Rapper Tyler, The Creator Billed With Vandalism

First Launched: December 23, 2011 4:44 PM EST Credit: Getty Premium WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Caption Rapper Tyler, The Creator is billed with analysis of vandalism charges after undertaking within the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, Calif. in the morning several hours of December 23, 2011The rapper known to as Tyler, the Creator, remains arrested after government physiques say he got rowdy carrying out a show within the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood. La County sheriffs Sgt. Arthur Famble Junior. states the rapper was arrested Thursday evening after he destroyed the Sunset Strip nightclubs electronic soundboard. The 20-year-old, whose real title is Tyler Gregory Okonma, was restricted to analysis of legal vandalism and released on $20,000 bail. The sergeant states that since the rapper have been introduced with a squad vehicle, everybody else departing the Roxy increased being angry and additional deputies were approached to disperse everybody else. Nobody was hurt. Amounts for Okonma and also the record company couldnt be situated. Okonma states in the Twitter message he wasnt arrested. Copyright 2011 with the Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

New 'Amazing Spider-Man' Teaser Poster Debuts (Photo)

A lot of geek talk this week has been about The Dark Knight Rises footage. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows had its premiere, grabbing some spotlight and getting Robert Downey Jr. talking about The Avengers and Iron Man 3.our editor recommends'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' Gets a 2014 Release DateThe Amazing Spider-Man: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone Get Into Character (Photos)'The Amazing Spider-Man' Teaser Trailer Released (Video) So some of us have forgotten that other superhero movies are coming out. Like The Amazing Spider-Man, starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. Well, Columbia is here to remind us and yesterday quietly slid out a new teaser poster for the movie, which opens July 3, 2012. The poster, which debuted on Superhero Hype, is simple but effective, but more importantly, is consistent with comics iconography of having shadows reveal the true soul or identity or whatever the artists wants of a character. It's an effect used from Batman comics to Spider-Man comics and it's used here to show that the man crawling up the stone wall is ... Spider-Man. And it also makes a point to stand apart from the Sam Raimi-directed movies, whose posters slickly had the Arach-Knight stuck or perched to a glass skyscraper. Check it out ... PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery 'The Amazing Spider-Man': Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone Appear in New Production Photos Andrew Garfield Emma Stone Amazing Spider-Man

Selena Gomez Dishes On Smelling Ideal For Attacking Youthful Boys, Invites Fans To Help Create Her New Scent

First Launched: December 7, 2011 6:15 PM EST Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Selena Gomez chats with Access Hollywoods Package HooverLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Selena Gomez is near the top of her game and merely Access Hollywood was on set as she posed in the colorful water tank (wearing a gown!) on her behalf new self-titled scent, which will hit stores next season. Simply what does Selena Gomez odor of? Access Hollywood Lives Package Hoover asked for inside an exclusive interview while using 19-year-old star. My perfume, at this time around, I wish it to be really romantic, she told Package. I wish it to be sweet and complex. Seems Selena has romance round the brain, as she and boyfriend Attacking Youthful Boys are actually going strong for virtually twelve several weeks. What about your guy? Does Justin just like you to smell a specific way? Package asked for. In truth, thats what every girl thinks that they wish to put on some perfume for your boy that they like in class or perhaps a crush, Selena mentioned getting fun. Thats just what the primary factor is. Selena clearly wasn't keen to smell and tell, but she's letting her fans try creating the scent, by voting at internet.selenagomezperfumes.com. Im creating the foot of the scent and what Im doing is, Im inviting my fans that assisted me to create the very best notes and items that kind of enter into it, she mentioned. Then would choose the very best fans and theyre prone to really enter the lab with me at night and pick as well as the final scent. Using this new project (among her many), 2011 remains good for the busy teen. But shes expecting 2012 being better yet as shes apt to be a sizable sister the first time. Ive carried this out many wonderful things this year that Im very grateful for, but thats possibly the finest blessing famous them this year, she told Package. Im really excited for my mother and stepdad. Theyve anxiously anxiously waited for just about any super very long time. That child will most likely be spoiled! she added. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

'Transformers' Director Michael Bay Weighs In on the Importance of Sound (Q&A)

This story first appeared in the Dec. 9 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.our editor recommendsAndy Serkis on Who Sends Him Hate Mail; Why Oscar Should Rethink Animated Category (Q&A)Why 'Tintin' and 'Rango' Stand Out Among This Year's Animated Awards Contenders (Opinion) For most of Academy Awards history, animation and visual effects have competed in separate categories. But as the line between VFX and animation gets increasingly blurry, animated films like Kung Fu Panda 2 or Puss in Boots -- as well as the performance-capture-based The Adventures of Tintin -- could emerge as contenders in the VFX category. The VFX branch made a loud statement about what constitutes a visual effect in 2007 when it put CG-animated Ratatouille and motion-capture-based Beowulf on its list of 15 Oscar contenders. PHOTOS: The Big Screen's Evolution of Talking Animals So what's the difference between animation and VFX? "It's ambiguous," admits DreamWorks Animation's Alex Parkinson, VFX supervisor on Kung Fu Panda 2. "Everything you see in an animated movie is a visual effect." One notoriously tough effect to render in live action is computer-generated water -- which is also tough to animate. "The tools and techniques are exactly the same," says Parkinson. "The difference is that on a traditional live-action movie, you are matching a plate, which has its own complications, and on an animated movie, you are creating the world from scratch and defining the rules of the world a lot more." PHOTOS: 10 Inappropriately Sexy Cartoon Characters That may amount to no difference at all in the animation-acclimated eyes of VFX branch voters. The CG water in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 could be judged alongside the CG water created for Tintin and Panda. Not since Tim Burton's 1993 stop-motion classic The Nightmare Before Christmas has animation earned a VFX Oscar nomination. This time, 2012 could be the year. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery 2010's Animated Movie Box Office Scorecard Related Topics Oscars Kung Fu Panda 2 Oscars 2012 Puss in Boots The Adventures of Tintin Animation

U getting 'Potter' park to H'wood

The Wizarding Realm of Harry Potter in the Universal Orlando Resort.Hollywood gets its very own version of "The Wizarding Realm of Harry Potter." Universal Galleries and Warner Bros. have decided to pony up around $200 million to construct another version from the theme-park attraction that opened up June 18, 2010, at Islands of chance in Orlando. The designed area has converted into a high draw not just for U however the Orlando area, with vacationers scrambling to Islands of chance, improving ticket and merchandise sales. NBCUniversal now wants its Hollywood park to profit from the similar attraction just like Disneyland is going to open "Cars Land" next summer time. Due to "Wizarding World's" instant success, the initial question was when Universal would expand the park in Florida, given the quantity of land the organization is the owner of there. The attraction features replicas of Hogwarts Castle and Hogsmeade village as observed in the flicks and includes rides like "Flight from the Hippogriff" and "Dragon Challenge." Rather, U and WB made a decision to develop a second "Wizarding World" in Hollywood. Where, exactly, the attraction is going to be located, is really a key question. Universal Galleries Hollywood is a lot more compact than Islands of chance and Universal Galleries Orlando, restricting designers on precisely where new points of interest could be added. The Hollywood park is presently creating a three dimensional ride according to Paramount's "Transformers" franchise which will open next spring on its lower lot, changing the first kind "Backdraft" attraction. Older points of interest may likely need to be removed to make room for that new Potter attraction. U spent around $265 million to construct "The Wizarding Realm of Harry Potter." A 2015 opening date has been eyed for that Hollywood version. Attraction increased attendance to Islands of chance by 20% red carpet several weeks and 41% following a year, probably the most since June 2004. A lot more than 7 million individuals are believed to getting visited the "Wizarding Realm of Harry Potter" alone since its opening. WB controls the certification privileges towards the "Harry Potter" film franchise and receives royalties from merchandise offered around the block. NBCUniversal works Universal Galleries, that has been wanting to lock lower points of interest based on the top tentpoles. U had recently been thinking of getting its other overseas parks for any new "Wizarding World," together with a planned park in Columbia. The timing from the Potter park expansion, which requires approval from J.K. Rowling, may come as WB lately launched its eight-film collection of all the "Harry Potter" films on Blu-ray. Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com

The Muppets Return Large But Can't Catch Breaking Beginning

The Muppets The Muppets made their comeback complete, grossing an thought $42 million inside the five-day Thanksgiving weekend, but Kermit and Miss Piggy were not any match for your vampires of the underworld from the underworld and werewolves of Twilight: Breaking Beginning Part 1. The fourth film inside the Twilight saga needed in $62.3 million within the second week later on in at No. 1, according to Box Office Mojo. The Muppets, starring Jason Segel and may Be, adopted in second place. Twilight: Breaking Beginning Part 1 opens large Happy Foot Two needed third place with $18.3 million. Another two major releases in the holiday weekend, Arthur Christmas and Hugo, showed up at No. 4 without any. 5, correspondingly. Arthur Christmas came $17 million in ticket sales. Hugo nabbed $15.3 million. Jack and Jill ranked sixth with $14.millions of. At No. 7, Immortals attracted $12.5 million. Rounding the very best ten: Puss in Boots (No. 8, $10.3 million, getting its total to $135.4 million), Tower Heist (No. 9, $10.millions of) as well as the Descendants (No. 10, $9.2 million).

Ben Whishaw to experience Mission Impossible Character Q in 'Skyfall'

Director Mike Mendes is unquestionably attempting to in the hot factor for that latest Mission Impossible movie, 'Skyfall.' Additionally towards the return of Difficulties because the primary character, the Hollywood Reporter states that British hottie/acting sensation Ben Whishaw is going to be playing Bond character Q. Using the casting of Whishaw, Q is going to be more youthful than 007, marking the very first time within the film franchise's history that Q is not performed by someone older. The final time we had Q is at 2002's 'Die A Later Date,A where he was performed with a nutty John Cleese. In most of his previous incarnations, he was performed by Desmond Llewelyn. Fans from the classic 'James Bond' movies will remember Q, the gadget master, that has made an appearance in 19 from the 22 films. He's best-noted for handing the intricate devices to Bond to be used on his missions. Q (short for Quartermaster) may be the mind of Q Branch (or later Q Division), the imaginary research and development division from the British Secret Service. To date the 'Skyfall' cast is really a humdinger, with Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Rob Fiennes and Albert Finney one of the other stars. 'Skyfall' is placed to spread out in The United States in November 2012. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook [Photo: AFP/Getty Images] #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-803307.cke_show_edges #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-803307, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-803307

ROLL CALL: Snookis Kitty Litter Beauty Regime Revealed!

