Do Scientologists Know it's Christmas?

For those of you who’ve ever wondered if or how Xenu factors into the more conventional holiday season, along comes this dispatch from the Church of Scientology: “Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard honored the great religious leaders of the past for the wisdom they brought to the world, writing that Scientology shares ‘the goals set for Man by Christ, which are wisdom, good health and immortality.’ It is in this spirit that Scientologists celebrate the holiday season, whether Christmas, Hanukah [sic], Kwanzaa or any other religious or cultural tradition. […] In an annual tradition beginning in 1983 when Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard provided a 60-foot Christmas tree as a gift to the people of Hollywood, Winter Wonderland holiday village is erected each year on Hollywood Boulevard as a service to the community.” Annnnd now I can’t get “Frosty the Thetan” out of my head. [Press release]

Gary Oldman Calls 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' Role 'Colossal'

Coping with the role of John le Carré's master spy, George Smiley, involves moving two enormous obstacles. First, the legendary Alec Guinness mentioned the level of smoothness for themselves inside the beloved BBC miniseries of "Mess, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" from 1979. Second, outdoors the higher descriptive arena of the books, Smiley can be a mystery, a basic, poker-faced old professional who knows the spy game too well to betray his ideas or feelings, if he's any whatsoever. But Gary Oldman has shown he could possibly be the job. His performance inside the new film adaptation of "Mess, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" received universal praise from experts among his finest then one on componen with Guinness'. Oldman opened up up around MTV News about playing Smiley as well as the satisfaction the part gave him. Personally for Oldman, the role means greater than the character's history. "To start with, I have not necessarily carried out a respected role in ten years, and so the past ten years are actually really fantasy-based with Gordon [in Christopher Nolan's Batman films] and Sirius Black [inside the 'Harry Potter' films]. It's a colossal role because sense," he mentioned. Aside from playing his first lead role inside a very long time, Oldman also arrived at approach a personality who internalizes nearly all his ideas and feelings. George Smiley's status becoming an icon of TV and literature also added another layer of complexity for the role. "It absolutely was legendary before I even came," Oldman mentioned. "I'm speaking about, you'll find roles that you just play that could become that. It absolutely was an opportunity to really live as you're watching camera. I've carried out people individuals who've needed to visit town psychologically, in the physical way. He will be a great opportunity to simply breathe." "Mess, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" opens wide today (December 16). Are you currently presently excited to find out Gary Oldman in the lead role? Inform us inside the comments below and also on Twitter!

Exclusive Trailer of MTV's The Most Effective My Pants Back

The Most Effective my Pants Back Jason Strider just wants his pants back. Is always that a great deal to request? In MTV's approaching comedy series The Most Effective My Pants Back, the Brooklyn-dwelling 20-something falls deeply deeply in love with single-evening stand - and subsequently commences a pursuit to locate her (and also the pants they stole the next morning).The series, which premieres Thursday, Feb. 2 at 11/10c on MTV, is founded on it by David J. Rosen, and follows Strider and also the three close buddies simply because they have trouble with postcollegiate existence in NY.See the trailer:

Alison Brie on Her 'Five-Year Engagement' British Accent: 'I'm Nervous to See It'

The most surprising thing about the trailer for 'The Five-Year Engagement,' which debuted on Wednesday to mostly high marks around the Internet? That brief glimpse of beloved 'Community' star Alison Brie speaking with a British accent. How did Brie affect such a charming voice? "I think it went well, I'm nervous to see it," she told The Insider. "I had a great vocal coach here in LA for a few weeks but when I got out there, Emily became my unofficial vocal coach. It was more important that we sound alike than me studying a super proper British accent. The hardest part was that there was so much improv in the movie that the biggest challenge became thinking of an idea and process it through the accent quickly." Based on the briefest of brief glimpses, Brie doesn't sound too awful. At the very least, the British accent adds to her mystique as your current dream girl of the moment. 'The Five-Year Engagement' hits theaters in April. [via The Insider] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Sinead OConnor To Get married For 4th Time

First Released: December 7, 2011 10:16 AM EST Credit: Getty Premium La, Calif. -- Caption Sinead OConnor steps out in the amfAR Inspiration Gala at Chateau Marmont in La on October 27, 2011Sinead OConnor is headed lower the aisle for any 4th time! The Nothing Compares 2 U singer introduced that they will marry her boyfriend on Thursday, which transpires with be also her 45th birthday. With enormous pleasure myself and my beloved boyfriend Craig Herridge will be receiving married tomorrow, December eighth 2011 in an not-revealed location during my absolute wedding ceremony. We'll publish a photograph or two here on the website as quickly as possible after, the singer authored on her behalf website on Wednesday. Adding, [Im a ] happy girl. This marks the performers 4th marriage. She divorced longtime friend and collaborator Steve Cooney in April after being together just for eight several weeks. Sinead, that has four children from previous associations, get married music producer John Reynolds in 1989 and journalist Nicholas Sommerlad in 2001. In August, the open music performer composed a racy blog publish writing that they was hunting for a very sweet sex-starved guy which he be very sweet, kind, very sincere, considerate but absolutely FILTHY minded. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Are Movie Game titles Too Literal?

I. By which I introduce the premise. Since 'Snakes on the Plane,' goes the argument within this essay at Slate, movie and television game titles have grown to be too literal, becoming spoilers for that content. Other current and recent good examples: 'Tower Heist,' 'Bridesmaids,' 'Cowboys and Aliens,' 'The Social Networking,' 'Step Siblings,' 'Wedding Crashers,' and 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin.' (The writer may also have pointed out 'Drive,' 'The Muppets,' 'The Smurfs,' and 'A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas.') Such game titles, the content argues, really are a triumph of selling over content and indicate a serious insufficient creativeness for our filmmakers. To which i've to reply having a giant, "Yes, but..." To begin with, this is not exactly a brand new phenomenon. Now, as with decades past, movie marquees offer a number of game titles, some simplified for marketing reasons, some still ambiguous and literary. Also, without meaning to, the Slate author has come across a specific genre of comedy, headed by Judd Apatow, where the bluntness from the title ('40-Year-Old Virgin' and 'Bridesmaids,' in addition to 'Knocked Up') is area of the joke. It really echoes this content from the movie, as though to promise the humor contained within is going to be equally blunt and frank. So let us leave individuals from the discussion. OK? Let us continue. II. By which I observe that 'twas ever thus. The Slate piece suggests some golden chronilogical age of more creative movie game titles, but Hollywood began simplifying game titles to ensure they are more market-friendly decades ago. In 1957, Warner Bros. transformed 'The Sleeping Prince' (as Terence Rattigan's play was known as) to 'The Prince and also the Showgirl' to stress box-office draw Marilyn Monroe's presence. You will find lots of classic movies with blunt, regular game titles: 'The Gold Hurry,' 'The Champion,' 'Mr. Cruz Would go to Washington,' 'The Ten Rules,' 'An American in Paris,' 'The Killing,' 'Judgment at Nuremberg,' 'Butch Cassidy and also the Sundance Kid.' Many company directors made films with both types of game titles. Western king John Ford did 'Stagecoach' (duh) and 'My Darling Clementine' (which provides no hint it's concerning the shootout in the OK Corral). Alfred Hitchcock made 'Psycho,' 'The Wild birds,' 'To Catch a Crook,' and 'Lifeboat,' but younger crowd made 'Shadow of the Doubt,' 'Strangers on the Train,' 'Vertigo,' and 'North by Northwest.' On the other hand, you will find lots of contemporary game titles which are more evocative than informative: 'Extremely Noisy and extremely Close,' 'In the Land of Bloodstream and Honey,' 'Martha Marcy May Marlene,' 'The Interrupters,' 'The Tree of Existence,' 'Crazy, Stupid, Love.' Granted, many of these are art-house movies, intended for audiences having a taste for ambiguity. Nevertheless, you can reason that some game titles could be too reductive, to the stage where they are unmemorable. 'Warrior' may have done better having a less generic title. Same goes with 'Shark Evening,' 'Our Idiot Brother,' 'Abduction,' and 'In Time.' Still, Slate includes a point when even art films go the simplified title route. How's 'Carnage' a much better title compared to original 'God of Carnage,' aside from its brevity? Why else shorten 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret' to 'Hugo'? (Too French, maybe?) And 'J. Edgar'? Was Clint Eastwood worried there would not be room around the marquee for Hoover's surname? III. By which I actually do an about-face and then try to blame the web. Slate indicates that movie titlers happen to be affected by YouTube, in which the game titles are purely descriptive and user-friendly, but possibly we ought to take this concept a measure further. Does not it appear such as these utilitarian movie game titles specified for not only by entrepreneurs but by Search engine optimization experts? (Seo.) It's like they need to make certain they obtain the key phrases inside to ensure that the film game titles can get acquired by search engines like google. (In the end, that's the way you find videos online of piano-playing felines or smoking Indonesian babies.) This even is applicable towards the non-spoiler-y game titles. The only method an incomprehensive title like 'Quantum of Solace' makes marketing sense is the fact that there is no other event on the web prone to put individuals two nouns together within the same phrase. Oh, also, the web has assisted ruin our attention spans, therefore we not have the persistence for lengthy, poetic game titles. Plus, the short ones are simpler to text. IV. By which I ponder the concept the films are so forgettable nowadays it's a lot more interesting to evaluate their marketing than their content. Well, yeah, there's that. V. By which I attempt to create some current movie game titles more oblique and mysterious by utilizing Babelfish to translate them into Japanese after which back to British. Wouldn't you become more intrigued with a multiplex marquee listing the next movies: Harm to Beginning Immortal Person Thief of Tower Lass of shoes Like Madness Ram Liquor Diary Steel Iron of Substance My Week from the Mali Phosphorus Alas, this trick did not focus on 'Drive,' 'The Artist,' 'Shame,' as well as 'Happy Ft Two,' which returned unaltered. Mire. By which I poll the visitors. Would You Prefer Blunt, Spoiler-y Movie Game titles?Yes. They assist me decide if you should begin to see the movie.No. They signal deficiencies in creativeness for the filmmakers.Election [Photos: FilmDistrict, Disney, Lionsgate] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook Follow Gary Susman on Twitter: @garysusman

Don't Get Difficulties Started round the Kardashians

“I think there’s a great be mentioned and also hardwearing . personal counsel,” the woman While using Dragon Tattoo lead opined in the recent interview once the subject of attention-craved stars emerged. “You can’t get your privacy back. Ooh, If only to become alone. F— you. We’ve experienced your living room. I had been in the birth. […] It is a career I’m not cynical. And why wouldn’t you? Think about the Kardashians, they’re worth millions… I don’t think they were that badly off to begin with, however have a look their way. The truth is might you think, ‘What, you mean all I have to do is be a f—ing idiot on television and also you’ll pay me millions?’ I’m being unsure of it. Well, I am, clearly.” [EW]

Shield Cohorts Michael Chiklis And Forest Whitaker Team For Indie Feature Pawn

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Chiklis is teaming with former The Shield co-star Forest Whitaker for Pawn, an independent crime film centered around a hostage situation that has gone terribly wrong. Also starring in the film will be Common (Hell On Wheels), and Ray Liotta. The film marks David A. Armstrong’s directorial debut, and the feature debut for Chiklis’ production company Extravaganza Films. Chiklis will produce with The Story Department’s Brad Luff, Most Films’ Jeff Most and Imprint Entertainment’s Michael Becker. Jay Anthony White wrote the script, in which an ex-con becomes entangled in a manipulative chess game between the Feds, local police and the mob. Chiklis, who most recently starred alongside Jason Statham and Jennifer Lopez in Parker, was introduced to the project by Luff, who’s executive producer of Parker. Pawn starts production December 1. Chiklis is repped by WME and Management 360, Whitaker by WME and Brillstein Entertainment Partners. Common is repped by WME and Oasis and Liotta by UTA and Untitled.

