Snooki (Finally) Confirms She's Pregnant and Engaged

Christian Slater, Megan Mullally Breaking In came back from the dead to a ratings bump Tuesday night - but it's not all good news.The comedy's Season 2 premiere opened to 3.6 million viewers and a 1.7 in the adults 18-to-49 demo, a 31 percent rise in the demo from its near-series finale in May. The figure, though, is well off timeslot predecessor Raising Hope's season average rating (2.2) and New Girl's lead-in of 3.0.Breaking In: Fred Willard to play Megan Mullally's exIt was a topsy-turvy night overall for Fox, which claimed the demo win on a night of many repeats. Things kicked off promisingly with Raising Hope's steady performance (4.8 million, 2.1) in its new 8 o'clock timeslot. I Hate My Teenage Daughter, returning from its winter hiatus, followed with a less impressive 3.8 million and a 1.6.However, Teenage Daughter did claim a demo win over Cougar Town. The Courteney Cox-directed episode slid to a 1.5 rating, but outdrew Teenage Daughter with 4.4 million viewers.8 p.m.CBS: NCIS (R) 14.4 million viewers (2.4 demo rating)ABC: Last Man Standing (R) 5.5 million (1.4); Cougar Town 4.4 million (1.5)Fox: Raising Hope 4.8 million (2.1); I Hate My Teenage Daughter 3.8 million (1.6)NBC: The Biggest Loser 5.7 million (1.9) [8-10 p.m.]CW: 90210 1.29 million (0.7)9 p.m.CBS: NCIS: Los Angeles (R) 11.9 million (1.9)ABC: The River 4 million (1.5) Fox: New Girl 6 million (3.0); Raising Hope 4.8 million (2.2)CW: Ringer 1.24 million (0.5)10 p.m.CBS: Unforgettable (R) 8.25 million (1.4)ABC: Body of Proof (R) 4.7 million (.9)NBC: Decision 2012 3.14 million (1.0)

Watercooler: Is GCB a Divine Comedy or possibly a Damned Disappointment?

My Crazy Obsession Kitten Kay Sera takes extreme measures to help keep her "all pink everything" lifestyle. The self-introduced "pink lady" will probably be featured on Wednesday's premiere of My Crazy Obsession (TLC), additional time in the network's special, My Collection Obsession, which broadcast the 2009 fall.Among Sera's obsessive habits? "Pinkifying" her dog monthly employing a pricey treatment that involves beet juice, and subsisting on pink-only foods (she carries pink food dye in their purse).Have a look in a unique clip in the show's premiere below:My Crazy Obsession premieres Wednesday, March 7 at 10/9c on TLC.

Revenge Boss on Daniel's "Dark Turns," Victoria's Harmful Blast In the Past, a period Jump

5 years after Law & Order: SVU fans met Det. Olivia Benson's estranged half-brother, Simon Marsden (Michael Weston) has returned as well as in desperate necessity of her help . "He isn't very well-outfitted for that world because it is,Inch Weston states within this exclusive behind-the-moments video. "He's a minimal self-esteem as well as an lack of ability to proceed difficult conditions together with his mind up, and thus he finds themself obtaining the short finish from the stick a great deal and feeling just a little sorry for themself." Exclusive: Law & Order: SVU books Large Love's Chloe Sevigny In Wednesday's episode (10/9c, NBC) Benson (Mariska Hargitay) calls on... Find Out More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Law & Order: Special Sufferers UnitAndre BraugherMariska HargitayMichael Weston

