X Factor Final 3 Reveal Their Plans For $5 Million Prize

First Published: December 22, 2011 1:22 PM EST Credit: FOX Caption X Factor final 3: Chris Rene, Melanie Amaro and Josh KrajcikLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- With the The X Factor crown and its $5 million prize within their reach, the shows final three contestants, Josh Krajcik, Chris Rene and Melanie Amaro, have already begun planning their first big purchases should they take home the hefty paycheck during tonights finale. Im going to buy my Mom a house, Melanie told Access Hollywood following the shows finals in Hollywood on Wednesday. A new house and a first class ticket to Hawaii. 28-year-old Chris , a recovering drug addict, told Access hed put the money to good use, with plans to develop a treatment center for addiction. Invest, save, invest, save. Get a car, get a place, Chris said, when asked how hed spend the cash. Start working on making a rehab [facility]. Ohio native Josh Krajcik said he has one priority if he wins a new ride. I would say probably a new truck, he told Access of his purchase plans. My truck is junk. Its dying. It might not even start when I get home! See which contestant will get to make their dreams a reality when The X Factor crowns a winner tonight at 8 PM ET/PT on FOX. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

'The Hobbit' Trailer: Bilbo Baggins as well as the Many Dwarves Mind With an Unforeseen Journey

Awesome trailer week occurs! Just one following day of the extremely first trailer for 'The Dark Dark evening Rises' released on the web and a couple of days before 'Prometheus' arrives, Warner Bros. has revealed the initial teaser for 'The Hobbit: An Unforeseen Journey.' So, how can it look? Like 'Lord in the Rings,' though Tim from 'The Office' (Uk version, natch), Youthful Gandalf and Cate Blanchett. Also, dwarves singing! You crazy deeply in love with that certain, Healing For Healing For Peter Jackson. Mind to Apple to check out in HD or have a look below. Starring Martin Freeman (that's Tim), Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett and precious Andy Serkis, 'The Hobbit: An Unforeseen Journey' involves theaters on 12 ,. 14 2012. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Fantasia Welcomes Choosing

First Released: December 14, 2011 10:43 AM EST Credit: Getty Premium Caption Fantasia works in the 2011 Essence Music Festival in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans on This summer 1, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Fantasia Barrino includes a new bundle of pleasure! The The American Idol Show Season 3 champion delivered her second child on Tuesday in New York, her repetition told People. The singer welcomed choosing Dallas, who considered in at 7 pounds., 9 oz. and measured 21 inches lengthy. Personally i think so fortunate that my boy Dallas Xavier was created healthy, and is an excellent new accessory for us, the 27-year-old told the mag. Adding, I thank my fans for his or her well wishes and ongoing support. Baby Dallas joins large sister Zion, 10, who Fantasia has from the previous relationship. In This summer, the singer introduced she was expecting throughout a concert in in The city of jacksonville, Fla. You're the first persons which i share what is the news with, she told everyone else at that time. And That I share this along with you because I'm able to connect with you. And for some time I walked around, determining what's going to they are saying and what's going to they consider me. However, I say to you, I dont live my existence for folk Which means this child which i carry, God has given me this child and that i do not have to cover it from none of yall. Fantasia has continued to be mother on who the daddy of Dallas is, but she's been romantically associated with Antwaun Prepare since summer time 2010. Antwaun is apparently at the time of the divorce from his estranged wife, Paula. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Healthy Hollywood: Get Movin Monday Exercise This Holiday

First Launched: December 12, 2011 3:35 PM EST Credit: WireImage Caption Malia Obama, Leader Obama, Jennifer Hudson, Victoria Justice and Attacking Youthful Boys sing onstage throughout Christmas in Washington 2011 within the National Building Museum, Washington D.C., on December 11, 2011NY, N.Y. -- The Obamas celebrated the holiday season last evening within the 30th annual Christmas in Washington concert. Celebs like Justin Beiber, Jennifer Hudson, and Cee Lo Eco-friendly all sang Christmas carols and tunes. Chances are your party wont have celebrity artists round the roster but you will notice lots of praising. Oh, the holidays! Its a season of family, festivities and food lots of wealthy, high-calorie treats! Dont permit the holidays become the perfect excuse to around-indulge and permit the size slide upwards. It is a fact that might be some holiday treats and family quality quality recipes that are too special to feed up bear in mind: An occasion is relevant to at least one meal, not the entire month of December, unveils Kathy Cruz, creator in the Ageless with Kathy Cruz DVD series. Kathy, a longtime personal trainer, states lots of people placed on the I'll go back to track within the month of the month of january attitude. And during the time of these planned activities, nearly all our traditions involve lots of eating and not much exercise, adds Kathy. Plus, lots of parties can ruin your image, Kathy adds, The salt and sugar we consume could cause bloated tummy and lethargy, while caffeine and alcohol dry up the skin, meaning more facial lines, much deeper circles beneath the eyes, and less energy. Play the role of simple on yourself, but make time for exercise just a small session that the gym has helps! Somewhat goes a extended way. Just 10 15 minute workout quickies occasionally a stroll every morning, some quick weight lifting moves inside the mid-day, crunches while watch the sport they could all accumulate, unveils Kathy. Have a look at Kathys Remaining Strong and Total Body Turnaround workout programs at internet.acacialifestyle.com/kathysmith. If you're looking for any vacation gift for your fitness lady or guy within your existence have a look at Filas Skele-Toes Current running shoes. These cozy shoes hold the articulated feet and so are large with stars that jog, like Stephanie Pratt and Leven Rambin. Retail for $75 at internet.finishline.com. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Disney greenlights 'Sofia' franchise

Disney TV Animation is launching a new animated movie and series, "Sofia the First," that will air on Disney Channel as well as its upcoming spinoff network, Disney Junior. "Sofia" will first appear as an animated telepic in fall 2012, before premiering as a series on 2013. Disney Junior, currently a programming block on Disney Channel, will replace Disney/ABC-owned SoapNet as a separate 24-hour network next year. Ariel Winter ("Modern Family"), Sara Ramirez ("Grey's Anatomy"), Wayne Brady and Tim Gunn ("Project Runway") will lead the voice cast for the project, which is the first in Disney's history centered around a little-girl princess and is aimed at preschool children. Classic Disney characters such as Cinderella will be incorporated into the show as guests. "In Sofia, we have a 'peer to peer princess,' a relatable girl experiencing the same social issues as our young viewers - learning how to fit in, making new friends, conquering new skills and building sibling relationships," Disney Junior Worldwide senior veep of original programming and g.m. Nancy Kanter said. "Although Sofia will have plenty of pretty dresses and sparkly shoes, our stories will show Sofia, and our viewers, that what makes a real princess is what's inside, not what's outside." Jamie Mitchell ("Special Agent Oso") will exec produce and direct the series. Craig Gerber ("Pixie Hollow Games") developed and will co-exec produce the series and scripted the movie. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Twit Wit: The Best Five Tweets About New Year's Eve and The Sitter

comments: 0 || add yours Twit wit welcomes you to its grimmest weekend yet: This week’s new movie slate includes The Sitter (blech) and New Year’s Eve (THUNDER BLECH). Luckily, Twitter’s finest came out to snark at the offerings, and five of them were bold enough to make our chart. Click through for the shakedown. 5. Tom Scharpling has a foreboding feeling. But is it trustworthy?! #embedly_twitter_50061910{background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/100763585/doit1000.jpg) #9AE4E8;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 p a {color:#0f2c5c;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 a {color:#0f2c5c;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_50061910 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@scharplingscharpling Guys, I’m starting to worry that NEW YEARS EVE isn’t going to be that good.Dec 10 via webFavoriteRetweetReply 4. Braden Graeber, AKA Hipster Little Mermaid, already anticipates the hangover from too much Zac Efron and Michelle Pfeiffer. #embedly_twitter_49879289{background:url(http://a2.twimg.com/profile_background_images/313066432/080702plaid.jpg) #94cdff;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 p a {color:#4495b3;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 a {color:#4495b3;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_49879289 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@hipstermermaidbraden graeber I’m so thankful Hollywood has given us an extra New Years Eve to regret this year.Dec 09 via webFavoriteRetweetReply 3. Someone needs to get Anthony De Vito a job in PR. He just effectively sold New Year’s Eve. #embedly_twitter_14105403{background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/images/themes/theme6/bg.gif) #022330;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 p a {color:#bd2b06;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 a {color:#bd2b06;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_14105403 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@AnthonyDeVitoAnthony DeVito “New Year’s Eve” is the nation’s #1 movie! (during the worst box-office weekend in 3 years.) #HonestMoviePosterQuotesDec 12 via webFavoriteRetweetReply 2. Mary Charlene, AKA @IamEnidColeslaw, thinks The Sitter is a sad sequel to the “original.” #embedly_twitter_41752714{background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/380196573/squarepegs.jpg) #709397;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 p a {color:#FF3300;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 a {color:#FF3300;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_41752714 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@IamEnidColeslawMary Charlene I have not seen “The Sitter,” but judging by the preview Elisabeth Shue has gotten fatter and Jewisher.Dec 11 via Favstar.FMFavoriteRetweetReply 1. 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Report: Lindsay Lohans Purse Stolen In Hawaii

