Oscars Available Along With Other Publish-Oscar Talk: Hammond

Since all individuals Academy Award nominees who didn’t win on Sunday evening have experienced a complete day to lick their wounds, there's great news: Should you hurry you will get in on today’s record purchase (by Nate D. Sanders Monthly Auctions) and purchase an Oscar statuette. See, situations are already searching for.Obviously, the Academy totally frowns about this Oscar fire purchase however they can’t do anything whatsoever about this because the honours on the market are pre-1950 — the yearthe Academy transformed the guidelines and forged contracts with those who win they (or their estates) must first offer tosell the Oscar to Academy for $1 before using it the marketplace. Intoday’s selection of gold males — which instantly doubles the amount of Academy awards ever sold around the free market — you will find some pretty historicallysignificant honours. They incorporate a screenwriting Oscar won by Herman Mankiewicz for co-writing Citizen Kane (its only win in 1941 the matching Orson Welles ScreenplayOscar fetched $861,000 in December) and finest Picture Academy awards for that twentieth century Fox films How Eco-friendly Was My Valley (1941) and Cavalcade (1933), the second the very first Best Pic Oscar for that studio. There's also director Norman Taurog’s Oscar for 1931′s Skippy,that they won at 32, making them still the youngest to win within the category. You might like to buy the first-ever Effects Academy Award for 1938′sSpawn From The North or perhaps a Black and WhiteCinematography award for that 1939 classic Wuthering Levels along with a color one for1948′s The Yearling. The Very Best Many Years Of Our Livesor the Film Editing prize for the similar movie. Art Company directors might such as this year’s losing composers may want to consider buying Hugo Friedhofer’s 1946 Scoring of the Dramatic Picture Oscar for Paul Groesse’s Color Art Direction award for 1949′s Little Women.Stars can pick between 1947′sA Double Existence Best Actor Oscar for Ronald Colman or (most likely less costly)Charles Coburn’s 1943 Supporting Actor statuette for that More The Better, a title that describes the spirit of the good deal of Academy awards on the market. The auction finishes at 5 PM (PT) today, but there's extended putting in a bid beginning at 5:15. Meanwhile, in news about individuals who really got their Academy awards the traditional way and won Sunday evening, Meryl Streep might not have the ability to sell her collection but she could practically begin a museum with individuals three Academy awards and record 17 nomination certificates. I still don’t get why a lot of media reviews call her TheIron Lady win an unexpected. Although Viola Davishadbeen victorious over Meryl in the Experts Choice and SAG honours, Meryl beat her in the Globes and BAFTA. It had been a level match and extremely a toss-up — not really a large Oscar surprise. Meryl’s self-deprecatingandcharming acceptance speech would be a show highlight: “When they known as my title I'd these feelings I possibly could hear 1 / 2 of America going, ‘Oh no, her? Again?’ But, whatever!” The truth is if you have 17 nominations, probably the most associated with a actor, you need to have at leastthreewins for the reason that time.As she continued to spot her buddies within the audience, old and new,it brought to mind an execllent Oscarspeech distributed by the incredibly gracious Ingrid Bergman upon winning herthird Oscar in 1975 for Murder Around The Orient Express.