James Franco in Predicts Play Hugh Hefner in Linda Lovelace Biopic

James Franco as Hugh Hefner?The actor, who last starred in "Rise in the Planet in the Apes," is at talks with Millenium/Nu Image to appear in the cameo since the legendary founding father of "Playboy," in "Lovelace," the biopic of Linda Lovelace.Lovelace sees Amanda Seyfried since the lady who starred inside the most well-known pornos ever, "Deep Throat." Also inside the cast are Peter Sarsgaard as her husband, Chuck Traynor, and Hank Azaria as Jerry Damiano, the director of "Deep Throat."Bobby Cannavale and Chris Noth are situated for your particular roles in the film's bankers, Butchie Peraino and Anthony Romano, while Robert Patrick may have Lovelace's father, John.Also inside the cast are Sharon Stone, Juno Temple, Wes Bentley and Romeo Brown.Franco, who was simply at some stage in predicts play Traynor before walking aside, appears inside the Hef cameo only if dates exercise. The actor and also the reps are actually dancing with producers across the timing from the one-day shoot, but up to now a consummation remains elusive.The expansion, beneath the direction of Make the most of Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, began shooting in La now. The Hollywood Reporter

Top Moments: Barbara Walters Touches Trump's "Onion Loaf" and Horror Story's Brutal Birth

