Twit Wit: The 5 Best Tweets About The Muppets

comments: 0 || add yours Sure, they’re not box office champs, but the Muppets’ resurgence as competitive marquee stars is reason enough to scan Twitter for the best tweets about Jason Segel’s new film. Who will top this week’s tally? Join us for a quintet of quips that will make the Swedish Chef throw his wooden spoon in glee. 5. Michael McKean voices precisely the reason Muppets From Space may be better than The Muppets. #embedly_twitter_19697450{background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/72466264/Pimpwear.jpg) #022330;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 p a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_19697450 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@MJMcKeanMichael McKean We’re planning to see the Muppet movie, but I suspect there won’t be nearly enough Pepe the Prawn.Nov 23 via TwittelatorFavoriteRetweetReply 4. Jesse Knight tried seeing Hugo this weekend, but it just felt like The Un-Muppets. #embedly_twitter_87797346{background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/172808952/i_mhuggingabagelbite.jpg) #EDECE9;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 p a {color:#088253;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 a {color:#088253;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_87797346 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@SuperfluouslyJesse Knight The “silence your cellphone” promo with the Muppets that ran before HUGO only reminded everyone that THE MUPPETS was sold out.Nov 26 via Tweetbot for iPhoneFavoriteRetweetReply 3. Chris Schleicher twists your perception of Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem’s femme fatale with one observant tweet. #embedly_twitter_62354276{background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/images/themes/theme15/bg.png) #022330;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 p a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_62354276 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@cschleichsrunChris Schleicher While watching “The Muppets,” I realized that most of the Real Housewives are on a slow trajectory towards looking like Janice.Nov 26 via webFavoriteRetweetReply 2. Jason Segel ended his endless press tour and finally began to tweet for himself. 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Top 5 sandwiches: BLT, grilled cheese, Reuben, tuna melt, pb&jNov 28 via Twitter for iPhoneFavoriteRetweetReply 1. Statler and Waldorf get the last and best laugh with their quick dismissal of The Muppets. 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We missed it too, fell asleep during opening credits, woke up in time to heckle the closing credits.Nov 26 via webFavoriteRetweetReply Follow Louis Virtel on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter. Tagged: chris schleicher, jason segel, jesse knight, michael mckean, muppets

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NY-based indie film producer Likely Story is growing with Mind of Production and Development Stefanie Azpiazu moving to spread out a La office. Company introduced the move Monday. Azpiazu continues to be with Likely Story since its beginning in 2006, formerly dealing with Likely Story Founder Anthony Bregman only at that Is The Fact That and Good Machine. ''With the amount of projects and filmmakers in line with the West Coast growing, there's an absolute interest in a team to become located in La,'' Bregman stated. Likely Story's creating Charlie Kaufman's new film ''Frank or Francis,'' which shoots in Feb Bennett Miller's ''Foxcatcher,'' that is targeted for nov 2012, in addition to new projects by Nicole Holofcener, Jesse Peretz, Lawrence Kasdan. Keith Bunin, Chris Milk and Ann Peacock Likely Story created Stephen Frears latest film ''Lay the favourite,'' Peretz' ''Our Idiot Brother,'' Kasdan's ''Darlining Companion'' and Julian Farino's ''The Oranges.'' Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Kim Kardashian Paints Picture of Happy Marriage in Marie Claire Interview (Video)

