can be a tough investigator as well as an experienced interrogator who is dependent on his stomach instinct around evidence. Gibbs' second in command is Senior Area Agent Tony DiNozzo, a womanizing, movie-calculating former Baltimore Homicide Detective, who despite being the course clown always can get the job done. Additionally they includes probationary area agent Ziva David, a classic Mossad officer who's a skilled fighter, additionally to Junior Area Agent Timothy McGee, a pc-savvy agent frequently mocked by DiNozzo. Aiding choices are Abby Sciuto, the energetic-but-Goth lab tech who's kind of a daughter to , and Dr. Jesse Mallard, nicknamed Ducky, the eccentric medical examiner full of unusual tales. This team of elite agents, situated in Washington, D.C., solve criminal cases including Marine and Navy personnel in addition to their families, sometimes traveling the united states . States - or perhaps the world - to make it happen.

Producers back Johansson's directorial debut

Johansson"Summer time Crossing," an adaptation of Truman Capote's lost novella, is headed for that bigscreen because the directorial debut of Scarlett Johansson.Project's being created by Craig Spikings, who won an Oscar for "The Deer Hunter," and executive created by Peter D. Graves with the Truman Capote Literary Trust and it is trustee Alan Schwartz.Film writer and NY playwright Tristine Skyler is adapting the Capote novella."Summer time Crossing" novella is occur NY when Gotham was emerging in the trauma of The Second World War and focuses on an 18-year-old girl breaking free from her wealthy, obstructing, family to uncover her very own identity and sexuality."Summer time Crossing" was compiled by Capote throughout the nineteen forties after which lost for fifty years prior to being retrieved and released.Johannson told Women's Put on Daily in September that they planned to direct the film. She'll be viewed next in "We Purchased a Zoo," "Underneath the Skin" and "The Avengers." Johannson's repped by CAA. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Why John C. Reilly Was 'Busted' by Roman Polanski (Q&A)

Since his Boogie Nights porn star Reed Rothchild introduced, with conviction, "People let me know I kinda seem like Han Solo," John C. Reilly has occupied a coveted devote the hearts of cinephiles because the medium's most endearing underdog. Whether he's crooning the sweetly sad "Mr. Clear wrapping" for his Oscar-nominated role in 2002's Chicago, "trembling and baking" with Will Ferrell in 2006's Talladega Nights or playing the father of troubled boy within this fall's dark drama We have to Discuss Kevin, the Chicago native handles to continually inhabit the area between emotional realism and absurdity.our editor recommendsRoman Polanski's 'Carnage': Exactly what the Experts SayJohn C. Reilly in Trailer for Sundance Film 'Terri'Roman Polanski Receives Standing Ovation at Zurich Film FestivalRoman Polanskis 'Carnage' to spread out NY Film FestivalKate Winslet, Jodie Promote Shooting Roman Polanski's 'God of Carnage' in ParisVenice 2011: Al Pacino's 'Wilde Salome,' Roman Polanski's 'Carnage' Win AwardsRelated Subjects•The Race Here, the actor discloses how he arrived his latest coup, a job in director Roman Polanski's four-person farce Carnage, why he's most happy with his three collaborations with director Paul Thomas Anderson, and why he's dying to experience a priest. VIDEO: 'Carnage' Trailer The Hollywood Reporter: What's the response visited your speed and agility in Carnage? John C. Reilly: Great, really. It's funny. ... You question: Are folks Europe getting this? It's occur Brooklyn is movie intended for a united states audience? However it got huge laughs in Italia. These were entertaining it on just like a boxing match! I believe people around the globe can connect with its universal story: parents attempting to resolve conflict with respect to their kids. Every character is absurd in some manner or any other. What's most absurd may be the figures' hypocrisy, and my guy is the first to express: "There's an elephant within the room! This really is absurd! What exactly are we doing?" Being an audience member, you're waiting for your relatable moment. He breaks the strain by saying: "F-- it. This really is who I'm.Inch STORY: Feinberg Forecast: 'Carnage' Divides, 'Extremely' Intrigues, 'Moneyball' Develops THR: For individuals who follow your job, it's been fun to express "John C. Reilly" and "Roman Polanski" within the same sentence. How did this completely different role come your way? Reilly: Honestly, it may sound strange, however it arrived during my lap. Roman really asked for me. Eventually this telephone call comes that states, "Roman Polanski wants you arrive at Paris and shoot a film.Inch Funny enough, I'd really been contacted about doing the play a couple of in the past -- the part that ultimately visited James Gandolfini -- and so i had been very conscious of the fabric. I suppose he or she must have experienced something he loved during my work! FILM REVIEW: We have to Discuss Kevin THR: Likely it had been your nailing the semi-coherent TV commentator Dr. Steve Brule around the late-evening sketch series Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Congrats! I don't know this without a doubt, however i'm speculating you're the only real actor that has made an appearance both in a grownup Go swimming program along with a Polanski film. Reilly: (Laughs.) Yes, you will find most likely a myriad of odd details like this from my career. I've cast a large internet, everywhere, as you would expect. THR: Had you been nervous or reluctant to agree Carnage? Reilly: Reluctant? No. I had been so honored to become requested. However I was certainly nervous. Becoming an actor is much like constantly being the brand new kid in class -- you don't know anybody. I literally didn't know anybody within the cast. A minimum of Roman had met other stars before and understood their personas. But there' was, relaxing in this room, battling to seem like I belonged there. I attempted to embrace it, though. FILM REVIEW: Carnage THR: Have you do anything whatsoever special to organize for that role? Reilly: I just read the play a couple of more occasions, and that i didn't do this for research, however i viewed Chinatown again because I had been so looking forward to dealing with Roman. I needed to refresh myself. Guy, that movie really stands up. The very first time I first viewed it years back, I hadn't lived in L.A. Now, getting been for a very long time, it had been like, "Wow, it is really an incredible story relating to this city." THR: What have you find out about filmmaking from Roman? Reilly: It's funny, however when you're hearing a director, you typically you need to translate the things they say right into a functional note on your own. I've labored with amazing company directors like Martin Scorsese and Robert Altman, however they don't really speak from an actress's perspective sometimes. However with him, it had been like getting another actor dealing with you. He's an excellent feeling of precision of human behavior he will explain should you're doing something false. Throughout rehearsals, I'd have this book during my hands, and I must set this book lower to be able to perform the next little bit of acting, and that he would say: "Why can you place the book lower? You don't realize that you're going to get the bottle yet. You're doing that since you know you'll need both hands free, but that doesn't seem sensible.Inch God, he busted me. He's totally right! He's this type of great eye. THR: Was he as interactive throughout shooting? Reilly: Really, hardly whatsoever. He'd give lengthy notes towards the lighting and seem departments. Using the stars, he'd make certain you had been in your mark, but he wouldn't provide you with direction. Eventually, I began feeling: "Am I getting this? Am I doing the work right?" and that i requested him, "Roman, how's the acting department doing?" and that he goes, "You would like me to stroke your ego?" and that i'm like: "No! I'm just searching for some feedback." And that he stated, "If there is anything wrong, trust me, I'd let you know.Inch Lots of great company directors work this way. You select the best people, make certain you're on a single page and allow them to get the job done. I type of relaxed next. I recognized that Roman informs tales through composition within the photography. I'm accustomed to company directors attempting to tell a tale with the script, with many different concentrate on stars. Following a couple of days, I loose up. THR: You might also need the dark Lynne Ramsay film We have to Discuss Kevin within the honours conversation this season. Does getting made an appearance in 2 noncommercial films consecutively mark a brand new chapter inside your career? Reilly: Well, Carnage is really a comedy, and somewhat, it's pretty playful. But yes, it's not "jokey" like lots of things i've done. I simply think I take what comes my way. It's nothing like I deliberately went into comedy in a certain point -- that chance came about. I believe many people take a look at stars in the outdoors and think: "Ah, he's selected to get this done! And the master plan's this!" However I think should you speak with any actor who's honest with him- or herself, you're always hitching with other people's wagons, just wishing to ride a momentum that's been produced by others. It's another art from as being a painter who's producing their own direction. Really, it's much more about saying no thanks that influences the direction you're going. But what you could agree is much more about luck and exactly what the world really wants to see in a with time. It's altering just a little, but for some time, the only real factor people desired to see were comedies! They couldn't make sure they are fast enough. For me personally, it had been like: "Well, OK, I'm able to be funny in the event that's exactly what the world wants. That's awesome." THR: What are the roles you're still dying to experience? Reilly: I've always aspired to perform a Western. I've really optioned a magazine which i'm searching for a director to defend myself against. It's known as The Siblings Siblings, by Patrick DeWitt. I've also always aspired to play a priest. It's this kind of interesting theatrical and emphatic character I believe I'd be suitable for play. I'm also thinking about tales of survival and exploration I've read lots of books about this stuff. But, gosh, that's a difficult question to reply to. I'm accustomed to giving up towards the randomness of the items comes my way being an actor. I rarely make wish lists. THR: What exactly are you most happy with inside your career? Reilly: The films I created using Paul Thomas Anderson -- Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, Magnolia -- were really personal expressions born from a genuine creative collaboration. Individuals movies also marked the very first time I had been being requested to behave not only "job in" being an actor. I had been area of the storytelling inside a much deeper, a lot more personal way. Actually, the smoothness I performed in Magnolia, the cop, was created from some improv periods Used to do with Paul. I'm really happy with individuals movies. But when it comes to a general effort made, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story was among the greatest endeavors I ever began. We recorded 35 original tunes on the six-month period before we even began shooting the film! I've heard it's a bit of a cult classic among music artists. But is the fact that my personal favorite film? I don't know. It's like picking your preferred kid -- both get their merits and mark a particular amount of time in your existence. I generally don't spend considerable time searching back -- it's too strange. At some point I'll maybe possess a more retrospective attitude for the time being, I'm generally too busy worrying by what I'm likely to do next. MY FIRST SAG JOB: "It had been my first movie, John P Palma's Casualties of War, in 1989. Formerly to that particular I'd been an additional inside a beer commercial, but which was AFTRA. So Casualties was my first SAG job. It had been a milestone moment for me personally -- I never imagined I'd be inside a movie. I was raised doing plays like a kid. Then all of a sudden I've this membership card: SCREEN Stars GUILD. The best factor was getting medical health insurance and being protected when it comes to things i could earn. I'm a large believer in unions. They obtain a bad rap, however i believe they may be an excellent pressure permanently. SAG is a blessing for me personally. I'm able to't imagine what it might be enjoy having to hustle available for healthcare." Related Subjects SAG Honours Jodie Promote Kate Winslet Martin Scorsese Will Ferrell Roman Polanski Paul Thomas Anderson Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ough Bobby Boogie Nights We have to Discuss Kevin John C Reilly Carnage SAG Honours 2012 Honours Season Preview

