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Happy Being Produce a wish and fly the wax lights because Happy Being is praising its year. Fall Preview: Get scoop inside your favorite returning shows The initial season in the ensemble comedy, recognized for its snappy popular culture references and sharp laughs, setup the rocky friendship that was produced when Alex (Elisha Cuthbert) left Dork (Zachary Knighton) within the altar. This picture - apparently in the exes diving face-first in to a cake - reminds us the show's best moments are it's not-so-happy being. Happy Endings' Season 2 premiere is Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 9:30/8:30c (also called balance-coveted publish-Modern Family slot). Whatrrrs your opinion? Can it be ah-MAH-zing?

ABC Developing Jekyll & Hyde Drama From Producer Mark Gordon

EXCLUSIVE: ABC has bought a second high-profile drama project that takes on Robert Louis Stevensons split-personality tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Jekyll & Hyde, from ABC Studios, studio-based Mark Gordon Co and feature writer Matt Lopez (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice), is described as a suspenseful, darkly romantic retelling of the classic tale with a unique sci-fi twist that I hear may be cloning-related. Set in modern San Francisco, it centers on a female criminal psychologist who is drawn into the mysterious world of a brilliant but inhibited scientist and his volatile alter ego. Going into this development season, ABC brass identified the Jekyll & Hyde lore as one of the areas they wanted to mine. Now the network has two high-profile projects to choose from: the Lopez/Gordon Jekyll & Hyde and the recently sold Hyde, from writer Sheldon Turner. It’s about an ER doctor whose id manifests itself as a different person when he goes to sleep as a result of an experiential medical treatment. Under new head of drama Nicholas Pepper, the Mark Gordon Co is having one of the busiest development seasons with seven hourlong projects sold so far, six of them to ABC and one, an adaptation of the Gordon-produced feature thriller Source Code, to CBS, where the company has veteran procedural Criminal Minds.

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Bullets over MoMA

Ryan Kavanaugh with Gerard Butler Michelle Monaghan takes a pointer from Sam Childers at the Royalton. Blessings and bullets filled the air at the Tuesday preem of Relativity's "Machine Gun Preacher" in Gotham. "Some fights can be avoided by praying to God. The others, sometimes, require guns and rocket launchers," said Sam Childers, the inspiring sinner-turned-saint whose mind-blowing experiences serve as the film's backbone. Childers, who referred to himself as the first hillbilly allowed inside the MoMA theater, isn't the only one unafraid to grab a weapon in times of trouble. "I'm definitely a machine gun kind of guy," said the film's star, Gerard Butler. "I'm not a big fan of talking. Things usually don't get done that way." Childers' story of redemption, which includes rescuing hundreds of children caught in the crossfire of an ongoing war in the Sudan, caused Butler's co-star Michelle Monaghan and the film's writer, Jason Keller, to wipe back tears on their way to the afterparty at the Royalton. "I may not look for guns on the black market, but I will do whatever I can to raise awareness for those children in a peaceful way," Keller said. "Call it the Gandhi approach." Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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Angola's Leila Lopes Wins Miss World

Leila Lopes Leila Lopes of Angola was crowned Miss World in the 60th annual pageant in Sao Paulo, becoming her nation's first champion.A Benguela native, she guaranteed to become an activist, saying: "I have labored with assorted social causes. Sometimes with poor kids, Sometimes in fighting against Aids. Sometimes to safeguard the seniors and I must fit everything in that my country needs. I believe now as Miss World I'll have the ability to do a lot more.InchAverage women of Beverly Hills' Adrienne Maloof, Vivica A. Fox among Miss World judgesThe 25-year-old Lopes outperform 88 other women for that title, including first runner-up Olesia Stefanko of Ukraine and 2nd runner-up Priscila Machado of South america. Shamcey Supsup from the Philippines and Luo Zilin of China rounded the 5 best.Lopes works Ximena Navarrete of Mexico.Watch Lopes' crowning moment:

Top Gun Flying Your Means by 3-D, and 5 Other Tales You Will Be Speaking About Today

Happy Monday! Also in today’s edition from the Broadsheet: Bobcat Goldthwait describes his pop-culture revenge fantasy … Amitabh Bachchan is the only person not receiving wealthy off Baz Luhrmann’s Great Gatsby … A Hollywood terror may soon return in the pub … and much more. · The 25th anniversary of Top Gun will operate a little lengthy, apparently: A business known as Legend 3-D is incorporated in the initial phases of transforming Tony Scott’s 1986 blockbuster to three-D for theatrical distribution between 2012. Four minutes — such as the “Danger Zone” sequence — happen to be converted and previewed in a convention in Amsterdam all Legend needs is Scott’s approval to handle relaxation. Best of luck? [THR] · “I don’t worry concerning the Kardashians. I've no personal ax to grind. It’s individuals who discuss them I must shoot hard.” Have a bow, Bobcat Goldthwait! His violent satire God Bless America first showed to acclaim over the past weekend in Toronto. [LAT] · Baz Luhrmann might be investing $127 million to create a new adaptation from the Great Gatsby but Amitabh Bachchan isn’t creating a cent. The Bollywood icon, whom Lurhmann roped directly into play “shadowy gangster” Meyer Wolfsheim, authored Sunday on his blog, “[Luhrmann] known as recently and wondered basically would do that small role in the film and that i agreed. It's a gesture. I've declined any remuneration about this too.” [Large B through the Protector ] · The 84-year-old driver who a week ago struck a jogging Reese Witherspoon won't face charges within the incident, but she'll be needed to retake her test of driving ability. Buckle up, L.A. [THR] · This is a terrific, lighting and inspiring aspect of Craig Duncan, the Einstein of palindrome writing. [The Believer via Andrew Sullivan] · Talking about Top Gun, this really is most likely the most wonderful story you’ll continue reading the anniversary of 9/11: “Lt. Louise ‘Lucky’ Penney was on the runway at Andrews Air Pressure Base and able to fly. She'd her hands about the throttle of the F-16 and she or he had her orders: Bring lower U . s . Air carriers Flight 93. […] The main one factor she didn’t have as she roared in to the crystalline sky was live ammunition. Or missiles. Or anything whatsoever to throw in a hostile aircraft. Except her very own plane. To ensure that was the program.” Salute accordingly. [Wordpress]

The End Of Entourage: Whaddya Think?

Here’s what I think: eight seasons, countless send-ups, and infinite snark. Tonight HBO’s Entourage ended with soap opera schmaltz but also a Hollywood cliffhanger surrounding our fave Ari Gold that obviously sets up the movie which Doug Ellin keeps wanting towrite. We loved this show, we hated this show, wewatched a lot, and then we watched a lot less. With the High Holy Days coming for Jews everywhere, I’m reminded of my favorite Entourage episode ever that had Ari doing business in the temple aisles during services. I’m also grateful to Ellin et al for helping put Deadline Hollywood on the map. He asked me several times to appear on the show, including the finale, and each time I turned him down. But Carrie Fisherfilmed a guest shotas a reporter working for ‘Nikki Finkes Deadline Hollywood’. And during Season 6 character Terence did utter that infamous line,Ill fuck Nikki Finke before I let her affect my business decisions which was pretty damn funny. Ive been mixed in my assessment ofEllin’s HBO series over the years, alternately castigating it for not showing the down and dirty Hollywood, and occasionallypraising it for less predictability and more realism.But I always thought those early episodes were best because they showed ‘Plantation Hollywood’ and life among the wannabes.I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: go to any Urth Caffe or outdoor patio in this city that sells decent coffee, any line for an overhyped party or club where photographers are lurking, any power gym or yoga class that puts its name on tank tops for sale, and youll find them: Vince, Turtle, E, and of course Drama. The would-be actors thinking theyre just one showcase away from quitting their day jobs to star in the movie reeling in their heads.The would-be screenwriters whove finished 11 pages but can already recite the recent prices paid for spec scripts.The would-be managers suggesting ways to fix Gwynnies flameout before phoning the trainee program for an interview. The would-beproducers dreaming of makingtheir generations Pulp Fiction before scoring a part-time gig as a reader. All are the wannabes, sui generis to entertainment, and specifically to Los Angeles. Hopped up on hope. Drowning in dreams. Yet showbiz depends on their survival. Otherwise, the myth of Hollywood would seem a lot less elitist and glamorous. That club exists only as long as it wont accept civilians like them as members. Sure, it was easy to wince at Vince’s, Turtle’s, E’s, and Drama’snaivete and enthusiasm. But their cluelessness also allowed them to put up with all the screaming, rejection, and slave wages that characterize the Industry. At their best, they were like adorable pets who continuously bestow unconditional love upon Hollywood even though they get mistreated over and over. At their worst, they were those masochistic plebes in Animal House bending over in their underwear and begging to be whacked on the ass: Thank you, sir, may I have another? It was this modern-day reality behind the Hollywood fable that Entourage introduced to America. What it’s likecoming out here from with little money and no contacts only to live in their AMC beaters or crowd onto stained futons. They praise each others work, but secretly wish failure for everyone but themselves. They have a friend who knows someone who works for A Famous Name, and who offers a vague promise to slip theirhead shots and projects to the right people even if thats just a euphemism for the wastebasket. They wait for stardom, success, or succor because it wouldnt be as sweet without the sacrifice. When fame or fortune doesnt happen right away, they blame their own bad timing and linger. After still longer, they rewrite the Third Act, they change thesp teachers, beg family and friends to finance an indie prod, take temp work anywhere even remotely connected to entertainment, and sneak onto studio lots. What they never do is give up and go back home. And thats why we really loved and admired Vince, Turtle, E, and Dramaand their never-quiet lives of desperation because their stick-to-itiveness constituted the Best of Hollywood. Spontaneously generated, thriving without benefit of nurturing, unstoppable as well as unfathomable, the wannabes are always around to remind us of the serendipitous nature of life here. I hope the coming R-rated movie captures this. Entourage creator/executive producer Mark Wahlberghas said that, even if I have to finance it myself, I would do it. The question is when and how quickly.” Judging from the finale’s scene after the credits,it now looks like Wahlberg and Ellinhave the germ of an idea tomake it happen. Remember that this show was based on Wahlberg and formed out of the dynamic of him as a young star who comes to Hollywood with his buddies from home, and agent Ari Emanuel.Of course, Ari’s doppelganger Ari Gold has been immortalized by Jeremy Piven and is the real reasonHollywood became addicted to Entourage. Recently, at the National Cable & Telecommunications Associations annual trade show in Chicago, new mayorRahm Emanuel was introduced byDiscovery Communications CEO David Zaslav who said that in our industry hes known as Aris brother.Rahm thenoffered a mock apology on behalf of his family. You know him as an agent, he said. We know him as a brother. We thought we got the worse end of the deal. Rahm also noted that when HBO first putEntourage on the air, Ari wanted to know what Rahm thought. I like Ari Gold more than I like you, Rahm replied. After landing Emmy nominations in the top comedy category for three years running, the HBO series stopped making the cut.TV Academy votersmoved on from the aging series that returned for its shortened 8th and final season starting July 24th. It didnt help when news leaked out in May that HBO had pulled it from broadcast syndication by Warner Bros Domestic TV.Yes, we all agree that the show jumped the shark. But it also had its moments.As well asthe abundance of broads and boobs, the preponderance of real Hollywood players self-amused.Aaron Sorkin was unexpected andthat episodehilarious.George Segal did a superb Bernie Brillstein imitation (complete with ugly yellow sweater). One show had a sotto voce line about buying guns at John Milius garage sale that made me laugh out loud.Fox mogul Tom Rothman and NBC mogul about to go-go Ben Silverman appeared in cameosas well as ABCs The View and film critics Richard Roeper and Michael Phillips.But thenjust when you thought these Hollywood players had a sense of humor about theirportrayals,actor Maury Chaykinplayed Harvey Weingard in a way to imply that the real Harvey Weinsteinwas a terrifying tyrant.At one Camp Allen mogulfest in Sun Valley, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes asked the real Harvey to do a walk-on for the show. Weinstein replied, Fuck you. Asl was told at the time, And it was a serious fuck you. Goodbye Entourage as a TV series. Now just don’tcome back asan embarrassingly lamemovie.

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Leonardo DiCaprio Mistaken For Jewellery Crook

SYDNEY, Australia -- A hooded, shades-putting on Leonardo DiCaprio sparked a short stress in a Sydney, Australia jewellery story on Thursday. The mistaken identify snafu went lower at Sydneys The Household Jewels store in which the actor switched up to look at some jewelry. Out of the blue both of these large burly men arrived to the store, shop owner Kane Kelfkens told Splash News. We had a hooded figure are available in with dark glasses and [my sales assistant Linda] thought, Oh boy, this really is serious. So, she rushed nearby and stated, There can be a endure nearby, he described. [She] recognized that Leo was the guy underneath the hood. Hed removed his glasses and she or he relaxed. Regardless of the brief tense moment, Linda stored her spontaneity concerning the situation. She really had a little of the joke with him about convinced that he may have been a crook. When he desired to a glance at among the bracelets, she stated, Dont you take out of the door with this necklace, he remembered. Kane stated the actor was searching in a $1600 Nepalese antique necklace embellished with lapis lazuli and barrier for his mother. Among the best ones we now have within the store, Kane stated from the necklace. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

'Twilight' Movie Studio Sues Over Twilight.com Website

Summit Entertainment"Twilight" Summit Entertainment has filed all sorts of lawsuits with the goal of protecting its lucrative Twilight franchise. The latest legal target isthe owner of Twilight.com, alleged to be deceiving consumers into believing the website is authorized by the studio and connected to the vampire romance films. From the looks of Twilight.com, the site appears to be rather unimpressive. One could call it a fan site except the average 13-year-old girl with a Rob Pattinson crush could probably design something better. Nevertheless, the site seems hardly nefarious, even linking to Amazon.com so that consumers can purchase Stephenie Meyer books andThe Twilight Saga DVDs and CDs instead of pirating them. PHOTOS: 'Breaking Dawn': New Pictures From the Film But Summit, which has previously been in court over things like Twilight toiletries and Bella jackets, sees something here that compels litigation against the dilution of its marks. According to the complaint, the website's owner, Tom Markson, has been using the studio's copyrighted Twilight materials in his banner, plus linking to stuff like unauthorized Twilight contests and "fake casting calls." PHOTOS: The Evolution of Film Vampires In fairness, many of those links appear to be provided by Google AdSense at the bottom of the page, which may lead to the question of whether the studio would ever follow other trademark owners by taking legal action against Google. So far, we haven't gotten word from Summit on this question, but we'll update if we hear back. PHOTOS: First Look at 'Breaking Dawn' In the meantime, Summit says in its complaint that the false implication of Summit's endorsement of Twilight.com constitutes unfair competition, is likely to confuse consumers, will injure the studio's reputation, and will result in irreparable damage. The studio is suing for copyright and trademark infringement and demanding gains, profits and advantages from the defendant. Markson didn't respond to our queries for comment. It appears he registered the website all the way back in 1994, predating the rise of the Twilight books and movies. Summit has been attempting to shut down his activities since at least 2009. According to the complaint, Markson responded to a cease-and-desist letter by denying Summit's claims. E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner Robert Pattinson Taylor Lautner Twilight

Film Clip Rocks '70s Threads in First Photos From 'Argo' Set

Film Clip looks a great deal shaggier than normal within the first photos in the group of his film 'Argo,' that is set throughout the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. Within the movie, he plays a CIA "exfiltration" specialist whose intend to save hostages involves developing a fake film production. Affleck can also be pointing the film, which costars Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston and Kyle Chandler. We are type of digging his '70s look. Less shaggy as James Brolin in 1979's 'Amityville Horror' or Michael Douglas in 'The China Syndrome,' but nonetheless superbly groovy. And hey, is the fact that a leisure suit? See more photos following the jump. Alan Arkin and Film Clip filming 'Argo.' images thanks to bauer-griffin.online

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Butter: Telluride Review

Having a taste for Butter depends almost entirely on whether you find the comedy of condescension and ridicule a hoot or a very cheap form of amusement. This satire on self-righteous, homily-spewing Red Staters and the cutthroat world of butter carving trades almost entirely on making jokes at the expense of others, most of all an obsessed, venal woman who could pass as a kissin' cousin to either of the two most prominent female Republican figures of the moment. Decidedly not a critics' picture, this Weinstein release -- apparently being positioned for at least an initial release late this year -- brandishes the sort of snide humor that plays well with a large public, but a fair slice of that audience could well be put off by the whiff of agenda that's hard to miss. This odd film, headed for the Toronto Film Festival in the wake of its unannounced debut at Telluride, has a commercial shot but a rather long one that will put any and all marketing wizards involved to the test.Related Topics•Telluride Film Festival PHOTOS: 12 Movies to Know at the Telluride Film Festival The vaguely unsalubrious title of the first feature written by Jason Micallef and the second directed by Jim Field Smith (She's Out of My League) refers to the competitive pastime of butter sculpting that consumes the lives of a sufficient number of Iowans to have made it a statewide sport. The undisputed champion for 15 years running is Bob Pickler (Ty Burrell), whose latest creation -- a full-sized rendering of The Last Supper -- is considered such a celestial masterpiece that he's asked to step aside to give someone else a chance. Furious at this blow to family eminence, Bob's wife Laura (Jennifer Garner) takes up the carving knife herself. Laura is the sort of prim, flag-waving, self-satisfied do-gooder whose pasted-on smile can't disguise incisors ready to rip into anyone she finds wanting or threatening. When not on public view, Laura cusses like a David Mamet character and vents about every perceived threat to her position or worldview, as if the stars arranged themselves exclusively to assault her sense of security. As it is, she finds no solace at home; Bob momentarily takes up with trampy, extortionist stripper Brooke (Olivia Wilde), who in turn exerts an unhealthy influence on Laura's already checked-out stepdaughter (Kristen Schaal). But the most serious menace comes from an adorable 10-year-old black girl with the loaded name of Destiny (Yara Shahidi), who has bounced from one foster family to another until winding up with locals (Rob Corddry, Alicia Silverstone) who bend over backward to please. Almost absurdly well-adjusted and ever-keeled for her age and background, even if prone to comments like, "Are these crackers for real?" in the face of weird behavior by white people, Destiny is revealed as the Mozart of butter carvers, a natural genius in an enterprise her new mom admits is "kinda rednecky." Faced with likely defeat in both the regional and state competitions, where Destiny does remarkable work sculpting the Freedom Train and a pieta-like rendering of herself and her imagined real mother, Laura resorts to deceit in league with a good-ol'-boy former flame (an amusing cameo by Hugh Jackman), revealing her whiny, self-pitying true self in the process. Playing a thoroughly unpleasant character, Garner, who also co-produced, somewhat overdoes Laura's initial phoniness and her overriding shrillness. That someone, nay, anyone, would become so psychotically preoccupied by butter carving is part of the joke, that being that human beings are capable of becoming fixated on almost anything. But Laura is not endowed with a single human quality worth admiring, and her priorities are entirely upside down. When she discovers that her ineffectual husband, whom she once regarded as worthy of high office, has cheated on her with a conniving skank, she sweeps it under the rug of her artistic ambitions, which in the end include a technically proficient but bad-taste rendering of the Kennedy assassination. Wilde lives up to her name as the go-for-broke exotic dancer as dim as she is unlucky, while the rest of the cast, excepting the dignified Shahidi, works in bright-eyed caricature mode. Venue: Telluride Film Festival Opens: December (Weinstein Co.) Production: Michael De Luca Productions, Vandalia Films Cast: Jennifer Garner, Ty Burrell, Olivia Wilde, Rob Corddry, Ashely Greene, Alicia Silverstone, Phyllis Smith, Kristen Schaal, Yara Shahidi, Hugh Jackman Director: Jim Field Smith Screenwriter: Jason Micallef Producers: Michael De Luca, Jennifer Garner, Alissa Phillips Executive producers: Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Kelly Carmichael, Juliana Janes, Benjamin Ormand Director of photography: Jim Denault Production designer: Tony Fanning Costume designer: Susie DeSanto Editors: Dan Schalk, Matt Garner Music: Mateo Messina R rating, 90 minutes Alicia Silverstone Jennifer Garner Olivia Wilde Ty Burrell Telluride Film Festival Butter