Jay-Z & Beyonces Babys College Fund Is Taken Care Of

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Jay-Z and Beyonce are ecstatically awaiting the arrival of their baby, but unlike most parents, the power couple isnt stressed about paying for their impending bundle of joys collegiate experience! No yeah, I think I figured it out, Jay-Z jokingly told Access Hollywood, when asked if he and B had started saving for their little ones college fund at the Making The Ordinary Extraordinary event hosted by Jay-Zs scholarship program, the Shawn Carter Foundation, in NY City on Thursday. Almost, almost. While he and Beyonces baby will be blessed with a financially solid future, Jay-Z feels for the growing number of Americans who may not be fortunate enough to afford rising tuition fees. In 2003, Jay, along with his mom, Gloria Carter, established the Shawn Carter Foundation a scholarship program which helps individuals facing socio-economic hardships pursue education at institutions of higher learning. Theres gonna be way more professionals than there are artists. I was lucky enough to have a God-given ability I got to skip the educational part on its highest level, but, especially in this day and age, a lot of the blue-collar jobs are gone, Jay-Z told Access, when asked what inspired him to create the program. I think its important to be prepared for this era and whats to come, and I also think its important to give a person an opportunity. lf you work hard and youre ready to put in the work [but] you cant further your education because of, you know, money for whatever reason thats sad, he added. In addition to hosting the SC Foundation bash on Thursday, the soon-to-be dad partied earlier this week with pal Gwyneth Paltrow for her 39th birthday. However, unlike the Contagion star who took to Twitter to complain of a horrific hangover the next morning the hip-hop mogul said he was feeling fine following the birthday soiree. I had the same amount of fun as she had, he told Access, when asked if he shared Gwynnies post-birthday bash fate. No hangover. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Iceland sends 'Volcano' to Oscars

"Volcano"LONDON -- Iceland has selected Runar Runarsson's feature debut "Volcano" as its entry for the foreign-language film Oscar. The helmer has described his film as "a coming-of-age story of a 67-year-old man." Theodor Juliusson toplines as a retired school janitor forced by a traumatic event to face up to his shortcomings and to learn to love. Margret Helga Johannsdottir plays his wife. The film preemed in Directors' Fortnight at Cannes, and has played at several other major festivals, including Toronto, where it screened in the Discovery section. It also plays at this month's Chicago Film Festival. Pic was produced by Thor Sigurjonsson and Skuli Fr. Malmquist for Iceland's Zik Zak Filmworks, and Egil Dennerline for Denmark's Fine & Mellow Prods. TrustNordisk is handling foreign sales. The film was backed by New Danish Screen, Icelandic Film Center and Nordic Film and TV Fond. Runarsson's 2005 short film "Last Farm" was nominated for an Academy Award. His 2008 short "2 Birds" played in competish at Cannes. Contact Leo Barraclough at leo.barraclough@variety.com

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Dirty Hearts (Coracoes sujos)

A Downtown Filmes release of a Mixer production in co-production with Downtown Filmes, Globo Filmes, Teleimage, RioFilme, Lereby. (International sales: Mixer, Rio de Janeiro.) Produced by Joao Daniel Tikhomiroff, Michael Tikhomiroff, Gil Ribeiro, Vincente Amorim. Executive producers, Eliane Ferreira, Oliver Kwon, Bernardo da Fonesca. Co-producers, Daniel Filho, Caique Martins Ferreira, Anne Pinheiro Guimaraes. Directed by Vincente Amorim. Screenplay, David Franca Mendes, based on the book by Fernando Morais.With: Tsuyoshi Ihara, Takako Tokiwa; Eiji Okuda, Shun Sugata, Kimiko Yo, Eduardo Moscovis, Celine Miyuki, Issamu Yazaki. (Japanese, Portuguese dialogue)Amazing, little-known historical events shape Vincente Amorim's fictional post-WWII drama "Dirty Hearts," set in Brazil's large Japanese colony. Sequestered during the war, cut off from all Nippon publications, most immigrants refused to believe their country did not triumph. Fanatical societies sprang up, targeting those who acknowledged Japan's surrender as "dirty hearts," and launching a murderous internecine campaign against them. Like Amorim's 2008 "Good," "Hearts" follows the fate of a good man caught up in fascistic madness, here told through the eyes of his disillusioned wife. Though pic is unimaginatively shot, its explosive subject matter could launch it into distribution. Friendly young neighborhood photographer Takahashi (Tsuyoishi Ihara, "Letters From Iwo Jima," "13 Assassins") and his lovely wife, Miyuki (Takako Tokiwa), seem unaffected by the faraway war. But tensions mount around reports of Japan's loss, the news denounced as enemy propaganda by the majority of immigrants. A well-liked member of the community, the somewhat naive Takahashi is singled out by diehard Col. Watanabe (Eiji Okuda), a monomaniacal fanatic with no redeeming qualities. Takahashi, persuaded that his patriotic duty lies in the extermination of traitors, is given a samurai sword to accomplish the task. First to go is Takahashi's friend Aoki (Issamu Yazaki), who acted as a simple translator for the Brazilian police and happened to believe that accounts of Japan's defeat were genuine. Helmer Amorim stretches out the graphic execution scene in painful, gory detail, Takahashi returning home bloodied and demoralized to a wife who slowly begins to comprehend what he has done. Once compromised, Takahashi is firmly caught in the colonel's web, killing sensible men whom he once called friends and losing the love of his wife and his self-respect in the process. In David Franca Mendes' melodramatic script, Takahashi stands alone in his moral ambiguity: The colonel's other followers are all portrayed as villainous thugs delighting in meting out death and destruction, while all of Takahashi's rapidly dwindling friends and acquaintances are thoughtful family men who see no virtue in denying reality. Amorim posits his film as a domestic drama played out on a large historical stage, with obvious relevance to contemporaneous issues of bigotry, fanaticism and denial. The sepia-toned pic marks little distinction between interiors and exteriors, be they Brazilian police stations or Japanese houses. The production design, meant to convey claustrophobia and sequestration (it is never clear if the colony is a war-created ghetto or a pre-existent enclave), mainly manages to look like one big, brown movie set.Camera (color, widescreen), Rodrigo Monte; editor, Diana Vasconcellos; music, Akihiko Matsumoto; production designer, Daniel Flaksman; costume designer, Christina Kangussu; sound, Jose Louzeiro; re-recording mixer, Armando Torres Jr.; casting, Patricia Faria, Yutaka Tachibana. Reviewed at Montreal World Film Festival (competing), Aug. 22, 2011. Running time: 107 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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N.Y. Musical Theater Fest Previews Diverse Shows

On Wednesday at New World Stages in Manhattan, the NY Musical Theatre Festival offered a special preview of this year's slate of new musicals. The eighth annual festival which runs from Sept. 26 to Oct. 16showcased an eclectic group of tuners making their NY debuts.Numbers were performed from 10 of the festival's 30 shows, including "Greenwood," a nostalgic look at performing arts camp friends who reunite in adulthood; "Outlaws: The Ballad of Billy the Kid," which puts a rock spin on the Wild West; and, for literary-minded musical fans, "Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice: A Musical.""After she was already a success, Jane Austen went back to her unpublished manuscript called 'First Impressions,' " explained Donna Lynne Champlin, who plays Austen in the show. "She rewrote it, turning it into 'Pride and Prejudice,' and we see her interact with the characters from the novel." Patricia Noonan plays the novel's heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, and she and Champlin performed a duet, "Had I Been in Love.""Is it Jane Austen's story? Is it the story of 'Pride and Prejudice'? It's both," Champlin added. "The show strikes a really delicate balance about the art of making art. All of us in the show feel like it's too good to be true.""Greenwood" brings together Broadway vets Felicia Finley and Andrea McArdle (the original Annie). Though friends for years, the two had never worked together until now. They play the adult versions of tweens who attended a performing arts camp; they meet up to reminisce about what they did and re-examine who they are."Our characters are over 40 and we're miserable," McArdle said. "So through social networking, my character, Sheila, arranges a reunion at the camp for a few weeks, because that was a time when magic happened. It was a time of real joy." "Greenwood" is also a bit of a family affair: Finley's husband, Paul Stancato, directs. "It's like serendipity on crack," Finley said about how the casting elements came together.Jill Paice performed a song from "Kiki Baby," which she described as "a 1930s version of 'Toddlers & Tiaras.' " Paice plays the mother of a 4-year-old singing prodigy (played by the very adult Jenn Colella). As the child becomes more successful, she also becomes more manipulative and demanding. "It's a comedy that takes a dark turn," Paice explained. "When do you indulge a child too much? When should you stop?" Paice also mentioned a scene in which young Kiki's antics reach outrageous heights: "Watch what she decides is the best way to clean off a table after a meal!""This One Girl's Story" is one festival entry that hits on heavier themes, namely the 2003 hate-crime killing of Sakia Gunn, a 15-year-old African-American lesbian. The show, which was performed at GayFest NYC, was a 2011 GLAAD Media Award nominee. Dionne McClain-Freeney, who wrote the music and lyrics, emphasized that the show celebrates Gunn's life rather than dwelling on the tragedy of her death: "It's a vibrant, juicy look at the young woman's life in relation to her friends." Cast members Angela Grovey and Zonya Love Johnson sang the number "I Would Do Anything.""Outlaws" is an ensemble work that features Corey Boardman as Billy the Kid and David Murgittroyd as Pat Garrett. " 'Outlaws' shows how all these people met," said Boardman. "They're carefree at first, but grew up real quick." The musical merges edgy rock and country instrumentation, but it also offers a look at the group different from the story that many know, said Murgittroyd. "The media made these people what they wanted them to be.""Ghostlight" also looks at some well-known historical figures, albeit in a very different arena: the Ziegfeld Follies, where the humor stayed onstage and the drama arose in real life. Rachael Fogle plays Olive Thomas, a small-town girl who finds success but also falls victim to substance abuse and an affair with Florenz Ziegfeld himself (played by Michael Hayden), much to the consternation of his wife, Billie Burke (Rachel York).For York, who performed the song "He Laughs at My Jokes" at the preview, playing Burkebest known as Glinda the Good Witch in "The Wizard of Oz"came with responsibility. "Her part of the storyline is emotional and melodramatic," York explained, "but I want to make sure that her sense of humor is still there, that we show all the colors of this real-life woman."The festival has premiered more than 200 musicals since its inception, with dozens of shows later embarking on regional or international runs. Several even graduated to Broadway, including "Next to Normal," which went on to win three Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize for drama."I love that we are a platform for both traditional musicals and newer kinds of works," said Isaac Robert Hurwitz, the festival's executive director and producer. "At NYMF, you can run from theater to theater and see both kinds of showseven in the same day."For tickets and further information, go to www.nymf.org.

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Wanda Sykes: I'd a Double Mastectomy

Wanda Sykes, Ellen DeGeneres Wanda Sykes has gone through a double mastectomy after being identified with cancer of the breast captured.Within an interview around the Ellen DeGeneres Show set to air Monday, the comedian discloses the very first time that they discovered she'd cancer of the breast in Feb when she went set for a breast reduction.Take a look at all of the familiar faces coming back to TV this seasonInchI'd real large breasts and that i just received fed up with knocking over stuff. Each time I eat - oh, The almighty. I'd have a Tide stick everywhere Time passes. My back was sore so the time had come to possess a reduction. It had not been until following the reduction, that within the lab work, the pathology, they discovered that I'd DCIS [ductal carcinoma in situ] during my left breast," Sykes states. "I had been very, very lucky because DCIS is essentially stage-zero cancer. And So I was very lucky. But cancer is cancer."Sykes had the option of arranging routine check-ups, but notes that "I am bad at keeping on the top of stuff." She later discovered that you have a good reputation for cancer of the breast on her behalf mother's side from the family, which motivated her to choose a bilateral mastectomy."I'd both breasts removed and ... now I've zero possibility of getting cancer of the breast," she states. "It may sound frightening upfront, but give me an idea? Would you like to wait and never be as fortunate if this returns and it is past too far?InchExamine out photos of Wanda SykesStill, Sykes, 47, states she'd bookings about openly talking about her campaign. "The number of things could I've? I am black, then lesbian. I can not function as the poster child for everything," she jokes. "A minimum of using the LGBT issues we obtain a parade, we obtain a float. It is a party. I had been real reluctant about carrying this out because I personally don't like walking. I acquired lots of walks approaching."

ABC Lands Twelve Apostles Drama From 'Prison Break' Creator

Ernest M. Brown/Getty ImagesPaul Scheuring ABC has acquired a higher-profile project from Prison Break creator Paul Scheuring turning round the mysteries all around the Twelve Apostles. Entitled Zero Hour, the ABC Galleries project is referred to being an epic adventure turning around a skeptical everyman who's taken up in a single of history's finest conspiracies. The love leads him on the harmful journey all over the world because he collects clues which will unlock a mysterious all around the Twelve Apostles but additionally clues to their own identity. Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and Serta McDermott are affixed to executive produce the project through their Di Bonaventura Pictures Television shingle. Scheuring, who produced the 2005 to 2009 Fox drama Prison Break, will pen the script and executive produce. The project marks the most recent this development season from Di Bonaventura's shingle. Producer, via his cope with ABC Galleries, also offers a set of comedy projects in addition to dramas Golden Gate along with a Walter Mitty-type project using the Blind Side scribe John Lee Hancock setup in the network. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com Twitter: @Snoodit ABC TV Development

Lark names 2011-12 guys

Jose Rivera, Batsheba Doran and Mona Mansour are probably the scribes drawn on to become playwriting guys this year at Gotham's Lark Play Development Center. The chosen authors will take part in the org's biweekly Playwrights Workshop, brought by Arthur Kopit with backup from Theresa Rebeck, Doug Wright and David Henry Hwang, amongst others. Rivera (nommed to have an Oscar for his script for "The Motorcycle Journals"), Doran ("Kin") and Mansour ("Urge for Going") is going to be became a member of by Dominique Morisseau along with a. Rey Pamatmat ("Edith Can Shoot Things striking Them"), the receipient from the Lark fellowship that provides taking part authors annually of Gotham housing along with a stipend. Alums from the workshop include Katori Hall, whose play "The Mountaintop" lately started Broadway previews, and Rajiv Frederick, whose "Bengal Tiger in the Baghdad Zoo" were built with a Rialto run last season. Lark fellowships run for that 2011-12 season. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Back Stage in the SAG Foundation Present 'Yes, And...The Improv Night'

On September 14, instructors from improv training centers iOWest, The 2nd City, The Groundlings, and Upright People Brigade in La collected to go over everything improvisation inside a Back Stage in the SAG Foundation panel event. Subjects talked about incorporated the various ways of thinking on teaching improv, how improv class might help stars, how to locate the college for you personally, and just how the net has transformed comedy."[The Web] is really an excellent platform for comedy," stated The 2nd City's Josh Funk. "It is the future its our cinemas to locate a place online."It had been among the most friendly nights Back Stage in the SAG Foundation has seen. The instructors were really complimentary and encouraging of one another. It had been apparent there is a mutual admiration included in this.InchI believe the improv community generally within L.A. is fairly welcoming to everyone," stated UCB's Joe Wengert. "If you are here to understand and do effort, I believe that does get recognized."CONTINUE Reading through ON BLOG STAGE

Netflix to spin off DVD-by-mail biz

Netflix expects to split up its streaming and rental-by-mail companies into separate divisions inside the future. The business hopes the completely new division, named Qwikster, might help it stabilize its subscriber base and revive its share prices. To help revive consumer interest, the business expects to include videogames to its rental options too. Also inside the note, Boss and co-founder Reed Hastings acknowledged the overwhelming negative feedback to recent cost changes in the organization, saying, "I messed up. I owe everyone grounds.In . The publish was most likely probably the most apparent public acknowledgement through the organization it mishandled the present decision to part ways subscription costs due to its streaming and DVD rental service, effectively raising the rates for individuals who triggered to both by 60%. Lots of people felt we did not have respect and humbleness in the way we introduced the separation of DVD and streaming, as well as the cost changes," Hastings mentioned. "That was certainly not our intent, which i offer my sincere apology. When Netflix is altering rapidly, I must be extra-communicative. This really is really the important thing factor I obtained wrong. In hindsight, I slid into arrogance according to past success.'' Clients will rapidly must see Qwikster.com to incorporate Digital video disks for his or her queue. The relaunched service may even add videogames to its inventory, a move many experts are actually promoting. The business expects to provide game game titles for your Xbox 360 360 360, Ps 3 and Wii. People are actually asking for videogames for quite some time, since DVD by mail possesses its own team, we are finally configuring it done," Hastings mentioned. The Netflix and Qwikster sites will not be integrated, developing new hurdles for clients. Changing bank card information, for example, will require clients to visit each site individually making the modifications. Those sites will apparently also not share recommendation information to rent costs made following a separation, that may considerably affect suggested films. Andy Rendich, which has introduced the DVD division for four years (together with an individual inside it in the last 12), will probably be Qwikster's Boss. Careful analysis split the business, states Hastings, came following a realization the divisions had different cost structures and marketing needs. It's also made to allow Netflix to improve its streaming service, their large wager money for hard times, then one facing elevated competition from Amazon . com . com and Walmart, amongst others. Netflix shares fell 26% over a couple of days the other day following the organization decreased its third-quarter customer estimations with a million. Shares are lower 12% up to now this year. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Dancing's Tom Bergeron to Chaz Bono Experts: Relax

Dwts, Tom Bergeron If there's one guarantee every Dwts season, it's this: Almost always there is a backlash against one contestant."They're losing it about Bristol Palin. They're losing it about Kate Gosselin. They're losing it about Nicole Scherzinger. Now, it's Chaz [Bono]. Select a season, select a freakout," Tom Bergeron notifies TVGuide.com. "Just relax already. It's a ballroom show, for God's sake! I have not a clue why Chaz sitting on is really a concern. I type of expected there to become reaction, but nothing this huge. Relax.InchDrop Preview: Get scoop inside your favorite returning showsStill, it is not the large hostile a reaction to the transgendered activist's participation that's most likely probably the most shocking for the Bergeron, but rather the casting department's capacity to snag Bono to start with. "I'm constantly impressed, and impressed with Deena Katz at this time around, six many 13 seasons in," the short-witted host states. "They still be capable of develop casting bulletins that generate buzz and press and interest."This season's crop is amongst the eclectic ever. Others punching the hardwood include David Arquette, Ricki Lake, Elisabetta Canalis (also called George Clooney's ex-girlfriend), Hope Solo, Nancy Sophistication and Ron Artest - "or no matter the hell he's calling themselves now.Inch Ryan O'Neal was stated to become on too before losing by helping cover their a knee problem, but Bergeron hopes he'll return next season."I used to be really thrilled to find out about Hope because it was this kind of timely booking after this summer season [while using World Cup]," Bergeron states. "David Arquette, I used to be surprised to hear about. Ricki, I understood, because I'd recorded her pilot on her behalf talk show and he or she described then. Nancy Sophistication surprised me. I'd never met her as well as the first factor she mentioned in my opinion within the announcement throughout rehearsals was, 'I need to get this taken proper care of: I'm a large fan of America's Funniest Videos!' I'm unsure if she was buttering around the host!"Fall TV: Have the lowdown relating to this season's must-see new showsThe cast also features three new pros, Maksim Chmerkovskiy's brother, Val, and last season's troupe people, Peta Murgatroyd and Tristan MacManus. Nevertheless the finest fresh face is probably not human whatsoever - you will notice a totally new set. "It's as being a logical development of our original set," Bergeron states. "It's bigger, better, but nevertheless recognizably Dwts.InchBergeron confesses he loved the old set the way was, but thinks the alteration-up - combined while using cast - will reinvigorate the show which is ultimately necessary throughout an very stacked fall. "It's nice to freshen the new fresh paint, specifically when you're entering a effective, competitive season while using X Factor as well as the Sing-Off [which airs opposite Dancing]," according to him. "You will discover plenty of reality shows everywhere, so it's a great time to brighten our look. I'm not prone to sneeze at improvement."While using focus, in addition to money, beginning revamping the set, Bergeron doesn't anticipate the show changing the set drastically to reflect the weekly styles like they did last season. But you could expect theme days to remain - and perhaps see more recent and much more effective ones too.Dancing's Cheryl Burke: Make the most of Kardashian is more suitable to Kim"They've always labored well for people,In . according to him. "The producers have always extended all the different the show and the essence intact. Like the classical week last season - I used to be so worried about that! Oh my gosh God! I used to be calling it Uncover the Remote Week! However am wrong about every part i had been very happy to be. Everything was top-notch. The expansion values were as much stars as others inside the cast. I am hoping which is back this season. We always perform a few completely new ones each year, so I am certain you will notice people too.InchThere's one Dancing tradition he thinks, or greater precisely hopes, is finished: Chmerkovskiy pinching his butt. (Chmerkovskiy demands within the TVGuide.com blog it most definitely is not over.) "Maks mentioned time from the butt-pinch allegedly ended last season, and so i am getting rid of the Kevlar under clothes," Bergeron states. "We'll see what continues. That may be a terrible idea!InchDance premieres Monday at 8/7c on ABC.