Zynga, Groupon Founders Strengthen Voting Power Ahead of Planned IPO

NY - The founders of social video gaming giant Zynga and online deal provider Groupon have boosted heir voting clout over regular shareholders ahead of their IPOs that are expected in the coming weeks, the Wall Street Journal reported. It said their new extra-supervoting shares break new ground in terms of how many votes a share can carry and could set a new standard for how founders keep control over key issues after their companies go public. At Zynga, which has done a slew of integration deals that helped promote movies, TV shows and musical talent, including Enrique Iglesias and Lady Gaga, over the past year, founder and CEO Mark Pincus will after the IPO own shares that carry 70 votes each, versus the typical shareholder's one vote per share, the Journal said, citing regulatory filings. With those shares, Pincus controls 38 percent of the shareholder votes despite what is only a 20 percent economic stake, according to the Journal. Meanwhile, five venture capital investors have a combined 26 percent of the votes despite owning a 35 percent economic stake. Pincus' added voting rights could give investors a chance to push the IPO price lower in meetings between management and investors that typically precede IPOs, experts told the Journal. The paper said that Pincus negotiated his 70-vote stock in part because of an earlier experience as chairman and CEO of Support.com after its IPO in 2000. While he held 15 percent of the stock, venture capital firms owned 30 percent, and he left later that year, it quoted a source as saying. Meanwhile, after Groupon goes public, its three founders will own shares that carry 150 votes each, according to the Journal, which cited the company's latest regulatory filings. Groupon and Zynga declined to comment. @font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }@font-face { font-family: "Lucida Grande"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }a:link, span.MsoHyperlink { color: blue; text-decoration: underline; }a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { color: purple; text-decoration: underline; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Topics Zynga Groupon

Imax 3Q revenue jumps 32%

Big screen maker Imax Corp. Thursday mentioned a effective performance at its growing network of theaters introduced to have an earnings uptick last quarter. Revenue hopped 32 percent to $67.5 million for your three several days brought to September. Internet gain rose to $8.4 million from $6.7 million. Imax Boss Richard Gelfond reported a ''combination of strong film performance, an growing theater network and prudent expense management'' and mentioned the quarter ''demonstrates the operating leverage that will propel our growth continuing to move forward.'' Total film revenue rose to $26.6 000 0000 from $21. million. Production and Imax DMR revenues elevated fifty percent to $18.6 000 0000, mainly reflecting the expansion in the Imax theater network around earlier. Gelfond mentioned it absolutely was the finest-grossing box office quarter since the first quarter of 2010 (which incorporated Avatar) driven by ''Transformers: Dark in the Moon'' as well as the last ''Harry Potter'' installment. Gross box office from DMR game game titles elevated 53 percent to $149 million. The normal DMR box office per screen inside the third quarter was $356,200 ($257,200 domestic, $560,000 worldwide). Coming selection includes a five-day preview of ''Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol The Imax Experience,'' ''The Amazing Spider-Guy,'' ''The Hobbit: An Unforeseen Journey'' and ''The Dark Dark evening Increases,'' that's presently being shot using Imax cameras.'' Sales from joint revenue talking about plans elevated 54 percent to $10. Through the quarter, the business installed 14 new theaters under joint revenue talking about plans, versus 18 around-ago period. By Sept. 30, 2011, there has been 218 Imax theaters operating under joint revenue talking about plans, versus 144 the last year. Imax mentioned it must possess between 490 and 500 commercial multiplex theaters functioning by year-finish, implying commercial network rise in 2011 more than thirty percent. Imax mentioned it provides a record backlog of orders for 295 theater systems within the finish in the quarter. Some eighty percent in the backlog is worldwide. Company mentioned worldwide theaters generate two occasions el born area office of domestic theaters. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

'In the Land of Blood and Honey' Trailer: Angelina Jolie, Oscar-Nominated Director?

