Britains Prince Philip Leaves Hospital

First Published: December 27, 2011 11:59 AM EST Credit: Getty Images Caption Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is driven from Papworth Hospital after receiving treatment for a blocked artery in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, on December 27, 2011LONDON, U.K. -- Britains Prince Philip returned to the royal familys country estate Tuesday, after a spell in the hospital undergoing treatment for a blocked coronary artery. Philip, Queen Elizabeth IIs 90-year-old husband, spent four nights in the hospital recovering from a successful coronary stent procedure. He was taken to Papworth, a specialist heart hospital in Cambridge, on Friday after complaining of chest pains. It was the most serious health scare suffered by Philip, who is known to be active and robust. He has continued to appear at many engagements, most recently taking a 10-day tour of Australia with the queen. For the first time in years he was forced to miss the royal familys traditional Christmas festivities, which include attending a morning church service, viewing the queens annual Christmas broadcast together, and a shooting party on Boxing Day. Philip did not speak to reporters as he was driven away from the hospital in a Range Rover Tuesday morning, though he smiled and waved to those gathered to film his departure. He is very much looking forward to rejoining his family, a Buckingham Palace statement said, adding that he also thanked the hospital staff for their care. Philip will now return to Sandringham, the queens huge private estate in rural Norfolk where the royal family retreats for the holiday season every year. It is not yet clear if Philips heart problem will cause a reduction in his plans to travel with the queen next year to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. He is scheduled to make a series of trips to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to help her mark her 60th year on the throne. Dr. Allen Schwartz, chief of cardiology at NY-Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center, said that an otherwise healthy 90-year-old could be expected to resume normal activity shortly after having a stent procedure. The treatment now would be aimed at three things: recuperation from the procedure, which is usually relatively minor, eliminating factors that might lead to a recurrence of the problem, with an appropriate diet and exercise program, and, depending on the type of stent, some medicine to reduce the chance of clotting, Schwartz said. Now that Philip has been found to have coronary artery blockages, he is likely to be treated with several medications that are routinely prescribed for heart patients. In most cases these medicines would include a daily dosage of aspirin to thin the blood, a statin to lower cholesterol, and possibly a beta-blocker and a separate medicine to control blood pressure. Philip would also be expected to have his heart function tested every six months or so to check for any changes. Philip had already announced when he turned 90 that he intended to slow down his extremely active schedule. The Diamond Jubilee plans reflected this desire, with the queen deciding to send her children and grandchildren on grueling overseas trips to Commonwealth countries while she and her husband make less demanding trips throughout the United Kingdom. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Matt Damon Blasts Leader Obama Again

First Released: December 22, 2011 2:24 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Matt Damon steps out in the Contagion premiere at Lincoln subsequently Center in NY City on September 7, 2011Academy Award champion Matt Damon was among Barack Obamas most vocal Hollywood supporters within the 2008 election, however the actor has since transformed his tune. After speaking out against Obamas economic choices to Piers Morgan this past year, the We Purchased a Zoo star has expressed his disappointment using the Commander-in-Chief all over again. Ive spoken to numerous individuals who labored for Obama in the grassroots level. One of these stated in my experience, No more. I should never be misled again with a politician, Matt, 41, told Elle magazine inside a new interview. You realize, a 1-term leader with a few balls who really got stuff done could have been, over time of the nation, far better. Referencing nearby Occupy Vancouver protestors (the job interview happened within the British Columbian city), Matt stated the Leader had ample of the mandate to create more drastic political choices. When the Dems believe that they didnt possess a mandatepeople are actually with no focus or leadership, just wandering out in to the roads to yell at this time since they're so pissed off, he told the mag. Let's suppose they'd an innovator. As formerly reported on AccessHollywood.com, though Matt might have strong political opinions, the actor shot lower gossips of possible political aspirations captured. When requested with a paparazzo if hed consider running for Leader in August, Matt rapidly responded, No, mister. Adding, I believe you will find most likely better options available. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Celebrity Chefs Share Holiday Recollections, Recipe Twists and Cooking Tips inside our Holiday Eats Series

Rachel Ray Are you aware the holiday season without great food? TVGuide.com has collected the very best chefs, including Rachael Ray, Tom Colicchio, Ted Allen, Tyler Florence and Michael Symon, to see us their preferred holiday cooking recollections, the best way to put a twist around the traditional recipe, in addition to their finest methods for any effective feast. So ensure to appear whatsoever in our videos below and reveal which dishes you want on making with the holidays! Holiday Eats: Chefs share their holiday cooking recollections Holiday Eats: Chefs share their twists on traditional holiday quality quality recipes Holiday Eats: Chefs share their cooking methods for planning your holiday meal Holiday Eats: Top Chef's Hung comprises an easy stuffed lobster

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

Dealing with the role of John le Carré's master spy, George Smiley, involves moving two enormous obstacles. First, the legendary Alec Guinness stated the smoothness for themself within the beloved BBC miniseries of "Mess, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" from 1979. Second, outdoors the greater descriptive realm of the books, Smiley is really a mystery, a quiet, poker-faced old professional you never know the spy game too well to betray his ideas or feelings, if he's any whatsoever. But Gary Oldman has demonstrated he can be the job. His performance within the new film adaptation of "Mess, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" received universal praise from experts among his finest and something on componen with Guinness'. Oldman opened up as much as MTV News about playing Smiley and also the satisfaction the part gave him. Personally for Oldman, the role means a lot more than the character's history. "To begin with, I've not really performed a number one role in 10 years, therefore the past 10 years happen to be really fantasy-based with Gordon [in Christopher Nolan's Batman films] and Sirius Black [within the 'Harry Potter' films]. It is a colossal role for the reason that sense," he stated. Apart from playing his first lead role in a long time, Oldman also reached approach a personality who internalizes the majority of his ideas and feelings. George Smiley's status being an icon of TV and literature also added another layer of complexity towards the role. "It had been legendary before I even came," Oldman stated. "I am talking about, you will find roles that you simply play that may become that. It had been an chance to actually live while watching camera. I have performed individuals those who have needed to go to town psychologically, inside a physical way. He would be a great chance to simply breathe." "Mess, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" opens wide today (December 16). Are you currently excited to determine Gary Oldman inside a lead role? Tell us within the comments below as well as on Twitter!

