Zentropa Intl. Spain boards 'Chrysalis'

BARCELONA -- Zentropa Intl. Spain, the Barcelona-based arm of Lars von Trier's and Peter Aalbaeck Jensen's Zentropa Ent., has boarded Paula Ortiz's intimate drama "De tu ventana a la mia" (Chrysalis). Maribel Verdu ("Pan's Labyrinth," "Y tu mama tambien") stars. Also produced by Amapola Films and Puy Oria's Oria Films, "Chrysalis" world preems Friday at the 56th Valladolid Festival. Danish sales outfit TrustNordisk handles international sales. "Chrysalis" turns on three generations of women -- represented by Violeta, Ines and Luisa -- who battle to defend their dreams and freedom in the male-ruled Spain of 1923, 1940 and 1975, turning points in the country's history. Leticia Dolera ("Spanish Movie") and Luisa Gavasa ("Mensaka") play Violeta and Luisa. "This is a drama in the style of Federico Garcia Lorca, both in its exploration of character, its passions and aesthetic care: Every frame could be a poster," said David Matamoros, Zentropa Spain CEO. He added that the film was aimed at a broad audience, but targeted women. Amapola Films is a new Zaragoza-based company set up by Ortiz, Kike Mora and Raul Garcia. Mora and Ortiz studied at NY's Tisch School of the Arts and L.A.'s UCLA. Founded in 1999, Oria Films has produced all of the recent films from Montxo Armendariz, including his latest, "Don't Be Afraid," and 2005's "Obaba." One of Spain's best-known vet auteurs ("Secrets of the Heart"), Armedariz exec produces. Pic is Spaniard Ortiz's feature debut. She also penned the script. "Chrysalis" has been pre-sold to pubcaster TVE and has received a ICAA Spanish Film Institute subsidy. "Chrysalis" opens March 9 in Spain via Alta Films, a day after International Women's Day. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

The new sony intros items for impaired

Sony's Entertainment Access Technology, the items include eyeglasses you can use by hard of hearing and difficult of hearing customers to see closed captioning data in as much as six different languages .The new sony is introing items to really make it simpler for hearing and aesthetically impaired moviegoers to savor films at ShowEast2011.Named Entertainment Access Technology, the items include eyeglasses you can use by hard of hearing and difficult of hearing customers to see closed captioning data in as much as six different languages. The glasses synch track of Sony's digital cinema projection systems utilizing a wireless signal. Then very small projectors inside the glasses display the closed captioning data for that person putting on the glasses, that are also adaptable for three dimensional.The lightweight glasses, that have been examined with customers in Dallas, also provide a variable text height feature and also have a receiver that causes it to be possible to make use of earphones for that hearing impaired or audio descriptive tracks for that aesthetically impaired.The new sony intends to make these glasses open to participants for sale.InchThe concept ended up being to apply certain developments and innovation to locate a way for those who have hearing or vision challenges to savor movies a lot more than was formerly possible," stated Gary Johns, svp of The new sony Electronics' digital cinema solutions group.

Affleck, Damon reteam on Bulger bio

AffleckDamonWarner Bros. is getting back the "Good Will Hunting" team, tapping Film Clip to direct and star inside a Whitey Bulger biopic by which Matt Damon will portray the mobster.Casey Affleck will co-star, and "Boardwalk Empire" creator Terence Winter is writing the script.Studio confirmed the project Monday, five several weeks after Bulger, the mind of Boston's Winter Hill Gang, was taken in Santa Monica after standing on the lam for 16 years. Bulger fled government bodies in Boston right before he was indicted in 1995 for federal racketeering.News from the project was initially reported in GQ magazine, which questioned Damon.Affleck and Damon will produce under their Gem Street Films shingle through their first-look cope with Warner Bros. Gem Street's Chay Carter will professional produce, and Sarah Schechter is managing for that studio.Affleck's made three films for Warners -- "Gone Baby Gone," "The CityInch and "Argo," presently in production.Damon and Affleck, each repped by WME, teamed around the 1997 drama "Good Will Hunting" and won the script Oscar. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