Marie Claire had the misfortune (or possibly good luck, depending on how you look at it) of interviewing Kim Kardashian just weeks before she filed for divorce in late-October from her husband of 72 days, Kris Humphries. It's a startling glimpse of a woman who must know that her marriage is falling apart, but is capable of staying on message for the interview.our editor recommendsKim Kardashian's Divorce Exposes Her Ambition for Fame and Money, Say Brand Experts (Analysis)Kim Kardashian-Kris Humphries Breakup Boosts Entertainment News Show RatingsMichael Buble Starts Kim Kardashian Feud Kim Kardashian Thanks Fans, Vows to Blog More Amid Controversy PHOTOS: 19 of Hollywood's All-Time Shortest Marriages "I feel like where we're at right now is the best time in my life," she tells the magazine as rumors that there was marital discord swirled around her in the media at the time. "We felt like, 'Why wait?' " she says of the short courtship and walk down the aisle that has received much scrutiny ever since. "It's fun to have a partner who understands your life and lets you be you." PHOTOS: Inside Kardashian Inc. She has nothing but good things to say about her now-estranged husband. He's "a good guy," "down to earth," and "gets it" when she wants to just take a break from the glamour of her life. There are no signs of the impending separation and divorce filing in the quotes Marie Claire chooses to share with readers. But in light of the events that have transpired since Kardashian did this interview, there's something very revealing, troublesome, and at the same time respectable about the way she handles herself. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Top Earners "We made a pact as a family and said we would be truly authentic because people don't buy bullshit," Kardashian also says. "We'll just be who we are, and - love it or hate it - we have each other. Everything that goes on is stuff we do. I think that's what makes it so relatable, because we are not afraid to show crazy things." The rest of Marie Claire's interview with the reality star appears in the December 2011 issue available at newsstands on November 22. Watch a behind the scenes video from Kardashian's cover shoot below in which she shares a number of additional personal thoughts, including her take on lying. Related Topics Kim Kardashian Kris Humphries

ICM grapples with boardroom battle

Silbermann Berg ICM blazed a trail for Hollywood talent rep firms in the fall of 2005 when private equity concern Rizvi Traverse Management became the majority owner of the agency.At the time, observers were skeptical of the chances for a marriage of the temperamental tenpercentery biz -- a cutthroat arena in which assets can walk out the door at any time -- and the staid world of high finance, with its focus on investment returns and operating margins.The inevitable culture clash has come to a head in recent months as ICM prexy Chris Silbermann has faced high hurdles in putting through a proposed restructuring plan that would allow ICM to bring more of its top tenpercenters to a higher level of participation in the agency. It's unclear if Silbermann's intent is to orchestrate a full-blown management buyout or simply to spread more of the wealth as a means of motivating and incentivizing key players.The agency already has weathered a string of notable agent departures in recent months. Those defections have done as much damage to ICM's image in the creative community as they have to its bottom line.At the same time, there's no doubt that the investment in ICM has been a good one for the Gotham-based firm run by Suhail Rizvi. The company's other showbiz holdings include stakes in Summit Entertainment and Playboy Enterprises.The bulk of the $100 million Rizvi has plowed into ICM was used to finance the 2006 acquisition of the Broder Webb Chervin Silbermann agency. (Merrill Lynch also had a stake in that transaction but was bought out.)Bringing the Broder team into the tent gave ICM an influx of writers and directors and allowed it to share in the windfall of packaging fees derived from the biggest comedy hits of the past decade: "Two and a Half Men," "The Big Bang Theory" and "Modern Family," among other shows. Broder partner Silbermann took over the day-to-day running of the agency as prexy while ICM lifer Jeff Berg remained chairman and CEO. That sometimes-uneasy partnership has been tested by the turmoil, with Silbermann stressing the need to act.The perception among ICM's rivals is that the big money from the syndication successes has flowed mostly back to Rizvi Traverse while investment in the agency's key human assets has lagged. The reality, according to sources, is more nuanced. ICM has grown its ranks in recent years, but in areas such as publishing, marketing, legit, concert and comedy touring, which are lucrative for the agency but not as closely watched by the Hollywood rumor mill as the core film and TV literary and talent departments, which have taken the recent hits.The combination of internal and external chatter about the agency's future has spurred all manner of speculation about the possibility of more upheaval. Industry vets said the agency let it be known that it was open to a merger or sale earlier this year but found no serious takers. (ICM insiders dispute the notion that the "For Sale" sign was formally hung out.)There's been chatter that Rizvi Traverse is looking to cash out and that Berg is poised to wind down his more than 40-year tenure. But neither of those scenarios is coming to pass in the near term, according to knowledgeable sources, which ensures that the boardroom restructuring talks will continue to be long and complicated. That's because some of those at the table bring different metrics for evaluating the worth of employees who rep clients with that most intangible of resources: heat.Another minefield in any discussion of restructuring is how to value the agency's disparate assets in order to recarve the pie among more participants. Should newer recruits share in coin derived from 20- and 30-year-old movies and TV shows, especially if those titles suddenly have new moneymaking potential thanks to digital licensing?ICM's delicate dance with Rizvi is a cautionary tale to other percenteries and law firms who are flirting with outside investors now that some are showing interest in Hollywood opportunities again.CAA made headlines last year by selling a 35% stake to private equity giant TPG Capital in what was billed as a cash influx to help the agency diversify. While CAA and ICM are in very different positions today, undoubtedly CAA's 10 board members, who now include three reps from TPG, are watching with interest what's going on with their neighbors down the street. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