The Black List 2011: Screenplay Roster

The Black List 2011: By Agencies The Black List 2011: By Managers A screenplay titledTHE IMITATION GAME by Graham Moore, about British WWII cryptographer Alan Turing who cracked the German Enigma code and later poisoned himself after being criminally prosecuted for being a homosexual, tops 2011s THE BLACK LIST. Once again, Deadline Hollywood is first to post in its entirety THE BLACK LIST, which for the uninitiated is film executive Franklin Leonards hot unproduced screenplay pecking order which he began in 2004. Compiled every year from the suggestions of hundreds of film executives, each contributes the names of up to ten of their favorite scripts that were written in, or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2011 and will not be released in theaters during this calendar year. THE BLACK LIST does catapult dozens of scripts into production and screenwriters out of oblivion. Diablo Codys Juno, Nancy Olivers Lars And The Real Girl, Scott Neustaders and Michael Webers 500 Days Of Summer, are just some of the screenplays which appeared on The Black List and then were made. Ive noticed that its also a big dick measuring contest for the Hollywood agencies and their motion picture lit departments. Problem is, some screenwriters think this list isnt on the up-and-up and accuse junior studio execs and assistants along with self-interested agents and managers of getting together to push their own clients on projects even if already abandoned. Also, if you spot inaccuracies, take it up with Leonard: I do not alter his list. Anyway, climb off the ledge if youre not on THE BLACK LIST. And, if you did make the cut, then congratulations: The Black List was compiled from the suggestions of over 300 film executives, each of whom contributed the names of up to ten of their favorite scripts that were written in, or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2011 and will not have begun principal photography during this calendar year. This year, scripts had to receive at least six mentions to be included on the The Black List. All reasonable effort has been made to confirm the information contained herein. The Black List apologizes for all misspellings, misattributions, incorrect representation identification, and questionable 2011 affiliations. It has been said many times, but its worth repeating: The Black List is not a best of list. It is, at best, a most liked list. Enjoy. 133 THE IMITATION GAMEby Graham Moore The story of British WWII cryptographer Alan Turing, who cracked the German Enigma code and later poisoned himself after being criminally prosecuted for being a homosexual.. AGENCY: CAA AGENT:JP Evans,Jacqueline Sacerio MANAGEMENT: The Safran Company MANAGER: Tom Drumm FINANCIER: Warner Brothers PRODUCER:Ido Ostrowsky,Nora Grossman 84 WHEN THE STREET LIGHTS GO ONby Chris Hutton, Eddie OKeefe In the early 1980s, a town suffers through the aftermath of a brutal murder of a high school girl and a teacher. AGENCY:WME AGENT:Simon Faber,Sarah Self MANAGEMENT:Tariq MerhabManagement MANAGER:Tariq Merhab PRODUCER:ImagineEntertainment 59 CHEWIEby Evan Susser, Van Robichaux A satirical behind the scenes look at the making of Star Wars through the eyes of Peter Mayhew who played Chewbacca. AGENCY: WME AGENT:Mike Esola MANAGEMENT:IndustryEntertainment MANAGER:Jess Rosenthal 53 THE OUTSIDERby Andrew Baldwin In post World War II Japan, an American former prisoner-of-war rises in the yakuza. AGENCY: CAA AGENT: Jay Baker, John Garvey MANAGEMENT: Anonymous Content MANAGER: Bard Dorros, David Kanter FINANCIER: Warner Brothers PRODUCER: Linson Entertainment 43 FATHER DAUGHTER TIME: A TALE OF ARMED ROBBERY AND ESKIMO KISSES by Matthew Aldrich A man goes on a three state crime spree with anaccomplice, his eleven year old daughter. AGENCY: CAA AGENT: John Garvey, Stuart Manashil MANAGEMENT: Silent R Management MANAGER: Jewerl Ross FINANCIER: Warner Brothers PRODUCER: Pearl Street Productions 33 IN THE EVENT OF A MOON DISASTER by Mike Jones An alternate telling of the historic APOLLO 11 mission to land on the moon that examines what might have happened if the astronauts had crash landed there. AGENCY: CAA AGENT: David Kopple, JP Evans, Matt Rosen MANAGEMENT: The Gotham Group MANAGER: Lindsay Williams PRODUCER: FilmNation 30 MAGGIE by John Scott 3 As a walking dead virus spreads across the country, a farm family helps their eldest daughter come to terms with her infection as she slowly becomes a flesh-eating zombie. AGENCY: CAA AGENT: Billy Hawkins, Dan Rabinow MANAGEMENT: Sly Predator MANAGER: Trevor Kaufman FINANCIER: Pierre-Ange Le Pogam PRODUCER: Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Trevor Kaufman, Matthew Baer 30 THE CURRENT WAR by Michael Mitnick Based on the true story of the race between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to develop a practical system of electricity and sell their respective inventions to the country and the world. AGENCY: WME AGENT: Simon Faber MANAGEMENT: Fourth Floor Productions MANAGER: Jeff Silver 28 THE END by Aron Eli Coleite Four people – a veteran broadcaster in London, a sixteen year old girl and her boyfriend in Ann Arbor, and a devoted family man in Shanghai – each try to make peace with their lives before an interstellar event ends the world in six hours. AGENCY: CAA AGENT: Matt Rosen, Martin Spencer FINANCIER: Warner Brothers 27 BEYOND THE PALE by Chad Feehan Teenage siblings suspect theyve been ripped off by the town undertaker, but what they discover is much more sinister than either imagined. AGENCY: CAA AGENT: Matt Rosen, Jacqueline Sacerio MANAGEMENT: Management 360 MANAGER: Guymon Casady, Mary Lee FINANCIER: Vendome Pictures PRODUCER: The Fort 27 EZEKIEL MOSS by Keith Bunin A mysterious stranger who possibly has the power to channel the souls of the dead changes the lives of everyone in a small Nebraska town, especially a young widow and her 11-year-old son. AGENCY: CAA AGENT: Rowena Arguelles MANAGEMENT: Kaplan/Perrone MANAGER: Alex Lerner, Sean Perrone PRODUCER: A Likely Story, Mandalay Pictures 24 GRACE OF MONACO by Arash Amel Grace Kelly, age 33 and having given up her acting career to focus on being a full time princess, uses her political maneuvering behind the scenes to save Monaco while French Leader Charles de Gaulle and Monacos Prince Rainier III are at odds over the principalitys standing as a tax haven. AGENCY: CAA AGENT: Rich Green, Matt Rosen FINANCIER: Pierre-Ange Le Pogam PRODUCER: Pierre-Ange Le Pogam 24 HES FUCKIN PERFECT by Lauryn Kahn A social media savvy girl who is pessimistic about love finds the perfect guy and decides to use her internet research skills to turn herself into his perfect match. AGENCY: WME AGENT: Cliff Roberts FINANCIER: Fox 2000 PRODUCER: Gary Sanchez 23 BETHLEHEM by Larry Brenner A group of people struggling to survive a zombie apocalypse make an alliance with a vampire, trading themselves as food in exchange for protection since zombies dont eat vampire. AGENCY: CAA AGENT: Martin Spencer, Jacqueline Sacerio MANAGEMENT: Magnet Management MANAGER: Mitch Solomon PRODUCER: Roth Films 20 THE THREE MISFORTUNES OF GEPPETTO: by Michael Vukadinovich A prequel to the story of Pinocchio in which Geppetto endures a life of misfortune, war, and adventure, all to be with Julia Moon, his true love. AGENCY: ICM AGENT: Ava Jamshidi FINANCIER: Fox PRODUCER: 21 Laps Entertainment 20 POWELL by Ed Whitworth Based on the true story of Colin Powell questioning the Bush administration leading up to his United Nations presentation where he made the case for going to war with Iraq. AGENCY: WME AGENT: David Karp, Cliff Roberts, Dan Cohan MANAGEMENT: Circle of Confusion MANAGER: Ashley Berns PRODUCER: Spirit Dance Entertainment 19 THE KNOLL: by Christopher Cantwell, Christopher Rogers A rookie cop and his potential flame witness JFK gunned down from the grassy knoll on November 22, 1963. Within hours, theyre on the run from the murderers who desperately need them silenced. AGENCY: ICM AGENT: Aaron Hart MANAGEMENT: Management 360 MANAGER: Jennifer Graham, Chris Huvane PRODUCER: Management 360 17 HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY: by Ed Solomon A child prodigy tries to take control of his life away from his demanding parents. AGENCY: CAA AGENT: Jay Baker, Todd Feldman, David OConnor FINANCIER: Sony PRODUCER: Escape Artists 17 DESPERATE HOURS by E Nicholas Mariani A small town crippled by WWI and the Spanish flu finds itself facing major moral questions and a brutal invading force when a young girl shows up on a ranchers doorstep covered in blood. AGENCY: UTA AGENT: Charles Ferraro, Jenny Maryasis MANAGEMENT: Circle of Confusion MANAGER: Britton Rizzio FINANCIER: GK Films PRODUCER: Infinitum Nihil 17 A MANY SPLINTERED THINGby Chris Shafer, Paul Vicknair When a charming heartbreaker finally meets a girl he cant have, he discovers the true meaning of love by living out other peoples love stories and writing his own. AGENCY:UTA AGENT:Jon Huddle,Jason Burns,Max Michael MANAGEMENT:Brillstein EntertainmentPartners MANAGER:Missy Malkin PRODUCER:Wonderland Soundand Vision 17 FLARSKYby Daniel Sterling A political journalist courts his old babysitter, who is now the United States secretary of state. AGENCY:UTA AGENT:Julien Thuan PRODUCER:Point Grey Pictures 17 BLOOD MOUNTAIN by Jonathan Stokes After his team is ambushed and killed in Pakistan, a young army ranger must escort the worlds most wanted terrorist over dangerous terrain in order to bring him to justice. While being hunted by both of their enemies, they must find a way to work together in order to survive. AGENCY:UTA AGENT:Ramses Ishak,Michael Sheresky,Geoff Morley MANAGEMENT:Energy Entertainment MANAGER:Brooklyn Weaver 17 BASTARDSby Justin Malen Two brothers, raised to believe their biological father died, find out their mother slept with many powerful and famous men in the 1970s, and the siblings hit the road to find their real father. AGENCY:Verve AGENT:Bill Weinstein,Rob Herting MANAGEMENT:H2F MANAGER:Chris Fenton FINANCIER:Paramount PRODUCER:The Montecito Picture Company 17 CRAZY FOR THE STORMby Will Fetters The true story of Norman Ollestads relationship with his father, who thrust the boy into the world of extreme surfing and competitive downhill skiing at the age of three. But it was that experience that allowed an 11-year old Norman to survive a plane crash amidst a blizzard in the San Gabriel mountains. AGENCY:WME AGENT:Elia Infascelli-Smith MANAGEMENT:3 Arts Entertainment MANAGER:Oliver Obst FINANCIER:Warner Brothers PRODUCER:Billy Gerber 16 THE SLACKFI PROJECTby Howard Overman A hapless and broken hearted barista is visited by two bad-ass soldiers from the future who tell him mankind is doomed, and he alone can save them. AGENCY:UTA AGENT:Julien Thuan FINANCIER:Sony PRODUCER:Matt TolmachProductions 14 THE MUSEUM OF BROKENRELATIONSHIPSby Natalie Krinsky Lucy, a twenty-eight year old junior curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, is sleeping with her boss. When he dumps her she begins a collection of break up items and starts a blog which goes viral. AGENCY:CAA AGENT:Jessica Matthews MANAGEMENT:The Gotham Group MANAGER:Jim Garavente,Jeremy Bell 14 ST VINCENT DE VAN NUYSby Ted Melfi When a twelve year old boy in need of a babysitter moves in next door to a misanthropic aging retiree whose life mainly consists of gambling, hookers, and drinking, the elder becomes an unlikely mentor to the boy. AGENCY:UTA AGENT:Ramses Ishak,Michael Sheresky MANAGEMENT:Infinity ManagementInternational MANAGER:Jon Karas FINANCIER:Fox PRODUCER:Chernin Entertainment,Crescendo Productions 14 DJANGO UNCHAINEDby Quentin Tarantino A freed slave named Django is trained as a bounty hunter by a German dentist named Schultz, and the two men set out to find Djangos enslaved wife. AGENCY:WME AGENT:Mike Simpson FINANCIER:The Weinstein Company, Sony PRODUCER:Double Feature Films,The Weinstein Company 13 THE ACCOUNTANTby Bill Dubuque The Treasury Department pursues a brilliant, autistic accountant who doubles as an assassin and problem-solves with precision in more ways than one. AGENCY:Paradigm AGENT:Trevor Astbury MANAGEMENT:Zero GravityManagement MANAGER:Eric Williams PRODUCER:Silverwood Films 13 SAVING MR. BANKS by Kelly Marcel The story of how Walt Disney got the rights for Mary Poppins. AGENCY: WME AGENT: Phil Raskind, David Karp PRODUCER: Ruby Films 12 BRIDGES ON THE FORT POINT CHANNEL by Chuck Maclean An Irish family in the 1970s, dealing with the loss of their father and the busing of black kids into white neighbor-hoods, decides to blow up all the bridges in Boston. AGENCY: CAA AGENT: Billy Hawkins MANAGEMENT: Oasis Media Group MANAGER: Allison Doyle, Ben Rowe 12 THE BIG STONE GRID by Craig Zahler A cop is pulled into an underworld organization that brutally murders people to extort money out of others. AGENCY: UTA AGENT: Julien Thuan, Emerson Davis MANAGEMENT: Caliber Media MANAGER: Dallas Sonnier FINANCIER: Sony PRODUCER: Michael De Luca Productions 12 CITIES OF REFUGE by Brandon Willer A former FBI psychologist is called in to investigate when a young girl goes missing after the apparent murder of her father and brother by two strangers in a small Oklahoma town. AGENCY: WME AGENT: Phil Damecourt, Jeff Gorin MANAGEMENT: Benderspink MANAGER: Jake Weiner PRODUCER: Tower Hill, Benderspink, Charlize Theron 12 GOOD KIDS by Chris McCoy Four overachieving high school students in Cape Cod reinvent themselves during