OSCAR: Foreign Shockers From Spain, Italy

EXCLUSIVE: I’ve just learned that Oscar’sever-growing Foreign Language filmlineuphas receivedshockers from Spain and Italy. Spaindidn’t select the presumedfavorite, whowas two-time Oscar winner PedroAlmodovarwith his The Skin I Live In starring frequent Almodovar collaborator Antonio Banderas. Instead,Spainchose the more obscure Pa Negre (Black Bread),an eerie mystery set in the years following the Spanish Civil War. It swept the Goyaawards last February, winning 9 out of 14 nominations. (Almodovar’s filmjust opened in Spain earlier this month and won’t be eligible until next year’s Goya contest.) It is truethat Almodovar has been consistently snubbed by the Spanish Film Academy which makes the selections.The renowned director was bypassed forTalk To Her and Broken Embraces after actually winning the Oscar for Spainfor All About My Mother in 1999. The situation got so contentious for a while that Almodovar actually resigned from the Spanish Academy as a protest against what he perceived as unfair voting practices. However, letting bygones be bygones, he did rejoinin April of this year. It was expected that goodwill gesture would be enough to put himback in the driver’s seat when it came time to vote for the Academy submission. But once againSpain’s most famous director has been overlooked in favor ofanother: the talented Agusti Villaronga,who does not nearly enjoy the international reputation of Almodovar.Sony Pictures Classics picked up Almodovar’sThe Skin I Live In and will release stateside on October 21st. Pa Negre has played a few American festivals but does not have any U.S. release as of now. It was thought (by me in mypreview) and others that the Foreign Language film race would fall right in line with the official competition of May’s Cannes Film Festival and contain high-profile films fromwell-known and well-rewarded directors. Instead Spain and Italy both wenta completely different way Wednesday in choosing the films that will represent them. Italyhas turned its nose up at Nanni Moretti’s well-received Cannes entry Habemus Papam, a very entertaining comedy/drama about what happens when the newly elected Pope gets cold feet and goes AWOL in Rome. IFC picked it up forU.S. distribution.Instead, the Italians chose the lesser known Emanuele Crialese film Terraferma about the consequences when a group of North African migrants land on an Italian island. It won some awards at this year’s Venice Film Festival and also played Toronto. It opened in Italy earlier this month but does not have U.S. distribution. Italy caused some waves last year bypassing the international hit I Am Love starring Tilda Swinton in favor of the lesser known The First Beautiful Thing which did not get nominated or even reach the Academy’s short list of 9 finalists). No surprise that Italy has not won the Foreign Language Film Oscar since Roberto Begnini’s memorable triumph for 1998′s Life Is Beautiful. Spain last won in 2004 for The Sea Inside. Several countries are still to be heard from and have until Monday to submit their choice. Last year there were 65 entries.

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AMC Launches Walking Dead Webisodes

Walking Dead Ever preferred to start to see the evolution from the zombie? Just before the 2nd season in the Walking Dead premieres, you will get the chance to uncover. On Monday, AMC will launch numerous six webisodes that explore the trunk story of Hannah (Lilli Birdsell), also called "Bicycle Girl," whom Ron Grimes (Andrew Lincoln subsequently subsequently) destroyed from whim inside the series' first episode. Walking Dead's New Boss: I'm not Frank Darabont which i ought to not act as Directed with the Walking Dead's Greg Nicotero, the webisodes will illustrate Hannah's existence just before the zombie apocalypse, her attempts to survive and her eventual evolution in to a zombie. The second season in the Walking Dead premieres Sunday, March. 16 at 9/8c on AMC.

Susan Sarandon Joining Dwayne Manley for 'Snitch' (Exclusive)

Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images Susan Sarandon is within discussions to become listed on Dwayne Manley in Snitch, the actionthriller whichRic Roman Waughis writing and pointing for Exclusive Media, Participant Media and Imagenation Abu Dhabi. The script focuses on a suburban father who's hit hard when histeenage boy is sentenced to 3 decades under mandatory minimum drug laws and regulations. Inorder to lessen his boy's sentence, the daddy goes undercover for everyone up asenior drug dealer. The storyline is dependant on a Frontline documentary. Inside a part which was reconfigured from male to female, Sarandon will have an ambitious U.S. attorney who thinks that the drug bust might help her political career. Waugh rewrote the script byJustin Haythe. The projecthas been lengthy in development and atone point was setup at New Line withCarl Franklindirecting one iteration. Nigel Sinclair, Guy EastandAlex Brunnerare creating.David Fanning, Dany Garcia and Manley will also be creating. Summit will release Snitch within the U.S. ICM-repped Sarandon, who last made an appearance in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, is originating off shooting the Adam Sandler comedy I Personally Don't Like You Father, Lionsgate's Lightly Lower the Stream with Robert P Niro and Diane Keaton, and Robert Redford's The Organization You Retain. She next reteams using the Wachowskis for Cloud Atlas (she labored together in Speed Racer), the film the duo is pointing with Tom Tykwer which stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry and Hugh Grant. Dwayne Manley Susan Sarandon Movie Casting Tom Tykwer

Movieline's Week in Review: Laugh Riot

All right, this week is done. How did that go for you, masked Nic Cage? [Stony silence] Yeah, I relate. So let’s get to the Week in Review, where we can inventory the sidesplitting happenings for posterity. Box office results to come in the days ahead — stay tuned, and we’ll see you then! · By a nose, Aaron Sorkin had the excuse of the week. · Thanks to this week’s illustrious interviewees, including Sigourney Weaver, Rose Byrne, Yvonne Strahovski, John Singleton, Olivia Munn and Verge designees Chris New and Tom Cullen. · Oh no you did not, Ryan Gosling. · 50 Cent kept his straight-to-video roles in perspective. · We celebrated Bill Murray and honored Frances Bay. · The 2011 Oscar index debuted, now with 100% less Abduction! · Now that was a trailer. · There were no stupid questions, just stupid questions for dolphins.

Thomas Gibson how two and a half Males Attracted Off a Dharma & Greg Reunion

Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson The finest surprise of Monday night's large two and a half Males season premiere may have been the unforeseen appearance of Dharma & Greg stars Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson. While many of the episode's secrets had already leaked - within the dying of Charlie Harper for the funeral appearance of his old female buddies - the show handled to keep the cameos by Elfman and Gibson a whole secret. Calculates like Elfman and Gibson weren't really within the tape of two and a half Men's season opener. Rather, they shot their cameo days later, and didn't take action before a studio audience. The clip of Elfman and Gibson was later proven to another audience to have the ability to record their reaction and laughter - which crowd, which signed a non-disclosure agreement, handled to keep it quiet. "Nobody made an appearance to put it available, which was kind of nice," Gibson states. two and a half Males executive producer Chuck Lorre appeared to become the creator behind Dharma & Greg, which continued ABC from 1997 to 2002. (Trivia note: It's the first show to feature Lorre's now-famous weekly vanity card messages.) Gibson, who's already a business CBS player (since the star in the network's extended-running drama Criminal Minds), was immediately game for the idea. "I obtained a telephone call and Chuck preferred to own some surprises creating a really large splash for your first episode," Gibson states. "I thought it had been an extremely funny idea." This is why, nine years after Dharma & Greg stopped the atmosphere, Elfman and Gibson - bickering as being a couple that has now been married 15 years - were among the guest stars arriving to take a look within the Malibu beach house formerly occupied by Charlie, now in the marketplace. John Stamos was another cameo. One hiccup: Dharma & Greg was produced by last century Fox TV, while two and a half Males can be a Warner Bros. Tv program. Lorre didn't secure permission to take advantage from the figures, but technically he was without to: Elfman and Gibson never recognized to each other as "Dharma" or "Greg", and so they were simply billed as special guest looks, without actual character names. "I am unsure whether or not this was Dharma and Greg," Gibson states getting a wink. "It may have been another couple." But even casual Dharma & Greg audiences probably acquired round the similar character types. Elfman, for example, walked lower the steps marveling in regards to the home's "feng shui." Your two start squabbling, Gibson signifies the divorce, and Elfman purports to "take you and your uptight bourgeois family for all you have.Inch (In the event you recall, the conflict between Dharma's hippy character and Greg's uptight family provided the setting for your show.) So can be Dharma and Greg round the outs? "They really seem to become benefiting from issues," Gibson states. "Allow me to think the situation is still OK together, even though they might have been every single others' throats there." Gibson states the scene needed approximately one hour to shoot, which he'd an chance to get together with Elfman. "I never seen her shortly,Inch according to him. Many of the two and a half Males crew once done Dharma & Greg, which created for another type of homecoming, he adds. "To obtain the chance to get together again, just for an hour or so approximately roughly, was awesome. It absolutely was a family group reunion together with an excellent experience for people.In . It's been an excellent week for Gibson. Besides turning up inside the top-rated two and a half Males episode, Criminal Minds returned due to its seventh season getting a roar. The show averaged a effective 14.millions of audiences together with a 4.1 rating inside the grownups 18-49 demographic - a wonderful accomplishment for just about any show so late within the run. "Never underestimate the American public's taste for gore and mayhem and serial killings," quips Gibson. Nevertheless the star also credited the return of stars Paget Brewster together with a.T. Prepare together with a "new infusion of one'sInch around the program. "It feels as if what we should did up to now this season is the greatest stuff we've done," according to him. Clearly, following his two and a half Males gig, Gibson confesses he may have been bitten again with the comedy bug. "You can't substitute the act of making people laugh," according to him. "It's certainly a thing that stars enjoy.Inch Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

