'Iron Man 3' Rumor: Robert Downey Jr. Getting Lifts?

The Iron Man suit might be getting an upgrade: Heels! According to Us Weekly (via the NY Post), Robert Downey Jr. is adding lifts for 'Iron Man 3.' "They're working on a special pair just for him," a source told the celeb magazine, and that the lifts would be concealed in boots. Why in the next Iron Man movie and not 'The Avengers?' At 5'8", the actor certainly isn't the tallest in the 'Avengers' cast. That would be mighty Thor, Chris Hemsworth, at 6'3", as we've seen in shots of the actors on the set. At least Downey appears to be taller than Mark Ruffalo, who is also reportedly 5'8". Downey previously told Men's Fitness that he had doubts about becoming an action hero, partly due to his height. "I've always really enjoyed that genre, but I mean, it's pretty outlandish. I'm not particularly tall or strong or fast or aggressive. Yet, I'm not faking it. To me, it's a cosmic chuckle." As is this whole story, probably. [via NY Post] [Photo: FilmMagic] The Dark Side of 'The Avengers' Cast Scarlett Johansson, 'The Last Score'Robert Downey Jr, 'Less Than Zero'Chris Evans, 'Puncture'Chris Hemsworth, 'Ollie Klublershturf Vs. the Nazis'Samuel L. Jackson, 'Jungle Fever'Jeremy Renner, 'Dahmer'Mark Ruffalo, 'Reservation Road' See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Glee: Watch Santana Funnel Her Inner Material Girl in Unseen "Santa Baby" Video

Naya Rivera For people Gleeks wondering what went lower to Naya Rivera's sultry cover of "Santa Baby" throughout Glee's Christmas episode the other day, question ignore. The performance - featured on Glee: The Christmas Album, Volume 2 - not successful to produce the cut for your musical comedy's yuletide-designed trip over time. However, Fox has released the unseen video, which shows Santana schooling Finn (Cory Monteith) on the ability of shopping (for Rachel's extended report on Christmas gifts, we're taking a chance). Glee's holiday throwback: Let's visit Christmas inside the '60s! Watch the whole performance here: How will you think Santana's performance of "Santa Baby" compares?

Clooney versus. Gosling: Who Should Win?

BEVERLY Slopes, Calif. (AP) George Clooney versus. Ryan Gosling ... yes, it is a couple of personal preference, isn't it? And possibly it is a generational factor, too.Both stars are sexy and gorgeous, clearly, but both offer selected difficult film roles that deliberately play lower their looks. Both ooze movie-star charisma but have displayed versatility, too.And both will probably be competing inside the number of best actor in the drama within the Golden Globe Honours on Jan. 15 nominations were introduced Thursday morning. Clooney expires for "The Descendants," through which he plays a parent or gaurdian fighting to enhance his two kids while his wife is at a coma Gosling expires for "The Ides of March," through which he plays a cunning campaign strategist for just about any democratic presidential hopeful ... carried out by Clooney. (Gosling also received a nomination for top actor in the comedy for playing a female's guy in "Crazy, Stupid, Love.")Possibly somewhat tale in the tape may help us determine an early on champion:AGE: Clooney just switched 50 this year Gosling is 31.HEIGHT: Clooney is 5-ft-10 Gosling is 6-ft-1.Hometown: Clooney was produced in Lexington, Ky. Gosling was elevated in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.MOST IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE: For Clooney, it's so difficult to choose, because of the very fact he's been around longer generating movies. Maybe "Syriana" (see below) because it am demanding both physically and psychologically. But guy, is he great in "Michael Clayton." For Gosling, he required to search hard for "The Believer" (2001), through which he carried out a Jewish guy who becomes an anti-Semitic skinhead. It absolutely was an earlier indication of his huge talent. But guy, is he great in "Blue Valentine."MOST OUT-THERE PERFORMANCE: Clooney shown his crazy side just like a smooth-speaking steered obvious of convict inside the Coen brothers' 2000 comedy "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Gosling fell deeply deeply in love with a existence-sized toy named Bianca in 2007's "Lars as well as the Real Girl."BRUSHES WITH OSCAR: Clooney packed round the pounds, elevated a shaggy beard and increased being virtually unrecognizable to get a CIA operative in 2005's "Syriana," which acquired him the Academy Award for top supporting actor. That same year, more youthful crowd was nominated for pointing and co-writing the tv news drama "Evening, and Best Of Luck.Inch Ever since then, he's acquired two other best-actor nominations: for "Michael Clayton" (2007) and "Up in mid-airInch (2009). Gosling will be a surprise nominee for 2006's "Half Nelson" not as they was undeserving, definately not it, consider it had been this kind of small, little-known film. He carried out a middle-school teacher getting a drug problem.EMBARRASSING Roots: Clooney rocked the mullet inside the mid-eighties round the sitcom "The Particulars of Existence," where he carried out a renovator named George. Gosling will be a part of "The Jesse Duck Club" inside the the 19 nineties, round the same time period as Justin Timberlake, Britney Warrior warrior spears and Christina Aguilera."Hottest Guy ALIVE" STATUS: Clooney gets the rare distinction of winning the annual recognition from People magazine two occasions: in 1997 and 2006. Gosling hasn't won yet however the 2011 champion, Bradley Cooper, has conceded that Gosling deserved the title greater than he did.ON-SCREEN ROMANCES: Clooney: Michelle Pfeiffer ("One Fine Day") Jennifer Lopez ("From Sight") Jennifer Aniston ("Ocean's Eleven" and "Ocean's Twelve") Catherine Zeta-Manley ("Intolerable Cruelty") Vera Farmiga ("Up in mid-airInch). Gosling: Rachel McAdams ("The Notebook") Michelle Williams ("Blue Valentine") Emma Stone ("Crazy, Stupid, Love"), Carey Mulligan ("Drive") an structurally correct adult toy ("Lars as well as the Real Girl").OFF-SCREEN ROMANCES: Clooney is divorced from actress Talia Balsam and contains dated model Lisa Snowdon, former reality show contestant and cocktail waitress Sarah Larson and actress Elisabetta Canalis. He's now dating former WWE star Stacy Keibler. Gosling formerly dated his "Notebook" co-star McAdams and contains been linked most recently to Avoi Mendes.THE Champion: A tie. While Clooney will in all probability win on Golden Globe evening, Gosling is actually hot nowadays he seems easy.Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. By Christy Lemire December 16, 2011 PHOTO CREDIT Frazer Harrison/Getty Images BEVERLY Slopes, Calif. (AP) George Clooney versus. Ryan Gosling ... it is actually determined by personal preference, isn't it? And maybe it's a generational factor, too.Both stars are sexy and gorgeous, clearly, but both offer selected difficult film roles that deliberately play lower their looks. Both ooze movie-star charisma but have displayed versatility, too.And both will probably be competing inside the number of in the drama within the Golden Globe Honours on Jan. 15 nominations were introduced Thursday morning. Clooney expires for "The Descendants," through which he plays a parent or gaurdian fighting to enhance his two kids while his wife is at a coma Gosling expires for "The Ides of March," through which he plays a cunning campaign strategist for just about any democratic presidential hopeful ... carried out by Clooney. (Gosling also received a nomination for top actor in the comedy for playing a female's guy in "Crazy, Stupid, Love.")Possibly somewhat tale in the tape may help us determine an early on champion:AGE: Clooney just switched 50 this year Gosling is 31.HEIGHT: Clooney is 5-ft-10 Gosling is 6-ft-1.Hometown: Clooney was produced in Lexington, Ky. Gosling was elevated in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.MOST IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE: For Clooney, it's so difficult to choose, because of the very fact he's been around longer generating movies. Maybe "Syriana" (see below) because it am demanding both physically and psychologically. But guy, is he great in "Michael Clayton." For Gosling, he required to search hard for "The Believer" (2001), through which he carried out a Jewish guy who becomes an anti-Semitic skinhead. It absolutely was an early on indication of his huge talent. But guy, is he great in "Blue Valentine."MOST OUT-THERE PERFORMANCE: Clooney shown his crazy side just like a smooth-speaking steered obvious of convict inside the Coen brothers' 2000 comedy "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Gosling fell deeply deeply in love with a existence-sized toy named Bianca in 2007's "Lars as well as the Real Girl."BRUSHES WITH OSCAR: Clooney packed round the pounds, elevated a shaggy beard and increased being virtually unrecognizable to get a CIA operative in 2005's "Syriana," which acquired him the Academy Award for top supporting actor. That same year, more youthful crowd was nominated for pointing and co-writing the tv news drama "Evening, and All The Best.In . Ever since then, he's acquired two other best-actor nominations: for "Michael Clayton" (2007) and "Up in mid-airInch (2009). Gosling will be a surprise nominee for 2006's "Half Nelson" not as they was undeserving, definately not it, consider it had been this kind of small, little-known film. He carried out a middle-school teacher getting a drug problem.EMBARRASSING Roots: Clooney rocked the mullet inside the mid-eighties round the sitcom "The Particulars of Existence," where he carried out a renovator named George. Gosling will be a part of "The Jesse Duck Club" at the begining of the 19 nineties, round the same time period as Justin Timberlake, Britney Warrior warrior spears and Christina Aguilera."Hottest Guy ALIVE" STATUS: Clooney gets the rare distinction of winning the annual recognition from People magazine two occasions: in 1997 and 2006. Gosling hasn't won yet however the 2011 champion, Bradley Cooper, has conceded that Gosling deserved the title greater than he did.ON-SCREEN ROMANCES: Clooney: Michelle Pfeiffer ("One Fine Day") Jennifer Lopez ("From Sight") Jennifer Aniston ("Ocean's Eleven" and "Ocean's Twelve") Catherine Zeta-Manley ("Intolerable Cruelty") Vera Farmiga ("Up in mid-airInch). Gosling: Rachel McAdams ("The Notebook") Michelle Williams ("Blue Valentine") Emma Stone ("Crazy, Stupid, Love"), Carey Mulligan ("Drive") an structurally correct adult toy ("Lars as well as the Real Girl").OFF-SCREEN ROMANCES: Clooney is divorced from actress Talia Balsam and contains dated model Lisa Snowdon, former reality show contestant and cocktail waitress Sarah Larson and actress Elisabetta Canalis. He's now dating former WWE star Stacy Keibler. Gosling formerly dated his "Notebook" co-star McAdams and contains been linked most recently to Avoi Mendes.THE Champion: A tie. While Clooney will in all probability win on Golden Globe evening, Gosling is actually hot nowadays he seems easy.Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

'Jerry Maguire' 15th Anniversary: Then-and-Now Cast Photos

'Jerry Maguire,' the sports drama/rom-com/inspiring story of just one agent's mission for love and success is 15 years of age. 15! Yes, it's tough to consider more than ten years has happened since 'You complete me,' 'Show me the money' and many other schmatlzy-yet-totally-memorable Cameron Crowe-written lines became a member of the zeitgeist. So, what can the celebs of 'Jerry Maguire' appear such as this year? Fortunately, people at Snakkle have released a gallery featuring then-and-now photos in the entire 'Maguire' cast, including Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Junior., Renee Zellweger, Bonnie Search, Jay Mohr and, clearly, Jonathan Lipnicki (a.k.a. the cute kid). A few Moviefone faves are below ensure in your thoughts to Snakkle to find out all the stars' then-and-now photos. [via Snakkle] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Alta nabs Trapero's 'Elefante'

