Top Chef's Louise: I am Not really a Bully

Louise Terhune Maybe it was karma that sent Louise Terhune packing from Top Chef? After days of vocally attacking Beverly, she was kicked on her disastrous Beef Stroganoff within 24 hours that her frenemy put into the very best three both in the Quickfire and Elimination challenges. "It was all me, little else," Louise informs TVGuide.com. "I did not prepare the meat correctly and that i don't have any one and absolutely nothing responsible but myself." However the Chicago-based chef knows the storyline line could not happen to be scripted much better. "[Beverly] does well and also the villain leaves!" What exactly exactly was the offer between the pair of them? Discover below.Top Chef's Dakota: I had been hurt by Nyesha's commentsDid you believe it would be you obtaining the boot?Louise: Yeah, you usually know. Should you speak with other chefs, whenever you create a crucial mistake and you do not have a stroll-entirely of other meats you should use as if you do inside your normal restaurant, you realize. A minimum of I understood. It felt like this would be me unless of course some miracle happened.It appeared to become between you and also Grayson.Louise: Yeah, and that we both bought the identical cut of meat. Both of us bought the rib-eye in the same store. I would make a move braised and that i did not. The initial plan ended up being to sear that steak making it rare, but when I sampled an item, it had been soft. And she or he had exactly the same problem. I attempted to salvage mine, [thinking] "OK, maybe I'm able to braise it." But at that time, I had been in save mode. You've two hrs. There is no save then. The only real other choice is to depart the protein off.Therefore it is Whole Foods' fault? They gave everyone bad meat.Louise: [Laughs] Yes, but it is ultimately my fault. I did not select the best meat and that i did not prepare rid of it. Like a chef, you are making options and that i could not repair it. ... I'd no back-up plan because I'd not one other protein. I loved the relaxation of my dish. I'd an excellent sauce. I'd roasting mushrooms. A number of them think it is greasy. I disagree, but that is OK. It simply couldn't be saved. ... Conceptually, I understood things i desired to do right from the start - a spin on Beef Stroganoff. I did not go as literally as Grayson did with hers. I understood it had been said to be a experience that. It simply did not pan out for me personally. This is exactly why I had been Comfortable with it. You saw me leave and that i did not cry. I had been very happy with myself and that i still am even today. I've no regrets and that i am pleased with the way i tried through the competition.When have you realize you had been screwed?Louise: Throughout the prepare virtually. After I sampled the meat also it would be a soft mess and that i understood the standard of meat was bad, I second-suspected myself. And that is one factor you can't do on the top Chef. I stated it last evening: I should have used pressure oven. It most likely wouldn't make a great deal of difference since you can't braise rib-eye. Which wasn't the aim of the dish. Yes, the initial Stroganoff is generally a braised meat you prepare for any lengthy time period. However it wouldn't have mattered basically had tried on the extender. ... Tom stated I could've cooked it for four days, however it wouldn't have mattered. It does not work like this with rib-eye. After I understood I could not perform the preparation I needed, I understood another person would need to ruin in a major way to be able to save myself. Somebody might have needed to haven't plated something. Top Chef's Nyesha: I'm not sure how our dish wound up undercookedWhat have you consider Tom's comment about how exactly Beverly used pressure oven and she or he wasn't towards the bottom three?Louise: She'd short ribs and also you can't prepare short ribs in 2 hrs with no pressure oven. I believe many people think this is a search on me, however when Tom Colicchio foretells you, all he's is honest. I never take anything he states as hurtful because he's right! He does not say so that it is malicious he states it because he's right. She did make use of a pressure oven and she or he wasn't towards the bottom three. There is nothing to consider offense to because he's absolutely, 100 % right. And That I be thankful.I am sure you have often seen the fan reaction about how exactly you had been bullying Beverly, as well as Padma known as the "Full of Mean" inside a voice-over. What happening between the two of you? Maybe it was only a situation of personality clashes?Louise: Yeah, and i believe people managed to get appear worse than exactly what it was. I've got a very direct personality and she or he doesn't. That isn't bullying. I've no ill will toward Beverly. She wasn't a so-known as target or anything. I'm very blunt and to the stage. I am very honest and I only say almost anything to the face. I never, ever stated anything off-camera which i did not ask on-camera. And many people did! Other participants stated some very hurtful a few things i saw unfold as you're watching the show and many people have stated some very hurtful items to the press about me throughout this complete process. They known as a bitch.Louise: Yeah! And honestly, it is extremely childish. It simply proves you that many people are extremely cowardly to express something to someone's face, which I'm not. I do not feel below par concerning the things I have stated. I never swore at anybody. They never needed to bleep me. I never known as anybody any derogatory names. All Used to do was I spoke things i felt was right. If people thought I had been abrasive, it would have been nice if a person stated at that time, "Hey, I believe you are being mean" or "You are not fair to Beverly" or whatever. But people did not. It's simpler to speak behind someone's to your camera than for their face. I made some good buddies throughout this method. And it is a difficult atmosphere. It's hot! Everyone's pressurized. We are all following the same goal, but I don't regret one factor which i stated on- or off-camera.Everyone's in your situation for discussing the shrimp at Judges' Table a week ago.Louise: Well, it had not been my option to discuss that! [Laughs]Top Chef's Whitney: My way of thinking was offWho introduced up?Louise: The idol judges requested us about this. They requested us, and so i clarified. I am talking about, I am not stupid. Why would I mention something which happened a few days before? It does not make sense at all. It had nothing related to your competition that people were in also it would be a double elimination, and so i would have gone home with Beverly. Beverly and that i really got along throughout that whole prepare. Do It would be a coincidence they put us together? Most likely not. I am talking about, let us be truthful! [Laughs] It sure does alllow for great TV. Individuals have stated some very nasty reasons for me earlier this week. Very nasty! I'd be laying basically stated it wasn't hurtful. But in the finish during the day, my buddies, my loved ones, those who know, those who enter into my restaurant - they do not worry about this stuff simply because they know me. And That I know I am not really a bully. I understand I am not what all of the names individuals are calling me. ... [The show] needed a villain and that is OK. I welcome it! I have been open since i have was four years old, and so i wasn't shocked I had been the villain.What exactly are you so far?Louise: I am still at Sable. That's the good thing about this complete factor. I'd an incredible job prior to the show and that i have a much better and much more fulfilling job since I am back. My opportunity continues to be incredibly encouraging. I have been with my opportunity for nearly 14 years. They have viewed me grow and you never know what's coming? By at this time, my restaurant is actually coming up. I was effective before I had been on the top Chef, but even much more now. What you know already that, with all of this negativity, it might drive business away, but it is done the precise opposite. People wish to eat my food and they are curious! They would like to meet me in the finish during the day. No matter the way i was described, it does not matter because individuals still come wish to eat my food. And That I was on the top Chef! I made the very best 10! I possibly could 't be more proud.

Alyson Hannigan Is Pregnant!

First Released: December 17, 2011 1:54 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Alyson Hannigan illuminates the red-colored carpet of ELLEs 17th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute in the Four Seasons Hotel on October 18, 2010 in Beverly HillsAlyson Hannigan is going to be a mother for that second time. The first kind Buffy the Vampire Slayer star and her husband (and fellow Buffy alumnus), Alexis Denisof, expect their second child, the actress confirmed on Twitter. Yes, I'm pregnant! This time around it's not a food baby, she Tweeted on Friday, referencing a previous Tweet in September, in which the star shot lower pregnancy gossips after she was spotted having a bump by saying she'd simply eaten an excessive amount of circus food. We're beyond happy! she added. This is the 2nd child for Alyson and Alexis, who welcomed daughter Satyana in March 2009. Fortunately, Alysons pregnancy wont cause any filming issues for that stars CBS show, The Way I Met Your Mother, as her character, Lily, is presently pregnant on the program. The 37-year-old actress will probably be quite peak woman. Additionally to her impending arrival and CBS sitcom, Alyson will quickly be viewed around the giant screen within the approaching American Cake revival, American Reunion. The film, which reunites the initial cast from the American Cake franchise, is placed hitting theaters on April 6, 2012. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

