Jeremy Sisto and Wife Expecting Second Child

Jeremy Sisto Suburgatory star Jeremy Sisto and wife Addie Lane are expecting their second child.Sisto, 37, appeared on The Talk Tuesday, where he confirmed that he and Lane are having a boy in March. The couple also has a 2-year-old daughter, Charlie-Ballerina.Clueless reunion! Alicia Silverstone rolling (with the homies) to SuburgatoryThe actor addressed his daughter's unconventional name on the daytime talk show. "My wife went through the dictionary, page by page, looking for words that weren't normally names... I never really pictured myself having a family so it felt strange to name my child after anyone else alive," he said."Ballerina, we liked it. But we saved her a little bit, we made it a hyphenated name ... so she can go by Charlie ... Chuck B."

Open Road sets date for 'Outrun'

'Outrun'Open Road Films has dated its first summer time pic, the Dax Shepard romantic action-comedy "Outrun," for August. 24. Pic, which Shepard authored and co-directed with David Palmer, follows an ex-getaway driver (Shepard) who, after saying yes they are driving his girlfriend to La, is faced through the government bodies and the former gang. Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper, Tom Arnold, Love Bridges and Kristin Chenoweth co-star. Producers are Andrew Panay, Nate Tuck, Kim Waltrip and Jim Casey. Open Road, whose only release to date, "Killer Elite," has cumed a modest $25 million this season, acquired U.S. privileges to "Outrun" recently. "Outrun" may be the 4th mostly male-specific pic going to be out on August. 24, together with Warner Bros.' suspense thriller "The Apparition," with Ashley Greene and Tom Felton, Sony's Frederick Gordon-Levitt-actioner "Premium Hurry" and Ethan Hawke-starrer "Sinister." Late August B.O. is becoming primo real-estate for many photos -- typically gender-specific game titles such as this year's femme hit "The AssistanceInch and male-driven "The Expendables" this year. Open Road's next release, Liam Neeson survival pic "The Gray," bows on Jan. 27, then horror film "Quiet House" on March 9. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com

Vote! Who Will Win The X Factor? Handicapping the Final 3

Melanie Amaro, Josh Krajcik, Chris Rene Who will America say has The X Factor? It's a tight race, and what's more, none of the finalists - Chris Rene, Melanie Amaro and Josh Krajcik -ever landed in the bottom. In other words, it's anyone's game. But that doesn't mean we're not going to try and predict who will emerge victorious! Will The X Factor's Steve Jones go the way of Brian Dunkelman? Given the history of music competition shows, we at TVGuide.com are putting our money behind Melanie Amaro, Simon Cowell's sole survivor. She's an inoffensive power singer not so unlike Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Jordin Sparks. The surprise Caribbean accent may have thrown off viewers initially, but, hey, it seems to work for Rihanna! And if both Cowell and Mariah Carey are impressed with her vocals, then America can't be far behind... Then again, there's Josh Krajcik, the former burrito slinger who has managed to use his deep-throated rocker voice to transform songs like "Jar of Hearts" and "Dirty Diana" into raw, radio-ready Kracjcik originals. Last week's performance, a haunting rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," is still burned into our minds. He could surprise by one-upping Amaro, and go on to have a Daughtry-style career. But there's also dark horse Chris Rene, a former drug addict whose original compositions - "Young Homie" and "Where Do We Go from Here" - have moved the judges more than any other of his competitors' performances. His personal story of triumph has reduced the aspiring singer-rapper to tears on more than one occasion, and it's not such a leap to believe that audiences, too, had their tissues on hand week after week. (If we were going to be really generous, there is also a favorable Jason Mraz comparison to be made.) Check out photos from The X Factor So... our money's on Melanie. But tell us what you think: Will Melanie will it all? Does Josh have a shot at rocking the vote? Or do you want to see Chris continue to succeed? The X Factor's two-part finale airs Wednesday and Thursday at 8/7c on Fox. Vote now: Who Should Win The X Factor? Melanie Josh Chris vote view results

'The Tree of Life' Wins Three San Francisco Critics Awards, Including Best Picture

A concert featuring hitmakers Bush, Sublime, Social Distortion, 311, and Blink 182 sounds like a dream bill -- for 1999. But that was the topline on night one of this year's KROQ Acoustic Christmas, held at its regular home Gibson Amphitheater at Universal. A stark contrast to the 22-year-old fest's usual standard of lining up talent that's representative of the cutting edge of rock, it was also a somewhat depressing reminder of the aging demographic that actually still listens to rock music, with many in the audience downing large amounts of nostalgia along with their Bud Lights.our editor recommendsSee a Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould: Concert ReviewMetallica India Concert Cancellation Leads To Chaos as Fans Trash Stage (Video)The Big 4: Concert Review The outlook's not enitrely cynical: many of these bands have major current hits and could handily sell out a show of their own at a similarly sized (or bigger) venue, an arbiter of strength that gave the show a once-in-a-lifetime (or, at least, every couple decades) feel. For what it's worth, the second night's lineup, scheduled for this evening, skews far more current, with major artists like The Black Keys and Florence and the Machine playing alongside retro-faves Jane's Addiction, signaling that all is not lost for those who choose a guitar over a turntable or drum machine. STORY:Outside Lands: A Rock Festival Fit For Foodies Still, by far the biggest thrills of this first night came in the form of singalongs to songs that are old enough to drive. "Glycerine," Bush's 1994 hit, found still-youthful-looking frontman Gavin Rossdale soaked to the bone with water and sweat (mostly culled from a marathon crowd-run a few songs earlier), leading the audience in a crescendo that erupted when he was joined by the rest of his band for a few headbanging bars at the song's climax. "Smoke Two Joints," Sublime With Rome's opening ska-rocker, was accompanied by the sound of hundreds of lighters getting to work, just as it would have been had the band been arena-sized when they recorded it, in 1992 (the band was a last-minute replacement for Incubus, who backed out due to a member's illness). And headliner Blink-182 bounced through near-oldies like "Rock Show," "What's My Age Again," and "Dammit (Growing Up)" as well as recent hits like the smarter-than-you'd-think "Up All Night," pogoing and making sex jokes that keep them perpetually in their early '20s, despite forehead-wrinkles that would suggest otherwise. A few of the bands worked at least a bit of holiday cheer into their sets: Blink played not just one but two Christmas-themed songs ("Happy Holidays, You Bastard" and the written-for-KROQ rarity "I Won't Be Home For Christmas"), and workhorse punk stalwarts Social Distortion claimed they were going to break into a Christmas jam, before covering "Ring of Fire" to close their set. But major points are due to openers New Found Glory, the only band to embrace the "acoustic" part of "Acoustic Christmas," via a fine singalong of "Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire." Elsewhere on the bill, the chuff-rock of Chevelle and 311's approachable reggae rock came off as somewhat pose-y, despite each band's energetic push to prove otherwise. The only newcomers on the bill, Irvine's Young The Giant, brought indie-rock to the caravan, but outside of their two hits, "Cough Syrup" and "My Body," the band's intricate arrangements and vocals were enitirely lost on an audience antsy for the youngsters to finish up so that they could get busy reliving their own youth. Photo by Jeff Kravitz,InsideCelebPics.com PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Dollars After Death: 12 Albums That Got Big Posthumous Sales Boosts

Todd Berger to Pen 'Where's Waldo' for MGM (Exclusive)

It's a task as tough as spotting a bespectacled adventurer in a sea of humanity. PHOTOS: 10 Biggest Book-to-Big Screen Adaptations of the Last 25 Years Screenwriter Todd Berger is taking on the job of adapting the popular children's book series Where's Waldo? into a film for MGM. Created by illustrator Martin Handford, the books feature Waldo, dressed in a red-and-white shirt and carrying a walking stick, hidden in plain sight amid crowded scenes. STORY: 'Where's Waldo?' Headed to the Big Screen Via MGM MGM picked up film rights in early November following unsuccessful efforts by Paramount/Nickelodeon and Chris Meledandri's Illumination Entertainment. The Paramount/Nickelodeon project would have featured Waldo, a grown man, traveling through various eras after accidentally activating a time machine, but MGM is keeping the story of its project under wraps. Berger (Kohner, Kaplan/Peronne, Eclipse Law Group) is known in Hollywood for writing the puppet crime mystery The Happytime Murders, a Black List script that is in development at Lionsgate with Cameron Diaz attached. He's now finishing It's a Disaster, a comedy he wrote, directed and stars in with Julia Stiles, David Cross and Rachel Boston. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery 10 Biggest Book-to-Big Screen Adaptations of the Last 25 Years Related Topics MGM

'The Iceman' Cast: Chris Evans Replaces James Franco

Are James Franco and Chris Evans the identical person? One studio thinks so! According to Deadline, Evans remains cast in 'The Iceman,' employment that Franco had initially recognized, simply to stop (probably because of his 5,241 other projects in development). The film, good Anthony Bruno book, follows a contract killer for your mob (Michael Shannon is installed on play in the killer) the Franco/Evans role was for your killer's mentor. Evans is much better recognized for his role as Captain America, in this past summer's 'Captain America: The Initial Avenger' after which year's 'The Avengers.' So, if he and Franco have anything to keep, it's they have both came out in blockbuster superhero movies. [via Deadline] [Photo: Getty Images] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Netflix will get capital infusion

Netflix introduced a set of deals late Monday which will offer an infusion of $400 million in capital, punctuating each day that introduced its stock to new lows. Netflix investor Technology Crossover Endeavors bought $200 million in convertible debt. The offer grants or loans TCV zero-coupon notes due in 2018. Additionally, Netflix is selling 2.86 million in keeping stock towards the mutual funds and accounts operated by T. Rowe Cost Affiliates. The selloff may be worth $200 million in the public offering cost of $70 per share. Netflix filled dropped as little as $73.26 on Monday, its cheapest level since March 2010. It dropped one more 6% in after-hrs buying and selling. The money infusion should help Netflix afford its rising content costs, that are forecasted to achieve $3.3 billion the coming year through the company's own estimation. The most recent addition to individuals costs would be a deal Netflix introduced last Friday with twentieth century Fox TV and Imagine Television to create new instances of the defunct Fox series "Arrested Development." "With this particular additional capital from two lengthy-term oriented traders, we now have increased our balance sheet and remain centered on growing our streaming monthly subscriptions and coming back to global profitability after our launch from the U.K. in 2012," stated Netflix CFO David Wells. Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com

