CBS, Univision top tame Tuesday

Auds flock to CBS drama ''NCIS'' even in repeat, as Tuesday's encore was easily the night's No. 1 program in key demos and total viewers. The net's annual airing of the ''Kennedy Center Honors'' drew typically lackluster numbers and was down sharply vs. last year. According to preliminary national estimates from Nielsen, CBS opened well with ''NCIS'' (2.1 rating/6 share in adults 18-49, 12.5 million viewers overall), but ''The Kennedy Center Honors'' settled for a 1.1/3 in the demo and 8.4 million viewers overall. This matches the show's lowest 18-49 result to date and was down 27% from last year's 1.5. CBS won the night in 18-49 (tied with Univision), 25-54 and total viewers. Univision earned a share of firstin 18-49 behind a two-hour episode of ''Una Familia Con Suerte (A Fortunate Family)'' (1.7/5 in 18-49, 3.8 million viewers overall). In the 10 o'clock hour, ''Aqui y Ahora'' did a 1.0/3 in 18-49 and 2.4 million viewers overall. Elsewhere, ABC did OK with repeats of comedies ''Last Man Standing'' (1.5/4 in 18-49, 6.1 million viewers overall at 8 p.m. and 1.5/4 in 18-49, 5.7 million viewers overall at 8:30), ''The Middle'' (1.4/4 in 18-49, 4.7 million viewers overall) and ''Suburgatory'' (1.2/3 in 18-49, 4.1 million viewers overall), followed by an encore of crime drama ''Body of Proof'' (1.1/3 in 18-49, 5.1 million viewers overall). ABC's comedies certainly repeated better than Fox's, as ''Glee'' (0.7/2 in 18-49, 2.2 million viewers overall), ''New Girl'' (1.0/3 in 18-49, 2.8 million viewers overall) and ''Raising Hope'' (0.9/2 in 18-49, 2.7 million viewers overall) put up puny numbers. NBC similarly struggled on the night with repeats of the special ''The Biggest Loser: Where Are They Now?'' (0.9/3 in 18-49, 3.0 million viewers overall) and drama ''Parenthood'' (0.7/2 in 18-49, 2.0 million viewers overall). Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: CBS and Univision, 1.4/4; ABC, 1.3/4; NBC and Fox, 0.8/2; CW, 0.3/1. In total viewers: CBS, 9.7 million; ABC, 5.1 million; Univision, 3.4 million; NBC, 2.7 million; Fox, 2.5 million; CW, 0.9 million. Contact Rick Kissell at rick.kissell@variety.com

Best Soundtracks of 2011: 'Drive,' 'The Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo,' 'The Muppets' and much more

This month, Cameron Crowe's 'We Purchased a Zoo' hits theaters. Normally that will alllow for an anti-climactic No. 1 entry on the Best Soundtracks of 2011 list. In the end, each and every Crowe film -- yeah, even 'Elizabethtown' -- is placed for an unbelievably rocking group of tunes, which pretty much be used as a mixtape produced from Crowe's personal music collection. (That's what you'll get from the director who accustomed to write for Moving Stone.) Alas, this season, Crowe's 'Zoo' isn't No. 1 (it's really No. 7). Who wound up nabbing the very best place? Discover below in Moviefone's Best Soundtracks of 2011. [Note: This countdown doesn't take musical cues or how good the particular movie likes account, (which describes why 'Sucker Punch' reaches No. 9). Also, while isn't the listing of Best Scores, you will find a couple of semi-exceptions, like 'Dragon Tattoo' and 'Drive'] Best Soundtracks of 2011 Honorable Mention: 'Gnomeo and Julietཇ. 'Bridesmaidsཆ. 'The DilemmaƏ. 'Sucker PunchƎ. 'The Art of having Byƍ. 'We Purchased a Zooƌ. 'Like CrazyƋ. 'The Girl Using the Dragon TattooƊ. 'The MuppetsƉ. 'The Lincoln subsequently Lawyerƈ. 'Young AdultƇ. 'Drive' See All Moviefone Art galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Sony Steps Up Manufacturing After Pre-Orders Land F65 4K Camera in U.S. Top 200

Looking for a unique one-of-a-kind Christmas present for that special someone? How about a pair of ruby slippers from the Wizard of Oz? A DeLorean from Back to the Future III? The Central Perk couch from Friends?our editor recommendsMarilyn Monroes Last Nudes Featured in New BookNicolas Cage's Superman Comic Nets Record $2.1 Million at Auction'Star Wars' Camera Fetches Record $625,000 at Auction These items and many more, including rare material belonging to Marilyn Monroe, Steve McQueenand John Waynewill be auctioned off on December 15-16 at Profiles in History's Icons of Hollywood Auction at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. PHOTOS: 10 of Hollywood's Priciest Pieces of History: From the 'Friends' Couch to Oz's Ruby Reds Among the most coveted items being offered are a trio of pieces from the Wizard of Oz. The prize item is a pair of ruby slippers used in the movie. These are probably the best preserved of the four remaining pairs and were used for close-up shots of Dorothy's feet. The slippers have a presale minimum estimate of $2,000,000. The buyer of the slippers can pair them with one of the blue and white gingham pinafore dress worn by Judy Garland in the movie, which has an estimated sale price of $200,000-$300,000. PHOTOS: 10 Biggest Book-to-Big Screen Adaptations of the Last 25 Years Profiles in History is also auctioning off one of the two film-used Cowardly Lion costumes. Bert Lahr, who played the Cowardly Lion, probably wore this costume, which is made of real lion skin, in the scene where he first meets Dorothy on the Yellow Brick Road. It is expected to sell for more than $2,000,000 as well. The auction also features a trove of rare Marilyn Monroe merchandise, including her invitation to the 1962 birthday party at Madison Square Garden for President John F. Kennedy where she serenaded him with "Happy Birthday' ($40,000-$60,000) and a nude painting of the star by Earl Moran ($70,000-$90,000). The highlight of the Monroe memorabilia is probably the 3.5 carat platinum and diamond wedding band baseball great Joe DiMaggio gave her at their wedding on January 14, 1954. The ring has an estimated sale price of $500,000-$700,000. PHOTOS: The Making of 'My Week With Marilyn The auction also features a rare set of John Wayne's personal correspondence from the peak of his career from the 1940s through the 1960s ($20,000-$30,000) and Jack Lemmon's personal collection of 62 leather-bound scripts from movies he worked on during his career ($2,000-$3,000 for the set). Among the more recent memorabilia attracting attention is a DeLorean time machine used in Back to the Future III expected to sell for at least $400,000, a couch from Central Perk, the Friends coffee shop, valued at an affordable $4,00-$6,000 and a rare phaser prop from the original Star Trek TV series estimated at $30,000-$50,000. View a preview of these items and others, including Steve McQueen's costume from Le Mans and Bela Lugosi's Dracula cape, here. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery 10 of Hollywood's Priciest Pieces of History: From the 'Friends' Couch to 'Oz's' Ruby Reds Related Topics John Wayne The Wizard of Oz Marilyn Monroe Friends Judy Garland

The Sitter: Film Review

This story appears in the Dec. 16 issue of The Hollywood Reporter. Earvin "Magic"Johnson, now 52, won five NBA titles when he played for the 1980s "Showtime" Lakers; his Magic Johnson Enterprises, which once included a theater chain, was estimated by Forbes in 2009 to be worth $500 million; and as of Dec. 2, he was part of a bid to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers. But he threw up a brick when he entered the late-night talk show business with 1998's The Magic Hour, two years after ending his 13-year playing career. The Hollywood Reporter review said the syndicated Twentieth Television show was "absent the spark of spontaneity and sharp conversation." While Magic Hour started strong and even briefly topped CBS' Late Show With David Letterman in the NY ratings, success was fleeting. Critics said Johnson seemed stiff on-air, was prone to mumbling and had poor interviewing skills. His sidekick, comic Craig Shoemaker, was fired for calling the show "an absolute nightmare." But Magic Hour did have one high point when its most high-profile critic, Howard Stern, was invited as a guest. The shock jock began by asking, "Where's the white guy, the comedian?" (Johnson's response: "We weren't clicking"), then gave the novice host interviewing advice ("Loosen up and talk Ebonics all you want. Why does everyone have to understand every word you say?") and asked detailed questions about Johnson's sex life before becoming HIV-positive in 1991. Although the Stern appearance doubled the show's ratings, it was off the air after three months. Johnson then focused on deals with Burger King, PepsiCo, Ron Burkle and others that financially freed him from ever having to host a talk show again. Related Topics Howard Stern Earvin Magic Johnson

TNT Orders Medical Drama Pilot from David E. Kelley Based on Sanjay Gupta Book

David E. Kelley Chicago Hope creator David E. Kelley is back in the medical drama business. This time around, he'll be penning the pilot of Chelsea General for TNT, a project based on the upcoming novel Monday Mornings by CNN's chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta.The book, scheduled for publication in March, chronicles the personal and professional lives of five surgeons. Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon himself, will executive-produce the pilot alongside Kelley.Kate Burton checks back into Grey's for alternate universe episode"Chelsea General promises to be a smart, witty and extremely powerful medical drama, the kind of series David E. Kelley is renowned for making," said Michael Wright, executive vice president head of programming for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies. "We look forward to working with David and Sanjay in bringing the doctors' fascinating stories and characters to television."Photo gallery: Our favorite holiday moviesKelley is currently the executive producer on Harry's Law on NBC. He is also the creator of Picket Fences, The Practice and Ally McBeal.

'Live!' endures with good ratings

The November. 23 episode of lately re-titled talkshow 'Live With Kelly!' featured Miss Piggy just like a guest and Jerry Seinfeld as co-host alongside Kelly Ripa.Regis Philbin's final week on Disney-ABC's "Live! With Regis and Kelly" -- the syndicated series Philbin co-situated for virtually thirty years -- was ratings gold for one of the talkiest of talkshows. Too as with Philbin's wake, a parade of high-profile site visitors has saved the show at numerous its finest ratings levels inside a very long time.InchReside!Inch acquired a 4.2 same-day national household rating for your week of November. 14-18, according to Nielsen. That was enough to shoot the show past CBS Television Distribution's "Dr. Phil," that's been leading the talk pack since the season started. On Philbin's final day (November. 18), the show skyrocketed with a 6.7 national household rating.The Gotham-based show, lately titled "Live! With Kelly" with Kelly Ripa within the forefront, returned November. 21 with NY favorite boy Jerry Seinfeld using the co-host chair through November. 23. The pairing of Ripa and Seinfeld saved the show's ratings strong, calculating a 3.6/12 for Seinfeld's 72 hrs. That's up 24% in contrast for the show's November 2010 sweep average (2.9/10). "Live! With Kelly" will be a repeat with Russell Brand on Thanksgiving, which show was broadly preempted. Actor Jerry O'Connell co-situated the very next day. The second days duration of "Live!" publish-Philbin saw "The Way In Which I Met Your Mother" star Neil Patrick Harris co-hosting with Ripa, creating a 3.3/11 together with a 3.2/11 inside the weighted metered areas due to its initial few days, lower just a little from Seinfeld's run but nevertheless up 14% inside the show's 2010 November sweep performance. Harris is often stated as an alternative for Philbin or since the host that belongs to them talk/variety show.The producers of "Live!" have a very extended report on guest co-hosts with this particular month, including Derek Hough of "Dwts,Inch entertainers Josh Groban and Michael Buble, actor Taye Diggs and veteran broadcaster Bryant Gumbel -- and so they are not appearing to remain in a hurry to title an enduring co-host alongside Ripa. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

