ROLL CALL: Alec Baldwin: Ive Lost My Appetite For Running For Mayor Of Recent You are able to City

First Released: December 22, 2011 3:36 PM EST Credit: WireImage La, Calif. -- Caption Alec Baldwin attends this year's NY Philharmonic Orchestra Spring Gala Benefit Performance of Stephen Sondheims Company at Lincoln subsequently Center in NY City, on April 7, 2011Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans! Is Alec Slamming The Doorway Around The Mayors Office?: Actor, Words With Buddies enthusiast and something-time NY City Mayoral hopeful Alec Baldwin seems to become putting the brakes on his The Big Apple political dreams. Ive lost my appetite, the actor stated throughout a talk to director Stephen Daldry on his podcast Heres The One Thing. Plus, the folks which are running for mayor I understand this really is terrible I take a look at them and that i dont see myself for the reason that crowd. Theyre just like a guy on the date that you could tell he just cant wait to obtain his hands your blouse before the lights venture out within the theatre. Theyre all so horny for this. Horny for his or her own ascension. Blair Witch Star Goes Eco-friendly Really Eco-friendly!: Recall The Blair Witch Projects Louise Donahue, who had been poised for breakout success following her runaway 1999 hit? Well, the 37-year-old, whose new book Growgirl: How My Existence Following The Blair Witch Project Visited Pot (in The month of january) exchanged within the Hollywood limelight for something just a little eco-friendly! See what Louise continues to be as much as, HERE! JWoww Puts The WOW Back To Swimsuits: Jersey Shoreline star Jenni JWoww Farley is giving fans a glimpse well really, its greater than a glimpse at her new bathing suit line with Perfect Tan Bikini. Take a look at a great deal of Jenni, HERE! Happy Holidays From The Real Housewife: Happy holidays from Real Average women of recent Jerseys Melissa Gorga and her family Joe, Antonia, 6, Gino, 4, and Joey, 14 several weeks browse the familys holiday card, HERE! Were confident no tables were turned in the building of this holiday card! Happy Holidays from Roll Call well help you as well as your favorite stars (and all sorts of the absurd things they like to do) in 2012! -By Jesse Spero Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Kendall Jenner Dishes On Kardashian Siblings

First Released: December 19, 2011 3:44 PM EST Credit: Access Hollywood Caption The adorable Kendall Jenner chats with Billy Rose bush and Package Hoover on Access Hollywood Survive December 19, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- With Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian, Kendall Jenner has three siblings to provide up suggestions about from men to her career but which of them blunt honesty can occasionally appear like a little mean? I do not have a popular, I really like all of them! Kendall told Billy Rose bush and Package Hoover on Mondays Access Hollywood Live. So, who the 16-year-old Kendall and more youthful sister Kylie, 14, visit once they need assistance with dating? Its so difficult at this time. Sometimes, we visit Kim, however whenever we visit Kim, Khloe is much like, Why will you Kim? Like, I've the husband! Kendall stated having a laugh. Kendall described to Billy and Package that Kim may be the sister she looks to for assistance with her career like a model, but how about assist with buddies? I'd say Kourtney, but sometimes Kourtney, shes much like, she does not care, so she might be like mean about things, she described. For Khloe, she just gives helpful advice about everything, the youthful reality star told Billy and Package. In related news, browse the Kardashian/Jenner family Christmas card, HERE! Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Watercooler: Another Singing Real Housewife?!