The Zone

A Swanberry production. Created, directed, written, edited by Joe Swanberg. Camera (color, DV), Swanberg, Adam Winguard seem, John Bosch. Examined at AFI Film Festival (Spotlight), November. 8, 2011. Running time: 70 MIN.With: Sophia Takal, Lawrence Michael Levine, Kate Lyn Sheil, Kentucker Audley, Joe Swanberg, Adam Winguard, Kris Swanberg, Dustin Guy Defa.The most recent inside a blitz of 2011 releases from mumblecore auteur Joe Swanberg, "The Zone" consists of little to lure neophytes into his fold. Contrary, it'll really be considered a harder sell compared to relaxation of Swanberg's oeuvre, because it can serve as nothing more than an autocritique of their own filmmaking (in other words, the 3rd entry within an auto-critique trilogy, after "Silver Bullets" and "Art History"). But though this film mostly finds the helmer exploring ever-much deeper recesses of their own navel, its moments of genuine insight and knack for tugging the rug upend a number of its problems. The prolific Swanberg makes something of the small-empire unto themself together with his number of highly sloppy photos that contains ample self-referentiality and much more ample superfluously naked youthful stars. Though his films are often ugly, there is something to become stated for that filmmaker's steadfast tries to be absolutely modern, as far as that his points of aesthetic reference hew far nearer to the fringes of YouTube (in other words, YouPorn) than the most low-budget indies. Inside a typically Swanbergian touch, probably the most cogent critique that may be laid upon "The Zone" originates from the film itself. "You are worrying about creating movies about worrying about creating movies," states the helmer's real-existence wife, Kris, within the most dramatic of countless 4th-wall ruptures, before evaluating the pic (unfavorably) to "Art History." The director themself finds it tough to argue together with her. "The Zone" is split into three parts, with just the first being clearly imaginary. Within this first, poorest segment, Swanberg spotlights three hipster roommates (Sophia Takal, Lawrence Michael Levine and Swanberg regular Kate Lyn Sheil), as are all lured consequently with a cameraphone-carrying houseguest (Kentucker Audley), inside a kind of no-budget re-development of "Teorema." Following the last seduction, the narrative abruptly halts, and that we see the 3 of Kentucker's paramours (all stars playing themselves, though different selves these were playing formerly) watching the preceding footage using the director (Swanberg). They critique his editing options and explain his heteronormative prejudice, then lengthily prepare to shoot an psychologically draining menage a trois scene. Because the filmmaking process seems to become reaching the purpose of complete meltdown, the pic again changes perspective, and also the two Swanbergs (together with a gurgling infant) discuss the faux behind-the-moments footage which has just performed. Whilst lamenting his narcissism (does mumblecore actually need its "8 1/2" already?), you have to applaud Swanberg's bravery in supplying a glimpse at a few of the damage that his type of intrusively intimate filmmaking can wreak around the associations between his subjects, and between his subjects and themself. The central problem here's that Swanberg continues to be focus from the piece even if he attempts to permit dissenting voices, and the own troubles with finishing the film, with justifying it to his audience, eventually shoehorn the more provocative exterior questions. It might also help when the film-within-a-film at "The Zone's" center were not this type of transparently offhand canvas for Swanberg to experience out his particular various insecurities -- at leastFellini's spaceship were built with a beach to sit down on. As always for that director, the film consists of numerous inventively staged, shakily shot extended nude moments, including one concentrating on a really ugly quilt, and the other including a spray-fresh paint sunburn. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

