Disney Funnel befriends 'Frenemies'

'Frenemies'Disney Funnel "Shake UpInch co-stars Bella Thorne and Zendaya can look within an original movie anthology for that cabler, "Frenemies."Stefanie Scott ("A.N.T. Farm"), Nick Robinson ("Melissa and Joey") and Mary Mouser ("Body of Proof") will co-star within the project, which follows three pairs whose relationships they fit in risk. The telepic will premiere Jan. 13, having a sneak preview starting on Disney Funnel When Needed 1 week earlier.Daisy Mayer ("The Guru") is pointing a script by Dava Savel ("That's So Raven"), Wendy Weiner and Jim Krieg. Leslie Morgenstein and Bob Levy are professional creating for Alloy Entertainment and Gold coin Switch Prods. "Shake Up,Inch now in the second season, was through its first 26 episodes no. 1 series ever in cable among tweens 9-14. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Barbara Walters Picks 10 Best People of the season

Barbara Walters Who're The Ten Best People of the season?Barbara Walters will tell us together with her annual special Wednesday, 12 ,. 14 at 9:30/8:30c on ABC.Gen. David Petraeus is Barbara Walters' Best Person from the YearThe 90-minute program, the 19th annual edition, will feature producer/judge extraordinaire Simon Cowell, Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson who take part in the loveable gay couple on Modern Family, NY Yankees' shortstop Derek Jeter, business mogul Jesse Trump, pop star Katy Perry, reality TV family, The Kardashians, and royal relative (most qualified bachelorette) Pippa Middleton.Walters will disclose the entire list and who snagged no. 1 just right the show.Any forecasts on who probably the most fascinating person is going to be? Exactly what do you think about their email list?

The new sony Pictures Classics Delivering The Raid

EXCLUSIVE: The new sony Pictures Classics continues to be set release a The Raid, the Gareth Evans-directed fighting techinques film that won the Night time Madness Award in the recent Toronto Film Festival. It's also rumored to become on the way to the approaching Sundance Film Festival, through which time it'll have a brand new soundtrack from Linkin Park. For SPC, the film is really a departure from the current honours challengers which include Take Shelter and Night time In Paris, however the film was certainly probably the most buzzed-about films at Toronto for that industry crowd. It will be a putting in a bid fight in the festival, however the domestic distribution privileges have been smartly collared through the The new sony Pictures Worldwide Purchases Group back at Cannes, a buy made on partial footage which gave The new sony the news on remake privileges. The remake was placed at Screen Gems, and today SPC’s Tom Bernard and Michael Barker will release the initial next spring. For Evans, he’s returning to Jakarta to shoot a bigger-scale film that includes the stars and story lines in the Raid. Heres a clip:

Hammond: 2013 Oscar Show Might Not Be Moving Earlier

EXCLUSIVE: With Monday evening’s Gotham Honours and Tuesday’s announcement from the Independent Spirit Award nominations and those who win from the NY Film Experts honours (more about that below), honours months are under way and that we are barely past Thanksgiving. It appears as though the growing season has become a literal hurry to judgment with tests beginning only now for many large game titles like the Girl Using The Dragon Tattoo, Very Noisy and extremely Close and Julia Roberts’s Within The Land of Bloodstream and Honey. But things could become much more hurried when the Academy of movement Picture Arts & Sciences really follows through on the much-spoken about intend to move the Academy awards earlier in 2013 up to per month. Probably the most-talked about date may be the last Sunday of The month of january that year — the 27th. The present season’s Academy awards is going to be on Sunday Feb 26th. But because it works out, I've found that a considerably earlier Oscarcast is extremely unlikely for 2013 as well as 2014. The current thinking is the fact that an early on Academy awards would thankfully shorten the lengthy honours season making them more competitive using the slew of movie honours implies that precede the Oscars starting with now’s occasions (The Nation's Board of Review will even announce their those who win on Thursday). Past Academy Leader Sid Ganis and current Leader Tom Sherak happen to be recognized to favor an early on honours date but sources near to the discussions let me know you will find complications. I checked all of this out after hearing that a minimum of two prominent Guilds that hands out their very own honours usually at the end of The month of january/early Feb were very concerned about the Academy making this type of major move and were advised a comment might be imminent. One guild source stated it might cause complete chaos with everybody’s agendas meaning there will be a pileup of honours and clearly each show such as the BAFTAs, Golden Globes, various Guild honours yet others would really attempt to move much earlier too. BAFTAchief executiveAmanda Berrywhose show airs two days prior to the Academy awards explained she'd certainly need to think about a move instead of following a Oscars. One guild professional angrily explained, “I don’t know why they'd do that. The Academy awards would be the Super Bowl. What do they need to be worried about? Everybody else, including us, are just like playoff games.” Really the actual Super Bowl is area of the problem. The Academy’s broadcast partner ABChas a say during these plans and I've been relayed through a really informed Acad source the The month of january 27, 2013 date continues to be eliminated and also the earliest they might go is Feb 3. Issue is that unexpectedly happens to function as the date from the Super Bowl so clearly that Sunday has gone out. Same with the following Sunday next to have an undisclosed reason meaning the first the show may go is Feb 17 and franklymy sources saythey will need to consider the need for moving it simply 1 week earlier than already. Academy voters are already done situps with an array of films to look at and losing that extra week might just 't be well worth the minimum return the Acad will get in upgrading a couple of days. The calendar for 2014 includes a much the same configuration and is definitely the identical scenario. Obviously they might always move the show to Monday where it broadcast for several years before landing around the a lot more desirable Sunday berth a couple of years back. Word is the fact that’s not seriously considered. Actually I've been told simply no decision is going to be made before the Academy has determined how you can implement online voting. Some experimentation is happening now but there won’t be considered a large test untillater early in the year. After they know they are able to securely result in the switch from paper to electronic ballots with anxiety about getting compromised or getting election totals uncovered by some enterprising college kid, they'll decide assuming the show can move. Obviously for the majority of the experts groups moving earlier isn't any large deal simply because they generally are the initial to determine the films. As well as bigger nearly 6,000 member Academy includes a hell of the time attempting to see virtually all of the challengers because it is, especially around the giant screen rather than via screeners that is exactly what the Academy is positively advocating people to complete. Another guild professional recommended that “moving earlier might have the unwanted effect of creating experts groups as well as their options much more influential because so many Oscar voters might have only time for you to watch what these groupsvote for.” That apparentlywas the bone-headed thinking this season when theNY Film Experts, under new leader John Anderson strongly increased their honours voting by two days so they may be first and beat the nation's Board of Review which normally have that first slot.Initially these were to possess chosen today however Scott Rudin said excitedly he couldn’tpossibly demonstrate to them The Lady With TheDragon Tattoo any sooner than today.Thinking about the film was directed bylast year’s NYFCC darling David Fincher they decided to move their election to Tuesday.However another Rudin film, one having a special NewYork connection, the publish 9/11 drama Very Noisy and IncrediblyClose wasn't ready over time and Warner Bros. needed to turn lower the NYFCC’s request to determine it earlycausing a war of wordsbetween the experts group and also the studio — also it won’t be looked at.Isn’t this early move a situation from the tail wagging your dog? Regardless of what honours the groupdoes or doesn’t give on Dragon Tattoo it’s a lose-lose situation with a few people worrying strongly. One explained,”If I'm able to’t see everything, I simply won’t election.” Possibly therein lies bad weather warning for that Academy’s early bird advocates too.

