Moviefone Open Thread: Is Justin Timberlake a Movie Star?

This past weekend was the the best pretty-good of times and worst not-great of times for Justin Timberlake. He was offered one of the lead roles in 'Inside Llewyn Davis,' the new drama from the Coen brothers about the Greenwich Village folk scene in 1960s NY. That's pretty good! Unfortunately, the offer came when his first foray as an action star was scuffling at the box office. Released on over 3000 screens, 'In Time' earned only $12 million, finishing a distant third behind 'Puss in Boots' and 'Paranormal Activity 3.' Not great! Which raises the question: Is Justin Timberlake actually a movie star? The short answer is a resounding yes. After all, Timberlake is an actor who appears in movies; by simple definition, he is a movie star. But is he a star? You know, the type of actor audiences flock to see on opening weekend, regardless of whether their movie just looks plain bad? There are two ways of looking at Timberlake's burgeoning career. On the one hand, if 'In Time' would have starred Hugh Jackman or Tom Cruise, it seems likely that the film would have doubled its opening weekend receipts. This doesn't work all the time -- hello, Johnny Depp and 'The Rum Diary'! -- but when stars are stars, they attain an almost Teflon quality. On the other, Timberlake still has a ways to go before he can even be considered a true leading man, something that has more to do with opportunity than anything else. His financial successes as an actor ('Shrek the Third,' 'The Social Network,' 'Bad Teacher') have come with supporting roles; as a lead, he's gotten two chances: 'Friends With Benefits,' which opened with $18 million over the summer on its way to $55 million, and now 'In Time.' Neither were wash-outs, which only means he'll get more chances to prove himself in the future. (Though since 'Inside Llewyn Davis' is poised to be another ensemble -- and comes from the Coen brothers -- don't expect that to be his box-office breakout.) So, is Timberlake a movie star? Not yet. But unlike Ryan Reynolds -- about whom this debate was brought up with unspectacular results over the summer -- Timberlake is a bona fide celebrity. He's easily one of the 15 famous males on the planet -- a personality that you, your mother, your cousin and even grandmother has not only heard of, but probably likes. That counts for something. Whether Timberlake can capitalize on that fame remains to be seen. The floor is yours, dear Moviefone readers: do you consider JT a movie star? Or just a pop star and celebrity who happens to appear in movies? [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Fairly Legal: Ryan Johnson Lawyers Up as New Series Regular

Ryan Johnson Court is in session for Ryan Johnson, who has joined the cast of Fairly Legal's upcoming second season, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Johnson will play Ben Grogan, a sharp trial attorney whose star is on the rise. Ben is good at bringing in the big bucks ( he's known around town for his bus ads) and sees no problem in putting his own financial gain above doing what's right. Ben also has no qualms saying what's on his mind, which should make him an interesting foil for Kate (Sarah Shahi). Fairly Legal renewed for Season 2 - creative changes ahead Fairly Legal tells the story of Kate, who, in the wake of her father's death, gave up being a lawyer to become a mediator and struggles to navigate her complicated relationships with her estranged husband and stepmother/boss. Johnson is best known for his work on the soap Home and Away, based in his native Australia, and Ghost Rider. Fairly Legal, which debuted last January, began production on Season 2 Friday. A premiere date for the new season has not been set.

Regal Entertainment Beats 3Q Estimations With Record Attendance And Price Cuts

The exhibition company’s per share earnings of 16 cents narrowly beat the 15 cents that experts expected. However the 3Q revenues of $743.6M, up 6.8% in the period this past year, were well in front of the $729.2M forecast. Net gain arrived at $25M, lower from $42.6M this past year — but that incorporated a $31.4M one-time gain in the purchase of stock in National CineMedia. “We are content that industry attendance growth coupled with our ongoing concentrate on cost control permitted us to attain significant development in both Modified EBITDA and Modified EBITDA margin for that second consecutive quarter,”CEO Amy Miles stated. She added that the organization is “encouraged through the record summer time box office and remain(s) positive concerning the approaching holiday film slate.” Additionally towards the earnings news, Regaldeclared a cash dividend of 21 cents a share that it'll pay onDecember 16 to stockholders of record on December 7. Regal states it “intends to pay for a normal quarterly dividend for that expected future.”

