IATSE, Teamsters set sights on healthcare

Healthcare pricing is proving itself to be the important thing problem in next year's contract discussions for Hollywood's two below-the-line unions, the Intl. Alliance of Theatrical & Stage Employees and also the Intl. Brotherhood of Teamsters. No settlement dates happen to be looking for the actual contracts, which expire This summer 31, but both unions have ramped up their activity in order to increase membership awareness around the specifics among rising health care costs. IATSE held a townhall meeting Saturday in Burbank -- the very first of 4 planned confabs -- where IATSE leader Matthew Loeb designed a presentation to many hundred people. The meeting also featured presentations by health care expert and consultant John Garner and David Westcoe, professional administrative director using the Film Industry Pension and Health Plan. The Teamsters Local 399 covers about 3,200 motorists in 13 Western states contributing to 1,000 fundamental craft employees, as the IATSE deal covers 15 local people around the West Coast encompassing a lot more than 20,000 people. Local 399 has set its very own townhall meeting for The month of january, and also the unions are joining on the health advantages survey carried out by David Binder Research to poll people beginning on March. 10. Health insurance and pension have typically been one of the top focal points for that unions, alongside salaries and dealing conditions, however the developments underline the uncertainty over healthcare among a battling economy. Additionally they show an unparalleled degree of outreach to people together with a readiness through the unions to cooperate with one another. Settlement dates using the Alliance of movement Picture & Television Producers haven't been set yet and no orgs would comment. However the moves through the unions really are a strong signal that IATSE and also the Teamsters may negotiate collectively around the pension and health problems while holding separate contract talks on wages, working conditions and also the other aspects of their contracts. The 2 unions joined right into a formal alliance in August, 2010 -- two days after Teamster Local 399 motorists arrived at an offer using the AMPTP and synched up its contract expiration using the IATSE deal. Loeb, who changed the retiring Thomas Short in 2008 because the mind of IATSE, continues to be credited with fostering closer ties between your two unions. Furthermore, IATSE people are actually facing stiffened qualifications to entitled to the health plan, that is overeseen by reps from the unions and also the showbiz companies and funded from residuals and ancillary marketplaces. IATSE agreed last year to some hike within the qualifications threshold throughout the ultimate year from the pact needing that people need to work 400 hrs over six several weeks to qualify, up 33% in the previous 300-hour requirement -- a big change that stirred an uproar among below-the-line employees once the pact went for ratification. Within the 2010 discussions, Teamsters searched for a 3% in annual wage hikes however the companies was adamant on the 2% wage gain, that the Teamsters recognized with several sweetening together with exactly the same 1.66% hike in benefits included in the earlier IATSE deal. The Teamster deal set web site for discussions earlier this fall and winter using the Screen Stars Guild, the American Federation of Televison & Radio Artists, the Company directors Guild of America and also the Authors Guild of America -- by using 2% hikes in minimums and all sorts of using the chief gain becoming an increase of just one.5 per dollar in employer contributions towards the pension and health plans. Another manifestation of the predominance of healthcare being an problem came early this month when casting company directors repped through the Teamsters decided to a 1-year successor contract to some three-year deal. The Teamsters indicated at that time the companies had searched for a shorter-term because of uncertainty within the impact of rising health care costs. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Fall TV Popularity Contest: What Did You Think of A Gifted Man?

Jennifer Ehle and Patrick Wilson Was A Gifted Man really gifted? Tell us what you thought - and what you think of every new series this season. Vote: Which fall premieres won you over? Which flopped? Will you tune in for more of Denny and Izzie 2.0 Dr. Michael Holt's (Patrick Wilson) trippy relationship with dead ex Anna (Jennifer Ehle)? Vote for the new CBS series here, and don't forget to tell your friends and other fans to vote, too. Check back all fall to see what TVGuide.com users think of your favorite - and least favorite - new shows. And stay tuned to see the final rankings of the season's most liked and disliked debuts. Here's our handy calendar to help you keep track of when to vote.

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Vietnam has 'Aspiration' for Oscar

BEIJING - Luu Trong Ninh's "Thang Extended Aspiration" remains named as Vietnam's entry for your foreign-language Oscar.Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Huynh Vinh introduced the pic's selection online of Vietnam's ruling Communist Party.Pic is built to mark the 1,000 year anniversary in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi - Thang Extended might be that old status for Hanoi -- and focuses on a war between brothers and sisters inside the Le Empire inside the ninth century.Idol idol judges round the selection council mentioned "Thang Extended Aspiration" met all the criteria for your category, and mentioned the pic was "highly recognized for humanity, creativity, and particularly its representation in the national cultural identity."Helmer Luu Trong Ninh told VietNamNet he was happy but was without high about creating 5 runners up within the Oscars."Thang Extended Aspiration" won out over"Floating Lives," a component modified within the questionable short novel by scribe Nguyen Ngoc Tu and "The Fate from the Songstress in Thang Extended", another historic film."Thang Extended Aspiration" won a silver prize for top Film and a pair of golden honours for top Director and greatest Supporting Actor at Vietnam's top honours, the Golden Kite, a year ago. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Jon Voight Says Hes A Very, Very Happy Granddad

