CoverGirl Pulls Taylor Swift Ad Over Eyelash Enhancements

First Published: December 21, 2011 10:26 PM EST Credit: CoverGirl LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption The now-pulled Taylor Swift CoverGirl adA Taylor Swift CoverGirl ad was pulled after an advertising watchdog organization determined a cosmetic ad featuring the star was misleading. Procter & Gamble, the parent company behind CoverGirl, chose to pull Taylors add for CoverGirl NatureLuxe Mousse Mascara after the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus determined the ad was misleading, the NY Times reported. The ad featured the singer posing and showing off her peepers with very plump lashes but also, at the bottom, in small print read, Lashes enhanced in post production. The rule is that advertising has to be truthful, accurate and not misleading, Andrea C. Levine, a lawyer who worked on the case, and the director of the National Advertising Division, told the newspaper. What the picture says, the small type cant take it away. This isnt the first time an ad featuring a celebrity has drawn the ire of an advertising watchdog organization. In July, a Lancome ad with Julia Roberts and a Maybelline spot featuring Christy Turlington were banned in Britain, following claims the images did not reflect realistic results of the products. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Rooney Mara: 'Law & Order: SVU' Quotes Were 'Just Not True'

The other day, Rooney Mara was reported as telling Allure magazine that her time just like a guest star on 'Law & Order: SVU' was "so awful" and "so stupid." Burn! But did Mara really say people nasty causes of the Dick Wolf-produced mega-franchise? Not always, no less than according to Mara herself. "To start with, the 'SVU' factor -- that's not true," Mara told Huffington Publish. "That was my first job. It couldn't are actually more exciting personally. It is really an experience I hold very dear to my heart. People begin from context, which just isn't the problem. I used to be more nervous doing that job than I used to be doing ['Dragon Tattoo']." Mara was reported by Allure as proclaiming that 'SVU' wasn't something she holds near and dear. "People are passionate about this demonstrate. I don't get it,In . she mentioned. Mara might be noticed in 'The Girl While using Dragon Tattoo' in theaters on Tuesday. For further within the rising star, mind to Huffington Publish. For further from 'Dragon Tattoo' director David Fincher, follow the link. [Photo: Getty] Best Performances of 2011 11. Uggie, 'The Artistཆ. Corey Stoll, 'Midnight in ParisƏ. Ryan Gosling, 'DriveƎ. Kristen Wiig, 'Bridesmaidsƍ. Michelle Williams, 'My Week With Marilynƌ. Meryl Streep, 'The Iron LadyƋ. Michael Fassbender, 'ShameƊ. Albert Brooks, 'DriveƉ. Charlize Theron, 'Young Adultƈ. Kaira Pitt, 'MoneyballƇ. Rooney Mara, 'The Girl While using Dragon Tattoo' See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

The Closer Creator James Duff Previews "Road Block"

The Closer For a lot of within our last season, the questions we've been asking about love deal with its passionate side. Inside the five winter episodes, we have veered progressively for that costs of the passion. After I have noted before, the only real promise you receive with love could it be must finish that individuals continue loving, when faced with certain loss, is probably the nobler traits of humanity really, it may be our messiah just like a species.Devotion and adoration aren't restricted to items that are ideal for us. Lots of people, really, love items that are very clearly dangerous for them, we can not but marvel at their options. Such might be the problem in tonight's episode, "Road Block," which signifies the very best from the products The Closer must offer. You'll find several interesting firsts in this particular psychologically charged story, not minimal which is the premiere looks of Elizabeth Perkins and Mark Moses as LAPD Police Commissioner and also the alcoholic wife. The script, composed having a author who grew to become an associate in our rotation this season, the fantastic Jim Leonard, and directed by Nelson McCormick, who offers a giant boost of adrenalin for every tv series that he's relevant his enormous energy, "Road Block" takes Major Crimes around the wild detour that dramatizes exactly how hard police force have to work to obtain the goods on someone they do know is guilty. As Peter Goldman keeps telling Brenda, "What one knows and what you can prove are two entirely something more important.In . And dealing with drunks is tricky, during the most effective of conditions.An automobile crash, popular-and-run that transforms into murder and a pair of families, torn apart by one addiction, pulse by having an interesting chase for Deputy Chief Manley and her division, despite the fact that "Road Block" is not...really Christmassy, it'll carry from it a reminder or two in regards to the double-edged sword we call Holiday Cheer.I must leave off writing throughout your day and return to Griffith Park where, today, we shoot The Closer's last crime scene. After I finish the winter season blogs, we'll have completely finished filming our series finale. There's much to consider between now as well as the hour it airs, but it's never inappropriate to prevent and appreciate sticking around completely for the bittersweet finish.Until inside a couple of days...- James Duff

G.I. Joe: Retaliation gets a first trailer

The first trailer for G.I. Joe: Retaliation has landed online, and as you might have expected, it's very big and very loud. What you might not have expected however, is that it's also a lot of fun!The film sees the G.I. Joes terminated bar a few survivors (including Adrianne Palicki and Dwayne Johnson), who must go head to head with the evil Zartan in order to clear their names.Check out the new trailer below...Despite the plot appearing to bear more than a slight resemblance to that of Ghost Protocol, we're cautiously optimistic about this one. The action looks very solid indeed (how about that mountainside sequence?), The Rock is suitably badass and Bruce Willis is on hand to supply some extra cool points.Top marks also for that electro treatment of The White Stripes' Seven Nation Army. We'll be hoping the film can live up to this action-packed teaser when it arrives in UK cinemas on 22 June 2012.

PILOT CASTINGS: Four In Don Fogelman Comedy, Shaun Eastin Drama Adds One

EXCLUSIVE: Jami Gertz and Simon Templeman are going to star in ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot from feature author Serta Fogelman (Crazy, Stupid, Love). The project, created by ABC Galleries, focuses on a household that moves right into a highly desirable gated community in New Jersey only to uncover the entire neighborhood consists of aliens disguised as humans. Gertz will have Dennie Weaver, the matriarch from the human family. Gaming voice actor Templeman will have Wilt Chamberlain, the best choice from the aliens. Also cast within the pilot are Toks Olagundoye as Jackie Joyner Kersee, the matriarch from the lead alien family and Tim Jo (The best spinner's’ Glory Daze) as Joe Montana, boy from the alien family. Chris Koch (Modern Family) will direct the pilotThat is executive created by Fogelman, Koch and Aaron Kaplan of Kapital Entertainment. Still Standing alumna Gertz most lately recurred on Cinemax’s Entourage and guest starred on Modern Family. Jo is by using Innovative and David Dean Management. Manny Montana (The Chicago Code) continues to be cast in USA Systems untitled drama pilot from Whitened Collar creator Shaun Eastin. The project, from Fox TV Galleries, follows four agents from various federal and local agencies (DEA, FBI, LAPD) who live in a former ganglord’s mansion-switched-safe house for undercover agents in Los Angeles. Montana, repped by SDB Partners and Trademark Talent, will have one of these, an undercover FBI agent. In other pilot casting news, Azie Tesfai and Jonathan Del Arco have arrived recurring roles in Lifetime’s drama pilot American Housewife starring Melanie Griffith like a apparently perfect housewife. Tesfai, repped by SDB and Schachter Entertainment, will have her Somali adopted daughter Del Arco, repped by SDB and Kyle Fritz Management, will have her gay neighbor.

Boston crix fete 'The Artist'

BOSTON -- In a year with no dominant films, the Boston Society of Film Critics served up their most eclectic slate of winners in years."The Artist," took best picture, while "Drive" was cited for best supporting actor for Albert Brooks' cool but vicious gangster. Both films were tied for best use of music in the film. "Moneyball" was the only other multiple winner with Brad Pitt winning best actor and Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin sharing the screenplay honors.Past winner Martin Scorsese was named best director for "Hugo," while the acting awards were widely scattered. Michelle Williams's turn as Marilyn Monroe in "My Week with Marilyn" won best actress. The Society went lowbrow for best supporting actress, awarding Melissa McCarthy for "Bridesmaids." Roman Polanski's "Carnage" -- starring Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz and Kate Winslet -- was cited for best ensemble."The Tree of Life" won for cinematography for d.p. Emmanuel Lubezki. "Rango" won for best animated film, the only film to be selected in a single ballot, while "Project Nim" was named best documentary and "Incendies" was named best foreign language film.The award for best new filmmaker, named for the late critic David Brudnoy, was given to Sean Durkin for "Martha Marcy May Marlene." The Boston crix are known for their sometimes quirky choices and this year was no exception, as they gave the best editing kudo to "The Clock," the twenty-four hour art installation by Christian Marclay which uses film clips showing watches and clocks from various movies and TV shows to go through a full day.Awards will be handed out Feb. 4. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Alec Baldwin Apologizes For Being Booted Off American Airlines Flight

As punishment for suing Viacom, the owners of the YouTube viral video What What (In The Butt) have been ordered to pay up the you-know-what.our editor recommendsComedy Central Midseason Schedule: 'South Park,' 'Tosh.0' ReturnsOccupy Wall Street: 'South Park' Takes on the Protests (Video)'South Park' Creators Matt Stone, Trey Parker Targeted by Scientologists During Investigation In November 2010, Brownmark Films filed a copyright infringement lawsuitagainst Viacom and Comedy Central over an episode of South Park that allegedly infringed the massively popular music video. In July, a federal judge dismissedthe case, finding that South Park characters recreating the super-silly clip was clearly fair use. Now, the judge has also ordered Brownmark to pay Viacom more than $30,000 in attorney fees for making a legal action that interfered with free speech and wasn't a proper way to handle the situation. PHOTOS: 'South Park's' Most Famous Spoofs What What (In the Butt) is a 2007 music video from a Samwell song that's so ridiculous that it got featured on VH1's Best Week Ever and has now been viewed more than 44 million times. In 2008, South Park featured their own interpretationin the episodeCanada on Strike, featuring theSouth Parkcharacter Butters in place of Samwell. Brownmark sued but was soundly rejected by a Wisconsin federal judge who described the South Park version as attempting "to lampoon the recent craze in our society of watching video clips on the internet that are -- to be kind -- of rather low artistic sophistication and quality." PHOTOS: 10 Broadcast and Cable TV Show Most Watched By Men On November 30, the judge added to the public record about theWhat What (In The Butt) case,examining Viacom's motion for attorney fees.Judge Stadtmueller writes: "To begin, thedefendants' fair-use argument was very strong, and Brownmark's legal position was objectively unreasonable. The Court took the somewhat rare step of deciding this case at the motion to dismiss stage, precisely because the defendants' fair-use defense was so strong, satisfying all four fair-use factors." The episode of South Park was a parody, was transformative, only used enough lines to conjure up the original, and the show didn't damage the market for this silly video. "In fact, in this respect, it is most likely that South Park's use would have spurred demand for the original, making the viral video's spread more rapid after its exposure to a national television audience," the judge writes. Brownmark's motivation for bringing the lawsuit is deemed to be "questionable" since it waited two years to bring the lawsuit and was warned that South Park's use was fair. The judge sees this as evidence that the plaintiff was using "the threat of litigation against the defendants as a sort of 'sword of Damocles'-hanging by a thread over the heads of the defendants while Brownmark attempted to extract a licensing fee." In order to deter others from going this same route at the cost of free speech, the judge thinks its proper to award $31,525.23. Viacom had requested $46,775.23 but the judge takes pity because Brownmark is a "very small entity, without extensive assets."The judge also indicates he's willing to knock the fee down more if Brownmark submits documentation of its financial situation. Of course, the award could go up too. The parties are still in court. Brownmark is appealing the decision to the 7th Circuit, where it's still pending. One last time, the video and the South Park clip... Canada on Strike Tags: SOUTH PARKmore... E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery South Park's Most Famous Spoofs

