Tackled Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader's Twitter Not Suspended by Team

Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Melissa Kellerman found instant internet fame when she was knocked down on the sideline by tight end Jason Witten during the team's game against the Miami Dolphins on Thursday.our editor recommendsHollywood's Biggest Fantasy Football FansTackled Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Forced Off Twitter by NFL Franchise (Report)Will Ferrell, Will Forte Trash Talk Before USC-UCLA Rivalry Football GameAntonio Gates: 11 Questions About Fantasy Football When Kellerman's Twitter account was suspended soon after she tweeted about the incident, reports spread that it was a move by the Dallas Cowboys. However, Cowboys' director of public relations Rich Dalrymple said Kellerman was not forced by the team to delete her account. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Biggest Fantasy Football Fans "The Cowboys organization does not get involved in the administering of twitter accounts for players or cheerleaders," Rich Dalrymple told The Hollywood Reporter. Dalrymple added that "Melissa made her own decisions regarding her account over the weekend." On Monday, Kellerman's account was reactivated, but her Tweets are now protected. STORY: Fantasy Football's $1 Billion-a-Year Business, 27 Million Players: 'It's a Sickness' Kellerman also wrote on her Twitter account on Monday, denying the reports that the Cowboys made her suspend her account. "The Dallas Cowboys might accidentally tackle cheerleaders on the sidelines, but they would never tackle a DCC's twitter account," she wrote. "Cowboys did not 'force' me to deactivate. I chose to spend the Thanksgiving wknd with my family.......& not my twitter account." Soon after the now-infamous incident, Kellerman took to her Twitter account and left a couple comments about the incident. "I'm not the best at Jason Witten trust falls ;)" and "Not hurtin' today, like some of y'all thought I would be! Our TE isn't as tough as he looks... That or I'm WAY tougher than I look. ;)" The cheerleader's Twitter account saw a quick increase in followers -- to more than 1,000 -- as a result of the incident. STORY: 10 Broadcast and Cable TV Show Most Watched By Men But then, Kellerman's account went dark, and reports started circulating that it was because the Dallas Cowboys had forced her to suspend her account. Kellerman, who has been on the team for four years, is from South Carolina. Her profile on the Cowboys website says she is interested in being a child specialist and working in hospitals, an elementary special education teacher or a wedding event planner. Watch the video of Melissa Kellerman being knocked down during Thursday's game here. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Hollywood's Biggest Fantasy Football Fans Related Topics Twitter Sports

How 'Victoria's Secret Fashion Show' Turns $12 Million Into $5 Billion in one Hour

