Kurt Russell May Replace Kevin Costner in 'Django Unchained'

And also you thought only not so good news broke late on Friday. TheWrap reviews the always-awesome Kurt Russell is within foretells replace Kevin Costner in Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained.' Russell -- who starred within the underrated 'Death Proof' for that director -- would play Ace Woodsy, a henchman for that villainous Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio). Jamie Foxx and Christophe Waltz co-star with what is shaping as an extremely physical film it had been reported on Friday that Waltz dislocated his pelvis while practicing 'Django Unchained,' that is set to start shooting in November. [TheWrap, THR] Photo: John M. Heller/Getty

Melissa Leo, James Badge Dale Booking 'Flight' (Exclusive)

Robert Zemeckis is constantly on the nail lower his cast for Paramount's Denzel Washington drama Flight. Oscar champion Melissa Leo and James Badge Dale have been in discussions to become listed on the drama, that is being created by Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald. The script by John Gatins focuses on an alcoholic and drug-addicted pilot (Washington) whose plane engine malfunctions, forcing him to save the aircraft and it is people, being a hero along the way. Once the FAA looks into and finds proof of substance abuse, it attempts to sweep evidence aside to assist preserve the look from the captain, who's attempting to change the path of his existence. Bruce Greenwood just closed his deal while Don Cheadle, and Kelly Reilly have been in various stages of discussions to become listed on the cast. Leo is playing an investigator who's going to expose the pilot and discover in responsible for negligence. Dale's part sees him playing a gaunt dying cancer patient. Leo, repped by ICM and Untitled, won an Oscar on her operate in The Fighter and seemed to be Emmy-nominated on her performance in HBO's small-series Mildred Pierce. Dale, repped by CAA and MJ Management, would be a breakout actor from HBO's The Off-shore who continued to star in AMC's Rubicon. As the series was short-resided, Dale is seeing his feature career obtaining, booking parts in movies for example Joe Carnahan's The Gray, World War Z as well as in the approaching sex drama Shame. Related Subjects

Fashion Slam: Evan Rachel Wood: Awesome Girl Style

By Ryan PattersonLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- It kind of takes pressure off. You understand youre thinking less regarding your image and basically more your emotions and therefore, just leaves room to pay attention to bigger and things. Thats actress Evan Rachel Wood within the La premiere of her film The Ides of March this year's week talking about her short do, which she first demonstrated in June after a period of extended hair. If perhaps I'd one's heart (as well as the face) to tug off this kind of style, but Evan nails it. Celebrity hairstylist Marcus Francis labored with Evan for your premiere and shares ways you can the look. BEAUTY INSPIRATION: Evans short look of your hair gets the perfect balance of masculine and feminine, Marcus states. The clean silhouette of her white-colored suit inspired me to keep the look strong yet sexy. It absolutely was the style rock eye that put in my vision from the new to experience a vintage: combed out finger wave getting a David Bowie twist. A way of androgynous sexy elegance. Have The LOOK: Prep moist hair with Phyto Phytovolume Actif Spray, blow becoming dry along with your hands to manage volume within the roots. Inside the back, direct hair lower round the sides, take advantage of the fingers to direct hair back - keeping a piecey texture. When the tresses are half dry, lightly spritz Fekkai Tousled Wave Spray to thicken the look and feel in the hair. While using finish from the tail comb, produce a deep side part from the arch from the eyebrow. From the part, wrap small areas of hair employing a 3/4 curling iron. On your way to another eyebrow, the following row of sections will alternate the direction in the curl. This appears like an imperfect version from the finger wave. Continue this alternating curl pattern until youve finished the most effective side section. Within the crown in the mind, wrap hair when you did in the beginning, alternating three rows lower. Use Jonathan Muck Texturizing Paste to keep texture have less the perimeters. Switching to Pantene Professional-V Restore Beautiful Measures Getting rid of Balm for your top, rake through utilizing your fingers to destroy within the curls. Extend the curls to look like the following day of it absolutely was styled. Spray with LOreal Elnett Hairspray for hold. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved.These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Seth Rogen Shows His Range as an Actor and a Producer in '50/50'