CAS to recognition vet helmer

Marshall The Cinema Audio Society is adoring director Make the most of Marshall having its filmmaker award within the CAS Honours on Feb. 18 within the Millennium-Biltmore Hotel in La.Marshall's work spans Broadway, TV and films, including Oscar best-pic champion "Chicago" and, most recently, "Pirates in the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides."Marshall may also be an Academy Award, Tony and Golden Globe nominee, plus an Emmy champion for TV movie "Annie" and special "Tony Bennett: A U . s . States Classic."Re-recording mixer Scott Millan, Marshall's "Nine" friend, can get the CAS career achievement recognition. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Harrelson On For Seven Psychopaths

Alongside Tom Waits and Olga KurylenkoIn Bruges author/director Martin McDonagh is obviously searching around for a lot of interesting talent to fill the relaxation from the lead slots within the Seven Psychopaths cast: he's just hired Woodsy Harrelson, Tom Waits and Olga Kurylenko for your comedy drama.Psychopaths finds Bruges veteran Colin Farrell as Marty, a scriptwriter fighting getting a brain-rotting situation of writer's block. He's trying to complete the titular script but he's missing real inspiration.He finds it when he'll get confused inside the dognapping antics of pals Billy (Mike Rockwell) and Hendes (Christopher Walken). The issue really starts each time a beloved Shih Tzu possessed with a wild gangster (Harrelson) will get lost. Soon, Marty has all the inspiration he might need. But he might not necessarily survive the process...Although there's not sure on who Waits or Kurylenko may have, McDonagh also provides the type of Ronnie Gene Blevins, Ernest Lyle Taylor and Kiran Deol aboard. Even though we're crossing our fingers for Brendan Gleeson to cameo in the Bruges reunion, nothing continues to be recommended relating to this yet. Mickey Rourke appeared to become mentioned to remain in talks, there's however no confirmation on whether he sealed a deal.7 Psychopaths is becoming in pre-production.