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Jon Voight was spotted in August, stepping out for an ice cream in London with his grandchildren, but he was surprised the paparazzi caught it on film. I didnt know they recorded that, he told Access Hollywood on the red carpet at HBOs Emmys bash, referring to the photos that surfaced, showing him with Pax, Shiloh and Zahara Jolie-Pitt. You dont know it was supposed to be he trailed off. But yeah, Ive spent time with my grandchildren. I love my grandchildren. [Im a] very, very happy granddad. When asked about how things were with daughter Angelina Jolie, Jon said, When your children are happy, and when your grandchildren are happy, youre happy. The actor, who recently starred in two television series Lone Star and 24 for the Emmys network last night FOX had high praise for the host of the ceremony Glees Jane Lynch. Jane did a good job. Shes full of fun surprises and she was totally in control and I thought her opening number was terrific, he said. Everything was light and full of fun. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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'Modern Family' wins big at Emmys

'Modern Family' thesp Ty Burrell wins the Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Emmy Sunday night at the Nokia Theater.'Mad Men' creator Matt Weiner, center, and cast celebrate the show's Drama Series win Sunday night at the 63rd annual Emmy Awards.'Mike & Molly's' Melissa McCarthy wins the Best Actress in a Comedy kudo.Repeat wins for AMC's "Mad Men" -- joining an elite club of four-time drama champs -- and ABC's "Modern Family" belied an Emmy night characterized by more new faces and perceived upsets than the presentation has seen in years.Although ABC's "Modern Family" dominated comedy at the 63rd annual Emmy Awards -- with outstanding series and four of six other episodic awards -- the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences conspicuously spread the kudos wealth, including a horde of first-time winners among the high-profile performer categories.In so doing, the Emmys broke up what has become HBO's near-monopoly in certain areas and deprived the pay network's "Boardwalk Empire" its own piece of Emmy history. The new drama earned just one award Sunday, for director Martin Scorsese, and after winning seven technical honors at the earlier Creative Arts presentation fell one short of the record nine awards amassed by "The West Wing" in its first season.By contrast, "Mad Men" joins "The West Wing" and "Hill Street Blues" as winners of four consecutive drama awards, a total matched by "L.A. Law" over a five-year span.The Emmys have been criticized for predictability in the past, but that was hardly true of the latest voting.Indeed, despite "Mad Men's" series victory, producer Jason Katims took the writing Emmy for the swansong season of "Friday Night Lights," ending the AMC program's three-year reign over that category.Among eight series acting categories, the only previous recipients were back-to-backer Jim Parsons, for CBS' "The Bang Theory;" and Julianna Margulies -- whose Emmy for CBS' "The Good Wife" came 16 years after her supporting award for "ER," with a half-dozen nods in between.Having won its rookie year, "Modern Family" was anointed five times on Emmy night, taking home the first four prizes -- for writing, directing, and onscreen husband-and-wife Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell in the supporting categories.Other overwhelmed first-time honorees included Kyle Chandler ("Friday Night Lights"), "Mike & Molly's" Melissa McCarthy, and supporting players Peter Dinklage for HBO's "Game of Thrones" and Margo Martindale (FX's "Justified").Lead actor does come with what might be called a minor asterisk, inasmuch as AMC's "Breaking Bad" didn't air during the eligibility window, eliminating three-time winner Bryan Cranston from this year's ballot.The overall network totals highlighted how brutally competitive the awards landscape has become, with more networks offering quality fare. Despite being the overall leader counting the Creative Arts event -- as it has been every year since 2000, including a couple of ties with NBC -- HBO's 19 awards represented the cabler's smallest bounty since 2003.Similarly, even with "Modern Family's" gaudy near-sweep, the eight awards each for ABC and NBC marked the Alphabet network's lowest Emmy haul since 2004 -- the year "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost" premiered -- and what appears to be the paltriest showing by the Peacock (which aired "Friday Night Lights" after DirecTV) ever.By contrast, PBS -- buoyed by the period miniseries "Downton Abbey" -- amassed 14 awards, the pubcaster's most regal Emmy display since 1985, before cable programs became eligible. CBS placed third, with 11."Downton Abbey" also won the battle of period miniseries over HBO's "Mildred Pierce," which did earn Emmys for Kate Winslet and Guy Pearce. The PBS and HBO programs finished with six and five honors, respectively.Nevertheless, the PBS mini's triumph in the newly consolidated movie/miniseries category represented only the third time HBO has been denied best movie in the last 19 years.One of the objections against merging the categories had been that movies would be mismatched against four- and five-part productions like "Downton Abbey" and "Mildred Pierce." It will be interesting to see if a movie can overcome those odds in the future.After ostentatiously sweeping movies and miniseries last year (to the chagrin of broadcasters, who saw that stretch as an extended commercial for the channel), HBO had a decidedly toned-down presence in 2011.The pay giant didn't nab its first Emmy until more than halfway through Sunday's three-hour presentation, claiming just four awards during the main telecast. That trailed ABC (for "Modern Family"), and tied PBS and CBS.In addition, Barry Pepper took lead actor for playing Robert F. Kennedy in "The Kennedys," a measure of redemption for a miniseries the History channel unceremoniously dropped before it landed on the little-seen ReelzChannel.Led by "Modern Family," the broadcast networks enjoyed their own monopoly in episodic comedy -- some compensation for the fact no broadcast drama has topped its side of the ledger since Fox's "24" beat the block in 2006."Welcome back to the 'Modern Family' awards," quipped host Jane Lynch after the ABC sitcom nabbed four straight trophies.Among other footnotes to the evening, a quartet of Oscar winners -- Scorsese, writer Julian Fellowes and Maggie Smith for "Abbey" -- added Emmys to their trophy case.In what has become even a surer thing than death and taxes, "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" also collected its ninth consecutive Emmy as variety/music/comedy series, claiming writing honors as well."The Amazing Race," meanwhile, has been only slightly less dominant: After having its own seven-year streak snapped by "Top Chef" in 2010, the CBS reality-competition show reclaimed that prize.Former "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen appeared as a presenter for lead actor in a comedy series, striking a gracious note regarding his old show after bashing the producers before his exit. "From the bottom of my heart, I wish you nothing but the best for this upcoming season," he said. The last word, however, belonged to "Men" co-creator Chuck Lorre, who immediately after Sheen's appearance watched the stars of his other two CBS sitcoms -- Parsons and McCarthy -- take home statues.Fox televised the awards, and as usual the host network -- shut out of the gold derby Sunday -- vigorously promoted its fall programs. Still, ratings could take a hit from a familiar source, "Sunday Night Football," which featured a marquee matchup -- Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick returning to Atlanta -- against the Emmys. Contact Brian Lowry at brian.lowry@variety.com

