A Contracorriente nabs 'Guard'

MADRID -- Arthouse producer-distributor A Contracorriente Films has snagged all of the the spanish language language rights to Irish black comedy "The Guard," starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle. "Guard" -- which has acquired Gleeson a Golden Globe nomination for his turn just like a small-town Irish cop -- marks John Michael McDonagh's directorial debut. After its summer season release, pic acquired north of $7.5 million inside the U.K., compiled by Element, and $5.3 million Stateside, handled through the new the new sony Pictures Classics, two standout perfs. A Contracorriente inked "Guard" rights from U.K. sales company Ealing Metro Intl. The The the spanish language language theatrical bow is scheduled for first half 2012 on around 50 prints. Barcelona-based A Contracorriente has furthermore inked with Valencia's production company Nadie Es Perfecto to think about theatrical and home theatre rights to David Marques' soccer comedy "Fuera p juego," which bows in the united states first quarter 2012 on around 100 prints. Centered on popular arthouse movies, A Contracorriente aims to create twelve films next season, mentioned founder Adolfo Blanco. Many 2012 slate highlights originate from France, including local blockbuster "Untouchables," action-thriller "Point Blank," Audrey Tautou's romancer "Delicacy," political drama "The Conquest" and gastronomic comedy "The Chef," which Contracorriente co-produces alongside Gaumont. "French movies aren't not even close to the tastes in the The the spanish language language audiences, and then we look with great interest whatsoever the film projects from that territory," Blanco mentioned. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

New Ghost Driver Trailer Drives Up

The spirit of vengeance is nearFor his second go-around around the giant screen, Nicolas Cage's cursed hero Johnny Blaze (also known around the world as Ghost Driver) continues to be handed to the demented pointing duo of Neveldine/Taylor to in the antic ante. We have already had one trailer in August, and today another promo is online for Ghost Driver: Spirit Of Vengeance. Take a look below.They behind this not-a-reboot-sort-of-a-follow up is within damage control mode having a certain sector from the audience right now, because of the lacklustre reception handed to some nearly finished version from the movie proven only at that year's Butt-Numb-A-Thon.But we'll reserve judgement until we have seen the entire factor, which offers to be laden using the usual craziness in the boys. You have slow motion action, guns a-plenty as well as Mr Driver spitting bullets back in the criminals.This time around around, we discover Johnny hiding in the depths of Eastern Europe, trying bitterly to have a problem with his curse because the devil's fugitive hunter. However he's approached by an obscure chapel sect and assigned with stopping a young child from falling in to the clutches of Satan themself (Ciaran Hinds). If he rescues the lad, the chapel will remove his unholy burden. Otherwise? It's apocalypse time!With Idris Elba, Fergus Riordan and Johnny Whitworth all one of the cast. Ghost Driver: Spirit Of Vengeance has gone out on Feb 22.