Being Flynn Trailer: Robert De Niro Cordially Invites You to Suck City

Poet/playwright Nick Flynn’s memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City is right for a movie adaptation: Its two main characters, Flynn and his father, are deep, articulate characters with a lot of angst to go around. In the first trailer for Focus’s adaptation Being Flynn, the younger Flynn (Paul Dano) analyzes the value of reuniting with his estranged father (Robert De Niro). Clip after the jump. Dano and De Niro seem perfect in their perturbed roles, but I’m particularly psyched for Julianne Moore, who appears to give a performance as august and understated as ever, and Olivia Thirlby, who we haven’t seen enough of since Juno. Since it’s slated to come out in spring 2012, we’ll have one fine-looking adult film to anticipate in the post-Oscar tundra. Remember May of 2010 when the only great movie in a three-month period was Nicole Holofcener’s Please Give? I’m hoping Being Flynn marks a similar oasis. Verdict: Happily booking a one-way ticket to Suck City.

TV Rankings: Sunday Evening Football Strong for NBC, 'Once Upon a Time' Remains Consistent

Nick Laham/Getty Images Sunday Evening Football published another strong showing for NBC last evening, giving the network a 6. rating in grown ups 18-49 for that evening as well as an average audience of 15.8 million. The match-up between your Patriots and also the Jets averaged a 7.4 rating because of its 2 . 5 hour broadcast, getting within an average 19.3 million. PHOTOS: Fall TV Dying Pool: Which New Show Is Going To Be Axed? Football overage and also the Sunday animation block pressed Fox to some second place finish within the demo, generating a rating of three.8 for that evening. Newcomer series Allen Gregory is constantly on the slip, however, posting only a 2. in grown ups 18-49, undoubtedly the network's cheapest showing from the evening. ABC's Not so long ago ongoing to do well. Four days in, it introduced inside a 3.8 in grown ups 18-49, up a tenth in the week prior. Desperate Average women and Pan Am were both up in certain respect in the previous week too, with Average women posting a 2 tenths increase to three. and Pan Am generate 5.7 million and 1.8 because of its broadcast. CBS finished last, but up a tick in the week prior, having a 2.3 in grown ups 18-49, using the Amazing Race, The Great Wife and CSI: Miami all visiting a increase in average audiences. NBC - 6. - Football Evening In The Usa: 11.six million, 5.5 - Sunday Evening Football (Colonial versus. NY Jets from 8:30 - 11 p.m.): 19.3 million, 7.4 FOX - 3.8 - The OT: 15.5 million, 6. - The Simpsons: 7.5 million, 3.5 - Allen Gregory: 4.two million, 2. - Family Guy: 5.96 million, 3.1 - American Father: 4.8 million, 2.4 ABC - 2.6 - America's Funniest Home Videos: 7.3 million, 1.7 - Not so long ago: 11.3 million, 3.8 - Desperate Average women: 9.two million, 3. - Pan Am: 5.7 million, 1.8 CBS - 2.3 - an hour: 13.two million, 2.3 - Amazing Race 19: 10.5 million, 2.7 - The Great Wife: tens of millions of, 2. - CSI: Miami: 9.8 million, 2.1 TV Rankings