First Published: December 11, 2011 12:20 PM EST Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Lindsay Lohan sits in court during her probation violation hearing at the Airport Courthouse in Los Angeles on November 2, 2011Just when it seemed Lindsay Lohan was set to impress Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner at her progress report hearing next week (the actress finished her court-mandated community service and psychotherapy requirements for the hearing a week ahead of schedule), she may be headed for trouble. According to TMZ, the actress who jetted to Hawaii this week for a little R&R with the permission of her probation officer left her $5,000 Chanel bag in the car while attending a party in Laie. When she went to the leave the bash, her purse reportedly containing her passport, probation paperwork giving her permission to be in the islands and a hefty amount of cash was gone. If complications from her missing ID prevent her from returning to Los Angeles for her Wednesday court date, she could be found in contempt of court and sent to jail. Kahuku Police are investigating the reported theft, TMZ reported. This is the second time the star has experienced passport woes immediately prior to a court date. In May 2010, Lindsay was at the Cannes Film Festival when she claimed her passport had been stolen and was unable to return stateside in time for a court hearing. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Zoe Kravitz in Talks to Join Will Smith in Sci-Fi Action Adventure '1000 A.E.' (Exclusive)

Getty ImagesZoe Kravitz, left, and Sophie Okonedo Zoe Kravitz and Sophie Okonedo are in early talks to join Will Smith and Jaden Smith in 1000 A.E.our editor recommendsWill Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith Marriage Issues Denied by 'Fresh Prince' Co-StarDirector Shawn Levy Considers Exiting 'Fantastic Voyage' as Will Smith Courted to Star (Exclusive)Will Smith, Son Jaden to Costar in M. Night Shyamalan Sci-Fi Movie M. Night Shyamalan is directing Columbia's sci-fi action adventure, in which humans no longer live on Earth after it becomes inhospitable. The elder Smith is playing a hero, while Jaden is his son, considered a failure as a warrior. When the two crash-land on Earth, it is up to the son to save the dad. PHOTOS: Hollywood's 10 Highest-Grossing Actors If deals are made, Kravitz would play Smith's daughter, while Okonedo will portray his wife. Gary Whitta, Shyamalan and Stephen Gaghan worked on the script. The studio is eyeing an early 2012 production start with a release in June 2013. STORY: Will Smith, Son Jaden to Co-Star in M. Night Shyamalan Sci-Fi Movie Kravitz, who was last week honored with a rising star award at the Bahamas International Film Festival, appeared in X-Men: First Class as the mutant Angel Salvadore and stars in the indie drama Yelling to the Sky. Paradigm-repped Kravitz is due to shoot Fury Road, the fourth installment of the Mad Max movies, next year. British actress Okonedo, repped by UTA, was recently seen in U.K. shows such as Doctor Who and Criminal Justice and appeared in features such as Hotel Rwanda and The Secret Life of Bees. Email: Borys.Kit@thr.com Twitter: @Borys_Kit PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Hollywood's 10 Highest-Grossing Actors Jaden Smith M. Night Shyamalan Will Smith Zoe Kravitz Movie Casting

UBS: Comcast professionals talk up Verizon pact

Comcast professionals Monday referred to as their multi-large pact with Verizon inked late the other day a significant event somewhat round the scale of acquiring of NBCUniversal."Discuss content, you've NBC. And wireless, you've this. In perpetuity," mentioned chief financial officer Michael Angelakis. "This is often a deal forever. We don't have to purchase developing a wireless network. We're not really getting a radio network. The right response is a considerable transaction," he told traders within the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference.The Comcast presentation was added late the other day with a packed roster and came the expected crowd. A UBS repetition mentioned a few,000 were registered for your annual event.Time Warner Cable also presented a few days following a nation's two greatest cable companies along with smaller sized player Vibrant House Systems offered wireless spectrum to Verizon for $3.6 billion. The cable and telco companies will market one another peoples products and services and collaborate on new technology.Clearly in dollar terms there's an enormous difference -- the NBCUniversal deal was worth about $30 billion. Nevertheless the proper significance in the Verizon deal cannot be overstated, professionals mentioned.Besides finally ushering within the duration of the quadruple play -- video, high-speed internet, landline and cell phone -- Comcast and Verizon will require their heads together "and see the simplest approach to integrate wireless, broadband, Internet," mentioned Comcast Cable prexy Neil Smit. "Watching videos inside your wireless items, then coming back into it within your house. New items along with your Comcast (subscription), new innovationswill leave that side in the deal."It could take up to year for government physiques to approve the acquisition in the spectrum licenses.Furthermore to offering the benefits of the Verizon pact, Angelakis offered an update on Comcast's take a look at its NBCUniversal acquisition since the deal approaches the primary one-year anniversary of the closing the next month.InchWe are in possession of run the (NBCU) for virtually 10 several days," he mentioned. "There's lots of change, lots of activity. It's gone perfectly, gone according to plan," noted Angelakis. He mentioned he's passionate in regards to the biz -- especially theme parks -- as well as the professional team in place.But clearly, they'd be a lot more happy if NBC wasn't last among the top four tv producers.The NBC network and Telemundo -- a distant second to rival The the spanish language language-lingo broadcaster Univision -- "are challenges for people. (But) In my opinion we're buying and selling at level where we could purchase success," he mentioned. Including original programming round the cable and broadcast side.Winning FIFA rights -- two World Cups and hundreds of soccer matches -- he mentioned, can be a "game changer" for Telemundo. Acquiring up Olympics rights using the 2020 games also solidifies NBC's hold on an important franchise."NBCUniversal, from the marketing perspective, is supporting perfectly. There's a sizable first quarter while using Super Bowl approaching (as well as the summer season) Olympics. So NBC overall is feeling excellent about advertising approaching," he mentioned.For Universal: "The film customers are popular driven business, we understand that,Inch he mentioned. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Robot Chicken Quartet Introduced By Seth Eco-friendly Launches New Animation Studio

EXCLUSIVE: Stoopid Monkey Prods’ Seth Eco-friendly and Matthew Senreich, designers/executive producers of Emmy-winning animated series Robot Chicken, have became a member of with Buddy Systems’ John Harvatine IV and Eric Towner to create Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, an finish-motion animation production facility for your quartet’s joint and individual animated projects, that is produced beneath the new company’s banner. In addition, the studio will host outdoors stop-motion animation projects. Stoopid Buddy Stoodios’ first productions will be the approaching Season 6 of Adult Frolic in the water’s top-rated series Robot Chicken as well as the show’s tribute for the figures inside the Electricity Comics world. Consequently, ShadowMachine Films, that have been co-creating Robot Chicken with Stoopid Monkey and handling physical output of the series, won' more participate in it. Robot Chicken‘s 100th episode airs The month of the month of january 15. Stoopid Monkey and Buddy Systems first labored with taken after they launched the YouTube live-action-meets-stop-motion animation show, Stoopid Monkey. Towner and Harvatine, repped with the Gotham Group, were artists on seasons 2 and three of Robot Chicken before departing to found stop-motion production company Buddy System Art galleries four years ago. The business has received aircraft aircraft pilots setup at MTV Systems and Disney XD. UTA-repped Eco-friendly and Senreich also work as consultants on Lucasfilm’s animated Alien comedy series round the heels from the popular Alien-designed Robot Chicken special deals, produce online reality show internet.ControlTV.com and performance executive producers on Adult Frolic in the water’s Titan Maximum.