Jesse Trump and Barbara Walters Our top moments every week: 14. The Ex Factor Award: Jenny doesn't learn how to frolic in the water, and so the sadistic producers of Fear Factor make her drive an automobile into water! When she and her ex/teammate Sean exit the automobile since it sinks, Jenny needs him to help her to dry land. But he doesn't. "He left her! Whoa! She's sinking," host Joe Rogan states. The show's diving team rescues Jenny, who's naturally peeved at Sean. "I anxiously anxiously waited there to suit your needs,In . according to him. Er, no, you didn't. And even if you most likely did, she can't frolic in the water! 13. Nerdiest Jokes: Nothing under to start with round the Amazing Race may have sufficed for perfectionist Cindy and her fiancé Ernie. They eventually win the $millions of, while not before dissing another two teams through the ultimate leg. "It may be like losing to C students and that we really are a+ students," she states, a comment neither of those states they remember now. But everybody knows who the specific "A+ students" of Race were this season: Andy and Tommy - who won six legs before losing the other day to "inferior" teams. 12. Most Frightened Baby (Or: Baby We're Most Frightened For) The most recent person in the Regular folks of Atlanta cast is Kim and Kroy's baby K.J., so when only his 1-day-old ears could process the terror around him. Not only has Kim shoved her dog, Chanel, hard (because yeah, dogs won't bite babies!) and screamed about her aching vagina and K.J.'s surprising first poop, nevertheless it calculates that large sis Brielle isn't so interested in him. Be cautious on her behalf dagger eyes, K.J.! 11. Worst Christmas Miracle: What's worse than requiring to see the man you're dating you do not love him a couple of days before Christmas? Having your roommate break unhealthy news without recommending! On New Girl, Nick, thinking Jess and Paul have formerly had "the talk," breaks his little weirdo heart while trying to comfort him. Would somewhat "light" choking have you feeling better, Paul? 10. Least Suspenseful High high cliff-hanger: Under monthly after marring Kris Humphries, Kim Kardashian notifies momager Kris Jenner that she's going off birth control to enable them to start a family on Kourtney and Kim Take NY. Her mother tries to talk her from this, mentioning the pair don't even live together. "Yeah, I'm prepared - I'm married," she replies. Kim eventually involves her senses and notifies they is not prepared for children... or marriage, since it calculates! 9. Worst Attitude: On Top Chef, Louise is coupled with Beverly, also called her punching bag, in the team elimination challenge. After they finish up within the bottom three, Louise decides gripe for the idol idol judges about how precisely Beverly spent a couple of days peeling 400 shrimp through the final challenge. Uh, precisely what does that have associated with your reason for waiting for Judges' Table now? And the way does throwing your teammate beneath the bus in the double elimination enable you to? Oh, wait, it doesn't. 8. Most Inappropriate Hug: When Deb's counselor on Dexter floats the possibility that they might subconsciously be deeply deeply in love with her brother, she rapidly pooh-poohs her theory. But your evening, she dreams they and Dex share some Chinese food... after which it another hug. Yeah yeah, they're adoptive siblings and siblings, but it's still pretty horrifying that Hollywood thinks incest can be a hot trend. 7. Oddest Trip With Time: After he's visited within the dreams by Chewbacca, Glee's Artie is inspired to make a public-access Christmas special that's two parts Judy Garland then one part Alien. (Together finally!) Inside the charmingly retro black-and-white-colored special, "holiday roommates" Blaine and Kurt welcome their pals for his or her winter chalet, where everyone breaks the fourth wall in the fashion even Zack Morris would shake his mind at. Everyone knows Lima, Ohio, is a touch round the conservative side, but does that really mean we should revert to 1963's holiday traditions? 