the summer after graduation. AGENCY: WME AGENT: Simon Faber, Jeff Gorin, Sharon Jackson MANAGEMENT: The Gotham Group MANAGER: Shawn Simon PRODUCER: Depth of Field 11 LEAVING PETE by Ali Waller, Morgan Murphy A recently divorced author is stunned when his ex writes a popular book about their breakup, and he has to keep that fact secret from his new girlfriend, who works for the books publisher. AGENCY: CAA AGENT: Bill Zotti, Andy Elkin 11 HIDDEN by Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer An elevated horror-thriller about a family hiding in a bomb shelter after escaping a mysterious outbreak. AGENCY: Paradigm AGENT: Chris Smith MANAGEMENT: MXN MANAGER: Mason Novick FINANCIER: Warner Brothers PRODUCER: Mason Novick, Roy Lee, Lawrence Grey 11 DIRTY GRANDPA by John Phillips A young groom engaged to a demanding woman is forced to spend the week before his wedding with his half-blind, half-crazy, and wholly horny grandfather. Through this wild journey, his grandfather shows him how to take life by the balls and lead with his heart. AGENCY: UTA AGENT: Jon Huddle, Steven Fisher FINANCIER: Universal PRODUCER: Josephson Entertainment 11 GRIM NIGHT by Allen Bey, Brandon Bestenheider A family has to defend themselves from the Grims, strange creatures who attack Earth and kill thousands one night every year. AGENCY: Verve AGENT: Bryan Besser FINANCIER: Universal PRODUCER: Marc Platt Productions, Unbroken Pictures 10 WATCH ROGER DO HIS THING by Michael Starrbury A retired hitman gets roped back into his old trade in order to save his friends life and quickly finds himself caught in a struggle trying to finish the job, and get his family out of Chicago alive at the same time. AGENCY: CAA AGENT: Bill Zotti, Dan Rabinow MANAGEMENT: Caliber Media MANAGER: Dallas Sonnier, Julian Rosenberg PRODUCER: Tripp Vinson, One Race Films 10 THE FLAMINGO THIEF by Mike Lesieur Grief stricken over his wife leaving him, a man finds solace in an odd activity swiping figurines of flamingos. AGENCY: CAA AGENT: Rich Green, Adam Kanter MANAGEMENT: Kaplan/Perrone MANAGER: Sean Perrone PRODUCER: Kaplan/Perrone, Red Hour 10 TWO NIGHT STAND by Mark Hammer After an extremely regrettable one night stand, two strangers wake up to find themselves snowed in after sleeping through a blizzard that put all of Manhattan on ice. Theyre now trapped together in a tiny apartment, forced to get to know each other way more than any one night stand should. AGENCY: UTA AGENT: Carolyn Sivitz MANAGEMENT: The Safran Company MANAGER: Tom Drumm 10 SEX TAPE by Kate Angelo When a married couple make a sex tape to spice up their relationship, it disappears, and they are frantic to get it back. AGENCY: UTA AGENT: Jason Burns FINANCIER: Sony PRODUCER: Escape Artists 10 THE GUN EATERS by Alex Paraskevas, Jordan Goldberg Four hardened NY detectives race to apprehend a relentless spree-killer whos executing victims from Queens to Southampton in the span of a single day. AGENCY: UTA AGENT: Rebecca Ewing, Keya Khayatian MANAGEMENT: Oasis Media Group MANAGER: Ben Rowe PRODUCER: Oasis Media Group 10 LITTLE WHITE CORVETTE by Michael Diliberti A down and out brother and sister go to Miami to sell a duffel bag of cocaine that they found in the trunk of a corvette left them by their dead father. AGENCY: WME AGENT: Phil Raskind, Simon Faber MANAGEMENT: New School Media MANAGER: Brian Levy PRODUCER: Scott Aversano Productions 9 JANE GOT A GUN by Brian Duffield After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasnt seen in over ten years to help her defend her farm when the time comes that her husbands gang eventually tracks him down to finish the job. AGENCY: Gersh AGENT: Devra Lieb, Bob Hohman, Bayard Maybank MANAGEMENT: Circle of Confusion MANAGER: Zach Cox, Noah Rosen 9 THE LAST WITNESS by Stefan Jaworski An FBI Agent interrogates an amnesiac, sole survivor of a Boston bombing in order to prevent future terrorist attacks. AGENCY: Paradigm AGENT: Trevor Astbury, Valarie Phillips, Ida Ziniti FINANCIER: Fox PRODUCER: Davis Entertainment 9 MURDERS & ACQUISITIONS by Jonathan Stokes The world of high-stakes finance collides with that of high-priced hitmen when an ousted CEO decides to hire an assassin to kill the corporate raider who stole his company. AGENCY: UTA AGENT: Ramses Ishak, Michael Sheresky, Geoff Morley MANAGEMENT: Energy Entertainment MANAGER: Brooklyn Weaver FINANCIER: Warner Brothers PRODUCER: KatzSmith Productions 9 FLASHBACK by Will Honley A former NASA pilot with amnesia also the first person to travel the speed of light realizes he has the ability to travel back in time and along the way rediscovers his love for his wife. AGENCY: Verve AGENT: Adam Levine MANAGEMENT: Nuclear Entertainment MANAGER: Nick Fariabi, Jesse Silver 9 THE LAST DROP by Brandon Murphy, Phil Murphy A fully functioning alcoholic meets the girl of his dreams and soon discovers that theres a lot more at stake than love if he doesnt clean up his act. AGENCY: WME AGENT: Rich Cook MANAGEMENT: Mosaic MANAGER: Langley Perer FINANCIER: Mandate Pictures PRODUCER: Greg Shapiro 9 FRIEND OF BILL by Harper Dill After a humiliating episode in NY, a young woman returns to her hometown and tries to deal with her alcoholism. AGENCY: WME AGENT: Sarah Self, Jeff Gorin, Sharon Jackson MANAGER: Mike Dill PRODUCER: Marc Platt Productions, Neda Armian 8 DEAD OF WINTER by Sarah Conradt A teenage girl heads to a remote cabin in the mountains with her father and new stepmother – an experience the father hopes will bond the two ladies. But when a mysterious wounded Park Ranger shows up, family bonding will be the least of their concerns. AGENCY: CAA AGENT: Jacqueline Sacerio MANAGEMENT: Hopscotch Pictures MANAGER: Sukee Chew FINANCIER: Lionsgate (distrib), Wind Dancer (financing) PRODUCER: Sherryl Clark, Hopscotch Pictures 8 ON A CLEAR DAY by Ryan Engle When a powerful and mysterious force invades an American city, a young father must traverse the battle-torn city in an effort to save his wounded wife and rescue their stranded children. In the process, our hero becomes the target of an enemy who will stop at nothing to kill him. AGENCY: Original Artists AGENT: Chris Sablan, Matt Leipzig MANAGEMENT: Mosaic MANAGER: Michael Lasker, Langley Perer PRODUCER: Ombra Films 8 HOME BY CHRISTMAS – BOB HOPE IN KOREA by Ben Schwartz Young Larry Gelbart goes on tour with his idol Bob Hope in the middle of the Korean War and learns the true price of patriotism. AGENCY: The Nethercott Agency AGENT: Gayla Nethercott PRODUCER: Jon Shestack Productions, Pink Slip Productions 8 THE PRETTY ONE by Jenee LaMarque When a womans identical prettier twin sister dies, the woman assumes her sisters identity, moving into her apartment and the big city. AGENCY: UTA AGENT: Carolyn Sivitz MANAGEMENT: Management 360 MANAGER: Mary Lee, Daniel Rappaport PRODUCER: RCR Pictures, Steven J Berger 8 BAD WORDS by Andrew Dodge The bastard child of the organizer of the national spelling bee gets his revenge by finding a loophole and attempting to win the bee as an adult, only to find friendship in a young Indian contestant. AGENCY: UTA AGENT: Carolyn Sivitz MANAGEMENT: Fourth Floor Productions MANAGER: Jeff Silver FINANCIER: Darko PRODUCER: MXN 8 JURASSIC PARK by Imran Zaidi A high school couple and two of their friends ditch school to catch a special preview screening of JURASSIC PARK. AGENCY: UTA AGENT: Jason Burns, Jenny Maryasis MANAGEMENT: Management 360 MANAGER: Darin Friedman 8 GASLIGHT by Ian Fried Secretly imprisoned in a London insane asylum, the infamous Jack the Ripper helps Scotland Yard investigators solve a series of grisly murders whose victims all share one thing in common: dual puncture wounds to the neck. AGENCY: WME AGENT: Dan Cohan, Mike Esola MANAGEMENT: Prolific MANAGER: Will Rowbotham 7 SUBJECT ZERO by Dave Cohen A Frankenstein-like tale of a scientist who develops a powerful new drug that brings his son back to life after he dies in a terrible car accident. Unfortunately, the desperate experiment of a loving father leads to the creation of a flesh-eating zombie epidemic with horrific consequences. AGENCY: ICM AGENT: Kathleen Remington, Emile Gladstone MANAGEMENT: Generate MANAGER: Jeremy Platt 7 THE HITMANS BODYGUARD by Tom OConnor The worlds best bodyguard must protect his arch nemesis, the worlds top assassinso he can testify against a brutal dictator and save his wife. AGENCY: UTA AGENT: Charles Ferraro, Barbara Dreyfus, Emerson Davis MANAGEMENT: Industry Entertainment MANAGER: Andrew Deane, Jess Rosenthal PRODUCER: Skydance Productions 7 CRISTO by Ian Shorr A man is unlawfully sentenced to an infamous prison and escapes, then transforms himself into the mysterious Cristo and systematically destroys the men who manipulated and enslaved him. AGENCY: UTA AGENT: Charles Ferraro, Jason Burns MANAGEMENT: Mosaic MANAGER: Langley Perer FINANCIER: Warner Brothers PRODUCER: Bellevue Productions, Langley Park Pictures 7 UNTITLED HLAVIN HEIST by John Hlavin An American thief living in Paris is coerced into pulling off a complex heist in order to save his kidnapped wife. AGENCY: UTA AGENT: Jason Burns FINANCIER: DreamWorks PRODUCER: Film Rites 7 LINE OF SIGHT by F Scott Frazier After a military coup takes out the executive branch of government, the countrys survival depends on a Navy Seal sniper extraction team getting the Speaker of the House from Washington DC to NY. AGENCY: WME AGENT: Dan Cohan, Mike Esola MANAGEMENT: H2F MANAGER: Chris Fenton, Chris Cowles FINANCIER: Warner Brothers PRODUCER: Silver Pictures 7 PINOCCHIO by Bryan Fuller A wooden puppet, Pinocchio, dreams of becoming a real boy. AGENCY: WME AGENT: Phil Damecourt FINANCIER: Warner Brothers PRODUCER: Dan Jinks Company 7 THE WEDDING by Andrew Goldberg A group of couples deal with their respective issues as they attend a wedding. AGENCY: WME AGENT: Rich Cook MANAGEMENT: Underground Films and Management MANAGER: Josh Turner Maguire FINANCIER: CBS Films 7 77 by David Matthews Two stories from 1974 are linked together – the unsolved murder of an LAPD officer and the nationally televised shootout in South Central Los Angeles between the Symbionese Liberation Army and the LAPD where 50,000 rounds of gunfire was exchanged. The events will be seen through the eyes of a pair of police partners, one black and one white. AGENCY: WME AGENT: Roger Green, Elia Infascelli-Smith MANAGEMENT: The Schiff Company MANAGER: Nicole Romano PRODUCER: Wolf Films 6 GUYS NIGHT by Christopher Baldi Sick of brunches, bosses, and light beer, four co-workers set out on the mother of all guys nights in an attempt to rediscover their manhood. AGENCY: CAA AGENT: Bill Zotti MANAGEMENT: New Wave MANAGER: Mike Goldberg, Josh Adler FINANCIER: Millenium Films PRODUCER: Jim Valdez, Matt Bass 6 SELF/LESS by Alex Pastor, David Pastor An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the bodys origins and the secret organization that will kill to keep its secrets. AGENCY: CAA AGENT: Stuart Manashil, John Garvey MANAGEMENT: Kaplan/Perrone MANAGER: Alex Lerner FINANCIER: FilmDistrict (distrib), Endgame Entertainment (financing) PRODUCER: Ram Bergman 6 HYPERDRIVE by Alex Ankeles, Morgan Jurgenson When a tough cop recruits a geeky sci-fi author to help him track down a mysterious murder witness, they find themselves in the middle of a space opera playing out here on Earth. AGENCY: CAA/APA AGENT: Bill Zotti (Ankeles), Ryan Saul (Jurgenson) MANAGEMENT: Kaplan/Perrone (Ankeles) MANAGER: Aaron Kaplan (Ankeles), Jonathan Hung (Jurgenson) FINANCIER: Paramount PRODUCER: Disruption Entertainment 6 BEFORE I FALL by Maria Maggenti When a popular teen girl is killed in a car crash, she relives the critical day seven times and makes changes in an attempt to affect the outcome; in the process, she herself changes as she tries to make up for previous heartless, self-absorbed behavior and gains a better understanding of herself and others. As she evolves and makes the connections necessary to save a bullied, depressed girls life, she comes to accept her own fate. AGENCY: Paradigm AGENT: David Boxerbaum MANAGEMENT: Madhouse Entertainment MANAGER: Robyn Meisinger FINANCIER: Fox 2000 PRODUCER: Jon Shestack Productions 6 BREYTON AVE by J Daniel Shaffer A group of teens living without adults and under their own social order in a small fenced-in neighborhood are forced to face what they fear is the inevitable physical danger beyond the fence. AGENCY: Verve AGENT: Bryan Besser, Rob Herting MANAGEMENT: Management 360 MANAGER: Mary Lee, Jill McElroy PRODUCER: Unbroken Films 6 EL FUEGO CALIENTE by Ben Schwartz A remake of SOAPDISH, a desperate telenovela star dreaming of Hollywood stardom has her life implode, making her real life crazier than the insane show she made famous. AGENCY: WME AGENT: Rich Cook MANAGEMENT: Tom Sawyer Entertainment MANAGER: Jesse Hara, Rachel Miller FINANCIER: Paramount PRODUCER: Reiner-Greisman 6 THE DUFF by Josh Cagan Adapted from Kody Keplingers novel THE DUFF, the travails of a seventeen year old girl who believes she is the designated ugly fat friend. AGENCY: WME AGENT: Rich Cook MANAGEMENT: H2F MANAGER: Chris Fenton PRODUCER: Wonderland Sound and Vision 6 UNTITLED ARIZONA PROJECT by Luke Del Tredici A satirically dark comedy about a homicidal foreclosure victim kidnapping a real estate agent and planning to kill her in the housing development where she finagled money from customers like him. AGENCY: WME AGENT: Roger Green MANAGEMENT: Mosaic MANAGER: Christie Smith PRODUCER: Rough House Pictures

