Russell Brand To Be 1st Guest On New Rosie Show

FIRST PUBLISHED: September 29, 2011 8:28 PM EDT CHICAGO, Ill. -- Rosie ODonnell gets her wish: Russell Brand will be the first guest on her new talk show. The Oprah Winfrey Network announced Thursday that the comedian and actor will appear on the Oct. 10 premiere of The Rosie Show. ODonnell has said shes fascinated with Brand and called him a genius. She previously said she would love to have him as her first guest. The show will air on the Oprah Winfrey Network, which promises Brand will be one of many notable celebrities during the shows first two weeks. ODonnell will tape in Chicagos Harpo Studios, former home of The Oprah Winfrey Show until it ended in May after 25 years. Brand was featured in the movies Forgetting Sarah Marshall, 'Get Him to the Greek and Arthur. Copyright 2011 by Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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DQE seizes opportunity in Indian animation biz

'Charlie Chaplin''The Jungle Book'The fledgling Indian animation sector, mostly dominated by kids' television producers, is on a roll. PricewaterhouseCoopers valued it at $510 million last year while projecting a 20% annual growth rate, seeing expansion to $1.27 billion by 2015.While Crest Animation and Toonz Animation remain strong players in the kids' animation arena, DQ Entertainment is riding on several international co-productions.Tapaas Chakravarti, a fan of Disney animation, Marvel and DC Comics and India's best-known comicbook brand Amar Chitra Katha, founded DQE in 1999. Like other Indian animation houses, DQE's initial business model was to offer cost-effective pure- service options, but this soon changed."It was almost like the animation world and its possibilities were lying dormant in front of me, waiting to unfold," says Chakravarti.The new plan was intellectual property ownership, co-productions and global distribution. To this end, DQE teamed with toon houses Onyx Films, Method Animation, the Moonscoop Group and several other global companies."Aligning with successful global partners has been a key factor," Chakravarti says. "It is important to keep an open mind and be willing to learn from others, especially when you know they have had a head-start on you in this space."The result was a flood of properties that are household names including "The Jungle Book," "Peter Pan," "Lassie and Friends," "Iron Man," "Charlie Chaplin," "Casper," "The Adventures of Young Robin Hood" and "The Little Prince.""We have to be convinced that there is value in the investment and have been careful to choose properties that are classic or iconic and have existing brand recognition," says Chakravarti.DQE has raised $100 million to fund its expansion plans. These include investing in Indian IP, a wise move in a market known for its insatiable appetite for local programming.The Indian animation industry represents an untapped and rapidly growing market," Chakravarti says. "We have partnered with Disney India, Nick India and Cartoon Network to develop content based on Indian mythology, folklore and writings like detective series 'Feluda' by famous personalities such as Satyajit Ray. These properties are already attracting interest from broadcasters worldwide, and we are happy to carry these to global audiences."The company also has plans for feature film versions of "Jungle Book" and "Peter Pan." Meanwhile, its international television co-productions continue apace.Their enthusiasm and energy is contagious," says Christophe di Sabatino, group executive chairman of Moonscoop says of DQE.VARIETY JUNIOR Blasts from past power int'l kids sales | Books and toys aren't fail-safe TV fodder | Kids animation making bigger international play | Toons in transition | Pop go the platforms | Disney Junior acing frosh year | DQE seizes opportunity in Indian animation biz | Shingle dabbles in 'Baby' babble | Argentina teen fare evolves in post-Cris Morena era Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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A Cinemashena presentation in association with Eyesteelfilm. (International Sales: Cinemashena, Montreal.) Produced, directed, edited by Shahin Parhami.With: Amin Aghaie, Ustad Kiyani, Jahantoor Rahimi, Farhad Aghaie. Housein Aghaie, Galyna Omelchenko.A beautifully crafted portrait of the extraordinary young musician/ethnomusicologist Amin Aghaie, "Amin" shuttles between the pale marble halls of the Kiev Tchaikovsky Conservatory and the impossibly vivid colors of the Qashai community in Iran, the two worlds tightly linked by Aghaie's thesis research on the disappearing musical culture of his people. The tradition is fading fast, and Aghaie's popular concerts, the very events that might keep it current, are regularly banned. Fueled by its subject's passionate commitment (and virtuoso violin), and functioning on several levels, the docu could resonate theatrically with arthouse auds. Iranian helmer-producer-editor-d.p. Shahin Parhami, a close friend of Aghaie's, comfortably settles in with his close-knit family, all musicians in awe of their kin's casual brilliance and generosity. Parhami shows Aghaie giving brother Housein gentle pointers on his accomplished piano rendition of a Bach prelude. Chronicling the culture of the Qashai, a nomadic Turkish people of mysterious origin who settled in southwestern Iran, requires a certain degree of detective work. On the road, Aghaie hunts down rumors to locate the few remaining practitioners of Qashai music. Aghaie is enthusiastically welcomed and regaled with impromptu performances, which he records for his archives. He captures extended sessions with players of various exotic instruments and enjoys a moving reunion with legendary composer-singer Ustad Kiyani, his 105-year-old-mentor, who still sings up a storm to Aghaie's spirited violin accompaniment. But with limited time and virtually no resources, Aghaie is fighting a losing battle. In order to fund his research and continued studies, he and his brothers resort to selling their instruments, Aghaie sadly tracing the contours of the last of his three violins on the wall before parting with it. Back in Kiev, romantic jaunts with fellow musician Galyna Omelchenko, whose passionate piano playing can sometimes be heard in the background, alternate with long, introspective interviews. These are filmed in black-and-white and with an almost uncomfortable intimacy, as Aghaie airs his doubts and fears to the camera. Not the least impressive of the docu's achievements is that it thoroughly familiarizes listeners with Qashai music, which might sound initially alien and off-putting to Western ears. By the film's end, a violin/drum/piano composition by Aghaie and his brothers, obviously filmed before they were forced to sell their instruments, rocks the house.Camera (color, HD), Parhami; music, Amin Aghaie. Reviewed at Montreal World Film Festival (Documentaries of the World), Aug. 27, 2011. (Also in Moscow, Dubai, Pusan film festivals.) Running time: 120 MIN.(Farsi, Turkish, Russian dialogue) Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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SAG Member Cops Plea On Screener Leak

Actor Wes DeSoto has agreed toplead guilty to copyright violation for seeping an honours screener of Black Swan along with other films to file for-sharerBitTorrent. DeSoto’s L.A. apartment was raided by FBI agents in April following a MPAA piracy officer expected the feds that several high-qualitycopies of movies had proven on the website. The bootlegs were review screeners provided with the iTunes store to people from the Screen Stars Guild. The government bodies determined DeSoto because the reason through digital watermarks within the movies, based on an FBI affadavit. Federal sentencing guidelinescall for any sentence between 10 to 16 several weeks, however the government is seeking 3 years of probation and restitution. DeSoto is anticipated to look in federal court for sentencing the following month.

Gorilla franchises

Studios love franchises. In an economy where few things are certain, studios can count on installments of a popular film series to bring them not just ticket sales at the box office but revenue in home entertainment earnings and merchandising rights. And the profits keep rolling in year after year as the studios re-release the DVDs and Blu-rays and license property out for additional products. Three of the most profitable franchises in the marketplace today capitalize on preexisting fan bases hungry for each new installment.HARRY POTTER(Warner Bros.)Plot: Orphaned Harry Potter realizes he's a wizard at the ripe age of 11 and begins studying at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the first film adapted from J.K. Rowling's blockbuster series of novels. Over the course of the next seven films, Potter must triumph over a series of spells, challenges and puberty. In a very profitable move, Warner Bros. split the last film into two installments.Total Investment: $1.155 billion in production costs for eight films. Worldwide advertising between 1998 and 2007 estimated at more than $390 million.Total Return: $7.643 billion worldwide box office; $2.282 billion for U.S. B.O. Home entertainment spending for the first four films: $624 million.PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN(Walt Disney)Plot: Based on Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean" theme park ride, the franchise chronicles the exploits of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) as he searches for his ship, attempts to lift a multitude of curses placed upon him, and finally goes on a quest for the Fountain of Youth.Total Investment: $915 million in production costs for four films.Total Return: $3.723 billion worldwide box office; $1.278 billion in U.S. box office; More than $860 million in home entertainment spending for the first three films.TWILIGHT(Summit)Plot: "Twilight" films, adapted from Stephenie Meyer's hugely popular book series, follow Bella Swan and vampire Edward Cullen as they begin a relationship that soon involves werewolf Jacob Black, resulting in a dark love triangle. Taking a page out of the "Harry Potter" handbook, the last novel will be split into two parts, with one coming out in late 2011 and the last in 2012.Total Investment: $155 million in production costs for first three films.Total Return: More than $1.8 billion in worldwide box office and $792.3 million in U.S. box office. Over $900 million in worldwide home entertainment spending and $500 million in U.S. Additional "Twilight Saga" merchandise -- approximately $650 million worldwide. Related links: Investors going steady Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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'Glee' DVD Maker Gives to Music Education

NEW You are able to (AP) The producer from the "Glee" Dvd disks is giving $a million to college arts programs across the nation.20th Century Fox Entertainment introduced the donation Friday, saying it'll use the nation's Association for Music Education to find the money to schools. The organization states 73 schools will get grants or loans varying from $10,000 to $50,000.Fox's popular series is dedicated to a higher school singing group.Qualified high schools are now being requested to submit videos about why their schools deserve a grant. You will see a public election to winnow your competition and education association authorities can make the ultimate election.Last Century Fox is delivering a DVD and Blu-ray from the "Glee" second season in a few days.Copyright laws 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Expendables 2 Sets Action Dream Trio: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis Join Sly Stallone

Following The Expendables completed a remarkably strong $275 million worldwide gross, many have wondered the things they would do to have an encore. How’s this? Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis have just closed deals to consider “substantial” roles within the Expendables 2, alongside Sylvester Stallone. It has been rumored as you possibly can, also it essentially solutions the about lots of fans who weren’t satisfied when action symbols Schwarzenegger and Willis completed cameos within the original, and poked fun in the days once they were the planet’s top action stars. Stallone directed the first but walked out and also the job visited Simon West. Filming will start in October, and Lionsgate will once more release the Millennium Films-created actioner. Schwarzenegger and Willis are repped by CAA. Schwarzenegger has already been employed by Lionsgate within the Jee-Won Kim-directed action film Last Stand. Willis will squeeze within the role prior to going on Russia to reprise his John McLane role in Die Hard 5, which just arrived John Moore as director at Fox, after which he'll create a follow up to Red-colored. Apart from Stallone, original cast people Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Terry Deck hands and Jet Li are required to come back, and there's buzz about Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme. Do we have to begin a petition for Shaun Speakman?

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