Pell : 'SNL' scribe plays for bigscreen laughs

Paula PellDuring her 17 seasons as a writer on "Saturday Night Live," Paula Pell has seen the pattern play out time and time again."People will say, 'I want to write a movie this summer,' but by the end of the season, you're just wiped out," says Pell, who also has recurring roles as Paula Hornberg on "30 Rock" and Ron Swanson's (Nick Offerman) mother, Tammy, on "Parks and Recreation." "You start and you quickly say, 'Oh, I'll think I'll do that next summer.' "After experiencing a series of family illnesses and the death of a friend who had just completed work on her retirement home, Pell realized it was time to seize the day or, more precisely, the off-season.She spent summer 2010 on-set writing additional jokes for "Bridesmaids," co-written by Annie Mumolo and "SNL's" Kristin Wiig, who also starred. Then, last summer, she co-produced and did dialogue punch-ups and rewrites on writer-director Judd Apatow's upcoming Universal feature "This Is Forty."This season, Pell has cut back the number of "SNL" episodes she's working on so she can dedicate more time to an untitled comedy script she's writing for Universal that Tina Fey will produce via her Little Stranger banner.The script is inspired by her teenage journals and her relationship with her older sister. Pell grew up theater-obsessed in Joliet, Ill., attending Catholic schools that mounted lavish musical productions with full orchestras. When she was in the middle of high school, her family moved to Orlando, Fla., and after graduating from the U. of Tennessee with a degree in theater, she returned to the city and found work as a performer in its theme parks. She later joined the SAK Comedy Lab, a local improvisational troupe, which brought her to the attention to the producers of "SNL," who hired her in 1995."I've got my foot in 'Saturday Night Live' and my heart there in a lot of ways, but I'm really pushing myself to do these new projects," the WME client says. "It's scary as hell, but it's fun to have other things to keep my creative brain cooking."TEN SCREENWRITERS TO WATCH 2011:Josh Applebaum & Andrew Nemec | Jay Baruchel & Jesse Chabot | Justin Britt-Gibson | Neil Cross | Andrew Haigh | Kurt Johnstad | Lauryn Kahn | Paula Pell | Jon Spaihts | Brian Yorkey Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Who Goes 'Hardest' in the Eight New Avengers Character Posters?

Though The Avengers doesn’t come out until May, it’s already time to play the same game we did with Bridesmaids’s first poster: Who goes hardest? Is it Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man? Is it Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff? What about Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton? We score all eight characters’ ferocity and pick a winner after the jump. RDJ looks slightly disoriented as Iron Man, unfortunately. He looks like he’s searching for a fuse box in an Avengers HQ blackout. Chris Hemsworth still looks less like the god of thunder here, and more like the god of a 1988 volleyball tournament at Will Rogers beach. I’m not seeing much grit in either combatant. Downey: (out of 4) Hemsworth: That Chris Evans under there? He still resembles a specialty American Gladiator maybe named “Jingoism,” but that’s kind of fun. Meanwhile, Ruffalo’s unassuming Bruce Banner looks like a TV psychic or the American replacement host for Anne Robinson on The Weakest Link. There’s some subversion there, but not enough to make the post interesting. Evans: Ruffalo: Much better. Samuel L. Jackson’s murderous glare as Nick Fury is pleasantly terrifying, and he really makes the leather ensemble work for him. Tom Hiddleston is offering the same campy glam as he did in Thor, but his vogueing ball chutzpah is fabulous in a superhero poster. These guys move right to the top of the class. Jackson: Hiddleston: Jeremy Renner? More like Generic-ky Renner. Between Hawkeye’s drab costuming and uncommitted mugging, he looks like he’s ready to star in a mildly rambunctious romcom, not a superhero super-feature. Scarlett Johansson, however, is packing the Nordic finesse of another Johansson as Black Widow: Ingemar. That’s the “Hammer of Thor” fearsomeness Mr Hemsworth is lacking. Her ass silhouette is also quite fetching. Renner: Johansson: That puts Jackson in first place with Hiddleston and Johansson pulling in for a silver and bronze finish. Now: Your verdict?

Open Road Films Takes U.S. Rights to Dax Shepard's 'Outrun'

Open Road Films has acquired all U.S. rights for the romantic action comedyOutrun, starring,written and co-directed by Dax Shepard, who plays a classic getaway driver dwelling within the Witness Protection Program.our editor recommendsExclusive Media Assumes Dax Shepard Action Comedy 'Outrun'Bradley Cooper Is People Most sexy Guy Alive and States He's 'Single' The plot kicks into gear when Shepard's character confirms to operate a vehicle his girlfriend, carried out by Kristen Bell, to La simply to uncover themselves attacked both with the feds, introduced by Tom Arnold, and also the former gang, headed by Bradley Cooper. The cast includes Love Bridges, Kristin Chenoweth, David Koechner, Michael Rosenbaum, Pleasure Bryantand Ryan Hansen. David Palmer co-directed with Shepard. Outrunwas produced byAndrew PanaywithNate Tuck,Kim WaltripandJim Casey.Exclusive Media Group has acquired the world rights. The sale wasnegotiated regarding Open Road Films by Boss Tom Ortenberg, general counsel andexecutive v . p . of methods and business matters Elliott Kleinberg, andsenior v . p . of purchases Ben Cotner. Jamie Feldman and Linda Lichter of Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler and Feldman talked about on account ofthe filmmakers. Related Subjects Dax Shepard Kristen Bell Bradley Cooper

Ough Gervais Alerts of Holocaust, Child molester Jokes at Golden Globes

Ough Gervais able to escape virtually no time telling Hollywood the kind of humor to anticipate when he hosts the Golden Globe Honours in Jan.our editor recommendsRicky Gervais' 10 Bawdiest Jokes in the Golden GlobesRicky Gervais Coming back as Host of Golden GlobesBravo towards the HFPA for Returning Ough Gervais as Golden Globes Host (Opinion)Ough Gervais Could Return as Golden Globes HostJohnny Depp Confronts Ough Gervais About Golden Globes Joke (Video)Related Subjects• Soon after the Hollywood Foreign Press Association confirmed the "Office" and "Extra supplies" creator would once more emcee the big event, he joked via Twitter he'd be focusing on the Holocaust around the telecast, "Just told Billy Very he'd do not use some of my holocaust or child molester material in the Academy awards. He agreed (true)." PHOTOS: Golden Globes 2011 Red-colored Carpet Style He later cautioned, "@piersmorgan: BOOM! @rickygervais back hosting Golden Globes. Hesitate, Hollywood egos, be very afraid." It's destined to be scriptural." Gervais elevated eye brows only at that year's telecast together with his irreverent, no-holds-barred barbs at Tinseltown bigwigs for example Tom Cruise, The Actor-brad Pitt and Cher. After quipping the HFPA were bribed to appoint the Tourist, which starred Depp and Julia Roberts, Gervais joked: "No, everything happened was a number of them were come to see Cher in concert. Just how was that the bribe, really? It's not, since it's not 1975." Younger crowd recommended that particular "famous Scientologists" are gay, and introduced an unamused Bruce Willis as "Ashton Kutcher's father." (Kutcher is married to Willis' ex-wife, Demi Moore, and stepfather for their three children.) STORY: Ough Gervais' 10 Bawdiest Jokes in the Golden Globes The HFPA's decision to create back Gervais wasn't an overall total surprise, as associates had told THR of talks between comic, NBC and also the organization that hosts the Globes earlier this year. Also, despite the fact that the HFPA declined to condone a lot of Gervais' jokes, the audience released an argument following a telecast stating that overall, "the show was one of the better we have ever endured and that we were pleased." The Globes averaged 17 million audiences on NBC, up five percent in demo in the year prior. Lost creator Damon Lindelof summed up Wednesday's news using a Peanuts example on his Twiiter account: "Hollywood Foreign Press = Charlie Brown. Ough Gervais = Lucy holding the football." Piers Morgan also taken care of immediately Gervais' new gig by inviting him like a guest on his show once if ruffles down again: "Dear @rickygervais - please can one possess the first 'Sorry basically upset anybody' interview following the 2012 Golden Globes, like before?Inch Gervais responded: "@piersmorgan I'll escape to NY straight after. Help you there." Related Subjects Golden Globes Damon Lindelof Ough Gervais HFPA Golden Globes 2012

NFL Launching Magazine in December

The National Football League is expanding its empire to the world of monthlies.our editor recommendsNickelback NFL Halftime Performance Protested By Detroit ResidentsFox Sports Chief Talks Dodgers TV Deal, NFL Coverage (Q&A) Primetime's Priciest Shows: How 'American Idol,' 'Sunday Night Football' and More Stack Up for Advertisers (Photos) PHOTOS: Hollywood's Biggest Fantasy Football Fans The forthcoming magazine is slated to hit shelves on Dec. 13 via the NFL's publishing partner, Dauphin Media Group. Joining a bevvy of already established sports mags, NFL magazine includes contributors such as former quarterback and NFL Today commentator Boomer Esaison and NBC's Sunday Night Football sideline commentator Andrea Kremer. NFL Publishing's Jim Buckley will serve as editor. "We know that 140 characters is not enough to tell the stories that NFL fans need to read about their heroes. The League's publication will be able to go places other magazine can't go, all with a true 'insider's' perspective," Buckley said in a statement. PHOTOS: 10 Broadcast and Cable TV Shows Most Watched By Men According to SportsBusiness Journal, the inaugural issue will feature stories on 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, Panthers quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton, and Colts quarterback Peyton Manning. Other highlights include a feature on the 40th anniversary of the NFL's longest game and a behind-the-scenes peek at the NFL Network's NFL Gameday Morning. The opening print run is estimated between 300,000 and 400,000, with the mag's debut slated to hit during peak interest between Thanksgiving and Super Bowl Sunday, reports Min Online. The publication will follow the model of ESPN the magazine, implementing both digital and television components, with the glossy retailing at $19.90 for a year subscription and $5.50 per individual copy. Related Topics NFL

