Work of Art's Lola on Jerry's Guilt, Her Deal with Kymia and What Happened with The Sucklord

Work of Art, Lola Heading into the final judgment on Wednesday's Work of Art, Lola Thompson, the mischievous and provocative artist whose mom dated Al Pacino for a decade, believed her conceptual portrait of a couple of historian-collectors had a real shot at making the Final 3. And the episode, indeed, painted the judges as having to make a tough call whilst evaluating the portraits of people found in the village of Cold Spring, N.Y. No one stuck out for being exceptional or a total flop. "It felt like that. I don't think any of us really knew what was going to happen," Thompson, 24, said. "I was definitely surprised. I was sort of hoping and thinking maybe I would make it to the finale. So, it was really sad when I didn't." Thompson, who says she's currently working as a nanny for "two gorgeous young girls," spoke with TVGuide.com about giving judge Jerry Saltz (unintentional) grief over her elimination, why it appeared she threw Dusty under the bus, and the real deal between her and Kymia. Plus: Her final word on The Sucklord. Jerry is completely beside himself with guilt! He feels like eliminating you was a huge mistake. What do you have to say about that? Lola Thompson: Getting a chance to meet and talk to Jerry is one of the reasons I wanted to do the show in the first place. I'm really flattered by various nice and supportive things he's written in his recaps about me. It's slightly frustrating that a couple of times now he's said, "Oh, in retrospect, I really thought Lola's piece was great,"[or] "in retrospect, she should have won the challenge." I wish he could have found that insight during the competition. I really, really wanted the chance to spend a couple of months just making artwork. But yeah, I thought his recap was really funny. I understood at the time that firemen and a patriotic and sentimental work like [Sara's] was gonna be hard to compete with. I love that Jerry admitted that. Work of Art's Dusty on why Jerry was wrong and having his own short shorts As a viewer, it was surprising to see you break down during your critique. Were you surprised you reacted that way? Thompson: I was a little embarrassed seeing myself cry. Obviously, there were various other parts of the critique where I think I was defending myself more coherently than that moment. But you know, the whole experience was really hard. It was really emotional. There was a lot at stake money-wise and work-wise, and also just emotionally. By that stage, you've just put so much energy and so much of yourself into it, and I definitely got defensive when Jerry called me defensive [Laughs]. I kind of wish I hadn't broken down, but what can you do? That is how I was feeling, and... I'm not very good at controlling my emotions. You also spoke out when the judges said they liked that the candy was falling from Dusty's piece, which appeared unintentional on his part. Thompson: The weird thing about watching the show is that there was so much discussion in all of the critiques from all of us. Everyone really participated in all of the critiques. There was a lot of peer-to-peer criticism and commentary. It definitely comes off as me being bitchy and like I'm attacking him, but it really wasn't like that. We were having a conversation, and a lot of questions were brought up during everyone's critiques. They were talking about that part of Dusty's piece so much, and you know, his aesthetic is super clean and everything that he makes is really well-built, so I thought it was valid to question whether the fact it was falling apart was intentional or not, and what that means. It wasn't a personal attack on him. How do you feel about the way you've been portrayed on the show? You seem to have been pegged as the household troublemaker, albeit a playful one. Thompson: It's been weird watching it! It's really surreal to watch myself on television and obviously there are some moments where I wish I could go back in time and tell myself to shut up. I was just trying to be honest about the experience I was having. I had no filter. I wasn't trying to be super careful of anyone's feelings - and I don't think very many of us we're doing that. I think everyone at certain points criticized each other and I think they maybe showed a little more of me doing that than others. Work of Art's Michelle on what went wrong, the Kymia controversy and why poop is a good thing Was there really bad blood between you and Kymia? Thompson: There were a couple of moments of tension. The stakes were really high, and I've said many times that I felt very competitive towards her because she's smart and a good artist. But we're still friends. We really love each other. For us, it definitely didn't feel as tense and dramatic and catty as it looks on television. So you two resolved the sticker issue after the street art challenge? Thompson: That was done at that episode. Nothing really carried over. I said sorry in the critique, I said sorry at home. But I said sorry whilst standing by the fact that it's street art, and I think tagging is a legitimate form of street art and it was part of the idea of my piece. But yeah, I apologized for hurting her feelings and after that it was done, we were totally cool, and we still are. I talk to her often. I mean maybe she was really good at hiding her feelings and was secretly despising me the entire time, but I felt like we were friends. Jerry has written that he's really liked the pieces you've made that involve drawings coupled with text, but I'm curious to know how you describe your own artistic aesthetic. Thompson: Hmm, to be honest I'm still trying to figure that out. I think that doing this show was a really good opportunity to make things with the freedom of just being an artist and not being this type or that. I'm definitely interested in using text - I write a lot, I read a lot, and I think the idea of writing is embedded in my work, whether in the title or putting the text in the work. But I'm the first one to say my work is evolving. I'm just beginning. Work of Art's The Sucklord on how the kids challenge ruined him Which was your favorite piece? Thompson: I really like the one I made for the NY Times challenge, the drawing of the Libyan rebels, and I also really liked the piece I made for the pop art challenge. I wasn't in the top or the bottom so I didn't get a lot of feedback on it, but I made all these toy cell phones and iPads and iPods and all this technology and the title was "We're Live Streaming with the Ancestors of Tutankhamen So Why Do I Feel So Alone?" or something like that... I thought that piece was really whimsical and funny and I've been exploring making projects based on that same idea. What else are you working on now? What's next for you? Thompson: I'm still struggling to balance my artistic life with a job where I make money. I haven't quite merged those two aspects of my life yet. Since the show, I've been trying to make work and give myself permission to experiment and take risks in the same way that I did on the show, which is really hard. It's much harder in my everyday life to throw myself out there and fail completely. How do you feel about the Final 3? Thompson: I think they're all smart artists and I think all of us that were in the Final 5 deserve to be in the Final 3. I don't think anyone was undeserving. I certainly wish that it was me instead of whoever else, but I knew that Young would be in the Final 3. He's super smart and very calculating - and I mean that in the best way. There was no way he wasn't going to make it. I was happy he did. I'm excited to see what they all do in the future but, yeah, I'm definitely jealous. I'd be remiss not to ask: Are you over The Sucklord? Was it ever really a thing? Thompson: [Sighs] Yes, I'm still pining away for The Sucklord [Laughs]. No, I'm totally over The Sucklord. He's a great guy, I really like him. Unfortunately, I can't talk to him anymore because his girlfriend is very jealous and I think very angry at whatever flirtation we had. But it was pretty harmless. I hope that he keeps doing his Suck-y thing.

Males In Black 3 trailer arrives

An initial trailer has showed up for summer time follow up Males In Black 3, despite the fact that light on action, Will Cruz will get lots of scope to create using the funny.The brand new footage shows agents J (Cruz) and K (Tommy Lee Johnson) ongoing their ongoing business of rounding up rogue extra-terrestrials before K all of a sudden and unaccountably gets lost. Naturally, the only method J can discover what's happened to his partner is as simple as travelling in time.Browse the new trailer below... You will find some nice touches displayed here (we particularly such as the modification designed to the Columbia logo design) also it feels as though sufficient time has transpired for Will Smith's smartmouth shtick to appear charming again, instead of irritating.We like the feel of Josh Brolin like a youthful Tommy Lee Johnson. He's only within the trailer for any second or two, however it appears like she has the entire gravel-voiced, granite-faced factor lower to some tee.Males In Black 3 comes to United kingdom movie theaters on 25 May 2012.

For 'Hugo,' depth adds to character

'Hugo' was d.p. Robert Richardsons first work for balance 3d.Richardson Hugo Cabret, the title character in Martin Scorsese's much-spoken about first mind to family films, lives in a whole lot of deep isolation, a lonely orphan apparently in a existence within the walls from the Paris railway station circa the 19 thirties. Playing a drunken uncle to take a position his days maintaining the station's numerous clocks, utilizing their giant specific systems, while scrounging for food and parts with an automaton he hopes to produce to existence, Hugo is certainly alone. Deeply alone.The keyword here's deep -- that is that depth that Scorsese and director of photography Robert Richardson strove to capture inside their first stab at 3d. "The truth is, we just tried to inform a free account,In . the cinematographer notifies Variety.Because the film takes audiences using the huge station, in public places areas filled with people and through the mazes of secret passageways, the filmmakers were careful not to overplay their hands. "We attempted tough to not get this an tiring experience," Richardson states -- something audiences frequently experience throughout apparently endless 3d action sequences in stereoscopic films.Instead of falling to the usual trappings of 3d filmmaking, the filmmakers continued to be while using director's trademark character-driven approach. "Hugo's sense of isolation is certainly there -- he's constantly peering in the stop for the outdoors," the d.p. states. "Most of the shots are taken by searching through something."The main factor for people wound up being to prevent getting annoying elements," states Richardson. "Marty preferred to make use of 3d a lot more like something to see the story, not grow it with 'House of Wax' ping-pong ball moments."Not to imply Scorsese preferred to avoid them altogether. "He was careful to select them -- the means by which an orchestra's conductor would take some time where the drums will be. I had been trying to make use of 3d to immerse folks this atmosphere, not only in have gimmicks."Richardson preferred to place the crowd inside Hugo's world, in the way the level of smoothness encounters it.A particular example, according to him, is the introduction of Christopher Lee's character, a bookseller named Labisse. Seen as low-position "three-shot" since the children meet him, the scene looks up toward Lee, along with his cat round the left and walls of books beyond and around him. "From the it absolutely was one of the primary shots I'd done that we stopped once i examined it around the silver screen. I used to be feeling something I'd never felt anywhere in a 2D movie. The region itself increased to become personality. I used to be immersed inside the room, as well as the entire room needed over. I really could accept is as true had depth."You'll find, clearly, established groups of rules for shooting with complex 3d cameras. "It invested a while to determine which labored and what didn't, until we began to feel relaxed moving the digital camera,In . Richardson states. "Overall, In my opinion we have got quite effective in it."Ultimately. the film pays tribute for the work in the earliest of filmmakers, including George Melies as well as the Lumiere brothers and sisters, who themselves had performed around with with 3d cinematography."For Marty to own taken 3d just like a choice to tell this tale, and hang it atop people pioneers, In my opinion was all the wiser," Richardson states. "Since they certainly may have utilized these tools.InchAttention Round The Oscars: THE CINEMATOGRAPHERLensers aren't frightened of the dark For 'Hugo,' depth adds to character Period photos invite wide spectrum of styles Projecting turmoil Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

