Company company directors elevated U.K. stage this season

'One Guy, Two Guvnors' was modified from 1700s laffer 'Servant of Two Masters.'Looking back, 2011 was the season in the helmer, to date as U.K. theater is anxious. In venues small , large, company company directors didn't a great deal revive shows as reinvent them. For proof, have a look in the year's most spoken-about smash "One Guy, Two Guvnors."The now Broadway-bound comedy was the year's best new play and, concurrently, will be a re-working. Playwright (and former standup) Richard Bean needed "Servant of Two Masters," an 1700s comedy by Carlo Goldini, and moved it for the faintly lower-at-heels seaside capital of scotland- Brighton inside the Beatles-era sixties.It had been, however, not essentially an update. Bean's laugh-a-minute script had inventive portrayal together with a galloping lunacy its very own. Plus it was presented with rampant energy and callous precision by National Theater helmer Nicholas Hytner, who added tunes by Grant Olding.This column's Helmer of year prize, however, visits Make the most of Ashford for his riveting Donmar Warehouse revival of O'Neill's "Anna Christie." It absolutely was offered-out before it opened up up due to the presence inside the cast of Jude Law, who paid out fans getting work-best performance.Ashford's production needed the problematic play -- it wears its thematic concerns under lightly -- and gave it intensity and immensity. The first sort is straightforward inside the up-close-and-personal, 250-chair Donmar the 2nd was greatly aided having a breathtakingly bold design by Paul Wills, which presented an unwritten storm at sea as you're watching awestruck audience.The expansion couldn't immediately make the most of its success due to the cast's obligations elsewhere. However, Ashford told Variety that, if organizing might be worked out, there's fascination with the show acquiring a Gotham transfer. Ashford themselves is quite twisted up in 2012 choreographing Michael Grandage's Rialto revival of "Evita," developing happens tuner version of "Finding Neverland" -- destined with an not named U.K. regional theater in Fall 2012 -- and helming a Broadway play that's not been introduced.Other helmers, too, made their mark coming back to classics. James Macdonald didn't just shepherd an ideal cast through Edward Albee's "A Fragile Balance" within the Almeida, he created a rapt stillness that allowed audiences to find out this, not the higher volatile "Who's Frightened of Virginia Woolf?" is Albee's masterpiece.More all of a sudden, "Accolade" a forgotten 1950 play about private behavior and political existence, was presented with a revelatory revival by new kid available on the market Blanche McIntyre within the Finborough Theater, a little but terrific venue that consistently punches over the weight.McIntyre was the invention of year. Still in their 20s, she combines dynamic visual strength with acute sensitivity to stars and textual detail and flow. There's talk from the 2012 West Finish transfer for "Accolade" -- the country's Theater wanted it too -- but she'll have to fit that around other obligations, plus a double-bill of latest plays within the Rose rose bush Theater and, intriguingly, a revival of "The Seven Year Itch" at regional theater Salisbury Playhouse.Helmer Jonathan Munby also acquired highly not only getting a fierce output of the Jacobean tragedy "Ienc Pity She's a Whore" at West Yorkshire Playhouse, though a greater-octane revival of Sondheim's "Company" at Sheffield's Crucible theater, who've the following existence london, with talk from the fall transfer."Company" and Jonathan Kent's revival of "Sweeney Todd" virtually stole the 2010 tuner honors. In the far-from-vintage year for big new commercial musicals, even Cameron Mackintosh couldn't turn "Betty Blue Eyes" in to a hit. Despite rave notices, it shuttered after fighting through six several days. Getting a title change and several reworking, it warrants the following. Its helmer, Richard Eyre, however, rounded out his year getting a fantastically judged output of Nicholas Wright's new bioplay "All the the Duchess" about Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor.Eyre's 2012, meanwhile, includes the year's most intriguing prospect. He'll helm a dance version of "Truly, Crazily, Deeply," the film with the late Anthony Minghella. Dramatic ballerina Viviana Durante will star in the production produced by Tim Hatley and lit by Neil Austin ("Red-colored-colored.") Opening on holiday inside the fall, it'll then play London's premier dance house, Sadler's Wells. Contact David Benedict at benedictdavid@mac.com

Other company directors within the mix

Tomas Alfredson"Mess Tailor Soldier Spy"The significantly acclaimed Swede follows up his chilly vampire tale "Let the correct one In" with this particular tightly wound Cold War puzzle about British and Russian spies and traitors. In the hands, the plot of John Le Carre's intricate novel, which required a 1979 British miniseries nearly six hrs to pay for, resolves for an elegant, atmospheric 127-minute thriller having a distinguished cast, headlined by Gary Oldman. * * * George Clooney"The Ides of March"In the 4th directorial outing, Clooney takes up a clear, crisp political drama, according to Love Willamon's play "Farragut North," that's ultimately much more about media manipulation and private foibles than actual politics. An experienced cast features a live training Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Giamatti, alongside Ryan Gosling because the opportunistic press secretary to Clooney's winning but problematic presidential candidate. * * * David Cronenberg"A Harmful Method"Together with his usual surgical precision, Cronenberg will get fully underneath the skin of two leaders from the subconscious, Jung and Freud, and something disturbed patient, Sabina Spielrein, in the study of the complicated dynamic between your trio. Modified by Oscar champion Christopher Hampton ("Atonement") from their own play, the film offers intellectual pleasures for Academy voters who're like doing so. * * * Clint Eastwood"J. Edgar"Second simply to Steven Spielberg because the most-nominated living director, Eastwood joined with Leo-nardo DiCaprio and Oscar-winning film writer Dustin Lance Black ("Milk") about this ambitious study of the secretive FBI honcho, mixing five decades of high-level U.S. history with fascinating conjecture in regards to a guy whose requirement for energy masked deep personal discomfort and possible homosexuality. * * * Paul Feig"Bridesmaids"A 1-time comedy thesp who moved to working behind your camera using the series "Freaks and Nerds," veteran TV director Feig powered this romantic-comedy chick-flick into that rare comedy space occupied by fully rounded people acting like identifiable people. While other helmers have certainly impressed this season, Feig is the only person to possess found an ideal balance of pathos and projectile vomiting. * * * Jonathan Levine"50/50"Building an affecting yet unsentimental comedy about making it through spine cancer, Levine ("The Wackness") will get moving performances from Frederick Gordon-Levitt and semi-comic support Seth Rogen, who performs exceptionally well inside a more severe role than normal (the second also created, asking uncle, cancer survivor Will Reiser, to pen the script). With attention to detail, Levine provides the film an authentic dimension. * * * Roman Polanski"Carnage"The Oscar-winning director of "The Pianist" put together three more Oscar those who win (Kate Winslet, Jodie Promote and Christoph Waltz) and something nominee (John C. Reilly) for that film adaptation of Yasmina Reza's Tony-winning play. As always, Polanski brings his black spontaneity to some scenario that veers from superficially polite to outright hostile during the period of a good 80 minutes. * * * Nicolas Winding Refn"Drive"The Danish helmer (accountable for "Bronson" and also the "Pusher" trilogy) won the Cannes jury's top pointing prize for creating this moody noir vehicle featuring Ryan Gosling like a taciturn Hollywood stuntman who moonlights like a getaway driver. Refn also brings about a really frightening performance from the playing-against-type Albert Brooks, who proves there is a very little difference between rage and comedy.. * * * Tate Taylor"The AssistanceInchIn line with the bestseller by Kathryn Stockett and with confidence modified with a childhood friend with precious little prior pointing experience, "The AssistanceInch is definitely an psychologically satisfying story that has some large figures and performances from an ensemble that was already identified by the nation's Board of Review. The runaway hit gained nearly $200 million worldwide, considerably improving Taylor's stock around. * * * David Yates"Harry Potter and also the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"The veteran of 4 Potter films, Yates introduced a unified vision towards the series' other half, conjuring up a significantly more dark, more harmful and ominous world for that acclaimed climactic final chapter from the decade-lengthy franchise. The wizard kids' hard-fought against journey to their adult years is underscored by thrilling set pieces and Rob Fiennes' twisted turn as Voldemort.EYE Around The Academy awards: THE DIRECTOR Helmers hot to globe trotWoody Allen Stephen Daldry David Fincher Michel Hazanavicius Terrence Malick Bennett Burns Alexander Payne Jason Reitman Martin Scorsese Steven SpielbergIn this mixture Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

'Book of Mormon' Co-Director In Talks to Helm 'Austin Powers' Musical (Exclusive)

Netflix is going gory. In the streaming service's continued and aggressive foray into the original content business, it is nearing a deal for Eli Roth to direct and executive produce hour-long horror series Hemlock Grove. The project, which will be granted a 13 episode order, is based on Brian McGreevy's upcoming gothic horror novel by the same name. PHOTOS: Netflix's 10 Most Rented Movies of All Time The project, which hails from the newly launched Gaumont International Television,centers on the body of a young girl who is found mangled and murdered in the woods of Hemlock Grove, Penn.McGreevy is on board to co-write and executive produce the script with his writing partner Lee Shipman.Mad Hatter's Michael Connolly will serve as a co-executive producer on the series, with Strike Entertainment's Eric Newman attached as an EP. The news follows Netflix's other original projects, David Fincher's House of Cards,Jenji Kohan's Orange is the New Black andthe resurrection of Fox's cult comedyArrested Development, as well as its continued efforts to lock up deals with content providers such as the CW and AMC."There are no signs of us reeling in spending,"Netflix chief content officerTed Sarandosrecently toldThe Hollywood Reporter. More recently, Netflix has been at the center of still more news. This time, rumblings about a potential sale. The company's shares briefly jumped more 7 percent in afternoon trading Monday as reports surfaced that Verizon is interested in acquiring the company. Roth, whose credits include Discovery's docuseries Curiosity, The Last Exorcism, Grindhouse and Hostel, is repped by CAA. Related Topics Eli Roth Netflix TV Development

