VIDEO: Get Ready for More Pretty Little Liars! Everyone Is Fighting!

Pretty Little Liars When Pretty Little Liars returns, the girls will not be the tight-knit foursome we're used to seeing. "The girls have formed this schism, especially between Spencer and Emily," Troian Bellisario, who plays Spencer, told TVGuide.com. "They have two very different ideas of how to approach what A has done to them." Pretty Little Liars First Look: Things don't look good for the couples Emily, meanwhile, is no longer backing down and following Spencer's plans. "Emily has gained so much confidence," Shay Mitchell says."She's really on a mission to find out who A is and put a stop to everything." In the video below, we catch up with Bellisario, Mitchell, Lucy Hale and Ashley Benson, who share some insight into the upcoming season, including Aria and Ezra's "coming out," the return of Maya, and three (yes, three!) big fight scenes. Pretty Little Liars returns on Monday, Jan. 2 at 8/7c on ABC Family.

'Dragon Tattoo' kicks off holiday B.O.

'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'Kickstarting a packed Christmas frame, Sony's "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" earned $1.6 million from latenight Tuesday screenings, starting at 7 p.m."Dragon Tattoo" broadens today to 2,914 locations -- not all of which screened the film Tuesday night.Paramount also boosted ticket sales, with "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" earning Tuesday a total of $3.7 million, of which $2 million came from evening and latenight shows. The film's existing large-format locations (at 425) contributed $1.7 million; pic had approximately 2,400 additional theaters Tuesday night."Ghost Protocol" and "Dragon Tattoo" are expected to jockey for first place this weekend, with projected six-day domestic bows at around $40 million."Dragon Tattoo," which received an A CinemaScore from Stateside auds (not surprising given opening night's usual hardcore fan turnout), also launches this weekend in Scandinavia, including Sweden, where the film is set and has scored rave reviews from local critics.Sweden's largest evening newspaper, Aftonbladet, described "Dragon Tattoo" as "a hell of a ride -- crazy, nasty and sexier than the Swedish original," while the country's largest pubcaster, Swedish Television called the remake "a much better, much tighter thriller. Hollywood wins."Prior to its release, some B.O. pundits questioned whether Sony's "Tattoo" adaptation would play internationally, as the first film became a major B.O. hit overseas, grossing more than $93 million outside the U.S.Up next for Sony's "Tattoo" are the U.K. and Russia, where the pic is set to bow over the next two weeks. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com

Here is an Awards Podcast Featuring a Certain Movieline Editor

The Hollywood Reporter’s resident awards guru and all-around nice guy Scott Feinberg invited me to join him on the latest installment of his “Feinberg and Friends” podcast, which is now live at THR. Therein we go deep — like, deep deep, or Ed-Harris-gagging-down-amniotic-fluid-at-the-bottom-of-the-ocean-in-The Abyss deep — on this year’s awards race, including but not limited to… · The curious case of the semi-respectable Golden Globe Award nominations. · The Critics Choice Awards nominations. · SAG Award nominations (including Armie Hammer’s surprising nod and Albert Brooks’s shocking snub). · The resulting state of the Oscar races for Best Picture, Best Screenplay(s), Best Documentary Feature and Best Foreign-Language Film. · Which Oscar campaign has received the most bang for its buck. And more! This is also your last chance to hear me sober before some time early in January, so if that kind of thing intrigues you (Mom?), then have a listen at THR. Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

'The Descendants,' 'Drive' Take Top Satellite Award Honors

Fox Searchlight's "The Descendants" was named best picture of the season in the Worldwide Press Academy's 16th annual Satellite Honours, that have been held Sunday evening in the Beverly Hillsides Hotel.However the neon-lit thriller "Drive," from FilmDistrict, required home probably the most movie trophies, with best pointing, honors likely to Nicolas Winding Refn best actor and supporting actor, likely to Ryan Gosling and Albert Brooks and finest seem editing.Additionally to the best picture win, "Descendants" gained a trophy for the best modified script, which visited Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash.Viola Davis was named best actress for "The Assistance,Inch while Jessica Chastain was designated as well as supporting actress on her performance in "The Tree of Existence," that also gained best original script honors for Terrence Malick.Raoul Ruiz's "Mysteries of Lisbon" was honored as well as foreign film "The Adventures of Tintin," best animated movie and "Senna," best documentary.Other film those who win incorporated: score, "Soul Surfer" song, "Lay Lower Your Mind," "Albert Nobbs" cinematography, "War Equine" visual effects, "Hugo" film editing, "The Guard" art & production design, "The Artist" and costume design, "Water for Tigers."The experts group also passed out ten television honours and nine honours in new media. Justified was named best TV drama series and "It Certainly Is Sunny in Philadelphia" was named best TV comedy series.Mitzi Gaynor, Douglas Trumbull, Peter Bogdanovich, Carl Reiner and also the late Tim Hetherington counseled me recognized with special honours. The Hollywood Reporter

Were You Wondering if Rob Lowe is Hilarious as Lifetime's Convicted Killer Drew Peterson? Because He Is.

Lifetime movies are better than movie movies. They’re melodramatic, inbred morsels of filmic stank. And the best ones — as of today — possess a sacred ingredient called “Rob Lowe’s Moustache-y Acting Talents.” As Bolingbrook, IL cop-turned-murder suspect Drew Peterson in the new TV feature Drew Peterson: Untouchable, Lowe tries on his best Da Bears accent and dons a moustache that reminds me fondly of Reno 911 and his Parks and Recreation costar Nick Offerman. You will not be able to handle his sole line of dialogue in the new teaser trailer. OK. Just OK now. If Drew Peterson ever really uttered the line, “I’m untouchable, bitch,” I’m assuming he didn’t deliver it with effeminate, monotone dispassion. Then again, maybe that fey, stilted quality is what made Drew a serial killer. All I know is this obviously Lifetime’s finest work since the Hayden Panettiere/Marcia Gay Harden triumph Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy, where Harden all but fed her Oscar to wolves. And now, here is a triple-play of amazing Drew Peterson: Untouchable screenshots. Untouchable indeed, bitch. Rob Lowe Channels Drew Peterson In Creepy Teaser for Lifetime Movie [THR]

A Evening Time With'Pariah'

A Evening Time With'Pariah' By Jessica Gardner December 14, 2011 Photo by Focus Features At ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood on 12 ,. 7, undertaking a screening of "Pariah," stars Adepero Oduye, Kim Wayans, and Aasha Davis, producer Nekisa Cooper, and author-director Dee Rees participated in the Q&A for Back Stage site visitors and SAG people."Pariah" can be a coming-of-age film of a 17-year-old African-American girl getting a knack for poetry who struggles with tension in their family as she progressively holds her identity just like a lesbian. About newcomer Oduye's audition for your lead role of Alike, Rees mentioned, "It absolutely was very important the smoothness had an outsider perspective, an outdoors experience, and Adepero handled to take advantage of this feeling of isolation and very go for the character. The moment she walked inside the room, she's in the zone. She didn't say a lot of. She just joined it, and he or she just been there.InchAround the positive response the film has become since its premiere within the Sundance Film Festival, Rees mentioned, "This is often a universal film. It comes down lower to identity, and everyone can interact with that. You'll be able to take away the sexuality, you'll be able to take away the raceit's about the best way to be genuine and not check a box." A Evening Time With'Pariah' By Jessica Gardner December 14, 2011 PHOTO CREDIT Focus Features At ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood on 12 ,. 7, undertaking a screening of "Pariah," stars Adepero Oduye, Kim Wayans, and Aasha Davis, producer Nekisa Cooper, and author-director Dee Rees required part inside a Q&A for Back Stage site visitors and SAG people."Pariah" can be a coming-of-age film of a 17-year-old African-American girl getting a knack for poetry who struggles with tension in their family as she progressively holds her identity just like a lesbian. About newcomer Oduye's audition for your lead role of Alike, Rees mentioned, "It absolutely was very important the smoothness had an outsider perspective, an outdoors experience, and Adepero could take advantage of this feeling of isolation and very go for the character. The moment she walked inside the room, she's in the zone. She didn't say a lot of. She just joined it, and he or she just been there.InchAround the positive response the film has become since its premiere within the Sundance Film Festival, Rees mentioned, "This is often a universal film. It comes down lower to identity, and everyone can interact with that. You'll be able to take away the sexuality, you'll be able to take away the raceit's regarding how to be genuine and not check a box."

Glee's Holiday Throwback: Let us Return to Christmas within the '60s!

