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Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky Expecting Twins

Elsa Pataky and Chris Hemsworth
Elsa Pataky and Chris Hemsworth attend the 71st Annual Golden Globes Awards (Photo © HFPA)

Today, Chris Hemsworth – star of Thor and its sequel, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Avengers, and Rush – had the honor of helping Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announce some of the nominees for the 2014 Oscars. And, the Aussie actor has just revealed he and his wife Elsa Pataky are expecting twins. The couple looked gorgeous on the Golden Globes red carpet, with Pataky wearing a Paule Ka gown and Hemsworth lovingly touching her baby bump.

30-year-old Hemsworth and 37-year-old Pataky (‘Elena’ in the Fast and Furious franchise) married in 2010. Chris and Elsa already have a daughter, 20-month-old India Rose. Her new siblings will arrive sometime this spring.

And no, we don’t think the twins will be named Thor and Loki.

Paul Greengrass Honored by Cinema Editors

Paul Greengrass Honored by the Editors
Paul Greengrass on the set of 'Captain Phillips' (Photo © 2013 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips) has been chosen by the Board of Directors of the American Cinema Editors (ACE) to receive the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award. Greengrass will receive the honor during the 64th Annual ACE Eddie Awards on February 7, 2014 in Beverly Hills.
 
700 editors make up the honorary society and the annual ACE Eddie Awards recognize the best in editing in movies, documentaries, and television.
 
“Paul Greengrass is one of the most exciting filmmakers working in cinema today,” stated the ACE Board of Directors. “A Greengrass film simply has its own signature – from the magnificent hand-held camera work, to his ability to engage audiences with riveting storytelling, his canon of work is bold and iconic. His latest film, Captain Phillips, is a masterwork yielding some of the finest filmmaking of the year that has already been honored with four Golden Globe® nominations including Best Director, nine Golden Globe® nominations including Best Director and a Directors Guild of America nomination for Best Director. He maintains one of the foremost director-editor partnerships in the industry with Christopher Rouse, A.C.E., who has edited all of his features since 2002. It is our pleasure to recognize him with the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year honor for his ongoing contribution to filmmaking at its finest.”
 
Past ACE Golden Eddie recipients include Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Norman Jewison, Alexander Payne, James Cameron, Clint Eastwood, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martin Scorsese.
 
Paul Greengrass’ Background [Courtesy of American Cinema Editors]:

Paul Greengrass earned an Academy Award® nomination for Best Director and a Best Original Screenplay nomination from the Writers Guild of America for his work on United 93. He also won BAFTA’s David Lean Award for Direction and Best Director awards from the London Film Critics’ Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and the National Society of Film Critics, among others. He was also nominated for a BAFTA for Best Director, and won Best Director honors at the London Film Critics’ Awards for his work on The Bourne Ultimatum; the film received three Academy Awards® and two BAFTAs. Greengrass has also directed the feature films Green Zone, The Bourne Supremacy, and Bloody Sunday. Bloody Sunday was honored with the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival and the World Cinema Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, and Greengrass was named Best Director at the British Independent Film Awards.
 
Greengrass has had a long and distinguished career in British television: he has written and directed TV films concerned with social and political issues, including “The Murder of Stephen Lawrence” (winner of BAFTA’s Best Single Drama Award in 2000 and the Special Jury Prize at the BANFF World Television Festival), as well as “The Fix,” “The One That Got Away,” and “Open Fire.” He produced and co-wrote the 2004 television film “Omagh,” set in the aftermath of a real IRA car-bombing that killed 29 people in Omagh, Northern Ireland. “Omagh” won BAFTA’s Best Single Drama Award in 2005 and was named Best Irish Film at the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTA) in 2004.
 
Greengrass’s newest film, Captain Phillips, is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is — through director Paul Greengrass’s distinctive lens — simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller, and a complex portrait of the myriad effects of globalization. The film focuses on the relationship between the Alabama’s commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (two time Academy Award®-winner Tom Hanks), and the Somali pirate captain, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), who takes him hostage. Phillips and Muse are set on an unstoppable collision course when Muse and his crew target Phillips’ unarmed ship; in the ensuing standoff, 145 miles off the Somali coast, both men find themselves at the mercy of forces beyond their control. The screenplay was written by Billy Ray and was based upon the book, A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea, by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty. The film is produced by Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, and Michael De Luca.

 
Source: American Cinema Editors
 
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First Look: Walk of Shame Green Band Trailer

Elizabeth Banks and James Marsden in Walk of Shame
Elizabeth Banks and James Marsden in 'Walk of Shame' (Photo © Focus World)
Focus World’s showing off a green band trailer (meaning it’s basically safe for work) for the upcoming comedy movie Walk of Shame. Starring Elizabeth Banks and James Marsden, Walk of Shame will walk into theaters on April 25, 2014.
 