First Published: November 17, 2011 3:57 PM EST Credit: Getty Premium Caption Nicole Snooki Polizzi attends the book signing for her new book Confessions Of A Guidette at Barnes & Noble Glendale Americana in Glendale, Calif. on November 15, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Meow!: Jersey Shore cherub Nicole Snooki Polizzi is out imparting her wisdom on the world once again, this time shes offering up beauty tips that might make your cat a little confused. The reality star stopped by Conan last night, where she told the talk show host that she uses kitty litter as part of her skin care regime. Some exfoliates have rocks in them and it makes your skin really smooth, and cat litter is a good substitute, she said. I havent broke out at all yet! Check out more with Snooki including the star clearing up those pesky going lesbian rumors HERE! Bradleys True Loves: Sexiest Man Alive 2011 Bradley Coopers love life is always a hot topic, but People reveals that his two true loves dont exactly run with a Hollywood pack. Meet Bradleys Samson and Charlotte HERE! Sexiest Man Alive Backlash!: Not everyone is happy about Bradley Cooper getting named Sexiest Man Alive 2011. In fact, heres 63 reasons why many thought Ryan Gosling should have nabbed the coveted title. More Real Housewives Drama!: Could this season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills get any more drama-filled!? It appears Kim Richards new man Ken Blumenfeld has an arrest past, Radar Online is reporting. Check out Kens mug shot after being arrested in 2009 for a DUI, HERE! This cant make sister Kyle Richards (who was reduced to tears after she learned that her sister was dating him on this weeks episode) happy. -By Jesse Spero Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

OWN orders more 'America,' 'Sweetie'

Searching for some positive ratings stories since its birth nearly a year ago, OWN is making strides with "Our America With Lisa Ling" and "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's." Cabler has ordered eight more segs of "Our America" and 10 for "Sweetie Pie's." The additional episodes for both shows will air in the spring. For the current season, docuseries "Our America," which is OWN's most-watched program and airs at 10 p.m. Sunday, is averaging 405,000 total viewers and is up 47% compared to the Discovery Health programming from a year ago. Reality skein "Sweetie Pie's" examines a St. Louis family running a soul food restaurant. Show is averaging 388,000 and is OWN's top show in the 25-54 demo. Series airs 9 p.m. Saturday Ling, David Shadrack Smith and Greg Henry exec produce "Our America." Exec producers for "Sweetie Pie's" are Craig Piligian, Jenn Duncan, Tim Brietbach, Jeff Keane, and Steve Luebbert. It's been tough sledding at OWN, so the news on the additional episodes comes at a crucial time. Discovery-owned cabler has lost more than $55 million this year and recent new shows "Rosie" and "Oprah's Lifeclass" have performed modestly. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

'Breaking Dawn' opening could fetch $140 million

Summit's 'Breaking Dawn' is anticipated to gross between $110 million and $140 million weekend in the domestic B.O.Hollywood is bracing for an additional mad hurry of hardcore "Twilight" fans, as Summit comes the franchise's penultimate offering "Breaking Beginning -- Part 1" in countrywide night time tests Thursday. By Wednesday mid-day, the film's approximate night time count stands at 3,250 locations, before growing Friday to 4,061. While B.O. commentators are predicting "Breaking Beginning" could achieve $140 million through Sunday, Summit has more modest anticipation, varying between $110 million and $125 million. "Breaking Beginning" launches day-and-date using the U.S. in 54 overseas marketplaces. Such as the previous "Twilight" choices, the franchise's second-to-last pic will discover a mostly frontloaded perf by teens and teenagers, though Summit prexy of domestic distribution Richie Fay stated repeat viewings by femmes could still propel grosses. "Sometimes women can come out one screening, simply to purchase a ticket for the following show," Fay stated. Based on online ticketing service Fandango, the film had offered out a lot more than 2,500 showtimes by early now. The website also reported that 47% of ticket purchasers intend to attend the night time tests in formal wedding attire. "Breaking Beginning," allocated for any reported $110 million, accumulates with human-vampire couple Jacob Black and A Vampire Named Edward because they get ready for their wedding. Summit introduced in June 2010 it might split author Stephenie Meyer's final "Twilight" book into two parts, with "Part 2" set to bow this time around the coming year. "Part 1" faces a higher all-time night time record ($43.5 million) set this summer time by "Harry Potter and also the Deathly Hallows: Part 2." It's difficult to express whether "Breaking Beginning" can break that record, since "Deathly Hallows" achieved positive results from the wider demo of youngsters on holiday. The pic seemed to be the ultimate "Potter" within the series. In either case, "Breaking Beginning" could one-up its forerunners in night time grosses. The franchise's third offering, "Eclipse," kickstarted its Stateside run this past year with $$ 30 million, while "New Moon" gained $26.3 million from late-evening tests. Similar to "Deathly Hallows: Part 2," "Eclipse" achieved positive results from the summer season berth the second pic, which gained $157.six million in the first six days, also bowed in a record quantity of locations -- 4,408. "New Moon," meanwhile, released this same weekend last year for any three-day total of $142.8 million. This is a fair opening benchmark for "Breaking Beginning," based on some commentators. Fay stated group ticket sales for "Breaking Beginning" are simply as robust because the previous two "Twilights," with corporate buyouts (companies buying entire tests for giveaway reasons) improving pre-sales for "Breaking Beginning." Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com

Fred Savage Launches Production Co., Signs Overall Deal With CBS TV Art galleries

EXCLUSIVE: Actor-switched-director/producer Fred Savage is setting his sights on development next. Savage has launched a production company and contains signed a couple-year overall deal with CBS TV Art galleries to develop new projects, that they'll produce and direct. Savage, who burst to the scene since the child actor round the Question Years, ongoing to star on such series as Working and Crumbs before segueing into TV pointing and recently growing into creating too. He's directed greater than 100 cases of primetime series, most recently, ABC’s Modern Family andHappy Being, and CBS 2 Broke Women. Savage, repped by CAA and Karl Austen, offered as director/producer on It's Often Sunny in Philadelphia, and Party Lower, which is presently executive creating and pointing two projects at NBC, mid-season comedy series Close Buddies Forever plus an untitled Tommy Dewey/Greg Bratman project, now in development.

Clint Eastwoods J. Edgar Opens Strong

Early estimations from Warner Bros has J. Edgar bowing to alow-key but healthymidweek $53,000 inlimited runs Wednesday in 7 movie theaters in five urban centers LA, NY, Chicago, Washington Electricity, and San Francisco Bay Area. That was sufficient for twelfth devote the slow U . s . States box office, besting movies playing in thousands of locations. The Oscar-buzzed biopic starring LeonardDoCaprio opens country wide on Friday in 1,910 locations. Monitoring remains strong for the days,particularly among grownups.

'Call Up' tops Brit List

LONDON -- "The Telephone Call Up," a sci-fi horror script by Charles Barker occur the area of virtual gaming, tops the 2010 Brit List, which ranks most likely probably the most loved unproduced scripts inside the U.K. and Irish film community. Barker can be a ads director with extensive CGI experience. "The Telephone Call Up," which heads this list with 10 votes, continues to be created by rookie producer Matt Wilkinson, who left his publish just like a development professional at Working Title taken to start their very own company Stigma Films. The Brit List is modelled on Hollywood's Black List, which asks a pool of development professionals, agents and producers to recommend a typical unproduced scripts. Second in this particular year's Brit List, with eight votes, is William Boyd's adaptation that belongs to them novel "Regular Thunderstorms," that's being created by David Thompson's Origin Pictures with BBC Films. It's a thriller a great innocent guy being attacked across London by police together with a hitman. In joint third place, with seven votes each, are Henrietta and Jessica Ashworth's comedy "Olivia and Jim" from Forward Films, and Hong Khaou's drama "Lilting yesteryearInch from producer Dominic Buchanan, of a making it through mother trying to create sense of her son's dying. Origin Pictures has two other highly-placed projects available, playwright Polly Stenham's adaptation of her own play "Tusk Tusk," and James Graham's "X+Y" of a teenage math prodigy's mission to get the formula for love. Both received six votes, along with "Guy Up" by Tess Morris, a romantic comedy being created by Large Talk for Studiocanal. This list includes several game game titles by high-profile authors. William Davies, whose credits include "Johnny British Reborn" and "The best way to Train Your Dragon," has five votes for his drama "Second Is Nowhere," in development at BBC Films. Among the scripts with four votes will be the Focus Features project "Baghdad Wedding," modified by Hassan Abdulrassak using their own play, along with Nick Drake Jay Basu's crime thriller "Bad Traffic" for producers David Gerson, Nick Wechsler and Rory Gilmartin and Juliette Towhidi's adaptation of Vera Brittan's classic WW1 memoir "Testament of Youth" for Heyday. Also with four votes are Sebastian Foster's Western "Burnthaven" for Cloud Eight Films, and Catherine Shepherd's comedy "As being a Virgin" of a contemporary and unvirginal Mary who finds out she'll give birth to a different Deliverer. Scripts with three votes include "The Invisible Lady," in regards to the mistress of Charles Dickens, put together by Abi Morgan ("Shame," "The Iron Lady") and a pair of adaptations of John LeCarre books. "Our Kind of Traitor," modified by Hossein Amini ("Drive"), and "A Well Known Guy," modified by Andrew Bovell ("Lantana") with Anton Corbijn set to direct. Both LeCarre projects are increasingly being created by Ink Factory and Potboiler Prods. Other notable projects with three votes include "Miss You Already," by director Paul Andrew Williams and comedienne Morwenna Banks an adaptation of Edith Wharton's "The Buccaneers" by Heidi Thomas for Ruby Films a David Nicholls version of Thomas Hardy's novel "Definately Not the Madding Crowd" for DNA Films and "I, Macrobane," a black comedy by author/director Ben Wheatley, being created by Large Talk. Finishing this list are Amber Trentham and Thomas Carty's romantic thriller "Available Light" Trevor Preston's thriller "China Busker" Nicholas Horwood's horror script "The Truly Amazing People" Howard Overman's comedy thriller "The Slackfi Project," in development in the new the new sony David F. Shamoon's road movie "RemovingInch and Joshua St Johnston's musical "Walking on Sunshine" with Vertigo. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Skyfall Confirmed As Title Of Recent Bond Movie Budget Around $230M Mike Mendes States Hes Available To Follow-up