David Cronenberg's 'A Harmful Method' Was Said to be for Jennifer Aniston

In David Cronenberg's 'A Harmful Method,' Keira Knightly plays Sabina Spielrein, a mental patient-switched-psychoanalyst, who were built with a rumored partnership with Dr. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender). However, the role was initially intended for another person: Jennifer Aniston. Within an interview with indieWIRE, Cronenberg says the very first version from the film would star the 'Larry Crowne' actress as Spielrein. 'Method' is dependant on the 2002 play 'The Speaking Cure,' by Christopher Hampton. However, prior to the play, Hampton wrote a script for Roberts 17 years earlier known as 'Sabina.' Obviously, that project never found fruition. You should check out the entire interview, where Cronenberg continues to go over his approaching movie, along with the relationship between Jung and Sigmund Freud, over on indieWIRE. 'A Harmful Method' opens in limited release today. [via Movieline and indieWIRE] [Photo: Getty Images] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

GSN Acquires Off-Network Rights To Fundamental steps Dwts

Up-to-date: Game Show Network has acquired the exclusive off-network rights to Fundamental steps hit reality series Dwts from Disney-ABC Domestic Television. GSN has acquired seasons 4 using the current 13, which systems tonight on ABC, and may begin airing them within the month of the month of january 2012. (For people who question why the initial 3 seasons in the show aren't part of the agreement, they were not available over rights issues.) The sale, one of the primary major moves for GSN’s lately hired EVP programming Amy Introcaso-Davis, includes the arrival 14th season. Probably the most popular shows on television todayincluding Dancing While Using Starsare essentially game shows at their core, mentioned Introcaso-Davis, who started at GSN 3.five days ago. GSN is one of the potent combination of games, competition, entertainment and fun, which we understand that Dwts can be a show our female audience already loves. This really is really the next then-network acquisition for GSN formerly month carrying out a pickup in the entire Fox run of Are You Currently Presently Smarter When Compared To A Fifth Grader? That doesn’t signal a trend as GSN’s slate it's still a mixture of originals and acquired series, according to Introcaso-Davis. Part of her mandate is “defining just what the word game is,” she mentioned, “looking at (any) suggests which have gaming elements, facets of risk and reward.”

Does Rachel McAdams 'Sherlock Holmes 2' Poster Mean A Larger Role?

Within the new A Virtual Detective film, "A Game Title of Shadows," the earth's most well-known detective meets track of his arch-enemy in the original Arthur Conan Doyle tales, Professor Moriarty. But what's going to become from the only person to possess ever out-witted Holmes, the infamous Irene Adler? Rachel McAdams described the legendary character within the first film, but until lately, a possible appearance within the follow up was still being up up. Eventually, it had been introduced that McAdams would reprise her role, only in a tiny capacity. However a brand new Korean marketing character poster represents McAdams by hand as Adler, without any other gamers found. Performs this mean we might visit a bigger presence from Irene Adler than we'd thought? You can't really say until "A Game Title of Shadows" hits theaters on December 16. All signs so far have pointed to some small role for Adler and McAdams, so what's possibly the situation is the fact that Warner Bros. is just searching to capitalize from the stars profile. Adding McAdams to marketing material, for a little role, increases the film's overall star energy. Do you want to visit a bigger role for Rachel McAdams in "A Virtual Detective: A Game Title of Shadows"? Tell us within the comments below as well as on Twitter!

'Breaking Dawn' Red-colored Carpet: We are Live!

We already introduced an exclusive talk to "Twilight" stars Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke and Rachelle Lefervre throughout "MTV First: 'Breaking Beginning,'" but that is not enough "Twilight" goodness for that MTV Movies team. The very first 1 / 2 of the vampire saga's epic finale hits theaters now, and at this time, we are survive the red-colored carpet for that "Breaking Beginning - Part 1" premiere in La! Stay tuned to MTV.com from 8:00 - 10:00 PM EST once we present Take advantage of, Kristen and also the relaxation from the "Breaking Beginning" cast with this questions and yours, all live in the carpet. Of course, you are able to follow our red-colored carpet coverage on Twitter while using hash-tag #TwilightLIVE.

Analyst: Discovery Communications COO Departure No Cause of Alarm

NY - Following news early Wednesday that Discovery Communications COO Peter Liguori could leave his publish after 2 yrs, Davenport & Co. analyst Michael Morris stated "we don't view [the departure] as suggestive of [a] bigger problem." Inside a note to traders, Morris authored: "We feel that Mr. Liguori's departure is friendly and reflects his somewhat limited creative role within Discovery because of the hands-on approach of highly-respected Boss David Zaslav along with a strong network management team." He stated the confirming lines from segment leaders, for example Mark Hollinger, Boss of Discovery Systems Worldwide, and Eileen O'Neill, group leader, Discovery and TLC Systems, to Zaslav "limited the chance that Mr. Liguori is seeking." For the reason that context, it didn't come like a surprise that the organization are not committed to refill the COO role, "reflecting confidence within the operating link between Boss and division leadership," Morris stated. Coupled with this summer time's announcement that CFO Kaira Singer could leave Discovery Communications in March, Morris stated that some traders may see the Liguori exit as reason to be concerned. "However, we percieve both Mr. Singer and Mr. Liguori too-respected and relatively youthful leaders in media industry who will probably seek responsibility increases with time," he contended. "Considering the fact that Mr. Zaslav can also be relatively youthful (early 50s), we expect him to stay in the Boss role to have an extended time period.Inch Meanwhile, S&P Capital IQ analyst Tuna Amobi stated that Discovery Communications "seems in steady hands under Boss David Zaslav," however the Singer and Liguori exits "could kindle some emergency to share management stability." Among a larger stock exchange decline, Discovery Communications shares were lower 3.9 % to $43.30 by 10:15am ET. In the last year, the stock has exchanged between $34.75 this August and $45.81 in May. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Discovery Communications

Chinese box office surges

China's B.O. is constantly storm ahead and chances are it will top 13 billion yuan ($2.05 billion) this year, after exceeding $1.5 billion this season. But senior Chinese biz figures are worrying that domestic movies aren't succeeding enough to have their own against fierce competish from Hollywood, despite quotas on overseas photos along with other hurdles facing foreign movies. "Avatar" made $210 million in China, while "Beginning" did $69 million, and even though the studios' cut of takings in China is half how it is elsewhere in the world, the figures are appealing enough for Hollywood to get sucked in. This, coupled with spectacular growth outlook in China, is the reason why China is actually hot at American Film Market this year. "The amounts are soaring, China has become hot and there is warmth surging using the new market. Building movie theaters, making films, out of the blue they're popular options for wealthy Chinese. However, 90% of domestic movies are losing profits,In . Gao Jun, veep in the exhibition circuit New Film Association, told local media. All of the cinema chain operators are worrying about falling B.O. in recent several days. Wanda in Guangzhou expected 14 million site site visitors through the nation's Day holiday, typically one of the most popular cinemagoing periods, only offered 11 million tickets. The manager in the Guangzhou Jinyi cinema mentioned that through the nation's Day holiday, the quantity of watching people movies was lower 30%. It's been credited towards the less-than-stellar performances of local photos. Domestic large-budget photos like "Shaolin," "The Lost Bladesman" and "The Warring States" not successful to fit anticipation within the box office. Associated with pension transfer areas in the world, they fight to deal with tentpoles like "Transformers: Dark in the Moon," but even when you will discover no foreign rivals around, just like September this year, the domestic photos not successful to ignite passions. The roughly 20 foreign photos that enter China each year around the revenue-talking about basis constitute nearly half of total B.O., with 500 roughly domestic movies competing for your relaxation. Together with a sizable part of the B.O. for people domestic movies came from from Hong Kong co-productions. "Of last year's smaller sized movies, (Zhang Fanfan's horror pic) 'Lost in Stress Room' is certainly reported as among what sort of small investment might make large returns. A good investment was four million yuan ($630,000), nevertheless the B.O is about 25 million yuan ($3.94 million), that's six occasions a good investment. Everyone showing a great investment plan now uses it for instance,Inch Wu Hehu, deputy chief manager of Shanghai's SFG United states . Circuit, which comprises about 10% in the Chinese cinema market, told Xinmin News. Between Your month of the month of january and September this year, 630 new cinemas opened up up in China, that's seeing nearly two new cinemas each day, resulting in 2,563 new screens. It seems that China is ripe for your plucking by domestic filmmakers, since you will discover lots of restrictions on foreign movies coming and therefore much effort will get into to enhancing domestic product. "However less beautiful. With Zhang Zhiliang's 'Rest inside your Shoulder,' traders devote greater than 50 million yuan ($7.9 million), nevertheless it only needed 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) roughly within the box office," mentioned Wu. Wu mentioned that many movies nowadays are funded by "day trippers," or laymen working outdoors the biz. Producer Yang Zi, who made "The Wizard as well as the White-colored Lizard," mentioned participants exist, but they are impatient. "To traders, this is not a gradual learning process, they require fast returns," mentioned Yang. Also the funding structure remains opaque without sufficient damaging how a industry works. It is not nearly the conventional in the producers. The flicks may also be facing challenges within the censors. The country's most bankable helmer, Feng Xiaogang, constantly gripes that producing great jobs are tough because of the restrictions enforced with the censorship system. Another major theme at AFM this year remains co-production, and perhaps this gives an easy method forward, mixing local expertise at dealing with the controlling hurdles and Hollywood's experience. Hopes are filled with China this mixture may help keep B.O. buoyant in 2012 and make sure that people plush new seats inside the plenty of multiplexes in Chinese urban centers don't go empty. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Time Warner eyes Endemol acquisition

