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