Sheree Whitfield Why? Why?!On last night's Watch What Happens: Live, the cute-as-a-button P.T. Barnum of Bravo, Andy Cohen, welcomed Real Housewives of Atlanta's Sheree Whitfield (along with that turbaned mess of a stylist, Miss Lawrence), and guess what, kids? Yep, the woman who once held a fashion show with no fashions now has an R&B single. Think of it as music without music.During the show - which frequently features the kind of trash talk and character assassination we'd kill to see real celebrities engage in - Cohen subjected, er, treated viewers to a sample of La Whitfield's eloquently titled debut cut, "Who Gon' Check Me Boo?" And although we have no idea what that means exactly or who would even want to check her Boo, we can safely say that A) we can't wait for Cohen to take his often bawdy, always unpredictable late-night talker to five nights a week in 2012, and B) it is the least sucky song from any of the other Housewives.Of course, it's not hard to best "Tardy for the Party" or either of the Countess' throaty odes to her high-class life, and yes, it's sweet that a portion of the proceeds will benefit an after-school youth program in Chicago. But seriously ladies, this needs to stop. Take a tip from the Beverly Hills brood and stick to screaming at one another, throwing parties where at least one person suffers a psychotic break, and having your faces paralyzed with syringes of bacteria. Leave the bad music to LMFAO and that Canadian kid who looks like Hilary Swank.Have you checked Sheree's "Boo"? Or should all the singing Housewives check themselves before they wreck our hearing?Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now!

The Very Best Five Movies Of 2011 Are...

We have been counting lower the very best ten movies of 2011 all week lengthy, also it all comes lower for this: the ultimate five. Which movies outperform "Attack the Block," "The Descendants," "50/50," "The Muppets" and "X-Males: Top ClassInch to land on our top 5 list? You are able to discover at this time by watching our live-stream announcement in our five favorite movies from 2011. Related: #10 Movie of the season: "Attack the Block" #9 Movie of the season: "The Descendants" #8 Movie of the season: "50/50" #7 Movie of the season: "The Muppets" #6 Movie of the season: "X-Males: Top ClassInch All of this week, watch "AMTV" on MTV every single day at 8 a.m. ET for the Better of 2011 lists. Then, arrived at MTVNews.com at 5 p.m. once we reveal our top chioces of the season!

Bennett Miller on 'Moneyball'

Bennett Miller on 'Moneyball'First, Bennett Miller had to find a way into "Moneyball." Then he had to find a way out.The movie adaptation of Michael Lewis' 2003 bestseller about Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane had been kicked around and, eventually, shut down, when Miller pitched his take to Sony, suggesting a redemption story about a man unaware he needed saving."Billy Beane is just one of those characters where you peel back the layers and find it's not about winning a baseball game," Miller says. "It's about the pursuit of ambition, yes, but in the pursuit, he comes to understand the thing he was pursuing wasn't what he originally thought."Miller sold Brad Pitt on his vision, retaining the actor who had been attached to the project from its inception.Making his first studio film, not to mention his first movie since the 2005 character study "Capote," Miller painstakingly sifted through the material during prep time, looking for the "fine stitching" and detail work that would translate both Beane's professional world and inner life to the screen."The biggest challenge was putting across the ideas and themes and undercurrents of the film," Miller says. "There's a lot of ideas in this film. It took me eight, nine months in post-production to figure out how to put them together."Judging from the critical and commercial response to "Moneyball," it would seem that Miller found his way. He has appreciated the response, though his favorite reactions have centered on the ideas that he holds dear."The movie aspires to connect with people in a way that calls into question values and whether you're underselling yourself or those around you," Miller says. "When people tell me they identify with that aspect of Billy's journey, then I feel like I did my job."EYE ON THE OSCARS: THE DIRECTOR Helmers hot to globe trotWoody Allen | Stephen Daldry | David Fincher | Michel Hazanavicius | Terrence Malick | Bennett Miller | Alexander Payne | Jason Reitman | Martin Scorsese | Steven SpielbergIn the Mix Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