B.O. hosts quiet party for 'New Year's'

'New Year's Eve'A paltry $13.7 million opening for Warner Bros.' "New Year's Eve" party couldn't rouse what is the worst weekend overall within the domestic box office in three years. Overseas B.O. was a smaller amount dire, as essential-DreamWorks Animation's "Puss in Boots" rallied getting a chart-topping thought $45.6 000 0000. Even though star-powered ensembler still handled to overcome last century Fox's new entry "The Sitter," which collected $ten million, Warners expected "New Year's Eve" striking around $20 million for your weekend. "The Sitter" completed in line with pre-weekend predictions. Stateside B.O., gathering inside the mid-to-high-$70 millions, was lower even from last weekend's typically sluggish publish-Thanksgiving frame, at $81 million. Additionally, B.O. conditions were not this off since the weekend of Sept. 5, 2008, when overall totals showed up just $67.9 million. "It's rare now would fall below a week ago,In . mentioned Warner domestic distribution chief Serta Fellman, who added that large game game titles beginning next weekend, for instance "An Online Detective: A Game Title Title of Shadows" and "Alvin as well as the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked," will probably be an important test for your industry. Just before overseas summer time break, "Puss in Boots" added 16 areas a couple of days ago, including top market Germany, which brought $7.2 million. Toon has cumed $142.3 million worldwide. While Stateside wide releases mostly fell short, the weekend's crop of niche game game titles, introduced by Focus Features' "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy," showed up strong. "Tailor" acquired the year's third-finest per-screen average for just about any traditional theatrical release, gathering an thought average of $75,184 from four locations. ("Evening amount of time in Paris" and "The Tree of Existence" hold 2011's best per-screen perfs, correspondingly.) Componen, meanwhile, did well with Jason Reitman's black comedy "Youthful Adult," which launched limited with an thought three-day gross of $320,000. That's typically $40,000 from eight engagements. "Youthful Adult" should have a effective female fanbase, according to Componen marketing and distribution mind Megan Colligan. That's one reason Componen made a decision to create the film limited, before growing to roughly 1,000 locations next weekend. "It definitely is tricky with women inside the days just before Christmas," Colligan mentioned. "With 'Young Adult,' In my opinion it is crucial that we're not at 3,000 locations next weekend. "This is often a film that needs room to build up.In . In contrast, "New Year's Eve" skewed heavily toward women, which repped 70% in the film's opening. The film postponed, however, with under-18 auds, just 22%. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com

Sacha Baron Cohen On for L'ensemble des Miserables?

He'd play Monsieur ThenardierTom Hooper continues to be continuously building his core cast for musical adaptation L'ensemble des Miserables, and today he's adding some comic relief as Sacha Baron Cohen, that has apparently arrived negligence innkeeper Monsieur Thenardier. While there's been no official announcement (and also the King's Speech's Geoffrey Hurry have been stated to do the job), The Sun's Rays has it that Cohen will require around the role from the craven, cheating host, who delights alongside his wife (Helena Bonham Carter, apparently) in fleecing their clients, as proven within their large show preventing number Master Of The Home. Additionally they eat the youthful Cosette and usually turn her right into a domestic slave until Valjean (Hugh Jackman) turns up to save her.It is a perfect fit for Cohen, that has already demonstrated musical chops off in Sweeney Todd. Whether it's confirmed, he'll join a cast that already includes Jackman, Russell Crowe, Eddie Redmayne and Hathaway As Catwoman.Hooper aims to begin production in Feb, working from the script by William Nicholson.

Edgar Bronfman Jr. to Step Down as Warner Music Chairman at End of January

NY - Edgar Bronfman Jr. will step down from his chairman role at Warner Music Group early next year, he told staff in an email memo on Monday.our editor recommendsLen Blavatnik's Warner Music Closing in on EMI's Artists Division (Report) Len Blavatnik's Access Industries Completes Warner Music Acquisition "I wanted to let you know that, as my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective Jan. 31, 2012," Bronfman wrote. "However, I will remain a director of the company and in that way, continue my association with Warner Music and its extraordinary people." Bronfman switched from the CEO to the chairman role earlier this year as WMG picked turnaround specialist and former MGM vice chairman Stephen Cooper as CEO. "It has been a unique and special privilege and honor for me to have worked alongside you," Bronfman wrote. He also lauded WMG's staff for a "willingness to embrace new ideas, and the constant energy you dedicated to transforming this company, year-after-year." Len Blavatnik, whose Access Industries acquired WMG earlier this year, in a separate memo said: "The more I get to know the many employees of this company and see the quality of your work, the more optimistic I am about the future and the things we can accomplish together." Blavatnik failed to pull off an acquisition of EMI Group's recorded music business. Addressing Bronfman's upcoming departure from the chairman role, he said: "His leadership, counsel and guidance have been - and will remain - invaluable." He also shared this about his experience with Bronfman: "When I joined WMG's board in 2004, I watched Edgar take a neglected division of Time Warner and turn it into a paradigm of how a traditional media company could redefine itself for the digital age with a culture celebrating innovation and collaboration. It was his vision in transforming WMG into a progressive, modern music company that made WMG so attractive to Access." Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Topics Warner Music Group Len Blavatnik

Time Warner Cable CFO: 'We're Not in The Content Business' Despite Lakers Deal

NY - Cable giant Time Warner Cable this year struck a 20-year content deal with the L.A. Lakersnot because it wants to be more of a content company, but because it wanted to have more control over rising programming costs, CFO Irene Estevessaid here Monday.our editor recommendsLakers' Kobe Bryant to Play in Italy During NBA LockoutTime Warner Cable Mulls Bid for L.A. Dodgers TV Rights (Report) She also told a UBS media investor conference that broadband video competition to pay TV operators has been "a complement to our TV offering." She added: "It's not been a threat." If online video providers keep growing usage, "we have this wonderful hedge" in cable's broadband services, Esteves said. In that context, she said that usage-based pricing for broadband services will become a reality sooner or later. She emphasized that charging heavy broadband users more would be in line with pricing strategies in other industries and allow the firm to give consumers the option to pay less if they use less. She said TWC wants to introduce usage-based pricing "the right way rather than quickly" though. Earlier in the day, Comcast CFO Michael Angelakis said his company wasn't opposed to usage-based pricing, but sees no immediate need to "nickel and dime" customers. Esteves also told Wall Street on Monday that "we are not happy with our video losses." The firm is looking at new bundling opportunities and a better customer experience to address the issue, she said. Discussing the Lakers deal, which is reportedly worth $3 billion, Esteves said: "We're really dealing with the programming costs" and "incredible" sports cost increases, along with broadcast retransmission fees. "We're getting hit on all sides." The Lakers deal was an opportunity to take out the middle-man. "We're not in the content business," Esteves emphasized though. "We don't particularly want to be." But buying the Lakers rights was the lowest-cost option for TWC and allowed it to avoid "being held hostage on sports programming," she said. Reports recently said the firm will also look at a possible similar deal with the LA Dodgers. Programming costs have risen 8 percent for the past two full years, and 2011 will be in the same ballpark, the CFO said. Is cable still a growth business? "The short answer is yes," Esteves said. She cited the "terrific growth engines" of broadband and business services. And she highlighted that 2012 advertising sales should benefit from the U.S. elections and the Olympics. Asked about the TV Essentials program bundle for economically sensitive TV subscribers, Esteves said it has helped provide consumers a lower-priced option, but also given TW Cable the ability to talk to consumers. "We have been able to upsell them" when they call about TV Essentials, she said. "It's been very successful." Related Topics Time Warner Cable Los Angeles Lakers

Greek Grad Clark Duke to Guest-Star on New Girl

Clark Duke Greek alum Clark Duke has showed up a guest-perfect Fox's New Girl, TVLine.com reviews. Duke, whose credits have Health spa Time Machine and Kick-Ass, may have High high cliff, an delinquent intern who works well with Julia (Lizzy Caplan), a completely new love interest of Nick's. Nick (Mike Manley) is extremely unhealthy influence, though, while he inadvertently can get High high cliff to prevent his job and quit his dreams. Good job! Lizzy Caplan to Party Lower on New Girl Duke is slated to appear in Episode 13 in the newcomer comedy, which airs its winter finale on Tuesday, 12 ,. 13 at 9/8c on Fox.

