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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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

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]

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

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

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:

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