'Idol' judges save finalist from elimination

Casey Abrams wasn't squeezed out of "American Idol."
The fiery 20-year-old film camp counselor from Idyllwild, Calif., who stomped through Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" on Wednesday, was revealed to have received the fewest viewer votes on Thursday, but the judges unanimously decided to save Abrams in the middle of his last-chance performance of Ray Charles' "I Don't Need No Doctor."
"We know who you are, Casey," interrupted Randy Jackson. "We don't need to hear you sing anymore."
Abrams was visibly shaken after the judges announced they were using their one-time-only power to keep him in the competition. Producers introduced two seasons ago the ability to overturn viewers' votes before the top five finalists are selected. Rescuing the quirky singer this week means two contestants will be booted next week.
"God, I can't believe it," said Abrams, who battled ulcerative colitis in the hospital two weeks ago.
Abrams, a dynamic musician who played such instruments as the melodica and upright bass during his earlier auditions, had been deemed a front-runner. He impressed the panel during the first round of finals with Joe Cocker's rendition of "With a Little Help From My Friends," but faltered last week with his screechy take of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
"No more antics," advised Jennifer Lopez after Thursday's bail-out.
Thia Megia, the breathy 16-year-old high school student from Mountain House, Calif., who sizzled with Martha and the Vandellas' "Heatwave," and Stefano Langone, the soaring 21-year-old singer from Kent, Wash., who crooned Lionel Ritchie's "Hello," joined Abrams as the bottom three vote-getters. It was the first time at the bottom for Langone and Abrams.
"Dude, you know they're going to save you," Langone whispered to Abrams after the results.
Before Abrams' salvation, the top 11 finalists donned formal wear for a group rendition of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough." They were also joined by Stevie Wonder for "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours." Wonder surprised "Idol" judge Steven Tyler by launching into "Happy Birthday," and the finalists presented the Aerosmith frontman with a birthday cake.
"Idol" host Ryan Seacrest faked out pro-wrestling fans James Durbin, the 22-year-old rocker of Santa Cruz, Calif., and Paul McDonald, the 26-year-old singer-songwriter of Nashville, Tenn., by revealing they were "not safe" then introducing pro-wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, who proclaimed the duo really were safe and tossed Seacrest into the audience.
The other remaining finalists this season, the show's 10th, are Naima Adedapo, 26, of Milwaukee; Lauren Alaina, 16, of Rossville, Ga.; Jacob Lusk, 23, of Compton, Calif.; Scotty McCreery, 17, of Garner, N.C.; Haley Reinhart, 20, of Wheeling, Ill., Pia Toscano, 22, of Howard Beach, N.Y. The singers will return to the "Idol" stage Wednesday before a pair will be eliminated next Thursday.
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Rep says Charlie Sheen didn't hire book agent

So much for a Charlie Sheen book deal.
Sheen spokesman Larry Solters says the former "Two and a Half Men" sitcom star never hired literary agent Peter McGuigan, who has been contacting publishers in recent weeks about a possible Sheen memoir.
Several publishers have told The Associated Press they rejected the proposal, citing Sheen's high price tag and unpredictable behavior.
The 45-year-old Sheen has made headlines for his marital problems, wild partying and hospital stays.
He was fired from his hit CBS show two and a half weeks ago. He then alleged breach of contract and sued the show's producers for $100 million. He has boasted he could get $10 million for a book.
McGuigan hasn't returned a message left Thursday seeking comment.
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Showtime's to preview "Giants" series in April

Showtime and MLB Productions' upcoming documentary following the World Series champion San Francisco Giants has a premiere date.
"The Franchise: A Season With the San Francisco Giants," will launch April 13, and Showtime will air a 30-minute sneak preview on the same day to coincide with the start of the new baseball season.
"The Franchise" follows the Giants' players, coaches and team personnel as they begin the task of defending their World Series title.
The project was announced in mid-January at the Television Critics Assn. press tour. The cameras will follow the club for eight months with film crews embedded during the first half of the season. Filming has already begun in the Giants' spring training location in Scottsdale, Ariz.
David Nevins, president of entertainment at Showtime, had hoped that the documentary series would premiere with an hour-long episode around Major League Baseball's opening day in early April, with regular episodes broadcast during the second half of the season.
"It's been a long haul putting this show together," said Nevins at TCA, adding that he hoped "The Franchise" will find an audience broader than just baseball fans. Nevins also mentioned at the time that the team and the league will have some veto power over the content.
"Ideally it's the beginning of a franchise with a different team every year," he said.
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FX cancels acclaimed drama "Lights Out"

It's a knockout for FX's "Lights Out."
Despite critical accolades and heavy internal support, FX has decided to cancel the little-watched boxing drama after just one season.
The pilot reached a modest 1.5 million viewers when it bowed last January, and that was the high point for the show, which continued to shed viewers. The network will air the final two episodes March 29 and April 5.
To be sure, the news comes as little surprise, given both the viewership and FX boss John Landgraf's candor. In an interview with "The Hollywood Reporter" earlier this month, Landgraf said viewership results for "Lights," along with the similarly disappointing performance of since-canceled "Terriers," caused him great pain.
Attempting to explain why viewers didn't connect, he said, "They're superb shows, but they feel, when you market them, quite familiar. Interestingly enough, if you watch them, they're not ... but the things that are so fresh and original are not easy to market because they're subtle."
What's more, he said it has made him rethink his approach.
"We're a network with a median age of 38, and as a 48-year-old guy, it has really caused me to have to dig deeper into the head of that younger viewer," he said. "What I've learned is that while older audiences are content to watch something they like over and over again, the younger (demographic) doesn't tend to want to watch anything that feels reminiscent or derivative."
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Johnny Depp to appear on Ricky Gervais sitcom

He was the butt of some controversial sparring at the Golden Globes for his role in "The Tourist," but Johnny Depp doesn't seem to have taken Ricky Gervais's high-profile ribbing to heart.
The star of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchises is confirmed to appear in Gervais's upcoming BBC2 sitcom "Life's Too Short," according to a post on Gervais's blog.
Depp will guest star in the comedy, which is expected to have a host of big name cameo spots, though Gervais used his "This Side of The Truth" blog to dismiss rumors that Jerry Seinfeld would also make a guest appearance.
"The Depp bit is true. The Seinfeld isn't," he wrote.
"Life's Too Short," which is being co-written by Gervais' longtime creative partner Stephen Merchant, will air on HBO as well as BBC2. It features the continuing adventures of diminutive star Warwick Davis who plays an egomaniac dwarf who runs a talent agency for other dwarves.
Meanwhile Gervais used his blog to confirm that he and Will Arnett will guest star in the hour-long final episode of "The Office," scheduled to air May 19 on NBC.
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"Book of Mormon" fresh, funny and sweet