Strength of comedians in dramatic roles shouldn't surprise

'Drive' shows a side of Albert Brooks that film auds have rarely seen. 'Everything Must Go''Moneyball'Albert Brooks recalls meeting with "Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn about taking the role of the film's heavy, gangster Bernie Rose. Though Refn had expressed interest in casting Brooks, he peppered the actor -- known primarily for a celebrated string of neurotic comedies -- with questions about why he'd be good for so serious and menacing a part."My answer was, 'Go ahead and cast the six people who always get this role, then as soon as they come onscreen, people know what's going to happen,' " Brooks recounts. "It's nice when you don't know where a character is going. I haven't done 11 of these in a row."The result was a sharp portrait of calculated viciousness from Brooks, and the kind of acclaim -- thousands of "who knew?" tweets, he proudly cites -- that could land him a second Oscar nomination.But this year has also seen buzzworthy praise for other funnymen making dramatic strides, including typically bluster-filed onscreen motormouth Jonah Hill as quietly brilliant baseball thinker Peter Brand in "Moneyball" and frequent wacko Will Ferrell as a shut-down, alcoholic salesman in "Everything Must Go."Any of these actors could follow in the footsteps of laugh legends like Jackie Gleason ("The Hustler"), Peter Sellers ("Being There") and Eddie Murphy ("Dreamgirls"), who scored Oscar noms for more sobering roles. The irony is that the Acad's acting branch is typically more likely to recognize their funnier peers when they show "range" -- think Bill Murray ("Lost in Translation") and Robin Williams ("Dead Poets Society," winning for "Good Will Hunting") -- than when they succeed at what made them famous: setting of spasms of laughter.But for Brooks, who entered showbiz wanting to be an actor before turning to standup and subsequently making his own films, the ability to do "Drive" was in him already, he says. The reason Refn got excited about him in the first place was that the director remembered the actor's portrayal of a cornered yuppie in the comedy "Lost in America.""He got afraid when I yelled at (Julie Haggerty)," reports Brooks, laughing. "So great!"The perception problem lies in the bum rap comedy gets, he says. There's so much variety under that umbrella that to say a pure joketeller like Henny Youngman and Richard Pryor -- who augmented his humor chops with serious work ("Blue Collar") -- do the same thing is silly."The big scenes in 'Broadcast News' had to get tears," he points out, referring to his Oscar-nominated performance in James L. Brooks' bittersweet hit. "I've grounded my own comedy in so much reality, that I don't see a big difference between the two."The actors you really like have to do both. Because people are both. Your buddies are both. You laugh with them, and you have terrible moments with them. It's being able to walk the line.""Moneyball" director Bennett Miller says it was considered an eccentric, even risky move to cast "Superbad" star Hill opposite Brad Pitt. But Miller sensed a shared outsiderdom in Hill and the character of Peter Brand."He's a character that, though, awkward, if given a little opportunity, some sunshine and water, could grow into something formidable," Miller says. "And Jonah really owned this thing. People have not seen the full measure of what Jonah can do."Miller cites Jerry Lewis' no-frills turn as an egocentric Johnny Carson type in Martin Scorsese's "The King of Comedy" as a benchmark for how comedy stars can achieve a new level of authenticity with the right kind of dramatic role."He was just so complete and truthful, that in a flash everything you know about Jerry Lewis is dismissed," Miller says. "Frankly, it was easier to accept him, that this was the real Jerry Lewis. And I think Jonah in this role is revealing more of who he actually is than in his more comedic roles."Film critic Leonard Maltin, meanwhile, looks at Ferrell in "Everything Must Go" and his earlier straight-faced turn in "Stranger Than Fiction" and sees the A-list star's best work."He never strained for credibility," says Maltin of Ferrell's "Everything" performance. "I believed him completely as this clueless, self-destructive guy who hits bottom and doesn't quite know where to turn. It's not a somber performance, but it's a serious one."The situation Ferrell's character finds himself in could just as easily have been turned into a manic comedy showcasing the performer's gift for out-of-control lunacy. Therein, perhaps, lies the key to why comedians can switch gears so well."The same instincts that fuel a great comedian help make a solid dramatic actor," says Maltin. "Good comedians need good natural instincts about human nature, and that intuitive quality serves them well if they get hold of a good part."Eye on the Oscars: Talent RaceStrength of comedians in dramatic roles shouldn't surprise | Changing studio system reduces minorities' Oscar hopes | Chastain, Fassbender everywhere on bigscreen | Top thesps take kudo sabbatical | Grand globetrotters Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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

Open Road Films has acquired all U.S. privileges towards the romantic action comedyOutrun, starring,written and co-directed by Dax Shepard, who plays an old getaway driver residing in the Witness Protection Program.our editor recommendsExclusive Media Assumes Dax Shepard Action Comedy 'Outrun'Bradley Cooper Is Individuals Most sexy Guy Alive and States He's 'Single' The plot kicks into gear when Shepard's character concurs they are driving his girlfriend, performed by Kristen Bell, to La only to discover themselves went after both through the feds, brought by Tom Arnold, and the former gang, headed by Bradley Cooper. The cast includes Love Bridges, Kristin Chenoweth, David Koechner, Michael Rosenbaum, Pleasure Bryantand Ryan Hansen. David Palmer co-directed with Shepard. Outrunwas created byAndrew PanaywithNate Tuck,Kim WaltripandJim Casey.Exclusive Media Group has acquired the worldwide privileges. The offer wasnegotiated with respect to Open Road Films by Boss Tom Ortenberg, general counsel andexecutive vice president of procedures and business matters Elliott Kleinberg, andsenior vice president of purchases Ben Cotner. Jamie Feldman and Linda Lichter of Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler and Feldman discussed on account ofthe filmmakers. Related Subjects Dax Shepard Kristen Bell Bradley Cooper

Attacking Young Boys Paternity Suit Dropped (Report)

Pop's most adorable couple can relaxation easy. Single mom Mariah Yeater has dropped her paternity suit against Attacking Young Boys, TMZ stated Wednesday.our editor recommendsJustin Bieber Declines Ever Meeting Lady Suing Him For Paternity (Video)Justin Bieber's Paternity Suit Spoofed By Jimmy Fallon (Video)Attacking Young Boys Accuser Makes Appearance on 'The Insider' PHOTOS: MTV EMAs 2011 Entertainers TMZ reported that Yeater had separated company together with her legal team Lance Rogers and Matt Pare which the costs have been withdrawn. Yeater had stated her four-month old boy Trystyn was the effect of a backstage concert tryst with Bieber last October. She'd told The Insider that they had met Bieber after his show in the Staples Center in La. VIDEO: Attacking Young Boys Declines Ever Meeting Lady Suing Him For Paternity "He immediately required a liking in my experience. We simply reached speaking," Yeater recounted around the Insider. "Eventually he requested me, he stated, 'Would you mind as we may go somewhere and become alone?" Yeater stated that they has "provided evidence" to her lawyers that will prove her accusations true in the court. PHOTOS: Attacking Young Boys's Moustaches Bieber, who's presently dating Selena Gomez, had refused the claims and apparently decided to take dna test disproving the claims. "I'd much like to express essentially that none of individuals accusations are true," he stated around the Today Show. "I understand which i'm likely to be a target however i'm not going to be considered a victim." "It's crazy because every evening following the show I'm gone, from happens to my vehicle therefore it's crazy that many people need to make up such false accusations but to create the record straight, none of it is a fact. I've never met the lady," Bieber added. Related Subjects Attacking Young Boys

Actorfest NY and LA Connect Actors With Career Resources (Video)

Actorfest NY and LA Connect Actors With Career Resources (Video) November 11, 2011 With workshops, focus sessions, auditions, vendors, and more, both Actorfest NY and Actorfest LA provided actors with invaluable career resources and information.Actorfest NY, which took place on Oct. 23 at the Metropolitan Pavilion hosted casting calls with Nickelodeon, NBC, Telemundo, Mun2, and Grant Wilfrey, and one attendee has already landed a featured background roles ABC's "Pan Am."Actorfest LA took place on November 5th at the California Market Center.Watch video about both events below: Actorfest NY and LA Connect Actors With Career Resources (Video) November 11, 2011 With workshops, focus sessions, auditions, vendors, and more, both Actorfest NY and Actorfest LA provided actors with invaluable career resources and information.Actorfest NY, which took place on Oct. 23 at the Metropolitan Pavilion hosted casting calls with Nickelodeon, NBC, Telemundo, Mun2, and Grant Wilfrey, and one attendee has already landed a featured background roles ABC's "Pan Am."Actorfest LA took place on November 5th at the California Market Center.Watch video about both events below:

Jum Michele States Tuesdays Glee Is A Conversation Starter

First Released: November 8, 2011 5:08 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Jum Michele attends the 21st annual Glamour Women of the season Honours at Carnegie Hall, New york city, on November 7, 2011 Jum Michele includes a warning to oldsters likely to watch tonights Glee using their youngsters. It will cause you to speak to your kids about stuff especially this episode will, Jum told Access Hollywood at Monday nights Glamour Women of the season Honours in NY City, mentioning to Tuesdays episode, which is designed to concern Finn and Rachel possibly going completely. Prepare you may need to have a little conversation later on, Jum added. Thats what our show does. It can make people discuss stuff. For Jum, she was speaking on Monday evening about newcomer towards the series, Damian McGinty, who lately became a member of the cast as Irish foreign currency student Rory Flanagan. Damian is on our show now like a regular, and that i adore him, Jum stated. Every single day, he states in the heavy Irish accent, hes like, Youre so beautiful. I had been like, I really like you. Take notes, boys. Hes so sweet and hes so wonderful. Basically ever endured any doubts concerning the Glee Project meeting him, I had been like, This really is this type of great show to possess that people are now able to find these amazing kids in the future take part in us. Glee airs at 8/7 C on FOX. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Casting Couch: Who's Testing for Company directors Roland Emmerich, Akiva Goldsman and 'Die Hard 5' (Exclusive)