It's not often you'd put silent film star Harold Lloyd in the same sentence as a children's movie, but that's what makes Martin Scorsese's upcoming 3D adventure 'Hugo' so special. The film -- based on the book by Brian Selznick -- is a master class on film history designed to charm cinephiles and their kids in equal measure. This brand-new poster for the Paramount release highlights that dichotomy, as star Asa Butterfield clings to a clock-hand in a way that recalls Lloyd's silent-era classic 'Safety Last!' Check it out ahead. [Click for full-size image.] Starring Chloe Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Jude Law, Sacha Baron Cohen, Michael Stuhlbarg, Emily Mortimer and Butterfield as the titular Hugo, the Martin Scorsese-directed film arrives in theaters on Nov. 23. Watch the trailer below. [Top photo: Paramount] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Who Was Pauline Kael and Why Does She Still Matter?

Pauline Kael is having a moment. The legendary NYer movie critic is the focus of three new books -- an anthology of her work, a biography, and a memoir by one of her disciples -- and the topic of debate among fellow movie critics and pundits at film festival panels. Not bad for a woman who passed away 10 years ago and penned her last review a decade before that. That she still inspires argument and attention after all this time is a testament to her legacy. Kael was not only the most important and influential movie critic of her era but also the one who continues to have the greatest impact on the way we talk about movies today. At a time when film criticism has been thoroughly devalued, when moviegoers would rather glance at a movie's score on Rotten Tomatoes than read a professionally written review, when film critic jobs at newspapers nationwide have either been eliminated or filled by teenagers and writers with no film background, when the non-controversial Roger Ebert is the only movie critic who's famous nationwide, and when the movies themselves hardly seem worth talking about -- it's hard to imagine that there was a time when film critics were taken seriously, when several of them were household names, when their philosophies were the subject of avid debate, and when one cantankerous, ebullient woman dropping rhetorical bombshells from her perch at a highbrow magazine could influence not just which movies people saw but how movies were made. Where did Kael's power come from? Mostly from the forcefulness of her own opinion, as expressed in dazzling prose. Before she wrote her first NYer article in 1967, she was already the author of a best-selling collection of reviews written for various outlets, the provocatively titled 'I Lost It at the Movies.' She had already picked a fight with the then-reigning American film critic, Andrew Sarris, over the auteur theory. (Sarris had popularized in America the French theory that a director is a movie's chief author, one who invests each film with signature themes and stylistic touches. Kael dismissed this notion, though she would later give it credence whenever it suited her argument. Believe it or not, film geeks used to line up behind Sarris or Kael and bicker over auteurism.) Her reviews of movies, both vintage and new, were fun to read, with opinions expressed with breeziness but also absolute certainty. Kael has been painted as a populist, a warrior thumbing her nose at the snobbery of establishment critics and their arty pretensions while championing movies generally considered trashy or disposable. But her taste was a lot more complicated than that. She did enjoy art movies as long as they delved deeply into emotional experience, and she rejected lowest-common-denominator movies if they were crassly tossed off, without creativity or verve. She was capable of appreciating mainstream Hollywood movies and exploitation fare that had some life to it while also recognizing the dangers of a movie industry increasingly focused on profit at the expense of originality and creative risk-taking. She wasn't the first American movie critic to diminish the importance of the line between highbrow and lowbrow (Manny Farber got there sooner), but she popularized the new aesthetic like nobody else had, both in her reviews and in essays like 1969's 'Trash, Art, and the Movies.' For a filmmaker, the way to Kael's heart was through her gut. Movies to her were a visceral experience; she preferred ones that took her on an emotional ride and made her feel more alive. Her writing was similarly visceral, with each review less an essay meant to persuade than a performance, full of sound and fury, meant to overwhelm. It's no wonder that Kael's absolutism attracted ardent admirers and equally fervent detractors. (Nowadays, we expect reviews to be performances, in part because Kael's followers still write that way, and in part because of the TV review format