Internet marketer Paula Kupfer to Lionsgate

Jennifer Lawrence stars within the Hunger Games, an approaching pic that'll be marketed by incoming Lionsgate professional Paula Kupfer.With "The Hunger Games" and "What to anticipate When You are Expecting" pending, Lionsgate has employed marketing vet Paula Kupfer as Vice president of promotions and consumer items.Kupfer will spearhead all national promotions, certification and retailing for top-profile films. Lionsgate's opening "Hunger Games" on March 23 and "What to anticipateInch on May 11, viewing both photos as potential franchise starters for that small-major.Kupfer involves Lionsgate from twentieth century Fox, where she was professional director of feature-film close ties. She was formerly at The new sony Pictures Entertainment as professional director of worldwide consumer marketing.Kupfer received recognition for Fox's marketing campaign with respect to "X-Males: Top ClassInch with partner Farmer's Insurance. She also headed additional national promotions on that film including efforts using the U.S. Military, Best To Buy and Rim.While at The new sony, Kupfer done the campaigns for "Spider-Guy 3," "Quantum of Solace," "Surf's Up" and "The Da Vinci Code.""Hunger Games" is going to be launched in China the coming year among the 20 U.S. films permitted yearly into that territory through the Chinese government. Lionsgate's drawn on Striker Entertainment, that also works best for Summit around the "Twilight" films, because of its retailing program.Alcon Entertainment introduced a week ago it had decided to co-finance "What to anticipate When You are Expecting" -- its first such investment outdoors Warner Bros. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Jay Duplass on Jeff Who Lives at Home, Austin's Slacker Savants and the Duplass Secret to Success

comments: 0 || add yours For Mark and Jay Duplass, the sibling team behind The Puffy Chair, Baghead, and last year’s Cyrus, success came only after years of frustration — and only by happy accident. “All we were doing in the late ’90s, in our twenties, was trying to be the Coen brothers,” Jay Duplass laughed to Movieline, “and failing at that, because the Coen brothers are awesome and they’re already the Coen brothers.” It was only when the brothers Duplass stopped trying so hard, at the end of their creative rope and after years of fruitless attempts, that they found the formula for personal filmmaking that would become their signature. After releasing their 2008 indie horror Baghead, the Duplasses ventured into studio territory with 2010’s Cyrus, their first mainstream venture with studio backing (courtesy of Fox Searchlight) and name actors (Jonah Hill, John C. Reilly, and Marisa Tomei); next March, Paramount Vantage will release the slacker comedy Jeff Who Lives at Home, starring Jason Segel and Ed Helms. But, as Duplass explained via phone from the Savannah Film Festival, where he and his brother received the Cinevation Award for “imagination, inspiration and innovation in cinema,” they haven’t deviated from the indie spirit with which they work — they just select their projects, and their collaborators, more carefully. Read on for more with Jay Duplass on accidentally discovering his method (after years of post-film school frustration), why famous actors want to work with him and brother Mark, the security in having Sundance as a fall back plan, the Austin-area slacker savants who inspired Jeff Who Lives at Home, and the current status of the next Duplass release, the back-to-indie-roots sibling comedy The Do-Deca-Pentathlon. Jeff Who Lives at Home plays tonight and tomorrow at AFI Fest in Los Angeles. The award you’re receiving in Savannah isn’t just any award — it honors “imagination, innovation, and inspiration” in filmmaking. What does that represent to you? I can’t believe it… honestly, it’s very surreal, it’s thrilling, and it’s very hard to believe, honestly. You know, I didn’t make a decent movie until I was 30 years old, and that was a seven-minute movie that cost $3. I think it’s mainly because I went to film school, I tried really hard to be innovative and be interesting and be riveting and shit, you know, and my brother and I always wanted this stuff — but really, all we were doing in the late ’90s, in our twenties, was trying to be the Coen brothers. [Laughs] And failing at that, because the Coen brothers are awesome and they’re already the Coen brothers. It might be a good idea not to try to be them, they already have that down pretty good. How did you get from that to where you are now? What ended up happening is, we ended up kind of just really losing it. Me in particular, in my late-20s, just kind of feeling like approaching 30: I have to get a real job, it sucks, I’ve been working on this for over a decade, I haven’t made anything that I can say is even worth watching. And basically, in the basement of that awful time period, which lasted a couple of years, my brother said, “We’re going to make a movie today.” This was when digital cameras were first coming out. We made this movie this one day in Austin called This is John with our parents’ video camera, where Mark acted in it and I shot it. It was like how we used to do it when we were kids. We made this movie, basically, about a guy who’s trying to perfect the personal greeting on his answering machine and fails to do so, so much to the point that he’s about to have a nervous breakdown, which is basically something that had happened to me a month before. It was the first time that we made a movie about what we go through in life. And it was literally just like, this happened to me, it’s fucking totally embarrassing and tragic, but it made us giggle. So my brother improvised it and I shot it and we cut it together, and it went to Sundance and got written up as this innovative, groundbreaking film. [Laughs] Which is what we were trying to do the whole time before, but we were just doing derivative shit! The first time we actually winged something, and did something deeply personal, they called it innovative and groundbreaking and all this stuff. So that’s why I say that it’s so surreal and counterintuitive to me, because we’re not trying to be groundbreaking. We’re just trying to not make something that sucks. And I honestly feel like that is still what we’re trying to do. I know from talking to press now that we’re doing deeply personal stuff. That seems like a great revelation to have as an artist — that what actually works is doing things your own way and telling personal stories. Do you feel like that negates all those years of going to film school, all that stuff — could you have accomplished this at 20 if you had just let go and done things this way? I doubt it. Because it wasn’t a realization; it was an accident. It took me getting pounded down into nothing, and us having no money just picking up a camera saying, let’s just see if we can make something that doesn’t suck at this point. I really believe it had to happen this way. Or, it didn’t have to happen this way but this is the way it happened, you know? It’s only by talking about it in retrospect that we realize how it happened and why we did it. For us it was just the willingness to put our heads down and keep doing it. The struggling filmmakers of the world will be happy to hear that, I’m sure. Your work together with Mark is known for a consistent style, not only in your cinematic sensibility but in your process. Does this revelation give you more confidence in the way you work? Has it been easy to stick to your guns as you work more and more with studios? No, it wasn’t easy to transition. It just took a lot of steadfastness and a lot of conversations, honestly. Just a lot of care. Because a lot of people have this strange idea that we made Puffy Chair, we made Baghead, and then we just switched and did a studio film. But the reality is that after we made Puffy Chair we got tons and tons of meetings in L.A. because people wanted to take what we were doing and make it in the studio setting. That was 2005, when we premiered Puffy Chair at Sundance, and we didn’t release Cyrus until 2010. We developed a bunch of different projects during that time at different studios and it took basically five years, and Fox Searchlight, to feel comfortable enough to know that we were going to be able to make a movie and it wasn’t going to suck. We had other opportunities but we were going to be working in such crunched, or constricted, environments that we felt scared that we weren’t going to be able to do and offer what we thought we had to offer. So it was a very careful process, even hiring crew people on Cyrus; we interviewed everyone ourselves, which people don’t do, because we wanted to make sure people had the right intentions and the right vibes. Everyone had to like what we were doing before, because we don’t assume that everyone’s going to like our movies. They’re very specific, and we work in an unorthodox way. If people aren’t excited about what they’re making we don’t want it to be a drag for them, and consequently a drag on our process. We don’t really work in a framework of hostility and war, which most film sets are in my experience. We’re making movies about subtle, personal things and if the sets aren’t calm we feel like the subtle things can get lost. You two are a unique case in that regard. We’re just careful, because for us it’s not just about making a movie. We’re also lucky in the sense that we can always go and make a $50,000 movie and if it doesn’t suck we can sell it at Sundance for a lot more than that. So we rest very easy in our ability to make independent film, and not only that, we’ve really been fortunate and lucky that movie stars like what we do. We get a lot of phone calls and emails and messages from movie stars who are basically saying, ‘I don’t know what the hell y’all are doing over there but I like it and I want to be in it. And I’ll sleep on your sofa.’ For us that’s been very empowering to know. Because that’s where the real power lies, with distributing films: Having famous people in your movies, for better or for worse. But there’s a great advantage to it. When we’re on set it’s hard, what we do with actors is very painstaking and there’s a lot of chaos and a lot of confusion involved. [Laughs] What we have to go through to get what we get. But the upside of that is that people seem to be pretty attracted to acting in our movies. It probably allows actors to exercise muscles, and in different ways, than they do on more traditional sets. Yeah, and they get to have real moments. They get to do a whole scene all at once, which never happens, and to have a real moment with someone. It’s almost like being in a play, but it’s even better because it doesn’t have to be that controlled. You can let it rip and see what happens and if it doesn’t work out you can do it again. I think it’s a pretty rewarding, and exhausting, way to work. You filmed The Do-Deca-Pentathlon before Jeff Who Lives at Home, but we’ll see Jeff in theaters first. Why is that? The Do-Deca-Pentathlon we actually filmed before Cyrus. And right when we started editing Cyrus we got the greenlight from Fox Searchlight , because we had been developing all kinds of stuff and they weren’t going and it wasn’t ready, so we made Baghead, then we made The Do-Deca-Pentathlon, too. We got greenlit and we brought all of our crew over to Cyrus, and that included our editors. And everyone was thrilled because we were actually going to get paid real money for the first time. So we made Cyrus and we released it, and we got greenlit for Jeff Who Lives at Home immediately, which is the luckiest and most amazing thing in the world. So we made Jeff Who Lives at Home and when we finished editing Jeff we started back on The Do-Deca-Pentathon and we’re actually fine-cutting it this fall. When will it be released? I don’t know. I think it will be released sometime after March, because Jeff is released March 2. You mentioned being confident that you could always take a smaller movie to Sundance, so there’s a degree of security at least in that option. Definitely. And you know, we’ve always tried to remember to make movies, not meetings. So many of our friends have gotten caught up in developing something for six years and then they wake up like, “Shit, we haven’t made a movie in half a decade.” That’s crazy. In Jeff Who Lives at Home, Jason Segel plays a slacker hero-basement dweller, which brings to mind the Japanese phenomenon of hikikomori — grown single men who still live at home, a total psycho-social phenomenon. What’s behind Jeff’s psyche in your film? Well the movie is kind of inspired by us living in Austin, Texas and going to school there and watching a lot of really smart dudes kind of transfer out of academia into basements and efficiencies around Austin, Texas, engaging in philosophical thought and the nature of the universe, destiny, and their part in it all… and also potentially smoking some marijuana while doing that. A lot of people look at those dudes and call them stoner or slacker or laugh at them, and we do that too. But also, if you have breakfast with those dudes at like 7pm at a diner when they’re wearing their cargo shorts, you realize how intensely thoughtful they are and how conscientious they can be, and honestly, how idealistic and hopeful and radical they are, too. Mark and I are at the same time amazed, but also their lives are kind of sad and tragic. But they’re exciting and they’re exciting to talk to, and there’s that hopefulness there. So that’s what the movie’s about. It’s about one of these guys going out into the world and actually interacting with the universe, when his thoughts about his destiny begin to interact with the real world. That’s just exciting to us. Talk about perfect casting — how did Jason Segel get involved? We had known him a little bit socially, and Jason Reitman as a producer was involved. We were talking about how he’s kind of the perfect person to play this part. He read the script and just loved it, and we talked over dinner and knew we were going to make the movie. Jeff Who Lives at Home is schedule to hit theaters March 2. Tagged: afi fest, afi2011, baghead, cyrus, duplass brothers, jason reitman, jason segel, jay duplass, jeff who lives at home, mark duplass, puffy chair, savannah film festival, scad, the do-deca-pentathlon, this is john