Seth Rogen Shows His Range as an Actor and a Producer in '50/50' By Jenelle Riley September 28, 2011 Photo by Shiloh Strong Seth Rogen Tell Seth Rogen with all sincerity that he deserves an Oscar nomination for his supporting turn as the best friend of a cancer patient in "50/50," and it takes him a good five minutes to stop laughing. "That's very kindthank you very much," he finally manages to say following that famous, booming chuckle. "I really appreciate that, but I truly don't think that's going to happen." Perhaps not, but it's not hyperbole to say Rogen is outstanding in the film, playing Kyle, an ordinary guy who does his best to stand by Adam (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) when Adam is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer at age 27. With the best of intentions, Kyle tries to help his friend navigate a whole new world of chemotherapy, illness, and ever-changing relationships. Although Kyle is sometimes inappropriate and misguided, his good heart and genuine love for his friend always come through.Rogen has had a test run playing the part; the screenplay is by his good friend Will Reiser, a fellow comedy writer who was diagnosed with cancer six years ago. At the time, Rogen's career was taking off. After an early start on the Judd Apatowproduced series "Freaks and Geeks" and "Undeclared," Rogen parlayed his scene-stealing role in Apatow's "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" into a star turn in "Knocked Up." He was also getting his feet wet as a writer-producer and would go on to co-write (with his partner Evan Goldberg) and produce "Superbad," "Pineapple Express," and "The Green Hornet." But as he watched Reiser struggle toward what would ultimately be a happy endingReiser is cancer-freeRogen continued to encourage his friend to write about his experience. The resulting film, produced by Rogen and directed by Jonathan Levine, is a pleasant surprise for anyone who winced on hearing Rogen was taking on a "cancer comedy." It's a fine line to walk and a path Rogen went down with "Funny People," in which he played the assistant of a famous comedian (Adam Sandler) dying of a rare disease. But the films could not be more different, and although Kyle might be a recognizable Rogen characterhe's a loudmouthed stonerthe performance represents a huge leap forward for the actor. Part of Rogen's appeal has long been his naturalistic attitudethe fact that he doesn't look like he's making too much of an effort. But anyone who recognizes good acting can tell that a lot is going on beneath the surface. "I'll confess I work really hard. I just dress in crumbly clothes so it makes it look like I'm not trying," Rogen says. "But I am." Back Stage: You were 16 when you went on an audition in Vancouver for "Freaks and Geeks." Was it your first audition ever? What did you do? Was improv involved? Seth Rogen: I think it was my second or third. I had sides; I don't think there was improv. It was a funny scene and actually kind of ultimately inspired the movie "Pineapple Express." It's about wanting to grow weed in a giant underground storage facility. I remember thinking it was funny. And I definitely remember them laughing way more than I thought they would. I remember coming out thinking, "If I didn't get that, I don't know what they are doing in there, because they definitely seemed to like it." Then I got it. I don't think I realized how lucky I was at the time.Back Stage: At that age, did you have a plan for your career? How did this fit in? Rogen: I'd done standup comedy, and I had my version of a plan. Which I guess was that I would do standup and go to L.A. and have a sitcom built around me, which was what was happening a lot then. Back Stage: When "Freaks and Geeks" was canceled, why did you choose to stay in L.A.? Rogen: I had enough money to stick around a little bit. Money [bought] time I could go without working. I just planned on staying until I ran out of money. That's still kind of my plan. Back Stage: Did you have an agent who was sending you out? Rogen: I had an agent and manager off "Freaks and Geeks." I would go for auditions here and thereit was definitely touch-and-go. Then I did "Donnie Darko" it was a tiny part, but it gave me a little bit of money. And then we did "Undeclared," until it was canceled. Back Stage: What were those early auditions like? Were you good at it? Rogen: No, I was not very good at auditioning. They didn't really know what to do with me. At the time, this wasn't a commercially acceptable type, by any stretch of the imagination. And there wasn't a lot of stuff that was like the stuff we got known for doingI didn't really have an arena in the auditions to be that funny, because they weren't the stuff I was good at. But Evan and I kept writing, and that's what kept it interesting. We were writing "Superbad" and "Pineapple Express" and trying to sell them and not really having much luck, but it always felt like we had this thing we were working towards. I think a lot of actors come out and audition and just don't get stuff and just feel like they're falling into this void. It didn't feel like that for us. But it definitely got scary at times because we went long stretches of time without working and almost ran out of money. Back Stage: And didn't Judd Apatow help you through those times, hiring you as an actor and as a writer? Rogen: Judd would really be helpful. We'd be really low on money, and he was doing rewrites on movies, and he'd give us a few thousand bucks to kind of help him for a few days. This is like 2002, 2003, I guess. So little things would come up; we'd get a little job here, a little job there. We would rewrite a movie here or something like that. Or sometimes we'd get paid to attend a table read. I literally went to a table read for "Big Momma's House 2," and we did a writers' room on it afterwards and got paid like 500 bucks. That was the kind of stuff you would do as a writer; it was the equivalent of doing bit parts on soap operas or such. That went on pretty much until we got "Da Ali G Show" as writers, and that was really the first regular job that actually paid us money as writers. It was a wonderful learning experience. That's where we met Will.Back Stage: As an actor, had you ever had any professional training before getting cast on "Freaks and Geeks"? Rogen: When I was a kid, I went to acting classes, like artsy-nerdy kids do. Local community centers and stuff like that. In high school, I think I went to a slightly more adult acting class for a few months maybe, I can't even remember. But nothing formal or rigorous in any way, shape, or form.Back Stage: So when they first put you and these other new actors in front of a camera, was there any sort of tutorial? Rogen: I think so. You know, I take for granted a lot of the movie bullshit you pick up over the years, and you forget how specific it is. And how if you didn't know, if no one told you what a mark is, it would be so foreign. Something they really went out of their way to doand something we try to do nowwas to teach us everything. Not just about the process, but how the writing and directing works, and how the camera and editing works. It was really amazing because they were really inclusive. When we were 17 years old, they would let me sit in the writers' room and watch them write. There's people who have been on TV shows for five seasons that don't get to sit in the writers' room. There was a definite attitude from Judd and the directors and the writers of "Let's teach these people. Let's go out of our way to explain everything." They really hoped we'd be able to contribute.Back Stage: I ask because you seem so natural in those old episodes. Rogen: That's funny; when I watch them, it looks terriblelike the worst acting in the entire world.But that was the mantra of the show: Act normal. Act natural. What would you do in this situation? What would you say? The writers would ask us what we would actually say in a situation. Not "What do you think will be funny?" I think that type of attitude went across the whole show, which is why I think the performances are so great. Except me. Although, I got better near the end, just in time to get canceled. We still say that every day when we're shooting: "Do what feels natural." Back Stage: How do you handle it if something doesn't feel right or natural? Rogen: You talk about it. It happens all the time. You have to adapt. It's largely up to the director; you have to be flexible. Sometimes the blocking isn't what you expected, and you have to adjust. You try things all kinds of different ways. Sometimes what's funny on set isn't going to be funny in an audience full of people. That's why we do so many takeswe just try to cover our asses, basically.Back Stage: So you don't mind test screenings, then? Rogen: No! We test screen a lot. We actually try to have more than most movies generally have. You learn a lot at them, especially when you're making a comedy. The more you show it to people, the more you find out what jokes work, what jokes don't work. And if you have extra jokes, which we do, you can make the movie play really well. Because any joke that doesn't work, you just rotate jokes in until one does work. We've done test screenings to literally test one or two jokes. It's important; it's actually hard to get the studio to agree to do it. I would test a movie 100 times, honestly. They usually want you to test it once or twice; I prefer five or six times, maybe even more.Back Stage: Can you remember anything specific that you fought for or learned from a test screening? Rogen: Tons of stuff. This movie, for example, I have a joke where I don't know that Patrick Swayze has died. That's the perfect example, because we did many options. As we were filming it, we were like, "We're going to have to test this joke!" People laughed at it and liked it, so we kept it in, but I was surprised, honestly. I thought people would say, "We love the movie, but you're a f**king asshole for having that joke in there!"Back Stage: As a producer on "50/50," how involved were you in the casting? Rogen: I sat in for almost all the auditions; I was very involved in all that stuff. It was great, actually. Bryce Dallas Howard's role as the unlikable girlfriend was very hard to cast. We had to read people, which is always tough to do, especially when you want really high-caliber actors, because a lot of them don't want to read. But we had to; it's a very tough role, and if it's too much in any direction, it can kill the whole movie. It needs to be someone who you get why he's with her, but at the same time you don't like her, even though you understand where she's coming from. I've known Bryce for a while; she auditioned for "Knocked Up," and then I'd see her at the grocery store and around town. I've always thought she was amazing, and she came in and was so impressive. And she does so much in the movie without you even realizing it. Back Stage: Do you remember the last time you auditioned for a role? Rogen: Sure, I auditioned for a movie just a year and a half ago. I didn't get it. And it didn't do that well. [Laughs.] People think I don't have to audition anymore, and that's not true at all. And I would be hypocritical to say no; as long as I'm asking people like Bryce to audition, I would be a f**king asshole if I wasn't willing to audition for stuff. I almost prefer it in a way, honestly, because it can be weird just being offered a role and showing up and no one knows what you're going to do and how you're going to do it. So it doesn't bother me.Back Stage: Obviously you didn't have to audition for "50/50," but to what degree are you playing yourself? Rogen: I'm only playing me as much as Joseph is playing Will; it's kind of broad strokes. I represent in the movie something that was happening at the time, which was a general inability for both Will and his friends to truly communicate about what was happening. What we did instead was joke about it and say really f**ked-up things about it all the time. There was a sense of "Let's try to make something funny about it." We would literally joke, "Let's make a movie out of this. Let's use this to your advantage in some way, shape, or form." When he was sick, we would tell Will all the time to write a screenplay about it. When he got better we were like "No, seriously, do it!" And while he was sick, we didn't have a real context for what the story would be. When he got better, you could see it was a movie. He started off as this neurotic, miserable, somewhat obnoxious guy. He got sick, he went through all these changes, all these relationships changed, and he got better and was a much happier, calm, well-rounded, centered person. The story now had a beginning, middle, and end. After that we were like, "Oh, we don't have to do anything. We can show almost exactly what really happened." Back Stage: We've seen the film about the person battling cancer before, and while this film handles that really well, it also tells a story we don't often see: being the friend who doesn't know how to handle the situation. One of the best moments of the film is when Adam finds a book Kyle has been reading about helping a friend cope with cancer. Rogen: We were talking about that when it happened: This is the greatest thing as an actor you could ever ask for. I have an amazing moment of redemption, my character comes full circle, and I'm literally lying on a couch, doing nothing. I'm just going to go to sleep, and when I wake up, my acting will be praised.Back Stage: This film is obviously very personal to you. Would it have hurt you if the reviews had been unkind? Rogen: Yeah, it would have. It's the type of movie that needs to be good. It's not like "Transformers." I could give a shit if "Green Hornet" got good reviews because audiences liked it, and that's who we made it for. But this movie needs to function intellectually as well as entertainment-wise, because it's about something so delicate. But what's more important than reviews is that people who have had direct experiences with something similar like the film. Like, when we made "Funny People," all I cared about was that standup comics didn't think I was a phony. For this movie, all I care about is that people within the cancer community appreciate it. I want them, more than critics, to think the movie is representative of what they went through. And so far, they have, and that means everything to me. You can fool critics, honestlymovies do it all the time. I read good reviews for movies that are idiotic to me. So it's not the best barometer. But you can't deny people's own experiences. When people tell me they like it and it represents what they went through, that means everything.Outtakes - Is also an aspiring photographer- Recently finished shooting "My Mother's Curse," in which his character goes on a road trip with his mother, played by Barbra Streisand. Also stars in Sarah Polley's film "Take This Waltz," which recently played the Toronto International Film Festival- Set to co-direct "The Apocalypse," from a script he wrote with Goldberg- Says his most difficult project to date was "The Green Hornet," largely because it was rated PG-13 and "I had to come up with funny shit all day where I couldn't swear." - Voiced characters in "Monsters vs. Aliens," the "Kung Fu Panda" films, and "Horton Hears a Who!" and the title character in "Paul." Says he's not surprised by this career: "I always thought I should have a career in voiceover, honestly. I knew I could have no discernable talent or abilities, but I knew I had a somewhat unique voice. I generally do not think I deserve my success, but I was shocked I was not getting more voiceover work!" Seth