Alan Cumming Flattered By Idea Of Eli Gold Good Wife Spin-Off

First Launched: December 1, 2011 3:45 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Alan Cumming reaches BAFTA La 2011 Britannia Honours within the Beverly Hilton hotel, Beverly Slopes, on November 30, 2011Alan Cummings performance as Eli Gold on CBS The Truly Amazing Wife remains so wonderful, it's left many wondering whether it can result in a spin-off for your character within the popular Sunday evening show. Lots of people have mentioned that, Alan told Access Hollywood on Wednesday evening within the BAFTA Britannia Honours in La. I kind of think [the primary reason] why he is effective is [because of] how he affects another regions of the story together with other figures reactions to him. Its very flattering that people think he or she must have another that belongs to them factor. But while the idea of an Eli Gold show is flattering, Alan mentioned he's thrilled to participate the ensemble, including Julianna Marguiles, Josh Charles, Archie Panjabi and Christine Baranski. I merely roll while using punches. Im experiencing where I am at this time around, he mentioned. Alan situated Wednesdays BAFTA event, which honored stars including Warren Beatty and Ben Stiller, which he was thrilled to be master of occasions. In my opinion its this kind of great factor because its everyones body at work, Alan told Access. It isn't just for as being a film thats been heavily marketed or pressed. It's not fad-dy, you know what happens I'm speaking about? Plenty of award occasions are. The award months are really Its about somebody's whole existence. All those who are now being nominated make such huge contributions, really over lots of years, and many of them arent that old. Many of them are. Its just lovely. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Study: On-Screen Gender Inequality Persists in Hollywood

NY - A survey of the top 100 grossing movies of 2009 showed that male speaking roles continued to clearly outweigh female roles and that females showed more skin on-screen, the LA Times reported. Providing latest evidence that gender inequality persists in Hollywood, the study by the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism found that only 32.8 percent of the 4,342 speaking characters in those movies were female, a percentage unchanged compared with the top-grossing movies of 2008, it said. In films directed by women, 47.7 percent of on-screen characters were female, while male directors featured fewer than a third of female characters, according to the Annenberg study. When it came to behind-the-camera jobs though, only 3.6 percent of the directors and 13.5 percent of the writers of the analyzed movies were female, according to the survey. "We see remarkably stable trends," USC Annenberg associate professor Stacy Smith told the LA Times. "This reveals an industry formula for gender that may be outside of people's conscious awareness." The inequality persisted even though women bought more than 50 percent of movie tickets sold in the U.S., in 2009, the report said citing MPAA data. Among the movies analyzed in the Annenberg study were Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and The Twilight Saga: New Moon. When it comes to on-screen clothing, the Annenberg study found that women continued to be much more likely than men to wear sexy outfits. For example, instances of actresses shown in swimwear and unbuttoned shirts (25.8 percent, compared with 4.7 percent for men) or showing exposed skin (23 percent versus 7.4 percent) showed the imbalance, the Times highlighted. Also, female characters were more often described by another character as attractive in the top 2009 films - 10.9 percent versus 2.5 percent. Revealing clothing and partial nudity was just as prevalent among 13- to 20-year-old female characters as among women aged 21 to 29, the study shows, highlighting that women are sexualized on-screen at young ages, Smith said. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Topics

The 3D journey of "Immortals"

The producers of Relativity Media's "Immortals," which opened to a better-than-expected $32 million this past weekend, always intended for the film to be released in 3D. Once production got underway with Tarsem directing it was clear that with the exception of a small amount of footage the film would be shot on 2D and later be converted to the stereo medium. Cinematographer Brendan Galvin - who's also shooting Tarsem's Snow White film "Mirror Mirror" - entrusted much of that task to a fellow d.p., David Stump, who has the credit of senior stereographer on the film. Galvin and Stump both talked to Variety's Inside Production's Peter Caranicas about the thinking that went into the shooting and conversion of the swords-and-sandals actioner.***Peter Caranicas: How long have you worked with Tarsem?Brendan Galvin: Over 20 years, mostly on commercials. Caranicas: Talk about how you shot "Immortals."Galvin: We shot it all digitally on the Genesis camera system from Panavision. We shot many tests before deciding whether to shoot real 3D or to shoot 2D and do a conversion. We ended up shooting just little part of the film on 3D; the rest is a conversion. One of the considerations was the speed with which Tarsem likes to work. Our schedule was very challenging in terms of the amount of material we had to shoot in the time available. Some people say there's no time difference shooting 3D, some say there's 10% difference; personally I think there's quite a bit of difference.Caranicas: How fast does Tarsem work?Galvin: There are times when we've done just a small amount of work in a day, and other times when he's just manic, just go, go, go. I prefer to work with him when he's working faster. He gets a different energy. I can't exactly explain it. As he shoots, he puts the film together in his head. I've never met anyone who does it like him. He'll remember visual things, every shot we do on a film, exactly. Caranicas: What's your view of conversion vs. stereo shooting?Galvin: I've seen both good and bad conversions and good and bad native 3D shooting. Personally, after doing this conversion, I would do the same thing again. I'm not saying I wouldn't shoot 3D with stereo cameras. I can see situations where that would be a far better to do. But on this particular film, with the ingredients we had, that wasn't the way to go. I don't regret the decision we made.Caranicas: What was the intent at the outset?Galvin: It was always to release in 3D, so when we photographed in 2D we did so with that in mind. I think 3D is still a medium completely in its infancy, even though it's been around for donkey's years. People are still learning a lot about what's possible and what's not. They're learning a completely new language for filmmaking. Caranicas: Where did you shoot "Immortals"?Galvin: We shot 100% in-studio in Montreal. We did lots of greenscreen work, but we did have sets. The greenscreen was largely for set extensions. We shot for 62 days, so for about three months allowing for weekends. We finished in early July, 2010.Caranicas: How involved were you in post and DI?Galvin: A lot. Because we were shooting digitally we wanted to take advantage of what digital can offer over film. One of the things we could do was set up our grading suite in the studio where we were shooting, so we had a full color correction suite in with digital projection, and most nights we watched dailies there. We also did basic color correction on the set as we were shooting.Caranicas: Who handled the conversion?Galvin: One of the most important aspects was to have the whole process monitored by a cinematographer. David Stump handled all of it managing a team of people. The fact that he's a d.p. was hugely advantageous, technically and esthetically. David would do certain things and show them to me and Tarsem. When he saw what we liked in terms of depth, perspective, convergence, etc., he would then start applying that. He also contributed some very helpful ideas. The brief was that this has to be a very comfortable 3D experience. We wanted people to forget that they were watching 3D.***Peter Caranicas: Were you a stereographer just in post?David Stump: Yes, only in post, I wasn't part of the photography process.Caranicas: What kind of look were you striving for?Stump: One of the commitments we made to Tarsem was to give the characters "human volume" so they didn't look like flat cardboard cutouts placed in space. And that kind of volume is really hard to achieve in a conversion. We paid special care and attention paid to putting things in the right place, and getting things built with volume - volume of the characters and volume of the space. That's been a reach for most previous conversions and I think we reached a pretty high mark in terms of achieving volume in this conversion.Caranicas: How did you do that?Stump: You have to create depth maps that include roundness in faces and the background sets. You have to do more than just cut out a wall and place it in depth. We added indentations for windows, doorways, architectural features. We did a ton of depth mapping in detail - I've always noticed the absence of it on other conversions.Caranicas: Where did you do the work?Stump: The lion's share went to Prime Focus. They did most of the work in India. Small sections were given to 3DRevolution in Pasadena and Mikros Image in France.Caranicas: Where did you spend most of your time?Stump: My team and I spent several months in Mumbai, as well as in Paris, Montreal and L.A.Caranicas: Is going the conversion route expensive? Stump: Not really. It was probably ultimately cheaper to convert than to shoot native 3D, especially with the number of cameras, the amount of technology and the longer schedule (required) to shoot in 3D. And you would have had to knock Tarsem down from 60 setups a day to 20, with all those extras standing around the block for the battle scenesCaranicas: Did the greenscreen work make the conversion any easier?Stump: No, it was just another variable that made it a little harder. In order to properly covert a greenscreen vfx shot you have to have the final version of the shot done, so it just pushed more of those shots deeper into the schedule - which ultimately makes it harder to have the 3D consistent from shot to shot and scene to scene.Caranicas: Was the color correction done after the conversion?Stump: In this case, yes, because it was a live cut - the edit wasn't locked until after I got back from my last trip to Mumbai. There were many things I had to re-jigger; new shots going into the pipeline as late as September of this year, so I had to be involved in the color correction process. Caranicas: What is it about a d.p. that best qualifies him as a stereographer?Stump: Probably the level of obsessive-compulsive image manipulation and control that d.p.'s are capable of. The real advantage of conversion is that it gives you is an enormous amount of control that you don't have in natively shot 3D. If you shoot something in 3D and you aren't committed to converting anything, and you get a shot wrong, there's not a lot you can do about it. You can't go back and say, I want to pull the cameras closer together and make this a less deep scene. (All you can do is) resort to converting the shot - throw away one eye and convert the other.Caranicas: Is 3D here to stay?Stump: Some predict is will last, others that it won't. In the last 10 years since the advent of digital cinema everyone has become a prophet saying film is dead, film will last forever, 3D will last forever, digital will never catch on, digital is the future, etc. People love to say "I told you so," so people are making all kinds of predictions and in the future they'll dust off correct ones. Contact Peter Caranicas at peter.caranicas@variety.com

Anna Kournikova Wont Return To The Biggest Loser

First Published: November 15, 2011 4:31 PM EST Credit: Getty Premium LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Anna Kournikova steps out at the Grand Opening Celebration of JW Marriott Marquis in Miami, Florida on November 4, 2010Anna Kournikova will not be returning to The Biggest Loser next season. I enjoyed my time on The Biggest Loser ranch. Although I will not be returning as a full time trainer on season 13, I will always be a part of The Biggest Loser family and my commitment to bettering lives through health and fitness will continue, the tennis player said in a statement on Monday to The Hollywood Reporter. It was back in May that Anna first revealed she was joining the show as Jillian Michaels departed to focus on family. According to The Hollywood Reporter, which broke the news, Anna and those behind the scenes at the show had their differences. Staffers on the NBC reality series told THR there were clashes with the athlete and added she was unsympathetic with contestants. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

And Now a Final Word About Jack and Jill

Glenn Kenny didn’t quite make the cut in last week’s scathing critical responses to Jack and Jill, but his withering postscript deserves a look: “One thing I did not get into in my review of Jack and Jill for MSN Movies was just how (ostensibly) insultingly sub-pro forma is its actual filmmaking. It isn’t even just a matter of how obviously its indifferent redemption-narrative structure is the Avid-enabled equivalent of a very sloppy butter sculpture. The indifference is felt in almost every aspect [… T]his is the first time it really hit home for me just how mindful Sandler, director Dennis Dugan, and the rest of the perpetrators are with respect to keeping overhead down. Good lord.” [Some Came Running]