Screen Australia backs 'Grandmothers'

SYDNEY -- Anne Fontaine's "The Grandmas," which toplines Naomi W and Robin Wright, is always to obtain a slice of $A17 million ($17.4 million) in gold gold coin from government agency Screen Australia. Pic, which stars Xavier Samuel ("Bait") and James Frecheville ("Animal Kingdom"), is founded on a short story by Aussie author Doris Lessing which is being modified by Christopher Hampton. Andrew Mason and Philippe Carcassonne are coming up with. Gallic helmer Fontaine is much better recognized for "Coco Before Chanel," which acquired four BAFTA noms a year ago. Her last film, "My Worst Nightmare," examined within the Toronto Film Festival this year. Another pic that will receive gold gold coin is black comedy "The Mule." "Saw" multi-hyphenate Leigh Whannell will co-produce, co-write and star inside the pic, that is helmed by Tony Mahony. Also introduced incorporated within the investment slate was mental thriller "2:22," that's occur NY and you'll be helmed by Paul Currie, together with a remake of medieval frightener "Patrick" by helmer Mark Hartley. Screen Australia wouldn't specify simply how much gold gold coin would go to every pic. The funding covers 14 projects, including TV dramas and children's television series. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Box Office: Breaking Beginning Takes Top Place for Third Straight Week

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning Without any competition from new releases, Twilight: Breaking Beginning Part 1 ruled this area office for that third straight week, Box Office Mojo reviews. The 4th Twilight film made an believed $16.9 million in the third week of release, getting its total to $247.3 million. The Muppets required second place again with $11.two million. The Muppets return large but can't catch Breaking Beginning Hugo rose from fifth to 3rd devote its second week, getting $7.six million. Arthur Christmas came $7.3 million to keep to the No. 4 place. Happy Ft Two adopted at No. 5 with $six million. Jack and Jill remained in sixth spot for another week, laughing up $5.5 million. The Descendants required in $5.two million and increased from ninth spot to seventh place. Rounding the top ten: Immortals (No. 8, $4.3 million), Tower Heist (No. 9, $4.a million) and Puss in Boots (No. 10, $3 million, for any total of $139.5 million).

Smoke & Bone Daughter Adopted

Laini Taylor novel to begin franchiseWith just one more Twilight film to visit, everyone's looking for the following large paranormal romance to lure the tweens and also the moms and also the grandmother into pan-generational emo family cinema excursions. At Vital, the surface of the wish-list looks to become Daughter Of Smoke And Bone, Laini Taylor's twisted kids' novel of angels and devils and forbidden love in Prague, that the studio is settling to get for any reported six-figure sum.It, released in September and intended because the first inside a series, involves 17-year-old art student Karou, that has tats and knows kung-fu, and it has truly blue hair (i. e. she does not dye it: it develops blue from her mind). Her background is really a mystery, and she or he continues to be adopted and elevated by devils - "Chimaera" - who from time to time require her to take errands through sites and collect teeth.Teeth.On one of these simple missions she encounters the angel Akiva, who's been assigned with placing a pause and the illegal supernatural denture trade, but who does not kill Karou because she reminds him of his lost love. As well as their burgeoning affair coincides using the appearance throughout Prague of the black-hands symbol, heralding a war between your cosmic forces of excellent and evil.The book's first line is "Not so long ago, an angel along with a demon fell for each other. It didn't finish well." It does not quite come out like Preacher though.Large-canvas stuff then, but grounded inside a medieval romance. And that is just what spurred Paramount's interest. Deadline are convinced that the studio was prepared to fight for that property, because of its "possibility of large-scale, visual effects-driven fantasy that may interact with a youthful audience", as well as its potential expansion to franchise size.It does not seem as though the offer is very done, but it is firmly up for grabs. We'll help you stay published. The novel is presently obtainable in the United kingdom in hardcover from Hodder and Stoughton.

Judy Lewis Dead: Clark Gable and Loretta Young's Secret Daughter Dies at 76

This is just what existence was like before TMZ. While filming 'The Call in the Wild' in 1935, screen legend Clark Gable after which it-rising star Loretta Youthful in an off-screen extra-marital affair that brought to some secret pregnancy, a lot more secret birth, and fake adoption. It was not until 31 years later that Judy Lewis (formerly Youthful) recognized the amount she was misled by Youthful, her birth mother showing up as her adoptive mother. The important thing love child of two Hollywood tales died now at 76 from complications due to lymphoma. Gable, then 34, and Youthful, then 22, fell into an affair while filming 'Call in the Wild' in Washington condition through the winter season of 1935. Each time a pregnancy adopted, Youthful did not have choice but to go in hiding -- like a staunch Catholic, an abortion wasn't an option. "Wouldn't you [unhappy] for anyone who is a celebrity as well as the father from the child will be a celebrity and you also couldn't include an abortion since it might be a mortal sin?" the actress was reported as saying by Lewis in their 1994 memoir 'Uncommon Understanding.' Youthful fled to Europe to pay for being pregnant, and returned to California to offer the baby privately in November of 1935. Lewis was given to some "quantity of care companies," to make sure that Youthful could return to fame. It was not until 19 several days later that Youthful introduced she'd "adopted" a daughter, the 19-month-old Judy. Lewis mentioned she was always treated becoming an outsider, simply because of her adhering out ears -- which looked like her birth father's, Clark Gable. At-7, she was taken for plastic surgery to to produce the ears "less prominent." Lewis mentioned she never understood Gable was her father, nevertheless it was an empty secret when she was 23. Prior to getting married to her husband to become, Tom Tinney, he shared with her that "everyone understood" Gable was her father. The giant screen legend did not have rapport with Lewis, even though she was really the only child he bore while alive. (His boy was produced four several days after his dying.) Lewis and Youthful ongoing to experience a strained relationship through lots of their lives -- Youthful rejected to speak with Lewis for three years after she launched her memoir -- but, in the 2001 interview with Ray King, Lewis made an appearance somewhat resigned to how her existence switched out. I'd have loved them [to got married]," she mentioned. "But that is just my dream, you understand. Existence is very strange. Doesn't give to us that which you want." Lewis, who increased to become clinical mental health specialist focusing in promote care and marriage therapy, is managed to get having a daughter, two grandsons and a pair of half-brothers and sisters. [via NYT] [Photo: Everett Collection] Co-Stars Who (Allegedly) Had Matters To celebrate Tinseltown's grand tradition of stars (apparently) departing their partners for co-stars, Moviefone has a review of most likely the renowned relationship shake-ups ever. Clark Gable and Loretta YoungHumphrey Bogart and Lauren BacallEddie Fisher and Liz TaylorRichard Burton and Liz TaylorPeter Bogdanovich and Cybill ShepherdSteve McQueen and Ali MacGrawJohn Malkovich and Michelle PfeifferRussell Crowe and Meg RyanBrad Pitt and Angelina JolieDaniel Craig and Rachel Weisz See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Emily Browning on Sleeping Beauty, Making it through Sucker Punch and also the Pleasures of Torching Money

