Fox's 'War' receives PG-13 rating after edits

Fox's 'This Means War,' starring Chris Pine, Reese Witherspoon and Tom Sturdy, continues to be ranked PG-13 through the MPAA.A next day of denying Fox's appeal for any lower rating, the MPAA has given a rather edited version of "What This Means Is War" a PG-13 rating. Studio eliminate a couple of sex jokes from actress Chelsea Handler, based on a resource near to the project, and resubmitted the film towards the Classification and Rating Appeals Board.Pic, directed by Micrograms, stars Chris Pine, Tom Sturdy and Reese Witherspoon. Pine and Sturdy play closest friend CIA agents who fall for the similar lady. Timothy Dowling and Simon Kinberg authored the script.Fox had lately become a huge hit an R-rating provided to the film, that the CARA board refused Thursday (Daily Variety, Jan. 27).A week ago, the studio knocked up "War" to spread out February. 14 to coincide with Valentine's.

Keck's Exclusives: Mad Males Smooch

Mad Males Mad Men's infamously tight-lipped creator, Matthew Weiner, is actually speaking in regards to the AMC drama's March 25 two-hour premiere. "It's name is 'A Little Hug,'" Matt unveils. "I really like the title to own some form of synergy while using show so that it will pique your interest." Consider us spurred! Supposing that Jon Hamm's Don Draper is really a half from the titular hug (I realize this can be a large assumption), who might be round the receiving finish? Possibly new fiancée Megan (Jessica Componené)? What about ex Betty (The month of the month of january Manley)? "Who states Megan's stretching its like to participate Don's existence?" states Weiner. "He may return with Betty. Among the most popular moments from [last season's finale] was when Betty offered herself to him again. And let's be realistic - people two look wonderful together." Sadly, once i recently knocked in to the month of the month of january, she described she couldn't recall getting shot only one hug inside the year. Damn, guess we'll need to watch. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

ABC greenlights pilot '666 Park Ave.'

ABC has due to the greenlight for the drama pilot "666 Park Ave.," from scribe David Wilcox, Warner Bros. TV and Alloy Entertainment. Series involves a young couple that run a historic Gotham apartment building where linked with emotions . experience supernatural phenomena that endangers the tenants. Wilcox ("Fringe") written the pilot which is professional creating with Alloy's Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo. "Park Ave." is founded on the Alloy book by Gabriella Pierce. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com

