In Honor of 'Tower Heist,' the 6 Best Movie Heists

Last night, I received an urgent message from my editors: "With 'Tower Heist' coming out on Friday, you should write a piece on movie heists." "Sure," I replied. Now, I've been told that this topic has been written about numerous times -- which is surprising. Just like with Best Movie Baseballs, I don't quite understand why it's so popular; it seems very specific, and I can't imagine that there's a large audience for such a thing. Alas, I'm not going to disregard a direct order from a superior. Here's a list of Moviefone's six favorite times that a movie has been stolen in a heist! [Ed. note: We meant "heist movies"] 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' A work print of 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' leaked online on March 31, 2009, almost a month before it was released into theaters. Since the film was made readily available on the Internet for free, it doesn't appear that much money, if any, was ever made from this heist. Which seems to defeat the purpose of a heist. 'The Avengers' Earlier this year, Samuel L. Jackson's script for 'The Avengers' disappeared. The scenes that were stolen were rewritten to foil this heist. 'Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace' An entire movie, 'Fanboys,' was made about stealing 'The Phantom Menace' so that a terminally ill friend could see the film before he died. Back in May of 1999, someone in Wisconsin actually did make off with one of the reels to the film -- man, I really hope they got the reel with the Darth Maul lightsaber fight, because, if not, that had to be one very disappointed heist organizer. 'Little Fockers' For some reason -- that for as long as I live will never make sense -- reels of the movie 'Little Fockers' were stolen from a car in the UK. Now that's a great double feature of heisted movies, 'The Phantom Menace' followed by 'Little Fockers.' Yikes. 'Snow Falling on Cedars' A criminal named M.F. Jones bootlegged this Ethan Hawke classic. Thankfully, he was caught and sentenced to ten years in prison. [Ed. note: Not only did you get the assignment wrong, this didn't even happen. This is fiction: It's a plot point of the movie 'Horrible Bosses.'] 'Cry, Cry, Again' Noted comedian Jerry Seinfeld is strong-armed into bootlegging by a misanthrope named Brody. [Ed. note: Not only is this also fiction, 'Cry, Cry, Again' isn't even a real movie.] You can contact Mike Ryan directly on Twitter Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook [Photos: Universal/Fox/Disney/Lucasfilm/Universal/New Line] RELATED

Stallone Prosecuted Over Expendables Script

Sylvester Stallone continues to be prosecuted with a author who alleges the hit movie The Expendables copies a script and short story he filed using the U.S. Copyright Office in 2006. Marcus Webb states then he distributed around Hollywood galleries a script about mercenaries employed to defeat a dictator named General Garza. Webb alleges within the suit filed in federal court in Manhattan the script for that Expendables is “strikingly similar and occasionally identical” to his The Cordoba Caper. Webb seeks unspecified damages along with a order from the court preventing further violation by Stallone, his credited co-author David Callaham, Millennium/NuImage Films and Lionsgate. Expendables 2 is slated to spread out August 17, 2012. Stallone and Millennium/NuImage reps rejected comment, Reuters stated. Lionsgate couldn't be arrived at.

Exclusive! New Pirates! Trailer

Let's have An Adventure With ScientistsAh, Aardman, those comic geniuses from way out West (only not as West as Hollywood). The latest trailer for Pirates!In AnAdventure With Scientists gives us a few more clues about the plot, and by our rough count about seventy bajillion more gags, both visual and aural. HughGrant voices the Pirate Captain - seen here meeting the dastardlyQueen Victoria (Imelda Staunton) who is Not Amused - who leads his merry but less-than-totally-competent band of bucanneers around the seas in search of treasure and, preferably, the Pirate Of The Year award (modelled in this trailer by BrianBlessed's Pirate King). Things, it's fair to say, do not go entirely to plan.The cast also includes David Tennant, Brendan Gleeson, SalmaHayek, Jeremy Piven, Martin Freeman,AshleyJensen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and RussellTovey. It's all based on the first two of Gideon Defoe's Pirates!books, and directed by Aardman stalwart Peter Lord with co-director Jeff Newitt.You can read more from Lord himself on the film in the guest blogs he's written for us here and here. The film's out on March 28 next year, and we'll be following all the developments between now and then. This is some seriously funny stuff and, it almost goes without saying, gorgeous animation.

'Jersey Shore' Shuts Italia Season With 6.six million Audiences

"Jersey Shoreline" No records were looking for the growing season finale of Jersey Shoreline, however it still carried out well on Thursday evening. Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Mike "The ProblemInch Sorrentino and company stated goodbye to Italia and roughly 6.six million total audiences updated directly into watch their shenanigans on MTV. That's lower a lot more than two million in the record-setting season opener which attracted in 8.8 million audiences. PHOTOS: The Jersey Shoreline Hits Italia The "Ciao Italia" hour averaged a 7. rating within the persons 12-34 demographic, converting to five.4 million audiences. For that season, Jersey Shoreline has averaged roughly 7.3 million audiences each week and MTV touts that after Digital recording device amounts are thought, the show averaged a 9. rating for that first nine episodes. The episode saw Sorrentino toying with the thought of choosing from season five, however the finale ended with him announcing he would stay, which received mixed responses from his housemates. "Jersey, here' come," he stated. "I have always got something up my sleeve, and it will likely be a scenario.Inch PHOTOS: The Very Best and Worst Moments of 'Jersey Shore' At 11 p.m., Jersey Shoreline: The Reunion came a lot more than 5 million audiences and published a 4.8 rating within the cable network's core 12-34 demo. The 5th season of Jersey Shoreline, using the cast back on U.S. soil, is slated for any The month of january 2012 premiere. TV Rankings Worldwide MTV Jersey Shoreline