Emily Browning, the Australian actress most widely known for Hollywood efforts Lemony Snicket’s Number of Unfortunate Occasions which year’s Sucker Punch, hits the art house now for something different: Sleeping Beauty, author-director Julia Leigh’s disturbing dive in to the arena of somnambulistic sex work. Browning stars as Lucy, a disaffected university student scraping by on odd jobs before happening upon a madam (Rachael Blake) who supplies youthful women for several high-class patrons. Within the most extreme of the situations, Lucy is basically anesthetized and placed nude in mattress, producing a succession of outre encounters which have left audiences shocked, appalled, fascinated, breathless, running the theater and/or a variety of mixtures of each. I sitting lower with Browning in the recent Hamptons Worldwide Film Festival for any freewheeling talk about concerning the film, her role, her routine, her festival encounters, and also the odd conceptual outcomes of Sleeping Beauty and also the a smaller amount admirably received Sucker Punch. [Advisory: Spoilers follow] This can be a polarizing film, as you would expect. What types of conversations perhaps you have experienced or personally had with individuals relating to this since Cannes? I believe when it comes to people talking with myself about this, their responses happen to be positive. A man who had been just meeting with me stated a reaction which i’ve become a great deal, that we that can compare with, that is, “When When i first first viewed it, I wasn’t sure. I didn’t understand how I felt about this it helped me uncomfortable. However it tied to me, and today I like it.” And That I love that reaction. I believe that’s great, which’s what we should want. It’s so strange after i perform a Q&A, and somebody asks an issue plus they begin it with, “I loved the film!” I’m like, “You loved it?” That’s type of a strange response. I understand. “Already?” Yeah! I am talking about , initially when i first first viewed it, I had been happy with it, also it labored just as I needed it to. However the automatic response “I like it”? I type of like this individuals have to consider it. And apparently it’s tied to people, that is great. It’s all I possibly could request for. That which was your personal reaction the very first time you saw the film? Well, I had been designed to view it the very first time at Cannes. I stated to my publicist yet others, “I can’t get it done. I have to view it before them, because I would distribute.” It had been probably the most nerve-wracking experience. So that they offered me a copy, and that i viewed it in mattress having a bottle of vodka on my own because I had been so nervous. However I really was pleased with it, also it’s so rare that i can believe in regards to a film. I believe so frequently things that I’ve done happen to be muddled with, and that i only agreed to be really happy — so happy which i viewed again the following day, sober. That was good. But yeah. It helped me have the way It’s designed to get people to feel, that is uncomfortable and a little squeamish. It had been things i wanted so that it is. Then watching it at Cannes would be a different experience — using the huge screen, thinking, “Wow, I’m this giant naked person, and you will find 1000's of individuals searching at me.” It changes it a little. So at Cannes I had been sweating abundantly and gripping onto Julia’s hands and type of trembling a bit. I picture Julia propositioning you much the way in which Clara propositions Lucy: “This is going to be challenge, but it will likely be lucrative. Be wise together with your reward.” How have you two arrived at terms about this role and where it might go? I just read the script, also it’s among m favorite scripts which i’ve ever read. Julia is definitely an unbelievable author. Additionally, it helped me really feel uncomfortable, but which was kind of the draw for me personally. I like the thought to do something challenging. I had been in Canada at that time filming another thing, and that i put myself on tape. I am talking about, the moment I just read it, I had been like, “I need to do it.” A couple of people cautioned me off, saying, “Are you sure? It’s really intense. Are you certain?” However I understood which i desired to take part in it, and so i put a very lengthy audition on tape and sent it in. And That I was really offered the part before I met Julia, and that i required. I simply felt it would be something suitable for me. However after i met her, she stated, “If there’s whatever you’re uncomfortable with, we are able to change it out a little. We are able to fix things, we are able to change this or we are able to change this…” It wasn’t a lot of a “proposition.” And that we had two solid days to train, and Julia provided films to look at. We spoke about Lucy’s physicality and her back story. We exercised every scene thorough and spoke about this a great deal, therefore we had considerable time to organize and obtain the smoothness together. Acting inside your sleep— That’s a terrific way to place it, really! “I can act during my sleep.” [Laughs] '! Sorry: Acting as if you’re asleep continues to be acting. What’s the technical underpinning of individuals moments? It’s interesting, specially the Guy 2 scene, where I’m being screwed around with. It’s difficult to not wince and distance themself which type of factor. In early stages, Julia recommended which i learn how to meditate. To ensure that’s things i did — just type of concentrating on my breathing, and that i had words I had been saying during my mind. It had been nearly being as still as you possibly can. And i believe in ways, doing individuals types of nude moments which are really intense, it had been really type of simpler which i was asleep. I had been an empty canvas in individuals moments I could shut anything else out and never really show up. It had been type of nice in ways. It’s a stealthily physical role. I am talking about, something similar to Sucker Punch is physical, but this really is physical — needing a next stage of treatments for the body’s natural instincts. Have you see it this way? Before I began filming, Used to do something known as the Alexander Technique. Are you aware the Alexander Technique? I’m afraid not. I believe many people get it done at drama school — a specific method of finding out how to hold the body in a few ways. Understanding how to walk with a decent posture. It’s very hard to describe, really — this movement-therapy type of factor. I believe that actually assisted it got me into having the ability to possess my body system and also have full control, because generally I’m pretty clumsy. So it was vital that i can do this. As well as, after i was practicing with Julia, we labored a great deal around the physicality. I've got a inclination to hunch and get into myself a little because I’m nervous many of the time, and that i needed to learn how to just eliminate might move like someone different. Additionally, it were built with a lot related to… See, I’m from Melbourne, and that we shot the film in Sydney, but for the eight days which i was there, I had been living alone right in the sea at Bondi Beach. I'd wake up every day and go swimming within the sea on my own — at 5 each morning, prior to the sun emerged because I wasn’t capable of getting a tan. And So I experienced this strange, very quiet headspace that maybe offered me a better knowledge of that character — to be very still.

Kris Jenner: Kourtney Kardashian & Scott Disick Wedding Gossips Totally False

First Released: December 1, 2011 11:56 AM EST Credit: Getty Images Caption Kris Jenner, Scott Disick, Kourtney KardashianLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Kris Jenner has spoken out carrying out a report by Entertainment Tonight on Wednesday which stated a marriage between her pregnant oldest daughter, Kourtney Kardashian, and longtime love Scott Disick is imminent. Within an exclusive statement to gain access to Hollywoods Billy Rose bush on Thursday, the truth mother declared the marriage report is false! The wedding gossips started to swirl on Wednesday morning after Kourtney and Scott introduced they're expecting their second child together. Kourtney, 32, revealed to Us Weekly that they required getting pregnant test roughly five days ago and awoke Scott around 7 AM to talk about the exciting news. Now Im nine days along, the Kourtney & Kim Take NY star told the mag. Youre designed to wait 12 days to inform people, however i feel confident. Kourtney and Scott happen to be parents to boy Mason, who'll turn 2 on December 14. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

UTA Employs BBC Worldwide Prods. Executive As TV Lit Agent

UTA went outdoors from the agency world because of its latest agent hire. Lucinda Moorhead, Manager of Development at BBC Worldwide Prods., is joining UTA being an agent within the TV Literary Department. She'll start at the outset of the entire year. Moorhead, that has some agency experience (she began off being an assistant at CAA), spent the final three years at La-based BBC Worldwide Prods.. There, she done the introduction of scripted series, including Starz’s Torchwood: Miracle Day Starzs approaching drama series Da Vincis Devils, and also the NBC drama project Borgen, in line with the Danish format. Lucinda is really a passionate advocate for nice television, and that we know she is a terrific agent along with a major resource to the team, UTA Controlling Director Jay Sures stated. Added Jane Tranter, Mind of BBC Worldwide Prods., Lucinda includes a rare mixture of drive, creative passion, insight and wit. She's a category act, gifted, warm, funny and vibrant. UTA is lucky to possess her spark on the team, and that we all wish her immeasureable luck and happiness about this exciting new stage of her career.”

Terra Nova Braces for Explosive Season Finale

Jason O'Mara, Stephen Lang More expensive the summer season finale of Fox's Terra Nova to complete immediately - it starts with one! Airing December 19, the two-hour episode starts while using colonists warily awaiting the look in the eleventh Pilgrimage. They're unsure if this describes very good news or bad. Wager round the latter. "Our evil males, the Phoenix Group, is going to be delivering somebody using the portal getting a blast, plus it explodes," states professional producer René Echevarria. "Jim Shannon [Jason O'Mara] is hit with the blast and energizes 72 hrs later with a very surreal scene - Phoenix soldiers required command in the colony." This could eventually pressure Shannon and Cmdr. Nathaniel Taylor (Stephen Lang) to accomplish the unthinkable. "We've supercharged the premise within our show really chilling way," states professional producer Brannon Braga. "Everything changes." The jam-packed closer includes an unforeseen return to 2149 together with a mind-itchiness discovery that will leave the colonists - as well as the audience - rethinking the region-time fracture that connects the long run while using past. And prepare for that demise of two notable figures, including one that's being a significant fan favorite. Hints Braga: "Someone who is without family will under your own accord visit [their dying to have the ability to profit the Shannons survive." Also expect the turmoil between Taylor and also the boy, Lucas (Ashley Zukerman), striking full boil. "Everyone knows Lucas remains improving the Sixers as well as the Phoenix Group, and that we have taunted that something bad happened involving the two males in Somalia, but we all do not know why Lucas so intensely hates his father," states Echevarria. "That will all emerge inside the finale. It's Shakespeare meets Sophie's Choice." For further scoop inside your sci-fi faves, including Fringe, Supernatural and Physician Who, obtain the completely new problem of TV Guide Magazine, on purchase Thursday. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Add Charles Grodin for the Listing of customers That are Pretending the Muppets are actually the

I have got a soft spot for 'The Great Muppet Caper.' It absolutely was my first review of the Muppets and is probably the first five to six movies that we ever saw in the theater. (Which I still own the collector glasses.) So, once i observed that Charles Grodin -- an actress whose work I terribly enjoy -- written a product for Vulture about his encounters round the number of 'Caper,' I used to be excited! But, clearly, it is not a product about Grodin's actual encounters round the number of 'The Great Muppet Caper,' it's a composed story of techniques he almost rested with Miss Piggy. Miss Piggy can be a puppet. This never happened. You know what happens? I appear as being a grouch! It's a fine little tale which is well crafted (and you'll naturally like something which comprises a reference to the 'Heaven Can Wait'). But, because the completely new movie is going and virtually everyone has seen it, will we with one another stop pretending they're living creatures? Hell, even Jason Segel stopped transporting this out when he introduced the Muppeteers through the 'Saturday Evening Live' "great nights.Inch (Also, maybe sooner or later Grodin can provide us some real behind the curtain particulars about 'The Great Muppet Caper. And, yes, possibly I'm really the only person alive nobody wants these particulars.) [via Vulture] You'll be able to contact Mike Ryan on Twitter Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Homegrown tales energy Moroccan tube

SNRT scores using the first Arabic language telenovela, 'Zinate Al Hayate,' spanning 120 episodes. Morocco's pubcasters, SNRT and 2M -- collectively run by Stanford-educated Faical Laraichi -- are major forces in local film and TV production.Given fierce competition from about 300 pan-Arab satellite channels in The other agents, popular homegrown fiction is essential for safeguarding and growing the pubcasters' current 45%-50% primetime share.Most of the country's new generation of helmers have honed their abilities by employed by both big and small screen projects."We are now seeing the advantages of a procedure that started around seven, eight years back,Inch states Laraichi.Director-producer Nabil Ayouch is a key player within this evolution. Through his 2008-10 Produced in The other agents project, he created 42 genre-based TV movies, and groomed company directors for example Hisham Lasri, whose "The Finish" tested at Marrakech.This Year, Ayouch created two major TV hits for SNRT -- the Arabic language telenovela, "Zinate al hayate" (The Gorgeous Things of Existence), spanning 120 episodes, co-created with French TV giant Telefrance ("Plus belle la vie"), and also the 32-seg sitcom "Dima jirane" (Eternal Neighbors), which smacked a 50%-60% audience share.SNRT's forthcoming projects have an ambitious 64-episode TV series "The Foreigner," occur nineteen fifties The other agents, to premiere in 2012.Based on the prosperity of local films and TV series, SNRT is assembling a privileges catalog for that worldwide market and, much more important, for that Arab world.To be able to improve local writing abilities, Laraichi has additionally organized a number of project-driven screenwriting training courses in Casablanca with local production companies and authors, some including U.K. and French experts."Our two key focuses are becoming the script right and revealing new pointing, writing and acting talent," he states.Finally, SNRT is growing its participation in worldwide co-productions. Lately funded projects include Roschdy Zem's "Omar Wiped out Me" and EuropaCorp's $11 million "The Origin,Inch which bowed this season at Cannes.FEST TRAVELER: MARRAKECH FILM FESTIVALSalute to Mexican cinema Freedom fuels Arab oasis Homegrown tales energy Moroccan tube Arab Spring signals return of foreign films Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Bad News, Julia Roberts: Mirror, Mirror's Online Praise Might Be Studio-Generated

