Madonna Will not Have an Oscar Nomination for the best Original Song

Existence is really a mystery ... and thus is honours season. The Academy of movement Picture Arts and Sciences introduced 39 tunes qualified for nomination within the Best Original Song category in the 84th annual Oscars in Feb, and Madonna's latest track is not included in this. Madge, who directed the approaching romance 'W.E.' as well as authored the song "Masterpiece" because of its soundtrack, received a Golden Globe nomination for that tune a week ago regrettably, her charms were lost around the Academy. (Either that, or AMPAS is not as vulnerable to star-looking because the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.) While Madonna will remain home on February. 26, a number of other tunes is going to be qualified for any nomination, including three tracks from 'The Muppets,' the Mary J. Blige tune from 'The Help' and also the Jonsi song "Gathering Gemstones" in the 'We Purchased a Zoo' soundtrack. Full list ahead. "The Planet I Understood" from "African Felines" "Lay Your Mind Lower" from "Albert Nobbs" "Star Spangled Guy" from "Captain America: The Very First Avenger" "Collision of Mobile phone industry's" from "Cars 2&Prime "Dakkanaga Dugu Dugu" from "DAM999&Prime "DAM999 Theme Song" from "DAM999&Prime "Mujhe Chod Ke" from "DAM999&Prime "Rainbird" from "Dirty Girl" "Continue Walking" from "The Very First Grader" "In which the River Goes" from "Footloose" "Hello Hello" from "Gnomeo & Juliet" "Love Develops an outdoorInch from "Gnomeo & Juliet" "Bridge of sunshineInch from "Happy Ft Two" "The Mighty Sven" from "Happy Ft Two" "Not Be Put off" from "happythankyoumoreplease" "Hell and Back" from "Hell and AgainInch "The Living Proof" from "The AssistanceInch "Coeur Volant" from "Hugo" "It's The Way We Play" from "I'm Not Sure How She Will ItInch "Once the Heart Dies" from "Within the Land of Bloodstream and Honey" "Ja Nao Estar" from "José and Pilar" "The Keeper" from "Machine Gun Preacher" "Life's a contented Song" from "The Muppets" "Guy or Muppet" from "The Muppets" "Pictures during my Mind" from "The Muppets" "Summer time Song" from "The Background Music Never Stopped" "Imaginary Buddies" from "Olive" "Sparkling Day" from "EventuallyInch "Taking You beside meInch from "Our Idiot Brother" "The Finest Song I HeardInch from "POM Wonderful Is Definitely The Finest Movie Ever Offered" "Hot Wings" from "Rio" "Allow Me To Get You to Rio" from "Rio" "Real in Rio" from "Rio" "Shelter" from "Take Shelter" "Gathering Tales" from "We Purchased a Zoo" "Pop" from "Whitened Irish Consumers" "Think You Are Able To Wait" from "Mutually BeneficialInch "The Backson Song" from "Winnie the Pooh" "Such A Long Time" from "Winnie the Pooh" [via MCN] [Photo: AP] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