Shooting around the latest Mission Impossible movie begins Monday, Difficulties revealed only at that morning press conference for Skyfall, the 23rd 007 movie. Producer Michael G Wilson scotched United kingdom tabloid whispers the plan for the most recent Bond film continues to be slashed by $100 million. Were within the same cost range because the last film. We havent needed to change anything within the script. Actually, we keep adding things everything will probably be just like it had been, he stated. Director Mike Mendes also refused he was creating a downbeat Bond with less action sequences. He'd be pointing action sequences themself. You will see lots of surprises, Mendes guaranteed. The experience must be balanced using the drama. Mendes stated he was available to pointing another Bond installment, basically still believe its as entertaining in 6 several weeks time then the reply is yes. Mendes, Broccoli yet others were giving little away only at that morning presser: In Skyfall, Bonds loyalty to M is examined as her past returns to haunt her MI6 comes under attack, and Bond must find and destroy the threat. While verifying Deadline’s scoop that Javier Bardem would take part in the villain, Mendes was coy whether Bardem could be playing Blofeld, as film writer John Logan has suggested. What's known is the fact that Skyfall is going to be mostly shot mostly around Whitehall, London (the federal government district), Scotland, Istanbul and China. Eon Productions used this morning event to unveil latest Bond girl Brnice Marlohe, playing a personality known as Severine. Other cast people confirmed include Albert Finney, Rob Fiennes, Ben Whishaw and Naomie Harris, playing a secret agent named Eve. The new sony will release Skyfall in The United States on November 9 2012, following its United kingdom/Ireland premiere on October 26. The Academy Award-winning director stated he desired to do Bond because hed been an admirer since likely to see Live and Let Die within the cinema. Plus I figured that Daniel playing Bond opened up up a variety of fantastic possibilities for that character, he stated. Broccoli wouldn't discuss speculation that Brit pop star Adele will sing the theme song: Weve been thinking about various people for that theme tune, she stated. Mendes added that Skyfall wasn't a continuation from the previous 2 Bond excursions, which in fact had a running story. Broccoli also says Difficulties could be playing Bond not less than once more. Personally I cant help but feel Skyfall is really a lame title for any Mission Impossible movie even Everything Or Free, a Mission Impossible videogame title could be better.

Octavia Spencer formally searching for Diablo Cody pic

Octavia Spencer has grew to become an associate from the cast of Diablo Cody's untitled pic for Mandate Pictures starring Russell Logo design and Julianne Hough. Variety first reported captured that Spencer reaches discussions and Mandate has handled to obtain official. Cody is making her directorial debut in the script she composed. The pic concentrates on a protected youthful lady who handles to get rid of her belief carrying out a plane crash and visits Las vegas, where she meets an unlikely companion. Spencer would play card dealer inside a casino round the strip where Brand's character works. Mason Novick will produce with Mandate Prexy Nathan Kahane will professional produce with Cody. Spencer was most recently noticed in DreamWorks' "The Help.In . She's repped by WME. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

Stephenie Meyer's 'Host' zeroes in on male leads

With the start of the finish around the corner for "The Twilight Saga," author Stephenie Meyer is turning her focus on the casting look for "The Host," Andrew Niccol's feature adaptation of her sci-fi novel. Saoirse Ronan ("Hanna") is mounted on star as protag Melanie Stryder, whose is penetrated by an alien named Wanderer, who may also be performed by Ronan. Within the future, producers will start testing stars for that pic's two male leads. Liam Hemsworth ("The Hunger Games"), Package Harington ("Bet on Thrones"), Jai Courtney ("One Shot") and Max Irons ("Red-colored Riding Hood") will test for that role of Jared, Melanie's boyfriend. Dane DeHaan ("In Treatment"), Thomas McDonnell ("Promenade"), Augustus Prew ("The Borgias") and Ronan's "Lovely Bones" co-star Mike Abel will test for that role of Ian, a menacing youthful guy who brutalizes Wanderer before falling deeply in love with her. Chockstone Pictures principals Steve Schwartz and Paula Mae Schwartz are creating with Nick Wechsler and Meyer. Inferno's Marc Butan, Jim Seibel and Bill Manley will professional produce, while Roger Schwartz will co-produce. "The Host" has been funded through the producers and Inferno, that is handling sales. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com

Shame, Mess, Tailor And Tyrannosaur Lead Brit Indie Award Nominations

The Three Uk movies have acquired seven nods each with this particular years Mot British Independent Film Honours, due to occur london on December 4. These is fighting for top British Film Award, Best Director, Best Actor and greatest Supporting Actor/Actress. The nominations were introduced london today. We Must Discuss Kevin and Kill List each received six nominations, with Submarine following carefully with five.Rebecca Hall (The Awakening), Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre), MyAnna Buring (Kill List), Olivia Colman (Tyrannosaur) and Tilda Swinton (We Must Discuss Kevin) are competing for top Actress. Leading males competing for top Actor include Gary Oldman (Mess, Tailor), Michael Fassbender (Shame) and Brendan Gleeson (The Guard). Jury individuals with this year's 14th honours include actor David Thewlis, producer Charles Steel (The Ultimate King of Scotland) and director Josh Appignanesi (The Infidel).Game game titles that missed the cut include 360 andThe Dark Blue Sea, the rasing and lowering films in the London Film Festival. My Week With Marilyn can also be not stated. StudioCanal has become 32 nominations due to its movies, while Film4 has acquired 28. Listed below are the nominations entirely: BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM SENNA SHAME Mess TAILOR SOLDIER SPY TYRANNOSAUR We Must Discuss KEVIN BEST DIRECTOR Ben Wheatley KILL LIST Steve McQueen SHAME Tomas Alfredson Mess TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Paddy Considine TYRANNOSAUR Lynne Ramsay We Must Discuss KEVIN THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR] Joe Cornish ATTACK THE BLOCK Take advantage of Fiennes CORIOLANUS John Michael McDonagh THE GUARD Richard Ayoade SUBMARINE Paddy Considine TYRANNOSAUR BEST Script John Michael McDonagh THE GUARD Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump KILL LIST Abi Morgan, Steve McQueen SHAME Richard Ayoade SUBMARINE Lynne Ramsay, Rory Kinnear We Must Discuss KEVIN BEST ACTRESS Rebecca Hall THE AWAKENING Mia Wasikowska JANE EYRE MyAnna Buring KILL LIST Olivia Colman TYRANNOSAUR Tilda Swinton We Must Discuss KEVIN BEST ACTOR Brendan Gleeson THE GUARD Neil Maskell KILL LIST Michael Fassbender SHAME Gary Oldman Mess TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Peter Mullan TYRANNOSAUR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Felicity Manley ALBATROSS Vanessa Redgrave CORIOLANUS Carey Mulligan SHAME Sally Hawkins SUBMARINE Kathy Burke Mess TAILOR SOLDIER SPY BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Michael Smiley KILL LIST Tom Sturdy Mess TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Benedict Cumberbatch Mess TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Eddie Marsan TYRANNOSAUR Ezra Burns We Must Discuss KEVIN MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER Jessica Brown Findlay ALBATROSS John Boyega ATTACK THE BLOCK Craig Roberts SUBMARINE Yasmin Paige SUBMARINE Tom Cullen WEEKEND BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION KILL LIST TYRANNOSAUR WEEKEND WILD BILL YOU Rather BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT Chris King, Gregers Sall Editing SENNA Sean Bobbitt Cinematography SHAME Joe Master Editing SHAME Maria Djurkovic Production Design Mess TAILOR SOLDIER SPY Seamus McGarvey Cinematography We Must Discuss KEVIN BEST DOCUMENTARY HELL AND Again Existence Daily PROJECT NIM SENNA TT3D: Closer To The Benefit BEST BRITISH SHORT 0507 CHALK LOVE At First SIGHT RITE ROUGH SKIN BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FILM ANIMAL KINGDOM DRIVE PINA A SEPARATION The Skin Home May Be The RAINDANCE AWARD Functions OF GODFREY BLACK POND HOLLOW Departing BAGHDAD A Thousand KISSES DEEP

Keck's Exclusives: Glee Discloses Sue's Evil Roots

Jane Lynch All I am saying is it comes down to damn time. On November 15, Glee will ultimately reveal why Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) hates musical theater. Because the kids prepare to stage West Side Story, "we desired to reveal that Sue at some point had Broadway dreams," teases professional producer Ian Brennan. A flashback shows 16-year-old Sue on stage belting the title song from Oklahoma!, a performance savaged by one brutal critic. "Her little heart was damaged," sighs Jane. "Will informs Sue, 'Poor little Susie Sylvester was told she wasn't good, and today she's reached punish the planet.A Like lots of angry people available, Sue's a aspirant." Glee cast 19-year-old Colby Minifie for negligence youthful Sue. "I believe they did a good job casting," raves Jane. "She's an excellent voice and.Inch Also approaching may be the election from the students' class leader, which coincides with Sue's congressional bid. "Individuals are voting for elections within the school, with signs pointing voters in various directions," states Ian, who promises that the outcome take "a really surprising twist." Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Report: Conan O'Brien to Officiate Gay Wedding on tv

Conan O'Brien Conan O'Brien gets his The very best spinner's late-evening show to NY inside a couple of days, despite the fact that he's here, O'Brien will officiate a gay wedding, TVGuide.com has confirmed. O'Brien will marry a longtime staffer and also the partner on-air throughout among next week's episodes, according to Vulture, which first reported what is the news. An origin within the show notifies TVGuide.com will still be unclear which evening the wedding will occur. Top Moments: Conan's triumphant reunion together with a enjoyable Horror Story This isn't the first time a married relationship has happened on late-evening television. In 1969, greater than 21 million audiences seen music artist Small Tim marry Miss Vicki on Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show. Conan's week of broadcasts from NY's Beacon Theater - which will celebrate O'Brien's one-year anniversary around the best spinner's - begin Monday at 11/10c around the best spinner's.