L.A. prod'n rebounds publish-holiday

Despite last week's blustery winds, offlot feature and television filming in La rebounded smartly, after among the slowest periods of 2011. Total allowed production nearly bending a week ago to 710 days from 383 in the earlier frame, which incorporated Thanksgiving. The time seemed to be up 24% in the same week this year, based on figures provided Tuesday through the FilmL.A. enabling agency. FilmL.A. spokesperson Todd Lindgren stated the windy conditions hadn't cut into production, adding, "Possibly it is because the winds blew most strongly during the night." Feature activity a lot more than bending in the previous frame, signing up 132 days. The figure seemed to be up 45 days in the 2010 frame. The November. 21-27 figure of 58 days was the cheapest total of the season and under one fourth from the a lot of 246 days within the last week of June. Barbes Brothers' "Maniac" was probably the most active feature, with 16 allowed days. Other films shooting in La include "A United States in Hollywood," "Coyote," "Chastity Bites," "Drones," "Isabella" and "The M Word." TV shooting elevated 8% to 405 days, with "Steve Madden" because the most active single production with 4 weeks. Other TV productions presently shooting in L.A. include "Chuck," "Desperate Average women," "Southland," "Touch," "Celebrity Couples," "Miss Advised" and "Take advantage of Dryden's Fantasy Factory." Commercial shooting increased 56% to 173 days having a Buick place accumulating probably the most days at nine. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Gary Oldman on 'The Dark Knight Rises' and How He Feels About Steve Buscemi Impersonating Him

Maybe it's because he's played so many villains that the prospect of sitting down with Gary Oldman to discuss his new film, 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,' is more than a little intimidating. In person, Oldman is surprisingly soft-spoken, and couldn't be more polite or humble. (Did he really just ask me, "Do you like the series?" in reference to Christopher Nolan's Batman films? Inconceivable!) While he did discuss the challenge of stepping into Alec Guinness's shoes with 'Tinker,' (look for the interview later this week), he also talked somewhat wistfully about ending his run as Gotham Police Commissioner Jim Gordon in 'The Dark Knight Rises.' That and a certain SNL skit. You're sort of the heart of the Batman films. Where do we find Gordon in the third movie? We find him -- obviously I can't give too much away because I'm sworn to secrecy -- but when we meet him, things are calmer in Gotham. It's reminiscent of the Gordon that we met in the first one. There's a world-weariness to him, and even though things on the surface are now calmer, he's cleaned up Gotham with the Harvey Dent Act, it's seething underneath. And all hell's about to break loose. Well, you've got to have some hell break loose. It's 'The Dark Knight Rises.' (Laughs). I know you can't get specific, but what can we expect? I think the story's really good. The story really delivers. And I can't say any more than that. When people walk out of the theater, what will they be thinking? It's great. It's a terrific conclusion to the trilogy. Nolan rounds it off: he brings in a bit of the first one, from 'Batman Begins,' and he does some really surprising things with it. I thought his choice of villain was very interesting, to use Bane instead of Riddler or Penguin. He's not gone with the most obvious choice. The challenge for Chris was always really the story and I think he didn't want to make a third one for the sake of it. I think there was pressure on him, obviously, because the second was so successful. So there's always going to be some pressure to keep it going. But he's too smart and classy, really to just make a third just for the sake of making it, because others are demanding or want it from him and I think he felt that, 'Let me get the story right.' So the fans won't be disappointed. Do you like the series? [Pause for my disbelief that he has to ask.] Oh, very much, yes. I can't wait for 'The Dark Knight Rises.' I think he's really captured something. It's been great working on them too. Are you sorry the series is over? I'm not and I am. I think he probably is somewhere [in between]. I can't tell you what it is, but there was something on the set -- it was Batman-related -- and I said to Emma [Thomas, the producer], "You should keep that." And she said, "I don't know, we've got enough memorabilia." After eight years, he's sort of done with it. So I think there's a relief and it's mixed with [some sadness.] It was quite sad, my last night of shooting, to retire Jim. Did you happen to catch the Batman sketch on 'Saturday Night Live' this weekend? [Video below] With Steve Buscemi? Yes, what did you think? I think it was hysterical! [Huge grin.] Very funny. He looked like Jim Gordon, didn't he? It's the best he's ever looked! [Photo: WireImage] 'The Dark Knight Rises' Hits NY See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Rosie ODonnell Engaged!