ABC, New Bands Association Extend Broadcast Deal Through 2021

NY - Wally Disney's ABC network as well as the New Bands Association have extended their broadcast agreement through 2021 within new 10-year deal which keeps your CMA Honours, the CMA Festival: Country's Evening to Rock as well as the CMA Country Christmas on ABC. Financial terms weren't revealed. There's a 3 network investing in an offer war for your new bands shows, with CBS and NBC in this mix furthermore to ABC. The honours show particularly is really a key ratings driver for your Disney network, which won the show from CBS six in the past and came greater than 17 million audiences for last fall's edition. The completely new ABC arrangement was created by ABC Entertainment Group leader Paul Lee and CMA Boss Steve Moore. "We are thrilled the CMA and new bands is constantly on the call ABC their property for an additional 10 years,In . mentioned Lee. "We've built an incredible partnership together, which partnership will simply grow more effective over the following decade." Mentioned Moore: "ABC has proven a real love for the format and our television characteristics. We percieve the CMA Music Festival special grow to three several hours, we've added a holiday special, CMA Country Christmas, and our crown jewel, the CMA Honours, has showed up in a completely new, passionate audience." The 45th Annual CMA Honours, situated by Kaira Paisley and Barbara Underwood, will air survive ABC tonight. Founded in 1958, the country Music Association was the initial trade organization produced to market a type of music. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects ABC NBC CBS

Chuck's Chris Fedak Defends Morgansect, States "No a person's Safe" This Final Season

Joshua Gomez The best season of Chuck is certainly going ahead, and nervous fans are puzzled by items to type of the titular Nerd Herder dealing with no Intersect. "I'm a little not wanting to really tell you if he'll genuinely have it fixed or else,In . co-executive producer Chris Fedak told reporters around the call to market Friday's episode, "Chuck Versus the Bearded Bandit" (8/7c, NBC). "Chuck while using Intersect was a touch too easy. We preferred to share more enjoyable this season coming back to Season 1 and Season 2 Chuck where things were difficult and sophisticated which he required to develop their very own Chuck techniques to problems." Rather, the series' authors posted laptop computer to the brain of Chuck's nearest friend Morgan (Joshua Gomez). Yes, not aware, bumbling, frequently embarrassing Morgan. Fans have not yet warm-as much as Morgansect, and Fedak did his easier to reassure them. "I like Josh Gomez while using Intersect. In my opinion that what he's finished with it truly is funny and there's really funny stuff approaching," he mentioned. "It's testing the bounds in the show... The Chuck-Morgan bromance is greatly the show, and the way Morgan acquiring the Intersect affects that...The initial three instances of year are very relating to this.In . 12 things you need to see in Chuck's final season Although Fedak wouldn't say whether Morgan could possibly get not-Intersected, the show doesn't hold the luxury to remain with any plot line for extended considering its limited final season. "Within the finish of each and every episode, the core dynamic will probably be changing, it is therefore nothing beats we're settling in," mentioned Fedak. "Not for just about any second when the audience be generating, 'This might be the show to any extent further.A You will discover 13 episodes. We're trying to screw it up out each episode this season. ... You need to tell most likely probably the most exciting tales possible. With no a person's safe. There's no reason around the program that's not [fair] game at this time around.Inch There's buzz that one or more major character will die by series' finish, and Fedak recommended this might affect not able to any ongoing story lines through comics or other media. "I must, if Chuck survives Episode 13," he mentioned. "I like the level of smoothness which i really like the show so when there's an additional way to [continue] it, that could be awesome. At this time around, we're just focusing on delivering popular finale for the show. But you never know what is going to happen out afterwards ... that's clearly if Chuck and Sarah and Casey and Morgan as well as the relaxation in the team survive Episode 13. You never know how cruel a author I really could be." Yikes! Have a look in the other inspiring things Fedak needed to say of Sarah's back story, Lester prone to prison and what else you may anticipate this season: Casey meets his (love) match. "On Friday, we've Barbara-Anne Moss the first time playing Gertrude Verbanski and he or she runs Verbanski Corp. ... [which] might be your competition to Carmichael Industries, Chuck's new private spy company," Fedak mentioned. "Which we now have a wonderful time while using competition between these two companies. Barbara-Anne is wonderful. She's funny and she's frightening, and he or she has the prettiest relationship with John Casey and Adam Baldwin. It's like the chemistry between Adam and Barbara-Anne is amazing. Inside our third episode there exists a fight between each of them probably the most erotically charged factor we've done around the program.Inch Chuck final season scoop: Morgan and Chuck's new "Intersect"ion together with a potential Casey romance? Expect less Chuck Fu, more Chuck CPU. "After we had Chuck doing progressively more Chuck Fu and fun Intersect stuff, we have got in the computer side of Chuck," Fedak referred to. "And inside the initial couple of instances of year we will probably have a wonderful time with coming back to Chuck because the amazing computer guy. Zachary Levi directed Episode 5 of year that's referred to as 'Chuck versus. the Hack Off' and its likely one of the nerdier episodes we've done but it's got a little of amazing hacking sequences. We really needed our lead from Swordfish. We actually learn that Chuck was known to as Piranha that the film Swordfish required it's origin from him. ... Also, I like Episode 4, that's about Chuck and Sarah going undercover inside a Buy More convention." Sarah reunites along with her mother and old handler. "We made a decision to give consideration to Sarah for [Episode 8]. Cheryl [Ladd] is wonderful and warm and caring and fantastic as her mother," mentioned Fedak. "Which we now have Tim DeKay as Sarah's original handler, and Tim is fantastic inside the show. He bring incredible gravitas with this back story. Which is not our funniest Chuck story. This is an amazing epic story that unveils plenty of secrets about Sarah you can not have access to imagined that are really back there. I have to admit for people fans who love Sarah Master, it'll be your chosen episode ever. It will likely be a jaw-losing episode." Betty and Awesome step-up and proceed. "They have large success inside their future," mentioned Fedak. "And it's time to permit them to start to make options about where they wish to go and what they desire to accomplish. For Betty, to think about, 'Is it time to cut the strings and not appear like she must take proper proper care of her brother each and every turn?' ... She's possibly the better of those two siblings and siblings, and ... it might be helpful to Chuck as well as the things that'll be happening inside the spy world together with the mythology in the Intersect." 1 / 2 of Jeffster! can get reserved, while not for just about any gig. "They're an incredible duo. Regarding this rock band, their story can change in a really large strategies by the next number of episodes," Fedak taunted. "Everything can alter inside the Buy More, particularly when it involves Rob and Lester. ... There are many really crazy things happening there. You need to be worried because by Episode 5, we will probably see Lester jail time. That's it. A genuine spoiler. I mentioned something." From Alias to Chuck: A review of TV's shadowy organizations Stephen J. Bartowski (probably) won't be elevated in the dead. "He's dead," Fedak confirmed. "In my opinion for that show [his dying] was ... kind of popular. I possibly could not imagine trying to undo that through getting him to existence. However, you realize, you have to take using a touch of suspicion because I have been shown being untrustworthy if the involves spoilers, who knows a few things i might do." The series finale will probably be epic, emotional and... being determined. "The particular question at this time around is what are we able to do that for your finale," mentioned Fedak. "That's what we should are concentrating on at this time around the board inside the writer's room. It's kind of like my panic attack that's just waiting for me each day. I realize I have to use there which i understand I have to concentrate on that episode which i understand we now have to make it happen, but it's a significant difficult factor to uncover that perfect ending which we now have many them at this time around. "Another 1 / 2 of year really drives us to the Chuck finale, which is some large, emotional epic things," he ongoing. "We now have mysteries would discover in regards to you realize Sarah, and Casey, and Chuck. We're really searching to screw it up out with techniques that people haven't done before. So there's numerous tales that are presently in play. However when I'd my druthers I'd make an effort to try everything, which is a few things i think I will try to do." Chuck airs on Fridays at 8/7c on NBC. Are you currently presently aboard with Morgansect? You think a principal character will die this season? Who? What can you desire to see inside the Chuck series finale?

Top 15 Grossing Threequels ever (Photos)

last century Fox The Next time was certainly a charm for Paranormal Activity 3, the newest edition in Vital's poor, high-profit horror franchise. The film scared within the best opening ever for just about any horror pic with $54 million in domestic grosses in the last weekend of March. 22. Paranormal 3 also did significant business overseas, where it opened up as much as $26 million for just about any worldwide total of $80 million --16 occasions the film's $5 million production budget. PHOTOS: Top 15 Grossing Threequels ever But despite people impressive amounts, Paranormal Activity 3 hasn't even cracked the most effective 15 to get the best-grossing threequels ever. That list is centered by large-budget blockbusters within the Pirates in the Caribbean and Harry Potter franchises. Family and kids' movies also exercised well available, with Toy Story 3 and Ice Age: Beginning in the Dinosaurs making their mark. Most likely the very best threequel ever? Transformers: Dark in the Moon, which made $1,119,241,043 worldwide. The whole report on Top 15 grossing threequels might be read here. Toy Story 3 Transformers: Dark in the Moon Paranormal Activity Paranormal Activity 3

Judge Rules ThinkFilm and Other David Bergstein-Run Companies Can Reorganize

David Bergstein, left, and former business partner Ronald Tutor Judge Barry Russell ruled Wednesday that a creditors group can proceed to develop a plan to reorganize ThinkFilm, Capitol Film and three other companies forced into bankruptcy that were overseen by David Bergstein.our editor recommendsDavid Bergstein Claims Conspiracy Behind Bankruptcy CaseCourt Re-Seals Explosive David Bergstein Report After Details Made Public The federal judge denied a motion by Ronald Durkin, a trustee overseeing the bankrupt companies, to convert the cases from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization to a Chapter 7 liquidation. Durkin had also offered the judge the option of dismissing the cases altogether. Bergstein and his former business partner Ronald Tutor had strongly supported the idea of dismissing the cases. Tutor, through two companies he controls, claims to be the largest creditor in the case. However, the judge's ruling favored a group of creditors led by the Aramid Entertainment Fund, who were the ones who originally brought the action that forced the involuntary bankruptcy. STORY: Judge to Rule Wednesday on Possible David Bergstein Case Dismissal The Aramid led group has proposed loaning up to $4 million to the entities and reorganizing them to tap into the assets, so that the unsecured creditors have a greater chance of being repaid. That would include appointing a commercial agent to exploit the approximately 1,000 movies that are in the companies film libraries. According to an earlier court filing, the reorganization would also include efforts to undo "fraudulent transfers" of assets such as the movies which were taken out of the bankrupt entities and moved into subsidiaries or other corporations. The plan also includes taking actions to challenge the more than $100 million in creditor claims against the bankrupt companies made by Ronald Tutor and two companies he controls, Library Asset Acquisition Corp. and Zelus. The creditors believe Tutor should be considered an insider and thus should not be allowed to move forward as a creditor, secured or unsecured. They also believe claims by Bergstein as a creditor should be disallowed. In their filing, the creditors had pleaded to the judge not to convert or dismiss the cases, as that would reward Bergstein and Tutor for what they believe were improper and illegal actions such as backdating documents, filing incomplete tax returns and false creditor lists. Durkin, who had also charged improper and illegal actions by Bergsten and Tutor , had opposed the creditors request for an extension of time to develop a plan of reorganization under Chapter 11, which the judge had now done. The U.S Trustee had also filed a brief supporting dismissal of the cases, mostly it seems because they had not been paid some fees amounting to less than $3,000. Prior to the hearing Aramid stepped up and paid those fees to the U.S. Trustee. The $4 million would be a loan from Aramid. The opposition to the trustees request to convert or dismiss, and the reorganization plan was signed by 14 of the 25 original petitioning creditors. The other ten, according to the filling, did not oppose their plan, but could not be reached in time to sign the filing request. The creditors group also has said it intends to seek a new trustee to oversee the companies, who would replace Durkin, who was appointed by the court on an interim basis in March 2010, and later was made the permanent trustee in two stages, as the companies were actually put in bankruptcy. The creditors are proposing the new trustee be John P. Brinkco, who is president of Sitrick Brincko Group, which describes itself as international management and communications consultants. Brincko is a partner in that company with Michael Sitrick, a well known PR crisis consultant. Brincko's past positions include being VP and chief financial officer of Max Factor and positions as a financial officer at International Paper and elsewhere. David Bergstein