MADRID -- Leading Spanish arthouse distributor Alta Classics has picked up theatrical and home entertainment rights to social drama "Elefante blanco," the upcoming film by top Argentine helmer Pablo Trapero ("Lion's Den," "Carancho"). Trapero's biggest film to date in scale and budget -- now put at Euros4 million ($5.3 million) -- "Elephant" is produced by Spain's Morena Films, Trapero's Matanza Cine and Disney-backed Patagonik, in co-production with France's Full House. It toplines Ricardo Darin ("The Secret in Their Eyes") and Belgium's Jeremie Renier ("L'Enfant") as two priests who, along with a social worker, played by Martina Gusman ("Lion's Den," "Carancho"), battle to build a new housing complex in a Buenos Aires slum burb, flying in the face of Church authorities and warring drug cartels (see Weekly Variety, Dec. 5). The shoot kicked off late November in Buenos Aires and will travel to Bolivia for Central America jungle action before ending in January. Post-production takes place in Spain. "Elephant" marks the return to Bolivia by Morena, one of Spain's highest-profile international producers. It shot Iciar Bollain's 2010 colonization tale "Even the Rain" in Bolivia. "Rain" and "Elefante" consolidate a business model that features Europe-Latin American co-production, burning issues highlighted in a Latin American context, and Latin American talent, shoots and costs. Alta already distributed "Rain," scoring a standout $5.2 million B.O. this year. It will manage home entertainment rights through its Barcelona-based partner Cameo. Public broadcaster TVE pre-bought Spanish free-to-air TV rights. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Kanye West, Adele & Nicki Minaj Lead Grammy Nominations

First Published: November 30, 2011 11:34 PM EST Credit: FilmMagic Caption Nicki Minaj and LL Cool J speak onstage durnig The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! Countdown to Musics Biggest Night at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, Los Angeles, on November 30, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Adele scored six Grammy nominations on Wednesday, including for record, song and album of the year, but the owner of the 2011s best-selling album with 21 wasnt the nights top nominee and that wasnt the evenings only surprise. Kanye West came away with a leading seven nominations, including a bid for song of the year for his all-star song All of the Lights. However, the album from which it came My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, heralded by many critics as the best album of 2010 was shut out of the best album category, and all of his other nominations were relegated to the rap fields. Other notable omissions in the top categories included country phenomenon Taylor Swift and veteran crooner Tony Bennett. Bruno Mars and the Foo Fighters tied Adele with six nominations each, including in the album of the year category. Critical-darling folky act Bon Iver scored four nominations, with two in the prestigious record and song of the year categories; and dubstep star Skrillex may have been the nights biggest surprise, getting five nominations, including a bid for best new artist. The nominations were announced after the Recording Academys fourth annual live concert special, which aired on CBS from the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. The hour-long event featured key nominees like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj and the Band Perry. Even though Adele didnt get the lions share of nominations, she got them where it counted: Her 21, the mournful post-breakup album that produced smash hits like the torch ballad Someone Like You was nominated for album of the year. The searing groove Rolling in the Deep, which spent seven weeks at No. 1 this past summer, got nominations for both record and song of the year. Only Mars got nominations in all three categories as well. Other nominees in the record of the year category included Bon Ivers ballad Holocene; Mars ballad Grenade; Mumford&Sons The Cave; and Katy Perrys inspirational anthem Firework. For song of the year, which honors the writers of the tune, contenders included The Cave, 'Grenade, Holocene and Lady Gagas You and I. The best album category was as noteworthy for who was excluded as it was for who was nominated. Lady Gaga garnered her third straight nod in the category for Born This Way, while veteran rockers the Foo Fighters were nominated for Wasting Light, along with Mars debut album, Doo-Wops&Hooligans, and Rihannas steamy dance album Loud. Shut out were perceived favorites like 85-year-old Bennett, who became the oldest person to score a No. 1 debut when his Duets II album was released earlier this year, and the megawatt collaboration of Jay-Z and West with the heavily hyped Watch The Throne. The biggest snub may have been to Swift, who won in the category in 2010 and was considered by some critics to be a favorite for Speak Now, which has sold 3.7 million copies. She did get three nominations, however, including for best country album. Unlike the past two years, which saw Swift and fellow country act Lady Antebellum soar in the general categories, the only country act that got a mainstream nomination was the country sibling act The Band Perry. Best known for their poignant ballad If I Die Young, they got a nomination for best new artist. Their competition also includes Bon Iver, Jay-Z rap protg J. Cole, Skrillex and rapper-singer Nicki Minaj, who scored four nominations in total. The 54th Grammys will be held Feb. 12 in Los Angeles. The ceremony will mark the first since the academy shaved its categories from 109 to 78 this year, amid some protest. Some of the more niched categories, like best Zydeco or Cajun music album, were eliminated. In addition, men and women now compete together in vocal categories for pop, R&B and country, instead of having separate categories for each sex. This year, the category is best pop solo performance and Bruno Mars is the only man nominated for Grenade. His competition includes Adele for Someone Like You, Lady Gaga for You and I, Pink for (Expletive) Perfect and Perry for Firework. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Exclusive: Ringer Bosses on What's Ahead Carrying out a Shocking Fall Finale

Ioan Gruffudd and Sarah Michelle Gellar [Warning: This story includes major spoilers within the midseason finale of Ringer. Read in the own risk.] Ringer's midseason finale shown the results for Bridget overpowering Siobhan's existence can be quite deadly. After trading a lot of year missing, Gemma (Tara Summer time season) increased being the show's first real casualty, dying in only minutes just before the actual Siobhan turned up to be able to save her. Because the reality - that Bridget (Sarah Michelle Gellar) has independently absorbed Siobhan's existence - opted for Gemma to her grave, TVGuide.com taken track of executive producers Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder to talk about how this turn of occasions will alter both sisters' plans. Plus: Since Siobhan is at NY, will the two brothers and sisters meet again? Exclusive Ringer Scoop: Gregory Harrison cast as Gemma's father What incorporated careful analysis kill Gemma? Eric Charmelo: Honestly, it made an appearance organic for the story. We are attempting to create a world where you will discover high stakes and we are unsafe. Sadly, inside the whole world of noir, there is a inclination to create a look and feel count to keep people round the side of their chair. Bridget's dwelling within this very dangerous world where the stakes are very high. Nicole Snyder: It absolutely was a blood stream bath. I had been very alert to it, but blood stream baths are great to produce. The positive factor relevant for this show is, due to the fact you're dead does not necessarily mean we will not assist you to again. There exists a great deal of flashbacks. The way in which Gemma's dying affect everyone? Charmelo: Once we return following a holidays, we're playing the episodes very quickly, so there will are actually a mourning period. We certainly address it over the following episode, but we don't focus on it. Henry (Kristoffer Polaha) have been angry with Bridget and worried about her submit Gemma's disappearance. The way in which this affect their relationship? Snyder: Not only is Henry mourning, but he must direct his anger towards something and someone, which target becomes Bridget. Once the first 1 / 2 of year was dedicated to Gemma's disappearance, what is going to another 1 / 2 of year focus on? Charmelo: Since Siobhan is within NY City, you've these two brothers and sisters playing this chess game, as well as the stakes are usually greater since they are inside the same city. Ultimately, paths will mix. Snyder: Most of the focus was on Gemma, now Bridget can return to the first mystery and questions we established inside the pilot, that's: Who's trying to kill Siobhan? Why and the way is she prone to stop them? Charmelo: We're really turning the screws tight and tight. It's becoming this very combustible pressure oven that's just prone to explode with the finish of the year. The higher lies Bridget notifies, the higher damage control she must do to make sure that they are contained. Eventually, I am unsure if she'll be capable of purchased it all. Exclusive: Ringer casts Supernatural's Misha Collins Simply what does the long run for Bridget and Andrew (Ioan Gruffudd) appear like? Charmelo: Although they've been married for "six years," that is Bridget's first real adult relationship sober. So, as she's falling deeply deeply in love with this individual, she's seeing our world through rose-colored glasses as this is her first for everything. It's a very worthwhile dynamic that people have setup, the irony being that is all a given existence. She starts to buy towards the fantasy from this, as well as the sobering the fact is this isn't hers which is built around the lie, so she must reconcile that disparity in some manner. Snyder: Their relationship will strengthen, blossom and become very real, there's however apt to be conflict as this is a noir, more often than not there's a look and feel count. Things will not the simple for Bridget and Andrew. Would the guilt of overpowering Siobhan's existence ever make Bridget crack? Snyder: It'll achieve her. Charmelo: It'll cause her to behave about it. Eventually, she'll become overcome with guilt and get her breaking point. From everyone around the program, Andrew seems to become the only innocent one. Is always that too good actually was? Synder: No a person's innocent relating to this show. Charmelo: It's all regulated controlled a façade with every character. We're getting fun using the theme of duplicity as well as the different masks people placed on, just what the truth is isn't necessarily what you'll receive. Synder: Andrew is a superb guy, but he is not innocent. The question immediately is actually whether someone will uncover her secret. Gemma did, now she's dead. Will someone take Gemma's place? Charmelo: This can be a risk that Bridget's running constantly by living this double existence, that anytime the rug might be attracted from underneath her. What she finds out inside the fall finale is always that when people learn her secret, people die. It could hold the opposite effect on her. The lesson she's learning is always that she better keep her mouth shut to keep people safe. Siobhan remains pregnant, just what are we able to see on her behalf and whoever the possibility baby father may be? Charmelo: She's, really, pregnant, and like all femme fatale, she'll take advantage of the people just like a settling nick. She's different marks. You will discover essentially three males whose child this might be and she'll depend in it to her help to implement her plan. We're really prone to go to a very real, emotional, understanding and encouraging side of Siobhan, which we really haven't seen up so far. We will probably see why lady tick. We're also prone to learn the thing that was the inciting incident that triggered this monstrous lick involving the two brothers and sisters. What really happened with Juliet (Zoey Deutch) and her teacher, Mr. Contractor (Jason Dohring)? Snyder: There is a layer compared to that story that people will probably reveal. Similar to other things on that relate, we lead you lower one path which we twist it in the new direction, and this story can keep for the toes. This can be a large part of the mystery. Ringer Scoop: Save Me's Andrea Roth signs on as Andrew's crazy ex Andrew's ex-wife, Catherine (Save Me's Andrea Roth), will probably be going to town. What's the dynamic like between her, Andrew and Bridget? Charmelo: It's combative. Let's just say Andrew features a type. He's attracted to particular type of lady, so clearly, these two women don't get along with one another since they're probably so similar. Snyder: After we established this year's season, Andrew basically started the bond with Siobhan because they used to be in this particular marriage, so there are many bad blood stream between these people. Charmelo: She'll stir the pot. The way in which Malcolm (Mike Colter) go with Bridget's existence since she's unlikely to depart Andrew? Charmelo: He turns into a friend to Bridget. More youthful crowd becomes the Watson to her Holmes in trying to unearth this mystery from the products happened to Siobhan. Whoever else consider Ringer's fall finale? Ringer returns Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 9/8c round the CW.