The X Factor: Came Discusses Her Questionable Exit

Came Ryniewicz Last night's double elimination around the X Factor was filled using more than the typical drama. After Astro was removed, Came Ryniewicz - who cried throughout the majority of the show - and Marcus Canty sang in order to save their spots within the competition.The resulting votes by idol judges L.A. Reid, Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul to transmit Came home noticeably angered 4th judge and Drew's mentor, Simon Cowell. After accusing themself for his poor song choice the evening before (he stated he earned an error selecting a too-slow rendition of "Billie Jean") and pleading Nicole and Paula to provide her another change, Simon became a member of a tearful Came onstage and declined to comment to some clearly flustered host Steve Johnson.Came, 15, spoken to reporters about her emotional elimination, getting Simon like a mentor, her plans for future years which song choice. - Sydney BucksbaumDo you accept Simon that the elimination was his fault due to the song he chose for you personally?Came: I do not think that it's all regulated Simon's fault. He did want me to perform a slow song and that he greatly enforced me to make use of the chair (by which she sitting throughout the whole performance). But overall, I still had the general decision and that i did not fight for precisely what I should have.How did getting Simon as the mentor influence your performances?Came: I do not believe Simon pressed me to complete anything. Both of us believed that slow music might happen again and again, and lastly after i did not agree any longer it had been past too far, you realize? I acquired removed.How can you experience another judges' votes to transmit you home?Came: I seem like the idol judges maybe had an adequate amount of seeing me doing slow tunes plus they did not think it had been worth a go with Simon. Simon apologized plus they understood it wasn't me. They explained, they stated I understand that last performance most likely wasn't your decision. I simply believe that they wanted Simon to understand that you simply can't just let someone do one factor. Because I'd a lot more will be able to show and Simon recognizes that.What's this complete experience been like for you personally?Came: This really is unbelievable. It had been so surreal because I started work with Simon Cowell and come on buddy-buddy. It feels wonderful now, since I am searching back in internet marketing. It feels as though totally an aspiration.What exactly are your plans for future years?Came: I'm so excited to create my first album. That's likely to be like my first child. I can not wait.Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Jared Harris Cast as Ulysses S. Grant in Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln'

Jared Harris may be British, but he still has the acting chops to play a former U.S. general and president. According to Variety, Harris has just been cast as Ulysses S. Grant in Steven Spielberg's historical biopic, 'Lincoln.' The film focuses on Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day Lewis) during the end of the Civil War. Harris, most recently known for his role as Lane Pryce in 'Mad Men,' has starred in a variety of films, such as 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,' Mr. Deeds' and 'Natural Born Killers.' In 'Lincoln,' he will play Grant before he became president (Lincoln was the 16th, Grant the 18th). Harris can be seen starring opposite Robert Downey Jr. in this December's 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows'; 'Lincoln' currently doesn't have an official release date, but you can expect it in theaters after the presidential election in 2012. [via Variety] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

UTA to move to New Beverly Slopes Headquarters in 2012

UTA will transfer to the new Beverly Slopes headquarters in the finish of 2012, after finalizing its extended-term lease for roughly 120,000 sq foot at9336-9346 Social Center Drive.our editor recommendsUTA Will get near Deal to move to New Beverly Slopes Headquarters (Exclusive) The Hollywood Reporter first reported on November. 9 the talent agency was closing a deal for just about any 15-year lease with landlord Tishman Speyer, aNY-based developer. UTA is presently based at9560 Wilshire Blvd. The Social Center Drive rental fees are dealing with an extensive $Thirty Dollars million restoration it absolutely was formerly the headquarters ofHilton Hotels. UTA will be the sole tenant inside the 9336 Social Center Drive building and occupy part of the 9346 building. UTA will begin a "multi-big interior and exterior build-out" of the offices there early next season, with different news release launched Tuesday with the agency. Noted architectural and design firm Rottet Studio will build the offices the business'sRichard Riveire andLauren Rottet will lead your time and energy. UTA's new offices features a 150-chair screening room and outdoors space. The sale can be a coup for your capital of scotland - Beverly Slopes, which has looked for to retain both UTA and fellow talent agency WME since CAA and ICM decamped for Century City formerly decade. UTA could have a notable neighbor within the Social Center Drive property: Playboy Companies Corporation., which the other day made the decision to lease 45,000 sq foot there. UTA COO Andrew Thau, Michael DeSantis of property brokerage Cushman & Wakefield and attorney Andrew Friedman of Friedman & Affiliate marketers represented the organization inside the lease deal. Email: Daniel.Burns@THR.com Twitter: @DanielNMiller Related Subjects UTA

Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol Looking For Dubai Debut

Dubai, UAE November 14, 2011: Adrenaline, ambition along with a-list star energy will converge within the mobile phone industry's quickest-rising metropolitan areas the following month, once the long awaited blockbuster Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol debuts around the world because the opening film from the eighth Dubai Worldwide Film Festival on December 7, 2011. Directed by Oscar champion Kaira Bird and including an exciting-star cast including Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Michael Nyqvist, Vladimir Mashkov, Josh Holloway, Anil Kapoor and La Seydoux, the 4th installment within the mega-effective Mission: Impossible franchise continues to be referred to because the most inventive, action-filled and aesthetically arresting yet. Dubai will reprise its very own starring role within the film when Cruise, Bird and also the films co-stars decide to try the Festivals opening evening red-colored carpet alongside the citys leadership in the Madinat Jumeirah, The Arabian Resort Dubai, the place to find the Dubai Worldwide Film Festival. The modern joint announcement from Vital Pictures and also the Festival remembers the Mission: Impossible teams go back to Dubai after extensive filming within the city, including shoots spanning its old town, downtown financial hub and offshore Palm island development. With incredible stunt sequences featured through the movie, such as the now legendary scene of Cruise scaling the mobile phone industry's highest tower, Dubais stunning Burj Khalifa, the film also features Dubai footage shot in high-definition IMAX, promising very-obvious imagery, effective audio along with a fantastically immersive experience. Presented for any terrorist bombing from the Kremlin, Impossible Missions Pressure operative Ethan Search (Cruise) and the entire remaining team (Renner, Patton, Pegg) are disavowed together with the relaxation from the agency once the leader initiates Ghost Protocol, basically removing the company from existence. Playing no assets or backup, they must discover a way by themselves to obvious their names and stop another attack. To complicate things further, Ethan needs to attempt this mission having a team of fellow IMF fugitives whose personal motives he doesn't fully know or trust. The flicks go back to Dubai, following shoots completed in Prague, Moscow, Mumbai and Vancouver, is really a coup for that emirate, its film festival and also the regions film industry. Underneath the patronage of UAE V . P . and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Dubai Worldwide Film Festival has continuously built its status like a global starting pad for Arab, Asian, African along with other world cinema so that as a company of cultural exchange through film. Ahmad Abdulla Al Shaikh, Director General from the Dubai Government Media Office, stated: We await with great excitement the return from the Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol filmmakers, crew, and talent to Dubai in December. Dubais ongoing relationship using the film is really a mark of rely upon Dubai’s world-class infrastructure, abilities and leadership. This relationship is really a reason for pride not just for that emirate as well as the region in general.” H.E. Mr AlShaikh reiterated that, “Dubai is constantly on the welcome serious filmmakers from around the globe, and stays prepared to extend all assistance and support necessary to guarantee the success of the films. Dubai reaffirms its resolve for the growth of the neighborhood, regional, and worldwide film industries.” The developments also mark a transitional phase for that first festival within the Gulf region and perhaps probably the most effective within the Arab world and near Asia-Africa. Abdulhamid Juma, Chairman from the Dubai Worldwide Film Festival, stated: Dubai and also the UAE would be the Mission: Possible from the Arab world, which means this link is especially fitting. With respect to the folks in our amazing city and nation, we thank Vital Pictures and also the Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol producers for showing the planet the contemporary, effective and diverse Arab world. We're also grateful for them, Four Star and Gulf Film for selecting to create this amazing film to DIFF. There's without doubt this film may have a major impact on the regions film industry, through understanding transfer, inspiring emerging filmmakers, paving the way in which for a lot of more collaborations and drawing focus on cinema out of this place in the world, he added. We're searching toward discussing the film first with Dubai, stated Take advantage of Moore, Vice Chairman of Vital Pictures. Together with the producers from the movie, we're grateful towards the governmental organizations and citizens who led to the effective shoot in Dubai, such as the Dubai Studio City, the Dubai Police Department, the Dubai Civil Defense Group, the Streets & Transport Authority, the Dubai Air Wing, the Dubai Health Authority, the Dubai Town and also the Dubai Customs Agency, and Emaar Qualities among several others. Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol is going to be launched in cinemas around the world this December. The Festival has additionally guaranteed an unparalleled fan experience for opening evening, to support the nations excitement in the films homecoming. A lot more than 5,000 Dubai citizens vied for everyone as extra supplies throughout the Dubai shoot, additionally towards the 400-plus crewmembers. This Year, the Festival opened up with Tom Hoopers The Nobleman Speech in the existence of Academy Top rated actor Colin Firth red-colored carpet gala tests also incorporated Peter Weirs The Way In Which Back, attended by Erectile dysfunction Harris and Colin Farrell. DIFF formerly offered because the regional launch pad for top profile films from Danny Boyles Slumdog Uniform to James Camerons Avatar. The eighth edition of DIFF is going to be held from December 7 to 14, 2011, in colaboration with Dubai Studio City. Dubai Duty Free, Dubai Gem, Emirates Air travel and Madinat Jumeirah, the place to find the Dubai Worldwide Film Festival, would be the principal sponsors of DIFF. The Festival is based on the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority.

