Alfred Molina on Eddie Redmayne in 'My Week With Marilyn'

Posted: Wed., Nov. 23, 2011, 12:00pm PTBy 'My Week With Marilyn'"The film is atmospheric, full of period detail and abundant with wonderful performances. As Colin Clark, Eddie Redmayne is both nuanced and graceful. His gifts as an actor become sharper with every film, and yet in 'My Week With Marilyn' he finds a more touching vulnerability and openness. His work brims with a delicacy that seems to fill his eyes to the point where he may burst any second into uncontrollable giggles, or tears. It's always exciting when the right actor plays the right character at the right time. He charts Colin's journey from a privileged young man dreaming of working in movies, to one with a hard-earned understanding of the emotional cost of reaching for the unattainable, and he does it with subtlety and seeming effortlessness. By the end Eddie's Colin stands taller, if bruised, but he stands on his own terms. Towards the end, Colin is asked if his heart has been broken and the moment is eloquent in its simplicity. The apparent ordinariness of this scene is deceptive; yet Eddie's playing reveals not only his intelligence as an actor, but more crucially, Colin's awakening to the ways of the world."Return to the SAG Preview Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Film Crew Member Destroyed On G.I. Joe 2

Vital certifies that “an unusual accident” round the New Orleans set destroyed a crew member concentrating on the audience from the film G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation on Tuesday.TMZ had the report first.The in your town hired crew member Mike Huber apparently was concentrating on tearing lower the set getting a higher-powered scissor lift when the machine expected over as well as the guy sustainedfatal injuries. The studio statement states, “Our ideas and finest condolences are utilizing the [crew member's] family at this time around around.The safety within our cast and crew is our primary concern as well as the studio is fully cooperating wonderful considering agencies simply because they examine the circumstances surrounding this unusual accident. It absolutely was October 2010 each time a stunt vehicle accident went wrong and nearly destroyed a in your town hired extra round the number of Vital’s Transformers 3.

DGA ratifies 3-year deal with AICP

Members of the Directors Guild of America have ratified a three-year successor collective bargaining agreement with the Assn. of Independent Commercial Producers. The DGA announced the ratification Tuesday. The new contract goes into effect Dec. 1 through Nov. 30, 2014. ''We entered into negotiations with the goal of protecting the excellent health benefits enjoyed by our members, retirees and their families, and obtaining the best possible deal for our members in light of the continued difficult economic environment confronting the advertising production industry,'' said DGA President Taylor Hackford. ''I am very pleased that we achieved our goals with a new commercial contract that contains substantial improvements in every category.'' Negotiations were led by Associate National Executive Director/Eastern Executive Director Russ Hollander. ''We negotiated with the AICP to find solutions that would ensure the health of this business and keep our members working,'' said Hollander. ''The new agreement achieves those goals while establishing important additional provisions addressing safety guidelines, low budget agreements and producer flexibility.'' The pact includes a 15.8% increase for second second assistant directors in the first year of the contract along with increased contributions to the DGA Health Plan including a 17.65% increase in the employer contribution rate for all members plus additional contributions for directors. The pact also included a provision to address producers concerns in low budget and foreign commercials by hiking low-budget thresholds from $250,000 to $300,000. The DGA's national board unanimously approved the contract on Oct. 15, triggering the ratification vote. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

