Max Landis Writing Chronicle 2

Fox wants more super-powered teensIt's a great week for that creative team involved with found footage super hero saga Chronicle. Yesterday, whispers started to interrupt that director Josh Trank had been specific by The new sony to defend myself against its planned Venom spin-off. We considered whether author Max Landis might add scripting responsibilities on that film to his busy work plate, but he's just obtained another thing which will keep him from the roads for some time: he'll write the Chronicle follow up. The film, which saw three teens performed by Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell and Michael B. Jordan getting telekinetic forces from the strange glowing substance, has gained $105 million worldwide after just 33 days in movie theaters. Pretty good for any movie that cost around $12 million to create. Naturally Fox is searching to visit that well again and we'd say employing the guy who authored the script appears just like a wise move.Be advised: we are going to enter into SPOILERS for anybody who has not seen the very first movie. Nothing continues to be stated by what the follow up might, er, chronicle (sorry, however it needed to be achieved), although the first film finishes with Jordan's Steve dead, DeHaan's Andrew apparently joining him within the afterlife and Russell's Matt travelling the planet on the look for a little meaning following the tragic occasions. Is the new story escape from the found footage style? We'll need to wait and find out. For a director, we are unsure Trank is going to be back, but he may just feel protective of his shared baby.Once we pointed out above, it is not as if Landis continues to be hanging out tweeting every couple of minutes (even when it feels as though he's, sometimes) since finishing focus on the very first film. She has several scripts at various stages bubbling away in development, including one of the numerous Frankenstein projects and Pied Piper at Fox, mercenary comedy Good Time Gang and adventure thriller Amnesty, that has Ron Howard attached.

Exclusive: Because the World Turns Vet Jon Hensley Visits The Bold and also the Beautiful

Jon Hensley Holden Snyder has returned, baby! Well, a minimum of for 2 episodes. Former Because the World Turns star Jon Hensley is going to CBS's The Bold and also the Beautiful where he'll play a physician active in the Hope-Liam-Steffy triangular. Hensley's character does not possess a title yet but a repetition for B&B informs TV Guide Magazine the doc can come to save the day when among the three youthful figures is involved with a existence-threatening accident in Aspen. B&B will aim for the 2nd amount of time in the Colorado city a few days of March 12 - benefiting from Aspen Fashion Week - and also the episodes will start airing April 20. Hensley's looks air May 1-2. Would B&B professional producer Bradley Bell employ a great audience fave like Hensley only for 2 days? Or does in charge have some thing in your mind? Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Alex O'Loughlin Taking Break From Hawaii Five- to find Treatment

Nicollette Sheridan, Marc Cherry The drama went from Wisteria Lane towards the court docket. On Friday, Nicollette Sheridan required the stand throughout the trial against Desperate Average women creator Marc Cherry, whom she's suing. She alleges he fired her because she complained he assaulted her on set. Cherry's attorney Adam Levin contended Sheridan has transformed her story, stated at some point that Cherry "smacked" her as well as on another he had "hit" her. "I'm not sure why they are different," Sheridan stated heatedly, based on E! Online. "I stated right from the start that Cherry struck me. I don't know why the term smacked is within there." Nicollette Sheridan's Wrongful Termination Suit Against Marc Cherry, ABC Removed for Trial Based on Deadline, Levin later stated that Cherry did indeed "tap" Sheridan around the mind, but didn't strike her. Younger crowd stated that Sheridan never was a star on Desperate Average women, observing the salary variations between her and co-stars Marcia Mix, Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman and Avoi Longoria. Younger crowd stated Sheridan never became a member of within the group shot throughout the show's opening sequence. Levin then pointedly performed a relevant video montage of each and every character every wiped out from the show - all 48 of these - further showing that Sheridan was one of several axed through the show. Following a session, Sheridan's lawyer addressed reporters, accusing the defense of actively attempting to elicit a psychological response from Sheridan around the stand.Sheridan is anticipated back around the stand Monday.

Lindsay Lohan Verifies She'll Play Bette Davis in New Film

Jonathan Keltz Entourage actor Jonathan Keltz will guest-star with an approaching episode of Fairly Legal, TVGuide.com is familiar with solely.USA sets premiere dates for final season of In Plain Sight, return of Fairly LegalKeltz, who performed Ari's assistant Mike on Entourage, can look within the tenth episode from the second season as Jacob Matthews, an old senior high school star quarterback who had been the primary suspect within the disappearance of his girlfriend Carmen. At that time, Jacob stated not to have experienced her your day she went missing, however six years later, her remains happen to be retrieved and evidence indicates he was laying.Besides Entourage, Keltz's credits range from the film Promenade and guest spots on Breakout Nobleman, CSI: Miami and Leverage.Fairly Legal returns because of its second season on Friday, March 16 at 9/8c on USA.

VIDEO: Suicidal Uggie, Oscar Cats Take Center Stage in Animated Honours Recap

Either animal obsessions are instinctive with this honours season, or someone's been unnecessarily impacted by Movieline faves Uggie and Otis the Oscar Cat. There's few other real takeaway within the latest animated news video within the folks at NMA, making great work of setting out a truly depressing, anticlimactic Academy awards evening that "clocked in only under 10 several hours." Have a look and discover just in case your memory matches their very own. [NMA]

Top Stars Organizing For Villain Role Inside The Counselor

The role that stars are organizing for might be the villain inside the Counselor, the Ridley Scott-directed Cormac McCarthy-directed thriller that will star Michael Fassbender. I’m hearing the Bourne Legacy‘s Jeremy Renner without any Country For Old Males‘s Javier Bardem are the stars circling. I’ve been hearing Kaira Pitt too but unclear if he'd be around. This is often a most charmed path for just about any film that was bought at year’s finish by producers Nick Wechsler and Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz which is vulnerable to a May production start. Stay up-to-date.

Pilot Season: Ugly Betty's Ana Ortiz Lands Lead in Marc Cherry's Devious Maids

The Help, Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis After sweeping the Screen Actors Guild awards in January, The Help came out triumphant once again at the 43rd annual NAACP Image Awards on Friday. The Help stars Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, who are both nominated for Oscars, took home awards for Outstanding Actress and Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, respectively, while the film also won for Outstanding Motion Picture. Jumping the Broom also fared well, with Laz Alonso and Mike Epps winning for Outstanding Actor and Supporting Actor, respectively. The Help, Modern Family and Boardwalk Empire win SAG Awards On the television side of things, Tyler Perry's House of Payne won for Outstanding Comedy Series, while Law & Order: Special Victims Unit won for Outstanding Drama. Among the television actors who took home awards were Malcolm-Jamal Warner (Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series for Reed Between the Lines), Nick Cannon (Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Up All Night), LL Cool J (Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for NCIS: LA), Regina King (Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for Southland), James Pickens, Jr. (Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for Grey's Anatomy) and Archie Panjabi (Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for The Good Wife). Oprah Winfrey also snagged a few awards, with Oprah's Lifeclass winning for Outstanding Talk Series, and Oprah Presents: Master Class winning Outstanding Variety Series or Special. For music, The Voice's Cee Lo Green won for Outstanding Male Artist, while Jill Scott won the award for Outstanding Female Artist. Mary J. Blige and Drake also won for Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration. George Lucas was also honored with the NAACP Vanguard Award. Check out a full list of winners here.