Ben Stiller Ascends The Mountain

Directing a literary horror storyNo, he hasn't taken over At The Mountains Of Madness from Guillermo Del Toro: The Mountain is a different kind of horror project and Fox has just picked it up for Ben Stiller to direct.It's a spec script by Helen Childress, a blast from Stiller's past, since she wrote Reality Bites, which he directed in 1994. The Mountain is described by Deadline as "a sophisticated horror premise in the vein of Rosemary's Baby". Very strangely, it's apparently based to some extent on Edith Wharton's 1917 novel Summer, which in no way, shape or form would seem a likely basis for a scary movie.Wharton's book is about Charity, making a rather more respectable living than her prostitute mother as a small-town librarian in New England. But her world is turned upside down when she starts an affair with architect Lucius Harney, who's engaged to a society girl. Charity gets pregnant, and flirts with the idea of returning to the poverty-stricken mountain community of her roots to follow in her mother's footsteps, until her protector Lawyer Royall steps in and marries her. The book shares many of Wharton's themes (women's place in early American society; sexual awakening and peer disapproval) with later works like The Age Of Innocence and The House Of Mirth, and has several plot points in common with Ethan Frome.It definitely isn't the story of "a young woman who struggles to confront her destiny after stumbling upon a mysterious object that forces her to examine the secrets of her past", although there is a brooch that serves a significant purpose. So quite what's going on here is unclear. Some sources are suggesting that Childress' script is somehow a sequel to Summer, while others assume it's just a very loose reworking of the book, or an entirely new story that for some reason uses Wharton's characters.When we know more, we'll tell you. The Mountain is some way off yet, since it's still at the development stage. In the meantime, Stiller and Childress are also collaborating on an adaptation of Ezra Jack Keats' 1960s kids' picture book The Snowy Day, and Stiller's also juggling The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, a David O Selznick biopic, Neighbourhood Watch and, believe it or not, Rentaghost.Have a read of Summer at Project Gutenberg, and tell us how frightening you think it is.

Steve Jobs' Dying Inspires Howard Stern to help Pancreatic Cancer Research

Jobs' dying within the youthful age 56 in the rare kind of pancreatic cancer has spurred Media King Howard Stern to help raise awareness and cash for research and control over this deadly disease. The well-known jewelry company -- RichRocks -- created a "Tree of Existence" necklace -- a universal symbol of encouragement, strength and protection in recognition in the Apple founder. Twenty-five percent of comes from the acquisition in the necklace visits the city of Hope's pancreatic cancer research and treatment departments. AUDIO: Howard Stern Bids Goodbye to Radio Alma Mater WYSP With Half-Hour Mobile Call The fragile necklace is patterned here by Jesse Stern, media king Howard Stern's model/actress wife. Stern -- that is passionate about photography -- needed photos of his wife wearing the "Tree of Existence" necklace and passed them along for the founding father of RichRocks and also the wife's dear friend, Robin Rothfeld to help provide the cause. VIDEO: Jobs Biographer States Professional Regretted Putting off Cancer Surgery The RichRocks "Tree of Existence" necklace (18") will be both blown gold and blown silver. It costs $35.00 which is only obtainable at internet.richrocksnyc.com. Among RichRocks longtime celebrity fans: Kim Kardashian, LIndsay Lohan, Blake Lively, Gisele Bundchen. Fashion Lindsay Lohan Blake Lively Howard Stern Kim Kardashian Jobs Gisele Bundchen

The Flowers Of War Trailer Online

Bale does his Christian dutyThough it does not yet have overseas distribution, Zhang Yimou's latest, war epic The Flowers Of War, has already been being joined by China since it's submission towards the foreign-language Oscar category. The trailer has showed up on the internet and could be viewed below.Christian Bale stars as missionary John Haufman, who's swept up within the chaos in Nanking because the Japanese Imperial Military overran china capital in 1937.Dealing with the guise of the priest, Haufman assisted several schoolgirls and hookers to flee the entering forces, at any given time when most of them were being wiped out or taken for use as escorts for that troops.Liu Heng modified the script from Yan Geling's novel 13 Flowers Of Nanjing, and also the film also stars Paul Schneider and Shigeo Kobayashi. In the looks from the end result, Zhang certainly did not skimp around the pictures, with Bale supplying a good core, this really is one we are wanting to see the moment it finds some distribution.

Comedy Central feels the 'Burn'

McConaughey Comedy Central has bought the script "Full Burn," with Matthew McConaughey set as an exec producer.Half-hour scripted laffer was written by Mike Arnold and produced by McConaughey's J.K. Livin Prods.The show is set in the world of professional stunt men and centers on a fish-out-of-water everyman who gets pulled into their tight circle. Idea came from exec producer Chad Mountain hanging out with McConaughey's stunt man for the past 15 years.Mark Gustawes also exec produces. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Why Disney's Muppets Movie Has become a Risk for that Studio