Movieline's Interactive Shame Map: Explore NYC With Director Steve McQueen

comments: 3 || add yours Among the most admired (and controversial) films of 2011 is also one of the most striking NY-set movies in years: Shame, director Steve McQueen’s unflinching glimpse inside the life of Manhattan professional Brandon Sullivan (Michael Fassbender) as he struggles with sex addiction and his reckless sibling Sissy (Carey Mulligan). The quotidian nature of Brandon’s routine — subway commutes, nondescript office work, late-night jogs — not only mask his emotional freefall, but belie the everyday tensions, pleasures, challenges and privileges associated with living in one of the world’s most intoxicating cities. Now you can tryst where Brandon trysts, drink where Brandon drinks, and brood where Brandon broods thanks to Movieline’s interactive Shame location map. McQueen, who first visited NY as a child in 1977, said his ensuing trips to the city commenced an enduring fascination with the its inhabitants and functions. “I remember Elvis dying and the blackout,” he recalled in a recent chat with Movieline. “But the thing about Brandon — and it was very meticulous — was where he would live, where he would work, how he would travel to work, what he would eat, where he would eat, take-out, where he would do his laundry… etcetera, etcetera. So that was, for me, very important to me. By coincidence, people talk about it being a ‘NY movie,’ but really, it was about his ritual. That was it.” After developing international renown as both a visual artist and a feature filmmaker (his debut Hunger, also starring Fassbender, won the Cannes Film Festival’s Camera D’Or prize in 2008), McQueen returned to NY for his second film — but only after he was essentially rebuffed in his first choice of London. “No one would talk to us,” McQueen said. “I think it was a time when sex addiction was very much in the media, and I think people just went underground. Of course, people very wary of the British media in London, and I think people thought we were a part of that, and that therefore they couldn’t talk to anyone. So it was myself and Abi Morgan who flew to NY and talked to two experts in the field who happened to live here. Then they in turn introduced us to people who had the addiction or were recovering from the addiction, and I thought to myself, ‘Well, why don’t we just shoot it in NY?’ And that was it.” McQueen’s sense for the city only translated so far to its practical locations, however. Enter David Velasco, a veteran location manager and scout and native NYer. “I’d already known of Steven off of Hunger,” Velasco explained. “I was a big fan of that film, and that immediately piqued my interest. And when he explained the subject matter, that extra-piqued my interest. So when I got the script, I gave it a read-through, and right after the first read, I called him back right away and was like, ‘I’d love to do this. What do you need me to do to get on this project?’” Working in concert with McQueen, cinematographer Sean Bobbitt and production designer Judy Becker, Velasco helped pin down a list of sites to evoke not just Brandon’s story, but Brandon himself. In the tradition of our interactive Drive map from earlier this fall, click on the map below for more information on each Shame location, and see each in action when Shame rolls out this Friday, Dec. 2, in limited release. (WARNING: Some spoilers follow.) Brandon’s ApartmentAddress: 9 West 31st Street, 15th FloorMcQueen: “Something that’s fascinating to me about NYers is that they live and work in the sky. It’s amazing. They live and work in the sky. And what it does, of course, is [introduce] a situation where there’s always a huge bloody window. There’s always a huge vista on the city, and you’re always framed by the city. I think it’s kind of interesting, because being framed by the city, you’re always in perspective of the city — and your own perspective of the city. It can actually be quite lonely in a way — to have that view all the time and be in the frame of this huge metropolis. What are you within that metropolis? What am I? Who am I? You’re always questioning in this view.”Velasco: “The apartment is actually an empty apartment that we scored in the building. It was a one-bedroom, empty, on the market. Luckily we came across it. It was one of those fluke things where it happened to be available. I immediately jumped in there and talked to management and was able to secure it and hold it for the span of a month, and luckily there was another apartment that freed up for logistical purposes to use as a staging space. As you can imagine, it was a super-tight location to shoot in.”McQueen: “Logistically it’s helpful to have everything in the same location — less time-consuming, to be honest. But also, I don’t see the reason why you’d want to make it any different. It is his building. This is Brandon — this is a way we identify with him, get to know him. This is it. It’s integral to the film, the same way that music he picks to play — the Glenn Gould — is integral to Brandon, too. There’s no way around that. I’m not making a TV commercial; I’m making a movie.” Velasco: “All the other units were occupied; there were people across the hall, down the hall… We were surrounded by people. [Did you encounter any problems?] I kid you not: Not one complaint from one neighbor the entire time we were there. If anything, people were super-curious. At that point, Michael was starting to get some serious press because of the upcoming X-Men movie that was coming out. If anything, people were starting to poke around and catch a glimpse; they heard, ‘Oh, Michael Fassbender’s in the bulding.’”↑ Brandon’s Apartment The Flatiron bachelor pad occupied by our protagonist and his sister. Read more 28 St N/R Address: Intersection of Broadway and West 28th StreetMcQueen: “It’s like rituals — it’s like tai chi: You follow the movement, and wherever the movement leads you, you go to it. Some place we wound up shooting were very ugly — the lot where Brandon runs back to his apartment or wherever. But you work with it, because those kinds of limitations are beautiful to me because I have to work with that. Again, I am not making TV commercials about being in a beautiful spot, and ‘This is gorgeous,’ and, ‘Oh, isn’t this great?’ None of that. It is about how people move and operate in the city. Like the subway. He takes the subway. It is what it is. Do you know what I mean? And I love that because it’s limiting, but it gives me so much. That’s the thing: It gives you so much that you have to deal with. Sometimes it’s a huge problem to have to deal with it, but it’s like… No. It gives you shit.”Velasco: “The interesting thing with Steve from the very beginning was that his whole thing was, because of the nature of the material, Michael’s character has to be relatable — real, authentic — for the audience to make a connection. So when we started to lock down this world — like when we picked his apartment for instance — that’s why that train got picked. Right away, Steven said, ‘Well, if Brandon lives in this neighborhood, what train would he take to get the work?’ And Judy and I are from NY; we know it inside and out. So we said, ‘Yeah, 28th Street. Totally.’ Or in the jogging scene: ‘What direction would he go jogging in?’ Well, he would go toward the Hudson River. The train wound up being closest to his apartment building.”↑ 28 St N/R Brandon’s nearest subway stop, where he leaves each day for work and returns with a strange premonition after his all-nighter. Read more Brandon’s officeAddress: Citigroup Center, 601 Lexington AvenueVelasco: “There was a floor controlled by a legal company, and Judy had actually shot something there in a corner office not that long ago, but she remembered there had been this whole other wing to the floor that she had been on that nobody had bothered to do anything with. So we went up there with Steve and checked it out — checked out the sightlines — and made a deal. If I’m not mistaken, a couple months after we started shooting there, the legal company that owned the floor was in the process of gutting it out. So what you see on the screen no longer exists. I believe that might have been on the 33rd floor.”↑ Brandon’s office Where our protagonist works at an undisclosed job and crashes his computer with porn; seen only from the interior. Read more Sissy’s performance/Brandon and Marianne’s trystAddress: The Standard Hotel, 848 Washington StreetVelasco: “Steven had spent time at The Standard when visiting NY, so during the process of him writing the script with Abi Morgan, he had always pictured that scene with Carey being there. Originally we thought we’d think about The Standard, but maybe we’d go find something else. But as time went on, and the more discussions we had, we said, ‘Well, if The Standard is where you want to be, and it’s what you imagined when you wrote it, why don’t we just do it there?’ It took some finagling with the hotel; they’re very particular about who does what there. Most of what they’ve ever allowed at The Standard is photo shoots. I think the only thing other than Shame that ever shot there was a piece of an episode of Gossip Girl — and that was like two people in a corner booth somewhere. You never even knew it was The Standard; it was just like this throwaway thing. […] The only reason that even happened was because one of the higher-ups on the board at The Standard was a fan of Steven’s — not just his movie work, but his work as a visual artist. It was for that reason that the door was cracked open and we were able to slip in.”McQueen: [Was the impulse again about being in the sky?] “I kept on being up in the sky. I had just come off this plane; I was stuck in the sky. NYers tilt their head to one side and look at me and say, ‘Is this guy crazy?’ But the views — when you look out at that broken jetty from The Standard Hotel? It’s amazing. It’s like people: some submerged, some with their heads just above water. It was that. The ordinary for me here is extraordinary. That’s what it was about. But at the same time, I’m not going for shots. I’m looking at how people move.”Velasco: [On The Standard’s reputation for guests having sex in the windows] “What’s interesting about all that is when Steven first wrote the script, and I met with him and his producer Iain [Canning], I casually mentioned, ‘It’s interesting reading these scenes, because that’s actually happened at The Standard.’ And they looked at me kind of confused at first and asked, ‘What are you talking about?’ And I literally Googled ‘Standard Hotel’ and some other configuration for images and said, ‘Yeah: People have actually had sex against the glass, and it’s caused problems with the city.’ They were unaware that was a situation with the hotel. [Did the hotel management have apprehensions about the scenes or the subject matter?] Talking to the hotel about it, it’s something they really can’t control. People will complain and call the city, but going into it we were very clear about laying out exactly the nature of what we were trying to do with regard to the script. We didn’t sugarcoat anything, but we also made a point of saying, ‘It’s not a gratuitous thing.’ […] Of all things, the one thing that got the hotel rep nervous was that moment where Fassbender does a line of cocaine. ‘Oh my God — he’s actually gonna do coke?’ And I was like, ‘The coke bothers you, but everything else is OK? All right; that’s interesting.’” ↑ The Standard Hotel Sissy performs “NY, NY” at the hotel’s top-floor nightclub; Brandon and Marianne tryst on the 12th floor. Read more Business drinks (and “Shots!”)Address: Flatiron Lounge, 37 West 19th StreetMcQueen: “David was a genius. I spoke to him about bars that people go to and what not. We talked about that, and that was it. He did his research. That bar was perfect — the first bar he goes to with his boss to pick up girls. It’s just one of those things where you walk in and say, ‘This is good; this makes sense.’”Velasco: “We searched for that for a while. It needed to feel like the kind of place that Brandon and his boss would go to after work, so we looked at a lot of different options for that. We came across that right as we were going into our last two weeks of preproduction — it’s one of the last things we settled on. It has some interesting detail to it, interior-wise. I believe we were there for actually two days.”↑ Flatiron Lounge Brandon and his boss have business drinks with clients and exchange tequila shots with a trio of women. Read more Broken pedestrian signalAddress: Corner of West 31st Street and 7th AvenueVelasco: “That’s kind of an interesting story. When we arrived there that night to shoot that run — which wasn’t an easy thing to get the city to allow us to do, but they relented — there was a food cart guy on that corner. Obviously he was in the shot where we wanted Fassbender to land before he crosses Seventh Avenue. So we actually asked him, ‘Can you move your cart?’ And the guy was nice about it; he’s like, ‘Yeah, sure.’ But he was kind of flaky, because he backed his cart up into the post, and apparently broke the signal. It was just hanging there. But Steve liked it: ‘Hey, let’s just leave it there.’ ‘All right; it’s your movie.’”McQueen: “We could have put it back, but I left it like that. It was perfect. It was gorgeous. He knocked it down, and was like, ‘The police…’ ‘No, no, leave it. It’s fantastic. Wonderful.’ It was hand-in-glove for us. Perfect for that moment when Brandon is jogging on the spot before he crosses. It was genius.” ↑ Broken pedestrian signal The corner where Brandon interrupts his fraught late-night jog. Read more Brandon’s thinking spotAddress: Pier 54, Hudson River at West 13th StreetVelasco: “The pier where he’s at when he’s looking at New Jersey at night, that’s the one he goes back to during the day — the exact same spot as before. Basically, Steve wanted that because in the story, [Brandon]’s from New Jersey. So he’d go down there occasionally to look at where he grew up — for whatever reason. That’s why he ends up going back down there toward the end.”McQueen: “The thing about Brandon — and it was very meticulous — was where he would live, where he would work, how he would travel to work, what he would eat, where he would eat, take-out, where he would do his laundry… etcetera, etcetera. So that was, for me, very important to me. By coincidence, people talk about it being a ‘NY movie,’ but really, it was about his ritual. That was it.” ↑ Pier 54 Brandon visits the Pier for a smoke before dinner with Marianne — and a breakdown after seeing Sissy in the hospital. Read more InotecaAddress: 98 Rivington StreetVelasco: “Judy and Steven both liked the intimacy of the location for one; two, the neighborhood it was in felt right.” [The server is vaguely incompetent, but isn’t that place renowned for knowledgeable servers and sommeliers?] Well, as far as the whole waiter part of it… We scouted a lot in preproduction — it was myself, Steven, Sean and Judy in a minivan going all over the city looking at location options. And in the course of that, we would always trade stories, especially Judy and myself, about going out to dinner, or great waiters or terrible waiters. And apparently it made an impression, because the next thing you know we’re watching them play this scene out and seeing the waiter do his thing, and we just started to laugh. He would do that a lot: Ask us or pick our brains, because again, he always wanted to draw from something real.”↑ Inoteca The Lower East Side eatery where Brandon takes his coworker Marianne on a date. Read more Brandon’s beatingAddress: Parkside Lounge, 317 East Houston StreetVelasco: “It’s a great bar. They’ve got that pool table in the back. We were there for I think one day of shooting. I remember taking Steven there for the first time; the minute he looked at it, he said, ‘This is great; this is where we want to do it.’ So that worked out perfect. [Where does he get beaten up?] That’s the corner right outside. The camera is facing Houston; you’re actually right next to the bar. It’s right there as soon as you walk out.” ↑ Parkside Lounge Brandon makes a new friend and a new enemy before taking a beating from the latter outside. Read more The nightclubAddress: Quo (exterior), 511 West 28th Street; The Eagle (interior upstairs), 554 W. 28th Street; Le Trapeze (interior downstairs), 17 East 27th StreetVelasco: [What’s the club that shuts Brandon out?] “That’s not even a club; that’s just an industrial storage locker. That’s the best way to describe it. It’s just some random guy who stores propane tanks in there. That’s technically the club entrance. [And then he crosses the street to a place called Quo?] That was one of the only times we actually did a Frankenstein and just created a location. It was such a specific thing that Steven wanted. It didn’t even start out that way: The bar he winds up in is Quo, which was on 28th Street. But when he walks in — that blackened room he walks into with the neon and he’s following the guy? That’s a leather bar also on 28th called The Eagle. And then we cut to the inside of one of the last active sex clubs in NY City — a place called Le Trapeze. That’s where you find him going through that blood-red labyrinth. They have this hidden upstairs area; we didn’t even know it was there. We were just about to leave, and Judy noticed some spiral stairs. ‘Hey, what’s that?’ And we walk upstairs and go, ‘Oh, this is nuts.’ And then he winds up in that booth — that booth was actually the only thing we built on a stage. Judy built that to mirror the labyrinth that we saw. So really it’s four different pieces that made up that one location.” ↑ The nightclub Shut out of his first choice after the beating, Brandon stakes out the gay club across the street. Read more Also see: Williamsburg BridgeAddress: Delancey Street at FDR Drive ↑ Williamsburg Bridge Brandon and his Flatiron Lounge conquest go for a quickie against a wall beneath the bridge. Read more Delancey F/J/M/Z subway stopAddress: Intersection of Delancey Street at Essex Street ↑ Delancey F/J/M/Z Brandon walks Marianne back to the train after their dinner and conversation. Read more Fulton St. ExchangeAddress: Intersection of Fulton Street at William Street ↑ Fulton St. Exchange Brandon follows the nameless redhead from the subway off the train and up the stairs. Read more To read more on Steve McQueen’s Shame, click here. Tagged: carey mulligan, david velasco, judy becker, michael fassbender, sean bobbitt, shame, steve mcqueen