Rogen Shows His Range as an Actor and a Producer in '50/50' By Jenelle Riley September 28, 2011 Seth Rogen PHOTO CREDIT Shiloh Strong Tell Seth Rogen with all sincerity that he deserves an Oscar nomination for his supporting turn as the best friend of a cancer patient in "50/50," and it takes him a good five minutes to stop laughing. "That's very kindthank you very much," he finally manages to say following that famous, booming chuckle. "I really appreciate that, but I truly don't think that's going to happen." Perhaps not, but it's not hyperbole to say Rogen is outstanding in the film, playing Kyle, an ordinary guy who does his best to stand by Adam (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) when Adam is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer at age 27. With the best of intentions, Kyle tries to help his friend navigate a whole new world of chemotherapy, illness, and ever-changing relationships. Although Kyle is sometimes inappropriate and misguided, his good heart and genuine love for his friend always come through.Rogen has had a test run playing the part; the screenplay is by his good friend Will Reiser, a fellow comedy writer who was diagnosed with cancer six years ago. At the time, Rogen's career was taking off. After an early start on the Judd Apatowproduced series "Freaks and Geeks" and "Undeclared," Rogen parlayed his scene-stealing role in Apatow's "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" into a star turn in "Knocked Up." He was also getting his feet wet as a writer-producer and would go on to co-write (with his partner Evan Goldberg) and produce "Superbad," "Pineapple Express," and "The Green Hornet." But as he watched Reiser struggle toward what would ultimately be a happy endingReiser is cancer-freeRogen continued to encourage his friend to write about his experience. The resulting film, produced by Rogen and directed by Jonathan Levine, is a pleasant surprise for anyone who winced on hearing Rogen was taking on a "cancer comedy." It's a fine line to walk and a path Rogen went down with "Funny People," in which he played the assistant of a famous comedian (Adam Sandler) dying of a rare disease. But the films could not be more different, and although Kyle might be a recognizable Rogen characterhe's a loudmouthed stonerthe performance represents a huge leap forward for the actor. Part of Rogen's appeal has long been his naturalistic attitudethe fact that he doesn't look like he's making too much of an effort. But anyone who recognizes good acting can tell that a lot is going on beneath the surface. "I'll confess I work really hard. I just dress in crumbly clothes so it makes it look like I'm not trying," Rogen says. "But I am." Back Stage: You were 16 when you went on an audition in Vancouver for "Freaks and Geeks." Was it your first audition ever? What did you do? Was improv involved? Seth Rogen: I think it was my second or third. I had sides; I don't think there was improv. It was a funny scene and actually kind of ultimately inspired the movie "Pineapple Express." It's about wanting to grow weed in a giant underground storage facility. I remember thinking it was funny. And I definitely remember them laughing way more than I thought they would. I remember coming out thinking, "If I didn't get that, I don't know what they are doing in there, because they definitely seemed to like it." Then I got it. I don't think I realized how lucky I was at the time.Back Stage: At that age, did you have a plan for your career? How did this fit in? Rogen: I'd done standup comedy, and I had my version of a plan. Which I guess was that I would do standup and go to L.A. and have a sitcom built around me, which was what was happening a lot then. Back Stage: When "Freaks and Geeks" was canceled, why did you choose to stay in L.A.? Rogen: I had enough money to stick around a little bit. Money [bought] time I could go without working. I just planned on staying until I ran out of money. That's still kind of my plan. Back Stage: Did you have an agent who was sending you out? Rogen: I had an agent and manager off "Freaks and Geeks." I would go for auditions here and thereit was definitely touch-and-go. Then I did "Donnie Darko" it was a tiny part, but it gave me a little bit of money. And then we did "Undeclared," until it was canceled. Back Stage: What were those early auditions like? Were you good at it? Rogen: No, I was not very good at auditioning. They didn't really know what to do with me. At the time, this wasn't a commercially acceptable type, by any stretch of the imagination. And there wasn't a lot of stuff that was like the stuff we got known for doingI didn't really have an arena in the auditions to be that funny, because they weren't the stuff I was good at. But Evan and I kept writing, and that's what kept it interesting. We were writing "Superbad" and "Pineapple Express" and trying to sell them and not really having much luck, but it always felt like we had this thing we were working towards. I think a lot of actors come out and audition and just don't get stuff and just feel like they're falling into this void. It didn't feel like that for us. But it definitely got scary at times because we went long stretches of time without working and almost ran out of money. Back Stage: And didn't Judd Apatow help you through those times, hiring you as an actor and as a writer? Rogen: Judd would really be helpful. We'd be really low on money, and he was doing rewrites on movies, and he'd give us a few thousand bucks to kind of help him for a few days. This is like 2002, 2003, I guess. So little things would come up; we'd get a little job here, a little job there. We would rewrite a movie here or something like that. Or sometimes we'd get paid to attend a table read. I literally went to a table read for "Big Momma's House 2," and we did a writers' room on it afterwards and got paid like 500 bucks. That was the kind of stuff you would do as a writer; it was the equivalent of doing bit parts on soap operas or such. That went on pretty much until we got "Da Ali G Show" as writers, and that was really the first regular job that actually paid us money as writers. It was a wonderful learning experience. That's where we met Will.Back Stage: As an actor, had you ever had any professional training before getting cast on "Freaks and Geeks"? Rogen: When I was a kid, I went to acting classes, like artsy-nerdy kids do. Local community centers and stuff like that. In high school, I think I went to a slightly more adult acting class for a few months maybe, I can't even remember. But nothing formal or rigorous in any way, shape, or form.Back Stage: So when they first put you and these other new actors in front of a camera, was there any sort of tutorial? Rogen: I think so. You know, I take for granted a lot of the movie bullshit you pick up over the years, and you forget how specific it is. And how if you didn't know, if no one told you what a mark is, it would be so foreign. Something they really went out of their way to doand something we try to do nowwas to teach us everything. Not just about the process, but how the writing and directing works, and how the camera and editing works. It was really amazing because they were really inclusive. When we were 17 years old, they would let me sit in the writers' room and watch them write. There's people who have been on TV shows for five seasons that don't get to sit in the writers' room. There was a definite attitude from Judd and the directors and the writers of "Let's teach these people. Let's go out of our way to explain everything." They really hoped we'd be able to contribute.Back Stage: I ask because you seem so natural in those old episodes. Rogen: That's funny; when I watch them, it looks terriblelike the worst acting in the entire world.But that was the mantra of the show: Act normal. Act