Jaime Pressly Eliminates Incarceration in Drunk driving Situation

Jaime Pressly Jaime Pressly pleaded no contest to some misdemeanor Drunk driving stemming from her The month of january arrest in Santa Monica, Calif., based on E! Online. Pressly formerly pleaded simple to Drunk driving Pressly struck an offer Thursday with prosecutors that will permit her to prevent incarceration. Rather, she'll serve three years' probation, develop a six-month alcohol program and pay $390 in costs plus penalties. As a swap, prosecutors dropped another count of driving while impaired. Jaime Pressly files for divorce Conflicting outcomes of bloodstream alcohol-tests carried out through the police and also the I'm Earl alum's defense team also led to lessened penalties. The 34-year-old actress, who stars in Fox's approaching sitcom I Personally Don't Like My Teenage Daughter, faced six several weeks in jail if charged.

EMMYS: Q&A Big Bang Theory Bill Prady

Bill Prady is showrunner for CBS other Chuck Lorre show that is, The Big Bang Theory, first-time Emmy nominated for OutstandingComedy Series in the same year that TwoAnd A Half Men was pulled out of the running.Big Bang wascreated by Lorre and Prady. And sinceLorres not talkingto any media, Deadline TV contributor Diane Haithman sought out Prady: DEADLINE: Congratulationson your nomination. Ill ask the clichquestion first: how does it feel? BILL PRADY: Boy, whats a non-clich answer to thatquestion?Im going to go with a clichd answer and say its really fun. If I knew exactly what you had to do to make a show Emmy-worthy, it is absolutely something that we would do. Im going to assume that the process is people look at the shows that are out there and mark the ones they enjoy most, and we were one of those shows this year. DEADLINE: Big Bang Theory is a livestudio audience multi-camera show, and the last to win the Comedy Seriesaward was Everybody Loves Raymond in2005. PRADY:Im personally a big fan of four-camera TV comedy. Theres been a shift over the years in thenumber of multi-camera and single-camera comedies produced.I think that probablyhas something to do with it.Is there a presupposition on the part of theEmmy voter to choose only one four-camera show?I genuinely dont think that people makechoices like that. DEADLINE: Does that say anything about todays TV comedy world? PRADY: I wish I could soundsmarter.I grew up on the TV classics anybody my age of 51 grew up on. I love a show that has moments that really makes you laugh out loud.People will say, ‘Did you know this show was going to be ahit?’ And fundamentally you say no. I approach this as everything Ive ever donewhich is: you get in in the morning, have a cup of coffee, and then you say, ‘Whatsthe best thing that we could do?’And youdo it until youre tired and you come home. The only thing you ever have controlover is, ‘Are you trying hard?’ We always try. One of the great things for the employment of writers, andone of the challenges for panels of Academies and critics,is the size of themarketplace for TV programs has increased.How do you come up with the half adozen best? Andis the appetite for awards showsgenerated by an audience looking for sign posts to quality in a huge market ofentertainment? DEADLINE: Big Bang is broad humor, butits broad humor about really smart people. PRADY:People talk about the show being a smart show.Its about smart characters. But one of the points of the show is that beingsmart doesnt necessarily give you a leg up when it comes to dealing with otherpeople. I think we here among the geekyand the nerdish draw on our own experiences. DEADLINE: Are TV writersnerds? PRADY: Arewriters nerds? My God. When you are walking on the lot and you see a group ofwriters, even if you dont know who they are, you say, ‘God, those are writers.’Its really sad. You know that your group looks the same to them. But to allthe women out there, speaking on behalf of the single members of the group,they are smart, they arefunny, they are caring, andtheyll reallylisten. DEADLINE: With MelissaRauch and Mayim Bialik,you have introduced girl geeks on your show. PRADY: Actually,I want to commend society for the creation and emergence of the femalegeek.As a male geek, we welcomeher.One of the great things about goingto Comic-Con these days, it is most assuredly a coed event now. I think therehave always been women who have had childhoods as sad and lonely as some malegeeks, but now theyre coming out.We are depicting a particular culture, and whenever you aredepicting a particular culture, there is an instant judgment made whether youare celebrating or mocking the culture. We knew we were celebrating it becauseit is our culture, but its through the prism of a four-camera comedy. DEADLINE: Is there a sense that Comic-Con is not justfor geeks and comic book fanatics but the young hip TV audience? PRADY: Our first year at Comic-Con, I remember Chuck Lorre giving the cast a little pep talk. ‘Go out there into that room, and its probably going to be mostly empty. Buteven if its four people, letsspend a nice hour with them.’ And we walked into the room and it was packed to the rafters. I think that shows that have at least anaspect of something that is being celebratedat Comic-Con have a bettertimethere. But theres a sort of Comic-Con-style fandom that builds uparound some shows.Look at a showlike Bones, which I know hasa big fandom thats there because you have nerdish characters. DEADLINE: What TV do you watch? PRADY: I loved Treme; Imconvinced its being made just for me, because food and jazz are two of myfavorite things. I loved The Wire, Iloved The Shield.I nerdishly loved Game of Thrones. Friday Night LightsI love when somebodys got a great aggressive bit of imagination, likeBattlestar Galactica. I think watching comedy for a comedy writer is a bit of abusmans holiday. I lovewhat they do over at Modern Family, but I dont find myself turning on a comedy.I findmyself turning on a drama. Becausethen Im notthinking about, ‘Heres another way to do that joke,’ or, in the case of Modern Family, ‘What a brilliant way todo that joke.’ But to watch something that shakes you and moves you and drawsyou in, and takes you into another world — thats real fun.

Debut Trailer and Poster for Luc Besson's 'The Lady' (VIDEO)

For any film career that's more symbolic of female assassins than female activists, it's a little strange seeing the very first trailer for Luc Besson's 'The Lady' within the same week that his script for 'Colombiana' is striking theaters. Besson's first biopic, 'The Lady' may be the true story of Aung San Suu Kyi, a Burmese politician who had been sentenced to fifteen years under house arrest for standing to her country's oppressive government. It stars Michelle Yeoh as Suu Kyi and David Thewlis as her husband, Dr. Michael Aris it's directed by Besson and compiled by Rebecca Frayn. Likely to be release between October, click through to look into the first poster by artist Shepard Fairey together with the very first teaser trailer for 'The Lady,' because of Yahoo! Movies. Not probably the most informative trailer for anybody who's not really acquainted with Suu Kyi, but when Luc Besson is involved, we'll be seeing it regardless. Exactly what do you think about Luc Besson's turn for the dramatic? [via Yahoo!] Photo thanks to Movie City News.

Ben Flajnik Cast as Next 'Bachelor,' Say Sources

ABC It's like ABC finds its next Bachelor. Sources stated Ben Flajnik, the runner-on the newest season from the Bachelorette, continues to be drawn on to star within the next season of ABC's reality show. STORY: 'The Bachelorette' Finale: Ashley Hebert Bestows Final Rose The network doesn't discuss casting in front of official bulletins, but Flajnik was rumored to become among the front-runners since he was rebuffed by Ashley Hebert within the season finale of Bachelorette earlier this year. Ryan Park and Ames Brown, who also made an appearance on Hebert's season, also were one of the names sailed as you possibly can candidates. STORY: 'The Bachelorette': A Closer Inspection at Ashley Hebert's Gemstone Flajnik, 28, is really a wine maker from Sonoma, Calif. Within the finale, he was seen reducing on a single knee to give Hebert before she told him she'd selected J.P. Rosenbaum rather. Flajnik was seen departing the show angry over Hebert's decision instead of resigned into it, since many runner-ups usually react. VIDEO: 'Bachelorette' Ashley Hebert Discusses Future with Fiancé J.P. Rosenbaum Following the show ended, tabloids stated he continued to start dating ? with Jennifer Love Hewitt, who later shot the reviews lower as "gossips." RELATED: 'Bachelorette's' JP Rosenbaum: 5 Items to Know VIDEO: 'Bachelorette's' Ashley Hebert, JP Rosenbaum Reveal Date For The Wedding on 'Good Morning America' ABC The Bachelorette The Bachelor

Dueling Holly discs prove rocker's enduring relevance

Buddy HollyWhen Don McLean wrote and recorded his heartfelt eulogy to fallen rock icon Buddy Holly in 1972's "American Pie," he probably had no idea that he would give the pioneering singer-songwriter a long overdue artistic rebirth. As the 75th birthday of late musician approaches on Sept. 7, a myriad of tributes and events will do the same, spearheaded by the CD release of "Listen to Me: Buddy Holly," an all-star collection of Holly covers, produced by Peter Asher.Holly was rock 'n' roll's first celebrity death, when he died in a plane crash with the Big Bopper and Richie Valens in February 1959. "The songs are brilliant," says Asher, in retrospect. "The tragedy is God only knows what he could have created if we had Buddy Holly for decades instead of months.""The funny thing about 'The Day the Music Died' is that that is the way everybody felt," says Jackson Browne, who appears on the album. "But it's ironic. It's not the death of anything; it's not the day the music died, it's the day the music became immortal."Browne, along with Stevie Nicks, Jeff Lynne, Train's Patrick Monahan, Brian Wilson, Chris Isaak, the Fray, Imelda May and Ringo Starr, contributed to the forthcoming SongMasters' release, which took Asher more than a year to finish."I think people will be listening to Buddy's music 50 years from now," says Asher, whose own connection to Holly dates back to 1965, when he had a Top 40 hit covering Holly's "True Love Ways" as part of the British Invasion duo Peter & Gordon. "I think (his) songs are that good. They managed to be somewhat musically simple but emotionally and melodically complex at the same time. He took simple elements and made a pretty serious song out of it."As Asher began production on "Listen to Me," a competing Buddy Holly tribute, "Rave on Buddy Holly," was announced. That disc, released in early July, features many of the same songs interpreted by an eclectic mix that includes Graham Nash (whose old band, the Hollies, was named after the later rocker), Cee Lo Green, Lou Reed and Paul McCartney, whose company, MPL, owns Holly's music publishing."Listen to Me," however, was done in cooperation with his widow, Marie Elena, who called the compilation "fantastic." She will also be present when Holly is awarded a star on the Walk of Fame on Sept. 7 and, later that night, at a tribute concert being shot for PBS at Hollywood's Music Box. Asher will act as musical director for the show.Asher was careful to craft each production so the song could fit the artist performing it."In the case of the Fray," Asher says, "we took a song that Buddy did as a happy kind of song, 'Take Your Time.' The Fray took it in a whole different direction; it has a somber force to it. It's really beautiful, slower and contemplative and more intense."I love the aspect of this project that it really encourages the generation coming up to dig into the roots of music that they listen to now, and where it came from, who influenced who, all the way back to people like Buddy Holly," says Isaac Slade of the Fray.For SongMasters, Asher was the obvious pick to exec produce the album, having scored two Top 10 hits when he produced remakes of "That'll Be the Day" and "It's So Easy" for Linda Ronstadt during the 1970s. For Asher, it was a dream project."He was a huge influence both as a songwriter and as a producer," says Asher, who worked in the late 1960s as the head of A&R for the Beatles' Apple label, where he signed James Taylor. Upon the demise of the Beatles and Apple, Asher launched a management and production company, where he steered the careers of, and produced hits for, Taylor, Ronstadt and several others. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Loki causes mischief on Avengers' Cleveland set

Tom Hiddleston was on set leading to trouble because the character Loki within the latest moments to become shot for Joss Whedon's Avengers movie.WEWS5 reported that Public Square and Terminal Tower in downtown Cleveland were outfitted to appear prefer to Stuttgart, Germany, including street signs and ad banners designed in German.An additional told NewsChannel5 that Terminal Tower bending for any museum within the moments and Loki wiped out someone there and sent site visitors running in fear.The crew then used a pneumatic ram mounted behind a German police vehicle to switch it onto its roof, even though stunt needed to be carried out two times since the vehicle didn't switch completely the very first time.Examine out footage below...The Avengers opens 4 May 2012.

Japanese rally against Fuji TV

Tokyo, japan -- An exhibition against Fuji TV's heavy rotation of Korean drama programming attracted an believed 6,000 to 10,000 protesters on Sunday. It was the 2nd demo at Fuji headquarters in Daiba, Tokyo, japan since a far more compact one on August. 7. The demo began at 1:30 p.m., with coordinators telling protesters in your thoughts their manners and avoid shows of xenophobia. Because the marchers contacted the Fuji TV HQ, these were became a member of by regular day-trippers, swelling their amounts. Also, people of the conservative group known as Funnel Sakura yelled "traitor network" along with other epithets and sang japan national anthem. The demo, however, ended without major incident. Both protests were touched off by thesp Sosuke Takaoka, whose tweets railing against Fuji's Korean programming got him fired from his agency in the finish of recently. Takaoka didn't play in the protests. The so-known as "Korean Wave" ("hanryu" in Japanese) of TV dramas, photos and music functions continues to be washing over Japanese popular culture for pretty much ten years, however the pace has lately acquired several notches. Fuji broadcasts Korean dramas from 2 to five p.m. Monday through Wednesday and from three to five p.m. on Thursday and Friday. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Tony Scott Rounding Up The Wild Bunch

He's targeting the Western rebootWhile the big news today has been about his brother Sir Ridley, Tony Scott clearly doesn't want to be left out of the info cycle. He's now entering talks with Warner Bros. to take on the studio's reboot of Sam Peckinpah's 1969 Western classic The Wild Bunch. If he does go ahead with it, the idea will be no less controversial than the idea of making something new in the Blade Runner universe. Peckinpah's film followed an aging group of outlaws looking to make one final big score on the Texas-Mexico border and the problems they face as the Old West they knew vanishes around them. Brian Helgeland is on board to write a new script for Scott and producer Jerry Weintraub, but it has a way to go until it can go before cameras. And before he can even consider preparing for the Bunch, Scott still has to shoot biker drama Hell's Angels. The director apparently wants Jeff Bridges to star in that film as gang leader Sonny Barger, but Bridges' schedule is fairly full right now, what with the self-titled album he's just made and is touring and the fact that he's committed to make R. I. P. D. for Universal and The Seventh Son for Warners. So even if he does say yes, Angels won't roll until next year at the earliest. Could something else sneak in before either of those movies gets going? Unlikely, since Scott is targeting Angels next, but there's always his new take on Top Gun, John Grisham adaptation The Associate and the long-bubbling Potzdamer Platz...

Blaze the Pot Smoking Deer

A wild, eccentric, surreal no-budget animated series, which has absolutely nothing to do with drug use. The creators (Adam Cooley/SeaMonster3D) aren't into drugs -- the show is here to ask the question, "Why do people want to watch a show about a superhero who is on drugs?" An absurdist existential essay on the idea of animation and superheroes, the core of the show is primarily about a pot-smoking superhero deer who knows he's on "television" and constantly talks to the audience about what it's like to be a superhero. He is fully aware he is being animated.

Viacom, Cablevision settle iPad suit

Viacom and Cablevision have settled a dispute over the cable operator's Optimum app, which streams channels to the iPad. The two companies issued a statement saying that Viacom's litigation against Cablevision had been resolved. Viacom and Cablevision have agreed to resolve their pending litigation, and the Viacom programming will continue to appear on Cablevision's Optimum Apps for iPad and other IP devices," they said in a statement. "In reaching the settlement agreement, Cablevision and Viacom were able to resolve the iPad matter and an unrelated business matter to their mutual satisfaction. Neither side is conceding its original legal position or will have further comment." In its suit, Viacom claimed that its carriage agreement with Cablevision didn't grant rights to stream channels like MTV and Nickelodeon to the wireless devices. Viacom also sued Time Warner Cable over a similar app, but the case is on hold as they try to reach a settlement. Cablevision announced Tuesday that it was extending its app to the iPhone and the iPod Touch. Contact Ted Johnson at ted.johnson@variety.com

Wild market swings draw viewers

CNBCs Brian Sullivan has good news to share with viewers Monday as the stock market rallied. Viewership of the cabler jumped markedly. Bad news to Wall Street has been good news for TV's financial news outlets.CNBC, Fox Business Network and Bloomberg TV have been racking up record auds in the past week as market gyrations keep investors large and small glued to the live updates on market conditions. And the heightened interest in financial news has amped up the competition among the cablers to grab audience share at a time when they're generating sampling from casual viewers.Monday's 634-point plunge of the Dow Jones Industrial Average equated to CNBC's largest audience in more than two years. The 433,000 viewers who tuned in between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. was significantly higher than the 294,000 overall viewers who watched Friday when the market sank 513 points.Fox Business Network, which just recently became rated by Nielsen, drew 136,000 total viewers Monday, far above its usual average as well. In the 25-54 demo, CNBC drew 125,000 viewers compared to 27,000 for FBN, which is at the disadvantage of being in just more than half as many homes as CNBC.For the week of Aug. 1-7, CNBC averaged 93,000 viewers in adults 25-54; FBN averaged 16,000 viewers in the demo.Both outlets were quick to point out that the Nielsen stats don't reflect that entire scope of the aud from group viewing in venues such as trading room floors, hotels and restaurants, where people may congregate to watch a single telecast.The digital component is booming too. Websites reporting financial news were as busy as a typical March Madness day. Bloomberg had 2.6 million unique page views Monday while CNBC.com had 2.3 million unique visitors, both were up more than 100% compared to a typical day.The influx of viewers seeking financial news brings opportunity and also a responsibility for anchors and reporters, veteran financial reporters say. Carl Quintanilla, a contributor to CNBC's morning program "Squawk on the Street," said he and his colleagues are cognizant that viewership will increase when financial news is the day's top headline. Even if those viewers don't know the difference between a mutual fund and a hedge fund. "We are conscious of people who ordinarily wouldn't be watching us and the terms we toss around every day," he said. "We have to be sensitive to the sampling and be more broad in the concepts of the business and markets."In a volatile market, reporters also have to be careful in reporting breaking news and their depiction of events lest they wind up moving markets themselves. When CNBC's Jim Cramer said on-air in 2008 on "Today" that investors should take money they need out of the market, the Dow lost several hundred points that day."I've never worked with anyone who can set the right context and understands the power his words carry than Jim," Quintanilla said.Kevin Magee, exec veep of Fox Business Network, said big market events are an important way to draw viewers to FBN. The net will offer explain market terminology in the lower portion of the screen to help viewers understand business jargon, and not talk down to them."If we put on the right information, people will watch on days like today and we'll bring in more viewers," he said. "If they come, they'll stick around." Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

'The Killing' star cops to 'Gangster Squad'

EnosEXCLUSIVE: "The Killing" star Mireille Enos is in negotiations to join Ruben Fleischer's period crime pic "The Gangster Squad."Enos will play Connie O'Mara, the pregnant wife of Josh Brolin's character in the Warner Bros./Village Roadshow film. Not only does Connie keep her husband in line, but she also helps him pick the candidates for the titular squad.Amy Adams and Kate Winslet were previously considered for the role, which calls for roughly a week of shooting.In addition to Brolin, "Gangster Squad" stars Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Emma Stone, Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Pena, Robert Patrick, Frank Grillo and Holt McCallany.Kevin McCormick and Dan Lin are producing the Will Beall-scripted pic through their respective banners Langley Park and Lin Pictures, whose Jon Silk is co-producing.Enos is up for an Emmy for her turn as Det. Sarah Linden on AMC's crime series "The Killing." She previously appeared on HBO's "Big Love" and is currently filming Marc Forster's "World War Z," in which she plays Brad Pitt's wife.Enos is repped by Innovative Artists and Authentic Talent and Literary Management. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

MRC joins 'As She Climbed' team

Media Privileges Capital has became a member of Film Rites' Steve Zaillian and Garrett Basch to create Jonathan Lethem's 1997 novel "As She Rose Over The Table," that has David Cronenberg mounted on direct and Bruce Wagner adapting.A repetition for MRC confirmed the confirmed the company's seriously board "As She Rose Over the Table" but had no comment if the project will participate MRC's five-year output cope with Universal. MRC's funded "The Adjustment Bureau," "Elysium" and "half an hour Or Less."Cronenberg's in publish-production on "Cosmopolis" with Colin Farrell and Marion Cotillard. He also helmed "A Harmful Method" starring Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Keira Knightley.Film Rituals is within publish on "The Lady using the Dragon Tattoo" and "The Cold Light of Day" and Zaillian's a author on "Moneyball." Wagner was the executive producer and co-author of Tracey Ullman's "Condition from the Union" series on Showtime and modified his novel "Still Holding" for Epix.Lethem's other books include "Gun with Periodic Music," "Chronic City" and "Motherless Brooklyn."Cronenberg is repped by WME and Sentient Entertainment. Lethem and Zaillian are repped by WME. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

'Mr Bean' Star Rowan Atkinson Wrecks Billion Dollar McLaren F1 Supercar, Walks Away

LONDON - Mr Bean and Blackadder star Rowan Atkinson continues to be come to hospital after spectacularly crashes his 230 miles-per-hour MacLaren F1 supercar and leaving.our editor recommendsMr. Bean's Holiday The actor, that has had the vehicle since 2007 when he purchased for more than millions of dollars, was lucky to flee the burning and mangled vehicle together with his existence, and was come to an area hospital in Cambridge struggling with superficial injuries. He's likely to be released later Friday. Not one other automobiles were active in the crash, which happened following the vehicle is believed to possess spun unmanageable on the wet road Thursday evening, spun around several occasions striking along side it from the road, lowering a tree. The vehicle, among the quickest cars to become licensed for general road driving, is really a special edition vehicle that can now cost around four million dollars. "I was known as to some single vehicle traffic collision at 7.30pm about the A605 at Haddon," a spokesperson for East of England Ambulance Service stated, talking about an incident Thursday evening. A guy was come to hospital in Peterborough with "a small shoulder injuries," the spokesperson added. Reps for Atkinson stated the actor had no comment to create. Related Subjects Rowan Atkinson Worldwide

DreamWorks Vs. Paramount: Inside the Standoff

Can the rocky marriage between Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation be saved? Some top industry observers think so, though not because of love. Rather, they think the partnership between mutual antagonists Brad Grey at Paramount and DWA's Jeffrey Katzenberg is too mutually beneficial to scrap: Paramount has done an effective job distributing all DWA films since 2006, and DWA movies like Kung Fu Panda 2 pull in big grosses (even when pundits declare that they underperform). Most important, these handicappers say, DWA seems to lack obvious alternatives. STORY: DreamWorks Animation Rejects Paramount Offer to Extend Distribution Deal By One Year (Exclusive) The edgy relationship between DWA and Paramount took a big hit recently when Paramount declared a plan to form its own animation division. Grey blindsided Katzenberg with the announcement July 6, the first day of the annual Allen & Co. retreat in Sun Valley, Idaho, where both were in attendance. Paramount insists it is serious about having a homegrown animated film in theaters by 2014, but some outside observers think the studio would be foolish to bank on that. The fight could be cast as a simple negotiation over the distribution fee DWA pays Paramount. Katzenberg is said to want a reduction from 8 percent to 7 percent when the current six-year deal expires in 2012, and Paramount wants a bump up. THR first reported Aug. 1 that the DWA board recently rejected a one-year extension of the existing arrangement, further prolonging the stalemate. Clearly, Katzenberg will try to strike a deal elsewhere. But a Paramount source predicts that DWA will come up empty. This source says Paramount makes an average of $40 million to $50 million a year from the deal -- not insignificant but not enough to kowtow to Katzenberg's demands. STORY: DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg Reacts to Paramount Ani Studio Plan Fox, Sony, Universal and Disney have in-house or affiliated animation studios, making them less likely to pick up two or three DWA releases a year. Warner Bros., which has only dabbled in animation, has been cited as a possible suitor, but studio insiders have downplayed the possibility, leaving independent distributors or Katzenberg opting to self-release. DWA declined comment, but an insider says the company has not made presentations to other studios and no one at DWA is "quaking in their boots," adding, "Maybe we're arrogant, but it's not as if [DWA] is some loser company." During its deal with Paramount, Katzenberg has delivered the Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon franchises. Shrek the Third ($799 million worldwide) and Shrek Forever After ($752 million worldwide) are among the highest-grossing titles Paramount has released. Still, investors have hammered DWA stock lately; analysts cite the Shrek franchise's diminishing value and fatigue among U.S. audiences for 3D, which has boosted DWA grosses. ANALYSIS: Inside the Paramount, DreamWorks Animation Standoff "Given the situation in the industry and the recent performance of DreamWorks Animation films, it may prove hard to get 8 percent again," says Susquehanna Financial group analyst Vasily Karasyov. Paramount animated movies probably will not be of the same quality as DWA's, but the studio is banking on doing cheaper pictures that won't need to pull in as much at the box office and beyond. The Paramount source says the cost of doing animation is going down and claims that Rango could be made today for $100 million. That film, released to positive reviews in March, supposedly cost $135 million, though some estimates run substantially higher. It grossed about $240 million worldwide, but outsiders say it lost a substantial amount when marketing and other costs are included. Even with the bar set comparatively low, some industry veterans are dismissive. "Brad Grey is in for a rude awakening," says one producer. "It's not so easy. They're saying they'll have animated pictures by 2014. No way." These observers see the studio's announcement as nothing more than an attempt to allay Wall Street concerns if the DWA deal ends. STORY: DreamWorks Animation Stock Hits 52-Week Low as Paramount Animation is Launched Given that the DWA-Paramount relationship outwardly makes so much sense, the acrimony clearly goes beyond the usual posturing over a deal. It dates to the contentious rupture between the live-action DreamWorks unit and Paramount in 2008. Even though DWA already had been spun off from DreamWorks into a publicly held company, Katzenberg was and continues to be allied with his fellow DreamWorks founders Steven Spielberg and David Geffen, who own stakes in DWA. "What people don't realize is how personal this rift is," says a source with knowledge of the relationship. But if Katzenberg can't find a buyer or another distributor, former associates say he might have to stay put, even on less-favorable terms. "Jeffrey's a pragmatist," says one former colleague. "He's not afraid to eat humble pie. He is the most resilient human being I've ever met." Which is just as well, considering how frosty the relationship has become. "Jeffrey wasn't even invited to Brad's wedding," marvels the DWA insider, referring to Grey's nuptials in April. "I mean, everybody in town was there." Related Topics DreamWorks Animation Paramount Pictures

Resurrection

Ellen Burstyn experiences the afterlife for a brief time after a car accident that kills her husband. As she begins her long process of physical healing, she discovers that she has the ability to heal physical infirmities. While most people simply accept her gift, her lover (Sam Shepard) becomes mentally unbalanced and dangerous because she does not place the healings within a religious context.

Triangular Recalling the fireplace

On March 25, 1911, a catastrophic fire started in the Triangular Waist Company in New You are able to City. Trapped within the upper flooring of the ten-story building, 146 employees - mostly youthful immigrant ladies and teenage women - were burned alive or instructed to jump for their deaths to flee an inferno that consumed the factory in only 18 minutes. It had been the worst disaster in a place of work in New You are able to Condition until 9/11. The tragedy transformed the path of history, paving the way in which for government to represent employees, not only business, the very first time, and assisted a growing American middle-class to reside the American Dream.