ROLL CALL: Demi Lovato Has Her J.Lo Red-colored Carpet Moment

First Released: November 11, 2011 12:41 PM EST Credit: Getty Premium La, Calif. -- Caption Demi Lovato gets to the twelfth Annual Latin GRAMMY Honours held in the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Vegas, on November 10, 2011Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans Demi Takes The Plunge!: Demi Lovato rocked a bold look last evening in the twelfth Annual Latin Grammy Honours in Vegas, having a plunging neck-line that Jennifer Lopez would are proud of! (Just how can anybody forget J.Los now legendary Versace gown in the 2000 Grammy Honours?!) Demi, who carried out with singer Pablo Alboran throughout Thursdays show, only had one award show snafu. Annoyed that my red-colored hair didnt stay perfectly, Demi Tweeted last evening. Take a look at all of the action from last nights Latin Grammys, HERE! Justin Also Takes The Plunge!: Demi wasnt the only person going have less Thursday Attacking Young Boys almost lost his pants in Paris. Gravity 1, Biebs ! Begin to see the performers almost wardrobe malfunction here! Kirstie Hits The Bottle!: New body, new guy and today a brand new hair color for Kirstie Alley. The 60-year-old star first showed her new dark and lovely locks on her behalf WhoSay.com page. Take a look at her change, HERE! Whose Idea Was This?!: Former adult film star Sasha Gray, who's trying to transition to legitimate acting (who are able to forget her stellar recent focus on Entourage where she performed a porn star!) is leading to a little of the ruckus after it had been says she was asked to see books to first graders in an LA area school a week ago. Puts another spin around the good ol fashioned show & tell! (To become fair, shes additionally a released author, who understood!) Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

'Snow White and the Huntsman' Trailer: Kristen Stewart's Heart on the Menu for Charlize Theron

Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? If "them" is Hollywood's seemingly unending supply of Snow White movies, and "fairest" is which one has the most buzz at the given moment, then raise a glass for 'Snow White and the Huntsman'! The first trailer for the fantasy epic with Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron has arrived online, and presents a movie rife with action, spectacle, campy over-the-top-ness, and heart-eating. Apparently. And you thought K-Stew would have things easier after she stopped being Bella Swan! Directed by Rupert Sanders, Universal's 'Snow White and the Huntsman' arrives in theaters next June. Hopefully, Universal CEO Ron Meyer doesn't later slam the film as "shitty." Head over to Apple to watch in HD. [Photo: Universal] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

CBS laughs way to Monday victory

CBS was the No. 1 broadcaster in key demos in all six half-hours of primetime Monday, as the net's comedy anchors ''How I Met Your Mother'' and ''Two and a Half Men'' continue to outperform last year's ratings levels. ABC's ''Dancing With the Stars'' was on the rise, though still down year to year, but it was another weak showing for NBC's new Brian Williams newsmag. According to preliminary Nielsen estimates, the CBS comedies accounted for Monday's top four entertainment-series scores among young adults, led as usual by ''Two and a Half Men'' (5.1 rating/12 share in adults 18-49, 14.5 million viewers overall) -- the night's No. 1 broadcast in 18-49, rising 19% vs. the same night a year ago. All of the network's programs were up vs. the comparable Monday timeslot perf of last year, with 8 p.m. anchor ''How I Met Your Mother'' (4.4/12 in 18-49, 10.4 million viewers overall) up 25% over its year-ago showing, and 8:30 p.m. newbie ''2 Broke Girls'' (4.5/11 in 18-49, 11.3 million viewers overall) up a big 50% over last year's ''Rules of Engagement.'' Closing out the night, ''Mike and Molly'' (4.2/10 in 18-49, 12.0 million viewers overall) was up 20% over its year-ago score, and 10 p.m. drama ''Hawaii Five-0'' (3.0/8 in 18-49, 10.0 million viewers overall) was up a tick to easily top its broadcast competition in demos for the hour. At ABC, ''Dancing With the Stars'' (3.3/8 in 18-49, 18.0 million viewers overall) rallied to its best delivery since its season premiere, but that still left it about 15% below last year's performance on the comparable night; it remained the evening's most-watched entertainment series overall. And at 10, ''Castle'' (2.5/6 in 18-49, 11.3 million viewers overall) was in line with its performance of last year, also leading its timeslot broadcast competition in total viewers. Fox's ''Terra Nova'' (2.6/6 in 18-49, 7.7 million viewers overall) bounced back from last week to place third among the broadcasters in the 8 o'clock hour. The net maintained that standing at 9 p.m. with ''House'' (2.7/6 in 18-49, 7.5 million viewers overall), which was considerably stronger a year ago in the leadoff position (3.7/10 in 18-49). NBC again struggled, as ''The Sing Off'' settled for a 1.4/3 in 18-49 and 4.2 million viewers overall, and newsmag ''Rock Center with Brian Williams'' (1.0/3 in 18-49, 3.5 million viewers overall) was on par with its low-rated debut of the previous week. ESPN will win the night in key demos with its ''Monday Night Football'' matchup between the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles, which averaged a strong 11.7 household rating in Nielsen's metered-market overnights. In addition to the cable net, the game also aired in the local markets on independent stations, thus not affecting the preliminary overnights of the Big Four. Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: CBS, 4.0/10; ABC, 3.1/8; Fox, 2.7/6; NBC and Univision, 1.3/3; CW, 0.6/1. In total viewers: ABC, 15.8 million; CBS, 11.4 million; Fox, 7.6 million; NBC, 4.0 million; Univision, 3.2 million; CW, 1.3 million. Contact Rick Kissell at rick.kissell@variety.com

Love's Labor's Lost

A Public Theater presentation from the play in one act by William Shakespeare. Directed by Karin Coonrod. Ferdinand - Hoon Lee Berowne - Nick Westrate Princess of France - Renee Elise Goldsberry Rosaline - Rebecca Brooksher Don Adriano p Armado - Reg E. Cathey Holofernes - Steven Skybell Mister Nathaniel/Marcade - Francis Jue Jaquenetta - Stephanie DiMaggioMaybe it's a lucky combination of cast and director. Maybe the play is way better than many of us remember it. It may be simply the act of taking pressure off a Public Theater Shakespeare production by putting it in the smaller sized venue beneath the auspices in the Public Lab. Biggest, Karin Coonrod's removed-lower "Love's Labor's Lost" is undoubtedly most likely probably the most straight enjoyable Shakespeare offering within the Public up to now this year. It is simply the 2nd time the Lab has situated a Shakespeare production (another was "Timon of Athens" in February), and one of the production's apparent advantages are these claims loosely structured comedy benefits immeasurably in the smaller sized venue together with a cast whose most distinguished film or TV credit is Reg E. Cathey's recurring role on "The Wire." Coonrod has handled to tug together a infamously disparate script by eliciting funny, nuanced performances all these players, to make sure that no skeptic is ever allowed that crucial moment to request themselves setup plot is smart. The story of "Love's Labor's Lost," much less it matters, follows a foolish king (a lively Hoon Lee) who makes his three servants swear off women before french Princess (Renee Elise Goldsberry, charming) and her three ladies-in-waiting arrive. Hard-to-follow hijinks usually ensue, but this production handles to differentiate each hijink within the following one. The designers make most likely the the majority of the clearly limited budget, especially costumer Oana Botez Stop, so when numerous Coonrod's airier conceits (how come the servant who follows around the excellent Cathey also Cupid?) don't appear sensible, it doesn't perform the knowledge any harm. You will discover some very silly moments in "Love's Labor's Lost" -- two or three that catapult crazy -- but never in the fee for that adventurous production generally. Through Coonrod's interpretation, a couple of things become apparent: either Shakespeare loved stars, or stars held Shakespeare's children hostage. Every character, no matter how small, features a moment to shine in "Love's Labor's Lost." Nearly everyone helps to make the nearly all their moment the primary attraction, and there's room enough in 130 minutes for any witty ingenue (the lovely Rebecca Brooksher), a foolish teacher (the funny Steven Skybell), a rustic boy in over his mind (a great Mousa Kraish) together with twelve others. Coonrod has saved these individuals inside the same play -- you can imagine how 14 stars each awaiting large scene could confuse a knotty play much more -- but she's also given them permission to entertain. Each time a country parson (Francis Jue) reads a misdelivered love note for the illiterate Jaquenetta (Stephanie DiMaggio), DiMaggio, listening, notifies a whole play's cost of story with gestures and expressions that relate progression from dubious to shocked to kittenish to moved, by utilizing virtually no word. It's very funny (DiMaggio gives her taciturn character huge dose of Natasha Fatale), in fact it is very sad, because the poem isn't meant for her. The Two artists cap the scene offered with a gag that's better seen than known to. But most importantly else, the play rests round the shoulders of Nick Westrate, who plays Berowne, the youthful guy who seems to speak for your author and notifies us when you laugh then when to think about him seriously. Westrate, while he shown in Tony Speciale's "Abnormal Functions" taken at CSC, can alter around the cent. One moment he's making fun of his king (the wonderful Hoon Lee) the next he's declaiming about love. His job is produced harder because lots of "Love's Labors" is devoted to creating fun of sonneteering -- wooing with verse -- and Shakespeare themselves wasn't yet within the height of his forces, so poems of comparable quality have to be made to appear absurd in one scene and intensely moving over the following. Even more than an enjoyable evening within the theater, this show is probably a great review of Shakespeare. Its styles are really simple to place, it's funny throughout, and you're simply unlikely to obtain the sense that you'd be experiencing it more for anyone who is smarter -- a thing that has scared folks in the Bard for break of mind. Between this show and "Sleep Ignore,In . it's a good time to be getting a classic author anew.Set, John Conklin costumes, Oana Botez Stop lighting, John H. Scott music, Tony Geballe vocal coach, Robert Perillo production stage manager, Lori Lundquist. Opened up up March 31, 2011. Examined March. 28. Running time: 2 Several hours, 10 MIN.With: Kieth Eric Chapelle, Jorge Chacon, Samira Wiley, Michelle Beck, Mousa Kraish and Robert Stanton. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com

Iron Guy 3 Joins Movie And TV Production Exodus To New York

“The gossips are true,” a New York TV station introduced once the governor travelled towards the home town movie studio to interrupt this news earlier this week. “Tony Stark and also the third installment from the Iron Guy movie franchise will fly into Wilmington.” Very good news for New York maybe as well as the La movie and TV community it felt just like a punch within the stomach. Because of the condition’s generous 25% production credit, New York’s EUE/Screen Gems Galleries sealed the offer. Manhattan Beach-based Marvel Galleries considered making the 3rd movie in La similar to the first couple of, however the 25% credit demonstrated way too hard to face up to. California includes a 25% credit which excludes large budget studio productions. Marvel also considered Michigan and New Mexico but New York won out due to how big the ability along with the tax credit. “We strongly went after this bit of business,” stated EUE/Screen Gems Co-Owner and COO Chris Cooney. “We discussed hard, also it compensated off.” EVP Bill Vassar stated that additionally to Screen Gems’ 10 seem stages the region includes a large local crew base with experience handling five productions concurrently. Iron Guy 3 is anticipated to function about $80 million in to the local economy. “This is a superb day for New York,” Gov. Bev Perdue boasted. Not too ideal for La, though. “Five-hundred-fifty jobs, the rest of the sub-jobs, the development jobs, that’s what it really’s all going to us here in your area.” Additionally to Iron Guy 3, Perdue reported Hunger Games and lots of other movies and TV work presently and lately throughout New York. “The film tax credit designed a real difference.” Too complicate matters, at any given time when a number of other states, not only New York, are strongly going after location shoots, California’s tax credit program was extended for only twelve months since the Legislature didn’t think the financially strapped condition can afford initially suggested five-year version. L.A. wasn’t the only real city that got this type of news lately. NBC Sports introduced it was leaving of their longtime home at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan about 35 miles off to Stamford, Conn., to make the most of tax incentives. Connecticut offers tax credits from 10% as much as 30% based on a production’s budget. Iron Guy 3, which New York authorities say would be the condition’s greatest production yet, is anticipated to setup shop in Wilmington for around 10 several weeks beginning following the first of the season.

