LA Sheriffs Department Reopens Analysis Into Natalie Forest Dying

First Launched: November 17, 2011 10:12 PM EST Credit: WireImage La, Calif. -- Caption Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner throughout Look Magazine Party at Jimmys Restaurant in Beverly Slopes, February 14, 1979The analysis to the dying of West Side Story star Natalie Wood remains reopened nearly thirty years after her dying. The La Sheriffs Department introduced what is the news on Thursday mid-day, somewhat under 2 days just before the 30th anniversary in the actress dying. On November 29, 1981, Natalie Wood Wagner drowned while boating in the Isthmus of Catalina Island. In those days, the drowning was investigated with the La County Sheriffs Department as well as the La County Coroners Office. The drowning was ruled any kind of accident, a release within the LASD to get into Hollywood read. Recently Sheriffs 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, Sheriffs Homicide Bureau has made a decision to go to again the problem, the release ongoing. Wood, the star of films like the James Dean vehicle Digital digital rebel Without Any Cause and Miracle on 34th Street, died at 43, abandoning her husband Robert Wagner and a pair of children. The actress dying due to drowning happened within a stick to her yacht with husband Robert, and actor Christopher Walken. On Thursday evening, a repetition for your Wagner family launched a disagreement to NBC News inside the analysis reopening. Although nobody inside the Wagner family people happen to be relayed through the LA County Sheriffs department relevant for this matter, they fully provide the efforts in the LA County Sheriffs Dept. and trust they'll evaluate whether any new information relevant for the dying of Natalie Wood Wagner is applicable, so it evolves from the credible source or sources aside from people simply trying to earn money in the thirty year anniversary of her tragic dying, the statement read. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Report: Joy Behars HLN Show to End

Joy Behar HLN's The Joy Behar Show is ending at year's end, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Joy Behar has hosted the opinion-based show since September 2009, while maintaining her longtime position as co-host of The View.Joy Behar and boyfriend marry after 29 yearsThe news is somewhat unexpected because of the show's solid ratings - it's second only to Nancy Grace's eponymous program on HLN."It just felt it was time for everyone," an insider told Deadline.com, which further reported that she'll look into new prospects, even within HLN's parent company Turner Broadcasting.

My Favorite Scene: Tarsem Finds Common Ground Between Man Bites Dog and an Episode of Cops

This week, Movieline’s favorite honey badger of directors, Tarsem (The Fall, The Cell), unveils his spin on Greek mythology in Immortals, a fantasy actioner that blends artistic influences as vast and varied as Caravaggio, classics, and Henry Cavill’s abs. So who better to invite to a round of My Favorite Scene than the visionary filmmaker, who managed to pinpoint the uncanny cinematic parallels between the 1992 Belgian mockumentary Man Bites Dog, a Cannes Film Festival awardee, and that one episode from the “brilliant” first season of COPS. First, Tarsem set the stage with a scene from Man Bites Dog, Rmy Belvaux, Andr Bonzel, and Benot Poelvoorde’s violent mockumentary about a film crew shadowing a serial killer: “I remember this because I was completely blown away by this,” Tarsem began. “The set-up is there’s a serial killer; he takes you to a particular place and he goes, ‘Come with me’ — it’s like a mockumentary, which now, a decade and a half later, is such a dead topic with everything from the Paranormals to everything, everybody just shoots those. But this was a thing I was always showing film students: Try not to compete with Hollywood, try to look at this, this person made a billion-dollar idea with very little money. In this, they’re doing kind of a mockumentary on a serial killer and he takes them to a place and says, ‘I want you to meet somebody.’” “Cut to the serial killer talking to the camera,” he continued. “Big, BIG gestures! Pointing, pointing, pointing. You hear his voice like you’re hearing him from 100, 200 feet away. He goes [whispering wildly], and on the main sound you’re hearing [wheezing, heavy breathing] and somebody’s walking. You see while you’re talking to him that 100 feet away is the overweight sound man, coming towards you. [Laughs] So his boom is there, but his voice is here, and it takes forever for the guy to come up close to you!” Tarsem remembered a similar scene of aural interruption in a Nicolas Cage-Coen brothers classic. “[It raised] the hair on the back of my neck… and I think in a filmic way you have the same thing in the Coen brothers’ Raising Arizona. I saw it done identically somewhere else, but in that what happens is, he runs through a supermarket and all the tension, tension, and it breaks to la-di-dah music, then tension, tension.” But wait! The scene that came closest to approximating the brilliance of Man Bite Dog came not in a film, but in the syndicated crime reality show COPS, in an episode (which, sadly, doesn’t seem to be available online) that presumably pre-dated the film and aired circa 1989. “The one that I like, I saw in a COPS episode,” Tarsem recalled. “ This was in the first season of COPS. They were brilliant! And then somebody got the stupid idea of saying, why don’t we make it sophisticated and get one of those big lights, with a separate sound guy. It was so dreadful because people would be natural and suddenly you’d have this, ting! Light comes on. It was like, what the fuck?” “So it was one of those scenes, but they were running behind with a guy and the sound guy got separated. The camera ran behind the guy who the cops were chasing, and the sound man ran through 7-11. So while they were running, chasing this guy the music was like the Hindi movie music the guy was listening to in the 7-11, and they arrive in the back and suddenly they were chasing this guy. I said, two movies that are almost hand-heldy — the serial killer movie and this episode of COPS — kind of did the same thing. It was just magical. The two things you never want to have happen: The guy you’re talking to you — you want his sound, not the sound of the guy taking a piss in the urinal.” Stay tuned for Movieline’s full interview with Tarsem, and read more My Favorite Scenes here. Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Scandis fund femme visions