Modern Family Rules SAG Nominations

Modern Family Modern Family introduced the 18th annual Screen Stars Guild nominations Thursday with five mentions, since the sitcom's cast will use defend its comedy ensemble crown.The show will vie for ensemble honors against Glee, Work, 30 Rock as well as the Large Bang Theory, which broke to the category the first time.4 Modern Family cast people - Sofia Vergara and Emmy individuals who win Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell and Eric Stonestreet - acquired acting nominations.The Artist and Hugo top BFCA nominations George Clooney sets recordVergara and Bowen are facing three-time champion Tina Fey (30 Rock), safeguarding champion Betty White-colored (Hot in Cleveland) and Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie). Burrell and Stonestreet's competition include Steve Carell (Work), Jon Cryer (two and a half Males) and Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), who'll choose an unequalled six-peat moss moss inside the comedy actor race.In drama, two-time reigning champion Julianna Margulies (The Truly Amazing Wife) - already SAG's winningest artist with eight trophies - will endeavour to safeguard her drama actress title against Glenn Close (Damages), Kathy Bates (Harry's Law), Jessica Lange (American Horror Story) and Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer).The drama actor category begins reigning champion Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire) against Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Kyle Chandler (Friday Evening Lights), Michael C. Hall (Dexter) and, in the surprise, Patrick J. Adams (Suits).Boardwalk's ensemble will receive a repeat win in the casts of Breaking Bad, Wager on Thrones, Dexter as well as the Good Wife.Have the relaxation of current day newsIn film, The Help acquired four nominations, including in ensemble jerk, where it'll face removed from the casts in the Artist, Bridesmaids, The Descendants and Evening amount of time in Paris.The 18th annual Screen Stars Guild Honours will air live Sunday, Jan. 29 at 8/7c on TNT and also the best spinner's.See the nominees below.TELEVISIONDrama EnsembleBoardwalk EmpireBreaking BadDexterGame of ThronesThe Good WifeComedy EnsembleThe Large Bang TheoryGleeModern FamilyThe Office30 RockActor - DramaPatrick J. Adams, SuitsSteve Buscemi, Boardwalk EmpireKyle Chandler, Friday Evening LightsBryan Cranston, Breaking BadMichael C. Hall, DexterActress - DramaKathy Bates, Harry's LawGlenn Close, DamagesJessica Lange, American Horror StoryJulianna Margulies, The Truly Amazing WifeKyra Sedgwick, The CloserActor - Comedy Alec Baldwin, 30 RockTy Burrell, Modern FamilySteve Carell, The OfficeJon Cryer, two and a half MenEric Stonestreet, Modern FamilyActress - Comedy Julie Bowen, Modern FamilyEdie Falco, Nurse JackieTina Fey, 30 RockSofia Vergara, Modern FamilyBetty White-colored, Hot in ClevelandActor - Miniseries or TV MovieLaurence Fishburne, ThurgoodPaul Giamatti, Too Big to FailGreg Kinnear, The KennedysGuy Pearce, Mildred PierceJames Forest, Too Big to FailActress - Miniseries or TV MovieDiane Lane, Cinema VeriteMaggie Cruz, Downton AbbeyEmily Watson, Appropriate AdultBetty White-colored, Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Lost ValentineKate Winslet, Mildred PierceFILMEnsembleThe ArtistBridesmaidsThe DescendantsThe HelpMidnight in ParisLead ActorDemian Bichir, A Far Greater LifeGeorge Clooney, The DescendantsLeonardo DiCaprio, J. EdgarJean Dujardin, The ArtistBrad Pitt, MoneyballLead ActressGlenn Close, Albert NobbsViola Davis, The HelpMeryl Streep, The Iron LadyTilda Swinton, We must Discuss KevinMichelle Williams, My Week with MarilynSupporting ActorKenneth Branagh, My Week with MarilynArmie Hammer, J. EdgarJonah Hill, MoneyballNick Nolte, WarriorChristopher Plummer, BeginnersSupporting ActressBérénice Bejo, The ArtistJessica Chastain, The HelpMelissa McCarthy, BridesmaidsJanet McTeer, Albert NobbsOctavia Spencer, The Help

Access Hollywood Live: Catherine McCords Chocolate Orange Snap Recipe

First Launched: December 13, 2011 12:18 PM EST Credit: La, Calif. -- Caption Catherine McCordThe holidays is a perfect excuse to enter your home and start baking. Plus, you'll find handful of items that smell or taste a lot better than a lot of holiday snacks. Tasty! Family expert and editor in the website, Weelicious, Catherine McCord stopped by Access Hollywood Live to discuss her recipe for Chocolate Orange Snap. Something quite different in comparison to ho ho hum sugar snacks. Chocolate Orange Button button snaps Elements: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon. salt 1/3 cup cacao powder 1 teaspoon. baking powder 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened 1 large egg, room temperature 1 1/2 teaspoon. orange zest Pre-warmth oven to 350-levels. In the bowl, mix the flour, salt, cacao and baking powder. Employing a standing mixer or hands mixer in the bowl, cream the sugar and butter for 3 to 4 minutes until it's light and airy. Add the egg and orange zest and mix for the following minute. Progressively add the dry elements to the wet prior to the dough all fits in place. Remove and shape the dough in to a flat disk and set between two items of parchment paper. Unveil dough until it 1/4 inch thick. Cut into shapes using cookie rotor blades. Place snacks around the Silpat or parchment lined baking sheet and bake: 10 mins if like snacks softe or 12 minutes if you would like them cripsy. Awesome and serve. For further quality quality recipes, have a look at internet.weelicious.com. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

LA Film Critics: The Descendants Best Pic, Terrence Malick Best Director; Michael Fassbender, Yun Jung-Hee Top Actors; Rango Best Animation