Due to Leak, Playboy Posts Lindsay Lohan's Photos Online Early

Lindsay Lohan Just days after Lindsay Lohan's Playboy shoot leaked online, the publication has made the decision to publish it on its website, at world wide web.playboy.com/lohan. TMZ.com reported early Friday that Playboy was concerned the leak will hurt sales of the items they be prepared to be the greatest-selling problem of the season. Late Friday, Playboy boss Hugh Hefner tweeted: "Due to the eye & the web leak, we are delivering the Lindsay Lohan problem early." Playboy will still hit newsstands on Friday, 12 ,. 16. Browse the relaxation of present day news Uncensored photos of Lohan's shoot, which brings up Marilyn Monroe's December 1953 pictorial for that magazine, made an appearance online Friday, including on PerezHilton.com. The actress is slated to look on Ellen on Thursday, 12 ,. 15. DeGeneres snagged the only real interview Lohan has decided to do throughout the on-purchase duration of the problem.

'American Psycho' Writer Endorses 'Kardashians' Star Scott Disick For Reboot

"Kardashians" star and Kourtneys baby daddy Scott Disick has been given the co-sign by "American Psycho" writer Bret Easton Ellis to inhabit the skin of Patrick Bateman, a role made famous by Batman himself, Christian Bale. After news broke of a proposed remake of the 2000 film, as reported by Variety this week, Scott, who pretty much is the living embodiment of the Big Apple yuppie/serial killer/investment banker in look, charisma and style, took to Twitter to pitch himself as the perfect leading man for the leading role. just heard there doing a remake of American Psycho! he tweeted. best news i have ever heard! i hope they call me! While Ellis hasnt been reported to play much of a part in the making of the remake, he did give Scott the thumps up, if he should land the role. (Full disclosure: we dont think hell get it, even though he totally should.) I have warned Lionsgate that I will not approve a new version of 'American Psycho' unless it stars SCOTT DISICK or MILES FISHER, he wrote, later teasing, I am waiting for Scott Disick to ask: Who in the hell is Bret Easton Ellis? But, Scott being the always awesome TV personality he is, quickly put Ellis in his place, telling him, Not going to happen, I know just who u r! Currently the script, which was recently turned into the studio after being pitched earlier this year, is being helmed by Noble Jones, who worked on David Finchers The Social Network, and will explore how Bateman would fare in modern-day Gotham. Regardless of what does happen, Scott did win something this week. He placed at #14 on our list of the Top 50 TV characters of 2011. Wed like to think its a worthy consolation prize! Would you watch Disick in an "American Psycho" reboot? Tell us what you think in the comments section and on Twitter!

Top Models Lisa DAmato Talks Win, Angeleas Disqualification

First Released: December 8, 2011 7:14 PM EST Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Lisa DAmato, champion of Americas Next Top Model All StarsBURBANK, Calif. -- Lisa DAmato walked away using the Americas Next Top Model All Star crown on Wednesday evening, but she demands she doesn't understand what happened with finalist Angelea Preston who had been disqualified around the finale for reasons which were not fully described. I dont really understand what happened, Lisa told AccessHollywood.coms Laura Saltman on Thursday. Its all speculation, the model and music performer added, mentioning to a few of the gossips about why Angelea was cut in the final. Its a contest where people get removed. Lisa outperform fellow Top Model vet, the toy-faced Allison Harvard for that title around the CW show, and Lisa stated she felt the doe-eyed darling was her greatest competition all season lengthy. Allison and that i were going face to face [all season lengthy] when it comes to who got first calls on pictures and who won probably the most challenges, Lisa stated. Proud to possess finally stated the very best Top Model prize, Lisa credits her victory to remaining in keeping with herself. Its type of this sealed validation to be genuine and in keeping with yourself and dealing very hard, she stated. She also credited Dr. Came for helping turn her existence around following a recent stint on Celebrity Rehab. I acquired amazing therapy from Dr. Came. I believe Dr. Came is Superman, she stated. Im the most joyful and best Ive have you been. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

David Denby Vs. Scott Rudin: Film Critics Take Sides

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is living up to its dramatic reputation. Though, much of the drama isn't happening on the screen.our editor recommends'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' Producer Bans NYer Critic From Future Screenings for Breaking Review EmbargoTrent Reznor Releases Six Free Tracks From 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' Soundtrack'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' Extended Trailer Released (Video)'Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' H&M Collection in Stores a Week Before Film Opens (Video)Noomi Rapace vs. Rooney Mara: Will the Real Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Please Stand Up? STORY: 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' Producer Bans NYer Critic From Future Screenings for Breaking Review Embargo The film was screened for members of the NY Film Critics Nov. 28, but they signed a waiver saying they would not post their reviews until Dec. 13. PHOTOS: 10 Biggest Book-to-Big Screen Adaptations of the Last 25 Years However, NYer critic David Denby's review was printed in its current issue, a week before the embargo date. In response, the film's producer, Scott Rudin banned Denby from all future screenings of his films, writing in an email, "You've very badly damaged the movie by doing this, and I could not in good conscience invite you to see another movie of mine again." VIDEO: 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' Extended Trailer Released On Monday, many in the movie business took to Twitter to offer their thoughts on the situation, with most coming out starkly in favor of Rudin. The Hollywood Reporter's awards bloggerScott Feinberg said, "Rudin/Denby Emails Released (I'mwith Rudin; Denby was out of line; whether embargos are cool is irrelevant;he signed)" The Twitter for the NY Film Academy wrote, "Shame on You, DavidDenby." VIDEOS: 'Dragon Tattoo's' Christopher Plummer in THR's Awards Season Actors Roundtable "It is adorable that Scott Rudin thinks movie reviews affect box office.Ever the utopian," writer/critic Sasha Frere-Jones said. "So David Denby breaks Sony embargo and reviews The Girl with the DragonTattoo. Says it's a "bleak but mesmerizing piece of filmmaking." film criticAnupama Chopra said. Movies.com and Box Office Magazine writer David Ehrlich, "i assume that thiswhole david denby disaster is making me very happy that i unfollowed KevinSmith a few months ago." "David Denby Does Something Relevant." I quite enjoyed@Choire's take on allof this Dragon Tattoo nonsense." said Moviefone's Mike Ryan while calling out formerGawker editor Choire Sicha's thoughts on the subject. Film writer Guy Lodge, "Denby hasn't a leg to stand on in this emailexchange with Rudin, but I don't see how he "very badly damaged" the film." He later added, "I still think Rudin's melodramatically overstating critics' influence with this particular film." "Embargoes are dumbass, and even more so when they involve matters of noconsequence like showbiz." YES. THAT," wrote the Portland Mercury'sErik Henricksen. The Chicago Tribune reporter, Mark Caro, simply tweeteed "Rudin's right." Public radio's Marketplace reporter David Gura said, "Scott Rudin callsDavid #Denby's embargo-breaking review "deeply destructive," but can thispublicity be a bad thing?" Scott Rudin-David Denby is the closest Hollywood has gotten to rap beef in avery long time. #nosubliminals," Wired senior editor Peter Rubin. However, The Economist blogger, Glenn Fleishman seemed to side with Denby,saying, "Sony wants broken movie review embargo to stand for _all_ otherreviews. Ridiculous." He added, "But movie review embargoes are ridiculous, as are most embargoes.Embargoes are a way to make sure stinkers aren't sunk by too much knowledge on the part of customers/buyers/viewers." PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery The Dirty Dozen: Films that Narrowly Avoided an NC-17 Related Topics Scott Rudin The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Game-Maker Zynga Unveils IPO Plans As Investors Grow Wary Of Tech

The maker of popular Facebook games including FarmVille and Mafia Wars says this morning in an SEC filing that it hopes to end up with nearly $890M froma public offering of 100M shares at an expected price of about $9.25 a share. The stock will trade at NASDAQ under the symbol ZNGA. The cash will be used for “general corporate purposes”which could include acquisitions. The company says it also plans to contribute a some of the net proceeds to charitable causes through its philanthropic initiative, Zynga.org. Today’s announcement follows its disclosure this past summer that it planned to go public — seizing on Wall Street’s infatuation with tech companies. Investors have become a little more skeptical about the category, though: For example, Pandora Media is down about 40% since it went public in June. LinkedIn is down 28% since May. And Groupon lost 27% of its market value after it hit the market early last month.Zyngainvestors also will have no power over the company. The Class A shares that the public will buy have one vote per share. But insiders including founder and CEO Mark Pincus control the Class B and Class C stock that account for 98.2% of allthe voting shares. Zynga has close ties to DreamWorks Animation; Jeffrey Katzenberg is a member of its board. The studio also was an early ad sponsor. For example, players building cities in the game CityVille could add drive-in movie theaters that played Kung Fu Panda 2. Zynga says that it’s “the worlds leading social game developer” with 227Maverage monthly active users in 175 countries. In the nine months ending in September it had a net profit of $30.7M, down 35.5% from the same period last year, on revenues of $828.9M, up 106.3%.

Daniel Radcliffe Writing A Film 'No One Desires To See'

Never say there's something which Daniel Radcliffe can't do, as they goes onto prove you wrong. The first sort "Harry Potter" star has broken out into his the adult years with two different projects. His horror film, "The Woman in Black," arrives in america in February, and Radcliffe is presently overall his time on Broadway inside the musical "How You Can Achieve Business Without Really Trying." So what's next for your youthful star? Well, screenwriting, clearly. "I am trying to create a script that's fun and frustrating and terrible at this time but hopefully is a master at a while,Inch Radcliffe distributed to MTV News. When asked for what genre the film might be in, Radcliffe didn't cash to convey. "Arthouse," he mentioned getting fun. "Beyond that, I am unsure. It'll be a film that nobody really wants to determine.Inch This is not Radcliffe's best year for writing, in line with the actor, though that's likely because he's been keeping themselves busy in many other shops. Furthermore to writing his script, Radcliffe mentioned he remains concentrating on some poetry, and he's finally beginning to love his output. "I truly written a poem yesterday the first time within eight several days which i went, ah, really that's half decent. Other things I've written remains garbage, however written something yesterday I used to be really pleased with,In . he mentioned. Furthermore to his approaching work, Radcliffe taunted the most popular culture that he's been going gaga for in recent several days. Watch the above mentioned pointed out video to uncover his current favorite -- although exclusively named -- band, what novel he's reading through through, and what American tv series he wishes he was watching. Would you have to see Radcliffe's arthouse film? Reveal inside the comments section below or on Twitter!

Miley Cyrus Claims Herself a Stoner In New Video

Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus, who had been seen smoking what she stated to become the legal plant salvia from a bong inside a video this past year, claims herself a stoner inside a recently launched video. The recording, acquired through the Daily, was allegedly shot in the former Hannah Montana star's private 19th birthday celebration in La. Within the video, Cyrus is presented a cake featuring Bob Marley by Kelly Osbourne. "You realize you are a stoner when buddies cause you to a Bob Marley cake," Cyrus sometimes appears saying. "You realize you smoke a significant amount of f------ weed." Osbourne, 27, then jokes, "I figured salvia was your condition, Miley?" Billy Ray Cyrus "so sad" over video of Miley striking a bong "Allow me to make something very obvious. After Miley's salvia incident we began calling her Bob Miley like a joke! The wedding cake seemed to be a tale! It can make me sick that Miley's so-known as 'friends' would sell her out and lead individuals to believe she's someone who she's not," Osbourne tweeted early Sunday soon after the recording made an appearance online. "Everyone, if Miley isn't recording/filming/touring she works everyday. How could she possibly do everything if she would be a stoner! #think" TMZ acquired a relevant video of Cyrus smoking from a bong last December, only a month prior to the finish of her popular Disney Funnel series. "Sorry, men. I'd no clue. Just saw these items the very first time myself," her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, authored at that time. "I am so sad. There's much beyond my control at this time.Inch At that time, Cyrus' parents were in the center of the divorce, that was subsequently cancelled last March.

Sirius XM Shares Defy Gravity As Traders Wonder If Liberty Typically Takes Over

The satellite radio company’sshares are up 11.4% since early Thursday while other NASDAQ stocks with one another are lower 4.4%. What’s happening? Well, it seems that numerous pros who attended Liberty Media’s annual dog-and-pony show on the account on Thursday came away thinking that Sirius XM is likely to determine John Malone lift his company’s 40% stake well past 50%. He needs to attend until March to avoid taking a tax hit on this kind of move — and everybody knows simply how much Malone hates to cover taxes. Next there’d be described as a tax advantage: Sirius has $8B in internet operating deficits that might be familiar with shelter future obligations. That’s great now, despite the fact that deficits “sucked” once the organization was racking them up,Boss Mel Karmazin told Liberty traders finally week’s gathering. So, is Liberty considering buying Sirius? Plenty of comments that Liberty Boss Greg Maffei made the other day sure ensure it is appear by doing this. “There are handful of companies which i've as much confidence in,” he mentioned.”Boy, it’s got greatly from the tail wind behind it. Find me another business” with as much chance. Sirius’ first consumer rate hike, coming The month of the month of january,”is a good chance there’s a potential for further…(Profit) margins will expand….It’s our kind of business.” He added that his company made a decision to change its two monitoring stocks — Liberty Starz and Liberty Capital — in to a single, resource-backed security due to the fact “we’ve been seeking attractive investment options.”So would Karmazin, whose contract runs through 2012,want Malone to move in? He didn’t rule it. Karmazin states that Sirius is “generating a great deal free earnings” the board will consider whether it should return numerous that to traders. That could include ashare repurchase which may boost Malone’s stake, unless of course obviously they accept terms to prevent that. Some believe that Sirius would only repurchase shares if Malone confirms to cover a control premium. But there’s enough open to influence Lazard Capital Areas analyst Barton Crockett upgrade Sirius to “buy” watching the “mega share repurchase” is”a distinct possibility that individuals believe can be a core part of Liberty Medias attraction to Sirius.”

ABC Sets Midseason Selection, Agendas 'GCB,' 'River'

"GCB" ABC has set its midseason selection, arranging its Leslie Bibb-Kristin Chenoweth drama GCB and mystery thriller The River. Additionally, the network has additionally set dates for a number of reality series including Winter Wipeout and Shark Tank. GCB, referred to like a Texas-set version of Desperate Average women, will air following a Marc Cherry drama every sunday at 10 beginning March 4, as the River, in the designers of Paranormal Activity, will launch on Tuesday at 9 p.m. beginning February. 7, filling out for Dwts, that will return in March. Ashley Judd drama Missing will bow within the time slot formerly occupied through the now-canceled Charlie's Angels and premiere Thursday at 8 p.m. beginning March 15. STORY: What's Missing From ABC's Midseason Schedule Mix-dressing comedy Arrange It will replace fellow rookie comedy Guy Up beginning Jan. 3. The comedy starring Christopher Moynihan will finish its initial 13-episode run, effectively canceleing the series. Missing in the schedule, meanwhile, are newcomer series Don't Trust the Bitch, with Krysten Ritter and James Van Der Beek and Shonda Rhimes' Washington-set political fixer drama Scandal, starring Kerry Washington. Coming back Courteney Cox comedy Cougar Town was, like NBC's Community the 2009 week, left from the schedule. The network's midseason selection is below. PHOTOS: ABC's Year Television Shows Tuesday, The month of january 3 8:30-9 p.m. "Arrange ItInch 9-10 p.m. "Celebrity Wife Swap" Thursday, The month of january 5 8-9 p.m. "Winter Wipeout" Friday, Feb 3 8-9 p.m. "Shark Tank" Tuesday, Feb 7 9-10 p.m. "The River" Sunday, March 4 10-11 p.m. "GCB" Thursday, March 15 8-9 p.m. "Missing" Monday, March 19 8-10 p.m. "DwtsInch Tuesday, March 27 9-10 p.m. "Dwts the outcomes Show" Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com Twitter: @Snoodit

'Perez,' 'Martes,' 'Amapolas play Primer Corte

MADRID -- Alvaro Viguera's "Perez," Gustavo Trevino's "De martes a martes" and Juan Carlos Melo's "Field of Amapolas" unspool at Primer Corte, a films in first cut showcase at December's Ventana Sur. From 4-year-old Buenos Aires shingle Carrousel Films, which produced Natalia Smirnoff's Berlin 2010 Competition player and sales hit "Puzzle," "Martes," an ethical drama, turns on a lumbering factory worker who witnesses a rape. The most socially-charged of Primer Corte pics, "Amapolas" is also the first feature to shoot in the Colombian region of helmer Melo's Narino, the high plains near the Ecuatorian border. Maja Zimmermann, whose "Porfirio" played Cannes' Directors' Fortnight, produces with Chirimoya Films' Alexandra Yepes. Presented in a 15-minute cut at Locarno's Carte Blanche this August, "Amapolas" turns on a boy and a girl who romp in Colombia's beautiful countryside with puppy Rufino. The question "Amapolas" poses is how long that can last. The boy's already been displaced from his home village by paramilitaries. His father now toils for a drug baron; his uncle plans to use him for a scam. "Amapolas" is not a film about war," said Melo. "The war is only a stage on which life, dreams and hopes can and will continue." But if there is a dominant issue in Corte pics this year, it's of younger generations of Latin Americans whose parents have failed them, and -- the grand theme of Latin American cinema -- the insidious impact of macro events on innocent lives. Co-produced by Gregorio Gonzalez at Chile's Forastero, whose credits include Golden Globe-nominated "The Maid," "Perez" turns, for instance, on a father's strained re-encounter with the 22-year-old daughter he's ignored. Actress Elisa Zulueta penned "Perez," adapting her own stage play. Helmed by Juan Sebastian Jacome, "Ruta de la luna" has an albino son travelling from Costa Rica to Panama for a bowling tourney, accompanied by his estranged father. "An Invisible Collection," from France-born but Brazil-based Bernard Attal, transfers Stefan Zweig's 1926 short story, a moving account of the effects of Germany's depression, to the south of Bahia, among ruined cocoa plantations. In Uruguayan Guillermo Rocamora's "Solo," an Armed Forces trumpeter is abandoned by his wife, then flies to the Antarctic, a trip which will change his life for ever. Co-financed by the Hubert Bals, Ibermedia and Icau funds, "Solo," at $1 million, is the biggest-budgeted of Corte pics. Screened at first cut, Corte titles vie for a Haciendo Cine award, ensuring post-prod services through to a 35mm print, and a new award, Copia 0. As part of Copia 0, U.S. exhibitor Cinemark will open the winning title in Argentina, Chile and Peru. "Latin American cinema has difficulties with exhibition all over the region. We have to find answers," said Liliana Mazure, prexy of Argentina's Incaa Film Institute. Organized by Incaa and Cannes' Marche du Film, Ventana Sur runs Dec. 2-5. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Dakota Fanning Matures, Will get Married In New Role

First Released: November 18, 2011 11:08 AM EST Credit: Getty Images LONDON, U.K. -- Caption Dakota Fanning is spotted in the Evian Very important personel Suite at Wimbledon working in london on June 20, 2011 Dakota Fanning is walking forward into their adult years, and in time. The 17-year-old former child star assumes a firmly grown-up role because the title character in Effie, a film that recreates an infamous Victorian love triangular including 19th-century art critic John Ruskin, his disappointed youthful bride Effie Grey and artist John Everett Millais. I believe really in films Ive done more adult things in others than I've in that one, Fanning stated throughout a rest in filming in a country mansion near London. But this really is my first moment a wife and every one of that, that is really type of exciting and incredibly fun. I got married within the movie. I'd a wedding gown. It had been type of surreal, stated Fanning, that has been acting for any decade since she snapped up attention, aged 7, because the daughter of Sean Penns character in I'm Mike. Fanning, who lately started studies at NY College, isn't any stranger to edgy material. She performed a troubled 12-year-old in 2007s Hounddog, which contained a questionable rape scene, called the cruel vampire Jane within the Twilight films. A week ago Britains advertising watchdog drawn a Marc Jacobs ad featuring Fanning, saying it appeared to sexualize a young child the regulator stated the actress looked more youthful than 16. The ad for Oh, Lola perfume demonstrated the star inside a short dress sitting by having an extra-large perfume bottle between her legs. Her clothes for Effie are substantially more modest. Compiled by Academy Award-winning actress Emma Thompson and starring Thompsons real-existence spouse Greg Smart as Ruskin, the film is permitting Fanning to satisfy a lengthy-held imagine showing up in period garb. Putting on a corset every single day continues to be interesting, she stated having a laugh. It does cause you to seem like you're another person inside a different time. It requires some time to dress each morning and also to take everything off, and also you type of obtain a glimpse into what it really was like the inability to take your personal clothes off. You need someone assisting you and putting you in to these clothes. It simply shows how different everything was. Copyright 2011 through the Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Debmar-Mercurys Syndicated Strip The Jeremy Kyle Show Restored For Season 2

Debmar-Mercury has removed newcomer The Jeremy Kyle Show in than 50% in the U.S. for next season, including round the Fox stations in NY, La, Chicago, Dallas, Washington, D.C., and Houston. The pick-ups with the Fox and Sinclair stations seal hourlong talk show strip’s renewal for just about any second season. Produced by ITV Art galleries America, The Jeremy Kyle Show stars daytime Uk star Kyle while he tries to help people facing amazing challenges.

Sony Pictures Classics Lands Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'Hysteria'

Sony Pictures Classics has closed its deal for all U.S. and South African rights to Hysteria, Tanya Wexler's Toronto Film Festival entry about the invention of the vibrator starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy.our editor recommendsHysteria: Toronto ReviewSony Pictures Classics Negotiating for Rights to 'Hysteria''Hysteria' Trailer: Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal Star in Sex Drama (Video)'Hysteria': A Female Sex Comedy Dressed in Victorian Garb The film, penned by Stephen Dyer and Lisa Dyer, also stars Jonathan Pryce, Rupert Everett and Felicity Jones. A trio of women produced the movie, Forthcoming Films' Sarah Curtis, Informant Media's Judy Cairo and Beachfront Films' Tracey Becker. PHOTOS: Sony Pictures Classics 20 Year Timeline Hysteria, which made its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September, is a mischievous romantic comedy based on the surprising truth of how Mortimer Granville came up with the world's first electro-mechanical vibrator in the name of medical science. "Hysteria is meant to be both funny and smart. It's really a movie that says you are in charge of your own happiness," Wexler said. "Sony Classics is the perfect company to unleash Hysteria into American movie theaters. They understand 'smart and funny' movies better than anyone else out there. They are just what the doctor ordered." FILM REVIEW: Hysteria The deal was negotiated by Cassian Elwes, with Elsa Ramo representing the producers. Related Topics Toronto International Film Festival Hugh Dancy Maggie Gyllenhaal Sony Pictures Classics Hysteria

TLC Orders Driving While Impaired Reality Show D.U.I.

D.U.I. TLC has bought 12 cases of D.U.I., a driving while impaired reality show, Entertainment Weekly reviews. See the relaxation of current day news The series follows a police department in Oklahoma simply because they make D.U.I. busts and spend area sobriety tests. Unlike COPS, the series will simply focus on drunk driver suspects. D.U.I. is slated to debut its first six episodes on 12 ,. 1 at 9/8c. Another 1 / 2 of year will air next season.

GLAAD Plans Public Forums On LGBT Images Brett Ratner Expected To Participate

Before Brett Ratner resigned from hosting the Oscars, he met with GLAAD to apologize for his homophobic comment. GLAAD has introduced it'll mobilize a number of forums to go over the look of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender images, and that i’m relayed through the business that Ratner is anticipated to potentially participate. This is actually the announcement: November 08 , 2011, La, CA GLAAD, the nations lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, today introduced plans for a number of public discussions on LGBT images in Hollywood, following director Brett Ratners resignation like a producer from the 84th Annual Oscars. Throughout an issue and answer session about his film Tower Heist, Ratner was requested whether he rehearses together with his stars before shooting a scene. Ratner responded, “Rehearsing is perfect for f*gs,” based on NY Magazine‘s Vulture blog. Following conferences with GLAAD in addition to outrage from community people and allies, Ratner released an apology now resigned as producer from the 84th Annual Oscars. GLAAD and Ratner will work to convene public discussions featuring leaders within the entertainment industry about marketing fair and accurate inclusions of LGBT people and tales. The discussions will address anti-LGBT jokes and slurs in films as well as on television today in addition to their trickle-lower effect into popular culture. The very first event will occur in coming days with additional discussions to occur within the next 3 years. Additional particulars to follow along with. When we sitting lower with Brett today, he appeared very sincere in the need to make use of this experience in an effort to begin talking against anti-gay language in popular culture, stated Herndon Graddick, Senior Director of Programs and Communications at GLAAD. We feel his resignation is only the first step and will also be announcing a number of concrete actions with Brett in future and days. Hollywood has got the energy and responsibility to develop acceptance of towns, stated GLAAD Acting Leader Mike Thompson. We glance toward dealing with Brett and also the industry in marketing positive, culture-altering images in our community and delivering a note that such slurs, accustomed to play down lgbt youth and grown ups every single day, don't have any devote mainstream popular culture or even the industry that produces it.

Emergency Alert System to Be Tested Wednesday

Emergency Alert System A nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System will occur on Wednesday at 2 p.m. EST.The test, which will access the reliability and effectiveness of the EAS as a public-alert mechanism, will be transmitted through television and radio, and will last about 30 seconds.Get the rest of today's news"This is only a test," Craig Fugate, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, stressed in a video detailing the plan.The EAS can be activated by the president to inform the public during a crisis. It has already been tested and used on the local level, and thiswill bethe first nationwide test of it.Watch FEMA's video:

Hawaii Five- States Aloha to General Hospital's Ingo Rademacher

Ingo Rademacher After 15 years on General Hospital, Ingo Rademacher requires a correctly-acquired a vacation to Hawaii. The Aussie actor will guest-star inside an episode of Hawaii Five-, TVLine reviews. Fall TV: Who broke a man from prison better? Inside the episode, he'll play in the father of one of the children held hostage around the hi-jacked chartered bus. Team Five-, however, discovers he's more entangled inside the situation than they've been introduced to consider. Rademacher is much better recognized for play suave magnate Jax on General Hospital.

Canon Unveils New Digital Camera System for Film, TV Production

Canon puts its stake in the Hollywood ground Thursday, launching a lightweight, professional digital cinematography camera aimed at feature and TV production as part of a new "Cinema EOS" brand professional camera system.our editor recommendsCanon, Red, Avid Prepare Anticipated Announcements for ThursdayBryce Dallas Howard, Ron Howard Team for Canon Short Film Fujio Mitarai, chairman and CEO of Canon, unveiled the camera to hundreds of guests in the Paramount Theater, where he highlighted its compact and lightweight design, image quality and affordable price compared with many other digital cinematography cameras. The new Canon camera technology will list for roughly $20,000. PHOTOS: Apple Products in TV and Movies Martin Scorsese was on hand for the launch. "I really believe these new tools that Canon has created allow for a much closer, more intimate relationship between the filmmakers and the world they are filming thean every before," he said, turning to Canon execs and adding, "Welcome to Hollywood." Richard Crudo -- a past president of the American Society of Cinematographers -- directed and lensed a feature titled Max Is Back, using the new camera. He was among a group of filmmakers who tested the equipment and whose projects were screened during the Canon event. Said Crudo: "The end product was extremely filmic and almost effortless to achieve and with tremendous consistency." STORY:Canon, Red, Avid Prepare Anticipated Announcements for Thursday The camera will be available in two models. The EOS C300, for use with Canon's current and new EF lens lineup, which will be available in January, and the EOS C300 PL for the PL lens mount, which is slated for availability in March. The cameras have a newly developed Super 35 mm CMOS sensor, which reads Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) video signals. It accommodates up to 60 frames per second at 720p resolution and 30 frames per second at 1080p. "This is our first serious camera with lenses to support it," Canon senior vp Eliott Peck told The Hollywood Reporter. "It is our commitment to this industry; there will be more products coming." 4K is on the development roadmap. Underscoring its push toward film and television, last month Canon opened the Canon Hollywood Professional Technology and Support Center on the Sunset Gower Studio lot. With Thursday's event -- which attracted hundreds from around the world -- Canon may have created one of Hollywood's most anticipated product announcements of the year. The buzz started in mid-September, when the company sent out a save the date notice, announcing plans for a "historic global announcement. A Canon representative related that to keep the news under wraps, only employees that were directly involved in the product were privy to the information, and all involved in the shoots signed nondisclosure agreements. In fact, a Canon exec told The Hollywood Reporter that roughly 800 NDS were signed, including cast and crews. Related Topics Martin Scorsese

Other Desert Urban centers

'Other Desert Cities'A presentation by Lincoln subsequently subsequently Center Theater, in colaboration with Bob Boyett, from the play by 50 percent operates by Jon Robin Baitz. Directed by Joe Mantello.Polly Wyeth - Stockard Channing Brooke Wyeth - Rachel Griffiths Lyman Wyeth - Stacy Keach Trip Wyeth - Thomas Sadoski Silda Grauman - Judith LightHelmer Joe Mantello did an educated job of recasting "Other Desert Urban centersInch due to its Broadway transfer. When the show preemed at Lincoln subsequently subsequently Center taken, it was not apparent that Jon Robin Baitz's tightly wrapped family drama of a patrician clan of Old Guard California Republicans even stood a leading character. That ensemble vibe survives in this production, though the magnetic Rachel Griffiths ("Six Foot Under") now while using lead in negligence the renegade daughter from NY, it's better to miss the artifices in the plot and surrender for the drama. A stalwart Stacy Keach as well as the invincible Stockard Channing reprise their unique roles as Lyman Wyeth, a classic celebrity who ongoing being effective GOP bigwig, and also the wife, Polly, as socially charming and politically calculating as her dear friend Nancy Reagan. Thomas Sadoski also comprises a welcome return their boy, Trip, an excellent-natured producer of trashy reality-Tv shows as well as the kind of conscious boy who'd spend Christmas Eve along with his parents. (The white-colored-and-gold artificial Christmas tree inside the living room is positioned designer John Lee Beatty's witty approach to using the arid holiday spirit in Palm Springs, circa 2004.) Poor this bleached-out desert setting, it falls round the figures to supply all the color. Inside the original production, Linda Lavin designed a particularly vibrant character of Silda Grauman, Polly's free-thinking, hard-living alcoholic sister, fresh from rehab are available to reside in along with her sister and brother-in-law. That role, which opened up up up when Lavin went into Nicky Silvers' new play "The Lyons," visited Judith Light. Light (who carried out another straight-shooter in "Lombardi") makes sharp work here of Silda's open sights on politics, religion and her sister's pretensions. But because she isn't as vivid as her predecessor, the thesp helps it be simpler for Griffiths to say centerstage as Brooke Wyeth, the prodigal daughter who arrives while using manuscript from the memoir that accuses her parents of driving their older boy to suicide. Lately divorced and recouping in the breakdown which in fact had her make the hospital for any very long time, Brooke isn't most likely probably the most stable person in the world. Elizabeth Marvel's provocative perf came from from that vulnerable condition of mental instability, making Brooke's volatile character appear dangerous. In Griffiths' deeply compassionate perf, she leads to weight reduction rational and quite a few much healthier: more thoughtful than brooding, intellectually curious rather than paranoid. Neither of individuals informative performances, however, can solve the improbabilities in the melodramatic plot, which dangles around the family secret extended hidden and implausibly never spoken about. Despite the fact that Baitz ("The Substance of Fire") gives his articulate figures the wit and intelligence to go to fight on a number of ideological issues that divide them, he studiously removes talking about anything as lively as politics.Sets, John Lee Beatty costumes, David Zinn lighting, Kenneth Posner appear, Jill BC DuBoff original music, Justin Ellington production stage manager, James FitzSimmons. Opened up up November. 3, 2011. Examined March. 28. Running time: TWO Several hours, 20 MIN. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

PIC: Steely-Faced Cop Ernest Gordon-Levitt round the Number of The Dark Dark evening Increases