The brand new the new sony Names Studio Park After John Calley

CULVER CITY, CA October 19, 2011 The brand new the new sony Pictures Entertainment today revealed the naming of John Calley Park in recognition in the late, former Chairman in the studio it absolutely was created by chairman and chief executive officer Michael Lynton and co-chairman Amy Pascal inside a dedication ceremony attended by studio employees. The lately-named park can be found in the middle of the art galleries historic 44 acre lot and works like a central gathering spot for employees and site site visitors. Speaking at the dedication, Pascal mentioned: John showed up just like a steadying center of gravity for your studio. He gave the majority of us that which you needed in the future together just like a company in addition to gave us an infusion of existence together with a feeling of togetherness the studio was without before. When Michael which i considered building this park, we wanted that it's a gathering place for everybody. When John died, it made an appearance a perfect title to think of it as. Lynton added: We're all best due to Johns years relating to this lot, as well as the world is better due to the wonderful entertainment he left in his considerable wake. It's with great recognition that individuals dedicate this park to John Calley.

TV Academy sets tech kudos

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has introduced the honorees for that 63rd Primetime Emmy Engineering Honours. Time Warner and Time Warner Cable draw the Philo T. Farnsworth Award for that contributions of the full service network trial to on-demand TV. The Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Fox Group engineering prexy Andy Setos for operate in advanced broadcast and video delivery across distribution channels. IBM and Fox Systems Group, Panavision and The new sony, Ultimate Arm and Apple will even receive honours. The Engineering Plaque goes to Yahoo Connected TV because of its interactive programs. The Xfinity TV iPad Application and also the TV Warner TV iPad Application will get Engineering Certifications for advancing the role of mobile products within the TV experience. Those who win receive their honours in an March. 26 ceremony at L.A.'s Renaissance Hotel. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

SAG health, pension plans tighten qualifications needs

Driven by tough economic occasions together with a drop in TV earnings, the Screen Stars Guild medical health insurance and pension plans are tightening qualifications needs and benefits, and possess informed people who further cuts may be coming.The trustees in the plans, overseen by reps of SAG as well as the majors, introduced the modifications in the e-e-newsletter that began arriving participants' mail boxes now. The modifications work Jan. 1."The Program remains in the deficit situation as television contributions have ongoing to continuously decrease andthe cost of delivering government mandated benefits keeps growing,Inch the e-e-newsletter mentioned.The program -- covering about 40,000 participants -- keeps growing qualification levels by 2% to $30,750 for Plan I and $15,100 for Plan II. The individual out-of-pocket maximum is booming by $500 to $1,750 as well as the family out-of-pocket maximum is flourishing by $1,000 per family to $3,500.The trustees, that have introduced an annual $1,000 hike inside the earnings requirement this past year for pension credits, also revealed the $20,000 threshold requirement would become effective on Jan. 1, 2012, instead of 2013. The modifications come two several days after SAG revealed its reported TV earnings this year dropped 8.2% a year ago to $564.8 million this season -- 24% below 2007 levels -- while overall earnings rose 3.9% a year ago to $1.986 billion. The split in primetime jurisdiction between SAG and AFTRA, which has signed the lion's share of latest shows, decreases around the chances that rank-and-file people can earn enough to fulfill the earnings thresholds and adds momentum for the push for merger by getting a watch toward subsequently merging the plans. The e-e-newsletter noted the kind of pension happen to be licensed inside the "eco-friendly zone" this year by getting an 83% funding level due to favorable returns on possibilities and federal legislation passed allowing expects to conquer deficits through the 2008 financial crisis. Nevertheless the outlook for your near term is troubling."Investment returns for 2011 are presently below precisely what must be done to keep this program licensed inside the 'green zone' for your long-term," the e-e-newsletter mentioned. "The fitness of the kind of Pension is driven by investment returns then when the areas aren't undertaking well, the trustees must make changes to be sure the plan does not come under the red-colored-colored zone."Even though the trustees didn't offer specifics, furthermore they mentioned that they are gonna need to take similar steps. "The Trustees still monitor expenses, contributions and financial returns for that Pension and Health Plans and sadly once the unfavorable trends don't improve, additional benefit modifications may need to be created,Inch the e-e-newsletter mentioned. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