Werner Herzog on Acting, Americana, and Journeys Into the Abyss

The hardest-working filmmaker on Earth was back in NY last week, making the latest of what have basically become semiannual tours in support of his movies. Thus what felt like a continuation of last spring’s chat with Werner Herzog, whose latest documentary, Into the Abyss, finds the endlessly curious director exploring one of American society’s darkest. sparsest frontiers: Capital punishment. But don’t call it an issue film. Herzog doesn’t make those, and indeed, Into the Abyss is not without his customary wit, openness and inquisitive fervor. They abide throughout the story of condemned killer Michael Perry, who, along with his lighter-sentenced accomplice Jason Burkett, rended the fraying small-town fabric of Conroe, Texas, in 2001 with a brutal triple homicide. Herzog talks to parties on all sides of both the crime and its punishment — the convicts, the victims’ families, a police investigator, a death-row chaplain, a prison bride, a retired executioner and more — in search of his cherished “ecstatic truth” of nonfiction filmmaking. That’s not all he’s up to. Herzog’s forthcoming Hollywood acting debut as the villain in Tom Cruise’s One Shot follows another whirlwind of directing projects that would prostrate even Tyler Perry with fatigue. We spoke last week about his agenda, his ambition, and the grave urgency of Into the Abyss. Another press day already! Amazing. I am doing my duty. I wouldn’t complain. Does this get any easier over the years? No, but it is part of your duty as a filmmaker — to somehow bring across a film to an audience. That’s why the media are there. It’s a natural concomitant of what I’m doing. Let me say one thing: I hear filmmakers often complain about it, but I’m not in the culture of complaint. So we have about 15 or 20 minutes to talk, which isn’t a lot less than you had with some of the subjects of this film. How did you get what you needed to get for this film in that time? Well, I’m a filmmaker. I’m not just a fly on the wall. Sometimes you hear filmmakers postulating, “We should be like flies on the wall.” I don’t want to be the security camera in Wal-Mart and record hundreds of hours of something where nothing ever happens. We are storytellers. I get involved. I focus. By the way, when you have 50 minutes only with someone, you have to hit the right tone instantly. So, in a way, you have to know the heart of men to find the right tone. For example, I’m [interviewing] the death-row chaplain — who appears at the beginning of the conversation almost like a TV preacher — and I crack him open. All of the sudden he starts to unravel, and I ask him to tell me about an encounter with a squirrel. And he unravels. And all of the sudden you can look deep inside of him. So… How can I say it? That’s why I’m a filmmaker. The flipside are these long, silent, lingering shots that are so customary in your documentaries: The chaplain, the detective, the wife… The captain of the tie-down team. There’s a long moment of complete silence where he really looks anguished. There’s a written caption before that: He quit his job working in the death house as a tie-down captain at the cost of losing his pension. And I didn’t even put it under his face. I put it on black. Now you are watching his face and there’s nothing — only silence. But the silence is so significant and so anguished. Other filmmakers wouldn’t do that, but I do it. You see, I’m a storyteller, and this is in the story. All of the sudden you have a silent inner story — the parallel story that looks deep inside the human condition. You also chose not to apply your trademark narration to this film. What was your thinking behind that? You have to make your decisions according to the subject. The subject dictates the form. I think it wouldn’t have been right — me as the one who asks questions and has discourse, and then the same voice commenting. And it doesn’t need commentary. Sometimes you have a few written captions to let the audience know some fundamental things: that one of the inmates committed his crimes as an 18- or 19-year-old teenager, and now, 10 years later, he’s facing execution. It’s OK that you know that as audience, but that you know it through captions. What’s the perspective of the film? You state very early on that you are steadfastly against capital punishment, but— Which is OK! I also say I respectfully disagree with the practice of capital punishment. I am a guest of your country, I do not have voting rights. I have a different historical background, and I’m speaking of the Nazi [era] with the genocide and euthanasia and everything. And I would be the last one — I would be the last one — in the position to tell the American people how to handle criminal justice. So that’s why I say, “I have a different opinion, and I respectfully disagree with the practice.” Are you still trying to work out your feelings about America after all these years? Yes. In a way, it’s kind of about Americana — much of what I’ve done. Grizzly Man is Americana in a way, and that’s why it somehow struck a chord with audiences here in the United States. This film, I hope, will strike some sort of a chord, but of course I’m somebody from outside. I have a fresh and different look, but a fascination about Americana — about Conroe, Texas, about an American Gothic, about criminal justice, about families of victims of violent crimes, and on and on. I think the question comes up in another film I made on a death-row inmate. There’s Into the Abyss, which is a feature-length theatrical film, but parallel to that, I have filmed with other death-row inmates for a series of shorter films for television. Those are more focused on just one person. One of them, who was 23 minutes away from execution, got a stay. He tells me about his last trip from death row — which is in Livingston, Texas, but they don’t have a death chamber. So they’re transported 43 miles to Hunstsville, to Walls Unit, where they have a death house. And for the first time in 17 years, he sees trees. He sees other cars; he’s riding in this van. Actually, I did this trip now with a camera, because he says something very, very beautiful: Seeing an abandoned gas station, for example, or seeing a cow in a field is something very magnificent. And he says for him, it was like Israel — it was like the Holy Land. All of the sudden I look at America — the forlorn, kind of bleak part of Texas between Livingston and Huntsville — and everything appears like the Holy Land. You see, because of this project and talking to death-row inmates, my perspective has shifted somehow. And it’s not just America. If I travel from Munich to the village where I grew up, this is holy land. I’ve asked a few people about this recently, but what is it with the enduring preoccupation with America — particularly Texas, or these forlorn stretches — for foreign filmmakers? To visit, to explore— But I’m not a visitor; I live here in America. Of course, but before that. Or, say, something like Stroszek. I am a guest, but I am still a Bavarian deeply entwined in my culture. I have moved to a different country, but I’m still attached to my own culture. I guess I’m wondering if there’s something to reconciling the European experience with the American experience. I don’t have to reconcile with America. I love the country. Otherwise I wouldn’t live here. And I love my wife. Otherwise I wouldn’t live in America, let’s face it. Of course in some questions I have an ambivalent feeling, like probably every citizen has some ambivalence about his home country. And I respectfully disagree with certain things that I see. It’s as simple as that. And you can have a very civil discourse about capital punishment with people in Texas. It’s very easy, and the respectfully differ from my opinion. But America is such a fascinating country, and I’ve looked at it with more and more fresh eyes recently. What have you seen, aside from what’s presented in Into the Abyss? Well, for example, talking with every single death-row inmate, I ask them, “How should we conduct our lives — we outside? How should we do it right? You have not done it right.” And it always comes down to something I have almost overlooked in recent years: Family values. Small family values. In a way, almost like Hollywood movies are insisting on small family values. They prevail at the end of a movie; there has to be a happy end, and they prevail. I kept looking down at it a little bit, and all of the sudden, it moves dead center: These guys are right. Yes. And then I look at family values with great intensity — with much more sympathy, with much more attention than ever before. Does any of that have to do with your age? Getting older? No. No, it has nothing to do with age. It has to do with insight. And insight doesn’t come from me — from thinking. It comes because I have been in intense contact with men and one woman on death row.

WATCH: It's the Great Halloween Episode of Verbal Vogueing, with Louis Virtel

In the latest, Very Special Holiday Episode of Verbal Vogueing — starring Movieline’s own beloved Anthony Perkins doppelganger and Madonna enthusiast, Louis Virtel — things get spooky. We’re talking Halloween cliches so tired they’re lazily wearing a slutty plastic bag costume from the gas station. But fear not: Louis is here to save Halloween with his snappy verbal stylings! Included within: The disembodied voice of Sandy Dennis! Sandra Bullock speaking German! Louis speaking in Twin Peaks tongues! Shudder What scares you to your core, dear reader? Previously on Verbal Vogueing…

