Movember Mustache Movie Madness: Perfect Period Piece Pushbrooms

by Jim Gibbons Hollywood has a long love affair with history that rivals some of cinema's greatest romances. While mustaches may not be tremendously hip nowadays, many fine films take place in eras where the 'stache was much more commonplace. Though Movemberthe men's health charity event where gentlemen grow and groom mustaches to raise funds for the Livestrong and Prostate Cancer Foundationsis a relatively young fundraiser, 'stache-growing participants can look to the past for present-day mustache motivation. Brad Pitt as Lieutenant Aldo Raine in "Inglourious Basterds" Sure, Aldo Raine's World War II-era 'stache may not have helped his ability to pull off a proper Italian accent, but that certainly didn't stop this mustachioed soldier from killing more than his fair share of Nazisone of history and cinema's most recognizable groups of villains. Groomed to perfection in the field and undercover, Raine's mustache was as easily recognizable as his big f---ing knife! Ben Kingsley as Mohandas Gandhi in "Gandhi" Portraying one of history's most famous mustachioed leadersa man renowned worldwide for his innovations in non-violent civil disobedienceis no small task, but to win an Academy Award for Best Actor in the process not too shabby, Sir Kingsley. Doing justice to a personage, mustache and all, that's printed on India's currency is a pretty impressive feat for a movie mustache. Just sayin'. Clark Gable as Rhett Butler in "Gone With The Wind" Could a 'stacheless man have uttered the line "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" with enough charisma to solidify its place as one of the most recognizable lines in movie history? I think not! Behind the whiskers may have been a set of false teeth responsible for some truly awful breath, but that mustache... So debonair! Daniel Day Lewis as Bill "The Butcher" Cutting in "Gangs of NY" and Daniel Plainview in "There Will Be Blood" Few mustaches boast as many award nominations and wins as that of Daniel Day Lewis, but that's what happens when you rock a serious soup strainer in two tremendous films. What else would you expect from an actor committed to staying in character on set other than complete commitment to his lip whiskers as well? Make no mistake, this mustache will drink your milkshake. Omar Sharif as Dr. Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago in "Doctor Zhivago" Not many men can claim to have sported a 'stache that was banned in the Soviet Union, but Omar Sharif can. It takes a hirsute man of a certain fortitude to make it through the Bolshevik Revolution and Sharif brought this beloved fictional doctor/poet to life in memorable fashiona fashion so powerful that Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev was threatened by it. That's some mo' power for ya! Jude Law as Dr. John Watson in "Sherlock Holmes" Sherlock Holmes' steadfast companion has been interpreted in a number of ways, but has not often been depicted with the Hollywood good looks he had when Guy Ritchie chose Jude Law for the role. But even with a mainstream makeover, the popular Watson trait they couldn't ditch was that smart mustache. This recent cinematic adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories may have strayed far from the source material, but kudos for keeping the 'stache! David Bowie as Nikola Tesla in "The Prestige" Bowie is a man who's sported many memorable looks throughout his career. Adding another dapper disguise to his ensemble as inventor Nikola Tesla was made all the more awesome by his stylish 'stachean electrifying look! Ken Watanabe as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in "Letters from Iwo Jima" To paraphrase an old saying, you shouldn't judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Clint Eastwood's "Letters from Iwo Jima" shined a light on the other side of a World War II conflict that enlightened American audiences. At the forefront of this effort in seeing how the other side lived was Ken Watanabe's General Kuribayashi and his stalwart 'stache, a mustachioed leader who never lost sight of his honor. Rupert Friend as Prince Albert in "The Young Victoria" The great boon that Hollywood heartthrobs in period pieces deliver unto modern day mustache-wearers is that they instill a sense of romanticism in the fuzzy upper lip that '70s retro chic just can't achieve. Rupert Friend as the Emily Blunt/Queen Victoria-wooing Prince Albert is a prime example. Deftly playing the role of a long dead royal that makes millions of modern woman wonder what's it like to be romanced by a man with a mustache, well, you've done a service to Movember participants worldwide, Mr. Friend! Jim Gibbons is an assistant editor at Dark Horse Comics and a third year Movember participant. You can follow his mustache growth progress and donate to his Movember efforts at http://mobro.co/jimgibbons, and follow him on Twitter at @EnemyOfPeanuts.