'Chuck' Sneak Peek: The Changing Face of Jeffster (Exclusive Video)

NBC Much is askew in the world of NBC's Chuck on Friday's new episode, "Chuck Versus the Business Trip," airing at 8 p.m. And The Hollywood Reporter has a first look at the mayhem.our editor recommends'Chuck' Star Joshua Gomez: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Me (Exclusive)'Chuck's' Yvonne Strahovski Talks the Final Season: 'We're Milking It'Top 50 Power Showrunners 2011 PHOTOS: NBC's New Fall Key Art After realizing that The Intersect has a virus that actively changes Morgan's (Joshua Gomez) personality, the crew sets out to remove it from his brain on the upcoming episode. At the same time, someone at the CIA didn't get the memo and issued a kill order on Morgan. So, Chuck (Zachary Levi) assumes his best bud's identity in order to smoke out the assassin. Meanwhile, a storm is brewing back at the Buy More and it's called Hurricane Jeffster. Yvonne Strahovsky, who plays Sarah, told THR recently, "Who knows what's happening with Jeffster this season. There's a bit of drama going on there." And it looks like that tension starts on Friday's episode. VIDEO: 'Chuck's' Yvonne Strahovski and More Women of Fall TV On the last episode, Awesome (Ryan McPartlin) cured Jeff (Scott Krinsky) of his carbon monoxide-induced haze and he's a new man because of it. But, Lester (Vik Sahay) liked the old one. Watch THR's exclusive sneak peek clip at Jeffster's growing tension below. Email: Jethro.Nededog@thr.com; Twitter:@TheRealJethro NBC Chuck

'The Descendants' Premiere Red-colored Carpet Arrivals

The heavens from the George Clooney's new family drama, directed by Alexander Payne and co-compiled by Payne, Jim Rash and Nat Faxon, required towards the red-colored carpet in Beverly Hillsides on November. 15 for that film's premiere screening in the AMPAS Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Clooney was became a member of by Stacy Keibler, Shailene Woodley and Judy Greer, amongst others.

Jennifer Lim Challenges Ethnic Stereotypes in 'Chinglish'

Jennifer Lim still can't quite believe her journey with David Henry Hwang's "Chinglish," which bowed in the Longacre Theater on Broadway on March. 27. She was asked to sign up within the first reading through"because I understand Mandarin," she states franklyand continues to be using the show since 2009, throughout its various incarnations. She never auditioned. Further, "Chinglish" marks her Broadway debut. Her previous credits were largely Off-Off-Broadway, together with several television looks."Chinglish" particulars the misadventures of the dissembling American businessman (Gary Wilmes) because he attempts to negotiate a company offer China while falling deeply in love with a powerful-willed vice minister of culture (Lim) that has her very own agenda. It is a comedy about linguistic, cultural, and romantic misconceptions, an up-to-date East-meets-West clash. "Initially when i first got the script I had been amazed at how timely and wise it had been,Inch Lim states. "Though I attended Western schools and my parents tend to be more open than most conservatives, I was raised in Hong Kong with traditional values. My dad is Chinese, my mother is Korean, and that i were built with a Cantonese nanny. A great deal within the play resonated quickly the softball bat."Though Lim didn't have bookings concerning the subject or its satirical treatment, she states the creative team was conscious that it could delay some Asians. In order to gauge audience response, they introduced in Asian-People in america and native Chinese loudspeakers throughout the show's run at Chicago's Goodman Theatre. "90-5 % from the audience loved it," reviews Lim. "The couple of who had issues with it were the older guard one of the Chinese natives." Lim suspects these were uncomfortable using the depiction of corruption in Chinese government. Their own is really a sensibility that doesn't air dirty laundry in public places, Lim appreciates. Besides fluency in Mandarin, what most prepared Lim for that role was her upbringing, her relatives, and living for 3 several weeks in Qinghai, in addition to creating a special visit to Guiyang when preparing for that play's Broadway opening. Often visiting a cafe or restaurant and tasting sour seafood soup was profoundly telling, she states: "It isn't the dish itself but the expertise of the restaurant: how packed it's, the noise, and warmth. There's no ac, and it is hot, sweaty, and smelly. All of the senses are attacked."Lim's performance seemed to be affected by the possible lack of freedom in China, particularly the limitations on public speech. It is a Communist country a person's private ideas and a person's public presentation will always be at odds. This conflict is at the bottom from the culture clash described within the play, Lim highlights. As the American feels he ought to be honest together with his wife about his feelings for an additional lady, his Asian lover (Lim's character) thinks such forthrightness will be a manifestation of disrespect towards the wife and it is emphatically in opposition to his coming clean to his spouse.Lim's major acting challenge continues to be "integrating the crowd response," she states. "Determining how you can hold and suspend as soon as for that laughter. It's tricky. Another large challenge is keeping a straight face. I acquired the majority of my giggles in Chicago." Get It Done for that Pleasure Lim understood she wanted a theater career in early stages, and despite her parents' traditional worldview, they supported her in the start. "Acting has given me the opportunity to explore feelings I do not get the opportunity to convey in tangible existence like a nice Asian girl, like being passionate, sexy, angry, and powerful.InchFollowing specialising in theater at Bristol College in England, she continued to earn her MFA in the Yale School of Drama. Still, she states it required her a few years to locate her ft while watching camera. "And That I still feel much more comfortable around the stage," she states. Lim has labored continuously and does well at auditions, simply because she ensures all of the necessary set-up is performed, "in order to use and play."Browse The BACK STAGE Overview Of 'CHINGLISH' Auditions for television and film aren't the same as individuals for that stage, she continues. "After I audition for TV or film, I love to be from the book. Your camera accumulates everything. I additionally prefer to fit the part. Within the theater, the appearance could be more enjoyable in an audition. But it is tricky because that which you put on notifies that which you do. The skirt and footwear, for instance, inform how you move. After I audition for any play I should also understand what I am doing and become prepared, however i will have the web pages during my hands. I wish to have the ability to take direction making changes." Preparation is paramount to taking pride with what you are doing, because this is where the pleasure is. "When the experience isn't pleased, so why do it?" Lim states. "It's all too easy to become distracted with problems that do not have anything related to the job. It will help me to pay attention to the job.InchActively playing Stereotypes or just being Unemployed? Being Asian continues to be central to the majority of the roles Lim has performed. "It is a Catch-22," she states. "Who would like to be pigeonholed? But I have labored around I've because I'm Asian." Still, like a relative newcomer towards the States she needed to learn how to recognize hot-button stereotypes. "It isn't that racism does not appear in Hong Kong, but most people seem like me."In TV and flicks, Lim frequently plays "the un named Asian roles," for example teacher, nurse, lab specialist. Though they are borderline stereotypes, they aren't offensive plus they offer employment she might possibly not have otherwise. However the pure, modest innocent is an excessive amount of a clich on her, nor could it be a reasonable representation of youthful Asian women today. "Stereotypes are lazy, and that i don't locate them interesting to experience,Inch she states. "But stereotypes may also be handywhen they are used like a vehicle for irony or irreverence. Would I play a 2-dimensional lead since it is work? Yes, basically had the opportunity to change it out. These choices rely on who's within the project and what everybody would like to understand more about. Let me say we are able to acquire a bridge. But this isn't black and whitened. It's grey."Lim is hopeful on her future which of other Asian-American stars but thinks it might be tougher for them compared to their whitened alternatives. Nonetheless, she alerts against feeling bitter and exacerbated. "Because while you are for the reason that ditch, 50 other stars who're not for the reason that ditch is going to be moving ahead," she stresses. "And Cinderella tales are available true. It happened in my experience. However, I'd David Henry Hwang as my fairy godmother." "Chinglish" is playing in the Longacre Theater, 220 W. 48th St., N.Y. (212) 239-6200. world wide web.telecharge.com. Outtakes - Has carried out at HERE, P.S. 122, and La MaMa Experimental Theatre along with the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre and Yale Repertory Theatre- Includes a recurring role on "The Great Wife" and was featured on "Blue Bloods," "Law & Order" (the 3 NYbased shows), and "Royal Pains," amongst others- Had roles in "This Is not Romance" (London), "The Medea" (Poultry), and "Hamlet" (Belgium)

