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Extreme Couponing: Midnight Madness And you thought the girl who pepper-sprayed people on Black Friday was intense... TLC's new special Extreme Couponing: Midnight Madness, will follow four super savers who navigate the biggest shopping day of the year: Black Friday. In the exclusive sneak peek below, Washington shopper Angelique lines up hours early... despite being three months pregnant. Now that's intense. Check out the video of Midnight Madness, airing Sunday, January 29 at 10/9c.

Sony's 'Awakening' poised for weekend B.O. win

The new sony Screen Gems' 4th "Underworld" installment, "Awakening," is poised to win the weekend box office by having an believed domestic take of $23 million to $25 million. B.O. experts base time from early Friday grosses, which indicate the film will probably consume $9 million-$ten million today. Last Century Fox's "Red-colored Tails" is angling in the future in second, with B.O. viewers pegging the film within the mid-to-high teens through Sunday. While matinees for that pic have held strong, experts caution the pic continues to be tough to estimate, simply because of the unknown volume of group sales in front of the pic's release. Relativity's "Haywire" also opens a few days ago, with experts putting the pic's weekend earnings within the $8 million-$9 million range. That's based from estimations that Steven Soderbergh's female-driven action pic will gross about $3 million during the day. Meanwhile Warner Bros.' "Very Noisy and extremely Close" grows a few days ago to two,630 theaters. Early estimations indicate a Friday take of $3.5 million-$4 million, at the forefront for any three-day gross of $9 million-$11 million. U's "Contraband," now in the sophomore sesh, is searching to carry well. Box office experts the pic will probably earn between $3.5 million and $4 million today and $11.5 million-$13 million for that weekend. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com

Khloe Jams Claims She's not Biological Daughter of Robert Kardashian

Khloe Kardashian Khloe Kardashian - well-known for speaking her mind - isn't holding if this involves her late father Robert Kardashian's other partners in addition to their claims they isn't a real Kardashian.Jan Ashley, the woman who married Robert Kardashian after he split from Kris Jenner, recently told Star Magazine that Khloe wasn't Robert's biological daughter.Kardashian brothers and sisters will probably be Barbies - real Barbies"Khloe is not his kid -- he described any time we have marry,Inch mentioned Ashley, 63. "He just kind of examined me and mentioned [it] appreciate it was determined by fact. He mentioned, 'Well, you will be aware Khloe's not only a Kardashian, not?A Which I mentioned...'OK,' which could it have been.InchEllen Kardashian, 63, who was simply married to Robert throughout time of his dying in 2003, supported Ashley's claims. "Khloe introduced up constantly,Inch she states. "She looked nothing can beat the comfort. She was tall, stood a different shape, light hair, wild hair. Didn't look anything like the other three children."Have a look at photos of Khloe KardashianKhloe fired in the ladies on Twitter Wednesday, writing, "The audacity you have to mention my father's title similar to this! Needs to be embarrassed about urself! I let a number of things slide but that certain is really low. You are DISGUSTING! (you really know what you're)."Khloe's mother, Kris Jenner, condemned the gossips on Thursday's Hello America, calling the claims "garbage." She what Jenner required to say here: video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo playerWhat can you consider Jan Ashley and Ellen Kardashian's claims?

NBC topper acknowledges net's 'bad fall'