First Launched: December 5, 2011 3:05 PM EST Credit: Getty Premium La, Calif. -- Caption Rosie ODonnell and Michelle Models attend the 4th Annual Thanksgiving Feed a pal at Bongos, Miami, Fla., on November 24, 2011 Rosie ODonnell is engaged to Michelle Models, a businesswoman, her repetition confirmed to get into Hollywood on Monday. The repetition told Access the two increased being engaged a few days ago and may still split their time between NY City and Chicago, where Rosie films her The famous host the famous host oprah Winfrey Network talk show, The Rosie Show. Rosie and Michelle first went public utilizing their romance at a negative balance-colored carpet for your Building Dreams for kids Gala in NY City in September. When news from the romance first broke, an origin told Individuals who Rosie as well as the IT company headhunter met inside a coffee shop taken. They met inside a Local coffee shop a few several days ago, an origin told the magazines website in those days. They are adorable together and so are very, happy. Rosie and her last girlfriend, Tracy Kachtick-Anders, apparently split in February 2011 after a minimum of annually of dating. The talk show host was with Kelli Contractor, a tv marketing executive, from 2004-2007. The pair have four children together Parker, Chelsea and Blake, who've been all adopted and Vivienne Rose, who Kelli shipped in 2002. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Meet 'The Muppets' Newest Star, Walter!

"Breaking Dawn" is still at the top of the box office, but "The Muppets" is hanging in there with a strong second place showing. With enormously positive reviews and strong buzz on its side, the Muppet gang is thankfully back in the public eye, and with some new company to boot. We're talking, of course, about Walter, the latest addition to Kermit's squad and the main "Muppets" protagonist. While both Kermit and Miss Piggy have done their fair share to promote "The Muppets," Walter has been a relatively quieter figure -- until now, that is. Head over to MTV Geek to check out a brand new interview with Walter, and watch the video below to see what screenwriter Nick Stoller had to say about the new kid on the block... who, we might add, is most certainly a man of a Muppet!

CBS Sports Network taps programming professional

CBS Sports Network has named Serta Weinberg senior veep of programming, placing him accountable for the cable network's content. Weinberg most recently offered as certification veep for Major league baseball. His previous experience ranges from becoming professional producer at ESPN Original Entertainment to entertainment V . p . at Six Flags. "Serta brings a good amount of understanding in regards to a effective history becoming an innovator and deal maker," mentioned CBS Sports EVP and CBS Sports Network prexy David Berson, to whom Weinberg will report. CBS Sports Network might be the sister funnel of CBS that focuses on college sports. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Original Robocop Peter Weller Adds To SciFi Resume With The Exorcist Follow-up

Peter Weller’s reps confirm he’s joining the cast of Qq Abrams’ The Exorcist follow-up, in just what is a principal role just one they'd not specify. Weller, most broadly known in feature scifi circles for his legendary role as Robocop remains busy just like a director, too for acting stints on 24, Dexter, Fringe and Psych. Vital will release the The Exorcist follow-up May 17, 2013. Alice Eve and Benicio Del Toro will most likely participate, joining the returning original cast that's headed by Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto. Who should Weller play? Vital and Abrams spent the weekend knocking lower a speculative report Del Toro would play in the Kahn role that Ricardo Montalban carried out inside the original The Exorcist series as well as the 1982 feature film. Weller’s repped by APA and BMP.