Time Warner makes fresh Endemol bid

ROME -Time Warner has restored its interest for Endemol having a $1.3 billion all-cash offer, because the with debt Nederlander content giant makes its way into final countdown phase to achieve a contract with loan companies. Inside a statement, Endemol confirmed it's received "a modified offer from TW," and it has "passed it onto the loan companies." "We remain centered on our discussions with loan companies which have joined the ultimate stages. We're certain that an answer that puts the organization on the firm financial footing for future years has become imminent," the statement added. TW has suggested an exciting-cash, non-binding offer, as opposed to the combination of cash and debt that composed their previous offer for the similar amount. But based on sources, this new TW offer isn't likely to obtain a lot more traction with Endemol than their first offer. "The main focus for Endemol remains on capital restructuring," stated someone with close understanding from the situation. They noted that Endemol is outperforming budget the very first time in 5 years, so has seem prospects being an independent entity, and isn't likely to initiate a bidding process. Nevertheless, loan companies may rather choose the Time Warner cash offer. Mediaset, the Italo broadcasting giant controlled by Silvio Berlusconi, which already is the owner of one-third of Endemol and it has designed a rival offer for any majority stake, didn't have immediate discuss Monday. In 2007, a consortium composed of Mediaset, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and Cyrte, an investment company by which Endemol co-founder John p Mol is really a minority investor, compensated some $3.5 billion for Telefonica's controlling stake in Endemol inside a three-way split. However they largely used utilized financial loans that now weigh heavily around the Nederlander unscripted TV giant most widely known for "Your Government," whose other formats include "Deal or No Deal" and "Extreme Transformation: Home Edition." Endemol is mired by some $3.7 billion indebted to creditors, including private equity finance funds Apollo Management, Centerbridge and Providence Equity Partners. The extended deadline with this capital restructuring is apparently tomorrow, 12 ,. 13. Mediaset and Italian equity fund Clessidra have apparently provided to inject $268 million in Endemol to boost their current 33% stake to 51%, with loan companies possessing the rest of the minority interests. Mediaset has apparently cautioned Endemol the results of the restructure may affect the companies' relationship, telling Endemol it meant to negotiate all existing contracts, too. Contact Nick Vivarelli at nvivarelli@gmail.com

Salada, Querosene set 'High Five'

BUENOS AIRES -- Mariana Secco's Montevideo-based Salado Media is joining with Brazil's Querosene Filmes to produce Manuel Facal's feature debut, "High Five." The Uruguayan movie underscores two building trends in Latin America: producers' growing concern to beat local audiences as well as the emergence from the new generation of filmmakers who view their films as mainly entertainment, not social-problem photos. "Five" triggers a stoner who stumbles around the stash of marijuana, cocaine, LSD, ecstasy and ketamine. He assembles four pals and each takes one drug. "High Five" recounts whatever they remember as happening afterwards. Shooting next summer season, "Five," which won Uruguay's primary Fona subsidy award, is "a good work out in screwball comedy, a format usually connected with light comedies, modified to more effective content," Facal mentioned. Its cinematographer, Pedro Luque, and production designer, Federico Capra, both done Uruguayan Gustavo Hernandez's micro-budget horror hit "The Quiet House," which sparked a U.S. remake and worldwide sales. Occur a Montevideo divided by class and wealth, "Five" "charts the extended and confusing transition from adolescence to the adult years,Inch mentioned Secco, who referred to as "Five" " 'Scott Pilgrim' meets 'Dazed and Confused,'" She added, "What's interesting is to experience a new-generation director who not desire to vary from festival to festival but desires to make movies like the U.S. buddy comedies he was elevated on." Querosene topper Joao Queiroz is at talks for theatrical distribution in South usa. Given "Five's" 18-30 demo, Secco mentioned the producers are exploring straight-to-TV for a lot of areas and Internet VOD distribution. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

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Donald Trump may not have been successful in his bid for a Republican presidential nomination, but NBC'sThe Apprentice host has found another way to get involved with the race.our editor recommendsDonald Trump Doc Maker Orders Iranian Regime To Cancel Illegal Screening of His FilmDonald Trump Accuses Jon Stewart of 'Racist Rant' about Herman Cain (Video)Donald Trump Loses Libel Lawsuit Over Being Called A 'Millionaire'Donald Trump Charging $10,000 for Invitation-Only Meet and GreetDonald Trump: I Will Not Be Running for PresidentRelated Topics•Politics PHOTOS: NY City Power List Newsmax Media, a conservative magazine and website, has tapped Trump to moderate a presidential debate in Des Moines, IA Dec. 27, the NY Times reports. "Our readers and the grass roots really love Trump," Christopher Ruddy, chief executive of Newsmax Media, told the paper. "They may not agree withhim on everything, but they don't see him as owned by the Washington establishment, the media establishment." PHOTOS: 10 Hollywood Players That Will Make a Difference in the 2012 Elections The Republican candidate participants have not yet been named. Candidates were sent their debate invitation Friday, the same day Trump's moderatorship was announced. Some of the presidential hopefuls have already met with Trump this year. Gov. Rick Perry dined with him Sept. 14. Michelle Bachmann has sat down with him on several occasions and Mitt Romney met with him privately in Sept. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Top Earners The real-estate mogul explored a possible White House bid earlier this year before ultimately announcing he would not run in May. "This decision does not come easily or without regret; especially when my potential candidacy continues to be validated by ranking at the top of the Republican contenders in polls across the country," he said in a statement at the time. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Box Office Politics: The Movies and Stars Dems vs. GOPers Love (and Love to Hate) Related Topics Donald Trump NBC Politics Rick Perry Mitt Romney

'Harry Potter,' 'Dark Dark evening Rises' Plus Much More: The Year's Best Posters

FROM MTV MOVIES: We now have began to consider in the entire year 2011, and after thinking about the most effective trailers around, we slow things lower just a little and select which posters mentioned most likely probably the most, excited us and inform us what you should expect in a single image. Fundamental necessities ten best poster of 2011. They understood the best way to capture our attention with images as simple as some rumpled sheets, a shaved mind or hot pink letters. They needed numerous a generation's most legendary symbols, like the Softball softball bat-signal or Voldemort, and switched them around the heads. Check out the most effective ten movie posters of 2011.

West Memphis 3 Sufferers Want Cinemax Documentary Excluded From Academy awards

Earlier this August, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley -- better referred to as West Memphis 3 -- were launched from prison. The trio have been charged with killing three youthful boys in 1993, however questions came about throughout the trial and several wondered when they were wrongfully accused. These discrepancies were raised in a number of Cinemax documentaries known as 'Paradise Lost,' that have been later credited with helping spring the 3 from prison. All of the these films, 'Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory,' continues to be posted for Oscar consideration within the Best Documentary category. However, not everyone's pleased with the possibilities of it winning an award. Among victim's parents are presently lobbying the Academy to exclude 'Paradise Lost' from consideration. Inside a letter sent on November. 22, Todd and Dana Moore mentioned that, "Due to public pressure that skyrocketed because of gross misrepresentations of fact within the two previous documentaries, [our boy] Michael's murders were unjustly able to initiate a plea agreement, were launched from prison and today pose additional risks to society. We implore the Academy to not reward our child's murders and also the company directors who've are making money from among the finest ripoffs ever perpetrated underneath the guise of the documentary film." Inside a response, 'Paradise Lost' co-creator Joe Berlinger mentioned the filmmakers "feel tremendous sorrow for [the victim's families]. We realise why a movie that involves another conclusion compared to what they do will make them feel by doing this. We uphold our films. We fervently believe free airline Memphis Three are innocent." The Oscar nominations is going to be introduced on Jan. 24, 2012. [via EW] [Photo: AP] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

'Hugo' a 3D breakthrough for its team

Neither Martin Scorsese nor the top members of his creative team had done a 3D film before they embarked on "Hugo," but their first effort ended up garnering near-universal praise for the way they used the stereo medium to enhance the storytelling. Variety's Inside Production talked to "Hugo" production designer Dante Ferretti and cinematographer Robert Richardson.Interview with Dante Ferretti Variety:How many films have you done with Marty?Dante Ferretti: This is the eighth.Variety:And you hadn't done 3DFerretti:None of us had done 3D.Variety:What did you have to do differently?Ferretti: With 3D I had to be more careful with the foreground. You have to put more stuff in front of the camera. Once we started to build and make models, we looked and said things like, "Oh, maybe we need something more in the foreground, one more column here, a kiosk there." Day by day you understand better how to do 3D. Then we did some tests and saw we had to add even more stuff. The detail was very important, the clock tower, the smaller clocks, the machinery, the gears.Variety: So the job of the set decorator is critical.Ferretti:Yes. Francesca (Lo Schiavo) did a fantastic job. We were surrounded by objects in the caf, the kiosk, the toy shop, the Melies studio. Everything was built like it was during that period.Variety:Were you able to evaluate the quality of the 3D on the set?Ferretti:Yes, when we were shooting we could see everything in 3D. We had a big screen and glasses, so we could see if something was wrong. Variety:Where did you shoot?Ferretti:We build the entire movie on stages at Shepperton, Pinewood and Longcross (in the London area). We built everything from scratch - an entire train station, the lobby, platforms, and put a real train inside it. It was a huge job. The movie is set in Paris but we shot in Paris only five days. We recreated Paris in London.Variety: How long did you work on "Hugo"?Ferretti:I started in November, 2009 and finished in January, 2011.Variety: What are you working on now?Ferretti:I'm doing "The Seventh Son" with ("Mongol" director) Sergey Bodrov, and with Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore. After that I'll work again with Marty on "Silence."Interview with Robert RichardsonVariety:"Hugo" was your first 3D film. . . Robert Richardson: Yes. I was excited and also daunted. Not only was it my first 3D film, it was my first feature-length digital capture. Up to that point I had only used digital for commercials. We used the (Arri) Alexa camera on "Hugo." We had two Alexas on a Pace rig.Variety:Did you consider shooting on 2D and converting to 3D?Richardson:It was discussed primarily from the point of view of economics. We knew it was X amount of money to achieve 3D on-set, so the question was how much more time will be needed to do the conversion. But Marty always wanted to shoot with 3D, and for both of us it didn't make sense to shoot it any other way. Variety: What was it like shooting digital?Richardson:I embrace digital cinema, I didn't try to emulate film. My intention was first and foremost to provide a digital 3D presentation, second, a digital cinema 2D presentation, and finally a film presentation. Variety: Were you able to make the decisions on-set that you needed to?Richardson: Yes, we had 3D monitors and glasses, and the best part of the process was being able to make decisions based on the intent of the director so we could get him what he was looking for, whether it was a heightened depth of field, a shorter depth of field, whether to embrace the actors, and so on. Not being able to do so on-set makes very little sense to me.Variety: So for you, stereo capture doesn't stack up well against conversion?Richardson: It's a complicated question. If you ask me how Jim Cameron does a conversion, it will be excellent and exquisite. His knowledge of 3D is so fine, and he has the time and the finances to control it in a manner to get him exactly what he desires. For a filmmaker who doesn't have his level of expertise there's no question that 3D shooting on set is vital. And why would you hand your conversion work to another company? It makes no sense to me. Contact Peter Caranicas at peter.caranicas@variety.com

