Jessie J: I Want To Gain More Weight

First Published: December 19, 2011 9:07 AM EST Credit: Getty Images NY, N.Y. -- Caption Jessie J arrives for the Giles show at London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2012, London, on September 19, 2011Most New Year resolutions include dieting. Not for Jessie J. The British singer says her goal for 2012 is to gain more weight. Jessie J says shes been working hard this year and that its important to know when you need to gain weight, or when you need to lose weight and be healthy. The 23-year-old is known for her slim figure and skin tight outfits. She released her debut CD Who We Are earlier this year. Its double platinum in the United Kingdom, where she has four Top 10 hits, including the No. 1 tune Price Tag. That song has reached the Top 40 in America. The singer also plans to shave her head for charity. Says Jessie J: I want to make a difference in the world. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Witherspoon installed on West Memphis 3 pic

WitherspoonReese Witherspoon is installed on star in Atom Egoyan's West Memphis Three drama "Devil's Knot."Pic is founded on investigative reporter Mara Leveritt's 2003 book "Devil's Knot: The Actual Story in the West Memphis Three," which chronicled the prolonged murder trial of accused Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Junior., who offered 18 years jail time just before being released in August. The trio were billed with killing Christopher Byers, Michael Moore and Stevie Branch, three 8-year-old boys who've been found very wiped out and hog-tied in the wooded portion of West Memphis, Arkansas known to as Robin Hood Slopes.Witherspoon may have Pam Hobbs, mother of one of the sufferers. Hobbs initially believed that Echols, Baldwin and Misskelley wiped out her boy, but since the situation drawn on plus much more particulars increased being available, she found believe that the trio did not commit the heinous crime.Scott Derrickson and Paul Boardman written the script, they began concentrating on in 2006 when the project was setup at Dimension Films. Egoyan recently labored with Boardman to develop the newest draft.Former Dimension prexy Richard Saperstein ("Hancock") will produce with Elizabeth Fowler, Clark Billings ("Rampart") and Boardman.While you'll find no rights deal with Echols, Baldwin or Misskelley, the producers have guaranteed existence rights to a lot of figures mixed up in questionable situation, including detective agency Ron Poor.Production round the under-$20 million feature is predicted to start inside the summer season.Free Air travel Memphis 3 situation has attracted elevated media attention together with the eye of Healing For Healing For Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, who produced Amy Berg's documentary "West of Memphis," which will debut at Sundance.Witherspoon, who was simply last noticed in "Water For Tigers," next stars alongside Chris Pine and Tom Sturdy in McG's "This Means War." Thesp, who won an Oscar for "Walk the street,In . recently wrapped Rob Nichols' indie "Grime" with Matthew McConaughey.Witherspoon is repped by CAA and Management 360. Contact Rob Sneider at rob.sneider@variety.com

Nick Swardson to use Again, and 5 Other Tales You'll Be Talking About Today

Happy Wednesday! Also in today’s edition in the Broadsheet: The man who aided make cinema safe for your counterculture has died… Kenneth Branagh’s back-up plan… Apologies worth considering… plus much more. · Be cautious! Nick Swardson and TJ Burns are actually cast inside the stop-motion animated Hell & Back, “a comedy about two close buddies who must save friends with them when he's accidentally drawn to hell.” Which is always to say, it’s about finding Make the most of Schneider in the screening of Bucky Larson: Born to become Star. [Deadline] · Bert Schneider, the Oscar-winning producer whose astounding film credits include Easy Driver, Five Easy Pieces, The Ultimate Picture Show, Hearts and Minds and Occasions of Paradise (in addition to creating The Monkees), has died at 78. [NYT] · “I’ve always quite imagined having a book store, or used in one.” So! When the acting/pointing factor doesn’t exercise for him, no less than Kenneth Branagh features a Plan B. Good to know. [The NYer, subscription needed] · In the amazing act of guts and magnanimity, Large Hollywood editor John Nolte has freely apologized for churlishly neglecting me as “one of left-wing Hollywood’s chief Structure Pads and water service companies” writing in the critical and commercial hit Rise in the Planet in the Apes prior to getting seen it: “I was wrong. Which I’m sorry.” Ahem. You’re still getting coal for Christmas, John. [Large Hollywood] · Stephen Daldry also launched regrets in regards to the Daldry not screening just before experts honours, telling Variety inside an interview completed on 12 ,. 1: “I’m sorry that experts didn’t view it with time, however literally finished the best mix at 6 a.m. today. Make a choice about whether you’re prone to compromise the film to produce payment dates or finish it the simplest way you probably know how.” [Variety] · “Yeah, I’m similar to this is stupid, why am i held wearing a mask?” Paris Jackson talks! But does she say anything? [Reuters via Yahoo!]