Time Warner has posted an unrequested bid to get Nederlander unscripted TV production giant Endemol.A spokesperson for Endemol confirmed the bid and released the next statement: "We now have received a strategy from Time Warner which does not come like a surprise - Endemol is carrying out well and it is a very attractive resource." A spokesperson for Time Warner rejected comment. Bid is apparently worth 1 billion Pounds, which comes down to about $1.4 billion in U.S. currency. Endemol continues to be seen as acquisition target trained with is saddled by having an believed $2.8 billion indebted that it's been trying to restructure. The statement continues, "This does not change anything, we remain centered on reaching an answer with loan companies. Individuals discussions keep good progress and that we are certain that a contract will place the business on the firm financial footing and strengthen Endemol's prospects for future years.Inch Endemol is better noted for unscripted TV formats "Your Government" and "Fear Factor" which have offered into numerous nations such as the U.S. It's possessed by Italian firm Mediaset, Goldman Sachs' Capital Partners and Cyrte Opportunities, that is brought by Endemol founder John p Mol. Italian newspaper la Repubblica reported Friday that Mediaset, that is controlled by Silvio Berlusconi, and equity firm Clessidra could also create a go in a controlling curiosity about Endemol. Acquisition could certainly put Endemol within Warner Bros. Worldwide TV arm, growing distribution options worldwide for WBTV programming. Endemol has subsidiaries in 23 nations. Endemol could extend what's been in a foreign shopping spree Time Warner begun this past year. Time Warner-possessed Turner bought Chilean broadcaster Chilevision for $150 million in August 2010 WB clicked up British TV prodco Shed Media ("Supernanny") that same month. Other worldwide purchases Time Warner made that year incorporated in Sweden's Millennium Media Group, India's NDTV Imagine Limited and Bermuda's Central European Media Businesses. Endemol continues to be under interim leadership since Boss Ynon Kreiz walked lower in June. Management got a eco-friendly light from loan companies the 2009 week to increase the waiver of loans for again until mid- November, based on reviews. News was initially reported by Reuters. Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com

Kris Jenner: Kim Didn't Make Money Off of the Wedding

Kris Jenner Two days afterKim Kardashian filed for divorce from Kris Humphries, Kardashian's mom-ager Kris Jenner appeared on Today to set the record straight (and, of course, to promote her new book)."I knew [about the divorce] a few days before," Jenner said. "She had... a really difficult thing to do on Monday. It's just our job to wrap our arms around her and be there for her through thick and thin. That's how our family has always been."Kris Humphries: I'm devastated that Kim filed for divorce Jenner also responded to criticisms that the whole marriage was simply a publicity stunt for Keeping Up with the Kardashians. "It certainly wasn't a sham," she said. "We have enough going on on our show. We don't need to make things up. She really felt that she was in love with him... I had no idea there was a problem at the time."In particular, Jenner said reports that Kardashian scored a huge payday for her E! wedding special are "absolutely false." In fact, she told anchor Ann Curry that Kardashian ended up paying for parts of the wedding out of pocket. "They made some money for the pictures that were sold," Jenner said. "But at the end of the day Kim had to pay a great deal of money - the balance that was owed for the wedding - which she was delighted to do because that was her fairytale wedding."Photo timeline: Look back at Kim Kardashian's boyfriendsJenner claimed she does not know how much her daughter and Humphries were paid for their photographs, but she said it was less than $1 million and more than a$500,000. She also asserted that Kardashian's ring, which is said to be worth $2 million, is actually worth less than half of that.According to Jenner, Kardashian, 31, won't return her wedding gifts, but will instead make generous contributions to deserving charities he returns from Australia. And even though the marriage has now blown up, Jenner said she has no regrets about televising the wedding. "This is what we do," she said. "We have people that have invested in or lives from day one, Season 1. I feel so blessed and grateful for the TV show.Photo gallery: Kim Kardashian through the years"I told Kim, 'You're not the first person to ever get a divorce, and you won't be the last," she said. "She feels like she's let a lot of people down. She's sick about it. It's a terrible situation, but she's here to say 'I made a mistake and I'm sorry.' And try and put it back together."Watch the full interview here: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Ethan Zohn's Cancer Returns

Ethan Zohn Ethan Zohn's cancer has returned.The former Survivor winner was diagnosed with a rare form of Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2009 and had been in remission since April 2010. Doctors told him of the relapse on Sept. 14. "It's localized in my lung area," Zohn tells People. "But it's good that it's not all over my body."Check out photos of Ethan ZohnOn Oct. 18, Zohn, 37, began a "smart" form of chemotherapy that only targets cancerous cells, and he will not lose his hair again. After 12 weeks of treatment, he hopes to undergo another stem-cell transplant from one of his brothers - but doctors won't tell him which one. "They didn't want me to start treating one differently than the other," he says. "Of course my whole family is taking bets on who it is."Zohn says his girlfriend and Amazing Race partner, fellow Survivor champ Jenna Morasca, has been "taking it like the rock star that she is."Amazing Race's Ethan and Jenna: We prefer Survivor"We're both filled with fear and anger and anxiety and gratitude and frustration. But there's so much love there," he says. "It's this whole spectrum of emotions."Determined not to let the bad news slow him down, Zohn still plans to run Sunday's NY City Marathon to raise money for Grassroot Soccer, his nonprofit organization that promotes HIV/AIDS education."I want people to know that you can still live a fulfilled life and move forward," he says.

VIDEO: Mike & Molly's Gardell on Melissa McCarthy's Emmy Win, What He Sees for Show's Future

Billy Gardell, Melissa McCarthy For Mike & Molly's Billy Gardell, seeing co-star Melissa McCarthy win an Emmy was sweet revenge for the show's naysayers in Season 1 "Melissa winning says a lot about our show and says a lot about her talent," he told TVGuide.com. "Not everyone is going to like you, and that's just life but there are 14 million people a week that do, so we'll take that." Watch full episodes of Mike & Molly in our Online Video Guide In the interview below, Gardell shares how his standup career has helped his sitcom skills and where hopes to see the show's title characters in 10 years. Mike & Molly airs Mondays at 9:30/8:30c on CBS.

DirecTV, News Corp. Cable Channel Carriage Talks Continue as Midnight Deadline Looms

NY - Talks between satellite TV giant DirecTV and News Corp.'s Fox Cable Networks unit about a new carriage deal for a slew of channels continued Monday with a looming midnight PT deadline. Spokesmen for both sides declined comment beyond confirming that negotiations were continuing. The cable networks in question include FX, National Geographic and 19 regional sports networks. In the latest high-profile carriage dispute, DirecTV has said that it would stop carrying the networks if an agreement is not reached by Tuesday. News Corp. has looked to bring together its various carriage deals, including one for its broadcast stations, into one agreement. Last week, DirecTV took the carriage dispute to the FCC. BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield last week said that News Corp. has the leverage in the showdown. "DirecTV has zero leverage in the current battle with Fox and should not even be trying to fight Fox," he argued in a blog post. "DirecTV would be making a very meaningful mistake losing Fox programming." Greenfield pointed to recent industry history. "Over the past two years, Fox (News Corp.) has experienced high profile carriage/retrans battles with Dish, Cablevision and Time Warner Cable," he said. "TWC settled just as Fox programming was about to get dropped at the start of 2010, while Dish and Cablevision went several weeks in late 2010 without programming from the Fox family of networks." Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Topics News Corp. DirecTV

Rome mart confirms expansion

ROME -- The Rome Film Festival Business Street mart wrapped Sunday, trumpeting its future expansion into the Eternal City's Maxxi art museum and announcing winners of its New Cinema Network co-production component, as some deals surfaced. Its now official that starting in 2012 Rome's informal mart will use the city's new contempo art center, designed by star architect Zaha Hadid, for screenings, meetings and confabs, alongside its current Via Veneto locations. The Rome mart's dazzling new digs are 500 yards from the fest's main hub, the Renzo Piano-designed Auditorium, in Rome's Flaminio hood. Riccardo Tozzi, prexy of Italy's motion picture association, ANICA, hailed the move as "great news that will make both the festival and the market shift gears," during a presser inside the museum with Rome mayor Gianni Alemanno in attendance. The five-day largely Euro-centric mart this year was attended by 280 buyers and 93 sales companies with 116 titles unspooling, 32 of which were market premieres. First deals to trickle through are buzzed black comedy "Hotel Lux," by Leander Haussmann, sold by Bavaria Film to Italy's Archibald, and "Noordzee Texas," by Belgium's Bavo Duferne, picked up by Italo specialty label Atlantide from Wavelength Pictures. Meanwhile, NCN announced its winning co-production projects with "Off Frame," a docu by Mohanad Yaqubi about the Palestinian Film Unit, which produced pics championing the Palestinian cause in the 1970s, taking the Eurimages Co-production Development Award, worth Euros 30,000 ($41,000). The NCN Focus Europe Award went to "Human Song" by Belgian helmers Benedicte Lienard and Mary Jimenez. Lienard's well-received first work, "A Piece of Sky," unspooled in Un Certain Regard at Cannes. Contact Nick Vivarelli at nvivarelli@gmail.com

Puss In Boots tops US box office

Despite missing the titular S-word of their forerunners, Dreamworks Animation's Puss In Boots still carried out strongly on its opening weekend, having a $34 million take putting it the surface of the US box office.Despite making under half the cash Shrek the 4th made on its particular opening, Puss In Boots now supports the record for greatest Halloween weekend opening ever, narrowly edging out Saw 3 on $33.six million.Supernatural Activity 3 was the lone flier from the horror movie flag this Halloween, its $18.5 million take putting it in second place. The found-footage chiller was carefully then Justin Timberlake's sci-fi flick Over Time, which made $12 million on its opening weekend.The Footloose remake added an additional $5.4 million towards the pot in 4th place, although The Actor-brad Pitt suffered a disappointing response to work of affection The Rum Diary, which opened up to simply $5 million. Shawn Levy's Real Steel declined somewhat to sixth place, only controlling to include $4.7 million to the overall gross.Meanwhile, the crash-bang-wallop extravaganza from the Three Musketeers ongoing to do woefully below anticipation, having a paltry $3.5 million weekend dragging its overall gross to $14.8 million. "Poor marketing", cried star Milla Jovovich. "Poor film", cried everybody else. Nevertheless, it had been still a lot more than was handled by a few of the more cerebral fare available, using the Ides Of March and Moneyball getting in only $2.7 and $2.4 million correspondingly.Christian saga Courageous rounded from the top having a $1.8 million haul, finishing a comparatively slow weekend overall. In a few days sees a comedy face-off between Tower Heist and, er, A Really Harold & Kumar three dimensional Christmas. Anticipate that certain...