Veterans Day 2011: What Hollywood says

Leader Obama spoke from Arlington National Graveyard early Friday morning, addressing the troops both at home and abroad in recognition of Veterans Day.our editor recommendsPresident Obama Holds Secret Meet-and-Greet With Hollywood Executives and Influencers (Exclusive)Leader Obama Offers to Veto FCC Resolution Targeted to manage Internet "My fellow People in america, our troops are returning home,Inch he stated. "Following a decade of war, the country we currently have to build is our very own.Inch The Leader lately revealed his intends to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq by year's finish, so he required the chance to encourage individuals watching to employ them and use them upon their return. STORY: Exactly what the Media Says Concerning the Iraq Withdrawal He referred to people from the military as "an unbroken chain of males and ladies who've offered this nation with distinction." Gamers in film, television, music and news required to Twitter during the day, discussing tales of veterans, giving thanks and indicating expect a secure return for individuals still serving. Here's a couple of of these: ABC News' Diane Sawyer To the brave & valorous veterans as well as their strong families: greatest gratitude, sincerest respect. Happy Veterans Day. Angela Kinsey (Work) Happy Veterans Day to my cousin, Daniel, and also the many males and ladies serving in america Military!" amen to that particular. God bless. Marlee Matlin (Switched at Birth) About this Veterans Day, recalling brave males and ladies past and offer who take their lives at risk for all of us. Thanks all. PHOTOS: Best Presidents in Movies and television P Diddy A unique because of our US soldiers. We appreciate you and also all that you simply do to safeguard our country! Happy Veterans Day!! Cheryl Burke (Dwts) Happy Veterans Day! Wish to thank all of the males and ladies for compromising their lives to safeguard our country. Stylist Rachel Zoe Happy Veterans Day everybody! Beyond grateful to any or all of individuals who've offered and then serve for the country. xoRZ HLN's Nancy Sophistication Today, each year, we should stop & recall the males & ladies who sacrificed their lives for the freedom. #Happy Veterans Day Olivia Munn (I Don't Understand How She Will It) Today we recognition the Veterans who actually safeguard us & our country. But you're honored Every Single Day within our hearts! Thanks! What. Up. Ian Harding (Pretty Little Liars) Happy Veterans day, to any or all who serve, past or present. Beyonce Today is Veterans Day. I must send well desires to the troops for that sacrifices they've made! We thanks very much! TRUE HEROES!!! MSNBC's Reverend Al Sharpton Happy Veteran's Day. Benefits to our Veterans. Lady Antebellum You want to thank our veterans for his or her duty, support, & fascination with our country. We recognition you today once we start our Robin Roberts (Hello America) Considering oh my gosh father and all sorts of the brave Veterans available. Send us your photos to recognition them abcnews.com/veterans #ThankTheVets Kerry Washington (Scandal) About this Veterans Day my heart is out to all the brave males and ladies who've offered... Davd Boreanaz (Bones) Remember all of our Past and offer troops today, their efforts, sacrifices and commitment to stay safe. God Bless and Thanks. #Veterans Related Subjects Obama Politics

MTV First: 'The Sitter' With Jonah Hill Starts Now!

It's show time, folks! All week long we've been hyping up "MTV First: 'The Sitter'" with Jonah Hill, and now, the big night is finally here. At 7:56 PM EST, Jonah will be joining host Josh Horowitz on MTV to premiere an exclusive new clip from "The Sitter," his babysitting-gone-wrong comedy heading into theaters on December 9. Immediately after the clip has aired, Josh and Jonah are taking the conversation online at MTV.com for a 30-minute Q&A, where the "Moneyball" and "21 Jump Street" actor will answer our questions and yours. Plus, they'll debut a second exclusive clip. Good times for everyone! So what are you waiting for? Click play on the video below and tune in for our exclusive sit-down with Jonah Hill!

Here There (Zhe li na li)

A Beijing Xing Guang Heng Yi Culture Co. production. (Worldwide sales: Beijing Xing Guang Heng Yi Culture Co., Beijing.) Created by Jia Hongwei, Guo Xiaowei. Directed by Lu Sheng. Script, Liu Yong, Xu Yang, Lu.With: Bai Yanbo, Yao Anlian, Lu Yulai, Qin Wei. (Mandarin, Shanghainese, French dialogue)Tenuous links and plodding storytelling characterize "Here There," a lonely Chinese arthouse postcard from Nowheresville. Like many lensers-switched-helmers before him, Lu Sheng (who's labored with Jia Zhangke) will get lost inside a loving engagement with imagery as the story requires a back chair. Fests will snap this as much as complete their Asian programs, but "Here There" is not likely to visit anywhere near an industrial theater. Pic observes a deer herder (Bai Yanbo) attempting to survive in inhospitable places before jumping to some Shanghai restaurant where owner Lu (Yao Anlian) is training waiter Guoguang (Lu Yulai). Over dinner, Lu mentions he's a boy residing in Gaul, supplying a hyperlink to some third strand concerning the struggles of the Chinese digital photographer (Qin Wei) in Paris. The helmer might have communicated information with greater economy, taking an hour or so to determine a feeble link between the very first two strands. HD lensing exquisitely captures the snow-laden Chinese backwoods and Paris, but Shanghai is built to appear as dull because the figures there. Perfs by amateur thesps are simply OK, and also the indiscriminate direct-to-microphone seem, the curse of low-budget filmmakers everywhere, is annoying.Camera (color, HD), Lu editor, Kong Jinlei music, Moon Yongmin. Examined at Tokyo, japan Film Festival (Winds of Asia-Middle East), March. 23, 2011. (Also in Busan Film Festival.) Running time: 93 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Fringe Bosses: Peter Is At Oz Trying revisit Kansas