natural. What would you do in this situation? What would you say? The writers would ask us what we would actually say in a situation. Not "What do you think will be funny?" I think that type of attitude went across the whole show, which is why I think the performances are so great. Except me. Although, I got better near the end, just in time to get canceled. We still say that every day when we're shooting: "Do what feels natural." Back Stage: How do you handle it if something doesn't feel right or natural? Rogen: You talk about it. It happens all the time. You have to adapt. It's largely up to the director; you have to be flexible. Sometimes the blocking isn't what you expected, and you have to adjust. You try things all kinds of different ways. Sometimes what's funny on set isn't going to be funny in an audience full of people. That's why we do so many takeswe just try to cover our asses, basically.Back Stage: So you don't mind test screenings, then? Rogen: No! We test screen a lot. We actually try to have more than most movies generally have. You learn a lot at them, especially when you're making a comedy. The more you show it to people, the more you find out what jokes work, what jokes don't work. And if you have extra jokes, which we do, you can make the movie play really well. Because any joke that doesn't work, you just rotate jokes in until one does work. We've done test screenings to literally test one or two jokes. It's important; it's actually hard to get the studio to agree to do it. I would test a movie 100 times, honestly. They usually want you to test it once or twice; I prefer five or six times, maybe even more.Back Stage: Can you remember anything specific that you fought for or learned from a test screening? Rogen: Tons of stuff. This movie, for example, I have a joke where I don't know that Patrick Swayze has died. That's the perfect example, because we did many options. As we were filming it, we were like, "We're going to have to test this joke!" People laughed at it and liked it, so we kept it in, but I was surprised, honestly. I thought people would say, "We love the movie, but you're a f**king asshole for having that joke in there!"Back Stage: As a producer on "50/50," how involved were you in the casting? Rogen: I sat in for almost all the auditions; I was very involved in all that stuff. It was great, actually. Bryce Dallas Howard's role as the unlikable girlfriend was very hard to cast. We had to read people, which is always tough to do, especially when you want really high-caliber actors, because a lot of them don't want to read. But we had to; it's a very tough role, and if it's too much in any direction, it can kill the whole movie. It needs to be someone who you get why he's with her, but at the same time you don't like her, even though you understand where she's coming from. I've known Bryce for a while; she auditioned for "Knocked Up," and then I'd see her at the grocery store and around town. I've always thought she was amazing, and she came in and was so impressive. And she does so much in the movie without you even realizing it. Back Stage: Do you remember the last time you auditioned for a role? Rogen: Sure, I auditioned for a movie just a year and a half ago. I didn't get it. And it didn't do that well. [Laughs.] People think I don't have to audition anymore, and that's not true at all. And I would be hypocritical to say no; as long as I'm asking people like Bryce to audition, I would be a f**king asshole if I wasn't willing to audition for stuff. I almost prefer it in a way, honestly, because it can be weird just being offered a role and showing up and no one knows what you're going to do and how you're going to do it. So it doesn't bother me.Back Stage: Obviously you didn't have to audition for "50/50," but to what degree are you playing yourself? Rogen: I'm only playing me as much as Joseph is playing Will; it's kind of broad strokes. I represent in the movie something that was happening at the time, which was a general inability for both Will and his friends to truly communicate about what was happening. What we did instead was joke about it and say really f**ked-up things about it all the time. There was a sense of "Let's try to make something funny about it." We would literally joke, "Let's make a movie out of this. Let's use this to your advantage in some way, shape, or form." When he was sick, we would tell Will all the time to write a screenplay about it. When he got better we were like "No, seriously, do it!" And while he was sick, we didn't have a real context for what the story would be. When he got better, you could see it was a movie. He started off as this neurotic, miserable, somewhat obnoxious guy. He got sick, he went through all these changes, all these relationships changed, and he got better and was a much happier, calm, well-rounded, centered person. The story now had a beginning, middle, and end. After that we were like, "Oh, we don't have to do anything. We can show almost exactly what really happened." Back Stage: We've seen the film about the person battling cancer before, and while this film handles that really well, it also tells a story we don't often see: being the friend who doesn't know how to handle the situation. One of the best moments of the film is when Adam finds a book Kyle has been reading about helping a friend cope with cancer. Rogen: We were talking about that when it happened: This is the greatest thing as an actor you could ever ask for. I have an amazing moment of redemption, my character comes full circle, and I'm literally lying on a couch, doing nothing. I'm just going to go to sleep, and when I wake up, my acting will be praised.Back Stage: This film is obviously very personal to you. Would it have hurt you if the reviews had been unkind? Rogen: Yeah, it would have. It's the type of movie that needs to be good. It's not like "Transformers." I could give a shit if "Green Hornet" got good reviews because audiences liked it, and that's who we made it for. But this movie needs to function intellectually as well as entertainment-wise, because it's about something so delicate. But what's more important than reviews is that people who have had direct experiences with something similar like the film. Like, when we made "Funny People," all I cared about was that standup comics didn't think I was a phony. For this movie, all I care about is that people within the cancer community appreciate it. I want them, more than critics, to think the movie is representative of what they went through. And so far, they have, and that means everything to me. You can fool critics, honestlymovies do it all the time. I read good reviews for movies that are idiotic to me. So it's not the best barometer. But you can't deny people's own experiences. When people tell me they like it and it represents what they went through, that means everything.Outtakes - Is also an aspiring photographer- Recently finished shooting "My Mother's Curse," in which his character goes on a road trip with his mother, played by Barbra Streisand. Also stars in Sarah Polley's film "Take This Waltz," which recently played the Toronto International Film Festival- Set to co-direct "The Apocalypse," from a script he wrote with Goldberg- Says his most difficult project to date was "The Green Hornet," largely because it was rated PG-13 and "I had to come up with funny shit all day where I couldn't swear." - Voiced characters in "Monsters vs. Aliens," the "Kung Fu Panda" films, and "Horton Hears a Who!" and the title character in "Paul." Says he's not surprised by this career: "I always thought I should have a career in voiceover, honestly. I knew I could have no discernable talent or abilities, but I knew I had a somewhat unique voice. I generally do not think I deserve my success, but I was shocked I was not getting more voiceover work!"

