'Rum Diary' Trailer: The Actor-brad Pitt Storms Puerto Rico

Greater than a decade after The Actor-brad Pitt required a visit into softball bat country within the adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Vegas," he's coming back towards the writer's substance-implanted tales within the first trailer for "The Rum Diary." The rum certainly is not gone within this film. Depp stars as journalist Paul Kemp who moves to San Juan, Puerto Rico to dedicate yourself the main newspaper The Daily News within the late nineteen fifties. He will get taken right into a twisted mess of affection, jealousy, treachery and alcoholism that's similar to Thompson's other work. And apparently somewhere across the line he drank 161 nips of rum. Watch a clip beyond the jump! "The Rum Diary" straddles the road between reality and drug-caused fantasy much like "Fear and Loathing in Vegas," but this trailer for that movie causes it to be appear more grounded than its counterpart. It will help that costars Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart and Richard Jenkins appear to become playing their figures pretty near to the cuff, though Giovanni Ribisi appears to become more consistent with Benecio Del Toro's "Fear and Loathing" character. Though released in 1998, Thompson authored the novel at 22 in early sixties and was inspired by their own encounters working in a newspaper in Puerto Rico. British filmmaker Bruce Robinson authored the script and directed the film after taking greater than a decade removed from Hollywood. "The Rum Diary" hits theaters October 28, 2011. What have you think about "The Rum Diary" trailer? Inform us within the comments section below or on Twitter!

Machine Gun Preacher Trailer Shoots In

Hope is the greatest weapon of allJust a couple of days ago, the poster for true-life criminal-turned-aid-warrior drama Machine Gun Preacher showed up, with Gerard Butler toting a big weapon and protecting a small child. Now the trailer has arrived online via Apple. Preacher, directed by Quantum of Solace's Marc Forster, tells the story of Sam Childers (Butler), a man who spent a chunk of his life on the wrong side of the law, dealing drugs, roughing people up and generally being a git. But then, realising he has to change for the sake of his family (including wife Michelle Monaghan), he finds religion and a new mission in life when he learns of the terrible conditions for the people of East Africa. Sam decides to head over there and ends up building an orphanage for the children affected by the brutal Lord's Resistance Army, which has a nasty policy of recruiting young fighters. Naturally, the Army is no fan of Sam's new humane drive and burns the place down. But where some missionaries might take that as the sign to flee, Sam sees it as a challenge and responds with force. The result? He's rescued more than a thousand orphans from starvation since he first arrived...Take a look at the trailer and let us know your thoughts. Machine Gun Preacher is out on November 4.

Dylan Baker Coming back towards the Good Wife

Dylan Baker Third time's a charm for Dylan Baker, who'll return for that year from the Good Wife, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Baker, who plays charged killer Colin Sweeney, first made an appearance in Season 1 like a client of Alicia (Julianna Margulies), who got him free for murder. He was, however, delivered to prison for an additional murder inside a later episode. In Season 3, Sweeney is apparently being sprung from jail to assist Alicia having a situation. TVLine.com first reported this news. May Be The Good Wife in your Watchlist? Add it as well as your other faves now and not miss a chapter The 51-year-old actor, who's slated to come back within an October episode, joins formerly introduced guest stars Parker Posey, Peter Jacobson, Lisa Edelstein, Eddie Izzard, Harvey Fierstein along with a return appearance from Kelli Giddish. The Great Wife returns on Sunday, Sept. 25 at 9/8c on CBS.

Fichtner and Harris Board Phantom

Submarine-set horror for Will and EdFresh from stealing Drive Angry from under Nicolas Cage's flaring nostrils, William Fichtner is next shoring up the already impressive cast of Phantom, which so far boasts Ed Harris, Andy Garcia and Natascha McElhone. The project was first mooted back in May, but is now officially moving forward, with financing from the RCR Media group (who also picked up the currently-directorless Highlander at Cannes). Set on a soviet sub during the Cold War, Phantom involves a Russian captain juggling multiple problems: on the one hand he's got a rogue KGB unit to contend with, and on the other he's got supernatural forces trying to take control of his nuclear wessel. That does not sound like a good day. Hollywood's last attempt at a haunted submarine story was David Twohy's Below ten years ago, co-written by Darren Aronofsky, but more-or-less disowned by Dimension. It sank at the box office. RCR will be hoping for rather more from Phantom, which has Todd Robinson (Lonely Hearts) writing and directing. Seems like the sea is in his blood: he also wrote Ridley Scott's White Squall. Shooting starts in ( Scream for me! ) Long Beach, California in October.

Sony hacks PS3 prices in N. America, Europe, Japan

Tokyo -- Sony is slashing the price of its PlayStation 3 game consoles on Thursday. In North America, its PS3 with a 160GB hard drive will drop from $299 to $249 while the 320GB model will fall from $349 to $299. It's instituting similar price cuts in Europe and Japan. The move follows rival Nintendo's decision last Thursday to hack prices by 40% from $325 to $195 in Japan, causing sales on its 3DS handheld to rocket. In the week to Sunday, Nintendo moved 214,821 units in Japan, compared with 32,381 in the week through July 24, according to figures compiled by gaming mag publisher Enterbrain. The huge hike was also driven by the release of a hotly anticipated Pokemon game title. Sony has sold nearly 50 million PS3s worldwide since its 2006 launch to March. As of June, 2,495 PS3 package software titles were on the shelves as well as 3,100 titles available for download at the Sony Store. In related news, Sony has also announced the launch of applications for its new PlayStation Vita handheld for Facebook, foursquare, Skype and Twitter, available for free download at the Sony Store. Sony will announce the Vita's release dates at the Sept. 15-18 Tokyo Game Show. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Paris Hiltons Alleged Stalker To Stand Trial

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- A man who once asked Paris Hilton to marry him and has been arrested twice outside homes owned by the socialite must stand trial for felony stalking, a judge ruled Monday. James Rainford appeared to be obsessed with Hilton and his alleged actions gave the hotel heiress good reason to be afraid, Superior Court Judge Jessica Silvers said. Its very clear from all these incidents that you are obsessed with Paris Hilton, Silvers told Rainford after a 90-minute hearing. This is more personal, and it is scary. Rainford, 36, was previously convicted of battery against Hiltons former boyfriend Cy Waits, who was hit in the head outside a courthouse earlier this year. Rainford did not react after Silvers ruling and only spoke quietly with his attorney during the hearing. Rainfords most recent arrest came after a July 4 encounter in which paparazzi alerted authorities he was outside the heiress beach house. Defense attorney Craig Renetzky argued during the hearing thatRainford had never directly threatened Hilton, and that she had never left her home during either incident that led to his arrests. His actions, including hitting Hiltons ex-boyfriend and shoving a security guard in October, were not directed at the socialite herself, the lawyer said. The only thing hes apparently ever done to her is to propose to her, Renetzky said. Hilton politely refused. She did not attend Mondays hearing. Prosecutor Wendy Segall called four law enforcement officers to testify about their dealings with Rainford after his arrests or their conversations with Hilton. Sheriffs Detective Rodney Wagner said Hilton was afraid for her safety as well as her family, her friends around her. Rainford remained jailed in lieu of $150,000 bail and was told to return to court on Aug. 29 for an arraignment. No trial date has been set. Copyright 2011 by Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

San Sebastian to recognition Glenn Close

CloseMADRID -- Glenn Close will get the San Sebastian Film Festival's Donostia Award for career achievement on Sept. 18. Close is going to be in the The spanish language event to provide the ecu premiere of her latest film, Rodrigo Garcia's "Albert Nobbs." Pic will have from competition. Nobbs" is inspired by George Moore's short story "The Singular Existence of Albert Nobbs," activating a lady passing like a guy to be able to live and operate in 1800s Dublin. Close stars as well as shares producer and author credits about the film. In 1982, she won an Obie Award for playing the Nobbs character Off Broadway. Other cast people include Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Manley and Jesse McTeer. An Ireland-U.K.-U.S. co-production, "Nobbs" is created by Trillium Prods., Mockingbird Pictures and Parallel Film Prods. Film has been offered worldwide by WestEnd Films and it has been acquired by Liddell Ing. and Kerbside Points of interest for any Stateside release. Indie distribbery Emon will distribute "Nobbs" in The country. Previous readers from the Donostia Award include Jennifer Aniston, Richard Gere, Liv Ullmann, Francis Ford Coppola and Woodsy Allen. Fest runs Sept. 16-24. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com

TFANA sets 2011-12 season

Off Broadway's Theater for a New Audience has lined up a 2011-12 season that includes Samuel Beckett shorts directed by Peter Brook, a Klezmer tuner and the latest Shakespeare production from helmer Arin Arbus. "Fragments," the collection of short Beckett plays, arrives in Gotham as a stop on an international tour. Brook and Marie-Helene Estienne direct the evening, which includes "Rough for Theater I," "Rockaby," "Act Without Words II," "Neither" and "Come and Go." Show Cast for the show, which runs Nov. 9-Dec. 14, includes Jos Houben, Kathryn Hunter and Marcello Magni, all of whom are vets of prominent Brit troupe Complicite. Next up is "Shlemiel the First," the 1994 Klezmer musical based on the Isaac Bashevis Singer story. New Gotham production will be helmed by David Gordon. Conceived and adapted by Robert Brustein, show is performed by an eight-person cast and a Klezmer band in 24-perf run that kicks off Dec. 13. In the spring, Arbus, whose TFANA productions of "Othello" and "Macbeth" have won raves, helms Shakespeare's comedy "The Taming of the Shrew." With casting still to be announced, It runs March 17-April 20. Also on tap is John Ford's 17th-century play "The Broken Heart," the ancient Sparta-set tragedy to be directed by Brit helmer Selina Cartmell. Annika Boras ("Macbeth") stars in the Show is set to run Feb. 4-March 4. Season offerings are all in addition to the previously announced return of "Cymbeline," the Fiasco Theater production that landed in a TFANA slot last season prior to being picked up for a commercial Off Broadway run that begins perfs at the Barrow Street Theater Aug. 27. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Grey's Anatomy Exclusive: Find Out Who the New Chief of Seattle Grace Is

Grey's Anatomy The doctor is in! As we first reported, in the new season of Grey's Anatomy, Chief Webber (James Pickens Jr.) will take the fall for Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) tampering with the Alzheimer's clinical trial. As a result, he'll step down as Chief of Surgery. So who's replacing him? Exclusive Grey's Anatomy scoop: Who's taking over as Chief of Seattle Grace? TVGuide.com can exclusively reveal that Dr. Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd), whom the Chief enlisted to pick the new Chief Resident last season, will become the new boss. What will happen to Dr. Webber? "He has already had enough as Chief," McKidd tells us. "He goes back to being an attending surgeon in the hospital. He gives Owen the job, and Owen is as shocked as everybody else, so it changes the whole structure of the hospital. Richard becomes like the all-seeing oracle, because he has all this knowledge. He's now a normal doctor, but everybody still comes to him. Owen, even though he's the Chief, comes to Richard a lot." Grey's Anatomy: Shonda Rhimes talks Mer-Der's struggle, Cristina's pregnancy Are you surprised Owen is the new Chief? Will he be able to handle this new position with so much turmoil in his relationship with Cristina (Sandra Oh)? Hit the comments with your thoughts and stay tuned for more scoop on the new season of Grey's Anatomy, premiering Thursday, Sept. 22 at 9/8c on ABC.

Deficits narrow at Warner Music

In the last quarter like a public company, Warner Group published a simplified internet lack of $46 million for that three several weeks ended June 30 versus. a loss of revenue of $55 million within the same quarter from the last fiscal year.WMG went private recently using its $3.3 billion purchase by Russian-born billionaire Len Blavatnik's Access Industries (Daily Variety, This summer 21).Total revenue of $686 million was up 5% in the prior-year quarter. Digital revenue of $203 million paid for for 30% from the total and was up 13% from $179 million last year.The business's operating earnings was $tens of millions of versus. an operating lack of $a million within the prior-year quarter. Operating earnings incorporated $tens of millions of in severance charges ($3 million within the recorded music division, $two million in music posting and $5 million in corporate).Earnings within the quarter was lifted by $12 million in settlement money derived as WMG's share in the major labels' effective suit against file-discussing firm LimeWire.In recorded music, revenue elevated to $545 million, up 5% within the prior-year quarter (but lower .5% on the constant currency basis). Domestic recorded music revenue dropped 8.1% to $227 million, but worldwide recorded music increased $16.9%.The quarter's top retailers incorporated Bruno Mars, Superfly, Wiz Khalifa, Hugh Laurie and Cee Lo Eco-friendly. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

VIDEO: What Is So Bad In regards to a Media Hoarder?

Hoarders Beverly records everything! This week's episode of Hoarders (Monday, 9/8c, A&E) indicates that there's rarely a minute once the Towanda, Kan., woman's number of DVD writers aren't taking multiple TV programs. Obviously, this stuff stack up (and spill in to the backyard) and there is more general disarray happening in her own situation. But nonetheless, I connect with her. VIDEO: Fire isn't considered a fireplace hazard on Hoarders She's just modern! Sometimes things on television disappear forever and you need to publish them in your blog and you can't. But when you'd a huge collection like Beverly's, you can! Her grand son at some point sneers, "She's it occur her mind that certain day, somebody's likely to appear and become like, 'Hey, you have that episode of Phil Donahue from '82?'" But that's an acceptable request! I'd really like to watch a chapter of Donahue from '82 at this time. Guy hoards themself on Hoarders I am unable to fault an archivist for archiving. Beverly's home is chaos, but she just requires a couple of terabyte hard disk drives and a way to rip these items to digital files. If only I might have been triggered to assist Beverly together with her clean-up. Along the way, I'd have assisted myself to her stash. VIDEO: Hoarders' Roy hoards cars, achievements Watch Beverly's alluring problem:

NBC Reteams With Adam Levine for Karaoke Sitcom

Adam Levine Adam Levine is improving his relationship with NBC. The Voice judge and Maroon 5 frontman is placed to executive create a scripted comedy occur a karaoke bar for that network, based on Deadline. 10 stuff you did not see about the Voice: An Adam and Christina duet Mike Kasdan (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story) will even executive produce in addition to direct the only-camera, ensemble piece. It's set to become written with Gene Hong, a buddy Levine apparently first met in a karaoke bar. NBC's The Voice hitting the street on summer time tour A minimum of three systems expressed curiosity about this project, that is stated to combine comedy having a musical element.