GreenblattDespite coming out of a fall in which NBC generated little, if any, must-see viewing, network topper Bob Greenblatt said he will continue to spend vigorously in order to mine hits. Following the NBCUniversal-Comcast merger, Greenblatt was given open purse strings by NBCU CEO Steve Burke to spend whatever it takes to generate hits. "If we had come up with 'Modern Family,' it would have been worth it," said Greenblatt on the disappointing fall. He acknowledged that NBC spent more on programming than in year's past but didn't have much to show for it yet. "It's like gambling," he told scribes at NBC's portion of the Television Critics Assn. tour in Pasadena on Friday. "You don't have any idea what is going to work and what isn't. He later continued: "It's a bit of a crapshoot, but it makes logical sense for us to spend to spend more money than Fox, CBS and ABC. But will we spend less in the future? I hope so." On Burke's ability to keep spending coin after a fallow fall and far from any sure things ahead, Greenblatt said, "He's the calmest most unflappable CEO in this entertainment business. Sure, he'd like to have it happen faster and ahead of schedule, but he's been very patient." Greenblatt also announced "Community," which had been pulled from the midseason sked, would return in the spring. He added that when it comes back, however, the laffer may not be in the difficult 8 p.m. timeslot. "I don't know if it makes sense for it to start off a night again, but we have a tight schedule for comedies and not a lot of place to put them. We have to see where 'Community' makes the most sense," he said. The exec earned points with scribes by not sugarcoating NBC's tough start to the season, opening the Q&A period with a candid admission: "It was a really bad fall and worse than I hoped for but about what I expected." His biggest disappointment was the Maria Bello starrer "Prime Suspect," which Greenblatt felt was a winner creatively but never generated any momentum in the ratings, even after moving it around the schedule. "Was she too (much of a) cable character? Was it too abrasive? Maybe it was the hat? I don't know," he said. "Maybe a hard-hitting cop show with a dead body in the first scene wasn't the best idea." Looking forward, NBC is betting heavily on rookie drama "Smash," which Greenblatt developed when he was running Showtime and took with him to NBC, and the return of musical competition series "The Voice." "I think 'Smash' is going to be very important to us, but I don't believe it's a make-or-break show for us," said Greenblatt of the Debra Messing and Katharine McPhee starrer that will launch Feb. 6, the day after NBC's telecast of the Super Bowl. "It only takes one show (to turn things around) and 'Smash' could be one of those shows." "The Voice" was clearly's NBC's biggest hit last season and much is riding on a successful second season, but Greenblatt was hedging a bit about the possibility of "The Voice" and "Smash" not doing well as some anticipate. "It's not like we'll go into receivership," he joked about the possibility both series not reaching lofty set goals. One topic of discussion was the future of Ryan Seacrest, who has been rumored to take over hosting duties for ayem news program "Today," a big profit center for NBC. Seacrest is already in the corporate family as a host on E! programming and producer of the cabler's hit reality "Kardashian" skeins as well as other shows. His moving over to "Today" has been rumored for months as a possible replacement for Matt Lauer, whose current contract expires at the end of 2012. Greenblatt called the Seacrest transition to "Today" a bit premature. "Our hope and belief is that Matt will stay though end of his contract," said Greenblatt, "We need to figure out how to take Ryan and keep him in the family." Greenblatt said he could see a day when broadcast networks will follow the cable model of 13 episodes per season rather than the traditional 22. "I don't know if every show benefits for having 22 episodes stretched across nine months with repeats," he said. "What cable does well is give you a burst of episodes. The audience is fine watching from January to May and then coming back to January (for a new season)." The benefits of cable's business model came up often at the panel, with Greenblatt -- having turned Showtime into both an awards magnet and profit center for CBS -- saying there were lessons that could be transferred to broadcast. "The beauty of cable is that the ratings don't really correlate to the bottom line," he said "At Showtime, 'Prime Suspect' would have been picked up after the third episode, called a hit and run for four or five seasons." Greenblatt also addressed the changes implemented during the past few months on the production side at the renamed Universal Television production wing. Greenblatt said the studio, which is on a mission to produce shows not only for NBC but outside networks, "could yield nothing but could yield hundreds of millions of dollars" if it generates hits down the road. One of Universal TV's longest-running shows is Fox's "House." Ratings for the Hugh Laurie drama have been on the downtrend in recent years. If the net decides not to renew the show for the 2012-13 season, Greenblatt said it was doubtful he would pick it up for the Peacock because of the high production cost on a show that's already in its eighth season. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

REVIEW: Angelina Jolie Makes a Bleak Bosnian War Romance with In the Land of Blood and Honey