Matt Lanter takes 'Chance'

Lanter Matt Lanter has landed the lead role in the indie "A Chance of Rain," which Cindy Gustafson will helm from her own script.Story follows a young man who, while trying to bring water to a destitute village in Africa during a horrible drought, encounters his own problems, challenges and struggles.Martin Towns is set to produce with shooting under way in Michigan.Lanter, repped by WME and Emerald Talent Group, is best known for his role on CW's "90210" and can be seen next in "Liars All." Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

Nancy Sophistication Selected Off Dwts

Nancy Sophistication How tough is television commentator Nancy Sophistication? Just request her how she's consistently handled to position a great face on things - including her elimination from Dwts on Tuesday evening. "You know what happens?" she states. "There's never an undesirable day. No a person's dead. No a person's dismembered. I've been dancing with Tristan [her professional partner, Tristan MacManus]. The children are alive. It's all regulated controlled good." Sophistication states she found the show to fulfill a childhood fantasy: She was the indegent youthful girl whose family could only have the ability to send her to bounce class for starters year, and may not purchase the kind of dance costume everyone else was wearing. "From the that we was really the only girl inside the class which was with no tutu," states Sophistication. "We are in a position to not afford a tutu. I'd the leotard, as well as the tights, as well as the shoes. But let me guarantee that [my daughter] Lucy has four tutus. I get tutu revenge." It may seem that accepting the invitation to compete around the hit reality show is a no-brainer for an individual who comprises a full time income from being recognized on television. But Sophistication fought using the concept she'd be judged, which everyone would election. "I'm not really crowned Miss Congeniality, okay?Inch states Sophistication. "In my opinion that. It doesn't always happy, but it is how it is. I used to be not necessarily within it for people to like me." She also required to think that undeniable fact that she's 52 years old, not inside the best shape, combined with little natural ability. "Are you currently presently kidding," she jokes. "Tristan was pushing me around as being a wheelbarrow." Still, she squashed every ounce of delight in the experience, never getting in touch with it in. She seriously considered girly and set on crazy costumes for something different. "I've been so serious," she states. "For too extended, everything will be a mission. Every situation. Things are an underlying cause. And dancing remains a great deal fun." Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine today!

'Family Circus' Creator Bil Keane Dies

Creator from the popular Family Circus comic strip, Bil Keane, died of congestive heart failure Tuesday, November. 8 at his home in Paradise Valley, AZ the Connected Press reviews. He was 89.our editor recommendsHollywood's Notable Deaths PHOTOS: Hollywood's Notable Deaths Keane's one-panel strip, that they produced in Feb of 1960, featured the now-broadly-known children Billy, Jeffy, Dolly, P.J. as well as their parents and was transported by nearly 1,500 newspapers through the country. The artist's boy, Shaun, had absorbed the comic recently after his father's retirement. Shaun told the AP Keane had among his other sons by his side when he died, and was visited by all his five children and nine grandchildren as well as great-grandchildren within the last week. "He stated, 'I adore you' which's things i stated to him, that is a terrific way to venture out,Inch Shaun told the AP from the last conversation he'd together with his father. "The truly amazing factor is Father loved the household a lot, so the truth that all of us saw him, I believe that gave him great comfort making his passing easy. Fortunately he didn't endure several things.Inch Keane was created in Philadelphia, PA in 1922 and trained themself to draw senior high school. Related Subjects Obituaries

Quinta Industries seeks personal bankruptcy protection

PARIS -- Tarak Ben Ammar's Quinta Industries, among Gaul's greatest publish-production and vfx facilities groups, continues to be placed directly under Gaul's equal to Chapter 11 personal bankruptcy protection with a French court. The audience, including LTC, Scanlab and Duran Duboi, utilizes nearly 200 staff. Duran Duboi's newest commissions include toon feature "The Boy Using the Cuckoo-Clock Heart," that is created by Luc Besson. Ben Ammar stated he'd present an agenda to guard jobs towards the company's employees over the following two several weeks. Employees continued strike recently because they had not received their salaries. In France They-Tunisian professional is the owner of 83% of the organization, as the remaining stake is possessed by Technicolor, which arrived on the scene of personal bankruptcy protection in Feb. As the majority of Quinta Industries' activities was associated with manufacture of 35mm release prints, the acceleration of French theaters' digital conversion during the last three several weeks brought towards the company's downfall, Ben Ammar told French news agency AFP. Based on Thierry p Segonzac, prexy of Ficam, in france they specialists association, the interest in film prints has dropped 30% each year since 2008, resulting in the decline of numerous companies, including Laboratory Eclair, which completed its debt recovery plan captured. "4 years ago all films were distributed on film prints, today it's only 20% of these,Inch P Segonzac stated. "Once the film and TV board CNC setup its intend to digitize French screens it didn't remember to consider the publish-production industry," he added. Quinta Industries is a component of Quinta Communications, Ben Ammar's production and distribution giant, whose credits include Jean-Jacques Annaud's "Black Gold." Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Read Terrence Malick's 1979 Script Notes in the Tree of Existence Precursor Qasida

When Vital gave a publish-Times of Paradise Terrence Malick $a million, carte blanche, to create his next film, he started creating a highly ambitious project about the roll-out of existence and also the cosmos titled Qasida (or, simply, Q). Obviously, the studio balked in the abstract Malick-ness from it all, the film delayed, and also the director required the following 2 decades removed from filmmaking. But! You can now read Malick’s own Q script notes, circa 1979, and picture how his globe-trotting Q eventually morphed into this season’s Tree of Existence. Excerpted all Things Shining (via Movie City News): A. Script a. skeleton, but may wish to you must do everything that's there b. prosaic, but more things coming that'll be fantastic c. constantly altering different emotions - never return to same one - each one of these emotions are on the planet, we would like to bring them out. … p. 3 First Light (laser) a. laser will burglary, abide by itself b. light show: different types of symmetry c. music strong and triumphant, like “Hallelujah Chorus,” then cutting loose, not resulting in anything d. eventually, first shot of cosmos … p. 3 [sic] Volcanoes - Infant Earth - Evening (Paul) a. locations: Mountain visit production manage, get permits must book this well ahead of time (speak with Robert Duvall re: Ganges river project also American Sportsperson) 1. Yellowstone (Geysers, geothermal power areas) - tight angles 2. Chile Atacama Desert (smoking volcanoes, no snow in Chilean summer time) - wider angles 3. Rift Valley (Kenya, Tanzania) 4. Iceland (fumeroles and Ice Age) 5. Hawaii (Volcanoes and Rainforest, high jungle) b. Contact CSLP, SEAN, Volcanologists c. no scouting outings, just send small deck hands with cameras (Arri III, Canon primes, best available contacts, etc.) d. shot during the night so no plant life problem e. possibly use fog filters … f. Search engine marketing (Jim): 4200 line resolution shoot black and whitened on color film avoid jelly bean look Ah, right. Can’t have that dreaded jelly bean look. But seriously: Q sounds as beautiful and enchanting because the cosmic sequences it inspired in Tree of Existence, plus much more impenetrable. An amount Sean Penn model of it? Read much, a lot more over whatsoever Things Shining (link below). Terrence Malick’s Script Notes for Q [Everything Shining]

The Coming Of (Digital) Age Of The CW

For its entire existence, the CW has been battling criticism that its target young (and primarily female) demographic is way too narrow to support a broadcast network. The drumbeat grew louder as TV audiences started migrating online, with younger viewers leading the charge, further eroding the CW’s modest ratings. In a first step to try to stop the bleeding, the network last year started bundling its on-air ad sales with those for the streaming its shows on the CW’s Web site with a full commercial load. The move alleviated the problem a bit but didn’t change the reality that the CW was a network that was losing money and was going dark for extended periods of time including the entire summer. Part of the problem is the fact that the CW airs serialized young-skewing dramas. They don’t repeat well, leading to stretches of dismal ratings for the network with no originals and generating virtually no syndication value for the CW co-owners CBS and Warner Bros. whose TV studios produce all of the network’s scripted series. Within the last couple of weeks, the network was part of two major online distribution deals that take major steps towards resolving both issues. First came the 4-year pact CW’s co-parent companies CBS and Warner Bros. signed with Netflix for streaming previous seasons of the network’s current series. The deal, which analysts estimate could bring CBS and Warner Bros. as much as $1 billion, would help make up for lost syndication revenue because of the serialized nature of the shows. Additionally, the pact doesn’t prevent the studios from pursuing cable syndication deals in the future (not that such deals appear likely.) Then came the Friday’s deal with Hulu, this time made by the CW itself. It will have the episodes of network’s current seasons stream on the Fox-NBC-ABC-owned online hub — right away for subscribers with limited commercials and free for everyone 8 days after the episode’s original airing on the CW with full commercial load. (CW.com will continues to stream the episodes starting 3 days after their premiere.) The revenue from that deal is nowhere near the one with Netflix but an insider described it as “meaningful”. It will go mostly towards programming and marketing at the network, including investing in original summer fare, the CW president Mark Pedowitz said. The deal is interesting because CBS has been a longtime Hulu holdout (though the network recently signed a deal for Hulu’s subscription-only service in Japan.) Pedowitz hopes to use Hulu as “a massive marketing platform” to reach viewers that the network hadn’t before, and “hopefully bring people to the stations and help make (the CW series) more live events than Live+7.” The CW shows get a disproportionally large ratings bump in Live+7 with the highest average percentage increases among all broadcast networks, but live viewing is valued more by advertisers. The two deals won’t make the CW profitable but, as analysts noted, they’re putting the network on a path to profitability. The broadcast network business was built on close-ended procedurals that repeat well to allow nets to maintain stable ratings levels throughout the year and producing studios to sell those shows in broadcast and especially cable syndication for top dollar. Then streaming services like Netflix came along where serialized dramas whose syndication value is almost non-existent are far more attractive. Lionsgate TV paved the way with its Netflix syndication deal for Mad Men earlier this year, and now CBS and Warner Bros. have taken it to the next level with the entire portfolio of the CW’s current series. But if those series seem to work better online than they do on broadcast, wouldn’t it make more sense if they were produced directly for digital distribution, eliminating the great expenses associated with managing a broadcast network? Pedowitz dismisses such a notion. “You need the broad platform that makes the shows interesting to companies like Netflix and Hulu,” he said, adding that it is because the CW shows have the title recognition and production values associated with a network series that they are so attractive to the digital services. At TCA in August, Pedowitz stressed that adding more close-ended procedurals was one of his development goals for this season. The deal with Netflix, which puts a premium on serialized shows, hasn’t changed that, he said. “We will have a healthy programming mix of shows. “Were still a broadcast network, we still want to have shows that repeat well.” Like the characters in most of its shows, the CW is coming of age. But instead of fighting its niche appeal, the network is finally embracing it. And after struggling for years with the fact that a large portion of its audiences prefer to watch its series online (remember the network’s 2008 decision to strop free streaming Gossip Girl in an effort to try to force viewers to watch it on TV?), the network seems to have finally come to terms with it. As they say, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.

'Anonymous' Star Rhys Ifans On Playing the Man Behind Shakespeare's Works

Several aspects of this week's new release "Anonymous" are unexpected. From the controversial plot to Roland Emmerich turning away from big-budget action to tell a story about Shakespeare, much of it should surprise audiences, but one of the most interesting choices made by the creators of the film was the actor in the lead role, Rhys Ifans. Known in the US for his smaller, oddball roles like Xenophilius Lovegood in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1" and as Curt Connors in "The Amazing Spider-Man," Ifans may not seem like the natural fit for the role of the Earl of Oxford, and when the actor sat down with MTV News' Josh Horowitz, he talked about his struggle to secure the lead in "Anonymous." Ifans said that the first step was meeting director Roland Emmerich in his home in London and answering a question. "I read the script, and he asked me which role would I kind of be interested in. I told him, 'If I assume you are kind of a run of the mill director, you would offer me the part of Shakespeare—which Rafe Spall plays flawlessly and brilliantly—but if you were a brave and courageous director you would maybe consider me for the part of an English aristocrat who wrote the complete works of Shakespeare.'" But Emmerich and the studio was still unsure of casting Ifans, but according the actor, the casting director stepped in to assure that he could handle the role. "I remember the casting director at the time telling Roland, 'No, honestly Roland, I've seen him in the theater. He does really good posh. He's very good at being posh,'" Ifans said. "Anonymous" hits theaters today (Oct 28). Also be sure to check out Rhys Ifans showing off his Lizard voice from "The Amazing Spider-Man." Are you interested in seeing Rhys Ifans in a more dramatic role? Let us know in the comments below and on Twitter!

Karl Urban Goes Into Overdrive

With Ben Barnes also aboardAction thriller Overdrive has been looking to get traction for a while now, with director Antonio Negret aboard for ages but no solid sign of stars. Thank goodness, then, for Karl Urban and Ben Barnes, who have just jumped aboard. Urban and Barnes will play adventurous, car-stealing brothers who get into real trouble in the South of France. Oh, and they may soon be joined by Game Of Thrones Emilia Clarke, who is currently thrashing out a deal to co-star.Overdrive has seen several casting rumours come and go, with Matthew Goode, Alex Pettyfer and Garrett Hedlund all attached at different times to play the two siblings.The script comes from Wanted writers Derek Haas and Michael Brandt, who dreamed up the concept back in 2008 after a trip to France as part of a Hollywood outreach program. They brought the screenplay to Fox, which started development, but then shoved it into the neutral gear of turnaround. But then Taken director Pierre Morel stepped in to produce, and he's helping the film get set up for financing. Negret will start shooting at the end of this week in Marseilles.

Furious 'Sons of Anarchy' Creator Notifies DirecTV Audiences 'You're Getting F---erection dysfunction Over' Unveils Banned Script

Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter is not anyone to stay quiet for very extended and this time around around, he's making his opinions heard round the carriage fight between satellite cable provider DirecTV as well as the Fox Systems.our editor recommendsDirecTV Expects to tug Fox Systems Among Carriage DisputeFX Renews 'Sons of Anarchy' for Fifth Season'Sons of Anarchy' Record Ratings Prompt Kurt Sutters Return to TwitterKurt Sutter Quits Twitter Days After Questionable Frank Darabont, 'Mad Men' Rant'The Walking Dead:' 'Sons of Anarchy's' Kurt Sutter Chimes on Frank Darabont's Firing'Sons of Anarchy' Kurt Sutter Talks Emmy Snubs and Season 4 Late the other day, DirecTV told Fox Systems that it's going to drop the channels Tuesday, November. 1 once the companies aren't able get to an agreement inside the ongoing carriage dispute. Later tomorrow, Fox mentioned it had offered additional time but that DirecTV "informed us in addition to their clients that unless of course obviously we accept their remainds, they 'will suspend our systems on November. 1.' " According to DirecTV, Fox Systems is seeking a forty percent increase in its carriage costs. PHOTOS: Fall TV Dying Pool: Which New Shows Will Probably Be Axed? Sutter, whose Sons of Anarchy airs on Foreign exchange which is in risk to become attracted inside a couple of days should an agreement Not made, revealed on Monday he shot a promo according to him "will air before Tuesday evening's episode" of his show. The reason, according to him, "is always to mobilize fans against DirecTV." But Sutter mentioned he "required to follow an Foreign exchange legal script that felt like complete bullshit. I'm sure it'll serve it's purpose, however feel compelled to permit SOA fans know very well what I Desired to convey.In . VIDEOS: 'Sons of Anarchy' Red-colored-colored Carpet Premiere Part of the script that Sutter claims he wasn't allowed to take advantage of, states, "Beginning November. 1, DirecTV is yanking Foreign exchange from your box. And that means you'll miss the ultimate five cases of Sons this season. Possibly five of the extremely critical cases of the series. I realize Fox features a equine in this race, nonetheless they're trying to barter in good belief. DirecTV is shutting lower all conversation and ultizing their customers as leverage. On the way, you're getting f---erection dysfunction over. They're running ads utilizing their corporate shill recommending simply how much 'they be worried about your organization' that dude's got one sincere on the job his heart because the other greases your naive backside. Since they're likely to switch you over and f--- you within the ass before you bleed. ... Let 'em know they could't f--- along with your Sons of Anarchy." VIDEOS: Emmy Roundtable: Drama Showrunners Sutter recognized that he's a cog in the larger machine. "I am knowledgeable that i am working for top-handed smoking guy," he written. "The truth is, every large entertainment customers are additional time of some corporate behemoth. Foreign exchange is not any exception. The main one factor that keeps me there's they are concerned as much about creative process simply because they do their primary point here. That's not only rare, it's virtually nonexistent otherwise in Hollywood. That bubble is sailed by [Foreign exchange chief] John Landgraf. Whether or not this weren't for the guy, I'd be selling star maps and handjobs as you're watching Motherlode." Fox's carriage agreement with DirecTV expired Sept. 30. Fox Systems includes Foreign exchange, National Geographic Funnel, 19 regional sport shows, Fox Movie Funnel, Speed, Fuel TV, Fox Soccer and Fox Deportes. Fox broadcast stations and Fox News Funnel aren't mixed up in discussions. Fox which is parent company, News Corp., were associated with a dispute with Cablevision a year ago and Fox channels were blacked on Dish Network in October 2010 among a dispute, throughout which Sutter referred to as Dish "whores" on Twitter. Related Subjects Sons of Anarchy Kurt Sutter

'X Factor' United kingdom Condemned By Primal Scream Show's Rankings Downslide Continues

LONDON - Primal Scream took to Twitter to condemn X Factor United kingdom's utilization of their 1994 hit Rocks around the ITV1 show, that has battled to keep its rankings without Simon Cowell.our editor recommends'The X Factor' Partners with Verizon Wireless'The X Factor' Premiere: Simon Cowell Won Over by Youthful Rachel Crows Song, Emotional Backstory (Video) 'The X Factor' Redux: 5 Afterthoughts around the Shows Premiere PHOTOS: Behind the curtain: THR's 'X Factor' Cover Shoot The Scottish indie band behind such hits as Country Girl stated the track been used without permission. A publish around the band's official Twitter feed stated: "Sorry to listen to "Rocks" was adopted on X Factor. We don't endorse this." The track was carried out inside a raunchy rock-designed performance from 19-years old Frankie Cocozza, who made an appearance having a bevy of scantily clad backing performers. Cocozza continues to be trained by Gary Barlow, the first kind "Take That" star, who heads this season's knowing panel. It's the 2nd time this month the band have were not impressed with utilization of their music - earlier this year Home Secretary Theresa May used exactly the same track as she walked off stage throughout the party's annual conference. PHOTOS: An 'American Idol' to X Factor' Timeline Meanwhile, ITV1 bosses have unsuccessful to arrest the entire year-on-year decline from the show's performance . Even though blockbuster hit remains among ITV's greatest shows, the show is lower on this past year's audience totals and audience share. Saturday evening's show averaged 9.75 million audiences along with a 38% share based on overnight rankings, in comparison to 12 million audiences and typically 47% share in the same stage last year. PHOTOS: 'The X Factor': Start Looking at Simon Cowell's New Knowing Team X Factor even lost to begin with to Strictly Come Dancing- the BBC's version of Dwts so it has beaten recently - once they briefly went face to face on Saturday evening. Sunday evening's results show attracted 13.5 million audiences, lower from 15 million audiences in the same stage last year. Related Subjects Simon Cowell Worldwide The X Factor

Access Hollywood Live: Dr. Ozs Smoothie Cleanse Recipe

First Launched: October 20, 2011 12:50 PM EDT Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Access Hollywood Live: Move It & Lose It With Dr. Oz La, Calif. -- Dr. Oz shared the guidelines for his 48 hour cleanse with Access Hollywood Lives Billy Rose rose bush & Package Hoover. Inside a weekends time, Dr. Oz states anyone can reboot themselves and acquire in relation to better health. Dr. Oz shares the recipe to his lunch smoothie. Lunch: Fruit Smoothie Elements: 1/2 cup almond or hemp milk 1 tbsps of. ground flaxseed or chia 1/4 cup frozen blueberries 1/4 blueberry 1/2 cup ice Mix all elements in the blender. Blend until smooth. For further on Dr. Ozs weekend cleanse, mind to internet.doctoroz.com. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