This story came out inside the 12 ,. 2 problem in the Hollywood Reporter magazine.our editor recommendsVictoria's Secret Model Adriana Lima Survives Lingerie Show Without Food or WaterVictoria's Secret Fashion Show 2011: Inside the Star-Studded Celebration (Photos) Can we hold the gun?" Todd Thomas, the range designer for your 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, set to air November. 29 on CBS, inspects a lavender tulle tutu worn by supermodel Lily Aldridge, wife of Nobleman of Leon lead singer Caleb Followill. "The gun," can be a glue gun. And Thomas, which has seen his share of runway occurrences throughout nearly 10 years with Victoria's Secret, needs it to tack up under-layers of tulle that have come loose inside the back, slightly covering Aldridge's g-stringed derriere. PHOTOS: Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2011 It's five days just before the November. 9 runway show, adding to 30 people are jammed in to a small room round the twelfth floor in the midtown Manhattan headquarters of Victoria's Secret. Thomas, Sophia Neophitou, the British fashion editor who came aboard as mind stylist a year ago, and Monica Mitro, executive v . p . brand communications and occasions together with a 17-year veteran of Victoria's Secret, are furiously attempting to put the final touches on 69 looks being worn by 36 models, in your have walked the runway within the annual under clothes spectacle. Today's fitting is a unique media event contractors, evening stands and assistants jockey for space inside the stuffy room with photography fanatics, reporters and video deckie's. "If you have been people here today, darling," states Neophitou, lifting her mane of grey-flecked black curls from her neck. The house home windows are thrown open in the futile try to reduce the temperature inside the room. STORY: Victoria's Secret Model Adriana Lima Survives Lingerie Show Without Food or Water Aldridge's lavender tutu is coupled with a black velvet corset, diaphanous lavender push-up bra and red-colored-colored satin heels with ballet straps. "Is it possible to walk personally pretty girl?" asks Neophitou. Aldridge flounces toward Thomas, Neophitou and Mitro. Neophitou increases from her Eames swivel chair and gently pats Aldridge's breasts. "They are good," she purrs, "amazing." &diams&diams&diams&diams&diams Despite looks, the Victoria's Secret fashion show is not about fashion. Yes, the basic principles in the runway getups are brazier and panties which can be found in the local Victoria's Secret store. However, you are able to't buy Brazilian supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio's gold-plated wings festooned with 105,000 Swarovski deposits. Broadcast in than 180 nations, the $12 million made-for-TV-event draws in the world's top models having a-list musical site visitors. Plus it's all designed to burnish a brand name that peddles dreams to everyone from teens to suburban regular folks of America. "It's be considered a performance-slash-lifestyle-slash-variety show and, clearly, with models wearing under garments,Inch states Francois Lee of ad buying firm MediaVest. The special has moved from "just additional time from the catalog to really featuring the existence-style area of the brand." "It's a marketing marvel," adds Bob Horowitz, leader of reality production house JUMA Entertainment, who since the former mind of IMG's U.S. television division has packed his share of TV special deals. The runway show started in 1995 just like a modest proceeding within the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan and contains been public regularly since 2001, when ABC first utilize it. CBS has received the show since 2002 but did not air it in 2004 -- a solution for the national outrage over Jesse Jackson's Super Bowl nipple costly round the network. The Tv special is built to send clients for the web or even the organization's 1,000-plus retail stores -- prior to the holidays. And delay: Victoria's Secret, founded in 1977, a year ago raked in internet sales of $5.5 billion. "It's the only real person-hour network show dedicated to some single brand," states Mitro. "It puts our brand before huge amounts of individuals around the globe through the important holiday period." CBS licenses the show from Victoria's Secret for a bit more than $millions of, well underneath the $20 million its wise for your Grammys. The show is not exactly a ratings blockbuster -- 9 million audiences up-to-date in a year ago, in comparison to nearly 27 million who seen the Grammys this year -- nevertheless it does bring youthful audiences to CBS over half in the 2010 audience reaches the 18-49 demo. "We are a sizable-tent broadcaster. We wish everybody," states Jack Sussman, executive v . p . special deals, music and live occasions at CBS, who runs output of the show. "This diversifies our portfolio of special deals.Inch Despite the fact that it has not attracted an FCC indecency fine, the show has from time to time elevated the ire of watchdog groups like the Parents Television Council. But no matter the copious volume of taut flesh displayed, the tv special features no pixilated nudity. "There is a periodic issues that appear all of a sudden," states Sussman. "But that's the positive thing about postproduction." And Sussman, who states the show's viewership is sixty percent women, the identical for almost all broadcast TV, has their very own decency filter: "Do my two teenage kids need to visit it? Will my partner watch it? And may my mother not energy it lower? Which show can get by using their filter." The special can be a mashup of runway spectacle, musical functions, behind-the-moments fodder and vignettes in regards to a couple of from the models. And consists of progressively attracted top-tier musical site visitors, crucial for creating buzz. The Black Eyed Peas, Justin Timberlake, Usher and Katy Perry happen to be paid out to appear. This year's show, locked in the Lexington Armory in NY, featured performances from Nicki Minaj and Maroon 5 -- whose frontman, Adam Levine, dates Victoria's Secret model Anne Vyalitsina -- and headliner Kanye. He was grew to become part of onstage suddenly guest Jay-Z they completed "Niggas in Paris," an F-blast-laced paean to fame and materialism, as Jay-Z's pregnant wife Beyonce sitting in front row. (It had not been determined once the song makes it to the broadcast.) Leslie Wexner, the septuagenarian billionaire Boss of Victoria's Secret parent Limited Brands, can be a staple within the show, is also known, and judged by, the hodgepodge of stars it allures. Russell Simmons, Michael Bay (which has directed Victoria's Secret ads), Darlene Harry, Donna Karan, Alexander Wang and former French Style editor Carine Roitfeld attended this year. Orlando Blossom, husband of Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr, may be seen entertaining demonstrably when his wife, who shipped their boy within the month of the month of january, sauntered lower the runway wearing the range's now legendary $2.5 million Fantasy Treasure Bra -- produced by London Jewellery merchants and embellished with nearly 3,400 gems including 142 carats of diamonds. Haute couture it isn't. Maryna Linchuk used a bubble skirt that made an appearance as though a frosted pink donut and Shannan Click transported a bra festooned getting a blinking heart on each breast. None of individuals outré items could be acquired at Victoria's Secret stores. Still, the show can get more national media attention than anything round the fashion fashion runways at NY Fashion Week. "It's one giant PR stunt," states Linda Ong, leader of branding firm Truth Speaking to. "It's about getting people to save this very mass-market brand top-of-mind. The stars, the million-dollar bra. They likewise have some model who just stood a baby, therefore it's about simply how much weight she lost. It's a pseudo-event. But because of the PR machine, people pay for this wants it's news." That exposure might be a career maker for models. Former Victoria's Secret spokesmodels Heidi Klum and Tyra Banks have parlayed that fame into media mogul status. "It puts vast amounts of advertising behind you," states Ivan Bart, senior v . p . of IMG Models. Victoria's Secret spokesmodels can earn $5 million yearly, while people who don't have contracts using the organization pocket $10,000 or maybe more for your runway show alone, say sources. IMG Models has nine women inside the runway show including Kerr, Lily Aldridge and Candace Swanepoel, all whom have lucrative contracts as Victoria's Secret spokesmodels. "By marketing the organization you're receiving targeted experience doing publicity, occasions, speaking on camera, talk shows -- everything required to become brand ambassador," states Bart. "That delivers you tremendous visibility and options." &diams&diams&diams&diams&diams The acrid give an impression of hairspray and burnt hair propagates within a extended, cavernous room round the fifth floor in the Armory. It's November. 9, your entire day in the runway show, as well as the blast-sniffing at at dogs from Spartan Security Services have removed reporters and photography fanatics who've made their distance for your hair and makeup rotation, a five-hour media op getting a buffet. The models -- wearing matching short eco-friendly satin robes -- mingle while using media mob while they are alternately assaulted by an military pulling at their tresses and dabbing lipsticks on pillow lips. (You will discover 21 makeup artists, 19 hairstylists and 50 evening stands.) A paper sign clipped with a heavy blue curtain signifies the "bronzing" corner. Together with a glance using a crack inside the drapes unveils evening stands slathering spray tan around the topless model. "Ensure the ladies haven't any shimmer whatsoever on our physiques,Inch admonishes mind makeup artist Tom Pecheux. In another corner, the $2.5 million Fantasy Treasure Bra is proven with an application while security specialist Darren Pittman stands sentinel. ("I have to stay with the bra," according to him.) It'll are available in the Victoria's Secret holiday catalog, even though it isn't likely to discover a buyer. Really, no multimillion-dollar Fantasy Brazier remains bought. They finish off getting separated, say sources. But everything jewellery is simply stitched towards the Victoria's Secret Gorgeous Push-up Bra. Which particular fantasy might be yours for approximately $50. With The Amounts 142: Gem carats in Fantasy Bra 100: CBS production staffers 50: Evening stands 36: Models 9 million: Audiences this season 3: Blast-sniffing at at dogs PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2011 Related Subjects Beyonce Jay-Z Nicki Minaj Adam Levine Adriana Lima

