Daily Variety articles from November 2011, page 2

Daily Variety archives from November 2011

Captors.
November 29, 2011... Captors (Boston University Theater," 890 seats; $89 top) A Huntington Theater Company presentation, in association with Michael Weinberger, Jeffrey Mandel, Tom Heller and the Kostman Family, of a play in two acts by Evan M. Weiner....

FX sets midseason sked.(Brief article)
November 29, 2011... FX has set up its midseason schedule for the return of "Justified" and "Archer," as well as for freshman series "Unsupervised." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Justified," starring Timothy Olyphant as a U.S. marshal based in Kentucky, will begin...

Lear sees politics the American way.(Norman Lear)(Interview)
November 28, 2011... People for the American Way will mark its 30th anniversary at a Dec. 5 fete at the Beverly Wilshire, and while there will be plenty of references to the org's origins as a counter to the religious right, founder Norman Lear sees a more urgent...

NBA, nets now court fans.
November 28, 2011... As hoops finally moved from the boardroom back onto the court, ESPN and ABC are nearly as excited as the NBA's rank-and-file. After a 149-day lockout ended early Saturday morning with owners and players reaching a tentative agreement that...

A modest feast: auds dine on 'Dawn' at home, o'seas.
November 28, 2011... A table packed with Thanksgiving dishes including B.O. winner "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn--Part 1" and a trio of kidpics, led by Disney's "The Muppets," couldn't stave off a 10% drop from last year's five-day holiday sesh. But overseas...

HBO pilot sets team.(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... Robert Schwentke has been tapped to direct the HBO drama pilot "The Lobotomist," with Daniel Thomsen onboard to write the script. Schwentke, who helmed "The Time Traveler's Wife," will also exec pro duce with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer...

GOP should try auditions, not debates.(THE BACKLOT)
November 28, 2011... Memo to: Roger Ailes From: Peter Bart Watching yet another presidential debate a couple of weeks ago, I was left with the following question: Why haven't the Republicans found themselves a casting director? OK, I realize this is a...

'Cole' preps for spring.(The Jack Cole Project)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... Director-choreography Chet Walker, one of the co-creators of the 1999 terp tribute revue "Fosse," is at work on a new dance-centric outing, "The Jack Cole Project," set to have its world preem this spring at Queens Theater in the Park. ...

Thesp ready for a 'Fight'.
November 28, 2011... After dealing with highly intelligent primates in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," John Lithgow is transitioning to highly unintelligent politicians in Warner Bros.' "Dog Fight." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis...

Whistler nod to Shannon.(Michael Shannon)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... Michael Shannon will be honored at the 11th annual Whistler Film Festival's Spotlight Tribute and Gala on Saturday. Tribute and gala will take place at the British Columbia city's Whistler Conference Center and the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural...

Pair recruited in London.(Mackenzie Crook, Nancy Carroll )(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... Mackenzie Crook ("Jerusalem") and Olivier Award winner Nancy Carroll ("After the Dance") lead the Donmar Warehouse cast of "The Recruiting Officer." The production of George Farquhar's 18th-century military and marital comedy, which ushers in...

The Iron Lady.(Movie review)
November 28, 2011... (U.K.) A Weinstein Co. (in U.S.)/20th Century Fox (in U.K.) release ofa Pathe, Film4, U.K. Film Council presentation with the participation of Canal Plus and Cine Plus, in association with Goldcrest Film Prod., of a DJ Films production....

New Regency bolsters its ranks.(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... New Regency is bringing on Andrew Calof, a creative exec at Paramount Pictures, as VP of production, continuing a personnel shift that began when Arnon Milchan re-emerged over the summer to take more control of the company he founded. ...

Forstmann, IMG up exex.(Forstmann Little & Co)
November 28, 2011... Forstmann Little & Co. and IMG have appointed new toppers in the wake of Ted Forstmann's death on Nov. 20. Michael Dolan has been promoted to chairman and CEO of IMG, the talent agency and sports production giant. The Forstmann Little...