Lindsay Lohan Accepts Playboy Nude Pictorial Offer

This is what things have come to for actress-singer-celebrity criminal Lindsay Lohan; at the tender age of 25, as the media watches her every move, the onetime promising Disney star has reportedly agreed to pose nude for Playboy. For less than a million! Oh, LiLo. TMZ reports that Lohan, who recently came under fire for being tardy to her first day of community service at the morgue in Los Angeles, already began shooting her Playboy spread. Maybe the gig contributed to her tardiness. Technically, she was working over the weekend… and the job didn’t require her to seek employment in Europe! How convenient! From TMZ: Sources tell us the deal has been in the works for months, and that Lindsay balked at an initial $750K offer because she wanted … ONE MILLION dollars … to show the world what her momma gave her (apologies for the DiLo reference). Apologies, indeed. Remember when Lohan was young and innocent and fresh-scrubbed, and there were two of her? And one of the two of her was British? Yes, I’m talking The Parent Trap. Let’s take a trip down memory lane and remember: This was 13 years ago. How fast they grow up. [via TMZ] Follow Movieline on Twitter.

REVIEW: Elizabeth Olsen Beguiles in Martha Marcy May Marlene

The opening scene of Sean Durkin’s debut feature Martha Marcy May Marlene suggests we’re in for a big rusty bread pan’s worth of rural miserablism, and even though we’re not, the yeasty grayness of those early moments is clearly intentional: A group of women in drab dresses and droopy T-shirts go about preparing dinner in a house whose unfinished interior looks either new and hastily erected or ancient and about to fall apart — it’s hard to tell which. A young boy stomps about in a dusty, scrubby yard; a woman sits on the porch working on a crocheted afghan. When dinner’s ready, a bunch of men sit down to eat; then they leave the table — the man who appears to be the leader murmurs something appreciative about the meal — and the women take their places. Then there’s one lone shot of a ton of dirty dishes jumbled into and around the kitchen sink — there’s no question who’s going to be scouring them clean. It’s as if Amishtown had been taken over by a nicer version of the Manson family. Or maybe they’re not so nice. But what makes Martha Marcy May Marlene so beguiling — aside from the performance given by its lead actress, Elizabeth Olsen — is that the pall of creepy groupthink that hovers over that first scene works as a perverse kind of seduction: You want to know more about this place, and about these people, even though you suspect that knowing more may not be a good idea. Even if you think your brain is soap-proof, Durkin succeeds in washing it just a little bit. The heart, soul and eyes of Martha Marcy May Marlene belong to Olsen’s Martha, a young woman who leaves this strange, crazy-cozy household very early in the movie: We see her heading into the woods with just a small pack on her shoulder, though we also hear the squeak of a screen door and a man’s voice calling after her. Wherever it is she’s running from, she ends up at the Connecticut summer home of her sister, Lucy (Sarah Paulson). The two are clearly estranged, and not just because Martha’s been in a cult for a couple of years; from their exchanges, both the early and the late ones, we can see that the two sisters have never been close. Lucy is now married — a development Martha knew nothing about — to a vaguely uptight architect or developer (all we really know, or need to know, is that he’s some kind of property guy) played by Hugh Dancy. The two welcome her into their luxurious split-level house on the lake, obviously wishing they could unwelcome her. From that point, Martha’s present, in oh-so-safe Connecticut, is intercut with scenes of her past, in that commune somewhere in the Catskills. The place she’s left is presided over by a bookish self-proclaimed prophet named Patrick (John Hawkes, looking like Charles Manson as shot by Walker Evans), who has built a pastoral Utopia where the inhabitants live off the land and allegedly love one another unselfishly. The setup works out fabulously for him — he gets to ritualistically sleep with all the women. But Martha, he claims, is his favorite, and if she stupidly believes it, somehow we do too: She has a solemn, knowing face, with eyes that can melt one minute and pierce the next. She takes to the welcoming pseudowarmth of this new family, even as we can see she’s holding herself apart from it just a little bit. When she’s first introduced to Patrick, by the savvy-dippy young cult member (played by Louisa Krause) who’s taken her under her wing, she compliments him on what he’s done with the land, planting vegetable crops and whatnot. “It’s as much yours as it is mine,” he says with a twinkle of phony generosity in his eyes; she smiles at him a little too demurely, as if to say that she’s listening but not buying, at least not yet. Olsen’s performance is restrained but not tentative; you could say the same for the movie around it. Durkin, who also wrote the script, doesn’t indulge in lots of shaky camera business to convey, you know, the character’s inner turmoil. (The DP here is Jody Lee Lipes.) Even though there’s at least some handheld camera work, you have to really look for it: Some camera dude out there is working really hard at keeping the frame steady, and it’s almost a subliminal effect — if Martha is looking for something to hang onto, maybe we are too, though we barely know it. Durkin is perhaps too obvious in the way he heightens the contrast between Martha’s lumpy-oatmeal commune existence and the overpolished gloss of her sister’s lifestyle. At one point Martha jumps up from sunbathing with her sister on a classy lakeside dock and leaps into the water completely nude, as she would have done back at the old communal swimmin’ hole. Lucy, aghast, hauls her out. “You can’t do that here!” she hisses, and I kept wishing the next line would be, “It’s Connecticut!” But of course it wasn’t — Durkin isn’t going for laughs here, though it’s all too easy to fill in the blanks for ourselves. Still, Paulson and Olsen capture the uneasy electricity of siblings who just can’t get along but who nonetheless remain connected. Paulson plays Lucy as uptight but not unwatchably severe: Sometimes she looks at Martha as if she’d just landed from another planet — or, equally weird, just stepped off a lilypad — and given the unnerving nature of Olsen’s performance, you can see why. One minute she’s bracingly direct; the next she seems to be blinking her way through amniotic fluid, like a newborn lamb fighting for life. You don’t watch her and think, What a dope she is, having fallen for all that hippie-dippie cult stuff. Instead, you see how the perceived security of that makeshift family would make sense to her, up to a point. In other words, Durkin doesn’t condescend to the character he’s written, and in return, Olsen rises to the challenge of that character. At one point, Patrick tries to punish Martha with twisted praise, asserting that she’s a lot like him. Minus the cruelty and the craziness, maybe she is: As Martha, Olsen throws off a muted self-assurance that reads as a kind of charisma. We fear for her every minute, and yet for better or worse, we’d follow her anywhere.

Why Remaining Loyal towards the Original Movie Might Save 'Footloose'

Sometimes remakes make the perfect idea. Just to illustrate: Baz Luhrmann's stylized 1996 undertake 'Romeo + Juliet.' The storyline continues to be told numerous occasions before on stage and screen, but Luhrmann genuinely introduced new things towards the table without compromising the integrity from the original story. This elusive combination is difficult to drag off, and that's why we now have a lot of sub-componen remakes (Cough, cough -- 'Fame' -- cough, cough). Now marks the discharge of another remake. This time around around, Hollywood is moving out 'Footloose' with no side of Sausage. (Yes, I am talking about Kevin.) To complete another 'Footloose' without Sausage aboard just appears wrong. Clearly, producers are wishing that 'Footloose' will take advantage of the current pressing appetite audiences appear to possess for those things dance. Just consider the great recognition of shows like 'Dancing Using the Stars,' and 'So You Believe You Are Able To Dance,' as well as the strangely lucrative dance movie franchises like 'Step Up' and 'Save the final Dance.' As the original 'Footloose' elected to cast an actress within the starring role (the Sausage), the remake takes a gamble on the ballerina (Kenny Wormald). 'DWTS' alum Julianne Hough co-stars because the new Ariel, a.k.a. the preacher's daughter. This move is a little of the warning sign. The 'Fame' remake was broadly belittled to be all sizzle, no steak. It had lots of dazzling dance moments, but didn't have the emotional core that made the initial 'Fame' this type of classic. The truth that the brand new 'Footloose' features ballroom dancers instead of stars signifies it might be headed within the same direction. Nevertheless, there is lots of buzz concerning the new 'Footloose' being incredibly loyal towards the original. You never know, maybe casting ballroom dancers within the primary roles inside a movie about adoration for dancing is definitely an inspired decision. We shall see. Meanwhile, I have put together a listing of other remakes that stuck very, not far from the originals these were having to pay homage to -- with mixed results. 'Let Me In,' 2010 ('Let the correct one In,' 2008). While this is a great remake, it is so loyal towards the original it's quite apparent it had been made purely to attract people too lazy to see subtitles. 'Let Me In' features all the signature moments the Swedish original did, such as the cute Rubik's cube exchange, a healthcare facility fire and, obviously, the pool confrontation. &ampampampampampampltcenter&ampampampampampampgt 'Psycho,' 1998 ('Psycho,' 1960). Gus Van Sant's remake might have been a tad too faithful to Hitchcock's classic for many individuals liking. It carried out poorly in the box office, and experts requested what the purpose of the shot-by-shot remake was. The critical consensus appeared to become that, despite the fact that Van Sant's version is at color, it did not bring anything a new comer to the table to create the endeavor useful. Ouch. &ampampampampampltcenter&ampampampampampgt 'Quarantine,' 2008 ('REC,' 2007). Like 'Let Me In,' this remake appears targeted towards Americans that do not like reading through subtitles. 'Quarantine' is definitely an incredibly faithful adaptation from the popular The spanish language horror flick. It stars 'Dexter's Jennifer Contractor as TV reporter Angela Vidal (they did not even alter the heroine's title from 'REC,' not too there's anything wrong with this) who's covering mysterious occasions at a condominium because they unfold. &ampampampampltcenter&ampampampampgt 'Arthur,' 2011 ('Arthur,' 1981). The contemporary Arthur, performed by Russell Brand, is really a smidge more politically correct than his 1980s counterpart, embodied by Dudley Moore. As the plot seems exactly the same, the alterations the contemporary version made made a big difference, and ultimately hurt the remake. Probably the most glaring offense? Changing Arthur's feisty, fun-loving woman (Liza Minnelli) having a boring goody-goody tour guide (Greta Gerwig). If modern Arthur were built with a formidable partner in crime, the remake might have done the initial justice. &ampampampltcenter&ampampampgt 'Freaky Friday,' 2003 ('Freaky Friday,' 1976). Who does not love a great body-changing comedy? The newest remake, having a pre-breakdown Lindsay Lohan, continued to be quite in keeping with the 1976 version starring Jodie Promote. It integrated a couple of twists to help keep things highly relevant to a twenty-first century audience, like the additions from the fight from the bands along with a bad-boy biker love interest performed by teen heartthrob Chad Michael Murray. &ampampampltcenter&ampampampgt