Glee Oh, Marti Noxon, you'd fun writing that one did not you. The Buffy vet, who works as a talking to producer on Glee this year, made her episodic writing debut with "Remarkable Merry Christmas," a near-plotless throwback towards the Judy Garland Show's boozy, high-as-a-kite holiday special (and old-timey variety special offers generally). Why is this so? Last season, they switched Sue in to the Grinch (literally) and gave Artie fake legs (literally). Why don't you deliver a carol-jolly Christmas by serving up some Yuletide chestnuts and the very best of '60s TV (accents! corny jokes! canned laughter!)? But just in case you skipped the storyline stuff, or didn't remember it, or blocked it, here's what you ought to know: Mr. Schue picks Artie to direct a throwback Christmas special for Lima's cable-access station, which intervenes using the glee club's promise to assist Sue serve in a destitute shelter (this season, she's the anti-Grinch), however they appear anyway to sing this guitar rock band Aid classic "Will They Know It's Christmas?" Also, Mike and Rory bond over being alone for that holidays, and Rachel discovers the real concept of Christmas (and also to love the pig that Finn bought her since it is the idea that counts). Watch full instances of Glee The relaxation from the 30 approximately minutes was filled by Artie's trippy vision, shot in black and whitened, located by Kurt and Blaine (introduced as "my closest friend and holiday roommate" within their "bachelor chalet") and starring all New Directions minus Quinn and Mike. It had been... oddly enchanting, amusing and kinda strange, for Glee. Search for the episode to split Glee fans. You will find individuals people that do not mind a Rocky Horror hour, or hallucinating/huffing in the dental professional... and you will find the relaxation individuals. Us? We loved the experimental special-within-the-special. So given everything, we made the decision to position the night's performances because when Christmas-y they provided us feel, beginning using the lump of coal. 9. "River" No problem with Joni Mitchell, and "River" does not make us depressed the way in which "Christmas Footwear" does. But when we are ranking tunes so as which gave us the nice and cozy fuzzies, this ain't it. Maybe if Rachel have been singing it for the reason rather than just who audition it for Artie? Very not-Joni-like. 8. "Blue Christmas" Glee Project champion Damian McGinty is particularly skilled at handling slow oldies like that one, but can't they let Rory sing something fun? Cheerful? Up-tempo? Heck, just allow him to move about a little rather than standing still while watching choir room. (If you have been watching carefully like we've, you'll note he's a means worse dancer than Finn! Why are they not taking advantage of it?) "That song am depressing I might really be dead," Santana states, and exactly how Rory shipped it, we type of need to agree. Take a look at photos from Glee 7. "My Personal Favorite Things" 'Tis the growing season towards the Seem of Music! If perhaps we'd a pillow to throw in mid-air like Maria! This cheer-up classic was shipped with gusto by question quarter Rachel, Kurt, Blaine and Mercedes, also it put smiles on our faces...but technically it isn't a Christmas song, and there is a lot more cheer in the future. 6. "Remarkable Merry Christmas" Virtually every pop act within the last 2 decades has unsuccessful at crafting a brand new holiday classic (aside from Mariah Carey, see below). Glee costs just a little better with this particular original number, because of spirited performances by Rachel and Blaine, the alarms without anyone's knowledge and also the Santa shout-outs - it's almost enough to hide how very generic the song itself sounds. 5. "Allow It To Snow" Kurt and Blaine carry it out within Artie's special, and producers fortunately did not want to modernize the track. Rather less production goes a lengthy way if this involves a great yuletide number. Plus: The happy couple use some pretty smooth dances moves straight from an Andy Williams' variety hour. 4. "Will They Know It's Christmas?" Combined with images of recent Directions giving wrapped gifts to destitute children, the ultimate song from the episode is unquestionably feel-good and familiar enough, it is simply not the most popular Christmas song, leaning more toward "Christmas Footwear" in sentiment. Still, it will be a nice ending towards the episode. 3. "Father Christmas Is Visiting Town" Yes. Put a tambourine in Finn's hands more frequently! He and Puck manage to accept schmaltz lower only a notch (whilst outfitted as Luke Skywalker and Han Solo) and infuse Artie's throwback with a few much-needed rock. Because of Puck's dorky, toothy grin and Finn's high energy, that much-covered rendition still packs a cheesy and effective Christmas punch. (And producers, if you want anymore proof Cory Monteith must cover Bruce Springsteen, your search is over.) 2. "Christmas Wrapping" The Waitresses' 1981 song in regards to a lady too busy for Christmas might be a tad too new wave-y (and obscure) for many Glee viewers (despite the fact that the Spice Women did pay for it), but hello? The Cheerios clothed in Santa clothes? Twirling laces and ribbons? Brittany bouncing around in the forefront? Christmas wish satisfied. 1. "All I Would Like for Christmas Is That You SimplyInch Can there be much better way to begin a Christmas episode compared to Mercedes dealing with this Mariah Carey bit of pop perfection? No. Sure, it didn't have reason for the episode, but (clearly) we love to watching these kids romp around to holiday music. And also, since we even fondly recall the Olivia Olson version from Love Really, obviously we like that one. Whether it does not enable you to get in your ft, try checking for any pulse. What have you think about the episode? Which tunes place you in the vacation spirit? Which made you seem like the Grinch? Was Artie's vision great or bizarre? Or both? Inform us within the comments below.

Amazing Race's Jeremy and Sandy: We Understood We're Able To not Get Swept Up

Jeremy and Sandy Once you have a suitable lead inside the Amazing Race finale, Jeremy Cline and Sandy Draghi rapidly dropped it after they erroneously visited the item of furniture keep Dump in Atlanta around the local's suggestion as opposed to the Margaret Mitchell House and Museum, also called The Dump. "We honestly didn't question it," Jeremy notifies TVGuide.com "We believe it is right plus it wasn't until we have arrived that individuals recognized we screwed up.InchAlthough they handled to repair themselves, the dating couple say they understood they'd no chance to feed Ernie and Cindy for your win.Amazing Race's Ernie and Cindy: We made no mistakes inside the finalI hear everybody were pretty far behind.Jeremy: We're calculating 45 minutes, however when you request Cindy, it's probably two several hours. [Laughs]Was that from going to the furnishings store?Jeremy: Yeah. We asked for the wrong people for directions and so they were pretty adamant relating to this being this place. We felt good relating to this and you also never define. They mentioned it absolutely was a classic furniture store, and then we figured it absolutely was a warehouse - something where we required to recreate part of the Race through recall abilities like we've noticed in past seasons.Perhaps you have request others?Exotic: Yeah, we needed their word with this. They understood immediately. It absolutely was a quick answer. They were residents, were familiar with the city. They figured i had been round the Amazing Race and mentioned, "Ok 4g iphone, it's this place." Like the previous legs, if an individual gives you a quick response that seems pretty confident, you're going from it which we did. We'd a web-based insurance lead which we felt great on our way there. We have got stuck in traffic, but we thought everyone else might be stuck in traffic. However, if we have arrived, we understood immediately it absolutely was the wrong place.How extended had you had the experience?Exotic: Not extended. Extended enough for people to use through it once and appearance like idiots. [Laughs] They generate the craziest places, and then we needed to carry out a quick run-through. You have to found someone getting a telephone. It was not easy Searching it. It needed Jeremy some time to make it happen. In the event you Google "The Dump" in Atlanta, the initial result's that warehouse.Jeremy: Yeah, you possessed to particularly devote "The Dump" too as with quotes "former residence" to obtain the Margaret Mitchell House.Perhaps you have not need to call 411 or possibly a tourism board?Sandy: No, we didn't. Our taxi driver didn't have a very smart phone. Ernie and Cindy told us later they commited to memory numbers, but we didn't take into account that. We really didn't. You're in the united states . States, people speak British, you request and so they were built with a solution. We asked for residents the entire Race plus it labored for people. The first time as well as the time that mattered most, we have got wrong information plus it wound up costing $millions of. We ought to have double-checked, but we didn't. What lengths within the Margaret Mitchell House was the store?Unique: Probably 20 miles. Which we hit traffic.Amazing Race's Andy and Tommy: We reliable our taxi driver too muchWhere were your heads at in those days?Unique: Along the way [for the store], our heads were in the good way because we understood we'd a web-based insurance lead plus it was virtually the choice along the way back!Jeremy: We'd a 20-minute lead following a flight simulator and basically figured everyone might be in traffic too. You go to the freeway and there's major traffic. They shut lower one of the roads to accomplish roadwork. ... Everything was jam-packed. And then we would the house in the different direction after going to the shop. Inside your get there's the highway.You gaze to own done the Roadblock as well as the map task quickly.Sandy: Yeah, we did people really quickly. I made that particular mistake, missing Indonesia. Nevertheless it was quick. We didn't have to retrace everything we required to do was slide the carabiner lower which i was done. We blew by using their. Jeremy moved fast across that map.Jeremy: That was fun. I'm unafraid of levels, so that it was awesome swinging around that board.You visited costly hotels to uncover about Turner Area. Perhaps you have learn your lesson within the Dump fiasco?Jeremy: [Laughs] Yes, we did. We actually visited the identical hotel as Ernie and Cindy. It didn't appear enjoy it, but we did. We walked inside with this particular same piece of paper and so they mentioned, "Visit Turner Area." I had been like, "Oh, so someone was here?" They mentioned, "Yeah, like 45 minutes ago." And then we understood [i was not in first].Perhaps you have think you'd an chance of passing them in those days?Jeremy: No. I had been pretty remote. They'd done the map when we have arrived. I really not convinced have been that close simply because they handled to obtain look.Sandy: Yeah, the ultimate two tasks - the typewriter as well as the map - were pretty easy, and then we understood they'd blow through people. They will have to have huge mistake to make sure that us to feed them. We understood following a Margaret Mitchell House that individuals were done.Amazing Race's Bill and Cathi: I had been too careful round the roadHow tough maybe it had been knowing you blew a web-based insurance lead?Jeremy: It absolutely was pretty tough. ... Our goal wasn't receiving removed the initial round. Everything next was "beat one team" which we ended up beating one team within the finish! [Laughs] It absolutely was somewhat disappointing because we thought we'd it. I had been solution in-front following a first task. You are able to kind of smell victory right then. We just developed a huge mistake that needed us from this. But we never put within the towel and ended up getting second. It's something to be proud of. As time pass, In my opinion we'll be proud of that. We're getting much more in the Race than we'd have with just the money - associations, our relationship and recollections for existence.Everybody fought against against in the beginning, but attracted it together mid-Race and were improving your positioning both legs. What changed within your dynamic?Jeremy: Yeah, exactly. In my opinion we'd get "most enhanced team"!Sandy: We not have access to time together like another teams for him to know my talents and flaws which i'm able to know his talents and flaws. A couple of of those teams are actually together for several years too for Jeremy and me, it needed us a few legs to find out our stride and learn to contact one another within an positive, constructive way. As we hit our stride, it absolutely was too late. Once we had that same understanding immediately, we probably might have won a few other [legs]. But clearly, that was our prize. Our communication capabilities have enhanced a great deal and that we have discovered a great deal about one another.Exactly what are you to date?Jeremy: To operate!Exotic: Yeah, to the normal lives. We've had two rummage sales since we've been back. [Laughs] We're trying to simplify our existence. We have a lot of. The two of us went the NY City Marathon for [Ethan's charitable organization] Grassroot Soccer and that we are trying to hands back. ... In Africa, [seeing] the sunset as well as the people as well as the culture and basically the smiles on people children's faces were just items that I'd remember. Exactly how happy and satisfied everyone will there be using the little really put my existence in perspective. ... Jeremy which i are very fortunate. We have great careers and great families which we've greater than lots of people would see inside their lifetime, therefore we are extremely trying to hands back and decelerate. Decelerate our existence and consume the great factor about everything.

Fox News Chief Roger Ailes Shopping Book Might Get Huge $4 Million Advance (Report)

Representative Daniel Adams faces as much as 32 years imprisonment after he was indicted Monday with a grand jury in Boston on charges introduced through the Massachusetts Attorney General associated with claims for $4.7 million in condition tax savings on two movies, The Lightkeepers and also the Golden Boys (also known as Chatham). Adams, 50, was taken into custody of the children on Friday while in the office of Attorney General Martha Coakley where he'd been known as to showcase the accusations. He occured on $100,000 bail and by early Monday was not able to create the bail and was still being in custody of the children. On Monday the Suffolk County Grand Jury came back indictments against Adams around the charges of creating an incorrect claim from the Commonwealth (2 counts), larceny over $250 (2 counts), obtaining the presentation of the false claim that they can the Department of Revenue (2 counts), filing an incorrect document using the Department of Revenue (1 count) and obtaining the preparation of the false taxes (3 counts). PHOTOS: Hollywood's Riches to Rags: 18 Stars Who've Dropped it All The very first four charges could carry prison sentences as high as 5 years. The 3 tax related charges can lead to prison relation to 3 years for every. Adams would also likely have to make restitution with a minimum of $3.six million from the $4.7 million in tax credits he's already received, which signifies the total amount the government bodies believe was false. If he's found guilty, a judge could choose that Adams can serve a few of the sentences at the same time or he could reduce them, what exactly he may ultimately face is unclear. One of the products they allege was false would be a declare that actor Richard Dreyfuss was compensated $2.5 million for Lightkeepers, much more fact (per their analysis) he was compensated only $400.000. At this time around there's not one other company or person suggested as a factor within this alleged fraud. Adams was author, producer and director, and produced special purpose companies for every movie. The marketers were just obtaining the films, so might be not liable. Numerous other people who done the film or assisted arrange distribution also have gone delinquent, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. They include executive producers along with a designer. You will find also claims for delinquent bills by suppliers in Massachusetts who provided products or services for that movies that have been filed in courts there. A minimum of a number of individuals who remain delinquent were advised by Adams they would get money when he got the condition tax credit rebate. He got that but didn't outlay cash it seems. It is a puzzle if he really offered the tax credits, that they might have done legally. His arrest came after an analysis through the Massachusetts Condition Police and also the Attorney General's Fraud and Financial Crimes Division. They'd adopted the situation following the condition Department of Revenue alleged they'd found fraud while looking at documents that Adams had filed regarding the his request tax credits. A Great Jury in Boston have been focusing on the situation when Adams was contacted on Friday. Adams had skipped two earlier visits and told the government bodies he was going to leave for La for his work. At that time Assistant Attorney General Molly Parks, who's handling the situation, made the decision there is a danger Adams wouldn't return for future proceedings coupled with condition police designated to her office arrest him. Adams was arraigned in district court because there is no actual indictment yet. A lawyer contained in the court docket for an additional hearing, Steven Topazio, was drafted to do something on Adam's account like a public defender. Topazio, who's a Boston criminal attorney, states he only handled that hearing and isn't representing Adams any more It's unclear if Adams has an attorney at the moment, or who that could be. Tries to achieve Adams for comment weren't effective. Since the grand jury has came back indictments, the situation moves to Superior Court in Boston. A hearing is scheduled for Tuesday around the situation where Adams will be presented an chance to reply to the costs if he selects to do this. Adams this year authored and ended up being to direct a film version from the TV series The Large Valley. It had been setup at Last Century Fox, but apparently didn't move forward. Lisa Trout, mind from the Massachusetts condition film office, stated so far as she knows this is actually the first such situation including an alleged fraud within the program. She stated this program continues to be effective for that condition and it is funded to carry on through 2022.

ICM close to deal for partnership reorg

ICM toppers Chris Silbermann and Jeff Berg are close to finalizing a deal with the agency's majority owner, private equity shingle Rizvi Traverse, that will allow the tenpercentery to transition to a partner-owned structure. Details of the deal remain murky but it appears that Rizvi Traverse will cede at least some of its equity interest in ICM in order to allow Silbermann and Berg to reorganize the company and bring more of its top agents into equity-owner positions. The deal was characterized by knowledgable sources as a "transfer of ownership" to the new partnership rather than a formal management buyout, and it was emphasized that no money will change hands in the transaction. There was speculation that the deal may allow Rizvi Traverse to hang on to all or some of ICM's more lucrative receivables, such as its packaging-fee coin from syndie hits including "The Big Bang Theory" and "Modern Family." At present Berg serves as ICM chairman and CEO, with Silbermann overseeing day-to-day operations as prexy. Those titles may change under the new partnership structure. Other management roles at the agency also will evolve under the new partnership structure, sources said. Shifting to a partnership structure means that ICM will more closely mirror WME, UTA and other large percenteries. The number of agents in line for elevation to partner status is still unclear (one source said "more than two and less than 100"). The designation will include top players from all of the agency's key divisions: TV, film, publishing, concerts and touring and marketing. Silbermann has been leading the charge to overhaul the agency's ownership structure for most of this year. ICM insiders felt the urgency to act as the year drew to a close and after a string of agents decamped to rival percenteries during the past few months. It's understood that the sides reached a handshake agreement on the new structure today but that the deal is not expected to be finalized until early next year. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

Donald Trump's GOP Debate: Rick Perry Becomes Fourth Candidate Who Won't Participate

Two years ago, when the celebrated consulting detective of Baker Street was yanked onto the big screen for the first time in the 21st century, a big divide separated the traditionalists resistant to accepting the idea of Sherlock Holmes as an East End fight club habitue and mostly younger audiences who found director Guy Ritchie's slow-motion action moves completely cool. The argument quickly became a moot point, after Warner Bros.' steam-punk-style action mystery grossed an astounding $524 million worldwide. With more of the same on view in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, everyone will know where they stand ahead of time, meaning old fogies are duly warned and fans will happily return for more.our editor recommends'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows': 9 Preview Clips Released (Videos)'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' Trailer: Robert Downey Jr. Does DragHollywood's 10 Highest-Grossing Actors'Rock of Ages' Trailer to Premiere Before 'Sherlock Holmes' If anything, Robert Downey Jr.'s Holmes looks even worse this time around, as he's bruised and battered almost throughout this new adventure, which pits him against his most formidable opponent, the diabolical Professor James Moriarty. But a good deal of Holmes' time here, at least initially, is spent distracting his close associate Dr. Watson (Jude Law) from his expected duties at his wedding and on his honeymoon before he manages to literally push the bride aside altogether. PHOTOS: Netflix's 10 Most Rented Movies of All Time A distinguished Oxford professor and author who's every bit as clever as Holmes, Moriarty (Jared Harris) announces his malicious intentions at the outset by dispatching Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams), the coquette who toyed with Holmes' affections last time around, and plotting a terrorist campaign aimed at Europe's ruling political class. The long and short of it is that the far-sighted Moriarty is engaged in cornering the market on armaments while staging assassinations and otherwise creating rifts between nations in order to hasten a continent-wide conflict. "War on an industrial scale is inevitable," he warns Holmes. "All I have to do is wait." Unfortunately, Ritchie and his new scenarists, Michele and Kieran Mulroney, who co-wrote and directed Paper Man in 2009, largely eschew the sort of delicious cat-and-mouse game that could have maximized this face-off between two such worthy opponents, saving their only extended encounter for the climax. Instead, along with the prolonged drunken shenanigans that precede Watson's wedding to Mary (Kelly Reilly) and the honeymoon train trip that follows, a great deal of time is consumed by their adventures with a gypsy fortune teller (Noomi Rapace, the star of the Swedish version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels) and the revolutionary circles she is able to help them infiltrate. PHOTOS: Hollywood's 10 Highest-Grossing Actors These tangential escapades allow for the sorts of scenes that seem to have become the raison d'etre of the franchise. These involve lots of costume changes for Holmes, who at one point appears in the Watson honeymoon train compartment in drag, and the trademark slo-mo, herky-jerky action set pieces in which every move Holmes intends to make is pre-visualized in all its intricate detail, then repeated with speed to show how it all plays out. The wardrobe foolishness comes off fine thanks to Downey's deadpan unashamedness, while the action stuff, perhaps arresting the first couple of times you see it, already seems hackneyed, mannered and overworked, an affectation of diminishing returns. What one's left with, then, is an elaborate entertainment that whooshes along through the messy streets and posh clubs of 1891 London; aboard boats, trains, horseback and Holmes' early horseless carriage along unpaved thoroughfares, through forests and over mountains; into the rarefied corridors of power in the capitals of Europe; onto the stage of the Paris Opera during a performance of Don Giovanni, and into warehouses and factories that already seem filled with enough arms to fight World War I, which Moriarty would be disappointed to learn is still more than two decades away rather than around the corner. VIDEOS: 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows': 9 Preview Clips Released After quite a few tedious detours and distractions, when the film finally gets down to the business of a climax at a gathering of elite European diplomats in a precariously perched Swiss mountain castle, it becomes not half-bad. A clever assassination plot comes to a head while Holmes and Moriarty sit down to a game of chess as they articulate their differences, leading to a mighty struggle that does nothing if not set up a sequel. Aside from the screenwriters, the same core team from the first outinghas been reassembled, making for an absolutely consistent look, sound and feel to the proceedings. Thanks to returning cinematographer Philippe Rousselot, production designer Sarah Greenwood, costume designer Jenny Beavan and a large effects crew, the images are gritty and densely packed, and static is a word Ritchie and editor James Herbert have never heard of. Hans Zimmer incorporates a good deal of his greatly effective score from the original into this one, with new elaborations as well. With Watson's marriage on the line, Downey and Law raise the level of their sparring a notch from last time; that their portrayals of these famous characters are so distant from the original conceptions has now been proven irrelevant, perhaps even a plus to modern audiences. Stephen Fry adds an amusing new flavor as Holmes' outsized, politically connected brother, Mycroft. Harris is fine as Moriarty, while Rapace gets no chance to show her previously established talent in her stereotypical gypsy role. Opens: December 16 (Warner Bros.) Production: Silver Pictures, Wigram Productions Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Jared Harris, Eddie Marsan, Kelly Reilly, Stephen Fry, Rachel McAdams, Paul Anderson, Thierry Neuvic, Geraldine James Director: Guy Ritchie Screenwriters: Michele Mulroney, Kieran Mulroney Producers: Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, Dan Lin Executive producers: Bruce Berman, Steve Clark-Hall Director of photography: Philippe Rousselot Production designer: Sarah Greenwood Costume designer: Jenny Beavan Editor: James Herbert Music: Hans Zimmer PG-13 rating, 128 minutes PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Hollywood's 10 Highest-Grossing Actors Guy Ritchie Jude Law Robert Downey Jr. Noomi Rapace Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Lindsay Lohan's Playboy Cover Leaked

Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Lohan's much-hyped nude pictorial in Playboy won't hit shelves until later this month, but a photo of the January/February cover has leaked, according to Perez Hilton.Lindsay Lohan to grace the cover of Playboy in 2012The actress will appear on Ellen, on Thursday, Dec. 15, and according to her rep, DeGeneres snagged the only interview Lohan has agreed to do during the on-sale period of the issue. "Lindsay will not be doing any additional interviews to promote her pictorial," says her rep.Check out the leaked photo on PerezHilton.com here.

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Ray Mickshaw/FOX A former Universal Network Television employee might soon get to bring to a jury claims that behind the scenes of TV show House there's "hard-drinking, over-sexed, cussing, gun-toting males" who made life difficult for her.our editor recommends'House' Star Hugh Laurie Says He'll Retire From TV Acting Once Show EndsOlivia Wilde Makes Final 'House' Appearance Monday: 'I See It as a Really Important Chapter in My Life' (Video) In July 2010,Carl Jones, who spent four years working as an assistant property master on the Fox medical mystery show, suedHouseproducer Universal and two of its staffers, claiming that he was victim to sexual harassment and was fired when he spoke up about allegedly obnoxious behavior on the part of his supervisors. After nearly a year and a half of extensive discovery and pre-trial motions, Los Angeles Superior Court JudgeRichard Fruinindicated last week his willingness to have a jury decide whether Jones was retaliated against for objecting to a hostile workplace. Jones makes some wild allegations in his lawsuit about back-stage behavior on the show. He targets his supervisorsTyler PattonandMike Caseyfor repeated bad acts and says his genitals were groped and that he was called a "bitch," "faggot," "slave," and "pussy." In the prop trailer where Jones worked, the plaintiff alleges that adult magazines and adult movies were around and that his supervisors were hard drinkers who would invite females from the wardrobe and other production departments there to engage in sexual activity. Jones allegeshe was forced to clean up semen and condom wrappers and was ridiculed when he declined to go out to a nearby off-set strip club. The set ofHouseis also described as a dangerous place to work. Against Universal's policies, Patton allegedly brought a real gun there and would throw knifes in between bouts of tequila drinking. Jones says he was fired in March 2010, by an extremely drunk Patton, after which he complained to Garret van der Meer, the show's co-executive producer/unit production manager. Jones says his complaints were ignored, and the former staffer believes that speaking up about what was going on, including contacting his union, led to retaliation, included being "blackballed from all Universal Productions." Jones says he scored another job after his dismissal, but as a result of being placed on a blacklist, he wasn't able to get access to the Fox lot, so he then lost that second job. Universal wanted a summary judgment dismissal of this lawsuit, saying that Jones had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies, that his claims were time-barred, and that the plaintiff couldn't show "discriminatory motive based on his gender or perceived sexual orientation." The studio said that each season was an independent one in terms of employment and that the decision to not rehire Jones for Season 7 of House couldn't be tied to Jones' allegations of sexual innuendo on the set. The defendant believes that Jones' theories about why he was dismissed are merely speculative. For their part,Patton and Casey vigorously denied they engaged in the above-described offensive conduct. At a hearing last week, Judge Fruin considered some of the evidence submitted in depositions so far and tentatively decided there are enough triable issues to reject Universal's motions to dismiss discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims. He threw out claims based on the Unruh Civil Rights Act, and asked for additional briefings for a hearing scheduled for December 16. If the judge sticks to his tentative ruling, the case could be on track to be heard by a jury next year. Jones is represented byLawrence Organat Equality Law, and Universal is being repped byLori BowmanandMarrian Changat Ogletree, Deakins. E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner House