Spike Lee's Oldboy Will Feature New Elements, Figures to 'Throw In the Audience'

Oldboy producer Roy Lee recently seeping some vague particulars on Spike Lee’s Josh Brolin-starring remake, promising a “darker” retelling of Park Chan-wook’s Korean thriller also modified within the original manga. “It’s very similar, but we’ve added new elements. Or, Mark Protosevich has develop new elements in it that will screw up everyone else who've seen the first movie because you will discover new figures and new situations that promote themselves with techniques that changes the story but eventually use the identical direction.” Sure, Spike. Let me go get my hammer… [Collider via Slashfilm]

Gale Anne Hurd Developing Area 51 Series

EXCLUSIVE: From zombies to aliens. The Walking Dead executive producer Gale Anne Hurd and her Valhalla Entertainment have optioned Annie Jacobsen’s book Area 51: An Uncensored Good reputation for America’s Top Secret Military Base for any potential TV series. The hourlong project, which is removed towards the systems shortly, is going to be compiled by feature scribe Karl Gajdusek. It'll follow two males focusing on the bottom who're thrust into danger once they uncover secrets the government will safeguard no matter what. Gajdusek, who had been introduced in by Valhalla executive Beatrice Springborn, assists as showrunner and executive produce with Hurd. Jacobsen is a talking to producer. Jacobsen’s Area 51 sheds light around the highly classified military base, that has been the topic of numerous conspiracy ideas declaring that it's the place to find aliens, subterranean tunnel systems, nuclear facilities or perhaps the lunar landing, allegedly staged and shot there. Jacobsen questioned 19 males who offered the bottom and the other 55 who had links to Area 51, including living and dealing there for longer periods. It stories what's really gone on within the Nevada desert, from testing nuclear weapons to building super-secret, supersonic jets to going after the Fight against Terror. Area 51 was released in May and spent 8 days around the NY Occasions Bestseller List. Gajdusek, who began off in TV on Showtime’s Dead Much Like Me, lately authored the Tom Cruise film Oblivion for Universal, with Frederick Kosinski pointing, and also the Last Times Of American Crime for Radical/IM Global. Gajdusek, repped by Verve and Management 360, is presently writing Last Measure, an airplane pilot script for ABC executive created by Shawn Ryan and Viking for Working Title.

