Glam Slam: Angelina Jolie Style File

First Published: January 24, 2012 12:44 PM EST Credit: Getty Images LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Angelina Jolie steps out at the Producers Guild Awards on January 21, 2012Angelina Jolie is juggling a lot right nowBrad Pitt, six kids and six red carpets in 16 days. Not to mention that she looks pretty dang good EVERY time she goes out. Here are some of the hits on her whirlwind style tour.so far. Cant wait to see what she wears to the SAG Awards and the Oscars! PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS WHERE: Los Angeles WHEN: Saturday, January 21 WHO: Michael Kors THE DEETS: Hot, hot, hot! Angelina rocked her signature black in a sleek Kors gown with lace panels and thigh-high slit. Super sexy. THE GOLDEN GLOBES WHERE: Los Angeles WHEN: Sunday, January 15 WHO: Versace Atelier THE DEETS: Angelina stole the show making many best dressed lists with her creamy, draped satin one-of-a-kind custom gown with crimson detailing on the neckline and matching bold, crimson lips. GOLDEN GLOBES FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM NOMINEES EVENT WHERE: Los Angeles WHEN: Saturday, January 14 THE DEETS: Angelina was the epitome of conservative chic in a black dress paired with black jacket and heels with her hair pulled back at an event honoring her film In the Land of Blood and Honey. NY FILM CRITICS AWARDS WHERE: NY WHEN: Monday, January 9 WHO: Ferragamo THE DEETS: Angie went for a sexy naughty secretary look with a prim cream blouse and black leather Ferragamo pencil skirt. She keeps the look simple with black heels and bag and jade jewelry. PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WHERE: Palm Springs WHEN: Saturday, January 7 WHO: Elie Saab THE DEETS: Angie traded in black for a greige halter neck Elie Saab pleated jumpsuit, which she paired with Jimmy Choo heels and natural-looking hair and makeup. Beautiful! Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

More liberal undertake visual media kudos

'The King's SpeechAlexandre Desplat's score for 'The King's Speech' was alone from the year's nominees and to have an Oscar jerk. Miss out on much-coveted Oscar nomination for score or song? Don't worry, it's Grammy can provide relief. Unlike the Academy awards, the Grammys offer three groups inside their "music for visual media" area -- score soundtrack, compilation soundtrack and song -- because the recommendations are less strict than people in the Academy of motion Picture Arts & Sciences, composers and songwriters have a very better shot within the recognition."It probably is quite open, in contrast for the Oscars," states Recording Academy awards V . p . Bill Freimuth, although he highlights the essential criteria for your score Grammy resemble: the music activity ought to be particularly written for your movie, Tv program or videogame and a pair of-thirds in the tracks round the album must really keep up with the film, show or game.Grammy voters are music-biz pros -- many of them not inside the film, TV or game world -- as well as the concept, no less than, is the Grammy voters are wonderful idol idol judges of strong musical material.Song-driven albums are qualified for your compilation-soundtrack recognition. AMPAS features a "song score" category nevertheless it has not been triggered because too handful of original musicals are actually became a member of (and compilations of tunes in the movie weren't honored with the Acad).Direct critiques are hard because the Grammy qualifications year finishes Sept. 30, while Oscar's finishes 12 ,. 31. One of the year's Grammy score nominees appeared to become an Oscar nominee: "The King's Speech" by Alexandre Desplat.Desplat -- which has both 2010's "The King's Speech" and 2011's "Harry Potter as well as the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" in contention as of this year's Grammys -- states he doesn't personally enter in the competition his management, or perhaps the record labels, do. Grammy professionals say this can be common.Another Grammy nominees were either disqualified for Oscar consideration (2010's "Black Swan" by Clint Mansell, because of its Tchaikovsky roots), may have been too edgy (2010's "Tron Legacy" by Daft Punk) or were not qualified (2011's barely released "The Shrine" by Ryan Shoreline).This Year's song nominees tell the same tale: Apt to be Oscar-nominated but were not (Diane Warren's "You Haven't Seen all the Me," completed by Cher in 2010's "Burlesque" Zac Brown's "Where the River Goes" from 2011's "Footloose" Zooey Deschanel's "This Type Of Very Long Time" from 2011's "Winnie the Pooh"), together with a TV song from "Family Guy," a Attacking Youthful Boys number from his concert film, and merely one tune that actually got an Oscar jerk ("I Start to see the Light" from 2010's "Twisted").For AMPAS, its music branch determined that 3 tunes were fit for competition, which elevated more than a few eye eyebrows.GRAMMY Honours 2012Year's finest star fires up Grammys Refurbished Grammys requires more trims Macca guarantees great MusiCares gala Creative sparks fly from clash of styles More liberal undertake visual media kudos Grammy spotlights Shore's 'Shine' Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Air grows into finance