Josh Jackson Fringe's Peter has returned inside the flesh - goodbye, blue shiny ball of sunshine - nevertheless the world he lands wasn't their very own. After apparently disappearing into nothing inside the Season 3 finale, Peter (Joshua Jackson) returns with a world where nobody knows who he's - and he'll try anxiously revisit their very own world. Fringe executive producers Rob Pinkner and J.H. Wyman dish round the prodigal son's return, how this Peter differs and whether he'll ensure it is to folks they are fully aware and loves. Fringe Scoop: 5 products to understand since Peter has returned Since Peter has returned, how can this transformation the dynamic in the show? Rob Pinkner: The dynamic that individuals saw in the start of the year was "absent Peter." Since he's back, he's undergoing treatment as being a fringe event. A couple of from the audience expected that eventually Peter will return and everything will go back to precisely how it absolutely was. Well, that is not really basically possible because the fact remains, Peter has returned with a world together with a period that doesn't remember him, without any knowledge of him. Walter has knowledge of him, clearly, until he was 8 years old when he died, but does not have knowledge of the man Peter. Peter is returning with full understanding. So, he's undergoing treatment as being a fringe event, just one which has knowledge of the events that they're working and could possibly make them. Clearly, Peter posseses an emotional link to both Walter as well as the Olivia he's omitted. This Walter which Olivia that he's now interacting with, look similar to them and in several ways feel similar to them, but aren't them. Exactlty what can you reveal relevant for this new Peter? J.H. Wyman: We kind of compare him with a space traveler who arrives in the world that is not their very own. To have the ability to showed up only at that decision he earned in the timeline to accomplish what he needed to complete and was told the effects, his as being a non selfish hero to be able to save others can be a journey. He's an even more mature understanding of existence and also the devote it. Since he's here, it takes a great freak him out. I'm speaking about, he's virtually seen everything. By having an existential level, he's certainly more peaceful with themselves and recognized that he's the star that belongs to them book which he's quite the hero around the hero's journey. He's trying revisit people he loves but it's done avoid a stress. It's finished with a sense of: Look, if there's a will there's a means. There is a will. He'll start searching to obtain back. However the means by that they examines everything is now offering changed. Pinkner: To supplement that, he's grown a good deal psychologically within the guy that individuals met in the start from the series. Fringe Scoop: Peter returns... but nobody recalls him! Maybe there is one minute where Peter will just snap and acquire frustrated that nobody recalls him? Wyman: It is not that he's numb. He totally has very intense feelings one way or perhaps the other about everything. It's pretty sure that as he's modifying he will start to uncover that calmness maybe collapse with a nervous about the unknown. Is he ever can make it back? Is he ever prone to start to see the individuals who he loves a great deal. That longing and missing people associations really starts to think about a toll on someone. Pinkner: He's certainly driven to acquire back. He just sees that he needs Walter, and Walter is decreasing to own anything associated with him. You'll be able to chance they may ever return to the first timeline? Or can you appear like everybody should earn that? Pinkner: Well, for Peter, he really wants to visit his timeline. It is not an problem of will these figures out of the blue switch and may our world out of the blue end up being the world he left? He's literally searching for a means to visit the region he left.He's in Oz trying revisit Kansas. Everybody just looks just like they did when he left Kansas. It's just they're living a considerably different circumstance as they was not ever some of it. Because Peter was not ever made to exist, maybe there's implications because of his return? Wyman: Peter thinks that the couple of from the occasions we is presently dealing with or perhaps a couple of from the cases that are coming our team's way may be linked particularly that he's sprang to this timeline where he doesn't belong.There can be universal effects in it. Fringe Bosses: Peter never existed, nevertheless the last three seasons still did Will Olivia and Walter ever trust him again? Pinkner: Clearly, this is actually the question. You now request , will Peter now be capable of gain these people trust?Could he make them?Do they really help him?What's interesting to us and where most of the emotional storytelling is coming initially from from is initially Peter wanted nothing associated with these individuals.When he was attracted in to get results for the Fringe division, largely as a means of just delivering an anchor for Walter, Peter wanted nothing associated with these individuals. He eventually found take proper care of them and lastly found fall deeply deeply in love with them.There's an outing over three seasons where Peter finally referred to as Walter "Father," with the finish of Season 3. Since he's back, he's feeling this emotional link to figures who out of the blue have no clue him and possess no emotional link to him. So for Peter, everything's been started up its mind. You will discover two sides to every gold gold coin.Peter is type of living lack of in the gold gold coin at this time around. Are you currently presently happy that Peter has came back? Appear off inside the comments. Fringe airs Fridays at 9/8c on Fox.