ABC News Shoots Down Barbara Walters Retirement Reports

The investors in a slate of Paramount movies, including Transformers and Mission: Impossible III, who sued the studio Nov. 30 are only the latest to complain about "Hollywood accounting." I am not taking sides in the dispute, but like the hundreds of lawsuits brought by actors, filmmakers and financiers through the years, the case filed by the Melrose 2 investors shows how badly the industry needs to change the system for paying profit participants.our editor recommendsBox Office in Free Fall: How Low Can It Go?Awards Box Office: 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' Nabs No. 3 Specialty Opening of 2011Box Office Report: 'New Year's Eve' Leads Worst Weekend Since 2008 With $13.7 MillionBox Office Report: 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' Hits $500 Mil Worldwide in 12 Days PHOTOS: Top 10 Superheroes Of All Time: Battle of Box Office Brawn Nearly all Hollywood dealmakers agree that the contractual language that dictates how participants are paid has gotten out of hand. Contracts were once simple and straightforward, but thanks to overaggressive lawyers and accountants, profit definitions can now stretch more than 100 pages, requiring months of negotiations and leading to litigation over how much money actually is owed. Rightly or wrongly, studios are losing the recent cases that go to court. And widespread distrust of studio bean counters has contributed to the retreat of investors from Holly-wood and escalating demands by talent for higher upfront pay because they're skeptical of getting anything on the backend. The silliness of it all is that there is a perfectly logical alternative that is fair to both sides of the equation: tying participations directly or indirectly to U.S. box-office numbers as reported by Rentrak. To some extent, this is already happening in the form of box-office bonuses for talent; what I am proposing is expanding the concept to embrace all financing and talent participations. PHOTOS: Biggest Box Office Bombs I am not suggesting box office should be the endpoint, but it should be the starting point. If a star negotiates a 5 percent stake in a movie that has a box-office gross of $100 million, he or she gets $5 million -- simple. This formula could be supplemented by adjustments based on (a) the average ratio of DVD revenue to box-office gross at the time of payment, (b) the ratio of foreign revenue to U.S. revenue at the time of payment, (c) a preset distribution fee (calculated as a percentage of box office), (d) a preset distribution expense (as a percentage of box office) or (e) a preset production cost. But when I say "preset," I mean that in no event can any of the calculations be based on actual revenue or expenditures because that would drag us back to the current lunacy of endless negotiations, audits and litigation. Assume a studio intends to produce a $100million film but wants to limit its risk to $50 million. It raises $50 million of equity from an investor and agrees to fork over 50 percent of box office. If the film flops at the box office with only $10 million, the studio pays the investor $5 million, keeps the $45million balance of the outside investment and is happy. If the film gets to $100 million at the box office, the studio gives the investor a break-even payment of $50 million, and the studio is happy because it will keep worldwide rights and profits from a successful film. If the film scores big with $200 million in box office, the studio will pay the investor $100 million, and the studio is still happy because it accepted that possibility as a trade-off for reducing its risk. PHOTOS: Top 15 Grossing Threequels of All Time Contrast that approach with the Melrose2 lawsuit against Paramount, the culmination of months of negotiations over hundreds of pages of arcane accounting concepts followed by years of audit disputes. My approach creates a transparent system that allows actors and filmmakers to know their worth and investors to know the value of their investments just by opening the trades, rather than waiting for months only to receive accounting statements they don't understand. This approach eliminates the perceived opaqueness (right or wrong) of Hollywood accounting and leaves a spotlight on the thrill of "owning a piece" of a film. Private-equity funds would come back to Hollywood, talent negotiations would be easier and everyone would benefit because the more the studios can hedge risks, the more they can spend on a film and the more films they can make. PHOTOS: 10 Billion Dollar Babies: Movies That Have Crossed the 10 Figure Mark Schuyler M. Moore is a lawyer at Stroock and the author of The Biz, Taxation of the Entertainment Industry and What They Don't Teach You In Law School. He can be reached at smoore@stroock.com. ♦♦♦♦♦ HOW IT WOULD WORK: Here is a more sophisticated example of converting a net-profit interest to a box-office calculation, if an actor or other profit participant's contract provides as follows: Share of net profits: 5% Cost of film: $30 million Distribution fee: 35% of gross revenue Distribution expense percentage: 40% of gross revenue Gross revenue to studio: 3x U.S. box office Based on these assumptions, if a movie has U.S. box office of $100 million, the studio would be deemed to receive gross revenue worldwide from all media of $300million (equal to 3x U.S. box office). The calculation of net profits would thus be as follows: $300 million: Deemed gross revenue - $30 million: Cost of film - $105 million: Distribution fee (35% of $300 million) - $120 million: Distribution expense (40% of $300 million) $45 million: Net profit The participant would thus be entitled to a net-profit payment of $2.25 million (5% of $45 million). PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Box Office Flops of Late Summer 2011 Related Topics Transformers Mission: Impossible 3

Charlie Sheen Set to Make a Splash at NATPE

Fox Fox and CBS shared a relatively uneventful December Tuesday last night, each earning a 2.9 rating among adults 18-49. As was the case with most original episodes last night, Glee and New Girl both were both down to their season low. Each dropped three percent among adults 18-49, for respective 2.9 and 3.3 ratings. Raising Hope saw a five percent boost in the demo, finishing Fox's night with a 2.3. PHOTOS: Behind the Scenes of Fox's 'New Girl' On CBS, the shared win among adults 18-49 was eclipsed by a handed victory among total viewers. The network averaged 15.5 million, with 9:00 p.m. offering of NCIS: LA earning its largest audience since the season premiere. NCIS topped all other shows among adults 18-49, earning a 3.5, followed by NCIS: LA (3.0) and Unforgettable (2.1). The latter was down 5 percent for a season low. NBC came in third, with a 2.2 for the night. The curiously-timed William & Kate: Inside the Royal Marriage special netted a 1.2 rating among adults 18-49, before a two-hour block of The Biggest Loser finale averaged a 2.3 in the demo, its best showing of the season. PHOTOS: Fall TV Death Pool: Which New Shows Will Be Axed? ABC had one lone new offering for the night, the 8:00 p.m. broadcast of Last Man Standing. It earned a 2.2 among adults 18-49, down a whopping 19 percent from last week for a new series low. Repeats of Last Man Standing, The Middle, Suburgatory and Body of Proof gave ABC a 1.5 for the night. 90210 and Ringer were also reruns for the CW, giving the network a 0.3 for the night. Tuesday, Dec. 13, Overnight Ratings: 8 p.m. CBS: NCIS (19.0 million viewers, 3.5 rating in adults 18-49) Fox: Glee (7.1 million, 2.9) ABC: Last Man Standing (7.5 million, 2.2) NBC: William & Kate: Inside the Royal Marriage (5.3 million, 1.2) The CW: 90210 (R) (821,000, 0.3) 8:30 p.m. ABC: Last Man Standing (R) (6.1 million, 2.0) 9 p.m. Fox: New Girl (6.8 million, 3.3) CBS: NCIS: Los Angeles (16.3 million, 3.0) NBC: The Biggest Loser (7.5 million, 2.5) ABC: The Middle (R) (4.6 million, 1.5) The CW: Ringer (R) (604,000, 0.2) 9:30 p.m. Fox: Raising Hope (5.1 million, 2.3) ABC: Suburgatory (R) (3.8 million, 1.3) 10 p.m. NBC: The Biggest Loser (8.05 million, 2.9) CBS: Unforgettable (11.2 million, 2.1) ABC: Body of Proof (R) (4.8 million, 1.1) TV Ratings

First trailer and poster for Rock Of Age range

The very first trailer for Rock Of Age range has showed up online, and odds are have you ever possessed an album from the kind of Journey, Foreigner or Whitesnake, you are likely to like it.Modified in the stage musical and hang among the crotch-thrusting excesses from the 1980s, the film sees "smalltown girl" (see what we should did there?) Julianne Hough fall mind over heels with Diego Boneta's city boy (sorry), while Cruise hair-metal rocker rips it on-stage.Meanwhile, Catherine Zeta Johnson plays a spiritual wing-nut who does not like rock 'n roll, and will not be placing a cent anywhere near that jukebox.Have a look in the trailer below... Like a celebration of the musical era that's essentially one lengthy guilty pleasure, enjoyment of that one will probably relaxation in your tolerance for middle-aged males in spandex and interminable, finger-shredding guitar solos. Fortunately, we are quite keen on everything, and thus will most likely give it a glance!Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand, Malin Akerman and Paul Giamatti are one of the supporting cast, with Hairspray's Adam Shankman filling the director's chair. Time for you to pull out the old Poison album in front of the film's release on 8 June 2012.

Peter Weller Joins Star Trek Sequel

First Published: December 5, 2011 3:51 PM EST Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Peter Weller attends 49th Annual NY Film Festival screening of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension at Alice Tully Hall on October 15, 2011 in NY CityRobocop actor Peter Weller is joining the cast of director J.J. Abrams big-screen Star Trek sequel. An APA talent agency spokesman for Weller said Monday the actors role is a principal one in the film, but details were being kept under wraps. Wellers sci-fi credentials include the Robocop films and the TV series Odyssey 5. He has guest-starred on shows including Dexter, 'Fringe and Psych. His directing credits include Monk and the TV movie Elmore Leonards Gold Coast. The second Star Trek film will include the return of stars Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto. The film is set for a May 2013 premiere. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Original Robocop Peter Weller Adds To SciFi Resume With Star Trek Sequel

Peter Weller’s reps confirm he’s joining the cast of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek sequel, in what is a principal role but one they would not specify. Weller, best known in feature scifi circles for his iconic role as Robocop has been busy as a director, and for acting stints on 24, Dexter, Fringe and Psych. Paramount will release the Star Trek sequel May 17, 2013. Alice Eve and Benicio Del Toro are likely to take part, joining the returning original cast that is headed by Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto. Who should Weller play? Paramount and Abrams spent the weekend knocking down a speculative report Del Toro would play the Kahn role that Ricardo Montalban played in the original Star Trek series and the 1982 feature film. Weller’s repped by APA and BMP.

Castle: Beckett and Castle Get "Hooked Up" in "Cuffed"

Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic Castle's Detective Kate Beckett has revealed a lot in her shrink's office this season.Castle's Stana Katic: Sniper case brings Castle and Beckett closer to a relationshipIn the Season 4 premiere, Beckett (Stana Katic) confessed that she remembered everything about her near-fatal shooting, thus revealing that she'd been lying to Castle (Nathan Fillion) about hearing him say, "I love you." But in the show's most recent episode, Beckett told her therapist (Michael Dorn) that she's ready to move past her mother's murder and be defined by a real relationship."She is moving towards trying to get some clarity in her life," creator Andrew W. Marlowe tells TVGuide.com of how far Beckett has come so far this season. "She is coming to an understanding about how deeply she is affected by all this stuff. ... She is starting to understand the reasons why she is driven to do the things that she is driven to do, and she wants to be able to push past that and take a step into a bigger world emotionally."Castle is not just a passing fancy or one-night stand for her," Marlowe continues. "So if she is going to jump in, she wants to make sure that she is ready to have the right kind of relationship. It is nice to see her moving in the right direction."Check out photos of the Castle castEven so, fans shouldn't expect an instant hookup between Castle and Beckett. And yet, in Monday's episode (10/9c, ABC) the two will be hooked up - with handcuffs. In the aptly titled "Cuffed," Castle and Beckett wake up together only to realize that they've been bound in a mysterious surrounding with no memory of how they got there."We wanted to have fun," Marlowe says of the episode. "We wanted to actually put the two of them together and have them physicalize certain aspects of their relationship. And we got to see them being a little playful with each other even though the situation seems like it is dark and difficult."We wanted to see the two of them working together and finding that rhythm," he continues. "The whole context of the episode is what it means to have a successful relationship and what it means to be in sync. ... Castle and Beckett start the episode out of rhythm and find it as they move forward. It's just our way of showing the audience the progress that these guys have made and their ability to work together to resolve the situation."Castle Boss: Castle and Beckett's new secrets are a "ticking bomb" And even though this is the show's last episode before the holiday break, Marlowe assures us that the couple will still be in sync when the show returns in January. "There are always going to be interesting challenges that we confront ... their relationship with, but I think they've found a pretty decent place," Marlowe says. "I think that we all know that they're working for the same goal."But?(There's always a "but," isn't there?)"We also know that this season they're keeping some secrets from each other," Marlowe teases. "And those are going to have to be dealt with. They'll start coming up as we get into the spring. That ticking time bomb is always there."Castle airs Monday at 10/9c. Watch a "kinky" clip from "Cuffed" below:

Dr. Conrad Murray Files Appeal, Will Represent Themselves

First Launched: December 2, 2011 8:07 PM EST Credit: Getty Images Caption Defense attorney J. Michael Flanagan, Dr. Conrad Murray and defense attorney Erection dysfunction Chernoff in the courtroom on November 3, 2011 in Los AngelesLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Dr. Conrad Murray filed an appeal in La Superior Court on Friday over his involuntary wrongful dying conviction inside the dying of Michael Jackson, Access Hollywood has confirmed. Inside the documents, acquired by Access, Dr. Murray has in professional per listed beneath his title round the legal filing, showing he'll be representing themselves throughout his appeal. In addition, Dr. Murray has requested trial materials, for instance transcripts, opening claims and written motions, be shipped to him. The address listed near the top of the documents is ideal for the Mens Central Jail, where he's serving out his four-year jail sentence. As formerly reported on AccessHollywood.com, at Dr. Murrays sentencing hearing this year's week, La Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor belittled the physician. Dr. Murray created some conditions and increased being associated with a cycle of horrible medicine, the judge mentioned. The idea of propofol for medicine madness, which violated his sworn obligation, your money can buy, fame prestige along with other things may have happened, the judge added. A telephone call placed by Access Hollywood to Nareg Gourjian, one of the lawyers who represented Dr. Murray throughout his trial, wasn't immediately returned. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Social media money trail

The social media phenom is doing greater than create multiple shops for showbiz talent attempting to build number of fans and auds. It's also allowed an growing quantity of stars to take advantage of burgeoning revenue streams from online sites, virtual cell phone industry's an online-based games through high quality merchandise.You will discover two aspects to income generating via social media: The completely new social media mavens are increasingly being paid out to tout products online more speculatively, furthermore they purchase start-up companies.Justin Timberlake, Snoop Dogg, T-Discomfort, RuPaul, Tila Tequila, Paris Hilton and 50 Cent are among people consuming a little of what's thought by investment bank Piper Jaffray to become $3.75 billion global market this year in virtual goods, predicted to develop to $6 billion by 2013."It is something new category wealthy in earnings, no inventory problems, and finished control of items," states Serta Jansen, founder and Boss of Virtual Best, a company that's a specialist in "virtual goods," which states it reps a $4 billion global market.Virtual Greats' platform brings copyrighted material into websites and casual games, and connects fans to stars, artists, intellecutal propertry holders and kinds. "We create high quality virtual items which we sell in micro-transactions, which average about $2.50 each, but could progress much greater when they have functionality, for instance an Basketball basketball that dribbles," states Jansen.Many of the goods -- that stars and kinds reap about 30% in the revenue after 10% sales costs and splits with social networks and corporations like Virtual Best -- are items for avatars for instance Elvis Presley's blue suede shoes or Snoop Dogg's Dobermans, found in virtual cell phone industry's like WeeWorld and Zwinky.Jansen states Virtual Best has offered about $400,000 cost of Snoop-high quality merchandise formerly couple of years. Some say such revenue is situated money, requiring almost no time or effort, including influential stars that are paid out to tweet about products, apparently at around $10,000 a tweet.Beverly Slopes-based Adly can be a venture-funded company that meets brands like NBC, The brand new the new sony and American Airline carriers with influential names with large Twitter fans, like Hilton and 50 Cent, for hooking up them directly with clients.Another trend: high-profile stars buying and selling in tech-sector start-ups. Leonardo DiCaprio recently devoted to Mobli, an Israel-based visual media platform that enables clients follow channels that display subject-driven photos. Justin Timberlake needed an possession stake in Bebo and started making proper and artistic options for that organization. More youthful crowd devoted to early-stage augmented reality company Dekko and Stipple, which allows people to label, share and advertise on photos.Ashton Kutcher has their very own investment fund, A Grade, which has purchase of a dozen online businesses, including Foursquare, Fashism and Flipboard, while Rhianna devoted to Backplane, a social networking site for stars.People who would like to similarly purchase early-stage social media and tech companies can enter as angel traders -- and anticipate to lose everything. "In the wealth management resource allocation perspective, unless of course obviously someone desires to devote significant time to pursue options, and do this just like a side job, it is not easy,Inch states Andreas Stavropoulos, controlling director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a Plastic Valley investment finance firm.To have the ability to spread around the risk by buying and selling in multiple companies, traders can try to find yourself in well-handled VC funds rather than attempting to cherry-choose the following Facebook or Groupon, but even that is not easy. The cash is just elevated every two or three many a lot of the participants are financial institutions rather than high internet worth people.But like other situations where clout opens entrance doors, knowing someone and could bring something for the table, you're more apt to enter -- getting a caveat: "Typically these cash is oversubscribed," states Stavropoulos. "You might want a $5 million stake, and you also only get $3 million. That's it.InchSHOWBIZ WEALTH MANAGEMENT REPORTHelping hands lifts bizzers Segal can get kudo as biz manager No boom, no bust Preventing the lower-side of Westside wealth Social media money trail Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Kim Kardashian Drops the Fairy Tale in Borderline Depressing New Glamour Interview

The nominations for the 27th annual Independent Spirit Awards were revealed this morning, and were dominated by The Weinstein Company's The Artist and Sony Pictures Classics' Take Shelter, which scored five nods each. Historically, Indie Spirit winners have tended to get nominated for -- but lose -- at the Oscars. That could change this year, however, with The Artist and The Descendants, two films that have both resonated as strongly as any with Academy members thus far, both nominated for best feature, best director and best screenplay.our editor recommends'The Artist,' 'Take Shelter' Dominate Indie Spirit Award NominationsThe Making of 'The Artist'The Making of 'My Week With Marilyn'Take Shelter: Film Review PHOTOS: The Making of 'The Artist' The Artist, The Descendants and Take Shelter will compete for best feature with Beginners (the big winner at last night's Gotham Awards), Drive, and 50/50. Bizarrely, Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris, which is one of the likeliest best picture Oscar nominees, was denied a spot in this category (as well as best director and best screenplay), even though it was nominated for best supporting actor (Corey Stoll) and best cinematography. Drake Doremus' Like Crazy, which also seemed to be a likely nominee, was also snubbed. PHOTOS: 'The Descendants' Premiere Red Carpet Arrivals A few other films were left out of the major categories for other reasons: Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, with its $32 million budget, was too big to pass as an indie for this group. Meanwhile, three critics' favorites with Oscar aspirations -- Lars von Trier's Melancholia, Steve McQueen's Shame and Lynne Ramsey's We Need to Talk About Kevin -- were deemed to be foreign films and therefore ineligible outside of the category alotted for those. PHOTOS: Gotham Awards Red Carpet Arrivals Lastly, two inexplicable snubs occurred in the lead acting categories: George Clooney, the star of The Descendants, was left out of the best actor race, while Glenn Close, the star of Albert Nobbs, was left out of the best actress field-- even though her co-star Janet McTeer was nominated for best supporting actress. (I wouldn't read too much into these particular outcomes; indeed, it is highly likely that the Academy will reverse them.) I expect that those races will now be won by Jean Dujardin (The Artist) and either Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn) or Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene), respectively, and that Christopher Plummer (Beginners) and Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) will prevail in the supporting categories. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery The Making of 'The Artist' Michelle Williams Take Shelter The Artist The Descendants Spirit Awards 2012

Selena Gomez Discloses Her Mother Is Expecting

First Released: November 25, 2011 4:19 PM EST Credit: WireImage NY, N.Y. -- Caption Selena Gomez and mother Mandy Teefey attend this years Hollywood Style Honours using the Palazzo Vegas, Klipsch, and FRS Healthy Energy in the Hammer Museum, Vegas, on December 12, 2010Theres a brand new reason to celebrate holidays in Selena Gomezs household the star revealed her mother and stepfather are expecting. On Friday, the star introduced mother Mandy Teefey, 35, is pregnant. Momma and John are finally letting me share this news, she Tweeted. My mommys transporting my baby sister :). Posting a photograph of her mother, Mandy, and her stepfather, John Teefey, Selena Tweeted she was thrilled concerning the impending arrival. Click The Link to determine the photo. Im the most joyful girl on the planet, Selena authored. And Selena was rapidly became a member of in her own pleasure by her fans as Champion Selena rapidly grew to become a high 10 trending subject on Twitter. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

'Arrested Development' to come back on Netflix

'Arrested Development'Netflix is certification new instances of the television series "Arrested Development" from twentieth century Fox Television and Imagine Television. The edges struck an offer using the streaming service which will launch new instances of the Emmy-winning comedy at the begining of 2013, the studio confirmed. The possibilities of "Development" coming back both in TV and film forms was elevated recently once the show's creator, Mitch Hurwitz, introduced within an appearance in the NYer Festival he was set on getting back the series' original stars, including Jason Bateman and can Arnett, for an additional go-round. "Arrested" were built with a significantly acclaimed operate on Fox from 2003-2006, however the network canceled the series given its rankings were always modest at best. All the series regulars have expressed curiosity about coming back and therefore are expected back, though no deals happen to be done. How which will work is going to be interesting given most of them are maintaing busy careers. "Arrested" player Arnett is presently around the NBC series "Up Through The Night" and the other alum, Portia p Rossi, is mounted on a higher-profile project in development in the Peacock. Where this leaves the suggested "Arrested" feature film is not obvious. While one source acquainted with the project stated it's presently in development at Fox Searchlight, another source in the studio refused it had been an energetic project. Hurwitz's vision from the film ended up being to schedule it following the series run to be able to drive interest in the box office, but at the minimum it appears the film and TV aren't mounted on one another. Hurwitz was executive producer of "Arrested" with Imagine principals Ron Howard and John Grazer. The creating pair released an argument: "Getting a set back from cancellation rarely happens, however, 'Arrested' always involved as unconventional because they get, therefore it appears totally appropriate this reveal that broke the mold is smashing it to pieces once more." That Netflix has emerged the champion of the putting in a bid war that apparently incorporated pay-TV player Showtime is going to be seen as an real coup for that service, which already gave Hollywood notice in March it is at the initial programming business inside a large way if this purchased a 22-episode adaptation from the BBC drama "House of Cards" set to premiere the coming year. Experts believed "Cards," which will come with Kevin Spacey mounted on star and David Fincher to executive produce, cost Netflix $100 million to find the privileges from Media Privileges Capital. Financial the "Arrested" deal aren't known but tend to be substantial because of the quality of talent involved. While Netflix's market capital was sent spinning in recent several weeks after ill-advised choices regarding its prices, the requirement for original programming is the higher as content companies have held the road at giving the service Television shows which are in-season. Since Netflix began certification original series, the service continues to be seen as an potential messiah for ill-fated productions that will get shuttered within the objections of the popularity too small to sustain them. But saving a show that accompany a built-in audience--although one they canrrrt survive on television--might be a safer strategy than developing a new property from whole cloth. The hedge on "Cards" is the fact that its narrative has become an evaluation run within the U.K. however with different talent on sides from the camera. Ted Sarandos, chief content officer at Netflix stated from the deal, "'Arrested Development is among the finest American comedies in TV background and its return through Netflix is an ideal illustration of the way we will work carefully with galleries and systems to supply customers with entertainment they love,'" stated Ted Sarandos, Netflix Chief Content Officer. The return of "Development" will be a stunner trained with is rare that the series returns following a protracted absence, though 20th and Fox have experienced precedent here: Animated series "Family Guy" was canceled in 2001 simply to be elevated 3 years later following the series worked out well on DVD as well as in distribution. Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com