Globomedia readies werewolf thriller 'Moon'

MADRID -- Spain's Globomedia, one of Europe's leading scripted TV producers, is readying two new dramas, "Luna, el misterio de Calenda" (Moon), and an untitled comedy set at a fashion magazine. A 19th-century werewolf thriller, "Moon" toplines Belen Rueda ("The Orphanage"), one of Spain's biggest box office draws, as a judge sent to investigate mysterious occurrences in the benighted village of Calenda. Spanish broadcast network Antena 3 will co-produce and air the skein in primetime. Series rolls next Monday. Imagina Intl. Sales, which is owned by the Imagina Group, a j.v. of Globomedia and Mediapro, will handle international sales. The big city-set, fashion world comedy will portray "normal people living in a sophisticated world," mixing "comedy and realism," and with "dialogue with edge, along the lines of Steven Bochco and Aaron Sorkin," said Daniel Ecija, Globomedia CEO. Globomedia will co-produce with Mediaset Espana for Telecinco. Series will shoot first quarter 2012. "Moon" rolls off Globomedia's runaway success in Spain, plus strong sales abroad, on 2006 mystery thriller "Boarding School," which notched up a 23% share in Spain, 2011's "The Boat" (which had a 17% share in Spain) and, above all, the 17th century-set caped crusader series "The Red Eagle," which was the number one fiction series in Spain for the last four seasons. Like this trio of hits, Globomedia's new series are high concept and break new ground for the local biz -- for example, Spain's never had a werewolf series -- and mix genres -- "Moon" has a teen romance story strand, with the judge's daughter falling for a local civil guard officer (Fran Perea). Both series will be budgeted north of Spain's average Euros500,000 ($688,000) an episode, though they'll stop short of "Eagle's" $1 million per episode. Globomedia is also producing with Antena 3 "In the Heart of the Ocean," a six-seg miniseries set in 1550. Shot in Cadiz, Bogota and Cartagena de Indias -- "Spain of the 16th century doesn't exist any more in Spain," said Globomedia's Alfonso Mardones -- "Heart" follows the first women to be sent to the New World to provide wives for settlers and spread the word of God throughout the region. The new skeins can also look for substantial sales. One Globomedia series, "One Step Forward," has sold to 60 countries, generating revenues of more than $27 million. In most recent sales, "The Boat" has sold to 23 countries, among them AXN Channel in Poland, Hungary and Russia, V-Me for the U.S. Hispanic market, Mexico's Televisa and Brazil's Globosat. International sales, which rep about 10% of revenues on most shows on average, will make up 20% on "One Step Forward," said Geraldine Gonard, IIS sales director. Ecija also unveiled Tuesday that Globomedia will team with Antena 3 Films to produce higher-bracket movie "Kazajo" (Kazak). The thriller will be directed by one of "Boat's" helmers, and has been scripted by several of "Boat's" writers, but the company declined to give further details. The screenplay is at fifth draft. The film is skedded to shoot next summer. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

J.R. Martinez Takes The Lead As Maks & Len Mend Fences On Dancing

First Published: November 7, 2011 10:33 PM EST Credit: ABC Caption J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff perform during Week 6 of Dancing with the Stars, Season 13, Oct. 25, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Dancing with the Stars has become J.R. Martinezs world and everyone else is just dancing in it. On Monday, the Army veteran and former All My Children star trumped his competition by a mile, scoring the first perfect score of Season 13, and then, in the second Instant Dance round he scored the second, taking home a perfect 60 out of 60 points for the night. Oh my God, a flabbergasted J.R. said after earning his second 30 points on Monday, for an instant jive (the contestants were given their music during the live competition, giving them just half a show to rehearse their second number). I dont have anything to say. But the judges including notoriously tough judge Len Goodman had plenty. Youve got the X-factor and the feel good factor mixed together and youve come out here with the most fantastic jive, Len said. Carrie Ann Inaba said J.R., who performed with professional Karina Smirnoff, was in a class all your own. J.R. was inspired to achieve the marks after landing in the middle of the pack just last week, and he made his goal known to earn the first 30 from the first dance, which he performed earlier in the evening a gorgeous waltz, to What the World Needs Now Is Love. It was like a musical Valentine card, judge Bruno Toniolo commented. That first perfect score thrilled J.R., who couldnt help but grab the mic from show co-host, Brooke Burke-Charvet, after round 1. I want to thank my mom, God, everybody, thank you America, he said, laughing. Justin Bieber, I will never say never. J.R. with Karina bested his nearest celebrity competition by eight points. Landing in a tie for second were couples Ricki Lake and Derek Hough, and a much-improved Hope Solo with Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Surprisingly, Maks and Len even seemed to make amends, following their bust up earlier in the season. This was fantastic, Len said, brushing off light critiques of the pair from Carrie Ann and Bruno. It was everything a jive should be. So moved by the praise, Maks even went over and gave Len a kiss on the cheek. The Leaderboard for Nov. 7 was: J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff took home 60/60 Ricki Lake and Derek Hough earned 52/60 Hope Solo and Maksim Chmerkovskiy also earned 52/60 Rob Kardashian and Cheryl Burke took home 51/60 Nancy Grace and Tristan MacManus earned 44/60 Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