The Plot:
 
After losing an audition for her dream job, an aspiring Los Angeles TV news anchor goes out for an uncharacteristic night of partying. She awakes in a stranger’s bed to a phone message from her agent telling her the job is hers, if she can make it across town by 5 pm. Stranded in an unknown area without money, a phone, and a car, she embarks on a series of misadventures as she races to the most important job interview of her life.
 
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Exclusive: ‘The White Queen’ “Dressing the Queen” Featurette

The White Queen Season One Costumes
Rebecca Ferguson stars in 'The White Queen' (Photo © 2013 Company Pictures)

The first season of Starz’s riveting drama The White Queen will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on February 4, 2014, and we’ve got the exclusive first look at the “Dressing the Queen” bonus feature to share. The critically acclaimed, Golden Globe-nominated series stars Rebecca Ferguson as Elizabeth Woodville, Amanda Hale as Margaret Beaufort, and Faye Marsay as Anne Neville, and is based on Philippa Gregory’s bestselling novels, The White Queen, The Red Queen, and The Kingmaker’s Daughter.

The White Queen premiered on Starz on August 10, 2013 and earned three Golden Globe nominations in the Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television, and Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television categories. It also picked up a 2014 Satellite nomination and a People’s Choice Award nomination for Favorite Movie/TV Miniseries.

The Blu-ray and DVD release features all ten original episodes as well as an extensive collection of bonus material:

– The Making Of THE WHITE QUEEN
– Series Overview
– Book To Series
– The History Behind THE WHITE QUEEN
– THE WHITE QUEEN: Set Tour
– Queen Elizabeth
– The King
– The Heir Apparent
– Woman In A Man’s World
– Conjuring Up The Queen/Magic
– Dressing The Queen/Wardrobe

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The Plot:

The White Queen is a riveting portrayal of one of the most dramatic and turbulent times in English history. A story of love and lust, seduction and deception, betrayal and murder, it is uniquely told through the perspective of three different, yet equally relentless women – Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville. In their quest for power, they will scheme, manipulate and seduce their way onto the English throne.

The year is 1464, before the Tudor dynasty ruled the country, and war has been ravaging throughout England over who is the rightful King. It is a bitter dispute between two sides of the same family, The House of York and The House of Lancaster.

The House of York’s young and handsome Edward IV is crowned King of England with the help of the master manipulator, Lord Warwick “The Kingmaker.” But when Edward falls in love with a beautiful Lancastrian commoner, Elizabeth Woodville, Warwick’s plan to control the throne comes crashing down.

A violent, high-stakes struggle ensues between Elizabeth, her most fierce adversary, Lancastrian Margaret Beaufort, and Anne Neville, the pawn in her father’s power game – each woman vying for the crown.

Rebecca Ferguson stars in 'The White Queen'
Rebecca Ferguson stars in 'The White Queen' (Photo © 2013 Company Pictures)




Hamish Hamilton Will Direct the 2014 Academy Awards

The official 2014 Oscars Poster (Poster credit: ©A.M.P.A.S.®)
The official 2014 Oscars Poster (Poster credit: ©A.M.P.A.S.®)

Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have tapped Hamish Hamilton to direct the 2014 Oscars on March 2nd. Hamilton’s last Oscar gig was directing the March 2010 show, and he’s also directed the opening ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics, 2013’s MTV Video Music Awards, and the 2013 Super Bowl halftime show with Beyoncé.

Hamilton won a Grammy Award for directing Robbie Williams – Live at the Albert and a Peabody Award for CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute in 2011. Next up, he’ll be directing Bruno Mars and the 2014 Super Bowl halftime show.

Producers Zadan and Meron also announced the following additions to the Oscars team:

Production designer Derek McLane was part of the team behind the 85th Oscars, which Zadan and Meron produced. During his career, McLane has designed sets for numerous acclaimed Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. He has received four Tony Award® nominations and won one for his work on 33 Variations.

McLane’s designs can currently be seen in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. His other Broadway credits include The Heiress, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, Follies, Anything Goes, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Grease and I Am My Own Wife. McLane’s television credits include the recent NBC event “The Sound of Music Live!” He was nominated for a 2013 Emmy for Outstanding Art Direction for Variety or Nonfiction Programming for his work on the 85th Academy Awards.

Choreographer Rob Ashford has worked on two previous Oscar telecasts, including last year’s show and the 81st Academy Awards in February 2009, for which he won an Emmy. Ashford was recently nominated for a Directors Guild Award in the category of Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series for NBC’s broadcast of “The Sound of Music Live!” which was executive produced by Zadan and Meron.

Ashford has been nominated for eight Tony Awards and won for Best Choreography in 2002 for Thoroughly Modern Millie. Additional Broadway choreography credits include The Wedding Singer, Curtains, Cry-Baby and Evita. He also served as choreographer on the upcoming feature film adaptation of Cinderella, directed by Kenneth Branagh.

