Showtime for Military/Navy

Pete Radovich, Matt Blank, Steve Karasik and Phil Simms preem a completely new Showtime doc in Gotham. Beribboned dress uniforms and unimaginably thick necks were p rigueur within the Museum of recent Art for Monday's preem of "A Game Title Title of Recognition," Showtime's new doc in regards to the annual Military/Navy football game.Since that game happened 12 ,. 10, helmer Pete Radovich mentioned the best cut in the film was ready only several hours just before the screening. "I changed into my suit inside the editing room and came the next,In . he mentioned, his hair ungroomed.Radovich and co-producer Steve Karasik produced in the doc within the Masters golf tournament. Karasik mentioned that particular in the advantages for your CBS team was simple business, explaining, "It's our game, ultimately. We air it on CBS every year.InchFollowing the screening, CBS Sports' Sean McManus appeared awestruck. "I believed they'd get archival footage about how precisely great the Military/Navy game was," he told the MoMA crowd. "When the ended by Cinemax, with people kind of production values, it could have cost millions. Everybody didn't spend millions, perhaps you have?In . Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Uggie's Best Supporting BAFTA Hopes Dashed

The Weinstein Co., who along with Movieline have championed Uggie the dog’s gripping performance in awards season frontrunner The Artist, broke the news today via Twitter that the canine thespian, alas, has not qualified for contention in this season’s BAFTA race. “@BAFTA has stated that @Uggie_TheArtist is not qualified to run as Best Supporting Actor for the role of ‘DOG’ #Sadmomentintime,” the studio lamented. Fear not, Uggie — the Oscars may recognize your genius yet! (Go Team Uggie!) [@WeinsteinCo]

Lionsgate Vice Chair Talks Charlie Sheen Show, Netflix, Summit Deal, 'Hunger Games'

Patty Jenkins Petty Jenkins is no longer directing Thor 2. The filmmaker, best known for directing the Charlize Theron movie Monster and AMC's pilot for The Killing, was to have been the first female director of a Marvel Studios movie. Alas, "creative differences" are being blamed. "I havehada great time working at Marvel," Jenkins toldThe Hollywood Reporterin an exclusive statement."We parted on very good terms, and I look forward to working with them again." The move is sudden since as late as Monday afternoon Jenkins was actively working on the movie. The filmmaker participated in an interview and photo shoot withTHRon Dec. 2, during which she discussed her involvement in the project and praised Marvel. "I have a long love of superhero films and I'd been saying over and over again to my agents at CAA that I'd like to do one," Jenkins told THR for a magazine feature on female directors that hits newsstands on Dec. 8. "That's the real revolution."The Marvel guys are so brave in terms of who they choose overall, and I don't think they had any pause about me being a woman." Jenkins told THR she had stayed away from features from the past several years because of her young son but eagerly accepted the Thor 2 job. "I met with all the actors and to my surprise, here we are," she said. Marvel is said to want to work with Jenkins again in some capacity. According to insiders, the studio is now on the hunt for a new filmmaker and the vacancy is expected to be filled very quickly. The director's departure is the second for Thor 2; Kenneth Branagh, who directed the first movie, did not return for a second outing, also citing "creative differences." Marvel had no comment. Pamela McClintock contributed to this report. Email: Borys.Kit@thr.com Twitter: @Borys_Kit PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Thor: Behind the Scenes Thor Thor 2

Time Warner Chief States Hes Available To Purchases, If Theyre Cheap: UBS Confab

Time Warner Boss Shaun Bewkes needed a much better joke author to assist him acknowledge the anniversary from the blunder he earned at this past year’s UBS Annual Global Media and Communications Conference when he authored off Netflix, evaluating it towards the Albanian military attempting to take around the globe. He needed to eat individuals words as Time Warner, together with nearly everybody else, started certification programming towards the online streaming service. “This may be the appropriate place to indicate the Albanian military did take around the globe. Alexander the truly amazing?It’s close.” The road only elicited a couple of chuckles from experts, however they didn’t appear in your thoughts after hearing Bewkes say several things they desired to hear. Time Warner’sad sales happen to be”up double numbers (because the upfront market)and therefore are holding.” Although4Q would be a little soft,”some of that's marketers tugging stuff toward the upfront. … We’re searching acceptable for the very first quarter,” particularly with the return of National basketball association games. Younger crowd assured traders they don’t need to be worried about Warner Bros’ prospects following a finish from the Harry Potter film series. He stated that within hrs, the Harry Potter presence which has done this much for Universal’s Islands of chance park in Orlando “will relocate a fabric means by that direction” — recommending that the organization and Comcast will confirm reviews that Universal Galleries Hollywood will receive a version from the Wizarding Realm of Harry Potter attraction.”Everybody stay updated.” Younger crowd states the studio has high wants additional franchises such as the Batman/Dark Dark night series. For Time Warner’s cable channels, Bewkes states that The best spinner's and TNT are beginning to recuperate from a time of less strong-than-expected rankings. He credited the issue to some couple of syndicated series includingWithout A Trace and Law & Order he states “wore out.”About 5 years ago the main systems “were all economizing,” producing a dearth of excellent shows. “We obtain that rat moving with the lizard,” Bewkes states.Presently there’s lots of new hit shows such as the Large Bang Theory. “It’s now beginning to operate on The best spinner's, also it’s doing great. … We’re not soothsayers here. But we’re searching in internet marketing carefully” and feel positive. He didn’t eliminate the potential of an offer for National football league games but states he’ll only get it done whether it “fits with this want to make money. … We aren’t attempting to re-create ESPN.”Bewkesalso spoken up CNN, stating that its rankings are up around 30% “admittedly from what choose to go lower.” The growing concentrate on worldwide occasions and also the election campaign will have to CNN’s advantage, he states. “It’s a really lucrative funnel and it has been growing profits going back seven years.” Bewkes adds he isn’t worried yet about pay TV cord-cutting. The internet options continue to be mostly for early adopters and therefore are “not that simple to use.” Still, Bewkes defended his drum beating for TV Everywhere, which causes it to be feasible for pay TV services to provide cable funnel programming to mobile along with other digital products. “It’ll give customers a good deal. … The advertising can migrate as to the the interactive positives are.” Indeed, he states that the organization is seeing achievement from thepay TV companies who provide the Cinemax GO digital on-demand service. “Viewing expires substantially within the neighborhood of 30% to 50%,” Bewkes states. “I believe that continues over the base.” After many years of spinning off assets and coming back cash to investors — Time Warner came back 150% of their capital this season within the form ot stock repurchases and returns — Bewkes states he’s thinking about purchases. “We never rule them out. We’ve done about 20 deals within the last 3 or 4 years, 80% seem to be overseas.” But he stated he’ll only purchase a business that enhances Time Warner’s existingoperations, at prices that wouldn’t drive the stock lower.For instance, he’ll stay awayfrom “strange conceptual diversification into areas that nobody knows” — an apparent mention of the Time Warner’s disastrous merger with America online. “If some of you're pushing deals like this on having faith in clients, you shouldn’t.”

American Horror Story Exclusive: Will Constance Come Down for your Murder of Travis?

Jessica Lange It's a bad time to be moving hidden weapons within your purse, Constance. But can it be understandable? Constance, ultimately, just lost her daughter, discovered that Tate heavy-laden his girlfriend's mother (possibly while using Antichrist!) and found that someone sawed her tasty boy toy in 2. American Horror Story's Lily Rabe on Nora's heartbreak, mind wound Wouldn't you carry something for self-defense? Or, revenge? Bad the cops are starting to swarm. Look at this exclusive sneak look of Wednesday's new episode of yank Horror Story, "Smoldering Children," to uncover what Constance is packing nowadays: American Horror Story airs Wednesdays at 10/9c on Foreign exchange. You think Constance is condemned?

Roger Ebert's At the Movies, In Need of Funding, To Go on Hiatus

In a blog entry yesterday, Roger Ebert announced that Ebert Presents At the Movies, the public television film review show hosted by the AP’s Christy Lemire and Mubi’s Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, will indeed be forced to go on hiatus at the end of December while he and Chaz Ebert search for funding. “We hope our hiatus will be brief. You have told us you like the show. And we now have options. A touching number of viewers offered to send us money directly. One of the avenues we may take is a Kickstarter campaign, as you suggested. We will let you know as soon as that is worked out.” [Roger Ebert’s Journal]