This short article first made an appearance within the March. 28 problem from the Hollywood Reporter.our editor recommends'Muppets': Full Trailer from the Jason Segel-Can Be Film Surfaces (Video)'The Muppets' at D23: Jason Segel Discusses Their Comedy Influence (Video)'The Muppets' Trailer Showcases Hollywood Cameos (Video)'Green Lantern's' Ryan Reynolds Will get Punked Through the Muppets (Video)'Muppets' Movie Soundtrack Features Feist, Flight from the Conchords, Andrew BirdMuppets Creator Jim Henson Honored on 75th BirthdayOK Go Party Using the Muppets (Video) Adams, Cooper and Johnson joining Muppets movie (exclusive) We're looking to get that old gang together again again!" states a voice that unmistakably goes to Kermit the Frog, within the many Muppets trailers the Disney marketing machine has lobbed to the web in recent days. "We haven't carried this out inside a very long time," states another, somewhat anxious voice, identifiable with a as Fozzie Bear's. Also it's true -- they haven't tried it inside a very long time. An entire generation may not recognize Fozzie Bear as well as Kermit within the fur, a smaller amount the seem of the voices. Which's the task as Disney prepares to produce the Muppets into theaters the very first time in greater than a decade. VIDEO: 'The Muppets' Trailer Showcases Hollywood Cameos The stakes are high, although not since the film's budget, within the $40 million range, signifies a massive financial gamble or since the hit-hungry Wealthy Ross regime can use victory. When The Muppets scores, Disney finally may have determined how you can relaunch an abandoned franchise which was one of the most storied in media world, fixing a puzzle which has baffled the organization because it acquired the legendary figures in 2004. Disney has worked having a vengeance awaiting the film's November. 23 release to trend in the figures online, including amusing spoofs of these films because the Hangover Part II and also the Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo. An audio lesson sang by stars Jason Segel and Can Be opened on Ryan Seacrest's radio show March. 12. The studio continues to be buoyed by strong test tests, and according to Internet chatter, anticipation for that film is high. However the Muppets haven't experienced theaters since Muppets From Space tanked for The new sony in 1999. Based on a Muppets veteran, toward the finish of his existence, Muppets creator Jim Henson was discovering it challenging to help keep his animals within the public eye. He was operating individually within an era of media concentration, which will help explain his decision to market to Disney. "It had been difficult before Jim died [in 1990], also it grew to become very, very hard after Jim died," states this insider ruefully. "We'd the figures still doing things but with no constant, in-your-face exposure that something similar to The Simpsons has. ... They lost an era.Inch VIDEO: 'The Muppets' at D23: Jason Segel Discusses Their Comedy Influence Making this the Muppets' large chance. "An element film could be a very effective method to relaunch a brandname,Inch states kids TV veteran Toper Taylor, leader of Cookie Jar Entertainment. "Hopefully they'll have the ability to bottle lightning once more." Certainly it labored for The new sony using the Smurfs. It absolutely was a few decades because the blue animals had their heyday, and also the studio introduced them roaring back having a worldwide gross in excess of $540 million. (Having a $110 million budget, the wager was far greater than Disney's around the Muppets.) However in relaunching brands, Taylor states, it's essential to make certain you "don't disenchant their core audience." That's in which the path for that Muppets is challenging. That old Muppets guard -- several authors and entertainers involved with creating the franchise -- is looking forward to the neglected troupe to shine again, almost desperate within their desiring the film to operate. But though they haven't yet seen it, some question whether film writer and star Segel -- an obsessed Muppets fan -- includes a true grasp from the figures they assisted create. Related Subjects Jason Segel Wealthy Ross The Wally Disney Company The Muppets The Jim Henson Company 1 2 3 4 next last

MTV Movie Honours, VMAs Dates Introduced For 2012

FROM MTV NEWS: When you are planning parties this large, it will help to obtain began early. This is exactly why MTV has already been delivering out a save-the-date on its two greatest nights for 2012: the recording Music Honours and also the MTV Movie Honours. Yes, there's still sufficient time, but we may as well let you know since the film Honours will air survive Sunday, June 3, 2012, from La and also the Video Music Honours will air live four several weeks afterwards Sunday, September 9. Browse the full story at MTV News!

NBCs Marc Graboff Joins TV Academy Basic principles Board Of Company company directors

Veteran NBC executive Marc Graboff, leader of West Coast TV Business Methods at NBCUniversal, remains selected for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation’s board of company company directors. The inspiration’s board runs such initiatives since the Archive of yank Television and academic programs such as the annual College TV Honours, Faculty Seminar as well as the Student Internship Program.

Ali Fedotowsky & Roberto Martinez Not Planning Wedding

First Released: October 20, 2011 12:02 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images Caption Have Ali & Roberto Set To Start Dating ? For His Or Her Wedding Yet? (April 8, 2011) La, Calif. -- Former Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky and her fiance, Roberto Martinez, have hit another bump within their route to the altar. After announcing in August that they are putting off their wedding because of surgery she'd after keeping an injuries to her femur, the truth star told People who she and Roberto aren't presently planning their wedding. Remained as engaged remained as living together, the 27-year-old, who made an appearance on Season 6 from the hit ABC series, told the mag. We simply dont want just to walk lower the aisle at this time. No matter gossips, Ali told the mag that her relationship is this is not on the rocks. We didnt meet within the most traditional way, she described. We'd a really short courtship and that we only understood one another nine days before we've got engaged We're still determining our way of life as people At this time weren't planning for a wedding, the truth star ongoing. Does which means that were fighting? No. Does which means that were miserable? Definitely not! Were happy where we're. Whenever we have things determined, well inform you. In April, Ali told Access that they and Roberto were being very selective about who'd attend their wedding. I shouldn't meet people the very first time inside my wedding unless of course its his family or something like that, he stated at that time. We're being selective. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Norman Corwin dies at 101