Antonio Banderas Code-Named 'Zorro' by Secret Service Agents During Obama's L.A. Visit

Multimillionaire Mitt Romney is again being accused of being out of touch with middle-class America after Saturday night's televised GOP debate in Iowa.our editor recommendsHollywood Stays Away as Mitt Romney Raises More Than $1 Million in Beverly Hills Rick Perry Presents Top 10 List on 'Late Show' in Wake of Debate 'Oops' (Video)Mitt Romney's 2007 'Meet the Press' Appearance Provides Fodder for Newt Gingrich Campaign (Video)Related Topics•Politics After rival Rick Perry claimed Romney had supported national healthcare reform in a passage in his book, No Apology, that had been removed in the paperback edition, Romney fired back. He brought in healthcare reform to Massachusetts as governor -- similar to President Barack Obama's national healthcare proposal -- but he denies ever saying his healthcare plan in one state could work nationwide. "Rick, I'll tell you what: $10,000 bucks? Ten thousand bet?" Romney said, extending his hand to shake on the bet. Perry paused before responding, "I'm not in the betting business, but I will show you the book." The bet became a huge topic online almost instantly. Within an hour, the Twitter hashtag #what10Kbuys, which had been started by the Democratic National Committee, was trending across the globe, according to ABC News. Meanwhile, pundits weighed in after the debate, and opted to focus more on Romney's audacity to wager such a nominal figure as opposed to the content of the bet itself. "For someone to go and throw around a $10,000 bet, just goes to show even more that he's not the same level as the people of Iowa or the country," Alice Stewart, a spokeswoman for another candidate, Michele Bachmann, told ABC. Eric Fehrnstrom, Romney's press spokesman, said the former Massachusetts governor was only trying to make a point, not make a serious bet. "I've made bets with friends and family for one million," Fehrnstrom said. He added that Romney only made the bet to prove that Perry wouldn't take it, saying, "This guy was wrong. It was a phony allegation." After Romney attempted to make the wager, his offhanded remark went viral online, with "#what10kbuys" trending on Twitter. "That's the language of Wall Street and not the language of Main Street Iowa," Robert Haus, co-chairman for Perry's Iowa campaign, told reporters after the ABC debate. "I don't know anybody that carries that kind of money around with them," said Iowa house majority leader Linda Upmeyer (Newt Gingrich's Iowa campaign chairwoman). "When I make a bet with somebody, it's usually for the five dollars I have in my hand and we lay it down and we bet." Bob Vander Plaats, a conservative leader from Sioux City, Iowa, who has previously criticized Romney's candidacy, echoed that sentiment to the Des Moines Register. "No matter what number he came up with, it just played into his image that he's in a realm that most Iowans can't relate to," he said. Another rival candidate, Jon Huntsman, who did not participate in the Iowa debate Saturday, created the website 10kbet.com after the debate. The site, complete with articles, videos and tweets, seeks to explain why "Mitt Romney Owes Rick Perry $10,000." Former Obama White House aide Bill Burton, spokesman for PrioritiesUSA, a group supporting Obama's re-election, also chimed in, via Twitter. "Not a lot of 99%'ers are out there making $10,000 bets," he wrote. Burton also told Reuters via e-mail: "It is predictable that Mitt Romney will slip up and let folks in on who he is from time to time. Corporations are people, joking about being unemployed and now this. Mitt Romney has no clue what pain the American middle class is feeling right now." Romney has failed to connect with some voters, partly because of his enormous net worth. While fundraising for the 2008 campaign, Romney reportedly spent $42 million of his own money. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Box Office Politics: The Movies and Stars Dems vs. GOPers Love (and Love to Hate) Related Topics ABC Rick Perry Mitt Romney

