Daily Variety articles from February 2011, page 2

Daily Variety archives from February 2011

Pampering and scampering: if it's only Friday, there are still beaucoup opportunities to lounge, scrounge and party down.(OSCAR'S BIG WEEKEND)
February 25, 2011... As Oscar Week barreled toward the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday, two themes emerged as Hollywood's elite wandered from party to gifting suite to pampering lounges. The first is that the recession is officially over and corporate...

All eyes will be on Anne.(OSCAR FASHION)
February 25, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For some Oscar observers, you can forget lead actress, forget lead actor. That's the sideshow. This year, designers, stylists and a coven of magazine people are all anticipating what they hope will be the Anne...

Past performance: lead actress nominees.
February 25, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Annette Bening Bening showed off a Tom Ford bespectacled gown from his spring collection at the Golden Globes, and sparkled at the SAG Awards in a gold Tony Ward Couture dress. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nicole...

Va-va-va groom! Men can be clothes horses too.
February 25, 2011... What James Franco wears to co-host the Oscars could be a real eye-opener. In the wake of his recent gender-bending appearances at Sundance and on the cover of Candy magazine, it's possible that Anne Hathaway won't be the only fashion show. ...

Past performances: supporting actress nominees.
February 25, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Amy Adams Adams remained elegant choosing a deep blue Marchesa gown for the Globes and a brighter Herve L. Leroux halter gown for the SAG awards. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Helena Bonham Carter At the Golden...

Party guide: Friday.
February 25, 2011... VANITY FAIR DJ NIGHT AT PALIHOUSE Where: Palihouse in WeHo Who's expected: Young Hollywood stars, especially ones that are fans of sponsors L'Oreal Paris and Lucky Jeans Why you don't want to miss it: A gaggle of female DJs (including...

Party guide: Saturday.
February 25, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 26TH FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS Where: A tent on the beach in Santa Monica Who's expected: All the nominees and presenters, including Annette Bening, Michelle Williams, James Franco, Aaron Eckhart, Allison...

Party guide: Sunday.(List)
February 25, 2011... GOVERNORS BALL Where: Hollywood and Highland Who's expected: All the Oscar nominees, presenters, and winners make this their first party stop of the night. Why you don't want to miss it: They've ramped it up this year, according to...

Gift suites.(Calendar)
February 25, 2011... ALIVE! EXPO GREEN PAVILION & MIX MEDIA LUXURY LOUNGE When: Today and Saturday Where: London Hotel Posh perks: Mixing a message about ecological responsibility along with a gifting suite is a no-brainer for Kim Shimmel and Patrycja...

Our movies, ourselves: independent film world offers freedom for femme filmmakers to explore complex subjects.(FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS)
February 25, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Last year, Kathryn Bigelow made history by becoming the first woman to win the Academy Award for directing. But at the Spirit Awards, such women-centric laurels are business as usual. The Spirits scooped Oscar by...

Category highlights.(Spirit Awards)(Brief article)
February 25, 2011... For the full list of nominees, visit: ifc.com/spiritawards BEST FEATURE 127 HOURS Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, John Smithson BLACK SWAN Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin GREENBERG Scott Rudin, Jennifer Jason...

Mike Ott: acura someone to watch award.(Brief article)
February 25, 2011... After his 2006 CalArts graduate thesis film "Analog Days" played festivals, Ott "wasted two years meeting with producer types who are never really going to make a movie," he recalls. "One said, 'I forgot my notebook--let's meet next week.' I...

Jeff Malmberg: Aveeno Truer Than Fiction award.(Interview)
February 25, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ignore the entry for the Paris Hilton "comedy" "The Hottie and the Nottie" on Malmberg's IMDB page. "I was fired from that editing job, but they kept my name on it," he says. Instead he spent four years filming the...

Runners-up: noteworthy names round out the Spirit Awards special prizes.(Brief article)(List)
February 25, 2011... ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD LAUREL NAKADATE "The Wolf Knife" "The Wolf Knife" marks Nakadate's second feature film. Pic explores two adolescent girls' conflicted relationship through a voyeuristic style and expressive use of color....