Last week, you and I watched the first trailer for Tarsem Singh’s Mirror, Mirror in slack-jawed horror. (After all, aren’t Snow White adaptations supposed to be about the titular princess and not Julia Roberts’s aging concerns, Bollywood dance numbers and Armie Hammer’s impression of a dog?) Surprisingly though, not all of the Internet’s feedback was negative. A few brave souls commented on the Relativity trailer enthusiastically — and now MovieMavericks.com is claiming that some of those suspicious thumbs-up reviews came from the same source. MovieMavericks.com points out that several “strangely optimistic comments” posted to their own Mirror, Mirror trailer write-up originated from the same IP address. Upon Google-searching those comments, MovieMavericks discovered that the same IP address user had posted the same positive reviews on other movie websites — leading them to believe that either A) There is just a very dedicated Brooklyn-based Tarsem Singh fan who is hellbent on raising the bar for Mirror, Mirror buzz. Or B) The studio (or a party involved with the film) is having someone do some web damage control on the atrocious-looking trailer. Among the copied and pasted positive remarks that MovieMavericks.com cites: · “Julia Roberts is going to be awesome as the Evil Queen. She’s such a good actress!” · “Definitely seeing this with my boyfriend! Can’t wait to see Lily Collins in action!!” · “Tareem [sic] Singh makes awesome movies. Immortals was amazing and this will be too.” For the record, the only positive comments that the trailer received when Movieline posted it last week were from user Laurietimes2 (“Count me in!!!”) and Rom Issy (“Beautiful scenery and costumes, fairytale story and a comedy? That rocks. In.”). Most commenters only had negative feedback though, exclaiming “AHAHAHAHAHA…oh wait, you mean it’s not a comedy?” or comparing it to a “90s ABC Disney TV-Movie musical” and calling Lily Collins’s Snow White “a plain looking woman with Dan Hedaya eyebrows!” Do you think that the strangely positive remarks about a trailer that looks exceptionally bad is studio-related? Please let me know in the comments section below after watching Julia Roberts, Lily Collins and Armie Hammer in the Mirror, Mirror trailer. Maybe you’ll discover that the film is “definitely worth seeing” upon second viewing. · Mirror, Mirror Astroturfing — Who’s Behind It? [MovieMavericks.com] via Who’s Faking ‘Mirror Mirror’ Praise? Hmm [Deadline]

'G.I. Joe' Follow up Crew Member Dies On Set

Mike Huber, a in your area hired crew member focusing on the group of Vital'sG.I. Joe 2: Retaliation,died November. 22 while focusing on the development in New Orleans. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Notable Deaths Vital released the next statement towards the Hollywood Reporter:"Our ideas and greatest condolences are using the Huber family at this time around." PHOTOS: 12 Shocking Hollywood Deaths Vital stated the security of their cast and crew is really a main concern which is "fully cooperating with all of looking into agencies because they examine the conditions surrounding this unusual accident." TMZ reported Wednesday that Huber died while focusing on a higher-powered scissor lift that expected over. Vital will releaseG.I. Joe 2on June 29 it followsG.I. Joe: An Upswing of Cobra, popular last year. Jon M. Chuis pointing theLorenzo di Bonaventura-created follow up, that will featureBruce Willis, Channing Tatum,Dwayne Manley,Adrianne Palicki,Ray StevensonandRZA, amongst others. The project started shooting in New Orleans in August. Email: Daniel.Burns@THR.com Twitter: @DanielNMiller Related Subjects

Paramount Offers Rentals Of Mission: Impossible On Facebook

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22, 2011– Paramount Pictures announced today it is offering the entire Mission: Impossible movie catalogue including Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible II and Mission: Impossible III available for rent directly through the Mission: Impossible Facebook Page. Fans of the franchise can also play the new social spy game Mission: Impossible the Game (https://apps.facebook.com/mission-impossible), the first 200 players to locate a hidden Easter Egg in the game will receive a code for a rental of one of the Mission: Impossible movies on the movie’s Facebook page.* Millions of people that Like the Mission: Impossible Page can easily rent and enjoy the entire collection of Mission: Impossible movies directly through Facebook using Facebook Credits at https://www.facebook.com/missionimpossiblemovie. Consumers simply click the ‘Rent Movies’ link on the Mission: Impossible Facebook Page and choose among three Mission: Impossible movie apps to seamlessly rent, watch and enjoy the action packed adventures of IMF operative Ethan Hunt. “Over the past decade movie fans have followed the impossible exploits of Ethan Hunt and his team of IMF operatives,” said Amy Reinhard, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Domestic Home Media Distribution for Paramount Pictures. “Now fans of Mission: Impossible on Facebook who are eagerly awaiting the release of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol have a chance to relive and share the adventures.” Mission: Impossible movies can be rented individually using Facebook Credits and viewed for up to 48 hours. While watching through Facebook, consumers will have full control over their movie viewing experience and can watch in full screen, pause the movie, leave Facebook and resume playing when logged back in. Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible II and Mission: Impossible III can each be purchased for 30 Facebook Credits ($2.99). This offering is currently only available to consumers in the United States. The Mission: Impossible movies are rated PG 13.

Box Office Report: 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' Thinking of getting Franchise Best $73.5 Mil Friday

Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning-Part 1 is on the right course gain the 2nd-best opening of 2011, however it remains to appear whether or not this can match the $142.8 million debut from the Twilight Saga: New Moon on a single weekend 2 yrs ago.our editor recommendsBox Office Report: 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' Makes $30.3 Mil in Night time RunsNew Movie Reviews: 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning -- Part 1,' 'The Descendants,' 'Happy Ft Two' Striking Theaters'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' Wedding Invitation Designer Revealed (Exclusive)Box Office Report: 'Twilight-Breaking Dawn' Rakes in $8.9 Mil in the First Foreign Foray PHOTOS: 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning - Part I' Black Carpet Premiere For Friday itself, Breaking Beginning is searching in a gross of $73.5 million, which may represent a franchise best. New Moon made $72.7 million on its first Friday. The weekend's other new entry, Warner Bros.' Happy Ft Two, got off and away to a reduced-than-expected start, grossing an believed $six million on Friday for any forecasted weekend gross of $22 million to $24 million. The three dimensional family toon hopes to create up ground throughout Thanksgiving week. PHOTOS: 'Twilight' and also the Top 15 Grossing Threequels ever Breaking Beginning started playing in 3,251 theaters at 12:01 a.m. Friday, generating $30.3 million in night time grosses before getting into an overall total of four,061 locations by mid-morning. Until Harry Potter and also the Deathly Hallows Part 2 arrived this summer time, the final two Twilight photos set records for the best night time performance. This summer time, Deathly Hallows gained an enormous $43.six million in night time grosses coming to grossing north of $160 million in the first weekend. Breaking Beginning now stands at No. 2 when it comes to all-time night time best. PHOTOS: New Images of 'Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning' Starring Billy Burke, Taylor Lautner and Rachelle Lefervre, Breaking Beginning was directed by Bill Condon. By Thursday, Breaking Beginning had already gained $8.9 million from a number of foreign marketplaces. Related Subjects Taylor Lautner Rachelle Lefervre Twilight Saga Box Office Happy Ft 2 Billy Burke

Serkis to be feted at Whistler fest

Andy Serkis will receive Variety's Tech Pioneer Award at the Whistler Film Festival on Dec. 1. Serkis will appear via a live Skype conference as part of a Whistler Summit interactive narrative master class Following the release of "Kung Fu Panda 2," fest will also recognize helmer Jennifer Yuh Nelson with its first Trailblazer in Animation Award at an In Conversation event on Dec. 3. Fest runs Nov. 30 to Dec. 4. Contact Bobbie Whiteman at bobbie.whiteman@variety.com

Heavy D Public Wake Planned for Nov. 17

A public wake will be held in Mt. Vernon, NY on Thursday to commemorate the life of late rapper Dwight "Heavy D" Myers, who died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Nov. 8 outside of his Beverly Hills home at the age of 44.our editor recommendsHeavy D Autopsy Results Inconclusive, Pending Toxicology ReportsHeavy D's Funeral Set For Nov. 18Heavy D Visited Doctor the Day Before His Death PHOTOS: Hollywood's Notable Deaths Details about the service, which will be held from noon until 6:00 p.m. at Grace Baptist Church, can be found on rememberheavyd.com, a recently created memorial website set up in his honor. It also includes information on how to donate to the Heavy D and Xea Myers Fund, which has been established in support of Heavy D's daughter. A Heavy D hotline number can also be found at the site along with instructions for flower delivery. VIDEO: Heavy D's Colleague and Friend, Russell Simmons Remembers the Rapper A funeral for the Jamaica-born, Queens-raised musician-turned-actor is scheduled for the following day, Nov. 18, also at the Grace Baptist Church. P. Diddy and Rev. Al Sharpton are expected to speak, according to the Associated Press. An autopsy, it was announced earlier today, proved to be inconclusive with toxicology results pending. Reports cited that Heavy D was experiencing difficulty breathing and collapsed. It could be several weeks before the cause of death is revealed. Related Topics Al Sharpton P. Diddy Heavy D

Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs Finally Have Their Hollywood Coming-Out Party

Although Albert Nobbs has made the festival rounds and has long been generating awards-season buzz — particularly for star and co-writer Glenn Close — the film only had its Hollywood coming-out party of sorts over the weekend. Close and fellow cast members Janet McTeer and Mia Wasikowska toasted Nobbs on Friday at a cocktail party at Palihouse in Los Angeles. With Albert Nobbs, Close is finally unveiling on the big screen the indelible role she originated on the stage nearly 30 years ago, playing a woman so fearful of succumbing to poverty in 19th-century Ireland that she lives as a man for more than a decade so she can work as a hotel waiter. Director Rodrigo Garcia said he jumped at the chance to take on the project because he was impressed by Close’s persistence in getting the film made. Garcia also talked about the extraordinary character at the heart of the film, and how losing a sense of self is a gradual process. “It’s all about the closets you build for yourself,” Garcia told Movieline. “Albert has spent so much time living in this closet that she can no longer remember who she really is.” Asked whether his choice of the word “closet” lends support to the idea that Albert — who courts a young hotel maid throughout the film to keep up appearances — is gay, Garcia said the character’s sexuality isn’t defined. The maid, Helen (Wasikowska), finds Albert puzzlingly nonsexual. “No gay person who has seen it thinks that Albert is gay,” Garcia said. “But for a straight person, myself included, any ambiguity makes sense.” Regarding his film’s awards chances, the director says he’s not campaigning himself, just “going with the flow.” He added, however, that he does believe an audience is building for Albert Nobbs based on word-of-mouth and a story that resonates with anyone trying to make it through tough times. Only time can tell; Albert Nobbs opens in limited runs in NY and Los Angeles in December, and in wide release on Jan. 27. Read Stephanie Zacharek’s Toronto Film Festival review here. [Photo of Albert Nobbs co-stars Janet McTeer and Glenn Close at the 2011 Governors Awards: Getty Images]