'Martha Marcy' Filmmakers Sign First-Look Cope with Fox Searchlight

Borderline Films, the creative team behind the indie hit Martha Marcy May Marlene, has signed a 2-year start looking cope with Fox Searchlight.our editor recommendsMartha Marcy May Marlene: Film ReviewGotham Award Noms Visit 'The Descendants' and 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' The offer fortifies the text between your filmmakers and Searchlight, which acquired MMMM at Sundance and it is delivering it now in cinemas. FILM REVIEW: Martha Marcy May Marlene Borderline is composed of Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin and Josh Mond. Durkin authored the script for MMMM making his directorial debut around the drama. Campos and Mond behaved as producers together with Patrick Cunningham and Chris Maybach. MMMM, starring Elizabeth Olsen, won the dramatic feature pointing award at Sundance and continued to unspool in the Festival p Cannes, Toronto Worldwide Film Festival and NY Film Festival amongst others. Olsen has produced some Oscar buzz on her breakout performance. The principals call Searchlight "a perfect home" and the move takes their company to an alternative level. AUDIO: Sean Durkin Talks about 'Martha Marcy May Marlene's' Rare Journey Through Four Major Film Fests The second is unquestionably true, because it can give the organization-produced in 2003 and getting created several acclaimed shorts, music videos and features-a type of stability nearly impossible for indie filmmakers to locate. The offer should also actually calm among the greatest worries that indie filmmaker have-wondering what its next distribution outlet is going to be. Email: Borys.Package@thr.com Twitter: @Borys_Package Related Subjects Fox Searchlight Pictures Martha Marcy May Marlene

Dedicated to the one he loves

- NY, NY - 10/27/11 - NY Special Screening of Tribeca Film's Janie Jones Hosted by American Express. The film stars Abigail Breslin, Frank Whaley and Alessandro Nivola and is directed by David M. Rosenthal. -PICTURED: Keith Kjarval, David M. RosentAlessandro Nivola and Abigail Breslin; right, producers Keith Kjarval and David M. Rosenthal open in Gotham. It's quite a life story, and David M. Rosenthal had the guts to turn it into a movie, "Janie Jones." At Thursday's AMC Loews preem, the writer-helmer dedicated the Tribeca Films pic to his daughter, Julia Larson, now 23, whom he didn't meet until she was 11. "She's the reason I made this movie," Rosenthal said. "The idea of doing something so personal and so exposing was very intimidating to me." In Rosenthal's retelling, Alessandro Nivola is a musician who suddenly must care for his teenage daughter, played by Abigail Breslin. At the Gramercy Terrace after-party, guests were treated to solos by Breslin and Nivola, who is no guitarist novice, having played a lot in school. "Our most glamorous venues were college frat houses for toga parties," he recalled. "I have a distinct memory of a heavyset football player dressed in a toga pouring beer over my head while I was trying to find the chords to 'Magic Carpet Ride.' " Breslin is working on an album with a band called Cabb. Although she loves Fleetwood Mac, don't expect to hear a "Landslide" cover anytime soon. "I'd be terrified to cover that song because it's one of my favorites. Maybe one day," she said. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Joss Whedon Knows What's Inside Your Eyes

She has another film prepared to shootNot quite happy with dealing with the greatest job of his existence (Marvel's The Avengers) or shooting Shakespearian adaptation Much Ado About Nothing in 12 days when he was said to be on vacation publish-Avengers, Joss Whedon has apparently made the decision he wants to become movie mogul. Okay, a small-movie mogul. How so? His freshly-created Bellwether Pictures company will release another new film, metaphysical love story Inside Your Eyes.You will find couple of particulars available concerning the project yet (which isn't a surprise considering the fact that Whedon could keep everything about Much Ado a secret until it had been finished), but he authored the one thing, featuring two apparently opposite those who are connected in unpredicted, and deep, ways. Brin Hill, who last made 2008's basketball drama Ball As Well, is pointing."After I authored Inside Your Eyes, I did not possess the wherewithal (or even the moxie) to really make it with no established production house," Whedon creates inside a statement. "In my opinion, when i did then, it's quite a timeless romance, and today, with the roll-out of Bellwether Pictures (and Brin Hill's elegant, passionate undertake the piece) I've the chance to prove it. (I in addition have a 37% rise in moxie.) I really like this team and that i can't wait to determine them generate Your Vision to existence."Inside Your Eyes has its own financing in position and really should start shooting in Feb.

An Obama Halloween: The White House Prepares for the Spooky Holiday (Video)

The White House is preparing for its annual Halloween festivities, which includes meticulous decorations and trick or treaters on Saturday.our editor recommendsMichael Moore Calls Obama's First Term 'Heartbreaking,' a 'Disappointment'Obama Dismisses Republican Rivals on 'Tonight Show' (Video)President Obama Holds Secret Meet-and-Greet With Hollywood Execs and Influencers (Exclusive) PHOTOS: 10 Hollywood Players That Will Make a Difference in the 2012 Elections According to The Huffington Post, President Barack Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama will take a break from the campaign trail to welcome students from 17 area public schools, participants from the Boys and Girls Clubs, and children of military families to The White House on Saturday. It would be the Obamas' third time they have opened 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to children for Halloween. The visit should be all treats for the children. The building's North Portico, also known as The White House's façade, will be lit orange. And the entertainment will include local theatre actors, a pumpkin carving demonstration and festive decorations. The kids' trick or treat goodies will include M&Ms especially made for The White House, sugar cookies, and dried fruit. After all it can't all be candy as one of the First Lady's biggest causes is decreasing childhood obesity in America. But, she's apparently willing to compromise for Halloween... with moderation. PHOTOS: Best Presidents in Film and Television Watch the video below as the staff describes what goes into an Obama Halloween. Related Topics Barack Obama Michelle Obama Politics

Peter And Bobby Farrelly Plan More Dumb And Dumber For Jim Carrey & Rob Daniels

EXCLUSIVE: Description of how the have wrapped their dream project The Three Stooges carrying out a decade of trying, Peter and Bobby Farrelly are ongoing to proceed with another project they’ve extended preferred to complete: another installment in the New Line 1994 hit Dumb and Dumber. The intention is always to restore Jim Carrey and Rob Daniels as Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne, the adorable dimwitted pals with large hearts and small brains. Sean Anders and John Morris are actually hired to produce the script. They co-written the Anders-directedSex Drive and basically co-directed the Adam Sandler comedy Personally, I Can't Stand You Father. Anticipation is ideal for the Farrelly Brothers and sisters to direct this next. While Carrey isn’t a sizable follow-up guy, he dropped hints in regards to the movie because they was out marketing Mr. Popper’s Penguins. Nothing much has happened to date because the Farrellys were engaged round the Three Stooges and Anders and Morris were shooting the Sandler comedy. Now, the situation is starting to warm up. The first Dumb and Dumber, made around the $16 million budget, made nearly $250 million worldwide. They may did vid very very long time ago, but New Line unwisely went forward with Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd. Made cheaply with lookalike stars, the film was dreadful, nevertheless it clearly didn’t eliminate the franchise. Original producers Charles B. Wessler, Kaira Krevoy and Steve Stabler will probably be back as producers, as will the Farrelly’s longtime Conundrum Entertainment partner Bradley Thomas. Fox will release The Three Stooges April 4, 2012.

REVIEW: Timberlake and Seyfried Make Glamorous Time Bandits in Sleek, Thoughtful In Time