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New York Acting Teachers on Their Influences and Mentors

Here we are in the second decade of the new millenniumone or two generations removed from the seminal American acting teachers of the previous century. Those icons, mostly Group Theatre alumni, carried the teachings of Stanislavsky into the modern era: Lee Strasberg, Sanford Meisner, Stella Adler, Uta Hagen, Bobby Lewis, Harold Clurman, and the likea handful of dynamic personalities who shaped acting techniques and approaches to teaching that are still in use.Some of the most important acting teachers in NY today were trained by that first generation; others learned from their protgs. Back Stage spoke with seven of these acting gurus about the 21st-century challenges of actor training in an ever-changing field. They represent a sample of the many prominent teachers in the areaabout 250 acting teachers, studios, and coaches in all. We decided to focus mainly on individual teachers with studios rather than on larger acting schools. See Our Comprehensive List of NY Acting Schools and Coaches William Esper: Simplicity and Imagination "It's a different world," says William Esper, who is, among those interviewed, the closest link to that first generation. For the earlier teachers, "the pressures and sensibilities were different."Esper began his acting training with Meisner in 1962 and continued to work closely with him, as director and teacher, for the next 15 years. He established the William Esper Studio in 1965 while continuing to teach at NY's Neighborhood Playhouse, then went on to found the MFA and BFA actor training programs at Rutgers University in 1977, leading that department until 2004. He currently teaches both beginning and advanced students at his studio, which has seven other acting faculty members, including his wife. Esper is also the co-author of "The Actor's Art and Craft" with Damon DiMarco."The actor today has to be able to come up with wonderful results in a brief space of time," Esper says, referring to today's truncated rehearsal periods for the stage, and virtually no rehearsal at all for film and TV. "One of the reasons I've stayed with Meisner's work," he adds, "is the improvisation," a necessary skill for contemporary actors. His own son and daughter act in theater, film, and TV.For Esper, the essence of Meisner's teaching is simplicity. Meisner taught him that for something to be truly profound, it must be very simple"so look for the simple, direct way of achieving something." And ultimately, he says, it's all about the imagination, and the teacher must have imagination and a poetic sensibility in order to instill those essential qualities in the student.Esper often asks prospective students why they want to act. "If they come up with some intelligent answer," he says, "I know they're not actors. If they choke up and can't speak and can't say why, I know this is an actor."Maggie Flanigan: Always Starting Over One of Esper's protgs, Maggie Flanigan worked with her mentor for almost 20 years, training as an actor and teacher and serving on the faculty of Rutgers' professional actor training program for 18 years.Eventually she left to establish a smaller studio of her own. At the Maggie Flanigan Studio, students enroll in a two-year Meisner-based conservatory program: exercises the first year, character work the second. Flanigan herself teaches the more experienced actors. Classes include movement, voice and speech, audition technique, and acting for the camera.Now with 30 years of teaching under her belt, Flanigan says Esper taught her how to "take in" as a teacherto absorb what's going on with each student and address each one's specific needs. She worked as an actor for a while but loves teaching. "I felt I'd have something to say as a teacher bringing this work to the next generation," she says. "I wanted to carry over what was given to me, and the way it was given to me. I've always been passionate about acting, about truth in the art, about script interpretation and finding the character in the textreally serving the textusing one's imagination to bring yourself to the part. "As you work on something and solve it," she continues, "then another problem presents itself. You solve that and another presents itself. You live your life like thatsolving problems. That's what it means to be creative. You're always starting over."Terry Schreiber: Your Own Instrument Four years after Esper founded his studio, Terry Schreiber opened the T. Schreiber Studio, which now offers a variety of classes and a three-play season. He studied acting with Michael Howard (who still teaches today, although minimally, about a block away from Schreiber's studio in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood) and Hagen, and he learned about directing in Clurman's classes.Schreiber, who also directs, says Howarda tough teacher who combined the methods of Strasberg and Meisneropened up the whole world for him. Although Schreiber had been acting in summer stock, he took Howard's advice and studied with him steadily for two years before getting an Actors' Equity card."When I first became an actor, it was to escape me and be someone else," he recalls. "I found in working with Michael, if you want to be a really good actor, you have to go deeper into yourself than you've ever gone. You are your own instrumentyou've got to dig deep into yourself to find these characters."For Schreiber, relaxation is paramount. "Tension blocks feelings," he says. His classes (he himself teaches only advanced students) include relaxation exercises. But he differentiates between nervousness and tension. "If you're not nervous, you don't have the passion for acting," he declares, adding that "relaxation is the only way into in-depth imagination."Over the years, Schreiber has brought in teachers for speech and movement. "I've become more speech- and vocal productionconscious, movement- and body-conscious," he explains. "It's not about being all emotional anymore. The emotional response is the resultand I'm more word-conscious. I frequently say, 'What? What point are you making? What are you saying?' " The be-all and end-all, though, is objectives, Schreiber says. Without them, the scene is general.He says the teachers on his staffunlike some teachers he has previously worked withdo not attack students. Nor do they sugarcoat. "We're not looking for a performance or a definitive interpretation of a scene, but how to break down a script," he explains. "Judgment stays outside the door. No screaming or yelling."Ron Van Lieu: A Variety of Influences When Esper was establishing his studio in 1965, Ron Van Lieu was a high school English teacher studying acting at NYU under Olympia Dukakis (who still teaches off and on amidst acting gigs) and others. Dukakis asked him to substitute-teach one of her classes one day, and Van Lieu stayed at NYU for 29 years, founding and heading a developmental workshop for graduates of the school's graduate acting program. Now he is chair of the acting department at the Yale School of Drama and also teaches at the Actors Center in NY.The late Lloyd Richards, dean of the Yale School of Drama for 12 years, was also one of Van Lieu's primary influences, along with '60s experimentalist Joseph Chaikin. "I draw freely upon the very strong teachers I had," Van Lieu says, "each of whom had strength in particular elements of the