The Assistance still topping the united states box office

The Assistance loved another week on the top from the US box office against a backdrop of closed movie theaters and drastically reduced takings because of the devastation triggered by Hurricane Irene.The Emma Stone-starring film required $14.3 million dollars over the weekend, pushing its overall total as much as $96.4 million and easily blowing off the process from the trio of recent releases.Zoe Saldana's Colombiana worked out greatest of the chart's new newcomers, taking $10.3 million to assert second place. Haunted house flick You Shouldn't Be Scared Of The Dark limped into third place having a disappointing $8.six million although Paul Rudd vehicle Our Idiot Brother only handled $6.5 million in fifth.Sandwiched between the second pair is sturdy campaigner Rise From The Planet From The Apes, whose $8.six million weekend leaves the blockbuster tantalisingly near to the $150 million mark overall.Further lower the chart, Spy Kids 4 was lower a lot more than 50%, taking $5.7 million in sixth place. The Smurfs were feeling the pinch, adding just $4.8 million to its overall gross. Meanwhile, Conan required the greatest pounding, having a $3.a million weekend representing a loss of 69.1%!Fright Evening did not do far better, losing 60.7% of their audience to consider $3 million lower in ninth place. Crazy Stupid Love completes the countdown, having a $2.9 million weekend helping it to cling onto tenth place.

American Idol Alum Kellie Pickler to Guest-Star on 90210

Kellie Pickler American Idol's Kellie Pickler will make her acting debut on 90210, TVGuide.com has confirmed. What's on your Watchlist? Create one and add your favorites like 90210 Pickler, who finished sixth on the fifth season of Idol, will play Sally, the cousin of new character Austin (Justin Deeley), as first reported by TVLine.com. She'll also perform "Tough," one of her four songs to hit Billboard's Hot Country chart, during the episode. 90210 elects Brandy for recurring role The 25-year-old country singer joins a growing cast of additions on 90210 this season, including Brandy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Sarah Hagan, CSI: Miami's Megalyn Echikunwoke and Privileged's Kristina Agpar. 90210 premieres Season 4 on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 8/7c on The CW.

Is The King's Speech the 2011 Best Picture Nominee Most Deserving of a Broadway Run?

The King’s Speech — the cutest Best Picture winner about compelling speech patterns since Rain Man — is rumored to be ticketed for Broadway in Fall 2012. Yep, real actors will be stuttering live, onstage, in an epic epiglottal drama for the ages. That should be adorable — and family friendly — but are you worried that other Best Picture nominees from 2010 are better suited for a stage adaptation? Good! Ahead, some better options. Do you remember that Bad Movie We Begrudgingly Enjoy called Black Swan? That strikes me as a Broadway-bound schlockfest. Give me some shadowy tutus, a musical number about stabbing yourself because the ballet world is too crazy (er, spoiler), and a climactic song about eerie masturbation. Here comes quality, Lerner and Loewe. The next best options would be The Fighter (because screamy insult wars are always a scintillating dramatic element — Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and God of Carnage thrive on them), The Social Network (the Glengarry Glen Ross of au courant cinema), and Toy Story 3 (which has madcap Avenue Q potential). I highly discourage an Inception musical, because the hallucinogenic, aerial stunt work will earn it the name Spider-Man: Turn Off the Lights, I’m Sleeping, Incept Me, Zzzzz, you know? And you can’t recapture the magic of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s stunningly well-fitted trousers on the legitimate stage. Aristotle never figured out that trick either. · ‘The King’s Speech’ headed to Broadway [Showbiz 411]

Our Undertake the America's Next Top Model All-Stars

America's Next Top Model Although the selection leaked several weeks ago, on Thursday the CW confirmed the cast from the approaching "all-star" cycle of America's Next Top Model (premiering Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 9/8c). Eight from the 14 ambitious whatevers are two-and-a-half decades old or older, that is amusing since even in a decade more youthful they'd be type of old to become engaging in modeling. But America's Next Top Model isn't the real life or perhaps the world of fashion (also is not the real life), and creator/host Tyra Banks lately told Hello America this cycle is going to be about not only modeling anyway. "I've the women singing tunes, doing music videos, creating fragrances. You cannot you need to be one any longer ... Now it comes down to celebrity-celebrity, so that is what I am doing with my all-stars," she stated. Anxiety attack hits America's Next Top Model Joining her in doing celebrity-celebrity together with her all-stars would be the usual motley crew of guest idol judges. Hilariously, Kathy Griffin and La Toya Jackson stop through the ANTM panel after getting done exactly the same for ANTM parody show RuPaul's Drag Race. Student bests teacher, after which teacher will get student's sloppy seconds. It is a tale as old as time! Other guest idol judges this year include Nicki Minaj, Tyson Beckford, Ashlee Simpson, Kristin Cavallari, The Overall Game, Coco Rocha, CSI creator/executive producer Anthony Zuikerand digital photographer Nikos Papadopoulos. The permanent panel of Banks, André Leon Talley and Nigel Barker remains unchanged, along with Jay Manuel's role of creative director and J. Alexander's job as runway trainer. But about individuals women! Their names, age range and original cycles are highlighted below. For your benefit, we have arranged them by reality show archetypes. We are able to most likely expect these phones become more explosive and absurd than ever before, since right now they are old pros. Literally old pros. Top Model: Ramping in the runway The troublemakers: Camille McDonald, 33, Cycle 2Our take: As her competitor Catie respected, "She's not here to create a couple of close friends, but she's here to win this." Her mouth is going to be her downfall, however the claw marks she leaves on her behalf way ought to be impressive. Bre Scullark, 26, Cycle 5Our take: Working In London, she designed a huge deal about granola bars that went missing. Since she did not know who stole them, she lashed out, dumping Nicole's Red-colored Bull and finally calling Kim an "ugly person." The position of the granola bars remains a mysterious. Let us hope she'll go ahead and take chance to resolve it this cycle for good. Bianca Golden, 22. Cycle 9Our take: She's so mean! She barely contained her glee upon the removal of Louise, her gentle competitor with Asperger's. After which, after ANTM, she notoriously fought against with your family of Nikki Blonsky in an airport terminal. Alleged vagina-kicking ensued. She wasn't the one that did the kicking, but a minimum of now she's ready for whatever some of her rivals throws (or kicks) at her. Angelea Preston, 25, Cycle 14Our take: In their words upon being removed, Angelea was "still that bitch." Angelea wasn't all mean though: She only agreed to be as vulnerable to quarrelling as goofiness, like her memorable impromptu display of her club strut, which incorporated mind-nodding and pointing, for that knowing panel. Alexandria Everett, 22, Cycle 16Our take: The only real factor she used a lot more than her famous bonnet would be a facial expression of absolute misery. Since she was on television only a couple of several weeks ago, her participation within this cycle guarantees that 2011 may be the Year from the Bonnet. In the Louds to Snooki: Past reality TV stars accusing the edit The bombshells: Brittany Brower, 29, Cycle 4Our take: Together with her looks frequently in comparison to individuals of the porn star, Brittany finally reeled things in, was belittled for losing her personality and subsequently removed. No fair! She attempted so demanding! She was straight-up conned, and we are rooting on her this time around around. Sheena Sakai, 24, Cycle 11Our take: Vivacious and pneumatic, her ample curves got her into trouble: Throughout one panel, she lied about not getting breast enlargements after which quickly after, came neat and accepted that indeed, she was enhanced. She was compensated on her honesty, despite the fact that it can't have been around without her initial lie. Whatever, anybody who exposes Tyra's contradictory morality and appears this good may be worth another chance. Watercooler: America's Next Top bully? The pure hearts: Shannon Stewart, 27, Cycle 1Our take: She declined to sign up in Cycle 1's penultimate shoot, where the women were requested to pose nude ... and she or he resided to determine a later date (fellow contestant Robin Manning also nixed nudity and was removed consequently). We have got a super hero on our hands. Isis King, 25, Cycle 11Our take: On every cycle there's what is known as "the lady with the one thing." The "factor" is generally a natural feature or affliction that most likely assisted get her cast and inevitably is going to be used through the show. Amanda had retinitis pigmentosa, Thalia was burned, Noelle had endometriosis, Louise had Asperger's. Within the situation of Isis, the lady with the one thing had a real factor: She was ANTM's first (and so far only) transgender contestant. (She's since gone through sex reassignment story.) Including her on the program is essentially activism, and thus it's really no surprise that Banks and also the producers could not resist getting her back. Laura Kirkpatrick, 22, Cycle 13Our take: She's short like a non-model (she made an appearance about the short-women cycle of the show, that was a multi-episode joke looking back), sweet as her Gramma Wanda Sue's pies and dyslexic like a mirror image. We can't wait to possess Laura warm the cockles in our reality-TV calloused heart once again. Kayla Ferrel, 20, Cycle 15Our take: She spoken continuously about attempting to get to be the first lesbian to win <i>ANTM</i> (she most likely must have added "out" before "lesbian," to make sure precision). Anyway, she did not. But maybe she'll this time around, and will not that be considered a landmark! Mother sues Tyra Banks over daughter's appearance on sex addicts episode The weirdos: Lisa D'Amato, 30, Cycle 5Our take: An outrageous lady who'd eventually show up on Celebrity Rehab, Lisa alienated everybody in the home to ensure that her main friend would be a tree out back that they known as "Cousin It." Can't wait to ascertain if she's once more here to create buddies with shrubbery. Dominique Reighard, 27, Cycle 10Our take: On the program, she didn't have a tooth close enough towards the front of her mouth to become frequently visible. Based on your convenience of reality TV empathy, this either made her woefully miscast or perhaps a total underdog. She won Modeville, the brief reality show-within-The Tyra Banks Show featured in 2008. Which was essentially Top Model: All-Stars before Top Model: All-Stars. Shoo-in alert? Allison Harvard, 23, Cycle 12Our take: Known years before ANTM on the web as "Creepy Chan," caused by broadly circulated self-portraits that featured her giant, looking eyes, Allison didn't dissatisfy within the weirdness department on the program. Let's wait and watch if she will make her actual nose bleed, rather than just painting pictures of these! This cycle's champion will get: an offer with Express, a potential guest-correspondent gig on Extra, an assortment in Style Italia, along with a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl. But, we do not get Jade. Does not appear fair. America's Next Top Model's all-star season premieres Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 9/8c.

Germany's Koch nabs 'Phase 7'

TAULL, The country -- Underscoring the growing worldwide marketplace for key Latin American game titles, Berlin-based M-Appeal has inked major territory deals on "Phase 7" and "The Final Round." Germany's Koch Media has acquired Nicolas Goldbart's apocalyptic horror-comedy "Phase 7." It receives its German premiere August. 17 in the multi-city Fantasy Film Festival. A holiday in greece is within discussions for "Phase 7" -- an indication that some Greek marketers continue to be purchasing, and typing in on non-European game titles, stated Anne Wiedlack, M-Appeal's sales director. Round," a boxer-chef love story, has offered to Germany (Bildkraft), U.K. (Peccadillo Photos.) and Italia (Atlantide Ing.) We have been improving our Latin American focus a great deal,Inch Wiedlack stated. That reflects both an individual interest and also the fact there is a market -- something which has been demonstrated within the last several weeks." M-Appeal has struck a brace of latest U.S. distribution deals. Inside a new U.S. genre distribution venture introduced March by AMC Theaters, The Collective and horror website Bloody Disgusting, "Phase 7" was released in 25 U.S. metropolitan areas this month. Palisades Tartan bought The United States on "The Final Summer time from the Boyita." Film Movement has had United States privileges to "Karen Cries inside a Bus," from Colombia's Gabriel Rojas. A U.S. deal on "Round," which received several offers off its Tribeca Festival U.S. premiere, has become within the works, stated Wiedlack. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Cheers & Jeers: Betsy Brandt's Large Break

Betsy Brandt Cheers to Betsy Brandt for breaking on Breaking Bad. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Sign up for TV Guide Magazine.As Marie Schrader, the off-kilter sister-in-law of crictally ill meth-magician Walter Whitened (Bryan Cranston), the skilled character actress has mostly provided support - in each and every feeling of the term - on AMC's nerve-wracking thriller. However with the most recent episode, "Open House," Brandt superbly walked in the spotlight as Marie spun unmanageable, regaling realtors and home-retailers with cockamamie fictions about her existence - and surreptitiously swiping a couple of souvenirs along the way.Marie's bizarrely escapist behavior was understandable, thinking about how harsh her reality is becoming, with partly paralyzed narc husband Hank (Dean Norris) vocally mistreating her for buying Fritos rather than Cheetos. Her character might've become a poor break, but Brandt's future could not be better.How great is Betsy Brandt on Breaking Bad?Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!