New You are able to Comic-Disadvantage: The Walking Dead Promises More Scares This Year

The Walking Dead Walking Dead-heads, prepare to possess you minds blown - and also to see some brains amazed! AMC's undead hit increases again tonight at 9/8c with "zombie things like you haven't seen before," stated executive producerGale Anne Hurd. Addressing the capability audience at NY's Comic-Disadvantage Saturday mid-day, Hurd, talking to producerGreg Nicoteroand series creatorRobert Kirkmanteased Season 2 with promises of "a larger story" than last year's staggeringly awesome six-episode first season. "All of the crazy items you saw last season, we are doing bigger and [this season]," stated Kirkman. And in line with the exclusive footage tested for that crowd of the nerve-shredding sequence including over 150 zombies and our gang of children with an abandoned Atlanta highway, the scares are certainly super-sized. "We are working very hard to make certain we deliver," ongoing Kirkman, the guy behind the graphic books the series is dependant on. For his part, Hurd states Kirkman is a daily fixture within the writer's room, ensuring the plots which have been organized in the comics are tweaked to help keep audiences surprised (particularly the books' legendary Hershel Greene farm arc). Meanwhile, she and Nicotero have been receiving location in steamy Georgia managing the adventures of Ron Grimes and the gang of sweaty, zombie-fighting compadres. The panel, moderated by Nerdist podcast host and comic Chris Hardwick, also featured looks by a number of cast people, includingLaurie Holden, who suggested that her formerly tortured Andrea "can get feisty" a buzz-cutJon Berthnal, whose Shane will clearly live more than his graphic-novel counterpart andSteven Yeun, who received quite the positive reaction in the fans when he pointed out new cast member and co-panelistLauren Cohan's role as Maggie might mean romance for his Glenn. "You may meet many people on the way,Inch Yuen stated having a smile from the group's frequently-deadly look for other children. "And also to find something to like? This is a great reason to reside.Inch Love one of the human ruins? You'd need to beDeadinside to not search that! Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

360 Premiere Begins The LFF

Fernando Meirelles film opens FestivalThe BFiLondon FilmFestival got on a cracking start last evening using the gala screening of FernandoMeirelles' 360, the world-spanning ensemble piece starring Jude Law,RachelWeisz, Anthony Hopkins, Jamel Debbouze, Ben Promote, Moritz Bleibtreu and much more.Legislation brought the put together stars alongside a lot of the film's European cast, including Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Lucia Siposová,Gabriela Marcinkovaand Dinara Drukarova. Also attending that people spotted were Tom Hiddleston, Terry Gilliam and Bonnie Wright and far of Blighty's film industry moving firm and shakers.Evening - 360 PremiereThe London Film Festival continues until October 26 consider 360 at movie theaters throughout early the coming year, we are speculating.In other LFF news, a few extra occasions have justbeen put into the schedule:there's aSethRogen &Will Reiser interview happening for 50/50, along with a Woodsy Harrelson talk regarding the his new effort, Rampage. Get after it!