Stars will rise (or otherwise), careers will live (or die), and agents will sweat (tons).our editor recommendsChanning Tatum, Jonah Hill Get Trained in '21 Jump Street' Red-colored Band Trailer (Video)Liam Hemsworth: What's Next For that 'Hunger Games' Star The following couple of days are shaping as much as deliver a maelstrom of casting news as galleries try to construct large projects. These days can give contour around large-budget tentpoles and passion projects, and since the businesses aren't always searching for brand-title stars, the roles might be large breaks for individuals competing on their behalf. Most of the stars in contention have names that middle America hasn't heard yet, as galleries try to handle the proven fact that no stars have started to the forefront in ways that Kaira Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio as well as Mike Gyllenhaal have. PHOTOS: Hollywood's 10 Greatest-Grossing Stars "The city is turning around six or eight males at this time,Inch states one agent. Author-director Akiva Goldsman is attempting to maneuver forward on the love project Winter's Tale, a period of time reincarnation story that's setup at Warner Bros. Chemistry reads including Tom Hiddleston (Loki in Marvel's Thor) and Benjamin Master (the approaching Abraham Lincoln subsequently: Vampire Hunter) are scheduled with this weekend as each one is stated to stay in this mixture for that male role of the criminal away from home. For that female a part of a crictally ill lady, their email list includes Bella Heathcote (on the watch's screen presently in Over Time), Elizabeth Olsen, Gabriele Wilde (Three Musketeers) and Sarah Gadon (A Harmful Method). Russell Crowe is loosely attached because the villain, even though entire project may hinge onto it getting a third-party financier. More relative unknowns can get their chance in the large-time with Singularity. In a few days, Roland Emmerich's latest sci-fi extravaganza will look for its male lead once the director reads stars to act as Adam, a youthful guy whose body is composed a swarm of nanobots, giving him a variety of energy. What they are called out there to see include Luke Grimes (who made an appearance in TV's Siblings and Siblings making his feature debut with the Boys Love Mandy Lane), Logan Marshall Eco-friendly (from TV's Dark Blue, who seems in Ridley Scott's Prometheus), Julian Morris (who made an appearance in TV's Pretty Little Liars and also the short-resided ABC show My Generation) and Thomas McDonell (who made an appearance in Promenade and it is playing a youthful The Actor-brad Pitt within the approaching Dark Shadows) among other names. Other names circling the part (although not active in the reading through) are Ben Barnes and Luke Bracey. PHOTOS: Hollywood's 10 Greatest Compensated Stars Tuesday is going to be Akira's turn at softball bat. Warners' adaptation from the Japanese classic is searching for the actor to experience Tetsuo, a youthful guy with telekinetic capabilities who turns into a harmful weapon. (Garrett Hedlund is within discussions to experience Kaneda, the teenager's older brother and leader of the motorcycle gang.) Ezra Burns, the emerging star of indie thriller We Have To Discuss Kevin, and Alden Eherenreich(who starred in Francis Ford Coppola's Tetro) would be the names appearing most frequently using the reading through. Warners can also be attempting to nail lower its Arthur for David Dobkin's Arthur & Lancelot. Package Harrington is re-testing and also the studio is attempting to make test handles Richard Madden, who plays Robb Stark in Cinemax's Bet on Thrones, and Luke Evans, who's presently in theaters with Three Musketeers and it has Immortals out in a few days. Toby Kebbell, who started in RocknRolla, may also be active in the testing, that is stated to become in a few days. (The Killing star Joel Kinnaman is within discussions to portray Lancelot.) Die Hard 5, that is now known as A Great Day to Die Hard, will look for the youthful guy to experience Bruce Willis' boy, with management Liam Hemsworth, Aaron Paul, and Ben Promote among individuals who'll be a part of chemistry reads with Willis, reprising his role of John McLane, on November 12 and 13. (We¹re hearing negligence Hemsworth's to get rid of.) Email: Borys.Package@thr.com Twitter: @Borys_Package Related Subjects

The Pastor's Wife

Rose McGowan is the talk of the town after shooting her husband in The Pastors Wife. Filmed in Vancouver by Preacher Road Prods. and Front Street Pictures. Executive producers, Gerald W. Abrams, Harvey Kahn, Michael Moran, Juliet Smith; director, Norma Bailey; writer, Robert L. Freedman, based on the book by Diane Fanning.Mary Winkler - Rose McGowan Mathew Winkler - Michael Shanks Steve Farese - Martin Cummins Hannah Winkler - Julia Sarah Stone Emily Winkler - Lilah FitzgeraldFrom the pre-opening credit moment when authorities roll out a shrouded body as concerned neighbors look on, it's clear "The Pastor's Wife" is a Lifetime movie like momma used to make 'em: Fact-based, trashy and featuring an imperiled young woman. Still, this is an eminently watchable take on the old formula, anchored by Rose McGowan, whose pained expressions each time someone calls her handsome husband a treasure pretty much speak volumes. Mostly, it's a reminder of what amounts to TV movie law: Slap your wife around in the Deep South, and someone's gonna wind up on "Nancy Grace." Promoted from a berth on Lifetime's movie channel to the flagship network, the pic stars McGowan as Mary Winkler, the mother of three who shook up her Tennessee town in 2006 by shooting husband Matthew (Michael Shanks), the popular local pastor, in their bedroom. Only through flashback do we learn about the abuse he allegedly heaped upon her, making the movie as constructed less about whodunnit than why. But with no witnesses and little evidence to validate her story, can she actually make a self-defense plea fly? If the subject matter is as old as "The Burning Bed," writer Robert L. Freedman and director Norma Bailey have managed to present Winkler's tale of woe with a degree of style, including direct-to-camera testimony from other townsfolk that provides a sense of documentary-style authenticity. And while McGowan has a diverse resume, she's perfectly convincing as the Southern wife who can solemnly drawl of her late husband, "I could never do anything right in his eyes." Among the drawbacks is the lack of memorable supporting performances, even within the inevitable courtroom scenes, which feature Martin Cummins as Mary's lawyer. (Video of the aforementioned Grace is included, by the way, with video of the HLN host pithily referring to Winkler's case the "Tennessee minister murder mystery.") While broadcast networks once went overboard dramatizing such cases, the pendulum has swung far enough in the other direction that devoting a TV movie to this true-crime yarn -- as opposed to an episode of "48 Hours," "Dateline" or a reality show with cheesy reenactments -- actually feels like a small luxury, or at least a greasy junk-food meal as opposed to the usual snack. Besides, the ratings ought to be boffo. What better way could there be for a predominantly female audience to vicariously escape on Saturday night than watching a woman kill her husband?Camera, C. Kim Miles; production designer, Monika Choynowski; editor, Lara Mazur; music, Schaun Tozer. 120 MIN. Contact Brian Lowry at brian.lowry@variety.com

'Breaking Dawn' Exclusive Preview Teases Bella's Wedding

FROM MTV MOVIES: Can you stand it, "Twilight" fans? There are only a few hours until the premiere of an exclusive clip from "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1," followed by a lengthy Q&A with stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner as part of "MTV First: Breaking Dawn" tonight at 7:56 p.m. ET on MTV and MTV.com. For those dying to know more about the clip Stewart, Pattinson and Lautner will be introducing, we have a special sneak peek for you right here, right now. The clip opens with Bella's mom entering the room in which Alice and Rosalie are helping Bella get ready for her wedding day. Read the full story at MTV Movies!

'Mountaintop' plays to bigger Broadway crowd

"The Mountaintop" has began a potential ascent hands strikes office levels, climbing continuously in the frame when a lot of the Primary Stem ongoing to become flat. The Angela Bassett-Samuel L. Jackson starrer, which opened up up March. 13 with a mixed bag of reviews, rose by about $130,000 to $789,727 in Week 21 (March. 17-23), playing close to 94% of capacity. Among plays, that puts "Mountaintop" second only to "War Equine" ($985,848). A few of the Rialto's previewing plays also released increases, although nearly all people boosts may be credited that people plays elevated the quantity of performances they carried out for the standard eight. Almost all Broadway productions barely budged, with lots of sales fluctuations unremarkable, together with a few close to imperceptible. Cume rose a little $200,000 to $21.5 million for your 26 shows round the boards. Attendance walked up slightly to 232,997, or 88%, well while watching 79% drenched throughout the identical frame a year ago.The 19 musicals made $17,744,606 for 82.4% in the Broadway total, with attendance of 187,059 plus an average paid out admission of $94.86.The seven plays made $3,783,343 for 17.6% in the Broadway total, with attendance of 45,938 plus an average paid out admission of $82.36. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Ratings: ABC Line-Up Likes a sizable Evening Due to Rainout

The Middle Wednesday will be a evening for ABC, as comedies The Middle, Suburgatoryand Happy Being all hit series levels in general audiences too as with the 18-49 demo by which tv producers measure their success. Too, newcomer series Revenge released its second-finest amounts with audiences and teens. Weather postpones Game 6 around the world Series There is a classic baseball adage, "Spahn and Sain, and pray for rain ..." Clarified hopes or else, ABC particularly accomplished good success within the rainout of World Series Game 6 involving the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers since it was really the only network that didn't treat Wednesday evening just like a 9- forfeit. Unlike another systems, it went mostly fresh episodes. Fox's rain check to audiences - back-to-back encores of Glee - notched 2.48 million (.7 demo rating) and two.3 million (.7), correspondingly. See the relaxation in the day's news At 8/7, The Middle clicked up 10.19 million (up from 9.03 million the other day) and tied its series high getting a 3.1 demo rating, even though it still finished second to CBS' Survivor: South Off-shoreline, which attracted in 11.57 million audiences (3,4 demo rating. A repeat of NBC's Up With The Evening handled 3.81 million (1.1). Over the following half-hour, Suburgatory attracted 9.83 million (up from 8.79 million yesterday) getting a 3.4 rating. A Whitney rerun totaled 4.11 million (1.2). Another repeat in the CW's Ringer got 1.29 million. America's Next Top Model, which adopted, got 2.23 million (together with single. demo rating that was a season high). Fall Preview: Get scoop inside your favorite returning shows Criminal Minds, typically Wednesday night's most-seen show, will be a rerun and entertained nearly 11.357 million people in prime time's middle hour - only 4,000 behind the present Family Halloween episode repeat, which needed the demo competition, 4.4 to 2.8. A rerun of NBC's Harry's Law enticed 4.42 million (in contrast last week's first-run 8.18 million). Happy Being had 8.34 million people tuning in at 9:30/8:30c - in position from last week's 6.89 million. Its demo rating was 3.5. Inside the final prime-time hour, ABC's Revenge acquired 8.71 million (after 2 days of seven.94 million) and two.8 demo rating versus. repeats of CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Analysis (9.01 million/2.) and NBC's Law & Order: Special Sufferers Unit (3.51 million/.8).

