Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Tony Bennett scores first No. 1 album

Tony Bennett, in his 61st year as a recording artist, proves his timelessness this week as his "Duets II" becomes the pop vocalist's first No. 1 album. The 85-year-old singer's all-star Columbia set bows at the top of the U.S. album chart with 179,000 copies shifted, according to Nielsen SoundScan data for the week ending Sept. 25. Sales were undoubtedly heated by widespread airing of Bennett's "Body and Soul" video with Amy Winehouse, in what proved to be the late British singer's last recorded performance. Bennett's previous personal best was "Duets: An American Classic," which debuted at No. 3 in 2006 with a 202,000-unit week. In his '60s heyday, Bennett peaked with his "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" album, which hit No. 5 in 1962. Historically, "Duets II" out-positions a couple of other celebrity sing-offs -- Frank Sinatra's 1993 "Duets," which topped out at No. 2, and its No. 9 successor of 1994. Only similar recent project to reach the top slot was Ray Charles' posthumous "Genius Loves Company" (2004), which debuted at No. 2 and finally reached No. 1 in March 2005 after its multiple-Grammy triumph. Week's other top five debut is Demi Lovato's "Unbroken" (Hollywood). Teen Disney star's third set launches at No. 4, just missing the six-figure mark with 96,000. Her last album "Here We Go Again" debuted at No. 1 two years ago. After just a one-week reign, country threesome Lady Antebellum's "Own the Night" (Capitol Nashville) falls to No. 2 with 125,000 sold in a 64% decline. Adele's still-puissant "21" (Columbia) dips one position to No. 3, losing just 2% and selling 117,000. Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter IV" (Cash Money) drops two posts to No. 5 with sales of 84,000 (off 28%). Four other acts make comparatively mild top 10 debuts this week. Needtobreathe's "The Reckoning" (Atlantic) moves in at No. 6 with 49,000 sold out of the box. Christian rock band, which has moved no higher than No. 20 on the chart in three previous tries, has been opening for Taylor Swift. Young R&B boy band Mindless Behavior makes its first album chart appearance with "#1 Girl" (Interscope). L.A. act's debut set reaches No. 7 with a 36,000-unit stanza. Soulful vocalist Gavin DeGraw's "Sweeter" (RCA) takes the No. 8 slot with a 34,000-unit opening. Singer received the sort of pre-release publicity no one wants in August, when he was assaulted in NY's East Village. Pearl Jam's "Twenty" (Columbia), the soundtrack for Cameron Crowe's documentary about the Seattle band, arrives at No. 10 with 27,000. It slips into the top 10 just behind Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Watch the Throne," holding its No. 9 position with 31,000 (down 14%). Headed for the chart next week are fresh albums by J Cole, Blink-182, Wilco and Switchfoot. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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Monday, September 26, 2011

Amen

A Kim Ki-duk production. (International sales: Finecut Co, Seoul.) Produced, directed, written, edited by Kim Ki-duk.With: Kim Ye-na, Kim Ki-duk.Post-millennial love is riddled with fear and the inability to communicate, says Kim Ki-duk's "Amen," and if that sounds cliched, then so be it. Meandering and oddly lethargic, pic boasts glaring narrative inconsistencies and willful abstractions that aren't buttressed by any sense of intellectual coherence. Consequently, this low-budget fable about a Korean woman adrift in Europe descends further into the solipsism of Kim's recent "Arirang," suggesting the acclaimed helmer has likewise lost his way. Kim's own prediction at a San Sebastian press conference that, apart from diehard fans, non-fest auds are unlikely to show any interest is probably spot-on. An unnamed Korean girl (Kim Ye-na), with no French and little money, arrives in Paris in search of a street painter called Lee Myung-soo for reasons at first unclear. Finding her way to his home, she is told he has moved to Venice. She calls his name out across the rooftops, hoping he will miraculously hear her, and lies down in a cemetery (she's drawn to the solidity and peacefulness of religious statues) before boarding a train where a mysterious figure in a gas mask enters her carriage, rapes her in a tunnel and robs her of her possessions, including her shoes. The girl is given practically no dialogue, demonstrating her lack of a voice in this alien culture. Now forced to walk around in a pair of slippers and seemingly little the worse for her experience, she manages to find Lee's address, but is told he has gone to Avignon. There, after falling asleep in a field, she awakens to find her shoes have been returned to her. Intriguingly, her attacker is also her protector. As hermetically sealed as the surreal gas mask that features so largely here, "Amen" is deliberately haphazard in its relationship to reality. The multiple credibility flaws -- for example, that the masked figure leaves taunting clues in places where the heroine just happens to be passing -- bespeak either utter carelessness or auteur arrogance, but in either case it's the film that suffers. By some measure the film's strongest element, Kim Ye-na is compelling as she patters hesitantly around. Forced to bear the weight entirely alone, she registers beautifully the nuances of fear, anger, frustration and general vulnerability. But auds will be as uncertain as she is about just what is going on. Multiple issues, from the loss of a sense of religion to, yes, the viewer as voyeur are all touched on but never developed, perhaps the result of there having been no script in place when shooting began. Presumably meant as an homage to the European continent that has feted him for so long, pic has Kim Ki-duk hauling his digital camera around various attractive locations and indeed bringing them successfully to life with the directness of a tourist video. Several nicely composed frames contrast with the general air of spontaneous artlessness, such as when the girl sits forlornly on some steps as a pigeon slyly eyes her. Sound makes good use of ambient noise, rising and falling to reflect the intensity of the nightmare the girl is going through.Camera (color, HD), Kim; sound, Kim. Reviewed at San Sebastian Film Festival (competing), Sept. 17, 2011. Running time: 72 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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3 Arts & Sander/Moses Sell Drama Projects