Lellouche, Lindon, Scamarcio join 'Informant'

PARIS -- Gilles Lellouche ("Point Blank"), Vincent Lindon ("Anything for Her") and Riccardo Scamarcio ("Romanzo Criminale") have joined the cast of crime thriller "The Informant" (L'Aviseur), penned by Abdel Raouf Dafri ("A Prophet"). Julien Leclercq, who previously helmed "The Assault," is directing the 18.9 million ($25 million) pic, which is based on French undercover agent Marc Fievet's autobiographical book "Dans la peau d'un narco: Infiltre au coeur de la mafia" (a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118015361" target="_new">Variety, Feb. 13, 2010/a>). "'The Informant' is the story of an ordinary guy who gets into a mean game -- the border patrols' merciless war against Gibraltar's drug-runners -- without knowing the cardinal rule: As in poker, if you sit at a table and you can't tell who the sucker is, it means it's you," said Dafri. Fievet spent more than a decade in prison after working as an informant for the French border patrol, which led to the dismantling of key drug rings. "It's a performance-driven film in the vein of classic crime movies like 'Donnie Brasco' and Michael Mann's films," said producer Dimitri Rassam at Chapter 2. A French-Spanish-Canadian co-production, "The Informant" will lense in Gibraltar, Montreal and Tangier, Morocco. Gaul's Studio 37 is co-producing with Canadian shingle Transfilm and Spain's Iberrota Films. Rassam said Chapter 2 was in negotiations with a French company that will handle distribution in France and international sales. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

James Tupper Joins 'Decoding Annie Parker'

James Tupper, most widely known for his TV roles in Males in Trees and Grey'sAnatomy, has became a member of the ensemble cast from the biopic drama Decoding Annie Parker.our editor recommendsIndie 'Decoding Annie Parker' Models Out CastAlice Eve Cast in 'Decoding Annie Parker' Being directed by Steve Bernstein, the drama sees Samantha Morton representing Annie Parker, the breast-cancer patient who thought that her disease was genetically linked, a belief that brought researchers to discover the presence of the cancer of the breast gene. One of the cast are Helen Search, Rashida Johnson, Maggie Sophistication, Aaron Paul and Benjamin McKenzie. Tupper is playing the husband of Parker's closest friend, performed by Alice Eve. Creating Annie Parker are Clark Billings, Tatiana Kelly and Jim Youthful. Tupper lately wrapped a job in Playing the Area, the Gerard Butler-starringromantic comedy directed by Gabriele Muccino. He's repped by ICM, Untitled and Jackoway Tyerman. Related Subjects

Ashton Kutcher's Twitter Fumble: Is Social Media Still Safe for Stars?