Shingle links H'wood, Japan.
November 28, 2011... Japanese advertising conglom Hakuhodo DY Holdings and vidgame producer Sega Corp. have launched Stories, a production company aimed at partnering with Hollywood writers, directors and producers to generate film and TV programming based on...

No last-minute save: Prospect Park ends online soap plan.(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... Prospect Park is abandoning a plan to keep long-running ABC soaps "One Life to Live" and "All My Children" alive by moving them online. The company issued a statement Wednesday confirming it had pulled the plug. "It is with great...

YouTube catches Mouse.
November 28, 2011... Walt Disney Studios has struck a deal with Google-owned YouTube to make its films available for rental on the website. The pact includes hundreds of titles from Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks (which the Mouse House distributes), including...

Nat Geo docu peers into NSA.
November 28, 2011... The ultra-secret National Security Agency has done the unthinkable: It's agreed to let in TV cameras. The org will be the unlikely subject of a National Geographic Channel docu in January called "Inside the NSA"--marking one of the very few...

We Bought a Zoo.(Movie review)
November 28, 2011... A 20th Century Fox release presented in association with Dune Entertainment of an LBI Entertainment, Vinyl Films production. Produced by Julie Yore, Cameron Crowe, Rick Yorn. Executive producer, Ilona Herzberg. Co-producers, Paul Deason, Aldric...

I Hate My Teenage Daughter.
November 28, 2011... (Series," Fox, Wed. Nov. 30, 9:30 p.m.) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Filmed in Los Angeles by Gavin & Roxie Prods. in association with Warner Bros. Television. Executive producers, Sherry Bilsing-Graham, Ellen Kreamer; producer, Lisa...

The Exes.
November 28, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] (Series," TV Land, Wed. Nov. 30, 10:30 p.m.) Filmed in Los Angeles by Mark Reisman Prods. and Acme Prods. Executive producers, Reisman, Michael Hanel, Mindy Schultheis; co-executive producer, Franco E. Bario;...

The MPAA.(Motion Picture Association of America)(Exec Shuffle)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... The MPAA has added two execs in its Washington office with the appointment of Cybele Daley as senior veep of government affairs and Anna Soellner as veepee of corporate communications. Daley comes to the org from lobbying firm Van Scoyoc...

Universal Music Publishing Group.(Exec Shuffle)
November 28, 2011... Universal Music Publishing Group has promoted Monti Olson to exec veep and head of pop and rock music creative. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] He was previously veep of A&R. David Kokakis has advanced to senior veep and head of business and...

AMC Networks.(Exec Shuffle)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... Alicia Broughel has joined AMC Networks as senior counsel and compliance officer while John Derderian has been named senior counsel for AMC/Sundance Channel Global. Broughel joins the cable programmer from the law firm of Paul Hastings, where...

Scripps Networks Interactive.(Exec Shuffle)
November 28, 2011... Scripps Networks Interactive, parent company of nets including DIY Network and HGTV, has tapped Dale Roy Robinson as director of programming for its Home unit, which includes both nets. Robinson previously worked as a freelance producer for NBC,...

Participant Media.(Exec Shuffle)
November 28, 2011... Gabriel Brakin has been upped to senior VP of business and legal Affairs at Participant Media. Brakin joined the production company in 2008 from O'Melveny & Myers, where he was an entertainment and media attorney.

Epix.(Exec Shuffle)
November 28, 2011... Epix has promoted Andy Hunter to g.m. of digital media applications. Based in Gotham, he reports to Epix prexy-CEO Mark Greenberg. Hunter has spent the past two years as head of marketing for the pay TV net that is a joint venture of Viacom,...

NBCUniversal.(Exec Shuffle)
November 28, 2011... NBCUniversal's Daily Candy digital net has tapped Fernando Romero as veep of advertising sales. Romero was most recently managing director of national partnerships at Gilt City, a unit of Gilt Groupe and before that was national sales director...

Pixomondo.(Exec Shuffle)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... Simon Mowbray has vfx company Pixomondo as a creative director, based in Los Angeles. Mowbray comes to Pixomondo from Ntropic where he served as creative director and vfx supervisor. He previously spent 13 years as veep and creative director of...

Upcoming events.(Calendar)
November 28, 2011... WEDNESDAY: BAFTA Los Angeles' Britannia Awards fete Warren Beatty, Helena Bonham Carter, John Lasseter, Ben Stiller and David Yates, among others. Beverly Hilton. Bafta.org/losangeles THURSDAY: Sarah MacLachlan performs at Autism Speaks' Blue...

Gross und Klein.(Theater review)
November 28, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] (Sydney Theater," 896 seats; $A130 ($128) top) A Sydney Theater Company presentation of a play in two acts by Botho Strauss. Directed by Benedict Andrews. Translation, Martin Crimp; sets, Johannes Schutz; costumes,...

Age of excellence: the season's thesps chuck glamour, pile on make-up, go for the grit.(V PLUS: SAG PREVIEW)
November 28, 2011... Today's top-flight actors are aging with a vengeance. A remarkable number of A-list stars are setting aside romantic comedies and glamour to take on the serious roles--and serious special effects make up--while courting award recognition in...

Amy Adams on Kenneth Branagh in 'My Week With Marilyn'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... To see Kenneth Branagh play Laurence Olivier is to truly understand destiny. He was born to play this role. As captivated as I was by the vivid portrayal, what impressed me most was Kenneth's ability to lose himself and disappear inside the ego...

Marion Cotillard on Michelle Williams in 'My Week With Marilyn'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... Michelle Williams' portrayal of Marilyn is not an impersonation, she eloquently depicts the all-encompassing layers of the woman who has captivated the world even 50 years after her death. Michelle embodies this challenge with a mysterious...

Carey Mulligan on Kristen Wiig in "Bridesmaids".(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I've now seen "Bridesmaids" five times. It was a huge, great stonking relief to watch a film that made me burst out with laughter, loud snorting (embarrassing on the airplane) laughter--to see a film that moved me and...

Ashton Kutcher on Melissa McCarthy in 'Bridesmaids'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It was my favorite performance of the year. She just made me laugh really hard. It was so refreshing to watch a woman be the way I know women to be. They're a little bit crass and a little bit more honest than they're...

James Franco on Michael Fassbender in 'Shame'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... There is a heavy use of classical music to make the New York atmosphere feel heavier, the sets are generally pristine and sterile, and the lighting is dark and moody, but most of all, Michael Fassbender's regal presence is at the center of...

Patrick Dempsey on Octavia Spencer in 'The Help'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For me, no performance in recent memory defines "scene-stealing" more than Octavia's portrayal of Minny. She enlivens every scene she's in adding humor, vulnerability, feistiness and most of all humanity. She takes the...

Julia Roberts on Viola Davis in "The Help'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... To say Viola Davis is brilliant is to say running a marathon is difficult. It is simply something we all know. Now, I have never run a full marathon, but I have worked alongside Viola and I can tell you it is incredible. She is masterful. She is...

Jodie Foster on Anton Yelchin in "Like Crazy'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... I love quiet performances when an actor allows you to search underneath his skin, whispering to you instead of clubbing you to death with his or her intentions. Intimate, deep, real, Anton Yelchin gives you all the rapture and longing of young...

Jane Fonda on Elizabeth Olsen in 'Martha Marcy May Marlene'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... Since I was defined for so long as daughter/sister/aunt of someone famous, I was very curious to see who this Lizzie Olson (sister of the Olson twins) was who would play my granddaughter in her first film, "Peace, Love and Misunderstanding." It...

Diane Keaton on Sarah Paulson in 'Martha Marcy May Marlene'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sarah is the real thing in terms of being an actress. I see myself as one of those people who's played variations of myself. With her, she can do anything. She's an extremely gifted actress, but I've never seen her do a...

Jason Bateman on Steve Carell in 'Crazy, Stupid, Love'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... He's brilliant at being able to live in both a dramatic moment and a comedic moment in the same scene and sometimes in the same line. That just shows an incredible agility and a lot of talent as an actor, not just a comedian. He's 100%...

Colin Farrell on Michael Shannon in 'Take Shelter'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... I've witnessed Michael Shannon's brutal talent take many forms in all the work that he's done through the years, but there was something new in his performance in "Take Shelter." Mike is known for playing extreme characters, but as Curtis...

Bette Midler on Glenn Close in 'Albert Nobbs".(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Glenn Close has given us many indelible and moving portraits over the years, but folks, you ain't seen nothin' yet! With "Albert Nobbs," I had no idea what I was going to see. It began, and I sat back to wait for her...

Alfred Molina on Eddie Redmayne in 'My Week with Marilyn'
November 28, 2011... The film is atmospheric, full of period detail and abundant with wonderful performances. As Colin Clark, Eddie Redmayne is both nuanced and graceful. His gifts as an actor become sharper with every film, and yet in "My Week With Marilyn" he...

Marcia Gay Harden on Shailene Woodley in 'The Descendants'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... In 2005 I had the great honor of playing Shailene Woodley's mother in "Felicity: An American Girl Adventure." I was immediately impressed by her work ethic, both on and off set. Here was a young girl flawlessly embodying a Colonial era,...

Robert Forster on Dominic Cooper in 'The Devil's Double'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I saw "The Devil's Double" with a couple of friends, and I kept asking myself, "Is it one guy playing both parts?" and I told myself halfway through, "It's two." And then the guy sitting next to me said, "That's the...

Kate Winslet on Evan Rachel Wood in 'The Ides of March'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... Evan could have gone very hysterical with this role. She could have dressed it up much more than she did and been more showy. But she looked like an intern. She looked like a girl in an office. Evan kept that character human. She was just a girl...

Mary-Louise Parker on Demian Bichir in 'A Better Life'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Demian Bichir moves through Chris Weitz's 'A Better Life' as though he were weighted underwater. He seems to be fighting for any levity to bring him up for air, gesturing like a man trying to move through more than...

Julianne Moore on Ellen Barkin in 'Another Happy Day'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... Ellen's character, Lynn, is incredibly wounded, tremendously vulnerable and needy. She's infuriating. but she also really grabs at your heart. You really feel for her. You think, 'Oh my gosh, this poor woman never feels satisfied with what she...

Peter Fonda on Owen Wilson in 'Midnight in Paris'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Owen Wilson's performance in "Midnight in Paris" is different than any other film incarnation I've seen in a Woody Allen film. As Gil, Owen's quirks, mannerisms, speech patterns and other tools on his palette seem to...

Ben Foster on Tilda Swinton in 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Those eyes. Eyes like wind tunnels. Watching her work is like witnessing a master glass blower. She glows from within, changing shape, twisting and expanding, each performance impossibly unique. Tilda Swinton's...

Michael Shannon on Woody Harrelson in 'Rampart'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Woody just works from the ground up. You get the feeling that every molecule in his body is focused on the task at hand. I've never seen somebody be so focused. And obviously going through...

Salma Hayek on Antonio Banderas in 'The Skin I Live In'.(Actors on ACTORS)
November 28, 2011... Halfway through seeing the extraordinary Pedro Almodovar film, "The Skin I Live In," I had the sudden realization that Antonio Banderas, the man I know so well, had completely vanished from the screen. All I could see was Robert Ledgard, the...

Catherine Keener on Jonah Hill in 'Moneyball'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... All of Jonah's prior work seems like practice for what he does in "Moneyball." Bennett Miller's movie is fantastic and unexpected, and it needed a fantastic and unexpected performance from the actor who plays Peter Brand, the guileless...

Robert Duvall on Christoph Waltz in 'Carnage'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Christoph is a wonderfully unique actor who comes from the stage. And since "Carnage" was filmed as a stage play, he is very comfortable in that setting. His is a steady performance that doesn't completely demand...

Anthony Hopkins on Jodie Foster in 'Carnage'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... In the film "Carnage," under the brooding power of Roman Polanski's direction, we are drawn, step by step, into the hell of other people's lives. In Sartre's "No Exit," one of the characters says: "Hell is other people." The four people, in this...

Shirley MacLaine on Christopher Plummer in 'Beginners'.(Actors on ACTORS)
November 28, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Christopher's performance in "Beginners" is impeccably restrained, low key brilliant and humorously self-deprecating. I was wondering if his irreverence with dignity isn't based on a secret life he's never told us...

Cate Blanchett on Ralph Fiennes in 'Coriolanus'.(Actors on ACTORS)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... In order to tackle Shakespeare, one needs to understand stakes. The worlds he creates, although readily identifiable, are never domestic or petty. As an actor, both on stage and screen, Ralph's choices are always rich and surprising. He is an...

Tribute honors Rothman's indie pic roots.(IFP GOTHAM INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS)
November 28, 2011... Those who are not familiar with Tom Rothman, chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, the company behind "Avatar," "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and "The X-Men" franchise, might be surprised by the mogul's presence at this year's Gotham...

Kudos cultivate auds: Gotham honors put edgy indies alongside star-driven fare to raise pic profiles.(IFP GOTHAM INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS)
November 28, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What: Gotham Independent Film Awards When: Today Where: Cipriani Wall Street, New York Web: Gotham.ifp.org...

Honey Pupu.(Movie review)
November 28, 2011... (Xiaoshi dakan) (Taiwan) A Good Day Films (in Taiwan) release of a Red Society Films presentation. (International sales: Good Films Workshop, Taipei.) Produced by Yeh Jufeng, Terrisa Chen, Wei Yingchuan. Directed by Chen Hung-l....

Irving Elman.(Obituaries)
November 28, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Irving Elman, who was a Broadway playwright as well as a writer and producer for movies and television, died Nov. 22 in La Jolla, Calif., of cardiopulmonary arrest. He was 96. Elman penned three plays mounted on...

Gene S. Cantamessa.(Obituary)
November 28, 2011... Sound mixer Gene S. Cantamessa, who earned an Oscar for his work on "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" and also received six other nominations, died in Los Angeles on Nov. 8 after a long hospitalization. He was 80. In addition to "E.T." (he shared...

Lee Pockriss.(Obituaries)
November 28, 2011... Songwriter and composer Lee Pockriss, whose varied career involved composing for Broadway literary adaptations, Perry Como, bubblegum novelty singers and "Sesame Street," died in Bridgewater, Conn., on Nov. 14. He was 87. While Pockriss' most...

Mark Hall.(Obituaries)
November 28, 2011... Mark Hall, who created much-loved British children's animation, including "Danger Mouse" and "Jamie and His Magic Torch," died Nov. 18 in Manchester after a short illness. He was 75. Hall worked closely with his college friend Brian Cosgrove....

Saul Richfield.(Obituary)
November 28, 2011... Saul Richfield, a manager and public relations man for Bobby Darin, Connie Francis, the Four Keys and the Barry Sisters, died of a heart attack on Nov. 15. He was 84. Born in New York City, he began in the entertainment industry as an usher...

Kay Armen.(Obituary)
November 28, 2011... Singer, actress and composer Kay Armen died in New York on Oct. 3 after a short illness. She was 95. During a show business career that spanned almost six decades, Armen worked in radio, television, onstage and in film. She also performed in...

Liz Anderson.(Obituaries)
November 28, 2011... Liz Anderson, who wrote country music hits for Merle Haggard and others and was the mother of singer Lynn Anderson, died Oct. 31 in Nashville of complications from heart and lung disease. She was 81. Haggard had hits with her songs "I'm a...

George Rountree.(Obituaries)
November 28, 2011... George Rountree, musical director of famed Motown quartet the Four Tops for more than 30 years, died Oct. 30 in a Las Vegas hospital. He was 61. Rountree, known simply as Tree, also performed other roles for the group, including arranger,...