Steve Jobs' Sister Recalls the Apple Co-Founder's Final Words

Mona Simpson, Jobs' sister, accomplished novelist and UCLA professor, gave a moving eulogy for that Apple co-founder in the memorial service held on March. 16 in the Memorial Chapel of Stanford College, that the NY Occasions published entirely.our editor recommends'60 Minutes' Interview Discloses Steve Jobs' Little-known Bad Side (Video)Aaron Sorkin States Jobs Requested Him to create a Pixar Movie'iGenius: How Jobs Transformed the World': Preview the invention Documentary (Video)5 Facts From Steve Jobs' BiographyA Studio Chief Pens Revealing First-Person Jobs RemembranceApple After Steve Jobs' Dying: Way forward for Board in Focus "I'd been awaiting a guy to like, who could love me. For many years, I'd believed that guy could be my dad. After I was 25, I met that guy and that he was my buddy,Inch Simpson stated. At that time (1985, to become more exact), Simpson was residing in NY, trying to create her first novel and dealing in a small magazine. When a lawyer known as her notifying her that they found her brother. Simpson and her co-workers wager it was Travolta Qantas Video. "I privately wished for a literary descendant of Henry James -- someone more gifted than I, someone brilliant without trying," she stated. PHOTOS: Jobs: 10 Memorable Key events from the Apple Co-Founder's Career The 2 "required a lengthy walk -- something, it happened, that people both loved to complete. I don't remember a lot of what we should stated that first day, that he felt like someone I'd pick to become a friend. He described he labored in computer systems," Simpson remembered. Simpson stated there have been a number of things she learned from Jobs. "Steve labored at what he loved. He labored very hard. Every single day. ... He was the alternative of absent-minded," she noted. "He never was embarrassed about spending so much time, even when the outcomes were failures." PHOTOS: Apple Items in TV and films She remembered the age of first ousted from Apple. "He explained in regards to a dinner where 500 Plastic Valley leaders met the then-sitting leader. Steve hadn't been asked," Simpson stated. "He was hurt but he still visited work on Next. Each day.Inch Simpson stated that Jobs was "remarkably loyal" which "he'd order 10 or 100" if he loved a shirt. She revealed his philosophy on appearance: "Fashion is exactly what appears beautiful now but looks ugly later art could be ugly in the beginning however it becomes beautiful later." PHOTOS: Jobs' Dying: The way the Magazines Covered She remembered Jobs' passion for love: "Whenever he saw a guy he thought a lady will dsicover dashing, he known as out, 'Hey are you currently single? Would you wanna arrived at dinner with my sister?" Simpson also remembered how Jobs was "an actual father" together with his children. Despite the fact that he saw success in an incredibly youthful age, Simpson stated "he felt which had isolated him." She noted the normalcy he still craved after generating millions, picking her up in the airport terminal in the jeans. Jobs' sister also reminisced concerning the time that it required for that Jobs family to redesign your kitchen, which required 50 % of time to complete in the Pixar building. Simpson says Jobs stated which had he "developed in a different way, he may have grown to be a math wizzard," studying works of art by Mark Rothko. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Notable Deaths But Jobs' cancer rapidly required a toll on his existence. "Eventually, even regular pleasures, just like a good peach, no more become a huge hit to him," Simpson remembered. She spoken about when Jobs learned walking again after his liver transplant -- having a chair. Jobs experienced 67 different nurses before locating the three who he remained with before the finish. Still, Jobs ongoing to sketch suggestions for other potential items. "Things I learned from my brother's dying was that character is important: What he was, was how he died. Tuesday morning, he known as me to request me to be quick to Palo Alto. His tone was affectionate, dear, loving, but like someone whose luggage had been strapped to the vehicle, who had been already on the start of his journey, even while he was sorry, truly deeply sorry, to become departing us," Simpson stated of Jobs' last day. "This is exactly what I learned: he was working only at that, too. Dying did not occur to Steve, he accomplished it," Simpson stated, remembering the Tuesday phone conversation she'd with Jobs, throughout that they begged her to visit the Palo Alto hospital he is at. "He explained, when he was saying goodbye and saying he was sorry, so sorry we wouldn't have the ability to be old together as we'd always planned, he would a much better place." His entire family was by his bedroom in the final hrs of his existence. The physician had given Jobs "a 50/50 possibility of which makes it with the nght," that they made through. Before Jobs spoke his last words, he "checked out his sister Patty, then for any very long time at his children, then at his existence's partner, Laurene, then over their shoulders past them." What were Jobs' final words? "Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow," Simpson remembered. Related Subjects Obituaries Jobs

Its Official: CBS Gives Full-Season Orders To Person Of Curiosity And Memorable

CBS Will get near Back Orders For Person Of Curiosity And Memorable Almost each week after word first made an appearance that CBS was making pickup calls for the producers of freshmen Person Of Curiosity and Memorable, the network helps make the entire-season orders to both series official. The Two join breakout comedy 2 Broke Women, which features a full-season order, while there isn't sure the half way decent rated new Friday medical drama A Gifted Guy. Memorable ratings performance remains largely on componen while using series it transformed, The Truly Amazing Wife, which gone to live in Sundays. Still, with typically 14. million audiences, the crime procedural starring Poppy Montgomery and Dylan Walsh ranks since the most seen newcomer drama this season. In grownups 18-49, Memorable earnings a 3./3. It's up 3% in audiences and 18-49 within the Good Wife‘s amounts inside the hour last fall. Creator Erection dysfunction Redlich, Carl Beverly and Sarah Timberman are executive creating for CBS TV Art galleries and also the new the new sony Pictures TV. Person of curiosity, which stars Jim Caviezel and Michael Emerson, ranks just like a very close second to Memorable inside the rankings of all seen new drama series this season with 13.97 million audiences. Its 18-49 average can be a 3.3/8. The mystery drama from Jonathan Nolan, J.J. Abrams and Warner Bros. TV inherited our prime-profile Thursday 9 PM slot from veteran CSI which is presently running lower 11% in 18-49 and 9% in general audiences versus. CSI‘s performance inside the hour last fall. Bryan Burk and Greg Plageman may also be executive creating.

Ashton Kutcher: People Can Bastardize the Truth

Ashton Kutcher Ashton Kutcher has published what he calls a "brief commentary on the status of integrity of media and literature." In a video posted on the social media site Chime.In, Kutcher - who isn't wearing his wedding ring (and much was made of that by the chattering/blogging class) - states, "There is no gatekeeper of the truth ... people can bastardize the truth in any way, shape or form that they want and spread that around the world." Kutcher indirectly has addressed reports of him and wife Demi Moore splitting with opaque Twitter messages. Perhaps this is a continuation of those statements. Ashton Kutcher: Don't assume anything "We really have to take it upon ourselves to instill a level of honesty in the works in the media that we create and share with one another and be certain that we are doing our own diligence that what we are saying is for the benefit of another." And for those keeping track, Kutcher later posted another video, this time about his fandom of the Chicago Bears (who must have made him happy by winning Sunday), wearing his wedding ring.

New York Comic Con: 'Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark' Writers Talk Show Revamp, Budget Constraints

Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic/Getty Images NY -Spider-Man: Turn off the DarkwritersRoberto Aguire-Sacasa(Glee, Marvel Comics'Sensational Spider-Man) andGlen Bergerhere on Sunday discussed the challenges of revamping and streamlining the once-troubled show.our editor recommends'Amazing Spider-Man' Star Detained at Comic-Con Following Incident'Book of Mormon's' Trey Parker, Matt Stone Call Spider-Man Musical a 'Train Wreck' (Video)NY Comic Con: DC Entertainment Creative Chief Hopeful for 'Green Lantern' Film Sequel During a NY Comic Con panel that added an air of Broadway to the convention amid a slew of events focused on such films as The Avengers (link to the story from late last night) and TV shows asTerra NovaandThe Walking Dead(link to other story from yesterday), Berger recalled how plans to use holograms in theater aisles had to be axed. The writer duo also explained to the audience of fanboys and -girls how time and budget constraints kept a beloved story about the origin of Spider-Man out of the Broadway show. And they recalled how Berger became the de-facto voice of the Green Goblin character on the writing team by channeling a story about howBonofirst met CNN founderTed Turner. The $70 million musical, the most expensive of all time, was originally directed byJulie Taymor, but reworked after various accidents, failed stunts and bad reviews. One question from the NY Comic Con audience, which generally lauded the rewrite of the show, was why it doesn't contain a popular burglary story that was also part of the first SonySpider-Manmovie. "We all love the burglar story - it's the quintessial Spider-Man origin story," Aguire-Sacasa said. "When we reconvened to revamp the show, we all had a wish list of stuff we wanted to put back in. We all wanted to put the burglary back in. But there was such a limited amount of time and, at that point, budget that it was basically impossible." Berger also emphasized that what works in a movie or comic book doesn't necessarily work on stage. Improving clarity and focus and making sure that audiences stay engaged throughout the show was the key goal of the revamp, he said. Berger also said that while a clause in the original contract he got from Marvel stated that the show had to have state-of-the-art technology, he said the creative team had to do away with some technology to focus more on the story. "We really were looking at the latest holographic technology," Berger said. "What we had in mind was these supervillains would be popping up next to you in the aisles. We thought that was possible, and it's not [yet]." Aguire-Sacasa added that in a multi-million dollar show with much spectacle, finding the humanity of characters and making people care about them was particularly important. "The more technology there is on stage, the harder it is to connect with the human beings on the stage," he said. In one key script change, the love story arc in the revamp of the stage show was concentrated on the relationship between Peter Parker aka Spider-Man and Mary-Jane, who audiences recognized as his love interest from the movies. "Although there was a [more complicated] love story [including a third character] originally, we felt it was best to shift the focus back to Mary-Jane and Peter," Aguire-Sacasa explained. That also allowed the writers to change a Mary-Jane solo number to a duet with Peter Parker that further strengthened the characters and storyline, he said. Several fans told the writers that they really enjoyed the expanded role of the Green Goblin in the show's revamp. "From the beginning, he had a comic and violent streak that was reading well on stage," Berger said about the character and why he ended up getting an expanded presence in the revamp. "Glen kind of was the de-facto voice of the Green Goblin, because he can just channel this crazy at a moment's notice," quipped Aguire-Sacasa. Berger then explained how he channeled the character. "Originally, it came from Bono describing meeting Ted Turner for the first time," he told fans. While the two were walking around in the fields outside of Atlanta, Turner pointed out a snake in the grass and suggested it was not poisonous snake, but his assistant corrected him, Berger recalled. "Ted had already picked it up and said hell, you are right, it is [poisonous]," he said. Inspired by that story, the Green Goblin character for him became about transplanting that bundle of energy and personality into a scientist, he explained. A couple of fans also asked about the reduced and refocused role of the Arachne character in the current version of the Broadway show. Berger said that original showrunner Taymor wanted to add another female voice to the musical and create an amalgam of several female Marvel characters. The production "asked Marvel if we could make a nice powerful composite," he recalled. "That was the idea. It wasn't working as well as it should have and could have." Aguire-Sacasa said that he was confused by the Arachne character given that he was a Spider-Man fan. "I thought what is this character," he told fans. "But when you do a musical incarnation, you do want something unique and new. It makes it specific to Spider-Man on Broadway...so that it isn't just the first movie on stage." Email:Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Comic-Con 2011

