More Entrepreneurs Flee from TLC's All-American Muslim

All-American Muslim Travel search aggregating site Kayak.com will discontinue advertising on TLC's series All-American Muslim. Kayak.com introduced Tuesday it wouldn't continue running ads through the show if the returns within the month of the month of january, taking trouble with how TLC presented the information in the series, which opened up in November and follows the lives of 5 Lebanese American Muslim families in Dearborn, Michigan, the greatest Muslim community within the united states . States. Lowe's Do-it-yourself recently received fire after it attracted advertising within the show. The home-improvement chain withdrew its spots following a Florida Family Association, a conservative group, protested this program was "propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda's apparent and provide danger to American protections and traditional values." Lowe's later mentioned its decision wasn't using the FFA's request, but on the fact the show had motivated "strong political and social sights." Should Lowe's have attracted ads all-American Muslim? Kayak chief marketing officer Robert Birge needed to his company's How does someone explain why he was preventing the partnership wonderful-American Muslim -- and why the FFA had nothing associated with it. "I seen the initial two episodes. Mostly, I merely thought the show attracted," he written. "The initial factor I discovered was that TLC wasn't upfront around in regards to the character from the show. After I mentioned, it's a worthy subject, but any reasonable person knows it subject can be a particular lightning fly fishing rod. We're feeling TLC went from the approach to select a fight relating to this, plus they didn't inform us their intentions. That is not a business practice that generally can get repeat business from us. I furthermore believe that it did this subject a grave injustice. Sadly, TLC is becoming experiencing the eye using this debate." He ongoing: "We have thought we would not give TLC more earnings when the show returns within the month of the month of january. Sadly, this decision leads to as bending to bigotry. Furthermore, it appears that individuals did not support people who deserve support as people to ensure that as Us citizens. For the, I am profoundly sorry. I will have communicated more clearly. We do not want anybody to think about that individuals caved to hate. If perhaps I really could share a couple of from the emails I've received out of your team. They are extremely unhappy using the way i handled this."

Live! With Kelly Announces New Fill-In Co-Hosts

Jim Parsons Kelly Ripa will start the brand new year on Live! alongside fill-in co-host - and husband - Mark Consuelos on Monday, Jan. 2, but he will not be adhering around for lengthy.8 possible challengers to exchange Regis Philbin on Live!The Large Bang Theory's Jim Parsons will require over on Jan. 3, making his first co-hosting appearance on the program. On Jan. 4, David Duchovny will fill the chair, then Take advantage of Lowe on Jan. 5-6, as Regis Philbin's permanent alternative has not yet been named.

Vital Pictures reveals new logo design design

Released: Got married., 12 ,. 14, 2011, 8:29am PTBy Vital Pictures has revealed its new logo design design to commemorate the studio's 100th anniversary. The logo design design will first appear before ''Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol,'' which opens in iMax theaters on 12 ,. 16. The completely new logo design design will probably be installed on Componen photos throughout 2012. In 2013, the 100th anniversary portion will probably be removed while using relaxation in the new logo design design remaining installed on future Vital films Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

UPDATE: It's A Dark Dark evening Mystery

Simply what does this document mean?Update: we now have just spotted another page from the mysterious file on Twitter, @thefirerises. Fans in the Dark Dark evening Increases will bear in mind the thing that was a title connected while using first picture of Bane, revealed progressively a few several days back, and then we can now ponder over it confirmed this can be a Nolan mind-game to remain amused. This third document leads consequently with this Operation EarlyBird website, which will go live in a few several hours. Return then to find out what's available......Some days at Empire Towers aren't filled with the look of secret, photoshopped CIA documents that carry together a feeling of promise and mystery. After which you'll find days like today, where the image the truth is below appears inside our mailbox.Now, sadly, our contact was very specific that individuals can't let guess what happens this transcript is strictly. Who gave it to us? It absolutely was sent from an encoded server with no possibility of tracing it (there exists a very hi-tech system here that involves a divining fly fishing rod together with a hamster in the wheel). It absolutely was passed to us exclusively incorporated within an idea to have an approaching event. Which specific event? Can't say.Click the image above to find out a larger versionBut we did hit Google and looked the title listed in the transcript and emerged with another document, one released to Wired's blog yesterday. Type of that what you need to, and permit the speculation begin!