Redbox to boost DVD Rental Cost 20 % Daily

Without doubt wishing a fee hike won't engender a Netflix-like revolt among its customers, Redbox stated Tuesday it will raise the cost of leasing standard Dvd disks by 20 % beginning Monday. The announcement came using a pr release that revealed strong earnings and revenue for Redbox parent Coinstar, but traders didn't appear happy. In after-hrs buying and selling, Coinstar shares were sinking a lot more than 12 % after shedding 2 percent to $52.95 throughout the standard session. Traders may be selling shares simply because they keep in mind that when Netflix elevated their prices it lost 800,000 customers and it is stock tanked. Coinstar Boss Paul Davis stated the brand new cost -- $1.20 each day for DVD rental fees, up from $1 formerly -- reflects costs connected with rising operating expenses, including government mandates caused through the so-known as Durbin Amendment which was designed to benefit customers through lower debit-card costs. Redbox stated prices for Blu-ray movies and game titles will stay at $1.50 and $2 daily, correspondingly. "This marks the very first cost increase for any Redbox standard definition DVD rental in eight years," Davis stated. "The modification is mainly because of the rise in operating expenses, such as the recent rise in debit card interchange costs consequently from the Durbin Amendment." Coinstar stated Thursday its profit within the third quarter jumped 90 % to $37 million on revenue that rose 23 percent to $466 million. On the per-share basis, Coinstar gained $1.18, way beyond the 88 cents Wall Street was expecting. Coinstar ended the quarter with 34,400 Redbox DVD kiosks and 19,500 gold coin-counting kiosks. Redbox paid for for $390 million in revenue within the quarter as the gold coin business paid for for $76 million. Related Subjects Netflix

Mary Elizabeth Winstead talks The Main One Factor

Total Film taken track of Mary Elizabeth Winstead round the number of The Main One Factor, to uncover what she'd receive for the prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 classic.Director Matthijs van Heijningen Junior told us he preferred to differentiate this model in the last movie through getting in the strong female character inside the vein of Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley.Once we asked for Winstead, who until recently is probably most broadly noted for playing the product of Scott Pilgrim's affection, in regards to the comparison, she responded: "I certainly expect people to become talking about the Ripley factor!"She was keen to point they wouldn't be playing a carbon copy of the legendary character though: "I'm playing a investigator. I'm not playing some badass chick."I kind of have to become strong with the film, which i kind of should try to learn to consider proper proper care of myself and the way to live. I have to find strength."She's type of androgynous with techniques, because her focus, and her passion around, is her job. Obtaining a fossil inside the ice might be the most factor she could do. It's a dream world on her behalf, at first. And turns terrifying..."Precisely how could it happen to be being stuck within this claustrophobic, testosterone-heavy atmosphere? "I really like being really the only girl around here! It's nice. I'm respected and one of the males, that people don't frequently achieve experience."I'm honoured being the initial female in this story. It's awesome."The Main One Factor opens on 2 December 2011.For further round the movie, have the new problem of Total Film Magazine, which hits newsstands tomorrow!A regular membership to Total Film Magazine, follow the link.You now can see Total Film magazine on apple apple iphone and iPad via Apple Newsstand!To find it round the Uk Application Store, follow the link. To find it round the US Application Store, follow the link.

Exclusive to 'Disconnect'

Exclusive Media Group has come on to represent rights in all media excluding the United States and Canada for Henry-Alex Rubin's ensemble drama "Disconnect" and will unveil the pic for sales at the American Film Market. "Disconnect" stars Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, Michael Nyqvist, Paula Patton, Andrea Riseborough, Alexander Skarsgard and Max Thieriot. The film's written by Andrew Stern and produced by William Horberg of Wonderful Films, and Mickey Liddell and Jennifer Hilton of Liddell Entertainment with Marc Forster and Brad Simpson exec producing. CAA is handling the North American rights to the film. "Disconnect" is currently in production in NY and set to wrap filming on Nov. 7. it interweaves three storylines about people searching for human connection in today's wired world of the internet. Rubin, who directed "Murderball," is making his narrative feature debut on "Disconnect." Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Abigail Breslin on Janie Jones, Her Band and Flashing Her Bra in New Year's Eve

Fifteen-year-old Abigail Breslin, America’s erstwhile Little Miss Sunshine, is growing up — not too fast, like some of her Hollywood peers and predecessors seem to be, but in her own time. Still: In the upcoming New Year’s Eve, she’ll share her first movie kiss; next year, she takes on the role of a real life teen killer. To kick off this new phase in her career, Breslin plays her first official teenage role in this week’s music-themed Janie Jones, starring (and performing her own vocals) as a capable young girl forced on a road trip with the rock star father she never knew. Abandoned by her ex-groupie mother (a trembling Elisabeth Shue) to be cared for by her father (Alessandro Nivola), the narcissistic lead singer of a fading rock band, Breslin’s Janie channels her fears and frustrations into song — bonding with her reluctant dad in the process. The story is loosely based on the experiences of writer-director David M. Rosenthal (See This Movie), who met his own daughter when she was 11 years old. The music, written for the film by Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes (for Janie) and Clem Snide’s Eef Barzelay (for Nivola’s Ethan), is performed by its stars and required Breslin to take up the guitar and sing; now, she co-fronts her own band, Cabb (with Cassidy Reiff), whose first song was released last week. Movieline spoke with Breslin last week in Los Angeles about Janie Jones, how it sparked her own musical interests, her love for Glee (and desire to guest star on the show), having her first movie kiss and flashing her bra in New Year’s Eve, and the maturity of the roles she’s got coming up on the horizon. Janie Jones is a very sweet film. Thank you. It’s also not necessarily a light story, considering that your character’s forced to grow up really early, put on a brave face, and be strong in the face of abandonment and rejection. What struck you about it when the script first came to you? When I first got the script, I really liked it because I liked how strong of a girl Janie is, and the fact that she doesn’t really let her bad circumstances that she’s in define her. She doesn’t become bitter, which she could easily become and would, you know, have a right to. She stays who she is and I like that about her. She kind of channels her negativity into her music. Did you always know there was such a heavy element of singing and even guitar work involved? How much of a challenge was that? Yeah! I mean, that’s why I was so nervous, because I’d never really sung before. And then I went in, and I knew that Alessandro [Nivola] was so experienced and was such an amazing singer and guitar player, that it was really nerve-wracking. Then I got to the recording studio and everyone was like, “Alessandro is so great, Abbie!” So I went in and was even more terrified, and I was nervous that once I started singing they were going to fire me on the spot! But no, it turned out to be a really good thing. It was really fun. And now you’re in a band. Exactly! It inspired me to start my own band in real life. I kind of taught myself guitar and took more vocal lessons, and me and my friend are in a band called Cabb and we write all the songs and sing and play guitar. How far along are things with that band? Have you recorded songs, are you working toward an album? Yeah, right now we’re just working on our album and our first song comes out today - it’s called “Well Wishes.” I’m really excited for it! It’s on our YouTube page. Nice! The musical element in Janie Jones is integral because the story’s set against the backdrop of this on the road rock and roll lifestyle. It even starts in this seedy, dingy club. Did you feel like you were immediately thrust into this world, filming in these backstage hallways and such? Yeah, it was great — we were in all these little rock and roll clubs in Des Moines, Iowa, and they were actual real clubs that were actually really cool. We saw that Fall Out Boy had played at them, and all these bands… It was kind of cool to be there and we were kind of choosing our favorite club in Des Moines. It was a lot of fun. Is that world familiar to you in real life, being a music fan? Do you go to many live shows yourself? I don’t go to that many shows, unfortunately. I would like to go to more. A lot of clubs are 21 and over, so that’s kind of an issue. [Laughs] But the last concert I went to, I went to with my friend Noelle and we went to a concert for the band Carney, that Reeve Carney from Spider-Man is in. I love Spider-Man the musical. I love it. And I love his band, I think his band is great. So we went to that show, which was awesome. But I do like to go to the big concerts, like the Glee concert I went to. How was it? It was so amazing! Then I went to the Glee 3D movie, too, with my friends. I love all those. Big Glee fan, eh? Yes. Love. Why don’t they get you on the show already? Ah — I would love to, one day. We’ll put that on the record that you’re down to guest star. Yes! I’d be super down. Going back to singing, it’s nice to watch Janie Jones and hear you really performing your character’s songs. Music is second nature to Janie; did that part come easily to you? I’d always loved music, so it was something that I was excited to do. But at the same time it was really nerve-wracking. But I think the more you do it, the more comfortable you get at it. But I love it, it’s fun. This story of a father and daughter discovering each other is based on David’s real-life experience, which must have added an interesting layer to the project. How much was he able to help you understand the characters? It’s definitely inspired by his life and meeting his daughter for the first time. It was great: We had his daughter Julia on the set, and she kind of told us that she had this immediate kinship with him when they first met, because she’s very creative and she didn’t know where she got it from. That, I kind of think, we tried to apply to Janie and Ethan in the fact that she meets him from the first time and doesn’t really know where she’s getting this songwriting, musical ability from. And it turns out it’s from him. That was kind of interesting. In the first scene you two have together, Janie and Ethan are so awkward with each other but there’s something there. Yeah, exactly! It’s definitely an awkward meeting, because you’ve just found out that you’re related to somebody and in such a close way. It’s not like finding out that you’re cousins with somebody. They’re father and daughter. So the first meeting is definitely awkward. That scene in particular was actually filmed at the end, which is interesting. The middle-to-end of filming. And the actual first scene that Alessandro and I did one on one was another awkward scene, in the motel room, when they’re sitting across from each other on the beds. That was the first scene we did together. You’re 15 now; this seems like an interesting time to be watching the kinds of roles you’re taking on. Do you feel like you have to be much more deliberate now, as you get older and move into teenage roles? Well, you know, I never want to feel like I have a set plan of what I’m supposed to do. I kind of like to go script by script, and if I like the character and like the story that’s why I want to do a movie. But also, at the same time, I never want to play the same character twice. I like to do different roles. I have fun with that. So I’ll hopefully be lucky enough to keep doing that. New Year’s Eve, for example, seems like a milestone in terms of seeing you grow up on screen. Yeah! [Laughs] Maybe it’s strange for you to think about or talk about now, because you’re in it, in this period of transition. But we’ll see you have what’s maybe your first kiss on screen — is it your first? I guess it’s the first on-screen kiss I’ve ever had, yeah. [Laughs] Also in the trailer, you flash your bra. Yeah! [Laughs] Do you feel like other people maybe have a harder time watching you grow up than you actually have doing it? Well, how I feel about it is that in that particular movie I’m playing 15, and I was 15 when I filmed it. So I wasn’t playing, like, 25 or something like that. That scene in particular where I do that, that’s kind of meant to be a very comical moment. Yeah, that movie was a lot of fun to film. But I guess this [Janie Jones] was the first teenage role I’ve played, because I was playing 13. It sounds like we’ll get to see you explore even more mature and darker material in your upcoming films, like in The Class Project. Yeah, I just finished filming that and it’s a really heavy, kind of dark movie. Much different than what you’ve done before? Yeah, and it’s very different than anything I’ve ever played. I’m really excited for that one, I just finished it and I got to work with some really great people. Mira Sorvino is in it, Georgie Henley, James Russo… a lot of great people, and my brother Spencer’s actually in it. It’s based on a really, really dark true story. It’s based on a true story of two sisters in Mississauga, Ontario, and they are these two girls who have had this horrible time growing up, where their mom is this alcoholic and she has boyfriends who come and go in their lives and abuse the girls. They’ve reached out to child services and their father and aunt and everybody, and it’s kind of an act of desperation in a lot of ways. It’s a really heavy movie. Janie Jones is in limited release this Friday. Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

ABC Buys Cleaning cleaning soap/Thriller From Shondaland

Shonda Rhimes’ company Shondaland has offered its fourth project this season, drama The Circle to ABC. Put together by Richard Robbins (Shondaland’s Inside The Box), the ABC Art galleries-produced project is known to being an component cleaning cleaning soap, part conspiracy thriller that follows ten pals, adopted as kids with a billionaire philanthropist, who begin to question their past when one which goes for them is wiped out. Robbins and Shondaland’s Rhimes and Betsy Ales are executive creating. The Circle joins Shondaland’s other 3 projects this season, Gilded Lillys from author KJ Steinberg together with a legitimate drama from Jenna Limitations at ABC and also the organization’s first buy for an outdoors network, dramedy Wildwood, which received a put pilot commitment at Fox.