At 20, MBC delivers Arab TV vision

Thanks to a cultural mix of contestants, MBCs 'Arabs Got Talent' scored higher ratings than any other talent show in the region.MBC group chairman Sheikh Walid al-Ibrahim. Twenty year ago, Arab TV viewers saw a broadcast that didn't look like any other Arab channel at the time. Aired from London, it was the first free-to-air, 24-hour television network across the Arab world, with Arabic audiences and content in mind, that wasn't controlled by a state government. MBC brought the region a degree of true representation of Arabic society and culture, in all its shapes and forms. Celebrating 20 years, MBC airs a mix of U.S., Turkish and original Arabic content, and its growth -- since its inception, MBC has added eight channels, two radio stations, a magazine, portal websites and a documentary production house -- has opened up a market of approximately 41 million TV households for producers in those regions. As major TV players head to Cabsat in Dubai (Feb. 28-March 1), Hollywood has noticed the huge upside for MBC and the Middle East market. For instance, when MBC threw a launch party for its new MBC Action channel in 2007, it was a scene straight out of Hollywood. A replica of the downed Oceanic 815 airplane from "Lost" was built; the program served as the flagship show on its new fledgling channel. "It was a spectacular event, which really brought home to us MBC's commitment to launching and marketing U.S. series on an epic scale," says Giovanni Mastrangelo, Walt Disney Co.'s general manager of media distribution. MBC's greatest success may be its ability to rise above its biggest hurdle -- appealing to all the diverse cultures in its broadcasting market. The network has overcome language barriers and avoided cultural and religious taboos that might offend segments of its viewership. "It is a big audience with different habits, and when creating programming, you have to make sure you have representation from all those countries," says Ziad Kebbi, veteran Middle East production executive and current president of SPT Arabia, Sony's local production studio for the region. "They have been careful in trying to come up with the right formula in representation of their audience, adapting the shows to the local cultures and making sure they are acceptable for everyone." Based in Dubai since 2002, when MBC Group chairman Sheikh Walid al-Ibrahim relocated the headquarters, the satcaster was also the first to buy U.S. formats for local adaptation. One of the company's first big hits, a Middle Eastern version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," was careful to offer a mix of contestants from across the region. When the show launched in 2000, it served as a key accomplishment in the region, according to Mel Alcock, the Europe, Middle East and Africa CEO for FremantleMedia Enterprises, which has licensed such programming as the "Idol" and "Got Talent" formats. "This proved the strength and value of international formats when done right, and began what was to become the re-invention of Arabic entertainment," Alcock says. MBC has continued to adapt internationally popular formats to the Middle East. In particular, MBC4's launch of "Arabs Got Talent" achieved higher ratings than any other talent show in the region. Again, a key to its success was its cultural mix. Initial auditions took place in more than 13 countries, with 1,500 auditioning for a spot on the show. MBC also has embraced scripted programming, playing a key role in the success of U.S. series across the Middle East, Disney's Mastrangelo says. "It was the first broadcaster in the region to invest in U.S. network series and see their potential." To that end, Disney has been able to establish such brands as "Hannah Montana" and "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" on MBC3, as well as ABC Studio's "Grey's Anatomy" on MBC4. MBC recently made a long-term deal with Warner Bros. on a WB TV series, which ensures its Middle Eastern viewers will see Warner's TV content not long after those shows make their debut on American television. That effort to accelerate the broadcast window is a reflection of MBC's growing sophistication, according to Roni Patel, vice president of sales for the Middle East, Benelux and Nordic for Warner Brothers Intl. Television Distribution. "They have evolved the WB TV series business dramatically by buying out the pay TV window," Patel says. "They are a company prepared to invest in good quality content." MBC has picked up smaller properties to complement globally established fare. As an example, Kebbi points to MBC's decision to televise "The Dr. Oz Show" before it had developed a strong international presence elsewhere. Disney's Mastrangelo agrees: "For me, the work that it has done in championing new TV programming, such as Turkish series in the region, really stands out." MBC was also first to establish professional presentation in terms of packaging and content, along with state-of-the-art technology. It has several online platforms including a free VOD portal. Additionally, MBC offers MoBC, SMS and MMS services, mobile applications, mobile TV, video-on-demand and live streaming. With MBC's increasing efforts in social media, games and other online venues, one can only expect more region-leading achievements in the coming years. "They have always been sophisticated in their approach to technology and understanding their consumers, says Julie Jenkins, Paramount Television's senior vice president for television distribution in Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. "And they have been innovative in their approach to bringing the best viewing experience to the largest audience in the Middle East." Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Strong winter for Broadway

The Phantom in the Opera hit 10,000 performances on Feb. 11. Chandra Lee Schwartz and Jackie Burns in Wicked within the Gershwin.Winter, remarkably, remains kind to Broadway this year. Sure, last week's box office amounts might possibly not have given legiters much to acquire searching toward, but also for a mid-February frame, it was not so bad. And calculating right from the start in the twelve several weeks, the current annum is well before 2011 both if this involves sales and attendance. According to amounts develop with the Broadway League, this year's B.O. cume hit $112.3 million versus. the $87.6 000 0000 drenched for a similar days this season. Attendance showed up at 1.3 million, in contrast for the millions of theatergoers who switched out throughout the identical window a year ago. Numerous factors lead for the uptick, most notoriously from the greater volume of productions running this year than inside the same six days this season. You'll find also Street-wide marketing deals, beneath the ads Broadway Week (which ended Feb. 4) and Kids' Evening on Broadway (Feb. 5-9), aiding to warm-up winter biz, and additionally, the unseasonably warm winter hasn't created only one blizzard to discourage auds. Each week when some shows were up while others were lower -- with no fluctuations were attention-getting -- the finest news in the frame was most likely the ten,000th performance of "The Phantom of Opera" ($604,378) on Feb. 11. The week's tally was lower just a little within the prior sesh due to the fact half the inventory only at that landmark perf on Saturday was led to have an Stars Fund charitable organization event. Also lower was "Porgy and Bess" ($818,346), in the dip possibly because of some-show insufficient above-the-title thesp Norm Lewis. A much more worrying decline was released at "Sister Act" ($426,152), which saw attendance slide below 48%, additionally to at soon-to-close play "Stick Fly" ($196,337), another demonstrate that carried out to under half of capacity. Among people verifying gains inside the prior week was "Wicked" ($1,508,501), which reclaimed the most effective perfect the charts before last week's leader, "It of Mormon." The 2nd, however, still did okay, breaking another house record within the O'Neill Theater getting an every week tally of $1,485,740. "Spider-Guy: Turn in the Dark:" ($1,378,970) and "The Lion King" ($1,349,837) rounded the frame's millionaires' club. Among the other productions to find out a sales bump were individuals most likely to own be a lift within the Kids' Evening campaign, including kid-friendly "Mary Poppins" ($667,272) and "How you can achieve Business Without Really Trying" ($656,165), whose star, Nick Jonas, was promoted since the Kids' Evening ambassador. Overall sales rose about $600,000 to $15.6 000 0000. That's greater in comparison to $15.millions of released throughout the identical frame a year ago, but last week's attendance of 177,602 would be a little underneath the 179,000 from 2011. Joining the fray the other day was the commercial alternation in last fall's nonprofit staging of "Venus in Fur" ($346,117), verifying solid amounts for just about any play that's technically still in previews before a Feb. 29 re-opening. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

NBCU, Google to check on Olympics coverage

Aerial images from December show the transformation in the Olympic Park london, where the Summer season Games will probably be held. Searching to produce its 2012 Olympics coverage a testbed for calculating mix-platform viewing, NBCUniversal has arranged Google and Comscore for several partners. Google will look at the Olympic viewing habits of three,000 clients who've registered to acquire their multiplatform usage supervised through the organization. Comscore uses a subset from the panel with 10,000 clients to have the ability to develop on demographic designs. The value of understanding progressively complex viewing habits was underscored the other day by new mix-platform Nielsen data that found TV consumption losing among audiences 18-34. That demo may be shifting its videowatching to digital platforms with techniques that existing measurement capabilities not have the sophistication to totally note. "The problem is, as people migrate and rehearse other platforms, unless of course obviously we have credit for the viewing, it will have serious implications for your industry," mentioned Alan Wurtzel, leader of research at NBCU. NBCU has multiple goals for your research initiative. By permitting a handle how eyeballs scatter across different media when consuming the Olympics, the conglom will get a much better handle on programming the teambuilding, that's been challenging since the hundreds of several hours were first spread beyond TV to the net. The Olympics may also be about as close to researchers will get to catching a look at what not able to media consumption will probably be like due to the sheer quantity of content that streams across TV, the internet and wireless items for just about any sustained period of time. "It's like Haley's comet, you have to use this unique opportunity to know contemporary behavior," mentioned Wurtzel. That understanding wouldn't just be response to giving NBCU a comprehension of techniques to program mix-platform afterwards so how to monetize growing interest from entrepreneurs who would like to convey more ambitious utilizing their marketing beyond TV. Wurtzel declined to exhibit another companies will probably be joining track of NBCU but mentioned that social media and out-of-home viewing would be the key areas that can also be handled. Bulletins which companies will probably be concentrating on people areas are needed inside the future. The 2012 Games, which will bow within this summer time from London, will mark the continuation from the products Wurtzel has named "the billion-dollar lab" -- research assets placed on quantifying viewing designs for your Olympics, which NBCU has paid out massive sums to own the rights to for your expected future. The conglom is depending on the completely new batch of knowledge to calculate modifications in content consumption the means by which its research unit handled to accomplish within the 2010 Games in Vancouver. Findings incorporated explosive rise in video round the apple apple iphone together with a preference for content delivery via programs inside the WAP-based mobile platform that has since fallen into relative disuse. But people findings were learned in the small sample which will be dwarfed with what Google, Comscore while others will have a way to make use of. In addition, you will notice more platforms to cover this year given pills like the iPad that have been barely around couple of years ago are really significant distribution points. Mobile viewing usually ongoing to develop with techniques making the takeaway within the last Olympics almost obsolete. "It astounds me to think about simply how much the world population has changed since Vancouver this season,In . mentioned Wurtzel. NBCU has yet to specify its specific programming plans for your 2012 Olympics, but has built living feeds will probably be on digital platforms because the conglom's number of Television stations might have more programming several hours than in the past. Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com