'The Hollywood Reporter' Actress Roundtable

Rare is the Hollywood blockbuster that showcases a single strong female role. This year, "The Help" featured about a half-dozen fully realized women and grossed $167 million domestic, among the biggest female ensemble films ever. For this reason, THR broke with tradition and invited two stars from the same movie Viola Davis, 46, and Octavia Spencer, 39 to participate in the first awards roundtable of the season. Davis and Spencer, the heart and soul of "The Help," joined a diverse group who challenged themselves with performances as varied as a 19th-century woman pretending to be a man (Glenn Close, 64, in "Albert Nobbs"), an out-of-control lounge singer with suicidal tendencies (Carey Mulligan, 26, in "Shame" she also played a young mother in "Drive"), a mean-spirited and possibly ill Y.A. novelist (Charlize Theron, 36, in "Young Adult"), and perhaps the most iconic woman in Hollywood history, Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams, 31, "My Week With Marilyn"). The roundtable took place Oct. 24 at Smashbox Studios in West Hollywood. The Hollywood Reporter: Given your success, does a bad review still hurt? Glenn Close: A bad review can be very hurtful. People don't think that we are as engaged and invested in what we do as we are. So they think they can come up and say anything sometimes, and it's very, very hurtful. THR: People really come up to you and say nasty things? Close: They usually don't say nasty things to my face. Well, they do say, "You look much better in life than you do on film." Viola Davis: I get that all the time.Close: It's unbelievable. You think to yourself, "Is that a compliment?"Davis: I'll take it. I'll take whatever I can get. [Laughs.]THR: What has surprised you most about being an actress? Davis: I always thought that when you put your heart into it and you're doing a great job, people would acknowledge that. Everyone would say, "Oh, you're great, you're fabulous." But I remember the first time I walked out the stage door and I got nothing. I didn't understand that people would not always be receptive, and that a lot of the times you just have to be happy with your work. People don't tell you there are so many outside elements that invade your love of the work: the jealousy of other people, the reviews, bad ratings for a television show, getting older and the kind of roles that are not out there for you, roles that aren't on the page and you try to make something out of them and you can't. Sometimes you do it for the money because you're broke. All the outside elements that invade the love of the work that's been the biggest surprise. Because, hey, I would perform in a parking lot. THR: Have you done roles that you were disappointed by afterward? Octavia Spencer: I never watch my work, so I can't say that I'm disappointed. THR: You haven't seen "The Help"? Spencer: I sort of had to. [Davis and I] saw it together. THR: Did you like it? Spencer: I did like "The Help." I was really scared that I would just hate everything. When you watch yourself, it really does take you out of the purity of that world that you create. I'm thinking, "Really? Does my stomach look like a smiley face? Really? You went with that take? Ugh, there was one that was better." Michelle Williams: I haven't seen everything I've done. THR: Michelle, did you have conversations about who Marilyn Monroe was and how to play her before you agreed to the role?Williams: No, I wouldn't even have known how to have a conversation about how to play her. I do a lot of prep work. A lot of my work is done before I ever get on a set. And it's lonely, lonely work. My director isn't really involved at that point. THR: What kind of prep work? Williams: Well, for "Marilyn" it was unlike anything I've ever done. There was so much material; there was so much you can research all the books, all the movies. I feel like I finally learned how to use my computer for good and not evil. It became such a resource. And YouTube I have a whole new appreciation for it.THR: What most surprised you about Marilyn? Williams: The biggest "aha" moment was that Marilyn Monroe was a character that she played. Marilyn Monroe was like a Groucho Marx or a Charlie Chaplin or something; it was a facade. She was the greatest part she ever played. So that was a big moment. THR: Carey, I read that "Shame" originally was set in London, but director Steve McQueen couldn't find people there to talk about sex addiction. True? Carey Mulligan: Yeah, in England you can't find people that talk about sex. He and [co-writer] Abi Morgan tried to write it in London, but no one was willing to have the conversations. Charlize Theron: That's because they don't have sex [in Britain]. [Laughter.]THR: There's full-on nudity in the film. Did that make you uncomfortable? Mulligan: The notion of it always has. I've never wanted to take my clothes off and be sexy. I'm horribly afraid. [But] it wasn't that at all. Actually, Steve and I spent a lot of time looking at an artist called Francesca Woodman, who was a photographer who started taking nude photos of herself when she was 15 and committed suicide when she was 22, back in the early '80s. She just had sort of a freedom with her body; it was sort of an instrument for her art. And Sissy, the character I had to play, she wants to be loved and she wants to be seen. The nudity felt like exactly who she was. There was one camera and Michael [Fassbender], who's naked throughout. Theron: The idea of somebody saying, "Take your clothes off" was a little frightening, and then I did it and I was like, "Oh, okay." THR: Charlize, do you ever worry that the audience might not like you when you play a nasty character? Theron: Wait, what are you trying to say? [Laughter.]THR: In "Young Adult" you play a role that's Theron: She's a bitch. I don't like sympathy, I like empathy. Sympathy to me is not natural behavior. I don't think it's reasonable to expect people to have sympathy for other people. I never expected people to have sympathy for Aileen Wuornos [in "Monster"] or for Mavis [in "Young Adult"]. And I don't aim for that. I just aim for understanding: If you can understand her, you might hate her, but if you can understand her, then I've done my job. That's all I care about. THR: So you equate sympathy with liking? Theron: I think sympathy is more like "I feel sorry for you." I don't want my character to be a victim. We have innately bad human behaviors that sometimes we can explain and justify. It's easy to say someone's an asshole because they had this, this, and this happen to them, so we have to forgive them. But what if someone was just an asshole? That's interesting to me. THR: Do you have to have those nasty qualities somewhere deep inside you in order to play it? Theron: Yes, I am an asshole. [Laughter.]THR: Glenn, what do you think? Theron: Wait, you're going to leave me there on "I am an asshole"? [Laughter.] Close: I really agree with the sympathy/empathy thing. You have to find a place where you can love your character to do them justice, because if you're judging them, that separation will show. To totally find that connection between you and the character that is what will connect you to the audience.THR: Could you play Hitler? Theron: You see, that's exactly the problem. Close: You could, but you would want to know where he came from to be absolutely committed to that character. I don't think Hitler was someone you wanted to empathize with. Theron: People are so concerned that if you look at a monster, you might find a human being. There was this great story that I came across when I did research for "Monster" about the guy who originally came up with profiling serial killers. His name is John Douglas, and he had a chapter in his book about writing. He believes that fables and werewolves and Dracula and all these scary characters were created because people don't want to believe human beings are capable of bad things. But we definitely are capable of some shit that will scare you, given the right circumstances. The quintessential character is Hitler. You have to be brave enough to say he's a human being. And on that level, we're all like him. It doesn't mean that you're saying what he did was right, but you've got to admit that he's from the same breed as all of us. It has to make you aware that, given the right circumstances, there are things you might do that you don't want to believe you're capable of doing. And I think that is the work that is what's interesting for me in my work: to try and find those things that you can't just kind of go, "Easy, easy, easy." It's the stuff that scares you a little bit that makes you go: "What if I find something about that guy that I can actually have empathy with? F." THR: What scares you? Spencer: The scariest thing for me was growing up without my mother. My mother passed away when I was 18. So who I am as a woman was something I had to figure out. You always want to be able to have those conversations with the quintessential woman your mother. But every time I walk onto a stage, that scares the hell out of me until I start doing whatever I'm doing. I'm neurotic, so everything scares me.THR: When did you decide to be an actress? Spencer: I was very young, and my mother was very practical, and of course, I wanted to be an actor, and she's like, "You have to be able to provide for yourself." I secretly always wanted to do that and then reached the crossroads. I didn't ever want to look back at my life and have regrets.THR: Do any of you watch your earlier films? Maybe catch them on TV? Close: "Fatal Attraction" seems to be on all the time.Theron: You know, that's how I learned about the birds and the bees.Close: What?Theron: I grew up in a farm community town [in South Africa], and we didn't have movie theaters. My mom loved movies, and every Friday she would drive us out to a drive-in 45 minutes away from our farm. But we didn't know what would play. When the cars started lining up, you would see what was playing and you would see the rating, and my mom would hide me under a blanket if the rating was R. So I was about 8 or 9, and it was "Fatal Attraction," and my mom was sitting in the car, and I could feel the panic. And this conversation started, and it ended up being my sex conversation. It screwed me up, so I can't have a healthy relationship. [Laughs.]Close: Oh, that's great.Theron: You guys were so graphic about it, I was like, "Okay, what's happening?" So that movie is very near and dear to me.THR: Viola and Octavia, are opportunities better or worse for black actresses now than when you started? Davis: I would be foolish if I said it wasn't better. It's obviously better. I worked with Gloria Foster, a great black actress from "Nothing but a Man" she was in "The Matrix" also. She said that when she started in the business, there was nothing. Maybe only one or two black actors had an agent. So it's definitely different. I just always feel like it starts and stops. One year you have "Precious" with Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique, and then you have two years of nothing. THR: And then you have "The Help" Davis: And then "The Help." You know, even listening to the conversations about sympathy and empathy, I remember when I played the character in "Doubt," it was a character that not a lot of black people embraced, because they didn't like her. I think women face that more than men. Black women really face it. We are always overly sanctified [in movies], overly nurturing, and overly sympathetic. And to find that place where you're messy, it's very difficult. THR: One critic said you brought dignity to that character with restraint. Do you agree? Davis: [Smiles painfully.] I love and hate the word "dignity." I feel it's overused for black actresses, as with "sassy" and "soulful." I can go on. The same adjectives are pulled out of a magic box. That's who she is in the book. My job was to create her. So yes, she is a quiet character. People always migrate toward the flashy character. They say what they mean; they're out there; you can see it in their behavior. The character that doesn't speak a lot is usually in the background. One of my favorite roles I ever played was a serial killer, which didn't get a good response, either. It was for television, "Law & Order." I appreciated killing a whole family with a baseball bat. You know, sometimes one person's junk is another person's treasure. THR: Do you like the book "The Help"? Do you think the portrayal is accurate? Davis: I thought it was a very good book. And I think one of the things I loved about the book is that Kathryn Stockett, who is a white woman, her main objective was to find out who her maid Demetrie was. That's a great place to start. Now, because I grew up in abject poverty, there were certain things about the book that struck me as disingenuous, like the fact that everybody had a phone. That's the first thing that goes when you don't have money. Minnie had a phone, and Minnie could barely afford to feed her family. The phone would be gone. Spencer: We have to remember that it's a work of fiction. It's accurate; it's sentimental; it's a work of fiction. It takes you on an emotional journey, and good art does that. THR: Is it necessary to enjoy art? I was thinking of Michelle's "Blue Valentine." Every second was torture for me to watch, but no film has stayed with me like that. It was so painful. Williams: Painful like you hated it because it was painful to watch? Or you just hated it? [Laughter.]THR: This is what was interesting: I hated it because it was painful to watch, but I thought it was the best film of that entire year. Theron: Me too.Williams: Wow, thanks, guys. Theron: For me, as an actor, watching you do the scene when you're driving in your car and you see your dead dog on the side of the street for me, driving scenes are the hardest. I was like, "Oh, I hate her, I love her." THR: Is it harder to do those scenes when you're acting with someone whom you don't find authentic? Close: That's when you really act!Williams: I erase their face and put someone else there.Close: There are a couple of actors I've worked with who let you in this far [indicates a big space between them]. There's a way to let people know that, "If you let me in, I'm not going to take advantage of that. You're going to be safe with me."THR: Carey, after "An Education," you said you were afraid of the camera, especially when it's close. Do you still feel that way? Mulligan: Yeah. I didn't have it so much in "Shame." But now I'm doing "The Great Gatsby," and these 3-D cameras are here [points to the sides of her face], and it takes me, like, 15 takes. And sometimes I catch my reflection in the camera and then I don't know.THR: Do you like to rehearse? Mulligan: No. I force myself into rehearsing when I don't really want to. Williams: I've really had to learn not to "spend" things, because it can happen once, and it needs to happen when there's a camera to catch it. I learned on "Blue Valentine," there's something about the first time that's magical.THR: What's the biggest difference between stage and film acting? Close: It's where you put your energy. My first film [1982's "The World According to Garp"], I thought I was going to blow the camera out. I didn't know what to do with my energy. Davis: I always go back to David Mamet, who says: "If there's an actor on the stage with a cat, who are you going to watch, the actor or the cat? You're going to watch the cat because the cat's just being a cat." It's the power of doing nothing. It's the power of just being. It's like what Glenn said, just trusting what's going on behind your eyes is enough. The only thing I would like to add: The worst part of the camera for me is watching myself. I just hate looking at myself. I mean, I've got big lips. And I'm looking at the screen, and I'm like, "The lips!" THR: Onstage, do you get distracted by people? Have you stopped to address the audience? Close: I did in "Sunset Boulevard." The big entrance down the stairway, I was coming down the stairs, and I heard all these flash cameras going off from up in the balcony, and as I was singing the song, I thought, "Do I stop?" It was so distracting. I just stopped, and I walked to the edge of the stage, and I said, "We can either have a photo shoot or we can do a play."Theron: Oh, that's incredible! And did people applaud?Close: The trick was getting back into the play.Theron: Wow.THR: Carey, how has your life changed since "An Education" two years ago? Mulligan: In terms of this [promotional] stuff, I was so freaked out, and I just have learned to enjoy it being in a room with people that I've watched and admired. Before, I was a rabbit in the headlights, and I sort of felt like I really shouldn't be invited to the party. And now I feel like someone accidentally sent me an invite, but f it, I'm going to have a really good time, and I do!THR: Is there any role or character you would love to play? Davis: Oh, so many. Lady Macbeth. Close: I knew you were going to say that! THR: Very last question: What's your biggest regret? Theron: I don't have one. Are you kidding me? I don't work in construction; I have a job that I love.Davis: They're princess problems, like, "Gosh, I took that for the money." I was able to pay my mortgage but God, I took it for the money!The Performances Glenn Close, "Albert Nobbs" Close has been Oscar-nominated four times since her first nom for "The World According to Garp" but has yet to win.Viola Davis, "The Help" and "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" Davis burst into the public's awareness with her Oscar-nominated role in 2008's "Doubt."Carey Mulligan, "Drive" and "Shame" Nominated for her first movie lead in 2009's "An Education," Mulligan this year has two acclaimed supporting roles.Octavia Spencer, "The Help" Spencer was among the first cast in this ensemble drama, having worked on director Tate Taylor's 2003 short "Chicken Party."Charlize Theron, "Young Adult" An Oscar winner for 2003's "Monster," Theron was also nominated in 2006 for "North Country."Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn" Williams is a two-time Oscar nominee for her roles in 2005's "Brokeback Mountain"and last year's "Blue Valentine." By Matthew Belloni and Stephen Galloway December 15, 2011 PHOTO CREDIT Mary Rozzi Rare is the Hollywood blockbuster that showcases a single strong female role. This year, "The Help" featured about a half-dozen fully realized women and grossed $167 million domestic, among the biggest female ensemble films ever. For this reason, THR broke with tradition and invited two stars from the same movie Viola Davis, 46, and Octavia Spencer, 39 to participate in the first awards roundtable of the season. Davis and Spencer, the heart and soul of "The Help," joined a diverse group who challenged themselves with performances as varied as a 19th-century woman pretending to be a man (Glenn Close, 64, in "Albert Nobbs"), an out-of-control lounge singer with suicidal tendencies (Carey Mulligan, 26, in "Shame" she also played a young mother in "Drive"), a mean-spirited and possibly ill Y.A. novelist (Charlize Theron, 36, in "Young Adult"), and perhaps the most iconic woman in Hollywood history, Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams, 31, "My Week With Marilyn"). The roundtable took place Oct. 24 at Smashbox Studios in West Hollywood. The Hollywood Reporter: Given your success, does a bad review still hurt? Glenn Close: A bad review can be very hurtful. People don't think that we are as engaged and invested in what we do as we are. So they think they can come up and say anything sometimes, and it's very, very hurtful. THR: People really come up to you and say nasty things? Close: They usually don't say nasty things to my face. Well, they do say, "You look much better in life than you do on film." Viola Davis: I get that all the time.Close: It's unbelievable. You think to yourself, "Is that a compliment?"Davis: I'll take it. I'll take whatever I can get. [Laughs.]THR: What has surprised you most about being an actress? Davis: I always thought that when you put your heart into it and you're doing a great job, people would acknowledge that. Everyone would say, "Oh, you're great, you're fabulous." But I remember the first time I walked out the stage door and I got nothing. I didn't understand that people would not always be receptive, and that a lot of the times you just have to be happy with your work. People don't tell you there are so many outside elements that invade your love of the work: the jealousy of other people, the reviews, bad ratings for a television show, getting older and the kind of roles that are not out there for you, roles that aren't on the page and you try to make something out of them and you can't. Sometimes you do it for the money because you're broke. All the outside elements that invade the love of the work that's been the biggest surprise. Because, hey, I would perform in a parking lot. THR: Have you done roles that you were disappointed by afterward? Octavia Spencer: I never watch my work, so I can't say that I'm disappointed. THR: You haven't seen "The Help"? Spencer: I sort of had to. [Davis and I] saw it together. THR: Did you like it? Spencer: I did like "The Help." I was really scared that I would just hate everything. When you watch yourself, it really does take you out of the purity of that world that you create. I'm thinking, "Really? Does my stomach look like a smiley face? Really? You went with that take? Ugh, there was one that was better." Michelle Williams: I haven't seen everything I've done. THR: Michelle, did you have conversations about who Marilyn Monroe was and how to play her before you agreed to the role?Williams: No, I wouldn't even have known how to have a conversation about how to play her. I do a lot of prep work. A lot of my work is done before I ever get on a set. And it's lonely, lonely work. My director isn't really involved at that point. THR: What kind of prep work? Williams: Well, for "Marilyn" it was unlike anything I've ever done. There was so much material; there was so much you can research all the books, all the movies. I feel like I finally learned how to use my computer for good and not evil. It became such a resource. And YouTube I have a whole new appreciation for it.THR: What most surprised you about Marilyn? Williams: The biggest "aha" moment was that Marilyn Monroe was a character that she played. Marilyn Monroe was like a Groucho Marx or a Charlie Chaplin or something; it was a facade. She was the greatest part she ever played. So that was a big moment. THR: Carey, I read that "Shame" originally was set in London, but director Steve McQueen couldn't find people there to talk about sex addiction. True? Carey Mulligan: Yeah, in England you can't find people that talk about sex. He and [co-writer] Abi Morgan tried to write it in London, but no one was willing to have the conversations. Charlize Theron: That's because they don't have sex [in Britain]. [Laughter.]THR: There's full-on nudity in the film. Did that make you uncomfortable? Mulligan: The notion of it always has. I've never wanted to take my clothes off and be sexy. I'm horribly afraid. [But] it wasn't that at all. Actually, Steve and I spent a lot of time looking at an artist called Francesca Woodman, who was a photographer who started taking nude photos of herself when she was 15 and committed suicide when she was 22, back in the early '80s. She just had sort of a freedom with her body; it was sort of an instrument for her art. And Sissy, the character I had to play, she wants to be loved and she wants to be seen. The nudity felt like exactly who she was. There was one camera and Michael [Fassbender], who's naked throughout. Theron: The idea of somebody saying, "Take your clothes off" was a little frightening, and then I did it and I was like, "Oh, okay." THR: Charlize, do you ever worry that the audience might not like you when you play a nasty character? Theron: Wait, what are you trying to say? [Laughter.]THR: In "Young Adult" you play a role that's Theron: She's a bitch. I don't like sympathy, I like empathy. Sympathy to me is not natural behavior. I don't think it's reasonable to expect people to have sympathy for other people. I never expected people to have sympathy for Aileen Wuornos [in "Monster"] or for Mavis [in "Young Adult"]. And I don't aim for that. I just aim for understanding: If you can understand her, you might hate her, but if you can understand her, then I've done my job. That's all I care about. THR: So you equate sympathy with liking? Theron: I think sympathy is more like "I feel sorry for you." I don't want my character to be a victim. We have innately bad human behaviors that sometimes we can explain and justify. It's easy to say someone's an asshole because they had this, this, and this happen to them, so we have to forgive them. But what if someone was just an asshole? That's interesting to me. THR: Do you have to have those nasty qualities somewhere deep inside you in order to play it? Theron: Yes, I am an asshole. [Laughter.]THR: Glenn, what do you think? Theron: Wait, you're going to leave me there on "I am an asshole"? [Laughter.] Close: I really agree with the sympathy/empathy thing. You have to find a place where you can love your character to do them justice, because if you're judging them, that separation will show. To totally find that connection between you and the character that is what will connect you to the audience.THR: Could you play Hitler? Theron: You see, that's exactly the problem. Close: You could, but you would want to know where he came from to be absolutely committed to that character. I don't think Hitler was someone you wanted to empathize with. Theron: People are so concerned that if you look at a monster, you might find a human being. There was this great story that I came across when I did research for "Monster" about the guy who originally came up with profiling serial killers. His name is John Douglas, and he had a chapter in his book about writing. He believes that fables and werewolves and Dracula and all these scary characters were created because people don't want to believe human beings are capable of bad things. But we definitely are capable of some shit that will scare you, given the right circumstances. The quintessential character is Hitler. You have to be brave enough to say he's a human being. And on that level, we're all like him. It doesn't mean that you're saying what he did was right, but you've got to admit that he's from the same breed as all of us. It has to make you aware that, given the right circumstances, there are things you might do that you don't want to believe you're capable of doing. And I think that is the work that is what's interesting for me in my work: to try and find those things that you can't just kind of go, "Easy, easy, easy." It's the stuff that scares you a little bit that makes you go: "What if I find something about that guy that I can actually have empathy with? F." THR: What scares you? Spencer: The scariest thing for me was growing up without my mother. My mother passed away when I was 18. So who I am as a woman was something I had to figure out. You always want to be able to have those conversations with the quintessential woman your mother. But every time I walk onto a stage, that scares the hell out of me until I start doing whatever I'm doing. I'm neurotic, so everything scares me.THR: When did you decide to be an actress? Spencer: I was very young, and my mother was very practical, and of course, I wanted to be an actor, and she's like, "You have to be able to provide for yourself." I secretly always wanted to do that and then reached the crossroads. I didn't ever want to look back at my life and have regrets.THR: Do any of you watch your earlier films? Maybe catch them on TV? Close: "Fatal Attraction" seems to be on all the time.Theron: You know, that's how I learned about the birds and the bees.Close: What?Theron: I grew up in a farm community town [in South Africa], and we didn't have movie theaters. My mom loved movies, and every Friday she would drive us out to a drive-in 45 minutes away from our farm. But we didn't know what would play. When the cars started lining up, you would see what was playing and you would see the rating, and my mom would hide me under a blanket if the rating was R. So I was about 8 or 9, and it was "Fatal Attraction," and my mom was sitting in the car, and I could feel the panic. And this conversation started, and it ended up being my sex conversation. It screwed me up, so I can't have a healthy relationship. [Laughs.]Close: Oh, that's great.Theron: You guys were so graphic about it, I was like, "Okay, what's happening?" So that movie is very near and dear to me.THR: Viola and Octavia, are opportunities better or worse for black actresses now than when you started? Davis: I would be foolish if I said it wasn't better. It's obviously better. I worked with Gloria Foster, a great black actress from "Nothing but a Man" she was in "The Matrix" also. She said that when she started in the business, there was nothing. Maybe only one or two black actors had an agent. So it's definitely different. I just always feel like it starts and stops. One year you have "Precious" with Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique, and then you have two years of nothing. THR: And then you have "The Help" Davis: And then "The Help." You know, even listening to the conversations about sympathy and empathy, I remember when I played the character in "Doubt," it was a character that not a lot of black people embraced, because they didn't like her. I think women face that more than men. Black women really face it. We are always overly sanctified [in movies], overly nurturing, and overly sympathetic. And to find that place where you're messy, it's very difficult. THR: One critic said you brought dignity to that character with restraint. Do you agree? Davis: [Smiles painfully.] I love and hate the word "dignity." I feel it's overused for black actresses, as with "sassy" and "soulful." I can go on. The same adjectives are pulled out of a magic box. That's who she is in the book. My job was to create her. So yes, she is a quiet character. People always migrate toward the flashy character. They say what they mean; they're out there; you can see it in their behavior. The character that doesn't speak a lot is usually in the background. One of my favorite roles I ever played was a serial killer, which didn't get a good response, either. It was for television, "Law & Order." I appreciated killing a whole family with a baseball bat. You know, sometimes one person's junk is another person's treasure. THR: Do you like the book "The Help"? Do you think the portrayal is accurate? Davis: I thought it was a very good book. And I think one of the things I loved about the book is that Kathryn Stockett, who is a white woman, her main objective was to find out who her maid Demetrie was. That's a great place to start. Now, because I grew up in abject poverty, there were certain things about the book that struck me as disingenuous, like the fact that everybody had a phone. That's the first thing that goes when you don't have money. Minnie had a phone, and Minnie could barely afford to feed her family. The phone would be gone. Spencer: We have to remember that it's a work of fiction. It's accurate; it's sentimental; it's a work of fiction. It takes you on an emotional journey, and good art does that. THR: Is it necessary to enjoy art? I was thinking of Michelle's "Blue Valentine." Every second was torture for me to watch, but no film has stayed with me like that. It was so painful. Williams: Painful like you hated it because it was painful to watch? Or you just hated it? [Laughter.]THR: This is what was interesting: I hated it because it was painful to watch, but I thought it was the best film of that entire year. Theron: Me too.Williams: Wow, thanks, guys. Theron: For me, as an actor, watching you do the scene when you're driving in your car and you see your dead dog on the side of the street for me, driving scenes are the hardest. I was like, "Oh, I hate her, I love her." THR: Is it harder to do those scenes when you're acting with someone whom you don't find authentic? Close: That's when you really act!Williams: I erase their face and put someone else there.Close: There are a couple of actors I've worked with who let you in this far [indicates a big space between them]. There's a way to let people know that, "If you let me in, I'm not going to take advantage of that. You're going to be safe with me."THR: Carey, after "An Education," you said you were afraid of the camera, especially when it's close. Do you still feel that way? Mulligan: Yeah. I didn't have it so much in "Shame." But now I'm doing "The Great Gatsby," and these 3-D cameras are here [points to the sides of her face], and it takes me, like, 15 takes. And sometimes I catch my reflection in the camera and then I don't know.THR: Do you like to rehearse? Mulligan: No. I force myself into rehearsing when I don't really want to. Williams: I've really had to learn not to "spend" things, because it can happen once, and it needs to happen when there's a camera to catch it. I learned on "Blue Valentine," there's something about the first time that's magical.THR: What's the biggest difference between stage and film acting? Close: It's where you put your energy. My first film [1982's "The World According to Garp"], I thought I was going to blow the camera out. I didn't know what to do with my energy. Davis: I always go back to David Mamet, who says: "If there's an actor on the stage with a cat, who are you going to watch, the actor or the cat? You're going to watch the cat because the cat's just being a cat." It's the power of doing nothing. It's the power of just being. It's like what Glenn said, just trusting what's going on behind your eyes is enough. The only thing I would like to add: The worst part of the camera for me is watching myself. I just hate looking at myself. I mean, I've got big lips. And I'm looking at the screen, and I'm like, "The lips!" THR: Onstage, do you get distracted by people? Have you stopped to address the audience? Close: I did in "Sunset Boulevard." The big entrance down the stairway, I was coming down the stairs, and I heard all these flash cameras going off from up in the balcony, and as I was singing the song, I thought, "Do I stop?" It was so distracting. I just stopped, and I walked to the edge of the stage, and I said, "We can either have a photo shoot or we can do a play."Theron: Oh, that's incredible! And did people applaud?Close: The trick was getting back into the play.Theron: Wow.THR: Carey, how has your life changed since "An Education" two years ago? Mulligan: In terms of this [promotional] stuff, I was so freaked out, and I just have learned to enjoy it being in a room with people that I've watched and admired. Before, I was a rabbit in the headlights, and I sort of felt like I really shouldn't be invited to the party. And now I feel like someone accidentally sent me an invite, but f it, I'm going to have a really good time, and I do!THR: Is there any role or character you would love to play? Davis: Oh, so many. Lady Macbeth. Close: I knew you were going to say that! THR: Very last question: What's your biggest regret? Theron: I don't have one. Are you kidding me? I don't work in construction; I have a job that I love.Davis: They're princess problems, like, "Gosh, I took that for the money." I was able to pay my mortgage but God, I took it for the money!The Performances Glenn Close, "Albert Nobbs" Close has been Oscar-nominated four times since her first nom for "The World According to Garp" but has yet to win.Viola Davis, "The Help" and "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" Davis burst into the public's awareness with her Oscar-nominated role in 2008's "Doubt."Carey Mulligan, "Drive" and "Shame" Nominated for her first movie lead in 2009's "An Education," Mulligan this year has two acclaimed supporting roles.Octavia Spencer, "The Help" Spencer was among the first cast in this ensemble drama, having worked on director Tate Taylor's 2003 short "Chicken Party."Charlize Theron, "Young Adult" An Oscar winner for 2003's "Monster," Theron was also nominated in 2006 for "North Country."Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn" Williams is a two-time Oscar nominee for her roles in 2005's "Brokeback Mountain"and last year's "Blue Valentine."