Standing room only

Jason Sudeikis, Brett Ratner, Ron Perelman and Olivia Wilde huddle up.Octavia Spencer and Meryl Streep attend The Governor's Ball Oscar Evening in the 84th Annual Oscars in the Grand Ballroom in the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood.Martin Short Martin Scorsese and Fran Lebowitz chat in the VF partyAlexander Payne, Shailene Woodley and Jim GianopulosJanet McTeer, Gary Oldman and Glenn Close share footwear along with a joke in the Vanity Fair party.George Lucas and Chris Rock Jean Dujardin, sans bow tie, relaxes with Oscar.Michel Hazanavicius and Berenice Bejo celebrate in the Governors BallBilly Very and John GrazerChris Evans and Sandra Bullock at Vanity Fair.Michelle Williams and Busy Philipps flank a triumphant Harvey WeinsteinThe Governors Ball began right once the show ended, but non-stop interviews postponed Meryl Streep's arrival until 10:15 p.m. She was welcomed in the door by Wolfgang Puck, who posed for photos then escorted her to some table scurrying beside them would be a press person yelling towards the visitors, "Mobile phones away, please!"Apparently, the customs of twenty-first century technology are a new comer to that guy. When James Earl Johnson introduced "the legendary" Tony Bennett, who sang a couple of tunes, there is an abrupt crush of visitors because they rushed to capture the perf on their own mobile phones.No-designated-seating approach meant non-stop roaming and schmoozing for visitors, who grew to become predators and gatherers as servers circulated with trays of baked taters, chicken pot pies, and much more, which was tasty but may difficult to eat while standing.Right after coming, Streep visited the Engraving Room, in which a team screwed metal nameplates onto the bottom of winners' trophies. She sitting with Octavia Spencer, Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo while people swarmed around them and a large number of photography enthusiasts clicked away, until Streep finally smiled and stated, "OK, there you have it, fellas." Simultaneously, Jean Dujardin was undetected by many people partygoers because he sitting in the organization of three youthful women, the Oscar between his ft because he gladly ate sushi.Next stop around the after-party circuit was Vanity Fair's fete, located by Graydon Carter. It came bumper-to-bumper visitors to Sunset Blvd., forcing some visitors to hoof it around cars to really make it in to the Sunset Tower. Inside, Catherine O'Hara skyrocketed with delight at meeting Katy Perry. In recognition from the football star attending, Jonah Hill attempted his best Tim Tebow pose. And Billy Very found themself attracted into Kenneth Branagh's circle of buddies.Although the traditional In-N-Out hamburgers made the models, Liam Hemsworth elected for any chili aioli slider like a farewell snack. He offered one up to now Miley Cyrus, but she rejected, observing, "I have already had one a lot of.InchSomewhere else in WeHo, the Elton John Helps Foundation Oscar-viewing party made its new house inside a tent in West Hollywood Park. Promote the folks carried out, along with a quiet auction came Steven Tyler, Gwen Stefani, Quincy Johnson, Whoopi Goldberg and Heidi Klum, who invest in such products like a tennis lesson with Rafael Nadal (it offered for $190,000, two times), an in-home cooking class with chef Cat Cora (offered for $100,000 to Steve Tisch) along with a set trip to "Vampire Journals," which incorporated a "bite" with stars Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder, plus lunch with John and David Furnish ($80,000).(Tim Grey and Kirstin Wilder led for this report.) Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Pilot Season: Lost's Emilie de Ravin Moves to Americana

Paul Deen Paula Deen, the butter queen, will continue to spread her Southern style on television... but perhaps not as thick. After revealing that she has Type 2 diabetes in January, Deen is ready to move on and promote her slightly less fatty cuisine. Just don't expect her to throw out that tub of butter completely. "I am who I am. But what I will be doing is offering up lighter versions of my recipes," the Food Network star told The Associated Press at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival on Friday. "I will have a broader platform now, trying to do something for everybody. But you know, I'm Southern by roots. I was taught [to cook] by my grandmother and nothing I can do would change that." Paula Deen: I have Type 2 diabetes Deen stands by her on-air cooking style, but clarifies that she'll also include healthier recipes into the mix to appeal to more people. The cook has made some other changes in her personal life, including walking on a treadmill, quitting smoking and cutting out sweet tea. Deen received backlash in January when she revealed she had known about her diabetes for three years prior but had continued to promote her butter- and fat-laden recipes. "It took me 20 years to come out and stand up and say, 'Hey, my name's Paula and I'm agoraphobic,'" she said. "I was so ashamed, so embarrassed. So to [reveal my diabetes] in two-and-a-half years, I thought it was pretty good." She also received criticism for capitalizing on her diagnosis by becoming the paid spokesperson for Novo Nordisk's drug Victoza and online program, Diabetes in a New Light. Deen shrugged it off, however, and said, "It's the way of the world. It's the American way. But I am taking a portion of that compensation and giving it back to the [American] Diabetes Association." Anthony Bourdain's celebrity chef smackdown: Paula Deen's food sucks At the time she revealed her diabetes, fellow food TV personality Anthony Bourdain was very vocal about his disapproval, telling Eater.com, "When your signature dish is hamburger in between a doughnut, and you've been cheerfully selling this stuff knowing all along that you've got Type 2 diabetes ... It's in bad taste if nothing else." "I think a few people who have access to a TV camera and ink kind of wanted to hate on me for coming down with something," she told the AP. "But I so don't worry about it." Would you watch Paula Deen's new cooking show?