Rami Malek Talks 'Twilight,' Teases Paul Thomas Anderson Collaboration

Rami Malek has it good. He'll inform you so, similar to he told MTV News round the red-colored-colored carpet for "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning - Part 1." Aside from coping with play a vampire inside the most broadly used film franchises ever, around the set that's filled with beautiful women, surprisingly, Malek shared he arrived at execute a a little more. "I'm lucky," he mentioned. "It's one of the perks to become around the movie similar to this. You awaken, show on set and hug beautiful women all day long lengthy extended. Derive it." Despite the fact that Malek's character Benjamin, a vampire from an Egyptian coven, doesn't appear prior to the partner of those two-part finale, the actor used to be attempting to celebrate the initial half's launch. He told MTV News that starring in "Twilight" switched to become beyond anything he was ever expecting. "In movies generally is great, because I am unable to read," he joked. "Look around. It doesn't have any bigger or splashier than this, fans who outdoor camping for the on finish. That's pretty devoted in my opinion.In . Malek was, however, less forthcoming if the found particulars about his character. He ongoing to become tight-lipped on Benjamin and also the forces, but spoke highly of his co-star, Angela Sarafyan, who plays his character's mate, Tia. "She's a stylish youthful factor, very gifted. I obtained privilege. Like I believe that, awaken and look for these gals each day, it's a good existence." On top famous this, Malek recently showed up employment over the following, yet-to-be-titled film by "You Will Notice Blood stream" director, Paul Thomas Anderson. He plays the boy-in-law of Phillip Seymour Hoffman's religious leader character. According to Malek, the help of coping with an auteur like Anderson remains "staggering." "It absolutely was one of the better encounters of my existence," he mentioned. That was all he was ready to reveal, but guaranteed the mysterious film might be "great.Inch Are you currently presently searching toward Paul Thomas Anderson's next film? Inform us inside the comments below and also on Twitter!

Bettany being among 'Masters of Sex'

Paul Bettany has signed onto star inside the pilot for Showtime drama "Masters of Sex." The The brand new the new sony Pictures TV adaptation might have Bettany as William H. Masters, who became a member of with Virginia E. Manley to produce a celebrated team researching human sexuality. A Thomas Maier book provides the source material. John Madden is positioned to direct a script from Michelle Ashford ("The Off-shoreline," "John Adams") are both professional creating with Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly. Showtime greenlit "Masters" in August. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Stan Lee Outlines New MTV Geek Comic Series 'The Seekers' (Exclusive Q&A)

Stan Leecontinues to introduce brand new comic book properties to the world. Lee has partnered with MTV Geek, the new pop culture website that has attracted over 1.2 million unique readers, to develop the science fiction adventure The Seekers. The comic will launch digitally in 2012 and eventually migrate to print.our editor recommendsStan Lee to Receive 2012 Producers Guild Vanguard AwardStan Lee to Receive Visual Effects Societys Lifetime Achievement Award PHOTOS: Comic-Book Characters In Dispute Adding a unique twist to the development process, Lee utilized the Internet to offer aspiring comic book writers and artists a chance to work with him on the comic. Lee chose the winners, screenwriter Heather Kenealy (DevaShard) of Studio City, CA and illustrator Stephen Green of Savannah, GA, after MTV Geek fans had voted on the best entries. Lee talks about this new project and its potential to cross over to mainstream entertainment in this exclusive interview. VIDEOS: Behind The Scenes at THR's Comic-Con Lounge The Hollywood Reporter: Can you talk about your new collaboration with MTV Geek: The Seekers comic series? Stan Lee: It actually is a spectacular adventure. It bridges time and space, and with the fate of mankind at stake, so you can see it's a pretty big thing. It takes place in the present, but it also goes back to the past quite often, and it touches on the future. The fate of the whole world and the whole human race is at stake. It this thing doesn't have a happy ending, than woe to mankind. THR: Can you talk a little bit about The Seekers themselves, the alien presence that have been sent off to different planets to oversee a failsafe type device? Lee: Yes, there is a device. I don't want to give away the whole story, but there is a device that could destroy our planet. It's up to the Seekers to ... and here it gets ambivalent. Some of them want the device to destroy the planet. That was the purpose of it, originally, ages ago. And some of the Seekers want to find the device and destroy it before it can blow up our planet because they think that Earth and the human race are worth saving. We really have the good Seekers versus the bad Seekers with our human heroes and incidental characters caught in between. THR: What are your thoughts on the talent that entered this MTV contest for The Seekers? Lee: I want to tell you, the great entries that we received bore out my belief that there are countless talented people among our legion of fans. People who, if they just get the chance, they could show what they're capable of. We had some really great entries. THR: What's it like to be able to give fans and aspiring writers and artists a chance to get into the comic book industry? Lee: It's a great feeling. I just wish that more people in entertainment found ways to give more opportunities to people who otherwise would never have a chance to show what they can do. Can you talk about what you looked for in the winners? Lee: Obviously, writing and artwork that was as close to professional writing and artwork as possible. From the writers, we looked for good dialog, good characterization, and a basic talent for telling an absorbing story; a good story sense. From the artists, we looked for illustrations that could be really favorably compared to the artwork in today's great comic books. THR: Now that you have the winners, can you explain how you will work with them in developing The Seekers comic moving forward? Lee: I'm certainly going to do my best to make this one of the best comic books to be published in 2012 or any year. I'll be meeting with them. I'll be going over the story as it's written. I'll be looking and critiquing the artwork. We haven't started yet, but I can't wait until we do get started. THR: Comic books are very popular today in Hollywood. What are your thoughts on the potential for evolving The Seekers beyond comics into traditional entertainment like film and television? Lee: It's like anything else; if the books turn out as great as I hope they will, then a filmed version would be a no-brainer. Movie producers are always looking for the next big thing, and they really very carefully scan graphic novels and comic books all the time hoping to find something that would make a good movie, and sometimes a good TV series. We will always have that in mind as we're working on The Seekers. THR: We've seen comics migrate to video games, as well. Why would The Seekers make a good video game down the line? Lee: A good video game needs great characters that the player can relate to and great powers that the characters have, which are visually exciting and fun to use when you're holding that controller, hitting those keys, and making the character do what he has to do. They also love great backgrounds. The players also love themes they haven't played before. I think The Seekers qualify in all these areas. THR: What are your thoughts on the opportunities that exist today for aspiring comic book creators versus what was around when you started in the industry? Lee: Honestly, it's much tougher today. There's more competition, and there are better competitors. Comic books are now thought to be the source of great movies. Many people will want to become screenwriters, directors, producers, and whatever. They feel if they could become involved with or create a good comic book, that it will be noticed and turned into a movie. THR: What are the ingredients to succeed as comic book writer? Lee: To be a great comic book writer, within that comic book story, you've got to be able to make your characters come alive. They've got to be interesting. Your dialog has to be fun to read and believable. It's like the rules in writing any good novel or anything. Related Topics MTV Networks Stan Lee

Piers Morgan Set to go away NBC's 'America's Got Talent'

Piers Morgan will not be returning to America's Got Talent when the NBC show returns next season. "I'm departing America's Got Talent after 6 wonderful years. Switched out that juggling's harder laptop or computer looks, therefore i'm likely to give consideration to CNN," the British host tweeted to his 1.4 million fans Wednesday evening. What is the news comes yearly . 5 after Morgan reupped while using Simon Cowell created talent competition. Some two several days later, he signed onto replace Ray King in CNN's coveted 9 pm hour, hosting a extended-form interview series featuring an eclectic combination of people in politics and stars. "It's been an unusual experience to go to from ending up in [Israeli Pm Benjamin] Netanyahu in Jerusalem after which it coming back and undertaking a few occasions of auditions," Morgan told THRof the balacning act last spring, adding, "However appreciate it.In . The series, which saw Howie Mandel dominate for David Hasselhoff this season, has shown among handful of vibrant spots on NBC's schedule lately. Excluding the web's April entry The Voice,Talent, which countsSharon Osbourneas a judge, wasn't any. 1 reality show the 2009 summer season. NBC did not return immediate calls seeking comment. Watch Morgan's announcement on CNN below. Email: Lacey.Rose@THR.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose Related Subjects Piers Morgan

Is Motherhood In The Cards For Carrie Underwood?