Social TV: The X Factor and Twitter Join Forces

Simon Cowell The X Factor is stepping up its Social TV game: Fox announced late Tuesday that users will be able to vote for their favorite finalists via Twitter, starting with next week's final-12 episode. While Twitter has played an increasingly valuable role in television (Project Runway, The Voice), users have never before been able to manipulate the outcome of a competition through the social networking tool.To vote, fans must follow the official Twitter handle for the show (@TheXFactorUSA), then submit their selections via direct message - it's important to note that tweets themselves will not be counted as votes.The Voice (and former TRL) host Carson Daly: The founding father of Social TV?Besides voting, The X Factor will also feature tweets from the judges, host Steve Jones, and competition finalists. Sounds eerily familiar..."The X Factor has raised the bar for innovative television with its use of Twitter to create a 360-degree experience around the show's judges, finalists and viewers," said Chloe Sladden, director of content and programming at Twitter. "Fans flock to Twitter during live television events and have been voicing their opinions with Tweets for years. We're thrilled to see the creators of The X Factor push the envelope further by being the first television show to formalize this phenomenon through Twitter voting."9 social show integrations we're liking right nowNot a tweeter? Not to worry.You can also vote online at TheXFactorUSA.com, Facebook.com/TheXFactor, text message (for Verizon Wireless users only), and through The Xtra Factor App on Verizon Android devices. And if you're still living in 1995, you can cast your vote via toll-free calling.The X Factor next airs Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 8/7c on Fox.Interested in reading more about Social TV? Check out our coverage here.

With 'Stronger,' Clarkson Finally at Ease

LOS ANGELES (AP) It may have taken some time, but Kelly Clarkson seems to finally be releasing an album without any drama on the side."Everything is good, everything is happy," she said, laughing brightly during a recent interview to promote "Stronger," released this week.It's a different scenario than her last two albums: She went through public disputes with legendary executive and mogul Clive Davis over her third album and with OneRepublic singer-songwriter Ryan Tedder after her last album was released.They were typical of the bold stances she's taken that proved her to be more than the passive, malleable product of a hit TV competition, establishing her as an artist instead of just a voice."I've been a fighter since I started walking," she said, adding casually and genuinely a line that could be lifted from one of her inspirational songs: "We get one life. You want to make sure that you're living it how you want to live it."Since Clarkson became the first "American Idol" a decade ago, she's established herself as one of pop's most formidable, and successful singers. She's sold over 20 million albums worldwide and landed seven singles in the Billboard Hot 100 top 10, including "Breakaway," ''My Life Would Suck Without You," "Miss Independent," and perhaps her biggest hit, "Since U Been Gone."Clarkson has maintained creative control of her music and career since her "Idol" days, and has written on all of her albums. But her determination to chart her own course has not come without a few battles. In 2007, Davis became concerned over the less commercial sound of Clarkson's third album, "My December," which Clarkson revealed publicly after rumors of a rift; Clarkson later mended fences and called the tension overblown. Then in 2009, Clarkson called out Tedder for musical similarities between "Already Gone," which he wrote for Clarkson, and Beyonce's "Halo," which he also wrote.Clarkson calls her new collection of 13 songs "the easiest record that I've made with my label." But she makes clear that's because the suits bent to her will not the other way around."I think people project on you like the formula that has worked in the past. And then they get to know you," she said. "(Now) they know me better as an artist, they know me better as a person. They know what I'm going to do and what I don't like, and it just really works."Sonically, "Stronger" doesn't tinker much with the formula that has helped Clarkson become the top-selling "Idol" artist ever, blending clean pop-guitar riffs with contemporary dance synths. But there is an undertone of loneliness and sadness coursing throughout, including some downbeat lyrics co-written by Clarkson herself."Hello, is anybody listening? Won't somebody show me that I'm not alone," she sings on "Hello.""If you look at my whole catalogue, there are far more sadder songs than happy," the Texan acknowledges in her Southern drawl. "But that's only because writing is a form of therapy. So obviously the things that you're getting out are the things that you've been going through and struggling with. You want to keep all the happy inside. If I'm going through a hard time, I write it out."In person, Clarkson is bubbly and quick to laugh, sharing that in her time off, she picked up the violin and started learning Italian with Rosetta Stone. "I'm horrible at it so far," she laments lightly.But she never comes close to revealing the subject of "Stronger's" multiple scornful breakup and kiss-off songs. "You don't know a thing about me," she sings on the first single, "Mr. Know It All." And it's true that the 29-year-old retains an enigmatic air, despite her down-to-Earth image.Toby Gad, who co-wrote and produced two songs on "Stronger," had planned on a 10-minute meeting with Clarkson when the two first met, but ended up at a two-hour dinner."She's a very strong survivor, and very organic and very real," he said. "You can connect with her on a very human level."Still, after the dinner and several days of revising lyrics alongside the pop star, he said he doesn't remember if she ever mentioned her own relationships to him.While Clarkson seems to sing almost exclusively about the ups and downs of love, her songs are often deceptively universal. Clarkson says "Mr. Know It All" could apply to her own record label or to the media, and Gad's "The War Is Over" functions as a coda to a romance or to an actual war."That's the underlying theme for her, to vent emotions that we all feel in our relationships," Gad said.And Clarkson will continue to vent as she sees fit."I'm always vocal," she said. "People ask me and I tell them. If I have a problem, I say it. I'm never malicious about it, I just say what happened. And I think a lot of people don't do that. So I think it maybe catches people off guard. But I don't know any other way to be but honest musically or personally. So I guess that just comes through."Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. By Ryan Pearson October 26, 2011 Kelly Clarkson PHOTO CREDIT AP Photo/Matt Sayles LOS ANGELES (AP) It may have taken some time, but Kelly Clarkson seems to finally be releasing an album without any drama on the side."Everything is good, everything is happy," she said, laughing brightly during a recent interview to promote "Stronger," released this week.It's a different scenario than her last two albums: She went through public disputes with legendary executive and mogul Clive Davis over her third album and with OneRepublic singer-songwriter Ryan Tedder after her last album was released.They were typical of the bold stances she's taken that proved her to be more than the passive, malleable product of a hit TV competition, establishing her as an artist instead of just a voice."I've been a fighter since I started walking," she said, adding casually and genuinely a line that could be lifted from one of her inspirational songs: "We get one life. You want to make sure that you're living it how you want to live it."Since Clarkson became the first "American Idol" a decade ago, she's established herself as one of pop's most formidable, and successful singers. She's sold over 20 million albums worldwide and landed seven singles in the Billboard Hot 100 top 10, including "Breakaway," ''My Life Would Suck Without You," "Miss Independent," and perhaps her biggest hit, "Since U Been Gone."Clarkson has maintained creative control of her music and career since her "Idol" days, and has written on all of her albums. But her determination to chart her own course has not come without a few battles. In 2007, Davis became concerned over the less commercial sound of Clarkson's third album, "My December," which Clarkson revealed publicly after rumors of a rift; Clarkson later mended fences and called the tension overblown. Then in 2009, Clarkson called out Tedder for musical similarities between "Already Gone," which he wrote for Clarkson, and Beyonce's "Halo," which he also wrote.Clarkson calls her new collection of 13 songs "the easiest record that I've made with my label." But she makes clear that's because the suits bent to her will not the other way around."I think people project on you like the formula that has worked in the past. And then they get to know you," she said. "(Now) they know me better as an artist, they know me better as a person. They know what I'm going to do and what I don't like, and it just really works."Sonically, "Stronger" doesn't tinker much with the formula that has helped Clarkson become the top-selling "Idol" artist ever, blending clean pop-guitar riffs with contemporary dance synths. But there is an undertone of loneliness and sadness coursing throughout, including some downbeat lyrics co-written by Clarkson herself."Hello, is anybody listening? Won't somebody show me that I'm not alone," she sings on "Hello.""If you look at my whole catalogue, there are far more sadder songs than happy," the Texan acknowledges in her Southern drawl. "But that's only because writing is a form of therapy. So obviously the things that you're getting out are the things that you've been going through and struggling with. You want to keep all the happy inside. If I'm going through a hard time, I write it out."In person, Clarkson is bubbly and quick to laugh, sharing that in her time off, she picked up the violin and started learning Italian with Rosetta Stone. "I'm horrible at it so far," she laments lightly.But she never comes close to revealing the subject of "Stronger's" multiple scornful breakup and kiss-off songs. "You don't know a thing about me," she sings on the first single, "Mr. Know It All." And it's true that the 29-year-old retains an enigmatic air, despite her down-to-Earth image.Toby Gad, who co-wrote and produced two songs on "Stronger," had planned on a 10-minute meeting with Clarkson when the two first met, but ended up at a two-hour dinner."She's a very strong survivor, and very organic and very real," he said. "You can connect with her on a very human level."Still, after the dinner and several days of revising lyrics alongside the pop star, he said he doesn't remember if she ever mentioned her own relationships to him.While Clarkson seems to sing almost exclusively about the ups and downs of love, her songs are often deceptively universal. Clarkson says "Mr. Know It All" could apply to her own record label or to the media, and Gad's "The War Is Over" functions as a coda to a romance or to an actual war."That's the underlying theme for her, to vent emotions that we all feel in our relationships," Gad said.And Clarkson will continue to vent as she sees fit."I'm always vocal," she said. "People ask me and I tell them. If I have a problem, I say it. I'm never malicious about it, I just say what happened. And I think a lot of people don't do that. So I think it maybe catches people off guard. But I don't know any other way to be but honest musically or personally. So I guess that just comes through."Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Director Tarsem Singh talks the Immortals script

The boring question to ask the talent is "What attracted you to this project?" That's because the answer is usually, "the script". Unless you're talking to Immortals director Tarsem Singh."Usually, I'm not interested in it if it's a serial-killer film or if it's a space movie or a period film like this," Singh told SFX magazine."In the beginning I saw nothing interesting in it. I read the script. It really was nothing like what it has ended up as in the end. I just said, 'It's got gods, it's got Greeks.' None of that really interested me."We're guessing something must have peaked his interest, given that he took the directing gig."I've been an atheist since I was nine years old. And my mum is really religious, so we have a strange relationship. But if my mother was right, what would be the reason that the gods could let anything bad happen in the world?"I took two or three months and I came up with a reason that I thought was enough and I went with it: if there is a God he's definitely not benevolent. We should mean less to him than ants. And if there is a God or there are gods they would value, more than anything, free will," he explained, getting a bit metaphysical.Then he decided to elaborate using an example we'd like to file under Too Much Information."If a God showed up tomorrow, we'd go, 'Oh my fucking God, he's amazing' and our free will would be compromised. The example I always give is, I'd have a very hard time taking a Barely Legal magazine and masturbating in a bathroom if I knew that Jesus could walk in."Your true nature doesn't come out. So the gods let you do what you want because free will would be compromised if they showed up at the White House saying, 'Take us to your leader'," Singh said.How does all of this end with him directing a film based on a script he originally hated? Keep up people."When I came to the script, it was like, 'Theseus goes to a door and there's a hundred-headed monster there and Theseus fires on it.' I said, 'I don't know how the fuck to do that. But if I can put this theme in, I'll put my take on it. It'll have my DNA.' Relativity went, 'Brilliant.' Or maybe they were thinking, 'How the fuck is he gonna do it?' One of those two. And they left me alone. We got to make the film we wanted to make."