In addition to Ellen DeGeneres’ team of writers, Zadan and Meron have brought in Kristin Gore, Amy Ozols and Jon Macks to complete the writing staff. Gore is a novelist and screenwriter whose past credits include Futurama and Saturday Night Live and whose current projects include a Showtime pilot with director Bennett Miller, an HBO pilot with director Jay Roach, and a Dreamworks movie with director Lance Accord.

Ozols was formerly a writer and producer for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Macks, a longtime writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and has been nominated for 6 Emmys. He has written for numerous major awards shows, Including 17 prior Oscar telecasts.

Music director William Ross returns to the Oscars after working on the 79th, 83rd and 85th Academy Awards. Ross is a four-time Emmy winner whose musical arrangements have played a part in the opening ceremonies of several Super Bowls as well as the opening and/or closing ceremonies of five Olympic Games. Ross earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Music Direction for his work on the 85th Academy Awards show. He has also composed music for numerous feature films, including A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, The Tale of Despereaux and Ladder 49.

Costume designers Julie Weiss and Bruce Pask return to the Oscars after working together on the 85th Academy Awards. Pask is the Men’s Fashion Director of T Magazine at The New York Times. He has served as fashion editor at notable publications for more than two decades and has worked with Annie Leibovitz on numerous covers for Vanity Fair and on advertising campaigns for The Sopranos. Pask debuted as a costume designer for the stage in Joe Montello’s Broadway revival of Noel Coward’s Design for Living.

He has created costumes for the Broadway musical revival of Promises, Promises, directed by Rob Ashford, who also worked with him on the 33rd Kennedy Center Honors for which Pask received Emmy honors.

Weiss has designed costumes for more than 50 feature films, including her Oscar-nominated work for Frida and Twelve Monkeys. Her credits include Steel Magnolias, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, American Beauty, Hitchcock, Bobby, Auto Focus, Blades of Glory, The Freshman, A Simple Plan, Searching for Bobby Fischer and The Missing. Weiss has earned Emmys for her work in The Dollmaker and Woman of Independent Means and has an additional five Emmy nominations.

Her Broadway credits include The Elephant Man for which she received a Tony nomination and has worked with Rob Ashford in last season’s production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She is currently designing for Ashford’s production of the opera, Carmen. Weiss is the recipient of the Career Achievement Award from The Costume Designers Guild.

This is the first time talent producer Taryn Hurd has worked on an Oscar telecast or collaborated with the show’s producers. Hurd has served as talent producer on events including the FOX network’s New Year’s Eve Live, the Breeders’ Cup telecast, Teen Choice 2013 and VH1 Divas Salute the Troops. She also has served as talent producer on the FOX series So You Think You Can Dance and ESPN’s SportsCenter. Previously, Hurd amassed numerous credits as talent executive on broadcasts such as “The ESPYS,” the “Billboard Music Awards” and the “Critics’ Choice Awards.”

Also rejoining the production team are supervising producer Michael Seligman, co-producer Lee Lodge and lighting designer Robert Dickinson.

Seligman has more than 300 major television events to his credit and has earned a total of 11 Emmy nominations, including nine for his work on Oscar telecasts. Seligman’s other producing credits include “The American Giving Awards,” “America Celebrates July 4th at Ford’s Theatre,” “Stand Up to Cancer” and “Return to the Titanic…Live!”

Lodge has served as either co-producer or creative producer for the past five Oscar broadcasts. His credits also include co-executive producer on the MTV Video Music Awards in 2012 and 2013, creative producer on the CMA Awards since 2010 and creative producer on the Billboard Music Awards since 2011.

Winner of 18 Primetime Emmys, lighting designer Robert Dickinson has worked on 26 Oscar broadcasts, including the 85th Academy Awards in 2013. His numerous other credits include the Kennedy Center Honors, Grammy Awards, The Emmy Awards, Tony Awards, American Music Awards, Olympic Ceremonies in Atlanta, Salt Lake, and Vancouver, the broadcast of the Sound of Music Live! and The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.




Bruno Mars Announces More “Moonshine Jungle World Tour” Dates

Bruno Mars 2014 Tour Dates
Bruno Mars (Photo credit: Kai Z. Feng)

In addition to being the headlining act at the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show in New Jersey on February 2nd, Bruno Mars will be entertaining his legion of fans with a new leg of his Moonshine Jungle World Tour. After performing in Hawaii in April, Mars will head to Fresno on May 27th to kick off his summer 2014 North America portion of the tour. Pharrell Williams will join Mars in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal, and Aloe Blacc will be the supporting act on some of his other North American tour stops.

Mars and The Hooligans are also set to take the stage at The Chelsea in Vegas on February 15th & 16th, May 23rd & 24th, and August 22nd & 23rd.

BRUNO MARS ADDITIONAL LEG OF MOONSHINE JUNGLE WORLD TOUR

^ Features special guest Pharrell Williams
* Supported by Aloe Blacc

Friday, April 18, 2014 – Honolulu, HI at Blaisdell Arena
Saturday, April 19, 2014 – Honolulu, HI at Blaisdell Arena
Tuesday, May 27, 2014 – Fresno, CA at Save Mart Center *
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 – Oakland, CA at Oracle Arena *
Saturday, May 31, 2014 – Los Angeles, CA at Hollywood Bowl ^
Sunday, June 01, 2014 – Los Angeles, CA at Hollywood Bowl ^
Wednesday, June 04, 2014 – Tulsa, OK at BOK Center *
Friday, June 06, 2014 – Memphis, TN at FedEx Forum *
Saturday, June 07, 2014 – New Orleans, LA at New Orleans Arena *
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 – North Little Rock, AR at Verizon Arena *
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 – Birmingham, AL at Birmingham Jefferson County Civic Center Arena *
Friday, June 13, 2014 – Columbia, SC at Colonial Life Arena *
Saturday, June 14, 2014 – Raleigh, NC at PNC Arena *
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 – Grand Rapids, MI at Van Andel Arena *
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 – Auburn Hills, MI at The Palace of Auburn Hills *
Friday, June 20, 2014 – Chicago Heights, IL at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre *
Saturday, June 21, 2014 – Saint Paul, MN at Xcel Energy Center *
Monday, June 23, 2014 – Omaha, NE at CenturyLink Center *
Wednesday, June 25, 2014 – Milwaukee, WI at Summerfest *
Friday, June 27, 2014 – Cincinnati, OH at US Bank Arena *
Saturday, June 28, 2014 – Cleveland, OH at Quicken Loans Arena *
Monday, June 30, 2014 – Buffalo, NY at First Niagara Center *
Wednesday, July 02, 2014 – Boston, MA at TD Garden *
Wednesday, July 09, 2014 – Hartford, CT at Xfinity Theatre *
Friday, July 11, 2014 – Bristow, VA at Jiffy Lube Live *
Saturday, July 12, 2014 – Hershey, PA at Hershey Park Pavilion *
Monday, July 14, 2014 – New York, NY at Madison Square Garden ^
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 – New York, NY at Madison Square Garden ^
Thursday, July 17, 2014 – Camden, NJ at Susquehanna Bank Center *
Friday, July 18, 2014 – Manchester, NH at Verizon Wireless Arena *
Sunday, July 20, 2014 – Albany, NY at Times Union Center *
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 – Montreal, QC at Bell Centre ^
Thursday, July 24, 2014 – Ottawa, ON at Canadian Tire Centre ^
Saturday, July 26, 2014 – Toronto, ON at Air Canada Centre ^
Saturday, August 02, 2014 – Winnipeg, MB at MTS Centre
Sunday, August 03, 2014 – Saskatoon, SK at Credit Union Centre
Tuesday, August 05, 2014 – Calgary, AB at Scotiabank Saddledome
Saturday, August 09, 2014 – George, WA at The Gorge Amphitheater
Monday, August 11, 2014 – Eugene, OR at Matthew Knight Arena
Thursday, August 14, 2014 – Stateline, NV at Harveys Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena
Friday, August 15, 2014 – San Jose, CA at SAP Center at San Jose
Sunday, August 17, 2014 – Englewood, CO at Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre




Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Fallon Sing About Gov. Christie’s Traffic Jam

The real Bruce Springsteen teamed up with the fake Bruce Springsteen (Jimmy Fallon) to poke fun at the Fort Lee, New Jersey George Washington Bridge scandal in song. The “Born to Run” parody titled “Gov. Christie Traffic Jam” finds Springsteen and Fallon singing about being stuck in traffic, blue collar workers being late to work, and the need to pee while stranded for hours on the bridge.

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Katy Perry Announces Huge 2014 North American Tour Plans

Katy Perry Prismatic World Tour

Katy Perry’s planning to be on the road entertaining fans a lot this year. Perry’s just-announced North American leg of her Prismatic World Tour will begin in North Carolina on June 22, 2014 and will include 46 cities over four months. The new tour’s in support of Prism and she’ll be joined on the road by Capital Cities, Kacey Musgraves, and Tegan and Sara.

“The Prismatic World Tour is coming to light up some of my favorite North American cities this summer, as well as some new cities that you introduced me to through your video requests” said Katy. “This colorful show will bring you all the songs you know as well as ones from my new album, Prism. I’m so excited that I got to hand-select some of my favorite artists to join me on this journey – I know you’ll love Capital Cities, Kacey Musgraves and Tegan and Sara as much as I do.”

For details on the special pre-sale tickets, visit www.citiprivatepass.com. More info is also available at Katy Perry’s official website.

Perry is also uniting with Tickets-for-Charity again and will be donating $1 from each ticket sale at www.ticketsforcharity.com to UNICEF.

THE PRISMATIC WORLD TOUR – NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

    6/22/14 – Raleigh, NC at PNC Arena *
    6/24/14 – Washington, DC at Verizon Center *
    6/27/14 – Nashville, TN at Bridgestone Arena *
    6/28/14 – Atlanta, GA at Philips Arena *
    6/30/14 – Tampa, FL at Tampa Bay Times Forum *
    7/2/14 – Sunrise, FL at BB&T Center *
    7/3/14 – Miami, FL at AmericanAirlines Arena *
    7/9/14 – New York, NY at Madison Square Garden *
    7/11/14 – Newark, NJ at Prudential Center *
    7/15/14 – Montreal, QC at Bell Centre *
    7/16/14 – Ottawa, ON at Canadian Tire Centre *
    7/18/14 – Toronto, ON at Air Canada Centre *
    7/22/14 – Pittsburgh, PA at CONSOL Energy Center *
    7/24/14 – Brooklyn, NY at Barclays Center *
    8/1/14 – Boston, MA at TD Garden *
    8/4/14 – Philadelphia, PA at Wells Fargo Center *
    8/7/14 – Chicago, IL at United Center *
    8/10/14 – Grand Rapids, MI at Van Andel Arena ^
    8/11/14 – Auburn Hills, MI at The Palace of Auburn Hills ^
    8/13/14 – Columbus, OH at Nationwide Arena ^
    8/14/14 – Cleveland, OH at Quicken Loans Arena ^
    8/16/14 – Louisville, KY at KFC Yum! Center ^
    8/17/14 – St. Louis, MO at Scottrade Center ^
    8/19/14 – Kansas City, MO at Sprint Center ^
    8/20/14 – Lincoln, NE at Pinnacle Bank Arena ^
    8/22/14 – Minneapolis, MN at Target Center ^
    8/23/14 – Fargo, ND at FARGODOME ^
    8/26/14 – Winnipeg, MB at MTS Centre ^
    8/28/14 – Saskatoon, SK at Credit Union Centre ^
    8/29/14 – Calgary, AB at Scotiabank Saddledome ^
    8/31/14 – Edmonton, AB at Rexall Place ^
    9/9/14 – Vancouver, BC at Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena #
    9/12/14 – Portland, OR at Moda Center #
    9/13/14 – Tacoma, WA at Tacoma Dome #
    9/16/14 – Anaheim, CA at Honda Center #
    9/19/14 – Los Angeles, CA at STAPLES Center #
    9/22/14 – San Jose, CA at SAP Center #
    9/25/14 – Glendale, AZ at Jobing.com Arena #
    9/26/14 – Las Vegas, NV at MGM Grand Garden Arena #
    9/29/14 – Salt Lake City, UT at EnergySolutions Arena #
    9/30/14 – Denver, CO at Pepsi Center #
    10/2/14 – Dallas, TX at American Airlines Center #
    10/5/14 – Memphis, TN at FedExForum #
    10/6/14 – Tulsa, OK at BOK Center #
    10/8/14 – New Orleans, LA at New Orleans Arena #
    10/10/14 – Houston, TX at Toyota Center

      ~

    *With Capital Cities
    ^ With Kacey Musgraves
    # With Tegan and Sara
    ~ TBD




Under the Dome and Extant Get Summer Premiere Dates

Under the Dome Season 2 Premiere Date
Britt Robertson, Colin Ford, and Mackenzie Lintz in 'Under the Dome' season 1. (Photo © 2013 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved)
CBS has set premiere dates for the its two Steven Spielberg executive-produced series: Under the Dome and Extant. Under the Dome will be kicking off season two on June 30, 2014 at 10pm ET/PT. The first episode of the second season is written by Under the Dome author Stephen King who also executive produces the series with Spielberg, Neal Baer, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Stacey Snider, Jack Bender and Brian K. Vaughan. Season one, which had very little in common with King’s novel, averaged 15.06 million viewers.
 
The Plot: Under the Dome tells the story of a small town that is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an enormous transparent dome. The town’s inhabitants must deal with surviving the post-apocalyptic conditions while searching for answers to what this barrier is, where it came from, and if and when it will go away.
 
Extant starring Oscar winner Halle Berry will debut on July 2, 2014 at 9pm ET/PT. The new series was written by Mickey Fisher and executive produced by Fisher, Spielberg, Greg Walker, Brooklyn Weaver, Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank. Halle Berry is a co-executive producer.
 
The Plot: Extant is a mystery thriller about a female astronaut trying to reconnect with her family when she returns after a year in outer space. Her experiences lead to events that ultimately will change the course of human history.
 
Source: CBS
 
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Stunning Visual Effects Earn VES Award Nominations

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Sandra Bullock and George Clooney star in 'Gravity' (Photo © 2013 Warner Bros. Pictures)
“The artistry, ingenuity and passion of visual effects practitioners around the world have come together to tell the most amazing stories imaginable,” stated Jeffrey A. Okun, VES Chair announcing the nominees for the 12th Annual VES Awards. Given out by the Visual Effects Society, the awards recognize outstanding visual effects in films, animation, television, commercials, and video games. This year’s awards ceremony will be held on February 12th.
 
“This year, more than ever, we have seen the fantastic become normal, the unimaginable become reality and the artistry of VFX drive box office,” said Okun. “The VES Awards is the only place where this amazing work is showcased and honored. We are extremely proud of our nominees!”
 
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture
 
Gravity
Tim Webber
Nikki Penny
Chris Lawrence
Richard Mcbride
 
Iron Man 3
Christopher Townsend
Mark Soper
Guy Williams
Bryan Grill
 
Pacific Rim
John Knoll
Susan Greenhow
Chris Raimo
Hal Hickel
 
Star Trek: Into Darkness
Roger Guyett
Luke O’Byrne
Ron Ames
Ben Grossman
 
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Joe Letteri
Eric Saindon
Kevin Sherwood
David Clayton
 
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture
 
Rush
Jody Johnson
Moriah Etherington-Sparks
Mark Hodgkins
Antoine Moulineau
 
The Great Gatsby
Chris Godfrey
Prue Fletcher
Joyce Cox
 
The Lone Ranger
Tim Alexander
Gary Brozenich
Shari Hanson
Kevin Martel
 
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Guillaume Rocheron
Kurt Williams
Monette Dubin
Ivan Moran
 
The Wolf of Wall Street
Robert Legato
Mark Russell
Joseph Farrell
Lisa Spence
 
White House Down
Marc Weigert
Volker Engel
Julia Frey
Ollie Rankin
 
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
 
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Peter Nash
Michael Ford
Chris Juen
Mandy Tankenson
 
Despicable Me 2
Chris Meledandri
Janet Healy
Chris Renaud
Pierre Coffin
 
Frozen
Chris Buck
Jennifer Lee
Peter Del Vecho
Lino Di Salvo
 
Monsters University
Kori Rae
Sanjay Bakshi
Jon Reisch
Scott Clark
 
The Croods
Jane Hartwell
Chris Sanders
Kirk Demicco
Markus Manninen
 
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
 
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Pilot
Mark Kolpack
Sabrina Arnold
David Altenau
H Haden Hammond
 
Almost Human
Jay Worth
Robert Habros
Michael Cliett
David Beedon
 
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome
Gary Hutzel
Michael Gibson
Derek Ledbetter
Heather Mcauliff
 
Game of Thrones: Valar Dohaeris
Steve Kullback
Joe Bauer
Jörn Großhans
Sven Martin
 
Inseparable: Chernobyl
Egor Olesov
Egor Borschevsky
Dmitry Ovcharenko
Mykhailo Datsyk
 
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Broadcast Program
 
Banshee: Pilot
Armen Kevorkian
Mark Skowronski
Jeremy Jozwik
Ricardo Ramirez
 
Da Vinci’s Demons: The Lovers
Kevin Blank
Simon Frame
Ante Dekovic
Oliver Arnold
 
Hawaii 5-0: Ho’onani Makuakane
Armen Kevorkian
Alexander Soltes
Jane Sharvina
Andranik Taranyan
 
Mob City: A Guy Walks in to A Bar
Jason Sperling
Michael Morreale
Valeri Pfahning
Mike Enriquez
 
Moonfleet: Episode 2
Ed Bruce
Alan Collins
John O’Connell
Joe Courtis
 
The Borgias: Relics
Wojciech Zielinski
Neishaw Ali
Bill Halliday
Jp Giamos
 
Outstanding Real-Time Visuals in a Video Game
 
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Mark Rubin
Richard Kriegler
David Johnson
Alessandro Nardini
 
Crysis 3
Magnus Larbrant
Tiago Sousa
Steven Bender
Cevat Yerli
 
Killzone Shadow Fall
Marijn Giesbertz
Jan-Bart Van Beek
Angie Smets
 
NBA 2K14
Heather Marshall
Joseph Clark
Jeff Thomas
Anton Dawson
 
Ryse: Son of Rome
Cevat Yerli
Peter Gornstein
Chris Evans
Brian Chambers
 
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial
 
Call of Duty: Epic Night Out
Leighton Greer
Robert Sethi
Felix Urquiza
Chris Knight
 
Galaxy Chauffeur
Helen Hughes
Simon French
William Bartlett
Stephen Cullingford
 
Liberty Group Limited: Answer
James Atkinson
Rachel Mariscal
Scott Meadows
David Liu
 
PETA: 98% Human
Angus Kneale
Vince Baertsoen
Colin Blaney
Kyle Cody
 
Sony PlayStation: Perfect Day
Charlotte Arnold
Joji Tsuruga
Gavin Wellsman
Olivier Mitonneau
 
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
 
Hayden Planetarium’s Dark Universe
Vivian Trakinski
Jon Parker
Carter Emmart
Andreas Wetteborn
 
Mysteries of the Unseen World
Sean Phillips
Andy Yamada
Fred Pienkos
Matthew Sugars
 
Mystic Manor
Tim Landry
John Guerra
Mark Schirmer
Ken Horii
 
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Daren Ulmer
John Gross
Cedar Connor
Christian Bloch
 
SpongeBob SquarePants 4D: The Great Jelly Rescue!
Kate Crandall
Brent Young
Michael “Oz” Smith
Andrei Brovcenco
 
Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
 
Gravity: Ryan
Max Solomon
Mathieu Vig
Michael Brunet
David Shirk
 
Oz the Great and Powerful: China Girl
Troy Saliba
In-Ah Roediger
Carolyn Vale
Kevin Souls
 
Pacific Rim: Kaiju – Leatherback
Jakub Pistecky
Frank Gravatt
Cyrus Jam
Chris Havreberg
 
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Smaug
Eric Reynolds
David Clayton
Myriam Catrin
Guillaume Francois
 
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
 
Epic: Bomba
Thom Roberts
Haven Gordon Cousins
Tim Bower
Daniel Lima
 
Epic: Mary Katherine
Jeff Gabor
Dylan C. Maxwell
Sang Jun Lee
Chris Pagoria
 
Frozen: Bringing the Snow Queen to Life
Alexander Alvarado
Joy Johnson
Chad Stubblefield
Wayne Unten
 
The Croods: Eep
Line Andersen
Won Young Byun
Koji Morihiro
Chris De St. Jeor
 
Outstanding Animated Character in a Commercial or Broadcast Program
 
Game of Thrones: Raising the Dragons
Philip Meyer
Ingo Schachner
Travis Nobles
Florian Friedmann
 
PETA: 98% Human
Vince Baertsoen
Alex Allain
Henning Koczy
 
Smithwick’s: Squirrel
Tom Bussell
Jorge Montiel
Tom Raynor
Leonardo Costa
 
Three, The Pony
Carsten Keller
Jake Mengers
Tim Van Hussen
 
Toy Story of Terror
Paul Aichele
Kiki Mei Kee Poh
Andrew Coats
 
Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
 
Elysium: Torus
Votch Levi
Joshua Ong
Barry Poon
 
Gravity: Interior
Harry Bardak
Nathan Walster
Jonathan Fawkner
Claire Michaud
 
Gravity: Exterior
Paul Beilby
Kyle Mcculloch
Stuart Penn
Ian Comley
 
Iron Man 3: Shipyard
John Stevenson-Galvin
Greg Notzelman
Paul Harris
Justin Stockton
 
Pacific Rim: Virtual Hong Kong
Johan Thorngren
Jeremy Bloch
David Meny
Polly Ing
 
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
 
Epic: Pod Patch
Aaron Ross
Travis Price
Jake Panian
Antelmo Villarreal
 
Frozen: Elsa’s Ice Palace
Virgilio John Aquino
Alessandro Jacomini
Lance Summers
David Womersley
 
Monsters University: Campus
Robert Kondo
Eric Andraos
Dale Ruffolo
Peter Sumanaseni
 
The Croods: The Maze
Jonathan Harman
Violette Sacre-Shaik
Benjamin Venancie
Philippe Brochu
 
Outstanding Created Environment in a Commercial or Broadcast Program
 
Game of Thrones: The Climb
Patrick Zentis
Mayur Patel
Nitin Singh
Tim Alexander
 
Hell On Wheels: Big Bad Wolf
Steve Meyer
Matt Von Brock
Mitch Gates
Antonio Chang
 
Inseparable: Chernobyl
Dmitry Ovcharenko
Igor Chopenko
Dmitry Eremenko
Andrey Bogdanov
 
Liberty Group Limited: Answer
Greg Teegarden
Kevin Bouchez
Brian Creasey
Kurt Lawson
 
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
 
Gravity
Tim Webber
Emmanuel Lubezki
Richard Mcbride
Dale Newton
 
Iron Man 3
Mark Smith
Aaron Gilman
Thelvin Cabezas
Gerardo Ramirez
 
Man of Steel
Daniel Paulsson
Edmund Kolloen
Joel Prager
David Stripinis
 
Pacific Rim: Hong Kong Ocean Brawl
Colin Benoit
Nick Walker
Adam Schnitzer
Victor Schutz
 
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Christian Rivers
Phil Barrenger
Mark Gee
Thelvin Tico Cabezas
 
Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Live Action Commercial or Broadcast Program
 
Mad Max: Ethos
Aladino Debert
Neil Huxley
David Liu
Michael Harbour
 
Murdered: Soul Suspect
Vernon Wilbert
Tim Jones
Rafael Colon
April Warren
 
Qualcomm Snapdragon: A Dragon is Coming
Joshua Wassung
Shannon Justison
Shayne Ryan
Seth Gollub
 
The Crew
Dominique Boidin
Rémi Kozyra
Léon Bérelle
Maxime Luère
 
Outstanding Models in a Feature Motion Picture
 
Gravity: ISS Exterior
Ben Lambert
Paul Beilby
Chris Lawrence
Andy Nicholson
 
Pacific Rim
David Fogler
Alex Jaeger
Aaron Wilson
David Behrens
 
Star Trek: Into Darkness
Bruce Holcomb
Ron Woodall
John Goodson
Thomas Fejes
 
The Lone Ranger: Colby Locomotive
Rene Garcia
Steve Walton
Brian Paik
Gerald Gutschmidt
 
Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture
 
Gravity: Parachute and ISS Destruction
Alexis Wajsbrot
Sylvain Degrotte
Horacio Mendoza
Juan-Luis Sanchez
 
Man of Steel
Brian Goodwin
Gray Horsfield
Mathieu Chardonnet
Adrien Toupet
 
Pacific Rim: Fluid Simulation & Destruction
Ryan Hopkins
Michael Balog
Patrick Conran
Rick Hankins
 
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Areito Echevarria
Andreas Soderstrom
Ronnie Menahem
Christoph Sprenger
 
Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
 
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Andrew Hofman
Alex Moaveni
 
Epic: Boggan Crowds
Thierry Dervieux-Lecocq
David Gatenby
Mark Adams
Matthew D. Simmons
 
Frozen: Elsa’s Blizzard
Eric W. Araujo
Marc Bryant
Dong Joo Byun
Tim Molinder
 
The Croods
Jeff Budsberg
Andre Le Blanc
Jason Mayer
Michael Losure
 
Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Commercial or Broadcast Program
 
PETA: 98% Human
Vince Baertsoen
Jimmy Gass
Dave Barosin
 
Sony PlayStation: Perfect Day
Joji Tsuruga
Gavin Wellsman
Nick Couret
Hassan Taimur
 
Toyota Avalon: Formula
Ed Laag
Eugene Gauran
Josh Hatton
 
Toy Story of Terror
Jane Yen
Rogan Griffin
Amit Baadkar
Keith Daniel Klohn
 
Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture
 
Elysium
Jean Lapointe
Jordan Benwick
Robin Hackl
Janeen Elliott
 
Gravity
Mark Bakowski
Anthony Smith
Theodor Groeneboom
Adrian Metzelaar
 
Iron Man 3: Barrel of Monkeys
Michael Maloney
Francis Puthanangadi
Justin Van Der Lek
Howard Cabalfin
 
Iron Man 3: House Attack
Darren Poe
Stefano Trivelli
Josiah Howison
Zach Zaubi
 
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Charles Tait
Robin Hollander
Giuseppe Tagliavini
Sean Heuston
 
Outstanding Compositing in a Broadcast Program
 
Banshee: Pilot
Gevork Babityan
Andranik Taranyan
Matt Kelly
Matthieu Perin
 
Game of Thrones: The Climb
Kirk Brillon
Steve Gordon
Geoff Sayer
Winston Lee
 
The Conquering of Yunkai
Sean Faden
Greg Szafranski
Florian Friedmann
Travis Nobles
 
Vikings: Dispossessed
Ovidiu Cinazan
Gary Couto
Marco Lee
Maria Gordon
 
Outstanding Compositing in a Commercial
 
Call of Duty: Epic Night Out
Chris Knight
Daniel Thuresson
Nick Tayler
Dag Ivarsory
 
Jean-Paul Gaultier: The Sailor
Jerome Billet
Arnaud Leviez
 
Mercedes Sensations
Laurent Creusot
Pierre Emmanuel Genin
David Roubah
Damien Canameras
 
Sony PlayStation : Greatness Awaits
Kyle Cody
Dan Difelice
 
Sony PlayStation: Perfect Day
Gavin Wellsman
John Mangia
Leonardo Costa
Kristen Johnson
 
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
 
Initium
Alexandre Dechel
Adrien Lambert
Larochette Emeric
James Ross-Greetham
 
Morphium
Linus Stetter
 
Rugbybugs
Alexandra Stautmeister
 
Runaway
Ludovic Fregé
Quentin Medda
Romain Chauliac
Yoann Gouraud
 
Where the Dream Begins
Dun Ma
Dan Wen Lei
Xuan Xia
 
Source: Visual Effects Society
 
-Posted by Rebecca Murray
 

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