New Avengers image online

The Avengers hype-machine continues to work itself into overdrive, with a new image of the Hulk cropping up online this morning.Well, we say new, because it actually looks as though it was taken from the film's recent Super Bowl trailer. Still, it's the clearest look we've had of Bruce Banner's alter-ego so far, so we thought it was worth sharing with you.He certainly looks imposing, doesn't he? It has been pointed out that in the trailer, Hulk looks only a little taller than his Avengers team-mates. Hopefully, this means Joss Whedon has decided to include the detail that Hulk grows bigger the angrier he gets.Seeing the Hulk turn super-sized when he really gets mad would be the icing on an already awesome-looking cake. Much of the promotional material seems to be building Hulk up as the Avengers' difference-maker ("We have a Hulk"), so don't be surprised to see him steal the show come the movie's climax.The Avengers opens in the UK on 27 April 2012. In case you couldn't tell, we're kind of excited about it...

Academy awards: Tina Fey Set As Presenter

BEVERLY Hillsides, CA Tina Fey will show in the 84th Oscars ceremony, telecast producers BrianGrazer and Don Mischer introduced today. Fey found prominence like a regular on Saturday Evening Live and presently stars in, produces and creates for that Emmy-winning comedy series 30 Rock. Her film credits include Date Evening, Baby Mama and Mean Women. Fey lately grew to become a best-selling author, together with her memoir, Bossypants, getting offered over a million copies.

The Adventures of Tintin

Having bought a model ship, the Unicorn, for a pound off a market stall Tintin is initially puzzled that the sinister Mr. Sakharine should be so eager to buy it from him, resorting to murder and kidnapping Tintin - accompanied by his marvellous dog Snowy - to join him and his gang as they sail to Morocco on an old cargo ship. Sakharine has bribed the crew to revolt against the ship's master, drunken Captain Haddock, but Tintin, Snowy and Haddock escape, arriving in Morocco at the court of a sheikh, who also has a model of the Unicorn. Haddock tells Tintin that over three hundred years earlier his ancestor Sir Francis Haddock was forced to scuttle the original Unicorn when attacked by a piratical forebear of Sakharine but he managed to save his treasure and provide clues to its location in three separate scrolls, all of which were secreted in models of the Unicorn. Tintin and Sakharine have one each and the villain intends to use the glass-shattering top Cs of operatic soprano the Milanese Nightingale to secure the third. With aid from bumbling Interpol agents the Thompson Twins our boy hero,his dog and the captain must prevent Sakharine from obtaining all three scrolls to fulfil the prophesy that only the last of the Haddocks can discover the treasure's whereabouts.

John Wells back at NBC with 'Bad Girls'

John Wells is in biz with NBC, that has purchased a prison drama pilot from his Warner Bros. TV-based shingle. "Bad Women" is composed by Nancy Pimental, that has been focusing on Wells' Showtime drama "Shameless." Like "Shameless," "Bad Women" is dependant on an english series that follows several women inside a federal prison, both inmates and staffers. Pimental professional produces with Wells and Andrew Stearn. Shed Media can also be aboard like a producer. Wells includes a lengthy history using the Peacock, because the showrunner of "ER," "Free Airline Wing" and "Third Watch" throughout the net's Must-See TV heyday. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

VIDEO: The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Lisa Says She Had a Tough Start With Taylor

Taylor Armstrong and Lisa Vanderpump The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Lisa Vanderpump says she and Taylor Armstrong have turned their friendship around. "I had a tough start with Taylor," she tells TVGuide.com. "We turned it around halfway through the series when ... I thought this woman has enough battles to fight. She doesn't need another [one] with me." Bravo to air Kim Richards' first post-rehab interview as part of Housewives reunion In the interview below, Lisa and Brandi Glanville talk about this series tougher moments, including the suicide of Taylor's husband and the intense fights between sisters Kim and Kyle Richards. Plus: What does Brandi really think about castmate Dana Wilkey? The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion airs Monday at 9/8c on Bravo.