Webheads aren't well versed history

Watching Fox undergo discussions to ultimately renew "The Simpsons" via a 25th season -- while brother or sister Fox News Funnel partcipates in chest-thumping over its 15th anniversary -- signifies two sides of the progressively common modern media scenario.Confronted with an option between searching ahead or praising history, tradition is nearly almost always ignored because the title of the song from "Fiddler on the top,Inch using the periodic exception.Consider ABC executives determining to jettison the network's decades-old daytime soaps "My Children" and "One Existence to reside,Inch choosing to pursue cheaper talk options. NBC did very similar by ending "Law & Order" just lacking smashing the endurance record for drama series held by "Gunsmoke" -- a milestone that meant something to producer Dick Wolf but less towards the network's then-management, one half-dozen routines taken off the program's beginning.At the time of Fox's contract talks with "The Simpsons" cast, a resource echoed this time by saying from the entertainment division's current brass, "What's 'The Simpsons' mean for them? It isn't like they developed it."Such situations of course setup a difficult situation for professionals. They cannot be shackled through the past -- especially given how quickly the company is altering -- in most cases derive less credit from shepherding another person's development than starting franchises that belongs to them.However a far more subtle facet of it has related to the over-arching preference for that new. Because my way through media dictates more youthful is nice -- beginning with demographic pressure across all ad-supported channels -- the corollary is the fact that older, or anything hitting from it, should be bad.Executives have thus been designed to not get psychologically committed to history. Besides, couple of of these cash durability within their present jobs, which makes it challenging irritated about programs which have run decades -- or their vocal fans -- when tenures in top media posts are extremely frequently measured in annual batches of two and three.By comparison, it's most likely no accident a few of the more effective orgs boast greater stability than rivals.Underlying Fox News' triumphant finish zone dance -- which even incorporated making a number of its normally press-shy anchors open to (gasp) the mainstream media -- is Roger Ailes commemorating his storied run, getting changed his Clinton-era creation in to the dominant pressure in conservative politics. And like many effective media figures, the Fox News Boss give in to a little of gloating -- and seems to experience a vivid memory of anybody whatever person ignored or second-suspected him on the way.For the broadcast systems, it's really no accident CBS remains one of efficiency in primetime. Easily probably the most stable network operation, the organization is not hidebound by tradition but does have a very strong feeling of it.Furthermore, because of the conspicuous insufficient turnover under Boss Leslie Moonves, the organization not just maintains a feeling of its past but really has stored a team in position lengthy enough to assert a substantial slice from the network's history since it's own. (CBS News helps illustrate this time too, if perhaps by juxtaposing "60 Minutes'" legendary sturdiness using the repeated fits and begins which have indicated other facets of the division.)It might be simplistic to express consistency alone is really a hallmark of success, and it's not hard to begin to see the negative effects of hanging out too lengthy, getting observed executives and programs fade the way in which a maturing ballplayer manages to lose his fastball or initial step. Gleam specific rationale behind questioning the stability of lengthy-running Television shows, which -- because of hefty boosts produced through earlier renewal -- frequently cost much more to create than new programs would.Regardless of the logic in adjusting to altering conditions, however, it's more often than not short-sighted to become arbitrary or insensitive when cutting tiesto habit and history, or allow the possible lack of an individual stake to lead to blithely getting rid of tradition. Contact John Lowry at john.lowry@variety.com

Keck's Exclusives: RuPaul's Drag Race Celebrity Judges Revealed!

Ru Paul RuPaul's Drag Race, Logo's campy take on America's Next Top Model, may not be as well known as the CW hit, but it's luring some high-profile guest judges that would make other reality shows jealous. When Season 4 of the competition show - which pits drag queens against each other - kicks off in January, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Rose McGowan, Loretta Devine, Kelly Osbourne and two of my personal faves - Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Glee's Amber Riley - will be sitting pretty at the judging table. What's the draw? "This show does something very special for the gay community," explains Jesse. "There's a message hidden inside the totally gaudy package that is so fun to watch. It's all about loving and accepting yourself, and every season I'm surprisingly moved by it." "I was so excited to do this I started screaming," echoes Amber, who sneaked backstage to see the men transform into ladies. "I am a very big RuPaul fan. She's absolutely gorge. I just had to make sure my hair and makeup were done right if I was in front of drag queens!" Amber also hopes her Glee character, Mercedes, will be given a gender-bending kid brother when the series brings on cross-dressing Glee Project runner-up, Alex Newell, later this season for his two-episode arc. "Alex seems so liberated when he's in drag," Amber says. "It would be great for younger Glee fans to see a character like that." Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Matt's Guide to Thursday TV: Parks By the Book, Grey's Guys Step Up, and More!

Amy Poehler Leslie Knope has literally written the book on Pawnee, Indiana. (Actually, the writers of Parks and Recreation have, and the very amusing mock guidebook - Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America - is available now.) In tonight's Parks episode (NBC, 8:30/7:30c), Leslie's promotional tour for said book lands her on public radio - a satirical spin courtesy of guest Dan Castellaneta (moonlighting from his suddenly contentious Simpsons gig) - and then on Pawnee Today, where the town's chirpiest cheerleader experiences a bit of an identity crisis, courtesy of "Gotcha!" host Joan Calamezzo (the hilarious Mo Gaffney). The episode is just fine, but from what I've skimmed - who has time to read this time of year? - the book is even better. Pay special attention to the advertising supplement in the back, which occasioned several spit takes in my house. Especially the double-truck touting Sweetums' high fructose corn syrup.Want more fall TV news? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!It's boys' night on ABC's Grey's Anatomy (9/8c), as the show switches to the male characters' POV for a change of pace, listening to their voice-overs and various concerns and gripes about the ladies in their lives. But honestly, Derek, lighten up already. The medical metaphor of the week: a stampede at a comic-book convention, which sends all kinds of eccentric characters (men, I presume) to Seattle Grace.So what else is on? ... Some selected highlights: If Raj's new girlfriend on CBS' The Big Bang Theory (8/7c) looks familiar, it's because Katie LeClerc is one of the appealing stars of ABC Family's best summer series Switched at Birth. The twist here being that Raj can't talk to girls, and LeClerc has a hearing disability. ... Michael K. Williams (Boardwalk Empire, The Wire) returns to NBC's Community (8/7c) as the group's intimidating ex-con biology prof, who gives them their first big assignment: a terrarium. The subplot involving security goon Chang, who fancies himself in a noir mystery, sounds even more promising. ... Kelli Williams (most recently of Lie to Me) plays a former client from Patrick Jane's fake-psychic past on CBS' hit The Mentalist (10/9c), who turns to him for help when her son is kidnapped. ... Because 90 minutes each week of Project Runway apparently isn't enough (says who?), Lifetime inaugurates After the Runway (10:30/9:30c), going behind the scenes of the challenges and interviewing the eliminated designer. ... FX's The League (10:30/9:30c) starts its third season with Seth Rogen appearing as porn poseur "Dirty Randy," whose filmmaking antics interfere with the gang's new-season draft. Watch, if you must, for Nick Kroll's "Shiva Bowl Shuffle."Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Billy Bob Thorntons Daughter Can get 20-Year Term

First Launched: October 6, 2011 11:23 AM EDT Credit: Getty Images ORLANDO, Fla. -- Caption Billy Bob Thornton attends the premiere of Manure held at Eccles Theatre throughout the 2010 Sundance Film Festival around the month of the month of january 20, 2009 in Park City, UtahThe estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton remains sentenced to two decades jail time for your dying from the pals 1-year-old daughter throughout an overnight stay at her home. Amanda Brumfield was sentenced Thursday, four several days after she was billed of inflammed wrongful dying from the child. She was discovered innocent of first-degree murder and inflammed child abuse charges. Brumfield mentioned that Olivia Madison Garcia hit her mind after falling while trying to climb from the playpen. Prosecutors mentioned it absolutely was impossible the fall from that height would create a three-and-a-half inch fracture round the women skull. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Fox Searchlight sets 'Shame' release date

Marking what will be Fox Searchlight's last release this year, the studio has dated Steve McQueen's provocative drama "Shame" for limited release on Dec. 2. Fox Searchlight acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film at the Toronto Film Fest, with the understanding that it would release the film this year. "Shame," the 10th title to go through Fox Searchlight in 2011, stars Michael Fassbender as a sex-addicted 30-something, whose life comes to a head when his younger sister, played by Carey Mulligan, comes to live with him. McQueen co-wrote the script with Abi Morgan; See-Saw Films' Iain Canning and Emile Sherman produced. The film is a difficult sell, given its subject matter and an inevitable restrictive rating, though potential awards traction should draw some attention. Before acquiring "Shame," Fox Searchlight moved "The Descendants" from Nov. 23 to Nov. 18, distancing the two films. The distrib released Kenneth Lonergan's "Margaret" last weekend and will bow Sundance pickup "Martha Marcy May Marlene" on Oct. 21. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com