Top Chef's Ty-Lr: We Should've Been More Organized

Tylor Boring Did Ty-Lör Boring think he was going to get eliminated during Top Chef's Restaurant Wars? No, but he doesn't have any objections to it. "The only thing I really remember is that Restaurant Wars is probably the worst service ever I have had in 20 years of cooking in 16 countries on four continents. It was just a very intense situation," he tells TVGuide.com. "And I remember thinking if I got sent home for that, then it would've been accordingly. And I was. There was no way to recover from it." The Brooklyn-based chef was dinged for underseasoning two dishes, but he doesn't think that was the boys team's most egregious error.Top Chef's "Malibu" Chris explains his naked lady artWere you surprised you left? It seemed like it was between you and Chris.Ty-Lör: When we were out there, at least in real time, the judges went through each one of us and how we all messed up in our own ways. I thought it could've been anyone. Some of the judges weren't really excited about Chris' dessert, but Tom was not happy with the Thai dish that I did. At the end of the day, it's a competition and somebody's gotta go home and it was me.You had been on the bottom a lot. Did you think your time was running out?Ty-Lör: I had a very serene approach to being at the bottom at that point. I went from No. 29 to No. 8, and while I'm not Top Chef, I did pretty damn good. I'm happy with my performance. Did I want to go out during Restaurant Wars? No, but it is what it is.They said both of your dishes were underseasoned. Did you think so?Ty-Lör: I definitely think my dishes were underseasoned. I don't know if they showed it or not, but I did talk to them about that. It was underseasoned for being a Thai dish. It could've been spicier. The flavors could've been better, same with the fish. But at the same time, you don't normally open a restaurant in 24 hours. Sometimes it's easy to lose that perspective. The challenges are hard for a reason and it was an amazing feat to have opened a restaurant in a day and to do 120 covers instantly.What went wrong? Were you pressed for time and couldn't taste everything?Ty-Lör: I did taste things. We were pressed for time. I think the guys team wasn't organized enough. We should've been more organized and taken more control of our dishes and maybe done things that were more simple to execute on a such a big and quick scale. If the idea is to win the challenge, then maybe you shouldn't do food that's terribly complex; you should do something really simple and straightforward that tastes great and [allows you to] concentrate on running a great restaurant as well. Top Chef's Heather: I'm not a bullyWhat happened with the expediting? Did you guys forget about it during the planning?Ty-Lör: We did think of it, but there were a lot of difficulties. I don't know what exactly came across on television, but we had some enormous problems with the staff.They seemed very incompetent, more so than in past Restaurant Wars.Ty-Lör: [Laughs] Yeah. I don't know what I can or cannot say about them, but it was horrible. It was a complete disaster, so it didn't really matter how we expedited because when the wait staff came, I would, like, tell them to take these two fish entrees to Table 1 and they would take them to Table 12. And so on and so forth. A mistake like that would happen and they wouldn't even care. But, you know, that's part of running a restaurant and it's a huge part of the challenge. I mean, we have to decorate the restaurant, menu-plan, cook, do front of the house and deal with the incompetent wait staff in less than a day. It's a very intense schedule.Paul said you guys were too afraid to step on each other's toes when it came to being the leader and expediting.Ty-Lör: Yeah, we definitely had a huge problem expediting. I expedited for a while and then I decided to go back and cook, and Paul expedited. It was a mistake having the window open into the kitchen and having everyone see all our issues with the wait staff and stuff. If we had closed it, no one would've seen our issues. The girls had a closed kitchen, but now all of America has seen their problems. [Laughs]Top Chef's Dakota: I was hurt by Nyesha's commentsDid you think you guys beat the girls after you dined at their place?Ty-Lör: No, I knew they would win. I asked somebody who saw the show last night how the girls' segment went and he said the girls' service appeared weird on TV. I didn't think their service was terrible. As soon as we walked into their restaurant, I knew we lost and I repeatedly stated that the entire time we were there. It's not just based on the food or the service; it's about the total experience, the ambiance. What is it like when you go to a restaurant? If you were to go out to Applebee's - there might be tons of restaurants whose food is better - but you can have a better time at Applebee's. You have to provide the entire dining experience. The whole thing has to come together and the girls just did a better job of executing that. Regardless of what happened to them the back of the house, none of us saw that because they kept the kitchen closed, so your dining experience is not affected by that. How big of a role do you think your open kitchen and expediting problems came into play for the judges?Ty-Lör: I don't think it was, like, [the tiebreaker] or anything. But it's more, like, if you're having a bad experience at a restaurant and you can't see the kitchen, the only thing you have to go on is your mind. All you can do is imagine what's going on back there. But when our kitchen is open and the judges may or may not be having a great experience, they can look 15 feet away and go, "Oh, yes, it is in fact a sh--show." [Laughs] That doesn't help you. That was definitely our biggest mistake. So when you're on Top Chef or Top Chef Masters and you get to Restaurant Wars, close the windows! Never keep them open!What are you up to now?Ty-Lör: I'm opening up a pop-up restaurant at Prince and Mott [streets] in NY City during Fashion Week. ... I'm also trying to open a real brick-and-mortar restaurant here in NY City. We have to find the space and opening a restaurant in NY City of all places is not easy!

Panasonic, MySpace team for TV experiment

Tim Vanderhook, Justin Timberlake, Shiro Kitajima, President, Panasonic consumer electronics marketing company of north america, Merwan Mereby, VP, interactive content and services - Panasonic Panasonic is teaming with MySpace for the rollout of the social network's new social TV experiment.MySpace TV will be the crown jewel of Panasonic's collection of TV apps, letting people chat with friends as they watch programming and see what's trending among their social circles."We're giving you the opportunity to connect your friends to your moments as they're actually happening," said MySpace investor, singer and actor Justin Timberlake, who made a surprise appearance at the Panasonic CES press conference. "This is the evolution of one of our greatest inventions -- the television. And now you no longer have to crowd around the same one."The reinvention of MySpace will not be centered around user-generated content. Timberlake and MySpace CEO Tim Vanderhook emphasized this was a new layer that was being added to existing programming on any channel.The company also announced plans to add a Miramax application to its Viera lineup, letting people watch films from the studio's catalog without going through a pay streaming service like Netflix or Hulu."We're innovating on the traditional role of what a studio is," said Michael Lang, CEO Miramax. "In fact, I like to think we're a bit more Silicon Valley than Hollywood."To capture the family audience, Panasonic announced a new children's entertainment category in its app offerings, parterning with Disney publishing to bring digital books to 2012 TVs.NBC Olympics president Gary Zenkel was also touted over 200 hours of the summer Olympics in London would be broadcast in 3D, thanks to a Panasonic sponsorship. Included in that collection will be the games' opening and closing ceremonies. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Star Trek 2 Adds Nazneen Contractor

She'll be Noel Clarke's wifeWith shooting about to get underway, JJ Abrams and the Star Trek team have clearly shoved the warp speed lever forward on casting, as the list of names added to the sequel keeps growing every week. The latest person to jump aboard? Canadian actress Nazneen Contractor.She's been signed up to play Noel Clarke's wife in the movie, though as of yet, the juicy details of how their characters interact with the crew of the Enterprise has yet to slip out. Empire's Man In LA is even now designing a fiendish mind-probing device to find out what Simon Pegg knows.Clarke, of course, was announced last week alongside Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch, who has scored the main villain role. Other recent additions include Peter Weller and Alice Eve.Contractor is likely best known for her stint as Kayla Hassan on 24, though she's also cropped up in projects such as telly comedy Rules Of Engagement.

SAG Offers Support for Unmasked Actress Suing IMDb

Huang Hoang, the actress who on Friday was outed in her lawsuit against IMDB for publishing her age, is getting some big-time support from Hollywood's biggest acting guild. Late Friday, the Screen Actors Guild issued a statement applauding Hoang for her "determination and courage" in "standing up to fight the unfair and abusive practice of publishing actors' private information online without their consent.""Thousands of actors have had their careers harmed by the unauthorized publication of their birthdates by IMDb against their wishes," SAG says in a statement to THR. "Screen Actors Guild and its members stand in support of efforts to curtail this invasion of privacy done to enhance a corporate balance sheet."Meanwhile, Hoang's attorney John Dozier is speaking out for the first time about the amended lawsuit, which was first filed anonymously but updated today to include Hoang's name after a federal judge threatened to dismiss the case."We are very disappointed that the judge required the plaintiff to identify herself by name," Dozier tells THR in an exclusive interview. "But her willingness to do so should be a strong indication that my client is willing to see this case to its conclusion however long that road may be."As we've reported, Hoang sued IMDb parent Amazon claiming that the popular search database subjected her to discrimination when it used information from her IMDB Pro account to list her age as 40 years old. On Dec. 23, a federal judge gave Dozier 14 days to re-file the case with his client's real name attached or the case would be tossed.Now that Hoang has gone public, the Texas-based actress has been inundated with media requests. Today, Good Morning America, E! and other TV outlets, as well as People magazine and other print media, are clamoring for interviews. Dozier says his client isn't doing press because she doesn't want to be perceived as suing to obtain media exposure.SAG took the opportunity Friday to slam IMDb for its practice of revealing ages on its site."An actor's job is to portray someone else. When personal information, like a birthdate, is used to limit who an actor can portray, creativity is harmed, and the actor is harmed," the statement readas. "Making a living as a middle-class, working actor is already extraordinarily difficult. IMDb's misguided insistence on publishing private personal information like birthdates makes it even harder. The Hollywood Reporter

More Action For Vinny & Snooki In Year Of Jersey Shoreline?

First Launched: The month of the month of january 4, 2012 3:40 PM EST Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Jersey Shoreline boys Ronnie, Pauly and Vinny speak with Billy Rose rose bush and Package Hoover on Access Hollywood Survive The month of the month of january 4, 2012LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Last season, in Florence, Italia, Jersey Shoreline stars Nicole Snooki Polizzi and Vinny Guadagnino ongoing their tradition of randomly hooking up up, and may the pair smoosh again inside the year that finds the reality stars in Seaside Levels, Nj? She looks good, she looks great, Vinny told Billy Rose rose bush and Package Hoover on Wednesdays Access Hollywood Live when proven an image from the svelte Snooki. In Italia, Vinny and also the pint-sized co-star heated some misunderstanding inside the mattress room when Snooki was around the break from boyfriend Jionni (the pair are presently still dating). Now, however, Vinnys feelings for your Princess of Poughkeepsie possess the signs and symptoms of changed. Shes like my sister now, Vinny mentioned when asked for if there'd be any pursuit at the lake house. For further fun while using Jersey Shoreline males, including particulars on who's the finest lover in your home, Follow The Link! Season 5 the hit MTV series debuts on Thursday at 10 PM EST/PST. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Demi Lovato: I Was Drinking and Using Drugs to Numb the Pain

Demi Lovato Demi Lovato says she's clean and sober - and grateful for two famous friends. "I'm not gonna lie. I was self-medicating," Lovato tells Seventeen magazine in the upcoming February issue. "I was doing things like drinking and using [drugs], like a lot of teens do to numb their pain." Lovato completed a three-month treatment program last January, revealing that she was overcoming an eating disorder and bipolar disorder. The 19-year-old singer says she leaned on two people during those tough times: Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez. Demi Lovato lashes out at Disney Channel for eating disorder jokes "No matter how many times [Miley and I] fight, we will always be in each others' lives," she says. "Selena and I, we never fight. She's not a confrontational person at all. Both of them will never leave my life no matter what happens, because we've been through so much together." Lovato, who released her third studio album in September, is happy with her progress today. "I don't drink, I don't do drugs, I don't throw up after my meals, I don't starve myself," she says. "There's nothing that I do that I feel ashamed of."