Julian Assange to host talkshow

AssangeLONDON --- Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is positioned to host their very own talkshow on Russia's condition-funded British-language satcaster RT.According to Wikileaks, Assange will host numerous "thorough conversations with key political players, thinkers and revolutionaries from around the world.In . The Kremlin-bankrolled RT pointed out on its website that Assange's yakker, which is planned to be "broadcast exclusively" round the funnel, will feature 10 inchiconoclasts, visionaries and affiliates -- people Assange can clearly recognize, like a rather questionable figure themselves."The show will probably be shot within the location in Blighty where Assange remains under house arrest: The embattled journalist and Internet activist remains under house arrest for 414 days pending a court decision on if you should extradite him to Sweden on accusations of sexual assault, be responsible for one more extradition for the U.S. if he's charged with crimes in relations to Wikileaks' publication of secret U.S. diplomatic cables.While no production particulars are actually revealed, Wikileaks pointed out Assange's series would begin airing mid-March in 10 weekly half-hour episodes. "Initial certification obligations cover over 600 million audiences across cable, satellite and terrestrial broadcast systems," Wikileaks pointed out.In the statement, Assange mentioned: "Through this series I'll explore the variety of the near future in conversations with people that are shaping it. Am i heading towards paradise or dystopia? And the way will we set our paths? It becomes an exciting chance to talk about the vision of my site visitors in the new kind of demonstrate that examines their philosophies and struggles in the much much deeper and clearer way than remains done before."RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan released what is the news on her behalf account Twitter account on Wednesday, stating: "Assange to record TV series for RT while under house arrest -- I know it'll be an amazing show! I have not anxiously anxiously waited for just about any show on RT together with your excitement."First episode for your talkshow is predicted being shot each week before Assange's Top Court in Blighty in March. Assange nor the show's production company, Quick Roll Prods., may be showed up at for comment. Contact Diana Lodderhose at diana.lodderhose@variety.com

Confirmed: Emily Maynard The Brand New Bachelorette

First Released: The month of january 24, 2012 9:21 AM EST Credit: ABC La, Calif. -- Caption Emily on Basic steps The BachelorIts official Emily Maynard may be the new Bachelorette. The only mother who found an appreciation that didnt last with Kaira Womack on Season 15 from the Bachelor will begin her very own look for love around the ABC dating reality show. Emilys season from the Bachelorette the shows eighth, will premiere this spring on ABC. Based on a release sent by ABC on Tuesday morning, Emily is looking to get a guy who makes her laugh, does not take themself too seriously and may be her closest friend, the discharge read. ABC describes Emily like a full-time mother, dedicated to daughter Ricki, 6. She also volunteers in her own free time. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Report: Heidi Klum to Divorce Seal

Heidi Klum and Seal Can it be over between Heidi Klum and Seal?Have a look at photos of Heidi KlumThe supermodel and Project Runway host is positioned to file for for for divorce from her husband of six . five years inside a couple of days, TMZ reviews. In line with the site, Klum will cite "irreconcilable versions."The happy couple, who provide vow renewal occasions every year, have four children: sons Henry, 6, and Johan, 5, and youngsters Leni, 7, and Lou, 2. Leni, whom Seal adopted last year, is Klum's daughter with Flavio Briatore.Have a look at photos of SealKlum, 38, and Seal, 48, met in 2003 while she was pregnant with Leni. The Grammy champion recommended around the glacier in Whistler, Bc, Canada, in December 2004, and so they got married five several days later in Mexico.

Leg males should be aware

"Haywire" star Gina Carano appreciated putting the hurt on co-stars Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender and Channing Tatum within the Relativity Media pic. However when it involves an aspiration bout, the previous top-rated mixed martial artist will have to travel in time. "I'd undertake Hitler," she stated in the film's Gotham preem on Jan. 18 in the Landmark Sunshine Cinema. "And I'd use my legs to complete him because this is the most powerful a part of my body system.Inch Although the pulse-racing actioner featured lots of ass- whooping, there is no full-frontal nudity found -- a glaring omission given Fassbender and McGregor's participation. "I skipped an chance, did not I?" helmer Steven Soderbergh joked of his oft-naked stars. Meanwhile, an enforcer was needed in the "Haywire" afterparty, held at Lower East Side hotspot Sons of Kent, whenever a apparently drunk reveler triggered a scene, nearly crashes right into a photo-op. But Carano deferred towards the beefy baby bouncers, who escorted the lady from the Cinema Society shindig. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Anatomy from the Fall: Modern Family's Julie Bowen Went Lower Hard Accidentally

Julie Bowen For anyone who is among the numerous audiences who rewound your Digital video recorder multiple occasions capture Claire Dunphy falling lower over and over well as over again after last week's Modern Family, you aren't on your own. Homeland, Modern Family as well as the Artist top Golden Globes Julie Bowen needed physical comedy to new levels when her Family character condemned down after sliding around the dozen falling eggs that Luke (Nolan Gould) was using for just about any school project. How did Bowen increase the risk for fall so bone-crushingly realistic? "Accidentally,Inch Bowen notifies TVGuide.com getting fun. "That's your fundamental candid-camera idiot moment." Being fair, Bowen had prepared to put on the eggs, but she wasn't considering crashes completely lower. "I used to be like, 'Guys, there's not a way I'm not prone to fall. I'm a klutz, I'm wearing heels, you'll find slippery eggs. I fell and many types of I believed was, 'Please don't cut!' because that's on film! They attempted around the extender, and so i am thrilled." "If perhaps I really could say, 'I practiced and physical comedy is really crucial that you me,'" she states with mock-importance. "Because I really do like physical comedy, but that was just raw, unadulterated klutziness." Have a look whatsoever from the Golden Globes red-colored-colored carpet arrivals Because the fall was realistic, so was the injuries that adopted. "I possibly could not admit [that we got hurt] because I understood they'd stress," she states. "My stylish was crimson, which i possibly could not inform them. They'd cause me to feel go to a physician." Whoever else consider Bowen's spill? Rewatch the thump heard 'round all over the world well as over again below: Modern Family airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on ABC.