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has bought Pandemic, an untitled medical thriller drama from Mystic Pizza author Amy Holden Manley, 3 Arts Entertainment and last century Fox TV. WME-repped Manley is writing the project, which follows an epidemiologist who's facing difficult adversaries while he fights to avoid a catastrophic pandemic. She'll executive produce with 3 Arts’ partner Erwin Stoff, that's been leading a push inside the drama area for your management/production company this season. Stoff is executive creating for 3 Arts two other hourlong projects, a cop drama with magical aspects of Michael Eco-friendly and 20th TV, which recently showed up a put pilot commitment at ABC, and CIA drama Secret America at NBC from author Peter Landesman, Imagine TV and 20th TV. Meanwhile, ABC has bought Puzzle Master, from ABC Art galleries and studio-based Sander/Moses Prods. Put together by Gwendolyn Parker (Without any Trace), the project concentrates on a awesome puzzle master who uses her unique skill and distinctive approach to perceiving the world to help the San Francisco Bay Area Bay Areas Special Research Division solve crimes. The project is inspired with the work of prolific puzzle and gaming designer Scott Kim. Paradigm-repped Parker and UTA-repped Ian Sander and Kim Moses will executive produce. This really is really the 2nd project at ABC this season for Ghost Whisperer executive producers Sander and Moses, who offer the circus-designed Berzerkus inside the works within the network.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Post-Mortem: Why Young Guys Didnt Drive

There aremany box office deaths that are deserved.But few and far between are the box office deaths that get grieved. Welcome to the wake for Drive. This well-reviewed favorite at the Cannes and Toronto film festivals, with 92% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, was a cut above other moviesso this is more of a post-mortem than an autopsy report.As FilmDistrict’s president of theatrical distribution Bob Berney emailed me the weekend of its opening,”Dont know if youve seen Drive or not.But its extreme in many ways: ultra-violent, very different pacing. As Albert Brooks (sleazy crime lord and ex-movie producer in the film) says about his characters films,’some critics call them European’.This film is not a typical formulaic wide release.Yes, the CinemaScore is ‘C-’ but I just think that their methodology is designed for the average, wide release film. They never anticipated asking people about a Nic Refn movie! I dont buy it and hope they are very wrong.” Defined as an American genre movie, based on the book by James Sallis, with a screenplay by Hossein Amini, Drive was FilmDistrict’s widest release to date — 2,886locations. Itarrived by way of a pre-buy for U.S. from script stage.Ryan Gosling hand-picked Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson with TomHardy, The Pusher Trilogy).Refn, who went on to win Best Director at Cannes for Drive,has told the story of his “blind date” with Ryan when he first came to LosAngeles: Nic had the flu and was on some type of American medication and wascompletely out of it at the meeting. After awkwardly looking down and not sayinganything, he finally asked Ryan to drive him home. (Nic doesn’t drive.) On the way, with REO Speedwagon playing, he began crying but was living theconcept of the movie; a guy driving at night listening to pop music. Ryan saidhe was in.Through the process they became pals and planningmore films together. (Then again actors respond toRefn. It’s rumored that, instead of “action”, he yells “Let’s fuck!” when starting ascene.) InToronto, Nic, Ryan, Bryan Cranston, and scene-stealing Albert Brooks all wore dark suitsand looked like they had just stepped off the setof Reservoir Dogs. Despite all the Internet and fest hype, Drive‘s weekend box office was surprisingly low-key.FilmDistricthad projected Drive would open#2 witha $12M-$14M weekend.While many R-rated action and horror films normally drop on Saturday over the first weekend, it had a healthy 11% jump, signaling good word-of-mouth for Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman,and Albert Brooks who could getsupporting actor nominations for playing against type.Butit eked out only an $11M weekend for #3.Younger males used to flock to such anoriginal, violent, and stylized R-rated film that breaks a lot of rules.They didn’t.But now young guys who used to be Hollywood’s target audienceare just not consistently (and indiscriminately) going to the movies anymore.The reason is either financial or too many other entertainment choices. That wasthe gist of internal conversations insidestudios all summerwhen uncompelling fare like Conan The Barbarian, Fright Night,Cowboys & Aliens, and Green Lantern fell short with young guys.”It didnt dawn on us they weren’t coming tothe malls,” one perplexed exec told me. “Instead, adults did.” Still, Drive’s mere $4M was the 3rd best opening day forGosling, behind Crazy, Stupid, Love and The Notebook,sparkingdebate over whetherRyan is hurt if hecan’t fill seats fora good pic.”Noway,” Berney tells me. “It says that he is a smart guy who picks challenging roles and is in it for the long career. He has carefully taken smaller indie roles over the pastfew years and has mixed in bigger studio films where he always shines. Hesgot a supportive team behind him, and he doesnt follow the typical path, and Ireally think that will serve him well over the long run.” As for Drive‘s underperformance, Berney admits to me, “Somepeople thought it should have done $20M the first weekend, but they are crazy!Even with the great reviews and Cannes pedigree, its still an ‘arts-ploitation’film. Its out there in a new genre. Its really a polarizing film but in a good way. The pacing, music, style, and violence creates heated debate and reaction. The people that love it, really love it and talk about it. But its too extreme for many.” FilmDistrict plansover the next few weeks in terms of the number oflocations to consolidatein each market so the screen averages for core theaters in top urban marketswill remain high.For its 2nd weekend in release,Drive was the#2 or #3 film in many of the complexes. Overall, it was No. 7 and dropped only -50%. There may be life left in this pic.

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Friday, September 23, 2011

Jury Selection To Resume In Jackson Doctor Trial

FIRST PUBLISHED: September 23, 2011 11:23 AM EDT LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Michael Jacksons personal physician returns to court Friday for in-person questioning of potential jurors in his involuntary manslaughter trial. The session comes two weeks after a pool of 145 people was created to possibly hear the case against Dr. Conrad Murray. Prosecutorsand defense attorneys have been going through the groups responses to a 30-page questionnaire and dismissing some of the group if their answers indicated certain biases. The judge has not revealed how many people have been dismissed. Attorneys will have limited time to question prospective jurors. Opening statements are scheduled to begin on Tuesday in Los Angeles. Murray has pleaded not guilty. Authorities contend he gave the singer a lethal dose of the anesthetic propofol in the bedroom of the singers rented mansion on June 25, 2009. Copyright 2011 by Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Trailer: Joe Carnahans The Grey

Open Road has released a teaser trailer for The Grey, the Joe Carnahan-directed drama in which Liam Neeson leads a team of oil drillers whose plane crashes in the Alaskan wilds — right in the middle of a territorial pack of rogue wolves. Open Road acquired the film last month for around $8 million and a $25 million P&A commitment to launch early next year, with a possible platform release to put Neeson in the Oscar race. Here is the teaser:

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Hawaii Five-0's Masi Oka Dissects the Premiere's "OMG" Moment During CBS Tweet Week

Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0's Masi Oka live-tweeted Monday's Season 2 premiere, kicking off CBS Tweet Week on a fun note. The episode picked up one week after the events of the Season 1 finale, where McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) was framed for the murder of Governor Jameson (Jean Smart) by Wo Fat (Mark Dacascos). As Chin Ho (Daniel Dae Kim) attends the funeral, John Locke Lt. Commander Joe White (Terry O'Quinn) makes his arrival. "OMG it's O'Quinn," Oka tweets. Hawaii Five-0: Can the team be put back together? McGarrett is still in prison, but someone wants to make sure he doesn't come out of there alive. In particular, nemesis Victor Hesse (James Marsters), who finds a way to end up in the yard alone with, greeting him with a swift screwdriver to the gut. "The polar bear will attack after this scene," Oka jokes about the intense fight scene, recalling a mysterious creature on Lost, the series that co-starred O'Quinn and also filmed in Hawaii. It turns out, Wo Fat hired Hesse to kill McGarrett, but Hesse decided to instead save his own life (because Wo Fat is so going to turn on him) by giving McGarrett the opportunity to escape and kill Wo Fat first. "W/e that guy is going to die anyways. He IS a fool. They always die," Oka notes. The cops are now on the hunt for McGarrett, but the team reunites to help him out. The minute Kono (Grace Park) comes on screen, Oka offers, "We have a pretty good-looking cast." Very true. Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows Back to McGarrett, who has taken cover in a bathroom. "Conveniently a cop comes to use the restroom," Oka says as McGarrett is faced with his first threat, though he's easily able to disarm the officer and even suits up in his uniform, making it that much easier to get away. Surprisingly, McGarrett seeks shelter at Max's apartment. Following a trail of blood, Max calls the police but stops himself when he sees the unconscious McGarrett in the bathroom. ("The umbrella as a sword was an homage to my Heroes days," Oka says of Max's "weapon" when he comes in). After 5-0 reunites, Danny (Scott Caan) begrudgingly takes McGarrett to meet White where it's revealed that McGarrett's dad, John McGarrett, was asked to look into corruption in the police department. John hid the evidence, though, in order to protect his family. Meanwhile, Kono has been tracking Wo Fat, who's preparing to make a run for it. Just as she snaps a surveillance picture of him - "Uh oh Kono. That music isn't good for you," Oka says - she gets captured by his people. "Dramatic music + hidden snapshots = trouble," Oka adds. Kono comes face-to-face with Wo Fat, who dumps her evidence in the ocean. "That was an expensive laptop," Oka jokes. Which Hawaii Five-0 characters made our list of TV's sexiest crime fighters? After Jenna Kaye (Larisa Oleynik) finds the locker key where the evidence is hidden, the team discovers a digital card that contains video footage filmed from within the governor's office. Chin Ho and Danny head to the governor's mansion to see if the camera is still there, which may have additional evidence to prove McGarrett is innocent. "Conveniently a hidden camera still exists for a year," Oka says. HPD discovers that McGarrett has been hiding at Kamekona's shave ice store and surrounds the place, but McGarrett doesn't come out guns blazing. Instead, he surrenders himself. Fortunately, Danny, Chin Ho and Lt. Governor Sam Denning (Richard T. Jones) show up just in time to vindicate him. Five-0 is then reinstated, but it no longer has full immunity. "Full immunity. Is this Survivor? Maybe people will get voted off 5-0," Oka says. However, Kono can't be cleared until after Internal Affairs finishes their investigation. Speaking of Kono, she's able to escape from Wo Fat's henchmen and gets a call in to the team. When they arrive at Wo Fat's escape boat, it's already taking off to deeper waters. Kono and Joe - "We'll see more Terry than just this episode," Oka notes -- go after the buyer and they discover he bought raw materials for a dirty bomb from Wo Fat. Aloha, Kensi! CBS plans NCIS: Los Angeles-Hawaii Five-0 crossover Meanwhile, Danny and McGarrett jump onto Wo Fat's escape yacht and take out his guards. "Helicopters, boats, guns, oh my! Yep, it's expensive," Oka says. Unfortunately, Wo Fat isn't on the boat, so McGarrett questions the guards, who are not cooperative. "'Book 'em Danno' gotta love it," Oka says after we hear the infamous line for the first time this season. As the 5-0 team both celebrates their reinstatement and laments not capturing Wo Fat, Danny discovers that McGarrett's father had met with Wo Fat and the governor. "Ooh. Plot twist," Oka says. They decide to talk to Hesse to get more information, but they'll learn soon that he's already dead. Wo Fat murdered Hesse himself by dressing as a corrections officer. His getaway driver outside of the prison? Jenna Kaye! "OOOOOOOOOMMMMMMGGGG. Boom. Now that was an ending. And now you want to watch Episode 2," Oka concludes. OMG, indeed. What did you think of the Season 2 premiere of Hawaii Five-0? Were you surprised that Kaye, who's been hunting down Wo Fat for years because he killed her fiancé, is actually working with him? Hit the comments with your thoughts.

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Friday, September 16, 2011

Vital Moves Two 2012 Releases

Two Vital films for 2012 are becoming era dates.our editor recommendsEddie Murphy Will 'Deliver' as Academy awards Host, Say Show Producers (Q&A)Vital Bets 'The Demon Inside' Is Its Next 'Paranormal Activity' A 1000 Words is moving back from The month of january to March 23. Meanwhile, the Vital Insurge release The Demon Inside is upgrading, from Feb to The month of january 6. Both films are wide releases. A 1000 Words stars approaching Oscar host Eddie Murphy like a guy who discovers he is able to only speak 1,000 more words before he dies. The brand new release date positions the film following the Oscars on Feb 26, therefore it will without doubt visit a boost from Murphy's much talked about hosting gig. The film is directed by two-time Murphy collaborator John Robbins, who also directed Meet Dork and Norbit. The Demon Inside is definitely an Italia-set horror thriller told documentary-style in regards to a group performing unauthorized exorcisms. The indie acquisition by Vital's new division devoted to low quality films has a budget of just six figures. It's wished the film will recreate the large box office success of Vital's Paranormal Activity, that was an identical indie acquisition that made $193 million worldwide. Related Subjects Eddie Murphy Vital Pictures

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

BREAKING! Payment dates Parent Company Sues The Hollywood Reporters Parent Company For Copyright Breach

I have got a sense that Hollywood will probably be buzzing relevant for this all day long lengthy. For your record, Penske Media Corporation, parents company and who is the owner of various leading digital media characteristics including Deadline.com, today punished Prometheus Global Media LLC, which has and works The Hollywood Reporter, for copyright breach. This really is really the hyperlink toPMC’s complaint which is exhibits. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for your Central District of California and requesting a jury trial, is very juicy and produces great reading through through. This really is really the summary: Because so many companies or individuals who operate within the industry of online posting and digital media understand, copying, resembling, and/or altering of others content and design sadly happens from time to time within that industry. However, The Hollywood Reporter (“THR”) has classified itself off their companies within the media industry by not only undertaking this dishonest practice with alarming regularity, indeed by having an nearly an every day basis, but furthermore by turning for the outright robbery of intellectual property, including while not limited to whole articles, content, software, source code and styles. Inside an industry where a companys brand is essentially defined and based on the requirement for its initially created intellectual property, it is important that intellectual property rights and assets be mightily shielded from robbery, for instance that demonstrated by THR. That is apparent using the huge levels of dollars that are allotted to some yearly basis by movie art galleries, TV systems, record labels, and media companies, together with the U.S. government together with other nations around the globe, in relation to safeguarding and safeguarding having copyrighted original material and content from piracy. This really is really exactly the same posting and media industry through which PMC works. On the very long time, PMC has distinguished itself just like a leader in entertainment and technology-related digital media by buying and selling within the personnel, by researching and considering, by obtaining exclusive original content and time-sensitive breaking news tales about every area from the entertainment and technology industries. 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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Whitney Houston Wants To Sparkle

For a remake of the 1976 music dramaWhitney Houston hasn't been seen on the big screen since 1996 romantic weepie The Preacher's Wife, but she's looking to make a return for a remake of 1976 music drama Sparkle. Houston is now in negotiations to lead off the cast for the film, along with American Idol winner Jordin Sparks and Faster's Mike Epps. It will still take its loose inspiration from the story of the Supremes (which, er, Dreamgirls anyone? Which also starred an established diva and an American Idol alumna). Sparks (who clearly has the right name for the gig along with a proven set of pipes) will play the main character, one of the sisters who kick off their singing career in their Harlem church choir and find fame in the late 1950s as a successful girl group. But, naturally, the more their popularity grows, the deeper the problems in their personal lives become. Houston's role will be Sparkle's mother, a resentful type who refuses to encourage her daughter. Epps is on as Satin, a stand-up comedian who marries one of the sisters and drags her down into drug abuse with him. Salim Akil, who last directed wedding comedy Jumping the Broom (which also boasted Epps among its cast) is behind the camera, working from a script by his wife, Mara Brock Akil. Sparkle has been in Houston's life for a while now: she was part of the team (albeit only as a producer) trying to get it made at Warners years ago, an effort that was curtailed when proposed star Aaliyah died in a plane crash in August 2001. This time around, Sony is behind the movie, though there's no word on when shooting will start.

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