New Movie With Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman Makes Just $18,200 on Opening Weekend

Oscar-winning stars Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman have experienced their great amount of box-office success previously decade, but -- regrettably for his or her sake -- you cannot count 'Trespass' among them. Precisely how did the barely launched home invasion thriller from director Joel Schumacher do over the past weekend? Try $18,200 total, great for a per-screen average of just $1,820. (If theatrical distributor Millenium Entertainment was wishing to buy a Ford Focus using the returns from 'Trespass,' they've got to scrounge up another 1000 dollars.) Where does that rank among Cage and Kidman's worst openings ever? Pretty high! For Cage, it's his worst opening since 'Sonny' gained just $17,639 on opening weekend in 2002. Because 'Sonny' was just on six screens, though, its per-screen average was greater than 'Trespass.' This is also true of 'Deadfall' and 'Red Rock West,' two Cage films launched in 1993 and 1994 which opened up with lower earnings, but had greater per-screen amounts compared to new thriller. For Kidman, 'Trespass' signifies work worst per-screen result, with only 'Flirting' in 1992 generating less on opening weekend. Around the good side, 'Trespass' carried out substantially much better than Schumacher's last outing, the practically overlooked 'Twelve.' Launched last fall, that film gained just $477 per screen throughout its opening frame. With amounts like this, you are able to almost buy an iPad! [Photo: AP] EARLIER: 'Real Steel' wins weekend box office The Dumbest Crooks in Movies 10. 'Small Time CrooksƏ. 'Saving SophisticationƎ. 'Snatchƍ. 'I Adore You to Dyingƌ. 'Raising ArizonaƋ. 'BarbershopƊ. 'A Seafood Known as WandaƉ. 'Dog Day Mid-dayƈ. 'FargoƇ. 'Take the cash and Run' See All Moviefone Art galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Rick Ross Reportedly Hospitalized Second Time

First Published: October 15, 2011 10:31 AM EDT Credit: WireImage BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Caption Rick Ross attends the House Party music video shoot in Atlanta, GA, on October 2, 2011Rapper Rick Ross was reportedly hospitalized in Alabama after suffering two medical scares in six hours that required planes to be diverted. The first scare came Friday afternoon as Ross was on a Delta Air Lines flight from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Memphis, Tenn., where Ross was scheduled to appear at a University of Memphis basketball event that night. The plane returned to Florida after Ross suffered an unspecified medical problem. He was treated at a Fort Lauderdale hospital, and he even tweeted afterward: Memphis here I come. But after Ross hopped a Memphis-bound private jet, it made an unscheduled landing in Birmingham, Ala., because the 34-year-old singer experienced another medical problem, Memphis basketball coach Josh Pastner told a crowd at the Friday night event where Ross was to appear. On his way to Memphis, Pastner said, he had to make another emergency landing, in Birmingham. He got really sick again, and they had to rush him to the emergency room. WMC-TV in Memphis reported that Ross suffered a second medical seizure and had been hospitalized. The news station said the University of Alabama-Birmingham Hospital would not comment on his condition. A hospital spokeswoman told The Associated Press that no one by Rosss name or his real name, William Leonard Roberts II, was listed as a patient. An emergency room representative, citing federal privacy laws, said she could not confirm the identity of anyone being treated there. Birmingham airport spokeswoman Toni Bast confirmed to The Associated Press that a private plane traveling from Fort Lauderdale to Memphis made an unscheduled landing in Birmingham at around 5:30 p.m. because of a medical emergency, but she could not provide any further details. Calls to Ross publicist from the AP were not returned Friday. Ross was scheduled to perform Friday night at the University of Memphis basketball teams midnight opening practice event, Memphis Madness. Authorities said Ross was on the Delta Air Lines flight when he suffered the first medical episode at around 1 p.m. The flight, carrying 121 passengers, returned to Fort Lauderdale. Mike Jachles, a spokesman for Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue, said the flight landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and was met by paramedics. They performed what Jachles called advanced life-support care, though it did not include CPR. Jachles could not specify what exact care Ross was given, but he said the performer was stable, breathing, conscious and alert. Ross was in a seat when paramedics reached him and he walked off the plane, Jachles said. He was taken to a terminal area where he was evaluated before being transported to the hospital to be checked out. Jachles said there was a doctor on the plane who had tried to assist Ross, though he could not say what, if anything, the doctor did. Nobody told us, either when we were advised, dispatched or on the scene, no mention was made of CPR being initiated or in progress, Jachles said. Soon after going to the hospital, Ross contacted Memphis officials to tell them he was still coming. He called a member of our staff and said not to believe whats out there and that hes on his way to perform at Memphis Madness, Lamar Chance, a university athletics department spokesman, said Friday afternoon. He called us, Pastner explained Friday evening. We talked to him after the doctors cleared him. He said it was the altitude. A video on his Twitter page Friday night showed a relaxed Ross talking from an airplane seat on the second flight and promising to appear as scheduled in Memphis. The Miami-based gangsta rapper gained fame with his husky voice and lyrics that spotlighted the grimier side of Miami life. He has become one of raps most popular figures in recent years. Ross has a new album entitled God Forgives, I Dont, due out in December. The hefty rappers hits include Aston Martin Music, 'B.M.F. (Blowing Money Fast) and Hustlin. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

George Clooney: 'I Learned A Lot From TV' (Video)

While George Clooney is an Oscar-nominated director and screenwriter and Oscar-winning actor, he learned a lot about acting from working in television."When you work on a sitcom, you actually have to do a lot of writing as an actor and the writing you're doing is mostly just fixing things," says Clooney, who starred as Dr. Doug Ross on "ER" for six years. "The script is changing every day so much, and the actors have so much input with their characters that you learn to just nail things down."In the first video, Clooney speaks with "The Hollywood Reporter's" Todd McCarthy about the differences between working on a film set and a TV set, emphasizing that it's more important to be nice to people in TV."There was an understanding of storytelling," says Clooney, who's latest film, "The Ides of March," is in theaters. "There's also an understanding that success is such a fleeting thing and understanding to appreciate when things go well is a very big thing to take away."Clooney's big break was arguable "Out of Sight," a film he did with director Steven Soderbergh, which he discusses in the second video. Clooney has starred in six movies with the director, including the "Ocean's Eleven" movies, and the two also formed the production company Section Eight, which shuttered in 2006.Clooney has also appeared in three films with the directing brothers, Joel and Ethan Coen, of whom Clooney says, "You could argue that they're probably one of the best duo of directors of all time in terms of consistently good work."But what's it like to work with them?"It's Impossible," jokes Clooney, mocking their laughter, which he describes as sounding like "seagulls mating." Clooney says he pits the two against each other when receiving direction."What you do is you wait till they come over to tell you, and you go, 'Well that's not what your brother said,'" he teases.Watch both videos below.

Zynga to Trade on Nasdaq

Zynga, the top maker of games for Facebook, will trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol ZNGA after its initial public offering, the company said Thursday.our editor recommendsLady Gaga to Unveil More Songs From 'Born This Way' on FarmVilleCityVille, FarmVille Maker Zynga Nears IPO Filing (Report) Though Nasdaq has traditionally been the home of young technology companies -- especially Internet start-ups -- recent tech IPOs like LinkedIn and Pandora Media have gone with the NY Stock Exchange. STORY: Zynga Unveils New Games, Own Social Gaming Platform Dubbed Project Z Zynga announced in July it was seeking to raise $1 billion in its IPO, though there's no specific date that it will debut as a publicly traded company. STORY: Zynga, Enrique Iglesias Team on CityVille Integration Zynga is the company behind CityVille and FarmVilleas well as popular word games like Hanging With Friends and Words With Friends. Usually simple to play, Zynga's games are free and the company earns revenue by selling upgraded versions and add-ons as well as advertising. According to its website, 232 million people play Zynga games, with 60 million of them considered "daily active users." Related Topics Zynga LinkedIn

Box Office Surprise: How Moviemaking Georgia Chapel Behind 'Courageous' Outperforms Hollywood

This story first made an appearance within the March. 21 problem from the Hollywood Reporter.our editor recommendsSherwood Pictures' Top FilmsCourageous: Film Review Prior to the filmmakers for Sherwood Pictures shot the very first frame of Courageous, they interceded. It's immediately within the press materials. They did exactly the same factor with Sherwood's previous theatrical releases, Facing the Titans in 2006 and Fireproof in 2008. None of those Christian-designed movies can be Hollywood production standards, though by one metric -- box office in comparison to budget -- they're probably the most lucrative films in modern history. While Iron Guy 2 and Thor gained three occasions their production budgets, Titans is made for $100,000 and required in $10.two million locally, 102 occasions its budget. Fireproof cost $500,000 but gained $33.5 million, a multiple of 67 on its budget, and Courageous, designed for $two million, gained eight occasions that in the first ten days. It bowed No. 4 in the box office with$9.a million from 1,161 theaters. It appears Sherwood -- a business couple of in Hollywood have even heard about -- has discovered the key to make films on the shoestring that individuals will fall into line to determine in theaters. Maybe it's everything praying. PHOTOS: Sherwood Pictures' Top Films Sherwood Pictures is "the moviemaking ministry" of Sherwood Baptist Chapel in Albany, Ga., which spans 130 acres. Although it serves 3,000 congregants from the dozen nations, its message -- "adoration for Christ and empathy for thoseInch -- reaches millions more through Radio and tv broadcasts and it is film entity, which released in 2003 with Flywheel, a film created for $20,000 that offered 350,000 Dvd disks. Since that time, Sherwood has struck distribution and marketing handles two models of The new sony Pictures: Affirm Films and Provident Films. Sherwood's films are similarly designed. Courageous is all about cops who fear they may fail as fathers without the aid of Christ. With Fireproof, which starred Kirk Cameron, it had been males seeking assistance to become better husbands, with Titans and Flywheel, it had been males seeking assist in their professional lives. The films have advanced from sloppy to critical achievements. PHOTOS: Dems and Republicans' Favorite Movies "The figures are complex and well attracted, battling with assorted personal problems that test their belief and character in credible ways," The Hollywood Reporter film rater Frank Scheck authored of Courageous. The films are written, directed and created by Alex and Stephen Kendrick, siblings who're ministers in the chapel coupled with minimal moviemaking experience before Flywheel. They're shot and cast largely with volunteers, and profits visit the chapel, which stays the cash on initiatives as an 82-acre sports complex. The Kendrick siblings don't have a salary for acting, pointing and creating, though they make money from books that stem using their films. One they authored according to Fireproof, for instance, offered 4 million copies. As Sherwood's filmmaking has enhanced, so has got the marketing and distribution. Flywheel demonstrated in one theater, and also the buzz produced a nearby report along with a DVD. For the following three films, there have been 100s of tests for belief leaders, then advertisements on Christian radio and TV as well as on Fox News Funnel. The marketing budget on Titans was $4 million, and also the movie performed in 441 theaters, then $7.5 million in marketing for Fireproof in 905 theaters and $9 million for Courageous, based on associates. The new sony and Sherwood rejected comment with this report. It's not a secret that Hollywood continues to be attempting to take advantage of the Christian audience (twentieth century Fox has founded FoxFaith). Sherwood draws in Bible Belters if you take the apparent approach -- more good Passion from the Christ compared to Stories of Narnia series, in which a raised from the dead lion might or may not represent Jesus (based on which crowd the entrepreneurs are speaking to). With Sherwood, there's no ambiguity. "They are saying we're preaching towards the choir, but guess what happens? Sometimes the choir requires a good indication," Alex Kendrick stated inside a recent interview with THR's Kim Masters on KCRW's The Company. Urged by Sherwood, other places of worship are diving into filmmaking. The Sophistication Card, for instance, is really a buddy-cop Christian drama starring Louis Gossett Junior. and created by Calvary Chapel from the Nazarene in Cordova, Tenn. Designed for $460,000 and promoted and distributed in Feb by Affirm, Provident and Samuel Goldwyn Films, the film required in $2.4 million. (Goldwyn also assisted distribute Titans and Fireproof.) "Christian movies have grown to be a significant cottage industry within the Bible Belt," states Howard Klausner, who authored the 2000 Clint Eastwood movie Space Cowboys before moving to Tennessee, where he authored and created Sophistication Card. "My desire would be to make Christian movies mainstream -- to develop the genre up a bit making it more culturally relevant." Related Subjects