It's not understatement that people went nuts after "two and a half Males" star Ashton Kutcher tweeted a misguided protest in the firing of Penn Condition coach Joe Paterno. He was soon inundated with angry responses since the actor recognized he'd developed a very naive move."If you do things on the internet, the net doesn't forget," TheNextWeb's West Coast Editor, Came Olanoff, notifies "The Hollywood Reporter." "So, if you tweet something, particularly if you have as much fans while he does, it will get taken."It was not the first time, or possibly the 2nd time, Kutcher happen to be blasted for just about any misguided tweet. But, it absolutely was certainly one which needed him from the sport.InchHe misspoke, OK, fine, he's human," Olanoff states of techniques the star handles the volatile situation following a tweet. "The social media mistake was he removed the tweet -- then he did apologize, that's great -- then, he from time to time written he is not prone to tweet for a while until he'd a solution. I thought it had been easy reply to a predicament that sucks."Exceeding eight million fans, Kutcher will be a trailblazer round the social media site, applying its 140 character-designated method of communication way before many other stars even understood exactly what it was. When he grew to become an associate from the medium, late evening comics still made fun from that it is a useless way to obtain information saying things like "Nobody cares everything you had for supper, people."Now, people same late evening hosts have very active Twitter accounts and stars are believed from touch if they're this really is this is not on the web site. And, incidentally, food companies and restaurants would pay enough money being stated in the celebrity's "a few things i had for supperInch tweet today.But, Kutcher, wasn't only an early on adopter in the site, but he's an investor in companies inside the tech space. If anybody should be aware of how you can take advantage of Twitter, it must be him. So, simply what does it imply he's now switched his Twitter account over for some individuals to deal with? And simply what does that say for stars generally on Twitter?Beck Media and Marketing Leader, Todd Beck, feels that there are certainly a code of behavior social media clients should stay with. His entertainment and technology PR and marketing firm with offices in La and NY City counts several major broadcast and cable systems, art galleries, production companies, and tech companies among its clientele."Stars really make the most of showing their true selves on social media,Inch Beck states. "But they must be alert to the hazards, and anticipate to deal with effects. If they're not informed, they need to know. Once they produce a mess, they need to try everything they could to clean up quickly and completely. People who follow these rules, celebrity or else, will be the best and several respected people in the social web."Within the mea culpa, Kutcher expresses the truth that they've changed from exactly what it was when he first grew to become an associate of. Forget about does the star believe it is a place for "healthy debate" through which you can condition something after which it hold the conversation with others shape and/or provide the claim."It seems that today that twitter is ongoing to develop in to a mass posting platform, in which a person's tweets quickly become news that's broadcast around the globe and false tales becomes volatile fodder for experts," Kutcher produces inside the statement through which he announces he's giving control of his account to handlers.Olanoff, that's been covering social media for eight years, disagrees on Kutcher's assessment from the products Twitter has become. "I used to be really annoyed when Ashton mentioned back in the day about personal communication, yet it's a posting platform," according to him. "It definitely is been both. It's dependent the way you put it to use.InchSo, the question remains. Each time a famous person like Kutcher, who's a longtime user of Twitter in addition to counts themselves a professional round the medium, might make this kind of huge gaffe after which it quit control of his account, is always that a sign that less knowledgeable celebrity clients in the medium should follow? THR's experts agree it doesn't.InchDesigners should populate websites through their unique voice," John Scholz of Career Artist Management, which handles bands and recording artists including Maroon 5, Sara Bareilles, and Gavin Degraw, notifies "THR." "Fans are engaged by personality and compelling content that could just be created with the artists themselves," according to him, worrying this really is his personal opinion and not the business he works well with.InchSociable feeds populated by management [or] media teams are transparent and sometimes abandoned, rendering them a more compact amount effective." The Hollywood Reporter

Nicki Minaj, David Guetta to Open American Music Awards

Nicki Minaj and French house DJ David Guetta will open the 2011 American Music Awards later this month. The two collaborated on "Where Them Girls At?" off his latest album, Nothing But the Beat.our editor recommends2011 American Music Awards: Adele Leads With 4 Nominations (Video)Chris Brown, Marc Anthony, LMFAO Added to American Music Awards Lineup They are the latest additions to the show, which has previously booked Christina Aguilera, LMFAO and Chris Brown as performers. The AMAs will be broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre on Sunday, Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC. This year, the network will also air a live pre-show at 7 p.m. VIDEO: 2011 American Music Awards: Adele Leads With 4 Nominations Fans can vote for their favorite nominees online at the Coca-Cola AMA voting website, amavoting.com, as well as AMA.abc.com. Adele scored the most AMA nominations this year, with four, when they were announced Oct. 11. The American Music Awards is a host-free event that highlights music's biggest artists. Related Topics American Music Awards David Guetta Nicki Minaj