Script Magazine Offered To F+W Media

Final Draft published this information of their purchase of Script magazine to F+W Media: Should you haven't yet heard, Final Draft, Corporation. has offered the posting privileges ofScript Magazine to F+W Media, Corporation. It was a really difficult decision, but our focus at Final Draft, Corporation. happens to be and it is more than ever before today on developing technology and software for scriptwriters. We're focusing our talent on creating the very best tools possible for everyone our clients. F+W Media, Corporation. and our buddies in the Authors Store are actually in the helm ofScript. Beginning today, please direct any queries you might have about yourScript Magazine subscription toWriters Digest. We appreciate your ongoing support and desire you success together with your writing.

All My Children Alum Cameron Mathison to Woo Bree on Desperate Housewives

Cameron Mathison He may not be going back to Pine Valley, but Cameron Mathison is headed to another one of TV's most picturesque neighborhoods: Wisteria Lane. The All My Children alum will appear on an upcoming episode of Desperate Housewives, TVGuide.com has confirmed. All My Children and One Life to Live not heading online "I play one of Bree's lovers," Mathison tells ABC Soaps In Depth, which reported his guest role. "We have a couple of fun scenes. I really loved working with [Marcia Cross]. She is very kind and generous." If his Twitter account is any indication, it sounds like Mathison may be stripping down for the role. "Back working at Desperate Housewives," he tweeted Friday. "Doing lots of pushups before my scene. That's all I'm saying." The episode is tentatively scheduled to air in January, according to the magazine. VIDEO: Cameron Mathison says Susan Lucci may join him for online All My Children This will be Mathison's first TV appearance since AMC left the air in September. He was originally set to follow the long-running ABC soap to its new online home in 2012. However, Prospect Park, the company behind the online move, suspended production last month on the online versions of All My Children and One Life to Live, citing financial and logistical problems. Are you excited to see Mathison romance Bree on Desperate Housewives? Are you still mourning the end of All My Children?

