Nick Nolte joins Gangster Squad

Ruben Fleisher's Gangster Squad continues to increase its terrifically starry cast, with Nick Nolte the most recent large title to sign up for that period crime drama.Nolte is placed to experience Bill Parker, the brand new chief of police in '40s La who sets about trying to wash up an progressively corrupt department. It's he who creates the job pressure that the film got its title.Modified by Castle author Will Beall from a number of newspaper articles by Paul Lieberman, the film will document the illicit shenanigans of effective gangster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) and also the endeavours from the elite unit of coppers trying to create him to justice.Nolte joins probably the most exciting ensembles of latest occasions, having a roll call including Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Anthony Mackie, Emma Stone, Robert Patrick, Giovanni Ribisi and Michael Peña. Nolte is a busy guy recently, with MMA drama Warrior soon to reach in movie theaters, and work lately finishing about the Jason Statham-starring Parker. He seemed to be lately put into Robert Redford's forthcoming thriller The Organization You Retain.

Silence Is Golden: Watch the Trailer for 'The Artist'

Here's a film that's getting a gigantic buzz from film buffs: 'The Artist,' a gorgeous-looking black and white silent film. Yes, you read that right. The French film, directed by Michel Hazanavicius, who masterminded the comic 'OSS 117' films, is a loving tribute and homage to the 1920s golden age of silent cinema when actors and actresses emoted with nary a soundman in sight, and beautiful tales of action, adventure and romance could be told with facial expressions and a few title cards. 'The Artist', which stars Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller and Missi Pyle, revolves around George Valentin (Dujardin), a silent film star whose career is fading with the rise of the talkies while an actress he mentored, Peppy Miller (Bejo), begins her rise to stardom a la 'A Star Is Born.' 'The Artist' screened at Cannes and won a best actor nod for Dujardin. The film arrives here Nov. 23 from The Weinstein Co., but in the meantime, take a look at this delicious clip (which is similar to a clip released at Cannes but here with English subtitles) after the jump. Tip o' the hat to indieWIRE.

First Footage From The Hunger Games Will Debut at MTV Video Music Awards

And you thought watching Lady Gaga perform “You and I” was going to be the only reason to tune in for the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night. NextMovie reports that the first footage from The Hunger Games will premiere during the telecast, with a special introduction from star Jennifer Lawrence. If you needed even more proof that the adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s YA series is the next Twilight, an association with MTV should do the trick. [NextMovie]

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Trailer

Nic Cage shows us his rings of fire The devilish directing duo that is Neveldine/Taylor have released Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance's first trailer, and we've got it here for you below. Before that, however, they unveiled a teaser poster to whet our appetites, and it's just as flame-based as you'd expect from a Johnny Blaze adventure. Sure, it's essentially just the Ghost Rider's hand holding onto a metal flaming chain, but with the trailer arriving with it, we can't help but get all, um, hot under the collar. {One Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance Poster} As you can tell, it's definitely not a simple sequel to the previous Ghost Rider - after all, this one has him vomiting flames at people's heads and pissing like he's got a broken flamethrower attached to his groin. Simply put, it's a balls-out Neveldine/Taylor movie, complete with all the exploding cars, manic pacing and extreme extremeness as you'd expect from the guys that brought us Crank and Crank: HIgh Voltage. Still, it's very exciting stuff, and we can't wait to see more footage. Can this not-actually-a-reboot-or-a-sequel work? Can Johnny Blaze ever be a proper hero on screen? We guess we'll only find out when Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance tears through cinemas on February 22, 2012.

OWN Announces Fall Lineup, Including Rosie O'Donnell's New Talk Show

OWN, Oprah The Oprah Winfrey Network's next cycle of programming will begin Oct.10 with the one-two punch of The Rosie Show and Oprah's Lifeclass, the network has announced in a release. The 7 things to know about Rosie O'Donnell's new talk show Both are set to air daily. The former finds Rosie O'Donnell once again hosting a talk show, in which she is expected to cover "current events, spotlight hometown heroes and newsmakers, showcase the arts, celebrate kids and families, as well as feature well-known and upcoming talent." Oprah's Lifeclass will sift through 25 years of The Oprah Winfrey Show to share "the lessons that matter most" to Winfrey. There will be accompanying coursework (!) on Oprah.com. Oprah replaces OWN CEO, says network is "not where I want it to be" Among OWN's other new offerings are the gotcha-wedding reality show Don't Tell the Bride, the soul-food-and-song candid reality show Welcome to Sweetie Pie's and the celeb-probing Visionaries: Life Inside the Creative Mind. Ask Oprah's All Stars and Our America with Lisa Ling are set to return for second seasons. The full new OWN schedule is below: MONDAY-FRIDAY (starting Oct. 10)7 p.m. The Rosie Show8 p.m. Oprah's Lifeclass SATURDAY (starting Oct. 15)9 p.m. Welcome to Sweetie Pie's10 p.m. Don't Tell the Bride SUNDAY (starting Oct. 16)8 p.m. Ask Oprah's All Stars9 p.m. Our America with Lisa Ling10 p.m. Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind

Nu Image Taps Roy Matalon for President, International Sales and Distribution

Roy Matalon has been named President of International Sales and Distribution for Nu Image, Inc., it was announced on Friday by principals Danny Dimbort, Avi Lerner and Trevor Short.our editor recommendsNicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman Protect Their Home in 'Trespass' Trailer (Video)Hollywood Docket: Golden Globes Lawsuits Heat Up; Nu Image Sues 'Expendables' Pirates; New Antipiracy Bill "Roy brings over 20 years' experience in international sales to Nu Image and we are very happy he has joined our team," said Lerner. Matalon spent the past 14 years at New Regency Productions as Senior VP of Distribution of domestic and international theatrical, home entertainment and television. Prior to New Regency, he served as Managing Director of Theatrical Distribution for Columbia TriStar and Twentieth Century Fox in Belgium and the Netherlands, as well as Sweden and Scandinavian as supervisor. "To be working with and drawing from Danny's expertise, his relationships and years of experience is a tremendous plus for me. He really is the master of sales and I am thrilled to be with Nu Image alongside my friends Avi, Danny and Trevor," says Matalon. Dimbort and Matalon will be shopping the Nu Image slate at the Toronto International Film Festival. Among the films they will be offering are: Expendables 2, Straight A's, The Big Wedding, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D, Playing the Field, Medallion, Trespass, Son of No One, and Trust. Related Topics

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18-year old Christian has just graduated from high school. At his summer job he is seduced by the 36-yaer old single mother Sanne. Soon he is drawn into a world of sensuality and his acquaintance with Sanne turns into an intense love affair which forces Christian to deal with his newly discovered sides.