Memorial.(Obituaries)
November 28, 2011... A celebration of the life and work of actress Frances Bay will be held Sunday, Dec. 4, at 4:30 p.m. at the Odyssey Theater, 2055 South Sepulveda, Los Angeles. Bay, 92, died Sept. 15. RSVP to FJTols@aol.com or brynaweiss@ gmail.com

The Ambassador.(Movie review)
November 28, 2011... (Ambassadoren) (Docu Denmark) A Zentropa Real Aps presentation, in association with New Danish Screen, in coproduction with Film i Vast, Zentropa Intl. Sweden. (International sales: Trust Nordisk, Copenhagen.) Produced by Peter Engel,...

The Warped Forest.(Movie review)
November 28, 2011... (Japan) A Shuniehiro Miki Office production in association with AOI Promotion. (International sales: Nice Rainbow, Tokyo.) Produced by Yasuhito Nakae, Motohiro Kumakura. Directed by Shunichiro Miki. Screenplay, Miki, Yuuka Oosumi. Camera...

Italy's local heroes: H'wood pics did in busy Italo market.(World News)
November 28, 2011... Hollywood movies are losing traction at the Italo box office, where total admissions are down 8% to 86.8 million in 2011 to date, with local movies soaring to 38% of the market, touted as the highest homegrown share in the Western world. ...

Exec exits in U refocus.(World News)
November 28, 2011... Clare Wise has ankled as exec veep of international production at Universal Pictures Intl. after nearly four years in the role. Wise's post is not expected to be filled in the upcoming months. Her departure comes after Christian Grass exited...

'Alcatraz' a lock for UKTV.(World News)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... UKTV, a growing force in the U.K. acquisitions market, has nabbed exclusive British TV rights to J.J. Abrams' thriller "Alcatraz." The pay TV operator, owned by the BBC and Scripps, also secured another skein from Warner Bros. Intl....

Fest is tale of 'Snail'.(World News)
November 28, 2011... "Planet of Snail," South Korean helmer Seung-Jun Yi's feature docu about the daily life and love of a deaf and blind man, won the VPRO IDFA award for best feature at the 24th annual Intl. Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Friday night. ...

'War,' 'Student' top Gijon.(World News)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... "Declaration of War," from Gallic thesp-turned-helmer Valerie Donzelli, and Argentine Santiago Mitre's "The Student" dominated the top awards at Spain's 49th Gijon Festival on Saturday, sharing its Prince of Asturias award. A Cannes Critics'...

'Worst' named best at Huelva.(I'd Receive the Worst News From Your Beautiful Lips, Huelva Ibero-American Festival)(World News)(Brief article)
November 28, 2011... Beto Brant and Renato Ciasca's steamy melodrama "I'd Receive the Worst News From Your Beautiful Lips" won the Golden Colombus on Saturday at Andalusia's 37th Huelva Ibero-American Festival. Huelva's Special Jury Prize went to Argentina's "The...

FilmFlex, HMV team.(World News)
November 28, 2011... U.K, entertainment retailer HMV is partnering with VOD provider FilmFlex Movies to launch a new movie service dubbed hmvon-demand. Service, which will be available to HMV rewards program customers before launching in January, will make a slew...

Skipper on deck at ESPN.
November 23, 2011... Disney is handing the reins of ESPN to the veteran programmer who has broadened the cabler's focus into international sports and greatly enhanced its programming across all media platforms. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] John Skipper, exec veep of...

Kids table at B.O.: tyke pic trio, 'Dawn' vie for holiday pie.
November 23, 2011... A wealth of choices for family auds over Thanksgiving weekend could cause kidpic cannibalization. Disney's "The Muppets" is expected to top Aardman Animation's 3D CGI "Arthur Christmas" and Martin Scorsese's 3D f/x-laden "Hugo." But B.O....

Media slams NYPD tactics.
November 23, 2011... The NYPD's enforced media blackout of its raid on protesters in Zuccotti Park last week is already having consequences for the department: On Monday, some 13 news orgs, including local ABC, NBC and CBS affiliates, demanded a meeting with police...