Actress' Suit Puts Concentrate on Age as Job Barrier

La (AP) Millions of-dollar suit by an actress who claims her job prospects were broken when she was outed online like a 40-year-old has run smack into the usual understanding: If Sandra Bullock, 47, and Helen Mirren, 66, are becoming steady work, prejudice against older stars surely should have disappeared.Film stars Meryl Streep, Halle Berry and Glenn Close will also be people from the 40-plus and employed club. On Television, a lot of the "Desperate Average women" female leads are approaching 50, while Emmy Award-winning Julianna Margulies of "The Great Wife" is 44.But industry associates and unions say star energy obscures the ageism gap between high-profile entertainers and dealing stiffs a distinctive facet of Hollywood's division from the haves and also have-nots."There's a inclination for people to think about the stars we have seen constantly and whose names we all know,Inch stated Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the Screen Stars Guild's deputy national executive director and general counsel."However the huge most of figures on television and film are described by people we do not know and who're battling to earn a living being an actor," he stated.Want good examples? Think about searching a movie's closing credits to recognize an actress inside a minor role, or even the somewhat familiar face that appears because the guest victim or killer on the TV crime drama.Older stars face more employing hurdles than their male alternatives, based on employment statistics from SAG and also the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, along with the connection with individuals around the front lines.Women over 40 constitute 24.3 % from the U.S. population, this years census found. In contrast, union casting analysis show stars over 4 decades old get 12.five percent of roles for television and film. Males of this age will also be in regards to a quarter from the population but nearly equal their ranks in casting.(Television does not prosper by women overall, who're 50.8 percent from the U.S. population but they are observed in merely a quarter of roles, based on union statistics.)The image isn't any more attractive if this involves earnings within the youth-obsessed industry. This Year, for instance, stars age range 41 to 50 employed in SAG-covered film and television projects gained an overall total $58 million in comparison towards the $160 million compensated to stars for the reason that age bracket.The guild is heartened through the high-profile older stars who're finding work, especially on television, and Crabtree-Ireland stated, "Hopefully that this is the start of a trend its our people, but our data does not reveal that.InchAmongst the groundbreakers are Close, 64, of "Damages" and also the approaching theatrical release "Albert Nobbs" Kyra Sedgwick, 46, of "The Closer" and Marg Helgenberger, 52, "CSI: Crime Scene Analysis."That's progress, considering the fact that celebrity Bette Davis was 42 when she performed a maturing actress around the edge of irrelevance in "About Eve" (1950) and was 56 when she starred being an seniors "spinster" climbing down into madness in "Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte now" (1964).Compare that to Dana Delaney and her role like a wise, sexy medical examiner in "Body of Proof." Delaney turns 56 next March."It is a miracle I am working,Inch stated Salma Hayek, 45, whose credits range from the recently launched "Puss in Boots" and "Frida" (2002), that she received an Oscar nomination. "They explained you may never work because I've the accent. ... They explained you are not likely to work after 35 or 30, and I have never been more busy during my existence." But non-marquee entertainers visit a different script. The suit filed in October by an actress recognized only as "Jane Doe" suggests that "lesser-known forty-year-old stars aren't sought after within the entertainment business."How her age grew to become public is in the centre from the suit. She states it had been online Movie Database Professional website IMDbPro, the subscription-based counterpart towards the popular and free IMDb, that are subsidiaries of Amazon . com.com. IMDbPro's webpage boasts that "Industry Associates Use Professional," that provides 80,000 representation entries for stars, company directors, and producers. Individuals entries generally include, among credits and contacts, birth dates."It's be a really large tool within our business. But it is be a hindrance towards the working actor," stated agent Marilyn Szatmary, someone in SMS Talent in La. There is a growing reliance upon utilizing an actor's chronological age to evaluate them for any role, rather than assessing age they are able to "play" on the watch's screen, she stated."You receive on the telephone having a casting director and also you attempt to pitch someone for any role, say a 30-year-old character, and also the actor legitimately can enjoy 30," Szatmary stated. "However the casting director continues IMDBPro and states, 'No, this states they are 35.' Plus they will not give them a call.InchWhat Crabtree-Ireland calls "the IMDb problem" has triggered a ton of complaints from guild people within the last four to five years. Youthful stars could be affected too, he stated, remembering a 22-year-old who, when her age was revealed online, abruptly stopped getting juvenile roles she'd routinely performed.Industry changes, such as the rise of reality TV series and reduced film production, have reduced the accessible work with stars making employing more competitive. Within this crowded area, a guest role on the TV series for example "Grey's Anatomy" can draw 2,000 distribution, Szatmary stated.This is exactly why individuals accountable for filling roles want to use all tools available, casting company directors say. Stars may tell you they are more youthful and could publish misleading photos online, stated casting veteran Sheila Manning. ("The photos they're using are, shall we are saying, Photoshopped," she stated.)When they look suitable for the part they will be considered no matter how old they are, Manning stated."It's better now. There's more work with them (veteran entertainers), most likely since the people employing options are also growing older,Inch Manning stated. "I do not think we cast by age, I believe we cast by looks. Take a look at Susan Sarandon, who's 65. She looks spectacular."Isabella Hoffman, 52, whose credits include "Princess Journals 2" and TV's "Homicide: Existence in the pub" and "Criminal Minds," tries to avert being typecast by age and, like many working stars in Hollywood, looks more youthful than her years. But she sees the issue inside a bigger, more intractable context."Our belief system in the usa is 'youth rules.' That is what people need to see. We have based lots of our choices by what we sell, what we should put on ... on an infinitely more youthful group."Requested in the event that causes it to be especially tough for entertainers, she replies. "I'm not sure. You might consider the switch side." She paused, after which added having a rueful laugh, "I can not consider the switch side."SAG and IMDb reps happen to be meeting on the nearly two-year period to go over shedding age range in the site, Crabtree-Ireland stated, using the guild supplying a proposal he rejected to detail. AFTRA along with other guilds take part in your time and effort that to date continues to be fruitless.The "Jane Doe" suit filed in U.S. District Court in Dallas, where Amazon . com relies, alleges that IMDB used the actress' charge card along with other private information to find out and publish her date of birth in breach of privacy and consumer privileges. The actress, whose suit does not describe her career and notes that she's from Texas as well as Asian ethnicity, stated she was keeping her identity unknown to prevent "even more damage and economic injuries."(Her attorney, who did not react to demands for comment, stated inside a filing that his client continues to be exposed to ridicule and retaliation. Several stars contacted to go over the problem around the record rejected, stating its sensitivity, along with a declaration filed now by Crabtree-Ireland contended when Jane Doe's title becomes known she could face industry blacklisting like a complainer.)Amazon . com includes a "lengthy-standing practice of not leaving comments on lawsuit matters," company speaker Mary Osako stated within an e-mail that incorporated a November motion for dismissal from the suit. There's been no ruling yet around the motion, that is based simply around the actress' anonymity. The motion also alleges that they is trying to trick the general public and potential companies by hiding her age and attempted to create IMDb "perpetuate" a falsehood about this.Droop expects to help keep pressing the organization on posting age range and it has not eliminated any options, Crabtree-Ireland stated, including "lawsuit or legislative efforts. However, we still hope that IMDb will acknowledge the injury and take voluntary action.""There is a moral obligation to think about the impact," he stated. "IMDb covers a great deal of those who are not and not is going to be newsworthy, the journeymen who keep your industry running. There should never be an account on these questions major newspaper or magazine. But information is being released in ways that actually undermines their career."Regardless of the specter old prejudice, Salma Hayek demands that "you can't lie regarding your age."But, she added, "I actually do think people should stop being obsessed about age the stars since it removes a few of the miracle. You need to have the ability to transform into anything."Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Real Housewives' Taylor Armstrong Writing Memoir