Screen Media nabs 'Inkubus'

Screen Media Films has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to Chad A. Verdi's "Inkubus" starring horror film specialist Robert Englund.Woodhaven Production Co. announced the deal Friday and said the pic would open on Oct. 28, the pre-Halloween weekend at locations in Rhode Island,Massachusetts, Connecticut, NY, New Jersey, Ohio, Florida and California.Englund, who starred as the original Freddy Krueger in eight films, tells the story of a skeleton crew working the final shift of a closing police station. The night takes a gruesome turn when a demon calmly walks in with the severed head of a murdered girl, allows himself to be restrained and begins to confess his litany of crimes. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

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'Dolphin Tale' Director Dishes On Coping With Its Real-Existence Star, Winter

For a lot of filmmakers, the idea of coping with children and animals -- along with the whole family film genre, for the matter -- is certainly an abhorrent proposition. But 'Dolphin Tale' director Charlies Martin Cruz states he learned within the best -- in the type of George Lucas and Carroll Ballard. Due to people influences and Smith's understanding of animal-centered tales (he directed Disney's franchise-setting 'Air Bud'), 'Dolphin Tale' is probably the rare live-action PG films gain rare reviews. Moviefone spoken for the multi-gifted Cruz (he's an actress, film author, producer and director exceeding 95 film and tv credits) about coping with his inspiring 'Dolphin Take,' the film's unique leading star and whether his musical star Harry Connick Junior. jammed round the set. What got you interested in creating this story? The producers at Alcon saw something about Winter around the morning show. They done [the story] for any couple of many the project had postponed they weren't sure what direction to go. Fortunately personally, I used to be triggered to accomplish rewrites and direct the film. They introduced it in my opinion, and i'm really glad they did. Could it happen to be strange obtaining a pet star? Real animals doing whatever they do, that's what's interesting in my opinion also to not need them become once they understand every word of British. To capture the way a animal is actually. As well as the actual Winter plays Winter the dolphin inside the movie, right? Yes, I understood Winter was basically an crazy animal. The initial factor I did so once i started writing was go sit watching Winter. I preferred to understand what she did, how she were living. She likes to access it her little blue mattress bed mattress and float around and he or she loves to get this Tweety bird appear all day long lengthy extended. I understood she'd you have to be herself, therefore i needed an extremely, really strong kid actor who could endure may be just like real as Winter is. Perform the critiques to 'Free Willy' bother you? It's not the identical movie whatsoever. People just hear dolphin and kid and compare it to another movie getting a marine mammal. There is however not that numerous parallels -- besides 'Free Willy' will be a very very long time ago, although I guess there has been all people sequels. Watch a clip for 'Dolphin Tale' How difficult is results with child stars? I have labored with child stars and non-stars -- new stars -- on numerous occasions. I developed a movie referred to as 'The Snow Walker' and our female lead will be a 19-year-old Inuit girl who'd never socialized before. Which Used to do the initial, two-hour TV movie that launched the series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' because of my understanding about youthful stars. Precisely how perhaps you have uncover the 2 youthful stars, who've a great deal chemistry? The Two kid figures were my primary objective, because Sawyer is usually the central character inside the movie. I auditioned hundreds of youngsters and situated Nathan Gamble, nobody is wonderful. And little Cozi Zuehlsdorff has not done anything before, however i have labored with plenty of kids to recognize these youngsters are really special. I appreciated there wasn't any contrived romance between Ashley Judd and Harry Connick Junior. There's discussion of the a little, however was adament which i didn't might like to do that. That is not just what the movie is among the love story here's between every one of these caring marine hospital employees and Winter. With Harry Connick Junior. on set, was there any impromptu jam periods? Harry plays the saxophone inside the movie however couldn't consider anything for him to see. Inside the nights I used to be hearing numerous Chet Baker, which i acquired his song 'Everything Occurs Me' stuck throughout my thoughts. Meanwhile through the occasions I used to be hearing other tunes racking your brains on what he should play, and finally I believed, "how about the song that's stuck within your mind?" Who're a couple of of the influences just like a director? Most likely probably the most valued films that I've ever done is 'Never Cry Wolf.' I used to be about 26, as well as the director was Carroll Ballard, whom I understood through George Lucas, since I'd experienced 'American Graffiti.' There's this complete San Fran connection of people filmmakers, as well as I learned a great deal from George, now when was 18 in 'Graffiti.' 'Never Cry Wolf' was Ballard's film after 'The Black Stallion.' I wasn't only the star but ended up being one of the authors on that film too. I done that film for just about any year-and-a-half cautiously with Carroll and learned filmmaking from him. What's your chosen family movie? Personally, I don't think there's are you currently a far greater movie that focuses on a dog than 'The Black Stallion,' That whole opening sequence while using kid as well as the equine as well as the island is just magical! 'Dolphin Tale' is rated PG and contains an average Sense Media age-rating of seven or even more. (Banner image because of Warner Bros.)

Kino Lorber Picks Up Toronto Title Elles

Kino Lorber has acquired the U.S. rights to the Juliette Binoche-starrerElles, which had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival this month. The deal for the taboo-challengingfilm from Polish directorMalgoska Szumowskawas negotiated by Kino Lorber president and CEO Richard Lorber andTanja Meissner, who heads international sales and acquisitions at Memento Films International. The film stars Binoche as a wealthy, Paris-based investigative journalist for Elle magazine who begins to question her own life and beliefs while interviewing two students for an article about university prostitution.Kino Lorber is eyeing an early 2012 release.

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'Miss Bala' Crowned Mexico's Foreign-Language Oscar Submission

Mexico City -- Mexico has selected Gerardo Naranjo's action-packed Miss Bala as its foreign-language Oscar contender for the 84th Academy Awards.our editor recommendsMiss Bala: Cannes Review'Miss Bala' Gearing Up for Fall Release in MexicoTwentieth Century Fox Nabs Mexico Distribution Rights for 'Miss Bala' Directed and co-written by up-and-comer Naranjo (I'm Gonna Explode), Miss Bala revolves around a beauty pageant contestant who involuntarily gets caught in the middle of a drug war in Baja California. The Mexican film academy said on Thursday that it also has chosen Miss Bala as Mexico's foreign-picture submission for Spain's 26th Goya Awards. The Canana Films-Fox International co-production premiered in Cannes' Un Certain Regard section and it has screened at film fests in Toronto and San Sebastian. At the recent edition of the Tokyo Film Festival, it won best director for Naranjo and best actress for newcomer Stephanie Sigman. Canana Films, the production company owned by actors Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna and producer Pablo Cruz, has produced three of Naranjo's feature films. Should he get the nomination, Naranjo will be looking to become the first Mexican director to bring home an Oscar for best foreign-language picture; eight Mexican features have received nominations in the category since 1957, yet none have won the coveted award. Related Topics Oscars International Oscars 2012 Miss Bala

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Liberty Media Anticipates A Premium Tier For Online Video

It’s “more likely than not”that new online video streaming providers such as Amazon will offer some programming on a premium tier — a contrast with Netflix’s single-pricepackage –Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei said this morning at the Goldman Sachs Communicopia conference. He broadly hinted that his company’s desire to charge extra for Starzwas a big reason why the premium channel recently ended negotiations to extend its carriage deal with Netflix. The current arrangement, he says,is “inconsistent” with theway consumers receive Starz on pay TV. More broadly, Maffei says that Liberty is on track to split off its Liberty Capital and Liberty Starz tracking stocks by tomorrow now that it has beat back a court challenge by bondholders.The dealtransfers some assets to the spun-off companies, violating some bond agreements. But the Delaware Supreme Court yesterday upheld a lower court decision that said the split-off is OK because it isn’t part of what it called an “overall scheme” to hurt bondholders. That likely won’t change the overall strategy for the company that’s controlled by the famously tax-averse former cable titan John Malone — and that some analysts say is little more than a portfolio of stock holdings. “Finding things to buy at attractive prices is the biggest chalenge we have today,” Maffei says. In addition to repurchasing Liberty shares, the company has “looked at things that are downtrodden,” he says. That’s how Liberty came to own major stakes in Sirius XM and Barnes & Noble.Liberty tried to buy the book store chain because it likes the potential of e-book sales for it Nook e-reader and “we think the retail business is likely to decline at a slower rate than people anticipate.” Talks fell apart when B&N wanted a higher price just as “the financial markets were moving away from us.” Maffei says that at QVC “we are doing surprisingly well in the U.S. given what consumer confidence is.” The company’s focusing more on consumer electronics than jewelry, but still wants to target women. It also wants toavoid comparisons with Amazon, which Maffei calls “a fearsome, strong competitor.” Liberty might consider going after HSN, but “not at today’s price.”

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RAINN shields within the storm

Network's Berit Francis with Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg .Amy Brenneman and KaDee Strickland The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network situated an intimate fund-raiser at WeHo's Soho House that presented the close pals of Jeffrey Katzenberg, Jason Behr, KaDee Strickland and Carol Robinson Peete.Though Julie Andrews was unable to produce the Sept. 15 RAINN event, Katzenberg recognized to her cordially as "most likely the most wonderful lady...there is no better individual on the planet!InchSo when Strickland needed for the mic, she switched through her printed speech and reminded party site visitors, "A girl's gotta have a very piece of paper when she's wearing tall rearfoot footwear."