Emmy-winning author-producer Norman Corwin, who was simply one of the greatest to take advantage from the completely new entertainment media in the last century to educate yourself regarding social issues worth addressing, died Tuesday at his home in La. The main reason wasn't given. The man commonly known as as "radio's poet laureate" was 101.Before Norman Lear or Fly fishing rod Serling, Corwin, like Orson Welles, while using the medium of radio drama to research the issues throughout your day. Born in Boston, Corwin first labored just like a author in a couple of Massachusetts newspapers after which just like a newsreader for radio station WBZA. He gone after NY in 1936 and first created programs with an independent radio station there. Corwin began utilized by the CBS Radio Network in 1938. His CBS series "Norman Corwin's Words Without Music" -- which marked the initial usage of a writer's title in the program title -- incorporated rhymed fantasy "The Plot to Overthrow Christmas" and "They Fly Using the Air," Corwin's galvanizing response to the The the spanish language language Civil War. In 1941, CBS' "The Columbia Workshop" series provided Corwin getting a 26-week slot, "26 by Corwin" he produced a sizable-different quantity of programs, a couple of which reflected his sense of social justice. His run ended monthly before Jewel Harbor. He adopted the same way of 1944's "Columbia Presents Corwin." In December 1941, Corwin written and produced the landmark program "We Hold These Details." This celebration in the Bill of Rights' 150th anniversary, read by Welles, broadcast at the same time total four systems each week after Jewel Harbor. For V-E Day in 1945, Corwin created "On some Triumph." Carl Sandburg referred to as program "one of the all-time great American poems." The show happen to be produced just like a morale booster for your troops just before the conclusion in the war was anticipated Corwin was told, however, that Leader Truman wanted the program to air not despite but because of the victory. Corwin's most well-known program came an audience of 60 million at any time when the U.S. population involved 130 million. Three several days later came his V-J Day documentary "14 August," read by Welles. For his efforts in changing the concept the planet ought to be unified, Corwin increased being the initial champion in the One World Award, established with the Common Council for American Oneness along with the (Wendle) Wilkie Memorial of Freedom House. The honoree received an around-the-world trip, and Corwin made good standby time with the prize, striving around the four-month journey in June 1946 supported having a CBS recording engineer. His 100 several hours of recorded interviews with world leaders and anyone else were molded by CBS in to a 13-part documentary that broadcast in 1947. Corwin left CBS in 1948 and produced numerous programs for Not Radio. Also through the 19 forties, Corwin written several books and composed the libretto to have an opera, "Gamers," that was produced within the Metropolitan Opera House in 1947. Through the 19 fifties and early sixties Corwin composed several scripts. He came an Oscar nomination for his adaptation of Irwin Stone's "Lust for Existence" in 1957. More youthful crowd scripted "Nowhere Veil" (1951), "Scandal at Scourie" (1953), "Room to coverInch (1956), "The Naked Maja" (1958), "The Story of Ruth" (1960) and "Madison Avenue" (1962) and did uncredited concentrate on "This Rock Band Wagon" and John Huston's "Moby Dick." He appeared to become writing and frequently pointing plays, including "Your Competition,Inch with Richard Boone as Abraham Lincoln subsequently subsequently, in 1959, and "The area of Carl Sandburg," with Bette Davis, in 1960, both on Broadway. In 1969 he completed poems he'd written on two cases of "The Erection dysfunction Sullivan Show," too as with 1972 he produced and situated the tv series "Norman Corwin Presents" for your Canadian Broadcasting Corp. He scripted the 1974 telepic "Judgement: Legal Court Martial in the Tiger of Malaya -- General Yamashita," in regards to the trial from the Japanese war criminal after World war ii. In 1978 he written, with Hildy Parks, the seven-part docu series "CBS: Round the Air," praising the initial fifty years of CBS broadcasting. In 1991, fifty years after his show "We Hold These Details" first broadcast on radio, Corwin produced a show for American Public Radio concentrating on the same title along with a couple of of the identical material, again praising the total amount of Rights. Norman Lear and Ray Bradbury were asked for Ces Guthman's feature docu "Corwin," which broadcast on PBS in 1996. "Some Triumph: The Golden Ages of Norman Corwin" won the Oscar for top documentary (short feature) in 2006. In 2001, NPR broadcast six new Corwin plays beneath the title "More by Corwin." Corwin will be a author in residence at USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism in recent year. In 1972 Corwin received the WGA's Valentine Davies Award. Corwin was granted having a Radio Hall of Fame in 1993. Contact Carmel Dagan at carmel.dagan@variety.com

Masque Seem stays around

Theatrical shingle Masque Seem can easily attest that Broadway does not seem like previously. While purists may bemoan an upswing of amplification, which now includes wireless mics and digital audio Masque, that has been around for 75 years, was around dads and moms of phonograph seem effects and slide whistles, states topper Geoff Shearing, grand son of among the founders.The Nj-based company -- which supplies audio tech and support for current Primary Stem shows including "The Phantom from the Opera," "Mamma Mia!" and "It of Mormon" -- feted its durability by having an March. 17 shindig in the New Amsterdam Theater, and it has drawn on designer Milton Glaser to produce a wedding anniversary logo design.Masque was founded by three former stagehands in 1936. Through the '50s, reel-to-reel seem grew to become prominent. The decade also saw early forays with wireless mics. Computer systems made headway within the seventies -- as did rock musicals -- giving rise towards the complicated amplification package now common across the Rialto.Equipment rental fees take into account Masque's primary business, and also the ever-altering needs of theatrical audio have stored the organization on its toes. The pace of technical developments means obsolescence is really a bigger problem than ever before. "Within the '20s and '30s they'd rent exactly the same device until it used out," Shearing states.Inside a move motivated through the omnipresence of wireless tech, Masque bought Florida-based Professional Wireless Systems in 2002. 5 years later, the organization started supplying sound system installation for performance-centered construction and restoration projects, including Gotham venues New Victory Theater, Le Poisson Rouge and St. Bartholomew's Chapel.Masque gm Stephanie Hansen lists "Bonnie and Clyde," "Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway" and also the Brooklyn rock-opera "Stop the Virgens" one of the company's approaching projects. Such shows join a listing of credits that stretches to the initial "South Off-shore" and "Oklahoma!"Shearing and Hansen have discovered such durability is showing to become an resource. "It is a very niche business," states Shearing, whose rivals include Seem Affiliates, founded 1946, and PRG, founded 1982. "Everything relies upon the truth that we now have this live seem experience." Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Lionsgate Hiring Help On Distribution Side

EXCLUSIVE: The first step to recovery is recognizing you have a problem. Well, Lionsgate has been failing regularlyand let’s hope this is the first step on the road to a turnaround. I’ve just learned the studio is bringing in former Disney exec Chris LeRoy as an in-house consultantwith the title of Interim President of Distribution.As you know, he was one of the last holdovers from the Dick Cook administration at Walt Disney Studios where he was EVP and General Sales Manager for domestic distribution for almost a decade. Let’s face it: 2011 has been a disaster for Lionsgate which must get ready for 2012 when potential blockbusters like The Hunger Games debut. But as good as LeRoy is, he can’t make miracles if the product stinks.

