'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' Causing Seizures in U.S. Moviegoers

In light of the divorce filing just 72 days after marrying Kris Humphries, Kim Kardashian's wedding has definitely come under scrutiny, but now one of the performers at the event is saying he felt something was definitely wrong at the nuptials.our editor recommendsKim Kardashian vs. 'Jersey Shore': The Frivolous Lawsuit Face-OffKim Kardashian's Fur Use Targeted With PETA Billboard (Photo)Tyler Perry Defends Kim Kardashian's 'The Marriage Counselor' Casting: She's a Role Model PHOTOS: 19 of Hollywood's All-Time Shortest Marriages "Honestly, in retrospect, I've got to admit it didn't feel right," Grammy nominated saxaphone player, Dave Koz, tells the Corpus Christi Caller Times. Koz was at the highly publicized Santa Barbara event in August, which eventually aired on a two-part special on E! in early-October. He performed his song, "Know You By Heart" and "Here Comes The Bride" as the wedding party walked down the aisle. PHOTOS: Inside Kardashian Inc. "I've played a lot of weddings," he recalls. "Of course, this is a television show. But it felt like it was scene from a wedding, like a movie and not an actual wedding, if that makes sense. Who knows whether they were in love or not, but it just didn't seem to have authenticity in that moment for me." Funk group Earth, Wind and Fire and singer Robin Thicke also performed at the event. The E! two-part special attracted more than eight million viewers combined over the two nights. VIDEO:Kim Kardashian Paints Picture of Happy Marriage in Marie Claire Interview Kardashian's quickie divorce caused many to rehash accusations that the wedding was a hoax and placed the entire Kardashian family in the spotlight as they defended the earnestness of the relationship. Kim couldn't escape the scrutiny during an unfortunately timed business trip to Australia the same week she filed for divorce and cut the trip short. She soon traveled to Atlanta to shoot her scenes for the Tyler Perry movie, The Marriage Counselor. Email: Jethro.Nededog@thr.com; Twitter:@TheRealJethro Related Topics E! Entertainment Kim Kardashian E! Keeping Up With the Kardashians Kris Humphries

Kanye West Cites Nietzsche While Fighting Claim He Stole the Song 'Stronger'

Getty Images Kanye West has cited 19th century German philosopherFriedrichNietzsche in an attempt to convince the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold the dismissal of a claim he stole his hit song "Stronger" from another songwriter. PHOTOS: Top 10 Highest-Paid Music Artists In a brief submitted Friday, West's lawyers make the case that it's ludicrous for the plaintiff, Vincent Peters, to make a copyright allegation on a rap lyric said to derive from one of Nietzsche's century-old maxims. Peters, a Virginia man, sued West in 2010 claiming that "Stronger," which won a Grammy and is one of the most downloaded songs on iTunes of all time, was an illegitimate copy of a song he recorded in 2006. Peters argued that he gave a copy of his song to West's aptly named business manager, John Monopoly, whom Peters believes provided West access to his work. PHOTOS: Kanye West's Indie Rock Dalliances Earlier this year, a federal judge dismissed the claim, finding not enough substantial similarity between the two songs. Peters was undeterred. As Nietzsche once said: "All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth." PHOTOS: Grammys: 10 Must-See Moments An appeal to a higher authority was made, giving West's attorney, Carrie Hall at Pryor Cashman, an opportunity to ridicule the plaintiff for his song theft allegations. If the plaintiff were to succeed, Hall writes, "it would create a dangerously low threshold for establishing copyright protection over otherwise commonplace words and phrases." The two songs share the title "Stronger," and both have references to supermodelKate Moss, but the biggest claim of substantial similarity comes in the chorus: Both parties admit that the chorus is a derivation from Nietzsche's maxim "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." And both songs do the business of rhyming "stronger" with "wronger," a wordplay that might garner the approval of Nietzsche, author of Beyond Good and Evil. PHOTOS: MTV VMAs Greatest Feuds But West's lawyer believes this isn't enough to support a claim for infringement. She argues that it's the plaintiff's responsibility to allege sufficient facts to establish substantial similarity and that a district court judge is within proper boundaries to examine the lyrics and make a determination whether they rise to the standards of a copyright claim. The title, Moss reference and Nietzsche maxim are all unprotectable, said that judge. PHOTOS: Kanye West and Others at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Others have gotten into trouble for interpretingNietzsche before, but one would think that the old philosopher would have approved of Peters' bold assertion of ownership and drive toward an appeal as a will to power. Unfortunately, for Peters,Nietzsche seems to also have a healthy skepticism of facts as the foundation of knowledge, suggesting the philosopher might ultimately agree with West here. Oh well, if the plaintiff doesn't win, at very least he can take some consolation in the Nietzschean maxim that serves as the inspiration for both the songs in question. The brief is below... E-mail: eriqgardner@yahoo.com Twitter: @eriqgardner Kanye West