Prince William Helps Rescue Shipwrecked Sailors In The Irish Sea

First Published: November 27, 2011 10:36 AM EST Credit: Getty Images LONDON, England -- Caption Prince William waves to the crowd as he arrives with Prince Harry for the Royal Wedding of Prince William to Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London on April 29, 2011 Prince William joined a frantic rescue mission Sunday after a cargo ship sank in the Irish Sea, leaving several crew members still missing. The second in line to the British throne, who is a Royal Air Force helicopter and known professionally as Flight Lt. William Wales, was aboard an aircraft which rescued two crew members early on Sunday, after their vessel suffered a cracked hull in gale force winds off the coast of north Wales. Britains ministry of defense said William had been co-pilot of the helicopter, which carried two people back to his base RAF Valley, on the Welsh island of Anglesey. Authorities said five people remain missing after the Swanland cargo ship, which had eight people on board and was carrying thousands of tons of limestone, sent a mayday call. Holyhead Coastguard said one body had been recovered from the sea, but that the fate of the other crew members was not yet known. We know that at least some of them are wearing immersion suits and have strobe lighting with them, however sea conditions are challenging at best, said Jim Green, a coastguard spokesman. Rescue helicopters from RAF Valley and from Dublin coastguard base in Ireland were initially sent to the scene, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northwest of the Llyn peninsula in north Wales. Helicopters from RAF Chivenor, in southwest England, and the Irish Coastguard are continuing to search for the missing crew, along with boats from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Two RNLI lifeboats, along with four search and rescue helicopters and two other commercial boats, are searching for the remaining six crew, the RNLI said in a statement. Gale-force winds battered the Irish Sea during Sunday and the coastguard said it is believed the poor condition could have caused the incident. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Golden Globes Preview: 'Tintin,' 'Cars 2' Faceoff in Animation Category

This story first appeared in the Dec. 2 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.our editor recommendsGolden Globes Preview: 'Tintin,' 'Cars 2' Faceoff in Animation CategoryGolden Globes TV Predictions from THR's Tim GoodmanGolden Globes Comedy vs. Drama Category Battle Rages OnWhy the Golden Globes Crawled Back to Ricky Gervais As red carpets go, the Globes' fashion gauntlet has historically been livelier and looser than the prim-and-proper Oscar arrivals. Globes-going actresses have broken the mold by wearing emerging or unknown designers, eschewing cumbersome gowns for party-hearty cocktail hemlines, showing scandalous skin and, in some cases, going completely off the grid. Who can forget Lara Flynn Boyle's pink chiffon tutu by L.A. designer David Cardona in 2003? Or Cameron Diaz -- nominated in 1999 for There's Something About Mary -- strolling down the carpet in a critically panned floral dressing gown? Years earlier, Whoopi Goldberg also made waves when she showed up in a bright yellow tracksuit the night she won for The Color Purple in 1986. And Cher famously wore a skintight shredded mini with mesh stockings when she received her 1984 Globe for Silkwood. PHOTOS: Golden Globes Party Pics But the Globes' fashion mood has recently shifted. Nominees like Nicole Kidman, Halle Berry, Jennifer Aniston, Charlize Theron, Salma Hayek, Cate Blanchett and Reese Witherspoon have upped the designer quotient with made-to-measure gowns by renowned couturiers Valentino, Yves St. Laurent, Chanel, Gucci, Nina Ricci, Dior, Armani Prive and Atelier Versace. The Globes have now become a critical stop in an Oscar hopeful's campaign for fashion glory: You have to dress like an Oscar winner to become an Oscar winner. This is why the 2012 Globes carpet will feature the latest runway trends -- white, pretty pastel and sorbet hues, fun floral prints, feminine taffeta, tulle, chiffon and lace gowns, demure sleek '20s flapper silhouettes -- and more statement-making couture from A-list designers than you can shake a stiletto at. PHOTOS: Golden Globes Red Carpet Style And because the Globes features an entertaining mix of film and TV stars, fashionistas are already looking forward to seeing what TV "It" girls Sofia Vergara and Julie Bowen (Modern Family), Christina Hendricks and January Jones (Mad Men), Claire Danes (Homeland) and Zooey Deschanel (New Girl) will wear to kick off the earliest moment of TV's seven-month long awards season. But it's this year's photogenic and youthful film ingenues-- Keira Knightley (A Dangerous Method), Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo), Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn) and Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) -- who are the anticipated style-setters. Still, let's hope perennial rule-breaker Helena Bonham Carter -- who wore a black lace Vivienne Westwood frock and different colored shoes last year -- will attend this year's Globes and add some classic individuality to the mix. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery 8 Possible Hollywood Targets for Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes Related Topics Golden Globes Oscars

Kellan Lutz Talks Action Movies & Fashion

First Launched: November 14, 2011 5:24 PM EST Credit: Getty Premium La, Calif. -- Caption Kellan Lutz reaches Nylon material material magazines release party for November issue in the Beverly restaurant in West Hollywood on November 10, 2011The Twilight Sagas Kellan Lutz, which has embellished ads in scintillating ads for Calvin Klein, Abercrombie & Fitch and numerous others, is starring in the campaign for Abbot + Primary the brand-new line that Kellan can be a model and designer. But beginning their very own clothing line now's not north of manchester Dakota natives only November endeavor. Access Hollywood taken up getting a dapper-searching Kellan in case praising his Nylon material material Males cover, where the actor spoken fashion and also the passion for action movies but saved mother on his personal existence, despite being spotted canoodling later inside the evening with rumored girlfriend, Step-up 3d actress Sharni Vinson. No stranger to action movies, Kellan is presently starring just like a youthful Poseidon in Immortals, which centered el born area office the 2009 weekend. Immortals is action. I like action movies, the 26 year-old actor told Access. Thats where If only to spearhead my career. Kellan stated that maturing due to a lot of brothers and sisters began the love for pushing themselves for the limit. I have no tats, so scars are my tats, Kellan told Access. Really I merely messed up my hands hugely while filming Java Warmth. It absolutely was my first-time undertaking an operating action movie meaning they'll use real explosions! The actor mentioned the most difficult part about shooting action sequences is fighting his urge to smile! I had been doing the epic fight scene within the very finish [of Immortals], a extended five-minute fight, however was beaming ear to ear! They were like, Kellan youre a God, youre likely to kick a**, you can't be smiling a great deal, he ongoing. I really needed to pay attention to not smiling. They'd push in [for just about any close-up] and would say, Kellan, you are smiling along with your eyes I used to be like, Simply what does that even mean?! The actor is excited that his next publish-Twilight project, A Gamers Heart, they shot over three this past year with fellow Twilight alum Ashley Eco-friendly, may ultimately be released on December 2. Its a lovely movie. Its funny when people movies emerge years after you are doing this, Kellan mentioned. So finally it arrives and everyones prone to notice which is like Wow, Im youthful because! Though Kellan is well on his approach to his preferred action star status, it might take a little more convincing to find out themselves inside the fashion industry. I have always loved fashion, however haven't any understanding from it besides like a model, the star mentioned. A longtime fan of Danny Guezs Dylan George jeans, Kellan co-created Abbot + Primary while using designers help and experience. Im attaining understanding from the greater quality, true genius, Kellan mentioned in the designer. I didn't want me being the facial skin of some product I wouldnt really placed on. Once we would do this, I desired to know precisely what Danny required to train. Even if it not successful, Id have a thing that Id placed on! The actor, who transported Dylan George jeans, Ray Stop glasses together with a colorful knit top directly from his Abbot + Primary designer clothing collection in case, spoken about his new line. It seamless comfort on. You'll be able to relocate it, he mentioned, insisting we cop an awareness of his cashmere sleeve. Its concerning the standard in the fabric, how soft it's and feeling confident with what youre wearing. Kellans neighborhood in Venice inspired the vibrant colors define the Abbot + Primary designer clothing range of t-t t shirts and knitwear. Do not concern yourself women, Kellans line has sexy, female-layered looks coming early next season. A girl looks her most sexy when she will get confident with what shes wearing, he added. Thats a few things i desire to capture while using female line. Abbot + Primary will debut its kind of luxury female separates in Spring 2012. -Chandler Chase Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

AFI Fest Awards Grand Jury Prize to The Loneliest Planet

AFI Fest closes up shop today (with a very climactic showing of The Adventures of Tintin), but before we say so long to the parking garage at Hollywood & Highland, we have one piece of business left to deal with: the awards. AFI awarded its Grand Jury Prize to Julia Loktev’s The Loneliest Planet “for its bold exploration of societal structures and gender roles, set against a landscape that conveys both profound beauty and profound alienation.” And because Gael Garcia Bernal is adorbz. Click through for the rest of prizes and announcements. AUDIENCE AWARDS Breakthrough Section (award accompanied by a $5,000 cash prize) WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT by Alexandra-Therese Keining New Auteurs Section BULLHEAD by Michal R. Roskam World Cinema Section A tie: JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI by David Gelb and KINYARWANDA by Alrick Brown Young Americans Section WUSS by Clay Liford LIVE ACTION AND ANIMATED SHORT FILM SECTION JURY AWARDS As in previous years, a jury determines the AFI FEST 2011 Live Action and Animated Short Film Section Awards. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences recognizes each winner as a qualifier for the annual Academy Awards. The Short Film Jury — comprised of filmmakers Barry Jenkins and Gerardo Naranjo (AFI Conservatory Class of 2001) and festival programmer Kim Yutani — announced the awards with their statements. Live Action Short Film Section Grand Jury Prize: FROZEN STORIES from Grzegorz Jaroszuk “for its world of meta-reality suffused with enough context to rend a beautifully nuanced story for the most heightened elements.” Honorable Mention: BABYLAND by Marc Fratello “for its assured direction, stunning lead performance and the ability to balance humor and pathos all the way up to its shocking conclusion.” Animated Short Film Section Grand Jury Prize: THE EAGLEMAN STAG by Michael Please “for its ambitious and elegant storytelling, both narrative and aesthetically, in which the bigness of life and the concept of time are deftly unpacked in a moving nine minutes.” Honorable Mention: THE VOYAGERS by Penny Lane “for its skillful juxtaposition of archival footage and personal narrative to tell a moving story of exploration, romance and space travel.” NEW AUTEURS SECTION CRITIC’S PRIZE This year AFI FEST debuts its New Auteurs Critic’s Prize selected by an esteemed panel of international critics: Justin Chang (Variety), Mike Goodridge (Screen International), Mark Olsen (The Los Angeles Times) and Jean Oppenheimer (American Cinematographer). Grand Jury Prize: THE LONELIEST PLANET by Julia Loktev “for its bold exploration of societal structures and gender roles, set against a landscape that conveys both profound beauty and profound alienation.” Special Jury Prize: ATTENBERG by Athina Rachel Tsangari “for its wit, distinct voice and playful sense of storytelling.” Acting Award Prize: BULLHEAD’s Matthias Schoenaerts “for his nuanced and intensely physical embodiment of bruised masculinity.” Read more of Movieline’s coverage of the 2011 AFI Fest here.

Watch Joseph Gordon-Levitt Sing R. Kelly's 'Ignition (Remix)'

When Joseph Gordon-Levitt isn’t busy playing cops and pimping his HitRECordJoe empire, he clearly spends a lot of time studying the arts. Because, my friends, you don’t just learn the lyrics to R. Kelly’s “Ignition (Remix)” overnight. I speak from experience. Hit the jump to watch JGL make sweet, dirty aural love to an audience at OSU with his guitar and the R&B stylings of Mr. Robert Sylvester Kelly. “Last hitRECord show of the year!” Gordon-Levitt wrote on his HitRECordJoe Tumblr of the show. “We did thirteen of them in three countries in 2011. Imagine what we’ll be able to do if/when I get a moment when I’m not doing other (awesome) jobs full-time.” [via @earnestp] R.I.P. to the impossibly stylish Theadora Van Runkle, Oscar-winning costume designer on films like Bonnie & Clyde and The Godfather Part II, legendary boxer Joe Frazier, and comedy writer Hal Kanter, who penned gags for the likes of Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and the Oscars. [LAT, EW Variety] George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road production has been held up… by flowers. [Coming Soon] Naomi Sheridan, daughter of Jim and co-screenwriter of In America, will adapt Stephen King’s fantasy-horror Rose Madder. [Variety] The German title for The Muppets is hilarious if you don’t know German. Ah, language. [Buzz Feed]

Movie Ticket Costs Are Up, But People Spent Less In 3Q For three dimensional

May be the cost of movie tickets falling? Absolutely not. It might not look that means by 3Q:The typical amount that customers spent was $7.94, lower from $8.06 in 2Q, the nation's Association of Theatre Proprietors reviews today. However the amounts often bounce around from quarter to quarter, due simply as to whether you will find three dimensional films compelling enough to guide customers to repay for that greater-listed tickets. Last quarter was light, even though it incorporated Warner Bros’ Harry Potter And Also The Deathly Hallows Part 2 and Disney’s The Lion King three dimensional. The prices picture becomes clearer whenever you take a step back to check out earnings with time: The typical for that first nine several weeks of 2011 is $7.96, up 1% all of 2010 and 6% from 2009. Regal also lately reported that it is average ticket cost was $8.78 in 3Q, up 1.9% versus exactly the same period this past year.

Rob Kardashian Speaks Out On Sister Kims Divorce

First Published: November 1, 2011 9:58 AM EDT Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Rob Kardashian chats with Access Hollywood on October 31, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Rob Kardahian says his family is coming together to support Kim now that her split from Kris Humphries after only 72 days of being married has been announced. Access Hollywood caught up with Rob following Mondays Dancing with the Stars. My sister and I and everybody are obviously going through a lot right now, Rob told Access. Were all supportive of everything she does and were just a very close-knit family, he continued. We keep everything private. Just last week, Rob addressed rumors that his sister and new brother-in-law were having relationship woes telling Access, My sister is completely happy, my familys never been happier, she just got married so she should be happy. As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, a rep for Kim confirmed the reality star filed for divorce on Monday morning. In her divorce filing, Kim cites irreconcilable differences as the reason for the divorce and the date of separation is listed as Oct. 31, 2011. The reality star is asking that Kris pay for his own lawyer fees and that shell do the same. She also asks the court to reject any attempt by Kris to get spousal support. At Mondays DWTS, Rob had the support of sister Kourtney, nephew Mason, Scott Disick, and stepfather Bruce Jenner, who were all in the ballroom cheering him on. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

P Niro, Travolta searching for 'Killing Season'

P NiroTravoltaMillennium Films and Corsan Pictures have set Robert P Niro and Travolta Qantas Video to star inside the actioner "Killing Season."Mark Steven Manley ("Ghost Driver") will direct in the script by Evan Daugherty ("Snow White-colored as well as the Huntsman").Occur the Appalachian Hills, pic will start production Jan. 16De Niro may have a u . s . states military veteran which has retreated with a remote cabin inside the forest, where he strikes up an unlikely friendship getting an uncommon customer. Travolta plays the 2nd character, a European tourist who's really a classic Serbian soldier bent on revenge.Nu Image/Millennium takes charge on worldwide sales within the American Film Market now, in consultation with Corsan."I've loved this project the moment Someone said Evan Daughterty's amazing script," mentioned Corsan Boss Paul Breuls. "It's thrilling, imaginative, unforeseen and centered by two amazing figures around the collision course. I'm happy this film gets into production also to be became a member of with Avi Lerner and also the team at Millennium.""We're excited being co-financing and co-creating this film with Corsan, also to work again with Robert P Niro and Travolta Qantas Video,Inch mentioned Nu Image/Millennium topper Avi Lerner. "We now have never observed these two great stars on-screen together before, and that we are excited to determine which originates from the mixture.InchThe kingdom-based Corsan, which recently produced and funded "The Devil's Double," is presently in pre-production on Roland Emmerich's "Singularity."P Niro and Manley are repped by CAA, while WME reps Travolta. UTA and FilmEngine repetition Daugherty. Contact Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com

NBC Buys 'Apocalipstick' Comedy, 'Masters and Apprentice' Drama from BermanBraun (Exclusive)

NBC scoops up two more projects from former network honchos Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun. The network has ordered scripts for dramaMasters and Apprentice and comedyApocalipstick. The former, from the pair's BermanBraun and Universal Television, centers on a rookie FBI agent who enlists the aid of a legendary but mysterious former operative to help him infiltrate the shadowy group responsible for his parents' death. The project will be written and executive produced by Criminal Minds scribesDan Dworkin and Jay Beattie, with Gene Stein(Alphas, The Cape)serving as an executive producer. Berman and Braun are both attached as non-writing EPs. The latter is a comedy, also from BermanBraun and Universal Television, about a woman's father who ends up dating her high school nemesis. The project will be written and executive produced by Julie Klausner (Ugly Americans, Best Week Ever), with Stein, Berman and Braun on board as executive producers. Karen Spiegel will serve as a co-executive producer. Dworkin and Beattle, whose other writing credits include The Event and Mercy, are repped by ICM; Klausner is repped by WME. Related Topics NBC TV Development

Supernatural Star Jared Padalecki & Wife Expecting

First Released: October 13, 2011 10:28 AM EDT Credit: Getty Premium Caption Supernatural star Jared Padalecki and wife Genevieve Cortese get to Saban Theatre in Beverly Hillsides, Calif. on March 13, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Its only natural that actor Jared Padalecki is super excited, he and the wife possess a baby in route! The 29-year-old actor introduced that wife Genevieve Cortese is pregnant. OK yall Id rather you formally listen to it from me So, yes. Genevieve is pregnant, the CW star authored on Twitter. Very well be welcoming a brand new member to the family in 2012. It seems his scores of Supernatural fans flooded his Twitter account with well-wishes and questions regarding where you can send baby gifts. PLEASE PLEASE send gifts to not us, but to St. Judes Kids Hospital! Allows result in the world a better spot for individuals less fortunate, the actor authored in another Tweet. The first kind Gilmore Women star, who performed Dean around the series, married Genevieve, who also once starred on Supernatural, in Feb 2010. Supernatural airs Fridays at 9 PM around the CW. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Seal's Chechen Leader Birthday Bash Performance Questioned By Human Rights Group

While Hilary Swank and Jean-Claude Van Damme have taken heat from human rights groups for appearing at a lavish Oct. 5 party for Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, so far perhaps the highest-paid star to turn out on the occasion has gotten a pass.our editor recommendsHilary Swank, Jean-Claude Van Damme Slammed for Attending Birthday of Chechen Leader Human Rights Watch, which had previously denounced Swank and Van Damme for their appearances at a celebration feting Kadryrov on his 35th birthday, has sent an inquiry to Seal regarding his performance at the event. The organization has called on stars who attended the party to reimburse any money that they were paid to participate. "Ramzan Kadyrov is linked to a litany of horrific human rights abuses. It's inappropriate for stars to get paid to party with him. It bolsters his image and legitimizes a brutal leader and his regime. And getting paid to be part of such a lavish show in Chechnya trivializes the suffering of countless victims of human rights abuses there," the organization said. PHOTOS: Top 10 Highest Paid Music Artists The website Caucasian Knot says Rosa Pashaeva, head of the division of arts and educational institutions of the Ministry of Culture of the Chechen Republic, declined to estimate how much the talent was paid to appear. But a representative associated with one of those in attendance tells THR that normally celebrities are paid in the six figures to attend such events but any time a performance is involved, the rate rises to seven figures. In Seal's case, he may have gotten a stunning amount per song because Pashaeva reportedly said that he was supposed to perform for 30 minutes but sang only two songs because of time restrictions. Seal's publicist did not respond to THR's request for comment. "As for invited celebrities -- till the last day we didn't know exactly who would come and take part in celebrations," Pashaeva told the Caucasian Knot. "I wasn't involved in organizing the arrival of celebrities; but when they came, it was quite easy to deal with them," said Alvi Karimov, the head of the press-service of the Chechen president. "They eagerly communicated with citizens, took pictures with them, and even danced lezginka." As previously reported by THR, Van Damme stood on stage at the party and said, "I love you Mr. Kadyrov" while Swank said she was honored to be in Grozny and wished Kadyrov a "Happy Birthday." After Swank spoke, British violinist Vanessa-Mae performed for a reported half a million dollars. There were fireworks and performances by acrobats. The celebration was held on a floating stage on the River Sunzha; portraits of Kadyrov were displayed throughout the city. Related Topics Seal

Qwikster is Dead; Long Live Netflix?