Anyone who saw "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut" shouldn't be surprised to learn that Trey Parker and Matt Stone appear genuinely to love musicals even as they subvert them. What's perhaps less expected is that while "The Book of Mormon" packs plenty of blissful profanity, sacrilege and politically incorrect mischief, the defining quality of this hugely entertaining show is its sweetness.
Teaming with Robert Lopez, who co-wrote the music and lyrics for "Avenue Q," Parker and Stone have created one of the freshest original musicals in recent memory. It has tuneful songs, clever lyrics, winning characters, explosive laughs and disarmingly intimate moments. Religious zealots are not going to roll up, but the show manages to have a comic field day with Mormonism while simultaneously acknowledging -- maybe even respecting -- the right of everyone to follow any faith they choose. Or invent.
Co-directed by Parker and Casey Nicholaw, who also did the sublimely kitschy choreography, the show's delightful contradictions extend to its craftsmanship. It manages to mock and celebrate musical-theater conventions in staging that is both tongue-in-cheek cheesy and polished, and storytelling that is blunt yet sly as a fox.
In terms of construction and song placement, Mormon masters a classic formula. Starting with a chipper opening number that instantly secures audience affection for its two lead characters, the show checks off every required song function of a good musical. There are efficient nuggets of sung exposition; yearning "I want" declarations; comedy numbers that provide plot momentum; songs in which characters share their dreams, seize a challenge or face a conflict; celebratory anthems; and of course an emotionally emphatic 11 o'clock number.
The song everybody will be talking about is "Hasa Diga Eebowai," a wicked spin on The Lion King's "Hakuna Matata," in which Ugandan villagers invoke a favorite catchphrase to dispel the woes of poverty, AIDS, guerrilla warfare and enforced female circumcision. Translation would spoil the joke, but let's just say it ain't "No worries for the rest of your days."
Fresh out of training, preppy golden boy Elder Price (Andrew Rannells) and schlubby class doofus Elder Cunningham (Josh Gad) are sent to Uganda on their first missionary assignment. For Elder Cunningham, it's a chance to have a friend who can't dump him; for Elder Price, it's the start of a crisis of faith when his dreams of being sent to Orlando are crushed.
Price's meltdown puts Cunningham in charge of securing baptism candidates where the other on-site Mormons have failed. But Cunningham hasn't even read the Book of Mormon. "It's so boring," he confesses. Indulging his propensity to tell lies, he draws on "The Matrix," "Star Wars," "Star Trek," "Lord of the Rings" and his uber-geek imagination to instruct the villagers.
The result is a lurid revisionist pageant that reinterprets Mormon history in the style of an African folktale. That bastardized version, titled "Joseph Smith American Moses," is among the most riotous musical interludes. It departs radically from the official account, "All American Prophet," performed like an Osmond family TV special outtake.
Number after number hits a bulls-eye. "Spooky Mormon Hell Dream" is a satanic nightmare featuring cameos by Hitler, Genghis Khan, Jeffrey Dahmer and Johnnie Cochran. "I Am Africa," sung by squeaky-clean Wonder-Bread Mormons (including Elder Cunningham channeling Bono), is a killer riff on patronizing "We Are the World"-style humanitarianism. "Baptize Me" gleefully sexualizes the religious rite.
Led by Elder McKinley (Rory O'Malley), who is determined to quash those pesky homosexual urges, "Turn It Off" is a peppy call to suppress disturbing true feelings -- replete with full-blown tap routine. And in "Sal Tlay Ka Siti," the gorgeous-voiced Nikki M. James (as Cunningham's Ugandan quasi-love interest) contemplates paradise in Utah as a soaring daydream right out of "The Little Mermaid."
The entire cast is terrific, and Gad and Rannells make a dynamite pair, exchanging leader and follower roles with equal conviction. Gad (a correspondent on "The Daily Show" With Jon Stewart) may be giving the single funniest, most endearing performance on Broadway. But Rannells is not far behind, his character's righteousness at war with his inflated ego.
The designers merit loud applause. Framed by an enhanced proscenium that conjures the Mormon Tabernacle, Scott Pask's sets make droll use of old-fashioned backcloths and painted flats, particularly in the hilariously vivid Ugandan village. Ann Roth's costumes are full of witty touches. And Brian MacDevitt's lighting is equally descriptive in hellfire and celestial modes.
In choosing Lopez and Nicholaw as key collaborators, Broadway neophytes Parker and Stone have shown enormous savvy. The result is a show that's slick where it needs to be, while retaining the rough-and-ready quality that put the "South Park" duo on the pop-cultural map. What makes the musical irresistible, however, is its panache in making naughty mockery of a whole string of untouchable subjects, without an ounce of spite.
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W.Va. miners: 'Coal' reality series is real deal

A southern West Virginia mine foreman featured in the new reality TV series "Coal" says the show that debuts March 30 lives up to its billing: It's all real.
"There's nothing on this show fake. What's on it, we done it," said Jerry "Wildman" Edwards, who attended a preview screening of the Spike TV series in Morgantown on Wednesday and talked about what it was like to participate.
Edwards said he didn't allow his men to do anything unsafe or inappropriate for the benefit of the cameras, either.
The 10-episode series was shot at Cobalt Coal's Westchester mine in McDowell County. Mike Crowder, Cobalt Coal's chief executive, told West Virginia Public Broadcasting it shows the men as they really are.
"Some of us read the Bible, some of us cuss like sailors," Crowder said. "It is what it is. We are a coal company. We are not actors, we are not entertainers."
Cobalt is not a typical West Virginia operation. It's small, with only about two dozen employees. The men mine a highly valuable metallurgical coal used in steelmaking, but the seam is notoriously thin, forcing them to work in a space just 42 inches high some 600 feet underground.
The first episode focuses on how the men respond to the financial pressures facing the company.
"Our whole idea was to let everyone see that these guys are dads, and they're husbands, and they work hard," said Tom Roberts, the coal company's president. "They're just everyday people."
The network has been partnering with remembertheminers.org, a group supporting families of the victims of last year's Upper Big Branch mine disaster, to offer special preview screenings. One was held in Pikeville, Ky., and the last was scheduled Thursday at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pa.
Producer Thom Beers and his team are also behind the popular shows "Deadliest Catch," "Ice Road Truckers" and "Ax Men" — all about inherently dangerous occupations.
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Kate Winslet takes on Joan Crawford in new "Mildred Pierce"

Joan Crawford won her only Oscar for playing iron-willed, single mother Mildred Pierce on screen in 1945.
But Kate Winslet, the British actress who has an Oscar of her own, felt that watching the classic film noir was the worst kind of preparation for stepping into Crawford's shoes in the HBO TV miniseries version of "Mildred Pierce".
"I saw the first five minutes of the film, and then I thought, I shouldn't see it," Winslet told reporters.
"I knew I had to honor the original book and to be true to the Mildred Pierce in that brilliant novel...What I was working toward with (director) Todd Haynes was something different."
HBO's five-part miniseries, starting on Sunday, is not so much a departure from the black-and-white Crawford movie, as a return to its roots in the 1941 novel of the same name by James M. Cain.
"Mildred Pierce" is the tale of a woman who finds herself newly-divorced during the Great Depression and struggling to carve out an independent life for herself and her family, while also earning the love of her cold and calculating daughter.
Most notably, the book lacks the murder plot that was invented for the film and focuses on the tortured, sometimes melodramatic, relationship between Pierce and her daughter Veda, played by Evan Rachel Wood.
But what most attracted Haynes to the story of the determined single mother in 1930s, Depression-era California was its resonance with today's tough economic times.
"The crises it explores are those of middle class privilege -- issues of pride and status and the struggle first to regain one's standing, and then to persevere through hard work and ingenuity," Haynes said.
Haynes was a big fan of the film but did not read the book until 2008, just as financial markets were tumbling and venerable banks were collapsing overnight.
"This (book) feels very much like the particular struggles of our current economic crisis, coming out of period of unbridled consumption," he added.
Haynes, the writer and director of the stylish 1950s period drama "Far From Heaven" and the 2007 Bob Dylan-inspired movie "I'm Not There", also found one of his favorite themes -- social constraints on women and how they overcome them.
Winslet, 35, best known for "Titanic" and her Oscar-winning performance as an ex-Nazi guard in "The Reader", was the first and only actress Haynes considered for his TV version.
"I had never met Kate. I hadn't worked with her before. And I could not get her out of my mind while I was reading...This was the only actress I could see playing the part," he said.
Winslet's performance has won rave reviews and is expected to get an Emmy nomination later this year. But TV critics have had mixed reactions overall to the HBO series.
The Hollywood Reporter thought the central mother-daughter relationship lacked believability, while others found that at five and a-half hours, the series was meandering, or in the words of thriller writer Stephen King "too damn long."
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Another two seasons for MTV's "The Real World"