Ofcom begins summary of media plurality in U.K.

LONDON -- U.K. regulator Ofcom has requested distribution to determine its study of strategies to measure media plurality inside the wake in the debate over News Corp.'s abortive try to possess paybox BSkyB outright. The watchdog has given your clients until November. 18 to retort.Move uses media minister Jeremy Search mentioned lately he wanted Ofcom to judge how practical it may be to produce limits on U.K. media possession.Ofcom mentioned that questions for comment include: Are you aware the options for calculating media plurality across platforms? Can it be practical or easier to set absolute limits on news business? What might trigger summary of plurality without a merger? And the way might this be supervised by whom?Furthermore, it desires to hear comments on if study regarding media plurality includes the BBC, a location certain to constitute interest to News Corp., due to the BBC's pole position in broadcast news consumption inside the U.K. The regulator's findings will be provided as evidence for the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics, setup by British Pm David Cameron carrying out a summer's details in regards to the News around the world phone hacking and police corruption scandal. Media plurality is infamously difficult to measure with anywhere of precision, but to have the ability to safeguard media plurality it absolutely was agreed between News Corp. and U.K. policy makers that news web Sky News might be hived off just like a condition in the Murdoch-possessed company getting 100% having BSkyB.But that deal was derailed by law suit when the extent of illegal phone tapping within the Murdoch-possessed tabloid emerged within this summer time. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Twilight Breaking Beginning Part 1 Sneak Look

Another year, another shameless plug for Twilight fan traffic. Below is really a sneak look behind the curtain from the Edward-Bella wedding in Summit Entertainment’sThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning – Part I which releases November 18th.There’s endless promotion from the second-to-last movie within this absurdly lucrative vampires of the underworld and werewolves franchise, together with a concert tour and stars meet-and-greet. The soundtrack is going to be launched on November eighth using the new single “It Will Rain” by Grammy Award-winning Bruno Mars. Personally, i am curious to determine how badly director Bill Condon effed up this Part 1 shot back-to-back with Part 2: the excitement is this fact film is chaotic at best: Meanwhile,Summitis starting off a countrywide Red-colored Carpet event and concert tour for that movie. Fans can easily see stars including Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, and Ashley Greene, in addition to attendperformances ofseveral bands featured within the latest film.The soundtrack includes Christina Perri, Aqualung, Lucy Schwartz, and Sleeping finally. The eventschedule is: November 7, 2011: Atlanta, GA – The Buckhead Theatre. Cast Attending: Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed, Peter Facinelli and Jackson Rathbone Performance By: Christina Perri November 8, 2011: Chicago, IL – House of Blues Cast Attending: Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed, Peter Facinelli, Jackson Rathbone, Kellan Lutz and Elizabeth Reaser Performance By: Christina Perri November 9, 2011: Dallas, Texas – The Palladium Ballroom at Gilley’s Dallas Cast Attending: Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed, Peter Facinelli and Jackson Rathbone Performance By: Christina Perri November 10, 2011: Bay Area, CA – The Fillmore Cast Attending: Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed, Peter Facinelli and Jackson Rathbone Performances By: Aqualung, Lucy Schwartz and Sleeping atLast November 11, 2011: Salt Lake City, UT – The Rail Event Center Cast Attending: Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed, Peter Facinelli and Jackson Rathbone Performances By: Aqualung, Lucy Schwartz and Sleeping at Last

'The Secret Circle' Co-Star Previews 'Tenuous' Family Associations, Flashbacks and Drunken Confessions (Q&A)

The CW"The Key Circle" The Key Circle began a brand new chapter a week ago, but things aren't returning to normal (whatever "normal" is) in the near future.our editor recommends'The Secret Circle' Boss Confesses Dying Was Designed to Happen Earlier within the Season (Q&A)'Secret Circle,' 'Hart of Dixie' Acquired for Full Seasons around the CW'The Secret Circle' Co-Stars Tease Bad Influences along with a 'Heartbreaking' Episode (Videos)'The Secret Circle': Thomas Dekker Shows Complicated Romances, Unknown Secrets along with a More dark Tone (Video)'The Secret Circle' Air Kevin Williamson States L.J. Smith's Writing 'Taps Into My Happy Place' PHOTOS: The CW Fall Premiere Party Adam Harrington, who plays Adam's (Thomas Dekker) drunk father Ethan, accepted he didn't begin to see the dying coming. "Nick's dying would be a large shock," Harrington accepted within an interview using the Hollywood Reporter. "There is an ominous cloud that something tragic would happen, however i was shocked at the way it happened and who made it happen.Inch (Executive producer Andrew Burns told THR the dying was initially designed to happen earlier within the series.) PHOTOS: The Key Circle: First Consider the CW's Witchy New Series When Secret Circle returns on Thursday evening, everybody mourns in different ways so that as Harrington place it, Ethan does something which could modify the lives of his boy and the girlfriend Diana (Shelley Hennig). But as Harrington informs it, there's grounds to Ethan's madness despite the fact that his forces haven't yet been fully recognized, he boosts this: "An amount really happen if Ethan decides to sober up? What energy does Ethan have?" PHOTOS: CW's Year Television Shows: 'Hart of Dixie,' 'Ringer' and much more Harrington spoke to THR concerning the strained relationship between Ethan and Adam, playing a job in Adam's relationship with Diana and why his character selects hitting the bottle hard. The Hollywood Reporter: Ethan continues to be missing for action, it appears. Is he going to return to leading to more trouble? Adam Harrington: I am likely to be leading to some trouble. This next episode has become a one using the tragic dying and/or murder of Nick (Louis Hunter), and everyone has written Ethan off as a little of the town drunk. We forget that Ethan was there 16 years back and knows precisely what happened. Many of the consuming is him attempting to forget this ever happened. Nick's dying, this is a real trigger for him while he can't escape it any longer. Regrettably, it can make him hit the bottle hard. He eventually ends up telling something to Diana he should not have which has a serious impact on her relationship with Adam. THR: How pivotal is secret? Harrington: A brand new character [Mike, guest star Chris Zylka] turns up that triggers a genuine change within the dynamic from the group, particularly with Cassie (Britt Robertson). Ethan's large motto of "don't wreck havoc on fate, bad unexpected things happen whenever you wreck havoc on fate," he really feels as though he was fated to get along with Amelia. Because that did not happen, in some way what went down 16 years back was associated with that, he's afraid Adam may wreck havoc on fate. THR: Do you consider your character will sober up in the near future? Could he start to develop? Harrington: There is a side of Ethan that will rather he did not need to sober up, however i think what's really exciting may be the next episode. Somebody returns form Ethan's past threatening to provide tips for Cassie, threatening to remind her what's happening. We have seen that in the finish of 107, Ethan constitutes a choice whether he'll continue not involved or even the decision he makes about being involved, and what that really is. THR: Will people in Chance Harbor eventually discover what went down to Nick, that Charles (Gale Harold) and Beginning (Natasha Henstridge) performed a job? Harrington: That scene is fairly tough to watch. Secrets within this town eventually emerge, it's who discovers and who does not. THR: It is possible to scene approaching that audiences should look out for? Harrington: The scene with Ethan and Diane now is fairly intense, specifically for her. Then in 107, I had been really excited to determine Adam facing his father. You are able to only go such a long time with getting a drunk father who's not necessarily responsible, given out within the back and almost died [in a week ago's episode] when Nick would burn lower the boathouse. Ethan and Adam's relationship has already been tenuous, it isn't the finest father-boy dynamic and that we view it have a serious turn. THR: Give me an idea to determine happen future episodes? Whoever else been waiting to complete? Harrington: Individuals have been speaking by what flashbacks would that like, seeing a few of the items that happens. Another things that's exciting may be the question everyone has regarding Ethan: An amount really happen if Ethan decides to sober up, what energy does Ethan have? THR: Because we've only seen one for reds to date ... Harrington: We haven't seen sleep issues. Or that Ethan does know exactly what happened, and just how much Ethan's behavior, though sad, is really an option. THR: Have you considered where your character ahead of time to help you produce the arc if required? Harrington: The authors provided some good info what went down everything sometime ago, only for myself, to understand where he's been originating from and why he's acting the way in which he's. Ethan does understand what happened. Plus some stuff I did not need to know since it is great to possess that unfold because the layers get peeled back as Ethan begins to create options by what he will do. THR: What are the supernatural creatures which are even more frightening than continues to be proven to date? Harrington: We all know it's Chance Harbor. We all know it isn't a contented world. A lot of it I understand about, I can not discuss, but it is just fantastic, however that we understand without a doubt that you have a back nine, it provides the authors room to build up these tales and find out what's possible. Exceptional line in the Matrix? "We are really likely to discover how deep the rabbit hole goes." THR: Any surprises to date this year that you simply didn't see coming? Harrington: Nick's dying would be a large shock. There is an ominous cloud that something tragic would happen, however i was shocked at the way it happened and who made it happen. Ethan includes a line in episode six, "Wake": "Youthful people can't stop dying within this town." I'm not sure that Ethan always thinks the storyline concerning the dying. The CW The Key Circle