First Published: November 9, 2011 4:23 PM EST Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Carrie Underwood attends the 59th Annual BMI Country Awards, Nashville, Tenn., on November 8, 2011Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher are still enjoying wedded bliss after tying the knot in July 2010, and while the singer who will co-host the 45th Annual CMA Awards alongside Brad Paisley for the fourth consecutive year on Wednesday is too busy to have babies on the brain just yet, she says having children is definitely on the couples horizon. Future, future, future, Carrie told Access Hollywood guest correspondent Jill Martin in an interview in Nashville on Sunday, when asked if she and her hockey star husband are thinking of adding to their family. Right now, [Mike is] gone all the time, so it just wouldnt be fair to either one of us as parents or to our child if it was like, Well, sorry little baby, youre not going to see your dad for a few months cause mommys got to go on the road and neither one of us are willing to bend on what we do right now. We have two doggies, and they keep us quite busy and quite entertained, she added. While the power pair is currently content with their hectic work schedules and canine companions, Carrie admitted a closet space shortage has been a slight bone of contention between her and her hockey hunk. [Mike] is such the perfect mix of like, mans man you know, he plays hockey, hes a tough guy but he dresses nice and hes got a lot of shoes, and stuff like that, hes just the perfect little blend but that comes with its own set of problems, Carrie told Jill. Hes like, I need more closet space. I was like, Where am I going to put all my stuff?! Now, he has totally interrupted my girl space with these giant metal racks with all of his coats and stuff on them, she continued. All of our guest bedroom closets are full of his stuff. Its embarrassing. People come over, and theyre like, Um, I hope you dont mind, I had to move a couple of these things so I could hang some dresses. Im like, Im sorry. Sorry. And speaking of dresses, the 28-year-old singer, who (in addition to her co-host duties) is nominated for six CMA awards, says this years show will include a dizzying number of wardrobe changes though the exact number has yet to be determined. I havent quite figured out exactly how many Im going to have. And stuff can always change, she told Jill. Last year, I had a zipper bust, and it was like, Ah! Replacement dress, real quick. Luckily, the wardrobe malfunction occurred during rehearsals, and not during the actual show. I had literally 40 seconds to change my outfit head to toe, and people were like holding up sheets there were probably a lot of people who saw a lot of Carrie Underwood that night, she laughed. I didnt make the change in time, and then I walked out there and had to read my monologue holding my dress together. It was horrible! As for her beauty secrets, Carrie, a spokeswoman for Olay, revealed she begins preparing her skin for big events a couple of weeks in advance. I always try to just really pay close attention to my skin, and make sure everythings OK, and keep it clean, keep it moisturized, and all that stuff, she said. The day and the night of [the event], sleep, water, keep your moisturizer on, keep your face clean, youre good to go. Catch Carrie, along with co-host Brad Paisley, on the 45th Annual Country Music Association Awards tonight at 8 PM on ABC. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Starz Develops Pay TV Subs, Profit in Third Quarter

John Malone's Liberty Media stated Tuesday that customer count and main point here at pay TV company Starz enhanced within the third-quarter. Starz's revenue decreased 2 percent to $389 million among less theatrical films launched on home video with no theatrical films launched this season. But Starz's modified operating earnings before depreciation and amortization elevated 27 percent to $107 million, and operating earnings rose 31 % to $101 million. Starz' subscription models elevated 9 %, while Encore monthly subscriptions rose 3 % in comparison towards the third quarter of 2010. "Subscription development in 2011 continues to be influenced with a current insufficient cooperative marketing campaigns with certain distribution partners," the firm stated. Stated Chris Albrecht, Starz leader and Boss: "Starz Entertainment carried out well within the third quarter with ongoing solid financial and operational performance ongoing solid financial and operational performance and momentum in applying our original programming strategy. With 2012 Starz Originals, including Spartacus: Vengeance, Miracle City, an additional season of Boss, we'll ship to our customers a slate of entertaining premium programming." Meanwhile, Liberty Capital, which collects various Liberty opportunities for example Sirius XM Radio and Live Nation, group's revenue decreased 40 % to $151 million, but modified OIBDA continued to be was flat at $25 million and it is operating loss enhanced by $17 million to $14 million. The alterations were mainly because of the impact of a general change in attribution of Starz Media from Liberty Capital to Liberty Starz, which required impact on Sept. 30, 2010. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Liberty Media Liberty Starz

Oscars: 18 Animated Movies Submit

Beverly Slopes, CA 18 features are actually published for consideration inside the Animated Feature Film category for your 84th Academy awards. The 18 published features are: “The Adventures of Tintin” “Alois Nebel” “Alvin as well as the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked” “Arthur Christmas” “Cars 2″ “A Cat in Paris” “Chico & Rita” “Gnomeo & Juliet” “Happy Foot Two” “Hoodwinked Too! Hood versus. Evil” “Kung Fu Panda 2″ “Mars Needs Moms” “Puss in Boots” “Rango” “Rio” “The Smurfs” “Winnie the Pooh” “Wrinkles” A few of the films listed have not yet had their needed La being qualified runs. Published features must match the theatrical release needs and meet all of the category’s other being qualified rules before they could advance inside the voting process. No less than eight qualified animated features ought to be theatrically released in La County within the twelve several weeks with this particular category being triggered. Films published inside the Animated Feature Film category may be qualified for any Academy awards in other groups, including Best Picture, as lengthy because they fulfill the needs for people groups. The 84th Academy awards nominations will probably be introduced survive Tuesday, The month of the month of january 24, 2012, at 5:30 a.m. PT inside the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Academy awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 is going to be provided on Sunday, February 26, 2012, within the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and public live and consume the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation may also be public live in greater than 200 nations worldwide.

'Guillotines' sells to major territories

Hong Kong's We Distribution has announced a raft of deals for "The Guillotines," the $15-milllion actioner helmed by "Infernal Affairs" director Andrew Lau and produced by Peter Ho-sun Chan.Pic started lensing in September and made its sales bow at AFM. "The Guillotines" sold to Well Go USA in North America, Splendid Films in Germany and the Benelux, and Icon Film Distribution in Australia/New Zealand. Pic is a co-production between Chan's We Pictures and Media Asia. Other partners include Stellar Mega Films Limited, Dingsheng Cultural Industry Investment and Polyface Films.Media Asia will do sales in Asia (excluding China), while Chan's sales outfit We Distribution will handle international sales. Movie is slated for a 2012 release. Set in the Ming Dynasty, pic follows a group of street urchins trained to be part of an undercover group of assassins using a guillotine. Chan changed the name to "The Guillotines" to avoid similarities with the 1974 Shaw Brothers movie "The Flying Guillotine."Pic features Huang Xiaoming from "Ip Man 2" and "The Message," Ethan Juan, who won best actor at the Taiwanese Golden Horse Awards for "Monga," and Shawn Yue from "Reign of Assassins" and "Infernal Affairs II," as well as Boran Jing ("Hot Summer Days"). Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Casey Affleck Has 'No Idea' What 'Paradise Lost' Will Look Like

Director Alex Proyas is undertaking a pretty gargantuan feat in his attempt to adapt John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost" for the big screen. In fact, it's so gargantuan that even its stars can't wrap their mind about what it's going to look like. The project has gathered an impressive cast to play some of the most famous Biblical characters of all time. Bradley Cooper will play Lucifer, Camilla Belle and Diego Boneta will play Eve and Adam, and Casey Affleck will play the archangel Gabriel. It will be interesting to see how Proyas manages to bring the classic to the big screen using modern inventions like CGI. We're assuming that the angels in this film will look a bit more impressive than the one's in Kevin Smith's "Dogma," for instance. (No disrespect intended, Matt and Ben!) So what exactly will "Paradise Lost" look like? When MTV caught up with Casey Affleck while he was promoting "Tower Heist," he admitted that he has no idea. "I think it's going to be a ginormous crazy-looking movie," he said with a laugh. "I have no idea exactly what it's going to look like other than it's going to be a big blue room as far as I know. Then they'll create some amazing world around it." Sounds like it's going to be a visually impressive ride, but we'll hold our judgment until we -- or at least the stars -- have some visual basis to go off of. Are you looking forward to "Paradise Lost"? Tell us in the comments section below or on Twitter!

Time Warner posts boffo third quarter

Time Warner revenue hopped 11 percent to $7.1 billion last quarter powered having a rocking Warner Bros. and reflecting the finest rate of growth since the third quarter of 2007, the media giant mentioned Wednesday. Internet profit elevated to $822 million from $52 million. Studio revenue elevated 19 percent to $3.3 billion introduced with the strong theatrical performance of ''Harry Potter as well as the Deathly Hallows: Part 2'' and greater television license costs within the ''The Large Bang Theory.'' The ultimate installment in the Harry Potter franchise needed in $1.3 billion within the worldwide box office, which causes it to be the next finest grossing film ever, the business mentioned. Studio operating earnings hopped 162 percent to $524 million on greater revenue, lower film valuation changes reducing pre-release advertising expenses. The business introduced by Rob Bewkes stressed its focus on experimentation with new platforms to keep the organization vital. Lately, Warner Home Video released the initial two movies with UltraViolet-enabled digital copies, ''Horrible Bosses'' and ''Green Lantern.'' Clients can access these photos while others simply because they seriously multiple platforms through Flixster so on forward with an growing quantity of UltraViolet services. Other highlights through the quarter add a certification pact with Netflix to stream previous seasons of scripted series round the CW network or that will premiere round the network using the 2014-15 season. The CW also introduced a five-year certification agreement with Hulu the other day for your rights to stream in-season cases of its programming round the Hulu Plus subscription service and Hulu's free ad-supported service. ''Our results demonstrate the wealth of your time Warner's focus on buying and selling in great content that audiences love and leading the evolution of techniques it's shipped,'' mentioned Bewkes. . At cable systems, Turner Broadcasting and Cinemax, revenue rose 7 percent to $3.2 billion. Subscription revenue rose six percent and advertising revenue hopped 9 %. Operating earnings wound up by four percent on greater sports and entertainment programming and marketing costs. Highlights include TNT's ''Falling Skies,'' that the organization mentioned ranked as fundamental cable's finest-rated new series through the quarter. CNN viewership was up nearly fifty percent year-on-year among grownups 25-54 in prime time. Time Corporation. posting, revenue involved flat at $889 million, reflecting flat subscription revenue together with a three percent dip in advertising revenues -- partly due to the transfer of treatments for SI.com and Golf.com to Turner inside the fourth quarter of 2010. Time Corporation. operating Earnings fell twelve percent to $124 million on lower revenue and greater expenses, including elevated paper costs. Throughout the initial nine several days of 2011, Time Corporation. maintained its 21.one percent leading share of overall domestic magazine market. Furthermore, it mentioned it had repurchased $3.7 billion cost of shares year so far. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

E! rethinks Kardashian programming

What is the news that Kim Kardashian will probably be divorcing Basketball player Kris Humphries leaves E! in the quandary. Cabler, which has received numerous audiences and advertising dollars in featuring the lives in the Kardashian clan over time, is rethinking the actual way it will edit and market the next Kardashian series to create, "Kourtney and Kim Take NY." Second season of "Kourtney and Kim" is positioned to debut November. 27 as well as the cabler is thinking about when the skein ought to be re-edited. Following a wedding, Kardashian immediately headed to Gotham, where "NY" was shot. Footage shows there has been troubles inside the marriage, which made it only 72 days. It's difficult to convey when the divorce will damage the Kardashian brand -- both in the business and PR perspective -- and harm E!'s ratings continuing to move forward. The Two-part wedding special came 4.4 million audiences due to its March. 11 airing, and 4 million every day later for partner. That was a effective return, while not record-setting. E! is becoming also thinking about re-editing the wedding special, which has runs a lot of occasions in reruns. The Two-hour running time may be cut to at least one hour half an hour or possibly an hour or so. The lavish wedding was aided taken proper care of by E! those magazine. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