perfected by Ebert and Gene Siskel at the end of the critic-as-household-name era in the mid 1970s.) Kael rose to the top of the critical heap with her epic-length 1967 defense of 'Bonnie and Clyde.' It was published in the NYer, which, along with many other top outlets, had already panned the recent Warren Beatty-Faye Dunaway true-crime saga. Unlike other critics who had dismissed the film as too jokey and too violent, Kael recognized the film for what it was, an attempt to import the techniques of French New Wave cinema to the U.S. in order to create a new American art cinema, one that rushed headlong according to its own rhythms and refused to be limited by old taboos of sex and violence. Her opinion turned the tide for the movie, which soon became a box office success and a multiple Oscar-nominee. And it led to a staff perch at the NYer for Kael, who reviewed movies there for the next 24 years. It's been theorized that one reason Kael became so influential was that she had such revolutionary movies to write about. Indeed, 'Bonnie & Clyde' kicked off a filmmaking renaissance in America, and Kael was an early champion of many of its leading figures, including Robert Altman, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and Brian de Palma. And some of them, in turn, solicited her opinion, sought her approval, and reacted with fury or despair when they didn't get it. Veteran filmmaker David Lean reportedly said he didn't make a movie for 14 years after 'Ryan's Daughter' because of his dejection over her pan of the 1970 film. (It's hard to imagine a critic today whose opinion is so respected or feared within the industry; not even a thumbs-up or thumbs-down from Ebert has such impact. But then, it's hard to imagine a contemporary wave of filmmaking so radical and game-changing that it would benefit from an advocate as passionate as the NYer critics was.) Kael and the movies of the late 1960s and early 1970s seemed made for each other. It wasn't just filmmakers who sought Kael's approval. Kael surrounded herself with an avid entourage of young acolytes, sometimes dismissed as "Paulettes" for their lockstep adherence to her opinions and her writing style. By the time Kael retired in 1991, the nation's film critic jobs were filled with Paulettes. Many of them eventually outgrew their emulation of Kael's taste and prose style and developed their own (David Denby, one of her successors at the NYer, famously outlined how he outgrew Kael's early influence on him in a NYer essay entitled 'My Life as a Paulette'), but many of her tics and tendencies are visible in various critics' movie reviews to this day: an emphasis on a movie's plot and acting over its visual and technical elements, a fondness for the second person (writing "you," as if to assume that "you" will experience a movie the same way the critic did), opinions rendered as extravagant praise or snarky dismissal, and insistence that favored directors (especially Brian de Palma) can do no wrong. One of the chief Paulettes was James Wolcott, whose new memoir, 'Lucking Out: My Life Getting Down and Semi-Dirty in Seventies NY,' covers the period when he was fresh out of college and a member of Kael's inner circle. He writes fondly of those years now, though he was also one of the first to take down the Paulettes as a group (in a 1997 Vanity Fair article, 'Waiting for Godard'). Of course, Wolcott remains a master of the incisively witty kneecapping. Whatever his feelings are about his fellow former Paulettes, he maintains not only his affection for Kael but also his emulation of her technique. Also new on bookshelves is Brian Kellow's biography 'Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark' and the Library of America's 'The Age of Movies: Selected Writings of Pauline Kael,' which collects some of the most re-readable reviews and essays from such Kael anthologies as 'I Lost It at the Movies,' 'Reeling,' and 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' (whose title Shane Black borrowed for his 2005 thriller spoof). In conjunction with the publications of these three books, the NYer has posted online a new essay about Kael, a couple of blog posts, and a handful of Kael's most famous and notorious reviews. There's also an impassioned tribute to her by former Paulette Armond White at CityArts and a debate over her legacy by NY Times critics Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott. Why the sudden vogue for Kael? In part it's because we just marked the 10th anniversary of her death in September, 2001. But it's also because her absence is so keenly felt. There's a longing for a critic like Kael, for whom movies matter so much, because there's a longing for (as the Library of America book calls it) an "age of movies" that matter. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook Follow Gary Susman on Twitter: @garysusman