UPDATE, 2:11 PM: Alexander Payne’s The Descendants won Best Picture in voting Sunday by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association that grew increasingly contentious as the day wore on. One member identified as Amy Nicholson tweeted afterward, “While the morning vote went fast, LAFCA awards now bogged down by fighting. No fisticuffs yet, but I did just yell “Chaos!” In any case the voting is complete. Terrence Malick took the nod for Best Director for The Tree Of Life. Top acting honors went to Michael Fassbender for his work over four movies including Shame and X-Men First Class and Yun Jun-hee for Poetry. PREVIOUSLY, 1:17 PM: Los Angeles Critics Association voting on this season’s best filmsis in progress (refresh for updates): BEST PICTURE, Winner: “The Descendants.” Runner-Up: “The Tree of Life.” BEST ANIMATION, Winner: “Rango.” Runner-Up: “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn.” BEST DIRECTOR, Winner: Terrence Malick, “The Tree of Life.” Runner-Up: Martin Scorsese, “Hugo.” BEST ACTOR, Winner: Michael Fassbender, “A Dangerous Method,” “Jane Eyre,” “Shame,” “X-Men: First Class.” Runner-Up: Michael Shannon, “Take Shelter.” BEST ACTRESS, Winner: Yun Jung-hee, “Poetry.” Runner-Up: Kirsten Dunst, “Melancholia.” BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM, Winner: “City of Life and Death.” Runner-Up: “A Separation.” BEST INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL: “Spark of Being.” BEST DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION, Winner: “Cave of Forgotten Dreams.” Runner- Up, “The Arbor.” BEST SCREENPLAY, Winner: Asghar Farhadi, “A Separation.” Runner-Up: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, “The Descendants.” BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, Winner: Christopher Plummer, “Beginners.” Runner-Up: Patton Oswalt, “Young Adult.” BEST SUPPORTING. ACTRESS, Winner: Jessica Chastain, “Coriolanus,” “The Debt,” “The Help,” “Take Shelter,” “Texas Killing Fields,” “Tree of Life” Runner-Up: Janet McTeer, “Albert Nobbs.” BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, Winner: Emmanuel Lubezki, “The Tree of Life.” Runner-Up: Cao Yu, “City of Life and Death.” BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN, Winner: Dante Ferretti, “Hugo.” Runner-Up: Maria Djurkovic, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.” BEST MUSIC/SCORE, Winner: The Chemical Brothers, “Hanna.” Runner-Up: Cliff Martinez, “Drive.” NEW GENERATION: The creative team behind “Martha Marcy May Marlene” (Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin, Josh Mond and Elizabeth Olsen)

Basic steps Presidential Debate Draws 7.six million

ABC News’ Republican presidential debate came 7.six million total audiences on Saturday, 2.a million of these within the 25-54 demographic. Entitled Your Voice, Your Election Republican Presidential Debate in Iowa, the special ranks because the most-viewed debate from the 2012 presidential campaign up to now, eclipsing Fox News’ Sept. 22 telecast, which averaged 6.a million audiences. ABC’s debate, moderated by Diane Sawyer and GeorgeStephanopoulos, may be the second to air on the broadcast network this season, following a November. 12 one on CBS, which published 5.two million total audiences.

'Sitter' Star Jonah Hill Dishes On Babysitting, Crazed Fans

Everyone's babysat before. Many people are great in internet marketing many people are spectacularly atrocious. This is where "The Sitter" is available in. The comedy, starring Jonah Hill because the world's worst sitter, arrives today (December 9), and also to celebrate, we spoken with the actor throughout MTV First: "The Sitter" about everything babysitting and existence-related, like the first R-ranked film that ever transformed his existence or even the oddest factor a girl's ever completed to get his attention. To begin with: his relationship with kids. In "The Sitter," he isn't the very best or most responsible babysitter, therefore we desired to determine if it transported to real existence. "I really love kids," he stated. "I am great together in tangible existence." However when we visited him on set, the kid stars were just a little harsher. Requested if they'd want him like a babysitter, we've got a blunt answer: "No. He isn't the babysitting type." Still, Jonah ended up getting together with the children, offering this jewel: "That which was it that Bill Cosby stated? Kids actually are f---ing awesome?" "The Sitter" is R-ranked, which makes it not too age-appropriate for the children within the movie (this is exactly why there is a no cursing rule on set). But rankings have transformed since Hill was becoming an adult -- "The Goonies," a film he cites to be vital that you him, would have surely damaged the R barrier were it launched today. Rather, the very first R-ranked movie to really make a difference to him was "Goodfellas" -- ideal for a seven-years old, as that's what age Hill would have been if this arrived on the scene. Hill's growing fame has triggered its very own questionable rewards. While remaining inside a hotel once, an adoring fan ended up a hands-attracted portrait underneath his door. "I had been like, 'What a gifted, nice factor to complete,AInch he stated. "However it was strange she understood what room I had been remaining in and went and ended up it underneath the door. I had been equally impressed and totally creeped out simultaneously.Inch As noted, "The Sitter" arrives today (December 9). View it and experience again all of your senior high school babysitting days. Are you planning to determine "The Sitter" a few days ago? Let's read your comments within the comments section as well as on Twitter!

Harry Potter Attraction Headed To Universal Art galleries Hollywood

First Launched: December 6, 2011 3:28 PM EST Credit: Warner Bros. Caption Harry Potter as well as the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 La, Calif. -- In the spray of confetti together with a hoisting of mugs of butterbeer, Universal Art galleries professionals mentioned Tuesday the organization will pay out 100s of million dollars to create a Harry Potter attraction inside its existing Hollywood theme park, resembling the wealth of the identical park in Orlando, Fla. The attraction can make greater than 1,000 jobs at Universal plus much more in a roundabout way from an expected rise in tourism, government bodies mentioned. Concurrently, Orlandos Wizarding Arena of Harry Potter could possibly get an expansion. Since the Harry Potter attraction opened up up in Florida in June of a year ago, attendance has hopped by about fifty percent. It absolutely was a game title title changer for people and frankly for Orlando, Universal Art galleries leader Ron Meyer told reporters following a event. The expansion in Orlando makes it that actually essential-see, and well have the identical experience here. Professionals did not immediately detail their plans for your Hollywood park, but Meyer mentioned there's enough room to develop. Were not landlocked, Meyer mentioned. Were (on) 400 acres relating to this lot and 200 appear to become still not developed. La County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky mentioned he was told the live show venue, Gibson Amphitheatre, might be scrapped to produce way of the attraction. He mentioned it could open around 2014, but government bodies did not give a date. Comcast Corp. bought a big part stake in NBCUniversal within the month of the month of january in the $13.5 billion deal. It bought out its fifty percent partner inside the Universal Orlando theme park, The Blackstone Group, for $1.03 billion in June. Inside the nine several days through September, its theme-park revenue rose 33 percent from this past year to $1.49 billion, while operating earnings hopped 61 percent to $644 million. That helps it be Comcasts second-best division behind pay Television stations, composed of just beneath one 4th in the operating earnings overall. Copyright 2011 with the Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

The Evening Watcher

A Center Theater Group presentation from the play by 50 percent functions written and completed by Charlayne Woodard. Directed by Daniel Sullivan. With: Charlayne Woodard.Basically a few anecdotes into Charlayne Woodard's "The Evening Watcher," it's tough to shake the idea you're in the presence of the most effective dramatic monologists in the united states today. It is not only the depth of her thesping capabilities which will enable you to get -- the versatile voice, committed physicalization, mobile face and absolutely winning smile -- but furthermore her unflinching readiness to recount occurrences that don't always finish happily or make her look wonderful. Fantastically helmed by Daniel Sullivan and expressively designed, "The Evening Watcher" can be a cinch for additional exposure, including broadcast. Woodard as well as the husband she calls "Harris" don't have children. Don't want Them, either, and so they remain protected from the cajoling, pleading and denouncing of family, pals, total others in addition to stars. Which is not to convey she's left no ripple on other people sands. Quite the contrary. Her interventions inside the lives of her numerous nieces, nephews and godkids -- sometimes comical, sometimes terrifying -- provide the crucial, unique role from the "auntie" or friend in the youngster's development, no matter how absent or engaged the oldsters. Whether or not this takes a village to enhance a youthful child, there have to be villagers, and Woodard is among people who step-up and extremely really make a difference. Tal Yarden's predictions and Geoff Korf's lighting persuasively, evocatively affect the locales to boost Woodard's blissful storytelling.Sets, Thomas Lynch with Charlie Corcoran costumes, Jess Goldstein lighting, Geoff Korf original music and appear, Obadiah Eaves original projection design, Tal Yarden. Opened up up, examined November. 20, 2011. Runs through 12 ,. 18. Running time: 2 Several hours. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com