The Academy Celebrates Vanessa Redgrave at Unprecedented Tribute in London

Just one night after presenting James Earl Jones with an honorary Oscar at the London theater where he and Vanessa Redgrave are currently starring in a West End production of Driving Miss Daisy, the Academy tonight honored Redgrave with a special tribute -- the first of its kind to ever be held in Europe, entitled "An Academy Salute to Vanessa Redgrave"-- in celebration of her more than half-century of work in film.our editor recommendsVanessa Redgrave returning to BroadwayFEINBERG FORECAST: 'Coriolanus,' 'J. Edgar,' 'Hugo,' 'Into the Abyss,' 'Lady' Move Post-AFI'Coriolanus' Trailer: Ralph Fiennes Takes Shakespeare to Another Level (Video) Redgrave is one of the most celebrated members of one of the all-time great acting families. She is the daughter of the late Michael Redgrave and the late Rachel Kempson, the older sister of the late Lynn Redgrave and the late Corin Redgrave, and the mother of the late Natasha Richardson and Joely Richardson. She has given standout performances in many memorable films, including Blow-Up (1966), Morgan! (1966), Isadora (1968), Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Julia (1978), The Bostonians (1984), Howards End (1992), Girl, Interrupted (1999), and Atonement (2007). And she has received six Oscar nominations -- four for best actress and two for best supporting actress -- winning in the latter category for Julia. Now 74, Redgrave remains as busy as ever. She has given standout performances in three films released this year: Larysa Kondracki's The Whistleblower, Roland Emmerich's Anonymous, and Ralph Fiennes's directorial debut Coriolanus. Indeed, her show-stopping performance in Coriolanus as Volumnia, the mother of the title character (who is portrayed by Fiennes himself), could bring her another best supporting actress Oscar nod -- and possibly even another statuette. The Academy's invitation-only event, which was held at the Curzon Soho cinema complex, was introduced by former Academy president Sid Ganis, hosted by Sir David Hare, and attended by Jones, Richardson, Fiennes (who left the set of his current film in order to help fete Redgrave), Meryl Streep (Redgrave's co-star in the aforementioned Julia, who I'm told is in London screening Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady for select journalists), Jane Fonda (who also worked with Redgrave in Julia), Dame Eileen Atkins (Redgrave's co-star in the 1975 TV series Arena, 1997 film Mrs. Dalloway, and 2007 film Evening),and Liam Neeson (the actor who was married to Redgrave's daughter Natasha), many of whom addressed the crowd about Redgrave during the ceremony. Vanessa Redgrave Oscars Coriolanus

Leonardo DiCaprio in 'Growing Pains': A Look Back at the 'J. Edgar' Star's Breakout Role

When ABC's Growing Pains debuted in September 1985, The Hollywood Reporter called it "a poor copy of Family Ties." THR predicted NBC's The A-Team would crush the family sitcom in the 8:30 p.m. Tuesday ratings, even though "Mr. T is no longer the heavyweight he once was." But Pains lasted seven seasons, including two in the viewership top 10, and three guest actors from the show went on to major stardom: Brad Pitt, Hilary Swank and Leonardo DiCaprio.our editor recommendsJ. Edgar: Film Review PHOTOS: 'J. Edgar' Premiere Red Carpet Arrivals Today's J. Edgar star was 16 when he landed a recurring role on Pains in 1991. It wasn't DiCaprio's first credit: He had grown up in L.A. and appeared in five episodes of the daytime soap Santa Barbara and a dozen episodes of NBC's short-lived Parenthood and had film roles in Poison Ivy and Critters 3. But it was 23 episodes on Pains as Luke Brower, a homeless boy taken in by the Seaver family, that really put him in the public eye. THR COVER STORY: The Making of 'J. Edgar' Show creator Neal Marlens was also running The Wonder Years by the time DiCaprio came to Pains and has only a vague memory of him being cast. "I remember thinking, 'Hey, this kid is talented,' " says Marlens. "But only in retrospect was his being cast an event." It was DiCaprio's last stint on television. Within the next five years, the three-time Oscar nominee would make This Boy's Life, What's Eating Gilbert Grape and Romeo + Juliet before blasting into the stratosphere with Titanic. Related Topics Leonardo DiCaprio J. Edgar

Madonna's Rumored New Single Leaked Online (Audio)

A demo version of the purported first single off of Madonna's next album has been leaked online.our editor recommendsMadonna Launches Her First Fragrance, Truth or Dare. What Took So Long?Madonna Defends Herself at London Premiere of 'W.E.'Madonna's Brother Tells Newspaper: I'm HomelessMadonna's Early Diva Days, Riveting Tales of Disco, Drugs and 80s Excess Highlight Nile Rodgers' Memoir The retro-sounding "Gimme All Your Love" would be included on the singer's 12th studio album, which will be released in spring 2012. PHOTOS: The Music Industry's Greatest Givers Madonna began work on the album in July, according to a tweet by her manager Guy Oseary. She said during press rounds promoting her film W.E. at the Venice Film Festival that the first single was due out in Feb. or March of next year. The song begins with cheerleaders/singers chanting to a snare drum: "L-U-V Madonna. Y-O-U you wanna?" PHOTOS: 20 Best and Worst Music to Movie Crossovers Madonna then sings, "I see you coming and I don't want to know your name/ I see you coming and you're gonna have to change your game." The chorus is pretty straight forward: "Gimme all your love and gimme your love, give me all your love today/Gimme all your love and gimmie your love, let's forget about time and dance our lives away." PHOTOS: MTV VMAs Greatest Feuds With Madonna, Courtney Love The single definitely sports an '80s sound with synthesizers, drum machines and "Hey Mickey" -like back-up vocals. The album will be Madonna's first CD since leaving Warner Bros. for a 360 deal with Live Nation, reports Billboard. Madonna - Give Me All Your Love - Full New Single 2011 Vidéo MrMusic sélectionnée dans Musique Related Topics Madonna

The Oscars Won't Fire Brett Ratner After Gay Slur

This is the week you Muggles have been waiting for: Friday marks the DVD and Blu-ray debut of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,' the final chapter in the most successful film franchise of all time. There's lots of evil in this installment of the Potter saga, almost as much as the evil present in David Lynch's 'Blue Velvet,' which makes its Blu-ray debut this week; the high-def edition includes 50 minutes of unseen footage. And evil (though unintentional) abounds in the frames of 'The Change-Up,' a very nasty body-switch comedy that gives the genre a bad name. Read on. 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2' What It's About: After 10 wonderful years, (and seven movies), the cinematic saga of Harry Potter comes to a close with a stupendous, visceral, special-effects laden extravaganza. If you'll recall from 'Part 1,' the evil forces of Lord Voldemort have basically taken over Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic in preparation for enslaving their opponents and purifying the world. Harry, Ron and Hermione -- after what seemed like 40 days and 40 nights in the wilderness in search of the "horcruxes" that give Voldemort his immortality -- amass enough wizardry strength to face off against the Dark Lord's minions while Harry himself takes on the evil one in a battle that would make Raoul Walsh or Sam Fuller proud. It's Kinda Like: 'The Big Red One' meets 'Excalibur' What We Say: This is a fitting end to the Harry Potter saga: a cinematic tour-de-force with strong acting and dazzling special effects. And in what must be the highest-grossing series in movie history -- and a series that has fattened the wallets of virtually half the British actors in the world -- the saga gave us the rare opportunity to watch a group of kids come of age (fictionally) on the big screen, witnessing their childhoods' end at the hands of duplicitous and evil adults (though for every bad adult there's also a positive role model). By the end of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2,' Ron and Hermione have matured and acknowledge their love for each other while Harry flexes his muscles and kills off the evil father figure. Freud would be proud. • Extras: 'A Conversation With JK Rowling and Daniel Radcliffe,' 'The Goblins of Gringotts' featurette, 'The Women of Harry Potter' featurette, deleted scenes; the Blu-ray adds a 'Maximum Movie Mode' close up look at 'Blowing Up Hogwarts.' Rotten Tomatoes Reviews | Buy DVD | Save DVD to your Netflix queue Watch an exclusive clip: 'The Change-Up' What It's About: Dave and Mitch are best friends who have drifted apart from each other, going their separate ways: Dave (Jason Bateman) has a lovely wife, three kids and a high-paying job in a prestigious law firm; Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) is a man-child with no responsibilities and a stress-free life with no obligations. Ahh, but the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, and after a drunken night together, the pair urinate in the pool of a magical statue and wake up the next morning in each other's bodies. The rest of the movie has the pair struggling to avoid destroying each other's lives before they can find a way to get their old ones back. It's Kinda Like: 'The Hangover' meets 'Freaky Friday' What We Say: Hollywood (and audiences) love body swap comedies, whether they concern spirits coming back in human bodies (1941's 'Here Comes Mr. Jordan,' remade as 'Heaven Can Wait' in 1978 by Warren Beatty), women inhabiting men's bodies ('All of Me,' 1984), men inhabiting women's bodies ('Prelude to a Kiss,' 1992), women and men swapping bodies ('Turnabout,' 1940) or mothers and daughters and sons and fathers swapping bodies ('Freaky Friday, 2003 and 'Like Father, Like Son,' 1987). And while most of those films are enjoyable, we can't say the same for 'The Change-Up.' The film puts its emphasis on four-letter words, gross-out bodily functions, sex acts, double entendres and violence -- all in a particularly nasty way -- in attitude, in its stance toward women, in its foul-mouthed potty humor. It is cliched and lacks heart. In a word, it's despicable. It's a shame to see four good actors (Bateman, Reynolds, Olivia Wilde and Leslie Mann) wasting their time on such junk. • Extras: Commentary by director David Dobkin, deleted scenes, gag reel, behind-the-scenes featurettes. Rotten Tomatoes Reviews | Buy DVD | Save DVD to your Netflix queue Blu-ray Debut: 'Blue Velvet': (1986) The Blu-ray debut of David Lynch's visionary story of sex, death, greed and resurrection arrived too late for review. Lynch paints a perverted universe in which clean-cut Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) realizes his Mayberry-like home town is not so normal when he discovers a human ear in a field, leading him into an erotic murder mystery that involves a disturbed nightclub singer (Isabella Rossellini) and a drug-addicted sadist (Dennis Hopper). The film is ravishing on the big screen, so we hope Fox has done justice to the film in its high-def incarnation. This edition includes 50 minutes of never-before seen footage, 'Mysteries of Love' documentary, vignettes and "A Few Outtakes." Watch an exlusive Blu-ray clip: Other New November 8 Releases: 'Alleged': (2010) A romantic story about a young reporter and his fiancee -- and moral responsibility and journalistic opportunity -- set against the whirlwind of fundamentalism and sensationalism that was the 1925 Scopes "Monkey Trial" that pitted William Jennings Bryan against Clarence Darrow. Stars Nathan West, Ashley Johnson, Brian Denny, Fred Dalton Thompson, Colm Meaney. 'Atlas Shrugged: Part 1': (2011) The big-screen adaptation of Ayn Rand's philosophic magnum opus touting "the morality of rational self-interest" takes place in a dystopian future in the U.S. when the country is on the verge of economic collapse and a pair of lone entrepreneurs -- the owner of the nation's last railroad system and an industrialist whose super-strength metal alloy holds the promise of the future -- team to prevent the motor of the world from stopping. 'A Better Tomorrow': (2010 -- South Korea) stars Jin-mo Ju and Seung-heon Song in a remake of John Woo's 1986 cult classic, here about double-dealing and warfare among rival Thai and Korean mob syndicates. 'Boy Wonder': (2011) An urban psychological-thriller about a young boy who witnesses the brutal murder of his mother during a Brooklyn car-jacking and who grows up to be a loner, obsessed with finding his mother's killer -- as a straight-A student by day and a self-appointed hero at night. 'In My Sleep': (2009) A man with a rare sleep disorder, parasomnia, wakes up with blood on his hands and fears he may be a sleepwalking killer. Stars Philip Winchester, Lacey Chabert, Abigail Spencer, Kelly Overton, Michael Badalucco, Beth Grant, Tony Hale. 'The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll': (2009) A rock star retreats to his hometown after his sophomore album flops and reunites with his estranged partner; the pair head out on the road in the hopes of salvaging their long lost dream. Stars Kevin Zegers, Jason Ritter, Taryn Manning, Lukas Haas, Peter Fonda, Lauren Holly, Kelly Lynch, Aimee Teegarden. 'The River Why': (2010) A young man leaves the city to find himself through his love of fishing, encountering a group of eccentrics who change his life. Stars Zach Gilford, Amber Heard, William Hurt, Dallas Roberts, Kathleen Quinlan, William Devane. '13': (2011) Remake of the award-winning 2005 international sensation "13 Tzameti," about a man who assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men in an underworld Russian roulette competition. Stars Jason Statham, Alexander Skarsgard, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Mickey Rourke, Michael Shannon, 50 Cent, Ray Winstone, Gaby Hoffmann, Ben Gazzara. Check out more November 8 DVD releases at OnVideo.