'Life' of the Party

New to DVD and Blu-Ray today is the fantastic drama "A Better Life." When it opened earlier this year, I had high praise for director Chris Weitz and star Demian Bichir, who I think delivers one of the finest performances of the year as an illegal immigrant looking to provide a positive future for his 14-year-old son. In an interview with Weitz, I praised the film and the director's steady hand with material that could have easily gone maudlin or condescending.Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the DVD release party for the film, hosted by Mary-Louise Parker at Culina. It took me a second to make the connection, but of course, Bichir played Parker's lover on the Showtime series "Weeds." Like anyone who loves great actors, I've long held Parker in high regard. But until I saw her in person that night, I had no idea how unbelievably stunning she is in person. She was also very gracious and affable, and went out of her way to thank us for coming. "I so appreciate your support of this movie," she told me. "It means so much that people get the word out about it. It's very special."So if you won't take my word for it, listen to Parker, and check out one of the best films--and performances--of the year.READ MORE ON BEHIND THE SCENES

Obamas High-Priced Hollywood Fundraisers Attract Major Stars & Celebrities & Money

2ND UPDATE, 12:25 AM: First there wasthe $35,800-per-person fundraising dinner tonight with Will Smith hosted by his Overbrook Entertainmentproducing partner and manager James Lassiter. Then President Obama headed over to the home of Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith for a somewhat lower-key event aimed at Latino supporters. He was introduced by Eva Longoria who said Obama “knows hes the president of all Americans” and that “we thank you for everything you’re doing.” Obama leaves townafter Tuesday’s Jay Leno taping. UPDATE (correcting misidentification), 8:01 p.m.: This evening’s Los Angelestraffic snarl at rush hour was just that much worse because President Barack Obama arrived atLAX on board Air Force Oneat 4:30 PM. He’s attending two Hollywood political fundraisers for the Democratic Party tonight, first at producer James Lassiter’smansion and then Melanie Griffith’s and Antonio Banderas’ home.Potus will bemaking a Tonight Show appearance with Jay Leno tomorrow before jetting out of town.According to the White House pool report,Obama first helicoptered to a landing zone in Brentwood and the motorcade made an “off-the-record” visit to Roscoes chicken and waffle house.The president ordered atthe counterfor himself (and nearby aides)the No. 9 Country Boy 3 wings with choice of waffle, potato salad or French fries ($8.90).He then started chatting with diners. I say who cares if you like Obama’s politics or not: he’s got good taste when it comes to LA’s favorite eats. Then the motorcade traveled to Hancock Park for the first fundraiser hosted by Lassiter, who is Will Smith’s production partner in Overbrook Entertainment which manages the entire Pinkett-Smith family. Here is the pool report written by the Los Angeles Times‘ Peter Nicholas: The President appeared at an intimate fund-raising dinner at the home of James and Mai Lassiter in LAs Hancock Park area. He spoke softly to guests sitting at four tables, 8-10 seats per table. Tickets cost $35,800 per person. Actor Will Smith, looking dapper in a three piece suit, stood near the back of the room and watched. Boston Celtics nemesis Magic Johnson sat at a table to the presidents right. Some quotes about the campaign. Ive said this before this election will not be as sexy as the first one, the president said. Back then it was still fresh and new. I didnt have any gray hair. Everybody loved the Hope posters and all that. This time its weve got to grind it out a little bit. Weve got to grind it out. But the cause is the same. And my passion is the same. And my commitment is the same. The president talked about his new mortgage refinance program. Consumers who refinance at lower rates would then have more money to shop, go to Wills movies and patronize Magics businesses. Smith and Johnson laughed appreciatively. Potus repeated a theme from past fund-raising appearances — that hes accomplished a lot, but needs a second term to finish the job. Weve made great progress but weve got so much more work to do, he said. Obviously in Washington, the politics that I think people are hoping for is not what theyre getting. Its still dysfunctional. Its still perversely partisan. Pool was ushered out after 10 minutes, as potus opened it up for questions. As we slithered out, potus asked if wed gotten any of the chicken from his earlier stop at Roscoes. Reuters Jeff Mason assured him that there was pizza waiting for us outside. Pool is holding contentedly near the Lassiters lighted backyard pool, enjoying a cool LA breeze and snacking on individual-size pizzas. Next stop was Antonio Banderas’ and Melanie Griffith’s home.Still waitingfor the White House pool report: FYI: I initially misidentified James Lassiter asDisney/Pixar’s John Lasseter. Mea culpa, this is what happens when I’ve been sick all night… I become a moron.

Jobs Biographer States Professional Regretted Postponing Cancer Surgery (Video)

Apple co-founder Jobs regretted his decision to keep off on pancreatic cancer surgery, based on the professional's biographer, Walter Isaacson.our editor recommendsSony Pictures in Discussions for Privileges to Jobs BiographyRelated Subjects•Steve Jobs The first kind controlling editor of your time states within an interview airing on an hour Sunday, "I have requested [Jobs why he did not have an operation then] and that he stated, 'I did not want my body system to become opened up...I did not desire to be violated for the reason that way.' PHOTOS: Hollywood's Notable Deaths "So he anxiously waited nine several weeks, while his wife yet others advised him to get it done, prior to getting the operation." Rather than getting surgery after being identified using the cancer, Jobs made a decision to pursue alternative treatments, that they later lamented. Isaacson states, "I believe he type of felt when you ignore something, if you do not want something to exist, you could have magical thinking...we spoken relating to this a great deal. COMPLETE COVERAGE: Jobs "He desired to discuss it, how he regretted it....I believe he felt he must have been operated on sooner." Isaacson also discloses that Jobs later privately received cancer remedies while telling everybody he was healed. The an hour interview airs March. 23 at 7 p.m. ET/PT. Related Subjects Jobs

Taylor Quick on 'Speak Now' Follow-Up: 'I've Written 25 Tunes So Far'

Taylor Quick is really a busy lady.our editor recommendsTaylor Quick Launches Wonderstruck PerfumeAlbum review: Taylor Swift's 'Speak Now'Justin Bieber and Taylor Quick Co-Write Song Together PHOTOS: Taylor Quick Turns 21 At the time of her worldwide Speak Now tour and marketing the launch of her initial perfume, Quick can also be working hard on which is going to be her 4th studio album. The songstress spoke using the Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday, March. 18, while ending up in La fans who have been anxious to get hold of a bottle of her new scent, Wonderstruck. "I have written 25 tunes to date, therefore it is coming along very well,Inch Quick stated of her follow-up to 2010's Speak Now. "I have been writing a great deal, and I love to take 24 months to create a record. We are in the finish of the year one and that i have annually left to visit write." "It's searching excellent,Inch she added. PHOTOS: MTV VMAs: Finest Feuds According to Swift's three previous album releases, fans should likely expect a brand new offering in nov 2012. Her debut release, Taylor Quick, hit stores on March. 24, 2006. Her sophomore album, Courageous, adopted on November. 11, 2008, while Speak Now made its debut on March. 25, 2010. The 21-year-old is famous not just on her sincere and storied lyrics, but a signature style both off and on stage. It is not frequently that Quick parts together with her signature blonde curls (save for just one show-preventing appearance in the 2010 American Music Honours, where she first showed bangs along with a sleek, straight 'do), and often will she ever pursue a far more drastic change? "Yes, I've considered that on certain days," she confessed. "I consider either cutting bangs, or performing. However I don't believe I am ever gonna work drastically -- a minimum of not soon, because my publicist at this time is kind of twitching with fear." "I'd rather not shock people, that's never been the aim,Inch she added. "But it may be nice to mix things up every occasionally." PHOTOS: Teen Choice Honours Red-colored Carpet The singer's scent is on purchase now, selling at $49.50. The Elizabeth Arden scent features notes of fruit and floral, with a little "sweet indulgence." Quick is hardly the very first music performer to grow into the field of cosmetics, but she particularly credits Britney Warrior spears and Gwen Stefani as her inspiration for developing a truly "signature smell." Related Subjects Taylor Quick

