Oscars 2012 Poster: Existence, Camera, Action

Because the Academy awards take some marketing, the Academy of movement Picture Arts & Sciences has launched a brand new poster for that 84th annual Oscars. Present and paid for for: Oscar themself, and photographs from 'Casablanca,' 'Driving Miss Daisy,' 'The Seem of Music' and 'Gone Using the Wind.' Not present: Billy Very. Sorry, Bill! [via Honours Daily] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Jessie J: I Wish To Gain In Weight

First Released: December 19, 2011 9:07 AM EST Credit: Getty Images NY, N.Y. -- Caption Jessie J arrives for that Giles show at London Fashion Week Spring/Summer time 2012, London, on September 19, 2011Most Year resolutions include going on a diet. Not for Jessie J. The British singer states her goal for 2012 would be to gain in weight. Jessie J states shes been spending so much time this season which its vital that you know if you want to achieve weight, or if you want to slim down and become healthy. The 23-year-old is renowned for her slim figure and skin tight clothes. She launched her debut Compact disc Who We're captured. Its double platinum within the Uk, where she's four Top Ten hits, such as the No. 1 tune Cost. That song has arrived at the very best 40 in the usa. The singer also intends to shave her mind for charitable organisation. States Jessie J: I wish to really make a difference on the planet. Copyright 2011 through the Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Actor Dan Frazer dies at 90

Dan Frazer Film and television actor Dan Frazer, best known for his role as the police captain during all five seasons of 1970s crime drama "Kojak," starring Telly Savalas, died of cardiac arrest in NY on Friday, Dec. 16. He was 90. Frazer earned a film credit as recently as last year, appearing in Alyssa Rallo Bennett's drama "The Pack," starring Lucie Arnaz and Elisabeth Moss. The actor also appeared in all three iterations of the "Law and Order" franchise, playing a judge on the original series and on "SVU," and recurred on daytime soap "As the World Turns" as Lt. McCloskey from 1986-96. Frazer began his career at the dawn of the television age, appearing on a 1950 episode of "Studio One in Hollywood" and a 1953 segment of "The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse." He guested in a number of different roles on "The Phil Silvers Show" and later appeared in series including "The Andy Griffith Show," "Car 54 Where Are You?," "The Untouchables," "McHale's Navy" and "My Favorite Martian." The actor made his bigscreen debut in 1963 Sidney Poitier starrer "Lilies of the Field" and appeared in two early Woody Allen comedies, "Take the Money and Run" (as a psychiatrist) and "Bananas." He then settled in for a string of roles mostly as cops in 1970s action films: "Fuzz," starring Burt Reynolds; "The Stoolie"; blaxploitation film "Cleopatra Jones"; and "The Super Cops." After the 1973-78 run of "Kojak," he reprised his role as Capt. Frank McNeil in the 1983 telepic "Kojak: The Belarus File." He also guested on "The Waltons" and "Barney Miller." Frazer was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and an adviser to the Workshop Theater Company. (Associated Press contributed to this report.) Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

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NY - Shares of Michael Kors Holdings, the clothing company named after its founder who is actually a Project Runway judge, opened up having a play their stock exchange debut on Thursday.our editor recommendsAnalysts' Sights on Zynga Stock Differ In front of IPOFacebook IPO Could Push Social Network's Value Past $100 Billion After prices at $20 late Wednesday, the stock opened up its first buying and selling session at $25. By 10am ET, the stock was lower slightly from that much cla at $24.92. The stock is buying and selling around the NY Stock Market under ticker symbol KORS. Afterwards Thursday, social gaming firm Zynga is anticipated to cost its IPO in front of its market debut on Friday. Meanwhile, Bloomberg News reported Thursday that Fashion Media, which will help marketers target women online, may join the current IPO parade by going public through the finish from the second quarter. Social media giant Facebook can also be likely to go public in 2012. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Project Runway Michael Kors

TLC's 'All-American Muslim': Controversy Does Not Equal Ratings

Anger Management distributor Debmar-Mercury is hoping to lure NATPE's station buyers with its starCharlie Sheen.our editor recommendsChuck Lorre Nearly Quit 'Two and Half Men' Because Of Charlie SheenCharlie Sheen's 'Anger Management' Lands First International Deal With Canada's CTV Lionsgate Vice Chair Talks Charlie Sheen Show, Netflix, Summit Deal, 'Hunger Games' Co-presidentsMort Marcus and Ira Bernstein are expected totouch down in Miami Beach for the annual syndication conference in late January with their Lionsgate-produced sitcom's star. They will host an invite-only party with Sheen on the evening of Monday, Jan. 23. PHOTOS: Charlie Sheen's Wacky Twit Pics The pair and its partners on the Lionsgate-produced series are banking on the media interest in Sheen's next move translating to interest from station buyers. The series, loosely based on Revolution Studio's 2003 film by the same name, will begin its network run with 10 episodes on FX this summer. If the episodes hit a certain ratings threshold, the down-the-middle sitcom will be granted an additional 90 episodes. PHOTOS: Charlie Sheen's Colorful Career Given the size of the order, along with the model Debmar has pioneered with other TV fare from Tyler Perry and Ice Cube, the company will begin shopping it to station buyers for its syndicated run at NATPE. Earlier this month, Management inked a lucrativedeal to air the series in Canada. Canadian broadcaster Bell Media will broadcast the series on its CTV Network, which already airs Sheen's former vehicle Two and a Half Men. All of this comes before the cast has been set. Though showrunnerBruce Helfordhas already hired his writing staff and begun handing in story ideas, an actress to star opposite Sheen has yet to be selected. Email: Lacey.Rose@THR.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Charlie Sheen's Colorful Career Related Topics Charlie Sheen Natpe

5 Pieces of Elizabeth Taylor Movie Memorabilia I'd Actually Pay For

Long live the memory of our most-perfectly-nosed savior Elizabeth Taylor, whose Oscar cred and Crayola eyes shall live on in fabulous montages for eternity. Now, part of the matrimonial legend’s legacy can be ours: Her glorious Cleopatra wig — made from real human hair — is hitting the auction block. Oooh! I wonder if there are traces of Richard Burton’s saliva on it. Actually, I wonder if we can score a deal on other Liz Taylor movie memorabilia. Cleopatra is a decadent, but pretty uninteresting note in her career. No prestige, just bombast. Here’s the Liz stuff I’d rather bid on this holiday season. 1. Her pearl earrings from A Place in the Sun I figure if you’re going to buy a piece of memorabilia, you want it to represent something special: Well, Liz Taylor vaulted from darling child star to sensual screen beauty in 1951’s A Place in the Sun, playing aristocrat Angela Vickers, who compels George Eastman (Montgomery Clift, looking fiiiine) to, tell his homelier girlfriend Alice to — ahem — jump in a lake, figuratively. Elizabeth Taylor was fine onscreen before A Place in the Sun, but this film marked the first time she exhibited true spellbinding glamor. To live without those luxurious earrings would be An American Tragedy. (Best Theodore Dreiser joke of the day.) 2. This eye-popping headgear from Raintree County What kind of world do we live in where we don’t celebrate that Elizabeth Taylor, the most gorgeous brunette of all time, costarred in a film with Eva Marie Saint, who is arguably the most gorgeous blonde of all time? Throw in Monty Clift’s appearance, and this movie is essentially Hottie Cavalcade. We all adore Liz’s southern sultriness in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, so why not celebrate her twangy repartee with the looniest piece of headgear she ever wore in Ole Dixie? I’m gettin’ fluh-stuhd just thinkin’ abaht it. 3. The fetching white swimsuit from Suddenly Last Summer Finally, we’re getting to the movie that first pinpointed Liz’s true gift for histrionics. Tennessee Williams’s startlingly insane play makes for a hammy, unforgettable movie, and it even affords Liz the chance to predate Ursula Andress’s iconic beachside arrival by a couple years. In Suddenly, Liz wears the sexiest swimwear of the ’50s, surpassing even Burt Lancaster’s shorts in From Here to Eternity — but let’s not get competitive. The important thing is both garments thrilled the daylights out of Monty Clift. 4. The “Sunday chapel dress” from Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Since I can’t buy Sandy Dennis’s RAW POWER at auction, I’ll settle for the other definitive Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? adornment: The busty, ballsy outfit Liz dons after her guests have arrived and the psychological warfare with her husband George (Richard Burton) commences. When Liz shimmies and twists in the climactic bar scene near film’s end, she makes that Melissa-Leo-in-The-Fighter getup seem like the raunchiest outfit in cinema history. I’m getting hysterically pregnant just revisiting that scene. 5. The headband from Reflections in a Golden Eye In this vastly underrated adaptation of the Carson McCullers novel with Liz and Marlon Brando, our girl enjoys a hasty, defiant stripping scene that drives Vito Corleone right up the wall. Sexiness and fussiness have rarely gone so well together, and after Liz flings off her bra with pure gusto — like some power-drunk competitor in a Real World/Road Rules Challenge — she’s left with a bedazzled headband and Brando’s harsh admonishment: “You disgust me!” Anything that could feasibly disgust Marlon Brando deserves its own gallery at the Smithsonian. Elizabeth Taylor’s Cleopatra wig up for sale [Guardian]

Netflix Stock Spikes on Verizon Takeover Rumor

Neflix shares briefly jumped more 7 percent in afternoon trading on Monday as reports surfaced that Verizon is interested in acquiring the company.our editor recommendsNews Corp. President Discusses Hulu, Netflix, YouTubeNetflix's Reed Hastings Calls HBO Go His Primary Competition The scenario is unlikely, some analysts said, and Wall Street traders seem to agree, judging from the way the stock settled into a milder. less-than 5 percent gain after an initial spike. Verizon clearly has something in the works, though, in regard to streaming movies and TV shows over the Internet, judging from the rumor mill of late. Early last week, reports suggested the telco was preparing to go it alone in creating an alternative to Netflix and Hulu, but by late-week some were reporting that a deal with Redbox for such a service was imminent. Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam also revealed last week that it considered an acquisition of Hulu. A spokesman for the telecom giant said that "Verizon does not comment on rumor or speculation." In mid-day trading on Monday, Netflix shares were up $3.52 to $74.29. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Netflix's 10 Most Rented Movies of All Time Related Topics Verizon Communications Netflix Hulu Redbox

Occupy Protestors Shut Down 'Law & Order: SVU' Production During 'Mockupy' (Video)

The stories are heart-rending. There's the girl who's not allowed to be alone with her father because he tried to burn off her hands when she was younger. The teenager whose father works so hard as a truck driver that he barely sees her. And the 16-year-old whose two sisters were victims of sexual abuse; she says she's lucky to have escaped it.our editor recommendsAndrea Riseborough, Felicity Jones Talk Fashion at THR's Women in Entertainment BreakfastTHR Women in Entertainment Attendees Answer: What Makes a Power Leader? (Video)Anne Sweeney Reveals Top Qualities of a 'Power Leader'; Reacts to Her Third No. 1 Women in Entertainment Ranking (Video) Jane Fonda, Kirsten Dunst, Amy Pascal Share Laughs, Inspirations at THR's Women in Entertainment BreakfastBCBG Worn in Many Manifestations by THR's Women in Entertainment Breakfast AttendeesKim Kardashian Attends THR's Women in Entertainment Breakfast These are some of the girls who applied this year for The Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment Mentorship Program, established two years ago with the nonprofit Big Brothers Big Sisters to give high school juniors in some of the toughest schools in Los Angeles a chance to get guidance from the top. The program pairs 12 to 15 girls with high-level agents, publicists, lawyers and executives, and every girl spends at least one afternoon per fortnight in her mentor's office during the course of a year. By the end of 2013, more than 40 girls from LAUSD's Belmont, Crenshaw and Roosevelt high schools, along with the Santee Education Complex, will have gone through the program, which continues this year thanks to funding from Gersh, Guggenheim Partners, Lifetime Television and BCBG Max Azria Group. COMPLETE LIST: 2011 Women in Entertainment Power 100 To earn a spot, girls must have a 3.0 GPA, write an essay explaining how the program would help them and be interviewed by a BBBS executive and a THR editor -- quite a challenge for teens who rarely have interacted with adults outside their environment. "They all come from tough backgrounds," says Terry Carreto, a college and career counselor at Theodore Roosevelt High in East Los Angeles, one of the participating schools. "Many come from single-parent families where their mothers are working almost 24/7. They get home, the parents aren't there. And they still have to maintain their grades." The Mentorship Program launched in early 2010 as a bold experiment founded on the hope that the girls' grades and lives would soar if they were given a chance. But they were unfamiliar with the professional world, especially at the exalted level of mentors such as Anne Sweeney, co-chairman of Disney Media Networks; Warner Bros. marketing president Sue Kroll; and Universal Pictures co-chairman Donna Langley -- and frequently the mentors weren't entirely sure how to handle inexperienced adolescents. "Trust-building had to occur," says Tiffany Siart, head of BBBS of Greater L.A. About three months in, fear lifted and bonds formed. Many mentors worked closely with their mentees through high school, and their relationships have continued as girls from our pilot year have entered college. Of the original 12, four were accepted to UC Berkeley; others have gone on to Occidental College, UC Irvine and Loyola Marymount -- remarkable for disadvantaged teens. One mentor, former Universal production president Debbie Liebling, kept working with her mentee even after losing her job; next summer, the mentee will intern at Liebling's new workplace, Ben Stiller's Red Hour Films. Another, attorney Melanie Cook, helped her mentee get medical aid after she was diagnosed with a multiple sclerosis-like condition that could have prevented her from attending Berkeley. PHOTOS: 2011 Women in Entertainment Power 100 WME agent Nancy Josephson has proved a model: Her mentee, Maira Solis, came to her office twice a week -- far more than the obligatory once a fortnight. Josephson has created her own program, pairing more than 20 WME agents with children at Foster Elementary in Compton, meeting twice a month. "We've copied THR," she says. "But our goal is to stay with them all the way through high school." The most touching part of the experience for Josephson was when she took Solis to her own children's school in Brentwood, where counselors helped with her college applications. "That was very emotional," says Josephson. "She said, 'I have a new dream: I want to send my children to a school like this.' " THE CLASS OF 2012 MENTORS Lorrie Bartlett Co-head of talent, ICM Kelly Bush CEO, ID PR Mara Buxbaum COO, ID PR Nicole Clemens Head of motion picture literary department, ICM Lori Conkling Executive vp, A+E Networks Nancy Kirkpatrick President of worldwide marketing, Summit Entertainment Blair Kohan Partner and motion picture agent, UTA Veronika Kwan-Rubinek President of international distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures Alison Lima Head of motion picture business and legal affairs, DreamWorks Animation Tanya Lopez Senior vp original movies, Lifetime TV Jennifer Yuh Nelson Director, Kung Fu Panda 2 Theresa Peters Partner and head of talent department, UTA Lynne Segall Publisher and senior vp, The Hollywood Reporter Dana Walden Chairman, 20th Century Fox Television PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery The Scene at THR's 2011 Women In Entertainment Power 100 Breakfast Related Topics Women in Entertainment Women in Entertainment 2011

Hailee Steinfeld Up For Ender's Game

She'll play Petra ArkanianThings are definitely looking up for the cinematic adaptation of Orson Scott Card's sci-fi novel Ender's Game, which sat for years on the shelf marked "Tough To Film" but has now been plucked down by Summit Entertainment, OddLot Entertainment and writer/director Gavin Hood. The casting process is already in full swing, with Hugo's Asa Butterfield in place as the titular lead and now True Grit's Hailee Steinfeld in negotiations to join him.Provided she locks in a deal, Steinfeld will play Petra Arkanian, one of the few female fighters recruited by Earth's forces to train to fight an apparently deadly insect-like race. In the competitive atmosphere of the Battle School, where the kids are divided into groups and set against one another to test them (to destruction, essentially), Petra's in the Salamander Army, but befriends Ender and helps him through his early days in the School even after he joins one of the opposing teams.Hood, along with producers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, are also on the hunt for an older actor to play the no-nonsense Colonel Hyrum Gruff, the man who trains the boys in an elite academy. Viggo Mortensen was offered the role but passed, and now several others are being considered, including Harrison Ford.Steinfeld's star has been on a fast ascent since Grit, and she's nabbed several roles, including two very different takes on Romeo & Juliet. The first is Carlo Carlie's indie version,whichkicks off shooting next month in Italy; the other, called Rosaline, focuses on Romeo's jilted lover who in this tale witnesses her ex and his current form a suicide pact.There's no date for Ender's Game to start production just yet, but it already has an assigned release slot set for March 29, 2013.

Week in Review: The Americanization of Uggie

The masses have spoken, and their cry is clear: “Consider Uggie!” Yes, The Artist’s unbelievably moving doggie is tearing up news outlets and Facebook with his Oscar potential, and I emit a silent woof in approval! Enjoy this first weekend in December (and Advent, if you still celebrate your repressed Catholic upbringing like I do), and check out this week’s highlights. · Our massive “Consider” campaign for The Artist’s spectacular pooch Uggie is in full swing. He’s made serious progress in the past week. · Please don’t read these unless you enjoy incredible discussions with talented people. This week’s Movieline Interview designees are Ralph Fiennes (fanning myself), Emily Browning, Tilda Swinton, Eddie Redmayne, and Dane Cook. Secret: I believe Tilda and Eddie should play each other in a TV movie. · For added interview-y goodness, check out our coverage of Fox Searchlight’s Oscar fete. Martha Marcy May Marlene’s Sarah Paulson, Shame costar Nicole Beharie, and Win Win’s writer/director Thomas McCarthy chip in. · Speaking of The Artist, its Best Picture chances jumped considerably this week. Descendants, hit the showers. · If you watch the trailer to Camp Hell again, Jesse Eisenberg may subpoena you. · Oh no. Drive’s award season prowess is decelerating. Hard. · If Coriolanus is too gritty for you, please consider watching O, this week’s Bad Movie We Love. Pout, Julia Stiles! Pout! · Most importantly, please remember to watch the new Verbal Vogueing over 750 times. I’m like YouTube’s Madonna for hoarse LGBT youth!