In Recognition of 'Tower Heist,' the 6 Best Movie Heists

Last evening, I received an urgent message from my editors: "With 'Tower Heist' being released on Friday, you need to write an item on movie heists." "Sure," I responded. Now, I have learned this subject continues to be discussed numerous occasions -- that is surprising. Much like with Best Movie Baseballs, I do not quite realise why it is so popular it appears very specific, and that i can't imagine that you have a large audience for this type of factor. Alas, I am not likely to disregard an immediate order from the superior. Here's a listing of Moviefone's six favorite occasions that the movie continues to be stolen inside a heist! [Erectile dysfunction. note: We meant "heist movies"] 'X-Males Roots: Wolverine' A piece print of 'X-Males Roots: Wolverine' leaked online on March 31, 2009, almost per month prior to being launched into theaters. Because the film is made readily available online free of charge, it does not appear much money, if any, was available out of this heist. Which appears to defeat the objective of a heist. 'The Avengers' Captured, Samuel L. Jackson's script for 'The Avengers' disappeared. The moments which were stolen were rewritten to foil this heist. 'Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace' A whole movie, 'Fanboys,' is made about stealing 'The Phantom Menace' to ensure that a crictally ill friend often see the film before he died. In May of 1999, someone in Wisconsin really made off and among the reels towards the film -- guy, I am hoping they were given the reel using the Darth Maul lightsaber fight, because, otherwise, that needed to be one very disappointed heist organizer. 'Little Fockers' For whatever reason -- that as lengthy when i live won't ever seem sensible -- reels from the movie 'Little Fockers' were stolen from the vehicle within the United kingdom. Now this is a great double feature of heisted movies, 'The Phantom Menace' then 'Little Fockers.' Yikes. 'Snow Falling on Cedars' A criminal named M.F. Johnson bootlegged this Ethan Hawke classic. Fortunately, he was caught and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. [Erectile dysfunction. note: Not just have you obtain the assignment wrong, this did not even happen. This really is fiction: It is a plot reason for the film 'Horrible Bosses.'] 'Cry, Cry, Again' Noted comedian Jerry Seinfeld is strong-armed into bootlegging with a misanthrope named Brody. [Erectile dysfunction. note: Besides this being also fiction, 'Cry, Cry, Again' is not a real movie.] You are able to contact Mike Ryan on Twitter Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook [Photos: Universal/Fox/Disney/Lucasfilm/Universal/New Line] RELATED

Bravo Renews 'Million Dollar Decorators' for Season 2 (Exclusive)

Joe Pugliese/Bravo Bravo just restored Billion Dollar Designers, its reality series featuring high budget interior designers as well as their clients, for Season 2.our editor recommendsJudge: Bravo's 'Million Dollar Decorators' Will not Cause Permanent Injury to PhotographerA Look Inside Stars' Houses With Hollywood's Top Designers Bravo's 'Million Dollar Decorators': 5 Things You Do Not Know (Video) The Hollywood Reporter has learned all five from the La-based designers from Season 1 will return for that second season. They're Martyn Lawrence Bullard, Kathryn Ireland, Jeffrey Alan Marks, Mary McDonald, and Nathan Turner. Production is preparing for next season, though a premiere date has not yet been set. Earlier this summer time on Season 1, the show's designers gave audiences a look within the houses, holiday homes, and companies of the high placed and moneyed clients. They incorporated Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, Joe Francis (creator from the Women Gone Wild video series), Shannon Factor (heir towards the Max Factor cosmetics fortune), and former MTV VJ,Daisy Fuentes. A Bravo representative rejected THR's request official discuss the renewal. Email: Jethro.Nededog@thr.com Twitter:@TheRealJethro Bravo Billion Dollar Designers

Jackass Star Bam Margeras Porsche Hit In Pa.

First Released: October 28, 2011 7:57 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Caption Bam Margera backstage in the The Blonds Spring 2012 fashion show throughout Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Center 548 on September 14, 2011Police say a brand new Porsche driven by Jackass star Bam Margera continues to be sideswiped by another driver in suburban Philadelphia. Condition military say there have been no injuries or citations released in Thursdays accident near Margeras home in Pocopson Township. Margeras mother informs The Philadelphia Inquirer that the truck crawled the size of her sons 4-month-old Panamera as they was stopped in a stop sign. April Margera states another driver told Bam he was searching at his Gps navigation once the crash happened. She states the driver grew to become excited when he recognized who hed hit. Margera states her boy known as home soon after the accident to obtain insurance information. Jackass co-star Ryan Dunn and the other guy died inside a drunken driving crash in the region in June. Copyright 2011 through the Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