REVIEW: Tense, Timely Margin Call Evokes Occupy Wall Street Outrage

Margin Call isn’t the first film to peer into the moneyed, aspirationally heartless world of finance, and it’s not going to be the last, but it’s got a fair shot at being the one with the most masterful timing. J.C. Chandor’s feature debut aims to offers insight into the mindset of bankers poised to plunge the country into the 2008 economic crisis because of their own reckless conduct, and it reaches screens as Occupy Wall Street has spread across the U.S. and internationally, fueled in part by outrage about a lack of accountability in the financial and corporate world. The film’s not an indictment or a satire — it’s a tense but contemplative exploration of being on the other side of one of those mirrored skyscraper windows, of being in a precarious place of privilege, power and, most important of all, carefully guarded remove. Margin Call unfolds over 24 hours, give or take, and it rarely ventures out of the Manhattan office building in which its unnamed firm is based. When it does, it’s to head to other protective bubbles — the warmly lit interior of an upscale bar, the glide of a town car making its way through nighttime traffic, a walk around the block with headphones on. As, over the course of the night, higher and higher-ups within the company are called in like escalating bosses in a video game, they appear as if by magic, immaculate in businesswear at three in the morning. The highest-up of all, the reptilian John Tuld (Jeremy Irons), is flown in via helicopter to land on top of the building, as if he’s reached a point in his life and his career where his feet need not ever touch the ground. “It’s not a prison,” one character scoffs when another asks if he can go out for some air, but Margin Call makes it clear that membership here is a type of trap, one never more obvious than when you’re cast out. The film begins with layoffs, HR representatives circling a floor of people trying their best to concentrate on their work and pretend it’s just another day while awaiting the dreaded tap on the shoulder. Eric Dale (a very good Stanley Tucci) is let go that day, escorted out by security per corporate mandate, his phone already shut off. On his way down, he hands what he was working on to junior analyst Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto), who plugs in some holes in Eric’s research and uncovers the fact that the firm’s been working outside its own risk algorithms for the last few days and is poised to lose everything in an increasingly unstable market headed for a crash. Margin Call’s high-powered cast — Kevin Spacey oversees the trading floor, Paul Bettany is his right hand man, and Demi Moore, Simon Baker, Penn Badgley and Aasif Mandvi fill other roles up and down the corporate ladder — adds to the seductive air of the whole environment. These people are painfully smart and so sleek in their pricey suits, and if they all seem to be miserable workaholics, well, that’s the price of being on top of the world. Bettany delivers a monologue explaining how he spent his $2.5 million salary last year, on a convertible, on his mortgage, on clothes and restaurants and booze and hookers (the last two he’s discovered he can write off as “entertainment”), while standing on top of the building overlooking the city and smoking an illicit cigarette. It doesn’t sound like a moment of triumph, but rather one of disillusionment — it’s just more money in your pocket to be spent. There’s a touch of wish fulfillment to Margin Call’s introspections — we’d like to believe there’s a sense of regret, or shame, or emptiness to this world. But it’s hard to find it wholly plausible that when an underling hears his boss’ outlandishly high salary he’d observe “that’s fucked up” instead of just imagining the life he’d lead if it were his and thinking of it as something to aspire to. Characters pause to deliver monologues every once in a while, and while the aforementioned one from Bettany and a similarly number-filled rant from Tucci are memorable, another from Irons is awfully on the nose, as are exchanges like this: “It’s like a dream.” “I don’t know, seems like we may have just woken up.” But these are minor quibbles — Margin Call’s strengths are of mood and the slick surfaces of things, and these elements are haunting long after the credits have rolled. How do you decide to screw over all of your colleagues and the rest of the world? By committing yourself to the koan that it’s just business, it’s just business, it’s just business, it’s just the way things are and always have been. “You have to believe you’re necessary,” one character insists, before telling another he’s certain to get fired. How do you let these things happen to everyone else? By avoiding being everyone else for as long as you possibly can.

Carl Icahn Reduces Lionsgate Stake With Block Sale

TORONTO - Carl Icahn's stake in Lionsgate looks to be down to a sliver.our editor recommendsCarl Icahn 'Not Looking' for More Hollywood Investments Carl Icahn Agrees to Sell Lionsgate Stake The billionaire investor's holding in the mini-major was reduced to 3.1 percent after Lionsgate last week arranged the sale of around 19.2 million shares held by funds affiliated with Icahn for $7 each. But the Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that a block of another 3 million Lionsgate shares belonging to Icahn sold into the market on Wednesday, reducing his stake to around 1 percent. Recent market volatility delayed Lionsgate from completing the sale of up to 44,161,971 shares in the mini-major as part of a settlement with Icahn that would see the investor and son Brett Icahn unload their 33% stake for $7 a-share. That stock sale also ended a long-running proxy battle between Lionsgate and Icahn. Related Topics International Carl Icahn Lionsgate

FX Orders a 13-Episode Fifth Season of Sons of Anarchy

Charlie Hunnam Sons of Anarchy will come back with a 13-episode fifth season, FX announced Monday. "It is no small challenge to bring the themes of a great, ancient play like Hamlet into a wholly original television setting and to tell this complex story in a way that is both riveting and accessible to a broad audience," network President John Landgraf said. Watch full episodes of Sons of Anarchy The drama, created by Kurt Sutter, stars Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal and Ron Perlman and follows the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club This season has been averaging 5.8 million viewers, with the premiere episode the most-watched program in the network's history. Are you excited for more Sons of Anarchy?

Edie Wasserman appreciated as 'powerhouse'

Edie Wasserman was appreciated as ''a giant for good'' Friday evening within a memorial service at UCLA's Royce Hall. The variety of sound system, different from her grandchildren to former Leader Bill Clinton and Secretary of Condition Hillary Clinton, reflected the breadth of her roles since the Wasserman family matriarch, just like a prime mover in showbiz philanthropy too as with nation-wide politics. Sound system colored a picture of Wasserman, who died in August at 95, just like a devoted grandmother and great-grandmother who was simply never shy about talking about her blunt opinions on the subject. Until her last days, she was involved with her many passions: family, politics, fundraising event for your Film and tv Fund and meeting the visitors of Wasserman Foundation scholarship grants or loans at UCLA together with other schools. ''My grandmother was the frickin' Energizer Bunny,'' daughter Carol Ann Leif told the aud as she reeled off all of the numerous Edie's favorite things (incorporated within this Haagen-Dazs, ''Murder, She Wrote'' reruns, Vin Scully, Nate 'n Al's, ''It Happened One Night''). Longtime family friend Uri Herscher, founding father from the Skirball Cultural Center, noted that her dedication to giving and repair guarantees that her legacy will endure far beyond her own family. ''Edie will be a giant permanently, and so on energy does not vanish,'' Herscher mentioned. Jamie Lee Curtis appreciated the unyielding love and support and he or she and her sister Kelly received from godparents Lew and Edie. Becoming an adult, Curtis marveled within the influence they exerted, from Lew Wasserman's role as MCA/Universal mogul to Edie's work just like a fundraiser event. ''They changed the road of e-commerce as well as the lives of individuals who depended about it,'' Curtis mentioned. ''She trained me the power of one's.'' House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) appreciated how Edie could leave her brief phone messages a la: ''You go, girl.'' Hillary Clinton known towards the petite dynamo as ''spunky and gritty and stylish and gracious all concurrently.'' And he or she got the finest laugh in the evening in revealing the special bond she distributed towards the lady who was simply a hefty supporter in the Clinton family's political campaigns. ''She stood a fascination in speaking with me at night about how precisely the two of us married males that nobody thought would go anywhere,'' she mentioned, as Bill Clinton was alongside her on stage. ''She'd say, 'He was an usher inside a cinema once i found him. And yours was in the place nobody'd ever experienced.A '' Bill Clinton also noted Edie's wry spontaneity, recalling time she introduced him to his table inside a fundraiser event she put for his 1996 reelection campaign. After seating him alongside Rupert Murdoch, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, Edie joked: '' 'I'm submitting you to definitely certainly Australia, and consider this your review of Judeo-Scientology culture' ,'' he appreciated. ''She did not want me to think about being Leader too seriously.'' Other sound system incorporated grand boy Casey Wasserman, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and DreamWorks Animation's Jeffrey Katzenberg. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

Fast Solution? Group Of Windfall From Simpsons Cancellation May Help Sign Cast

Fox should send RBC Capital Areas analyst David Banks a container. His report today that News Corp is searching in a pot of $750 million that could just be attracted on once the Simpsons is canceled gives strong ammunition to last century Fox TV within the salary dispute while using voice cast in the extended-running animated series. The studio remains holding a difficult line, insisting around the 45% salary reduction for your stars, while they have been asking for a 30% cut in exchange for a little from the post sales. But whatever leverage the cast might have had is virtually gone given how valuable the series might be whether or not this’s canceled. And there is speculation the heavens might accept new deals the moment inside a couple of days.