'Shelter' vfx goes large around the small budget

"Take Shelter" star Michael Shannon watches storm clouds created by Hydraulx. Nichols For Rob Nichols, "Take Shelter" will be a leap of belief. His first pic, 2007's "Shotgun Tales," is created "very affordable," mentioned the writer-director. "I limited a few things i could allow myself to produce. But also for 'Shelter' I needed the mitts off and written large dream sequences." That was before Nichols guaranteed any gold gold coin for your film, his second, through which tornado-breeding storm clouds reflect the inside demons bedeviling Michael Shannon's character, a family group guy fighting to settle the debts while he spirals into mental illness. In limited release since Sept. 30, "Shelter" has cumed about $130,000 from 11 theaters. When the financing -- a scant $5 million, apparently -- became a member of together, Nichols needed to try and create large-movie effects around the shoestring. The key factor wound up being to partner with Greg and Colin Strause -- a.k.a. the Brothers and sisters Strause -- helmers and entrepreneurs of vfx shop Hydraulx, which transformed the skies of Ohio, where the pic was shot in mostly couch taters weather, with apocalyptic electrical storms and menacing flocks of untamed wild birds. "I obtained people males aboard just before the financing because I understood making an affordable indie movie, however i didn't learn how to produce a cheap visual-effects indie movie," mentioned Nichols. He finished shooting "Shelter" within this summer time 2010, and labored anxiously the comfort of year to obtain the film ready for Sundance, where it absolutely was nommed for your grand jury prize. "From August towards the month of the month of january it seems like several 2 days there's some monumental deadline: the outcomes moments, the submission cut, the best cut," he mentioned. The brand new the new sony Pictures Classics acquired "Shelter" just before the fest opened up up. Nichols lives in Austin where local boutique Stuck On On did publish-production, while using facility's Parke Gregg handling editing, DI and color correction. The process involved carefully up-to-date coordination between Stuck and Santa Monica-based Hydraulx for your sky effects. "We'd send them fundamental edits in the moments and so they world start their miracle," mentioned Gregg. "We'd then get comps to edit to our sequences, after which it send them the moments with notes after we modified them to ensure that they may make more changes on the finish. Data could shuttle 20 occasions." Additional collaboration happened between Stuck and Skywalker Appear in northern California, with Stuck's Lyman Sturdy fashioning the appear design. Publish supervisor Allison Turrell saved track of all the elements, with Nichols present with the process. The helmer, now within the native Arkansas filming "Grime," is reunited once again with Shannon, who stars alongside Reese Witherspoon and Matthew McConaughey. That is Nichols' third collaboration while using actor, whose attachment to "Shelter," along with the Hydraulx partnership, was part of the package that aided pull the financing into position. Too as with another bit of good timing for "Shelter," Nichols got Jessica Chastain to see opposite Shannon much like her career was getting rid of. "This wasn't lost on anybody," he mentioned. "We understood it absolutely was coming." Bookings & Signings WME signed edtors John Refoua ("Avatar") and Elisabet Ronaldsdottir ("Contraband") d.p.'s Karl Walter Lindenlaub ("Dolphin Tale") and Michael Weaver ("MotherhoodInch) line producers Michael Hissrich ("Shameless") and Bill Bannerman ("Breaking Beginning"). Agency reserved production designers Clark Hunter on Scott Walker's "Frozen Ground," Rob Mann on Ben Stiller's "The Important Thing Information on Walter Mitty," Elizabeth Mickle on Stuart Blumberg's "Appreciate Talking about" and Kirk Petruccelli on Roland Emmerich's "Singularity" d.p.'s Martin Ahlgren on USA pilot "Over/Under," Chunghoon Chung on Park Chan-wook's "Stoker" and Julian Clarke on Neill Blomkamp's "Elysium" editors Dana Congdon on Sarah Siegel-Magness' "Very Very Long Time Gone," Jonathan Corn on Justin Zackham's "The Wedding,In . Joe Hobeck on Showtime's "Homeland," Robert Komatsu on FX's "American Horror Story," Lisa Lassek on Joss Whedon's "The Avengers," Steve Mirkovich on Mario Van Peebles' "Red-colored-colored Sky" and Jeffrey Wolf on Leslye Headland's "Bachelorette." Vfx producer/supervisor Kurt Williams on "Walter Mitty" and 2nd unit director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon on Ben Affleck's "Argo." Contact Peter Caranicas at peter.caranicas@variety.com

Summit Acquires Rights To Norwegian Crime-Thriller Headhunters

Summit Entertainment has acquired English-language movie rights to the international bestselling crime thriller Headhunters, by Norwegian author Jo Nesb. The novel, recently published in the U.S. by Doubleday and a NY Times bestseller, chronicles the escapades of a high-living corporate headhunter who steals artwork from his rich clients to finance his expensive lifestyle. When a heist unexpectedly goes south, he discovers he’s in way over his head in a murderous scheme. Nesb’s eight crime novels featuring Detective Harry Hole have been translated into more than 40 languages. Erik Feig, Summit’s president of production, acquisitions SVP Michael Schaefer, and creative executive Jeyun Choi will oversee the project for the studio. Marianne Gray, Ole Sondberg, and Berna Levin are aboard as producers via Swedish production company Yellow Bird. Summit acquired the English-language rights from Yellow Bird, which already produced a hit Scandinavian film based on the novel.

Anim'est characters up in Bucharest

BUDAPEST -- The 6-year-old Anim'est Intl. Animation Film Festival, that has become East Europe's premier toonfest, opened up its doorways within the Romanian capital, Bucharest, Friday for 10-times of tests. Fest will screen 436 films to 150 industry professionals as well as an believed 22,000 local site visitors, who can decide on an eclectic line-up. The majority of the films are shorts, but you will find 27 features, including U.S. fare like "Rango," "Rio" and "Kung Fu Panda 2," and worldwide photos like France's "The Cat in Paris" and also the U.K.-France's "The Illusionist."The winning title within the fest's competition will get the Anim'est Trophy, and will also be shortlisted for Europe's top animation prize, the Cartoon d'Or, presented through the European Association of Animation Film.With 511 films tested at Anim'est 2010, the fest's shrinkage within the this past year might be an expression from the results of the financial crisis. But toon professionals condition the genre is fairing much better than most. Jan Naszewski, mind of Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales, states the marketplace for children's cartoons is lowering, but interest in animation overall continues to be strong. "We have found there's always an industry for animation," Naszewski told Variety, particularly shorts, which increasingly more tv stations favor due to their programming flexibility. "For me personally like a distributor it's simpler to market animation than (fiction) features and documentaries." As well as in a global where worldwide co-productions have progressively get to be the norm, animation offers mix-cultural appeal. "Animation frequently has little dialogue, and it is simpler to dub," Naszewski stated. "It is a better fit for worldwide co-productions."Fest repetition Toma Peiu states the animation biz continues to be increased by technological developments and mix-fertilization using the VFX sector. "Animation covers a significantly larger range than in the past,Inch he stated. Fest systems March. 16. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

The Actor-kaira Pitt Apologizes for Rape Comment

On Tuesday, a few eyebrow-raising quotes from Vanity Fair's cover story interview using the Actor-kaira Pitt broke online. Furthermore to acknowledging he attended Scientology conferences when he was youthful (he managed to get happen since they paid out people $3 a session to go to), the actor spoke about his aversion to photo shoots, evaluating these to rape. "Well, you just appear as if you are now being raped in some manner. Raped ... It feels as if a kind of strange -- just strange," mentioned Depp. Following a Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network belittled Depp's comments, the actor released an apology. "I am truly sorry for problem anybody at all,In . Depp mentioned inside the statement. "I never made to. It absolutely was an unhealthy choice of words in my part to be able to explain a feeling ... I recognize there is no comparison and i am very regretful. To be able to correct my inadequate judgment, please accept my sincere apology." Depp can next be viewed in 'Rum Diary' on March. 28. The issue of Vanity Fair with Depp round the cover will hit newsstands soon. [via Fox News] [Photo: ELIOT PRESS/bauergriffinonline.com] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

'Simpsons' Money Fight: Biz Model not Sustainable, States Fox

NEW You are able to - News Corp.'s twentieth century Fox Television stated Tuesday that it may't manage to continue creating animated hit show The Simpsons under its current business design.our editor recommendsFox Intends Finish of 'Simpsons' if Voice Stars Don't Accept 45% Pay Cut (Report) "23 seasons in, The Simpsons is really as artistically vibrant as always and beloved by millions all over the world,Inch the Fox TV studio stated inside a statement. "We feel this brilliant series can and really should continue, but we can't produce future seasons under its current business model.Inch PHOTOS: Best and Worst TV Fathers: 'The Simpsons,' 'Modern Family' The statement added: "We're hopeful that people can achieve a contract using the voice cast that enables The Simpsons to take entertaining audiences with original episodes for several years in the future.Inch The organization, that has produced a mutli-billion franchise proper care of Simpsons T-t shirts, stamps, Dvd disks, game titles, amusement park rides along with a feature film, rejected to comment further. The Daily Animal had reported the TV studio it's searching for a 45 percent pay cut for voice talent, including Serta Castellaneta, who voices Homer Simpson, Julie Kavner (Marge), Nancy Cartwright (Bart), Yeardley Cruz (Lisa) and Hank Azaria (Moe) and Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders). The report stated studio professionals have threatened to finish the series, presently in the 23rd season, if your deal can't be arrived at. Pay has frequently been challenging around the lengthy-running show. The very first salary fight between your cast and Fox arrived the late the nineteen nineties once the network threatened to exchange the six primary stars with new talent. The problem was ultimately resolved, with stars being compensated roughly $125,000 per episode. Early in the year of 2004, the cast required their costs be elevated again. Once they stopped turning up at table reads, their salaries were elevated. In mid-2008, after several weeks of discussions that place the 20th season on hold, the Simpsons cast and also the studio arrived at the most recent four-year deal that saw the very best stars get compensated nearly $400,000 per episode. That can be a was less than an initially searched for $500,000, it had been up using their previous deal around $300,000 a chapter. While parting way using the series is not even close to ideal --particularly because of the series' capability to lure more youthful audiences and kickstart other choices which come after it-- the organization would still enjoy the Simpsons' capability to stay relevant in reruns. One of the appeals of the animated number of the Simpsons' quality is being able to play well in repeats, distribution as well as in streaming platforms. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects The Simpsons Fox Broadcasting Corporation

Yahoo beefs up original programming

Internet giant Yahoo features an array of eight new web show concentrating on women since it ramps up original programming -- brings total output to 34 shows either round the network or possibly in production. They'll be launched in the refurbished destination site referred to as Yahoo! Screen.Some shows are weekly, some daily. They range lengthy from three-to-a few minutes, to longer form. Two shows will be in-house productions from Yahoo Art galleries, others developed along with companies including Electus/Principato-Youthful Entertainment, FishBowl Worldwide Media, Prime Content and Warrior Poets. Inside a press briefing in NY Tuesday morning, Mickie Rosen, senior V . p . of Yahoo Media Network, presented the choice just like a slate, much like broadcast systems. She mentioned entrepreneurs manage to buy within the slate of shows. ''Original programming happens when we make our mark and accelerate our brand building,'' she mentioned.The completely new options include ''Reluctantly Healthy'' with Judy Greer (''The Descendants,'' ''Arrested Development'') about living healthy away from home, ''Let's Discuss Love'' with Niecy Nash of ''Reno 911'' and ''The Failure Club,'' situated by Morgan Spurlock (''Supersize Me''), about implementing the worry of failure to change your existence.In ''Your Pals Will not Ever Believe You'' with Ryan Rottman (Nickelodeon's ''Gigantic''), brief moments of random celebrity interaction are adopted hidden cameras and targets make an effort to convince their pals what just happened. ''Ultimate Proposal'' shows host Cameron Mathison (''All The Children,'' ''Good Morning America'') together with a team of experts helping males supply the ultimate marriage proposal. ''omg! NOW'' can be a celebrity fest with host Kristen Aldridge. ''Blue Ribbon Hunter,'' with food author Allison Fishman, offers a mixture of local flavor and cooking instruction at food festivals across America. And celebrity chef Fabio Viviani hosts their very own cooking program ''CHOW CIAO!'' ''This is next generation television, available anytime, anywhere, with something for everyone,'' Rosen mentioned.Despite turmoil inside the executive suite and constant gossips it's up available, Yahoo is clearly on the run. This Year's week, the business introduced a sweeping alliance with ABC News. Traders seem to love whatever they see. Yahoo shares were up in midday purchasing and selling Tuesday, beating the overall market. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Matt's Guide to Thursday TV: Pick Parks Over Gentleman

