Chaz Bono's 'Dancing With the Stars' Exit: 'I'm Not Leaving the Show Bitter or Angry'

ABC Chaz Bono didn't get the chance to end his six-week Dancing With the Stars tenure on the highest note. Though he was happy with his and partner Lacey Schwimmer's Broadway week Tango, neither were pleased with its reception. Lacey called out the judges' "disrespectful" comments after the show, and during his results night package, Chaz was visibly frustrated with the remarks about his weight. But after their elimination, both seemed to accept the news. STORY: Maksim Chmerkovskiy's Fellow Pros React to his 'Dancing With the Stars' Tirade "I was quite angry [Monday] night," he said, "but I feel really good [tonight], and I'm just grateful to have had the experience. I'm not leaving the show bitter or angry or anything... It was a wonderful, life-changing experience." A veteran of the show, Lacey saw the writing on the wall. She went into Tuesday's show planning on getting voted off. "After the judges comments and scores last night, it was kind of no question," she said. "It was almost as if they set it up, but we came and did what we wanted to do on the show." And as Chaz said at the close of the episode, what they wanted to do was inspire people. They seem to have accomplished their goal on at least some level, because even with the low scores, they made it past the halfway point of the season. STORY: GLAAD Applauds Chaz Bono on Heels of 'Dancing With the Stars' Elimination "We got to stay on a long time because of the fans," he said. "I got to dig deeper into myself than I ever have and overcome a lot of fear and pain and anxiety and stress. It's made me a better person." It did not make him want a new career, though. Chaz says he's not sure what his next move is, but it probably won't involve dance. "I don't know when I'm going to have an opportunity to continue to dance, but if it arose I would," he said. "I really enjoy it." Chaz Bono Dancing with the Stars

The Wachowskis Set Sci-Fi Return With 'Jupiter Ascending'

Lana and Andy Wachowski -- the auteurs behind the 'Matrix' trilogy in addition to 'Speed Racer' and 'Bound' -- are apparently set revisit the sci-fi realm. Deadline reviews the Wachowskis have setup 'Jupiter Ascending' at Warner Bros., an authentic idea the brothers and sisters hatched with eyes on production beginning early in the year of 2012. That seem you simply heard was every agent running towards the phone to call Warner Bros. with respect to their customers. This past year, the Wachowskis were apparently associated with something known as 'Cobalt Neutral 9,' which may incorporate "found footage" of the U . s . States Marine named Butch, his gay Iraqi lover as well as their plot to assassinate George W. Rose bush. Per Deadline, the brothers and sisters had trouble assembling financing for your film (no kidding), and moved onto 'Jupiter.' The Wachowskis are presently filming servings of 'Cloud Atlas,' an adaptation of David Mitchell's centuries-spanning novel. Their last film was the well known flop 'Speed Racer' in 2008. [via Deadline] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook RELATED

SFI hands coin to August's 'Passion'

LONDON -- Danish director Bille August's first Scandinavian film for a decade, "The Passion of Marie," has been awarded $226,000 in production funding by the Swedish Film Institute. The project is a Danish-Swedish co-production based on the life of Danish painter Marie Kroyer. August's last Scandi project was Swedish pic "A Song for Martin" in 2001. His most recent movie was "Goodbye Bafana," starring Denzel Washington in 2007. The SFI has also invested $256,000 into "Kon-Tiki," the ambitious U.K.-Scandinavian co-production about the legendary Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl, who sailed a balsawood raft across the Pacific in 1947. The family adventure, which stars Pal Sverre Valheim Hagen as Heyerdahl, is directed by Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg, and shot largely in Malta. It's produced by Jeremy Thomas of the U.K.'s Recorded Picture Co. with Norway's Aage Aaberge. Pic is in post-production after finishing filming in September and is expected to launch at the Berlin Film Festival next February. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Michael Fassbender wants X-Males Top Class 2