John Slattery isn't any Silver Fox

Silver Lake might appear an out-of-place place for a talk to John Slattery, whose "Mad Males" alter ego Roger Sterling epitomizes the urban-clever sheen of mod style. However the New Yorker feels quite in your own home in stylish-awesome California, where he lives while shooting AMC's three-time Emmy-winning drama. Here, Slattery talks with "THR" about his chances for any win this season, last season's pregnancy surprise and just how he still has not become accustomed to smoking "fake cigarettes at 5:30 a.m."The Hollywood Reporter: You'd nearly annually off before beginning season five of "Mad Males" this month. Could it be strange returning to the grind? John Slattery: Yes, this will be our first week of shooting. However the only factor that's strange is returning to the five a.m. morning. We shoot about the east side of L.A., and I have got a location in Santa Monica. Fortunately there is not lots of traffic about the freeway at 5 a.m, but that is the only real factor good about getting out of bed at this hour. THR: With last year's supporting drama actor champion, "Breaking Bad's" Aaron Paul, not qualified this season, do you experience feeling your odds are enhanced for any first victory? Slattery:Your competition continues to be nothing under formidable at this time, making permanently television but a harder honours process. People do mention the truth that "Mad Males" hasn't won any acting Emmys, however i don't believe the cast is that surprised. You cannot predict you'd add too much should you attempted. However I do hope Jon Hamm wins this season. He warrants it. And Vincent Cartheiser? I'm not sure the way the Academy has not recognized his performance yet.THR:Talking about Hamm, his contract was lately extended for 3 more years. So you are basically assured of three more seasons of "Mad Males," right? Slattery:That does not mean anybody can't go tomorrow, believe me. A personality can die, move, get fired. Matt [Weiner] does not tell us what's coming. We obtain a script for the following episode, we sit lower in a table read -- and we are all pretty excited, since the plot is totally new to us, too. It takes eight days to shoot a chapter, a minimum of 12 hrs each day and frequently more. Not really Jon understood Don Draper could be marriage again! One time i needed to tell my real wife (Talia Balsam, who plays Roger Sterling's ex-wife) we'd receive the divorce on the program, sinceI got the script before she did. Which was strange.THR:Roger had lots of intense moments last season, getting drunk and progressively frustrated together with his youthful wife. How difficult were individuals? Slattery:Playing drunk is not the way in which I think about it -- I am playing the scene. And believe me, it's all regulated within the stage directions on our show. What's comforting is the fact that we are such good hands. Even when a plotline is disturbing -- like when Roger used blackface -- you realize Matt Weiner has a very good reason for this. Roger is consuming more, but he's pretty resilient. He's endurance -- a minimum of I really hope he is doing! It's pretty interesting, h2o inside a highball glass and smoking fake cigarettes at 5:30 a.m. in individuals clothes. THR:As well as when Roger is drunk, his test is still sophisticated and urbane. Slattery: That is what makes this show: the subtlety within the language. Nobody ever states what they are really after. You watch these figures chasing after satisfaction without putting on it on the masturbator sleeves. Last season, when Roger got Joan pregnant, he'd married Jane. You would not have predicted that. Joan and Roger are generally married, however their attraction just will not disappear. I am always surprised at what goes on. THR:Previously year, additionally you made an appearance within the feature film "The Adjustment Bureau" and shot two indies. Slattery: Yes. The film "Return" visited Cannes, and that i just finished shooting another indie, "Family Tree." "Adjustment Bureau" was another guy-in-a-suit part. I almost did not get it done for your reason! However with the quality of talent, I could not not get it done. THR:Last season you directed the episode of "Mad Males" where Peggy would go to that downtown party and that we got the very first glimpses of sixties counterculture. That which was that have like for you personally? Slattery:Matt was very generous to allow me direct. It is a real leap of belief. You won't want to function as the someone to spoil it. I am likely to direct a chapter this year, too. Whenever you direct, you are associated with tone conferences, coping with the studio, producers, completely through editing. Obviously, it is extremely hard to act within an episode you are also pointing.THR:People might be surprised to understand you are an enthusiastic surfer, especially surprising since you are a brand new Yorker. Slattery:Yes, you will find spots there for surfing you would be surprised! But it is tough to discuss it without sounding pretentious.THR:You appear just a little embarrassed when "Mad Males" fans make reference to you like a "silver fox" which women help you like a heartthrob. Slattery:I believe a number of that's remaining from standing on "Sex and also the City" and playing among Sarah Jessica [Parker's] men. I am not worrying. But how can you respond? The Hollywood Reporter

Faithfull wrestled popstar devils

Marianne Faithfull handled to travel through the challenges of addiction and live a existence the center of attention from the music biz, which stated fellow thrush Amy Winehouse at age 27 recently. Faithfull WinehouseIn the crush of confirming about the premature dying of Amy Winehouse, much is made (most likely an excessive amount of) of her inclusion within the "27 Club," that exclusive eternal nitery where music stars Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, John Johnson, Kurt Cobain and today Winehouse all found themselves, age 27, famous and dead.However the club does not claim all likely people. Winehouse was created 2 decades after legendary singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull had already commenced her very own season in Hell, which, like Winehouse, began at the begining of pop music fame and culminated entirely-blown existence-threatening substance abuse. Faithfull was knocking about the door from the "27 Club" when she was that age. Winehouse is finished before seeing her 30th birthday, but Faithfull is poised to celebrate her 65th, at the time of touring the planet as well as on the heels of creating among her finest records, "Horses and High Heel Shoes."Comedian Russell Brand lately basically blamed the 4th Estate for Winehouse's demise, observing, "Our media is interested in tragedy than talent, therefore the ink started to defect from adoring her gift to chronicling her downfall ephemeral tittle-tattle changed her timeless talent."Faithfull, speaking about the phone from Paris on the break before her fall European tour, does not disagree with Brand, but her emphasis is not about the large bad press, but instead the large bad biz."I've not really discussed it, however i will have strong feelings about her loss," Faithfull states. "She was an incredible talent. However the music clients are a loathesome factor. I do not mean to become too tough about this, but it is true. For anybody creative or sensitive, it may kill. It happened to Cobain and also to Elvis, also it happens again and again again."Faithfull is really as meticulous and unsparing in her own dissection from the issues of fame as she's in her own devastating stories define her body of labor, may it be the albums dating back her 1979 comeback breakthrough, "Damaged British," or her starkly honest autobiography, "Faithfull," first released in 1994.Within the singer's view, it isn't simply a person's vices that bring lower major talents before their time additionally, there are something naturally difficult inside a existence resided the center of attention. "Alcohol and drugs kill, and everybody knows it. People did attempt to help, because they always do," states Faithfull ruefully of Winehouse.Faithfull herself had get scammed by drugs to the stage, decades ago, when she was living about the roads of London's Soho district, making it through on giveaways.In Faithfull's view, Winehouse hated being famous. "That is what people can't bear. Fame can be quite upsetting." Faithfull's undertake the travails of show business ring with truth not only due to her personal journey, but additionally that voice, which exudes some miraculous combination of both discomfort and also the persistence to pass through it, regardless of cost. As her musical collaborator on "Horses," Doug Pettibone states of Faithfull, "She could read a cafe or restaurant menu thus making you cry."Some tips in Faithfull's bio give a vivid instance of not just the forces that may overwhelm a painter in a medium, but the special devils hiding around every corner of pop fame:n Faithfull would be a beautiful teenage pop star whose "As Tears PassInch (composed by Richards and fellow Stone Mick Jagger) was an worldwide hit. "I had been very pretty," she remembered in a single interview, "which would be a large area of the problem."n She was on newspaper and magazine front pages all over the world because the longtime girlfriend of Jagger. As she told one interviewer: "My first move was to obtain a Moving Stone like a boyfriend. I rested with three and made the decision charge singer was the best choice."n A couple of years later, Faithfull would be a heroin addict, striking among her personal lows when she grew to become destitute in Soho. n Her rebirth started in 1979 when she'd moved beyond dependence on achieve among her artistic highlights, the acclaimed and gritty "Damaged British."A general pay attention to her magnificent new work, lovingly created by longtime Faithfull studio whiz Hal Willner, offers experience into individuals better facets of her showbusiness work, those that appear to possess won out within the darkness she's unstintingly chronicled in 30 years since "Damaged British."In the eight cover tracks -- Willner and Faithfull's careful curation of '70s gems and underheard nuggets for example Brit folk-rocker Jackie Lomax's "Pointless,Inch Lesley Duncan's "Love Song" and Goffin-King's delicate "Goin' Back" -- Faithfull remembers the healing energy of affection and hope and friendship. The singer states the album fully expresses her current, hard-won peace using the world. "Oh god, I have really modified to my lot. I truly do enjoy carrying out, making records and writing. Most likely carrying out first and foremost."To make use of that self-awareness, Faithfull has branched out beyond music, carving out a pleasant career like a solid character actress in European films, including a startling star submit the naughty but sincere, "Irina Palm" like a gran going to raise money in order to save her ill grandson's existence, even when which means sexually pleasuring anonymous clients. Faithfull laughs and states of this very indie film, "The British could not overcome it. They have a tendency to love stuff that aren't as straightforward -- you realize, period films and native films like 'Calendar Women.'?" She's also co-starring with Jonathan Rhys Meyers inside a film adaptation of Albert Cohen's celebrated sixties novel "Belle du Seigneur."Contrary differentiates the 2011 version from the famous chanteuse, it's Faithfull's ebullient, but worldly mood, taken significantly in her own "Horses" co-composition, "Eternity," which samples the eerie and evocative Moroccan music artists recorded within the area in 1968 through the late John Johnson about the album "The Pipes of Pan at Joujouka."About the terrific electronic press package that colorfully recounts the building of "Horses" in New Orleans, Pettibone, who co-written "Eternity," chuckles concerning the irony of the collaboration, that they cites as "the very first happy song Marianne Faithfull ever authored."Its lyrics nicely summarize both Faithfull's tumultuous journey and also the dual-edged sword of her current bliss: "You best jump with pleasure, shake with fear it is really an everlasting year." Contact Steven Gaydos at steven.gaydos@variety.com

Zachary Eller Joins Fox's Marketing Team

Studio veteran Zachary Eller has became a member of twentieth century Fox's marketing unit as senior v . p . of partnership marketing and promotions.our editor recommendsOren Aviv Named Chief Marketing Officer for Fox Eller, who arrives about the Fox lot from The new sony Pictures Entertainment, will oversee all the studio's domestic activities in this region. "Once we still build an shape our doemstic marketing team for future years, Zac is a vital a part of that evolution. We're lucky to possess this type of proven and proper executive managing our promotions team," stated Fox chief marketing officer Oren Aviv and chief creative officer Tony Sella in announcing the hire. Eller will are accountable to Aviv and Sella, who togther run the studio's domestic marketing operation. Eller spent ten years at The new sony, most recetnly becoming v . p . for worldwide promotions and certification. Under his leaderhip, The new sony struck integral close ties with famous labels inlcuding Coke, Ford, 7-Eleven, Carrefour, Visa and McDonalds. Just before that, he was executive director of media and promotions on The new sony Pictures Digital. Before The new sony, Eller was director of worldwide promotions at Warner Bros. Related Subjects Oren Aviv twentieth century Fox Film Tony Sella

Bravo Renews O.C. Average women, Top Chef Masters Orders Three New Series

Vicki Gunvalson, Curtis Stone The Actual Average women of Orange County, Top Chef Masters and Billion Dollar Listing LA are returning, Bravo introduced Tuesday. Which means a Season 7 for that original Real Average women series, a 4th season of Top Chef Masters and fifth year for Billion Dollar Listing LA, which created a brand new You are able to spin-off captured. Bravo accumulates 11 new shows with lots of familiar faces The network also introduced three new series and something special. All over the world in 80 Plates, from Top Chef executive producers Serta Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz, will follow-up-and-coming chefs because they visit various metropolitan areas all over the world to compete in culinary challenges. Participants will need to discover the local cuisine, culture and customs to ensure that they are able to best reinvent recption menus at world-famous restaurants. All over the world may be the fifth food show on Bravo, following Top Chef, Top Chef Masters, Top Chef: Just Desserts and Rocco's Social Gathering. Fresh paint the city turns the lens on six youthful women residing in New You are able to. They have to juggle their demanding careers, mainly within the memorial world, using their busy social agendas hoping of making glamorous lives on their own. The series also counts Cutforth and Lipsitz as executive producers. Watch clips from Bravo shows Six can also be the miracle number for Bride and groom: The Very First Year. The truth series follows one half-dozen couples using their big day for their one-year anniversary and also the many blips between. The series is created by Will Macdonald and David Granger. The ever-popular Garden Condition, also the place to find The Actual Average women of Nj, assists because the backdrop for that approaching special Thicker Than Water: The Marinos. Premiering on Sunday, August. 21 at 11/10c, the special centers on the tight-knit, multigenerational family who can't appear to avoid each other peoples business. Bravo renews Real Average women of Nj for Season 4 Furthermore, Bravo restored its relationship with Uniform Matchmaker's Patti Stanger, filling out the Bravolebrity to some two-year development deal. She'll help find and mold new talent, and may potentially star in and executive produce another show for that network. The 5th season of Matchmaker premieres Monday, August. 15. "Bravo's ongoing success is driven by our resolve for create original series that share an unfiltered and different look within our 'passion groups' of food, fashion, beauty, design and popular culture, all while discovering memorable figures along the way,Inch stated Shari Levine, Bravo's senior v . p . of production. "We're confident these new series will reinforce Bravo's popular culture logo and resonate with this engaged and trendy audience." Which new Bravo shows are you going to watch?