Republican Presidential Debate on CNBC: What Hollywood Is Saying

The Republican presidential candidates faced off in another debate Wednesday night, this one taking place in Michigan and airing on CNBC.our editor recommendsHerman Cain Denies Sexual Harassment Allegations on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live': 'We're Taking This Head On' (Video)Herman Cain Faces Reporters on Live TV and Agrees to Lie Detector Test (Video)Herman Cain's Accusers Might Join ForcesMichele Bachmann: The Politics of FashionMitt Romney, Michele Bachmann to Boycott Univision Debate Due to Extortion Allegations'Butter': Jennifer Garner Campaigns as a Michele Bachmann Clone (Video)Rick Perry: The Strange Reason Hollywood Is Disappointed in Him'The Daily Show' Slams MSNBC for Misrepresenting Rick Perry, Maligning President ObamaRelated Topics•Politics The debate -- the ninth for the GOP candidates in the past six months -- included Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, businessman Herman Cain, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman,Texas Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen.Rick Santorum. PHOTOS: Best Presidents in Film and Television The eight candidates answered questions mostly about the economy -- the scheduled topic -- although moderators Maria Bartiromo and John Harwood were booed when they asked Cain questions about "character issues." Cain, former CEO of Godfather's Pizza, is the subject of sexual harassment allegations brought forth by four women in the past week. Cain also sparked headlines when he called former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "Princess Nancy," saying she blocked any effort when she was speaker to repeal Democrats' health care overhaul, legislation she helped marshal through. The event also was noteworthy for a gaffe made by Perry, who struggled to remember which three government agencies he would cut as part of his tax plan. PHOTOS: Actors Who've Played Politicians "It's three agencies of government when I get there that are gone: Commerce, Education and -- the, uh -- what's the third one there? Let's see ..." Perry said. "Commerce, Education, and -- uh. The, uh ..." Romney chimed in. "EPA?" "EPA! There you go," Perry said with a laugh, trying once again to answer: "I would do away with Education. The, uh, Commerce. And let's see. I can't. The third one, I can't." About 10 minutes later, he finally remembered while answering a different question: "And by the way, that was the Department of Energy I was reaching for." PHOTOS: Democrats and Republicans' Favorite Movies Several people in Hollywood hit Twitter to react to the candidates' comments in real time with a series of weets, with many making jokes about the candidates and their remarks. Among them: The Talk co-host Aisha Tyler: -- Luckily for Cain there's no way he get into more trouble. No time to creep out the ladies when you're having a Repub debate every 1.67 days. -- Luckily if I miss this debate, there'll be one tomorrow at lunchtime. Do these people not have jobs? -- Think I am going to blow off the CNBC Repub debate. I already have a headache. Joy Behar, co-host of The View and The Joy Behar Show: -- Huntsman is the only one on the Republican side qualified to run for president. Maybe that's why he only has 1 pct. Of the vote. -- Does anyone understand a word Perry says? -- [Referring to Cain's 999 plan] I wonder if nine nine nine more women will come out soon. -- [After Cain called former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "Princess Nancy"]: Note to Cain:hands off Princess Nancy --That curl on Mitt's forehead is turning me on. Move over, Elvis -- [After the moderators' references to several candidates' flat tax plans]: The only thing that's flat is Rick Perry's brain waves -- Doesn't Newt look like Chuckie? -- OMG Perry is having brain farts PHOTOS: 10 Entertainers Democrats and Republicans Love to Hate Actor Steven Weber (Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Wings): -- Rick Perry'd better perform CPR on a choking Rick Santorum, which turns into a deep soul kiss, if he wants to get back to #1. -- Rick Perry: "And number three---THERE IS NO THIRD THING!" #airpull -- Newt's windbaggery will actually provide 1/3 of the nation's energy for 2 of his 4 years of president. #imhighonwhiteout -- Dibs on photos of Rick Perry weeping like an 11 year old beauty contest loser!!! -- I'm much whiter for watching the GOP debate and I hope you are, too. Related Topics CNBC Politics Michele Bachmann Rick Perry Herman Cain Newt Gingrich 1 2 next last

Daniel Radcliffe's 'The Woman in Black' New Photo: Foggy Terror and Broken Fences [Moviefone Exclusive]

It's only Tuesday, but it has already been quite the week for Daniel Radcliffe. In addition to reaching the finals of the 25 Under 25 People's Choice Award competition -- opposite his 'Harry Potter' co-stars Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Tom Felton -- a new scary still photo from Radcliffe's upcoming thriller 'The Woman In Black' has also been released. Throw in the DVD and Blu-ray debut of a little something called 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2' on Friday, and you've got a zeitgeist-y hat-trick few actors could pull off. Check out the ominous 'Woman in Black' pic ahead. [Click for bigger] Out Feb. 3, 'The Woman in Black' focuses on a young lawyer (Radcliffe) sent to a remote town to deal with the affairs of a deceased client -- which is fine, until he encounters a terrifying ghost. Watch the trailer below and prepare to hide your eyes. [Top Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Venus in Fur

Nina Arianda convinces Hugh Dancy allowing her to audition for his play, as well as the two increase your little of steam across the means by Venus in Fur.A Manhattan Theater Club presentation, by special arrangement with Jon B. Platt, Scott Landis, as well as the Classic Stage Company, from the play in one act by David Ives. Directed by Walter Bobbie.Vanda - Nina Arianda Thomas - Hugh Dancy"Venus in Fur," David Ives' cheeky adaptation of Leopold Sacher-Masoch's erotic 1870 novel and initially mounted within the Classic Stage Company, improves a good deal in this particular Broadway transfer. Chalk that around helmer Walter Bobbie's savvy re-casting of one of the players in this particular two-hander: Within the confident turn just like a modern-day playwright-director thinking about studying the sado-masochistic sexual dynamic, Hugh Dancy gives hot co-star Nina Arianda someone substantial to see to. Play remains overwritten and pretentious, but it's a lot more sexy using this well-matched up up pair taking turns at playing master and slave. Playwright Thomas Novachek (Dancy) disrespects the goddess of love from his first speech, shipped around the cell phone, through which he contemptuously dismisses the 35 stars he's auditioned tomorrow to see the heroine of his play. The crack of thunder and lightning that reduces his call and dims the lights can be a apparent sign this arrogant youthful guy will live to regret his words. Nevertheless the lady who bursts to the testing studio is not any angry goddess -- another unacceptable actress, hooked with character props and furiously cursing herself for missing the audition. As enchantingly carried out by Nina Arianda ("Born Yesterday"), Vanda Jordan can be a caricature in the dumb actress Thomas remains railing aboutBrand New Thomas is a factor from the caricature themselves, in the sadistic director who claims his energy over his stars by humiliating them. Vanda wins the initial round from the fight in the sexes when she wheedles Thomas into letting her audition. It's a stunning moment if the dizzy creature drops the vulgar manner and slips effortlessly to the role of Vanda von Dunayev, the mysterious temptress in Sacher-Masoch's kinky novel as well as the heroine of Thomas's play. Arianda provides the identical quicksilver performance she gave Off Broadway, only this time around around she need not carry the whole show manually. Dancy ("Martha Marcy May Marlene") has his fun while using intolerable Thomas, but he really can get into the sport after Vanda talks the playwright into reading through through opposite her becoming Kushemski, the masochistic aristocrat who is able to only find sexual joy beneath the started heel from the dominatrix. Vanda is content to see that part -- and she or he will get boots to produce a convincing job from this. Oddly, she also seems to own intimate knowledge of both script as well as the character she plays. When she and Thomas have broken the whips and collars for dogs, both Arianda and Dancy have upset a enjoyable mind of steam. (Although whatever made otherwise astute costumer Anita Yavich think that zipping up a zipper may be as erotic as lacing up a leather boot?) But even at under two several hours, the play still feels overstressed, padded with repetitive seduction moments and overwrought psycho-sexual arguments -- a variety of it shipped in stilted 19th-century locutions. Discuss sadism. Set, John Lee Beatty costumes, Anita Yavich lighting, Peter Kaczorowski appear, Acme Appear Partners production stage manager, Winnie Y. Lok. Opened up up November. 8, 2011. Examined November. 5. Running time: one hour, 45 MIN. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Young Da Vinci Action Movie Still Planned, and 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today

Happy Tuesday! Also in today’s edition of The Broadsheet: Christian Bale’s awards horse enters the gate… A rare unadaptable Stephen King book may yet find its way to the screen… Andy Samberg and NBC draw an SNL lawsuit… and more. · I’m not exactly sure what happened to Warner Bros.’ grand idea to turn Leonardo Da Vinci’s youthful exploits into an action franchise, but now Universal has picked up screenwriter Jonny Kurzman’s spec Leonardo and parked it with producers Larry and Charles Gordon. Something about a young artist/scientist/inventor’s quest to keep Renaissance Europe from reverting to the Dark Ages, etc. etc. Starz reportedly has another young Da Vinci thing in the works. Get excited? [Variety] · The Flowers of War — China’s Christian Bale-starring, Zhang Yimou-directed submission to the year’s Foreign-Language Oscar race — will have its qualifying run at the end of December thanks to distributor Wrekin Hill Entertainment, which will expand the film nationally in the ensuing weeks. [Deadline] · Stephen King’s trippy 1995 fantasy Rose Madder could finally get the screen treatment long thought too challenging to attempt, with Palomar Pictures and Grosvenor Park pairing up to produce Naomi Sheridan’s screenplay. [Variety] · Perhaps emboldened by the Cardinals’ recent heroics, a pair of St. Louis songsmiths are finally suing NBC, Andy Samberg and his Lonely Island ensemble for copyright infringement over songs featured in two sketches in 2009. [THR Esq.] · The petition to replace Nickelback in a Thanksgiving Day NFL halftime show is nearly at 45,000 signatures. Ah, democracy. [Change.org via Time] · Some dead singer’s doctor in Los Angeles was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. [AP] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Did an ESPN Exec Make a Big Mistake Suing Over a Crude Erin Andrews Story? (Analysis)