'Flowers of War' Trailer: Christian Bale's Non-Foreign Foreign Film

We already knew Christian Bale was set to star in 'Flowers of War, but considering it was made by Chinese director Zhang Yimou and submitted by China as the nation's Foreign Film Oscar selection, you'd expect there to be some Chinese dialect in the film. Based on the first trailer, there isn't! In fact, it looks like Bale -- as an American priest -- and the rest of the characters primarily speak English. Though since this is only a three-minute-clip, expect to hear Chinese dialect spoken at some point. 'Flowers of War' follows John Magee (Bale), an American priest who helps save the lives of Chinese citizens during the Nanking Massacre. It will hit theaters in China on Dec. 16. The film currently has no American release date. [via Vulture] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

EFA Reveals Documentary Nominees

The Eu Film Academy has completed its nominees inside the documentary category for your 24th annual European Film Honours, which are searching for December 3 in Berlin. The movies will probably be distributed round the EFA’s 2,500 people, who'll election for your champion. PINA, Germany WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Wim Wenders Produced BY: Gian-Piero Ringel & Wim Wenders STAND VAN P STERREN (Position Among the Stars), holland DIRECTED: Leonard Retel Helmrich Put together By: Leonard Retel Helmrich & Hetty Naaijkens Produced BY: Hetty Naaijkens VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS!, Germany / holland / Argentina / Chile WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Victor Kossakovsky Produced BY: Heino Deckert

On Set With The Walking Dead

Zombieland Fox is adapting cult hit Zombieland for a television, Vulture reports. The original film, which starred Social Network's Jesse Eisenberg and Easy A's Emma Stone, would be formatted to a half-hour for contention in the 2012-13 season, with original writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick attached. The originals cast members, however, will not appear. Ratings: The Walking Dead Season 2 premiere nabs 7.3 million "The original plan for this was to make it as a TV show," Zombieland producer Gavin Polone told the site. CBS had ordered a pilot script in 2005 before the concept was made into a film, but took "all the good stuff out," he said. Syfy was also reportedly interested, but couldn't financially support it. AMC's The Walking Dead drew a hefty 7.3 million viewers for its second season premiere on Sunday, so it comes to no surprise that another network would attempt to dip into the successful genre. The CW had a zombie series, Awakening, in contention for the fall season, but the network failed to pick it up.

'The Adventures of Tintin': A New Poster and Really Good Reviews

Over the weekend, the first reviews for Steven Speilberg's 'The Adventures of Tintin' began popping up online with almost unanimous praise: "While luxuriating in its pre-existing universe, here is a film imploring you to join in. It would take a hard heart to resist," said Empire Magazine's Ian Nathan. "[The film] showcase[s] Spielberg's talent for creating action that is less about bullets and bombs than in keeping things visually alive," exclaimed Jordan Mintzer of the Hollywood Reporter. It's refreshing to know that a project presented by both Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson may end up living up to its hype. (Spielberg is directing the first film, with Jackson producing; the two filmmakers will switch roles for the sequel.) 'Tintin' is based on the legendary Belgian comic series by Herge (and not Rin-Tin-Tin). Due to the popularity of the original 'Tintin' overseas, the film is set to premiere in the UK on Oct. 26. Unfortunately, Americans will have to wait until Christmas for its release, but you can at least check out the new poster for 'Tintin' -- which depicts the titular hero and his trusty dog, Snowy -- standing tall as a ship crashes and burns behind them. [via HitFix] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Martin Sheen Assumes Liberal Hollywood's Obama Bashing (Video)