Molly Shannon Joins Maya Rudolph In Up All Night

First Published: October 26, 2011 7:02 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Molly Shannon arrives at FOXs Glee spring premiere soiree held at Bar Marmont, Los Angeles, April 12, 2010Molly Shannon is set to join her former Saturday Night Live alumnus Maya Rudolph on NBCs Up All Night. The actress will play an incompetent associate producer on Mayas character Avas talk show, according to TV Guide. Presently, Mollys stint is just one episode, but the mag reported that the door will be open for her return. Molly recently had her own show on NBC the comedy Kath & Kim with actress Selma Blair, which ran for one season between 2008-2009. She also appeared alongside Cameron Diaz in Bad Teacher, which was recently released on DVD. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

LMFAO 'Halloween House' Video Goes Viral

It's been a wild week for Kevin Judd. The 39-year-old from Riverside, California has long made an annual tradition of constructing a Halloween lighting display set to music. He then uploads the clip, for all his friends to see. But this year, things are different.our editor recommends'Whole Foods Parking Lot:' Q&A with the Supermarket Rapper Coldplay, Jessie J and LMFAO To Perform at MTV Europe Music Awards'SNL' Clip of Jeff Bridges Dueting With Cookie Monster Becomes Viral Video Hit "It's overwhelming," Judd said Tuesday regarding the amount of attention his video has generated around the world, joining the company of another Youtube classic,2010'sSlayer-themed Christmas house. Featuring four singing neon pumpkin faces, tombstones, hand carved pumpkins, strobes, floods and thousands of lights, Judd's is set to the tune of LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem." It's currently nearing 1.4 million views and climbing fast. "I'm getting emails from Australia and all over Europe," he said, adding that media outlets from Canada and Good Morning America are now after him (he is "in talks" with GMA about a live broadcast from the house this weekend). Surprisingly, Judd does not work as a professional lighting guy or in Hollywood, which is 60 miles from his home. He's a senior technician with Verizon. "I have nothing to do with lighting," he said. "It's just a hobby." Judd used software program Light-O-Rama for the sequence, which feels more like a concert or something one might see at Disneyland instead of a suburban trick-or-treat destination (the Riverside resident built the light "faces" in the video specially for the display). "It's one of the most amazing things Ive ever seen in my life! I can"t wait to see what he does with Sexy and I Know It. LMFAO's Redfoo "Last year I got a lot of hits with my 'Thriller' video," he said, adding that "nothing like this" was planned (hundreds of people are now finding their way to his house in Riverside to see the display with their own eyes) and "my neighbors are really nice and they're cool with it." For their approval, Judd held a dry run the week before he uploaded the clip to You Tube. "It went ballistic," Judd said of the traffic to his page after he uploaded his latest opus. So why LMFAO's smash "Party Rock Anthem" this year? "My wife picked the song," he said. "I always like to throw in one or two non-Halloween songs," Judd added, noting he used a Black Eyed Peas song last year. "It kind of fit because ["Party Rock Anthem"] has multiple singers... It's not my typical music, but I don't hate the song. My kids like it." LMFAO's Redfoo likes it, too, telling The Hollywood Reporter, "It's one of the most amazing things I've ever seen in my life!" Foo adds: "I can't wait to see what he does with 'Sexy and I Know It.'" See the video below: Related Topics

Army Wives' Catherine Bell Separates From Her Husband

Catherine Bell Army Wives' Catherine Bell and her husband of 17 years have separated, People reports. A rep for the actress says the split between Bell and Adam Beason, who married in 1994, is mutual, adding, "They remain great friends. They're committed to raising their two children together." Check out the rest of today's news The pair has an 8-year-old daughter, Gemma, and a 1-year-old son, Roman. Bell's rep says the two will continue to be partners in their production company. "They're excited to work on projects together," the rep said.

Moviefone Exclusive: See Michelle Williams and Emma Watson in First Photos from 'My Week With Marilyn'

Just in time for the highly anticipated premiere of 'My Week With Marilyn' at the Centerpiece Gala of the NY Film Festival, Moviefone is proud to debut four new images from the film. Starring two-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams as Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe, 'My Week With Marilyn' focuses on Monroe's trip to England in the summer of 1956 to film 'The Prince and The Showgirl' opposite Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh). There, she meets an eager production assistant named Colin Clark (Tony Award winner Eddie Redmayne), who helps her escape the Hollywood hustle and bustle, if only for a week. Directed by Simon Curtis and released by The Weinstein Company, 'My Week With Marilyn' arrives in theaters on Nov. 4. Check out some gorgeous stills of Williams, Redmayne, Branagh and co-star Emma Watson ahead. 'My Week With Marilyn' Photos Michelle Williams as Marilyn MonroeEddie Redmayne as Colin ClarkKenneth Branagh as Sir Laurence OlivierEmma Watson and Eddie Redmayne as Lucy and Colin Clark See All Moviefone Galleries » RELATED: Watch the trailer for 'My Week With Marilyn' Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Fox Renews And That Means You Think You'll Be Able To Dance and MasterChef

And That Means You Think You'll Be Able To Dance You need to get some dancing shoes along with your best apron because And That Means You Think You'll Be Able To Dance and MasterChef are coming back for further. Fox introduced pick-ups for shows Thursday. Dance judge and executive producer Nigel Lythgoe first broke what is the news about his series via twitter. "FOX has acquired #SYTYCD for it's ninth season, it absolutely was introduced today by Mike Darnell, Leader of Alternative Entertainment, Fox. [HOORAY]," Lythgoe written. Have a look at our fall preview for galleries, scoop, premiere calendars plus much more! Greater than 6 000 0000 audiences seen Melanie Moore proceed and take Season 8 Dance title this summer season. MasterChef, from Gordon Ramsay, clicked up 6.5 million audiences due to its Season 2 finale in August. Dance's renewal happens the heels of just one of the most considerably acclaimed seasons. The show received Emmy nominations for top reality competition program and host Cat Deeley. No return dates are actually introduced, but MasterChef begins casting for Season 3 on March. 29 in La. Are you currently presently excited these shows are coming back?

Warrants Jani Lane Died of Alcohol Poisoning

Jani Lane, the first kind frontman of Warrant, died of alcohol poisoning, the La coronor determined.our editor recommendsWarrants Former Lead Singer Jani Lane Found Dead in Hotel (Report)Hair Bands to experience Jani Lane Tribute Concert Warrant's Jani Lane: 5 Items to Know The singer, who authored and sang several hits for that group, including "Cherry Cake," "I Saw Red-colored" and "Lower Boys," was discovered dead in August inside a La motel room. He was 47. At that time, the autoposy was not yet proven and toxicology tests remained as pending. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Notable Deaths The coroner's Lt. Ray Dietz stated the reason for dying was acute ethanol intoxication, City News Service reported Wednesday. Lane, whose real title was John Kennedy Oswald left the eighties fashion band Warrant in 2008. The singer had past alcohol-related busts. He was taken into custody of the children in June 2009 for apparently crashes right into a parked vehicle. Annually later, he was arrested for the same incident that arrived him in jail for 4 months. STORY: Warrant's Jani Lane: 5 Items to Know When Lane's body was discovered in the Comfort Motel in Woodland Hillsides, Slash, Bret Michaels along with other rockers expressed their sympathies. "We'd prefer to offer our greatest condolences towards the group of Jani Lane regarding loss," authored former bandmate Michaels. "Professionally, Bret and all sorts of at MEGI." Several bands, including Great Whitened, Quiet Riot, LA Guns, Enuff Z'nuff and Slammin' Gladys, carried out a tribute concert for Lane on August 29 in La. His former band, Warrant, also compensated tribute towards the lead singer having a show in North Dakota. Related Subjects

Pink Assumes Initial Film Role

First Launched: October 4, 2011 4:56 PM EDT Credit: AFP/Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Pink creates stage in Nice, France, This summer time 13, 2010Pink is positioned to lead to some Trouble round the silver screen. The celebrity singer was already in the office, filming her first leading role in the film in Appreciate Talking about. Pink remains shooting the project, centering across the people from the 12-step sex addict recovery group in NY City, in New you are able to city. The singer plays Dede, an connect in the group. [Pink] could not be described as a better match this role, author-director Stuart Blumberg mentioned in the statement to Entertainment Weekly. She carries along with her an ideal combination of heart and anxiety for negligence Dede, and were incredibly excited to discuss her acting talent with audiences. AH Nation Poll: Pink could make her acting debut just like a sex addict. Great casting? Follow The Link to election! Josh Gad, in the approaching It of Mormon silver screen adaptation, may also be one of the 12-steppers, according to People. Gwyneth Paltrow, Avengers star Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins and Joely Richardson will also be based in the cast. Stuart Blumberg, who co-written the script for him or her Are Right, is pointing the project. Appreciate Talking about arrives for release in 2012. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