Studiocanal, ACE pact $200 mil deal

PARIS -- Pan-European film group Studiocanal has inked a pioneering three-year slate financing cope with London-based film financing fund Anton Capital Ing. ACE will require a 30% stake within the British-language movies and flicks with worldwide potential theatrically launched by Studiocanal within the next 3 years. Deal -- that has already started in and includes Studiocanal-funded hit "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy" -- may be worth Euros150 million ($202.5 million) within the next 3 years in ACE co-investment. That will permit Studiocanal a film financing capacity -- both in productions, co-funded photos and films acquired for distribution -- with a minimum of Euros500 million ($675 million) through 2014. Studiocanal is going to be free to select films within the slate. Deal increases Studiocanal's investment capacity, offset risk and steer clear of Studiocanal's dealing with debt and looking out for investment partners on the film-by-film basis, Studiocanal chairman-Boss Olivier Courson stated in Paris Thursday. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Actorfest Registration Now Open!

Back Stage is proud to announce that people have opened up registration for that 19th annual Actorfest in NY and La. Actorfest NY will occur on Sunday, October 23, 2011 in the Metropolitan Pavilion in NY City. Actorfest LA will occur on Saturday, November 5, 2011 in the California Market Center in downtown La.Actorfest is really a yearly tradeshow for entertainers as if you, offering a variety of possibilities to kickstart your job. The carrying out arts event includes a lot more than 24 informative Training courses, top-notch Auditions, Meet & Drops rich in-level Casting Company directors, a Networking Caf, as well as an enormous Exhibit Hall, at which you'll talk with acting instructors, coaches, schools, headshot photography enthusiasts, and much more suppliers who can help you flourish in your job. Click the link to join up for Actorfest NY. Click the link to join up for Actorfest LA. Enjoy your entire day at Actorfest!

Logan's Run remake set to start production next season

The retool of cult classic Logan's Run will begin production in 2012 according to its producer, Joel Silver.'We're really searching toward the possibility for your movie, " Silver told Total Film. "We're presently concentrating on a script then when we've that many of us are gonna make an effort to have that made - hopefully next season.InchGold is on the purpose of to produce Virtual Detective 2 in December and reckons they are fully aware an excellent film duo when he sees them. "We're very searching toward carrying it out with Nicolas [Winding Refn] and Ryan [Gosling]. While using beautiful movie they provided together with Drive they work effectively together."The director and star are likely to interact again before Logan's Run though, with Thai-boxing thriller Only God Forgives presently likely to shoot.An Online Detective: A Game Title Title Of Shadows opens on 26 December 2011.

John Dunning dies at 84

Producer and independent film exhibitor John Dunning, who had been instrumental to get small-major Lionsgate off the floor, died in Montreal on Monday, Sept. 19, following a lengthy illness. He was 84. Dunning started within the movie business while still a teenager: His father, who possessed several cinemas in Montreal, died when he was 17, and Dunning all of a sudden found themself responsible for the household firm in the mid 1940s. In 1960 Dunning met Andre Link, who had distribution and business expertise. Together, they created Cinepix, which distributed both British- and French-language movies. In 1962, they created their first film, "Valerie," which held the Quebec box office record in Canada until 1995. The happy couple, pioneers of the profession in Canada, created 59 movies. Dunning and Link eventually broadened Cinepix towards the U.S., having a distribution arm located in NY. In 1997 the organization was bought through the recently minted Lions Gate Entertainment, and Cinepix was rechristened Lions Gate Films, with Dunning and Link remaining since it's leaders. Dunning's last creating credit was on Lionsgate's "My Bloody Valentine" last year. Dunning and Link were honored in the 1993 Genie Honours for his or her contributions towards the business of filmmaking in Canada. In 2007, these were awarded with a Canadian Film and tv Hall of Fame additionally they received lifetime achievement nods in the 2011 Fantasia Film Festival. Though he didn't choose it, Dunning increased to like his career, by which he gave ambitious filmmakers an opportunity to work and gain experience he and Link released careers including individuals of Ivan Reitman and David Cronenberg. Though disabled in the this past year, Dunning in some way found the power to create another script. He's made it by his wife, Jean, whom he married in 1957 a boy and 2 grandchildren. Visitation rights is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 29 from 1-4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. in the Mount Royal Funeral Complex, 1297 Chemin p la Foret, Outremont, Quebec. The memorial will occur on Friday, Sept. 30 at 1 p.m., also in the Mount Royal Funeral Complex, then a funeral along with a reception. Donations might be designed to NOVA West Island, 422 Beaconsfield Blvd., Beaconsfield, Quebec H9W 4B7. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Its Official: Trisha Cardoso Drawn on As Top Communications Executive At Showtime