Emily Browning to star in 'Summer'

LONDON -- Emily Browning is set to star alongside Dominic Cooper in "Summer in February," which began lensing in Cornwall, U.K. on Friday. Aussie thesp Browning, who has had roles in "Sucker Punch," "Sleeping Beauty" and upcoming thriller "Magic, Magic," will replace Ophelia Lovibond in the period drama, which centers around a love triangle set in an Edwardian artists' colony in the early 1900s. "Downton Abbey" thesp Dan Stevens also stars alongside Cooper and Browning. Script is penned by Jonathan Smith, which he adapted from his eponymous tome, while Christopher Menaul ("Prime Suspect") directs. Pic is produced by Cross Day Productions' Pippa Cross and Janette Day, and Apart Films' Jeremy Cowdrey. Stevens serves as exec producer. Hattie Morahan ("The Bank Job"), Shaun Dingwall ("Above Suspicion"), Mia Austen, Max Deacon ("Flashbacks of a Fool"), Michael Maloney ("Babel") and Nicholas Farrell ("The Iron Lady") also star in the pic. Contact Diana Lodderhose at diana.lodderhose@variety.com

Thesp's roles of attraction

TheronCharlize Theron may be the living embodiment of Indie Impact: a glamorous star who keeps going for it in large-budget studio tentpoles, yet just like consistently keeps crossing to demanding roles in gritty, small-scale personal projects. Equally in your own home in effervescent comedy and stomach-wrenching drama, she's a separate promoter of progressive efforts to create telecomutting saves gas. At Variety 's 2005 screening of "North Country" -- among the couple of films from the last decade which attempted seriously to defend myself against class issues within the U.S. -- the star happily introduced, "Warner Bros., I tip my hat for you for getting the balls to create this movie." It is a classic Theron gesture, offering her bosses public kudos for thinking outdoors this area. Obviously, like every other star, she's spent her time inside a studio "box." If she will have a great time -- cracking safes in her own lingerie for "An Italian Man , Job," for example -- you felt she'll complement, a minimum of until an edgier and more personal, more interesting role comes her way. So when the various components don't materialize by themselves, Theron will part of as producer, using her clout to assist get such passion projects as "Sleepwalking" and "Monster" off the floor. Her resume evidences no need to court audience affection: not by playing a no-nonsense homicide detective in "Within the Valley of Elah," nor in her own Oscar-winning "Monster," throughout which believe it or not an expert than Roger Ebert unsuccessful to identify the actress playing the condemned Aileen Wuornos, and ultimately considered her work "not really a performance but an embodiment." She's less affectionate in her own current indie, "Youthful Adult," as alcoholic, narcissistic genre author Mavis Grey, who returns to her hometown to steal her old senior high school boyfriend from his wife and infant daughter. Whenever a reporter confesses her antics made him cringe, the actress is delighted. "Is not it nice when somebody states, 'I've been cringing the entire time watching the film,A and it is really a compliment? Yeah, it's certainly a highlight of my career." If her selection of material smacks of casual instinct, the same is true her method of it. "I believe I am obsessive, then when I just read something I love and that i wanna do, I become obsessed," she confesses. "I simply consider it constantly, after which I've found myself walking lower the road and I am seeing somebody make a move and that i just obsessively take it back into the character." She dislikes the interest rate of moviemaking ("I am a bit ADD") and it has no use for rehearsals. Pressed further on her behalf method of working, she finally claims, "I do not enjoy fussing about. I believe for me personally getting a character is an extremely isolated process, and that i don't even fully realize what the operation is. Then when I personally use that word, do not take anything serious." And do not take everything glamour stuff too serious, either. The Nigeria native continues to be a rustic woman in mind. At BAFTA's "A Existence in Pictures" tribute, when quizzed about her "transformation" in to the gritty protagonists of "Monster" and "North Country," Theron described how easy it's to slide in dentures or rub some grime on her behalf face. "The actual transformation," she lightly reminded her inquisitor, "is perfect for the red-colored carpet and also the gowns."Palm Springs Worldwide Film Festival 2012Time for fest to manage acad change? Fest personalizes experience by hosting retreat Honorees ready themselves for any busy '12 Combined lingos boost appealVariety's Indie Impact Honours: Charlize TheronThesp's roles of attraction Altering faces Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Diane Keaton Birthday: 16 Explanations Why 'Annie Hall' Features the very best Screen Meet-Cute Ever

