Tree of Existence, Beginners Lead Gotham Award Those who win

IFP passed out its 21st annual Gotham Honours tonight in NY, praising Mike Mills’s Beginners and Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Existence one of the laureled Class of 2011. Constantly actress Felicity Johnson and Pariah director Dee Rees demonstrated strongly too continue reading for that complete listing of those who win. Best Feature presented A Tie between: BEGINNERS Directed by Mike Mills Created by Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Miranda p Pencier, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen Launched by Focus Features TREE OF Existence Directed by Terrence Malick Created by Sarah Eco-friendly, Bill Pohlad, Kaira Pitt, Dede Gardner, Grant Hill Launched by Fox Searchlight Best Documentary BETTER Our Planet Directed and created by Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane p la Vega Created by Mike Nicholson Breakthrough Director Award DEE REES Author and director of Pariah Launched by Focus Features Breakthrough Actor Award FELICITY Johnson Actor in Constantly Launched by Vital Vantage The Breakthrough Actor Jury incorporated: Chris Eyre, Melissa Leo, Anne Rosellini, Ira Sachs and Jeffrey Wright Best Ensemble Performance Award Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Melanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Kai Lennox, Mary Page Keller, Keegan Boos in BEGINNERS Launched by Focus Features Best Film Not Playing in a Theater In Your Area Award Moments Of The CRIME Blue Hadaegh & Grover Babcock, Company directors and Producers Gotham Independent Film Audience Award GIRLFRIEND Justin Lerner, Director Created by Jerad Anderson, Kristina Lauren Anderson, Justin Lerner, Rob O’Banion excitement Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmakers ‘Live the Dream’ grant LUCY MULLOY for approaching lm UNA NOCHE ###

Fantasia fest adds co-production market

MONTREAL -- Incorporated within the inaugural Fantasia Film Market the fest is creating Frontieres, the Fantasia Intl. Co-Production Market. To debut next season within the 16th annual edition Frontieres will choose 12 film projects from filmmakers from Canada, Europe, Australia as well as the U.S. These projects is going to be presented to worldwide producers, sales agents and entrepreneurs on the market expecting creating deals to complete financing for your projects. Fantasia is devoted to genre photos and movies from Asia, and is among Montreal's most broadly used fests. "Fantasia is actually greatly well-loved by its local audience and that we have happily seen its industry presence grow over time,In . mentioned Fantasia leader Pierre Corbeil. "The launch from the film marketplace is a brand natural area of the extended-term vision we've for that event. Over time, we now have established associations due to a lot of fascinating talents and key players inside the worldwide industry and possess extended felt that individuals should establish a means to better connect them." Frontieres will occur This summer time 26-29. Fantasia runs This summer time 19-August. 7. You will also have many conferences through the marketplace. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Aviv Giladi Named CEO Of Icon UK Group

Aviv Giladi is the current Chairman of R.G.E. Group Limited, a privately held media group based in Israel that specializes in a variety of content and production activities, principally for television. Icon today announced the appointment of Aviv Giladi as CEO of the Icon UK group of companies, comprising Icon Film Distribution (IFD), Icon Home Entertainment (IHE), Icon Entertainment International (IEI) and Majestic Films & Television. Commenting on his appointment, Aviv said I am excited to be involved in taking Icon forward and creating new opportunities.

True Blood's Courtney Ford Heads to Parenthood

Courtney Ford True Blood's Courtney Ford is heading to NBC's Parenthood, TVLine reports. Ford will serve as Dax Shepard's (Crosby Braverman) love interest starting in January of next year.Her character Lily is a successful cello player who meets Crosby while spending time at his recording studio. Lily will be a recurring character until the show's seasonfinale on Feb. 28.Parenthood's new girl Alexandra Daddario on causing drama on the setAside from her role as Portia Bellefleur on season 4 of True Blood, Ford also played reporter Christine Hill in Dexter's fourth season.She recently guest-starred on CBS's The Big Bang Theory and Hawaii Five-0.