The Actor-kaira Pitt Looks Perfect In 'Dark Shadows' Official Photo

by John Mitchell Perhaps you have been so relieved it doesn't matter what else has been carried out within your existence, no matter how hectic every day, you stop and breathe and situations are perfect? That's generate an earnings feel at this time around. Earlier today, Entertainment Weekly revealed the state consider first the entire cast of Tim Burton's hotly anticipated silver screen undertake the classic Medieval cleaning cleaning soap opera "Dark Shadows," and coming just days after paparazzi shots of star The Actor-kaira Pitt searching ghastly and strange in heavy white-colored makeup leaked on the web and sparked a massive (in most cases negative) fan response, the appearance can be a sight for sore eyes. I had been elevated watching reruns in the late-60s melodrama and possess been searching toward this film since i have have first heard it absolutely was being made. The dark aesthetic that made lots of Burton's best films pop made him appear as being a good fit to direct for "Shadows," as well as the cast, from Depp as vampire Barnabas Collins to Michelle Pfeiffer as family matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard and Jackie Earle Haley as groundskeeper Willie Loomis, was perfection. Then that first photo of Depp leaked and our hopes were dashed. Depp's heavy makeup handled to obtain look like Burton's "Shadows" may have more that's much like his strongly colorful assumes "Charlie as well as the Chocolate Factory" and "Alice's adventures in wonderland" than his wonderfully dark "Batman" films and "Sleepy Hollow." Which only decided to be wrong. Since it calculates, I used to be the one which was wrong. I put my disappointment into words, shooting off a missive admonishing Burton for your direction I believed he was taking. Now, as this image discloses, Depp's look for the film is virtually right in line with Jonathan Frid's styling within the original series. The makeup appears to own been overdone to counter the macabre filters Burton is shooting with and everything looks perfect. Then when I believe that perfect, I'm speaking about this. Burton even needed brunette bombshell Avoi Eco-friendly blonde to see Angelique Bouchard, the witch who switched Barnabas in to a vamp. As you will find Pfeiffer's Elizabeth, who I worried, getting seen Depp's styling inside the paparazzi photos, Burton would reinvent as some eccentric borderline crone. He didn't, and Pfeiffer looks troubled-but-regal as Elizabeth. Lest you think we are neglecting orange-haired Helena Bonham Carter inside our praise of Burton's restraint, don't worry because, she's the one which ought to be slightly round the bizarre side. The level of smoothness is, ultimately, a sometimes-out-there mental health expert who inside the series tries to cure Barnabas of his vampirism (and everybody knows that's one disease basically a stake using the heart cure). The inside of Collinwood Mansion looks right. It's as imposing, dark and medieval after i remember it sitting on the series. I am now, once again, so excited for "Dark Shadows" I am in a position to barely purchased it. Since I'm safe that Burton is moving the very best direction, while using right style as well as the right stars, I can go back to counting the occasions until May 11, 2012. You will discover 232, incidentally. "Dark Shadows" fans, are you currently presently relieved with this particular first official think about the movie? Appear off inside the comments section and also on Twitter!