SXSW uncovers Midnighters program

South by Southwest has set 11 films because of its Midnighters section, including "The Aggression Scale," "Citadel," "Women Against Boys," "Burglars," "Iron Sky," "John Dies in the Finish," "Modus Anomali," "Rec 3 Genesis," "The Tall Guy," "V/H/S" along with a secret screening. SXSW also introduced Wednesday 135 short films selected from three,306 video clip distribution which will screen included in 12 overall shorts programs. "John Dies" and "V/H/S" were tested at Sundance as the "Burglars" screening is going to be its U.S. premiere and also the "Iron Sky" screening is going to be its United States premiere. The SXSW showings for that other six photos is going to be their world premeires. "Though our regular program already features a healthy sampling of genre fare, the Midnighters section highlights individuals which go a little crazier, gorier, and all sorts of-around balls out-ier," stated SXSW Senior Programmer & Procedures Manager Jarod Neece. "The 2011 program includes both veteran names with anticipated follow-ups and fresh breakthroughs with new voices, and charts otherworldly, insane areas that breathe new existence into horror conventions." Neece continues to be programming the Midnighters section within the last 3 years. SXSW will open March 9 using the formerly introduced world premiere of Joss Whedon & Came Goddard's "The Cabin within the Forest." SXSW introduced a week ago the premiere of "21 Jump Street" could be its Focal point film. The ultimate conference selection and remaining late addition features is going to be introduced February. 15. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

New Amazing Spider-Man Trailer Arrives

'I've got to stop him...'Empire was one of the hosts at last night's international Amazing Spider-Man event, where fresh footage was revealed alongside a brand-new trailer for Marc Webb's web spectacular. And now, here it is online, and it's looking good. More wisecracks, more flashbacks, and some jaw-dropping action sequences make up its two-and-a-half minutes, and it should silence the critics who thought the previous Amazing Spider-Man trailer felt a little too much like a computer game.As well as all that, there's much more detail to be gleaned of Rhys Ifans' Lizard, as well as Peter's police adversary (and in-law), George Stacy (Denis Leary). There's also a lovely moment where you can see the mechanical web shooters being assembled, and an enlightening snippet of Peter coming up with the formula that creates The Lizard in the first place.So, what are you waiting for?There's a trailer to be watched! Let us know what you think of it in the comment box below, and don't forget, The Amazing Spider-Man is out on July 4.[[Poll625]]