Forging forward

Mikros Image done the 3 dimensional conversion of Tarsem Singh's 'Immortals'Paris-based visual effects and publish-production company Mikros Image keeps growing, both because its cake cake toppers wish it to, and also, since they believe it must.InchWe are in to a more global business now, where we face a altering industry. So there are many restructuring happening,Inch states controlling director Gilles Gaillard.The business, which has a yearly revenue of 32 million ($43.2 million), features a firm base in France, where it handles around 40 films yearly additionally to advertising -- which adds 65% of the revenue -- and tv work.Nevertheless it has furthermore setup subsidiaries in Belgium, Luxembourg and Canada, and contains established partners with companies inside the U.S. and Europe.One of several projects the business is connected with are Michael Haneke's "Amour" the next pic from "A Prophet" helmer Jacques Audiard, "Not Gout p rouille et d'os" and "The Congress," half live-action, half animation sci-fi pic from Ari Folman, the director of "Waltz With Bashir."Gaillard states the long-term prospects for your vfx industry are wonderful, as curiosity about entertainment product and advertising grows.InchThe important factor factor is business models -- searching for techniques for financing this creativity," according to him. "We are on your way to consolidation, which our industry needs."To deal with cost of larger projects effectively, according to him, the sector must rationalize in to a less volume of groups. "We feel there's one where you'll find core companies -- like ours -- and partners (with increased compact shops), to actually will discover the entire benefit of the town for that players involved," according to him.In France, the vfx and publish-production sector has accomplished good success within the tax incentive for foreign production, together with the support ship to domestic film and tv production. The business will then complement using the tax incentives offered in Belgium, Luxembourg and Canada, which explains why it setup subsidiaries in people nations.Its pact with Eight VFX in Santa Monica helps generate biz from Hollywood, and allows Mikros Image to learn from Eight VFX's local understanding."As dealing with American films, the bond must be using the visual effects managers, that's sometimes more difficult to cope with. So this is why we have been joining track of Eight VFX, because we needed to possess somebody who was simply more familiar with their approach to handling things," according to him.Mikros Image recently done the 3 dimensional conversion of Tarsem Singh's "Immortals."FRENCH VFX & ANIMATION:Mooning over Melies Universal benefit in Mac Gruff accord Forging forward Contact Leo Barraclough at leo.barraclough@variety.com

Report: Billed Child Molester Who Was Simply Casting Connect on Super 8 Arrested

Billed child molester Jason James Murphy remains arrested on charges he violated condition sex offender registry laws and regulations and rules, WeHo News reported. Murphy, 35, found the eye of government physiques lately following news reviews he happen to be being a casting connect combined with been employed on movies with children inside their casts including J.J. Abrams’ Super 8. He was charged carrying out a Sheriff’s Dept. analysis found the final outcome that Murphy had not successful to see government physiques from the address change and failure to link up a title change to an alias he familiar with find employment. Murphy switched themselves in Friday at Beverly Slopes Courthouse. He pleaded easy to 2 legal counts and was released by themself recognizance. He faces three years jail time if billed.No matter the prestige of Murphy’s situation, no new accusations are located.Murphy was billed in 1996 of kidnapping and molesting an 8-years of age Dallas boy.

An Actor Pens An Open Letter To IMDB; Says He's 4 1/2 Years Younger Than They Claim

CBS CBS beat Fox among adults 18-49 on Thursday night, buoyed by the Pittsburgh affiliate airing the Steelers/Browns match-up and initial numbers giving a season high for The Mentalist and Person of Interest's strongest showing since its premiere in September. Averaging a 3.3 rating in the key demo, with an audience of 12.3 million, CBS kicked off the night with a 4.7 among adults 18-49 with a new episode of The Big Bang Theory. Rules of Engagement followed with a 3.2, with the 9:00 p.m. broadcast of Person of Interest pulling a 3.0. That's only down a tenth of a point from its series debut and marks its second highest showing of the season. The Mentalist enjoyed a season high with a 3.0 rating in the demo. PHOTOS: Fall TV Death Pool: Which New Show Will Be Axed? Fox's dramatic X-Factor elimination and a new episode of Bones were both down a tenth of a point in their 18-49 rating from last week, pulling in a respective 3.0 and 2.7 in the demo. The network averaged a 2.8, with the second strongest audience of the night, 9.5 million. NBC finally saw some traction at 10:00 p.m. A new episode of Grimm, sitting in the old Prime Suspect slot, gave the network an 11-week high among adults 18-49. It scored a 1.6 rating. As for its comedic lead-ins, The Office (2.9) and Whitney (1.9) were both steady with their last two performances. At 8:00 p.m., however, the last episode of Community before its hiatus was down two tenths of a point for a 1.5 rating among adults 18-49. Parks and Recreation was down one tenth of a point for a 1.7 in 18-49-ers, giving the network a nightly average of a 1.9 and a viewership of 4.2 million. ABC placed fourth with a 1.7 rating among adults 18-49 and a slightly skewed line-up of Wipeout (1.9), a holiday-themed America's Funniest Home Videos (1.9) and The Great Big American Auction (1.4). The net averaged 5.96 million viewers for the night. The Vampire Diaries and The Secret Circle continued their stretch of late fall repeats on The CW, averaging a 0.4 adults 18-49 rating for the night and 1 million viewers. Thursday, Dec. 8, Overnight Ratings: 8 p.m. CBS: The Big Bang Theory (14.4 million viewers, 4.7 rating in adults 18-49) Fox: The X Factor (9.9 million, 3.0) ABC: Wipeout (6.6 million, 1.9) NBC: Community (3.6 million, 1.5) The CW: The Vampire Diaries (R) (1.2 million, 0.4) 8:30 p.m. CBS: Rules of Engagement (10.9 million, 3.2) NBC: Parks and Recreation (3.7 million, 1.7) 9 p.m. CBS: Person of Interest (13.4 million, 3.0) NBC: The Office (5.8 million, 2.9) Fox: Bones (9.0 million, 2.7) ABC: America's Funniest Home Videos (6.5 million, 1.9) The CW: The Secret Circle (R) (873,000, 0.3) 9:30 p.m. NBC: Whitney (4.1 million, 1.9) 10 p.m. CBS: The Mentalist (13.8 million, 3.0) NBC: Grimm (4.0 million, 1.6) ABC: The Great Big American Auction (4.8 million, 1.4) TV Ratings

Trio nab Gaul's export kudos

Olivier Marchal's dark-edged crime drama "Braquo," 3d toon skein "The Little Prince" and documentary "Gaddafi: Good Enemy" nabbed the most effective export kudos at Monday night's 18th French Film and tv Producers Assn. (Procirep) Honours. The export nods, given out by promo org TV France Intl., selected programs that offered in many major areas and acquired top ratings. Braquo," co-composed and co-directed by Marchal, was produced by Capa Drama and repped by Zodiak Rights. The show was acquired in Canada (eOne), Italia (Fox Intl. Funnel, RAI Cinema), U.K. (Fox), Scandinavia (Scanbox) and South usa (GloboSat). Commissioned by paybox Canal Plus, "Braquo" triggers four cops in the gang-busting unit to avenge the dying from the squad leader. The second season, composed by Abdel Raouf Dafri and co-produced by Marchal, presently airs on Canal Plus. "The Little Prince" was produced by Aton Soumache's Method Animation and repped by Philippe and Guillaume Soutter's PGS Entertainment in worldwide areas. The animated series, based on Antoine p Saint-Exupery's best-selling novella, was snapped up up in Germany (WDR), Australia (ABC), Canada (Understanding Network, Tl-Qubec), The nation (Disney), Italia (RAI) and Russia (Funnel 1), among the areas. "Gaddafi," helmed by Antoine Vitkine and produced by Illegitime Defense and Ces Films du Cabestan, signifies Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year reign in Libya and also the relations with political leaders in Western nations. It absolutely was acquired in Germany (ZDF), Australia (SBS), Austria (ORF), Canada (CBC), The nation (EITB, TV3), Japan (NHK) and Norwegian (NRK). "Braquo's" first season had 15.8 million audiences while, from March. 2009 to November. 2011 "The Little Prince" came a complete of 13.6 000 0000 audiences worldwide while "Gaddafi" attracted 10.8 million fans. Vivement Lundi needed Procirep's animation producer plaudit. Cpmpany produced "Specky Four-Eyes," among 10 animated shorts fighting with an Oscar. Camera Lucida and Scarlett Prods. needed Procirep's docu and fiction drama producer nods, correspondingly. Camera Lucida's credits include "Chernobyl: An All-natural History" for Franco-German internet Arte. Scarlett produced "Kaboul Kitchen" for Canal Plus. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

'Dark Knight Rises' Prologue Screening at 42 IMAX Theaters Before 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol'

NY - Social games maker Zynga early on Friday made key terms of its IPO official.our editor recommendsZynga Offered $2.25 Billion Deal to Buy 'Angry Birds' Owner (Report)Lucasfilm's Indiana Jones Ventures Into Social Gaming With Zynga's Adventure World The company behind such games as CityVille, Mafia Wars and FarmVille, plans to raise as much as $1 billion by selling 100 million shares at a price of $8.50-$10, according to an updated regulatory filing. In comparison, Google raised $1.9 billion in its IPO. Under ticker symbol ZNGA, the stock is expected to start trading on Nasdaq by Dec. 16. Assuming a $10 per share price, Zynga would be valued at nearly $7 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. The company, led by CEO Mark Pincus, is launching its so-called road show to market the IPO on Monday. Pincus currently holds a 38.2 percent stake in Zynga and will hold 37.4 percent after the IPO, according to the filing. He won't sell shares, but he will in the IPO lose voting power over a block of 350,000 shares owned by Digital Sky Technologies, the investment firm founded by Yuri Milner who has also been an investor in Facebook, Twitter and Spotify. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Topics Zynga

Brandon Jay McLaren Lands Role in Rob Eastin's USA Pilot

Brandon Jay McLaren The Killing's Brandon Jay McLaren will co-star inside the untitled USA pilot from White-colored Collar creator Rob Eastin, in line with the Hollywood Reporter. McLaren, who carried out Rosie's condemned teacher round the AMC series, may have Dale Jakes, a quick-tempered U.S. Customs agent. Gossip Girl's Aaron Tveit to star in USA pilot from White-colored Collar creator The hour-extended drama stays agents from various federal and native agencies, like the FBI as well as the LAPD, together inside the same undercover house in La. As formerly introduced, Gossip Girl grad Aaron Tveit may have an FBI agent just in the academy. Ultimately have your attention: Any ideas round the Killing's season finale still rumbling around in your noggin?

'Star Trek 2' Will get May 2013 Release Date, Come In three dimensional?

People of Earth, get ready: "Star Wars 2" comes with an official release date. The approaching follow up towards the 2009 hit will land in theaters on May 17, 2013, based on Deadline. Vital knocked Roland Emmerich's postponed film "Singularity" to November 2013, paving the way in which for "Trek 2" to strongly go towards its new May release date. Much more exciting may be the news that J.J. Abrams and team are thinking about shooting the flick in three dimensional, though there is no confirmation of this right now. With filming set to start on The month of january 15, it may sound such as the film is well coming to finally being completed. Little is famous concerning the approaching, unofficially entitled follow up. Reviews the flick will feature Klingons, but will not include Khan unlike hopeful gossips. That leaves a large question mark up for who Benicio Del Toro will portray because the series' new villain. When MTV News swept up with Abrams lately, he confirmed his curiosity about getting Del Toro join the film. The director stated "The Wolfman" star could do "anything" inside the "Star WarsInch franchise. "We are just in discussions, we are in discussions," he stated. "It isn't even discussions -- just being debated. However I would like to use him. I have wanted to utilize him for a long time, which felt just like a good chance." Are you currently glad "Star Wars 2" is finally being made? Inform us within the comments section below or on Twitter!

Five boost road grosses

Five from the 10 shows drawn in additional than $a million in Week 25 (November. 14-20). Total box office fell .5% with "West Side Story" a weight three-week hiatus. "The Lion King" ongoing its ruling ways using more than $1.six million. Total gross for that week was $10,207,335.APPLETON, WIS. L'ensemble des Miserables (M-first Co.) Fox Metropolitan areas PAC ($85 2,072 $1,205,360) (11/14-11/20/11).PW, $777,361 in Toledo, Ohio.LW (first) wk, $1,041,903. CINCINNATI Wicked (M-first Co.) Aronoff Center ($85 2,620 $1,517,680) (11/2-11/26/11.PW, $1,506,165.LW (3rd) wk, $1,573,326. Colorado The Lion King (M-first Co.) Buell Theater ($125 2,748 $1,568,040) (11/2-12/4/11).PW, $1,621,940.LW (3rd) wk, $1,661,852. DES MOINES, IOWA Wicked (M-second Co.) Social Center ($76.50 2,694 $1,485,562) (11/9-12/4/11).PW, $1,267,439.LW (second) wk, $1,243,573. MILWAUKEE Billion Dollar Quartet (M-first Co.) Marcus Center for that Carrying out Arts ($78 1,223 $1,249,824) (11/15-11/20/11).PW, $944,050 in Zoysia, N.Y.LW (first) wk, $578,272. NASHVILLE Memphis (M-first Co.) Tennessee PAC ($70 2,472 $1,088,680) (11/15-11/20/11).PW, $669,376 in Oklahoma City.LW (first) wk, $524,550. OTTAWA, ONTARIO Mamma Mia! (M-first Co.) National Arts Center (C$89 ($86.56) 2,245 $1,413,064) (11/15-11/20/11).PW, $511,610 in Mississauga and Hamilton, Ont., and New Philadelphia, Ohio.LW (first) wk, $789,418. Bay Area Hair (M-first Co.) Golden Gate Theater ($91 2,337 $1,299,860) (11/8-11/13/11).PW, $474,279.LW (fourth) wk, $552,955. TORONTO Mary Poppins (M-first Co.) Princess of Wales Theater (C$130 ($126.44) 1,980 $1,611,107) (11/10-1/8/12).PW, $953,250.LW (second) wk, $1,273,525. WASHINGTON, D.C. Jersey Boys (M-first Co.) National ($250 1,650 $1,790,385) (11/10-1/7/12).PW, $805,232.LW (second) wk, $967,961. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Rhianna Discloses What Must Be Done To Woo Her

First Released: November 23, 2011 5:14 PM EST Credit: Terry Richardson Caption Rhianna x Terry Richardson 2LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Rhianna discloses all in her own new book, Rhianna x TERRY RICHARDSON shot through the famous digital photographer within the this past year and also the singer also opened up up about what must be done to land the Mama Monster herself. Talent and perseverance and pushing the limitations of affection and acceptance, the 25-year-old music sensation told Access Hollywood guest correspondent Jill Martin. Gaga, never afraid to boost an eyebrow or two, also shared another quality she searches for inside a guy. I have no idea. I cant really say. It ranges from the really large [expletive] to some degree at Harvard, she ongoing. Nearly anything. The We singer also spoke about her hesitation to putting lower roots. I am not prepared to purchase a house. It feels as though marriage or something like that. Its like this type of commitment. I do not like it, Gaga, that has been touring almost nonstop going back 2 yrs, described. If not globetrotting, the Grammy champion stays together with her family or at her close friends place. I actually do love being with my parents, however i also just really fear domestication. I simply do not have a house, she ongoing. I really sleep [at] my closest friend Bos, in her own apartment a great deal. She kicks her boyfriend to the couch and it is really funny. We stay up watching movies. Gagas new book which hit stores now gives fans unequalled use of her existence in the this past year. This really is me during my most completely vulnerable condition. Terry was beside me throughout separations, throughout get-togethers, throughout party occasions, sad occasions, landmark moments during my career, she described. After I awaken each morning, sleeping he was there throughout these completely unadulterated, unmanufactured, completely authentic moments. Adding, For individuals individuals that request me, Exactly what do you appear like each morning? Where do you turn when you are getting milk? Exactly what do you appear like in the supermarket? Youre getting all individuals solutions within this book, while he does not have confidence in farce. Additionally to her new book, the singer will even show up on A Really Gaga Thanksgiving, which airs Thursday at 9:30 PM on ABC. Plus, catch much more of Jill Martins interview using the chart-topping star on Access Hollywood tonight. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

New DVD & Blu-ray Releases, Week of November. 22: 'Super 8,' 'Sarah's Key,' 'Conan the Barbarian'

The situation is beginning to choose around the house entertainment front now: You will find 2 best bets for that viewing enjoyment -- 'Super 8' and 'Sarah's Key' -- additionally to numerous interesting game game titles that ought to make you stay busy each night now -- until next Tuesday's onslaught of latest releases. Continue reading through. 'Super 8' How It's About: This homage of sorts for the kids-coming-of-age movies in the eighties (think 'Stand by Me,' 'Goonies') concerns several small-town kids in 1979 who witness a catastrophic train crash while developing a Super 8 zombie movie. They identify the train was moving a cargo more terrifying than them may have imagined -- which is been revealed round the countryside. It calculates the extraterrestrial happen to be taken with the U.S. government coupled with been moved to another location -- as well as the train crash wasn't accidental. With people and animals disappearing within an alarming rate, the kids pool their assets to help the area deputy in preventing a substantial disaster. It's Kinda Like: 'E.T.' meets 'Predator' That Which You Say: 'Super 8' might be the most recent in the extended kind of films where a few kids get together to solve an problem grownups can't understand or handle properly (they're either too mean or too stupid) -- it honors a tradition stretching from 'The Blob' and 'Invasion in the Saucer Men' to 'E.T.' and 'The Monster Squad.' Director J.J. Abrams, clearly, sides while using kids, clearly taking a page from producer Steven Spielberg's never-want-to-grow-up notebook. They know the dynamics of babies growing pains, thriving youthful love and alienation, and here mixes people elements while using sci-fi motifs from the rampaging alien (he's one nasty E.T.) with an enjoyable action-thriller. The train crash alone might be worth the price of home admission. &bull Accessories: Commentary by J.J. Abrams, removed moments and numerous interesting featurettes. Rotten Tomato vegetables Reviews Buy DVD Save DVD for the Netflix queue Watch a trailer: 'Sarah's Key' How It's About: In this drama devoted towards the tragedy in the Holocaust, Kristin Scott Thomas plays a u . s . states journalist who, 67 years following a war ended, discloses another missing little bit of the story. As she and her family plan to transfer to some condo in Paris, she finds out a history in the building -- not only its link to a tragic event that happened through the Nazi occupation of Paris, but furthermore her husband's family's possible link to the large event too. The film bounces forward and backward with time -- within the incarceration of Jews throughout World war ii, including 10-year-old Sarah and her family, to the present, as Scott Thomas checks what went lower for the former citizens in the apartment. It's Kinda Like: 'Schindler's List' meets 'Tell No One' That Which You Say: More often than not there's room for further tales in regards to the Holocaust, especially if they're well-written, directed and socialized. 'Sarah's Key' scores only on one of these brilliant three points, however: the acting is top class, nevertheless the story and direction sometimes lacks the dramatic punch that's right for a film that's basically a tragic mystery. When Scott Thomas progressively works her way toward fixing the story's central conceit, the film's pace almost slows with a halt. Though almost low-response to a fault, we'll forgive its sins to access the including, poignant Holocaust tale. &bull Accessories: A behind-the-moments featurette. Rotten Tomato vegetables Reviews Buy DVD Save DVD for the Netflix queue Watch a trailer: Other New November 22 Releases: 'The Adventures of Tintin: Season One': (2011) To arrange for Steven Spielberg's 'The Adventures of Tintin,' due 12 ,. 23, you may want to take a look within the precursor, 'The Adventures of Tintin,' modified within the extended-running French cartoon and graphic books (begun inside the 20's) with the late cartoon artist Herge (a.k.a. Georges Remi) that tales the youthful and wise investigative reporter Tintin and also the faithful dog Snowy, simply because they attempt incredible globe-trotting adventures full of excitement, mystery and fun. The initial season in the 1991 animated TV series been released just like a two-disc set with 13 episodes. 'Becoming Santa': (2011) A humorous documentary that follows one man's journey to revive his Christmas spirit. After Jack Sanderson's parents died, he recognized he wasn't searching toward the holidays and, in the dominant commercial culture, remaining from Christmas made an appearance impossible. So with this particular, Jack made a decision the simplest method to handle the Christmas Season wound up being being Santa Claus. Director Rob Myers adopted Jack on his journey, which needed acquiring a custom Santa suit from Adele Saidy of Adele's of Hollywood, attending the American Occasions Santa School trained by Susen Mesco in Colorado, Col., and ultimately booking Santa jobs. 'Carjacked': (2011) Within a routine go to a service station, Lorraine (Maria Bello), a vulnerable single mom, and her 5-year-old boy (Connor Hill), are carjacked by Roy (Stephen Dorff), a vicious bank crook on the go who forces her to operate a vehicle him to obtain together along with his accomplice. 'Conan the Barbarian': (2011) Hey Conan fans: The legendary Barbarian has came back -- hugely. Spiffy effects (and lots of blood stream and guts) helps to make the Cimmerian warrior arrived at existence round the silver screen while he evolves in the killer-of-a-boy with a grown-up killer-of-a-warrior who must save the earth in the energy hungry warlord who slaughters all within the path -- including Conan's family and village. Not for your queasy. Watch a distinctive clip: 'The Devil's Double': (2011) Dominic Cooper supplies a tour-p-pressure performance as both Uday Hussein, Saddam Hussein's reckless, sadistic party-boy boy which has a rabid hunger for sex and brutality and Latif Yahia, an Iraqi military lieutenant bought being the 'fiday' -- or body double -- for the well-known "Black Prince" later. It's kinda like 'Scarface' occur Iraq with Cooper just like a Middle-Eastern Tony Montana. It's with various true story -- which is very violent. 'The Family Tree': (2011) Each time a bizarre accident leaves desperate housewife Bunnie getting a scenario of amnesia, her dysfunctional family -- made up of husband, Jack and twin 17-year-olds Eric and Kelly -- can get an unforeseen second chance at happiness in this offbeat comedy. Stars Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Max Thieriot, Brittany Robertson. 'Helldriver': (2010) Carrying out a meteorite crashes into Japan, delivering a toxic ash that turns residents inside the northern half of the united states into bloodthirsty zombies, a wonderful secondary school girl outfitted having a guy-made heart-powered chainsaw sword leads a motley crew of desperadoes to the zombie-infected wilds to exterminate the zombie full. This low-budget flick has more ambition than inteligence following a first foray into zombieland, the killings be a never-ending loop of bloodshed with no rhyme nor reason nor narrative. 'Spy Kids: Constantly inside the World': (2011) What now ? each time a franchise has run its course? Reboot it through getting in new blood stream. That's what Robert Rodriguez did using this entry inside the once-popular Spy Kid series. But where the previous sequels were giddy with self-referential musings and outlandish villains, that certain is totally stupid. Even the presence of Jessica Alba since the spy mother can't enliven the proceedings, that's a great evil villain who's speeding up and destroying constantly in the world. Have a look at more November 22 DVD releases at OnVideo.

ROLL CALL: Did Kate Gosselin Have Surgery?

First Launched: November 22, 2011 2:25 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Kate Gosselin visits Raw Dog Comedys The Phone Show at SiriusXM Studio in NY City on October 27, 2011 Your Day-to-day Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans! More Surgery For Kate?: Has Kate Gosselin gone beneath the knife again? According to Us Weekly, the first sort reality star and mother of eight appears to own stood a facelift. The mag points to modifications in her own jawline together with a brand new type of her eyes. Shes consumed along with her appearance, an origin told the mag. Have a look in an evolution of Kates look, HERE? Is really a completely new look or simply some tricky makeup. You select! Avoi Channels Amy!: Speaking about new looks, have a look at Avoi Mendes round the number of her approaching movie, Carol Motors, where shes pointing the signature look in the late Amy Winehouse. How Come Jason Single?: Jason Segel, star in the Muppets, is accusing single existence worries round the plush creatures he keeps round his house. The home comes filled with puppets. Like, everywhere. Fortunately I have got a rather bigger house now, therefore i have one room thats type of dedicated to puppets, the actor told NY Mag. But also for a really very long time I were living in the one-mattress room apartment that was just full of puppets. Its why Im still single. For further with Jason and also the plush pals, Follow The Link! More To Accomplish After Departing A Kids Movie: Courtney Love reminded the majority of us more to accomplish when departing the premiere from the kids movie on Monday evening. The rocker/actress left Hugo, combined after some from the wardrobe malfunction. Ms. Love, keep your women covered! -by Jesse Spero Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Hot Trailer: Madonnas W.E.

Presenting the Weinstein Company’s first official trailer for Madonna’s W.E. She directed and co-wrote with Alek Keshisian the drama about the historic romance between Wallis Simpson and Britain’s Prince Edward which is intertwined with a contemporary love story. It stars Abbie Cornish, Richard Coyle, James D’Arcy, Oscar Isaac, Annabelle Wallis and Andrea Riseborough. W.E. opens December 9 in NY and Los Angeles.

The Boss sells shirt & guitar within the Beacon

Jon Stewart, Bob Woodruff and Bill Clinton, with Andrew Kinard inside the foreground, meet up backstage within the Beacon Theater. Bill Clinton will be a suprise show within the Fully Fully Stand Up for Heroes benefit November. 9 within the Beacon Theater. The first sort leader mused about being "the opening act from the comedy show. Lots of people think that like a politician allows you to definitely a comedy show." The large event, organized with the Bob Woodruff Foundation, supports veterans, and presented Ough Gervais, Jim Gaffigan and Jon Stewart, who was simply careful striking both Dems and Republicans but acquired his finest laugh getting a line on child-showing: "I'm Jewish. My wife's Catholic. We're raising our children being sad." Bruce Springsteen completed a four-song set. Oddly enough, because the theater entrance doors must be closed earlier to prevent the country's anthem from being drowned out by racket within the Beacon's multiple bars, everyone was quiet and sincere for your Boss, age 62. For your live auction of Springsteen's guitar, harmonica, harmonica rack and shirt, he was grew to become an associate of by John Williams and Seth Meyers, who joked that they're "also here to enhance a couple of dollars for NBC." After quitting his instruments and clothing, Springsteen closed things by helping cover their "Extended Tall Sally" around the backup guitar, since "you don't need to tune to see that certain," he mentioned. The auction of Springsteen stuff introduced in than $160,000. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Olin, Zilliacus join Hallstrom's 'Hypnotist'

LONDON -- Lena Olin and Finnish actor Tobias Zilliacus have joined Mikael Persbrandt as the leading cast in Lasse Hallstrom's "The Hypnotist," his first Swedish film for 24 years. Adapted from Lars Kepler's international bestseller, it's a thriller about a psychiatrist (Persbrandt) who reluctantly agrees to help a detective (Zilliacus) by using hypnosis to uncover the identity of a serial killer. Olin, who is married to Hallstrom, plays the hypnotist's wife. The pic, which is intended to be the start of a franchise, will start shooting in January, to be released October 2012 in Sweden. It's produced by Borje Hansson and Peter Possne for Svensk Filmindustr and Sonet Film. Exec producer is Bertil Ohlsson, who produced Hallstrom's "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" In other example of the global demand for Scandinavian crime stories, Svensk has pre-sold the project to more than 30 countries. Distribs include Studiocanal in the U.K., TF1 in France, Prokino in German-speaking territories, Hopscotch/E1 in Australia and New Zealand, Aurum in Spain, Keowon in Korea, UA in Hong Kong, Alfa Films in Argentina, Lumiere in Benelux, Cineplex in Colombia, EEAP in Eastern Europe, Rosebud in Greece and Levi in Israel. Kepler's 2009 novel has sold more than 600,000 copies in Sweden alone. Hallstrom's most recent film was "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Snow Whitened & The Huntsman Trailer Online

Who's the fairest?Using the banner artwork for that film showing up the 2009 week, it is time for that first trailer to consider a bow, which shoves Charlize Theron's evil, talking Full front and center. Have a look for those who have a miracle mirror... Or simply a normal 'net connection, at Apple.In the end get lots of footage featuring Snow herself (Christian Serratos), plus time with Chris Hemsworth's Huntsman and Mike Claflin's prince, it's Theron whose devious words narrate this primary teaser.Wrapping the greater traditional tale of the jealous, effective Full who demands that anybody lady more beautiful than her die as rapidly as you possibly can in lots of stylish pictures, director Rupert Sanders is clearly taking a The almighty From The Rings. Well, Middle-earth combined with just a little extra miracle, that's. And also the pulsing soundtrack that wouldn't look unnatural on, say, a Matrix follow up.Wild birds fly, battles are fought against and Snow does her Snow factor (though she's clearly really a badass compared to Disney version, even when she's still too having faith in in relation to fruit). It's all regulated searching rather intriguing. What say you lot?Snow Whitened And Also The Huntsman will ride into our movie theaters on June 1, 2012.

Anchor Bay acquires Ratner-created 'Mother's Day'

Brett Ratner might be out as Oscar producer, but he's still making deals: Anchor Bay Films has acquired the horror film "A Birthday," which Ratner and Richard Saperstein created with Jay Stern, John Witten, Jessie Rusu, Curtis Leopardo and Shara Kay. Darren Lynn Bousman directs what Anchor Bay describes like a loose remake from the original Troma film of the identical title directed by Charles Kaufman. Rebecca DeMornay, Jamie King, Deborah Ann Woll and Shawn Ashmore star. Anchor Bay made the announcement Wednesday, the ultimate day's the American Film Market -- along with a next day of Ratner left as producer from the Oscars over using an anti-gay slur throughout a screening of "Tower Heist" a week ago. "A Birthday" focuses on a bank robbery gone wrong with three siblings at risk of home, simply to uncover their mother lost the home inside a foreclosures. The brand new proprietors as well as their visitors, collected to have an ill-timed birthday celebration, get to be the brothers' unwitting hostages. Deal was discussed by Josh Thomashow and Kevin Kasha for Anchor Bay Films and Ben Weiss from Paradigm for that film. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

James Cameron in the Tank For Hugo

A busy weekend of awards-driven screenings greeted Hugo director Martin Scorsese, including Q&As hosted by Paul Thomas Anderson and James Cameron — the latter of whom reportedly called the sweeping 3-D family flick a “masterpiece.” “’[F]inally there is a Scorsese film I can take my kids to,’” Cameron was quoted as saying by Pete Hammond, who added: “And Cameron also told Scorsese it was the best use of 3-D he had seen, including his own films.” The 2011 Oscar Index will never be the same. [Deadline]

CNN Taps Soledad OBrien For Ensemble Morning Show

CNN will launch a brand new format of news and conversation each morning, together with a 7-9am ET show moored by award-winning journalist Soledad OBrien in 2012. OBrien will anchor a brand new conversational ensemble program that explores top issues during the day while opening the conversation to individuals all avenues of life. OBrien will still be a unique correspondent for lengthy-form documentaries at CNN. I couldnt become more eager revisit daily news, to create conversation and context to CNN audiences each morning. I welcome the chance to provide voice to individuals who arent frequently heard, and tales which are sometimes overlooked, states OBrien. I really like telling peoples tales, and Im searching toward getting the perspective, heart and storytelling which have labored well within our documentaries to some morning audience CNN has got the chance each morning to pay for a wider selection of tales from larger perspectives, states Executive V . P . of CNN Ken Jautz. We are intending to offer something original within the four-hour morning block to fit our direction in primetime. “This is definitely an exciting time for you to be relaunching our morning show, using the morning television audience more available than it's been in a long time,” states Executive V . P . and Controlling Editor of CNN Mark Whitaker, who'll oversee growth and development of the brand new program. “With CNN’s global achieve which unique cast of superb journalists as anchors, we now have the chance to behave truly fresh and various.” Ashleigh Banfield and Zoraida Sambolin will anchor from 5-7am ET, starting off the brand new CNN morning block with a brand new program covering an extensive spectrum from the days news from two highly personable and passionate journalists. Shannon High will join CNN later this month and will also be executive producer of both programs. Most lately, High was the executive producer of development for NBC Peacock Productions, and before that offered as MSNBCs v . p . of daytime program development, and v . p . and controlling editor. At MSNBC she developed The Dylan Ratigan Show and oversaw Morning Joe and daytime news. An award-winning producer, High has labored in local news in Miami, Houston and Charlotte now like a manager and producer. I’ve imagined of joining CNN in excess of two decades. It is the defacto standard of news — the company, the folks and also the product. I'm excited to become walking back to a regular anchor role with your a exclusive team, and that i can’t wait to obtain began!” states Banfield. Sambolin adds, I'm completely thrilled to become visiting CNN. Ashleigh is definitely an accomplished journalist by having an incredible wit and dynamic personality. I anticipate working together together with her and dealing together to see, enlighten and make a powerful relationship with this audiences. Since joining the network in 2003, OBrien has reported breaking news from round the globeincluding japan earthquake and tsunami, hurricane Katrina, and also the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Additionally, she's created award-winning documentaries, such as the acclaimed Black in the usa, Latino in the usa and Muslim in the usa. Captured she was a part of a CNN team that won an Emmy Award for his or her confirming from the aftermath from the earthquake in Haiti. OBrien found CNN from NBC, where she moored the systems Weekend Today show from 1999-2003. She was named Journalist of the season through the National Association of Black Journalists this year. That same year she released an individual foundation together with her husband, the Soledad OBrien and Kaira Raymond Foundation to transmit underprivileged youth to and through college. Banfield has covered national and worldwide tales including live reviews from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, England, Israel (West Bank and Gaza), Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Saudi Arabia. Most lately, she would be a correspondent for ABC News, confirming permanently Morning America, 20/20 and Nightline. Just before ABC, Banfield moored and located three programs on TruTV (formerly Court TV) Banfield and Ford: Courtside, Hollywood Warmth and Disorder in the courtroom. Like a correspondent for NBC News from 2000-2004, Banfield reported for that Today Show, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw and Dateline. She received Emmy Award recognition on her groundbreaking 9/11 coverage from Ground Zero in NY City. Sambolin was the Week day Edition co-anchor of NBC5 News Today in Chicago and special assignment reporter and fill-in news anchor for Telemundo Chicago. She also offered as host of Not Buen Physician, an every week The spanish language language medical series airing on cable stations worldwide. Before joining NBC5, Sambolin was the creator and Emmy award-winning host and executive producer of Small Talk for moms and dads on WYCC-TV and Nuestros Ninos on WSNS-TV from 1999 to 2002.

Shia LaBeouf's Kid Cudi 'Maniac' Short Premieres

FROM RAPFIX: In June Kid Cudi previewed a clip for his horror short Maniac and merely as guaranteed, Mr. Rager dropped the entire-length video over time to shut the Halloween festivities. The chilling 10-minute clip is directed by his actor friend Shia LaBeouf who's also accountable for the vision behind his Marijuana video. The small horror film was inspired through the track Maniac on Cudis sophomore album Guy Around The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager and also the tunes featured rapper Cage stars alongside him within the new clip. Shia talks about pointing videos for Kid Cudi! Mind to RapFix for that full story!

TV Rankings: 'Allen Gregory' On Slow Start, 'Once Upon A Time' Stays Solid

FOX The Philadelphia Eagles' domination from the Dallas Cowboys throughout Sunday Evening Football gave a obvious rankings victory for NBC last evening, using the network calculating 16.8 million audiences for that evening, having a 6.7 rating in grown ups 18 to 49. ABC also worked out well, seeing slight increases on Desperate Average women (9.3 million, 3.1) and Pan Am (5.six million, 1.9). Not so long ago also had a great deal to enjoy a throughout its second outing. Total viewership only ended up with a million, lower to 11.6, while losing little hold in grown ups 18 to 49, generating a 3.9. FOX's animated block came back following a several-week hiatus, using the notable addition of Allen Gregory. The series premiere only worked out much better than the 9:30 broadcast from the Cleveland Show, though, debuting to 4.7 million having a 2.4 within the key demo. The Simpsons' annual "Treehouse of Disasters" Halloween special was received by 8 million, with 4. in grown ups 18 to 49. Overall, CBS arrived second to NBC, calculating 14.5 million during the period of the evening having a 3.7 in grown ups -- assisted, without doubt, by National football league runover. Fox (5.six million, 2.7) adopted in grown ups but was capped by ABC (7.9 million, 2.5) as a whole audience. NBC - 6.7 - Football Evening In The Usa: 1.4 million, 4.7 - Sunday Evening Football (Philadelphia versus. Dallas from 8:30 - 11 p.m.): 20.4 million, 8.2 CBS - 3.7 - Football runover/an hour: 23.5 million, 6.8 - Amazing Race 19: 14.3 million, 3.5 - The Great Wife: 10.a million, 2.2 - CSI: Miami: 10.a million, 2. FOX - 2.7 - The Cleveland Show (R): 4.8 million, 1.9 - The Simpsons (R): 5.4 million, 2.5 - The Simpsons: 8 million, 4. - Allen Gregory: 4.7 million, 2.4 - Family Guy: 5.96 million, 3.2 - The Cleveland Show: 4.six million, 2.3 ABC - 2.5 - Not so long ago (R): 5.two million, 1.2 - Not so long ago: 11.six million, 3.9 - Desperate Average women: 9.3 million, 3.1 - Pan Am: 5.six million, 1.9 TV Rankings The Simpsons Not so long ago Sunday Evening Football

'Untouchable' wins Tokyo, japan, japan Grand Prix

Tokyo, japan, japan -- "Untouchable," French helmers Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache's drama in regards to the oil-and-water relationship from the paralyzed French aristocrat and also the ex-disadvantage medical expert, won the Tokyo, japan, japan Sakura Grand Prix within the 24th Tokyo, japan, japan Film Festival, which ended its nine-day run Sunday.The pic's leads, Francois Cluzet and Omar Sy, shared the most effective actor prize.In the video message from Paris, Toledano and Nakache mentioned they were busy marketing the pic'supcoming French release, but guaranteed get to Japan due to its bow in 2012.The second-place special jury prize visited Shuichi Okita's "The Woodsman as well as the Rain," really the only Japanese pic inside the competition.Ruben Ostlund won director honors for "Play," while Glenn Close needed the actress laurel on her behalf perf in Rodrigo Garcia's "Albert Nobbs."The most effective artistic contribution honors visited Du Jiayi's "Kora" and Tony Kaye's "Detachment," while Sylvain Estibal's "When Pigs Have Wings" needed everyone else award.Inside the Winds of Asia-Middle East section, Filipino helmer Jeffrey Jeturian's "Trespasser" was selected best film while special mentions visited "The Mirror Never Lies," "Tatsumi" and "The Robot."Keiichi Kobayashi's helming debut, "In regards to the Pink Sky," won japan Eyes section, focusing on homegrown indies.The Toyota Earth Grand Prix to find the best pic by getting an eco-related theme visited "The Mirror Never Lies," Indonesian helmer Kamila Andini's drama in regards to the impact from the fisherman's loss at sea on his wife and daughter.There has been 41,648 admissions to 315 tests of 128 photos inside the fest, when compared with 275 tests a year ago, together with an overall total of 172,231 admissions to all or any fest-related occasions, like the Tiffcom market.Held March. 24-26, Tiffcom attracted nearly 800 registered customers, about 10% greater than a year ago. Deals, however, were thin on the ground, though the majority of the Japanese companies, especially Toho, Shochiku, Toei, NTV and also the best spinner's, had full meeting agendas.One buyer complaint was the relative inadequate Japanese game game titles with worldwide potential. Even new photos that stirred up buzz among the press and experts, for instance Gu Su-yeon's bad-boy fist-fest "Hard Romanticker" and Yuya Ishii's pregnancy dramady "Mitsuko Provides," did not seal deals. Basically, to the American Film Market in Santa Monica. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Trio of photos top Doha Tribeca

London-- Merzak Allouache's "Normal," Nadine Labaki's "Which Side We Proceed Now?Inch and Namir's Abdel Messeeh's "The Virgin the Copts and Me" were among the prize individuals who win as of this year's third edition in the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, which wrapped on Saturday evening. 5-day fest, which closed by getting an outdoors screening of Luc Besson's "The Lady,Inch saw "Normal," a pic of a disillusioned Algerian youth inside the wake in the Arab Spring, nab the Arab film competition's best narrative award while Messeeh's docu nabbed best documentary film inside the Arab competish. "The Virgin, The Copts and Me" follows a French-Egyptian filmmaker likely to Egypt to locate apparitions in the Virgin Mary. Both honours incorporated a $100,000 cash prize. Labaki, whose second feature pic "Which Side We Proceed Now?Inch remains selected as Lebanon's language Oscar entry, walked away while using audience award within the fest.Story follows several Lebanese women who make an effort to diffuse the tensions between Christian followers and Muslims inside their village. Rania Stephan, helmer of "The Three Disappearances of Soad Honsi" and Roschdy Zem, helmer of "Omar Destroyed Me," needed honours for top documentary director and greatest narrative director correspondingly with both acquiring a $50,000 cash prize. "Omar Destroyed Me" thesp Sami Bouajila also won a prize for top performance in the pic and needed a $15,000 cash prize. The most effective Arab online video prize visited "Where Are You Currently Presently?Inch by Abdulaziz Al-Nujaym while a decent mention inside the same category visited "My Father remains a Communist - Intimate Strategies for Be Launched" directed by Ahmad Ghossein. Ghossen can get $10,000 in development services within the Doha Film Institute. Amanda Palmer, professional director of DFI mentioned: "You will discover lots of exclusive filmmakers here as well as the reason we've the festival is always to uncover new talent. Hopefully these gifted people meet each other here and may make films together consequently."Mohammed Malas, jury prexy in the Arab narrative film competish, mentioned that DTFF was "one of the better festivals to enhance the profile of youth cinema, developing our future."Carrying out a screening in the closing evening pic "The Lady,Inch Brit popstar Leona Lewis completed for the crowd. Contact Diana Lodderhose at diana.lodderhose@variety.com