MTV has renewed the longest-running reality TV series to date, "The Real World," for two more seasons.
Currently airing its 25th edition which takes place in Las Vegas, and casting for Season 26, the two-season pickup means the MTV show will be on the air for the 27th and 28th installments.
In an exclusive interview earlier this month, "Real World" co-creator Jonathan Murray noted that the show has changed somewhat.
"I'd say the show mirrors society and sometimes leads society. You can argue the show has done a lot in terms of young people's attitudes toward gay, lesbian and transgendered people because it has featured that community from the very beginning," he told THR.
"And when we first started, you didn't see that community on TV -- and you certainly didn't see someone like Pedro (Zamora) from HIV. I think what we tapped into with the idea of people who are different from each other is that with difference comes conflict."
And Murray certainly didn't expect the series to last for 25 seasons. "We just thought it was something edgy and away to give the MTV audience something that they couldn't get elsewhere," he said.
"The Real World," which debuted in 1992 with its New York City edition, has been performing solidly in its 25th season. Last week's episode of the Las Vegas edition averaged a 2.3 rating in the persons 12-34 demographic and drew 2.2 million viewers, up 28 percent from the season premiere.
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"Days of Our Lives" actors help Katrina rebuilding

Actors from "Days of Our Lives" are helping to rebuild homes for families still displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
On Wednesday, the cast of the soap opera that's been on the air for 45 years will welcome a New Orleans family as they move into a new home and provide furniture for them. On Thursday, the cast members will help rebuild another home and raise money for its construction.
Actors James Reynolds, Kristian Alfonso, Peter Reckell, Joe Mascolo and former cast member Deidre Hall are among the stars on tour promoting the show's book, "Days of Our Lives 45 Years: A Celebration in Photos."
Since Katrina hit in 2005, the St. Bernard Project has rebuilt homes for more than 350 families with the help of more than 32,000 volunteers.
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Cartoon Network unveils 13 new shows

Cartoon Network brass used Wednesday's presentation to advertisers at New York's Lincoln Center to unveil a programing slate that includes 13 new animated series, 19 returning shows and the network's newest live-action scripted comedy series, "Level Up," which will kick off with a 90-minute original movie later this year.
The network and its parent company, Warner Bros., also announced a new multi-platform programing block with DC Entertainment, appropriately titled DC Nation, as THR reported.
What's more, the Cartoon Network, which is coming off a 6 percent bump in kids viewership in primetime in 2010, trotted out DreamWorks Animation boss Jeffrey Katzenberg to reveal development plans for a small-screen series adaptation of his 2010 Oscar-nominated flick, "How to Train Your Dragon." The CG-animated series will occupy a half-hour block on the net's growing schedule.
"Our commitment last year to build on the volume of broad content for our audience has paid off in solid ratings growth and renewed strength among our core 6-11 audience," said Turner Broadcasting's Animation president and chief operating officer Stuart Snyder.
"We now have successful new shows that we can grow into the next big franchises. By partnering with premier entertainment companies like Warner Bros., DreamWorks Animation SKG and DC Entertainment, we are laying the groundwork for even further growth and expansion opportunities across the coming year."
The Madison Avenue crowd was treated to exclusive first looks at a handful of new animated series, including "The Problem Solverz" and "Secret Mountain Fort Awesome," which will join "Adventure Time," "Regular Show" and "MAD" on Monday nights. Also on offer: sneak peaks of "The Amazing World of Gumball," the stateside premiere of a new international series from the net's U.K. production arm, and "The Looney Tunes Show," an all-new series in the tradition of classic theatrical shorts from Warner Bros. Animation.
The kid-focused network also announced plans to roll out a series of animated action-adventure shows, including a new version of the popular global franchise "Ben 10"; an all-new remake of the action series "ThunderCats," and a CG-animated follow-up to this summer's blockbuster, "Green Lantern: The Animated Series."
Lest it stop there, the Cartoon Network served up its latest venture into live-action scripted comedy with "Level Up," which the net dubs "a fantastical comedy for the video game age." The film will be directed and executive produced by Peter Lauer ("Sons Of Tuscon," "Chuck").
The network also used the opportunity to announce the renewal of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" for a fourth season. It will share space on Cartoon Net's schedule with a fourth season of animated comedy reality show "Total Drama."
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Showtime deal with Netflix shows emerging rivalry

Amid an emerging rivalry between traditional pay TV operators and rising star Netflix Inc., CBS Corp.'s Showtime pay TV service confirmed Wednesday that back seasons of current original series like "Dexter" and "Californication" will not be available on Netflix's streaming service as of this summer.
Instead, CBS will offer them to subscribers who pay for Showtime through Comcast Corp. on Comcast's Xfinity TV online platform. Other cable TV providers are expected to offer online access to Showtime in the future.
The deal was in place since February, but news of these details broke this week after Netflix announced it was buying the right to debut the series "House of Cards" from executive producer David Fincher.
Debuting an original series on its service makes Netflix even more of a direct rival to pay TV channels like Showtime and HBO. Netflix had 20.2 million subscribers in the U.S. at the end of December, compared with just under 20 million for Showtime and HBO's estimated 28 million.
Showtime originals that have stopped airing on TV, including "The Tudors" and "Sleeper Cell," will continue to be available for streaming on Netflix.
CBS and Netflix announced a new two-year deal last month that allows older shows that are not generating new original episodes to be run on Netflix's streaming service, including "Medium," "Frasier" and "Cheers."
The deal followed a 10-year pact that CBS cut with Comcast in August that allowed for CBS and Showtime shows to be played on Comcast's Xfinity TV platform, which can be accessed on computers and iPad tablets.
CBS is seeking to maximize the money it can receive from Netflix from older content, while encouraging consumers to pay separately for new original shows on Showtime. Other companies, like Time Warner Inc.'s HBO have shunned Netflix entirely. HBO offers its service online for no extra charge to its pay TV subscribers.
Netflix meanwhile has been spending more to acquire the rights to TV shows and movies that it can stream to customers to wean them from ordering DVDs in the mail in an effort to reduce postage costs.
Goldman Sachs analyst Ingrid Chung said the impact of CBS pulling some shows from Netflix would not materially affect Netflix, but it could signal that it will have to pay more for the right to stream shows in the future.
CBS shares closed up 21 cents at $24.87 on Wednesday, while Netflix shares finished the regular session up $7.67, or 3.5 percent,
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Working with ammi was bit scary: Soha Ali Khan

Facing the camera with her mom was not an easy task for Soha Ali Khan who was ‘nervous’ while shooting with Sharmila Tagore for the film ‘Life Goes On’. This is the first time the duo will be seen together on screen.
‘I didn’t forget my lines or anything, but I was nervous because she has a very good aesthetic sense,’ Soha told IANS in an interview here.
‘When in a good mood, she is amazing. But when in a bad mood, it’s like the worst thing ever. But she was very good and restrained during shooting and also suggested to me to follow director Sangeeta Datta’s instruction carefully,’ added the 32-year-old actor who was here for an event.
‘Life Goes On’ opens Friday and it is an emotional drama about generational conflict set in contemporary London.
Asked about her expectations, she said: ‘I have no expectation and I have learnt not to expect anything from films. Yes, it was great working for the movie. I got a chance to work with ammi (Sharmila). It’s quite an emotional movie where the journey of the loss of a mother and family is portrayed in a sensitive way,’ she said.
Banker-turned-actress Soha made her debut with Anant Mahadevan’s 2004 film ‘Dil Maange More’ and featured next year in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s ‘Rang De Basanti’.
For Soha, getting into showbiz was not an initial career choice, but thanks to her actor brother Saif and her mother, it soon became her profession too. Despite coming from an illustrious film family, she is still struggling for her share of limelight in tinseltown.
After the debacle of ‘Tum Mile’, Soha is hoping for a better future in Bollywood.
‘I was offered a variety of roles, which range from practical to interesting to downright outrageous, but things didn’t work out well. This year you will see me in a variety of roles,’ said Soha.
Her first release will be ‘Chemistry’ with Shreyas Talpade. Co-produced by Shreyas, the love story revolves around two people dumped by their respective partners and their lives afterwards.
‘It’s a mad role and you will see me in pink hair in it. My character is between Charlie Chaplin and Devanand Sagar. The character was a bit out of my normal acting range as I do more intense films. There is a lot of improvisation and laughs,’ she said.
‘I am also doing a film called ‘Sound track’ which is opposite Rajiv Khandelwal. It is an official remake of Hollywood comedy ‘It’s All Gone Pete Tong ‘. Rajiv plays DJ and I play a girl who is born deaf. I find the role very interesting. It was difficult to get into that mode because I can’t imagine life without sound and you can’t work it out either. So I kept on forgetting the fact that I am playing a deaf girl,’ said Soha.
Talking about her personal life, Soha, who is dating Kunal Khemu, said she is ready to settle down in a couple of years.
‘I am in comfortable space and we (Kunal and Soha) are happy with our career graphs; so whenever the right time comes, we will announce our marriage,’ she said.
What about Saif who said he’ll get married before her as he’s the elder brother?
‘That’s not necessary. I don’t have to wait for anyone because I don’t want to. If he takes 10 years then I will never wait. I don’t know how long he will take, he might tie the knot tomorrow!’ she said.
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Now easily download Yash Raj films from the net

