New You are able to Film Experts Circle Award Those who win 2011: 'The Artist,' Kaira Pitt and Meryl Streep

Forget Cyber Monday this really is Honours-Season Tuesday! Or something like that. Around the heels of Monday night's Gotham Honours -- where 'The Tree of Life' and 'Beginners' tied for the best Feature, a result that ups the risk of 'Life' generating a Best Picture nomination in The month of january -- the NY Film Experts Circle is providing its yearly honours. You are able to follow all of the action ("action") survive Twitter at @nyfcc2011, but browse the results ahead. Best First Feature: 'Margin Call' (dir. J.C. Chandor) Best Non-Fiction Film: 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams' (dr. Werner Herzog) Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain for 'The Help,' 'The Tree of Life' and 'Take Shelter' Best Actress: Meryl Streep for 'The Iron Lady' Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks for 'Drive' Best Actor: Kaira Pitt for 'Moneyball,' and 'Tree of Life' Best Language Film: 'A Separation' Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius for 'The Artist' Best Script: Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin for 'Moneyball' Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki for 'Tree of Life' Best Picture: 'The Artist' [Photo: Fox Searchlight] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Uk Media Ethics Inquiry Learns Celebrity Horror Tales: JK Rowling & Sienna Burns Testify CNNs Piers Morgan Being Requested

Horror tales of vehicle chases, intense paranoia, spitting paparazzi, and first of all an ineffective controlling systempeppered the current inquiry intoNews Corp’s News Around The World phone hacking scandal having a British government-backed inquiry intoUK press ethics and practices. Particularly turning up london Thursday were actress Sienna Burns and Harry Potter author JK Rowling. Also giving evidence was media lawyer Mark Thompson whose client Hugh Grant gave evidence within the inquiry this year's week. Thompsonaccusedthe UKs Press Complaints Commission, your body that handle complaints in regards to the editorial content of newspapers and magazines, of beingineffective. “Some in the worst causes are picture taking agencies and paparazzi as well as the PCC can’t control them,” he mentioned.Also on Thursday, the Leveson Inquiry introduced it might call former British newspaper editor Piers Morgan just like a witness to go over Uk media techniques. Morgan, who now hosts CNN’sPiers Morgan Tonight, mentioned he'd appear soon. Proceedings will resume Monday with testimony from singer Charlotte now now Chapel among others. JK Rowling separatelycalled the PCC toothless. But, she mentioned, I cant pretend I have got an enchanting answer. (She then caught herself and added, No Harry Potter joke intended, that wound up out.) She mentioned she's not phone jeopardized but spoke about how precisely she felt “blackmailed” with the Sun, furthermore a News Corp newspaper, aftera manuscript of just one of her books was stolen within the inkjet ink jet printers and showed up towards the hands in the Sun.She required to take suit to prevent the products inside it being revealed pre-publication, she mentioned, and felt The Sun's Sun rays was trying to show the issue in to a photo chance.She also mentioned paparazzi hounded the authorso constantly after her children were born they felt as being a hostage in their home, Rowling told the inquiry. Each time a journalist once handled to acquire a note into her kids school bag, she noted, Its difficult to say how angry It appeared like my 5-year-old kids school wasn't any more an area of complete security from journalists. She further evoked a situation each time a journalist directly contacted the headmaster at her earliest child’s school proclaiming theyd heard the woman had revealed particulars in the final Potter book that have been upsetting along with other schoolchildren. Rowling also objected to her addresses being printed inside the press.Clearly I cant put an invisibility cloaking device over myself or even the house, nor do If perhaps to, she mentioned. Sienna Burns received a hundred,000 settlement from News Around The World taken over her phone hacking claims. Today she known to being hounded by press and paparazzi – whether they were driving unlawfully or spitting at her to acquire a reaction. She mentioned she was very happy to give evidence and wanted that some form of change involves our media. Right before learning she was under surveillance, Burns referred to that news items frequently came out with information that only she and her nearest pals and family were privy. So she changed her mobile 3 occasions in 3 several days, nevertheless the tales ongoing unabated. Horribly, I accused my pals and number of selling tales, she mentioned.When she recognized the utilizes on herself and her entourage were perpetrated by cyber-terrorist, I did so feel constantly very scared and intensely paranoid.

