Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Pilot Season: Ashley Greene Joins ABC's Americana
Dr. Oz is not scared of his detractors. Actually, on Thursday's show, he'll confront a number of them. On Thursday's episode, Dr. Oz talks about male health problems using the customers of IHateDrOz.com, an internet site produced by males who complain concerning the influence Dr. Oz is wearing their spouses. Within the exclusive clips below, Dr. Oz defends the significance of the training his program shows and shows hit haters the 3 different tests that each guy must have carried out. Find Out More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Mehmet OzThe Dr. Oz Show
Monday, February 27, 2012
TiVo: Jennifer Lopez Starred In Oscar Nights Most-Seen TV Moment
Billy Very-Located Academy awards Viewed By 39.3 Million, Up From This Past Year Nikki Finke: Live-Snarking The Academy awards It’s amazing just how much TV audiences worry about just a little show of nipple. A minimum of that appears to describe why Jennifer Lopez’s joint appearance with Cameron Diaz to provide the award for the best Costume Design and Makeup was probably the most-seen moment among TiVo Digital recording device customers who viewed last evening’s Academy awards live or as much as 12 hrs after it broadcast.The look of them had 14.1% more viewings compared to average for that relaxation from the show, TiVo states according to data from 300,000 of their clients.The organization counts the amount of occasions a minute is performed or re-performed — so it may be inflated by multiple viewings on the couple of Televisions. Messages showing that Lopez’s dress revealed a lot more than audiences generally see in primetime spread through Twitter along with other internet sites soon after her appearance. The 2nd-most-viewed moment, at 13.5% above average,came nearly an hour or so later when Robert Downey Junior. and Gwyneth Paltrow presented the award for the best Documentary.Meryl Streep’s victory asBest Actress was close behind, with 13.3% more viewings than average. For minimal-viewed moments, these were the acceptance speeches for Seem Mixing (9.8% substandard), Original Score (-8.2%), and VisualEffects (-7.3%).
NBCUnis Maury Spinoff Talk Show Trisha Officially A Go For Fall With 80% Clearances
NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution’s new syndicated talk show Trisha, a spinoff from the company’s veteran Maury, is now a go for fall with clearances in more than 80% of the U.S., including 27 of the top 30 markets. Trisha‘s core station group is Sinclair, which picked up the series hosted by popular British talk-show host Trisha Goddard in October. At the time, the show had not been firmed up for a national rollout because it was yet to find stations in the top three markets — NY Los Angeles and Chicago — something it has now accomplished. Over the past several seasons, Goddard served as a guest host and conflict expert on Maury, and her new show is expected to focus on conflict resolution. Maury executive producer Paul Faulhaber will also executive produce the offshoot. This is now the fifth syndicated talk show to launch nationally in the fall, along with NBCU’s Steve Harvey as well as Disney’s Katie, CBS’ Jeff Probst and Twentieth TV’s Ricki Lake.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Oscar Index: As well as the Individuals who win Are...*
*: As according to Movieline's Institute For your Advanced Study of Kudos Forensics after crushing 23 times of information within the honours cognoscenti and beyond. Appreciate reading through through our work here's done. The Best 9: 1. The Artist 2. The Help 3. The Descendants 4. Moneyball 5. Hugo 6. The Tree of Existence 7. Evening amount of time in Paris 8. The Daldry 9. War Equine What's to convey? The die was cast way back when, and unless of course obviously all people old-ass, inactive white-colored dudes who apparently increase the risk for Academy miracle happen out of the blue decide they wish to recognize The Help (or plainly on Moneyball a la some latecoming bloggers or otherwise one old-ass, distaff counterpart), then you definitely certainly might as well just plan to attempt Sunday evening to take advantage from the quiet restaurants and/or grocery stores. (And possibly follow our livetweeting here if/when the urge strikes.) The Best 5: 1. Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist 2. Alexander Payne, The Descendants 3. Martin Scorsese, Hugo 4. Terrence Malick, The Tree of Existence 5. Woodsy Allen, Evening amount of time in Paris Did we've choose the amount of of individuals males are actually likely to seem to eliminate to Hazanavicius personally? The Best 5: 1. Viola Davis, The Help 1. Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady 3. Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn 4. Rooney Mara, The Woman While using Dragon Tattoo 5. Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs Sasha Stone written a few days ago in regards to the "general consensus" strengthening around some shakier management Davis seems most likely probably the most locked-with that class. Anything could still happen a couple of days ago, that's fine by me as extended actually fast which we hop on with this particular lives. The Best 5: 1. Jean Dujardin, The Artist 2. George Clooney, The Descendants 3. Kaira Pitt, Moneyball 4. Demin Bichir, A Far Greater Existence 5. Gary Oldman, Mess, Tailor, Soldier, Spy As alluded to above, if 99-year-old Academy member Connie Sawyer states Pitt rocked it in Moneyball, then dammit, Pitt rocked it in Moneyball. All the harder to eliminate to Dujardin, however. Stranger all things have happened. To wit: Clooney's 1986 Tiger Beat profile! That must be worth no less than a few dozen votes on Tuesday as polls closed. The Best 5: 1. Octavia Spencer, The Help 2. Brnice Bejo, The Artist 3. Jessica Chastain, The Help 4. Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids 5. Jesse McTeer, Albert Nobbs Appreciate playing, all. That five several days just travelled by, didn't it? The Best 5: 1. Christopher Plummer, Beginners 2. Max von Sydow, The Daldry 3. Jonah Hill, Moneyball 4. Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn 5. Nick Nolte, Warrior On second thought, don't answer that. Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
High in the H'wood Hills
Lady Gaga and Miranda Lambert go the chiaroscuro route at the awards.
Herbie Hancock and Red Light's Bruce Eskowitz keep the after-party going in the H'wood Hills.
Paul McCartney hangs with Dave Grohl and Bruce Springsteen at the Grammys.
Taylor Swift and Gwyneth Paltrow meet backstage at Staples Center.
Rihanna and Katy Perry Google Music, T-Mobile and Red Light Management went high into the Hollywood Hills to celebrate the Grammy Awards on Sunday, taking over a glass-walled mansion with jetliner views of the city below. As most guests shuttled up in minibuses, Herbie Hancock arrived in limo style to check out the live music perfs.Alt rockers Switchfoot rocked a set, but what really made people take notice was the late arrival of Corinne Bailey Rae, who left her Grammy prize behind, along with her party dress. She'd dressed down to skinny slacks and a pretty sweater, and gushed that her win was "a great surprise."Jim James and his My Morning Jacket bandmates lost out to Bon Iver earlier, but were in top spirits, hanging out in the backyard tent. Mark Salling wandered though, perhaps looking for skateboard legend Tony Hawk, who was checking out all the T-Mobile kiosks. And "American Idol" runner-up Haley Reinhart revealed that her first single is going to drop in March. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Pilot Season: Rome's James Purefoy to Star With Kevin Sausage in Kevin Williamson's Fox Project
James Purefoy Kevin Williamson's new drama pilot just just get warmer. Rome alum James Purefoy will star opposite Kevin Sausage in Williamson's Fox drama pilot in regards to a massive murderer plot, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Deadline first reported this news. Obtain the scoop around the latest pilot season news The untitled project is referred to being an edge-of-your-chair thriller concerning the complex relationship between diabolical murderer Joe Carroll (Purefoy) and also the broken FBI profiler, Ryan Sturdy (Sausage), who once required him lower. After Joe escapes, Sturdy is reactivated and finds out that he's no more just hunting one guy, but an enormous cult of serial murders produced and altered throughout Carroll's amount of time in prison. If the project visit series, the growing season will contain 15 episodes rather than the typical 22, per Bacon's agreement using the show. Well-known for his role as Mark Antony on HBO's Rome, Purefoy's credits likewise incorporate Camelot and also the Philanthropist. He'll next show up on ABC's Revenge.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