Popular Character Actor Ben Gazzara Dies in NY

NY (AP) Ben Gazzara, whose effective dramatic performances introduced an intensity to a number of roles making him an unforgettable presence such legendary productions within the decades because the original "Cat on the Hot Container Roof" on Broadway and also the film "The Large Lebowski," has died at 81.Longtime family friend Suzanne Mados stated Gazzara died Friday in Manhattan. Mados, who possessed the Wyndham Hotel, where celebs for example Peter Falk and Martin Sheen remained, stated he died after being put into hospice take care of cancer. She and her husband assisted marry Gazzara and the wife, German-born Elke Krivat, at their hotel.Gazzara would be a proponent of method acting, where the artist attempts to defend myself against the ideas and feelings from the character he's playing, also it assisted him achieve fame at the start of his career with two stirring Broadway performances.In 1955, he came from the role of Brick Pollitt, the disturbed alcoholic boy and unsuccessful football star in "Cat on the Hot Container Roof." He left the show for only seven several weeks to defend myself against a similarly challenging role, Johnny Pope, the drug abuser in "A Hatful of Rain." It gained him his to begin three Tony Award nominations.In 1965, he moved onto TV fame in "Run for the Existence," a drama in regards to a workaholic lawyer who, identified having a terminal illness, quits his job and embarks on the globe-trotting make an effort to squeeze a duration of adventures in to the a couple of years he's left. He was two times nominated for Emmys throughout the show's three-year run.Gazzara made his movie debut in 1957 in "The Strange One," Calder Willingham's bitter drama about brutality in a Southern military school. He'd formerly performed charge role from the psychopathic cadet, Jocko p Paris, on Broadway in Willingham's stage version of the storyline, "Finish of Guy."He adopted that film with "Anatomy of the Murder," by which he performed a guy on trial for killing a tavern keeper who was simply charged with raping his wife.After "Run for the Existence" led to 1968, Gazzara spent the relaxation of his career alternating between movies and also the stage, although rarely using the critical acclaim he'd loved throughout his early years.Within the seventies, he teamed together with his friend director John Cassavetes for 3 films, "The Killing of the Chinese Bookie" and "Opening Evening." In another Cassavetes film, he made an appearance with Falk, and also the two grew to become buddies (it had been Cassavetes who introduced these to the Wyndham Hotel, based on a 1982 article in NY magazine).Gena Rowlands made an appearance with Gazzara in "Opening Evening," that also starred Cassavetes. Cassavetes and Rowlands were married he died in 1989. Falk died this past year."It breaks my heart to possess today ended. Ben meant so much to many of us. To the families. To John. To Peter. To possess them gone now's devastating in my experience,Inch she stated inside a statement.She stated her hopes and ideas went to "all his loyal and wonderful fans around the world.InchRita Moreno, who performed Gazzara's wife within the 2000 film "Blue Moon," stated, "He would be a wonderful guy, and that i so loved dealing with him. If only I possibly could have experienced the pleasure more frequently."Other Gazzara films incorporated "The Bridge at Remagen," ''The Youthful Doctors," ''They All Chuckled," ''The Thomas Crown Affair," ''If It's Tuesday, It Should Be Belgium," ''The The spanish language Prisoner," ''Stag" and "Road House." Younger crowd made several films in Italia.He made an appearance on Broadway in revivals of "Who's Scared of Virginia Woolf?," ''Awake and Sing!" ''Strange Interlude" and many other plays.Gazzara started acting in television in 1952 with roles around the series "Danger" and "Kraft Television Theater." Before landing "Run for Your Existence," he performed a police detective within the series "Arrest and Trial," which survived two seasons.Born Biagio Anthony Gazzara in NY on August. 28, 1930, he increased on the low East Side of Manhattan inside a cold-water flat having a bath tub in the kitchen area. His parents were immigrants from Sicily who met and married in NY, and the first language was Italian. Although he was baptized under his birth title, his parents always known as him Ben or Benny.Growing up he grew to become intrigued with movies, and after giving his first performance, inside a Boys Club play, he understood he'd found his life's work."I resented senior high school,Inch he once stated, "and after 2 yrs from it I left without telling anybody in your own home.InchRather he spent his days in cinemas.He joined Erwin Piscator's Dramatic Workshop in 1948. 18 several weeks later he auditioned for that Stars Studio run by Lee Strasberg and was recognized.The college would be a beehive of activity in individuals days, turning out such fans of method serving as Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, James Dean, Barbara Bel Geddes, Shelley Winters, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Fishing rod Steiger and Julie Harris."There's lots of voodoo concerning the Stars Studio," Gazzara told The Connected Press in 1966. "Within the best sense it had been a spot for professionals to remain in touch using their craft, where beginners and professionals mingled, to develop, to test parts they'd never enter the professional theater and also to even fall on their own face."Gazzara's first couple of partnerships, to stars Louise Erikson and Janice Rule, led to divorce.While filming "Inchon" in Korea almost 30 years ago, he met Krivat. They married the year after, and also the union suffered."Elke saved my existence," Gazzara stated in 1999. "After I met her, I had been consuming an excessive amount of, kidding around an excessive amount of, killing myself. She put romance and hope in my existence."He adopted Krivat's daughter, Danja, as their own. She remembered on Friday he would be a "complex soul" which his role like a father to her and the own daughter was challenging."I admired Ben, and thus did his daughter," she stated. "But both of us had difficulty with him ... I believe the problem lay in the complexity to be an actress and individuals layers you have, that you bring along with you.InchApart from Danja, Gazzara is made it by his wife, daughter Elizabeth along with a brother.Copyright 2012 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. By Cristian Salazar Feb 6, 2012 PHOTO CREDIT AFP Photo/Kaira Barket NY (AP) Ben Gazzara, whose effective dramatic performances introduced an intensity to a number of roles making him an unforgettable presence such legendary productions within the decades because the original "Cat on the Hot Container Roof" on Broadway and also the film "The Large Lebowski," has died at 81.Longtime family friend Suzanne Mados stated Gazzara died Friday in Manhattan. Mados, who possessed the Wyndham Hotel, where celebs for example Peter Falk and Martin Sheen remained, stated he died after being put into hospice take care of cancer. She and her husband assisted marry Gazzara and the wife, German-born Elke Krivat, at their hotel.Gazzara would be a proponent of method acting, where the artist attempts to defend myself against the ideas and feelings from the character he's playing, also it assisted him achieve fame at the start of his career with two stirring Broadway performances.In 1955, he came from the role of Brick Pollitt, the disturbed alcoholic boy and unsuccessful football star in "Cat on the Hot Container Roof." He left the show for only seven several weeks to defend myself against a similarly challenging role, Johnny Pope, the drug abuser in "A Hatful of Rain." It gained him his to begin three Tony Award nominations.In 1965, he moved onto TV fame in "Run for the Existence," a drama in regards to a workaholic lawyer who, identified having a terminal illness, quits his job and embarks on the globe-trotting make an effort to squeeze an eternity of adventures in to the a couple of years he's left. He was two times nominated for Emmys throughout the show's three-year run.Gazzara made his movie debut in 1957 in "The Strange One," Calder Willingham's bitter drama about brutality in a Southern military school. He'd formerly performed charge role from the psychopathic cadet, Jocko p Paris, on Broadway in Willingham's stage version from the story, "Finish of Guy."He adopted that film with "Anatomy of the Murder," by which he performed a guy on trial for killing a tavern keeper who was simply charged with raping his wife.After "Run for the Existence" led to 1968, Gazzara spent the relaxation of his career alternating between movies and also the stage, although rarely using the critical acclaim he'd loved throughout his early years.Within the seventies, he teamed together with his friend director John Cassavetes for 3 films, "The Killing of the Chinese Bookie" and "Opening Evening." In another Cassavetes film, he made an appearance with Falk, and also the two grew to become buddies (it had been Cassavetes who introduced these to the Wyndham Hotel, based on a 1982 article in NY magazine).Gena Rowlands made an appearance with Gazzara in "Opening Evening," that also starred Cassavetes. Cassavetes and Rowlands were married he died in 1989. Falk died this past year."It breaks my heart to possess today ended. Ben meant a lot to many of us. To the families. To John. To Peter. To possess them gone now's devastating in my experience,Inch she stated inside a statement.She stated her hopes and ideas went to "all his loyal and beautiful fans around the world.InchRita Moreno, who performed Gazzara's wife within the 2000 film "Blue Moon," stated, "He would be a wonderful guy, and that i so loved dealing with him. If only I possibly could have experienced the pleasure more frequently."Other Gazzara films incorporated "The Bridge at Remagen," ''The Youthful Doctors," ''They All Chuckled," ''The Thomas Crown Affair," ''If It's Tuesday, It Should Be Belgium," ''The The spanish language Prisoner," ''Stag" and "Road House." Younger crowd made several films in Italia.He made an appearance on Broadway in revivals of "Who's Scared of Virginia Woolf?," ''Awake and Sing!" ''Strange Interlude" and many other plays.Gazzara started acting in television in 1952 with roles around the series "Danger" and "Kraft Television Theater." Before landing "Run for the Existence," he performed a police detective within the series "Arrest and Trial," which survived two seasons.Born Biagio Anthony Gazzara in NY on August. 28, 1930, he was raised around the Lower East Side of Manhattan inside a cold-water flat having a bath tub in the kitchen area. His parents were immigrants from Sicily who met and married in NY, and the first language was Italian. Although he was baptized under his birth title, his parents always known as him Ben or Benny.Growing up he grew to become intrigued with movies, and after giving his first performance, inside a Boys Club play, he understood he'd found his life's work."I resented senior high school,Inch he once stated, "and after 2 yrs from it I left without telling anybody in your own home.InchRather he spent his days in cinemas.He joined Erwin Piscator's Dramatic Workshop in 1948. 18 several weeks later he auditioned for that Stars Studio run by Lee Strasberg and was recognized.The college would be a beehive of activity in individuals days, turning out such fans of method serving as Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, James Dean, Barbara Bel Geddes, Shelley Winters, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Fishing rod Steiger and Julie Harris."There's lots of voodoo concerning the Stars Studio," Gazzara told The Connected Press in 1966. "Within the best sense it had been a spot for professionals to remain in touch using their craft, where beginners and professionals mingled, to develop, to test parts they'd never enter the professional theater and also to even fall on their own face."Gazzara's first couple of partnerships, to stars Louise Erikson and Janice Rule, led to divorce.While filming "Inchon" in Korea almost 30 years ago, he met Krivat. They married the year after, and also the union suffered."Elke saved my existence," Gazzara stated in 1999. "After I met her, I had been consuming an excessive amount of, kidding around an excessive amount of, killing myself. She put romance and hope in my existence."He adopted Krivat's daughter, Danja, as their own. She remembered on Friday he would be a "complex soul" which his role like a father to her and the own daughter was challenging."I admired Ben, and thus did his daughter," she stated. "But both of us struggled with him ... I believe the problem lay in the complexity to be an actress and individuals layers you have, that you simply bring along with you.InchApart from Danja, Gazzara is made it by his wife, daughter Elizabeth along with a brother.Copyright 2012 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Foote fest at Primary Stages

Four plays compiled by two people from the Foote family along with a revival of "All within the Timing" take presctiption tap for that 2012-13 season at Off Broadway's Primary Stages. First of all is really a triple-bill of three short plays through the late Horton Foote, whose play "Dividing the Estate" was formerly created by Primary Stages just before a Broadway transfer. Pam MacKinnon ("Clybourne Park") will helm "Harrison, Texas: Three Plays by Horton Foote," a trio of works occur the Texas town by which the majority of Foote's tales occur. Composed of "Blind Date," "The Main One-Armed Guy" and "The Night time Caller," "Harrison, Texas" runs This summer 24-Sept. 15. Next around the slate is "Him," a brand new abide by Foote's daughter, Daisy Foote. Helmed by Evan Yionoulis, the play focuses on brothers and sisters who grapple using their father's dying wishes while trying to keep your family store going. Show runs Sept. 21-March. 27. Hallie Foote, another of Horton Foote's kids as well as an actress who frequently seems in her own father's work, will star both in "Harrison, Texas" and "Him." Final introduced outing of year is "All within the Timing," a revival from the David Ives ("Venus in Fur") play that demonstrated a success for Primary Stages if this bowed in 1993. Helmed by John Rando ("Urinetown"), the twentieth anniversary staging from the anthology of comic one-functions runs Jan. 22-March 3, 2013. Yet another production remains to become introduced. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