Sheriff: Robert Wagner Not A Suspect In Natalie Wood Death

First Published: November 19, 2011 2:33 PM EST Credit: WireImage LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner at The Godfather premiere on August 9, 1972Actor Robert Wagner is not a suspect in the 30-year-old drowning of his actress wife, Natalie Wood, and there is nothing to indicate a crime, even though the investigation has been re-opened, a sheriffs detective said Friday. Her death was an accident, an accidental drowning, said Sheriffs Lt.John Corina. Officials would not say why they were taking another look at the case, although the captain of the boat where the couple had stayed blamed Wagner for Woods death. Natalie Woods sister, Lana Wood, told CNNs Piers Morgan in an interview Friday that she doesnt believe her sister fell off the boat. Lana Wood told Morgan that she has spoken several times with the boats captain Dennis Davern and he has told her that Wagner was involved in her plunge into the sea on Nov. 29, 1981. But Lana Wood said she does not believe that whatever happened was deliberate. I dont think she fell, I dont know if she was pushed, I dont know whether there was an altercation and it happened accidentally but she shouldnt have died and that does stay with me and hurt, Lana Wood said. I would prefer to always believe that RJ (Wagner) would never do anything to hurt Natalie and that he loved her dearly, which he did, and I dont believe that whatever went on was deliberate. Ive always cared about him. I always will care about him, she said. Lana Wood wrote in a biography on her sister after her death, What happened is that Natalie drank too much that night. There have always been questions about Woods death on Nov. 29, 1981, with renewed attention on the case as the anniversary neared. The cases re-opening and a public call for information are the first hint that the official account may need revision. Within hours of the announcement, Corina said, several people emerged offering their recollections of what happened in the waters off Southern Californias Santa Catalina Island. But he quickly noted that nothing the agency has received so far has prompted it to change the view that there was no foul play. Davern, said Friday on NBCs Today show that he lied to investigators about events on theyacht Splendour when he was interviewed after Woods death. Davern accused Wagner of having a fight with Wood before she went missing and delaying the search for her after she disappeared. Wagners family released a statement through a spokesman that said they trusted detectives to evaluate any new information and determine whether it came from a credible source or sources other than those simply trying to profit from the 30-year anniversary of her tragic death. It did not mention Davern by name, and noted that detectives hadnt contacted Wagner or his family. On the show, Davern mentioned a book he co-wrote last year on Woods death, but refused to say precisely why he blamed Wagner for the three-time Oscar nominees death. Davern also denied that he was seeking to profit from interest in the case. Vanity Fair and the television program 48 Hours Mystery have teamed up and are including Woods case for a television special airing this weekend. Corina said his agency would talk to Davern at some point and other witnesses would likely be interviewed. He downplayed the role Daverns book or the anniversary would play on the investigation. Were not concerned with the anniversary date, Corina said. It may have jarred some other peoples memories. Wood, who was 43 when she died, received three Academy Award nominations, for Rebel Without a Cause, 'Splendor in the Grass and Love with the Proper Stranger. She appeared in numerous other Hollywood classics, including West Side Story. Wood and Wagner were married twice, first in 1957 before divorcing six years later. They remarried in 1972. Her death during the Thanksgiving weekend in 1981 has long sparked tabloid speculation that foul play was involved. Wood, Wagner and actor Christopher Walken and Davern spent time on Thanksgiving weekend1981 both on Catalina Island and drinking on the yacht. Wagner has dismissed any suggestion that the actress death was anything more than an accident. In a 2008 autobiography, he recounted drinking with Wood and Walken at a restaurant and on the boat. Wood went to the master cabin during an argument between the two men, Wagner said. The last time Wagner saw his wife, she was fixing her hair at a bathroom vanity and she shut the door, he wrote. Despite various theories about what led Wood to the water, which she feared, he said, it was impossible to know what happened. Nobody knows, he wrote. There are only two possibilities; either she was trying to get away from the argument, or she was trying to tie the dinghy. But the bottom line is that nobody knows exactly what happened. Coroners officials said at the time that she was possibly attempting to board the dinghy and had fallen into the water, striking her face. Wood was found wearing a flannel nightgown, socks and a red down jacket, and Davern identified her body for authorities, according to an autopsy report. Her body had superficial bruises, according to the report, but those were considered consistent with drowning. Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said the agency hadnt been asked to do any additional investigation into Woods case. Wagner, star of the television series Hart to Hart, wrote in his book that he blamed himself for his wifes death. Did I blame myself? If I had been there, I could have done something, he wrote. But I wasnt there. I didnt see her. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. 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Kevin Clash, the Man Behind Elmo, on Jim Henson, Puppetry, and Jason Segel's The Muppets