Warner Bros. sets new date for 'Pacific'

Warner Bros. has moved sci-fier "Off-shore Rim" forward two several weeks to May 10, 2013, vacating the This summer 12 date that year.Studio made the announcement Thursday. Idris Elba is aboard for that lead ' with Guillermo del Toro pointing "Rim," created by Legendary and Warner Bros.The pic, that also stars Charlie Day and ''Sons of Anarchy'' star Charlie Hunnan, focuses on an alien invasion that intends earth and also the humans who get together to protect it."Off-shore Rim" will open against Sony's "Mother and Me," starring Meryl Streep and Tina Fey.Disney's opening "Robopocalypse" on This summer 3, 2013 against Uni's "Wretched Me 2" for This summer 3. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Ratings: Last Guy Standing Debuts with Nearly 13 Million Audiences

Nancy Travis, Tim Allen Despite negative reviews, everybody was curious to find out Tim Allen's new sitcom. Last Guy Standing first demonstrated to 12.95 million audiences and nabbed a 3.5 rating among industry-valued 18-to-49-year-olds, overnight Nielsen ratings shown. ABC appeared happy after, watching the show accomplished the network's finest demo rating inside the Tuesday at 8/7c time slot in nearly couple of years. Photo timeline: The emasculation of males on tv The comedy required to face one of the three top-rated shows on television, CBS' NCIS, which attracted 18.66 million audiences (3.9), yet handled to boost substantially upon No Regular Family's debut audience of 10.5 million. Against NCIS and Allen's comeback, the initial hour in the Finest Loser on NBC came 5.34 million people as well as the CW's 90210 1.54 million. Fox pre-empted its usual selection for your third wager around the ALCS involving the Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers, calculating 7.93 million fans. Read our Dwts recap At 9/8c, Dancing while using Stars' results show attracted 16.60 million versus. NCIS: La (15.39 million), the second hour of Loser (5.58 million) and Ringer (1.72 million after quickly decreasing with a series low 1.49 million the other day). In prime time's final hour Tuesday, Memorable attracted 11.78 million audiences, outpacing Body of Proof (9.38 million) and Motherhood (5.26 million). Rosie: Where bad stand-up visits die and Russell Brand steals children On fundamental cable, the ratings-hungry OWN tried to leap-start its viewership while using debut in the Rosie Show and Oprah's Lifeclass - to rather disappointing results. Rosie's O'Donnell's new show had typically 497,000 audiences on Monday, because the demonstrate that recycles material in the famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey's old daytime show got just 333,000. The upside: the shows were simulcast on five Discovery Channels, which introduced their totals around 1.5 million and 1.2 million, correspondingly.

TOLDJA! MPAA Sets Tribute To Honor Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan Film Career To Be Honored In Washington DC Nov. 14 By Motion Picture Industry & Reagan Centennial Celebration WASHINGTON, DC Senator Chris Dodd, CEO and Chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) along with Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, are pleased to announce their partnership in programs honoring the contributions of Ronald Reagan to the motion picture industry to take place on November 14, 2011. President Reagans contributions are manifold, but he remains a unique figure in American life because of his career in over fifty roles as an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild, as a television host, Governor of the state of California and eventually president of the United States. President Reagan often remarked that the skills he developed in Hollywood as a negotiator and communicator served him well when he came to Washington, said MPAA Chairman Dodd. We look forward to exploring those communications gifts during our panel and to then celebrate his contributions to the film and television industry. President Reagans story epitomizes the American Dream, said Frederick J. Ryan, Jr. From humble beginnings as a lifeguard, to working his way through college as a dishwasher, to launching a successful career in radio and television, before becoming one of our nations greatest presidents, Ronald Reagans life is one to be studied, remembered and applauded. The program will center around two events. The first event is a public panel at the MPAA on how President Reagans role in the motion picture industry shaped his role as president and impacted modern political communication. The second special event will be an intimate reception with Reagan Administration alumni and CEOs from the member studios of the MPAA. Ronald Reagans film and television career spanned over 30 years and included well known roles in films such as The Santa Fe Trail, Kings Row, and Knute Rockne: All American. He was the host of General Electric Theater on CBS from 1954-1962. From 1947-1952 he served as president of the Screen Actors Guild.