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings probably wasn’t prepared for the earful (or Internetz-full) he received last month when he announced plans to spin-off Netflix’s DVD rentals into a new company called Qwikster. “It is clear that for many of our members two websites would make things more difficult,” he wrote in a blog post today. “So we are going to keep Netflix as one place to go for streaming and DVDs.” Read on for more flip-flopping, and rejoice? Hastings kept it short and sweet in Monday’s follow-up post, explaining that Qwikster, which was intended to have its own separate website requiring separate log-in information and film queues, will basically just not exist at all. “This means no change: one website, one account, one password… in other words, no Qwikster.” And: “While the July price change was necessary, we are now done with price changes.” Kudos to Hastings to listening to the people. But seriously; wasn’t the hubbub going to die down eventually? Shouldn’t he have stuck to his guns, if streaming is indeed the future? Moot questions at this point — unless Hastings has yet more changes of heart. And time will tell if his initial instinct to stay on the forefront of a changing market was the right, if unpopular, choice. Meanwhile: Looks like @Qwikster can go back to Tweeting about girls and being bored in school about 10,000 followers richer. [Netflix via Deadline]

How to be a Gentleman Canceled After Shutting Lower Production

How to be a Gentleman Production concerning how to Be described as a Gentleman has shut lower, effectively getting rid of the fighting series. CBS moves How to be a Gentleman to Saturdays Rules takes Thursdays slotThe CBS sitcom, starring David Hornsby and Kevin Dillon, stopped production after filming its ninth episode Friday, according to Deadline. Earlier Friday, CBS moved the show from Thursdays to Saturdays at 8:30/7:30c, beginning March. 15, where it'll now melt off its remaining seven episodes.Gentleman might be the fourth casualty in the fall season, following NBC's dismissals in the Playboy Club and Free Agents, as well as the CW saying "later" to H8R. It's also the finest-rated show being canceled up to now, since it averaged 8 million audiences within the initial few airings - a sizable drop-taken off The Big Bang Theory's gigantic 14 million lead-in.NBC orders Up With The Evening and Whitney, cancels Playboy ClubRules of Engagement, which was formerly scheduled on Saturdays, will need over Gentleman's Thursdays-at-8:30 berth on March. 20 having its Season 6 premiere. A repeat of huge Bang will air in Gentleman's slot next Thursday.

Two Terrifying J. Edgar Posters

DiCaprio can get snarly for EastwoodLeonardo DiCaprio:handsome guy, atmosphere advocate, Hollywood star, boyfriend of insanely beautiful women. And, it appears, ugly frightening shouty guy, no less than onscreen in Clint Eastwood's J.Edgar.The film might be the storyline of J. Edgar Hoover (DiCaprio, clearly), the initial mind in the FBI (in the foundation in 1935 until his dying in 1972) plus an enormously effective figure due to his files on every major political player in the world. Similarly, he built the FBI into a powerful crime-fighting agency and gave the Bureau its character alternatively, he come up with secret files through illegal means and bothered political dissenters and activists.With the looks of the things we view up to now, this might be another Oscar-baiting role forDiCaprio - but tend to he finally collect the little golden boy?He's, ultimately, still under 40, and statistically will have to wait another a long time being at optimal Oscar-winning age, but surely the Academy is only able to ignore someone this excellent for this type of very long time. Right?J.Edgar is going inside the UKon The month of the month of january 20, 2012. Furthermore, it stars Naomi W, JoshLucas,Arnie Hammer, Judi Dench and Ken Howard, and was put together by Milk's Dustin Lance Black.

Hollywood Film Fest taps 4 for kudos

The Hollywood Film Festival has tapped Letty Aronson, Michel Hazanavicius, Diablo Cody and Alberto Iglesias for awards at the upcoming event. Aronson will receive the Producer Award for ''Midnight in Paris'' and Hazanavicius will be honored with the Breakthrough Director Award for ''The Artist.'' Cody will be honored with the Screenwriter Award for ''Young Adult'' and Iglesias will be recognized with the Composer Award for ''Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy'' and ''The Skin I Live In.'' The kudos will be presented at the festival's awards ceremonies, set for the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Oct. 24. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

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ROLL CALL: Kat Von D Recording A Tragically Romantic Album

First Launched: October 4, 2011 4:08 PM EDT Credit: TLC La, Calif. -- Caption Kat Von D in the press shot for LA Ink on TLCYour Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans Make The Musical Discomfort!: It appears Kat Von D is putting her breakup with Jesse James with a decent use shes pointing her guy angst into music. According to E! Online, the LA Ink star is during the time of cutting her first album. Ive been passionate about music my existence, Kat told E!. Ive been playing classical piano since i have have was six. Therefore I know the form, but it'll be fun to be capable of translate an email. And what is going to Kats music appear like? The reality star, who names Depeche Mode as well as the Cure like a couple of of her faves, mentioned her appear might have be round the dark, more tragically romantic side. Musical Youth!: Britney Warrior warrior spears isn't the main part of the Warrior warrior spears clan that knows how you can charm a crowd! Have a look at boy Sean Preston creating a feel and look throughout his moms Femme Fatale tour remain in Budapest the other day, HERE! Cher Jams Reality Televisions First Family: Chers boy, Chaz Bono, might be a reality star, but she doesn't have the signs and symptoms of great importance and passion for other small screen stars specially the Kardashians. I dont watch reality ! Never saw a Kardashian however, these B**ches should b Drop began lower a freeway !Not kidding! Cher Tweeted on Monday. She then tried to clarify her statement, writing, Let me be apparent ! Am not Haten Kardashian Fam.Have no clue them! Bridezillas crazy B**ches!Saw Brother onDWTS & my friend described bout women Lace Up Ladies!: Lace was very popular last evening around Hollywood! First Jum Michelle stunned in the super short navy lace number (notice HERE!) and Ashley Tisdale was spootted sporting a black lace dress, HERE! Plus, Nicole Kidman as well as the cast of Footloose emerge! - By Jesse Spero Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Prohibition

'Prohibition'Produced by Florentine Films. Producers, Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick co-producer, Mike Welt company directors, Burns, Novick author, Geoffrey C. Ward.Ken Burns' PBS documentaries will always be stately, informative and chic, however the amount of resonance frequently comes from the extent that they think about, and fasten to, current trends and mores. "Prohibition" -- a five-hour, three-part collaboration with Lynn Novick, which PBS will air over successive nights -- works on counts, controlling to become very entertaining, full of amusing particulars and strongly related present day politics. If little else, "Boardwalk Empire" fans must notice like a study guide, however the bigger question of trying to legislate others' behavior appears as minty fresh like a Mojito. "Nothing so needs changing as other individuals habits" may be the Mark Twain quote that opens the beginning, properly subtitled "A Nation of Drunkards." The filmmakers go to recount how imbibing tremendous amounts was "as American as apple cake" within the nation's youth, before giving rise towards the temperance movement within the 1800s. Oddly enough, the push by "Drys" grew to become inextricably associated with women, a number of whom -- recently politically empowered -- later performed a job in causing the Volstead Act's demise. Gleam thread regarding hostility toward immigrants, along with a rift between metropolitan areas and rural towns. "Prohibition" author Geoffrey C. Ward offers an excellent ear for language, and also the roots of numerous familiar terms -- Skid Row, scofflaw, bootlegger -- are spread throughout. Gleam insightful scrumptious anecdotes, like how wealthy maker Adolphus Busch had Tiffany design custom home windows for that stable where he stored his horses. Part two stories how people brazenly circumvented what the law states, releasing a range of unintentional effects. The 3rd evening ("A Nation of Hypocrites") develops toward its eventual repeal -- all performed against a backdrop of colorful figures like Al Capone and George Remus who flouted enforcement. As always, Burns eschews the dishearteningly common documentary practice of pursuits (as near because he and Novick come is showing alcohol gradually put right into a glass), aesthetically illustrating the piece with still images and vintage video. Additionally they assemble the typical glittering variety of stars to lend their voices towards the cause, a group of historians and narrator Peter Coyote. The speaking heads include Daniel Okrent, the NY Times' former public editor, who authored a magazine around the subject. "When one for reds from the movement is people inspired by passion, and also the other is people inspired by commerce, passion will win," Okrent describes, in one of several findings with implications for present-day politics. Indeed, historians return repeatedly to the way the intransigence of "drys" unintentionally compromised their cause. In the event that seems to echo the present Tea Party movement, one suspects it's hardly any sort of accident. PBS has consistently permitted Burns to fresh paint on the giant canvas, and he's generally compensated that trust. Possibly foremost, his work (by extension, PBS) advantages of ahistorical pandering by shops like the History funnel, which makes it appear more rarefied and pristine in comparison. For the reason that context, it's worth hoisting a glass to "Prohibition."Camera, Buddy Squires editors, Tricia Reidy, Erik Ewers, Ryan Gifford music, Wynton Marsalis. 105 MIN.With: Daniel Okrent, Philip Bosco, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Conway, Blythe Danner, Tom Hanks, Jeremy Irons, John Lithgow, Josh Lucas, Amy Madigan, Carolyn McCormick, Campbell Scott, Frances Sternhagen, Mike Waterston. Narrator: Peter Coyote. Contact John Lowry at john.lowry@variety.com

REVIEW: Take Shelter Raises the Question, How Much Michael Shannon Is Too Much?