It’s been a while since we introduced the most recent set shenanigans from Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Dark evening Increases we’ve seen a great deal spoilery action spy footage, why ruin the mystique? Oh, that’s right. Because we are obsessed. Good, good. Continue. Here’s a picture of Ernest Gordon-Levitt on occur New you are able to city (while not at Occupy Wall Street) as Gotham copper John Blake, in uniform. You’re welcome. Stay for further Halloween Monday Buzz Break! [THR photo credit: Wenn.com] There's been many remembrances of Jobs since his passing, but this eulogy put together by his sister, Mona Simpson, will allow you to get all blocked and inspired concurrently. [NYT] The Actor-kaira Pitt’s latest film, The Rum Diary, made just $5 million last weekend. Less than stupid money. Were audience people too old, or else gonzo enough, to know the Hunter S. Thompson stylings? [THR] Now Anthony LaPaglia is joining the cast of Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained! He’ll play a greedy Australian. [Deadline] Universal’s new would-be Wolfman reboot has began filming, and frequently goes to DVD/Blu-ray before Halloween 2012. Here’s the synopsis: A monstrous creature terrorizes a 19th C European village by moonlight together with a young guy struggles to guard his family people from an unspeakable scourge in Untitled Werewolf Thriller, Universal Art galleries’ all-new addition towards the time-honored legacy of supernatural thrillers. Throughout his studies while using local physician (Stephen Rea), Daniel (Guy Wilson) witnesses the terrible results of werewolf attacks. Watching since the animal’s fearsome status draws bounty potential predators, thrill people and charlatans for the small town, Daniel wants destroying the callous predator. When a mysterious stranger (Erection dysfunction Quinn) and also the team of skilled werewolf potential predators (Stephen Bauer, Adam Croasdell) arrive to pursue the monster, he proposes to join them, despite his mother’s (Nia Peeples) protests. Nevertheless it soon becomes apparent this creature is much more effective, smarter plus much more dangerous than anything they have faced before. As casualties mount and villagers see their neighbors transformed into ravening monsters, the townsfolk occupy arms against each other to get the true identity in the werewolf. One of the hysteria, Daniel begins to suspect he’s closer to his target than he ever imagined. [News release]

Anthony Marcoly Named Mind of Vital Worldwide Theatrical

There have been more changes at Vital on Thursday because it named former Disney executive Anthony Marcoly leader of Worldwide--Theatrical. His hire may come as the studio consolidates its worldwide procedures in La, where Marcoly depends.our editor recommendsThe Condition from the Studio Deals: Who's Doing What WhereDavid Stainton Drawn on to operate Vital Animation Marcoly, who walked lower as leader of Disney Worldwide this past year, works the broadly respected Andrew Cripps. Cripps, who's British, relies working in london. Recently, Vital introduced it had been streamlining its home theatre, digital and film procedures, paticularly in the region of distribution and marketing. On Thursday, roughly 120 studio positions were removed worldwide as Vital implemeted individuals changes. The London office is going to be significantly scaly back, as the Latin American regional office in Rio is going to be closed. All in all, 40 worldwide tasks are being elimiated. STORY: The Condition from the Studio Deals: Who's Doing What Where Within the U.S., 80 positions are now being removed across various divisions. "We're undertaking this reorganization to best adjust to the worldwide evolution within the movie business," stated Vital chairman & Boss Kaira Gray. "We're grateful to Andrew for those he's completed to allow us to build Vital Worldwide, and that we anticipate Anthony joining we and getting his extensive worldwide experience to deal with for the pictures." Marcoly -- who spent 26 years at Disney -- will oversee Vital Worldwide's distribution, finance and procedures, and can report straight to Vital vice chairman Take advantage of Moore. The duo understood one another well when both working at Disney. EXCLUSIVE: Vital Taps Hot Author to evolve 'Forgotten' for Hailee Steinfeld to Star "This ought to be as simple a transtion as there's," Moore stated. "I'd the pleasure of dealing with Anthony at Disney. He's very gifted and that we're all excited to possess him join we.Inch Marcoly formally joins Vital in the finish from the month, with all of country managers confirming to him. Formerly, Cripps' team working in london oversaw worldwide marketing now, all global theatrical marketing is going to be overseen by lately marketed chief marketing officer Josh Greenstein. The general adjusting is made to take advantage of Paramount's strong box office performance and let the studio to completely capture growth possibilities within the changing global entertainment market. As also introduced in September, the recently created Home Media Distribution division will consolidate home theatre, digital certification and tv certification activities worldwide right into a single organization brought by Dennis Maguire. Hal Richardson will assume the brand new role of Leader, Home Media Distribution Amy Reinhard will end up EVP Gm of Domestic Home Media Distribution and Wendy Ferren will end up EVP Gm of Worldwide Home Media Distribution. They'll be accountable for managing sales, marketing and procedures within their particular geographic areas. Related Subjects Vital Pictures

The Doyle & Debbie Show

Jenny Littleton joins Bruce Arnston to celebrate and satirize country music in the pleasurably ridiculous The Doyle & Debbie Show. Lonesome Road Prods. in association with Jim Jensen and Lisselan Prods. presents a musical in one act created by Bruce Arnston.Doyle - Bruce Arnston Debbie - Jenny Littleton Buddy - Matthew CarltonWhat "A Mighty Wind" did for folk music and "Altar Boyz" did for boy bands, "The Doyle & Debbie Show" does for country music duos. Celebrating and satirizing country music's oh-so-spoofable conventions and celebrities, the show has been playing one night a week in Nashville for years and now seeks a sit-down run in Chicago. It will likely take some effort to find its potentially broad audience in this notably "blue" and jazzy town, but here's wishing the well-performed, pleasurably ridiculous piece much success, and Doyle much luck on his continued recovery. The show features the fictional re-emergence of Doyle Mayfield (writer-composer Bruce Arnston), a once-successful songwriter and star giving his comeback concert after at least a decade of alcoholism and other much-referred-to but mysterious down-lowness. He performs, as always, with Debbie (Jenny Littleton), although this time she's his "third Debbie," a single mother he found performing at a VFW facility. We don't know what became of his "second Debbie," except that she was also his third wife, the marriage didn't end well, and we all must have read about it those many years ago. Arnston, who wrote songs for and performed in the "Ernest" pics, makes Doyle a perfectly recognizable character and plays Doyle's cluelessness of his own misogyny with the same perfect pitch as his singing. Even his red suit boasts two silhouettes on the pockets that look like advertisements for a stripper club. But the raison d'etre of the piece is Arnston's spot-on songs. In many cases, the titles alone are enough to make you giggle: "Whine Whine Twang Twang," "When You're Screwing Other Women (Think of Me)," "I Ain't No Homo (But Man You Sure Look Good to Me)." Arnston and Littleton deliver these with such polish and emotional sincerity that you find yourself tapping your feet while you laugh. The show has room for growth, particular outside of its Nashville home, where it's performed at a well-known Bluegrass venue. It's easy to imagine that context adding a helpful atmosphere that set designer Kevin Depinet can't quite re-create in the Royal George's personality-less "cabaret" space, despite the effort of covering the walls with posters. And the piece could use more depth in the Doyle-Debbie relationship and the plotting -- the third person onstage, Doyle's buddy Buddy (Matthew Carlton), suggests at the start that we don't offer Doyle a drink, so you barely need to wonder what Doyle will ultimately pull out during the concert's "intermission" (the characters get one; the audience doesn't). The story's apparent climax comes off as too episodically detached -- it's another funny bit, but not the funniest. Then again, if the worst you can say about a show is that it's funny throughout and has trouble topping itself, that should hardly be considered a weakness. Musical Numbers: "Grandma Flickertail," "Whine Whine Twang Twang," "When You're Screwing Other Women (Think of Me)," "Stock Car Love," "Barefoot and Pregnant," "I Ain't No Homo (But Man You Sure Look Good to Me)," "Be Still My Heart," "Blue Stretch Pants," "ABC's of Love," "Medley," "For the Children," "Snowbanks of Life," "Daddy's Hair," "Laura Lee," "Harlequin Romance," "Fat Women in Trailers."Set, Kevin Depinet; costumes, Annie Freeman; lighting, Keith Parham; sound, Rob Milburn, Michael Bodeen; production stage manager, Cathryn Bulicek. Opened Oct. 17, 2011, reviewed Oct. 23. Running time: 1 HOUR, 30 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

NBC Temporarily Stops Production on Upcoming Drama Awake

Jason Isaacs NBC has temporarily halted production on its midseason supernatural drama Awake to allow extra time to work on the scripts, Vulture reports. The series stars Jason Isaacs as a man who - after a car accident - lives in two very different realities: One where his wife died in the accident but his son survived, and the other where his son didn't survive but his wife lived. ER alum Laura Innes joins Awake Awake, executive-produced by Lone Star's Kyle Killen and 24's Howard Gordon, has completed production on six episodes. The hiatus will last approximately four weeks. "We've got [six] scripts and episodes we're very proud of, but we felt the show would benefit from having more time to plot out where we're going," Gordon told the site. "It's a very complex show, and since we weren't under any gun in terms of delivering episodes by a deadline, we asked for [the hiatus]." Gordon acknowledged "there's a narrow margin for error" because of the complicated narrative, but also said he thinks the break is a "measure of faith in us" from NBC. Awake will debut sometime next year on NBC.

9 Pro Tips For Breaking Into Visual Effects From Jurassic Park's VFX Pioneers

If there’s anyone who knows about breaking barriers in the visual effects industry, it’s Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett and John Rosengrant, whose computer-generated dinosaur effects on Jurassic Park forever changed the FX landscape, earned them Academy Awards and famously caused George Lucas to tear up with joy. But their work pioneering new technologies did not begin or end with Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic. The artists have worked on some of Hollywood’s most technologically innovative titles including Star Wars, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Predator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Avatar. While together last month to promote the Jurassic Park Ultimate Trilogy (available today), Movieline picked the brains of the VFX legends to get nine pro tips for breaking into the visual effects biz. 1. Learn about the filmmaking process from a director’s perspective. This means make your own movies! Muren: “Study art, photography, nature because you want to have ideas for full shots in your head. Not parts of shots but the whole finished thing, even though you may not be [responsible] for all of that. You want to understand to the filmmaking process from the point of view of the director — even if you want to do special effects.” Tippett: “I would encourage that — an art and film history background. And there’s no excuse for not making your own movie. You’ll learn so much if you just come up with a little story that has a beginning, middle and an end. If you commit to doing it, you’ll learn so much more by doing that than most people going to school.” 2. Listen to the voices in your head. Tippett: “If you make your own film, it really helps that you know what a cut means. A cut is very important to know because it helps structure things. The sounds, too. When we started on Jurassic Park, I spent a week or so with [sound designer] Gary Rydstrom because it was very important for Steven to have the voices for the characters. That was very helpful to inform our performances. Once you have the voices in your head, then you can work to the voices. That knowledge is essential.” 3. Understand how VFX fit into the storytelling process. Rosengrant: “Recognize that we help tell a story and that’s what’s most important first. Understand that our role is to maybe embellish that story and make it more interesting. But know how you fit into telling that story because it’s very collaborative.” 4. Don’t just imitate your visual effects heroes. Dare to be original. Rosengrant: “I see people trying to get into effects who are trying to copy something instead of understanding the real anatomy of the art. All of this comes into play. I think that’s what makes Jurassic Park work.” 5. Think of your best friend as your worst enemy . Muren: “Your best friend is your enemy when it comes to breaking into the industry. I think it’s a very competitive time now, with film schools churning out so many effects people, that you’ve got to be better than your best friend.” Tippett: “They could be thinking the same thing about you — that ‘I have to be better than you are.’ Just strive for the best. Tenacity. Don’t give up. Keep plugging away at it. Find out if you’re good at it. You may not be good at it.” 6. Rest assured that visual effects is now a viable career option. Muren: “When we were starting out, there was no visual effects career. There were maybe 20 people in all of L.A. and maybe the world who did visual effects. They would hire people from different unions to sort of flesh out something.These guys were old-time expert guys that really didn’t know anything like we do because they did it so seldom. It’s amazing now that it’s actually a business and you can look at it as a job.” 7. Don’t listen to the job entry horror stories — there are visual effects pros out there who want to nurture (and not just torture) up-and-comers. Tippett: “It depends on where you start out. Most of us try to be good to the people just starting out. You don’t want to burn out artists. You want to encourage them.” Muren: “I hear a lot about that, too. That it’s really going on and [companies] are really taking advantage of it because there are so many people that want to do it. That’s unfortunate and I hope it doesn’t happen often.” 8. Don’t be surprised when the visual effects industry is not as glamorous as you imagined. Tippett: “I think one of the more bitter pills to swallow is the intensity [of VFX]. Because you think it’s one thing and it’s cool and sexy and it’s fun. Then you sit down and look at the dailies and someone says, ‘That’s wrong, that’s wrong and that’s wrong. Fix that, fix that.’ It’s just like [mimes choking someone.] Someone tells you, ‘Just fix it. I’ll see you tomorrow.’ It’s not like what people imagine.” 9. Get ready to continually adapt. Rosengrant: “[The new visual effects guys] are jumping onboard now after so many years of things evolving. We think back 18 years ago with Jurassic Park; during that 18 year period, things have been moving like a freight train. So when you get on that freight train now, you’ve got to have all of this other knowledge behind you. Study what went on in the past but get ready for a train ride.” Bonus: Exercise tenacity and passion. Tippett: “If someone tells you not to do it and you do it anyway, that’s a good sign. Because it’s going to take that tenacity. […] We were all obsessed [when we started out] too. It wasn’t a career ‘choice.’ It was like, you can shoot me or I can do special effects.” Follow Julie Miller on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

