Bookings & Signings

Editor's note: This really is really the ultimate Inside Production e-e-newsletter. Variety is constantly on the regularly publish below-the-line information regularly. Thanks greatly for registering.Gersh signed d.p.'s Ben Richardson ("Monsters in the Southern Wild") and Tim Orr ("Seeking a pal for your Finish round the globeInch), vfx supervisor Pablo Herman ("Battleship"), production designer Sebastian Krawinkel ("Anonymous"). * * * Paradigm signed producer Richard Middleton ("The Artist"), producer/UPM Carol Cuddy ("The Departed"), d.p.'s David Herrington ("Warehouse 13"), Gordon Verheul ("Smallville") and Karim Hussain ("Hobo getting a Shotgun") and editor Michael O'Halloran ("Red-colored-colored Tails").Paradigm reserved producer Henry Lange and production designer Joe Lucky on NBC pilot "Next Caller Please" producers Loucas George on ABC pilot "Nashville," David Roessell on NBC pilot "Revolution" and Neal Ahern, Junior. on ABC pilot "Gotham" and d.p.'s Peter Smokler on FX's "Anger Management," Christian Sprenger round the Comedy Central's "The Nick Kroll Sketch Show," Sarah Cawley on CBS pilot "Golden Boy," Anthony Hardwick returning on TNT's "Rizzoli & Isles" and Paul Maibaum on ABC Family pilot "Interecpt."Paradigm reserved d.p. Rohn Schmidt, production designer Jim Spencer and editor Angela Catanzaro on ABC pilot "Final Option.Inch Agency reserved production designers Richard Toyon on FBC pilot "Ben Fox Is My Manny," Paul Peters on ABC Family pilot "Intercept," Patti Podesta on Michael Cuesta's "Elementary," Jeffrey Beecroft on Michael Bay's "Discomfort & Gain" and Maher Ahmad on Fisher Stevens' "Remain True Males."Paradigm book editors Greg Plotkin on Henry Joost's "Paranormal Activity 4," Tom Nordberg on Andrew Niccol's "The Host," Stephen Rivkin on Carl Rinsch's "47 Ronin," Mary Jo Markey on Qq Abrams' "The Exorcist 2," Todd Desrosiers on NBC pilot "County" and Billy Fox on NBC pilot "Chicago Fire." * * * iTalent signed production designer James C. Hegedus ("Shrek"), editor David Rogow ("The Big Year") and d.p. Charlie Lieberman ("Love Bites"). Agency reserved production designer Mark Freeborn on AMC's "Breaking Bad," hair department mind Kerrie Cruz Campbell on Louis Leterrier's "At This Point You See Me," editor Jamie Gross on Adult Swim's "Children's Hospital" and d.p. Marco Fargnoli on Adult Frolic in the water pilot "The Eco-friendly Bench Show." iTalent client Lance Anderson is pointing an instalment of "Vampire Journals," a show he usually edits. * * * First Artists Management introduced the following gigs due to its clients: Ernest Bishara will compose the score for completely new Line Cinema's "The Warren Files," directed by James Wan Rolf Kent will score Nicolas Barry's "The Scapegoat" and Michael Hoffman's "Gambit" and Andrea Guerra will score Gabriele Muccino's "Playing the region.Inch Contact Peter Caranicas at peter.caranicas@variety.com

Emerging plays Rendez-Vous pix

PARIS -- Gallic promotion org Unifrance is partnering with Emerging Pictures to screen seven French films across 40 U.S. cities the same day they play at Rendez-Vous in NY, which kicks off Wednesday. Selected from 23 pics at the event, the seven include two that have been acquired by U.S. distribs: Delphine and Muriel Coulin's debut "17 Girls," acquired by Strand Releasing, and Daniel Auteuil's "The Well-Digger's Daughter," picked up by Kino Lorber. Among the other five, which don't have U.S. distrib, are Alain Cavalier's Cannes competition player "Pater" and Laurent Achard's "Derniere seance" (Last Screening), which unspooled at the Locarno and Rotterdam fests. "Venues equipped with digital projection are key because films can be shown on Blu-ray disks on HD cams, which make them much less expensive and cumbersome than 35 mm," explained Richard Lorber, founder and prexy of arthouse distrib Kino Lorber. Unifrance managing director Regine Hatchondo concurred. "Exhibition technologies are important factors now in expanding the potential for different kinds of specialty films and bringing them to a wider audience," she said, adding that 25% of revenues from Emerging Pictures' ticket sales will go to the films' right-holders. Fest, held in co-operation with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, bows on a high note with Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache's box office phenom "Intouchables," which The Weinstein Co. acquired before it opened in France, following its screening in San Sebastian. The distrib will release it late May. Nakache and Toledano, along with one of the two lead actors, Francois Cluzet, will attend the Unifrance U.S. premiere. Repped by Gaumont, "Intouchables" is Gaul's third biggest B.O. earner over all and Germany's biggest French hit. The Rendez-Vous will also play Olivier Marchal's "A Gang Story," another Weinstein Co. domestic release; helmer Benoit Jacquot's Berlin opener "Farewell My Queen," starring Diane Kruger and Lea Seydoux, plus Audrey Tautou starrer "Delicacy," both acquired by Cohen Media Group; and Robert Guediguian's "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," repped by Films Distribution. The Rendez-Vous wraps March 11. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Idris Elba: Film Star And... Expert Fitness Instructor?

Stringer Bell. John Luther. Heimdall. Add Moreau to the mix, and you're looking at some of "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" actor Idris Elba's most recognizable roles to date. But the British actor is more than just a pretty face on the big screen. Indeed, Elba's true passion may very well lie in the realm of fitness instruction... particularly when it involves whipping journalists into superhero shape. Elba did exactly that in the latest edition of After Hours, turning MTV Movies reporter Josh Horowitz into... well, we don't want to spoil the surprise. Exercise your own capacity for fitness in this instructional video with Elba and Horowitz below.

Saturday Evening Live Video: Maya Rudolph Has Returned!

Bertha loves nail polish, but is not hooked on manis and pedis. On Sunday's My Strange Addiction (10/9c, TLC), the 23-year-old discloses that they loves to hit the bottle... the nail polish bottle that's. Bertha got her first craving to drink the colorful stuff 5 years ago when she could not resist the smell inside a salon. Find Out More > Other Links From TVGuide.com My Strange Addiction

Maturity security

Letty Aronson with host Michael Nouri Laila Ali and Glenn Close Director Michel Leclerc Martin Scorsese constitutes a three dimensional breakthrough with "Hugo." Sharon Stone will get it up with Kathy Griffin. Meryl Streep and Renee Taylor meet in the Adults Gala. Goran Visnjic and James Cromwell Sharon Stone cried just like a baby Monday evening as she recognized her lifetime achievement award in the over-50 set at AARP Magazine's eleventh annual Movies for Adults Gala. "I understand getting old is alright,Inch she blubbered in the stage from the Bev Wilshire, "and also at how old irrrve become of 53, it appears Comfortable with Hollywood which i work again. There is a chasm during my 40s when I didn't work on all!" Earlier at night, Glenn Close snapped up the very best actress award from her "Albert Nobbs" co-star Jesse McTeer, then went for Poor. Michel Leclerc expressed surprise at his win for the best language film. "I figured there have been a lot of naked women during my film to create People in america happy," the "What They Are Called of affectionInch helmer joked, "but apparently older People in america like naked women too!" "Turning 50 this season,Inch Alexander Payne recognized best pic recognition for "The Descendants," adding, "Thank you for praising films designed for adults. That is what I have always made." Letty Aronson spoke on her best author bro Woodsy Allen: "His advice in my experience was, 'Don't bore them, express gratitude and move ahead.AInch Kenneth Branagh presented the award for the best grownup love story to Meryl Streep and also the absent Jim Broadbent for his or her operate in "The Iron Lady," and Streep put out a political jab worth Margaret Thatcher, saying, "She'd the authority to healthcare, like all of us should!" But Martin Scorsese obtained the greatest laugh for his breakthrough achievement win. "The horizon available is definitely widening," stated the 69-year-old "Hugo" helmer, "and I am proud to finally break through!" Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com