Hulu Nabs 'Community' in Digital Syndication Deal

The Amy Winehouse Foundation is on the way to making good on its pledge to donate $780,000 (500,000 pounds)in its first year of existence.our editor recommendsAmy Winehouse's Parents to Anderson Cooper: 'There Was No One There to Rescue Her'Amy Winehouse's 'Our Day Will Come' Tribute Video Premieres (Video)Amy Winehouse 'Not Suicidal' Before Death, Inquest RevealsAmy Winehouse's Father Physically Fought Her Drug DealersAmy Winehouse's 'Black to Black' Dress Sells for $68,000Related Topics•Amy Winehouse The charitable organization, run by the singer's parents, Mitch and Janis Winehouse, made their first monetary gift, to London's Little Havens Children's Hospice east, reports the Associated Press. PHOTOS: Amy Winehouse Funeral The $15,600 donation was accompanied by a visit from the Winehouses, who lost their daughter July 23. The coroner ruled it a "death by misadventure" in Oct. Winehouse had more than five times the legal limit of alcohol in her system when she was found dead at her North London home. "We want to go and visit people because people loved Amy, the children loved Amy" Mitch, who is also writing a book about his daughter, told the AP. PHOTOS: Amy Winehouse Career in Pictures "I would say this is what we do for a living but we don't get paid to do it," he said. "Amy's left us in the fortunate position where we don't have to worry about going to work like we had to, as long as we're sensible and careful, but all of our efforts are now channeled into the foundation." VIDEO: Coldplay Pays Tribute to Amy Winehouse Winehouse's posthumous album, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, will be released Monday, Dec. 5, and features 12 previously unreleased tracks. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Hollywood's Notable Deaths Related Topics Amy Winehouse

Holdovers, re-releases rule B.O.

Disney's 'The Muppets,' which cumed $41.5 million within the holiday stretch, is searching great for a soph-sesh revival.'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning -- Part 1' continues to feast around the B.O. in the third frame.Enjoy it or otherwise, most Stateside moviegoers will need to play catch-up at multiplexes a few days ago.That is because for which is typically among the slowest B.O. seshes of the season (a few days following Thanksgiving), galleries have elected to not bow new game titles on the countrywide scale. The drought pays off for holiday game titles, brought by last week's top photos, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning -- Part 1" and "The Muppets."The weekend's greatest-profile era is Fox Searchlight's NC-17-ranked "Shame," beginning with nine locations.Searching to make use of the downturn, a couple of honours hopefuls that opened up captured, including The new sony pair "Moneyball" and "The Ides of March," are becoming wide re-releases. Paramount's large champion using the National Board of Review, "Hugo," also adds a lot more than 500 locations in the second outing for any total 1,840.Last week, "Breaking Beginning" capped the domestic B.O. having a five-day tally of $61.9 million, then "The Muppets," which collected $41.5 million within the lengthy holiday stretch. "Breaking Beginning" cumed $228 million through Wednesday "Muppets," $44 million.Although the penultimate "Twilight" pic could possibly win its third straight frame (pic has capped mid-days handily), some B.O. commentators say "The Muppets" is searching great for a soph-sesh revival.This past year, Warner Bros.' Thanksgiving champion "Harry Potter and also the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" surrendered the publish-holiday frame's top place to Disney's "Twisted." "Twisted," however, did slightly much better than "The Muppets" with mid-week perfs. "Muppets" faces an infinitely more crowded family market.In either case, B.O. experts expect a good race.Other likely benefactors from the holdover-centered weekend range from the remaining kidpics -- Warner Bros.' "Happy Ft Two," Sony's "Arthur Christmas" and "Hugo."Initial soft monitoring for "Hugo" triggered Componen to re-think the film's release strategy, scaling it to just north of just one,200 locations. However in the wake of positive critical response and robust adult interest, the studio went after a proper second week expansion. (Adult auds are usually more enthusiastic patrons throughout repeat frames.)Fox Searchlight's "The Descendants," which nabbed three NBR honours, including actor and supporting actress, should also still draw strong adult support. Last week, the film grew to become Searchlight's quickest-grossing film to achieve $ten million in only 12 days, beating "Black Swan," which required 17 days hitting that mark."Descendants," that has totalled north of $12 million through Wednesday, grows right now to 574 playdates.Meanwhile, the distrib's limited bow of "Shame" faces an uncertain road given its limited rating, though kudos attention for star Michael Fassbender should lift overall interest. Searchlight bowed NC-17-ranked "The Dreamers" at five locations throughout Feb 2004, calculating a good $28,526 opening per-screen.Similarly explicit indie "Sleeping Beauty," from Sundance Chooses, debuts a few days ago at two locations, as the Weinstein Co.'s "Coriolanus" includes a one-week Oscar-being approved run at two locations in NY and La before its opening Jan. 20. Contact Andrew Stewart at andrew.stewart@variety.com