Tobey Maguire Forms Over Poker Winnings

First Launched: November 28, 2011 1:10 PM EST Credit: WireImage La, Calif. -- Caption Tobey Maguire requires the AFI Lifetime Achievement Honours in Culver City, Calif. (June 11, 2009)Tobey Maguire has made a decision to fold em and settle a suit over his winnings in the billed disadvantage guy throughout high-stakes Hollywood poker games. The Spider-Guy star made the decision to pay for $80,000 to remain the suit filed over greater than $311,000 he was paid out having a billed Ponzi plan operator in Texas Texas Holdem matches that incorporated stars, businessmen while others. If approved having a judge the next month, Maguire pays the money with a personal personal bankruptcy trustee who's trying to extract money that former hedge fund operator Bradley Ruderman bilked from traders to purchase his lavish lifestyle. The money will be familiar with repay sufferers in the plan, which Maguire together with other players were unaware of. Court public record information demonstrate that 14 in the 22 people punished to extract poker winnings have settled their cases for just about any total more than $1.2 million. Maguires settlement states he strongly disputes he violated any laws and regulations and rules, rules or rules regarding participating inside the poker games but was tallying for the payment to avoid fighting the problem, which might be pricey. The actor signed the settlement on November. 22 plus it was filed every day later getting an individual personal bankruptcy court handling the law suits. The trustee alleged Maguire while others did not have right to obtain their winnings within the unlicensed poker games held at trendy hotels and houses. Maguire while others have declined there's anything improper in regards to the matches. In the courtroom filings, Maguire noted he lost $168,500 to Ruderman, who's presently serving a 120 month federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to two counts of wire fraud, two counts of investment agent fraud and willful failure to file for for taxes. Numerous people punished are fighting the events, most particularly actor-director Nick Cassavetes. His attorney has mentioned the games were not illegal as well as the statute of limitations has extended passed for pursuing any criminal charges for your games held between 2006 and 2009. Filings demonstrate that billionaire Alec Gores and Welcome Back, Kotter star and poker afficianado Gabe Kaplan also provide settled cases filed against them. Gores, who along with his brother attempted to purchase Miramax films a year ago, has made the decision to pay for $49,908 to remain a $445,500 suit over Rudermans poker obligations. Kaplan has made the decision to pay for $26,900 after he was punished to recoup nearly $63,000 in winnings. Personal personal bankruptcy trustee Howard Ehrenberg filed the law suits in the finish of March, attempting to extract money regarding people who devoted to just what the suit referred to as a Ponzi plan organized by Ruderman. Ehrenberg did not immediately return a mobile phone message seeking comment Monday. Copyright 2011 with the Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Star Trek 2 Warps In On May 17, 2013

JJ Abrams will shoot in 3DNow that Paramount has finally turned the electricity up high enough on the electrodes attached to JJ Abrams' sensitive parts and made him commit to directing the Star Trek sequel, the pieces are slowly beginning to fall into place. For one thing, the movie might not have a title yet, but it has a schedule, with the studio targeting a May 17, 2013 release date with its torpedoes.Deadline reports that the executives took swift action after Sony shoved Roland Emmerich's Singularity off that date, zeroing in on the time slot and stuffing Kirk, Spock, Sulu and co into place.We assume it'll be day-and-date over here, given that's what happened with the first one.Now, of course, it's up to Abrams to make the thing, working from the script he's been overseeing by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Damon Lindelof (who tweeted the news with "You have boldly waited this long... We shall do our very best to make it worth that wait.")The big news on the Trek front is that Abrams will be making it his first stab at 3D filmmaking, which means the Enterprise will be warping RIGHT INTO YOUR FACE. Okay, hopefully not: Abrams knows what he's doing. But we are little concerned about 3D lens flare burning our retinas out.In related news, there's still no official word on Benicio Del Toro signing on as a villain (Abrams will only cagily say that they're still in discussions) but one person who will really, truly be contributing is composer Michael Giacchino. Yeah, try to look surprised.

REVIEW: The Artist's Greatness Speaks Louder Than Words

We rarely think of as great movies as breezy ones: Breeziness is supposedly only for disposable entertainment, though achieving filmmaking greatness in the way we normally think of it — with impressive sets, heavy-duty acting and ultra-polished cinematography — is probably easier than brushing a movie with just the right amount of gold dust. Michel Hazanavicius’s The Artist is a gold dust movie, a picture whose very boldness lies in its perceived lightness. This is a silent movie in black-and-white, and if it were only that, it would be a pleasant novelty. But The Artist isn’t a nostalgia trip, nor is it a scolding admonishment to honor the past. Instead, it’s a picture that romances its audience into watching in a new way — by, paradoxically, asking us to watch in an old way. The Artist is perhaps the most modern movie imaginable right now. The picture opens in 1927, just as silent-film star George Valentin — played by Jean Dujardin, a genuine movie star in France, though his allure is intercontinental — is riding high. As the movie opens, he’s watching himself in his latest picture from behind the movie screen; his character is a suave masked bandit in an evening suit, accompanied by an efficient Jack Russell who’s also his partner in crime in real life. (He’s played by a fetching actor dog named Uggie.) At home, George’s life is less glamorous and more troubled. His wife, played by a platinum-haired Penelope Ann Miller, is bored and unhappy and lets him know it, particularly when she sees a newspaper photograph in which he’s chastely kissing a comely young woman who wandered into the spotlight at his movie’s premiere. The woman in the newspaper snapshot is an aspiring starlet herself, and she uses her temporary fame — as well as her killer gams — to get a walk-on part in the movie George is filming. This salty-sweet ingenue wants the world to know who she is: “The name’s Peppy — Peppy Miller!” she announces to everyone and no one in particular. (She’s played by Argentina-born French actress Brnice Bejo, an expressive beauty with bobbed hair and incandescent eyes.) Even before George knows Peppy’s name, sparks fly between them on the set: We see it in a marvelous sequence constructed of numerous discarded takes, each one messed up by George’s flummoxed response to this pretty young extra. But George, a married man, resists. (This is a Hollywood movie we’re talking about, not the actual Hollywood.) And so Peppy reluctantly leaves him behind, but not before he gives her a priceless tip about how to make it in the business. Two years later, with the advent of talkies, George will end up broke and forgotten — though not completely forgotten: Peppy, whose star ascended just as George’s sank, remembers the break he gave her when she was just a pretty face and a great set of stems hoping to break into motion pictures. The Artist — which Hazanavicius also wrote — harbors shades of Singin’ in the Rain and A Star Is Born, but in the end it’s its own distinctive creature. It’s also an extraordinarily disciplined picture: Shot by Guillame Schiffman, it throws off a satiny moonlight glow — this is one of the most gorgeous-looking movies I’ve seen all year. Ludovic Bource’s jaunty, champagne-bubble score is period-perfect. And Hazanavicius — best known for the French-made OSS spoof movies — keeps a sure grip on the picture’s tone. The Artist dips into areas of darkness you don’t expect, though Hazanavicius has a light touch as he guides us through the story’s subtle gradations. He also dots the movie with clever touches that are never overworked or arch: George, after hearing that sound pictures are the wave of the future and laughing the news off heartily, lifts a glass from his dressing table and lets it down with a surprise thud — the first, though not the last, sound heard in the picture. It’s not giving too much away to tell you that The Artist ends with a dance sequence, and at that point I felt as if Hazanavicius had responded to the furtive prayers I’ve been offering to the movie gods for years: He renders that dance in long, glorious takes. No crazy cutting to make the steps look more exciting; no close-ups of the feet to show us how fast they’re moving. I had pretty much given up hope that filmmakers knew how to do that sort of thing anymore. Hazanavicius and his actors (which also include John Goodman as a growly-bear studio boss and Missi Pyle as a spoiled, brassy megastar) seem to be in tune with a lot of things that other filmmakers and performers have forgotten — or perhaps have been forced to forget, given what sells in Hollywood movies these days. (The Artist, incidentally, was itself shot in Hollywood.) Smart, quiet movies — let alone smart, silent ones — are hardly the order of the day. Many young people I know laugh at silent movies and silent acting, viewing them as something ancient and foreign, written in a code they can’t possibly understand. As the writer Eileen Whitfield observed in her wonderful biography of Mary Pickford, Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood, modern audiences often view silent movies as if they’re trying to be talkies and failing, whereas they’re really much closer to dance, a symbolic re-enactment. In that sense, silents are stories told in purely visual terms — there are no handy voice-overs to accentuate what we’re seeing on-screen, no hefty chunks of expository dialogue. They may look strange and overdone to audiences who aren’t used to them, but they’re not extreme at all — they’re actually extremely economical. In Bejo and Dujardin, Hazanavicius has found actors who understand that intuitively. Bejo is radiant, but there’s also something solemn and grounded about her. And while Dujardin is almost criminally good-looking, as well as being a superb physical actor — he’s a little Douglas Fairbanks, a little Gene Kelly — he understands that his role demands as much gravity as anti-gravity. The Artist is deeply enjoyable, brioche-light in all the right ways, but it’s also focused and intense — even its joyousness is intense. It begins as a novelty and ends as so much more: In The Artist, the present greets the past like a long-lost friend. This is a movie in which the pleasure of watching is its own glorious sound. Editor’s note: Portions of this review appeared earlier in Stephanie Zacharek’s Cannes Film Festival coverage. Follow Stephanie Zacharek on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Golden Globes TV Predictions from THR's Tim Goodman

This informative article first came out inside the 12 ,. 2 problem in the Hollywood Reporter magazine.our editor recommendsDisney's ESPN Mind George Bodenheimer to lower Day-to-Day Duties Jan. 1ESPN Analyst Drops F-Blast on Live Television (Video)Penn Condition Scandal: Entrepreneurs Bail on ESPN Broadcast I don't care what anybody states, I'm not scared to check shit," states Bill Simmons, reclining at his desk within the sparsely decorated downtown La office. In this situation, Simmons, 42, whose wit, humor and sometimes irreverent Sports Guy column have switched him to the most prominent sportswriter within the u . s . states, is mentioning to Grantland, the ESPN-backed site he launched in June. By September, the web site -- a combination of intellectuals pontificating round the entertainment triumvirate of sports, popular culture and Hollywood -- was tempting 2.4 million unique site site visitors monthly, according to ComScore. It's quite an addition for the Boston native and former America online blogger's portfolio, which boasts two best-selling books, the Peabody-winning 30 for 30 documentary series, 1.5 million Twitter fans and an amount of B.S. Report podcasts that are each downloaded about 750,000 occasions. The married father of two, who gone after La to produce for Because Of Due To Jimmy Kimmel Live! and keeps lots of Hollywood fans who appreciate his capacity to check a game title title to have an episode in the Wire (nowadays, he's even recapping Tv shows), sitting lower to talk about his vision for Grantland, his Hollywood gripes and also the tentative plan to add "TV star" to his résumé. The Hollywood Reporter: Why did you decide to pursue Grantland? Bill Simmons: I'd spent three years concentrating on this book, which i had been striking 40, which i had been like, "What can If only to complete extended-term?" I usually aspired to make a site that was sports and popular culture. 30 for 30 stood a large impact because I loved how that was about finding, strengthening and dealing using these incredible company company directors, which i figured the identical factor perform for authors. I looked into different sites and looked through all the most popular magazines and tried to locate people who have been enroute up. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Finest Fantasy Football Fans THR: How perhaps you have convince ESPN to invest in it? Simmons: Simple -- I'd made it happen with another person. My contract still had 10 several days to go to, which we started talking about this, which i mentioned: "If only to find this out, and If only to make it happen here. However when we get through to the finish of people 10 several days, I'm still going to make it happen.In . THR: Podcasts certainly are a large focus to suit your needs. You'll be able to real business there? Simmons: Yes. In my opinion we could cut them into Tv shows, but ESPN and ESPN 2 can run them. That's why we built the studio to accomplish half-hour shows or hourlong shows or whatever. THR: And that means you're prone to turn your podcast interviews into half-hour sit-lower interview shows? Simmons: Yeah. In the event you think about the ESPN schedule, you will discover plenty of occasions where, say, a game title title 7 fell through, or they thought a game title title happens plus it doesn't. Or at this time around, where they thought they'd have a number of these Basketball games they don't have. They have time, so when you've evergreen content you'll be able to give them, they're prone to run it whether or not this's good. THR: To date as site visitors go, who's round the wish list? Simmons: In my opinion the most effective podcasts we've done are actually ones where people are smart. Accustomed to perform a podcast with Ticketmaster Boss [Nathan Hubbard], that people thought was great. I'd enjoy getting Aaron Sorkin on. Ray David might be really fun. Anybody that has created a great show -- David Simon or Matthew Weiner. I am in a position to always get commissioners and sports people, however'd would rather dive into Hollywood a little more. I'm approaching it somewhat in different ways. In my opinion after they do industry interviews, it's always "inside baseball." This can most likely be considered a great conversation. THR: What else do you want associated with Grantland that you just haven't yet? Simmons: We discuss it just like you will discover TV seasons. Season one, which we just finished, involved not heading lower in flames, creating a crowd and having a complete staff, which we didn't have until Labor Day. We've four more utilizes to produce, you have to'll be accomplished at about 16 total. Season two is ongoing to acquire authors. One factor that we was wanting happens immediately was getting stars to produce for people. Whenever a celebrity who is able to really write desires to write something, they're doing it for your Huffington Publish, which pisses me off. THR: In May, before Grantland launched, you mentioned inside an interview that you just weren't sure you'd produce the website in the event you needed to make it happen once more. Still believe way? Simmons: It absolutely was possibly the worst possible time will be able to did the interview. I had been beginning in four days, which we weren't ready, which i might potentially come down in flames. Look, we launched before we have to have, which we didn't plenty of people. We'd watching people us and were hypercritical the initial day or two -- that people didn't think was totally fair, however get it. The identical factor happened once we launched Jimmy's show. You obtain judged due to the first week when you are getting judged due to your 30th week. Jimmy's show didn't even get to be the reveal that it is until 18 several days in. They can say all he wants, but he's full of shit. (Laughs.) You learn, and you also make a few mistakes. It really seems like people are scared to check things. Related Subjects ESPN 1 2 next last

After Latelys Sarah Colonna Talks Plans For NBC Sitcom

First Published: November 17, 2011 4:25 PM EST Credit: Caption Sarah Colonna (left) and Sarah on the cover for her Feb 7, 2012-due book, Life As I Blow It (right)LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Chelsea Handler isnt the only funny lady coming to NBC. The network recently greenlit a pilot script from former Last Comic Standing semifinalist, the very funny Sarah Colonna. We have it set in a restaurant bar and grill in the south, Sarah told AccessHollywood.com of the scenery to Life As I Blow It, the sitcom inspired by her own roots growing up in Arkansas. You can get so many characters that way the people that work in restaurants and come in to restaurants, and the people that you run into that you have known forever, but you havent seen. And [in] that small town, youre waiting on your ex-boyfriend and his wife or whatever it is, so I think there can be a lot of fun aspects in that. Sarah, who appears on Chelsea Lately and After Lately (the latter of which finds her serving as a producer), said her late night E! boss is fully behind her upcoming venture, which if all things go as planned is expected to shoot during the 2012 pilot season. Shes excited and shes really supportive of it, Sarah said. The comedy, produced by Adam Sandlers Happy Madison and Sony Pictures Television, is based around Sarahs February 7-due memoir, Life As I Blow It: Tales of Love, Life & SexNot Necessarily in that Order. The comedian will star in the project, unless they replace me, she joked, as it features Sarah the character, navigating life in a small town where everyone knows each other or thinks they know each other and conversation can be too close for comfort. Oh yeah, people tell you exactly whats going on or they ask those questions where youre like, Wait, are we supposed to talk about that? We havent seen each other in years, she laughed. Its also shaping up to be a show about a single woman navigating old school values and her own modern ideas. Youre bumping into people who are like, Why arent you married with kids? And your family is sort of curious what youre gonna do with your life, but youre fine, she explained. A lot of people are trying to live a little more independently now in that atmosphere and I think they bump up against people going, Well, what are you doing? Why arent you doing what were doing and having children and settling down and all those things? So I think it would make an interesting story that people can relate to. It was just a few weeks ago that Sarah, a veteran of Last Comic Standing, got the news that her project had been picked up to pilot and she admitted she was cruising through Los Angeles traffic when the call came through. I did cry in my car on the phone. Totally dangerous. But hey, I was using hands-free so it was fine, she said. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Michael Jackson Biopic Circulating Hollywood

Celebrities, better start practicing your better moon walk and learning the "Thriller" dance. Showblitz is verifying that Michael Jackson's estate is shopping the idea for just about any biopic for your late pop star around Hollywood. Apparently Ivan Reitman and Tom Pollock's production company remains approached about potentially creating the project. Apparently the pic would only cover certain periods of Jackson's existence (read: some Neverland controversies might not be told). Now you must for your speculation for who should play in the King of Pop to begin! See the relaxation of current day film news following a jump! First Photos Of "Imogene" Hit The Internet Kristen Wiig has extended been concentrating on her passion project, the dark comedy "Imogene." Finally, the initial images in the film have lately hit the internet. ComingSoon.internet (via First Showing) gets the photos, with a glance at Wiig, Annette Benning, Matt Dillon and Darren Criss. The film follows Wiig just like a NY playwright who imitations her dying to obtain the attention of her ex-boyfriend (Dillon). Rather, she eventually eventually ends up needing to relocate along with her gambling-addicted mother (Benning). Steven Spielberg Eying "Gods And Nobleman" After coping with animation, the story of Abraham Lincoln subsequently subsequently together with popular Broadway play, Steven Spielberg is becoming thinking about adapting the story of Moses. Twitch finds that Spielberg and Warner Bros have became a member of into formal talks for him to direct their film "Gods and Nobleman." It may need popular have a look at full existence story of spiritual figure, Moses. Chances are the film would start filming noisy . 2013, if Spielberg formally signs about it. Bill Nighy For "I, Frankenstein" Villain? Stuart Beattie's modern-day undertake Mary Shelley's classic horror novel "Frankenstein" might be getting a significant exclusive villain. Variety is verifying that Bill Nighy is at predicts play "I, Frankenstein's" baddie, a demon prince, while Australian actor Socratis Otto remains triggered to star one of the prince's evil henchmen. Aaron Eckhart stars as Adam, Dr. Frankenstein's monster who's being hunted by demons to enable them to uncover the key of his creation making their unique military of reanimated corpses. David Fincher's "Nefertiti" Will receive a Film author It's taken very extended to acquire a Nefertiti biopic for the silver screen, nevertheless it seems like David Fincher's attempt is making good headway. Variety reviews that film author Eric Roth has became a member of discussions to draft the script for your adaptation of Stacy Schiff's biography "Nefertiti: A Existence." Roth is much better known to as author for "A Curious Situation of Benjamin Button" (which was directed by Fincher) which Christmas's "Very Noisy and very Close." First Images From "Butter" Hit The Internet Just what if Jim Area Smith's "Butter" only got meh reviews if the opened up at Telluride taken? The political satire, featuring Jennifer Garner just like a Sarah Palin-esque public figure competing a tad too intensely in Iowa's annual butter-firming competition, is loaded with lots of aspects for fans to acquire excited for, including (while not limited to) a sex scene between Olivia Wilde and "Twilight's" Ashley Greene. /Film provides extensive new pictures within the film, and states expect a trailer (finally) in another handful of several weeks. "Butter" hits theaters on March 26, 2012. Reveal your opinions on current day Dailies inside the comments section below or on Twitter!

Ough Gervais to host the Golden Globes

GervaisRicky Gervais is coming back as host from the Golden Globes carrying out a Wednesday election through the The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, an individual near to the process told Variety. Some particulars still have to be exercised prior to the decision is ratified, however with both sides now in complete agreement, Gervais is basically locked to look around the The month of january 15 telecast on NBC. HFPA membership was divided on whether or not to restore Gervais, whose personal attacks throughout last year's monologue made many uneasy. After ending up in the official from NBC -- that was greatly in support of Gervais' return -- the election went his way. The HFPA confirmed this news on its website moments later Wednesday, saying: "Although welcome Gervais's return, not everybody is satisfied using the decision because this past year his blunt one-inserts focusing on large-title celebs triggered anger and bitterness in certain quarters. Following the show Gervais ignored the potential of returning for any third time, but he progressively warmed towards the idea and recently met with HFPA Leader Dr. Aida Takla-O'Reilly in Paris to go over it.'" Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

The Legal Fight Over Who Reaches Say "YUUUP!" On Tv

Dork Hester, star from the&E's Storage Wars, is fighting a rapper over standby time with the signature catch-phrase, "YUUUP!" Noooope[1], this ain't an account. Hester has filed a suit against Trey Songz (bornTremaine Neverson) which is seeking a order in the court that bars the rapper from "interfering" along with his usage of "YUUUP!" Lawyers for Songz sent a cease-and-desist letter to Hester that needed the reality TV star stop uttering the phraseduring the show's auctions of snapped up goods, in line with the NY Publish.The rapper states that"YUUUP!" remains his "signature appear" since no less than 2009, but clearly, he not successful to trademark it. According to searching of trademark records, Hester registered"YUUUP!" on three occasions, dating back to the 2009 May. Besides, Hester saysthat the two uses of "YUUUP!" appear different. Songz' version, in line with the complaint, "resembles a dog-like or non-human squeal which begins getting a definite 'yeeee' appear before finishing getting a squeal-like 'uuuup' appear." Songz doesn't possess the signs and symptoms of the trademark, but sometimes have theoretically become one round the appear in the word itself. While you court interpretation the USPTO's standards put it, ""A appear mark depends upon aural considered the listener which can be as fleeting since the appear itself unless of course obviously, clearly, the appear is actually naturally different or distinctive it attaches for the subliminal mind in the listener being awakened when heard also to link while using source or event it's struck." It's a greater threshold. Harley-Davidson learned this hard means by relation to its ten years if this unsuccessfully attempted to join up a appear mark round the syncopated chug of the idling V-twin motorcycle engine. In the 100s of thousands of trademarks registered, just a part of people cover sounds. Good good examples are the roar in the MGM lion and NBC's three-note musical chime. Acquiring a appear mark around the catch-phrase is a lot more rare, but there's been sensors of victory[2]for just about any handful of businesses that have attracted it well. The silver medal for top appear mark visits last century Fox, which registered in 2008 a mark composed in the spoken word, "D'OH," the famous Homer Simpson utterance. Nevertheless the gold must visit Comcast's Versus network, which this past year got a appear mark round the word, "HOLY," being uttered, a bleep,getting a cymbal together with a climbing lower guitar slide without anyone's understanding. Just like, "Have a look at our ratings! Holy (Bleep) ((Vvvvvvv))" If Songz occurs understand this publish and realizes he or she must have attended the U.S. Trademark Office to acquire a appear mark on"YUUUP!" he'd best be careful about exclaiming, "D'OH," or saying "HOLY" then be some bleeps together with other strange sounds. Ba dum ching[3] E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner [1]. Not registered [2]. Not registered [3]. Not registered, but IBM has incorporate a patent claim over certain uses in the laugh track.

Amazing Race's Laurence and Zac: The U-Turn and achieving Lost "Pressed Us Inside the Edge"

Laurence and Zac Sunderland The Astounding Race's Laurence and Zac Sunderland managed to get Zac's two left foot within the Roadblock together with a U-Turn, and were apparently enroute for the Pit Stop after they got hopelessly lost for just two several hours. "They'd some strange signs in Copenhagen which we ended up losing your way,In . Zac, who at 17 was the youngest person to sail solo around the globe this past year, notifies TVGuide.com. "We needed some wrong turns, got a little of bad advice plus it kind of did us in ultimately." Uncover why traffic am bad, why they'd no luck while using residents as well as the scoop on Laurence's old rock-band.Incredible Race's Justin and Jennifer: It absolutely was a "huge mistake" not biking backWhen perhaps you have notice you're going the wrong method?Zac: Like two or three occasions. It absolutely was just tough to change.Laurence: Almost every day before we turned up in Denmark, they'd a deluge of rain along with a couple of from the streets were closed. It handled to obtain very difficult traffic-wise, aside from losing your way.Zac: Yeah, one of the primary streets i had been on really was shut lower, as being a six-lane road just completely shut lower and grinded with a halt from flooding. Lots of places downtown continued to be as bailing water.How extended managed to get happen decide to try get on the right course?Zac: I had been always making progress toward the general portion of Copenhagen i had been stated to become prone to. It absolutely was a significant unknown area. We probably asked for like 40 people and each time we have got another answer. It needed us substantially more than usual.Laurence: A Few Things I thought appeared to become interesting in Copenhagen was that hardly any everybody was ready to help if you asked for. Many of them walked one other way or folded away of the question from the vehicle. It absolutely was just interesting that in other nations that individuals happen to be to, everybody only agreed to be very ready to help, in Copenhagen, it absolutely was the choice. Not just we, however think other teams experienced difficulties coping with the neighborhood people too, like [Marcus and Amani]. In my opinion they were camera-shy or something like that like this.Do you realize what measures behind Jeremy and Sandy you're?Zac: We don't define. Well, once we really left [the Detour], In my opinion they were directly behind us. Somewhere along on the road they overtook us ultimately got lost.If you got lost, the thing that was your mindset? Perhaps you have think you're last or perhaps you have think other teams may be inside the same predicament?Laurence: We'd advisable i had been last or second to last, but we would never know until we parked out vehicle and counted the cars that have been there. It had been like, "Oh, OK. We're the ultimate vehicle here." [Laughs] There are many luck associated with this. We gave it good shot.Amazing Race's Liz and Marie: Our cabbie ripped us offYou started the shin bone off so well, acquiring the sooner flight. You've for the castle first after which it dancing slowed down lower you lower. Zac: Yeah, dancing needed me way too extended. That was not merely one of my prouder moments! Nevertheless it was awesome to make use of the old castle. It needed us a while to discover the exact same thing, however i was one of the primary teams to discover it. It absolutely was an obscure clue. It was not colored with yellow and red-colored-colored like the clues were in the last seasons. You possessed to do a lot of digging yourself which we found a guy showing us where the castle was, but we lost a couple of places there.Can you tell within the initial clue the Roadblock involved dancing?Zac: We literally drove our rental vehicle to the primary square in the castle. I'm unsure once we were supposed to accomplish this. But we acquired the clue which i forget exactly what it really mentioned, nevertheless it mentioned something about medieval merriment, and you also only have a few momemts to find out, therefore i needed it because my dad attempted the ultimate two Roadblocks which i took it into there and do one. Plus it switched to become dancing! It needed a while, but we still weren't in last place once we left.How surprised had you been that Bill and Cathi U-Switched you?Laurence: I've got a dartboard throughout my room utilizing their picture about it! [Laughs] I'm kidding!Smartly for the whole race, on the account and Ernie and Cindy, the snowboarders could have been the higher target given that they have won lots of legs, but can you understand why they selected you?Zac: We considered that the while once we were removed. "Oh, they ought to have transported this out. They ought to did that." In the heat as soon as, you'll probably do what you consider is suitable. They were probably shocked they were U-Switched and also you possess a matter of seconds with this particular board to determine which teams are directly behind you. I don't think they thought i would be completely started, just that we'll be knocked back a little. Nevertheless the U-Turn combined with losing your way pressed us inside the edge.Amazing Race's Kaylani and Lisa: We're shocked Marcus did not recall the answerYou wasted your U-Turn last leg on Marcus and Amani. What went lower there?Zac: I was not necessarily sure they'd found the U-Turn yet. We thought they and Jeremy and Sandy were both behind us, nevertheless it switched out it absolutely was Jeremy and Sandy, and Justin and Jennifer.You earn plenty of little mistakes both legs. You think these added up ultimately?Zac: Yeah, a couple of things didn't meet up. However think everyone makes mistakes. Situations are so inside the moment you have to opt for this one hundred percent and discover where it takes you. You can't waste considerable time making certain everything's perfect. It's a race plus you've got to keep going.I like that you just were removed alongside a spead boat. Zac: Yeah! [Laughs] I didn't know very well what the region was, nevertheless it was awesome to find out it absolutely was a spead boat. We didn't achieve about it, however heard another teams were built with a chuckle there.Laurence, what's this about yourself in a rock-band in older times?Laurence: How have you ever heard that? [Laughs] Yeah, before I discovered America, I used to be the frontman from the rock 'n' roll band referred to as Xyphoid. I loved it greatly. I still play a little for the kids. I don't need my ego given as much in this era! We'd a pleasurable experience. ... It absolutely was an Australian band, and right when Irving Azoff and many types of the big males in Hollywood were calling us, our visas were drained which i met this beautiful, wonderful lady who's now my partner as well as the mother from the kids. I ended up coming back to England and being launched here and having a citizen of the united states.Just what are you currently to date?Zac: I'm in Extended Beach at this time around, reaping helpful benefits from stuff together for the next adventure, got a little of recent management aboard [for] another sailing adventure.Laurence: I started a company referred to as WorldWind Productions which we produced a documentary referred to as Wild Eyes: The Abby Sunderland Story and Wise: The Zac Sunderland Story. I furthermore run the Sunderland Yacht Management and Shipwright Co. and i'm chasing after following the six kids that are still in your house. We're keeping pretty busy here!

Anna Kournikova to Exit Greatest Loser Following This Season

Anna Kournikova Anna Kournikova won't be coming back towards the Greatest Loser next season, TVGuide.com has confirmed. "I loved time around the Greatest Loser ranch," Kournikova stated inside a statement towards the Hollywood Reporter, who had been first to report the exit. "Although I won't be coming back like a full-time trainer on Season 13, I'll always take part in The Greatest Loser family and my resolve for improving lives through physical fitness continues.Inch Read Dolvett Quince's Greatest Loser blogs for TVGuide.com NBC did not immediately react to TVGuide.com's request comment. The 30-year-old tennis professional became a member of the NBC weight-loss show together with Dolvett Quince to meet the increasing demand when trainer Jillian Michaels left after Season 11. Prior to the full-time gig, she visited the ranch to guide a tennis-designed challenge in Season 10.

Yates to direct bigscreen 'Doctor Who'

Yates"Harry Potter" director David Yates is joining track of the BBC to show its legendary sci-fi TV series "Physician Who" right into a bigscreen franchise. Yates, who directed the final four Potter films, told Daily Variety that he's going to start focus on creating a "Physician Who" movie with Jane Tranter, mind of L.A.-based BBC Worldwide Prods. "We are searching at authors now. We are likely to spend 2 to 3 years to have it right," he stated. "It requires a significant radical transformation to consider it in to the bigger arena." "Physician Who" follows the adventures across space and duration of an excellent-intelligent alien in human form, who battles a number of cosmic criminals assisted by plucky human buddies. "The idea of times-travelling Time The almighty is really a powerful one, since you can express story and drama in a dimension or time," Yates stated. The series went from 1963 to 1989, after which was effectively restarted in 2005 by author Russell T. Davies and subsequently by Steven Moffat ("The Adventures of Tintin"). Tranter oversaw the revival when she was the BBC's drama topper working in london. "Physician Who," starring Matt Cruz because the eleventh version from the Physician, has become among the pubcaster's best global TV franchises. The series airs Stateside on BBC America. Yates made obvious that his movie adaptation wouldn't follow on in the current TV series, but would have a completely fresh method of the fabric. "Russell T. Davies after which Steven Moffat did their very own changes, that have been fantastic, but we must put that aside and begin on your own,Inch he stated. Yates and Tranter are searching for authors on sides from the Atlantic. "We would like an english sensibility, but with that said, Steve Kloves authored the Potter films and taken that British sensibility perfectly, therefore we are searching at American authors too," he described. You will find two previous films, in line with the TV series: "Physician Who and also the Daleks" (1965) and "Physician Who: Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D." (1966), both starring Peter Cushing. The BBC has since designed a couple of not successful tries to create a "Physician Who" feature, and shot a 1-off telepic in 1996 at any given time once the TV series was dormant. However the mixture of Yates and Tranter means this is actually the most high-powered effort up to now to produce "Physician Who" to the bigscreen. Before pointing "Harry Potter and also the Order from the Phoenix," "Harry Potter and also the Half-Bloodstream Prince" and both areas of "Harry Potter and also the Deathly Hallows," Yates labored with Tranter on several BBC TV series, including "The Way In Which We Live Now" and "Condition of Play." Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

John Grazer Replaces Brett Ratner as Oscars Producer [UPDATE]

UPDATE: It's official. John Grazer has transformed Brett Ratner as Oscars producer, and -- unlike earlier rumblings -- won't hold a candlelight vigil for Eddie Murphy to return as host. "Affiliates tell me that Imagine Entertainment co-founder John Grazer has handled to maneuver about this mid-day," written Nikki Finke at Deadline in regards to the Murphy-return gossips she initially revealed. "'We aren't coming back to him. No chance,A it is said.In . Noted! "It's very satisfying to sign up a demonstrate that honors excellence inside the medium that i have devoted lots of my career," mentioned Grazer inside the Academy of motion Picture Arts & Sciences news release about his hire. "John Grazer can be a famous filmmaker who within the last two-and-a-half decades has produced an assorted and amazing body at work,In . mentioned AMPAS leader Tom Sherak. "He'll certainly bring his tremendous talent, creativity and associations for the Oscar." Now all that's left gets a number. EARLIER: The thing that was rumor mere several hours ago is becoming apparently almost fact. Deadline's Nikki Finke reviews that John Grazer has recognized the Academy of motion Picture Arts & Sciences offer to produce the Oscars telecast, carrying out a resignation of Brett Ratner. How come you care that Grazer, the super producer behind 'J. Edgar' and 'Tower Heist,' has already established the gig? While he will attempt to convince Eddie Murphy not to-quit as Oscars host. Yes it's true: per Finke, the Academy wants Murphy to host and Grazer's first duty as producer is to find him back! Hey, why not? As of this rate, maybe Ratner can go back to cater the Oscars or something like that like this. (Shrimp cocktail, natch.) Just hire Neil Patrick Harris already, AMPAS. RELATED 10 Possible Oscar-Host Substitutes Ough GervaisRobert Downey Junior.The MuppetsMeryl StreepTina FeySteve Martin and Alec BaldwinNo OneNeil Patrick HarrisHugh JackmanBilly Very See All Moviefone Galleries » [via Deadline] [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Soderbergh at AFI Fest: Angelina Jolie Meets Steven Seagal in Haywire's Gina Carano

AFI Fest’s “secret” screening of Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire wasn’t so much a showcase for the AFI darling as it was a coming out party for MMA bruiser-cum-action heroine Gina Carano, whom Soderbergh glimpsed fighting one night on TV and subsequently built a star-studded spy thriller pic around. But it’s hard to say if first-time actor Carano will branch out in a film career beyond the often lo-fi action experiment. Is she a hybrid of Angelina Jolie and Steven Seagal, as Soderbergh suggested Sunday night? Or is there more of a Cynthia Rothrock quality to Carano’s steely gaze and powerhouse physicality? Haywire, which will be released by Relativity on January 20, follows spy/assassin Mallory (Carano) as she treks the globe after a double-cross, attempting to unravel the mystery of who betrayed and set her up on a recent job, and why. Through a series of flashbacks, past operations unfold with plenty of opportunity to watch Carano in action: pummeling grown men and fellow spies, parkouring across the rooftops of Europe, killing with a cold precision tempered by righteous motivations (and a conscience, of course), all while taking her fair share of bone-crunching blows along the way. While Carano’s dramatic scenes leave something to be desired (her character seems to be written around her dry delivery and limited acting chops, similar to the more experienced but icy star of Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Experience, Sasha Grey), the cast around her steps in to elevate the proceedings. There’s Ewan McGregor as Mallory’s boss and ex-flame, a private subcontractor who sells assassinations and spy ops to the likes of Michael Douglas and Antonio Banderas’s shady government types. Channing Tatum is kind of great as a fellow spy who toes the company line when Mallory goes rogue. Michael Fassbender’s performance as an MI6 agent who may or may not be trustworthy is another highlight with a particularly memorable fight scene, while Bill Paxton, Michael Angarano, and Mathieu Kassovitz round out the cast with solid supporting turns. The plot twists and turns its way around familiar spy genre tropes, courtesy of Lem Dobbs (Kafka, The Limey, Dark City), who had to reverse-engineer the story because, as Soderbergh requested, “She need[ed] to beat her way through the cast.” While the unraveling conspiracy and spy games are nothing new and serviceable at best, where Haywire excels — and has the most unadulterated fun — is in reveling in the sight of watching Carano take on her famous co-stars in close-quarters combat. They may outperform her with character work and the spoken word, but no accomplished actor in the cast can conjure the pure glee of Carano believably tossing grown men around, or kicking an enemy — one played by an Oscar-hopeful in this year’s awards race, no less — clear through a glass-paned door. Conjuring everything from Jolie to Seagal to early Bond films (“the From Russia with Love era”), Soderbergh explained the impetus for making his relatively low-budget action pic at a post-screening Q&A, where stars Carano, Michael Fassbender, and Ewan McGregor joined him for a chat moderated by The Informant co-star Joel McHale. “I’d just been fired off a movie,” said Soderbergh (said movie was Moneyball, later directed by Bennett Miller). Catching Carano fight one evening, he had the idea of putting her into a spy action picture. “I just thought, wow — somebody should really build a movie around this woman. She’s kind of amazing. She’s a natural beauty and she beats people into a pulp in a cage.” “There were two things that were motivating,” he said. “One is, why is Angelina the only woman currently who’s allowed to run around with a gun and beat people up? And the other is, somebody 20 years ago decided to put Steven Seagal in a movie — [he’d] never been in a movie…” The Haywire Q&A took a turn for the silly itself with McHale at the helm, yielding topics ranging from Seagal’s reality TV show (revelation of the night: Michael Fassbender is aware that Steven Seagal: Lawman exists) to the goat balls McGregor once ate on his own reality show, Long Way Down. Then there was Soderbergh’s lengthy faux lament of Kim Kardashian’s divorce (“I almost didn’t come tonight… we’re all in a period of mourning. I’ve been on some miserable shoots, and 72 days is a long time”) and his vague insinuation about real-life privateers and the financiers of Haywire: “Let’s just say the guy who funded this movie, his country’s now run by someone else.” The best anecdote from the filming of Haywire, perhaps? McGregor recalled a choreographed fight scene in which he accidentally clipped Carano with a punch. “I punched her right in the head,” he said. “She came straight up and she went, ‘Are you okay?’” “And she was right, I really fucking hurt my hand. She didn’t even feel it!” Could the same be said about Angelina Jolie… or Steven Seagal, for that matter? Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Dirty Dancing Remake Can get Release Date

Patrick Swayze and Cynthia Rhodes in Dirty Dancing Dirty Dancing fans will have to wait nearly couple of years for your remake striking movie theaters. The up-to-date version in the 1987 cult classic, being produced by Lionsgate, is scheduled for release about this summer time 26, 2013, Deadline reviews. Jennifer Grey states she's "excited" about Dirty Dancing remake In August, the film's original choreographer,Kenny Ortega, introduced his expects to direct a remake in the unconventional love story starring Jennifer Grey as well as the late Patrick Swayze. Maria Maggenti (Monte Carlo) is writing the script with Ortega and Debra Martin Chase creating. Are you currently presently aboard while using Dirty Dancing redux?

'The Dictator' Star Jason Mantzoukas Signs With UTA (Exclusive)

David Livingston/Getty Images Jason Mantzoukas has signed with UTA for representation in most areas. The actor-author-producer will next be viewed asthe co-lead alongside Sacha Baron Cohen in Vital's The Dictator. Younger crowd seems on Cinemax's Enlightened and Forex's The League. His film credits include Baby Mama and Please Give. Like a author, Mantzoukas lately developed Ambulance Chasers for Forex and produced the NBC pilot Off Duty. Mantzoukas is a talking to producer on Adult Go swimming's Kids Hospital and IFC's Portlandia. He's also written for Kids. Mantzoukas can also be symbolized by manager Christie Cruz at Variety and attorney Shaun Endlich ofMorris Yorn Barnes Levine Krintzman Rubenstein & Kohner. He was formerly symbolized by CAA. Email: Daniel.Burns@THR.com Twitter: @DanielNMiller UTA