If the involves celebrity activism, handful of if any Hollywood liberals wield more gravitas than Martin Sheen. So give consideration, Matt Damon and Michael Moore: Knock-from the critique of Leader Obama.our editor recommendsPresident Obama to Hollywood: 'I Never Guaranteed You Easy'As Obama Involves Hollywood, Showbiz Heavies Plan More Democratic Party FundraisersPresident Obama Sets Two Hollywood Fundraiser (Exclusive)Leader Obama revisit La for Fundraising event Gala (Exclusive)Leader Obama's Jobs Bill Prompts On-Air Explosion From MSNBC's Erection dysfunction Schultz (Video)Rhianna Tones Lower Appearance to fulfill Leader ObamaMartin Sheen on Charlie Sheen: 'I Be familiar with Hell He's Living In'Martin Sheen Stars in Emilio Estevez-directed 'The Way' Trailer (Video) In the segment in the Pleasure Behar Show set to air Tuesday evening on HLN, Sheen, sitting alongside boy Emilio Estevez, is asked for about instances where Moore, Damon while others in Hollywood expressed displeasure with Obama. Knowing in the manner he bristles within the mere suggestion, he is not pleased with them. PHOTO: Best Presidents in Film and tv "Matt Damon and Michael Moore," states Pleasure Behar, "are bashing Obama just a little. It is said they're unhappy in what he's done. Where can you emerge on that?" "Steady, steady. No," Sheen cautions. "You're speaking of a special guy. I like him, but he's doing an admirable job.In . Behar plays the role of devil's advocate inside the segment. "They've been demeaning him mercilessly because the economy has not return," she states. PHOTOS: Stars Who've Carried out People in politics "But had they, you understand, dedicated to the particular problem?" Sheen asks about his celebrity-activist co-employees. Corporate America should be chastised many Obama less, according to Sheen. "You understand, they discuss patriotism. They are curious about profits, you understand? This is when the problem lies. It's corporate America." Estevez enables his father perform the speaking throughout this part of the interview, not showing whether he confirms or else until Sheen -- motivated by Behar -- compares Obama to Robert Kennedy. "He's still really the only adult inside the room, frankly," Sheen states of Obama as Estevez nods in complete agreement. PHOTOS: Leader George W. Rose rose bush on 9/11 "As well as the best guy," Behar reminds them. "The best guy," Sheen confirms. The dad and boy were marketing their film, The Means By Which, which stars Estevez and Sheen and was written and directed by Estevez. As his father bashed companies, Estevez offered his opinion that "keeping the jobs in your homeInch is important, though he acknowledged he shot The Strategies by The nation. STORY: Disappointed Hollywood Giving Obama Cold Shoulder "I really required to meditate on that, plus it was difficult to possess a film in the country," Estevez mentioned. Despite the fact that show hasn't broadcast yet, the political right was already ridiculing the interview. Noel Sheppard of Newsbusters, one in the Media Research Center, for example, dissected virtually every economic claim created through the trio and offered the counterarguments. He finishes his piece with: "Yeah, Obama's the best guy as well as the only adult inside the room. Knowing by his results so far -- Romper Room." Related Subjects Obama Matt Damon Pleasure Behar HLN Michael Moore Martin Sheen Emilio Estevez Politics

Cohans prep Pineiro adaptation 'Betibu'