Pedro Almodovar on 'The Skin I Live In' -- and What It's Like to Live in His Skin (Video)

Last week, I had the great privilege of spending about a half-hour in NY with the iconic Spanish writer/director Pedro Almodovar, who has been one of the most internationally famous non-American filmmakers in the world for the past quarter-century. PHOTOS: Sony PIctures Classics 20 Year Timeline The 62-year-old two-time Oscar winner -- once for best foreign language film (All About My Mother [1999]) and once for best original screenplay (Talk to Her [2002]) -- was in town to promote his latest film, The Skin I Live In, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, played at the Toronto Film Festival last month, is playing at the NY Film Festival this week, and will go into limited release on Friday. PHOTOS: Cannes Film Festival 2011 The melodrama -- which reunites Almodovar with his Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990) star Antonio Banderas for the first time in 21 years, and unfolds like a Douglas Sirk remake of Frankenstein (1931) probably would have -- is different, interesting, and tremendously entertaining. That's a description that fits its filmmaker like a glove, as well, as you can see for yourself by checking out the video of our conversation at the top of this post. Some highlights of our conversation... On the subjects of his early Super 8mm films "[Transvestites, drugs, and other] "things that I couldn't make a movie [about] under Franco's regime -- it was too outrageous for that." On Franco's death and the creative explosion ("La Movida") that followed "We were living in Spain under the dictatorship for 40 years," but during the last five years, when Franco was very sick, "not living in a democracy, but thinking about that... and when Franco died, democracy arrived to Spain immediately... A big change like that is incredible, without blood, without violence... it was like a rebirth... I was so lucky to be young at that moment." On why he pursued filmmaking instead of something else "I don't know if I have a kind of talent, but if I have a piece of talent it is just to tell stories with images -- this is something that I discovered quite young... I wanted to make movies... my first vocation was basically to write, and I did... but I didn't have -- and I don't have now -- enough talent to become a novelist... [but I found that] I have talent enough to write my own stories and tell them through images." On his long road to success "It's not like a Hollywood story where everything happens immediately... [He worked for 12 years, from 1971-1982, as an office assistant at Telefonica, a Spanish telephone company, making little movies in the evenings, over weekends, during holidays breaks, etc. He also took five unpaid leaves of absence to work on films, but would then have to go back to his day job.] I had multiple lives." On his mother "My mother loved [the fact that I had a job at] the telephone company because she thought that it was really much more secure work, and even in '87, when I made Women on the Verge of the Nervous Breakdown and it was an incredible international hit... even after that, my mother said, 'Oh, Pedro, I really would like you to go back to the telephone company!'" On the impact of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) Women, which came out of something that was "very painful," turned out to be cathartic -- "It's a good therapy just to joke about something that was painful for you" -- and also "gave me the security [of knowing] that 'I can survive with this profession that I love,' so that was very important. Success was that... I knew what I wanted... to keep on making movies in Spain with discreet budgets." Hollywood soon came calling, but he "refused projects with a lot of money, big stars, and so on." Some offers were very tempting because "the projects were very close to my interests," but he's glad that he stuck to his guns because it meant that he "could keep making the movies in my own way." On his directing style ""I love them [actors], really, when I'm working with them -- almost physically. It is completely a very passionate relationship with all of them -- Antonio or Penelope [Cruz], Carmen [Maura] or the other actors, or Elena Anaya, in this case. Very passionate... I'm very demanding... I can become a nightmare... I am like a monster, demanding so many things of them... but I have to say that the actors feel very comfortable with that. I mean, the more you demand, the more you watch them, then they can be more courageous and they risk more... I almost prepare the movie with them like a theater play. We rehearse everything -- I mean, the whole script -- and -- something very important -- once I make the choice of the actors, and we rehearse during at least two months, then I adapt the character to them so it's like a suit. I mean, it's like -- a skin!" On the atypical number of strong female characters that populate his films "I write more female characters than male characters... in Spain, we have many more wonderful actresses than actors... the male figure is less expressive... [that being said,] I cannot imagine any male actor better than Antonio to express passion and desire." On the recurring presence of transsexuals and transvestites in his films "Since I was very young, I knew many transsexual and transvestite persons... they really were like heroines or heroes to me... I wanted to be clear, since the beginning, that it was not a Luddite thing, a frivolous thing... in a plot, if you put a transsexual in the middle, everything changes... so, in that sense, I like it." On courting controversy "I knew that Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! was not a pornographic film, so, for that reason, we sued them [them being the MPAA, we being Miramax, on behalf of Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! and Peter Greenway's The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, & Her Lover (1989), around the same time that other studios sued on behalf of John McNaughton's Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) and Philip Kaufman's Henry & June (1990)]... I think it was successful [because it led Jack Valenti to eliminate the X-rating and create the NC-17 rating], which "doesn't have the stigma of being 'pornographic.' I don't have anything against pornographic movies -- only that I'm not making that genre." On winning his first Oscar, for All About My Mother "Of course, I was very happy... you represent your country, and that's a heavy burden, so I was incredibly happy, but because the Spanish people were waiting for that award... it was an incredible national joy." Pedro Almodovar The Skin I Live In