Primetime for daytime

"Day for evening" is really a production term for techniques accustomed to create the look of evening in shots really taken throughout your day.However watching television recently, the word is dealing with another meaning, with programs and formats typically connected with daytime -- an progressively moribund medium -- finding second existence on night time agendas.This phenomenon is not exactly new. Indeed, it had been twelve years back when "Who would like to be considered a Uniform" set TV scrambling to produce primetime quiz- and gameshows, prior to the trend cooled -- among inevitable saturation -- faster than you are able to say "You're the 'Weakest Link.' Goodbye."The most recent salvo, however, is much more varied, and may come as daytime approaches a substantial crossroads. The cancellation of countless lengthy-running cleaning soap operas -- most lately ABC's "My Children" and "One Existence to reside,Inch changed by cheaper talk/lifestyle shows -- highlights a change in viewer designs and habits, in addition to economic forces compelling developers to reexamine every daypart.Nothing better reflects the drip of day into evening than "The Rosie Show," Rosie O'Donnell's fledgling talk program for The famous host oprah Winfrey's battling OWN network. Love her or otherwise, the show was initially created with distribution in your mind and definitely wouldn't look unnatural at 3 p.m. on the local station.On the other hand, possibly consistent with Winfrey's sensibility from her talk days, a lot of OWN's programming approximates daytime -- including "Oprah's Lifeclass," which repackages old episodes and dresses them track of Winfrey meting out Modern knowledge.OWN is not alone in mining genres typically connected with daytime as traditional lines of demarcation between day-parts fade, with a lot more good examples premiering within the next couple of days.MTV's "Friend Zone" may be airing at 7 p.m. beginning November. 1, however the series -- featuring teens confessing a concealed infatuation towards the friend who's the item of this desire -- seems patterned following the "secret crush" instances of Maury Povich's talkshow. By featuring a set of tales within each half-hour, the presentation does not allow additional time to grow around the "good or badInch facts than Povich's daytime combinations did.Elsewhere, BBC America will unveil a U.S. original patterned after British panel shows, but additionally resembling ancient items like "What's My Line?" Within this situation, it's "Can You Rather? With Graham Norton," in which a quartet of panelists (to give them a call "celebs" could be unnecessarily charitable) softball bat around hypothetical questions, like whether they'd rather eat pet food for any year or perhaps be shot within the knee.What appears obvious is by using the industry's business design in flux, things are in play -- including, potentially, restored efforts emigrate soaps in to the evening. While ABC's Soapnet is certainly going away and MyNetworkTV's dalliance with British-language-style telenovelas flopped, any genre by having an established history merits consideration -- especially if it may be mounted cheaply enough to outlive inside a heavily fragmented atmosphere.The primary challenge is the fact that cleaning soap sensibilities happen to be co-elected by reality implies that replicate their narrative dynamics, on channels for example Analysis Discovery along with a&E. Such programs did to daytime serials what newsmagazines did to TV movies -- approximating the thrills a lot sooner, at a lower price.Because the quizshow flameout indicates, systems -- even niche-oriented ones -- have to be careful about getting caught up and finding yourself having a surplus of programming where "cheap" may be the first adjective that involves mind.It had been 5 years ago, in the end, when NBC first sailed intends to air only less-costly unscripted programs at 8 p.m., with then-NBC Universal TV Group Boss Shaun Zucker saying from the network business, "I'm not sure if it's irreparably damaged, however the economic model is within considerable amount of pressure." NBC adopted that initiative a couple of years later with "The Jay Leno Show" experiment at 10 p.m. And that we all saw how that exercised.Nonetheless, there appears to become little question systems continues seeking programs to balance selection costs, that also includes getting talent for example Physical Violence Worsens put on multiple hats, straddling daytime and primetime with separate shows. Which might explain the present wave of "day for evening" production, as systems appear going to tap probably the most economical avenues available -- trying, as well as they are able to, to help keep the lights on. Contact John Lowry at john.lowry@variety.com

Spirit Honours searching for Feb. 25

Film Independent formally introduced the 2012 Spirit Honours will return to its traditional Saturday mid-day on Feb. 25 in the tent round the beach in Santa Monica, while using premiere broadcast airing at 10 p.m. ET/PT on IFC. The nominees will probably be introduced in the press conference on November. 29 within the London West Hollywood Hotel. Film Independent people and many types of past Spirit Award individuals who win and nominees will probably be capable of election with this particular year's individuals who win. "The Film Independent Spirit Honours honors filmmakers who create original tales and takes note of artists with fresh, authentic voices," mentioned Film Independent senior director Sean McManus. "While using ongoing support within our extended-standing broadcaster, IFC, the Spirit Award nominees in addition to their work will acquire a national audience." Contact Christy Grosz at christy.grosz@variety.com

Depp Channels Friend Thompson Again for 'Rum Diary'

La (AP) The Actor-brad Pitt strongly recalls the very first time he met Hunter S. Thompson, sparks flying because the author separated a bar crowd having a cattle push along with a Taser.17 years later, Depp is making good on a single of his close friend's last wishes, creating and starring inside a film adaptation of Thompson's "The Rum Diary," written in early sixties although not released until Depp happened around the manuscript one fourth-century after.Depp and Thompson, who died of the self-caused gunshot wound in 2005, glued instantly at this first meeting in 1994, once the actor was investing Christmas in Aspen, Colo., close to the author's home. Keen on Thompson's since reading through the gonzo journalist's "Fear and Loathing in Vegas" in the late teens, Depp leaped in the chance whenever a mutual friend requested if he desired to meet him.Depp was told to show up in the tavern at night time. Right after, Thompson joined brandishing his cattle push and Taser."Everyone was hurling their physiques, jumping taken care of to save themselves out of this maniac," Depp stated within an interview. "He then made his method to me. The sparks passed away lower, he just walked up to me and set his hands out and stated, 'How is the next step? I'm Hunter.'"Thompson and Depp rapidly discovered both of them were born in Kentucky and shared many literary heroes, included in this Ernest Hemingway and Nathaniel West. Around 2:30 that morning, these were at Thompson's house, where Depp respected a nickel-plated shotgun around the wall."'Would you love to fire it?'" Depp remembered Thompson saying. "I stated, 'Yeah. Great, guy.' He states, 'All right, great. We should build tanks.' Therefore we built tanks in the sink from gas tanks and nitroglycerin. Only then do we required them out back and that he stated, 'All right, you receive first crack.' And So I equalized that 12-gauge and that i blew up 80-feet fireball."I believe which was my type of coming of age with Hunter. I believe which was my test which i was OK."Depp continued to experience Thompson's alter ego within the 1998 movie adaptation of "Fear and Loathing." While planning for your role, Depp stayed within the basement of Thompson's home, sorting through boxes of "Fear and Loathing" items "cherry stems and cocktail serviettes and all sorts of these strange notations, photos of apes. Who understood that which was inside?Inch Depp remembered.He then opened up another box and located a manuscript entitled "The Rum Diary" in red-colored letters. He figured Thompson hadn't checked out it since writing it decades earlier, the storyline in line with the author's encounters like a youthful reporter in Puerto Rico.Sitting mix-legged on the ground, Depp and Thompson passed pages backwards and forwards. Within about 30 minutes, Depp had convinced Thompson to write the novel. In exchange, Thompson was adamant they ought to perform a film version.They developed the project together for a long time, and Depp grew to become much more devoted to getting the storyline towards the screen after Thompson wiped out themself among assorted maladies and decreasing health."There is nothing more wonderful rather than see an actress may play a role he puts everything into," stated Graham King, a producer on "The Rum Diary.""I am not to imply he does not put everything into every movie, but it was different. It was something which am near to his heart. It had not been a gig. It had not been employment for him.""Johnny is Hunter in lots of ways. Hunter set to make a move that nobody else tried before, and that i seem like Johnny does that in lots of things," stated co-star Amber Heard. "He's doing precisely what he really wants to do, and i believe it's wonderful and vital that you battle to make projects he feels have artistic integrity."A box-office risk at the start of his career for oddball films that rarely made money, Depp continues to be in a position to call their own shots within the years since he grew to become a Hollywood breadwinner with hits like the "Pirates from the Caribbean" movies and "Charlie and also the Chocolate Factory."Still, it had been challenging to locate backers for "The Rum Diary," which stars Depp as Paul Kemp, a Thompson alter ego in the childhood, coming in San Juan being an aimless tenderfoot who encounters corrupt designers despoiling a tropical paradise and finds out his purpose to defend myself against "the bastards" wherever he finds them.Aaron Eckhart co-stars like a slimy pr guy whose girlfriend (Heard) becomes Kemp's object of lust. The cast includes Giovanni Ribisi, Richard Jenkins and Michael Rispoli.To create the script and direct, Depp and Thompson enlisted Bruce Robinson ("Withnail & I"), a filmmaker who recognized themself and Thompson as kindred spirits."I was writing within the same vernacular, a voice of comedy rage," Robinson stated. "What will you have, a hands grenade or perhaps a word? Hunter find the word."Though Thompson vanished, Depp made him a spectral producer from beyond, insisting there be considered a chair with Thompson's title around the set, beside it an ashtray, a packet of Dunhill cigarettes, a bottle of Chivas Regal along with a highball glass.Every morning, Depp and Robinson would pour a glass or two for Thompson."Everyone was there for Johnny, and Johnny was there for that passion for the guy," Eckhart stated. "Which was palpable around the set, between Hunter's chair as well as their sacrament to him every day.InchIf Thompson were around to examine his performance, Depp figures he'd "develop some unbelievably witty, clever remark that will just kind of chop me off in the ankles. ... After which seconds later, he'd have recognized it, In my opinion.InchAfter I known as him for 'Fear and Loathing,' I had been scared which was the finish in our friendship, because I'd performed him, I believe, pretty near to the bone," Depp stated. "I told him in early stages, 'If I actually do this right, you may hate me forever.' He stated, 'Well it is a chance you need to take, is not it?' And So I made it happen, but after 'Fear and Loathing,' I known as him and that i stated, 'All right, you first viewed it? Would you hate me?'"And i believe by me saying, 'Do you hate me?' he understood I had been in discomfort. He could not stand the thought of (playing) beside me, and that he stated, 'No, no, guy. It had been as an eerie trumpet call on the lost battleground.' I am talking about, that simply arrived on the scene of his mouth around the telephone. ... It does not improve.InchCopyright laws 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Independent Theaters Join Tower Heist Boycott

Following the example set last week by Cinemark, a number of independent theater chains and movie theaters have pledged not to screen Universal’s Tower Heist in protest over the studio’s plans to drastically shorten the release window. Lyndon Golin, chief executive of Regency Theaters (which is joined by the Emagine and Galaxy chains) explained: “We certainly support Cinemark… If their position is they won’t run it, then we won’t run it either. Movies shown in the home on such a short window is a dagger to our business.” [LA Times]