Not even the most enormous movie marketing budget in the world could buy the perfect timing of Andrew Niccol’s In Time, an allegory about the disparity between the rich and the poor in this country that’s so confident it barely even bothers to masquerade as a thriller even though, supposedly, that’s the way to sell tickets. So what if the characters occasionally spout Marxist pamphleteering dialogue like “The truth is, there’s more than enough”? In Time has so much style and energy that it comes across as an act of boldness rather than just a liberal-minded tract, though of course, it’s that too. If there were ever a movie made for the 99 percent, this is it. In Time, which Niccol also wrote, is set in either a future where human beings are genetically programmed to stop aging at age 25. The catch is, they live only one more year, unless they happen to be wealthy enough to add more time to their personal clocks. “Time is the currency,” Justin Timberlake’s character explains in voiceover in the picture’s opening minutes. “The rich can live forever.” We’re in a place where time really is money, and the rich hog it not just as a measure of self-preservation but out of pure greed. It’s not just that they don’t care about the lives of the poor; they intend to choke the life out of them. Disposing of them is much easier than helping them would be. And so the over-25s in this grim new world — those who weren’t lucky enough to be born into lives of luxury of privilege, which is mostly everybody — scramble to add minutes and hours to their lives, which are recorded on ever-ticking meters that glow on the inside of their forearms like radioactive tattoos. They live in a tumble-down ghetto called Dayton, while the rich carelessly fritter away hours, days and years on the sunnier side of the tracks in a gleaming, swanky community known as New Greenwich. To get by, the citizens of Dayton take out loans, either from big banks or shady two-bit operations, or they toil away in a grim, Metropolis-style factory. Still, they spend those hard-earned minutes much faster than they can stockpile them; the system is designed to keep them impoverished, if not kill them outright. A worker in line at a cafeteria protests that the price of a cup of coffee now costs four minutes of his life, when yesterday it was only three. A bus driver refuses to pick up a woman who doesn’t have enough money for the fare, even when she pleads with him: The walk will take two hours, and she’s got only 90 minutes left. That woman — she’s played by Olivia Wilde — is the mother of Timberlake’s Will Salas, and early on, the movie sends out a gentle comic jolt when he refers to her as “mom.” Everyone in the movie’s purview is young and relatively beautiful, but in a world where every minute past age 25 is like the tick of a time bomb, that’s less a gift than a curse. It can also be simply exhausting: One night Will rescues a rich, handsome stranger from a bar brawl that could have gotten the guy killed. (It’s possible to pass some of your time to others, via a kind of wrist-to-wrist transfer; that also means evildoers can wrestle you down and steal your life away.) It turns out the stranger — he’s played by Matt Bomer, of White Collar — is 105, and he’s had enough. “Your mind can be spent even if your body’s not,” he tells Will wearily. After an author’s message conversation about using time wisely and for good not evil, the stranger bequeaths his life to Will, a gift that attracts the unwelcome attention of a “timekeeper,” or cop, played (far too stiffly) by Cillian Murphy, who suspects Will of murder. Meanwhile, Will knows what he wants to do with all those newfound days, hours and minutes, and he even finds a slumming rich-girl sidekick, Sylvia (Amanda Seyfried), to share his adventures. From there, Niccol fashions In Time into a kind of sleek folk ballad, part Robin Hood, part Bonnie and Clyde. The action, including a car chase where one of the vehicles zooms mostly in reverse, is adequately thrilling but not particularly assaultive or noisy. And if the dialogue occasionally hits a pretentious bump or two, for the most part it purrs along on subtle cleverness. At one point a tall, cool drink of a waitress in tony New Greenwich assesses Will — who’s dressed in a neat, trim jacket but who still can’t fully disguise his class — and notes that she can tell he’s not a local. “You do everything a little too fast,” she says. Will looks up at her through a winsome fringe of eyelashes and replies, “Not everything.” Timberlake is shaping up to be a marvelous actor, and his evolution didn’t begin with his slick, alluring turn as Sean Parker in The Social Network. He was terrific in Craig Brewer’s 2006 Black Snake Moan, and his comic timing, in pictures like last summer’s Bad Teacher, is sly and acute. He’s great fun to watch here, particularly paired with Seyfried: In one scene the two of them, now on the lam, watch news footage of themselves on television, and Seyfried’s Sylvia blinks those outsize peepers and says, “We look cute together.” Together the two have a casual, playful frisson that both offsets and enhances the movie’s deeper meaning. These two are an ever-glamorous presence: When they first meet, he’s decked out in a smooth-fitting tux; she wears a midnight-colored dress with a short, full skirt — she’s like a black bluebell perched on bodacious stems. The movie doesn’t punish its characters for being young and beautiful. Instead it revels in the sight of them, and that’s just one of the ways Niccol makes sure that his movie, despite its blunt message, never succumbs to preachiness. Because In Time is a quietly angry picture, an extended metaphor for the way corporations continue to suck the life from the poor and the not-quite-middle-class in this country — and we’re not talking about the sexy kind of bloodsucking. The key is that Niccol and his cinematographer Roger Deakins aren’t just trying to goad us into buying their message. They always give us something to look at too. So few contemporary entertainments aspire to any sort of visual poetry, but In Time offers numerous moments of grace and grandeur: On the evening of their meeting, Will and Sylvia ditch a dull, rich-bitch casino crowd for a skinny-dipping session in a vast heated pool. Their arms intertwine, and their neon time-clock tattoos glow in the dark like luminous undersea creatures. It’s the kind of touch that suggests a filmmaker is thinking with his eyes as well as with his mind. There’s no reason ideas, like people, can’t walk in beauty. Follow Stephanie Zacharek on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

TDKR Prologue To Screen Before MI4?

The Dark Dark night may rise before CruiseUPDATE: AMCTheaters have since removed their earlier statement and published the next online: "The data within this publish continues to be retracted until further notice. Please make reference to Warner Bros. for just about any details about The Dark Dark night Increases."A short but significant The Dark Dark night Increases titbit appeared among present day Jason Bourne news. Confirmation originates through, as strong whispers recommended a week ago, that six minutes price of DKR prologue will have before showings of Jason Bourne - Ghost Protocol at selected IMAX screens this Christmas.We are saying 'selected' because based on US cinema chain AMC Theaters, only full 70mm screens, instead of digital cinemas, could be titled to exhibit the footage. There is no word on whether United kingdom IMAX screens may also be showing the prologue. It's a little of the surprise to determine the ever-secretive Christopher Nolan lounging his Softball bat-cards up for grabs - six minutes of footage is, in the end, a good chunk of scene-setting - but we are certainly not worrying. It isn't a brand new technique for Warner Bros. either. The studio displayed the outlet minutes from the Dark Dark night before tests of I'm Legend 4 years ago. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol lands within the United kingdom on December 26, so you'll have the ability to lay your vision around the first minutes from the Dark Dark night Increases then. The entire film storms into movie theaters on This summer 20, 2012.

'Coffin' opens for indie shingle

'Envy'Independent financier and production company Kerry Kimmel and Pollack has teamed with Eric Thompson's Vigilante Entertainment to obtain feature film and TV rights to Gregg Olsen's youthful adult series "Empty Coffin." KK&P and Vigilante will co-finance and co-produce the initial title inside the series, "Envy," a paranormal thriller that follows twin brothers and sisters Hayley and Taylor Ryan simply because they make an effort to solve the mystery all over the dying from the friend. The ladies use their talents to solve the crime and on the way, identify the foundation that goes for them forces. KK&P's Boss Michael Pollack and prexy Mark Morgan ("The Twilight Saga") will produce with Eric Thompson, Brett Hudson and Kami Garcia. "The material is sharp, funny and eerie," mentioned Thompson, who just produced the indie horror pic "Traditions of Spring." "It's edgy with protagonists that are current day teen sleuths getting a sizable family secret." Production is skedded to start in fall 2012. Olsen can be a NY Occasions best-selling author and "Empty Coffin" is his first youthful adult series. Sterling Publishing's Splinter label launched "Envy," which hit U.S. shelves in September and was released inside the U.K. the other day.KK&P, which recently acquired Marcus Sedgwick's novel "White-colored Crow," is positioned to start production the next month round the Hansel and Gretel tale "Black Forest," which stars Lara Flynn Boyle, Michael Welch and Molly Quinn. Contact Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com

Lisa Niemi: Seeing Patrick Swayzes Wax Figure Revealed At Madame Tussauds Is Bittersweet

First Released: October 20, 2011 10:12 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Lisa Niemi Swayze attends the unveiling of Patrick Swayzes wax figure at Madame Tussauds Hollywood on October 18, 2011 in HollywoodLisa Niemi is satisfied her late husband, Patrick Swayze, continues to be immortalized in wax at Madame Tussauds Hollywood, 2 yrs after his dying at age 57. Now, Madame Tussauds revealed its likeness from the actor, featuring him in a single of his most well-known roles as Johnny Castle in Dirty Dancing and Lisa stated they were given his physique and appears perfect. He'd this type of mischievous, but confident look and such things as his core [were] very, quite strong plus they done his arms more, so its very detailed, Lisa told Access Hollywood on Tuesday. Theres lots of work that adopts this. The statue is perched on the faux log, re-creating among the legendary moments from Dirty Dancing, which sees Swayzes character seduce Baby, performed by Jennifer Gray. For that unveiling, Lisa became a member of her husbands wax doppelganger around the log much like Baby and Johnny once did. Lisa was impressed with through the statue, but known as seeing it, bittersweet. In ways, its really wonderful and exciting and everyones in this good mood here, and it is destined to be so fun to possess this estimate the museum here, and simultaneously its bittersweet, she stated. If only he were here, really here. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Apple Workers Celebrate Steve Jobs Today

First family and friendsheld a small private funeral for Steve Jobs on October 7th. Then there was abigger private memorial serviceheld at Stanford University, withBono, Bill Clinton,and Bill Gatesamong the hundreds who attended. Now come news reports of a private employees-onlycelebration ofJobs’ life being held today at the Cupertino headquarters. Itwas announced in an email to Apple staff from CEO Tim Cookwho wrote it’s”to take time to remember the incredible things Steve achieved in his life and the many ways he made our world a better place.”The event will be broadcast live inside Apple. As a result, mostretail Apple Stores will be closed for several hours beginning at10 AMPT today.Employees across Asia and Australia will be able to view a re-broadcast of the celebration.

