TweetRoast draws Oscar aud

The 84th Oscars received an online roasted using the birth of TweetRoast -- a comedy platform that used the #tweetroast hashtag a lot more than 24,000 occasions throughout the broadcast with more than 11,000 people viewing the website. "Oscar Fact: More and more people might find this tweet than ever before saw 'Tree of Existence,'" tweeted Denis Leary. The woking platform was began by Paul Fireman, mind of Pittsburgh-based Fireman Creative, and Jim Serpico, mind of Leary's NY-based Apostle Entertainment using the goal of helping comics boost their social networking following. TweetRoast's next occasions would be the March 19 Republican debate in Tigard, Ore., and also the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Other comics taking part include Dane Prepare and Jay Mohr. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Lionsgate, JP Morgan area TV Guide offers

Lionsgate and JP Morgan Chase & Co.'s One Equity Partners wing have acquired several written offers from potential customers for your TV Guide Network cabler and TVGuide.com website. A repetition for Lionsgate declined comment Monday but an origin with knowledge of situation established the bids arrived at greater than the partners taken proper care of the cabler. Lionsgate is mentioned being seeking about $400 million for your resource. The partners are actually shopping the cabler for many days with likely outcome just as one outright purchase -- although there's still an chance that particular Equity, the non-public investment arm of JP Morgan, could spend Lionsgate's 51% stake or the other way round. The channel's distribbed in than 80 million cable/satellite houses and created $20 million in EBIDTA a year ago for your partners. It's restored its carriage handles Time Warner, Comcast and Charter and contains been moving to change the funnel in the records-focused intend to a regular linear funnel. Lionsgate bought the cabler and website in February 2009 for $255 million. By May of the year, Lionsgate had offered a 49% stake inside the assets for $125 million to at least one Equity and investor Allen Shapiro, who had previously been looking for TV Guide concurrently Lionsgate made its bid. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Exclusive Mad Males Sneak Look: Will Don Cheat Again?

Chris Colfer Glee's Chris Colfer is definitely an very busy guy. He stars round the hit Fox musical, is delivering a children's book in May, and makes his screenwriting - and leading guy - debut later this year at night time secondary school comedy Struck By Lightning. Inside the film, Colfer plays Carson Phillips, a greater school student who blackmails his peers into contributing to his campus literary magazine after which it can get - yup - struck by lightning. Chris Colfer makes leap to silver screen with Struck By Lightning The film also stars Modern Family's Sarah Hyland, Mad Men's Christina Hendricks and Allison Janney as Carson's mother. Watch the initial trailer: Will you see Struck By Lightning?

The Hunger Games discloses three new motion posters

[brightcove]1275910811001[/brightcove]Hunger Games fans could possibly get ready to become a bit more submerged into the field of Panem using the discharge of three new motion posters.Inside a neat marketing move, the posters showcase items available within the imaginary future-realm of Panem (or at best the affluent Capitol, we can not see a lot of District 12 citizens purchasing skyliner.)Featuring around the posters are Lenny Kravitz' Cinna, Stanley Tucci's Caesar Flickerman, and Wes Bentley's Seneca Crane.Check Them out:The 2nd problem of Capitol Couture can also be readily available for reading through pleasure.The Hunger Games opens on 23 March 2012. Read our Complete Help Guide To The Hunger Games.

'Transformers' Cast Not Coming back For Next Movie?

When MTV News talked with "Transformers" producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura lately, he taunted there will be a totally new cast of figures for that approaching Michael Bay-directed "Transformers 4." But we did not realize how literal he had been. Apparently Josh Duhamel did though. The star from the previous "Transformers" films swept up with E! Online lately and stated he wasn't thinking about returning for future years film. And, apparently, neither are his famous costars. "I do not think anybody's doing the work,Inch he stated. "I understand Shia [LaBoeuf]'s not doing the work. I do not think Tyrese or Rosie [Huntington-Whiteley] or anybody else does it." Duhamel did not appear too surprised that Vital Pictures was ongoing the franchise, stating the prior film's large box office haul as ample reason to proceed using the series. "Whenever these movies make much money they are will make as much as they are able to,Inch he stated. "[But] I've not heard anything about this. They haven't known as me." Granted, there's still sufficient time for Bay and di Bonaventura to do this. Bay is pointing "Discomfort and Gain" first, and also the movie is not even likely to hit theaters until June 27, 2014. But Duhamel does not seem particularly excited to return in to the fold, if he's even requested. We'll need to observe how things pan out once "Transformers 4" will get nearer to casting its stars. Will you be disappointed if "Transformers 4" was a completely new cast of stars? Inform us within the comments section below or on Twitter!

Distribution revolution: shifting ranks

'The Front Line' was one of several critically acclaimed local films released by Showbox.One of the big dramas playing out in the Korean film business today is the changing landscape among local distributors.It was ignited by CJ E&M, which was re-established as a massive enterprise in the local entertainment business in April, 2011. The company merged film, music, game and media companies under one roof in order to maximize the synergies of vertical integration.It distributed more than 50 foreign and local films under three labels last year: CJ Entertainment, newly consolidated CJ E&M, and its specialty division Filament Pictures. The three labels dominated the industry by grabbing a total market share of 37.4% -- up 7.1% from the days of CJ Entertainment in 2010.Local distributors' market share was much bigger than that of the U.S. direct distributors last year. In 2010, three direct distribs -- Fox, Warner Bros. and Sony Buena (Sony Pictures Releasing Buena Vista Korea) -- were included in the top five distributors list and got a market share of more than 30%.However in 2011, four out of the top five distributors were local. Only Sony Buena was included in the top five ranking with a relatively small 8.5% take at No. 4. Following CJ E&M, Lotte Entertainment ranked No. 2; Next Entertainment World was No. 3 -- with a 15.4% and 9% market share, respectively. Showbox, which was the second-biggest local distributor until 2009, ranked No. 5 with a 7.9% take.Lotte Entertainment has made the most conspicuous advance among local distribs. It held the second rank with a 15.4% market share for the first time since its launch in 2004; this was up by 3.7% up compared to the previous year.Lotte distributed 30 films, of which 21 were local, including last year's No. 1 at the B.O., "Arrow, the Ultimate Weapon."After Showbox Mediaplex sold off its multiplex chain Megabox, Lotte became the only company that can compete with CJ E&M by vertically integrating its film business division with its affiliate exhibition business, Lotte Cinemas. The company also officially launched its international department in 2011 and plans to expand globally.This ambition was underlined in December, when group chairman Shin Dong-bin exchanged a memorandum of understanding with Los Angeles mayor Antonio V

Glee Sneak Peek: Samuel Larson Makes His Debut! Plus: Rachel's Dads Arrive!

Glee It's Valentine's Day at McKinley High - and apparently it's all about Rachel Berry. Glee Spoiler Pics! Ricky Martin, Rachel's two dads, Mercedes' choice In the Glee sneak peeks below, New Directions and Glee Project co-winner Samuel Larson sing Gym Class Heroes' "Stereo Hearts," to the newly engaged Berry. Plus: Rachel's dads (Jeff Goldblum and Brian Stokes Mitchell) make their debut to celebrate Rachel and Finn's big news. Check out the sneak peeks below: Glee's Valentine's Day episode airs Tuesday at 8/7c on Fox.

Grammy spotlights Shore's 'Shine'

This year's Grammy nominees in the Best Score Soundtrack category contained four predictable scores and one surprise -- music from "The Shrine," a virtually unknown, low-budget, barely released horror film.Ryan Shore, the L.A.-based composer of "The Shrine," admits he was surprised by the nomination, which apparently beat out a number of better-known scores including "Drive," "The Help," "127 Hours" and "True Grit."Shore (nephew of Oscar- and Grammy-winning "Lord of the Rings" composer Howard Shore) says he used the Grammy365 website -- a "social networking" site available only to members -- to alert potential voters. "I do have a profile there and made mention of my submissions this year, like many others," he says.Grammy awards VP Bill Freimuth says while "vote solicitation" is not allowed at Recording Academy events, it's not discouraged on Grammy365. "I'm sure there will be discussion about it" at upcoming Grammy committee meetings, he says. "There may be changes, or there may not be.""I can't believe the company I'm in," says Shore, who faces off against better-known composers Alexandre Desplat, Clint Mansell and French electronic-music duo Daft Punk in the balloting. He created the entire "Shrine" score himself using samples and synths in his studio.GRAMMY AWARDS 2012Year's biggest star lights up Grammys | Revamped Grammys calls for more trims | Macca guarantees fab MusiCares gala | Creative sparks fly from clash of styles | More liberal take on visual media kudos | Grammy spotlights Shore's 'Shine' Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Emma Watts reups with Fox through 2015

Twentieth Century Fox production prexy Emma Watts has reupped her contract with the studio through 2015. Watt was upped to the prexy post in 2009. She's overseen a number of high-profile pics including "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," "We Bought a Zoo" and "Date Night" from helmer Shawn Levy. Watts is credited with helping to bring the prolific Levy into the Fox fold, having overseen the first installment of his "Night at the Museum" series. Since then, Levy has made more than $1 billion dollars for the studio. Levy's 21 Laps banner is now based at Fox. Watts first joined Fox in 1998 as a creative exec. She began her career at Def Pictures before becoming a director of development for Oliver Stone. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com

Key SAG Rule to Survive Merger

SAG's Global Rule 1, which requires members to work only under a union contract, will be retained in a merged SAG-AFTRA, "The Hollywood Reporter" has learned. Opponents of merger had raised the possibility that this would not be the case, since AFTRA has no analogous rule.Retaining the rule may blunt one objection to merger, but a potentially controversial detail apparently remains: if the unions merge, the rule may not apply to all members of the combined organization while all actors would be governed by the regulation, AFTRA broadcasters and singers may be exempt, at least initially.That's the implication of a conversation with a source aware of the new rules, who confirmed the applicability to actors, but when asked about the two other groups said only that some details of SAG-AFTRA rules will be determined by the new union's board.The reason for the distinction is a nettlesome issue for the union: some major news organizations, such as CNBC, are non-union. (AFTRA fought a ten-year battle to unionize that shop, but the National Labor Relations Board eventually ruled in favor of NBC management's position.) AFTRA broadcasters might lose significant job opportunities if Global Rule 1 applied to their work.The provision's name was changed was changed from "Rule 1" to "Global Rule 1" in 2002, reflecting a change in scope from U.S.-only to worldwide. The change, which the union argued was necessitated by runaway production, naturally dismayed producers. WGA and DGA rules have limited applicability overseas, and IATSE and the AFM don't have union-only rules at all.In another development of close interest to actors, THR has learned that dues will decrease for some members of the merged union and increase for others. That will depend, said a source who spoke on condition of anonymity, on the amount of work that the member performs in a given year.Another likely factor, although not cited by the source, is whether a performer is currently a member of both SAG and AFTRA. Both unions' dues structure feature a base amount plus fees that scale according to the member's income during the year. Thus, dual cardholders are currently paying two base amounts in addition to the sliding scale fees.SAG's base dues are slightly lower than AFTRA's. However, the SAG percentages are higher and are assessed up to an earnings cap of $500,000, whereas AFTRA's stop after $250,000. As a result, SAG dues can be significantly more than AFTRA's. The Hollywood Reporter

Pilot Season: ABC Orders Supernatural Drama Pilot 666 Park Ave.

666 Park Avenue ABC has acquired the supernatural drama pilot 666 Park Ave., based on the Hollywood Reporter.ABC accumulates Shawn Ryan's Last ResortFrom the producers from the Vampire Journals, The Key Circle and Gossip Girl, the project is dependant on Gabrielle Pierce's book series a good innocent Midwestern couple who get the interview as resident managers of the Upper East Side apartment building in NY. Unknowingly for them, the citizens have made handles the Demon to obtain their desires satisfied.David Wilcox is aboard to evolve it and executive-produce, alongside Alloy Entertainment's Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo.ABC orders pilot for Shonda Rhimes' period drama666 Park Ave. may be the 4th drama pilot ABC has purchased this year, following Shawn Ryan's Last Measure, Roland Emmerich's untitled election project and Shonda Rhimes' Gilded Lilys.

VIDEO: Take advantage of Fiennes Reads Erotic Harry Potter Fan Fiction

Take advantage of Fiennes Take advantage of Fiennes, who carried out the boy wizard's finest foe inside the Harry Potter film franchise, arrived on the scene on Thursday's Watch What Continues: Live, where he gained certain Potter fans' dreams be realized because he read some erotic fan faction. See the relaxation of current day news Wearing his pajamas and fuzzy slip-ons, with smooth jazz music playing without anyone's understanding, Fiennes read a portion of "Broken Innocence," of a forbidden romance between Harry Potter and also the almighty Voldemort. See the video:

Repetition: Nick Cannon Launched In The Hospital

First Released: The month of january 9, 2012 6:29 PM EST Credit: Getty Images NY, N.Y. -- Caption Nick Cannon attends this years Operation Smile annual gala at Cipriani, Wall Street, New york city, May 6, 2010Nick Cannon has run out of a healthcare facility after fighting what wife Mariah Carey known as mild kidney failure. The performer was put in the hospital in Aspen, Colo., a week ago after he fell ill as the couple was on holiday there. He was moved to some La hospital a couple of days later. Carey stated he was struggling with a kind of kidney failure but no further particulars were launched. Inside a statement Monday, Cannons publicist Tracy Nguyen stated hes now resting and recuperating both at home and thanks everybody who had been worried about him. She states hell go back to his live morning radio show, Rollin with Nick Cannon, on Jan. 17. Copyright 2012 through the Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Ready For Horrible Bosses 2?

New Line has hired the writersHorrible Bosses may possibly not have been an important favourite a year ago, nevertheless it certainly turned on the eye of audiences, producing an unpredicted $209 million worldwide. Just what will be the not likely-so-horrible bosses at New Line doing now? Searching to produce a follow-up, clearly!Step one lower that road remains taken, while using professionals acquiring in Bosses authors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein to start kicking around recommendations for a follow-around the story of three employees prone to kill their awful managers. As well as the studio types can also be digging to the coffers for enough cash to tempt stars Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day to charge roles.Also vulnerable to return is director Seth Gordon, who introduced the first looking for around $35 million and it is seen like a vital part of the film's success.Daley (who's an ordinary here forensic Tv program Bones) and Goldstein, a telly writing stalwart, are actually desired recently. Furthermore to Bosses, they also have done Steve Carell comedy Burt Wonderstone and possess been turning out a follow-up to 'toon hit Cloudy Getting Possible Of Meatballs.The big question for nearly any Bosses follow-up is when the plot goes this time around around, especially since the tales of antagonistic monsters Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey and, particularly Colin Farrell ended pretty nicely inside the original. Possibly they may switch the primary focus and possess Sudeikis, Bateman and Day since the dreadful companies this time around around, trying to prevent new employees offing them?

Mario Lopez Engaged to Courtney Mazza Watch Him Prepare to Propose!

Courtney Mazza and Mario Lopez Mario Lopez and Courtney Mazza are engaged. The Additional host, 38, sprang the question within the New Year's holiday, Extra reviews. Lopez suggested to Mazza as the couple was travelling in Mexico. Extra cameras, obviously, recorded the large moment. "I have arrived at the realization that I am not going to meet another lady as special and amazing because the one I've and i believe she's finally succumb to my pressure and can take me," Lopez told your camera before suggesting. "So we'll see, I really hope.Inch Take a look at photos of Mario Lopez Lopez and Mazza welcomed a daughter, Gia, in September 2010, an outing that was recorded around the VH1 reality show, Mario Lopez: Saved Through the Baby. They've been together since 2008. Lopez get married model Ali Larter in April 2004, however the marriage was annulled two days later. Extra will air the proposal on Wednesday's show. Watch a preview here: video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player

Media's ties to Romney looked at

With Mitt Romney squeaking by Ron Santorum in Iowa and likely to prosper because the primary season continues, media orgs are needing to consider their very own parent companies' associations using the multimillionaire's old business, the non-public equity fund Bain Capital. "You want to disclose that NBC Universal and Bain Capital, the organization that Romney co-founded, are each part-who owns our Weather Funnel," stated Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC a week ago. Pundit Erectile dysfunction Schultz also designed a reason for revealing the connection. But NBCU is not the only real company with ties to Bain. Also within the radio realm, Obvious Funnel Communications is became a member of in the stylish towards the investment group -- the neighborhood media and outside ad giant merged having a private equity finance group co-brought by Bain and Thomas Lee Partners in 2006, with Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and RBS one of the minority stakeholders. The transaction was worth $26.7 billion. Obvious Funnel is the owner of 100s of r / c round the country, with organizations with the major radio news systems. It is the country's biggest radio operator, and it is takeover by Bain sleek the organization, producing a reported 2,500 lay offs. The greater you appear, the greater Bain appears: CBS Radio includes a minority investment with Bain in Internet radio ad network TargetSpot (the offer totaled about $8.six million) Bain re-invested this past year. TargetSpot sells digital advertisements for CBS Radio but CBS News has not pointed out the connection, likely since the investment is small , digital radio spots aren't precisely the company's center (though they most probably provide some support for radio news). Romney left Bain in 1999 to operate around the Salt Lake City Olympics organizing committee, however it did not finish his relationship with the organization he co-founded. The NY Occasions reported recently that Bain paid out Romney for his founding curiosity about the firm by providing him a stake in funds gained after his departure -- quite simply, an element of the money he makes off individuals interests still visit the presidential candidate, despite the fact that he isn't positively working at Bain any more. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com

'Upside Down' Trailer: Kirsten Dunst, Jim Sturgess Turn 'Romeo & Juliet' Upside Lower

Here's how a pitch meeting for 'Upside Down' probably went: "Let's take 'Romeo and Juliet' and switch it on its mind. Literally." Viola! There's your movie. The Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst-introduced sci-fi flick imagines the pair as star-joined fanatics who result from such opposite cell phone industry's their gravitational pull is actually remedied. A great deal for subtlety! Neglecting the scientifically shaky premise, a clip looks pretty OK. Sturgess infiltrates the area from the ceiling-citizens (there's a phrase with this particular, right?) and becomes Public Enemy No. one out of both gravity-warring cell phone industry's. Fogged headlights 'Upside Down' has opting for this: the irrefutable likability of both Dunst and Sturgess. Clever casting! But despite their utmost efforts, no less than within the trailer, that certain may be silly. (Also, the trailer's in French so bonne chance!) 'Upside Down' doesn't have a very specific release date will hit theaters sometime later this year. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Casting Call: Demi Moore & Adam Brody Join Lovelace

First Launched: The month of the month of january 3, 2012 9:50 AM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Demi Moore attends the Margin Call premiere within the Landmark Sunshine Cinema, New you are able to city, on October 17, 2011Demi Moore looks like it's set to get a feminist icon inside the approaching Linda Lovelace biopic. According to Variety, the actress can produce a cameo as activist Gloria Steinem in Lovelace, the Amanda Seyfried-fronted project in regards to the tumultuous existence in the adult film star. Steinem composed this content, The Particular Linda Lovelace, in regards to the adult film stars rocky marriage in addition to written the review of Lovelaces memoir, From Bondage in 1986. Adam Brody has furthermore apparently grew to become part of the cast as adult film actor Harry Reems and Eric Roberts is playing lie detector expert Nat Laurendi inside the approaching project. The project also stars Sharon Stone, Juno Temple, Wes Bentley, Hank Azaria, Robert Patrick, Bobby Cannavale and Chris Noth. James Franco may also be apparently concentrating on his schedule to appear as Playboy founder Hugh Hefner inside the movie. Lovelace is presently filming getting a release date not set. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.