GettyESPN's Erin Andrews. Last week, former ESPN executive Keith Clinkscalessued a colleague who allegedly shared a false story aboutClinkscales masturbating on a flight while sitting next to ESPN reporter Erin Andrews. The complaint alleging defamation is rather thin -- just six pages -- and raises a question about whether Clinkscales made a smart move in acting so quickly to bring this matter into a NY federal court. The legal action took place just as the sports blog Deadspin was investigatingwhat happened on that flight. Clinkscales, who until recently was a senior vice president of content development and enterprises at ESPN, decided he didn't want to wait to read about the claims on Deadspin. So he took action by filing what's being termed as a "pre-emptive" lawsuit. What intrigues us here is not what happened on the plane, but rather what exactly the ESPN executive hoped to gain by taking this tact. By filing the lawsuit so rashly, Clinkscales pretty much assured that the strange masturbation claims would be covered in the media and across the blogosphere. If the Herman Cain sexual harassment coverage has taught us anything, it's that innuendo becomes ripe for media so long as there are official charges lodged or money paid out. The difference between salacious gossip and investigative reporting has become, for better or worse, a document trail. Maybe Deadspin would have published the Clinkscalesstory anyway. But Clinkscales' supposedly "pre-emptive" lawsuit did nothing to change that. No injunction was requested. The legal claim was unlikely to scare away Deadspin from the story nor substantially change how other media outlets were going to treat a raunchy allegation that had Andrews as a character. The only thing the quick lawsuit might have changed is a calculation of damages, if it's shown that the defendant Joan Lynch did indeed maliciously spread lies about Clinkscales, and the case against her gets that far. Clinkscales may say that Lynch's gossip-mongering hurt his reputation, but can he provethat the story that did the most to damage his image would have never been published had he not first filed the lawsuit? In filing his claims, Clinkscales gave Deadspin a convenient news peg to its story, in all probability insulating the website from a separate defamation claim and raising the issue whether he contributed to, rather than mitigated, the exposure of the masturbation story. The defamation claim has become an outlet for sensitive public figures to strike back against unsavory news stories, but these type of cases also tend to incite vast news coverage. It might feel good for the plaintiff, but we wonder if this is an error both on a PR and legal front. Here's a copy of Clinkscales' allegations, which we'll admit to have never thought of sharing had it not become a federal lawsuit: E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner

India's Bhupen Hazarika dies

Indian multihyphenate Bhupen Hazarika died of multiple organ failure in Mumbai on Saturday, November. 5. He was 85. Hazarika would be a singer, poet, composer, filmmaker, author and journalist who managed to get his existence pursuit to propagate the folk traditions of his native condition Assam, in India's northeast. He directed 14 features starting with "Ek Bator Sur" (1956) and ending with 1988's "Siraj." Hazarika also composed the background music for 12 features. In early nineteen fifties, while Hazarika would be a Ph.D candidate at Columbia U., he met legendary singer Paul Robeson and was inspired to compose an Indian version of "Old Guy River" within the Assamese, Bengali and Hindi languages. The resulting song, "Bistirno Parore," grew to become an anthem for Indian leftist groups. He was approved India's greatest film recognition, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, in 1992. His lengthy-term companion, the filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi, survives Hazarika. Lajmi stated: "I've lost my dad, my buddy, my lover, my hubby, my pal, my mentor and guide. I'd rapport with him for 29 years, and that he is finished now." Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Passionate Fires The Next Shot In Fight With Apple, Introduces New Media Composer

