Cheers & Jeers: Boardwalk Empire: We Love Lucy

Paz de la Huerta Cheers to Paz de la Huerta for showing off a new side of herself on Boardwalk Empire. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! In Season 1 of HBO's Atlantic City gangland epic, de la Huerta's character, woozy showgirl Lucy Danziger was notable mostly for her frequent nudity. Now that she's carrying the illegitimate child of fed Nelson Van Alden (the Emmy-worthy Michael Shannon), the role is pregnant with possibilities. She's not the only Boardwalk denizen with newfound great expectations. Kelly Macdonald's Margaret Schroeder is displaying a heretofore unseen steeliness as partner - in crime, as well as otherwise - to embattled treasurer Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi). And in his quest to usurp power back from onetime protégé Nucky, Dabney Coleman's Commodore is proving that whatever didn't kill him made him stronger. Do you think Season 2 of Boardwalk Empire rules? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Brnice Marlohe, Helen McCrory and Ben Whishaw on for Bond 23?

According to the Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye, French actress Bérénice Marlohe is the new Bond girl, and Helen McCrory and Ben Whishaw will also be joining her in 007's latest adventure.While the reports are unconfirmed, Bamigboye does have form in this area, announcing the likes of Naomie Harris and Ralph Fiennes previously.Marlohe is hasn't really done anything yet that would have reached a wide international audience, which could benefit her when it comes to playing what's bound to be a mysterious, glamourous and unreadable figure.According to the report, she impressed Sam Mendes at a screen test at Pinewood Studios.McCrory and Whishaw's roles aren't clear yet. The former is probably best known for playing Narcissa Malfoy in a few Harry Potters, and she was Cherie Blair in The Queen.It's as easy to imagine her playing a top-level agent or someone altogether more sinister (she was originally tapped to play HP's Bellatrix Lestrange before pregnancy got in the way).Likewise, Whishaw would fit the role of a rookie agent as well as a weaselly villain.Mendes' Bond 23, rumoured to be called Skyfall, is shaping up to be one of the classiest Bond outings yet.Daniel Craig is returning as 007, Ralph Fiennes and Javier Bardem are lined up as the villains, and Naomie Harris will be Moneypenny.And we only have to wait just over a year (26 October 2012, to be precise) to see it...

American Horror Story Off To Solid Start

Ryan Murphy and Brad Falcuk’s new FX drama series American Horror Story launched with 3.2 million viewers and 2 million adults 18-49 at 10 PM last night. It matched the premiere demo rating of Murphy’s previous FX series, the hit Nip/Tuck, and was up 33% from the series debut of FX’s current flagship drama Sons of Anarchy (1.5 million). It is running behind the all-time FX champ — the series premiere of FX’s signature cop drama The Shield, which collared 3.2 million viewers in 18-49 — but that might change, according to FX president and general manager John Landgraf. Were really thrilled by the premiere ratings performance of American Horror Story, he said. We know that when the Live+7 ratings come in, that of the 13 drama series FX has premiered, AHS will rank at least No. 2 all-time in adults 18-49 behind The Shield, and there is a possibility that it could be our highest ever. Landgraf also noted the spike in social media traffic triggered by the AHS premiere. For its premiere night, including two encores, AHS averaged 5 million viewers, 3.2 million of them in the adults 18-49 demo.

About This Time Around We Awkwardly Referred to the saying 'Manic Pixie Dream Girl' to Kirsten Dunst

Manic Pixie Dream Girl can be a term produced by Audio-video Club author Nathan Rabin after watching Kirsten Dunst's performance inside the 2005 Cameron Crowe film 'Elizabethtown.' Rabin describes the Manic Pixie Dream Girl just like a, "film creature that's available solely inside the fevered creativity of sensitive author-company company directors to coach broodingly soulful teens to embrace existence which is infinite mysteries and adventures." The term is continuing to grow to encompass performances as legendary as Carol Golightly in 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' to more recent performances like Zooey Deschanel's turn as Summer season Finn in '(500) Occasions of Summer season.' I spoke to Dunst this mid-day about her award-winning role in 'Melancholia,' then when I asked for her to go over the phenomenon of MPDGs, I thought she understood the term. Alas, she did not. The conclusion result was myself awkwardly trying to exhibit Kirsten Dunst the saying a Manic Pixie Dream Girl -- something I did so very poorly. What's your opinion in the term Manic Pixie Dream Girl? What's that? Oh... it absolutely was produced for that character in 'Elizabethtown.' Oh? It kind of means... That's so strange. What's it referred to as? The Manic Pixie... Manic Pixie Dream Girl. I guess what this means is that you've a dream girl who's also manic. And pixie-ant... but... I don't find I'm manic whatsoever. I'm very chill. Well, yeah, personally. In my opinion they mean your character. Oh, in 'Elizabethtown'? Yes. Right. So... However believe all Cameron's women are awesome getting a sparkle. You know what happens I'm speaking about? Like, they are always kind of, you understand... talk a lot of. You know what happens I'm speaking about? Carol Golightly is a superb one. Yeah, You're right. Yeah. What can you consider that term? I don't appreciate it, in truth. That's understandable. No, I don't. In my opinion it's strange sounding. [The publicist walks straight into signify our time expires] So, with this... [Photo: Everett Collection] You'll be able to contact Mike Ryan on Twitter. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED: MANIC PIXIE DREAM Women The Evolution in the Manic Pixie Dream Girl From Audrey to Zooey A is ideal for Katherine Hepburn in 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'B is ideal for 'Breathless,' with Jean SebergC is ideal for Claudette Colbert in 'The Palm Beach Story'D is ideal for Kirsten Dunst in 'Elizabethtown'E is ideal for 'Eternal Sunshine in the Spotless Mind' with Kate WinsletF is ideal for 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' with Mila KunisG is ideal for Geena Davis in 'The Accidental Tourist'H is ideal for Kate Hudson in 'Almost Famous'I is ideal for 'It's Kind of a fascinating Story' with Emma RobertsJ is ideal for Jeanne Moreau in 'Jules and Jim'K is ideal for Anna Karina in 'A Lady Can be a Lady'L is ideal for Liza Minelli in 'Arthur'M is ideal for Melanie Griffith in 'Something Wild'N is ideal for Natalie Portman in 'Garden Condition'O is ideal for 'One Crazy Summer season' with Demi MooreP is ideal for Nicole Kidman in 'LA Story'Q is ideal for Jackie Q., Rose Byrne's character in 'Get Him for the Greek'R is ideal for Jennifer Aniston in 'Pretty Lady'S is ideal for Sienna Burns in 'Factory Girl'T is ideal for Toronto (the setting of 'Scott Pilgrim versus. the earth')U is ideal for Uma Thurman in 'Pulp Fiction'V is ideal for 'Vivacious Lady' with Ginger root root RogersW is ideal for 'What's Up, Doc?' with Barbra StreisandX is ideal for X-rated Elisha Cuthbert in 'The Girl Nearby'Y is ideal for 'You Can't Accompany You' with Jean ArthurZ is ideal for Zooey Deschanel in '(500) Occasions of Summer season' See All Moviefone Galleries »

How Russian Broadcasters Are Trying to Lure Young Audiences Back to TV

It's 8 p.m., and Ilya Nikolayev, a Moscow state university student, is logging on to the Internet. Instead of watching the new Russian TV shows designed with him in mind, the 21-year-old prefers Facebook and its Russian equivalent, Vkontakte.our editor recommendsMIPCOM's Personality of the Year: Anne Sweeney Addresses TV's Digital Age, Lessons Learned (Q&A)MIPCOM 2011: 'The Firm' Showrunner Spills Secrets About NBC's New Midseason DramaMIPCOM 2011: Steven Van Zandt Goes Norwegian in Bilingual Gangster Thriller 'Lillyhammer'Will 'Transporter' Deliver?MIPCOM: Eddie Izzard on 'Treasure Island': Its More 'Goodfellas' Than 'Pirates of The Caribbean' "I can get everything I need online," he says. "Links to music tracks, videos, shows, anything. And I can get access to all that whenever I want to, so I don't really watch television much these days." Nikolayev's attitude is similar to that of millions of young Russians. It's a change that's sounding alarms within the country's TV sector, which is easily the largest and most profitable in Eastern Europe ($4.2 billion spent on TV ads in 2010). The decline in viewers is now leading Russia's biggest broadcasters to shake up programming in an effort to lure coveted younger viewers away from their laptops. It's a subject that will surely be front and center during a Focus on Russia sidebar at MIPCOM. During the past year, fewer Russians have been watching TV. According to media research group TNS Russia, from January to August 2011, 67.8 percent of the population age 4 and up watched television, down from 69 percent during the same period in 2010. (An estimated 95 percent of Americans watch TV.) Among the coveted 18-to-25 Russian demographic, the drop was an even more alarming 2.6 percent. It doesn't help matters that the Russian population is shrinking, making for fewer people to target in the most important demographic. "Younger people don't read papers and watch very little TV," says Konstantin Maksimyuk, creative director at market research company Novy Internet. "Television is for lazy and tired people, while the active and young choose the Internet as it gives them more interactive opportunities." According to TNS, an estimated 25 million Russians -- 17.5 percent of the population of 143 million -- use social network websites. Russia's handful of main national TV channels are protected from a full online onslaught as Internet penetration in far-flung regions lags behind that of main free-to-air channels. But when the Internet catches up, the decline of traditional TV might become more significant. Channels including Rossiya 1 and Rossiya 2, run by state-owned broadcaster VGTRK, say they have nothing to worry about, but the country's biggest TV network, Channel One, admits that its programming models are out of touch with contemporary Russian viewers. "You can't remain enthralled to outdated stereotypes," says Konstantin Ernst, general director of Channel One. "The television model, which effectively worked for 15 years, has deteriorated, broken down and exhausted itself. There is a need for new formats." Blue-chip dramas like CSI and Dexter are popular in Russia, but international reality formats such as Survivor, Big Brother and American Idol thrive. This helps explain why Russian programmers are targeting audiences with a mix of comedy and variety shows. Channel One is fighting to keep the viewers it has while reaching out to those it has never targeted. Beginning in 2012, the channel will switch its preferred demographic from 18-plus to 14-to-59 and offer targeted fare for age slivers within that bracket. Among the programs aiming for younger audiences are Channel One's edgy sketch-comedy shows Big Difference, Personality Cartoon and Yesterday Live, all of which feature irreverent content designed to compete with popular online fare like the website Funny or Die. Responding to the social networking buzz, by which foreign series generate more chatter than domestic fare, the station also has launched the late-night block Urban Hipsters, which will feature foreign series popular among Russian Internet audiences. Slated to run in that slot are Showtime's The Borgias and Californication, AMC's Mad Men and Fox's Terra Nova. In addition, Channel One hopes to entice younger viewers with the provocative Crash Course on Happy Life. Revolving around young, urban women, it is directed by Valeriya Gay Germanika, known for her teen-targeted show School, which shocked Russia's conservative viewers with its unflattering depiction of contemporary Moscow teenagers. Even channels with older audiences are acknowledging competition from the Internet. Ren TV, which targets viewers ages 35-to-45, has launched a website that allows viewers to watch the channel in real time and create their own programming. They only pay for shows they watch. "It's not really about opposition between television and the Internet," says Alexander Nechayev, deputy director general and programming director at NTV. "It's just another way of accessing the same content." Indeed, some Russian programmers see the growing popularity of online entertainment as more of an opportunity than a threat. "Television and the Internet will turn from competitors to partners, and work toward that end is actively in progress," says Vyacheslav Murugov, chief content officer at CTC Media and head of CTC Channel. Ultimately, it will be for Russian viewers to decide whether that model works for them. "That would be probably fun," says Nikolayev. "I mean, watching stuff and discussing it with friends in real time? But will it be considered television? I would still say it would be online stuff, and I would prefer to be doing it on my computer." MIPCOM 2011: Focus on Russia When: Oct. 3-6 RUSSIA'S TOP FIVE SHOWS: Hoping to crack the Russian market during MIPCOM? Local audiences prefer reality shows to scripted Let Them Talk: A talk show hosted by charismatic Andrey Malakhov, this Oprah-like program looks at day-to-day issues affecting average Russians, including crime, drugs, prostitution, family problems, migration and interethnic relations. Let's Get Married: A dating show on which a man or woman has dates with three potential partners and must pick one, with the benefit of advice from family and friends present in the studio. Confessions: A documentary show on which each episode focuses on a particular crime being investigated. In the past, Confessions has been criticized for exposing too many details about the private lives of its subjects. Big Races: The domestic version of the international hit Intervilles, produced by France's Mistral Productions, this game show features teams representing various countries who compete by performing increasingly absurd tasks. A Minute of Fame: Dreams Come True: A reality show on which participants compete for the opportunity to make their dreams -- which can consist of anything from meeting a celebrity to marrying an oligarch -- become reality. Related Topics International American Idol CSI: Crime Scene Investigation MIPCOM

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Ghetto Klown

A WestBeth Entertainment presentation of the show in 2 functions, written and carried out by John Leguizamo. Directed by Fisher Stevens. With: John Leguizamo.John Leguizamo has anatomized his personal devils in a number of rollicking one-guy shows. In the newest one, Broadway transfer "Ghetto Klown," he recounts his adventures within the screen trade while anatomizing his personal devils once more. Which would be to say individuals who've nothing you've seen prior seen this funny, cocky whirling dervish for action are likely to locate him because a gasser as did the Ricardo Montalban Theater's first evening audience. To repeaters the spectacle may appear overfamiliar, although the star has held back his A-material with this occasion. A pressure of character using the moves of the guy half his age (47), he takes assured command from the Montalban stage in equal measures of breakdancing and wearing down. A chronological structure takes him from his first breakthroughs of his carrying out bent, through early film roles and unsuccessful TV series ("House of Buggin'") to some really cold period within the the nineteen nineties. He's intelligent how his romantic (and erotic) escapades, arrested development and paralyzing father issues both informed and intruded upon his work. Helmer Fisher Stevens coordinates some fine multimedia effects, although the show feels lengthy and repetitious, and Stevens may have done more to bar an unpleasant feeling of entitlement from sneaking through. Following a fine story of methods Method-obsessed Sean Penn smacked the garbage from him throughout repeated assumes "Casualties of War," the majority of the on-set anecdotes concern Leguizamo's ad-libbing to develop his part, thus taking on the wrath of the kind of Steven Seagal on "Executive Decision" and Al Pacino on "Carlito's Way." Oddly enough, he directs his maximum contempt at lesser luminaries like Seagal and Kurt Russell, while giving megastars Penn and Pacino much more of a pass. Getting into another, effective marriage and fatherhood, thesp appears to possess acquired perspective on individuals around him who did him wrong, and definitely is candid about their own foibles. Yet "Ghetto Klown" indicates his voyage of self-awareness has not fully arrived at port. He particulars entering subway-vehicle conductor cubicles to commandeer the microphone for impressions and commentary, though if he's troubled through the effects should folks apart from future Golden Globe nominees be gone to live in similar mass transit misdemeanors, he never allows on. Inside a closing impromptu set around the IRT, Leguizamo pays tribute to his beloved gramps - the topic of the evening's most poignant moments undoubtedly - and lastly, belatedly, to Tweety, the seniors acting coach who required him on like a raw youth but whom he's been lampooning the majority of the evening. It would have been nice to listen to a sort word for math teacher Mr. Zufas ("rhymes with doofus"), who first pointed the lad towards a carrying out career and ended up him Tweety's contact details. What rhymes with ingrate? Still, Leguizamo's indisputable (if tempered) honesty will get us with the rough spots. Like a artist, he follows their own romantic advice: "You cannot make someone adore you. You just need to start them and hope they provide in." In "Ghetto Klown" he begins us with practiced skill, coolly certain we'll eventually succumb.Sets, Happy Massee lighting, Jen Schriever seem, Peter Fitzgerald forecasts, Aaron Gonzalez. Opened up, examined March. 2, 2011. Runs through March. 16. Running time: 2 Hrs, 15 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Sundance Channel HD rises in Malaysia

CANNES -- Expanding its reach in Asia, Sundance Channel Global has closed a carriage deal for Sundance Channel HD with Astro, Malaysia's key pay TV operator, in the run up to the Mipcom TV mart in Cannes. In addition to Malaysia, Sundance Channel Global is present in Taiwan, Korea, Singapore and in various countries throughout Europe and Canada. "Astro has made remarkable strides in leading Malaysia's adoption of high-definition TV and other technologies with Astro B.yond and we are excited to work with such a high-caliber operator in bringing our channel to this new territory," said Ed Palluth, senior VP of global distribution for AMC/Sundance Channel Global. Astro CEO Henry Tan said Astro's high-definition channels would greatly benefit from "Sundance Channel's outstanding programming and growing international footprint." Created by Robert Redford, Sundance Channel features a diverse selection of indie films, docus and original shows. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

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