A Couple of Days in Red-colored-colored Carpet Photos: The Actor-kaira Pitt, Jennifer Aniston and 'Footloose'

From Mary Elizabeth Winstead as well as the youthful stars of 'The Thing' for the youthful stars of 'Footloose' towards the Actor-kaira Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, red-colored-colored carpets from NY to La were covered in famous faces now. Who needed the most effective photos? See the best photos every week in Moviefone's Week in Red-colored-colored Carpet gallery ahead. A Couple of Days in Red-colored-colored Carpet Photos: March. 10-14 See All Moviefone Galleries » [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Not such a long time ago Exclusive: Eion Bailey Likely to Storybrooke

Eion Bailey Eion Bailey will probably be likely to Storybrooke in ABC's approaching mythic drama Not such a long time ago, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Not such a long time ago Scoop: A Deadwood alum is going to town Executive-produced by Lost's Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, the arrival series notifies the story in the Evil Full (Lana Parrilla) casting a spell upon classic mythic figures who live in Storybrooke, Maine, and don't know their unique true particulars. Bailey, who recurs on Covert Matters, has signed on for your mysterious role of "The Stranger." The 35-year-old actor, whose other credits include ER and HBO's Gang of Brothers and sisters, will first are available in a multi-episode arc in Episode 9. Exclusive Start Searching: Join in towards the magical arena of Not such a long time ago Not such a long time ago, which stars Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White-colored and Jennifer Morrison as her daughter, debuts Sunday at 8/7c on ABC.

Exclusive: New John Carter image

Read this completely new exclusive image from forthcoming Disney epic John Carter.In line with the books by Tarzan's Edgar Grain Burroughs, it's directed by Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) and informs the storyline of yankee Civil War soldier John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) inexplicably moved to Mars and reluctant billed with becoming the planet's saviour by using great eco-friendly warrior Tars Tarkas (William Dafoe) and delightful princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). New footage proven at D23 recently demonstrated Carter finding his new surroundings as well as an capability to jump great distances, while meeting a variety of Martians great and small."It is a period film of the period we do not know anything about," states Stanton, that has Harry Potter-sized desires a potential franchise of Burrough's "pulp Shakespeare" epic.Though regardless of the scale, Stanton's adamant a persons element is essential, with JC "Fighting something which happened to him previously. I believe which makes him more real" he states. "Everyone has ghosts that we are chasing after."

Exclusive: Lord of the Rings, Dark Tower and More Rare Looks at Poster Genius Drew Struzan's Oeuvre

As a fledgling artist in his teens, Drew Struzan took to illustrating movie posters to make a living; decades later, his work in the world of visual film art has become not only iconic, but a part of the way we celebrate many modern cinema classics of the past few decades. This month’s release Drew Struzan: Oeuvre collects more than 250 pieces of Struzan’s art from films including Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back, Star Trek, and Lord of the Rings, and Movieline has a special exclusive preview of rare pieces from the forthcoming book. Drew Struzan: Oeuvre, in hardcover with a foreword by George Lucas, also includes selections of the artist’s more recent work ranging from Pan’s Labyrinth to Cowboys & Aliens to The Walking Dead, along with “record album, book, and comic book covers, to stamps, trading cards, promotional artwork and very personal original works.” The book is written by Struzan and wife Dylan and retails for $49.95. Movieline’s exclusive gallery holds a few special treats, among them a look at Struzan’s Empire Strikes Back re-release special edition poster. Click here to launch our gallery of exclusive images. [Pictured: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) & 1997 Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved. Used under authorization; The Lord of the Rings Masterpieces (1) Copyright Drew Struzan 2006; The Dark Tower Copyright Drew Struzan 2007]

Cameron Douglas Testifies At NYC Drug Trial

First Published: October 4, 2011 8:02 PM EDT Credit: Getty Premium NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Caption Cameron Douglas arrives for the world premiere of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past at the Graumans Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California, on April 27, 2009The imprisoned son of Michael Douglas has testified that he would have been better off staying in jail rather than being freed on bail after he was arrested in NY on drug charges. Cameron Douglas testified Tuesday at a drug trial in Manhattan federal court. He says he learned the federal prison system treats drug-addicted inmates when they arrive. Instead, he was freed on bail after his arrest in July 2009 for dealing methamphetamine from a high-end Manhattan hotel. The son of the Oscar-winning actor eventually pleaded guilty to charges and agreed to cooperate in a deal that secured him a five-year prison term. Douglas was called by the government as part of his deal to testify against a man he claims supplied him with large quantities of drugs. Copyright 2011 by Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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AMC/Sundance Channel Global Picks Up International Rights to 'Breaking Bad'

CANNES - AMC/Sundance Channel Global has snapped up select international rights for Emmy-winner Breaking Bad as well as new series Hell on Wheels and The Slap for Sundance Channel Global and Shannen Doherty's new show Shannen Says for WE tv Asia.Related Topics•MIPCOM In a deal announced at MIPCOM Tuesday, The Sundance Channel in Asia picked up seasons 1-4 for Breaking Bad from Sony Pictures Television. Sundance's Asian channel will also air AMC's new Civil War drama Hell on Wheels, though an agreement signed with Entertainment One. Sundance will also have broadcast rights in Spain and premiere window rights in Portugal, Eastern and Central Europe to the series through a deal with Hell on Wheels producer Endemol. Sundance Channel also bought the rights to The Slap, a drama series based on the bestseller by Christos Tsiolkas, for Asia, Spain, Eastern Europe, Portugal, Greece and Turkey from DCD Rights. Related Topics International Hell on Wheels Breaking Bad MIPCOM

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ROLL CALL: Sandra Bullock & Heidi Klums Girls Night Out

By Jesse SperoLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans Sandy & Heidi Rock The Roosevelt!: It was a true girls night out for Sandra Bullock and Heidi Klum on Thursday. The stars and their gal pals were spotted at Beachers Madhouse at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, People reported. They reportedly partied the night away until 2 AM in a booth while sipping champagne. Sandra, who was spotted dancing throughout the night, had a smile on her face the whole night, an onlooker told the mag. Cheers to the freakin weekend indeed! Oh Ke$ha, Stop!: We never mind when Lady Gaga steps out with an odd object on her head (silver glitter lighting bolts, slabs of meat), but when Ke$ha does it (see here HERE!), it feels a little forced. Ke$ha, quit trying to make stuffed shark animals on the face happen. Pucker Up, Sea Horse!: Speaking of stars and aquatic life, looks like we know what Kris Humphries will be getting Kim Kardashian for Christmas! Find out why Kim was puckering up to a sea horse yesterday, HERE! Oy!: Mel Gibson better get cracking on his Judah Maccabee movie theres a competing project in the works. According to TMZ, producer Bruce Nash and writer Scott Abbott are also working on a movie about the historical Jewish warrior. Hollywood has seen competing asteroid movies and dueling Truman Capote films why not two Judah pics?! Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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ABC collars Craig Schindel legal drama

ABC has given a script resolve for a drama from scribe Craig Schindel named "Turner Loose." ABC Galleries project informs the storyline of the disgraced Wall Street banker-switched-jailhouse lawyer who finds themself not just fixing the legal issues of his fellow convicts but employed by the district attorney who put him in jail. Schindel includes a lengthy type of TV credits, mainly in the legal arena, including "Law and Order" and "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior." With ABC, he most lately was an professional producer on "Castle." Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Roman Polanski Returns to Scene of 2009 Arrest

Around this time in 2009, an unsuspecting Roman Polanski flew to the Zurich Film Festival to receive a lifetime achievement award. He didn't get farther than the airport. Swiss police arrested him on a U.S. warrant from 1978, when Polanski fled the country after pleading guilty to having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl. What followed was months of house arrest, a long extradition battle and a media circus. It ended, as it began, with Polanski a free man.our editor recommendsRoman Polanski's 'Carnage': What the Critics SayVenice 2011: Al Pacino's 'Wilde Salome,' Roman Polanski's 'Carnage' Win Awards'Carnage' Trailer: Kate Winslet and Jodie Foster Freak Out in Roman Polanski's Film Adaptation (Video)Sony Pictures Classics to Release Roman Polanskis 'Carnage' Now, the Oscar-winning director is picking up where he left off. On Tuesday, Polanski, 78, will fly back to Zurich to receive his award and accompanying adulation. The festival will follow the tribute with the world premiere of a "secret" documentary. Zurich organizers are keeping things hush-hush, but it's thought to be Marina Zenovich's follow-up to Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, the 2008 doc that reignited interest in his case. PHOTOS: 'Carnage' and 9 Other Movies to Know at the Venice Film Festival There's little danger history will repeat in Zurich. A Swiss court freed Polanski on a technicality -- it said it didn't have enough evidence to justify extradition. But unless Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley agrees to give confidential testimony about Polanski's sentencing procedure in 1977-78, which he has repeatedly refused to do, the Swiss are unlikely to change their minds. Cooley, through a spokeswoman, declined comment, other than to remind Hollywood that Polanski is a fugitive and a warrant remains out for his arrest. It is easy to forget, but before his arrest put him back in the headlines, Polanski had slipped off most people's radar. His most recent film at the time was 2005's Oliver Twist, a box-office flop in the U.S. ($2.1 million domestic gross) that performed better overseas but divided critics. The buzz on The Ghost Writer, which he was finishing when he was arrested, was minimal. Distributors worldwide worried that news of the scandal would drive audiences away. Polanski's next project, an adaptation of the hit play God of Carnage, looked dead in the water. What a difference two years makes: Ghost Writer premiered at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival and went on to gross $60 million worldwide, and Polanski was able to recruit a cast that includes three Oscar winners -- Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster and Christoph Waltz, plus John C. Reilly -- for Carnage, which premiered Sept. 1 at the Venice Film Festival to the best reviews Polanski has seen since 2002's The Pianist. Polanski's rehabilitation began almost as soon as the news of his arrest broke. While the conservative talk-show circuit was calling for him to be brought back to the U.S. in chains, filmmakers were petitioning for his release. Polanski was still under house arrest when Ghost Writer won the best director prize in Berlin. Then it swept the European Film Awards -- a clear sign of solidarity among the director's colleagues. With Carnage wowing Venice and a planned awards campaign from Sony Pictures Classics tied to its December U.S. release, Polanski's comeback is complete. Cooley has said if a "cooperative jurisdiction" arrests Polanski, his office might again seek extradition. But for now, Polanski is back on top. Many predicted the 2009 arrest would mean the end of his career. Two years on, the helmer returns to Zurich head held high. POLANSKI AT THE BOX OFFICE: Worldwide grosses for the filmmaker's top 5 movies The Pianist (2002): $120.1 million The Ghost Writer (2010): $60.2 million The Ninth Gate (1999): $58.4 million Oliver Twist (2005): $42.6 million Rosemary's Baby (1968): $33.6 million Related Topics The Ghost Writer Jodie Foster Kate Winslet Roman Polanski Carnage