'Tinker, Tailer, Soldier, Spy''She Monkeys'The Stockholm Intl. Film Festival has always marketed Swedish talent, however the 22nd edition takes that right into a new dimension using the launch of their own production fund for ladies company directors.The fest, which happens November. 9-20, will award $750,000 to some youthful female filmmaker to shoot an element which will premiere in the 2012 event.The funding originates from Swedish telecom giant Telia and also the Swedish Film Institute, with NonStop Entertainment handling distribution.The SFI includes a radical mandate to award a minimum of 40% of their production funding to female company directors, authors and producers, but lack of women candidates has managed to get hard to achieve that concentrate on.InchWhenever we recommended this, (the SFI) were keen to seize it," describes SIFF director Git Scheynius. "A little country like Sweden can't afford to disregard half the populace whenever we make films."The fest received 32 candidates through the September deadline, a mixture of beginners and lately established names for example Lisa Aschan, whose debut "She Apes" continues to be acclaimed at festivals all over the world this season.The champion is going to be introduced No. 19. The runners-up go for $38,000 in the SFI to assist with the introduction of their next projects.Scheynius describes the fund like a "thrillingInch progression in the fest's lengthy-established 1 km Film scholarship, a $15,000 prize for top video clip, that has assisted to produce the careers of countless Swedish company directors.One previous champion, Babek Najafi, has returned this season by having an incomplete cut of his second feature, "Fast Money 2," the long awaited follow up towards the hit 2010 crime thriller.The 2010 selection provides a more than usual prominence to Swedish and Scandinavian talent, beginning using the opening evening gala for "Mess, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," the very first British-language feature by Swedish helmer Tomas Alfredson.The fest includes three world premieres of Swedish films -- Levan Akin's social drama "OthersInch competing, plus Staffan Lindberg's comedy "Not so long ago in Phuket" and Kjell-Ake Andersson's smalltown drama "Elsewhere."Scheynius notes an abnormally large "power of Nordic talent" within the primary competition, whose 22 game titles include Ruben Ostlund's "Play" from Sweden, and Joachim Trier's "Oslo, August 31" and Jannike Systad Jacobsen's "Turn Me on, Dammit" from Norwegian. Danish helmer Nicholas Winding Refn's American thriller "Drive" also screens from competition."After I saw 'Oslo,' 'Play' and 'Drive' within 2 days at Cannes, I figured this can be a really new method of making films for Scandinavia. We now have more intriguing and brave company directors than we'd before," she states. "The conventional of Swedish and Scandinavian films has certainly risen recently. We wouldn't insert them in competition when they were not just like anything else."HIGHLIGHTSThe 22nd SIFF will screen 170 films from 44 nations, which 31% is as simple as debut company directors, 26% by femme helmers and 43% with female producers.FESTIVAL OPENER:The festival opens with "Mess, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," directed by local hero Tomas Alfredson, and shuts with Pedro Almodovar's "Your Skin I am In." The mid-gala is Andrea Arnold 's competition entry "Wuthering Levels."AWARD Those who win: French actress Isabelle Huppert will get the lifetime achievement award. Mexican author-director Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu will get the Visionary Award and hold a masterclass. Cinematographer Christopher Doyle and Danish producer Peter Aalbeck Jensen will even give masterclasses. Whit Stillman is becoming jury chair, together with his latest film "Damsels in Distress" screening from competition.Tests:The 22-film competition includes Steve McQueen 's "Shame," Sean Durkin's "Martha Marcy May Marlene," Julia Leigh's "Sleeping Beauty," Miranda July's "The Near Future,Inch Iranian helmer Maryam Keshavarz's "Conditions" and "Coriolanus" by Rob Fiennes. Out-of-competition tests include David Cronenberg's "A Harmful Method," with Viggo Mortensen set to go to, Gus Van Sant 's "Restless," Luc Besson ' s "The WomanInch and Paolo Sorrentino's "This Should Be the area.Inch STOCKHOLM Worldwide FILM FESTIVAL Scandis fund femme visions Business matters Swedish muscle Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