Casting Michael Shannon as a potential psychotic is a bit like crowing over the discovery that water is wet. And sure enough, in Jeff Nichols’s Take Shelter, Shannon gets his chance to go all bug-eyed and thin-lipped, to sweat through his clothes, to go ballistic on the neighbors, warning them that a big storm is coming and it’s going to wipe them out if they don’t get ready. Shannon has certainly cornered the cuckoo-bird market, and how you feel about Take Shelter will depend largely on how you respond to his patented nutcase technique. But in terms of overall filmmaking, writer-director Nichols — who previously made the 2007 Shotgun Stories — knows what he’s doing. He’s so adept at layering eerie semi-naturalistic details — skies that seem to be glowering at the whole human race, rain beating down with the fury of millions of tiny, punishing fists — that I wanted to stick with him to see where he was going with it all. His idea — that nature is both inside and outside of us, and in neither case is it something to trifle with — is unsettling at its core. Shannon is precisely the actor you’d first think to cast in this material — which may be the problem. Shannon’s character, a hardworking Midwestern family man named Curtis, has been having apocalyptic dreams and visions: Birds arrange themselves strange formations in the sky; yellow rain falls from above, as if God were expressing his dissatisfaction with mankind by taking one giant whiz all over the heartland. Is all of this really happening? Or is Curtis suffering the early stages of paranoid schizophrenia? His wife, Samantha (Jessica Chastain), is baffled by his behavior: First he turns the gentle, loyal family dog outside after dreaming that the dog attacks him; then he takes out a massive loan to spiff up the family’s tornado shelter in preparation for the big biblical showdown he knows is coming. Samantha is none too happy about either of those things, particularly the latter, considering the couple’s young daughter (Tova Stewart), who is deaf, has some upcoming heavy-duty medical expenses. The first third of Take Shelter is suitably unnerving. Nichols knows how to use the landscape (and CGI-enhanced weather) to build a sense of dread: The family’s modest house, somewhere out in rural Ohio, ought to be cozy and safe, but it seems isolated and exposed, a sitting target in an expanse of brownish grass and grayish sky. Even the more peaceful sequences — like the one in which Samantha and her young daughter gaze out the window while a rainstorm rages outside — are draped with ominous portent. But I can’t help wondering how Take Shelter would play with a different star, one who hasn’t already done the pop-eyed nutter routine to death. With Shannon, I feel I’ve seen it too many times before, and once — even just his turn in William Friedkin’s Bug — would have been more than enough. The economics of star casting aside, what would Take Shelter have been like with James McAvoy or Mark Wahlberg or Jake Gyllenhaal at its center? Even though the picture ends with a question mark, Shannon still manages to give the whole game away in the first frame — his very presence shows you where the movie is headed. On the other hand, Jessica Chastain, in one of her 1,001 movie roles this year, is far more restrained and more moving. She plays a character whose common sense is commingled with fear — and that, as it turns out, is probably the combination she needs to survive. Chastain is this year’s “it” girl for sure, but one of her gifts is her ability to portray regular people without playing down to them: In Take Shelter you never get the sense that she’s uglied herself up to play real folk, to get down with the people. She’s always effortlessly believable, whether her character is hustling in the kitchen to get breakfast together for her daughter or gazing into her husband’s eyes, trying to fathom the weird secrets he has locked in his cranium. Chastain’s face, whether she’s expressing wonder or anxiety, is the movie’s most reliable weather report and its most sensitive lightning rod: Looking at that face, you’d have no reason to believe that either God or his good pal Mother Nature could be angry with her. The suggestion that not even she can escape their wrath is what makes Take Shelter so disquieting. [Portions of this review appeared earlier, in a different form, during Movieline’s coverage of the 2011 Toronto Film Festival.]

Healthy Hollywood: Wellness Wednesday Naomi W Wonderful Existence!

By Terri MacLeodLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- I've everything I want. Among the finest to help keep happy and healthy, Naomi discloses in next several weeks More magazine. At 43, the petite Aussie stunner reflects her youthful glow because the magazines October cover girl. The actress comes with an approaching one-two hit in the box office, starring within the biopic J. Edgar with Leonardo DiCaprio and also the thriller Dream House. But, its her home existence that completes Naomis world. She's two youthful kids with her longtime partner, actor Liev Schreiber. She'd her first child at 38 and it is glad she anxiously waited on motherhood. You develop and hopefully be self-aware. I believe Im a much better parent. I'd a great deal I needed to complete after i was more youthful, and possibly I wouldnt happen to be as focused I acquired a great deal taken care of when it comes to my very own dreams, she discloses to More. Naomis existence has already established its share of tragedy. Her father died when she youthful and her onetime boyfriend, Health Ledger, accidentally overdosed on prescription pills in 2008. Naomi credits Heath with helping her becoming the individual she's today. We'd an attractive relationship, only a few years, but he would be a guy who had been completely filled with pleasure, and there is lots of laughing and affection. He really was a unique soul making an excellent effect on my existence. Today Naomi is most joyful hanging together with her kids and Liev in NY City, in which the couple makes their house. Her dreams on her children are like the majority of parents, telling More magazine, I would like these phones feel attached to me and me for them. I would like them, most importantly, to feel certain of who they really are. That they're safe on the planet. And confident and happy people. This is an essential dream/goal during my existence. Anything else is gravy. Take a look at Naomis full interview within the October problem more magazine. Or, mind to world wide web.more.com Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Imposing and Intense, Michael Shannon Stands Out

NEW YORK (AP) Sitting down for breakfast on a recent rainy NY day, Michael Shannon was uncertain about the prospect of food."They say you're supposed to eat breakfast," he said, pondering the option. "You don't eat breakfast, you'll go crazy."The possibility wasn't a remote one: Shannon has never shown a reluctance to do exactly that.In parts like the obsessively upright, self-flagellating federal agent on HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," the unbalanced, truth-telling neighbors' son of "Revolutionary Road," and in "Take Shelter," the actor's latest, a small-town Ohio family man increasingly haunted by apocalyptic nightmares, Shannon has unflinchingly followed his characters into paranoia, anxiety and derangement.In the end, coffee was judged sufficient, but nothing close to insanity followed.Shannon, 37, dressed casually in a Jesus Lizard T-shirt (music was his first love) and a flannel shirt, proved that it's not his imposing size 6'3" with a rock square jaw or his ability to dramatically come unhinged that has made him one of the most admired actors around. It's his underlying sensitivity his empathy for his characters and his attuned senses to his surroundings that more properly defines Shannon."The characters I play, it's not like they're all in the asylum, separate from the rest of us," he says. "I react to things. I think the world is an unsettling place. I have some anxiety about it. Maybe that comes through in what I do. But it's not something I'm attempting to do."The source of Shannon's paranoia in "Take Shelter," written and directed by Jeff Nichols, is the movie's mystery. Is his character losing it, like his mother did at his age? Or is the perceived threat real and outside his family?Shannon's performance, a carefully calibrated ball of tension and encroaching mania, has already earned him an underdog place in this year's Oscar prognostications for best actor. After years of character actor and stage work, it's the fullest cinematic display yet of Shannon: unadorned and still powerfully intense."I was really floored by his power and stillness," says Jessica Chastain, who plays his wife in the film. "He has this great source of energy, but the stillness contains this great power and intense emotion."Shannon grew up primarily in Lexington, Ky. His parents divorced when he was very young, so he spent time between Lexington (where his mother lived) and Chicago (where his father lived).He eventually moved to Chicago full-time and fell into the city's flourishing theater world. He particularly connected with then-nascent playwright Tracy Letts, starring in his "Killer Joe" and "Bug," in which he played a paranoid Gulf War veteran.Acting appealed to him for its freedom to behave in ways that would be considered inappropriate off-stage."It wasn't an attention thing," he says. "I never really gave a crap. I never really cared if people clapped or not. It's a way to travel. It's a form of travelling in another reality or circumstance."When he moved to Los Angeles to pursue film work, he found small roles in "Groundhog Day," ''Jesus' Son," ''Vanilla Sky," ''8 Mile" and a number of Jerry Bruckheimer films ("Pearl Harbor," ''Bad Boys II," ''Kangaroo Jack").Nichols was among the first to recognize Shannon's ability. Having seen footage of him at the writers' workshop Sundance Labs, he was hit by a lightning bolt: "This guy needs to be in every movie I make," he said to himself.Nichols cast him in his low-budget debut, 2007's "Shotgun Stories," a kind of tale of slacker revenge. Having now twice directed him, Nichols noted he never once saw Shannon with a script in hand, but he always knew it backward and forward."His goal is to put something honest up on screen," says Nichols. "It's funny: Though we don't talk about it beforehand or rehearse, as soon as I yell 'cut' and move on, that's when the conversation starts. 'How'd it go? How'd it do?'"In choosing his parts, Shannon is generally drawn to the material, comparing good writing to a Faberge egg that needs an actor's protection.In the case of "Take Shelter," he identified with Nichols' (and the script's) anxiety over starting a family. Shannon lives in Red Hook, Brooklyn, with his partner, actress Kate Arrington, and their 3-year-old daughter."In my 20s and the first third of my 30s, I lived a very gypsy lifestyle," says Shannon. "It didn't really matter where I lived. I didn't give a rat's ass. Now I have a home and a family. ... So it's on my mind."Shannon acknowledges he's been pigeonholed for playing disturbed characters and notes it's "something I struggle with.""I'm certainly not going to do a $5,000 movie about a serial killer ... about a guy who grinds people up or saws people," says Shannon.On "Boardwalk Empire," which is now airing its second season, his character, Nelson Van Alden has morphed from an Elliot Ness-type, to a religious zealot who punishes himself for his lust for a woman not his wife. In the show's first season, he had a remarkable scene where he baptized a double-crossing colleague, drowning him."When Michael commits, he commits," says "Boardwalk" creator Terence Winter. "We look at Nelson Van Alden as this religious zealot who maybe has a screw loose. Michael's approaching it from the inside out, as a real man."In the much anticipated upcoming Superman film, Zack Snyder's "Man of Steel," he'll play General Zod, the villain earlier played by Terence Stamp. Thinking of working that film, which is currently shooting, in comparison to "Take Shelter," Shannon says: "There's not a word for how different it is.""Even though six months after I shoot it, when I'm doing press, they'll say, 'So, another evil bastard,'" Shannon says. "I'll be like, 'Yeah, but it was interesting.' And I'll explain why it was interesting."Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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Ruzanna Kegeyan and John Short Join Hyde Park Worldwide

Ruzanna Kegeyan and John Short are actually added toHyde Park Worldwide because the organization's leader and v . p ., correspondingly.The professionals will oversee worldwide sales for your outfit, aHyde Park Entertainment Group subsidiary. Current leader Mimi Steinbauer steps lower October 3 to create her own independent worldwide sales company.CFOBob Lewishas extended his contract using the organization through 2016.Joe D'Angelowill also join the world advertising and marketing team. "I am thrilled to own Ruzanna arrive at Hyde Park," mentioned chairman and CEOAshok Amritraj. "Her worldwide experience and professionalism perfectly signifies the means by that we conduct my opportunity. She and John can produce a good sales force. If perhaps Mimi the most effective of luck along with her new company. I have loved coping with her throughout the past few many we'll miss her." Kegeyan was formerly executive v . p . of worldwide sales and purchases for IM Global.Short most recently offered as v . p . of YFG Worldwide.Within the approaching American Film Market,the completely new team will shop the qualities Jayne Mansfield's Vehicle,starring Billy Bob Thornton and Robert Duvall The Bleeder, starring Liev Schreiber and Naomi W Richard Linklater's Bernie Blue Valentine and Our Idiot Brother. Hyde Park's current slate includes Ghost Driver: Spirit of Vengeance 3d as well as the Double, which opens October 28. Related Subjects