News Worldwide Disputes Police Evidence in Phone Hacking Analysis

LONDON - News Worldwide arrived on the scene fighting in the Leveson Inquiry Tuesday, arguing earlier claims that 28 News around the globe staff had tried phone hacking and rejecting the allegation that Jude Law's phone was compromised with a reporter in the Sun.our editor recommendsNews from the World's Top Ten ScandalsPrinces William, Harry, Daniel Radcliffe Family Emerge as News Corp. Surveillance Sufferers Rhodri Davies QC - giving opening claims with respect to News Worldwide in the Judicial Inquiry into press standards headed by The almighty Justice Leveson - stated the data provided by Leveson Inquiry QC Robert Jay must be "rechecked." PHOTOS: News around the globe's Top Ten Scams On Monday the inquiry been told by Robert Jay QC, counsel for that Inquiry, the names of 28 identifiable reporters have been within the notebook computers of former News around the globe private eye Glenn Mulcaire, who had thoroughly noted particulars of two,266 situations to be requested to compromise phones while dealing with the now-shuttered newspaper. News Worldwide's QC Davies stated that although News Worldwide had not really seen the entire group of Glenn Mulcaire's notebook computers - that have been grabbed by police in 2006 - the writer didn't think that 28 reporters were involved. The suggestion "occasioned some surprise great,Inch Davies told The almighty Leveson, adding the newspaper thought it understood of 5 reporters named within the journals which a couple of others have been recognized through the police, "but our understanding is it doesn't equal to 27." Davies also stated that News Worldwide "disputed" the suggestion that Jude Law's phone have been compromised through the Sun, stating that "the claim is disputed and we don't believe that the [Glenn Mulcaire] documents support it." STORY: Princes William, Harry, Daniel Radcliffe Family Emerge as News Corp. Surveillance Sufferers Davies was more fulsome in the apology to sufferers of phone-hacking and also to individuals who experienced surveillance - such as the people from the Culture Media and Sport committee and also the lawyers getting phone-hacking claims against News Worldwide. "I ought to repeat with respect to News Worldwide the apologies that have been designed to all individuals whose phones were compromised by or in the behest of staff working in the News around the globe,Inch he told the Inquiry. STORY: Documents Show 'A Culture' of Illegal Phone-Hacking In The News around the globe "Phone hacking was wrong it had been shameful it will not have happened. News Worldwide apologizes for this unreservedly. Nothing that is stated on its account throughout this inquiry is supposed to detract from this by any means.Inch He continued to include the occurrences of surveillance were "unacceptable" and "weren't journalism whatsoever." The Leveson Inquiry is hearing opening claims from British newspapers now and can begin hearing evidence from witnesses under oath within the days in the future. James Murdoch, Rebakah Wade, the mother and father of Milly Dowler, Hugh Grant and Sienna Burns are required, eventually, to provide evidence towards the Inquiry. Related Subjects Jude Law Worldwide Phone Hacking Scandal

Lawsuit Suggests Adam Lambert Was Ineligible for 'American Idol' (Exclusive)

Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesAdam Lambert A new lawsuit suggests that Adam Lambert may have violated the rules of American Idol when he agreed to appear on the eighth season of the hit reality competition show. The singer is now facing a lawsuit that alleges that he's still under a Music Services Agreement and a Co-publishing Agreement from a company he worked with prior to hitting it big on Idol, and that he has violated the company's rights in his mega-selling post-Idol career.our editor recommendsPerez Hilton Calls 'X Factor's' Stacy Francis Too Old for Pop; Adam Lambert DisagreesAdam Lambert Enlists Nile Rodgers for New Album (Video)Adam Lamberts Second Album Slated for First Quarter ReleaseFirst Look: Adam Lambert as Mentor on 'Majors & Minors' (Exclusive) The claims come from Colwel Platinum Entertainment, which has been marketing a new Lambert album entitled Beg For Mercy. The appearance of the new album has generated such discussion among Lambert fans that on October 6, Lambert felt the need to tweet: "Beg For Mercy project is same as 'Take One'. some songs I worked on 5 yrs ago and never finished. This release comes as a surprise to me..." Lambert's reps sent takedown notices to Amazon.com, which had the album up for sale, and on October 14, the album was removed for sale. Now Colwel Platinum is striking back in a lawsuit filed in California federal court on Tuesday. The complaint sets up the allegations by introducing Lambert as a relatively unknown artist who hit it big in 2009 when he finished as runner-up on the Fox competition show. Lambert auditioned for the show in 2008. According to the complaint: "Upon further information and belief, the rules governing appearances on and participation in American Idol when Lambert was a contestant provided, among other things, that contestants were ineligible if 'as of the date of [the] audition, [they had]...a music recording contract...or any other contractual arrangement that would prohibit [them] from entering into a...recording contract..." A violation of this provision was grounds for disqualification." Lambert accepted these rules, but according to Colwel, Lambert had an operating agreement with one of its divisions, Welsford Music Productions. According to the lawsuit, between April 2007 and September 2008, Lambert performed compositions that he had written, alone and with others, for Welsford. On February 12, 2008, a few months before he attended auditions for Idol, Lambert is said to have executed a Music Services Agreement with Welsford. Around the same time, Lambert is alleged to have entered into a Co-Publishing Agreement with Wilshire Publishing Limited. As a condition of these agreements, Lambert allegedly agreed to record music and "without limitation...[render] all other services reasonably required." Welsford says Lambert got paid for his work, agreed that the material would be "works made for hire," and that Welsford would have the right to use his name, nickname and biography in connection with advertising and promoting the recordings. The company says it spent more than $200,000 to produce the recordings and advanced money to Lambert so he could make his living expenses at the time. Lambert is said to have recorded 13 songs, including one that was ironically titled "MP3's Killed the Record Companies." Lambert allegedly uploaded four of those 13 songs to his MySpace page without authorization of the publishing company. In July 2011, several years after the original recording session and when Lambert had suddenly become famous, Welsford says it began the final stages of preparing to release the album. Now, having put the album out only to see it taken down,Colwel Platinum is suing Lambert for making a false claim under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act: "Upon information and belief, Lambert, through his authorized agent and representative, knowingly materially misrepresented to Amazon.com in the 'takedown notice' that Amazon's promotion and sale of the Album infringe Lambert's rights." The plaintiff also is seeking declaratory relief that it owns a 50% publishing share of the recordings, that it has an unconditional right to promote and sell the recordings, that neither the Music Services Agreement nor the Co-Publishing Agreement was validly rescinded, and that these agreements remain in effect. Colwel is represented by Joseph Golden. Lambert and his reps did not respond to requests for comment. A rep for Idol said "no comment." On Nov. 5, Lambert tweeted, "Remember than in any dispute, reserve judgement until all the facts surface from ALL parties. Guilt and innocence come with a complete story." He followed it up with another message that said, "Eyes on the prize." E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner Adam Lambert American Idol

Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace to Star in 'Dragon Tattoo' Director's Revenge Thriller

Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace will star in Dead Guy Lower, a mob drama to become directed by Niels Arden Oplev, who helmed the initial The Lady Using the Dragon Tattoo, which starred Rapace. IM Global is behind the film and it is unveiling it at AFM. Neal Moritz is creating the film with Ori Marmur via their Original Films banner. J.H. Wyman, a author-professional producer on Fox's sci-fi series Fringe, can also be creating. Wyman also authored the script, a revenge tale having a mobster's hitman (Farrell) who falls for any damaged former beauty (Rapace), with the pair of them a weight violent spree. PICTURES: Colin Farrell in the 2011 Scream Honours A shoot at the begining of 2012 has been eyed. Since penetrating using the worldwide hit Dragon Tattoo last year, the ICM-repped Oplev is becoming mounted on several Stateside projects, although none has yet gone before cameras. Rapace, repped by UTA and Magnolia Entertainment, has additionally gone the Hollywood route since her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander within the Stieg Larsson adaptations, and can come in December's A Virtual Detective: A Game Title of Shadows as well as in next summer's Ridley Scott's sci-fi epic Prometheus. STORY: 'Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo' Inspires H&M Collection Ferrell, repped by CAA, next stars in Columbia's Total Recall and it is getting back together with his In Bruge director Martin McDonagh for that cool thriller Seven Psychopaths. Wyman, repped by CAA and Benderspink, also authored the Kaira Pitt-Jennifer Aniston movie The Mexican. Email: Borys.Package@thr.com Twitter: @Borys_Package Related Subjects Colin Farrell Worldwide The Lady Using the Dragon Tattoo Noomi Rapace