Beyonce States Shes Happy For Chris Browns Success

First Launched: October 11, 2011 9:34 AM EDT Credit: Esquire NY, N.Y. -- Caption Beyonce appears round the November 2011 cover of EsquireRihanna states she resented Chris Brown for a while, but has put that behind her which is happy that her former boyfriend finds success in music again. Beyonce notifies Esquire magazine that disliking Brown was testing out a lot of time which she's handled to maneuver on from that. It absolutely was a lot of anger, the 23-year-old mentioned. Im really excited to look for the breakthrough hes been in his career. Brown, 21, is serving five years of probation after pleading guilty to legal assault for your attack on Beyonce in the morning several hours just before this year's Grammys. Graffiti, the album he released 10 several days following a attack, will be a commercial disappointment. But his latest release, F.A.M.E. (Forgiving My Competitors), first demonstrated at No. 1 round the Billboard 200 albums chart in March it showed up at gold status and contains multiple pop and R&B hits with tunes like Have a look at Me Now and Deuces, among other tracks. Its incredible to find out how he attracted view he did. Even when the earth made an appearance appreciate it was against him, you understand? Beyonce mentioned. I love the music activity hes creating. Im interested in his stuff. Ive been a follower. Beyonce is doing well musically, too: Her albums carrying out a attack Rated R and Noisy have both gone platinum, and shes delivering a completely new album, Talk That Talk, the next month. Her latest single, We Found Love, is her 20th song striking the most effective 10 round the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart since she first demonstrated in 2005. Overall, she states sherrrd like to find out Brown succeed. I'd never wish anything horrible for him. Never. I not have access to, she mentioned. The November problem of Esquire magazine hits newsstands on March. 16. (Copyright 2011 by Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed) Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Amazing Race's Kaylani and Lisa: We're Shocked Marcus Forgot the Answer

Kaylani and Lisa For once, having a cab caused a downfall on The Amazing Race. Vegas showgirls Kaylani Paliotta and Lisa Tilley lost valuable time when they had to settle their cab fare before checking into the Pit Stop at Indonesia's Borobudur Temple, ultimately in last place. "When we were driving up there, we kept telling each other, 'We're going to pay our cab,'" Tilley tells TVGuide.com. "But for whatever reason, once we actually got there, we were in such a rush to get started that we just had him wait and got out." Still, while their race ended early, they're happy to have raced at all after Paliotta lost her passport en route to LAX in the first leg - only to have Twitter come to the rescue.Amazing Race's Ron and Bill: We couldn't recover from two bad cabbiesHow far behind Liz and Marie were you?Kaylani: We were probably like 10 minutes after. We knew [we were last] when we left the temple ... because we had to pay our cab fare and [Marcus and Amani] didn't.What happened during that? It looked like you paid your cab before the twins did. Lisa: We didn't know that the twins got lost, but when we were walking out [to pay our cab], we actually saw the twins walking back in, so they definitely paid their cab before us. I know it didn't seem like that on the show ... so we kind of knew they were ahead of us.Kaylani: It didn't take long to find the cab, but it was a long walk because you had to walk from the temple down the stairs and you had to keep walking on the temple grounds. You weren't allowed to run at all. It was frustrating because we got there third and were one of the last teams to finish. I would say we would say we were there for three hours at least. Do you regret having your cabbie wait for you?Lisa: We knew right away: "Ugh, we should've paid our cab." When you're racing, your brain is going a thousand miles an hour and it was just a slip-up. And it definitely would've made a difference if we had paid because we would've checked in right after Marcus and Amani or just before them. So you live and learn.You guys arrived with the twins. Why didn't you work together?Lisa: You didn't see it, but at the top of the temple, we read the clue, and [Marie] and I started counting. When we had gotten down to the next level, I heard her skip a number. She went like, "10, 12, 13..." And I was like, "Oh my God! This girl just skipped 11!" [Laughs] So I ended up ditching her. She went one way and I went the other way. I was like, "She can't even count!" What really upsets me is that at one point, Tommy had come up to me and asked me what number I was on. But I was so focused on counting that I didn't think to stop and talk to him, so I kept going. That's one of my biggest regrets.And he told Amani and Marcus the answer later.Lisa: I know! Marcus didn't tell me about that, but he knew the gist of it. I didn't know what floor you were supposed to be on because you actually only had to count the hand statues on one out of the seven levels. We were all counting the statues on every level. It was in the clue, but you still had to ask someone where the third gallery was. Kaylani: They referred to the levels as galleries. That was frustrating last night, seeing that Marcus knew the answer and he forgot it! ... I was shocked seeing that because they could've been done.Lisa: Yeah, I can't believe he forgot them. When I finally teamed up with him, he knew he had to count the different hand positions, but for the life of him - once he finished one [position] and started counting the next one - he could not remember how many were with which hand. So once I knew what I had to do and was on the right floor, we were done in, like, 15 minutes.Amazing Race's Ethan and Jenna: We prefer SurvivorHe couldn't remember the numbers? Three of them were 17 and the other one was 18.Lisa: [Laughs] Um, well, Marcus always said that Amani was the brains of the team. And she was too tired to do it. He was like, "Normally, Amani would handle these types of challenges."Why didn't you team up with the other group?Lisa: I didn't see them. I never saw Jeremy and I never saw Ernie when I was up there. I also didn't trust them, either. ... It seemed like they figured it out really fast once they got together, but they were on the wrong track like I was in the beginning. We were less than 20 minutes behind all of them. When I teamed up with Marcus, our first guess was off by one - we thought it was 17 for all of them. So we had to count them again and realized one of them was 18. So we could've totally beaten [the other teams].Is the elimination any easier to swallow knowing that you could've been out in the first episode?Lisa: [Laughs] Yeah, I was so happy to have made it that far. When we were in L.A., I thought it was over. I just kept thinking how much it sucked and what a bummer, so just to make it out of the country, I was happy.Could you believe it all unfolded like it did? And that Twitter saved you? Some fans think there was producer intervention and it was staged.Kaylani: It all happened! It was just amazing how social media met up with something like that. I mean, for Ryan [Storms, who found the passport] to think about Twittering -it was actually genius. I would've never thought to go on Twitter to post that or to follow the Race from the Reality Fan Forum. He was very, very sweet about making sure he brought the passport to us. I've gotten to speak with him and thank him for all his help. Apparently he was just going to mail it to me the next day! [Laughs] [The fan who tweeted back to him] was on the phone with him and was like, "You don't understand! You have to drop this off at LAX!" That was the sweetest thing. You don't find too often, especially nowadays, people who are kind to each other.What were you doing at the airport before he came?Kaylani: We were running around with our heads cut off!Lisa: Yeah. You didn't see it, but we were going online, putting a dollar into the computer, Googling "What to do when you lose your passport?" We went to customs and pretty much everything was like, "Nothing until Monday morning when the office opens."Kaylani: We went back to the car and searched the entire car again. We did get a chance to go back to the gas station, which you saw, but that was within five minutes of leaving the gas station. At first, I was like, "It's gone." But we thought maybe one of the other teams found it and brought it to the airport because we saw other teams pull in there after us for directions. But no one had it at the airport.Amazing Race's Phil Keoghan: We have the most competitive cast yetWhat are you up to now?Lisa: I've been taking the whole summer off and visiting places. I have one last class to finish for school, so in December I'll have my degree. And then I'm just hoping to ... move on to the next great adventure.Kaylani: I am actually working on producing a couple of shows with my boyfriend, like travel shows. I'm spending a lot of time with my little girl. She had a hard time watching last night. She just burst into tears. I didn't realize it was going to affect her like that to see her cry. She was just like, "Mom! Why are you not on the Race?!" ... We're moving to L.A. right now so I can spend some time with my best friend Rachel [from Big Brother].Too bad you guys couldn't both win your shows in the same year.Kaylani: I know! We were both hoping that!