Funny Girl Wont Bow On Broadway This Year Due To Budget Shortfall

Theatergoers who have been looking forward to seeing Lauren Ambrose and Bobby Cannavale star inside a stage revival of Funny Girl won’t be cheered with this news. The show continues to be scrapped with this season. It absolutely was scheduled to spread out in April 2012 after first playing the middle Theater Group/Ahmanson Theatre in La. They simply couldn’t obtain the money together and will need to repeat the process next season. I’m told the cast will remain in place.We now have made the very difficult decision right now to postpone our manufacture of Funny Girl,” Bob Boyett stated. “Given the present economic system, many Broadway creating traders have discovered it impossible to keep their standard degree of financial commitment. Our need to produce Funny Girl around the scale it warrants needed a capital of $12 million which makes it probably the most costly revivals in Broadway history. I'm deeply saddened with this decision, however i, together with the best number of co-producers I've ever had the pleasure to utilize — Sonia Friedman, Jean Doumanian, Stacey Mindich and Tim Levy — determined this wasn't the best time for you to bringFunny Girl to the level.

Hathaway As Catwoman Becomes A Producer The First Time In 'Puzzler'

Hathaway As Catwoman is trying out a completely new job inside the film industry: creating. In line with the Hollywood Reporter, Hathaway is positioned to both star in and convey the thriller "Puzzler" at Vital. It's being known to just as much like "72 Hrs in the Condor," the Robert Redford film that adopted a CIA investigator who finds all his pals dead as well as to stay several steps before his attackers. The film will probably be put together by "Tresspass" scribe Karl Gajdusek. Unsure yet on if the uses front from you. See the relaxation of current day casting news following a jump! Josh Holloway, Josh Peck Join "Planet B Boy" What can Josh Holloway and Chris Brown share? They'll both soon be starring in "Planet B Boy," an approaching Screen Gems film that notifies the particular-existence story of countless American b boys. Inspired by an award-winning documentary, the film follows a thrilling-star American quantity of breakdancers who train to compete inside the Fight of year Worldwide Game titles in France. The film also stars Josh Peck, Laz Alonso and Caity Lotz. Paul Master To Star In "District 13" Remake Deadline finds that Paul Master is at discussions to participate "Brick Mansions," the Luc Besson-scripted remake of Pierre Morel's 2004 French thriller "District 13." He'll play an undercover detective searching to think about lower a drug dealer who stole a WMD. David Belle, the actor who starred inside the original, may even star inside the movie. Ryan Kwanten And Amy Smart Fly On "Flight 7500" Bloody Disgusting is verifying that Ryan Kwanten and Amy Smart will be in predicts star inside the thriller "Flight 7500." The film arises from "The Grudge" director Takashi Shimizu. It's set around the transpacific airliner from LA to Tokyo, japan, japan that encounters a supernatural pressure. Smart would play one of the people. It's unclear who Kwanten may have. Dylan McDermott Can get In Round The "Dog Fight" Casting on Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis' political comedy "Dog Fight" is starting to warm up. The newest actor to participate the cast is "American Horror Story" star Dylan McDermott, who plays the consultant who runs Galifianakis' campaign. He joins Jason Sudeikis, Sarah Baker and Katherine LaNasa inside the Jay Roach-directed comedy. Filming starts the next month. Reveal everything you considered current day Casting Make contact with should be genuine section below or on Twitter!

You Can't Close This Short Article from Logan Lerman's Awkward Korean TV Interview

Logan Lerman, possibly our most rosy-cheeked D’Artagnan, arrived on the scene around the Korean talk show while marketing the completely new Three Musketeers within the Busan Worldwide Film Festival. Maybe the film’s much less hot, however, you’ll see in this clip that Lerman’s cute clumsiness may be the finest we’ve seen since Jesse Eisenberg (and not as switch). Also, the host steals Lerman’s shoes, and for reasons uknown it’s like watching a trainwreck. To start with, the amount of occasions is one to person insist he's shy? And be so right? Next, People QUESTIONS. After which it THAT SINGING. Concluding with People Slip-ons. It’s as being a version of Contagion where the virus allows you to definitely shuffle within your chair and scratch your neck 100 occasions. Logan Lerman interview on Korea TV (March 23, 2011)! [YouTube]

Ratings: Game 1 of World Series Draws Nearly 13 Million Fans

Jason Motte in the St. Louis Cardinals Game among the World Series involving the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers attracted in nearly 13 million fans, preliminary Nielsen data shows. Furthermore, it acquired a 3.8 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds. See the relaxation in the day's news Still, the overnight ratings for your Series - which have evaporated over time - were 8 percent below last year's overnights for Game 1. Fox hope the fall Classic goes past four to five games, because interest substantially evolves for sixth and seventh games Last year's five-game Series averaged 14.2 million audiences - the second-least expensive after 13.6 000 0000 in 2008. This Past Year, the NY Yankees-Philadelphia Phillies series came 19.4 million audiences. Fall Preview: Get scoop inside your favorite returning shows At 8/7, CBS' Survivor: South Off-shoreline counted 11.millions of audiences, while ABC's The Middle clicked up 9.03 million and NBC's Up With The Evening 5.64 million. Over the following half-hour, Suburgatorylured 8.79 million people while a Whitney rerun - still filling the slot left with the canceled Free Agents - attracted in 4.ten million. Another repeat in the CW's Ringer got 1.22 million. Wednesday night's most-seen show, Criminal Minds, entertained 13.11 million people in prime time's middle hour versus. ABC's Modern Family (12.85 million) NBC's Harry's Law (8.18 million) and America's Next Top Model round the CW (1.89 million). After Family, Happy Being had 6.89 million people tuning in at 9:30/8:30c. Inside the final prime-time hour, CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Analysis attracted 10.64 million ABC's Revenge 7.94 million (the same as the other day) and NBC's Law & Order: Special Sufferers Unit 7.58 million.