HadityPayment and production management group Entertainment Partners has drawn on Producers Guild East chairman John Hadity to guide its new financing division. Hadity can help push Air forward in to the financing arena, concentrating on the money making of production tax credits. Air is an expert being produced payroll and residual payment processing, in addition to production tax credit talking to and administration. Hadity includes a lengthy history with film finance, getting offered for twelve years as professional Vice president of movement picture and tv production finance for Miramax. Professional works from EP's NY offices. Company hopes to produce its film financing operation later this season. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com

'Cold Light Of Day' Trailer: Henry Cavill Advances, Bruce Willis Can get Paid out

Despite how a trailer for "The Cold Light of Day" starts, the film isn't about Bruce Willis and Henry Cavill just like a encouraging father-boy team, who've a pleasant vacation, yachting around the globe and becoming a conventional time. Calculates that father reaches the CIA, which he didn't tell his family, including his boy, until it absolutely was too far gone. See the "Cold Light of Day" trailer following a jump! "The Cold Light of Day" follows Cavill's character while he fights his way with the country to correct the mess his father left for him also to save his family utilizing their captors. A clip supplies a awesome have a look at Cavill's action chops in the pre-"Guy of Steel" movie. You'll find a scene of him jumping building to building. It's under jumping tall structures in a single bound, but 2013 can be a extended ways away. Also, has others observed that Bruce Willis seems to experience a clause in many his contracts that states that he'll concentrate on a film for starters day without any more? SPOILERS, I guess, nevertheless it seems like Willis will bite the dust right after revealing his strategies for Cavill. Finish SPOILERS. That isn't always a poor arrangement whatsoever. Whoever else consider a clip for "The Cold Light of Day"? Are you currently presently aboard for Cavill's next pre-Superman action movie? Inform us everything you consider a clip inside the comments section below and also on Twitter!

Componen homevid arm names South usa professional

Davi Oliveira remains attracted on V . p . and controlling director of South usa for Vital Home Media Distribution. The territory is becoming an growing industry for Hollywood's homevid distribs. In this particular role, Oliveira can lead to controlling marketing, sales and distribution in South usa. He reviews to Dork Davis, senior V . p . Asia Off-shoreline and South Usa physical and digital transactional sales. Oliveira joins Componen from Samsung do Brasil where he offered as sales director, retail and was responsible for restructuring the advertising and marketing chain and driving Samsung to the leading business position within six several days. Before that, he offered as sales director, retail in the new the new sony Ericsson Brasil, controlling planning and treatments for the retail funnel. "I am delighted that Davi is joining Vital and begin feeling certain that his extensive management experience and proper vision is really a tremendous resource towards the organization," mentioned Wendy Ferren, executive V . p . gm of worldwide home media distribution. "We anticipate his contributions after we still strengthen and expand our global methods." Oliveira's employing comes several several days following the new the new sony Pictures and last century Fox paired around pursue Brazil's growing middle and upper classes that are buying more Digital video disks and Blu-sun sun rays by developing Fox-The brand new the new sony Pictures Home Entertainment System do Brasil just like a partnership (Daily Variety, March. 17). Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com

Nfl can get its anthems in order

Darius Rucker works through the Super Bowl since the Nfl moves to integrate more music into its activities.Appropriate because of its status as not only most likely probably the most-seen annual sporting event but furthermore probably the sporting event most seen by non-sports fans, next week's Super Bowl will feature plenty of music to keep pigskin-averse audiences pacified. Garnering a lot of the mind lines will probably be Madonna's halftime appearance, but Kelly Clarkson, Nicki Minaj, Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert are scheduled to complete through the broadcast too.Along with the greater apparent headliners, however, will probably be original football-designed tunes from Darius Rucker, Sammy Hagar, Jordin Sparks while others which will be plainly peppered throughout both Jan. 29 Professional Bowl and Feb. 5 Super Bowl broadcasts on NBC. Once they could go relatively undetected one of the hoopla, these tunes are early products from the new deal involving the National football league and Banshee Music, a Wisconsin-based music offshoot in the GMR Marketing agency that's on the way of creating new, proprietary music for teams within the league.Banshee's professional football dealings started when the agency produced a brand new kickoff song due to its hometown Eco-friendly Bay Packers last season and subsequently extended to commission original tunes for your Dallas Cowboys, Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers. In the start of the current season, the business signed a multi-year deal with the Nfl and released a five-song digital Air of original music."The partnership launched inside the fall, so time wasn't excellent,In . mentioned John Canaday, Banshee's V . p . of sports marketing. But by the start of the 2012-13 season, the business is wanting to own produced original, proprietary tunes for all the league's 32 teams.The close integration of pop music and professional sports is not new. European celebs have extended notched hits with fight tunes for local soccer teams, and rapper Wiz Khalifa showed up an unpredicted No. 1 single this season along with his Gambling ode "Black and Yellow." Labels come in this mix too, with Atlantic Records a year ago pairing with ESPN to combine-promote its new artists on NCAA football broadcasts. (Plus there's the 100s of thousands of dollars each Nfl team pays every year to license existing music for stadium play and promotions.) Nevertheless the Banshee deal can make teams not only commissioners but furthermore partial entrepreneurs that goes for them particular anthems, therefore enabling greater mix-marketing options."A team might play AC/Electricity inside the stadium after every touchdown, which is okay,Inch Canaday noted. "However if you develop a highlight reel after, take advantage of stock music because you don't have the licenses." Beneath the Banshee deal, Canaday mentioned, "Teams become equity partners throughout these tunes ongoing to maneuver forwardInch and could control utilizing an audio lesson from stadium plays to online seminars and marketing videos without needing to be worried about certification.(As Canaday noted, World Wrestling Entertainment remains while watching curve in this connection, getting operated its record label for any very long time. But this is often a first for that large four professional sports leagues inside the U.S.)Beneath the agreement, teams and artists participate revenue participation, while Banshee strikes certification deals and supervises rights. While nothing remains made the decision yet, Canaday mentioned the business is at talks with videogame giant Ea, developer in the annual "Madden NflInch franchise, to license its official tunes within the sport.Music are largely written and produced inhouse, too as with choosing artists to complete them, the organization includes a inclination to search for artists having a couple of link to they. (Atlanta natives Sevendust were useful for any Falcons anthem, for example.) However, Canaday noted: "An excellent song is a superb song. A thing that works well with battery battery chargers could probably work elsewhere too."Furthermore for the Nfl, Banshee has produced music for NCAA teams for instance Louisiana Condition U. as well as the U. of Texas, together with the Kentucky Derby. But for the moment, the primary focus can be a league-wide rollout within the Nfl.InchThe priority will get while watching next season," Canaday mentioned. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Michelle Williams, George Clooney to Present at Directors Guild Awards

Michelle Williams, George Clooney to Present at Directors Guild Awards By Philiana Ng January 25, 2012 Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images George Clooney Hours after the Academy Award nominations were announced, presenters for the 64th annual Directors Guild Awards were revealed.Michelle Williams, George Clooney, Ben Kingsley, Octavia Spencer, Berenice Bejo, Jean Dujardin, Jessica Chastain and Owen Wilson have been tapped to present at Saturday's ceremony.Additionally, DGA president Taylor Hackford, Michael Apted, Jon Cryer, Laura Dern, Tom Hooper, Stana Katic, Kathleen Robertson, Betty Thomas and Deborah Ann Woll will also take part.The nominees for outstanding directorial achievement in feature film include Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris), David Fincher ("The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"), Michel Hazanavicius ("The Artist"), Alexander Payne ("The Descendants") and Martin Scorsese ("Hugo").On the television side, "Modern Family," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "General Hospital" and "All My Children" lead with two nominations apiece.The winner will be announced Saturday at the Grand Ballroom in Hollywood & Highland, hosted by recent Golden Globe winner Kelsey Grammer. The Hollywood Reporter Michelle Williams, George Clooney to Present at Directors Guild Awards By Philiana Ng January 25, 2012 George Clooney PHOTO CREDIT Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Hours after the Academy Award nominations were announced, presenters for the 64th annual Directors Guild Awards were revealed.Michelle Williams, George Clooney, Ben Kingsley, Octavia Spencer, Berenice Bejo, Jean Dujardin, Jessica Chastain and Owen Wilson have been tapped to present at Saturday's ceremony.Additionally, DGA president Taylor Hackford, Michael Apted, Jon Cryer, Laura Dern, Tom Hooper, Stana Katic, Kathleen Robertson, Betty Thomas and Deborah Ann Woll will also take part.The nominees for outstanding directorial achievement in feature film include Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris), David Fincher ("The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"), Michel Hazanavicius ("The Artist"), Alexander Payne ("The Descendants") and Martin Scorsese ("Hugo").On the television side, "Modern Family," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "General Hospital" and "All My Children" lead with two nominations apiece.The winner will be announced Saturday at the Grand Ballroom in Hollywood & Highland, hosted by recent Golden Globe winner Kelsey Grammer. The Hollywood Reporter