Michael Fassbender continues to be speaking up his encounters on X-Males: Top Class, saying he's prepared to put Magneto's metal helmet back on and wave his submit the environment to create cars or whatever float around (we are paraphrasing here)."It had been a really rewarding experience, so hopefully we'll obtain the same team again,Inch he stated.Also it appears he especially loved dealing with James McAvoy, even though they experienced difficult conditions (extremely fast turnaround, very late reshoots)."We labored very difficult. It had been a really hard time. Thankfully, James is an extremely good guy, a really wise guy and he's a really practical guy," he stated.But Fass does not would like to use James again, he's also fairly insistent Matthew Vaughn returns."He's great while he makes films like a fan. There is something just like a nine-year-old boy in him when he's creating a film," he accepted."He's greatly into figures and permitting the figures they are driving the plot and also the plot they are driving the experience film, instead of action driving the film and threads in certain kind of a plot."X-Males: Top Class is launched on Blu-ray on 31 October.

'Speech' targets West End

SeidlerPlay is written by David Seidler, who won the original screenplay Oscar for the bigscreen version of his own unproduced original.Produced by Playful Prods. and Michael Alden Prods., the show is helmed by Adrian Noble, former a.d. of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and designed by Anthony Ward ("Enron," "Mary Stuart")."The King's Speech," the original play that inspired the Oscar-winning movie, will bow in the West End next spring following a U.K. tour.Title role will be played by Charles Edwards (London and Gotham's "The 39 Steps"), who recently starred opposite Eve Best in "Much Ado About Nothing" at Shakespeare's Globe. Jonathan Hyde will play Lionel Logue.The six-week tour commences Feb. 1 at Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud Theater, with the West End berth yet to be nailed down. Contact David Benedict at benedictdavid@mac.com

AFTRA Board OKs Strike-Authorization Vote Because Of Sound Recordings Pact Impasse

Christopher de Haan, AFTRA’s National Director of Communications, just issued this statement about the status of Sound Recordings negotiations with the major record labels: Despite more than a month and a half of good faith bargaining with the record labels, the AFTRA Sound Recordings Negotiating Committee has not been able to reach a fair agreement with the record labels that addresses key issues for recording artists, including health care and pension security and transparency of accounting. No further bargaining sessions are scheduled at this time. While AFTRA is not currently on strike in Sound Recordings, the AFTRA National Board has unanimously authorized the Negotiating Committee to take all actions necessary, up to and including proceeding to a strike authorization vote of the affected members, if necessary. The AFTRA Negotiating Committee stands ready, willing and able to meet and receive a fair proposal from the major labels in order to resolve a fair contract for the session singers and royalty artists whose talents provide the music that keeps these multibillion dollar corporations in business. The current AFTRA Sound Recordings Code is set to expire on Dec. 31, 2011. AFTRA was negotiating with representatives from Sony, UMG, Warner, EMI, Disney and most of their subsidiary labels for a successor agreement to the AFTRA National Code of Fair Practice for Sound Recordings. It’s the Unions second-largest national contract. The talks began in NY on August 15, with an additional round of bargaining held in Los Angeles the week of September 12-16. An additional bargaining date had been set for October 5 in an effort to resolve outstanding issues. AFTRA National Executive Director Kim Roberts Hedgpeth serves as Chief Negotiator for the Union. The Sound Recordings Code covers singers, royalty and non-royalty artists, as well as announcers, actors, comedians, narrators and sound effects artists who work on recordings in all new and traditional media and all music formats, in addition to audiobooks, comedy albums and cast albums. The Code generates more than $140 million annually in AFTRA-covered earnings and benefits for both major artists and session singers around the country.

ABC's 'Suburgatory' solid in week two

ABC's new comedy ''Suburgatory'' organized well in the second outing, again building on its lead-in ''The Middle.'' The net's ''Modern Family'' was the night's top show in demos, while CBS' ''Criminal Minds'' and Fox's ''The X Factor'' also shined. Fox won the evening among grown ups 18-49, edging the three-hour earnings of CBS and ABC, as the Eye been with them both in grown ups 25-54 and total audiences, using its ''Criminal Minds'' standing as Wednesday's most-viewed program overall the very first time this fall. Based on preliminary national estimations from Nielsen, Fox continued to be strong around the evening having a 90-minute edition of ''The X Factor'' (3.9 rating/11 in 18-49, 11.5 million audiences overall), that was on componen with last week's performance and again won the 8 o'clock hour. Closing the evening, Fox broadcast a unique original episode of Tuesday comedy ''Raising Hope'' (2.3/6 in 18-49, 6.two million audiences overall), placing third in 18-49. At ABC, ''The Middle'' started things off (steady at 2.7/9 in 18-49, 9. million audiences overall), then the 2nd week of ''Suburgatory'' (3./8 in 18-49, 9.a million audiences overall), that was lower 9% week to week however was up in 18-49 rating over its lead-in along with a nice improvement over last year's ''Better Along With You.'' ''Modern Family'' adopted at 9 and was again the night's No. 1 show in demos (5.6/14 in 18-49, 13.a million audiences overall), using the internet then losing nearly 1 / 2 of that audience by 9:30 p.m. with ''Happy Endings'' (2.9/7 in 18-49, 6.9 million audiences overall). And also at 10, new drama ''Revenge'' is constantly on the perform reasonably well (2.5/7 in 18-49, 7.7 million audiences overall), lower 7% week to week but nonetheless second in in demos for that hour along with a good improvement within the net's performance within the slot last fall. CBS continued to be solid through the evening, beginning with ''Survivor'' (3.1/9 in 18-49, 10.5 million audiences overall), that was second to ''X Factor'' for that 8 o'clock hour. ''Criminal Minds'' was up at 9 p.m. (3.8/10 in 18-49, 13.3 million audiences overall), apparently benefiting from Fox's change from ''X Factor'' to comedy at 9:30. And also at 10, ''CSI'' continued to be the hour's leader (2.9/8 in 18-49, 11.8 million audiences overall), but was lower a little week to week. NBC began the evening on an optimistic note as ''Up All Night'' (2.2/7 in 18-49, 5.7 million audiences overall) was up a tick week to week and again provided the internet as time passes period improvement. But ''Free Agents'' held at its low-level (1./3 in 18-49, 3.3 million audiences overall), and does not figure to stay within the 8:30 p.m. timeslot for considerably longer. The comedy hour was then ''Harry's Law'' (1.2/3 in 18-49, 8.two million audiences overall), which held steady within the demo while growing as a whole audiences. And also at 10, ''Law and Order: SVU'' (2.1/5 in 18-49, 7.9 million audiences overall) was flat while its drama rivals were both lower. CW is constantly on the struggle Wednesdays at 8 p.m. with ''Hater'' (.4/one in 18-49, 1.a million audiences overall), while ''America's Next Top Model'' held at its sub-componen level (.8/2 in 18-49, 1.7 million audiences overall). Preliminary 18-49 earnings for that evening: Fox, 3.5/10 CBS, 3.3/9 ABC, 3.2/9 Univision, 1.7/4 CW, .6/2. As a whole audiences: CBS, 11.9 million Fox, 10.two million ABC, 8.9 million NBC, 6.9 million Univision, 3.7 million CW, 1.4 million. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com

Tiger Forest Signs Rolex watch Endorsement Deal

NY - After losing a slew of endorsement deals following an infidelity scandal along with a form low, golfer Tiger Forest has signed a brand new such cope with watch manufacturing company Rolex watch inside a potential sign he might be beginning to show the tide around the sponsorship front. It's his initial deal since his sex scandal. The endorsement deal, reported through the Wall Street Journal, was marketed on the organization's Site by early Wednesday evening where Rolex watch stated Forest was joining "the household of Rolex watch ambassadors" who're selected for talent, perseverance and adoration for the activity. Financial terms weren't revealed, however the Journal stated experts believe Rolex watch got the Forest deal for a cheap price. AT&T, Accenture, Gillette and watch manufacturing company Tag Heuer are probably the brands which have formerly ended their endorsement associations with Forest. Prior to the scandal, the golfer made around $90 million annually from his marketing deals and rated because the most effective endorsement estimate sports, based on the Journal. Underneath the headline "Rolex watch and Tiger Forest: A Partnership for any New Challenge," the timepiece company described the brand new relationship by doing this on its Site: "This association pays tribute towards the exceptional stature of Tiger Forest and also the leading role he plays in forging the activity's global appeal. Additionally, it comprises some pot resolve for the near future.Inch The organization added: "Rolex watch thinks that Tiger Forest continues to have a lengthy career in front of him which he's all of the characteristics needed to carry on to mark a brief history of hold. The company is devoted to associated him in the new challenges." The Journal stated that captured, Forest signed having a small Japanese company to endorse a muscle discomfort warmth rub, and that he is focusing on an offer to exchange the AT&T logo design that was previously seen on his golf bag having a more compact company. This news occurs the eve of Woods' go back to competitive golf in the Frys.com Open outdoors San Jose, Calif. The injuries-affected Forest never plays this late within the season around the PGA Tour, but he requires a tune-up to ready for that Presidents Cup in November. E-mail: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Tiger Forest

New Tintin Trailer Promises Even More Adventure, Burning Pirate Ships and Camels Than Before

Just when you thought that the trailers for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn couldn’t get any more action-packed, Paramount and Columbia have unveiled a brand new peak at the highly-anticipated motion capture 3-D film that will have you frantically etching the release date — December 23 in the U.S. — onto every available calendar surface. Just like you’ve already done for Adam Sandler’s Jack and Jill. Video: MSN Exclusive: The Adventures of Tintin - trailer The Peter Jackson-produced blockbuster features Jamie Bell as the beloved Herg character Tintin as he meets Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis) and embarks on a mystery adventure to find a sunken treasure left behind by Haddock’s ancestor. The latest trailer shows burning pirate ships rocking on a tumultuous sea, Haddock punching out an opponent before shaking hands with Tintin, the pair dodging (and creating) gunfire, clinging to a plane during a storm, riding camels, sailing on parachutes, chasing cars at high speed and gliding over a middle Eastern marketplace. Phew! Like the other trailers, this one is impressive — from the motion-cap character faces whose every expression is so realistic that it borders on the edge of creepy — to the impeccably directed action sequences that Spielberg told us at Comic-Con, he staged just as if he was filming a live action feature. I anticipate that I’ll still prefer my Spielberg-directed films to be live-action after seeing Tintin, but am willing to give this a shot. At long last, Tintin will premiere in theaters December 23 — approximately 30 years after Spielberg originally acquired the rights to the comic series. [via MSN]

MIPCOM Briefs: ITV Sells NBCs Prime Suspect To 30 Areas Overseas Customers Get Happily Divorced

The world TV market got on-going in Cannes today getting a flurry of bulletins. Right here are a handful of titbits: – ITV Art galleries Global Entertainment, the tv distribution arm in the Brit broadcaster, has offered the completely new NBC version of Prime Suspect to around 30 areas worldwide. That is no matter the show teetering near cancellation inside the U.S. ITV, which co-produced the remake with Universal Media Art galleries, has licensed the Maria Bello-vehicle to tv producers including Nine (Australia), TVNZ (Nz) and TV3 (Ireland). Prime Suspect came an underwhelming 1.5 18-49 rating within the second week on NBC. My pal Nellie Andreeva reviews that NBCs chief Bob Greenblatt want to supply the fighting show, which got mostly reviews which are positive, just a little more hours. – Meanwhile Shine Worldwide, the tv distribution arm of News Corps Shine Group, has licensed greater than 200 several hours of programming to Discovery Systems Latin America/US Hispanic. It's the finest commission Shine has brokered with DLA/USH so far, and includes cooking show MasterChef, game show The Finest Loser and unscripted format One Born Every Minute. – And Endemol has offered TV Land sitcom Happily Divorced too so far-to-premiere comedy The Exes to tv producers in Europe, Canada, Latin America , Nz and Africa. Fran Dreschers sitcom Happily Divorced succeeded well for TV Land the second-series renewal will be a given. Drescher are available in Cannes marketing the show. The Exes, three males talking about an apartment whose landlady is really their lawyer, will premiere on tv Land in November. – Speaking about Latin America, Lionsgate has produced Lionsgate-Tisa Television Worldwide to promote Tv shows including Mad Males and Weeds, plus its movies, with the territory. Maryann Pasante, former MGM Latin American executive, will run the Partnership.