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The trial to discover who controls the tv rights for the Golden Globe Honours is becoming scheduled to start The month of the month of january 24, a little more when compared to a week following a honours are held.our editor recommendsGolden Globes Trial Won't Begin Before March 2012Golden Globes Trial: Inside Among TV's Messiest, Nastiest BattlesGolden Globes Trial: Witness List Includes CBS' Ces Moonves, NBC's Marc Graboff, and Dick ClarkRelated Subjects•Golden Globes 2012 The final outcome around the trial date was determined in the status conference Wednesday with federal Judge Howard A. Matz and lawyers for your Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which puts round the honours, and Dick Clark Productions, its longtime producer in the popular honours show. PHOTOS: 8 Possible Hollywood Targets for Ough Gervais within the Golden Globes The HFPA has mentioned it wants an early on trial date while not the one that falls between February which summer time, when its lead attorney Daniel Petrocelli might be unavailable. DCP has contended for just about any March trial date, proclaiming that an early on date might hinder the show and diminish the honours. The Golden Globes occur Sunday Jan. 15, and so the judge has handled to choose to begin dating ? that's early but does not hinder the telecast. PHOTOS: Golden Globe Honours' Most Memorable Moments The trial happen to be scheduled to start the 2009 September nevertheless the judge inside the situation increased being ill and required to withdraw. She was transformed by Matz, who recently asked for both sides to provide him getting a standing group of the problem, including all of the witnesses they wish to call. With this particular in hands, the judge made his request the date. The problem involves claims by DCP it holds the legal right to result in the Globes as extended since the show stays round the NBC network inside the U.S. The HFPA states this is a misinterpretation of earlier contracts, so it desires to put the rights for the telecast up for auction for the finest bidder. DCP developed a deal with NBC to continue the telecast through 2018 without any permission in the HFPA. The telecast is scheduled to air on NBC this The month of the month of january with various one-year deal designed and also hardwearing . franchise going as everything is legally contested. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Golden Globes: Most Memorable Moments Related Subjects Golden Globes Golden Globes 2012

Keck's Exclusives: Chord Overstreet on His Return to Glee

Chord Overstreet When Chord Overstreet failed to come to contractual terms with the producers of Glee over the summer, his character, Sam Evans, was abruptly written off. (In the season premiere, it was explained that his out-of-work father had landed a job in Kentucky.) On December 6, viewers finally get some resolution when Chord returns to McKinley High just when New Directions needs him most. "Finn and Rachel come find me and ask my parents if I can come back to help them win Sectionals," previews Chord. "Rachel says I can stay at one of their houses, and then everything picks up where it left off." Unsure exactly how long Sam will be sticking around, the actor says, "It's undetermined at the moment. I'm just having fun, and Mark [Salling], Cory [Monteith], Harry [Shum, Jr.] and Kevin [McHale] were especially glad to welcome me back." Extra fun was meeting his equally blonde TV parents, Mary and Dwight, played by soap actress Tanya Clarke and former The Dukes of Hazzard heartthrob, John Schneider. "John and I were doing impressions off set the whole time," says Chord. "He does a great Christopher Walken and Sean Connery and I do Matthew McConaughey." The only downside to rejoining the series: "My body was not used to the dancing. The first day back in the dance studio, we had three songs to do for Sectionals, and the next day my hamstrings couldn't move. And I had to go right back to dancing again." Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