'Human Centipede II' Director Doesn't Mind Torture Porn Label

The already controversial 'Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)' debuts at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas on Thursday before hitting theaters via IFC on Oct. 7, and director Tom Six is ready for the coming barbs about his disgusting horror sequel being the latest in a long line of much-criticized torture porn. "I don't have any problem with that, because I actually like the term," Six told Dave Itzkoff in a new interview with the NY Times blog ArtsBeat. "I see porno films, of course, and I like them, I have no problem with that at all. And there have been so many horror films, and that's all torture and misery. That's the genre. I kind of like that they combine it. I think my film is a torture porn with European art sauce or something." Yum? [NYT/ArtsBeat]

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'Captain America' DVD Trailer Has Sneak Peek at 'Avengers'

As if you weren't excited enough for the DVD release of 'Captain America: The First Avenger' two extras make the package look even more attractive: a new peek at 'The Avengers' set with director Joss Whedon and a short film about Clark Gregg's surprisingly badass Agent Coulson from S.H.I.E.L.D. See the DVD trailer ahead. [via EW] photo courtesy of Paramount

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Murdoch seeks cope with Dowler family

LONDON -- Rupert Murdoch could make an individual donation to charitable organisation of just one million ($1.57 million) included in funds being agreed with your family of among the sufferers of phone hacking through the News around the globe. The household of killed British teen Milly Dowler, whose phone was compromised with a private eye utilized by the U.K. tabloid, means near to saying yes an offer with News Worldwide. The settlement will apparently also involve the Dowlers receiving around $3.14 million, an amount that dwarfs other amounts compensated to sufferers of phone hacking. News Worldwide told the BBC it was "in advanced discussions using the Dowler family." It had been the thought on This summer 4 that Dowler's mobile was compromised which messages around the device have been erased, giving the household false hope that Milly was still being alive following her disappearance in 2002, which was the tipping reason for the hacking and police corruption scandal. The thought unleashed a wave of public anger within the U.K. and overseas. Within days, News Worldwide closed this news around the globe. Public opinion am hostile that News Corp. was instructed to abandon its bid to possess British paybox BSkyB outright. How much money on offer to Milly's household is thought to become a record for this type of situation. Murdoch has apologized frequently for that News around the globe intercepting messages left on Milly's phone. In other pay outs made to date within the scandal, the actress Sienna Burns was compensated $157,000, while PR consultant Max Clifford pocketed $1.57 million. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

ABC News Change: Longtime World News Air Jon Banner Moves Up, Michael Corn Replaces Him

Jon Banner, that has been the executive producer of ABC’s World News for eight years, is shifting to some senior executive producer role to supervise special larger initiatives at ABC News, division leader Ben Sherwood introduced today. He'll be changed as Air of World News Tonight With Diane Sawyer by senior producer Michael Corn. Sherwood revealed this news within an email, saying of Banner, “Given Jons deep associations across the organization, his formidable understanding from the news business and the can-do spirit, he'll be a bulldozer within our drive to unite this organization having a common voice and mission. Jon will even continue like a leader for the 2012 political coverage and special occasions.” Corn and Sherwood labored together on Hello America.

Bucky Larson Achieves Monumental 0% Rotten Tomatoes Rating

At the risk of piling on, today we need to recognize the rare cultural milestone achieved by Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star. No, not its approval from a leader in the porn community, and not its status as one of the biggest mainstream flops in years. Nope. The Adam Sandler-produced, Nick Swardson-starring comedy has managed that ever-rare zero-percent approval rating among the critics of Rotten Tomatoes. Just when we thought The Undefeated was going to have a nice, long term as the site’s reigning stinker and Waiting For Forever might pull it out as the year’s most roundly loathed narrative film, along comes Bucky to change all that. Its ignominy grew into sharper relief over the weekend, as critics like our own Alison Willmore filed their reactions from public screenings (Sony declined to pre-screen the film) around the country. And wow did people hate this movie: · “There are movie atrocities, there are I-just-don’t-get-it comedies and then there’s Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star. This god-awful, unfunny, stinkingly putrid sketch-comic movie has exactly one snicker-worthy moment, involving Kevin Nealon and a stolen grape. […] That snicker is the loneliest sound throughout all of Bucky Larson, which stands alone as the most moronic comedy in ages.” — Joe Neumaier, NY Daily News · “This is cinema only insofar as Taco Bell can be called a healthy snack, cobbled together with broken parts from Hollywood’s junk drawer and enough song cues and big names (Don Johnson, sadly par for the course in his post-Miami Vice career) to create the illusion of entertainment. If you’re of the opinion that Napoleon Dynamite wasn’t cruel enough to its characters, Bucky Larson’s for you. You may or may not laugh, but at least you’ll be closer to death and no better for it.” —Rob Humanick, Slant · “It occurs to me that Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star may have been made […] to console every actor who has ever been in a movie that is a little less bad than this one. Let me put the matter another way: this may be the worst movie Pauly Shore has ever been in. Think about that. If you dare, go on Netflix and test the hypothesis.” — A.O. Scott, The New York Times Ouch. At least there’s always a DVD pullquote from Joanna Angel. We did what we could, Sony. · Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star [Rotten Tomatoes]

Why There Is not a Definitive 9/11 Movie Yet ... and What Approaching Film Might Be That

ten years later, can it be still too soon? Numerous films have addressed the occasions of September 11, 2001, from various angles, but not one of them have accomplished true landmark status, culturally or cinematically. There is no work yet that may be referred to as 'The 9/11 Story.' With an industry that didn't even delay until our previous leader was from office before showing his existence on-screen, that seems being an awful very very long time to attend prior to taking within the most broadly recorded incident ever, possibly the most important event in the last generation. A few possible explanations stand out. First, audiences have proven no inclination to reward 9/11-designed films within the box office, so art galleries are naturally less inclined to produce them. Second, Hollywood still seems just a little reluctant of handling a subject so very sensitive both politically and psychologically. And third, possibly first and foremost, there's no easy story to see. If there's one factor movies prefer (both filmmakers and audiences, that's), it's a tale getting a newbie, a middle plus an finish -- by now, there really isn't any finish to 'The 9/11 Story.' (Note: This article stick with commercial film. An entire recounting of 'The 9/11 Story' has, somewhat, lately been done -- not by Hollywood. The Country's Geographic Channel's 'Inside 9/11' can be a clinical, documentary-style breakdown in the occasions just before tomorrow, your entire day itself as well as the aftermath. It's as comprehensive as you could want. Maybe, so far, this is the simplest approach to tell 'The 9/11 Story,' for this doesn't are stricken through the financial, political or artistic problems we'll discuss below. So when 'Inside 9/11' isn't enough, you can read 'The 9/11 Commission Report,' our government's official undertake what went lower.) When Paul Greengrass's 'United 93' and Oliver Stone's 'World Trade Center' were released in 2006, it made an appearance likely that they're this is actually the to start many film efforts to handle the occasions of 9/11. However, five years later, and 10 years since the attacks, people two films remain really the only films to directly illustrate the occasions of the day. Despite critical acclaim for 'United 93' -- Greengrass received a Best Director Oscar nomination, as well as the film received a lot of additional award recognition -- together with a sigh of relief that Stone, recognized for outright political texting within the films, shipped an psychologically resonant, apolitical undertake the initial responders to start in the Twin Towers, the movies barely handled to destroy $100 million combined within the box office. That is not peanuts, however it doesn't indicate an audience thirsting for further, either. Developing a comprehensive, "definitive" 9/11 movie would probably need a significant hefty budget. Pricey effects might be needed to recreate the completely new You'll be able to skyline as well as the hi-jacked jetliners that attacked it. The cast and locations could be also extensive, with action happening no less than in New You'll be able to, Washington, eastern Pennsylvania along with other designs within the center East that could show both al-Qaida's pre-attack planning as well as the American military reaction in Afghanistan (and, likely, Iraq). The attack attracted the eye of the world, something filmmakers will need to include to properly show the whole scope from the products happened. And additionally, any studio gutsy enough to proceed together with your a production will need to hire top-line talent both before and behind the digital camera -- no small line concerning the ledger. A thrilling-encompassing telling of 'The 9/11 Story' is clearly apt to be costly, without any historic evidence yet that audiences may decide to see this kind of factor, it's not small question that no an individual's attempted it yet. It's name is "show business" ultimately -- if there's no enterprise, there's no show. Let's tackle another point to consider now. Because the film marketplace is generally seen as dependably liberal -- conservative people in politics have elevated lots of money denouncing "Hollyweird" -- the monumentally complex and extended quantity of occasions just before Sept. 11 which is aftereffects take effort and time enough to cram in to a two-hour film, without any additional worries of the effort getting overlooked as fundamental partisan hackery or, worse, a deliberate political slanting from the national tragedy. Nonetheless, you will discover techniques to preempt such criticisms. Plenty of conservative company company directors are designed for storytelling relating to this scale. Clint Eastwood involves mind, especially after his dual tales of World War Ii, 'Flags within our Fathers' and 'Letters From Iwo Jima.' Employing someone like him would immediately defuse any try to brand the film some Hollywood's liberal activism. (That's to not express the complaint would not be handled to obtain likely would no matter who made the film.) Ideally, though, 'The 9/11 Story' might be above such typical political disputes. Rather, it may be of a terrible event and the way we, just like a nation, responded. But, may be the political edges be smoothed over? Every time they be? 'The 9/11 Story,' to have the ability to truly be comprehensive, will need to take the time to setup the terrorist attacks giving us backstory, and to accomplish this, it could always have to explore some very untidy politics, both in your area too as with balance more obscure cell phone industry's of national security and intelligence. This may require uncertainty including a lot of redacted areas of government reviews to accomplish the story. Nevertheless, you choose to make it happen, you'll probably upset lots of people. This seems as being a reasonable concern for just about any studio, specially when the film was already fighting a continuing fight financially. Finally, there remains the fact 'The 9/11 Story' is not over yet. We don't know how it finishes. This is often a major artistic concern, which is unclear the actual way it can come out. ten years ago, the country was attacked we responded by fighting wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, wars that continue to this day. After which it ...? Creatively, it becomes an incomplete and ongoing story. Art can be very effective in searching back at a thing that has run its course it isn't always suitable for taking a chance so what can happen next. (Though an 'Inglourious Basterds'-style imagined-future take may be interesting.) Further further further complicating things in the filmmaking perspective is the fact that 9/11 wasn't a simple military attack the sufferers were largely regular people, as well as the perpetrators were neither soldiers nor actual reps connected having a country. Even though Government is obviously a military target, the Twin Towers were a cultural, symbolic and economic target. Despite some initial parallels, it had been an very different event from something such as Jewel Harbor -- a apparent-cut military assault. Two 1000 seven-hundred fifty innocent everybody was very wiped out tomorrow, an psychologically destructive act for the entire country that ripped open a wound that for a number of remains unhealed. No matter the numerous functions of genuine gallantry on 9/11 -- functions described well in 'United 93' and 'World Trade Center' -- the attacks themselves, if placed on-screen for audiences to feed once more, would require a subsequent catharsis. Film structure does not need a simple retelling in the particulars an excellent story features a beginning, a middle plus an finish. The occasions of the day were so appalling and nasty and unequalled that individuals have no clue this type of complete truth is. This is why the story feels incomplete: as it is. Best anybody can identify at this time around is always that we might be approaching the conclusion of 'The 9/11 Story,' but more likely we're within the center, and, hopefully, it is not still the beginning. 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That may be the reaction to the three problems spoken about above: 1) It could draw people into the theater by showing them something they haven't seen and should see anxiously 2) it could exceed the political fray by sticking for the tale from the daring, effective military operation, not the murkier issues surrounding it and three) artistically, it offers a closing, cathartic act for the story. While there's no make sure the film will achieve people goals, it'll use a decent chance. It may be not technically "comprehensive" or "definitive," but to date as movies go, it might be known eventually as 'The 9/11 Story.' No pressure, Kathryn. Photos: National Geographic, Getty Images (2)