Arbitration clauses upset creatives

Charlie Sheen's lawyers looked for any public trial, nevertheless the situation visited arbitration anyway. Charlie Sheen's situation against Warner Bros. has settled, the theatrics in the dispute transformed having a conciliatory tone. Just one problem remains a ongoing way to obtain discontent inside the legal community: arbitration. Before Sheen and Warner Bros. found terms with an undisclosed amount, they squared off in the courtroom, with Sheen's reps anxious to own his situation heard in the public proceeding as well as the studio likely to enforce a clause within the contract which will have put it within reach of an arbitrator, typically a outdated judge, with many everything carried out private. Despite the fact that Sheen situation is yesterday's news, it uncovered a extended-residual flashpoint between talent's legal reps and studio general counsels. The whole reason behind arbitration wound up being to obtain disputes using the system at greater speed reducing cost. Litigants, i.e., stars and designers suing art galleries, usually over their share in the post sales, say it'll neither. The equipment, it is said, has morphed into the one that favors the art galleries, specifically if this involves accounting and distribution of profits, which describes why it's a studio standard to demand that contracts include arbitration clauses. "Can we really get yourself a fair shake as representing talent which we haven't any jury, which we now have punitive damages waived which we now have most of the alternative activities that are triggered through getting arbitrations instead of suit? I don't think so," Michael J. Plonsker of Robins, Kaplan mentioned inside a recent panel of litigators that we moderated just before the Beverly Slopes Bar Assn. Inside the Sheen situation, his attorney Marty Singer contended that his contract's arbitration provision was "unconscionable." Basically, even though Sheen was one of the finest-paid out stars on television, he was without choice but to just accept an arbitration provision within the contract. John Spiegel, who repped Warner Bros., challenged the idea Sheen was without leverage to barter, watching he commanded $2 million an instalment and may demand things like an individual hairstylist and rehearse from the private jet. Sheen, Spiegel mentioned, didn't even mention an arbitration clause inside the extended report on things he wanted when his contract emerged for renewal this season. The judge ended up delivering the problem to arbitration, but for the question of when the arbitration clause was "unconscionable," he mentioned that that might be left within reach of ... the arbitrator. This is why, within the Beverly Slopes Bar Assn. panel, Plonsker mentioned the choice in the contract settlement should be to get yourself a studio to actually say, "Go or allow it to restInch to have an arbitration clause. "Send them an e-mail or possibly instructions saying, 'We don't want arbitration,' which makes them say, 'You haven't any choice.' Then, as litigators, we'll obtain the opportunity to express, it's 'unconscionable,'" he mentioned. Also irking these legal reps is always that contract disputes settled in arbitration haven't any precedential value. Plonsker signifies a central repository low of glean particulars about arbitration honours. But thinking about the truth that discretion is often a rationale for arbitration to start with, enjoy that. "We'll haven't any input within the courts regarding the these contracts mean, and every time we start a brand new proceeding, it'll finish up like 'Groundhog Day,' which is not good, for your industry or people representing talent," Plonsker mentioned. "I don't determine if it is good for that art galleries." He found agreement from two others round the panel, Ray Stein of Lining Law and Bonnie Eskenazi of Greenberg, Glusker. Consult with studio reps and they're going to insist that although arbitration clauses are becoming an average, they are still available in settlement, which is faulty to visualise that arbitration favors their side. "We negotiate, and not every our arbitration provisions stay,In . Warner Bros. general counsel John Rogovin mentioned inside an interview. One industry source mentioned that "back in the day talent that asked for the provision, as well as the art galleries opposed. They didn't want time, money and delay from the court proceeding." Frequently reported just like a assistance to both sides is always that an arbitrator can devote "undivided attention," while idol idol judges within the court docket system are overstressed. Art galleries have reason to avoid the dynamic from the court trial: Jury consultants declare that each time a jury needs to select from a star or content creator together with a significant media conglom, David will receive a much more encouraging ear than Goliath. Within the panel, Martin Katz of Sheppard Mullin, which has repped art galleries in several high-profile cases, mentioned, "Once we go back to just what the primary objectives really were on arbitration, that's cost containment and speed to judgment, which we agree regarding argument it doesn't work so competent 10 years later, you now request , what is the fix? Might be the fix scrapping it, or possibly may be the fix identifying the best way to have arbitration provisions that are enforceable but do really streamline the process?In . Until such issues are addressed, you will see plenty of rancor around the clause designed to bring relief. Contact Ted Manley at ted.manley@variety.com