AFM 2011: The Weinstein Co. Nabs British Comedic Drama 'Song for Marion'

The Weinstein Co. is in final negotiations to pick up U.S. distribution rights to Song for Marion, a British comedic drama about a surly retiree who is pushed by his wife to join an unconventional local choir.our editor recommendsAFM 2011: THR's Festival Daily - Day 1AFM 2011: THR's Festival Daily - Day 2Related Topics•AFM 2011 Vanessa Redgrave and Terence Stamp star in the film, along with Gemma Arterton and Christopher Eccleston. PHOTOS: On Set with the Leading Ladies of Hollywood Paul Andrew Williams(London to Brighton) wrote and directed Song for Marion, which was produced by Steel Mill Pictures and Coolmore Productions. E1 Entertainment, which is selling the film at AFM, has distribution rights in the U.K., while Hopscotch will distribute in Australia. In the London-set dramedy, the grumpy pensioner finds himself on a life-changing jounrney after joining the choir. AFM 2011: THR's Complete Coverage Steel Mill Pictures and Coolmore are producing with Egoli Tossell Film and Film House Germany. Related Topics AFM Gemma Arterton Vanessa Redgrave Terence Stamp AFM 2011

Ex-X Factor Singer States He Cut Deal For His Exit

First Released: November 2, 2011 11:41 AM EDT Credit: FOX Caption Dexter Haygood, 49, works while watching idol judges and 1000's of audience people around the X Factor, which broadcast September 22, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Former The X Factor contestant Dexter Haygood stated he wasnt pressed off Foxs new singing contest. He leaped. Haygood was among five participants removed in the show a week ago. However the rock singer using the James Brown rasp stated that what audiences saw didnt reflect the entire story, together with a behind-the-moments agreement to guarantee the quick exit he wanted. Based on Haygood, 49, who had been a part of mentor-judge Nicole Scherzingers group old 30-plus participants, he told Scherzinger 2 days before last Wednesdays live show reveal that he was dissatisfied with X Factor. I needed to depart the show because I had been unhappythat I had been not able to become a rock artist. I was raised on rock, stated Haygood, of Memphis, Tenn., who loved the spotlight within the eighties as frontman for that rock group Xavion, which together with at some point with Hall&Oates. Being known as onto do pop tunes for example Beyonces Crazy for each other and Katy Perrys I Kissed a woman was irritating, Haygood stated: Are you able to imagine Steven Tyler, Mick Jagger, James Brown, doing (the Crazy for each other chorus) uh oh uh oh uh? Producers appeared to obtain their method of doing things. I am not sure why they wouldnt allow me to be me, he stated Tuesday. Scherzinger, former person in the Pussycat Dolls, required his complaint towards the shows producers and returned within 24 hours by having an offer, based on Haygood: He'd be returned on Thursdays results show if he decided to return for that season finale. Neither Scherzinger nor Fox immediately taken care of immediately demands for comment. Haygood stated he was contractually certain to remain on the program and wouldnt have quit, but he appreciated the out he was handed regardless of the $5 million record contract that would go to the champion. They (producers) required the chance to chop me, to allow me just fly and do things the way in which I wish to do them, stated Haygood, who stated he conveyed just with Scherzinger and didnt talk straight to the producers, including series creator Simon Cowell. Cowell left Foxs The American Idol Show so he could launch the U.S. version from the X Factor, his hit British singing contest. Fox gave X Factor a deluxe marketing launch however the show hasnt resided as much as the 20 million weekly audiences predicted by Cowell, with 12.a million watching last Tuesdays show. Although Haygood stated he was prepared to play along before he was cut, he made the decision he owed it to themself and fans he earned through X Step to tell his side of occasions. Younger crowd expressed frustration with just how much the show outlined his difficult conditions, including living couch to couch in Memphis since he lost his the place to find foreclosures in 2007. I had been treated a lot more like a personality than a painter. This really is TV, they need a great story, you realize? However they required might I did not get the opportunity to become a painter. I had been doing a few things i would not do, he stated. For that roughly two days he is at La, he was compensated $250 for expenses, another $500 for that live show and cab fare for his ride towards the airport terminal after he was cut, Haygood stated. He voiced appreciation for that exposure X Factor gave him, which put him in touch with people of his old band. They're in talks for any comeback tour and could show up on the growing season-ender of X Factor, he stated. The idol judges are wonderful, he stated, including Cowell, whom he known as a really nice guy. They understood me despite the fact that they couldnt produce things i wanted, Haygood stated. Copyright 2011 through the Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Icons & Innovators: Denis Leary and Michael J. Fox