6. Most Arresting Reunion: Eleven extended episodes after Alicia began Kalinda for the curb for sleeping with Peter, The Truly Amazing Wife's energy duo reunites when Alicia finds out that Kalinda was the one which found Sophistication and surprises the usually all-knowing detective agency by popping her from jail. Afterwards, Kalinda tries to understate her submit messiah, but Alicia demands on saying because of her and (appears to) no less than start to forgive Kalinda on her behalf past indiscretion. Never fight again, ladies. 5. Best Usage of Jazz: The penultimate episode of Homeland's riveting first season goes inside Carrie's manic (though not irrational) flight as Saul orders her chaotic Abu Nazir timeline in to a neat, color-coded timeline on Carrie's living room wall. Sadly, when her CIA bosses catch wind (via Brody) of her classified redecoration plan, David storms her apartment to place her on administrative leave and confiscate her rainbow-tinted wall of understanding. As Barbara rages in the intelligence machine, the audio of her thrashing progressively drops out which is transformed having a soothing, but nevertheless crazy jazz number. It's a nice metaphor for Carrie's self-destruction, as you possibly can only helplessly watch her fall, not fully alert to the value of what she's saying. 4. Indecent (Reply to a) Proposal Award: Christmas you're ready to inform individuals you want the amount you care, so Ellen fan Jacob asks her to help him stage an unpredicted proposal to his girlfriend, Jodi, before Ellen launches her 12 Occasions of Freebies segment. Jacob can get lower on one knee before a weeping Jodi (they are like tears of enjoyment, no less than initially). "I am unable to. ... I am sorry,Inch Jodi states, and before we could process this shameful public rejection, a Christmas carol that signals it is time totally free stuff blares inside the studio, everyone else increases towards the foot and cheers since the cameras cut from Jacob and Jodi. Just what the what? It's riveting train-wreck TV, but it's furthermore a sizable fake-out. It calculates that "Jacob" is certainly an Ellen worker who staged the same hoax before last year's first giveaway segment. No real surprise Ellen was laughing! 3. Most Hair-Raising Interview: Barbara Walters names Jesse Trump among her ten best people of year, that's clearly an inspired trick so she is going to do what every American independently desires to: touch the Onion loaf that Trump calls his hair. "Is part of your image or possibly could it be covering a bald place?" she chirps. Trump claims he's always worn the comb-up-over-back-and-around look and challenges Walters take a yank to check on its veracity. "Next, everyone knows it's real," Trump states after Walters musses his 'do as being a sexy coed. ("I still believe it is a hairpiece," Babs mentioned later.) 2. Most Shocking Dying: Boardwalk Empire's Nucky Thompson proves he's forget about "half a gangster" inside the Cinemax drama's second season finale. After Nucky marries Margaret to keep her from testifying against him, he vows to exhibit around the new leaf. But that's your window when, after an apologetic Jimmy Darmody effectively stages the suicide in the last witness in Nucky's trial, Nucky returns the favor by putting two bullets into Jimmy's face as payback for trying to possess Nucky destroyed. Jimmy may have seen it coming (he gave his boy his dog tags, ultimately), but we're able to not believe the show really went with this. R.I.P., Jimmy. 1. Best Birth: We're pretty certain we'll never see another TV birth like Vivien's haunting, bloody delivery on American Horror Story. It absolutely was gross enough once we found that certain twin was essentially eating another once they cooked in mother's womb. But watching as Constance distributed the babies to ghostly, not-at-all-stable adoptive parents handled to obtain much more heartbreaking. Hopefully, Ghost Vivien could possibly get some much-needed peace now from her sniveling wimp from the husband. Likely? Nah. What were your top moments?