Web Series Directors Prove You Don't Need A Big Budget To Make Quality Indie TV

Kate Wetherhead and Andrew Keenan-Bolger, "Submissions Only" The theater community has embraced Kate Wetherhead and Andrew Keenan-Bolger's actor-centric Web series "Submissions Only," and guest stars Kristin Chenoweth, Rachel Dratch, and Chita Rivera are only the start of the show's A-list talent. Despite their fame, these actors still look to Wetherhead and Keenan-Bolger for advice."You would think at a certain point people stop looking for direction, and it really has not been the case," says Keenan-Bolger, who created, directs, appears in, and writes the show with Wetherhead. "You sort of don't expect that. Us giving direction to these ridiculous Tony winners is always sort of mind-blowing."The show's high-profile guest stars also exemplify the tight-knit nature of the theater world, as Wetherhead and Keenan-Bolger filled all the roles with friends and acquaintances. Ironically for a show about auditioning, the creators have never auditioned anyone. "We go through our mutual friends on Facebook," Keenan-Bolger says of how they cast the first season. "The world needed to see how talented some of these people were."For the second season, which airs exclusively on BroadwayWorld.com, the duo asked a local casting director for help. Officially the show has no casting directoraside from the fictional ones on the series.However, casting directors, directors, and writers have reached out to the team for a chance to be on the show. "I think it's funny that this is the acting opportunity they want," says Wetherhead, who also stars as down-on-her-luck actor Penny Reilly. But you won't see these creatives playing themselves. "That's one of our rules," Wetherhead explains. "If you're not an actor and you are on the show, you can't play what you do."No casting director is attached to the series at this time. Email submissionsonly@yahoo.com to inquire about casting opportunities. Ned Ehrbar, "Co-op of the Damned" It's dangerous to be an actor sometimes. "One of our actresses accidentally ingested fake blood," says Ned Ehrbar, creator, writer, and director of "Co-op of the Damned," a sketch comedy Web series about a haunted apartment building. "One was handcuffed to a chair, and we couldn't find the key."The series just completed shooting its five-episode second season, and the creative team is talking with websites about hosting it. Ehrbar shoots the show episodically and uses a casting director to keep up with the demand for new characters. Casting director Jonathan Groce also proved helpful when Ehrbar had to ask actors to appear nudea tricky situation, especially for a low-budget Web series. "You're just very up-front and respectful and clear," Ehrbar says, "and try not to pull the rug out from under them at any time during the negotiations."Although Ehrbar writes the show, it relies heavily on improvisation, a skill he looks for in all his actors. "I write sort of a very basic description of what's going to happen, and then the actor fills in a lot of the blanks," he explains.To stay on track, Ehrbar storyboards every episode. "We take the individual panels and put them on a big board somewhere on set," he says. "We tear them off as we finish them. As long as we get that done, then anything else that anyone comes up with is fantastic."To contact Jonathan Groce, the casting director of "Co-op of the Damned," email jgroce724@gmail.com or mail submissions to 805 N. Dillon St., L.A., CA 90026. Sean Becker, "The Guild" "The Guild," created by and starring Felicia Day, is the poster child for successful Web series, but director Sean Becker still has plenty of competitors. "Our competition is not only other Web series but also viral videos on YouTube," he says. "With sites like Hulu and Netflix, now we're competing with actual TV and actual film."The popular showits YouTube channel has more than 300,000 subscriberschronicles the escapades of a group of online gamers, and Becker, who won the 2010 Streamy Award for comedy directing, has been with the series since Season 2. After five successful seasons and a partnership with Microsoft, the show has the luxury of a production crew, which gives it a competitive edge.Despite its success, however, "The Guild" is confined to a tight budget. The creators have only about 14 days to shoot a 12-episode season; that's eight to 11 pages a day. "From a directing standpoint, I would love to shoot episodically, because then you get to focus on that single moment," Becker says, adding that he shoots the show as he would a feature film. "But that's not practical."There are no rehearsal days before the shoot, and all the extras work for free. Luckily, fans of the show don't seem to mind. "They have actually created their own group called the Guild of Extras," says Becker. "They've bonded being fans of the show and being on set while 'The Guild' is being made."The casting director of "The Guild" is Helen Geier. No contact information was provided for this article. Scott Brown, "Asylum" Scott Brown lies to his actors. Well, not technically. The director of "Asylum" keeps the show's mysteries alive by hiding plot points from the actors, thereby generating a more truthful reaction in them. "Because the actor doesn't know, it causes this interesting need to find out in their character," he explains.Directing a psychological drama was something of a mystery for Brown himself. As a writer and director specializing in comedy, he met "Asylum" creator Dan Williams while they were studying screenwriting together at the University of Southern California. Brown took the opportunity to direct drama as a way of challenging himself and growing as an artist.But drama is a challenge for another reason as well. "If people go to the Web, they've got five minutes and they want to laugh," Brown says. "It's hard to get a five-minute fix of drama.""Asylum" recently partnered with BET.com for the show's second season and will have a larger platform to help give it legitimacy. "We try to develop an audience who's willing to make a commitment to the arc of all the episodes," Brown says. "Drama is a great storytelling medium, and there's a place for it on the Internet." While BET picked up "Asylum" as an exclusive Web series, no casting director is attached to the series at this time. Creator Dan Williams is available for inquiries at dan_williams@mac.com.

Matt Lauer Officially Retires Where In The World Segment For Now

First Published: November 11, 2011 5:14 PM EST Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Matt Lauer smiles via satellite on Access Hollywood Live on November 11, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Today show co-host Matt Lauer is officially retiring the NBC shows popular Where in the World is Matt Lauer? segment after 10 seasons of globetrotting for now. On Fridays Access Hollywood Live, Billy Bush asked Matt live via satellite from Barbados if he was ready to hang up his traveling hat. Are you done with Where in the World for sure? Billy asked Matt. You know, 10 sounds like a better number to end on than nine did, so I think so, Matt said. I think weve had a great time. Weve been to 51 places around the world. However, the veteran journalist left the door open for the segment to return in the future. It gets tougher and tougher to find extraordinary places, he said. So, if were not completely done with it, were certainly going to rest it for a good long while and maybe revisit it with a twist at some future date. In addition to Barbados, the 10th and (possibly) final Where in the World? trip saw the 53-year-old traipsing through Spain, Malaysia, Switzerland and Namibia. It was the latter locale where Matt impressed Today viewers and his co-workers with his extreme sports skills as he gracefully skied down the sand dunes along the countrys Skeleton Coast. I think the most fun I had was the sand-skiing, he told Billy. It was a good way to start the week. As for the most memorable moment of this trip, Matt said Jungfraujoch, Switzerland, won him over. That reveal on Thursday from the top of Europe 11,745 feet up just the trip up there was ridiculous, he said. But to stand at that spot and look out over the glaciers and the Swiss Alps that, I think, was my favorite moment of the week. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

New Haywire Trailer Gets Control

Gina Carano Versus The WorldDon't you just hate it if you have been out for just about any classy evening of cocktails and dancing, as well as your partner calculates being double crossing you, producing a knock-lower, drag-out clash that sees you beating the ever-living garbage from each other? What? Never happened for you personally? Within the evidence of this, it'll happen CIA-trained assassin Mallory Kane (Gina Carano) a significant amount of for comfort. Start to see the most current listings for yourself inside the new trailer for Haywire at EW.Steven Soderbergh might be the man behind this ace-searching action thriller, which finds Carano's hit girl out of the blue requiring to handle her former handlers initiating her. Out by hand, she'll have to rely on her account wits, her speed and her furious fighting capabilities to live.Making a film around an Martial artist who may not have socialized before might appear as being a harmful move, but it's the type of gutsy idea Soderbergh develops quickest on. Plus, he's ornamented her with talent for instance Ewan McGregor, Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas, Bill Paxton, Channing Tatum and Michael Fassbender, who you can view getting hit around in people early moments.As well as the movie was already drawing some healthy buzz in the usa undertaking a "stealth" screening within the AFI. Watch a clip and reveal you don't fall a little deeply deeply in love with/in nervous about Carano.Haywire is going around the month of the month of january 20.

The nation Dubs Benicio Del Toro, Ough Martin People

First Launched: November 4, 2011 7:52 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images Caption Its official! Ough Martin and Benicio del Toro get to be the the spanish language language People! MADRID, The nation -- The The the spanish language language government states it's granted citizenship to singer Ough Martin and actor Benicio del Toro. Representative Jose Blanco mentioned Friday that Martin and del Toro were famous for his or her artistic talents which the us government was happy they desired to hold the the spanish language language nationality. Both Martin and del Toro originate from Puerto Rico and possess U.S. citizenship. The nation normally obliges people to renounce almost every other nationality they have before granting them a The the spanish language language passport, nevertheless it makes exceptions for individuals from Latin American nations and several the areas including Puerto Rico. It had not been immediately apparent why the two stars looked for that the spanish language language citizenship. Copyright 2011 with the Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Emperor, Le Vision team on Lo Chi-leung mystery

Hong Kong's Emperor Motion Pictures and China's Le Vision Pictures are teaming on a period murder-mystery feature directed by Lo Chi-leung and produced by Derek Yee. The companies announced the project Thursday at the American Film Market. Distribution in China will be overseen by Le Vision Pictures, and EMP will handle sales and distribution for the rest of the world. The still untitled production, which has been in pre-production near Shanghai, will star Nicholas Tse, Lau Ching-wan and Yang Me. Principal photography will begin this month for a summer release. Lo and Yee worked together on ''Viva Erotica'' (1996), ''Double Tap'' (2000) and ''Inner Senses'' (2002). Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Court: CBS, Jesse Jackson Were Wrongly Penalized for Super Bowl Wardrobe Malfunction

Jesse Jackson and Justin Timberlake A federal appeals court has upheld a 2008 ruling the Federal Communications Commission wrongly penalized CBS for Jesse Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction" throughout the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, based on Bloomberg.Jackson and CBS were penalized $550,000 after Jackson's breast made an appearance on live television for 9/16 of the second. However, in This summer 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled the FCC's policy of determining indecency was "arbitrary and capricious."Within the new ruling on Wednesday, a legal court held the FCC hadn't correctly informed CBS concerning the alterations in indecency enforcement and voided the fine.TV Guide Network counts lower the 100 Moments That Transformed TV"When we're disappointed through the court of appeal's decision, we observe that a legal court overturned the FCC's 2006 forfeiture order on narrow procedural grounds," Neil Sophistication, a spokesperson for that U.S. Federal Communications Commission stated within an statement. "Meanwhile, the FCC will continue using all the authority at its disposal to make sure that the country's tv stations match the public interest duties that is included with their utilisation of the public airwaves."

Reese Witherspoon Busted By PETA for Chloe Bag

Chris Jackson/Getty Images Stars, to be sure, have sufficient pricey designer handbags. PHOTOS: Hollywood's 10 Finest Paid out Stars Luxe brands do whatever they call "seeding" -- they placed their An inventory bags and send these to An inventory stars whom they wish to be taken photos of together. But somebody screwed up here. Reese Witherspoon wasn't stated to become busted moving a 4Thousand dollar Chloe Paraty python bag, because python is illegal within the health of California. The python bags aren't even available inside the Golden Condition -- this bag was probably shipped to Reese from Paris or NY. PHOTOS: Hollywood's New Leading Ladies A speaker for PETA went round the record, saying, "No matter just how much Reese taken proper care of that bag, the animals paid out a considerably greater cost. Every year, numerous snakes are skinned alive." The speaker continues in their tirade about how precisely badly the snakes have it after they get separated utilizing their skin. But the truth is -- are snakes Animals? We generally want snakes being dead, don't we? VIDEO: Reese Witherspoon Plays Chris Pine, Tom Sturdy in 'This Means War' Trailer What's ironic is always that Reese remains named one of the most sexy Vegetarians by PETA. PETA did say they understand that Reese may be not aware from the plight of pythons or it's illegal to buy anything with python within the health of California. Wow. Often it's great to become celebrity. Often it's a scenario of anything you do might be used against you. Reese Witherspoon

Because Of Due To Jimmy Kimmel To Entertain White-colored House Correspondents

First Launched: November 1, 2011 12:53 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Because Of Due To Jimmy Kimmel talks onstage throughout Spike Televisions SCREAM 2010 within the Greek Theatre in LA on October 16, 2010Jimmy Kimmel will most likely be cracking jokes for your leader. The White-colored House Correspondents Association states the Because Of Due To Jimmy Kimmel Live! host will be the featured comedian at its 98th annual dinner next season. Association leader Caren Bohan mentioned Tuesday the 43-year-old artist was selected because his humor is sophisticated and edgy while appealing to a sizable audience. The White-colored House Correspondents Association dinner is usually attended with the leader and first lady, along with various government government bodies the ones in the press corps. Comes from the large event fund scholarship grants or loans and honours to assist and recognize excellence in journalism. Kimmel mentioned in the statement that he's searching toward joining the large event on April 28, 2012, adding I like dinner. Copyright 2011 with the Connected Press. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.