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Dish Network launches streaming service

Dish Network revealed a streaming product using the model of Blockbuster, the business it saved from personal personal bankruptcy five several days ago. Beginning March. 1, Blockbuster Movie Pass is really a $10 supplement to Dish Network clients it won't be available to people that don't subscribe to the satcaster. That may have attracted sighs of relief at Netflix given common anticipation that Dish might be beginning a standalone product to rival the dominant upstart as prices changes and restructuring sent its stock cost quickly decreasing this year's week. The package boasts over 100,00 movies and tv shows available by mail, additionally to three,000 game game game titles. Greater than 3,000 movies streamed to TV, 4,000 movies streamed for the computer. Greater than 20 premium movie channels will also be based in the service. Backed having a national advertising campaign, Blockbuster Movie Pass could have a DVD-by-mail component additionally to some streaming to both TV and personal computers. Wireless items won't be accessible for streaming at launch. "Because the physical funnel remains very important for the Blockbuster logo design and product, we recognize more clients are tuning into digital as a means of consuming entertainemnt," mentioned Michael Kelly, leader of Blockbuster, inside a press conference in Friday San Francisco Bay Area. The service can also be bundled up up free for starters year to new clients who buy the America's Top 200 tier for $40 monthly. Kelly also established that there can be a standalone streaming service beneath the Blockbuster brand that won't be packed while using Dish subscription, but gave no specifics. The item essentially attempts the cord-cutting which will endanger Dish's core service by melding its linear channels and TV Everywhere options with Blockbuster's existing mail-based and streaming services. Dish Boss Joe Clayton suggested an opportunity to mix the suggestions above on one bill just like a feature that will permit Blockbuster Movie Pass to stay in everyone else of video services different from Amazon . com . com to DirecTV. Among the distinguishing factors within the competition Dish professionals looked for to pay attention to was the free exchange of dvd disks in Blockbuster tales without any additional charge for Blu-ray rental costs. Netflix charges one more $2 for Blu-ray rental costs. Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com

9 Stars You didn't Know Were within the Exorcist Movies

The crowded background objects from the Exorcist movies aren’t just populated by Frank Oz puppets, interns, and robots in Ron Baker makeup: You will discover genuine stars (and famous company company directors) experimenting there! We’ve determined nine people who made cameos within the Exorcist films, which i’m ready to wager you couldn’t catch several players upon first viewing. Sofia Coppola is virtually hiding. 1. Keira Knightley Movie: The Phantom Menace Role: Sabe, the decoy full Hired due to her resemblance to Natalie Portman, future Oscar nominee Knightley carried out Amidala’s doppelganger decoy and bodyguard. It’s the kind of fronting that could drive a girl mad. Discuss A Dangerous Method. 2. Rose Byrne Movie: Attack in the Clones Role: Dorm Extended before she sneered and scoffed at Kristen Wiig in Bridesmaids, Damages star Rose Byrne wasn’t so cocky as Padm Amidala’s handmaiden Dorm. That expressionless mug offered her well in Patty Hewes’s firm. 3. Joel Edgerton Movie: Attack in the Clones, Revenge in the Sith Role: Owen Lars As Anakin Skywalker’s stepbrother Owen, Edgerton eventually takes custody of the children from the kids of Luke Skywalker in Revenge in the Sith. He’s destroyed by stormtroopers in the New Hope, nevertheless it’s apparent that Owen here gets the fire from the Animal Kingdom/Warrior alum. Joel Edgerton might be the brother of Ewan McGregor’s stunt double Nash Edgerton, and coincidentally, Owen Lars is called as Obi-Wan Kenobi’s brother inside the novelization of Return in the Jedi. 4. Marton Csokas Movie: Attack in the Clones Role: Poggle the Lesser Seems like Celebron within the Our god in the Rings: Return in the King features a sexy past together with other fantastical franchises. In Attack in the Clones, Csokas voices Poggle the Lesser, the separatist Archduke of Geonosis who's gunned lower by Darth Vader on Mustafar. Wouldn’t be blown away once the same factor happened to him inside the Debt. 5. Keisha Castle-Hughes Movie: Revenge in the Sith Role: Full Apailana of Naboo Immediately after the august New Zealand actress acquired an Oscar nomination on her behalf memorable be employed in Whale Driver, she carried out a forgettable full in Revenge in the Sith’s funeral scene. Searching kind of Thai for just about any Kiwi! 6. Sofia Coppola Movie: The Phantom Menace Role: Sach The first of Amidala’s five handmaidens, Sach donned a red-colored-colored-orange robe and looked off as being a downtrodden protagonist in the Sofia Coppola movie. 7. John Ratzenberger Movie: The Wild Bunch Role: Major Bren Derlin A few years right before landing Cheers, the Pixar mainstay bundled up up around play in the deck officer Bren Derlin within the Wild Bunch. Even when he’s starring in the sci-fi classic, you need to hands him a stein. 8. Joe Johnston Movie: Alien Role: Stormtrooper Inside an additional place scene shot for your original Alien, the Captain America: The Initial Avenger director (and Oscar-champion for top Visual Effects on Raiders in the Lost Ark) stays out concerning the Dying Star surface looking over within the taken Millennium Falcon. Still a fetching costume to this day. 9. George Lucas Movie: Revenge in the Sith Role: Baron Papanoida Nowhere-skinned Baron Papanoida, who remains outdoors Palpatine’s private box within the Galaxies Opera House, may be the austere auteur, Mr. George Lucas! He’s glowering like Orson Welles inside the Muppet Movie, however’m sure he’s getting a great time.

Kevin Costner walks from Tarantino's Django Unchained

Just whenever we thought Quentin Tarantino was getting together probably the most awesome cast ever for his slave western Django Unchained, among the folks i was most looking forward to seeing leaves the project.Kevin Costner, stated to become playing Ace Woodsy (among lead villain's Calvin Candie's key crew), has transpired about the picture, stating 'scheduling conflicts.'It appears like Costner prefer to create a TV movie titled The Hatfields & The McCoys for that History Funnel together with his old friend Kevin Reynolds than work most abundant in exciting living director on the planet.But Kevin can also be showing up in Zack Snyder's Superman reboot Guy Of Steel, so perhaps his role for the reason that is larger than we first thought.In either case, Tarantino will need to find a brand new Ace. The gossips are presently recommending Danny McBride, but we are unsure as we view it. Costner and McBride could not become more different.And we are particularly disappointed that Costner has dropped out, once we were searching toward watching Django and Fandango inside a Kevin Costner-designed rhyming double-bill. That dream has ended.

ABC Nabs Drama Project from 'Grey's Anatomy's' Shonda Rhimes, Jenna Bans

ABC has picked up another drama pitch from Shonda Rhimes' Shondaland shingle.our editor recommendsThe Quiet Mystery of Shonda RhimesShonda Rhimes Sells 'Gilded Lillys' Drama to ABC'Grey's Anatomy's' Jeff Perry Joins Shonda Rhimes Drama Pilot (Exclusive) STORY: The Quiet Mystery of Shonda Rhimes The one-hour project, which hails from ABC Studios, centers on a young,idealistic and recently fired defense lawyer struggles to start his own firm with an eclectic group of lawyer misfits, while starting to realize that he may have been fired from his old job because he got too close to a deadly cover-up. Jenna Bans (Off the Map, Grey's Anatomy) will serve as a writer and executive producer, with Rhimes and Betsy Beers on board as nonwriting executive producers. STORY: Shonda Rhimes Sells 'Gilded Lillys' Drama to ABC The news comes mere weeks after Rhimes --responsible for Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice and upcoming Scandal on ABC's schedule-- sold another drama project, Gilded Lillys, set at a 1890's luxury hotel. Rhimes is repped by ICM; Beers is with UTA. Email: Lacey.Rose@THR.com; Twitter: @LaceyVRose Related Topics ABC Shonda Rhimes Grey's Anatomy TV Development

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Ryan Seacrest Hoping to get VH1 Soul for his or her Own Network

Ryan Seacrest Make room, The famous host the famous host oprah. Ryan Seacrest takes around the world! Well, a network no less than. The The The American Idol Show Show host is at predicts dominate MTV Networks' fledging R&B network VH1 Soul to create their very own cable network, in line with the Hollywood Reporter. The amount of jobs can Ryan Seacrest have? What is the news comes nearly yearly after Seacrest began prone to launch a network, which might feature broadcasts of AEG's concerts and series produced by Seacrest.Besides emceeing Idol, the 36-year-old posseses an E! News gig, hosts the On Air with Ryan Seacrest radio show and produces Maintaining while using Kardashians. Seacrest may be going the identical route because the famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey. The inspiring talk show host needed inside the Discovery Health network to have the ability to launch OWN taken. Are you able to watch Seacrest's network?