Ray Rickles, boy of Don, dies

Ray Rickles, an Emmy Award-winning producer as well as the boy of comedian Don Rickles, died of breathing failure due to pneumonia in La on 12 ,. 3. He was 41. Ray Rickles acquired an Emmy in 2008 just like a producer of HBO's "Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project," which was named the Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special. The special also received a Emmy for Don Rickles for outstanding individual performance in the variety or music program. Born in La, Ray Rickles labored in production on numerous network TV sitcoms. In 1996, he was recognized to the Warner Bros.' Authors Workshop just like a participant. One year afterwards, he increased to become author round the hit CBS sitcom "Murphy Brown." Rickles is managed to get by his parents, Don and Barbara, additionally to his sister, Mindy Mann. Donations may be made to Children's Hospital La. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

Nite from the doozy percent

Eddie Schmidt, Tiffany Shlain and Josh Fox occupy the DGA. Politics hung up Friday evening as filmmakers packed the DGA for that IDA Documentary Honours."We're the great 1%," IDA board prexy Eddie Schmidt told everyone else after emerging from the tent by having an "Occupy Hollywood" sign.Danfung Dennis required home the emerging filmmaker award for "Hell and Again,Inch his portrait of soldiers fighting the war in Afghanistan. "I returned from an enormous amount of existence and dying and bloodstream and mud to some world where it felt like everybody was shopping," he stated.The very best feature award visited "Nostalgia for that Light" by Patricio Guzman. "A nation that does not have documentary filmmaking is sort of a family with no picture album,Inch stated Guzman.L'ensemble des Blank received the career achievement award. "He's shot plenty of things, including me cooking my shoe and eating it," stated Werner Herzog. "I believe he ought to be a national treasure."

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Donald Trump may not have been successful in his bid for a Republican presidential nomination, but NBC'sThe Apprentice host has found another way to get involved with the race.our editor recommendsDonald Trump Doc Maker Orders Iranian Regime To Cancel Illegal Screening of His FilmDonald Trump Accuses Jon Stewart of 'Racist Rant' about Herman Cain (Video)Donald Trump Loses Libel Lawsuit Over Being Called A 'Millionaire'Donald Trump Charging $10,000 for Invitation-Only Meet and GreetDonald Trump: I Will Not Be Running for PresidentRelated Topics•Politics PHOTOS: NY City Power List Newsmax Media, a conservative magazine and website, has tapped Trump to moderate a presidential debate in Des Moines, IA Dec. 27, the NY Times reports. "Our readers and the grass roots really love Trump," Christopher Ruddy, chief executive of Newsmax Media, told the paper. "They may not agree withhim on everything, but they don't see him as owned by the Washington establishment, the media establishment." PHOTOS: 10 Hollywood Players That Will Make a Difference in the 2012 Elections The Republican candidate participants have not yet been named. Candidates were sent their debate invitation Friday, the same day Trump's moderatorship was announced. Some of the presidential hopefuls have already met with Trump this year. Gov. Rick Perry dined with him Sept. 14. Michelle Bachmann has sat down with him on several occasions and Mitt Romney met with him privately in Sept. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Top Earners The real-estate mogul explored a possible White House bid earlier this year before ultimately announcing he would not run in May. "This decision does not come easily or without regret; especially when my potential candidacy continues to be validated by ranking at the top of the Republican contenders in polls across the country," he said in a statement at the time. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Box Office Politics: The Movies and Stars Dems vs. GOPers Love (and Love to Hate) Related Topics Donald Trump NBC Politics Rick Perry Mitt Romney