Straighten your tie: it's Diane Keaton's 66th birthday! 2011 was, you realize b ... like, I am talking about, really large -- large does not even get it done justice -- huge year for that actress. Her memoir, 'Then Again' was launched, which depends on her mother's journals and particulars her neat existence, famous career and famous romances. So, when love is simply too weak a thing to explain our affection -- we lurve her, you realize, we loave her, we luff her (two Fs) -- we thought it might be nice to celebrate Keaton's large day using the moment whenever we first fell deeply in love with her: 'Annie Hall.' Woodsy Allen's 1977 film was Keaton's 4th major screen role. It not just nabbed her the Oscar for the best Actress, but she also stole hearts playing the titular la-di-da-whizzing Annie. (And she has been cornering the adorable hat-putting on market since.) Below is really a clip of Alvy and Annie's first encounter (click the link to look at the entire scene). Have a look at 16 explanations why it's the perfect on-screen meeting ever. Appears like old occasions, indeed. 1. She plays tennis together with her collar sprang. Also it looks good. 2. Banging legs. 3. Woody's tube socks. 4. Yes, she's terrible but she's so cute! 5. The outfit, clearly. 6. She awkwardly backs away. 7. (Woodsy looks type of good, right?) 8. SHE'S SO Serious! 9. "Oh, god. Such a...such a dumb factor to express...Oh yea, well. La di-da, la di-p, la la...yeah." 10. And insecure. 11. Woodsy is remarkably awesome. 12. Annie laughs to herself and calls herself a jerk. (If she were not so adorable, she'd kind of be crazy.) 13. She makes raspberry together with her mouth. 14. "I acquired this Volkswagen available..." 15. Woodsy accidentally pokes her between your legs together with his tennis racket. And that he giggles. 16. "What the heck. I am talking about, it would be nice to possess some company, you realize? I am talking about, I personally don't like driving alone." (Nice save, Annie!) Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

4 thesps hook 'Fishes'

Alfred Molina ("Spider-Guy 2"), Frances O'Connor ("A.I. Artificial Intelligence"), Jimmi Simpson ("Zodiac") and rising Brit thesp Aneurin Barnard are joining Kaya Scodelario and Jessica Biel in Francesca Gregorini's "Emanuel and the reality regarding Fishes." Scodelario ("Skins") stars because the title character, a troubled 17-year-old girl who babysits her new neighbor Linda's "baby," that is really a really existence-like toy. She goes together with the delusion while befriending Linda (Biel), who is actually the spitting picture of Emanuel's late mother. Molina will have Emanuel's father, while O'Connor will have her stepmother. Simpson will have among the protag's co-employees in a medical supply store and Barnard will have her love interest. Matthew Brady is creating via his MRB Prods. banner together with author-director Gregorini, while Paul Schiff, Kenny Goodman, Kevin Iwashina and Jonathan Grey will professional produce. Production is skedded to begin in the finish of The month of january in La. On Thursday, Gregorini spoke to Variety concerning the casting process and also the tone from the story. "'Lars and also the Real Girl' is a straightforward comparison, however it veers from that tonally," stated Gregorini. "I contemplate it a mental drama-thriller, with comedy elements. ... It handles dying, salvation and redemption, along with the measures we'll visit to deny our very own mortality. It comes down to the secrets we tell ourselves and from one another, and just how intricate individuals lies are." For casting, Gregorini stated her process would be to "sit lower and speak with the stars to obtain a feeling of who they really are. For me personally, the search is to locate whose essence is nearest towards the character. The city has an array of youthful women and Kaya's essence resonated because the essence from the character I authored. That's the way i cast Rooney Mara in [Gregorini's first film] 'Tanner Hall.'" Gregorini continued to confess that they did not initially pursue Biel for that role of Linda. "She found me, and that i was very carefully available to it, however she is amazing together with her audition," described the helmer. "Jessica has not really received the chance to behave such as this, but she would be a thought. I am excited for individuals to uncover this side of her." Molina is repped by WME, Hyler Management and Lou Coulson Associatesk O'Connor is repped by Gersh, Wishlab and Artist Privileges Group and Simpson is repped by WME and Industry Entertainment Barnard is repped by UTA, Anonymous Content and Ken McReddie Affiliates. Contact Shaun Sneider at shaun.sneider@variety.com

Album sales publish first gain since 2004

Adele - '21'Thanks in great measure to soulful youthful British singer Adele, album sales crept up 1.3% within the U.S. throughout 2011 to mark the biz's first gain since 2004, based on year-finish figures launched Wednesday by Nielsen SoundScan.Overall music sales (composed of albums, singles, musicvideo and digital tracks) rose almost 7% year-to-year, versus. a couple.4% decline this year. Industry moved a maximum of 1.6 billion models.This past year, album sales totaled 330.six million models, versus. 326.two million this year.Adele's unflagging megahit "21" -- which came back to No. one in its 45th chart week at year's finish -- lofted domestic amounts by shifting 5.82 million models since its March arrival.The Columbia album -- the first one to exercise than 5 million each year since Usher's "Confessions," which offered 7.98 million in 2004 -- was the motive force for album sales, which in fact had observed six previous many years of steady decline. This Year, total album sales spiraled lower nearly 12.8%."Christmas," Canadian crooner Michael Buble's late-year gift towards the industry, was the year's No. 2 title, but "21" still a lot more than bending its 2.45 million-unit score.The only real other title to maneuver a lot more than two million copies was diva Lady Gaga's "Born By Doing This," which offered 2.a million. Set first showed at No. 1 having a 1.a million-unit tally after it had been heavily reduced to 99 at Amazon . com.com in the opening week, and also the blowout tag brought to institution of the minimum cost threshold of $3.49 for chart albums.The year's some of the best albums were rapper Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter IV" (1.9 million) and country singer Jason Aldean's steady-selling 2010 collection "My Kinda Party" (almost 1.six million).Adele's super-hot set seemed to be an issue in flourishing digital album sales figures, which jumped nearly 20% to 103.a million models. The area was brought by "21," with 1.8 million copies downloaded.Compact disk sales ongoing to erode, falling almost 6% throughout the final 12 several weeks with 223.5 million offered.Adele's unavoidable No. 1 single "Moving within the Deep" was the year's top digital song with 5.81 million copies offered. LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" (5.47 million) and Katy Perry's "E.T." (4.83 million) were another digital bestsellers. The very best two amounts were the very first singles to trace a lot more than 5 million downloads each year.Subsequent a nearly flat 2010, digital track sales rose 8.5% this past year to some record 1.27 billion models.Vinyl ongoing its comeback, as 3.9 million LPs were offered this past year (up 36.3%), outdoing the two.8 million tally in 2010.Following a steep 15% drop this past year, catalog albums observed a 9% gain to 151.two million models this year, while current albums ended up 4.2% to 122.7 million models.When it comes to share of the market, perennial leader Universal Group staved off a powerful challenge from The new sony Music Entertainment. UMG taken 29.85% of total album share of the market, versus. 29.29% for SME, which rode Adele's cresting recognition.No. 3 label unit Warner Group required 19.13% from the album business, while No. 4 EMI Music required a slim 9.44% slice.The domestic share of the market landscape will probably be very different in the finish of 2012, since UMG's pending purchase of EMI's label interests ought to be performed by then, developing a major label playing area of just three companies.About this week's chart, "21" gains one position and retakes no. 1 publish for any 14th non-consecutive week. Despite a 64% publish-Christmas plunge, the Columbia collection still handled a 144,000-unit frame, based on Nielsen SoundScan figures for that week ending 12 ,. 31.Brit singer's 2008 debut "19" observed a chart upswing, just missing the very best 10 having a 35,000-unit stanza, great for a six-position gain to No. 11 regardless of a 50% drop.The final chart of 2011 reflects typical double-digit year-finish declines for many game titles, as sales cooled following a holidays. Some of the week's top retailers achieved positive results from iTunes discounting.Trailing Adele within the top 5 by a number of measures are Drake's "Be MindfulInch (No. 2, 72,000 offered, off 45%), Youthful Jeezy's "TM 103: Hustlerz Ambition" (No. 3, 67,000, lower 71%), Lady Antebellum's "Own the Evening" (No. 4, 54,000, off 51%) and LMFAO's "Sorry For Party Rocking" (No. 5, 49,000, lower 34%).Powering the very best 10 pack were Florence & the Machine's "Ceremonials" (No. 6, 47,000, lower 25%), the Black Keys' "El Camino" (No. 7, 45,000, off 51%), Coldplay's "Mylo Xyloto" (No. 8, 44,000, lower 48%), Rihanna's "Talk That Talk" (No. 9, 42,000, off 58%) and also the "Now 40" hits package (No. 10, 41,000, lower 53%). Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Vital tops domestic and int'l business

