It Certainly Is Sunny Couple Charlie Day and Mary Elizabeth Ellis Possess a Choosing

Charlie Day and Mary Elizabeth Ellis It Certainly Is Sunny in Philadelphia stars Charlie Day and Mary Elizabeth Ellis welcomed an infant boy Thursday, People reviews. Russell Wallace Day considered in at 7 pounds, 13 oz .. See other stars who've had babies this season "We're overjoyed and overcome at the quantity of love that brought our baby in to the world," the pair told playboy. Day, 35, and Ellis, 32, get married in March 2006.

Anonymous enlists Kohansky-Roberts

Kerry Kohansky-Roberts, a veteran producer at Chris and Paul Weitz' Depth of Field, has joined the production team at Anonymous Content.Chairman and CEO Steve Golin made the announcement about Kohansky-Roberts, who joins Alix Madigan, Matt DeRoss and Emmeline Yang and will work on film and television. "Kerry is talented, has great relationships and has a very strong sense of what makes a great script," Golin said.Kohansky-Roberts has worked for more than 10 years at Depth of Field, where she co-produced "In Good Company," written and directed by Paul Weitz; produced "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist," written by Lorene Scafaria and directed by Peter Sollett; and exec produced "Lone Star," created by Kyle Killen last year for Fox.She's producing "Admission," written by Karen Croner and directed by Paul Weitz with Tina Fey attached to star for Universal, and is an exec producer on Focus' "Being Flynn," directed by Paul Weitz and starring Robert De Niro, Julianne Moore, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby, Lili Taylor, Victor Rasuk and Dale Dickey.Anonymous Content produced "Winter's Bone," recently wrapped on Universal's "Big Miracle" and recently acquired rights to "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese. It is in post-production on "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World," directed by Scarfaria and starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley, and on Josh Schwartz' "Fun Size" for Par. Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

'The Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo' 'Immigrant Song' Video: David Fincher Directs Clip for Karen O and Trent Reznor Cover

With anticipation for 'The Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo' running at fevered levels -- per a current survey, the variation of Steig Larsson's worldwide bestseller trails only 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game Title of Shadows' in audience interest -- the hype machine for that The new sony release does little to decelerate. The studio looks like it's planning special fan sneak previews of 'Dragon Tattoo' on Monday evening at 10 p.m. in metropolitan areas like NY, La, Austin, Bay Area and London, and -- as though that were not enough -- a brand new David Fincher-directed video for that Karen O-Trent Reznor cover of Brought Zeppelin's 'Immigrant Song' has first showed online. Since you may have suspected, it's freaky, bizarre and completely awesome. Keep an eye on at Pitchfork. Fincher, while you most likely recall, got his start pointing music videos for artists varying from Madonna and Billy Idol to Paula Abdul and George Michael. Reznor and Atticus Ross -- whose 'Social Network' score joining won them an Oscar -- authored the background music for 'Dragon Tattoo,' which you'll purchase electronically at this time. 'The Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo' has gone out in theaters on 12 ,. 21. [via Pitchfork]

Cheers & Jeers: American Horror Story Denis the Menace

Denis OHare, American Horror Story Cheers to Denis O'Hare for his scorching turn on American Horror Story. Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! True Blood's ex-vampire king has scared up another juicy role as vengeful burn victim Ray Harvey on FX's certifiably insane surprise. In this particular week's episode, we learned the actual roots of Larry's scars - bitter stepson Tate (Evan Peters) set him ablaze. Ray also wrongly confessed to killing the boy-toy of ex-wife Constance (Jessica Lange), who wiped out her previous husband (Eric Close) and also the mistress. Confused yet? In some manner, Tony champion O'Hare grounds AHS' outlandish plot twists in the truly emotional reality. On the way, he joins Boardwalk Empire's Jack Huston and Breaking Bad's Giancarlo Esposito among TV's most three-dimensional two-faced killings. Just don't get around the bad sides! Whoever else consider last night's American Horror Story? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

Simon Cowell & Paula Abdul Reunite After Drews X Factor Departure

First Published: December 7, 2011 6:09 PM EST Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul chat with Access Hollywoods Billy Bush in Los Angeles on December 6, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Drews departure from The X Factor caused a rift between Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul, after Paulas vote sealed the contestants fate, but Access Hollywoods Billy Bush helped reunite the pair after not speaking for days. Are you mad at her? Billy asked Simon in his posh trailer on the set of the hit FOX reality series. Not now, I was, Simon said. I took responsibility [for Drews departure,] but look, when youre close to an artist you get emotional and I was pissed. Do you guys ever have moments where you really do not want to talk to each other afterwards? Billy asked Simon and Paula. Its been six days, Paula said of how long they had not spoken to each other. With Simons spat with Paula apparently smoothed over, does the feisty British judge also have an issue with fellow judge/mentor Nicole Scherzinger? Theres one rumor that Nicole is going to get switched out, that youre going to move her to the UK X-Factor and move Kelly Rowland here, Billy said. That is not true, Simon said. And with the competition down to just five contestants, is Simon willing to pick one to win? Im not making any more predictions, Billy, because everything I predict, Im getting wrong. So, Im going to keep my big mouth shut, he added. The X Factor returns tonight to FOX at 8 PM. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Suburgatory Boss on George and Dallas: Will They or Wont They?

Jeremy Sisto and Cheryl Hines Tessa wasn't the only one none-too-pleased to discover George making out with some hot young thing in NY right before Thanksgiving. There was also Dallas. But will Dallas do anything about it? Will George? There's no denying something strange and lovely has been building between Tessa's goofy architect dad and Chatswin's hippest haute couture-wearing mom. And the sparks are really gonna fly over the holidays - where else? -- under the mistletoe, during Suburgatory's fall finale (Wednesday at 8:30/7:30c on ABC). Exclusive: Wilmer Valderrama to play sexy New Age guru on Suburgatory Series boss Emily Kapnek tells TVGuide.com that there are good reasons why these opposites attract. "You could say that George may have been drawn to more cynical NY girls in the past, but I think there's something very contagious about Dallas' spirit and how sunny and happy she is, as well as being very invested in her kid, which makes her appealing to a single dad like George in a way that he probably never would have anticipated," Kapnek says. In this week's episode, "The Nutcracker," Tessa (Jane Levy) overhears George (Jeremy Sisto) breaking up with his girlfriend, Zoe, blames herself, and decides to get them back together. Little does she know, he's decided he's had it with "crazy city women" and wants to look for love in the 'burbs. At the same time, there's a lot standing in the way of an Altman-Royce romance. George is initially distracted by both his ex and Tessa's adorable art teacher Aimee, and then there's the not-so-little matter of Dallas' husband Steven (Jay Mohr), who is a mostly absent but completely decent guy. Exclusive: Suburgatory casts Prom star as love interest for Tessa "Marrying a man who's very successful financially and can provide this lifestyle she wants probably at one point seemed like all Dallas wanted," Kapnek says. "But in watching George, who is such a great dad, and how hands-on he is with Tessa, I think she's starting to see there are different kinds of men out there, and the value of having a partner who's really a partner." It looks as though Dallas, riding high on the holiday spirit, is about to do something about it - whether George is ready or not. "George does pick up on her feelings," Kapnek reveals. "It's going to put a strain on their relationship and friendship at first, but I think it will be really satisfying to watch how it plays out. They both have conflicted feelings at different times, and watching them navigate this area is going to be really fun." Do you want Dallas and George to be together? Is it too soon? What about poor Steven? Tell us what you think in the comments below. (Note to Tessa and George 'shippers: Gross. Please have your heads examined.)

Vet spice freshman class

This year's crop of first-time writers in award contention aren't all industry newcomers. From famous performers to accomplished television scribes to produced playwrights, the group has one thing in common: 2011 brought the theatrical release of their screenwriting debuts.Glenn Close"Albert Nobbs""I didn't start from scratch," Glenn Close says about co-writing her debut screenplay "Albert Nobbs." The project, which she also stars in and co-produced has dominated Close's imagination for years. Thesp won an Obie in 1982 for playing the title role Off Broadway and has worked on reprising the role on screen for decades. She shares writing credit with Gabriella Prekop and John Banville, along with Istvan Szabo for story, in adapting the novella from George Moore."While we were filming, I'd email John and say, 'I need a good phrase for "My father was a drunk." And then 'A fierce whore for the drink' would come back 20 minutes later. It was fabulous!" * * * Sean Durkin"Martha Marcy May Marlene""Cult is a difficult word," "Martha" writer-director Sean Durkin says about the sensational subject of his first feature. "It's not a word we used while we were making the movie or when I was writing it."Durkin, one of the three principals that make up Borderline production outfit, also says that his first drafts were more "full.""When I write, I include more information throughout with the intention of always cutting it. On the page, I think it's better to be a little clearer because there are things that the camera picks up that words can't." * * * Nat Faxon & Jim Rash"The Descendants"The 2007 writers strike proved difficult for Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, and not just because they had to put down their pens."We finished the first draft of 'The Descendants' just before it started," Rash says. "Then we had to wait a hundred days to get notes from (pic's co-writer/helmer) Alexander Payne -- who we idolize."The two actors (2008 Writers to Watch alums), who began writing to generate parts from themselves, say adapting Kaui Hart Hemmings' novel over the course of three years involved a learning curve."Drawing that line of being faithful to the material you love, but also injecting your own voice into the movie that you think it should become, was really challenging," Faxon says. "And gratifying." * * * Steven Moffat"The Adventures of Tintin""It was an opportunity to work with the best of the best," says Scottish television writer and producer Steven Moffat on working with "Tintin" director-producer Steven Spielberg and producer, Peter Jackson. Moffat serves as the showrunner for popular British television series, "Doctor Who" and is the writer-creator of several other hit U.K. productions."I don't think writing for television versus writing for film is quite as different as people say it is," says Moffat, who co-wrote "Tintin" with Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish. "The biggest difference in this case was the budget and genre, but I don't see any real difference in concept of storytelling." * * * Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig"Bridesmaids"It took Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig just six days to write the first draft of "Bridesmaids.""We had a short window of time to get it done for (pic's producer) Judd Apatow and because of Kristen's SNL schedule," Mumolo says. "But we went through years of rewrites after that."Although the comedy marks duo's first script, they have been writing together ever since they met at the Groundlings 10 years ago."The end was the most challenging for us because you have to wrap up the movie somehow, but you don't want the audience to predict it or expect it," Wiig says. "We went through a lot of different versions."Initially we were both really adamant that we didn't want a wedding at the end." * * * Beau Willimon"The Ides of March""It's not so much the challenges as it is the advantages," Beau Willimon says of turning his play, "Farragut North" into "The Ides of March.""I got to expand on the (play)," says Willimon, who co-wrote script with pic's director-star George Clooney and producer Grant Heslov. "It also gave me the opportunity to add characters like Governor Morris (played by Clooney)."Although he never shared a writing room with Clooney or Heslov, Willimon says that the writing process was collaborative."They actually put more of the original text from the play back into the movie. I had cut down some of the speeches. I had thought they were too long for a movie. But George and Grant thought it would be better to keep some of those scenes longer, to let them breathe and not try to rush them." * * * J.C. Chandor"Margin Call""I wrote it to direct it," J.C. Chandor says of "Margin Call," his first writer-director effort. "I'm no spring chicken. I've been trying to do this since I graduated from NY University (for film production) and I was 36 years old when I finally got to shoot this film."Prior to and during the years he took to write the screenplay, Chandor says he worked with "many different levels of actors, sports stars and musicians" on commercials and docs including a six-part concert film series for AOL/Warner Bros. featuring Sting and Elton John. The non-narrative work prepared him for calling the shots on set with industry bigwigs including Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons and Demi Moore."I knew how to stand my ground."EYE ON THE OSCARS: THE WRITER Secrets exact grim toll | Writers' words craft indelible images | Vet spice freshman class | Waking nightmares Contact Addie Morfoot at news@variety.com

Cowboys & Aliens Sparks Texas Lawsuit

The author of a 1995 comic story with the same title as the movie Cowboys & Aliens has sued producers of the movie and a comics publisher, alleging they stole his idea. Austin-based author Steven John Busti filed the suit in federal court in Texas. The suit namedDreamWorks Studios, Universal Pictures and comic book entrepreneur Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and his company Platinum Studios as defendants. Busti claims he came up with the idea for cowboys fighting aliens in 1994 and published a story the following year titled “Cowboys & Aliens” in a comic called “Bizarre Fantasy.” The suit also claims that in 1994 the publicationComic Shop News ran a feature on his Cowboys & Aliens idea in the same issue that ran a story on Rosenberg. Rosenberg’s LA-based Platinum Studios in 2006 launched the graphic novel series Cowboys & Aliens — which Busti asserted in the suit has striking similarities to his work.Universal and DreamWorks bought movie rights from Platinum. Busti’s claim is another black markagainst the movie on which the studios placed high hopes and a big budget. A major disappointment financially,Cowboys & Aliens grossed about $175 million worldwide, barely more than it cost.

'X Factor' Results: Who Needed to Beat It on Michael Jackson Week?

NY - What is known "a long running show on Wall Street" returns in a few days as UBS will once more let experts and traders quiz entertainment industry moguls at its 39th annual UBS Global Media and Communications Conference here. Of course, the entire year-finish Wall Street tradition will place the advertising market outlook in focus, but additionally request what's next for digital content deals and just how much appetite companies have for potential purchases, amongst other things. Plus, professionals, for example Netflix Boss Reed Hastings, who'll visit the New England for that event, reach reassure traders and experts their companies can overcome current or future challenges. "Do you know the important trends in video consumption, distribution and money making?" may also be a recurring theme, stated Aryeh Bourkoff, vice chairman, mind of investment banking Americas at UBS. Plus, the conference will explore whether technology companies have become a lot more like media companies. As each year, the UBS conference brings media, entertainment and telecom top professionals together at midtown Manhattan's Grand Hyatt hotel Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, giving Street experts an opportunity to re-think their entertainment industry investment options in front of the year. After opening remarks from Bourkoff, the UBS gathering will start Monday morning using the always popular ad outlook panel for that year, featuring several prognosticators. A keynote appearance from Viacom leader and Boss Philippe Dauman on Monday is anticipated to feature questions about the outlook for Vital Pictures and also the recent rankings challenges at kids network Nickelodeon. Among other large industry names speaking on Monday are Lionsgate vice chairman Michael Burns, America online chairman and Boss Tim Remedy and Liberty Media Boss Greg Maffei. Tuesday's UBS schedule includes keynotes from CBS Corp. leader and Boss Leslie Moonves who's likely to once more highlight latest ad trends, Time Warner chairman and Boss Shaun Bewkes and Netflix's Hastings, whose company has seen its stock fall dramatically lately among what experts have known as proper problems.Netflix wasn't in the UBS affair this past year. Also around the Tuesday selection: AMC Systems Boss Josh Sapan, whose cable systems clients are recently public, new Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia leader and COO Lisa Gersh and Take advantage of Wiesenthal, CFO of The new sony Corp. of America. News Corp. deputy chairman, leader and COO Chase Carey will summary the keynotes on Wednesday when he's likely to highlight the conglomerate's business momentum has ongoing regardless of the phone hacking scandal. Some Street experts have stated that Carey may ultimately dominate the Boss role from chairman Rupert Murdoch. Discovery Communications Boss David Zaslav will even share his latest ideas and outlook around the conference's final day. Much like this past year, no speaker in the Wally Disney Co. is scheduled to provide in the event. Along with a year following the then-approaching close from the Comcast-NBCUniversal deal would be a focus in the conference, neither clients are around the diary for in a few days. Other key subjects of this past year's UBS conference, for example cord cutting and premium VOD, could once more draw investor questions this season. Plus, expect Wall Street participants to become curious if sector professionals intend to pay greater returns and continue stock buybacks to reward investors, which was already an emphasis for a lot of media and entertainment companies. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects News Corp. Netflix Chase Carey Reed Hastings

Paramount Adopts Smoke & Bone Daughter

Laini Taylor novel to start franchiseWith only one more Twilight film to go, everyone's on the look out for the next big paranormal romance to entice the tweens and the moms and the grannies into pan-generational emo family cinema outings. At Paramount, top of the wish-list looks to be Daughter Of Smoke And Bone, Laini Taylor's twisted kids' novel of angels and demons and forbidden love in Prague, which the studio is negotiating to pick up for a reported six-figure sum.The book, published in September and intended as the first in a series, revolves around 17-year-old art student Karou, who has tattoos and knows kung-fu, and has genuinely blue hair (i. e. she doesn't dye it: it grows blue out of her head). Her background is a mystery, and she has been adopted and raised by demons - "Chimaera" - who occasionally require her to go on errands through portals and collect teeth.Teeth.On one of these missions she encounters the angel Akiva, who's been tasked with putting a stop to the illegal supernatural denture trade, but doesn't kill Karou because she reminds him of his lost love. And their burgeoning affair coincides with the appearance all over Prague of a black-hand symbol, heralding a war between the cosmic forces of good and evil.The book's first lines are "Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love. It did not end well." It doesn't quite turn out like Preacher though.Large-canvas stuff then, but grounded in a gothic romance. And that's precisely what piqued Paramount's interest. Deadline report that the studio was willing to fight for the property, for its "potential for big-scale, visual effects-driven fantasy that can connect with a young audience", not to mention its likely expansion to franchise size.It doesn't sound as if the deal is quite done, but it's firmly on the table. We'll keep you posted. The novel is currently available in the UK in hardcover from Hodder and Stoughton.

Zynga IPO Aims to Value Company at Lower-Than-Expected $10 Billion (Report)

NY - Zynga, the organization behind such Facebook games as FarmVille, CityVille and Frontierville, is focusing on a lesser market valuation in the approaching IPO than initially expected, Reuters reported.our editor recommendsZynga Professionals to begin Pitching Traders on IPO In A Few Days (Report)Zynga Eyes November IPO (Report)Zynga to Trade on Nasdaq Given a still-rocky stock exchange, it stated the social gaming firm is searching for a valuation as high as $10 billion, Reuters stated. Other reviews stated it may be as little as $7 billion. If this initially filed to have an IPO this summer time, some predicted a $15 billion-$20 billion valuation. The organization later pointed out another-party estimate that put its value at $14.05 billion. According to Wednesday closing prices, gaming giant Activision Blizzard were built with a market capital of $14.2 billion. Ea was worth $7.7 billion. Zynga's IPO is anticipated to cost its shares in mid-December at $8-$10 each, which may raise $900 million, Reuters reported. The organization is set to produce a so-known as road show to promote its IPO on Monday. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Zynga