Yash Raj Films has given its whole library to a new venture between Intel and Hungama Digital Entertainment, which is making available a selection of famous Bollywood and international movies for downloading and streaming by movie buffs.
‘We are very much delighted that Intel is debuting their newest technology with Yash Raj Library. We are very happy with the association. Now the audiences would have all the films of their choice at their fingertips,’ Yash Chopra, chairman (entertainment) of FICCI-Frames told reporters at the conclave.
‘Because of this Intel Insider technology, every film could be watched at high definition on their computers and they would be able to download whatever they want, whenever they want,’ he added.
Chopra claims that, regardless of the medium, if each time a viewer pays a nominal sum for watching a film, no film across the world would ever flop.
‘Honestly, I am not just saying it but I mean it, any film of any producer is shown in any form of technology like mobile, TV, film, downloading and if the person seeing the movie pays even Rs.1 he watches it, no film in this world would be flop,’ said Chopra.
Isn’t he afraid of piracy?
‘I am not worried about piracy. I feel very secure and it would generate revenue. My whole library is with them,’ said Chopra.
Aprat from Yash Raj Films, this technology would also facilitate a huge range of films by Paramount Pictures, T-Series and Reliance Home Video.
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‘Monica’ has nothing to do with Niira Radia: Producer Kush Bhargava

Politician-filmmaker Kush Bhargava says his film ‘Monica’, which is releasing Friday, has nothing to do with corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and that it was completed much before she came into the public eye.
‘This movie was made more than a year ago when her (Niira Radia) name was known to very few people and she was not a public figure. So from my side it is a categorical denial that ‘Monica’ has anything to do with Niira Radia,’ Bhargava told IANS on the phone from Mumbai.
‘In fact, it is not the story of anyone dead or alive. It is inspired by many stories like Shivani (Shivani Bhatnagar was an Indian Express journalist killed in 1999) and Madhumita Shukla (Lucknow based poetess who was also killed).
‘I have been asked this question at press meets before the release of the film whether it has anything to do with 2G or 3G scam? And I have categorically denied this. Plus, the protagonist Monica dies in the film,’ said the Lucknow-based Congress leader adding: ‘Of course, the film is releasing on Friday.’
Inspired by ambitious women, the film has Divya Dutta in the main lead. Yashpal Sharma and Kittu Gidwani will also be seen in it.
Niira Radia, linked to the spectrum scam, Thursday urged the Delhi High Court to stay the release of ‘Monica’ that she said depicted her life in a scandalous manner.
Justice V.K. Jain issued notice to Bhargava asking him to file a copy of the film script or a CD by March 30, the next date of hearing.
Asked about the notice, Bhargava said: ‘I have no knowledge whatsoever of any petition of this sort. I have not received any notice from the honourable court.’
He also clarified that the title of the film is ‘Monica’ adding: ‘The words ‘The politics of murder’ are just being used for publicity on posters.’
This is Bhargava’s first feature film. Earlier he made a telefilm ‘Kasak’ with Deepti Naval.
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Sidharth Malhotra to now helm action comedy

After making his directorial debut with family drama ‘We Are Family’, director Sidharth Malhotra is set to make an action comedy that would go on the floors early next year.
‘My next would be an action comedy. We are right now scripting it. As soon as we finish scripting, we would start casting for it. We are planning to go on floors early next year,’ Sidharth told IANS.
This film would also be produced by Karan Johar, he added
‘We Are family’ was an official remake of Hollywood movie ‘Stepmom’, where actress Kareena Kapoor reprised the role played by Julia Roberts, while Kajol played what Susan Sarandon portrayed in the original. Arjun Rampal was roped in to play Ed Harris’ character.
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Niira Radia seeks stay on film depicting her life

Corporate lobbyist Niira Radia, linked to the spectrum scam, Thursday urged the Delhi High Court to stay the release of film ‘Monica - The Politics of Murder’ that she said depicted her life in a scandalous manner. But her lawyer said the film will be released Friday.
However, Justice V.K. Jain issued notice to the producer of the film, Kush Bhargava, a Lucknow-based Congress leader, asking him to file a copy of the film script or a CD by March 30, the next hearing.
The court said without looking at the script or CD, no opinion could be formed on the film.
Radia, director of Vaishnavi Corporate Communications Pvt Ltd whose telephonic conversations with corporate heads, journalists and political leaders were taped, filed the petition seeking ‘permanent injunction’ against the release of the film.
‘Radia has not assigned anyone the right to make a film based on her life or any film showing the life of the petitioner... The production of the film in such a brazen manner and public viewing of such film will tarnish or damage her image and reputation beyond repair,’ said Radia’s advocate, Anip Sachthey.
‘Divya Dutta, the protagonist, will have shades of both Shivani Bhatnagar (an Indian Express journalist killed in 1999) and Niira Radia,’ said Sachthey, citing media reports.
The other actors in the film include Yashpal Sharma and Kittu Gidwani.
Before issuing the notice, Justice Jain said that it was the censor board which gave it a certificate after viewing it.
Radia said in her petition that permitting the publication of the transcripts would cause gross harm and damage.
‘An ordinary citizen, who is not a public figure, is entitled to the right to privacy which is protected under article 21 of the constitution and the said right shall take precedence over all other rights of the public,’ the petition said.
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Our misfortune that Dev saab is upset: Ramesh Sippy

Dev Anand is upset with the makers of the forthcoming movie ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ for using his cult song of the same title in it. Producer Ramesh Sippy has clarified it was a issue of timing and it’s their misfortune that the legend is upset with them.
The popular song ‘Dum maaro dum’ from Dev Anand’s 1971 super-hit movie ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’ has been re-arranged and used in Sippy’s ‘Dum Maro Dum’, which is directed by his son Rohan. The new version has weird lyrics, new music with an underlying feel of the hit song and has been picturised on Deepika Padukone.
‘Yes he (Dev Anand) is upset, but we have the rights of the song. It would have been nice if we had his blessings too but there was some timing problem. Before we could take his blessings and show him the song, the news was in the press and therefore, he go upset. There was no way of having him pleased with it then. That’s our misfortune,’ Sippy told reporters Thursday at the sidelines of the FICCI-Frames conclave.
Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu and Prateik Babbar, the crime thriller is slated for an April 22 release.
Sippy, known for directing cult film ‘Sholay’, which was later remade by Ram Gopal Varma, said initially they did not plan to use the ‘Dum maro dum’ song in the film.
‘When we started the film, we didn’t intend to use the song in the film. We took this title because our film was about drugs and how youngsters today are lured by them and fall for them. We hadn’t decided on the song (‘Dum maro dum’) that time whether we would use it or not. Later, we decided on that,’ explained the 64-year-old.
‘There is a thing with iconic songs. When you take such a big hit song for your film, if you take it in the new film as it is, people ask what extra effort have you put in? But if we change it and add our own inputs to it and give it a different colour, then people say you have tampered with a classic song. So this conflict will always be there,’ he added.
Coming to the film, isn’t Sippy sceptical about the public turnout owing to the Indian Premier League matches around the time the film will be released?
‘Definitely, some effect it will have, but I feel ‘jab film mein hoga dum toh phir kaheka gum’ (When the film is good, then why worry),’ laughed Sippy.
‘We are happy that the film is creating waves and people are curious to watch it. At least people are talking about the film, conflict or no conflict,’ he added.
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The uniqueness of being Vidya Balan