'Transformers: Dark in the Moon' was Par's first worldwide billion-dollar pic.'Kung Fu Panda' 2, from Vital/DreamWorks Animation, made $665 million.The newest versions of 'Transformers,' 'Pirates in the Carribean' and 'Harry Potter' buoyed their unique art galleries to top business list.Vital was top gun this season business, proclaiming the domestic crown with $1.96 billion, and winning the earth getting a worldwide tally of $5.17 billion. That's elevated having a colossal overseas total of $3.21 billion, marking the first time any studio has joined $3 billion worldwide in a single year.In your area, the studio breaks a 3-year domestic winning streak by Warner Bros., which acquired runner-up honors by getting an thought $1.83 billion this season.Common, domestic box office for 2011 is $10.23 billion, lower 2.2% from 2010's $10.46 billion. Par's top grossers incorporated its first worldwide billion-dollar pic "Transformers: Dark in the Moon," additionally to DreamWorks Animation figures "Kung Fu Panda 2" ($665 million) and "Puss in Boots" ($420 million) and Marvel pair "Thor" ($449 million) and "Captain America: The Initial Avenger" ($369 million).Warners and Disney -- the second- and third-ranking art galleries globally -- also had $1 billion worldwide photos, along with "Transformers." Warner's "Harry Potter" finale showed up at this milestone, as did the Mouse's fourth "Pirates in the Caribbean" installment, "On Stranger Tides."Warner's $1.83 billion total lands the studio inside the top two in your area for your eighth time formerly 11 years. Disney, meanwhile, saw its second-finest year ever round the worldwide side, with $2.17 billion.Another top title for Warners was "The Hangover Part II," which made almost $575 million globally Disney's second-best pic after "Pirates," "Cars 2" collected a complete $559 million.Componen topper Kaira Grey told Variety, "It's a wonderful approach to celebrate the 100th anniversary in the studio. I'm proud and humble being leading the studio at this time around. But it is really an evidence famous our people around the globe.InchWhilst obtaining a large slice in the business cake can be a tasty win, it hardly notifies the whole story -- profitability might be the best goal.Componen handled to achieve both: The studio had among 2011's best game game titles in "Paranormal Activity 3," which set you back a reported $5 million (excluding marketing costs) and ongoing to produce greater than $200 million worldwide.But due to overseas grosses and relatively affordable pricetags, a couple of from the other art galleries also had lucrative hits. Fox, which was really the only major studio not to mix $1 billion in your area, did well with several photos, introduced having a $487 million global gross for first-quarter toon "Rio."Fox also effectively relaunched two franchises: Worldwide, "Rise in the Planet in the Apes" acquired $482 million, while "X-Males: Top ClassInch made $354 million.Round the The brand new the new sony lot, professionals were pleased with its global success of "The Smurfs," grossing greater than $500 million, while blue-nick artist Adam Sandler acquired another hit for your studio, "Go From It,In . which totalled north of $200 million worldwide. (The brand new the new sony was really the only studio without any major franchise installment this season studio will launch both "Males in Black 3" and "The Astounding Spider-Guy" this summer season.) Universal had major talents through the summer season, with "Fast Five" grossing nearly $630 million globally and "Bridesmaids," $288 million. Marketshare key occasions(In $ billions)StudioDomestic Intl.WorldwideParamount1.96 3.20 5.16Warner Bros.1.83 2.86* 4.69Disney1.20 2.173.37Fox0.982.153.13Sony 1.27 1.833.10Universal1.021.302.32Studio sources. * Warner Intl. estimations weren't available Monday figure provided by alternate source Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com

American Idol's James Durbin Marries

Heidi Lowe and James Durbin American Idol Season 10 finalist James Durbin wed longtime girlfriend Heidi Lowe on New Year's Eve, People reports. The couple exchanged vows in front of 85 guests - including their 2-year-old son and ringbearer Hunter - in a chapel in Santa Cruz, Calif. Other guests included fellow Season 10 Idol finalists Haley Reinhart, Casey Abrams and Stefano Langone. Report: Steven Tyler engaged to Erin Brady At the reception following the ceremony, the couple was surprised by Geoff Tate, the frontman for metal band Queensrÿche, who performed his 1984 hit, "Take Hold of the Flame." "We are so in love and happy that we got to share our special day with our closest family and friends," Durbin and Lowe said in a statement to the magazine. "This wedding was the perfect way to kick off the New Year. We are looking forward to living happily ever after." Durbin placed fourth on Idol and released his debut album, Memories of a Beautiful Disaster, in November.