The anticipated next version of Avid's Media Composer editing system-version 6-together with its NewsCutter version 10 and Symphony version 6, will probably be on November. 15. The completely new software includes a 64-bit architecture, additionally to new 3d editing tools and elevated support for third-party hardware.our editor recommendsCanon, Red-colored-colored, Passionate Prepare Anticipated Bulletins for ThursdayAvid Pounces inside the Wake of Apple's Final Cut Professional X 'Debacle' Media Composer 6 particularly will probably be carefully seen as it'll be the initial major era of Avid's flagship editing system since its chief rival inside the editing space, Apple, launched Final Cut Professional X-which created a lot of discontent inside the professional community. Apple claims to offer the greatest part of the nonlinear editingcustomer base exceeding 2 million clients, from fanatics toprofessionals. Passionate positions its Media Composer since the tool associated with preference inside the professional space American Cinema Editors' latest member survey found that the majority its people use Passionate. New Media Composer features introduced today will not come just like a complete surprise to clients. Carrying out a Final Cut Professional X launch last spring, Passionate situated an individual meeting at Warner Bros., throughout which-inside an atypical move for Passionate-it offered a glimpse at its Media Composer development roadmap. Passionate also previewed a couple of of those future tools in the technology demonstration within the Worldwide Broadcasting Convention in September. An important Passionate message could it be aims to enhance speed and flexibility. Particularly, features add a new interface AVCHD and Red-colored-colored Epic support with Passionate Media Access Passionate DNxHD 444, a greater-quality HD codec further integration with Avid's audio publish system Professional Tools, including 5.1 and 7.1 multichannel surround sound support and color correction capabilities through support for your Passionate Artist Color control surface. The completely new 3d toolset continues to be examined by certain editors, that are deploying it to reduce approaching 3d features Passionate declined to title the editors as well as the film game game titles. Passionate reported that support for third-party tools includes video and audio cards from AJA Video Systems, Blackmagic Design, Bluefish444, Matrox and MOTU plus it gains an opportunity to scribe Apple ProRes (Mac OS-based systems only). "People clients that kind of got stranded with Apple, will have an area to go to,In . mentioned Chris Gahagan, senior v . p . of products and solutions at Passionate. "Many of them were being held back because we didn't support Professional Res or they preferred to make use of third-party I/O like AJA Kona. We are now can make it simpler to enable them to consider switching. We removed a few the big obstacles. ... They are doing need a company that's more dedicated to their profession." Passionate is supplying Final Cut Professional (excluding Final Cut Professional X) clients an opportunity to purchase Media Composer with online with free streaming practicing $1499. Prices for Media Composer 6 starts at $2499 upgrade prices begins at $299, with student prices from $295. Final Cut Professional X lists for $299.99. Related Subjects 3d Apple

Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters

A NintendoAge.com presentation from the Reclusion Films production. Produced by Adam Cornelius, Vince Clemente, Robin Mihara. Executive producers, Dain Anderson, Nathan Graybeal, Leah McGlynn, Trey Harrison. Directed, edited by Adam Cornelius.With: Harry Hong, Jonas Neubauer, Robin Mihara, Dana Wilcox, Ben Mullen, Jesse Kelkar, Thor Aackerlund, Trey Harrison, Matt Buco, Alex Kerr.Relentless building-block puzzle Tetris, possibly the most used videogame ever created, can get "King of Kong"-style treatment in "Ecstasy of Order." Missing that earlier film's more colorful personality clashes and much more effective narrative tension, Adam Cornelius' amiable docu of a La tournament from a couple of from the world's best players looks vulnerable to access fans via smallscreen formats rather than theatrical release. Robin Mihara can be a Tigard, Ore., resident whose reliance on the pastime is cleverly outlined by animation of "the Tetris Effect" (a genuine condition where players see Tetris forms inside their dreams or possibly in mild waking hallucinations). Pic offers background in regards to the game's roots (created by a Russian computer investigator in 1984) and describes the recommendations, nonetheless its primary focus is on people top scorers whom Mihara invites for the L.A. tourney. A number of these are regular folks -- self-confessed brainiacs that are good-natured rivals (and definately not poor nonwinners). A modicum of suspense evolves over whether elusive game legend Thor Aackerlund -- mentioned to own made the "impossible" leap for the game's 30th level -- will surface freely after a period of family difficulty and hard feelings toward Producers. When participants finally meet, rooting rates of interest are possibly stolen by Dana Wilcox, an easygoing, platinum-haired lesbian from Concord, Calif., who's formerly carried out such isolation she would never know about some rudimentary maneuvers until Mihara paid out a visit. (Nonetheless, her scores are sky-high.) However everyone here's affable enough, and having less much drama is increased since the climactic showdown (onstage inside a small auditorium) doesn't raise a pulse. Pic might have confused just a little by sinking to the extended good status for legal wrangles Tetris engendered once it started being commercial marketed, or briefly chronicling past competitions all over the world. Nonetheless, "Ecstasy of Order" will delight fans in the highly addictive game, and offer mild amusement for some individuals. Soundtrack of deliberately tacky videogame-style original electronic music can be a plus.Camera (color, HD), Daniel Billips music, Chris Pickolick, Chilly Willy, Pulse Emitter appear, Daniel Rodriguez. Examined away Area Docfest, March. 23, 2011. Running time: 92 MIN. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com