Universal Music Sues Grooveshark in Big Copyright Case

Universal Music Group has filed a big lawsuit against Grooveshark for copyright infringement. Just days after the music streaming service launched its latest site, the record company is contending that more than 100,000 song files were illicitly uploaded by the company's employees.our editor recommendsUniversal Music Sees Recorded Music Business Near TurnaroundPeter Thea Named EVP of Universal Republic, Island Def JamIndie Music Group: Regulators Will Block EMI Deals With Universal, SonyEMI Sale to Universal Music, Sony: Analysts Weigh InUniversal Music Confirms $1.9 Billion Deal for EMI Recorded Music UnitWhy Universal Music Sued Its Insurer Over a $14.4 Million Payment to Musicians (Analysis) The lawsuit was filed Friday in NY federal court, according to CNET. UMG reports gaining access to company e-mails and other documents that allegedly establish"that the sound recordings illegally copied by Escape's executives and employees, include thousands of well known sound recordings owned by UMG." Grooveshark has been competing with Spotify in recent years as one of the top music streaming sites online. The service allows users to upload songs, discover music, and make playlists for others. Grooveshark reportedly streams more than 600 million minutes of songs every month. But rights have been a tricky issue for the company. UMG previously sued its owner, Escape Media Group, for providing access to the label's pre-1972 songs. The company was also recently sued by a Danish coalition of rights holders and has been the subject of complaints by some artists such as King Crimson. Earlier this year, Google pulled Grooveshark from its Android market because of copyright concerns, and the company, based in Florida, only has a deal with one major record label, EMI. Nevertheless, the company has been growing fast, reporting more than 30 million unique visitors per month and a recent revamp that looked to build further bridges into social media. It has also scored some premium advertisers, such as Mercedes-Benz. UMG's latest lawsuit reportedly goes further than most copyright complaints by alleging specific action by the company's top executives. For instance,Grooveshark's CEOSamuel Tarantino is accused of having uploaded at least 1,791 copyrighted songs. UMG's complaint also makes issue of the ineffectiveness of takedown notices in getting the service to remove copyrighted material, which could be a disqualifier if Grooveshark seeks safe harbor from copyright liability under the DMCA. UMG is seeking maximum statutory damages of up to $150,000 per infringement. E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner Universal Music Group

How 'Twilight' Author Stephenie Meyer Slimmed Lower

'Twilight' author Stephenie Meyer was noticeably slimmer when she turned up in the handprint and footprint ceremony for stars Billy Burke, Taylor Lautner and Rachelle Lefervre earlier this year. How did she shed the weight? "Honestly, watching what she eats, and use,Inch film writer Melissa Rosenberg told the LA Occasions in the 'Breaking Beginning, Part 1' premiere. "Dieting and exercise. And she or he looks fantastic." She stated Meyer (pictured at left in 2008 and also at right in the November. 14 premiere) "had lost a few pounds whenever we shot the marriage scene together. However I saw her in the 'Breaking Dawn' junket and merely thought, 'Holy smoke.'" Meyer, who produced the earth's most well-known "vegetarian vampires of the underworld" within the Cullen clan, notoriously purchased a veggie hamburger within the franchise's first film. [via LA Occasions] [Photos: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