RIO P JANEIRO -- Miguel Cohan, director of "No Return," is concentrating on a completely new project, "Betibu," an adaptation of Argentine Claudia Pineiro's latest novel. "Betibu" is defined at Argentina's Haddock Films, the co-producer of 2010 Oscar champion "The Important Thing to themInch and Viggo Mortensen-starrer "Everybody Features A Plan." Cohan is concentrating on the script with sister Ana Cohan, co-scribe of "No Return," and Pineiro. A thriller, "Betibu" triggers an ageing, jaundiced crime journalist, a famous lady author together with a thrusting youthful journalist who investigate a suspected murder in the gated community outdoors Buenos Aires. "The story can be a crime suspenser occur the backrooms of journalism," Haddock topper Vanessa Ragone told Variety within the Rio Festival market. Miguel Cohan could make "Betibu" his sophomore outing, Ragone mentioned. Project is co-produced by Gerardo Herrero and Mariela Besuievsky's Madrid-based Tornasol Films, which co-has Haddock. It's skedded to shoot partner 2012 in Buenos Aires and, most probably, Spain's Ciudad p la Luz art galleries. Argentine broadcaster Telefe will connect produce. Money is "large by Argentine standards, mid-budget through the the spanish language language standards," Ragone mentioned. Haddock optioned Pineiro's second novel, which increased being Marcelo Pineyro's 2009 Argentine B.O. hit "Thursday's Widows." "No Return," Cohan's debut, shared the Golden Spike at Spain's Valladolid fest, creating Cohan just like a director to follow and specialist in drama thrillers. "Betibu" explores the same register. The Rio Festival runs March. 6-18. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Jordana Brewster on Fast Five, Ageing Onscreen and the risk of a Sixth Fast & Furious Film

A week ago, Movieline spoke with with Fast 5 star Tyrese Gibson to find the male perspective on being a member of this type of lucrative, testosterone-driven franchise. Wanting to get another take, we arrived at to Jordana Brewster, that has performed the only heroine from the vehicle heist series since the first day. The Yale graduate eagerly talked about her growing role in Fast Five (that is launched on DVD and Blu-ray now), a possible sixth installment and her very own meager understanding of automobiles. It appears like even five movies in, Fast & Furious keeps growing increasingly popular in the box office. Have you have concept that it might be this type of lasting franchise whenever you signed on? No! Whenever we signed on, I had been in senior high school and that i didn’t know much about vehicle culture. I didn’t have my license at that time, and so i understood that people were creating a movie about cars however i don’t think anybody understood that people were onto something stand out that will carry on growing. Justin [Lin] is actually amazing for the reason that he keeps building onto it if you don't take the fans as a given. They know he’s reached keep growing and that he does that if you take us to new places like Rio p Janeiro and adding figures like Dwayne Manley’s character. Our fans are perfect and thus loyal. And not simply the fans however the experts also appear to possess a certain respect with this franchise. Perhaps you have always felt the experts’ support too? I ended reading through reviews like 2 or 3 movies in, and so i do not pay an excessive amount of focus on that. But when they did, that’s awesome. Has your understanding of cars broadened greatly because the first movie? Well, I still don’t drive a stick. Used to do take one class, however i am hopeless, I simply stated, “I’m not getting this” and gave that up. I actually do love driving and be thankful more. There’s no method for you to’t residing in La. I additionally allow us an appreciation just for beautiful cars such as the GT40 I drove in Fast Five. I had been like, “Oh my gosh, I really like the lines on that vehicle.” However someone like Paul knows what’s starting the engine and just how you fix that vehicle whether it stops working. I’m not too savvy. Do you experience feeling any pressure they are driving an incredible vehicle in tangible existence? No, I am talking about, I drive a variety Rover Sport that we love. My dream vehicle will be a Maserati. That might be amazing. Fast Five was this type of fun movie to look at. That which was probably the most fun scene to shoot? My personal favorite scene undoubtedly was the feet chase that people shot in Puerto Rico. Paul and that i reached do many of these stunts that was a lot fun for me personally — not only being an actor because I acquired to kick ass and jump off roofs — but because my character, Mia, reached grow and become away from home using the boys. Which was something which Justin and that i had spoken about, also it really was vital that you evolve. Did you need to do some strong convincing to allow Justin do your personal stunts? No, Justin was like, “I’m likely to push yourself on that one.” It had been just time on her — and me — to become away from home using the boys and safeguard her family. She'd much more on the line about this movie. How can you unwind from standing on this kind of action-heavy, testosterone-fueled set every single day? I meditate, which I like. Just twenty minutes two times each day which really helps. It’s funny because whenever you watch the film it appears enjoy it’s constant adrenaline but there’s a lot preventing and beginning on set that everybody is fairly mellow. That’s the only method to keep the sanity. [SPOILER ALERT] How have you react whenever you discovered that Mia would be pregnant within this movie? I had been excited, because story-smart, I figured it assisted in the ante on her also it assisted her and [Paul Master’s character] John become closer. How can you think this can alter the trajectory from the franchise? I don’t know. I’m excited to determine where they’ll go if there’s a sixth movie. Have you ever heard anything in regards to a sixth movie yet? Nothing official, however i could be up for this. It’s a lot fun since you’re dealing with your buddies and also you’re dealing with these folks that you've a shorthand with. Just how much feedback would you get from female fans? I believe I’ve become probably the most feedback on that one because Mia was more powerful and away from home using the boys and active in the action. Because she would be a more powerful female character, Used to do obtain a great response. I listen to them on Twitter concerning the action sequences. Company, I get lots of questions regarding Paul and what it really’s like to utilize him. [Laughs]