She took people back to the black and white era with her role in the period film ‘Parineeta’. Then came her fashion faux pas and a dip in the career graph. But a careful and confident Vidya Balan is on the rise again in Bollywood.
Though at 33 she is just six years old in the Hindi movie industry, her oeuvre is so impressive that there was a Vidya Balan retrospective at the Indian film fest in two Australian cities.
From playing a foul mouthed, manipulative vengeful woman in ‘Ishqiya’ to the mother of a progeria patient to a grieving sister in ‘No One Killed Jessica’, Vidya has been proving her versatility with her nuanced handling of different characters.
Her much-talked-about forthcoming releases - director Milan Luthria’s ‘The Dirty Picture’, based on the life of Silk Smitha, south Indian cinema’s sex symbol, and Sujoy Ghosh’s thriller ‘Kahani’ in which she plays a six-month pregnant woman - are expected to take her creativity to another level.
Applauding her work and choice of roles, director Sudhir Mishra said: ‘She is very brave and very gutsy. Hats off to Vidya. She will last longer. It will pay her off very well. She will be remembered as another kind of actress and remembered more than a lot of people. She should continue doing this kind of roles. She should do what she can do well. She should retain that uniqueness.’
Director Anurag Kashyap feels what Vidya is doing is pathbreaking. ‘I think she is showing the way for everyone else. Vidya’s fan following has increased 50-fold after the kind of work she started doing. We need her,’ he added.
This Iyer girl from Palakkad in Kerala grew up in Mumbai. She did her graduation in sociology from St. Xavier’s College.
After award-winning debut with the period drama ‘Parineeta’ (2005), she charmed her fans in a modern avatar in ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’. Her small but impressive role in ‘Guru’ too earned her accolades.
But after a meteoric rise to fame, her career took a dip post ‘Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love’ and it seemed as if lady luck had deserted her completely. She was in the news for all the wrong reasons—from her choice of roles to co-stars to her looks in movies like ‘Heyy Babyy’ and ‘Kismet Konnection’—she was criticised for everything.
But the rough patch ended and wagging tongues came to a halt when Vidya returned as Amitabh Bachchan’s mother in critically acclaimed ‘Paa’ (2009) after staying away for a year. Undoubtedly it was one of her best performances and Vidya walked away with the Filmfare Best Actress Award for portraying the dilemma of a woman living with her child’s illness.
There are reports that Vidya may work with southern superstar Rajnikanth as well.
‘She should start a legacy of such kind of acting. She is one of the top actresses in the industry because she does such kind of unique roles,’ said director Vikramaditya Motwane whose ‘Udaan’ amassed trophies at every award function this year.
Not only that, Vidya’s sartorial elegance has been at its peak ever since she appeared in ‘Paa’. Be it flaunting ethnic saris by her favourite designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee or her plain Jane look at public events to promote ‘No One Killed Jessica’, the talented actress floored everyone.
Mumbai-based designer Anand Bhushan, a regular face at Lakme Fashion Week, said: ‘Yes it’s true that designer Sabyasachhi Mukherjee did an awesome job with her Indian image, giving her all sorts of dresses which not only reflected her Indian face but also made her look glamorous.’
‘But who says we only want to see Vidya Balan in Indian dresses. It’s time to get some credible Western designer to celebrate her persona. Her dressing sense has always been a point of discussion for the media and film critics, especially whenever she is portrayed in Western wear.’
She made a late entry in films, but it hasn’t taken her long to carve a niche.
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Tusshar Kapoor has big fight with director Sagar Ballary

Tusshar Kapoor, known as mellowed good boy, picked up a fight with director Sagar Ballary at a shopping mall and the shooting of ‘Hum Tum Aur Shabana’ soon turned into a full-blooded pow-wow.
The incident happened Sunday evening in full public view at the shopping mall in Bhandup in suburban Mumbai and shocked everyone who was there.
Apparently Tusshar was heard screaming loudly at Ballary. The director not known to take kindly to any high-handed behaviour from his team, shouted right back, while other stars Minissha Lamba and Shreyas Talpade watched in muted embarrassment.
To our surprise, neither Tusshar nor Ballary denied the fight.
When asked about the incident, Tusshar said: ‘It was unfortunate. On Sunday when we were shooting in a mall, he told me the shooting would be extended by another night. I had been working round the clock with practically no sleep, so I lost my cool. I now realise that Sagar was only doing his job. He’s a perfectionist. I realised my mistake and apologised to him. We’re friends again.’
When quizzed about the incident, Ballary did a deeper probe on Tusshar’s personality and said that for too long Tusshar has been taken for granted.
‘People see him as a docile non-aggressive lamb. They don’t realise there’s another side to him which he keeps out of view for the sake of decency. I’m glad he’s finally asserting himself even if it was me at the receiving end,’ added the ‘Bheja Fry’ director.
Speaking about the incident at the mall, Ballary said: ‘We were shooting this complicated horror-comic climax with lots of props that had been set up inside a mall. None of us had slept for five nights. Night shoots are always tough since actors don’t get any sleep in the day-time because of their phones.’
‘It was specially hard on Tusshar who had been working round the clock. I had to extend the shooting by one more night. If I didn’t, I’d have to recreate the ambience in the mall for one more night, which would be time-consuming and costly. When I broke the news, Tusshar lost his temper. When you’re working hard, these things happen.’
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AZAAN climax to be shot in Chechnya, Russia

A big fan of slick, fast paced international cinema Sachiin Joshi is ready to bring to Indian audiences a never seen before suspense thriller titled AAZAAN - A country...A conspiracy...A common man.
Produced by Alchemia Films, the movie is directed by Prashant Chadha of AAP KA SURROOR fame sees Sachiin Joshi playing an informant, who has to go undercover beyond enemy lines to save the country from the threat of biological warfare.
After shooting all over the world right from Morocco, Sudan, Algeria, Poland, France, Germany and India, the film’s climax is going to shot in Chechnya, Russia an area with catastrophic radiation levels tens of thousands of times greater than normal.
Says a source, “No film has ever been shot in Chechnya before. AAZAAN would be the first film to be shot. After almost nine years of war, Chechnya has become an ecological disaster zone, with oil and chemical leaking into the ground and radioactive material left lying about. The makers thought its apt to shoot the climax there since AAZAAN is about biological warfare - the cast and crew will be shooting there for a whole 5 days.”
Says director Prashant Chadha, “This is a very demanding film both for the cast and the crew. We have shot in subzero temperatures in Poland, France and Germany and the difficult terrain of Morocco, Sudan and Algeria. The threat is biological; the deadly ebola virus with a fatality rate of 90. AAZAAN is an edgy, kinetic film with its heart in the right place”
The big budget action flick is also being shot with a foreign crew (including cinematographer Axel Fischer) and stars Playboy cover girl and Guess model Candice Boucher.
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Masaba Gupta apologises to Gauri-Nainika

After Bollywood, fashion industry seems to be engaging in Twitter war of words. Young designer Masaba Gupta irked designer duo Gauri-Nainika by posting a nasty comment about their grand finale show at Lakme Fashion Week. But now she apologises to them on the micro-blogging site.
‘I’m a very junior designer and it’s none of my business to comment on one of the veterans in the industry,’ Masaba posted on her Twitter page Thursday. ‘I’d like to apologise for my comments on Gauri and Nainika’s show the press is blowing it outta proportion (sic).’
Daughter of West Indian cricketing icon Vivian Richards and actress Neena Gupta, Masaba had skipped the grand finale show March 15, but before the show began, she posted a message saying, ‘Skipping LFW finale. But I’m sure Valentino and Oscar De La Renta (Gauri and Nainika) did a great job (sic).’
There were reports that the Delhi-based designer duo’s finale collection was similar to ace international designers Oscar De La Renta and Valentino clothes.
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Elizabeth Taylor laid to rest at private service

Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor was given a small private funeral service attended by family and close friends in the Los Angeles area on Thursday, a day after she died of congestive heart failure.
The Oscar-winning actress, 79, was laid to rest at the Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, outside Los Angeles—the same place where her close friend, singer Michael Jackson, was buried in 2009.
Taylor’s service was scheduled to begin at 2 p.m., but started 15 minutes later than planned at the actress’ request.
Her spokeswoman said in a statement Taylor wanted the service to include the announcement: “She even wanted to be late to her own funeral.”
The coffin for Taylor was draped by a blanket of gardenias, violets and lily of the valley, and the actress who was known for her violet eyes was interred at Forest Lawn’s Great Mausoleum beneath a marble angel.
The service lasted about one hour and included a reading of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poem “The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo” by actor Colin Farrell, described as a “close friend” of Taylor.
Other poems were read by Taylor’s son, Michael Wilding, grandson and daughter Liza Burton Tivey. Her grandson, Rhys Tivey performed “Amazing Grace” on a trumpet.
Taylor, who married eight times (twice to actor Richard Burton), is survived by four children, 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Her representatives previously had said that a public memorial would be announced at a later date.
Forest Lawn is also the burial place of many Hollywood celebrities, including Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and Walt Disney.
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Elizabeth Taylor was in lot of pain before death, says Debbie Reynolds

Actress Debbie Reynolds has revealed that late Dame Elizabeth Taylor was in a lot of pain before her death.
Best known for their decades-long rivalry, Taylor and Reynolds managed to mend their friendship and even shared an intimate moment two weeks before Taylor’s death on Wednesday.
“I said, ‘Getting old is really sh--,’ “ the New York Daily News quoted Reynolds, as telling Access Hollywood Live.
“And she said, ‘It certainly is. It certainly is, Debbie. This is really tough.’ “
“I said, ‘Well, you just hang in there now, Elizabeth,’ “ Reynolds said.
“And she said, ‘I’m really trying.”
“God bless her; she’s on to a better place,” Reynolds said.
“I’m happy that she’s out of her pain, because she was in a lot of pain,” Reynolds added.
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‘Don’t Look Now’ sex scene was not real, says Donald Sutherland

Veteran actor Donald Sutherland has emphatically denied a claim of a new book that he and actress Julie Christie actually had sex during a graphic love scene in the 1973 film ‘Don’t Look Now’.
In the book called Famous Players: A Tale Of Movies, The Mob, (And Sex), former Variety editor Peter Bart claimed he was on the film’s set and saw the two stars engaging in real sex.
However, the 75-year-old Canadian actor totally rejected Bart’s claim, calling it “mendacious”.
“Not true. None of it. Not the sex. Not him witnessing it,” the Daily Mail quoted him as saying in an email sent to the New York Daily News.
“From beginning to end there were four people in that room. No one else. Wires under the locked door led out side and this was twenty years before video monitors,” he added.
The four people he was referring to were himself and Christie, director Nicolas Roeg and cinematographer Anthony Richmond.
Bart’s graphic account reveals how he visited the Venice set as a young Paramount Pictures executive on what he calls that “auspicious day”.
As he arrived, the director Nicolas Roeg reportedly told him: “Good day to come by”, Bart said.
At first he claims his mind drifted off for a few moments as he sat watching the filming but then he suddenly focused on the actors, who were both completely naked.
“It was clear to me they were no longer simply acting: they were ****ing on camera,’ wrote Bart, according to Hollywood Reporter which obtained an advance copy of his book.
Bart said he then whispered to Roeg: “Nic, don’t they expect you to say “cut”?”, to which Roeg replied: “I just want to be sure I have the coverage.”
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Kardashian hates washing cars

Actress Kim Kardashian prefers to wait for the rain to wash a car rather than doing it herself.
The 30-year-old actress hates taking a sponge to her vehicle as she is too lazy to do that, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
‘I love when my car is dirty and it starts to rain! Makes me not feel so bad for my car being dirty! I love the free car wash,’ Kardashian posted on her Twitter account.
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Ronan Keating to swim Irish sea

Irish pop star Ronan Keating is set to make a splash for a good cause by swimming the Irish sea to raise money for cancer charities.
The ‘Boyzone’ singer is hoping to set a new Guinness World Record for open water swimming when he takes part in the relay with a 10-member team which will also include business tycoon Sir Richard Branson, reports contactmusic.com.
And Keating admits he’s nervous about braving the 90-km stretch from Dublin, Ireland to Holyhead in Wales.
‘I’m not a strong swimmer so it’s going to be a real challenge for me,’ he said.
The group aims to raise $1.6 million for Cancer Research Britain and the Marie Keating Foundation when they tackle the feat in September.
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Jackson trial off to slow start with jury selection

Nearly all the possible jurors in the manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor told a judge on Thursday they knew of the case, underscoring the difficulty lawyers face in picking an impartial panel.
Questioning of a potential jury got underway on Thursday in the widely-watched trial that will determine if Dr. Conrad Murray is guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star’s drug overdose death in 2009.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor said that with opening arguments set for May 9, the target date for completing the trial is July 1.
Typically, judges and attorneys seek jurors with little or no knowledge of a case’s details in order to pick an open-minded panel, but doing so will be hard in this case given Jackson’s celebrity and his death’s widespread publicity.
Murray was the King of Pop’s personal physician and was at the singer’s Los Angeles house when he died in June 2009. Murray is accused of giving Jackson a fatal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol as a sleep aid.
He has pleaded not guilty and his attorneys are expected to argue Jackson administered the drug to himself.
Pastor, prosecutors and Murray’s attorneys sifted through a group of about 160 prospective jurors on Thursday, with only two saying they knew nothing about the case against Murray.
About 100 of them were released after they filled out a questionnaire describing how serving on the lengthy trial could be a financial hardship.
Fifty-nine people from the remaining pool were given another 27-page questionnaire, which is meant to help attorneys determine their views on issues relating to the case. The questionnaire has not been publicly released.
On Friday, another 170 potential panelists are due in court for the same process.
Judge Pastor said that he aims to have a group of less than 100 potential jurors by May 4, when attorneys will question them in open court. Eventually, the panel will have 12 jurors.
Murray appeared in court on Thursday, dressed in a black suit and colorful striped tie.
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U.S. playwright Lanford Wilson dies at 73

Playwright Lanford Wilson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Talley’s Folly” and other titles such as “The Hot L Baltimore,” has died after a long illness, at 73, his talent agent said on Thursday.
His friend and collaborator Marshall W. Mason posted a notice on Facebook saying “it was a peaceful, painless end.”
The playwright was a prominent member of the Off-Broadway theater scene and a founding member in 1969 of New York City’s Circle Repertory Company, where he was a resident playwright until 1995.
“Talley’s Folly,” part of a trilogy of plays about different generations of a Missouri family, earned Wilson the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1980.
He received numerous other awards throughout his long career including two New York Drama Critics Circle honors. His other works for the stage included “5th of July,” “Burn This” and “The Mound Builders.”
Wilson was a member of the Dramatists Guild Council and he had lived in Sag Harbor, New York, since 1970.
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Sutherland refutes claim of sex in ‘Don’t Look Now’

Donald Sutherland, who starred in 1973 film “Don’t Look Now,” on Thursday refuted an upcoming book’s claim that he had sex on camera with co-star Julie Christie while filming a scene in the movie.
One day earlier, show business newspaper The Hollywood Reporter posted a blog by a reporter who had seen an advance copy of a book, “Infamous Players: A Tale of Movies, the Mob, (and Sex),” written by Hollywood veteran Peter Bart who claimed the sex was real in the scene.
Bart is a former executive at Paramount Pictures and editor at another entertainment publication, Daily Variety. Bart writes that as a Paramount executive he watched the scene being filmed and saw the pair of actors engaged in sex, according to the blog posting in The Hollywood Reporter.
“Not True. None of it. Not the sex. Not him witnessing it,” Sutherland said in a statement. “From beginning to end there were four people in that room. Nic Roeg (director), Tony Richmond (cinematographer), Julie Christie and me. No one else.”
The scene in question has long been the subject of speculation over whether Sutherland and Christie actually engaged in real sex on camera or were just acting.
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Batman: The Brave and the Bold Season 3 Episode 1: The Battle of the Superheroes

Batman: The Brave and the Bold Season 3 Episode 1 can be watched on Friday on March 25, 2011 at 6:30pm EDT on Cartoon Network TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: The Battle of the Superheroes.
Synopsis of the episode is, however, not available.