RATINGS RAT RACE: CBS Series & NBCs Rock Center Rise, Fox Dramas Slide

CBS’ Monday lineup posted across-the-board gains for a second straight week. How I Met Your Mother (4.5/12 in adults 18-49, 10.4 million total viewers) was up a tenth in 18-49 from last Monday, 2 Broke Girls (4.8/12, 11.7 million) was up 7% from its fast national last week to post its best 18-49 rating in the 8:30 PM slot, Two And A Half Men (5.3/12, 14.6 million) was up 4% to once again rank as the top program of the night in 18-49, and Mike & Molly (4.4/10, 12.2 million) was up 5%. Hawaii Five-0 (3.3/8, 11.5 million) flourished without scripted broadcast competition in the 10 PM hour, up 10% in the demo from its fast national last week to post its best demo and total viewer number since the season premiere. Hawaii will likely tie its season-high opener in the finals if it’s adjusted up a tenth as it normally is. CBS (4.2/10, 12 million) easily won the night in 18-49. NBC’s Rock Center With Brian Williams (1.3/3, 4.5 million) last night boasted the biggest news “get” of the moment, an exclusive interview with former Penn State football coach and accused child molester Jerry Sandusky. The one-on-one with Bob Costas boosted the struggling newsmagazine to its highest rating to date, up 30% from the 1.0 Rock Center posted in its first two weeks. Still, the show was dwarfed in the 10 PM hour by another newsmagazine, ABC’s special edition of 20/20 (2.8/7, 13.4 million) featuring Diane Sawyer’s interview with recovering shooting victim U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, as well as CBS’ Hawaii Five-0. Rock Center also ranked as the lowest-rated program on the Big 4 networks, and its fast national numbers may have been inflated by a local NFL pre-emption in Minneapolis, so an adjustment down is a strong possibility. Ditto for NBC’s The Sing-Off (1.5/4, 4.7 million). ABC’s Dancing With The Stars (3.4/8, 18.5 million) was up a tenth in the demo from last week’s fast national, while 20/20 posted ABC’s best ratings for a newsmagazine since Sawyer’s interview with another survivor, Jaycee Dugard, in July. ABC (3.2/8, 16.8 million) won the night in total viewers. (The network had local NFL pre-emtions in about 1% of the country.) Both of Fox’s dramas posted declines. Terra Nova (2.3/6) was down 12%, while House (2.5/6) was down 7% from its fast national. The declines were disproportionally bigger on the male side, which is a bit puzzling because Monday Night Football on ESPN (9.2 metered market average) was also down, by 21%, from last week. The CW’s Monday dramas held steady.

Chelsea Clinton Joining NBC News Has Conservative Pundits Talking Bias, Political Motivations

NBC News hiring Chelsea Clinton to anchor television news-features was more evidence of media bias, or it's the former first daughter's opportunity to hone her skills before running for office, according to some conservatives who have weighed in on Monday's announcement. "Chelsea Clinton going to NBC means that she is furthering her political education, that she is furthering her ability to master the medium of television for her later career in politics," talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh said Monday. "I have no doubt that that's what Chelsea Clinton going to NBC is all about. Learn about television for a later professional career. Now, this is an avenue not open to conservatives." "She might be being groomed even now for the position of next senator from NY. NYers don't care whether you got experience or not. They don't care if you've even lived there. All they care about is if you're a big enough star, and Chelsea Clinton is going on television to become a media star as a precursor to becoming the next senator from NY when her mother decides it's finally time to go back to the White House," Limbaugh said. "Chelsea Clinton is now being schooled in public relations, on camera presence, the inner workings of the communications branch of the Democrat Party, all this under the guise of becoming a journalist," Limbaugh said. STORY: Chelsea Clinton Joins NBC News as Special Correspondent But NBC doesn't only hire the offspring of former Democrat presidents but also Republican presidents, as is the case with Jenna Bush Hager, the daughter of President George W. Bush who occasionally reports for Today. And Meghan McCain, daughter of former GOP presidential candidate John McCain, is a correspondent for MSNBC. Conservatives Monday, though, simply used the circumstances around those hires as further proof of leftwing bias in the mainstream media. NewsBusters, a right-leaning watchdog group, for example, contrasted the NY Times' handling of NBC's Clinton hire with the way it portrayed NBC's hiring of Bush Hager. The Times, which broke the Clinton story, quoted NBC News president Steve Capus gushing over the daughter of President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a lengthy Sunday article. On Aug. 31, 2009, though, the Times "buried an item in the 'Briefly' section on Jenna Bush Hager," according to NewsBusters. The Times' 145-word item on Bush Hager is here and the Clinton article, five times longer, is here. The hiring of Clinton "is like the daughter of the king and queen was appointed. Notice how NBC quickly obeys an 'intermediary' in offering her a future, whatever she wants, really," says the NewsBusters article. PHOTOS: The Clinton Foundation's Decade of Difference Fundraiser And on Glenn Beck's radio show Monday he segued into the NBC-Clinton news after chastising the mainstream media for downplaying rapes and other crimes at the Occupy Wall Street rallies. "NBC just hired Chelsea Clinton. Now it's fixed," Beck said of media bias. "If you could just hire the president of GE and, oh, I don't know, [Federal Reserve Chairman Ben] Bernanke. Bernanke could do your reports on the Fed, Clinton will do your reports on the Republicans," Beck joked. "They did hire Meghan McCain, and she just trashes Republicans," one of Beck's sidekicks said. "They're bipartisan as long as you're trashing Republicans." Have some courage, Beck told NBC: "Hire me. Nah, you don't want to. But hire somebody like me. Hire Rush. Hire Rush. Do it." "Why would he want to address such a small audience?" joked the sidekick. "Hire somebody who is desperate enough on our side who wants to go work for you," Beck said. "I think there's many of us now that are like, 'nah, I wouldn't work for these weasels.'" "(There are) problems in the country. You gonna get the truth from network news? Nope. I don't think so," he said. Related Topics Glenn Beck MSNBC Bill Clinton George W. Bush Today Rush Limbaugh Hillary Clinton

Prince Williams Posting To Falklands Defended

First Released: November 13, 2011 12:22 PM EST Credit: Getty Images LONDON, U.K. -- Caption Prince William waves towards the crowd because he arrives with Prince Harry for that Royal Wedding of Prince William to Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey working in london on April 29, 2011 British authorities have defended the deployment of Prince William towards the Falkland Islands, after Argentina apparently condemned the move like a provocative act. Both nations fought against a short war in 1982 within the islands, that are 290 miles (460 kilometers) east of Argentinas coast. David Richards, the main of Britains military, stated Sunday the choice to deploy the prince the coming year the 30th anniversary from the Falklands War being an air pressure search and save pilot wasnt and is not made to be provocative. Authorities introduced Wednesday that William will expend six days in Feb and March in the British outpost. It had been condemned by an Argentine official, Sebastian Brugo Marco, within the paper La Nacion. Copyright 2011 through the Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

An Attractive Mind Producer John Grazer Drawn on To Helm Academy awards

First Released: November 9, 2011 7:12 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption John Grazer attends LACMA Art + Film Gala Praising Clint Eastwood and John Baldessari Presented By Gucci at La County Museum of Art on November 5, 2011Brian Grazer, the Oscar-winning producer of the Beautiful Mind, may be the new guy arranged to create the 2012 Oscars, Access Hollywood has confirmed. John Grazer is really a famous filmmaker who in the last two-and-a-half decades has created an assorted and remarkable body of labor, Academy of movement Picture Arts and Sciences Leader Tom Sherak stated inside a statement on Wednesday. He'll certainly bring his tremendous talent, creativeness and associations towards the Academy awards. Grazer joins Don Mischer, who's already aboard like a producer from the show, and Grazer stated inside a statement he's excited to utilize the multi-Emmy Award champion. Its very satisfying to participate a reveal that honors excellence within the medium to which i've devoted a lot of my career, Grazers statement read. Don is really a legend, and i'm excited to utilize him. The Grazer news comes just hrs after Eddie Murphy resigned because the 2012 Academy awards host. Eddie departed the telecast after Brett Ratner, his director in Tower Heist, withdrew as producer from the 2012 Academy awards following a number of public reactions by Ratner, one of these incorporated using a gay slur throughout a Q&A final week carrying out a screening from the comedy. Grazer really would be a producer on Tower Heist, along with the Difficulties and Harrison Ford film Cowboys & Aliens. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Rap Legend Heavy D Dies at 44

Heavy D Rapper Heavy D died Tuesday, TMZ.com reviews. He was 44. Heavy D, born as Dwight Arrington Myers, was rushed with a La hospital around noon, and pronounced dead an hour or so approximately later, in line with the site. A 911 call placed at 11:25 am reported an unconscious male round the path of Heavy D's Beverly Slopes home. When paramedics turned up, he was apparently conscious and speaking just before being moved for the hospital. Start to see the stars we lost this year The Jamaican American actor and rapper was the best option of Heavy D & the Boyz, most broadly noted for singing the opening theme song for In Living Color and MADTV. Heavy D appeared to become popular for undertaking tracks with both Michael Jackson and Jesse Jackson. Becoming an actor, he came out around the Different World, Roc and Living Single just before going onto star in Boston Public as well as the film Existence. Most-recently, he guest-starred on Law & Order: SVU since the cousin and business manager from the celebrity basketball player. Heavy D completed within the 2011 Wager Stylish-Hop Honours in October, together with the Michael Jackson tribute concert in Wales that same month.

