Segel Is Harvard Hasty Pudding Man Of The Year

First Published: January 24, 2012 8:46 AM EST Credit: Getty Images Caption Jason Segel speaks during the CBS portion of the 2012 Television Critics Association Press Tour at The Langham Huntington Hotel and Spa on in Pasadena, Calif., on January 11, 2012CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Actor Jason Segel can add a Hasty Pudding pot award to his career highlights. Harvard Universitys Hasty Pudding Theatricals on Monday named Segel its Man of Year. The student group is the nations oldest undergraduate drama troupe. Itll host a parade and roast for Segel on Feb. 3. Segel got his start in the short-lived but critically acclaimed television series Freaks and Geeks. He later wrote and starred in the 2008 movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which earned more than $100 million worldwide. And he co-wrote and starred in last years The Muppets. He plays Marshall Eriksen on the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother. Last year, Jay Leno won the Hasty Pudding award, which recognizes outstanding entertainers. Actress Claire Danes has been named this years Woman of the Year. Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

2012 Academy Award Nomination Reactions

Kaira Pitt, Best Actor - "Moneyball" Viola Davis, Best Actress - "The AssistanceInchGraham King, producer, "Hugo," "Rango"Jesse McTeer, Supporting Actress - "Albert Nobbs"Jesse McTeer, Supporting Actress - "Albert Nobbs"Letty Aronson, Producer - "Evening amount of time in Paris"Asghar Farhadi, Director, Film author - "A Separation" Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com

The Artist Quiet But Golden At Producer Honours

First Released: The month of january 22, 2012 2:12 PM EST Credit: The Weinstein Company Caption Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo within the ArtistLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The Artist adopted its Golden Globe win if you take top honors in the Producers Guild Honours on Saturday, because the quiet film continues its unlikely run toward Oscar evening. Producer Thomas Langmann received the award passed out in the Beverly Hilton through the Producers Guild of America, because the Artist outperform George Clooneys family drama and the other Oscar favorite, The Descendants. The Artist won best musical or comedy at Sundays Golden Globes and also the Descendants won best drama together with a best actor jerk for Clooney, making the films likely rivals for the best Picture in the Oscars. Another nominees within the movie category were War Equine, 'The Help, 'Bridesmaids, 'Hugo, 'The Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo, 'Midnight in Paris, 'Moneyball and the other Clooney movie, The Ides of March. Together with honors using their company Hollywood professional groups for example stars, company directors and authors guilds, producer awards have end up part of the preseason sorting challengers for that Academy awards, whose nominations emerge Jan. 24. HBOs saga of mobsters in Prohibition-era Atlantic City Boardwalk Empire won the producers award for television drama series, keeping AMCs Mad Males from winning its 4th straight PGA Award. A team of seven producers including Martin Scorcese received the award for Boardwalk Empire, that also outperform Showtimes Dexter, CBSs The Great Wife, and the other Cinemax series, Bet on Thrones. The ABC sitcom Modern Family required the award for the best comedy series for that second straight year, beating 30 Rock, 'The Large Bang Theory, 'Glee, and Parks and Entertainment. Other those who win in the PGA honours include PBSs Downton Abbey for lengthy-form television, The Adventures of Tintin for animated film, Beats, Rhymes & Existence for movie documentary and also the Colbert Report for talk and live entertainment shows. Copyright 2012 through the Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

The Bachelor Episode Recap: Week 3

The ladies arrive in San Francisco where Ben meets up with his sister Julia to tell her about some of the women who have stood out. He mentions, Lindzi, Courtney - with whom he thinks his sis would hit it off - Kacie B. and that Jennifer is the best kisser so far. Apparently, he and his sister are close.Chris Harrison arrives at the hotel to tell the women there will be a group date and a two on-on-one dates. "When you get time with Ben, take advantage of it," he urges. The first card goes to Emily and they set off to climb atop the Bay Bridge. Emily is terrified, rightfully so, as they prepare to ascend 535 feet. It starts off relatively simple, but as the climb gets steeper, Emily begins to panic. To calm her fears, Ben decides the only thing he can do is kiss her. They finally make it. (There's no way Ben wouldn't give her a rose after that, right?)The two have a romantic dinner and talk about Ben's Bachelorette experience. Emily shares her abysmal dating experiences such as her foray into online dating that ended in a set-up with her older brother. Their date also hits a deeper level when Ben grabs the rose and tells Emily that his father loved his mother because he thought she was smarter than he was. He adds, "I think you're probably smarter than me and I always try to live up to my father's expectations and the man that he was." The two kiss and drink some champagne as fireworks appear in the background.It's time for the group date, which goes to Blakeley, Jaclyn, Kacie B, Erika, Samantha, Jamie, Monica, Rachel, Nicki, Elyse and Casey S, they're going skiing. But in San Francisco? In summer? The Bachelor makes it happen. The girls put on their best bikinis and skis and head down the hill. Most of the girls are lacking in the skiing department - so with a lot of butts in the air, Ben is enjoying his day.Ben, wearing his best vest, steals Rachel away during the night part of the date. They bond over being laid-back and she takes Harrison's advice by pulling him in for a kiss. Kacie B. grabs him next so that they can have some time to reconnect. They walk hand in hand as Kacie tells him how hard it is to see him with the other girls.At the hotel, Brittney gets the next date, but she's less than thrilled; she says her heart's not in it and decides she's going home. Kudos for Brit for being honest. She finds Ben on his date and lets him know. He tells the other girls and then hands the rose to Rachel.Lindzi gets the replacement one-on-one date and they walk and trolly around the city, eating some ice cream and hanging out. They end up in City Hall where the lights turn on and Matt Nathanson starts playing. They dance, kiss and then go to dinner. Ben immediately asks her why she's single. Lindzi talks about being madly in love and getting broken up with via a text message that sounds too wild to be true. But alas, she's moved on and ready for love and the two make a toast to laughing at themselves. No surprise here, Lindzi gets the rose and they end the date with a little piano-playing.The next day, Harrison gets a call from a "mysterious" woman who feels that she has a connection with Ben and wants to see where it will lead. Shawntel, from Brad's season, wants her chance with Ben before he possibly gets engaged. She meets Chris at the hotel and goes to get gussied up before returning to give it her best shot. At the rose ceremony, meanwhile, Courtney is making a stir and offending the girls around her. Of course, Ben has no clue and she's on her best behavior in front of her.Shawntel arrives and walks right past the girls, who are extremely confused, and finds a shocked Ben. The women are staring them down as they awkwardly chat and Shawntel tells him that because they've spoke a few times, she needs to know if something more is there. She asks for a rose and gives him time to think about it. Shawntel then explains her case to the ladies and they're not having it. Most think she's full of it and the rest just rip on her. Courtney says it's not what she signed up for, but since when are twists not a part of The Bachelor? "We don't reuse Brad's Dumpster trash." Jaclyn adds.Chris steps in and announces it's time for the rose ceremony. Ben says he's confident with his decision before giving the roses to Courtney (who hesitates and calls out Shawntel), Kacie B, Elyse, Jamie, Jennifer, Kasey S, Blakeley, Monica, Nicki, Samantha and ... Ben goes to say a few words, but Erika passes out. She eventually gets better and Ben hands out his final rose to no one. So Shawntel, Erika and Jaclyn are all going home.What did you think of this week's episode? Did Shawntel deserve to be shot down? show less

Runners up looking for Scripter Honours

The authors and screenwriters of "A Harmful Method" "The Descendants" "Jane Eyre" "Moneyball" and "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy" happen to be named runners up for that 24th-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award. Champion is going to be introduced in a February. 18 ceremony around the USC campus. Established through the Buddies from the USC Libraries in 1988, Scripter honors the film writer(s) from the year's most accomplished motion picture adaptation along with the author(s) from the written work where the script relies. The entire listing of nominees are: "A Harmful Method": film writer Christopher Hampton, modified from John Kerr's book "A Most Harmful Method: The Storyline of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein" and Hampton's 2002 stage play "The Speaking Cure" "The Descendants": screenwriters Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash, modified from Kaui Hart Hemmings' novel "Jane Eyre": film writer Moira Buffini, modified in the 1847 Charlotte now Bronte book "Moneyball": screenwriters Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin, according to Michael Lewis' "Moneyball: The skill of Winning an Unfair Game" "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy": screenwriters Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan, according to John le Carre's book. Contact Christy Grosz at christy.grosz@variety.com

Netflix stock on deal talk

Netflix stock jumped Wednesday on the new round of speculation that the organization might be acquired by Yahoo after it revealed new viewership stats that snapped up Wall Street's attention. Shares increased 11.36%, or $8.21, to shut at $80.45 after Netflix introduced that customers viewed a lot more than 2 billion hrs of their streaming Television shows and films within the 4th quarter of 2011. BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield calculated that will make Netflix the 15th most viewed network. "Netflix streaming usage is overflowing and it is far, much wider than traditional media professionals provide credit for," he stated. According to 21 million subs, he broke the amount lower to 40 billion minutes monthly total -- or 64 minutes per customer daily. The huge most of Netflix'sstreaming subs have been in the U.S. Greenfield figured that Netflix had more hrs of viewing in October than Forex, HGTV and History and most two times the viewer hrs of CNN, Discovery, MSNBC and Wager. In houses that sign up for Netflix it could have been probably the most viewed network after CBS, he stated. Netflix's growth continues to be meteoric despite proper blunders this year. It alienated clients by dividing its digital download service from the traditional postal service and hiking prices, a move it rapidly withdrew after its customer count dropped the very first time last quarter. But founder and Boss Reed Hastings is unbowed and it has stated the amounts is going to be up again this season. He's ongoing to ink aggressive content offer the U.S. and overseas. However the once high-flying stock, over $300 at some point, required popular and also the company's been the prospective of takeover speculation, by Yahoo and Microsoft particularly, since. Hastings is around the Microsoft board. On Wednesday, Yahoo was again rumored as you possibly can suitor -- within 24 hours the large netco introduced the appointment of the new Boss, PayPal's Scott Thompson. The combo has always made sense for Yahoo, that has been attempting to compete around the streaming content side. That's pricey to complete well, and also the area gets crowded. Yahoo continues to be with no top executive because it filed Carol Bartz last fall and traders may sense more aggressive moves coming despite Thompson's insistence he first of all needs time for you to discover the business. "At the back of my thoughts, I question when they buy Netflix, that will make lots of sense," Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster stated within an interview on CNBC. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Fassbender, Bejo Win Acting Prizes at Capri, Hollywood

ROME -- Michael Fassbender and "My Week With Marilyn" were among the hits of the Capri, Hollywood - the International Film Festival, which concluded Monday.The festival, which is the last film festival of each year and the first of the following year, got underway Dec. 26.Among the festival's highlights: Ben Kingsley was given the festival's Legends career honor; Emanuele Crialese, was given the Capri Peace prize for his work as the director of "Terrafirma," Italy's candidate for the foreign language Oscar this year; and Michel Hazanavicius' "The Artist" was selected as the film of the year.Fassbender, on Capri to receive the fesival's best actor prize for his work as the sex addicted protagonist in Steve McQueen's "Shame," was one of the hits of the festival. "Shame" won the Coppa Volpi award at this year's Venice Film Festival, but its Capri appearance is its last in Italy before its Jan. 13 opening across the country.Berenice Bejo was given Capri's Best Actress honor for her work in "The Artist."Organizers said that "Marilyn" caused a great buzz in it's Italian premier, with the festival's honorary head, Lina Wertmueller declaring the film had the best overall cast of any film that screened at the festival.Wertmueller is best known to film buffs as the first woman ever nominated for a Best Director Oscar. The Hollywood Reporter