ABC Buys Comedy Drama From Silvio Horta And Can Gluck

EXCLUSIVE: Ugly Betty developer/ executive producer Silvio Horta has returned at ABC with a brand new dramedy project, this time around teamed with Easy A and Buddies With Benefits director Will Gluck. ABC has bought Mrs. Burns, an action comedy drama from The new sony Pictures TV and Gluck’s studio-based shingle Olive Bridge Entertainment. Horta will write the script with Kell Cahoon (Psych), on whose idea the project relies. The 2 will executive produce with Gluck, while Olive Bridge’s Richie Schwartz will co-executive produce. Mrs. Burns focuses on a upon the market CIA operative whose quiet, comfortable suburban existence is switched upside lower after she’s drawn back into the field of espionage. Going to keep your two mobile phone industry's secret and outside of one another, she must now lead a double existence in which the full bee housewife in her own neighborhood is often as menacing being an arms dealer in Beirut. This is actually the seventh purchase for Olive Bridge in the first development season underneath the cope with The new sony inked in May and also the first around the hourlong side, joining 6 comedies. For Horta, also in the newbie of the deal at The new sony TV, this is actually the third project this year, together with a comedy in line with the blog Texts From Last Evening with Happy Madison and Latino family dramedy executive created by Jennifer Lopez. Horta is writing and executive creating both shows, that are setup at Fox.

Stan Lees Bang! Entertainment Pacts With Michael Eisners Vuguru For Digital

BEVERLY Slopes, Calif. — Comic legend Stan Lee and the organization Bang! Entertainment Corporation. (OTCQB: POWN) today introduced a partnership to produce original digital pleased with Michael Eisners independent studio Vuguru. The sale includes two storied powerhouses in the world of entertainment that will produce and distribute studio quality films, episodic series and numerous digital content across multiple platforms. Scott Nocas, a skilled digital strategist who formerly held positions at Microsoft Xbox 360 360 and also the new the new sony Network Entertainment, remains helping build out Bang! Entertainments digital strategy, brokered the sale and may now profit the companies further expand and develop options.

'Trek' Co-Star Yelchin Finds Love in 'Like Crazy'