TV Ratings: 'Fringe' Opens Season Lower, 'A Gifted Man' Has OK Debut

Louise Wines/CBS"A Gifted Guy" Fringe was one of several serialized dramas returning for completely new seasons on Friday, which saw the launch of medical drama-with-a-twist, A Gifted Guy. Fox's cult series shipped 3.5 million total audiences together with single.5 rating inside the grownups 18-49 demographic, a noteworthy difference within the 1.2 rating Fringe released due to its season finale but lower greater than twenty percent in the debut inside the Fridays at 9 p.m. slot. Its lead-in, Kitchen Bad dreams or nightmares, came 3.8 million together with single.6, winning its 8 p.m. time period. Fox placed second round the evening behind CBS. PHOTOS: Fall's 12 Most Anticipated Shows CBS' A Gifted Guy (9.3 million, 1.4), with Patrick Wilson and Jennifer Ehle, bowed to OK amounts, remaining steady while using premiere of Medium last September. Beginning a evening having a completely new show can be a struggle, nevertheless the series -- also featuring Emmy champion Margo Martindale -- was the most effective-rated scripted program and ranked since the top-rated type in the older 25-54 demo. CSI: NY (10.7 million, 1.8) and Blue Bloods (11.8 million, 2. both dipped ten percent and 9 %, correspondingly, while using latter since the evening's most-seen program throughout primetime. CBS won the evening in viewership (10.6 000 0000) as well as the demo (1.7). The CW's Nikita (1.9 million, .6) opened up on its new evening and time, going to a drop from a year ago's premiere if the broadcast carrying out a Vampire Journals. Supernatural (2 million, .8) built upon Nikita's audience. CBS- 1.7 &bull A Gifted Guy: 9.3 million, 1.4 &bull CSI: NY:10.7 million, 1.8 &bull Blue Bloods:11.8 million, 2. Fox- 1.6 &bull Kitchen Bad dreams or nightmares:3.8 million, 1.6 &bull Fringe:3.5 million, 1.5 NBC- 1.6 &bull Up With The Evening (R):3.2 million, .8 &bull Whitney (R):3.millions of, .9 &bull Dateline:7.millions of, 2. ABC - 1. &bull Modern Family (R):3.9 million, 1. &bull Revenge (R):4.millions of, 1. &bull 20/20:3.3 million, 1. The CW - .7 &bull Nikita:1.9 million, .6 &bull Supernatural:2 million, .8 Email: philiana.ng@thr.com Patrick Wilson TV Ratings Margo Martindale Fringe

Exclusive Start Searching: Jamie-Lynn Sigler Hits Drop Dead Diva

Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Drop Dead Diva Sopranos alum Jamie-Lynn Sigler has came back and fantastic - well, other than her Drop Dead Diva character is dying. Fall Preview: Get scoop inside your favorite returning shows Sigler, whose recent credits include Ugly Betty and Entourage, could make her Diva debut inside the Season 3 finale as Tina Howard, a travel company whose adventure days have died. "Jamie plays a crictally ill cardiac patient," creator Josh Berman notifies TVGuide.com exclusively. "Her only chance of survival will get a completely new heart. Really the only heart available to her is her brother's [Jonathan Schaech], who's on dying row. Nevertheless the prison system won't permit him to supply her his heart, despite he's carried out." Lifetime renews Drop Dead Diva for fourth season Even if she could easily get a person's heart, she doesn't need it since she thinks her brother can be a terrible person to become billed of killing a youthful child. Suffice to state, Jane (Brooke Elliot) has her work eliminate on her behalf when she assumes Tina's situation. Don't disheartenment for Tina's survival though. Berman states, "We're already racking your brains on a means to bring her back." That shouldn't be too much since the show only decided to be restored for just about any fourth season. The summer season finale airs Sunday at 9/8c on Lifetime.

Jon Jashni Named President of Legendary Entertainment

Legendary Entertainment has promoted Jon Jashni to the newly created role of president.our editor recommendsEdward Zwick to Direct Legendary East's First Film 'The Great Wall' Guillermo del Toro Directing 'Pacific Rim' for Legendary PicturesLegendary Pictures Gets Into Comic Book Biz Jashni, who's been with the company for almost six years, will continue to hold the post of chief creative officer and continue to report to Legendary chairman and CEO Thomas Tull. But the move comes as Legendary, who is best known for partnering with Warners on movies ranging from The Dark Knight to The Town to The Hangover, begins a multi-tiered expansion. It is in pre-production on its first wholly-developed project, Pacific Rim, created a standalone division based in Beijing and Hong Kong named Legendary East, and unveiled Legendary Comics. On top of overseeing Legendary Pictures' slate, Jashni will be deeper involved in business affairs and physical production activities not just for the film arm but also in Legendary Television and to a lesser capacity Legendary Comics. He will also work on "strategic planning and brand marketing teams on the company's integrated growth strategy," according to the company. Additionally, Jashni will join the board of Legendary East. "As a trusted and exemplary member of Legendary's executive team for almost six years, we have every confidence that Jon will excel in this new leadership role," said Tull in a statement. Before joining Legendary, Jashni acted as president of Hyde Park Entertainment and was a senior production exec at 20th Century Fox. Related Topics Legendary Entertainment

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Watch the Impressionistic U.K. Teaser Trailer for Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights

“This is something of a pointillist Wuthering Heights, a story told more with dots and dashes than with long, bold strokes,” wrote Movieline’s Stephanie Zacharek after seeing Andrea Arnold’s bold take on the classic novel upon its Venice Film Festival debut. Now that the film’s first teaser has debuted, you can see for yourself what she meant, windswept longing gazes and foggy moors and elemental snatches of scenery and all. The teaser has but one spoken line — “You broke my heart… you killed me” — spoken by Kaya Scodelario, a British actress whom I’ve been curious to see more from since her days on the original Skins. She plays Cathy to James Howson’s Heathcliff, though we only see them in the teaser in glimpses along with their younger counterparts. A visceral sense of nature comes through; if ever a trailer used the sound of wind well, it’s this one. But between that, the dim natural lighting, and the flashes of poetic visual imagery (not to mention the near-square 1.37:1 aspect ratio) it’ll be a tough teaser to crack for most audiences, even the ones familiar with the novel. Verdict: Still: Andrea Arnold. Kaya Scodelario. A black Heathcliff. Moody landscapes. I’m totally in, whenever new distributor Oscilloscope sets its TBA 2012 date. [via First Showing]

Henry Winkler Honored through the Full

LONDON - Henry Winklerhas been hired an honorary OBE in the British embassy in Washington Electricity, based on the BBC. The actor-switched-children's author, who had been identified with dyslexia being an adult, stated he was "overcome" to possess his work recognized. Previously 2 yrs, he's together with schools within the U.K., speaking concerning the learning disability. Winkler published an image of themself sporting his medal on Twitter: "Here' am with my OBE pinned on very honored very proud..." He spoke to BBC Breakfast of his delight in the "unpredicted" recognition. "I acquired instructions in the Full saying she graciously decided to confer on me the OBE," he stated. He's the writer from the Hank Zipzerchildren's book series, featuring a youthful dyslexic protagonist. Zipzer's adventures derive from Winkler's own childhood struggles with school and also the resulting bullying. The writer stated going to U.K. schools was "among his favorite things you can doInch. British ambassador Nigel Sheinwaldpresented the OBE to Winkler throughout the ceremony in the embassy. Mr Sheinwald stated: "Through [Winkler], 1000's of youthful individuals have seen a job model as well as an inspiration for conquering their learning challenges." The Full makes honorary honours to non-British people about the advice from the U.K. Foreign Office. It's not obvious whether she's keen on the Fonz. Related Subjects Worldwide

Jack Garner dies at 85

Jack Edward Garner, who appeared in more than 60 episodes of "The Rockford Files" alongside his younger brother, series star James Garner, died Tuesday, Sept. 13, near his home in Palm Springs. He was 85.Jack Garner also appeared in bit parts in a number of films. He was a former minor-league baseball player in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization and onetime lead singer in the house band at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles.Garner began appearing in small roles on television in the late 1960s, guesting on "The Green Hornet," "The Doris Day Show," "Daniel Boone," "Love, American Style," "Medical Center," "Gunsmoke" and "The Bionic Woman," among other shows. He played a variety of small parts on "The Rockford Files" and later played Jack the Bartender on James Garner series "Bret Maverick" in 1981-82.Later he returned to appear with his brother in a series of "Rockford Files" telepics with his brother from 1996-99.Garner's bigscreen work included roles in Blake Edwards' "Wild Rovers" and "Sunset," the latter starring James Garner, as well as "Maverick" and "My Fellow Americans," both with his brother.Jack Edward Bumgarner was born in Norman, Okla., together with his two brothers. After their mother died, the boys were shuttled around to different relatives while the senior Bumgarner got married a couple more times. Jack and Jim eventually moved to Los Angeles to catch up with their father.Garner is survived by his wife, Betty; a daughter; and his youngest brother, Jim, whom he always affectionately called "Babe." Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

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Study: Fall's Most Anticipated New Shows Revealed

Nathan Bell/ABCCharlie's Angels If you think maybe Tivo's latest study, audiences are clamoring for ABC's Charlie's Angels reboot. Based on the study of Tivo customers, NBC's Maria Bello vehicle Prime Suspect and CBS' Qq Abrams thriller Person of Interestoutrank large budget efforts Terra Nova and Pan Am to tie because the second most anticipated new number of the autumn. One of the coming back crop, top ranked NCIS arrived over a restarted CSI--now starring Ted Danson-- because the drama audiences are most searching toward reengaging with this particular season. About the comedy side, Modern Family outpaced anAshton Kutcher-brought 2 . 5 Males because the most anticipated comedy. Fortunately for Males's new star, 35 % from the study's participants say Kutcher may be the comedy actor they're most searching toward watching this fall. Up Through The Night's Will Arnettgarnered 11 percent of individuals votes, placing him at No. 2 in front of bold face names includingTim Allen, Hank Azaria and Christina Applegate. So far as genres go, nearly 1 / 3 of Tivo's participants stated they'll be watching crime dramas this fall, with another 22 percent acknowledging that they'll't get enough reality TV. Oddly enough, when requested to define guilty pleasure television, the key response was the crime dramas (reality placed third behind sitcoms). Email: Lacey.Rose@THR.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose ABC NBC CBS 2 . 5 Males FOX Person of great interest CSI: Crime Scene Analysis Charlie's Angels Prime Suspect Fall TV Preview