MTV Eyes Doubling Teen Wolf Order To 24 Episodes

EXCLUSIVE: I hear that MTV is considering doubling its second-season order to Teen Wolf. In July, MTV renewed the supernatural drama, inspired by the 1985 movie, for a second season with a 12-episode pickup. Now I’ve learned that there are discussions to expand the order to 24 episodes, which would be filmed back-to-back with a short hiatus between them. The teen-skewing werewolf show starring Tyler Posey, Crystal Reed andDylan OBrien was MTVs highest-rated new series this season until breakout hit Awkward came along. It averaged about 1.7 million viewers on Mondays at 10 PM.Creator Jeff Davis, Marty Adelstein, Michael Thorn, Ren Echevarria,Tony DiSanto and Liz Gateley executive produce.

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5 Things to Expect from Ringer Besides Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Gellar Who hasn't missed Sarah Michelle Gellar vanquishing all manner of Hellmouth demon in Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Is there someone who didn't love her turn as sexed up manipulator Kathryn Merteuil in Cruel Intentions? Point is we've had the premiere of Ringer, aka the return of SMG to weekly TV, marked on our calendars since it got the green light back in May. But there are other reasons outside of Gellar to check out her new soapy thriller, too, starting with the premise: She plays estranged twins! Bridget is a recovering addict on the run from some unsavory types, and when super-rich sis Siobhan goes missing, she takes on the presumed-dead's identity as a last resort. Of course, we also just said she's playing twins... Hooked yet? Fall Preview: Get scoop on your favorite returning shows Here are five other reasons you could give Ringer a shot -- besides Her Sarah Michelleness - with a little input from the cast: 1. The show's writers are obsessed with Breaking Bad. They like good things! And according to Ioan Gruffudd, who plays Siobhan's distant husband Andrew, they're aiming for the same level or surprise and intensity on Ringer... only without the cursing and throat-slitting drug lords. "One of my favorite shows is Breaking Bad. The writers are obsessed with it. Every Sunday night you get that watercooler moment we'll all talk about on Monday," Gruffudd says. "'Oh my God, did you see the show last night? I can't believe that happened!' So, I'm hoping that our show will have that same kind of cliff-hanger week in and week out." 2. It's raining men! And they all want Sarah. This isn't so much about Gellar as it is the parade of good-looking guys -- including Gruffudd, Lost's lusciously lashed Nestor Carbonell and Life Unexpected's Kristoffer Polaha -- around her. Just ask them! "Think about all the hot guys -- there's not enough Sarah Michelle to go around, so how in the world are you possibly going to keep all these men at bay?" says The Good Wife's Mike Colter, who plays Bridget's Narcotics Anonymous sponsor with whom she shares something more. The answer? They won't be kept at bay. "There's a lot of sexual tension. At some point, it's going to explode," he says. Did he just tease a group number? Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Then and Now 3. For those still ticked off at Lost, Ringer promises answers. Let's not go nuts needing answers: Ringer is a mystery as much as it is a starring vehicle for Gellar, so expect to be alternately teased and shocked and... yes, kept in the dark for periods of time. However, in this post-Lost era, the cast and crew swear up and down that resolutions and revelations have been plotted and will arrive in due time. Carbonell, who plays an FBI agent trailing Bridget, puts it this way: "The pilot lays out a lot of information and the writers have done a wonderful job of slowing everything down [after that] and really focusing on particular areas...and revealing things in a really great way. Things get paid off while they're raising other mysteries." 4. Mystery? Yes! Self-serious? No! This isn't Heroes. Or The Event. Or FlashForward. Ringer knows its place, and much like Buffy -- we can't help bring up the comparison - the show's tone walks that same line between melodrama and real emotional moments, between kicka-- action and a little cheese. Dress it up in neo-noir trappings, and hot dog, you've got a serial thriller that's pretty unique among prime time's uber-intense cops and criminals and forensics experts and medical examiners... Ringer's Sarah Michelle Gellar: I'm not trying to re-create or top Buffy 5. It's not for teens. In fact, it's a tad out of place on The CW, whose big stars are 150-year-old vampires in brooding teen bodies and affluent just-out-of-high schoolers leading extraordinarily escapist fantasies. Bridget's a former drug addict and stripper who happens to be on the run because she's witnessed a crime. Siobhan, meanwhile, is leading a double life all her own between her husband, guy on the side and, oh, some other guys with a bounty on her head. Don't be fooled by what you've heard about ABC Family's The Lying Game either - they both revolve around rich girl-poor girl twins, one of whom has deep dark secrets, but the similarities end there. Ringer premieres Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 9/8c on The CW. Are you interested? Why or why not? Tell us in the comments below.