'Castle' Air, ABC Developing David Blaine Thriller (Exclusive)

Alexi Hawley ABC is searching just for a little miracle. The network has acquired drama project In Like Fin from Castle producer Alexi Hawley and My Generation's Warren Littlefield. Based on David Blaine, the project involves Fin, an illusionist who's attracted into action in the covert government sting. Hawley will pen the drama and executive produce, with Littlefield attached just like a nonwriting Air. Blaine is not attached to the project. Endurance artist Blaine, named the present-day Houdini, is much better recognized for his high-profile illusions. In 1999, he was been hidden alive in the plastic coffin underneath a 3-ton water-filled tank for seven days across from Trump Place. He's been surrounded in the huge block of ice in Occasions Square for 63 several hours. ABC broadcast Blaine's first TV special, David Blaine: Street Miracle, in 1997. Finis the newest in the string of projects from Castle executive producers. Laurie Zaks and Moira Kirland are developing The Murder Season, an hourlong drama setup at ABC. Zaks can also be attached to the Lockharts, an hourlong musical drama occur the seventies from Ensure It Is Or Break It scribes Michael Gans and Richard Register, which is defined at ABC. Littlefield, meanwhile, is executive creating ABC's untitled time-travel project with author Scott Veach. He's also co-writing Showtime's adaptation in the Oni Press comic The Damned. Hawley is repped by CAA, Managemint and Hansen Jacobson. Littlefield's credits have Love, Corporation., and Keen Eddie. He's also repped by CAA. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com Twitter: @Snoodit TV Development

Top 50 Power Showrunners 2011

For better or worse, 2011 will go down as the Year of the Showrunner. It all began with Chuck Lorre becoming a household name for all the wrong reasons. Then there wasMad Men'sMatthew Weiner making waves during the showrunner's painful, prolonged negotiations with the network he put on the map. The summer saw film auteur Frank Darabont make a stormy exit from his AMC smash hitThe Walking Deadand then be replaced byThe Shieldveteran Glen Mazzara. But the news wasn't all negative. Emmy night awarded comedy kings Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd more gold forModern Family,and thatMad Menguy earned a redemptive trophy for his collection. Plus, the fall saw the return of such established veterans as Howard Gordon (Homeland), Michael Patrick King (2 Broke Girls) and Neal Baer (A Gifted Man), proving that reinvention is a showrunner's most powerful tool. Here,THRprofiles the men and women who make TV's toughest gig look damn good. METHODOLOGY:Selections forThe Hollywood Reporter'sfourth annual list of the top showrunners are basedon the following criteria: 1.Direct responsibility for the day-to-day creative output of a scripted TVshow that has aired for at least one full season (unless he or she also had another show on the air). 2.How prolific the showrunner is: Those with more shows on the air were more likely to be included. 3.Nielsen ratings, especially relative to other shows on the same network. 4.Emmy attention andcritical praise. 5.Professionalism and reputation among studio and network executives. Profiles written by Tim Appelo, Lesley Goldberg, Marisa Guthrie, Philiana Ng, Lacey Rose and Stacey Wilson Comedy Drama Comedy Salim and Mara Brock AkilThe Game (BET)read more Carter Bays and Craig Th...How I Met Your Mother (CBS)read more Jenny BicksThe Big C (Showtime)read more Liz Brixius and Linda Wa...Nurse Jackie (Showtime)read more Louis C.K.Louie (FX)read more Tina Fey and Robert Carl...30 Rock (NBC)read more Greg GarciaRaising Hope (Fox)read more Dan HarmonCommunity (NBC)read more Al JeanThe Simpsons (Fox)read more Bill LawrenceCougartown (ABC)read more Steven Levitan and Chris...Modern Family (ABC)read more Paul LiebersteinThe Office (NBC)read more Team LorreChuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn, Two and a Half Men; Bill Prady, The Bi...read more Seth MacFarlaneFamily Guy (Fox)read more Suzanne MartinHot in Cleveland (TV Land)read more Rob McElhenney, Glenn Ho...It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX)read more Trey Parker and Matt Sto...South Park (Comedy Central)read more Tyler PerryHouse of Payne, Meet the Browns (TBS)read more Mike SchurParks and Recreation (NBC)read more David ZuckermanWilfred (FX)read more