ZACH and Other Theaters Make Austin a Magnet for Talent

Austin, the capital city of the Lone Star State, has plenty going for it. Kiplinger magazine ranked it number one on its "Best Cities 2010" list, and the city is third on CNNMoney.com's roster of "America's Most Recession-Proof Cities."Clearly, Austin is doing something right. It has long been defined by its music scene, which is how it became home to the popular and growing South by Southwest festival. But Austin has emerged as more than just a base for music. In fact, it has become a mecca for theatrical and visual arts as well. So what makes the city such a bastion of creative energy?"Historically, you can blame the University of Texas," says Robert Faires, senior arts editor of The Austin Chronicle. "Since the 1880s, it's been drawing creative types from all over the statemost of whom felt like lonely outsiders in their small hometownsto this spot in the heart of Texas. They all discover one another here and begin to interact, and then the creativity just begins breeding. Because it's so fulfilling for them creatively here, they decide not to leave.""We're a blue oasis in a red state," echoes Dave Steakley, the producing artistic director of Austin theater ZACH for more than 20 years. "People, even politicians, come from the conservative parts of the state to be their true selves. It's an unbelievably desirable place to live."If there is anyone who has his finger on Austin's artistic pulse, it's Steakley, who has shepherded ZACH to its position as the linchpin of the Austin arts scene. Founded in 1933 as the Austin Civic Theatre, ZACH (renamed in 1968 for Zachary Scott, the Austin-born actor best known for the Hollywood classic "Mildred Pierce") is the longest-running theater in Texas and one of 10 original resident theater companies in the United States. Steakley credits Austin's music scene for the dialogue ZACH creates between performer and audience. "We're a highly participatory people," he explained. "We're a visceral people. We talk back to the performers onstage; we're used to that give-and-take in nightclubs. And that bleeds over into the other areas of the performing arts."Building on this, Steakley opts to create visceral works that break down barriers. Shows have included a bilingual production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's "Jesus Christ Superstar" titled "Jesucristo Superestrella," a jazz-R&B adaptation of Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" set in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans, and "Keepin' It Weird," a Steakley-penned paean to Austin itself.He also views ZACH as an incubator for artists. The theater nurtured the Anna Deavere Smith solo piece "Let Me Down Easy" and provided the space for Suzan-Lori Parks to extensively rewrite her drama "The Book of Grace." The published version of "Grace" comes from the work done at ZACH."ZACH catches the vibe of Austin in a lot of waysthrough music, humor, politics, storytelling," says award-winning playwright Steven Dietz, who teaches in the graduate playwriting division at the University of Texas and has directed such productions as "Doubt" and his own play "Becky's New Car" at ZACH. Dietz has penned an adaptation of "La Ronde" titled "360 (round dance)" to be performed at the venue. "I don't think it's the job of a theater to strive to be different than other theaters but to strive to be true to itself. And ZACHwith Dave's leadershipmanages to do that."Elisbeth Challener, managing director of ZACH, also credits the friendliness of Austinites for establishing an emotional connection with the theater. "People really care here," Challener says. "There's no veneer of Southern hospitalityit's real. People ask if they can help, they'll give recommendations of things to see, and then they'll follow up." Challener views ZACH as a meeting tent for audiences and prides herself on the intimacy that occurs throughout the performance space. She also points out the importance of staging both musicals and plays, since the two forms of entertainment are equally relevant to audiences. A Part of the Community Challener and Steakley wax as enthusiastically about the entire Austin artistic scene as they do about their own venue. They feel that ZACH has a responsibility to the city and view themselves as part of the greater community.Such thought has governed the Topfer Theatre Campaign, a landmark redesign in which ZACH will reopen in 2012 with a new home on the banks of Lady Bird Lake that will include a 420-seat theater. Designed by Andersson-Wise Architects (which also designed Austin's W Hotel and the Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater), the theater's Karen Kuykendall Stage will be three and a half times larger than ZACH's current Kleberg Stage. Challener views ZACH as a community gathering space, and every aspect