With 'Stronger,' Clarkson Finally at Ease

LOS ANGELES (AP) It may have taken some time, but Kelly Clarkson seems to finally be releasing an album without any drama on the side."Everything is good, everything is happy," she said, laughing brightly during a recent interview to promote "Stronger," released this week.It's a different scenario than her last two albums: She went through public disputes with legendary executive and mogul Clive Davis over her third album and with OneRepublic singer-songwriter Ryan Tedder after her last album was released.They were typical of the bold stances she's taken that proved her to be more than the passive, malleable product of a hit TV competition, establishing her as an artist instead of just a voice."I've been a fighter since I started walking," she said, adding casually and genuinely a line that could be lifted from one of her inspirational songs: "We get one life. You want to make sure that you're living it how you want to live it."Since Clarkson became the first "American Idol" a decade ago, she's established herself as one of pop's most formidable, and successful singers. She's sold over 20 million albums worldwide and landed seven singles in the Billboard Hot 100 top 10, including "Breakaway," ''My Life Would Suck Without You," "Miss Independent," and perhaps her biggest hit, "Since U Been Gone."Clarkson has maintained creative control of her music and career since her "Idol" days, and has written on all of her albums. But her determination to chart her own course has not come without a few battles. In 2007, Davis became concerned over the less commercial sound of Clarkson's third album, "My December," which Clarkson revealed publicly after rumors of a rift; Clarkson later mended fences and called the tension overblown. Then in 2009, Clarkson called out Tedder for musical similarities between "Already Gone," which he wrote for Clarkson, and Beyonce's "Halo," which he also wrote.Clarkson calls her new collection of 13 songs "the easiest record that I've made with my label." But she makes clear that's because the suits bent to her will not the other way around."I think people project on you like the formula that has worked in the past. And then they get to know you," she said. "(Now) they know me better as an artist, they know me better as a person. They know what I'm going to do and what I don't like, and it just really works."Sonically, "Stronger" doesn't tinker much with the formula that has helped Clarkson become the top-selling "Idol" artist ever, blending clean pop-guitar riffs with contemporary dance synths. But there is an undertone of loneliness and sadness coursing throughout, including some downbeat lyrics co-written by Clarkson herself."Hello, is anybody listening? Won't somebody show me that I'm not alone," she sings on "Hello.""If you look at my whole catalogue, there are far more sadder songs than happy," the Texan acknowledges in her Southern drawl. "But that's only because writing is a form of therapy. So obviously the things that you're getting out are the things that you've been going through and struggling with. You want to keep all the happy inside. If I'm going through a hard time, I write it out."In person, Clarkson is bubbly and quick to laugh, sharing that in her time off, she picked up the violin and started learning Italian with Rosetta Stone. "I'm horrible at it so far," she laments lightly.But she never comes close to revealing the subject of "Stronger's" multiple scornful breakup and kiss-off songs. "You don't know a thing about me," she sings on the first single, "Mr. Know It All." And it's true that the 29-year-old retains an enigmatic air, despite her down-to-Earth image.Toby Gad, who co-wrote and produced two songs on "Stronger," had planned on a 10-minute meeting with Clarkson when the two first met, but ended up at a two-hour dinner."She's a very strong survivor, and very organic and very real," he said. "You can connect with her on a very human level."Still, after the dinner and several days of revising lyrics alongside the pop star, he said he doesn't remember if she ever mentioned her own relationships to him.While Clarkson seems to sing almost exclusively about the ups and downs of love, her songs are often deceptively universal. Clarkson says "Mr. Know It All" could apply to her own record label or to the media, and Gad's "The War Is Over" functions as a coda to a romance or to an actual war."That's the underlying theme for her, to vent emotions that we all feel in our relationships," Gad said.And Clarkson will continue to vent as she sees fit."I'm always vocal," she said. "People ask me and I tell them. If I have a problem, I say it. I'm never malicious about it, I just say what happened. And I think a lot of people don't do that. So I think it maybe catches people off guard. But I don't know any other way to be but honest musically or personally. So I guess that just comes through."Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. By Ryan Pearson October 26, 2011 Kelly Clarkson PHOTO CREDIT AP Photo/Matt Sayles LOS ANGELES (AP) It may have taken some time, but Kelly Clarkson seems to finally be releasing an album without any drama on the side."Everything is good, everything is happy," she said, laughing brightly during a recent interview to promote "Stronger," released this week.It's a different scenario than her last two albums: She went through public disputes with legendary executive and mogul Clive Davis over her third album and with OneRepublic singer-songwriter Ryan Tedder after her last album was released.They were typical of the bold stances she's taken that proved her to be more than the passive, malleable product of a hit TV competition, establishing her as an artist instead of just a voice."I've been a fighter since I started walking," she said, adding casually and genuinely a line that could be lifted from one of her inspirational songs: "We get one life. You want to make sure that you're living it how you want to live it."Since Clarkson became the first "American Idol" a decade ago, she's established herself as one of pop's most formidable, and successful singers. She's sold over 20 million albums worldwide and landed seven singles in the Billboard Hot 100 top 10, including "Breakaway," ''My Life Would Suck Without You," "Miss Independent," and perhaps her biggest hit, "Since U Been Gone."Clarkson has maintained creative control of her music and career since her "Idol" days, and has written on all of her albums. But her determination to chart her own course has not come without a few battles. In 2007, Davis became concerned over the less commercial sound of Clarkson's third album, "My December," which Clarkson revealed publicly after rumors of a rift; Clarkson later mended fences and called the tension overblown. Then in 2009, Clarkson called out Tedder for musical similarities between "Already Gone," which he wrote for Clarkson, and Beyonce's "Halo," which he also wrote.Clarkson calls her new collection of 13 songs "the easiest record that I've made with my label." But she makes clear that's because the suits bent to her will not the other way around."I think people project on you like the formula that has worked in the past. And then they get to know you," she said. "(Now) they know me better as an artist, they know me better as a person. They know what I'm going to do and what I don't like, and it just really works."Sonically, "Stronger" doesn't tinker much with the formula that has helped Clarkson become the top-selling "Idol" artist ever, blending clean pop-guitar riffs with contemporary dance synths. But there is an undertone of loneliness and sadness coursing throughout, including some downbeat lyrics co-written by Clarkson herself."Hello, is anybody listening? Won't somebody show me that I'm not alone," she sings on "Hello.""If you look at my whole catalogue, there are far more sadder songs than happy," the Texan acknowledges in her Southern drawl. "But that's only because writing is a form of therapy. So obviously the things that you're getting out are the things that you've been going through and struggling with. You want to keep all the happy inside. If I'm going through a hard time, I write it out."In person, Clarkson is bubbly and quick to laugh, sharing that in her time off, she picked up the violin and started learning Italian with Rosetta Stone. "I'm horrible at it so far," she laments lightly.But she never comes close to revealing the subject of "Stronger's" multiple scornful breakup and kiss-off songs. "You don't know a thing about me," she sings on the first single, "Mr. Know It All." And it's true that the 29-year-old retains an enigmatic air, despite her down-to-Earth image.Toby Gad, who co-wrote and produced two songs on "Stronger," had planned on a 10-minute meeting with Clarkson when the two first met, but ended up at a two-hour dinner."She's a very strong survivor, and very organic and very real," he said. "You can connect with her on a very human level."Still, after the dinner and several days of revising lyrics alongside the pop star, he said he doesn't remember if she ever mentioned her own relationships to him.While Clarkson seems to sing almost exclusively about the ups and downs of love, her songs are often deceptively universal. Clarkson says "Mr. Know It All" could apply to her own record label or to the media, and Gad's "The War Is Over" functions as a coda to a romance or to an actual war."That's the underlying theme for her, to vent emotions that we all feel in our relationships," Gad said.And Clarkson will continue to vent as she sees fit."I'm always vocal," she said. "People ask me and I tell them. If I have a problem, I say it. I'm never malicious about it, I just say what happened. And I think a lot of people don't do that. So I think it maybe catches people off guard. But I don't know any other way to be but honest musically or personally. So I guess that just comes through."Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

The Artist & Hard Occasions: Lost On New York Take Top Awards At Hamptons Film Fest

The Artist from director Michel Hazanavicius gained the crowd Award (Narrative) while Marc Levin’s Hard Occasions: Lost on New York was honored using the Audience Award (Documentary) to pace those who win in the 19th Annual Hamptons Worldwide Film Festival introduced tonight. Also taking home a crowd Award was Two’s an audience from company directors Jim Isler and Tom Isler (for the best Short), as the Fairy – directed by Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon — was selected as champion from the Golden Starfish Narrative Feature Award. The Golden Starfish for the best Documentary visited Fellipe Barbosa’s Laura. Other those who win incorporated: The Strange Ones, from company directors Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein (Short Documentary Jury Champion) Without, from director Mark Jackson (Kodak Award for the best Cinematography and also the Wouter Barendrecht Pioneering Vision Award) andYou’ve Been Trumped, from director Anthony Baxter (Victor Rabinowitz and Joanne Grant Award forSocial Justice). The Narrative Jury also granted a unique jury mention to Joshua Marton’s The Forgiveness of Bloodstream. Formerly introduced those who win incorporated Small, Superbly Moving Parts from directorsAnnie Howell and Lisa Robinson (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize), and also the Bully Project from director Lee Hirsch (Brizzolara Family Foundation Award for any Film of Conflict and Resolution). 2011 Breakthrough Artist readers incorporated Sleeping Beauty starring Emily Browning Melancholia featuring Alexander Skarsgard Cracks within the Spend, with Stine Fischer Christensen Another Happy Day starring Ezra Burns The Descendants with Shailene Woodley and Constantly starring Anton Yelchin.