The Muppets are legendary TV and film characters, but there’s something about Sesame Street’s giggliest resident, Elmo, that makes small children perk up. Constance Marks, the director of the new documentary Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey, put Elmo’s appeal this way: “Kids sit up, pay attention, and turn on. There’s that bright red fur and adorable bulgy eyes, but it’s the soul of the puppeteer that people are responding to. It’s an amazing gift.” That soul belongs to Kevin Clash, Elmo’s Emmy-winning creator and a Muppet veteran since 1983. As the subject of Marks’ documentary, Clash is a solid, seemingly unflappable performer who has enjoyed a tremendous run as a puppeteer: He began as a youngster in Baltimore who tore up coats to build puppets, ended up honing his craft alongside Jim Henson, and watched awestruck as the Tickle Me Elmo phenomenon took over Christmas in 1997. We phoned Clash to talk about his favorite Muppets, the influence of Jim Henson (and Henson’s amazing memorial in 1990), and Elmo’s single proudest accomplishment. At the beginning of the documentary, you say that Grover was your favorite Muppet as a kid. Why? Oh man. Listen, I was lucky first of all to see him on television and love the character, but to watch Frank Oz perform Grover was just amazing to me. He was very, very funny. The manipulation, the silliness he’d do with the character was amazing to me always. There seems to be a great bond among puppeteers. Do you find that puppeteers approach the work the same way As far as the way we create a character and the sense of humor, yes, because there’s a limit that we can go to as far as we go with the edginess — but we learned that through Jim. As far as our work ethic, we all block our scripts in different ways and manipulate the puppets in different ways. But as how we perform? That’s the same. We try to crack each other up. Jim Henson is truly Christlike to certain fan contingent. All these years after his death, do his voice and influence linger over your work? When you said that, I thought, “Jesus Christ! Superstar!” You know, we never looked at him that way, because he never acted like our boss. He just wanted to collaborate with us and have a good time. I just think we were lucky to have a boss who was the ultimate boss, the type of boss you want, the type of boss who wanted to have everyone work together and make it fun and make it something that everyone else can laugh at and enjoy also. And that’s why when we don’t talk about him like [laughs] this “Christ” character, because it was always a lot of fun. Another thing that Jim did, because it was such a deifferent medium and everyone respected what he did, when he said, “This is the way you shoot a puppet for TV or film,” everyone respected him. For all of us who worked under him, it was not a challenge. We had one person who said how to do it in puppet and film, and we miss that immensely. He had that vision and helped all of us that way. Jim Henson’s memorial service is one of the most emotional things I’ve ever seen. There’s a clip of it in the documentary. Can you reflect on that day? That memorial service ran for five hours, and everyone walked away from that memorial service saying it felt like a half an hour. It was the most beautiful and most unbelievable moment of love, respect, and emotion for this man who’d be missed. It was an unbelievable evening. It definitely takes me back every time, even with the short clip that’s in the doc — where I was at, who I was with, who I came with, what we talked about that day. It was packed at that church, and everybody became one. Another thing that was amazing that day, Big Bird walked out in that church and sang “Being Green,” Kermit’s signature song, and then Bird looked up to the top of the church and said, “Thank you, Jim.” It was the most poignant and beautiful and emotional thing. We all crumbled after that, seeing Big Bird say that. Is there a strong desire to come up with new characters? That’s the direction that all the puppeteers are going. Jim and Frank, Steve Whitmire, Dave Gold, Jerry Nelson, and Richard Hunt created The Muppet Show, and Jim wanted those characters go on, but those characters are Jim and Frank, and we know that. That’s why we love that Dave is still around to do Gonzo and Steve Whitmire is around to keep Kermit going, but we all want to go in the direction of creating new characters, the new Kermit and Miss Piggy for this generation and others. We’re all looking forward to creating new characters. That’s where Elmo originally came from. In the documentary, we see you teaching puppetry to a couple of kids. Is there a “You have it or you don’t” quality to puppetry, in terms of who can be successful at it? You’re right. It is “You have it or you don’t.” We find a lot of time the potential is there, and as you begin to train and add more to what you need to know, sometimes it goes away with certain puppeteers. Others keep striving and building and building. So definitely there are some stages that will happen. You get really excited at the beginning, like “Wow! That’s really cool! It’s there!” Then sometimes [laughs] in the next two or three steps, it goes away. The really exciting ones, you see the potential and it just grows. What do you think of the approach of the new Muppets film? Frank Oz was critical of it. It’s a new era and a new time. Jim is not there and everybody felt that, but he really thought these characters should go on. What I’m hearing with the final, the puppeteers are excited about it. Do you worry about the vitality of puppetry? Are there ways for the medium to grow and evolve? Well, that’s one of the main reasons I said yes to doing the doc. Over six years ago, we had challenges as far as the last few movies that had come out — they didn’t do very well. I saw the surge of computer generation projects that were happening definitely in film but also on television. There are so many animated programs that do really well, the same with Pixar. That medium was overshadowing puppetry, and that’s one of the main reasons I said yes to Connie — to talk about puppetry and kind of “cheerleader” puppetry. You say in the documentary that you develop a character voice well after the puppet is built — almost as a secondary trait. That surprised me. A lot of the times over the years I’ve been given the title “Voice of Elmo.” That’s not what we do! We use our hands. The voice was always secondary. Jim always thought that way. It was all about creating a character and a personality. The voice would always come second. That’s the way we were trained, and that’s how Jim saw it. If you can get a good character or personality out of a puppet, the voice comes. That’s why voice acting is not what we do. Mel Blanc was brilliant at it, and he said so many different voices, but he was a “voice actor.” He didn’t use his voice. What was the height of Tickle Me Elmo’s mania like for you? It was a challenge for me because I had never done that many interviews before. I’d done interviews, but man, when that hit? I was in and out cars going back and forth to different talk shows going back and forth for, like, three weeks. It was during the winter, so my voice got kind of compromised. That was a challenge. I thought I was going to lose my voice. Once it slowed down, I ran to a throat doctor to make sure everything would be cool. It was amazing to me, the amount of press that happened with Tickle Me Elmo. Finally, what’s Elmo’s proudest accomplishment? Elmo’s proudest accomplishment is writing his name for the first time and also counting one to ten, definitely. He almost lost his mind on both of those occasions. Being Elmo is in select theaters now.