Angarano books 'English Teacher'

After romancing Uma Thurman in "Ceremony," Michael Angarano is taking on another indie comedy's young romantic lead, as he's set to star opposite Julianne Moore in Craig Zisk's "The English Teacher."Artina Films is producing the pic, which written by Dan and Stacy Chariton.Moore stars as a high school English teacher whose life is upended when a former student returns to her small town after failing as a playwright in NY. Angarano will play the sensitive scribe, who the protag finds herself falling for.Nathan Lane co-stars in the pic, which is being produced by Artina's Naomi Despres, Robert Salerno and Matthew Chausse, as well as Ben LeClair. Ron Curtis is exec producing and Kim Fox of Inferno Entertainment is handling international sales.Angarano, who recently wrapped the Juno Temple-led indie "The Brass Teapot," next stars in Steven Soderbergh's "Haywire." In addition to Kevin Smith's "Red State," thesp recently appeared in Fox Searchlight's "The Art of Getting By."Angarano is repped by UTA. Contact Jeff Sneider at jeff.sneider@variety.com

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Casting the brand new Mortal Kombat Movie's Greatest Figures

Mortal Kombat isn’t probably the most esteemed gaming franchise, nevertheless its coterie of bloodthirsty martial artists is among the most beloved in gaming history. Sure, the 1995 movie adaptation would be a dud, however it would be a magnificent dud having a throbbing Jock Jams soundtrack along with a provocative cast. (Where perhaps you have gone, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras?) Because the 2013 reboot includes a possibility of reinvigorating curiosity about age-old series, let’s cast our dream gamers in five from the primary roles. Harry Shum Junior. as Liu Kang Harry Shum Junior. is Glee’s most intriguing cast member. He is able to’t sing, but he is able to dance. He’s not really a primary character, but he’s probably the most gorgeous dudes in primetime. His specialized expertise is fantastic for Liu Kang, the short-moving dragon master having a massive, fire-breathing fatality. Your dream choreography may be better suitable for someone like Rachelle Lefervre, but Shum is simply more desirable than Twilight’s crying wolf. Armie Hammer as Sub Zero and Scorpion The Social Networking’s clever Parent Trap clone job of Armie Hammer is really damn fun, I believe Mortal Kombat should exhume the secret for that areas of identical martial artists Sub Zero and Scorpion. For Sub Zero, Hammer could deliver his signature Winklevoss frostiness, however for Scorpion, I’d prefer he make use of ghastlier, more frightening new territory. When he screams, “Get right here!” I would like Mark Zuckerberg to blink uncontrollably, scurry to Harvard, and conceal in the dorm room. Jennifer Lawrence as Sonya Edge She’s toplining a significantly more inticate operation using the Hunger Games nowadays, but Jennifer Lawrence is simply to take part in the ponytailed warrioress whose hug of dying is really as unnerving every scene from Winter’s Bone. Bridget Wilson-Sampras’s coldness labored in Billy Madison, however it’s a little too forced to have an actual fighter. There’s no disbelieving Jennifer Lawrence’s violence, and that i expect her to tower very easily over lesser femme fatales like Mileena and Jade. Dwayne Manley as Rayden He might appear just like a more apparent option for Jax or Kano, but ten years into Dwayne Manley’s career like a (non-wrestling) thespian, I support all efforts to cast him like a wizened, supernatural elder pressure. Rayden is definitely an immortal loaded with thundering stoicism his part shouldn’t be handled by an action film amateur. If Manley’s spirited performance in Fast Five is any suggestion, he is able to make the campiest of fabric more enjoyable of computer has any to be. Joel McHale as Johnny Cage Johnny Cage’s brawny, cleaned-up Hollywood persona is supposed to provide comic relief near the much cooler grit from the other figures, and who easier to fill his boots compared to overtly muscular and bastardly Joel McHale? His dryness would update the smoothness nicely, and that he’d will also get to exhibit off that jacked physique he so cavalierly discloses on Community.

NinjaVideo founder pleads guilty

A founding father of the NinjaVideo website plead guilty on Friday for his role in offering unlicensed downloads of movies and Television shows. Matthew David Howard Cruz, 23, of Raleigh, N.C., plead guilty inside a federal court in Virginia to conspiracy and criminal copyright violation. Sentencing is scheduled for 12 ,. 16, and that he faces an optimum penalty of 5 years imprisonment on each count. NinjaVideo operated from Feb, 2008, until it had been shut lower by police force in June 2010 included in the government's Operation Within Our Sites attack. Based on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which carried out the analysis with the National Intellectual Property Privileges Coordination Center, Cruz accepted he designed most of the operational aspects of the web site, by which movies still playing in theaters plus some not launched were among individuals offered. Cruz also accepted he made contracts with advertising organizations to create earnings for that site. He and the affiliates collected about $500,000 when they were running a business. Four other suspects were indicted earlier this year together with Cruz, and therefore are scheduled to visit trial on February. 6. Contact Ted Manley at ted.manley@variety.com

'Texas Killing Fields' Exclusive Clip: Jeffrey Dean Morgan And Chloe Moretz Face Off

What can you obtain if you put the Comedian striking-Girl inside the same room? Apparently, you obtain this emotional scene from "The Texas Killing Fields," a completely new crime thriller directed by Ami Canaan Mann. Mike Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jessica Chastain and Chloe Moretz star in this drama based loosely on real-existence occasions. Morgan plays John Heigh, a NY detective adopted in Texas who works alongside a close cop (Worthington), each of them joining together to analyze numerous unsolved killings where physiques are actually turning up in the nearby marsh residents call "The Killing Fields." In this exclusive clip within the movie, watch as Anne (Moretz), a close girl in the troubled home, goes mind-to-mind against Detective Heigh, who's clearly concerned on her behalf safety. But based on her talkand consistent with Moretz formit seems like Anne might take proper proper care of herself okay but looks, as they say, might be misleading. "The Texas Killing Fields" are available in choose theaters on October 14, 2011.

NCIS: Will Tony's Mole Search Pressure Him to develop Up?

NCIS Is NCIS' Tony DiNozzo truly the best guy to handle the Navy secretary's visit a mole? With all of possible respect to DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) being an agent, is not he a tad too wacky for super-secret spy work?Fall Preview: Get scoop in your favorite coming back shows"You request the question that's on everyone's mind," Weatherly informs TVGuide.com having a laugh. "When Tony reaches play Mission Impossible, he takes it very seriously. DiNozzo, despite his goofiness, may be the soul of discretion. In my opinion he offers a great convenience of secrets. A primary reason for your is the fact that nobody would ever believe that he can keep a secret. It's type of like hiding in plain sight giving him the mission."However the secret will not stay hidden for lengthy. Actually, in Season 9's premiere (Tuesday, 8/7c, CBS) Tony's analysis will culminate having a fellow NCIS agent being wiped out. Audiences will retrace Tony's steps through flashbacks, but Weatherly also promises a much deeper dive into Tony's mind when NCIS shrink Cranston (Wendy Makkena) returns."There's some kind of a mental poking around into DiNozzo's brain," Weatherly states. "Ultimately, I suppose I learned much more about my character, much more about his childhood, and that is always useful and intriguing. ... Tony is an extremely compartmentalized dude. That's how he safeguards themself, and it is clearly how he protected themself since he would be a kid."Plus some of individuals facts may repay when DiNozzo's father (Robert Wagner) returns towards the show with this season's Christmas episode. "I am sure you will see all of the style, the panache, and glamour that Mr. Wagner tends to bring with him ... but I've got a feeling that there are some edge that we'll have in that one," Weatherly teases."Take a look at our listing of TV's most sexy crime martial artists!However, the mole search could have a greater effect on DiNozzo's relationship together with his surrogate father, Gibbs (Mark Harmon). "DiNozzo's being assigned by someone outdoors from the immediate chain of command, meaning ," Weatherly states. "It is extremely unnerving. There's some nice drama with and i believe in ways it pieces together a few of the items that was happening in the finish of this past year between DiNozzo and ."But is not the only person miffed that SECNAV (Matt Craven) is playing having a person in his team. Vance (Rocky Carroll) can also be from the loop the very first time, which executive producer Gary Glasberg states will have out in many tales this year.InchIt adds another dynamic to the way in which they functions," Glasberg states. "I needed to pay attention to tales that really pull we together and also have them undertake lots of what they are facing like a unit. Because they evolve as co-employees, let me continue to allow them to come with an appreciation for that duties they have. I believe this is actually likely to bind many of them together."In the end can not be certain who the mole is, there is some suspicion surrounding DiNozzo's ex, E.J. Barrett (Sarah Jane Morris) - thinking about the last time we had her, she was tugging a microchip from her dead teammate's arm. "There is a new wrinkle within their relationship, and that i would say it's somewhat troubling," Weatherly teases. "I believe Tony questions several things about her and that i don't believe there's any returning for their initial blinky-blinky, lovey-dovey plot."NCIS scoop: Jamie Lee Curtis books two-episode arcDoes that obvious the way in which for Tony to obtain cozier with teammate Ziva (Cote p Pablo)? Not too fast. "Because of somewhat distressing occasions that start the storyline, he ultimately needs to rely on themself," Weatherly states. But younger crowd indicates that Tony's amount of time in therapy may open that possibility in the future."All the goofiness and also the spontaneity and also the deflection is clearly covering something nasty eating away at him inside," Weatherly states. "I believe this should take us a measure nearer to maybe understanding an important core truth... by what makes Tony tick. I believe you need to do this work alone sometimes. However it will make him more able in the future more in a position to approach rapport with Ziva."Together with, Weatherly states despite being handed a secret mission, DiNozzo knows he's not prepared to leave Gibbs' nest. "That's remote in the mind," Weatherly states. "He still recognizes that he needs the guidance. He must discover that missing link and i believe he knows intuitively that is the one that can display him that. It's why he's there."NCIS premieres Tuesday at 8/7c on CBS.

Euro TV upbeat on the web

CAMBRIDGE, England -- European tv producers started to rub with the web rather than to fear it outright. That was the prevailing mood within the U.K.'s most exclusive TV speaking shop, the three-day biannual Royal Television Society Cambridge Convention that wrapped Friday. Around 500 affiliates spoken, wined and dined at King's College, Cambridge, not definately not Blighty's reaction to Plastic Valley. The Tv cake cake toppers -- all the heads in the U.K. webs, aside from Funnel 5, plus RTL Group Boss Gerhard Zeiler -- spoken about the best way to earn money from Internet-enabled TV. The speaking shop which is upbeat title, TV Everywhere -- Paths to Growth, provided reasonable contrast with this elite gathering's last session, this past year, when the proceedings were entitled Riding The Storm as well as the atmosphere was noticeably downbeat. "Then everyone thought the net would kill TV," appreciated Simon Terrington, who runs U.K. media becoming a consultant Terrington and Co. "Now people are virtually sanguine relating to this and realize that TV as well as the Web can exist together." As stressed with the confab's worldwide keynote speaker, Discovery Communications prexy-Boss David Zaslav, research signifies that auds on sides in the Atlantic are trading more hours as you're watching TV. "Growing amounts of individuals are watching tv, plus they are watching it for longer,In . he mentioned. But Zaslav recognized that tv producers have to tread cautiously just before making handles technology behemoths like Google and Apple. "We must be careful. We're not able to you need to the finest check," informed Zaslav, who turned up in Cambridge by private jet, commonplace inside the U.S. but past the clear way of a lot of the U.K. web heads at King's College. Safeguarding Discovery's funnel brand was key, as connected platforms ongoing to enhance the stakes, he mentioned. This time around was echoed by Zeiler, who was simply upbeat in regards to the prospects for TV advertising across continental Europe but skeptical in regards to the impact connected TV may have on his business. The boss in the pan-Europe broadcast group was adament that his webs in Germany and France would sign handles aggregators, for instance Hulu, only if two criteria were met -- his systems achieve keep the ad gold gold coin and RTL's funnel brands stay in the lead. Selling programs piecemeal to services like Google TV, due to bow in Europe next season, is asking for trouble together with a lower share of ad revenue, he mentioned. Martin Sorrell, mind of worldwide advertising giant WPP, travelled in by private jet from China. He suggested the free-to-air systems had more to fear from Google in comparison to they recognized. "Google is not a technology company it is a media owner," Sorrell informed. In the converging era he mentioned the television industry was "much more vulnerable" than advertising agencies. "Free-to-air TV can be as narrowly balanced as newspapers," Sorrell mentioned. "Probably the most likely won't suffer as much because the whole process of felling trees and ultizing newspaper is inefficient. But free-to-air TV is very narrowly based." Free-to-air TV can be a legacy business introduced by professionals that are "established, conservative and also safeguard it," he added. "We are afraid because we've something to eliminate.Inch The apparent message was that TV operators needed to experience a viable pay strategy because in age the net there's "inadequate advertising to go to round." The next RTS Cambridge Convention will probably be located in 2013. In those days tv producers may have a clearer idea of whether Sorrell is suitable -- so when their way of coexistence while using online leaders has elevated their profits and or rely on them the trunk ft. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Dancing's Maks: I'm Still Prone to Pinch Tom's Butt