DC Confirms New Watchmen Comics

35-part Before Watchmen due this summerThe storm has been approaching for a couple of years now, but it broke yesterday with DC announcing that Alan Moore's iconic graphic novel Watchmen is to finally get the franchise treatment. It's not strictly movie news (although there are possible implications) but we thought you might be interested...The story dates back to a change of regime at DC in 2010. Despite the company's very public falling-out with the irascible Moore, DC's head honcho Paul Levitz was always adamant that Watchmen, at least in print form, was sacred ground not to be invaded. When Levitz stepped down, however, Watchmen was no longer sequestered by in-house defenders, and with Zack Snyder's movie propelling the book to the status of DC's all-time bestseller, the company's senior vice-president Dan DiDio made an expanded Watchmen universe a pet project.Much speculation and rumour followed (largely fuelled by the alarmist fanboys at Bleeding Cool), but the result turns out to be seven inter-connected prequel comic mini-series, published weekly under the banner Before Watchmen, starting this summer.Brian Azzarello (100 Bullets, Hellblazer) is writing the four-part Rorschach and the six-part Comedian.J Michael Straczynski (Amazing Spider-Man, Thor) gets four-part shots at Dr Manhattan and Nite Owl.Darwyn Cooke (Catwoman, New Frontier) is behind the four-issue Silk Spectre and the six-issue Minutemen. And Watchmen's original editor Len Wein is providing six issues of Ozymandias. Each issue will contain two pages of a new pirate story Curse Of The Crimson Corsair (again by Wein), and there'll also be a multi-authored Before Watchmen: Epilogue.Original Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons is quoted in DC's press release cautiously wishing the project well. Moore though, true to form, was quick to denounce it, telling the NY Times, "It's completely shameless. I tend to take this latest development as confirmation that [DC] are still apparently dependent on ideas that I had 25 years ago. I don't want money; I just want it not to happen."A defensive Straczynski confidently hit back, calling Moore's position "absolutely understandable and deeply flawed." He pointed out that "the Watchmencharacters were variations on pre-existing characters created for the Charleton Comics universe.""As far as I know, there weren't many prequels or sequels to Moby Dick," sniffed Moore. ButMoore has spent much of the last decade writing The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (using characters created by Jules Verne, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, HG Wells, H Rider Haggard and so on), and Lost Girls (a pornographic team-up of Oz's Dorothy, Wonderland's Alice and Peter Pan's Wendy). Pot? Kettle?"I don't hear Alan suggesting that no one other than Shuster and Siegel should have been allowed to write Superman," says Straczynski. "Certainly Alan himself did this when he was brought on to write Swamp Thing, a seminal comics character created by Len Wein.The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply. That DC allowed these characters to sit on a shelf for over two decades as a show of respect is salutary, but there comes a time when good characters have to re-enter the world.""It's our responsibility as publishers to find new ways to keep all of our characters relevant," said Didio. ""Collaborative storytelling is what keeps these fictional universes fresh."DC's press release calls Before Watchmen "As highly anticipated as it is controversial." Controversial? You don't say. Give us your thoughts in the comments below.[[Poll624]]

Demi Moore Rushed to Hospital, Now Seeking Specialist

Demi Moore Demi Moore was rushed towards the hospital on Monday evening, TMZ.com reviews. Paramedics were known as to Moore's La home late Monday, before she was moved towards the hospital. TMZ reviews that they was allegedly treated for drug abuse. Reps for that actress didn't immediately react to TVGuide.com's request comment. "Due to the stresses in her own existence at this time, Demi has selected to find professional help treat her exhaustion and improve her all around health,Inch a repetition for that actress stated inside a statement. "She looks toward getting well and it is grateful for that support of her family and buddies." Demi Moore divorcing Ashton Kutcher he responds on Twitter In November, Moore introduced thatshe has made the decision to divorce red carpet many years of marriage. News of the split came days after Us Weekly reported that Kutcher were built with a one-evening stand having a 22-year-old named Sara Leal in September - at the time of his and Moore's sixth anniversary. Reviews of trouble between your couple appeared rapidly (Star Magazine reported the two have been living apart for several weeks), but Kutcher required to Twitter per week after his alleged affair advocating people to not assume anything. Moore and Kutcher married in 2005 after dating for 2 years.

Dick Tufeld dies at 85

Tv and radio stalwart Dick Tufeld, who had been most widely known for his vocal work -- such as the voice from the robot in "Lost in Space" -- died of natural causes on Sunday, Jan. 22, at his home in Studio City, Calif. He was 85. Tufeld spent 30 years because the voice for ABC daytime programming and did stints using the Grammy Honours and also the Emmy Honours. Tufeld released his entertainment career in 1945 having a summer time job at La radio station KLAC. There he designed a show business gossip program located with a youthful literary agent, Irwin Allen, beginning a lengthy friendship and professional connection to the tv sci-fi pioneer. Tufeld, who carried an in-depth, resonant voice, found themself while watching microphone inside a couple of years, announcing "The Astonishing Mr. Malone," "Falstaff Fables" and "Space Patrol." He soon found work, including hosting "The Dick Tufeld Sports Page" and "Concentrate on LaInch for KABC La. He made an appearance, uncredited, on 16 instances of the television Western "Annie Oakley" in 1954, and that he was the announcer for a few instances of "Wally Disney's Wonderful Realm of Color." He introduced 16 Grammy Honours shows and also the Emmys. Tufeld also offered because the announcer for a number of variety shows starring Judy Garland, Milton Berle, Julie Andrews, Red-colored Skelton, Rodney Dangerfield, Tom Johnson yet others, too for Warner Bros.' "Original Bugs Bunny" and Hanna-Barbera's "The Jetsons." His other credits incorporated "Peyton Place," "Zorro," "Bewitched," "I Imagine Jeannie," "Get Wise" and "It's Gary Shandling's Show." For Allen he done series "Voyage to the foot of the Ocean," "Time Tunnel," "The Great Four." He voiced the B9 Robot in Allen's cheesy sixties sci-fi series "Lost in Space" -- uttering, in monotone, such now-famous phrases as "Warning, warning," "Danger, Will Robinson!" and "It doesn't compute." He reprised the role from the "Lost in Space" robot for 2 instances of "The Simpsons" but for the 1998 bigscreen adaptation from the series. Tufeld later made an appearance in 1995 documentary "The Fantasy Mobile phone industry's of Irwin Allen." Younger crowd did the voice-over for 100s of advertisements including Grain-A-Roni, Gallo, Ford, Goodyear and Great Western Savings. Richard Tufeld was created in La to immigrants and was elevated in Pasadena. He attended the college of Speech at Northwestern U., where he met Adrienne Blumberg. Both of them graduated and married in 1948 their marriage survived until her dying in 2004. Tufeld is made it by two sons, two kids, six grandchildren along with a brother. Funeral services is going to be held at Mount Sinai, Hollywood Hillsides, on Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Taylor takes development reins at DWA