Joel Schumacher Tells Movieline About the Time He Wrote The Wiz

This week brings Trespass, the latest film from Joel Schumacher. The occasion prompted the opportunity for Movieline to have a candid, wide-ranging chat with the veteran filmmaker about his career, his critics and his humble origins as a costume designer in the 1970s. And despite his glossy new thriller starring Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman, one subject demanded even more attention: The Wiz, the Motown musical directed by Sidney Lumet and written, in his brief, scrappy scribe-for-hire days, by Schumacher. I’ll have more with Schumacher later this week, but his recollection of the road leading to the legendary Bad Movie We Love — and the relationships it yielded, from composer Quincy Jones to co-star Michael Jackson, on several of whose videos Schumacher said he later passed on directing — is just, well, priceless. “I got it because my first two scripts that I sold and that got made were Sparkle, which is about three African-American girls in Harlem who become stars — sort of a precursor to Dreamgirls — and Car Wash. So I was kind of the black writer to some people,” Schumacher chuckled. “Sidney Lumet was a social friend of mine, and he asked to write the screenplay for The Wiz. I saw the play, and it was so magical that I didn’t think I could do anything with it at all. I said no. And everybody in Hollywood that I knew as friends or who were in the business said, ‘Are you insane? You’re not going to do a huge musical with Sidney Lumet?’ And I was so impressionable then that I thought there must be something wrong with me. “So I got on a plane to go to NY to meet with Sidney, and when I got off the plane, Sidney said, ‘I have great news for you: Diana Ross is going to play Dorothy.’ And I played catch-up from then on, because my first conversation with Sidney was that we were going to go all over the United States and find a girl who was the appropriate age for The Wizard of Oz. And the concept of Oz being Manhattan… You know, Sidney was such a NYer, and NY was one of the stars of the movie. Well, I hadn’t planned on any of that, nor was the play like that at all. I played catch-up the rest of the time, and I tried to roll with the punches the best I could. But, you know: Dorothy was suddenly 39 years old and a spinster in Harlem. “I think everybody worked their asses off,” he continued. “The movie is so loaded with talent. I think that it was historic; I don’t think any African-American film had been made at that budget, and I think, at the time, Sidney was the only one who could have made that happen. And I was working with Lena Horne and Diana Ross and Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson when he was 17. Nipsey Russell. All the great people who are in that movie! Ted Ross, who played the lion. Mabel King. I was working with brilliant and talented people. The great Ozzie [Oswald] Morris, a very, very legendary cinematographer. It was quite an experience. “Remember, I’m coming from Car Wash, which is a day in the life of a car wash and was made for $750,000. No one knew that Car Wash was going to be Car Wash — certainly not me. In fact, one of the big moguls in Hollywood came to me and said, ‘What is this movie you’ve written?’ And I told him, and he said, ‘Joel, people do not go to the movies to see black people washing cars. People go to the movies to see…’ I can remember, he sort of put his hands up and blocked the words in front his face: ‘Lawrence. Of. Arabia. Gone. With. The. Wind. They do not come to see black people washing cars.’ And I remember when I left, it was night. I had a little Karmann Ghia convertible, and I never could figure out how to put the top up. And I literally had a white-knuckle ride home thinking, ‘He’s a billionaire. He’s one of the smartest people I know. Oh my God. I am making a movie about black people washing cars!’” Schumacher laughed. “And then I thought, ‘But I think it’s pretty good and pretty funny!’ So we had the last laugh, obviously. “I never thought I totally got my ass in the seat because the direction of it had changed so much. But the movie is so beloved, especially in the African-American community. Everyone grew up on it. Everybody’s kids love it. And I think that’s true of some of the Caucasian community, too. I mean, it’s quite a fascinating film visually, and it does have Michael Jackson at that age, which will be forever preserved, and Lena Horne, who nobody may ever know of or see any other way. I’m still friends with Quincy Jones to this day. Michael and I stayed in contact for many years. He was always trying to get me to do a music video or put him in a movie.” Alas, Schumacher and Jackson never collaborated. “‘Scream’ was the last video I turned down with him,” the filmmaker said, explaining that he was already committed to a range of projects during a particularly prolific period that yielded his two Batman movies and his hit John Grisham adaptations The Client and A Time to Kill. “That was the last conversation I think we had together; it was right around the time of ‘Scream.’ And if you’d met Michael when I knew Michael, you’d never have believed that he could have done anything to his face or anything. He was such a beautiful, brilliant talent. Well, he was always a brilliant talent. But it would have been impossible to know that there were demons lurking in that shy, exquisitely mannered, young, beautiful boy. The minute Sidney yelled, ‘Action,’ it was like, ‘Oh my God. Look at this child.’” Now you know. There’s more where this came from, too; please do check out the rest of Movieline’s chat with Joel Schumacher later this week.