Alamo ups Paschich and Reed

PaschichReedAlamo Drafthouse Cinema has promoted Craig Paschich to divisional prexy and Tim Reed to chief development officer as part of plans to expand the 13-screen chain into new territories.Paschich will oversee daily operations and the induction of new franchise partners. He's been with the company since 2008 and has served as chief development officer and chief operations officer.Reed will take over Paschich's previous role and focus on exhibition. He's been asked to join the board of directors.Reed was senior VP of real estate since October 2010 after serving in similar slots with Village Roadshow Gold Class Cinemas, Hollywood Theaters and Act III Theaters.Alamo Drafthouse, which started as a single-screen theater in Austin, has 13 locations in Texas and Virginia, with more soon in Denver, and it is looking to expand into Los Angeles and NY.Company also has formed Drafthouse Films, which recently pacted with Image Entertainment in an exclusive distribution deal for homevideo, digital, television and VOD. Recent acquisitions include North American rights to Michael Roskam's crime drama "Bullhead," which is Belgium's official candidate for the Oscar foreign-language film award; Mikkel Nogaard's Danish comedy "Clown"; and "Comin at Ya! 3D." Contact Dave McNary at dave.mcnary@variety.com

Foxs J.J. Abrams-Produced Drama Series Alcatraz Undergoes Showrunner Change

EXCLUSIVE: There is a change at the helm of Fox’s midseason drama Alcatraz, from Warner Bros. TV and J.J. Abrams’ studio-based Bad Robot. Co-creator/executive producer/showrunner Elizabeth Sarnoff is leaving the time-travel series, which will now be co-run by Jennifer Johnson and Daniel Pyne. Chase creator/executive producer and Lost alumna Johnson joined Alcatraz after the pilot as a consulting producer. Two months ago, she was quietly elevated to executive producer and co-showrunner alongside Sarnoff. Sarnoff, who wrote the version of the project that was picked up to pilot and then to series by Fox from an earlier incarnation by Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt, is now stepping down over creative differences, with feature writer Pyne (Fracture) coming in as an executive producer and co-showrunner alongside Johnson. His TV series credits include Miami Vice. Sarnoff is expected to receive an executive consultant title on the show going forward. The behind-the-scenes showrunner turnover was a factor in WBTV and Bad Robot’s decision 2 weeks ago to put filming of new episodes of Alcatraz on hold and do reshoots on some of the 7 completed episodes instead. After completing some reshoots, the show is not filming at the moment, with the writers working on scripts and producers and directors prepping for additional reshoots as well as filming new episodes. Alcatraz, which features inmates from the infamous prison popping up in present day San Francisco, is slated to premiere in midseason in the Monday 9 PM time period, which also is being eyed for the new Kiefer Sutherland drama Touch. Fox is expected to announce premiere dates for its midseason series in the coming days.