Disincentives for Hollywood

'The Avengers' moved its shoot from Michigan to Ohio following the Michigan governor vowed to curtail the state's incentives program.Chris Winters thought he'd arrived a sweet gig when he began last November for any startup visual effects and production company in Michigan, Maxsar Digital Galleries. He'd developed within the Wolverine Condition, and also the job was near to his parents' home. "I had been looking forward to it," he states. "It appeared too good to be real -- also it was too good to be real.InchIn under annually, Winters and a minimum of one half-dozen other artists were chasing after a producer for $50,000 in delinquent wages, while Maxsar Digital was instructed to close. Production incentive programs can lure legitimate productions and produce lots of money in to the condition. However they may also draws in bottom-bird feeders who are able to take advantage of the state's allocated funds. The Maxsar tale happened simultaneously that the change in condition government meant an abrupt insufficient support for that program, then an accident within the filming industry within the condition. The Michigan experience stands like a cautionary tale for anybody involved with incentives. States have to be conscious that its not all film company will have the ability to deliver on its anticipation. And film companies, their employees and native companies have to be conscious that politics is really a volatile area, along with a change in administrations often means an extreme change for everybody involved.Winters, together with as much as 15 other freelance vfx artists, began for Maxsar Digital on the sci-fier known as "Scar 23," created by Philippe Martinez, who had been Boss of Maxsar, though Maxsar wasn't the development company around the pic. The brand new Maxsar artists did not know Martinez, however they soon found that in france they-born professional had offered incarceration in France after traders complained to government bodies about his former company, Ulysse, which in fact had been forced into receivership in La. Martinez's business dealings in 2006-2007 with helmer Amy Heckerling and filmmaker David Ayer on separate projects left both worrying openly that Martinez was attempting to negotiate relation to already-completed deals or deliver less support for his or her films than he'd guaranteed.After winning privileges to Ayer's "Harsh Occasions" having a $4 million bid, Martinez later requested him to slash the cost by $a million. Inside a 2008 Entertainment Weekly interview, Heckerling alleged that Martinez botched deals for "I Possibly Could Never BeYour Lady" by signing away DVD privileges, killing its chances for theatrical release and relegating it towards the straight-to-DVD bin.In the beginning, production appeared to become going as planned on "Scar 23," and something supervisor told they that Maxsar planned to increase its slate with increased films every year for the following many years. But by early 2011, the organization started to get behind in having to pay a lot of its freelance artists. Once the artists started asking that which was happening, states Winters, "i was told several things. They stored saying that they are likely to find more traders which we'd get our money, then when they requested me to help keep working despite the fact that I wasn't being compensated, Used to do it."These were also told that Maxsar might be affected because recently chosen Gov. Ron Snyder, a Republican, stated soon after taking office he thought the film incentives enter in Michigan must be transformed or eliminated. Maxsar general counsel Franklin Master (who's among individuals still owed money by the organization) states "I told (the vfx artists) we'd outlay cash, but that people were getting problems due to traders being nervous about the governor's claims concerning the incentives program." The Michigan Film Office, however, states that since "Scar 23" were being approved for that incentives enter in 2010, it might be grandfathered in, no matter exactly what the new governor or condition legislature did this year.Possible traders were introduced in to the Maxsar facility to see vfx focus on "Scar 23," based on editor Nick Hoban, an old Maxsar staffer who had been compensated entirely for his work there. Hoban thinks the failure to draw in more investment wasn't only a matter of worries concerning the incentive program."These were constantly spinning the script for 'Scar 23' and asking the vfx artists for ideas about how exactly to repair the issues within the script," Hoban states. "It wasn't a great story, and so i don't believe the incentives might have designed a difference in either case.InchConsider Snyder started moving to get rid of the Michigan film credit and change it having a grant program assigned at $25 million, the whole film industry there's cratered. "I had been focusing on 'Avengers' captured, and also the minute the governor began speaking about altering the incentives program, they drawn from Michigan and visited Cleveland," states David Rumble, a Michigan-based location manager. "So I have spent the final seven several weeks in Ohio together with lots of other Michigan crew individuals who needed to stick to the work."Rumble thinks Michigan's film business flattened the moment Snyder started his anti-incentives claims. With fierce competition from neighboring states like Ohio, it had been very simple for producers to locate financially eco-friendly pastures nearby. Michigan also lately lost "Iron Guy 3" to some more attractive incentives enter in New York."It is the large productions that fill hotels, restaurants and hire lots of local crew after which outlay cash union day rates," states Rumble. "Little films will invariably scrimp and then try to pay out less."The Michigan Film Office confesses there's less film production this season compared to 2010, but stresses it's still in a position to approve incentives for 21 projects.From the lost "Iron Guy 3" deal, the film office states, "We put an aggressive offer up for grabs to Marvel and Disney, plus they, like all project, needed to create a business decision."Michigan's incentive program includes a dim future at best. By now, SB 569 -- the legislation that will introduce a cap of $25 million and show how those funds could be granted -- sits in committee within the condition legislature. Because it has not moved, the Michigan Film Office made the decision on Sept. 30 that it'll no more take incentive programs for fiscal year 2012.Maxsar employees were made knowledgeable that incentives performed a component within the company's economic crisis. Furthermore, even while the studio was falling days behind having to pay its self employed at the begining of 2011, management began to inform the vfx artists that they have to complete song from the vfx for "Scar 23" rapidly. Based on several artists questioned with this story, administrators stated they needed the shots to have an audit through the Michigan Film Office. The audit, they stated, would reveal that Maxsar was carrying it out that will qualify them in 2010 incentives funds. However, Michigan's film office states it does not examine the vfx on the project throughout any type of audit. The Film Office and also the Dept. of Treasury only perform an audit to be able to determine the particular amount put in the condition throughout a production, since that number can be used to calculate how big the incentive check a production will get.Maxsar shuttered in April, departing "Scar 23" incomplete plus some of their self employed, including a minimum of six digital artists, delinquent for around three weeks' work. Some attempted to make contact with Master or Martinez to discover if there have been any intends to outlay cash. Some artists handled to cope with and were guaranteed they'd obtain money. Others found themselves calling disconnected telephone numbers. Vfx artist Adam Skutt states he was relayed through Martinez in This summer the producer was going to cut an offer for any different project, which when the deal experienced, a few of the funds would be employed to pay him the greater than $4,000 he was owed. Next telephone call, he never been told by producer again, and Martinez has since stopped taking his calls, he states. Skutt never received his payment. And others were advised that when "Scar 23" passed through its incentive audit, Martinez would settle all financial obligations for Maxsar. Master, who verifies the artists' claims are legitimate, states you will find records of Maxsar's outstanding financial obligations, including contact details for those creditors, such as the artists. No vfx artists questioned with this story say they'd been told by Maxsar or have been requested their current contact details.InchContrary, it appears like they have been staying away from us, just because a telephone number for Franklin (Master) was transformed after which I could not contact him," states Winters, who has worked by having an attorney to get the $9,000 still due him.The incentive look for "Scar 23" may go a lengthy way toward settling individuals financial obligations. Although the Michigan Film Office can't discuss specific facets of the audit for that project, they confirmed "Scar 23" was approved for that incentives program which their audit is happening. Work also mentioned when the film qualifies for the whole amount specified by its original documents, a motivation look for $4.28 million might be released, although neither Maxsar nor Martinez will be the recipient. Rather, payment could be designed to a business known as Teddy 23, registered in Michigan with Luc Campeau listed as "resident agent."Although it may appear strange, you'll be able to recieve an incentive check up on a project that is not completed. To do this, though, producer must demonstrate with an audit the money for that project continues to be put in Michigan. Also, projects should be pre-approved for that incentives program, and before they start work, they have to usually show a concrete arrange for completion and distribution. However, any wages compensated to individuals who're still owed money won't be qualified for that incentive program since individuals wages may have been compensated following the final incentive documents continues to be filed.Getting assisted complete Maxsar's "audit" footage in a breakneck pace, Joan DiSalvo, a vfx producer who's owed a lot more than $5,000 by Maxsar, states, "Ultimately, I could not have any solutions about payment, now I am going after options with the (Michigan) Dept. at work.Inch Employing a lawyer would consume an excessive amount of what DiSalvo is owed, she states, along with a small-claims court victory means little, since Maxsar is no more running a business. Adds Winters: "These amounts, $3,000 or $5,000, might seem small, however when you are freelance, it's lots of money. People forget we still need to buy medical health insurance by ourselves, that amounted to a large amount whenever you do not buy it included in a business, so you need to save for that occasions when you are unemployed."Variety arrived at Martinez by telephone via his office at Bauer Martinez Galleries in Florida. When requested concerning the money he still owed the "Scar 23," crew, he grew to become upset."I spent lots of money in Michigan, and I'd rather not discuss it any longer," Martinez stated at the end of August. "We are likely to outlay cash in September, I believe. I am tired, and when you need to write a tale about $50,000, then proceed."He then stuck. Master accompanied about half an hour later to reply to questions about his client's account, adding a lot of the data with this story. Within their last conversations with Variety, both Martinez and Master confirmed those funds was still being owed to individuals who had done "Scar 23."Meanwhile, Winters and also the others are only able to wait and expect payment."Let me think it'll happen," states Winters. "But we have learned a lot of things at a wide variety of points that I am unsure things to believe any longer."By March. 6, Adam Skutt, Chris Winters and Joan DiSalvo was not compensated. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com