'Glee' Season 3: The Battle for the School Musical Begins

Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) and Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) have both vowed to return to NY and to do so, the Broadway buffs are going to have to start bulking up on their stage work if their ultimate plan is return to the city after their impending graduation.While much of the upcoming season will focus on McKinley High's seniors pondering what their plans are post-graduation, Michele told "The Hollywood Reporter" that Rachel will put "all of her energy" toward returning to NY, and that will include competing for the female lead in the school musical."[Rachel is] vying for the lead in the school musical and she has a little competition with Mercedes (Amber Riley)," Michele told "THR" at Monday's Fox fall launch party in Culver City.While the cast was mum on just what show McKinley High would be staging, Michele said it's a "classic Broadway musical with one female lead and one male lead," that, according to Harry Shum Jr., everyone auditions for.Meanwhile, the play's co-directors Emma (Jayma Mays), Artie (Kevin McHale) and Coach Beiste (Dot Marie Jones) will have to contend with a three-way battle for the male lead when Kurt, Finn (Cory Monteith) and Blaine (Darren Criss) all audition, Michele offered.While Jones noted that the three co-directors "take their jobs very seriously" and will hold auditions and call-backs, Colfer told "THR" that Kurt would be trying his best to win the lead."It wouldn't be Kurt without a big huge musical number that includes dangerous effects," Colfer said. "He definitely tries his hardest to persuade them that he can be this role."Colfer noted that regardless of if Kurt lands the role or not, Colfer noted that the audition process could see Kurt battling what it means to be typecast. "It's a really interesting learning process that he goes through, learning that people can't see him as anything but him."With Blaine among those auditioning for the McKinley play, does this mean that the Head Warbler's transfer from Dalton is official? Maybe. "It could be the first episode, it could be the second but it could be the last," Colfer teased. "I'm pretty sure, yes [Blaine will be at McKinley].""Glee's" third season premieres Sept. 20 on Fox. The Hollywood Reporter

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McGs Wonderland Sells 5 Drama Projects

EXCLUSIVE: Because it makes its way into its second decade like a company this month, Micrograms’s Wonderland Seem and Vision is ramping up TV development this year with 5 drama sales at ABC, NBC, Fox and also the CW and many comedy and reality pitches within the works. Furthermore, Micrograms intends to direct an airplane pilot this year the very first time since Chuck in 2007. Over time, Wonderland is becoming probably the most prolific coffee pods. The organization has 3 series about the air next season, NBC’s Chuck and also the CW’s Supernatural and Nikita. Since its initial TV pitch, the drama Fastlane that was removed on Sept. 10, 2001, Wonderland continues to be based at Warner Bros. TV. And six several weeks ago, Wonderland silently restored its mega deal in the studio through 2013, stretching its tenure at WBTV to 13 years. “Warner Bros. wager upon us ten years ago and it has assisted us build an incredible business,” stated Micrograms, that has been dividing his time between features and TV, most lately pointing the approaching film What This Means Is War. But “while the large features are great, nothing makes me more proud than the usual Wonderland TV series,” he stated and acknowledged his partner at the organization Peter Manley. “Peter doesn’t chase exactly the same authors as everybody else: we search for people about the verge, and for those who can take advantage of the youthful vibe in our company because they approach storytelling for broadcast TV.” The organization’s 2003 series The O.C. introduced then-26-year-old Josh Schwartz, who grew to become the youngest showrunner in network history. 5 projects offered by Wonderland to date hail from authors Tom Donaghy, Michael Oates Palmer, Jason Rothenberg, Shaun Wadlow and Jeremy Burns & Serta Cohn. 2011 is about the fundamental Wonderland mission: empower emerging talent to understand their very own vision and get to be the showrunners of tomorrow. As well as later this mid-day,” Manley stated. Here's a listing of Wonderland’s 5 drama projects which have offered towards the broadcast systems. Each one is executive created by Micrograms, Manley and also the authors on each show: House Calls at ABC in the Whole Truth creator Tom Donaghy, repped by CAA. It concentrates on a physician who quits his effective hospital practice following a scandal rocks his family and begins makinghouse calls. Untitled drama at NBC from ICM-repped Michael Oates Palmer (Free Airline Wing). Referred to like a contemporary undertake the Casablanca love triangular that blends romance, action, suspense and comedy, the project concentrates on the irrepressible American ambassador inside a completely corrupt, dysfunctional, yet beautiful Eastern Europe country. Whenever a going to Congressman is wiped out, the united states transmits within the peacekeepers, and things get complicated once the general in control brings his wife who is actually the ambassador’s “one who got away.” Convergence at Fox, from WME-repped Jason Rothenberg (Twilight Zone feature). It concentrates on an excellent but undisciplined mythology professor who, within the wake of the personal and professional scandal, moves his family from New york city to Charlevoix, the little Michigan home town of his family specialist wife. Searching for a new beginning, they obtain the adventure a person can have, because, “Charlevoix the gorgeous” (because it’s known) includes a secret: Miracles happen here. Game On at Fox, from WME-repped Shaun Wadlow (Hail Mary). It’s an attractive action comedy about two close friends who're privately being employed as spies for rival agencies. Hustle in the CW, from WME-repped Jeremy Burns and Serta Cohn (Which Was Then). Concentrates on five highly trained people within their mid-twenties who get together when requested through the FBI to visit undercover in order to combat youth-oriented crimes in La. The tales will unfold with the POVs from the 5 undercover officials.

Toronto biz might be brisk

"You are Next" (above) and "Rampart" are required to attract bidders in the Toronto Film Festival. One of the eclectic mixture of photos in the fest is laffer "Peace, Love and Misunderstanding." Woodsy Harrelson in "Rampart" An positive Amber Entertainment and Haxan Films fully funded their horror film "Lovely Molly" instead of sell off foreign privileges. The 36th Toronto Film Festival will launch Thursday having a better outlook than in the prior three iterations. Riding a wave of strong sales that started captured, folks headed to Toronto are particularly more upbeat -- a clear, crisp turnaround from 2009 and 2008. A flurry of developments associated with Toronto is going to be revealed now, about the heels from the Weinstein Co.'s Tuesday announcement that it's developing a new label to create content to digital and traditional platforms concurrently, employing former Magnolia executives Tom Quinn and Jason Janego to mind the initiative. The duo will attend Toronto by having an eye toward obtaining films for that fledging label. Company needs to debut its first title underneath the new label within the first 1 / 2 of 2012."Individuals are recognizing that Toronto is a superb starting point selling new films," stated FilmNation Entertainment topper Glen Basner. "Equity is returning after standing on (the) sidelines, and that is a double-edged sword, as although it enables more movies to obtain made, it does not always mean more good movies. For the time being, the economic crisis made purchasers a lot more conservative, however the cycle can change.InchBecause the major galleries have significantly reduce their production slates, distribution pipelines have opened up to indies proffering low- to midrange-allocated films. Sundance, Berlin and Cannes already saw better-than-expected marketplaces, and following the stunning achievements of "Black Swan" and "The King's Speech," the summer time B.O. tallies for Woodsy Allen's "Night time in Paris" have bolstered the overall sense that this is an excellent time for you to be an indie. An eclectic mixture of game titles has emerged with elevated anticipation for sales throughout Toronto: horror projects "You are Next" and "The Awakening" relationship dramas "360," "Shame," "Take This Waltz" and "Winnie" police drama "Rampart" enivronmental thriller "The Hunter" and comedies "Peace, Love and Misunderstanding" and "Buddies With Kids."Amber Entertainment and Haxan Films -- the banner behind "The Blair Witch Project" -- believe purchasers can't get enough horror, and instead of sell off foreign privileges, they have fully funded "Lovely Molly," formerly named "The Possession.""It is a calculated risk, but we believe we'll emerge far better by having an unencumbered film," stated Amber's Jane Fleming. "We believe that people can perform much more on worldwide sales than we had within the estimations."Amber and Haxan shot "Lovely Molly" in Maryland last fall, with "Blair Witch" director Eduardo Sanchez helming from the script he co-authored with Jamie Nash. Story explores the little difference between demonic possession and psychosis. Alex Walton, prexy of worldwide sales for Exclusive Media, agreed that you have a real appetite for product at Toronto this season. "Purchasers are wishing you will see an abundance of new material," Walton stated. "The buoyant mood from Cannes should continue."The important thing causes of optimism: As galleries focus much more of their assets on tentpoles, more viable purchasers have emerged for independent midlevel-budget projects. Aside from the traditional names (TWC, Fox Searchlight, Focus, The new sony Classics, Summit and Lionsgate), several other medication is expected to stay in this mixture, including FilmDistrict, CBS Films, Open Road, Relativity and Millenium. "There's likely to be lots of competition for finished films, with five, six as well as eight purchasers," stated UTA's Richard Klubeck. "The market's robust. I do not think each side has got the upper hands, though." Equity's returning."The marketplace and public are adopting these films, and banks are becoming much more comfortable supplying gap (financing) again," stated Rena Ronson, co-mind of UTA Independent Film Group. "We are seeing more high-internet-worth people coming to the scene trading sensibly too.Inch Overseas organizations for example Studiocanal are walking track of commercial projects, for example "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy.""It's real potential within the U.S.," stated Studiocanal topper Olivier Courson, "and it is clearly a European film." Digital gold coin is about the upswing. "Though they haven't counterbalance the decline in DVD sales, digital revenues are rising," stated Hal Sadoff, ICM's mind of worldwide and independent film. "In the last 2 yrs, VOD and streaming services for example Netflix are producing revenue and customers in a considerably faster pace than anybody expected."CAA's Micah Eco-friendly stated digital is really a better arena for independent marketers to contend with the main galleries versus. fighting together for retail shelf space. "VOD and digital would be the great equalizers in indies," Eco-friendly stated. Indies can access Hollywood's talent pool a lot more readily."Agencies have grown to be excellent at creating wise deals and becoming their customers to talk about within the after sales revenues, which enable independent films to obtain made," stated Basner. Traders possess a plan."You want to really engage in production," Courson stated, adding that you have a real audience for character pieces.Courson reported "True Grit" and "Black Swan" as good examples of worldwide hits that found auds who, he posits, "are actually tired of bigger, CGI blockbusters."Sadoff noted the studios' concentrate on tentpoles does not mean a focus on star automobiles."You are visiting a significant drop in studio films," Sadoff stated. "And individuals films tend to be more of the event instead of focusing on stars." Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com