Taylor Armstrong Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Taylor Armstrong will write a memoir about her marriage to her late husband Russell Armstrong and domestic abuse, The Wrap reports.Due Feb. 7, Hiding From Reality: My Story of Love, Loss, and Finding the Courage Within will detail the abuse Armstrong says she suffered at the hands of Russell during their five-year marriage and her quest to help other victims of domestic violence.Taylor Armstrong talks about husband's abuse in first interview since his suicideRussell Armstrong committed suicide in August, a month after Armstrong filed for divorce and claimed their marriage was "abusive." "Did I push her? Yes, maybe things happened in the heat of the moment, but it was during a time in our lives that was not characteristic of who we were," Russell told People at the time. "This show has literally pushed us to the limit." Will you read the memoir?

Taylor Swift & Nicki Minaj Celebrate Billboard Women In Music Honors

First Published: December 2, 2011 5:47 PM EST Credit: Getty Images Caption Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj attend the Billboards Sixth Annual Women in Music event at the Capitale in NY City on December 2, 2011 LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Fresh off her three Grammy nods, Taylor Swift was honored with Billboard magazines Woman of the Year Award on Friday and the country superstar couldnt hide her excitement. Ive been smiling for like, a few weeks straight cause all these amazing things keep happening, like the CMAs and the AMAs and the Grammy nominations and now this, a newly-coiffed Taylor told Access Hollywood at Billboards sixth annual Women in Music event in NY on Friday. Its crazy! Another reason for Taylors dazzling smile? Her new bangs. I got a haircut and I love it, she told Access. It was on a photo shoot I was doing and they were like, We were thinking about doing maybe some bangs, and I said, Just cut it, you know, cause Ive been wanting to do it for a while and the change is really nice. Hip-hop empress Nicki Minaj was also honored by Billboard as their Rising Star a title that hits home for the Super Bass rapper. This [honor] is a big deal because everything that I do is kind of geared towards being on Billboard, Nicki told Access. So, for them of all people to recognize me and say that Im a rising star, it makes me feel great, like Im doing something right. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Popular Cinema's Dude-Sex Drought

I think it’s the best thing ever, but others’ mileage seems to vary — convincingly so, regarding films like The Hangover Part II and The Change-Up: “It’s ridiculous; it’s like, one minute the skeevy dude in the married dude’s body is like ‘I’M GOING TO BANG YOUR WIFE’ and then he’s overcome by feelings and can’t and the uptight dude in the player-dude’s body is like ‘I’M GOING TO BANG THIS HOT WONDERFUL CHICK’ and then he just can’t because of also his feelings. So… somehow, no one ends up having sex.” Hmm. May I suggest Shame? [The Awl]