SchwartzDreamWorks Animation has tapped Gregg Taylor as its new head of development. He replaces Alex Schwartz, who is switching roles at the toon studio to produce "Mr. Peabody & Sherman."In his new post, Taylor will oversee development of all of DreamWorks Animation's projects. He previously served as a senior development and production executive, overseeing DreamWorks Animation's expanding franchises, including the upcoming sequel to "How to Train Your Dragon," "The Penguins of Madagascar" and the company's various TV initiatives.Before DWA, Taylor spent six years as executive VP of development and production for the Kennedy/Marshall Co., during which it produced "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," "Persepolis" and "The Bourne Ultimatum."DWA has had a long relationship with Taylor, beginning with "Shrek," when he ran Mike Myers' production shingle. His credits there include "Austin Powers in Goldmember" and "The Cat in the Hat.""Gregg is an exceptional executive with a wide range of creative experience that will positively influence our future slate," said DreamWorks Animation chief creative officer Bill Damaschke. "I am confident that he will thrive as the new leader of DreamWorks Animation's development team." Schwartz had been head of development at DWA since 2008, putting together various projects including "Mr. Peabody & Sherman," "Rise of the Guardians" and "Trolls." "Mr. Peabody & Sherman," helmed by Rob Minkoff and produced by Denise Cascino, bows March 14, 2014."Alex's exemplary work in development over the years makes her an ideal choice to assume the role of producer on 'Mr. Peabody & Sherman' and I look forward to her continued creative input and leadership," Schwartz said.Before joining DWA, Schwartz served as Walden Media's executive VP, where she was in charge of the creative group and served as executive producer on films including "Holes," "Bridge to Terabithia," "Charlotte's Web" and "Journey 3D to the Center of the Earth.""I have enjoyed four wonderful years overseeing development at DreamWorks Animation, thanks in large part to the unparalleled quality of my team, including Gregg, Damon Ross and Chris Kuser," Schwartz said. "I am eager to take on the next creative challenge of producing 'Mr. Peabody & Sherman,' which has long been a passion project of mine."DWA has three pics skedded for release in 2012: "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" and "Rise of the Guardians," and "The Croods." "Turbo" and "Me and My Shadow" are scheduled to bow in 2013. Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com