Amy Poehler and Adam Scott It will be a sad day in TV land if (as Nielsen history suggests) the powerhouse of CBS' The Big Bang Theory helps deliver the abysmal new How to Be a Gentleman a ratings win over NBC's little-show-that-could-do-better Parks and Recreation.Here's my Fall Preview take on How to Be a Gentleman (CBS, 8:31/7:31c), a misfire that almost makes me miss last year's Bleep My Dad Says, which wasted the same time period: "Felix and Oscar should sue. The overused Odd Couple premise gets one of its more cringeworthy sitcom workouts in the latest assault on the male mystique - caricatured as a squeaky-voiced priss and a bellowing gym-bunny boor. Actually, mankind should sue." To elaborate: David Hornsby plays a metrosexual metropolitan fusspot whose world is rocked when the magazine he writes for changes focus from urbane to youth-pandering drivel. To "man up" (one of the season's dreariest trends, and the title of an equally awful upcoming sitcom on ABC), he turns to a gym trainer who turns out to be a former high-school bully, broadly played by Kevin Dillon in a role the Entourage crew would have mocked. It couldn't be more forgettable, but what's really irksome is the waste of a strong supporting cast, including 24's Mary Lynn Rajskub as Hornsby's sardonic sister and Flight of the Conchords' Rhys Darby as her mewling husband.Want more Matt Roush? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!Meanwhile, an outstanding episode of Parks and Recreation (8:30/7:30cs) taps the Tammy vein of comic gold, with the arrival of Ron Swanson's justifiably feared ex-wife "Tammy One," variously described as a "psychological mastermind" and "hellacious nightmare." Understatements. Patricia Clarkson is a severe scream as this icy menace, wielding an IRS audit as a weapon. (My admiration for this actress grows each time I see her. Having just watched her Emmy-worthy performance in the upcoming Lifetime movie anthology Five, as a woman facing breast cancer with savage wit and a love for life, her range never fails to astound.)The impact Tammy One has on Ron's personality and trademark look are so alarming, Leslie literally is forced to try to slap some sense into him. Hearing Nick Offerman say, "Leslie, you're a panic" is itself a panic. Can Tammy Two (Megan Mullally) be the "Mothra" to Tammy One's "Godzilla"? Will the original Tammy - a mountain mama seemingly modeled after Margo Martindale's Justified character - be able to rescue Ron in a climactic battle royale? I wish I were as entertained by the ongoing subplot involving Tom's ridiculous new entertainment venture, but for those back in the office trying to bring Ron back into the light, this is about as funny as it gets.So what else is on? ... Sounds like a formula for disaster on CBS' The Big Bang Theory (8/7c), as Leonard agrees to be Amy's date at a wedding. ... It's flashback time on the CW's The Vampire Diaries (8/7c), as Klaus and Stefan's road trip to Chicago triggers memories of the Roaring (and Biting) '20s, when Stefan was still a Wild Young Vamp. ... Another flashback alert, as the second episode of CBS' intriguing Person of Interest (9/8c) finds Finch (Michael Emerson) reflecting on The Machine's origins. ... In the revolving door of Oceanside Wellness Center, Benjamin Bratt joins ABC's Private Practice (10:02/9:02c) in its fifth season, while Audra McDonald moves on to better things, like a Broadway revival of Porgy & Bess. ... On CBS' The Mentalist (10/9c), Patrick Jane gets a new CBI team to torment, led by Reed Diamond, while he tries to get Lisbon and the rest of the gang back together.Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

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Studiocanal Boosts More Film Financing: States It Does Not Need To Borrow To Invest In Slate

DEADLINE PARIS: French pay-TV giant today revealed a slate financing deal worth 150 million ($203.9 million) over the following three years. The money covers 30% in the budgets of Studiocanals worldwide productions. Meaning Studiocanal is going to be trading 200 million yearly on movie production. London-based finance house Anton Capital Entertainment (ACE) has elevated the money through a mix of U.S banks and undisclosed European financial institutions. Union Bank and Bank of America are most likely the U.S. loan providers mixed up in deal. The current announcement should really establish Studiocanals place since the first the avenue for call outdoors the U.S. for intelligent upmarket movies like Mess Tailor Soldier Spy that's fully funded. Olivier Courson, chairman/Boss of Studiocanal, states it's the first time a European small-major provides the kind of slate funding which got Wall Street into such trouble five years ago. Some U.S. traders lost their t t shirts throwing vast amounts at Hollywood. Asked for how he'd reassure traders burnt by previous Hollywood slate fund deals, Courson mentioned the primary difference this time around around around is always that Studiocanal is creating a more varied slate and not numerous blockbusters. Courson states most Hollywood art galleries have operating profits of under 10%,partly because of the ballooning cost of production, crazy marketing stays, and limited slates specific at teens. Studiocanal, however, is on course to produce a 14% profit this year on sales in the varied slate of E400 million. The sale means we'll be capable of increase our investment capacity, which we dont must find partners for each new film. So far we've not required to have a loan to invest in our films, states Courson. Courson states Studiocanal is interested in financingthe next Black Swan or perhaps the Social Media: the kind of films the art galleries have largely abandoned.Paris-based Studiocanal was already riding full of Uk success of Mess, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Courson also desires to make more animated family films, and upmarket genre films such as the just-introduced The Ultimate Exorcism 2. Sebastian Raybaud, controlling director of ACE, states that revenue coming will probably be split from first dollar, rather than getting his traders pressed towards the rear from the queue if the involves getting their funds back as was the problem having a couple of early Hollywood slate deals. The alignment of interests is more preferable in comparison to some couple of from the deals you have often seen, states Raybaud. However, the question remains whether placing 150 million in to a hundred different movies works a lot better than putting the same cash into numerous Hollywoods sure-factor blockbusters. It formerly funded Unknown, starring Liam Neeson, as well as the Simon Pegg/Nick Frost comedy Paul. Future production includes the next Coen Brothers and sisters filmInside Llewyn Davis, produced by Scott Rudin and shooting in NY this fall, along with the Last Photograph, starring Sean Penn and Christian Bale, the following film from Niels Arden Oplev (The Woman While using Dragon Tattoo) and producer Joel Silver. The business releases its own movies in three key European areas France, Germany as well as the Uk which together represent 80% in the European market. Studiocanal also has an enormous back catalogue that, Courson describes, is ripe for plundering. Vital remade Studiocanals original in the Tourist (Anthony Zimmer), while Studiocanal itself remade Brighton Rock, which is developing another Graham Greene remake, The Fallen Idol, with U.S. producer Walter Parkes. Healing For Healing For Peter Jackson is developing a remake of classic British The Second World War movie The Dambusters.

Swiss pick 'Giochi d'estate' for Oscar race

BERLIN -- Rolando Colla's "Giochi d'estate" (Summer Games) has been selected as Switzerland's candidate for the foreign- language film Oscar. The coming-of-age film, which bowed in Venice, centers on a teenage boy struggling with an abusive father and dealing with first love while on summer holiday on Italy's Tuscany coast. The pic was chosen by a special jury and announced at the Delemont-Hollywood film festival in Delsberg. "Summer Games" was produced by Zurich-based Peacock Film. The Swiss entry will benefit from a 60,000 Swiss francs ($66,813) financial contribution for a promotional campaign, according to the Federal Culture Office. The deadline for Oscar foreign-language film submissions is Monday. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will unveil nominations on Jan. 24 and the winner will be announced at the 84th awards ceremony at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood on Feb. 26. Contact Ed Meza at staff@variety.com

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Ratings: New Girl Remains Pretty Popular; Week 2 Sees Expected Drop-Off

Zooey Deschanel It looks like New Girl is no fluke. The second episode of the sitcom starring Zooey Deschanel attracted 9.26 million viewers and scored a 4.4 rating among industry-prized 18-to-49-year-olds, again bettering Glee. Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows Overnight Nielsen ratings further showed that Glee grabbed 8.34 million viewers and 3.6 demo rating (vs. 8.91 million/3.8 for last week's Season 3 premiere). Also at 9/8c, DWTS' results show had its usual increase (14.05 million) vs. The Biggest Loser (5.84 million) and the third round of Ringer, which improved slightly to 2.01 million after losing 30 percent of its premiere eyeballs last week. CBS kept its usual stranglehold on the first two hours of Tuesday's prime time with NCIS, which attracted 19.18 million (4.2), and NCIS: Los Angeles, which lured 16.12 million (3.5). Fox's Raising Hope at 9:30/8:30c reached 6.30 million people. Against NCIS and Glee at 8/7c, the first hour of Dancing with the Stars entertained 9.30 million viewers vs. The Biggest Loser on NBC (5.70 million) and The CW's 90210 (1.68 million). Photo timeline: The emasculation of men on TV The highest-rated new drama of the 2011-12 TV season - Unforgettable - nabbed 12.29 million people and a 2.5 rating, about 88 percent of its premiere audience, beating Body of Proof (9.43 million/1.9) and Parenthood (5.52 million/2.2) in prime time's final hour.

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Roman Polanski Returns to Zurich for Ovation After Arrest

Two years after he'd been arrested in Zurich, Roman Polanski received a 10-minute standing ovation at the Zurich Film Festival as he accepted a lifetime achievement award. "Better late than never," he said on finally being able to accept the award in person. In 2009, he was placed under house arrest when he arrived in Switzerland and nearly extradited to the U.S. for outstanding sexual assault charges. The 78-year-old is also the subject of a "secret" new documentary that had its world premiere at the festival. In the documentary, called 'Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir,' he narrates his own life story, up to and including his extradition trial. It was shot during his house arrest by Laurent Bouzereau, who specializes in "making of" documentaries on films from 'Avatar' to 'Jaws.' No critical reactions on the documentary, which screened after the awards ceremony, have surfaced yet, but critics have been raving about his other new film, 'Carnage,' starring Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster and Christoph Waltz. It premiered September 1 at the Venice Film Festival and is getting some of the best reviews since 2002's 'The Pianist,' the film that earned him his first Best Director Oscar. The Polish-born director has lived in Europe since 1978; he fled the U.S. after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. When he entered Switzerland in 2009, he was arrested but, after a lengthy house arrest and trial, was freed without being extradited to America. [via THR 1, 2]

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