Scribes fitted for 'Fashioning Apollo'

Hoberg LikkelKat Likkel and John Hoberg have signed on to adapt Nicholas de Monchaux's non-fiction book "Spacesuit: Fashioning Apollo."Marc Shmuger will produce through his Global Produce shingle along with company prexy Tom McNulty.The book recounts the true story of how a team of bra and girdle makers from Playtex successfully designed and created the spacesuit that enabled Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to walk on the moon."This monumental achievement would never have been possible were it not for the perseverance and ingenuity of this unforgettable team of dreamers," Shmuger said. "It's a long way from the shop floor of Playtex to the surface of the moon, and this incredible story tracks how it happened."This marks the first feature the writing duo has penned. They've previously worked in television, writing and producing such shows as "My Name Is Earl" and "Better Off Ted."They are repped by UTA. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

Bethenny Frankel Will get Talk Show Trial Run

Bethenny Frankel Reality star and entrepreneur Bethenny Frankel gets a talk show - only for any six-week free trial, based on the NY Occasions.Warner Bros. and Fox could not get enough stations to hold the show next fall, so rather, Bethenny is going to be proven for six days within the summer time on some Fox stations, the Occasions reviews. If effective, Frankel's self-entitled program might get a normal schedule by fall 2013.Bethenny Frankel tape talk show pilot"She's probably the most spoken about personas available," stated Hilary Estey McLoughlin, the leader of Telepictures, which produces syndicated shows for Warner Siblings to distribute. "She's had late-in-existence success, that we think makes her a genuine role model for ladies.InchVideo clip: Bethenny Frankel shares advice from the Host to YesFrankel, 41, acquired prestige like a cast member on Bravo's The Actual Average women of NY City, where she continued to be for 3 seasons. Season 3 of her spin-off, Bethenny Ever After (entitled Bethenny Marriage? in the first season), premieres Monday, February. 20.

2012 Academy Award Nomination Responses

Kaira Pitt, Best Actor - "Moneyball" Viola Davis, Best Actress - "The AssistanceInchGraham King, producer, "Hugo," "Rango"Jesse McTeer, Supporting Actress - "Albert Nobbs"Jesse McTeer, Supporting Actress - "Albert Nobbs"Letty Aronson, Producer - "Night time in Paris"Asghar Farhadi, Director, Film writer - "A Separation" Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

Pilot Season: NBC Builds up Projects from Jason Katims and Dick Wolf

Jason Katims, Dick Wolf NBC has acquired two new aircraft aircraft pilots: County, a medical series from Jason Katims, together with a firemen drama from Dick Wolf. County involves around the morally compromising and underfunded La hospital. Katims will write and executive-result in the drama with Jason Ritter installed on star. Ritter presently guest-stars on Katims' Motherhood. Have the latest news on all the pilot pick-ups here Chicago Fire follows the lives in the males and girls inside the Chicago Fire Department. Law & Order boss Wolf will executive-produce alongside Michael Brandy, Derek Haas, Danielle Gelber and Peter Jankowski. NBC formerly bought dramas Beautiful People, Frontier, Evening time Sun and Don' Harm.

Sony, Televisa in co-production pact

Sony Pictures Television and Mexican media giant Televisa have inked a first-look co-production pact for scripted and telenovela formats. SPT will get an exclusive first look at all Televisa's formats for co-production worldwide, excluding the U.S. and Latin America. Televisa will get first choice on SPT scripted formats for co-production in Spain. Both companies will work on any program selected under the terms of the pact. "We expect this to be a long and fruitful partnership," said Andrea Wong, SPT prexy of international production, who said the deal had no time frame and that she expected it would expand in the future. "We're open to strategic partnerships with other players, but we're focusing on this new deal with Televisa for now," she added. "The successful scripts, diverse library and writing capabilities that Televisa offers to this alliance match perfectly with Sony's experience in producing quality content for local markets," said Jose Antonio Baston, Televisa's prexy of TV and content. SPT has spearheaded local-language adaptations for scripted series based on U.S. formats, including "Everybody Loves Raymond" in the Middle East, Russia, Poland and Israel; "MarriedWith Children" in Israel, Russia and Bulgaria; and "King of Queens" in Russia. Televisa has a 14.5% stake in Spain's Imagina, a joint venture between Globomedia, Spain's largest producer of TV Fiction, and Mediapro, an integrated production service and sports rights brokering company in Spain. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

They're Sundancing as fast as they can

'Lay the Favorite' brings Randall Emmett, Stephen Frears, Bruce Willis, Rebecca Hall and D.V. DeVincentis to Sundance Film Fest. Sigourney Weaver and Rodrigo Cortes.The Sundance Film Festival found "Red Lights" stars Sigourney Weaver, Cillian Murphy and Elizabeth Olsen joining with director Rodrigo Cortes and exec producer Cindy Cowan for a low-key dinner before the pic's world premiere at the Eccles on Friday night. Olsen downplayed her role in the film, which received ho-hum response.Also on Friday, following the preem of "Celeste and Jesse Forever," director Lee Toland Krieger partied with his stars, including Rashida Jones and Elijah Wood, who manned the turntables at the Grey Goose Blue Door afterparty.Richard Gere held court Saturday at the "Arbitrage" fete, where guests included "Simon Killer" thesp Lila Salet."Lay the Favorite" kept its post-screening party raging late Saturday night with stars Bruce Willis and Rebecca Hall at the DirecTV- and Sundance Channel-sponsored affair.But the toughest door to penetrate was over at Bing Bar, where rapper Drake showed up after midnight -- more than two hours later than expected -- only to throw the industry-heavy Main Street crowd into a gyrating frenzy with a five-song perf that was preceded by a bawdy standup set from Aziz Ansari.Later, down the hill just a few blocks, those lucky enough to slip past the heavy-handed security at nightly after-hours hotspot TAO saw multiple thesps dancing onstage, on tables and just about anywhere their Sorel boots were planted on the snowiest night of the fest so far. Contact Jeff Sneider at jeff.sneider@variety.com

The Network of Support

The Network of Support By Jesse Daley The month of january 18, 2012 Jesse Daley Within our insanely competitive and crowded business, it's imperative to complete everything easy to feel free further your job like a artist. If you are not using social media to the full potential, you are not doing enough for the career. A lot of our success within the entertainment biz is within our very own hands, and you've reached have every chance to locate be your own boss. Don't watch for an audition to show your abilities. When you are not focusing on set, show people what you are and you skill online.You don't have to be considered a celebrity with an effective social network site along with a large following. Everyone loves to seem like they are part of an actor's career. By using social networking sites, I've built an excellent group of followers of awesome people from all over the world. I give them a call "Daliens" (after my surname), and that i regularly publish videos and updates about my progress in Hollywood. I had been being employed as an additional on Nickelodeon's show "In A Major Way Hurry" once the executive producer, an excellent guy named Scott Guys, offered me a couple of lines on a few instances of the show. Once the episodes broadcast, I tweeted about this. I could gain several fans, which rapidly converted into much more. My fans have grown to be an enormous a part of my existence and my career.Whenever you develop a network of support, you're truly easy. I can show casting company directors, producers, and agents which i have something to provide towards the industry which I'm marketablesimply by walking into a company ending up in fan letters the Daliens send in my experience. I have found that the impressive rsum isn't everything we require. You will find two other significantly important tools. One, we need to know what we should are great at and what sets us aside from others. And 2, we should cultivate good associations with individuals we meet within the industryin person as well as on internet sites. Treat everybody with respect, and help one another out. Delivering out one positive tweet or message could make someone's day. Lots of people have never visited a location for example Hollywood or New york city and would like to have somebody to speak to. Tweet them. By discussing your trip, you can encourage others to follow along with their dreams, too.Frequently I listen to buddies that it's "an excessive amount of work" to maintain with social media, or this is an "invasion of the privacy." My reaction to that's "Get accustomed to it." If your career in entertainment is what you would like, privacy will be an problem.I encourage you to definitely begin a blog, jump on Twitter, YouTube, or Facebook, and make your network of casting company directors, agents, and other artists. We are inside a difficult industry, also it can be very tough to burglary. But you're unique. Send one tweet or publish a short video update to YouTube to obtain the face and title available. Would you sing? Publish a relevant video singing a protective cover of the popular song. It may get lots of sights.What goes on together with your career can be younot your agent, manager, or publicist. They're there to dedicate yourself you and also assist you to across the way. Without having a real estate agent right now, almost always there is something that you can do by yourself, and becoming associated with social networking is among the how to further yourself. Better of all, most sites are totally free. So, try being your personal publicist. You'll be effective should you choose something every single day toward your goals. And not quit. Best of luck everybody, and become certain to tweet me @jessedaley whenever you subscribe to your accounts.Jesse Daley is definitely an actor who endures Daleyplaneta place where anybody could be effective, even just in Hollywood, by 1) not quitting and a pair of) being kind to everybody, in the stars towards the stand-inches. The Network of Support By Jesse Daley The month of january 18, 2012 Jesse Daley Within our insanely competitive and crowded business, it's important to fit everything in easy to feel free further your job like a artist. If you are not using social media to the full potential, you are not doing enough for the career. A lot of our success within the entertainment biz is within our very own hands, plus you've got to provide yourself every chance to locate be your own boss. Don't watch for an audition to show your abilities. When you are not focusing on set, show people what you are and you skill online.You don't have to be considered a celebrity with an effective social networking site along with a large following. Everyone loves to seem like they're part of an actor's career. By using social networks, I've built an excellent group of followers of awesome people from all over the world. I give them a call "Daliens" (after my surname), and that i regularly publish videos and updates about my progress in Hollywood. I had been being employed as an additional on Nickelodeon's show "In A Major Way Hurry" once the executive producer, an excellent guy named Scott Guys, offered me a couple of lines on a few instances of the show. Once the episodes broadcast, I tweeted about this. I could gain several fans, which rapidly converted into much more. My fans have grown to be an enormous a part of my existence and my career.Whenever you develop a network of support, you're truly easy. I can show casting company directors, producers, and agents which i have something to provide towards the industry which I'm marketablesimply by walking into a company ending up in fan letters the Daliens send in my experience. I have found that the impressive rsum isn't everything we require. You will find two other significantly important tools. One, we must understand what we're proficient at and what sets us aside from others. And 2, we should cultivate good associations with individuals we meet within the industryin person as well as on internet sites. Treat everybody with respect, and help one another out. Delivering out one positive tweet or message could make someone's day. Lots of people haven't visited a location for example Hollywood or New york city and would like to have somebody to speak to. Tweet them. By discussing your trip, you are able to encourage others to follow along with their dreams, too.Frequently I listen to buddies that it's "an excessive amount of work" to maintain social media, or this is an "invasion of the privacy." My reaction to that's "Get accustomed to it." If your career in entertainment is what you would like, privacy will be an problem.I encourage you to definitely begin a blog, jump on Twitter, YouTube, or Facebook, and make your network of casting company directors, agents, along with other artists. We are inside a difficult industry, also it can be very difficult to burglary. But you're unique. Send one tweet or publish a brief video update to YouTube to obtain the face and title available. Would you sing? Publish a relevant video singing a protective cover of the popular song. It may get lots of sights.What goes on together with your career can be younot your agent, manager, or publicist. They're there to dedicate yourself you and also assist you to on the way. Without having a real estate agent right now, almost always there is something that you can do by yourself, and becoming associated with social media is among the how to further yourself. On top of that, most sites are totally free. So, try being your personal publicist. You'll be effective should you choose something every single day toward your goals. And not quit. Best of luck everybody, and make certain to tweet me @jessedaley whenever you subscribe to your accounts.Jesse Daley is definitely an actor who endures Daleyplaneta place where anybody could be effective, even just in Hollywood, by 1) not quitting and a pair of) being kind to everybody, in the stars towards the stand-inches.