Friday B.O.: 'Real Steel' punches up $25 mil

'Real Steel'Early Friday box office returns indicate that Shawn Levy's "Real Steel" will hit a minimum of $25 million a few days ago, which makes it the very first new wide-release to win the domestic B.O. per month. Pic, allocated at north of $110 million, is forecasted to earn between $9 and $11 million for Friday, making B.O. experts peg the film within the mid to high $20 million range. Some B.O. viewers state that the pic will probably take advantage of person to person buzz and family auds on Saturday. Second place will probably visit George Clooney's "Ides of March," which B.O. viewers say will earn between $3.5 and $4 million Friday, using it pace to gross around $11 million for that weekend. Meanwhile "Dolphin Tale," which won last weekend in the sophomore sesh, is once more holding over well, having a forecasted take with a minimum of $ten million because of its 3rd frame -- a 29% drop from last weekend. Using the three dimensional re-discharge of "The Lion King" gobbling up admissions since its Sept. 16 bow, the final original pic to consider to begin with was "Contagion," which opened up Sept. 9. Among other holdovers, "50/50" is forecasted to earn a $4.5 million to $5.5 million for in the second week, while "Courageous" is anticipated to decrease about 50% from last weekend and earn near $4.5 million. B.O. experts expect "Dream House" and "What's Your Number" to decrease about 50% to 55% for that weekend, projecting $4 million and $2.5 million cumes, correspondingly. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com

'The Artist' to spread out Santa Further ed fest

The Santa Further ed Film Festival has set Michel Hazanavicius' "The Artist" since it's opening evening film on March. 20 for that four-day festival, now in the twelfth year. "The Artist" stars Jean Dujardin, who won Best Actor in the Cannes Film Festival. The festival also introduced Friday the selection includes the U.S. premiere of British director Terence Davies' postwar romantic drama "The Dark Blue Ocean" starring Rachel Weisz. Its closing evening film is going to be "Monsieur Lazhar," directed by Philippe Falardeau, Canada's official submission towards the 84th Oscars for the best Language Film. "Ninja Kids," a comedy from Takashi Miike ("13 Assassins"), will even get a special screening in the Lensic Carrying out Arts Center. Selection includes Finland's Oscar entry "Le Havre," Iran's Oscar entry "A Separation," Turkey's Oscar entry "Not So Long Ago in Anatolia" and "Wild Horses and Renegades," directed by James Anaquad Kleinert, Diane Schneier Perrin, who's creating credits include "Blue Steel," "Talk Radio" and "Turnaround of Fortune," may be the professional director from the festival. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

The X Factor Final 32 Are Named, Judges Find Out Which Groups Theyre Mentoring

First Published: October 6, 2011 10:27 PM EDT Credit: FOX LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Chris Rene, 28, performs in front of the judges and thousands of audience members on The X Factors debut episode on September 21, 2011The X Factor boot camp is over and three competitors who captured Americas attention following the premiere of Simon Cowells singing competition just weeks ago, have made it through to the next round where the judges become mentors. Chris Rene, the 28-year-old trash collector, working on maintaining sobriety, who impressed the judges and America with his own song Young Homie in the audition round, is carrying on and will be coached by L.A. Reid, who was given the Boys group on Thursday nights episode. L.A. will also coach Brennin Hunt, the model-worthy country singer, Nick Voss, who looked like a young Elvis, but danced like Michael Jackson, and Marcus Canty, who covered Stevie Wonders I Wish at his audition. Another premiere night competitor, the plucky Rachel Crow, now 14, who mentioned shed like to win the $5 million prize so she doesnt have to share the bathroom with her whole family, also made it after stirring the crowd with a monumental version of Beyonces If I Were A Boy, as she competed again to stay. Rachel and the rest of the Girls group, including Tora Woloshin, the bleach blonde, tattooed pop powerhouse, and red lipstick-wearing Tiah Tolliver, who split the judges at her audition, will be mentored by Simon Cowell. Although she wanted the Girls group, Nicole Scherzinger was given the Over 30s, a group which includes premiere night standout 42-year-old Stacy Francis, who missed her fathers funeral to stay in the competition. Also being mentored by Nicole is 59-year-old LeRoy Bell, with the soulful, Cat Stevens-like voice, and burrito maker Josh Krajick, from Columbus, Ohio. Paula Abdul will coach the Groups category, which included siblings The Brewer Boys, as well as The Stereo Hogzz. Two groups were actually formed out of some of the solo singers who were cut from the solo categories. The full list of contestants carrying on to work with the judges at their homes are: Girls, mentored by Simon Cowell: Caitlin Koch Tora Woloshin Simone Battle Drew Winowicz Rachel Crow Jaslyn Little Melanie Amaro Tiah Tolliver Boys, mentored by L.A. Reid: Brennin Hunt Bryan Bradley Skyelor Anderson Nick Voss Tim Cifers Phillip Lomax Marcus Canty Chris Rene Groups, mentored by Paula Abdul: The Stereo Hogzz 2Squard 4Shore The Brewer Boys Illusion / Confusion The Anser * and two groups composed out of those who were initially rejected as soloists Over 30s, mentored by Nicole Scherzinger: Elaine Gibbs Tiger Budbill LeRoy Bell James Kenney Josh Krajick Christa Collins Dexter Stacy Francis Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.