Maksim Chmerkovskiy Hey everyone!We imagine you stood a great week!Well, the big day is almost here. Everything's great. We've been busy yesteryear day or two traveling for Hope's pre-Olympic training and games. We're in Might at this time around, where she's a game title title, so she's been splitting her time between dancing, training and competing. I'm just attempting to 't be too annoying! I'm good in what we've, and so the traveling and her maybe the lack of ability to devote more hours to dancing doesn't really worry me. She's the routine lower. We really can't complain about anything. There's never a perfect partner to date as someone who's perfect together with an ideal situation. More often than not there's something - drama, injuries, a tough schedule or some type of problem. With nevertheless, In my opinion we're in the good situation. We're not crazy. It's been quite calm and drama-free.In my opinion Val is nervous. He doesn't know what you should expect yet. He's very verbal about how precisely amazing employment all of us do about the program, however in the outside, you will not ever begin to see the testing stuff. You don't define that which you undergo until you are doing this. He's participating now he's finally realizing exactly what switches into trading within the show. In my opinion he'll do great and i'm wanting he appears along with his own trick to taunt Tom. Butt-pinching is mine! I am in a position to assure Tom it is not over yet. How do there Not butt-pinching, right?Today is yet another large day inside our family. It's Sleep's birthday! He's two, so he's a sizable boy now. I'm prone to take him to L.A. the first time this year through the show, regardless of finish result. I don't think L.A. is ready for him, but what's going to you need to do? In my opinion it is time for him to become launched. He's sad. He described he doesn't such as this Val which i aren't home a good deal, so L.A., ideas come! I ought to also quickly mention my jewelry line. A small collection is presently on Amazon . com . com.com and Endless.com. It is not the whole collection yet. We're searching to find out how these can do. You will also have different shops which will be disseminating which hopefully to become out by year's finish. Individuals which are out, I realize people are content with and i believe you'll all can have a look!That's all for the moment. I am hoping you'll election for people this season. I'm very searching toward the premiere, but concurrently, it's kind of a calculated excitement - not in the bad way. I realize what you should expect which i understand I'm apt to be sitting back and watching Hope's reaction since it all originates. I'm excited on her behalf. Assist you to Monday!Maks

An Argument In The Hollywood Reporter

In March, The Hollywood Reporter taken care of immediately an allegation by Deadline.com of so-known as "stolen" tales by asking Deadline.com to supply specifics. We've got no response, now we all know why. Deadline.com's parent company PMC just prosecuted The Hollywood Reporter for copyright violation according to accusations of "stolen" tales. A preliminary overview of the complaint shows that it's replete with good examples of tales that came from from broadly-launched press announcements from publicists, or common confirmations from publicists to several shops, including both Hollywood Reporter and Deadline.com. It's not copyright violation to report these tales, even when occasionally Deadline.com posts them first. This suit is an additional make an effort to steer attention from the ongoing development of The Hollywood Reporter, including its 4.4 million site visitors monthly as measured by comScore compared to Deadline.com's 1.5 million. The Hollywood Reporter is happy with its original journalism which has driven our growth, and that we anticipate reacting for this suit in the court when needed. PMC's complaint also alleges the Hollywood Reporter has open job purports to PMC employees, despite the fact that it has nothing related to any accusations of copyright violation. It's also false. Lastly, today was the very first we learned about any allegation concerning the code for that "slide carousel" feature on our website, that was coded for all of us with a third-party vendor. We go ahead and take allegation seriously and also have, by today, removed the slide carousel feature in the end consider the problem. In contrast to its meritless accusations of stolen tales, Deadline.com didn't provide us with the conventional thanks to advance notice or chance to research the coding problem before it prosecuted and searched for publicity. We anticipate protecting ourselves in the court.

Magnolia nabs 'God Bless America'

Magnolia has acquired worldwide rights to Bobcat Goldthwaite's dark comedy "God Bless America."Deal was announced Tuesday at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival. "God" premered Friday in TIFF's Midnight Madness section."God" centers on a man, possibly terminally ill, who decides to kill repugnant members of society.Producers are Joel McKittrick and Jeff Culotta. Cassian Elwes and Preferred Content's Kevin Iwashina and Christine D'Souza brokered the deal.Pic stars Joel Murray and Tara Lynn Barr, and is a Darko Entertainment production written and directed by Goldthwait."God" is the second collaboration between Goldthwait, Darko and Magnolia/Magnet, who released "World's Greatest Dad" in 2009.Magnet is planning a 2012 theatrical release for "God" through Magnolia's Ultra VOD program. The film is Magnet's second acquisition out of the Toronto fest following Michael Dowse's raucous hockey comedy "Goon"Murray plays a divorced and depressed man who is becoming increasingly overwhelmed and infuriated by the rampant stupidity that surrounds him."I'm a big fan of all of Bobcat's films, and very excited to be collaborating with him again," said Magnolia/Magnet President Eamonn Bowles. "'God Bless America' is the revenge fantasy to end all revenge fantasies. It's a brilliant skewering of all that's despicable in American pop culture and it's his funniest film to date." Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

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'Anderson' opening ratings not proven

The launch Monday of Anderson Cooper's syndicated daytime talker "Anderson" averaged 1.1/3 in houses, since it fought against against off coverage in the U.S. Open men's tennis championship inside a couple of high-profile areas, including New You'll be able to and Boston.The atypical premiere situation, triggered by rain delays within the last week within the tennis matches in New You'll be able to, will prove to increase analyst caution to date as developing a preliminary assessment in the performance of Warner Bros.' "Anderson."Among women 25-54, "Anderson" shipped b .6/3, ranking No. one out of the demo due to its timeslot such areas as Dallas, Washington D.C., Ontario, Orlando and Pittsburgh.In contrast, returning syndie talker "Ellen" averaged a few.6 among houses within the season premiere, 1.5 in women 25-54. Monday's edition of "Accept Regis and Kelly" introduced 2.9 overall and 1.4 inside the 25-54 female demo. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Danniel Stamm to Direct Horror-Thriller Remake '13: Bet on Death'

TORONTO-Financing and purchasers company IM Global has set Daniel Stamm(The Final Exorcism) to direct the British-language remake of Thai horror-thriller 13: Bet on Dying.our editor recommendsToronto 2011: IM Global and Cent Black Team on New Financing FundToronto 2011: IM Global to look Late-Summer time U.K. Hit 'Inbetweeners' Stuart Ford stated Stamm is presently dealing with writing partner David Birke to evolve the script, which they hope to enter production early the coming year. STORY: Next Gen 2010: Hollywood's Youthful Guns: Daniel Stamm A cult favorite, the initial Bet on Dying is really a macarbre satire of media culture that follows a financially strapped salesperson who receives an anonymous telephone call telling him he's on the hidden camera game show, which if he complete 13 tasks, he'll get a multi-million cash prize. But, entrapped inside the disasters altered by unseen visitors, the protagonist's have to complete the overall game gets worse because the tasks grow more extreme, to some devastating point or orgasm. TORONTO 2011: IM Global and Cent Black Team on New Financing Fund Ford and John Kavanaugh-Johnson of Automatik, IM Global's production partnership with Alliance Films, will produce alongside Kiki Miyake. "Daniel is among the most gifted youthful genre company directors in the commercial and that we're really excited to determine what he and David can perform with your darkly riveting source material," Ford stated. TORONTO 2011: Market at the begining of Slump Miyake's Little Miracle banner initially introduced the broadly went after project to IM Global's executive v . p . of purchases Amal Elwardi. IM Global collaborator Jason Blum Paranormal Activity, Insidious) and Somsak Techaratanaprasert of Sahamongkolfilm (producer from the original Thai movie) will executive produce. IM Global and Automatik are presently in production or publish-production on 10 features they're creating and/or financing with assorted partners, including action-thrillers Safe (Jason Statham), Bullet towards the Mind (Sylvestor Stallone) and Thanks for visiting the Punch (James McAvoy), and genre game titles The Bay, from Craig Levinson, Scott Derrickson's Sinister and Take advantage of Zombie's The Lords of Salems. Stamm is repped by CAA and Undergrounds Films & Management Birke, by Paradigm and Madhouse Entertainment. Related Subjects Toronto Worldwide Film Festival

Colin Firth Will Be The Railway Guy

He'll play an authentic-existence POWPeriod dramas have offered Colin Firth rather well recently, by having an Oscar for your King's Speech and a lot of festival recognition of Mess, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. He'll be wanting that trend continues as he's grew to become an associate of World War Two Bang pic The Railway Guy. Jonathan Teplitzky is pointing the film, which Millions author Frank Cottrell Bryce and Andy Paterson have modified from former military officer Eric Lomax's book about his time spent taken with the Japanese and concentrating on the building of the "dying railway" between Thailand and Burma. But it's its not all dedicated to his Bang encounters - more youthful crowd put lower decades later to locate his tormentors and exact some revenge. The Railway Guy is certainly an incredible story and to offer the chance making it with Colin Firth as Eric is often the best gift any director could expect,Inch Teplitzky mentioned in the statement acquired with the Hollywood Reporter. He gained the announcement within the Toronto Film Festival, where he's premiering his latest film, Burning Guy. Lionsgate is searching to lock lower some customers within the festival and Lionsgate Uk will handle the film the following. Once all the deals will be in place, Teplitzky will begin shooting in February with filming searching for the Uk, Thailand and Australia.