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Season 2 Episode 7: The Creature From Beyond

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Season 2 Episode 7 can be watched on Friday on March 25, 2011 at 7:30pm EDT on Cartoon Network TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: The Creature From Beyond. Synopsis of the episode is: The Forever Knights accidentally unleash an evil force.

Fringe Season 3 Episode 18: Bloodline

Fringe Season 3 Episode 18 can be watched on Friday on March 25, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WNYW (FOX) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Bloodline. Synopsis of the episode is: Life 'over there' becomes more intense as Olivia finds herself in great danger.

Generator Rex Season 1 Episode 29: Mixed Signals

Generator Rex Season 1 Episode 29 can be watched on Friday on March 25, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on Cartoon Network TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Mixed Signals. Synopsis of the episode is: Rex is kidnapped by a stranger with an unbelievable story.

Merlin Season 3 Episode 11: The Sorcerer's Shadow

Merlin Season 3 Episode 11 can be watched on Friday on March 25, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Syfy TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: The Sorcerer's Shadow.
Synopsis of the episode is: Camelot stages a legendary tournament attracting a great many warriors from far and wide, one of whom is small in stature but has a secret weapon - magic. As the young man begins to realise the full potential of his powers and resolves to use them to win the event, Merlin faces a race against time to make him see that his actions not only put his own life in danger, but also threaten to tear the city apart. Guest starring Harry Melling (Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter films)

Say Yes to the Dress Season 6 Episode 17: Great Gown Expectations

Say Yes to the Dress Season 6 Episode 17 can be watched on Friday on March 25, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on The Learning Channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Great Gown Expectations.
Synopsis of the episode is: Sonya is looking for an expensive look with a modest budget; Chloe hasn't found what she is looking for; Candice wants to represent who she is.

Shark Tank Season 2 Episode 2

Shark Tank Season 2 Episode 2 can be watched on Friday on March 25, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WABC (ABC) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: EPISODE: 2. Synopsis of the episode is: A shark wants to invest $4 million in a business; a toy-rental business; a new product from a sports enthusiast; a bacon-scented wake-up call; an update on last season's winner.

The Ricky Gervais Show Season 2 Episode 10: Leg Rubber

The Ricky Gervais Show Season 2 Episode 10 can be watched on Friday on March 25, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on HBO TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Leg Rubber. Synopsis of the episode is: Karl recounts a time where his father scored crates of Tic Tacs; blind mice; professional leg-rubber.

The Seven Season 1 Episode 108

The Seven Season 1 Episode 108 can be watched on Friday on March 25, 2011 at 5:00pm EDT on MTV - Music Television channel. Title of the brand new episode is: EPISODE: 108.

Jersey Shore Season 3 Episode 13: At the End of the Day

Jersey Shore Season 3 Episode 13 can be watched on Thursday on March 24, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on MTV - Music Television channel. Title of the brand new episode is: At the End of the Day. Synopsis of the episode is: One couple reaches a crossroads and another makes things official; the roommates say goodbye.

Grey's Anatomy Season 7 Episode 17: This Is How We Do It

Grey's Anatomy Season 7 Episode 17 can be watched on Thursday on March 24, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WABC (ABC) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: This Is How We Do It. Synopsis of the episode is: The Chief struggles to come to terms with the news about his wife's health, and tries to get her onto Meredith and Derek's Alzheimer's trial - but Adele has other ideas. Meanwhile, Mark arranges a baby shower for Callie, but comes into conflict with Arizona, who has her own plans for the event

The Hard Times of RJ Berger Season 2 Episode 1: RJ's Choice

The Hard Times of RJ Berger Season 2 Episode 1 can be watched on Thursday on March 24, 2011 at 11:00pm EDT on MTV - Music Television channel. Title of the brand new episode is: RJ's Choice. Synopsis of the episode is: RJ is haunted by Lily while yearning for Jenny; Miles deals with ramifications.

Community Season 2 Episode 19: Critical Film Studies

Community Season 2 Episode 19 can be watched on Thursday on March 24, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Critical Film Studies. Synopsis of the episode is: Things don't go as planned when Jeff plans a surprise party in 'Pulp Fiction' style for Abed's birthday.

30 Rock Season 5 Episode 18: Plan B

30 Rock Season 5 Episode 18 can be watched on Thursday on March 24, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Plan B. Synopsis of the episode is: Liz tries to convince everyone that the show's hiatus is temporary; Jack turns to his nemesis, Devin Banks (Will Arnett), for help.

The Office: An American Workplace Season 7 Episode 19: Garage Sale

The Office: An American Workplace Season 7 Episode 19 can be watched on Thursday on March 24, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Garage Sale. Synopsis of the episode is: Michael decides to ask Holly to marry him; the office has a garage sale.

Wipeout Season 4 Episode 10: Spring Wipeout: Ballsy Shows off His Giblets

Wipeout Season 4 Episode 10 can be watched on Thursday on March 24, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WABC (ABC) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Spring Wipeout: Ballsy Shows off His Giblets. Synopsis of the episode is: Contestants tackle obstacles like Flipsy Daisy, Big Balls and the Spring Fling.

Archer Season 2 Episode 9: Placebo Effect

Archer Season 2 Episode 9 can be watched on Thursday on March 24, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on FX TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Placebo Effect. Synopsis of the episode is: Archer discovers the chemotherapy drugs he's been taking are counterfeit and sets out to destroy the criminals behind the scheme.

Fairly Legal Season 1 Episode 10: Bridges

Fairly Legal Season 1 Episode 10 can be watched on Thursday on March 24, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on USA Network TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Bridges. Synopsis of the episode is: In a hectic day, Kate prevents an international incident, mediates between brothers and gets thrown in jail.

House Hunters Season 48 Episode 4

House Hunters Season 48 Episode 4 can be watched on Thursday on March 24, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Home & Garden Television channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Alex Lost His Job So He and Wife Liz Need A Much Smaller Altanta Home With A Much Smaller Mortgage. A long name indeed!

House Hunters International Season 23 Episode 6

House Hunters International Season 23 Episode 6 can be watched on Thursday on March 24, 2011 at 10:30pm EDT on Home & Garden Television channel. Title of the brand new episode is: EPISODE: 6.

Bear Grylls: Born Survivor Season 5 Episode 12: Global Survival Guide

Bear Grylls: Born Survivor Season 5 Episode 12 can be watched on Thursday on March 24, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on The Discovery Channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Global Survival Guide. Synopsis of the episode is: Bear Grylls gives tips and techniques on how to find water in the desert.

My House Is Worth What? Season 16 Episode 4: Improvement Investments

My House Is Worth What? Season 16 Episode 4 can be watched on Thursday on March 24, 2011 at 7:30am EDT on Home & Garden Television. Title of the brand new episode is: Improvement Investments. Synopsis of the episode is: Renovations in La Mesa, Calif., Jenks, Okla. and Silver Spring, Md.

Outsourced Season 1 Episode 18: Gupta's Hit & Manmeet's Missus

Outsourced Season 1 Episode 18 can be watched on Thursday on March 24, 2011 at 10:30pm EDT on WNBC (NBC) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Gupta's Hit & Manmeet's Missus. Synopsis of the episode is: Allegedly, Rajiv slaps Gupta, forcing Todd to get Human Resources involved; Manmeet asks Charlie to help him make a video for his American girlfriend.

Parks and Recreation Season 3 Episode 8: Camping

Parks and Recreation Season 3 Episode 8 can be watched on Thursday on March 24, 2011 at 9:30pm EDT on WNBC (NBC) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Camping. Synopsis of the episode is: Leslie takes the department on a camping trip to brainstorm new ideas; Andy tries to romance April; Chris returns to Pawnee as the city manager.

Perfect Couples Season 1 Episode 9: Perfect Lies

Perfect Couples Season 1 Episode 9 can be watched on Thursday on March 24, 2011 at 8:30pm EDT on WNBC (NBC) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Perfect Lies. Synopsis of the episode is: Julia plans a bachelorette party for Amy in Vancouver; Vance tries to impress the guys with his camping skills; Leigh and Rex have a hard time spending one night apart.

Private Practice Season 4 Episode 17: A Step Too Far

Private Practice Season 4 Episode 17 can be watched on Thursday on March 24, 2011 at 10:01pm EDT on WABC (ABC) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: A Step Too Far. Synopsis of the episode is: Sheldon falls for the critic who panned Violet's book; a patient is caught in a love triangle with her brother-in-law and sister; Cooper and Sam try to convince a family to put a boy's health above his wrestling career.

World's Dumbest Season 10 Episode 9

World's Dumbest Season 10 Episode 9 can be watched on Thursday on March 24, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on truTV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: EPISODE: 9.

1000 Ways To Die Season 5 Episode 7: Dead Before They Know It

1000 Ways To Die Season 5 Episode 7 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on SPIKE TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Dead Before They Know It. Synopsis of the episode is: A roommate gets sent back from where they came from; crashing a wedding; self-blood transfusion goes wrong.

American Greed Season 5 Episode 9: Sholom Rubashkin

American Greed Season 5 Episode 9 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on CNBC TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Sholom Rubashkin. Synopsis of the episode is: The head of a kosher slaughterhouse uses unorthodox methods to make money.

America’s Next Top Model Season 16 Episode 5: Rachel Zoe

America’s Next Top Model Season 16 Episode 5 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WPIX (CW) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Rachel Zoe. Synopsis of the episode is: The models write, direct and perform a cosmetics commercial; one model reads another's diary; the models wear clothes designed by Rachel Zoe and pose with wild animals.

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior Season 1 Episode 6: Devotion

Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior Season 1 Episode 6 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on WCBS (CBS) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Devotion. Synopsis of the episode is: The team searches for a serial killer who kidnaps and hangs his victims.

Desert Car Kings Season 1 Episode 9: Pontiac GTO

Desert Car Kings Season 1 Episode 9 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on The Discovery Channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Pontiac GTO. Synopsis of the episode is: Desert Valley is invited to Russo & Stelle auction; Ron and Jason bring out the Pontiac GTO.

Dog the Bounty Hunter Season 7 Episode 19: The Montrose Files: And Then There Were None

Dog the Bounty Hunter Season 7 Episode 19 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on A & E Network TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: The Montrose Files: And Then There Were None. Synopsis of the episode is: Dog sets out to bring in four outlaws; day turns into night making it risky targeting their homes.

Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 2 Episode 1: The Real Battle of LA/Queen Mary Menace

Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 2 Episode 1 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on Syfy TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: The Real Battle of LA/Queen Mary Menace. Synopsis of the episode is: The team investigates the mysterious case that inspired the film, 'Battle: Los Angeles.'

Ghost Hunters Season 7 Episode 5: Hotel Haunts Unleashed

Ghost Hunters Season 7 Episode 5 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on Syfy TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Hotel Haunts Unleashed. Synopsis of the episode is: The crew travels to the Hotel Alex Johnson in Rapid City, S.D.; Maddie the ghost-hunting dog makers her debut.

Hoarding: Buried Alive Season 2 Episode 14: Overwhelming Pile of Junk

Hoarding: Buried Alive Season 2 Episode 14 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on The Learning Channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Overwhelming Pile of Junk. Synopsis of the episode is: Debbie lost the company of her four children to hoarding; Chip's family of six is forced to live in sixteen hundred square feet of living space.

Hot in Cleveland Season 2 Episode 10: Law & Elka

Hot in Cleveland Season 2 Episode 10 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on TV Land channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Law & Elka. Synopsis of the episode is: Elka tries to get a not-guilty verdict at her trial; Joy becomes enmeshed in scandal when she does a favor for the first lady of Ohio.

Justified Season 2 Episode 7: Save My Love

Justified Season 2 Episode 7 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on FX TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Save My Love. Synopsis of the episode is: Winona's blunder could put her behind bars, unless Raylan can weave his way through a locked down federal courthouse.

Law and Order: SVU Season 12 Episode 19: Bombshell

Law and Order: SVU Season 12 Episode 19 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Bombshell. Synopsis of the episode is: The investigation into the stabbing death of a family man leads Benson and Stabler to believe he had an illicit hobby; the detectives meet a woman and her jealous boyfriend while undercover at a swingers club.

Minute To Win It Season 1 Episode 52: Like Father, Like Daughter

Minute To Win It Season 1 Episode 52 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WNBC (NBC) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Like Father, Like Daughter. Synopsis of the episode is: A California man and his daughter take part in challenges in hope of winning cash.

Modern Family Season 2 Episode 18: Boys' Night

Modern Family Season 2 Episode 18 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on WABC (ABC) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Boys' Night. Synopsis of the episode is: Claie and Phil are worried when they learn Luke has befriended their cantankerous old neighbor; Jay tries to avoid attending a symphony concert with Gloria and Manny; Haley baby-sits Lily.

Mr. Sunshine Season 1 Episode 7: Celebrity Tennis

Mr. Sunshine Season 1 Episode 7 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 9:31pm EDT on WABC (ABC) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Celebrity Tennis. Synopsis of the episode is: Ben and Alonzo compete against tennis legend Jimmy Connors and actor Fred Savage in a celebrity tennis tournament; a careless act brings Crystal closer to her son.

Naruto Shippuden Season 2 Episode 21: Akatsuki's Invasion

Naruto Shippuden Season 2 Episode 21 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on Disney XD TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Akatsuki's Invasion.

Off the Map Season 1 Episode 11: Everything's as It Should Be

Off the Map Season 1 Episode 11 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 10:00pm EDT on WABC (ABC) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Everything's as It Should Be. Synopsis of the episode is: A controversial transplant causes chaos at the clinic; Tommy feels threatened by Mina's new romantic interest.

Operation Repo Season 8 Episode 8

Operation Repo Season 8 Episode 8 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 9:00pm EDT on truTV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: EPISODE: 8.

Retired At 35 Season 1 Episode 10: Secrets and Lies

Retired At 35 Season 1 Episode 10 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 10:30pm EDT on TV Land channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Secrets and Lies. Synopsis of the episode is: Alan & Elaine don't know how to handle their first anniversary separated; David decides to come clean to Jessica about his one-night stand.

Survivor: Redemption Island Season 21 Episode 6: Their Red-Headed Stepchild

Survivor: Redemption Island Season 21 Episode 6 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WCBS (CBS) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Their Red-Headed Stepchild. Synopsis of the episode is: A castaway tries to break up a powerful alliance; dueling castaways bond over a luxury item.

The Middle Season 2 Episode 18: Spring Cleaning

The Middle Season 2 Episode 18 can be watched on Wednesday on March 23, 2011 at 8:00pm EDT on WABC (ABC) TV channel. Title of the brand new episode is: Spring Cleaning. Synopsis of the episode is: The Hecks spend spring break trying to clean out the house; Brick opens an information stand where he sells advice for a dollar.