Make room for donors

Tony Bennett, Tony Thomas and Ray Romano raise coin for St. Jude's. Jared Harris, John Slattery and Vincent Kartheiser celebrated the 50th anniversary of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on January 7, 2012.Anne Heche and Kristin Davis Many tears fell at the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital benefit gala Saturday, but there were just as many laughs throughout the night. Host Phil Donahue recalled Danny Thomas, founder of St. Jude's. "We both have received many, many honors," he said. "My father-in-law has been knighted by two popes, and I was recently named Man of the Year by Transvestites for a Better America."In the Beverly Hilton crowd, Jon Hamm chatted up Angie Dickinson, and Mila Kunis and Rashida Jones high-fived each other for their pledges.Ray Romano said, "I can't wait until my act is over so I can hear Tony Bennett. In my head, I'm saying, 'Get off the stage.' "In his perf, Bennett made an unexpected dedication for "The Good Life.""I'd like to dedicate this song to Lady Gaga," Bennett said. "What a great singer she is." Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Charlie Sheen Begins Casting 'Anger Management'

I merely didnt want [two and a half Males] being my television legacy. I desired some thing that ended better. That was Charlie Sheens response if the reporter asked for why after nearly 10 years together with a tumultuous exit within the CBS comedy, he's now throwing themselves in to the primetime grind. Together with a grind it'll be: while Sheens next effort, comedy Anger Management, will air on Foreign exchange, it won't have anything resembling a cable schedule.Rather, the series, that's set to start production in March, will probably be greenlit for just about any jaw-losing 100 episodes supposing the initial 10 hit a specific undisclosed ratings threshold. The comedy will most likely be coupled with Males repeats inside the network's Thursday 9 p.m hour this summer season, delivering a web-based insurance lead-straight into half-several hours for instance Wiflred and Louie.Both Sheen and Management showrunner Bruce Helford confirmed Sunday inside a Television Experts Association event that they may begin seeing stars now, but were tight-lipped about who's which Sheen calls the fantasy list as well as the An inventory.The Two lead roles not been cast participate in Sheens counselor and also the ex-wife, according to Helford. Theyre inside their late 30s to mid 40s, he notifies The Hollywood Reporter in the roles, adding: So that it will likely be a person who had experience which youll know."Among the other roles parts that also need to be completed the arrival days are individuals of Sheen's 13-year-old daughter and also the two groups of anger management patients, both a regular therapy group then one jail time. (To experience a quantity of inmates as patients was Sheen's idea.)Everyone in the world calls to convey they wish to do that show, states Helford in the interest the project has sparked within the talent community. Everyone desires to can be found in and play a therapy patient.For Sheens character, Helford demands it'll be substantially more difficult part than these the actor has carried out formerly. "I merely preferred to carry out a show and play a personality that labored with elevated mature styles and products that actually can be obtained inside the real existence," Sheen notifies THR. "Plenty of occasions alternatively show I felt like i had been maintenance the comedy and not enabling it to depart character situations."The freedom that cable, particularly, allows is viewed just like a strong help to both Sheen and Helford, that are attempting to explore a personality who they are saying is deeply conflicted. Used in the actor's favor belongs to them experience too, although Helford is careful to see that he isn't at all playing a version of themselves. "I spent yearly in anger management, so Ive already done my research," states Sheen, laughing while he changes between serious and self-deprecating with the simplicity an expert. Nowadays, Sheen demands he's signficantly mellower, trading lots of his time along with his family and achieving to work mode now. "I'm not crazy any more,Inch according to him, before needing to area an problem in regards to the performance of his Males alternative Ashton Kutcher. "In my opinion he's doing an admirable job,In . he adds, "[but] it's a different show."Sheen is constantly on the call the moment in Men's premiere episode where his character's ashes are thrust within the urn and Kutcher's is revealed "one of the great television moments ever.InchObviously, if Sheen were within the helm, according to him the episode may have ended immediately rather than continue since it did. But that kind of input wasn't something he ever suffered at Males, the other he's thrilled to own on his next comedy. "Ive been transporting this out for thirty years, which is nice to finally maintain occasions where the individuals who Im coping with are searching toward my input," according to him, watching: "That wasnt the problem for just about any very very long time." The Hollywood Reporter

And Then We Meet Again: LSU and Alabama Face Off For BCS National Title

Tyrann Mathieu Let us start again... No. 1 LSU without any. 2 Alabama clash for your second time this season inside the BCS Championship Game and familiarity breeds "hopefully offense," states Kirk Herbstreit, who'll call tonight's game (8:30/7:30c, ESPN).Both teams "were a little careful," Herbstreit states, after they met on November. 5 in Tuscaloosa, Ala., with LSU winning 9-6 in overtime without any single touchdown together. "I believe you'll start to see the protection will still carry your entire day,In . however that has a lot time to prepare, "The sport will most likely be made a decision by large plays."LSU's Heisman Trophy finalist Tyrann Mathieu, a cornerback also called "the Honey Badger," might be the "X aspect in the whole game," Herbstreit states. "It's much like he's a sixth sense, whether it is deflecting a pass or knocking the ball loose and achieving an important fumble." For Alabama, Herbstreit states the quarterback is vital. "Can AJ McCarron show the moxie as well as the strength of mind to sit down lower because pocket and deliver accurate throws because he sees that defense is pinning their ears coming after him?"Alabama did gradually slowly move the ball downfield in the last match-up, but Herbstreit states the Crimson Tide's focus must be on finishing drives. "In the event you try looking in the LSU 35 too as with, Alabama didn't do just about anything and [Heisman Trophy finalist] Trent Richardson didn't do just about anything, therefore i think he's very likely to be capable of have a very large evening."No matter what goes on, farmville between Southeastern Conference powerhouses is really a "we'll be talking about for 10 or 15 or 2 decades,In . Herbstreit states. "You set two SEC schools because stadium, when are both playing for boasting rights - inside the South these desire to win the Sugar Bowl and also you chuck the ball national title on top from this - I'm recommending, I am unsure if we view anything appreciate it. The ultimate factor to do is emerge all thrilled and shipped to you the initial seven minutes of the sport, and you also think you're up 10-, but it's a looong strategy to use.InchThink concerning the SEC title game noisy . December, where Georgia introduced the Bengal Tigers 10- just before getting blown out 42-10. "Teams are actually capable of enjoy LSU for just about any half," Herbstreit states, "and so they think, 'Boy, we have got Them this time around around.' They get so excited, but whatever they don't realize is LSU doesn't blink. They are similar to a heavyweight boxer that merely sits there and you also think you've them and so they just continually come and coming and there's nothing that can be done. It will likely be interesting to determine if Alabama goes the extended haul together, because nobody has."Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Digital studio Generate to Alloy

Generate, digital-minded studio founded by former WB programming chief Jordan Levin, continues to be acquired by Alloy Digital, a division of youth-specific producer Alloy, the businesses introduced Thursday. With Generate within the fold, Alloy may have an inhouse production machine for feeding the business's range of content businesses serving the 12-34 market. Alloy is the organization that co-produces teen-skewing TV series including ''Gossip Girl'' and ''Pretty Little Liars.'' "With this particular transaction, along with the strength in our combined management teams, we're the leading next generation media company reflecting the very best of both old Hollywood and also the new digital era: cost-effective development and production, talent management, distribution, ad sales, social networking and promotion all in one place,Inch stated Alloy Boss Matt Gemstone. Alloy itself was acquired by several traders brought by ZelnickMedia this year. Purchase is Alloy Digital's greatest since obtaining YouTube sensation Smosh this year. Levin, who founded Generate in 2006, will remain on with Alloy and produce key people of his original team with him. Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com