'Red Tails' Star Tristan Wilds Soars In Exclusive Clip

A lot goes into making a World War II epic like "Red Tails." You can just ask one of its stars Tristan Wilds. In this exclusive look behind the scenes, Wilds guides us through the making of George Lucas' pet project. For over twenty year, Lucas attempted to bring the amazing story of the courageous Tuskegee Airmen to the big screen. Having finally succeeded in moving ahead with the project as producer, all there was left to do was film the thing. In the video, Wilds shares his experiences portraying Ray "Ray Gun" Gannon, a member of the all-black group of fighter pilots. For the film, Wilds pretended to fly a plane and sustain some serious-looking injuries, but what he couldn't fake, a partial parachute jump, took a little more effort. The cast of "Red Tails" also features Cuba Gooding Jr., David Oyelowo, Kevin Phillips, Nate Parker, Daniela Ruah and Michael B. Jordan. The movie hits theaters on January 20, 2012. Be sure to watch the entire look behind the scenes of "Red Trails" with Tristan Wilds above. What did you think of the behind the scenes video? Let us know in the comments below and on Twitter!

Zynga's stock dips in first day

Social-network gamer Zynga saw its stock slump 5% on Friday, its first day's buying and selling, to shut at $9.50, an unimpressive debut for an organization this is a leader in the space using the three greatest games on Facebook, "CityVille," "CastleVille" and "FarmVille."The shares fell another couple of cents at the end of buying and selling. The general market's been cranky, plus some experts be worried about Zynga's near total reliance on Facebook, where it creates a lot more than 90% of their revenue. But others say it's among the couple of methods to play Facebook being an investor, a minimum of before the giant social networking goes public itself likely sometime the coming year. Fans of Zynga, founded in 2007 by Mark Pincus, like its business design and prospects. "Unlike TV, social games could be performed anywhere in the world you have Access to the internet,Inch stated Richard Greenfield of BTIG, who started his coverage of Zynga having a buy rating. He sees the organization starting more games across more platforms. It's especially in a position to advertise new games through its current ones.Publish IPO, Zynga's got cash to purchase its business. The shares were listed at $10 for that initial public offering, getting in additional than $1 billion in fresh capital.Greenfield estimations revenue could rise from $1.17 billion this season to $1.5 billion in 2012 and $1.7 billion in 2013.Naysayer Arvind Bhatia of Sterne Agee began coverage with "underperform" on fears that growth is slowing down and also the stock could fall to $7. Flagship game "FarmVille" has peaked, he stated, and also the other game titles are coming online in a much reduced pace. Some of the best games include "FrontiervilleInch and "Zynga Poker." The games are free the organization makes its money mostly from advertising and sponsorships and thru in-game virtual purchases. Its IPO material stated we have an average around 230 million active monthly customers."I believe it is a great company and brilliant people,Inch stated one media investor. "However they do have trouble with reliance on Facebook, which they always need new games get noticedInch -- an issues all gamemakers face. He's also not keen on the different classes of stock, with super-voting shares and control firmly at the disposal of associates.Explaining itself by itself website, the organization states, "Zynga really wants to provide the world permission to experience. Every single day, we connect people on seven continents and deliver a dose of do not take yourself so seriously." It hopes Wall Street will. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Notes from the Magical, Inspired LACMA Live-Read of The Princess Bride

“Inconceivable!” With a single word, unveiled at the close of last month’s live-read of The Apartment, Jason Reitman launched AOUS (that’s Anticipation of Unusual Size) for the December 15 installment in his brilliant LACMA/Film Independent series. Few films are so magical, so beloved, so instantly and indelibly quotable as The Princess Bride, Rob Reiner’s 1987 fantasy-comedy, written by William Goldman, about a princess and her pirate and those involved in and affected by their adventure. And few live-read casting choices could be as inspired as Reitman’s: Paul Rudd in the Westley role originated by Cary Elwes, Cary Elwes in the Humperdinck role originated by Chris Sarandon, and, performing the part of the Grandson first portrayed by Fred Savage over two decades ago… Fred Savage. That’s right: Fred Savage, donning a Bears jersey, took the stage to reprise his role of the sick little boy at first skeptical of, then enamored by, the fantasy adventure his grandfather recites to him in bed. Secret guests Elwes, Savage, and the film’s director, Rob Reiner — wonderfully cast as the Grandfather, a role originated by Peter Falk — joined the likes of Rudd, Mindy Kaling (as Buttercup), Nick Kroll (as Rugen), and Kevin Pollack (as Miracle Max) in the Reitman-led live read. The full line-up: Paul Rudd as Westley Mindy Kaling as Buttercup Cary Elwes as Prince Humperdinck Nick Kroll as Count Rugen Patton Oswalt as Vizzini Bill Fagerbakke as Fezzik Goran Vinjic as Inigo Montoya Kevin Pollack as Miracle Max Collette Wolfe as Valerie Fred Savage as The Grandson Rob Reiner as The Grandfather Where the Breakfast Club live-read kicked off the series in a swirl of pop nostalgia and last month’s The Apartment made the unconventional format come alive with a throwback sense of class, The Princess Bride was instantly, charmingly special in its own way. It started with the very first line, uttered by Savage with the same boyish rasp and sass he had at age 11, being told of his grandfather’s impending visit: “Can’t you tell him I’m sick?” Moments later, as Rudd’s country boy Westley ambled through his happy prologue with Buttercup, he glanced two seats over for Elwes’s approval with every “As you wiiiiiish.” (Elwes seemed pleased, passing the torch with a nod to the audience’s, and Rudd’s, delight.) Patton Oswalt took the live-read by storm with an uncanny take on the snide Sicilian Vizzini; imagine a blend of original Vizzini Wallace Shawn, mixed with a basement-dwelling LARPer dictating aloud his ceremoniously superior flames on an internet message board, and you get the idea. In other words, Oswalt was transcendent. And his spoon-on-spoon foley work during The Man in Black’s swordfight with Inigo? Award-worthy. Other highlights: Goran Vinjic’s startlingly good Inigo Montoya. This man has clearly studied every nuance in Mandy Patinkin’s iconic performance His applause-earning deliveries of the famous “Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to DIE!” The fact that Reitman and Oswalt left the Los Angeles premiere of Young Adult to attend the live-read. Priorities! Cary Elwes letting loose with a fey, trilling Humperdinck (and host Elvis Mitchell’s observance that Elwes may be the only actor who’s gotten to kill a character he’s played) Live-read MVP Nick Kroll’s spot-on Christopher Guest The delicious subtext between his Count Rugen and Elwes’s Humperdinck Not so much a highlight as a curious aside: Both Reiner and Savage pronounce the name Inigo with an emphasis on the first syllable — “in-igo” instead of “in-EE-go” - … and wouldn’t they know best? The full-on gnawing, face-licking kiss between Rudd and Kaling that closed out the live-read, reminiscent of this. And so it went. With every utterance of an iconic line, a fully new layer of performance and presentation danced, invisibly, in the air. It wasn’t just that every single person in the sold-out theater knew The Princess Bride by heart (well, with the apparent exception of cast member Collette Wolfe, whose monotone Valerie was the lone disappointment of the read), or that watching the cast perform it, with scenery shots from the film projected above the stage, formed a delicious new rendition, a swirl of image, sound, and cinematic memory beyond the limits of what a screen could convey. Because of the selection — a film celebrating the very art of storytelling, one whose very dialogue is sewn into the fabric of our collective pop consciousness — and the format, The Princess Bride took on unexpected, enchanting dimension. Consider, for example, the perfection of casting Reiner, the film’s original director, as the storyteller of a tale within a tale in a wholly new kind of telling. With Reitman as the new interpretation’s guide, an added layer joined an already layered concept, the uniqueness of which comes in combining theater with film: Boiled down to its essence, it was a live interpretation of filmed performances of a written script. But it’s also a story that already lives, vividly, in the minds of anyone who’s seen and loved the film, and that memory is inseparable from the experience. Watching Elwes relish in taunting Rudd’s new Westley with a knowing flourish — or even seeing Reiner beaming throughout the read, the one person who knows The Princess Bride better than anyone else — conjured a new kind of magic. A more appropriate ode to this ode to the art of storytelling would be, in effect, inconceivable. For tickets to next month’s TBA live-read, head to LACMA. [Photo credit: Amanda Edwards, WireImage, courtesy of Film Independent] Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

2012 Golden Globes nominees announced

The nominees for the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards have been announced, and The Artist is continuing its awards-attracting streak.It has nods in the Best Musical Or Comedy, Actor (Musical Or Comedy), Supporting Actress, Director, Screenplay and Score categories. This'll surely do nothing to quieten the silent, black-and-white film's Oscar buzz....We were also pleased to see Kristen Wiig get some love for Bridesmaids, and it's good to see Hugo up for Best Drama, but where the heck is The Tree Of Life hiding?And while it's not exactly surprising, it's a bit of a shame to see Drive only snatch one nom (though Albert Brooks really deserves that Supporting Actor shout).Here's the full list:BEST DRAMAThe DescendantsThe HelpHugoThe Ides Of MarchMoneyballWar HorseACTOR (DRAMA)George Clooney - The DescendantsLeonardo DiCaprio - J. EdgarMichael Fassbender - ShameRyan Gosling - The Ides Of MarchBrad Pitt - MoneyballACTRESS (DRAMA)Glenn Close - Albert NobbsViola Davis - The HelpRooney Mara - The Girl With The Dragon TattooMeryl Streep - The Iron LadyTilda Swinton - We Need To Talk About KevinBEST MUSICAL OR COMEDY50/50The ArtistBridesmaidsMidnight In ParisMy Week With MarilynACTOR (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)Jean Dujardin - The ArtistBrendan Gleeson - The GuardJoseph Gordon-Levitt - 50/50Ryan Gosling - Crazy, Stupid, LoveOwen Wilson - Midnight In ParisACTRESS (MUSICAL OR COMEDY)Jodie Foster - CarnageCharlize Theron - Young AdultKristin Wiig - BridesmaidsMichelle Williams - My Week with MarilynKate Winslet - CarnageFOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMThe Flowers Of War (China) - Zhang YimouIn The Land Of Blood And Honey (Bosnia) - Angelina JolieThe Kid With A Bike (France) - Jean-Pierre & Luc DardenneA Separation (Iran) - Asghar FarhadiThe Skin I Live In (Spain) - Pedro AlmodóvarANIMATED FILMThe Adventures Of TintinArthur ChristmasCars 2Puss In BootsRangoSUPPORTING ACTORKenneth Branagh - My Week With MarilynAlbert Brooks - DriveJonah Hill - MoneyballViggo Mortensen - A Dangerous MethodChristopher Plummer - BeginnersSUPPORTING ACTRESSBérénice Bejo - The ArtistJessica Chastain - The HelpJanet McTeer - Albert NobbsOctavia Spencer - The HelpShailene Woodley - The DescendantsDIRECTORWoody Allen - Midnight In ParisGeorge Clooney - The Ides Of MarchMichel Hazanavicius - The ArtistAlexander Payne - The DescendantsMartin Scorsese - HugoSCREENPLAYMichel Hazanavicius - The ArtistAlexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash - The DescendantsGeorge Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon - The Ides Of MarchWoody Allen - Midnight In ParisAaron Sorkin & Steven Zaillian - MoneyballORIGINAL SCORELudovic Bource - The ArtistTrent Reznor & Atticus Ross - The Girl With The Dragon TattooHoward Shore - HugoJohn Williams - War HorseAbel Korzeniowski - W.E.ORIGINAL SONG"Lay Your Head Down" - Albert Nobbs"Hello Hello" - Gnomeo And Juliet"The Living Proof" - The Help"The Keeper" - Machine Gun Preacher"Masterpiece" - W.E.The Golden Globes will be handed out at the ceremony on Sunday 15 January 2012.

Top Moments: Virgins' Horrifying First Kiss and Mother's Big Twist

Virgin Diaries Our top moments of the week: 15. Worst Christmas Surprise: Andy is only asking for trouble on The Office when he invites his new girlfriend to the Christmas party at Dunder Mifflin where, in case you forgot, his ex-girlfriend still works. And you know what he gets in his stocking? Trouble. On the advice of an equally broken-hearted Robert California, Erin gets wasted at the party and winds up in a close hug (and maybe more?) with Robert, much to Andy's chagrin. What exactly were you expecting, Nard Dog? 14. Worst Break-Taking Moment: After not sleeping with anyone other than her boyfriend Spencer in more than six years, Jess is understandably worried that she won't be adventurous enough in the sack for her new guy, Paul (the equally adorkable Justin Long), on New Girl. Unfortunately, Jess goes from adventurous (see: bondage-like lingerie) to disturbing in five seconds flat when she lightly chokes Paul as they're making out. Remember, Jess, you can't have sex with him if he's dead. This isn't Clerks. 13. Saddest Blindsiding: Annie finally decides to test the romantic waters with Auggie on Covert Affairs, taking his hand and telling him that he's the only one she wants to talk to after coming back from Stockholm. The usually intuitive Auggie, however, totally misreads her and, after giving her his Corvette, drops a bombshell: He's going to Eritrea to pursue a relationship with Parker. Annie's heartbreak is compounded by the fact that Auggie, being blind, can't see her teary, crumpleface reaction. "I can literally hear you smiling," he tells her. 12. Sweetest Gift: What does Leslie Knope love most? The Parks Department, Pawnee and sweets. (Have you seen how much whipped cream she puts on her waffles?) So her Parks and Recreation team pulls together to get her two perfect gifts: a re-creation of the Parks Department made entirely of candy and an offer to run her campaign for City Council. Does this mean Leslie Knope 2012 lollipops are in our future? 11. Sealed with a Crash Award: Chuck and Blair fans, rejoice! Blair - finally - makes the decision we knew she would and chooses to be with Chuck on Gossip Girl. Too bad the paparazzi get wind that Blair is leaving her prince in the dust and chase her limo into a road block just as Blair and Chuck share a romantic kiss. The result? A fiery crash and an unknown fate for Chuck. It could be worse - Blair could have picked Dan. 10. Worst Temper Tantrum: Do not awake the beast! Sleeping beauty Kim Kardashian flips out on sister Khloe when she wakes her up to say goodbye on Kourtney and Kim Take NY. "[You're a] dumb, little, evil f---ing troll. You have no idea how much I hate you. You're disgusting," Kim texts Khloe. "[Kim thinks that] I'm spiteful, I'm jealous of her life," Khloe says. "It's crazy that she thinks that way, but also sad." Tell us about it - especially when Kim reveals the root of her frustration: Khloe has not been supportive of her relationship with and marriage to Kris Humphries. Uh, well, she wasn't wrong. Team Khloe! 9. Oh, Mother Award: After Grace briefly goes missing (aka "that time Grace got baptized without telling anyone and butt-dialed her mom 12 times") on The Good Wife, Alicia comes to the hard realization that she can no longer juggle being a good lawyer, a good single mother and a good girlfriend. Unfortunately, there's only title she can afford to shed, so Alicia breaks up with Will, telling him "I can't," as tears stream down her face. Will waited 15 years to get dumped like that? 8. Best New Mystery: On Homeland, everything seems to go according to Carrie and Saul's plan to take down Walker when Al Zahrani helps orchestrate a meeting in a public square. A man fitting Walker's description arrives, but Carrie's instincts immediately tell her something's wrong. It turns out that Walker has actually recruited a homeless lookalike to send in his place and before Carrie can do anything about it, Walker remotely detonates a bomb inside the man's briefcase. Carrie is injured, but she has bigger fish to fry: There's a mole in the CIA. Who is it? 7. Biggest Letdown: After revving up its fourth season to a breaking point, Sons of Anarchy goes out with a bit of a whimper. Like Hamlet, which Sons creator Kurt Sutter has cited as an inspiration, the show forces prince Jax to ask: "To kill or not to kill Clay?," the man who murdered Jax's father and ordered a hit on Jax's fiancée. Ultimately, the combination of a deus ex machina - Romeo is working with the CIA! - and the Irish Kings' unwillingness to deal with SAMCRO without Clay forces Jax to keep the old man around a while longer. Or as Hamlet might say, "To be... continued?" 6. Worst Drunken Hookup: Remember that one time in college when your mom came to visit and she embarrassed you in front of your friends? That's nothing compared to what Boardwalk Empire's Jimmy Darmody went through. Grieving after the murder of his wife Angela, Jimmy flashes-back to the beginnings of their relationship at Princeton. But even during those fledgling days of puppy love, Jimmy's mom literally came between the couple. While visiting Jimmy, Gillian gets so drunk she can barely stand. When Jimmy helps her undress, Gillian kisses her son and, thanks to his own intoxication, it doesn't stop there. No wonder the poor boy ran away to fight in the war! 5. Death Becomes Her Award: Poor Violet! First, Tate tries to force a suicide pact on her on American Horror Story. Then, when she wants no part of that, he decides it's an optimal time to reveal to her (and to us) that Violet is actually dead. Yup, she OD'd on those pills she took two weeks ago, and Tate has squirreled away her decomposing corpse - which is disgustingly teeming with flies - in the basement. Between this and Tate impregnating her mother, maybe Violet's better off dead? 4. Most Chilling Sequel: When Bree learns from Chuck that the investigation into Alejandro's disappearance is now officially under way on Desperate Housewives, she feels she has no one to turn to, so she rents a dingy motel room where she contemplates suicide. She sits alone at a table with a bottle of alcohol and a gun, and suddenly has a vision of Mary Alice sitting across from her. She tells Mary Alice that she is so unhappy and asks if she is happy after committing suicide. "I'm not unhappy," Mary Alice says cryptically before vaporizing, leaving Bree to make her choice. Don't do it, Bree! There's still more than half the final season left to go. 3. Big Girls, Please Don't Cry Award: The X Factor has already had several dramatic eliminations (see: Astro's face-off with Simon Cowell), but it was way worse when 13-year-old Rachel Crow gets the boot. She falls to the floor sobbing and screams "Mommy," for cripe's At least Rachel's reaction is more age-appropriate than that of judge Nicole Scherzinger, who takes the stage also sobbing, but is then so distraught that she says nothing when Steve Jones shoves the microphone in her face. Is that a cry for Rachel or a cry for attention, Nicole? We really can't tell the difference anymore. 2. Best Bait and Switch: So Robin wasn't pregnant after all on How I Met Your Mother. (Why didn't she just take a pregnancy test again?) In fact, she learns that she can never get pregnant, she tells her supposed future children, Ted-style. Wait, what? Though Robin has never wanted children, she becomes overwhelmed with sadness at the option being taken away, which leads you to believe that she must've adopted those kids, right? Nope! The kids are just a figment of her imagination, and she never became a mother. Is it a cheap stunt? Perhaps. But it's also an accurate portrayal of her infertility: She's not losing children; she loses the idea, the thought - the vision - of them. 1. Most Terrifying Kiss: We've all seen the infamous and unbearably awkward first kiss from Virgin Diaries by now, but what none of us were prepared for is the continual lip-lock/jaw workout between Ryan and Shanna at their wedding. "The kiss was, um, hard to explain," Ryan's mother offers charitably. Other have described it variously as "like a mama bird feeding her chick," "nursing-like," and "chew-y." Let's just hope that practice makes perfect for this charming young couple. What were your top moments?

Glees Kevin McHale States Ough Martins Guest Place Brings Lots Of Drama

First Released: December 7, 2011 12:18 PM EST Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Glee Cast Dishes On Ough Martins Approaching Guest AppearanceLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Will Schuester will quickly face competition at William McKinley High when Ough Martin guest stars on Glee like a sexy The spanish language teacher, and Kevin McHale, who plays Artie Abrams around the hit show, states the Bon-Bon shakin star will certainly stir some misconception. Schuesters a The spanish language teacher too, Kevin told Access Hollywood, hinting in a possible faceoff between Ough and Matthew Morrisons Glee character, at Trevor Projects 2011 Trevor Live event in La on Sunday. Drama! Although the cast isn't liberated to reveal much about Rickys approaching visit, Kevin was pleased to share his excitement within the shows approaching Christmas episode. [It's] really awesome. Its type of an ode to some legendary Christmas special, for a moment, he told Access. And you will find special guest stars like Chewbacca the actual Chewbacca and that i reached perform a scene with him! It had been really strange. The Wookies presence on set produced a stir on set because the cast and crew rushed to satisfy the beloved The Exorcist animal. Everyone am excited to possess Chewbacca on set. There is a line round the [dressing room], he stated. We needed to stop filming! Glees Christmas episode that will apparently feature a minimum of six holiday tunes airs on Tuesday, December 13 at 8 PM on FOX. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.