'Holmes' scribe tapped for 'Twilight Zone' rewrite

"Invictus" and "Sherlock Holmes" scribe Tony Peckham is in final negotiations to rewrite "The Twilight Zone" for Warner Bros. and Appian Way. Matt Reeves is set to direct from a script originally penned by Jason Rothenberg. Warner Bros. is targeting the pic as a tentpole, and unlike the 1983 feature that had four separate storylines, this pic will have one story with elements from the "Twilight Zone" universe. Leonardo DiCaprio will produce through Appian Way along with his partner Jennifer Davisson Killoran and Michael Ireland. Peckham has been in the studio's good graces as of late penning scripts such as "Sherlock Holmes," "Invictus" and "The Book of Eli" for WB and is also currently working on Yucatan for the studio and Team Downey. He is repped by WME and Annoymous Content. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

Golden Globes Comedy versus. Drama Category Fight Rages On

This short article first made an appearance within the 12 ,. 2 problem from the Hollywood Reporter magazine.our editor recommendsCameron Crowe Discloses How He Lured Matt Damon for 'We Purchased a Zoo' Names His 5 Favorite MoviesBehind the Moments of THR's Author Roundtable 2011THR's Author Roundtable: 6 Top Scribes Talk Standing to Clint Eastwood, Coping with Rewrites and Being Fired because of your Wife8 Possible Hollywood Targets for Ough Gervais in the Golden Globes The suspense is building. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has clarified one question: Yes, Ough Gervais is going to be to host for that third time once the 69th annual Golden Globe Honours airs Jan. 15 on NBC in the Beverly Hilton. PHOTOS: It's a Zoo This Year -- 23 Honours Challengers Featuring Creatures However you will find much more questions surrounding which films, Television shows and performances is going to be nominated 12 ,. 15. If this involves movies, the HFPA options can frequently appear quite, well ... idiosyncratic may be the kindest method to place it. The problem isn't just which films the audience decides to appoint however in what category. Unlike the Academy awards, the Globes have two groups for the best picture, actor and actress -Body looking for dramas and the other looking for musicals or comedies. And each year that creates a debate or two. Last season, Globes-viewers were left trembling their heads when romantic thriller The Tourist was treated like a comedy and it is leads The Actor-brad Pitt and Julia Roberts both obtained nominations. STORY: THR's Company directors Roundtable: How you can Fire People, Who to Steal From, and Amy Pascal's Secret Advice Drama or Musical/Comedy? Because Hollywood tosses out less musicals or comedies throughout honours season, the Globes' musical/comedy groups are usually less competitive. And thus galleries, whether they can pull off it, frequently would rather steer a film in to the comedy selection for any clearer road to noms and wins. Within the situation of certain dramedies, the road is truly vague, so marketers can legitimately claim a comedy slot. This season, numerous funny films cope with serious subject material: 50/50 (cancer), Beginners (sexual orientation and cancer) Carnage (aggression) and Youthful Adult (narcissism) happen to be posted for musical/comedy. There, they'll end up rivaling two genuine comedies which are the obvious front-runners: Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist and Woodsy Allen's Night time in Paris. There also might be room for raucous comedies for example Bridesmaids and Horrible Bosses. PHOTOS: Golden Globes 2011 Red-colored Carpet Style Disney attempted to conquer the machine by posting The Assistance, its sixties Southern period piece like a comedy, however the HFPA, to the credit, vetoed the concept. Fox Searchlight and The new sony considered posting their particular films The Descendants and Moneyball within the comedy warmth but ultimately made the decision against it. So individuals films will duke it for any best drama slot with a few of the films that haven't yet been broadly tested: War Equine, Very Noisy and extremely Close and also the Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo. Lead or Supporting? One factor to look at within the acting groups is whether or not the HFPA will accept the galleries' demands to think about certain stars in specific groups or go rogue and nominate large names in whatever category it is very pleasing to. The audience has a tendency to favor A-listers within the lead groups, no matter studio preferences. The new sony Pictures Classics really wants to see all stars of Carnage, including Jodie Promote and Kate Winslet, treated as supporting gamers, and Warners is suggesting that Noisy's Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks be also put in the supporting races. But because of the HFPA's history, they might just like easily emerge as lead acting nominees, when they aren't overlooked altogether. Exactly the same could affect Bridesmaids scene-stealer and Emmy champion Melissa McCarthy. STORY: THR's Author Roundtable: 6 Top Scribes Talk Standing to Clint Eastwood, Coping with Rewrites and Being Fired because of your Wife Stars or Celebrities? While you will find lots of rising stars who've completed honours-worthy work this season -- Michael Fassbender in Shame along with a Harmful Method, Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene -- the Globes voters would rather lure the greatest stars easy to their party. Which was the only real reason behind individuals nominations for Depp and Jolie, who appeared a little embarrassed by them. When the HFPA does insist upon singling out large stars, it will opt a minimum of for large stars in good films like Margin Call, by which Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Demi Moore and Zachary Quinto all shine. The Globes might have the ability to pull off rewarding Depp for playing Jack Sparrow again -- he's received one nomination for your Pirates from the Caribbean role -- although not the godawful The Rum Diary. Jolie also might make coming back appearance as director of Within the Land of Bloodstream and Honey, that is carried out in Serbian with subtitles. Which means it qualifies for that Globes' foreign-language film category, where Jolie would be easily probably the most glamorous contender. In the end, Gervais gets a pass, so why wouldn't you Angelina? PHOTOS: Behind the curtain of THR's Author Roundtable 2011 THAT Crazy GLOBES CATEGORY: During the last 3 decades, 14 musical/comedy those who win go onto earn Oscar noms, with four winning best picture. 1983: Tootsie Oscar nom 1986: Prizzi's Recognition Oscar nom 1987: Hannah and her Siblings Oscar nom 1988: Hope and Glory Oscar nom 1989: Working Girl Oscar nom 1990: Driving Miss Daisy Best Picture champion 1992: Beauty and also the Animal Oscar nom 1996: Babe Oscar nom 1999: Shakespeare for each other Best Picture champion 2002: Moulin Rouge! Oscar nom 2003: Chicago Best Picture champion 2004: Lost in Translation Oscar nom 2005: Sideways Oscar nom 2011: The Children Are Right Oscar nom Related Subjects Golden Globes Ough Gervais Golden Globes 2011

Bonjour! Watch the Trailer for January's Beauty and the Beast 3D Re-Release

Be Movieline’s guest and revisit everyone’s favorite tale as old as time, the second release in Disney’s quest for total world domination (AKA, The ‘See How Much Money Lion King 3D Made Us??’ business plan) which brings vintage Disney classics back to screens in limited runs in restored 3-D. Next up is 1991’s Beauty and the Beast, a singalong favorite for children of the ’90s that’s sure to make another bazillion or so dollars. Watch the trailer and decide if you’re giddy to see Belle sweep the Beast off his cloven feet with her brainy book smarts or just curious to know what Robby Benson’s up to these days… Producer Don Hahn, who also produced The Lion King and oversaw its recent 3-D conversion and re-release, is back to guide Beauty and the Beast’s 3-D run, although I’m not quite sold on the muted visual presentation in the trailer below; the final polish must look better than this if it’s going to be worth the ticket price. To be fair, Beauty and the Beast’s Blu-ray presentation was fairly gorgeous, and the Disney team managed to make Lion King’s sprawling tundras come even more alive in 3-D. So, sure: Mark your calendars for January 13, 2012! [Yahoo!]

The merits of 'Melancholia'

Kirsten Dunst in 'Melancholia.'Von TrierWhen Lars Von Trier launched into his infamous tirade in Cannes, distributors who had the rights to his latest pic, "Melancholia," may have despaired -- but in fact, the film is doing good business. The question is: Could it have done better? Long-time students of this self-proclaimed anarchist and mischievous provocateur, who now insists he is not really a Nazi and was only kidding, would have been justified in exclaiming, as does Kirsten Dunst's character in the film, "What did you expect?"Anyone who thought Von Trier's distribution partners, many of whom have stood by the director since his breakout hit "Breaking the Waves" in 1996, would turn against him, will be disappointed. Cannes may have declared Von Trier to be "persona non grata," but his film, which opened in the U.S. Nov. 11 and grossed $257,174 from 19 screens over its opening weekend, has been given a warm welcome by many film critics, fellow professionals and cinemagoers. Several of the movie's distribs have already signed up to release Von Trier's next film, erotic drama "Nymphomaniac," and last week the European Film Academy rewarded "Melancholia" with eight nominations in its annual awards. The film's box office gross stands at $14.4 million through Nov. 13, a figure that is likely to rise substantially as the pic is still running in theaters in several territories, and has yet to open in many others. With video and TV sales added to the pot, production company Zentropa is likely to easily recoup its investment on the film.But still the thought remains: It could have been so much better if he'd just kept his mouth shut."When I saw the film, I thought it was fantastic; really powerful. I was so impressed that I thought it could win a major prize in Cannes; perhaps not the Palme d'Or, but the Grand Prix," recalls Regine Vial, head of distribution at French indie Les Films du Losange. As it was, the film had to make do with the actress award for Dunst.Vial opened the film in August and is glad she did. Although many people in France go to the beach for most of that month, there was little competition in the arthouse market, which gave the film a clear run in the press, and time to build its audience through word of mouth. Vial was even invited to appear on radio shows to talk about the scandal, which gave her the opportunity to shift the focus onto the film.In the two months between Cannes and the opening, she had vigorously promoted the film through preview screenings at locations where the chattering classes gather. These included a theater festival in Avignon and a film festival in Corsica."We wanted to show the film straightaway in as many place as possible to let people see that this was a fantastic piece of filmmaking, and allow word to spread," Vial says. "Melancholia" has taken $3.4 million in Gaul as of Nov. 13 -- more than any other territory -- and it is still playing in theaters there, but Vial believes it could have been even more popular if Von Trier hadn't have run his mouth, and the film had won one of the top prizes in Cannes. Before the festival, Vial had hoped the film would achieve a box office of around $4.2 million; she now expects it to end on about $3.8 million. Antonio Medici, general director at Italy's BIM Distribuzione, is also dismayed about the fallout from Von Trier's rant in Cannes. He says some theater owners declined to take the film, and although others took their place, he feels the outburst distracted from the film's undoubted quality, and led some people to avoid it. "Melancholia" had a poor opening weekend in Italy on Oct. 21, but has recovered slightly since. Medici estimates that the box office, which now stands at $638,164 as of Nov. 13, will end up between $676,000 and $744,000, which is about 30% below the company's estimate in the run-up to Cannes. Medici blames the shortfall on the controversy, which was covered in primetime news shows on all the main TV channels in Italy."Some months had passed, but I believe there were still people that didn't want to watch a movie from a man who made such a statement," Medici says.Ivo Andrle, acquisitions head at Aerofilms, the film's Czech distributor, had a more positive experience. He opened the "Melancholia" immediately after Cannes, and has banked $192,000 and finished its run; this is 57% more than the $109,000 he forecast before the festival. He says the controversy created an appetite in the media for news about Von Trier, which he then fed with tidbits about the film itself."The media attention started with the scandal, and grew rapidly, but they just talked about the scandal and not about the film. So we tried to follow up and give them further topics to include in their coverage," he says.So, how do you solve a problem like Von Trier? Well, the director may already have supplied the answer himself, when he declared last month he had sworn a vow of silence. His pics' distributors hope that in the future he will allow his films to speak for themselves. n Contact Leo Barraclough at leo.barraclough@variety.com

Starz Boss Chris Albrecht Defends Finish of Netflix Deal, Cites Talks With Other People

NY - Starz Boss Chris Albrecht stated here Thursday at parent company Liberty Media's annual investor day the premium TV firm is scaling as much as 50 hrs of originals annually by 2014 and can launch an authenticated TV Everywhere online platform, much like Cinemax Go, the coming year.our editor recommendsLiberty Media to Mix Liberty Starz, Liberty Capital Monitoring StocksWall Street All Ears for Liberty Media's Sirius XM, Starz PlansStarz Developing Six-Hour Ottoman Empire Series (Exclusive) Younger crowd defended Starz's recent decision to not renew an electronic distribution relationship with Netflix, quarrelling that the renewal will be a continue Starz's earnings in 2 to 3 years. Albrecht stated other on the internet and new distribution deal possibilities will open for Starz consequently of their escaping . of their Netflix relationship soon. PHOTOS: Netflix's 10 Most Leased Movies ever He opened up his presentation Thursday with a few jokes about news from earlier each morning though. Albrecht quipped he was shocked to determine a news release today stating that the freedom Starz monitoring stock would ended and become coupled with Liberty Capital. "Ok, it had been a monitoring ticker, however it would be a ticker," meaning it elevated his stature, he stated to laughs. He added that his new wife appeared to deal with him with "less respect" prior to the conference consequently. After apologizing for any mind cold, he quipped he nearly lost his voice "shouting lower" BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield who is renowned for his frequently opinionated reviews. Talking about the finish of Starz's Netflix deal, that Starz continues to be belittled because it switched to get not enough money, Albrecht stated his company "made the complete right option for its medium and lengthy-term." Stating that the offer was "a prices and packaging problem," he stated the price of movies might have risen within renewal, and also the growing core business could have been eroded. Plus, it might have managed to get "extremely difficultInch for other people to go in the internet video distribution business, Albrecht contended. "In 2 to 3 years, the Netflix deal will be a continue Starz earnings," he stated, despite the fact that he expressed "tremendous respect" for Netflix. "They've their business design, also it just didn't fall into line with ours." STORY: Netflix Stock Drops 8% After Starz Renewal Talks Finish Albrecht also stated "we're in very active discussions" with a variety of movie marketers, both known, for example Amazon . com and Google, and brand new ones. Other new distribution and growth possibilities he pointed out incorporated high-speed data-only premium packages ("We're all for this," Albrecht stated), out-of-footprint MVPD choices, TV Everywhere authenticated plays and "affordable, flexible funding with core marketers." Talking about Starz's focus ahead, Albrecht stated: "Grow we'll, grow we should.Inch Key listed here are original shows, by which Starz invested, including money saved from reduced investing on movies, he stated. Originals help differentiate Starz and obtain more support from TV marketers, he stated. Starz continues to be searching to bolster its associations together carrying out a much-belittled cope with Netflix that's visiting an finish soon. For example that investing on originals will pay off, Albrecht stated that Starz original series Spartacus is on the right track to become lucrative. Albrecht demonstrated the investor conference clips from Miracle City, the brand new season of Spartacus and Boss, that they stated his team is "very proud" of and that they stated sees Kelsey Grammer be as good as anybody in a project Albrecht has have you been involved. While Boss might not be representational from the developing brand that Starz is searching to build up, Albrecht stated it's strong and that he loved the script a lot he would like to discover what goes on in season two when the show does good enough to come back. STORY: Starz Won't Renew Netflix Streaming Deal Albrecht also stated the his team is concentrating on refining and growing product choices to marketers. For the reason that context, Starz will even still review "all potential new possibilities" as new video gamers show up. "We are prudently aggressive," Albrecht vowed and not mention any sort of digital distributor. With all of nevertheless, Liberty Media Boss Greg Maffei stated in the meeting that Starz will concentrate on strengthening its brand, saying it's been "relatively muffled," adding originals, enhancing relations with traditional partners and searching for "compatible incremental digital distribution" possibilities. Explaining why the freedom Starz and Liberty Capital monitoring stocks is going to be combined now, Maffei stated investment possibilities for Starz haven't materialized, but he stated he sees "a number of possibilities" for deals at Liberty Capital. Also, despite great Starz customer momentum, "we don't believe we obtain the valuation" deserved for Starz. Liberty management stated Thursday it might use its cash following a Starz-Capital combination to improve its stakes in existing opportunities or place it into new companies. Plus, Maffei stated the mixture can give Liberty more versatility for future spin-offs. Mentioning investor questions regarding potential spins of Starz or Sirius XM, he stated "versatility increases with this particular.Inch But he didn't show his hands, saying "you never know what our future holds." Related Subjects Starz! Netflix

10 Celebrities Who Donned Old-Age Makeup

Last week, 'J. Edgar,' the Clint Eastwood-directed biopic about the life of former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, was released nationwide. In order to play Hoover in his 70s, star Leonardo DiCaprio had to don face makeup galore. (As 'J. Edgar' co-star Armie Hammer told Moviefone, "It's not a little makeup, I'll tell you that.) Of course, DiCaprio isn't the first actor to jump a few decades in age through movie magic. In honor of 'J.Edgar,' Moviefone presents 10 Celebrities Who Donned Old-Age Makeup. 10 Celebrities Who Went Old 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II''Back to the Future Part II''Click''Romy and Michele's High School Reunion''Romy and Michele's High School Reunion''A Beautiful Mind''Citizen Kane''J. Edgar'Katy Perry See All Moviefone Galleries » For a closer look at celebrities who went old, check out the clips below. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Scribes Doug Miro & Carlo Bernard Shift Into Producing With A-Space For Paramount

Screenwriting part-ners Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard are moving into produc-ing withA-Space, a contemporary spy thriller they have sold to Paramount Pictures. The title of the pitch refers to a specialized, classified social network the US government built to allow intelligence agents to connect and share information — a sort of “Facebook for Spies. The story involves a young software engineer who discovers something he shouldn’t while working on the site.Jason Horwitch is writing the script.Geoff Stier and Alison Small will oversee the project for Paramount.Miro and Bernard’s most recent movie credits wereThe Sorcerer’s Apprentice andPrince of Persia: The Sands of Time.Horwitch created and executive produced AMCsRubicon, andhecreated and co-executive produced NBCsMedical Investigation.Miro and Bernard are represented by UTA. Horwitch is represented by CAA.The real A-Space launched officially for the nation’s entire intelligence community in 2008.The site is used by analysts within 16 U.S. intelligence agencies, including the CIA, FBI and the National Security Agency, to share classified information and facilitate discussion about cases.

AFM 2011: Ex-Groupon Executive Takes New Venture Prescreen to Santa Monica

Groupon, the online deals company of which Shawn Bercuson was a co-founder, had its IPO on Friday. But Bercuson, who turns 30 next week, was already in Santa Monica for his first-ever AFM to look for content and business deals for his latest venture, Prescreen. The online platform for long-form content, mostly movies, but also concerts, launched in September and wants to provide filmmakers and distributors with an alternative to traditional distribution channels, online and otherwise. It features curated content, with a film suggestion and trailer emailed to users every day - Groupon-style. Users can rent it for $4 on day one and $8 for the rest of a 60-day period. "It's not about an investment of money, but of time," Bercuson, who is Prescreen's founder and CEO, explains. Once rented and started, people can view the content for up to 48 hours. And they can share it through their social networks. One key social aspect about the site is the TrendSpotter feature, which earns users credits toward their next movie if they are one of the first 5 percent of at least 20 people to purchase a movie or get three of their friends to buy it. The content owner gets 50 percent of the revenue a film makes on the site, information on how often a film has been bought and privacy-protected information on the people who chose it, including their age bracket, the city they live in and their interests, among other things. With info that a film has an addressable market of 1.7 million people, that most buyers are 18-24 and live in California and New Mexico, and that their interests include cooking, French films and dancing can help with targeted online marketing, which Bercuson wants to start offering, and limited release and other forms of targeting. "Ultimately, we care about shifting ad dollars to online" hope to earn commissions from content partners for digital ad buys, he says. Standup comedy shows, which Prescreen hopes to add to the mix, could also include a link to ticket buying sites in another useful service to content partners, he says. Prescreen, which Bercuson says his team still sees as being in beta mode, already has 50,000 users and is adding about 1,000 per day. Its first movie was How to Start Your Own Country, which got about 90 rentals. A concert from the band The Civil Wars has also been on offer. "This week, we had our first breakout movie," he adds. I Am sold over 550 rentals in one day and stood at 4,092 trailer views and 676 buys as of Friday. Overall Prescreen views stand at around 2,100. The company has a staff of 11. How does the team select content? Bercuson says they look for material that is either entertaining, educational, enlightening or inspiring. And he says he wants to bring people some hidden gems. The site touts that movies on Prescreen get "blockbuster exposure on an indie budget." Content can be in the pre-theatrical, theatrical or even DVD or later stage, but has to be exclusive in Prescreen's online realm for its period that it is on the site. "It can be available - more expensively - in electronic sell-through, but it makes sense to use us earlier in the life cycle because of the research you get, Baucson says. "We have a lot of movies, but don't schedule more than a week ahead," he adds. That allows the site to offer films tied to world events or societal trends, such as the Occupy Wall Street movement. Prescreen is only Web-enabled now, but plans to be on iPads, phones and Web-enabled TV sets down the line. Prescreen incorporated in February, Bercuson raised $1 million from Groupon friends and venture capitalists in March, hired the first engineer in May, and the site is already up and running. Bercuson says he enjoys movies, but was never a film buff and knew nothing about the film business until he went skiing in Sundance with his father and was asked by friends who were attending the film festival to take meetings about digital distribution. "I stumbled in, but it became all-consuming," he recalls. "I saw great opportunity...I thought that if I don't do it, someone else will." His next goal: getting a trial run from a big studio - there have already been some talks - and crossing 100,000 views on one day. At AFM, he is looking to meet indie filmmakers, content owners and other possible business partners. "We're here looking for content and do business development," he says. What has Baucson learned about the movie business so far? The average trailer is too long for online viewing, losing 30 percent of viewers every 30 seconds, he said. "Online audiences are different from people who sit in a movie theater," he says. "Online trailers have to be much shorter." How does he feel about Groupon's IPO, which was priced at $20 and saw the stock of the online deals site rise 31 percent to $26.11? "It's exciting to be part of something that has changed and invented an industry," Baucson says. "I got up a little earlier today and lost a little sleep over it and was checking my phone more than usual. But it didn't change me. It hasn't really sunk in." Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Topics Groupon

Taylor Lautner On Jacobs Breaking Dawn Journey: He Has To Move On

First Published: November 4, 2011 10:41 AM EDT Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Taylor Lautner at the junket for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, Los Angeles, Nov. 3, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Taylor Lautner may have a six pack (at least), a chiseled jaw line and an athletic physique, but hes an old softie when it came to filming his last scene in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. It didnt help that my very last scene was an emotional scene to begin with. It was this last dance between Jacob and Bella, Taylor recounted to Access Hollywoods Shaun Robinson on Thursday in Los Angeles. Hes sort of saying goodbye to her, and shes saying goodbye to him. Shes going on her honeymoon, and hes [realizing], All right, its over. Youve got to get over her. Shes married. Shes going to have fun with Edward. Its done. It was an emotional scene, he continued. Just being the last scene that we filmed, it was tough. Taylor said fans would see a real journey for his character, werewolf Jacob Black, in the upcoming film. Jacob goes through a ton in this movie. Hes finally able to grow up and make decisions, Taylor told Shaun. Hes never really had to do that before, so he didnt. Then this one, he has to make a decision. He has to move on. He has to grow up and become a man. Hes being torn between his family and the Cullens, and whats the right thing to do? Hes sort of a middleman, bouncing back and forth. It was really challenging for me. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 hits theaters on November 18. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Kim Kardashian Keeping The Ring?

First Published: November 2, 2011 7:04 PM EDT Credit: WireImage LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Kim Kardashian in Hollywood (inset a close-up of her engagement ring), August, 17, 2011Kim Kardashians marriage to NBA star Kris Humphries may be over but shes apparently keeping her 20-carat engagement ring. She is going to keep the ring, Peoples Assistant Editor Jen Garcia, a guest at Kims August nuptials, told Access Hollywood on Wednesday, quoting sources that spoke to the mag. Since Kardashian was the one who broke it off, etiquette dictates that she should give it back, but according to Garcia, the reality star is attached to the rock. Its something thats debatable, obviously, with etiquette, but it was a gift to her, it was a present and its something very sentimental to her, Garcia told Access Hollywood. According to estimates, the ring is actually worth about $2 million, which is nearly $1 million shy of Humphries reported 2011 $3.2 million salary with the New Jersey Nets. Humphries yearly salary, however, is dwarfed by his estranged wifes sizable paycheck. Forbes has reported she made about $12 million last year. And with an NBA lockout still in effect, Humphries isnt earning any money from playing basketball. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

'Harold and Kumar' Star Kal Penn Not 'Vanilla' Enough for a lot of Casting Company company directors

Kal Penn's extended, strange visit to the 'Harold & Kumar' franchise is well-recorded -- Penn needed couple of years taken off acting to make use of Obama and also the administration -- but no matter time away, it seems hardly any has changed since his sabbatical began. Inside an interview with Movieline's Jen Yamato, Penn spoken concerning the "color bar" in Hollywood that prevents non-Whitened stars and stars from getting certain roles. While saying he's been "fortunate" while using roles he's become -- in 'Harold & Kumar,' 'Superman Returns' and TV's '24' and 'How I Met Your Mother' among others -- Penn states he still misses on parts because of his race (Penn's parents are natives of India). "It's become infinitely better in the last eight years, specifically in television. However, you'll still audition for things constantly and so they inform you, 'We desire to maintain it a little more vanilla' [...] The other day there's a movie that we was up for getting a really prominent African-American actor which i had been told one reason I didn't have the job was simply because they were not at ease with several people of color inside the cast. So, still happens. It happens although less now laptop or computer did eight in the past, and hopefully it happens less eight years from now laptop or computer does today, but you will discover sadly some backwards-thinking producers left in Hollywood." For further on Penn's in time the White-colored House, mind to Movieline to determine the whole interview. 'A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas' hits theaters on Friday. [via Movieline] [Photo: Getty] RELATED Moviefone 2011 Holiday Movie Preview 'Tower Heist''A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas''J. Edgar''Jack & Jill''Immortals''Happy Foot Two''Breaking Beginning Part 1''The Descendants''Arthur Christmas''Hugo''The Muppets''The Artist''My Week With Marilyn''A Dangerous Method''Shame''New Year's Eve''The Sitter''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy''W.E.''Young Adult''We Need to Discuss Kevin''Alvin as well as the Chipmunks 3''Sherlock Holmes: A Game Title Title of Shadows''Carnage''The Iron Lady''Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol''The Adventures of Tintin''The Girl While using Dragon Tattoo''We Bought a Zoo''In the Land of Blood stream and Honey''War Equine''Extremely Noisy and very Close' See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Analyst: YouTube Channels No Immediate Threat to Entertainment Companies

NY -- YouTube's long-expected channels initiative, which the Google-owned video site finally unveiled late Friday, is no immediate threat to entertainment companies, but it could grab some advertising dollars traditionally focused on TV and position Google as a competitor over time, Barclays Capital analyst Anthony DiClemente said in a report on Tuesday.our editor recommendsHollywood Conglomerate Earnings Season: Ad Outlook, Digital Deals to Be in FocusYouTube Announces TV Initiative With 100 Niche Channels The report, entitled "Will YouTube's offering move the needle?," analyzed the planned launch of around 100 online video channels with such celebrities as Jay-Z, Madonna, Shaquille O'Neal, Amy Poehler, Sofia Vergara and Tony Hawk, designed to create a next-generation video hub. "While we do not believe this is an immediate threat to studios, content providers or distributors just yet, we do believe this is Google's first step toward providing a more robust platform for professionally produced independent content, and believe the move positions Google to act as a distributor in a bid toward capturing incremental ad dollars that are traditionally directed toward TV," DiClemente wrote. For media and entertainment companies, over time, "this creates an emerging threat in terms of engagement, ad dollars and distribution, an incremental bidder for original content and another vehicle for consumers to circumvent the traditional pay TV model," he warned. After all, online video advertising is the fastest-growing ad category online, and he projects it to grow 43 percent in 2011 to $2 billion. "We believe YouTube accounts for the lion's share of these ad dollars with $1.6 billion in 2011," the Barclays analyst estimated. "YouTube is uniquely positioned here as it is by far the most watched online video property with 161 million unique viewers in September." With its channel launches, Google "becomes a major player in independent short-form, professionally produced content, and sets itself up to be new media distribution platform and gain incremental ad dollars," DiClemente concluded. BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield had said in a blog post on Monday that the YouTube channels are the latest premium online video offer that will compete for consumers' attention just like Netflix and other online video providers. "We wonder if it will eventually end up being a negative for today's leading/established content creators," Greenfield said. "The average U.S. household is watching over eight hours of TV per day, and when you start to layer in a wide spectrum of content from the Web, especially older content, we believe traditional television and movie content, especially fresh/live content, will suffer." Related Topics YouTube