TORONTO (AP) The art of improvising is what grabbed Anton Yelchin as a boy in his first acting class. He gets back to improv in his latest film, "Like Crazy," a rare drama whose dialogue was made up by the actors as they went along.Yelchin, known for a string of acclaimed performances in independent films, along with his role as navigator Chekov in the new incarnation of "Star Trek," found that making things up came to him naturally when he started to study acting."I loved the improvisation part of it the most, because it was a lot like just playing around with stuff," Yelchin, 22, said in an interview at September's Toronto International Film Festival, where "Like Crazy" played ahead of its theatrical debut Friday. "There was something about it that I just felt completely comfortable doing and happy doing."My parents were like, OK, our kid is happy doing this. This is great. They were figure skaters and grew up going to school and skating, so for them, a person needs to have things to do. They don't just sit around the house watching TV."Before long, people were watching child actor Yelchin on TV and then his breakout big-screen role opposite Anthony Hopkins in 2001's "Hearts in Atlantis."Yelchin's career over the past decade would be the ideal of almost any child actor trying to make the transition to adult roles. His credits include impressive parts in such indie films as "Alpha Dog," ''Fierce People" and "Charlie Bartlett," along with a role in the short-lived TV series "Huff."The last two years alone, Yelchin's resume ranges from "Star Trek" and another huge sci-fi franchise with "Terminator: Salvation" to the vampire romp "Fright Night" and a voice role in "The Smurfs" to personal stories such as Mel Gibson's "The Beaver" and "Like Crazy," which earned the top prize at last winter's Sundance Film Festival."What's great about him is he can do anything. He's a chameleon. He can do bigger movies or smaller, more intimate ones," said "Like Crazy" director Drake Doremus. "There are a lot of people who can't, who can only do one or the other. And he's only 22 years old. That's what blows my mind."In "Like Crazy," Yelchin stars as Jacob, an aspiring furniture designer in southern California who falls into a passionate romance with Anna (Felicity Jones), a Londoner studying at the same college.The two are an ideal match, but they're forced apart after Anna overstays her student visa and is unable to return to the United States. Years of on-again, off-again long-distance romance follow with Jacob's occasional visits to London. The two take up with other lovers and build professional lives 6,000 miles apart, all the while trying to figure out how to reunite for good and whether they'll still be suited for one another if they do.Aiming for authenticity, Doremus and his co-writer prepared detailed back stories on the characters but did not do a conventional screenplay, leaving the dialogue to develop naturally among the actors through a week of rehearsal and improvisation during the monthlong shoot.Jones had seen none of Yelchin's previous work before, and she was glad for that once they began filming."For this type of film, I didn't want to have too many preconceptions about him, and so as I'm meeting him as Felicity, so are Anna and Jacob just getting to know each other. We didn't even meet before we were cast," Jones said. "So it felt we as the actors were going on a journey as the characters were."The result is a heartbreaking chronicle of stymied love filled with moments of raw honesty that are very specific to the characters, yet represent emotions universal to relationships."Even I could relate to it, watching it myself," Yelchin said. "I remember with my ex-girlfriend, when we broke up, you remember the first time you slept together, you remember the first drink you had together. You remember the dinners you had, seeing your first movie together."You remember everything and it's just perfect, and you look at yourself now, and you look at the other person now, and they're just not there anymore. There's all this baggage and weight on this relationship, and if it's at the point where it's about to crumble; it's just like a different universe that you're in. The movie has so many of those moments that ring true to people."Yelchin stars as a clairvoyant short-order cook in the upcoming Dean Koontz adaptation "Odd Thomas," and he's preparing to reprise his role as Chekov in a "Star Trek" sequel."What, when and where, I have no idea. They pretty much keep you in the dark until it's time to make the movie," Yelchin said. "Whatever it may be, I'm looking forward to being with those guys again."Yelchin shares Russian ancestry with "Star Trek" counterpart Chekov. The actor was born in Russia, where his parents were skaters before coming to the United States when their son was an infant.He had a brief flirtation with skating lessons himself before moving on to acting class."They were very quick to understand that I wasn't very good at it," Yelchin said. "And they weren't going to make me do it if I wasn't good, so it automatically reverted to me being a doctor or lawyer. Because, we're Russian Jews, so naturally, what does your kid do? He goes to law school or he goes to med school."He said it took his father a little time to accept his career choice. "He still wanted me to apply to college and stuff, and I did. But this is what I wanted," Yelchin said.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. By David Germain October 26, 2011 Anton Yelchin PHOTO CREDIT AP Photo/Carlo Allegri TORONTO (AP) The art of improvising is what grabbed Anton Yelchin as a boy in his first acting class. He gets back to improv in his latest film, "Like Crazy," a rare drama whose dialogue was made up by the actors as they went along.Yelchin, known for a string of acclaimed performances in independent films, along with his role as navigator Chekov in the new incarnation of "Star Trek," found that making things up came to him naturally when he started to study acting."I loved the improvisation part of it the most, because it was a lot like just playing around with stuff," Yelchin, 22, said in an interview at September's Toronto International Film Festival, where "Like Crazy" played ahead of its theatrical debut Friday. "There was something about it that I just felt completely comfortable doing and happy doing."My parents were like, OK, our kid is happy doing this. This is great. They were figure skaters and grew up going to school and skating, so for them, a person needs to have things to do. They don't just sit around the house watching TV."Before long, people were watching child actor Yelchin on TV and then his breakout big-screen role opposite Anthony Hopkins in 2001's "Hearts in Atlantis."Yelchin's career over the past decade would be the ideal of almost any child actor trying to make the transition to adult roles. His credits include impressive parts in such indie films as "Alpha Dog," ''Fierce People" and "Charlie Bartlett," along with a role in the short-lived TV series "Huff."The last two years alone, Yelchin's resume ranges from "Star Trek" and another huge sci-fi franchise with "Terminator: Salvation" to the vampire romp "Fright Night" and a voice role in "The Smurfs" to personal stories such as Mel Gibson's "The Beaver" and "Like Crazy," which earned the top prize at last winter's Sundance Film Festival."What's great about him is he can do anything. He's a chameleon. He can do bigger movies or smaller, more intimate ones," said "Like Crazy" director Drake Doremus. "There are a lot of people who can't, who can only do one or the other. And he's only 22 years old. That's what blows my mind."In "Like Crazy," Yelchin stars as Jacob, an aspiring furniture designer in southern California who falls into a passionate romance with Anna (Felicity Jones), a Londoner studying at the same college.The two are an ideal match, but they're forced apart after Anna overstays her student visa and is unable to return to the United States. Years of on-again, off-again long-distance romance follow with Jacob's occasional visits to London. The two take up with other lovers and build professional lives 6,000 miles apart, all the while trying to figure out how to reunite for good and whether they'll still be suited for one another if they do.Aiming for authenticity, Doremus and his co-writer prepared detailed back stories on the characters but did not do a conventional screenplay, leaving the dialogue to develop naturally among the actors through a week of rehearsal and improvisation during the monthlong shoot.Jones had seen none of Yelchin's previous work before, and she was glad for that once they began filming."For this type of film, I didn't want to have too many preconceptions about him, and so as I'm meeting him as Felicity, so are Anna and Jacob just getting to know each other. We didn't even meet before we were cast," Jones said. "So it felt we as the actors were going on a journey as the characters were."The result is a heartbreaking chronicle of stymied love filled with moments of raw honesty that are very specific to the characters, yet represent emotions universal to relationships."Even I could relate to it, watching it myself," Yelchin said. "I remember with my ex-girlfriend, when we broke up, you remember the first time you slept together, you remember the first drink you had together. You remember the dinners you had, seeing your first movie together."You remember everything and it's just perfect, and you look at yourself now, and you look at the other person now, and they're just not there anymore. There's all this baggage and weight on this relationship, and if it's at the point where it's about to crumble; it's just like a different universe that you're in. The movie has so many of those moments that ring true to people."Yelchin stars as a clairvoyant short-order cook in the upcoming Dean Koontz adaptation "Odd Thomas," and he's preparing to reprise his role as Chekov in a "Star Trek" sequel."What, when and where, I have no idea. They pretty much keep you in the dark until it's time to make the movie," Yelchin said. "Whatever it may be, I'm looking forward to being with those guys again."Yelchin shares Russian ancestry with "Star Trek" counterpart Chekov. The actor was born in Russia, where his parents were skaters before coming to the United States when their son was an infant.He had a brief flirtation with skating lessons himself before moving on to acting class."They were very quick to understand that I wasn't very good at it," Yelchin said. "And they weren't going to make me do it if I wasn't good, so it automatically reverted to me being a doctor or lawyer. Because, we're Russian Jews, so naturally, what does your kid do? He goes to law school or he goes to med school."He said it took his father a little time to accept his career choice. "He still wanted me to apply to college and stuff, and I did. But this is what I wanted," Yelchin said.Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Peace of all time

An Antaeus manufacture of a play in 2 functions by Noel Coward, modified by Craig Croyton. Directed by Casey Stangl. Sets, Tom Buderwitz costumes, Jessica Olson lighting, Jeremy Pivnick seem, John Zalewski musical director, Richard Levenson fight choreography, Steve Rankin. Opened up, examined March. 20, 2011. Runs through 12 ,. 11. Running time: 2 Hrs, 30 MIN.With: John Allee, Daniel Bess, Susan Boyd Joyce, Bill Brochtrup, Emily Chase, Kendra Chell, Josh Clark, Chris Clowers, John Hair combs, JD Cullum, Paul Culos, Jason Dechert, Etta Devine, Mark Doerr, Came Doyle, Karianne Flaathen, Frederick Fuhr, Eve Gordon, Belen Greene, Christopher Guilmet, Graham Hamilton, Jason Henning, Steve Hofvendahl, Raleigh Holmes, Danielle K. Johnson, Lily Dark night, Peter Larney, Richard Levinson, Anna Mathias, Adam Meyer, Rosalyn Mitchell, Rebecca Mozo, Take advantage of Nagle, Ann Noble, John Francis O'Brien, Zoe Perry, Melinda Billings, Philip Proctor, Jesse Sharp, Joanna Strapp, John Tichnell, Rebekah Tripp, Patrick Wenk-Wolff, Amelia Whitened, Abby Wilde, Buck Zachary.Many excellent plays are neglected, although not all neglected plays are fantastic. A quarter-hour into Casey Stangl's manufacture of Noel Coward's "Peace of all timeInch as modified by Craig Croyton, it's obvious why this rickety, bankrupt what-if-Germany-had-mastered-England-in-'39 melodrama has not been seen in your area since 1950, or almost anywhere since its sputtering 1947 West Finish premiere. The 2 questions this version boosts are why anybody thought interpolating Coward musical amounts would lead to the impact, and why the accomplished Antaeus clients are wasting its assets on material of the quality. "Peace" utilizes Coward's laziest structure, the panorama play: a couple of moments each year, all ending in heavyhanded ironies or conflicting cliffhangers. Strike one. Its cast of figures reflects the census he avowedly understood and cared least about, the bourgeois and dealing classes. Strikes two and three immediately. Occupation, as strained through the expertise of a London public house, is presented like a cavalcade of inconveniences and social snubs: You cawn't obtain a good glass of gin any longer, dahling, and oooh, is not it awful what they are doing towards the poor Jews? Everybody is nicely divided among weaselly collaborators, blowsy bon vivants and stiff-upper-lip patriots. Once local resistance has stiffened in the Allied invasion, the experience devolves into a number of cliched situations straight from the corniest RKO war time mellers. A sniveling Quisling will get his comeuppance once they (gasp chortle) pour rotgut into his whisky. A tart who's consorted using the enemy is brusquely told she will not be offered here any longer - in certain cities they are cuttin' off their 'air, a biddy helpfully chirps - and leaves, crestfallen. Coward the actual, indeed. Should not an expert possess some knowledge of such animals, and permit her just a little eloquent defense? Because of the strong talent roster, some nuanced work will be found one of the primary-evening cast (Antaeus always alternates two full troupes). Pub proprietors Steve Hofvendahl and Lily Dark night convey the ambivalence of individuals initially wishing to remain on the sidelines but progressively instructed to have a stand. Graham Hamilton chillingly earns an idea from the outdoors world like a prison-damaged escapee, and husband and wife Came Doyle and Zoe Perry are amusingly, believably more worried about their domestic dipsomania than current occasions. Other medication is mostly content to wallow in clipped Oxbridge accents and simpering smirks, as though told to experience "Private Lives." Coward's monotonous ballads and music-hall ditties, sang live, actually diminish whatever little tension script and performances manage to develop from scene to uneven next scene. Using their conquerors well in position and Gestapo hiding everywhere, the bar habitues think nothing of roaring the satirical "Don't Let us Be Beastly towards the Spanish people" towards the top of their lung area. A lot for focus on given conditions, notwithstanding Tom Buderwitz's remarkably realistic set and also the uncredited, clever scene-setting photocollages. The wonderful film "Went your day Well?," in regards to a German platoon's (imaginary) invasion of the country town, is very obvious concerning the harsh facts of Nazi domination, the complex motives of individuals in mattress by using it and also the sheer ruthlessness needed to face up to it. If such 20/20 vision was possible in 1942 prior to the war's effects were made the decision, then Coward's twee make of historic myopia is baffling for 1947 and absolutely impossible this year. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

'Paranormal Activity 3' as well as the Most frightening Ghost Moments in Movies

Audiences are needed being massive for 'Paranormal Activity 3' a couple of days ago, so when the film does its job, they'll potentially need to hurry home right after to change under clothes. Like fans of ghost tales have a particular-to-follow request: "give to us an excellent scare!" While audiences watch out for 'Paranormal Activity 3' to supply on who advertise, you'll be able to rattle nervousness at this time around with a review of most likely the wedding paranormal moments in movie history. Warning: not for your person with average skills! 'The Haunting' (1963) This British thriller -- set inside the dark and ominous Hill House -- has freaked audiences out for pretty much fifty years due to its "less is a lot moreInch approach. Pitch-black shadows that slip inside the room and eerie moans that reverberate using the walls acquire a spine-tingling crescendo for poor Nell in this memorable scene. 'The Amityville Horror' (1979) The allegedly true story from the family terrorized by evil spirits inside their home, where numerous grisly killings happened years before, features plenty of legendary scares (the flies, your vision inside the window, "Escape!Inch). Nevertheless the most legendary -- and nasty -- moment in the film applies to this bloody fresh fresh paint job. 'The Shining' (1980) Throughout the time of two-and-a-half several hours, Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece completely disarms everyone else with unsettling imagery -- which interaction between little Danny as well as the ghostly twins kicks the film into terrifying overdrive. 'Poltergeist' (1982) In the event you thought engaging in a enjoyable, new suburban neighborhood would make you stay safe, reconsider. This ghost story by way of Steven Spielberg (who produced) features incredible effects, but all it takes is a touch stuffed clown toy to haunt people recollections for 3 decades. 'The Sixth Sense' (1999) The Oscar-nominated sensation needed popular culture by storm due to Haley Joel Osment's enormous lead performance together with a really shocking twist ending why moment stand out is an easy "Boo!" Click Osment's face to check out the clip 'The Others' (2001) Nicole Kidman stars in this publish-World War Ii thriller just like a widowed mother trying to boost two sickly children... oh, in addition to investigate mysterious sounds heard in the heart of the evening. The film's success owed a great the ad campaign which capitalized relating to this skin-moving moment. 'The Orphanage' (2007) The The the spanish language language-language film -- of a lady around the mission on her missing adopted boy -- increased being an worldwide hit because no matter what language you speak, we could all agree that several stone-faced, quiet children are terrifying. 'Paranormal Activity' (2009) The film that started the phenomenon needed the classic haunted house formula and took it off bare by getting a cutting-edge home-video approach. The movie's final moments however pack the finest punch.[SPOILER ALERT] [Top Photo: Everett Collection] Have a look at these 31 ghost-filled classics for your 31 occasions of October. Classic Ghost Movies See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs

Mike Daisey tells evocative stories of computer culture and its cost in human suffering in The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs. A Public Theater presentation of a play in one act by Mike Daisey. Directed by Jean-Michele Gregory. Set and lighting, Seth Reiser; production stage manager, Pamela Salling. Opened, reviewed Oct. 18. Running time: 2 HOURS.With: Mike Daisey.If you plan to attend Mike Daisey's "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," you might want to prepare an essay for the benefit of your friends and family on the topic of "Why I Am Throwing Away All My Electronics." Daisey's powerful, at times melodramatic call to arms is conditionally entertaining: If you allow yourself to have a good time listening to his evocative stories of computer culture and its cost in human suffering, you're bound to leave the theater changed. Daisey makes the case for examined consumerism in his latest show, and, following the course he set in "The Last Cargo Cult" the last time he was at the Public, opts for the prescriptive over the contemplative. On the way out the door, theatergoers are given fliers itemizing reasonable ways you, the audience, can make a difference. It's a good choice; the anecdotes, statistics, and old-fashioned moral arguments the monologist puts forth in his latest show demand action. Taking such a firm stand, however, puts the burden of proof entirely on Daisey. If this is political theater, he'd better be able to show us some theater before he trots out his politics. And he does. Daisey's first story takes us to Shenzhen, China, the Special Economic Zone where the factories that make most of your electronics and mine are staffed around the clock by impoverished laborers. "The air is so thick that it's smearing ubiquitous neon like we've all done just a liiiitle bit of LSD," Daisey explains, his voice bouncing and shivering from one syllable to the next. Much (too much, frankly) has been written about the monologist's unprepossessing appearance, but sit in front of him for more than five minutes and he'll disappear completely. Daisey's job got a lot more difficult Oct. 5, when the tech magnate who gives the show its name died after a prolonged struggle with pancreatic cancer. But Daisey manages to walk the tightrope between deferring to a hallowed dead man who did a lot of bad things and ignoring the passing of a much-loved public figure. Jobs was loved, widely and loudly. In the weeks that have followed his death, everyone from Apple fans to Jobs' own corporate peers have spoken up about the impact Jobs has had on their lives. In "Agony and the Ecstasy," Daisey gives voice to people who are unlikely ever to have a forum in which to express an opinion of Apple, Inc. One Shenzhen worker, his hand crushed by a metal press, ruining his employment prospects, calls Daisey's iPad "a kind of magic" as he runs his ruined fingers across the glass. It's an image unlikely to leave your mind's eye as you peruse your own gadgets. Helmer Jean-Michele Gregory (Daisey's wife) helps create a bond between the performer and the audience that is absolutely essential to the show's emotional impact. Set and lighting designer Seth Reiser, too, gives the show some nice, unobtrusive touches, with a series of LED lines mounted on a wall behind Daisey flickering when Apple missteps and fading in and out when it scores an industrial goal. "If you haven't thought in a deep way about your choice of operating system, you may be living an unexamined life." The line, delivered early in the show, gets laughs, but walking out of the theater, it's hard not to concede the point. Contact Sam Thielman at sam.thielman@variety.com

TNT Cancels Memphis Beat

Memphis Beat TNT has canceled Memphis Beat, the cop drama starring Jason Lee, Deadline.com reviews. Beat, which focuses on an easygoing, but very devoted detective within the south, drawn in only 4.05 million audiences in the Season 2 finale, the 2nd-greatest viewed episode near the series premiere, which came 4.3 million audiences. Jason Lee cast as Maya Rudolph's love interest on Up Through The Night "TNT has made the decision not to get another season of Memphis Beat," a network representative told the website. "The network thanks everybody active in the manufacture of Memphis Beat for his or her focus on the series, such as the great cast and crew. TNT wishes everybody the very best.Inch As formerly introduced, the network also axed Males of the Certain Age and HawthoRNe. TNT's other series - Falling Skies, Franklin & Party, Leverage and Rizzoli & Isles - have been restored.

DeAPlaneta leads Shochiku up 'Blind Alley'

SITGES, The nation -- Japan's Shochiku has acquired all Japanese rights towards the the spanish language language horror film "Blind Alley," which world preems competing Friday within the Sitges Festival.Spain's DeAPlaneta closed the sale. It adds with other pre-sales struck on "Alley" before DeAPlaneta needed on sales duties round the title, such for Mexico (Corazon Films), Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia.The feature debut from the the spanish language language film author-switched director Antonio Trashorras, whose credits just like a scribe include Guillermo del Toro's 2001 "The Devil's Backbone," "Alley" triggers a young cleaning lady within an off-season hotel in Benidorm who accidentally locks herself up inside the laundry by getting an apparent psycho-killer."'Blind Alley' observes the recommendations in the horror genre: It takes place several evening, there's an attractive girl in distress, together with a threat inside the shadows," mentioned Gorka Bilbao, DeAPlaneta sales professional.Cuban-born Ana p Armas, among Spain's fastest-rising youthful film/TV stars ("Sex, Party and Lies," "7 days in Havana"), plays the youthful lady. Chile-born Leonor Varela ("Edge II," "Arrested Development") and Colombian TV and film actor Diego Cadavid ("Lots of Luck") co-star."Alley" is produced by Miguel Angel Faura's Roxbury, among Spain's top quality-genre producers, TV-switched-film production house Esa Mano Amiga and Antena 3 Films, co-producer of Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's current The the spanish language language chart-topper "Criminals," additionally to Dynamo Capital, Colombia's finest private equity finance finance film fund.Dynamo has rights to Latin America, DeAPlaneta for the relaxation around the world outdoors The nation, Bilbao mentioned.After Sitges, "Alley" will next be seen at Fanomenon in Leeds inside the U.K. Market premiere will probably be at November's American Film Market.Catalonia's Sitges fest shuts Saturday. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Pete Travis and Alex Garland set the record straight over Dredd

On Friday The LA Occasions broke the storyline that Dredd director Pete Travis was no more focusing on the project which author/producer Alex Garland had adopted editing responsibilities.However, the official update from both sides claims that isn't really what's happened.Based on them, it is simply all gone a little "unorthodox" and been "misunderstood"."Throughout all stages from the filmmaking, Dredd is a collaboration between numerous devoted creative parties," browse the statement launched by both Travis and Garland."In the start we made the decision with an unorthodox collaboration to create the film. This case continues to be misunderstood. To create the record straight, Pete wasn't fired and stays a central area of the collaboration, and Alex isn't seeking a co-director credit."The clarification continues to express, "Many of us are very happy with the film we now have made, and professionally suggest that it's judged on viewing when it is launched the coming year.InchSince sounds more orthodox.Dredd is dependant on the 2000AD comic strip in regards to a advanced lawman and also the film opens 21 September 2012.

Agent: News Corp. Traders Should Election Against Rupert Murdoch and Sons, Most Board People

NY - Traders in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. should election from the re-election of 13 of 15 people from the entertainment conglomerate's board, including all Murdoch family people, to improve independent oversight following a phone hacking scandal which has triggered financial harm to the organization, investor advisory firm Institutional Investor Services stated Monday. ISS, which supplies suggestions about corporate governance issues, stated that News Corp. traders should in the firm's annual meeting in La in a few days Friday election against Boss and chairman Murdoch, sons James and Lachlan Murdoch, leader and COO Chase Carey and nine other current board people, a business statement verifying a Bloomberg News report stated. ISS expressed support for brand new board additions Joel Klein, the first kind New york city schools chancellor, and venture capitalist Jim Breyer. "The business's phone hacking scandal, which started its public denouement in This summer 2011, has laid bare an uplifting insufficient stewardship and failure of independence with a board whose lack of ability to create a powerful tone-at-the-top about dishonest business practices has led to enormous costs," the ISS recommendation stated. The firm also belittled executive pay, like a $12.5 million bonus for Rupert Murdoch within the latest fiscal year, at News Corp. The telephone hacking scandal particularly will hurt profitability at News Corp.'s newspaper unit and means lack of revenue and business deals, based on ISS. A News Corp. speaker stated the organization "strongly disagrees" using the ISS comments. "The organization takes the problems surrounding News around the globe seriously and it is spending so much time to solve them, however ISS's disproportionate concentrate on these problems is misguided along with a injustice to the stockholders," an argument supplied by the speaker stated. "Furthermore, ISS unsuccessful to think about the company's compensation practices reflect its robust performance in fiscal years 2011 driven by its broad, diverse number of companies around the world. " Lately, investor advisory firm Glass Lewis & Co. had also suggested that News Corp. investors election against James and Lachlan Murdoch and four other company directors in a few days to improve the board's independence. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Rupert Murdoch News Corp. James Murdoch Phone Hacking Scandal

Netflix Stock Hits 52-Week Low After It Cancels DVD-Streaming Split

NY - After buying and selling greater throughout the very first half during the day, shares of Netflix on Monday hit a brand new 52-week low and closed lower 4.8 percent as initial excitement on the strategy reversal decreased. The stock finished at $111.62 after going as little as $107.31, a brand new 52-week low. The closing cost gave the organization a market price of $5.9 billion. In early stages Monday, the organization stated it had been nixing its lately introduced intend to separate its DVD-by-mail from the Web streaming business. That initially assisted raise the stock around 7 percent as experts stated Netflix management had took in to negative feedback from clients and Wall Street. But Wall Street experts stated the stock later within the day began falling as traders appeared to concentrate more about the truth that the firm had switch-flopped and hadn't repealed a cost hike, which some stated may affect customer momentum within the medium-term. Also, the planned separation from the DVD business had brought with a about a purchase of a part of Netflix. PHOTOS: Netflix's 10 Most Leased Movies ever "There's damaged credibility with no resource purchase - two support beams bulls rely on,Inch stated Janney Montgomery Scott analyst Tony Wible. Wedbush Investments analyst Michael Pachter throughout your day downgraded his recommendation on Netflix's stock from "outshine" to "neutral." Younger crowd cut his cost target to $110 from $155. "We feel today's announcement signals an finish to the potential of Amazon . com.com obtaining Netflix's streaming business," he stated. Lazard Capital Marketplaces analyst Barton Crockett stated inside a report Monday that "Netflix's very visible waffling also likely dinged domestic momentum near-term." Echoed Barclays Capital analyst Anthony DiClemente later within the day: "With today's announcement, we're very happy to see management reverse course with this particular strategy and importantly pay attention to its customers. But given the quantity of negative news flow around recent company started actions - such as the prices change, which remains essentially -we feel it might take a while for customers to return to Netflix." Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Netflix

Screenvision signs local plexes

In-theater advertising firm Screenvision has inked a pact with local movie ad firm BeforeTheMovie.The sale develops Screenvision's footprint mainly round the West Coast, as BeforeTheMovie handles a complete 33 locations and 329 screens in areas like L.A. and Las vegas.Incorporated within the deal, Screenvision gains exclusive national selling rights whatsoever BeforeTheMovie sites, including 25 screens in L.A., 116 in San Francisco Bay Area and 84 in Sacramento."This partnership allows BeforeTheMovie to supply exhibitor partners the most effective of both cell phone industry's, strong local advertising along with national advertising," mentioned Before-TheMovie Boss Corey Tocchini. "(Screenvision is) a perfect partner to provide yet another revenue stream towards the participants."Situated in Vacaville, Calif., BeforeTheMovie reps three exhibs, Brenden Theaters, Cinema West and Santa Rosa Entertainment Group. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com

New trend, new rules

Specific marketing has assisted Fox promote catalog franchises including 'X-Males: Top Class.A For audiences the numerous method to view movies -- via video games, mobile phones, Internet, television -- is really a boon however for entrepreneurs, it has been a couple of many years of spinning the guidelines of engagement."We have really seen development in this recession economy on VOD and EST, striking new levels on VOD and EST," states Aubrey Freeborn, senior Vice president of selling and product management for worldwide VOD and electronic sell-through at twentieth century Fox. Freeborn is really a panelist at Variety's Film Marketing Summit, addressing the subject Marketing Across Home windows: Theatrical, VOD, Home Theatre.Freeborn states one advance which has affected the for that better is day-and-date availability it's assisted VOD growth due to the brand new releases and also the submissions are fresher.She adds one more reason for that upswing is totally new enhancements in navigation -- it's simpler to uncover and check for content which is also simpler to determine what's new and available.However, Fox isn't holding out to determine exactly what the next new invention might be, they, like other Hollywood majors, are now being positive while exploring out new methods to market."We now have labored carefully using the cable companies along with other galleries to produce an industrywide marketing effort underneath the 'Movies on Demand' brand which has rapidly get to be the very indepth and effective campaign up to now for VOD. We have only scratched the top around the growth possibilities," Freeborn states.Fox has additionally made other enhancements in searching to find the attention of customers within the digital download arena, with the addition of behind-the-moments material along with other special content that customers found expect on the DVD onto digital files."We are able to interact with this theatrical co-workers to advertise theatrical releases with special content, yet still time marketing the catalog, for example 'X-Males: First Class' and also the 'X-Men' franchise," Freeborn states.Through specific marketing, Fox has discovered a couple of surprising (and useful) things too.InchVOD was previously very male and teen -- it's extended and today the main consumer is age 35-44 for ladies within the traditional VOD shops. Another interesting factor would be that the demos in the platforms vary, according to be it Xbox 360, Comcast, etc. Our marketing approach is specific whenever possible in line with the demo from the platform," states Freeborn.FILM MARKETING SUMMIT 2011:New trend, new rules Hard sell Levy's job is really a dream that actually works Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Who's The Stripper and Who's ''Scum'' from Real Housewives of New Jersey

Teresa Giudice, Jacqueline Laurita The drama - real or imagined -- never ends for those Jersey housewives.Word has spread about The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Melissa Gorga allegedly working as a stripper many years ago in Elizabeth, N.J. The source of the story? None other than Gorga's Housewives co-star Teresa Giudice.According to Us Weekly, Gorga's former employer Larry Guarino confirms Gorga did, in fact, work at the club - but as a bartender, not a stripper.Check out photos from The Real Housewives of New JerseyOver the weekend, Jacqueline Laurita, also of Housewives fame, took to Twitter to express her opinion about the situation. "Teresa told me that 'rumor' about Melissa when she first started the show ... she plotted it. She's not good and yes ... she has stabbed me in the back plenty of times."Several hours later, Laurita tweeted about her one-time best friend, "Teresa is scum!"Apparently, Laurita's had enough - she announced on Friday that she will no longer be a part of the Real Housewives franchise.

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