Rankings: Memorable Trends Downward Like The Majority Of Shows in Week 3

Memorable Memorable - the greatest-ranked new drama from the 2011-12 TV season's first week - apparently is not memorable enough for many people revisit. The show's third episode attracted 11.35 million audiences and nabbed a couple.4 rating among industry-valued 18-to-49-year-olds, overnight Nielsen rankings demonstrated. It came 19 percent less audiences two days after its debut, and a week ago it fell behind Person of great interest as typically the most popular new network drama. Still it emerged victorious in prime time's final hour Tuesday against Body of Proof, which went from the grain by enhancing (10.22 million/2.1 Up 11 percent and 17 %, correspondingly), and Being a parent (5 million/2. - lower 9 %). Fall Preview: Get scoop in your favorite coming back shows The very first new show to generate the assurance of full season- New Girl - attracted 8.62 million people and published Tuesday night's high demo rating: 4.3. While keeping Fox's belief, the show also trended downward for that third week (versus. 9.26 million/4.4 rating a week ago, and 10.98 million for that premiere). Glee snapped up 8.$ 30 million audiences and three.5 demo rating (versus. last week's 8.34 million/3.6 and 8.91 million/3.8 for that Season 3 premiere). And when it's Tuesday, this means CBS has won the very first two hrs of prime time with NCIS, which attracted 18.86 million (4.1) and NCIS: La, which attracted 14.sixty five million (3.6). At 9:30/8:30c, Fox's Raising Hope defied the downward trend by reaching 6.51 million people. Read our Dwts recap Against NCIS and Glee at 8/7c, the very first hour of Dwts entertained 9.11 million audiences versus. The Greatest Loser on NBC (5.52 million) and also the CW's 90210 (1.32 million - lower 16 percent). At 9/8c, the DWTS results came 14.83 million versus. Loser (5.69 million) and also the 4th round of Ringer, which, after nabbing 2.01 million a week ago, got just 1.49 million - its cheapest yet and below the two.7 million because of its premiere. Amounts also might have been lower because many eyes, especially in the nation's biggest TV market, were switched towards the playoff game between your NY Yankees and Detroit Tigers. Some 7.01 million fans viewed the best-time game on The best spinner's, which makes it probably the most viewed division-series contest in 4 years.

Oscar Predictions: Even Harvey Weinstein Is a Sucker For George Clooney

“I love George Clooney’s movie, The Ides of March,” Harvey Weinstein raved recently when asked for an Academy Award prediction. “I love politics, and this movie is the best political movie — it’s gotta be right up there with the best of the best. Seriously, it is the toughest, most incisive, no-bullshit movie I’ve seen this year. And [Ryan] Gosling hits it out of the ballpark. And the entire cast is great. Clooney just nailed it. It’s an appropriate movie for these times. So Oscar prediction? That that gets nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. And it’s not mine.” [Vulture]