Box Office Preview: Brett Ratner's Star-Packed 'Tower Heist' Hopes to Steal $30 Mil Opening

Universal's broad PG-13 action-comedy Tower Heist is poised to top the domestic box office in the debut, however the large real question is whether or not this can hit $$ 30 million.our editor recommendsTower Heist: Film ReviewA Very Harold & Kumar three dimensional Christmas: Film ReviewEddie Murphy in 'Tower Heist': Exactly what the Experts Say Eddie Murphy States John Grazer Saved 'Tower Heist' (Video)Universal Backs Off 'Tower Heist' Premium VOD Test The $85 million pic has lots of star energy inside a cast brought by Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy and Matthew Broderick. Murphy, whose live-action career has experienced recently, particularly should see better amounts than normal. Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Tea Leoni, Michael Pena and Gabourey Sidibe also star within the film, about several non-crooks who set to take advantage of the guy who conned them from their pensions. PHOTOS: Where Would be the 'Ben Stiller Show' Alumni Now? Imagine Entertianment's John Grazer and Kim Roth created the film with Murphy, while Relativity Media assisted finance. Last year on a single weekend, Warner Bros.' comedy Deadline opened up to $32.7 million in the domestic box office, even though Universal is applying that film like a comp, the studio is lowering its weekend estimate to between $25 million and $$ 30 million due to the soft marketplace. Rivals suggest Universal needs the film to spread out to a minimum of $$ 30 million. COVER STORY: Exactly Why Is Funnyman Ben Stiller Not Laughing? Tower Heist also opens day and date in 21 nations overseas, such as the U.K., Germany, The country, Hong Kong and India. Within the U.S., monitoring -- that has sprang in recent days, because of a flurry of publicity by Stiller and Murphy -- is strong among males of any age then older women. Tower Heist should also play well with African-American and Hispanic audiences due to Murphy and Pena, based on Universal. However, Tower Heist could lose teenagers to Warner Bros. and New Line's more decently allocated A Really Harold & Kumar three dimensional Christmas. Conservative estimations show the R-ranked stoner comedy opening within the $18 million range, however it could hit $20 milion, thanks simply towards the three dimensional factor. (Harold and Kumar Avoid Guantanamo Bay opened up to $14.9 million in April 2008.) Performed by John Cho and Kal Penn, Harold and Kumar continue the quest for an ideal Christmas tree after Kumar destroys the initial. The film, also starring Niel Patrick Harris, comes complete with three dimensional gimmicks (think smoke rings). A Really Harold & Kumar three dimensional Christmas cost within the low $$ 30 million range to create. DreamWorks Animation and Vital's three dimensional toon Puss in Boots includes a good shot of besting Harold & Kumar for that No. 2 place locally, and it is predicted to gross within the low $20 million range in the second weekend. The pic opened up to $34.a million last weekend after losing business due to the freak storm around the New England. Puss in Boots has made just north of $40 million through Wednesday in the domestic box office, and nearly $20 million overseas, where it loved an archive-breaking debut in Russia last weekend. But large story worldwide will still be Steven Speilberg's The Adventures of Tintin: Strategies of the Unicorn, which first showed to some dazzling $56 million last weekend because it folded in its first key areas, smashing records in France and Belgium, home country from the beloved comic character. The new sony and Vital are partners on Tintin, and discussing foreign distribution responsibilities. Vital releases the film in The United States over Christmas. In the niche box office, Anchor Bay opens The Boy of Nobody in 10 theaters in choose U.S. metropolitan areas. The Sundance Film Festival title stars Channing Tatum, Al Pacino and Katie Holmes. The Weinstein Co. is re-delivering Kristin Scott Thomas indie hit Sarah's Type in 300 theaters over the U.S. a few days ago inside a proceed to drum up attention as honours season will get going ahead. The film has made north of $7 million locally up to now. Related Subjects Brett Ratner Eddie Murphy Ben Stiller Puss in Boots Matthew Broderick Tower Heist A Really Harold & Kumar three dimensional Christmas