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Paltrow Loves 'Glee' Character but Skips Emmys

La (AP) Gwyneth Paltrow states she was "totally thrilled" to become nominated to have an Emmy on her guest starring role on "Glee," but she will not attend the ceremony a few days ago in which the champion is going to be introduced.The 38-year-old actress states she just reunited together with her children working in london and could not go back to La for Saturday's Creative Arts Emmy Honours, where TV guest roles are honored.Paltrow would, however, go back to "Glee" to reprise the free-spirited substitute teacher Carol Holliday, if asked. She states she "loves doing that demonstrateInch and Carol is "most likely probably the most fun character I have ever reached play."Meanwhile, Paltrow continues to be busy marketing her latest film, "Contagion," where her role was most likely NOT probably the most fun character she's ever reached play. She's Patient No. one in a killer pandemic.Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Five boost road grosses

'Mary Poppins' came back now, getting in $508,661.NEW You are able to -- Five from the six shows drawn in additional than $a million in Week 14 (August. 29-Sept. 4). Total box office fell 11.3%, with "Mary Poppins" coming back towards the boards, "West Side Story" on layoff and "Mamma Mia!" happening an eight-week hiatus. "The Lion King" brought all shows, with nearly $two million in sales. Total gross for that week was $7,681,604.COLUMBUS, OHIO Jersey Boys (M-first Co.) Ohio Theater ($80 2,779, $1,415,820) (8/29-9/4/11).PW, $1,446,253.Last (3rd) wk, $1,243,668. Colorado L'ensemble des Miserables (M-first Co.) Buell Theater ($105 2,839 $1,469,040) (8/29-9/4/11).PW, $1,423,163 in Dallas.Last (first) wk, $1,451,525. HARTFORD, CONN. Wicked (M-first Co.) Bushnell (C $86 [$87] 2,706, $1,520,510) (8/24-9/11/11).PW, $1,014,051. (6 perfs)Last (second) wk, $1,348,260. MONTREAL The Lion King (M-first Co.) Place des Arts (C$95 [$97] 2,814 $1,900,270) (8/9-9/4/11).PW, $1,901,270.Last (fourth) wk, $1,899,970. SALT LAKE CITY Mary Poppins (M-first Co.) Capitol Theater ($85 1,834, $934,650) (9/1-9/25/11. (7 perfs)Last (first) wk, $508,661. WINNIPEG, MANITOBA Wicked (M-second Co.) Centennial Concert Hall (C $96 [$98] 2,159, $1,478,300) (8/24-9/4/11).PW, $1,253,210.Last (second) wk, $1,229,520. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Note to Fans: Madonna Hates Hydrangeas (VIDEO)

If you are likely to hands flowers to Madonna, please remember: Do not get her hydrangeas. A relevant video from the pop diva accepting -- after which dissing -- the gift from the fan in the Venice Film Festival went viral. After saying thanks to the fan, Madonna stashes the problem flower underneath the table, comes her eyes and states towards the person alongside her, "I absolutely detest hydrangeas. He clearly does not realize that.Inch Well, now everybody knows, Madonna. Begin to see the clip following the jump. [via THR]

Paul Greengrass Talking to Fear Index

He'll direct the Robert Harris thrillerHe shelves them up and knocks them lower: we already understood that Paul Greengrass' immediate next project may be the Somali pirates docudrama A Captain's Duty, but he's now set to follow along with it immediately with Fear Index, according to Robert Harris' financial thriller. Harris' novel is not even released yet, but Fox clicked in the privileges very the author had only written six sections once the studio got interested. Greengrass continues to be stated for that megaphone because the summer time, but it is only been confirmed, first by Harris themself, and subsequently by some Deadline fact-checking. Based on the blurb, Fear Index involves researcher Dr Alex Hoffman, that has invented an innovative artificial inteligence software that may perfectly predict stock-market fluctuations through monitoring human feelings (sounds a little just like a lower-level version of Asimov's psychohistory). Hoffman's Geneva-based hedge fund makes billions off the rear of his system, but a slide into paranoia and violence starts when his security alarm is breached with a mysterious burglar, threatening both his family and also the global real estate markets. It's fear on the micro and macro level! Fox, you can utilize that in your poster. Harris, who had been last modified for that screen in Polanski's classy political thriller The Ghost, is writing the script themself, with Peter Chernin (Rise From The Planet From The Apes) creating for their own Chernin Entertainment. The novel is released by Hutchinson on September 29 within the United kingdom, and early the coming year in the usa.

Five Hot Actresses Vie For Leads Opposite Tom Cruise in Horizons, and 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today

Also in this Friday edition of The Broadsheet: Olivia Wilde may find Better Living Through Chemistry… Natalie Portman and Katherine Heigl have something common… Paul Greengrass gets busy… and more ahead. · Time for another Tom Cruise-centric actress short list! Per Variety, Universal is testing five leading ladies to star opposite Cruise in Horizons (formerly Oblivion), the sci-fi blockbuster from Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski that might remind you of WALL*E. The chosen five: Jessica Chastain, Olivia Wilde, Brit Marling, Noomi Rapace and Olga Kurylenko. Universal had no comment on the list (naturally), but the five will reportedly test with Kosinski over the weekend for the chance to star in one of two roles: the wife Cruise’s Jack had on Earth before aliens invaded and killed everyone, and the right-hand woman he teams with during missions back to Earth to repair safety drones that protect the planet from said aliens. [Variety] · Speaking of Olivia Wilde, the Cowboys & Aliens star will replace the pregnant Jennifer Garner in the indie comedy Better Living Through Chemistry. The film stars Sam Rockwell as a small-town pharmacist who has an affair with a trophy wife (Wilde) and winds up plotting to kill her husband. [Variety] · Holler at Paul Greengrass! The acclaimed director is attached to direct an adaptation of Robert Harris’s thriller Fear Index, “about a scientist who uses a revolutionary system of computer algorithms to trade on the volatility of the world’s financial markets. His hedge fund is wildly successful until he is targeted by an intruder who breaks into his home.” Tense! In other directorial news, Robert Zemeckis will officially handle Flight with Denzel Washington set to star. [Deadline] · EW reports that Natalie Portman has turned down an offer to star in Adaline, a film about a woman who stops aging after a mysterious accident. If that sounds familiar, it’s because you might remember when Katherine Heigl was attached to the lead role. [EW] · The headline from THR: “Blade Runner Actor Joins Ryan Reynolds in R.I.P.D.” What it actually means: James Hong — the famed character actor who you know from Big Trouble in Little China, Seinfeld, Wayne’s World and, yes, also Blade Runner — will co-star in R.I.P.D. as “Grandpa Chen,” the human avatar that people see when Ryan Reynolds’s deceased cop goes out in the field. He joins Marisa Miller who was just set as Jeff Bridges’s human avatar. Sorry if you were hoping that Harrison Ford, Sean Young or Rutger Hauer were cast. Also: Schwentke! [THR/Heat Vision] · First, the years-delayed Margaret gets a release date, and now Fireflies in the Garden does too. The Julia Roberts-led drama was shot in 2007, and will finally hit theaters on Oct. 14 in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. The filmmakers themselves are putting Garden one out, so don’t expect much pomp and circumstance. Ryan Reynolds, Emily Watson, Willem Dafoe and Carrie-Anne Moss co-star in this curio. [Deadline]

'Smash' hopes Broadway makes TV musical miracle

Professional producer Steven Spielberg and producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are behind NBC's 'Smash.'There's no denying that musical television is getting its day under the sun. With shows for example "Glee," "The American Idol Show,Inch "The Voice" and "DwtsInch one of the most popular in primetime, it's really no surprise that systems are greenlighting more music-based programming.Buzzed about within the coming fall months are NBC's "Smash," which has a team of heavy players behind it, including Steven Spielberg as co-executive producer together with Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (producers of "Chicago" and "Hairspray"), famous songwriting duo Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Broadway's "Catch Me if you're able to,Inch "Hairspray") and playwright Theresa Rebeck, who is also mind author. The show, that will begin airing midseason with "The Voice" since it's lead-in, goes behind the curtain of the Broadway musical in line with the existence of Lana Turner, and stars Debra Playing and Christian Borle because the musical's designers and songwriting team. "The American Idol ShowInch alumna Katharine McPhee plays an ambitious youthful actress-singer competing for that title role, and Anjelica Huston stars because the musical's producer. "It's basically a place of work drama and the middle of it's about the building of a musical," describes Rebeck, who's mining her very own existence as inspiration for Messing's character. "It is a very dynamic, intriguing and complicated world. I believe it is a world that includes a lot of great interest for America. It's kind of like 'The West Wing' with music because that world had really intelligent, passionate people inside it.InchWittman adds: "It comes down to the theater and those that inhabit it and surround it. It is a new arena as well as an interesting inside look that individuals might not learn about hpv warts and all sorts of.InchThe pilot is incorporated in the can, and includes three original tunes by Wittman and Shaiman, in addition to a tune by Christina Aguilera, sang by McPhee's character at her audition for that "Marilyn" musical.Based on Shaiman, popular tunes will have as large a job within the show as original tunes. "The slots for existing, contemporary tunes is going to be as vital within the storytelling because the original theatrical tunes," he states. "All the tunes presented every week will state or discuss what are you doing psychologically using the figures."Deals for "Smash" soundtracks in addition to a solo cope with McPhee have been in place with Columbia Records, that also has got the privileges to "Glee's" soundtracks which have offered a lot more than tens of millions of copies worldwide. Columbia Records chairman Steve Barnett states it is a natural fit because of the label's effective history with platform soundtracks. "I believe 'Smash' is a component of the new trend in music television in which the music drives figures and story lines instead of being part of the backdrop color," he notes. "The tunes co-star using the stars and also the narrative, making this an chance for all of us to reveal great tunes of history and offer all genres to some broad TV audience." Rebeck thinks series like "Glee" have assisted open the doorway for "Smash." "We owe an excellent debt to individuals shows, which paved the best way to doing something similar to this," she states. "What we are attempting to do is meld the musical form for an hour-lengthy drama. 'Glee' would be a great precursor we are essentially creating a slightly different dramatic world around the concept that tunes can exist together with drama inside a tv program.InchWittman adds that "Smash's" theme appeals to some broad demographic. "Theater includes old pros and new upstarts therefore it cuts a large swath," he states, before chuckling, "And hopefully we are able to even get Anjelica Huston to sing. That's our goal." Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Access Hollywood Live: Southern Picnic Recipes Inspired By The Help

FIRST PUBLISHED: August 23, 2011 1:07 PM EDT LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Betty Crocker food editor Kristen Olson stopped by Access Hollywood Live to share her tips & recipes on how to throw a Southern-inspired Labor Day picnic, inspired by the box office hit The Help. Here are five great recipes from Kristen Oven-Fried Picnic Chicken, click here Hand Pies, click here Been Snow Cones, click here Devlied Eggs with a Kick, click here Dilled Cucumber and Tomato Salad, click here Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