Trisha Cardoso Lands Top Showtime PR Job Showtime Systems today introduced the appointment of veteran PR executive Trisha Cardoso up communications publish of EVP, Corporate Communications. Cardoso works Richard Licata who departed last evening to become listed on his former boss Robert Greenblatt as EVP communications for NBC Entertainment. In her own new role, Cardoso, who began her professional career in Showtime’s PR department 20 years ago, will oversee Showtime Systems’ programming publicity, media and talent relations, occasions, corporate branding and pr. She'll also function as the organization’s chief press officer so that as communications liaison with parent company CBS Corp. Cardoso isn't a straight-forward choice to do the job as she doesn’t originate from another network or studio. The first kind SVP publicity for Vital Network TV spent yesteryear eight years outdoors from the spotlight, controlling her very own proper talking to firm whilst raising her daughter. Cardoso oversaw crisis communications, lifestyle marketing, media relations and social mediaoutreach for an array of clients, such as the Hollywood-centric ICM, seriesTwo . 5 Males, producers James Burrows and Chuck Lorre, in addition to non-entertainment organizations the California Condition Summer time School for that Arts, the African nation of Gabon, The Turks & Caicos Worldwide Film Festival, Hudson Jeans, and also the five-star luxury resort Pelican Hill in Newport Beach. It had been really Cardoso’s unorthodox background that become a huge hit to Showtime’s entertainment leader David Nevins who brought the quest for Licata’s alternative. “My goal ended up being to hire a company artistically inspired andstrategically focused,who may also bringa large picture perspective,” he stated. “I’ve known and respected Trisha for several years, so when you mix her broad experience of such varied areas of the communications business together with her extensive background in entertainment media relations, you've got a very formidable leader for the already top-notch communications department.” Showtime’s Robin McMillan, SVP, Pr, continues to supervise consumer pr teams on shorelines. Johanna Fuentes, Vice president, Corporate Pr, continues to handle corporate trade and business media relations. Both will are accountable to Cardoso. As SVP of Advertising, Publicity and Promotion for Vital TV, Cardoso oversaw trade, consumer media, award campaigns,and mix-promotions on all series, including juggernaut Frasier. Before joining Vital in 1993 as Vice president, Media Relations, she was Vice president, Entertainment Marketing for Burson-Marsteller, where she oversaw media campaigns for Coca Cola, The Grammys, the Golden Globe and seriesNorthern Exposure andCheers. She became a member of Burson-Marsteller in 1991, coupled with formerly been Director of Television for Mahoney Communications.

Rome fest to fete Richard Gere

ROME -- Richard Gere will probably be honored with the Rome Film Festival, which has also employed Michael Mann with an onstage conversation, and guaranteed sneak-look footage of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning -- Part I."Gere, who'll obtain the fest's Marcus Aurelius lifetime achievement award, holds a public discuss the very first stages of his career, undertaking a screening from the restored copy of Terrence Malick's 1978 "Occasions of Paradise," the pic in which the thesp carried out his first starring role.Previous visitors in the Rome jerk include Sean Connery, Al Pacino and Meryl Streep.New introduced photos set to unspool within the Eternal City Extravaganza are Curtis Hanson's Cinemax financial thriller telepic "Too Big to Fail," out-of-competition, and James Marsh's docu "Project Nim," inside the Extra section. A greater-profile "Twilight" event has been manufactured through the fest's Alice inside the City kiddie section while watching November 16 day-and-date release "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning -- Part I." Belgian helmer Vincent Lannoo's "Vampires of the underworld from the underworld" followup, "Little Glory" may even unspool in this section.As formerly introduced, Luc Besson's Aung San Suu Kyi biopic "The WomanInch will open the fest on March. 27, while using Gallic helmer and stars Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis along with you.The sixth edition in the Rome fest will run March. 27-November. 4. Contact Nick Vivarelli at nvivarelli@gmail.com

New Sing-Off Judge Sara Bareilles Returns to Her A Cappella Roots: "It Absolutely Was a great Fit"

The Sing-Off, Sara Bareilles Before she offered an incredible number of records, before she'd a No. 1 song and before she was nominated for 3 Grammy honours, Sara Bareilles was kind of a nerd, and she's not scared to confess it. "We'd choreograph dances at parties instead of doing keg stands. I had been all so nerdy together," she notifies TVGuide.com of her college years make the UCLA a cappella group Awaken A Cappella. "My connection with a b cappella group totally created me inside a really impressionable in time my existence just like a artist. It offered me a lot of my confidence on stage, because I used to be somebody who actually was insecure and felt slightly lost attending school.Inch Fall Preview: Get scoop inside your favorite returning shows Fans first got a concept of Bareilles' a cappella chops round the Season 2 finale in the Sing-Off when she completed her hit record, "King of Anything" while using Backbeats, however her expertise is bound to be provide the exam as she takes a perfect the idol idol judges panel this season. The singer-songwriter replaces Nicole Scherzinger and joins the sleeper hit much like it transitions from like a five-episode series timed for the holidays with a major component of NBC's fall schedule (as well as the network's reaction to Simon Cowell's The X Factor, also called Scherzinger's new employer). "Careful analysis join am easy. I've been interested in the show forever,Inch she states. "Also, [fellow idol idol judges] Ben Folds and Shawn Stockman were a massive draw personally. I'm this kind of fan which i truly respect as our biological forebears handle their knowing duties. It handled to obtain appear like it absolutely was a great fit personally.In . Bareilles' previous connection with Awaken makes her a perfect candidate to judge The Sing-Off. But as someone who reaches the shoes in the participants not this type of very long time ago, will she be capable of dole out critique as needed? "It's a thing that i still am identifying. In my opinion that I've had utilization of really amazing producers and music company company directors who type of trained me exactly what it feels to supply critique with techniques making you're feeling much less defensive," she states. "However I am undertaking a injustice essentially can't muster within the courage to see somebody that In my opinion they might require work." Fall TV: Start to see the 17 stars as well as sturdy . eyes relating to this year But make no mistake: Bareilles is not any Simon Cowell-in-training. The Sing-Off was the first kinder, gentler The The American Idol Show Show, several days before NBC's The Voice handled to obtain awesome being nice. "You must have a chance to be objective, but most of us have discovered that over time when you're in this industry - you will discover moments if you need to place your game face on a little,Inch she states. "What's thrilling relevant for this show could it be is really emotional and human and positive. It's OK to love such groups. We wish laptop on the account. You would like in order to grow." Though 4 or 5 singing competition series on tap for your 2011-2012 TV season (The Sing-Off as well as the X Aspect in the fall The Voice and also the The American Idol Show Show return within the month of the month of january), one might question if there's any undiscovered talent left. "I don't concern yourself with the exact same thing much. Exactly why is [our show] unique is actually a part of the format in the show, which is a cappella. Few other show does that," she states. "Honestly, I don't think the talent pool occasion to dry up.In . Contrary, Bareilles argues the Sing-Off's success makes certain the show may have ample vocalists to showcase for any very long time. "A cappella, alone, grows greatly because of the show," she states. "People are inspired to produce new groups which we now have one group which has been singing together for thirty years. ... Especially since the show keeps growing, it's exciting to look for the talent pool expand." The proof for negative people available, Bareilles states, is season's performances. "I understood the performances could be great, but you will discover a couple of groups which i'm not sure how they did whatever they did," she states. "It's a really intense, emotional ride being on." The completely new season in the Sing-Off premieres on Monday, Sept. 19 at 8/7c on NBC.