ROLL CALL: Snooki Claims Things Are Broke

First Launched: November 3, 2011 2:24 PM EDT Credit: Getty Premium Caption Nicole Snooki Polizzi reaches the Freehold Raceway Mall, Nj, on October 22, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Your Day-to-day Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans Finances For Your Situation?: More drama from Jersey Shoreline due to a completely new interview with Nicole Snooki Polizzi, who claims her co-star, Mike The Issue Sorrentino, has burned through his GTL funds. I save [my money.] Jersey Shoreline will finish soon. I'm not prone to spend cash like Mike [The Issue]. Hes already broke! she dished to GQ. Snooki, who's a best-selling author, also came clean that shes not just a large fan of having her nose in the book. I dont read. I dont would rather read Harry Potter or anything such as this. It's not my style i had been made to read in secondary school however never did because I merely used the CliffsNotes, books were too extended. For further with Snooki, including, who sherrrd like since the next Leader, Follow The Link! Vinny Condemned By College Student!: Speaking about book smart Jersey Shoreline stars, Vinny Guadagnino was recently requested to speak inside a class at Columbia College about deviance, but things needed a turn for your worse each time a student referred to as him out. According to TMZ, students asked for him, What gives you, just like a cast part of Jersey Shoreline, the legal right to interrupt these types after which it lecture us on setting a good example? Vinny was apparently baffled for words. Unsure if he began in to a fist pump to destroy the stress. True Rebound?: Has Elisabetta Canalis finally handled to maneuver on from George Clooney? According to Us Weekly, the 33-year-old Italian beauty is dating former True Blood stream star Mehcad Brooks. She already describes him as her boyfriend. Theyre really cute, an origin mentioned, saying they pair connected after she was started from Dwts. Demi & Wilmer Be A Public Company: Within the modern Get Yourself A Room news, Demi Lovato and Wilmer Valderrama got their mack on inside the streets of los angeles now giving photography fanatics a number of PDA action. Start to see the lovebirds, HERE! Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Devoted towards the one he loves

- NY, NY - 10/27/11 - NY Special Screening of Tribeca Film's Janie Johnson Located by American Express. The film stars Abigail Breslin, Frank Whaley and Alessandro Nivola and it is directed by David M. Rosenthal. -PICTURED: Keith Kjarval, David M. RosentAlessandro Nivola and Abigail Breslin right, producers Keith Kjarval and David M. Rosenthal open in Gotham. The correct answer is a existence story, and David M. Rosenthal had the very center to transform it into a movie, "Janie Johnson." At Thursday's AMC Loews preem, the author-helmer devoted the Tribeca Films pic to his daughter, Julia Larson, now 23, whom he did not meet until she was 11. "She's the main reason I chose to make this movie," Rosenthal stated. "The thought of doing something so personal and thus subjecting was very intimidating in my experience.Inch In Rosenthal's retelling, Alessandro Nivola is really a music performer who all of a sudden must take care of his teenage daughter, performed by Abigail Breslin. In the Gramercy Terrace after-party, visitors were treated to solos by Breslin and Nivola, who's no guitarist novice, getting performed a great deal in class. "Our most glamorous venues were college frat houses for toga parties," he remembered. "I've got a distinct memory of the heavyset football player outfitted inside a toga flowing beer over my mind as i was looking for the guitar chords to 'Magic Carpet Ride.' " Breslin is focusing on an album having a band known as Cabb. Although she loves Fleetwood Mac, pricier to listen to a "Landslide" cover in the near future. "I'd be afraid to pay for that song since it is among my faves. Maybe eventually,Inch she stated. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com