Anish Savjani: Piaget Producers Award.
February 25, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Running from rattlesnakes, getting trapped in sand that quickly turns into mud and leading oxen, horses and donkeys through desert heat are problems more common to biblical characters than arthouse filmmakers. But...

End of making nice in kudos season: journalists and entertainment reps agree: Web has changed rules of game.(ICG PUBLICISTS GUILD AWARDS)
February 25, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Though Hollywood publicists and journalists moved to a 24/7 news cycle years ago, the two camps still used to enjoy something of a reprieve from their conflicting missions in the run-up to the Oscars. For more than...

The Edge of Dreaming.(Movie review)
February 25, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Edge of Dreaming (Docu--U.K.) A Kino Lorber (in U.S.) release of an Amy Hardie Prods./Passion Pictures/Hardworking Movies production in association with Channel 4, VPRO, Scottish Screen, ZDF/Arte, POV, with the...

The Unjust.(Movie review)
February 25, 2011... The Unjust (Bu-Dang-Geo-Rae) (South Korea) A CJ Entertainment presentation of a FilmTrain/Filmmaker R&K production. (International sales: CJ Entertainment, Seoul.) Produced by Kim Yoon-ho, Koo Bonhan. Executive producer, Katharine Kim....

The Oscar-nominated short films 2011: documentary.(List)
February 25, 2011... A Magnolia Pictures release of a Shorts Intl. presentation. Reviewed online, Los Angeles, Feb. 4, 2011. Running time: 197 MIN. Killing in the Name A Global Survivors Network and Moxie Firecracker production. Produced by Liz Garbus, Rory...

The Oscar-nominated short films 2011: live action.
February 25, 2011... A Magnolia Pictures release of a Shorts Intl. presentation. Reviewed on DVD, Los Angeles, Feb. 3, 2011. Running time: 106 MIN. The Confession (U.K.) A National Film and Television School presentation. Produced by Emily Williams. Directed...

Khodorkovsky.(Movie review)
February 25, 2011... Khodorkovsky (Docu--Germany-France) A Farbfilm-Verleih release of a Rezo Films, Farbfilm Verleih Berlin presentation of a Lala Films production in association with LeVision, Bayerischer Rundfunk. (International sales: Rezo Films, Paris.)...

America's Oscar party.(Do Good)
February 25, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Milwaukee knows how to party on Oscar night. So do folks in Atlanta, Kansas City, Omaha, Greensboro, N.C., Charlottesville, Va., and 45 other cities far removed from...

Upcoming events.(List)(Calendar)
February 25, 2011... MONDAY: Judd Apatow is among the honorees at the Venice Family Clinic's Silver Circle gala. Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Venicefamilyclinic.org [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gotham's Museum of the Moving Image salutes Alec Baldwin. Cipriani 42nd...

Family jewels.(Walt Disney awards)(Brief article)
February 25, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Walt Disney had an unusual way of commemorating his many Academy Award wins. He'd buy a miniature replica of an Oscar and have it engraved with the title of the film or the reason for the kudo. He eventually turned...

Grand Central Oscar.
February 25, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Whoopi Goldberg presided over Wednesday's opening of the "Meet The Oscars" installation at Gotham's Grand Central Terminal.

The Women on the Sixth Floor/Les Femmes du 6e etage.(Movie review)
February 25, 2011... The Women on the Sixth Floor (Les Femmes du 6e etage) (France) An SND release of a Vendome Prod. presentation and production, in association with France 2 Cinema, SND, with the participation of Canal Plus, Cinecinema, France Televisions....

Dwayne McDuffie.(Obituary)
February 25, 2011... TV animation producer Dwayne McDuffie, who wrote comicbooks for Marvel and DC and founded his own publishing company before crossing over to television and animation, died Monday of complications after undergoing emergency heart surgery at...

Walter Seltzer.(Obituary)
February 25, 2011... Film producer Walter Seltzer, who made a number of films with his friend Charlton Heston but began his showbiz career as a press agent, died Feb. 18 at the Motion Picture and Television Fund home in Woodland Hills, Calif. He was 96. Seltzer's...

Evelyn Page.(Obituary)
February 25, 2011... Legit singer-actress Evelyn Page died in New York City of natural causes on Feb. 6. She was 90. On Broadway she appeared in "Wonderful Town" (1954), "Little Me" (1963), "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" (1966) and "Canterbury Tales"...

Nicola Rizzi.(Obituaries)
February 25, 2011... Hollywood costume designer Nicola Rizzi died of lung cancer on Feb. 5 in San Clemente, Calif. He was 84. Rizzi was a freelance costume designer who worked for studios including 20th Century Fox, Paramount Studios, Burbank Studios, Culver...

Tom Ferguson.(Obituary)
February 25, 2011... Tom Ferguson, who had roles in films including "Bikini Drive-In," died Jan. 18 in Woodland Hills, Calif., of heart failure. He was 65. Ferguson's showbiz career started in 1993 with "Dark Universe," a direct-to-video movie. He played a bounty...

Christopher Trumbo.(Obituary)
February 25, 2011... Scribe Christopher Trumbo, son of blacklisted scripter Dalton Trumbo, died Jan. 8 in Ojai, Calif., of complications from kidney cancer. He was 70. Trumbo penned the docu screenplay for "Trumbo," detailing the Hollywood Blacklist and its...

Aron Kincaid.(Obituary)
February 25, 2011... Aron Kincaid, who appeared in many of the popular beach party pics of the 1960s, died Jan. 6 in Los Angeles of heart failure. He was 70. Kincaid was featured in "The Girls on the Beach," "Beach Ball," "Ski Party," "The Ghost in the Invisible...

Our Private Life.(Theater review)
February 25, 2011... Our Private Life (Royal Court Jerwood Theater Upstairs, London; 85 seats; 20 [pounds sterling] ($32.39) top) A Royal Court Theater presentation of a play in one act by Pedro Miguel Rozo, translated by Simon Scardfield. Directed by Lyndsey...

Rob Cohen.(Tenpercenteries)
February 25, 2011... CAA has signed writer Rob Cohen. His credits include "The Simpsons," "Saturday Night Live," "The Big Bang Theory," "Just Shoot Me," and "The Ben Stiller Show." He is managed by Mosaic.

Ben Steinbauer.(Tenpercenteries)
February 25, 2011... Director Ben Steinbauer has signed with UTA. He recently directed the docu "Winnebago Man." He is managed by Mosaic. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Natasha Legero.(Tenpercenteries)
February 25, 2011... Brillstein Entertainment has signed thesp Natasha Legero. She stars in the upcoming "Comedy Central Presents" series on March 18. She continues to be represented by the Gersh Agency. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Johnny Messner.(Tenpercenteries)
February 25, 2011... Johnny Messner has inked with Zero Gravity Management. He has wrapped production on "She Wants Me" and "The Killing Game." He is repped by the Gersh Agency. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Optical delusion: 3D offsets decline in U.S. tix sales.
February 24, 2011... The continued rise of 3D and international markets offset a decline in North American movie attendance in 2010, resulting in another global box office record high at $31.8 billion, according to the Motion Picture Assn. of America's annual...

Cablers wedded to royals.
February 24, 2011... Though Britain's royal wedding remains more than two months away, more American cable channels have joined the battle to rule the William and Kate programming empire. Hallmark has matched Lifetime in developing its own original movie based on...

MPTF sets care plan.
February 24, 2011... The Motion Picture and Television Fund will keep its long-term care facility open, reversing its two-year-old plan to shutter the Woodland Hills facility. The MPTF, which has faced extensive criticism over the 2009 closure decision, announced...

How a busted Fox pilot caught a break at A&E.(BACKSTORY)
February 24, 2011... As soon as the shock wore off, the execs and agents knew they needed to move quickly very quickly. The 2010 network upfronts were days away, and Fox had just informed Chernin Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV that it was passing on the...

Bieber bolts to top: Grammys boost 'Never,' other albums.
February 24, 2011... Justin Bieber's "Never Say Never: The Remixes" vaults to No. 1 on the U.S. album chart this week, while sales in the rest of the top 10 are boosted by the Feb. 13 Grammys telecast. However, the week's most chattered-about new release,...

CinemaCon honors Perry.(Tyler Perry)(Brief article)
February 24, 2011... Tyler Perry is set to receive this year's CinemaCon confab inaugural Visionary Award. Kudo will be awarded as part of the confab's Big Screen Achievement Awards on March 31. "Tyler Perry has single-handedly changed the landscape of stage,...

La La still in VH1's court.
February 24, 2011... VH1 has not let the headline NBA trade of 2011 go unnoticed on its network. With star hoops player Carmelo Anthony headed to the media spotlight of the New York Knicks, VH1 is prepping a second reality series starring his wife, La La Vazquez....

Vieira, Perabo, White get Gracies.(Meredith Vieira, Piper Perabo and Betty White )(Brief article)
February 24, 2011... Meredith Vieira, Piper Perabo and Betty White are among the winners in the Alliance for Women in Media's 2011 Gracie Allen awards. Kudos, presented for programming created by, for and about women, went to personnel from all walks of the...

Linkin Park, U.N. talk relief efforts.(music notes)
February 24, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Politics made for typically strange bedfellows Tuesday as raprock hybrid group Linkin Park and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convened for a discussion on efforts to rebuild Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. Despite...

'Heart' pumps sked: Barkin to make B'way debut in play.(LEGIT)
February 24, 2011... OK, now we're full up. The packed Broadway season has landed a down-to-the-wire addition to sked, with Joel Grey's production of "The Normal Heart" booking a 12-week stint at the Golden Theater. Ellen Barkin is set to make her Rialto debut...

Frankenstein.(Theater review)
February 24, 2011... (Olivier, National Theater, London," 1,127 seats; 45 [pounds sterling] ($73) top) A National Theater presentation of a play in one act by Nick Dear based on the novel by Mary Shelley. Directed by Danny Boyle. Sets, Mark Tildesley; costumes,...

Second Stage will explore 'Sex Lives'.(LEGIT)
February 24, 2011... A pair of world preems, Michael Mitnick's "Sex Lives of Our Parents" and Anna Kerrigan's "The Talls," are on tap for the 2011 summer season of Second Stage Theater Uptown. The annual new-play slate from Off Broadway's Second Stage has helped...

'Earnest' in for cast shift.(changes in the cast of the play The Important of Being Earnest)(LEGIT)
February 24, 2011... Brian Murray and Jayne Houdyshell are among the thesps stepping into roles in the Roundabout Theater Company's Broadway revival of "The Important of Being Earnest." Legiters Murray ("Mary Stuart," "Me, Myself and I") and Houdyshell...

Subs Surge in Big Quarter for DirecTV
February 24, 2011... Nobody is cutting the cord at DirecTV, that's for sure. The satellite company said Wednesday that it added 667,000 new subscribers in the period ending Dec. 31, marking its best quarter in a decade. Revenues in the quarter rose 11% to $6.6...

Lorber to bow Gypsy war pic.
February 24, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lorber Films has picked up U.S. rights to WWII drama "Korkoro" for a spring theatrical release. Latest from French writer-helreer Tony Gatlif ("Exiles") follows a mayor (Marc Lavoine) and a schoolteacher (Marie-Josee...

Still in the groove: 'Idol' down but not out.
February 24, 2011... Despite the biggest changes in the show's nine-year run, the beat goes on for "American Idol." Sure, the megahit is down year to year by 15% among young adults, but Fox will take those numbers. After all, "Idol" still towers in the ratings...

Sports agency expands.
February 24, 2011... Sports entertainment agency Wasserman Media Group is expanding its media rights biz in Europe through the acquisition of U.K. firm Reel Enterprise. Financial terms were not disclosed. Reel, formed 13 years ago by David Kogan and Sara...

Fox exec will set the standards.
February 24, 2011... Elizabeth Casey has been upped to exec VP of standards and practices for the Fox Networks Group. She replaces Nicole Bernard, who's now senior VP of audience strategy for the Fox Group and reports to entertainment prexy Kevin Reilly. ...

Net makes room for 'Dad'.
February 24, 2011... Fox has extended its order for Sunday animated sitcom "American Dad" through the 2012-13 season. The seventh-season renewal for the series, which was already picked up for its 2011-12 sixth season, gives exec producers Seth MacFarlane, Mike...

Screen fare at fair: Frankfurt book mart courts showbiz.(World News)
February 24, 2011... The Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's biggest book and content biz confab, is creating Content for Films, a two-day program targeting film and TV producers. Running Oct. 12-13, the first two days of the fair, the initiative aims to attract...

It's amore for Fox Retro.(popularity of Fox Retro television station in Italy)(World News)(Brief article)
February 24, 2011... Two years after its launch in Italy, Fox Intl. Channels' Fox Retro station is proving a top draw on Rupert Murdoch's Sky Italia paybox, leading to the likely launch of FIC's vintage skeins station elsewhere in Europe. Fox Retro, which airs...

Venice plans to make fest more affordable.(World News)
February 24, 2011... The Venice Film Festival is finally making a push to become more competitively priced and user-friendly. For the fest's upcoming 68th edition--Aug. 31-Sept. 10--agreements have been reached with several luxury hotels to offer reduced festival...

Helmer warms to 'Cold'.(GERMANY)
February 24, 2011... Agnieszka Holland, who is finishing up her Nazi-era drama "In Darkness," is to next shoot the mystery thriller "Die kalte Faust des Todes" (The Cold Fist of Death). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Berlin-based Schiwago Film and Warsaw's Opus Film...

Imagi boards Toon Express.(CHINA)
February 24, 2011... Hong Kong animation company Imagi Intl. is buying mainland Chinese shingle Toon Express Group, which owns the popular Chinese toon "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf," for up to $130 million. The acquisition will allow Imagi to broaden its...

Endemol expands int'l ops.(World News)
February 24, 2011... Endemol Worldwide Distribution is expanding its international operations by opening offices in Miami and Moscow. The Miami outpost is meant to serve the burgeoning Latin American and U.S. Hispanic markets. The company named Veronique...

Scott Adam.(Obituaries)(In memoriam)(Brief article)
February 24, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Former assistant director, unit production manager and producer Scott Adam was one of the four Christian missionaries killed by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday, after their yacht was hijacked on Feb. 18....

John Strauss.(Obituaries)
February 24, 2011... Emmy and Grammy-winning composer and producer John Strauss died Feb. 14 in Los Angeles of Parkinson's disease. He was 90. Strauss' television career included writing the theme song and serving as music supervisor for "Car 54, Where Are You?"...

David Taylor.(Obituaries)
February 24, 2011... Theater and theatrical lighting designer David Taylor, who worked on venues that included the Kodak Theater in Hollywood and the New Amsterdam in New York, died Jan. 17 after falling from a highrise hotel in Taipei. He was 48. At the time of...

Danny Malkovich.(Obituaries)(In memoriam)(Brief article)
February 24, 2011... Journalist Danny Malkovich, publisher of the Benton Evening News in southern Illinois and the brother of actor John Malkovich, died Feb. 18, after an apparent heart attack earlier in the week. He was 59. The Malkovich family has owned the...

Nielsen primetime ratings report.(television audience ratings)(Chart)
February 24, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Top shows in 18~49 1. American Idol-Wed. (Fox) 8.2/23 2. American Idol-Thu. (Fox) 7.6/22 3. Modern Family (ABC) 4.3/12 4. Two and a Halt Men (CBS) ...

Actor's Irish ties are smiling.(V PLUS: OSCAR WILDE AWARDS)
February 24, 2011... Paul gudd's not Irish. "My connection to Ireland is more on the Oliver Cromwell side," he jokes. But the actor is being honored as an "Hononary Irishman" at the Oscar Wilde Awards for his deep connection to his family's U.K. neighbor....

Hunt for the magic: casting directors Ros and John Hubbard can take pride in their finds.(V PLUS: OSCAR WILDE AWARDS)
February 24, 2011... It is 35 years since casting directors Ros and John Hubbard--who are being honored tonight with an Oscar Wilde award--set up their company, Hubbard Casting, and in that time they have emerged as a major force in their field. Working on such...

Up-and-comer award belies years of training for Bolger.(Sarah Bolger)(V PLUS: OSCAR WILDE AWARDS)(Brief article)
February 24, 2011... Young Irish thesp Sarah Bolger, who will receive the Wilde Card award for rising talent at the Oscar Wilde Awards, joined Dublin's Young Peoples Theater Co. when she was 5, and within a year was cast in Sid McCartney's "A Love Divided." Her...

Presenter's list grows.(presented for the 83rd Academy Awards )(Brief article)
February 24, 2011... The list of presenters keeps growing as the 83rd Academy Awards draws near. Matthew McConaughey, Javier Bardem and Helen Mirren are the latest slated to present Sunday. Mirren has been nominated four times and won for her perf as Queen...

WGA East joins in opposition.(opposition of the Writers Guild of America East on the legislative bill in Wisconsin that would eliminate all collective bargaining rights of public sector workers)(Brief article)
February 24, 2011... The Writers Guild of America East has issued an endorsement of efforts by public-sector union members in Wisconsin to battle threats to reduce their union benefits. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's bill, which has generated five days of...

ABC exec moving on.
February 24, 2011... Jim Murphy, ABC's senior exec producer on "Good Morning America," is leaving the program for Anderson Cooper's upcoming syndie skein. "We are all in Jim's debt for his hard work and many contributions to ABC News," said ABC News honcho Ben...

A party with punch.(fund raising at a soiree in hono of the movie The Fighter)(V)(Brief article)
February 24, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Vanity Fair's Campaign Hollywood Week kicked off Monday with a soiree at District on Sunset in honor of "The Fighter." The event benefitted Communities in Schools, whose director of development...

Artists fund teachers.(V)
February 24, 2011... Vanity Fair and Brioni honored Artists for Peace and Justice, along with the charity's founders, Paul Haggis and Pierce Brosnan, at WeHo's Eveleigh on Tuesday. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Last autumn, the org built the Academy for Peace and...

They all got Game.(Cartoon Network's Hall of Game Awards)(V)(Brief article)
February 24, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cartoon Network presented its first-ever Hall of Game Awards--aimed at kids--on Monday, and athletes got a chance to go Hollywood and strut their stuff on the green carpet. "I feel like Justin Bieber, but not as...

Pilots fly with stars.
February 23, 2011... Eyeing a return to television a year after the finale of"24," Kiefer Sutherland has taken the lead role in Fox drama pilot "Touch" from Tim Kring. Meanwhile, Minnie Driver, who co-starred on FX drama "The Riches" in 2007-08, will topline CBS...

Digital dueling: Amazon, Netflix joust for content.
February 23, 2011... Amazon stepped up Tuesday to introduce a new streaming service it hopes will compete with Netflix and other online video ventures. But in the ongoing battle to dominate the digital entertainment biz, Netflix made the latest move to stay ahead of...

New Line's new diet.
February 23, 2011... Warner Bros. is looking to slim down New Line again. Though it's not commenting on the record, Warners is aiming to reduce output from New Line to about four films a year from an average of six. And New Line's output will focus more on...

Thesp bites 'Dog' laffer.
February 23, 2011... Steve Carell is fast becoming Mandate Pictures' best friend, signing on to star in the comedy "Dogs of Babel" for the production company. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jamie Linden is adapting the script with Carell, David Heyman, Corey May and...

Sheen the tabloid gift that keeps on giving.(TUNING IN)
February 23, 2011... For years, Chuck Lorre has chafed at what he sees as a lack of recognition and respect for his top-rated CBS comedy, "Two and a Half Men." As they say, be careful what you wish for. "Men" has yet to receive that elusive Emmy, but thanks to...

CNN's in Libya first.
February 23, 2011... CNN's Ben Wedeman has won a dangerous race: Its senior international correspondent is the first TV journo with an American net to file from Libya. That country is enduring the convulsions of a popular revolt against head of state Moammar...

Designer awards fit for 'Swan,' 'Speech'.(award for Amy Westcott )(Brief article)
February 23, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Reflecting the wide-open nature of 2010's awards season, "Black Swan," "The King's Speech" and "Alice in Wonderland" nabbed top feature kudos at the 13th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards on Tuesday night at the...