AFM uncovers film slate

The 32nd American Film Market has revealed its slate with 395 movies, including 65 world premieres, for that extended event beginning November. 2 in Santa Monica.Jonathan Wolf, AFM Controlling Director and professional Vice president from the Independent Film & Television Alliance, made the announcement Wednesday. An overall total of 27 films will be provided in three dimensional.World premieres include "A Gang Story," starring Gerard Lanvin and Tcheky Karyo, with Gaumont handling sales "Bad Karma," starring Ray Liotta, Dominic Purcell and Rhona Mitra, from Screen Media "Columbus Circle," starring Selma Blair, Amy Wise, Giovanni Ribisi and Kevin Pollak, from Lightning Entertainment "Nobel's Last Will," starring Malin Crepin, Bjorn Kjellman and Leif Andree from Zodiak Privileges "Snowflake, the Whitened Gorilla," starring Elsa Pataky and Pere Ponce from Filmax Worldwide "Special Forces," starring Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou and Benoit Magimel from StudioCanal and "The Expatriate," starring Aaron Eckhart and Olga Kurylenko, from Essential Entertainment.Much talked about films include "A Harmful Method" (HanWay), "Albert Nobbs" (WestEnd Films), "Bernie" (Hyde Park Worldwide), "Dark Equine" (Goldcrest Films Worldwide), "Detachment" (Celluloid Dreams), "Edwin Boyd" (Myriad Pictures), "In person" (Jinga Films) "George Harrison: Residing in the fabric World" (Exclusive Films Worldwide), "Hick" (Content) "Killer Joe" (Current Pictures), "Le Skylab" (Films Distribution), "Loosies" (CMG - Cinema Management Group), "Lucky" (ICAP Media) "Michael" (Fortissimo Films), "Peace, Love and Understanding" (Current Pictures), "Rampart" (Sierra/Affinity), "7 Days in Paradise" (Mission Pictures), "Shame" (HanWay), "Shaolin" (Emperor Movies), "The Flying Machine" (Distribution Workshop), "The Woodsman and also the Rain" (Kadokawa Shoten), " Twixt" (Path Worldwide), "Vamps" (Parlay Films), "Take This Waltz" (TF1 Worldwide), "The Dark Blue Ocean" (Protagonist Pictures), "The WomanInch (EuropaCorp) "The Wizard and also the Whitened Lizard" (Distribution Workshop), "Players from the Rainbow: Seediq Bale" (Fortissimo Films) and "You Might Not Hug The Bride To BeInch (Showcase Entertainment). Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Patty Duke Returns to TV in Hawaii Five-

Patti Duke Nowadays, lots of TV stars are dealing with dual roles: The Vampire Diaries' Nina Dobrev (Elena/Katherine), Ringer's Sarah Michelle Gellar (Bridget/Siobhan) and also the Laying Game's Alexandra Chando (Emma/Sutton). But in 1963, Patty Duke was all by herself as identical cousins Patty and Trina Lane around the Patty Duke Show. "We did not have digital anything," recalls Duke, 64. "We'd [shoot] the Patty side first, then everybody would stand it place as i sneaked off and returned outfitted as Trina. In postproduction, they'd really split the celluloid."Tonight Duke is coming back to TV for any guest appearance on Hawaii Five-. It is a role she could not turn lower. "I play a lady within the second stage of Alzheimer's disease whose boy was involved with a dubious cope with coins within the sea," states Duke, who required home the very best supporting actress Oscar for that Miracle Worker in 1962. "McGarrett [Alex O'Loughlin] and Lori [Lauren German] arrived at inform my character that her boy is dead and discover that I am living 20 or 3 decades previously. In her own mind, [her] boy continues to be a boy returning home from soccer practice any minute for any sandwich."Duke knows very well how it is like dealing with mental illness, getting fought bpd for many years. Grateful it's been 3 years since she experienced her last episode of severe stress attacks and irritability, she'll continue taking her meds for that relaxation of her existence. "I have been in medicines for 3 decades and would like to throttle the folks I meet who let me know, 'I have no need for it,'" she states. "They've that right, although not the authority to impose all of the results that include that on the buddies and family."The proud mother of stars Sean Astin (The The almighty from the Rings) and Mackenzie Astin (The Details of Existence), Duke confesses getting leaned heavily on her behalf former TV father, William Schallert, now 89. "He's just amazing," states Duke, whose own father left the household when she was 6. "He's been 90 % the father I didn't have. Regardless of what craziness I had been [dealing with], he was ever present for me personally.InchNevertheless, she confesses there have been occasions the 2 butted heads as active people from the Screen Stars Guild. "I'd get so pissed at him when he challenged me," she takes note of having a laugh. Yet it had been only smiles once the longtime pals reteamed using the relaxation of the sitcom cast for any 1999 TV-movie reunion. Actress Jean Byron, who performed mother Natalie Lane, died in 2006 at 80.Getting finally fed up with the short pace of La, Duke now lives in Idaho together with her husband of two-and-a-half decades, upon the market firemen Michael Pearce. States Duke of L.A.: "I merely will not have another stranger produce the finger."Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Twit Wit: The 5 Best Tweets About Real Steel and Ides of March

comments: 1 || add yours You might’ve realized it by now, but Real Steel is a ridiculous premise for a movie. So ridiculous it worked, in fact. Twitter blew up this weekend with comments about Hugh Jackman’s and the sweet science of robo-jousting, and Ryan Gosling’s effectiveness in The Ides of March. We tally the best five tweets after the jump. 5. Ryan Seacrest has a very strong, near-flirtatious plug for his friend Hugh’s new movie. I’m sure Mr. Jackman appreciates the endorsement from an actual robot. #embedly_twitter_18190575{background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/299130791/Twitter_Background.jpg) #131516;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 p a {color:#009999;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 a {color:#009999;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@RyanSeacrestRyan Seacrest Go see my buddy @RealHughJackman and his boxing robots in real steel tonight! Just a note, the robots are the smaller, less muscular ones ;)Oct 08 via UberSocial for BlackBerryFavoriteRetweetReply 4. Office star Mindy Kaling ignored the towering presence of Real Steel, saw The Ides of March, and turned into a movie critic afterward. #embedly_twitter_36627469{background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png) #C0DEED;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 p a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@mindykalingMindy Kaling Seriously, I saw and loved Ides of March. It was “taut”! (to use a word that reviewers use sometimes that ordinarily makes me feel weird).Oct 09 via webFavoriteRetweetReply 3. Last week’s Twit Wit champion Ken Jennings clocks in at #3 today, this time rhapsodizing the pugilistic strengths of Mr. Hugh Jackman. #embedly_twitter_64159206{background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png) #C0DEED;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 p a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@KenJenningsKen Jennings My favorite boxer is Joe Louis, unless you count robot boxers trained by Hugh Jackman, in which case I think I have a new answer!Oct 09 via webFavoriteRetweetReply 2. Conan O’Brien is also a real human being and a real hero — which is downright suspicious, he suggests. #embedly_twitter_34196538{background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/211522084/cob_twitterbkgd.jpg) #022330;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 p a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@ConanOBrienConan O’Brien Have you ever noticed that you never see me and Ryan Gosling in the same room at the same time? #gullibleladiespleasereadOct 08 via webFavoriteRetweetReply 1. Modern Family writer/producer Danny Zuker rips apart Real Steel in one incisive tweet. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley looks on robotically. #embedly_twitter_25926553{background:url(http://a2.twimg.com/profile_background_images/61586965/centralpark.jpg) #022330;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 p a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@DannyZukerDanny Zuker I love stories about fighting robots, Just wish they’d make one that isn’t as intellectually challenging as Transformers. What’s that?Oct 07 via webFavoriteRetweetReply Tagged: conan o'brien, danny zuker, hugh jackman, ken jennings, mindy kaling, modern family, ryan gosling, ryan seacrest, twitter

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City Films' directorial roster now includes Kelly Hommon, who joins helmers David Denneen, Derek McKane, Phil Meatchem and Sandy Smolan. Sheila Tighe and Josie Leonard, co-founders of City Films, made the announcement. Through her new association Hommon just completed filming docu "A Legacy of Hope," concerning the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation, helping raise nearly $two million for kids receiving treatment for cancer.The Art Company directors Guild had restored anything of professional director Scott Roth for 3 years, to 2014. ADG prexy Tom Walsh made the announcement. Roth has held the positioning since 1997. Following recent mergers, the 75-year-old, 2,000-member ADG now reps production designers, art company directors, scenic and graphic artists, set designers and model makers, illustrators, and storyboard, matte and previs artists.Cinedigm Digital Cinema named Adam Mizel as COO and CFO, and Gary Loffredo as prexy of digital cinema services. Loffredo will even continue as General Counsel. Both continues confirming to Boss Chris McGurk. Mizel will target the growth and development of Cinedigm's software and content companies. Loffredo works using the digital cinema team to increase the business's digital cinema deployment and maintenance procedures.Prasad Corp. named Paul Stambaugh as senior Vice president, The United States, with responsibility for controlling the business's digital media services within the territory. Confirming to Prasad Corp. prexy Sai Prasad, Stambaugh brings a lot more than 40 years of expertise in controlling film labs, video and digital publish services and is experienced in film restoration and upkeep, most lately becoming controlling director of Technicolor's film laboratory and publish-production facility in Bangkok, Thailand. Prasad Corp. offers restoration, 2D-to-three dimensional conversion and vfx.Image Systems named DI colorist Adam Hawkey towards the company's staff of proper consultants. Hawkey has worked with Image Systems on talking to projects and today occurs board as staff. He'll use clients within the integration of Image Systems items into facilities and can lead company training initiatives. Hawkey formerly labored because the senior digital colorist at iOFilm/The Publish Group for nine years. His recent credits include "Greater Ground," "The Final Exorcism," "Passion Play," and "The Demon Inside." Image Systems Media Unit, formerly Digital Vision, is really a division of Stockholm-based Image Systems AB.Brainstorm Digital's NY vfx studio named Eran Dinur as visual effects supervisor. Dinur offered as Brainstorm's composting supervisor within the last year. Formerly he was senior compositor at Industrial Light and Miracle Singapore and also at Framestore NY. He's produced visual effects for such films as "Iron Guy," "Transformers: Revenge from the Fallen," "Star Trek," "Terminator Salvation," "Indiana Johnson and also the Kingdom from the Very Skull" and "Salt." At Brainstorm Dinur will supervise HBO's "Boardwalk Empire" and History's "The Males Who Built America." Contact Peter Caranicas at peter.caranicas@variety.com