UTA to maneuver to New Beverly Hillsides Headquarters in 2012

UTA will transfer to its new Beverly Hillsides headquarters at the end of 2012, after finalizing its lengthy-term lease for roughly 120,000 sq ft at9336-9346 Social Center Drive.our editor recommendsUTA Gets near Deal to maneuver to New Beverly Hillsides Headquarters (Exclusive) The Hollywood Reporter first reported on November. 9 the talent agency was closing an offer for any 15-year lease with landlord Tishman Speyer, aNY-based developer. UTA is presently based at9560 Wilshire Blvd. The Social Center Drive rentals are going through a comprehensive $$ 30 million restoration it had been formerly the headquarters ofHilton Hotels. UTA would be the sole tenant within the 9336 Social Center Drive building and occupy area of the 9346 building. UTA will start a "multi-billion dollar interior and exterior build-out" of their offices there early the coming year, based on a pr release released Tuesday through the agency. Noted architectural and design firm Rottet Studio will build the offices the organization'sRichard Riveire andLauren Rottet will lead your time and effort. UTA's new offices includes a 150-chair screening room and outside space. The offer is really a coup for that town of Beverly Hillsides, that has searched for to retain both UTA and fellow talent agency WME since CAA and ICM decamped for Century City previously decade. UTA may have a notable neighbor in the Social Center Drive property: Playboy Businesses Corporation., which a week ago decided to lease 45,000 sq ft there. UTA COO Andrew Thau, Michael DeSantis of real estate brokerage Cushman & Wakefield and attorney Andrew Friedman of Friedman & Affiliates symbolized the company within the lease deal. Email: Daniel.Burns@THR.com Twitter: @DanielNMiller Related Subjects UTA

Warners greenlights 'Lego' feature

Warner Bros. is accumulating its "Lego" movie, greenlighting the animated-live action hybrid for just about any release in 2014. Studio' has attracted on Oz vfx-toon house Animal Logic for animation, that's prone to comprise 80% of "Lego." As well as the film remains approved with an incentive within the Australian government then one in the health of Nsw. Government bodies within the Nsw condition are needed to unveil particulars in the "Lego" movie inside a Sydney news conference inside a couple of days, coinciding with the start of production. Warner Bros. hasn't set a specific release date beyond striving the film for 2014. Greenlight comes each week before Warner's opening of "Happy Foot 2," from helmer George Burns and Animal Logic -- five years following a original "Happy Foot" made $384 million worldwide and won the Oscar for animated feature as Animal Logic's first CG feature. "Lego" has existed development at Warner Bros. since 2008, when the studio began coping with the toymaker around the family comedy good popular fundamentals with Serta Lin and Roy Lee creating as well as the writing team of Serta and Kevin Hageman attracted onto pen the script. This Season, Warners triggered the "Cloudy Getting possible of Meatballs" team of Phil Our god and Christopher Burns to produce and direct. Our god and Burns have concentrating on publish-production on Sony's feature version of "21 Jump Street," likely to be in March. Warners recently triggered Chris McKay, director of Adult Swim's stop-motion animation/comedy "Robot Chicken," for everybody as co-director on "Lego" underneath the almighty and Burns. Plot particulars for "Lego" -- an action-adventure occur the Lego world -- remain under systems. Casting for your live-figures is positioned to begin within the month of the month of january. Producers make several excursions to Denmark to make use of Lego professionals round the concept. Jill Wilfert, V . p . of certification and entertainment at Lego, is professional creating, with Lin Pictures' Seanne Winslow co-creating. Warner setup a co-development fund in 2007 with Animal Logic, which produced and provided animation for last year's "Legend in the Parents: The Owls of Ga'Hoole." Lego and WB have became a member of for quite a while creating Batman toys and videogames and may launch a completely new number of games and toys around next summer's "The Dark Dark evening Increases" using the Lego Batman collection. The "Lego Batman: The Videogame," launched by WB Bros. Interactive Entertainment, has offered greater than 12 million models since 2008. Throughout Comic-Downside to This summer time, the studio introduced an extended relationship with Lego, granting the toymaker utilization of Electricity Entertainment's complete library of comicbook figures and tales to create Electricity World "Super Heroes" as figures and playsets within the month of the month of january with 13 figures, including Batman, Superman, Question Lady and villains the Joker, Bane, Harley Quinn and Lex Luthor. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Some Guy Who Kills People

A Level 10 Films, Battle of Ireland Films and Litn-Up Films production. Produced by Ryan Levin, Michael Wormser, Micah Goldman. Executive producer, John Landis. Co-producers, Jack Perez, Kristin Holt. Directed by Jack Perez. Screenplay, Ryan Levin.With: Kevin Corrigan, Barry Bostwick, Karen Black, Leo Fitzpatrick, Ariel Gade, Lucy Davis, Eric Price, Lou Beatty Jr., Janie Haddad, Christopher May, Niko Nicotera, Jonathan Fraser, Britain Spellings, Lindsay Hollister, Regan Burns.Bringing together slasher horror, delusional-superhero seriocomedy and dysfunctional family-reunion uplift, "Some Guy Who Kills People" has few original elements, but does a neat job pulling familiar ones into one likable low-key stew. Kevin Corrigan stars as a former mental patient whose return to society coincides with a grotesque murder spree targeting those who'd bullied him. "Guy" might've won limited theatrical release a few years back, but recent underperformance of similar exercises like "Defendor" and "Super" suggest the likeliest outlets for this one will be home-format, where sales prospects look decent. Ryan Levin's script has 34-year-old Ken (Corrigan) still living like the most picked-on kid at school. In fact he's gone back there for more as a high-school janitor, when not laboring for a boorish ice-cream shop boss (Lou Beatty Jr.). He still lives with mom (Karen Black), who never misses a chance to remind him of his deficiencies, and has the same best/only friend in co-worker Irv (Leo Fitzpatrick). Indeed, the only thing that's changed between high school and now is that Ken spent most of the interim in a psychiatric ward, driven over the edge by a murky trauma glimpsed in recurrent flashbacks. A talented if unappreciated artist, he draws comicbooks about a superhero wreaking vengeance on those who evade justice. These acts seem to be coming to life via grisly local killings whose connecting thread the Sheriff (Barry Bostwick, pretty funny) and Deputy (Eric Price) are slow to uncover. Meanwhile, Ken's ability to continue to keep a profile so low it's subterranean is threatened on two fronts: First, transplanted Brit Stephanie (Lucy Davis) pretty much badgers him into dating her. Second, 11-year-old Amy (Ariel Gade), a daughter he never knew he had, shows up determined to assign him the dad role so as to escape her fundamentalist stepfather. Amy seems borderline-annoyingly precocious and chipper until we realize it's an act; she's as much a social misfit as her biological pa. Ken gradually warms to these intrusive new relationships, though erstwhile classmates keep dying, and the police are beginning to suspect him. A step up for helmer Jack Perez after several cheesy cable pics (like "Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus"), "Some Guy" is smoothly crafted, striking the right balance between ironic horror/noir-fantasy tropes, the comedy mostly in a deadpan improv vein, and some formulaic but well-earned sentimentality. In a rare lead role, Corrigan is aces, supporting thesps solid (though Black could have dialed it down a bit). Tech package is nicely turned.Camera (color, HD), Shawn Maurer; editor, Chris Conlee; music, Ben Zarai, David Kitchens; music supervisors, Patrick Belton, Sanaz Lavaedian; production designer, Zach Bangma; art director, Oliver Dear; costume designer, Vania Ouzounova; visual effects supervisor, Dear; sound, David Alvarez; sound designers, Zarai, Kitchens; re-recording mixer, Zarai; supervising sound editors, David Barber, Zarai; assistant director, Cory Johnson; casting, Lisa Essary. Reviewed on DVD, San Francisco, Nov. 1, 2011. (In Fantasia, Screamfest, Sitges, Toronto After Dark film festivals.) Running time: 97 MIN. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Acad's Oscar dilemma

As well as the champion is... certainly not the Academy.The big surprise wasn't the exit of Brett Ratner as Oscar producer but the fact he was hired to start with. It absolutely was another demonstration of AMPAS executives' dogged and misguided "why don't we get stylish" push to lure TV audiences. And when more, that tactic has switched around and bitten Oscar on his golden hind.Eddie Murphy's withdrawal as host on Wednesday was virtually another shoe losing. Nevertheless the whole flap points within the central dilemma for your Academy of motion Picture Arts & Sciences: In the world that's rapidly changing due to the economy, technology and audience tastes, the entertainment small business to ignore old business models. The format for your kudocast was radical in 1953, nevertheless the Academy and producers of other public honours shows, which simply imitate the Oscars, want to make bold options to produce the kudocasts to the twenty-first century.The employing of Ratner, to produce new perspective for the show, wasn't exactly bold: Cosmetic tweaks with a set-in-stone structure aren't the solution.If Academy honchos want a meeting that honors 24 groups equally round the air, that's their right once they and ABC professionals want a gangbusters Tv program that pulls huge audiences, that's great. But, clearly, they can't have both. And they have to find out they want.In some manner, somebody got the notion that the reply is to usher in fresh adding factors but pressure these to stay with the old format. Trust me, AMPAS professionals could hire Attacking Youthful Boys as well as the entire Kardashian family to host the show plus it still won't have the ratings they demand.The backlash against James Franco's hosting in February was from proportion to his performance (the media was a smaller amount critical of co-host Hathaway As Catwoman). Franco can be a gifted actor together with a multifaceted intellectual, which are not the initial qualities one seeks inside an Oscar host. Casting is essential in Hollywood, and Franco and Ratner were both oddly cast. As well as the media fury over Franco's work made an appearance a veiled slap within the Academy to get hired him.Similarly, Ratner has proven a effective director, but he's also cultivated a celebration-fratboy image. When he ongoing to push that image within the interview on "The Howard Stern Show" Monday, AMPAS professionals were shocked. But what did they expect?Ratner's homophobic remark was appalling and deserved being addressed. As appalling was AMPAS leader Tom Sherak's Monday whitewash in the comment: "He apologized and we'll proceed He's many pals that are people in the lgbt community." This can be a 2011 variation in the old "numerous my close buddies are..." excuse.Tom, In my opinion you're an excellent guy, however when I'm ever in the PR scrape, don't showed up inside my defense.Sherak needed a decidedly different tone within the comments after Ratner's bow-out Tuesday, saying Ratner "did the very best factor for your Academy too for themselves His comments were unacceptable."On Wednesday mid-day, AMPAS introduced its new producer: John Grazer (incidentally, a producer of "The Dilemma," which featured an unfunny anti-gay joke that Imagine rejected to eliminate despite protests).Grazer. Hmm. Clearly, the Academy isn't ready for a bold decision. But maybe next season. Contact Timothy M. Gray at tim.gray@variety.com

Weekend Box Office: 'Puss in Boots' Stomps 'Tower Heist,' 'Harold & Kumar'

All of this week's new wide releases, 'Tower Heist' and 'A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas,' include an Occupy Wall Street, proles-versus.-body body fat-cats subtext, nevertheless it would be a particular body body fat-cat who snapped up an unpredicted win laminator tl901 office. 'Puss in Boots' not only handled to outduel both beginners, but furthermore shocked by possessing most of the business it acquired throughout last weekend's record-breaking debut. 'Puss in Boots' was imagined getting extended legs not only did the 'Shrek' spinoff have strong word-of-mouth, it faced no new family-film competition a couple of days ago. Bloggers expected an average second-weekend drop around thirty five percent, to $22 million. Rather, 'Puss' fell behind the other day by basically a whisker, with estimations showing a three percent drop to $33. million. This is actually the least expensive non-holiday drop since 2003, when 'Brother Bear' dipped just 4.5 % throughout its second weekend in November. In 10 days, 'Puss' has collared $75.5 million. However, 'Tower Heist' was prone to open a lot more effective laptop or computer did, inside the $Thirty Dollars million range where Ben Stiller's wide release movies frequently open. Besides, that certain also boasted director Brett Ratner and Eddie Murphy (in the role broadly suggested just like a return to comic form). Yet it opened up up in second place and mustered just $25.millions of, according to studio estimations. Blame middling reviews, 'Harold & Kumar' and never enough youth appeal. Studio polling learned that 62 percent in the audience was over 30, meaning people not tall enough to think about when Eddie Murphy was funny didn't appear. Chronic underachievers Harold and Kumar also underperformed. Bloggers predicted a dent or dimple near to $17 million, good hit franchise's recognition, remarkably good reviews, as well as the taxes from 3d (used here with techniques that's really integral for the film rather than unnecessary). The pair's latest joint effort clipped only an thought $13.millions of and handle in third place. Maybe audiences have 3d fatigue carrying out a summer season of undistinguished 3d releases, or even 'Tower Heist' sharp many of the buddy-comedy audience. Rounding the very best 5: In fourth place, 'Paranormal Activity 3' scared up another $8.5 million, according to estimations, lower 53 percent from the other day, for just about any total of $95.3 million. At No. 5, sci-fi thriller 'In Time' wound up 36 percent to have an thought $7.7 million, for just about any two-week total of $24.2 million. Outdoors the most effective 10, speculative Shakespeare saga 'Anonymous' extended to 513 theaters and attracted inside an thought $1.3 million, finishing at No. 13 and scoring a couple-weekend total of $2.7 million. Extended-distance romance 'Like Crazy' made $270,000 just 16 locations, with an enormous per-screen average of $16,875 together with a 2-week total of $448,000. And outdoors the U.S., 'The Adventures of Tintin' clicked up another thought $40.8 million, brining its two-week total to $125.3 million. As of this rate, the eventual U.S. release the next month from the Steven Spielberg special seems almost an afterthought. Box office for your year remains off by about four percent, or $356 million, with 2011 grosses so far at $8.6 billion, compared to $8.9 billion by this time around around a year ago. 'Puss in Boots' - Trailer No. 3 The whole top: 1. 'Puss in Boots,' $33. million (3,693 screens), $75.5 million total 2. 'Tower Heist,' $25.millions of (3,367), era 3. 'A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas,' $13.millions of (2,865), era 4. 'Paranormal Activity 3,' $8.5 million (3,286), $95.3 million 5. 'In Time,' $7,7 million (3,127), $24.2 million 6. 'Footloose,' $4.6 000 0000 (2,811), $44.8 million 7. 'Real Steel,' $3.4 million (2,438), $78.7 million 8. 'The Rum Diary,' $3. million (2,292), $10.4 million 9. 'The Ides of March,' $2. million (1,391), $36.8 million 10. 'Moneyball,' $1.9 million (1,278), $70.3 million [Photos: DreamWorks Animation, Universal, Warner Bros.] RELATED Family Film Guide: Holiday Movies 2011 'Jack and Jill''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning - Part 1''Happy Foot Two''Arthur Christmas''Hugo''The Muppets''Alvin as well as the Chimpunks: Chipwrecked''The Adventures of Tintin''War Equine' See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook Follow Gary Susman on Twitter: @garysusman RELATED

From Abbott and Costello to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler: 13 Great Movie Odd Couples

According to TMZ, actor Leonard Stone, best known for playing Violet Beauregarde's father in the 1971 film 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,' passed away on Wednesday after a bout with cancer. Although he starred in the classic children's movie, the majority of Stone's career took place on TV, with stints on shows such as 'M*A*S*H' and 'L.A. Law.' Stone's last role was in the 2006 made-for-TV movie, 'Surrender, Dorothy.' However, the scene you will likely always remember him for is the one in 'Willy Wonka,' where his daughter Violet turns into a blueberry. [via TMZ] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook