New poster for The Paperboy

A new poster has been released for The Paperboy, Lee Daniels' thriller in which Zac Efron finds himself falling for a distinctly cougarish Nicole Kidman.Efron plays the brother of Matthew McConaughey's investigative journalist, with both men working in tandem to prove the innocence of John Cusack's death row inhabitant.Things are complicated however by the presence of Kidman's character (a long-standing correspondent of the accused) and it isn't long before she and Efron find themselves embarking upon an ill-advised affair.The poster doesn't give us much more to go upon beyond that, suffice to say that Efron has clearly been putting a lot of hours in at the gym to get those biceps sufficiently pumped.Adapted from the novel by Pete Dexter, The Paperboy has yet to receive an official release date, but is expected to arrive at some point in 2012. Check out the poster in full, below...

Ghost Protocol Takes Quiet Christmas With $26.5M Mission

First Published: December 26, 2011 12:07 PM EST Credit: Getty Images Caption Paula Patton and actor Tom Cruise attend a photocall ahead of the Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Press Conference during the 8th Annual Dubai International Film Festival held on the 124th floor of the Burj Khalifa on December 7, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Tom Cruises latest mission has won a holiday weekend thats shaping up with some silent nights at movie theaters as business continues to lag. Studio estimates Sunday placed Cruises Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol a solid No. 1 with $26.5 million domestically over its first weekend in full release. The movie raised its total to $59 million since it started a week earlier in huge-screen cinemas and expanded nationwide last Wednesday, and distributor Paramount estimated that revenues will reach $72.7 million by Monday. Cruises fourth Mission flick was a bright spot over a Christmas weekend filled with so-so tidings for Hollywood, whose usually busy holiday stretch since Thanksgiving has been a bust. Generally well-reviewed movies from Steven Spielberg (The Adventures of Tintin), David Fincher (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and Cameron Crowe (We Bought a Zoo) with casts that include Matt Damon,Scarlett Johansson and Daniel Craig opened with modest to weak results. Despite predictions from studio executives that 2011 could be a record-setter that would finish with a bang, domestic revenues remained stuck at a sluggish pace that has lingered all year. Hollywood should finish the year with $10.1 billion domestically, down 4.5 percent from 2010, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com. The picture gets worse taking into account higher ticket prices, which mean Hollywood brings in fewer fans for each dollar spent. Actual domestic attendance for 2011 will close out at about 1.27 billion, down 5.3 percent from the previous years and the lowest head count since 1995, when admissions totaled 1.26 billion. Thank God 2011 is almost over, because weve had a real rough run here at the end of the year, said Hollywood.com analyst Paul Dergarabedian. We always count on the holiday season to give us a big boost at the end of the year, and it just didnt happen. These admission numbers this year just tell me that we maybe have to set our sights a little lower in terms of attendance every year. Since peaking at a modern high of 1.6 billion in 2002, domestic movie admissions have been on a general decline since. Studio executives always insist that slow times result from weak films, but on paper, the strong lineup Hollywood presented this year should have had fans lining up in huge numbers. Pretty good films are out there this holiday season, yet blockbuster expectations fizzled, a sign that people might be skipping a trip to the theater in favor of home-viewing, video games or the countless other entertainment options their gadgets now offer. Rising ticket prices, particularly the extra few dollars it costs to see 3-D films, also could be causing a backlash among fans. With Ghost Protocol climbing toward the$100 million mark, its a return to box-office form for Cruise, who had been Hollywoods most-dependable earner for two decades until he turned off fans with odd antics in his personal life six years ago. Ghost Protocol will be Cruises first top-billed $100 million hit since 2006s Mission: Impossible III. He had a supporting role in 2008s $100 million comedy hit Tropic Thunder, which was headlined by Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black. Even with a No. 1 debut, Ghost Protocol still was a shadow of its predecessors. The first three Mission: Impossible movies ranged from $45 million to $58 million over opening weekend, but those installments opened at the start of the busy summer season. As of Friday, Ghost Protocol also had brought in a healthy $118 million overseas. Downeys Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows fell from No., 1 to No. 2 in its second weekend with $17.8 million. The family sequel Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked dropped from second to third with $13.3 million. Both sequels trail well behind the business their predecessors did. A Game of Shadows, from Warner Bros., lifted its domestic haul to $76.6 million, while 20th Century Foxs Chipwrecked pushed its receipts to $50.3 million. The weekends newcomers failed to light up the box office, too. Fincher and Craigs The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo from Sony was No. 4 with $13 million, Spielbergs The Adventures of Tintin from Paramount was No. 5 with $9.1 million and Crowe, Damon and Johanssons We Bought a Zoo from 20th Century Fox was No. 6 with $7.8 million. Dragon Tattoo raised its total to $21.4 million since opening Tuesday night, while Tintin lifted its take to $17.1 million since debuting Wednesday. European literary exports Dragon Tattoo, adapted from Stieg Larssons Swedish best-seller, and Tintin, based on Belgian artist Herges storybook classics, are finding a lukewarm reception among U.S. crowds. Dragon Tattoo has been a sensation among U.S. readers yet failed to challenge Mission: Impossible and the other established franchises at the top of the box office. Beloved by generations of readers overseas, Tintin launched internationally two months ahead of its U.S. release. But the blockbuster global attention, with nearly $250 million already in the bank from foreign markets, did not translate to crowds in the United States. The calendar made it a tough weekend for Hollywood, with Christmas Eve always a slow night for movie-going falling on Saturday, usually the best day of the week at theaters. Christmas Day typically is a strong one for movies, as fans squeeze in a film between unwrapping presents and sitting down to family dinners. Two big holiday releases Spielbergs World War I epic War Horse and Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullocks Sept. 11 drama Extremely Loud&Incredibly Close opened Christmas Day, but estimates on their revenues will not be available until Monday. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday. 1. Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, $26.5 million. 2. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, $17.8 million. 3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, $13.3 million ($20.1 million international). 4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, $13 million. 5. The Adventures of Tintin, $9.1 million. 6. We Bought a Zoo, $7.8 million ($1.1 million international). 7. New Years Eve, $3 million. 8. Arthur Christmas, $2.7 million ($9.7 million international). 9. Hugo, $2.03 million. 10. The Muppets, $2 million ($500,000 international). Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Nominations reaction: Jonah Hill, actor, "Moneyball"

Jonah Hill in 'Moneyball'"Everything relevant for this movie been something special personally. Someone said it and understood the best way to play this character. It assisted me appear like I used to be negligence something. Days like today feel good. Undertaking a drama didn't feel different personally because it was something I used to be trained for. It felt different in other people eyes. Honestly, I appear like I'm in a few type of an aspiration. It really feels so nice being so pleased with something too for people to celebrate it now."

X Factor's Nicole Scherzinger: I Feel Like I Let Rachel Crow Down

Nicole Scherzinger, X Factor The X Factor's Nicole Scherzinger really is heartbroken over Rachel Crow's ouster. After Crow's shocking elimination on Thursday night, where she broke down on stage, Scherzinger was booed by the audience. "My heart comes from the right place so I get really sensitive when people are negative," Scherzinger told reporters after the show, according to People. "I'm like, 'Don't they know I only want the best for every single person? ... I want them to be the best they can be.' Ultimately America made the choice." X Factor's Rachel Crow: "No one should blame" Nicole Scherzinger defends her decision, saying that she expected America to send Marcus Canty home, and the choice was really out of her hands. "I wasn't going to be the one to send anyone home," she said. "Did I think America probably would have chosen Rachel? The probability was that they would have sent Marcus home." Unfortunately, the 13-year-old powerhouse was sent packing, but not before Scherzinger sat her down backstage for a good cry session. It was just Scherzinger doing the crying. "When I saw that look on her face, [I felt] that I had let her down, like I dropped her," she said. "I could have been holding on and I dropped her. She is the sunshine of our show, so it's hard to see her cry." Do you think Rachel Crow could've won The X Factor?

Viacom Boss Talks Nickelodeon Ratings Issues, Ads, 'Paranormal Activity,' Investor Returns

NY - Viacom is constantly on the give consideration to growing without major purchases and return an thought $20 billion to traders over the following five years via returns and stock buybacks, leader and Boss Philippe Dauman mentioned here Monday inside a UBS media investor conference.our editor recommendsWall Street Weighs in at in at Viacom's Outlook Among Ad, Nickelodeon Ratings ChallengesViacom Boss: Vital Developing Recommendations for 'Paranormal Activity 4,' 'Transformers 4' In the keynote lunch interview within the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference, Dauman mentioned he feels excellent about Viacom's outlook, including more effective advertising rise in early 2012, and mentioned it's "a great platform for future growth." The conglomerate is a much more multi-platform and global company in five years, he mentioned. Asked for in regards to the recent ratings challenges of babies funnel Nickelodeon, which Dauman formerly mentioned were "inexplicable" and is an error, he mentioned that there are no real news on that front and vowed that his systems unit's advertising trends would improve inside the first quarter of 2012. "There's not new,Inch he mentioned. "Nobody is a lot more annoyed with that than myself." The Wall Street Journal had reported earlier inside the day that Nielsen still thinks its ratings data for Nickelodeon is correct. "Right now, however imperfect Nielsen is, it is the only game around,Inch Dauman told the UBS conference. "We'll proceed.In . Nevertheless the ratings issue is "an problem which will be alleviated" due to more new shows on Nickelodeon in comparison to network ever suffered soon. Plus, advertising sales from Nickelodeon could make up a considerably smaller sized part of the organization's total beginning next quarter. More youthful crowd layed out that Nickelodeon is constantly hold its lead over ad-driven competitor Cartoon Network. For next quarter, all which means that he needs more effective ad growth due to a far more effective content pipeline together with a "better tone" available on the market in comparison to a current slowness in scatter ad market sales in recent days. "We are feeling excellent,Inch Dauman mentioned, repeating the Nickelodeon problem will use you need to be a "blip." Dauman once again acknowledged although the current quarter's ad revenue momentum will probably be drawn lower with the Nickelodeon problem and "some soft qualities generally scatter demand" throughout the final a few days. But he vowed that his firm's cable systems unit margins would grow this quarter. On more upbeat notes, Dauman once again famous such TV hits as Jersey Shoreline which is stars, additionally to film franchise Paranormal Activity. He mentioned the Vital studio, which will next season start praising its a hundred years in operation, expects to to create new Paranormal film every year thinking about the truth that it's developed a Halloween franchise from this that's "very lucrative." Meanwhile, Epix, the premium TV venture of Viacom, MGM and Lionsgate, sees an exclusivity window in the digital distribution deal with Netflix expire in September, interviewer and top UBS banker Aryeh Bourkoff mentioned. The initial a few the sale's five years were exclusive. Adked if Epix must boost the exclusivity, Dauman mentioned that "the requirement for our content has elevated" since the deal. The firm could extend the exclusivity for "valueInch or look for added handles other online entrepreneurs following a exclusivity period finishes. Highlighting an 11 percent compound annual rate of development in affiliate fee revenue since he needed over as Boss five years ago, Dauman on Monday mentioned he needs high single digit to low double digit gains in this particular area afterwards. Dauman mentioned he sees no go to a la carte options of cable systems afterwards. However when this might happen, Viacom can do well even if this might be a trend due to very good of the channels. Asked for about competition from YouTube's original content funnel strategy, he mentioned his firm stays billions yearly on content, so that it won't the simple for Google's movie site to deal with that. Speaking about Vital as well as the performance of Viacom's film unit, Dauman mentioned the studio would carry on growing margins in later on, which is new animation unit might be "arrivedInch in five years. Asked for about key challenges over the following five years, Dauman reported film piracy just like a key concern. But social media is constantly on the supply upside, Dauman predicted, pointing to how Beyonce's baby bump drove Twitter traffic through the MTV Video Music Honours. That aided ratings, and the organization knows how you can "use social media to market new shows we placed onInch too, he mentioned. Speaking about worldwide options, Dauman spoke of upside inside the BRI nations - South usa, Russia and India. He stressed he didn't take advantage from the more widespread term BRIC "because China remains a very tough market." Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Viacom Philippe Dauman

Kaskade, Swedish House Mafia's Steve Angello to Headline New Insomniac NYE Event

Insomniac Events, the Los Angeles-based company behind massive electronic music events such as Electric Daisy Carnival, is announcing a new two-day California-based New Year's dance music festival called "White Wonderland."our editor recommendsHow Electronic Music Moved the Masses in 2011 DJ Magazine Unveils Its Annual Top 100 DJs List in AmsterdamElectric Daisy Carnival Returns to Las Vegas, Sets Dates The event will take place in Orange County, some 30 miles south of Los Angeles, at the Anaheim Convention Center December 31st and January 1st andfeature several big names from the EDM (electronic dance music) scene, includingKaskade,Swedish House Mafia'sSteve AngelloandPaul Van Dyk.(Kaskade plays NYE while Angello will headline Sunday's Jan 1st engagement). Already leaked for the event were DJs such as Benny Benassi and Sweden's Dada Life (previously booked through Giant, whose event Insomniac bought out). STORY: DJ-Producer Avicii Signs Singles Deal With Interscope, Atom Empire "I'm ecstatic to be able to deliver an Insomniac New Year's event to Southern California," says Pasquale Rotella, CEO and founder of Insomniac, in a release. "Our fans have been asking for a New Year's festival and I am thrilled to be joining forces with our friends at Giant to co-promote an Insomniac-produced all-white event to introduce our newest festival brand." Rotella previously had been co-promoting a long-running NYE event in Los Angeles called "Together As One," but he has cut ties with former friend Reza Gerami of Go Ventures. ("Together As One" will also take place NYE 2011.) STORY:'Electric Daisy' Film Premiere and Riot: A View From the Front Line "Insomniac works hard to set the standard in safety, production quality, and the overall value of our fans' experience," Rotella said in an early November release announcing the split. "Due to various issues surrounding these basic commitments, we are no longer co-producing TAO." Now, Insomniac will put on its own NYE bash with DJs set to draw tens of thousands (An21 & Max Vangeli, Thomas Gold and Trent Cantrelle round out the announced-today full lineup). The theme of the multiple-day affair is "white," meaning that all attendees are asked to wear white to the festival, a page seemingly borrowed from long-running roving European party Sensation, who recently held a "Sensation White" concert in Amsterdam."For more information on the dress code policy, please visit www.whitewonderland.comas the date approaches," the release continues. Tickets for the festival (21 and over only) go on sale in single-day or two-day packages with a VIP option beginning Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 at noon. Twitter: @THRMusic PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery 54th Annual Grammy Nominees: Kanye West, Adele, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Katy Perry Related Topics Electric Daisy Carnival