'X Factor' strong for Fox

Fox led primetime among young adults Tuesday as a special, 150-minute edition of ''The X Factor'' produced the show's best numbers since its bow last month. CBS held strong with its ''NCIS'' combo, as both dramas grew week to week. Also of note, a visit by President Obama led to the highest overnight score for a Tuesday edition of NBC's ''The Tonight Show With Jay Leno'' since March 2010. For a second straight week, ''The X Factor'' shifted to Tuesday in a week when the World Series was scheduled for its two regular nights, and an expanded episode averaged a strong 4.3 rating/11 share in adults 18-49 and 11.8 million viewers overall from 8 to 10:30. It was up about 10% from last week's two-hour episode and is expected to match the show's premiere demo score of 4.4 when the same-day nationals are released by Nielsen later today. ''X Factor'' won its final three half-hours in all key demos, peaking with a 4.9/13 in 18-49 from 10 to 10:30, which certainly helped its program average. Fox led the night in 18-49 and 25-54. CBS, second on the night in demos and first in total viewers, saw both ''NCIS'' (4.0/11 in 18-49, 19.0 million viewers overall) and ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' (3.7/9 in 18-49, 15.9 million viewers overall) post week-to-week gains, with the original rising 2% from last week, beating ''X Factor'' in 18-49 and 25-54 while standing as the night's most-watched program overall. ''NCIS: Los Angeles,'' facing reality shows on ABC, NBC and Fox, was up 9% in 18-49. And holding steady at 10 p.m. was rookie drama ''Unforgettable'' (2.5/7 in 18-49, 11.3 million viewers overall), which CBS has picked up for the rest of the season. At ABC, Tim Allen comedy ''Last Man Standing'' dipped a bit more in its third outing (2.8/8 in 18-49, 9.8 million viewers overall) but is still at a good number for the net in the timeslot. The Alphabet again lost 3 share points, though, at 8:30 p.m. with ''Man Up'' (1.9/5 in 18-49, 6.7 million viewers overall), which was down about 20% week to week. The half-hours were followed by the ''Dancing With the Stars'' results show (2.5/6 in 18-49, 13.8 million viewers overall) and ''Body of Proof'' (1.9/5 in 18-49, 9.6 million viewers overall), both in line with last week. NBC's ''The Biggest Loser'' (1.9/5 in 18-49, 5.4 million viewers overall) maintained its week-ago rating, and was followed by a special repeat of first-year drama ''Prime Suspect'' (1.0/3 in 18-49, 2.9 million viewers overall), which the net is trying to expose to a larger audience by airing multiple airings of the show this week. And at 11:35 p.m., President Obama's appearance on ''The Tonight Show'' generated a 4.1 household rating/11 share in Nielsen's 56 metered markets , the best for the show in 19 months. In the same latenight hour, CBS' ''Late Show With David Letterman'' did d 2.7/7 in the overnights, and ABC's 25-minute ''Nightline'' earned a 3.6/9, followed by a 1.8/6 for ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'' at midnight. CW aired repeats of ''Ringer'' at both 8 (0.4/1 in 18-49, 1.0 million viewers overall) and at its regular time at 9 (0.3/1 in 18-49, 0.8 million viewers overall). Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: Fox, 4.3/11; CBS, 3.4/9; ABC, 2.3/6; NBC, 1.6/4; Univision, 1.5/4; CW, 0.3/1. In total viewers: CBS, 15.4 million; Fox, 11.8 million; ABC, 10.6 million; NBC, 4.6 million; Univision, 3.3 million; CW, 0.9 million. Contact Rick Kissell at rick.kissell@variety.com

New Trailer For Land Of Blood stream & Honey

Angelina Jolie's directorial debut You're nearly the famous lady in the world with cast-iron A-list status, a loving family plus an military of devoted fans. Just what can you next? Create a house made entirely of gold and bezel it with rubies and sapphires? Hire Slider from Top Gun to fly your private jet? Reoccupy the Rhineland?If you're Jennifer Aniston, the answer might be none of people things. Rather you'd probably turn both hands at writing and pointing your individual film. Something nice light to start with. The Balkan War, for instance. Take using a scoop of salt, clearly. Knowing by its new trailer, Jolie's directorial debut - hatched and written while she was recovering within the flu - is shaping around be not lightweight. Inside The Land Of Blood stream And Honey notifies the story in the forbidden love from the Muslim lady together with a Serbian guy through the Balkan conflict. Together lie vicious ethnic divides, the bonds of family, and, relating to this evidence, about 6 000 0000 snipers.The story seems like it'll test Jolie's directorial capabilities for the limit. Action beats sit mouth area-by-jowl with elevated tender moments, as well as the written content clearly comes freighted with a lot of its own baggage. Jolie switched with a local cast for your film, including Zana Marjanović, Rade &Scaronerbedija and Taken's Goran Kostic.Inside The Land Of Blood stream And Honey makes its US bow within the finish of year. Meanwhile, prepare to chalk another one inside the 'Angelina Jolie might be the brand new Clint Eastwood' column.

Melanie Griffith in Foretells Star in Lifetime Pilot, 'American Housewife'

Lifetime is ongoing its push into noisy programming with bold-faced talent.our editor recommends'Puss in Boots' Premiere Red-colored Carpet ArrivalsAntonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith Holding Obama Fundraising event at Their House The feminine-skewing cable network has purchased an airplane pilot for any drama tentatively entitled American Housewife, in regards to a well-to-do housewife that starts hearing voices. PHOTOS: 'Puss in Boots' Premiere Red-colored Carpet Arrivals The project, which is created by Fox TV Galleries, has been setup like a star vehicle for Melanie Griffith, who's in discussions to do something and executive produce. Her actor husband Antonio Banderas is within foretells function as a professional producer around the project, that they produced with fellow Air and pilot scribe Erik Jendresen (Gang of Siblings). STORY: Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith Holding Obama Fundraising event at Their House Ray Ricard can also be in foretells executive produce the project alongside Griffiths, Banderas and Jendresen, with Eclipses' David Slade to direct the pilot. Banderas is repped by CAA Griffiths and Slade are repped by WME. Related Subjects Antonio Banderas Melanie Griffith Lifetime TV Development

Elizabeth Olsen together with other Stars Who Walked Using their Siblings' Shadows

When Elizabeth Olsen started garnering buzz on her behalf performance in 'Martha Marcy May Marlene,' lots of people responded with "There's another Olsen sister?'" At any given time where like a famous person's sister is almost work alone (yes, I'm searching for you, Khloe Kardashian. And you also, Trace Cyrus. Et vous, Ali Lohan), it's almost astonishing the earth's most well-known twin brothers and sisters, Ashley and Mary-Kate, have observed a similarly cute little sister hiding inside the wings such a long time. A lot more amazing: Elizabeth can definitely act. Instead of opportunistically riding her sisters' coattails into the family business, Elizabeth remains quietly honing her craft and leading a very private existence. She's presently a theatre student at NY College, where she met 'Martha' director Sean Durkin, an NYU grad. Her effort appears being needing to repay. She acquired rave reviews from experts when 'Martha' first demonstrated at Sundance. Next, she'll co-star alongside Robert DeNiro and Sigourney Weaver in 'Red Lights,' directed by Rodrigo Cortes. Very good for just about any newbie. &ltcenter/&gt Clearly, Olsen isn't the initial celebrity sister to depart a famous sibling's ever-pending shadows. While you will discover certainly more Khloes and Traces than you will discover Elizabeths, it is not completely uncommon for siblings and siblings to destroy through and prove themselves as worthy themselves. Sometimes, siblings and siblings round the back-writers even eclipse their trailblazing options. Understanding that, here's all of the my 5 best favorite stars who required to leave their siblings' shadows. Warren Beatty It's tough to consider this legendary awesome guy was ever in anyone's shadow. However, if Shirley MacLaine may be the sister, that's exactly how the situation is. Since the story goes, little Warren thought he'd try his hands at acting after he saw how effective his large sister was becoming in Hollywood. Fortunately, he'd the chops to back his high aspirations, and also the other star inside the Beatty family was produced. &ampampampampampampampampampltcenter/&ampampampampampampampampampgt Jason Bateman Jason and also the sister Justine are usually acting vets, but through the peak in the 'Family Ties' recognition inside the eighties, Justine was certainly the bigger star. Remember when 'Teen Wolf Too' showed up in this area? I am unsure about yourself, but also for a while I understood it the film starring the brother of Mallory from 'Family Ties.' Now, clearly, the tables have switched, and Jason's star is shining vibrant. For the moment. (I smell a comeback, Mallory!) &ampampampampampampampltcenter/&ampampampampampampampgt Maggie Gyllenhaal While Maggie also came out inside the movie that shot brother Mike to fame, 'Donnie Darko,' she didn't land on people radar until yearly later, when she went fannying in regards to the office getting a deviant James Spader in 'Secretary.' While she's less than accomplished Jake's amount of fame, Maggie is unquestionably a correctly-respected actress within their right. She's relationship debate again in 'Hysteria,' in regards to the invention in the ahem, vibrator. &ampampampampampampltcenter/&ampampampampampampgt Kevin Dillon How could I leave Johnny Drama off this list? He certainly knows a couple of reasons for dwelling in someone's shadow, since the little brother of heartthrob Matt Dillon in solid existence, as well as the large bro to celebrity Vinnie Chase on 'Entourage.' Kevin has certainly proven themselves just like a great comic actor on 'Entourage.' Here's wanting they can continue his career's momentum because the show comes from the environment. &ampampampampampltcenter/&ampampampampampgt Elle Fanning People Fanning women unquestionably are difficult employees. Just 13, Elle provides extensive film and TV credits, you will need to scroll lower on her behalf account IMDB page to find out these. Dakota's little sister got her start playing a young Dakota in movies like 'I am Sam' and 'Taken,' She co-headlined this summer's thriller 'Super 8,' and appears next alongside Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson inside the much-buzzed-about 'We Bought a Zoo.' &ampampampampltcenter&ampampampampgt&ampampltcenter/&ampampgt '