BERLIN: Sellers focus on femmes
The Berlin Film Festival kicks off Thursday, Feb. 9, and runs through Feb. 19.Chick pics, classy crossovers and Gallic comedies look set to drive much of Berlin's biz in 2012.Summit Intl. arrives with "Beautiful Creatures," a teen fantasy tale of star-crossed love between a boy and girl white witch, drawing on Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia's book series. Alcon finances, Warner Bros. distribs Stateside, Richard LaGravenese ("P.S. I Love You") writes and directs.The international industry appears to have taken good note of "Twilight's" largely femme auds, bringing a brace of similar projects into the market. Often with high profile or genre elements, they're as much femme as fanboy fare.Kate Hudson toplines Joe Lynch actioner "Everly," from Crime Scene Pics ("Gambit"), sold by Nick Meyer's Sierra/Affinity, with Hudson fending off waves of assassins dispatched by her mob-boss ex.Exclusive Media will talk up "Can a Song Save Your Life?" with aspiring singer Scarlett Johansson finding love and a career with Mark Ruffalo.FilmNation introduces Steven Soderbergh's "Bitter Pill," with Rooney Mara as a prescription painkiller addict awaiting her husband's jail release.Stuart Ford's IM Global kicks off human/puppet crime drama "The Happytime Murders," from the Jim Henson Co., with Katherine Heigl in final negotiations.Bucking the trend in femme power, Foresight and the Exchange will commence sales on crime actioner "2 Guns," reuniting Mark Wahlberg and "Contraband" helmer Baltasar Komarkur. Also, Sierra/Affinity will unveil "Wer," a werewolf thriller from "The Devil Inside" producers, and Jason Statham thriller "Heat." Summit Intl. will debut actioner "The Tomb," starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.Buyers will also be scouring for crossovers."?'The King's Speech' and 'Black Swan' are not classic arthouse films but ones by able filmmakers who have moved their topics into a more mainstream environment. That's what we're all looking for," said Martin Moszkowicz, at Constantin.At least two Berlin debutantes could fit this mainstream/auteur bill.Period drama "Serena" stars Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in a film helmed by Oscar-winner Susanne Bier, and produced by 2929, co-financed and sold by StudioCanal.Wild Bunch and producer Alain Attal are battling to lock in key cast in time for Berlin on Guillaume Canet's English-language directorial debut "Blood Ties," a NY-set sibling drama-thriller penned by Canet and James Gray.As "Intouchables" romps past 24.8 million ($28 million) at the German box office, the highest gross ever for a French film in Germany, distributors will spare more than a thought for potential Gallic comedy breakouts.It's no coincidence that Wild Bunch has dedicated one whole side of its Martin Gropius-adjacent prefab office to a billboard for Romain Duris-starrer "Populaire," a "Mad Men"-era romantic comedy.Other potential Gallic laffer breakouts: Pathe's "What's in a Name?" and EuropaCorp's "Love Lasts Three Years," both buzzed-about movies at January's Unifrance Paris Rendez-vous.Leveraging "Twilight" vibes into -- hopefully -- "Twilight" results, "Creatures," at a reported $50 million, is one of Berlin's more expensive items."Serena" is in the $25 million-$30 million range. Toplining Frank Grillo, "Intersection," the new thriller from Luc Besson's EuropaCorp, weighs in for even less."The contraction of budgets started a while ago: The entire industry had to get much smarter about budgets," said Alison Thompson at Focus Features Intl.Sales agents and distributors' mantra coming into Berlin is caution.That said, "There are still filmmakers that have that 'je ne sais quoi' and are bound to attract a good deal of excitement and attention," said Thompson."Buyers continue to look for quality scripts that are commercial stories and well-cast features," said Julie Sultan of W2, which is shopping "The Drummer" and "Attachment." "They need to have some of those boxes checked for it to be a low-risk title."It will only take a few hot items at the EFM to take some of the cold out of a sub-zero Berlin. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Andy's circus
Rooney Mara and Demian Bichir meet backstage.
Andy Serkis wows the Virtuosos Award Tribute audience.