Box Office Report: 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' Makes $30.3 Mil in Night time Runs

Summit Entertainment's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning-Part 1 made $30.3 million in night time runs as fans rushed to determine the 2nd-to-last installment within the blockbuster franchise.our editor recommends'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning -- Part 1' Black Carpet Premiere ArrivalsRed Carpet's Top Ten: Twilight: Breaking Beginning Premiere'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' Wedding Invitation Designer Revealed (Exclusive) PHOTOS: 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning -- Part 1' Black Carpet Premiere Arrivals The film started playing in 3,251 theaters at 12:01 a.m. Friday, before getting into an overall total of four,061 locations by mid-morning. Breaking Beginning narrowly set a brand new franchise record, arriving slightly in front of the $$ 30 million gained through the Twilight Saga: Eclipse in night time runs in summer time 2010, and particularly in front of the $26.3 million gained through the Twilight Saga: New Moon 2 yrs ago on a single weekend. Until Harry Potter and also the Deathly Hallows Part 2 arrived this summer time, the final two Twilight photos set records for the best night time performance. This summer time, Deathly Hallows gained an enormous $43.six million in night time grosses. Breaking Beginning now stands at No. 2 when it comes to all-time night time best. PHOTOS: 'Twilight: Breaking Beginning': New Images In the Pentultimate Film within the Saga The film's night time performance indicates it'll have no problems matching, as well as besting, the $142.8 million debut of recent Moon. PHOTOS: 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon': A Behind-the-Moments Look Starring Billy Burke, Taylor Lautner and Rachelle Lefervre, Breaking Beginning was directed by Bill Condon. By Thursday, Breaking Beginning had already gained $8.9 million from a number of foreign marketplaces. Related Subjects Taylor Lautner Rachelle Lefervre Box Office Twilight Billy Burke

Classic Gaming 'Rampage' Headed to Silver Screen From New Line (Exclusive)

Who's up for just about any little Rampage? New Line Cinema has place in development an adaptation in the classic eighties gaming featuring apes and monsters destroying urban centers. John Rickard, which has socialized just like a co-producer on a range of New Line movies in the Nightmare on Elm Street and Final Destination to Horrible Bosses after which year's tentpole Jack the Giant Killer, will produce which is winding up in authors to develop an account for your project. The sport arises from Midway Games, which was acquired by New Line's sister company Warner Bros. this past year for $33 million. The thought of the sport involves a trio of mild-mannered humans that are mutated in to a giant Godzilla-like lizard, a werewolf together with a gorilla, correspondingly, and fight the military while destroying structures. Players controlled the monsters and elevated levels each time a city was destroyed. The project aims to take advantage from the title as well as the pictures of the sport. New Lines are not usually inside the tentpole business (the Our god in the Rings trilogy being the big exception) nevertheless the studio thinks that technologies have advanced enough the chance can be obtained to produce a smartly-allotted monster movie inside the vein and tone of Ghostbusters and Independence Day. Email: Borys.Package@thr.com Twitter: @Borys_Package

L.A. Sheriff reopens Natalie Wood situation

Natalie Wood, above, died round the evening of November. 29, 1981 in the coast of Catalina Island. She was married to actor Robert Wagner, above, in those days.The La County Sheriff's Department is reopening its analysis to the dying of actress Natalie Wood, who drowned nearly thirty years ago in the coast of Catalina Island."Recently sheriff's homicide scientists were contacted by persons who pointed out they'd more details in regards to the Natalie Wood Wagner drowning. Due to the additional information, Sheriff's homicide bureau has made a decision to go to again the problem,Inch Steve Whitmore, a representative for your Sheriff's Department, mentioned.After an analysis following her dying, Sheriff's scientists as well as the La County Coroner ruled that Wood's dying was any kind of accident. Nevertheless the exact conditions surrounding her dying have since been a mysterious.Round the evening of November. 29, 1981, Wood and her husband, Robert Wagner, were trading the Thanksgiving weekend included along with Christopher Walken. They'd been consuming inside a restaurant at Two Provides hiding for after which, after they retured for the boat, Wagner and Walken experienced a heated argument. Wood left the region, that is believed that they may have attended connect a dinghy and in some manner fell inside the ocean.Wood's sister, Lana Wood, as well as the captain in the Wagner's yacht, Dennis Davern, a year ago asked for Sheriff's scientists to reopen the problem. Although Lana Wood told CNN she did not suspect foul play, she mentioned she wanted the "truth to become launched, the particular story," like the character from the alleged argument between Wood and Wagner shortly before her dying.Whitmore wouldn't elaborate round the character in the more details, but mentioned homicide scientists would talk further in regards to the situation inside a media gathering on Friday. Contact Ted Manley at ted.manley@variety.com

La Dodgers Accuse Fox Sports of trying to Hinder Team Purchase

The La Dodgers are accusing Fox Sports of unlawfully trying to hinder efforts to promote they which is assets, including media rights to future games.our editor recommendsDodgers to Re-Sign Matt Kemp for $160 Million (Report)Time Warner Cable Mulls Bid for L.A. Dodgers TV Rights (Report)Dodgers Entrepreneurs Frank and Jamie McCourt Achieve Divorce SettlementAmid Dodgers Chaos, Baseball Posts Attendance Increase in 2011Read the Fox Sports Suit Over Dodgers TV RightsFox Sports Chief Talks Dodgers TV Deal, Nfl Coverage (Q&A) Fox Sports Talks Out Against Plan to Sell L.A. Dodgers Broadcast Rights Dodgers lawyers filed a complaint Wednesday in U.S. Personal personal bankruptcy Court in Delaware, alleging that lawyers for Fox Sports Internet West, which runs the very best Ticket regional sports network, sent a "cease and desist" letter for the Dodgers' financial agent, Blackstone Advisory Partners. Fox had mentioned Blackstone solicited bids for TV rights to Dodgers games. ANALYSIS: Why Hollywood Can Purchase the Dodgers Prime Ticket features a contract to televise Dodgers games through 2013, as well as the deal offers the network a distinctive settling period from March. 15, 2012, through November. 30, 2012. "Enabling others to bid or express curiosity about media rights for your Dodgers can be a apparent breach in the letter and spirit in the exclusive settlement term," Fox lawyer Richard Stone written inside the November. 9 letter. The Dodgers, inside their complaint, mentioned the letter "was designed to hinder the acquisition in the Dodgers in addition to their assets in personal personal bankruptcy." STORY: 10 Hollywood Players Who Could Buy the La Dodgers In the motion filed towards the court Saturday, the Dodgers asked for U.S. Personal personal bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross to approve enabling they to advertise its media rights for 2014 and beyond and possess the Fox exclusive 45-day settling period start whenever legal court issues an order. By "obtaining firm offers, LAD can display customers the substantial price of the publish-2013 telecast rights," they written, adding that it's agreement with Major league baseball takes a purchase to occur by April 30. "LAD has determined inside the exercise of the business judgment that marketing the publish-2013 telecast Rights at this time around around will further the interests of LAD, additionally to the creditors." STORY:Frank McCourt to promote the Dodgers Fox punished the Dodgers on Sept. 27, asking for an injunction to avoid the Dodgers from acting in the manner sporadic while using contract. "Situation the newest chapter in our owner's ongoing intend to prevent adoring his contractual obligations," Fox representative Chris Bellitti mentioned in the statement Wednesday. "The whole truth from the unfortunate situation will rapidly become apparent to all or any.In . Related Subjects Fox Sports Internet

The Warped Forest

A Shunichiro Miki Office production in colaboration with AOI Promotion. (Worldwide sales: Nice Rainbow, Tokyo, japan.) Created by Yasuhito Nakae, Motohiro Kumakura. Directed by Shunichiro Miki. Script, Miki, Yuuka Oosumi.With: Fumi Nikaido, Kanoko Kawaguchi, Rinko Kikuchi, Mikan Ai Makino, Ryu Morioka, Mako Satoh, Atsushi Yoshioka, Tsubasa Fukusawa.A powerful candidate for strangest movie of the season, "The Warped Forest" is really a sometimes amusing, sometimes dumb, frequently grotesque but never dull trip right into a surreal parallel world where small people and titans exist together alongside puppet-like creature-thingies. This self-funded solo pointing debut by Japanese cult figure Shunichiro Miki ("Funky Forest: The Very First Contact") will leave nearly everybody baffled, but does not lack for entertainment value. Fests should take a look. Initially, the pic seems normal as three consuming pals discuss an unusual forest they have learned about. Switching from black-and-whitened to paint, Miki zooms in to the forest where fruit develops in the braches of alabaster-skinned nymphs along with a nearby village hosts eccentrics including full-sized baker's wife Yuppo (Rinko Kikuchi, "Babel") and thumb-sized pregnant lady Makko (Mako Satoh). The passing parade of curiosities includes furry creatures oozing goop along with a punk girl carrying a ray-gun. Superbly designed and decorated, that one-of-a-kind pic will not make any apparent sense, but is compelling within the oddest of the way. Some audiences may go through that in some way everything accumulates in the finish -- kind of. Effects work along with other tech credits are topnotch.Camera (color/B&W, HD), Tetsuro Enjoji, Noboru Iwasaki editors, Aya Kitazawa, Daisuke Miyazaki, Tomomasa Sano music, Oyagi Nobuyuki production designer, Shinji Inoue costume designer, Yuriko Fujiwara. Examined at Hawaii Film Festival, March. 15, 2011. Running time: 77 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Billy Burke In Talks For Role Of Kei In Jaume Collet-Serras Akira

Billy Burke is within advanced talks for that female lead Kei in director Jaume Collet-Serra’s epic Akira, based onKatsuhiro Otomos six-volume graphic novel. Twitchfilm reported midday Tuesday that Stewart have been offered the part. She'd join Garrett Hedlund, that has a mans lead Keneda. Gary Oldman will have the Colonel. Akira is a high priority for Warner Bros since the studio acquired it with Legendary Pictures 2 yrs ago from manga writer Kodansha. The intention is to make two films, each covering three books within the series.Akira was initially modified for that screen in 1988.StewartAndrew Lazar is creating with Appian Ways Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson Killoran.

Keck's Exclusives: Not Such A Long Time Ago Kills Off Its First Legendary Disney Character

Not Such A Long Time Ago, Catherine Lough Haggquist On last night's Not such a long time ago, Cinderella's Fairy Godmother was snuffed out by Rumpelstiltskin much like she would wave her wand making Cinderella's fantasy evening be realized - making her the initial of Disney's legendary figures being destroyed off ABC's new fantasy series. (And taking into consideration the show continues to be written and produced by a few Lost's longtime authors, it's a safe wager they'll be much more later on.) But calculates authors Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz didn't even realize they'd accomplished this milestone until I clued them in. "Oh my gosh God, I guess we did," exclaims Kitsis. "I don't think we even considered it in people historic terms. As storytellers, we just thought it may be awesome if Cinderella arrived at the ball using a deal with Rumpelstiltskin, not the Fairy Godmother." Adds Horowitz: "One of the styles we're getting fun about this show might be the price of miracle. Using miracle even permanently can be a dangerous proposition." Because the authors say it's possible we are in a position to start to see the Fairy Godmother again in pre-dying flashbacks, Horowitz demands, "We really want the stakes really was as well as the audience not to feel cheated." Might there be implications to killing off this kind of beloved figure? "I'll say this," teases Kitsis. "Essentially were Rumpelstiltskin, I'd be cautious for your other fairies [for instance Pinocchio's Blue Fairy], since they're out for revenge!" How will you all experience Not Such A Long Time Ago killing off Disney figures? Are you ready to accept six dwarves instead of seven? Appear off inside the comments section. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

E! Network's Kim Kardashian Wedding Encore Adds Special Divorce Announcement

Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Just a couple of days after Kim Kardashian introduced the conclusion of her brief, public marriage to Kris Humphries, E! Entertainment seems to own handled to obtain apparent it won't customize the network's working relationship while using reality star or her family.our editor recommendsKim Kardashian Defends Her Decision to complete MarriageKim Kardashian Divorce: 10 Signs the marriage Was One Large Hoax All Along Kim Kardashian Talks Out About Divorce: 'It's Tough to undergo Everything Right Now' (Video) "I don't determine if Kim has received an chance to psychologically process this the means by which she must,Inch E! leader Suzanne Kolb told the AP. "I don't have indication this can change her profession.Inch PHOTOS: 19 of Hollywood's All-Time Least Close ties As THR reported, news in the divorce caught E! unawares, compelling the network to shuffle now's planned reruns of Kardashian and Humphries' early October wedding special. Encores of those two-parter were initially scheduled to air Tuesday and Wednesday. The network initially pressed those to Monday and Tuesday, before finally choosing to bump the second part to Thursday. Now, the concluding evening of Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event will probably be prefaced by getting an onscreen announcement acknowledging the divorce. PHOTOS: Inside Kardashian Corporation. "We are a topical network," Kolb mentioned of careful analysis re-air the special, "which is a topic at this time.Inch Still, the network doesn't want any mixed messages about its role inside the marriage or its understanding in the divorce. Carrying out a statement referred to as accusations of possible staging in the wedding "completely false," Kolb showed up in this area in equal defense in the network as well as the Kardashians. "Eventually I felt we required to emerge and condition which was absurd," she mentioned. E! Entertainment Kim Kardashian Maintaining While using Kardashians Kris Humphries Suzanne Kolb