'X Factor' Showstopper: Paula Abdul Can get Visit Host Steve Manley Idol idol judges React

FOXSteve Manley Possibly most likely probably the most uncomfortable moments of X Factor's first live episode Tuesday involved half way using the two-and-a-half an hour broadcast, when the show was controlling a great two minutes behind and host Steve Joneswas expected to stop Paula Abdul mid-sentence.our editor recommends'The X Factor' Redux: 5 Awkward Moments Within the Judges' Houses (Video)'The X Factor' Redux: 5 Afterthoughts round the Shows Premiere 'New Girl,' 'Secret Circle' and 'X Factor': 10 Youngest-Skewing New Shows This Season (Up To Now)'American Idol's' Nigel Lythgoe Jams Twitter Fans Over 'X Factor''American Idol' Creator Sues Fox For Millions in 'X Factor' Money (Exclusive) To conclude: The Producer Boys have been removed by their mentor after they sheepishly apologized due to not living around her anticipation. Fighting back tears, Abdul uttered a few words of encouragement but was rapidly interrupted by Manley, who had been adamant they have to go forward. PHOTOS: 'X Factor' Top 17 Runners up: Understand the entertainers "My producers were screaming, 'We're way over, we gotta go forward, stop them,' " Manley told The Hollywood Reporter following Tuesday's show. "It absolutely was always a task to showcase 17 functions by 50 percent-and-a-half several hours. With 16, i had been exceeding, therefore it might be an enormous task the development team attracted it well.In . But at whose expense? Knowing by twitter reaction which in the studio audience, audiences were aghast within the perceived dis, after which it came the inevitable question: Would Ryan Seacrest have sweated time? PHOTOS: Behind the curtain: THR's 'X Factor' Cover Shoot "I don't desire to stop these people fighting -- it's completely entertaining," mentioned Manley. "But we're on small amount of time, therefore i required to stop her every once in awhile.Inch He can't make apologies for his actions, either. "I'll never apologize for doing my job," he mentioned. "Paula was awesome, but she did look a little annoyed." For his part, Simon Cowell appreciated inside the drama. "I like once we're round the wire similar to this,In . he mentioned. "I like when the producers visit through the break and go nuts. And so they're literally going insane. Which I love since you can control might produce the strain. That's live TV. We are in a position to shoot this at 2 o'clock inside the mid-day, but it may be most likely probably the most boring factor in the world. I really like the fact there's a sense of danger." PHOTOS: An 'American Idol' to 'X Factor' Timeline For Abdul herself, an excellent hour following a closing credits, she clearly hadn't become regarding this. "It absolutely was somewhat awkward, being completely honest," she told THR. "It absolutely was right when Nathan Maker mentioned, 'I'm sorry, Miss Paula, that individuals didn't meet your anticipation.' I couldn't catch my breath, which's when Steve cut me off. It absolutely was very difficult will be able to let go to the Maker Boys. I really love people kids." Abdul mentioned she's been trading in extra-extended several hours coping with the groups. On Tuesday, she'd experienced the studio from 8 a.m. until 2 every morning. "I've been working 12-15 several hours every day nonstop," she ongoing. "They've never completed around the television stage, to coach them the best way to connect to the digital camera, enunciate their words..." STORY: 'X Factor's' First Live Show: A View From Inside Nicole Scherzinger and L.A. Reid are, clearly, the completely new idol idol judges available on the market, and somewhat, they have as much to know since the participants. Precisely how did they handle pressure from the live show? "I used to be afraid," mentioned Scherzinger. "We now have never transported this out before." Added Reid: "We tried to remain short and tight, however, you are able to't really concern yourself with it." Precisely how far behind was the show? At its worst, two minutes, which later simplified to 50 seconds and finally, the episode really wrapped early, mentioned Manley. "I had been up minimizing,Inch he mentioned. "But we attracted it back and in the last chunk, we actually ended under. And then we switched it around. I had been too ideal for our personal good." Nicole Scherzinger Paula Abdul Simon Cowell Antonio L.A. Reid Steve Manley The X Factor

Is Sam Mendes Axing the Action in 'Bond 23'?

For years, reporters have been asking Roland Emmerich -- director of 'Independence Day' and '2012' -- why he has such a fascination with blowing up the planet (I even gave it a shot once, too), which is usually met with a downplayed answer about it all being a coincidence. Or something like that. Then -- while discussing his new movie about Shakespeare -- Emmerich offered this, almost in passing: "I always have the feeling that our whole culture is like a lot of lemmings... and pretty soon it will all be over." Honestly, has there ever been a sentence to better describe Roland Emmerich's motivations than that? Oh, yes, then there's his new "Shakespeare was a fraud" movie opening in some markets this weekend, 'Anonymous.' In the drama, William Shakespeare (played quite terrifically by Rafe Spall) is actually a buffoon, selected to pose as the author of some of the greatest plays in history that were actually written by Edward de Vere (Rhys Ifans), 17th Earl of Oxford -- a theory Emmerich says is "plausible." Moviefone spoke to Emmerich about 'Anonymous,' the challenges of making a mostly CGI world look realistic, and why 'Anonymous' looks better than the 'Star Wars' prequels. Last time I spoke to you it was for '2012' -- it's a very different movie this time around. Really? OK, I'm game: How do you think they are similar? I think they are kind of twins. [Laughs] No, actually. I'm going to quote you on that now. Honestly, though: How does Roland Emmerich make this movie? Don't forget, my next movie is typical Roland Emmerich ['Singularity'] -- and another one after that. I think, for me, it's good, once in a while, to do something that is important for me. Just to reconnect. It's much smaller and less pressure and I could do what I wanted. And to go back to Germany for the first time in 20 years and work with incredibly talented people there, because I always believe that German crews are, actually, in a weird way, the best -- especially when you speak German. So, all around it was a personal movie for me. So it's different than filming, say, '2012.' When you do these big movies, it's a little bit like being a general in a war or the executive of a big company. You're not quite down and dirty. In the end, what happens around the camera and the actors is exactly the same. There's no difference. So did you enjoy making this movie more than your movies with explosions? I liked the intimacy. Even in my big movie, I actually like shooting dialogues the most and working with actors. I actually look on the schedule and I go, "Oh, God," when there's an action scene on the schedule. But when there's dialogue on the shooting schedule, I'm like, I can't wait to do it. Why do the action movie then? Because I like it... it's not like I'm miserable or anything. But if that's the part that you don't enjoy... I'm not miserable... and I have a very good hand with it and keeping these tedious moments in front of a blue screen and stuff that's lively and fun. I feel a director is an animator -- we should all have training at Club Med so we can get better at that. Because it's a lot about motivation and keeping acting fresh in tedious situations. What I always find fascinating is how movies influence one another. For example: when I was shooting '2012,' I shot a lot in front of blue screen. And I realized, using digital cameras, the digital compositing is so much better than anything I have ever seen. So I thought, Oh my God, I can actually do whole scenes in front of blue screen. And it's relatively simple and easy to composite. So we shot the scenes and it looked really good and convincing, so I said, "Why don't we use this in our Shakespeare movie?" Here's what I don't understand: If I watch 'Revenge of the Sith,' it's pretty obvious that whole movie is CGI. I didn't feel that way with 'Anonymous.' Why is that? Because I think we worked a little bit harder than they do. It's a different kind of movie, you don't care. Also, you forget, George Lucas has to make three and a half thousand shots and we have, maybe, in a movie like 'Anonymous,' between four and five hundred. That's a big difference. And I think I have somebody who just likes, like me, realism. It's always how much you like something or don't like something. And I think whenever you feel composited, it's not a good shot -- there are a lot of tricks where you can make it look less like a composite. There's always this talk that one day special effects will help make movies cheaper -- and it never happens like that. But in the case of 'Anonymous,' it was the first movie that visual effects made it look bigger but was half as expensive. Were you worried it wasn't going to look real? Yeah, you're always afraid of that. And we cut five or six shots out because they didn't live up to the rest. Shifting gears, were you aware of this Shakespeare conspiracy before you did this movie? Not at all. Not until the script. I really wasn't either, but -- after looking into it -- there are quite a few different versions. Well... there's only one really serious theory right now, of the Earl of Oxford. His whole life is too good of a match and he blows every other candidate out of the water. Also, he was a writer, he had an acting group, he invested in theaters. He had an annual salary for the last ten years of his life from Elizabeth, who was extremely stingy. So there was a lot of evidence there. So you think it's true? Well, for me, I would say it's very plausible that it was Oxford. But I'm 100 percent sure that it wasn't the man from Stratford. There's too much evidence there that proves he wasn't. Do you worry people will judge this movie based on your other disaster movies? There are a lot of things against this movie. First of all, I'm "the Master of Disaster" -- that's my official title. Then, naturally, there is the literary establishment. For them they will absolutely fight this movie and try to belittle it -- which is always happening to movies that want people to think. So there will be a big battle going on. And that's all fine, but I think we made a great movie and we stand for it and whatever happens, happens. We can't control it, you know? You should have released this movie anonymously. I wanted to. But you could not do that. The studio only gave me the money because they could sell it under my name. See, that would have really shocked people when you made your eventual big reveal that is was you. But it's a little bit like that, too, because people are just stunned that it is from me. They're always saying, "How difficult is it to make this movies that I normally do? Do you think you could be brain damaged doing these movies?" It's just like all public perception. It's the same thing that happens to Michael Bay and people like that. Everybody thinks we're kind of idiots. That's a strong word. I don't think even the people who don't like your movies thinks that you're an idiot. Good [laughs]. I have to come back to this: You did say that you don't look forward to the action shots and you like dialogue. Why not just do more movies like this? It's not that. What I want to stay away from in the future is disaster films -- fewer disaster films. And I just kind of want to make... I love making these movies. Also, you know what, it's the movies I love the most. I see a great, entertaining movie -- a big, entertaining movie -- and it's such a joy for me to see it. Like the first 'Pirates of the Caribbean' was one of those. And the first 'Back to the Future' was one of those. The first 'Star Wars' was one of those. So that's what I'm truing to aspire to and that's why I make movies. But, I kind of also have other interests. For example: I'm a huge history buff, I love to read biographies, I'm very into reading and I never watch TV or anything and I'm hardly on the computer. So, in a way, it's another Roland Emmerich. And I have the smallest problem with it; I think everybody else has a problem with it. But people who know me see 'Anonymous,' and say, "Yeah, totally vintage Roland." How so? I'm a very inquisitive person. I think inquisitiveness is lost in our culture. I always have the feeling that our whole culture is like a lot of lemmings... and pretty soon it will all be over. You can contact Mike Ryan directly on Twitter. Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook [Photo: Sony/Columbia Tri-Star] RELATED

Elizabeth Taylor Joins Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley on Highest-Earning Dead Celebrities List

Just over two years after his death, Michael Jackson remains the most lucrative entertainment property from beyond. Forbes released its 2011 roster of the top-earning dead celebrities, and Jackson tops them all with $170 million in revenue. Not only does he best anyone dead, he tops most living pop acts as well. Only U2 grossed more since October 2010. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Notable Deaths Also retaining his spot from the previous list is Elvis Presley. His numbers are dwarfed by Jackson's, but 34 years after his death, he brought in $55 million over the last year. The recent Cirque Du Soleil show highlighting his music, Viva Elvis, helped him retain his spot. New additions to the list include the late Elizabeth Taylor. Dying at 79 in March of this year, Taylor ties John Lennon for the number 5 spot. They both earned $12 million. Taylor's perennially successful fragrance, White Diamonds, counts for the bulk of her profits. Another notable addition to the list is Marilyn Monroe. Gone for 51 years, Monroe has previously been a "near miss" for the Forbes list. This year she comes in third, earning $27 million. PHOTOS: Elizabeth Taylor's Life in Pictures Monroe's renaissance in pop culture, thanks in no small part to the Weinstein Company's upcoming biopic My Week With Marilyn, has been attributed to her jumping up the chart. Peanuts creator Charles Schultz, Albert Einstein and Dr. Seuss are also included in the top 8. Related Topics Michael Jackson Elizabeth Taylor Marilyn Monroe Elvis Presley

Amos loves marketing underdog photos

Jim AmosJim Amos was produced into the movie biz -- his father possessed a number of movie theaters and also the mother labored for Columbia Pictures. When "I had been elevated, that was that which you did, we visited movies," states Amos, who's the new the new sony Pictures' prexy of domestic distribution. Amos recalls "Le Men" and "Lawrence of Arabia" as two identifying films of his childhood. Within the nearly three-decade extended career in the new the new sony, Amos has crisscrossed the country, starting in Boston, then San Francisco Bay Area, NY now L.A. Though Amos has been doing hit movies for instance "Ghostbusters," "The Karate Kid" and "Males in Black," what excites him will be the underdog films that leave nowhere to garner critical and box office success, much like "The Social Media.Inch Amos' fervor for film hasn't decreased throughout his extended career. "I'm as searching toward (the long run) after i was initially when i first started available,In . according to him. SHOWEAST 2011 Five 3d myths that will not dieHonoreesShow "E" Award: Jim Amos Al Shapiro Distinguished Service Award: John C. Hall Salah M. Hassanein Humanitarian Award: Kurt Hall ShowEast Hall of Fame 2011 Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

'Mad Men's' Elisabeth Moss Talks Fashion at the Vogue/CFDA Awards

Her character Peggy Olson on Mad Men is not exactly what you'd called "fashion savvy" -- but Elisabeth Moss, who plays her, gets a little chicer every time we see her. And a few years making the rounds of red carpets have taught the actress, if not her character, a thing or two about clothes. Fash Track caught up with her on October 20 at the Vogue/CFDA Fashion Fund event at the Chateau Marmont, which included a spring 2012 fashion show direct from NY from designers such as Joseph Altuzurra, Ohne Titel and Cushnie et Ochs. We talked to Moss about her outfit, the colors she loves, and all that girly stuff.our editor recommendsEmmys 2011: Party Circuit Fash Track: What is this cool skintight dress you're wearing? Elisabeth Moss: It's Azzedine Alaia. PHOTOS: Fall TV's Leading Ladies FT: What did you see at this show that you've got to have? EM: I love this one dress that Ohne Titel did in orangey red and cream, it was so beautiful. I mean, I love red. Every woman loves red, but this dress was particularly amazing because it had some cream colored snake detail on it, with a halter neckline, and it had an uneven hem -- short in the front and long in the back, which is such a sassy take on the classic sort of red dress. STORY: Emmy Winners 2011: 'Mad Men,' 'Modern Family,' Julianna Margulies and Kyle Chandler FT: Are you a summer clothes kind of girl? EM: Well, I loved the white eyelets this line did. The eyelet was a little bit different, even though the shape was just classic summer dress -- the whole cutout thing made it more interesting. And there was one amazing black dress that every woman should have. My friend Jennifer Westfeldt would look great in it. STORY: Power Shopping: Celebs Reveal the Last Thing They Purchased FT: What are you craving in terms of fall purchases you'd like to make? EM: I'm a big jewelry person, and I've been into this woman named Dana Levy lately, a Chicago based jewelry designer who's website is www.danarebeccadesigns.com. She does a lot of rose gold pieces, simple pieces like one with a little diamond; it's very feminine, but also very classic and girly. She has amazing things that are not like half a million dollars. I just bought one necklace for me and one for my best friend. That's my shopping obsession right now. Fashion Elisabeth Moss Mad Men

Eliminate: Archie Cookson

A Realtor Pictures production. (Worldwide sales: Seven & Seven, London.) Produced by Ioanna Karavella. Executive producer, David Bunker. Directed, put together by Make the most of Holder.With: Paul Rhys, Claire Skinner, Paul Ritter, Georgia King, Ewan Stewart, Nicholas Day, Phillip Manikum, Richard Cambridge, Freddy Downham, Juan Herrera, Gabriel Vick, Marc Danbury.An ambitious Brit indie that does less than fulfill the anticipation it boosts, "Eliminate: Archie Cookson" starts just like a droll sad-sack spin on spy spoofery, but with the finish has moved from comedy toward a dramatic heft its spindly legs can't support. That is one awkward tonal mix ultimately produces an offbeat curio instead of a completely satisfying balancing, d.p.-switched-author-helmer Make the most of Holder's debut feature remains a pointing harbinger of better attempt to come. Offshore home-format sales look likely. Title figure (Paul Rhys, within the first bigscreen lead since 2002's "Food of affectionInch) can be a failure by any standard, particularly individuals of his ex-wife, Camilla (Claire Skinner). Once an Intelligence Dept. up-and-comer, he's now slunk sufficiently lower the ladder to help keep his position -- nowadays simply office effort -- solely due to pitying, influential in-laws and regulations and rules. While former spouse and horribly precocious boy Hector (Freddy Downham) still occupy tony digs and social status, Archie stays nights consuming within the dreary flat, days sleepwalking through Russian-to-British translation duties. He's literally asleep at the office (rejected from sight inside an audio transcription booth) when assassins with silencers gun lower his co-employees over some missing old Cold War audiotapes that could compromise the integrity of government, additionally to 2 senior citizens gentlemen spymasters (Philip Manikum, Nicholas Day). The Two coolly determine that Archie -- who is now offering the incriminating reels within the possession -- must die too, dispatching veteran Ennis (Paul Burns) to accomplish the deed. Consider Ennis and Archie were co-employees in better days, Ennis gives him 24 several hours to return the items and hopefully save their very own existence. Naturally, everything does not go as planned, though once "Eliminate" turns into a comparatively straightforward espionage film, its financial and imaginative limitations be apparent. What starts out just like a dry sendup of "The Spy Who Showed up Within the Cold"-type mellers evolves continuously less comedy, with no emotional weight or clever, suspenseful twists needed to within the narrative ante. Particularly, the film takes too seriously the protag's associations with Camilla and new squeeze Lucy (Georgia King), an extremely ditzy bombshell of suspect loyalties. The finale flirts with tragedy, nevertheless the lightweight pic can't handle it. You will discover enough appealing elements here to produce one desire a remake that correctly balances the seriocomedy, ideally hewing more toward the ironic, satirical tenor David Hamill's score (breezily nodding to '60s genre photos) keeps throughout. Holder demonstrates a sure hands along with his accomplished cast, a enjoyable feeling of deadpan scene pacing, plus an ease while using bricks-and-mortar areas of developing a modest enterprise appear just like a more costly one. Rhys is certainly watchable, nevertheless the show is rather well stolen by Burns, whose American-outlined friendly foe enhances fair-to-good material getting a really funny combination of deep-dyed cynicism and unforeseen hominess.Camera (color, HD), Stein Stie editor, Valentina Riva music, David Hamill production designer, Nicola Dietmann art director, Tanya Burns costume designer, Amanda Hambleton appear, Daniel Chu Owen appear designers, Mark Kenna, Alex Hudd visual effects supervisor, James Cost assistant director, Simon Haveland casting, Camilla Evans. Examined on DVD, San Francisco Bay Area, March. 4, 2011. (In Mill Valley Film Festival -- World Cinema Montreal World Film Festival.) Running time: 87 MIN. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Live-Action Akira Green Lit; Garrett Hedlund Rumored Front-Runner

The long-gestating live-action adaptation of the popular manga and anime tale Akira has been resuscitated at Warner Bros. months after Albert Hughes dropped out of the director’s chair. Is this good news for diehard fans of Katsuhiro Otomo’s cyberpunk saga? What if the front runner to play Kaneda is Tron: Legacy’s Garrett Hedlund? Variety has the scoop on how Akira bounced back to life; it will reportedly begin filming in the spring under Unknown director Jaume Collet-Serra: …it came down to a meeting between creative and studio execs last week to discuss the new budget — and by the looks of things, they were happy with what they saw (the project had originally been over $100 million, but at one point was brought down to something closer to $90 large). Another piece of news to come out of those meetings: one of the first actors expected to receive an offer for one of the male leads is Tron: Legacy star Garrett Hedlund. Hedlund was one of a number of young actors rumored to be on the shortlist for the Akira lead months ago, and the production is expected to make a formal offer now that they’ve got the green light. Does Hedlund look anything like the famous anime/manga character? Well no, for obvious reasons. WB’s going with “colorblind” casting here (more on that potential storm of controversy when the cast is confirmed), but you know what? If it’s Hedlund — who’s sedately action hero-ish in Tron: Legacy but downright irresistible in Country Strong, and if you’ve seen it, you know what I mean — I’m totally okay with it. [Variety, Showblitz]

Stephen Gaghan Concentrates On Smuggling Of Cocaine And Human For Next Two Films

EXCLUSIVE: Stephen Gaghan provides his next two pointing projects, one since the smuggling of cocaine from Mexico, another human cargo from China. Gaghan, who last directed Syriana, makes an offer with Warner Bros to have an untitled Cartel Project and that he makes an offer with Torch Pictures to direct a completely independent drama in line with the book The Snakehead: A Legendary Tale From The Chinatown Underworld And Also The American Dream. The second may be the title of the book by NYer author Patrick Keefe it will likely be Keefe who creates the script for that Cartel project at Warner Bros. Gaghans Without supervision Shingle is creating the Cartel project together with Kevin McCormacks Langley Park. The Warner Bros film is going to be partially according to Richard Marosis four-part series released within the La Occasions this summer time, about how exactly a comprehensive DEA wiretap operation cracked a number of smuggling rings moving a lot of cocaine from Sinaloa, Mexico, into La after which across the nation. Individuals techniques incorporated loading cocaine into from cars with elaborate hidden compartments to small planes and tractor trailers included in pallets of frozen chicken. The wiretaps elicited highly private information on smugglers, including one that wouldn't take action with no advice of the psychic. It’s the 2nd project McCormick provides from newspaper sources Warner Bros is within production using the Ruben Fleischer-directed Gangster Squad with Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin and Emma Stone. The studio sees this like a star-driven crime drama that's The Departed meets an up-to-date Traffic. Gaghan won an Academy Award for scripting the second Steven Soderbergh-directed 2000 film, which highlighted the futility of Americas fight against drugs within the the nineteen nineties. Marosis confirming indicated not really a lot has transformed. The wiretap operation brought to busts and also the seizure of 1000's of pounds of cocaine but barely dinged up a secret economy worth over $50 billion yearly. Keefe, who scripted Marauders for Jerry Bruckheimer, spent the this past year connected to the Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Government centered on drug enforcement and security issues. Illegal drugs have fallen behind the fight against terror, but that simply means the enormous business of addiction is quieter, Gaghan explained. Police force makes great strides breaking through the cartels, however when you are producing $50 billion in untaxed earnings, you'll be able to buy lots of sources and also the cartels are simply as busy breaking through the interdiction side. You will find systems from coast to coast just like a lung system for illegal drugs that exist in a town in the usa. When a system of demand is really deeply permeated in to the heart of the country, it might be a war with human instinct. After Traffic I felt there is money allocated to interdiction and never enough on treatment, and that i still feel you need to alter the consumption engine in human behavior. In Snakehead, Gaghan will target the unlikely kingpin within an entirely different but lucrative smuggling network. Sister Ping, a grandmother who operated a little noodle shop on Hester Street, headed a multimillion-dollar operation by which she smuggled illegal immigrants from China. They'd disappear within the subterranean Chinatown economy, working endless hrs to repay $18,000 transport costs for a bit of the American dream. Sister Ping made over $100 million within the eighties and would be a Don Corleone within the closed community of Chinatown, until government bodies grew to become smart to her empire in 1993 whenever a ship packed with 300 undocumented immigrants went aground off a seaside in Queens. An FBI task pressure referred to as Jade Squad spent the following decade untangling the network and chasing after its elusive leader, who got a 35-year prison sentence. The film is going to be scripted by Nic Pizzolatto, who authored the novel Galveston and 2 instances of AMCs The Killing. Gaghan is creating with Richard Brown. Development is going to be funded by Torch Pictures, whose principals Allyn Stewart and Kipp Nelson will even produce. Gaghan stated that Snakehead will target the intersection of Sister Ping’s empire with youthful Chinatown gangsters who wanted in once they recognized how lucrative her smuggling business was. Gaghan does not take a look at Sister Ping like a villain, observing the grandchildren of a number of individuals illegal immigrants recognized their parents’ dreams and grew to become doctors. You will find statues of her in China. The storyline is pertinent today, he stated. Humans are tribal but we migrate, and also the forces driving which are hunger and chance, and today we're all those moving for jobs. Gaghan’s intention would be to result in the Cartel project first.

Kanye and Jay-Z Punished for Allegedly Sampling Soul Music artist

Rob Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images Syl Manley, a respected music artist who created many effective blues and soul tunes inside the sixties and seventies, has filed a suit against hiphop celebs Kanye and Jay-Z over an allegedly uncleared sample round the duo's latest album, Watch the Throne.our editor recommendsTop 10 Finest Paid out Music ArtistsHow Jay-Z and Kanye Beat the Leakers With 'Watch the Throne'Jay-Z and Kanye West's 'Watch the Throne': Track-by-Track In the complaint filed in Illinois federal court on Friday, Manley claims the two famous stylish hop artists plus UMG and Def Jam needed his song, "Different Strokes," attempted around the extender around the song entitled "The Pleasure," and released it in August without his permission and without giving him any credit or payment. PHOTOS: Top Finest Paid out Artists Manley states that West initially preferred to take advantage from the sample for his or her own solo album entitled My Beautiful Dark Twisted Family, however the defendant was unable to acquire permission throughout time of release. After failure to apparent a license for your sample on one album, West's standby time with the sample on another album without permission is mentioned being among knowing and willful misappropriation. Over time, many elder musical artists are becoming sensitive about illegal sampling from newer functions, and handful of artists are actually as litigious relating to this score as Manley, which has brought to a legal court, among others, Michael Jackson, Jefferson Plane and Cypress Hill. He's also effectively become other artists, from Wu Tang Clan to Kid Rock, to pay back for use of samples. In August, when Watch the Throne was released, Manley's label, the Numero Uno Group, was quick to suggest with this legal success, writing on its blog, "20 years and several law suits later, Syl Manley can be a veteran of copyright breach cases, and contains done perfectly for themselves clearing samples from his fertile catalog...for use in a number of tracks...Island Def Jam seems to think about that Syl doesn't have fight left in him. We're betting otherwise." No matter the bravado, Manley's legal cases weren't without some stumbles and question marks.. Proceed and take extended-running $29 million suit against Cypress Hill, billed with unlawfully sampling Manley's 1969 song, "Can It Be Because I'm Black," round the group's 1993 sophomore album, Black Sunday. Manley's suit was eventually overlooked in 2008 a judge learned that his claims not successful because beneath the Copyright Act, appear tracks made before February 15, 1972 aren't prone to copyright protection. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appealsupheld the dismissalthis past summer season,leading Manley to file for a suit their very own lawyers for malpractice for delivering allegedly shoddy representation. Manley believed that the problem law misappropriation claim should have happened as opposed to a federal copyright allegation. In Manley's latest suit, the background music artist is careful to bounce around potential defects in the claim inside the illegal sampling of "Different Strokes," which was released in 1967. Manley claims a copyright round the music composition within the latest suit in addition to states he likes rights round the original appear recording via Illinois common law. The 2nd claim will most likely be challenged soon by lawyers for Kanye and Jay-Z. Listed below are clips within the works in mind in this suit: E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner Jay-Z Kanye

Jailed 'Austin Powers' Actor Allegedly Wiped out Cellmate

Already serving amount of time in jail for raping and torturing a lady, 40-year-old actor Frederick Hyungmin Boy may be the top suspect within the murder of his 50-year-old cellmate. Boy -- who starred as Random Task in 'Austin Forces: Worldwide Guy of Mystery,' a experience the 'Goldfinger' character Odd Job -- was sentenced to existence imprisonment recently after being charged of criminal offence torture, electric power charge that turned from an incident that happened on Christmas Eve in 1990. His un named cellmate would be a 50-year-old male serving a 2 year sentence for neglecting to register like a sex offender. In 1990, the actor along with a friend kidnapped a lady, frequently raped her and threatened her having a gun before letting her go free. Boy never was billed using the heinous crime until an unrelated arrest in 2008 forced him to provide a DNA sample that was then from the attack. "Personally i think debilitating fear stop by me and am convinced a hands is originating from behind again," stated Son's victim, only recognized as Jane Doe, in the court. "My emotional scars are intense. My 20s were removed from my existence when i relearned walking, see, hear and deal with the outdoors world again. Frederick Boy not just require me to pay my job inside my salon but additionally my college savings ... as well as the impact it's made on honoring Christmas every year.Inch Wasco Condition prison authorities only have named Boy like a suspect within the dying of his cellmate. A complete analysis will occur before charges are filed. TMZ reviews that because the incident, Boy continues to be gone to live in solitary confinement. [via LAT, TMZ] [Photo: AP] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

Judy Greer Will receive a proper Online Appetite together with a two and a half Males "Beefcake Sandwich"

Judy Greer She may be on two and a half Males, but Judy Greer has another show that's a lot more near and dear to her heart: Her new Yahoo! web series Unwillingly Healthy.Part of Yahoo!'s inaugural slate of original online programming, the series, made up of three-to-5-minute extended episodes which are live every Monday, features Greer and her team of health and fitness experts cooking and doling out suggestions about her fellow busy bees abroad. "I have not pitched an idea before. I guess it's beginner's luck," Greer, who plays Ashton Kutcher's ex-wife Bridget on Males, notifies TVGuide.com. "It'll appear as an infant. I've also never been so devoted to a project. Usually I'm who audition or acting in things, that's super awesome, but that is my idea."Uncover why Greer made a decision to segue for the web, why she's not grew to become an associate of Twitter yet and the way Bridget may further break Walden's heart on Males.Fall Preview: Get scoop inside your favorite returning showsHow involved are you currently presently inside the conception and execution in the episodes?Greer: I'm totally involved. All the experts whom I've begged to accomplish this with me at night are people I've known. All the ideas up to now are actually mine. They're everything If only to understand. I'm kind of selfish such as this. (Laughs) I'm just prone to request people to coach me things and could use the net and possibly people may decide to learn it too. It genuinely came from from me unsure the best way to prepare, unsure the most effective exercise techniques, unsure how you can obtain much more healthy meals in the restaurant.It was not that way back when that online was considered second tier.Greer: I realize! However think this is one way everything will probably be going afterwards, like everything's apt to be online. It's fun to remain in on the ground floor of the. I furthermore felt with Yahoo!, particularly, that they're individuals to make use of because 26 million monthly go to the website. Besides two and a half Males, that we am lucky being on too, you aren't getting amounts such as this around the Tv program now. The expansion [of Yahoo!'s shows] can also be so incredible they do not appear as an internet demonstrate that we're shooting getting a Switch Cam, which was kind of a few things i thought it may be. The conventional in the video feels and seems appreciate it costs a lot more money laptop or computer does. I used to be really impressed. This is often a real show which is fun. In my opinion back in the day like, oh, the internet is selling out, but a great deal has changed. On the web is where it's at.The show's inspired due to your behaviors. Exactly what are they? Greer: Oh, I'm the worst. I'm a unhealthy meals addict. I like unhealthy foods. I like Wendy's a good deal, greater than If perhaps I did so. I don't exercise around I will. Mostly it's because of traveling and being busy. Everyone when they have been extra free time can make a proper meal or exercise. What now ? when existence can get of your stuff? ... I merely preferred to talk about this with people that do not placed on lots of time. You may be making coffee and you'll watch a 3-minute episode on your computer when you are getting organized for that workday. It's fast that was the thing that was appealing to me. This is actually the kind of factor I would respond to. Essentially see all of the, like, "10 steps you are able to takeInch or "5 methods for getting this doneInch or "3 ways to accomplish this,In . I'm like, I'll buy the book! I won't ever make out the print, however will purchase it! (Laughs)What exactly are a couple of of the preferred tips or quality quality recipes you have done?Greer: All of us do five exercises that can be done anywhere with no equipment and acquire an entire-workout. ... I learned making this really awesome soup within the frozen elements. It's pretty too. It's vibrant eco-friendly because the consists of frozen peas. You can buy all the elements and them within your freezer for many days. It's my job to have good intentions to organize weekly and get vegetables and fruit, and so they all rot. Wasting food makes me sick. You have to did one where we bought 15 things within the supermarket but got five meals from this. The big component can be a roasted chicken and you'll find every one of these things you can do while using pieces.Have a look at photos of Judy GreerWas there anything you discovered that blew your brain?Greer: Inside the organic episode, the expert needed an apple and spread it with hairspray. She was like, "This is just what it's like eating food with pesticide oral sprays about it.In . If you're not buying organic apples, you have to easily be cleaning it. It's my job to kind of run it under water, however was like, "Gross!" That was great because not everyone can buy organic, it absolutely was awesome on her behalf showing me things to give consideration to. The show just opened up, but did you ever hear any fan reactions yet?Greer: No, however i don't have Facebook yet. I have not been motivated to date to make it happen. My pals are tweeting constantly, however i am like, "I am unsure items to say." However guess you should possess them.However, you've something interesting to convey now. You'll be able to tweet a picture from the hairspray-erection dysfunction apple.Greer: Yeah! I am in a position to! I'd also tweet about my dog. That could be really the only boring factor. He's so cute. I will cause him to tweet personally. However I am in a position to discuss this. It feels as if an even more significant tweet than, "I obtained new shoes today!" "Oh my gosh God! The street at Local coffee shop is really a very long time!" I am unable to imagine myself ever tweeting that. two and a half Males snags True Blood stream hunkWe have to discuss that other show. What exactly are we able to expect on two and a half Males? Joe Manganiello's developing because the boyfriend.Greer: Yes, that's inside a few episodes. This is an excellent episode. I'm not allowed to convey a lot of, but Ashton can get some serious competition from Joe. In the event you thought he was depressed before, wait. It could break his heart a lot more. Simply mind dazzling how he responds. I wouldn't say Joe is her boyfriend. They're just dating, but he's pretty tall and dreamy. It absolutely was pretty awesome on set once i banded between Ashton and Joe. I used to be like, "I'm in the beefcake sandwich. That is awesome!"You're formerly on as Judith's sister-in-law, precisely how perhaps you have reincarnate into Bridget?Greer: I am unsure exactly their reasoning behind it. They just loved me and thought I'd prosper inside the role. ... I used to be so thrilled which i didn't desire to request questions! (Laughs) It's been super fun being back. Ashton which i have a great time together. I didn't think a lot of it, but I have been getting plenty of, "It's surprising you're back because the second person." I loved carrying it out before plus it does appear like another show. I've done four [episodes] already and hopefully you will notice more next. I have not learned anything, however i must see Bridget and Walden settle your variations, though I don't believe that could occur for a while.two and a half Males airs Mondays at 9/8c on CBS.

Matt's Help guide to Weekend TV: Friday Cult TV, The building of South Park and Breaking Bad

Trey Parker, Matt Stone FRIDAYFriday evening is cult evening, which might be why Rachelle Lefevre, the initial Victoria within the first couple of Twilight movies, is joining CBS' A Gifted Guy (8/7c) as Dr. Kate Sykora, one of the candidates Michael is meeting with to operate the clinic. ... Elsewhere, Jensen Ackles directs a chapter from the CW's Supernatural (9/8c) by which Mike follows a add a demonic situation from his youth. Firefly's Jewel Staite seems because the monster-of-the-week, whose niche is eating the brains of low-existence thugs. ... On Fringe (Fox, 9/8c), Walter continues getting hallucinations of Peter, once we anxiously await his return. ... And Syfy's Sanctuary (10/9c) returns for any 4th season, carrying out a daylong Season 3 marathon (begins at 8 am/7c). Within the premiere, Dr. Magnus time-travels to 1898 London to try and steer clear of the well known Adam Worth from destroying natural order of history. In present time, the relaxation from the team battles a rising tide of Hollow Earth Abnormals.SATURDAYCan't get an adequate amount of the Amanda Knox story? CBS' 48 Hrs Mystery offers what it really calls Amanda Knox: The Untold Story (10/9c), with correspondent Peter Van Sant revealing particulars of her amount of time in Italian prison, together with a letter alleging that they was exposed to sexual violence with a prison administrator.Want more fall TV news? Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!Like dancing on the corpse, BBC America is definitely the 2009 British comedy series Free Agents (11/10c) mere days after NBC canceled the botched American remake for only three airings. Odds are far better you'll be able to begin to see the entire six-episode run of the series, that is more amusing and a lot more frank in the sexually billed office shenanigans. As with the NBC version, Anthony Mind steals every scene he's in because the randy boss of the London talent agency, whose employees range from the totally divorced Alex (Episodes' Stephen Mangan) and also the acerbic Helen (Sharon Horgan), who's grieving the dying of her fiancé. Their not-quite-partnership may be the backbone from the series, that is tart without having to be toxic, unlike the remake, where something vital - like genuine humor and endearing figures - in some way got lost within the translation.In other highlights: Heroes might be lengthy gone, but Adrian Pasdar keeps attempting to save the planet. In Syfy's typically over-the-top Saturday evening movie The Terror Beneath (9/8c), he assumes monstrous tree roots in the Garden of Eden that may ruin the earth for that relaxation people. Who thinks about this stuff? ... Ben Stiller hosts Saturday Evening Live (11:30/10:30c) for just the 2nd time, with Promote the folks as musical guest.SUNDAYSo it's arrived at this. Within the 4th-season finale of AMC's non-stop riveting Breaking Bad (10/9c), entitled "Face Off," Wally and Jesse finally decide to defend myself against their boss-switched-enemy, Gus Fring. I've not had an opportunity to begin to see the episode yet, but when this showdown is anything such as the fights and twists we have thrilled to in recent days, it will likely be the television event from the weekend."Nobody does an animated show such as this,Inch states among the producers riding the bullet train of creative anarchy referred to as South Park. Whether anybody should perform a show by doing this is yet another question. But it is labored pretty much to date for Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who have reached their 15th season of creating cutting-edge scatological and topical satire. Within the fascinating documentary 6 Days to Air: The building of South Park (Comedy Central, 9/8c), filmmaker Arthur Bradford takes cameras within the writing room - no real surprise, poo jokes really are a large hit - along with the recording studio and animation offices for phone frenetic procedure for turning around a South Park episode inside a week. Bradford's film visits they in an interesting time, as Parker and Stone go back to work following a longer-than-usual break that incorporated the outlet of the hit Book of Mormon on Broadway. Because they adjust towards the exhilarating but tiring grind, pitching ideas and spinning and dicing towards the last second - the episode under consideration is shipped via satellite four hrs before airtime - you cannot help but marvel they have the power to help keep cracking themselves (and generally, us) up.In other highlights: Lisa Edelstein has exchanged up, departing the diminishing House behind to start a 3-episode arc on CBS' The Great Wife (9/8c) as Will's feisty ex, who opposes Alicia and can inside a court-purchased mediation. Awkward! ... Ich bin ein Stewardess? Within an episode of ABC's Pan Am (10/9c) performed out against a historic backdrop, the crew flies journalists to Berlin to pay for among JFK's most legendary speeches, and Maggie would go to great measures to satisfy the leader she campaigned for. However the setting also brings up painful World war 2 reminiscences for Colette, while Kate is busy attempting to help a spy contact escape East Germany. ... Should you rather spend the evening watching E!'s Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event (8/7c), a four-hour orgy of superstar-reality excess concluding Monday, you've my sympathies.Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

Oscar in the foreign fray

Valerie Donzellis Declaration of War is the French entry in the race.With the passing of Monday's deadline, the race for the foreign-language film Oscar is shaping up with some 59 entries announced, including a first for New Zealand. Four countries are definitely out -- Azerbaijan, Costa Rica, Luxembourg and Ukraine -- and one, the Dominican Republic, was disqualified on a technicality. Word has yet to come from other countries that have previously taken part, including Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Estonia, Iraq and Latvia. Some of the pics vying for a nomination may give the Academy pause for thought. A question mark hangs over Slovenia's "Silent Sonata," helmed by Janez Burger, because it is, as the name suggests, silent. It is thought France opted not to submit "The Artist" for a similar reason, going instead for Valerie Donzelli's "Declaration of War." No such concerns surround tyro helmer-scribe Tusi Tamasese's Samoan-lingo "The Orator" (O le tulafale), New Zealand's choice. Backed by the New Zealand Film Commission and the Samoan government, the Blueskin Films pic bowed last month at the Venice Film Festival, where it received a special mention. Pic is about a Samoan little person's fight for his land and his pride. NZFC topper Graeme Mason called it "an extraordinary portrait of a place and a way of life, and I think that's something which resonates with the foreign-language voters." The Dominican Republic's film commissioner Ellis Perez said helmer Leticia Tonos' family drama "La hija natural" (Love Child) was pulled because the names of those on the selection committee weren't sent to the Academy by the Aug. 1 deadline. The snafu is even more frustrating for Tonos, the country's first female helmer. Among controversial choices, Pedro Almodovar was cold-shouldered by Spain's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences once more, with Agusti Villaronga's rural coming-of-age tale "Black Bread" selected over Almodovar's "The Skin I Live In." "Bread," set in 1944, took nine kudos at February's Goya Awards, including film, director and actress for Nora Navas. "Skin" was not released in time to be eligible for the Goyas. Only one of Almodovar's last five features, "Volver," has been selected for foreign-language consideration. "Talk to Her," though not put forward by the Spanish Academy, won an Academy Award for original screenplay. In Albania, the choice of American director Joshua Marston's "Forgiveness of Blood" sparked a formal protest from director Bujar Alimani, whose "Amnesty" failed to make the cut. He urged Albania's Oscar selection committee to disqualify the film on the grounds that it is a majority U.S. production. Pics announced this past week include Nuri Bilge Ceylan's "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia," from Turkey; Sarunyu Wongkrachang's "Kon Khon," Thailand; Fernando Spiner's "Aballay, el hombre sin miedo," Argentina; Khaled El Hagar's "Lust," Egypt; and Vladimir Blazevski's "Punk's Not Dead," Macedonia. (Anna Marie de la Fuente, Paul Chai and Will Tizard contributed to this report.) Contact Bobbie Whiteman at bobbie.whiteman@variety.com

'True Blood' Actor Michael Raymond-James Cast in Cruise 'One Shot'

Michael Raymond-James remains cast over evening, theParamount-Skydance Productions drama starringTom Cruise.our editor recommendsWerner Herzog Cast as Villain in Cruise 'One Shot'Richard Jenkins Cast in Cruise 'One Shot' The project, anadaptation from the 2005Lee Childnovel, centers onJack Reacher (Cruise), an ex-Military cop who'll get attracted into the mystery all over the arrest from the sniper billed with killing five people in the shooting. PHOTOS: True Blood stream's Dark, Sexy New Style Raymond-James, who carried out killer René Lenier round the first season of Cinemax's True Blood stream, remains cast becoming Linsky, known to love a long-term criminal who's hired by villain The Zec (carried out by Werner Herzog) for just about any sensitive assignment. Christopher McQuarriewilldirect in the script he written. One Shot, having a cast including Rosamund Pike, David Oyelowo and Richard Jenkins,is positioned to begin filming in Pittsburgh this month. PHOTOS: Tom Cruise together with other Famous 'South Park' Spoofs Raymond-James starred on Foreign exchange's Terriers, which was considerably acclaimed but cancelled after one season a year ago. He's represented by Talent Works and Sanders Remedy Caserta Management. Email: Daniel.Burns@THR.com Twitter: @DanielNMiller Related Subjects True Blood stream Tom Cruise Werner Herzog Movie Casting

Grant Morrison Creates Rogue Trooper Film

For Mike Worthington's production companyWith all eyes on theincoming Judge Dredd movie, it seems sensible that savvy producers could be searching to legendary British comic 2000AD for more inspiration. Hence this news today that the Rogue Trooper film is within development at Mike Worthington's production company, which cult comics author Grant Morrison (Arkham Asylum, Final Crisis, Superman)reaches focus on the script.Rogue Trooper, as British comics visitors of the certain age knows, is really a blue-skinned "Genetic Infantryman" on the scorched Nu-Earth where South and north are constantly at war. G.I.s' personas could be saved onto "biochips" and submitted into new physiques, and through various eccentricities of circumstance, Rogue's former siblings-in-arms Gunnar, Bagman and Helm presently live in (natch) his gun, his backpack and the helmet, functioning both as his buddies and experts. The strip was produced by Dork Gibbons (Watchmen) and Gerry Finley-Day, and first made an appearance in 2000AD almost 30 years ago.Morrison never authored for that strip, but did provide copious Future Shocks, Zenith, and a number of Dredds, so has lots of 2000AD heritage. This news of the film as well as Worthington and Morrison's participation is hidden inside a Daily Record story that mostly focuses on Dinosaurs versus Aliens, the home that Morrison is presently focusing on with Craig Sonnenfeld. This is an aside so sketchy it does not even include a Morrison quote to support it, so whether Worthington is developing the film having a view to personally slapping around the blue fresh paint remains to appear. We'll provide you with further particulars because they emerge.Meanwhile, tell us the other 2000AD strips you want to see hit the screen. Who's for Strontium Dog? Halo Johnson? Slaine? Shako the Polar Bear?

Lifetime Eyes Rhianna Biopic

Lifetime is developing Fame Monster: The Lady Gaga Story, a biopic in the famous pop star. The project, named after Gaga’s 2009 Air, continues to be put together by Norman Snider (Casino Jack) based on Maureen Callahan’s 2010 book Poker Face: The Increase And Rise Of Rhianna, with Ilene Kahn Energy (Lifetime’s Who's Clark Rockefeller?) executive creating. Rhianna is not involved. Fame Monster tales the presence of Stefani Germanotta, who started her musical career just like a rocker after which was transformed into pop mega star Rhianna. The project remains starting to warm up within the cable network and could get yourself a eco-friendly light soon. Gaga shot to fame along with her debut studio album,The Fame, in 2008, and contains been making mind lines as much on her behalf music as she's on her behalf crazy clothes.

Johnny Depp: Harvey Weinstein 'Killed a Great Film'

Johnny Depp says he's overpaid to star in Pirates of the Caribbean, for which he's reportedly earned more than $300 million.our editor recommendsEXCLUSIVE: Robert Downey Jr. Out of 'Oz,' Johnny Depp to Take Over?Disney's 'Lone Ranger' Close to Riding Again After Johnny Depp, Jerry Bruckheimer, Gore Verbinski Reduce Fees "Basically, if they're going to pay me the stupid money right now, I'm going to take it," Depp tells the November issue of Vanity Fair. "I have to. I mean, it's not for me. Do you know what I mean? At this point, it's for my kids. It's ridiculous, yeah, yeah. But ultimately is it for me? No. No. It's for the kids." PHOTOS: 10 Billion Dollar Babies: Movies That Have Crossed the 10 Figure Mark Depp, 48, has two children, Lilly-Rose, 12 and Jack, 9, with partner Vanessa Paradis, 38. But he also tells the magazine that there's "a part of me that needs to have this kind of stimulation to the brain." He's come a long way from attending Scientology gatherings for $3 a meeting. "I went to a bunch, man. It was so great, it was so fantastic," he tells Vanity Fair. PHOTOS: 'Pirates' Premiere He's excited about his next project, The Rum Diary, which hits theaters on Oct. 28. He was researching his 1998 movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas with Hunter S. Thompson when they discovered the manuscript for The Rum Diary in Thompson's basement. VIDEO: The Rum Diary' Trailer: Johnny Depp Drinks His Way Through Puerto Rico "I pulled it out. I was like 'What is this?' Hunter was like, "Oh, s--t, The Rum Diary ... Hunter didn't know it was there," Depp says. PHOTOS: Penelope Cruz's 'Pirates' Red Carpet Top 10 Depp still holds a grudge against Harvey Weinstein for putting 2004's The Libertine out in limited release. "He basically said he f--ked it ... He made a choice to kill it, Harvey killed a great film," says Depp. Depp also talks to the magazine about posing for photoshoots. PHOTOS: Inside 'Pirates of the Caribbean' "Well, you just feel like you're being raped somehow. Raped ... It feels like a kind of weird -- just weird, man," says the actor, who doesn't mind posing with fans. "But whenever you have a photo shoot or something like that, it's like -- you just feel dumb. It's just so stupid." Related Topics Harvey Weinstein Johnny Depp The Rum Diary Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

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Shine ink deal with Discovery

CANNES -- Shine Worldwide has agreed a multi-title deal with Discovery Systems Latin America/U.S. Hispanic more than 200 several hours of programming. The package includes finished cases of "MasterChef," "The Finest Loser" and "One Born Every Minute." The second season of "MasterChef Australia" and "Junior MasterChef Australia" will air on Discovery Travel & Living. Seasons one and a pair of of both U.K. and U.S. versions of "One Born Every Minute" are destined for Discovery Home & Health. In addition DLA/USH has acquired seasons seven and eight in the U.S. version of "The Finest Loser," plus season three of TLC's "Hoarding: Hidden Alive." Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Steve Martin Gets Bluegrass Award, Injects Comedy

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers turned the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards into funny business Thursday night.Martin and his group of crack bluegrassers took entertainer of the year, the night's top award at The Ryman Auditorium, while super group The Boxcars took home a leading four awards."I want to thank all the other nominees ... for losing," Martin joked after accepting the award.Martin, the Grammy and Emmy award winner best known as a comedian and writer, is also an accomplished banjo picker who has taken the medium to a wider audience with two albums of mostly original music and a high-profile series of performances. Entertainer of the year goes to the act that does the best job representing the genre."It really means a lot, sort of like winning two Oscars," Martin said afterward. "It's something we work very hard at and I kind of started from scratch. I mean I've been playing banjo for 50 years, but performing in a band I've never done. I've done it for about two years ... You know, the hardest part was talking and tuning."It is the first IBMA award for Martin and the second for the Rangers, winners of the 2006 emerging artist of the year award. They snap Dailey & Vincent's three-year winning streak in the entertainer category.The Boxcars took home four awards. Three other acts, Michael Cleveland, The Gibson Brothers and a collaborative effort among J.D. Crowe, Doyle Lawson and Paul Williams, each won two awards.The Boxcars are made up of former Dan Tyminski band members Adam Steffey and Ron Stewart, who enlisted John R. Bowman, Keith Garrett and Harold Nixon to form the new group. They were the night's lead nominees with 10.The quintet won emerging artist and instrumental group of the year, while Steffey won mandolin player of the year and Stewart shared banjo player of the year with Kristin Scott Benson of the Grascals, who has won that trophy four years in a row."We're grizzled veterans, heavy on the gristle," Steffey joked after the group won instrumental group of the year.The IBMA honored Bluegrass Hall of Fame inductees Del McCoury and George Shuffler and host Sam Bush paid tribute to the late Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass, who would have turned 100 this month.The Gibson Brothers won album of the year for "Help My Brother" and the vocal group of the year award, crediting Ricky Skaggs "for teaching us how it's done."Cleveland, which his band Flamekeeper, won instrumental recorded performance of the year for "Goin' Up Dry Branch" and won Cleveland won his sixth straight fiddle player of the year award and ninth overall.Crowe, Lawson and Williams won recorded event of the year and gospel recorded event of the year for their "Prayer Bells of Heaven." Russell Moore won his second straight male vocalist of the year award and Dale Ann Bradley won female vocalist of the year. Both have won those categories four times apiece.Martin fell in love with the banjo as a child listening to legends like Earl Scruggs, Pete Seeger and Doug Dillard. He often incorporated a banjo into his humor but gave little public hint for his love of bluegrass until later in life. He released his first album with the Rangers in 2009 called "The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo." That album won a Grammy Award. They released "Rare Bird Alert" earlier this year.Martin previously won a Grammy for his 2001 "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" collaboration with Scruggs.The 66-year-old and the Rangers have taken bluegrass to "The Ellen Show," ''The Late Show with David Letterman," ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and the Capital Mall over the last year."And when I play a concert hall somewhere I know half the audience isn't even familiar with bluegrass," Martin said before the awards. "That way we really reach a really wide audience for this music I love and that I love listening to."Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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