1999 Dramedy Best Guy Getting Follow up You Did not Request For But They Are Totally Okay With

Twelve years after experts found it totally decent (and refreshingly stereotype-free) and audiences managed to get a good $34M box office hit, the 1999 Taye Diggs vehicle Best Guy will be receiving a follow up! If you’ve been holding your breath to discover what goes on after social secrets and scams among buddies arrived at a mind on a single dramarama-filled big day, you’re fortunate. Author-director Malcolm D. Lee is placed to script and helm Best Guy 2 for Universal, and apparently got the concept following a cast reunion dinner take that of the same quality indication that the kind of Diggs, Morris Chestnut, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Nathan, and Nia Lengthy might reprise their figures. [Deadline]

Cheers & Jeers: Boardwalk Empire: We Love To Lucy

Paz p la Huerta Cheers to Paz p la Huerta for revealing a completely new side of herself on Boardwalk Empire. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! In Season 1 of HBO's Atlantic City gangland epic, p la Huerta's character, woozy showgirl Lucy Danziger was notable totally on her frequent nudity. Since she's moving the illegitimate child of given Nelson Van Alden (the Emmy-worthy Michael Shannon), the role is pregnant with options. She's only a few of the Boardwalk denizen with recently found great anticipation. Kelly Macdonald's Margaret Schroeder is showing a heretofore unseen steeliness as partner - in crime, additionally to otherwise - to embattled treasurer Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi). Too as with his pursuit to usurp energy back from onetime protégé Nucky, Dabney Coleman's Commodore is showing that whatever didn't kill him made him more effective. You think Season 2 of Boardwalk Empire rules? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Breaking Bad Finale: Who Will Survive the "Face Off"?

Breaking Bad It's the moment Breaking Bad's unrelentingly tense fourth season has been building to ever since Gus wielded that bloody box cutter in the premiere.Breaking Bad postmortem: Giancarlo Esposito reacts to the premiere's most gruesome sceneAfter being unable to blow Gus (Giancarlo Esposito) to bits in the season's penultimate episode, Walt (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse (Aaron Paul) now find themselves scrambling for a Plan B. And the stakes couldn't be higher."[Episode 12] is just a little taste of what is about to happen," Paul tells TVGuide.com. "Everybody is kind of scared for their lives."Indeed, but Paul's character may be in the trickiest spot of all. Jesse spent much of the season being groomed by Gus to replace Walt as the chief meth-cooker. That ultimately led to a bloody fistfight and falling out between the two partners until Walt convinced Jesse that Gus had poisoned the child of Jesse's quasi-girlfriend.Breaking Bad: How far can Walter White fall?But despite the rift between them as late, Paul says Jesse remains loyal to Walt. "I don't think it's hard for Jesse to turn his back on Gus whatsoever. I don't think he was ever really an ally to Gus," he says. "I definitely don't think he trusts Gus. It's very easy for him to make this decision to go after Gus because he knows that he is behind [the poisoning] and that he is just an evil, evil, evil human being."With Walt, Jesse's always wanted to trust him because really, that's all he has left," Paul continues. "I think at this moment in time, he's going to team up with someone that he cares about. He's got his partner back and I think he's happy about it."At the same time, Jesse figures prominently in Gus' plans to find - and kill - Walt. "[Gus has to] make his move before he gets moved on," Esposito says. "He knows that if he can get Jesse out of that hospital and back to cooking, he then can grill Jesse. So he's trying to get Jesse back to the lab so he can really put Jesse on the hot seat and find Walt."AMC orders 16-episode final season of Breaking BadEsposito also says that, although Jesse has threatened to no longer work for Gus if any Walt is killed, Gus no longer has any choice. "He'll have to kill Walt - period," Esposito says. "The game is over. He's just got to take Walt out. He can't negotiate with Walt. It's done. And he thinks Jesse will cook even though he says he won't do it. ... I don't think Gus is as worried as he probably should be. He believes he is still a few steps ahead."Paul, however, doesn't think Jesse will just roll over any more. "This season, you finally saw Jesse stand up on his own and take charge, take control," Paul says. "It was nice to finally not be beaten down, but be the one shooting the gun. Jesse is coming into his own and I think he's going to take that stand and show who he truly is. He's not going to be used as a pawn anymore."Pawn may just be the best word to use, given creator Vince Gilligan's repeated use of chess analogies to describe the battle between Gus and Walt this season. But who will be checkmated in the (final?) showdown between these two men?Check out photos of the Breaking Bad cast"It's the culmination of a lot of chess playing, a lot of gamesmanship," Gilligan says of the episode, appropriately titled "Face Off." "This really is Spassky versus Fischer, and we're not going to know until the very end which one is Spassky and which one is Fischer. Hopefully, it will be a hell of a chess game. I'm hoping the main thing people say when it's all over is, 'Wow!'"Paul doesn't think Gilligan has anything to worry about in that regard. "You truly haven't seen anything yet," he says. "People are going to be screaming and yelling at the television set multiple times and definitely [be] on the edge of their seats. They're going to struggle to hold on. It's definitely a crazy ride."Breaking Bad's Season 4 finale airs Sunday at 10/9c on AMC.

Netflix ink AMC deal for 'Dead'

"The Walking Dead"Netflix is casting its eye towards premium series: the streaming/DVD-by-mail distrib has inked a multi-year certification agreement with AMC that will cover prior seasons of ''The Walking Dead'' with season one provided beginning Friday March. 7.Season two will probably be provided before the preem of season three, and so on.Netflix has attracted plenty of attention in recent days since it has attempted to alter consumer focus towards the streaming service, that's a more compact amount pricey to help keep.The business introduced a 60% cost hike on its most fundamental package within this summer time and introduced lately it might distribute its Digital video disks using a separate division referred to as Qwikster. Reply to the client cost increase remains negative, using the organization losing more clients than anticipated and lengthy lasting some critique inside the gap in quality between its thorough DVD library which is less-complete streaming options. Deals like that certain may help offset numerous that critique, but major content entrepreneurs like Cinemax continue being holdouts to date because the streaming services are worried. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com

Taylor Kitsch Is Within 'Every Shot' Of 'John Carter'

FROM MTV MOVIES: Not only anybody could be John Carter. Taylor Kitsch discovered that the painfully costly way while who audition for that role, his first large movie because the lead. And despite the fact that he'd been not really acquainted with the John Carter books before, the role was, based on Kitsch, something he was "prepared to do anything whatsoever for." Within the approaching adaption of Edgar Grain Burroughs' beloved "A Princess of Mars," Kitsch plays a Civil War veteran who finds themself moved to a different planet. The Martians task Carter with saving the earth and saving the captive princess, performed by Lynn Collins. The development finally joined together lately after residual in development for a long time and losing Jon Favreau, who had been once mounted on direct. Your way started by ending up in the director Andrew Stanton, most widely known for his focus on Pixar films. "I understood of Stanton, obviously, and that i would be a huge fan," Kitsch states. "He would be a large fan of Riggins, my 'Friday Evening Lights' character, so immediately we type of pressed one another because i was so looking forward to just meeting each other." Browse the full story at MTV Movies!