Producer Jim Burke and Actress Shailene WoodleyTake two nervous gals, one Latin hottie, a pudgy funnyman, a shirtless wonder and a missing Oscar nominee and what have you got? That's the assemblage that the Santa Barbara Film Fest anointed with their Virtuosos Award on Friday at the Arlington Theater. More than a thousand fans of Rooney Mara, Shailene Woodley, Demian Bichir, Patton Oswalt, Andy Serkis and Melissa McCarthy jammed the venue for an evening of conversation with the six rising stars, only to find that McCarthy was a no-show, the victim of laryngitis.Bichir led the talks, dedicating his "A Better Life" perf to "my Mexican paisanos, the 11 million human beings who help this community go forward with pride and power."Mara quietly whispered into the mic that she is "a workaholic, and ready to get back to work" on the two sequels to "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." Oswalt cracked jokes about his sex scenes with Charlize Theron, while Serkis did a shirtless chimpanzee imitation. "Acting with motion capture is just no different whatsoever from acting with makeup on," he insisted. "It's simply another way of recording an actor's performance."Woodley concluded the talks. "My movie vocabulary extends to 'The Goonies' and 'Dirty Dancing.' That's it. So this has all been pretty intimidating," she said of the awards swirl. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Electricity Certifies New Watchmen Comics
35-part Before Watchmen due this summerThe storm remains approaching for any couple of years, nevertheless it broke yesterday with Electricity announcing that Alan Moore's legendary graphic novel Watchmen is always to finally have the franchise treatment. It is not strictly movie news (although you'll find possible implications) but we thought you might be interested...The story dates back with a change of regime at Electricity this season. No matter the business's very public falling-by helping cover their the irascible Moore, DC's mind honcho Paul Levitz was always adamant that Watchmen, no less than in guides form, was sacred ground not to be permeated. When Levitz walked lower, however, Watchmen wasn't any more sequestered by in-house defenders, with Zack Snyder's movie moving it for the status of DC's all-time bestseller, their senior vice-leader Serta DiDio made an extended Watchmen world your dog project.Much speculation and rumour adopted (largely travelled into the alarmist fans at Bleeding Awesome), nevertheless the result calculates being seven inter-connected prequel comic small-series, launched weekly beneath the banner Before Watchmen, beginning this summer season.John Azzarello (100 Bullets, Hellblazer) is writing some-part Rorschach as well as the six-part Comedian.J Michael Straczynski (Amazing Spider-Guy, Thor) can get four-part shots at Dr Manhattan and Nite Owl.Darwyn Cooke (Catwoman, New Frontier) is behind some-problem Silk Spectre as well as the six-problem Minutemen. And Watchmen's original editor Len Wein is delivering six issues of Ozymandias. Each problem will contain two pages from the new sailing story Curse In The Crimson Corsair (again by Wein), and you will see additionally a multi-written Before Watchmen: Epilogue.Original Watchmen artist Dork Gibbons is reported in DC's news release cautiously wanting the project well. Moore though, consistent with form, was quick to denounce it, telling the NY Occasions, "It's completely shameless. I'm inclined to consider this latest development as confirmation that [Electricity] continue being apparently based on ideas that we had two-and-a-half decades ago. I am not going money The most effective it not to happen."A defensive Straczynski with full confidence hit back, calling Moore's position "absolutely understandable and deeply problematic." He mentioned that "the Watchmencharacters were versions on pre-existing figures created for your Charleton Comics world.""To date when i understand, there have been very few prequels or sequels to Moby Dick," sniffed Moore. ButMoore has spent many of the final decade writing The League Of Amazing Gentlemen (using figures created by Jules Verne, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, HG Wells, H Driver Haggard and so on), and Lost Women (a pornographic team-from Oz's Dorothy, Wonderland's Alice and Peter Pan's Wendy). Pot? Kettle?"I don't hear Alan suggesting that nobody aside from Shuster and Siegel should have been allowed to produce Superman," states Straczynski. "Certainly Alan themselves did this because he was triggered to produce Swamp Factor, a seminal comics character created by Len Wein.The whole reason behind getting great figures might be the possibility to educate yourself regarding them much deeper. That Electricity allowed these figures to sit down lower in stock in excess of 20 years just like a show of respect is salutary, but there comes an occasion when good figures have to re-enter in the world.""It's our responsibility as entrepreneurs to discover new techniques to help keep our figures relevant," mentioned Didio. ""Collaborative storytelling is what keeps these imaginary galaxies fresh."DC's news release calls Before Watchmen "As lengthy looked forward to since it is questionable." Questionable? You don't say. Give to us your opinions inside the comments below.[[Poll624]]
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