AFM 2011: THR's Festival Daily - Day 5

In Day 5 of the AFM Dailies, buyers lament a lack of big titles, Lars von Trier's Melancholia nabs seven European Film Awards noms, and The Artist director Michel Hazanavicius discusses his Oscar chances.Related Topics•AFM 2011 Read it here (PDF download). Related Topics AFM Melancholia Lars von Trier The Artist AFM 2011

Good year for laffers, high-profile indies

'Nothing To Declare'While Hollywood tentpoles dominated the French box office once again in 2011, it was a good year for mainstream Gallic comedies, high-profile American indies and a handful of arthouse sleepers hits.Gaul's top independent distributor, Pathe, scored with Dany Boon's "Nothing to Declare," which topped the B.O. with a $74.5 million gross.Other high-concept local comedies, notably "Back to Square One" and "Service Entrance," were some of of the year's highest-grossing Gallic pics.While Mars Distribution and Wild Bunch hit B.O. gold with "The King's Speech" and "Midnight in Paris," respectively, the two distribs also fared well with local pics, such as Maiwenn's "Polisse" and Valerie Donzelli's "Declaration of War."Jean Labadie's arthouse distrib and sales shingle Le Pacte also clinched strong box office figures with two Cannes standouts: "Drive" (co-distributed with Wild Side Films) and "We Have a Pope"Box office was down 2.2% from Jan. 1 to Sept. 30; and the breakdown of admissions was stable compared with 2010 with French pics repping approximately 33.4% and American pics nabbing a 51.3% market share."The box office potential for indie films is bigger than in other European countries thanks to the big number of theaters (arthouse and multiplexes) and distributors; that explains why the French market is highly competitive -- prices of films tend to get out of control," says Eric Lagesse, co-topper of Distributeurs Independants Reunis Europeens, the network of independent distributors in Europe. "In France, it's not uncommon to see a smaller independent film handled by a big distributor play in multiplexes as well as arthouse theaters."Meanwhile, the French VOD market is heating up: Canal Plus is rolling out its first subscribtion-based VOD platform, CanalPlay Infinity, while Wild Bunch's FilmoTV is boosting its offerings with five new film channels and three times more titles.Distribs across the board agree that VOD revenues have become larger but "they still don't make up for the declining DVD sales," says Jean-Phillipe Tirel, topper of Wild Bunch Distribution.In terms of TV deals, feature debuts and indie pics with no cast are nearly impossible to sell to most free-to-air channels, apart from Franco-German net Arte, says Lagesse. Even paybox Canal Plus, a big backer of French cinema, has become more selective over the past three years. But the upcoming arrival of Canal Plus on the free DTT landscape with two channels -- Direct 8 and Direct Star -- could energize the TV market and bring more deals oppotunities to indie producers and distribtuors, says Francois Godard at Enders Analysis.Number of screens: 5,465Number of 3D screens: 2,212Top indie distribs and box office*: Pathe ($124.4 million); Mars ($77.2 million); Metropolitan Filmexport ($55.5 million); Wild Bunch ($52.5 million); SND ($47.5 million)Top exhibition chains for indie films: MK2, UGC Cine Cite, Gaumont, Pathe, MK2, KinepolisTypical minimum guarantee paid: $567,000 averageTypical theatrical gross split: 50-50 and the exhibitors' share grows week after week. It can go up to 70%.Top indie films: "Nothing to Declare" ($74.5 million); "The King's Speech" ($26.8 million); "Service Entrance" ($19.3 million); "Back to Square One" ($16 million); "Midnight in Paris" ($14.5 million)Upcoming indie pickups: "Sinister" (Wild Bunch); "Stone" (Metropolitan Filmexport); "Nero Fiddled" (Mars Distribution); "Seeking Justice" (SND)*Through Oct. 21, 2011 Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com