Teamworx assumes politican scandal

Telepic 'Der Grosse Bruder' charts the go up and down of Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, who lost his political publish because of a plagiarism scandal. BERLIN -- German TV production giant Teamworx and broadcaster Sitting.1 are joining up for any satirical undertake among the year's greatest political scams: nov German defense minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg.A scion of the home of Guttenberg, a noble family with roots dating back the twelfth century, and holding the irrelevant but nonetheless impressive-sounding aristocratic title of baron (Germany eliminated noble rights in 1919), Guttenberg shot to fame last year after Chancellor Angela Merkel drawn on the youthful politico as her financial aspects minister and then defense minister. He rapidly grew to become the nation's most widely used politician and was broadly seen as an shoe-directly into become Germany's next chancellor.Yet Guttenberg's dazzling political flight crashed and burned after it found light he plagiarized large servings of his doctorate dissertation with what grew to become referred to as Cut and Paste Affair.Created by Teamworx topper Nico Hofmann, the television pic, "Der Grosse Bruder" (The Your Government), will offer you a satirical undertake the storyline of Guttenberg and the wife, Stephanie (a descendant of Otto von Bismarck).Hofmann states he really wants to cast local stars Jan Josef Liefers ("Tatort") as Guttenberg, Anja Kling as Stephanie and Henning Baum ("The Final Cop") because the freelancer who helps the youthful politico together with his doctorate thesis.While Hofmann has not consulted Guttenberg around the script, he states he's certain the first kind minister will enjoy the film.Hofmann compares the planned pic to Helmut Dietl's 1992 satire "Schtonk!," which took it's origin from the actual-existence story from the clever forger behind the Hitler Journals hoax.This type of film is just possible as "a humorous, satirical exaggeration" having a pleasant ensemble of figures, states Hofmann, adding that Guttenberg is definitely an appealing and supportive person.For his part, Guttenberg has since moved across water-feature, purchased a house in Connecticut and became a member of the middle for Proper & Intl. Studies like a "distinguished statesman.""Der grosse bruder" begins shooting in March.Guttenberg isn't the only colorful character obtaining the TV movie treatment from Teamworx. The organization is creating a telepic on German area marshal Erwin Rommel for pubcaster ARD.Shooting in France and hang from the backdrop from the anticipated Allied invasion of France, "Rommel" explores the military leader's growing conflict between loyalty and opposition to Hitler. Ulrich Tukur ("John Rabe") stars. Contact Erectile dysfunction Meza at staff@variety.com

Finding a Family

Filmed in Vancouver by Entertainment One Television in association with Patriarch Pictures. Executive producers, Tom Patricia, Ira Pincus, John Morayniss, Noreen Halpern, Mary Martin; co-executive producers, Kim Delaney, Margaret O'Brien; supervising producer, Suzanne Berger; producer, Randolph Cheveldave; director, Mark Jean; writer, Pamela Wallace.Ileana - Kim Delaney Alex Chivescu - Jared Abrahamson Suzanne Bante - Sarah-Jane Redmond Jim Bante - Paul McGillion Henry - Dee Jay Jackson Attending Harvard, it turns out, is the perfect feel-good finale for youth movies, which explains why the team behind "Homeless to Harvard" was behind this latest inspirational true story, "Finding a Family," for Hallmark Movie Channel. Although suspense isn't part of the Hallmark formula, the tale of Alex Chivescu -- a ward of the state who fulfilled the dream instilled in him by his mother of joining the Ivy League -- lumbers along pretty uneventfully, including what amounts to an extended cameo by star/producer Kim Delaney. Unlike its protagonist, the movie barely gets by as a pass-fail proposition. "Education is like a magic key to open any door," Delaney's Ileana tells her young son, Alex, at the outset, before a car crash and related head injury yield unpredictable bouts of depression and anger that make her unfit to raise him. Seven years later, Alex (Jared Abrahamson) escapes her custody, then excels at school while bouncing through the foster-care system. Faced with being forced to relocate, Alex takes it upon himself to find a family that will allow him to stay at his current school -- keeping his college ambitions alive -- and winds up with the too-good-to-be-true Bantes (Sarah-Jane Redmond, Paul McGillion), who have to keep reassuring him he's deserving of their love and support. And that's about that. Other than the inevitable payoff, the entire exercise feels as if it's simply marking time. Delaney disappears through the entire midsection, and Abrahamson -- while wide-eyed and fresh-faced -- isn't interesting enough to hold the screen, though he can't be faulted for the lack of pace or urgency in Mark Jean's direction of Pamela Wallace's script. There's nothing wrong, necessarily, with movies that start from a happy ending and work backwards, but they do require creating a bit of dramatic tension in order to make the uplifting finale resonate. As is, while it's swell things worked out for the real-life Alex, his triumphant march to a first-rate education, alas, has resulted in a second-rate TV movie.Camera, David Pelletier; production designer, Paul Joyal; editor, Stein Myhrstad; casting, Donna Rosenstein, Candice Elzinga. 120 MIN. Contact Brian Lowry at brian.lowry@variety.com

Start Looking: Katie Holmes Will get Slutty how I Met Your Mother

Generate An Income Met Your Mother Discuss costume drama! Katie Holmes will guest star within the October 31 episode of Generate An Income Met Your Mother because the infamous Slutty Pumpkin. Fans will keep in mind that in a roof Halloween party in Season 1, Ted (Josh Radnor) met a woman inside a jack-o'-lantern getup with "smartly placed holes." They'd major chemistry, but he lost her number. Always the romantic, Ted came back towards the party each year since, wishing she'd return. "She's been probably the most mysterious figures within the show, apart from the particular mother," states cocreator Craig Thomas. "We desired to satisfy the Slutty Pumpkin, but we understood it needed to be somebody really special." Within the episode, Ted tracks lower Holmes' character, Naomi, having seen the costume by accident inside a shop window and digging into its rental history. They finally meet striking them back - there is however a twist. Hints Thomas, "She's beautiful, sweet and passionate, but Ted's coping with expectation versus reality, and thus is she." Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

R.I.P. Al Davis

The legendary, defiant longtime who is the owner of the Nfl’s Concord Raiders — an Nfl Hall of Famer — was 82 combined with experienced failing health by getting an undisclosed condition for some time. Davis will be a digital digital rebel who recognized Hollywood (and vice-versa) when he moved the Raiders to La in 1982. They won the only Super Bowl for La in 1984, the city’s Olympic year, all the three game game titles that Davis won for your Raiders overall (others coming 1976 and 󈨔). He moved the Raiders to Concord in 1995, and L.A. remains without any Nfl team since. But Davis will forever be knownas the guy whobrought Hollywood vibrant lights and Super Bowl glamor together, even if the party was very brief. He’ll be appreciated for your fight cry, “Just win baby!” His teams wound up doing a lot of this.

ESPN's 'Monday Evening Football' Finds Alternative for Hank Williams Junior.

After formally dumping Hank Williams Junior. on Thursday over his questionable claims about Leader Obama, ESPN finds his alternative for that Monday Evening Football intro: former National football league football player Craig Sanders.our editor recommendsESPN Drops Hank Williams, Junior. Opening From 'Monday Evening Football' (Video)ESPN's Decision to chop Hank Williams Junior. From 'Monday Evening Football' Met With Cheers and JeersHank Williams Junior. Backtracks From Obama-Hitler ComparisonHank Williams Junior. Compares Obama to Hitler on Fox News (Video)Hank Williams Junior.s' Boy Defends Him for Evaluating Obama to Hitler on FoxESPN Permanently Cuts Hank Williams Junior. From 'Monday Evening Football' Sanders, who performed for that Detroit Lions from 1989-98, is going to be featured inside a video segment that previews Monday's (March. 10) football game. Sanders tweeted, "Ok, The truth is that it. I'll be at MNF now and doing the intro." PHOTOS: Hollywood's Memorable Mea Culpas An ESPN representative stated to THR that it's unlikely to produce a new song through out the growing season. On Thursday, ESPN stated inside a statement announcing Williams Junior.'s ouster, "We now have made the decision to split up with Hank Williams Junior. We appreciate his contributions in the last years. The prosperity of Monday Evening Football happens to be concerning the games which continues.Inch Williams Junior.'s song "My Rowdy Buddies" have been accustomed to open MNF since 1991 on ABC and ESPN. VIDEO: Hank Williams Junior. Compares Obama to Hitler on Fox News Just before the choice to cut Williams Junior. permanently, ESPN stated on Monday (March. 3) in front of its MNF telecast, "While Hank Williams Junior. isn't an ESPN worker, we recognize that he's carefully associated with we with the available to Monday Evening Football. We're very disappointed together with his comments, and consequently we now have made the decision to drag outdoors from tonight's telecast." That morning, the nation singer had stated within an interview that Speaker of the home John Boehner's round of golf with Obama was "among the greatest political mistakes ever." "It's like Hitler the game of golf with [Israel Pm Benjamin] Netanyahu," Williams Junior. stated. "You used the title of probably the most hated people in most the planet to explain, I believe, the leader," interviewer Gretchen Carlson clarified. "That's true," he stated, "however i'm suggesting enjoy it is." Related Subjects ESPN Monday Evening Football

Steve Jobs' Biography Sales Jump 42,000 Percent Upon Dying

The untimely dying of former Apple Boss Jobs on Wednesday at 56 has given a good start to sales in the approaching approved biography Jobs by Walter Isaacson. our editor recommendsApple Honors Jobs With Webpage Takeover of Official SiteSteve Jobs' Dying: Obama States 'World Has Lost a Visionary'Steve Jobs Dying: Tech and Entertainment Industry ReactsRelated Subjects•Steve Jobs•Obituaries It is not any. 1 on Amazon's "Changers & Shakers" list, as sales have elevated by 42,000 percent since Apple introduced Jobs' dying. It moved from No. 424 to No. 1 on Amazon's overall sales rankings in addition to reaches No. 4 atBarnes & Noble. PHOTOS: 10 Memorable Key occasions of Jobs' Career Jobs is scheduled for publication November. 21 by Simon & Schuster. There isn't sure yet within the author once the publication date will probably be elevated inside the wake of Jobs' dying. Jobs is founded on greater than 40 interviews with Jobs additionally to interviews exceeding a hundred family people, pals, co-employees, and rivals. VIDEOS: Remembering Jobs Isaacson, the first sort controlling editor of your energy as well as the author of previous best merchants about Benjamin Franklin and Henry Kissinger, was allegedly given complete utilization of Jobs, plus a personal tour of his childhood home. Handful of other particulars in the book have leaked for the public. Nevertheless The NY Timesspeculatedwhen it has been around since February 2010 that "cooperation ... may well be a sign that Mr. Jobs has emerged from his recent health battles with elevated of the desire to have shaping his legacy." PHOTOS: Hollywood's Notable Deaths Steve Jobsmarked the initial -- and, it calculates, only -- approved biography in the famous Apple leader. Related Subjects Jobs Amazon . com . com.com Apple