'American Psycho' Author Encourages 'Kardashians' Star Scott Disick For Reboot

"Kardashians" star and Kourtneys baby dad Scott Disick continues to be because of the co-sign by "American Psycho" author Bret Easton Ellis to inhabit your skin of Patrick Bateman, a job made famous by Batman themself, Christian Bale. After news broke of the suggested remake from the 2000 film, reported by Variety now, Scott, who virtually may be the living embodiment from the The Big Apple yuppie/murdererOrexpense banker in look, charisma and elegance, required to Twitter to pitch themself because the perfect leading guy for that leading role. just heard there carrying out a remake of yankee Psycho! he tweeted. best news i've ever heard! i really hope they call me! While Ellis hasnt been reported to experience a part in the building of the remake, he did give Scott the thumps up, if he should land the role. (Full disclosure: we dont think hell have it, despite the fact that he totally should.) I've cautioned Lionsgate that I won't approve a brand new version of 'American Psycho' unless of course it stars SCOTT DISICK or MILES FISHER, he authored, later tease, I'm awaiting Scott Disick to request: Who within the hell is Bret Easton Ellis? But, Scott being the always awesome TV personality he's, rapidly put Ellis in the place, telling him, Not going to take place, I understand who u r! Presently the script, that was lately converted into the studio after being pitched captured, has been helmed by Noble Johnson, who done David Finchers The Social Networking, and can explore how Bateman would fare in modern-day Gotham. No matter exactly what does happen, Scott did win something now. He placed at #14 on our listing of the very best 50 TV figures of 2011. Get married prefer to think its a worthy consolation prize! Can you watch Disick within an "American Psycho" reboot? Inform us what you believe within the comments section as well as on Twitter!

Eliza Dushku Talks The League, a White Collar Return and What Really Matters to Her

Eliza Dushku She's battled Buffy, brought it on and made us want to play in the weirdest dollhouse ever, so it's no wonder we can't get enough of Eliza Dushku. But for those of you still not hip to the hotness that is Dushku, we're happy to say that she is more than just a pretty face who can kick ass. She's also a funny lady - as proven by tonight's bawdy guest spot on The League (10:30/9:30c, FX) - a budding filmmaker, and a philanthropist. Here, the multi-hyphenate fan fave discusses her latest foray into the funny business of TV and what we can expect from her in the coming year.TV Guide Magazine: So how did a nice girl like you fall in with The League?Eliza Dushku: They called, and Rick [Fox, her beau] and I had literally just watched a bunch of episodes we had downloaded. It's always weird how that happens. Something comes on your radar and then the phone rings. We're huge Curb fans, so we were familiar with [executive producers] Jeff and Jackie Schaffer, plus I think everybody knows I'm a huge sports fan. [Laughs]TV Guide Magazine: What did you think of the episodes you watched?Dushku: I think the show is so funny. I like the part-improv, part-scripted style, which is not something I've ever really done.TV Guide Magazine: That had to be a little intimidating.Dushku: It is! And yet, when you're doing it with people who are so good at it...they show up, have the outline of the scene ready and really deliver. The creators Jeff and Jackie are on set every second helping you with [all this]. So I think I was more intimidated before I got there and realized how much they participate. Then you get to just shoot a bunch of things and have the confidence that they'll pick your best stuff.TV Guide Magazine: What do they have you doing on this episode?Dushku: Kevin, who's played by Stephen Rannazzisi, is getting pressure from his wife, Jenny, to be more active and less of a fat ass, as she says. So she sends him to a Krav Maga class, and I play the instructor. He suspects that there is something more than just teaching going on between himself and my character, but he can't tell at first. Is it Krav Maga or is she hitting on him? Then it sort of escalates when he takes this back to his friends to see what they think, then we find out what is really going on at the end.TV Guide Magazine: Are you trained in Krav Maga?Dushku: I am not. But I am trained in being physical. I can take a guy down. [Laughs]TV Guide Magazine: How do you like doing comedy?Dushku: I love it! Of course, most people are more familiar with me from Buffy and Dollhouse, and more dramatic work. But Bring It On was in there, and I did Jay and Silent Bob with Kevin Smith. And it's always "the grass is greener." When you're doing a drama, you think, "God, I want to do a comedy," and then you do one and want to do something more dramatic. To mix it up and do something like The League is the ultimate.TV Guide Magazine: Would you consider doing another series?Dushku: After Dollhouse, I actually shot a comedy pilot over the summer that was from the producers of Two and a Half Men. And this was when it was questionable as to whether that show was going to return, and it was this really, really fun pilot. Then two days before the upfronts, the photos of Chuck Lorre and Ashton Kutcher having lunch together came out and it was like 'ohhhh man!' We thought maybe we'd get picked up, but CBS clearly filled that slot.TV Guide Magazine: I think your White Collar role earlier this season as the Egyptologist was the first time we saw you as a dressed-up grown up.Dushku: Yeah, I was a very dressed up in that, wasn't I? Those were my own shoes, I have to admit. I had to bring my own six-inch Prada pumps into the mix. [Laughs]TV Guide Magazine: Any chance we might see you back on the show?Dushku: They have talked to me about possibly coming back. That was so much fun...and the show is so great because it has that combination of the dramatic and the comedic to it. And I love Matt Bomer. He has been a friend since the Tru Calling days. In fact, I just found a picture of Matt and Zach Galifianakis from back in the day and they both look like babies!TV Guide Magazine: What is next for you?Dushku: My brother Nate and I have a production company, and we have been working for eight years on our Robert Mapplethorpe project. And over those eight years, when I was consistently working, it was really hard to get it finished. So we're focusing on that and developing another feature that I will probably act in, which is really exciting to me. It's a dramedy. And we're working on a documentary on Albania - I got my Albanian citizenship this summer - we shot a special that may turn into a series. It's sort of my love letter to Albania. I'm trying to diversify my portfolio, I guess! [Laughs]TV Guide Magazine: And those are really diverse.Dushku: Yeah, I know! I'm also working with my mother's NGO [non-governmental organization] as well. She started a group in Northern Uganda...she's 70-years-old and has been teaching African politics for so many years, but this was really her first project and I'm on the board. We're trying to build a center there for trauma, healing, reflection and the rehabilitation of former child soldiers and victims of the war in Uganda. That's a totally different world for me, but it's so cool. I was asked to speak at Harvard a few months ago about the work we're doing there. I'm definitely my mother's daughter, and that's a part of my life I never got to tap in to so much in the 20 years I was riding the acting thing. There is a lot I want to do and I feel like I have an opportunity to do it now and still stay in the acting world.TV Guide Magazine: It's nice to be at a stage in your career where you can pick the jobs you want to do, huh?Dushku: I'm so grateful that I have been able to get offers and say "This is a cool piece, but it's not exactly what I am looking to do." It can be hard, because parts of me go "Oh, I really want to work." But the truth is, I am working on like 15 different things that are part of the whole picture.TV Guide Magazine: Has Sarah Michelle Gellar hit you up for a guest spot on Ringer?Dushku: She is such a sweetie! You know, the life of working on a show, you're sort of in lockdown, and I think she's doing well with the show...but no, I have heard anything about a spot yet. [Laughs]TV Guide Magazine: Well you have been busy.Dushku: True. [Laughs] Oh, and I started a campaign on Crowdrise.com for my birthday this year, where we're trying to raise money for Uganda. We just added a YouTube video, too, because when we were in Uganda, we also shot footage - part of our program is using film therapy where we give the people there cameras. Instead of just taking videos, we have them shoot their own footage and tell their own stories. We posted a video of some of the trip on the Crowdrise page.TV Guide Magazine: When is your birthday?Dushku: December 30!TV Guide Magazine: Well that's a pretty awesome way to celebrate.Dushku: Thank you so much!To contribute to Eliza's campaign and help the former child soldiers of Uganda, visit crowdrise.com.Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Comcast CFO: NBCUniversal Integration Continues to Go 'Really Well'

NY - Comcast's integration of NBCUniversal has continued to go "really well" and "according to plan," Comcast CFO Michael Angelakis told a Wall Street crowd here on Monday morning.our editor recommendsUnivision Vows to Remain Player in Soccer Despite Telemundo Winning World Cup RightsNBCUniversal Posts Mixed Third-Quarter Financials Speaking at the 39th annual UBS Global Media and Communications Conference in a fireside chat led by Aryeh Bourkoff, vice chairman, head of investment banking, Americas at the bank, he said that at the end of the year that saw Comcast buy a 51 percent stake in NBC Universal in January his company is "enthusiastic" about the entertainment company's business and its executives. "So far, so good," he said. Asked about the broadcast business, Angelakis reiterated that there are "some challenges" at NBC, but sees "great opportunities" and upside at the network and Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo. "They got to put better shows on," Angelakis said, but expressed confidence that the respective management teams will "deliver results over time." Discussing sports, Angelakis said "we're not interested in losing money on sports." He cited the recent soccer World Cup rights deal signed by Telemundo as "a game changer for Telemundo" that made sense because "we are a distant number two - we should do better." Importantly though, "we think we can make some money on it," he added. Asked about other parts of NBCUniversal, Angelakis said Comcast understands that the film business is volatile and hit-driven. Meanwhile, the cable networks are "really the driver of profitability" for NBCUniversal, and management is "delighted" with their performance, Angelakis said. Just like at USA, which has been the leading cable network for five consecutive years, the goal is to use original programming to help boost ad rates, carriage and affiliate fees, he said. Angelakis also said that advertising is holding up well across NBCUniversal and that demand for the Super Bowl and Olympics is robust. Meanwhile, NBCUniversal's theme parks business is also doing well, the executive highlighted. Asked about potential addition of Harry Potter attractions in additional theme parks, he didn't comment. But he said: "Harry Potter Orlando has really been a reset mechanism for that park." Neil Smit, the head of Comcast's cable systems, joined Angelakis on stage. "There is no tension here," Angelakis quipped when asked about retransmission consent fees that broadcasters have been getting from cable operators. "I don't think NBC is going to drive the market here," Angelakis said, but acknowledged that retrans fees are now a reality and here to stay. Asked about last week's $3.6 billion wireless spectrum deal between telecom Verizon and a group of cable firms, including Comcast, Angelakis said the deal is "strategically terrific and financially terrific." On the financial side, he highlighted that Comcast is getting $2.3 billion in the deal - a gain of about $1 billion compared to what Comcast paid for the spectrum. Smit said among the likely innovations are allowing consumers the ability to start watching a video on a wireless device and continuing to do so at home. The integration aspect of developing new concepts together will be a key benefit of the deal, he said. The partners will start promoting new bundles under the commercial arrangements of the deal early in 2012, Smit said, suggesting a possible triple-play bundle with security aspects added, as well as a quad-play offer of four services. What will the company do with the $2.3 billion in proceeds from the deal, Angelakis said he expects the deal to close in the next year and any new cash will go to whatever Comcast's capital plan calls for then. Asked about his thinking on offering channels on an a la carte basis in the future, Smit said the company is more looking at offering "more choice" via a smaller content package, called My TV Choice, that is being tested in three markets with 55-60 channels. Sports, movies and kids theme packs on top of that cost $10 each, he said. "I wouldn't call that a la carte," he added. While some cable operators have focused on the increasing financial contribution and growth of broadband Internet services, Smit told the UBS gathering that "video is still a core offering" and provides 53 percent of revenue, even though Internet services are the biggest growth driver. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Topics

VH1 plans pop-star biopics

Around the heels of telepic "Single Ladies" and also the series that adopted, VH1 is turning its scripted pop-star biopics right into a franchise, having a next, as-yet-untitled installment monitoring the progress of 1990's stylish-hop girl group TLC. "Beauty Shop" and "What's Love Got related to It" scribe Kate Lanier will write the script, following a band's rise around the charts through its peak with "CrazySexyCool" and monitoring the lives of their people along with the untimely dying of member Lisa Lopes. "What Chilli Wants" professional producer Bill Diggins and VH1's Maggie Malina will professional produce alongside making it through TLCers Chilli and Tionne Watkins. The records within the bio series is going to be individually greenlit and created. VH1 has other biopic projects within the works but nothing formally set. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com