YouTube uncovers professional funnel push

YouTube revealed its lengthy-looked forward to plan Friday to produce a suite of channels filled with star-studded programming from premium content companies, marking parent company Google's bid to transform the tv business as cable did decades ago. Bing is likely to spend 100s of huge amount of money to produce as much as 100 channels, the first that would launch the following month but continue moving out through 2012. Inside a blog publish around the YouTube site, global mind of content close ties Robert Kyncl charged the channels as originating from "well-known personas and content producers in the TV, film, music, news, and sports fields." Programming partners vary from production the likes of Electus and BermanBraun to well-known brands such as the Onion, Wall Street Journal and WWE. Some channels may have celebrity participation including Tony Hawk, Jay-Z, Ashton Kutcher, Rainn Wilson, Amy Poehler, Deepak Chopra and Shaquille O'Neal. Brands already well-rooted online is going to be symbolized too, including Smosh and Machinima. After building its business on the rear of amateur uploads if this first released six years back, the brand new venture marks the most important change in YouTube's strategy since Google acquired it in 2006. By allying itself with pedigreed producers, YouTube is wishing to obtain a bigger chunk of advertising dollars which have evaded the website. Google's technique is to produce formal channels of programming targeted at niche audiences much in the manner cable contacted the broadcast business using the launches of MTV and CNN within the eighties. Word from the startup company continues to be circulating for much of the season as Google has met with auspices throughout Hollywood to draft talent on sides from the camera. YouTube is set on raising CPMs because of its content, which will need closing the space between your fifteen minutes of viewing time daily spent normally online versus. 5-hour average TV instructions. The organization can also be wishing to obtain more traction using the talent blitz than YouTube has already established around the certification side. YouTube already experienced an incorrect begin with the launch of the movie store 2 yrs ago which had little top-shelf content. Captured the organization relaunched the store having a chest in excess of 3,000 movie game titles from Warner Bros., The new sony Pictures and Universal Pictures for $3 or $4 a pop, but sources have indicated there is little uptake. YouTube can also be coming late to a game title that other new-media titans from Yahoo to Hulu have loved a significant jump, consuming talent that belongs to them inside a bid to unlock more dollars from Madison Avenue. The announcement can come only a next day of the organization revealed particulars of the approaching upgrade to Google TV, something melding TV and Web video that battled if this released this past year. The YouTube original channels will end up among the additional features Bing is counting onto help refresh Google TV. By placing YouTube original channels onto Google TV, it can help Google counter critique the service didn't have compelling content options--a disadvantage magnified because the broadcast systems blocked use of their programming soon after launch. Google TV may also be enhanced with a simplified interface, a brand new application that enables customers to find video across both TV and also the Internet, and the development of the Android marketplace. The upgrade will require effect in a few days on Logitech iterations of Google TV, then The new sony models later around. Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com

Schweiger to star in killer pic

SchweigerBERLIN -- German star Til Schweiger takes a rest from his trademark screwball comedies and becoming deadly serious for his next pic, an action thriller in regards to a professional hitman.Schweiger is writing, pointing and creating "The Protector," that has to date acquired Euros600,000 ($850,434) in the German Federal Film Fund (FFA).The multi-hyphenate will produce via his Berlin-based Barefoot Films. Paul Maurice is co-writing the script.Schweiger's last film, "Kokowaah," in regards to a skirt-chasing after author whose existence is switched upside lower whenever a young girl turns up on his doorstep, gained some $43 million in the German box office this season, which makes it probably the most effective domestic pic of the season along with a major hit for Warner Bros. Contact Erectile dysfunction Meza at staff@variety.com

Does Selena Gomezs New Puppy Not Like Justin Bieber?

First Published: October 27, 2011 4:26 PM EDT Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Justin Bieber chats with Access Hollywood on October 27, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Selena Gomez has two special guys in her life, Justin Bieber and new puppy Baylor but is the stars new pooch not fond of her singing sensation boyfriend? Justin recently sat down with Access Hollywoods Billy Bush while promoting his new Christmas album, Under the Mistletoe, and chatted about Selenas new furry friend. She saw this dog, and she fell in love with it. She was like, I need to have it! Justin told Billy. We just went to the shelter just to look around. Turns out, she brought one home. The puppy, a husky mix named Baylor, was instantly drawn to the 19-year-old actress/singer, but not exactly taken with Biebs. It was kind of like she just saw the dog, and it kept going to her, Justin explained. I dont think the dog really likes me that much. In fact, Baylor appears to very much Selenas dog. I think hes on tour with her right now, Justin added. The 17-year-old also explained to Billy why he needs to go to great lengths like renting out the Staples Center to get some alone time with Selena and enjoy a movie. If I go into a movie theater and everyones not looking at the movie and looking at us, its kind of like awkward, he said. Im looking at the movie and everyones looking at me. Its like Im the movie or something. Justin told Billy that the last movie he saw Hugh Jackmans Real Steel choked him up. I thought it was just going to be a bunch of robots hitting each other, but it was a good storyline, Justin said. I think I teared up a little bit. For more with Justin including how he got Billy to donate $5,000 to his favorite charity, CLICK HERE! Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman talk Paranormal Activity 3

Filmmakers Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman seemed the perfect choice to shoot the handheld horror Paranormal Activity 3, given their previous work on Facebook documentary Catfish.That choice paid off handsomely this weekend when the sequel - which cost just $5m to make - took an estimated $54m at the US box office.That makes it the biggest horror opening of all time and the biggest October opening ever in the US.So would Joost and Schulman consider Paranormal Activity 4? Studio Paramount is already talking up the possibility of a fourth film."There are definitely some unanswered questions at the end of this. We'll see how it goes and how people react," Schulman told Fangoria."These movies are sort of a response to the audience's response, and a lot of it is built around what the audience wants. So if it feels like there are enough unanswered questions for us to come up with more mythology, then we'll take a stab at it."The duo are currently working on another low-budget horror-thriller set in NY City."About all we can say is that it would be half found footage, and it's about two teens in NY City. It would be pretty unique," Schulman added.As for their work on Paranormal Activity 3, the filmmakers say they considered using VHS to give it the right look and feel for something shot 1988."But the studio wasn't really interested in releasing a 4x3 analogue movie," said Schulman with a laugh."We tested it, but it got pretty tiring to watch after a while. Everybody's got an HD TV in their house, and movies look so great now - watching a VHS image would get pretty old fast," Joost confirmed.That problem was solved by using a filter on top of HD footage. However, many scenes show the camera operator in the mirror and for authenticity he couldn't be holding a HD camera."So we took a small HD lipstick camera and put it down the barrel of an old VHS camera, so when Dennis is taping himself and it looks completely like a VHS camera, it's recording to an HD chip inside," Schulman explained.

Moammar Gadhafi's 1989 Interview With Barbara Walters Released by ABC News (Video)

ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images In light of Moammar Gadhafi's Oct. 20 death, ABC News has dipped into its vault to post one of the network's more unique interviews with the Libyan dictator. At the height of his power, in January 1989, Barbara Walters traveled to Tripoli for 20/20 sit-down interview Gadhafi. They met in a brightly-colored tent where the then 59-year-old broadcaster called Gadhafi "crazy." STORY: Moammar Gadhafi's Death: What Hollywood Is Saying "He was crazy like a fox," Walters said of their meeting, in a Thursday interview with George Stephanopoulos. "He thought that he was going to be the king of the whole Arab world." In the original clip, which ABC News has promoted heavily in the last 24 hours, Walters described her first impressions of Gadhafi. "The interview was done in a tent he uses as an office," she said. "He had an interpreter, though he speaks some English and seemed to understand my questions -- though he rarely looked me in the eye." VIDEO: Gadhafi's Death Predicted By 80s Sitcom Walters did get a laugh out of Gadhafi at one point, when she noted that his English was better than his interpreter's. Still, the segment remains a largely uncomfortable window into Gadhafi's feelings towards America at the time, including his particular distaste for President Ronald Reagan. "In my point of view, America is made up of two parts," he said. "That is, the American people and the American administration ruling it... The American people, they are completely ignorant of the world completely and they know nothing about the outside world. And unfortunately during the recent years the American administration become more interested with the outside world than with the internal problems." STORY: CNN, MSNBC, Fox Air Gruesome Cell Phone Video of Dead Gadhafi Gadhafi insisted that he understood the American people "very well," making a special point of calling out the media as "Zionists" intent on presenting a false impression of him. "They will show pictures of me next to skulls, to dead bodies," he said. "They are not reflecting the true picture of me." video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player George Stephanopoulos ABC News Barbara Walters 20/20 Moammar Gadhafi

'The Social Network' Tops Key Art Awards

The trailer for David Fincher's The Social Network, created by Mark Woollen & Associates, won the Grand Key Art award in the audio visual category at the 40th Annual Hollywood Reporter Key Art Awards on Wednesday night at the Cinerama Dome. It was the only project to win the top prize.our editor recommendsKey Art Awards Winners 2011Finalists Announced For The Hollywood Reporter's Key Art AwardsTHR's Key Art Awards 2011 The trailer also earned gold awards for editing and music and The Social Network website by Imageworks Interactive, earned a bronze in the interactive category. "We rebooted the awards this year," The Hollywood Reporter Publisher and Senior Vice President Lynne Segall said during her introductory remarks. "We even reinvented the trophy." The new Key Art award resembles a gold klieg light. The Key Art Awards are Hollywood's most recognized awards competition for advertising and communications. This year, THR teamed with the Clio Awards to change the judging methods. The five judging panels, made up senior level creatives in each medium, ranked the entries on three levels: gold, silver and bronze. However, each jury was not obligated to award a gold or silver to any work if they felt nothing was worthy of the ranking. PHOTOS: THR's Key Art Awards 2011 The eligibility period was also expanded to 20 months, including anything viewed by the public from January 2010 to August 2011. Segall also acknowledged the momentary leak of the night's winners online with a series of spoof one-sheets from The Social Network ("You don't get to 2500 entries without making a few enemies."), 127 Hours (127 Leaks) and The Fighter (The Leaker). Other projects earning gold awards were the Inception trailer by BLT & Associates in the audio/visual category for motion graphics and original music. The Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol trailer by AV Squad in the audio visual category of editing and The Last Exorcism's Chatroulette Reactions on YouTube by the Visionaire Group in the audio visual category of viral marketing. The films that took home the most awards were Inception, which took seven total awards in the audio/visual and out of home campaign categories; Kick-Ass, which received seven awards in the audio/visual, out of home and interactive campaign categories; and The Fighter, which won six awards in the audio/visual category. STORY: Key Art Awards 2011: Complete List of Winners Lionsgate, which handled its own marketing materials, was the single biggest winner, taking 13 awards for Buried, For Colored Girls, Kick-Ass and The Expendables. The Walt Disney Studios was the biggest studio, also with 13 wins, while AV Squad was the biggest vendor with 10 wins. In TV, Fox Broadcasting won a bronze in the print category for House's clown-face one-sheet; Menagerie Creative won a silver for the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia DVD box set 6-pack set; Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment won a bronze for its Lost: The Complete Collection packaging; and Miami Ad School won a silver for The Real Housewives of NY out of home campaign titled "Reality Unlike Your Own." For video games, The Ant Farm picked up a silver award in the audio/visual category for its Call of Duty: Black Ops launch trailer, and a bronze for its game packaging for Disney's Epic Mickey. Petrol won a bronze for its God of War III special edition packaging. A record-breaking 2,558 entries were judged for this year's Key Art judge panels, chaired by Michael Kahane of Mojo LLC for audio/visual, Bemis Balkind owner Peter Bemis for print, AvatarLabs founder Rex Cook for interactive, Beck Media & Marketing president Todd Beck for PR, and Cheryl Savala, executive creative director of Menagerie Creative for display ads. For complete list of winners click here. Related Topics Key Art Awards The Social Network

GSN Nabs Cable Rights To Are You Currently Presently Smarter When Compared To A fifth Grader?

Related: GSN Finds New Programming Boss In Amy Introcaso-Davis Santa Monica, CA October 19, 2011 GSN (Game Show Network) introduced today it's acquired the initial-ever cable rights to 90 one-hour cases of Are You Currently Presently Smarter When Compared To A fifth GRADER? from Mark Burnett and Twentieth Television. Situated by Rob Foxworthy, the episodes — featuring celebrity looks by Kellie Pickler, Ron Fox, Tony Hawk, Ray the Cable Guy and Gene Simmons, among others — initially broadcast on FOX from Spring 2007 to Fall 2009 and possess no time before been seen outdoors that network. The humor-filled quiz show, through which a grown-up contestant attempts to reply to questions from elementary school books, will air in five-hour blocks on Sunday nights from 7:00 p.m. to evening time (ET) on GSN. Are You Currently Presently Smarter When Compared To A fifth GRADER? premieres on GSN on Sunday, November sixth at 7:00 p.m. (ET).

EFA Unveils Documentary Nominees

The European Film Academy has finalized its nominees in the documentary category for the 24th annual European Film Awards, which are set for December 3 in Berlin. The films will be made available to the EFA’s 2,500 members, who will vote for the winner. PINA, Germany WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Wim Wenders PRODUCED BY: Gian-Piero Ringel & Wim Wenders STAND VAN DE STERREN (Position Among the Stars), the Netherlands DIRECTED: Leonard Retel Helmrich WRITTEN BY: Leonard Retel Helmrich & Hetty Naaijkens PRODUCED BY: Hetty Naaijkens VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS!, Germany / the Netherlands / Argentina / Chile WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Victor Kossakovsky PRODUCED BY: Heino Deckert

'The Woman' New Clip: Watch a Tense Scene from the Shocking Horror Film [Moviefone Exclusive]

.post-content img {display:none;} 'The Woman' doesn't mess around. Lucky McGee's new horror movie (out in select theaters now) shocked audiences when it premiered at Sundance earlier this year, and its easy to see why. In the film, a normal-seeming successful lawyer and family man kidnaps a feral women raised by wolves with the intent to domesticate her (in his own weird torturous way). If you're in the mood for a horror movie filled with thrills and chills, but not sure if you have a strong enough stomach for 'The Woman,' we have an exclusive clip that hints at how nasty the movie will get. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

REVIEW: Gorgeous Doc Bombay Beach Seems Serious But Boosts Questions of Exploitation

Where does appreciation finish and exploitation begin? Gorgeous and disquieting, the documentary Bombay Beach wobbles involving the two as being a beginner gymnast on her behalf account first attempt round the balance beam. On a single for yellows, it’s a poetic, freeform study from the lives from the handful of in the people from negligence the title, situated with the Salton Sea inside the La desert. Alternatively, it’s an uncomfortable fetishization in the community’s outsider status, based on poverty, by location by an failure or disinclination to exist elsewhere. Israeli-born director Alma Har’el, who evolves from the background of music videos and ads, doesn’t just get pleasure from this abundance of scenic, decaying Americana, she shapes it into choreographed dance interludes while using subjects, who twirl outdoors their mobile houses and don circus masks to cavort inside an outdoors event event gazebo. It’s a bit of whimsy as pretty and problematic since the film generally. There’s without doubt from the products came Har’el to Bombay Beach’s setting, that's almost otherworldly and ripely film. Round the side of the inland sea, the remote, half-abandoned community has the design of several kids of some apocalyptic event. The film starts with old marketing footage from decades ago providing the region’s future since the next California paradise (“The future is becoming!”), a place for resorts and entertainment along with a classical type of escape, before cutting for the fallen reality, the pair of dilapidated houses and firms remaining today, and progressively finding its approach to the three figures it'll follow — the senior citizens Red-colored-colored, who lives inside the Slab City trailer encampment and can manage bootlegging discount cigarettes Benny Parrish, a boy who’s been recognized with bpd and CeeJay Thompson, a black teen from L.A. who’s been shipped towards the region to flee the gang violence that mentioned the presence of his cousin. Part of exactly why is Bombay Beach such prime fuel for arguments about hipster appropriation is its remarkably chic pedigree. Numerous Har’el’s most well-known and acclaimed music videos are for Zach Condon and also the band Beirut, original music from whom figures plainly round the soundtrack. You will discover also tunes from Bob Dylan, plus an passionate endorsement from Terry Gilliam embellishes the very best the condition website. There’s nothing malicious inside the film’s gaze — I have undoubtedly that Har’el has sincerely fallen deeply deeply in love with her subjects as well as the region — but that doesn’t negate the way a film doesn’t observe, it palpably imposes a thesis upon these people, in regards to the crumbled American dream, in regards to the nobility of existence round the edges, together as material with an idea with techniques that talks more for the filmmaker instead of who they may be. Which kind of obligation a documentarian must their subjects could be the center from the interesting if endless debate, and Bombay Beach regardless does not have aims being any type of traditional nonfiction film, but there’s still something squirmy within the vision, the means by so it constantly flirts with condescending regarding the it could lift up. Bombay Beach does include some memorable imagery, a variety of it shot toward dusk when the desert has cooled then when the washed-out colors in the landscape blend into the huge sky as well as the reflecting water. CeeJay and also the friend noodle around in the golfcart trying to find something to accomplish and speaking in regards to the future — he hopes to acquire a football scholarship, but uncle miracles a sum happen if he just continued to be put and increased to become bum. “I’d find we’d take proper proper care of you, no homo,” CeeJay notifies him. Red-colored-colored and also the pals, many wizened and shirtless, have a very cookout in Slab City, while you lady massages a bowl of limp, grey lettuce. “That can be a salad,” her friend declares. Nevertheless it’s to little Benny the film’s heart goes — an attractive kid who seems to reside in only half nowadays as well as the relaxation of occasions within the own imagination, Benny’s around the regimen of Ritalin and Lithium together with other meds that sometimes leave him even dreamier than is his norm, despite the fact that his mother frets of those undesirable effects she also abides with what the doctor notifies her, not receiving almost every other choice. She and her husband were built with a fondness for departing explosives plus an extreme avoidance of housekeeping — the first sort showed up them in jail, the 2nd got their kids removed for a while, and he or she’s clearly trying her most difficult to parent according to rules she’s required to train herself. (When she notifies her earliest daughter she was 15 when she first grew to become pregnant, the woman states “I finally know very well what age you're” — it’s a puzzle she’s been exploring for a while when faced with deflections.) We don’t start to see the problems Benny’s triggered that introduced to his diagnosis, and also the drugged up daze and heavy plea to his teacher that “I hope I behave” are extra heartbreaking because of it. Benny’s playing within the desert around the beached ship or possibly within an illusion sequence together with a fire place truck would be the only moments he seems fully themselves, and so they’re minimal effective and several magnetic cases of Bombay Beach’s Harmony Korine-esque tributes to the thought of the attractive freaks.

TV Ratings: 'Dancing While using Stars,' 'Two . 5 Men' Among Declines

Adam Rose/Warner Bros./CBS"two and a half Males" Against baseball 2010 national football league 2010 nfl playoffs on Fox and Monday evening football on ESPN, the broadcast systems saw declines overall inside the ratings for Monday programming. Still, CBS needed home the nightly victory, calculating a 3.9 rating among the key grownups 18-49 demographic then Fox, which released a 3. from 8-11 p.m. (ABC placed third getting a couple.9.) Due to overrun within the second wager around the American League Championship Series (running until 8:52 p.m. ET), Fox's amounts are difficult to depend on and you'll be available later on Tuesday. PHOTOS: Fall TV Dying Pool: Which New Shows Will Probably Be Axed? Generate An Earnings Met Your Mother (8.9 million total audiences, 3.9 rating in grownups 18-49 demographic), 2 Broke Women (10.6 000 0000, 4.2) and two and a half Males (15.9 million, 5.8) all slid, striking lows for your season to date. But, Males ongoing to become most likely probably the most-seen scripted program for Monday and ranked since the finest-rated. Mike & Molly (11.8 million, 4.) dipped 7 percent versus its previous week's performance. Hawaii Five- (9.7 million, 2.6) sank 19 percent and released a season low. PHOTOS: 10 Shows Canceled Faster Than 'The Playboy Club' Fox's Terra Nova and House were both affected while using ALCS game, while using former airing from 8:52-9:52 p.m. ET and House broadcasting at 9:52-10:52 p.m. ET. (However, just like a guide, Terra Nova/House released a few.6 and from 10-11 p.m., House came a few.3 average.) Over on ABC, Dwts (17 million, 3.1) was steady, matching the other day's ratings. Castle (11.2 million, 2.4), meanwhile, saw a little four percent dip, striking a season low. Sports wasn't friendly to NBC's The Sing-Off (4.3 million, 1.4), which walked 22 percent, drawing its least expensive-rated telecast so far. A rerun of Prime Suspect -- altering the canceled The Playboy Club -- came 2.9 million audiences together with b .7. The CW's Gossip Girl (1.3 million, .6) and Hart of Dixie (1.5 million, .6) were lower too. CBS -- 3.9 · Generate An Earnings Met Your Mother: 8.9 million, 3.9 · 2 Broke Women: 10.6 000 0000, 4.2 · two and a half Males: 15.9 million, 5.8 · Mike & Molly: 11.8 million, 4. · Hawaii Five-: 9.7 million, 2.6 Fox -- 3. ** ALCS overrun ABC -- 2.9 · Dwts: 17 million, 3.1 · Castle: 11.2 million, 2.4 NBC -- 1.2 · The Sing-Off: 4.3 million, 1.4 · Prime Suspect (R): 2.9 million, .7 The CW -- .6 · Gossip Girl: 1.3 million, .6 · Hart of Dixie: 1.5 million, .6 TV Ratings

Joel Silver Meets The Envoy

Producing spec action screenplayHollywood may seem to be predominantly about pre-existing intellectual properties and sequels these days, but it's still possible to sneak through an original project occasionally. For proof, look to Robert Archer Lynn, who has just sold his spec screenplay The Envoy to Warner Bros, and seen action-meister Joel Silver attached as producer.According to THR, The Envoy revolves around a diplomatic courier whose routine delivery becomes more stressful than anticipated. It turns out that his diplomatic package contains stolen intelligence about a terrorist attack on America, prompting a race across Vienna as he tries to evade bad guys and get to the US embassy unscathed and intact.Lynn was a contestant on the 2003 season of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's Project Greenlight on HBO, a competition series giving budding filmmakers the chance at their first big break. He didn't win, but has since written and directed a handful of low-budget independent films. Most star his frequent collaborator David Alford. Prisoner (2007) scored Elias Koteas.The Envoy marks his first big studio sale, however, and with no director yet attached, Lynn may well have his fingers crossed that his involvement doesn't end there. Silver and his producing partner Andrew Rona, meanwhile, will be hoping it can be shaped into another Euro-flavoured hit like their recent Unknown...

Presidents Clinton and Bartlet Watch 'The Way' Together

Last night, a well-to-do crowd of generous NYers enjoyed a rare opportunity to hang out with two presidents of the United States: Bill Clinton and Josiah Bartlet. The occasion was a charity screening of 'The Way,' starring Martin Sheen -- who played Bartlet on 'The West Wing' from 1999 to 2006 -- and directed by Sheen's son Emilio Estevez. Clinton, who was there to support the evening's beneficiary, The Walkabout Foundation, went out of his way to thank "my friend Martin Sheen, who when I left the White House became my president." (That's a George Bush joke, for those playing at home.) "I try to show the appropriate deference." 'The Way' follows the journey of a bereaved father (Sheen) along the Camino de Santiago, a medieval pilgrimage route from France to Spain that every year attracts tens of thousands of motivated pedestrians. It's not the kind of movie you'd make if box-office success were anywhere on your list of priorities, but those who do sign up will enjoy watching Sheen, who so famously trekked into the heart of darkness in 'Apocalypse Now,' pursue the path of something like salvation, and the Super 16 footage of the Camino is something humanity can be glad to possess. As Estevez put it, after lamenting our age of cynicism, "This is a movie that invites you to climb higher on the tree. The view is better, the fruit is sweeter." Still, just as the movie persistently questions its characters' reasons for taking their journey, an audience member has to ask: Why make this movie? The answer came during the post-screening Q&A, when Estevez shared a family anecdote. A few years back, Martin Sheen and his grandson Taylor Levi Estevez (Emilio's son) walked the Camino, and along the way Taylor fell in love with an inn-keeper's daughter, whom he went on to marry. Upon his return, Martin told Estevez, "You've lost a son on the Camino, and if you want to see him you should consider making a film there. And while you're considering that, why don't you write that film for me to star in." Now it all made sense! But there were other mysteries to ponder, too. Why Bill Clinton? Why the Walkabout Foundation, a very young organization whose very, very ambitious long-term goal is to supply wheelchairs to every one of the 100 million people around the world who need them? These answers eventually emerged as well. Walkabout was founded by siblings Luis and Carolina Gonzalez-Bunster, whose father, Rolando, roomed with Clinton during their freshman year at Georgetown. Rolando is also the one who forged a connection with Estevez, after introducing himself on an airplane to ask what Estevez and his father had been doing making a movie on the Camino. Once it emerged that Luis had been the first person ever to make the pilgrimage in a wheelchair, the magic started to happen. "We would not be here tonight if Rolando had not taken that opportunity," Estevez observed. "Tonight is one of the miracles." Click here to donate to the Walkabout Foundation. [Photo: AP] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Watch Charlize Theron Try to Ruin a Marriage in Sweats in the Young Adult Trailer

This morning, we revisited Charlize Theron as the Evil Queen in Snow White and the Huntsman and this afternoon, we get to see the Academy Award-winning actress as a suburban ice princess who returns to her hometown in sweats to lie to Hampton Inn employees, blatantly flirt with her married high school sweetheart and drink around the clock. Click through to see the first trailer for Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody’s next joint venture, Young Adult. All I’ve ever wanted to see onscreen is a sneering, sweatsuit-wearing, Diet Coke-swilling heroine with complete disregard for societal concerns and Charlize Theron appears to be just that in Young Adult. The comedy drama follows Theron’s character, a teen lit author, as she returns home to hook her married high school crush (Patrick Wilson looking a lot like Chris Pratt). Only instead, she forges an unlikely bond with a former classmate (Patton Oswalt) in dimly lit alleyways. Unfortunately for everyone, Young Adult won’t hit theaters until December 9. VERDICT: Honestly, this trailer had me at the Hampton Inn establishing shot. Someone start the countdown… [via ComingSoon.net]

Bryan Lourd Joins LACMA Board of Trustees

Bryan Lourd is joining the board of LACMA. The CAA partner, along with Lyn Davis Lear and Crescent Capital founder/Milwaukee Machines owner Mark Attanasio, will be the latest people on 64-member board.our editor recommendsCAA's Bryan Lourd certifies talks of stake buyKim Kardashian part of LACMA transformation In the statement, LACMA's Boss Michael Govan, mentioned the three new individuals have "unique and significant experience of the cell phone industry's of entertainment or sports, additionally to some desire for the humanities as well as the community." Lourd may also be round the Leader's Committee round the Arts as well as the Humanities. Formerly few years there's a big change to incorporate more LACMA board people within the Westside -- and many types of that signifies -- than from downtown. Terry Semel co-chairs the board. Willow Bay is probably the five vice chairs. Board people include John Grazer, Michael Lynton, Carole Bayer Sager, Barbra Streisand and Steve Tisch. "That is part of Michael getting another quality for the museum," states board member Wendy Stark. "We have to have Hollywood people who collect art round the board. And Bryan's got a great art collection and great taste." Related Subjects CAA LACMA

Spock Attends His Last Star Trek Convention

First Launched: October 3, 2011 5:22 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Caption Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock on Star TrekLeonard Nimoy has attended his final Star Trek convention. The 80-year-old actor, best-recognized for playing Mr. Spock inside the original TV series that began in September 1966, produced four fingers in to a V for Vulcan sign and intoned to fans Spocks most well-known phrase: Live extended and succeed. Nimoy has mentioned the convention in suburban Chicago praising the 45th anniversary of Star Trek might be his last. He spoke with an hour about his existence and career, and thanked fans for support over time. Some held signs saying: We love to you Leonard! Live extended & succeed. Creation Entertainment organizes the Star Trek conventions. Company Boss Adam Malin states the business has along with and labored with with Nimoy for virtually 3 decades which Nimoy will probably be missed. (Copyright 2011 by Connected Press) Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.