'The Avengers' Wasn't Shot with an apple iphone

Great news or not so good news, based on your emotions about film technology: cinematographer Seamus McGarvey states he didn't really shoot servings of 'The Avengers' on his apple iphone. "I had been speaking about how exactly rising filmmakers get access to an entire selection of technology which expand our options as filmmakers," McGarvey told THR concerning the interview he did with Irish Film and tv Network. "I pointed out the apple iphone and also the Canon 5d Mk2 were products presently utilized on many Hollywood productions. I made use of canon's on some shots on Marvel's 'The Avengers' movie. Regrettably, it was edited to see which i shot a few of the film using the apple iphone. This isn't true." McGarvey was cited through the publication as saying he not just shot moments for that Joss Whedon-directed film on his smartphone, but the moments were within the trailer. "On 'The Avengers,' Used to do a few shots around the apple iphone and they're within the movie. Actually, they're within the trailer! I realize that sometimes there's no choice and you've got to choose the least expensive option, but when you're limited for choice, you are able to still make poignant choices which will effect the feel of the film," IFTN apparently misquoted him as saying. Disney also confirmed that none of 'The Avengers' was shot with an apple iphone. Alas. Fingers entered that Whedon's double secret probation project was? [via THR/Warmth Vision] [Photo: Vital] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Catherine Tate Reprising Her Role around the Office

Catherine Tate, Work Catherine Tate is coming back to work, NBC introduced Friday. The British actress, whose credits include Physician Who and Gulliver's Travels, will reprise her role as Nellie Bertram, among the candidates who questioned to exchange Michael Scott (Steve Carell) at Dunder Mifflin last season. Tate can look with the other half of year when Chairman from the Board Jo Bennett (Kathy Bates, who'll not appear) employs Nellie like a special projects manager employed by the organization office. Browse the relaxation of present day news "Catherine is hysterical. We introduced her briefly in last season's finale and understood she needed to take part in the show in some way," executive producer Paul Lieberstein stated inside a statement. "Her relationship with Robert California (James Spader) is going to be not even close to professional. We are thrilled that she's joining the cast." Work airs Thursdays at 9/8c on NBC.

Waterman Entertainment nabs 'Until Tuesday'

Waterman Entertainment has fetched film rights to canine drama "Until Tuesday," written by former Army Captain Luis Carlos Montalvn, and tapped Patrick Sheane Duncan to adapt.Waterman Entertainment announced the deal Monday and said it plans to start production next summer.Story centers on Montalvn, who logged two tours of duty in Iraq, dealing with the pressures of his physical wounds, traumatic brain injury, and crippling post-traumatic stress disorder until meeting Tuesday, a golden retriever trained to assist the disabled. Tuesday had lived amongst prisoners and at a home for troubled boys, but found it difficult to trust in or connect with a human being until meeting Montalvo.Tucker Waterman, exec VP of Waterman Entertainment, said, "Service dogs have played a crucial role in the rehabilitation of many American soldiers, and this film will pay tribute to them as well as the soldiers who have sacrificed so much for our country."Duncan's scripting credits include "Courage Under Fire," "Mr. Holland's Opus" and "Vietnam War Story II."Waterman Entertainment was established in 1999 by Steve Waterman, who served as co-producer on "Casper" and exec producer on the "Stuart Little" pics and the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" franchise. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Chris Tucker Jokes About $11.5 Million IRS Debt

Chris Tucker has a sense of humor about his $11.5 million debt to the IRS -- which could cost him his $6 million Florida home.our editor recommendsChris Tucker in Talks for 'The Silver Linings Playbook'Chris Tucker's $6 Million Florida Home Faces Foreclosure "That's the last time I let Wesley Snipes help me out with my taxes," joked the Rush Hour star, 39, recently during a Miami stand-up comedy routine (via the Miami New Times). Snipes is currently serving a three-year prison sentence for not filing tax returns. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Biggest Real Estate Deals of the Week Of bill collectors, Tucker said, "They calling you acting like you owe them the money personally! I don't owe you s---! This is between me and the company!" Tucker quipped that he is so bad with money, he bought two homes next to each other and ended up going door-to-door asking himself if he could borrow a cup of sugar. The New Times says he got so wrapped up in talking about his financial troubles, he admitted he lost his train of thought -- before riffing on having to fly coach instead of first class these days. "You get in first, and they set you up with some champagne and shrimp, and you're all comfy and stuff, and what do they do? They let the coach people in and make you feel all guilty," he said. SunTrust Bank recently filed foreclosure papers on Tucker's 10,000-square-foot waterfront home, according to court documents first obtained by the Orlando Sentinel. Tucker signed a two-picture deal with New Line Cinema in 2005 for an estimated $40 million. Rush Hour 3 grossed more than $250 million globally. Related Topics Chris Tucker Rush Hour

Thesps warm-up for 'Pitch Perfect'

AmbudkarKellyUtkarsh Ambudkar and Brock Kelly have became a member of the cast of Gold Circle Films' romantic comedy "Pitch Perfect," which is written by Universal.Duo join Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Adam DeVine, Anna Camping, Digital rebel Wilson, Alexis Knapp, Skyler Astin and Hana Mae Lee within the Jason Moore-directed pic occur the field of collegiate a capella competitions.Ambudkar will have Jesse, a beat-boxing person in the audience Divisi that has a particularly dry spontaneity.Kelly will have Howie, the best choice of the popular fraternity on campus.Brownstone Prods. partners Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman are creating "Pitch Perfect," which scribe Kay Cannon modified from Mickey Rapkin's nonfiction tome.Ambudkar is really a founding person in the stylish-hop comedy troupe Freestyle Love Supreme who formerly co-starred alongside Kendrick in Jeffrey Blitz's 2007 pic "Brain Surgery.Inch Thesp's previous credits likewise incorporate the CW pilot "Danni Lowinski." He's repped by Gersh and manager Lou Viola.Kelly is better noted for his recurring role as youthful Dean Winchester around the CW's "Supernatural." His deal was brokered by manager Kevin McGinley of Rogues Gallery. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com

Alex Trebek: I Dont Retire For The Night Within The Nude

La, Calif. -- Alex Trebeks turn like a crime fighter earlier this summer time made head lines for numerous reasons not only while he chased following a female thief who broke into his Bay Area accommodation, but due to his confession to Matt Lauer on Today he needed to placed on his under garments to get it done. But, the Risk! host removed some misconception to AccessHollywood.coms Laura Saltman the 2009 week, insisting his previous statement wasn't a sign he sleeps within the nude. No, which was incorrect. The press first got it all wrong. I don't sleep within the nude, Alex described as Laura visited Alex in the opening from the Risk! Hall of Fame in La. That evening I had been sleeping having a T-shirt. I didnt possess a bottom on because my pajama bottom tended to obtain caught during my left knee that was hurt last year and hadnt cured and triggered me a lot of discomfort, and so i was meting out by using it that evening because I'd done lots of walking in Bay Area on that day. I dont retire for the night within the nude, he added. Alex was adamant the assumption he sleeps sans clothing was incorrect. The press acquired around the wrong factor. They assumed I had been within the nude however i wasnt, he stated. While chasing after lower the thief, Alex ruptured his Calf msucles, and hes still putting on a boot to safeguard his limb. Its healing. [It has been] six-and-a-half days now because the operation and today Im walking with this particular boot, he stated. The physician still wants me to make use of the crutches if I must go lengthy distances, but another couple of days or handful of several weeks rehab and Ill be fine. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Its A Boy For That month of the month of january Manley!

FIRST Launched: September 15, 2011 5:34 PM EDT La, Calif. -- The month of the month of january Manley can be a new mother! The Mad Males actress welcomed a baby boy, named Xander Dane Manley, on Tuesday, her repetition confirmed to people. Both mother and baby do great, the repetition told the mag. The X-Males: Top Quality actress confirmed she was expecting in April. She's not stated concerning the father in the child. Xander is Januarys first child. A repetition for your actress did not immediately respond to a request comment from Access Hollywood.Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved.These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Toronto 2011: IM Global and Cent Black Team on New Financing Fund

Giant sales and financial institution IM Global and New You are able to-based investment firm Cent Black are joining about the 1840 Fund, that will concentrate on developing entertainment qualities that may play across multiple media platforms, whether movies, live occasions or digital media.our editor recommendsW.E.: Venice Film ReviewCANNES: Stuart Ford's IM Global Announces Ambitious Film SlateRelated Subjects•Toronto Worldwide Fil... The mixture of IM Global's eye for in a commercial sense viable content and Cent Black's financial assets and business edge is definitely an exciting one. We are searching toward sourcing some good projects together," stated IM Global Boss Stuart Ford in announcing the partnership with Cent Black executive chairman Lawrence Salameno. The quantity of the fund wasn't revealed nor was the very first project. Cent Black may be the business of financing initial phase innovation across multiple industries. We have seen content consumption commanding greater degress of versatility, driven mainly by technology options," stated Salameno. Among its endeavors, Cent Black provides proper financing for Kristin Hanggi's production company Question Falls Entertainment. Hanggi may be the Tony Award-winning director of Rock of Age range, that is now being modified for that giant screen by Warner Bros. We have seen content consumption commanding greater levels of versatility, driven mainly by technology adoption. Simultaneously, capital efficiency is speeding up time and lowering the price of getting new endeavors to promote. Systems are crucial to the thesis, strong assets, talent, and capital is crucial and summarized by top-tier partners like Stuart and IM Global," Salameno ongoing. The 1984 Fund will search for qualities for example Rock of Age range that may translate across different platforms. Another example is IM Global and parent company Reliance ADA's large-budget feature Walking with Dinosaurs, in line with the extremely effective BBC television series and live event, and that they are earning together with BBC Worldwide and Evergreen Films. The offer was discussed with respect to IM Global by executive v . p . of movement picture finance Michael Roban and with respect to Cent Black by controlling director Eliot Durbin. News occurs the eve from the Toronto Film Festival, where Ford continues to market foreign privileges to Madonna's W.E., among other game titles. Related Subjects Toronto Worldwide Film Festival Madonna W.E.