'Warrior' Is 'A Love Letter' To MMA Martial artists, States Director

FROM MTV MOVIES: Film fans have not had it so great, because of the progressively massive quantity of movies launched every year. The only issue with this enormous haul isn't that all are great or memorable, regardless of their box-office success. Even though 2011 has introduced some good features, we at MTV News are searching toward the autumn movie season with great anticipation, mostly because galleries typically release a few of their best projects between your several weeks of September and December. Among the finest from the fall slate is "Warrior," a gritty and moving action flick about two siblings who face your dream of the lives inside a mma tournament. How can we know it is good? Because we have seen it, and throughout the marketing run for that Friday release, the response one of the other usually cynical reporters attending was very positive. We swept up with stars Tom Sturdy, Joel Edgerton and director Gavin O'Connor and requested if they'd like to believe positive vibe too. Browse the full story at MTV Movies!

REVIEW: Colin Firth's Southern Accent the Least of Main Street's Problems

At first glance, the formidable cast of Main Street appears to have gathered for a chance to work off the final original script from Horton Foote, the Pulitzered playwright and two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter (for 1962’s To Kill a Mockingbird and 1983’s Tender Mercies) who passed away in 2009. But as the film creeps along with few signs of life, one begins to suspect the real reason they’re all there is to show off that most treasured item in any actor’s toolkit — the Southern accent. Main Street is an ensemble drama that functions as a display case for a range of regional drawls, from the authentic to absurd. Patricia Clarkson, playing Willa, a divorcee who’s returned to her hometown of Durham, North Carolina, easily walks away with best in show, but coming from Louisiana she’s in slightly more familiar territory than Colin Firth, who, as Gus Leroy, a representative of a toxic waste management company, is a sorely unconvincing Texan. That toxic waste is hazardous, but it also represents a possible salvation for Durham, standing in here for every American town being hollowed out by changes in the industry on which it used to depend. Durham’s tobacco heyday is gone, and Willa’s aging aunt Georgiana Carr (Ellen Burstyn), a silly Southern belle living alone in the grand house in which she grew up, but that she can no longer afford to maintain, rents out her unused tobacco warehouse to Gus without bothering to hear what he intends to use it for. When she’s told, she frets, and enlists Willa’s help in negotiating her way out of the agreement, despite having already spent most of the money, while Gus woos the city council (headed by Isiah Whitlock Jr. as the mayor) with promises of jobs and a much-needed injection of cash. Elsewhere, young Mary (Amber Tamblyn) considers leaving town and dates an older man (Andrew McCarthy), as her ex Harris (Orlando Bloom, wielding a pencil moustache) pines and the pair’s parents look on in distress. Main Street shoots for a sprawling, John Saylesian portrait of a community, but beyond just being dramatically inert — you can only pick out the climax after the fact — its characters also seems curiously disconnected from each other and from the physical location in which they’re supposed to live. In reality, Durham has over 200,000 residents, but it comes across as so depopulated in the film that number seem more like 200. John Doyle, a theater director making his film debut here, compounds the sitcom-like feeling that everything’s being shot on sound stages in Los Angeles by using few exterior shots, other than bookend montages of the city from its past and slightly dilapidated present. Despite its title, Main Street primarily plays out in living rooms and kitchens, as Georgiana bemoans her family’s decline, as Harris’s mother (Margo Martindale) worries her son’s exhausting himself in night school, as Gus and Willa start a cautious flirtation. The issue of crumbling municipalities whose hope for the future is fleeing with their younger generation, and who are placed in a weakened position in negotiating with businesses they might have turned away in a more stable time, is a knotty one with plenty of narrative potential. A July episode of This American Life exploring the PR battles that took place when a natural gas company looked into leasing land for drilling near a small Pennsylvania town contained enough fodder for a season of cable TV (though Lord knows how you’d pitch it). Main Street’s approach is disappointingly simplistic and sanctimonious — the bargain being offered by Gus’s company is strictly Faustian. The waste being stored in that rented warehouse in lines of canisters Gus swears meet every safety standard is described dramatically by Willa as “death,” and a perfectly timed accident and a character’s change of heart each suggest she’s right. If Main Street offers any sort of story, it’s one of a city briefly tangling with a predatory business, but managing to get away intact, while its representative new generation comes close to heading to Atlanta for new opportunities, but in the end decides to stay. So why does the film leave you feeling so sympathetic to a toxic waste company? Given the lack of other prospects left for this highly theatrical version of Durham, the hopeful lilt of the ending rings not just false but foolish, like the dithering Georgiana in her beautiful, empty house, monologuing about how splendid the old days were. One longs for someone to tell her, sure — back then you were rich. It’s when you no longer have power and resources on your side that you have to face difficult decisions, a fact Main Street dodges, and really needed to have taken on.

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Haunted Boat

Once the youthful Kevin will get the boat of his dead uncle like a gift, he invites five buddies of him to vacation to Catalina Island for that weekend. Whilst in the journey, they drink booze, have sexual intercourse and play games, with every one of them telling their finest fear. Later Kevin drowns on view ocean, the engine stops, plus they are haunted and killed by their finest innermost fear.

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Who Will Mourn Gwyneth Paltrow's Status as a Leading Lady?

Gwyneth Paltrow has a habit of sayings things that inspire me to take notes, fill a bulletin board with theories, and question my own feelings. Today’s incendiary soundbite: a seemingly off-the-cuff remark from the Cee Lo foil regarding the roles she takes: “I have little kids, and I’m a full-time mom. I really only do small parts.” Considering her role in Contagion is a short one — she’s only in the first 15 minutes — and her newly announced ensemble role in Stuart Blumberg’s upcoming sex addiction comedy Thanks for Sharing, is it possible that we should be mourning her status as a leading lady? Will you attend the memorial? Because I will! As much as Gwyneth Paltrow polarizes movie fans, she was so memorably effective in Emma, Proof, and Shakespeare In Love (her Oscar-winning performance, of course), that I can hardly imagine watching her in mainly supporting roles — even if her streak of minor parts only lasts a few years. I recommend Paltrow follow the lead of frequent birth-giver Nicole Kidman, who simply passed up most films for a couple years before returning in startlingly mature works like Rabbit Hole. Which reminds me: Do I have to keep pimping Rabbit Hole? Please drop everything and see it, unless you hate convincing dramas full of real-seeming adults. On the other hand, I’d prefer Paltrow avoid the post-baby track of Julia Roberts, who seems attracted to lighter, inconsequential movies these days. Or terrible movies, really. An absence from the screen is best succeeded with roles that declare self-possession and professionalism, not high-profile banality. Here’s hoping Paltrow comes to re-own her marquee greatness. Gwyneth Paltrow Talks Balancing Movies With Motherhood, Parties With Beyonc In Venice [HuffPost]

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The Drive Soundtrack Has Arrived Online

Ryan Gosling fans, Nicolas Winding Refn devotees, and soundtrack obsessives, take note: As of today, you can download the ’80s/electronica-influenced soundtrack to Drive, the crime-thriller-romance that should be on your must-see list for fall. Available for purchase on Amazon today, the album — combining original tracks by the likes of Johnny Jewel’s Desire and Chromatics with an atmospheric electronic score by Cliff Martinez — should make the perfect aural accompaniment to your Drive tour of L.A.! The full track listing, as follows: 1. “Nightcall” - Kavinsky & Lovefoxxx 2. “Under Your Spell” - Desire 3. “A Real Hero” - College (feat. Electric Youth) 4. “Oh My Love” - Riz Ortolani (feat. Katyna Ranieri) 5. “Tick of the Clock” - Chromatics 6. “Rubber Head” - Cliff Martinez 7. “I Drive” - Cliff Martinez 8. “He Had a Good Time” - Cliff Martinez 9. “They Broke His Pelvis” - Cliff Martinez 10. “Kick Your Teeth” - Cliff Martinez 11. “Where’s the Deluxe Version?” - Cliff Martinez 12. “See You in Four” - Cliff Martinez 13. “After the Chase” - Cliff Martinez 14. “Hammer” - Cliff Martinez 15. “Wrong Floor” - Cliff Martinez 16. “Skull Crushing” - Cliff Martinez 17. “My Name on a Car” - Cliff Martinez 18. “On the Beach” - Cliff Martinez 19. “Bride of Deluxe” - Cliff Martinez Drive hits theaters on September 16. [Amazon]

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