The Artist and The Descendants Take Home Top Globes

The Artist and The Descendants are the Oscar front-runners after receiving the top film prizes at the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, on Sunday night.The Descendants earned the award for Best Motion Picture, Drama, and star George Clooney took home a Golden Globe for his lead role as a suddenly single father in Hawaii, who must cope with his family after his wifes tragic accident.We had an extraordinary ensemble cast of young and older actors, veterans and newcomers, but our quarterback was George Clooney, The Descendants producer Jim Burke said when accepting the award at the end of the night. And aside from giving a career best performance, in my mind, he was a generous actor who helped everybody do their very best.The Artist had the most nominations of any film this year, and took home three awards including Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, for newcomer Jean Dujardin.Ricky Gervais returned to host the awards show for the second year in a row, after he made headlines for offending attendees and viewers last year. The comedian generally threw softer punches at more forgiving targets this time. Gervais was still not a hit with the crowd, which was likely expecting the worst, but he did joke that if he offended anyone tonight, HFPA would definitely hire him to host a third time.Morgan Freeman was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award, presented by acting legend Sidney Poitier. You infuse the characters you play with life, a three-dimensional character, the past DeMille Award winner told Freeman. You become the character. The character becomes you.They say if you do what you love, youll never have to work, Freeman added. If thats true, then for the past 45 years or so, I havent worked a day in my life. Because my passion in life has always been acting.Former Back Stage Take 5 columnist Octavia Spencer quoted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during her emotional acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical. She won for her role as the sassy maid Minnie in The Help. Spencer said the films emotional relevance comes from showing that "all labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance."Michelle Williams won Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, for her portrayal of the title character in My Week with Marilyn. She said on stage that she considers herself a mother first and an actress second, and apologized to her daughter for reading her bedtime stories in a Marilyn Monroe voice for the past six months. Meryl Streep won Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama, for The Iron Lady, and Christopher Plummer took home the statue for Best Supporting Actor for Beginners.Kate Winslet and Claire Danes, two actresses who have had success at the Globes in the past, both won awards again this year for their dramatic roles on television. Winslet won for the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce, and Danes for the Showtime series Homeland. Homeland also earned the award for Best Television Series, Drama.During his acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) admitted that his mother had predicted Guy Pearce would win in the category for his performance in Mildred Pierce. Later, Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy harmonized a duet to introduce the award for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series, Mini-series or Movie, which went to Jessica Lange for American Horror Story.Matt LeBlanc won Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Comedy Series for his playing a character named Matt LeBlanc in Episodes. The actor thanked his writers and producers by saying, They write a Matt LeBlanc thats very much more fun and interesting than the real thing. I wish I was him.Throughout a night when actors, director, writers, and producers are given time to thank their agents, managers, families, and God or Harvey Weinstein there is one important part of the filmmaking process that often goes overlooked. But Martin Scorsese remembered. When accepting the award for Best Director for Hugo, Scorsese thanked his casting director Ellen Lewis for her contribution to the 3D film.The complete list of winners and nominees is below. The winners are designated with *.FILMBest Motion PictureDrama*The DescendantsThe HelpHugoThe Ides of MarchMoneyballWar HorseBest Motion PictureComedy or Musical50/50*The ArtistBridesmaidsMidnight in ParisMy Week With MarilynBest DirectorWoody Allen (Midnight in Paris)George Clooney (The Ides of March)Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)Alexander Payne (The Descendants)*Martin Scorsese (Hugo)Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion PictureDrama*George Clooney (The Descendants)Leonardo Dicaprio (J. Edgar)Michael Fassbender (Shame)Ryan Gosling (The Ides of March)Brad Pitt (Moneyball)Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion PictureDramaGlenn Close (Albert Nobbs)Viola Davis (The Help)Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)*Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin)Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion PictureComedy or Musical*Jean Dujardin (The Artist)Brendan Gleeson (The Guard)Joseph Gordon-Levitt (50/50)Ryan Gosling (Crazy, Stupid, Love)Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris)Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion PictureComedy or MusicalJodie Foster (Carnage)Charlize Theron (Young Adult)Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids)*Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn)Kate Winslet (Carnage)Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion PictureKenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn)Albert Brooks (Drive)Jonah Hill (Moneyball)Viggo Mortensen (A Dangerous Method)*Christopher Plummer (Beginners)Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion PictureBerenice Bejo (The Artist)Jessica Chastain (The Help)Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)*Octavia Spencer (The Help)Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)Best Animated Film*The Adventures of TintinArthur ChristmasCars 2Puss in BootsRangoBest Foreign Language FilmThe Flowers Of War (China)In The Land of Blood and Honey (USA)The Kid With a Bike (Belgium)*A Separation (Iran)The Skin I Live In (Spain)Best ScreenplayThe ArtistThe DescendantsThe Ides of March*Midnight in ParisMoneyballBest Original Score*Ludovic Bource, The ArtistAbel Korzeniowski, W.E.Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Girl With The Dragon TattooHoward Shore, HugoJohn Williams, War HorseBest Original SongHello Hello, Gnomeo & Juliet Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Bernie TaupinThe Keeper, Machine Gun Preacher Music & Lyrics by Chris CornellLay Your Head Down, Albert Nobbs Music by Brian Byrne, Lyrics by Glenn CloseThe Living Proof, The Help Music by Thomas Newman, Mary J. Blige and Harvey Mason, Jr.; Lyrics by Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas*Masterpiece, W.E. Music & Lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost and Jimmy HarryTELEVISIONBest Performance By An Actress In A Television Series Comedy or Musical*Laura Dern (Enlightened)Zooey Deschanel (New Girl)Tina Fey (30 Rock)Laura Linney (The Big C)Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series Comedy or MusicalAlec Baldwin (30 Rock)David Duchovny (Californication)Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory)Thomas Jane (Hung)*Matt LeBlanc (Episodes)Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series Drama*Claire Danes (Homeland)Mireille Enos (The Killing)Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)Madeleine Stowe (Revenge)Callie Thorne (Necessary Roughness)Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series Drama*Kelsey Grammer (Boss)Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire) Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)Jeremy Irons (The Borgias)Damian Lewis (Homeland)Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series, Mini-series or Movie *Peter Dinklange (Game of Thrones)Paul Giamatti (Too Big to Fail)Guy Pearce (Mildred Pierce)Tim Robbins (Cinema Verite)Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series, Mini-series or Movie *Jessica Lange (American Horror Story)Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire)Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey (Masterpiece))Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)Evan Rachel Wood (Mildred Pierce)Best Performance By An Actor In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television*Idris Elba (Luther)Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey)William Hurt (To Big to Fail)Bill Nighy (Page Eight)Dominic West (The Hour)Best Performance By An Actress In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television*Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce)Romola Garai (The Hour) Diane Lane (Cinema Verite)Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey) Emily Watson (Appropriate Adult)Best Comedy SeriesEnlightenedEpisodesGlee*Modern FamilyNew GirlBest Drama SeriesAmerican Horror StoryBoardwalk EmpireBossGame of Thrones*HomelandBest Mini-Series or TV MovieCinema Verite*Downton AbbeyThe HourMildred PierceToo Big to Fail By Daniel Lehman January 16, 2012 "The Descendants" PHOTO CREDIT Fox Searchlight The Artist and The Descendants are the Oscar front-runners after receiving the top film prizes at the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, on Sunday night.The Descendants earned the award for Best Motion Picture, Drama, and star George Clooney took home a Golden Globe for his lead role as a suddenly single father in Hawaii, who must cope with his family after his wifes tragic accident.We had an extraordinary ensemble cast of young and older actors, veterans and newcomers, but our quarterback was George Clooney, The Descendants producer Jim Burke said when accepting the award at the end of the night. And aside from giving a career best performance, in my mind, he was a generous actor who helped everybody do their very best.The Artist had the most nominations of any film this year, and took home three awards including Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, for newcomer Jean Dujardin.Ricky Gervais returned to host the awards show for the second year in a row, after he made headlines for offending attendees and viewers last year. The comedian generally threw softer punches at more forgiving targets this time. Gervais was still not a hit with the crowd, which was likely expecting the worst, but he did joke that if he offended anyone tonight, HFPA would definitely hire him to host a third time.Morgan Freeman was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award, presented by acting legend Sidney Poitier. You infuse the characters you play with life, a three-dimensional character, the past DeMille Award winner told Freeman. You become the character. The character becomes you.They say if you do what you love, youll never have to work, Freeman added. If thats true, then for the past 45 years or so, I havent worked a day in my life. Because my passion in life has always been acting.Former Back Stage Take 5 columnist Octavia Spencer quoted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during her emotional acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical. She won for her role as the sassy maid Minnie in The Help. Spencer said the films emotional relevance comes from showing that "all labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance."Michelle Williams won Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical, for her portrayal of the title character in My Week with Marilyn. She said on stage that she considers herself a mother first and an actress second, and apologized to her daughter for reading her bedtime stories in a Marilyn Monroe voice for the past six months. Meryl Streep won Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama, for The Iron Lady, and Christopher Plummer took home the statue for Best Supporting Actor for Beginners.Kate Winslet and Claire Danes, two actresses who have had success at the Globes in the past, both won awards again this year for their dramatic roles on television. Winslet won for the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce, and Danes for the Showtime series Homeland. Homeland also earned the award for Best Television Series, Drama.During his acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) admitted that his mother had predicted Guy Pearce would win in the category for his performance in Mildred Pierce. Later, Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy harmonized a duet to introduce the award for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series, Mini-series or Movie, which went to Jessica Lange for American Horror Story.Matt LeBlanc won Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Comedy Series for his playing a character named Matt LeBlanc in Episodes. The actor thanked his writers and producers by saying, They write a Matt LeBlanc thats very much more fun and interesting than the real thing. I wish I was him.Throughout a night when actors, director, writers, and producers are given time to thank their agents, managers, families, and God or Harvey Weinstein there is one important part of the filmmaking process that often goes overlooked. But Martin Scorsese remembered. When accepting the award for Best Director for Hugo, Scorsese thanked his casting director Ellen Lewis for her contribution to the 3D film.The complete list of winners and nominees is below. The winners are designated with *.FILMBest Motion PictureDrama*The DescendantsThe HelpHugoThe Ides of MarchMoneyballWar HorseBest Motion PictureComedy or Musical50/50*The ArtistBridesmaidsMidnight in ParisMy Week With MarilynBest DirectorWoody Allen (Midnight in Paris)George Clooney (The Ides of March)Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)Alexander Payne (The Descendants)*Martin Scorsese (Hugo)Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion PictureDrama*George Clooney (The Descendants)Leonardo Dicaprio (J. Edgar)Michael Fassbender (Shame)Ryan Gosling (The Ides of March)Brad Pitt (Moneyball)Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion PictureDramaGlenn Close (Albert Nobbs)Viola Davis (The Help)Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)*Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin)Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion PictureComedy or Musical*Jean Dujardin (The Artist)Brendan Gleeson (The Guard)Joseph Gordon-Levitt (50/50)Ryan Gosling (Crazy, Stupid, Love)Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris)Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion PictureComedy or MusicalJodie Foster (Carnage)Charlize Theron (Young Adult)Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids)*Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn)Kate Winslet (Carnage)Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion PictureKenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn)Albert Brooks (Drive)Jonah Hill (Moneyball)Viggo Mortensen (A Dangerous Method)*Christopher Plummer (Beginners)Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion PictureBerenice Bejo (The Artist)Jessica Chastain (The Help)Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)*Octavia Spencer (The Help)Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)Best Animated Film*The Adventures of TintinArthur ChristmasCars 2Puss in BootsRangoBest Foreign Language FilmThe Flowers Of War (China)In The Land of Blood and Honey (USA)The Kid With a Bike (Belgium)*A Separation (Iran)The Skin I Live In (Spain)Best ScreenplayThe ArtistThe DescendantsThe Ides of March*Midnight in ParisMoneyballBest Original Score*Ludovic Bource, The ArtistAbel Korzeniowski, W.E.Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Girl With The Dragon TattooHoward Shore, HugoJohn Williams, War HorseBest Original SongHello Hello, Gnomeo & Juliet Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Bernie TaupinThe Keeper, Machine Gun Preacher Music & Lyrics by Chris CornellLay Your Head Down, Albert Nobbs Music by Brian Byrne, Lyrics by Glenn CloseThe Living Proof, The Help Music by Thomas Newman, Mary J. Blige and Harvey Mason, Jr.; Lyrics by Mary J. Blige, Harvey Mason, Jr. and Damon Thomas*Masterpiece, W.E. Music & Lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost and Jimmy HarryTELEVISIONBest Performance By An Actress In A Television Series Comedy or Musical*Laura Dern (Enlightened)Zooey Deschanel (New Girl)Tina Fey (30 Rock)Laura Linney (The Big C)Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series Comedy or MusicalAlec Baldwin (30 Rock)David Duchovny (Californication)Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory)Thomas Jane (Hung)*Matt LeBlanc (Episodes)Best Performance By An Actress In A Television Series Drama*Claire Danes (Homeland)Mireille Enos (The Killing)Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)Madeleine Stowe (Revenge)Callie Thorne (Necessary Roughness)Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series Drama*Kelsey Grammer (Boss)Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire) Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)Jeremy Irons (The Borgias)Damian Lewis (Homeland)Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series, Mini-series or Movie *Peter Dinklange (Game of Thrones)Paul Giamatti (Too Big to Fail)Guy Pearce (Mildred Pierce)Tim Robbins (Cinema Verite)Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series, Mini-series or Movie *Jessica Lange (American Horror Story)Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire)Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey (Masterpiece))Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)Evan Rachel Wood (Mildred Pierce)Best Performance By An Actor In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television*Idris Elba (Luther)Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey)William Hurt (To Big to Fail)Bill Nighy (Page Eight)Dominic West (The Hour)Best Performance By An Actress In A Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made For Television*Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce)Romola Garai (The Hour) Diane Lane (Cinema Verite)Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey) Emily Watson (Appropriate Adult)Best Comedy SeriesEnlightenedEpisodesGlee*Modern FamilyNew GirlBest Drama SeriesAmerican Horror StoryBoardwalk EmpireBossGame of Thrones*HomelandBest Mini-Series or TV MovieCinema Verite*Downton AbbeyThe HourMildred PierceToo Big to Fail

Gifts In abundance For William & Kate On Overseas Trip

First Released: The month of january 11, 2012 9:47 AM EST Credit: Getty Premium Caption Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attend the United kingdom premiere of War Equine at Odeon Leicester Square working in london on The month of january 8, 2012LONDON, U.K. -- The brand new Duchess of Cambridge was bathed with gifts from mind to foot on her behalf first overseas visit as part of the royal family. Structure records reveal that Canadian authorities and well-wishers gave the previous Kate Middleton hats, tartan and peacock fascinators and three pairs of footwear throughout her trip to the nation with Prince William this past year. The couples office, Clarence House, has released lists of all of the gifts the happy couple received on outings this year. Williams haul incorporated t shirts, cuff links, a aircraft pilots helmet from the unit from the Royal Canadian Air Pressure along with a Canadian Ranger patrol knife. Governor General David Manley the representative in Canada of Williams grandmother, Full Elizabeth II gave the pair a quilt, while Canadian Pm Stephen Harper presented all of them with a woolen blanket, a presented photograph, souvenir edition Canadian magazines, two jackets, a bottle of whiskey along with a Canadian flag. A present from Canadas health minister was perhaps more practical two bug traps. The royal couple, who married last April at Westminster Abbey working in london, visited Canada and also the U.S. between June 20 and This summer 10. The American leg from the tour required in California, where they received an iPad from Gov. Jerry Brown and four coasters in the sheriff-coroner of Santa Barbara. Throughout a solo trip to New zealand and australia in March, William was handed products together with a papier mache type of a cassowary a sizable flightless bird along with a jar from the savory spread Vegemite. Some gifts originated from authorities and dignitaries, others from un named people from an array of baseball caps to boulders from structures destroyed within the Christchurch, Nz earthquake. A structure official stated Wednesday all gifts are registered after which either put into storage or placed on display in royal homes. Copyright 2012 through the Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Melissa McCarthy: 'Bridesmaids' Sequel Without Kristen Wiig Is a 'Terrible Idea'

'Bridesmaids' fans aren't the only ones flipping out over the possibility of a Kristen Wiig-less sequel -- co-star Melissa McCarthy isn't so hot on the idea either. Last week, Universal said they were entertaining the possibility of doing 'Bridesmaids 2,' sans Wiig. When McCarthy was asked about this over the weekend, she did not seem too happy about. "God, I wouldn't want to, I would never want to. I think it's a terrible idea," the actress told E! 'Bridesmaids,' which turned into one of the most surprising box office successes of 2011, made instant stars out of SNL's Wiig -- who has been nominated for a Golden Globe -- and McCarthy. While there aren't any concrete story lines for a sequel, one idea that was floated by Universal revolved around McCarthy's character. Good luck with that now, folks! [via E!] [Photo: Universal] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Hollywood heads to CES

The Customer Electronics Show in Vegas is anticipated to draw in executives from all the major galleries.After investing yesteryear year swept up with how you can electronically distribute its content, Hollywood is certain to face another round of dialogue and dealmaking with the beginning of the customer Electronics Show.What will get proven off in Vegas now will not be remaining in Las vegas for very lengthy.Beginning having a round of back-to-back press conferences from heavyweights like LG, Apple, Panasonic, Ford, Samsung and The new sony, together with Microsoft's final keynote at CES today, the brand new hardware that'll be talked about will end up in consumers' hands or houses through the finish of the season. A minimum of this is the goal for that nearly $200 billion electronic devices biz, who's biggest confab runs through Jan. 13. This past year, customers spent $190 billion on electronics, up 5.6%, based on CES-owner the customer Electronics Assn.With each new device comes another platform that Hollywood can exploit in an effort to generate more digital dollars using its movies, Television shows and music.Once centered by hardware makers, Hollywood continues to be making its presence felt through the years.This past year, a lot more than 9,000 from the 150,000 that attend CES registered for that inaugural Entertainment Matters program, that guides people that actually work in entertainment with the frequently overwhelming Vegas Convention Center show floor, keynotes and panel periods. The 2010 sophomore year is backed by Variety and Ericsson."We desired to result in the show simpler to allow them to navigate," stated Karen Chupka, senior Vice president, occasions and conferences at CEA, "and explain things they'd actually want to see." More from Hollywood are anticipated this season, with executives from all the major galleries, systems, videogame marketers, talent agencies, together with individual producers, company directors along with other creatives set to consider conferences or speak on sections at CES, while indies such as the Weinstein Co. and Miramax may also be thinking about new methods to distribute their libraries of films and giant web tv stations like YouTube and Netflix is going to be searching for content deals.Stars attending now include, Tom Hanks, Will Cruz, helmers Craig Sonnenfeld and makeup vet Ron Baker.For Hollywood, CES begins having a party tonight in the Wynn Las Vegas' Tryst nightclub, where a lot more than 1,500 visitors will attend the kickoff event, created by Michael Kassan's Medialink. Through the years, Kassan's firm has paired up Hollywood with Madison Avenue. At CES he connects both towards the tech biz."It is a classic mashup," of reps from all the various industries stated Kassan, that they hopes will encourage discussion from the new distribution models effecting each sector. "It's such as the conversation ten years ago when individuals spoken about Madison and Vine, Plastic Valley and Taiwan," Kassan added. "Beginning the conversation early with Hollywood designed a difference. Beginning the conversation early with Microsoft, Google, Yahoo made the conversation different. Beginning the conversation early with electronics producers helps make the conversation different.This is because CES may be the reveal that released the VCR, Compact disc, DVD, Blu-ray, High definition tv, three dimensional TV, Televisions that connect to the net along with a slew of non-Apple-made tablet computer systems.After previous years focused heavily on three dimensional TV, web-hooking up Televisions whose screens are full of applications like Facebook and Netflix, and tablet computer systems, the 2010 CES is anticipated to center around the Ultrabook -- a skinny laptop that does not have a harddrive and saves or grabs content in the cloud -- with a lot of hardware makers likely to introduce the unit that Apple had recently been selling because the Mac laptop Air. Apple created the Ultrabook term to obtain hardware makers like Dell, Lenovo and Acer, amongst others, to produce a brand new group of laptop to contend with Apple and make up a cool product because of its chips that galleries have accepted in an effort to securely deliver digital HD versions of the films.With lcd TV sales slowing down, hardware makers will promote a brand new type of even flatter Televisions, full of applications, obviously. With prices shedding, others will push bigger screens thinking about sales of individuals that measure a lot more than 40-inches are anticipated to develop 12% this season, experts say. Along with the cost of the 50-inch screen falling below $1,000 this season and 60-inchers shedding below $2,000, galleries and participants convey more to stress about if this involves customers choosing to look at more movies in your own home. Although, sales of three dimensional Televisions are soft within the U.S., 23 million three dimensional Televisions are anticipated to ship worldwide this season, using more than 100 million models to ship by 2015. Consequently, expect tv stations like ESPN and Discovery to advertise new three dimensional programming to encourage purchasing new sets or give individuals who bought them something to look at.Numerous tablet makers may also be revealing their latest mobile screens to contend with Apple's iPad, mainly because deliveries from the pills are anticipated to a lot more than triple this season, growing from 17.six million this year to 55.two million this season, based on Juniper Research. It forecasts 253 million models to ship worldwide in 2016.Automotive, an increasing presence at CES, may also be a large draw, with carmakers like Mercedes-Benz, Ford, Audi, Hyundai, and Vehicle hyping their up-to-date in-vehicle entertainment systems, that depend heavily on connections to applications available on consumers' mobile phones and pills and connections towards the cloud to gain access to data. GM's Cadillac division chose CES to showcase its new Signal infotainment system, as opposed to the massive United States Intl Auto Show, in Detroit, also now.The 2010 CES features a seminar on new methods movies and television shows could find yourself playing in cars, that has attracted numerous entertainment executives."There's no doubt there might be a possible VOD application in the future," David Glasser, chief operating officer from the Weinstein Co. told Variety. "I most likely scratched my mind and stated, 'Really?' However I guess if kids might get VOD at the back of their vehicle instead of me transporting the DVD that will get caught on the ground and walked on, (I believe that's) coming." One company that will not be returning to CES following this year, is going to be Microsoft -- a minimum of less charge keynote or among its 2,700 participants. The organization adopted Apple's proceed to use other occasions to advertise its new items throughout every season. Apple has walked from industry events entirely.For making the announcement to depart following this year, "Our product news key events generally don't align using the show's The month of january timing," communications Vice president Frank Shaw authored inside a company blog.(Rachel Abrams led for this report). Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com