Glee's Harry Shum on Mike's Asian Anger, "Awesome" Moves and Solo Singing Debut

Harry Shum Junior. When Mike Chang finally bursts into song, it will not be from glee. It's epic parental pressure that triggers him to hack. In Tuesday's new episode of Glee, Mike's father pays a trip to William McKinley to influence his boy to complete the sensible factor after he brings home a b- (the episode is known as "Asian F"): drop show choir and concentrate on engaging in Harvard. What is a good glee clubber to complete? Funnel that pent-up anger into song! (West Side Story's "Awesome" is simply the one thing.) TVGuide.com spoke to Harry Shum about getting his solo on, Season 3's slow-build strategy and what Mike's girlfriend Tina needs to fear this season: The first solo has showed up! Are you currently searching toward this moment or fearing it? Harry Shum: I am certainly not really a singer, and apparently I've not been singing correctly (laughs). I understand this because I have been seeing a vocal coach by myself. I figured if this time around came, I thought about being prepared. I'm, in the end, on the singing show. Here is your Glee Season 3 spoilerpalooza! You seem pretty damn convincing like a pissed-off student/Jet in "Awesome." Shum: Thanks! I wasn't really nervous. I had been more excited to get at focus on new things. Jerome Robbins' choreography for "Awesome" is notoriously sports and technically demanding. Glee choreographer Zach Woodlee's adaptation is comparable - together with amazing - however it does not appear much simpler. Shum: It had been really rough because I do not dance like this - meaning, I am not really a technical dancer. I do not do pirouettes. Even a number of that terminology I do not get. I am like, "You need to show me that because I'm not sure what you are speaking about." I had been very sore. You realize, you watch these movies plus they rehearse several for days, sometimes several weeks. We'd four hrs to train. We simply emerged by using it the evening before, I believe because we could not obtain the tracks until way later and that we would be which makes it in the day's [filming]. But that is the Glee method of practicing because there's just virtually no time. Within West Side Story - and within Glee - "Awesome" is about anger that's around the edge of boiling over. Mike's got a bit of serious issues happening within this episode. He really wants to dance but that is not what his father wants. Will that be considered a struggle for Mike through the entire season or perhaps is this much more of a stand-alone story? Shum: Yes! Things I loved concerning the number is it is really raw. The turns, how they land... but additionally, the emotion within the number. From what I have seen, I have got a tale which will continue through senior year. You will see Mike parents again, without a doubt... Ryan, Kaira, Ian and also the other authors I believe are holding in keeping with what they have stated about offering other figures in the spotlight and finding more reasons for them. It might take some time but they are gradually being careful from the other figures. I am really glad they are doing the work. How have you first hear that we'd be dealing with learn more about Mike this year? Shum: I recall [Glee boss] Ryan Murphy considering our minds within the summer time, as they say. He did interviews around as our figures for Glee: The three dimensional Concert Movie, even though lots of individuals did not allow it to be to the screen, I recall he requested "Mike" things i would do after graduation. Off the top my mind, I simply emerged with, "Well, I'm not sure, it is dependent on which my parents want me to complete. I'm not sure basically even want to visit school." I believe he required might spun it. Finn (Cory Monteith) appears also to be questioning if college may be the right move for him right now. Shum: It is a feeling that's relatable to numerous people. Lots of teens have no idea what they need to complete or what college they would like to visit. I 'm really, really pleased with what [the authors] develop while considering that. What were your personal parents like as you were in senior high school? Shum: As lengthy when i wasn't failing, these were happy (laughs). I wasn't academic, however i really was involved with senior high school and try to had the dance factor. Used to do drama, theater, I performed sports, I had been a part of ASB (Connected Student Body)... I believe these were just happy I wasn't doing drugs. I actually do remember once they desired to take me from drama because I stored returning home with bloody noses... How Glee boss Ryan Murphy intends to win you in Season 3 Bloody noses? Shum: The bloody noses really had nothing related to drama, these were just the effect of a dry nose. They needed to cauterize this vein. But my parents were super dramatic about this. These were like, "No, you cannot do drama any longer." And That I needed to say, "Mother, it isn't like I am getting smacked. I am just defective." Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) is really sweet and encouraging of Mike, but are you aware if she'll be dealing with her very own challenges this year? Shum: I'm not sure the solution for your. She's very encouraging, but what includes that clearly may be the anxiety about what is going to happen she's a junior and he's a senior. Which side that relationship pursue graduation? Have you ever heard other things about graduation? Shum: We've not really spoken about this. Nobody even considers it honestly. Everyone's happy considering that the tales happen to be written. It's approaching very gradually however i think they have been doing the work in ways where you are following along and you are pleased to be following along. It isn't about searching to date ahead in to the results, it's much more about your way. Glee airs Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox. Are you currently excited to determine Mike Chang both sing and dance?

Melissa McCarthy-Located 'SNL' Draws Solid Rankings

Chris Polk/Getty Images for WIF Melissa McCarthy, who seems around the current problem from the Hollywood Reporter magazine, drawn in solid rankings on her debut stint as host of NBC's Saturday Evening Live. THR COVER STORY: Melissa McCarthy Is Getting Her Moment Saturday evening's episode, which featured Lady Antebellum because the musical guest, averaged a 5.2 rating/13 be part of the metered-market homes. That marked a couple percent increase over a week ago's Alec Baldwin-located season premiere, which drawn inside a 5.1/13. Additionally, it would be a 4 % improvement within the 25 marketplaces with Residents Meters (2.7/12 versus. 2.6/12). VIDEO: Behind the curtain of THR's Melissa McCarthy Cover Shoot In comparison towards the same evening last year, SNL was 8 percent within the metered-market homes (5.2/13 versus. 4.8/12) as well as up 8 percent from our People Meters marketplaces (2.7/12 versus. 2.5/11). McCarthy won an Emmy recently on her role on CBS' Mike & Molly. She also came acclaim on her scene-stealing role within this year's surprise hit movie Bridesmaids. PHOTOS: The Hollywood Reporter Cover Story Gallery Among her SNL skits was one out of which she sexually harasses the co-worker (Jason Sudeikis) she's a crush on by humping and making by helping cover their a balloon animal she states he sent her. RELATED: Melissa McCarthy Focusing on Comedy with 'The Help' Director How 'SNL' Made Her Cry VIDEO: Melissa McCarthy Doesn't Restrain as 'Saturday Evening Live' Host EXCLUSIVE: 'Bridesmaids' Star Melissa McCarthy Joins Judd Apatow's Next Movie Melissa McCarthy on SNL: What Hollywood Says About Her Hosting Gig Melissa McCarthy TV Rankings Saturday Evening Live

New Line Readies 'Mortal Kombat' Reboot with Familiar Director

This spring, 'Mortal Kombat' fans were delighted by 'Mortal Kombat: Legacy,' a number of viral short films directed by Kevin Tancharoen ('Fame,' 'Glee: The three dimensional Concert Movie') which began as 'Mortal Kombat: Rebirth,' an unauthorized video clip Tancharoen forwarded to prove he could handle an active-action reboot of 'Mortal Kombat' for Warner Bros. Apparently, it labored! Deadline reviews that New Lines are moving forward with a brand new 'Kombat' with Tancharoen set as director. Oren Uziel will write the script. Watch a chapter of 'Mortal Kombat: Legacy,' with Michael Jai Whitened and Jeri Ryan ahead to obtain a taste of how much from Tancharoen's gaming reboot. [via Deadline]

NBCU Int'l taps Latam head

Bettsteller Ken Bettsteller is joining NBCUniversal Intl. as managing director of Latin America for Universal Networks Intl. as the company continues the integration of its four international TV operations into a single infrastructure.Based in Miami, Bettsteller will report to Belinda Menendez, prexy of international TV distribution and the Universal Networks wing. He previously worked in private equity, building commercial and digital strategies for entertainment and education companies. Before that he had stints at E! Entertainment Television, News Corp. and Twentieth Century Fox, where he managed worldwide pay TV distribution as executive VP.NBCUniversal also named its integrated territory leaders. They are: Maxim Mikhailov, managing director of international TV, Russia; Carolyn Stalins, m.d. of international TV, France; Maria Sanchez-Munoz, m.d. of international TV for Spain and Portugal; and Marwen Helayel, m.d. of international TV for the Middle East, Greece and Turkey.All four will add oversight of U Networks in addition to their TV distribution responsibilities. Contact Bobbie Whiteman at bobbie.whiteman@variety.com

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Technicolor, IMGlobal ink service deal

Technicolor and film financing-sales company IM Global have joined right into a partnership encompassing a multi-year service arrangement. Deal, introduced Monday, requires Technicolor to supply IM Global with front-end services, worldwide release and trailer printing and distribution services for worldwide theatrical and subsequent ancillary platforms. IM Global Boss Stuart Ford stated inside a statement, ''Technicolor supplies a top class service along with a renowned brand which perfectly complements our fast growing library of game titles and allows us to deal with business in fifty plus areas every day.'' Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Lee Daniels To Adapt Valley of The Dolls Into Series For NBC, Chernin Entertainment

EXCLUSIVE: Jacqueline Susann’s classic 1966 novel Valley of the Dolls is getting a series treatment by Oscar-nominated Precious director Lee Daniels. NBC has bought the period project, from 20th Century Fox TV and studio-based Chernin Entertainment, with a script commitment plus penalty. Daniels is set to write and direct the adaptation as well as executive produce with Chernin and Katherine Pope. UPDATE: This is one of 3 recent drama sales for Chernin Entertainment, which also set up at Fox Gina Fattore’s Second Chances, about a female trauma surgeon who has to cope with the fact that she was the only survivor of a car crash that killed her best friend (the project received a script commitment plus penalty), and Jon Cowan’s legal thriller spec script Truth. Valley of the Dolls, which has sold more than 30 million copies, spans over two decades to chronicle the lives, career highs and ultimate self-destruction of three female best friends: Anne Welles, who works at a Broadway talent agency; Neely O’Hara, a vaudeville star; and Jennifer North, a showgirl. The title of the book refers to a slang for sleeping pills that the three women eventually become dependent on. The novel previously was adapted as a movie in 1967, as a mini-series in 1981 and as a late-night soap in 1994. This marks the broadcast debut of Daniels, who on the cable side was previously attached to an HBO multi-generational family written by Amy Bloom. On the feature side, Daniels’ follow-up to Precious, The Paper Boy — starring Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey and Zac Efron — will be released next year. There are two period drama series that launched this fall, ABC’s Pan Am, which got off to a strong start last night, and The Playboy Club, which was soft in its opener last Monday.