In the Land of Blood and Honey isn’t actually Angelina Jolie’s first film as a director — that distinction goes to A Place in Time, a little-seen 2007 documentary showcasing life in different locations around the globe at the same moment, shot with the help of some of her famous friends, including Djimon Hounsou and Anne Hathaway. But like that film, Jolie’s narrative debut arrives surrounded by a halo of good intentions and the sense that celebrity is being used as the spoonful of sugar to make the didacticism go down. Per the activist and star’s own statement in the press notes, with this new feature she “wanted to make a film that would express, in an artistic way, [her] frustrations with the international community’s failure to intervene in conflicts in a timely and effective manner.” The conflict on-screen is the Bosnian War of the ’90s, which puts new lovers Ajla (Zana Marjanovi) and Danijel (Goran Kosti) on opposite sides of a clash that left 100,000 dead and led to accusations of genocide. Despite those austere intentions, In the Land of Blood and Honey is gratifyingly short on lectures and, interestingly, on history lessons. The drama, which was also written by Jolie, is set very specifically during the Bosnian War without delving deeply into the complications of the reasons for the bloodshed. Ajla is a Bosnian Muslim, an aspiring painter who lives with her sister; Danijel is a Bosnian Serb, a policeman whose family has a tradition of going into law enforcement. But neither is a fervent believer in the war, at least not in the beginning. They’re just shuffled off into the parts already assigned to them, Danijel taking a place as a commander in the Serbian army under his father, General Nebojsa Vukojevich (Rade erbedija, who often plays Eastern European baddies in Hollywood fare), Ajla forced into a detention center with other women who are made to wait on the Serb troops. Upon their arrival, one of the soldiers pulls a woman to the front of the group and rapes her, just to make a point, her fellow prisoners looking away as she weeps, her face shoved into the table. It’s here that Danijel and Ajla are reunited and the most compelling part of In the Land of Blood and Honey unfolds, a squirmy, dark romance in which Danijel is at once Ajla’s wooer, protector and persecutor. He tries to shield her from the abuses of the other soldiers without appearing as if he’s too attached to a Muslim woman in their eyes, and he attempts to convince her he’s not like the others when he goes out on campaigns to kill her fellow Bosniaks. “One of your Muslim friends was in my scope, and I’m thinking of you,” he tells her after choosing not to shoot a man and his child on a bridge earlier that day, and it’s unclear whether he wants gratitude or an apology. Marjanovi and Kosti have a potent on-screen chemistry together, when taken with the power dynamics at play, and they present an uncomfortable developing relationship that you can’t turn away from — when we first see it consummated, it’s immediately after another soldier has stepped on Ajla’s hand to punish her for dropping a dish, with Danijel unable to intervene on her behalf. In their desperate coupling it’s clear that Ajla has been reminded of how she needs him on her side as much as she might actually want him there. And yet, given an opportunity to escape, Alja stays. As a director, Jolie sometimes jumbles her visual construction (a firefight late in the film is difficult to follow). But she’s unfailingly generous with her leads, who are both charismatic and watchable — Kosti is handsome but sinister, while Marjanovi’s beauty is centered around her wise, steady gaze. Still, she leaves so much unsaid that we often have no idea what’s going on in the heads of the characters. As their The Night Porter-esque relationship takes new turns and encounters growing complications — Danijel is assigned elsewhere for a while, and things get worse for Alja at the compound until she runs away, though later Danijel has her brought back — it becomes less and less clear, in ways that don’t all seem intentional, what either is thinking and how sincere each is in the faux domesticity they’ve carved out for themselves in an ever-more devastated landscape. “Am I your prisoner?” she asks him once, and he responds, astoundingly, “You’re a prisoner only if you don’t want to be here.” Between engagements with Alja and Danijel the film provides images of the awfulness of the war — the murder of a baby, the use of women as human shields, a mass grave — as well as its surreal quality, as one man reflects that 40 minutes away in Italy tourists are sitting out in the sun. These are haunting scenes, but along with the growing muddiness of our understanding of our two leads they seem disconnected. If In the Land of Blood and Honey aims to be a film about the madness of war, it’s not clear whose madness it is, as war is depicted as descending out of the sky like a contagion. It fits with Jolie’s insistence that there should have been early outside intervention in the conflict, but also seems too facile an explanation for the atrocities committed. As the love between Danijel and Alja curdles in an impossible environment, we mourn for them but don’t feel we understand them. Follow Alison Willmore on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Judge Approves Pay Bump For Jackson Estate Admins

First Published: December 19, 2011 2:08 PM EST Credit: Getty Images Caption Michael Jackson leaves the Santa Barbara County Courthouse in Santa Maria on May 25, 2005LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The executors of Michael Jacksons estate are getting a pay raise. A judge on Monday approved a request by the two men running the late pop stars estate to receive additional compensation for their professional services. Jacksons estate is overseen by attorney John Branca and music executive John McClain. They say in court filings that they have so far been paid less than the 10 percent of gross entertainment-related earnings of the estate that they agreed to split for managing the singers business affairs. The deal allows Brancas law firm to bill separately for its work, which was previously part of his share. McClain will now be paid for use of his recording studio. Jacksons estate has earned more than $300 million since his June 2009 death. Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Christoph Waltz on 'Carnage,' Roman Polanski, Quentin Tarantino and 'The Three Musketeers'

Good timing for Team 'Carnage.' On Thursday morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominated Kate Winslet and Jodie Promote within the Best Actress inside a Musical or Comedy category in the Golden Globes, under 24 hrs prior to the new Roman Polanski film is scheduled to reach in limited release. Kismet! Regrettably, 'Carnage's' best artist, Christoph Waltz, did not take pleasure in the glow from the Globes. Not too Waltz most likely minds. Because he told Moviefone recently, the thought of running the 4 co-stars of 'Carnage' (John C. Reilly completes the foursome) as anything apart from supporting stars and stars for award consideration was "ridiculous." Which may as well be another reputation for the Golden Globes. In line with the hit abide by Yasmina Reza -- the Broadway version which won the Tony Award for the best Play last year -- 'Carnage' concentrates on two progressively inebriated and hostile couples, the Longstreets (Reilly and Promote) and also the Cowans (Waltz and Winslet), who meet at inside a Brooklyn apartment to go over your dream their sons got in around the playground. Waltz, who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for 'Inglourious Basterds' last year, plays Alan Cowan, a calculating and detached business shark who slices a lot of the discussions that ensue having a cold-hearted clearness. Though what else can you expect in the guy who performed Hendes Landa. Waltz rang up Moviefone recently to go over 'Carnage,' debate if the film is simply too theatrical, his busy year of 4 releases, and 'Django Unchained.' How familiar had you been using the play before accepting the role? Well, I have seen it. I have seen it once. The Broadway version? No, I first viewed it years before! I understand People in america have that inclination to think about the Broadway version the initial. It isn't! It's 5 or 6 years following the original. The initial is at Zurich, and strangely enough, despite the fact that it had been designed in French, it had been in German -- the initial. I first viewed it there. What, contrary, remember about this production? I recall which i just loved the various components. I loved the roles. I loved the figures. Despite the fact that I rarely do this, I figured, "Hmm, hmm, I possibly could play each one.Inch [Laughs] They are meaty roles within the film, with a lot of dialogue. It feels very theatrical sometimes... Well, no, I disagree. I apologize to destroy. I do not think the film is theatrical. Because what can that be? On the other hand, It is extremely motion picture. As motion picture because it will get. Simply because it is a limited space does not mean it isn't motion picture. Simply because your camera actions aren't from thirty-feet cranes swooping over Dying Valley and behind the racing stagecoach does not mean it isn't motion picture. Everything offers a bit more focus on detail. But, I question -- and it might be a fascinating discussion to entertain for a while -- I question whether that isn't really more motion picture than technological efforts to prove the purpose. I'd accept that. I resulted in the performances are -- well, not stagey, because that could be an insult... Well, not always. OK, well, it is simply you don't frequently see broad performances such as these in typical movies. Yes, yes. Absolutely. Yet, the confinement from the space, I claim, does not allow it to be less motion picture. And That I question be it not on the contrary. You had been born in Austria, you shot the film in Paris also it happens in NY. And also the NY facet of it's key, since the couples are extremely specific Park Slope-types. How have you get within the mindset from the clever Park Slope shark when you are not filming here? That is indeed a huge compliment, since you, like a NYer, believe that. Which means something. If somebody who has visited NY two times for 3 days states, "Well, it brought to mind NY!" That might be meaningless. You saying that's an enormous compliment. It is a difficult factor to complete, especially not in NY for that shoot. Well, it's. We wanted might we done it. Polanski isn't just an expert of where you can put the camera, he's additionally a master at creating very specific atmospheres and guiding you to definitely a really specific behavior. That is what the attempt was, let us refer to it as such. Apparently, based on you, it had been effective. So, thanks! [Laughs] Well, you are welcome. Just how much preparation have you do before? Was there a serious quantity of rehearsals? We'd two days of rehearsals. That is, for that regular movie, an extravagance. With this, it had been just enough. Although not because we'd more problems to resolve. After eight days we began run-throughs from the whole factor. Had we practiced another couple of weeks, we're able to have carried out it around the stage. That may be next -- you four can embark upon a countrywide tour. That might be fun. [Laughs] You are dealing with three other major stars -- two other Oscar those who win as well as an Oscar nominee -- so... Did we fight? Well, yes. Was there any competition between you four? No, no. This is the one complement Roman compensated us, and that he does not do this gently. At some point we requested him, "Do you know us a bit how it's, what it is going, the way we are?" And that he stated, "Would you like me to stroke your ego?" Sorta beaming, since it is an estimate in the play. The main one large compliment he compensated us was that he's never labored with several stars where there is no oneupmanship. And he's absolutely right! Yet, I credit him with putting this number of stars together. Why do you consider Polanski keeps attracting such major acting talent? Well, you realize, really, its not all actor is attracted to him, incidentally. There has been occurrences in which the stars have stated, "Sorry, I can not do that,Inch and left. It's where your requirements are. I do not think you are a fool if you cannot deal with that. It is where your requirements are, and where they're is really a matter of preference. You will find stars who not work this way. It's their right! I simply occur to like it. This excessively precise, 100-percent concrete, to-the-point, and, in ways, almost pedantic method of what it's that we are doing. It will really make a difference whether you are here or there, even when the length between your two is really a one-half inch. It will really make a difference. The choice is yours to determine what lengths you need to enter into the particulars. So how exactly does his style rival, say, Quentin Tarantino? I wouldn't do a comparison whatsoever. It might be among the silliest attempts ever. How does one compare a race equine to some -- no, that's already casting something. How does one compare -- I'm not sure -- a equine to some bicycle? Well, both of them move places. Both of them can enable you to get somewhere. Both of them move, exactly! If you devote some effort they move faster. You'd a extended career before 'Inglourious Basterds,' but that movie place you into the spotlight for American audiences. How can you keep that momentum and goodwill from 'Basterds' consistent? It isn't been that lengthy. The discussion could be interesting about 10 years from now. It's been 2 yrs and contains been developing nicely. Aside from the truth that I am really thrilled and happy about this and grateful still, it's ... I'm not sure. Sometimes with those who are fantastic. These. I do not use lots of people around me. Agents and publicists. I do not travel by having an entourage. I do not believe for the reason that. However I use the very best. And "best" means perfect for me. It may be not the very best for the following guy, but exactly what do I worry about the following guy? Again, same factor: it certainly is about what it's that you want to do and never how you want to push myself within the foreground. That could be an effect or otherwise. That isn't something to become anticipated. We would like to perform the great work. Carnage' may be the 4th film of yours getting launched this season. It's been a comically busy year for you personally ... That's a great way of putting it. [Laughs] ... so was there a method or anything with one of these options? No, no. You will find certain criteria through which you get to a choice, and they are not fixed. They are not law. They are not gospel. These criteria are dynamic -- let us place it this way. It must function as the right mixture of things the ones. There is no large mystery. You decide to go greatly because of your feeling. While you stated, I have been neighborhood for any week-and-a-half already, so that your instincts are not only your inspiration, but according to experience. You may be totally wrong. Obviously you can! But, with a few experience -- and also you do keep your spontaneity and customary sense -- usually you are taking one step within the right direction. Despite the fact that may possibly not function as the wished for grand success, however, you can't win all of them. That seems like maybe 'The Three Musketeers.' I understand which was a disappointment both financially and significantly. That occurs. It's a part of the overall game. You have 'Django Unchained' approaching. It had been reported that you simply were hurt while training, same with it reliable advice this role is much more physical than Hendes Landa was? It is a Western. Unexpected things happen inside a Western. You do not perform a Western on the bicycle. Despite the fact that, in 'Butch Cassidy and also the Sundance Kid,' there's this large sequence on the bicycle! Obviously, that's probably the most famous scene within the whole movie. Exactly. So, I suppose you are able to perform a Western on the bicycle. However, you were on the equine. Yeah. But it is OK. It had not been a large deal. To 'Carnage,' before we are saying goodbye: I understand The new sony is thinking about running all individuals within the supporting groups... Other things could be ridiculous! The amount that I, personally -- I speak personally -- relied around the others, and i believe how a others relied around the others, anything wouldn't make sense at all whatsoever. Other things is totally unthinkable. You may as well run all people for the best Seem Design. 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