Fall TV: An Opinionated Primer

Fall TV: An Opinionated Primer By Anthony Crupi September 8, 2011 (Illustration by GlueKit) People like to grumble about the state of television, and for good reason. Truly great shows are a rounding error in the qualitative calculus. For every "Modern Family," there's a torrent of programs like "Cavemen" and "The Paul Reiser Show." Most shows are just stuck in the middle; while it consistently struggled to stay in the top 50, "According to Jim" managed to eke out an eight-season run on ABC.The good news about the 2011-12 broadcast season is that it'll be hard to be worse than the previous year's, when the failure rate for new series was 77 percent and three were yanked before Columbus Day. At least a half-dozen new shows look particularly promising. As for the others, well, there's no accounting for taste.Monday CBS goes schizoid with the female-powered "2 Broke Girls" scheduled as lead-in to "Two and a Half Men." Entertainment president Nina Tassler says the former, a Kat Dennings comedy, tested better than any pilot in CBS history, and the opener is solid. (Points off for the laugh track, however, which seems to be making an unwelcome return.) "The OC's" Rachel Bilson is a sassy New York doctor who moves to the sticks in the CW's "Hart of Dixie," which airs after the rickety "Gossip Girl." On NBC, "The Playboy Club"a Jiggle TV show that Gloria Steinem has called a "net minus" for the culture at largehas plot holes through which you could fly the Playboy Jet. Fox could crush the competition with "Terra Nova," a sci-fi epic that marries apocalyptic dread and rampaging dinosaurs. Its $15 million budget is the most expensive since ABC's "Lost."Tuesday Although ABC's lineup is particularly women-friendly, the network's Tuesday night comedy block lolls in the backwaters of emasculating-wife jokes. Tim Allen, whose "Home Improvement" went dark 12 years ago, is back with "Last Man Standing," and the pilot seems woefully anachronistic. Airing after is "Man Up," 22 minutes of videogame and fart gags.Fox stays true to the season's defining motif with Zooey Deschanel in "New Girl," a genuinely funny single-camera comedy that airs in the plum post-"Glee" slot. In a twist, The CW goes after a more sophisticated crowd of young women with Sarah Michelle Gellar in "Ringer." A noir fantasy about addiction, murder, and decidedly un-"Buffy" sex, "Ringer" will likely get decent sampling.Lastly, on CBS, "Without a Trace's" Poppy Montgomery stars in "Unforgettable" at 10 p.m. She plays a cop with a rare condition that gives her the ability to remember everything she has ever experienced.Wednesday Simon Cowell's new musical competition on Fox, "The X Factor," was the most sought-after program in this year's upfront. Advertisers are forking over as much as $400,000 for a 30-second spotmaking it the most expensive newcomer in TV history. The smart money's on full-year support, as corporate sponsors include Pepsi (which paid $60 million), Chevrolet, and Sony. Cowell's return as a judge could outstrip "American Idol's" season 10 average (24.8 million viewers).Facing it down are new comedies, including NBC's Will Arnett-Christina Applegate effort "Up All Night," in which they're given too little to do, and Hank Azaria's workplace sex romp, "Free Agents," about life on the other side of the relationship spectrum, where people are single and desperate. ABC's "Suburgatory" is in limboliterally and figurativelybetween "Modern Family" and "The Middle." And at 10 p.m. the network goes up against two ancient procedurals on NBC and CBS with "Revenge," a 21st- century interpretation of "The Count of Monte Cristo" starring Emily VanCamp. It's a perfect panacea for the post-Madoff era, as VanCamp exacts retribution from some vile Hamptons swells.Thursday ABC reboots "Charlie's Angels," but their comely kick-assery may be short lived as it airs opposite "The X Factor" results show. Starring Annie Ilonzeh, Rachael Taylor, and Minka Kelly, it's a bit "darker" than the original in that these crime fighters were once crooks. CBS' bone-crunching, brain-melting "Person of Interest," according to research firm Networked Insights, is one of the most anticipated new fall dramas, thanks in part to contributions from ex-Losties J.J. Abrams and Michael Emerson. The lone 9 p.m. entry with the potential to draw a male-skewing crowd, it airs after the fall's third Paleolithic-man comedy, "How to Be a Gentleman."NBC's lineup includes "Whitney," created and co-produced by Whitney Cummings. A polarizing stand-up, Cummings can dole out the jokes, but a pedestrian script and a laugh track are a drag on the pilot. Although she's no Helen Mirren, Maria Bello nails down a strong leading role in the remake of the BBC classic "Prime Suspect," also on NBC. Still, given a subplot in which Bello must fight for the respect of her male colleagues, the pilot feels a bit musty. Thursday is supernatural night at the CW, which airs Kevin Williamson's witchy teen-angst drama, "The Secret Circle," after "The Vampire Diaries."Friday There are only two new series in the works for Friday night, and that number could be slashed in half before the sun sets on October. NBC's "Grimm" is strictly for the kiddies. After a homicide detective discovers that he's actually a monster hunter descended from the Brothers Grimm, the titular hero engages in all sorts of ham-fisted genre frippery. And Friday night remains ghost-friendly as CBS follows up on its old "Ghost Whisperer" and "Medium" franchises with "A Gifted Man," a weepy, I-see-dead-people drama starring Patrick Wilson as a surgeon with a God complex.Saturday The last time anyone watched scripted TV on a Saturday night, Captain Stubing was at the helm of the Pacific Princess. So, no, there are no new series airing on Saturday nights in the fall. Go out and make some friends, why don't you?Sunday The season's second paean to the joys of 1963, "Pan Am" boasts the swooping cinematography and luscious set design of a Martin Scorsese film. Sony Pictures TV spent some $10 million on the pilot, which stars Christina Ricci as a boho beatnik chick and international flight attendant. The show squares off with NBC's "Sunday Night Football" and CBS' pairing of "The Good Wife" and "CSI: Miami," but if the pilot is anything to go by, here's hoping ABC gives "Pan Am" some time to spread its wings. Earlier in the evening, another fairy tale procedural (ABC's "Once Upon a Time") must contend with the first quarter of NFL action and CBS' "Amazing Race." The show may get more sampling if it ditched the generic title for something more explicit, like "Hansel and Gretel and Murder or The Tortoise and the Heroin Distribution Ring." Adweek Fall TV: An Opinionated Primer By Anthony Crupi September 8, 2011 (Illustration by GlueKit) People like to grumble about the state of television, and for good reason. Truly great shows are a rounding error in the qualitative calculus. For every "Modern Family," there's a torrent of programs like "Cavemen" and "The Paul Reiser Show." Most shows are just stuck in the middle; while it consistently struggled to stay in the top 50, "According to Jim" managed to eke out an eight-season run on ABC.The good news about the 2011-12 broadcast season is that it'll be hard to be worse than the previous year's, when the failure rate for new series was 77 percent and three were yanked before Columbus Day. At least a half-dozen new shows look particularly promising. As for the others, well, there's no accounting for taste.Monday CBS goes schizoid with the female-powered "2 Broke Girls" scheduled as lead-in to "Two and a Half Men." Entertainment president Nina Tassler says the former, a Kat Dennings comedy, tested better than any pilot in CBS history, and the opener is solid. (Points off for the laugh track, however, which seems to be making an unwelcome return.) "The OC's" Rachel Bilson is a sassy New York doctor who moves to the sticks in the CW's "Hart of Dixie," which airs after the rickety "Gossip Girl." On NBC, "The Playboy Club"a Jiggle TV show that Gloria Steinem has called a "net minus" for the culture at largehas plot holes through which you could fly the Playboy Jet. Fox could crush the competition with "Terra Nova," a sci-fi epic that marries apocalyptic dread and rampaging dinosaurs. Its $15 million budget is the most expensive since ABC's "Lost."Tuesday Although ABC's lineup is particularly women-friendly, the network's Tuesday night comedy block lolls in the backwaters of emasculating-wife jokes. Tim Allen, whose "Home Improvement" went dark 12 years ago, is back with "Last Man Standing," and the pilot seems woefully anachronistic. Airing after is "Man Up," 22 minutes of videogame and fart gags.Fox stays true to the season's defining motif with Zooey Deschanel in "New Girl," a genuinely funny single-camera comedy that airs in the plum post-"Glee" slot. In a twist, The CW goes after a more sophisticated crowd of young women with Sarah Michelle Gellar in "Ringer." A noir fantasy about addiction, murder, and decidedly un-"Buffy" sex, "Ringer" will likely get decent sampling.Lastly, on CBS, "Without a Trace's" Poppy Montgomery stars in "Unforgettable" at 10 p.m. She plays a cop with a rare condition that gives her the ability to remember everything she has ever experienced.Wednesday Simon Cowell's new musical competition on Fox, "The X Factor," was the most sought-after program in this year's upfront. Advertisers are forking over as much as $400,000 for a 30-second spotmaking it the most expensive newcomer in TV history. The smart money's on full-year support, as corporate sponsors include Pepsi (which paid $60 million), Chevrolet, and Sony. Cowell's return as a judge could outstrip "American Idol's" season 10 average (24.8 million viewers).Facing it down are new comedies, including NBC's Will Arnett-Christina Applegate effort "Up All Night," in which they're given too little to do, and Hank Azaria's workplace sex romp, "Free Agents," about life on the other side of the relationship spectrum, where people are single and desperate. ABC's "Suburgatory" is in limboliterally and figurativelybetween "Modern Family" and "The Middle." And at 10 p.m. the network goes up against two ancient procedurals on NBC and CBS with "Revenge," a 21st- century interpretation of "The Count of Monte Cristo" starring Emily VanCamp. It's a perfect panacea for the post-Madoff era, as VanCamp exacts retribution from some vile Hamptons swells.Thursday ABC reboots "Charlie's Angels," but their comely kick-assery may be short lived as it airs opposite "The X Factor" results show. Starring Annie Ilonzeh, Rachael Taylor, and Minka Kelly, it's a bit "darker" than the original in that these crime fighters were once crooks. CBS' bone-crunching, brain-melting "Person of Interest," according to research firm Networked Insights, is one of the most anticipated new fall dramas, thanks in part to contributions from ex-Losties J.J. Abrams and Michael Emerson. The lone 9 p.m. entry with the potential to draw a male-skewing crowd, it airs after the fall's third Paleolithic-man comedy, "How to Be a Gentleman."NBC's lineup includes "Whitney," created and co-produced by Whitney Cummings. A polarizing stand-up, Cummings can dole out the jokes, but a pedestrian script and a laugh track are a drag on the pilot. Although she's no Helen Mirren, Maria Bello nails down a strong leading role in the remake of the BBC classic "Prime Suspect," also on NBC. Still, given a subplot in which Bello must fight for the respect of her male colleagues, the pilot feels a bit musty. Thursday is supernatural night at the CW, which airs Kevin Williamson's witchy teen-angst drama, "The Secret Circle," after "The Vampire Diaries."Friday There are only two new series in the works for Friday night, and that number could be slashed in half before the sun sets on October. NBC's "Grimm" is strictly for the kiddies. After a homicide detective discovers that he's actually a monster hunter descended from the Brothers Grimm, the titular hero engages in all sorts of ham-fisted genre frippery. And Friday night remains ghost-friendly as CBS follows up on its old "Ghost Whisperer" and "Medium" franchises with "A Gifted Man," a weepy, I-see-dead-people drama starring Patrick Wilson as a surgeon with a God complex.Saturday The last time anyone watched scripted TV on a Saturday night, Captain Stubing was at the helm of the Pacific Princess. So, no, there are no new series airing on Saturday nights in the fall. Go out and make some friends, why don't you?Sunday The season's second paean to the joys of 1963, "Pan Am" boasts the swooping cinematography and luscious set design of a Martin Scorsese film. Sony Pictures TV spent some $10 million on the pilot, which stars Christina Ricci as a boho beatnik chick and international flight attendant. The show squares off with NBC's "Sunday Night Football" and CBS' pairing of "The Good Wife" and "CSI: Miami," but if the pilot is anything to go by, here's hoping ABC gives "Pan Am" some time to spread its wings. Earlier in the evening, another fairy tale procedural (ABC's "Once Upon a Time") must contend with the first quarter of NFL action and CBS' "Amazing Race." The show may get more sampling if it ditched the generic title for something more explicit, like "Hansel and Gretel and Murder or The Tortoise and the Heroin Distribution Ring." Adweek