Debra Playing and Husband Split After ten years

Daniel Zelman, Debra Playing Will & Sophistication star Debra Playing and her husband Daniel Zelman have split, Us Weekly reviews."Debra Playing and Daniel Zelman individually separated taken carrying out a 120 month marriage," Messing's repetition mentioned told playboy.Initial Look: Debra Playing and Christian Borle on SmashMessing and Zelman, who co-created the Emmy-winning legal drama Damages, met after they were students at NY College. They married in 2000 where you can 7-year-old boy, Roman.Playing, 43, will star in NBC's mid-season musical drama Smash, which premieres Feb. 6 at 10/9c.

Golden Globe nominees for top director

Martin Scorsese round the number of 'Hugo' The HFPA made an appearance just to walk out its approach to spread the love inside the director category this year, nominating two tales, a respected auteur, a French filmmaker presently riding the crest in the award-season wave and George Clooney.Wait: Clooney got nominated over Steven Spielberg and Stephen Daldry? By George, you think celebrity has anything associated with the choices?Clooney's inclusion for his lead actor be employed in "The Descendants" happen to be considered confirmed. However, the "Ides of March" nods for film drama and director caught some suddenly since the film hasn't had much traction with experts groups or other honours precursors. There is however history round the HFPA side, since the org's voters had formerly nominated Clooney for his behind-the-camera concentrate on his last film, 2005's "Evening, and All The Best.InchAs you HFPA member put it: "Cynics might think otherwise, but it's easy enough. Voters like Clooney and believe his movie shipped."Clooney is grew to become an associate of inside the category by Alexander Payne, who directed him in "The Descendants." Payne, too, features a proven history while using Globes, getting been nominated two occasions for pointing and winning two occasions for script. Another favorite is "Hugo" helmer Martin Scorsese, whom the HFPA honored finally year's ceremony having its Cecil B. DeMille award. Scorsese has already established the course two occasions formerly decade for "Gangs of NY" and "The Departed."The category's final two slots result from well-regarded as as comedies with French connections -- Gallic filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius' valentine to quiet cinema, "The Artist," and Woodsy Allen's nostalgic "Evening amount of time in Paris." The jerk reps Allen's fifth nomination just like a director, though he's never won the course.Particularly absent is Spielberg, a ten-time nominee and a pair of-time champion as director. Spielberg's equine epic "War Equine" found success moving picture drama, but tend to not accomplish a normal-double due to its director. (Spielberg is available among the animation nominees for "Tintin.")Daldry's omission may also be something from the surprise, since the British helmer had received nods for his previous two activities, "The Several hours" and "The Visitors." A smaller surprise: Auteur Terrence Malick neglecting to increase the risk for cut for his impressionistic "The Tree of Existence." HFPA hasn't nominated Malick since "Occasions of Paradise" in 1979.Even though their films switched up inside the heavyweight drama category, the HFPA overlooked Bennett Burns ("Moneyball") and Tate Taylor ("The AssistanceInch). Taylor, helming his first studio film, remains receiving more run for his script adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's popular novel. Miller's "Moneyball" has furthermore been winning more kudos round the writing side due to its degree-of-difficulty adaptation of Michael Lewis' 2003 amounts-oriented bestseller.Since the pointing category typically draws more within the drama side than its comedy options, neglecting to include Paul Feig ("Bridesmaids"), Jonathan Levine ("50/50") or Simon Curtis ("My Week With Marilyn") didn't raise any eye eyebrows among Globe audiences.For the possible lack of last year's champion, David Fincher, who returns this year with "The Woman While using Dragon Tattoo," one HFPA member supplies a concise explanation: "We just loved the Swedish version better."GOLDEN GLOBES COUNTDOWN Year of couples therapyThe ContendersDrama: Best Picture Comedy: Best Picture Best Director Drama Actor/Actress Comedy Actor/Actress Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Vinterberg's 'Hunt' finds gold gold coin

MOSCOW -- Danish director Thomas Vinterberg's "The Search" starring Mads Mikkelsen just like a divorced kindergarten teacher billed with attacking somewhat girl, is a type of a raft of Scandinavian projects backed inside the latest round of funding within the Swedish Film Institute. Vinterberg's first film since 2010's "Submarino," "The Search" received $143,000 towards its $3.8 million budget. It's produced by Scandinavia's Zentropa. Other individuals who win inside the November round of funding include Teresa Fabik's romantic comedy, "Love and Lemon," produced by Stockholm's Tre Vanner Produktion, that will get $millions of. Irish director Lance Daley's comedy, "Life's quite simple,In . of a as well as her grandchildren searching for a lost fortune, can get $195,000 and may shoot in Sweden early next season,. Documentaries supported in the funding round worth a complete of $2.3 million include Fia-Stina Sandlund's "She's Staging It," through which three stars meet in NY for just about any workshop on August Strindberg's "Miss Julie," through which they try in order to save the heroine from suicide. It got $64,000. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

'New Year's Eve' 'Saturday Night Live' Sketch Sets All-Star Love Story Against Apocalypse (VIDEO)

.post-content img {display:none;} As it turns out, perhaps there were too many stars in 'New Year's Eve' to engage audiences. The Garry Marshall-directed film earned just $13.7 million over the weekend, less than the opening day grosses of 'Valentine's Day.' (Sorry about this news, 'What to Expect When You're Expecting'!) If only 'New Year's Eve' featured Drew Barrymore, Alan Alda, Cuba Gooding Jr., Al Roker, Christina Aguilera, Paulie Walnuts, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the end of humanity! At least that's what the good folks at 'Saturday Night Live' presented during the Katy Perry-hosted edition, which mocked 'New Year's Eve' -- despite, or maybe because, head writer Seth Meyers actually appears in the underwhelming romcom. Good job, everyone! Watch it above and head over to AOL TV for more about 'SNL.' Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

'War Horse': The Making of Steven Spielberg's WWI Epic

This story first appeared in the Dec. 9 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.our editor recommendsAndy Serkis on Who Sends Him Hate Mail; Why Oscar Should Rethink Animated Category (Q&A)Why 'Tintin' and 'Rango' Stand Out Among This Year's Animated Awards Contenders (Opinion) For most of Academy Awards history, animation and visual effects have competed in separate categories. But as the line between VFX and animation gets increasingly blurry, animated films like Kung Fu Panda 2 or Puss in Boots -- as well as the performance-capture-based The Adventures of Tintin -- could emerge as contenders in the VFX category. The VFX branch made a loud statement about what constitutes a visual effect in 2007 when it put CG-animated Ratatouille and motion-capture-based Beowulf on its list of 15 Oscar contenders. PHOTOS: The Big Screen's Evolution of Talking Animals So what's the difference between animation and VFX? "It's ambiguous," admits DreamWorks Animation's Alex Parkinson, VFX supervisor on Kung Fu Panda 2. "Everything you see in an animated movie is a visual effect." One notoriously tough effect to render in live action is computer-generated water -- which is also tough to animate. "The tools and techniques are exactly the same," says Parkinson. "The difference is that on a traditional live-action movie, you are matching a plate, which has its own complications, and on an animated movie, you are creating the world from scratch and defining the rules of the world a lot more." PHOTOS: 10 Inappropriately Sexy Cartoon Characters That may amount to no difference at all in the animation-acclimated eyes of VFX branch voters. The CG water in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 could be judged alongside the CG water created for Tintin and Panda. Not since Tim Burton's 1993 stop-motion classic The Nightmare Before Christmas has animation earned a VFX Oscar nomination. This time, 2012 could be the year. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery 2010's Animated Movie Box Office Scorecard Related Topics Oscars Kung Fu Panda 2 Oscars 2012 Puss in Boots The Adventures of Tintin Animation

Sara Gilbert Verifies She's Dating Linda Perry

Sarah Gilbert The Talk co-host Sara Gilbert opened up up about her new relationship with music performer/songwriter Linda Perry around the daytime talk show - although not by choice."Yesterday I had been just out, and also the paparazzi have there been,Inch she stated, mentioning to photos which were taken from the couple over Thanksgiving weekend."Each one of these content is out that I am inside a new relationship... I actually do wish to share [this news] along with you ... but I wish to get it done on my small terms, entirely hair and makeup," she joked towards the audience Wednesday.Browse the relaxation of present day newsThe 36-years old actress, who performed Darlene Conner on Roseanne, split from her longtime girlfriend, TV producer Allison Adler, in August. The pair dated for ten years and it has two children together.Watch Gilbert talk to her Talk co-hosts:

'Hugo' is National Board of Review's best film

'Hugo' was named Best Film with the National Board of Review while Martin Scorsese also won Best Director.George Clooney won Best Actor for 'The Descendants.''We Need to Discuss Kevin''s' Tilda Swinton acquired the Board's Best Actress kudo.Gore Verbinski's 'Rango' was named Best Animated Feature.The Country's Board of Review has selected "Hugo" becasue it is best film of 2011 as well as the film's helmer Martin Scorsese in addition to director. George Clooney and Shalene Woodley acquired lead and supporting honors, correspondingly, for "The Descendants," which supplies the film a little more honours warmth throughout this crucial period of time. Christopher Plummer acquired a supporting jerk for his broadly recognized role in "Beginners," and Tilda Swinton was famous for "We must Discuss Kevin." Although Rooney Mara acquired a breakthrough performance award on her behalf role in "The Woman While using Dragon Tattoo," the film itself was without every other honors. "Like Crazy's" Felicity Manley also acquired a breakthrough award. Michael Fassbender, which has came out in four features this year, received the spotlight award. The org's annual honours gala will occur Jan. 10 at Cipriani 42nd Street in NY City and you'll be situated by NBC News' Natalie Morales. The group's pick for top picture may help a film gain honours season traction, though its history isn't sure-fire. When "The Social MediaInch taken NBR's major honours a year ago, it gave the film a feeling of inevitability for Oscar, though "The King's Speech" ultimately needed home the Academy Award. This Past Year, NBR chose "Up up,Inch which acquired a nom but no trophy. NBR's 2008 pick arranged nicely while using Academy when "Slumdog Uniform" needed home the prize. Greater than 100 academics, students, film fans and professionals consider some 250 films inside an array of groups to search for the honorees. Report on Individuals who win:Best Film: "Hugo"Best Director: Martin Scorsese, "Hugo": George Clooney, "The Descendants"Best Actress: Tilda Swinton, "We must Discuss Kevin"Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"Best Supporting Actress: Shailene Woodley, "The Descendants"Best Original Script: Will Reiser, "50/50Best Modified Script: Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, "The Descendants"Best Animated Feature: "Rango"Breakthrough Performance: Felicity Manley, "ConstantlyInchDevelopment Performance: Rooney Mara, "The Woman while using Dragon Tattoo"Debut Director: J.C. Chandor, "Margin Call"Best Ensemble: "The AssistanceInchLimelight Award: Michael Fassbender ("A Dangerous Method," "Jane Eyre," "Shame," "X-Males: Top ClassInch)NBR Freedom of Expression: "Crime After Crime"NBR Freedom of Expression: "Pariah"Best Language Film: "A Separation"Best Documentary: "Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory"Special Achievement in Filmmaking: The Harry Potter Franchise - A Distinguished Translation from Book to FilmTop Films(from the to z)The ArtistThe DescendantsDriveThe Girl while using Dragon TattooHarry Potter as well as the Deathly Hallows Part 2The Ides of MarchJ. EdgarTree of LifeWar HorseTop 5 Language Films(From The To Z)13 AssassinsElite Squad: The Enemy WithinFootnoteLe HavrePoint BlankTop 5 Documentaries (From The To Z)Born being WildBuckGeorge Harrison: Dwelling within the fabric WorldProject NimSennaTop 10 Independent Films (From The To Z)50/50Another EarthBeginnersA Better LifeCedar RapidsMargin CallShameTake ShelterWe Need To Discuss KevinWin Win Contact Christy Grosz at christy.grosz@variety.com

SAG Foundation Presents Events With 'Melissa & Joey,' 'Raising Hope,' 'Suits'

SAG Foundation Presents Events With 'Melissa & Joey,' 'Raising Hope,' 'Suits' November 30, 2011 "Raising Hope" "Melissa & Joey" Screening followed by a Q&A with Melissa Joan Hart, Joey Lawrence, Taylor Spreitler, Nick Robinson, and executive producersWednesday, November 30th7pmSAG Foundation Actors Center5757 Wilshire Blvd, MezzanineLos AngelesIn ABC Family's hit comedy series "Melissa & Joey," Melissa Joan Hart portrays Mel, the grown-up former wild child of a political family who is now a local politician herself. When her sister ends up in prison and brother-in-law flees after a scandal hits, Mel must take responsibility for her teenaged niece, Lennox, and adolescent nephew, Ryder. Spread too thin to manage by herself, help comes in the unlikely form of Joe (Joey Lawrence) who, desperate for a job, moves in and becomes the family's "manny.""Melissa & Joey," is a half-hour multi-cam comedy executive-produced by Bob Young & David Kendall, Paula Hart, Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence, and stars Melissa Joan Hart, Joey Lawrence, Taylor Spreitler and Nick Robinson. The series launched in summer 2010 as ABC Family's No. 1 comedy debut ever in Total Viewers. . "Melissa & Joey" is currently in production on Season 2 and will return with all new episodes on ABC Family in 2012."Raising Hope" Screening followed by a Q&A with Garret Dillahunt, Lucas Neff, Shannon Woodward, and Gregg BinkleyFriday, December 2nd1pmSAG Foundation Actors Center5757 Wilshire Blvd, MezzanineLos Angeles"Raising Hope" is the critically acclaimed single-camera comedy from Emmy Award winner Greg Garcia that follows the Chance family as they find themselves raising the newest addition to the household.With very few useful skills but their hearts in the right place, will the Chances be successful in the unpredictable and immensely challenging world of parenting?"Suits" Screening followed by a Q&A with Patrick J. AdamsSaturday, December 3rd5pmSAG Foundation Actors Center5757 Wilshire Blvd, MezzanineLos AngelesPatrick J. Adams stars on the USA Network's his show, "Suits." While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of NY City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht). Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by hiring Mike on the spot after he recognizes his raw talent and photographic memory.RSVP at Conversations@sagfoundation.org. Please include your name, which events you would like to attend and how many guests you would like to bring. SAG Foundation Presents Events With 'Melissa & Joey,' 'Raising Hope,' 'Suits' November 30, 2011 "Raising Hope" "Melissa & Joey" Screening followed by a Q&A with Melissa Joan Hart, Joey Lawrence, Taylor Spreitler, Nick Robinson, and executive producersWednesday, November 30th7pmSAG Foundation Actors Center5757 Wilshire Blvd, MezzanineLos AngelesIn ABC Family's hit comedy series "Melissa & Joey," Melissa Joan Hart portrays Mel, the grown-up former wild child of a political family who is now a local politician herself. When her sister ends up in prison and brother-in-law flees after a scandal hits, Mel must take responsibility for her teenaged niece, Lennox, and adolescent nephew, Ryder. Spread too thin to manage by herself, help comes in the unlikely form of Joe (Joey Lawrence) who, desperate for a job, moves in and becomes the family's "manny.""Melissa & Joey," is a half-hour multi-cam comedy executive-produced by Bob Young & David Kendall, Paula Hart, Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence, and stars Melissa Joan Hart, Joey Lawrence, Taylor Spreitler and Nick Robinson. The series launched in summer 2010 as ABC Family's No. 1 comedy debut ever in Total Viewers. . "Melissa & Joey" is currently in production on Season 2 and will return with all new episodes on ABC Family in 2012."Raising Hope" Screening followed by a Q&A with Garret Dillahunt, Lucas Neff, Shannon Woodward, and Gregg BinkleyFriday, December 2nd1pmSAG Foundation Actors Center5757 Wilshire Blvd, MezzanineLos Angeles"Raising Hope" is the critically acclaimed single-camera comedy from Emmy Award winner Greg Garcia that follows the Chance family as they find themselves raising the newest addition to the household.With very few useful skills but their hearts in the right place, will the Chances be successful in the unpredictable and immensely challenging world of parenting?"Suits" Screening followed by a Q&A with Patrick J. AdamsSaturday, December 3rd5pmSAG Foundation Actors Center5757 Wilshire Blvd, MezzanineLos AngelesPatrick J. Adams stars on the USA Network's his show, "Suits." While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of NY City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht). Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by hiring Mike on the spot after he recognizes his raw talent and photographic memory.RSVP at Conversations@sagfoundation.org. Please include your name, which events you would like to attend and how many guests you would like to bring.