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ATO Pictures nabs rights to 'Oasis'

ATO Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to Participant Media's docu ''Last Call at the Oasis,'' directed by Jessica Yu.The film recently premiered at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival.Pic's developed, financed and executive produced by Participant Media.''Oasis'' deals with the global water crisis becoming the central issue facing our world this century.The film was produced by Elise Pearlstein and features activist Erin Brockovich, Peter Gleick, Alex Prud'homme, Jay Famiglietti and Robert Glennon.The deal was negotiated by ATO's Head of Acquisitions Sarah Lash with Josh Braun of Submarine and Jeff Ivers, COO of Participant Media.ATO also picked up rights last week to another TIFF title, ensemble comedy ''The Oranges. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

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'Dancing With the Stars' Season 13: First Contestant Eliminated

Adam Taylor/ABCRon Artest, left, with other Season 13 castmembers The first celebrity has been eliminated from Season 13 of Dancing With the Stars. SPOILER ALERT! L.A. Laker Ron Artest -- who just legally changed his name to Metta World Peace -- got the boot on Tuesday night's results show. PHOTOS: 'Dancing With the Stars' Season 13: Rehearsals He and his professional dancing partner, Peta Murgatroyd, finished Monday night's premiere episode with the lowest score from the judges, earning only 14 out of 30 points for their cha-cha. The contestants were saved in groups on Tuesday's show, with the final three coming down to Nancy Grace, Rob Kardashian and Peace. PHOTOS: 'Dancing With the Stars' Season 13 Cast Official Photos After hearing his fate, Peace said: "I want to say thank you, Dancing With the Stars, Peta and I had a great time." Incidentally, Dancing With the Stars alum Steve-O recently told The Hollywood Reporter that Peace was his favorite to win this season. Peace and Murgatroyd will appear live on ABC's Good Morning America on Wednesday. Tuesday's DWTS episode also featured performances by Harry Connick Jr. and LMFAO. PHOTOS: 'Dancing With the Stars' Season 13 Cast Eleven contestants remain in competition for the mirror-ball trophy: Grace; actress and former talk show host Ricki Lake; actor David Arquette; transgender activist Chaz Bono; reality stars Kardashian,Kristin Cavallariand Carson Kressley; Iraq war veteran and soap actor J.R. Martinez; singer Chynna Phillips; model-actress (and George Clooney's ex) Elisabetta Canalis; and women's soccer World Cup star Hope Solo. RELATED: 'Dancing With the Stars' Premiere: What the Viewers Are Saying 'Dancing With the Stars' Premiere: 5 Memorable Moments 'Dancing With the Stars' Season 13 Premiere: TV Review ABC Carson Kressley Chaz Bono David Arquette Kristin Cavallari Dancing with the Stars Dancing with the Stars the Results Show Nancy Grace

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Lionsgate cozies as much as 'Friends With Kids'

Lionsgate has acquired U.S. privileges to Jennifer Westfeldt's ensemble comedy ''Friends With Kids,'' per week after its premiere in the Toronto Film Festival. Deal closed Sunday around the final day's the festival. Deal was the very first TIFF purchase to Lionsgate, which in fact had no official comment regarding release plans. ''Friends with Kids,'' shot in NY early this season, stars Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Adam Scott, Megan Fox, Kristen Wiig, Edward Burns, Maya Rudolph and Chris O'Dowd. Written and directed by Westfeldt (''Kissing Jessica Stein''), pic focuses on several buddies whose life is transformed because the couples within the group start having children. Westfeldt and Scott portray close friends who launch a romance while trying to prevent the anticipation of a relationship. Hamm, Wiig, Rudolph and O'Dowd are probably the pals with kids. ''Friends'' is created by Westfeldt and Hamm's Points West Pictures and Riza Aziz and Joey McFarland's Red-colored Granite Pictures. Pic may be the first for production companies. Producers are Westfeldt, Hamm, Joshua Astrachan, John Kasdan, Joey McFarland and Riza Aziz. Executive producers are Mike Nichols, John Sloss, Lucy Barzun Donnelly and Joe Gatta with Kathryn Dean co-creating. Cinetic Media handled U.S. privileges and Red-colored Granite is handling worldwide sales. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Purple & Daisy

A Miracle Purple presentation in colaboration with GreeneStreet Films. (Worldwide sales: CAA, La.) Created by Geoffrey Fletcher, Bonnie Timmermann. Executive producers, John Penotti, James Skotchdopole. Co-producer, Steve Kempf. Directed, compiled by Geoffrey Fletcher.Daisy Saoirse Ronan Purple Alexis Bledel Michael James Gandolfini Iris Marianne Jean-Baptiste Russ Danny Trejo April Tatiana MaslanyFollowing his Oscar-winning script for "Precious," Geoffrey Fletcher's directorial debut handles to become precious inside a entirely unique way, sadly far-taken off the approach he required adapting the novel "Push" by Azure. Last and least inside a run of photos that fancy teen women as cold-blooded murders, "Purple & Daisy" provides a questionably sentimental spin about the Hit Girl gimmick observed in "Kick-Ass," casting the armed-and-harmful stars of "Las VegasInch (Alexis Bledel) and "Hanna" (Saoirse Ronan) as a set of implausible assassins. This cutesy dark comedy appears destined for cult status, but tend to also interact with less Puritanical overseas auds. Written pre-"Precious" in ways that could've occurred for without any money, "Purple & Daisy" advantages of Fletcher's recent fame, which allows the NYU Tisch grad to shoot his skewed fable in NY having a title cast and decent budget. Frankly, you'd never guess the 2 photos originated from exactly the same pen, so different is uneasy mixture of the hitman and coming-of-age genres. Still relatively recent towards the whole contract killing factor, Daisy (Ronan) blazes her way with the opening scene as an old professional, honoring her 18th birthday by offing a condo filled with heavily armed Mafia types. Fletcher fully holds the absurdity, delivering Daisy and her callous closest friend Purple (Bledel, greater than a dozen years her co-star's senior) in to the firefight disguised as nuns, packing shotguns in pizza boxes. With realism the window, the guidelines of the imaginary world take a while to soak up, since a person's instinct would be to keep young women as far from heavy artillery as you possibly can. When they are not raging criminals, Purple and Daisy play patty-cake and become women half how old they are (their getaway vehicle is really a tricycle, which indicates possibly the roles were written for more youthful stars). Holding their guns like Hong Kong action stars, the happy couple kill without remorse or motive, apart from to purchase the most recent dresses using their teenybopper idol, Barbie dolls Sunday -- a minimum of, for this reason they accept a job that preoccupies them for that relaxation from the film. After "Hanna," which combined its very own surreality having a fairly complex portrait of the child groomed to kill, "Purple & Daisy" feels significantly disconnected from identifiable human behavior. Then James Gandolfini makes its way into the image, getting a soul to Fletcher's wink-wink style. Although the helmer provides just one previous job to evaluate by, it appears safe to visualize that many targets either beg for his or her lives or shoot back. Not this person. He practically really wants to be wiped out, going to date regarding bake the women oatmeal snacks for his or her trouble. The majority of "Purple & Daisy" happens within the mysterious man's apartment, in which the script must keep approaching with excuses to find the women alone so Gandolfini's character can provide them the type of one-on-one advice that simply might save their lives. First, they exhaust bullets, which provides an adversary gang chance to visit while Daisy is unarmed and Purple is off creating a supply run -Body that lands her in the center of an improbable Mexican standoff in the neighborhood home improvement store. Later, Daisy steps out, so Purple can rest. With this point, most auds may have selected sides within the film's inevitable love-it-or-hate-it divide, but Fletcher does not give either camping the satisfaction of pinning lower the pic's tone. The laughs, which achieve their crazy peak with something the women call "the interior bleeding dance," progressively taper off, making room for carefully manufactured emotion. There is a miracle-trick quality towards the film's construction, by which Fletcher throws with one hands while subtly modifying the atmosphere using the other when people become popular the cartoon has given method to some thing sincere, they might already worry about the figures. "Purple & Daisy" grows what might have been just one-set have fun with two strong-impression cameos -- Danny Trejo because the girl's boss and Marianne Jean-Baptiste like a sniper prepared to remove them when the women botch the task -- but lacks a personality menacing enough to produce suspense. For that story to blossom, Purple and Daisy must stall, but, the more they are doing, the greater ridiculous it appears that anybody would trust two hit-women to perform a hitman's job. Production values are strong, especially Vanja Cernjul's widescreen lensing, which translates a number of Fletcher's wilder first-time-filmmaker impulses into clean, classy arrangements.Camera (color, widescreen), Vanja Cernjul editor, Joe Klotz music, Paul Cantelon music supervisor, Susan Jacobs production designer, Patrizia Von Brandenstein art director, Fredda Slavin set decorator, Regina Graves costume designer, Jenny Gering seem (Dolby Digital), Richard W. Murphy supervisory seem editor, Robert Hein re-recording mixer, Roberto Fernandez effects, Philip Beck Junior., Robert Beck visual effects supervisor, J. John Corbett connect producers, Rachel Israel, I-fan Quirk assistant director, Robert C. Albertell casting, Bonnie Timmermann. 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Toronto 2011: Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper's 'The Place Beyond the Pines' Sells Out the World (Exclusive)

TORONTO -- Ryan Gosling-Bradley Cooper thriller The Place Beyond the Pines was among the hottest projects shopped at the Toronto sales market, and has sold out the world, as well as drawing substantial interest from U.S. buyers.our editor recommendsToronto 2011: Buyers to See First Footage of Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper's 'The Place Beyond the Pines' Toronto 2011: 10 Hot Titles Buyers Dare Not Miss Derek Cianfrance is currently shooting the high-profile indie title, which also stars Rose Byrne and Eva Mendes. The project reteams Cianfrance and Gosling, who worked together on the critically acclaimed Blue Valentine, a dark drama about a failing marriage. Nick Meyer and Marc Schaberg's Sierra/Affinity is selling Place Beyond the Pines internationally, while WME and CAA are co-representing domestic rights. Produced by Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Place Beyond the Pines did brisk presales business when first introduced at the Cannes Film Market in May by Sierra/Affinity. A handful of key territory deals were signed, including for the U.K., France and Spain. At Toronto, Sierra finished up deals for virtually every remaining territory, insiders say. (Both U.S. and international buyers attending Toronto were invited to see the first footage from the film.) Domestic distributors also are pursuing U.S. rights. In the movie, Gosling plays a professional motorcycle stunt rider who turns to bank robberies to support his newborn son, but when he crosses paths with a rookie police officer, played by Cooper, their violent confrontation spirals into a tense generational feud tracing the intersecting lives of fathers and sons, cops and robbers, heroes and villains. The producers of Place Beyond the Pines are Sidney Kimmel, Lynette Howell, Alex Orlovsky and Jamie Patricof. Sierra/Affinity also handled foreign sales on the critically acclaimed Drive, which stars Gosling opposite Carey Mulligan and opens in theaters Sept. 16. FilmDistrict is releasing Drive domestically. Related Topics Toronto International Film Festival Ryan Gosling Bradley Cooper

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