work."Sometimes when teaching he can feel himself channeling his mentors. "With Olympia, it's when I'm trying to get somebody to be honest and revelatorythat's what she was about," he says. "With Lloyd, it was all about analysis of character, what questions you're asking yourself. Peter Kass"Dukakis' mentor and a Group Theatre alumnus"was a madman, and I mean that as a compliment. He was obsessed and driven about the concept of pursuit of an objective. From those three, I understand what personalization is, what actions and objectives are, what character creation is. I sort of put those three together and I have a pretty sound way of helping actors in those areas."Acting," Van Lieu continues, "is primarily about the body of the actor. When I was a student, that was the most difficult area for me to yield to. Trying to help an actor to free the body and imagination simultaneously became a very personal kind of quest for me." To help actors develop a clear mind-body relationship, to teach them to think of the body as an expressive instrument and to bring playfulness and spontaneity to the workthose are his lifelong goals.In class, Van Lieu is likely to be heard saying, "Breathe and believe," "I don't believe you want anything!" and "Think like a person, not an actor!" The actor's responsibility is to illuminate the human condition, he explains, so you have to think like a human being.Bob Krakower: Talk Like a Person Like Van Lieu, Bob Krakower tends to say to students, "Don't talk to me like an actor; talk to me like a person." He shies away from acting jargon, even terms such as "objective" and "action." He recently asked an actor what he was doing in a scene. The actor said he was "yearning." "I said to him, 'Do you really talk like that?' 'No.' 'Okay, let's try it again.' 'I come into her apartment and I ask for a beer and I hope she's going to give it to me.' "Okay!' "When Krakower went to William Ball's American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco at age 22, he knew even then that he wanted to teach, and now, more than a quarter-century later, he says he's never had a bad day at it: "I figured out pretty early that everybody's different and no one system works for everybody."Since his ACT days, when the late Allen Fletcher was his mentor, Krakower taught at the Actors Theatre of Louisville under Jon Jory and established film classes there. He has also taught in NY at the Atlantic Acting School, NYU, the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, the Actors Center (as a founding faculty member), and elsewhere, and has written plays, worked as a casting director, and coached on films and TV shows."Trying to help people actually work as opposed to simply act well became interesting to me," Krakower says. At his studio, he teaches scene study geared mostly toward film and TV. Stage acting and on-camera acting share a lot of elements, he points out, but they require two very different skill sets.Over the years, his approach to teaching has become more focused on the script. Even in situations that call for improvisation, if you don't understand the script, you'll be lost when improvising, Krakower warns. He finds the built-in paradox of acting to be eternally intriguing and mystifying: "You have to express the importance of life, and on the other hand you're just goofing around." He tells his students, "Learn to live with the paradox that storytellers are vital to societybut it's only a play!" Caymichael Patten: Whatever Works Just as in directing, men dominate the field of actor training, but Caymichael Patten has been doing both in NY, as well as adapting plays, for 25 years. She was also a founding member of the theater company the Women's Project. She studied with legendary teacher Wynn Handman, artistic director of the American Place Theatre, before opening the Caymichael Patten Studio in 1988."Wynn bridged the Meisner work with some real work on text that shaped a lot of my thinking," Patten says. "I concentrate on the use of the selfalmost finding a biological set of principles to guide you in your work. It's pretty individually worked out. I'm a 'whatever works' person. I think I've stolen from all the good teachers!"In addition to Handman, Patten studied a little with Clurman and Meisner, and she sat in on some of Adler's classes, all of which gave her an appreciation of how different teachers work. She was especially inspired by the stories Clurman toldin a class that began at 11:30 p.m.of his life in the theater.Patten's background in casting helps her, but most important, she understands that today's actors, faced with minimal rehearsal, have to learn to work on their own and know how to use themselves and their time effectively. And as more of her students are doing film work in front of a green screen, classroom sensory work has taken on a new significance.Patten teaches the advanced students. "I take them further along" in the craft, she says. "That's where I'm most comfortable and have the most to offer."Larry Moss: The Scene Is The Thing "One of the things I find lacking in a lot of actors today is physical choices, specific expressions of their body in relationship to how [their characters] live day to day," says Larry Moss, who now teaches four-day, 10-to-12-hour-a-day workshops in NY (and elsewhere) twice yearly. Previously he taught full time for 30 years, at the Juilliard School and Circle in the Square, among other places, as well as acting and directing. He continues to coach for films and direct. His 2004 book "The Intent to Live," which he says took three years of agony to write, still garners grateful emails from actors worldwide.Moss learned about being in the moment from Meisner, his first teacher, and about understanding the background of the play and the character from Adler. "I don't like personality acting," he says. "We don't think about the specificity"race, nationality, educational level, socioeconomic class, era"because we are taught everything is us. If you saw Tartuffe discuss religion with Martin Luther, or Martin Luther King talk to Lorraine Hansberry about race, you'd understand what character is."In his workshops, students come in fully prepared for scene work. "I don't believe in just acting exercises," Moss says. "Sensory work, animal exercises, private momentsall are wonderful and essential, but without seeing the work added to them, it brings actors down to a common level because they're not working on great literature."He examines his students' headshots and rsums and picks material for them from among the best plays past and present. Works by Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Shakespeare, and Nol Coward never die, he says. Al Pacino needs to do "The Merchant of Venice," Moss feels; Philip Seymour Hoffman needs to do "Death of a Salesman.""Having success in my field doesn't make me special," Moss says. "I'm just lucky to be in that world. I've given my life to it. It's about the writer and the actors who have enough discipline and desire to give something"to teach us, he says, who we are, and the price of being the worst of what we are."I'll probably die teaching," he continues. "It's the happiest and most fulfilling and joyful thing that I do." Of himself, Schreiber, Esper, and a few others, Moss adds, "We're the guys that have lasted and handed down what we learned from Strasberg and Meisner and Adler. We were lucky enough to be asked to pass it on."