The Eat Sheet: 15 Under-the-Radar Locales In which the Industry Dines Independently

The Emmy Months are off and running -- using the Oscar race much less far within the distance -- making for any deluge of parties, from intimate voter arm-twisting dinners to cast festivities. Fortunately, L.A. provides a slew of recent and under-the-radar locales for every type of affair, together with a just-opened up wine room straight from Tuscany along with a sexy tequila lounge serving the best Mexican food around. Best Spot To Have An AFTER-AFTERPARTY Ten Pound (£10) at theMontage Beverly Hillsides 225 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hillsides 310.860.7800 montagebeverlyhills.com To obtain access, you have to pass muster using its gatekeeper, your accommodation's Mark Hester, who grants visitors with this mezzanine-level bar/restaurant. Offering space just for 35 visitors, both-month-old place having a luxe British males's-club look was produced together with Krug champagne and Macallan scotch (Macallan's distillery is about the Scottish 10-pound note, hence the title). You will find rare old scotches running as much as 60 grand a bottle, but an excellent one can be purchased for around ten pounds (about $16) per drink. The ice are even produced from imported Scottish highland water. Leasing the area begins at $5,000. Best Spot To Possess YOUR Buddies CONGRATULATE For Your NOMINATION Ink 8360 Melrose Ave. 323.651.5866 mvink.com Michael Voltaggio -- the inked Top Chef season six champion -- is opening his lengthy-looked forward to restaurant Ink in September in Michael Ovitz's old Kumo sushi space on Melrose. The primary room, with moody grey walls and vintage industrial lighting, gives method to a romantic wine room for 6 to 8 people. It may be reserved for any prix fixe menu only, that will highlight Voltaggio's molecular-gastronomy food wizardry. We hear choose pieces from Ovitz's art collection (he's a trader) is going to be hung there. Cost particulars for that private room aren't completed, however the omakase menu in the bar will run $125. Best Spot For Any TRENDY Youthful HOLLYWOOD DINNER Fig & Olive 8490 Melrose Place 310.360.9100 figandolive.com Because it opened up in March, Fig & Olive has attracted the kind of Leonardo DiCaprio, Alex Pettyfer, Jerry Ferrara and various stars searching for a great time. Despite its very decent Mediterranean food, it's converted into much more of an event atmosphere that you also may have a meal. Women shouldn't appear with no very short dress. There's an easy-dappled patio terrace just from the dining area for approximately 40 people, while upstairs there's a bigger semi-private space using its own bar along with a private side entrance (convenient for stars) that seats 50 to 60. To keep your the whole restaurant, which stands up to 300 (an Emmy-evening party has already been reserved). But watch out for surly servers -- they're good-searching and may obtain a little condescending. The restaurant, with dinner main courses varying from $26 to $39, wouldn't share the expense of leasing the spaces. Best Spot FOR AGENCY ASSISTANTS TO SNEAK From Honours-SEASON HELL Picca 9575 W. Pico Blvd. 310.277.0133 piccaperu.com Hidden away on Pico just blocks in the agencies, two-month-old Picca just added a mezzanine space (bookable web hosting parties of 40 to 50) that's already tempting a youthful crowd for after-work drinks and bites. Chef Ricardo Zarate -- a foodie star noted for his Peruvian eatery Mo-Chica, situated inside a hard-to-find food court near USC -- produces Latin-American dishes with Japanese influences, for example sushi offered on delicately flavored lemon-and-pepper potato. There's no set cost to book the mezzanine, however the small (some really small) plates, $6 to $15, accumulate rapidly. Best Spot To Obtain DRUNK When You Are Aware YOU'RE NOT Likely To WIN Red-colored O 8155 Melrose Ave. 323.655.5009 redorestaurant.com At celebrity chef Ron Bayless' trendy Mexican restaurant, you need to walk-through a glass-walled "tequila alley" -- with shelves lined using the 300 brands offered here -- to get at the louche-searching lounge, which holds 25 to 40 people and charges $3,000-$6,000 to order. Casey Wasserman held his company's party here this past year, and DreamWorks located a little publish-Oscar dinner in Feb. Bartenders/mixologist (or "drink slinger," because he calls themself) Steve Calabro is definitely an absolute fanatic for fresh elements, growing organic herbal treatments for his mixed drinks in the home garden. Request for just one of his classic-style daiquiris. Best Spot FOR HARVEY WEINSTEIN TO INFLUENCE TASTEMAKERS Bouchon Bistro 235 N. Canon Drive, Beverly Hillsides 310.271.9910 bouchonbistro.com Using its high-wattage celebrity chef/owner (Thomas Keller), gorgeous private rooms looking over gardens and top-flight wine list (ICM's Chris Silbermann gives wine dinners here), you will find couple of locations that can impress an organization in addition to Bouchon. For the best customer (read: no-limits banking account), Keller will personally take proper care of diners within the 24-chair Escoffier room or even the more compact 12-chair Champagne Salon, which has a private balcony. The meals-and-beverage minimum for that former is $1,500, $1,000 for that latter. One of the high-powered bashes here were CAA's Emmy party this past year and Jeffrey Katzenberg's Film & Television Fund Evening Prior to the Academy awards event. Simon Larger also offers hired chef p cuisine Rory Herrmann to cater dinners at his house. The very best factor, Larger states, are "the morning leftovers!" Best Spot For Any FILMMAKER DINNER WHILE YOUR MOVIE IS PREMIERING IN HOLLYWOOD Osteria Mozza 6602 Melrose Ave. 323.297.0100 osteriamozza.com Throughout this past year's AFI fest, the cast of Barney's Version (together with connected executives and agents) snuck off to Mozza's 23-person private room for any small dinner before going to the state afterparty. What else have you been gonna do whenever you've already seen the film twelve occasions? This space -- lots of people don't have any idea is available -- is from the restaurant's pizzeria entrance, also it shares a wall using the primary restaurant's dining area. Event organizers praise the versatile menu, which Mozza deftly reworks for special events. Request chef Nancy Silverton to perform a complete tasting of her mozzarella dishes. Minimum cost to order it on weekends is $2,000 mondays to fridays start at $1,500. Best Spot FOR SCORSESE TO FETE THE BOARDWALK EMPIRE CAST Il Covo 8706 W. 3rd St. 310.858.0020 ilcovo.com This new Italian restaurant's private dining area calls in your thoughts a Tuscan wine cellar -- whether it were on the second floor coupled with full-length doorways that overlooked an outdoor patio garden. Owner Sean MacPherson (a creator of Swingers in L.A. and also the Bowery Hotel in New You are able to) required over and renovated that old Orso space for his latest venture. Situated towards the top of an exterior staircase near the restaurant's entrance, the still-under-the-radar private room is centered by three farmhouse tables that may chair 40 with three- and four-course prix fixe menu options ($50 and $80). The restaurant is an expert in Italian wines -- possess a glass from the Fiano di Avellino to begin, or spring for any bottle of Brunello di Montalcino. Best Spot To Possess A CAMPAIGN DINNER THE ACADEMY WON'T Learn About SAAM in the Bazaar 465 S. La Cienega Blvd. 310.246.5545 thebazaar.com Many people don't get far enough beyond the kitschy assault of Philippe Starck's designs for that SLS Hotel's Bazaar restaurant to locate this gorgeous hidden room from the hallway resulting in the lavatories. The area, which seats 45 for lunch, includes a masculine feel because of leather banquettes and amber lighting. Cutting-edge chef Jose Andres' tasting menus -- dishes include hot-and-cold foie gras soup and Iberian pork with caviar -- start at $120 an individual, and also the wine list is stuffed with rare The spanish language and Hungarian choices. One of the occasions here: Christina Aguilera's 30th birthday celebration having a Clockwork Orange theme, a personal True Bloodstream dinner as well as an NBC affair located by Bob Greenblatt throughout the tv Experts Association tour. THE Cornerstones: In which the Industry Will get Comfortable Soho House: Love the sights, the gorgeous-watching people and also the clubby, living-room feel from the private rooms. Your meals are so-so (on the night), however for individuals who enjoy being seen, it doesn't matter. Cecconi's: Among the lovliest rooms around using its large Damien Hirst "Butterfly" painting. Also it's quiet: The noise in the restaurant doesn't bleed in to the private dining area. Spago: There's grounds for Spago's ongoing success: No event planner ever continues to be fired for selecting its private room. It could appear old-school, however the public loves the tuna cones and fish pizzas. Sunset Tower Hotel: With knockout sights from the pool veranda, your accommodation -- and it is superstar-packed Tower Bar restaurant -- may be the setting for the kind of Vanity Fair's Oscar-evening party and CAA's Golden Globes postparty. Chateau Marmont: You are able to't beat the cachet from the hotel's Room 64. The sixth-floor suite using its massive deck can use a redesign, however the history -- Jim Morrison allegedly hung in the hand railing -- and examine a lot more than constitute for this. The London: The tenth-space on the floor is large (it holds 350) having a massive view that stretches from downtown to Catalina. You will find very few places enabling you to possess a roof BBQ in a wedding party with Gordon Ramsay's crew managing the cooking. Related Subjects Restaurants Dining

Gansel to adapt 'Give a Boy a Gun'

Exclusive: BERLIN -- Dennis Gansel, who directed 2008 hit drama ''The Wave,'' is again turning to author Todd Strasser for his next film, ''Ich knall euch ab!'' Pic is based on Strasser's 2000 novel ''Give a Boy a Gun,'' about two troubled and heavily armed students who hold their classmates hostage at a high-school dance and target the jocks and teachers who tormented them. Pic is to be set in Germany.Gansel's adaptation of Strasser's ''The Wave,'' which was also set in a German high school, became a major international hit for Constantin Film. With its exploration of teen violence, ''Ich knall euch ab!'' is seen as a thematic follow-up to that film. Jan Berger, who penned Gansel's 2010 vampire thriller ''We Are the Night,'' also wrote the ''Give a Boy a Gun'' adaptation.Christian Becker of Munich-based Rat Pack Filmproduktion is producing the pic, which is set to shoot in the second quarter of next year. Constantin Film will distribute domestically. Gansel's recently finished ''The Year of the Snake'' for UFA Cinema. The political thriller, which stars Moritz Bleibtreu, Kasia Smutniak and Max Riemelt, follows a Berlin tabloid journalist who travels to Moscow and gets caught up in a web of intrigue and terrorism.Universal is set to release ''The Year of the Snake'' in Germany later this year. Contact Ed Meza at staff@variety.com