Zachary Quinto on Margin Call, Occupy Wall Street and the Business of Coming Out

It’s been a hell of an autumn so far for Zachary Quinto, who has followed his appearance in last month’s Anna Faris comedy What’s Your Number? with a forthcoming role in the FX hit American Horror Story and the lead in writer-director J.C. Chandor’s superb economic-meltdown drama Margin Call. And he dominated headlines last weekend after officially coming out as gay. Not bad! But as Quinto told Movieline this week in NY, Margin Call remains the focus for now, and for good reason: Not only does the film feature arguably Quinto’s best performance to date as a young financial analyst who uncovers a crisis in the making at his investment bank, but it also represents the 34-year-old actor’s feature producing debut. He did it with class, too, rounding up an excellent ensemble including Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Stanley Tucci, Paul Bettany, Demi Moore, Simon Baker and Penn Badgley. The film opens Friday after a warm receptions earlier this year at the Sundance, Berlin and New Directors/New Films festivals. I spoke to Quinto about pouring his ambition into Margin Call, the coincidental timing of its release opposite the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests, and both the political and professional implications of coming out. I had no idea what to expect going into Margin Call, but I really loved it. How did you get involved with it? I started a production company three years ago, and we’ve been producing all kinds of different things. We published two graphic novels, we explored some short-film content online, we’ve been developing televisions. And this was the first feature that we got behind and wanted to produce. So for us, there was a lot at stake, you know? We met J.C. at a meeting when he was out in L.A. about two years ago, and he told us about the project, and he gave us a copy of it. We all went home that night — I have two business partners — and we called each other the next morning and said, “This is it.” There was just such a unanimity to it, and it became really clear based on the integrity and caliber of the material — added to the affability of and point of view of J.C. That was the beginning. What was your first instinct: To produce or to act? It was always in terms of producing; we were looking for my company’s first movie. And for me with projects, they’re not mutually exclusive — they’re not dependent on one another. We’ve made three movies now, and I’m only in this one. I think it’s good in this instance — with the first project — that I’m involved as an actor and was able to rely on that exposure, and that association to make this declaration about my company. But yeah, I wanted to act it in it when I read it. It was something I felt compelled to do. But it wasn’t one or the other or all or nothing; it was always a conversation of both things. There are a handful of roles in this film that you could have played. Why Peter? From a practical standpoint, I think that my age and my sensibility lend themselves most aptly to Peter. But in a creative way, I was really drawn into him because, first of all, I think he’s the portal for the audience into the world of this movie. He’s responsible for making this discovery and is sort of the catalyst for this information moving up the ladder within the chain of command of the corporation. And yet he has a seemingly rooted moral compass, which gets thrown off in the course of his journey. And I liked that — that was something I was really interested in. I mean, I tend to be drawn to characters who have some level of internal complexity or ambiguity or duality, and I thought he was no exception to that. This cast is amazing, obviously. What was your role in helping assemble these actors, if any? I was pretty instrumentally involved in producing the movie every step of the way, but especially in the beginning — when we were meeting financiers and pitching the movie. I was really involved in that phase of it. And also the casting phase. I was reaching out to actors directly, and talking to their reps and having conversations and setting up meetings and going to meetings with J.C. and other actors. I was really, really involved in that, because that’s where being an actor in my own right allows me to utilize those contacts that I have and that access that I have that somebody coming to the table just wanting to produce a movie definitely does not have. So the resources of my agency and my management company and all of that stuff were really helpful along the way as well. What do you pick up from guys like Jeremy Irons and Kevin Spacey — or even younger peers like Paul Bettany, even Penn Badgley — when you’re going to work in this environment every day? There’s an immense professionalism, commitment, preparedness, punctuality, confidence, sense of humor… It was a really enjoyable production. And it was every day — the lessons were just such a part of the experience. Working with these legends in their own right really made me feel inspired and challenged in the best way possible. The timing of this film’s release could not be better — not only because of the continuing economic malaise, but of course it coincides with the Occupy Wall Street protests. Have you been down there at all? I haven’t been down to Zucotti Park this week; I’ve been so busy here doing press for the movie. It’s kind of funny: I accidentally got swept up in a movement they were doing on the Upper East Side the other day. I was going to a meeting and crossing over Park Avenue and heard all this chanting and saw these cops, and I realized the movement was chanting outside Rupert Murdoch’s house and other CEOs’ houses on the Upper East Side. I thought that was really cool, and if I hadn’t had somewhere to be, then I’m sure I would have followed them for a little while to see where the energy was moving. But you know, I think we never could have anticipated this. This is such a gift from the universe that all this conversation is happening and this movement is gaining so much momentum right now as we’re putting this movie out. I think it’s really incredible. Is it actually in good taste for celebrities to even be down there? There’s a exploitation factor to some degree — guys like Kanye, for example, who otherwise brags about being among the 1 percent? Is it better to stay away? Or does that deprive you of your personal right to protest as a citizen? Well, I’ve certainly protested other things in my life, so I think for me, it’s about the message. And I think the Occupy Wall Street movement is still trying to define and clarify its message. It’s really a kind of interesting and amorphous movement; I don’t think it came out of the gate knowing clearly its standpoint — its manifesto, so to speak. So I’m just really interested in seeing how that unfolds. But when they do come up with that declarative position and it’s something that resonates for me personally, then by all means I would love to get involved. I think these are exactly the kinds of conversations that need to be happening in this country. But what worries me is the divisiveness of these conversations and the way they tend to just be ideological debates where one side is completely invalidating and undermining the position of the other side. That’s unfortunately the political climate that we seem to be living in these days, and I think it’s actually that which needs to shift. And as long we perpetuate these cycles of, you know, back-and-forth and round-and-round, then nothing’s going to change, and it’s going to be much more destructive than productive. And of course you recently made a pretty significant stand on a social issue by publicly declaring your sexual orientation. How do you intend to help move that cause forward? It’s a big part of why I did it. I feel like I did it in my own time, on my own terms, in my own words — which I’ve always is how it would happen when the time is right. And I just felt like I would help in whatever way feels organic. And I’m sure that now that I’ve made this statement and acknowledgment, opportunities will present themselves in many different ways. And I look forward to being to meet those opportunities with integrity and open myself up to helping a conversation move forward in a way that I think that it has to for all us — not just for the sake of gay people or straight people or whatever. It’s for the sake of humanity that we need to be looking at these issues with more compassion and more acceptance and more openness and less judgment and intolerance. As a producer, is there anything to be said for declaring this the week your movie comes out? As opposed to what? To bring visibility the film. That was never, ever in any way a part of my intention. This was something that was an intensely personal decision and intensely thought-out. I gave it a lot of thought and attention. It has nothing to do with marketability or visibility. I mean, I’d rather be doing it in association with a movie that I have a significant impact in bringing to bear and bringing to life than at any other time to just generate attention for me myself. I’m making a lot of declarations this week — as a producer, as an actor, as someone who’s interested in human rights and wants to help advance those conversations. So I dismiss that idea completely. Considering the inescapability of other subjects like Star Trek or Heroes, though, do you have apprehensions about adding another topic to the conversation that precedes or even limits talking about your work? I don’t really understand that line of questioning. I’m really interested in talking about my movie, and I’m really interested in talking about issues that are important: My work as an actor, and my belief that people need to start opening up to each other with more tolerance and more acceptance. I mean, they’re totally separate things. I feel like my work is my work, and my political points of view and social points of view are exactly that, and I’ll talk about them when it’s appropriate. So no, I don’t expect that it’ll limit me or restrict me in any way. [Top photo: Getty Images]

VIDEO: Shia LaBeouf Beaten Outdoors Vancouver Bar

Shia LaBeouf Shia LaBeouf was beaten outdoors a Vancouver bar, TMZ reviews.The website acquired video of Thursday's alleged incident, which shows a shirtless guy punching someone laying around the pavement who seems to become LaBeouf. Following the attack, LaBeouf attempts to chase following the guy, but someone holds him back and informs him: "You gotta lay low at this time.InchExamine out photos of Shia LaBeoufAccording to TMZ, your dream began within the Cinema Public House bar and ongoing outdoors after security started LaBeouf and also the guy out. It's unclear what triggered the attack.A repetition for that bar told the website that nobody saw your dream outdoors, but confirmed the actor is a regular in the bar while he's been shooting The Organization You Retain in Vancouver. Robert Redford and Shia LaBeouf to star in The Organization You KeepAn e-mail to LaBeouf's repetition wasn't immediately came back.Watch your dream: video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player

Bert Royal sets drama at CW, Warner Bros. TV

CW has pacted with "Easy A" scribe Bert Royal and Warner Bros. TV to develop an action-thriller "Dare." Royal is penning the script for WB-based Lin Pictures. He'll professional produce with Serta Lin and Jennifer Gwartz. "Dare" involves several six teens who've to experience a deadly wager on Truth or Dare. "Dare" marks Royal's second development prospect for your approaching pilot season. He's already setup half-hour, "The Brainiacs Shall Inherit our world,In . at ABC Art galleries with Jennifer Garner's Vandalia Films banner. Round the feature side, Royal recently offered a spec comedy "A Thousand Words or Less" to Fox Searchlight, they is installed on direct. Royal is repped by Paradigm and handled by R.E.D's Dana Jackson. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

Bad Movies We Love: Father of the Bride Part II

A friend of mine once explained to me her chief problem with movies: “I don’t like when movies have conflicts. Can’t we just hang out with the characters and make jokes and have fun? It’s nicer that way.” This week’s Bad Movie We Love answers that harebrained prayer with a conflict-free plot, a smiley disposition from beginning to end, and a huge helping of total irrelevance. It’s the 1995 sequel Father of the Bride Part II starring The Big Year’s lead amigo Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, and a company of stress-free actors. Father of the Bride Part II is the cinematic equivalent of vanilla ice cream with butterscotch syrup: old-fashioned, tasty, and fit for consumption on a Sunday afternoon with your grandparents. Put in your dentures and watch the sedatest version of a “wild and crazy guy” you’ll ever see. Though it’s a remake of the Spencer Tracy/Elizabeth Taylor sequel Father’s Little Dividend, Father of the Bride Part II kicks off where the 1991 “original remake” left off: Steve Martin and Diane Keaton remain an upper-middle class, beige-loving couple with a married daughter. Awww. Happy! Clappy! But when their daughter declares she’s pregnant, Martin and Keaton don’t realize they have a surprise of their own: Keaton is pregnant too! Ohhhhhh. This will lead to all sorts of confusion, such as… nothing. There is no confusion. There is no conflict. This is a movie about a pregnant middle-aged woman, her pregnant daughter, their husbands, quaint narration, and spurts of infomercial-grade zaniness from wedding planners Martin Short and B.D. Wong. It is chronically pleasant. You may wonder why you should see such an inconsequential piece of Sunday schmaltz, and the stork has some shocking news for you: You will watch this movie 50 fucking times. You will watch it in the mornings. During summer. On weekday evenings. In winter. On TBS. On Demand. On Netflix Instant. You will love it. It will mean nothing. It will be your everything. It will help you live. With its barrels of zilch. And aisles of smiles. Smile! Smile. Sleepy now. Go to sleep. Steve Martin loves you. Diane Keaton whisks you into the arms of Morpheus. La-la. Thank you. More formally, there are five reasons to pick up Father of the Bride Part II for repeat viewings. Essentially, screenwriter Nancy Meyers should’ve called it It’s Even Less Complicated. Enticed yet? 5. You say, “Prostate,” I say “HAHA-state!” It’s a case of mistaken identity in the hospital when a sleep-deprived George (Steve Martin) is confused for a patient who needs a prostate exam. Do you like butt-tickle humor? Welcome to paradise. In a classic moment of “AH! Let me get to know you first!” snap reaction, Steve Martin flies out of the exam room with a frightened zeal that recalls his ’70s SNL heyday. 4. A nursery that Anne Geddes might call “a little overdone” Martin Short reprises his role from the first film as Franck Eggelhoffer, the wedding planner who decides to decorate the nursery for George’s new baby. George is unconvinced that Franck will deliver a decent room, but he’s astonished to find that Franck has crafted a beautiful space with just the right accoutrement. Meanwhile, we’re astonished to find that Franck has crafted a scary menagerie of stuffed animals, insane furniture, and Hallmark Channel lighting. It frightens me. It looks like a cemetery for A.A. Milne characters. I’m traumatized and can’t look away. 3. Speaking of horrifying menageries, here are two storks that showed up at the baby shower. Not kidding. 2. Diane Keaton rehearses for The First Wives Club in front of you. We can argue about Diane Keaton’s best work, but no one can deny that her most important role was that of Annie MacDuggan Paradis in The First Wives Club. Deal? Shut up. Strapped to a prosthetic belly in Father of the Bride Part II, we watch as Keaton lunges and squats to prepare for the difficult choreography of her future work with Goldie Hawn and Bette Midler. She’s even wearing unflattering, tight whites. If you can keep your eyes off of flailing Ed Grimley for three seconds, you’ll sigh in adoration at Keaton’s seminal training. 1. A horrifying glimpse of Steve Martin without silver hair Remember what I said about this movie being vanilla ice cream with butterscotch syrup? That still applies, but now there’s a razor blade in the second scoop, and Steve Martin put it there. Try not to impale your gums on this photo of the banjo man, who spends the first 15 minutes of the movie enjoying a midlife crisis, with mousey brown hair. You’ll notice that he looks like Ray Combs now, and the survey says, “I can’t handle this.” He has no character with brown hair! It’s like Jennifer Hudson in a size-4 wrap dress or January Jones when she wears a real emotion: The essence is gone! Diane Keaton, your exasperation hits the mark, as usual. Read more of Movieline’s Bad Movies We Love.

The Veil

Conor McPhersons The Veil concentrates on the misfortunes from the formerly grand British family in rural Ireland in 1822. A National Theater presentation from the play by 50 percent functions written and directed by Conor McPherson.Lady Madeleine Lambrook - Fenella Woolgar Reverend Berkeley - Jim Norton Hannah Lambroke - Emily Taafe Mr. Fingal - Peter McDonald Charles Audelle - Adrian Schiller Mrs. Goulding - Brid Brennan Maria Lambroke - Ursula Manley Clare Wallace - Caoilfhionn DunneThe plain housekeeper is deeply deeply in love with the estate manager who's deeply deeply in love with the lady of the house which has permit the estate visit rack and ruin. Add the spirits in the dead expected of playwright Conor McPherson along with "The Cherry Orchard" with ghosts. Sadly, it's neither the stress in the former or, as manifested within the finest works "The Weir" and "Shining City," the literal and metaphoric shiver in the latter. McPherson's story from the formerly grand British family which is (mis)fortunes in rural Ireland in 1822 opens while using estate manager Mr. Fingal (Peter McDonald) and senior citizens Mrs. Goulding (Brid Brennan) awkwardly practicing to one another the troubles in the Lambroke family. Lady Madeleine (Fenella Woolgar) hasn't paid out wages for 13 several days but she's poised to assuage everyone's worries while using marriage of daughter Hannah (Emily Taafe) with a wealthy (unseen) Englishman. Nevertheless the alliance may be jeopardized by Hannah's worries inside the voices she learns. Exposition might be the required bugbear of plays that rely on backstory but, after initial set-up, have a tendency to gives approach to developing action. Not here, alas. You will discover a couple of moments of present activity, particularly an ill-advised seance, but almost other things that occurs accomplishes this off-stage. This can be a harmful endeavour since its difficult to build associations occasions and figures that remain unwitnessed and undramatised. Rather than building tension using the depiction of occasions, McPherson is dependent on extended passages of reported speech through which figures unburden themselves. Chief could well be meddlesome Reverend Barkeley (Jim Norton) who smugly announces his every self-satisfied belief about spiritualism at great length and encourages a late-evening sance for his or her own finishes. Despite the fact that figures that attend the seance are part of your family or temporarily woven inside it, for almost all the play in the familial and spiritual elements rarely mesh considerably. Secrets are revealed and character particulars completed, nonetheless they don't create momentum. Rather, we are proven how each individual within the Lambroke family individually carries the gift for spiritual sightings. Finally, in the scene late inside the second act, everything boils finished bitterness together with a gun is elevated. Which will declare that everything happen to be being applied, but McPherson has rarely lifted the dramatic temperature. Everyone emerges a different perspective however with one another the play eventually ends up showing simply an inert group portrait. To pay for, the heavens use producing from the effort than needs to be necessary. Peter McDonald particularly fearlessly is applicable to broke in the fantasia of drunken bravado, but even he struggles with the fact the writing has so litle if this involves metaphor. In the author as gifted as McPherson, the evening can be a particular disappointment. Just like a director he encourages beautiful, period design work but Neil Austin's moody lighting round the dwindling grandeur of Rae Smith's detailed house is more atmospheric in comparison to writing. What McPherson doesn't do is energize their very own script.Sets and costumes, Rae Cruz lighting, Neil Austin appear, Paul Arditti music, Stephen Warbeck production stage manager, Simon Dodson. Opened up up, examined March. 4, 2011. Running time: 2 Several hours, 30 MIN. Contact David Benedict at benedictdavid@mac.com

Kurt Russell to exchange Kevin Costner in Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained'

GettyKurt Russell Kurt Russell is getting back with Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained. Russell is within foretells join the all-star movie, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson and Christoph Waltz. He'd replace Kevin Costner, who bowed out a week ago. The film is occur the American South from the 1800¹s and follows a freedslave (Foxx) who partners having a German fugitive hunter (Waltz) so as tofind his wife. STORY: 'Kill Bill' Actress Getting back With Quentin Tarantino in 'Django Unchained' The theif list they encounter is impressive: DiCaprio like a Francophileplantation owner who forces slaves to compete in dying matches and Jackson like a vile mind slave who worksfor DiCaprio. Coming onto their email list of antagonists is going to be Russell, playing a charactercalled Ace, a guy who runs the plantation inside a callous manner and whorelishes punishing slaves. STORY: Christoph Waltz Dislocates Pelvic Bone Throughout 'Django Unchained' Training The Weinstein Co. will distribute the film locally while The new sony Pictureshandles the relaxation around the globe. The film is because of get into production inNovember. Russell starred like a serial killing stuntman in Tarantino's Dying Proof,which behaved because the other half from the 2007 B-movie combo Grindhouse. TheCAA-repped actor hasn't made an appearance around the large-screen since but comes with an indiefootball drama entitled Touchback within the can. Christoph Waltz Jamie Foxx Leonardo DiCaprio Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained

Iceland sends 'Volcano' to Oscars

"Volcano"LONDON -- Iceland has selected Runar Runarsson's feature debut "Volcano" becasue it is entry for your foreign-language film Oscar. The helmer has known to his film as "a coming-of-age story from the 67-year-some guy.Inch Theodor Juliusson toplines just like a outdated school janitor forced having a distressing event to deal with his flaws also to learn to love. Margret Helga Johannsdottir plays his wife. The film preemed in Directors' Week at Cannes, and contains carried out at many other major festivals, including Toronto, where it examined inside the Discovery section. Furthermore, it plays as of this month's Chicago Film Festival. Pic was produced by Thor Sigurjonsson and Skuli Fr. Malmquist for Iceland's Zik Zak Filmworks, and Egil Dennerline for Denmark's Fine & Mellow Prods. TrustNordisk is handling foreign sales. The film was backed by New Danish Screen, Icelandic Film Center and Nordic Film and TV Fond. Runarsson's 2005 online video "Last Farm" was nominated with an Academy Award. His 2008 short "2 Wild wild birds" carried out in competish at Cannes. Contact Leo Barraclough at leo.barraclough@variety.com

Dinos Well worth the Wait? Terra Nova Bosses and Star Jason O'Mara on What to anticipate

Julianna Margulies As The Good Wife's Season 3 premiere demonstrated that Alicia and can are extremely on, the cast provided lots of off-screen entertainment throughout Sunday's episode. Included in CBS' Tweet Week, Julianna Margulies, Josh Charles and Alan Cumming all live-tweeted the New England airing. The trio shared on-set secrets, clarified fans questions and leaking a couple of approaching spoilers (but very few). Our seven favorite facts:Fall Preview: Get scoop in your favorite coming back shows7. So About This Love Scene: Fans did not see what went down within the pricey presidential suite between Alicia and can, however their hot love scene at Will's place a lot more than composed for this. (We dare explore to blush.) Throughout the scene, Cumming tweeted "awkward" because he was watching with Margulies and her husband and Charles and the girlfriend. Margulies tweeted: "My friendship with Josh makes shooting our moments much simpler!"6. Paging Nancy Crozier, Patti Nyholm and ... Jack Donaghy?: "We actually hope Mamie Gummer (Crozier) is going to be back: we like her," Margulies tweeted and Charles stated he wished Martha Plimpton (Nyholm) would return. When requested about favorite guest-star/idol judges, Margulies stated Denis O'Hare, also known as Judge Abernathy, found mind rapidly. For new guest stars, Margulies stated Alec Baldwin is really a dream guest star and CNN's Piers Morgan tweeted in the cast to provide his services: "I am available as the stand-set for all elevator moments later on.Inch (Appears like they do not need his help!)Take a look at our listing of favorite TV workplaces5. The Actual Story Behind the Bangs: Most fans were comfortable with Alicia's new bangs, but Cary (Matt Czuchry) also carried a brand new 'do throughout the growing season premiere. Cumming joked the new hair styles "have been in our contracts."4. What's Will As Much As in Season 3?: Charles says he's not were built with a single scene inside a "proper court docket" to date this year, what exactly is Will doing (besides doing Alicia)? Charles stated his favorite part concerning the approaching episodes continues to be exploring Will and "getting into to his past and what drives him." Requested his favorite factor about his character, Charles stated it's Will's "need to win no matter what and also the cost he or she must pay for your appropriately and personally."3. Confirming for Dual Purpose: Charles might have less court docket moments, but he's going to have a bigger workload. The actor revealed he's walking behind your camera to direct a chapter. "I'm pointing my first one later this year. Very excited."See our listing of TV duos who must do it2. Will and Alicia Aren't the only real Ones Getting Busy: Kalinda's sex life happens to be a hot subject, and Cumming fueled the fireplace. He first tweeted that "Kalinda and Cary are extremely determined to shag, no?Inch before later promising that Kalinda (Archie Panjabi) is "benefiting from soon.Inch Also, whenever a fan requested Alan Cumming about the potential of a Lockhart Gardner Holiday party, Cumming shipped a steamy, if completely imaginary, answer: "Yes, I will get smashed and also have a three-way with Diane and can.Inch That's one method to bond together with your new co-employees.1. The Little Difference Between Alan Cumming and Eli Gold: So how exactly does Cumming step from his callous campaign manager character in the finish during the day? "I take my tie off and rub the a lot of hairspray from my hair and run from the set as rapidly as poss[ible]," he stated. It may also help he sounds nothing beats his character, because of Cumming's accent. "I frequently seem Scottish and also have to [dub] and redo my lines!"The Great Wife airs Sundays at 9/8c on CBS.