T.I. & Taylor Swift Perform Surprise Duet

First Published: October 3, 2011 12:42 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images Caption Taylor Swift / T.I. ATLANTA, Ga. -- Rapper T.I. has joined country star Taylor Swift in a surprise duet at her concert in Atlanta. Toward the end of Swifts set on Sunday night, she introduced T.I. by singing the opening chorus of his hit song Live Your Life. The packed house at Philips Arena screamed once he stepped onstage for the unannounced appearance and started to rap. The two Grammy winners stood side-by-side as he rapped and she sang a vocal part originally handled by Rihanna. Swift has featured guests ranging from Justin Bieber to Nicki Minaj onstage during her tour. The Sunday show was a makeup performance for a postponed July show. T.I. has made several appearances since his release from a halfway house last month following 10 months in federal prison on a probation violation. (Copyright 2011 by Associated Press) Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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'Nightline' Beats Letterman, Leno Rankings for Premiere Week for brand spanking new

Donna Svennevik/ABC NEW You are able to - Rankings for NBC's The Tonight Show With Jay Lenoand CBS' Late Show With David Lettermanfell below individuals of ABC news magazine Nightline throughout fall season premiere week, an initial throughout that week, the NY Occasions reported.our editor recommendsABC News' 'Nightline' Tops Jay Leno, David Letterman'Nightline' developing Twitter showMarc Anthony Breaks Silence on Split From Jennifer Lopez in 'Nightline' Interview (Video)Gov. Chris Christie Mocked on 'The Late Show with David Letterman' (Video) Both late-evening talk shows were built with a .8 rating - their cheapest ever for any premiere week, the Occasions stated. Meanwhile, Nightline's overall viewership was up 7 percent from this past year, as the late-evening talk shows recorded declines particularly in more youthful viewer segments, the paper stated. It added that ABC's success leaking to its very own late-evening show, Due To Jimmy Kimmel Live, which in fact had its the second best premiere week ever. 5 top Clips of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' Letterman lost 560,000 audiences from this past year, lower 15 %, while Leno lost 160,000 for any 4 % drop. Among audiences aged 18 to 49, Leno was lower 20 %, or 270,000 audiences, while Letterman dropped 16 percent, losing 200,000 audiences, based on the Occasions. Overall, Nightline had 1.25 million audiences within the 18 to 49 demo, in comparison with 1.07 million for Leno and 1.05 million for Letterman. The Occasions outlined though that Nightline advantages of being 30 minutes instead of an hour or so-lengthy show. Letterman's performance within the youthful demos simplified his gap with Leno though. Last year, he'd been behind by slightly under 100,000 audiences within the youthful demo. Due To Jimmy Kimmel Jay Leno David Letterman

New Girl Gets First Full Season Pick-Up

New Girl Fox has embraced the New Girl on their Tuesday block. The network has ordered 11 additional episodes of the hit comedy - making New Girl the first freshman series to receive a full season pick-up. "We love the charming Zooey Deschanel and the entire cast, we're knocked out with the work that Liz Meriwether and the whole staff is doing and we are really psyched about the upcoming episodes in the pipeline," said Kevin Reilly, Fox's president of entertainment. "It's great that audiences have responded so positively so far and we're confident that even more people will embrace the show - and more comedy on FOX - this season." Fall TV: See the 17 stars to keep your eyes on this year New Girl stars Deschanel as Jess, a quirky school teacher who moves in with three guys after she finds her boyfriend cheating on her. The "adorkable" series premiered to 10.08 million viewers last week and pulled in 9.26 million viewers for its second episode on Tuesday. Wednesday's order brings the season total to 24 episodes. Upcoming guest stars include Justin Long and Lake Bell. New Girl airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on Fox. Are you excited for more New Girl?

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Czech TV utilizes rival's topper

PRAGUE -- The board of pubcaster Czech TV has poached terrestrial rival TV Nova's topper becasue it is director in the bid to modernize the org. Petr Dvorak, formerly gm in the country's first private station, TV Nova, has pledged to produce fresh programming, together with a tyke funnel, CT3, throughout his six-year term, which starts March. 1. His plans won over board prexy Milan Uhde, who recognized Dvorak's vision and media acumen. Czech TV works four public channels, and cash most films produced inside the Czech Republic. Dvorak co-founded the B.I.G. PR agency right after the Velvet Revolution of 1989, after which it increased being an professional for PPF Group, a effective Czech corporation possessed by billionaire Petr Kellner. He rose from Nova after his boss acquired a stake inside the station via license holder CET 21. Dvorak, furthermore an old professional at Central European Media Companies, has held board positions inside a major Czech insurance carrier at the Slavia Prague team. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Universal Hopes to Reboot 'Scarface' With New Film

If Moviefone were a hacktastic entertainment website, you might go to a reference here for the infamous Tony Montana line, "Greet my little friend!" Just for the sake, however, we're not. (Mostly.) Deadline reviews that Universal is wanting to incorporate a completely new chapter for the story of 'Scarface' getting a movie that will mix aspects of both 1932 version with Paul Muni as well as the 1983 version with Al Pacino together with a mountain of cocaine. Unsure yet on locale or plot, but expect the completely new film -- whether or not this really happens -- to follow along with together with near the plot of both previous efforts: an immigrant involves America, increases up in the underworld and can obtain the comeuppance he so highly warrants. Put yet another way: "In this country, you gotta increase the risk for money first. Then when you're getting the money, you obtain the power. Then when you're getting the power, then you definitely certainly have the women." The 1983 version of 'Scarface' from director John P Palma hit Blu-ray captured. See the trailer below. [via Deadline]

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Casper Van Dien has been cast in "The Wings of the Dragon." He just finished filming "The Pact" and is exec producing the animated film "Starship Troopers: Invasion." Nikki Ghisel has joined the cast of Marc Turtletaub's indie pic "Gods Behaving Badly." Thesp has appeared on "30 Rock." and "Rescue Me." She is repped by Media Artists Group and JLC Entertainment Group.Logan Miller has booked a recurring role on NBC's midseason drama "Awake." Miller will play the best friend to Dylan Minnette. He was most recently seen in the Disney XD show "I'm in the Band."Vanessa Marano has signed on for a guest-starring role on "CSI." She can currently be seen on "Switched at Birth." Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

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