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CBS Films goes 'Salmon Fishing'

CBS Films is within final discussions to get domestic privileges to Lasse Hallstrom's romantic comedy "Fish Fishing in Yemen" to have an believed $4 million.The distributor confirmed the talks Sunday in the Toronto Film Festival, where Summit seemed to be mixed up in putting in a bid for "Fish Fishing." The drama, starring Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas and Amr Waked, is among the greater-profile game titles available throughout the festival.Lionsgate U.K. is creating alongside BBC Films and Paul Webster at Kudos Pictures and started selling foreign areas throughout last year's Cannes market. Executive producers are Jamie Laurenson, Stephen Garrett, Paula Jalfon, Zygi Kamasa and Guy Avshalom. "Slumdog Uniform" scribe Simon Beaufoy composed "Fishing," which follows an regular Englishman's path of self-discovery because he becomes involved with a project which makes Yemen a brand new home for fish. Script's in line with the book by Paul Torday.CBS Films signaled it was searching to amplifier up its purchases biz in This summer if this drawn on veteran The new sony professional Scott Shooman as professional Vice president of purchases. Shooman labored for any decade at The new sony Pictures, rising to Vice president of purchases and productions, and assisted acquire "Insidious," "Hanna," "Machete" and "The Imaginarium of Physician Parnassus." CBS Films joined the distribution business this past year and it is acquisition "The Auto technician" came $$ 30 million in domestic grosses. Purchases slated for release in 2012 include "The Lady in Black," starring Daniel Radcliffe, and "Gambit" starring Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz and Alan Rickman.UTA is handing the domestic purchase of "Fish.""Fish Fishing" held its world premiere Saturday in Toronto. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