The 10 Biggest Snubs, Surprises and Subplots of the 69th Golden Globes Nominations

Still reeling from this week’s installment of Oscar index, Movieline’s Institute for the Advanced Study of Kudos Forensics has had a rare Thursday open for business. Blame the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the shadowy swag goblins behind today’s predictably headscratching slate of snubs, surprises and subplots also known as the 69th Golden Globe nominations. So far the Institute has chosen 10 worth investigating, but feel free to weigh in with your own as well: SUBPLOT: Is The Ides of March for real? George Clooney’s fine political drama bowed strongly but perhaps prematurely in the awards race, eventually ceding its early front-runner terrain to the likes of The Help and Hugo. (I can’t believe I just wrote that sentence.) Its dormancy extended through virtually every awards announcement before today, when it collected four nominations, including Best Picture - Drama, Best Director, Best Actor - Drama (Ryan Gosling), and Best Screenplay. What are we to think, and how much influence do we really want to ascribe to a pliant, star-fucking awards bloc that added an extra nomination in the Drama category just to make sure its bases were covered? I still think it’s toast overall — not enough first-place votes to sneak it into the Academy’s Best Picture consciousness, and it doesn’t stand a chance going up against Fox Searchlight’s Tree of Life campaign. “But,” one may ask, “where’s Tree of Life at the Globes?” Easy: Brad Pitt is at the Moneyball table, and Jessica Chastain is at The Help table. That’s all the HFPA cares about. The Academy has slightly different standards — but only slightly. So we’ll see. SNUB: Melissa McCarthy The Bridesmaids scene-stealer’s omission wouldn’t seem so conspicuous were it not for her surge over the last week and the film itself earning two nominations in Best Picture - Musical/Comedy and Actress - Musical/Comedy. I can’t even legitimately float the thought that NBC — which broadcasts the Globes — pushed for recognition of its SNL star over CBS’s Mike and Molly star; after all, NBC Universal released Bridesmaids. What’s an awards conspiracy theorist to do? Anyway, Academy tastes will settle this in a month, and I for one can totally wait. SUBPLOT: The Weinstein Factor On the one hand, TWC led all individual distributors with 12 nominations; Harvey took full advantage of the split categories in Picture and Actress, moving Michelle Williams in for the Musical/Comedy kill. That’s ridiculous by any standard but the HFPA’s and, well, Harvey’s. But at the end of the day, when Williams wins, it’s only small print on the DVD box. On the other hand… SUBPLOT: The Sony Factor Particularly apropos of Ides, I’m just going to throw this stat out there for your consideration of how Golden Globes sausage is made: Sony subsidiaries — including Columbia Pictures and Sony Classics — combined for 22 out of 71 nominations on the film side. Think about it: Almost every third nominee — 31 percent — is a Sony product, or at least one acquired and branded by Sony. Do what you will with that. SNUB: Uggie What has four legs, 2,000 supporters and apparently can’t be budged — even by Harvey Weinstein? [Insert a long, lusty “BOOOOOO” here.] SURPRISE: Ryan Gosling You know what? I think it’s great that Gosling got in for Crazy Stupid Love. That’s what the Musical/Comedy category is there for (even if technically he’s supporting Steve Carell, but that’s the last objection I’m going to raise to this crop of nominees), and he and Emma Stone arguably account for the entire soul of that movie. Good luck, Gos! That said, why ya gotta go all ninja-like on… SNUB: Gary Oldman Brutal. Absolutely brutal. But despite incredible early critical and commercial interest, the guy can’t buy a break at the Critics Choice Awards, the Globes, or even with his own freaking union. And while I don’t see Gosling carrying his Ides citation over to the Academy, Oldman still has Michael Shannon and Demián Bichir to fight off for the fifth slot. It could happen, but as downswings go, this is pretty bad. I mean, even Woody Harrelson got to plug Rampart this morning during the nominations announcement. SUBPLOT: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Finished Maybe there’s something I’m missing about The Daldry, but to expand the Best Picture - Drama category and not include this seems like a sizable red flag. In any case, it’s a serious statistical disadvantage: The only film to win the Oscar for Best Picture without even being nominated for the Golden Globes’ Best Picture - Drama award was Crash in 2006. (The Sting did it without a Musical/Comedy nod back in 1974.) Simply drawing a Best Picture Oscar nomination under such circumstances is a little easier, but not much: Milk did it in 2009, preceded by Lost in Translation in 2004, and then The Sixth Sense in 2000. Not good. SNUB: Nick Nolte This is probably the Globes snub with the least likelihood of reflecting in the Oscar nominations: Nolte’s SAG recognition should even out Mortensen’s mysterious Sony bump soon enough. No offense to Viggo, either, who’s one of the few bright spots of A Dangerous Method; I just have a feeling that his nomination here will just rally Team Nolte. SURPRISE: Rooney Mara Yay! Someone was listening! Or maybe the HFPA is just fundamentally opposed to nominating an Olsen. It’s not like Mary-Kate or Ashley ever made the cut, right? Coincidence? OK, don’t answer that. Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

AFI Recognizes 'The Artist' and 'Harry Potter' Movies With Special Honours

British espionage thriller Mess, Tailor, Soldier, Spy--starring Gary Oldman opposite Colin Firth and Tom Sturdy--acquired one of the top limited openings of year since it prepares for honours season.our editor recommends'Shame,' 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' and 'Tyrannosaur' Lead the region with this particular Years British Independent Film AwardsNew Thinker Trailer for 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' is Fancy for Domestic Audiences (Video)Charlize Theron on Playing a 'Bitch' in 'Young Adult' (Video)Related Subjects•Box Office Updates Compiled by Focus Features inside the U.S., Mess Customized 300,737 from four theaters in NY and La in the last weekend for just about any location average of $71,184--the next finest of the season after Evening amount of time in Paris ($99,824) as well as the Tree of Existence ($93,000). STORY:Box Office Report: 'New Year's Eve' Leads Worst Weekend Since 2008 With $13.7 Million The crticially acclaimed Mess Tailor, directed by Thomas Alfredson from an modified script by Peter Straughan as well as the late Bridget O'Connor, was produced by Working Title and StudioCanal. Focus leader of distribution Jack Foley mentioned all theaters where the film carried out saw sell-out crowds, or close to sell-out crowds, from mid-mid-day through 9 p.m. Mess Tailor carried out within the ArcLIght Hollywood and Landmark in La, and Lincoln subsequently subsequently Square as well as the AMC Village 7 in NY City. The uptick in operation from Friday to Saturday established there's real demand in the marketplace for adult-skewing movies, although Mess Tailor can also be appealing to youthful moviegoers, evidenced by strong evening shows. VENICE FILM REVIEW: Mess, Tailor, Soldier, Spy "The film is playing with a mixed audience if this involves age," Foley mentioned. Mess Tailor is a type of a slew of films positioning themselves as honours season will get warmer, and since the Hollywood Foreign Press Association prepares to announce Golden Globe Nominations on 12 ,. 15, preceded every day earlier by SAG noms. Carlize Theron starrer Youthful Adult -- reteaming director Jason Reitman along with his Juno film author Diablo Cody -- also released strong amounts as essential opened up in the film in eight theaters in the last weekend in La, NY, Chicago, San Francisco Bay Area and Ontario, where Gody got her start just like a stripper. Youthful Adult, costing Vital $12 million to produce, made an thought $320,000 within the eight theaters for just about any location average of $40,000. The pic will probably be playing in the total of a single,000 theaters on 12 ,. 16. STORY:'Young Adult': Just what the Experts Say "We have become great reviews inside the areas where we opened up up, which allowed us to reduce great spots," Vital leader of domestic marketing and distribution Megan Colligan mentioned. Vital also thinks that Martin Scorsese's Hugo will succeed throughout honours season. The 3 dimensional film, already named the most effective film of year with the National Board of Review, extended in to a total of two,608 theaters in the last weekend, grossing $6.millions of for just about any domestic cume of $33.5 million within the third frame. Numerous platform photos ongoing to develop a couple of days ago as honours season heated, including Fox Searchlight's The Descendants, which added 300 theaters towards the run. The Alexander Payne-directed film showed up No. 7 for your weekend, grossing an thought $4.4 million from 876 theaters for just about any stellar domestic cume of $23.6 000 0000. Searchlight's Shame, wanting to conquer the stigma connected while using NC-17 rating, added 11 theaters towards the run for just about any total count of 21. Directed by Steve McQueen and headlining Michael Fassbender, Shamegrossed $276,068 for just about any location average of $13,146 and cume of $774,154. STORY: Nudity, Three-Ways, Hints of Incest: A Studio's Plan to Sell 'Shame' to Oscar The Artist released an amount more effective theater average of $18,258 since it extended in to a total of 16 theaters, grossing $292,130. The Weinstein Co. is disseminating the black-and-white-colored, quiet film inside the U.S. The Weinstein Co. also provides Michelle Williams-starrer My Week with Marilyn, which ended the weekend getting a cume of $5.millions of. David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method held its theater count at four theaters, grossing an thought $80,125 with an average $20,031 and cume of $539,174. Madonna's W.E., within the Weinstein Co., and Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay's edgy indie film We must Discuss Kevin, starring Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly, both began one-week award being qualified runs in the last weekend in La. Oscilloscope Labs acquired U.S. rights to We must Discuss Kevin in the Cannes Film Festival. Related Subjects Charlize Theron Colin Firth Jason Reitman Box Office Gary Oldman Youthful Adult Mess Tailor Soldier Spy Honours Season Preview

VIDEO: Bikinis, Bleeps and Ben's Bare Butt! Watch the Preview from the Bachelor

Ben Flajnik The Bachelor has returned - with bikinis, bleeps... and bare butts! Following a sweet montage of Ben Flajnik on romantic mountaintop dates, the clip cuts rapidly towards the drama: skinny-sinking, face-drawing and girl-on-girl crime. "I will kill whomever walks for the reason that door," states one classy lady when she discovers that the girl from Ben's past has showed up. (Hint: It's someone you have often seen about this show before!) VIDEO: Bachelorette's first pair offer their advice to be a effective reality TV couple Watch the Grandmother-safe preview below after which mind to Entertainment Weekly for that unsafe for work (also known as "bare butts") version. The Bachelor premieres Monday, Jan. 2 at 8/7c on ABC.Will you stay tuned?

'Bachelor' Producers Sue Spoiler Website for Soliciting Info Leaks from Contestants (Exclusive)

Ray Mickshaw/FOX A former Universal Network Television employee might soon get to bring to a jury claims that behind the scenes of TV show House there's "hard-drinking, over-sexed, cussing, gun-toting males" who made life difficult for her.our editor recommends'House' Star Hugh Laurie Says He'll Retire From TV Acting Once Show EndsOlivia Wilde Makes Final 'House' Appearance Monday: 'I See It as a Really Important Chapter in My Life' (Video) In July 2010,Carl Jones, who spent four years working as an assistant property master on the Fox medical mystery show, suedHouseproducer Universal and two of its staffers, claiming that he was victim to sexual harassment and was fired when he spoke up about allegedly obnoxious behavior on the part of his supervisors. After nearly a year and a half of extensive discovery and pre-trial motions, Los Angeles Superior Court JudgeRichard Fruinindicated last week his willingness to have a jury decide whether Jones was retaliated against for objecting to a hostile workplace. Jones makes some wild allegations in his lawsuit about back-stage behavior on the show. He targets his supervisorsTyler PattonandMike Caseyfor repeated bad acts and says his genitals were groped and that he was called a "bitch," "faggot," "slave," and "pussy." In the prop trailer where Jones worked, the plaintiff alleges that adult magazines and adult movies were around and that his supervisors were hard drinkers who would invite females from the wardrobe and other production departments there to engage in sexual activity. Jones allegeshe was forced to clean up semen and condom wrappers and was ridiculed when he declined to go out to a nearby off-set strip club. The set ofHouseis also described as a dangerous place to work. Against Universal's policies, Patton allegedly brought a real gun there and would throw knifes in between bouts of tequila drinking. Jones says he was fired in March 2010, by an extremely drunk Patton, after which he complained to Garret van der Meer, the show's co-executive producer/unit production manager. Jones says his complaints were ignored, and the former staffer believes that speaking up about what was going on, including contacting his union, led to retaliation, included being "blackballed from all Universal Productions." Jones says he scored another job after his dismissal, but as a result of being placed on a blacklist, he wasn't able to get access to the Fox lot, so he then lost that second job. Universal wanted a summary judgment dismissal of this lawsuit, saying that Jones had failed to exhaust his administrative remedies, that his claims were time-barred, and that the plaintiff couldn't show "discriminatory motive based on his gender or perceived sexual orientation." The studio said that each season was an independent one in terms of employment and that the decision to not rehire Jones for Season 7 of House couldn't be tied to Jones' allegations of sexual innuendo on the set. The defendant believes that Jones' theories about why he was dismissed are merely speculative. For their part,Patton and Casey vigorously denied they engaged in the above-described offensive conduct. At a hearing last week, Judge Fruin considered some of the evidence submitted in depositions so far and tentatively decided there are enough triable issues to reject Universal's motions to dismiss discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims. He threw out claims based on the Unruh Civil Rights Act, and asked for additional briefings for a hearing scheduled for December 16. If the judge sticks to his tentative ruling, the case could be on track to be heard by a jury next year. Jones is represented byLawrence Organat Equality Law, and Universal is being repped byLori BowmanandMarrian Changat Ogletree, Deakins. E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner House

Andrew Embiricos Dies: Rita Hayworth's Grand son Found Dead

Andrew Embiricos, grand son from the late Rita Hayworth, was discovered dead in the NY City apartment on Sunday the 25-year-old died of the apparent suicide. Based on the NY Daily News, Embiricos was the boy of Hayworth's daughter Princess Yasmin Aga Khan his LinkedIn page had him listed like a sales executive for Virgin Atlantic Airways. Embiricos' grandfather was Prince Aly Aga Khan, who married Hayworth in 1949 in the height of her career. It had been the actress's third marriage. Hayworth starred in films for example 'Tonight and each Night' and 'Gilda.' She received a Golden Globe nomination on her 1964 performance in 'Circus World.' The actress died later from Alzheimer's disease. [via NY Daily News and THR] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Glee Star Mark Salling Suffers Fractured Pelvis

First Launched: December 1, 2011 1:45 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Mark Salling reaches the launch of Activisions Guitar Hero: Gamers of Rock with Soundgarden at Vital Art galleries in La on September 27, 2010 Well, this might hamper Pucks romantic liaisons along with his new teacher ladylove! Glee star Mark Salling features a broken pelvis, the actor revealed on his Twitter page on Wednesday. So apparently ive fractured my pelvis. one of the issues to become a basketball periodic athlete. and guess what happens i am able to perform relating to this? NOTHING! Mark Tweeted around 4 PM PST on Wednesday. No matter the injuries, Mark whose Glee character (SPOILER ALERT!) appears to own rested with Idina Menzels Shelby Corcoran on Tuesdays episode seems to remain in good spirits. It is not too shabby, i am in a position to still walk in addition to run but sitting and escaping . of mattress is excruciating, he released in another Tweet. is one able to get some good crylenol? or even some sadvil? The injuries also doesn't appear to become supporting production on Glee. Late Wednesday evening, Mark released an image of themselves lounging up for grabs which came out being the shows set, while using line Pelvic injuries are glamourous. A repetition for FOX wasn't immediately designed for comment when contacted by Access Hollywood on Thursday on whether output of the show could have any means. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.