“It’s always nice to obtain an Oscar”, she stated, before mentioning it must have attended fellow nominee Valentina Cortese for Day For Evening. “Here I'm. I'm her rival and don’t enjoy it whatsoever. Please forgive me, Valentina. I didn’t mean to.” Streep presently has just one other record to chase: Katharine Hepburn’s total of 4 acting wins,even while she stated in her own speech, “I know I should never be up here again”. Time will inform about this. Even though it would be a well-promoted 29 years between Academy awards for Streep, she didn’t beat Hepburn’s record on that because the great Kate needed to wait 34 years between her first Oscar for Morning Gloryin 1934 andher secondfor Guess Who’s Visiting Dinnerin 1968. Not everybody was thrilled with Streep’s speech. A formerMargaret Thatcher aide, The almighty Norman Tebbit, was furious she never oncementioned the individual she performed within the film, contributing to debate in certain quarters within England over getting a united states play their country’s famous former Pm. In the well-attended GREAT British Film Reception on Friday in the Consul General’s L.A.residenceto recognition British Oscar nominees, United kingdom Culture Secretary Jeremy Search amusingly told everyone else, “Isn’t it great that individuals legendary Americansuperheroes, Batman, Superman and Spider-Guy are nowall beingplayed by British stars — payback for getting a united states play our Margaret Thatcher”. Incidentally, Streep’s win included in this season’s results was great for the legally embattled Golden Globes, which finally returned like a strong precursor for that Academy awards, with all of four acting those who win Sunday winning Globes first. So toodid The Artist for the best Picture (Musical or Comedy) and Music Score and Woodsy Allen for the best Script. Although everybody were built with a severe Oscar-weekend hangover, I'm toldbig champion Harvey Weinstein was still being honoring Monday evening having a special dinner for his staff, honours consultants yet others who led towards the triumphantcause of Oscar’s most devoted campaigner. Those who win from Best Documentary Undefeatedand The Artist(including Best Director Michel Hazanavicius, who had just originate from a Jay Leno tape) were there telling tales from the lengthy, hard season that started for most of them nine several weeks earlier in Cannes and it has now finally created Oscar. Finally, with the recenttalk from the advanced chronilogical age of many Academy people, it's interesting to notice senior citizens can cheertwo records damaged this season that put just a little dent in the concept that Hollywood is totally ageist. As continues to be broadly noted, 82-year-oldChristopher Plummer grew to become the earliest actor or actress to win an Oscar (and that he needed to beat another 82-year-old, Max von Sydow, to get it done). Woodsy Allen, at 76, has become the earliest person to ever win a Script Oscar, eclipsing this past year’s recordachieved by TheKing’s Speechwriter David Seidler, who had been only 73 as he place it. And So I guess it had been appropiatealso inside a yearthat also includedthe first quiet film to win Best Picture in 84 years that entertainment in the Academy’s Governors Ball was supplied by 85-year-old Tony Bennett, who seemed fantastic. Which was an ironic choice also because Bennett’s only acting role inside a movie is at the 1966 kitsch classicThe Oscar.