High cliff Robertson RIP

Oscar-winning actor dead at 88With sad news comes great responsibility: Oscar-winning actor High cliff Robertson died on Saturday, one next day of turning 88, in New York New You are able to. As they would be better recognized to present day audiences as Uncle Ben Parker in Mike Raimi's Spider-Guy trilogy, he loved a lengthy, effective career assigned by a number of notable roles as well as an Academy Award for 1968's Charly. Born in California in 1923, Robertson flirted with acting in early stages, joining the La Jolla Senior High School Dramatic Club, whilst harbouring hopes for being a pilot (he'd go onto indulge that ambition, generating his private flying licence and possessing several classic aircraft). As they made an appearance on stage in North Park in 1940, World War Two interrupted his thespian ambitions and that he offered his country within the Merchant Navy. Following the war, he labored several odd jobs before coming back to acting, showing up in touring and stock productions. More solid stage work soon came his way and that he wound up on New York's Broadway, showing up within the Wisteria Trees among a number of other plays. Spotted while carrying out, he obtained his first credited film role in 1956's Have a picnic alongside Kim Nova, though he'd already commenced to forge a effective career in TV, with focus on shows like the Twilight Zone and Playhouse 90. Throughout the nineteen fifties, he grew to become an agreement player for Columbia Galleries, largely choosing character work due to its variety. Among his films were The Naked and also the Dead, Gidget, 633 Squadron, 72 Hours from the Condor and Half way. He grew to become famous for playing a youthful John F Kennedy in 1963's PT 109, winning praise in the Leader themself, who had recommended Robertson's title towards the filmmakers when Warren Beatty switched the role lower. But he obtained probably the most popularity of Charly, modified from Daniel Keyes' sci-fi novel Flowers for Algernon. Robertson required the title role from the psychologically handicapped janitor who's given an innovative new drug that boosts his brain energy - if perhaps for any tragically small amount of time. When requested about winning his Oscar, his reply was typically practical and funny: "The entire year won by you an Oscar may be the quickest year inside a Hollywood actor's existence. Twelve several weeks later they request, 'Who won the Oscar this past year?'"Additionally to acting, Robertson also bought the privileges to rodeo radio drama JW Coop, and authored, directed and created the film version in 1971. His career seemed to be touched by scandal - although one which saw him emerge quite the hero for rising against Columbia studio boss David Begelman, who was simply misappropriating company funds coupled with forged a hefty cheque in Robertson's title. Though some attempted to blacklist him for assisting to expose the fraud, Robertson's career ongoing on the strong footing. Playing Uncle Ben to Tobey Maguire's Spider-Guy was his final role, showing up in most three movies, ending having a flashback in Spider-Guy 3. He's made it by one daughter.

Trishna: Toronto Review

Eclectic director Michael Winterbottom introduced raw energy to some Thomas Sturdy adaptation once before, with Jude in 1996. In Trishna, he updates Tess from the d'Urbervilles to contemporary Rajasthan, India, delivering more psychologically moderate yet arresting results, with Freida Pinto instilling fragile dignity into Hardy's tragic heroine.our editor recommends'Trishna' Trailer: Freida Pinto Stars within the Michael Winterbottom-Directed Drama (Video)The Raid: Toronto Review The 1891 novel continues to be modified multiple occasions for British television, but rarely for that giant screen. Its best-known film version is Roman Polanski's 1979 Tess, starring the director's partner in those days, Nastassja Kinski. Sturdy subtitled it "A Pure Lady Faithfully Presented," and Winterbottom honors that look at the storyline, even when he streamlines a lot of the narrative detail and blends the figures of libertine Alec and much more well-intentioned but ultimately weak Angel right into a single figure, Jay (Riz Ahmed). The spoilt boy of the wealthy, blind hotelier (the ever-distinguished Roshan Seth inside a brief but incisive appearance), Jay was elevated and educated in England. In India to understand more about possibilities in Mumbai, he struggles to face up to his father's efforts to obtain him active in the hotel business. While he's going with three pals at home, the lovely Trishna (Pinto) catches his eye throughout an excursion of the ancient temple. Another encounter cements the attraction, however when he next sees the 19-year-old girl, she's recuperating from the road accident that hurt her father and wrecked his jeep, the large family's sole way of generating a full time income. Jay arranges for Trishna to depart her remote village and work on among his father's luxury hotels. A fragile courtship starts, with Jay hypnotized by every peek at Trishna, now effectively in the employ, while she remains modest around him. Unlike his direct counterpart in Hardy's novel, Jay initially is given some noble intentions, enrolling Trishna inside a hotel management course so she will improve her prospects. So when he rescues her from harassment about the city roads late one evening and bakes an unscheduled stop in route home, their sexual initiation is much more seduction than breach. However, the shame Trishna feels causes her to leave to her village, where she finds out she's pregnant and it is forced with an abortion, losing her father's respect. Delivered to operate in her uncle's factory, Jay tracks her lower and takes her to Mumbai. Their relationship flourishes throughout this idyll because he flirts with being a film producer and Trishna is recognized by his hipster buddies. However when Jay's father suffers a stroke in England, Trishna rashly shares the key of being pregnant and abortion, driving a wedge together as he's departing. Winterbottom is less thinking about echoing precise occasions in the late-Victorian novel than he's in exploring how love could be poisoned by class divisions, even just in a contemporary, urbanized atmosphere. Jay obviously sees themself being an developed guy, but never goodies Trishna being an equal, underestimates her complexity and stays insensitive to his growing humiliation of her when he returns from England. With nobody prepared to oversee the household business, Jay unwillingly dates back to Rajasthan. Since living freely being an unmarried couple there'd be socially unacceptable, he indicates that Trishna resume being employed as expensive hotels maid, arranging progressively emotionless sexual trysts when she provides his foods. Bored, exacerbated and sometimes striking the hash pipe, Jay's management of her becomes continuously more abusive. Considering the fact that The Claim also came loosely from Sturdy, it's obvious Winterbottom's passion for the writer runs deep. In Jude, he'd formidable leads in Kate Winslet and Christopher Eccleston to breathe passion and wrenching discomfort in to the author's ill-fated enthusiasts. As simple as both of them take presctiption your eyes, Pinto and Ahmed tend to be more limited within their expressiveness. Still, the restraint from the performances feeds nicely into what's overall a significant gentle tone, even when what ought to be a breaking conclusion isn't as affecting as it can happen to be. Cinematographer Marcel Zyskind shoots the dusty landscapes and teeming metropolitan areas inside a rough-edged documentary style that inhales restless energy along with a fitting feeling of uncertainty in to the story. Composer Shigeru Umebayashi and Amit Trivedi, who led a number of original tunes, boost the action having a tasty mixture of orchestral score (particularly a beautifully languid, melancholy waltz theme) with traditional and contemporary Indian sounds. Aesthetically and aurally, the film advantages of a powerful feeling of place, without exhaustion the ethnic exotica. If the transposition of Sturdy pops up just a little short in emotional impact, it nevertheless is really a distinctive new undertake a vintage story. Main Point Here: Freida Pinto's incandescent beauty gives this somewhat significantly underpowered Sturdy adaptation a beguiling center. Venue: Toronto Worldwide Film Festival Production company: Revolution Films, Bob Film Sweden, Film I Huge Cast: Frieda Pinto, Riz Ahmed, Roshan Seth, Meeta Vasisht, Harish Khanna Director-film writer: Michael Winterbottom Producers: Melissa Parmenter, Michael Winterbottom Executive producers: Andrew Eaton, Phil Search, Compton Ross, Shali Shah Director of photography: Marcel Zyskind Production designer: David Bryan Music: Shigeru Umebayashi, Amit Trivedi Costume designer: Niharika Khan Editor: Magazines Arnold Sales: Bankside Films No rating, minutes. Toronto Worldwide Film Festival Freida Pinto Michael Winterbottom

Nolte's Adoration for Acting Gives Heart to 'Warrior'

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) In "Warrior," Nick Nolte plays a man trying to find redemption. In solid existence, he's already think it is.The 70-year-old actor seems just like a guy peaceful. He's invigorated by his girlfriend, Clytie Lane, their 3-year-old daughter, Sophia, and a real love for storytelling which has not decreased over his 40-year career.Slightly Hello Cat suitcase and plush Smurf toy sit near to the door of the home that anchors his sprawling Malibu compound, where he takes care of a personal water well plus an acre-sized organic garden that sustains his family.He happily picks a few let us eat some let's eat some onions and a myriad of all kinds of peppers for just about any customer to think about home and numerous raspberries and tomato vegetables they eat together in the vine as his golden retrievers Socrates and Ginger root root faithfully follow him within the gated property.In "Warrior," in theaters Friday, Nolte plays Paddy Conlon, a recouping alcoholic seeking forgiveness from his two sons, whom he alienated with cases of drunken violence. Tom Sturdy and Joel Edgerton play in the grown-up boys. They have grudges against their father and each other, and each is practicing our planet's finest mma competition, where they become unlikely participants for your title.Nolte's character, who talks volumes along with his crinkled eyes, might be one's heart in the film."He's a person's heart as well as the problem!" laughs the actor, who sits about the sofa beside one of the living room's three fire places, every once in awhile puffing about the electric ecigarette. The region doubles just like a drum-circle site. Six conga drums sit inside the center, beside an excellent piano, an accumulation of colorful pillows, a barrel of wooden rain stays together with a crow in the cage."Warrior" director Gavin O'Connor written the spend Nolte in your thoughts. The Two labored together for many days on O'Connor's 2008 film "Pride and Glory," until Nolte attracted out 72 hours before shooting began. He needed a knee alternative and may not continue."That which you know already a director then wouldn't want anything associated with you as you've walked (out) on his film, triggered him plenty of agony," Nolte states. Nonetheless they saved in touch they're also neighbors in Malibu then one day O'Connor referred to as: "He mentioned we're concentrating on another piece and i'm writing you within it,In . Nolte states.The writer-director referred to as Nolte "a national treasure.""I desired to take advantage of him how he's best and wanted the role would help help remind everyone what he's in a position to,In . O'Connor mentioned.Which is true some audiences may need telling lately, Nolte is doing only smaller sized parts and several voice work (including Bernie the gorilla in "Zookeeper").Then there's his 2002 arrest on Off-shoreline Coast Highway for driving drunk of medication. The booking photo from that arrest, showing an especially disheveled-searching Nolte, is constantly circulate on the web, nevertheless the actor themselves has clearly handled to maneuver on.Now, he's creating early Oscar buzz just like a central character in "Warrior" and contains some solid projects inside the pipeline, including Robert Redford's "The Business You RetainInch as well as the La crime story "The Gangster Squad." Plus according to him he typically would you European film yearly.InchFor a while I used to be really hot while using French," according to him.Following 4 decades on-screen, half from it in independent films, Nolte states he hardly recognizes Hollywood today."You will discover lots of shops with television and cable, too as with one sense that's excellent, in another it's taken a good deal from movie houses, and so they is only able to really spend the money for large films to ensure that they increase the risk for large cartoon film, which aren't unfun to produce,In . according to him, referencing a couple of from the bigger-budget films he's approaching.The independent film is endangered, according to him. He anticipates that you'll see less movie theaters afterwards, as well as the only films proven will probably be mega-budget blockbusters all in 3-D."I mentioned to (Dreamworks Animation boss) Jeffrey (Katzenberg), 'Do you've (3-D) without glasses?'" Nolte states. "Which he mentioned no. I mentioned, 'Well, I don't think it'll work.' Which he mentioned, 'Well, you haven't experienced the sport inside a very long time. It doesn't matter what you consider.InchBut Nolte retains much more to state, as well as the acting will get simpler."Ultimately you obtain into this rarified portion of 70 years old, work kind of involves you really unconscious way," according to him. "You don't need to struggle advertising online who are around you most likely did before. You don't need to really fight with this much. Your emotions are pretty prevalent for you personally.InchDespite the truth that his calendar is full, he want to tell Hindu tales and continue to increase the risk for many Hindu figures personally familiar to him "into some form for your American public.""It may be really fascinating," according to him.He is also training future filmmakers through his production company, Kingsgate. Nolte has trained his protgs to arrange for film careers by looking in the great authors."A great education, you will need that in this business," Nolte states. "You will need literature. You will need a literary background."Furthermore you'll need love. Nolte's due to the topic plenty of thought, and lately he's had plenty of love within the existence.He loves his work, he loves his existence, which he deeply loves his family. Any free time he's he stays along with his youthful daughter.His eyes get all crinkly while he states, "I don't think I'd be around substantially longer whether or not this wasn't (on her behalf)."Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

No 'Bourne' Cameo For Matt Damon, It's Straight Onto 'Elysium'

Matt Damon may be attempting to protect against some deadly illness in "Contagion," but he will not be battling criminals any more because the key actor within the "Bourne" franchise. To ensure that means as Jeremy Renner accumulates where Damon left off in "The Bourne Legacy," fans from the blockbusters are assured in the Oscar champion themself he will not have part in individuals films. But other Bourne movies, well, that's another story. "No I've no clue about some of it. All I understand is it does not preclude Paul [Greengrass] and me from doing a different one of ours," he taunted so brazenly. "No, no [you will not see me without anyone's knowledge from the brand new one]. They have an entire other factor that they are doing and If only them well and Tony [Gilroy's] really wise. I am sure they are likely to be great." Nowadays, Damon is centered on "Elysium," the super secret project from "District 9" director Neill Blomkamp, that they states is "going very wellInch and it has forced him to rock that very bald mind. So, why a bald mind? He simply had this to express: "Request Neil Blomkamp he's an extremely visual guy which was part of his idea." Are you currently disappointed that Matt Damon will not return as Jason Bourne within the franchise's 4th outing, even just in a cameo? Exactly what do you think about the Oscar winner's new bald search for "Elysium" -- in it, or less? Inform us within the comments section as well as on Twitter!

JoAnna Garcia Checks Into Royal Pains As the New Doc in Town

Joanna Garcia JoAnna Garcia is checking into Royal Pains for multiple episodes this season, TVLine reports. The actress, 32, will play Dr. Nina Greene, an intelligent nephrologist (aka kidney doctor) who may possibly also be a former child star. Garcia will enter the scene as a doctor treating Jack O'Malley, played by returning guest star Tom Cavanaugh. Watch full episodes of Royal Pains Garcia broke the news about her casting late Tuesday, tweeting: "Tomorrow I have the honor of starting my work on @RoyalPains_USA! I'm a huge fan of the show and excited they asked me to hang out with them for a bit!" She is best known for her roles on Reba and Privileged, and most recently starred on Better With You. Royal Pains returns for the second half of Season 3 in early 2012. Are you excited to see Garcia play doctor on Royal Pains?