Daniel Radcliffe's 'Woman In Black' Can get New Trailer

The initial trailer we'd for Hammer's "The Woman in Black" was stately, quiet, and unnerving. This new Uk trailer for your ghostly flick amps within the action and shows how youthful lawyer Arthur Kipps ("Harry Potter's" Daniel Radcliffe) races to uncover the dark methods of 1 British village together with a mysterious lady who keeps turning up inside the mansion he's showed up at be employed in. Video: MSN World Exclusive: Lady In Black - Uk trailer It features not basically one creepy dead girl ghost, but three and lots of atmospheric, jumpy chills. You'll be capable of fulfill the lady in black on February 3, 2012 but meanwhile, begin to see the other terrible things await you in this week's Horror Bites following a jump. Method Guy Comprises a Horror Film Method Guy will star since the titular character in "The Mortician" a completely new 3-D horror which has been making the festival models lately. His partner inside the film? A scared child named Kane (Cruz Santiago), who helps him can remember the methods of his past. Meanwhile, the "aliented and cold" mortician needs to cope with new co-worker Noah (EJ Bonilla) and also the boss (Edward Furlong). You will discover also gangsters associated with here somewhere (clearly). Will you pay to find out Method Guy handle a corpse? More "Resident Evil: Retribution" Casting News Milla Jovovich got gabby on Twitter again and states "Lost" and "Legion" star Kevin Durand may have Craig Burton inside the new "Resident Evil" movie. You'll can remember the character within the videogame since the weapon-savvy S.T.A.R.S. member. "Resident Evil: Retribution" opens September 14 in addition to stars Boris Kodjoe, Li Bingbing, Shawn Roberts, Michelle Rodriguez, Sienna Guillory, Johann Urb, and Colin Seafood. Can you similar to this cast as well as the film's persistence for coming back many of the overall game series' original figures? "Trick 'r Treat's" Mike Makes Another Online Video Appearance Horror mavens FEARnet will probably be hosting a thrilling-day "Trick 'r Treat" marathon on October 31 in celebration in the horror anthology that instantly increased to become spooky, Halloween classic. Mike, the film's enforcer, bakes a look and feel in this new online video that's directed by "Trick 'r Treat's" Michael Dougherty. Sam's always available to make sure everyone is carrying out a rules of Halloween also to create a little (sometimes gory) trouble on the way. Provide a wristwatch, and inform us for anyone who is watching the little pumpkinhead later this month. What Evil Will Surface on "11 11 11"? Darren Bousman's "11 11 11" will hit theaters the next month on you suspected it, November 11. The film follows author Ernest Crone, who lost his wife and child in the tragic accident. He travels around the world to reunite along with his estranged family, and throughout his journey realizes the amount 11 remains showing up everywhere. It is not only some form of crazy coincidence, though. Crone soon realizes what this means is something a lot more evil. A clip for your film has turned up. Does Bousman's numerology-heavy spookfest intrigue you, or does all the math just make the mind hurt? "Jeepers Creepers" Director Terrorizes Rose McGowan on Rosewood Lane Remember "Jeepers Creepers" which starred Justin Extended who required to fight a callous Creeper? The identical director is becoming taking us for just about any walk lower "Rosewood Lane" with Rose McGowan. Victor Salva's new film follows radio counselor Sonny (McGowan) who moves to her hometown after her father dies, but realizes that something is less than right while using local paperboy. He calculates to become deadly stalker who engages Sonny in the dangerous cat-and-mouse game. See the trailer, because of Bloody Disgusting. Reveal everything you consider this week's Horror Bites inside the comments section and also on Twitter!

Hershman new leader of Cinemax Sports

Cinemax has raided its pay cable rival Showtime and named Ken Hershman as leader of sports. The opening online increased being accessible within this summer time when longtime Cinemax sports topper Ross Greenburg left after his professionals were unhappy he was unable to retain pay-per-view rights with a Manny Pacquiao combat Shane Mosley in May. Hershman, who went Showtime's sports division since 2003, will be in the network since 1992. Losing Hershman can be a blow to Showtime, which has seen its sports department make major strides lately. In 2005, boxing was really the only sport Showtime moved. Now it airs longtime football recap show "Inside the Nfl,Inch "Inside Dale earnhardt junior .," and weekly mma and boxing programming. Furthermore, Hershman carried out employment, as well as Showtime entertainment leader David Nevins, when controling Major league baseball in acquiring the weekly reality skein "The Franchise: A Season While using San Francisco Bay Area Leaders." Also approaching is doc "A Game Title Title of Recognition," phone legacy in the Military-Navy national football league and nfl and college football game. "Ken leaves to pursue other options.," mentioned a Showtime representative. "Sports will be an essential part within our content selection. We've great programming in place and our persistence for sports remains strong." Internet also pointed out that there are no successor in place to switch Hershman. You will discover three professionals at Showtime, however, who labored carefully with Hershman in sports who'll most likely get consideration: professional producer David Dinkins Junior., (boy in the former Gotham mayor), programming V . p . Jock McLean, and production V . p . Gordon Hall. Greenburg was at Cinemax for 33 many was instrumental in creating pay-per-view boxing matches that shown greatly lucrative for your internet. Eventually, however, his relationship with several boxing entrepreneurs began to wane and Showtime could capture the lengthy looked forward to Pacquiao-Mosley fight. Formerly, all Pacquiao's major fights have been getting Cinemax or its pay-per-view division. While boxing was the game that introduced most likely probably the most gold gold coin to Cinemax, Greenburg introduced the highly popular "Hard Knocks" Nfl preseason docu series for the internet. Too as with among his last major purchases, Greenburg labored while using National Hockey League and began the "24/7: The Road for the Winter Classic" franchise, that's now within the second season. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Fassbender, McQueen re-team for 'Slave'

Michael Fassbender and Steve McQueen, above, at the NY Film Festival premiere of 'Shame.'Call it a three-peat for Michael Fassbender and Steve McQueen, as the thesp and multi-hyphenate are reteaming again on McQueen's next pic "12 Years a Slave."Mcqueen will direct from a script he co-wrote with John Ridley.Pic also stars Chiwetel Ejiofor and tells the true story of Solomon Northrup, a NY citizen who was kidnapped in Washington in 1841 and rescued from a cotton plantation in Louisiana in 1853.Plan B's Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner are set to produce the film, which is expected to start production early next year. CAA is arranging financing for the pic and representing U.S. rights.Besides "12 Years a Slave," Fassbender has also worked with McQueen on "Hunger" and Fox Searchlight's "Shame," which has already received festival-circuit buzz for Fassbender's strong perf.While Fassbender's profile has risen with starring roles in the Fox tentpole "X-Men: First Class" and next summer's "Prometheus," thesp has still shown interest in smaller films in between the more commercial fare. Earlier this year, he starred alongside Mia Wasikowska in "Jane Eyre" and can be seen later this fall in both "Shame" and Sony Pictures Classic's "A Dangerous Method" as Carl Jung.He is repped by CAA. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

Diego Boneta Is Adam In Paradise Lost

Castings continue on Legendary Entertainment’s Paradise Lost, the action- and effects-centered take on John Milton’s epic poem being directed by Alex Proyas. The latest: Diego Boneta, who is playing the lead in New Line’s musical Rock Of Ages, has been cast as Adam. He will play opposite Camille Belle, whom Deadline reported is playing Eve. Bradley Cooper is Lucifer and Benjamin Walker plays the archangel Micheal in the film, which tells the biblical tale of the battle between good and evil that was the war that began all wars. Production is slated to begin in January.

Rdio launches free tier

Music streaming site Rdio has launched a free version of its service, making it the first to offer free on-demand music without ads. The freemium tier, which bows today, will operate in concert with Rdio's existing paid tiers. Users can sign up for a free account through Facebook or by supplying an email address, and will not be required to supply credit card info or download software to begin listening. Users will see an onscreen meter denoting how much free music is available to them each month. Rdio declined to disclose precisely how many hours will be available. The move comes at a busy time for the digital music streaming world, which was shaken up in the summer by the U.S. debut of Spotify, the first on-demand service to offer a free option. Further disruption arrived with Facebook's Open Graph platform, which allows users to share streaming music activity through their profiles, but requires the user's friends to subscribe to the same service to sample the content, putting a premium on free access. Last month, streaming service MOG unveiled a free, ad-supported tier of its own, and longtime on-demand player Rhapsody announced a 30-day ''free trial'' period for its offering. (Rhapsody also acquired Napster on Monday.) Rdio's lack of an ad-supported model for its free service is unique. While Spotify is betting on converting many of its free users to paid subscribers, the company does accrue some revenue from advertising. Rdio CEO Drew Larner noted that while the service's gratis option extends well beyond typical trial periods, the free ride does not continue indefinitely, and free users will be asked to subscribe eventually. Created by Skype and Kazaa founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, Rdio was launched in 2010 and has a catalog of 12 million songs. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com