SACHA BARON COHEN BANNED FROM Academy awards: EXCLUSIVE

Will Sacha Baron Cohens The DictatorWalk The Oscar Red-colored Carpet? Up-to-date 5:30 PM With Increased Particulars EXCLUSIVE… BREAKING 3PM… The Academy Of Movement Picture Arts & Sciences has drawn actor Sacha Baron Cohen‘s tickets in the 84th Oscars. What this means is he's banned from attending the Academy awards despite the fact that he's an Academy member andone from the stars from Hugo, Vital’s 11-nominated movie andBest Picture contender. “Unless they’re assured that nothing entertaining will happen around the Red-colored Carpet, the Academy isn't acknowledging Sacha Baron Cohen towards the show,” Vital just explained. This is because thata proposalreached the Academy for Baron Cohen to strut the Red-colored Carpet entirely costume as his title character within the approaching Paramountcomedy The Dictator.UPDATE AT 5:30 PM: Later today, faced with the bad publicity caused by its action, the Academy attempted to parse what it really did when asked by some media shops. But the truth is, today, the Academy’s Controlling Director Of Membership Kimberly Rouchphoned Paramont’s honours staff to express Baron Cohen’s tickets have been drawn unless of course he provides the Academy assurances in advance promisingnot toshow on the Red-colored Carpet in costume and notto promote the film around the Red-colored Carpet.The Academy managed to get obvious that, without individuals assurances, it wouldn't problem him the tickets. So he’s banned.* Obviously, the following best factor to that particular publicity stunt is the media coverage which this prohibit will generate for Baron Cohen’s film. Therefore the Academy has made the decision to do something like dictators concerning the actor playing The Dictator. Ugh. Release up, people. Frankly, the Academy appears like uptight wankers with this particular management of among the globe’s funniest comics.The Academy basically needed to refuse whenthat proposal was given to it.Everybody active in the ceremony was adamantly against it for the reason it constitutes a mockery of the items Hollywood views its most exclusive event. Rather, the Academy clearly wants another excessively lengthy, absurdly reverential show about movies nobody bothered to determine in which the best factor concerning the telecast would be the comeback of popular host Billy Very at 63. The Dictator is really a spoof concerning the “heroic story of the Middle Eastern dictator who risks his existence to make sure that democracy never involves the nation he so lovingly oppressed”. Whether the truth that the 84th Oscars is going to be beamed into 200 nations had anything related to this prohibit is unclear. Butit is extremely unusual for that Academy to drag an associate’s tickets. An Academy awards representative acknowledged to Deadline yesterday:”We would hope that each studio recognizes that this can be a bad idea. The Red-colored Carpet isn't about stunting.” Oh really? Then why did Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South Park crossdress downthe Red-colored Carpet as J-Lo and Gwyneth Paltrow in evening gowns in 2000? Or Ben Stiller appearas an Oscar presenter entirely blue Avatar makeup and hair this year? Deadline reported yesterday that Baron Cohen’splan ended up being to come outfitted because the Dictator after which become a tuxedo and attend the Academy awards as planned. He wasn’t scheduled to provide an award, but he was coming at Kodak Theatreas area of the Vital contingent. Now he is able to’t do even that. Vital includes a Best Picture nominee within the Martin Scorsese-directed Hugo by which Baron Cohenplays the stop inspector from the movie a good orphan in nineteen thirties Paris. In the 2007 Academy awards, Baron Cohen was requested to become a presenter and stated he'd get it done only when he or she is in character as Borat. And Academy awards’Powers That Be stated, “No way.” He didn’t attend. But this is actually the very first time he's been formally banned in the show. Purists believe that the Academy awards isn't any spot for such inside your face promotion. The Academy hasn’t even permitted movies to become marketed throughout the Oscarcast, until this season. On the other hand, these Academy awards have little suspense since it’s a forgone conclusion that most of the those who win from the marquee groups happen to be known and also the Artist will win Best Picture.The possibilities of Baron Cohen’s Red-colored Carpet walk was the nearest factor to drama. This will not have been Baron Cohen’s very first time upstaging an honours show. To advertise Bruno, he travelled with the air in the MTV Movie Honours and arrived together with his crotch when confronted with Eminem, who later accepted the stunt was practiced. Along with a trailer for that Dictator it was among the raciest ever permitted through the MPAA throughout the Super Bowl, where Baron Cohen’s character was hilariously portrayed managing a competitive race while and leg-shooting rivals having a starter pistol because they got near to him.

Graham King set to keynote

Producer Graham King will keynote the BritWeek Film and TV Summit, produced in association with Variety and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, on April 27. King is a partner in GK Films and producer of "Hugo" and "Rango," contenders in Sunday's Oscar best-picture and animated-feature races, respectively. He leads a roster of high-profile speakers at the summit, which will explore winning approaches to global success in film and TV. Other speakers include Paul Abbott, creator and exec producer of Showtime's "Shameless"; Basil Iwanyk, producer at Thunder Road Pictures; Stuart Ford, CEO of IM Global; Tim O'Hair, head of production at Parallel Media; and Gareth Neame, managing director of U.K. production at NBCUniversal Intl. King won an Oscar as producer of "The Departed" and produced the Tim Burton-directed "Dark Shadows," starring Johnny Depp. Latter pic will be released by Warners in May. The Film and TV Summit takes place at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City and is one of several BritWeek 2012 events. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Rankings Corporate Jungle: Strong Friday Start For Boss, ABC Has First Nightly Conquer CBS

Last evening’s rankings provided more ammunition for that theory that scripted programming might be condemned on Friday. The 2 greatest-ranked programs around the evening in grown ups 18-49 with a mile were a a real possibility series, CBS’ Undercover Boss (2.4/8), along with a newsmagazine, ABC’s 20/20 (2./6). The previous designed a quite strong entry on Friday, drawing not just the greatest 18-49 rating from the evening but the biggest audience (10.7 million), edging the typical Friday champion as a whole audiences, CBS drama Blue Bloods (10.3 million, 1.6/5 in 18-49). Seeing an unscripted show almost double the amount delivery of the high-finish drama (A Gifted Guy) within the 8 PM hour has to give CBS, the staunchest supporter of maintaining an exciting-scripted Friday selection, a pause. Especially since Undercover Boss not just outperformed A Gifted Guy but published CBS’ biggest audience and 18-49 rating within the hour in 3 years — because the March 6 and could 1 instances of Ghost Whisperer, the final CBS scripted series to labored within the Friday 8 PM slot. A Gifted Guy (9.5 million, 1.5/4) didn’t do much using the better 9 PM period of time and large lead-in from Boss, only matching its best 18-49 delivery up to now. Regardless of the strong amounts for Undercover Boss, CBS (1.8/6, 10.3 million) lost no. 1 place for that evening in 18-49 to ABC (1.9/6, 7.a million) the very first time this year following the systems finished tied two times before. ABC was paced with a large two-hour 20/20 (2./6, 7.a million) dedicated to Whitney Houston. ABC published its biggest audience from the evening in 2 many best 18-49 delivery in more than a year. That despite a depressed Shark Tank at 8 PM. The brand new reality entry within the hour, Undercover Boss, pressed both Shark Tank (1.5/5, lower 17%) and Fox’s Kitchen Bad dreams (1.3/4, lower 13%) lower. Fringe continues to be only consistent, remaining frozen in a series-low 1.1/3. NBC’s broadcast from the NAACP Image Honours (.8/2) was up 33% from this past year, possibly increased with a Whitney Houston tribute. Dateline (1.1/3) was overpowered by 20/20, lower 27%. The CW’s Nikita (.6/2) was up a tenth, Supernatural (.7/2) was lower a tenth.

Spartacus, Episode 4: Things That Made Us Go "Ew!"

Spartacus: Vengeance Spartacus: Vengeance lulled us into a false sense of security about the violence it has been presenting thus far this season. No more. All the bloodshed that has come before has been positively civilized -- dare we say, boring -- compared to the heinousness that went down at the Roman house party. But first, we catch up with Spartacus and his crew, who are on the run after a semi-successful Naevia rescue mission. Although the former gladiators kill more than their fair share of pursuing Romans, the rebels are eventually picked off one by one until all that's left are a fierce Mira, frightened Naevia, formidable Spartacus and seriously injured Nasir. They really should just jettison the Syrian, but Spartacus is all "no slave left behind" and follows Naevia's advice to cauterize his wound with fire. Just when it seems that new Romans have caught up to them, it turns out to be the other rebel faction led by Agron. Huzzah! From Game of Thrones to Spartacus: TV's unsexiest sex scenes Meanwhile, prisoner Oenomaus greets his new cell mates that were captured from Spartacus' raid: Crixus, Rhaskos and... uh-oh, we don't know this third guy. If this were the world of Star Trek, he'd have a red shirt on. Since this is the world of Spartacus, he has little else on except for a loin cloth. At a party Gaius and Ilithyia hold for Varrenius, he is offered the chance to kill the slaves as party entertainment. At first he demurs, saying that their deaths would be better served in the arena where all of Capua can enjoy the spectacle, but then he allows one to be killed as an appetizer to appease Seppius, whose cousin Sextus had been murdered by Spartacus' men. The poor, unrecognizable fourth slave is chosen, and is tortured and bloodied throughout the evening. By the end of the night, we also learn that Ilithyia is scheming to get Varrenius as her new husband (if daddy will annul her marriage to Gaius), Lucretia is helping her scheme, and that Seppius and dear sister Seppia might be a little closer than siblings should be. On to those "Ew!" moments: The Blood - It's not a Sparty party unless someone gets humiliated, naked, killed... or all three. The nameless slave that we mentioned above is systematically sliced and diced as if he were a particularly prime piece of protein on Top Chef... a piece of protein that was still alive and human, that is. First, Seppius cut out the slave's tongue (Ouch!), then Cossutius sliced off a choice cutlet (breast). We're spared most of the other torture until Ilithiya steps in for a quailing Seppia and slowly, nonchalantly runs the guy through with the sword. We'd hate to see her next party trick. All the other spectacular violence in the episode -- Mira stabbing a Roman repeatedly, multiple geysers of blood, a severed arm flying through the air -- are nothing in comparison to Roman house party fun. The Bodies - Gauis and Ilithyia's party also presented a feast of flesh, slave flesh of course, for the guests and viewers at home. There's the writhing, sex-filled tableau in the center of the house, the male servers in their full-frontal nude glory. And although they remained clothed, Varrenius feeling up Ilithiya's crotch while discussing her possibly divorcing her husband was a rather stomach-turning moment. Less arousing was Lucinda's mechanical mounting of the aging Albinius at the end of the episode. Oh, and we suppose we must mention Seppius kissing his sister Seppia here and hinting at losing themselves in each other's comforting embrace. The Bites - How can Albinius munch away on a cookie (or whatever that snack was) while watching the slave's de-tongueing? Bad taste, that. Which scenes unsettled you?

The Adventures of Tintin

Getting bought one ship, the Unicorn, for just about any pound off a business stall Tintin is initially puzzled the sinister Mr. Sakharine needs to be so attempting to purchase it from him, embracing murder and kidnapping Tintin - based on his wonderful dog Snowy - to participate him and also the gang simply because they sail to another agents by having an old cargo ship. Sakharine has bribed the crew to revolt in the ship's master, drunken Captain Haddock, but Tintin, Snowy and Haddock escape, arriving Morocco mole in the courtroom from the sheikh, who also provides one in the Unicorn. Haddock notifies Tintin which more than more than 200 years earlier his ancestor Mister Francis Haddock was expected to scuttle the first Unicorn when attacked having a piratical forebear of Sakharine but he handled to be able to save his treasure and offer clues towards the location in three separate scrolls, that have been secreted in kinds of the Unicorn. Tintin and Sakharine have one each as well as the villain needs to take advantage from the glass-breaking top Cs of operatic soprano the Milanese Nightingale to secure the next. With the aid of bumbling Interpol agents the Thompson Twins our boy hero,his dog as well as the captain must prevent Sakharine from obtaining the three scrolls to fulfil the prophesy that only all the the Haddocks can identify the treasure's location.

One Tree Hill Sweethearts Sophia Rose bush, Austin Nichols Split

Willa Holland The O.C. alum Willa Holland continues to be cast within the CW pilot Arrow, Deadline reviews. Pilot Season: Melrose Place's Katie Cassidy lands female lead in CW's Arrow Arrow, in line with the Electricity comics character Eco-friendly Arrow, stars Stephen Amell like a super hero who fights crimes using archery and fighting techinques. Arrow's alias may be the wealthy playboy-switched-politician Oliver Full. Holland will have Queen's bratty more youthful sister Thea. Gossip Girl's Katie Cassidy was cast the 2009 week because the female lead. Take a look at all of the latest pilot news Arrow is going to be executive-created by Siblings & Sisters' Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and also the Vampire Diaries' Andrew Kreisberg.

Kurland, Cecchetto and Puck team for Governor's Ball

Jeffrey Kurland will serve as chair, Cheryl Cecchetto will produce and Wolfgang Puck will design the menu for the Governors Ball, the celebration that will follow the 84th Academy Awards on Oscar Sunday, Feb. 26. Cecchetto is taking the reins for the 23rd consecutive year, Puck joins for the 18th year in a row and this will be the third for Kurland, who is an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences governor representing the Art Directors Branch. "This year's Governors Ball re-envisions the celebration. We will offer a radical departure from the traditional sit-down affair, reinforcing the Academy's commitment to originality and excellence," Kurland said. Cecchetto created an open format that will allow the event's 1,500 guests to circulate among a variety of seating configurations while enjoying cuisine from Puck. Guests will include Academy Award winners and nominees, show presenters and other telecast participants. "This year's design is a chic and simple canvas for intimate conversations and freedom of movement," Cecchetto said. "Guests will experience Wolfgang Puck's tasting menu and the evening's musical entertainment with a backdrop of relaxed glamour." In addition to overseeing the dcor, menu and entertainment planning for the ball, Kurland will design the attire to be worn by the evening's staff. He received an Oscar nomination for Costume Design for "Bullets Over Broadway." The Governors Ball will take place in the Grand Ballroom on the top level of the Hollywood & Highland Center immediately following the telecast. Contact Christy Grosz at christy.grosz@variety.com

More liberal take on visual media kudos

'The King's SpeechAlexandre Desplat's score for 'The King's Speech' was the only one of this year's nominees to also receive an Oscar nod. Miss out on that much-coveted Oscar nomination for score or song? Not to worry, it's Grammy to the rescue. Unlike the Academy Awards, the Grammys offer three categories in their "music for visual media" field -- score soundtrack, compilation soundtrack and song -- and because the rules are a little less strict than those of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, composers and songwriters have a better shot at the honor."It probably is fairly open, compared to the Oscars," says Recording Academy awards VP Bill Freimuth, although he points out that the basic criteria for the score Grammy are similar: the music must be specifically written for the movie, TV show or videogame; and two-thirds of the tracks on the album must actually be in the film, show or game.Grammy voters are all music-biz pros -- many of them not in the film, TV or game world -- and the concept, at least, is that the Grammy voters are good judges of strong musical material.Song-driven albums are eligible for the compilation-soundtrack honor. AMPAS has a "song score" category but it has never been activated because too few original musicals have been entered (and compilations of songs in a movie have never been honored by the Acad).Direct comparisons are difficult because the Grammy eligibility year ends Sept. 30, while Oscar's ends Dec. 31. Only one of this year's Grammy score nominees was also an Oscar nominee: "The King's Speech" by Alexandre Desplat.Desplat -- who has both 2010's "The King's Speech" and 2011's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" in contention at this year's Grammys -- says he doesn't personally enter the competition; his management, or the record labels, do. Grammy execs say this is common.The other Grammy nominees were either disqualified for Oscar consideration (2010's "Black Swan" by Clint Mansell, because of its Tchaikovsky roots), may have been too edgy (2010's "Tron Legacy" by Daft Punk) or were not eligible (2011's barely released "The Shrine" by Ryan Shore).This year's song nominees tell a similar tale: Expected to be Oscar-nominated but were not (Diane Warren's "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me," performed by Cher in 2010's "Burlesque"; Zac Brown's "Where the River Goes" from 2011's "Footloose"; Zooey Deschanel's "So Long" from 2011's "Winnie the Pooh"), plus a TV song from "Family Guy," a Justin Bieber number from his concert film, and only one tune that actually got an Oscar nod ("I See the Light" from 2010's "Tangled").As for AMPAS, its music branch determined that only two songs were fit for competition, which raised more than a few eyebrows.GRAMMY AWARDS 2012Year's biggest star lights up Grammys | Revamped Grammys calls for more trims | Macca guarantees fab MusiCares gala | Creative sparks fly from clash of styles | More liberal take on visual media kudos | Grammy spotlights Shore's 'Shine' Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Ernest Gordon-Levitt Turns Director

He's developing a comedyGiven simply how much Ernest Gordon-Levitt has loved stretching themselves in a number of creative ways both cinematically and musically, it absolutely was only determined by time before his career wheel spun towards pointing. Now he's making that move, creating an untitled comedy that he's written in addition to star in alongside Scarlett Johansson. Talking with Deadline, the start star didn't desire to divulge many plot particulars, but he did demonstrate that he's playing a "selfish dick" modern-day Don Juan-type who decides to better themselves. "I written myself a helluva role, the one that people wouldn't always considered me for," the actor states, acknowledging that he's been planning to check out themselves on-screen through his online video work. "It takes practice to become accustomed to seeing yourself rather than being freaked out and nervous with the appear of the voice."He's stored in funding from Hurt Locker producer Nicolas Chartier's Current Pictures, and expects to co-produce via his hitRecord Films company. "I used to be a youthful child actor for any very long time and quit at 19, visited school a while, together with a sizable part of why I came back was that we ultimately preferred to create movies," Gordon-Levitt describes. "I spent yearly coping with Ann Hathaway, Rian Manley, Steven Spielberg, which used to do my easier to take notice. I've been making short films for just about any very very long time now, I've directed many of them, which has turned into a part of why I'm confident in this particular.InchWe will start to see the fruits of people directors' labours this year, as Gordon-Levitt will probably be noticed in Premium Hurry, The Dark Dark evening Increases, Looper and Lincoln subsequently subsequently. But his filmmaking ambitions might keep him from sticking to his small part in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. "It'll be tricky schedule-wise, however was honest with Quentin upfront," Gordon-Levitt states. "He am awesome and encouraging. He mentioned, 'You strike me because the kind of guy who may decide to direct,' which i needed that as high praise."