of the expansion supports the mindset. The new lobby will overlook the Austin skyline, and audience members will be encouraged to stay for drinks at the bar after the show, when the actors will join them."I don't know that there's a theater in Austin that has a deeper commitment to community," Faires says, "and so much of that is driven by Steakley. He makes work for Austin, and his productions have the spirit of the city pulsing through them. He also has a company of some of the sharpest and funniest comedic actors in town." Many of the actors who work with ZACH match Faires' passion. "ZACH has created such a tremendous sense of family both inside and outside of the organization," says actor Martin Burke, who has appeared in many ZACH productions and can be seen this season in a revival of "The Laramie Project," David Sedaris' "The Santaland Diaries," and "Fully Committed." "We are so intimately related to each other, to our audiences, that the performances transcend mere presentation and entertainment," continues Burke. "We all go on a journey, and our lives expand because of it." Other upcoming ZACH productions this season include Tony winners "Spring Awakening," "God of Carnage," and "Next to Normal." The company conducts open casting calls in central Texas for all shows and also holds calls in NY City to cast specific parts, with a mix of Equity and non-Equity performers in most productions. Both "Awakening" and "Carnage" include actors found through NY casting calls."ZACH could not exist in any other city," says Barbara Chisholm, voted best actress in The Austin Chronicle's "Best of Austin 2011" poll. Chisholm, who is married to Faires, seconds Burke's contention that the theater's success depends a great deal on audience engagement. "ZACH audiences lean forward; they don't sit back with arms folded. Because the spaces are intimate, audiences feel keenly their participation with the art on the stage. Visiting artists comment on this communal aspect all the time.""The creative energy never stops flowing in Austin, and artists are always trying something new, which I love," Faires explains. "It isn't that people here don't love the classics, but they're much more interested in making something original. I'm always knocked out by the amount of new theater being generated hereone out of every four plays produced in Austin was either written locally or commissioned by a local company. And there's a hugely collaborative spirit among the artists, a friendliness and sense of support that makes Austin feel very much like a creative community [rather] than just a competitive little scene."Mechanicals and Cranks ZACH is one of many performing arts outlets in Austin. The Rude Mechanicals re-create historic productions from the last half-century; the current offering is a restaging of Mabou Mines' 1974 work "The B. Beaver Animation." Faires describes the company as being "as brave and committed and funny a troupe of theater makers as you could hope to meet." Its original production "The Method Gun" was a hit at the Humana Festival of New American Plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, in Louisville, Ky., and played Off-Broadway, and there are plans for a tour of Australia. Crank Collective offers satirical musical comedies with a live band, typically with an unconventional theme. This winter saw "Drone," a musical about two pilots finding romance while they control surveillance aircraft near the Texas border; the production received a 2011 Austin Critics Table Award nomination for best musical. The upcoming show, "Antarctica," centers on a descendant of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton who mounts a musical on a cruise ship. John Cecil, part of Crank Collective, appreciates the fusion of music and theater in Austin. "The 'music' part of musical theater is pretty exciting, since there are lots of musicians available here and interested in new projects," he says. Faires also cites the experimental group Rubber Repertory as not just a company to watch but also another one that fosters a rapport between stage and audience. "Rubber Repertory is like the theatrical equivalent of a craft microbrewery, making these amazingly original shows that create an individual experience for each audience member without sacrificing the communal nature of the theatrical experience," he says. "They're so far outside the box that you can't quite remember what the box looked like.""Artistic cachet in Austin seems to be based not on fame or success but on a kind of dogged fearlessness, a boundary-busting, authority-questioning aesthetic that values newness and shrewdness over familiarity and comfort," Dietz says. The city's artistically nurturing spirit shows no sign of stopping any time soon. Perhaps Chisholm says it best: "There's possibility in the air we breathe and the tacos we eat."

Mila Kunis: Actress, Television Star, Amateur Doctor

A journalist's worst nightmare: completely losing your voice before interviewing a movie star. You can't always reschedule -- the actor may be shooting a movie or promoting a cause or vacationing in Tahiti -- but, if it happens, all hope is not lost. Just call Dr. Mila Kunis. In a story for GQ, writer Michael Idov had the unfortunate timing of getting sick 12 hours before he was supposed to speak with Kunis. As he says, "the only sound my throat [was] capable of delivering [was] a deeply creepy rasp best suited to the phrase, get in my van." Thankfully, Mila came to the rescue. After grabbing hot miso soup at a Japanese restaurant, the two pick up some Buckley's cough syrup at a local drug store and headed back to Kunis's apartment. There, she cooked up a medicinal, vitamin-laced, booze-filled concoction to help cure Idov's throat. Kunis starts making us hot tea when she gets a better idea. 'Let's get some Cabernet going,' she says. 'It'll make you feel better and it will make you drunk.' She hands me a Grgich Hills Cabernet Franc... Into the saucepan it goes, followed by an avalanche of green-tea powder ('It's vitamins!'), two gelcaps of fish oil...apple-cider vinegar...and Ayurvedic chai... The melted gelcaps have coated the saucepan's bottom, while the released fish oil blots the surface. 'If I'm drinking this,' I say, 'you're drinking this.' Kunis nods. 'Yeah, I'll get wasted with you on this wine. F-ck it. It's good for you!' Suddenly she remembers something and dashes to the freezer. -I have vodka and I have tequila. What do you think kills germs better?'... 'Aw, s-it,' is all I manage in response as Kunis upends half a bottle of Ketel One into the mix. 'There. Healthy! This will kill everything.' So did Kunis's recipe help cure the cough? Idov says he felt better (no kidding). If only all of our interviews with movie stars went like this. Other than Idov's throat, the two discuss Kunis' acting career as well as her upcoming role in 'Oz: The Great and Powerful.' The entire piece is definitely worth a read. Check it out over on GQ.com [via GQ] [Photo: JJ/bauergriffinonline.com] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Thesps ready to 'Snitch'

Melina Kanakaredes, Rafi Gavron and Nadine Velazquez have signed on to round out the cast of Ric Roman Waugh's action thriller "Snitch," which is a co-production between Exclusive Media Group, Participant Media and Imagenation Abu Dhabi that will be released in the U.S. by Summit Entertainment. Inspired by true events, "Snitch" stars Dwayne Johnson as a suburban father who's forced to risk his life and become an informant for the DEA in order to reduce his wrongly-accused son's 10-year jail sentence. Susan Sarandon, Barry Pepper, Jon Bernthal and Michael K. Williams co-star. Gavron will play Johnson's son, while Velazquez and Kanakaredes will play his wife and ex-wife, respectively. Johnson will produce the film with Dany Garcia and David Fanning, as well as Exclusive, Participant and Imagenation Abu Dhabi. Justin Haythe ("Revolutionary Road") wrote the script and will exec produce the pic, which starts shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana next month. Waugh performed a rewrite and is also expected to receive a writing credit. Kanakaredes rose to prominence on NBC's "Providence" and went on to star alongside Gary Sinise on "CSI: NY." She recently played Athena in "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief." Gavron, who next stars alongside Henry Cavill and Bruce Willis in Summit's thriller "The Cold Light of Day," got his start playing a teenage burglar in Anthony Minghella's "Breaking and Entering." Thesp recently appeared in "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" and will soon be seen in the indie "Celeste and Jesse Forever" as well as on NBC's "Parenthood." Velazquez starred on NBC's "My Name Is Earl" and can currently be seen on FX's "The League." Gavron is repped by ICM, Affirmative Entertainment and Emptage Hallett, while WME reps Kanakaredes. Velazquez is repped by Gersh and Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment. Contact Jeff Sneider at jeff.sneider@variety.com

NBC shuts lower production on 'Suspect'

NBC is shutting lower production on "Prime Suspect." Show continued to be inside the lurch following Monday's announcement the Maria Bello starrer wouldn't have a very devote the midseason schedule. Procedural, from Universal Television, presently airs at 10 p.m. Thursday and may be transformed by "The Firm," which begins its regular run Jan. 12. "Prime Suspect" has extended been a well known in the network and topper Bob Greenblatt, but audiences haven't recognized the skein. "Suspect" is calculating single.6 rating/4 participate the 18-49 demo and 5.8 million total audiences. In trying to create some viewer retention, Greenblatt double-pumped the show -- running it two occasions in one week -- nevertheless the amounts haven't enhanced. Because the skein isn't formally canceled, the halt in production likely means the show will probably be permanently in the air after its 13-episode order. With only "Up With The Evening" and "Grimm" really the only new shows working well round the NBC sked, internet is searching toward midseason. Not merely will "The Firm" debut, but Greenblatt has high anticipation for your Katharine McPhee-Debra Playing starrer "Smash." And there's also the return on reality hit "The Voice," which starts its second season Feb. 6. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

'Hunger Games' Trailer: What the Movie Buffs Are Saying

Lionsgate The first full-length trailer for The Hunger Games premiered on Monday, and, according to the reactions of film experts, the odds seem to be ever in the Lionsgate film's favor.our editor recommendsThe Hunger Games Official Character Posters 'Hunger Games' Trailer Premieres, Reveals the Dark World of Panem (Video)'The Hunger Games' Director Gary Ross Promises 'Hugely Epic' Things to Come10 Biggest Book-to-Big Screen Adaptations of the Last 25 Years Set for a March 2012 release, the film based on the novel by Suzanne Collins features Jennifer Lawrence as 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the futuristic world of Panem. PHOTOS: The Hunger Games Official Character Posters The trailer shows Katniss illegally hunting in the outskirts of her District 12 with Gale (Liam Hemsworth), and then volunteering for the Games when her sister is chosen in the reaping. Viewers get to see glimpses of Katniss and fellow tribute Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) training for the games, and the final scene is of the 24 tributes being dropped into the deathly competition. Overall, initial opinions of the trailer were favorable, although some experts are curious how the rest of the Gary Ross-helmed film will play out. "It's a tonally interesting bit of world building based on the footage we've seen here, and I'm really liking the sense of reality that the trailer establishes," writes HitFix's Drew McWeeny. PHOTOS: 'Hunger Games' First Look: Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson "Jennifer Lawrence looks like she's going to be a strong presence as Katniss Everdeen," he added. "What we're not quite sold on is Ross' take on the futuristic dystopia; somewhere between Gattaca and Speed Racer, it's sort of distinctive, but the Lady Gaga-by-way-of-Aeon Flux look of Banks and Tucci, and Wes Bentley's indescribable facial hair, could risk coming off as silly at great length," wrote Oliver Lyttelton of Indiewire. "And, while we're sure that the goods are being kept under wraps for now (and it's refreshing to see a trailer that doesn't give everything away), we do hope that the games themselves involve more than people running through a field," added Lyttelton. VIDEO: 'Hunger Games' Trailer Premieres, Reveals the Dark World of Panem "Director Gary Ross seems to have gone all out in capturing the Capitol's opulence with the garish Effie Trinket, played by Elizabeth Banks, cheerfully determining the fates of these impoverished kids," wrote The Los Angeles Times' Nicole Sperling. "I can't think of a more brilliant way to end the trailer to director Gary Ross' movie than watching a terrified Katniss and Peeta, played by Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, racing for their backpacks and the protection of the woods," wrote Entertainment Weekly's Karen Valby. "The smartest move made with the two-and-a-half minute trailer was showing everything leading up to the games. The only glimpse we get inside the arena comes at the very end, as the Tributes rush the cornicopia and pick up their weapons," wrote Jarett Wieselman of The Insider. "From Jennifer Lawrence's steely gaze to the look of the Capitol to the perfect hair of Elizabeth Banks and Stanley Tucci, as Effie Trinket and Caesar Flickerman respectively, the first trailer for 'The Hunger Games' looks exactly like fans of the book would want it to look," wrote Moviefone's Christopher Rosen. View the full Hunger Games trailer here. Josh Hutcherson Liam Hemsworth Jennifer Lawrence Hunger Games