And Now, Some Real Talk from Paul Bettany

“I’ve made some bad movies, but some of those bad movies have been other people’s dreams, so it would be sort of inelegant to tread on all that. I’ve made movies because I’ve thought, ‘God, I really want my kids to have a house in the country.’ It’s depressing, not being in charge of one’s destiny. So what you have the power to do as an actor is the power to say ‘no’. You don’t have the power to say ‘yes’.” And: “I think it might mean no more action films! I mean, I love action movies, I love all sorts of movies, but there are just too many of the fuckers and too few movies for grownups.” [The Guardian via MovieCityNews]

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First Poster for Steven Spielberg Oscar Contender 'War Horse' Arrives

Refer to it as the mane event. (GROAN!) The great folks at EW have opened the very first poster for 'War Equine,' the pending, Steven Spielberg-directed Best Picture leader, and also the artwork highlights what really counts within the The First World War tale: a boy and the equine. (Using "tale" wasn't intended like a pun.) Browse the poster ahead. 'War Horse' has gone out in theaters on 12 ,. 28. [via EW]

Amazing Race's Phil Keoghan: We Now Have probably the most Competitive Cast Yet

Phil Keoghan It has been ten years since Phil Keoghan first trigger around the Amazing Race - try not to show him pictures from in those days. "I had been speaking to [executive producer] Jonathan Littman and that he stated, 'Man, Phil, I discovered some photographs people from ten years ago where i was in the finishing line in NY City - i was children!' I had been like, 'Do I wish to see individuals?'" Keoghan informs TVGuide.com. "However I really can't believe it has been that lengthy. The correct answer is remarkable to consider."Fall Preview: Get scoop on all of your favorite coming back showsTen years later, Race continues to be on the top around the globe - claiming back the truth-competition program Emmy having seen its seven-year streak clicked by Top Chef this past year - and it is still boosting the overall game every season. The 19th installment, premiering Sunday (8/7c, CBS), includes a new element, the Hazard, the industry penalty provided to the final team that completes the beginning-line task, its first-ever double elimination, four new nations plus some pretty much-known names: Survivor champs and couple Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca Zac Sunderland, the youngest person to sail all over the world Olympic snowboarders Andy Finch and Tommy Czeschin and former National football league player Marcus Pollard.See what Keoghan -whose film The Ride, which assists ms non profit organizations, will air on Showtime later this season -states concerning the new twists, set up show is stunt-casting and what assisted them prevail again in the Emmys. Champion around the Emmy! Have you think you can win it again?Keoghan: Thanks! I didn't. It's pretty remarkable. I figured that to alter the Academy's mind again will be a very hard factor to complete, and that we certainly centered on doing might ensuring we've got their attention again, however i really didn't think we'd win. The episode which was sent through in Varanasi would be a special and different episode that people felt could earn their respect, and that i guess it labored.Last season seemed to be the first in HD. Do you consider that led whatsoever?Keoghan: I actually do. I believe that HD has absolutely enhanced the merchandise and that i think that performed a job, simply because out of the blue what we are doing has been shared on another level. ... An enormous area of the show happens to be revealing where we, are and today using the format and also the HD, it's added a dimension towards the Race that people just did not have for a long time, and i believe you'll notice that much more this year.This year you've four groups of well-known people, at the minimum in their own individual fields. Some fans think there is an excessive amount of stunt-casting previously couple of years. Do you experience feeling this way or should it not appear a person's prestige is that if they would like to be around the Race?Keoghan: I do not think it's different than whenever we had Take advantage of and Amber [Mariano] or perhaps a team from Your Government or even the Globetrotters or champion bull riders using the cowboys. It's nearly finding interesting people, and i believe because the show's gone on, more interesting individuals have arrived at to us. In the finish during the day, it has less related to that somebody is really a celebrity of computer has with the truth that as we find somebody we believe is interesting. If [someone's] more interesting than the usual celebrity, then we are likely to select the more interesting character. ... I believe it is good we now have this type of competitive group this time around. It is a method of trying different things - these four teams are those who are proven within their fields. You will notice immediately the so-known as regular people you will find remarkable themselves. They go like a challenge, like when they know somebody has accomplished something and received prestige for your, then they are certainly to crush them.Satisfy the Amazing Race 19 castIs it more pressure around the Average Joes or even the four teams?Keoghan: Oh, the 4, absolutely! But simultaneously, people in the beginning line aren't always likely to know who Marcus is. So now you ask ,, could he disclose to individuals he performed within the National football league or could he attempt to slip individually distinct and hope the interest would go to Ethan, who many people will certainly say, "Oh, this is the guy from Survivor," or [to] Jenna from Survivor. Towards the audience, they are fully aware who each one of these teams are simply because they get brought to them, but towards the relaxation from the teams, maybe they do not recognize Andy or Tommy.Their hippie look is completely likely to mess up many people too since they didn't seem like that in the Olympic games or throughout their careers. Do you consider more well-known Racers should listen to it this way as well as lie regarding their job such as the poker women did in Season 15?Keoghan: Yeah, I believe it's less about laying and much more about being quiet. The teams will not take their hands up and say, "I've a comment everyone: We are Olympians. We are very competitive. We are incredibly agile and also have great eye-hands coordination and that we wanted to provide you with a heads-up because we believe it's healthy for you to understand we now have these great abilities entering the Race. Thanks.Inch [Laughs] They are likely to pretend like they are a few cruise-y men living in the commune somewhere. Why did everyone add the Hazard?Keoghan: It had been a method to test individuals mental strength from the gate. The way they cope with this penalty along with a surprise challenge from the beginning line? It had been just like a warm-up. It is something that's introduced in the beginning, but it features a moving effect moving forward with the relaxation from the Race. On the other hand of things, the Express Pass has returned. That's been something individuals have desired to fight for. It has been an excellent addition. You would like people racing from the beginning.It is only experienced effect yesteryear two seasons, however i think it's funny the two teams which have won the Express Pass both arrived third and were un-tied with a bad cabbie.Keoghan: [Laughs] Yeah, if there's one consistent factor around the Amazing Race, it is the unpredictability from the cab motorists. The occasions I worry probably the most concerning the teams are when they are in somebody else's vehicle so when they are driving. I do not be worried about other things on the program because we test every challenge again and again again because we are paranoid about creating sure it is a safe, fair race. Other shows can control challenges inside a studio or on the set, but we are operating within the real life. You will find there's couple of conditions this year. The elements performed a significant impact on where we went afterwards. We needed to change course half way through, to ensure that would be a challenge.Additionally you had the first-ever double elimination.Keoghan: That isn't something which the [teams] know straightaway either. We simply let them know concerning the new challenge and also the Hazard. And, yes, as luck may have it, from the gate, some real-world influences play into that first episode in our Race in Taiwan. Among individuals golden moments that happened added another layer to exactly what was setup. Fate plays a crucial role. It features a domino impact on the teams and [was] something which was completely from our control making us scramble.Take a look at our fall preview for art galleries, scoop, premiere calendars and much more!You visit four new nations, Belgium, Denmark, Malawi and Indonesia. This is a pretty large number for just one season.Keoghan: Yeah, this can be a lot for all of us. Indonesia is really a large one. It's this kind of exotic, stunning place - more volcanoes there than any other vacation spot on the planet. We have an incredible, wealthy history. Whenever we are able to showcase somewhere new is essential for all of us. ... And that we take great pride in getting indigenous challenges. Because you will find certain jobs and methods for existence in Indonesia, you want to integrate them into our challenges. There is a reason individuals are fishing the way in which they are fishing.You will find missing sexual all over again within the first episode. The other drama are we able to expect? Anything like chocolate gnome-gate?Keoghan: [Laughs] Oh, nothing beats that. But things get very heated the ones make presumptions. I believe you will find there's great cast this season. ... You are likely to observe how impossible it's to evaluate who's better - such as the flight family and friends. 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TIFF Fashion: Best-Dressed Celebs Shine on the Red Carpet

The a-list keeps growing with every edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, and this year the stars were stepping out in style. George Clooney, Evan Rachel Wood and Keira Knightley were among those who donned impressive designer threads. Here's a roundup of some of the best-dressed celebrities at TIFF 2011. TIFF 2011: Best Dressed Jessica StamGeorge ClooneyJuliette LewisAbbie CornishRyan GoslingKeira KnightleyJonah HillElizabeth OlsenEvan Rachel WoodAnna Faris See All Moviefone Galleries »

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'Dog the Bounty Hunter,' A&E Sued by Bail Bondsman

Jemal Countess/Getty A Colorado bail bondsman is taking credit for the success of the A&E reality series Dog the Bounty Hunter, and he wants compensation for his role in the series. Last week, Bobby Brown sued A&E Television Networks, Hybrid Films, and D&D Television Productions in Colorado federal court. The plaintiff says he appeared in and was principally responsible for 40 episodes of Dog. According to the complaint, the series has grossed more than $400 million in its seven seasons since 2004.Brown has only been paid $6,000 for his contributions. Brown alleges that in 2005, Duane "Dog" Chapman asked him to arrange a series of meetings. Executives from the show are said to have been in attendance to discuss the preparation of shows to be filmed in Colorado. Filming commenced, and Brown says he played an instrumental role. "While the series portrays 'Dog' and his team as assisting Bobby Brown with capturing difficult fugitives, in fact it was Mr. Brown who laid the foundation for each of these captures with meticulous preparation and research," says the lawsuit. "In most cases, he postponed faster and less expensive options to capture the fugitives to ensure there was sufficient quality material for filming. Brown says he prepared voluminous reports and worked at least 50 hours on each episode, and without his expertise and collaboration, the episodes would not have occurred. Brown also claims credit for an episode involving the capture of James English, an episode that Chapman purportedly believes "saved the series" after a recording of him vocalizing a racial slur was publicized. In 2009, Chapman's team allegedly asked him to become a full-time member of the series, and he was filmed for the enhanced role with contracts on the way. But soon thereafter, Brown says he became convinced that the Chapmans didn't intended to fulfill their promises, so he ended his participation. He's now suing over the misappropriation of his publicity rights as well as claims of breach of contract and promises. Brown is demanding unspecified damages. A&E declined to comment. Chapman couldn't be reached for comment. E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner RELATED: Shots fired on Duane 'Dog' Chapman REVIEW: Wife, Mom, Bounty Hunter No charges for alleged 'Dog' shooter A&E collars 'Dog' after racial slurs

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'Straw Dogs,' 'Scarface,' 'Swept Away': 10 Good, Bad and Unnecessary Movie Remakes

The new sony Pictures"Hay Dogs" For many years, remakes -- the newest being Fishing rod Lurie's Hay Dogs -- in addition to sequels were basically instantly regarded as inferior for their forerunners, by definition items made exclusively to capitalize upon the prosperity of the originals with with devoted fidelity for their sources the only real creative requirement. It was technically not necessarily true but, where sequels are worried, it required a triumph about the order from the Godfather Part II to alter the the usual understanding, to honestly challenge the idea that first is definitely best. Similarly, there've now been enough interesting remakes to place the brakes on any sweeping simplification. Still, many remakes are very bad, the primary reason being that, presuming the initial was sufficiently good to inspire an encore, it's hard to make lightning strike two times, to reconstitute an optimistic creative dynamic in collaboration with a brand new cultural zeitgeist which will forge a powerful audience response. PHOTOS: Fall Movies 2011: Warner Siblings Remaking a famous old film is much more frequently an awful idea than a high quality one. But one celebrated actor-filmmaker who could argue either position is Warren Beatty, that has made one greatly effective remake (Paradise Can Wait) and something poultry (Romance, a tale that really have been done two times formerly). The chances might be against an excellent result, but anything can be done. Five Fine Remakes -- Casino Royale (2006), a Mission Impossible yarn made 4 decades earlier being an all-star spoof, returned to fundamentals with a brand new actor being among the best Bonds ever, breathing new existence in to the longest-running series in film history. -- Allow Me To In (2010), in line with the much-respected Swedish original Let the correct one In from 2 yrs earlier, really enhanced on its inspiration having a better cast and score, tight storytelling and much more evocative setting. PHOTOS: Helpful tips for Fake Film Illnesses -- The Maltese Falcon (1941), Warner Bros.' third try inside a decade at adapting Dashiell Hammett's novel, finally first got it right because of John Huston's faithful adaptation and great cast. -- Sea's Eleven (2001) took it's origin from a very terrible original (all apologies towards the Rat Pack), so Soderbergh, Clooney and Co. clearly felt no constraints to creating this Las vegas tale, lightweight although it is, their very own, with massively effective results. --Scarface (1983) would be a tall order to remake, since Howard Hawks' original from the half-century earlier is definitely an undisputed classic, but a brand new variety of gangster fully warranted a brand new film in another style, one which connected strongly having a modern audience. Five Lousy Remakes -- Your Day our planet Was Still (2008), which shown that the story so strong it assisted start the entire nineteen fifties sci-fi Cold War cycle is probably not check in nearly six decades later. PHOTOS: The Numerous Faces of Tom Sturdy -- Get Carter (2000), a large-budget, synthetic Sylvester Stallone travesty of Mike Hodges' 1971 low-budget, gritty, British gangland classic with Michael Caine. -- The Heartbreak Kid (2007), by which exactly what was clever, droll and wise in Elaine May's 1972 original is made gross, idiotic and graceless through the Farrelly Siblings. PHOTOS: The new sony Pictures Classics 20 Year Timeline -- Taken Away (2002), by which Madonna confirmed for good that they would not be considered a film star, making something excruciating (together with then-husband director Guy Ritchie) from Lina Wertmuller's 1974 Italian original in regards to a master-servant energy reversal. -- The Disappearing (1993), a lamentable undertaking that shows director George Sluizer creating a botch of their own 1988 Nederlander original 5 years later, a predicament repeated more lately when Austrian auteur Michael Haneke remade, shot-for-shot, their own Funny Games, almost as much ast Gus Van Sant had produced Hitchcock's Psycho in another enterprise that may simply be considered entirely unnecessary. Hay Dogs

Glam Slam: Breakfast At Tiffanys Turns 50!

By Ryan PattersonLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Breakfast at Tiffanys is one of my all-time favorite movies. I love Audrey Hepburn. I love Tiffany & Co. I love the soundtrack. (Moon River was the first dance at my wedding). Of course, like every other fashion fan out there, I love the clothes, their influence can still be felt today, five decades later. The movie is the epitome of timeless style. Theres one fashion classic after another. The Little Black Dress. The Ray Ban sunglasses. The trench. The statement necklace. All greatest hits. All etched in our memories thanks to the indelible grace and presence of Audrey Hepburn. Hubert Givenchy designed the clothes, but Audrey Hepburn brought them to life. The movie and its star bring us inside social gal-about-town Holly Golightlys NY world of parties, dates and yes, fabulous fashion. One of my favorite looks is the white goddess gown and chic updo Holly wears in the party scene. Simply divine! The accessories in the film are also beyond chic. Even in scenes where Holly is more casual in a turtleneck sweater and trim slacks, her chain handled structured skin bag stands out, elevating her outfit from simple to sophisticated. Heck, Holly even looks fabulous when she wakes up after a long night, thanks to her glam eye mask and tassel earplugs! Of course, the piece de resistance is the long black Givenchy dress, which has been named best film outfit of all time. Who hasnt been inspired by that iconic little number?! Theres not much I can write about the movie that hasnt already been written in the last fifty years. Theres a reason Breakfast at Tiffanys is such an endearing and enduring film. It has style in spades, sure, but its so much more than thatit also has heart. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Chinn crazy in love with Madstone

Matt Chinn, formerly professional Vice president at legit tour booker AWA Touring, has had a brand new gig at Madstone Prods., the Gotham outfit creating arty Off Broadway buzz magnet "Sleep Forget About.Inch Chinn will oversee the business's production development and touring procedures, which presently range from the Irish music offering "Celtic Lady." He'll use Madstone prexy Jonathan Hochwald. Together with "Sleep Forget About,Inch the dance-installation "Macbeth" redux settling set for what appears to become the expected future in Gotham, Madstone reaches focus on the developing tuner version of "A Christmas Story," opening in the Windy City's Chicago Theater this holidays. The coming year, company will also present the tour of music artists Human Instinct. Chinn, who's labored in legit touring in excess of fifteen years, has repped domestic and worldwide around shows including "A Chorus Line," "Felines," "Dreamgirls" and "American Idiot." Before AWA, he labored at Columbia Artists Theatricals and also at Pace Theatrical Group. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

TNT, Michael Ovitz Developing Tom Clancy's 'Homeland Security'

Getty ImagesMichael Ovitz Michael Ovitz takes another stab within the television business, developing Tom Clancy's Homeland Security with TNT. The project, a procedural turning around a team of domestic intelligence agents who fight competitors fitness center abroad, might be put together by Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Clancy and Chris George. Ovitz is aboard to executive produce the project, which will it proceed, would be the former Wally Disney Co. topper and CAA co-founder's first television on-screen credit. Grillo-Marxuach (Lost), George and Clancy would executive produce Homeland Security alongside Ovitz. TNT Productions will produce the project. Homeland Security marks an infrequent television effort for Clancy, whose large-screen efforts have incorporated adaptations from the quest for Red-colored-colored October, Patriot Games, Apparent and provide Danger and The sum All Fears. The initial book in Clancy's NetForce series was modified just like a telefilm with Scott Bakula in 1999. TNT can also be developing a drama project from CSI's Carol Mendelsohn based on Susannah Charleson's Scent in the Missing. The cable network's development slate includes possible series from Mark Burnett and drama project H.I.K.E., co-put together by Forest Whitaker, among other projects. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com Twitter: @Snoodit Michael Ovitz TNT TV Development

Trespass: Toronto Film Review

A house-invasion flick that grabs audiences through the throat and just stops compressing lengthy enough to wipe sweat from the palms, Trespasscan't be charged with finesse or novelty -- or to be as large because the names about the marquee -- but there's little reason to consider it won't sell lots of popcorn for any weekend or two.Related Subjects•Toronto Worldwide Fil... Within an echo from the lunatic performances where he once excelled, Nicolas Cage plays Kyle, a wheeling-dealing gemstone broker battling to cover his family's exorbitant lifestyle. So preoccupied he barely notices pleas for closeness from wife Sarah (Nicole Kidman), he's seconds from hearing a portentous "we have to talk" when thieves disadvantage their distance to his home. PHOTOS: 13 Movies to understand in the Toronto Film Festival Exhibiting an unsettling knowledge of his domestic particulars along with a fondness for nasty, yelled risks of violence, the burglars nearly come unglued when Kyle will not adhere to a few of their demands. Because he works anxiously to barter, getting made the decision these restless thugs plan to leave no witnesses alive, the dynamics grow more difficult: Though she doesn't be honest for some time, Sarah seems to possess a history and among the masked males meanwhile, daughter Avery stumbles back from the party just over time to become listed on a round-robin by which each member of the family listens to a version from the ultimatum, "do X or I'll kill Y." Nathan Amondson's production design is lurid with conspicuous consumption, so garish it appears to boost the temperature within the rooms where weapons are brandished and wall-safe combinations required. Cage's performance is feverish and thrillingly brazen, but he's nearly matched up by Ben Mendelsohn, who because the ringleader is less purely evil than he is at Animal Kingdombut more overt in the intensity. COMPLETE COVERAGE: Toronto Film Festival The gradually revealed backstory between Kidman and also the thief she knows (Cam Gigandet) provides the story an aura of hidden scams and produces the chance for mutiny one of the kidnappers what we should learn adds melodramatic pathos towards the couple's already sufficiently tense predicament, however it works out Kyle can trump any thought tossed his way. If the majority of the film's torments and turnarounds are factory-problem, there's enough guilty pleasure here to keep the interest on most audiences to whom Trespasssounds like fun, and a few cool surprises shipped by Cage. In the end, how frequently would you hear a man having a gun to his mind request "Are you aware anything concerning the etymology from the word 'diamond'?" Venue: Toronto Worldwide Film Festival (Millennium Entertainment) Production Companies: Millennium Films, Nu Image Films, Winkler Films Cast: Nicolas Cage, Cam Gigandet, Nicole Kidman, Liana Liberato, Ben Mendelsohn Director: Joel Schumacher Film writer: Karl Gajdusek Producers: Rene Besson, David Winkler, Irwin Winkler Executive producers: Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson Director of photography: Andrzej Bartkowiak Production designer: Nathan Amondson Music: David Buckley Costume designer: Judianna Makovsky Editor: Bill Pankow Ranked R, 1 hour 30 minutes Toronto Worldwide Film Festival Nicolas Cage Nicole Kidman Worldwide

Trueba's 'Chico' tops Douro fest

MADRID -- Latin jazz scene-set "Chico and Rita," The spanish language helmer Fernando Trueba's first animated film, nabbed the Turismo p Douro prize at Portugal's third Douro Film Harvest, which wrapped on Saturday. The prize for that fest's Wine and Food Films sidebar visited "Getting away Robert Parker," by Erectile dysfunction Burley, who acquired the award personally. A seven-day umbrella event, organized in Portugal's attractive Douro wine valley, the DFH saw a significant hike in Portuguese premieres, which composed 80% from the program, alongside fest faves that incorporated Woodsy Allen's "Night time in Paris" and Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Existence." Company directors attending incorporated Solveig Nordlund ("The Dying of Carlos Gardel," which opened up the fest), Brazil's Carlos Diegues (for any Tawny Tribute), Canadian-British artist-switched-helmer Zev Robinson ("Existence about the Douro") and helming duo Elena Gugliuzza and Patricia Boillart ("Isola, Where Bacchus' Language is Spoken"). Douro's first Ibero-American Lab, organized by Madrid-based Sea Communications Boss Annabelle Aramburu, was a business event centered on co-production between Portugal, The country, Latin America and Africa, making the most of use of distribution channels, especially new media. Illustrating how Argentina's film sector taps into worldwide co-productions, Ukbar Filmes' Pablo Iraolo contended that Portugal, with low production costs, could follow. Aramburu talked about an interactive documentary about pregnancy, "Mother Today," funded by an Icaa The spanish language Film Institute subsidy and pre-buys from regional Tv producers in Madrid, Castilla-La Mancha and Aragon. Portuguese producers Fernando Vendrell and The planet pandora da Cunha Telles talked about their Africa-shot projects, co-funded through the EU's African, Caribbean and Off-shore support fund. Other good examples of co-productions underneath the Lab microscope incorporated Zeze Gamboa's "The Truly Amazing Kilapy," a Portugal-Mozambique-Angola-South america co-production, and Licinio Azevedo's debut feature, "Margarida," connecting Portugal, Mozambique and France. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Jewish Leaders Not So Thrilled About Mel Gibson's Judah Maccabee Movie

That was fast: “Mel Gibson has shown nothing but antagonism and disrespect to Jews. […] Casting him as a director or perhaps as the star of Judah Maccabee is like casting Madoff to be the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a white supremacist as trying to portray Martin Luther King Jr. It’s simply an insult to Jews.” [THR]

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Luc Besson's 'The Lady:' The Teaser Poster

When Luc Besson shot The Woman, he and the backers did their finest to pretend it wasn't about Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese opposition leader who spent fifteen years under house arrest due to her relentless nonviolent campaign for democracy. They stored it under systems simply because they did not wish to endanger the opportunity she may be freed, and since they may have experienced problems throughout the shoot in Thailand. She was freed last November. The film is indeed a departure for Besson, who's most widely known for fast-moving action films from Come to Colombiana. He's unveiling the film in the Toronto Film Festival inside a World Premiere on September 12. They have given Deadline a unique consider the teaser one-sheet. The main one about the left is Michelle Yeoh, who plays Aung San Suu Kyi within the film. Each of them specified for by Shepard Fairey.

Sarah Chalke Lands 20th TV Development Deal

Sarah Chalke has inked a development/talent holding deal with 20th Century Fox Television.our editor recommends'How I Met Your Mother' Renewed for Two More Seasons As part of the pact, the studio will look to develop a comedy project for the former Scrubs star targeted for next fall.If 20th TV doesn't come up with a project specifically for her, the studio will cast her into something already set up. The arrangement marks a reunion for Chalke, who had a lengthy arc on 20th TV's How I Met Your Mother as Ted Mosby's fiance Stella. More recently, she appeared in CBS' mid-season comedy, Mad Love, opposite Judy Greer and Jason Biggs. Email: Lacey.Rose@THR.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose Related Topics CBS How I Met Your Mother

CW Boss on the way forward for Supernatural, One Tree Hill along with a Rhianna Special

Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles Supernatural is in no way more than one Tree Hill is still. "It's not supposed to have been the final season" of Supernatural, Pedowitz told reporters Thursday in the network's fall TV preview. Nevertheless, "we'll see in which the rankings go." He added that CW professionals want the show - which, he stated, is "no more concerning the demon each week however the passion for two siblings" - to carry on beyond Season 7. CW announces premiere dates for Vampire Journals, Ringer and much more "Hopefully the show keeps going," he stated. Both Supernatural and Nikita received orders for just one additional episode, getting their seasons to 23 episodes each. (Gossip Girl and 90210 will prove to add episodes too, getting their seasons to 24 episodes each. The Vampire Journals, however, continues to be planned for 22 episodes, because of production reasons.) Pedowitz also introduced the ninth and final season of 1 Tree Hill could be 13 episodes lengthy, forget about believe it or not, if this debuts the coming year. James Lafferty will return for seven of individuals episodes. The network also offers employed Rhianna for any one-hour interview special, by which she'll sit lower with designer Jean Paul Gaultier at his atelier in Paris. Gaga By Gaultier will air Monday, Sept. 12 at 8/7c. Pedowitz, who became a member of the network in April, stated the CW could be available to several new genres within the approaching development season. Included in this: procedurals. Professionals is going to be "deeply focused" on finding "a detailed-ended show having a CW feel," besides high-concept serialized shows, Pedowitz stated. The CW will also be opening its doorways to comedy pitches this season. The final original comedies to air about the network were The Overall Game and Everyone Hates Chris, which both ended their runs last year. Pedowitz pointed towards the approaching 2 Broke Women on CBS, Apartment 23 on ABC and also the New Girl on Fox as comedies that "might have labored fine about the CW." Even though there is nothing firm yet, the network can also be dealing with Electricity Comics to locate a Smallville alternative, Pedowitz stated. Requested how he was adjusting to focusing on a young, mainly female 18-34 audience, Pedowitz, a longtime ABC executive and TV producer, stated he attempts to get his 26-year-old niece's mind. "It's unlike anything I have ever needed to do during my entire existence," he stated. But, also, "I am during my 50s and that i will have my feminine side at this time.Inch

Alex Proyas Setting Benjamin Walker To Play Archangel Michael In 'Paradise Lost'

EXCLUSIVE:Legendary Pictures is negotiating with Benjamin Walker to play the archangel Michael in Paradise Lost, the action epic battle between good and evil that is inspired by the John Milton poem. Walker, who just wrapped the title role in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, will go mano a mano against Bradley Cooper's Lucifer in what I'm told is the war that began all wars. After being cast out of Heaven, Lucifer mounts an army that battles the forces of good, and the film will have cutting-edge visual effects that will make these battles resemble 300 meets Lord of the Rings -- but with winged warriors. While Warner Bros is finalizing a release date, I'm told Paradise Lost is likely to reach theaters in fourth-quarter 2013. Production will begin in January in Sydney, which will give Cooper time to star alongside Jennifer Lawrence in the David O Russell-directed The Silver Linings Playbook for The Weinstein Company. Paradise Lost is a sprawling fantasy epic that has taken seven years of development to get right. It was originally scripted by Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi, with subsequent drafts by Stuart Hazeldine and Lawrence Kasdan, and the latest draft by Ryan Condal. Paradise Lost is being produced by Legendary's Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni, and Vincent Newman (Red Dawn). The film's logistics are still being worked out with Digital Domain, but the picture is likely to be 3D with soaring set pieces. I just spoke to Proyas, who is prepping the film in Australia and who created arresting visuals in I, Robot and Dark City. He acknowledges that Paradise Lost is a daunting challenge. Walker's deal isn't closed yet, but Proyas feels he's got two actors who'll represent the good vs. evil battle. "It's not just armies battling in an epic war," Proyas told me. "This is an adventure about the origins of good and evil after Lucifer's rebellion gets him cast out of Heaven and leads to a struggle with his brother archangel over the soul of mankind, starting with Adam and Eve. That is the scope of the narrative here, and we've tried to say as faithful as possible to Milton's text, particularly its focus on Lucifer's evolution and the birth of evil. It's a family saga, about a group of brothers, two in particular, who are on divergent paths, and Lucifer's feelings of betrayal by his father and family that forge his descent into evil." There are three major battle set pieces, Proyas said. One that takes place in Heaven, another in Hell, and a third in Eden. "I've sometimes thought that only an insane person would want to make this movie, because it's visually audacious and has to live up to a classic poem that is so beloved," Proyas said. "I don't think the visuals could have been done justice until now, which is the great fun of being a film director in this modern age of visual effects. Despite all those possibilities, the characters are what's most important. His deal isn't closed yet, but I think there's a wonderful duality about Ben's persona, this combination of great strength and perfect innocence that works so well for Michael. And Bradley is the most charming guy you'll ever meet, with this extraordinary charisma. Lucifer was the brightest and smartest of the archangels, and even as he descended into evil and evolved into Satan, he's not just some black-and-white villain. Bradley brings extraordinary depth to that journey." This is a big get for Walker, who appeared in smaller roles in films like Flags of Our Fathers and Kinsey before winning the role of the 16th president in Fox's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, the Timur Bekmambetov-directed adaptation of Seth Grahame Smith's Gothic revisionist novel that will be released by Fox on June 22, 2012. Paradise Lost puts Walker squarely in the mix of top young actors. Walker is repped by WME and Inspire Entertainment.