MTV's Movie Smackdown 2012: Election For That Must See Flick!

Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy involves an finish, the "Twilight" saga reaches its conclusion and "The Avengers" finally assemble people are a handful of in the monumental occasions punching the silver screen in 2012, easily one of the finest years for movies in recent memory for people reasons plus much more. Really, it's virtually impossible to find out which film might be the main one we're most eagerly awaiting, which explains why we're adopting you: which movie are you currently presently most searching toward in 2012? We'll get through to the bottom of the question in MTV's Movie Smackdown 2012, a completely new tournament pitting 32 of the extremely anticipated movies of next season against each other, "Hunger Games" style! Get ready for MTV's Movie Smackdown 2012! Beginning on Tuesday (The month of the month of january 3), we're recommending that you simply election for your movie you're most excited to find out in 2012 based on our report on 32 game game titles. The following week, our list will pare lower with a sweet 16 based on your votes. People remaining movies will probably be pitted against each other in many single-elimination battles until only one film remains standingthe film that you're most searching toward in 2012. Can the growing buzz on "The Hunger Games" outmatch the anticipated "Breaking Beginning" finale? Will a comic book movie flick like "The Dark Dark evening Increases" or "The Astounding Spider-Guy" proceed and take top prize? Which approaching Snow White-colored movie "SWATH" or "Mirror Mirror" is usually the fairest famous them? We'll uncover what you consider when the Smackdown begins. Tune into MTV Movies around the month of the month of january 3 for your first round of voting! Which movie are you currently presently most searching toward in 2012? Inform us inside the comments section and also on Twitter!

Matthew McConaughey Pops The Question To Model Camila Alves

First Published: December 26, 2011 1:34 AM EST Credit: Matthew McConaughey / WhoSay.com Caption Camila Alves and Matthew McConaughey share a kiss in front of the Christmas tree. Photo Credit: Matthew McConaughey / WhoSay.comLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- It was a very merry Christmas for Matthew McConaughey, who popped the question to girlfriend Camila Alves. The Lincoln Lawyer star revealed the news himself on his WhoSay account, writing, just asked camila to marry me, merry Christmas. While her answer wasnt revealed, it certainly appears she said yes, as Matthew posted a photo of the pair kissing in front of a Christmas tree. Matthew began dating model Camila in 2006. They have two children together son Levi, 3, and daughter Vida, 1. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Period photos invite wide spectrum of styles

Woodsy Allen and d.p. Darius Khondji around the group of 'Midnight in Paris'Janusz Kaminiski shot 'War Horse'From Tom Stern's bloodless, monochromatic palette on Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar" to Janusz Kaminski's vibrant, painterly images in Steven Spielberg's "War Equine," filmmakers required significantly different methods to taking historic periods within their work this season, whether according to real-existence figures or just grounded inside a certain some time and place.For Peter Suschitzky, who shot David Cronenberg's early twentieth century Freud/Jung drama, "A Harmful Method," the concept of changing his style to match a specific epoch is specious at best. For that d.p., subtle variations tend to be more visceral than proper."I am not likely to change my camera style significantly simply because it is a period movie," he states. "But something clearly does happen within myself, and elegance changes naturally. We required into consideration the film is placed before (everybody had) electricity. My arrangements were based more about place. Within the mental hospital moments, I needed strong arrangements. Freud's apartment includes a different feel from Jung's due to the sets. I shoot on individuals sets organically, responding intuitively as to the I see."I actually do think the time talks for you and influences you with techniques you aren't alert to,Inch he adds. "Just seeing the stars in period clothes impacts the job.InchTomas Alfredson's "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy," by comparison, was shot particularly as one example of an especially lonely Cold War ambiance. The cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, that has been dealing with period films for a long time, feels it's simpler than contemporary work, because "time provides you with perspective -- you could be a little little more analytical about some things. Time is well defined inside a visual sense."The aim ended up being to bring audiences into exactly what the filmmakers perceived as being the actual "atmosphere from the Cold War" in Eastern Europe, not even close to glamourized notions. "This is actually the more dark side from the Cold War, the painful side -- people kept in small rooms lit by artificial light, studying the motions," van Hoytema states."MI6 (agents) in this time around were hard-toiling, lonely males who had secrets they might not tell anybody. We desired to show how lonely and dreary it had been. I needed a scruffy finish towards the cinematography -- real texture within the frames."To do this, van Hoytema used a classic, grainy Fuji Reala 500D film stock that's now stopped. Then he enhanced grain using a 4k digital intermediate workflow in a Swedish facility known as the Chimney Pot."I acquired more grain with this stock, and through slightly underexposing it," he states. "(The 4k process) resulted in we're able to work on a far greater resolution. By doing this, we lost a smaller amount of the dwelling from the original negative, that was vital that you me. A 2k process can hinder original film noise, and grain could possibly get strained, making its roughness appear digital. Here, we could return that organic sense."Woodsy Allen's "Night time in Paris," meanwhile, moves back-and-forth between contemporary and period pictures. The mission was about romanticizing Paris during the night throughout a famous historic period, and distinguishing it from contemporary portions from the film.To do this, for that period sections, d.p. Darius Khondji used old Taylor-Hobson Cooke contacts in the sixties and '70s, and sharp, modern Cooke S5 contacts for contemporary pieces."The current period also offers a wider lens and much more camera moves to become sharper with increased depth of area," states Khondji, "in the end used longer contacts for period work."Within the 20's, they did not possess a wide-position lens, and so i shot that period with out them. We attempted to glamourize it with longer contacts and fewer movement -- more classical. Also, more backlight. I do not use lots of backlight for modern tales, but it is an legendary, vintage look that actually works to (represent) older photography."The filmmakers tried to differentiate vintage Paris during the night via a distinct insufficient exterior light. "We switched the lights in Paris," Khondji states. "In modern metropolitan areas, there's an excessive amount of light. I imagined that in those days, there have been bubbles of sunshine only around coffee shops, bookstores and restaurants, wherever there is activity.""War Equine," which happens throughout The First World War, seems to reference the type of fiery florida sunsets and dramatic vistas of classic epics like "Gone Using the Wind" and "Duel under the sun.InchThese wealthy, light-intensive arrangements -- accomplished almost totally in camera -- are, in this way, figures within the film, telling audiences of the simpler era in comparison to what's coming."We spoken about amazing outside, beautiful skies, and great clouds," Kaminski states. "To keep the good thing about heaven, you need to light stars at certain levels so that they don't match the landscape. Whether it were a modern day movie, I'd have experienced another approach. I wouldn't light people around Used to do about this movie, and the significance of deep skies wouldn't be stressed just as much.InchThe time character is especially emphasized throughout the fight sequences. An legendary cavalry charge inspired by historic works of art descends in to the dark, graphic reality of trench warfare. Spielberg and Kaminski are extremely no other people to imagining the battleground after "Saving Private Ryan," but this time around around, your camera highlights another type of a war."This movie has less camera methods, less manipulations (for fight sequences) -- it's more straightforward," Kaminski states. " 'Private Ryan' depended on altered camera speeds and contacts much more. 'Private Ryan' was handheld and, here, we're usually from the stars -- we are more objective about this, less personally involved."Meanwhile, Stern's dark, shadowy look on "J. Edgar" emphasized the time costumes and sets. As a result, Stern states he was generally focused on lighting and lensing for that changing condition of Hoover's mind, considering that the film is really a mental drama."He was going between your frustration of his feelings and the yearning for energy, and that he descends right into a kind of tragic isolation," Stern states. "That is what i was attempting to capture. Sometimes, he's a few molecules lacking crazy, and that we lit accordingly. The time is mainly taken proper care of with design. A buddy lately accused me of getting it look old mahogany, however i reckon that was the sense and (palette) of high-finish federal structures in those days.InchExactly the same takes hold the Department of Justice and Hoover's office are utilized across many decades, so lighting fittings were exchanged. Gaffer Ross Dunkerley, for instance, used practical 250-watt lights to light all of the 20's moments within the primary corridor. Within the sixties, that same corridor is lit with practical fluorescent lights to really make it look better throughout daylight hrs.Such subtle methods are over "J. Edgar," but possibly probably the most overt make an effort to distinguish one era from another happened throughout digital intermediate process. There, Eastwood and Stern had Technicolor Hollywood colorist Jill Bogdanowicz significantly desaturate the 20's imagery to really make it seem like it had been nearer to how film looked in those days. Bogdanowicz even added soft vignettes to 20's shots to help keep eyes centered on the middle of frames to imitate the feel of more dark, vintage contacts.EYE Around The Academy awards: THE CINEMATOGRAPHERLensers aren't scared of the dark For 'Hugo,' depth contributes to character Period photos invite wide spectrum of styles Projecting turmoil Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

R.I.P. Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan, a personality actor round the stage, screen and tv whose most legendary role was playing Col. Sherman Potter for 10 seasons on M*A*S*H*, died Wednesday in Brentwood of complications from pneumonia, the AP reported. He was 96. He was nominated for eight Emmys — including two for pointing the Korean War comedy-drama, which was one of the longest-running series ever — and won for playing Potter in 1980. Morgan came out frequently on tv, beginning in the market at first, in addition to stood a extended stint as Sgt. Joe Friday’s trusty partner on Dragnet. Furthermore to turning up on Broadway at the beginning of his career, Morgan made 50 films, coping with the type of Henry Fonda, John Wayne and Elvis Pressley and gathering credits like High Noon, Inherit The Wind, The Apple Dumpling Gang as well as the Shootist.

Keck's Exclusives: Glee to Celebrate Songs of Michael Jackson in Tribute Episode

Glee Michael Jackson's legions of fans have major cause to celebrate today.Similar to Season 1's Madonna tribute, the January 24 episode of Fox's Glee will feature 10-12 songs from Jackson's library. The episode is being fast-tracked in the writers' room now and is expected to begin shooting this Friday. Half of the episode will shoot before the cast breaks for the holidays, with the remaining numbers to be completed in January.While creator Ryan Murphy has been teasing since the summer that a special spring tribute episode was in the offing, it took some convincing to assure the Jackson family that their late son/brother/father would be honored appropriately. Now, they have given their enthusiastic support.You can get a taste of what's to come in tonight's "Sectionals" episode, which features several classic Jackson family numbers. Finn, Puck, Blaine and Mike sing "Man in the Mirror;" Tina, Kurt and Mike take the lead on The Jackson 5's "ABC;" and Artie, Blaine and Sam do their rendition of Janet Jackson's "Control." According to Ryan, the "kids" had such a fun time performing these MJ numbers, as well as "Thriller" in last year's Super Bowl episode, that he made an extra effort to seal the Jackson tribute deal before the end of 2011. Now he says the cast is flooding him with requests to sing their fave Jackson numbers.Glee has purposely avoided such splashy episodes this season as part of a renewed commitment to focus on story over spectacle. But if there was ever a reason to break that moratorium, the songbook of Michael Jackson is probably the greatest.For further details on this special tribute, be sure to keep reading TV Guide Magazine.Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

What Herman Cain's Presidential Campaign Suspension Means for Hollywood Conservatives (Analysis)

Disney Channel is at it again.our editor recommendsDisney Channel Sets Premiere Date for 'Frenemies' TelepicDisney Channel Renews 'A.N.T. Farm'Disney Channel Renews 'Phineas and Ferb' for Fourth SeasonDisney Channel Slate Includes 'Zombies,' 'Super 8' Comedy The premiere of holiday television movie Good Luck Charlie: It's Christmas, inspired by the cable network series Good Luck Charlie, hit ratings gold Friday evening. The Christmas movie delivered nearly 7 million total viewers (6.9 million to be more exact) at 8 p.m. Good Luck Charlie: It's Christmas averaged 3.3 million among kids 6-11, 2.4 million among tweens and 1.4 million among adults 18-49. The movie is now the top live-action cable film of the year among total viewers. To compare, Lemonade Mouth -- which aired in April and also starred Bridgit Mendler -- averaged more than 1 million less viewers with 5.7 million viewers to its premiere. The telepic's strong ratings performance boosted the launch of music comedy Austin & Ally at 9:30 p.m. The half-hour series drew 5.7 million viewers, with 2.7 million falling in the kids 6-11 demographic and 2.1 million in tweens. Next week will be a big test for Austin & Ally as it will premiere in its regular Sunday time slot at 8 p.m. Versus Friday's broadcast offerings, which were not tailored to kids or teens, the Disney Channel outdrew nearly every program during the 8-10 p.m. period in viewership -- the exceptions being CBS' A Gifted Man and CSI: NY. Good Luck Charlie: It's Christmas centered on the Duncan family who get separated during a trip to Grandma's house and going against the clock to reunite in time for Christmas. Austin & Ally follows Austin, an extroverted singer, and Ally, a brilliant but shy songwriter and their best friends. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Disney Generation's New Rising Stars TV Ratings Disney Channel

DDA Pr links with Blueprint

DDA Pr and Blueprint Pr are starting a London-based partnership named DDA Blueprint. The stand alone company is going to be headed up by Blueprint PR's co-company directors Jesse Balmforth and Aimee Norman, with DDA's Boss Lawrence Atkinson and COO John Stannard as non-executive company directors. The businesses stated the company of DDA Blueprint will mainly be worldwide TV trade and theater publicity with Blueprint PR theater mind Kate Morley leading the venture's legit activity. "Like a specialist PR agency having a global and famous clientele, DDA Blueprint can create and supply proper and goal-driven, tailor-made campaigns inside the worldwide and United kingdom television and theater industries," the announcement stated. The businesses also stated the TV arm of recently minted DDA Blueprint will support worldwide sales activity, and concentrate on bringing in co-production partners and potential traders, aiding in communications on mergers and purchases and co-ordinating global PR methods. In theater, DDA Blueprint will plan and implement media campaigns for theater companies and individual plays and musicals. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com