Brad Pitt Wants To Retire: Picking His Last Five Films

When news broke that Brad Pitt had told "60 Minutes Australia" he would like to retire in three years, most people justifiably took it as the actor speaking in the hypothetical, with no serious threat of him leaving business behind. Pitt is only the most recent of many actors and directors who have come out to declare their plans for retirement, few of which—if any—have actually followed through. But let's assume for a second that Pitt is serious, and that in three year's time, he will say goodbye to acting forever. With 26 films listed as "in development" on his IMDb profile, three years doesn't leave time for much. Even though most of those credits are projects he hopes to produce one day with his company Plan B, it would be safe to say that Pitt's final acting credits are listed there and that he won't get to everything. If Pitt only has roughly five movies left in him, which should he choose? Here are our picks for Brad Pitt's last five films. "The Night Manager" With "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" headed for theaters in December and two more adaptations in the pipeline, British spy novelist John le Carré has found himself back in the zeitgeist. Based on his 1993 novel of the same name, the story follows the night manager of a Cairo hotel who is recruited to spy on dangerous arms dealers. Plan B purchased the rights in 2009, and now seems like an opportune time to bring the spy thriller to the big screen. "Dark Void" Back in late 2009, Plan B snatched up the rights to Capcom's then-upcoming video game release, "Dark Void," as a possible starring vehicle for Pitt. The game didn't garner great reviews or financial success, but the concept, which follows a WWII-era pilot transported to an alien world and equipped with a jet pack, earned the game's best praise. Even if it was disassociated from the middling game, the premise screams for a big screen adaptation and a star like Pitt. "The Imperfectionists" Based on Tom Rachman's novel about the goings-on at an Italian English-language newspaper and the foreign correspondents running the place, "The Imperfectionists" suits Pitt and his globe-hopping ways. The book earned mostly positive reviews among literary circles when it debuted in 2010 and definitely fits within Pitt's wheelhouse of comedy balancing out drama. "The Mission" What could be the next film from "The Fighter" director David O. Russell after "The Silver Linings Playbook," "The Mission" chronicles the real-life operation to free three captive Americans in Colombia. Warner Bros., the studio behind the film, supposedly wants Pitt to star. Pitt expressed his urge to take on more serious roles as he gets older, and this would certainly fit the bill. "The Book of Joe" If Pitt was looking for a more grown-up comedy to help polish off his career, may we suggest "The Book of Joe," a film based on Jonathan Trooper's book of the same name. "Joe" follows a bestselling author who returns to the hometown he slandered in order to gain his literary fame. The novel's emotional range would allow Pitt to play up his comedy chops while still maintaining a more serious tone. Do you think Brad Pitt will retire in three years? Let us know in the comments below and on Twitter!