Denis Leary & Michael J. Fox "You want us to talk to each other?" Denis Leary jokes, relaxing with his old pal Michael J. Fox. "This is really hard, because we don't have a lot to say to each other. Actually, we do, but it's mostly hockey talk." In fact, Leary, 54, and Fox, 50, share a lot more than their love for the Boston Bruins: They're devoted dads and husbands (Fox married Family Ties costar Tracy Pollan in 1988, one year before Leary wed writer Ann Lembeck) with their own charities: the Leary Firefighters Foundation and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Fox's Emmy-winning role as a hedonistic paraplegic on Leary's recently wrapped drama Rescue Me reignited his acting career, leading to his irreverent turns as an unscrupulous lawyer on The Good Wife and as himself, poking fun at his Parkinson's, on Curb Your Enthusiasm. One thing's for sure: These two can't curb their enthusiasm for each other. TV Guide Magazine: This is for our series "Icons & Innovators." I'll let you two decide who's the Icon and who's the Innovator.Fox: He's the Innovator.Leary: Now that f---ing sucks! TV Guide Magazine: How do you feel about the Icon label?Fox: It's more the stuff I've been involved in. Alex Keaton and Marty McFly are iconic characters, and certain people think Teen Wolf is an iconic character for very different reasons.Leary: He's way too humble. A couple years ago, my kids were watching Back to the Future. I remember when I first saw the movie, and these kids were laughing at the same spots. This goes back to his timing. You either have it or you don't when it comes to comedy. Fast-forward years later, and take into account the Parkinson's, and he does Curb, where it's dark and funny and playing with who he is. Not a lot of people can or will do that.Fox: That's what I've been saying about what you do, I'm so amazed...Leary: I was hoping you'd suck up.Fox: I don't know that it's sucking up. I don't want anything. But you set me free on Rescue Me and let me do stuff I've been carrying around for a long time. And you inspire me because you don't give a s--t. And I give too much of a s--t a lot of times. Like getting into a fight with Rush Limbaugh [after he accused Fox of faking his Parkinson's symptoms]. Like, it's OK if someone doesn't like you, if it's that person.Leary: Yeah, especially!Fox: And it's OK to piss some people off and take some chances. And right from the outset, Rescue Me, at a time when the world was rightly honoring firefighters and putting them up on a pedestal for very good reasons, you said, "I get that, but they're real people, too. They have real lives and flaws." I don't think I've ever done anything as brave and innovative as that.Leary: I knew Michael long enough to know he could do the role on Rescue Me in terms of surprising people. That's the thing at our age. You get better as you get older because you have more stuff to pull from, right?Fox: Yeah. And now I don't care about playing characters that people don't necessarily like. They're not heroic, like the character on The Good Wife...Leary: That's a great character.Fox: I don't have a moral read on that character. It's funny that people react so strongly, like I'm an evil guy. And I go, "Really? He's just got his M.O." TV Guide Magazine: What's the secret to your marital successes?Leary: When you're a famous guy, quite often people look past the person standing next to you. In both of our cases, she's actually the person who deserves most of the credit. Because when you raise a family, just getting through 30 years of being together as a couple is no day at the beach.Fox: A lot of people say Tracy's a rock, but she didn't cast herself in that role. I've gone through the challenges of Parkinson's, and I need her. She's the CEO of the operation.Leary: Our wives actually care enough to stop us and go, "All right, listen: Here's what you're doing wrong now."Fox: When I was writing my book [Always Looking Up] and I was way behind deadline, I was literally pulling my hair out and Tracy said, "What's the matter?" I said, "I'm never going to finish my book on optimism!" And she said, "What did you just say?" TV Guide Magazine: Why do you guys get along so well?Leary: We come from the same place. We came from nothing, our dads died early, we had tough moms, and we ended up as these things you're calling us - I don't think either of us thinks we're icons or innovators. So I admire and respect the way he's dealt with it. There's a load of bravery and a complete lack of self-pity about what he's done with his foundation. That's easy to admire, but behind the scenes, watching him as a dad and the way he handles himself is amazing.Fox: Thanks. My turn. With Denis, I think about writing, creating and producing a show like Rescue Me, and I don't have the brain cells for that. Then he steps in front of the camera and kicks ass. I'd be in my trailer taking a nap, eating some Cheetos, then walk out and do my bit. And then to have his foundation, which makes a tremendous difference. It saves lives. It's surprising that Denis is this brash, fun guy, but there's this amazing citizen, artist, creator and innovator - back to that word - who will always have my respect and admiration.Leary: Being a control freak with ADD really helps. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!