Fall TV Popularity Contest: Are You a H8R Hater? Love Up All Night, Free Agents?

H8R, Up All Night, Free Agents Wednesday night brought three new shows to the fall lineup for you to love or hate ... or is it <3 or H8? Host Mario Lopez kicked off the night with The CW's H8R, a show that allows celebrities to confront those who despise them most with the hopes of changing their minds. In the premiere, Jersey Shore's Snooki cooked an Italian dinner for one of her haters, while The Bachelor's Jake Pavelka attempted to sway one blonde to become a fan. Vote: Which fall premieres won you over? Which flopped? Following the America's Got Talent finale, NBC launched two new comedies. Up All Night's Christina Applegate and Will Arnett played parents who are adjusting to having a baby in their lives, while Free Agents' Hank Azaria and Kathryn Hahn portray co-workers who embark on a relationship following difficult personal experiences. Did you feel the love for H8R? Is the show effective at exposing the downside of celebrity? Did you relate to the NBC comedies? Did you prefer the parenting antics of Up All Night or the bittersweet and somewhat raunchy humor in Free Agents? Vote now! And be sure to tell your friends and other fans to vote. Check out Christina Applegate and more familiar faces returning to TV this year Check back to see what TVGuide.com users think of your favorite - and least favorite - new shows for fall and the final rankings for the debuts. When can you vote next? Here's a calendar to help you keep track.

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Kids Entertainment Sites Imbee and Fanlala to Merge

Imbee, a type of Facebook for kids that recently launched a profanity-free streaming music service, has bought Fanlala, an internet-based place to choose tweens that has partners while using Disney Funnel and Nickelodeon. Imbee was created in 2007 but was dormant for just about any few years after its founder died. It absolutely was purchased from probate a year ago by a number of traders including Alan Anderson, a technology executive who increased being Boss. The non-public company wouldn't divulge exactly what it taken proper care of Fanlala, which that company's co-founder Tim Golden known to as "Total Access for tweens." Imbee will remain located in Walnut Creek, Calif. Fanlala will relocate from Burbank with a joint office with Imbee in Santa Monica, and Golden will finish up an Imbee senior v . p .. The combined company will employ 17 full-timers as well as the two sites attract 220,000 unique site site visitors monthly. Fanlala features behind-the-moments videos, photos and news about Tv shows like Zeke and Luther and hang of Nobleman from Disney and iCarly from Nickelodeon, additionally to general celebrity news, quizzes together with other content dedicated to the type of Attacking Youthful Boys as well as the Jonas Brothers and sisters. Among Imbee's newer initiatives is Imbee Radio, to join music service launched lately concentrating on children 8-14. "It Is The planet the planet pandora for kids, without all the profanity," mentioned Anderson. Related Subjects Attacking Youthful Boys The Jonas Brothers and sisters Nickelodeon Disney Funnel

Bin Laden Shoot to Kill

An outstanding cast of Whitened House associates speak on camera concerning the operation to locate and kill Osama Bin Laden, such as the first and remarkable documentary interview with Leader Obama about them. In the anxiety-drenched minutes within the Whitened House Situation Room towards the deadly stairwells of Bin Ladens secret labyrinth, motion picture dramatisations take audiences insidewithin all probably the most important moments in our era, showing the united states Navy Closes coming in person most abundant in wanted guy ever. According to high-level CIA and Whitened House briefings, and full of exclusive tales and fresh experience, the film discloses that Leader Obama received a downbeat last-minute intelligence assessment, which triggered a lot of his senior experts to show from the operation.

Coen Siblings Mind Inside Llewyn Davis

Their faux musical biopic includes a title.... Great news for those fans of Joel and Ethan Coen: they have both introduced the title and obtained a few of the funding for his or her next planned project, musical biopic Inside Llewyn Davis. You may recall that word started to emerge a few several weeks ago concerning the Coens working away on which ended up being thought to become a film concerning the existence story of yankee folk music guru Dork Van Ronk. But because the title indicates, the ultimate product will not be directly about Van Ronk, but rather inspired by his existence. The rough plot synopsis acquired by Variety makes references to Davis' struggles like a folk music performer in sixties New You are able to, which so is actually where Van Ronk grew to become most well-known (and it is clearly no coincidence that certain of his most well-known albums was Inside Dork Van Ronk). An experienced blues guitarist and left-wing political activist, Van Ronk behaved as friend as well as mentor to most of the music artists who have been beginning their careers at that time, including such influential future recording artists as Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan. Once referred to as "a walking museum from the blues," he died in 2002. To date you will find no particulars concerning the movie beyond that plot nugget, though we all do realize that No Country for Old Males and True Grit producer Scott Rudin is aboard and StudioCanal is going to be co-financing the development whilst drumming up worldwide sales. A distributor has not yet been introduced, and that we have no idea when shooting will start. Place your bets now whether among the Coens' regular gamers will snatch charge or if they'll go with a brand new face...