Did an old ESPN Professional Create a Large Mistake Suing On the Crude Erin Andrews Story? (Analysis)

Wesley Hitt/Getty ImagesESPN's Erin Andrews. A week ago, former ESPN executive Keith Clinkscalessued a friend who allegedly shared an incorrect story aboutClinkscales self pleasuring on the flight while sitting alongside ESPN reporter Erin Andrews. The complaint alleging defamation is quite thin -- just six pages -- and boosts an issue about whether Clinkscales designed a wise relocate acting so rapidly to create this matter right into a NY federal court. The law suit happened just like the sports blog Deadspin was investigatingwhat happened on that flight. Clinkscales, who until lately would be a senior v . p . of content development and businesses at ESPN, made the decision he didn't wish to wait to discover the claims on Deadspin. So he required action by filing what's being called like a "pre-emptive" suit. What intrigues us here's not what went down on the flight, but instead just what the ESPN executive wished to achieve if you take this tact. By filing the suit so rashly, Clinkscales virtually assured the strange masturbation claims could be covered in media and over the dunia ngeblog. When the Herman Cain sexual harassment coverage has trained us anything, it's that innuendo becomes ripe for media as long as you will find official charges lodged or money compensated out. The main difference between salacious gossip and investigative confirming is becoming, for better or worse, a document trail. Maybe Deadspin might have released the Clinkscalesstory anyway. But Clinkscales' allegedly "pre-emptive" suit didn't do anything to alter that. No injunction was asked for. The legal claim was unlikely to scare away Deadspin in the story nor substantially change how other media shops would treat a raunchy allegation which had Andrews like a character. The only real factor the fast suit may have transformed is really a calculation of damages, whether it's proven the defendant Joan Lynch did indeed maliciously spread lies about Clinkscales, and also the situation against her will get that far. Clinkscales may state that Lynch's gossip-mongering hurt his status, but could he provethat the storyline that did probably the most to break his image might have ever released had he not first filed the suit? In filing his claims, Clinkscales gave Deadspin a handy news peg to the story, in most probability insulation the web site from the separate defamation claim and raising the problem whether he led to, instead of mitigated, the exposure from the masturbation story. The defamation claim is becoming a power outlet for sensitive politicians to strike back against unsavory news tales, but these kind of cases also often incite huge news coverage. It could feel great for that complaintant, but we question if this sounds like a mistake both on the PR and legal front. Here's a duplicate of Clinkscales' accusations, which we'll admit to possess i never thought of discussing been with them not be a federal suit: E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner

The 15 Worst Movie Game titles ever

Six movies open a few days ago, only two have unbelievably awful game titles: 'Young Goethe in Love' and 'The Boy of Nobody.A The first is all about a man named Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who's, y'know, for each other! The 2nd stars Channing Tatum and Al Pacino, and perhaps includes a guy who in some way materializes from nothing. Because he's the boy of nobody. Anyway, our point: Movies with bad game titles aren't only a new phenomenon. They have existed for a long time! Some company directors figure that naming their project something absurd can get them press (which sometimes works see: 'Snakes on the Plane') others unconsciously title their film something which really just stinks. Alas. In recognition of 'Young Goethe' and also the aforementioned miracle boy, Moviefone is definitely the Worst Game titles in Movie History. The 15 Worst Movie Game titles ever 'Chopping Mall''Santa Claus Conquers the Martians''The Incredibly Strange Animals Who Stopped Living and Grew to become Mixed-Up Zombies''Eegah''Operation Dumbo Drop''Highlander II: The Quickening''Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo''Martha Marcy May Marlene''Young Goethe for each other''Freddy Got Fingered''The Boy of Nobody''Extremely Noisy & Incredibly Close''Frankenhooker''You Got Offered: Beat the planet''Stop! Or My Mother Will Shoot' See All Moviefone Art galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook