Monday, November 28, 2011

Grauman's Chinese Theatre Featuring Memorabilia From Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis and Judy Garland

last century FoxMarilyn Monroe in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" Grauman's Chinese Theatre has started its new ongoing Hollywood Tales Collection.our editor recommends'Breaking Dawn' Wedding Dress being Provided By Carolina HerreraThe Bette Davis Auction: 5 Products to understand PHOTOS: The Lost Marilyn Monroe Pictures The film house, most broadly known due to its premiere tests and elite forecourt of cemented celebrity hands and feet prints, will showcase a substantial range of legendary film costumes within the lobby. A rotating selection of a 800-plus store of famous clothes from films, Grauman's states it expects to exhibit Marilyn Monroe's gold lame gown from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Vivien Leigh's drapery gown from Gone while using Wind and Judy Garland's Wizard of Oz blouse among a lot more. Many items of the range, since the La Daily News reviews, arises from outdated talent agent Joyce Aimee. PHOTOS: Bette Davis's Existence in Pictures "There's no collection that we recognize that's as complete as this,In . she told the Daily News. "starting with Mary Pickford within the silents and rising for the Terminator inside the eighties." Many of the collection, however, arises from Aimee's longtime friend and former Hollywood dresser John Lebold. He and Aimee desire to ultimately auction the range to learn the Giving Back Fund as well as the Americana Dance Theatre, among other charitable groups. Yes, it's all technically available, though Aimee states they don't require it go individually -- one reason why its being displayed together at Grauman's. PHOTOS: Your building of 'My Week With Marilyn' "Hopefully to promote everything-in-one lot," Aimee mentioned, "to keep it together for many years later on.Inch A range of the Hollywood Tales Collection is becoming displayed at Grauman's, where the tour will allow you to get some face time while using pieces. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Your building of 'My Week With Marilyn' Bette Davis Marilyn Monroe Judy Garland

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Jason Segel, Could Be Talk Muppet Purists, Script Techniques and Being 'Too Ambitious' (Video)

The brand new the new sony Pictures Trish Summerville, the costume designer for David Fincher's The Woman While using Dragon Tattoo, is promoting a capsule range of women's clothes based on Rooney Mara's Lisabeth Salander. H&M clothing line - full of dark punky hooded separates, products and boots with with subdermal implant touches, shredded masturbator masturbator sleeves T's, snug leather jackets and skin tight jeans -- will hit the U.S. H&M stores exclusively on 12 , 14, just one week just before the hotly anticipated film opens.our editor recommends'Girl While Using Dragon Tattoo' H&M Collection in stores each week Before Film Opens (Video)Tom Ford Will Dress Difficulties in New Jason Bourne Film PHOTOS: 10 Finest Book-to-Silver Screen Adaptations in the Latter-and-a-half decades But Summerville told Fash Track exclusively they also desires to do for just about any designer clothing collection good looks she produced for Difficulties's character,disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist. "I must execute a line based on Herr Blomkvist," states Summerville. "His clothing was as fun to accomplish as Rooney's. His character actually was great to brighten. I like the adding in the wrinkled shirt, vest and cardigan. He's a sublime but natural look, a casual elegance. i am hoping I buy to behave getting a designer clothing line because I really loved dressing Daniel." VIDEO: 'Girl While using Dragon Tattoo' H&M Collection in stores each week Before Film Opens Craig, who wears designer Tom Fordeveningwear, suits, dress t t shirts, ties, casual knits, add-ons and exclusive eyeglasses inthe new Bond film Skyfall (likely to be out November. 2012)needed a few pieces from Tattoo to use within the real existence. "I gave him a couple of group of Scotch & Soda since they fit him so well," Summerville mentioned. "They made an appearance as though they were created for him. Everyone round the set -- ladies and males -- would request him who made his jeans." PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery 10 Finest Book-to-Silver Screen Adaptations in the Latter-and-a-half decades Fashion Rooney Mara Tom Ford Difficulties David Fincher The Woman While using Dragon Tattoo

Disney announces succession arrange for ESPN's Bodenheimer

Disney revealed a glimpse at ESPN's future today: company topper Robert Iger has introduced a succession arrange for the internet, moving George Bodenheimer to professional chairman from the sports network, moving from prexy of ESPN and ABC Sports and co-chair of Disney Media Systems and quitting his day-to-day responsibilities in the internet. The alterations will require effect Jan. 1, 2012.Overtaking daily procedures is going to be John Skipper, who moves in to the position vacated by Bodenheimer. Skipper continues to be ESPN's professional veep of content since March. 2005. Skipper may have a dual are accountable to Bodenheimer and Iger Bodenheimer will are accountable to Iger alone.Iger themself is a component of the lately-introduced succession plan Disney has set March 2015 because the date the professional will step lower from his Boss responsibilities and be chairman. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com

Monday, November 21, 2011

'Breaking Dawn' Box Office: Fifth Biggest Debut Of All Time

FROM MTV MOVIES: "Twilight" fans raced to theaters faster than Jacob running to stop Bella and Edward's wedding and gave "Breaking Dawn - Part 1" the fifth-biggest opening weekend of all time. The fourth film in the romantic vampires-and-werewolves phenomenon collected $139.5 million domestically (more than $30 million of which was from midnight showings early Friday) for an estimated $283.5 million worldwide haul. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" stands behind only "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" ($169.2 million), "The Dark Knight" ($158.4 million), "Spider-Man 3" ($151.1 million) and 2009's "New Moon" ($169.2 million) on the all-time opening-weekend scorecard. It's worth noting that the "Twilight" grosses haven't relied on pricier 3-D or IMAX tickets like "Potter" or "Dark Knight." The new movie's numbers were within roughly 2 percent of the "New Moon" franchise best and helped propel the series' overall numbers past $2 billion worldwide. Read the full story at MTV Movies!

SyFy Developing Paranormal Procedural Comedy Spoof Produced By Jack Black

EXCLUSIVE: Syfy is constantly create a comedy development slate since the cable network is searching to greenlight it first half-hour pilot. Syfy’s latest comedy buy is Ghost Ghirls, a project created by Jeremy Konner, Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci and executive produced by Jack Black. Directed by Konner, Ghost Ghirls can be a comedy undertake popular paranormal procedurals likeMedium and Ghost Whisperer starring Lund and Blasucci (improv two-women show BEANS!) as two women: Heidi, which has self-introduced psychic abilities, and Angelica, who's a tech wiz. Together they try to resolve paranormal mysteries each week while trying to convince themselves and their customers that they are competent ghost potential predators. Electric Dynamites Jack Black and Priyanka Mattoo will executive produce with Ben Cooley, while Konner assists as producer. Black and Konner formerly labored together on Drunk History, the Derek Waters-created quantity of shorts, which Konner directed. Within it, comics finish track of, very drunk, then re-tell a typical tales from history with re-enactment. Black starred by 50 % shorts as Ben Franklin. Another short, Drunk History: Douglass & Lincoln subsequently subsequently starring Will Ferrell and Don Cheadle, won the Jury Prize the bottom line is Filmmaking within the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Drunk History shorts also broadcast incorporated within the Cinemax series Funny Or Die Presents, professional produced by Ferrell. WME reps everybody concerned. Konner, Lund, Blasucci are addressed by 3 Arts.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Two More For I, Frankenstein

Yvonne Strahovski & Miranda Otto aboardOf all the Frankenstein projects when planning, it's the Kevin Grevioux comic adaptation that's lumbering ahead with energy. The newest cast people to participate I, Frankenstein are Miranda Otto and Yvonne Strahovski, taking their places alongside Aaron Eckhart and Bill Nighy.As formerly reported, the story takes us not even close to Mary Shelley, getting a monster, Adam, that has managed to get into present. Trying to help keep a small profile in the sinister metropolis, he finds themselves fighting to guard the dangerous secret of his creation from rival clans of spooky immortals.Strahovski, most broadly known on her behalf role as Sarah in NBC's Chuck, may have "a stylish and gifted investigator" who seems being the monster's love interest. Let's expect Adam's sake he's more luck along with her than he did with Elsa Lanchester.Otto meanwhile, is playing Adam's ally the entire in the Gargoyles. We're supposing the erstwhile Lady Eowyn will probably be wearing some prosthetics for the role, unless of course obviously these gargoyles are a lot more attractive in comparison to title signifies.Stuart Beattie (Tomorrow When The War Began) is pointing from Grevioux's own script, and shooting can get on-going nationwide at the outset of next season.

Marc Graboff to exit NBC Entertainment

After 11 years with the Peacock Marc Graboff is poised to exit his post as prexy of West Coast business operations at NBC and Universal TV. Graboff's departure is not unexpected, given the transformation under at NBC and Universal TV under the new Comcast ownership regime. But it's understood that the decision to part ways was amicable. Graboff had been working closely with new NBC Entertainment topper Bob Greenblatt, but recently decided it was time to move on after being offered an opportunity involving a private equity concern. He has about two years left to go on his current contract. He's expected to remain at NBC through the end of the year. Graboff joined NBC as head of business affairs in 2000 after three years in the same post at CBS. Graboff weathered numerous regime changes during his tenure at NBC. From Scott Sassa to Jeff Zucker to Jeff Gaspin to Greenblatt. From 2007-2009 he was partnered with Ben Silverman as co-chair of NBC Entertainment. Because of all the instability at the top, Graboff had long been seen as the bastion of stability at the NBC net. He's highly regarded by Peacock staffers and his industry colleagues. Graboff's exit leaves a void in oversight of business affairs for NBC and its newly separated studio sibling, Universal TV. It's not immediately clear how Greenblatt intends to fill those roles. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

Monday, November 14, 2011

Howard Stern Shoots Down Americas Got Talent Rumors

First Published: November 14, 2011 12:22 PM EST Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Howard Stern attends a screening of Green Zone in NY City on February 25, 2010Howard Stern says hes not taking over for outgoing Americas Got Talent judge Piers Morgan, but also refuses to reveal if hes in talks for the NBC gig. Everyone knows I love Americas Got Talent. I think its the greatest and I would be certainly honored to sit with Howie [Mandel] and Sharon [Osbourne] and judge these lunatics, the shock jock said on his on SiriusXM Radio on Monday morning. I take show business very seriously, Howard continued. If I was a judge on there, there would be no nonsense whatsoever. I would be there for the talent. I would be there to actually find somebody good. Adding, I am not the next judge. I have no deal with Americas Got Talent Im not going to comment if Im in negotiations I dont comment on negotiations. As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, last week sources told The Wall Street Journal that the radio giant is in talks with NBC to join the panel, in a deal reported to be worth possibly $15 million a year. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Karl Rove-Backed Attack Ad Against Montana Senator Jon Tester Pulled Off the Air

An attack ad against Senator Jon Tester by the Karl Rove-backed group Crossroads GPS has been pulled off the air by a small cable network in Montana because it was deemed false, according to the Associated Press.our editor recommendsJeffrey Katzenberg, J.J. Abrams Leading the Charge of Hollywood's Super PAC Spenders The ad, which alleged that Tester voted in favor of an Environmental Protection Agency rule regulating farm dust, was dropped Friday after Cablevision's Optimum found that the measure in question was never officially proposed. A spokesman for Crossroads said the group is talking with officials at the cable network and expects the ad to be put back up. He also noted that four other cable outlets in Montana are still airing the spot. The Tester ad was part of Crossroads' $1.8 million media buy this week attacking five Democrats, including Massachusetts-Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren, Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine and Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson. (Both Tester and Warren were in Los Angeles recently raising Hollywood dollars for their campaigns.) Washington Post columnist Greg Sargent questioned the accuracy of other ads put up this week by the Rove-backed Crossroads super pac. For example, Sargent wrote, an allegation that Kaine and Nelson supported Obama's stimulus package that included "office upgrades for politicians" was misleading. "This claim has already been thoroughly debunked -- the last time Crossroads made it, in an ad in 2010," Sargent wrote. "PolitiFact looked at the assertion and noted it was based on a project to renovate the Kansas State Capital, but concluded the money was not direct funding; instead it comes from a stimulus bond program to help local governments save money on capital projects." He also to issue with accuracy of the Warren ad, which insinuates that the Harvard economics professor supports violence at the Occupation Wall Street protests. The questions of truthfulness were raised during the last election cycle against Crossroads, and now "it's happening again," Sargent wrote. Crossroads has posted links to all five ads on its website. Related Topics Karl Rove Politics

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Jonah Hill was Offered a Part in Tarantino's Django Unchained, But...

Looks like Jonah Hill won’t be joining Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kurt Russell, Kerry Washington, Anthony LaPaglia, RZA and Don Johnson in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, even though he was offered a part. Hill revealed why he had to turn down the role with thundering poetic regret: “I got offered the new Quentin Tarantino movie, and I can’t do it because of my schedule… Doing Quentin’s movie would have obviously been amazing, but my schedule didn’t work out, which sucks.” Djonah Unavailable, more like! [MTV via /Film]

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Comics flock to New York Comedy Fest

Wanda SykesKathy GriffinJB SmooveSarah Silverman"If you build it, they will come." Famous words from a terrific novel and a classic movie, but equally applicable to the NY Comedy Festival. In its eighth year, the fest that Caroline Hirsch and her associates built has top comics scrambling to be included. This year's lineup features Louis C.K., Wanda Sykes, Ricky Gervais, Sarah Silverman, Bill Maher, Bill Burr, Tracy Morgan and Kathy Griffin, who almost didn't make it."I had to beg to be in this festival," Griffin says with a sizable chortle. "Because my wonderful agent is very wise and usually when I play NY, I either play the theater inside the Garden, or Carnegie Hall, and I did 10 shows on Broadway recently. So I like playing festivals, but my agent is like, 'I don't want you to cut into your normal NY business by doing the festival.' So I had to beg! I finally got my agent to let me play one show at Carnegie Hall for the festival."It's easy to see what this festival is so enticing for the comedians -- even one like Joel McHale, who is missing the fun after two years in a row."Because it's NY, first," says McHale. "NY is so famous for so many things, and so many great comedians and traditions came out of there. And NY has the best selection of venues in the country, I think."And Caroline is one of the biggest, most famous names in comedy. She's like the Coca-Cola of comedy. So the combination of that, and all the other comedians that are associated with the festival, that all just kind of dovetails into each other. So when all those things come together, it's irresistible. It makes one of the best things that's ever happened. There's so many people in town for it, there for comedy. And you can see a tiny act in a club and then you can go to Radio City Music Hall. It's amazing."Tracy Morgan, who will headline at the Beacon Theater during the fest, gives credit to a few influences."Caroline has been a big part of my standup career," Morgan says. "She's provided a place, a stage to perform and share our gift with the world. So I appreciate everything she's done for me, I'm so thankful to Caroline for that. That's why I love doing this festival, plus you meet some of the comedians that you haven't seen in a while. And I love to go to the other shows, I'm a big fan of it. It's an awesome, awesome thing that Caroline does every year. It keeps comedy alive!" RELATED LINKS Still together, still crazy Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Friday, November 4, 2011

Illusion Limitless, Njuta nab 'Bunny Game'

Germany's Illusion Limitless and Scandinavia's Njuta have both acquired distribution privileges to Adam Rehmeiers horror pic "The Bunny Game." Pic, that is being looked at AFM by U.K. genre sales outfit Jinga Films, informs the storyline of the drug addicted hooker who's held captive within the desert with a deranged truck driver. It stars Rodleen Getsic and Shaun Renfro. Recently, the British Board of Film Classification (similar to MPAA) declined to classify "The Bunny Game," stopping its U.K. distrib Trinity Entertainment from delivering the pic within the territory. Mark Sandell, co-director of Trinity, who acquired the film in Cannes captured stated that although the film was "challenging and confrontational" Rehmeier had "a very original filmic eye." "We did think the BBFC might request for cuts but an outright prohibit provides the film a twisted prestige that, to be honest, it does not warrant," he stated. Jinga Films formerly looked uber-questionable "A Serbian Film" towards the market. Outfit hopes to shut a U.S. deal for "The Bunny Game" in Santa Monica now. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Foxs Midseason Series Alcatraz Breaks Production On New Episodes For Reshoots

EXCLUSIVE: Fox’s midseason drama Alcatraz has put filming new episodes on hold to complete reshoots on a few of the 7 completed episodes. The series will remain in production, doing additional principal photography on previous episodes before proceeding with filming the rest of the 6 instances of the series’ 13-episode order. The J.J. Abrams-created Alcatraz is definitely an ambitious time-travel drama, because the show is this is not on a good delivery schedule, the producers elected to decelerate making enhancements on a few of the finished episodes. The reshoots are required to last 1-2 days. Unlike another ambitious midseason drama, NBC’s Awake, which lately shut lower production for a few days to utilize scripts, Alcatraz is anticipated to remain in continuous production, segueing from reshoots to filming new episodes. This is a recent trailer for that show:

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Exclusive 'My Week With Marilyn' Clip: Michelle Williams Certainly Can Can-Can

Before starring opposite Mister Laurence Olivier in 'The Prince and also the Showgirl,' Lana Turner made an appearance with Ethel Merman and Jesse O'Connor in Irving Berlin's 'There's No Enterprise Like Show Business,' and introduced the home lower together with her rendition of "Warmth Wave." That song-and-dance performance is when the brand new film about Monroe, 'My Week With Marilyn,' starts, even though the scene is not a go-for-shot remake from the 'Show Business' classic, star Michelle Williams a lot more than holds her very own. Actually, she certainly can can-can. (Could not help it to.) Watch below, but make certain to show your thermostat lower before viewing -- this clip could melt your pc. In limited release on November. 23, 'My Week With Marilyn' stars Williams as Monroe, Kenneth Branagh as Mister Laurence Olivier and Eddie Redmayne as Colin Clark, the boy who falls for Hollywood's most well-known blonde bombshell. Return to Moviefone for additional around the film within the run up to its release. RELATED Moviefone 2011 Holiday Movie Preview 'Tower Heist''A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas''J. Edgar''Jack & Jill''Immortals''Happy Ft Two''Breaking Beginning Part 1''The Descendants''Arthur Christmas''Hugo''The Muppets''The Artist''My Week With Marilyn''A Harmful Method''Shame''New Year's Eve''The Sitter''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy''W.E.''Young Adult''We Have to Discuss Kevin''Alvin and also the Chipmunks 3''Sherlock Holmes: A Game Title of Shadows''Carnage''The Iron Lady''Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol''The Adventures of Tintin''The Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo''We Purchased a Zoo''In the Land of Bloodstream and Honey''War Equine''Extremely Noisy and extremely Close' See All Moviefone Art galleries » [Top Photo: TWC] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED